Community Calendar – 9/15
Upcoming events
Volunteer orientation and training, Wednesday, Sep.
15, 6-8 p.m., Equest Therapeutic Riding Center, Lyman, for those
interested in helping out at the therapeutic riding facility. Prior
horse experience not necessary. Pre-registration required. Call
Kristen Gould at (985-0374 or e-mail kgould@equestmaine.org.
Native orchids, is the topic for Ossippee Meadows
Garden Club meeting, open to the public, Thursday, Sept.16, 7 p.m.,
Waterboro Town Hall, 24 Townhouse Road, East Waterboro. After brief
business meeting, John Mattor of Bar Mills will speak about native
orchids of Maine. Some 47 species of orchids grow naturally in
Maine and Mattor has found and photographed more than 30 of them.
For more information, call 636-6292.
Barn Gallery artist talk with Conrad Marvin and
Lewis Woodama, Thursday, Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m. corner of Shore Road
and Bourne Lane, Ogunquit. The artists will discuss technique and
imagery in photography and sculpture. Free and open to the public.
Call 646-8400 for more information.
Shaker Valley Squares, start dancing Friday Sept.
17, 6:30 p.m., Alfred Town Hall. Round dance lessons first with
Betty Anne Brown as instructor, followed by an evening of
alternating square and round dance tips by Betty Anne and Skip
Brown of Portland. For more information call Betty at
324-7650.
Craft Fair, Saturday, Sept. 18, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.,
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church, 55 Church St., Lyman. Cake
plates, jewelry, quilts, Christmas decorations, pocketbooks, bake
sale and luncheon. Rental space still available. Call Carol at
499-7531.
“Marketing your Masterpiece, internet marketing resource center for the
Artist” seminar with Mary Bullock, Saturday, Sept. 18, 9
a.m.-3 p.m., Nasson Community Center, Springvale. Cost to
pre-register is $60 or $75 at the door. Call 490-1487, or e-mail to
marybullock2@juno.com to register. Go online to www.marybullock.com
for more information about the seminar.
Mustang 5K, Saturday, Sept. 18, 10 a.m.,
Massabesic High School, 88 West Road, South Waterboro. Free Kids
Fun Run after the 5K. Race day registration will be held 8:30-9:30
a.m. Call T.J. Hesler at 247-3141 or e-mail
thomas_j_hesler@fc.sad57.k12.me.us
A program on bats, with speaker Tom “Batman”
Cowland, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m., Mather Auditorium of the Wells
Reserve at Laudholm Farm, 342 Laudholm Farm Road, Wells, sponsored
by York County Audubon. Free.
Veterans Peer-to-Peer Education Program, for
veterans interested in achieving and maintaining wellness, and
Family to Family Education Program, for family members and
significant others of vets suffering from brain injury,
post-traumatic stress or other mental illnesses, begin Wednesday,
Sept. 22 . To register for Peer-to Peer, call Kim, 363-3429, or
Sue, 363-2458; for Family-to Family, call Richard Lowe, 457-5458;
or Marilyn Graham, 457-5458.
Open house and resource fair, Food for Life, the
Waterboro food pantry, Thursday, Sept. 23, from 4-7 p.m.,, St.
Stephen’s Episcopal Church. 424 Sokokis Trail (Route 5), opposite
Lakeside Market.
Barn Gallery artist talk with members of the
Ogunquit Art Association, Thursday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., corner of
Shore Road and Bourne Lane. Free and open to the public. Call
646-8400 for more information.
Red Cross blood drive, Saturday, Sept. 25, 9
a.m.-2 p.m., Libby & Son U-Picks farm, Limerick. Donors may
make an appointment to give blood by calling the Red Cross at 1-800
RED CROSS or by going online at http://bit.ly/8ZCzFZ.
Pianist Laura Kargul, director of keyboard studies
at the University of Southern, in concert, with works by Schumann
and Chopin, Saturday, Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m., Sanford-Springvale
Historical Society Museum, 505 Main St., Springvale. Admission,
$15 for adults, $10 for students, and under 12 free when
accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available at the door or by
calling 324-2797. Seating is limited. Sponsored by the historical
society.
