Weeman honored ?as deputy clerk ?of the year
Buxton Deputy Town Clerk Joan Weeman was honored as the recipient of the 2012 Maine Deputy Clerk of the Year Award in a ceremony last month by the Maine Town and City Clerks’ Association. The award came during the association’s 17th annual Clerks’ Networking Day and annual business meeting held in Waterville. The award is relatively new for the Maine Clerks’ Association, with Weedman being only the second recipient. The first to be honored was Old Orchard Beach Deputy Clerk Jeffrey Thompson Jr. in 2010.
The award is now presented annually to a deputy or assistant municipal clerk “whose work in the clerk’s office goes above and beyond what is required by the job title” and “committed to improve municipal government and their community,” Buxton Town Clerk John Myers announced.
Nominees were judged by a panel of five municipal clerks, who previously received the Maine Clerk of the Year Award. Weeman’s husband, Robert Weeman; her daughters, Rebecca Meader and Roxanne Knowles; and her son, Ryan Weeman, attended the presentation.
Both Joan Weeman’s mother and father had been elected Buxton town clerks. Weeman also serves as the town’s registrar of voters.
“We are all extremely proud and incredibly fortunate to have Joan named the 2012 Maine Deputy Clerk of the Year, working with and for all of us in Buxton,” John Myers, town clerk and office manager, said in a statement.
Pathfinders learn stewardship rewards
The Bonny Eagle Middle School Pathfinders Program recently adopted the trails of the Salmon Falls Indian Cellar on the Saco River that divides Buxton and Hollis.
Middle school students several times have helped clean up the site acquired by the Hollis Conservation Committee in 2009. Community service and stewardship are primary goals of the middle school program and students will also lend a hand creating trails at another site in the Pleasant Hill area.
Pathfinder training might include adventure activities like ropes course challenges, winter camping, white-water canoeing, or mountain climbing.
Art league show
The Saco River Art League’s Susan Orfant of Buxton has announced the fourth annual Art at Marrett will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.6, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7, at the historic Marrett House, 40 Ossipee Trail (Route 25), Standish.
Maine artists will display their works and a silent auction will benefit the Marrett House and Historic New England. Free tours of the Marrett House will be available and the Standish Historical Society will sell refreshments.
For more information, call 882-7169.
Students in the Bonny Eagle Middle Pathfinders Program are instrumental in keeping the historic Indian Cellar area in Hollis tidy. Pictured on left in front is a former pathfinder, Kristen Cates, now a high school student, and Madison Higgins; back row are Bella Watson, Caitlin Michaud, Grace Thompson, Skyler Desrocher, Katherine Richards and Autumn Potter. Send questions/comments to the editors.
