Volunteers needed to help
with Ashland Halloween party
ASHLAND NEWS
by Susan Feeney Hopkins
Seeking all zombies, butchers, witches and such! Volunteers are being sought to assist with the community Halloween party being held Saturday, Oct. 27 (from 6-8 p.m.) at the Ashland Recreation Center.
Assistance is required to help with games, the snack table and the haunted house. This party is open to the public. More party details to follow. Please call Jessica Nason at 435-8097 for more information on how you can lend a spooky hand.
Cub Scout happenings
The new year of Cub Scouts officially began Sept. 14 with five new young men joining the Pack. They are Blake Vincent, Andrew Dotson, Daniel Higgins and Shaun Cowett, all Tigers, and Tyler Knight (Wolf). The Scouts’ first job will be to earn their Bobcat badges. Welcome to the Pack boys! Returning Scouts are as follows: Graham Berry (Webelo II), Creed Chasse, Blayne Boutot, Gabe Page and Emmit Rushinal, all Webelo I, Dane Driscoll, Clark Condon, Alex White, Eli Walker, Caleb Cray and Dakota Sutherland, all Bears, and Brady Cowett (Wolf).
Pack 179 had a busy second part to the Scouting year and the following list just skims the surface of all the activities that they did. In March, many traveled to Easton and in April to Fort Kent for organized Scouting fun with other Packs from the North Star District. In May, the Scouts presented new flags to VFW Commander Dennis Beaulier to replace the ones that were worn at the Veterans’ Memorial on Main Street, they sold poppies with 100 percent of the proceeds going back to the VFW, as well as marched in the Memorial Day parade.
Wolves (grade 2) earned their fishing belt loops, and several Scouts from grade levels 1-4 earned their good manners belt loops during a Pack meeting. On the last day of school, the Pack went to Gentile Hall at the University of Maine at Presque Isle and did rock wall climbing and swimming. They enjoyed the outing so much that they insisted we do it again next year. Afterwards everyone enjoyed a great meal at Pizza Hut.
Also in June, the Pack, with the help of the town of Ashland, was able to have a flagpole installed at the Ashland Public Library. The flag was purchased by the Pack on behalf of Ashland VFW Post 9699 to honor Ashland veterans, both living and deceased. On June 30, the Scouts had their official year-end activities starting at the Ashland Trotting Park and ate food that was prepared in the Dutch oven. Due to inclement weather, the Scouts had to camp-in at the VFW, but it was lots of fun with popcorn and a movie for entertainment that evening and then pancakes for breakfast and a great skit put on by the Wolf den the next morning.
Over the summer, some of the Scouts continued with Scouting activities such as Cub Scout Day Camp and the Ashland Summer Fest Parade. Clark Condon, Dane Driscoll, Eli Walker and Dakota Sutherland all earned their Summertime Pack Award for completing three Scouting events during the months of June, July and August. Congratulations fellas!
As always, if anyone in the community is interested in becoming involved with Cub Scouts, please contact Cub Scout Master Julie Berry for more information at 435-7137. You do not have to have a child enrolled in Scouts to participate and everyone has a talent or skill that would be beneficial to share with our local youth.
(This write-up was submitted by Julie Graham-Berry).
Ashland Cub Scout Pack 179
RAISING THE FLAG — Back in June, Ashland Cub Scout Pack 179, with the help of the town of Ashland, was able to have a flagpole installed at the Ashland Public Library. The flag was purchased by the Pack on behalf of Ashland VFW Post 9699 to honor Ashland veterans, both living and deceased. Pictured raising the flag on Flag Day are, from left: Gerald Dunham, VFW member; and Graham Berry, Webelo II.
SEVERAL ASHLAND CUB SCOUTS participated in the 2012 Ashland Summer Fest parade. Pictured are, from left: Creed Chasse (Bear), Alex White (Wolf), Graham Berry (Webelo II), Gabe Page (Bear) and Brady Cowett (Tiger). Scouts Dakota Sutherland, Eli Walker, Dane Driscoll and Clark Condon rode on the Fish and Game Club float.
PERFORMING A WOLF SKIT at the Cub Scout year-end meeting in June were, from left: Eli Walker, Dane Driscoll, Alex White, Dakota Sutherland and Clark Condon.
Religious education program coordinator needed
St. Mark’s Parish and Our Lady of Lake churches (in Ashland and Portage Lake) are looking for a coordinator for their religious education program. This person will be responsible for recruiting catechists each year, registering students, and scheduling and meeting with the religious education committee for St. Mark’s/Our Lady of the Lake. They are also expected to attend bi-monthly meetings of the Parish of the Precious Blood Religious Education Council, as well as attending several mandatory training sessions.
This year religious education classes will be held Sundays (after the Ashland mass) for second grade and on Mondays (after school) for all grades up to grade 5. This is a paid position.
For more information, please contact Corrine Routhier at arouthier@roadrunner.com or call the Parish of the Precious Blood office in Caribou.
Susan Feeney-Hopkins is the correspondent for Ashland, Portage Lake, Oxbow, Masardis, Garfield, Nashville Plantation and the surrounding areas. She can be reached at 435-8232 or Feenhop@aol.com.
