The women of the First Congregational Church of Ellsworth are certainly a caring, giving and hardworking group, as is their unofficial spokeswoman, Viola Sargent.

She wrote recently they are “working on several projects to raise funds for making our lovely old church more handicapped-accessible.”

Among those events is what Sargent describes as “a unique” Antique Show from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday July 10, at the church on Church Street.

Admission is just $3 and from 1 p.m. to closing, Sargent wrote, Gregory Smart and Lawrence Clough will appraise one article for $3, two articles for $5 or three articles for $10.

Sargent stressed there will be “no outside exhibitors” at this event, which is why she considers it unique, and why the word “show” is so fitting.

“Our church members will display their treasures,” Sargent wrote, “handed down from Ellsworth’s lumbering and shipping days, or brought from other countries by people settling here,” as well as items from their personal collections.

A single table will contain articles that are for sale, “to which each of us is donating one item,” Sargent explained.

The 14th annual Garden Walk to benefit Waldo County General Hospital is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today and Saturday, July 10, in Belfast and Northport.

The eight gardens include three city gardens, known as the Pine Street Gardens, as well as backyard, new, hillside and ocean-view gardens.

Among them is the Krakar garden featured on the cover and inside the 2004 spring issue of “Better Homes and Gardens: Garden, Deck & Landscape” magazine.

Tickets are $12 each and available the days of the tour at Fertile Mind Bookstore, Mr. Paperback, Garden Cottage and the hospital Gift Shop in Belfast, or any participating garden.

For more information, call Muriel Krakar, 338-3213, Donna Tidd, 338-1104, or e-mail inquires@wchi.com.

Tickets are good for both days, and the gardens can be visited in any order.

This event is sponsored by the Hospital Aid of WCGH.

The opening for the third annual Handmade Books Display is 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, July 10, at Blue Hill Public Library.

The books are displayed in the library’s Roland Howard Room, and the public is welcome to attend the opening reception.

Having seen some of the books online, it should be a beautiful display viewed in person.

Among the artists displaying their work are Anne Claude Cotty, Deborah G. Holmes, Judy Ham, Cathy Willey, Holly Bertrand, Jennifer O. Pappas, and Kristy Cunnane.

The library is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays and 10 a.m-2 p.m. Saturdays. The display continues through September.

You can also view the art at www.bluehill.lib.me.us/artistsbooks.htm.

Arlene Newey Golden Harvest Grange invites you to an Indoor Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, July 10, at the Grange Hall on Route 2 in Carmel.

The event benefits the Grange Scholarship Fund.

The Penobscot Fire Department and Penobscot Historical Society are hosting Penobscot Field Day beginning with breakfast at 7 a.m. Saturday, July 10, at the Red School in Penobscot.

A yard sale follows at 8 a.m. and a parade at 10 a.m.

Audrey Peasley of Brooksville reports there will be “fun for all.”

Crafters and demonstrators will display their wares 9 a.m.-2 p.m. After the parade, youngsters can enjoy games and a petting zoo.

Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Red School, and members of the Fire Department will demonstrate fire equipment and the Jaws of Life rescue tool at the firehouse.

Activities end with a street dance at the firehouse.

For more information about PHS, call Sandra Wight, 326-8617.

For more information about the Fire Department, call Bim Snow at 326-4252.

President Sherry French of Pine Tree Hospice invites you to a Yard Sale-Fun Sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, July 10, at the Masonic Hall, 34 Hudson Ave., Guilford.

The rain-or-shine event, to benefit PTH of Dover-Foxcroft and Greenville, includes everything from cookbooks to grab bags.

Eastbrook First Selectman Shibby Yeo has more information regarding the Bass Fishing Derby on Saturday, July 10, during Eastbrook Days!

Anglers choosing to fish Abrams Pond may gain access to that site at Dickens Farms, where a sign will direct them to Sand Beach, where they can launch their boats.

Yeo reminds anglers “not to park their vehicles at the beach but rather a little bit down the road at the gravel pit.”

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