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March / April 2019 Newsletter Welcome to the race to Summer!!! Fans are pouring in even with snow still on the ground. January, February, March and April are lining up. The starting bell sounds and they are OFF! March takes the lead with April not far behind. February limps off and January stays back at the gate. They round the bend and March pulls ahead. The locals are going wild! Just three days to go, March and April are neck and neck. The winds blow March ahead, while April waits for rain, and it’s March by a month! The crowd cheers, and April rides off into the not so distant future. Spring is coming, be patient!

Annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Saturday, March 16th, 2019

At the Fire Barn Social 6:00pm b.y.o.b., Dinner 6:45pm, Family Style (all you can eat!)

Mouth Watering Corned Beef & Cabbage, Potatoes, Carrots, and Baby Beets Homemade Irish Soda Bread

Homemade Apple Crisp with Whipped Cream Fun Irish Sing-a-long follows dinner

Cost: Adults $20, Children 7-12 $10, Under 6 free A Very Popular Meal, Early Response is a must for food quantities and seating.

Reserve a table with friends! Call or email NOW: Eve @ 282-0417 or eve@maine.rr.com

Please respond by March 14th or we cannot guarantee space. Handicap parking available behind the fire barn with a ramp to the door

Corned Beef Hash with Poached Egg Supper

Sunday, March 17th, 2019 At the Center

Fun Irish Movie ‘Waking Ned Devine’ to follow dinner Dinner 5:00pm - Cost $8.00

R.S.V.P. to Eve at 282-0417 or eve@maine.rr.com

Garden Problem Solving, & Vegetarian Dinner at the Center

with Valerie & Andy Cole Andy’s Agway, 13 Cole Farm Rd., Dayton, Maine

www.andysagway.com

Saturday, April 6th, 2019 Former BP postmistress Valerie Cole and husband Andy Cole of Andy’s Agway are

returning for a pep talk on problems in your garden. Planting, Fertilizing, Invasives, Bugs, and Critters giving you grief? Let’s talk about it!

Social 5:30pm, Dinner 6:00pm, Talk and presentation follow dinner of: Soup, Salad, Homemade Bread, and Carrot Cake R.S.V.P. to Eve @ 282-0417 or eve@maine.rr.com

Cost: $10

Maple Syrup Saturday, March 23rd, at Andy’s 8am – noon Pancakes, Juice, and Coffee $6, with Tour of Sap House, and Pony Rides

Earth Day Area Clean-up Saturday, April 27th, 2019 (Joint effort by BPCC, BPIA, FRA)

Meet at the Center 8:15 am for Coffee & Donuts 8:45 am – 9:00am sign-up for a work area, organize team, and depart Dress appropriately with gloves, boots, and bring a ‘reaching tool’ for difficult to reach litter.

Trash bags will be distributed. FRA group to meet at designated area for clean-up, then back to the Center for lunch.

11:00am – 1:00 pm Chowder Lunch, Sandwiches, Fruit, Cookies & Beverages

(Vegetarian and Gluten Free available) To sign up contact Sarah Beanland slbeanland@gmail.com

“Before The Flood” – Friday, April 26th, 7:00pm with dessert & coffee

This is an eye opening film on climate change presented by National Geographic, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and his world travels with first hand observations.

John Wallach will facilitate a discussion following the film. A ‘not to be missed’ documentary!

This will be shown upstairs at the Community Center.

Creative Studio

BPCC Creative Studio – Art Classes

Calling All Artists! The weekly open studio style painting classes with Russel Whitten are ongoing – now in our 5th year - at the Community Center, or at plein air locations when the weather is hospitable. Artists at all levels are welcome.

The Community Center space and Russel’s schedule are such that we offer a 3-hour class on Thursdays (1:00pm to 4:00pm). We run the classes in successive 5-week sessions. Tuition is $125 for each full session. Although continuous attendance is preferred, for those who may not be able to commit to the full five-week schedule, “drop-ins” are accepted at $30 per class.

The open studio format allows artists to work in any medium and to pursue their own projects with Russel’s assistance, or to paint weekly set-ups designed to explore a particular concept. Each class in the session is self-standing. The 5-week blocks are strictly to enable us to plan the financial side of our operation.

Please contact Brad Coupe if you are interested and let us know when you would like to begin.

