MARS HILL NEWS
by Tomi Henderson
Rosella’s of Mars Hill is proposing a fundraiser for the CAHS classes of 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
The fundraiser will be on Monday and Tuesday nights. Rosella’s will make a $1 donation to the chosen class for each large pizza order when a patron mentions one of the above classes. In addition to the pizza money earned, at the end of the fundraiser, on Tuesday, May 27, the winning class will receive $100; second place will receive $75; third, $50; and fourth, $25.
Please support your school in this fundraiser.
Aroostook Health Center
Upcoming events for the week of May 7-13 include: Wednesday will feature the Beauty Parlor at 8:30 a.m., Table Tennis at 9:30 a.m., Residents Council at 2 p.m. and Mars Hill United Baptist Church at 6:30 p.m. Thursday will feature the Beauty Parlor at 8:30 a.m., Bingo at 9:30 a.m. and horse racing at 1:30 p.m. Friday will feature Karaoke with Larry and Larry at 1:30 and the Shrine Circus. Saturday will feature a Mother‘s Day Pie Social at 1:30 p.m. Sunday will feature an APC Service at 3 p.m. Monday begins Nursing Home Week and will be Mismatch Day, featuring coffee and donuts at 9:30 a.m., Dayroom Matinee with popcorn and Coke floats at 1:30 p.m. and Gospel group at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday is Denim Day and will feature the Beauty Parlor at 8:30 a.m., Wacky Waffles by Ti from 7-9 a.m., bingo at 9:30 a.m. and a scavenger hunt at 1:30 p.m. All of these activities are subject to change. If you would like to volunteer to help with any of these activities, call Connie or Vicki at 768-4915.
Rotary Club
The Mars Hill Rotary Club met on April 29 at 6:30 a.m. at the Aroostook Health Center.
The special speakers were Betsy Allen and Heather Johnston. They spoke about the trip they took to Morocco last November. They spent a week in Sidi Moumen, the largest slum in Morocco. They helped at a cultural center that was started in 2006 by a diplomat in order to offer residents a chance to have a better life. They teach French, English, art, music and physics.
Betsy and Heather helped with different activities and taught reading and spelling. They came home with a real appreciation of the opportunities that kids in the United States have.
BINGO
The William Cousins Post 118 of the American Legion in Mars Hill hosts a Bingo Night every Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Legion building on Silver Street. There will be cash prizes and concessions.
Girl Scouts on call
Local Girl Scouts are looking for ways to answer the needs of the community — both large and small. If you are a non-profit organization and need volunteers to help with your projects, call 425-9020. The troop is full of Junior High girls looking to volunteer 50 hours worth of community service to earn their Silver Award. The troop can help with any number of activities in Blaine, Bridgewater and Mars Hill.
Reading program
Maine Agri-Women Pam Townsend and Bobbi McCrum recently read books provided by Ag in the Classroom to the students at Fort Street School in Mars Hill. Partial funding is provided by the Maine Potato Board. The book this year was about Maine blueberries. Children were pleased to learn that Maine is the number one producer of wild blueberries in the world. The books were shared with the students and gifted to the classroom libraries.
March was Agriculture Month and the Maine Agri-Women read books about Maine agriculture to area schools. Towns represented were: Houlton, Littleton, St. Agatha, Madawaska, New Sweden, Fort Fairfield, Mars Hill, Woodland, Mapleton and Belfast.
Homecoming 2014
Plans for Homecoming 2014 are under way. This year’s events will be held on Aug. 8-10. Plans are to include various activities at the high school on Saturday afternoon and the committee is looking for crafters and more to set up booths with crafts, foods, etc. Please call Kathy Miller at 425-3771 if you would like to be part of this activity.
Book presentation
There will be a book signing and talk at the Walter T.A. Hansen Memorial Library in Mars Hill on Monday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m. Emma Gingerich, author of “Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape,” will be there to do a presentation on her book and to meet with any interested readers. There will also be copies available for purchase.
Tomi Henderson is the correspondent for Mars Hill, Blaine, Bridgewater and Westfield. She can be reached by email at tomihen@yahoo.com.
