KUCO outreach supper for Heifer International

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Katahdin United Christian Outreach is a newly formed organization in the Millinocket-East Millinocket-Medway area, wrote Dave Haskins of Millinocket.

KUCO is hosting a Turkey Supper “with all the trimmings” 4-6 p.m. Friday, March 24, at the Northern Timber Cruisers Snowmobile Club in Millinocket.

A donation of $6 per meal is requested, and takeout will be available.

Proceeds, after expenses, will benefit Heifer International, which, according to its Web site, is a “nonprofit organization whose goal is to help end world hunger and poverty through self-reliance and sustainability.”

Heifer International currently is supporting 600 projects in 51 countries.

The membership of Northern Timber Cruisers is not charging for the use of its clubhouse.

Also, Haskins added, the Social Justice and Peace Commission of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Millinocket “has made a generous cash contribution, which will be added to the proceeds of this supper and given to Heifer International.”

Haskins explained that KUCO “includes the World Missions Committee from Millinocket’s First Congregational Church, and members from East Millinocket Baptist Church and Millinocket Baptist Church.” Haskins is chairman and Alice McInnis is the treasurer.

“It is our hope that this fundraiser for Heifer International will become an annual event, which will involve all area churches and other philanthropic organizations,” he wrote.

For more information about this fundraiser, or the work of Katahdin United Christian Outreach, call Haskins at 723-4194.

The public is invited to enjoy the 8th annual Wheelchair Basketball Tournament hosted by the Organization of Physical Therapy Students at Husson College.

The tournament, which is free, is 2-6 p.m. today in Newman Gym on the Bangor campus.

The event features raffle prizes, food, T-shirts and half-time competitions open to everyone.

The tournament is a fundraiser for Alpha One, an organization dedicated to improving independent living for disabled persons, and will feature Husson College PT students, members of the High Rollers, an amateur wheelchair basketball team, and community members.

Rebecca Hobbs of Spruce Run Association reports tickets are still available for the Gala Dessert Party and Spectacular Silent Auction 7-9 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at University College Campus Center on Texas Avenue in Bangor.

Tickets are $15 for the event, which is the major fundraiser for Spruce Run, the 32-year-old Penobscot County domestic violence agency.

Tickets can be obtained by calling 945-5102 or at the door.

Page Farm and Home Museum director Patricia Henner invites youngsters to “The Maple Sugaring Story,” 1-3 p.m. Sunday, March 26, at the museum on the University of Maine campus in Orono.

At 1:30 p.m., grouped by kindergarten to sixth-grade levels, children will participate in a learning activity, play games and hear stories about this springtime tradition, and at 2:30 p.m., drive to the UMaine maple sugaring operation for a guided, walking tour of the sugar bush and the sugarhouse.

Samples of fresh, sweet syrup and a maple sugar sundae will be offered.

Admission is $4 per child.

Since space is limited, advance registration is requested. To register, call 581-4100.

One of our most famous funnymen, Tim Sample, is headlining a benefit for Mount Desert Island High School Project Graduation at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 26, in the high school gymnasium.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for senior citizens and students.

They are available at the door or, in advance, at Cadillac Mountain Sports, Ellsworth and Bar Harbor, Parkadia, Bar Harbor; Gott’s Store, Bass Harbor; Murphy’s Store, Southwest Harbor; Tapley’s Store, Bar Harbor; or from Matt Haney at MDI High School.

Students are selling raffle tickets for $5 each or five for $20.

The raffle items include two nights at a Sugarloaf/USA condominium including two days of lift tickets, two brunches at the Lucerne Inn, a gas grill, a chair, a day at Sapphire Spa in Trenton, a $50 gift certificate for the Deckhouse, two mountain bikes, lobsters and a Cadillac Mountain Sports camping package.

For information, call 288-9304.

Congratulations to the Heavy Weights, who averaged the most pounds lost per person in Week No. 10, the final week of the Healthy Hancock program based on the book, “The Town that Lost a Ton.”

Tied for second place were the Hannaford Hunnies Healthy Nuts and the Inn Credible Shrinking Women.

Coming in third were Divas In Disguise.

Iris Simon of Healthy Hancock reports all team members will celebrate their success at a gathering next week.

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