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Friday, March 6, 2015
Volume 11 • Issue No. 10
WHS Becomes State Winner in Samsung Contest WELLS – Wells High School has been selected by Samsung Electronics America as winner for Maine in the state round of competition in the 2014/2015 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest. This recognition comes to WHS for the work of the school’s Hydrofoil Class currently in a nine-month process to create a hydrofoil craft from scratch. “Congratulations!� began a letter received by WHS earlier this winter from David Steel, Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Communications with Samsung Electronics America. “Your entry was chosen for its in-
Back row left to right: Ryan Marsh, Chrys Demos, Jason Hludik, Gavin Turnbull, Jacob Wilson, Kyle Goodale and David Jacobs. Front row (l to r): William Dawe of Samsung, Erskine Lothrop, Nathan Ouellette, Daniel Charpentier, and Zachary Pierce. Present for the plaque presentation but not in the photograph is engineer Dave Hawk from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Hawk is one of the advisors to the hydrofoil project.
novative approach to advancing interest in STEM among your students as well as making an impact in your community.� Steel
added, “Your commitment to your students and school as well as to advancing STEM education is evident through the great work
that you are doing.� The acronym STEM refers “to the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineer-
ing, and mathematics. The term is typically used when addressing education policy and curriculum choices in schools to improve competitiveness in technology development.� (Source: Wikipedia) During an assembly on February 11th in the Olenn Auditorium, William Dawe, a Field Sales Manager with Samsung Telecommunications America presented the class with a plaque. “I think it is phenomenal,� said Dawe in an interview about the WHS project he compared to a huge puzzle. “I am excited See WINNER page 9...
Author Talk Presents “A Year in the Life of Maple Syrup� SOUTH BERWICK – On March 10, join Douglas Whynott for an author’s talk on “The Sugar Season: A Year in the Life of Maple Syrup,� and One Family’s Quest for the Sweetest Harvest.� Whynott is the second author to speak at the “Friendship in Books� Writers Talks at the Jewett House, a four-part monthly series at the
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historic home of Sarah Orne Jewett. For three years, Whynott followed the maple syrup industry and one of its most successful producers and entrepreneurs, Bruce Bascom. He happened to follow Bruce during a defining period in his career, and during what may have been the industry’s most dramatic year, 2012, the year of the Great Canadian Syrup Heist and the warmest year in history. The result is The Sugar Season, published by Da Capo Press and Perseus Books. The
Sugar Season won the Green Book Festival Award for writing about the environment and was selected as one of the best books of 2014 by the The Boston Globe. Award-winning author Tracy Kidder said of The Sugar Season, “In Doug Whynott's graceful hands, this story about a maple syrup manufacturer and dealer becomes an intersection of subjects: of technology and business, American history and climate change, friendship and family.� Whynott has taught writing and literature at the University of Massachusetts
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Author talk on the maple syrup industry will be presented by Douglas Whynott.
Ogunquit Receives Down East Magazine Honor OGUNQUIT – After a precedent-setting ban on lawn pesticides passed last November in Ogunquit, Down East magazine chose the town as the recipient of the 33rd Down East Environmental Award. Ogunquit is the first community in Maine and the second in the United States (following Takoma Park, Maryland) to prohibit the use of insect killers, weed killers, and fertilizers on all land, public and private. “Ogunquit was an obvious choice for this year’s award, and we’re proud to have protectors
and leaders of environmental issues like this in Maine,� noted Down East Editor in Chief Kathleen Fleury. “It’s even inspired us to stop using pesticides at the
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Down East offices in Rockport.� Down East introduced its Environmental Award in 1979 as a way to encourage responsible use of Maine’s natural resources
Organizations like the Ogunquit Conservation Commission strives to be involved in a number of ecological projects, including cleaning up the dunes on the barrier beach. (photo from ogunquitconservation.org)
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at Amherst, Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University, and presently at Emerson College in Boston. “Friendship in Books� Writers Talks at Jewett House occur on second Tuesdays of each month, February through May, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Sarah Orne Jewett House and Visitor Center in South Berwick. In this intimate series at Jewett’s childhood home, you’ll hear readings from contemporary writers, and learn what in-
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and to honor the people who are at the forefront of efforts to renew and preserve the state’s environmental heritage. That first award went to Charles Bradford of Manchester, then an elder statesman of Maine conservation who had spent more than 40 years working to promote public recreation and nature conservation. Since then, Environmental Award honorees have included conservation organizations like Maine Audubon Society and Maine Coast Heritage Trust, inSee AWARD page 27...
Remember To Vote For Ogunquit! Ogunquit has been nominated for the USA Today Competition for Best Coastal Small Town competition. Your votes are needed to rank #1! Vote at www.10best.com/awards/travel/bestcoastal-small-town/ogunquit-maine/. Polls close March 16.