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This is Your Web Site; Please Use It ~ Rick Stanley

The Humane Education Summer Program at the AWS began on July 19 and the 7-13 year old participants are learning all about Animal Welfare and making new friends! This program has proven to be a rewarding opportunity for the children to actively participate in the care and socialization of the animals.There are two field trips during the week as well as crafts, journaling and scrapbooking. The 4-day workshops include a field trip to the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray and Mann Memorial Clinic in Arundel. Each child receives an Animal Welfare Society T-shirt, a photo taken with their favorite shelter animal, and a certificate of completion. The registration fee is $225. There are a few spaces left in the August day camps. For more information please call (207) 985-3244 ext. 109 or visit our website at www.animalwelfaresociety.org.

On Sataurday, July 31 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., East End Beach in Portland will be the site of the first Kids' Fish and Fun Fest. The event is part of the Casco Bay Anglers Club Striper Hunt Tournament and benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine. There will be casting and fishing lessons, boat rides, fly-tying lessons, games, raffles, and food and drink sponsored by MacDonald Page. Special guests, including members of the U.S. Coast Guard, will be on hand and there are fun and exciting raffle prizes that will be given away during the event. A suggested donation of at least $5 will be accepted at the event. For more information, call 773-5437, or to obtain information about CBAC's adult fishing tournament, please visit www.cbacstriperhunt.com.

Nasson Community Center/Little Theatre - Senior Walking, Monday through Friday, in the gym 8:00 a..m. - 9:00 a.m. - No Charge. Senior Line Dancing Class, Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. in the gym - No Charge. Dance Classes, Thursday, 7:00 pm. in the Little Theatre.

Professional Office Space for Lease, 554 Main Street, Springvale, ME ~ Space now available for lease with other holistic practioners. Currently houses Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Massage, Reiki, Shiatsu, Counseling and Colon Hydrotherapy. Great referral network! Visible location on Main Street in Springvale, with ample parking, handicap accessible, very reasonable lease rates. For more information contact Celia at 490-4190 or email: celiat@metrocast.net.

Prime Retail Space Available for Lease - Former Hancock Lumber Facility - 2500 square foot +/- retail space now available. High traffic area in Sanford, near major Rt 4 and Rte. 109. Last space available. Call for pricing. Contact John Caramihalis at 207-324-5574 ext. 42 or e-mail at johnc@patco.com.

Springvale Public Library Gallery Presents Reinventing Oneself Exhibit ~ Reinventing Oneself After a Brain Injury by artist and writer Hilary Zayed is one of several multi-media exhibits of eclectic art utilizing the colors that evoke a sense of well being and writings that touch a common chord of human experience. This piece of the exhibit is part two of the Reinventing Oneself Exhibit. Part One of the Exhibit has been shown at New England Rehab Hospital in Portland along with several insurance company offices in a few states, twice at Merrill Auditorium, the Sanford Springvale Art Gallery, Goodall Library and currently at Springvale Public Library in Sanford/Springvale Maine. Life dramatically changed for Hilary as she was an elementary school teacher, musician and avid horseback rider until April 2006 when her life dramatically changed and she had to reinvent herself. "The saying of one door closes and another opens can be daunting when you don't know which door to open or how to open it." Hilary was born in New York State and had the opportunity to live in Arizona, Tennessee, and Massachusetts. She finds her home in Maine for the last 26 years to be the place of her heart and feels blessed to finally live on a lake in Sanford, Maine. The exhibit may be viewed in the Community Room during July and August anytime the library is open. Please visit www.springvalelibrary.org or call 207-324-4624 for more information.

Springvale Public Library Looking for Franco-American weekly newspaper - La Justic de Sanford was a weekly published in the 1920's covering the Franco-American community of Sanford-Springvale. The Springvale Public Library is hoping that someone in the area has a pile of old newspapers on a shelf that is looking for a home. Published by Leo Doyon in Biddeford, the French weekly had a shorter run than the sister paper, La Justice de Biddeford. La Justice de Sanford is currently available at the Maine State Library, the Maine Historical Society, and the University of Maine at Orono, but it would be exciting to have the paper housed locally in the local history and genealogy collection for the community to enjoy. Anyone with information about issues of La Justice is invited to visit, call 324-4624, or email spl@springvalelibrary.org and speak with the staff of the library.

