CCB Inc. earns safety award
CCB Inc. recently received a Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) award for its office, shop and yard at 65 Bradley Drive in Westbrook.
Pam Megathlin, Bureau of Labor Standards director, and Steve Greely, Maine Workplace Safety and Health Division director, presented a plaque and flag to the two-dozen employees present. Additional praise was given by Westbrook Mayor Colleen Hilton; Matt Marks, Associated General Contractors Maine CEO; Beth Sturtevant, president CCB Inc.; and Bob Burdick, CCB Inc. safety resource manager.
“Safety is a constant drum beat. It doesn’t have an end; it is a constant and evolving process,” Sturtevant said.
By earning the award, CCB Inc. has joined an elite group of small businesses that maintain exemplary injury and illness prevention programs. In addition, the company has been granted an exemption from Occupational Safety and Health Administration programmed inspections for up to two years at the site.
CCB provides a range of general construction and construction management services including those for commercial, industrial and institutional projects.
Latini wins MS scholarship
Gabriella Latini, who graduated from Westbrook High School last month, is the recipient of a $1,000 National Multiple Sclerosis Society Scholarship Award.
The award is presented annually to select students across the country who are pursuing a college or technical school education, and who have a parent with MS or who themselves have MS.
According to a release by the National Multiple Sclerosis Socierty, Latini, whose mother has MS, plans to attend the University of Vermont. In Maine, there were five MS scholarships awarded this year totaling $6,000. The scholarships are funded through individual and corporate donations, and by fundraising events such as Walk MS, Bike MS, and the MS Challenge Walk.
Of her mother, Latini said, “I remember in some of my family’s darkest days she said these words and they left the most indelible mark on me: ‘Every day strive to learn and be the best that you can be. Believe in yourself. Do the best you can. Only do the things that help people – as many as you can and every time you have to choose between showing that you are better than or smarter than or being kind, always chose to be kind.’”
Knights’ raffle winners
The Westbrook Knights of Columbus held its fourth annual benefit raffle during the month of May and at the Westbrook Together Days with raffle items donated by local business or craftsmen/women.
All proceeds help a person or family in need.
This year the recipient was a single mother of three who is battling advanced stages of Lyme disease where treatments costing $10,000 are not covered by insurance.
Winners of the top eight prizes in the drawing held June 7 at St. Hyacinth Church were Maryann Usher, crafted cedar blanket chest; Elizabeth Gray, handpainted craft container; Linda Lessard, local oil painting; Bill Oldreod, girls mountain bike; Vincent Kane, $50 at Countryside Butcher; Bonita Usher, crafted wall clock; Adrianne Desveaux, crafted cutting board; and Marie Fredette, crafted cutting board.
“The Knights would like to thank all those that donated prizes and those that supported are worthy cause,” it said in an announcement last week.
Museum quilting lecture
The Tate House Museum, 1267 Westbrook St., Portland, will present “Quilting Through the Ages,” from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, in its series of summer lectures designed to enlighten and entertain the public on life in Colonial Maine. Admission is $10.
Beth Maitland, who is an expert on quilting, will be giving a brief history of the evolution of quilts and quilting with examples and explanations outlining quilting from medieval times to the present day. Quilt samples will augment the presentation and the construction of quilts in various time periods will be explained.
The presentation will include examples of quilting techniques, tools, and fabrics used throughout history. Also included in the trunk show will be modern examples of the quilting techniques she has explored in the last several years.
Light refreshments will be served and reservations to attend can be made by calling the Tate House at 774-6177 or e-mail the office at info@tatehouse.org.
Scott Dyer and his son, Michael, are pictured pedaling tandem on the recent 180-mile bicycle ride Trek Across Maine to benefit the American Lung Association. They covered 68.8 miles the first day. Michael’s mother, Denise Dyer, who also competed, said her son turns 9 on July 5 and his grandmother is Diane Dyer, a Westbrook Historical Society director.
CCB Inc., of Westbrook displays its safety award banner. Courtesy photos
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