Columns

• A Bird’s Tale

  More Maine Owl Visitors

  Wed, 01/13/2021 - 10:00am

  

  All owls are inherently mysterious to us humans for any number of reasons. We don’t see even the most common species very often, and sometimes our only experience with them is hearing their calls far away in the dark woods. Barred owls are actually relatively common in our area. But how often do you really get to see one? A few winters ago, when snow and ice conditions apparently made it tough for barred owls to find food, the birds began coming out in the daylight to hunt, resulting in a spate...
• Out of Our Past

  Suspicious Wartime Activity

  Wed, 01/13/2021 - 8:00am

  

  Rice Brothers shipyard in East Boothbay evolved, as did most local shipyards, from modest beginnings. One brother, Frank, started building small yachts at the end of School Street in 1882, and he was joined by younger brothers Will and Henry in 1891. Though they were very successful, Frank left to go back on his own next door in 1903. Will and Henry had one of the earliest production lines for vessels, turning out streams of small power boats and sailboats. Additionally, they had a machine shop...
• Joe’s Journal

  Week 44 – You tell me

  Wed, 01/13/2021 - 7:30am

  

  For the last 44 weeks, I have used this space to comment on the news. Much of it has been devoted to ways we cope with Mr. COVID-19. Last week, as our nation was focused on the humongous task of producing, shipping and shooting a vaccine into the arms of millions of our fellow Americans, another event took center stage, one that has not happened in the history of our republic. On the afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 6, as the Congress counted the electoral college's certified votes, the members...
• ’Round Town

  Swing

  Wed, 01/13/2021 - 7:00am

  

  My wife and I and Gardiner Savings bought the old fire station on Route 27 in Boothbay in 1995. It’s still there across the street from the old town garage/office which has been lovingly cared for by George McEvoy and crew. The old fire station was being sold to help finance the new fire station, which is farther up the road on 27. It was a big step for us but a good neighborhood. The neighbors to the south were quiet. It was our hope to establish a photo gallery for me and a place from which...

• Southport Column: Town meeting changes, broadband and more

  Tue, 01/12/2021 - 10:30am

  Last Thursday I returned from the Island Store and the Post Office with two newspapers. One, this newspaper, had Bruce Burnham’s close up photo of the snowy owl that has been hanging out at Ocean Point, covering the top half of the front page, and the other, The New York Times, had the a picture of the mob storming the U.S. Capitol covering the top half of the front page. Immediately I thought thank goodness I live here instead of in a former home just eight blocks from the Capitol building. Of...

• Where It’s At: BRLT's Story Trail

  Tue, 01/12/2021 - 10:00am

  

  This January’s winter tale at Oak Point Farm is truly one to stir the imagination of every child, no matter how old. In Kate Messner’s story, “Over and Under the Snow,” winter is explored above and below the ground. As a young girl and her father spend a day cross-country skiing through a forest, he tells his daughter about the different critters sleeping below the snow, under ground. From the book: “Under the snow is a whole secret kingdom …” Imagine being the daughter learning this as she...

• Ocean Point Column: Remembering Bob Foster, snowy owl and more

  Tue, 01/12/2021 - 7:45am

  Happy New Year! I do hope your holidays were joyous despite being unlike past celebrations. I am sad to report that long time Ocean Pointer Bob Foster passed away on Jan. 4. Although I did not have the privilege of knowing Bob personally, I do recall that his family lived in what is now the Pohl cottage and that he was often seen driving around the Point is his beautiful antique 1929 Model A which he affectionately named Popo. As a child I remember Bob participating in our 4th of July Horribles...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  Mon, 01/11/2021 - 10:30am

  

  We had a fun meeting last Thursday, our first of 2021. Twenty-five Rotarians shared their news and holiday adventures. It’s always good to see you and hear your voices. Although Zoom doesn’t compare to meeting in person it does keep us connected. We still laugh together and at one another, share news and stories and keep the business of this busy club going. Even in this Pandemic we are contributing to our community in so many ways. Laurie Z was at the Rotary Barn last week cleaning up. There...

