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Gray Business Association Board meets: This Thursday, March 20 is the next GBA Board Meeting at Androscoggin Bank. The meeting will run from 7 p.m. to approximately 9 p.m. The meeting is open to GBA members and Board members. FMI on joining the GBA, e-mail KarenQP@aol.com. There are a number of important issues which will be discussed, including the upcoming Gray Business Conference! Hope to see you there! Karen Quigley, GBA Secretary.

Gray Little League {NOT New Gloucester}:
Check your child's backpack, school newsletters and the League newsletter that was sent out in February for news of the 2003 season. The newsletter has names & numbers of ALL VP's for each League. PLEASE contact them if you have specific questions. The below mentioned dates are vital for League participation. Children MUST attend. FMI 657-3438.
Saturday, March 22 11am-2pm: Girls Major Softball Assessments, Mandatory for girls playing MAJOR softball for the FIRST time, & ABSOLUTE LAST CHANCE registrations for ALL DIVISIONS, H.S. W. Gym
Saturday, March 29 11am-2pm: Boys Major Baseball Assessments-Mandatory for boys playing MAJOR baseball for the FIRST time. At H.S. W. Gym
Saturday, March 29 9a-10:30a: Girls softball pitching clinic, Middle School $5. per participant
Saturday, April 5 8a-10a: Boys Minor Assessments, Mandatory for ALL boys playing Minors for the FIRST time, coming up from T-Ball, H.S. W. Gym
Saturday, April 5 10a-11a: ALL ASSESSMENT MAKE-UPS, ALL BOY/GIRL DIVISIONS, H.S. W. Gym.

Call to Crafters & Trades People
The Town of Raymond will be celebrating its Bicentennial on June 21st of this year and as part of our festivities we would like to show how things were done in the past. We thought to showcase these almost forgotten skills by having a Craft Show featuring handmade and/or Maine-made items of historical significance. The following is a list of just a few crafts which came to mind and is by no means meant to be comprehensive: Candle making, Basket making, Weaving, Spinning, Quilting, Tatting, Carving, Soap making, Herbals.

We would like the participants to sell their wares and demonstrate their craft (where possible). Other demonstrations we'd like to see are old fashioned ice cream making, butter churning, metal smithing and woodcrafts.
If you, or anyone you know, have these skills from a time gone by and would like to share them with an appreciative audience please contact Deb Cutten at 655-2877 (dcutten@maine.rr.com) or Sue Ellen Gendron at 655-4463 (jeffsueellen@pivot.net)

The Block House Preschool Auction Update:
Most of you are familiar with our annual auction to raise funds for scholarships. This year it will be held Saturday, March 29 from 2:00 - 4:00 at The New Gloucester Congregational Church. We have two great raffles - a locally sewn "calendar" quilt and a 50/50. The quilt is on display at Fiddlehead Center for the Arts at Pineland Center. We have some great items coming in for the auction: 10-pass card to The Movies on Exchange Street, Round of golf at Spring Meadows, 3 Maine Atlas's from DeLorme, Pampered Chef items, LL Bean child backpack, Gift certificates to Hannaford, Shaws, Funtown/Splashtown, Skillins Greenhouse, Mario's, The Children's Museum of Maine, Portland Sea Dogs, Portland Stage, Donna's Greenhouse, Mug Shots, The Maine Mall, The New England Aquarium, Wal Mart and Storyland. Thanks so much to everyone for your support! If you have any questions about the auction call Sharon at 926-3583. To purchase raffle tickets ($1.00/each or 6 for $5.00) send money or a check made out to The Block House Preschool, P.O. Box 155, New Gloucester, ME 04260. Drawings will be held at 4 p.m. on March 29.