Cadet Launching, Book Signing & Parade Of Lights

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Cadet Launching, Book Signing & Parade Of Lights

Cadet Launching, Book Signing & Parade Of Lights
By: David Mills

ROCKLAND, ME - Saturday was a day filled with events such as Tugboat Cadet being officially launched at Journey's End Marina, Authors book signing, Parade of Lights, Share the Wonder and Holiday craft fair. Our report this evening will start with Tugboat Cadet being launched.

Tugboat Cadet was launched at Journey's End Marina in Rockland with a lot of people gathered for this special event that included music by a violin player. Owner Captain John Foss spent the past 10 years rebuilding, remodeling and detailing this old tug to its proper glory. As you may know Captain John Foss captains the Schooner American during the summer months with guest to enjoy food, the people, beautiful Penobscot Bay with its many villages and islands. John did a great job on restoring this beautiful old tug to its rightful glory. We will have a more detailed story behind Cadet soon.

During the morning there was a holiday craft fair where people could buy homemade gifts at the Samoset Resort in Rockland. Also, during the morning there was Share the Wonder going on at the Farnsworth with displays and more.

The Reading Corner from 2-3:30 held a book signing with three Maine authors Tracy Ann Lord (Good Catch), Jim Nichols (Hull Creek) and Steven D. Powell (Patch Scratching) . A brief description of each book will be provided below. These three authors were at the Reading Corner for book signing that went well.

Good Catch Description:

Maddie Chilton, the reigning queen of Miami's hottest PR firm, has been dethroned. Now she's roughing it at a fishing camp on a lake in the middle of rural Maine. This is what her co-workers chose as a going-away present? Maddie is not a "showers optional" kind of gal. The camp is populated by a lot of fishy characters. There's Flo, the opera-loving/customer-loathing cook, and Wayne, the too-handy handyman. Fortunately there's also Cal Boretti, her handsome, skinny-dipping fishing guide. Appearances, of course, can be deceiving, and Maddie soon discovers that the camp and its residents are about so much more than fishing. Between budding romance and an exciting new business opportunity, Maddie's dim view of Lake Mooselookmeguntic is beginning to lighten up. She may not have a knack for fishing, but Maddie is about to make the good catch of a lifetime.

Hull Creek Description:

After the death of his parents, Troy Hull left college to take on his family's traditional lobster-fishing life. But after a few good years, he finds himself threatened with the loss of that life, a result of some bad choices and the changing nature of his hometown. Troy's best friend, also a lobster fisherman, has found his own shady methods to deal with a similar situation, and now Troy must decide whether to follow his pal's outlaw path to solvency or let the straight-and-narrow take him from his beloved home forever. Throw in a run-away wife, a wicked city woman, a wild melee where a big-shot TV host and crew get tossed into the chilly harbor, and a drug deal gone bad, and you have Hull Creek: a timely and rowdy story of the Maine coast.

Patch Scratching Description

At the tender age of five, Jed is abandoned by his mother in his father’s hometown—a father he’s never met, and who no longer lives in the town. Jed is befriended by Deb, the last person who should have had to do so. But with the help of Jed’s grandfather, Deb raises the boy as best she can. Then, just as Jed is finding his way, his place in the world, life and the past come back to challenge him yet again.

Also, going on Saturday was the parade of lights down Main street Rockland with many colorful floats. The crown princess, Kelly L., Sea Goddess, Kristen Sawyer was in this annual parade put on by Rockland Main Street Inc. This years parade had floats from Deny's, Pen Bay Christian School, Songo Salon, Habitat for Humanity, Girls Scout's, along with a nicely lighted fire truck, two old trucks, atvs and more. Three members from Oceanside High School key club were there to provide hot coca for those there for the parade. It looked like this year's was a successful one. A big thank you needs to go to the volunteers and Rockland Main Street Inc for holding the Festival of Lights events.