Lora B. Whelan, Director
93 Water Street    PO Box 122
Eastport, ME  04631-0122
207-853-2400
Web Site:  www.eastportforpride.org

April 2006 Community Calendar

1: Saturday: April Fool's Day

2: Sunday:
Daylight Saving Time Begins

6:00 PM - closing - Live Music at Murphy's Village Restaurant, Rt. 189, Lubec.
7:00 PM - Northern Lights Film Society, Shead High School Band Room. Donation: $3.

3: Monday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.

4: Tuesday

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Labor of Love Food Pantry, New Beginnings Church of God basement, Washington St. door. Call Fern: 853-2373. Income limits for participants. Donations gratefully accepted!
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
Noon - 1:30 PM - Choices for Sustainable Living Study Circle - Details at Cobscook Community Learning Center Courses.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Women’s Peer Networking Group - We have a guest! Susan Reilly of Lubec will do a mini-presentation drawing from her personnel management experience. She will talk about the hiring component: Aptitude and Attitude, and Interviewing. She will also touch on creating job descriptions with some performance standards built in. Even if you do not have employees, I’m sure you will glean some valuable tidbits about working with other people.
Please Join Us! Spread the word and invite a friend to come along.
Who: Women business owners (current owners or potential owners)
Where: SCEC offices in the Machias Telebusiness Center (Stackpole Road)
J. Ann McAlhany, Women's Business Counselor, Coastal Enterprises, Inc. in partnership with Sunrise County Economic Council, 207-255-0983, jam@ceimaine.org
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Intermediate Ceramics / Pottery with Connie Harter-Bagley - Details at Cobscook Community Learning Center Courses.
7:00 PM - School Committee - Shead High School Band Room.

5: Wednesday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
6:00 PM - Planning Board - Shead High School Band Room.

6: Thursday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.

7: Friday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
4:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Annual Smelt Fry and Potluck (dinner begins at 5pm) - Columbia Falls Town Office. There is a suggested donation of $2 per person or $5 per family and we ask that you please bring a dish if you can. The smelts are donated by local fishermen and deep fried to perfection by our volunteers! This is a great event to celebrate the work of DSF and our partners. Tours of our hatchery and “salmon center” will take place from 4-5 pm and again from 6-7 pm and fish stories are always more plentiful than spines on a stickleback. This year we will be honoring Phil Harriman of Cherryfield for his life long commitment to local salmon restoration and river protection! There will be many raffle items to take chances on (if you have something (new or used) which you would like to donate to the raffle there is still time) and an art auction including the winning art pieces from the DSF Local Students Art Competition as well as other artist contributions. For additional fun, we will be featuring a Skillet Toss for all ages and the ever popular Bounce House for the children (though a few adults have occasionally been seen in there too). For more info contact: Downeast Salmon Federation / Downeast Rivers Land Trust PO Box 201, Columbia Falls, ME 04623 (207) 483-4336 Fax: 483-6057 dsf@panax.com www.mainesalmonrivers.org

8: Saturday

9: Sunday: Palm Sunday

Various - Pathfinders - Hiking in the area - Call 733-4984 for details.
6:00 PM - closing - Live Music at Murphy's Village Restaurant, Rt. 189, Lubec.
7:00 PM - Northern Lights Film Society, Shead High School Band Room. Donation: $3.

10: Monday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
6:00 PM - Harbor Committee - Shead High School Band Room.
7:00 PM - Eastport City Council - Shead High School Band Room.

11: Tuesday

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Labor of Love Food Pantry, New Beginnings Church of God basement, Washington St. door. Call Fern: 853-2373. Income limits for participants. Donations gratefully accepted!
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Intermediate Ceramics / Pottery with Connie Harter-Bagley - Details at Cobscook Community Learning Center Courses.

12: Wednesday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.

