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Right after finishing a rafting trip down the Grand Canyon in September, Cindy Ebbert got some good news.
Ebbert, an employee with the Dillon Ranger District of the White River National Forest, found out she was being recognized nationally for her wilderness expertise and her contributions to maintaining local wilderness.
The U.S. Forest Service awarded Ebbert the Traditional Skills and Minimum Tools Leadership Award, which recognizes someone who “demonstrates outstanding commitment to wilderness principles using traditional, nonmotorized equipment and hand tools” within the department, according to a news release.
“There’s a lot of amazing folks with the Forest Service who helped manage our wilderness areas, so I felt very fortunate to receive this award as a wilderness manager myself,” Ebbert said.
Mark your calendar for these upcoming events and meetings:
⢠Friends of the Butler Public Library will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 22, in the Community Room. New Friends are welcome.
⢠The Afternoon Readers Book Club will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, in the Community Room. This monthâs discussion book is âWhere the Crawdads Singâ by Delia Owens.
⢠Francineâs Friends Mobile Mammography Unit will be parked and open for appointments at the library on Thursday, May 6. To schedule a mammogram, call 483-1847 or (800) 727-8439, ext. 68120.
New materials available
Biography: âPlunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasureâ by Menachem Kaiser.
Students complete alternative semester at Maine Maritime Museum
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Maine Maritime Museum Alternative Expeditionary Learning Semester Students and instructors pose for a class pic on the banks of the Kennebec River.
Photo courtesy of Maine Maritime Museum.
Fifteen middle-school students became the first class to complete Maine Maritime Museum’s Alternative Expeditionary Learning Semester on Dec. 15.
The program, which launched in September, was created to provide a full-time, in-person school option for families in the community. In accordance with the state’s guidelines for physical distancing, enrollment was limited to 15 sixth and seventh-grade students.
Classes, held outside in the museum’s shipyard through November, included projects specific to the local environment and maritime culture. Students tested and tracked the water quality in neighboring Merrymeeting Bay via boat; researched, wrote and presented a proposal to the city council to brin
Maggie Brooks, 17, sleeps outside in her backyard at her home in Colorado Springs during the Night Out Project in November. The project raises awareness and funds for homeless youths, and allows people to experience the challenges they face each night without shelter. The Night Out Project is an annual fundraiser for the The Place, a nonprofit that helps youths get out of homelessness. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette)
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