With snow on the ground, those who participate in the sixth annual Five Club Poker Run to benefit Pine Tree Camp for Handicapped Children and Adults in Rome will have a choice.

They will be able to help raise funds for this worthy cause either by snowmobile or by vehicle.

If there is no snow, well, it will be done in the vehicle of your choice.

Check-in time for the event sponsored by the snowmobile clubs of Carmel, Glenburn, Hampden, Hermon and Levant is 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 15, at any of the five club locations.

Susan Hall of the Hampden Snowmobile Club wants “to stress that this is open to the public,” she said. “It’s not for snowmobilers only.”

She did add that “it would be nice, however, to have snow so it could be done by sled.”

But whichever way you participate, the event is fun for all who attend, she said.

The cost of the event is $5 per hand with no limit on the number of hands purchased, and 100 percent of the net Poker Run proceeds benefit Pine Tree Camp.

Each club sponsors a breakfast, lunch or supper, so you can make a full day of it. You will also have a chance to enter raffles, and you might even win a door prize or two.

Although last year’s snowless event was a vehicular one, Hall said that for the three previous years “we could do it by snowmobile.”

And, she added, it’s been a very successful fund-raiser, “getting more successful every year.”

“It’s an event that not only helps out Pine Tree Camp but it’s fun, too, for the clubs to get together and meet new people.

“That’s an extra we didn’t count on,” Hall said.

If you need directions to the club locations, or want more information, call Susan or Bill Hall at 862-2062.

Anyone interested in Maine women who participated in rugged, outdoor activities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries will enjoy “Into the Woods,” a panel discussion on Maine women set for 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at Bangor Museum and Center for History, 6 State St.

Julia A. Hunter, Maine State Museum registrar and curator of textiles, and Dr. Pauleena MacDougall, associate director of the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine, will share research about Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby, Fanny Hardy Eckstrom and Cordelia Stanwood.

The event includes a slide presentation.

The panelists will tell you about these Maine women who went into the woods to enable themselves to educate others about recreational pursuits, wildlife, and people who lived and worked in the woods.

Supported by the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation, there is no fee to attend.

For more information about this and other programs at BMCH, call 942-1900.

Brewer High School Hockey Boosters will host a silent auction before the BHS-Hampden Academy girls basketball game at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14, in the BHS lobby.

Items will be awarded during halftime, at about 8:30 p.m.

To view an updated list of auction items, visit www.brewerhockey.homestead.com.

For more information about this or other BHS Hockey Boosters events, call Pamela Clune, 989-0185.

Roselle Gervais of Bangor wrote recalling the good time she was having shopping with relatives at the Presque Isle Mall until she discovered she had left her purse on a bench where she was sitting.

Gervais found her purse at the Lost and Found, she wrote, “and was told that the lady who found it worked at Pandora’s Box.”

“I went in to thank her; I was so grateful to her,” Gervais continued. “It’s refreshing to know that there are still honest people in Presque Isle.”

Gervais added, thanks to that “good Samaritan act,” she was able “to enjoy the rest of my day with my relatives.”

BJ Bachman of the Bangor Garden Club invites you to participate in its annual New England Spring Flower Show Bus Trip.

The bus leaves Broadway Shopping Center at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, for Boston, with stops in Newport and Waterville, and returns, at about 10:30 that evening to Bangor.

The $65 per person cost includes bus fair and admission to the show, and reservations must be made by Friday, March 4.

Gift certificates are available, and you can receive more information, or make your reservation, by calling 945-3807.

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