Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

Book Drive at Addison Gilbert Hospital a Success!

Hundreds of gently used books were donated by staff, employees and volunteers at Addison Gilbert Hospital and friends in the community. Here (L) Sefatia Romeo Theken, Community Health Liaison and Deb Sacco, Administrative Assistant

help sort books that will be donated to Pathways for Children, Action, Inc. and The Food Pantry.

The Educational Foundation for Rockport is holding its 16^th Annual Golf Tournament on Wednesday, September 26^th, 2012, at the Rockport Golf Club. Registration and lunch begin at noon; followed by a shotgun start at 12:30 pm. Dinner and awards will follow the tournament.

Entry fee is $100 per golfer. Registration deadline is September 21^st. Checks should be made payable to the Educational Foundation for Rockport and mailed to Bob Krause, 23 Whistlestop Mall, Rockport, MA 01966. If you need additional information contact Bob Krause at 546-5135.

The Educational Foundation for Rockport is a nonprofit corporation created in 1993 to raise funds from private sources to support and enhance educational programs for students in the Rockport public schools. Initiatives for the 2012-2013 school year include Pre-K-Grade 12 Interactive Classroom Project,  Virtual High School online classes, Electrathon America Energy Car program, Cape Ann Kestrel Elementary Science program, Middle School Literacy Initiative, Artist-in-Residence Dance program, Tell About the Time writing and drama program, High School DECA, and a school-wide Poet-in-Residence program. These programs are entirely funded by donations.

Information on the work of the Foundation, and on the Golf Tournament, is available on the foundation website at www.rockportedfoundation.org or call 978-546-1200.

Thank you, Bob and Terri Krause

Open Chef’s Table

Open Chef’s Table – Sunday. Feb. 17

(The last table, with 8 open seats, sold out within 24 hours)!

Dear Joey,

Please join us for Beach Gourmet’s

first Open Chef’s Table

(You can sign up for one place or all 12)

MENU

Soup: Butternut Squash with Caramelized apples and onions

Wine: Kreydenweiss Lerchenberg Pinot Gris, Les Alouettes (Alsace, France)

Salad: heirloom Beets, blood orange, blue cheese, and pistachio with sherry Vinaigrette

Wine: Panizzi Vernaccia 

di San Gimignano (Tuscany, Italy)

Entree: Individual Beef Wellington with roasted fingerling potato and Haricot Vert

Wine: Whitehall Lane Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa, California)

Apple Turnovers with Homemade caramel and Sauternes Ice Cream

Wine: Chateau Haut Peyraguey Sauterne

Introducing the Open Community Chef’s Table

Here is how it works. There are twelve seats available at the table.  You can reserve as many seats as you like. 

Take one or take all twelve seats and invite your friends to join you. Your personal dining experience begins at 5:30 p.m. when you arrive in Savour Wine and Cheese for complimentary hors d’oeuvres and wine tasting.

Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. when you join your dining companions (whomever has bought the other 11 seats) for a four-course meal, each course paired with wines chosen by our in-house expert Kathleen Erickson. 

Call today to reserve your seat.  You can use a credit card to reserve your place and we will  not charge it until the day of the event.  If you choose to pay by check, make it out to Beach Gourmet. 

Checks will be held until the evening of the event.  (As this is such a small gathering, we must charge for no-shows, or cancellations within the 24 hours prior to the event.  Just call and let us know).

Price per seat is $75.00 (MA Meals Tax and gratuity not included)

Sincerely,

Chef Matt Beach and 

Kathleen Erickson

(Co-owner of Savour Wine and Cheese)

Beach Gourmet – 978 282-1414

Savour – 978 282-1455

The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club meeting program for Friday, March 8th  will be “An Introduction to Amateur Astronomy”!

If you have an unused telescope in your closet, or would like to get started in the hobby, this night is for you! We’ll feature presentations on the rewards of the hobby, what the different types of telescopes are, how they work, how to buy one, how much to spend, what to look at, you name it. Everything you need to know to get started, or to up your game. 

The public is warmly invited; there are never any dues or fees, and presentations are geared toward the general public. See you there!

We meet at 8:00 on the second Friday of the month at the Lanesville Community Center. See our website, http://gaac.us or facebook page http://www.facebook.com/gaacpage for more info.

Celebrate Purim with the Temple Ahavat Achim on Saturday, February 23rd at 6 pm! All are welcome! Free admission. Costumes suggested! :-

Carol McKenna submits-

I have new photography on giclee canvas ~ exciting! Hope you make reception March 3rd or come when you can Thurs ~ Sunday 12-4 until March 18th ~ thanks, Carol ~ ps. will probably send another email out closer to the date. Pic is not my work