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Friday, February 5, 2016
Volume 12 • Issue No. 6
“Letters From A Sailor�: Valentine Concert At Brick Store Museum
Portrait photos of Captain Charles Barry of Boston and Sarah Lord Barry of Kennebunk overlaying one of the love letters exchanged between them in 1849.
KENNEBUNK – Celebrate Valentine’s Weekend by stepping into the past at the Brick Store Museum. Guests will gather in the Museum’s Program Center on Friday, February 12, at 7:30 p.m. to enjoy a performance by the Mosaic Quartet. The group – Karen Stathoplos, David O’Brien, Carlton Mabee, and Vicki Adams – will present the love letters of Kennebunk ship captain Charles Barry along with love songs, sea shanties, folk tunes and original
Eliot First Graders Learn About Financial Literacy By Carin Lee, Staff Reporter ELIOT Students in Eileen Burnell’s first grade classroom at Eliot Elementary School in Eliot, recently had their first lesson in a program called “Financial Literacy.� The program is part of an outreach from Peo-
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Arts & Entertainment 28-29 Business & Finance 12-13 Calendar of Events 8 Classifieds 35-36 Computer Lady 37 Health & Fitness 14-17 Home & Business 33-35 Library News 6-7 Obituaries 32,35 Pets 27 Puzzles 38 Real Estate 30-31,40 Sports 38 Where To Dine 18-26
ple’s United Bank. Presenting the lesson on January 26 were People’s United employees Samantha St. Clair and Krystle Richardson. Students were challenged with the question: “What is a safe place to keep your money?� There were a variety of responses and these tied in nicely with St. Clair and Richardson’s presentation of a story about a boy named Sam. Sam earned money by cleaning his room and looked for a safe place to put it. His first idea was in his pocket. But that money fell out when he went climbing trees with his friends. Next he stuck his money in a hole in a tree. That money was carried away by a bird that used
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Historical Marker Added to Memorial Park
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Krystle Richardson and Samantha St. Clair present Financial Literacy to first graders at Eliot Elementary School.
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hours scrolling through the letters, now in the collection of the Brick Store Museum. Unfortunately, the letters of Sarah Barry were not preserved. “Charles Barry was a wonderful writer,� Adams says. “It was hard to choose just a dozen or so passages. Our selection includes loving, humorous, worri-
the bills to line his nest. Then Sam read a book about pirates who stored their treasure in chests, burying them on deserted islands. Inspired, Sam took his money, put it in a metal box and buried it in the backyard. But when he wanted to use it, he dug a hole – and no box! He dug another hole, and another. Still no box! He kept digging, but never found the box. Finally Sam went to his mom. “Mom, where can I put my money so it will be safe and I can find it when I need it?� Mom told Sam about where she put her money to keep it safe: in a bank. St. Clair and Richardson
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compositions. Some songs will be accompanied by mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Guest pianist Ginny Lawrence will also perform. Al Adams and Stathoplos will read the captain’s letters. Captain Charles Barry of Boston met and married Sarah Lord of Kennebunk in the early 19th Century; the pair wrote letters to each other during their married years. Adams spent
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KITTERY – USS THRESHER Historical Marker in Memorial Park, looking toward Thresher Memorial Flagpole in Memorial Circle. Memorial Park Memorial Park is now located on Rogers Road, next to the Kittery Town Hall, a few hundred yards east of the Thresher Memorial Flagpole and Memorial Circle. In addition to its memorial honoring those who perished when THRESHER was lost, Memorial Park is also intended to sup-
port future memorials to Kittery citizens who have served the Town, State or Nation - veterans, first responders, and Peace Corps volunteers. Memorial Park Circle of Honor monumentation, landscaping, and ornamentation were completed with more than $210,000 contributed by 429 donors, whose participation was vital to this effort. Memorial Park was dedicated in a beautiful ceremony on May 26, 2014. (www.kitteryrotaryafterhours.org photo)
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