Maine Forest and Logging Museum executive director Cathy Goslin reports that “if the snow cover stays,” the museum will host horse-drawn sled rides on various Sundays through March.

The rides will be offered from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 20, Feb. 3, Feb. 17 and March 2.

The rides will begin at the Blacksmith Shop at Leonard’s Mills on Government Road off Route 178 in Bradley.

The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children 12 and younger.

Goslin wrote that “riders should dress warmly and bring a blanket to sit on.”

After the ride, you are “invited to enjoy hot chocolate in the warmth of the Blacksmith Shop” and also to visit the Gift Shop, which will be “open with a cozy fire in the wood stove.”

Private rides can be arranged if you wish.

For information, call 581-2871 and leave a message or e-mail info@leonardsmills.com.

This week, with the cooperation of the owners of Camden Harbour Inn and Natalie’s restaurant you can assist 16-year-old high school junior Sam Fernald of Camden participate in a summer youth volunteer program, Where There Be Dragons, in Thailand.

According to a release, Camden Harbor Inn is featuring Thai week through Saturday, Jan. 19, and Fernald will be working at the restaurant every night to raise money for his trip.

For information, call the Inn at 236-4200 or visit www.camdenharbourinn.com.

An e-mail message from Kelly Rickards informs readers “that the Old Town firefighters are currently concluding their fundraiser for various local charities,” and that “as a thank you” to everyone who contributed to the fundraiser, the Old Town firefighters “are proud to bring to the community A Night of Laughs Comedy Show.”

The show, which Rickards describes as a “hilarious night of entertainment,” begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, in the Old Town High School gymnasium.

It is rated PG-13, she explained, and features “three professional comedians.” Dave Andrews, Quin Collins and Ryan Gartley “tour nationally and have made numerous appearances on television” and in the movies.

Tickets are a $10 donation and will be available at the door.

Rickards urges you to “please support this great fundraiser by coming out to the show,” and she thanks you “in advance for your support.”

Nicole Heanssler of Waldo County Healthcare in Belfast asks parents if you know that “how your child develops speech and language skills” before age 5 “is the single, greatest predictor of school and academic success?”

To help in that process, Waldo County General Hospital will offer two presentations about how to stimulate children’s early language and literacy skills.

The first presentation, “Sound-Story-Print-Talk: Helping your Young Child Talk – Assuring School Success,” is 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the WCGH Education Center, 118 Northport Ave., Belfast.

Parents and family members are invited to attend.

The second presentation is “Sound-Story-Print-Talk: Essential Parent Skills to Prepare Young Children for Reading” at 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the same site.

The presentations will be made by Jennifer Whitcomb, a speech language pathologist with WCGH.

Preregistration for both sessions is required.

To register or receive information, call the WCGH Speech Language Services department at 338-9349.

Jimmy Goodson, area manager of GMH-College Park Communities Orchard Trails Apartments in Orono, has announced that Orchard Trails and members of Pi Beta Phi sorority are again co-sponsoring an American Red Cross Blood Drive from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Orchard Trails, 4 Empire Drive in Orono.

The goal of the drive is to collect 50 units of blood to help replenish supplies for patients in need.

“This blood drive has always been a success, and we look forward to working together with our neighbors in Orono to make this the most successful drive ever,” the sponsors report.

To make an appointment to donate, call Goodson at 866-2200.

Doing a little midwinter cleaning out or planning for your spring cleaning?

If so, Mary-Anne Saxl of the Warren Center for Communication & Learning in Bangor reminds you its annual Voices to be Heard Yard Sale is Saturday, May 31, and gently-used items would be most welcome.

So when you clean, set aside your donations and hold them for the Warren Center, which will begin collecting Yard Sale items Monday, May 5.

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