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Special Thanks

The Sargent Corporation, Pine Tree Landfill, and the Town of Orono’s Public Works Department for help in clearing the way for groundbreaking on Pine Street. Thank you for carrying away our demolition debris!

Steven Bowler, Marketing Director of Dirigo Pines Retirement Community, for the before-and-after photographs of the demolition of 39 Pine Street.

Eric Landis for his expert photography of OPLF events.

Brownie Troop 251 and Dirigo Pines residents for contributing hand-made bookmarks to the library to sell -- proceeds to support the campaign.

Bangor Metro for generously providing reprints of an article on the 2006 First Annual OPLF Auction.

Angela Januzzi, MA student in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of Maine, for her enthusiastic help with publicity and writing.

Barbara Wicks, Nancy McKnight, and Mary Lou Colbath for organizing the Constance Hunting Memorial Fund. The Fund has garnered gifts from around the world and is close to its $25,000 goal!

Dirigo Pines Retirement Community for their gracious hospitality in providing OPLF meeting space and for hosting OPLF events. Dirigo Pines is also a major sponsor of the 2007 OPLF Benefit Auction.

Brian Rahill and RainStorm Consulting for getting the OPLF website up and running!

Michele Stapleton for permitting us to use her beautiful photographs of downtown Orono. (You may have seen them before--first published in Downeast Magazine, May 2003.)

The 2006 Auction Committee: Janette Landis, Ann Surprenant, Sue Bernier, Jennifer DeSisto, Paula Shannon, Leslee Noyes, Karen Boucias, Polly Camp, Betty Comstock, Jessica Girard, Kate Crane, Alison Williamson, Kristin Barrows, and Eric Landis.

John Cheney, Auctioneer, for generously contributing his expert services to the OPLF Benefit Auction.

Kathy Hill, House Manager of the Buchanan Alumni House at the University of Maine, for her energetic help and support for the 2006 and 2007 Auctions.

More to Come...