Our Hearty Thanks! The Selectmen of Edgecomb would like it to be known that we are grateful to Eric Wood, Rick Ames and Jeff Townsend of Boothbay, Bob and Dot Sylvester of Damariscotta, Pat Oberuch and young Ricky Tibbetts of Edgecomb, the folks of Rebuilding Together, Bob Hardina of the Edgecomb Congregational Church, and many others for their generous donations of time and materials in a recent major charitable project! Truly, the community has zeroed in on a serious problem, and made life so much better for our neighbors in need.
On Sunday, Oct. 8, at 10:00 a.m., friends of Polly Tompkins will gather for a Memorial Service at the Edgecomb Congregational Church. Dr. Pauline Tompkins, who died last November, was an internationally recognized authority on world education, with particular interest in education for women. She donated the Spring Meadow area along the Cross Point Road to the Boothbay Region Land Trust, and was a general all-‘round good neighbor and friend.
The new Church thrift shop is ready to receive donations of clean usable clothing and accessories, in good repair, both children's and adults, as well as such items as bedding and linens. Please, no knickknacks or decorative items. There simply is not enough space. The shop will be opening in early November. Call Louise Hardina, 563.5236, for details.
The Edgecomb Congo Sunday School will be making harvest wreaths, bookmarks, dog treats and cat toys to raise funds to send to the Gulf Coast to help with caring for animals that have been lost or hurt during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
And in a side note to that, the Marin County Humane Society, where my sister Anni Black works, has been the leading recipient of displaced pets from that storm-ravaged area. She reports that many of the dogs have been reunited with their owners. The real tragedy is the cats.
High school Senior applying for college? You need to know what's expected of you in College Essay Writing. This is a course offered by the Union 74 Adult and Community Education program, for 3 weeks in November, Wednesdays 11/2 , 11/9 and 11/16, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., meeting at Lincoln Academy. The Instructor is Jenny Mayher. Fee, $25.00 Call 563-2811 or e-mail aded74@midcoast.com for more information, or go to www.schoolunion74.org/adulted.htm. You can print a registration form from this website and mail it with your check
The Planning Board will be holding a public hearing Thursday, Oct. 13, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Edgecomb Town Hall to get residents' input into a matter of correcting and clarifying the "grandfathering" language in our present land use ordinance, particularly as it affects subdivisions. If you have plans to subdivide your property for housing, it would be well to attend this hearing and ask your questions, say your say.
A new faith for justice movement, Midcoast Won't Discriminate, invites area singers to join a community chorus preparing a program of music for "Singing for Our Lives: A Community Interfaith Chorus Concert and Hymn Sing for Civil Rights" on Sunday, Oct. 16. Rehearsal and Registration will be Saturday, Oct. 8, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the First Universalist Church, 345 Broadway, in Rockland. Dress rehearsal will be at the John Street Methodist Church in Camden on Sunday, Oct. 16, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., with the performance also there at 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.. For more information, call the Rockland church, 594-8750.
News on the Fort Edgecomb front: Tom Blackford and I met last weekend with wood conservator Molly Carlson of Head Tide and her brother Ed Horvath from Cranberry Island, for a preliminary look-see at the condition of the blockhouse. This work has been laid on by the State's Bureau of Parks and Lands, Historic Sites Division. I'll say more when we know more.
Watching the leaves turn at 234 River Road, 633-2978, bonesukl@midcoast.com. This column appears in several local papers, and at www.Edgecomb.org.