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Friday, June 26, 2015
Volume 11 • Issue No. 26
Downpours Don’t Dampen Spirits at George H.W. Bush Celebrity Golf Tournament
Sally Henry of the Maine Diner with Boston Red Sox pitching great Luis Tiant before teeing off at the 13th Annual George H.W. Bush Celebrity Golf Tournament on Tuesday at Cape Arundel Golf Club in Kennebunkport.
By Nancye Tuttle Contributing Writer KENNEBUNKPORT – Over 130 golfers didn’t let Tuesday morning’s torrential rains ruin their day or interfere with the 13th Annual George H.W. Bush Celebrity Golf Tournament at Cape Arundel Golf Club. Participants, including sports celebrities, New England golf pros, officers from the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier and die-hard golfers, gathered early at the club under dark skies to golf and bring to a close three days of fundraising for Gary’s House in Portland. Other events
included a Sunday cocktail party and Monday’s dinner and auction, attended by over 300 at the Colony Hotel. Rain is expected each year, said event organizer Lana Wescott of Kennebunkport. “This tournament is known for getting rained on, so we tell people to bring rain gear,� she said. Heeding the advice, folks donned cover-ups, put up umbrellas and ducked into the hospitality tent to drink coffee and share stories until the rain delay was lifted. As it turned out, however, the event was cancelled due to the stormy, inclement weath-
er. Nonetheless, they were there to honor Gary Pike, a man from Kennebunk for whom Gary’s House is named. Just 18 at the time he was diagnosed with cancer in 1989, he wondered why, during his battle, there were no nice, affordable places for his family to stay when he traveled to Portland or Boston. Before he passed away in 1991, he let his family know of his dream — to create an affordable home-away-from-home for families with hospitalized loved ones. In 1998, Gary’s House See GOLF page 6...
Museum’s July 4 Activities Include Book Signing with Mannix KENNEBUNKPORT Seashore Trolley Museum celebrates its birthday on the first Saturday of July and this year the Museum is proud to host a book signing by one of Maine’s leading weathermen, Kevin Mannix, and his social worker wife Linda Rota authors
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of Weathering Shame on July 4, 2015 from 10 am to 2 pm in the Visitor Center. The Seashore Trolley Museum was founded in 1939 with one open trolley car, No. 31 from the Biddeford & Saco Railroad Company. Over the years thousands of members have followed the founding fathers by helping the Museum grow to be the premier electric railway museum in the world.
Visitors can also enjoy complimentary birthday cake, which will be served at 1 pm. Dog-friendly Seashore
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“Life of the Soldier� Junior Docent Program YORK – Docent program will take place July 1 through August 19, Wednesdays from 10:30 to 3:30 p.m. Students 11-18 years will learn how the men and women in Maine responded to the War of Independence, understand more about Maine's role in the War and learn about the lives of the women who followed the soldier's camps. There will be Revolutionary War re-enactors from Lexington, MA who will teach about the weapons and equipment of the Massachusetts Militia. Junior Docents will dress in period clothing and engage in activities such as campaign cook-
ing outside over a fire, preparing herbal and other medicines, making soap and doing laundry "1777 style", mapping, sewing a canvas haversack, trips to other nearby Revolutionary War sites and re-enactments, and firing black powder weapons on Gaol Hill. Participants bring a lunch, snack and water bottle. For information about fees or to obtain an application, contact Tamara Konczal, Education Coordinator at 207-363-4974 x 12 or education@oldyork.org. Museums of Old York is located at 207 York Street in York, can can be contacted at 207-363-4974. The
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Trolley Museum is the world’s oldest and largest electric railway museum and is located at 195 Log Cabin Road in Ken-
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