Weekend Planner: Pardon Gray, SSG Christopher Potts and Basketball

1. Help keep Tiverton and Little Compton beaches beautiful. Join Tiverton residents and others in the 27th Annual International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday Sept. 15 from 9 a.m. - noon, rain or shine.

Tiverton volunteers can meet at Grinnell’s Beach in the Stone Bridge Area, Main Road and Lawton Ave, Tiverton, RI to pick up T-shirts, gloves, litter bags, and litter survey forms. Students who volunteer can use their service toward graduation requirements in community service. Contact Tiverton Garden Club member and Beach Captain Alita Marks at 401-624-6031 for more information. Refreshments will be provided.

Little Compton volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at South Shore Beach to begin cleaning our beaches, all of which need attention. The Sogkonate Garden Club will supply gloves, bags and data sheets. Working as pairs enables us to record our findings on the data sheets, which will be tallied and analyzed by the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and the Ocean Conservancy. Please call Sandy at 635-8640 if you would like further details, or just drop in at South Shore Beach.

2. For the 10th year in a row, Singing Out Against Hunger (SOAH) will hold its annual benefit concert series in Tiverton to raise money to help feed the needy in our community.  Since 2002, SOAH has raised over $100,000.  The funds raised during the SOAH events go directly to East Bay Community Action (Tiverton Food Pantry) and the Little Compton food bank. 

This year SOAH will have three days of events starting Friday Sept. 14 until Sunday Sept. 16.  Please visit our website at www.singingoutagainsthunger.org to see the list of performers.  Over the course of three days, there will over 30 different performances. Some notable acts are Pumpkin Head Ted, Red Eye Flight, Vaz Vaz, Jose Docen, Andrew Labonte, Chief Noda, 6 Digg It, Daniel Ouellette, Allysen Callery and many many more. 

The events will take place at  and , both in Tiverton.

3. Head over to Sandywoods Farm and Agricultural Center on Muse Way for an open studio with Mika Seeger. Seeger makes pottery and sculpture of stoneware and porcelain clays. 

Mika Seeger invites you to visit her studio on the third Saturday of every month to converse, drink tea, and browse the small gallery of work for sale- everything from beads to bowls to busts.

**Note address is not on GPS or MapQuest-call or visit website for driving directions to 60 Terra Vida Way, Tiverton.

For more information, call (401) 297-9311.

4. The Sakonnet Growers Association Farmer’s Market will be opening at Tiverton Four Corners on Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The market will be open each Saturday morning throughout the summer and fall until October 13th.  The market will be held adjacent to the Soule-Seabury House where the Garden Festival has been held.

5. Tiverton youths have until Saturday to register for junior league basketball.

Registration for all children wanting to play basketball will be held at the Pocasset School Gym on Friday evening September 14, 2012 from 6:30pm until 8:00pm and on Saturday September 15, 2012 from 10:00am until 12:00pm. 

Registration fees are $80.00 per child and $105.00 for a family.

Note: Any child registering for the first time must bring proof of age; a birth certificate or abstract.