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Friday, August 9, 2013
Volume 9 • Issue No. 32
Students Cut ribbon to mark Opening of learning Trail at Kennebunkport Conservation Trust
From left to right: Leia Lowery, director of education, David Jackson, Dylan Trayes, Ed Sharood holding Hunter Bowen, Nikki Bowen, Melissa Luetje, Harry Fay, Payson Martin, Joe Cerrone, Dakota Fitzgerald, Dan Spillane and Jesse Shields. (Photo by Tom Bradbury)
revolutionary War encampment Slated at Fort mcClary KITTerY POINT – The Friends of Fort McClary will sponsor a Revolutionary War Encampment on Aug. 10 and 11. Gates will be opened at 9 a.m. both days.
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Fort McClary, Route 103/ Pepperrell Road, is a preserved historic site overlooking a breathtaking panoramic view of Kittery Point’s harbor. This well-attended event promises an enriched and theatrical presentation of how life was in the later part of the 18th century. This event will bring re-enactors from throughout the region, all in period dress and uniforms and staged in an authentic encampment set-up. Period styled tents, camp
kitchen and open pit cooking will be demonstrated and will be accessible for review. Colonial crafting and other early American life skills will also be showcased. Children’s games from this time in history will also be demonstrated in an interactive manner, allowing visiting children to learn and play with these toys and games. A sutler’s tent will provide an opportunity to
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create an even better community,” said Tom Bradbury, executive director of the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust. “It was fantastic to work with such inspiring teachers as Ed Sharood and Melissa Luetje, and a distinct honor to watch these students who had worked so hard all year cut the ribbon with such pride” said Leia Lowery, director of education at the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust. “These students came up against obstacles they had to overcome, preconceptions they had to let go of as well as do research, engineering, construction and hands on sciences with real outcomes as opposed to ab-
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KeNNeBuNKPOrT – Trust in our Children of the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust recently announced the opening of its newly constructed “Learning Trail” at the trust headquarters. The Learning Trail was created as a joint project between the Trust in our Children program and Kennebunk High School. It was blazed, researched, and constructed by students of the KHS Alternative Education program. This project was funded by a grant received from the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation. “For years we have worked with the community to build our holdings, and now we are using our holdings, to give back and
WASHINGTON, d.C. – A resolution introduced by Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Angus King, Jr. that will designate Aug. 7 as National Lighthouse Day has passed by unanimous decision. This is the first step in what is hoped to become a federal law that will declare every Aug. 7 hereafter as National
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Lighthouse Day for the upcoming 225th anniversary in 2014 of the federalization of our nation’s lighthouses. Tim Harrison, editor of “Lighthouse Digest” magazine, who has been campaigning for the designation for the last 15 years, worked closely with Peter H. Benoit of King’s office to make this a reality.
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