Kids Day Saturday

at animal shelter

Maine author and illustrator Lisa Jahn-Clough will be on hand with her dog Happy, as the Animal Refuge League celebrates Kids Day on Saturday, June 27.

Happy is the inspiration for her book, “Little Dog.” Copies will be available and she will be signing, as well.

Kids Day runs from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the shelter, located at 449 Stroudwater St. in Westbrook. Events include balloon animals, face painting, coloring contest, games, petting pen and shelter tours.

For more information, call Carol Ann MacKinnon, ommunity events coordinator, at 854-9771, ext. 115.

LeClair graduates in style

Wearing a decorated cap, Joe LeClair recently graduated from Mount Blue High School in Farmington. He is the grandson of Harry “Bud” and Jeanne LeClair of Westbrook and son of Mike and Angie LeClair of Wilton.

Jeanne LeClair said her grandson, “showing his true Maine heritage,” wore a cap decorated with antlers, a fishing lure and a Red Sox letter emblem.

She said the graduation, replete with humor by teachers, administration and students, was one of the best she had attended for awhile. “People have to realize that teenagers are supposed to remember their special moments in their lives as just that – their moments, not the school’s perfect graduation,” she said.

She submitted this item following news accounts of the Bonny Eagle High School graduation.

Joe LeClair is leaving July 21 for Army National Guard basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. followed by advanced training to be a helicopter pilot. A National Honor Society student, he will attend the University of Maine to study mechanical engineering and ROTC.

Roukey scholarship recipient

The University of Maine Foundation has announced Daniel Roukey is the 2009 recipient of the Henry and Marjorie Saunders Scholarship. Roukey is the son of Teresa and Sean Bonney.

The $3,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a student who is academically strong and exemplifies the spirit of excellence. The student must attend the University of Maine in Orono.

The scholarship is the gift to Westbrook students from Henry and Marjorie Saunders, longtime Westbrook citizens. The scholarship is founded in perpetuity with the University of Maine Foundation and was established in 2001.

On dean’s list

Amanda Bombard has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of New in Biddeford/Portland.

Bombard is majoring in pre-pharmacy and is an active member of the Pre-pharmacy Club. A graduate of Westbrook High School in 2008, Bombard is the daughter of William and Nancy Bombard of Hawthorne Lane.

Earns degree

Christopher L. Dahms of Westbrook was one of 418 members of the class of 2009 to earn degrees during commencement exercises last month at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. Dahms graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in economics.

Island outing

Westbrook Senior Citizens on Sunday, July 12, travel to Maine’s Cabbage Island for a lobster-chicken bake. For more information, call 854-2292 or 854-2705.