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Schools

3 Bands Concert

ORONO – The eighth annual 3 Bands Concert to benefit youth services at The Acadia Hospital will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, at the Maine Center for the Arts at the University of Maine.

This year’s show features performances by:

. The University of Maine Concert Band, directed by Christopher G. White.

. The Orono High School Band, directed by Steve Hodgdon.

. Reeds Brook Middle School Band from Hampden, directed by Patrick Michaud.

The guest conductor is internationally recognized composer and conductor Robert Sheldon. He has conducted numerous regional and all-state honor bands throughout the United States and abroad and is conductor in residence of the Prairie Wind Ensemble at Illinois Central College.

Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students with ID, those under 17 and seniors over 62. Tickets are available at the door or by calling Eastern Maine Charities, 973-5055. They may also be purchased online at www.acadiahospital.org.

The 3 Bands Concert is sponsored by Affiliated Healthcare Systems, the Bangor Daily News, WZON-WKIT-WDME and WVII ABC 7. Other major sponsors include Bangor Savings Bank and Georgia-Pacific Corp. The concert is offered with the University of Maine School of Performing Arts.

Kindergarten registration

LEVANT – Levant Elementary School will hold kindergarten registration for the 2004-2005 school year Thursday, April 15, at 169 South Levant Road.

Children who will be 5 by Oct. 15 are eligible. Parents are advised to bring their child and the child’s birth certificate, Social Security number and immunization records.

Levant Elementary School will also hold pre-kindergarten registration school year on Tuesday, April 13, at 169 South Levant Road. Children who will be 4 by Oct. 15 are eligible to register. The same registration rules noted above apply.

Essay contest winners

BANGOR – The Bangor Emblem Club 223 has announced the winners of their Americanism essay contest. The topic was “Why I Am Proud to be an American Citizen.”

Hermon Middle School grade six winners were Katie Crosby, first place, and Colton Gross, second place.

Grades seven and eight winners were Alison Whitaker, Bangor Christian Schools, first place; David Hart, Bangor Christian Schools; and Aaron Somers, Holbrook School, tied for second place.

First-place winners received awards of $50. Second-place winners received $25 awards.

Kindergarten registration

GLENBURN – Elementary School will hold kindergarten registration and screening for the 2004-05 school year May 6 and 7, at 991 Hudson Road.

Children who will be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15 are eligible to register. Parents should bring the child’s birth certificate and immunization records.

To schedule an appointment, call 947-8769.

Frankfort Elementary School

FRANKFORT – The Parent Teacher Group will hold a bake sale during voting hours March 25 at Frankfort Elementary School.

The school will have a bulb sale fund-raiser for two weeks beginning April 1. For information, contact Deb at 223-9933.

The PTG recycles ink and laser jet cartridges and so far has raised $151 with the effort. The PTG can provide pre-labeled collection boxes or will pick up cartridges. They also may be dropped off weekdays at the school. For information, contact Nancy at 223-0070.

Wassokeag open house

BANGOR – The Wassokeag School will hold an open house 6-8 p.m. March 25 in the Ruth Rich Hutchins Center at Bangor Theological Seminary, 300 Union St. For information, call 945-4900.

Youth award winners

ORRINGTON – The Maine Principals’ Association has named Ralph Cabana of South Portland and Frank Page of Orrington as the recipients of the MPA’s 2004 Service to Maine Youth Award.

The annual award recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the youth of Maine through education and-or the general welfare of Maine youth.

Page is the founder and director of the Maine Middle School Science Fair, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this spring. Cabana and Page will be honored at the MPA’s Spring Conference awards banquet on April 29.

Penbobscot Job Corps

BANGOR – Penobscot Job Corps students were recognized at an assembly March 16 to honor them for their work in the Skills-USA VICA competitions which were held at the Job Corps center, United Technology Center and Eastern Maine Community College. Winners of gold medals were Mark Calivas, tech computer application; Sheldon Geurrette, extemporaneous speaking; Lisa Lane, job skills demo A; Inman Morris, promotional bulletin board; and Mark Pantalone, welding.

Silver medal winners were Shane Gallentine, action skills; Melissa Koskie, commercial baking; Brandi Meservey, job skills demo B; Fawn Townsend, food and beverage service; and Terrance Freeman, culinary arts.

Bronze medal winners were Matthew Andrade, quiz bowl; Devito Bastian, carpentry; Rebecca Van Horne, quiz bowl; William Kattan, extemporaneous speaking; John Mercer, quiz bowl; Joshua Marks, quiz bowl; Jennifer Morgan, customer service; and Lynette Viera, quiz bowl.

Other students who participated in the competition were Cory Farnum, welding; and James Jones, carpentry.

Engineering aptitude tests

BANGOR – Three Bangor teams will advance to the 2004 TEAMS, or Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science, National Competition, after winning both the varsity and junior varsity state titles at the competition held last month at the University of Maine.

This one-day annual event involves more than 20,000 high school students. The Bangor team rosters for 2004 are:

Varsity Team A: Kayle Shapero, David Kleinschmidt, Jue Wang, Ben Weissman, Sarah Rogers, Ky Krieger, Janice Gunther and Nate Goodell.

Varsity Team B: James Bailey, Morris Moffat, Mike Guevera, Ben Holsapple, Mark Gonyar, Eric Brown and Isabel Herbold.

Junior Varsity Team: Kyle Cronin, Drew McDermott, Dana Francey, Mike Ferrar, Donald Lawls, Melanie Craig and Andrea Glebfried.

Colleges

Emmanuel College

BOSTON – Lindsay Baber of Veazie has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Emmanuel College.

Space shuttle lecture

ORONO – Lt. Col. Larry Butkus of the U.S. Air Force Academy will give a public presentation March 29 at the University of Maine about the investigation into the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy. Butkus was a member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board that examined causes of the accident.

The UMaine College of Engineering is sponsoring the presentation at 3:30 p.m. in Room 100 of the Donald P. Corbett Business Building.

Butkus is an officer in the Department of Engineering Mechanics at the Air Force Academy. He worked as an engineering investigator with the CAIB for four months and, after returning to the academy, continued to participate in the investigation for six months.

Butkus will review the cause of the accident and the role of the CAIB in the subsequent investigation. He will focus on the technical aspects of the CAIB’s efforts. Butkus also will meet with faculty and students in the College of Engineering.

Seminar on development

ORONO – Cycles of Development, a seminar for parents, educators, counselors and others who work in the human development field, will be held at the end of April. The seminar will focus on all stages of the developmental cycle, said Christine Burgess, program coordinator of The Gender Project for University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

Burgess and Judith Graham, Extension human development specialist, will offer participants information to improve their work with children and teens as well as to achieve greater self-awareness. The focus will be on all stages of the developmental cycle, overarching theory, the developmental needs of stages one through six and what “recycling” is all about.

“As we move through life from birth to death, we respond to an internal developmental clock that prescribes the tasks and skills we need to learn,” says Graham. “The overarching task in each stage is to find an age-appropriate answer to each of four questions: Who am I? Who are you? Who am I in relation to others? How do I get what I need?”

Human development specialists consider the first six developmental stages to include the period from birth to about age 19. The seventh stage spans the adult years.

Throughout adulthood, Graham says, people return to the themes and issues of earlier stages with new opportunities to reconsider developmental issues from earlier stages. “We either encounter or can create opportunities to revisit each stage as many times as we need to,” adds Graham.

The seminar will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 29 at the Memorial Union, University of Maine. The cost is $65 and includes lunch and materials. Professionals can receive 0.6 Continuing Education Units. More information is available from The Gender Project web site: www.umaine.edu/umext/genderproject.