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Open House-Health Fair ~Join us at Contours Express, Gray Plaza, Gray, Maine on February 19th from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. for a free health fair. Door Prizes Every Half Hour, Chair Massage, Yoga Classes 9-10:30 & 12-1, Spinal Health Screenings by Marcotte Family Chiropractic, Snacks * Smoothies * Recipes. Free

Open House-Health Fair: Feb. 12 - Windham Therapeutic Massage/Wholistic Journeys' Open House. Free demos, lectures, door prizes. 1 - 4 PM Don Rich Plaza 893-0062 John Amoroso and Lashell Moon are wholistic facilitators with over 20 years of experience serving Central/ Southern Maine. At 3 PM, we will be providing a fun and educational format where you will receive simple, fast, effective ways to enhance health, manage stress and increase vitality. Become acquainted with healing modalities that can be tailored for you. Lashell is a certified Reiki Master, Transformational Breathwork Facilitator and Quantum Touch Healer. John is a Shaman, certified as a Massage Therapist, a Hypnotherapist, a Reiki Master and energy healer. Door prizes include: 2 for 1 and free massage, breathwork, Reiki, Shamanic and energy healing sessions.

Women in Harmony, now in its 11th year, welcomes any woman regardless of experience to join our spring concert season beginning February 8th. It's not too late! If you love to sing, can learn and hold a part and make rehearsals on Tuesdays from 7- 9:15pm at Woodfords Congregational Church, Portland, then please call 829-2136 or visit us at www.wihmaine.org.

Maine Woods Book Discussion Group at Maine Historical Society
Tuesdays, March 8th, April 12th, May 10th, 6:30 p.m.
Join Candace Kanes, MHS Historian, for discussion of three classic Maine books that take the reader into the heart of the Maine Woods. Kanes is also the curator of "Umbazooksus and Beyond: The Maine Woods Remembered," the current exhibition at Maine Historical Society Museum.
Tuesday, March 8th, 6:30 pm
The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Tuesday, April 12th, 6:30 pm
We Took To the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich
Tuesday, May 10th, 6:30 pm
The Allagash by Lew Dietz

Books available at MHS Museum Store. These book discussions are free and open to the public; registration is requested - call 774-1822.

Book sale: The Friends of the New Gloucester Library will be having a Cabin Fever Book and Bake Sale on February 12 (Saturday) from 9-noon. In addition to good food, on sale will be books, videos, games. There will also be a puzzle for everyone to work on. And one of our volunteers would like to challenge you to a game of cribbage. FMI contact the library at 926-4840.

Pot Luck, Spanish style: Hablas español? There's no better way to practice your Spanish than over a good meal. Come join us for monthly Spanish-speaking potluck suppers at Fiddlehead Center for the Arts.

Bring your enthusiasm and something good to eat the second Thursday of every month, 7p.m. (Our first one is for Thursday, February 10th) Adult beginners, intermediate, advanzados and native-speakers are welcomed to share an evening of language-learning and good company. Contact Fiddleheads Center for the Arts for more information:688-2244. Adelante!

Pineland Farms- Weekend Of Ski Activities
Dave February 12th and 13th for a weekend full of great skiing at Pineland Farms. On Saturday, February 12th, Olympian and Master Skier Champion Leslie Krichko returns to Pineland Farms for a half-day skate clinic designed to prepare skiers for the Rangeley Loppet. Clinic size limited to 25, and fee is $25. On February 13th, Pineland continues to celebrate the Valentine's Holiday with the 2nd Annual Central Maine Heart & Vascular Institute (CMHVI) Sweethearts 2x3 Km Relay.

Registration may be done in advance by contacting Lori Munro at 688-4800 or at the Pineland Farms Visitors Center on the day of the event.
Rangeley Loppet Primer registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. CMHVI Sweethearts 2x3 Relay registration will begin at 9:00 a.m. Races start at 10:00 a.m. The fee is $10 per team for the relay.

Held at Pineland Farms Outdoor Center, 15 Farm View Drive, New Gloucester, Maine

Foster Grandparent Volunteer Training
Week of March 14 - 18, 2005
PROP's Foster Grandparent Program has openings for men and women 60 and over interested in becoming a volunteer in York or Cumberland Counties. Foster Grandparents help improve the lives of children with special needs while having a great time and earning some extra money.
Typical assignments include helping children in school with their assignments, reading with toddlers in child development centers, and visiting families in their homes to offer support.

