Students in grades K-4 at Ashland District School recently participated in a poster contest to celebrate National Children’s Dental Health Month.
Sponsored by Aroostook County Action Program, the effort was led by Anne Chapman, ACAP’s oral health community education specialist.
There were three divisions: Kindergarten, first and second grade, and third and fourth grade. Alyssa Rafford won the Kindergarten contest, while Claire Bauzenberger won for grades 1-2 and Cole Eastman for grades 3-4.
Claire Bauzenberger, center, recently won first place for grades 1-2 in Ashland District School’s dental health poster contest. With her are oral health specialist Anne Chapman of ACAP, left, and Sheila Nemer, school nurse. (Susan Feeney-Hopkins)
Division winners had their posters go on to the County contest, and the students were successful. Alyssa Rafford placed first in the kindergarten division. Claire Bauzenberger and Cole Eastman both placed third in their divisions.
Portage historical happenings
The Portage Lake Historical Society will meet Monday, May 22,,at 6:30 p.m. at the Portage Lake Town Hall conference room.
The Historical society will once again create a “mini-museum” in the Town Hall’s voting room featuring veterans. They are looking for anything veteran- or military-related that they can borrow for the display during the summer. Please include your name and contact information on any items you loan to ensure they are returned to you.
Keeping with honoring veterans, local quilters will create a veterans quilt which will include photos of the veterans. The society is asking for copies of the photos (not originals), 5-by-7 in size. Along with the photos, please include the name, rank, military branch and military conflict/war the veteran was in.
The quilt will be displayed throughout the summer at the mini-museum and thereafter will be a part of the permanent display at the Old Town Hall building (which the society is in the process of purchasing).
For more information contact Corrine Routhier at 227-0819 or arouthier@roadrunner.com, or at the Town Office number 435-4361.
Hand-held flags
The Portage Lake Town Office is selling gently used hand-held flags for $1 each. All proceeds will go to the town’s beautification account. Contact the Portage Lake Town Office FMI, 435-4361.
Susan Feeney-Hopkins is the correspondent for Ashland, Portage Lake, Oxbow, Masardis, Garfield, Nashville Plantation and the surrounding areas. She can be reached at 227-7760 or Feenhop@aol.com.
Ashland District School student Alyssa Rafford is delighted to receive her prize from Anne Chapman, ACAP oral health specialist, in a recent dental health poster contest. Rafford earned first place in the Kindergarten division, and eventually took the top prize in the County-wide contest.
(Susan Feeney-Hopkins)
Ashland District School student Cole Eastman, center, took top prize in the grades 3-4 division in a recent dental health poster contest sponsored by ACAP. He is flanked by ACAP oral health specialist Anne Chapman, left, and Sheila Nemer, School Nurse. (Susan Feeney-Hopkins)