Story Times at Springvale Public Library - Baby Rhyme Time. For children under 3 at 10:00 am on Thursdays, June 24th, 2010 through August 19th, 2010. Parents and caregivers are invited to come to a 20 minute program of rhymes, songs and books for babies under 3 years old. Be ready to be led as group through an active and appropriately brief program of fun, early literacy activities. Learn Mother Goose rhymes with your baby. This free program does not require registration, just drop-in. Read & Romp-This weekly story time takes place on Mondays at 10:00 am for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers in the Springvale Public Library community room. This free program features a variety of stories, finger plays, songs and activities. No registration is required. Program runs from June 21st through August 16th, 2010 when the library is open. Springvale Public Library is located at 443 Main Street, Springvale, ME. For more information call 324-4624 or visit www.springvalelibrary.org.

Springvale Public Library - Make A Splash - Read/Make Waves/Water your Mind ~ Begin your hot summer days by coming into the Springvale Public Library and diving into some cool summer reads. Whatever your age...we have a program for you! You can participate whenever the library is open in our free, non-competitive reading programs that begin June 21st and run through August 21st. Everyone is welcome, even if reading seems like a challenge! Make a Splash Read is the summer reading program for children ages 2-13. There will also be story times, The Frogtown Puppet Show and a Splishy Splashy Summer party. Teens in grades 6 thru High School can relax, read and acquire some new books as they MAKE WAVES at the library this summer. Adults join in the fun with their own program called Water Your Mind. So snorkel on down to the Springvale Public LIbrary and enjoy the free programs this summer, win some prizes and read, read, read. Call 324-4624 or visit www.springvalelibrary.org for more information.

Springvale Public Library Future Access Program - The Board of Trustees and staff of the Springvale Public Library would like to thank TD Bank for their recent donation to our "Future Access Technology Sponsorship" program. Springvale Public Library works with local businesses & organizations in an effort to bring public access to internet services in our community. TD Bank has subscribed to our program which supports and maintains a new flat screen computer for public use. Local businesses have made it possible for the library to offer high speed up-to-date stations for job hunting, research and social networking. Please contact Library Director, Karen Eger at 324-4624 if you or your business would like to participate.

Springvale Public Library Offers New Service - Hold Everything! You can now place holds on items in the Springvale Public Library collection from your home computer. Next time you visit the library ask us for your registration barcode and we will instruct you on how to use the library catalog to place holds on items you wish to borrow. For more information call 324-4624 or visit www.springvalelibrary.org

New Family Research Tool at Springvale Public Library - The Springvale Public Library is pleased to announce the library is certified as a FamilySearch Center. Anyone may now order microfilm from the Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for use in our Genealogy Room. Materials may be borrowed for 30 days and the person requesting the film pays a small fee to have the film sent to the library where it is available to everyone for use during the loan period. The Family History Center maintains an extensive on-line catalog at www.familysearch.org that can be used to search for materials that are otherwise difficult to find and use. Please call Springvale Public Library at 324-4624 for more information or visit our Genealogy services on-line at www.springvalelibrary.org

Goodall Library is proud to announce - a new collaboration with Community Connections. Calling all children who love reading & art! Beginning Tuesday, April 6, volunteer, Miss Suzie, will have a fun art project to do on Tuesdays from 3:00-4:00. Her first project is called Read & Bloom. Help make a beautiful spring display for the children's Room at Goodall Library. You never know what Miss Suzie will have planned for Tuesday afternoons, but one thing is for sure, it will incorporate reading and art in some fun way. This is an informal drop-in program beginning April 6th. Come join the fun. We can't wait to see you! All ages of children are encouraged and welcomed to attend. Call, stop by, or check out our website for more information at www.lbgoodall.org

Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library - Located in the heart of Sanford at 952 Main Street. Open Monday-Thursday 10-8, Friday 10-5 and Saturday 10-4. They offer a wide variety of services including free Internet access, subscriptions to 8 newspapers and over 100 magazines. On display at all times are the newest Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult and Childrens' Books. They have a large collection of audio books, DVD's and videos for adults and children. There are weekly children's programming and special events throughout the year. Community room available for non-profit groups free of charge. Interlibrary Loan Service. Their helpful staff is always there to service any of your library needs. For more information, please call (207) 324-4714 or stop by and see what they have to offer. You may also contact the director at jmcdougal@lbgoodall.org. or visit our website at www.lbgoodall.org

Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library - recently became the recipient of a donation of 102 children's books through the Roads to Reading Initiative which provides quality reading material to children through several programs they administer to underserved communities. The primary focus of the organization is to provide new books for remedial literacy programming to schools, community centers and licensed child care providers and to other non-profit organizations that provide services to children in the United States. There are 3 programs that Roads to Reading makes available. The "Annual Book Donation Program" is designed to donate books to literacy programming in small & rural communites with populations under 50,000. "Books for All Kids Program" is designed to provide books for Non-profits for After-School Programs and child Care Centers at no charge for the books. "All Children Need Books Program" is designed for individual children who do not have books at home. The program will donate one age appropriate book directly to a child who is eligible for Free School Lunch under the Title 1 guidelines and does not have books at home. The Roads to Reading initiative also provide other opportunities for non-profits to receive small book donations outside of the above mentioned programs. Goodall Library will be adding these books (which range in ages 4 to young adult) to its existing collection making them available to the community including the Summer Reading Program participants. For more information in the Roads to Reading Initiative, visit their website at www.pwirtr.org

New Writers Club Forming - Do you like to jot down things that come to mind? Do you like to write stories? We're looking for amateur writers at all levels to meet weekly to discuss and help each other improve the skills we already have. This grorup would meet at Goodall Library. For more details, contact Dave Nason at nason_dave@hotmail.com

Goodall Library is now offering Free Passes - Passes are now available to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay. Visit and discover stunning ornamental gardens and exceptional natural beauty, waterfalls, and incomparable stonework and sculpture. Discover miles of trails; events and programs for many interests; seasonal Kitchen Garden Cafe and Gift Shop. We also offer free passes to the Portland Museum of Art, Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth, NH and Willowbrook Museum Village in Newfield. Stop in today, and start enjoying the benefits of becoming a member of the Library. For more details, please inquire at the front desk of the library or visit our website at www.lbgoodall.org. Visit us, and discover all that we have to offer at 952 Main Street, Sanford, ME.

The Rusty French Club ~ Open to everyone, the mission of the Rusty French Club is to polish, improve (or even acquire) a French language base. This goal is attempted in a non-threatening and comfortable setting that is more social than strictly academic. No dues are collected, and membership is open-ended. The sessions continue to be very successful as reflected in numbers attending and the enthusiasm in the air. Newcomers are most welcome! After a hiatus in July and August, the Rusty French Group will resume meetrings at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 28, 2010. Goodall Library is located at 952 Main Street, Sanford, ME. For more information, contact Director Jacqueline McDougal at 324-4714 or jmcdougal@lbgoodall.org.

Maine Infonet Download Library coming to Sanford/Springvale Library Members! - Starting March 9, 2009, members of the Springvale Public Library and Louis B. Goodall Library will be able to download free audio books from home! The Sanford/Springvale libraries have cooperatively subscribed to a statewide downloadable audio service called OverDrive. There will be 1,400 digital audio book titles that can be downloaded for use on a home computer or portable listening device. Members will need their library barcode number to take advantage of this program. Visit your library for more information and check out the websites! Louis B. Goodall Library, 324-4714, www.lbgoodall.org/catalog.php and Springvale Public Library, 324-4624, www.springvalelibrary.org.

Goodall Library Connects Patrons to Portland ~The library in Sanford just got a lot bigger! On January 1, 2009, Goodall Library is collaborating with the Portland Public Library to issue PPL Library cards for any residents of Cumberland and York Counties and some towns in Oxford County. This program will allow patrons from Goodall Library and people throughout the area to take advantage of PPL's online catalog and online databases free of charge from the comfort of your home or by using the library's public access computers. This will expand the resources we already have available besides being another convenient service we can offer our patrons. Highlights of the new resources include: Genealogy information from HeritageQuest and Ancestry Plus - Learn-a-Language audiobooks from the Pimsleur Language series - Thousands of audiobooks you can download to your MP3 player - Auto Repair and Small Engine Repair manuals - Learn-a-Test programs - Business Research from Mergent/Moody's online and other references - Kids e-books from Tumblebooks Library & Maine News Index Online. In addition, you will also be able to peruse their online catalog and place books on hold, although, you will have to go to Portland to pick them up and return them. Access to these databases is free to anyone with a valid Portland Public Library card. Goodall Library will begin registering eligible residents for the free cards January 1, 2009 and most of the resources will be available within a week. Although a few of the databases can be accessed only from Portland Public Library, most are available through any Internet connection. Any resident of Cumberland and York Counties or of Brownfield, Denmark, Fryeburg, Hiram, Lovell and South Hiram in Oxford County, is eligible for a Portland Public Library card. To sign up for a card at Goodall Library, simply bring a Maine driver's license or two other forms of ID with name and current address. Young people ages 13-18 must show a photo schoool ID and children 5-12 must have a parent or guardian co-sign the form. For more details please contact Jackie McDougal or Jean Collins at 324-4714.

Reinventing Oneself After a Brain Injury Exhibit - Hilary Zayed, living in Sanford, Maine, with her husband and 3 cats, since the children have left home, has joined the world of "those who create." After a life altering experience that closed every door of how life was done and opened the colorful window of wonder and the world of imagination through mosaics, art and writing, Hilary focus' her attention on the aspects of art that promote personal healing and piecing life together one shard at a time. Reinventing Oneself after a Brain Injury by artist and writer Hilary Zayed is one of several multi-media exhibits of eclectic art utilizing the colors that evoke a sense of well being and writings that touch a common chord of human experience. This particular exhibit has been shown at New England Rehab Hospital in Portland along with several insurance company offices in a few states, twice at Merrill Auditorium, and the Sanford Springvale Art Gallery, along with several other venues. Life dramatically changed for Hilary as she was an elementary school teacher, musician and avid horseback rider until April 2006 when her life dramatically changed and she had to reinvent herself. "The saying of one door closes and another opens can be daunting when you don't know which door to open or how to open it." Hilary was born in New York State and had the opportunity to live in Arizona, Tennessee, and Massachusetts. She finds her home in Maine for the last 26 years to be the place of her heart and feels blessed to finally live on a lake in Sanford, Maine. This exhibit is currently being shown through September 2010 at the Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, 952 Main Street, Sanford, ME 04073. For more info, you can call the Library at 207-324-4714 or email at info@lbgoodall.org.

Additional Story Time at Goodall Library -For your convenience, we have added another Pre-School Story Time session to our story time schedules. Beginning Thursday, April 1, 2010, Pre-School Story Time Session 2 will be available. This is a repeat of our popular Wednesday Pre-School Story Time. It will be held on Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. Children ages 2-6 and parents meet for about 45 minutes for stories, a simple craft, play with new friends and special activities on occasion. Come to this story time session if you are unable to attend the Wednesday session. Pre-registration is not necessary. Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. "Mother Goose Time." Children from birth through 24 months and their parents or caregivers meet for 20-30 minutes. Babies will be introduced to books through simple stories, songs, play and rhymes. Parents will be active participants in this program of introducing the joy of books and reading to their little ones. Wednesdays, at 11:00 Pre-School Story Time Session 1. Again, children ages 2-6 and parents meet for about 45 minutes for stories, a simple craft, play with new friends and special activities on occasion. Come to this story time if you are unable to attend the Thursday, story time. ALL STORY TIMES ARE YEAR ROUND AND PRE-REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. For more information, please contact Deidre Walsh at 324-4714 or visit our website at www.lbgoodall.org.

BONNEY Staffing is a locally-owned and operated, full-service, staffing company with your local office in Biddeford, Maine, that covers all of York County, including Sanford and Springvale. New job opportunities in the areas of general office and light industrial are posted daily. For a listing of typical job titles, visit our website at www.bonneystaffing.com ~ BONNEY'S Temporary, Temp-to-Hire, Direct Hire and Managed Service Programs are provided under one umbrella, collectively kown as BONNEY Staffing Center. Employers, be sure to visit Employer Services where you can learn more about the many exclusive benefits of working with BONNEY Staffing Center!

