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Volume 18 • Issue No. 50
Free Holiday Meals for Those in Need YORK COUNTY For those who need assistance this Holiday season, several organization in Southern York County are offering free holiday meals. Community Harvest, a local nonprof it organization in Kennebunk, will host its complimentary annual Noel Dinner on Saturday, December 24. Traditionally, the dinner invites the community to come together and share in delicious
mas Eve and Christmas Day. To reserve a meal, call 207-967-1911 or visit www.communityharvestmaine. org by December 17. The Ogunquit Fire Department is also offering a warm meal and company on December 25, 12-2 p.m. at the station at 15 School St., Ogunquit. To attend this free event, simply RSVP to 207-646-5112 or
food and meaningful company, but due to the pandemic, it is once again being offered as delivery-only. The three-course meals will be packaged and delivered cold, with reheating instructions. Meals can accommodate certain dietary restrictions, and can be prepared vegetarian and/or glutenfree. In 2021, Noel Dinner volunteers prepared 400 meals for local individuals and families, including dozens of first responders working on Christ-
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Former PE Teacher-Coach Honored at Dedication WELLS Days before Thanksgiving break, Wells-Ogunquit Central School District (WOCSD) staff and others gathered in the weight room of Wells High School (WHS) to celebrate the dedication of a new, state-of-the-art fitness facility to former WHS physical education teacher and coach, Mark Lewia. With a new plaque on the wall declaring so, the room will now be officially The Mark Lewia Fitness Center. “I really didn’t want this to happen,” said Mark afterward, adding that he believed that there were many who coached at WHS during the past four decades who are equally deserving. However he added, “It’s a great honor.”
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Among family members accompanying Lewia to the dedication were wife Annette and parents Patricia and Robert Lewia. Making opening remarks praising Mark’s dedication to student athletics included Principal Eileen Sheehy and Superintendent James Daly. A colleag ue of Lewia, English teacher Ann Bechan also spoke, “It is so fitting that we are naming this weight room for Mark,” she commented. “I have been Mark’s colleague for 34 years. As a fan of both football and wrestling, it has been my privilege to see Mark coach both of those sports.” Lewia
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their best approach to nutrition, their best sportsmanship, and their best belief in themselves.” According to Principal Sheehy, the weight room was not much bigger than a closet back in the 1980s when she was a student there. Now the facility, with its fitness equipment, treadmills, and weights, is greatly improved, and she gives credit to Lewia for his impact on the design of this busy student area. When WHS was being rebuilt, Lewia was tasked with designing the interior of the fitness center. Lewia’s other achieveSee LEWIA on page 23 . . .
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also coached Track and Field At WHS, retiring from the district this past June. Lewia, who began working at WHS in 1983, said that he really enjoyed his job and didn’t consider it work at all. “If you enjoy your job, you are never coming to work,” he said. “That was me,” expressing how much he enjoyed his 39 years serving the area. In her comments, Bechan highlighted Lewia’s strong dedication to his students. “He does such a great job of getting the best out of kids – their best athletic performance of course, but also their best training regimen,
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