Healthy High 5K

ORONO – The University of Maine Healthy High 5-K Run-Walk will be held at 4:20 p.m. Sunday, April 20, at the UM Recreation Center.

The fee is $5 for community members, free to UM students.

Register with Beth Peters, 581-1430 or at the recreation center the day, of the race.

Free T-shirts will be given to the first 200 race registrants. Division winners will receive prizes.

Community members may use the recreation center after the race.

T-ball in Bangor

BANGOR – The Bangor Parks and Recreation Department will hold an instructional T-ball program 4-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 6-29, at the Union Street Athletic Complex.

The lessons are offered to children ages 5 and 6. Different instructional components of T-ball will be taught each day.

The fee is $20 for Bangor residents, $30 others. Registrations are being taken in advance at the Bangor Parks and Recreation Department on Main Street and at the softball fields on Union Street when the program starts.

For information, call 992-4490.

Soccer for Mighty Mites

BANGOR – The Bangor Parks and Recreation Department will offer a soccer program for children ages 2 to 6 and their parents.

The Mighty Mite Soccer Program is designed to introduce children to the basic concepts of the game of soccer. Parent participation is required.

The program will be held 4-5 p.m. Wednesdays, April 30-May 28, at the Union Street Athletic Complex.

The fee for the program is $15 for Bangor residents, $25 others, and includes a T-shirt.

Registrations will be taken in advance at the Bangor Parks and Recreation Department or at the softball fields on Union Street when the program starts.

For information, call 992-4490.

Maine Huts and Trails

BANGOR – Maine Huts and Trails communications director Alexa Dayton will talk about a new network of huts, trails and waterways being developed in western Maine.

She will be the guest speaker at the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club’s Eastern Maine chapter meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, at Epic Sports, 6 Central St. The event was rescheduled from February, when Dayton was unable to travel to Bangor due to a winter storm.

“We have some exciting developments going on in western Maine and we are thrilled that it is coming to fruition,” Dayton said. “Maine Huts and Trails will provide access to the outdoors in perpetuity for the people of Maine.”

When completed, Maine Huts and Trails will consist of a 180-mile recreation corridor from Bethel to Moosehead Lake, with as many as 12 huts – each designed to accommodate as many as 40 guests. Dayton said the project was founded by Maine people with a vision for preserving Maine’s naturally beautiful remote areas while providing outdoor access to the public.

The Eastern Maine chapter of the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club meets in Bangor each month and offers a presentation on an outdoor adventure or a topic of interest for those who love the outdoors.

The club’s activities take place statewide and members communicate via e-mail lists to announce volunteer-organized trips and spontaneous outdoor adventures.

Club activities include hiking, water sports, biking, skiing, snow-shoeing and everything from extreme sports such as ice climbing to more gentle sports such as walking or birding. New members and visitors are welcome to attend meetings. For information, visit www.moac.org.

Turkey shoot

HUDSON – The Pushaw Lake ATV and Snowmobile Club will sponsor a turkey shoot and spaghetti dinner 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, April 20, at the clubhouse, Whitmore Landing Road.

The most holes in the paper plate per shot in each class wins a frozen turkey. The three classes are 12-gauge, 20-gauge and .410. Participants must purchase the club’s shells at a cost of three for $3. The cost of the spaghetti dinner is $4.

For information call Michael Haggerty at 852-0287 or Jeff Welch at 327-1661.