Cruiz Nite
AUBURN — The United New Auburn Association will present Kids Nite/Cruiz Nite from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at Rolly’s Diner. This will be the last cruiz nite for the season this year and will return in the spring.
There will be activities for children and adults alike. A pig will be roasted; donation of $5 per person, with the proceeds going towards a winter festival in New Auburn in the coming months.
‘Boot Drive’
AUBURN — On Friday, Sept. 9, the Auburn and Lewiston Fire Fighters will team up to collect money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The collection will start at approximately 3:30 p.m. and end at dusk. They will be collecting donations at the intersection of Union, Center and Turner streets.
Help the fire fighters fill the boot and raise money for children affected by Muscular Dystrophy. All of the proceeds will go to the MDA to help families in Maine.
Conservation day
POLAND SPRING — The Student Conservation Association , a national leader in youth service and stewardship, will join Poland Spring Water Company employees in Poland Spring, for a joint “Employee Conservation Service Day” at Range Ponds State Park from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 10.
SCA and Poland Spring employee volunteers will remove invasive species and rehabilitate outbuildings at the park. This project is part of a larger partnership between Nestle Waters North America/NWNA (Poland Spring’s parent company) and SCA to help engage and mobilize NWNA employees to volunteer in their communities on important local conservation projects. Saturday’s effort also marks a nationwide Day of Service in honor of the 10 year anniversary of 9/11, while also supporting SCA’s mission to build the next generation of conservation leaders.
Participants should enter at the front gate and proceed to the parking area. Follow signage for SCA/Nestle Waters’ check-in.
Toy run
AUGUSTA — The United Bikers of Maine will hold the annual toy run from Augusta to Windsor on Sunday, Sept. 11.
Participants will get organized at the Augusta Civic Center, with the ride beginning promptly at noon.
Organizers are expecting between 16,000 and 20,000 bikers to donate between 9,000 and 14,000 toys to be distributed to Maine children this holiday season.
FMI, go to www.ubm-usa.org.
Author to speak
LEWISTON — Local author Martha Stevens-David of Minot will appear at Lewiston Public Library from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the Couture Conference Room.
David will speak about her recently published book, “Autobiography of a Simple Soul,” which is a collection of short stories about growing up in the small Aroostook County town of Ashland. Wishing to be a writer since the age of nine, she has worked on her short story collection for nearly 30 years and it was only after retiring from the Bates College Museum of Art in 2008 that she began sharing her work. Martha also writes children’s stories and poetry.
Lakeside Chapter
WALES — Lakeside Chapter #60, O. E. S. will meet Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the Grange/Masonic Hall, 322 Centre Road, to honor the stations of conductress and associate conductress. Grand officers have been invited.
At the August Meeting, Robert M. L. Cone, past grand patron, presented Brett Jervis with his Rob Morris Jewel for Bertha Cadigan, general Grand Chapter committee chairman and past grand matron of Maine, who was unable to attend. Jervis was congratulated for his high level of involvement in recruiting members.
Pine Cone, Pioneer and Lakeside Chapter each took home $41 as their share of the ESTARL supper proceeds. This money will go to Grand Chapter for scholarships to fund scholars in religious studies. All members are welcome at the 7 p.m. meeting.
Scout registration
AUBURN — Cub Scout Pack 111 and Boy Scout Troop 111 will have a new member registration evening at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at the United Methodist Church of Auburn, 439 Park Ave. All boys in grades 1 through 11 and their parents are invited to come find out more about Boy Scouting and how to join. For more information, contact William Buzza at 783-9786 or cspack111@yahoo.com.
Car seat inspection
LEWISTON — The United Ambulance Service will offer a free car seat inspection station from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15. No registration is required. The event is being hosted by Central Maine Medical Center, United Ambulance Service and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. The car seat technician will be June Turcotte and she can be reached at 795-2695. For more information about the event visit www.buckleupmaine.com.
