Drawing for oil

(L. to r.) Oakmont Principal David Umniski, Girls' Varsity Basketball Coach Jeff O'Neill and Boys' Varsity Basketball Coach Eric Dawley watch as Superintendent of schools Michael Zapantis draws the winning raffle ticket for the oil give away sponsored by Future Activities and Sports on Monday morning. Stephen Belliveau and Mike Alario, founded FAS this year to help raise money to reinstate sports and activities in the Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District that were cut due to budget restraints. The winner of the raffle was Gisele Boone, of Gardner, who was one of 824 people to buy a raffle ticket. She will have a choice of winning 1,000 gallons of oil or $1,500. The money raised will be given to the school district as a gift to reinstate the girls' and boys' freshman basketball programs. The next activity the group will be working on is a calendar created by using work from the students in the district's arts program. Advanced orders are being taken by check until Friday, Nov. 30. They calendars will cost $8.99 and can be mailed to the FAS Foundation at P.O. Box 298, Westminster, MA 01473. JOURNAL PHOTO/CAITLYN KELLEHER