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Volleyball exchange: The Goodwill Ambassadors are currently accepting applications for High School age volleyball players, in the USA and Canada, to participate in the 2004 Goodwill Ambassadors Volleyball exchange to Europe. Members of this team will represent, their Country, Community and the Goodwill Ambassadors teams, in volleyball tournaments and local competitions in, London, Paris, Geneva, Venice and Rome. The program is open to all boys and girls age 15-20 years old. For additional information 425-255-8102 phone. Website www.volleyballtours.com

http://www.volleyballtours.co, Email info@sportsforyouth.com or info@volleyballtours.com

GNG Football Update: The Patriots Grandstand Club will be having their annual board meeting to elect new members. The meeting will be March 30th at 6:30 pm in the high school library. A spaghetti supper is being planned for April 17th. More information about this event will be given in the near future. The Bottle Barn is still accepting bottle donation to benefit the football program. We thank you for helping to support us in this way. The Prom Fashion show was a fun night, thanks go out to David's Bridal, Mr. Tux, Special Effects Salon and Day Spa, Ladyslipper Flowers and Jane Seavey of MaryKay Cosmetic. Janice Ferri won the raffle for the free limo ride.

Women's Connection: You are invited to Women's Connection Monday, May 3rd at Cole Farms Restaurant. The speaker will be Missy Tripp Winslow, a former New Gloucester girl. She is now married with two children. She and her husband Alvin work with Campus Crusade for Christ. Denise Gordon does comedy and will be our feature for our mother daughter evening. Come on out. 6:30PM. $10.50. Call Lynda at 926-3662 for reservations.

Public Supper: The American Legion Auxiliary of Gray will host a public supper on April 3rd from 5:00 to 6:00 pm to benefit the Maine Special Olympics. Beans, chop suey, coleslaw, hot dogs, brown and Italian breads, pies. Adults $5.50, children under 12 years $2.50, children under 5 free. American Legion, 15 Lewiston Road, Gray.

Wanted: Women ages 40-64. Free mammograms and pap tests through the Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program. Call Audrey at PROP: 874-1140 x324.

AA Meetings: Mondays 10:30-noon, Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Al-Anon meetings: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. All are held at St. Gregory's Parish hall, North Raymond Road, Gray. All are welcome.

Card of Thanks: The Town of Gray would like to thank the Gray-New Gloucester class of 2005 for their generous donations for the food closet.

One Great Hour Of Sharing:

The First Congregational Church of New Gloucester will receive a special offering on Easter Sunday, April, 11, 2004. One Great Hour of Sharing funds the ministries of the United Church of Christ, which reach out around the world in compassion, adding hope and dignity to life for many people.

The media often show us the drama of war and disaster and document the suffering of millions of people who lack food, water, shelter, and other basic necessities. When survivors are able to start over, your gift of $30.00 can help 300 families to plant gardens, with each receiving a set of ten seed packets.

Your gift of $5.00 will supply a warm blanket; your gift of $90.00 will provide an uprooted family with a tent, ground cloth, tarpaulin, and four blankets. We know the needs are real. Please give to One Great Hour of Sharing. Indeed, it's remarkable what your gift can do.

Peace and Blessings, Erin Pendexter, Board of Missions

School News
Attention Parents Of The GNG Class Of 2004!
Local Scholarship Information

An information packet on the Local Scholarship process has been handed out to all seniors. Our community is fortunate to have many generous individuals, organizations, and businesses who contribute each year to support our college bound seniors. This year over $35,000 in scholarships will be given out at Class Night at the High School on May
27th. The deadline to apply is Monday, April 12th. Included in the application is a financial sheet to be filled in by parents. ALL SENIORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. If you have any questions, contact Louise Chaplin in Guidance at 657-9320.

Let's Dance: The Gray Snowmobile Club is sponsoring a scholarship fundraiser dance on March 27th. The dance will be held at the American Legion Hall on Rt. 100 in Gray from 8pm - midnight. Tickets will be $20/couple and $15/single. Please come out and dance to the music of the band, Fortune! We will be having a silent auction with lots of donated items from area businesses and snowmobile dealers. Come on out and kick up your heels and have some fun!! For more info, call Kim Shelley 428-3244.

What's Cool In Our Schools:
By Gray-New Gloucester PTSA

Memorial School Poster Contest
This trimester Mrs. Bearce's second grade class has been studying about our Earth in Social Studies. Part of this included caring for our Natural Resources - air, water, forests, and soil. We have read several books about environmental issues, both fictional and informational. A particular favorite was The Lorax by Dr. Seuss.

Each year the Environmental Protection Agency sponsors an awareness project for students in K-2. This year it is a poster contest. After each child decided upon an environmental problem of interest, our Art teacher, Mrs. Eslinger, discussed lettering, colorfulness, and presenting a clear message. Several staff members then selected the two posters they viewed as best meeting the established criteria of a clear environmental message and outstanding art work for the student's grade level. Two second grade students, Josie Heston and Cody Brann, had posters selected to be mailed into the contest. The remaining posters will be displayed at Memorial School.

Here is what Cody had to say about his poster - "If people cut down too many trees, we will not have as much oxygen. So people should plant new trees." Josie said, "Animals are important and we need to help them. Dolphins get caught in the tuna nets and they either get cut from the nets or they can't swim to the surface to breathe so they drown."

Arts & Cultural Festival
The Gray-New Gloucester Middle School PTSA Cultural Enrichment Committee in conjunction with Fiddlehead Center for The Arts is planning a Middle School Art & Cultural Festival. All GNG Middle School students will attend the daylong event scheduled for Friday, May 14 at the Fiddlehead Center For The Arts, 83 Pineland Drive, New Gloucester. Students will experience the ultimate cultural event with live music, craft stations, kite making with Northern Sky Toys, mask making, Musical Petting Zoo, Rhythm Jungle, Hip-Hop dance lessons, wheel throwing, hand drumming, games from around the world, and Global Village educational and cultural enrichment activities representing Latin America/Spain, Quebec, North America (Native American and folk), Celtic, and Africa.

An Invitation To The GNG High School Class of 2004
The GNG PTSA is proud to offer two $500 scholarships to graduating seniors. Interested students will prepare a short essay addressing the benefits of living in Gray or New Gloucester and attending MSAD #15 schools.

The essay should be typewritten and not exceed 1500 words. Please include your name, date, and future college plans in the upper right-hand corner of the first sheet. The PTSA will not review essays submitted with additional material. Additional materials include cover letter, letters of reference, application, school transcript, and résumés. Please submit entries to the GNG High School Guidance Office no later than May 3, 2004.

Dunn School Students of the Week
Samantha Leavitt - Mrs. Seymour
Ashley Riley - Mr. Skilling
Alex Gaskell - Mrs. Burns
Justin Lakin - Mrs. Vermillion
Dillion Lavallee - Ms. Petersen
Courtney Sawyer - Mr. Hodgkins
Sayleigh Crowley - Mrs. Staples
Shannon Brown - Miss Murray
Devin Judd - Miss Murray
Macie Belanger - Mrs. Merrill
Heath Martell - Mrs. Merrill
George Liberty - Mrs. McFadden
Vean Hotham - Ms. Driscoll
Jessica Miller - Ms. Driscoll
Aeleah Granger - Mrs. Beriau
Josh Darling - Miss Wolfrom
Jessica Richards - Miss Wolfrom
Mitchel Dunn - Mrs. Enaire
Adam Jensen - Mrs. Moorhead
Sydney Johnson - Mrs. George
Shayne Davis - Ms. Gamage
Sarah Pelkey - Miss Hilfrank
Taylor Getchell - Mrs. Seymour