Get in your nominees for George Hale award

Nominations must be made by Monday, March 31, for any person or organization that wants to honor individuals with the Eastern Area Agency on Aging George Hale Silver Frame Awards.

“We are encouraging people to get their nominations in” as soon as possible, wrote Carol Higgins Taylor of the awards presented to individuals in two age groups, 60-75 and 76 and older.

The awards recognize people “who have shown themselves to be exceptional role models” in one of three categories: artistic-creative; fitness or outdoor enthusiast-adventurer; and lifelong learner-entrepreneurial.

The first category includes painters, quilters, gardeners and people living vital lives and sharing their talents with others. The second category describes individuals living life to the fullest, and the third category recognizes those who are open to new ideas and decisions and are eager to learn new skills, according to the information provided by EAAA.

Nomination forms are available at eaaa.org. More information can be obtained by writing EAAA, 450 Essex St., Bangor 04401, or calling 800-432-7812 or 941-2865 or Higgins Taylor at 992-0135.

Melody Weeks, development director at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, said tickets are on sale for the John Bapst Players presentation of the musical “The Wizard of Oz.”

Performances begin at 7 p.m. Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29, at the school on Broadway in Bangor.

In addition, Weeks wrote, “the John Bapst Players will perform the musical for several local junior high schools on Thursday, March 27.”

Tickets can be obtained from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays at the high school office.

George Redman reports that the University of Southern Maine Chamber Singers, directed by Robert Russell, will appear at 7 p.m. Friday, March 28, in Peakes Auditorium at Bangor High School on Broadway.

The ensemble, which has performed throughout northern New England and in Europe, will perform one piece with the Bangor High School Chamber Choir.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Sandra Gordon of Waldo County Healthcare invites your family to the WCH 12th annual Dessert Cabaret that begins at 5:30 p.m. with dessert and a food sale. Entertainment, which includes WCH’s own version of Lawrence Welk and his orchestra, begins at 7 p.m. Friday, March 28, at Belfast Area High School.

Though admission is free, donations to benefit free community wellness events and clinics will be greatly appreciated.

Door prizes will be awarded at intermission.

“Even though the calendar says spring” arrived March 20, wrote Bob Cottrell, First Congregational Church of Brewer minister of music, “we all know that winter takes a long time to release its snowy, icy grip here in central Maine.”

“To help everyone cope with the days between now and crocus blooming,” Cottrell said, First Congregational Church of Brewer will hold its annual Cabaret at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at the church, 35 Church St.

Admission is free, but donations to the Minister’s Discretionary Fund will be accepted.

The Cabaret will be “a fun-filled afternoon of friendly conversation, tasty desserts and entertainment featuring the talented members and friends” of the church, Cottrell wrote.

Mark Savage, Cindy McLaughlin and everyone associated with the Brewer High School Outdoor Education program will hold their annual yard sale 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 29, in the cafeteria at BHS.

Your attendance can help make this fundraiser a success. For more information, call 989-4140.

Event chairwoman Ginny Brown reminds crafters that Tuesday, April 1, is the deadline to sign up for a booth for the fourth annual Margaretta Day Festival Saturday, June 21, at the University of Maine at Machias.

Because the event centers on the Revolutionary War, entries should be period crafters or artists. All items must be handmade or hand-painted. However, artists who have their own prints also will be accepted. Spaces 12 feet square are $25 each.

For more information or to register, e-mail machiashistoricalsociety@hotmail.com or call 255-4223.

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