R.I. woman enters 3-Day in honor of her mom

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Rhode Island resident Elizabeth Strout, who is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University and a 2004 Bangor High School graduate, has registered to participate in the Breast Cancer 3-Day, in August, in Boston.

The event is a meaningful one for the young woman whose father, Bangor Daily News editor and outdoor columnist Jeff Strout, is my colleague, and whose mother, Kathy Strout, is a 12-year breast cancer survivor.

To participate with thousands of others in this 60-mile, three-day walk, Elizabeth Strout needs to raise $2,200, and every penny counts, which is why Jeff and Kathy hope readers will help them help their daughter help others.

Net proceeds from this and other Breast Cancer 3-Day events, throughout the country, support “research, education, screening and treatment through the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund,” Kathy Strout wrote.

Jeff’s BDN family shares the couple’s pride in their daughter for taking on this challenge, and hopes you will help her along the way.

And, speaking of challenges, Jeff and Kathy challenge his faithful readers and fellow kayakers to “reach deep and give” for this most worthy cause that is so close to their hearts.

To make a donation, online, visit www.The3Day.org, click on Donate, then Search for Participant, enter Elizabeth Strout’s name and her home state of Rhode Island.

To donate by phone, call 800-996-3DAY.

Judith Sullivan e-mailed that the Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center will hold its annual plant sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at Grace United Methodist Church, 193 Union St., Bangor.

The sale will feature “a large variety of field-grown perennials from day lilies to yarrow,” Sullivan wrote, adding that, “this year, there will also be a selection of shrubs, vegetable seedlings, herbs, annuals and houseplants.”

Gift certificates donated by local nurseries and valued at more than $100 will be raffled, and the sale will be held rain or shine.

MWWHC offers a variety of women’s health services for women of all ages and backgrounds living in northern and eastern Maine.

Jann Votaw, secretary of the Bridgewater Historical Association, reminds anyone associated with that area that the BHS is seeking nominees for its Boston Post Cane presentation.

The group, especially, is seeking a recipient for this year’s sesquicentennial celebration.

For more information, or to help in this effort, write BHA, P.O. Box 341, Bridgewater 04735; call Votaw, 425-7901; President Denis Gagne, 429-8290 or historian Toby Hall, 429-8207.

Lucille Cardin reports that you will find everything from books to puzzles at the Veazie Congregational Church plant and food sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at the church, 1404 State St.

The event also includes items for the younger set in a children’s room.

Congratulations to Morita Tapley of Hermon on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Morita’s School of Dance.

In recognition of this special celebration, Morita’s School of Dance and River City Dance will hold a 40th anniversary production at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at Peakes Auditorium at Bangor High School on Broadway. This production will showcase Bucksport, Lincoln and Milo studios, Tapley wrote.

A second 40th anniversary production is 2 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at Peakes Auditorium. This event will showcase dance students, ages 3 through adult, from the Hermon studios.

Tickets will be available at the door, and more information is available by calling 848-5083.

A student of the late Polly Thomas since she was just 3 years old, Tapley began teaching in 1968 when she was 14.

Her first classes were in her parent’s garage and later in any available rental space until 1980, when a permanent studio was built in Hermon.

Today, Morita’s School of Dance, and River City Dance, which she purchased in 2006, are located at Morgan Hill Event Center on Route 2 in Hermon.

For Foxcroft Academy musicians, Cynthia Freeman Cyr wrote, “the school year will end on many musical notes,” with the Alumni and Student Jazz Band presenting their spring concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft.

And the Foxcroft Music Program Concert is 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, at Foxcroft Academy.

“This performance will feature all of the programs’ ensembles, with special emphasis on performances by members of the class of 2008,” she wrote in urging you to “come out and support our young musicians!”

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