Last year, the Bangor Y Benefit Auction raised more than $25,000,reported Carrie Anderson-Paquette.
Proceeds from this year's 7th annual auction 'will be used by theYMCA and YWCA of Greater Bangor to develop programs that benefitBangor area youth and provide scholarships to those who are otherwiseunable to participate,' she wrote.
The Bangor Y Benefit Auction is 5-11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, atSpectacular Event Center, 395 Griffin Road in Bangor.
Tickets are $30 and can be obtained at the Bangor Y, 127 HammondSt. or 17 Second St.
Your admission includes dinner, raffles, a silent auction, a liveauction with emcee and auctioneer Dick Catelle, and a dance after thefestivities.
One of the major raffle items is an Old Town Canoe-Kayak package.
Silent auction items range from large to small, from event ticketsto tools.
The live auction includes everything from sports packages andtelevision advertising to books personalized and donated by StephenKing and artwork of Bill Bracken, Debra Daniels and Vitauts Knuble.
Anderson-Paquette reported the fundraiser has moved to a newlocation 'to accommodate more people and showcase our items better.'
With good attendance and spirited bidding, perhaps last year'samount can be surpassed and even more young people will benefit fromall the Bangor Y has to offer.
The public is invited to the St. Croix Historical Society meetingat 7 tonight at The Holmestead in Calais.
Guest speaker Douglas Dougherty will discuss his new book aboutthe history of Todd's Point.
Joni Miller reminds members 'a vote will be taken to amend thebylaws regarding dues increase.'
Refreshments will be served.
Here's a last-minute notice about an event that's been six monthsin the planning, but Mary Jo Sanger hopes tomato lovers will findtime to attend.
Tom Roberts of Snakeroot Farm in Pittsfield is the featuredspeaker during a free Brown Bag Lunch at noon Tuesday, Nov. 8, atPage Farm and Home Museum on the campus of the University of Maine inOrono.
'The whole program is about tomatoes,' from heirloom tomatoes tohybrids and from how to keep tomatoes to how to plant them, Sangersaid.
The program will feature 'everything everybody ever wanted to knowabout usual and unusual varieties of tomatoes,' she added.
'Tom Roberts is an organic farmer who attends many of the farmersmarkets' in this area, she said, 'and his program should be ofconsiderable interest.'
Roberts sells organic produce and flowers and is also the marketmaster for the Pittsfield Farmers Market.
You are invited to attend the 2005-2006 Maryann Hartman Awardsceremony from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Buchanan AlumniHouse on the University of Maine campus in Orono.
This lovely new facility on College Avenue is fully handicappedaccessible.
This is the 20th year the Women in the Curriculum and Women'sStudies Program has presented this award to Maine women ofdistinction.
The 2005-2006 honorees are Judith Isaacson, Jean Lavigne, DorothySchwartz and Brooke Hayne.
Isaacson is being recognized for her writing and lectures on herHolocaust experience and those of others.
Lavigne is being honored for her HIV-AIDS activism and herleadership in making benefits available to same-sex partners in theUMaine system.
Schwartz is receiving the award for making the Maine HumanitiesCouncil a major state cultural institution and a model for thecountry.
Hayne, who initiated Gay-Straight activities at her high school,despite opposition, will receive the Young Women's Society JusticeAward.
There is no fee and the event is open to the public, butregistration is necessary to arrange for seating and lightrefreshments.
If you would like to attend, please call 581-1228.
The public is welcome to attend a gathering of the AmericanAssociation of University Women, Penobscot Valley Branch, in honor ofa late member, Anne Johnson.
The program, coordinated by Mary Jo Sanger and Kathryn Olmsteadwith Cassie Gibbs and Mary Bird, is 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at PageFarm and Home Museum on the campus of the University of Maine inOrono.
In addition to her AAUW activities, Johnson promoted the SchoolGarden Network, for which she wrote a series of articles thatrecently have been reissued in booklet form and distributed to Maineschools.
Johnson also co-founded the Orono Farmers Market.
Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.
