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Popcorn, Vintage Cars and Videos, continued...

In mid-winter we secured new business owners, Eric Following the evening event, the alumni hosted
and Heather LaFontaine from “Wine Until Nine”, a local a delicious brunch at Lakeside, at the Houlton
eatery and bar. They took care of the social hour with Community Golf Course. It was a beautiful day at the
a variety of charcutarie boards and beverages that lake, perfect weather.
included, sodas, beer, wine and specialized martinis.

Serena Vandevender Fitzpatrick ‘95, manager of the
arena, wears many hats and donned her kitchen garb
and secured her assistant, Laurine Thompson Wilson
‘71 to fry up the famous fried onion rings from York’s
Dairy Bar. “What a hit!” Other caterers for the evening
included Cara Bither Weaver from Sweet Pea Pantry. It
was an on-going buffet of finger foods, sliders, tasty
meatballs and more from start to finish. Topped off
with a variety of special sweet treats from the Pastry
Corner.

We are appreciative of the members of Olympia
Leaders who assisted with serving.

Thanks to Fred Grant ‘88, Owen Gallop ‘17 and crew we
had a 30’ X 17’ screen set up to show music videos and
to provide music for the night along with another large
screen that continuously provided yearbook photos of
high school events, sports and clubs featuring you and
your friends.
Welcome to all alums attending Sunday brunch
Those attending could gather in areas with sofas
and easy chairs to have smaller group chats, while
munching on some tasty Temple Theatre popcorn. The
living room seating areas were compliments of Rent-
A-Center. There was something for everyone to enjoy,
even corn-hole games and cribbage. And not to forget
those folks we don’t see all that often. How about a
photo to capture the night at the photo booth hosted
by Chuck ’90 and Tina Daly owners of, “Maine Magic
Mirror”. That was a popular hit, too. One could take
a photo to keep or post on-line, to show those who
didn’t make it, what a great time they missed!

Mary Saunders Callnan ‘56 and Mary Donald Peabody ’62

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