Note from Edgecomb's CEO Dabney Lewis to Town Hall personnel: "Figured out the strange noise I was hearing in the ceiling was a Bull Frog tapping our window. Took him back across the parking lot."
The Edgecomb Fire Department and Fire Chief Barry Johnston wish to thank the grand cooks and organizers of the Edgecomb Congregational Church for the fine dinner in their benefit held last Saturday, Sept. 18. Your support by good food and good company as well as funds raised, is greatly valued and appreciated.
Remember the TIF? Town officers are still looking at this project. The minutes for several public meetings are available to one and all on the Edgecomb website www.Edgecomb.org. The links can be found on its main page, but here they are, for your convenience. The initial meeting of the Planning Board with the Selectmen in June, www.edgecomb.org/selectboard/pbminutes20040607j.htm, and two meetings of the Selectmen with the Planning Board and the Budget Committee, the one in August, www.edgecomb.org/selectboard/minutes20040805.htm, and the one just recently in September, www.edgecomb.org/selectboard/minutes20040907p.htm. Further meetings are going to be scheduled, as well as public hearings. Come back to the website to keep in touch with developments!
Concerning my last column's item about the Disk Golf Tournament in "support of the fighting men in Iraq," U.S. Army Specialist Stephanie Wood writes, "a friendly reminder that women are an essential part of the U.S. Armed Forces, too. ...I drive in military convoys all over Iraq, and have actually seen and participated in combat." Yes, ma'am! Rectified right away, ma'am! And as I replied to her e-mail, "Keep as safe and well as you can. Edgecomb is behind you!"
Once again, the Lincoln Home's employee of the month is an Edgecombite. Amy Donnelly is the Home's activity director. Meanwhile, back on September 4, Carla Carver won the World Mountain Bike Championship, Masters Division, at Bromont, Quebec. Her time was 1:03:02.
The Sheepscot Valley Chorus is looking for new voices for its 25th year of Christmas and Easter concert performances. Director Linda Blanchard can be reached at 549-4010. Rehearsals are on Tuesdays, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Wiscasset's First Congregational Church on High Street. According to chorus alto Zibette Dean on the River Road, the 16th century "Gloria" by Giovanni Gabrieli requires a triple chorus, so more voices are definitely needed! No audition is necessary. Just wander in and start singing!
An opportunity for Schmid Preserve volunteers, or anyone who expects to be using a chainsaw this fall: The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is holding a hands-on chainsaw safety class on Saturday, Oct. 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the CMBG grounds. $20 members, $25 non-members. The presenter will be Thomas Heorth, City Arborist for Bath, Maine, with special guest Mark Minkley, District Forester for Bath, England! If you have a chainsaw, and/or any protective gear, please bring it. Call 633-4333 for details and possible rain date.
If you're stocking up on birdseed, get in touch with the Pemaquid Watershed Association who are making up their annual bulk order. Orders must be received by October 1; pick-up at the Lincoln County Publishing Offices in Newcastle on October 9. Call 563-2196 to order.
Next Tuesday, for me, will be kind of breathless. I will be giving a brief talk on Fort Edgecomb for the Knox-Lincoln Extension Association at their Waldoboro office at 9:30 a.m. Then, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., I'll be at the Open House for the new Eddy School Apartments, our fondly-remembered former school, now transformed by Eldercare Network into a spiffy apartment complex for the elderly. Come and join me!
Practicing for the 100-inch dash at 234 River Road, 633-2978, bonesukl@midcoast.com. This column appears in several local papers, and at www.Edgecomb.org.