Stitchin’ & Givin’ Quilters keep giving
WASHBURN NEWS
by Tomi Henderson
This is a local group of quilters that first formed for Make A Difference Day in October of 2010, but then continued to meet weekly throughout the winter. They meet on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Washburn Trailrunners Clubhouse, and quilt weekly from October to May, and then monthly throughout the summer.
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
STITCHIN’ & GIVIN’ group members, from the left, include: Millie Bennett, Laurie Blackstone, Mary Jane Sperrey, Joanne Bouchard, pictured holding up the “Ohio Star” quilt that they made to donate to the Washburn August Festival Committee. Group members missing from the picture are Delores Woodman and Rhonda Sperrey. The quilt is being raffled off as a fundraiser for the August Festival, to help defray the costs of the annual event.
This fall they will be hosting another Make a Difference Day quilting project on Oct. 22 and would love to invite all of last year’s participants, plus anyone else that would be interested in joining them for the day or for part of the day.Group members include Millie Bennett, Laurie Blackstone, Mary Jane Sperrey, Joanne Bouchard, Delores Woodman and Rhonda Sperrey.
Most of their quilting has been for Hospice Memory Quilts for Hospice of Aroostook, but they have also done other projects. They have donated a quilt to the Washburn August Festival Committee to raffle off as a fundraiser. Raffle tickets will be available soon for this quilt, which is a full-sized Ohio Star pattern. Raffle tickets will be available from August Festival Committee members, and also at the Washburn branch of Katahdin Trust Company.
ROTARY SPEAKERS
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
At the May 18 meeting of the Rotary Club of Washburn, Lisa Prescott spoke as a member of the Cary Medical Center Committee for Safe Needle Disposal. She outlined the plans for the new Caribou community needle disposal system which is a joint effort of several Caribou groups and discussed the goals and costs of a possible program in Washburn. Also attending the meeting were Washburn Rotarians, Town Manager Bev Turner and Fire Chief Troy Heald. Police Chief Doug Conroy was unable to attend. Pictured are, from the left: Kevin Goodine, CMC safely officer; Joan McElwain, (head of lab at CMC; Lisa Prescott, lab tech at CMC; and Steve Boddy, vice president of the Washburn Rotary Club.
RAFFLE
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
Zechariah Morse
draws the winning raffle ticket
from a bucket
held by Terry Cochran
at Washburn’s Fun Run day on May 21.
The lucky winner was Roland Anderson.
The raffle was held by the Washburn Masonic Lodge 193.
Birthdays
Those celebrating birthdays from June 8-14 include: Heather Doughman, Heidi Farley, Megan Wark, Jon Cole, Mavis Rose, Colton Conley, Trent Turner, Allen Berube, Neil Baker Jr, Carol White, Kara Condon, Silvia Wren Easler, Daelin Viola, Barry Ingraham, Donald Thibodeau, Mildred Bennett, Arianna Forbes, Joshua Anderson, Mallory Martin, Nan Buckingham, Robert MacDonald, William Merchant, Brenda Clayton, Blake Willett, Lendal Mills Jr. and Harold Easler.
Those celebrating anniversaries include: John and Kristie Drost, Bill and Joyce Sewall, Neil and Mary Baker, Charlie and Mora Durost, Bernhard and Deno Aegrter, Gerald and Polly Vaughn, Matt and Holli Doody, and Rod and Delma Emery.
The Salmon Brook Historical Society will be holding their next meeting on June 30 at 6 p.m. at the Washburn Civic Center. A potluck supper will be followed by a business meeting. Please bring a service setting and either a main dish, dessert or rolls. For more information, contact Dennis Harris 455-8279.
Tomi Henderson is the correspondent for Perham, Wade and Wshburn. She can be reached at 429-9126 or e-mail tomihen@yahoo.com.
