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Sleigh
Rally at Skyline Farm
Skyline Farm has set their 2004 calendar and the community
is invited to visit the farm in North Yarmouth during
any one of the following events. Photo
courtesy Skyline Farm.
First up is the annual Skyline Farm sleigh rally,
Feb 7th, from 10 - 3. Come and watch drivers and their
horses compete in several classes with their antique
sleighs, visit the carriage museum or take a horse
drawn ride around the property. For more information
call the farm at 829-9908.
Later, in June, there will be a benefit horse show.
Then on July 17th comes the 2nd Annual Carriage and
Sleigh Auction followed a week later by Skyline Farm's
carriage schooling show, a great chance for local
drivers to brush up on their skills. August brings
the lobster bake and concert, and in October, Maine
Carriage Days and Pumpkinfest. It will be a fun and
fruitful season. All are welcome!
Skyline Farm is a nonprofit organization working to
transform Skyline Farm into a community resource as
a living carriage museum with an antique carriage
& sleigh collection, while also preserving the
farm's open space and historic buildings for recreational
and educational use.
Gray Little League Registrations: Gray Little
League is in the final process of getting the 2004
season underway. There are still many volunteer opportunities
available. We are a Board of just 7 people trying
to pull together 200+ kids for a meaningful ball season
for our youth. We need your help. We need softball
& baseball umpires, we need VP's for both baseball
& softball minors, and we especially need a safety
officer and player agent.
During registrations we hope you'll come forward and
volunteer your time. We'll also be accepting letters
of intent to manage & coach teams. New faces are
always welcome. The following dates are for all divisions,
T-Ball through the Jr/Sr League., and all are at Newbegin
Gym. Wednesday, Feb 25 from 6p-8p; Saturday, Feb 28
from 9a-12p; Wednesday, Mar 3 from 6p-8p; Saturday,
Mar 6, from 9a-12p.
AA Meetings: Mondays 10:30-noon, Thursdays,
8-9 p.m. Al-Anon meetings: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. All
are held at St. Gregory's Parish Hall, North Raymond
Road, Gray. All are welcome.
Ice-Fishing Tournament on February 7: Last week
it was announced that the annual ice-fishing Tournament
sponsored by the First Congregational-Christian Church
of New Gloucester will take place from 6 a.m. to 4
p.m. on February 7 at Sabbathday Lake. The Sabbathday
Lake Grange, on Rt. 26, will be the event's headquarters.
If you catch the biggest fish by weight, first prize
is an ice augur from Dick's Sporting Goods. This prize
is sponsored by the church's Board of Missions. Second
prize, sponsored by the Roger A. Hines Memorial Fund,
is an Indian basket and five traps. Third prize, sponsored
by the Men's Breakfast Group (meets every Tuesday
at the church) is a $50 L.L. Bean Gift Certificate.
In addition, there will be many door prizes. Sponsors
to date are Hammond Lumber, Mario's Restaurant, and
the Royal River Rod and Gun Club.
Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased at Cloutier's
Market and Wing's Variety (both on Rt. 100, New Gloucester),
Buddy's Store (Rt. 26, New Gloucester), and Dag's
Bait Shop (2 Towle St., Auburn). Also, tickets may
be obtained from the tournament's chair, Roger Hines
(926-3943). Participants must obey all state fishing
laws, and the judge's rulings will be final. The proceeds
of the tournament will sponsor a family for a week
at Camp Sunshine.
Helping Mainers Lighten The Load
Lighten ME! Maine's statewide team weight loss
competition reaches goal of 100 teams.
The Maine Games, our state's own Olympic-style sports
festival, has reached its first-year goal of one hundred
teams statewide for a new healthy living initiative
called Lighten ME!. Lighten ME! is a statewide team
weight loss competition. The program pits teams of
between five and ten individuals against each other
in a competition to determine Maine's biggest losers.
With team names like the Belly Busters, the Portly
Crew, and the Megabutts, losing weight has suddenly
become serious fun.
Teams are encouraged to not only change to a healthier
diet, but also track their daily physical activity
by counting steps with a pedometer.
