Legislation to allow hunters to wear red if their religion prohibits them from wearing orange earned support in the Maine House on Thursday, May 11. The bipartisan vote was 120-27.

Teachers from each of Maine’s 16 counties were honored May 11 at the Statehouse for an annual event in the Hall of Flags announcing the 2017 Maine County Teachers of the Year. Among the group is Kaitlin Young of SeDoMoCha Elementary School. Young teaches music at the school in Dover-Foxcroft.

Stephanie Smith, who has coached the Foxcroft Academy field hockey team to 51 victories in four seasons including the 2013 Class C state championship, is directing the Ponies’ softball program this spring for the first time.

This is one of my memories of living during the Vietnam War. When my older brother, Craig, told me Gary had been killed in Vietnam -- I thought of the skates, the shadows, and the ice.

Jim Schmidt has been working with coyotes for more than 50 years. As a wildlife specialist for the USDA, he has been involved in coyote damage control throughout the country. He has hunted them, trapped them, snared them, chased them with hounds and chased them on horseback. He has also lived remotely with them for almost a year collecting biological samples for scientific research. He knows this critter intimately.

The valedictorian for the Class of 2017 at Foxcroft Academy is William Casey. The salutatorian is Marie Hartung.

Foxcroft Academy sophomore right-hander Makenzie Beaudry admitted that rain can cause problems for her. But Beaudry overcame a brief rain delay to toss a no-hitter and senior second baseman Abbi Bourget scored the winning run on an error in the seventh inning as the Ponies edged Ellsworth 3-2 on May 10 in a Class B North softball game.

Calendar of events

March for Babies 2017 will take place on Sunday, May 21 at Mayo Regional Hospital. Registration starts at 12:30 p.m. for the 3-mile walk. The March for Babies is the March of Dimes’ largest fundraiser, supporting programs that help moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies and healthy babies.

By attempting to take away the ability to vote by secret ballot all the budget related Articles on the ballot at the Dover-Foxcroft Municipal election in June, the Charter Revision Commission has regressed to a bygone era!