13: Thursday: Full Moon

7:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Eggs & Issues - Blue Bird Ranch Restaurant - We will have 2 topics presented:
1. The Washington County Business Conference which is coming up April 21 &22, www.wcbcm.org Register for FREE business building workshops.
2. What is happening in Cutler at the old Naval Telecommunications site? It is Beachwood Bay Estates! Representatives from Beachwood Bay Estates will discuss how the former Cutler Naval Telecommunication and Computer Center will become an affordable oceanfront condominium community to benefit the Machias Bay economy. They will share their marketing plan for the site and how it enhances Washington County tourism development.
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
6:00 PM - Eastport for Pride General Meeting - Eastport for Pride office, 93 Water Street. Call 853-2400 for information. All those interested in downtown revitalization welcome!

14: Friday: Good Friday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
7:00 PM - Stage East will be holding auditions at the Eastport Arts Center on Washington Street for their production of "Quilters" which will take place in July.

15: Saturday

7:00 PM - Stage East will be holding auditions at the Eastport Arts Center on Washington Street for their production of "Quilters" which will take place in July.

16: Sunday: Easter

6:00 PM - closing - Live Music at Murphy's Village Restaurant, Rt. 189, Lubec.
7:00 PM - Northern Lights Film Society, Shead High School Band Room. Donation: $3.

17: Monday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
5:30 PM - Eastport Port Authority - Madison Street Office. 6:00 PM - Eastport for Pride Board Meeting - Eastport for Pride office, 93 Water St. 853-2400

18: Tuesday

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Labor of Love Food Pantry, New Beginnings Church of God basement, Washington St. door. Call Fern: 853-2373. Income limits for participants. Donations gratefully accepted!
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Intermediate Ceramics / Pottery with Connie Harter-Bagley - Details at Cobscook Community Learning Center Courses.
7:00 PM - American Legion, GAR Hall, Green St.

19: Wednesday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM - Clean Out Your Closet and Help Dressing for Success Event - The Business Studies Department of Washington County Community College is holding its 3rd Annual Dressing for Success in the WCCC Assembly Room. The purpose of Dressing for Success is to help students nearing graduation who will be going out on business cooperatives and/or job interviews. Many students do not have the means to buy that business suit necessary for the job interviews or a new wardrobe for the first week or so on the job. In job-hunting, first impressions are critical.-the first thing a potential employer sees when greeting a person is his/her attire. Although dressing properly will not guarantee a person's getting the job, it will give him/her a competitive edge and a positive first impression! If you would like to donate new or used clothing for this event, please call > Rhonda French at 454-1058. We are looking for clothing of all sizes for both men and women -- business suits, dresses, skirts, suit jackets, blazers, ties, shoes, accessories, etc. All items should be clean and not in need of repair. If possible, items on coat-hangers would be a great help. All items should be dropped off no later than Friday, April 14.
7:00 PM - Ralph A. Raye Post 558 VFW , Eastport Senior Center, 9 Boynton St.

20: Thursday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
6:30 PM - Eastport Area Chamber of Commerce. Eastport for Pride office, 93 Water Street.

21: Friday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
5:30 PM - Downeast Diving has received great success with their previous Open Water Scuba Diving course, that they will be offering another to begin on Friday, April 21, 2006 at 5:30 PM at the Eastport Youth Center on Broad Cove Road in Easport. For more information contact Dennis Dorsey at 207-263-8251 or email Downeast Diving at scuba@downeastdiving.com. You can also visit their website at http://www.downeastdiving.com

22: Saturday

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM - Maine Preservation, Old Fort Western and the Augusta Historic Preservation Commission will host “Repairing and Restoring Your Old House” at City Hall, 16 Cony Street, Augusta. Participation is limited to the first 75 people to register. Tickets are $50 per person ($47.50 for Augusta residents, $45.00 for Maine Preservation and Old Fort Western members). Lunch is included in the ticket price. The registration deadline is April 14. Please pass this along to those you know who could benefit. Please phone 626-2385 for more information or to register.

