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Friday, December 14, 2018
Volume 14 • Issue No. 50
Jeff & Mandy DeBuigne By Nancy McCallum, Staff Writer ELIOT Talk about a lure – after casting about for a few years looking for the right business opportunity, Jeff and Mandy DeBuigne jumped at the chance to purchase Al’s Goldfish Lures Company. The young couple, both avid anglers, had been working at corporate jobs in the nuclear waste remediation industry. “While they were good jobs, and we appreciated the benefits of a corporate employer, we had a desire to be more in control of our own destiny and to own a business,” says Jeff DeBuigne. “We also wanted to move to Maine, because it’s ‘the way life should be.’” He is a native of the Pacific Northwest, while she is from the Southwest. The couple now live in Berwick, and their
Cast An Alluring Fish Tale company’s headquarters are in Eliot. Al’s Goldfish Lure Company has a storied reputation. Al Stuart of Indian Orchard, Massachusetts designed the lure – also known as a “spoon” – in 1952. The lure is aerodynamic to make casting easy, even in windy conditions. With its goldfish shape, the lure can be pulled to swim naturally, or it can be twitched by the angler to dart erratically. Stuart first sold the lure at his sporting goods store, and over time found distributors and created a catalogue. Besides lures, he also designed hook covers, also known as hook bonnets. The company flourished, selling a million lures annually, from 1953 onward. Stuart ran the business until he died in 1984; his daughter and son-in-law
then took it over. The business was sold in the 1990s to John Occhialini of Massachusetts, who enhanced the lure design by using 22-carat gold-plating. In 2006, Field & Stream included Al’s Goldfish Lure in their list of 50 of “the greatest lures of all time.” The following year, the magazine included it in their list of Top 10 trout lures. Occhialini retired in 2015, and sold the business to Mainer Mike Lee. The DeBuignes bought the company from Lee in February of 2018. The couple are not making any major changes to the company products – they offer seven types of lures, which are used to land freshwater fish includSee LURES page 2...
Community Harvest to Host Annual Noel Dinner KENNEBUNK On Tuesday, December 25, Community Harvest, a local nonprofit organization, will host its annual Noel Dinner at St. Martha’s Church on Route 1 in Kennebunk. The Noel Dinner is a complimentary Christmas day dinner for community members
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to come together and share in delicious food and fellowship. In 2017, The Noel Dinner served dinner to nearly 135 people, including guests and volunteers. The event has become a tradition for many families in the area, and is a wonderful way for neighbors to get to know each other while enjoying a delicious Christmas meal. Dinner will be prepared by Chairperson Eva Barnfather and a team of volunteers and served
at 1 p.m. Reservations and takeout orders can be made in advance by calling 207-967-1911 and leaving a message with your name and number. Reservations are encouraged, however everyone is welcome to stop in and enjoy a homemade Christmas meal. “This is a wonderful way to spend this wonderful holiday with friends and your neighbors. The Noel Dinner is our way to give back to our community.
And we want everyone to have a special place to spend this holiday,” said Eva Barnfather, Noel Dinner Chairperson and Community Harvest’s Board of Directors. “Our doors are open to everyone and we want to share Community Harvest’s tradition of Christmas.” To learn about how you can volunteer for the dinner, call 207-967-1911. More information, visit www.communityharvestonline.org.
Locals Work Hard to Help This Holiday Season SOUTH BERWICK / BERWICK Winter Clothing Drive The Marshwood Interact Club is holding a winter gear drive the week before and the week after winter break. Please bring any winter jackets, boots, snow pants, hats, mittens, warm socks, blankets or winter gear to the container inside the Marshwood High School library. Everything collected will be donated to Project CommUnity in Sanford, Maine. This organization created a non-food item pantry to supply the greater community with essentials in a dignified manner. Please
check your closets for items that you may be able to pass along to neighbors in need. Toys for Tots Every year, the Marine Corps Reserve collects new, un-
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wrapped toys, books and other gifts and distributes those toys at Christmastime to children from some 700 communities covering all 50 states. Here at home in the tri-city area, there are many toy
drop-off locations inside local businesses. Toy donations will be picked up starting December 13 so that Toys for Tots volunteers can sort, wrap and deliver these gifts, so there is still time to donate. Donation sites include the Berwick Town Hall and the North Berwick Auto Center. Monetary donations can be made directly on the Toys for Tots website at www.toysfortots.org. Bogdan Family Christmas Light Display and Collection Center Chuck and Pamela Bogdan have been creating large scale outdoor Christmas light displays See HELP page 8...
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