Thank You, to everyone for joining the Eustis/Stratton Family. The 2010 Family Fund Days Celebration was a great success. The Flagstaff Area Business Association could not have done the event without the help of our community/ family.

It takes many volunteer hours to plan a great event. Our four officers spent many such hours bringing the event to the Village of Stratton. Thank You Melody Chase, Sue Fotter, Gene Currie and Richard Fotter for a wonderful event.

What a spectacular fireworks display donated by the “Stratton Eustis Development Corporation” Cathedral Pines Campground! Thank you!

Thanks Scott Ellis for making the patriotic music available. It made our “God Bless America” theme even more special. Hope you all enjoyed.

How many times did all of the kids and some adults run through the maze or bounce house? Without the support of TransCanada this would not have been possible. Thank You, TransCanada! All kids, young and old, enjoyed this free activity.

Other sponsors of Family Funs Days are: Fotter’s Market and Hardware, Franklin Savings Bank, Valley Gas & Oil, J.L. Brochu, Inc., Stratton Lumber, The Original Irregular, Wayfarers Club of Maine, Theriault Timber Harvesting, The Kelleys (Barnard Pond Camps), Jordan Lumber Company, the Stratton Senior Citizens, Flagstaff ATV Club, Camden National Bank, Kyes Insurance, Spillover Motel, Horace Mann Insurance, Reed & Reed Inc., Eustis Ridge Lodging, Boneheads Take-out and Pepsi Bottling Inc.

Special helping hands were: Jane Wilkinson, Jarrod Crockett, Tom Saviello, Aaron Tourtelotte and the Kentucky Fried Chicken Crew, Fred Thurston, Brandy Brougham, Sid Shane, Wendy Wyman, Vern Mitchell, Walter Hurley, Jeff Brinkley, Laura Dunham, Greg Powers, Kathy Mathews (Kathy’s Karaoke), Scott Spatcher, Hugh Verrier, Donna and Claude Pepin, Franklin County Sheriff Department, Robert Gray and all the parade judges, Eustis Fire Department, JL Brochu Inc., Stratton Lumber, Melody Chase’s family from Massachusetts, The Original Irregular and Boy Scout Troop 525. Thank You, for all the volunteers behind the scenes who helped make this event possible. All your hard work is appreciated.

This year we also celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. We would like to thank our Parade Grand Marshals: Anna Smart, Merrill Gatchell, Guy Woods and Sam Flick for the many hours they have volunteered for Scouting.

Next year’s event theme will be “Mardi Gras.” Let’s make next year’s parade even bigger than our 45 entrants this year.

We hope everyone enjoyed this fun-filled weekend.
Richard Fotter
For the Flagstaff Area Business Association
Stratton