Spectrum Generations will host its weekly lunch and learn program on Wednesday, August 3 at 11:15 a.m. Following the luncheon Sherry Flint, founder and president of Inn Along the Way will discuss this unique and innovative community model, which is being developed on the Chapman property in Damariscotta. The property’s design will enable older adults live interdependently in a neighborhood-style setting of small, environmentally friendly, accessible homes.
The mission of Inn Along the Way is to support and enrich the lives of those in our communities with an emphasis on elders, the infirm, and those who care for them, through environment, education, the arts, and gentle companioning.

Luncheon Reservations are required. Please call 563-1363 by noon on Monday, August 1 to make your luncheon reservation (Roast Pork). For those 60 years of age and over the suggested donation is $5.00 per person. For all other community members Coastal’s lunch and learn program is an affordable dining choice at $6.00 per person.

Deer ticks (or blacklegged ticks) are a major threat to the health and sanity of Midcoast residents. Incidences of Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases are becoming more and more prevalent. At 5 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 3, at the Bristol Area Library, Bob Emmons will discuss factors that affect tick populations, their life history, and other information that will help participants in their struggle to enjoy the outdoors without becoming tick hosts. Emphasis will be on avoidance techniques. Repellents will be evaluated for effectiveness. And tick myths will be exposed. (No, they don’t come back for revenge after being flushed down the toilet.)

Emmons was a professor of plant science at the State University of New York, Cobleskill for 31 years. His major teaching areas were entomology, plant pathology, and integrated pest management.

The Bristol Area Library is located in Pemaquid at the corner of Route 130 and Old County Road.

The Photography of E. Joseph Leighton, 1884-1957, in Lincoln County, Maine: An Illustrated Lecture is the title of an upcoming lecture by Michael Chaney, executive director of the Frances Perkins Center in Damariscotta. The program will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 3 in the community room of the Newcastle fire station on River Road. Refreshments will be served following the presentation.

The Leighton exhibition is on display at the Lincoln County Historical Association’s Old Jail on Federal Street, Wiscasset on weekends through September.

From noon-1:15 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 4, Michael Uhl — a writer and independent scholar with a doctorate in American studies who has been recovering the story of Germans living in America — will read excerpts from his work-in-progress, “Sketches from German America,” in the second-floor Genealogy Room at Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta.

This summer let’s learn to play the ukulele! You do not have to read music to have fun playing the ukulele. The ukulele is a user-friendly instrument. It is a great beginning instrument for all ages. In these introductory lessons taught by Heather Hardy at Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center, 521 Main Street in Damariscotta, students will learn how to form basic chords, strum a tune and sing along to songs you are familiar with.

Register today for Heather’s Thursday, August 4, 11, 18 and 25 beginner sessions, which will begin at 4:00 p.m. each day and be prepared to have fun. Sheet music will
be provided. Students will need to bring their own ukulele. A concert, soprano or tenor ukulele is preferred. If you have a baritone ukulele, it needs to be tuned like concert or soprano, which is G,C,E,A. Participation Fee: $40. Advanced registration required. To register call 563-1363. Uke can do it! All ages welcome.

Heather Hardy is a singer-songwriter living in Bristol. She gives beginning guitar, ukulele and song writing lessons.