23: Sunday

Various - Pathfinders - Hiking in the area - Call 733-4984 for details.
11:00 AM - Come to Whitney's Tool Shed Machias River Race on Route 9 Sunday April 23. Race starts at 11am on 1st Machias Lake at Stud Mill Road and ends at Airline Rapids Campground at Route 9. Fun time for the whole family.
Besides traditional racing classes here are 4 special classes in the Whitney's Tool Shed Machias River Race, all with traveling trophies.
They are:
Jeffrey Parolla memorial law enforcement class.
Washington County Business Class
High School Class
College Class
Each special class requires recreational style two man open canoes (no racing canoes). Canoes, helmets, paddles and life jackets can be rented at Whitney's Tool Shed or BYOBoat.
Race $$ benefits: Make-A-Wish Foundation and Cutler Pack 131 Cub Scouts.
After race there is a cookout free (but donations are gratefully accepted) for all racers and spectators. Local band, Ian Parker and Rumblestrip will play their rock/blues under a Tool Shed tent with a heat source in case it is chilly.
This is a really fun event and lots of local people, business leaders, politicians, law enforcement, conservationists and other funny people will be there.
Pray for more rain (except for race day), bring a camera, rain-jacket, boots and an empty stomach! Join the race!!!
1:30 PM - Downeast Diving will be offereing an Advanced Open Water course on Sunday, April 23, 2006 at 1:30 PM at the Eastport Youth Center on Broad Cove Road in Eastport. For more information contact Dennis Dorsey at 207-263-8251 or email Downeast Diving at scuba@downeastdiving.com. You can also visit their website at http://www.downeastdiving.com
6:00 PM - closing - Live Music at Murphy's Village Restaurant, Rt. 189, Lubec.
7:00 PM - Northern Lights Film Society, Shead High School Band Room. Donation: $3.

24: Monday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.

25: Tuesday

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Labor of Love Food Pantry, New Beginnings Church of God basement, Washington St. door. Call Fern: 853-2373. Income limits for participants. Donations gratefully accepted!
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - ENVISION MAINE'S FUTURE - How Can We Build Prosperity Without Losing Our Unique Character? - Christ Church Institute, Key Street - Details of Meeting
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Intermediate Ceramics / Pottery with Connie Harter-Bagley - Details at Cobscook Community Learning Center Courses.

26: Wednesday

8:00 AM - Noon - Shead High students and community members will be downtown to clean-up the streets. The Eastport for Pride office will be open for snacks, beverages, and restroom facilities.
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.

27: Thursday: New Moon

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.

28: Friday

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Eastport Area Senior Center, 9 Boynton St. Lunch at noon - Donation: $2.50. Everyone 60 and over welcome! Reservations: 853-2364.
7:00 PM - Auditions will take place at the Eastport Arts Center on Washington Street for the Arts Center's annual production of the "Follies". The show takes place on June 30 and July 1.

29: Saturday

All Day - The First Annual Downeast Adventure Race will be taking place at Washington County Community College Campus. A four event race, covering a little over 20 miles. The majority of the race is mountain biking, and the rest is whitewater canoeing, running, and sea kayaking. The race consist of 20 teams of 4 people. 3 people will run the race, and 1 person will be the support person. This is not a relay race, all 3 team members must complete every part of the race while staying at the most 50 feet from eachother at all times. Cash Prizes for 1st and 2nd places, and many other prizes. Sign up sheets and more information can be found at www.downeastadventurerace.org

30: Sunday

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Second Anniversary Celebration at The Commons, Water Street. - As we enter this third year of business, we want to celebrate all that is good about the people and place that makes this such a great community in which to live and do business.
We'll have food, fun, sidewalk games, entertainment, and a chance to meet some of our 60 artisans. At 2:00pm ET / 3:00pm AT we'll present our 3rd Annual "Common Good Awards." We'll also present a "sneak peek" at plans for 15 Sea Street, our next project.
Musician Ruth Dunfield will share music from her CD, "Saltwater Women" and Passamaquoddy Storyteller Rolfe Richter will use his flute music to share the poetic music from his CD, "Dreamwalk." Jordan Baskerville and Rosa Bragdon, "The Jammers," will share their music, also. Members of The Peregrine Puppets will be on hand to coordinate the festivities.
3:00 PM - Auditions will take place at the Eastport Arts Center on Washington Street for the Arts Center's annual production of the "Follies". The show takes place on June 30 and July 1.
6:00 PM - closing - Live Music at Murphy's Village Restaurant, Rt. 189, Lubec.
7:00 PM - Northern Lights Film Society, Shead High School Band Room. Donation: $3.