Wilkies Beach E-coli info meeting
The Crystal Lake Association is hosting an e-coli informational meeting on Monday, July 25, from 7 to 8 p.m. at St. Gregory’s Parish Hall, 24 North Raymond Road, Gray. Guest speakers will be Gray Code Enforcement Officer and Health Officer Ryan Keith, and Dean Bennett, Gray Recreation director and director of the Wilkies Beach operation.
While current water testing shows low levels of e-coli, Wilkies Beach was closed last summer for several weeks due to elevated levels of e-coli. A collaboration between town officials and the Crystal Lake Association has resulted in a procedure that will be followed for water quality testing and reporting of test results, closure of the beach as a result of elevated levels of e-coli, communication of status of the beach closure, and methods of dealing with the overpopulation of geese. There will be a brief time for questions. The public is invited to attend.
Summer Fun
Gray-New Gloucester Community Night at the Old Orchard Beach Ball Park will be Sunday, July 24, at 5:30 p.m. ?Join the Gray Parks and Rec. Department at the newly renovated ball park to watch the New England Collegiate Baseball League’s latest team. Kids are free and adults are $5 per ticket. Tickets available at Gray Parks and Recreation. A portion of the proceeds will help Parks and Recreation fundraising.
At 4:30 p.m., a Meet and Greet will be held with players, coaches and Dunedoggy (the mascot). Photos encouraged. At 5:15 p.m., the ceremonial first pitch will be thrown by a G-NG resident, (sign up for the drawing in Rec office for free). At 5:20 p.m., the National Anthem will be sung by a G-NG resident. At 5:25 p.m., Summer Day Camp kids and staff will be recognized on the field, so please wear your camp shirts. At the end of the game, all G-NG community kids can run around the bases at the end of the game.
For more information and other activities call Gray Recreation at 657-2323 or log onto www.graymaine.org.
Ladies nights
Ladies, come to Fiddlehead Center for the Arts some evening at 6 p.m. to get away. On Tuesday, July 26, make Origami Crane Earrings. Cost is $20, with instructor Dante Castro. On Thursday, Aug. 4, try Journal book making with marbleizing paper technique, $15.
Explore Libby Hill
Wednesday evenings are full of fun on Libby Hill this summer with the long summer evenings are a great time to explore Libby Hill. If you like to mountain bike come on July 27 or August 3. All activities start at 6:30 p.m. and last about an hour. Meet at the parking lot by the Gray-New Gloucester Middle School.
There are currently openings for trails that need adoption. Trail stewards simply need to walk their assigned trail (1-1.5 miles) once a month and report back any major trail needs and remove any minor trail debris that may be in the trail.
If you’d like to learn more about being a trail steward, contact Dwight Holmquist at dnaholm@maine.rr.com.
Summer reading ?for all
The Gray Public Library will be holding a book sale on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 5 Hancock Street, Gray. Books, audio books, movies and music all at great prices will be on sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On Thursday, July 28, at 6:30 p.m. there will be another Tastings at the Gray Public Library. You are invited to join your friends and neighbors to taste the local flavors of the community. Karl Schatz and Margaret Hathaway of Ten Apple Farm host this monthly event. The July gathering will feature picnic treats.
Please contact the library at 657-4110, or go to www.gray.lib.me.us or stop by the Circulation Desk if you have questions on these events.
All things outdoors
On Saturday July 23, ATV Maine will be staffing an exhibit at the Maine Wildlife Park on Route 26 in Gray. ATV Maine was organized to promote the safe and responsible use of ATVs, to work on landowner relations and to be a unified voice on legislative issues regarding ATVs.
The following Saturday, July 30, Trails End and Avian Taxidermy will be featured at the wildlife park. Taxidermy is a method of reproducing a lifelike, three-dimensional rendition of a mammal, bird or fish for permanent display. Come and see a variety of examples of this delicate art with local taxidermists Dana Soucier and Tom Berube representing the Maine Association of Taxidermists. Soucier will demonstrate the process of mounting a mammal and Tom will demonstrate how to mount waterfowl, both from start to finish.
For more information, call 657-4977, ext. 0 or check out www.mainewildlifepark.com.
Calling all Sampson vets
The newly formed Southern Maine Squadron of the Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Association met for their monthly get together at Bellevue By the Sea in Harpswell, Thursday, July 14. After socializing for a while, the group went to the new Dolphin Marina for lunch.
The squadron is a social gathering of veterans and spouses that took basic training at Sampson AFB from 1950 to 1956.The next get-together will be Aug. 11 at Cole Farms in Gray at noontime.
For more information, contact Bob Sawyer at 657-4909 or wwmtkwkr@aol.com.
Public suppers
Come to a public supper with baked beans, casseroles, salads, homemade breads and desserts on Saturday, July 23, at 5 p.m. It will be at the First Congregational Church, Route 115, Gray. Adults, $7. Children under 12 are $3. The facility is handicapped accessible.
We All Win
On July 26, from 1-7 p.m., a Gray Community Blood Drive will be held at Saint Gregory, 24 North Raymond Road, Gray. Red Sox tickets will be raffled for a game on Aug. 26.
Stimson, the big question
Stimson Hall has provided more than a century of service to Gray as the founding spot of the library, a cultural center, a community center and a service center for the young and old. Let your wishes be heard on how you would like to see this distinctive historical center be used in the future in continued service to the town of Gray. Should it become the Town Library, a proper home for the Gray Historical Society, a visitors center, a Center for Economic Development services, etc. Complete and return the Survey included in the recent “Talk About Gray” newsletter, or complete the electronic survey available on www.graymaine.org. Click on “Take the CEDC Survey.”
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