Crime Stoppers Golf Tournament
The 17th annual Crime Stoppers Golf Tournament will be held at the Mars Hill Country Club on Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27. This 18-hole, four-person scramble will have both ladies’ and men’s divisions. Tee-off times are 7:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. each day.
There are over $6,000 in cash and prizes that will be given away, as well as hole-in-one prizes of a free lease on a 2008 Toyota Tacoma and $10,000 in cash.
Call the Mars Hill Country Club at 425-4802 to reserve your tee time now!
Rotary Club
The Mars Hill Rotary Club met at the Aroostook Health Center on Tuesday, June 17, at 6:30 a.m. The special speaker was Rotarian Venkat Munukutla. He spoke about Why the World Can’t Afford Food. A loaf of bread has gone up 74 percent since 2003. The cost of cereal has gone up 89 percent since May of 2007!
There are many aspects that come into the equation: the way we eat and cook, the price of oil and the use of corn for bio-fuel are just some of the reasons. While the situation may not be averted, knowing the problem can help us prepare for the future. While costs for food and fuel may drop from the current levels, they will never go back to what they were at the beginning of the 21st century.
ACI/CAHS Reunion
Among the events planned for the ACI/CAHS Reunion are Gospel Concert, Wind Farm Tours, Chicken BBQ, Sock Hop, Variety Show, Breakfast, Antique Car Show, Parade, Wagon Rides, Motorcycle Demonstration, Bean Supper, Maine Army National Guard Band Concert, Dance and Robinson School Get-Together. Make plan now to be around on July 24-26 for all the activities! A schedule of events will be available soon.
Reading Hour
The Walter T.A. Hansen Memorial Library is pleased to continue with Co Co’s Reading Hour for children ages third grade and up on Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. This program will run every Thursday at the library.
Library
The Walter T.A. Hansen Memorial Library is continuing with an ongoing book sale. Cost for the books is .50 for hard cover and .25 for paperbacks. There are also bags available to fill for $5. Old and new copyrights for adult and children are available. Fiction, nonfiction, westerns, science fiction and romance are among those currently on hand. There are also children’s books for sale, so plan to stop and check things out. Stock up now for your summer reading! Monetary donations will also be accepted.
Quilted items wanted
A display of quilts and other quilted items is being planned as part of Bridgewater’s July 24 – 26 Sesquicentennial celebration.
The event, “Quilts Old & New” will be held on Saturday, July 26, at the Bridgewater Free Baptist Church from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Quilt Show Committee enthusiastically encourages everyone from Bridgewater, Monticello, Blaine and Mars Hill to provide new or vintage quilts, wall hangings, quilted apparel and quilted bags for the show. The Committee plans to create a diverse display that is rich in history, but also includes contemporary quilted items.
A registration form will be provided for each quilt entered. These forms are available at the Bridgewater, Blaine, Monticello and Mars Hill Town Offices, at the Walter T.A. Hansen Memorial Library and on the Bridgewater Web site.
On Thursday, July 24, persons wishing to enter quilted items in the show may drop them off at Debbie Taylor’s house at 20 Tannery Street in Bridgewater from 12 – 3 p.m. or at the church from 5 – 7 p.m. On Friday, July 25, persons wishing to show quilts may drop them off at the Church from 7 – 10 a.m.
If special arrangements need to be made to enter a quilt, for more information or to help with the show, please contact Reta Hersey at 425-4492.
Bridgewater Sesquicentennial The Bridgewater Sesquicentennial will be held July 24 – 26. Among the events currently being planned are: Presentation of the Boston Post Cane, Unveiling of the 1990 time capsule, Fashion Show, Variety Show with Joy Whited, Civil War Camp re-enactment, Breakfast, craft and vender fair, parade (10 a.m.), Quilt Show, antique farm machinery display, Antique Car Show, antique tractor pull, horse and tractor wagon rides, supper and dance (combined with ACI/CAHS).
For more information, please contact Mike Crawford at 764-0202 or by e-mail at dcrawford@maine.rr.com.
Craft and Vendor Fair
The Bridgewater Sesquicentennial Committee is planning to hold a Craft and Vendor Fair during Bridgewater’s 150th birthday celebration, and with the ACI-CAHS Reunion planned for the same weekend, the Sesquicentennial Committee anticipates that hundreds of people will attend the Fair.
The Craft and Vendor Fair will be held in the parking lot of the Bridgewater Free Baptist Church on Main Street on Saturday, July 26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Any crafter or vendor interested in participating in the Fair is invited to do so by sending in a registration form together with the $15 fee for each standard 15-foot by 10-foot space. Food vendors must submit a certificate of insurance with the registration form.
Registration forms are available at the W.T.A. Hansen Library in Mars Hill and at the town offices in Bridgewater, Blaine, Mars Hill and Monticello, or on the bridgewatermaine.org Web site.
For more information, contact Charlene Bradbury at 429-8306 or Rita Kingsbury at 429-9359.
Bridgewater Rec Department
The Bridgewater Recreation Department is planning many activities this summer. The Summer Recreation Programs begin on June 23 for youth entering grades 1 – 6 in the fall. They will run Monday – Thursday from 9 a.m. – noon. Please contact Chris Finemore at 425-6606 to register your child. There will be a $15 fee per week for out-of-town children who wish to participate. Meals will be provided (breakfast at 9 a.m., lunch at 11:30 a.m.).
Introduction to Martial Arts will run from 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. on June 23 and 30, July 8, 15, 22, 29 and Aug. 5. The certified head instructor will be Sheri Foreman, a third-degree black belt under the Atlantic Pacific Tang Soo Do Federation, with over 15 years of martial arts training. Participants will learn to concentrate, focus, learn coordination and self-defense. Classes will be held at the Bridgewater Grammar School. Please contact Chris to register. There will be a $25 fee for out-of-town children who wish to participate.
Mini Softball will be offered, free for all participants, with everybody playing. Please contact Erick or Mel Goff at 429-4002 for more information or to sign up your child.
Summer Cooking will be offered by the Bridgewater Recreation Dept. and UMPI Cooperative Extension. This cooking program is offered to students entering grades 4 – 6 in the fall. Held on Wednesdays, July 2, 8, 16, 23 and 30 from 12 – 1:30 p.m. at the Community Building, participants will learn new cooking skills, try new recipes and have fun! To sign up for this, contact Chris Finemore at 425-6606. There will be a $25 fee for out-of-town children who wish to participate.
Bridgewater Community Club
The Bridgewater Community Club will hold a Fashion Show on Thursday, July 24, at 7 p.m. at the Bridgewater Free Baptist Church in conjunction with Bridgewater’s Sesquicentennial celebration. The show will feature fashions from each decade beginning with the 1850s and ending with current fashions.
Beginning Thursday, June 19, the Club will meet every Thursday at 7 p.m. until the July 24 show to work on the event. These work sessions will be held either at the church or at the home of Pat Lenentine at 386 Main Street in Bridgewater.
Anyone who has fashions for the show or who would like to model or help with the show is invited to attend the work sessions.
The goals of the Community Club are to promote friendship among women of all ages and to undertake projects that improve the community. Membership dues are $1 per month, and all interested women are invited to attend. For more information, please contact Pat Lenentine at 429-9444.
Bridgewater Creative Crafting
On the first and third Thursdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Civic Community Center in Bridgewater, crafters are encouraged to join together to work on various projects. Bring your own supplies and projects as you share your knowledge of various crafts. Work together or individually with quilting, knitting, sewing, embroidery, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc. Everyone is welcome! For more information, please contact Chris Finemore at 425-6606 or Melody Goff at 420-4002. Come relax and enjoy yourself as you socialize with other crafters.
BHA
The Bridgewater Historical Association is continuing with their live music on Thursday evenings from 6 – 9 p.m. The musicians are there to have a good time. They play old-time rock and roll, country, standards, originals, etc. So grab your dancing shoes on and come on down to the BHA Hall (formerly Odd Fellows Hall).
There are still copies of Annie Rideout’s book “The History of Bridgewater” available. Copies are $29 plus $6. S/H.
All proceeds from the music events will go toward a new PA system for the hall. The BHA would like to extend their sincerest thanks to all who support their efforts. It is very much appreciated. To contact the BHA, their mailing address is P. O. Box 341, Bridgewater, ME 04735. The president is Denis Gagne (429-8290), secretary is Jann Votaw (425-7901).
Tomi Henderson is the correspondent for Mars Hill, Blaine, Bridgewater and Westfield. She can be reached at 429-9126 or e-mail tomihen@yahoo.com.
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
MAY STUDENT of the Month at CAHS was Whitney Peavey. Whitney enjoys English class, reading and playing basketball. Whitney is the daughter of Jay and Melissa Peavey.
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MAY STUDENT of the Month at CAHS was Mariah Brewer. The daughter of Tim and Colleen Brewer, Mariah plans to become an elementary school teacher.
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MAY STUDENT of the Month at CAHS was Cameron York. Valedictorian of his class, Cameron plans to attend Cedarville University. He is the son of Brent and Kay York.
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PLACING FIRST in the Eighth-Grade Science Fair competition at Central Aroostook Junior-Senior High School was Landon Jackins – Farmer’s Gas Pourer. He is pictured with his grandfather – Wallace Boyd, for whom he invented the Gas Pourer. They can place a filled gas can on the lift and crank it up high enough that gravity feed will allow them to fill up the mower or other equipment.
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
Victoria Brewer, pictured with Mrs. Pangburn, a physical education teacher, won a bike as part of the Health and Wellness program fund-raising events at Fort Street Elementary School in Mars Hill. Students had sponsors for the amount of time they would jump rope. Victoria raised the highest amount of money for this annual event. Other prizes handed out included: a stereo, MP3 players, sporting equipment and more. The Fort Street students raised almost $4,000 this year. The funds will be used to purchase CPR mannequins, volleyball standards for the gym and other physical education equipment. A big thank you goes out to all those who supported this event, making it a huge success.
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
PLACING FIRST in the Sixth-Grade Science Fair competition at Central Aroostook Junior-Senior High School was Spencer Garrison – “Want to be a Farm Manager.”
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ROTARY AWARD – The District 7810 Duncan Wathen Achievement Award was presented to the Mars Hill Rotary Club by Nancy Fletcher of the Presque Isle Rotary Club. It was presented to the club in the district with the highest percentage net increase in members for the year 2007-2008. Accepting the award is Mars Hill Rotary President Bruce Hussey.
