EAA to offer 55 Alive Safe Driving Program

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The program was so popular last year, the Eastern Agency on Aging is offering it again.

The AARP 55 Alive Safe Driving Program will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, and Wednesday, Dec. 6, at the agency’s office boardroom, 450 Essex St., Bangor.

Carol Higgins of EAA said last year’s program “was very successful, so we felt it would be a good idea to repeat it. It’s a wonderful program that gives older people a brush-up on their driving skills.”

Sylvia Smith facilitates the eight-hour course, which helps people focus on such things as physical changes that may affect the driving ability of people ages 55 and older.

During the course, participants will review the current driving manual to refresh and update their knowledge of driving regulations. You also will be offered the opportunity to share with others the challenges of driving, and exchange ideas on how to cope with them.

There is no written or driving test, but those who complete the course will receive a two-year certificate that may enable the participant to receive discounts from several automobile insurance companies.

Course cost is $10 per person, and it is open to individuals age 50 and older.

The enrollment is limited to 25 participants, simply because that is all the boardroom will hold, Higgins said.

When we spoke with Higgins on Monday, however, plenty of spaces were still available.

She also said that “if we have an overload of peopl, we will just hold another class, at a later date, so that anyone who wants to take this course will be able to do so.”

To register, call EAA at (800)-432-7812 or 941-2865.

If you have questions and want more information about the AARP 55 Alive Safe Driving Program, call Smith at 942-4579.

Organized by Spruce Run, Grace United Methodist Church and Westgate Manor, a community vigil to honor victims of domestic violence will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, at the church, 193 Union St., Bangor.

The community is invited to join the friends and co-workers of Linda Grindal and others who were killed as the result of domestic abuse and recognize the courageous people whosurvive abuse on a daily basis.

For more information, call Spruce Run at 945-5102.

As the community demonstrates its concern for those affected by domestic violence by participating in the above-mentioned vigil, we note that the Student Life Committee at Bangor Theological Seminary is conducting a fund-raiser for Spruce Run, the domestic violence project serving Penobscot County.

The fund-raiser, “Changing Lives with Change,” will be held from Wednesday, Nov. 29, to Friday, Dec. 15.

Each Advent, the committee’s members work to assist an agency serving people in need.

During this Advent, students are being asked to donate any change from lunch purchases, or purchases at the seminary Bookstore, to the fund-raiser.

Additionally, the offerings from chapel services on Wednesday, Nov. 29, and Wednesday, Dec. 6, will be donated to the fund-raiser.

Students serving local churches also are asking their congregations to participate, and local communities of faith are urged to make donations as well.

The public is invited to attend seminary chapel services at 11 a.m. each Wednesday, and you are especially welcome during the holiday season.

For further information about the fund-raiser, call the seminary at 942-6781.

Bangor Theological Seminary and the Interfaith Program of St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor are co-sponsoring a public flu shot clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, and Thursday, Nov. 30, at Wellman Commons on the seminary’s campus at 300 Union St., Bangor.

The cost is $6 per person, and Medicare and Medicaid will be accepted.

Spokesperson Larry Lamond said appointments are suggested in order to eliminate waiting in line.

Radio station WQCB (106.5 FM) will broadcast live from the clinic Tuesday, and WEZQ (92.9 FM) will broadcast live Thursday.

For more information on the clinic, call BTS at 942-6781, or Cumulus Broadcasting, 989-5631.

Now through Friday, Dec. 1, you have an opportunity to participate in a “Themed Designer Wreath Silent Auction.”

Sponsored by the Winterport Woman’s Club, specially designed wreaths will go to the highest bidders in time for the holidays.

The wreaths are on display at Sister’s Restaurant, Winterport House of Pizza, Molly’s, Bayview Video, Steamboat Exxon, Winterport Family Medicine and Arpel’s, which are all located on Winterport’s Main Street; and Deb’s Variety and DJ’s Restaurant, which are located on Route 139.

May Pardy writes that all proceeds will be donated to the Winterport Volunteer Fire Department’s Thermal Imaging Camera Fund.

The bids will be opened and the bidders notified to pay for and to pick up their wreaths Saturday, Dec. 2.

Cash or checks will be accepted.

All checks should be made payable to the Winterport Woman’s Club.

Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.