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Central Middle School

CORINTH – Jim Russell, assistant principal at Central Middle School, announced that the student body – pupils from the towns of Bradford, Corinth, Hudson, Kenduskeag and Stetson – raised $500 to assist tsunami relief efforts. The money was raised through a joint effort by the student council and yearbook staff. Seventh-grader Justin Dyer was a leader in one of the fund-raising projects. Proceeds were donated to the American Red Cross.

Indian Island School

INDIAN ISLAND – Local pupils from Indian Island School had the opportunity to demonstrate their public speaking skills on March 30 in the Modern Woodmen of America speech contest at the school.

The topic was “A Great Moment in American History.”

Winners were:

. First place, Leya Bryant.

. Second place, Maya Attean.

. Third place, Kayla Hauger.

Each winner received a trophy and gold medal, and their names will be engraved on the school’s speech contest plaque.

Also participating were: Brandon Paul, Aquene Lewey, David Pardilla, Zach Neptune, Kelvin Velasquez and Danielle Altvater.

The speech contest is one of Modern Woodmen’s six free Youth Educational Programs, offered to schools nationwide. Nearly 100,000 pupils participate in the contest each year.

Old Town High School

OLD TOWN – Members of the Old Town High School Key Club recently attended the New England District Key Club convention in Springfield, Mass. They gained new fund-raising and project ideas, and learned more about the New England district projects – Camp Sunshine, Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute and Children of Peace International.

Guest speaker was Bin Reibecky, who told of growing up in Vietnam during the war.

Newly elected Key Club officers are president, Denise St. Peter; vice president, Gerald Herlihy; secretary, Yanghee Kwon; treasurer, Karey Littlefield; and public relations officer, Ashley Stover. Advisers are Nancy King and Violet Smith. For more information about OTHS Key Club, call Mrs. King at 827-3910, ext. 301.

. The JROTC Raider Challenge Team received a third-place trophy in the 5K run during the Green Mountain Raider Competition in Vermont.

Cadet Anne Vayda took a third-place overall medal in the Physical Fitness Test and Cadet Rebeka Wheaton took a fifth-place overall medal in Physical Fitness Test, both in the women’s division.

. These seniors have received college acceptances: Brad King, Eastern Maine Community College; Ainsley Fay, Boston University; Jennifer Caron, Hobart and William Smith College; Calvin Libby, University College, Bangor; Drew Murphy, Husson College; Leona Mitchell, University of Maine.

Penobscot Christian School

BANGOR – Penobscot Christian School, 1423 Ohio St., will conduct kindergarten screenings 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, April 26. Call 947-2704 for an appointment. Calls made during April vacation will be returned as soon as possible by the school secretary or the kindergarten teacher.

Since 1980, Penobscot Christian School has served the educational needs of Christian families in the Bangor and southern Penobscot County region. The school observes the state of Maine age requirement for kindergarten enrollment.

Weatherbee School

HAMPDEN – On Community Reading Day, April 13, Martha Stepp’s fourth-grade class listened to “The Quilt Maker’s Journey,” by Jeff Brumbeau, with pictures by Gail de Marcken.

Bangor Daily News columnist Roxanne Moore Saucier read the book to the youngsters and answered their questions about working at a newspaper. The children also handled the century-old quilt made by Lovina Moore, her great-great-great grandmother.

Pupils in the class are Dylan Carrow, Timothy Coston, Chelsey Covey, Nicholas DaCosta, Connor Dalton, Alex Demers, Roy Donnelly, Joseph Doyon, Chad Erickson, Heather Greatorex, Collin Hewes, Samuel Holmes, Nicole Ireland, Morgan Karnes-Murray, Joshua Kocik, Samantha McGarrigle, Nicholas Moreland, Jacob Sigouin, Devin Slagger, Courtney Smith, Olivia Smith, Morgan Springer and Alexandria Winchester.

Karen Karp is the student teacher in Mrs. Stepp’s class.

The youngsters said that their favorite BDN comic was Josh Alves’ “Zeek and Dent.”

Business editor Carroll Astbury from the Bangor Daily read to pupils in Angela Pratt’s class. The youngsters listened to “The BFG” by Roald Dahl.

William S. Cohen School

BANGOR – The William S. Cohen School held its annual science fair April 5 at the school on Garland Street.

Winners were:

Best of Fair: Grade eight, Min Hwang, “Dwarf or Giant?”

Grade seven, Jacqueline Maasch, “Grave Weathering” in Bangor.

Grade eight: Inventions, first place, Kevin Hanselman, “Dog Food Dispenser.”

