Woodbury Clark graduate student
Brianna Woodbury has recently been accepted into the master of science in professional communication accelerated degree program at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.
Majoring in communications and culture, Woodbury spent the past four years at the university. She will finish her masters degree in the spring next year.
Woodbury, a graduate of Gorham High School in 2003, is the daughter of David and Deborah Woodbury of Standish.
Woman’s Club to meet
The Gorham Woman’s Club will meet on Thursday, Feb. 8 at 12:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall at the First Parish Congregational Church.
Debbie Loughlin will speak about crafts and fiber arts. Light refreshments will be served at 12:30 p.m. followed by a program and meeting at 1 p.m..
Regular meetings are held on the second Thursday each month September through May and enrollment is open to anyone wishing to become an active volunteer. Guests are always welcome.
For more information, contact Alice Keddy at 839-4579.
GB&CE ‘After Hours Social’
Carson Lynch of The Gorham Grind, 18 South St., will host the “After Hours Social” for the Gorham Business & Civic Exchange 5:30-7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9.
The event is open to members and guests of the Gorham business community. For more information, call 892-5515 or visit www.gorhambusiness.org
Sewing quilts for needy
Fran Roberts of Gorham said the Knit Wits of Maple Grove Grange in Sebago, is inviting others to participate in the Project Linus Make a Blanket Day on Saturday, Feb. 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The group makes quilts for the needy and has a goal to complete up to 15 quilts for the national project. Roberts said several members of the group have created quilt tops and the group will add fillers, backs, bindings and special labels to complete them during the day-long event.
The quilts will be donated to such places as the Barbar Bush Children’s Hospital, Bridge Crossing in Bridgton, Sebago House, Center for Grieving Children and the Ronald McDonald House. “Last year’s group completed 15 quilts and we hope to surpass this number this year,” said Ann Burns, community service chairman of the Maple Grove Grange.
The group meets at the Sebago Center Community Church on Route 107 across from the Sebago town office. Those attending should take small scissors, large darning needle and a thimble. In addition to sewers, the group needs volunteers to press, measure, tack, hem and label.
A local business will provide lunch. Those planning to attend should call Burns at 787-2489. In case of a storm, the date will be rescheduled. If a storm question arises, call Burns or the church at 787-2929.
Chamber orchestra in concert
The Portland Chamber Orchestra presents a concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23, in Corthell Hall on the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine.
Robert Lehman is music director.
Ardith Keef will play bassoon and Kristen Finkbeiner clarinet in “Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon” by Richard Strauss; Ellen Chickering will sing soprano in “Nuits d’ete, Op 7” by Hector Berlioz; and “Sigfried Idyll” by Richard Wagner.
Tickets are $20; $15, seniors; $10, students.
For reservations or more information, call 780-5270.
One-act plays on USM stage
Two original one-act plays by student playwrights will be presented this month in Russell Hall on the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine.
The plays, “Human at Heart” by student playwright Stacy Ann Strang, and “Heavenly? Match” by student playwright Jack Fossett, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 15, 16, 17 and 5 p.m. on Feb. 18. Assunta Kent is the director. The opening performance will be followed by a reception.
Tickets are $12; $8, seniors, faculty and staff; $5, students. For more information, call 780-5151.
U.S. taxpayer debt
The Bureau of Public Debt reported on Feb. 2 that the U.S. public debt was $8,693,352,808,374.57.
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