Pythian Temple Installs Officers
Narragansett Temple 111 of the Pythian Sisters installed a slate of officers on April 8 in its headquarters in Buxton Center.
Natalie Marshall is Most Excellent Chief; Ellen Emery, Senior; Donna Ricker, Junior’ Joann Groder, Treasurer; Margaret Googin, Secretary; Geneann Mayo, Manager; Carol Moore, Guard; and Linda Clark, Protector.
Linda Brewer of Boothbay Harbor, Maine’s Grand Chief of Pythian sisters, attended the ceremony.
Spring clothing sale
A clothing sale will take place Saturday, May 10, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Hollis Elementary School Cafeteria, Route 35. Over 30 years and everything is still 25 cents. We have thousands of garments including hundreds of brand new clothes from Wal-Mart plus underwear and socks for the whole family. Benefits Bonny Eagle High School scholarships. To donate or volunteer, call Karen 642-3508.
Limington extension yard sales
Yard sales will take place on Saturday, April 26, and May 3, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 476 Sand Pond Road, Limington. There will be plenty of brand new items, 25 cent items and candy! Dozens of bug sprays and citronella 2.50. The sales Benefit Bonny Eagle High School scholarships. For more information, call 642-3508
Plant/bake sale
The sale will take place Saturday, May 10, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the lawn of the First Congregational Church of Buxton (Tory Hill Church) located at the intersection of Route 202 and Route 112.
In case of rain, it would be held at the Bar Mills Parish House, located on Route 4A Buxton, next to the SAD 6 Administrative Building. For more information, call 929-5531.
Buxton resident awarded trip to Aruba
Christine MacDonald, a Buxton resident and consultant for The Body Shop At Home, the direct selling business of The Body Shop International, recently earned a trip to the Westin Aruba Resort in April. This award was achieved by nearly 200 consultants from the Body Shop At Home who accomplished the challenge criteria during the trip qualifying period of Aug. 1, 2007, to Jan. 31, 2008.
Buxton students make dean’s list
Brittany Knight of Buxton was named to the University of Massachusetts Boston Dean’s List for the Fall 2007 semester.
Amber Renee Cronin of Buxton was named to the Colby-Sawyer College Dean’s List for academic achievement during the fall semester. Cronin, a member of the class of 2011, is a Communication Studies major.
Anna Gillis of Buxton, a member of the class of 2011, was named to the Stonehill College Dean’s List.
Bonny Eagle Twentieth Annual Spring Math Meet
The 20th Annual Spring Math Meet was held on Saturday, April 12, at Bonny Eagle High School. There were 139 students in grades four through six from across the district competing for top honors in the areas of arithmetic, geometry and problem solving. Fifty fourth-graders, 58 fifth-graders and 31 sixth-graders came to solve a variety of challenging math problems. The top scorers at each grade level in each category were awarded ribbons in a ceremony immediately following the math meet. Eighty-six ribbons were awarded and 28 of those were for perfect scores. Additionally, the top three scorers at each grade level were recognized for their outstanding performances. The top scorer(s) at each grade level received engraved plaques. Two sixth-grade students were recognized as Co-Champions of the meet, each earning the most points possible with perfect tests in each of the three categories.
The complete list of winners:
Grade 4 Arithmetic: 1st Place, Brianna Gower; 2nd Place, Ben Autry; 3rd Place, Troy Bogdahn, George Mitchell, Cody Townsend.
Geometry: George Mitchell (perfect score); 2nd Place, Adam LaPointe, Alec Tardy, Desiree Wright; 3rd Place, Ben Autry, Megan French, Evan Gillingham, Melissa Jones.
Problem Solving: 1st Place, Ben Autry, Troy Bogdahn, Brianna Gower, Wiley Hollen, Melissa Jones, Jordyn Long, George Mitchell; 2nd Place, Alaina Barrows; 3rd Place, Billy Brown, Dalton Canonico, Adam LaPointe, Alex Mangelli, Megan St. Jean, Desiree Walls, Desiree Wright.
Grade 4 Overall Winners: 1st Place, George Mitchell; 2nd Place,
Ben Autry; 3rd Place, Brianna Gower, Adam LaPointe, and Desiree Wright.
Grade 5 Arithmetic: 1st Place, Megan Brown, Austin Flanigan, Carolyn Lucy, Rachel Ratte (perfect scores); 2nd Place, Elizabeth Bushey, Jason Webb; 3rd Place, Cole Tracy. Geometry: 1st Place, Monica Libby, Eva Niedermeyer, Ben Peterson, Jason Webb, Rosanna Woodruff (perfect scores); 2nd Place, Heather Earle, Austin Flanigan, Rachel Ratte, Cole Tracy; 3rd Place, Jeffrey Martin.
Problem Solving: 1st Place, Rosanna Woodruff; (perfect score) 2nd Place, Monica Libby-HBE; 3rd Place, Austin Flanigan, Carolyn Lucy, Anna Niedermeyer, Eva Niedermeyer, Rachel Ratte, Cole Tracy.
Grade 5 Overall Winners: 1st Place, Austin Flanigan and Rachel Ratte; 2nd Place, Jason Webb; 3rd Place, Cole Tracy.
Grade 6 (Bonny Eagle Middle School) Arithmetic: 1st Place, Veronica Druchniak, Hannah Ketch, Shawna Meserve, James Patchell, Mary Szatkowski, Abby Ward (perfect scores); 2nd Place, Bayleigh Canonico; 3rd Place, Katelynne Aiken, Katie Perry.
Geometry: 1st Place, Veronica Druchniak, Nate Schopen, Abby Ward(perfect scores); 2nd Place, Bayleigh Canonico, Sam Clift, Mary Szatkowski, Audrey Wey; 3rd Place, Sierra Cooper.
Problem Solving: 1st Place, Katelynne Aiken, Sam Clift, Veronica Druchniak, Krista Meserve, Mary Szatkowski, Carolyn VanAtta, Audrey Wey, Abby Ward (perfect scores); 2nd Place, Libby DesRuisseaux; 3rd Place, Bayleigh Canonico, Sierra Cooper, Hannah Ketch, Shawna Meserve, Nate Schopen, Kelsey Sicard, Tophe Thorne.
Grade 6 Overall Winners: 1st Place, Veronica Druchniak and Abby Ward; 2nd Place, Mary Szatkowski; 3rd Place, Bayleigh Canonico.
Team Problem Winners: 1st Place, Sam Clift, James Patchell, Jake Staples, Brittney Thoits, Cole Tracy; 2nd Place, Leah Carter, Tye Greely, James Shackley, Abby Ward, Rosanna Woodruff; 3rd Place, Ariana Black, Morgan Brooks, Megan Brown, Josh Grant, Kelsey Sicard.
District Math Meet Co-Champions: Veronica Druchniak and Abby Ward.
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