Foster Grandparents who are income eligible may earn tax-free income while volunteering twenty hours a week in their community, sharing their knowledge and skills. Foster Grandparents are also eligible for paid vacations and sick leave, holidays, assistance with meals and travel, an annual physical, pre-service training, supervision and recognition.
To participate in Foster Grandparent next training session, March 14-18, call 773 - 0202.

GNG Optimist Club: Sweets for the Sweet! The Gray-New Gloucester Optimist Club would like to invite you and your children to the Gray Public Library on February 5 for a special story time and yummy Valentine's craft project. The Optimists will be there providing cookies for the children to decorate, one for themselves and one to brighten up someone else's day. As in years past, the "extra" decorated cookies will be delivered to residents at Gray Manor and Appletree Village. Please join us at the library's story time at 10:00 a.m., cookie decorating to follow.

Sleigh Rally! Skyline Farm's annual sleigh rally, driving demonstration and competition is scheduled for Saturday, February 12th from 12 - 3:30. Past year's rallies have seen horses and drivers from as far away as Vermont coming to play in the snow at Skyline Farm. But the event isn't just for the drivers; it's open to everyone. With the Museum open and refreshments available it's a fun opportunity for all of us to get out of the house on a winter's day. Come and get a taste of what winter driving used to be like! Horse drawn vehicle rides will also be available.

For more info, please email sleighrally@skylinefarm.org or call Mary Gray at 207-829-9908.

Four Chaplains Service: It is once again time to celebrate the gift of their lives the four chaplains gave to save troops on the U.S. troop ship Dorchester.

The family of The Gray American Legion Post #86; Legion, Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion, cordially invite you to attend the Four Chaplains Service at our Post home. The time and place for the story to be told is February 6, 10 p.m. upstairs at 15 Lewiston Rd., Gray. It is not a lengthy story but a very moving one and our Auxiliary will kindly serve refreshments following the service. For more information please call Terry Prince-Tarsetti, 657-4235. Thank you.

Valentine Party! The New Gloucester Bible Church would like to invite your child to a Valentine Party on Saturday, February 12, from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. at the New Gloucester Bible Church Fellowship Hall for ages 5 - 12. We will have a Valentine Bible Story, Songs, Fun and Games, Prizes, and Yummy Snacks. Bring a friend! It's Free! No pre-registration required. Just come and join the fun! For more information please call Pastor Dan at 926-3140.
218 Lewiston Road, New Gloucester.

Sand for Seniors: Attention senior citizens! Are you tired of having to watch your footing as you walk from your house to your car this winter? The Gray-New Gloucester High School Octagon Club is offering a free service that provides having a student sand your driveway/walkway, you can call Chelsea Goldstein-Walsh at 657-3428. Leave a message if no one is available and someone will get back to you shortly. The service is free.

Finding Your Female Ancestors ~ Genealogy Workshop at Maine Historical Society

Saturday, March 19, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon Are you searching for the maiden name of a female ancestor? Or trying to discover who her parents were? Did you know that most married women from Italy are listed under their maiden names on passenger lists? Or that many Irish women traveled to the U.S. alone? Join genealogist Kathy Bolduc Amoroso for this indispensable genealogy workshop. Learn how to find women in historical records and fill in the female branches of your family tree.

Registration requested - call 774-1822. Fee: $25. 489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101. 207-774-1822. www.mainehistory.org The Maine Historical Society promotes the understanding and enjoyment of Maine history.

Hebron Academy announces the Middle School Honor Roll
for the Fall Trimester, 2004-2005. Hebron's Middle School includes grades six through eight.
Highest Honors (A- Average Or Higher)
Claire Cummings (Norway)
Thomas Cummings (Norway)
Lydia Drown (Leeds)
Polly Drown (Leeds)
Andrew James Keith (Bethel)
High Honors (B+ Average Or Higher)
ChloË Bergman-Ray (West Paris)
Benjamin Blais (Auburn)
Bess Curtis (Turner)
Sarah Fensore (New Gloucester)
Kelly Phillips (Auburn)
Cameron Thurston (Bethel)
Honors (B Average Or Higher)
Jack Brink (Bethel)
Devon Brown (Newry)
Tiffany Levesque (Lewiston)
Eve Miller (Freeport)
Mary Randall (New Gloucester)
Lucas Schandelmeier (Newry)
Caela Waite (Turner)

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