FARM HANDS: The Hope Harvest Community Garden on the grounds of Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington recently had two classes of Mallett School first graders help plant beans, tomatoes and peppers. All the vegetables grown in the garden go to area food pantries. To volunteer, call Eileen Liddy at the Healthy Community Coalition, 779-2923.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER CHAMPIONS: The Blue Mustangs, a Farmington based indoor soccer team captured the 2009 Sukee Arena girls' high school league championship taking a 3-2 win over Gardiner.
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BLOCKED: Mt. Blue's Travis Robinson blocks Oak Hill's Matt Averill during game at Farmington recently.
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Students in University of Maine at Farmington's Psychology of Leadership course raised $1,400 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine. (Left to right) first row: Ellen Curtiss and Katherine Liversidge. Second row: Lisa Kittredge, Eliran Ifrach, Fairfield, Lauren Bridges, Lesley Kittredge, Robert Augustus Booth, Christopher Campbell, Tom Peaco and Alison Terry.
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Franklin Community Health Network volunteers who were among those contributing the most hours this past year are, left to right, Roberta French, Gene Martineau, Trudy Dawson, Alvin McDonald, Doris Munson, Elaine
Wing, and Margaret Durdin. The Network recently held a reception at Franklin Memorial Hospital to recognize volunteers.
Scrub Club
FARMINGTON - Franklin Community Health Network's Summer Scrub-Club Camp will be the week of August 3 to 7 at the Ben Franklin Center at Franklin Memorial Hospital. The camp is designed to introduce youth to a wide variety of careers available in health care and is open to all students who will be entering grades 8 to 11.
A sampling of careers explored will include: physical therapy and sports medicine, nursing, pharmacy, radiology, anesthesiology, cardiopulmonary, orthopedics, medical lab science, mental health counseling, and emergency medical services. Older campers will also have an opportunity for a more in-depth exploration and discussion of career choices.
Campers will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities and demonstrations such as x-ray interpretation, casting, suturing, prostheses, lab analysis, and emergency response to a mock accident. All campers will receive certification in Heartsaver CPR.
For information, call 779-2381. There is a $50 registration fee.
Franklin County Fiddlers
The fiddlers are working on a variety of fundraisers, and we would like to
perform for you! Please contact Steve Muise at 778-3511 or email Steve atsmuise@msad9.org for booking and questions. For more information, please visit the Franklin County Fiddlers website: www.franklincountyfiddlers.com
The 2008-2009 fiddlers are: Fairfield Bonsall, Ellie Buckland, Harper Burke, Alex Chandler, Peter Coleman, Caitlin Douglass, Abby Flanagan, Molly Flanagan, Anthea Fletcher, Claire Fletcher, Amanda Hall, Josh Hiltz, Elizabeth LeClair, Carolyn Magri, Alix Mason, Ellie Sloane-Barton, Shane Smith, Ashley Tayor, Seth Wegner, Hannah West and Nick Wilkins.
University of Maine at Farmington is now enrolling families in Parent-Child Playgroups for the fall. There are currently openings in both morning and evening groups. Children must be under three years of age. There is no charge for attending, however, space is limited and enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, or to register, contact Dolores Appl, UMF associate professor, at 778-7507, or dappl@maine.edu.
Diabetes help: Franklin Memorial Hospital Outpatient Services is offering people with diabetes who have trouble managing their disease a continuous glucose monitoring system to record blood sugar levels throughout the day and night.
A sensor is placed under the skin of the abdomen through a quick and usually painless office procedure. The device, made by Medtronic, can then provide up to 288 glucose measurements every 24 hours. The system is used to measure an average blood sugar for up to three days, while the person with diabetes continues daily activities at home.
After three days, the sensor is removed at the Outpatient department and the information is downloaded into a computer to review blood sugar levels and make necessary adjustments in their diabetes m management plan. For information, contact the FMH Outpatient Department at 779-2539 or 1-800-398-6031, ext. 2539.
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