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Bangor High School

The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test will be administered Wednesday, Oct. 18, at Bangor High School – the only date the test will be administered. The PSAT helps students predict their SAT scores and work on specific skills in order to raise their scores.

For juniors, the test is the first step in entering the National Merit Scholarship Corporation competition for scholarships. Juniors will be required by the state of Maine to take the SAT exam in May. It is highly recommended that they take the PSAT to prepare. The fee for juniors to take the test is $12. Juniors must give payment to the guidance office secretary by Oct. 4.

All sophomores are required by the state of Maine to take the test.

Brewer High School

BREWER – The Brewer High School Homecoming football game will be played against Old Town High School at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, in Brewer. Players will march from the high school to the field at 6 p.m. Fans are invited to dress as their favorite Brewer Witch to cheer the team on. For information, call Anne Knowles at 989-1497.

The Brewer High School Athletic Boosters will hold their monthly meetings at 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 11 and 25, in the student services room. For information, call Anne Knowles at 989-1497 or Doreen Kenney, 825-3886.

Old Town High School

OLD TOWN – With elections for class officers over, the year is well under way. Senior class officers are Scott LaFlamme, president; Brandon Paradis, vice president; Amanda Brown, secretary; and Rachel Chadbourne, treasurer. Student council members are Torey Lodge, Brittany Hachey and Riley Ploch.

Officers for the junior class are Jenna King, president; Matt Thebarge, vice president; Kayleigh Mahan, secretary; and Allison Brown, treasurer. Student council members are Colin Zigenbein, Mindy St. Louis and Patrick Singer.

Sophomore class officers are Toni Cole, president; Derek Dubay, vice president; Bradie Manion, secretary; Erin St. Peter, treasurer. Student council members are Ashley Curtis, Nick Ouellette, Elise Jordan and Lindsay St. Louis.

Freshman class officers are Caleb Ward, president; Danyle Boobar, vice president; Lee Larry, secretary; and Brad Field, treasurer. Student council members are Brittany Curtis, Laura Falls, Emily Lovejoy, Cody Malenfant and Joseph Busque.

The U.S. Army, in conjunction with the JROTC program, brought its climbing wall to Old Town High School for the day on Sept. 21. Under the direction of Staff Sgt. Gregory Boivin, Staff Sgt. Daniel Sproul and Lt. Col. Lauria, students enjoyed climbing the 20-foot wall.

One of the earliest scholarship opportunities this year is provided by the Zonta Club of Bangor. These scholarships, open to girls only, include two $1,000 scholarships in any field; one $500 scholarship for a woman studying in the business field; and one $200 scholarship for a woman studying special education. Application deadline is April 1.

Wagner School

WINTERPORT – Erin Foley, a pupil at Wagner Middle School, has been accepted in a People to People International Summit in London, Brussels and Paris. She was accepted for the honor based on outstanding scholastic merit, civic involvement and leadership potential.

People to People’s International Summit brings together outstanding student leaders from throughout the world to focus on leadership and international relations. Whether meeting with a member of the British Parliament or exploring the role of the European Union, students who attend the summit develop skills to help them as the leaders of tomorrow.

As they delve into European heritage and ways of life, participants gain an understanding of their own culture, history, government, political and economic systems and social structures. They also discover political, economic and cultural links between the United States and Europe and become stronger citizens of the world.

The program is coordinated by the People to People Ambassador Program to fulfill the vision of Dwight D. Eisenhower for fostering world citizenship. For information, visit www.ptpinter

nationalsummit.org.

ArtWorks classes

ORONO – The University of Maine Department of Art is accepting registration applications for the fall 2006 after-school ArtWorks classes for area children.

A program designed to give UMaine art education students supervised classroom experience with children and to provide community youngsters with art lessons, ArtWorks begins Oct. 13 and continues through Nov. 10. Classes run from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and will be held in the university’s newly renovated Lord Hall.

A $25 course fee covers the cost of materials used during the five weeks of classes. A limited number of scholarships are available. Pupils in kindergarten through grade seven are grouped by age. They will have an opportunity to explore the world of art through hands-on experiences with a variety of visual media, according to art professor Constant Albertson, who oversees the program.

ArtWorks classes usually fill up quickly, so Albertson recommends applying early. A waiting list will be kept in the event of cancellations.

Lord Hall is fully accessible and has a visitor’s parking lot directly beside it.

For more information, e-mail Constant Albertson at constant.albertson@umit.maine.edu or call 581-3251.

