Borrowing from author James Herriot, it appears “all creatures great and small” will benefit from this fundraiser.

Ronnie Knowles of Milo reports American Jamboree will present a Country Western Jamboree, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Milo Cultural Art Center at the Milo Town Hall.

Proceeds from this event will benefit the renovation of the art center and PAWS, the Milo-area animal shelter that has just recently received its official 501(c)3 nonprofit status, according to Val Robertson.

Admission to the jamboree is by donation at the door, and the cost of refreshments to benefit the shelter is the same.

Refreshments include chicken pie, baked beans, hot dogs, desserts and beverages, and the fundraiser includes a 50-50 drawing.

Knowles and his group will play the music you love, from country to gospel to bluegrass, and you will certainly enjoy the performance of Slim Andrews, a member of the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame.

Robertson wrote she is grateful to Knowles “and his gang for thinking of us and allowing us to provide the refreshments to raise money for our shelter.”

“In addition, their efforts to make improvements to the Town Hall Arts Center is also appreciated,” and she hopes that folks from far and near will come and show support.

Eileen Hernandez of Bangor e-mailed me to say the Hurricane Swim Club will conduct a bottle drive Saturday, March 1.

“This is an important fundraiser for the team,” Hernandez wrote, adding that team members “will be out collecting bottles” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day in the area.

“If you can help us out, please drop your returnable bottles and cans” between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the Bangor Redemption Center, 490 Broadway in Bangor, and “remember to say your donations are for the Hurricane Swim Club,” Hernandez wrote.

Is your child a budding engineer?

If so, you should plan to take him or her to the Maine Engineers Week Expo, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Field House on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono.

An admission donation of $2 is suggested, but not mandatory.

Tad Johnston, a member of the all-volunteer Maine Engineering Promotion Council, e-mailed to say this would be a good way for adults seeking a Saturday activity with children to enjoy something “that would be “entertaining and educational.”

Johnston wrote the expo will feature “nearly 40 different engineering firms and societies” offering “exhibits that explain their work and highlight career opportunities in many areas of engineering.”

“In addition,” Johnston said, “there will be 11 stations where kids of all ages can participate in hands-on engineering design challenges.”

One highlight of the expo will be the appearance of Mike Fischer, managing director of the NASCAR Research and Development Center, who will “describe how engineers have shaped and continue to shape auto racing.”

Johnston reports tours of the UM engineering facilities will be offered at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon that day.

Peace through Interamerican Community Action director Jonathan Falk e-mailed to report that PICA’s Youth Adelantando will hold its “first installment of monthly, youth-focused film nights” with “Tough Guise” at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Peace and Justice Center, 170 Park St., Bangor.

The unrated film “considers the definition of contemporary masculinity and how it affects society,” he wrote.

The showing, in celebration of International Women’s Day, is free and open to everyone.

For information, call 947-4203 or e-mail hazel@pica.ws.

John Nelligan and members of the Penobscot County Genealogical Society offer you the opportunity to purchase the PCGS Cookbook in which “PCGS members share 300 mouth-watering recipes, many of which have been handed down from generation to generation,” he wrote.

The cost of the book is $8 plus $2 for shipping and handling and can be ordered by writing to PCGS Cookbook, c/o Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St., Bangor 04401. The cookbook also can be purchased by e-mailing Nelligan at pcgscooks2@msn.com.

Nelligan reports that PCGS also has for sale “mouse pads, travel mugs and pedigree charts.”

You can make those purchases by attending any one of the regularly scheduled PCGS meetings, which are held at 6 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month in the Lecture Hall of the Bangor Public Library. “The public is encouraged to attend,” Nelligan wrote.

For information about PCGS events and programs, visit www.rootsweb.com/~mepcgs.

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