The latest word from Ellen Hathaway of Washington Hancock Community Agency about its Night of Warm Hearts is that Rep. Michael Michaud “is our guest of honor.”

Hathaway wrote the event raises money for The Heating and Warmth Fund (THAW) to help provide heating assistance for low-income people.

Three area chefs will cater the fundraiser, which begins at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Ellsworth.

The chefs are Chip Butterwick of Chipper’s Restaurant in Hancock; Rick Hanson of Cleonice in Ellsworth; and Frank Pendola of Nostrano in Bar Harbor.

Lorena Stearns of Town Baker has made decorative cakes for each table.

Tickets are $60 and a portion of that is tax-deductible. The event includes dancing to the music of the Maine-based Danny Harper Band.

Hathaway wrote Harper “has been creating and performing his own brand of traditional country music” for more than 40 years.

For tickets call Joe Perkins at WHCA, 664-2424, extension 4480.

Wondering what to do tonight?

Here’s a great idea from Greg Chappelle, who invites you to enjoy The Skyliner’s Dance Band for a dance/concert 7:30-10:30 p.m. tonight at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Old Town.

Tickets are $8 each or $15 for couples. Light refreshments and a cash bar will be available.

The event benefits the Byron “Buddy” Chappelle Music Fund for the Old Town Elementary School System Music Department.

“Buddy” Chappelle, a local dance band drummer for more than 50 years, died three years ago today, and his son, Greg, is proud to “have the best dance band in the state put together for this event” in his father’s honor and memory.

The Buddy Chappelle Memorial Dance Band will perform songs of the past reminiscent of the Glenn Miller Orchestra era, so even non-dancers should enjoy the event.

From its executive coordinator, Leah Watson, comes word that the Game Loft is selling Chocolate Roses this month to benefit Belfast’s downtown youth center.

Juicy strawberries dipped in white and dark chocolate will be sold by the dozen, half-dozen or as single roses, but orders will be taken only until Saturday, Feb. 9, for pickup on Valentine’s Day.

Prices are $2 for one, $10 for a half-dozen and $20 for a dozen.

To order your edible roses, call Watson at 338-6447.

The Caribou Children’s Discovery Museum is hosting a Chocolate Festival 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Caribou High School Cafeteria.

The fundraiser includes entertainment with Papi the clown; a magic show at 2 p.m. with Dylan LaMothe and Mike Dugal; a 50-50 draw; and a silent auction for items such as dinner for two, a handmade quilt or chocolate desserts from local restaurants.

Tickets are $10 for a 12-coupon booklet to purchase delicious chocolate treats made by Aroostook County volunteers. For information, call Nancy Chandler at 764-9241.

News from University of Maine fraternity and sorority members is that they will participate in the 2nd Annual Greek Life Polar Bear Dip at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, on the mall of the Orono campus to raise funds for the Penobscot Nation Boys and Girls Club health and nutrition program.

Last year, through pledges, participants raised about $800 for the program, which includes healthy after-school snacks for children at the club.

If you want to make a pledge to this fundraiser, call Panhellenic Council president Emily Moniz at 581-4162 or InterFraternity Council president Zack Frechette at 581-1784.

Laurie Fogelman, executive director of The Next Step, the domestic violence project serving Hancock and Washington counties, invites you to its Annual Chocolate Fest with live and silent auction. That special fundraiser is 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at White Birches in Ellsworth.

The suggested donation is $10 for adults and $5 for children.

Returning to entertain you will be Michael Povich, leading the Fletcher’s Landing Philharmonic Orchestra, Fogelman wrote, adding that the tables will be “full of every kind of chocolate imaginable, as well as fruit and some things to clear the palate before more chocolate.”

Items up for bid in the live and silent auction range from artwork to jewelry.

Fogelman notes “this year it is going to be more important than ever that we have a great turnout since budget cuts on state and local levels and generally tight economic times are making it hard on all of us.”

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