WASHBURN NEWS
In December, the 21st Century After School Program started The ASP Kind Kids Club. This club established the ASP Kindness Calendar, which also served as the holiday countdown.
The club posted some ideas of good deeds every day on the calendar, and these were also announced in the morning at Washburn District Elementary School. Then members made a Wall of Positivity, where everybody could put a sticky note with some positive message for others to share. Members delivered the notes to friends, teachers, and staff members. On the last day of the program before the school break, all the notes that were left were put around school.
The Kind Kids Club also assisted with the Winter Concert by making goodies and decorations. The club organized an afternoon with the senior citizens. Thanks to their partner, the Washburn Rec Department/Marcie Barbarula, they were able to spend one day making gingerbread houses, playing games and reading with the seniors.
Club members delivered brownies to the teachers’ rooms and ticketed all the staff cars with kindness tickets and coupons, which were enjoyed by all. Ticket holders were surprised with items such as ornaments, greeting cards and homemade candy.
Graduation fundraisers
The 2017 Washburn Project Graduation students will sell baked potatoes at the Jan. 24 home basketball game against Ashland, and also at the Jan. 31 basketball game against CAHS. The price will be $5 each or a donation.
The group will also take orders for pizzas that can be either picked up or delivered to your house in the Washburn area on Super Bowl Sunday. Anyone wishing to order a pizza can contact Erica Vaughn at 551-6744, Tony Gumprecht at 551-4392, or any of the Washburn seniors for an order form.
The price will be $10 for a large 1-item pizza and each additional topping is $1 each.
Washburn Library
The Washburn Memorial Library hours are Monday 1pm – 7pm and Tuesday through Friday 11am – 4:30pm. The Girl Scouts meet each Friday afternoon (that school is in session) at 3pm downstairs in the King room. For more information, please contact Lois Walton at 455-4814.
Trailrunners
The trails have been groomed and are ready for riding pleasure. A club membership helps to fund the upkeep of the trails. Please do your part to keep them great.
Anyone in the Washburn area this weekend is welcome to stop by the clubhouse for a nice hot meal. The kitchen is open on Saturday, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., and Sunday, 7 a.m.-12 noon.
Class of 2018
The Washburn District High School Class of 2018 is holding a beef raffle of one cow with a 350 minimum hanging weight. The beef is donated by the Viola Family at Fortune Smiles Farmstead, LLC, in Perham.
This grass-fed and locally grown livestock will be cut and wrapped to the winner’s specifications by Todd Jandreau of Cedar Grove Meat Processing of Stockholm. Only 400 tickets will be sold. Tickets are $10 for one or five tickets for $45.
The drawing will be held on Jan. 24 at the home basketball game. For additional information or to meet your meat, please contact Debra Viola at 498-3433.
Birthdays
Those celebrating birthdays between Jan. 11 and 17 include: Andrea Bragdon, Addison Dahlgren, Cheryl Sperrey, Sandy Sargent, Lucia Bragg, Ed Woodman Jr., Jan Lucas, Verna Puccio, Brian Thibodeau, Mark Tarr, Myrline Averill, Phyllis S. Blackstone, Amy Thompson, Connie Wright, Derek Baker, Linda Brown, Jim Gramlich, Joyce Jenkins, Liza Maynard, Jennifer Boucher, Jody Dickinson, Prudy Dobson, Billy Pike, Ruth Duncan, Judy Drost and Angela Thompson.
Anniversaries
Those celebrating an anniversary between Jan. 11 and 17 include Merle and Linda Bragg.
Amy Sawyer is the correspondent for Perham, Wade and Washburn. She can be reached by calling 227-8679 or by e-mailing sawyer.amysue@gmail.com.
