Many activities are part of Houlton’s Bicentennial Celebration Aug. 17-19, and here are two fundraisers that could benefit you and the organizations conducting them.

Anne Callnan, vice president of the Houlton Fair Association, wrote that the Houlton “fair has been the only state fair in Maine without its own land,” but it recently “purchased 102 acres as our new home. Now we must finance the groundwork, building.”

To help in that effort, the association is raffling a 2007 27-foot Puma travel trailer at 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, “before the fireworks in Community Park.”

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.houltonfair.com.

And Elizabeth Dulin, executive director of Health Services Foundation, wrote that the group is raffling a 36-by-20-inch original painting of Houlton’s Monument Park by local artist Esther Orr Faulkner.

The winner also receives a smaller picture of the park, circa 1932, and a framed document with monument and marker information.

Raffle tickets are $5 each or six for $25 and can be purchased at www.healthservicesfoundation.org. This drawing is also Saturday, Aug. 18, with a time and place to be determined.

Proceeds benefit the HSF $1 million campaign for Houlton Regional Hospital’s Nuclear Medicine Project.

For information, visit the Web site, call HSF at 521-2147 or 521-2503, or e-mail hsfedulin@pwless.net.

Deb Milnikas, assistant director of the American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront, Friday, Aug. 24, through Sunday, Aug. 26, reports volunteers are still needed to help with that event.

To register or receive more information, call her at 992-2630.

Nicole Heanssler e-mailed that Belfast Public Health Nursing Association is offering a free blood pressure and weight-check clinic 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, at the Belfast Public Health Nursing Association office, 119 Northport Ave. in Belfast.

Walk-ins are welcome, and you do not need an appointment.

For information, call Diane Whitten at BPH, 338-3368.

Woodlawn Museum board president Lowell “Tim” Thomas Jr. and executive director Joshua Torrance have announced a list of events associated with the Ellsworth Antique Show beginning with a preview party 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at Woodlawn, Route 172 in Ellsworth.

Preview tickets for what they describe as “America’s longest running summer antiques show” are $65 and include general admission for the duration of the show. They can be purchased by calling the museum at 667-8671.

The show features 11 Maine dealers and 16 from the East Coast to Missouri.

Admission is $15 with a tour of the museum or $10 for the show only.

Show hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17; and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18.

Friday’s highlight will be a 3 p.m. afternoon tea and lecture by Peter Pap, a frequent guest on “Antiques Roadshow,” who will discuss “Understanding Antique Oriental Rugs.”

An appraisal clinic will be offered 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, by Ellsworth’s Old Creamery Antiques Mall. The $75 fee includes a written valuation of two objects, advice on caring for your antiques, and admission to the show and museum.

For information, call the museum or visit www.woodlawnmuseum.org.

From Marion Commeau, through class president Don Danforth, comes word that Brewer High School Class of 1941 is holding Rendezvous 2007 beginning with a social hour at 6 p.m. and dinner from the menu at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at Coach House Restaurant, 457 Wilson St., Brewer.

Classmates unable to attend are encouraged to send a note that can be posted to Danforth, P.O. Box 151, Andover, Mass. 01810-0003, or e-mail dandeldanf@aol.com.

Paula Kee called last week to report tickets are still available for the In Grand Style Fashion Show at noon Friday, Aug. 17, at the Holiday Inn in Ellsworth.

Tickets are $25 for the show and luncheon, and can be obtained by calling The Grand Box Office, 667-9500.

This is The Grand’s only fundraiser, Kee reminds you, and it is hoped the event will surpass the $20,000 mark.

Gladys Knowles of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 200 of Hermon has announced vendors are being sought for its first Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Hermon Rescue Squad building on Billings Road.

Tables and chairs are available for a rental fee of $25.

Anyone wishing to participate can call Knowles at 848-5597.

Coffee and muffins will be served in the morning and lunch will be available at noon.

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