Clifton campground holding free ’50s dance

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Poodle skirts, jeans, T-shirts and leather jackets are the suggested attire for the free Parks Pond Campground Annual ’50s Dance, beginning with a chicken barbecue and potluck supper at 5:30 p.m. at the campground in Clifton.

Next it’s free dance lessons at 7 p.m., taught by youngsters who took swing lessons from instructors through Back Door Dance Studio’s after-school dance program at Meadowbrook Dance Center, wrote Selina Lufkin.

The dance is 8-10 p.m., and a 50-50 raffle benefits a scholarship fund for those youngsters to take dance lessons this fall.

Lufkin is hoping for a good turnout and is looking for some old cars to show up, too.

For more information, call 843-7267.

Ellsworth Rotarian Cynthia Shoppe wrote that the Ellsworth Rotary Club’s 46th annual blueberry pancake breakfast will be held under a tent, rain or shine, 7-11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, in the R.F. Jordan & Sons parking lot on Water Street.

Breakfast includes blueberry pancakes, real maple syrup, sausage, coffee, juice and milk. Conductor Michael Povich and Fletcher’s Landing Philharmonic Orchestra will entertain while you eat.

Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for children under 12. Proceeds benefit Rotary high school scholarship funds and charitable contributions.

Additionally, Shoppe wrote, Rotarians will offer free KidCare ID photo passports for children 12 and under.

Librarian Lynn King invites anyone heading to Acadia Naional Park to visit the annual Seal Harbor Library’s fair and book sale, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 9, on the village green.

Attic treasures, food, fresh vegetables, a silent auction and lots of wonderful used books will be available along with coffee and doughnuts in the morning and hot dogs for lunch.

The costumed dog show is back by popular demand with a $20 entry fee. For more information, call 276-5306.

Patten Lumbermen’s Museum curator Rhonda Brophy invites you to its annual bean-hole bean dinner 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Museum, 61 Shin Pond Road in Patten.

The dinner features Dr. Lore Rogers’ slow-cooked, overnight bean-hole beans. “Images of America – Millinocket” author David Duplisea and “Quandary at Knowles Corner” author Randy Probert will be autographing copies of their newest releases, Brophy wrote.

Music, guided tours, blacksmithing, shingle splitting demonstrations, a craft fair and a children’s scavenger hunt are all part of the fun.

Geneva Frost reports a yard sale to benefit the Otis Habitat House will be held 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at Beech Hill Storage on Route 180 in Otis. Space can be rented for $10 by calling Barbara Davis at 537-2297.

Also, volunteers are needed to help with construction of a home for Brandon Salisbury, “a single dad who has many medical problems,” Frost says.

If you can help, you should arrive at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at 38 Oak Hill Road in Otis. For more information, call 537-3044 or 537-2211.

During Caribou Cares About Kids Week, Caribou Pet Rescue, Caribou Police Department and Caribou’s Citizen Emergency Response Team are offering iris scans for your children and microchipping for your pets, reports Charlene Gage, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, in the court house parking lot in Caribou.

The iris scan is free. The pet microchip is $15.

Bill Robertson said Franklin Historical Society’s rescheduled garden tour and tea is 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, in Franklin.

Admission is $10 including the tea, which is 2-4 p.m. at the FHS building on Sullivan Road in East Sullivan. Tickets are available from FHS members or, on the day of the tour, at the FHS building or Galamander Park on the corner of Route 182 and Gristmill Road.

Maurice Collin of the Madawaska Long Lake Property Owners Association wrote that the organization is hosting its fourth annual fundraiser, a pork and beef roast, 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, at Morin Farms, 206 Lake Shore Road in St. David.

The donation is $9. Free hot dogs will be offered to children 10 and under.

For ticket information call Lucy Cyr at 543-7369.

Proceeds will “help develop the leisure and recreational facilities at Birch Point Beach on Long Lake,” Collin wrote.

“This undoubtedly is the largest roasting event in The County. Our master roaster, Gerald Ouellette, has been practicing his craft for over 30 years throughout the state,” Collin wrote.

The menu includes pork, beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, baby carrots, dessert and a beverage. And you may dine in or carry out, Collin concluded.

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