Easton plans for town-wide winter carnival
EASTON NEWS
The Easton Recreation Department’s Winter Carnival will be held March 3-5, 2016. G-Force Laser Tag will be coming to town on Thursday. Children in fifth grade and under will play from 5-6:45 p.m. and sixth grade and above will have the course from 7-8:45 p.m. The cost is $10. There is a need for help with clean-up and tear down, so please plan to assist if available.
Friday evening there will be pizza and game night starting at 5:30 in the elementary school cafeteria. Pizza, chips and soda will be served. Families should bring their favorite games. Donations will be accepted towards supper. A cribbage tournament will begin at 6:45 p.m. Please bring your own board and cards. The cost to enter is $3.
On Saturday morning, weather permitting there will be sliding on Kinney Hill (Route 1A) from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Concessions will be sold by Easton Kiwanis Club. Please bring your own sled. There will be a potluck supper at 5:30 p.m. in the cafeteria, followed by the fifth- and sixth-grade girls basketball team taking on their moms at 6:15 p.m. and the boys squaring off against their dads at 7 p.m. in the elementary school gym.
Girl Scouts in need of troop leader
The Easton Girl Scouts are currently looking for adult volunteers to lead a new troop of girls in Kindergarten and grade one.
Troop 691, the troop currently based in Easton, can no longer take on younger girls in order to better care for their current members of girls in grades 2-8. A second troop and new leaders are needed to keep the Girl Scouting traditions and experiences alive in our great community of Easton.
Anyone can apply to be a Girl Scout volunteer. You do not have to be a Girl Scout mom to be a leader. Dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles and even moms with sons who just want some “girl time” can apply to be a volunteer!
Each troop needs two unrelated, Girl Scouts of Maine-approved volunteers, one of which is a female, to work together as its leaders. Those interested in being a volunteer or if you have a daughter who would like to join Girl Scouts should contact Kris Lento at 207-488-2632 or krislento@gmail.com.
Sesquicentennial items for sale at town office
As a year of celebrating Easton’s year-long 150th birthday concludes, there are still a few items available, including Easton History Books for only $10, 20-ounce glasses with Bears and Sesquicentennial logos for $8, glass coffee mugs with Bears and Sesquicentennial logos and royal blue T-shirts with sesquicentennial logos for $8, royal blue hoodie sweatshirts with sesquicentennial logos for $25, blue sweatshirts with sesquicentennial logos for $20 and two-tone caps or standard caps with Easton Bears logos or Sesquicentennial logos for a price of $10.
Orders can be placed by emailing info@eastonme.com or calling the town office at 488-6652. To see samples, please visit eastonme.com or stop by the town office.
Kiwanis meetings
Kiwanis Club of Easton meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month from 6-7 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall and everyone is welcome to attend. Dinner provided for a small fee. The next meeting will Tuesday, March 15.
Kiwanis calendars available
There are still a few Easton Kiwanis community birthday calendars available to purchase. The cost is $10. Please contact Keith or Esther Richardson at 488-6101 if you wish to purchase any.
Hillary Hallett is the correspondent for Easton. She can be reached by sending an e-mail to hillary_jt@myfairpoint.net or calling 551-7737.
