The Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association will be held on Wednesday, May 24th at 6:30 pm in the Flex Room at Yarmouth High School. All alumni/ae are welcome to attend.
In addition to normal business, we will be electing and/or reelecting Board members and officers for the coming year.
Charlie Krause ’13 – Berry College in Georgia
Emma Glessner ’16 – Bucknell University in Pennsylvania
Tyler Waaler ’16 – Wheaton College in Illinois
Ethan Gage ’14 – University of Rhode Island
Victoria Messina ’17 – Emmanuel College in Boston
Bill York passed away on November 29, 2016 in Durham, Maine. An economics major at Bates College, Bill had a long career in marketing, including stints at LL Bean and Dell Corporation. Starting in 2003 he worked as a marketing consultant with a firm in Osprey, FL.
Bill is survived by his mother Dorothy of Durham and his long time friend and partner Walter Erdman. A full obituary appeared in the December 18th edition of the Maine Sunday Telegram. A celebration of his life will be held at the Cousins Island Chapel at 10:00 am on May 6, 2017.
Rick Bennett ’81 made the news on Monday as he cast a vote in the Electoral College for Donald Trump. As Chairman of the Maine Republican Party, Bennett was selected by his party as one of their four electors. In the Electoral College, Maine and Nebraska do not follow the winner-take-all system used in the other forty-eight states. In Maine, the winner in each of the two congressional districts receives an electoral vote. A majority of the voters in Congressional District 2 voted for Mr. Trump, so one of the Republican electors could cast a ballot for Trump, and Rick was chosen to do that.
Electors can be “faithless” and vote for whomever they want, but Bennett made it clear in statements to the press that he would honor the wishes of the voters in the 2nd District and vote for Mr. Trump, despite receiving many emails, etc. encouraging him not to do so.
The annual Alumni Hockey Game will be played at the Travis Roy Arena at NYA at 11:00 am on Saturday, December 24th. All hockey alums, male and female, are welcome to play.
The cost will be $20.00 per player, $15.00 for alumni/ae in Classes 2012-2016. Players who graduated in EVEN numbered years should wear a dark shirt, ODD numbered years should wear a light-colored shirt.