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Friday, February 15, 2013
Volume 9 • Issue No. 7
mardi Gras Party Kicks Off in Ogunquit Sentinel Staff Report OGuNQuIT – Last weekend’s heavy snowfall may have forced a one-week postponement of Ogunquit’s Sixth Annual Mardi Gras celebration, but planners say the delay simply heightened anticipation for the yearly festivities. The original schedule posted before winter storm Nemo swept up the coast will be followed, according to Frances Reed, vice president of the Ogunquit Chamber of Commerce, which coordinates the event. Revelers will kick off the celebration at 8:30 p.m. tonight, Feb. 15, when the search for the
Revelers celebrate Mardi Gras in Ogunquit (photo courtesy of Jordan Freedman)
Mardi Gras King and Queen will get under way at MaineStreet, 195 Main St., in down-
town Ogunquit. Participants will take part in a question-and-answer con-
‘Soup for the Soul’ Celebrates Community and Sends Kids to School SOuTH BerWICK – While others hunkered in to ward off winter’s brutal cold snap, Spring Hill of South Berwick recently teamed up with Daisy’s Children to feed forward. As community members joined local volunteers, guests
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tasted eight different varieties of soup, breads, and desserts prepared still other volunteers. Among these volunteer ‘soup chefs’ were members of MSAD #60’s culinary arts program under the direction of Chef John Couture. Students provided 4 gallons of soup, French Onion and Egg Drop. Other community made soups included Vegetable Beef, Sweet Potato and Chipotle, Turkey Vegetable, Split Pea, Butternut Squash, and Potato, Sausage and Spinach. As guests enjoyed taste testing multiple soups, local musician and supporter, Richie Sokol of Berwick, crooned as only Richie can while accompanying himself on his acoustic guitar. Guests commented to Daisy’s director, Sharon Beckwith, that no matter what selection he played, Richie either sounded like the original artist or better with his own rich vocal twist on covers ranging from Jim Croce, to Neil Young, James Taylor, and more. Guests donated generously as well as supported a small silent auction and sales of goods produced by the women of Concepcion del Norte, Honduras. Founder and current director,
Sharon Beckwith, encouraged attendees to ‘say yes to a friend and hello to a stranger’ much as she did five years ago, leading to an organization that now provides nutritional meals, clean drinking water, school uniforms and supplies, as well as medical interventions to more than 100 children in a mountainous village in Honduras. Sharon introduced seven other individuals in the room who have also traveled to this area of devastating pov-
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Great Works Highlights local Farm History
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test and help in the selection of the Mardi Gras personalities who will lead Saturday’s festive
parade through town. At noon on Saturday, the celebration will return to MaineStreet where folks can fashion spectacular party hats and masks to wear in the parade that will follow. A $5 fee will be collected to cover the cost of materials used in making this one-of-a-kind souvenir headgear. The line of march will step off from MaineStreet at 1 p.m. and proceed through town to Old Village Inn where prizes for the best hats and floats will be awarded. For those who find that celebrating Mardi Gras requires a small bit of refreshment, Village Food Market will host a wine tasting from 2 to 5 p.m.
See DAISY’S page 6...
OGuNQuIT – In the 1930s, there were 29 dairies in Kittery, according to commentary in Peter E. Randall’s new film, “Farming 101.” This was typical of southern Maine. Now there is one. Within the backdrop of this dramatic change, a rich history of farming endures in Kittery and nearby Eliot, where Great Works Regional Land Trust is working with Kittery Land Trust to conserve that one dairy, Rustlewood Farm. “My original plan was to document the vanishing farming tradition in this region of Maine, but it was soon apparent that recording the history and practice of farming was only part of the
story,” said Randall, a filmmaker and photographer. “We need more than memories of farming. Preserving the land helps to keep the tradition alive and allows future farmers to have place to plant and harvest.” Parts of “Farming 101,” including a Rustlewood segment, and a talk by Randall will be presented by Great Works Regional Land Trust at the organization’s annual meeting. It will be held at the John F. Hill Grange in Eliot on Thursday, Feb. 21, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., including a potluck and business meeting before the 7:30 p.m. film showing and talk. Members and the public are welSee FARM page 5...
Old Tuttle Farm (photo courtesy of Joe Butler)
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