• American Legion Post 36

  Mon, 01/11/2021 - 8:00am

  

  First, an update on the VA’s efforts to provide the COVID-19 vaccinations: At the Jan. 7 VA Togus town hall meeting they reported that they have vaccinated the resident veterans in the Community Care facility and the healthcare workers. On Jan. 6, they started vaccinating out patient veterans starting with those over 85 and who have at least five or more high risk medical conditions. They will then address 85 and older with four, then three, then two high risk medical conditions. Then they will...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Help Track Climate Impacts to Birds Through National Audubon’s Climate Watch

  Wed, 01/06/2021 - 8:15am

  

  We heard on the news this morning that 2020 was the warmest year ever recorded in Portland, Maine. Across the state, we are seeing open water in rivers and lakes that we would have expected to be frozen solid from our experience in past years. And as we mentioned in our column last week, Christmas Bird Counts in many parts of the state reported record numbers of a many bird species that have expanded northward into Maine over the last few decades. That includes species like tufted titmouse and...
• ’Round Town

  Sunrise

  Wed, 01/06/2021 - 7:30am

  

  This is the sunrise we were hoping for on Dec. 31, but it wasn't. There was a sunrise on the 31st, but it was not visible behind a thick bank of clouds as viewed looking toward Monhegan from Ocean Point. Why is this significant, you might ask. Well, Dec. 31 was our daughter Morgan's 30th birthday, and one of the things she has always liked to do on her birthday is to see the sunrise. At least this time of year the sun rises, when it appears, at a more reasonable hour, 7:12. More reasonable for...
• Joe’s Journal

  Week 43 – Welcome 2021

  Wed, 01/06/2021 - 7:00am

  

  Like a lot of OFs (Old Fellas?) my age, I welcomed in the new year with a snore. Tradition says you are supposed to stay up until midnight and greet the new year with adult beverages, music, good friends and a kiss from your lover/best friend/wife. Not this year. After surviving 2020 by spending the last 43 weeks hiding in the house as Mr. COVID slaughtered thousands and thousands of our contemporaries, it seemed fitting to do the same thing on New Year's Eve. We didn't even stay up to watch...

• Southport Column: Missing beagle, the Christmas Eve church service, and more

  Tue, 01/05/2021 - 10:00am

  A dog, Sam, a beagle, just a year old, has been missing on the island since Christmas. Nancy, at the Island Store, has seen him twice, but he is very shy, and runs away when she tries to catch him, yet her sightings mean he is still alive. He is wearing a collar. You can see a picture of Sam at the Island Store. If you see him in person, please call 380-6247 or 380-3617. As you can imagine, the owners are very eager to have him back. Thanks to our firemen who were on deck at the firehouse to...

• American Legion Post 36

  Tue, 01/05/2021 - 7:45am

  

  First and foremost, Happy New Year to all! I am truly excited that we will be transitioning from a truly difficult and challenging year to a year where we will start to actually “see” smiles on everyone’s faces. I know (guess) most of the year we will still be masked out of necessary precaution, but the end is now in sight (pun intended). At the Legion, we have some catching up to do. We missed having our annual Recognition Dinner and honoring those who have done so much for the community and...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  Tue, 01/05/2021 - 7:30am

  

  Happy New Year everyone! Out with the old ... In with the new ... I don’t think we’ve ever felt that so strongly at the start of a new year. It sure has been a challenging one. Congratulations to you, the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club members. We rallied and met so many of the challenges of 2020. We innovated, we had a successful and fun season at the Rotary Club Barn, we added new members, we carried furniture, we made soup for the Food Pantry, we delivered food to community members, we even...
• Salt ’n Spar

  When the spoons went missing

  Mon, 01/04/2021 - 8:30am

  

  Let’s turn the calendar back about 30 years or so when Wiscasset Middle High School was Wiscasset High School. Mid-winter was the time of year when many of us looked forward to Friday night and basketball. Fans would pack the high school gym to watch the games. At halftime, the WHS Pep Band would take the stage and play the theme from “Rocky,” “Eye of the Tiger” and more. They finished with the school’s theme song sung to the tune of “Marching Through Georgia” ending with the rousing chorus: “...
• A Bird’s Tale

  High Numbers of Some Familiar Maine Birds

  Wed, 12/30/2020 - 8:00am

  

