Seniors road trip
Westbrook Senior Citizens are planning an overnight trip to Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun in Connecticut on April 2 and 3.
The group will see the Yakov Smirnoff show. For more information, call 854-2292 or 854-2705.
Woman’s Club blanket benefit
Guest speaker Susan Kirk, Southern Maine coordinator for Project Linus, spoke recently to the Westbrook Woman’s Club about her work providing “blanket hugs” to children, who would benefit from a little extra warmth or comfort.
The mission of Project Linus, a national, nonprofit organization, is to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer “blanketeers.”
Club members made and presented nine fleece blankets to Kirk to benefit children. In southern and central Maine, 1,308 children received blankets in 2006.
Refreshments were served following the club’s blanket workshop by Kay Mosher, Glenna Carter, Judith Getchell, Barbara Libby, Mary Libby and Roberta Morrill.
Marion Broaddus will present a book review at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, when the club meets next at Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church. She’ll speak about “More Than Petticoats – Remarkable Maine Women,” by Kate Kennedy.
Guests are welcome.
Academic honors
Kathleen C. Athearn has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.
Athearn is a senior majoring in biochemistry and biophysics.
Marcia Wescott of Westbrook has been named to the president’s list at Daniel Webster College for the fall 2006 semester. She is majoring in aviation flight operations.
Fears for ducks
Candy Oliver of Gorham is worried about the plight of the multitude of wild ducks in the Presumpscot River as the cold spell continues.
Last week, Oliver was alarmed after finding two dead ducks at Riverbank Park. She feared that people, who had regularly fed the ducks, had stopped. So, she bought cracked corn and broadcasted it along the bank near the river.
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