Colleges

Bates College

LEWISTON – Corey Pattison of Dedham was named a Dana Scholar at Bates College. Each year, 20 Bates sophomores with strong academic backgrounds and leadership qualities are chosen as Dana Scholars, which they remain while they are at Bates. Their scholarship aid ranges from honoraria to substantial awards based on financial need. This year’s Dana Scholars achieved an average GPA of 3.7.

Pattison, a dean’s list student and a 2005 graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, is the son of Susan Knowlton of Dedham and Paul Pattison of Matiniez, Ga.

New England School of Communications

BANGOR – A record enrollment of 318 students has begun classes at New England School of Communications, an affiliate of Husson College.

Included in the enrollment are 246 bachelor’s degree candidates and 72 associate degree candidates.

Not included for the first time since 1981 is a one-year certificate in broadcasting. That program, according to dean of the school Ben Haskell, has been discontinued because “we have found in today’s professional world that we can’t provide enough training in one year to give the students the tools to be competitive for even entry-level communications positions.”

The school also greeted a record number of entering students, with 131 freshmen starting classes at NESCom.

The two most popular fields of study are audio engineering and video production, with more than 190 students selecting those courses. Other tracks offered by the school include radio, news-sports, digital media, advertising-public relations and journalism.

New England School of Communications

BANGOR – Carolyn Mooney-Wegerdt of Hermon in 1981 decided she was ready for a change in careers, so she entered the fledgling New England School of Broadcasting to take her chances in the world of radio and television. She was in her 40s at the time and had operated her own hair salon from her home for 21 years.

She became one of 18 students to receive a certificate in broadcasting at the school’s first graduation in 1983. She is one of approximately 70 alumni planning to return for NESCom’s 25th anniversary on Saturday, Sept. 30.

Instead of returning to the two-room suite on Exchange Street from which she graduated, Mooney-Wegerdt will join the others at the 18,000-square-foot, two-story Communications Center, which now houses the school of more than 300 on the Husson College campus.

Mooney-Wegerdt went to work as a stringer for Ellsworth radio station WDEA after graduation and was an on-air reporter. Later she worked for a travel agency and at 66 she is now retired. She has three sons and five grandchildren.

The anniversary will feature a golf tournament at Rocky Knoll Golf Course, a foliage cruise down the Penobscot River, tours of the George Wildey Communications Center and a catered alumni dinner in the G. Pierce Webber Campus Center of Peabody Hall.

Every class from 1983 to 2006 will be represented at the event, with more than 100 former students and guests expected for the day’s various activities.

Alumni like Carolyn Mooney-Wegerdt probably never envisioned a school offering six educational tracks leading to bachelor’s and associate’s degrees with the latest in technical equipment and a faculty and staff of 50. Neither did she think that her tiny class of 18 would grow over that 25 years to what will be a landmark in 2007 when the New England School of Communications graduates its 1,000th student.

Covering war in Iraq

ORONO – Dahr Jamail, an independent journalist who has spent eight months covering the war in Iraq, will make two presentations at the University of Maine on Thursday, Sept. 28. Jamail will provide his thoughts on the current political and cultural situation in Iraq, along with first-person accounts of what he has seen in covering this war and other conflicts in the Middle East.

His presentations are:

“Update on Iraq and the Future Plans for the Middle East,” 12:30-1:45 p.m. Bangor Room, Memorial Union. Part of the Marxist and Socialist Studies Lecture Series.

“The Ground Truth Today in Iraq: Report from an Independent Journalist,” 7:30 p.m. Room 100, Donald P. Corbett Business Building. Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Memorial Lecture. Reception follows.

University of Maine

ORONO – Three speakers, all scholars of Wabanaki culture, presented a variety of perspectives on 19th century Penobscot author Joseph Nicolar during a special program Sept. 25 at the University of Maine.

Nicolar wrote “Life and Traditions of the Red Man” in 1893 and collected traditional stories and oral records of late 19th century Penobscot culture.

Speakers discussed Nicolar’s work, his family of origin and his descendants, and the education that led to his career as a writer, tribal leader and tribal state representative.

Margo Lukens, chairwoman of the UMaine English Department, said the program was the result of a collaboration among the Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historic Preservation Department, the English department and the speakers.

Presenters were James Francis, Penobscot Nation tribal historian; Charles N. Shay, a Penobscot elder and grandson of Nicolar; and professor Annette Kolodny of the University of Arizona. Kolodny has edited a new edition of “Life and Traditions of the Red Man” for the spring of 2007 from Duke University Press.

Shay has republished works by and about his mother and aunt. Some of James Francis’ work on Native language and place names appeared in a special section of the Sept. 23-24 edition of the Bangor Daily News.