Musicians entertain Ashland seniors
ASHLAND NEWS
by Susan Feeney Hopkins
The Ashland Area Senior Citizens recently celebrated Valentine’s Day with a potluck luncheon.
Photo courtesy of the Ashland Area Senior Citizens Club
ASHLAND AREA SENIOR CITIZENS recently gathered for a Valentine’s luncheon. Among those attending were, from left: Richard Morris, Betty Morris, Avis Bass, Anne Cloukey, Herman Cloukey and Cleo Bernier, club president.
The seniors were treated to entertainment provided by local musicians Jeremiah Donovan, Peter Parker, Clarence DeVoe, Junior McLellan and Sheldon Wright. Everyone enjoyed their music and even joined in to sing.
Photo courtesy of the Ashland Area Senior Citizens Club
LOCAL MUSICIANS entertained the Ashland Area Senior Citizens during their recent Valentine’s luncheon. Pictured are, from left: club member Herman Cloukey, musician Clarence DeVoe, member Charles Savary, musician Junior McLellan, member Anne Cloukey and musician Sheldon Wright.
Portage Lake boosting tourism
The Portage Lake Tourism Committee is in the midst of revamping its website with the intention of boosting interest in the lakeside community as a tourist destination. The new and improved website will feature more photos of the area, highlight the four seasons and the “things to do” during them, pages on the “interesting” facts and history of the town, its people and the local businesses.
The committee will be accepting photos, stories and facts, history, poems and “anything about Portage Lake of interest” for use on the website. The plan is to continue to expand the website and continually add updated information to keep it current. If you have any interesting information you would like to provide to the website, please contact Tourism Committee Chairperson Grace Nason at 435-6373. Go to www.portagelakemaine.org to see the progress and see for yourself why Portage Lake is a great place to visit.
Ongoing events
The Ashland Senior Citizens Club meets every other Thursday from Nov. 1 through March 31 and every week (Thursday) from April 1 to Oct. 31 at Forest View Circle, Maple Building #4. The club meets at noon for a potluck luncheon to enjoy the company of others, games and guest entertainers. All are welcome to attend.
The Portage Lake Over 50’s Club lunch is held on the last Tuesday of every month at 11:30 a.m. at the Town Hall. All individuals 50 and over are invited to attend and can bring a potluck dish to share. For more information, contact Wilza Robertson at 435-6211 or Grace Nason at 435-6373.
The Red Hat Loonies of Portage Lake meet the second Thursday of every month at Dean’s Motor Lodge. Membership dues are $2. Come and have a great meal and a great time, too! For more information, contact Rachel Stevens at 435-6358.
Susan Feeney-Hopkins is the correspondent for Ashland, Portage Lake, Oxbow, Masardis, Garfield, Nashville Plantation and the surrounding areas. She can be reached at 435-8232 or Feenhop@aol.com.
