Talented singers might want to get involved with the Bangor Y Spring Into Stardom Talent Search, which is part of the 31st annual Bangor Y Spring Fair.

The fair is 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, March 30; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, March 31; and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, April 1, at the Bangor Auditorium and Civic Center.

Admission is $4 for those 13 and older, $3 for children 1-12 and free for children under 12 months.

Presale tickets are $2 and are available through Thursday, March 29, at both Bangor Y locations, on Second and Hammond streets.

Marie Stewart of the Bangor Y reports vocalists who enjoy performing and want the opportunity to win great prizes are invited to register in either the teen and adult category for those 14 and older or the children’s category for those 13 and under.

All participants will compete during the fair, and performances will be judged by local celebrities.

Prizes include gift certificates for local businesses and the Y, and the grand prize winner receives an audition to perform during a 2007-2008 University of Maine sporting event in Orono.

Most importantly, Stewart wants potential contestants to know that while the posted registration deadline is Monday, March 26, the Y will accept new registrants up to Thursday, March 29.

For more information, or to register, call the Bangor Y at 941-2808 or visit www.bangorY.org.

The fair features carnival rides, games, foods, crafts, the Talent Search and more.

Carnival ride tickets are 50 cents each or 20 for $9. Four tickets are needed for each ride.

The Friday and Saturday night special rate from 4 to 8 p.m. includes all the rides you want for $10.

It is time once again for members of Boy Scout Troop 58 in Millinocket to hold their annual spaghetti supper to raise funds to help them attend Camp Roosevelt this summer.

Carol Morrison reports the fundraiser will be held 4-6 p.m. Thursday, March 29, at the American Legion Hall in Millinocket.

The cost of the meal is $6 for adults, $4 for children and $16 for families.

Takeout and delivery orders are available by calling 723-8088.

Friends of Micheline Pantane are planning a roast beef dinner benefit supper for the Connor Township resident who is having severe health problems.

The benefit will be held 6-8 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at the American Legion Hall in Caribou.

Admission is $8 for singles or $15 for couples.

The event is being sponsored by the Caribou Lioness Club, of which Pantane is a past president.

The married mother of two is undergoing dialysis, and the search is on for a matching kidney donor. She also recently suffered a heart attack.

Employed by DFAS in Limestone, Pantane has been unable to work full time because of her illnesses, Vicki Dube told me, and proceeds from this benefit will help with the expenses incurred for treatment of her illnesses.

If you would like to help but are unable to attend the supper, contributions can be sent to the Caribou Lioness Club, P.O. Box 182, Caribou 04736.

Sara Bradford, first selectwoman for the town of Stockton, wrote to “thank everyone for their participation” in that community’s 150th birthday celebration on March 13.

She thanks the volunteers who set up and managed all the events and those who provided refreshments and lunch “and made everyone feel welcome.”

She wrote that “the students and staff of our school really added to our celebration.”

Bradford reminds you to “stay tuned for our big celebration” Aug. 10-12, which also will include the 150th birthday of Fort Point Light at Fort Point State Park.

On behalf of Caribou Pet Rescue, president Norma Milton and all involved with that organization, I extend sincere thanks to our readers who, through last week, contributed nearly $3,000 to the Pet Rescue after reading about its financial needs in this column.

Those funds will not only “help our animals,” Milton wrote, but will help the organization make some “much-needed bill payments.

“Although we are still not out of the woods by a long shot, this money gave us a financial booster shot that will enable us to continue our mission of health care” for animals before they are put up for adoption.

For more information about the work of Caribou Pet Rescue, write the organization at 6 Richards Road, Caribou, 04736; e-mail milton@mfx.net; or visit www.cariboupetrescue.petfinder.com.

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