Sewing projects
LEWISTON — An arts display featuring sewing projects from members of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Club at the Hillview Resource Center is being held at L/A Arts at 221 Lisbon St. through July 15.
L-A DU
LEWISTON — Participants and volunteers are still being sought for Sunday’s L-A DU at Simard-Payne Police Memorial Park. The event, which benefits Museum L-A’s development of its future home at the former Camden Yarns Mill, begins at 8 a.m. on June 26.
Preregistration continues for the duathlon (2.5- and 3-mile runs and 14-mile bike) as well as the New Balance 5K, L.L.Bean Community Walk (one mile), and Kids’ Obstacle Course. Register online atmuseumla.org/ladu/registration.
Volunteer help is needed for all the day’s events and activities taking place at the park both before and after the competitions. Volunteers will guide participants on the courses, help with registration, hand out water to participants and help with various events of the day.
All volunteers will receive a special race T-shirt to wear for the event and to keep as a thank-you. Volunteers report at 7 a.m. Online registration for volunteers is encouraged at www.museumla.org/volunteers; those unable to do so may call Museum L-A at 333-3881. More information can be found online at www.museumla.org/ladu or by calling Race Director Mike Lecompte at 212-3722.
Natural history
TURNER — The Turner Natural History Club will hold their June meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at the museum, 442 Turner Road, Turner Center. Speaker Roy Cronkhite will talk about honeybees and the problems that confront them.
Roy is a past president of the Maine State Beekeepers Association and teaches beekeeping classes statewide and promises to be an entertaining speaker. Honeybees are responsible for pollinating approximately 30% of the foods we eat so the recent decline in honeybee numbers due to disease, habitat reduction and other reasons is disturbing.
Refreshments will be provided and those attending are invited to tour the museum and explore its thousands of specimens, from minerals to shells, bird eggs, beach sand from around the world to tree cones and mounted birds.
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