Eastern Star
LISBON FALLS — Pioneer Chapter No. 11 Lisbon Falls, Order of the Eastern Star, will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Ancient York Masonic Hall, Route 196. Prior to the meeting, there will be an ESTARL supper with the assistance of Pine Cone and Lakeside Chapter. Dinner will begin at 6 p.m.; a $3 donation will be collected for Eastern Star Training Awards for Religious Leadership Scholarship. All members of the Order are invited.
Literacy training
AUBURN — Literacy Volunteers-Androscoggin will offer a 12-hour tutor training workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, and Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Auburn Public Library.
Patience, flexibility and creativity are the traits of an effective tutor. Individuals who are age 21 or above and read at a minimum 12th-grade level are invited to call 333-4785 or email info@literacyvolunteersandro.org.
Literacy Volunteers has many adults who need critical reading and writing skills waiting for tutors. Call or email by Sept. 16. Registration is required.
Grange craft fair
NEW GLOUCESTER — Sabbathday Lake Grange will hold a craft fair and sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. The hall is located at 370 Sabbathday Road and is handicap accessible.
Table rental is $10 for a six-foot table. To reserve a table, email Steven at Granger04071@aol.com or call Norma at 998-2586 by Sept. 15.
A lunch will be available of homemade macaroni and cheese, chop suey, hot dogs and sandwiches. The Grange is also holding a food drive to collect items for the Community Auxiliary Food Pantry in Gray.
Dempsey dinner
LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center is offering a free prostate cancer dinner and learn to cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. “Living Longer with Prostate Cancer” will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at CMMC, 12 High St., in conference room A.
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Stacey Kenfield, ScD Dept of Epidemiology and Nutrition, research associate and instructor at Harvard Medical School will share new research on how diet and lifestyle factors relate to prevention, progression and improved survival in men with prostate cancer.
Kenfield directs and oversees the clinical follow-up of the prostate cancer survivors’ cohort of the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study at Harvard, comprised of more than 6,500 men. Her recent publications on physical activity, recurrence and survival were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research in February and June.
Dinner will be provided and seating is limited to 50. Required preregistration is available by calling the Dempsey Center at 795-8250, toll-free 1-877-336-7287 or online at www.dempseycenter.org.
Felines yard sale
GREENE — Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends will hold a Harvest Time yard and bake sale at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at Farris Equipment, Route 202.
Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends receives no state or federal funding. Donation of items or baked goods are appreciated.
All proceeds go directly to feed, house and provide veterinary care for hundreds of feral cats.
For more information, call Norm at 650-8374.
Leavitt reunion
TURNER — The Leavitt Class of 1981 will host a 30-year reunion Saturday, Oct. 15, at The Turner Highlands Restaurant. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will begin at 6 and music will be provided by ’81 classmate Craig Poland.
The Class of ’81 also invites classes before and after to come share memories of yesterday and revisit with old friends. Cost per person is $20. Checks should be sent to Stacy Cobb, 9 Grove St. Suite #2, Auburn, ME 04210.
For more information, contact Heidi Nadeau Naylor, 650-8094, mhnaylor@megalink.net; Stacy Hammond Cobb, 754-1091, stacy.cobb@nmfn.com; or Ann Brock, 330-0407, Annbrock48@gmail.com.
Oak Hill craft fair
WALES — Oak Hill High School will hold their 9th annual holiday craft fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Oak Hill High School, 56 School Road.
There will be great holiday gifts, refreshments and a 50/50 raffle. All proceeds are to benefit the class of 2013. To reserve a table, mail a $25 check to Oak Hill High School, contact Helen Sherman, 56 School Road, PO Box 400, Wales, ME 04280.
Legion craft fair
SABATTUS — The Sabattus American Legion Auxiliary will host their first craft fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at the post home on Island Road. To rent a table or for more information, contact Judy Cyr at 375-4424 or Joan Caron at 375-4639.
Craft fair tables
AUBURN — On Sunday, Nov. 20, the Ladies’ Auxiliary Unit #31 will host a craft fair from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Alden M. Gayton Post #31, 426 Washington St. Tables are available to rent: $25 for tables with electricity (eight available), $20 for tables without electricity. Call Heidi at 782-5347, Colleen at 345-3006, or the post at 783-6992 to reserve a table.
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