Augusta - A group of students from Lubec are a perfect example of what kids can accomplish in their spare time. Thursday, they were recognized by lawmakers in Augusta.

It was just about two years ago when a group of creative 6th graders from the Lubec Consolidated School first got the idea. "We were just kind of brainstorming ideas for things to do and it just kind of popped into the conversation," 8th grader Emma Page said Thursday.

That conversation centered on the town's flag. More specifically, the fact Lubec didn't have a flag. "We all kind of jumped on the idea," 8th grader Seth Doherty says, "so we started researching and apparently we didn't have a flag. So we started thinking we could maybe have one."

Over the next two years, students held fundraisers to help pay for supplies. Then they designed and constructed their own original idea of what Lubec's town flag should look like.

The final hurdle was to get town officials had to sign off on it. "I wasn't too worried that they wouldn't, but it was a good feeling to know that they wanted it," Emma Page said, adding "it was a lot of work spread out over a long time so it didn't seem like a long time so it didn't seem like a lot. But when you look back it was pretty important."

Their accomplishment caught the attention of their State Representative, David Burns. "To start a project back in the 6th grade and carry it all the way through until they finally come up with a product is pretty incredible," Burns said.

The project earned the entire class a trip to the State House where they were honored by both the House of Representatives and the senate. Where each student got to take their turn with Senate President Kevin Raye's gavel. "This will be remembered for decades to come," Burns said. "When they have children and grandchildren they will have been part of the group that created and adopted the town flag."

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