Cutline (sign of spring -editimages) – Katie St. Onge, on the left, and Katie Lowe take advantage of Sunday’s beautiful weather to sell iced tea by the side of Morrill Avenue. Staff photo by Jim Correale

Rummage, perennial sale

There will be two days of bargains this month when Trinity Circle sponsors its annual spring rummage and perennial sale at School Street Methodist Church, 29 School St.

The sale will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, April 29, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 30.

This year’s sale will feature clothes, dishes, furniture, books, puzzles, toys, perennials and houseplants – most everything. Visitors on Friday will find the most variety at low, low prices. Saturday will feature additional markdowns, which including filling a grocery bag for $1 at 11 a.m.

Don’t miss this popular spring recycling event. It has become well known as a sale with a great variety of items at very low prices. Chase away those winter blues; get some new perennials for your gardens. Ruth Ayers is chairman of the sale.

Redeemer Lutheran dedicates church

Redeemer Lutheran Church dedicated their interim church building for worship at 410 Main St. in a service on Sunday. The congregation recently bought the former Calvary Temple on Route 25. The interim building will be used for Sunday worship, church activities and parish ministries.

The congregation had been worshipping on Sundays at the Gorham Campus of the University of Southern Maine. Parish activities and its office have been located at the South Gorham Baptist Church

Formerly located in Cape Elizabeth, Redeemer Lutheran bought 20 acres in 2003 at the corner of South Street and McLellan Road where the church plans a new building.

Redeemer Lutheran holds weekly Bible study at 10 a.m. on Mondays and 9 a.m. on Sundays. The weekly Divine worship service is at 10:15 a.m. on Sundays.

Rev. Edward Balfour is pastor of Redeemer Lutheran, which is part of the 2.6 million-member Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. The church is an orthodox and evangelical Christian parish and recently celebrated its 40th anniversary in Maine.

Free shade trees

Ten free shade trees will be given to those who join the National Arbor Day Foundation during April as part of the non-profit foundation’s “Trees for America” campaign.

The 10 trees are red oak, sugar maple, weeping willow, green ash, thornless honeylocust, pin oak, river birch, tuliptree, silver maple and red maple. “These trees were selected to provide shade and beauty, and a variety of forms, leaf shapes and beautiful fall colors,” said John Rosenow, the foundation’s president.

The trees will be shipped, with postage paid, at the right time for planting in April or May with enclosed planting instructions. The 6-to-12-inch trees are guaranteed to grow, or they will be replaced free of charge.

To become a member of the foundation and receive the 10 free trees, send a $10 contribution to Ten Free Shade Trees, National Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska, City, NE 68410, by April 30 or go online arborday.org

Cutline (Guerin 1 or 2 editimages) – Marianne Guerin, owner of Guerin Associates, on the left in the front, has been named Maine Businessperson of the Year. She joins employees for a photo last week and with her in the front row are Kim Hatch, director of administration, and Sarah Dietz, receptionist, on the right. Back row, left to right, Jeff Eaton, vice president; Ted Libby, general manager; and John Rankin, operation manager. Staff photo by Robert Lowell

Honors for Gorham businesswoman

Marianne Guerin of Guerin Associates, will be honored in ceremonies April 26-29 in Washington, D.C., as the Small Business Administration’s Businessperson of the year for Maine.

She owns and founded Guerin Associates in Gorham in 2001. “It’s a very nice honor,” she said last week.

She started the business following the death of her husband in an industrial accident in November of 2000. Now located on New Portland Road, Guerin Associates began on Route 25 with four employees including her. Guerin Associates has grown to 20 employees in four years and also has had an office in Presque Isle for three years.

Guerin credits her employees for the success of the business. “It takes a lot more than one to make a business run,” she said. “I like to think of it as the small business of the year.”

Her business began as an environmental cleanup business and added home heating oil deliveries in August of 2001. It has four oil trucks and 4,000 customers. The business also does property maintenance.

She bought the company’s present location in November of 2003. The business has had contracts with Brunswick Naval Air Station and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and has worked for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

In its first year, she hoped the business would generate $500,000 in revenue but surpassed $1.2 million. Yearly revenues have now eclipsed $4 million. “Quite a lot of growth in a short period,” Guerin said.

In Washington, she will meet President George Bush at a gala on April 28, and she will compete with winners of other states for a national award. She’ll receive an award from Maine at a banquet in June in South Portland.

Guerin’s son, Joseph McPhillips, is a 2004 graduate of Gorham High School. He is a chemistry major at Rowan University in New Jersey.

Guerin has lived in Gorham for 20 years. “It’s a very nice community,” she said.

(Allen 2 editimages) – Burleigh Loveitt, chairman of the Gorham Town Council and Town Councilor Mike Phinney attend a recent press conference as Congressman Tom Allen announced he had earmarked $11.2 million for a Gorham bypass in a federal transportation bill. The bill passed the U.S. House and is now in the U.S. Senate. The four men in the photo are, left to right, Maine Commissioner of Transportation David Cole, Allen, Loveitt and Phinney. Staff photo by Robert Lowell

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