Mill Pond renewal continues
WASHBURN NEWS
by Tomi Henderson
Washburn’s Mill Pond area has been a place of history for the community since the town’s early beginning.
Serving as a mill and holding area for logs, as a water source for former business, and as a recreational area until the mid-1980s, this is a location most towns would consider blessed to have. Presently, efforts are under way to revitalize this location.
The Washburn Municipal Officers and Rotary Club are taking on the role of coordinating the efforts for future use and should be commended for their efforts to re-use this natural resource. The Rotary organization has been a remarkable force over the years in aiding in community affairs for local citizens via the work they do.
This summer, playground equipment will be constructed and installed at the Mill Pond. A canopy area with a barbeque pit is also in the planning stage.
On May 26, at 6:30 p.m., there will be a Washburn Town Meeting to determine if the residents will approve grants and other possible funding sources for the further development of the Mill Pond area. Hopefully, a good public turnout will happen and consideration will be positive for long-term planning leading to the completion and development of this area, making it a focal point in the community once again.
Whether skating, swimming, canoeing, serving as a training area for firemen, ATV and snowmobile trails, walking and hiking trails, fishing, or just as an area for the family to spend a few hours together, the Mill Pond area has been a place of memories for many generations and can now be developed even better to serve the generations of the future.
Please support your councilmen, the local Rotary Club and the Mill Pond Committee in the ongoing efforts to create a truly special place for the people of Washburn and surrounding communities. Please contact the Town Office if you are willing to share some volunteer skills and/or give monetary gifts towards the project.
It is important for folks to attend the upcoming town meeting to ask questions, become informed and hopefully give your support to a very worthwhile project. Keep informed of progress on Facebook at the Mill Pond site page. This informational notice is from Committee Member Doug Flanagin.
Moving Perham forward
There will be a meeting on Monday, May 23, at 6:30 p.m. at Tina Bogdanovic’s home at 792 Tangle Ridge Road. Please attend to discuss suggestions and concerns about the town of Perham. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Debra Viola at 498-3433.
Rotary news
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
Serving dinner for the Washburn Rotary Club on May 4 were members of the Destination Imagination team, pictured from the left: Advisor Tracy Reed, Jacob Reed, Kennedy Churchill, Carsyn Koch, Marcy Cheviott and Rachel Carmichael. Not pictured was Allyson Bragdon.
On May 4, the Destination Imagination team members and advisors provided a wonderful turkey dinner with “all the fixin’s” for the weekly dinner meeting of the Rotary Club of Washburn. In turn, the Rotary Club made a donation toward the team’s current fund-raising effort, which will allow the team to compete in the upcoming Global DI competition. The competition will be held May 24-29 in Tennessee. The team has been working nonstop to earn the thousands of dollars it will cost to travel and compete in the competition.
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DINNER’S READY — DI team member Marcy Cheviott served dessert to Washburn Rotarian Cindy Richendollar on May 4.
The Rotarians are proud of these students and their advisors and wish them the best of luck in their fund-raising efforts and the competition. The club also donated their weekly “Happy Dollars” to the team, with many Rotarians noting how nice it was to have these young, industrious people take part in the evening’s meeting.
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DI TEAM MEMBER CARSYN KOCH served dinner to Washburn Rotarian Steve Boddy on May 4.
DI team members and advisors involved were: Tracy Reed, Allyson Bragdon, Jacob Reed, Kennedy Churchill, Carsyn Koch, Marcy Cheviott and Rachel Carmichael. Rotarians in attendance were: Steve Boddy, Keith Brown, Peggy Bugbee, Kermit Fuller, Charlotte Griffin, Dennis Harris, Cindy Richendollar, Stu Turner and Mike Umphrey.
Welcome Bernadette
Glenn and Debra Viola of Perham would like to welcome Bernadette Cecilla Jensen to the family. Born on April 4, Bernadette is the first girl born in the family since 1984. She joins brothers Malachy, 4, and Declan, 2, with mom and dad, Damore and Shawn Jensen, in Rochester, N.Y.
Destination Imagination
There are still several fundraisers planned to raise the remaining funds needed for the two teams to go to the Global competitions in Tennessee later this month. The teams will leave on May 23 for the competitions being held from May 25-28.
May fundraisers include a breakfast at the Trailrunners Clubhouse on the 21st from 6:30-9 a.m., with a car wash to follow at White’s garage. The team is also still taking orders for baked goods. Contact Tracy Reed to ordering baked goods.
For more information, or to make a donation to this talented group, contact Tracy Reed at 455-4501 or treed10@msad45.net.
Congratulations Troy
Troy Wilcox, a 2007 graduate of Washburn District High Schoo,l will be graduating from the University of New England in Biddeford, ME on May 21, with a degree in marine biology.
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TROY WILCOX was recognized as the Outstanding Student in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of New England’s Award ceremony on April 19. He is pictured with his parents, Donald and Pam Wilcox, of Washburn.
Troy spent the summer of 2010 in Newport, Ore., doing research on juvenile salmon. In August, Troy presented his research at NOAA’s headquarters in Silver Springs, Md. In April, he was the only undergraduate student to attend the Salmon Ocean Ecology Conference in Seattle, Wash., where he also presented his research.
He was honored at the annual Undergraduate Awards Ceremony on April 19 for those who have excelled in scholarship and in their contributions to the University’s collegiate community. He was recognized as the Department of Marine Sciences Outstanding Student.
Troy is the son of Donald and Pam Wilcox of Washburn and the grandson of the late Chester and Arline Akerson of Perham and Sterling Wilcox and the late Claire Wilcox of Wade.
GETTING FIT
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
Taking part recently in Zumbatomic
— Zumba for Kids —
were, from the left:
Parker Sawyer, Lura Page, Instructor Page Huston and Emma Johnston.
Birthdays
Those celebrating birthdays from May 18-24 include: Dean Bird, Merle Bragg Jr., Raquelrae Chubon, Alex McIntosh, Nick McIntosh, Shayne Stevens, Audrey Pavlick, Megan Baker, Jordan Nelson, Pat Condon, Philip Rand, Becky Hernandez, Chandler Dobson, Emma Tupper, Breannon Doughman, Rayne Whitten, Kery Gordon, Gabi Ingersoll, Dawn Corey, Don Thompson Jr., Rene Gabourie, Russell Woodman, Karen Wilson, Kristen Bodecker, Lewis Tuttle, Justin Bell, Colleen Plumer, Mason Sargent, Alice Bragg, Julie Tisdale, Steven Pesut, Kent Cunningham, Winston Bragg, Gary Milton and Ardis Humphrey.
Those celebrating Anniversaries include: Bill and Ruth Flewelling, Adam and Julie Doody, Robert and Angela Burchett, Stephen and Amber Drost, and Neil and Trudy Clark.
Tomi Henderson is the correspondent for Perham, Wade and Washburn. She can be reached at 429-9126 or e-mail tomihen@yahoo.com.
