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Spring 2005

The West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association (WQHLKA) is looking forward to the coming season and will open the Visitor Center to the public on May 28, 2005. Hours will be 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, seven days a week, through mid-October.

The Board of Directors of the Association and various WHQLKA committees have accomplished a great deal during the Winter months. The Strategic Planning Committee has formulated goals for the next several years and members have given us some very positive feedback on them. Some of the goals include pre-season activity and we are making every effort to get several things done before opening day on May 28th.

A Piece of the Old Dome from
West Quoddy Head Light House

We are hoping to increase the number of volunteers to staff the Visitor Center, as well as conduct a new business membership drive in May and June. We also believe we can secure an original work of art again this year, for raffling this season. More on this later! The Exhibits committee has been busy preparing two new special exhibits. That is, fragments of the 19th Century copper dome (see photo above) will be on exhibit, as well as a U.S.C.G. uniform and a replica of a Lighthouse Service uniform.

The Advertising/Public Relations committee has arranged for a new road sign to be installed on southbound U.S. Rte 1 before the left-hand turn onto Rt. 189 to Lubec. The website also has a fresh new look, as well as a new page of Historical Data and several new images throughout the site. Do check out the merchandise page, where we have our 200th Anniversary collectible merchandise on display, and information where it can be purchased. This committee has also submitted copy for this season’s Summer Guides and has listed the 3rd Anniversary Celebration date, June 18th, and a brief outline of the festivities, on various tourist-targeted on-line calendars.

By June 18th, the Board of Directors is planning to have an engraved granite stone embedded in the ground, adjacent to the Visitor Center, designating the easternmost point of the U.S.A. More on this later!

The Board is grateful to the core of behind-the-scenes volunteers who have worked hard for the Association during the Winter months and to those up-front volunteers, who will be staffing the Visitor Center again this coming season.

We look forward to seeing you at the Visitor Center this Summer!

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