Ashland news: Portage Lakers Snowmobile Club seeking donations, volunteers, Childrens Breakfast, Eastern Star, Libby Family.
by Susan Feeney-Hopkins
The Portage Lakers Snowmobile Club is seeking donations and volunteers to help with its upcoming pig roast and sponsored dance during the Portage Lake Summer Round Up scheduled for next month.
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TINY MISS ASHLAND Macy MacLean, 5, flashed her sweet smile throughout the parade charming the community as she did during the pageant.
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MISS ASHLAND Brittany Harris, 16, made an appearance in her hometown waving to family and friends.
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THE BROTHERS MILLIGAN — Brothers Malcolm (unicycle) and Henry (stilts) Milligan show off their unique skills performing in the Ashland parade. The boys’ talents are always a huge hit with the crowd.
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SUMMER COATS — Dog musher Jessica Holmes, of Portage Lake, showed off her dog team during Ashland’s Summer Fest parade.
The club is seeking donations of cash and/or items to be used toward supplying the goods needed for the annual pig roast. They need volunteers to lend their time to help serve the food, to sell tickets and to collect the cover charge at the dance. Though fundraising is always important to the club, this year it is particularly important. The club is in the midst of purchasing a new groomer and also rerouting the snowmobile trail system. All of this takes time and money! Thankfully the Portage Lakers club members donate their time to the club year-round. It’s not just a winter thing. These folks spend their personal time meeting to come up with fund-raising ideas, ways of making the trail system better to draw more tourists to our area who — in turn — support our local businesses in town and throughout The County; they up-keep and groom the trails, spend countless hours networking with other clubs from all over the country along with many behind-the-scenes activities we don’t know about. All of this, so all of us can enjoy our beautiful state. Let’s help support our local snowmobile club!
The club is also selling their Club 100 tickets with the winner being drawn at the pig roast. The club has 100 tickets to sell for $20 each. The first prize winner will receive a cash prize of $500 and five other winners will receive $100 each. With only 100 tickets being sold, it’s a great chance to win some cash for a small investment, all while supporting the club.
For more information, to make a donation and/or volunteer, contact the Portage Lakers Snowmobile Club President Jennifer Curran at 227-0045, via e-mail at portagelakers@roadrunner.com, visit them on the web at www.portagelakerssnowmobileclub.com or on Facebook.
Breakfast for Ashland
area children
The Ashland District School will be participating in the Summer Food Service Program funded by the USDA. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.
Breakfast will be provided at the Ashland District School cafeteria from 8:50-9:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday from Aug. 5-29. Go join them for breakfast; it’s the most important meal of the day.
Ashland Eastern Star
celebrates service
On July 9, Tillikum Chapter 99 of the Order of the Eastern Star in Ashland celebrated its newest 50- and 25-year members. The club wishes to thank its members for their dedicated service to the club and community. Members being honored were Donna Martin, Bonnie Condon, Brian Condon, Lillian Carney and Harold “Peter” Martin. Congratulations!
Photo courtesy of Al Murphy
THREE MEMBERS of the Scott Libby family of Ashland recently marched in the Ashland Fourth of July parade. This is the first time they marched together in uniform. Pictured are, from left: Airman 1st Class Andrew Libby (U.S. Air Force), stationed in Ramstein, Germany; Construction Mechanic 1st Class (Seabee Combat Warfare) Scott Libby (U.S. Navy Reserve) and Senior Airman Lynn Libby (Maine Air National Guard).
Libby family
military tradition
Three members of the Scott Libby family of Ashland proudly marched together — for the first time in uniform — during the Ashland Fourth of July parade. This touching family feat was possible due to the younger members returning home to Ashland reuniting the family all at one time. Daughter Lynn recently returned from Afghanistan, while son Andrew was home on leave from Ramstein, Germany. It was a proud and poignant moment of celebration for the family, as well as the community. Thank you Libby family for your service to our country and the community.
Photo courtesy of Dave Basley
THE ASHLAND MASONIC PIONEER LODGE kicked off the Ashland Summer Fest with its annual model car race. This year, the Chet Condon family swept the winners’ circle with Dad and sons placing in the top three slots. Eli Walker took Best in Show for his “Jaws” shark car. Pictured are, from left: Caiden Condon, third place; Eli Walker, Best in Show; Clark Condon, second place; and Chet Condon, first place.
Susan Feeney-Hopkins is the correspondent for Ashland, Portage Lake, Oxbow, Masardis, Garfield, Nashville Plantation and the surrounding areas. She can be reached at 227-7760 or Feenhop@aol.com.
