A glitch in the email universe bounced my column around last week, so it didn’t get to the pressroom in time! Old news is still good news, though.

This Friday, April 5, our RSU Withdrawal Committee is meeting with selectmen at 6 p.m. in the Town Office. This makes a “very short” drive for us to get updated about the current plan to withdraw from RSU 12, and to try to understand what really will happen with academics, facilities, and services depending on how our vote goes later this spring.

There’s a lot of talent on the island, writers, painters, musicians, and many others. If you have a few minutes, please go the www.lcrpc.org and look for the Lincoln County Arts and Cultural Survey in the right sidebar of the website. Your response as an artist, owner of an arts-related business or manager of a cultural nonprofit in Lincoln County can help document the economic impact of this creative, small-business sector. For more info, please call Emily at 207-882-5152.

I’m sure you’ve noticed a new community-wide effort to help with student performance and health, the “Feed Our Scholars” program. You’re invited to what sounds like a fantastic Spaghetti Supper and Silent Auction from 5-6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 at St. Philip’s Church, Hodge Street in Wiscasset. Many children rely on the school lunch for their most nutritious meal of the day. The Supper and Auction will help raise some of the $10,000 needed to start this by the new school year.

Tickets can be purchased at Ames Supply, the Kidz Closet and Treats. Reservations can be made by calling St. Philips at 207-882-7184 and leaving a message. The auction items are amazingly diverse, from restaurant gift certificates, a week of day camp, Zumba classes and many more cool items and services from local businesses.

Young gardeners need our help: each year students at Wiscasset Primary School plant and harvest vegetables from the school garden. Last year the FEDCO Seed Sale Fundraiser proceeds were used to purchase lumber for the outdoor classroom constructed at the Morris Farm last spring. With this year's Seed Sale, the WPS is still shy of its goal of enough funds to install raised beds, build a fence around the garden and increase the crops grown. Please consider sending a donation to Partners In Education (PIE), 146 Gardiner Road, Wiscasset, ME 04578. On the memo line, please write “School Garden Donation.” Thanks so much!

Mark your calendar for Friday, May 3 for the WPS’s Spring Dinner and Raffle; more details to come in a future column.

Carol Blake sends in news from the Westport Community Association (WCA). The very lively Meet and Greet will be held on Saturday, May 18 from 5-7 p.m., at the Town Hall. Wine and cheeses will be provided by Treats as usual; however, the WCA is putting a new twist on the event. Instead of a silent auction, we’re holding a raffle in order to raise more funds for student stipends. To this end, WCA is seeking donations of quality items to raffle. If you have  an item you’re willing to donate, please call or email Carol Blake, 207-882-4267 or cjblake6@gmail.com.

Still looking for the right plants for your garden and yard? The Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is holding its annual plant sale on Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, May 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Union Fairgrounds.

Plants can be preordered or you can shop on Saturday and Sunday. Visit K-L SWCD’s website at www.knox-lincoln.org/spring-plant-sale for great info, order forms, plant catalog about what grows best where, PayPal, etc. Call the District at 207-596-2040 if you want to use this old style of communicating.

Doesn’t take much greening of the marshes to put a little “spring” in my step. Swapping winter jackets for sweaters at mewbarnes2@yahoo.com or 207-882-6055.