  We wrote last week about our experience participating in the Augusta area Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) earlier in December and the impressive numbers of a special winter visitor, the pine grosbeak, that we saw that day. It turns out that we were not the only ones to enjoy seeing pine grosbeaks! The total for this species for the Augusta CBC from all count teams was 130—the highest ever recorded over the 50-year history of the count. Surprising to us though was some other new high total...
• ’Round Town

  Eddie

  Wed, 12/30/2020 - 7:30am

  

  I was sitting on an overturned bucket aboard Red Hook with Mark Stover at the helm, Alva Achorn at the ready, and perfect summer sunshine all around. Don Viens was nearby on the dock with his boat blasting some “Dead” and we were all gesturing back and forth as young children are want to do! OSHA had taken the day off and the Coast Guard was preoccupied with larger issues. Eddie Tibbetts was hanging a new sign for the “Atlantic Edge” from a jury-rigged platform balanced precariously,...
• Joe’s Journal

  Week 42 – Exit 2020

  Wed, 12/30/2020 - 7:00am

  

  The year 2020 will soon be in our collective rearview mirror. When the clock marks the end of a year like no other, we all will be glad to put 2020 behind us. It was a year where we learned that the word pandemic was not just another footnote in the history books. We learned new words and phrases, like COVID-19, super spreader, social distancing, epidemic and, well, you know them. We learned what happened when the nation ignored the advice of our government's top experts and pretended...

• Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

  Tue, 12/29/2020 - 10:00am

  

  2020 was a good year to read. A lot. While the library entered into the wild COVID-19 operating maze, BHML patrons graciously came along for the ride. We all adapted to whatever it took to give a book and get a book! Below are the top 20 books checked from Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library in 2020: Adult 1) “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins 2) “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man” by Mary Trump 3) “Almost Midnight” by Paul Doiron 4) “The Deserter” by...
• Where It’s At

  New Year’s Eve pandemic style

  Tue, 12/29/2020 - 8:45am

  

  With his two faces, the Roman god of change and beginnings, Janus, looked back to the past and forward toward the future. We become Janus-like on New Year’s Eve, reliving the happiest moments of the year about to end and speculating on what the new year will bring: plans we have for ourselves on a personal health level, work projects, vacations, etc. COVID-19 is sure to be a big part of the looking back on a year that ushered in a pandemic that changed everything from work and finances to...

• Southport Column: Broadband survey, weaker storm and more

  Tue, 12/29/2020 - 8:30am

  Note that our Island store will be open all day on New Year’s Eve so you may buy your spirits or some good food, but will be closed on New Year’s Day. The store remains closed on Sundays. A request comes from the Southport Community Broadband Working Group asking you to share your broadband story. If you have not already completed their survey: "Southport Internet Service Survey,” it is not too late to do so. To receive a link to the survey you can email the working group at...

• American Legion Post 36

  Mon, 12/28/2020 - 8:45am

  

  I suspect I am not alone when I say, goodbye 2020 and good riddance! With the vaccines now becoming available, 2021 promises to end with COVID-19 a treatable disease and life going back to normal, well probably a new normal anyway. However, there were some positives for your Legion in 2020. Here are some of them: 1. The Hall renovations were completed 2. Held our first very moving and meaningful 4 Chaplains ceremony in many years 3/. While we didn’t have a Memorial Day parade, we did perform...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Audubon Christmas Bird Count: 121 Years and Counting

  Wed, 12/23/2020 - 8:15pm

  

  The day started with the temperature in the single digits. It was the day of the 121 st annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC). The CBCs take place in the period spanning from mid-December through early January. The count was started as a sort of protest to a practice known as the Christmas hunt, when hunters would go out around the holidays and see how many birds (and presumably other creatures as well) they could shoot. Frank Chapman--a prominent ornithologist, conservationist, and writer/...
• Joe’s Journal

  Week 41 - Christmas in Vietnam

  Wed, 12/23/2020 - 7:30am

  

  Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, I and thousands of other American service members lived in a semi-tropical land known as Viet Nam. It wasn’t my idea, but somehow America had become involved in a complicated nationwide family feud that erupted after the Vietnamese people kicked the French out. Add that to the Communists, the Cold War and, well, if you grew up in the ’60s, you know the story. I was assigned to a Marine artillery battalion known as the Fourth Battalion, Twelfth Marines...
• ’Round Town

  Barrett’s Boats

  Wed, 12/23/2020 - 7:00am

  

  Every now and then (more then than now), it’s fun to rummage through some old files well preserved in shoe boxes under the bed and in closets throughout the property. Looking at images from back in the totally film days brings up fond memories of people and places I have come to know during our time here. Take for example the photograph I have chosen to share for this week's adventure in time travel. This has always been one of my favorite images from many visits to a favorite place, Barrett’s...

