MARS HILL NEWS
by Tomi Henderson
The Mars Hill Rotary Club met on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 6:30 a.m. at the Aroostook Health Center.
The special speaker was Houlton Rotarian Torrey Sylvester. Torrey lived in Mars Hill and attended school through grade 5, when his family moved to Houlton. He said he remembered learning to ski when the ski slope was on the back side of the mountain.
He showed slides and spoke about the trip he and his wife Jennifer took to Egypt in the fall of 2009. They spent five days in Cairo and 12 days on a Nile River cruise. They saw the pyramids and Sphinx in the Valley of the Kings. They also went to the new library in the city of Alexandria and saw a fort that was built from the stones of the lighthouse that was one of the ancient wonders of the world. They also saw the Aswan Dam. Torrey took over 500 pictures of what he referred to as this wonderful “trip of a lifetime.”
Copies of “I Remember When in Mars Hill” are now on sale at the Mars Hill Town Office and several other businesses in town. At a cost of $25, these books include 37 stories of Mars Hill through the years. Written by various individuals, there are stories and memories about local and farm families, sports, Main Street, postal service, Eagle Scouts and much more.
Grades 5 and 6 basketball teams, both boys and girls, from throughout the county will be participating in a Round Robin on Tuesday, Feb. 16, in Mars Hill. Boys’ games will take place at the Mars Hill and Blaine Community Center, while girls’ games will take place at Fort Street Elementary School. Games are scheduled to run on the following schedule:
• Boys — 8:30 a.m. Presque Isle vs. Fort Fairfield; 9:15 a.m. Easton vs. Mars Hill; 10 a.m. Easton vs. Fort Fairfield; 10:45 a.m. Presque Isle vs. Mars Hill; 11:30 a.m. Washburn vs. Limestone; 12:15 p.m. Washburn vs. Ashland; 1 p.m. St. Agatha vs. Ashland; 1:45 p.m. Caribou vs.. Limestone; 2:30 p.m. Caribou vs. St. Agatha.
• Girls — 8:30 a.m. Easton vs. Caribou; 9:15 a.m. Presque Isle vs. Fort Fairfield; 10 a.m. Caribou vs. Presque Isle; 10:45 a.m. Easton vs. Fort Fairfield; 11:30 a.m. Washburn vs. Limestone; 12:15 p.m. St. Agatha vs. Ashland; 1 p.m. Washburn vs. Ashland; 1:45 p.m. Mars Hill vs. Limestone; 2:30 p.m. Mars Hill vs. St. Agatha.
This is a great chance to see the future basketball stars of Aroostook County in action!
The Walter T.S. Hansen Memorial Library in Mars Hill will be having an online auction beginning on Feb. 1 and lasting through the month of February. The Web site is www.biddingforgood.com/.
Many items are available, including autographed sports memorabilia from the Boston Bruins and Boston Red Sox, tickets to sporting events throughout the state, gift cards, food items, Disney tickets, Amtrak tickets and much more.
If anyone would like to make a donation to the library, donate a memorial book or magazine or help out the library in some other way, you may do so directly at the library at 10 Hansen Street in Mars Hill or by mail at P.O. Box 1008, Mars Hill, ME 04758. Questions may be directed to Tammy Delong, trustee, at 425-1007 or the library at 429-9625.
The East Ridge Union Church in Mars Hill will be showing the film “Flywheel” on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 5 p.m. Admission is free. The production is from the creators of “Facing the Giants” and “Fireproof.” Join Jay Austin on the ride of his life.
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.
Houlton Rotarian Torrey Sylvester, pictured at center, spoke at the Feb. 2 meeting of the Mars Hill Rotary Club about his trip to Egypt in 2009. Pictured from left: Rotary Club President Steve Hitchcock, Sylvester and Rotarian Milton Adelman.
