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Schools

Scholars honored

BANGOR – Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell was on hand Aug. 18 at the fourth annual brunch at UMaine’s Wells Commons to honor the newest Mitchell Scholars.

Included were local students Erika Bickford, Central High School; Mallory Brown

and Nicole Meszaros, Old Town High School; Doretta Callahan and Sarah Holt,

Hermon High School; Erin Lancaster, Bangor High School; Kathryn Ostrofsky, John Bapst Memorial High School; Megan Robinson, Hampden Academy; Johann Von Hoffman, Orono High School; and Natasha Worcester and Gregory Young, Brewer High School.

The scholarships of $1,000 for up to four years are awarded annually to 160 students throughout the state.

Penobscot Job Corps

Ray Henderson and Penobscot Job Corps placed second and took home $600 and $300 respectively in the Teen Driver Challenge.

The Department of the Secretary of State, the Maine Driver Education Association, Maine Transportation Safety Coalition and AAA of Northern New England sponsored the event. Students from 12 driver education schools competed in four different categories to test their driving skills and knowledge of the rules of the road.

YMCA day camp

OLD TOWN – Children enrolled in the Old Town-Orono YMCA summer day camp had a special visitor recently. Police Officer Debbie Holmes spoke to children in kindergarten through grade six about staying safe and how to deal with strangers.

Holmes showed a video, “Escape School” by Bob Stuber. The video featured information on what to do if a stranger approaches a child; how to identify “good” and “bad” strangers, and how to get away from a stranger if the child feels threatened.

In addition, the video explained about parents and children having code words that only they would know in case someone else is sent to pick up the child. Children were quizzed after the video, and most children thought the information was very helpful.

The Childcare Programs regularly present speakers who enhance children’s experiences. For information on the programs, call 827-9622.

Colleges

Eastern Maine Technical College

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Technical College will begin construction on its Technical Resource Center and Library in the spring of 2003.

The center, made possible by a $50,000 grant from Stephen and Tabitha King, will provide the latest in computer-assisted instruction as well as house books and periodicals. The grant brings EMTC closer to its fund-raising goal of $1.5 million for this new addition.

In addition to being an asset for students, the center will also be open to businesses and the community. Completion is slated for April 2004.

University of South Florida

OLD TOWN – Karen M. Ackley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ackley of Old Town, was recently awarded a doctor of medicine degree at the commencement ceremony at the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa, Fla.

In addition to her medical degree, Ackley also received an Academic Excellence Award for outstanding achievement through her four years of medical school, and was the recipient of the Department of Pediatrics Award for the outstanding student in that field of medicine.

Ackley is a 1992 graduate of Old Town High School and a 1996 graduate of Colby College. She will start a three-year pediatric residency through the University of South Florida at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla.