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Bangor

Ladies Who Love to Sing

The Sweet Adelines, an international organization of women singers, is looking for ladies who love to sing.

Today’s Sweet Adelines sing exciting, four-part harmony music, barbershop-style.

Is melody not your specialty? That’s no problem, because there are plenty of parts for everyone. Make your dream a reality. Visit the Heart of Maine Chorus 6:45-9:30 p.m. Mondays at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, corner of Grandview Avenue and Essex Street. The Sweet Adelines are saving a place for you. For information, call 989-4110 or 989-5690.

Bangor Kiwanis officers

Bangor Noon Kiwanis recently inducted officers and a board of directors for the next year. Lt. Gov. Bud Bruns inducted Peter Golding, president; Don Winslow, vice president; Chris Patten, immediate past president; Art Tilley Jr., secretary; and Larry Parker, treasurer. On the board of directors are Bruce Badger, Dot Deyman, Nancy Golding, Ron Lunn, Rick Marston, Jane Searles and Tara Trafton.

Bangor Noon Kiwanis meets noon-1 p.m. each Wednesday at Howard Johnson, Odlin Road. Kiwanis is a global organization with the No. 1 priority of helping children. Those who wish may attend a meeting at any time to learn more.

Annual kitchen tour

Eastern Maine Medical Center Auxiliary will showcase beautiful and interesting kitchens in its third Kitchen Tour, noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20. The fundraiser features different homes each year and has attracted as many as 500 guests who travel from home to home and taste the delicacies of caterers including Opus, Buttercup Catering, and Bangor Wine and Cheese.

Proceeds benefit CancerCare of Maine, helping to build an improved regional cancer treatment center to provide patients the most advanced treatment options available.

Kitchen Tour tickets are $20 each at Rebecca’s, Grasshopper Shop, Patrick’s Hallmark on Broadway, Airline Pharmacy, Westgate Pharmacy, Schacht’s Hardware in Hampden, Winterport Winery in Winterport, Possibilities in Lincoln, and at the EMMC Gift Shop and Cianchette Building.

Halloween party

The Bangor Parks and Recreation Department will hold a Halloween party for children in kindergarten through grade five 5-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29. Activities will include games, prizes, a costume contest and a haunted house. For information, call 992-4490.

Chai Tea at Beth El

Congregation Beth El will be hold a Chai Tea at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, to celebrate the renovations done to the synagogue’s kitchen and serve as a kitchen shower. Beth El has registered for items needed for the kitchen at Bed, Bath and Beyond. Guests are asked to attend the event in their finest high tea attire.

To RSVP or to receive information, call Beth El at 945-4578.

Congregation Beth El will hold its annual Get Acquainted-Newcomers lunch at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at the synagogue, 183 French St. The event is for new and prospective members.

Enjoy lunch with Rabbi Lerner and the synagogue’s board of directors, and learn more about Beth El and its activities. Lunch and babysitting are provided. RSVP, 945-4578.

Brewer

Kiwanis Club news

President Kathleen Harding-Heber called to order her last meeting as president of the Kiwanis Club by welcoming guests Charlotte Thompson, Ellie Rand, and John and Denise McGrath to the club’s installation ceremony.

Hampden visitors were President Sonya Leighton, Charter Member Frank Jewell and Lt. Gov. Bud Bruns.

Barney Thompson presented a certificate of commendation to the club in support of the city’s stream cleanup program.

Cathy Maher, Camden National Bank vice president; and Fred Morey, assistant manager of Brewer WalMart; both sponsored by Jim Pooler, were inducted by Secretary Herb Hopkins.

Honored for perfect attendance were Carlton King, 34 years; Herb Hopkins, 29; Jane Newberry, 16; Bill Newberry, seven; Jessica Tilton and Tricia Largay, two; Jim Pooler, Kathleen Harding-Heber and Kim Long, one year.

Bruns inducted new officers: president Jessica Tilton, vice president Patricia Largay, secretary Herb Hopkins, treasurer Cathy Maher, and past president Kathleen Harding-Heber. Directors are Jim Pooler, Kim Long, Jane Newberry, Robert Dion, Carlton King and Debbie Roy.

