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Coffee Clash

“Lower the voting age to 16?”

League of Women Voters

Friday, March 14^th 8:30 a.m.

A bill is being introduced into the Maine State Legislature to expand the voting franchise to include 16 and 17-year-olds for local and state elections. Let's talk about it.

Join us for coffee, tea, and pastries at 

Brasserie Le Brun 74 Cottage St, Bar Harbor.

The cost to attend in person at Brasserie Le Brun is $12 and includes coffee, tea, and pastries. Coffee and social hour begins at 8:30, and the discussion starts at 9:00. The Zoom presentation is free. If you register for the online talk, you will receive the link the day before.

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Please let us know by Wednesday, March 12^th if you cannot attend.

Food for Thought

“Acadia National Park: Priorities and Challenges”



Kevin Schneider

Superintendent, Acadia National Park

Friday, March 28^th, 11:30 a.m.

Birch Bay Village, and on Zoom

Acadia National Park Superintendent Kevin Schneider will discuss current priorities and challenges at the 7th most visited national park in the United States and how we can ensure this treasure remains preserved for future generations.

Kevin B. Schneider is the superintendent of Acadia National Park and Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, a position he has held since January 2016. Before his current post at Acadia, Kevin was the deputy superintendent at Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway in Wyoming and the superintendent of White Sands National Park from 2008 to 2011. He worked at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area as management assistant and at Yellowstone National Park as a park planner and in science communication. Kevin also worked from 1998 to 2000 in the Office of Communications at the National Park Service's headquarters in Washington, D.C. He began his National Park Service career maintaining backcountry trails at Rocky Mountain National Park. In addition to his federal employment, Kevin worked as a Student Conservation Association volunteer at North Cascades National Park. Kevin graduated cum laude from Colorado State University and received a Master of Public Administration degree from Montana State University. Kevin's wife Cate is originally from Bangor, Maine, and they have two children.

The in-person lunch and presentation will take place together at Birch Bay Village in Hulls Cove, starting at 11:30 a.m. The cost for attending both is $17 - there are no in-person seats available for the presentation only.

The Zoom-only presentation is free and begins at noon. If you register for the online talk, you will receive the link the day before the event.

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Please let us know by Wednesday, March 26^th if you cannot attend.



Thank you!

Members' Only Art Show

Our annual ASC Members' Art Show will be held in May at the Northeast Harbor Library. Time to get creative!

All forms of art are encouraged: watercolor, oil, mixed media, wood carvings, photographs, fiber art, and more. What have you been working on this past year?

The call for artists and this year's submission form will be available soon.

Opening Reception planned for early May!

More Reminders

• Remember to submit your winter course evaluations online. You must log in to your ASC account to submit your review.

• Spring term starts March 17th - check the online course listings for days, times, and locations.

• Thinking of teaching in the fall? Submit fall course proposals by May 19th.

Class Photos

Here are a few photos from Barbara Acosta's "Creating a Pollinator Haven in your Backyard" class this winter. Looks like a lot of fun.

ASC Weather Cancellation Policy

“Acadia Senior College cancels events and classes when the MDI schools close for snow or weather events. When a delay occurs, ASC also cancels events or classes that start within the delay period.”

If there is a two-hour school delay, ASC morning classes will be canceled, but afternoon classes will still be held unless otherwise instructed. (Some in-person classes may elect to hold a canceled class by Zoom.) We will also post a cancellation notice on our website and attempt to email students and event attendees.

Check News Center Maine or WABI for school closing information. Look for AOS 91.

More learning opportunites

There are 16 senior colleges in Maine, offering a variety of classes and presentations, some of which are free and many are offered by Zoom. To learn more, read and subscribe to the MSCN newsletter.

Did you know that as members of Acadia Senior College, you are eligible to register for classes offered by other Senior Colleges in Maine without paying an additional membership fee? Space permitting, you can register for courses and pay only the course fee.

You can also visit the What's Happening? page and subscribe to receive email notices for presentations from senior colleges around the state. (Click the Log In link to sign up.)

Acadia Senior College

PO Box 475

Southwest Harbor, ME 04679

acadiaseniorcollege.org

learn@acadiaseniorcollege.org

207-288-9500