Yarmouth Alumni Association - Yarmouth, Maine

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Katie Waeldner ’17 Receives Boyd Award

At the annual all-school assembly on the Friday before Memorial Day, Katie Waeldner was awarded the Boyd Award on the 50th anniversary of Robert Boyd’s death.  Scott Harrison ’80, a previous winner, made the presentation.

The Boyd Award capped an outstanding career for Katie at YHS.  In her sophomore year, she won the Ruth B. Plummer Citizen Ship Award and attended the Maine Youth Leadership Conference, and as  a junior she won the Wellesley Book Award.  She has been very active in community experience, helping to found a program called Lunch Crunch, a summer meals program. In addition, she started a voucher program with the Yarmouth Farmer’s Market to support seniors who experience food insecurity.  Because of this she was awarded the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.

Katie has played varsity lacrosse, varsity skiing, cross country, and participated in Unified Basketball.  She will attend Duke University in the fall.  Congratulations Katie!!

Annual Meeting of the Yarmouth Alumni Association

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.

YHS Alumni/ae Named to Dean’s List

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

William York ’83

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.

Alumnus in the Electoral College

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.