We hope you will find the prospect of a weekly art class right here in the Pool to be of interest and we look forward to seeing you there.

Send your response to: Brad Coupe - bcoupe@maine.rr.com or call 207-229-9402

Our Creative Studio winter programming continues with: Reading Shakespeare in Community facilitated by Joan Mento.

Class begins Feb 26-Mar 26, 1-3 pm, $30 for all sessions. The play Much Ado About Nothing will be our focus. Register with Sue Maccalous xraychic17@yahoo.com or 283-1743.

March 23, 2-4 pm we will enjoy an 'Armchair Tour of Downtown Biddeford'. Join us for a visual tour of downtown Biddeford and learn about the history behind the buildings and their facades. Learn what places, unique architectural features and historic people have been a part of Biddeford's storied history. Presented by Leah Schaffer. Free of charge, donations accepted. Please register with Heather Davis heatherd@maine.rr.com or 282 8096.

Save the Date! July 9th - Poetry Reading with original work by

Margo Taft Stever, John Perrault and Lisa Barstow. Info to follow in next newsletter.

PAINT NIGHT: with Barbara Lisa $30 PER PERSON

INSTRUCTION AND ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED. Come enjoy an evening of fun creativity with Barbara Lisa.

Sunday, March 10th 4-6pm Leave with a lovely 8x10 painting. Created by you! Registration is a must.

Please reserve your space by Friday, March 8th with barbaralisa6@gmail.com or 207-415-6955

Minimum of 10 participants. Maximum of 15 participants.

Exhibit space in the Library/Gallery The Library/Gallery exhibit space will need some new Art Works come Spring. It can be a group show or solo exhibit up for about 6 weeks or more. If you are interested, please contact Diane Noble at dbmn27@maine.rr.com.

~ No regularly scheduled Mahjong at BPCC in next couple of months. ~

Open Bridge

Monday Drop-In Bridge continues, 2-4 pm. All levels welcome. $1 donation per person requested.

We are meeting upstairs at BPCC during the construction. Hope to see you soon!

LIBRARY: By now most are aware that our Library is closed for a period of time as construction is un-

derway on the first level. A new handicap accessible bathroom is replacing the two small ones. This is a much needed change to our space for all who utilize the Community Center. We will let you know when the Library is again available. Beginning this month there will be the addition of a book(s) review offered here by Tom Bancroft. Some of you may be acquainted with Tom. I asked him awhile ago if he would consider writing book reviews for the newsletter and he has agreed. In this first one which follows, he introduces himself and background along with the review featuring author Tara French. I hope you will enjoy this added feature to the Newsletter. Sue Maccalous

A note on your reviewer:

A book reviewer, like a contractor, doesn’t require licensure, so that if you are confident enough in your abilities, then you call yourself contractor or book reviewer. In this reviewer’s case, I am an autodidact. I have read 60-80 books a year for 50 years, and have absorbed thousands of reviews. I have read theories of reviewing from Matthew Arnold to Edmund Wilson, to Harold Bloom and James Wood. What we pre-sumably end with is informed taste, and of course, like cuisine, it may not be everyone’s.

Unlike contracting, there are no rules that, if broken, will place us out of plumb. However, this reviewer has imposed some on himself.

1. ALWAYS read the book under discussion. This is not as obvious as you may think. One could read re-views only, or the dust jacket for that matter. I try not to be unduly influenced by these.

2. Be objective in a subjective way. I suppose this could more succinctly be called evenhanded or fair.

3. Be subjective in an objective manner. This means that what you read from this reviewer is what this reviewer likes. You will not read a review of anything that I did not finish, or hated. I read for pleasure, and write for the same reason.

I have undertaken to review some books that are available at the Biddeford Pool Library, at the behest of Sue Maccalous, your erstwhile Librarian.

Let’s begin with one of the top three or four mystery writers alive: Tana French.

Most mysteries are read for plot. Only the best are read for character and character development. This epitomizes Ms. French’s seven novels, six featuring the Dublin Murder Squad. Ms. French knows her terri-tory well. An American who has lived in Ireland for 26 years, she sets her stories in contemporary Ireland, reeling in the aftermath of economic collapse. In The Woods, her first novel from 2007 is set in an archaeo-logical dig soon to be paved over. Three children go into the woods, and only one comes out. If that sounds eerie, Broken Harbor, (one of the best in the series) is set in a suburban development unfinished by the de-veloper. A family of four is murdered, with only the wife surviving. This reviewer’s favorite, The Secret Place, is set in a private girl’s school, which exposes in precise, pinpoint prose just how cruel (and murder-ous) young girls can be.

