Harrison celebrates her 85th birthday
WASHBURN NEWS
Lorraine Harrison recently enjoyed celebrating her 85th birthday with lots of friends and family members. Her first party was held at the Lidstone Memorial Methodist Church in Washburn on Sunday, April 25. Both her sons, John and Larry Harrison, pinned a pink carnation with baby’s breath corsage on her, and they, along with family members Laura and Rinette, attended the morning service. Afterwards, they went downstairs to enjoy a special birthday brunch which included buffet-style tables full of wonderful treats including a special birthday cake made by Ce Ce Rossignol. There was quite a crowd of church family, friends and family members present.
During her birthday week, Lorraine and her family attended a second special birthday party in her honor, hosted by her sister, Linda Callison, at her home in Stockholm. The guests enjoyed the get-together with family and friends and especially the delicious birthday cake.
Lorraine enjoyed a week’s visit with her son John and his wife Laura from Plainville, Conn., and received many cards and gifts from friends near and far, including one from her grandson Brian, of Connecticut.
Even though the celebrations are over and family members have all returned home, Lorraine is keeping active with her involvement in the Washburn Rec Center Seniors program and UMPI’s SAGE program.
This four-generation photo was taken at the Ingraham family camp at Drew’s Lake during a family gathering on July 4, 2009. Pictured from left: Barry Ingraham, father; 10-month-old Jenesa; Charles Ingraham, grandfather, of Cary Plantation; and 92-year-old Margaret Ingraham, great-grandmother, of Houlton.
The Harrison family celebrated the 85th birthday of the matriarch recently. Pictured, from left: John, Laura, Lorraine, Rinette and Larry.
On Friday, April 7, at 7 p.m. there will be a fun-filled country-gospel concert held at the high school. This is a special fund-raising event to help the Destination Imagination teams pay for their trip to the global competition held in Knoxville.
Local music performer Warner Archer, along with Wendell Hudson, will be joined by many other talented gospel and country musicians.
The DI group is also having a supper/auction on Saturday, May 8, at the Washburn Elementary School. The supper will be served at 5 p.m. and the auction will follow at 6:30 p.m. Auction items are needed. To arrange for pickup, phone Tracy Reed at the high school at 455-4501.
These two teams of DI are really working hard at their fund-raising efforts. They have also combined their travel to Tennessee with the Brunswick and Bangor elementary school teams to end up saving over $6,000 in transportation costs!
DI TEAM CLEANS UP — Members of Washburn Destination Imagination teams assisted with the cleanup at an area landfill recently. Pictured, from left: Jacob Reed, Marlaina Spooner, Felicia Cochran and Michael Cote.
Those celebrating birthdays this week include: Amber Stevens, Elaine Sherburne, Audrey Burtt, Kari Howe, Suzanne Berube, Jason Thompson, Noah Caron, Danny Churchill, April Curtis, Merle Bragg Sr., Clare Porter, Alice Flood, Hannah White, Doris Churchill, Jason Pangburn, Mark Hester, Sophia Levesque, Jay Tilley, Matt Howe, Richard Farley, Cheryll Flanagin, Bill Hause, Herb Sands, Malika Maynard, Kevin Doody, Marty Clayton, Dale Churchill, Todd Duncan, Pam Wilcox, Sylvia Fox, Lori Levesque, Jeff Wark, Carmen Tilley, Isaac Carney, Cheryl Damboise, Darin Cunningham, Doug Everett Jr., Heather Sherman, Sandi Crouse, Velma Sperrey and Lance Plissey.
Anniversary wishes go out to: Jim and Kathy McCarty and Lyn and Shelly Gresham.
The Aroostook River Fun Run canoe, kayak and bike race will be held on Saturday, May 22, at 10 a.m. starting at the Thomas Brewer Park. Registration is from 8 to 9:15 a.m., with an informational meeting at 9:30 a.m. The fee is $15.
New to this annual event, there will also be a Mountain Bike Wildlife Bike Run for all abilities. This is a family-oriented day, and the route will include bike riding on the ATV trail. At the end of the race and bike run, there will be food and prizes at the Presque Isle Fish and Game Club. The entry fee is $5. Breakfast will be available from 6 to 8 a.m. and the race fee includes a BBQ lunch.
For further information, contact Gretchen Morse at 764-0802 or e-mail her at Gretchen.morse@edwardjones.com or contact Keith Brown at krbrown8193@gmail.com or phone 455-4421.
On Wednesday, May 5, there will be gymnastics in Mars Hill. The van will leave the elementary school at 2:30 and return to the Rec Center at 5:15 p.m.
On Monday, May 10, there will be men’s basketball at the elementary school gym from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
The summer program booklets will be coming out in the near future and sent home with the students. There will also be scheduled registration days and informational flyers. For further information, contact Marcie at the Rec Center at 455-4959.
On Thursday, April 20, the Wade town selectmen held their regular meeting. The selectmen reviewed applications for various town positions, hired a casual part-time road man and discussed pending projects. They noted that the town will soon be grading the roads and completing other spring road work.
The selectmen also reviewed a request from an individual who wanted to bait bear on the school lot. This request was declined.
The next meeting of the Wade selectmen will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 4, at Donna Turner’s residence.
The second annual Spring Fling Dance put on by TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) was held on Saturday, April 17, at the Trailrunners snowmobile clubhouse. It was a huge success with approximately 75 guests coming from the local area as well as surrounding towns, with some even arriving in period costumes. There were great snacks along with coffee and punch available and the music was from the 1950s’ to 1960s’ era, with Kathy Plante serving as D.J. for the evening.
There was even a guest whose arrival noted “Elvis has entered the building”! The “King,” aka Quinten Warren, took time to dance with a few of the guests and was attired in his gold star-decorated white cape and bell bottom pants. He also provided the audience with his karaoke-singing renditions of his favorite Elvis songs.
There were door prizes drawn every half hour and consisted of gift cards, homemade pot holders, hand towels and several decorative garden items. There was also a 50/50 drawing, won by Carol Hodde, and the large door prize drawn at the end of the evening was won by Patsy Delong of Presque Isle. It consisted of a garden tub full of gardening and seasonal items including seed, soil, a water can and plant dish, mini garden tools including a hose and spade, garden gloves and a shepherd’s crook for plant display.
ELVIS IN WASHBURN — Entertaining the guests at the TOPS Spring Fling was Quinten Warren (of the Presley family).
In conjunction with the national postal food drives, the Perham and Washburn post offices and letter carriers will be collecting non-perishable foods on Saturday, May 8. They thank people on their routes in advance, and note that the food will be distributed in the local area.
Christie Cochran is the correspondent for Washburn, Wade and Perham. She can be reached at 455-8034 or gramchristie@yahoo.com.
