The New England Lighthouse Lovers ( NELL ) will have their next meeting combined with a 2 day Outing in Portsmouth, NH, on Oct. 8-11. They will be meeting in a beautiful facility, once a huge private estate deeded over to the state Forestry Dept. Hundreds of acres and miles of walking trails with an arboretum are the setting for a huge barn made over into a conference center. Here the club will have a meeting on Sat.Oct. 9, filled with a Swap N'Sell, several raffles, the usual and necessary business meeting, and two scrumptious catered meals. The program will be unique, but is still in the planning stages and one which no member will want to miss. More news on that at a later posting.

Our club's first newsletter will be coming out in August completely online and linked to our wesite. It will have some articles of interest to all lighthouse enthusiasts. Don't miss it. Click onto www.lighthouse.cc/nelighthouselovers in August and look for the link.

Ron Foster has finished our club logo and it will soon be appearing on a club pin and garments ordered through him.

If you are in New England or know someone who is that loves lighthouses, please tell them about our club. We welcome new members. Keeping the Flame.