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Learning how to tap a maple tree is a fun and
learning experience for all ages.
The center of town always sees a lot of activity at
Hebron’s annual Maple Fest celebrations.
But there’s plenty to see and do throughout the community!
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Kathy Brehant was selected to participate in Quest, a leadership development
experience for high school juniors. Quest is sponsored by
the Baptist Convention of New England and consists of an application
process and three “phases” over a seven-month period. Her team Q10
consisted of 29 students and 11 faculty from across New England. This
was the tenth year for Quest.
Last summer she completed Phase 1 during CrossWalk, a youth camp,
where she explored biblical examples of leadership, spiritual gifts and
their own personal leadership style. During Phase 2 she worked on
team building, culture awareness, and public speaking. The team also
discussed completed assignments, learned about biblical prayer walking,
and worshipped with an urban congregation.
Between phases, each team member was given assignments to complete
at home. Some of the assignments include sharing about their family,
choosing a mentor and teaching a children’s sermon at our church.
The final phase was an overseas mission trip in February 2009. Quest
expanded to include three teams, Kathy’s team traveled to the Dominican
Republic. The second team traveled to Durban, South Africa and
a third to a city in central Asia. Kathy’s team spent time with contacts
there, learning about their work, the culture, and other events coordinated
by their contacts. Ttttt thhhhhhhhh
The following is a letter describing her trip to the Dominican Republic;
We arrived in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on Wednesday,
February 11 th , in the early afternoon after briefly changing planes in San
Juan, Puerto Rico. While in Santo Domingo, we stayed with Sharon
and Rodney Coleman, full-time missionaries in the Dominican. Our
living quarters consisted of 4 rooms, each full of bunk beds and each
with its own bathroom and shower. (Don’t be thinking hotel-quality,
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Volume 9, Issue 3 For and About Andover April 15, 2009
Museum of Andover History
Scott Yeomans – Andover Town Historian and AHS Museum Curator
The Andover Historical Society’s Museum of Andover
History will once again be open to welcome visitors
immediately following the Town’s Memorial Day
exercises this May 25 th . It will remain open until
noon. This will mark the beginning of the Museum’s
12 th season of providing a very Andover-centric
educational and entertaining experience. I am excited
painting by Gordon MacDonald to announce that the museum has a number of new
items this year, including a large hand cranked butter
churn, a very interesting hand operated clothes washing machine and
a tin store bin that takes us back to the days before everything was
prepackaged. There are a number of new Andover Grammar School
and Andover Elementary School class photographs. And a number
of paintings by Olive Sage and Gordon MacDonald, all donated by
Gordon, have been added to the display.
Please stop by on
Memorial Day or
during one of our
other openings
though out the
hand operated washing
machine summer and fall.
painting by Olive Sage
4 gal. hand cranked
butter churn
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Kathy Brehant Selected for Quest
now). Our first 24 hours in the DR were without running water,
which proved to be a little inconvenient with a team of mostly 16
and 17 year old boys.
Our ministry in the Dominican varied from day to day. We drove
around in a small bus to nearby areas to meet with the Dominican
people, and our first day of ministry was in a town called San Cristobol,
where we played with what seemed with a hundred little girls and boys
who only spoke Spanish. This was the first time the language barrier
was made clear and apparent to me, and from that point on all my
trust was put on God and the 3 translators we had with us. Another
day we met with a man named Antonio who holds a church service
in his garage every week and invites people from his neighborhood.
Antonio was in an accident years ago and broke his neck, and is now
in a wheel chair and is able to move his head and arms. We joined him
and a few other men going to different neighborhoods and inviting
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Volume 7, Issue 4 For and About Hebron March 1, 2009
Exciting Events “On Tap” for Maple Fest
The 19 th Annual Maple Fest will be held on March 14 and 15 this and the Hebron Women’s Club will be offering their 15 th annual
year, and many exciting events are scheduled. Most events (unless commemorative mug (along with a free cup of coffee with each
otherwise noted) are scheduled for 10-4 on Saturday and 10-3 on purchase.)
Sunday. Make sure you check an official program for exact times
and locations!
Also in the center of town will be Winding Brook Sugarhouse
offering demonstrations on backyard sugaring and maple product
sales. The ever-popular Majestic Kettle Corn will be sold near New
Alliance Bank. The First Congregational Church is offering their
popular soup and bread hot meals in the church basement with
plenty of seating available.
Many other popular events occur outside of the town center. Girl
Scout cookies will be available at Daisies and Daffodils, and the
Hebron Volunteer Fire Department is again selling their “Sugar on
Snow” at Company One on Main Street. Reflective address signs
for residents and non-residents alike will also be available. Hebron
Interfaith Human Services is selling maple cotton candy and other
maple-flavored goods at the firehouse. While you’re there, don’t
forget to take a tour of the town’s fire fighting apparatus!
Mawson Chiropratic is sponsoring Task 9 Search and Rescue dogs,
the Connecticut Greyhound Adoption Agency (with greyhounds on
Opening ceremonies will be held in the center of town at Artisan
Framing, starting at 9:45 a.m. Artisan Framing will also host a 2-day
“Silhouette Creation” at their facilities.
The center of town will see much activity with the VFW and the
American Legion’s annual chilidog, hamburger and fried dough
sales. Beverages are available inside the Legion, where tables for
eating are available. The Friends of the Douglas Library will hold
their used book sale in the lower level community room from 8-3
on Saturday and 9-3 on Sunday. (Please note: an additional $5 fee
will be charged for those coming to the book sale between 8 and 9
on Saturday.) Hebron Historical Society will be hosting their 20 th
Annual Quilt Show, with exciting teacup auction items, quilting
demonstrations, and Maple Milk sales.
Hebron Republicans will be selling soda and water, and Hebron
Democrats will also be selling beverages and grilled maple ham
and cheese sandwiches. Skintology is offering maple body scrubs,
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