Hospital plans heart workshop
NORWAY — The MaineHealth Learning Resource Center at Stephens Memorial Hospital will hold “The Beat Goes On: Living Well with Heart Failure,” from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Thursdays through May 24, at the Harper Conference Center at the Ripley Medical Office Building, 193 Main St. The program began April 26.
Join health professionals from Stephens Memorial Hospital and learn skills to help you better manage your condition and connect with others who have heart failure. During this five-week series, topics covered will be eating well, exercise, stress and medication management. Feel free to bring a friend or family member to the class.
The fee for the course is $5 per person. Scholarships are available. Registration is required. For more information or to register call 1-866-609-5183.
Nutrition, cancer prevention
OXFORD — A program on nutrition and cancer prevention will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 5, at Hannaford, 1603 Main St. There is no cost for the program, offered by The MaineHealth Learning Resource Center at Stephens Memorial Hospital.
Learn about the foods that help you live healthier and reduce your cancer risk with registered dietitian and nutrition coordinator, Dona Forke, from the Oxford Hannaford. This class will focus on some of the key foods and ingredients that have been shown to help prevent cancer and why they are so important.
Registration is required. For more information or to register call 1-866-609-5183.
Migratory bird walk
NORWAY — Due to the shortened winter season, record early ice-out dates and early spring bloom, the Western Foothills Land Trust has scheduled its 17th annual bird walk for Saturday, May 5, exactly two calendar weeks ahead of normal. The rain date will be May 6.
Due to a perceived desire for additional morning rest on behalf of potential return birders, the Trust is breaking all traditions and will start the walk at 8 a.m. this year — “almost noon” to most bird watchers — from the newly completed warming hut at Roberts Farm Preserve, 64 Roberts Road.
The bird walk is highly competitive, very fun and educational. Bring binoculars and bird books. Dress for weather, bugs, walking and wet footing. About 50 species are generally identified during the two-hour walk. Refreshments will be available, $10 donation requested. For more information call 739-2124 or email wflt@megalink.net.
SeniorsPlus open house
NORWAY — SeniorsPlus will hold an open house at the Norway Town Hall from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, to introduce a new outreach project for seniors and adults with disabilities in Oxford County.
Kathy Brill, manager of the Aging and Disability Resource Center at SeniorsPlus, will be there to introduce their new Oxford County Outreach worker, Valerie Cole, to the community.
Refreshments will be served.
Library to host game warden
BRYANT POND — Norman E. Lewis, Maine State game warden, will be the guest speaker at the Whitman Memorial Library at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 10. Lewis is a resident of Woodstock. The program is open to the public at no charge and light refreshments will be served.
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