Biology, first place, Min Hwang; second place, Alex Kim, “Caffeine Pesticide;” third place, Devon McKinnon, “The Effects of Phosphates on Plant Growth;” honorable mention, Brittany Meherg, “Vitamin C.”

Physical science, first place, Taylor Francey, “Which Cloth and Mordant Produce the Most Vivid Colors when Using Fruit and Vegetable Dyes?;” second place, Aaron Prusaitis, “Solar Lamps and Different Light Sources;” third place, Ryan Pritham, “Beat the Heat;” honorable mention, John Templeton, “Sticky Stuff.”

Grade seven: Inventions, first place, William Whitham, “The Real Sun Hat;” second place, Zach Zoroya, “Solar Remote.”

Biology, first place, Kate Rouleau, “Effects of Temperature on the Bacteria Count and Spoilage of Milk;” second place, Laura Giebfried, “The Early Bird Gets the Seeds, But How?;” third place, Zachary Hamilton, “Gravity and Plant Growth;” honorable mention, Shannon Dubois, “Splenda: As Sweet as Sugar! Maybe Not;” and Jeri Cosgrove, “The Effects of Gender on Short-Term Memory.”

Physical science, first place, Jacqueline Maasch; second place, Meghan Rowe, “Coffee: With Sugar, Milk or Acid?;” third place, James Ozog, “Toothpaste Testing;” honorable mention, Mike Malmer, “Microwave Testing;” and Meagan Doucette, “What Substance Melts Ice the Fastest?”

Colleges

Eastern Maine Community College

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Community College has announced a trio of design courses starting in May. The courses are noncredit, open to the public and require advance registration.

“Introduction to Graphic Design” is a foundation course designed to give students a thorough understanding of the principles and practices of good graphic design. Students will explore the core elements of composition, layout, space, color, type, ideation and current software used in the graphic design profession. John Ianelli is the instructor. he course meets 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 17-June 9. Cost is $260, plus text.

“Introduction to Digital Photography” focuses on introductory photographic composition and various lighting situations. Students use compositional and lighting techniques to create images for specific assignments, and then become familiar with uploading images to a computer for processing.

The instructor is Rick Brooker. The course meets 3-6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, May 16-June 8. Cost is $260, plus text.

“Introduction to Digital Design” is a hands-on course that teaches the fundamentals of Adobe PhotoShop CS. Projects and topics focus on layers, image-editing tools, image resolution, exporting files and file types, filters and effects, color correction and techniques. Amy Anderson is the instructor. The course runs 3-6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, June 13-Aug. 8. Cost is $495, plus text.

Register by calling the Enrollment Center at EMCC at 974-4621.

NESCom

BANGOR – The New England School of Communications, an affiliate of Husson College, has received a $3,200 grant to equip a radio news production studio at the school’s Communications Center on the Husson campus.

The grant comes from the Maine Broadcasters Foundation in affiliation with the Maine Association of Broadcasters.

According to Mark Nason, program director, and Susan Patten, news director of radio station WHSN-FM, the school’s student station, the funding will be used to purchase equipment such as an audio control board, microphones, mini-disc recorders and telephone interface units. Installation of this gear will provide a full-service news studio that will enable news students to conduct radio interviews on a quick-need basis.

NESCom maintains two radio production studios for radio-TV announcing students. The newly outfitted studio will be on line for the fall semester, just in time to facilitate the increase in student enrollment in the news program.

University of Maine

ORONO – The University of Maine has started a unique program to involve students in the fight against cancer. The American Cancer Society’s Colleges Against Cancer is designed and administered by college students from across the country. They initiate and support cancer awareness programs on college campuses.

The program allows students and staff to work in advocacy, cancer education programs, Relay For Life and reaching out to cancer survivors. Whether it is writing letters to Congressmen, organizing a Relay For Life, teaching students about preventing cancer or helping cancer patients, the program enables college students to battle cancer on campus and provides them with valuable volunteer experiences.

Andrew Harmon, American Cancer Society community executive and staff partner with the Colleges Against Cancer at UMaine, has been impressed with the group’s activities.

“Their enthusiasm and energy is great,” Harmon said. “They have done a lot in the short time they have been active. It is a result of their realization of the impact they can have in helping their fellow students in the fight against cancer.”

This year, UMaine held its first-ever Relay For Life for students and faculty.

For information, call the American Cancer Society at (800) ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.

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ORONO – In recognition of superior academic achievement at the University of Maine, Brandon Libby of Brewer was elected into the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society. He also received the Virginia R. Gibson Senior Book Award for being one of the top five seniors inducted.

Libby, a premed student, is the student representative on the University System’s board of trustees. He recently returned from a medical expedition to Nicaragua with Partners in Health where he assisted local surgeons, visited orphanages and helped build housing for volunteer physicians.