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Volume 13 • Issue No. 44
Pecha Kucha Night Features Marine-Themed Presentations KENNEBUNKPORT Kennebunkport Pecha Kucha and the Landing School are teaming up for a special marine-themed Pecha Kucha Night Thursday, November 9, at Atlantic Hall in Cape Porpoise. Pecha Kucha Night is the popular series of short, creative presentations by local people and others. The Landing School in Arundel is a unique community college specializing in yacht design, wooden boat building, composite boat building and marine systems. As always, this PK Night will feature 10 passion-projects,
but this time they will be diverse, creative takes on ocean-related subjects, such as boat building, seascape art, ancient seabed fossils, dockworker photography,
the miracle of plankton, and more. The Pecha Kucha Committee is still seeking submissions related to all things marine.
Do you have a fish story to tell? Make sea-related art? Take marine photos? Have a passion for cooking seafood? Use your imagination. The committee interprets the theme broadly and welcomes diversity within it. Applying is easy. Just send 3-5 sample images, a brief bio, and short description to Pechakucha. kennebunk@gmail.com. The deadline for applying is October 25. Event night doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program starts at 7:20 p.m. Cost is $5 at the door. Launched in 2003 by two Tokyo architects, Pecha Kucha (Japanese for “chit chat�) is a
short presentation format that focuses on creativity and the creative process. It was conceived to provide creative professionals and amateur enthusiasts with a place to meet, mingle and share their work and ideas. Each presentation is limited to just six minutes and forty seconds, so the audience is exposed to many ideas and a broad range of topics in rapid-pace succession. The list of possible topics is endless. The program consists of 10 short presentations, with a refreshment break after the first See PECHA page 5...
Wells Chamber to Host 4th Annual Veterans Day 5K WELLS The Wells Chamber of Commerce will be hosting their 4th Annual Veterans Day 5K on Saturday, November 11, at 10 a.m. The 5K run/walk will start and end at the Wells Elks Lodge, 356 Bald Hill Road, Wells. Proceeds for this event will benefit Honor Flight Maine. Gorham Savings Bank is the Primary
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Event Sponsor and Avita of Wells is the Gold Sponsor. The cost for adults is $20 in advance (prior to 11/9) and $25 on 11/11, students (ages 11-17) $15 in advance and $20 (on 11/11), kids (age 10 and under) are Free. The first 100 registrants will receive a free long-sleeve T-shirt. The Wells Elks will have food and beverage for sale after the race (bring your ID). Prizes will be awarded
to male and female in the following age categories: Overall, Under 20 (male/female), 20-29 (male/female), 30-39 (male/ female), 40-49 (male/female), 50-59 (male/female), 60-69 (male/female) and 70+ (male/ female). For registration information: www.wellschamber.org; 207-646-2451: register online at RunSignUp.com/Race/ME/ Wells/VD5k.
‘Adventure’ Makes Connections on the Seacoast SEACOAST For anyone unfamiliar with ‘outdoor education,’ you should meet Donald Gagnon of R.W. Traip Academy and Sally Gregory of New Heights, two educators who have made a living in adventure for years. Their respective backgrounds in—and love for—adventure and the wilderness has in fact created an opportunity for both to work together in recent years on a concept they have termed ‘The Experiential Classroom.� “It’s an opportunity to get students out of their comfort zone and into wilderness,� said Gagnon, who teaches physical education and has started an outdoor leadership program in addition to a First Responder
room took place on an extended expedition to Utah in 2012. “We had nine students from Traip Academy go on it— and it was really an incredible experience,� he said. “We were not just hiking or camping, though. There was an educational component to it.�
In addition to writing an essay for consideration to participate in the trip, students researched topics while in Utah and presented their finding to the School Committee. They also read and wrote journals about Edward Abbey’s book, “Desert Solitaire,� in which the author discussed his time as a park ranger at Arches National Park. Other experiential classrooms have taken place since then as have various teambuilding programs for sophomores at Traip Academy with one taking place in mid-October at New Heights in Portsmouth. For Gregory, the chance to infuse ad-
Educators Donald Gagnon and Sally Gregory, created “The Experiential Classroom.
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program. In creating an Experiential Classroom in collaboration with Gregory, Gagnon said they have created opportunities for students to experience nature and wilderness, learn, and earn high school credits at the same time. Their first experiential class-
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Daylight Savings Ends Fall back, spring ahead! Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday, Nov. 5 at 2 a.m. At that time, clocks should be set back 1 hour.