Plaques and pins were given to Debbie Roy and Jim Pooler as Kiwanians of the year.

At the Oct. 24 meeting, Sheriff Glen Ross will be the speaker. The Brewer Kiwanis meets at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at the Muddy Rudder.

Support for disabled youth

Brewer firefighters Union Local 2162 is conducting a fundraiser to benefit youth athletics and for medical equipment for children with disabilities.

Businesses and residents are being contacted for contributions. Those who contribute will receive a receipt and tickets to A Night of Laughs Comedy Show, 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, Brewer High School. Consider the many services local firefighters provide and donate accordingly, organizers urge.

Mission trip

The Diocesan Youth Ministries International Team recently returned from a 13-day mission trip where they served the village of Jalonga in the Dominican Republic.

Michelle Dempsey and Carolyn Smith of St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Brewer taught vacation Bible school and helped with a construction project begun by the Maine youth mission trip of 2005.

The International Mission Team comprises of 12 high school students from all over Maine. The team spent more than a year raising funds and preparing for 10 days of service in Jalonga, Dominican Republic. They spent many weekends learning about its culture, growing closer to God, fundraising, learning about safety and preparing to serve.

The Episcopal Mission of San Mateo is where the youth lived while serving in Jalonga.

The vacation Bible school was held on the church grounds for part of each day. An average of 60 youth attended daily. The mission team also helped finish building a bakery, which will supply food and work to the local community.

The 2005 team raised most of the money to construct the bakery, and the donations of the 2007 team will help to complete the building and equip it. The team also helped dig a garden on church grounds.

Indian Island Boys and Girls Club

The Penobscot Nation Boys and Girls Club will hold its third annual appeal 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at the Morgan Hill Event Center. The event will allow the public to learn more about the Penobscot Nation Boys and Girls Club programs and activities.

Featured will be traditional drumming, a documentary film and complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres provided by Burby & Bates and Hannaford.

Tribal Chief Kirk Francis will be the keynote speaker.

Established in 2000, the Penobscot Nation Boys and Girls Club was the first Native American Boys and Girls Club in the Northeast region. It now serves more than 200 children with free access to recreational, educational and cultural activities, a technology center, arts and crafts and learning center, and Kid’s Caf?. The club offers youth a safe place to go after school.

A $1,000 sponsorship will sponsor a child with a full year of after-school programming.

To obtain information or to sponsor a program by making a donation, call Carla Fearon at 817-7355.

Orono

Fundraising dinner, auction

Families and Children Together will hold their fourth annual fundraising dinner and auction Friday, Oct. 26, at the Black Bear Inn. Proceeds will benefit the agency’s programs.

Organizers said the auction will have something for everyone. Items up for bid include round-trip airfare for two on Allegiant Airlines, weekend getaways on the coast, handmade and precious jewelry, gift certificates to restaurants, tickets to concerts and events, an Otter kayak from Old Town Canoe and fine arts and crafts. To view the growing list, visit www.familiesandchildren.org.

The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar, the silent auction begins at 6 p.m., dinner is at 7 p.m. and the live auction afterward. Tickets are $30 a person, or $200 for a table of eight. Tickets may be reserved at 941-2347.

Families and Children Together encourages and fosters the development and healing of children living with mental illness or emotional and behavioral challenges.

‘Northeast Folklore’

The Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine has announced the release its 40th issue of “Northeast Folklore,” a publication that brings to the public parts of its collection of traditional and cultural materials from and about Maine.

This year’s book is “I’ve Got the Idear: My Love Affair with Maine Language,” by Marion Kingston Stocking. The 80-page book includes an introduction and essay, “Maine Dialects,” by Pauleena MacDougall, associate director of the Maine Folklife Center.

Stocking’s work involves her placing many of her observations about Maine speech in the context of her memories of teaching at the University of Maine beginning in 1943, when many soldiers returned to school on the GI Bill.

The book can be ordered for $15 from Maine Folklife Center, 5773 South Stevens Hall, University of Maine, Orono 04469; 581-1891, or folklife@maine.edu.