Volume 15 Issue 7 July 2018 READFIELD MESSENGER www.readfieldmaine.org The Inaugural Readfield Festival is August 11th, 2018 in Readfield, Maine! Come celebrate all that Readfield has to offer with your family, friends, and loved ones! The Readfield Festival is a new event working in tandem with Readfield’s already popular Heritage Days. Heritage Days funding alternates each year, but we still wanted to party! Rather than go without a celebra- tion this year, the Readfield Festival was born. Inside this Here’s a look at some of our activities, along with live issue: music all day! Volunteer Ap- 2 preciation Brunch Select Board 3 Friday, August 10 Corner 5pm—7pm Historical Society—Cheese, Wine, and Membership Drive Historical Society Recycling Info. 5-6 Saturday, August 11 Town Manager’s 7 8am—10am Masonic Hall—Breakfast with the Masons (above the Post Office) Desk Proceeds benefit Class of 2020 Project Graduation Cemetery Up- 8 8am—2pm Union Meeting House—Lawn and Consignment Sale/Quilt Show and Craft and date Maker’s Market Trails Commit- 9 9am—1pm Readfield Community Library—Book Sale tee 10am Fairgrounds Ball Field—Kickball Tournament—Registration now OPEN! Calendar 23 10am—Noon Historical Society—History Walk with Dale Potter-Clark 12 Noon Trails Committee—present Easter in August Egg Hunt/Costume Contest along the trails. 12pm—4pm Library Dunk Bucket—Cold water for a good cause! 1pm—2pm Readfield Community Beach—Lawn Games 1:30pm Union Meeting House—Music with Ed Desjardins 4pm—6pm Library Lawn—Music with Tom Giordano 4:30pm—6pm Fire Department—Bean-Hole Supper 7pm Upstairs in the Town Hall—Capital City Improv Comedy—End the day with laughs All of this, a selfie contest, food, drinks, and a Readfield good time! Celebrate with us on August 11th, 2018 for the inaugural Readfield Festival! Fun all over Town! For more information contact Chris Sammons ([email protected]) or Dennnis Price ([email protected]). A Volunteer Appreciation brunch was held on June 23rd at Gile Hall. Spirit of America Awards were given out as well as a Volun- teer Appreciation Award. Right: Marcius Peladeau received a Spirit of America Award for his generous work leading the force in the restoration and maintenance of the town’s historic treas- ure known as the Union Meeting House. Above: William Starrett is the Town’s Peg Station Manager who has dedicated many extra hours of his time to record and broadcast Select Board meetings along with many other public meetings and was award the Spirit of America Unsung Hero Award. Above: Also receiving a Spirit of America Not pictured: Thomas Donegan re- Award is Bob and Jeanne Harris who’s ser- ceived a Volunteer Appreciation Award vice to the community has always gone be- for his service on the Recreation Associ- yond their former positions in the Post Of- ation Board and the Readfield Beach. fice. They have dedicated hundreds of hours Mr. Donegan’s management of the of work to building a trails network and also Beach made it a safe place for all us- volunteers for other community events and ers. organizations. 2 Welcome to summer in Readfield, Maine. I hope that everyone finds an opportunity to relax and en- joy our community’s offerings even if very busy. During this season after the more heavily scheduled budget time, your Select Board meets monthly to hand regular business and a couple of additional times for more specific purposes. Here is our planned schedule and any changes or additions will appear on Readfield’s website: On July 9th there will be a regular meeting of the Select Board at 6:30. July 23rd is the Select Board’s annual retreat to review, update, discuss, and set our future goals from 4:00 to 8:00. Coming up on August 3rd will be our summer residents meeting at 5:00. Refreshments will be served and we’ll hear updates from town committees and hopefully lake associations. On August 13th there will be a regular meeting of the Select Board at 6:30. All these meetings are currently tentatively planned to be held at Town Hall. Have a safe and memorable summer! Take care; Bruce Bourgoine Mount Vernon Food Bank People in Readfield who find they are in need at any time during the year do not have to go hungry. The Mt. Vernon Food Bank, located at the First Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, serves the people of Readfield in addition to Vienna, Fayette and Mt. Vernon. It is open every Saturday morning from 9:30am to 12pm and is supported by the schools, churches and individuals from the area. Those who are not in need of the food service can become supporters of the Food Bank with tax-deductible checks made payable to the Mt. Vernon Food Bank. If you are in need of help during off hours, please call: Betty White at 480-1525 or Helen Wilkey at 293-2351. 