12 December 2012 Edition - Fiddlehead Focus

SAD 24
considers
hopping on
the biomass
bandwagon
VAN BUREN - SAD 24 officials
visited Northern Maine
Community College to take a
first-hand look at the new biomass
boiler which contractors
recently installed at the college.
SAD 24 (Van Buren, Hamlin
and Cyr Plantation) has been
considering purchasing an alternative
energy boiler for the elementary/secondary
school over
the past two years as a way to
save on fuel costs.
The tour of the Schmid Boiler
not only explained the potential
savings, the quality and price of
the unit, but the college also
presented its real-time status
monitor that graphically displays
the functions and hot water
distribution of the system.
“Because of NM’s credibility
in the community as being very
progressive regarding alternative
energy, it’s significant to us that
the college has chosen this particular
boiler,” explained Superintendent
Larry Worcester. “The
district has not made a final decision
but the entire school
board will be discussing the
short-term payback with biomass
and the longer-term savings
in energy.”
The 900-kilowatt pellet boiler
at Northern Maine Community
College is now heating the two
largest buildings on the campus
and will replace nearly 70 percent
of the annual campus fuel
oil consumption with local, renewable
energy.
Along with realizing savings,
the college is also taking steps to
develop an educational component
utilizing the biomass unit.
The real-time status monitor can
be used as a teaching tool in the
alternative energy and conservation
curriculum. Cameras have
also been set up in the boiler
room to allow for remote access
in the classroom, part of the
solid fuel academic program
currently being envisioned.
BRING ON THE SNOW - Lonesome Pines is making snow, and the
CHS Ski Team is gearing up for another year of statewide competition.
Pictured from left to right, bottom to top: Savannah Paradis, Rudy Martin,
Erin Chasse, Catherine Prescott, Kelsey Pelletier, Matthew Toussaint,
Adam Labbe, Jeremy Saucier, Danielle Ouellette, Tito Naranja,
Brandon Ouellette, Joey Guimond, Andrew Paradis, Dawson Daigle,
Jared Michaud, and Coach Ben Paradis. – Contributed image
MAINE READS – Eager adult learners gather to read and share as part
of the collaboration between the Maine Reads Community Literacy
Project Grant for 2010 to 2012 and Madawaska/SAD 33 Adult and
Community Education. Left to right are Jeannine Ayotte, Joan Carrier,
Debbie Lavoie, Gail Bourgoin, Doug Morneault, Curtis Companik, Darrill
Jandreau, Jesse Luce, and Cheryl Dow. – Contributed image
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Fiddlehead Focus, December 12, 2012
Fort Kent Senior Center
to award scholarships
FORT KENT - The Fort Kent Senior Center will award one $1,000
scholarship each year to a Fort Kent Community High School graduate
who has maintained an average grade of “B” or better and is a child or a
grandchild of a member of the Fort Kent Senior Center. The Senior
Center Scholarship Committee is presently searching for students who
meet these requirements and who graduated in the spring of 2011, 2012
or are expected to graduate in the spring of 2013.
The committee will pay out the scholarships only after the student has
started his/her junior college year and has maintained an average grade
of “B” or better during the first two college years. The student must
attend a four-year undergraduate school; however, the committee will
allow attendance at one or more schools during the first two years.
If you are a member of the Fort Kent Senior Center and have a child
or a grandchild who meets the above requirements, please contact Lucien
Theriault, Chairman of the Senior Center Scholarship Committee at
165 Third Ave., Fort Kent, ME 04743 (834-6553) to give him the name
of that student and his/her contact information. The Senior Center Board
of Directors will select the scholarship recipient from the list of potential
candidates based on perceived need. Donations to help cover the
scholarship cost may be sent to the above address.