Scouts hold closing ceremony
MAPLETON NEWS
by Jennifer Buzza
Mapleton Cadette Girl Scout Troop 1133 ended its seventh year together with a barbecue dinner and closing awards ceremony.
The event was held at the Mapleton United Methodist Church on Thursday, June 11. Following the barbeque in the fellowship hall, the group moved downstairs to the sanctuary where the girls were introduced one by one. Those in attendance saluted the American flag, and then the Scouts recited the Girl Scout Promise.
Co-Leaders Nancy Winslow and Laurie Amero led the girls in the “Nickname Ceremony,” where each of the girls had a nickname “bestowed” upon them. Mrs. Winslow pinned each of them with a personalized nickname pin on their uniform vest. The troop then sang the Girl Scout version of “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.”
Troop member Amanda Winslow wrote a special skit specifically for this ceremony that the troop performed, titled, “Going on a trip with the Girl Scouts.” Co-leader Jennifer Buzza presented the girls with a community service patch for placing American flags at the gravesites of our local veterans and a Cadette membership star. Amanda Winslow was presented with the GSME Augusta, Maine State Capital Patch that she had earned on her own with her family. The ceremony concluded with the girls singing a song several of them learned at Girl Scout Camp, called “The Shark Song.”
Father’s Day breakfast
The Chapman Ridge Runners Snowmobile and ATV Club will be hosting a public Father’s Day Breakfast on Sunday, June 21, from 7-10:30 a.m. at the clubhouse at 94 Town Hall Road in West Chapman. The cost is $7 for adults, $3 for children 6-11 and free to children under 6.
The menu will include pancakes, fried eggs, bacon or sausage, beans, toast, muffins, juice and coffee. Come one, come all! Celebrate as a family! For more information, call Sue at 764-1236.
Birthdays
Happy Birthday wishes this week go to Graydon Warner, Bernard Ayotte, Jack Lamoreau, Taylor Thompson, Annice Boyles, David Bernier, Ron Argraves, Violet Gregg, Dan Breton, Stephanie Stephenson, Penny Robinson and Angela Boucher.
Anniversaries
Happy Anniversary wishes this week go to Lou and Louise Calabrese on the 18th; Carl and Andrea Ritchie, Taylor and Mandy Putnam on the 20th; Ethan and Deidre Braley, Dan and Nancy Charette, Lee and Jackie Putnam on the 22nd; Gedeon and Debbie Martin, Charles II and Anita Currier on the 23rd.
Help needed
The Mapleton Daze Committee is looking for volunteers to help with set up, children’s games, face painting, bounce houses, crafts and take down on Saturday, June 27 from 11 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. You can come for the whole time or pick a two-hour shift of either, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. or 1-3 p.m. If it rains, all events will be held at the Lion’s Hall. Please call Lyn Frederick at 764-6561 or 540-1465 if you can help out. It will be greatly appreciated.
Mapleton Daze
Mapleton Daze is next weekend! Committee organizers are looking for entries for this year’s parade! The parade lineup is on the Dudley Road at 9 a.m. and the parade steps off at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 27. Prizes will be awarded in various categories. If you would like to put an entry in the parade, please email Deana Easler at easler.dee45@gmail.com or call her at 227-6128.
Jennifer Buzza is the correspondent for Mapleton, Chapman and Castle Hill and can be reached at 760-9115 or at jbuzza@ainop.com.
