Adeste Fideles! The Annual Community Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will be held at the Edgecomb Congregational Church on Sunday, December 24th at 4:00 p.m. The service will begin with "A Festival of Carols," a musical journey through Advent to Christmas. Organist Ruth Bryant will accompany the singing. The service will consist of traditional and contemporary readings and music. Mike Finnegan will sing, as will the Edgecomb Children's Choir under the leadership of Debbie Boucher. All are invited. Everyone is welcome. For transportation, call Bob and Louise Hardina at 563-5236. Leave a message with a phone number
Be sure to go to Damariscotta over the holiday period, to look fondly on the Jake Day dioramas. The Day House is just beyond the church, on the Rte. 130 intersection. The dioramas, from "down home Maine" scenes to fairy castles and the workshop of S. Claus, appear in every window on the ground floor, so you can circumnavigate the building, to your delight!
If you are looking for an unusual Noel-season activity, go to the Lincoln County Community Theater's presentations of "Mrs. Worthington's Party," an independent film whose cinematographer Beecher Cotton grew up in Edgecomb and graduated from Lincoln Academy! His parents, Jack and Joanne, live on Salt Cove Road off the River Road. Lincoln Theater show times continue tomorrow night, Dec. 22, 23 and 27, all at 7:00 p.m.
If your New Year's resolutions are going to include "Try something new for supper," you might implement this vow by trying kid. Kid, goat, "cabrito" as we knew it in Texas, you can order from Gary Balducci's Wishing Well Acres on Route 27 (You know, the place with the llamas and emus!). Don't be in a hurry, though. Gary will reserve an animal for you, to be butchered in the coming fall, and he'll let you know when your meat is ready. It is a heavier flavor than lamb, slightly sweet. Bruce and I like it very much. It is good in curries, in Mexican or Caribbean recipes.
Congratulations, Bob Norton, new member of St. Andrews Healthcare's board of directors! Bob is also Edgecomb's Harbor Master.
March 19 is the deadline for essays inspired by Harper Lee's classic, "To Kill a Mockingbird." The Boothbay Memorial Public Library is participating in the One Book, One Community program next year, in which this essay contest is only one event! The essay topic is Prejudice and Courage, to be illustrated by your own experience and/or reaction to the book, in a narrative essay no longer than 1500 words. Writers of any age, any school grade, even adults completely out of school, may enter. For more information, call Library Director Pat Brunell, 633-3112. Keep your eye on www.bmpl.lib.me.us, the Library's website, and click on "Events" for all their upcoming activities, not only about Mockingbird.
SYSCO Food Services of Northern New England, Inc. is hiring Class A Commercial Drivers for this coming summer, to drive Mondays and Fridays, June through August, their busiest days. If you possess the Class A Commercial license, get in touch with Mrs. Char Jewell, SYSCO's Human Resources Associate, 800-632-4446, ext. 7032 or jewell.charlotte@nne.sysco.com. Hint for younger drivers: The Class A license is a valuable tool for your employment kit, enabling you to get all kinds of driving jobs. Go for it!
And if you think there is enough interest locally, the Selectmen would be glad to arrange a public meeting with Ms. Jewell, to explain SYSCO's new summer hiring program. But you have to let us know. Don't hesitate to call me, see contact info. below.
But be warned: Your genial industrious Selectboard will not meet on December 25 or January 1. We will have our feet up by our respective firesides!
Hauling in the Yule Log at 234 River Road, 633-2978, bonesukl@midcoast.com. This column appears in several local papers, and at www.Edgecomb.org.