However, it is not the settings, or even the plots (which are as intricate as any you’ve ever read) which will have you craving more- it is the Murder Squad itself. In most mysteries, the central question is: Who is the murderer? In Tana French’s world, it is who are the detectives? (They work in pairs). While in most crime series, you become familiar with, and know what to expect from Hercule Poirot, Harry Bosch, or Kinsey Milhone, each book in Ms. French’s oeuvre is narrated by a different detective, who has often appeared in a supporting role in previous books. My personal favorite is Antoinette Conway, in The Trespasser. The only woman on the Squad, and mixed-race as well, she must be the most conflicted detective in fiction, with a chip on her shoulder the size of a plank. She teams with Stephen Moran, himself the narrator of The Secret Place.

The cliché about mystery writers, when really done well, is that they “transcend the genre”and become literature. Tana French will, in the fullness of time, join Raymond Chandler, Ross MacDonald, Elmore Leonard, and very few others, in that pantheon.

Tom Bancroft 1/19

The French Way

Fitness with Barbara Lisa

Creative Fun Fitness Classes That Will Get You Moving

7:30 - 8:15am - Monday, Wednesday & Friday March & April

Biddeford Pool Community Center

Monthly Session $120 per Month/3 Classes per Week (Average cost per class $10) A portion of the proceeds are donated back to the Community Club

Class size is limited to 10 participants

To register please contact barbaralisa6@gmail.com or call 207-415-6955 Drop-In Fee $15 per class

Individual fitness goal sessions available upon request CERTIFIED: ACE, USM FITNESS TRAINER, RYT 299 HOUR YOGA CERTIFIED, MAT PILATES CERTIFIED,

CERTIFIED USGA GOLF FIT & TENNIS FIT All participants please bring a mat, water and wear comfortable clothing and sneakers

Sunrise Yoga with Barbara Lisa / CYI

Monday & Wednesday 6:45 am - 7:30 am of Gentle Yoga

Suggested donation $12 per class

Bring an open mind, yoga mat, towel, and water bottle. Meet at the Biddeford Pool Community Center, 2 Yates Street, Biddeford Pool.

A portion of class proceeds to be donated to a charitable education fund in memory of Beverly J. Chappell. For more information contact Barbara @ barbalisa6@gmail.com

Please note: The monthly minutes from the BPCC Board meeting will now be available on our website.

Artists By the Sea 2019 ~ Friday, Aug. 2nd - Sunday, August 4th

Call to Artists

The Biddeford Pool Community Center is proud to once again present, “Artists by the Sea”, a non-juried group show and sale featuring paintings, drawings, original prints (i.e. woodcuts, etchings, silkscreen, etc.), by local artists. This year the show is scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 2, 3 & 4.

Your continued support by participating in this exhibition is deeply appreciated. Proceeds go to support the exhibition and the BPCC and it's many inspiring programs.

ENTRY FEE SCHEDULES Registration Fee = $15 Commission on art sold = 15%

If you would like more information, please contact Eileen Foley at emfoley1@gmail.com.

Save the Date!

Saturday, May 18 - Join Ann Hastings for a birding walk at Timber Point. Meet at 7 am at Ann’s home on Route 9 to carpool over to the Point. Migration should be in full swing providing us with a very enjoyable walk and opportunity to see a variety of beautiful birds! Please join us!

Saturday, July 13 - Seaside Fair - 10 am – 2pm The Biddeford Pool Community Center. See attached application form at end of newsletter.

Long Range 2019 Functions’ Plans - Save the Dates!

March 16th - St Patrick’s Day Dinner March 17th - Corned Beef Hash Dinner & Movie April 6th - Garden Problem Solving with Valerie & Andy Cole April 27th - Earth Day Area Clean-up May 18th - International Migratory Bird Walk with Ann Hastings May 27th - Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast June 23rd ? - Area Coastal Mixer July 4th - Parade & BPVFD Cook-Out July 13th - Seaside Fair August 2,3,4, - Artists By The Sea August 11th - Tom Snow Jazz Concert September 28th ? - Baked Bean & BBQ Rib Dinner October 18th - Annual Meeting / Pot Luck Supper November 16th – International Dinner December 4th - Annual Christmas Tea & Union Church Cookie Walk December 22nd - Annual Christmas Party Lost & Found: 2 wine coolers – one from Christmas Party, one from Game Night.

