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Schools

Americanism Essay Contest

BANGOR – “Why I Am Proud to Say the Pledge of Allegiance” is this year’s topic for the Americanism Essay Contest sponsored by the Bangor Lodge of Elks 244.

Pupils enrolled in grades five through eight at schools in Bangor, Brewer, Holden, Hermon, Orrington, Carmel, Winterport and Veazie.

Corinth and Bucksport also are eligible to participate in the contest.

Cash prizes will be awarded to the winning essays.

The entry deadline is Nov. 7. To obtain contest rules and more information, call Joan Glans at 942-3616.

Play school classes

HAMPDEN – The child development classes at Hampden Academy will operate a play school for area children between ages 3 to 5.

The program will run three mornings a week for 11/2 hours from the end of September until the end of January.

The program offers students who are studying child development the opportunity to observe children and practice effective ways of caring for children. It offers young children a safe and well-supervised learning environment. Fifteen applicants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

To preregister a child or to obtain information, call Hampden Academy at 862-3791.

Challenger ground breaking

BANGOR – The Challenger Learning Center of Maine’s board of directors held a groundbreaking ceremony for the center on the corner of Texas and Illinois avenues. Taking part in the ceremony were board President Bill Buckley, Dr. Sandy Ervin and Rick Cattelle

Colleges

Husson College Homecoming

BANGOR – Husson College’s annual Homecoming celebration Sept. 20-21 will honor inductees into the Sports Hall of Fame and the Alumni Hall of Fame.

Other events are:

Saturday, Sept. 20

. Women’s field hockey game – Lasell, 10 a.m., Winkin Complex.

. Women’s volleyball tournament – Becker College and Elms College, 10 a.m., Newman Gymnasium.

. Football tailgate party, 10:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m.

. Clara Swan Players reunion, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., G. Pierce Webber Campus Center.

. Student cookout, noon, at the Bell Tower.

. First home football game – Mount Ida, 1:30 p.m., Winkin Complex.

. Nursing alumni afternoon tea, 2 to 3 p.m., Richard E. Dyke Center for Family Business.

. Sports Hall of Fame inductees ceremony and retirement of team number 00 worn by Vicki Mazerall, 5 to 6 p.m., D. Bruce MacGregor Sports Hall of Fame Room.

. Cocktail hour, 6 p.m., G. Pierce Webber Campus Center.

. Alumni Hall of Fame and Sports Hall of Fame dinner, 7 p.m., G. Pierce Webber Campus Center.

Sunday, Sept. 21

. Worship service with the Rev. Bob Carlson, 9 a.m., Chapel.

. Women’s field hockey – Simmons, 1 p.m., Winkin Complex.

To obtain information, call Terri Sleeper at (800) 726-7063, or e-mail sleepert@husson.edu.

UM faculty exhibit

ORONO – The art of University of Maine Art Department faculty members will be highlighted in the 36th annual Faculty Exhibition, which runs through Oct. 15 in the 1938 and Carnegie Galleries in UMaine’s Carnegie Hall.

An opening reception is set for 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12. Both the reception and the exhibition are free and open to the public. Regular gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Twenty faculty members are featured in the exhibition, which includes 47 recent works in a variety of media – including photography, sculpture, painting, prints, digital video, sketches, ceramics and large-scale installations.

Faculty members featured in the exhibition are Constant Albertson, Susan Camp, Raphael DiLuzio, John Eden, Michael Grillo, Susan Groce, Nina Jerome, Wayne Hall, Laurie E. Hicks, Gordon Hughes, MaJo Keleshian, Michael H. Lewis, James Linehan, Judith Sasso-Mason, Wally Mason, Andy Mauery, Ed Nadeau, Owen F. Smith, Alan Stubbs and Sam Van Aken.