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Bangor

National Day of Prayer will be marked with a time of prayer from noon to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the gazebo in Paul Bunyan Park, Main Street. For information, contact Julie Rose at 990-8991.

Also, a prayer walk will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 4, from Broadway Park to Paul Bunyan Park. Other activities during the week will include prayer walks in Brewer, Hermon, Hampden, Winterport and Orrington. Those communities also will have prayer time near their town halls.

Activities in Hampden will include a concert focusing on prayer with singer Paula Dunn at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at Church of the Open Door, Main Road, Hampden.

The annual Women’s Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the church on the corner of Grandview Avenue and Essex Street in Bangor.

The event, open to the public, is a joint project of 11 LDS congregations in central and eastern Maine who come together “to share in the joy of service,” organizers said.

Visitors may bring something to donate toward one of the projects, or just come see what’s on display.

Participating congregations and their projects are:

Bangor 1st Ward: Red Cross blood drive, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Bangor 2nd Ward: Kits for Kids, containing new clothing, toys, books and comfort items for children in foster homes. Needed: duffel bags, sweat pants and shirts in navy, gray, maroon and green; small plush toys, instant cameras.

Belfast: canned food collection; sewing burial outfits for premature babies who die.

Dover-Foxcroft: demonstration of putting together 72-hour kits.

Ellsworth: mini-totes for eyeglasses and other items to hang on wheelchairs and walkers of nursing home residents, and lower back pillows for wheelchairs. Needed: bags of polyfill, grommets and grommet setters.

Farmington: exercise and instruction in fitness and health.

Lincoln: wooden wall hangings for nursing homes.

Machias: 100 kits of school supplies for children in Third World countries.

Newport: lap quilts for cancer patients.

Rockland: infant packets for young parents in need. Needed: clothing in sizes 0-3 months, 3-6 months, blankets, nightgowns, diapers, sleepers.

Skowhegan: T-shirt dresses for distribution to international humanitarian aid programs. Needed: sets of 10 to 12 matching buttons.

Waterville: hygiene kits for international distribution to victims of war and natural disasters.

In 1997 the Bangor Fire Department purchased four thermal imaging cameras, which allow firefighters to see through smoke. Five years later, the City Council has authorized the purchase of two new MSA thermal imaging cameras to replace two that no longer work and would cost too much to repair.

“The Argus thermal imaging cameras have shown us that [they] are extremely useful on the fire ground,” said Fire Chief Jeffery Cammack. “In the five years we have had these cameras they have been used for chimney fires, bad light ballasts, smoke investigations and structure fires to make sure the fires are out, and for search and rescue.”

The two new MSA thermal imaging cameras are among the most modern available on the market, Cammack said. New features available include a clearer picture, transmitting capability, longer battery life, a larger view screen, and greater tolerance to high temperatures.

Brewer

WalkAmerica for supporters of the March of Dimes in Bangor and Brewer will be held Sunday, April 28, beginning with registration at 8 a.m. at the Brewer Auditorium.

The walk begins at 9 a.m. with a 3-mile route in Brewer and a 6-mile route that includes Brewer and Bangor. There will be food and prizes for participants in the walk, which raises funds for research into birth defects. To register or to obtain information, call 989-3307.

Hampden

More than 90 residents were honored April 16 by the Hampden Town Council for their volunteer efforts in the municipality.

“We appreciate everyone who volunteers in the community,” said Mayor Rick Briggs. “We don’t say that often enough. Many people said they’d been on boards for years and never been honored like that in Hampden. We had it during National Volunteers Week, so that we could be a small part of a national effort.”

Recreation committee: Kenneth Libbey, Gary Blake, Robert Neill, Dewey Martin, Sheryl Mayo, Dave Lindemann, William Burke, Hilmar (Bud) Utecht.