• Southport Column: Delivering pies, concert, church services and more

  Tue, 12/22/2020 - 8:00am

  

  Well, first of all Merry Christmas to all my readers. Second if you are in ‘last minute’ mode, the Island Store is open on Christmas Eve until 2 p.m. and closed Christmas Day. On New Year’s Eve the store will be open all day, better to buy your spirits, but closed New Year’s Day. On Christmas Eve, instead of the gathering at All Saints by-the-Sea, a worship service filmed this fall at the chapel will be available for viewing at allsaintssouthport.org, beginning at the usual time 10 p.m. The...

• American Legion Post 36

  Tue, 12/22/2020 - 7:30am

  

  On behalf of our American Legion Post, I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season! As has been said this year, many are struggling to get into the spirit because our normal celebrations with family and friends can’t happen. Probably good news for Zoom; let’s hope they can handle the volume. And, in the spirit of the season, Zoom has announced they are lifting their 40-minute time limits during the following times: 10 a.m. Dec 23 to 6 a.m. Dec 26; and 10 a.m...
• Out of Our Past

  Fall 1916, Part II

  Wed, 12/16/2020 - 10:00am

  

  On October 20, William Hodgdon, off the steamer Grayling, was pickpocketed at the Topsham Fair. The Good Roads League may have been running into a little resistance since there was a front-page appeal for support from everyone, even those who owned no horses or cars. The high school formed a track team, with Douglas Knight as captain, and Joe Dodge as manager. The Register asked if anyone could equal J. R. Giles of Dover Road having 28 sunflowers on one stalk! The Charles R. Pinkham house,...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Rare Birds on a Sunday Afternoon

  Wed, 12/16/2020 - 8:00am

  

  Faithful readers will remember our trip to Ogunquit to look for Maine’s second-ever-documented rock wren we wrote about a few weeks ago . We failed to see the rock wren on that trip. Amazingly, the bird seems to be doing quite well finding food among the rocks at Perkins Cove and was still there as of this past weekend. We decided to try once again and made the drive down to Ogunquit on Sunday afternoon. When we arrived, there was a person with a camera sitting on the edge of the sidewalk — and...
• ’Round Town

  Betty

  Wed, 12/16/2020 - 7:15am

  

  “Will you keep the cash ... Or, take a chance on what's behind curtain #3?” “It's a holiday vacation in beautiful Boothbay Harbor, Maine!” When you visit this charming New England village, you can expect to see lots of the most refreshing and jubilant people alive during the shortest days of the year. On any given day, in the downtown walking area, there are many wonderful shops and shopkeepers who can help you prepare for the holiday season and brighten the four o'clock sunsets. An...
• Joe’s Journal

  Week 40 – Christmas chores

  Wed, 12/16/2020 - 7:00am

  

  We all have been stuck at home for the last 40 weeks as the world and our nation went through one of the most divisive presidential campaigns in our history. We have finally settled on this year’s winner, at least, I think we have. So, last week, my bride suggested we should get off the couch, turn off the TV, put down our devices, and get ready for Christmas. I said we should start by writing a Christmas letter. You know something like: This year, my bride won her second Nobel, was nominated...

• Ocean Point Column: Remembering Pat and Ginny

  Tue, 12/15/2020 - 11:00am

  The area has certainly had its share of storms in the past couple of weeks that knocked down trees, power lines and Marden’s flagpole. Other than the flagpole there was no other substantial damage reported thankfully. Unfortunately we are expected to have a large storm this week; winter has certainly arrived! I find it extremely difficult to report heartbreaking news at any time of year but especially the holiday season. Sadly we lost another beloved member of our community. Pat Waldman passed...

