ASHLAND NEWS
by Susan Feeney-Hopkins
The Ashland Logging Museum is preparing for its annual Fall Festival scheduled to take place Sunday, Sept. 23 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The festival is a wonderful family outing where you can see and try a variety of different, old and new-style fall activities.
John and Ella Weeks will be running their cider press, Corinne Pelletier will be spinning, Robin Barker will be making applesauce and Tom Cote will be doing some wood carving. For the younger folks, Matt Bell’s Northeast Pellets is donating a bucket load of sawdust for a sawdust sandbox! The Boy Scouts have already begun to literally tie together their very fun Monkey Bridge — a rope bridge that requires very good balance to cross! Other kids’ activities include a culvert obstacle course, pumpkin faces, log rolling, kids’ lumberjack skills, coloring pages and foam crafts.
The Museum buildings will be open and they invite everyone to see how well the Norway Bluff Fire Tower restoration is going.
All are encouraged to join in the friendly competitions. Up for grabs are bragging rights to the best bean-hole beans, pickles, jam or jelly and other canned produce. Voting on all four categories will be by popular vote as is the winner of the weirdest veggie competition. They’ll be breaking out the scale and tape measure to determine the biggest zucchini! Take a peek out amongst your garden veggies and see if you have a lurking zucchini monster or a very odd carrot, cool cuke, or super squash. All of the activities and events are free.
They will also be serving a lunch of real bison burgers with reflector oven biscuits, salads, bean-hole beans, and homemade desserts for $8 a plate. Join us for what they hope will be a spectacular fall day and a great day out! For more information, call Amanda Barker at 435-4870.
Air Force Lt. Col. Jocelyn J. Schermerhorn has assumed command of 19th Special Operations Squadron in Hurburt Field, Fla.
Schermerhorn has served in the military for 17 years.
She is the daughter of David and Sue Schermerhorn of Charlotte, Vt. and Joan and William Johnson of Oxbow.
Schermerhorn graduated in 1990 from Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, Vt. and received a bachelor of science degree in 1995 from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo. She also earned a master’s degree in 2000 from Webster University in St. Louis, Mo.
Moose Hunters Supper
Pioneer Lodge No. 72 Masonic Lodge will sponsor a Moose Hunters Supper for the public Saturday, Sept. 22 from 5-7 p.m. at the lodge. The menu will include deep fried turkey with all the fixins’ and dessert. The cost will be $10 per person. The Masonic Lodge is located at 32 Plum St. in Ashland.
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.
