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Chicken Pie Sale

Sabbathday Lake Grange will have Chicken Pies for sale on Saturday, January 28th. To order, call Pam Dyer, 657-4612 by Wednesday, January 25th. Price is $7 each or 2 for $12. Pick up between 10 a.m. and noon on the 28th at the Grange Hall on the old Rte 26 in New Gloucester.

Maine Audubon Needs Volunteers to Lead Nature Walks

Maine Audubon needs volunteers on weekdays from January 11 to March 31 to lead one-and-a-half-hour nature explorations at Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth.

No previous knowledge or teaching experience is necessary to lead the explorations, just a love of nature and a desire to share it with others. Volunteers will learn teaching techniques, seasonal changes in plants and animals, and general ecology. Most programs participants are school groups.

Training begins early January. Participation in all the training sessions is encouraged but special arrangements can be made for those who cannot make them. In-depth internships are also available.

For more information or to arrange training, contact program manager Linda Woodard at (207) 781-2330, ext. 213, or lwoodard@maineaudubon.org. For more information on Maine Audubon environmental education programs, trips and volunteer opportunities, please call (207) 781-2330 or visit www.maineaudubon.org.

Children's Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Bowdoin College Library's annual "Children's Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr." will be held Monday, January 16, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., in Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union, on the Bowdoin campus. The program will include a reading by Stacey Jones, Bowdoin's director of first year and multicultural student programs; and activities for kids presented by Rebecca Beck Atkins, director of Brunswick's Studio 48 Performance Art Center and director of the Chocolate Church's youth theater program in Bath. Jones, a member of the Bowdoin Class of 2000, will begin the program with an introduction to the life and times of Dr. King. She will then read Pat Thomas's "The Skin I'm In," an illustrated children's book that encourages kids to be comfortable with people of different races. Atkins will then engage the audience in an activity that promotes finding one's own voice. She will be assisted by Studio 48's Sophia Prose. The program is geared toward kids from late preschool to fifth grade, and is open to the public. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served, and copies of "The Skin I'm In" will be available for sale. For more information call 725-3281.

Blacks in Early New England

Old Fort Western will conduct the program, "Blacks in Early New England" on Monday, January 16, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., in the Learning Gallery at City Hall, 16 Cony Street, Augusta. The program examines the backgrounds, lifestyles, roles and aspirations of African-Americans before and after the American Revolution by engaging the public as participants in six short skits, each of which is based on historical Black New Englanders. By doing the skits and then discussing the similarities and differences between the characters and their situations, participants will better understand the lives and times of Black New Englanders in the 18th century.

The program is open to all ages but is particularly suited for families with children eight years old and older. Participants will read from copies of the skits. No memorization and no true acting skill is required.

Admission to Blacks in Early New England is free. Donations in support of educational programs like this one will be gratefully accepted. Please phone 626-2385 if you intend to participate. Please include your name, phone number and the number of people in your party in any phone message you may leave.

Great Chili And Chowder Challenge

The Great Chili and Chowder Challenge, sponsored by PROP's Foster Grandparent Program, will be held Sunday, February 12, 2006, 12:30-3 p.m. at the Holiday Inn By The Bay, 88 Spring Street, Portland.

Treat your family and friends to a hearty hot lunch of Chili and Chowder from the area's best restaurants and caterers. Over 30 chili and chowder recipes will be available for tasting and then you get to vote for your favorites.

A Special Preview will be held from 11:30 - 12:30 for guests who would like to sample the products and speak with the chefs about their recipes prior to the event's opening to the general public. Tickets to the Preview are limited to 100 people.

Come join the fun, cast your vote for the best chili and chowder Greater Portland has to offer, listen to the music of Northeast Swing and support programming for seniors, children and families with special needs.
Tickets are $17.50 in advance & $20 the day of the event for general admission. Children 12 and under pay their age. Preview tickets are $50.00 and limited to 100 people. Tickets may be purchased at Big Sky Bread Company located at the 536 Deering Avenue and the Portland Public Market locations, or by calling PROP's Foster Grandparent Program at 773-0202. Tickets may also be purchased at the door the day of the event.

Pine Tree Post Card Club

The January meeting of the Pine Tree Post Card Club was not held at the usual first Monday of the month. Weather permitting, we expect to meet on Monday, Feb. 6. 2006 at Cole Farms, upstairs, over the counter area, from 6-7:30 p.m. All are welcome.

Bean Supper

Public baked bean supper at AMVET Hall, New Gloucester, Rt. 100, Upper Village. Saturday, January 21, 5-6 p.m. Adults $6, children, $2. Beans, chop suey, cole slaw, biscuits, hot dogs, pie. FMI call 926-4402.

Recognition Banquet

The Patriot Soccer Club is pleased to announce that it will hold its year-end awards and recognition banquet on Friday, January 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Gray-New Gloucester Middle School. Cake, ice cream, and soft drinks will be served. In the event of a school snow day, the banquet will be held one week later, same time and location.

Baby Girl, Rhonda Ann Bryce was born on 12-26-05 to mother, Lou Ann Bryce and father, Ronald Bryce Jr. of Sebago. Grandparents are Mr. And Mrs. Maffei of Sebago and Mr. And Mrs. Bruce of Buxton.

Baby Girl, Sadie Elizabeth Boyd was born on 12-28-05 to mother, Laurie Boyd and father, Trent Boyd of Buxton. Grandparents are Marie Goupille of Presque Isle and Garnet and Paulette Boyd of Hatfield Pt., New Brunswick, Canada. Great grandparents are Paul and Rita Ganong of Kiertstedvile, New Brunswick, Canada.

Baby Girl, Christy Andrea Mason was born on 12-31-05 to mother, Andrea LaBrecque and father, Larry Mason of Gray. Grandparents are Simone Dugas of Porter and Norman and Dot Mason of Westbrook. Great grandparents are Helen Mason of Portland

Baby Boy, Braiden Shane Roy was born on 12-23-05 to mother, Erica Larson and father, Koren Roy of Gray. Grandparents are Norman and Shonna Roy of Palmyra and Paul and Melanie Shields of Palm Bay, Fl, and Larry and Diana Larson of Littleton, ME. Great grandparents are Marjori White of Brookton and Marion White of Houlton and Paul Shields of Oakfield

"Snowflakes In The Country"

Benefit Country Music Sunday Show on Sunday, January 15th, 2006 from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. At the "Roost" in West Buxton, Maine. Admission will be $5 for Adults, $2.00 for Children under 12. There will be a Chinese Auction 50/50 Drawing. A Food and Cash bar will be open thru out the show. All proceeds to "Benefit the Bus Trip for the "Down East Country Music Association Competitors". For more information please contact.Jackie at 793-8884 or 935-3597