Alumni honors Esty

The Gorham High School Alumni Association is sponsoring its first scholarship golf scramble in memory of Cheryl Marquis Esty, class of 1991, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20 at Gorham Country Club, 93 McLellan Road in Gorham.

Cost is $100 per player or $350 for a foursome (includes cart, green fees and dinner. The event is a scramble format and includes a 50/50 raffle. A $25,000 hole-in-one prize is donated by Jason Beever and Chalmers Insurance Group/C.E. Carll Agency.

Key Bank and Nappi Distributors are corporate sponsors.

For more information, contact Kelly McKeil at 332-0634, 874-7378 or [email protected], or Diana Mains Allen at 807-5666 or [email protected].

Free ‘medication management’ talk

Pharmacist Angela McGarrigle, owner Good For All Pharmacy, will speak 5-6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25, at Baxter Memorial Library, 71 South St.

McGarrigle’s topic is “Medication Management in the Home.” Sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care, the presentation is part of the monthly community education series.

The public is welcome to attend.

80th birthday benefits museum

Recently the family of Ruth Bridges Ayers of Gorham came up with an unusual way to celebrate her 80th birthday.

By secretly using her email addresses, they invited her friends and relatives to make “80s” donations to 19th Century Willowbrook Village in Newfield, a museum struggling to stay open – 80 cents, $8, or $80. About 60 donations raised about $3,700 for the museum.

Ayers, a Gorham resident much of the time since 1944, was born Ruth Ann Bridges on July 22, 1931, in Newfield. She is the author of “Early Families of Newfield, Maine.”

She will give a talk titled “Four Murdered One June Night in Newfield” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, in the Newfield Historical Society building. This talk is open to the public with no charge for admission.

Students excel

Several part-time Gorham students have been named to the University of Southern Maine dean’s list for the 2010-2011 academic year.

They are:

Julie Anderson, Megan Brown, Alison Champagne, Samantha Chapin, Emily Ernest, Adam Fahey, Jolie Fahey, Riki Kuech, Amanda Pastore, Jessica Portlock and Laurie Sallaz.

Learn about recycling

A representative from ecomaine will be visiting the Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St., on Monday, Aug. 29, from 10 a.m. to 1p.m.

Stop by and learn more about recycling and ecomaine.

Ham radio license class, exam

Tim Watson of Gorham has announced that the Wireless Society of Southern Maine will be hosting a one-day class that is designed to help anyone who is interested to obtain their first amateur radio license.

The class will be 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Wassamki Springs Campground in Scarborough and will cost $35. The price includes all the necessary materials and a lunch. Pre-registration is required.

The class, which will prepare students to take the FCC technician class exam will cover basic electronics, including components, radio signals and propagation, radio equipment, FCC rules, and electrical and RF safety. Afterwards there will be an exam session.

Frank Krizan, who has taught several ham radio license courses in the past, describes the class as being like an interactive study hall where students receive instruction and can ask questions about any area they’re concerned with. “In a recent class of 38,” Krizan said, “we had a 98 percent pass rate.”

Those interested in taking the class should pre-register before Sept. 9 online at www.qsl.net/ws1sm/getlicensed.html, or contact Watson by email at [email protected], or by phone at 839-0402.