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Bangor

Puppies in the Park walk

Carol Lackedy and Zeus, a Golden Moments assistance dog, invite the public to participate in the first annual Puppies in the Park pledge walk and Bangor Lumberjacks baseball game Friday, Sept. 3. To register to collect pledges, call 848-7317.

The event begins in Broadway Park with registration and a hot dog cookout at 1 p.m. At 3 p.m. the group will proceed up Broadway to Husson College for the Lumberjacks baseball game, which begins at 6:30 p.m. Zeus the assistance dog will “paw” out the first pitch.

During the game several drawings, a 50/50 raffle and an auction of autographed hats and jerseys worn by the Lumberjacks will be available. Proceeds benefit the Golden Moments Assistance Dogs Program.

Fans who bring a bag of pet food or pet toys will get 2 for 1 admission. Call Carol Lackedy at 848-7317 for more information.

Child care symposium

The Penquis Community Action Resource Development Center and the Child Care Training Coalition will hold its annual child care symposium, Something for You and Me, from 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Eastern Maine Community College, Rangeley Hall, Bangor.

The symposium offers workshops on mandated reporting, the art of advocacy, kitchen sink science, using stories to make art, using computers with young children, early literacy for infants and toddlers, infant brain development, children and loss, the power of paint, customer service in child care and navigating the CDS system.

Symposium workshop information is geared for infant-toddler teachers, preschool teachers, child care center directors and other early childhood professionals. The training may be used to meet the licensing requirements for child care providers. Continuing education units will be available.

The symposium is funded in part by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Conference fee is $25, which includes a continental breakfast and lunch for registrations postmarked by Sept. 8. Continuing education units are an additional $3. To obtain more information, call 973-3533.

Kissed a pig

Bangor Wal-Mart Assistant Manager Chris Noonan raised funds for the Children’s Miracle Network on Aug. 5 by kissing a real live pig. Donations of $1 equaled one kiss for the pig, for a total of 125 kisses and $125.

Bradley

Lumbering days

The Maine Forest and Logging Museum will present “Lumbering in the Maine Woods: Men and Their Machines Days” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, at Leonard’s Mills.

On display, and in some cases in operation, will be a variety of logging and lumbering machines, including a water-powered sawmill, a Lombard log hauler and modern portable sawmills.

Visitors to the museum will learn about Maine lumbering heritage from the 1790s to the present by exploring tools and machinery from the museum’s collection and those of private owners and collectors.

Beanhole beans will be available. Admission is $5, $2 for children under age 12 and free to members. To learn more about the event, call 581-2871.

Brewer

Motorcycle ride and poker run

Motorcycle enthusiasts are invited to join the second annual Children’s Miracle Network Motorcycle Ride and Poker Run Saturday, Aug. 21, which will begin at the Brewer Wal-Mart and end at the Carmel fire station for a barbecue and street dance to benefit a member of the Babcock family who was injured recently in a motorcycle accident.

Games and a barbecue begin at 2 p.m. The ride begins at 4 p.m. Registration fee is a $10 donation to the Children’s Miracle Network.

Prizes will be awarded for games and the winning and losing hands. Items and gift certificates from local businesses and a 50/50 raffle will be available.

Fund raised stay in Maine to benefit neo-natal intensive care units at local hospitals.

Call Carol Lackedy at 848-7317 for more information.

Kiwanis news

The Brewer Kiwanis Club met recently at the Muddy Rudder Restaurant in Brewer. Guests were Michelle Czapiga, Jessica Tilton, and the club’s newest member, Elaine Beede-Harvey, was introduced.

President Jane Newberry, Lt. Gov. Bill Newberry, secretary Herb Hopkins, and treasurer Andy McPhee will attend the 86th annual convention of the New England District Kiwanis International Aug. 19-22 in Springfield, Mass.

Manley DeBeck introduced his daughter, Kim Hopkins, as the guest speaker for the evening. Hopkins, community family support services staff member of Care Development of Maine, spoke about the importance of relationships with the families it serves.

Her organization assists families who have children dealing with mental health issues. Hopkins suggested that those who wish to learn more about her agency and its services call Care Development of Maine, 945-4240, (888) 236-2273, or visit www.caremaine.org.

Brewer Kiwanis has open enrollment for new members. Meetings are held at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at the Muddy Rudder Restaurant in Brewer. To obtain more information, call president Jane Newberry at 945-0746 or attend a meeting.

Clifton

Historical society open house

The Clifton Historical Society on Route 180 will hold an open house 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28. Tours of the historically renovated town hall museum will be conducted, featuring many historical artifacts.

