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Friday, January 27, 2017
Volume 13 • Issue No. 4
Kennebunk Celebrates WinterFest Next Weekend KENNEBUNK The town of Kennebunk will be celebrating WinterFest this year on February 4. Activities include free horse drawn wagon rides, skating at Waterhouse Center with Kennebunk High School ice hockey players, fire baton twirling and a special figure skating performance by Kennebunk High senior, and Festival Committee member, Samantha Abelson. This year Samantha competed at the New England Re-
gional Figure Skating Championship held in Burlington, Vermont skating at the Senior
Ladies level. “I am excited to be participating at Kennebunk’s WinterFest. I love skating at the Waterhouse Center� says Sam. She will be skating to “The Prayer� by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli. The Soup Contest is back again for the 8th year but this year the Committee retired the trophy that has been won several times by Chef Rich Lemoine of The Village Tavern. Instead they have invited Chef Lemoine, along with Chefs Brian
and Shanna O’Hea of Academe at the Kennebunk Inn, to be judges for the new Chef’s Choice category. There will still be a People’s Choice and the category Kid’s Choice has also been added. All categories are blind tastings so the people will not know which restaurant they are voting for. The event is $5 per person, $15 per family, and children under 5 are free. The day starts at the Kennebunk Free Library where the Cabin Fever Book Sale and free
Bird Feeder Craft Project will be held from 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Stop by Waterhouse Center for the activities there including the Name the Snowman suggestion box. The Snowman is the new mascot of WinterFest. A free bean supper will be offered at 4 p.m. The evening wraps up at 7 p.m. with the Annual Alumni Variety Show at Town hall. For more information and a complete listing of events, times and locations: festivals@kennebunkmaine.us.
Music Boosters to Conduct a “Winter Weed-Out� Collection WELLS For the month of February, the Music Boosters, a volunteer parent-support organization at Wells High School, will hold a textile fundraising drive to raise funds for the WHS Music Department and the Epilepsy Foundation. The fundraiser is called a “Winter Weed-Out� and is a great way for community members to make a non-monetary donation to a worthy cause plus
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do some serious ‘weeding out’ of their closets. “It’s a clothing drive, except it’s more than just clothing, it’s any textiles,� commented school volunteer Ashley Breton before the first Weed-Out in 2016, a multi-community effort that generated 10 tons of clothing, and related items raising almost $4,000 for a very grateful Winter Guard team at WHS. This year’s Weed-Out is to help the WHS Music Department raise a portion of the $38,000 needed to take school band and choral members to Williamsburg for “Music in the Parks� this spring.
The following is a list of what can be accepted for the drive: clothing (even torn and stained clothing plus clean rags), clothing accessories, linens, towels, bedding, (sheets, blankets, quilts, comforters), curtains, drapes, shoes (even single shoes), purses, fabrics, uniforms, costumes, chair covers, slip covers, handbags, and backpacks. If you have any of these items and would like to donate them, please bag them up in new garbage bags and deposit See WEED-OUT page 5...
Annual Ski-Snowshoe at Brave Boat Headwaters KITTERY Kittery Land Trust (KLT) is excited to host its annual SkiSnowshoe at Brave Boat Headwaters on Saturday, February 4. This event, which drew nearly 200 people in previous years, is free and open to the public and will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Families will have the chance to explore more than two miles of trails on this new nature preserve either by foot, snowshoes, or skis. Children will have the chance to take part in sleddog demonstrations with Henry the Husky, and limited supplies of snowshoes for adults and children will be available to borrow,
courtesy of Wells Reserve and the Kittery School Department. Volunteers will also be leading tree ID and wildlife tracking expeditions throughout the event, and complimentary hot cocoa
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Pictured are some of last year’s Winter Weed-Out team members after loading up an Epilepsy Foundation vehicle in 2016. (Ashley Breton photo)
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and cookies will be available to help stay warm. On Sunday, February 5, the Kittery Art Association (KAA) will be hosting a brand new interactive follow-up event for
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families from 1-3 p.m. at their Kittery Point gallery. Families will have the opportunity to make accordion books out of their tracking ID notes from the day prior and also contribute to a mixed-media collaborative collage of different types of trees. Hot cocoa and cookies will again be served. Kittery Art Association is very excited to partner with Kittery Land Trust in this way for the first time, says KAA board member Betsy Wish. Other partnering organizations for the Saturday event include the Kittery PTA and White Pine Programs. For more information, visit www.kitterylandtrust.org.
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