Christmas Melodies Singspiration
The East Ridge Union Church of Mars Hill invites everyone to a Christmas Melodies Singspiration on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 3 p.m. Featured singers will include East Ridge special singers and friends, Julie Shaw, Stan Harris, Gail Watson, Eric and Marla Mean, the Kinney Trio, local 4-H kids and the Calvin Shaw family.
All are welcome to enjoy the music and refreshments to follow. This will be a wonderful event to enjoy to mark the true reason we celebrate Christmas.
Rotary Club
The Mars Hill Rotary Club met on Tuesday morning at the Aroostook Health Center. Terry Leniham, Rotary District Governor, spoke to the group as he visits each club in District 7810.
He spoke of the Group Study Exchange, a group of young professionals that will visit South Africa this year for a couple of weeks. He also spoke about the Rotary Foundation and the Literacy Project, urging each Rotarian to get involved locally, regionally and internationally. This year’s District Conference will be held in June 2008 in Bathhurst, N.B.
John Farra, vice president of Maine Winter Sports Center, spoke to the group about the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle and the 10th Mountain Center in Fort Kent. The mission of the group is to re-establish skiing as a lifestyle in Maine.
Dec.15-16, 2007, will see the TAMC/TD Banknorth Eastern Cup at the Nordic Heritage Center (visit www.nordicheritagecenter.org for info). Other events to be held at the Maine facilities will be the Maine State Biathlon Club Championships on March 22/23, 2008, at Fort Kent (visit www.10thmtnskiclub.org) and the Aroostook Youth Ski Festival on March 8, 2008, in Caribou (visit www.northernskiers.org).
Future events will be the World Cup in Fort Kent in 2009 and the Junior Biathlon in Presque Isle in 2010.
There will be a special supper/roast honoring Rotarian Doctor Eric Nicholas on Jan. 11, 2008. Tickets will be $12. Tickets can be purchased at the Mars Hill, Blaine or Westfield town offices.
Winterfest
The Winterfest Committee is planning on selling cookies at the Holiday Concerts to be held at the high school on Thursday, Dec. 6, for the Jr-Sr High School and on Dec. 13 for the elementary students.
Anyone willing to make cookies for the group is asked to contact Peggy Robinson at 429-9409.
Tuesday Book Club
The Tuesday Book Club has selected “The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver as its current reading selection. The voices of four sisters and their mother tell the story of their lives in the Congo from 1959-1998. All are caught in Reverend Nathan Price’s determination to “enlighten the savages and rule his family with strict biblical sanctions” in a remote village of the Congo.
The Tuesday Book Club will meet next on Dec. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Walter T.A. Hansen Memorial Library. All are welcome, as we continue to take turns making book selections. For more information, please contact Rita Kingsbury at 429-9359.
Reading Hour
There will be a Reading Hour for children ages third grade and up on Thursdays from 3:30-4:30 p.m. The first book will be “Goosed” by Bill Wallace. This program will run every Thursday at the library.
Book sale
The Walter T. A. Hansen Memorial Library is having a book sale. Cost for the books is .50 for hard covers and .25 for paperbacks. There are also bags available to fill for $5.
Old and new copyrights for adult and children are available. Fiction, nonfiction, westerns, science fiction and romance are among those currently on hand. There are also children’s books for sale, so plan to stop and check things out. Stock up now for your winter reading! Monetary donations will also be accepted.
Community Cupboard change
Due to Christmas falling after the regularly scheduled second distribution date in the month, the date will be changed to Dec. 18. The cupboard is open from 6-8 p.m.
The Community Cupboard’s usual distribution dates and times are the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The second Tuesday is open from 1-3 p.m.; the fourth Tuesday is open from 6-8 p.m. The cupboard services the towns of Easton, Westfield, Mars Hill, Blaine and Bridgewater. For more information, please contact Cathy Cropley at 429-8043.
Bridgewater Sesquicentennial
The Bridgewater Sesquicentennial Committee will meet on Monday, Dec. 10, ay 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgewater Community Building. If you regularly attend the meetings, please note the change in time.
The Committee is comprised of members of the general public, the BCA Reunion Committee, the Bridgewater Historical Association, Bridgewater Fire Department and Bridgewater Recreation Department.
Plans are being developed for a combined celebration in 2008 of Bridgewater’s Sesquicentennial and the next BCA Reunion. Anyone interested is invited to attend the meeting. For more information, contact Mike
Crawford at 764-0202.
BHA book sale
Would you like to give something special this Christmas? How about a copy of “The History of Bridgewater.” To raise money for their sesquicentennial events, the Bridgewater Historical Association has copies of the book, “The History of Bridgewater,” by Annie Rideout for sale. The book has a hard cover and sells for $35 each ($29 plus $6 S/H). To avoid the shipping costs, books can be picked up at a BHA meeting.
During the winter, the BHA meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Civic Center on Main Street in Bridgewater. Only prepaid orders will be accepted. For more information, contact Denis Gagne at 429-8290 or Jann Votaw at 425-7901. Orders with a check for $35 can also be sent to: Bridgewater Historical Association, P. O. Box 341, Bridgewater, ME 04735. Information on the BHA can also be found at www.bridgewatermaine.org.
Ladies’ Stitch & *itch Group
The Bridgewater Recreation Department has formed a Ladies’ Stitch & ‘itch Group. The group meets every other Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgewater Civic Building. Ladies of all ages are invited to attend. There is no charge to attend. The group will meet on Dec. 18.
This is an opportunity to bring whatever you are working on: cross-stitch, embroidery, scrapbooking, sewing, etc., and share good conversation while working on your favorite project. If you do not have anything to bring, that’s OK too, as others will be willing share and teach.
All are welcome – you don’t have to be a Bridgewater resident to participate, so bring your friends, too! For more information, contact Chris Finemore at 425-6606.
Tomi Henderson is the correspondent for Mars Hill, Blaine, Bridgewater and Westfield. She can be reached at 429-9126 or e-mail tomihen@yahoo.com.