Cornish Apple Festival, Saturday, Sept. 25, 9
a.m.-4:30 p.m., Thompson Park, Cornish Village, Route 25. Sponsored
by the Cornish Association of Businesses. Features include apples
and apple products, vendors, live music and other entertainment,
apple pie baking contest and auction, raffles, road race, public
supper at the Cornish United Church of Christ and the Apple Acres
Farm Bluegrass Gathering.
EcoSports Day, rain or shine on Sunday, Sept. 26,
10 a.m.-3 p.m., Wells Reserve at Laudholm, 342 Laudholm Farm Road,
Wells. The Laudholm 5K Trail Run and 2.5K Walk kicks off the day,
with registration at 9. For more information, visit
wellsreserve.org or call 646-4521.
Rock ‘n’ Roll dance to benefit Ronald McDonald
House, Saturday, Oct. 2, 7-midnight, American Legion Hall,
Route 9, Kennebunkport. Tickets are $10. BYOB. Call Bruce at
284-4692 for more information.
Trip to “Magic of Christmas,” in Portland, with
lunch at Great Wall Buffet, Friday, Dec. 17, 2 p.m. Sponsored by
York County Retired Educators. Cost is $81 for transportation,
concert, lunch, all taxes and tips. Deadline for reservations, Oct.
5. Seats are limited. For more information, call Freda at 363-4763,
Rita at 324-3543 or Fern at 361-4270.
Book sale, Newfield Village Library through
October during regular library hours at the Municipal Building, 637
Water St. Hundreds of titles, including popular fiction, young
adult, children’s and non-fiction. Hard covers, $1.50, paperbacks,
50 cents. Library hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
(closed 11:45-1); Tuesday, 6-7:45 p.m.; Wednesday, 1-4:45 p.m.; and
the first Saturday of the month, 9-11:45 a.m.
Support/spirituality
Ross Corner Church, at the intersection of the West Road,
Newfield Road, Ross Corner Road and the Gore Road, Wednesday prayer
meeting, 7 p.m.; Sunday, Bible study, 9:30 a.m., followed by
worship service at 10:30 a.m.; music ministry and choir practice
Thursday, 7 p.m. For more information, call Pastor Dave Dickinson
490-5620 or Ed Stubbs 247-4716.
Shapleigh Baptist Church, 600 Shapleigh Corner
Road, Sunday School for all ages begins at 9:30 a.m., with worship
service following at 11. Children’s program, Awana, is every Sunday
from 6-7:30 p.m. for those in grades 3-6. Youth group for grades
7-12 is Sunday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Call 636-1662 or visit
www.shapleighbaptistchurch.org for more information.
Celebrate Recovery Support Group, a Christian
12-step program for those with drug, alcohol and/or sexual
addictions, co-dependancy, eating disorders and
obsessive/compulsive disorders. Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Call
929-6817 for location and more information.
Multiple Sclerosis support group, meets monthly on
the third Thursday of each month, 7-9 p.m. at Goodall Hospital. For
more information, please call Nancy at 324-3907. Friends, family
and caregivers are welcome.
Al-Anon meetings, held every Friday from 7-8:30
p.m. at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, Dora Lane, Limerick.
Entrance in back, lower level.
Al-Anon family group meetings, held throughout York County. For
times and locations, call 1-800-498-1844 or visit www.maineafg.org.
Al Anon Family Group meetings offer opportunities to share
thoughts, feelings, ask questions, or just listen.
Chronic Pain Support Group of Southern Maine,
meets the first and third Thursday of the month, 6-7:30 p.m., David
Howe Hospitality Room at Pinewood at The Pines Retirement Community
at 20 Manor St. in Old Orchard Beach. Meetings are free and open to
all who cope with chronic pain. Family and friends are also
welcome. Call Evelyn at 937-5020, or Jane at 934-4189, for more
information.
National Alliance on Mental Illness, support group
meets the first and third Thursday of every month, 7-9 p.m., at
North Parish Congregational Church on the second floor of the Robie
Education Building, 893 Main St., Sanford. Elevator available. The
group is intended for individuals who experience mental illness,
their friends and families. For more information, call Marilyn or
Dick at 457-5458.