• Southport Column: Donating food, school classes and more

  Tue, 12/15/2020 - 10:30am

  We have two opportunities on Southport to supply food for folks who might need an extra bit on their shelves. To the Southport Memorial Library you can bring canned food for the Food Pantry. Just drop off your offering in the box by the bench at the front door. Please be sure that your donation is nutritious and has not passed it expiration date. When I scanned my shelves for a donation, I found a bottle of spaghetti sauce that I was about to donate when I discovered it had expired several...

• American Legion Post 36

  Tue, 12/15/2020 - 10:00am

  

  I am excited to report that the VETS team, let by Ed Harmon, has placed two of the homeless veteran shelter trailers with the Maine Bureau of Veteran Services (MBVS) and one is now occupied and the other will be soon. This means one homeless veteran is not living out in the cold and one more will be as well! The MBVS Facebook page now includes the VETS trailer as one of their resources. A big thank you to our community, individuals and businesses, who have supported VETS Inc, a 501(c) (3), over...

• Boothbay Region Lions Club

  Fri, 12/11/2020 - 8:45am

  

  The Boothbay Region Lions Club met for a regular meeting on Dec. 9. We voted to send donations to New Hope for Women and Project Graduation. Lion Karen as our Zone Chair reported that Maine District 41 of Lions International will be sponsoring a Souper Bowl contest in the month of January. Each Lions Club is to collect various items for their local food pantries, and the club donating the most items will receive $100 to donate to their local food pantry. COVID restrictions have severely...

• Roseate Terns, from Maine to Aruba

  Wed, 12/09/2020 - 8:30am

  

  Roseate terns are rather special birds. They nest on islands here in the Gulf of Maine—and two-thousand miles south of here on a tiny reef island off of the island nation of Aruba! Here in Maine they nest on only a few islands, with numbers in recent years at just under 250 nesting pairs. One of the islands that they nest on is Eastern Egg Rock, off New Harbor on the Pemaquid Peninsula. On what has become the annual (except for this year because of COVID) Natural Resources Council of Maine...
• ’Round Town

  Wayne

  Wed, 12/09/2020 - 7:30am

  

  I've been stalking Wayne Closson for years. Ever since I photographed for the wedding of his daughter, Megan. We had a grand time and Wayne had no choice! Father of the bride had to behave, especially with some local “foto geek” in the house. He reluctantly tolerated me with the help of wife Mary who was almost as happy as Wayne about being photographed. What is it about having someone point a camera lens at you? I resemble that comment. Just ask my family. “Dad, could you please smile?” “Don't...
• Joe’s Journal

  Week 39 – Remember when?

  Wed, 12/09/2020 - 7:00am

  

  On Monday, we remembered the Japanese navy's terrible attack on the American base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It was a Sunday morning, just before 8 a.m., when hundreds of Japanese planes destroyed or damaged eight battleships, including the USS Arizona , where a huge bomb pierced the deck and 1,000 died. Overall, the attackers destroyed about 300 airplanes, killed 2,400 military and civilians, and wounded another thousand. The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint...

• Southport Column: Generous donation, Santa’s surprise visit and more

  Tue, 12/08/2020 - 8:30am

  

  During this time of much sad and bad news, let’s start off with some good news this week. First, the Southport Island Association has received a generous donation from seasonal residents, Paul and Sharma Schacknow, through the Schacknow Family Foundation, Inc. It will be used to support its “Helping Hand” program, which makes small charitable grants to neighbors on the island who are having difficulty paying bills for rent, fuel, firewood, food, medications, and the like. The Schacknows have...

• American Legion Post 36

  Mon, 12/07/2020 - 11:00am

  

  I hope this article finds everyone safe and healthy, both physically and mentally! Of course, the COVID-19 virus is a challenge to us health wise and the isolation and conforming to an every changing set of rules/guidelines doesn’t help our mental attitude much either. But, the good news, it appears the vaccine is on its way ... in fact, some quantities are here but in storage waiting for the final release. Much is in the news about who gets the first round of doses and when the vaccine will be...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  Mon, 12/07/2020 - 10:00am

  

  We had a lively Zoom meeting last Thursday with over 30 Rotarians attending. It sure isn’t like being at the clubhouse together, but there is still a lot of laughter and sharing of stories. It is so nice to see your faces and hear your voices. There was a lot of club news, then Tory Paxson gave us a snapshot view of the Botanical Garden’s Drive Thru Gardens Aglow. Did you know they have hung over 650,000 lights, have twelve lighted sculptures and a magical lighted tunnel, it is not to be missed...
• ’Round Town

