At a recent meeting of the Washburn Rotary Club, Rich Duncan and Sue Fuller spoke about the campaign that is underway to build a Hospice House — the Aroostook House of Comfort — in northern Maine. Duncan, who is chairman of the board for Aroostook Hospice Foundation, noted that land has been donated, and fund-raising has begun to build the Aroostook House of Comfort at 255 Caribou Road in Presque Isle.
This is a $2.5 million project, with expansion planned after the initial phase is completed. Building is expected to begin in 2014, with an anticipated opening in 2015. During the presentation, Rick Duncan presented Rotarian Larry Bull with a jacket in appreciation of his continued support of the hospice project.
Friendly Co-op
The Friendly Co-op is open for any new members that would like to join. There is no membership fee. For more information call 455-8421 or email bunny@atimaine.net. You can order either by bulk or smaller amounts. The next order week is March 3-8. Delivery will be Friday, March 14. Pay on pickup date.
Use caution on trails
There will be heavy equipment working on the removal of the Mill Pond dam and the upper berm section beginning around Feb. 18. There may be dump trucks traveling the ITS 105 trail from the Mill Pond to just north of the Washburn Trailrunners’ clubhouse to off-load several loads of gravel. Snowmobilers please use extreme caution when traveling through this section of the trails.
Birthdays/anniversaries
Those celebrating a birthday between Feb. 26 and March 4 include: Mark Doody, Evelyn Woodman, Connor Howe, James Johnson, Travis White, Velda Buckingham, Eric Brown, Jean Wain, Beth Veeneman, Bill Sargent, Bob Clayton, Kyle Corey, Karen Carmichael, Eva Levesque and Michelle Doody.
Those celebrating an anniversary between Feb. 26 and March 4 include: Craig and Crystal Hobbs.
Beth Boddy is the correspondent for Perham, Wade and Washburn. She can be reached by calling 455-8427 or by e-mailing bethwood@hotmail.com.
