Ocean Point Column May 19

Ocean Point Column

May 19,2016

By Maryellen Bertrand

As the month moves forward there appears to be more activity around Ocean Point.

The Ocean Point Inn crew is sprucing up for a Memorial Day weekend opening including the dining room. Michelle will be back behind the bar and we’ll be excited to see Meghan Stevens returning to take over on Michelle’s days off.

The dinghy dock and the raft have been installed in anticipation of the upcoming boating season.

Graduation and awards season is upon us and several Ocean Pointers have completed their course of study or received an award for academic excellence.  Kate Dana is graduating from the Accelerated Nursing Program at the University of New England. Kate was recently inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society in Nursing.

Liz Dana completed her sophomore year at UConn and received the New England Scholar Award for a grade point average of 3.7 or higher and was inducted into the Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology.

Melanie Slayton graduated from James Madison University in Virginia earning a Master’s degree in Accounting. Melanie will begin working at KPMG in September and is currently studying for her final 2 CPA exams.

Michael Slayton completed his coop-engineering job with Mizuno and will be studying at Oxford in England this summer as part of Georgia Tech’s educational program abroad.

Caroline Kern will begin her graduate studies at Yale University in the fall as she pursues a career as a midwife. Congratulations to all of these individuals as we wish them great success in their future endeavors.

The Hamblett Family has been busy this season participating in and attending lacrosse games in several states. Lincoln and Helen Hamblett both play for Boothbay and were in North Berwick for a game last weekend, the same weekend cousin Phoebe Parker was playing for Portsmouth High and Silas Hamblett was playing for Eliot. On Sunday 17 members of the family travelled to Brookline MA to watch Devon Parker play for Syracuse in the NCAA Division 1 second round match against Stoney Brook. Syracuse prevailed 7-6 and will move on to a quarterfinal match at Syracuse against USC, best of luck to Devon and her teammates.

Have a great week!