The New Gloucester Library Is Looking for Friends

One definition for the word “friend”, from the Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, is “one that favors or promotes something.” The New Gloucester Library is revitalizing the Friends of the Library group to “favor and promote” good things at the New Gloucester Library! Former members of the disbanded Friends of the Library, as well as some new comers, met on a warm June evening to discuss the possibilities for the new Friends of the Library group. The ideas were flying, fast and furious.

While the ideas of what we could accomplish were numerous, the number of members was not. The Friends of the New Gloucester Library is looking for more friends. This is a great opportunity to be a friend to New Gloucester by volunteering some of your time to the library and in turn, the community. We hope you will come to our next Friends of the New Gloucester Library meeting on August 13th at 7:00 p.m. (Library meeting room). Bring a friend and check us out!!! For more information, contact Sue Hawkins at 926-4840.

Reminder: Advance Registrations Are Required
For AARP Driver Safety Course at Windham Library

Space was still available at press time for the AARP driver safety course which will be presented at the Windham Public Library, 217 Windham Center Rd., Windham, Me., on September 7 and September 14. These classes, for drivers 50 years of age and older, will be held on two consecutive Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day, and participants must attend both sessions to complete the course.

The registration fee is $10 per person and advance registration is required. To register, please phone John Hammon, AARP Instructor, at (207) 655-4943. However, space is limited and persons interested in attending should call as soon as possible to make reservations.

This eight-hour program, called "AARP 55 Alive," is the nation's first and largest classroom refresher course designed specifically to meet the safety needs of experienced, mature drivers. Also, drivers 55 years of age and older who complete this course are eligible for auto insurance discounts under legislation adopted last year by the Maine state legislature.

It's That Time of Year
Athletic Department holds Info night

It's that time of year again. Time to start thinking about the upcoming school year and fall sports season. In preparation for August 19th, the first day of practices, the Athletic Department will be holding an information night onMonday, August 12 at 7 p.m. in the East Gym of the High School. All high School athletes planning on participating in athletics must attend this meeting. School policy requires students to have a current physical on file for sports participation. Please be sure to send your physical forms into the high school health office prior to August 19, the beginning of fall sports.

Geoffrey K. Robbins is the new Athletic Director for the District. He says that he is looking forward to working with all the students in the upcoming year, and have a great rest of the summer.

Engagement Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. E. Philip Blake of New Gloucester, Maine are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Angela Michelle Blake, to Damon Petrie, son of Mrs. Catherine Miller if Essex Junction, VT, and Mr. Kenneth Petrie of Grand Isle, Vt.

Angela is a 1992 graduate of Gray-New Gloucester High Schooland is a 1996 graduateof Castleton State College. She is the Northeast Marketing Director for Rural Cellular Corporation.

Damon is a 1992 graduate of Mt. Mansfield High School and is employed by Realty in Essex Junction, Vt. The wedding will be held September 13, 2003, in Vermont