Positions are limited, but applications are still available for eligible young people to participate in the Tri-County Summer Youth Employment Program.
Nancy McKechnie of Training and Development Corp. reports qualifying individuals must meet low-income eligibility guidelines “as well as at least one other employability barrier.”
For residents of Piscataquis, Penobscot and Hancock counties, the pay is $7.25 an hour for approximately 30 hours a week.
The program is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Eastern Maine Development Corp. and the Tri-County Workforce Investment Board.
“This is an excellent opportunity to provide young people with the opportunity to gain work experience with local employers and to earn much-needed extra money,” McKechnie wrote, adding employers “interested in providing productive and meaningful work experience” for young people “must provide supervision and appropriate working conditions.”
Qualifying individuals or interested employers should call the Bangor Career Center to either request an application or to provide a job opportunity.
Call 561-4076; 561-4055; 561-4028 or 888-828-0568 and ask for the Summer Youth Employment Program.
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Diane Whitney and members of First Congregational Church of Lincoln “are really looking forward” to their third annual perennial sale 8-10 a.m. Saturday, June 13, at the church, 19 School St.
Most plants will sell for $1, $2 or $3, Whitney wrote of the sale that benefits “the bell tower project.
“It is a great time and fun to see the plants sell at such a fast pace,” she added.
“Gardeners are very serious about getting good plants for such a good price.”
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Carmen Smith reports the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society’s fourth annual Attic Sale is 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the Dover-Foxcroft Fire Station.
Proceeds “help the Society maintain the buildings and preserve the artifacts,” Smith wrote of The Observer Museum building, which “will be open the day of the sale,” adding that the Blacksmith Shop Museum on Dawes Road is open “most every day now.”
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Admission is a $2 donation to attend the Peony Society of Maine eighth annual Peony Garden Tour 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, June 13 and June 20, at 23 Ohio St., Bangor.
Proceeds will be “used to give peony roots to various nonprofit groups, which have included the Littlefield Demonstration Gardens at the University of Maine in Orono, Ecotat Gardens in Hermon, the Master Gardeners Gardens in Stillwater and the Bangor Public Library,” said Ken Liberty.
The tours are rain or shine, “and the display changes from week-to-week, flowering being influenced by the weather.”
For more information, call Liberty at 945-9726.
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Valdine Atwood and the Machias Historical Society invite you to the fifth annual Margaretta Day Festival: A Celebration of the American Revolution Downeast, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the University of Maine in Machias campus mall.
Colonial re-enactors depicting life in the 1700s; music, including the UMM ukulele band; Indian dancing, food and fun are part of the event that will conclude with a service of remembrance. There is no admission charge.
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Church president David Wildes wrote that Union Congregational Church of Hancock is continuing “its long tradition of hosting public bean suppers to raise funds for the church and the many community organizations it helps to support.”
The next supper, which includes American chop suey and lots of homemade pies and cakes, is 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the church, 1368 U.S. Highway 1.
Admission is $8 for adults; $5 for children under 10, free for children under 5.
For your calendar, the remaining suppers are July 11, Sept. 12 and Oct. 10.
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Auction director Margie Oxman reminds you Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s eighth annual Juried Art Auction will begin with live bidding with auctioneer James Julia at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester.
To register, view online, pre-bid or proxy bid, visit http://auction.mpbn.net.
For more information, e-mail Oxman at moxman@mpbn.net or call 800-884-1717, ext. 5167.
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Sharon Smith reports the cooks of Monroe Community Church, who love to mix it up for you, are ready with a meal featuring “authentic Asian cuisine in a relaxing atmosphere,” which they are calling Lemon Grass and Jasmine.
By reservation only, the dinner features a menu that ranges from sushi to sweet rice with mango, served from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the church on Route 139.
For reservations, call 525-9908.
Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; javerill@bangordailynews.net; 990-8288.