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Spring 2006

Welcome back members and friends of the West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association!

The Visitor Center opens for the 2006 season on May 27th. The volunteer staff is preparing to greet visitors from around the world and we hope to exceed the number who came to see us from all over the world last year.

Over the winter months the Association’s Board of Directors and volunteer members planned for this season and beyond. To this end, the Budget Committee did the necessary work to support the Association operating and maintaining the Visitor Center and the ongoing cost of keeping the Exhibit Halls attractive to visitors.

H. B. Reed 2006

The Exhibits committee designed and installed some excellent new exhibits, which we trust you’ll find informative and interesting.

To keep the public informed, the Public Relations Committee began the process of advertising West Quoddy Head Light and Visitor Center in appropriate magazines and Summer Guides - particularly including the 4th Anniversary Celebration which will be held on July 8th this year. Check out the Special Events page for more details.

A Planning Committee has been formed for the 2008 200th Anniversary of the lighthouse. If you would like to contribute ideas for that very special event please call the Visitor Center.

The Fundraising Committee worked to ensure that the Lighthouse memorabilia will be available for purchase at local gift shops. Do remember to stop by for your souvenirs, either at the West Quoddy Gift Shop near the lighthouse, or Puffin Pines Country Store in Whiting. Also, raffle items this season will include the ever-popular West Quoddy Head Lighthouse Rug and a set of excellent Lighthouse photographs already matted and framed. Stop by for your tickets!

Business Memberships expire on June 30th and renewal notices are on their way to our loyal members. When your notice arrives, please remember to renew! And if you’re not yet a member do call the Visitor Center to ask for details of the benefits of membership available to your business - 207-733-2180.

The Visitor Center manager, with the support of the Art Gallery Committee, is contacting local artists to exhibit their art work in the Art Gallery again this year.

And did you notice the new look of our website? The Website Committee is responsible for overseeing that work. Should you have any comments about the new design we’d be glad to hear from you.

The Strategic Planning Committee met a few times during the winter months. Action is being taken on two of their recommendations. A bicycle rack will be installed near the Visitor Center and a new sign, indicating the Visitor Center, will be placed adjacent to the large car park in the Park. Our thanks to Tim Hall, Regional Manager of the Maine Bureau of Lands and Parks, who oversees the Park with the able assistance of John Smith.

Our last items of news and of equal importance are the ongoing record keeping and data management project and the Association's archives. To assist with the former, current and past Committee members are trying to find time to complete information about the many volunteer tasks that they do. This information will provide future Association Board members and volunteers alike, with a user-friendly resource to understand the operation and management of the Association. The archives are being compiled and maintained under the capable guidance of the current archivist, Ron Pesha.

We are looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible this season, so until then - enjoy Spring and head on down to see us at the Visitor Center, at the easternmost point of land in the continental USA!

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