RUMFORD The 37th year and 36th culmination of D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) took place Wednesday in the Muskie Auditorium at Mountain Valley High School. The speaker was Rumford Police Patrolman/RSU 10 School Resource Officer Doug Maifield, who has been instructing the D.A.R.E. program that educates 5th grade students of the dangers of drugs, […]
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PERU Earlier this month, a drawing was held by Dirigo Elementary School in which two girls and two boys from each of the Pre-K-5 classes received a bike, thanks to the Masons’ Bikes for Books program.
This is the fourth year of the Bikes for Books program held by King Hiram Lodge 57 of Mexico, which supplied 28 bicycles and safety helmet..
Principal Charlie Swan said students in the seven classes read books over a three-week period. Each time participating students in the program read an age-appropriate book, their name went in a drawing. The more they read, the better their chances of earning a bike.