Thank you, city of Bangor and Keep Bangor Beautiful. Our household is one of those with items we cannot easily dispose of, so, on behalf of many others like us, thank you, thank you, thank you.

And one of those items is one we receive all too many questions about.

Dozens of people have called or written to the Bangor Daily News to ask where they can dispose of their old computers, so I know residents in Greater Bangor will be happy to learn the city of Bangor’s Residential Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day will allow you to bring one computer monitor, with terminal and keyboard, to the waste collection site.

The city of Bangor Residential Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Bangor Recycling Center on Maine Avenue.

The program is limited to residents of Bangor, Brewer, Clifton, Eddington, Glenburn, Hampden, Hermon, Holden, Levant, Orono, Veazie and Winterport.

To participate, you must have a residential household hazardous waste product permit, which must be brought to the Bangor Recycling Center the day of the collection.

Bangor residents can obtain their permits during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, from the treasurer’s office at Bangor City Hall, 73 Harlow St., or at the Bangor Public Works office, 530 Maine Ave.

Residents from towns outside Bangor should contact their town offices for the necessary permits.

Items to be collected include: oil-based paint, turpentine, used motor oil, old gasoline, brake fluid, paint remover and thinners, linseed oil, used antifreeze, varnish, transmission fluid, mercury batteries, fluorescent lamps, mercury thermometers, mercury thermostats, liquid mercury, chemical fertilizer, fungicides, herbicides, rat poison and pesticides.

Residents are limited to a quota of 15 gallons of household hazardous waste, and all items must carry clearly marked labels of what they contain.

If you have any questions about this program that helps protect our environment, call Bangor Public Works at 942-0220.

What a pleasure to learn from Dawn Edgecomb of Mariaville that the Acadia Area ATVers’ fourth annual charity ride for the KISS 94.5 Christmas is for Kids campaign was a great success, exceeding last year’s total.

“We had a great ride and made a lot of money, and I want to thank everybody who participated and made donations for this ride,” Edgecomb said.

“It was dusty, though,” she said, recalling the event that took place Saturday, Sept. 8, and Sunday, Sept. 9.

“We made $5,000 and that total may go up, because we have some more checks that are still out.”

Last year’s ride raised $3,800 for the project that helps purchase gifts for needy children at Christmas.

Edgecomb also expressed her sincere appreciation “to the folks at the Airline Snack Bar for letting us use their facilities to leave from and come back to.”

The ride followed a trail off Route 9 in Beddington.

The two-day event included a barbecue on Sunday, and, Edgecomb said, “We fed 200 people that day.”

Approximately 145 vehicles were part of the ATV tour “with some people riding double,” she added.

The event also included a 50-50 drawing, won by Tom David Dicenzo, and the winner of 100 gallons of fuel oil from Dead River Co. was June Abbott.

On behalf of the club, Edgecomb also extended sincere appreciation to three very special ladies, Acadia ATVers members Pat Hamon, Beverly Sargent and Christine Alley.

“If not for them, this would never go on,” Edgecomb said of the women behind the project.

On behalf of the Pembroke Historical Society, building committee member Bonnie Hunter invites the public to attend a harvest supper at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the Pembroke Elementary School on Route 1.

Doors open at 5 p.m. for a Chinese raffle.

Admission is $6 for adults, $3 for children age 12 and under and free for children age 3 and under.

The menu includes homemade baked beans, baked ham, roast turkey, casseroles, salads, tangy meatballs, homemade rolls, desserts and beverages.

The event also will feature free door prizes of fall centerpieces, a 50-50 drawing, quilt raffle and autumn decorations.

The PHS is working to raise funds for a building to house a museum, and it members hope events such as these will bring them closer to their goal.

I received late word from the Friends of the Symphony’s sixth annual Feast and Foliage Excursion organizer Nancy Ziegenbein that the registration deadline for that trip has been extended to Wednesday, Oct. 10.

The coach boards at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at the park and ride lot on the corner of Odlin Road and Interstate 395 in Bangor. Arrangements can be made in advance for those who want to board along I-95 south of Bangor.

This fund-raiser, which benefits the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, includes a cruise aboard the excursion ship Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, plus dinner and a visit to a doll shop in Meredith, N.H.

The cost is $109 for non-FOS members and $99 for members.

Reservations can be made by calling the BSO office at (800)-639-3221 or 942-5555, or by calling Nancy Ziegenbein, 947-7965, or writing her at 41 Linden St., Bangor 04401.

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