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This is so cool, it is called the Flowers For Food Fundraiser for the Tri-Town Ministerial Association Food Cupboard is back for 2021.
You make a donation to the Tri-Town Ministerial Association Food Cupboard at either the Berry Fruit Farm, 54 Main Street in Livermore Falls and Otis Federal Credit Union,170 Main Street in Jay. You donate your nonperishables and you get a bouquet of fresh-cut daffodils. The Sun Journal also reports you can also make a jar at Berry Fruit Farm for donations of cash or checks.
Donations of all sizes are welcome as it all adds up to make a difference. We have seen that time and time again with Camp Out Hunger. It is a pallet of food or one can or box. It is a $100 donation or a quarter…it ALL adds up to make a difference.
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LIVERMORE FALLS Mackenzie Walker, a Spruce Mountain High School senior from Jay, is keeping busy with schoolwork and her job at Berry Fruit Farm.
Mackenzie Walker has been hired by Berry Fruit Farm in Livermore Falls. The Spruce Mountain High School senior is in the advanced culinary arts program at Foster CTE Center. She is seen holding a raspberry creme horn, one of the items she enjoys baking and a popular request from customers.
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Walker is a Life Skills student in the advanced culinary arts program at Foster Career and Technical Education Center on the Mt. Blue Campus in Farmington.
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Three teams from Spruce Mountain Middle School were recognized for their accomplishments at the Maine FIRST LEGO League Championship held in December at the Augusta Civic Center. Members of ‘Just the Incredible 6’ won the Global Innovation Award and finished 10th in the robotic performance portion of the competition. The team Silent Bot Deadly took 11th out of the 28 teams in the robotic performance while Space Savers, a team of sixth graders were recognized with the Core Values Gracious Professionalism Award.
More than three months after the explosion at the LEAP Inc. central office building in Farmington, Larry Lord’s condition was upgraded to fair. Lord received burns over more than half of his body in the explosion at the LEAP building where he was maintenance supervisor. He is credited with saving the lives of several LEAP co-workers after he got them out of the building moments before the explosion at Farmington Falls Road.