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Out and About for the Greater Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine, April 15 to 21

04-16-10
Jon Whitney
Jon Whitney: Real Estate Agent in Casco, ME

April 15-18, all day and night, 22nd Annual Bud Light Reggae Fest, the biggest springtime bash in ski country, live music including Inner Circle, Kenyatta "Culture" Hill, TOSH-1 and more, spring skiing, prices vary, Sugarloaf USA, 5092 Sugarloaf Access Road, Carrabassett Valley. FMI: 207.237.2000, www.sugarloaf.com.

April 16-17, 4 & 8 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m., 2 & 7 p.m. Saturday, 57th Annual Kora Shrine Circus, two ring circus, prices vary, all proceeds benefit projects supported by the Kora Shriners, Androscoggin Bank Colisee, 190 Birch Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207.783.2009, www.korashriners.org.

April 16, 7:30 p.m. Mark "Guitar" Miller and his Boomer Blues Band, Maine's legendary blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, two sets, with great desserts for sale at intermission, $14/adults, $12/members, $5/students with ID, Johnson Hall, 280 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207.582.7144, www.johnsonhall.org.

April 17, 11 a.m. Ponds of Maine slideshow, Fly Fishing Only, 230 Maine Street, Fairfield. FMI: 207.453.6242, www.maineflyfishing.com.

April 17, 2 p.m. Record Store Day, featuring Hot Day at the Zoo, Bull Moose, 13 Elm Plaza, Waterville. FMI: 207.861.5884, www.recordstoreday.com.

April 17, 2-5 p.m. and 7:30-10:30 p.m.
Central Maine Brew Fest, samples from Maine's Premier Micro-Breweries, live music, souvenirs, food and raffle prizes, $25/person, Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive, Augusta. FMI: 207.626.2405, www.centralmainebrews.com.

April 17, 4:30 p.m. 2nd Annual Whisky ‘n Plaid Night, get out the kilts and gather up the pipes . . . It's time to celebrate spring "Highland Style," welcoming piper, whisky talk, traditional toasts, delicious buffet, Gaelic poetry and prose, Highland Outfit contest, Bag Pipe Jam, raffles and auction, fundraiser for LA Arts, $35/person, $60/couple, Martindale Country Club, 527 Beech Hill Road, Auburn. FMI: 207.782.7228, www.laarts.org.

Out and About in the Greater Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine January 14 to 20

01-21-10
Jon Whitney
Jon Whitney: Real Estate Agent in Casco, ME

January 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 69th Annual Maine Agricultural Trades Show, up-to-date farming equipment, networking, learn how locally grown products are harvested and processed, Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive, Augusta.
FMI: 207.287.3491 or 207.626.2405, www.getrealmaine.com

January 15, 6-8 p.m. Collection 4: Selections from Alumni Collections, Opening Reception, Bates College Museum of Art, Bardwell Street, Lewiston.
FMI: 207.786.6158, www.bates.edu/museum.

January 15-16, 7 p.m., 17, 2 p.m. "Inspecting Carol," $15, Great Falls Performing Arts Center, 30 Academy Street, Auburn. FMI: 207.783.0958, www.laitshappeninghere.com.

January 15, 7:30 p.m. Andreas Staier, German keyboard virtuoso, world's most respected performer on the Fortepiano, the earliest form of piano, $12/adults, $6/students and seniors, Olin Arts Center, Bates College, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston.
FMI: 207.786.6135, www.batestickets.com.

January 16-17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Bobcat Baseball Camps 2nd Annual Bates College Baseball Winter Clinic, with head coach Edwin Thompson, staff and players, 9 a.m.-noon, skills clinic for ages 7-12, 1-4 p.m. for ages 13-18, $40/day or $60/both days, space limited, register on-line, Gray Cage 1, Bates College, Lewiston.
FMI: http://collegebaseballcamps.com/calendar.cfm?ID=256&src=CBC.

January 16-17, noon-2 p.m. ACAT Theatre Auditions for "Love Song," show in March and "I Ought to Be in Pictures," show in June, presented by Aqua City Actors Theatre, Waterville Opera House Studio Theater at The Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville Opera House Studio Theater at The Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville.
FMI: 207.873.5381, www.acattheatre.org or www.operahouse.org.

January 16, 6:15 p.m. doors open, show at 7, "Zelda and Zoe's Spirits of Suspicion," presented by Mystery for Hire Dinner and Entertainment, $36.95 includes show, buffet, tax and gratuity, Marco's Ristorante Italiano, 12 Mollison Way, Lewiston. FMI: 207.783.0336, www.marcositalian.com.

January 16, 7:30 p.m. Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, conducting by Music Director Rohan Smith, showcasing music of Aaron Copland, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Igor Stravinsky, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Ottorino Respighi, $15/person, Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207.846.5378, www.midcoastsymphony.org or www.francoamericanheritage.org.

January 17, 3 p.m. Frank Glazer, dean of Maine pianists, performs Beethoven's early Op. 2 and Op. 7 Sonatas, free, Olin Arts Center, Bates College, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207.786.6135, www.bates.edu.

January 17, 4-6 p.m. Skowhegan Sno Hawks Snowmobile Club Chinese Auction and Dinner, spaghetti, garlic bread, salad, drink, dessert, plus over 35 auction items, $5/person, discount for families, Elks Club, 21 Silver Street, Skowhegan.
FMI: 207.474.3111, www.skowhegansnowmobileclub.com or www.maineelks.org/skowhegan-madison.

January 20, 5:30-7 p.m. Pecha Kucha Night/Gardiner Main Street Annual Meeting, nonprofit groups each present 20 slide images of their work and activities and talk briefly about them, network, share ideas, meet new people, learn about Gardiner Main Street's programs, refreshments, Johnson Hall, 280 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207.582.3100, www.johnsonhall.org.

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This business is great!

Jeffrey Campbell: Inspector in Gardiner, ME

I've been doing this for over five years now and I could not be more happier.

There will always be homes to be purchased and people buying them. I hope to be helping those people for a long time to come.

There are a lot of hidden defects out there... and while I or any inspector cannot find them all, I challenge myself to go above and beyond.

My family is happy, spring is coming, business is good... now if I can just find that time for a vacation?!

****11/03/2008**** UPDATE

I still love this work... but a lot has changed in the last year or two... the market is weird... people are scared with their money... it is a GREEEEAT time to buy...

some of the properties out there that are good deals... have their issues too... so don't go without an inspection just because you are getting a good deal...

Good luck to all as we face certain changing times...

Jeff Campbell