Lura Hoit Pool board of trustees: Daniel Brooks, Morna Rawcliffe, Mary O’Brien, Walter Travis, Carla Lafayette, Norma Bishop, Rita Morneault, Jay Ye, Richard Lyons, liaison; Mildred Thayer, honorary.

Conservation committee: Mark McCollough, chairman Michael Robbins, Peter Ludwig, Ed Steltzer. Environmental Trust: Chairman George Weiland, K. Elizabeth Gibbs, Gregory Miller. Landfill oversight committee: Gregory Miller. Economic development: Lynn Hughes, Dennis Whitcomb, Ann Hanlon, David Theriault, Jim Kiser, Walter Cupples, Chairman Colby Clendenning, Bob Wiggins. Board of assessment review: Robert Snow, Emily Gazitua, William Shakespeare, Keith Oceipka, Russell Lumley; associate member, Dennis Whitcomb. Historic preservation: Celia Gray, Betsy Bass, Mike Pullen, Sue Mock, Nadine Hoyt. Zoning board of appeals: Russell Lumley, William Devoe, John Wilson, Richard Armstrong, Sanborn Miller II, Stevenson Sheppard. Planning board: Beric Deane, Richard Peer, Steven P. Holt, Arthur Childs, David Caliendo, Steve Dubay, Dawn Thomas. Personnel appeals: Richard Newcomb, Beecher Doody, Gerry Ouellette.

Edythe Dyer Library board of trustees: Clara Swan, Bion Foster, Ruth Stearns, John Skehan, Yvonne Lambert, Mary Parker, Mary Ann Bjorn, Ann Hanlon, Mark Russell, Pat Russell, Elaine Dahl, Donald Desmarais, Suzanne Comins, Anthony Mourkas, Margaret Bailey. Library volunteer: Carol French.

Volunteer firefighters: Keith Barnhard, Sherri Barnhard, Elwyn Brewer, Eric Dashiell, Ed Gardella, George Grover, Jon Hicks, Ron Lare, Wayde Leighton, Sean Moncrieffe, Bethany Moser, Wendy Page, Teresa Pipes, Tony Redmond, Ralph Robinson, Bill Sinclair, Steve Tribou, Cheri Volta.

Holden

In celebration of Holden’s 150th anniversary, a free presentation will be held at 7 p.m. May 1 at Holden School. Norman Ledwin will speak on “From the Airborne Rangers to A New Medical Facility in Brewer.”

Ledwin, a Holden resident and president of Eastern Maine Healthcare and Eastern Maine Medical Center, had several combat tours as a commissioned officer for the Airborne Rangers.

He also will speak about his tour of military facilities with former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, as well as EMMC’s plans for a new medical facility in Brewer.

Old Town

Students from Old Town and Orono high schools, police personnel from both communities and the Student Advisory Board of Substance Abuse Prevention at the University of Maine will team up April 25 to implement a Sticker Shock Campaign designed to curb underage drinking.

Students and police officers will meet at 2:30 p.m. at Old Town High School, then visit area businesses to place bright orange warning stickers on cases of alcoholic beverages with information about the penalties for providing beer and liquor to minors. Members of the UM field hockey and volleyball teams and Greek organizations also will take part.

Orono

The Maine State Organization, Daughters of the Revolution, will hold its annual spring conference April 26-28 in Orono.

State Regent Pauline T. Bartow of Otisfield will preside. The Esther Eayres Chapter of Orono is the hostess chapter, assisted by Frances Dighton Williams Chapter of Bangor, Katahdin Valley/Lydia Putnam Chapter of Lincoln, Ramassoc Chapter of Bucksport and Penobscot Expedition Chapter of Searsport.

Veazie

The Penobscot Fly Fishers will offer an educational Fly Fishing Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 27 at the Veazie Salmon Club.

The public is welcome to attend the free event, which will feature fly-casting instruction, classes on equipment and tying knots and a presentation on insects by Joan Trial, senior biologist for the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission.

Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin

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