LINCOLNVILLE BEACH — It was all about blueberries at McLaughlin's Lobster Shack, 12 McKay Road, Lincolnville Beach, Saturday, Aug. 11, at the 15th Annual Wing Ding Pancake Breakfast sponsored by the Lincolnville Improvement Association. The action moved into McLaughlin's Shack early Saturday morning and by 7 a.m., volunteers were serving pancakes with or without blueberries, bacon, sausage, coffee and a variety of juices.

“It's called a wing ding," said Lee Cronin, who has served as the chairwoman for the last 15 years. "Wing ding means a bash or a party. You would need need to speak to Andy Andrews about that. He came up with the idea and it stuck."

Rick McLaughlin owns and operates the lobster shack where the breakfast takes place.

"There have been 15 of them and I have been here for everyone of them," he said. "The ladies do a pretty good job now. Everybody knows what to do and what they're doing, so I just make sure the place doesn't burn down or blow up."

McLaughlin said the wingding is a once-a-year event and it makes him feel good.

"We've learned to prepare ahead and what to move," he said. "We set them up and make sure they have what they need. Staging it up is the most important part."

Cronin said they used to hold a rummage sale, but it was too much work for too little profit.

"We branched out into a blueberry pancake breakfast," she said. "Rick McLaughlin was very generous in letting us use his facility. We come in and take over the whole building. I don't think too many restaurants would afford us that opportunity."

Cronin said a raffle is also held with all the prizes donated by local businesses which means the money raised is all profit.

"As well we have baked goods. All our members make at least two homemade blueberry products and this year we added a white elephant table, as well."

All  proceeds go to provide scholarships to local graduating seniors.

"We are really proud, because this past June we awarded $4,500 in scholarships to three students and that's the most we've ever been able to provide,” she said. “That's why it's important to get all the people out supporting us."

Cronin said they also plant flowers around the town and maintain them. She said they would serve around 400 people between seven and 10:30 a.m.