While just beginning its second year of existence
as a state games, the Maine Games has relied on dozens
of other successful state games throughout America
for ideas and inspiration. Lighten ME! is based on
a very successful program begun by the Iowa Games
in 2002. That year 140 teams of Iowans combined to
lose over two and a half tons of fat.
People interested in learning more about Lighten ME!
or registering their team can do so by logging on
to the website: www.lightenme.org. To learn more about
the Maine Games, check their website: www.mainegames.org
or call 284-2004.
Native American Spirituality today: February
8TH, 2004, From 1 to 4:30 pm The Native American Cultural
Center in the Mountain Valley Mall, will have as our
guest speaker, Mel Fasthawk. Mel Fasthawk will be
speaking about his views on Native American Spirituality
in today's world. We will also have a Pot Luck Lunch
from 2:30 to 3:00pm. This is free and open to the
public. Sponsored by The Native American Cultural
Center Mountain Valley Mall, North Conway, NH.
Valentine Weekend: Come celebrate valentine
weekend with a breakfast or lunch at Sadie's Place
Café at Preservation Park in Poland Spring,
Maine.
On Saturday, February 14th, Almodarr's Grand Illusion
will be at the café with magic that will be
unforgettable and fun. You can have a special valentine
delivered to your sweetheart by Almodarr while you
enjoy your lunch…call 998-7143 for details.
On Sunday, February 15th, enjoy musical entertainment
while you have brunch from 11:00 to 1:00. On both
Saturday and Sunday, visitors to Preservation Park's
museum will be able to sample chocolates from area
businesses…a chocolate lover's delight!
Enter to win a heart-shaped amethyst necklace ($1,500
value) For more information about the events call:
998-7143.
Scrapbook event for March of Dimes: There will
be a "Croppin' for Babies" fundraiser for
the March of Dimes on Saturday, February 7th from
9 am to 4 pm at the Chalet Motel on Lisbon Street
in Lewiston (across from McDonald's). Registration
fee is $25 per person which includes lunch. All proceeds
will go to the March of Dimes. Bring all your cropping
supplies, lots of pictures and an expectation for
a great time. Product will be available for purchase
throughout the day. All registrations received before
February 1st will receive a free gift. Please make
checks payable to Liz Patterson and send to 210 Jack
Hall Rd., New Gloucester, ME 04260. For more info
please call 926-5557 or email ghfan@maine.rr.com.
Maine
Audubon January Programs and Trips
Gilsland Farm Public Programs, excerpted list
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.
Programs:
Family Program: Making Tracks: Learning how
to identify and read animal tracks can give you insight
into and a better understanding of the lives of wild
animals. In this program you will learn how to identify
tracks and signs of animals you are likely to see
in your yard. Each child will make a plaster-of-Paris
track of a deer, moose, raccoon or other animal. We
will finish up with a nature walk, using what we've
learned to find and identify tracks and other signs
of wildlife on the sanctuary. Bring your observation
skills and detective's hat as we try to figure out
what the critters have been up to on the sanctuary!
Saturday, January 24, 10-11:30 a.m. Members: $6/adult,
$3/child. Nonmembers: $8/adult, $4/child. Reservations
necessary.
Naturalists' Forum: Avid and beginner naturalists
meet for a program on a different natural history
topic each month. Monday, January 26, 7 p.m., Free.
Nature Walk: Plants in Winter: Naturalists
Bob Bittenbender and Margi Huber will lead this foray
around Gilsland Farm's sanctuary. You'll learn about
different strategies and adaptations plants use to
survive the winter, and tips on how to identify them.
Bring your snowshoes or skis if there's snow! Saturday,
January 31, 10 a.m.-noon, Members: $6/adult, $3/child,
Nonmembers: $8/adult, $4/child. Reservations necessary.
Maine Audubon Trips
Reservations necessary, unless noted. Please call
(207) 781-2330, ext. 215, for itineraries, prices
and other details.
Winter Naturalist's Cruise on Casco Bay
Winter Ecology in the Western Mountains
Wings of Winter: Greater Portland
Wings of Winter: Kennebec River