Both are at the Center waiting to be picked up.

**Calling All College Students** Joan Beaudry Memorial Education Award Joan was a longtime Biddeford Pool resident and passionate educator. This award was created in her memory to provide assistance for any college student who has ties to Biddeford Pool Community Center. Applicants’ immediate family shall be members of BPCC (grandchildren of active members are also eligible). Candidates interested in applying MUST have applications completed and sub-mitted no later than JUNE 1st, or forfeit eligibility for the year.

The application can now be submitted online and includes a 500 word essay describing personal goals and objectives and addressing what the student perceives his/her role in the community to be. All award recipients will be asked to give back to the Biddeford Pool community by completing some community service (minimum 2 hours). A sample list of volunteer opportunities will be available on the website by April 1st. The amount of the reward is based on available funds and will be no more than $1,000 per year. Complete eligibility guidelines, application process and online application can be found on the BPCC website http://biddefordpoolcommunitycenter.org/education-fund/. Any questions can be directed to co-chairs Tracy Callahan gtfamily@comcast.net and Greg Tarbox gftbox@gmail.com.

Calling all walkers! Please consider joining us for Hope 2-Day, a two-day, ten mile a day fundraising walk to benefit Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center. The walk will take place on June 1 & 2.

The first Hope 2-Day event (June, 2018) was a great success with four-teen walkers raising over $15,000! You can help us achieve our goal of doubling the number of participants.

Each walker is asked to commit to raising $800, the cost of feeding our neighbors for a week. Your $50 registration fee will cover walk expenses so that all of the money raised will go directly to Seeds of Hope.

Ready to walk? Please contact Laura Cobb, lcobb82@gmail.com. For more information about Seeds of Hope, please visit seedsofhope4me.org

“Watercolor Painting - Making Water Behave”

The York County Senior College is offering this watercolor painting class at the BPCC, beginning Tuesday, April 2.

This class, consisting of 8 weekly sessions from April 2 through May 21st, is open to YCSC members. The class is for novice and intermediate watercolor painters. Each session will be held on Tuesdays from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Biddeford Pool Community Center. We will explore a variety of basic techniques and issues, such as washes, painting light and shadow and perspective. We will have demonstrations for those interested in particular issues and we will also have a still-life setup for people to paint if they choose. Students looking for an opportunity to pursue their own interests with input from the instructor are also welcome.

Equipment needed - If you have basic watercolor paints and brushes etc., you won’t need to get more. For those who have no equipment, we have paper and a limited supply of brushes and beginner paints. In addi-tion, all students will need a container for water (a tall plastic cup or water glass will do), an HB pencil and eraser (Ideally a “kneaded” eraser available at most art supply stores), and a simple watercolor palette (a

plain white dinner plate will do with several small plastic cups like the ones that salad dressing comes in to hold individual colors). You will also want a flat surface on which to tape your paper. If you have questions

about the materials or the class itself, please call Brad Coupe at 207-229-9402.

Instructor: Brad Coupe • Location: Biddeford Pool Community Center Day/Time: Tuesdays, 1:00 to 4:00 • Starts: April 2 • Class Size: Min 5, Max 10

Cost: $25 Senior College membership fee • Enrollment runs until March 7.

To enroll you must be a member of the YCSC, but becoming a member and registering for the class is easy. You must be at least 50 years of age to be eligible. Just fill out the membership application and a separate class registration form available on the Senior College website at yorkcountyseniorcollege.org and submit them with a $25 check payable to the York County Senior College to:

York County Senior College, 4 Scammon Street, Suite 18, Saco, ME 04072

SHOP ONLINE AT AMAZON?

WHEN YOU DO, AMAZON GIVES BACK!

Your shopping clicks can make additional money for the Community Center! And it’s so easy!

