Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District will hold its annual awards banquet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the North Nobleboro Community Hall on East Pond Road in Nobleboro.

All are invited to join us for a homemade dinner of smothered beef or baked stuffed squash — and the famous all-you-can-eat pie assortment for dessert!

Dinner is followed by awards presentations and this year’s guest speaker, Sally Allen, lead teacher of the Whitefield School ABLE program (Aquaponics-Based Learning and Education).

Her talk, “ABLE Aquaponics and Gardening Program,” will describe the hands-on curriculum designed to encourage learning through growing and highlight the student and volunteer participation that went into the building of a new greenhouse this summer.

Before we introduce our guest speaker, there will be brief news and activities updates from USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and District staff, and presentation of the annual district awards.

This year we are presenting the following awards:

Cooperating Conservation Farm of 2014 – Patti and Chris Hamilton of Hamilton Farm & Barred Owl Creamery, Whitefield.

Lifetime Member, Board of Supervisors – Barry Tibbetts, Whitefield

Excellence in Forestry Education – Lorraine Riggs Taft (Forest Pest Outreach Project), Friendship

Excellence in Agricultural Education – Ellie Libby (Knox-Lincoln Cooperative Extension), Waldoboro

Excellence in Horticultural Education – Liz Stanley (Knox-Lincoln Cooperative Extension), Warren

We hope you will attend to meet and honor friends and associates, old and new. Registration fee of $15 covers the cost of the meal. To register, contact the District before Friday, Oct. 30 at 207-596-2040, hildy@knox-lincoln.org, or register online at www.knox-lincoln.org/annual-meeting.