Free healthy eating class
LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing will offer a free healthy eating class for anyone interested in learning more about nutritious food. Feast from the Farm Market will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at the Dempsey Center, 29 Lowell St.
This class will feature a fresh and local flair. Dempsey Center dietitian Judy Donnelly will prepare a variety of locally grown food, including produce from the Dempsey Center Community Garden, in ways that decorate the plate, please taste buds and boost nutrition. There will be lots of nutrition information related to the foods being prepared and how they benefit health.
Preregistration is required and available by phone at 207-795-8250, toll-free 1-877-336-7287 or online at www.dempseycenter.org.
Pickwick Club meets Aug. 24
AUBURN — The Pickwick Club, Maine’s Dickens discussion group, will meet at the Auburn Library from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 24.
Book to be discussed is “The Old Curiosity Shop,” chapters 37-73.
For more information call Alexis at 778-4510 or Joanne at 583-6957.
Pig roast set for Aug. 24
POWNAL — The North Pownal United Methodist Church will host a pig roast from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at 851 Lawrence Road .
Advance tickets are available for $10 for adults, 13 years and up; $5 for 5 to 12 years; and no charge for under 4 years.
Tickets at the door will be $12 for adults, $7 for 5 to 12 years and no charge for under 4 years.
Menu will include pork, assorted sides, rolls, blueberry desserts and beverages. Hamburgers will be available instead of pork.
For tickets or more information call Deb at 240-1637, Nancy at 688-4481 or Mavis at 926-5641.
Bartending course at CMCC
AUBURN — The Corporate and Community Services Department at Central Maine Community College will offer a bartending course from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays, Sept. 11 through Nov. 13.
The cost is $379 and includes all materials. Students will learn the basics of professional bartending and mixology and its application in restaurants, clubs and function facilities. This course also includes the “Maine Course,” a six-hour seminar in the responsible service of alcohol required by the State of Maine Liquor Commission and the Department of Human Services.
For more information or to register, call 207-755-5280, email training@cmcc.edu or visit www.cmcc.edu/training. Registration deadline is Sept. 4.
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