Rotary Club raffle to benefit scholarship fund

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PREPARING RAFFLE TICKETS - From left, Paul Thornfeldt and Rob Armstrong of the Oxford Hills Rotary Club prepare some of the 125 Raffle tickets the club is selling to support the club's scholarship fund benefiting graduating seniors at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.

OXFORD HILLS — The Rotary Club of the Oxford Hills has announced that its spring fundraising raffle has begun and will benefit its Scholarship Fund for students at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. Tickets are now on sale and only 125 tickets will be sold at $50 each with all of the proceeds after prizes are awarded benefiting the Scholarship Fund. The Rotary Club of the Oxford Hills will provide $725 scholarships to seven of this year’s graduates, continuing the Club’s ongoing commitment to local youth. Two of the scholarships are named in honor of deceased members David Paine and David Hankins.

Once all of the tickets are sold, there will be $100 raffle prizes drawn each week for 10 weeks. Each ticket will be eligible for all 10 weekly prizes. The grand prize drawing will feature a first prize of $1000, a second prize of $500 and four third prizes of $125 each. Tickets can be purchased by calling Paul Thornfeldt at 744-9383 or by mailing a check for $50 to Paul at P.O. Box 108, Paris, ME 04271. The ticket will be mailed.