Maine Information - A website created by Gary Korn was designed to help disseminate information about traveling to and living in Maine. Information was collected from over 60 Chambers of Commerce in Maine. The site lists many charitable organizations, from birding to the performing arts. Upcoming events are uploaded as they are announced. It is intended to be easy to use, and to help present information in an accessible manner. Visit the website at www.maine.info or email contact@maine.info

Department of Labor (DOL) recently established a National Call Center to serve its customers. By calling 1-866-4-USA-DOL, Maine's employees can find answers to questions on a range of employment issues. This toll-free service offers live operator assistance and is a central access point for all DOL services and programs. It serves both English and Spanish speaking callers. The Call Center can assist workers and employers with questions about job loss, business closures, pay and leave, workplace injuries, safety and health, pension and health benefits, and reemployment rights for reservists.

Additional DOL toll-free numbers to call for questions regarding specific issues are listed below:
1-877-US-2JOBS - Job Loss, Layoffs, Business Closures, Unemployment Benefits & Job Training
1-866-4-US-WAGE - Pay, Overtime, Leave & Child Labor
1-800-321-OSHA - Workplace Safety and Health
1-877-889-5627 TTY - number for all Department of Labor Questions

Department of Labor Responds to the Needs of the American Workforce ... Establishes an Easy to Understand, Web-Based System of Labor Law Advisors. Utilizing the vast power of the Internet to reach anyone at anytime, the US Department of Labor's elaws Advisors (Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses) are the simple solution to the often confusing and frustrating process of understanding Federal labor laws. These Web-based educational tools offer employers and employees access to information about Federal employment laws at any time, free of charge and address common labor issues such as:

Family and Medical Leave
Fair Labor Standards
Occupational Safety and Health
Small Business Retirement Savings
Poster Requirements
DOL encourages you to visit the elaws Advisors at www.dol.gov/elaws and looks forward to announcing further interactive tools in the near future.

St. Thomas Consolidated School - Requests your FREE support in our new funding alternative. We are participating in a fantastic empty printer cartridge-recycling program provided by the FundingFactoryTM www.fundingfactory.com tel. 1-888-883-8237. This program provides us with an opportunity to save empty laser and ink jet cartridges and exchange them for free technology and recreation products. These products include complete computer systems, scanners, digital cameras, modems, printers, software, playground and recreation equipment. By saving your empty laser and ink jet cartridges and pledging them to us, you can help provide our children with greater access to new computer technology and other equipment. To participate, simply register online at www.fundingfactory.com/adoptaschool.htm. Your company can be linked directly to our account by inserting our organization ID #20923. FundingFactory provides free collection kits and free return shipping through UPS. Once registered, all donated cartridges sent in will be credited to us. To receive complete details, please call Rita Daigle at 207-324-1944 or email: jrdaigle@metrocast.net. (project still ongoing as of 1/08)

Call to Protect. Don't throw away your old cell phone! Donate it to a local shelter for battered women. The phones will be reprogrammed for 9-1-1 calls only and distributed to the shelters by Altrusa International, Inc. of Sanford-Springvale. You Could Save A Life. Drop boxes are located at: Creteau's Studio 930 Main St. Sanford, Rainbow Day Care, 54 Kennebunk Rd. Sanford, & Pratt& Whitney Aircraft Club, No. Berwick. For more information call Claire Creteau 207-324-2712. (project still ongoing as of 1/08)

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Village Profiles Community Information - The Sanford·Springvale Chamber of Commerce and Economic Developement and its members have partnered with Village Profiles to provide online community information. There is a section of the Village Profiles website dedicated to Sanford·Springvale. Please click here; the site open a new browser window.

This is Your Web Site; Please Use It (Rick Stanley)
We are here to help you, our members. The recent changes to this web site were done to make the site more valuable to you. Please take advantage of this area through which we can help you publicize upcoming events, job openings, and other items of interest to fellow members and the community at large. (posted 3/30/01)

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The Sanford-Springvale Chamber of Commerce and its staff believe this information to be true and accurate. Not responsible for typographical errors.