Smile.Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to the charitable organization of your

choice (which we hope will be the BPCC). Smile.Amazon is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same

prices, same service. Here’s how:

1. Sign in to smile.amazon.com on your desktop or mobile phone browser. 2. From your desktop, go to Your Account from the navigation at the top of any page, and then select the

option to select your charity at Change your Charity. 3. Select your charitable organization to support, which we hope will be the BPCC (registered as Biddeford

Pool Community Club, as we are listed in our official 501(c)(3) IRS registration). But there are thousands of charities to support.

Every item available for purchase on www.amazon.com is also available on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com) at the same price (although not every product is eligible for donation purposes, thousands are). You will see eligible products marked "Eligible for AmazonSmile donation" on their product detail pages. For more information about the AmazonSmile program, go to http://smile.amazon.com/about.

Newly formed Organization Pursuing Maine Specialty

License Plate To Raise Funds For Lighthouse Preservation

FOWIL Volunteer, Sean Murphy, has formed the Maine Lighthouse Trust, a charitable organization, to benefit all Maine lighthouses with the proceeds generated by the sale of a new specialty Lighthouse License Plate.

Maine motorists throughout the State are urged to pre-order the new plate to meet the 2000 threshold required for state authorization of specialty plates. Once authorized, $10 of the normal $25 fee motorists pay for specialty plates will go into the Trust to be distributed to Maine lighthouses and lighthouse organizations for preservation and restoration of Maine’s iconic lighthouses, and for public education.

When the threshold is met, the Trust will submit the pre-paid application funds to the Maine Secretary of State to submit proposed legislation to the Maine Legislature seeking authorization of the specialty plate. The legislature will also have final approval of the design of the license plate itself. The Secretary of State has already given its approval of a design proposed by the Trust. That design features our own Wood Island Lighthouse Tower!

The goal is eventually to sell many thousands of plates and generate a significant annual revenue stream to the Trust for distribution, which will be via a grant application process. Once the plate is approved and in production, possibly taking a year, each of the 2,000 pre-sale registrants will receive a BMV voucher that can be taken to a local municipal office or BMV branch and redeemed for a set of lighthouse plates. The Maine Lighthouse Trust will then receive $10 from every plate purchase and renewal.

A special feature of the Trust’s campaign will allow motorists making one of these 2000 pre-order purchases to designate a particular lighthouse to be the direct recipient of the $10 the Trust receives for the initial purchase and every renewal of those particular plates. So, here is how you can help Wood Island Lighthouse:

Pre-order a $25 plate for each of your Maine-registered vehicle(s) AND,

Be sure to name Wood Island Lighthouse as the beneficiary of the funds from your plate pre-order purchase!

For information on how to pre-order and more information about this initiative, visit: https://www.mainelighthousetrust.org/

BIDDEFORD POOL COMMUNITY CENTER

Seaside Fair application

Saturday, July 13, 2019 10AM – 2PM

Corner of Mile Stretch Road and Yates Street

The Biddeford Pool Community Center is a small, nonprofit organization

established in 1937. Its purpose is to promote the social and general welfare

of the residents and community of Biddeford Pool, and surrounding areas.

The Seaside Fair is one of the many events sponsored by the Center which aids in supporting

the Center's community- based mission.

The Seaside Fair features artisans (mostly local), lunch, baked goods, and raffle items.

Artisan space is limited and available in the downstairs hall and in the fenced-in lawn area.

Spaces are first come first serve. If we cannot accommodate your request, we will let you know.

Cost is $50 per space, payable to BPCC. If you need a table, there will be a charge of $10 for a 30” x 72” table.

Children’s crafts and other artwork are welcome for $5 per space.

Children must provide their own small table.

Participants are responsible for their own work and may set up between 8 and 9 AM.

Parking is available on McPheeters’ lawn (at the top of the hill) after unloading.

Again, the Seaside Fair is a very popular event with limited space availability,

early applications recommended.

Please return application to:

Renee Messier,

73 Old Pool Road, Biddeford, ME 04005.

For more information, call (207) 502.0050 or email oldpool@maine.rr.com.

NAME: ________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________

PHONE: __________________________EMAIL:_________________________________________

MEDIUM: _______________________________AMOUNT ENCLOSED: $______________

_________ I will need a table - add $10

__________ I will NOT need a table

__________ I prefer to be outside on the lawn

__________ I prefer to be inside

__________ Children's table