Many supportive women have paid $100 each to attend the Peopleplace Annual Spring Ladies Luncheon 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 16, at Youngstown Inn and Restaurant in Lincolnville.

The event raises funds for Peopleplace Cooperative Playschool in Camden, which provides programs for children age 18 months through age 6, including infant, after-school, and summer programs.

As always, the luncheon will have a theme, wrote Polly Saltonstall.

“This year ladies are being asked to find inspiration from Maryland’s Preakness horse race, which is held on this same weekend,” Saltonstall wrote.

The multicourse meal will be prepared by noted French chef Manuel Mercier, she added, and attendees will participate in drawings for prizes worth hundreds of dollars, thanks to sponsorship from several local businesses.

Fine photographs, gift subscriptions, cosmetics and gourmet food items are among the prizes included in 10 baskets that are valued between $200 and $600.

The grand prize is a getaway weekend in Portland at the historic Danforth Inn, including spa treatments.

Founded more than 20 years ago with the belief that “parental involvement in early childhood programs is of tremendous value to both children and their parents,” Saltonstall wrote, this event is the organization’s largest fund-raiser.

For more information about the luncheon, or Peopleplace, call 236-4225.

Congratulations are extended to Phyllis Borns of Orono, who is being honored during the state convention of the American Association of University Women on Friday, May 14, and Saturday, May 15, at the Black Bear Inn in Orono.

Borns will receive the AAUW Achievement Citation Award.

A former caseworker for Downeast Big Brothers Big Sisters, Borns has been an active member of AAUW at the state and local levels.

In addition, she has given countless hours of volunteer time to the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, the town of Orono, the Church of Universal Fellowship and many other community and theater groups.

Dr. Lynn Mikel Brown of Colby College, an author, scholar and researcher of girls’ adolescent development, will be Saturday morning’s keynote speaker.

Anah Temple Shrine of Bangor will be host for medical screening clinics 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 15, at six Eastern Maine locations to examine and determine the eligibility of local children for treatment at Shriner hospitals.

The clinics are for children under age 18 with orthopedic problems, and services are offered regardless of financial ability.

Parents or guardians must bring a birth certificate, immunization record, divorce decree, adoption papers and custody or guardianship orders.

The clinics will be held at Anah Shrine, 586 Main St., Bangor; Waldo County Shrine Club, Northport Avenue, Belfast; Aroostook Orthopedic Association, 172 Academy St., Presque Isle; Down East Community Hospital McBride Building, Machias; Calais Regional Hospital; and the office of Dr. Richard Swett, 45 Dwelley St., Dover-Foxcroft.

Questions can be directed to the Anah Temple office, (888) 225-2624 or 942-2254.

According to Simpson Memorial Library board of trustees member Sue Kircheis of Carmel, retiring librarian Dixie Carr and new librarian Tracey Hotham “have had a busy spring” preparing for the library’s annual book sale.

That event is 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, May 14, and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 15, at the library in Carmel Village.

“Books will be very reasonably priced,” Kircheis wrote.

Proceeds will be used to maintain the facility.

She encourages you “to take advantage of this opportunity to expand your own reading collection” while supporting the library.

The Second Memorial Balloon Lift for Ryan’s Hope Organization, founded by Lisa Champney of Hermon in honor of her late son, Ryan Anthony Matarazzo, takes place noon Saturday, May 15, at Mount Pleasant Cemetery on Ohio Street in Bangor.

A celebration of life for all survivors of suicide, as well as their friends and family, are encouraged to share special memories with other participants.

You are asked to bring helium-filled balloons with messages attached.

Champney founded Ryan’s Hope with the mission of community prevention for teenage suicide and to raise money to assist teens in crisis.

For more information about Ryan’s Hope, call Champney at 848-2203 or visit ryanshopeorg@aol.com.

The Northern Maine Medical Center Cardiac Fund Walk-a-Thon is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, May 15, at Riverside Park in Fort Kent.

Funds will help purchase new exercise equipment for the NMMC Cardiac Rehab Phase III Programs in Fort Kent and Madawaska and provide scholarships for those who otherwise could not afford to attend.

For more information or to obtain pledge sheets, visit the NMMC switchboard office or call 834-3195, Ext. 3169.

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