Rummage, perennial sale set
A rummage and perennial sale will be held Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at Cressey Road United Methodist Church, Gorham, off Route 25. It is sponsored by the United Methodist Women.
This year’s sale will feature clothes, dishes, furniture, books, puzzles, toys, perennials and house plants. Friday’s visitors will find the most variety at low, low prices. Saturday will feature additional markdowns, including fill a grocery bag for $1 at 11 a.m.
Saturday is Blanket Day
A Project Linus Blanket Day benefit is Saturday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Gorham Savings Bank, Route 202.
Attendees should bring their sewing machine, sewing tools and Project Linus project for a day of sewing and fellowship. There is also room for anyone who would like to knit, crochet or work on no-sew fleece projects. Fabric and yarn will be available for those who do not have a current blanket in the works. Lunch will be provided by area businesses, and there will be door prizes and a special auction table for the benefit of Project Linus Southern Maine. Registration is advised for seating.
Project Linus Southern Maine is a nonprofit whose mission is to provide handmade blankets to children who are seriously ill or otherwise in need. Call Sue, 839-2275, for details.
Parade plans begun
Plans are currently under way for the 2008 Memorial Day “Patriotism” theme parade in Gorham on May 26, according to George Gerrish and Don Veilleux, volunteer parade coordinators on behalf of veterans of Gorham.
“The Gorham Memorial Day Parade will be our only community-wide parade for 2008,” said Cindy Hazelton of Gorham Recreation Department.”We are encouraging all of Gorham to come out, get a float together that displays your patriotism and join us on Memorial Day,” said Hazelton.
The traditional wreath-laying ceremonies and cemetery remembrances in Little Falls will be held as usual with only a slight time change, moving them to 9 a.m. The color guard and veterans units will move into Eastern Cemetery for their ceremony and remembrance as well as a 21-gun salute. The parade will proceed behind them onto Johnson Road and pause there for the duration of the ceremony. The parade will then finish by crossing New Portland Road and entering White Birch Lane, where it will end at the rear parking lot of Village School.
“To date, we have secured the Maine St. Andrews Bagpipe Band to join us, and hope to attract other bands as well,” said Hazelton.
Visit www.gorhamrec.com to download a parade registration form.
Family friendly Knap-In at USM
On Saturday, the University of Southern Maine’s Geography-Anthropology Student Association is hosting its third annual Knap-In, a daylong event honoring the art of crafting tools from stone.
Flint knapping is the ancient practice of creating stone tools. This increasingly popular art form has spawned national publications, Web sites, and gatherings called knap-ins.
This family friendly event will run from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at USM’s Bailey Hall, Gorham. Activities include demonstrations of flint knapping techniques and opportunities to try out both flint knapping and spear throwing. Demonstrations on fire starting and pottery making and a GPS scavenger hunt round out the day.
Display booths will feature Maine artisans and archaeological information. This event is free and open to the public with a recommended donation to the Geography-Anthropology Student Association to help defray costs. For more information, call USM’s Geography-Anthropology Department at 780-5321 or Ann Whittman at 286-5995. (awittmangirl@yahoo.com) or visit http://www.usmknapin.com/.
Earth Day Fair
University of Southern Maine’s Residential Life Sustainability Committee, a group of students and staff, are organizing an Earth Day Fair that will take place from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Thursday in the lower level of the Brooks Student Center, Gorham. The event is free and open to the public.
Among the exhibitors are a near-zero emissions car from Patriot Subaru, Portland Trails, Portland Food Co-operative, USM’s Muskie School Community Planning and Development Program, and other organizations and businesses that promote sustainable living.
USM’s Residential Life Sustainability Committee has been running a “Think Outside the Bottle” educational campaign all month, designed to shed light on the environmental issues surrounding bottled water. The committee will sponsor a “Tap Water Challenge” taste test allowing participants to choose their favorite water in a blind taste test that will pit tap water against bottled brands. They also plan to weave a trail throughout Brooks Student Center of empty water bottles collected from USM residence hall trash and recycle bins during a one-month period, demonstrating the amount of plastic wasted when bottled water is purchased. For more information, contact Alicia “Leash” Menard, residence hall coordinator of USM’s New Hall, at 780-5630
Reunion plans
Gorham High School graduates from the classes of 1970-1974 will hold a combined reunion Sept. 27 at Verrillo’s Portland. The cost is $30 each or $55 per couple. Contact Donna Aikins at 329-0753 by July 1.
U.S. taxpayer debt
The Bureau of Public Debt reported on March 21 that the U.S. public debt was $9,354,920,572,952.48.
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