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Friday, May 20, 2016
Volume 12 • Issue No. 21
York Hospital Family Fun 5k Road & Cross Country Race YORK Join hundreds of other runners and walkers on Saturday, June 4 at the York Hospital 5K Road and Cross Country Race. Proceeds will benefit Birthing and Family Care at York Hospital. The race welcomes all to enjoy 3.1 miles of scenic York, including local landmarks such as the Wiggly Bridge and Steedman Woods—offering mile markers, two water stops and professional timing. However, the event also sports a festive atmosphere where race supporters are as welcome as the race registrants. Family friendly activities include face-painting, stilt walkers, Magician BJ Hick-
York Hospital 5K Road & Cross Country participants run over Wiggly Bridge in 2015 race.
man, balloons, roaming Storm Troopers and bean bag tossing! All will enjoy healthy snacks and
refreshments – watermelon, bananas, oranges, GoGurts, KIND bars, water and coffee.
Special prizes will be awarded to the top male and female winners in each division and medals will be awarded to all crossing the finish line. Children (and parents!) are encouraged to participate, as special award categories will be offered for kids age 10 & under, ages 11-13 and ages 14-17. Pre-registration fees are $20 (14 & older), and $10 (13 & under) while fees are $25 for all on race day. Registration opens at 7 a.m. at the Hospital, and the race begins promptly at 8:30am, rain or shine. Over the years, the York Hospital 5K Road Race has generated a tremendous amount of community support, from the
many local sponsors to hundreds of local runners and volunteers helping with registration and handing out water. For registration: www.yorkhospital5k.com; email info@yorkhospital.com or call York Hospital’s Friendraising office at 207-351-2385. Sponsors include The Weekly Sentinel, Kennebunk Savings, Bob’s Clam Hut, Employee Benefits Solutions, Empower Retirement, Lil’s Coffee Shop, Portland Computer Copy, Inc., Robert’s Maine Grill, Altus Engineering, Chalmers Insurance, CrossFit Harpoon, MaSee RUN page 3...
Hike through History Explores South Berwick’s History SOUTH BERWICK Hundreds of students, teacher and parents are now preparing to hit the trail - specifically the Hike through History. This year's theme is “Journeys,� with routes through South Berwick Village and Salmon Falls River landing. Located in the heart of an
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historic village, South Berwick Central School is steps away from historic sites in all directions. Students will visit 20 of them on this year’s Hike through History on Friday, May 25. The rain date is June 1. Third graders prepared for the Hike in early May by walking to the historical society’s Counting House Museum for a special program, “Changes in the Land,� which taught the concept of change over time, using a custom rug designed with the map of local rivers. “The kids really engaged
with the changes that took place here between the Native American settlements, colonial times, and the industrial era,� said Erin Johnson, who coordinates the museum program for the Old Berwick Historical Society. “They also encountered real objects people used in various periods, and placed them on a timeline.� “Both the eighth grade and third grade interpreters do a fantastic job, first conducting their own historical research, and See HIKE page 3...
Playhouse and Rotary Team Up for Polio Benefit OGUNQUIT Ogunquit Playhouse is joining forces with Rotary International once again to help eradicate polio worldwide by 2018. The annual Rotary Night is scheduled for Thursday, May 26, for the evening performance of “Let It Be: A Celebration of the Music of The Beatles.� All are welcome to join in the fight; a portion of every ticket purchased for that evening’s performance will be donated to Rotary International. The Ogunquit Playhouse has contributed close to $10,000 to-
wards this cause from the Rotary Night ticket proceeds over the past five years. The fight to end polio is led by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which includes Rotary International, UNICEF, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and governments of the world, with the support of many others around the globe. “We are so close to eradicating polio. A polio-free world
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At the Counting House Museum on a past Hike through History, eighth grade students sang to re-enact the real life experience of Eliza Barker, a teenager who arrived in South Berwick in 1819 by gundalow to take a job as a choir leader.
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could be achieved by 2018,� said Kevin Raymond of York Rotary. “While polio is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease, for under $1 a child can be vaccinated for life. Rotary raises funds to make sure every child receives access to the polio vaccine. We must continue to immunize wherever and whenever the threat of polio exists. Thanks to the Gates Foundation, every Rotary dollar raised is matched 2 for 1. By attending this special show, you can help achieve a polio-free world.
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The international smash hit direct from London's West End and Broadway, “Let It Be – A Celebration of the Music of The Beatles" is rocking the stage from May 18 to June 11. This exciting tribute show follows the Fab Four’s meteoric rise from their humble beginnings in Liverpool’s Cavern Club, through the heights of Beatlemania, to their later studio masterpieces. Let It Be is jampacked with over forty of The Beatles’ greatest hits including See POLIO page 7...
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