Fun and fireworks at Hampden Children’s Day

Everyone who has worked hard to make Hampden Children’s Day a reality is hoping for a beautiful day that begins with the annual Hampden Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast 7-9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Hampden Kiwanis Civic Center. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children under 12.

Then it’s time to decorate bikes and prepare for the parade lineup preceding the annual Children’s Day Parade beginning at 11:30 a.m. at Reeds Brook Middle School.

Lots of activities and entertainment will be featured from noon to 4 p.m., when Sonny’s Bar-B-Que opens. The meal is $6 for adults and $4 for children under 12.

Teen singer Kayla Wass entertains at 7:30 p.m.; drawings and raffle announcements will be made at 8:20 p.m.; and fireworks conclude the day at 8:30 p.m. at the SAD 22 Sports Complex.

Amy Lorenzo hopes those who enjoyed Children’s Day will volunteer to help clean up beginning at 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, and reminds you that, if it rains on Saturday, then Sunday is the rain date.

Garland’s 100th Oliver Hill Reunion begins at 10 a.m. with dinner served at noon Saturday, Aug. 19, at Garland Grange Hall.

You are asked to bring something to share if you can, but if you can’t, you are encouraged to come anyway.

Birthday cake, lemonade and beans will be furnished, and musical entertainment will accompany the gathering.

Rebecca Johnson kindly provided information about the reunion, hoping that “perhaps there are descendents of the ladies who aroused interest in the first one in 1906, Lottie True Kelly and Amber Furbush Colbath, or other early attendants that we don’t know of. All are welcome,” she wrote.

According to a brochure, “the purpose of Garland’s Oliver Hill Reunion is to remember the schools of former years, renew old friendships, and to make new acquaintances.

“It is a time to share memories of Garland, and to enjoy good food and music. Please come, bring friend, and have a good time.”

Sister Marie Ahern invites you to the H.O.M.E. Inc. annual Giant Auction and Barbecue beginning at noon Saturday, Aug. 19, at H.O.M.E. on Route 1 in Orland.

Linda Sullivan will conduct the auction, which includes items ranging from a new Bear Creek Canoe to a snowmobile, antique Hummels and a weekend at the Keeper’s Place on Isle Au Haut.

For more information, call H.O.M.E. at 469-7961.

On behalf of ECOTAT Gardens, Gaynor Reynolds invites you to enjoy Six Basin Street, the All Women Dixie Land Band, at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, at ECOTAT on the corner of Route 2 and Annis Road in Hermon.

You should bring a lawn chair and park in the Annis Road parking area.

There is no admission, but donations are appreciated.

Janet Parker hopes you will join in helping Shirley Community Church, the Church on the Hill, celebrate its 100th Anniversary during Old Home Sunday at 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, at the church on Shirley Corner Road in Greenville.

The service will feature the Rev. Dr. Everett Parker’s message, “A Congregation for One Purpose,” and will include special remembrances and recollections of the last 100 years.

After the service, an Old Home Sunday Public Dinner will be served at 12:30 p.m. at Shirley town hall, which is just down the road from the church.

The cost of the meal is $7 for adults and $3 for children 5-12. It features ham, potato salad, coleslaw, two kinds of homemade baked beans, breads, beverages and a wide selection of homemade pies.

For more information about this annual Greenville tradition, call Janet Parker at 695-3163 or Colleen Ashe at 695-2517.

Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary volunteer Mary Durost invites you to a book signing from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, at the site also known as Birdsacre on High Street in Ellsworth.

Illustrator Rebekah Raye will sign copies of “Thanks to the Animals,” which was written by Allen Sockabasin and illustrated by Raye.

Proceeds from the sale of the book will support birds at the sanctuary, and Durost hopes that you will attend, meet Raye “and the owls, enjoy refreshments and explore the miles of trails that cover the nearly 200 acres that we protect.”

Durost reminds readers that Birdsacre was the home of the late Cordelia Stanwood, one of the first ornithologists to use photography to document her work.

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