WASHBURN NEWS
by Beth Boddy
Mildred Bennet created a beautiful Colors of Cancer quilt to help support Relay for Life. Each color of the quilt represents a different type of cancer. Mildred has donated the quilt to the Butterflies of Hope of Caribou.
The group will be raffling the quilt; a date for the raffle has not yet been set.
The quilt will be shown at the different fundraisers the group will be holding throughout the summer.
The quilt will also be on display at Dr. Michaud’s suite in Caribou. Mildred would like to thank Anita Dow for making the name label, Bonnie Lavway for embroidering the meanings of the different colors in one of the center squares, Alma Fogg for doing the machine quilting, Rita Kingsbury who taught Mildred how to do paper piecing and helped with the binding and Washburn’s A Stitchin’ and a Givin’ group for donating material and giving Mildred much encouragement.
Municipal seats open
The town of Washburn currently has openings on the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Planning Board (alternate position) and the Revolving Loan Committee. If you have any interest in serving on one of these boards, call Town Manager Bev Turner at the Town Office at 455-8485.
Club selling picnic tables
The Washburn High School Woodworking Club has some beautiful picnic tables for sale. You can get a hexagon picnic table for just $240, an 8-foot picnic table for $150 or a 6-foot picnic table for $135. You can view pictures of the picnic tables at the Washburn school website at msad45.net. E-mail Don Hanson or call the high school at 455-4501 for more information or to purchase a table.
Music Boosters
The Washburn Music Boosters Club is planning on holding a talent show sometime in April. They are looking for anyone who would be interested in participating.
The talent show will be open to students and the public as well.
If anyone would be interested in taking part in the talent show, e-mail Kelly White at kwhite95@hotmail.com.
Birthdays/anniversaries
Those celebrating a birthday between March 13-19 include: Olivia Doody, Starla Enman, Rodney Chavez Jr., Athil Clayton Jr., Lee Farley, Samantha White, Taylor Dobson, Lewis Tarbox, Mick Myshrall, Beverly Knowles, Jeremy Hartsgrove, Timothy Stitham, Angela Farley, Ashley Churchill, David Tarr, Gerald Easler and Graydon E. Buckingham.
Those celebrating an anniversary between March 13-19 include: Bill and Leasha Fitzherbert.
Beth Boddy is the correspondent for Perham, Wade and Washburn. She can be reached by calling 455-8427 or by e-mailing bethwood@hotmail.com.
