CAPE ELIZABETH

Fisher awarded Eagle status

Matthew Fisher, 16, a junior at Cape Elizabeth High School, recently was awarded Eagle Scout Court of Honor status in the Boy Scouts, a rank achieved by less than 4 percent of all scouts.

In order to attain Eagle distinction, a scout must earn a minimum of 21 merit badges, hold a leadership position in the troop for six months and must conceive and complete a service project that benefits a local non-profit.

Fisher designed and constructed a series of bridges that now span two wetland areas along the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust’s Outer Loop Trail in Robinson Woods. He worked to raise funding, acquired the materials and enlisted the help of the Scouts in Troop 30 in realizing the project.

Fisher is a fourth-generation Eagle Scout. His father, Jim Fisher, earned his Eagle Scout award in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1974. Jim’s uncle and grandfather also achieved their Eagle awards, in 1949 and 1926, respectively.

Matthew is an honor student, a member of the varsity soccer team, the alpine ski club and the lacrosse team.

HOLLIS

Students ‘adopt’ trails

The Bonny Eagle Middle School Pathfinder Program has adopted a trail system it intends to maintain at the Salmon Falls Indian Cellar.

The Pathfinder project aims to foster a love of the outdoors in students while affording them community outreach and stewardship projects.

Student groups have already been to the Salmon Falls site several times to clean up trails that run along the river and wind through thickets on the property.

SOUTH PORTLAND

New tech support team

South Portland High School has developed its first-ever student-led technical support team, dubbed “Riotech.”

“Riotech” is a technology repair and support program run by a group of students at the school founded to reach out to the school and the greater community of South Portland to assist individuals with technological problems and needs.

Student techs are available to teach others how to navigate new technical devices, like an iPad or cellphone, to repairing hardware malfunctions within their various gadgets.

For more details, go to https://sites.google.com/site/sphstechteam/home.

The program will only run this fall.

Interested students can sign up in Guidance for next year when electives are being chosen.

SANFORD

Golfers play for Waban Special Olympians

A “Tee Up & Drive ‘Fore’ Waban’s Special Olympians” Charity Golf Tournament held recently at the Sanford Country Club has raised nearly $3,900 benefitting Waban.

The tourney, sponsored by CGI Benefits Group of Hookset, N.H., and MEMIC of Portland, featured more than 75 golfers.

Hanover Insurance won first-place team; CGI Benefits Group placed second. Gary LaPierre, from the Hanover team, won the Closest to the Pin competition as well as the Longest Drive.

All proceeds from the tournament will be used to help cover the cost of transportation and fees for Waban’s team of Special Olympians to attend the Summer Games in Orono.

Nearly 30 athletes are expected to participate at a traveling fee of more than $6,000.

TOPSHAM

Booth earns national recognition

Mary Booth, M.S., R.D., L.D., has been named the 2012 School Health Coordinator of the Year by the American School Health Association. She was honored at the organization’s annual conference on Oct. 10 in San Antonio, Texas.

The award recognizes Booth’s collaborative leadership that has resulted in Maine School Administrative District 75 being the only school system in Maine to receive state excellence awards in all eight areas of school health, including health education, health services, and physical and social environments.

Booth has been the full-time school health coordinator for MSAD 75 for 12 years.

During her tenure, Booth has worked with school nurses, teachers, school board members, administrators and community partnerships with Mid-Coast Hospital and ACCESS Health Healthy Maine Partnership to facilitate policy development and practices that reduce tobacco use, substance abuse and bullying and that promote daily physical activity, healthy vending machine contents and staff health initiatives in the district.

Booth has hosted numerous visits from state legislators, school administrators and other school health coordinators to observe how the coordinated model works to achieve changes in policy, environment and student behavior.

Booth also appeared with other district staff on the cable television series “Healthy Schools, Healthy Kids,” that was anchored by Maine’s former First Lady Karen Baldacci and aired statewide for more than a year.

Booth has a bachelors degree in Foods and Nutrition and a master’s degree in Human Development, both from the University of Maine.

LYMAN

Library volunteer honored

Resident Violet Stephens was honored with a Volunteer Appreciation Award by the board members of the Community Library recently for her countless hours of dedicated service.

Stephens began serving at the library’s first building 20 years ago and then helped with the move to the permanent building on John Street years later.

She has unpacked hundreds of boxes, stacked many a shelf, has been available at a moment’s notice for special library projects and shared her love of baking at numerous community events at the library.

Library officials noted Stephen’s energetic spirit of volunteerism has been a shining example to all of the patrons who frequent the library.

For more details, call Ann Paquette at 499-7793.

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