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Bangor

Art by seniors

The public is invited to a multimedia art show 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, during the month of August, at the Bangor Public Library’s Lecture Hall Gallery, 145 Harlow St.

The exhibit includes original oils, watercolors, drawings, pen and ink drawings and watercolor crayons and pencils. The art work was created by members of the Hammond Street Senior Center. Approximately 50 works of art are included.

“This has been a year of tremendous growth,” said Ellen Beattie, who has taught art for three years to Hammond Street Senior Center members, age 60 and older. “We are so proud of our artists that we want to be able to continue to share their work with the public. I hope that people will take an opportunity to see these great works.”

Parachute jump

Paul Dyer of Bangor, a lifetime Weight Watchers member, delivered the keynote address at the Weight Watchers annual staff meeting in Auburn on July 19. He arrived at the meeting by parachute after jumping out of an airplane at 10,000 feet.

Dyer lost 100 lbs. and was named Weight Watchers Member of the Year in 1996 and 1997. “It wasn’t about going on a diet for a while,” he said. “It was about making changes I could live with for the rest of my life.”

Walks in the bog

Dennis Anderson of the University of Maine will lead a nature walk, Peat Mosses of Orono Bog, 8-10 a.m. Saturday, July 26, along the Orono Bog boardwalk.

Andy Reeve, a hydrologist at the University of Maine, will lead a nature walk, Water, Where Does It Go? 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9. It will feature the hydrology of Orono Bog.

The one-mile walks begin in Bangor City Forest and cross into Orono. Both walks are free, but preregistration is required. For information, call Ron Davis before 8:30 p.m. at 866-4785, or e-mail him at ronald.davis@umit.maine.edu.

AED classes

Businesses that would like training in automatic external defribillator use should call Eastern Maine Medical Center. The cost of the four-hour program is $30 per person. To learn more, call 973-7088.

Brewer

Band concert

The Brewer Hometown Band will hold an outdoor concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 24, at Indian Trail Park. If the weather is unpleasant, the concert will move to Brewer Auditorium. There is no charge.

Concert-goers are invited to bring chairs and food for picnics. Early arrival is encouraged because parking space is limited. The theme is Broadway musicals.

Hampden

30th class reunion

Hampden Academy Class of 1973 has planned its 30th reunion for Aug. 9 at the Best Western Black Bear Inn in Orono. Committee members are still seeking addresses for: Donna Bassett, Gary Bassett, Marsha Ashley Winer, Rebecca Nichols, Raymond Philbrook, Victoria Batey, Gerald Burns, Elaine Steele, Gary Corey, Kevin Jameson, Geroge Kelley, Mary Chichetto, Maddy Symonds Newell, Jon Woodman and Patricia Cote. Those with information may call Pat Forrest at 862-3183, or e-mail forrestab@midmaine.com.

Old Town

Art exhibit

Paintings by Renate Ebner-Carabello are on display at the Old Town Public Library until Aug. 18.

“I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t making art, thinking about art or considering myself an artist,” Ebner-Carabello said.

The exhibit includes landscapes and seascapes. Of her abstract paintings, Ebner-Carabello said, “I think you could call them landscapes of the energy of a place or space.”

Monhegan Island, where Ebner-Carabello spends a week each summer with a dozen of her artist friends, is the subject of many of her paintings.

Ebner-Carabello teaches art at Dexter Primary and Middle Schools. She has completed a graduate program in education with a focus on art and writing.

Book talk

Author and Old Town native Annett Paradis King will discuss her book, “Growing Up on Academy Hill,” her memoir of a Franco-American family living in Old Town in the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s, at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 27, at the Old Town Museum. For information, call 827-7256.

Orono

Commemorative ornament

The University of Maine’s Alternative Spring Break program will be the first beneficiary of a new program created by the University Bookstore to help campus organizations that work to benefit others.

The bookstore has scheduled the unveiling of its first commemorative ornament at 10 a.m. Friday, July 25, in the store’s Memorial Union facility.

At the event, which will feature holiday music, food and other seasonal thematic elements, bookstore manager Bill Hockensmith will display a holiday tree ornament, created specifically for the new program. The ornament will go on sale that day.

“With Christmas just five short months away, this is a good time to begin raising money to support this worthy cause,” Hockensmith said.

Alternative Spring Break promotes service on the local, regional and international levels through programs that immerse students in different cultures, heightens social awareness and advocates lifelong social action.

In the past, UMaine students involved in Alternative Spring Break have provided service to Habitat for Humanity, the Gay Men’s Health Crisis in New York City, Hands On in Atlanta, Project Lazarus in New Orleans and other worthy organizations.

A committee comprising UMaine students, faculty and staff members will work to identify a campus organization each year to benefit from what will become an annual program.

Library book talk

Ed Rice will talk about his new book, “Baseball’s First Indian: Louis Sockalexis: Penobscot Legend, Cleveland Indian” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at the Orono Public Library. The book is a comprehensive study about Louis Sockalexis, the legendary Penobscot Indian athlete who fought a Jackie Robinson-like battle for acceptance in baseball. Rice will sign books and refreshments will be served.

Rice, of Orono, has a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University and a master’s degree from the University of Southern Maine.

He has served as the editor of the Weekly Journal of Brewer, and has been a theater critic and arts commentator for the Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, Maine Times and Maine Public Broadcasting System’s “Maine Things Considered.” He has taught journalism and communication studies at the University of Maine and English in high school, and coached cross-country sports.

An avid long-distance runner, Rice created Bangor’s popular Terry Fox 5-K Run in 1982 and has continued to direct the charity event for more than 20 years.

To obtain information, call the library at 866-5060.

Americorps graduate

ORONO – Peter Pike of Orono will graduate from AmeriCorps*National Civilian Community Corps Western Region on July 30. The ceremony marks the ninth graduating class since the inception of the organization. It will take place at McClellan Park, formerly McClellen Air Force Base, in Sacramento, Calif.

Pike will be one of 242 Americorps*NCCC members honored. During 10 months of service, corps members worked in teams of 10 to 12 and were deployed across California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Guam and Samoa. The teams provided support to more than 80 community service organizations, including disaster relief efforts to the citizens of Guam through the American Red Cross.

Boardwalk sponsorships

Organizers of the Orono Bog Boardwalk are seeking section sponsors to cover the remaining costs and help establish an endowment fund.

Construction of the 4,200-foot boardwalk began in June 2002, and most of the $200,000 in building costs was raised through grants and donations from supportive individuals. The boardwalk opened less than a month ago and organizers are looking to generate funding to cover roughly $15,000 in remaining invoices, and create an endowment of more than $100,000 for maintenance.

Individuals, families, organizations and businesses are invited to become sponsors of one of 512 eight-foot sections on the boardwalk by making a minimum donation of $200. Contributors may sponsor more than one section. Sponsor names and section numbers will be recognized on the boardwalk trailhead.

Individuals or groups interested in becoming a sponsor may contact Jerry Longcore, chairman of the fund-raising committee, at 866-3104. Information about the boardwalk can be found at www.oronobogwalk.org.

Thrift shop sale

The Orono Thrift Shop and Boutique will hold its annual end-of-summer sale July 30-Aug. 16. Store hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. The store is located in the old school building on Birch Street.

During the sale, shoppers may fill a bag for $1 in the thrift shop and get items at half price in the boutique. The thrift shop and boutique will close Aug. 17-Sept. 2 while staff clean house. It will reopen, stocked with fall and winter merchandise, at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3.

Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin