Seven women who work in Bangor are trying to raise $5,000 for theMaine Cancer Foundation Women's Cancer Fund, and you can help.
Gail Creath e-mailed that she, Nancy Torresen, Darlene Emerson,Margaret Kravchuk, Julie Morse, Brenda DeRoche and ElizabethRichardson 'have formed a core group for a fundraising project toplant a pink tulip garden in front of the Margaret Chase SmithFederal Building' on Harlow Street in Bangor.'
To raise the $5,000, Creath said, the core group of gardeners willpurchase 500 pink tulip bulbs and sell the bulbs for $10 each.
The public is invited to attend the Pink Tulip Project kickoff andpurchase a bulb or bulbs at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, on the secondfloor of the federal building, where you also may enjoy brownies andcoffee.
If you are unable to attend but would like to donate directly tothe project, visit www.pinktulipproject.com, select Support A Garden,and then select Margaret Chase Smith Courthouse Garden.
Executive director Joshua Torrance invites you to the WoodlawnCanine Carnival 9 a.m.-2 p.m. today at Woodlawn, Route 172 inEllsworth.
The family event features everything from a dog show to tips onresponsible dog ownership, dog agility demonstrations, vendors anddog carting demonstrations.
Call 667-8671 or visit www.woodlawnmuseum.org for information.
Here's late word from Criterion Theatre and Arts Center boardmember Erin Uliano that the country duo Blue County will perform abenefit concert for the SPCA of Hancock County and the CriterionTheatre and Arts Center at 7 tonight at the theater in downtown BarHarbor.
Balcony tickets are $35 and downstairs tickets are $25. They areavailable at the theater and Cadillac Mountain Sports in Bar Harbor.
Uliano reports the concert will open with 'Maine favorite DannyHarper,' and that the benefit 'is very important to both nonprofitorganizations and could really help with their fundraising.'
She also believes that such 'a great Nashville name like BlueCounty doing a benefit in Maine' is quite special.
Katherine Marks-Molloy of the Orono Public Library reports it hasbeen selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer a 'Let's TalkAbout' Book Group with five sessions beginning 3:30-5:30 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Inn at Dirigo Pines Retirement Communityin Orono.
The succeeding sessions, all Thursdays, are Oct. 25, Nov. 29, Jan.31 and Feb. 28.
All residents of Orono and nearby communities are welcome toattend any or all of the meetings.
The series, 'The Mirror of Maine: The Maine Community in Myth andReality,' will be led by Judy Hakola, and books will be available atthe library.
The books in the series are 'The Weir' by Ruth Moore, 'A MaineHamlet' by Lura Beam, 'Twelve Journeys in Maine' by Wes McNair,'Empire Falls' by Richard Russo and 'Maine Speaks: An Anthology ofMaine Literature.'
For information, call the library at 866-5060.
Sue Tidd e-mailed that the Brain Injury Association of Maine isseeking volunteers to help plan the 2008 Walk for Thought scheduledfor March 22 at six sites that will attract more than 1,000 walkers.
For information, call 861-9900 or e-mail stidd@biame.org.
On behalf of Bangor Center Corp., Sally Bates reminds interestedparties that two public meetings on the subject of nighttime noiseissues in downtown Bangor are planned for next week.
The first meeting is noon-1 p.m. and the second 5:30-6:30 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 27, in council chambers of Bangor City Hall.
Bates reminds readers the Bangor City Council asked BCC's LiaisonCommittee to address the issue of 'after hours bars' downtown andthese meetings are follow-ups to the committee's first publicmeeting, which was on Aug. 28.
Community Health and Counseling Services has announced it isseeking volunteers for its Warm Line program.
Warm Line, according to a release, 'is a part-time, free andconfidential, non-crisis telephone line designed to serve personswith mental illness, and their families, in Penobscot, Piscataquis,Washington and Hancock counties.'
Warm Line volunteers are individuals who possess 'a sense ofempathy, the ability to be nonjudgmental, and good listening skills.'
Training and support are provided, and information is available bycalling Maureen Walsh, 947-0366, or 800-924-0366, ext. 214, andleaving a message.
Volunteers will receive an application and an interviewappointment.
Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.
