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Audubon sponsoring birding field trip
York County Audubon is sponsoring a birding field trip of southern York County, Cape Neddick to Fort Foster, on Saturday, Jan. 30. Meet at Cape Neddick at 8 a.m. Contact Pat Moynahan at 284-5487 or visit www.yorkcountyaudubon.org for more information.
Saco Democrats plan Jan. 31 caucus
Saco Democrats will gather for their 2010 City Caucus Sunday, Jan. 31, at Fairfield School on Beach Street in Saco. Doors will be open from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. for caucus registration and social hour. Light refreshments will be provided by the Saco Democratic City Committee at this free community event.
At 1:30 p.m. doors will close and official caucus business begins. All registered Saco Democrats are invited to attend and take part in this bi-yearly function. Unregistered and unenrolled Saco residents may register and enroll in the Democratic Party from 1 to 1:30 p.m. and take part in the caucus.
All Democratic candidates for governor have been invited to attend. The afternoon program involves brief speeches by candidates and office holders, election of delegates to the state convention, as well as election of poll workers and representatives to the York County Democratic Committee.
The election of officers to serve on the Saco Democratic City Committee for two-year terms will take place 7 p.m., Feb. 9, at Saco City Hall. The Democratic Party’s state convention will take place on the weekend of May 22 in Lewiston. On June 8, the party will hold a primary to choose its nominee for governor.
H1N1 flu clinic in Biddeford Saturday
Southern Maine Medical Center and SMMC Visiting Nurses will hold an H1N1 (swine flu) clinic on Saturday at the Biddeford Middle School, 25 Tiger Drive (off Hill Street). The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to noon, and is open to everyone age 3 and older. No appointment is necessary.
Participants should bring a health insurance card. Shots will be given at no charge to those who are uninsured or whose insurance does not cover the full cost of vaccinations.
For more information, call 283-6868 or visit www.smmcvisitingnurses.org.
Adult education offers new classes
OOB/Saco Adult and Community Education is offering several new classes. They include:
Exercises in Peacefulness, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Jan. 25 to Feb. 22, $59.
Introduction to Yoga, 6:30 to 8 p. m., Jan. 25 to March 8, $69.
Introduction to Encaustic Painting, 6 to 8 p.m., Jan. 25 to Feb. 8, $64.
Beginning Guitar, 6 to 7 p.m., Jan. 28 to March 25, $89.
GED Orientation Session, Feb. 3. Sessions begin the first Wednesday of the month from 5 to 7:30 p.m. for three consecutive Wednesdays.
Call 934-7922 or go to www.oobsaco.maineadulted.org for more information.
Bridge classes offered at 50+ Club
Beginner’s bridge classes will be offered starting Feb. 4 by the Biddeford 50+ Club in the Ross Center TV room.
The course covers rules of bridge, the basics of the modern standard American bidding system and guidelines on the best ways to take the most tricks possible. Classes will be 1 to 1:30 p.m. on Thursdays through April 8. Cost is $25 for residents and $35 for non-residents. For more information, call Debbie or Stephanie at 282-5005.
Rotary Clubs seek items for TV auction
The two Rotary Clubs in the Biddeford-Saco-OOB area are soliciting business owners and organizations for the annual televised auction, noon to 9 p.m. on March 21. The event will feature 410 auction items.
Any business or organization able to donate an item with a value of at least $50 for the “quickie boards” or at least $250 for the “big boards” is asked to contact a Rotarian or call Christopher Jacques at 542-6916.
Thornton students plan concert tonight
A performing arts concert featuring Thornton Academy students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades is scheduled for today. It is free and open to the public and will take place at Garland Auditorium on the Thornton campus in Saco at 7 p.m.
The event will feature the sixth-grade Gold Band, the seventh- and eighth-grade Maroon Band, the seventh-grade African percussion group and the full TAMS Chorus, which includes students in sixth- through eighth-grades.
Students will perform selections from “The Wizard of Oz” and play ukeleles as well as hand-made instruments from West Africa.
Club sponsors lunch mystery trip Feb. 26
The Biddeford 50+ Club is sponsoring a mystery trip from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 26.
Participants will meet at the Marden’s parking lot at 11 a.m. to depart for the mystery location. Lunch will include a soup of the day, choice of baked stuffed haddock, chicken with apple stuffing or meatloaf, mashed potatoes and butternut squash, chocolate cake, rolls, butter, coffee and tea.
Cost is $29 per person with payment due at registration. Seating is limited to 45 bus participants. For more information, contact Debbie or Stephanie at 282-5005.
Lecture series features songwriter
The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library in Kennebunkport kicks off its 2010 monthly Pasco Lecture Series with songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Harvey Reid, Sunday at 2 p.m.
In 1996, Acoustic Guitar Magazine voted Reid’s album “Steel Drivin’ Man” to its list “10 Essential Folk CD’s of All Time,” which included the likes of Woody Guthrie and Joan Baez. Guitar Player Magazine has called Reid “a giant of the steel strings.”
Reid has just published a 102-page book and 13-song CD called, “The Wreck of the Isidore.” The book and songs recount a tragic shipwreck when all 16 men aboard the Isidore perished along Bald Head Cliffs in Cape Neddick during the winter of 1842. The entire crew – from the 15 year-old cabin boy to the 53-year old cook – hailed from Kennebunk.
