Art tour, wine tasting, auction to aid library

Planned to coincide with the height of the fall leaf-peeping season, director Lynn Allen has announced that the Vose Library First Annual Union Art Tour, Wine Tasting and Silent Art Auction is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, in Union.

A light soup lunch for attendees will be available, for a fee, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. during the tour at Vose Library on Union Common.

Allen reports that Union-area artists’ studios and local, private and commercial vineyards are featured on the self-guided tour, which ends at 4 p.m., just in time for guests to make their way to the Silent Art Auction, which will be 3 to 5 p.m. at the Old Town House in Union.

While you are viewing the items in the Silent Art Auction, you will enjoy live music and wine tasting, featuring wines from three Maine wineries.

Proceeds from the event benefit the Vose Library Building Fund.

Presently located in the Robbins House on Union Common, Vose Library rents space from the Union Historical Society, Allen explained of supporters’ effort to give the library “a home of its own on property purchased during the first phase of its Capital Campaign.”

The Art Tour, Wine Tasting and Silent Auction kicks off the next phase of the capital campaign.

Advance tickets for the daylong event are $20, and tickets the day of the event are $22. The admission price for Union residents, however, is just $15.

Tickets, including a map describing the artists and vineyards, can be obtained at Harbor Audio Video, and Lily, Lupine and Fern in Camden; The Reading Corner in Rockland; Waltz Pharmacy and McKean and Charles Wine Merchants in Waldoboro; and at The Cricket and the Vose Library in Union.

Your tour ticket includes entrance to the Wine Tasting and Silent Art Auction.

For more information about the tour or to purchase tickets, call the library at 785-4733.

Allen and all those associated with the capital campaign certainly hope for your support and “a good turnout” as they approach what Allen describes as “an important juncture of our capital campaign, moving into fundraising for building construction.”

Green Acres Kennel Shop is hosting its ninth annual Pet Appreciation Day at 9 a.m. today at 1653 Union St., Bangor.

Walk-in admission will be allowed as space permits for a $5 fee, which will benefit the Bangor Humane Society Shed and Emily Fund.

A Recall Clinic begins at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Understanding Pet Nutrition at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., and a Walking Politely Clinic at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

The Precious Pet Show, for children and their dogs and cats, begins at noon. Dogs must be on a leash, and cats must be in plastic or metal carriers or on a harness and leash. Entry forms are at www.greenacreskennel.com.

If you’re considering an exercise regimen, visit the Jazzercise Annual Open House the week of Oct. 2-7 at three Hancock County locations: Ellsworth Tennis Center, St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church Parish House in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island High School.

Light refreshments and door prizes will be available, and classes will be free for the week.

For times and days at each site, call Janice Woychik, 288-2236.

Then mark your calendar for a Jazzerthon at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at St. Andrew Lutheran Church to raise funds for the American Cancer Society “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.” I’ll have more details about this event in a later column.

The 2006 Womancare River Run and Family Walk, the Race to End Domestic Abuse, begins with registration at 8 a.m., the races at 9 a.m., and includes a pancake breakfast 8-11 a.m. and the awards ceremony at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 7, at Piscataquis Community Middle School in Guilford.

The entry fee for the 12K and 5K events is $15.

The pancake breakfast is open to the public for $5 per person or $12 per family.

This scenic event, which includes the races and a family walk, is part of the TradeWinds Market Place Sub 5 Track Club Road Race Series. The 12K race is certified, offers electronic results, water stops, mile markers and showers after the race.

For more information or to register, call 564-8165.

The event is the major fundraiser for Womancare, the domestic prevention violence agency serving Piscataquis County.

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