Firemen for a Cure returns

AUBURN — Following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Mary’s Firemen for a Cure™ returns to Lost Valley Ski Area in Auburn on Saturday, Feb. 25.

The event will feature the exciting firefighters’ race, but with a key change to this year’s makeup of the teams. Firefighter teams will be made up of four racers for the first time. Every other year, each department needed to field a team of five. As it has since 2012, WTMW Channel 8 will also return this year as the event’s official media sponsor.

Since 2004, Mary’s Firemen has raised over $250,00 breast cancer patients in Maine and to raise awareness of this deadly disease. Since 2019, Mary’s Firemen for a

Brooke Emery of Fryeburg, majoring in nursing and Calvin Southwick of Lovell, majoring in finance, were named to the Endicott College (Beverly, Mass.) 2022 fall semester Dean’s List. In order to qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must obtain a minimum grade point average of 3.5, receive no grade below a “C,” have no withdrawal grades, and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits for the semester.

Kiana Webster of Raymond, a New Media Studies major, has been named to the Eastern Connecticut State University (Willimantic, Conn.) 2022 Dean’s List for the fall semester. To qualify for Dean’s List, full-time students must complete a minimum of 12 credits in letter-graded courses with an average GPA of 3.5 or higher in the semester.

Brittney Freitas of Harrison has been named to the University of Maine at Augusta President’s List for the fall 2022 semester. To qualify for the full-time President’s List, students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of 100-level or higher UMA coursework (exclusive of pass/ fail courses); and maintain a semester grade point average in these courses of 3.8 or higher.

Erica Allan of Casco has been named to the University of Maine at Augusta Dean’s List for the fall 2022 semester. To be eligible for the Full-Time Dean’s List, a student must be matriculated in a UMA degree program; complete 12 or more credit hours of 100-level or higher UMA courses (exclusive of pass/fail courses); and earn a semester GPA in these courses of 3.25 to 3.79, with no grade below “C-” in any of these courses.

USM Dean’s List

The University of Southern Maine would like to congratulate students named to the fall 2022 Dean’s List. To be placed on the Dean’s List, full-time undergraduate students must receive a grade point average of 3.6 or above. Area students named to the list include:

Bridgton: Peter Boswell, Sydney Connolly, Haley Fernald, Sydney Franks, Alexander Kuvaja, Alexia Merry, Che Che Stoddard, Ty Wyman.

Casco: Luke Brown, Keith Fecteau, Kimberly Gold, Nick Hall, Kaytrien Hall, Alexandria Sargent, Sanjay Tucker.

East Baldwin: Maddie Buzzell.

Harrison: Ryan Guptill, Emily Morris.

Naples: Rachel Shanks.

Raymond: Blake Colby, Riley Gardner, Sophie Gardner, Madeleine Gray, Savannah Lemieux, Colleen McAllister, Alice Morrison, Nicole Nappi, Jacobi Schneider, Ryan Stresky.

Sebago: Hannah Corbett, Garrett Jones.

West Baldwin: Emma Brearley, Sam Libby.

Brownfield: Shelby Day.

Denmark: Maddie Choyce, Jack Watson.

Fryeburg: Natalie Shaw.

Hiram: Kenneth Froment.

Lovell: Maddie Darling.

Waterford: Cameron Slicer.

Denmark scholarships

DENMARK — Scholarship applications are available to pick up at the Town Office for the Denmark Lions Scholarship, the Clark McDermith Community Scholarship and the Elvira A. Davis Scholarship. Applications are available now through April 14 and the deadline to return is April 15 for the Denmark Lions and Clark McDermith scholarships. The deadline to return the Elvira A. Davis application is April 30.

Cure has been held at Lost Valley Ski Area in Auburn.

The firefighters’ race features races between departments from all over northern New England. For the first time since its inception, teams of four firefighters will race down a slalom course in full turnout gear while carrying a 50-foot length of hose. In addition to the races, there will be kids’ events, raffles, a 50/50 and a live auction.

“We are so excited that Mary’s Firemen for a Cure is back. This is an amazing event that we are so happy to have here at Lost Valley,” said Travis Dow, assistant General Manager at Lost Valley. “The support from the community and area fire departments for this event is truly unique.”

In 2004, Mary and Wayne Allen started “Firemen for a Cure” at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton to give firefighters the opportunity to raise awareness about breast cancer. Mary was a long-time employee at Shawnee Peak and had been fight- ing breast cancer for nearly 10 years. Wayne is a volunteer firefighter in North Bridgton. Unfortunately, Mary lost her courageous battle in 2005, but Wayne and her three adult-children, Christine, David and Ryan Soutter renamed the event, “Mary’s Firemen for a Cure” in 2006 and have been holding the event in memory of Mary.

Unfortunately, in 2019, Shawnee Peak decided to no longer support Mary’s Firemen, but event organizers were able to relocate to Lost Valley and have had the resort’s full support.

“I know Mary is watching and is so happy that we were able to come back after the pandemic,” said Mary’s husband Wayne.

“Having four racers instead of five should allow more departments to participate,” added Mary’s son, Ryan, an avid snowboarder who lives in Colorado. “I believe Harrison Fire & Rescue has won this event almost every year. Maybe having

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