OTHS Junior makes art out of Hemingway
OTHS junior Renee Shina with
her mural painting based on Ernest Hemingway’s “Old Man And The Sea.”
June 15, 2006
Except for a pair of opaque white fairy wings
attached to her shoulders, OTHS junior Renee Shina looks a lot like the
other students at Old Town High School. She’s small, with bright,
intense eyes, and a ready smile. The wings, she explains, are just
something she wears to make people smile. She then goes on to explain
about the mural, which takes up one whole side of the wall next to the
blackboard in Rosemary Canney’s junior English classroom. A pickerel
caught, stuffed, and mounted by classmate Dan Dykstra hangs on the other
side of the blackboard. ...more
River Coalition
June 15, 2006
By Greta Sproul What do you think of when you hear the word
"coalition"?
For many of us, "coalition" is one of those words that we associate with
a political or social group, like Jesse Jackson's "Rainbow Coalition" or
Christopher Reeve's "Hope Network Coalition," but never really think
about in terms of what it means or what the organization that it defines
really does. But when it comes to the River Coalition, whose office is
just above Gossamer Printing on Main Street in Old Town, there . Just
ask River Coalition executive director Mike Crooker.
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Coyote Head has new home at Leonard
Middle School
June 1, 2006
By Greta Sproul (Cutline: Heads up for a new mascot: LMS
Principal -, Brady Greenleaf, Warden Dave Georgia, Haley Prygrocki, and OT High
School Principal Joe Gallant show off the mounted coyote head donated to Leonard
Middle School by Larry York and Clinton Bradbury.)
Professional taxidermy and woodworking skills came together at Leonard Middle
School last Wednesday as the school accepted its new mascot: a coyote head
mounted on a pyramid-shaped base fashioned from bird's eye maple. Larry York and
Clinton Bradbury, the joint creators of the piece, donated the coyote head to
the school. York is the owner of Second Nature Taxidermy in Farmington. Bradbury
works with wood in Rumford. The two men also have begun a scholarship fund that
will award $500 a year to help further interest in activities associated with
fish and game. ...more
Quilt Show a panorama of personal stories
June 1, 2006
By Greta Sproul When Barbara Oulette decided to make a 63" x
63" quilt for her niece's fortieth birthday, she knew it would be a challenge
because it was her first hand-appliqued piece. But she persevered, with her
friend Sandy Boober doing the machine quilting, and when she had finished, she
knew that the challenge had been a rewarding one. Not only that, but she had
learned some new quilting techniques and discovered how much she enjoyed hand-applique.
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