Lacrosse team offers yard clean up

On Saturday, April 12, members of the lacrosse team at South Portland High School will be available for spring yard clean up duty. The cost is $80 for an average-size yard. Call Bob Mezzanotte at 409-4731 to reserve your yard crew today. The rain date for the yard work is April 13.

Big Band concert on tap

The Opus One Big Band will host a concert and swing dance event at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, in Winslow Homer Auditorium at Scarborough High School.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for high school students with an ID and can be purchased through the choral arts department at the high school, Bull Moose, Starbird Music or the Hannaford store in Scarborough. Tickets will also be available at the door.

The concert will include jazz and swing standards from the 1930s and ’40s, as well as more recent pieces. Call 318-6637 for more information.

Chowder Challenge set for April 26

Who makes the best chowder? Is your specialty fish, seafood, corn or something else? On Saturday, April 26, from 4:30-6:30 p.m., the Blue Point Congregational Church is inviting you to test your chowder against the best of the Blue Point and Pine Point area. Chowders will be judged by professionals from the local food industry. A trophy and bragging rights for 2014 will go to the winner. There will also be a people’s choice award judged by the general public.

Organizers are inviting local residents to participate, including fishermen, firefighters, Masons, town councilors, local state legislators and Blue Point Church members and friends – anyone who wants to bring their specialty to the table. Respond by April 18 to accept the challenge by contacting Sara Salisbury at 883-3773 or Anne and Shawn Brennan at 883-3159. The challenge will be advertised and open to the public. The fundraiser supports Project GRACE.

Symposium to spotlight world maritime history

Maritime and world historians and teachers from the Northeast will showcase their work at a symposium on “Maritime Civilizations in World History” at Southern Maine Community College.

The New England Regional World History Association is expecting more than 60 people at its spring symposium, to be held April 5 at the college’s McKernan Center. College President Ron Cantor and association President Michele Louro will deliver welcome remarks. Lincoln Paine, a historian and author from Portland, is the keynote speaker.

The symposium should be of particular interest to students and teachers with an interest in maritime history, said Paine, author of the recently published “The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World.”

The event is open to the public. Registration is $20 for students, $30 for New England Regional World History Association members and $40 for non-members.

Mahoney Middle School Honor Roll announced

The following students earned a spot on the Mahoney Middle School’s honor roll for the second quarter:

Grade 8

High Honors:

Lindsey Ayre, Delphi Bourassa, Lilliana Brandao, Abby Cavallaro-Lee, Sophie Chase, Thomas Costin, Madison Cyr, Jennifer DiPhilippo, Riley Ellis, Paige Fleming, Elizabeth Foster, Grace Hartley, Daniel Mickiewicz, Kashmir Owen, Jesse Pearlman, Abigail Pipkin, Max Rooker, Juliana Selser, Teona Sok, Jiwana Soleimani, Lily Tedford, Jack Vose-Gimbel, and Lionel Whitehead.

Honors:

Olivia Adams, Kaya Backman, Carolyn Breau, Rosalie Bryson, Stella Cooley, Charles Cronin, Sophie Devou, Erica Glidden, Asael Gonzalez, Meghan Graff, Lyndsey Green, Caitlin Greene, Jacob Hardin, Spencer Houlette, Liam Hurkes, Maeve Kelley, Liberty Kenison Conley, Zachary Krohn, Bonge Lako, Andrew Leblanc, Joseph Leonard, Cora Loring, Stella Lynch, Jackson Martin, Kelli McCann, Elyse McFarquhar, Shannon Murphy, Andrew Nichols, Leif Olson, Andrew Provencher, Maeve Ratliff, Amelia Scofield, Sean Scott, Alexandra Sorescu, Brooklynn Soucier, Grace Soucy, Owen Sullivan, Morgan Tattan, Jack Tierney, Elizabeth VonSeggern, Megan Whynot and Hannah Yesse.

Grade 7

High Honors:

Mitchell Adams, Phoebe Allen, Austin Biggs, Adrienna Boivin, Maxwell Calkins, Isabela Cloutier, Justin Connolly, Logan Doucette, Eli Falconer, Ian Farm, Grace Flaherty, Joshua Frank, Jacob Hackett, Margaret Herrick, Jena Leckie, Rosalie Leonard, Meghan Livingston, Ryan Loring, Aaron Matthews, Connor McBrady, John Mehlhorn, Jacob Milton, Molly Moynihan, Coralie Polanco Figueroa, Eileen Porterfield, Saif Rifat, Clifford Robbins-Sennewald, Dora Russem, Max Saffer-Meng, Gaia Santoro Lecchini, Quinn Watson, and Samuel Wyman.

Honors:

Nicholas Allen, Mitchell Amadei, Mason Bowden-Damon, Janessa Breton, Joseph Cyr-Brophy, Cameron DiCenso, Joshua Doan, Jonathan Douglas-Kelley, Lavinia Dube, Elijah Edlund, David Fiorini, Samuel Goodine-Doane, Rowen Gotts, Caden Horton, Connor Libby, Jackson Linscott, Jordan Mangini, Gabriel Muir, Jaydon Novicki, Bradley Peterson, Mykalla Rall, Andrew Salow, Corinne Shields, Ethan Tucker, Luke Turner, Gretchen Vose, Tyree Westerman, Logan Weymouth, Coby Wilder and Kuranosuke Yamada.

Kane receives principal’s award

South Portland High School Principal Ryan Caron has selected senior Emma Kane as the recipient of this year’s Maine Principal’s Award.

The award is given out annually by each high school principal in Maine in recognition of academic achievement and citizenship by a member of the graduating class.

Kane, the other award winners and their respective principals will all attend an Honors Luncheon on Saturday, April 5, in Bangor. During the luncheon, scholarships will be given out to honor particularly meritorious achievement.

Fundraising help needed

The Academic Decathlon team at Scarborough High School, which recently won its 10th state title, needs help in order to get to Honolulu, Hawaii for the national competition, which will be held April 24-26.

This week a member of the Board of Education plans to request a vote on using up to $2,000 of the school department’s contingency fund to help pay for the nine members and their coaches to get to Hawaii, according to Superintendent George Entwistle.

The school board was scheduled to review the request for trip funding during its meeting on Thursday, April 3, at 5 p.m., which is after the Current’s print deadline.

Coach Shane Davis said the Academic Decathlon team is about $4,500 short of its goal, even though some of the families have now offered to pay their own children’s way. An action that Davis said “is very appreciated.”

Online fundraising is also still available www.youcaring.com/other/help-shs-academic-decathlon-team-get-to-nationals-/107925.

Berglund spends spring break singing in Europe

Saint Anselm College student and South Portland resident Kelsey Berglund, a junior nursing major, traveled with the college choir during spring break to perform in churches throughout central Europe.

The group’s musical tour included stops in Budapest, Hungary; Bratislava, Slovakia; Prague, Czech Republic; and Berlin, Germany where they performed concerts and sang at Mass. They also toured Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma Archabbey in Hungary and other historic sites.

Saint Anselm College is a Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts college in Manchester, N.H.

Workshops to address elder issues

Southern Maine Agency on Aging is offering “Putting the Puzzle Together,” a four-part educational series for people assisting older adult family and friends. Sessions include information about older adult health, community resources, living options, problem solving and legal issues.

The workshop will be held at Southern Maine Agency on Aging, 136 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough.

Workshop dates are April 30, May 7, 14 and 21 from 5:15-7:15 p.m. Participants should plan to attend all four sessions.

There is a suggested donation of $50 and pre-registration is required. For more information, or to register, contact Ann O’Sullivan at 1-800-427-7411, ext. 541, or email [email protected].