Bangor forum to examine recreational needs

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You are invited, but reservations are required, to attend Fusion Forum, a presentation by Fusion:Bangor, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the Sea Dog Banquet & Conference Center, along the Bangor Waterfront.

Admission is free and includes a buffet lunch for those who make reservations by Monday, Jan. 23.

To RSVP, e-mail rsvp@fusion

bangor.com; call the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce, 947-0307; or call Fusion:Bangor co-chairman Cary Weston, 945-9999.

The presentation is titled “Recreational Facilities & Spaces: What Do We have, What Do We Need, and What’s On the Way?”

Panelists include Blake James, interim University of Maine athletic director; Rod Towne of the Bangor Soccer Club; Hallie Tyler, Citizens’ Initiative for a Dog Park; Gary Walker, All Pro Soccer & Sport; and Tracey Willette, Bangor Parks & Recreation superintendent.

The program is intended to fill you in about the recreational facilities, events, options and spaces available to you, from organized sporting events and sites to quiet getaways, and provide information about how you can help advance the programs and causes you feel this area needs.

In a previous article regarding Fusion:Bangor, Weston pointed out “one of the goals in our mission statement is to have input and an impact on the future of the region and to connect with the history of the region.”

Friends and neighbors are hosting a benefit spaghetti supper for Billy Theriault, 35, of West Enfield.

The young father of one was injured recently in an automobile accident and was left paralyzed from the waist down. He now resides in a local health care facility.

The Theriault benefit spaghetti supper is 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the VFW Hall in West Enfield.

Admission is by donation.

The fundraiser will include a silent auction with items ranging from firewood to University of Maine men’s ice hockey tickets, a vehicle cleaning package valued at $100, oil changes, alignments and restaurant gift certificates.

For more information, call Lori Porter, 745-0262.

In case your nonprofit board missed this, Merry Fogg of The Board Network reminds you that you can “learn how board self-assessment can further your mission” by attending “Board Self-Assessment: A Road Map to Improve Board Performance.”

The workshop is 9 a.m.-noon Thursday, Feb. 9, at Bangor Savings Bank’s G. Clifton Eames Learning Center, 203 Maine Ave., Bangor.

A continental breakfast will be available at 8:30 a.m.

The workshop will inform you about what board self-assessment is, why it is worth doing, how it can further your organization’s mission, when is a good time do it and what tools and resources are available to assist you.

The program fee is $70 for the first person and $55 for each additional representative of the same nonprofit.

To register, call Fogg at 874-1000, ext. 329, or e-mail mfogg@theboardnetwork.org.

For more information, visit www.theboardnetwork.org/

trainingevents.html.

The Penobscot Historical Society will hold its annual Valentine Dine Out and Mystery Ride on Saturday, Feb. 11, reports Audrey Peasley.

Participants will meet between 5:15 and 5:30 p.m. at Penobscot Elementary School, and “everyone is welcome,” she added.

You must sign up before Wednesday, Feb. 1, with Marilyn Tapley, so she can make the reservations.

Tapley’s telephone number is 326-8231.

Peasley reports the event includes door prizes and urges you to “come join us for a great time.”

Sandra Gordon, community relations coordinator for Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast, wrote that “we have a great raffle going on,” which is part of the hospital’s effort to raise $1 million from the community to receive a matching grant of the same amount “to build a new surgical services wing at the hospital.”

She also announced “just this month, we reached our million-dollar goal” and that construction has started. Its completion is expected to coincide with the hospital’s 105th anniversary celebration this spring.

“We are still accepting donations,” Gordon said, “as the actual cost of the building project will be $2.1 million. The painting raffle will help raise the extra amount.”

Local artist Celene Farris has donated an original oil painting, “Roadside Poppies,” which is on view in the hospital lobby.

Raffle tickets are $1 each or six for $5 and are available at the hospital gift shop, 118 Northport Ave. in Belfast.

For more information, or to order tickets by mail, call WCGH community relations at 338-6204 or write WCGH, P.O. Box 287, Belfast 04915.

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