On May 4 and 5 at 6:30 p.m. the Ashland Community High School gym will host Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang! The Ashland Community High School Drama Troupe will be putting on Clark Gesner’s musical “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” which is based on the famous comic strip. Filled with witty humor, great music, acting and dancing, this show is a must-see. It is appropriate for all ages, the young and the young at heart. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens at the door. Hope to see you there.
Collier marks 90th birthday
Art Collier, of Ashland, celebrated his 90th birthday on April 13, 2007. Relatives and friends gathered at Leisure Village in Presque Isle on April 25 to share a delicious lunch of lasagna and all the fixings, birthday cake and ice cream hosted by Pat Craig and Darlene Manzo. Fun, laughter and stories (especially of those times at Art’s woods camp at Webster Brook) were also shared. Those in attendance were Art and Bertha Collier, Pat Craig, Jim and Jo Collier, Katie and London Putnam, Herschel and Betty Smith, Gregg Smith, Carol Yaeger, Andrea Kelly, Rowena Proulx, Donna Small, Sterling Tibbetts, Vernon and Ernestine Craig, Lawrence and Maurine Michaud, Darlene Manzo and Debbie Bird.
Ongoing events
The Ashland Area Senior Citizens Group meets every Thursday at 12 noon for a potluck lunch and meeting. Everyone is invited to attend weekly.
The Portage Lake Seniors’ Lunch is held on the last Tuesday of every month at 11 a.m. All seniors are invited. The meal is a potluck, so bring your own dish or bring a cash donation. For more information, contact Wilza Robertson at 435-6211 or Grace Nason at 435-6373.
The Red Hat Loonies of Portage Lake meet the second Thursday of every month at Dean’s Motor Lodge. Membership dues are $2. Come have a great time and meal. For more information, contact Rachel Stevens at 435-6358.
An infant to Pre-K playgroup meets every Friday from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Ashland Rec Center. For more information, call Andrea White at 435-6363.
Meeting every Wednesday from 9 to 10 a.m. in the gym at the Portage Lake Municipal Building will be a children’s playgroup. If you would like to attend with your children, call Taunja Jandreau at 435-8277.
Portage Lake Centennial Celebration Planning Meeting – There has been no date set at this time, but if you are interested in the planning please contact Barb Pitcairn at 435-2368 or Grace Nason at 435-6373.
Ladies, are you interested in crafts? Or maybe you have some you’ve started and not yet finished? Every Thursday evening at the Portage Lake Municipal Building is Girlz Night starting at 6:30 p.m. Bring those crafts you’ve been neglecting and enjoy the company.
Help needed
Anyone who is interested in taking over the writing of this column for the Ashland area news, please contact Bobbi Jo Condon at 435-3992, 435-7160 or btcondon@msn.com. The Ashland area news is an important part of the Star-Herald showing the wonderful things we have going on in our community, it just needs someone who can put more time into it than I can. I will continue to do the column because it is a necessity, but if someone else is interested in writing for the Ashland area, please call or e-mail.
Bobbi Jo Condon is the correspondent for Ashland, Portage Lake, Oxbow, Masardis, Garfield, Nashville Plantation and surrounding townships. She can be reached at 435-3992 or 435-7160 or by e-mail at btcondon@msn.com.
