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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.

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.

Free Movie Night

All are welcome to attend Family Movie Night at the Parish House (behind McDonalds Restaurant) on Brown Street in Gray on Saturday evening January 21st. Admission is free. Cartoons will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the main feature beginning at 7 p.m. The cartoons and the movie will be shown on a large wall screen format. Free popcorn and refreshments will be served. As an alternative to the main feature, a children's movie or cartoons will be shown in the downstairs classroom. For more information please contact Bob West at 657-2091. Hope to see you there!

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.

Gray Extension to meet

The Gray Extension will meet on Wednesday, February 1, at the Congregational Church Parish House on Brown start at 10:00 a.m. Bring your favorite craft and instruction to share with others. Those who can stay after the meeting should bring on "brown bag" lunch. Also, remember to bring something for our "white elephant" table. Visitors and new members are always welcome.

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.

Sleigh Rally!

Skyline Farm's annual sleigh rally, driving demonstration and competition is scheduled for Saturday, February 11th (raindate 12th) from 12 - 3. In addition to the Sleigh Rally, Skyline Farm is pleased to announce the opening of their newly constructed Carriage Museum and Visitors' Center featuring their first museum exhibit "Sleighing through Time". Past years' 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; there's something for everyone. The Museum will be open, refreshments are available, and there will be sleigh rides available for an additional fee. It's a fun opportunity for all of us to get out of the house on a winter's day get a taste of what winter driving used to be like. Admission is $5 per person and includes admission to the museum exhibit. The museum exhibit will also be open to the public February 11, 18, & 26 and March 5, 11, 19, and 26th for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info, please email sleighrally@skylinefarm.org or call Mary Gray at 207-829-9908.

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.
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.

Home Show

Saturday and Sunday, February 12-13, 2006. 16th Annual Maine Home, Remodeling and Garden Show at the Cumberland County Civic Center features "Meet the Chefs" cooking series hosted by Portland's Brenda Broder, the popular Home Theater and Automation Pavilion, free Edy's ice cream (noon-2) and super size drawings. Show hours are Sat. 10-7 and Sun. 10-5. Admission: $7 Adults; $5 Seniors (65+); Children under 10 are always free.

Bee aware

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension in cooperation with Pineland Farms will be offering a multi-session beekeeping course on consecutive Tuesday evenings beginning February 28th. Classes will be held at the Pineland Campus in New Gloucester, from 6:30 -8:30 p.m. at the Visitors Center. The title of the course "Successful Beekeeping in Maine" will feature state apiarist Tony Jadczak and experienced beekeeper Bob Egan. The fee for the entire course is $75 per person / couple and covers the cost of the textbook, a bee disease publication, and the beekeepers reference notebook. There will be 5 classroom sessions and a "beekeepers field day" scheduled for June. The course is limited to 25 participants, and enrollment is done on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please call Cooperative Extension at 1-800-287-1471 for registration and additional information. Registrations are due February 20, 2006.

Pancake Breakfast

Poland Fire Rescue Benevolent Association Annual Pancake Breakfast, Sunday February 19th, 7 a.m.-11 a.m. Poland Community School RT.26 Poland, ME. $5 per person, children 6 and under free

Shear those sheep

A hands-on sheep shearing school is planned for Saturday, March 25, 2006 at Sun Rise Acres located at 42 Winn Road in Cumberland, Maine. There is space for 22 individuals to participate. The course fee is $20.00 per participant and includes lunch. The public is invited for free to watch sheep being shorn. The shearing school will be presented from 8:00 a.m. to early afternoon. The school is sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Sheep Breeders Association. Please call Cooperative Extension at 1-800-287-1471 for registration and additional information.

Card of Thanks

Food Drive Thanks

Shaw's annual food drive, the 2005 Spirit of Giving Food Drive, for the first year included 211 Shaw's stores in all 6 New England States. From November 29th through December 16th, customers were invited to purchase a pre-assembled grocery bag of food, valued at $5, $10, or $15. The bags contained products that food bank's reported to be the most needed items and were then delivered to various food banks throughout New England. Good Shepherd Food-Bank in Auburn, Maine received 70 bins filled with bags of food, a total weight of 23,833 pounds. In total, Shaw's collected 1090 bins filled with bags, equaling 388,072 pounds. Good Shepherd Food-Bank would like to extend their grateful appreciation of Shaw's and customer's support during this critical time. Serving more than 540 non-profit agencies and feeding approximately 70,000 people each month statewide, the Food-Bank is one of Maine's largest social service organizations. The donation is estimated to provide nearly 16,000 meals to hungry people through partner agencies which include homeless shelters, soup kitchens, food pantries, and other groups serving families, children, and the elderly in every community in the state.

Royal River Riders say thank you

We want to thank all the people who supported our Annual Christmas Tree Sales this year. A special thank you to Roger Lund for the donation of his time and the use of his truck to transport the trees and to International Paper for the donation of a trailer to haul and store the trees. With the sales this year we will be able to increase our two scholarships we present to a Gray-New Gloucester High School student. Again Thank You All. Royal River Riders, New Gloucester.