Kindred Harps of Houlton presents: “Autumn Notes”, a concert featuring Celtic, traditional, and popular music. Sunday, Sept. 14, at 3 p.m. at First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, 45 High Street, Houlton.
Harpers include: Lou Ellis, Leigh Griffith, Barbara Hogan, Dale Holden and Lynn Tweedie. Guest performers are: Kelly Ellis, flute, and Mary Miller, clarinet.
The free concert is open to the public.
On July 19, Clayton and Charlene Webb hosted a country music jamboree at their home from 3 p.m. until 7. More than 50 country music lovers attended and many brought salads to go with the hot dogs, rolls, biscuits, pickles, etc. and the strawberry shortcake which were provided by the Webbs.
This was held on the patio of the Webb home and where the hotdogs were grilled for the many who attended this affair which the Webbs have hosted for the past four years. All the surrounding towns were represented, even including several attendees from Houlton and from the Medway area, and all participated in the music and singing. The weather cooperated and the affair was greatly enjoyed by all, who are looking forward to next year.
Gail (Sewall) Kennett and husband, John arrived recently from Scarborough to visit with Gail’s father, Sam, and help him with his large garden, and perhaps help him close up the Sewall camp for the winter.
Calvin Varney has arrived from New Hampshire to spend Labor Day week with his folks, Clayton and Priscilla and spent the time at the Varney’s camp on upper Mattawamkeag Lake.
Have been inspecting the back lawn for skunk holes and only found a few this time so maybe the pesky things are done with the digging. The mosquitoes are still really bad and I acquired quite a few bites on my inspection tour. As my father used to say — “you won’t see a mosquito after the first snowstorm”; but I still hope that is a long way off. We had enough snow last winter to last us a long time.
Many birds are now in the feeder, though I don’t put too much out for them. The gold finch and nuthatches are among the many feeding there but no cardinals have been spotted. Saw the black cat out there one day scouting the tree where the birds hang out and shooed him away. Hope he doesn’t get any of them.
Pigeons are not here any more, for which I am thankful. Haven’t seen the doe and her fawn lately, but am sure they are not far off. Put out some old apples and they disappeared. When it gets colder, I may see more of them when they want some apples.
By Shirley Sides
Special to the Pioneer Times
The Happy Losers met Aug. 27 at the Congregational Church vestry in Island Falls. We had eleven members weigh-in and ten attended our meeting.
Sandra McNally was the person who lost the most weight for the week and Mary Shaw was runner-up. Great job ladies! Dorothy Rand was the person who lost the most weight for the month of August.
Reports were given by our secretary and treasurer for the week.
Our leader, Jackie Pratt led the program for the week. Her topic was an article on Losing and Gaining. She reminded member that it is normal to “yo-yo” sometimes while trying to lose weight. After our meeting we attended the new One Stop for breakfast. Everyone enjoyed it.
Please feel welcome to join our group. We meet every Wednesday with weigh-ins from 7:30 a.m. to 8:45a.m. followed by a meeting that starts at 9 a.m. Call 365-4884 for more information.
Starting September 3, Women, Work, and Community will offer “Financing Your Future,” a free workshop series on managing your money to meet your goals.
The five-session workshop will help participants become more comfortable and confident with money. Participants will learn money management tools and budgeting ideas; explore their financial attitudes and beliefs; look at their current financial situation; and make a savings plan to build personal assets and get out of debt.
The training will take place from 2-5 p.m. on Wednesdays from September 3 through October 1 at the Houlton Higher Education Center. The workshop is open to women and men, individuals and couples who want to build financial skills and get control over family finances. Participants from all income levels are welcome and encouraged to attend.
For more information or to register, contact Erica Quin-Easter, microenterprise coordinator at Women, Work & Community at (207) 764-0050 or erica.quineaster@maine.edu. Preregistration is required, and there is no fee for the workshop.
By Lois Downing
Special to the Pioneer Times
Take Off Pounds Sensibly ME 233 met at the Aldergate building on High Street for its Aug. 29 meeting. Twenty-two ladies were present including six KOPS. Joyce Estey was present to conduct the meeting. Loser of the week was Judith Jameson with Janette Nelson as runner-up.
Melva Folsom, in charge of charms, presented the following: Anita Nason, TOPS loser for July and six weeks with no gains; Elinor Harvey, six weeks with no gains and Janette Nason, for having reached KOPS status.
Barbara Troy led us in exercises using two paper plates. The exercises were enjoyed and really loosened up our muscles, thanks to Barb. The drawings for this week were: skinny dish was held over; mystery gift, Aileen Smith; 50/50, Brenda Lacostic.
Denise Kinney reported on the hat contest. The winners were announced as a tie: Janette Nelson and Melva Folsom for KOPS and an unnamed person for TOPS and Vicki Little were tied.
Charlotte Marley read an item on water, taken from the latest TOPS magazine stating that 20 ounces of water is sufficient for daily intake. Tea, coffee, grapes, tofu, and many other items containing water can be counted as water.
Lois Downing introduced Aileen Smith and asked the group to recognize her as a person to be honored as the quilting club did at the Elks Club last Friday. She and Arline Dickinson chosen
as being two of the oldest ones in the quilting group and their work was displayed. She received a round of applause.
Plans were made for the fall rally on Saturday, October 4. Joyce reminded the ladies to please turn your walking sheets in, if you are in this program.
Guest speaker was Linda Trickey, representing the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Linda’s topic was herbs, the same as the August 22nd program. She distributed many recipes and promised to be back again. The subject of the next program will be pressure cookers. Again, we received lots of tips for growing herbs and to include them in recipes.
The next meeting will be September 5 at the same location. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. after weigh-in time at 8-8:45 a.m. If you need more information on the chapter, you may call Charlotte Marley at 757-8483 or Betty Ivey at 532-9653.
Everyone is welcome.
Red Hats to gather
The Purple Hat ladies will meet at Charlotte and Don Marley’s residence in Smyrna Mills Tuesday, September 9. Everyone will bring a special plate, but if you don’t you are still welcome. Hot dogs will be the menu. Meeting to be at noon.