  Donnie

  Wed, 12/02/2020 - 7:15am

  

  Horace Lee and Ethelyn Giles helped us buy our first house in 1978. It was a complicated purchase due to some unusual circumstances. We had no knowledge of real estate but we were excited for the opportunity to settle in to a neighborhood and become more a part of this wonderful community. Kimballtown Road on Barters Island was an interesting stretch of road back then. We didn’t know a soul on the road and it didn’t take long to figure out that year-round folks from elsewhere were in short...
• Joe’s Journal

  Week 34 – Thanksgiving leftovers

  Wed, 12/02/2020 - 7:00am

  

  Last week, we would have loved to pack some presents, jump in the car, and drive to the Midwest so we could sit down with the kids, grandkids and great-grandkids, but we didn't. Like lots of our friends and neighbors, we dined by ourselves. I know some folks claimed COVID-19 would disappear right after the election. Well, that didn't happen. I am not going to cite the latest numbers for you. They are all over the daily papers, the TV, the internet, and even my favorite newspapers, The Boothbay...

• Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

  Tue, 12/01/2020 - 10:00am

  

  Due to personal reasons, the “I love a mystery” column will not appear until January 2021. My hope is that you will continue reading your favorites as well as new recommended mysteries. The BMPL will be able to help you make a selection. Check them for their current hours of operation. Thank you for your loyal support. My best wishes for the holiday season. Stay safe and well. Happy reading mystery lovers! BHML is open for window-side/burb-side pickup only. Visit bbhlibrary.org for more...

• Ocean Point Column: Thanksgiving, a birth and more

  Tue, 12/01/2020 - 8:30am

  I do hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving this year despite the smaller numbers gathered around the dinner table. From what I can determine it was certainly different for many people. Our family definitely kept to the suggested guidelines of smaller gatherings, as did many Ocean Pointers. The Ross family enjoyed a small gathering as did the Hall family and the Rush family. Thanks to Kevin Burnham for bringing a smile to the many readers of the Register last week as he shared his childhood...
• A Bird’s Tale

  The Rock Wren and the Harlequins

  Tue, 12/01/2020 - 8:00am

  

  It’s a familiar story. Rare bird shows up. Birders finally find a break in the work and home schedule to go look for it. Arrive just in time to hear that it has not been seen for several hours. Search diligently in the waning light and growing chill of an early winter late afternoon. Bird is nowhere to be seen. Darkness falls and said birders make the long drive home not knowing whether the bird will stay and, even if it does, if they will have the chance to look for it again. That was our...

• Southport Column: Fire department comes through, Christmas decorations and more

  Tue, 12/01/2020 - 7:30am

  Many thanks to our Southport firemen who left the comfort of bed and/or newspaper to respond to a woods fire early Sunday morning, Nov. 22. Gerry Gamage writes, “the fire located 350 feet off the road has probably been smoldering for at least a week. It burned deep into the ground causing dozens of trees to topple as the root systems were compromised. It looked like a tornado had struck. Two dozen firefighters spent three hours getting a hose line out to the scene and shuttling ten thousand...

• Back to Hunker

  Tue, 11/24/2020 - 1:45pm

  

  On Thursday, Nov. 19 BHML flipped a switch and went back to Curbside/Windowside service only. With Maine surging and the difficulty maintaining physical distance in the library’s lobby area, we decided it was safest for all to return to our outside service model. This time around, appointments are not required for curbside pickup. Call us when you arrive in the parking lot 633-3112 and we’ll bring out your holds. Or, drop by Tuesday - Saturday 2-4: p.m. and pick up your holds at the window by...

• American Legion Post 36

  Mon, 11/23/2020 - 2:45pm

  

  The Poppy Quilt Drawing was held on Veterans Day and the winner of the quilt is Anne Burt! Congratulations Anne! The Quilt donated by Sara Fahnley raised over $1,000 that will be going to VETS, Inc, the new 501(C)3, non-profit, that builds the trailers for homeless veterans. VETS started out as a program of the Sons of the Legion, is now separately incorporated to enable the trailers to be used free from government restrictions that could prevented immediate sheltering of veterans who might be...

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