3 Due to changing world markets for recyclable materials we are in urgent need of ensuring that we send clean loads of recyclables to our recycling partner ecomaine. This means it is imperative that each of us only puts material in the recycling compactor that actually recycle according to the direc- tions from ecomaine. Please see the flyer on the opposite page for details and post in your home. The Solid Waste and Recycling Committee has been meeting regularly to stay on top of the changes and how they affect our Transfer Station. We have made recommendations to the Transfer Station manager and to the Readfield Select Board in efforts to control increased costs. When we send loads of recyclables to ecomaine that are contaminated with trash items we are being billed a penalty based on weight. In order to control costs and not have to increase charges to residents we must do a bet- ter job of recycling as a group. Our Transfer Station Manager, Eric Dyer, had our maintenance worker build, paint and install two awesome signs next to the recycling compactor at the Transfer Station. The employees have posted a great list of recycling tips on a large chalkboard placed in front of the recycling compactor. These will assist us in putting the correct items in the compactor. Staff at the Transfer Station are diligently assisting folks during open hours reminding folks of what can recycle, what not to put in the compactor and looking through some open bins to assist folks in pulling out easily identifiable non-recyclables. The Readfield Select Board approved a motion authorizing the Transfer Station Manager to increase his time spent dealing with the Transfer Station, including more time spent on site there, and to hire a temporary employee as a Recycling Educator. The Board is very interested in the recycling situation and supportive of education efforts to residents of all three members towns. Thanks to all who are making recycling better in our communities. Readfield Solid Waste and Recycling Committee 4 5 JULY PROGRAMS Readfield Library Book Club: George Bernard Shaw’s plays Pygmalion and Saint Joan. Discussion will be lead by Readfield resident Janie Matrisciano. Please join us July 25th at 6:30PM. Books are available at the RCL. August Book TBA. Children’s story and craft hour returns on Thursdays at 10:30. This year, our summer reading program is about music (and geology, too!) and our children’s hour is following suit. Come every Thursday morning at 10:30AM for a storytime and activity appropriate for preschoolers and Kindergarteners: July 5th - Instruments: Our stories will be My Family Plays Music by Judy Cox and Dooby Dooby Moo by Doreen Cronin. The craft for this week is to make your own instrument! July 12th - Sounds of Nature: Our stories will be Bark, George by Jules Feiffer and The Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming. The craft for this week is to make an Elephant Noisemaker! July 19th - Science in Music: This week, our stories will be Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein and The Ear Book by Al Perkins followed by an activity involving guessing sounds. July 26th - "Rock" Around the World: This week, we are switching to geology! Our stories will be Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry and Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder. The craft will be rock painting! Monday evening July 30th at 6:30 Cheryl Marvinney, MCS earth science teacher and Bob Marvinney, Maine’s State Geologist will give a “Rock Talk” in theme with the summer reading program “Libraries Rock!”. For school age children and adults. AUGUST PREVIEWS Mark your calendars for August 11th 9:00 to 1:00 for the annual “Book Sale” at the Readfield Fire Depart- ment. Also on August 11th 10:00 to 4:00 the Friends of the RCL will hold a fundraiser on the Library front lawn. Come join the “dunk bucket” fun. Snacks will be sold. For your evening entertainment the Friends of the RCL will present an improv comedy show at Giles Hall at 6:30 pm (purchase tickets in advance at the Library). All proceeds benefit Library programs. Don’t miss Chewonki’s return with their “Fur, Feet, and Feathers” program on Monday August 20th from 6:00PM-7:00PM outdoors at the Library. Rain location RES. Ongoing Calendar of Events Drop in cribbage 1st Wednesdays at 2:30 to 4:30 Drop in cribbage 3rd Wednesdays at 6:30 to 7:30 6 Now That’s a Win - Win! Last fall at the University of Maine, Senior engineering students gathered together to hear project proposals from communities around the State.