Orono Basketball School

ORONO – The Orono Recreation Department is accepting registrations for its summer program, the Orono Basketball School, now in its third year and open to children in grades three to nine. The school provides an opportunity for youths in the area to learn the skills of basketball in a fun, positive environment that focuses on success.

Located at Orono High School, the basketball school offers a girls’ week, June 20-24, and a boys’ week, June 27-July 1. Each week includes a morning session for students entering grades three to five and an afternoon session for those entering grades six to nine. The cost is $75.

Tim Pearson and Mike Corneil direct the Orono Basketball School. Pearson has taught physical education in the Bangor area for the past 17 years and was Maine Physical Education Teacher of the Year in 2000. Corneil, of Orono, has taught, officiated and coached in the area for the last 20 years.

The two men recruit the basketball school staff from local coaches and physical education teachers who are experienced not only in basketball, but also in working with elementary and middle school age youth.

The Orono Basketball School is an active, but structured, camp where every pupil is challenged to improve basketball skills and knowledge.

Each day includes a variety of skill teaching, skill drills, contests and games. Each student participates in a detailed videotaped critique of shooting technique. Every student will take home a specific evaluation of his or her skills and abilities with suggestions for continued practice at home.

For more information call Orono Parks and Recreation at 866-5065, or e-mail tpearson@dedhamschool.net.

Adult co-ed softball

BREWER – The Brewer Parks and Recreation Department will begin accepting registrations for its adult co-ed Softball League on Thursday, April 28. The league is limited to 14 teams, divided into two divisions, to be accepted on a first paid, first entered basis. Games will be played Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The fee is $325 per team and $25 for each non-Brewer resident. To obtain more information, call 989-5199.

Golf tournament

OLD TOWN – The Old Town Elks Project Graduation Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, May 21, at Hidden Meadows Golf Club.

The event is a four-person scramble. The cost is $120 per team, plus carts. The prize for first place is $200 plus.

Included in the cost is a buffet and for each at the Elks Club after the tournament.

For information or signup, call Gary Powers at 299-5660, or the Elks Club at 827-4898.

Adaptive kayaks

ORONO – For a senior design course, five teams of University of Maine engineering students demonstrated their skills by developing kayaks for people who cannot use their arms. The students showed off their designs in a competition on Maine Day, April 27, on the Stillwater River.

The student teams worked with professor of mechanical engineering technology Herbert Crosby. They received assistance from Michael Noyes, a Levant man born without arms, and Sean Harper of Brewer.