The Harold Allen one-room schoolhouse will be open for tours also. A speakers’ program will be held 1:30-2 p.m., with light refreshments to follow.

Dixmont

Historical society meeting

The Dixmont Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, at the Gold Crest Riders Snowmobile Clubhouse, Cates Road. At the meeting, town selectmen will present the Boston Post Cane to Dixmont’s oldest citizen, Eleanor Toothaker, 92. Toothaker has been the town’s historian for 30 years. The public is invited to attend the meeting.

Eddington

Boy Scout meeting

Katahdin Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, will hold a meeting from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, at Camp Roosevelt to allow 108 Scouts to get acquainted with one another and their 12 leaders before they attend the National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., in July 2005.

More than 40,000 Scouts and their leaders will attend the jamboree next year. Daily activities at the event will include archery, “bikathlon,” buckskin games, confidence course, conservation programs, scuba, kayaking, racing shell run and raft encounters. Regional action centers with rapelling towers will be available, as well as trap shooting, an American Indian village and many other activities.

Scouts from Aroostook, Penobscot, Hancock, Washington and Waldo counties will attend the meeting at Camp Roosevelt. The day’s activities will include and A-frame building competition, rapelling and climbing. It is the first in a series of similar meeting to prepare Scouts and leaders for the national jamboree. To obtain more information, e-mail Andy Sheaff at andy@eece.maine.edu.

Hampden

River City Harmonizers

The River City Harmonizers will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug, 21, at the Marsh River Theater, Route 139 in Brooks. They will sing a variety of tunes in the barbershop style. Tickets are $5-$8 and are available by calling the theater at 722-4110. Call Shari Gervasi at 862-2961 to learn more about the performance or River City Harmonizers.

Town office closure

The town office will close 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23, and reopen noontime Tuesday, Aug. 24, to allow for a computer system upgrade.

The computer upgrade will convert the current system from the DOS operating system to Microsoft Windows for all municipal software, said Town Manager Sue Lessard.

Holden

Miniature golf

Congregation Beth Israel will sponsor a miniature golf fund-raiser 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 12 at Island Green Golf Center in Holden. Prepaid by Sept. 10, tickets are $5.50 for an adult, $5 for a child, or $19 for a family of four. Face painting and refreshments will be available. Reserve tickets by calling 866-3644 or 945-3433.

Levant

Yard and bake sale

The Levant Fire Department will hold a yard sale and bake sale 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, at the fire station on Union Street.

Old Town

First aid-CPR class

The Old Town Parks and Recreation Department will offer a Red Cross certification class in adult, child and infant CPR and first aid at 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, at the Herbert Sargent School, Bennoch Road.

The class is open to everyone for a fee of $30. To obtain more information, call the rec department at 827-3961.

Orland

Bean supper and program

Friends of the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery will hold a bean hole bean supper and present a program about the Penobscot River Restoration Project as part of their annual meeting Friday, Aug. 20, at the hatchery.

The supper is set for 5-6 p.m. The cost is $6, $3 children ages 6-12, or $20 per family. A brief business will take place after the supper.

At 7 p.m. John Burrows, Maine coordinator for the Atlantic Salmon Federation, will speak about the Penobscot River Restoration Project. The lecture is free and open to the public. Time will be available for questions and to learn how to get involved in the project.

Under the restoration agreement, Pennsylvania Power and Light will sell the Veazie, Great Works and Howland dams for $25 million to a nonprofit partnership comprising the Penobscot Indian Nation and other conservation groups.

The partnership will remove the Veazie and Great Works dams and construct a state-of-the-art fish passage around the decommissioned Howland dam. The agreement also will allow Pennsylvania Power and Light to increase hydropower generation at six existing dams, maintaining more than 90 percent of its current power generation. The company will improve fish passage at four dams.

Besides improving access to hundreds of miles of river and lake habitat for Atlantic salmon, shad, alewife, blueback herring and American eels, the project will restore access to the river’s habitat for striped bass, rainbow smelt, tomcod and sturgeon.

Other benefits of the project include improved water quality, a healthier food chain, restored nutrient cycling and habitats for many creatures, new recreational and economic opportunities along the river and revitalization of Penobscot Indian Nation fishing traditions.

To learn more about the supper and the lecture, call Cheri Domina, 469-7300, or e-mail CherylDomina@fws.gov.

Orono

Library closed for cleaning

The Orono Public Library will be closed for cleaning on Friday, Aug. 20.

Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin