Dean’s list

Congratulations to Nicholas Ronan for being named to the Champlain College Dean’s List for achieving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher in the fall 2015 semester. Nicholas is majoring in business administration.

World Community Arts Day

For the fifth year Raymond Elementary School will be celebrating “World Community Arts Day” by devoting the entire day of March 16 to creating art of any kind.

On this day, students and staff will participate in a variety of artistic activities. The goal is to bring community and school together through the arts. In order to make this day successful, the community’s help is needed. Community artists and craftspeople are invited to come to the school and lead workshops from creative movement to drama, to poetry to storytelling. If you are creative, or you know anyone who is creative or artistic, could you pass their name and contact information on to Jennifer Mains at jenm0408@gmail.com.

They are looking for volunteers who may be interested in leading a workshop in any of the following areas, but not limited to pottery, drama, photography, poetry, dance, theater, comedian, painting, collaging, jewelry making, sculpting and snow sculpting, story telling, stone carving, musicians, movement, visual arts, printmaking, hula hoping, snow shoeing and kinesthetic movement.

Raymond Fire-Rescue gets federal grant

In January 2016 the Raymond Fire-Rescue Department received a grant from the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters to replace and upgrade the department’s water supply hose and appliances. The grant in the amount of $74,000 and required the town to match $3,700.

A new 5-inch diameter supply line will increase the department’s capabilities, making it interoperable with the majority of mutual aid departments, Chief Bruce Tupper said. It replaces the 4-inch, mostly 20-year-old hose in use. A hose roller and turntable will help assure physical safety of firefighters who need to handle the heavy hose.

The grant proposal was coordinated by Deputy Chief Cathy Gosselin, and was a team effort.

Rabies vaccine clinic rescheduled

Due to the Jan. 16 storm the town of Raymond and Jordan Bay Animal Hospital will be having the rescheduled rabies vaccine clinic on Saturday, Jan. 30, from 12-2 p.m. It will be held at Dog-Gone Grooming in Raymond on Route 302. Nail trims will also be offered for $10. Cash or checks only for these services.

Library news

• Historical Film

Raymond Village Library, Windham Public Library and Windham-Raymond Adult Education are collaborating on showing the historical film titled, “Blizzard to Blossoms” at the Windham Public Library on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 1 p.m.

Tim Caverly from Allagash Tails will introduce the hour-long movie that was filmed in the Skowhegan area during the winter of 1948-1949 and depicts life in central Maine from a blizzard at the start of winter through to spring apple blossoms. The movie is an excellent example of life in central Maine after World War II. This presentation is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

• Presidents’ Day

The library will be closed on Monday, Feb. 15, in celebration of Presidents’ Day. It will reopen on Wednesday, Feb. 17.

Honor roll

The first trimester’s honor roll at Jordan-Small Middle School in Raymond includes the following students:

Grade 5

Elise Bisson, Owen Blackstone, Victoria Bolduc-Jackson, Caroline Bolk, Alice Boudreau, Sydney Brackett, Haley Brant, Ryan Brown, Noah Butts, Zachary Cary, Jacob Childs, Abigail Cochrane, Emmajean Coffin, Jonah Donnelly, Owen Dulac, Baxter Engelman, Lexi Goodwin, Joann Groff, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Caylan Kinney, Garan Laszok, Elsie Leonard, Lilyanna Look, Evianna Merriam, Samuel Plummer, Alexander Potter, Drew Robinson, Chalmers Russell, Finley Sabasteanski, Charles Selig, Amanda Stinson, Elijah Strom, Ethan Taggart, Emma Theriault, Isabella Theriault, Alison Troiano, Selena Walgreen, Kylee Weinberg, Chase Wescott and Vella Woodbury.

Grade 6

Isabel Adkins, Olivia Adkins, Oliver Backman, Emily Bisnette, Logan Campbell, Christian Casanas, Declan Connor-Schaefer, Mackenzie Daigle, Isabel Dionne, Joshua Doughty, Raymond Dulac, Christian Ferrante, Amanda Foss, Aubrie Froisland, Lucas Gaudin, Samuel Gurney, Hannah Hannes, Sarah Hare, Michael Jones, Kaylee Lacasse, Cameron Landry, Sydney Look, Elizabeth Miller, Colby Mizner, Alice Morrison, Lily Oldershaw, Shae Perratto, Cole Pomeroy, Eli Rogers, Emma Rothrock, Sorcha Salom, Alexander Swindler, Sadie Tirrell, Nicholas Vella, Ellie Wilson and Alex Wing.

Grade 7

Keegan Aycock, Liliana Beaton, Alec Brooks, Keegan Brooks, Dominick Campbell, Annabelle Cayer, Molly Cochrane, Makenna Colby, Caleb Crockett, Hayleigh Davis, Shyler Fielding, Louden Greene, Niall Gushue, Kaitlyn Lawlor, Kristen Lawlor, Niklas Lessard, Nicole Levine, Dominique Look, Jonah Martin, Reese Merritt, Meghan Messinger, Mia Mizner, Trevor Mizner, Jesula Murch, Vania Murch, Clare Nelson, Elizabeth Petersen, Jayson Plummer, Nathan Plummer, Boden Sabasteanski, Emma Taggart, Caden Theriault, Fritz Van Winkle, Kiana Webster, Kaylee Welch, Cameron Wescott and Ember Young.

Grade 8

Hailey Applebee, Ashlee Bernier, Braeden Bisson, Mya Bolk, Savana Bradford, Benjamin Childs, Michaela Clark, Liam Connor-Schaefer, Kaleb Decker, Carlee Desrochers, Thomas DuPont, Callie Fielding, Titan Grubb, Danessa Jackson, Ivan Kaffel, James Louko, Lindsey MacDonald, Joshua Marquis, Calum Murray, Caitlyn Nassa, Samuel Nunn, Rainey Pawlowski, Sophey Potter, Brooke Proctor, Brenden Saunders, Riley Silvia, Austyn Steeves, Isabelle Thomas, Leah Walker, Chelsea Welch and Whitney Wilson.

Ms. Cummings second-grade class at Raymond Elementary School made the WCSH Channel 6 News last week. The class spent a couple of weeks before the New England Patriots’ final playoff game studying football, the Pats and the rules of football. Their prediction was that the Pats would win 100 to nothing, which unfortunately didn’t happen. You can view the kids at the Raymond Schools’ PTO Facebook page.