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Friday, December 12, 2014
Volume 10 • Issue No. 50
“Stuff the Bus� Held for Jackson Forbes By Carin Lee, Staff Writer YORK – On Saturday, December 6, the first of two “Stuff the Bus� events was held in support of Jackson Forbes, a York boy who is fighting cancer. A school bus draped with Christmas lights parked at the York River Landing restaurant in York. The challenge was to fill it with toys, gift cards and checks to donate to the Dana Farber Jimmy Fund and The Maine Children’s Cancer Program. For all the children with cancer who will be in the hospital over Christmas, the gifts collected will make their
holidays brighter. The York Landing Restaurant gave $10 gift cards to everyone who donated, and York’s Bagel Basket provided coffee and bagels. The event ran from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. By noon all but 6 of the seats on the bus were full. There were toy Monster trucks, Ninja and Spider Man action figures, stuffed animals, itunes gift cards and more. “One person stopped by with a check for one thousand dollars,� said one of the volunteer. Brian Trafton of Ledgmere Transportation, which owns the bus, commented, “We’ve done stuff the
bus events for years, and this is the best I’ve ever seen.� This fundraiser was the idea of Forbes’ school bus driver, Liz Caramihalis of York. She is a veteran at raising money, having already done, for example, a fashion show with friends that raised $15,000 for the Jimmy Fund. “Jackson rides my bus,� she explained, “so I’ve been in on his story.� It was a natural for her to step up and put the “Stuff the Bus� event together. It was this past July that Forbes and his parents discovSee BUS page 18...
Ogunquit Celebrates 28th Annual Christmas by the Sea OGUNQUIT Ogunquit’s Christmas By the Sea weekend takes place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 12-14. The annual event offers a variety of activities that have become crowd favorites over the years. Some of the events happening this year include: tree lighting, hay rides, a visit with Santa, kid’s ornament and card making workshop, gin-
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gerbread garland and decorating class, sing-along, living manger, concerts, story hours, craft shows and scavenger hunt. For Leanne Cusimano, owner of Amore Breakfast and chairperson of the Village Spirit Committee, her favorite event is the Christmas Parade. On Saturday, December 13, the parade, which starts at 3 p.m. from Perkins Cove will travel onward to Beach street, just before the bridge leading to the beach. The Grand Marshall is Ogunquit resident, Donato Tra-
muto, who is being honored this year as a recipient of the Ripple of Hope Award by the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights. The parade includes local businesses, civic organizations, antique autos, and the Wells High School Marching Band, with Santa making his appearance on the Ogunquit Fire Department ladder truck. Trophies are awarded for overall creativity and holiday spirit. “The parade reflects our See CELEBRATE page 6...
“Wreaths Across America� Honors Veterans STATEWIDE The “Wreaths Across America� convoy is on its annual trek to the Arlington Cemetery in Virginia, having traveled through our New England towns on Tues-
day, December 9. The caravan of 11 tractor trailer trucks, motorcycles, police and other vehicles were filled with thousands of fresh Maine wreaths that will be placed on every grave in the cem-
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etery. Flags were waving, horns were honking, sirens were blaring and people were lined up on the streets to pay tribute to our veterans during this annual commemoration. Before the Wreaths passed through Wells, a school wide patriotic assembly honoring veterans was taking place at Wells Junior High School. Four students were recognized for placing in this year’s patriotic themed VFW Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest, sponsored locally by VFW Post 6545 in Kennebunk. Each year, this national creative writing contest provides students a central theme to ponder and
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write about. This year’s theme was "Why I Appreciate America's Veterans". Those placing included eighth graders Hailey Tostenson (Third Place), Daisy Aromando (First Place), and Delaney O'Brien (Second Place). Also placing was Wells High School freshman Estelle Reardon, who received Second Place in Voice of Democracy, the VFW’s high school version of Patriot's Pen. “The contest gives students a great opportunity to write essays expressing their views on democracy,� commented WJHS See WREATHS page 5...
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