Dexter Jenks brings band to hometown

Gorham native Dexter Jenks and the South Street Band will perform at 8 p.m., on Thursday, July 10, at Spire 29 on the Square, 29 School St.

The appearance kicks off a national tour that includes the Virgin Islands. A Spire 29 press release described the group’s music as “a high energy, intense mixture of rock, funk and raggae that appeals to music lovers of all ages.”

Returning home to Gorham, Jenks will visit his family, owners of Home Instead Senior Care on Main Street in Gorham.

The Spire 29 release said Jenks received a ukulele for Christmas when he was a Gorham High School sophomore in 2008. It inspired his interest in music.

Tickets for the show at Spire 29 are $10 in advance and $13 at the door; students are welcome. For more information or to buy tickets, call 222-2068 or visit www.spire29.com.

USM spring dean’s list

The University of Southern Maine has announced its dean’s list for the spring semester.

The Gorham students are Melissa Anne Albert, Aileen Yvonne Andrews, Alexandra Bacon, Thomas John Bahun III, Daniel Jacob Bahun, Avery Malinda Barr, Gwendolyn Yvette Beaulieu, Kari Beaulieu, Anton Olegavich Bondarev, Maria Lilianova Boyadjieva, Nathan Jensen Broaddus, Erik Tani Burbank, Katherine Camille Cioe, Jane Louise Clukey, Brett Russell Coggan, Kyle Patrick Curley, Devonshire Alaska-Bear Dennett, Stefano Owen DiDonato, Robert Edward Doyle, Molly Gant, Christine Elizabeth Gerry, Megan Summer Gosse, Samantha Frances Grant, Farrin Lynne Hanson, Rachel Joan Harriman, Melody Ruth Hasbrouck, Elizabeth Flynn Henderson, Sarah Mary Henderson, Lacey Louise Jones, Sarah Matthewson Kennedy, Alena Hope Kiel, Erika Alexandria Kutchmarick, Amy R Linscott, Raisa Santos Luck, Nathaniel Patrick Marcet, April Dawn McFarland, Shawn Matthew McKeown, Lisa Starr McLaughlin, Thaddeus Steven Moriarty, Steven T Nelson, Lindsay Kristin Paschal, Mark Anthony Ridgeway II, Kelly Nicole Rondeau, Gregorio Rosa Jr, Cori Lynn Shaw, Clara Constance Stickney, Emily Rachel Stickney, Martha Lois Tschudy, Kevin Joseph Twaddel, Larson Philip Viljanen, Ryan Eric Weed, and Cameron Morgan Wright.

Free gazebo concert

The Jim Gallant Band will be in concert 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, at the gazebo on the lawn of Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St.

The concert is part of a free series that continues through Aug. 12. Gorham Recreation Department sponsors the series.

U. S. taxpayer debt

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service reported on June 26 that the U.S. public debt was $17,512,592,730,101.96.

Dexter Jenks, in front, with the South Street Band will perform in Gorham next week.