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Codman Community Farm dinner and harvest fair on Sept. 20-21

Spend a beautiful evening at Codman Community Farm on Saturday, Sept. 20 beginning at 5 p.m. and enjoy a dinner catered by Blue Ribbon Barbecue and dessert pies by Verrill Farms. This is a great way to enjoy and support Lincoln’s own community farm. Tickets are on sale now and need to be purchased in advance. Buy tickets online or call 781-259-0456.

On Sunday, Sept. 21 from 1-4 p.m., come to Codman’s old-fashioned country fair with food, games, family contests, and a rooster run. Admission is $5 at the door, and tickets to play and eat are available at the fair. Adult volunteers to help on the day of the fair are most appreciated. Take a shift or lend a hand in any way you can. Call the farm at 781-259-0456 or email info@codmanfarm.org.

Garden Club tea

All Lincoln residents are invited to a Lincoln Garden Club tea on Monday, September 29 at 11 a.m. at the home of Janet Ganson at 55 Baker Bridge Rd. Come learn about the Lincoln Garden Club and its activities and meet some members. Please RSVP to Susan Seeley (781-259-0841) or Ann Parke (781-259-0276), or email membership@lincolngardenclub.org.

Obituary

William King, 82 (August 28)

Get a benefits checkup with the COA

Would you like to know what government programs you might be eligible for that you might be missing? Call the Council on Aging at 781-259-8811 to make an appointment to come down and have a benefits checkup courtesy of BenefitsCheckUp.org. You can fill out a form at home, and then bring it in so that one of the COA staff can enter it into a special program developed by the National Council on Aging. You’ll then learn which among the nearly 200 programs covered by BenefitsCheckUp you may qualify for. Programs include Social Security, Alzheimer’s programs, caregiver and respite services, education and employment programs, help with housing and foreclosures, pension assistance, Medicare and other health insurance, health care and dental services, programs for those with disabilities, transportation programs and more.

A photo caption in a Lincoln Squirrel news item about Bikes Not Bombs incorrectly identified one of the people working on a bike as Bernadette Quirk. The woman in the photo is actually Laura Berland, chair of the Lincoln Recycling Committee.

In case you missed it this summer…

Bemis Hall celebration

On July 24, Bemis Hall had a ribbon-cutting to celebrate improvements including an upgraded parking area and front entryway, new landscaping, and a new crosswalk with flashing lights. “This shows the care and attention people in Lincoln give to the little things,” Town Administrator Tim Higgins said at the ceremony. [Read more…] about Catching up

Here are the September events sponsored by the Lincoln Council on Aging.

Celebrate fall with the Trad Jazz Jammers
September 4 at 2:30 p.m.
Celebrate fall’s beginnings at Bemis Hall on Thursday, September 4 at 2:30 p.m. when the Lincoln Traditional Jazz Jammers share their love of this lively music in a delightfully spontaneous jam!  Tap your feet or get up and dance as they belt out favorites such as Sweet Georgia Brown, Ain’t She Sweet, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? and others we all know and love. The group are all retirees, amateur musicians who give life to the hot jazz of the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s at the Trad Jazz Jams at the Library on the third Saturday of each month, at the Colonial Inn on Wednesday nights, and now at Bemis Hall.

Lincoln Academy at the movies: jazz great Willie the Lion!
September 5 at 1 p.m.
One of jazz’s most flamboyant and entertaining pianists, Willie the Lion Smith, was known as a master of the “stride” style, as well as for his ever-present cigar and derby. Harold McAleer continues the COA’s series on jazz greats on Friday, September 5 at 1 p.m. at Bemis Hall. Come watch, listen, and learn about this giant of the pano! [Read more…] about September events at the Council on Aging

Dear Lincoln Squirrel readers,

Due to a death in the family (John S. Waugh, 1929-2014), the Squirrel will not be posting for a period of time, but it will return. Thanks for all your good wishes.

Alice Waugh
Editor, The Lincoln Squirrel

 

 

An August 5 Lincoln Squirrel item about trees struck by lightning in the Farrar Pond area in 2012 mistakenly indicated that the Farrar Pond Association is the owner of the blog at farrarpond.org. The error has been corrected in the article.