Portage Lake Centennial Committee
completes duties
by Susan Feeney-Hopkins
The Portage Lake Centennial Committee held its final meeting April 6. A vote was made to decide how to disperse the funds leftover in the account. The committee generously decided the money will go toward the purchase of a new movie projector for the Town Hall, new exercise equipment such as an elliptical machine and a circuit trainer machine to accompany the other equipment in the multi-purpose room, a new hood for the Town Hall kitchen, and any remaining funds shall go toward forming a Portage Lake Historical Society and history preservation.
A big thank you to all of the Centennial Committee members and participants for your hard work and dedication. Sincerely, without you, none of it would have been possible. You have accomplished something you should all feel very proud of. Our town and its centennial celebrations were all creative and fun-filled making our centennial year celebrations one for the history books of the future!
Ashland Cub Scout Pack 179 did a community service project at Northwood Manor recently. The boys are working toward their “Citizenship Belt Loop” and “Citizen Activity” badges which will eventually lead to their advancement to the status of Weeblo.
The boys did a thorough and fantastic job helping the Manor with winter debris cleanup. The ladies at the Manor provided the Scouts with refreshments of iced tea and pumpkin chip cookies. Just what they needed to get the job done! Thanks boys!
Own a piece of Ashland Community High School! The Ashland Area PTO will be hosting a fund-raising event – selling commemorative pieces of the Bobby Goding Memorial Gym Floor. Pieces will be sold in either 2-and-a-quarter inch by 6-inch strips for $15 or a larger 7-inch square for $35. Included with each piece will be a brass plate from Northeast Trophy with a color photo of the old school with an inscription reading, “Ashland Community High School, 1950-2010, Bobby Goding Memorial Gym Floor.” There will be sample pieces on display soon at various school functions including the Gym Show being held April 14 in the high school gym.
Orders should be placed in advance and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Orders can be placed with PTO committee members Corrine Routhier at 435-6854 or Kim Holmes at 435-6043. Order forms are also available at the high school. They will also be available for order very soon either on the SAD 32 Web site (www.sad32.org) and/or the Ashland PTO Web site (www.ashland-area-pto.webs.com).
Proceeds from the sale are going to be used to enhance the two new playgrounds being constructed with the new school.
This is a very unique and nostalgic gift for yourself or an Ashland High School alum. Buy yours today. The PTO thanks you for your support!
The Ashland Central School is currently holding a contest for grade school students as part of the “Campbell’s Labels for Education” and “Box Tops for Education.” The class who has collected the most by May 7 will get a classroom celebration! Anyone wishing to donate labels or box tops can bring them to the grade school. Be sure to mention if you are donating them toward a specific classroom, or if it is a general donation to the cause.
Susan Feeney-Hopkins is the correspondent for Ashland, Portage Lake, Oxbow, Masardis, Garfield, Nashville Plantation and surrounding townships. She can be reached at 435-8232 or feenhop@aol.com.
