Down East cribbage meet to benefit literacy

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With more detailed information about the work of Literacy Volunteers of Washington County saved for a later column, the organization’s executive director, Eileen Campbell, reminds readers that a supper and cribbage tournament is planned this weekend to benefit The Imagination Library.

The event will run from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Holy Name Parish Hall on Broadway in Machias.

The supper donation is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and students, $12 for families, free for under 5. It includes a $2 discount for those bringing a dish or dessert to share.

The supper features stews, desserts, coffee, tea and juice.

The entry fee for the cribbage tournament, after the supper, is $5, and a cash prize will be offered.

Also, the literacy group will hold an indoor yard sale from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday with proceeds from both events benefiting the work of Literacy Volunteers of Washington County.

Jane Harburger is chair of the St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church holiday fair, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the church on the corner of Holyoke and North Main streets in Brewer.

A country kitchen of baked goods, crafts tables and the gift gallery are featured as well as 150 like-new hardcover novels.

Breakfast foods, and a lunch, will be available.

Executive Director Joshua Campbell Torrance reminds Woodlawn Museum supporters its annual fall cleanup day begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the museum on Route 172 in Ellsworth.

Volunteers are needed to rake leaves and remove debris from the lawns of the city’s largest park, and its gardens need tending, too, he wrote.

Refreshments will be served.

If you can help, be sure to bring your rake and gloves.

For more information, call 667-8671.

The Train Doctor, Bill Soule of Orono, will hold office hours, he wrote, inviting you to attend the Eastern Maine Model Railroad Club 31st annual train show and sale from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Jeff’s Catering in Brewer.

You may “buy or sell train articles in the silent auctions,” Soule wrote, adding that “there will be dozens of vendors of toy and model trains and purveyors of ferroequinology.”

“The Club’s modular HO scale layout will be running, and refreshments will be for sale.”

Admission is $3 and free for children under 12.

For more information about this event, or EMMRC, email soule@maine.edu.

The ninth annual National Survivors of Suicide Day, offered by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, is 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Eames Learning Center, 203 Maine Ave. in Bangor.

Cathy Bennett of Hampden reports the free conference for those who have lost a loved one to suicide features a simulcast from the national AFSP, refreshments, and facilitated support groups for survivors experiencing the loss of siblings, parents or grandparents, children, significant others, spouses, partners or close friends.

For more information about the event or the organization, call Bennett at 862-3189 or e-mail cabenne@tds.net.

Disc jockey Tommy Dean invites you to Christmas for Families, a country music show and auction, from 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at American Legion Post 207, Route 3, in Trenton.

Stevie Cee will serve as emcee, Dean e-mailed about the fundraiser, which is headlined by Doc Morrill and the Down Home Country Band.

The show features special guest Richard Draime of Orlando, Fla., also known as The Peppermint Kid; 13-year-old Brian Wardwell; The Downeast Gentleman, Gary Mitchell; and the Higgins Family of Pard, Katie and Lisa.

Admission is a cash donation, and all proceeds help Hancock County children and families enjoy a happier Christmas.

For information, call Dean at 479-7506, 667-0525 or 667-9918, or visit www.christmasforfamilies.com.

Nancy Grant of the Orono AFS student exchange program reports its 30th annual auction will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at Asa Adams School.

The $5 entry fee includes a chili dinner (regular or vegetarian) served with corn bread, beverage and dessert.

The silent auction closes at 5:15 p.m., and the live auction, with Dave Ames as guest auctioneer, will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Everything from Bangor Symphony Orchestra, Maine Center for the Arts and Penobscot Theatre Company tickets to a night at Nonesuch Farm, dental work, a weekend at a Sugarloaf/USA condominium, Christmas trees, handcrafts by local artisans, the use of a wood splitter and dinner at the Orono Fire Station with Fireman Dennis Bean are up for bid.

All proceeds from this event benefit the Orono AFS Scholarship Fund.

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