| Guiteras boosters hit high note Sunday
BRISTOL - A day of music, games, food and, fortunately, mostly dry skies paid off for Guiteras School boosters Sunday, when they raised about $2,000 for a new playground at the school during an afternoon fund-raiser. "Playin' for Playgrounds," a four-hour music festival featuring 2nd Nature, the Patrick McAloon and headliners Pat McGee Band, was a huge success, said parent organizer Lane Sparkman. Several hundred people turned out for the party, plunking down $5 each in an effort to raise $80,000 for a new playground at the Washington Street school. "It went wonderfully," said Mrs. Sparkman of the Guiteras Community Group. "We had a great turnout; a couple of little sprinkles but otherwise it was great." This was the first large fund-raiser held on the playground's behalf.
Now and Later: Things to plan to do in the future
'The Summer Show' from Aug. 24 to Sept. 16. The opening artist reception takes place from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, Aug. 24. This show will feature selected works by Michael Culver, Erin McFarland, Dennis Perrin and Anthony D'Alessandro. The small group show will include the "Boston School" impressionistic work of Perrin, the reflective work of McFarland, the landscapes of D'Alessandro and the abstractions of Michael Culver. Located in the heart of the York River Valley at 270 Cider Hill Road, York, Maine, D'Alessandro Fine Art Gallery is a seasonal venue for nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. The gallery is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, =and by appointment. For information, including directions and gallery tour, visit www.dalessandrofineart.com, call 205-7277, or e-mail info@dalessandrofineart.com.
Evacuee-specific services closing
In the months after Hurricane Katrina, new programs, social service agencies and grants flowed into northwest Louisiana following thousands of people who left south Louisiana.
Only a few of those programs remain. And the last of them will expire in the coming months, a result of the programs' success and partly because funding was only meant to last 18 to 24 months.
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