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Magic show to benefit Wintergreen Arts Center

Thanks to a generous, 10-year lease agreement (including payment of utilities) offered by Tony Burgess and Glenn Capp, the Wintergreen Arts Center is moving into new quarters in a building owned by Burgess and Capp at 149 State St., Presque Isle, reports Virginia Joles.

The mission of WGAC is “to provide artistic enjoyment and creative fun for children, teens and adults,” Joles wrote of the nonprofit organization that relies on contributions such as this, and its previously donated space at Aroostook Centre Mall.

With your help and support, that mission will continue at the new location.

WGAC invites you to the first of several fundraisers to help with work in and around its new facility. Abracadabra Productions will put on a magic show from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Presque Isle Middle School.

Tickets are $5 and are available at Wilder’s Jewelers in downtown Presque Isle.

Linda Gamble invites you to the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department hunters breakfast from 4 to 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, in the Prospect Community Club dining room.

Admission is $5 for adults, $2.50 for children under 12.

Proceeds, Gamble wrote, “help with our house-numbering project for 911 purposes.”

Jane Harburger is chair of St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church Holiday Fair from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the church on the corner of Holyoke and North Main streets in Brewer.

Mike Dolley said the breakfast will feature “made-to-order omelets and Belgian waffles,” hot from the “Holy Grill,” and that the fair will feature “a country kitchen of homemade baked goods, craft tables, the cookie table, Avon collectibles, a pet table, plus a silent auction.”

You also will find a “re-gifting table” with “new items that didn’t find a home the first time around.”

Dolley reminds readers that fair “proceeds benefit the work of the church.”

Alice Redmond wrote that the Frankfort Congregational Church Christmas Fair offers “something for everyone on your shopping list.”

The fair is from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 15, at the church on Main Road in Frankfort.

Chip Mattson reports that Hampden memorabilia and raffles for a silver tea set, a Wedgwood Blue Willow platter, a nativity set and local business gift certificates are features of the Hampden Historical Society Christmas Bazaar.

Raffle tickets are $1 or $5 for a book, and can be purchased from HHS members.

The HHS Christmas Bazaar is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Kinsley House, 83 Main Road South in Hampden.

Proceeds benefit HHS, and more information is available by calling Jerry Stanhope, 862-3463, or Paula Newcomb, 862-3118.

Co-chairwomen Shirley Gowan and Ellen Hersey invite you to St. Vincent de Paul’s Christmas Bazaar, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the church on the corner of Franklin and Central streets in Bucksport.

Coffee and coffeecake will be served from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Raffles for items ranging from a hooked rug to a creche will be offered along with crafts and baked goods. There also will be activities for children.

Jen Baker reports that the LaGrange Fire Department third annual craft fair will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Marion C. Cook School on Howland Road.

For more information, call Baker at 943-2402.

Renee Smith invites you to the Sunbury Village Retirement Community Fall Craft Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, 922 Ohio St., Bangor.

Crafts, stained glass, quilts and food items are available.

For information, call Smith at 942-0802.

Dr. Everett Parker invites you to the annual Shirley Community Church Christmas Crafts Fair and Luncheon, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Shirley Town Hall.

Everett wrote that the event will feature “a host of crafters from throughout Piscataquis County,” and that church members “will have a large White Elephant table with lots of bargains, as well as a food table loaded with homemade goodies.”

The soup and sandwich luncheon features fiddlehead stew, seafood and corn chowder, soups, chili, a variety of homemade sandwiches, dessert and beverage.

Proceeds benefit the church and Fellowship Hall renovations.

Marilyn Buchanan invites you to hear the Corner Store Jammers at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Willimantic Town Hall.

Sponsored by the Willimantic Civic Association, admission is by donation and the refreshments are free.

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


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