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Friday, March 11, 2016
Volume 12 • Issue No. 11
York Wildcats 7th Annual “Hoops For A Cure� Raises over $13K for Living Well with Cancer Programs YORK Countless hours of organizing and fundraising, involving York High School boys and girls athletic teams, students, coaches and parents from across the fields, courts and ice, came to fruition last week, with the presentation of a $13,000 check from the Wildcats to York Hospital. With the help and guidance of the York High Athletic Boosters, the fall and winter athletic teams sponsored special days during their respective seasons whose focus was to support the Living Well With Cancer Programs at
Hoops For A Cure Free Throw Contest Winners 2016: (Back Row, L-R): Trevor LaBonte, Spencer Cribby, Shannon Todd, Chloe Smedley (Front Row, L-R), Trevor Parker, Chris Marcoullier, Jamie Simonds, Emma Tinervan.
York Hospital. Many teams offered bake sales, concession proceeds, special raffles and ticket
sales to promote their fundraising efforts. Fundraising culminated in
the YHS Athletic Booster Club’s ‘Hoops for a Cure’ this January, spread over two weekends. Part one featured a full day of girls and boys basketball games versus friendly rival Kennebunk, and kept the fans coming through door all day. However, the extras keep everyone smiling. Silent auction items donated by generous local community members, teams and businesses, along with raffles put together by the York High School, York Middle School and Park & Recreation sports teams kept the fans vying for top bid or most tickets in
the bag. With lunch, dinner and dessert provided by Anthony’s Food Shop, Roundabout Diner, Ruby’s Wood Grill and York Hospital Dining Services, nobody went home hungry. The second weekend, consisting of a Free Throw contest, was a success unto itself. Determined, motivated and leading the charge with most money raised were York High Schoolers’ Shannon Todd, Spencer Cribby and York Middle Schooler Emma Tinervan. See CURE page 24...
Kellar and Lareau Receive ‘Citizenship Award’ from WMC WELLS Wells High School studentathletes Kent Kellar and Jake Lareau were selected by WHS administrators to be this year’s recipients of the Western Maine Conference’s Citizenship Award from WHS. This award is sponsored by the Western Maine Conference (WMC) whose
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member high schools are located in the counties of York, Cumberland, Oxford, and Androscoggin. Each year, two seniors per high school in the WMC are selected based upon their contributions to their school and community in academics, athletics, leadership, and volunteerism. “Kent Kellar is an insightful, sincere young man with a strong work ethic, tenacity and perseverance that all comes together as he navigates a rigorous college curriculum,� wrote WHS Principal Eileen Sheehy
WMC Citizenship Award recipients Jake Lareau (left) and Kent Kellar. (Reg Bennett photo)
for the WMC’s March 2nd banquet program honoring Citizenship Award recipients.
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Sierra Club Presents “The Messenger� KENNEBUNK The Sierra Club of Maine will present the documentary film "The Messenger" on Friday, March 18 at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church (FPUU) on Main Street in Kennebunk. Coffee and dessert will be served at 6:30 p.m. The 7 p.m. event is free and open to the public. Su Rynard’s wide-ranging and contemplative documentary, "The Messenger," explores our deep-seated connection to birds, and warns that the uncertain fate of songbirds might
mirror our own. Moving from the northern reaches of the Boreal Forest to the base of Mount Ararat in Turkey to the streets of New York, "The Messenger" brings us face-to-face with a remarkable variety of human-made perils that have devastated thrushes, warblers, orioles, tanagers, grosbeaks and many other airborne musicmakers. The film won Best Conservation Program at the 2015 Jackson Hole Film Festival. This cinematic survey roams the planet to highlight various
songbird-related issues, checking in with scientific experts and other interested parties en route. On one level, "The Messenger" is an engaging, visually stunning, emotional journey, one that mixes its elegiac message with hopeful notes and unique glances into the influence of songbirds on our own expressions of the soul. On another level, "The Messenger" is an artful story about the mass depletion of songbirds on multiple continents, and about those who are working to turn the tide. In ancient times humans
looked to the flight and songs of birds to predict the future. Today once again, birds have something to tell us.
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“I am definitely honored,� said Keller about receiving this award. In an interview he re-
ferred to it as “prestigious� and a “cool award� that he was unaware of. Kellar participates on the WHS Golf and Indoor and Outdoor Track teams. He is a member of the National Honor Society and volunteers for the Wells Recreation Department and Relay for Life. He has also been a fundraiser for the Alzheimer Association. After high school Kellar plans to study to become a mechanical engineer. “Jake Lareau has distinguished himself as a dedicated
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