York County Audubon is sponsoring a birding field trip of southern York County, Cape Neddick to Fort Foster, on Saturday, Jan. 30. Meet at Cape Neddick at 8 a.m. Contact Pat Moynahan at 284-5487 or visit www.yorkcountyaudubon.org for more information.
Saco Democrats plan Jan. 31 caucus
Saco Democrats will gather for their 2010 City Caucus Sunday, Jan. 31, at Fairfield School on Beach Street in Saco. Doors will be open from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. for caucus registration and social hour. Light refreshments will be provided by the Saco Democratic City Committee at this free community event.
At 1:30 p.m. doors will close and official caucus business begins. All registered Saco Democrats are invited to attend and take part in this bi-yearly function. Unregistered and unenrolled Saco residents may register and enroll in the Democratic Party from 1 to 1:30 p.m. and take part in the caucus.
All Democratic candidates for governor have been invited to attend. The afternoon program involves brief speeches by candidates and office holders, election of delegates to the state convention, as well as election of poll workers and representatives to the York County Democratic Committee.
The election of officers to serve on the Saco Democratic City Committee for two-year terms will take place 7 p.m., Feb. 9, at Saco City Hall. The Democratic Party’s state convention will take place on the weekend of May 22 in Lewiston. On June 8, the party will hold a primary to choose its nominee for governor.
H1N1 flu clinic in Biddeford Saturday
Southern Maine Medical Center and SMMC Visiting Nurses will hold an H1N1 (swine flu) clinic on Saturday at the Biddeford Middle School, 25 Tiger Drive (off Hill Street). The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to noon, and is open to everyone age 3 and older. No appointment is necessary.
Participants should bring a health insurance card. Shots will be given at no charge to those who are uninsured or whose insurance does not cover the full cost of vaccinations.
For more information, call 283-6868 or visit www.smmcvisitingnurses.org.
Adult education offers new classes
OOB/Saco Adult and Community Education is offering several new classes. They include:
Exercises in Peacefulness, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Jan. 25 to Feb. 22, $59.
Introduction to Yoga, 6:30 to 8 p. m., Jan. 25 to March 8, $69.
Introduction to Encaustic Painting, 6 to 8 p.m., Jan. 25 to Feb. 8, $64.
Beginning Guitar, 6 to 7 p.m., Jan. 28 to March 25, $89.
GED Orientation Session, Feb. 3. Sessions begin the first Wednesday of the month from 5 to 7:30 p.m. for three consecutive Wednesdays.
Call 934-7922 or go to www.oobsaco.maineadulted.org for more information.
Bridge classes offered at 50+ Club
Beginner’s bridge classes will be offered starting Feb. 4 by the Biddeford 50+ Club in the Ross Center TV room.
The course covers rules of bridge, the basics of the modern standard American bidding system and guidelines on the best ways to take the most tricks possible. Classes will be 1 to 1:30 p.m. on Thursdays through April 8. Cost is $25 for residents and $35 for non-residents. For more information, call Debbie or Stephanie at 282-5005.
Rotary Clubs seek items for TV auction
The two Rotary Clubs in the Biddeford-Saco-OOB area are soliciting business owners and organizations for the annual televised auction, noon to 9 p.m. on March 21. The event will feature 410 auction items.
Any business or organization able to donate an item with a value of at least $50 for the “quickie boards” or at least $250 for the “big boards” is asked to contact a Rotarian or call Christopher Jacques at 542-6916.
Thornton students plan concert tonight
A performing arts concert featuring Thornton Academy students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades is scheduled for today. It is free and open to the public and will take place at Garland Auditorium on the Thornton campus in Saco at 7 p.m.
The event will feature the sixth-grade Gold Band, the seventh- and eighth-grade Maroon Band, the seventh-grade African percussion group and the full TAMS Chorus, which includes students in sixth- through eighth-grades.
Students will perform selections from “The Wizard of Oz” and play ukeleles as well as hand-made instruments from West Africa.
Club sponsors lunch mystery trip Feb. 26
The Biddeford 50+ Club is sponsoring a mystery trip from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 26.
Participants will meet at the Marden’s parking lot at 11 a.m. to depart for the mystery location. Lunch will include a soup of the day, choice of baked stuffed haddock, chicken with apple stuffing or meatloaf, mashed potatoes and butternut squash, chocolate cake, rolls, butter, coffee and tea.
Cost is $29 per person with payment due at registration. Seating is limited to 45 bus participants. For more information, contact Debbie or Stephanie at 282-5005.
Lecture series features songwriter
The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library in Kennebunkport kicks off its 2010 monthly Pasco Lecture Series with songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Harvey Reid, Sunday at 2 p.m.
In 1996, Acoustic Guitar Magazine voted Reid’s album “Steel Drivin’ Man” to its list “10 Essential Folk CD’s of All Time,” which included the likes of Woody Guthrie and Joan Baez. Guitar Player Magazine has called Reid “a giant of the steel strings.”
Reid has just published a 102-page book and 13-song CD called, “The Wreck of the Isidore.” The book and songs recount a tragic shipwreck when all 16 men aboard the Isidore perished along Bald Head Cliffs in Cape Neddick during the winter of 1842. The entire crew – from the 15 year-old cabin boy to the 53-year old cook – hailed from Kennebunk.
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