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Friday, February 6, 2015
Volume 11 • Issue No. 6
Matt Chase Places First in Geography Bee at WJHS WELLS – On January 22, Wells Junior High School eighth grade student Matt Chase became champion in the school’s annual geography bee, part of the first round in the 27th Annual National Geographic Bee sponsored by the National Geographic Society in Washington. Another eighth grader, Spencer Poulin, was runner-up. This marks the second time that Matt Chase has emerged victorious in this contest, the first time in January of 2013. As in past years, there were ten student finalists taking on challenging and sometimes obscure questions about geography in front of a large audience consisting of students, parents and school staff in the Ward Gymnasium. Other finalists included Hannah Chase, Covy Dufort, Tori Hayward, Garner Holdsworth, Guss Madsen, Samuel Norbert, Katie Plourde and Wyatt Rowe. The process creating these finalists began earlier this winter with bees held in classrooms followed by a semifinal round. At the end of March, after
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From left to right are contestants in the WJHS Geography Bee for 2015: Wyatt Rowe, Covy Dufort, Garner Holdsworth, Katie Plourde, Spencer Poulin (first runner-up), Matt Chase (champion), Tori Hayward, Hannah Chase, Samuel Norbert, and Guss Madsen.
passing a national qualifying exam, Chase will be eligible to challenge other junior high
schoolers in a state geography bee to be held on a campus of the University of Maine with a loca-
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Author/Illustrator Higgins to Lecture at Free Series KITTERY Event is Wednesday, February 11, at 7 p.m. in the STAR Theatre for a presentation by southern Maine author and illustrator Ryan Higgins. This interactive presentation will be great for all ages. As a child, Higgins lived on a diet of cartoons, cheese sandwiches, and climbing trees. At the age of four he decided to become a cartoonist. He's been making his own cartoons ever since and hasn't grown up yet. Ryan is the author of three
books, his most recent, Wilfred, was published in 2013. Ryan shares his writing process and illustration methods in this entertaining and family oriented lecture. Autographed copies of his books will be available for purchase. This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, call 207-439-3800 or visit www.kitterycommunitycenter. org and http://ryanthiggins. com. The theatre is located in the Kittery Community Center at 120 Rogers Road, Kittery.
Author and illustrator, Ryan Higgins will lecture at the STAR Theatre.
“Songs of Love� Sung for a Cause YORK On Sunday, February 8, at 2 p.m., sopranos Gina Connolly (left photo) and Anne Corriveau (right photo), will come together after 25 years to share their vocal talents at First Parish York in a concert to benefit the York Food Pantry. This one-hour program entitled “Songs of Love� promises to lift the spirits and melt the February snow. Their program contains a sparkling array of opera, art song and musical theatre selections. Anne Corriveau received a Master’s degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado. While
continuing her studies in Rome at the Accademia Internazionale delle Arti, she gave several concerts throughout Italy, including selections from American musicals for the Rome Opera Festival.
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tion and time to be announced. Winners of state level competitions are then invited to com-
pete at the National Geography Bee held in May in Washington. The national winner will receive a $50,000 scholarship plus a trip to the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific. “Our whole school is wishing our school winner Matt Chase, ‘Good Luck!’, commented bee organizer and moderator Bonnie Dill, a Social Studies teacher at WJHS. “I have great confidence in Matt. He has the geographic enthusiasm, the desire, the brainpower and the special skills needed to climb
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Gina Connolly, a native of York Harbor, received a B.A.M.E. from the University of Maine, Orono. Over the years, she has had opportunities to travel and study in Italy and Northern England, which
broadened her interest and expanded her background in vocal performance. Sponsored by York Rotary, there is no admission fee, but donations of non-perishable food items or financial support for the York Food Pantry will be gratefully accepted. The Food Pantry is open on a walk-in basis to clients 12:30 - 3 p.m. on Thursdays for food distribution. After hours and delivery of food to shut-ins are offered if necessary, by contacting the Town of York General Assistance office, one of the local churches, or the Food Pantry manager at 207-351-1928.
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