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Book Signings August 7 and August 8 to Benefit Endangered and Protected Marine Mammals

July 23, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information:
Terry Bregy, 207-594-9544

 

Author Fran Hodgkins will be autographing copies of three of her books, with proceeds from book sales to be donated to the Maine Protected Resources Fund. The book signings will take place:

• Saturday, August 7th, starting at 8AM, as part of the Beach to Beacon Race, near the Portland Head Light finish line on the Parade Field at Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth.
• Sunday, August 8th, 10AM-noon, in the marine tent at the Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland

Fran Hodgkins will be autographing Andre the Famous Harbor Seal, The Orphan Seal, and The Whale Scientists. All three books involve themes of threatened marine mammals in Maine. The Orphan Seal received the Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Visit Fran on Facebook.

Lynda Doughty, Marine Mammal Strandings Coordinator for the Maine Department of Marine Resources, will also be giving out information on the proposed Maine Marine Mammal License Plate. The fee for the specialty plate, $25, will help support the mission of the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Marine Mammal Strandings Program, which is dedicated to the conservation of marine mammals through response and rescue of distressed, sick, injured and orphaned marine mammals, research, and educational activities for students and the general public. When 2,000 signatures are collected, the State Legislature will be asked to approve the new license plate.

Meet and greet Sully the Seal and his dolphin friend who will be on site for the event!!

For more information on the book signings, or the Marine Mammal License Plate, contact Lynda Doughty at (207) 592-3591, or e-mail lynda.doughty@maine.gov.

More information about the plate and the Strandings Program here.
Visit the Strandings Program on Facebook here.

 

 

The Beach to Beacon Race, a 6.2-mile run, starting at Crescent Beach and ending at Portland Head Light, the nation's first commissioned lighthouse, attracted over 6,000 runners, along with over 10,000 spectators, to the Maine coast last summer. For more information go to www.beach2beacon.org.

This year’s Maine Lobster Festival will be held August 4th through the 8th at the Rockland waterfront. For more information, go to www.mainelobsterfestival.com.

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