St. Joseph Auxiliary preps for fall fashion show

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For three decades it’s been one of the Bangor region’s most enjoyable fundraisers, and this year’s show is bound to be a repeat, because I happen to know the lady in charge, and she’s a stickler for detail.

St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary president and fall fashion show coordinator Mary Clift would be tickled pink to have a full house for this 30th annual event, which begins at noon Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Bangor Civic Center.

Advance tickets are $25 and tickets at the door are $30.

Chefs from Spectacular Event Center in Bangor will be catering the luncheon.

Advance tickets can be purchased at Patrick’s Hallmark in the Broadway Shopping Center in Bangor; by calling the hospital’s development office, 262-1740; or by calling Marie Demaso, at 947-5700.

This year’s models will be wearing fashions supplied by Epic Sports, Talbot’s, the Pretty Woman, The Henry’s Bridal Boutique and Formal Wear, Terra Cotta and The Grasshopper Shop.

Clift reports this year’s celebrity models and commentators will be Donna Gormely and Steve McKay of WLBZ-TV, Channel 2, and Catherine Pegram of WABI-TV, Channel 5.

Clift suggests that guests arrive early to look over and place bids for the silent auction that features items contributed by auxiliary members and area merchants and individuals.

Sherry Delcourt of Stillwater has informed us that the Old Town High School cheerleaders will be sponsoring a food drive to benefit Crossroads Ministry in Old Town.

The drive is planned for Friday, Oct. 7, at the last home football game, Delcourt wrote, and donations of nonperishable food items are needed to help make this charitable effort a success.

Delcourt reminds readers that Crossroads Ministry assists more than 900 families in the Old Town area.

“So, please come support the football team,” she wrote, “and bring along canned goods for Crossroads Ministry.”

Coming to you in Norwegian and Swedish, with English subtitles and rated PG for mild language, is “Kitchen Stories,” presented by River City Cinema at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at Brewer Middle School Auditorium, 5 Somerset St.

It is a production that will appeal to those who are, or who are not, of Scandinavian descent, wrote Sandra Johnson of Orono.

The film tells the story of a Swedish researcher who becomes friends with a cranky, Norwegian farmer who likes to amuse himself by impeding the timid researcher’s work.

Bill Gallo of the Dallas Observer wrote of the film, “If you’re in the mood for a quiet, beautifully acted little drama, liberally spiked with comedy, about the universal desires of the human heart, this may be the obscure gem you’re looking for.”

Admission is $5 for the River City Cinema’s “Cinema to Go” production, which was made possible by a grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation.

Refreshments will be available and a discussion of the film will follow the showing.

Arlene Newey of Carmel wrote to let readers know that Golden Harvest Grange #33 will host its annual craft fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at the grange hall on Route 2 in Carmel.

Rental tables are available for $10 each.

If you would like to reserve a space call Newey at 848-3052.

Thanks to James Redding of Milford, we know that Maine’s Youth Fish & Game Association is hosting its annual public fundraising dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Old Town Elks Club, 290 North Fourth St.

Admission, Redding wrote, is just $5 for adults, $3 for youth ages 5 to 15 and free for children under age 5.

If you wish to purchase tickets in advance, you can call 827-5107; 827-1942; 827-4005 or 827-8586.

Redding wrote that your admission includes a “live auction, silent auction, door prizes, drawings and games.”

The mission of Maine’s Youth Fish & Game Association, which offers a drug-free, alcohol free, tobacco-free environment, “is to share with our children in the beauty and bounty of nature in all its works, to learn the ways of wildlife, to promote conservation, the importance of habitat, and the joys of discovery to be found in the woods, waters, and the skies of Maine.”

And, its brochure states, “Our ‘Maine’ objective is to enhance our most precious and valuable renewable resources, our youth and our wildlife.”

For information about this organization and its activities, write MYFGA, P.O. Box 337, Stillwater 04489-0337.

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