Schools
Brewer High School
The Brewer High School Student Council will host a Cuban sandwich dinner at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, at the school. The dinner will include a Cuban sandwich, baked beans, coleslaw and dessert.
Raffle tickets will be sold during the dinner to help us raise funds to continue the tradition. Proceeds go toward the Brewer High School Veterans’ Assembly.
Tickets for the dinner are $10 per person and limited to 100 attendees.
The Brewer High School Veterans’ Assembly is a yearly event that recognizes veterans’ services and sacrifice. The student council provides breakfast to veteran attendees, small tokens of appreciation and a school-wide assembly to recognize the debt owed to veterans.
To make a donation or to purchase tickets, call Kevin Napolillo at Brewer High School at 989-4140.
Hermon High School
HERMON — The Hermon High School JROTC Hawk Battalion cadets assisted the National Guard on Sept. 12 as the school’s football team played its first home game of the season.
The National Guard hosted a tailgate party featuring basketball hoops and a football toss. In addition, free shirts, water bottles, footballs, lanyards and hats were given away by Guard and JROTC members.
The pre-game featured the JROTC Color Guard, which included Capt. Sabrina Growe, Capt. Cameron Crawford, Staff Sgt. Ian McCloud, Cpl. Christian Greener, and 2nd Lt. Emma Shaw.
Hermon’s JROTC is taught by 1st Sgt. (Retired) Rob Jenkins and Maj. (Retired) Marcel Fortier. Students in grades nine through 12 learn leadership and communication skills and gain an education in American history and a knowledge of the U.S. military.
Students pass through leadership and education training stages one to four, based on how many years the student has participated.
As the year progresses, cadets have multiple opportunities to earn awards based on academic achievement and participation in sports, clubs and JROTC.
Also students who join the drill, raiders, color guard or rifle teams will earn a colored cord.
“I love the program so far,” said freshman Megan Haller, “I feel like it really gives you a lot of opportunities to get involved. I’m really glad I did it.”
Colleges
Bates College
EDDINGTON — Carolyn Benner of Eddington has joined a group of more than 60 students as a junior adviser and resident coordinator at Bates College in Lewiston. Benner is a 2012 graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School.
Eastern Maine Community College
BANGOR — Achieving the Dream, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping more community college students stay in school and earn college certificates or degrees, announced recently that Eastern Maine Community College is one of 16 community colleges nationwide selected for the 2014 cohort of Leader Colleges.
Eastern Maine Community College was the only college in New England selected for the cohort, and one of only two on the East Coast.
The designation of Leader College is awarded to community colleges that have shown significant commitment to improving student success and closing achievement gaps. In a national press release, Eastern Maine Community College was recognized in particular for doubling its success rates for students referred to developmental math — from 26.9 percent in 2008-2009 to 50.2 percent in 2011-2012.
For information, visit emcc.edu.
University of Maine
Geddes W. Simpson Lecture
ORONO — William Krohn, a retired wildlife biologist, author and outdoor enthusiast will deliver the 13th annual Geddes W. Simpson Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the McIntire Room at Buchanan Alumni House on the University of Maine campus.
Krohn’s free, public talk is titled “Using Historical Information in Wildlife Science: A Personal Journey.” A reception will follow the lecture.
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ORONO — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Acting State Conservationist, Cathee Pullman, announced that the University of Maine will receive $34,854 to carry out a pollinator habitat project. These funds will be awarded through a Conservation Innovation Grant, a component of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.
The objective of the grant, “Toward Pollinator Habitat on a Large Scale”, is to provide food for native bees and honey bees by improving plantings selected for pollinator gardens. This will be accomplished through demonstration gardens at Pine Tree Landfill in Hampden, which is managed by Casella Waste Systems, and at G. M. Allen and Son, producer of Maine wild blueberries in Orland.
In addition to cooperators Casella Waste Systems and G. M. Allen and Son in Orland, the steering committee includes Jean Hay Bright of BrightBerry Farm, Dixmont, and Jeffrey and Patty Crawford of Dancing Goat Farm, Montville.