Dakin Pool benefit

BANGOR – The Junior League of Bangor has announced plans for a yard sale to benefit Summer in the City: The Campaign for Dakin Pool. The yard sale will be held 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at 718 Hammond St. Bangor City Councilor Gerry Palmer will be on hand selling hot dogs, chips and soda to yard sale shoppers.

The Junior League of Bangor has a history of supporting projects that benefit the women and children of the community, according to Junior League president Dawn England.

“As we approach our 75th anniversary, our focus is now on the growing epidemic of childhood obesity. The revitalization of the Dakin Pool is necessary to continue to provide our children and families with a safe and healthy activity during the summer months,” England said.

The Junior League is seeking clean items in good condition for the yard sale. Items should be dropped off 4-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at 718 Hammond St. The driveway is actually on Royal Road. For more information, call Martha Helfrich at (917) 971-8518.

The Junior League of Bangor is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

The $100,000 capital campaign for Bangor’s first public swimming pool will support enhancements and improvements the area around the pool. Honorary Campaign Chairman W. Tom Sawyer Jr. and his committee want to reach the goal by the end of October. For more information about the Friends of Dakin Pool, visit www.dakinpool.com. Tax-deductible contributions may be mailed to: Friends of Dakin Pool, P.O. Box 2657, Bangor, ME 04402-2657.

Basketball league

HAMPDEN – A meeting of the Eastern Maine Basketball League will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the Hamden Municipal Building, Western Avenue. Those interested in placing a team of third- and fourth-grade, fifth- and sixth-grade, and seventh- and eighth-grade boys and girls are urged to attend. For more information, call Chris Caldwell at 848-2484.

Catch and release

ST. ANDREWS, N.B. – The monthlong catch and release fishery that opened on the Penobscot on Sept. 15 was eagerly awaited by the Atlantic Salmon Federation, the Maine Council of ASF, and the council’s 24 affiliated river organizations.

“Catch and release is the key to making this fishery a success, and to ensure anglers can enjoy salmon fishing, following a six-year closure, for years to come,” said John Burrows, Maine council coordinator for the federation.

The federation educates anglers on the techniques of live release that entail choosing the appropriate equipment, carefully removing hooks, taking care not to exhaust the fish, keeping the fish in the water and refraining from fishing when water temperature is high and levels low.