Spring dance recital June 9

Drouin Dance Center of Westbrook presents its annual recital and student showcase, “Just Dance!” on Saturday, June 9, at Westbrook Performing Arts Center, located at Westbrook Middle School, 471 Stroudwater St.

Shows are at 10:30 a.m., 1p.m., and 6 p.m.. The students, ages 3 through adults, are from Westbrook, Windham, Gorham, Raymond, Standish, Buxton, Portland, South Portland, Falmouth, Scarborough, Yarmouth, Brunswick, Saco, Waterboro, and Dayton.

Ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, musical theater and more will be featured among songs that appeal to all ages.

Tickets are $16 in advance and $18 at the door. For tickets or more information, contact Drouin Dance Center at 854-2221 or email Brittany@drouindancecenter.com

Flags mark veterans’ graves

American flags were placed at veterans’ gravesites in the various Westbrook cemeteries on the past weekend.

If there is a new veteran gravesite that did not receive a flag, a standard and flag may be picked up at the Public Services Department at 371 Saco St.

Trask to graduate law school

Elizabeth M. Trask will be graduating in June from the Massachusetts School of Law with a juris doctor specializing in criminal law and litigation. She is the daughter of Suzanne Trask and the late William Trask.

Trask is a 2004 graduate of Westbrook High School and a 2008 cum laude graduate of the University of Southern Maine.

Rielly to address library friends

Friends of Walker Memorial Library will hold its annual meeting at Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St., at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 24.

Following a business meeting, Saint Joseph College Professor Edward Rielly will speak about language change. His talk is entitled, “A Slippery Slope or Change We Can Believe In?”

Rielly will explore how change is a natural part of any living language. Historically, English has undergone tremendous changes since it began to evolve out of various Germanic dialects in the fifth century.

Prescriptive grammarians have tried unsuccessfully to freeze the language in favor of a language ideal. English keeps evolving, adding new words, changing meanings, altering pronunciations, not unlike the way a family may change over generations.

The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, call the library at 854-0630

A Westbrook milestone

Mary K. Libby, past president of Westbrook Woman’s Club, was recently elected vice president of General Federation of Women’s Clubs in Maine at a spring convention in Orono.

It marks the first time in the Westbrook club’s 92 years that a member has been elected to state office. Libby will serve a two-year term.

Libby and her husband, Bruce, live in Westbrook.

Also at the convention, Westbrook Woman’s Club was awarded the Carolyn Lombardi trophy, the highest award bestowed by the state body. It was awarded based on amount of scholarships the club sponsors, size of the club and its involvement with the state and national group of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.

It marks the sixth time the Westbrook Woman’s Club has won the award.

Drouin Dance Center will present its annual recital, “Just Dance!” on Saturday, June 9, in Westbrook Performing Arts Center. (Courtesy photo)