State Rep. Alexander Willette (R-Mapleton) and Rep. Bernard Ayotte (R-Caswell) welcomed Upward Bound students from central Aroostook to the Statehouse and showed them the Speaker’s rostrum in the House chamber on March 14.
Victoria and Veronica Plourde, sophomores at Ft. Fairfield High School, Brendan Wood, a sophomore at Caribou High School, and Hayden Dow, a sophomore at Presque Isle High School, came to Augusta as part of the Maine Educational Opportunity Association. The students take part in the Upward Bound Program which is designed to assist students in their preparation for college. The students received a tour of the Statehouse while in Augusta courtesy of their legislators. Pictured from left are Rep. Willette, Victoria Plourde, Wood, Veronica Plourde, Rep. Ayotte and Dow.
