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H.O.M.E. Programs: Healthy Opportunities More Enrichment programs are currently accepting registrations. The Gray Recreation Department is offering a variety of programs. For the duration of the school year the following activities are available:

After School Recreation @ Newbegin - Grades 6 - 8, M/W/F/ 2 to 6, Grades 4 &5, T/Th 3-6 (supervised recreational activities, games, free time, snack bar, movies, time to do homework...... Bus transportation to Newbegin offered).

Teen Wellness Program - Females grades 6 to 9, M/W/F 2:00-3:30, Newbegin (health issues, exercise programs, fun activities to help encourage a healthier lifestyle).

Teen Adventure Program: This program will be offering monthly adventure programs for students ages 13 to 17 years of age. During the summer months, programs will be expanded to over-night and daily adventures such as backpacking, fishing, whitewater rafting, kayaking/canoeing.... An experienced guide will be supervising all trips that require a higher degree of adventure. Up-coming trips: Sunday, Oct 19th-Hiking and exploring Grafton Notch State Park, 7:30-5, Tuesday, Nov 11th-Maine Rock Gym, climbing wall activities, 2:30-5:30.

Monster Mash: Area Spooks and Goons will gather to do a Monster Mash. The Grave-yard Smash will benefit Ashley Perkins of New Gloucester. They are inviting you to don a costume and join them at the Spring Meadows Facility on Friday, October 24th, from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight. Maybe your costume will be creative enough to will a prize. Monster Mash Ghouls and Goblins will be dancing to T.J. the D.J.! Come as a single for $8 or as a couple for $15. It will be a cash bar. The evening should be a Real Hoot!

Free parenting workshop, "Getting Through to Your 21st Century Child" featuring nationally-known author and child and family expert, Dr. Ron Taffel. Sponsored by Sweetser, the workshop will be held Thursday, October 23 from 7-8:30 at the Deering Oaks High School auditorium in
Portland. For more information, call 207-294-4757.

New Gloucester Bible Church: Offers Word of Life Olympian ClubOur Word of Life Olympian Club will impact your child with the Word of God in a fun, dynamic way. It includes Bible study, encouragement of a Quiet Time to build an intimate relationship with God, Scripture Memory, Christian Service, fun and games, snacks, and awards they can earn.Time: Sundays 4:30 - 5:45 p.m. Place: N.G.B.C. Fellowship Hall, Ages: Grades 3 through 6. Other Clubs at same time: Good News Club, Ages 4 through grade 2, N.G.B.C. Sanctuary. Teens-in-Christ, Grades 7 through 12, N.G.B.C. Teen Club House, Questions: Pastor Dan, 926-4297.

Football Benefit Dance: The date given for the Football Benefit Dance was incorrect, please note the correct date is Friday Oct 24th, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.. The dance will be at Harmony Hall, the band High Ryders will be performing. Call 828- 6224 to purchase tickets, at $10 per person or $18 per couple.

Upcoming Maine Audubon Programs and Trips, Gilsland Farm Public Programs Unless noted otherwise, all programs are held at Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth. For reservations and details call (207) 781-2330, ext. 215.

Maine Audubon's Apple Day
Come to the annual autumn celebration and harvest festival at Gilsland Farm! Enjoy cider pressing, craft demonstrations, storytelling, face painting, live music, contra dancing, nature walks and more. Enter your award-winning apple pie or apple cake in our all-apple baked goods contest. You also can pick up your winter birdseed order. Saturday, October 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free.

Nature Book Discussion Group: At Gilaslanf Farm, Falmouth. "Turning to Earth," by Marina Schauffler

Hear a presentation by the author, get your copy of the book signed and engage in a lively discussion with other readers. "Turning to Earth" offers a window into the heart of environmental change, moving beyond our culture's traditional reliance on policy reforms and technological measures. It charts the course of "ecological conversion," a dynamic inner process by which people come to ally themselves with the natural world and speak out on its behalf. Stories by ecological converts illuminate a critical realm long neglected by environmental scholars and activists-how the terrain of spirit, psyche and conscience shape our commitment to Earth. Monday, October 20, 7 p.m., Free.

Maine Mall Harvest Days and Maine Roots Festival:at the Maine Mall - South Portland and Portland Public Market - 25 Preble Street, Portland on October 24 - 26. The Maine Mall Harvest Days, brought to you by the Maine Farm Bureau's Young Farmers and Ranchers, is scheduled to be held on October 24 - 26th at the Maine Mall. This event provides a wide variety of exhibits accentuating Maine's agricultural business diversity.

The Maine Mall Harvest Days is expanding activities to include the first annual Maine Roots Festival. The Festival, brought to you by the Threshold to Maine Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Area, includes several components including a recipe contest and chefs' demonstration. Some of Portland's leading Chefs will be on-hand to demonstrate their working talents by utilizing Maine-grown products in their creations.
In keeping with the Maine Roots Festival theme, Local Farms Have It All, Threshold to Maine RC&D is offering a beautiful 2004 Calendar. Each of the twelve original works of art depicts a rural Maine scene highlighting Maine's bountiful harvest. Maine Artist Jan Kilburn paints these exquisite watercolors. Calendars will be available at all Roots Festival events and at local bookstores.

Please join in the celebration at the Maine Mall and Portland Public Market. For a detailed schedule of events contact Threshold to Maine RC&D Area at 207-657-3131 or visit the Website at www.thresholdtomaine.org.

Choir Festival: Sunday, October 19th at 3:30 PM, some of the choirs from the churches in the Greater Portland Cluster of United Methodist Churches will take part in the second annual Choir Festival to be held at the Tuttle Road United Methodist Church in Cumberland. Last year's festival brought rave reviews with the participating choirs anticipating this year's festival.
Each choir participating will sing one or two selections. Then all the choirs will gather for a couple selections as a massed choir under the direction of Kathy Baker from School Street United Methodist Church in Gorham, Maine. Gail Ambrose, also from School Street UMC, will be the accompanist.

There will be free will offering at the conclusion of the program to benefit the programs of Spiral Arts, a ministry in Portland, of healing, therapy and spirituality. Refreshments and a time of fellowship will follow with the refreshments supplied by the Tuttle Road Church. Please join us for a spiritual and musical afternoon. FMI: call the Tuttle Road United Methodist Church at 829-3766 or e-mail Paul at pdoucet1@maine.rr.com.

USM Students Recognized: The following USM students received awards at the annual 2003 Recognition Day ceremonies last spring.

Gray: Kristen Madden, a Communications major, received the Robert L. Woodbury International Scholarship. She graduated from high school in 2001 and is the daughter of Daniel & Patricia Madden of Foxboro, MA.

New Gloucester: Erin Pendexter, a Nursing major, received the Gertrude L. Stone Scholarship and the Katherine L. Cross '70 and the Dr. Harlan Philippi Memorial Scholarship and the Lewiston-Auburn College Scholarship. She is the mother of Kasey, Mary and Zeke Pendexter.

Molleo at Dartmouth: Edward Francis Molleo of Gray has enrolled as a member of the class of 2007 at Dartmouth College. Molleo is the son of Marion and Edward Molleo III. Dartmouth, the ninth oldest college in the nation, was founded in 1769 and is noted as a highly competitive college, with 4,200 undergraduates and 1,000 graduate students in engineering, business, and medicine.