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May 24, 2012   Enjoy a Safe and Happy Memorial Day Weekend

    Please Remember the Men and Women That Have Served Our Country 
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TRIVIA CONTEST  

  


Last week's trivia question was

How many meals did we serve during the week of Mother's Day?      

 

 

The answer is 1,991!   

 

The winners of last week's trivia question are

 Elisabeth Cates of East Vassalboro and George Meier of Oakland 

 

randomly drawn from over 250 entries! Thank you all for playing!   

  

Congratulations  

 Elisabeth and George! 

 

You will receive your gift cards in the mail shortly.

 

Look for our trivia question for this week and send in your answer.

You could win a $25 gift card to the China Dine-ah.  Good luck!


Find this week's trivia question below in the newsletter.  Hint: Our Trivia
Question is always identified as "Trivia Question" in the newsletter.   

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TRIVIA QUESTION

As our way of saying "thank you" to our veterans, what percentage will we discount their meals on Sunday May 27?

A.  5%
B. 10%
C. 20%
D.  2%






 

UPCOMING  

EVENTS & NEWS

 





Memorial Day

As a way to say "thank you" to our servicemen and women, veteran's will receive 20% off their meal on Sunday May 27-Thank you for your service to our country!
 


ALL YOU CAN EAT 
Haddock Fish 'n Chips   
Tuesday nights at 4 pm
'til June 26 
 
 
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Red, White and Blue! Maybe for you??


  Branch Pond patriotic plant 

   

 

Deb Dinsmore from Branch Pond Flowers & Gifts is graciously donating a potted plant decorated with patriotic ribbons for us to give away to one of you on Sunday May 27.

 

Thank you Deb- we appreciate your generosity and your beautiful plants and arrangements.  

So stop by on Sunday May 27 and maybe you will be the  lucky random winner of the patriotic plant!   

  

         

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 What are you doing next
Tuesday?



Fish 'n Chips 

   

 

Make plans to include dinner at the Dine-ah  

to enjoy our

All You Can Eat Haddock Fish 'n Chips!   

Ample portion of fresh haddock lightly  

breaded  and fried to golden perfection  

piled high  atop our home made  

hand cut French fries with cole slaw.  

This meal will make you wish every day was a Tuesday!  

 

 

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                                                                  New Norm head shot

 Good day to all!

 

This weekend, we will be observing Memorial Weekend. Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed annually in the US on the last day of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War. By the 20th century, Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who had died in all wars.  

 

Later on, Memorial Day has become more of an occasion for more general expressions of memory, as people visited the graves of their deceased relatives in cemeteries, whether they had served in the military or not. It has also become a long weekend increasingly devoted to family gatherings and the opening of summer homes in the northern United States.  

 

At the Dine-ah, we will be honoring those veterans, both men and women, who so valiantly served our country by offering all veterans a 20% discount on their food and beverage on Sunday May 27th.  

 

These past two weeks have been a busy time  for the United Way of Kennebec Valley which held their 2012 Days of Caring at the following schools: 

 

Cony High School, Cony Middle School, Erskine Academy, St. Michael's School, Richmond High School and Winthrop High School. A total of approximately 2,548 students participated in the day long event. Remaining  schools include Farrington Elementary in Augusta, Monmouth Academy, Maranacook Community High School, Gardiner High School and Hall-Dale High School.  

 

Many projects were undertaken that include the likes of painting, sweeping of parking lots, raking of lawns and fields, bark mulching around trees and flower beds, cleaning up local cemeteries to name a few. If your town or city is not involved in an activity like this, I would encourage you to contact your local United Way to see if you could get something started. The benefits are many which include teaching volunteerism to our  next generation and also the completion of some very laborious projects for non-profits and municipal facilities.

          

        

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The day starts at school and then the students are bussed to their designated projects with all the students returning back to school for a cook out or boxed lunch and a quick assembly. All students receive a t-shirt and 8 hours community service. Some schools have a community service requirement in order to graduate.  

 

This past weekend, myself and Chris Russell, Service Agreement Supervisor at G & E Roofing were the guests of Carlisle SynTec Systems, a leading manufacturer of single-ply roofing materials, at a special banquet in Charlotte, North Carolina to recognize 13 contractors from the United States and Canada to receive their Perfection Award determined by historical installation quality metrics. Which means, a certain volume of material had to be installed at the highest of quality ratings. Not bad for a little roofing contractor from Augusta, Maine!  I would like to thank Carlisle SynTec for being such a great business partner and Nick Shears for his hospitality.   

 

We were also guests of Carlisle at the Charlotte Motor Speedway and watched this past Saturday nights NASCAR All Star Race from the Penske Racing Suite. Our trip also included a tour of the Penske Racing facilities where they build the cars and the engines for the Penske NASCAR Racing Team. Each car is built for a mere $500,000. So the next time you see a large crash, do the math!        

 

Penske 

Standing are John Altmeyer, President of Carlisle SynTec  

& Brad Keselowski, Driver of the #2 Miller Lite Penske Racing car  

 

Penske Racing Shop  

Penske NASCAR Racing Shop - cars ready for track!

 

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#2 Miller Lite Penske Racing car in Pit Garage (note Carlisle logo over rear window) This is the connection between Carlisle and Penske Racing    

 

NASCAR Norm 

 "NASCAR Norm" (note the banked corner on the racetrack) 

 

 

We are gearing up for a busy summer season and we hope you are all a part of it. So when I am not at the roofing company, at a YMCA Board or committee meeting, or at one of my other volunteer activities, I will meet you at the Dine-ah!    

 

As my final thought, and I apologize for the length of my article this week, I would be remiss if I did not mention last Wednesday was our final night of Trivia until this fall.  

Wednesday night Trivia ran for 19 consecutive weeks and was a huge success with 77 players on our final night for the season. Many, many thanks to Jon James our host, to all of you who played and to Michelle Glidden for having the idea.  

       

Wishing you all a safe and pleasant Memorial Day weekend!

 

Norm                

      

  

   

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 Come on in now to enter for a chance to win in May!          

 

 

1st Prize winner ~ $50 China Dine-ah gift card

2nd Prize winner ~ $25 China Dine-ah gift card

3rd Prize winner ~ $25 China Dine-ah gift card

4th Prize winner ~ $25 China Dine-ah gift card

  

 

Come in soon to enter for a chance to win in our May drawing

Winners will be randomly selected on May 31.

Thank you for entering and good luck to you all!

 

 

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Contact Us 

Visit our website link below for directions, menus, and other information.  Click on the  
"Directions/Contact" section and then click on "Contact Us" to send an e-mail. 

 

The China Dine-ah
281 Lakeview Drive
China, ME  04358
Phone ~ 445-5700 

 

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