Reunion meeting planned Saturday
MARS HILL NEWS
The Central Aroostook High School Class of 1976 will hold a meeting Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016 at 10 a.m. at the high school to plan its 40th reunion.
Anyone willing to help plan this fun time is encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Kim Field at 694-6925 or Margaret Ellis at 551-5119. There is also a Facebook page set up.
Adult ed classes begin soon
MSAD 42 adult ed classes will begin on Monday, Feb. 22 and runs through Thursday, April 14. The following classes are being offered: quilting, woodworking, purse-wallet making, Spanish cooking, RIPPED, whittling and knitting.
If you would like to sign up for any of these classes, please call Kathy at 425-3771 to register. Some classes are limited in size so please sign up early.
Aroostook Health Center
Upcoming events for the week of Feb. 10-16 include: Wednesday will feature Beauty Parlor at 8:30 a.m., Wii Bowling at 9 a.m., Moving to Music at 9:30 a.m., and Fort Street Second Graders at 1:15 p.m. Thursday will feature Beauty Parlor at 8:30 a.m., Bingo at 9:30 a.m., Horse Racing at 1:30 p.m. and Blaine Free Baptist at 6:30 p.m.
Friday will feature Hearts Bingo at 9:30 a.m., Valentine’s Sweetheart Luncheon at 11 a.m. and Music by the Countrymen at 1:30 p.m. Saturday will be a free day with movies, games and puzzles available in the dayroom. Sunday is Valentine’s Day and will feature Sunday Service with Jonathan at 1:30 p.m.
Monday is President’s Day and will be a free day. Tuesday will feature the Beauty Parlor at 8:30 a.m., Bingo with Velma and Kids at 9:30 a.m., and Card Games at 1:30 p.m.
All of these activities are subject to change. If you would like to volunteer to help with any of these activities, call Connie or Vicki at 768-4915.
Rotary Club
The Mars Hill Rotary Club met Feb. 2 at the Aroostook Health Center and the special speaker was Central Aroostook High School junior Dayna McCrum, who is the state president of the FFA. She is spending quite a bit of time visiting FFA chapters around Maine. McCrum will attend events this year in New York, Washington D.C. and Louisville. In spite of her busy schedule, she said she is maintaining her grades at a very high level.
She spoke to the club about her recent trip to South Africa on an International Leadership Seminar with 74 other FFA state officers. They left for their 18-hour flight on Jan. 2 and returned Jan. 19. They stayed in hotels in both Johannesburg and Cape Town while they visited various farms and camps.
Items seen at the farms they visited were carrots, flowers, mangos, potatoes, grapes and olives. Others farms had alligators, goats and dairy cattle. At the dairy farm they visited, around 2,000 cows were milked in a three-hour span of time. The milk was sent for processing nearby into butter and cheese as well as drinking milk. One of their trips was to a safari camp, where they saw hippos, giraffes, cheetahs and penguins.
McCrum learned that they plant potatoes year round and don’t rotate the crops. They are staggered so when the potatoes are ready to dig, they go directly to be processed and storage is not necessary.
One special night, they were served a 14-course meal. She managed to eat anything that was set before her by telling herself “it’s chicken.” All told, she traveled 19,474 miles on seven planes and saw one amazing country!
Bingo held Saturdays
The William Cousins Post 118 of Mars Hill is hosting Bingo on Saturday evening beginning at 7 p.m. at the Post. There are cash prizes and refreshments are available. Come on out and enjoy a fun evening with friends!
Tomi Henderson is the correspondent for Mars Hill, Blaine, Bridgewater and Westfield. She can be reached at 551-6791 or e-mail tomihen@yahoo.com.
