‘Food train’ huge success

Trinity Lutheran Church in Westbrook has successfully concluded the fourth annual “Climb Aboard the Food Train,” a city-wide food drive for the Westbrook Food Pantry that collected 150 large boxes of food delivered to the food pantry.

“At Westbrook Together Days, we presented a check for $5,003.56 to Jeannie Riley, director of the Food Pantry,” the Rev. Karen Indorf, pastor of Trinity Lutheran, announced this week.

“Many of our elderly, children, disabled, unemployed and underemployed people in the community come to the pantry on a regular basis in order to have enough to eat. The pantry does a wonderful job, but their resources are limited and their shelves are often sparse,” she said.

Indorf said that in early March more than 100 jars were placed in businesses and churches around the city for cash donations, as well as large boxes for nonperishable food items.

“We spent one day collecting cash and food at Shaw’s and in bicentennial park by Hannaford’s,” Indorf said.

The Southern Maine Community College choir performed a free concert at the church, which accepted donations.

“We appreciate the many local businesses and churches who participated in this year’s drive,” Indorf said. “We will be back again next year for another successful food drive supported by the businesses and churches of Westbrook.”

For more information about the food drive, contact the Trinity Lutheran Church office at 854-5653 or email office@trinitywestbrook.com.

Buchanan to speak at library

Portland lawyer Brenda Buchanan, whose debut mystery, “Quick Pivot,” was released last month, will be speaking about the book on Thursday, June 4, at 6:30 p.m., at Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St, Westbrook.

A press release said that “Quick Pivot” introduces Joe Gale, an old-school reporter with modern media savvy who covers the Maine crime beat for the Portland Daily Chronicle. The plot revolves around an unsolved 1968 murder in the fictional town of Riverside, Maine. Moving back and forth in time, most of the action occurs in Riverside, but scenes also are set in Portland, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth, Kennebunkport and on Peaks Island, where Buchanan lived for many years.

Buchanan is a former newspaper reporter. After training at the Boston Globe and at Northeastern University, she covered a variety of beats at the York County Coast Star, enrolling at the University of Maine School of Law.

For the past two decades she has been a partner at Warren, Currier & Buchanan in Portland, and currently lives in Westbrook with her spouse, Diane Kenty.

For more information, see www.brendabuchananwrites.com or go to/www.walker.lib.me.us/.

Tate House tea

The Tate House Museum, 1267 Westbrook St., Portland, has announced its second annual Tate House Tea in the garden from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, June 7.

The garden, which overlooks the Stroudwater River, will be the location for various hot and iced teas prepared and served by Nellie’s Teas of South Portland. “To accompany your tea, we will have scones served with lemon curd, jam and clotted cream and numerous other sweet and savory confections,” the museum announced. “This is a great opportunity to spend an afternoon with friends or family enjoying this civilized British activity while supporting the museum.”

The Tate House was built in 1755 for George Tate, the senior mast agent for the British Royal Navy.

The Tate House will be open for tours for those who have never seen the Georgian colonial house. The charge for this event is $12 for members and $16 for non-members. Reservations are requested and can be made by calling the Tate House at 774-6177 or e-mailing info@tatehouse.org

Pictured, from left, is the food train crew  from Trinity Lutheran Church – Priscille Young, Ralph Maxwell, Werkenesh Leta, Jane Sinclair, Adanesh Yeye, Karen Indorf, Brenda Alfred, Brenda Orach, Alice Deschambeault; and kneeling is Abera Desta. Courtesy photo

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