School open house, rec soccer in Easton

Hillary Hallett, Special to The County
7 years ago

Easton Elementary School will host an open house today, Wednesday, Aug. 23, at 6 p.m.  

Rec soccer to start

Fifth- and sixth-grade soccer round robins will be played on Saturdays in September and October, with possibly a few additional games.  Practices will be held on Tuesday evenings from 5:15-6:30, starting Sept. 19, on the girls’ soccer field.  This team is co-ed.

The third- and fourth-grade soccer team will practice at the elementary school behind the playground on (typically) Mondays and Thursdays from 3-4 p.m., unless there is a game scheduled.  Children must have sneakers and shin guards to participate. A complete schedule can be found in the Rec Department Fall Book.  

The first- and second-grade soccer team will practice at the elementary school behind the playground on (typically) Tuesdays from 3 to 3:45 p.m. unless there is a game scheduled.  Children must have sneakers and shin guards to participate.  A complete schedule for these games may also be found in the fall book.

Happy Days Club

The Happy Days Senior Citizens’ Club met following a potluck  lunch on Aug. 10 with the following members present: Betty Brown, Annette Copeland, Jean Ann Ames, Liana DeMerchant, Julia Allen, Marie Hewitt, Pat Fitzherbert, Kitty Scott, Loomis Scott, Carolyn Mahany and guest Elaine (DeMerchant) Walker.

The next meeting will be at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 24, in the Recreation Room at the Manor. The group will order Chinese fare for lunch and the speaker will be Katelyn White, who will discuss her time at Dirigo Girls State.

Please join them and invite a friend.

Community Library

On Saturdays the Community Library will be held at the Easton High School Library from 9:30 a.m. to noon, featuring story time from 10 to 10:30 for toddlers/pre-K to grade 3. Children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult. 

The library will be open to the community for patrons to utilize library services; book loans, use of periodicals and reference materials, Internet and computer access. Patrons may bring their own devices to access the Internet and will be asked to follow existing library rules/guidelines.   

This week’s date is Saturday, Aug. 15.

Hillary Hallett is the correspondent for Easton. She can be reached by sending an e-mail to: hillary_jt@myfairpoint.net or calling 551-7737.