Take a stand

The annual town election will be Tuesday, June 9, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Newbegin Center on Main Street. We will be voting to fill Town Council vacancies, approve town and school budgets, etc. See you there!

Gardeners know the best dirt

Not Your Mother’s Garden Club of Gray/NG’s 5th Annual Perennial Plant Sale will be held Saturday June 6, on the Pennell Institute grounds, Main Street, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It features field-dug, hardy perennials from club members’ own gardens. Proceeds will benefit the Green Scholarship for a Gray/NG student and other good works of the club.

For the GNG graduate

The last school day for seniors is June 5. During the following week, students will report to the East gym from 7:30-11 a.m. for marching practice. On Friday June 12, a farewell assembly will be held for the faculty and underclassmen. All graduates are expected to arrive at school in their graduation attire. Female students are asked to wear light-colored dress clothing and light-colored dress shoes or dress sandals. Male students are asked to wear dark dress pants, a light or white shirt, tie and dark-colored dress shoes. Please contact the guidance office if you need assistance.

Graduation will be held at 7 p.m. June 13 at the Cumberland County Civic Center. All students who are participating in the graduation ceremony are required to ride the school bus to the Civic Center. Graduates need to arrive at the high school between 5 and 5:15 p.m. The buses are scheduled to depart at 5:30 p.m.

Patriot Soccer Club update

Save June 5 for the second annual Patriot Soccer Club Fundraiser Comedy Night and Raffle. The “grown-up night out for a great cause” will be held at 8:30 p.m. at the Gold Room in Portland, which is next to Jokers. Tickets are $10. For each ticket sold, the club will make $5. For individuals who choose to have dinner at Turfs prior to the show must make dinner reservations prior to June 5 indicating the PSC Comedy Night. The club will receive 10 percent of dinner sales. To purchase tickets, call Kim at 207-926-5466.

Registration for the Fall 2009 season is now available online at www.patriotsoccerclub.org.

Spectacular collection

Donate your old eyeglasses, hearing aids, sunglasses and cell phones to the GNG Lions, and the Lions will do the rest. Each year the Lions distribute millions of pairs of glasses around the world.

There are collection boxes at The Gray Marketplace and Gray Family Vision Center. The Gray Transfer Station is also a drop-off point. Just give them to any of the attendants. Contact person for the Lions is Joe Murray; email jmurray1@maine.rr.com.

Lowdown on loans

The Gray-New Gloucester Business Association’s Breakfast Seminar on Friday, May 22, was held at Spring Meadows Banquet Center on Route 100 in Gray. It was a perfect morning to get up early and enjoy a great breakfast at this lovely golf facility.

Speakers Alden Turner of the SBA, Chris Logan of Androscoggin Bank and Dean Waterman of Key Bank addressed “Credit Lending in Today’s Economy.” They talked of good business financial practices, loans and how to procure them at their individual institutions and other loan opportunities in the area. Some good networking occurred and people generally seemed to have enjoyed themselves.

Thanks to our speakers, Lifetime Auto Care, and Gray-New Gloucester Gazette/MaineHometownNews.com, who graciously sponsored this event, and the hard-working folks at Spring Meadows.

For more information or to become a member of the G-NGBA, call 657-2033, email mkp@gbamaine.org or visit www.gbamaine.org.

Give your kitchen a break

The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its monthly public supper Saturday June 6, at the Post 86 American Legion Hall, 15 Lewiston Road (Route 100) from 5- 6 p.m. The meal cost $7 for adults, $2.50 for children under 12 and free for children under 5. The menu will include baked beans, chop suey, coleslaw, hot dogs, breads, desserts and beverages.

Bears and bats at park

The Maine Forest Service will be demonstrating and displaying the tools of its trade Saturday, May 30, at the Maine Wildlife Park. Kids can have their picture taken with Smokey the Bear from noon to 12:30 p.m. Bring your camera!

On Saturday June 6, it will be “All About Bats.” Join the Chewonki Foundation and the Batmobile to learn about “nature’s own bug zappers” during a night visit from 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Regular admission fees apply. Call the office, 657-4977, if it’s raining.

These events are sponsored by the Friends of the Maine Wildlife Park. For more information, call 657-4977, ext. 0.

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