Schools

Frankfort Elementary School

FRANKFORT – The Frankfort Elementary School PTG is holding a recycling drive through Oct. 21. The school is collecting returnable bottles and cans at the school, with a collection box out in front of the library.

In addition to recycling bottles and cans, the school continues to collect used cell phones as well as ink jet and laser jet cartridges.

“If you’ve been looking at those empty ink cartridges for months and thinking about bringing them in, this is your chance,” said Nancy Tang of the Frankfort PTG. “We’ve got a push on in October to collect a record number of them. If you know of a business that may use ink cartridges, please ask them to join our efforts. We can provide them with a postage-paid box to fill, or we can come by and pick up the empties.”

The drive will raise money to help support field trips and enrichment activities for the pupils. For information, call Nancy at 223-0070 or Deb at 223-9933.

Frankfort Elementary School is running a penny drive through Oct. 28 in order to raise funds for the American Red Cross to help those who are victims of Hurricane Katrina. Pennies may be brought to the school during school hours.

The 21st Back to Nature Run will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17. The fifth grade is organizing the event for fourth- and fifth-graders graders running over a trail in the forest behind the school. Jordan Bleakney was the winner of the T-shirt design contest for the event. Trophies are awarded, too.

Colleges

New England School of Communications

BANGOR – Don DePoy, an assistant professor at the New England School of Communications, and his wife, Martha Hills, of Belfast, were inducted as members of America’s Old Time Country Hall of Fame at the 30th annual Old Time Country and Bluegrass Music Festival in Missouri Valley, Iowa.

DePoy holds a doctorate from the University of Maine and teaches classes in public relations, desktop publishing and multimedia at the New England School of Communications, an affiliate of Husson College.

A fifth-generation musician from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, DePoy joined his father’s band at age 8 and has become an accomplished bluegrass banjoist and traditional “thumb picking” guitar player. He has appeared as a featured performer at the Philadelphia Folk Festival and has performed throughout the country and abroad.

DePoy and his wife, performing as Me and Martha, entered the Hall of Fame at special induction ceremonies Sept. 4. The duo recently released their first CD, “On the Road Home.” Their induction marks a first for a Maine-based group.

The Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame honors those who have recognized stature and dedicated involvement within traditional country, bluegrass or old time music communities.

During the summer months, DePoy and his wife operate Get Away From It All sailing adventures aboard a classic 1939 racing yacht based at Belfast.

BANGOR – The New England School of Communications, an affiliate of Husson College, has opened the 2005-2006 academic year with three new full-time and six new adjunct faculty members.

Appointed to nine-month full-time status at the school have been Don DePoy, who had been an adjunct faculty member since 1995, and will teach classes in sociology, media in a multicultural society, public relations and electronic publishing; Carrie West of Brewer, who will teach courses in public speaking and interpersonal communication; and John Easton of Bangor, who will teach video digital imaging and computer applications for digital media.

. Don DePoy, who has a doctorate in Popular Culture and American Music from the University of Maine, is a professional musician and is also the executive director of F.O.L.K. – Focus on Local Knowledge – based in Newburgh. He is from Belfast.

. Carrie West holds baccalaureate and master’s degrees from the University of Northern Colorado and was a graduate teaching assistant at that school in 2002-2003. Prior to that, she was a sales supervisor for MCI WorldCom in Greeley, Colo., and Springfield, Mo.

. John Easton of Bangor received his bachelor of arts degree from Kenyon College in Ohio and is a 1988 graduate of the New England School of Broadcasting. He is a former radio broadcaster in the Bangor area.

The adjunct faculty members named are William Dorrity of Winterport, an academic affairs coordinator and faculty member at Eastern Maine Technical College since 1990, teaching organization and management; Susmita Chatterjee of Bangor, a former adjunct Husson professor, teaching introduction to philosophy; Rick Davis of Glenburn, owner of Davis Communications Inc., teaching video digital editing; Paul Morrow of Brewer, also an adjunct Husson professor, teaching business law; Jeff Pierce of Orland, director of operations at Clear Channel radio, teaching radio voice tracking; and Josh Small of Bangor, owner of Nightcrawler Studios, teaching audio engineering I.

U.S. Military Academy

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Cadet John Rohn, son of Charles and Carol Rohn of Brewer, was named to the dean’s list at the U.S. Military Academy. He is a 2003 graduate of Brewer High School.

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Cadet James Booth, son of James and Patricia Booth of Verona, earned the Superintendent’s Award for Achievement for the spring semester at the U.S. Military Academy. To be selected for the award, a cadet must simultaneously achieve excellence in all programs – academic, military and physical. Booth was awarded a gold wreath, which signifies that he is among the top 15 percent of cadets in each class.

Booth graduated from Bucksport High School in 2002. He is concentrating his studies in leadership and plans to graduate from West Point in 2008, when he will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.