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Volume 20 • Issue No. 31
National Night Out: Tuesday, August 6 YORK COUNTY Since 1984, National Night Out has been held across the country as an event through which citizens can connect with their local law enforcement agencies. According to the organization’s website, “National Night Out enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community. Furthermore, it provides a great opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive circumstances.” It is a free community event that shines a spotlight on crime prevention, safety, and community partnerships. This year’s Night Out takes place on Tuesday, August 6, and will feature various events with local police departments. In Kennebunk, the event will be held at the Waterhouse Center, 55 Main Street, starting at 4 p.m. It will feature fire de-
partment/EMS displays, scam safety booths, traffic safety demos, and financial safety information. The public will have the chance to meet the town’s officers, including the animal control officer, K9 officer, social workers, and the volunteers of the police services team. There will be a kids corner with free books, face painting, tattoos, games, and the highly anticipated scavenger hunt. All children who bring back their completed evidence bag will get to select a prize. Food will also
be available, including a lemonade stand and hotdogs grilled by the department’s police lieutenant and other VIPs. A pizza contest, judged by News Center Maine meteorologist Jason Nappi, will be held (contact Officer Candice Simeoni to enter your pizza into this challenge), and live music will be provided by Maine musician David Perlmen. There will be a raffle with exciting prizes, and all proceeds from the night will go to Special Olympics of Maine. FMI: Officer Candice Simeoni at csimeoni@kennebunkmaine.us or call 207-604-1365. Kittery’s event will take place at the Kittery Community Center, 120 Rogers Road, beginning at 5:30 p.m. It will feature local area public safety organizations, including the police, fire, harbormaster, and public works departments, along with other local and regional public
Eliot’s Brigitte Memorial Chapel ELIOT George Gefrich’s wife of 30 years, Brigitte Maria Gefrich, died on March 7, 2021 at their home in Eliot. As Gefrich relates, “five hours after her passing, I stood in my side yard and suddenly had a vision of an archway leading to a chapel and adjoining gardens on my one-acre pond. I looked up and said I will build it.” That started
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a three-year process of creating the vision. The result is the Brigitte Memorial Chapel, a nondenominational chapel on the couple’s 11-acre homestead, next to the pond, surrounded by three acres of gardens and sculptures, including one of Brigitte Gefrich herself. It is open to all with no cost for individuals or events. When asked why the chapel is designated nondenominational, Gefrich replies, “because of Johnny Cash and when he sang ‘you’ve got to walk that lonesome
valley by yourself.’ I say there are seven billion people on this earth and the chapel is open to all and does not exclude anyone.” According to Gefrich, the chapel has hosted prayer and meditation groups, weddings, baby showers, picnics, and family gatherings, as well as people just reading, sun bathing, enjoying the gardens, and seeking individual respite, prayer, or private time for themselves. All See CHAPEL on page 12 . . .
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safety teams. The event will include a bouncy house, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard STEM activities, Caricatures by Leona, lawn games, roaming puppets, and a bubble station, and will let the public check out various safety vehicles up close. The Kittery Police Department will be serving free hot dogs, chips, water, and ice pops. Other food includes Hawaiian Jim’s shaved ice and Knights of Columbus fried dough. A live performance by the 80s cover band Girls Just Wanna Have Fun will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. FMI: www. kitteryme.gov/home/news. The South Berwick Police Department (SBPD) will host its event from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Shoetown Park, 71 Norton St., next to the fire station. It will feature “touch-a-truck” with vehicles from the South Berwick police, fire, and highway departments, along with York Ambulance, the
York County Special Response Team, North Berwick Rescue, and the Berwick Fire Department. Additionally, the North Berwick Police Department will provide a K-9 demonstration and meet-and-greet with Officer Patrick Roy and his canine partner Hutch, while South Berwick Officer Eric Bourn will be providing a drone demonstration. There will be free family games, a bouncy house, and the fire department’s simulation smoke trailer set up. Music will be provided by South Berwick Officer and DJ Jeff Pelkey. The South Berwick Fire Department Association will be cooking and passing out free hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, and water in the fire department parking lot. Attendees will find free freeze pops and other goodies at the SBPD table. There will also be an option to See NNO on page 10 . . .
Fife and Drum Event in Kittery KITTERY POINT On Saturday, August 3, from 1 to 5 p.m., the Piscataqua Rangers Jr Fife and Drum Corps will be holding a fife and drum “bash” at Fort McClary in Kittery Point. The corps, along with friends and musicians from around New England, will be engaged in performing traditional fife and drum music for the public. The event is free, and food will be available. According to the corps, “fife and drum was traditionally used as a method of signaling troops during a number of American conflicts. The music could be heard over the din of battle for up to three miles. The art form is sewn into our cultural DNA as a symbol of our musical heritage. During our nation’s bicentennial, many communities across America had a fife and drum corps. Today, the Piscataqua Rangers Fife and Drum Corps is the only corps in Maine/New Hampshire. We perform for events from Connecticut to Machias and average
30 events a year.” Children between the age of 8 and 18 who would like to be a part of a dynamic music program are welcome to sign up or just check out the performance. There is no cost to join, and the corp provides uniforms and learner instruments, as well as free lessons. For more information, visit www.nhfifeanddrum. com.
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