Alzheimer’s Support Group, meets monthly on the
first Wednesday, from 7-9 p.m., and the third Wednesday, from
10-11:30 a.m., at the Pavilion at Goodall Hospital. Call
490-7651.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly, No. 346 of Hollis Center
every Wednesday at the Hollis Community Building, Route 35, Town
Farm Road. Weigh-in, 5-6 p.m., and meetings, 6-7 p.m. For more
information, call Bev at 727-4890. TOPS 1-800-932-8677.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly, No. 230 of Waterboro
meets every Tuesday at the Town Hall Annex. Weigh-in is from
5:30-6:30 p.m., meeting is from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly, No. 211 in Lyman meets
at Goodwin Mills United Methodist Church, 55 Church St., Lyman.
Weigh-in from 4:30-6:15 p.m., the meeting is from 6:30-7:30 p.m.,
every Thursday. Call 499-2111.
We Love To Eat
Chili, Chowder & Apple Dessert Contest, Saturday,
Sept. 18, Waterboro Center Fire Station. Judging starts at 4:45
p.m., followed by public tasting. Winners will be announced and
prizes awarded in all three categories at 6. To support the society
and enter a favorite dish at no charge, area cooks and
restaurateurs should call Dianne Holden at 247-5926.
Pancake breakfasts, Saturday, Sept. 25 and Sunday,
Sept. 26, 8:30-11 a.m., Dining Commons of the York County Shelter
Programs across from the Bakery at Notre Dame, Alfred. Menu
includes pancakes, juice, bacon and coffee and tea. Minimum
donation is $6 for those age 12 and older and $4 for children 3-11.
Children under 3 years old eat for free. Sept. 25, breakfast
benefits the children of the York County Shelter Programs. Sept. 26
breakfast will benefit the Olszewski family and the Joey Olszewski
Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Bean supper, first Saturday of the month, 4:30-6
p.m., Waterboro Fire Department, Central Station, Sokokis Road,
Waterboro. Baked beans, ham, hot dogs, dinner rolls, chop suey,
cole slaw, beverages and dessert. $7, $5.
Senior Get Together Lunch, first Tuesday of the
month, Massabesic Medical Center, Route 202/4, South Waterboro.
Sponsored by Massabesic Lions Club. Lunch starts with a program at
noon. Free.
Food pantry, every Wednesday from 6-7 p.m.; free
supper, every Friday, 6:30 p.m., followed by a youth group at 8
p.m. for ages 12 and up, Faith Christian Center 143 Washington St.,
Limerick. For more information, call 793-8444.
St. Matthew’s Food Pantry, Limerick, first Monday
of the month from 7 – 9 p.m., first and third Tuesday and second
Friday of each month, 10 a.m.- noon. Call 637-2013.
The Shapleigh Food Pantry is open Thursdays from
11 a.m. to noon to the elderly, those on a fixed income, unemployed
with few financial resources, or low income. The pantry is at the
Shapleigh First Baptist Church at 600 Shapleigh Corner Road. For
more information, call Ruth Ham at 636-2843, ext. 406, and leave a
message.
St. Stephen’s Food For Life Pantry, St. Stephen’s
the Martyr Episcopal Church, 424 Sokokis Trail, East Waterboro, is
open every Wednesday from 2-5 p.m. For more information, call
247-6458.
Senior luncheons, second and fourth Thursday of
each month at the Ossipee Mountaineers Snowmobile Club at noon.
Sponsored by Southern Maine Agency on Aging and Waterboro Parks and
Recreation.
HEALTH & WELFARE
Seeking wheelchair, hospital bed, or any other medical equipment
that was loaned by the Massabesic Lions Club. If you no longer need
the equipment, arrange to return so that others can use the
equipment. Call Herb at 247-5496, or Al at 247-3441.
Child care community education classes, offered by Goodall Hospital
and Alliance for Healthy Families. Visit www.goodallhospital.org or
call 490-7008.
Corner Cupboard non-food pantry, dispenses essential paper
products, hygiene and cleaning products to individuals in need on
the third Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the
Sanford Unitarian Universalist Church, 5 Lebanon St. in
Sanford.
