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lthough they did not know the late Stephen Gomm Jr., the popular Old Town High School athlete who died in a car accident last December that also claimed the life of another and injured two more, Scott and Shari Duthie do know Gomm’s father.

“His dad plays golf here,” said Shari Duthie of Whitetail Golf Course in Charleston, which she and her husband have owned for six years.

That is why the Duthies are looking forward to being host of the Stephen Gomm Memorial Tournament with shotgun starts at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Whitetail.

This is the first big tournament for the club owners, who have held smaller events.

“We are trying to reach as many people as possible in hopes of having a large turnout,” she said.

Stephen Gomm Sr. of Alton is helping the Duthies prepare for the scholarship benefit that features three-person teams in a scramble format.

“We plan to start two teams on each hole, so we would have room for 54 golfers in the morning, and 54 in the afternoon,” Duthie said.

At this time, three openings remain for the morning round, “but we still have quite a few openings for the afternoon,” she said.

Businesses are invited to sponsor a hole or donate a gift certificate for the tournament, and all contributions will be greatly appreciated.

Duthie said most golfers are signing up as a team but, if you are a single, they will find a team for you.

The $25 tourney fee includes a buffet lunch, and you can register by calling Whitetail Golf Course at 285-7730.

If this is a course you have not played before, what better time than now?

You’ll not only have a great time with some old or new friends, but you’ll be adding to the scholarship fund in memory of one OTHS student that will benefit another.

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From Audrey Peasley of Brooksville, we learn members of the Penobscot Historical Society worked all winter on their Old One Room Schoolhouse, which was moved last year to the site of the Historical Society on Route 199 in Penobscot.

Peasley wrote that the society is “in need of a large picture of George Washington, some slates and books,” that date from the 1900s era, for the facility.

She asks anyone who has any of these items to give her a call at 326-8864.

The society is open weekends, from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, during July and August, and you are invited to “come join us,” Peasley wrote.

I also understand that Woodsman’s Day is from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at the society, where you can watch demonstrations of cross-cut sawing, the use of bucksaws and all sorts of other traditional woods and lumbering activity.

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Here’s a reminder to mark your calendar for the Bangor Museum and Center for History Ghost Lamp tours, which depart at 7 p.m. beginning Sunday, July 13, through Wednesday, Sept. 10, every month on the full moon, at the Thomas A. Hill House on Union Street in Bangor.

Additionally, you are reminded that the Mount Hope Cemetery tours begin at 2 p.m. the first Saturday of each month, at the cemetery, between State Street and Mount Hope Avenue in Bangor.

To reserve a tour or receive more information about either opportunity, call the Bangor Museum and Center for History at 942-5766.

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From Gaynor Reynolds comes word that the Penobscot Woodwind Ensemble is giving a concert at 7 p.m. Monday, July 14, at Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum, at the intersection of Route 2 and Annis Road in Hermon.

If you plan to attend, Reynolds advises, you should bring a chair or a blanket.

“The music and gardens should provide for a lovely summer evening,” she added.

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The next free SummerKeys concert features jazz pianist and SummerKeys faculty member Bob Rodriquez at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, at the Lubec Congregational Christian Church.

Rodriquez coordinates the jazz programs at Rockland Conservatory of Music and the JCC Thurnauer School of Music, both in New Jersey, and is on the faculty of Turtle Bay Music School in New York City.

Reservations for those in the Eastport area who want to travel to the concert by boat, ($12 each in advance, or $15 upon boarding) can be made with Linda Sisson at 853-4574.

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