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Friday, April 8, 2016
Volume 12 • Issue No. 15
26th Annual Patriots’ Day Weekend Celebration in Ogunquit OGUNQUIT Plan to be in Ogunquit April 15-17 for the Patriots’ Day celebrations to experience an exciting mix of 18th and 21st centuries activities all throughout town! Pick up this year’s Patriots’ Day Guide Book found in area businesses and chambers for a full schedule of events – or visit www.visitogunquit.org. New this year – A display of women’s military wear! View a large collection of women’s uniforms, memorabilia, and information on women in the military throughout history, with a concentration on WWII. You’ll catch sight of cos-
tumed characters from the past strolling around town and taking part in historical moments. Friday evening will present a
recreation of Washington crossing the Delaware (watch from Sea Chambers or the main beach parking lot). Saturday, view-
ers may catch site of the Boston Tea Party reoccurring at Perkins Cove. Meanwhile Sunday morning will offer the flag raising at Iwo Jima (Marginal Way, in front of Beachmere Inn) in order to remember and give thanks to all of those who have fought for our freedom. The Fife & Drum Parade will be hard to miss on Friday as it travels from Sea Chambers to the Ogunquit Baptist Church. The Fife & Drum concert at the church, will introduce you to the Colonial heritage of song as the Patriot Fife and Drum Duo play traditional songs and teach us about the instruments used and
signals given to soldiers in the heat of battle. Patriots’ Day sales will abound among local businesses and vendors. The Ogunquit Memorial Library will celebrate with a book sale on both Friday and Saturday. The Ogunquit Museum of American Art will have an ABC Sale (art, books, and collectibles) on Saturday. A beach bazaar will also kick off at 9 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, showcasing the wares of 50 vendors in festive tents set up on the main beach parking lot. Inspiring and fun activities See PATRIOTS page 8...
Heyland Receives Award in Marine Repair Competition WELLS In early March, Wells High School senior Caleb Heyland was part of a two member team that won second place at the 2016 State of Maine Marine competition held by the Portland Yacht Services at the Portland Boat Show. Several vocational schools participated in the contest spon-
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sored by Universal Technical Institute (UTI) and Snap-On tools. In competition, teams had to take a thirty-minute written exam followed by hands-on troubleshooting and repair of a defective electronic circuit board used to monitor and control various “critical systems� onboard a modern recreational boat. These systems include the horn, fuel gauges, ignition, fuel sender and lights for the anchor and bow. Besides completing a multiple choice test, placing in the contest required the repair work to bring the circuit board up to code in the fastest time.For their efforts, Heyland and his teammate from
Caleb Heyland with WHS teacher, Cheryl Oakes, holding the marine repair contest trophy and the scholarship certificate.
Kennebunk received a trophy for their school, a personal trophy, a $2,500 scholarship from UTI and
YORK Sarah O’Connor, a student at York High School, has been honored by the Maine PTA for achievement in the 2016 Maine PTA Reflections Contest. Miss O’Connor’s artwork, entitled “One Free Mind� has been recognized as the winner in the Visual Arts category and High School Division (see photo to right). The award honors imagination, creativity and interpretation of the theme “Let your Imagina-
tion Fly.� Over 120 students from 6 districts participate in 4 different categories this year. The National PTA Reflections program winner will be announced later this spring. “We are thrilled that Sarah won the state competition. She is very talented. We look forward to inviting York students to participate in next years PTA Art competition!,� comments Jill Burke of the York Maine PTA. The National PTA Reflec-
tions program encourages students of all ages and abilities to explore and be involved in the arts. Through the program, National PTA, York Maine PTA and PTAs across the country urge students in preschool through grade 12 to create and submit original works of art in the medium of their choice – dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography See ARTS page 9...
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O’Connor Honored for Achievement in the Arts
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tools worth $125 from Snap-On tools. Heyland attends both
Wells High School and the Portland Arts and Technology High School (PATHS). Each school day Heyland travels to Portland where he is enrolled in PATHS’ Recreational Marine Repair class. This is Heyland’s second year studying at PATHS. “Caleb has been focused on tinkering and fixing things since I met him when he was in 7th grade,� commented WHS teacher Cheryl Oakes. “He has taken his passion for working on inventions, motors, engines and his family business and turned it into his future. He took the op-
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