New members are welcome to attend “our last meeting” until spring, wrote Linda Brier-Hall of Belfast, president of Waldo County Education Association-Retired.
WCEA-R meets at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Waldo County Technical Center, 1022 Waterville Road, or Route 137, Waldo.
“We’ll enjoy a luncheon prepared and served by the students in the Culinary Arts program,” Brier-Hall explained.
The luncheon cost is $6, and the program features the Mount View Chamber Singers, directed by David Stevenson, who are “preparing for a busy and ambitious holiday season,” Brier-Hall added.
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This morning, radio station WBZN Z-107.3 personality “The Kid” began a parking lot camp-out to collect 2,009 turkeys or cash donations of $10 for a turkey.
Nelson Jewell of Cumulus Broadcasting reports the station will broadcast live from the Brewer Hannaford lot until 2,009 turkeys are collected to help Manna Ministries and other area food cupboards feed the needy this holiday season.
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Susan Jonason reports the next Avalon Village House Concert will feature guitarist, songwriter and vocalist Walter Strauss at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at The Manor House, 50 Foxglove Drive, Hampden.
The suggested donation is $10.
Seating is limited, and advance reservations are encouraged. For reservations, call 862-5100, ext. 11.
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Hostesses Sharon Barker, Rep. Emily Cain and Mary Cathcart invite members and guests to the Penobscot Valley AAUW meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the University of Maine Women’s Resource Center in Fernald Hall on the Orono campus.
The topic will be “Maine NEW Leadership, a 6-day nonpartisan program for undergraduate students which is designed to identify and educate the next generation of women leaders,” according to the release. Several participants are expected to attend.
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You are invited to a Caring Connections Bone Health Information and Discussion Group meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Bangor Y, Second Street.
Louise Bonawitz, R.N., will discuss the importance of exercise in maintaining health and quality of life.
For information or to attend, call Robin Long, 941-2808.
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Bucksport Senior Citizens director Myrtle Pendleton announces that Country Music Night, 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at The Alamo Theatre, Main Street, will benefit that organization.
Advance tickets are $8. Tickets at the door are $10.
Master of ceremonies will be “Bob Elston of the Maine Country Music Association,” Pendleton wrote.
For tickets, call 469-7559.
For information, call 469-0703.
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Walter Boomsma reminds those associated with Valley Grange that its annual homecoming will begin with a “spaghetti suppah” at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at the Grange Hall in Guilford.
Boomsma reports admission is $6, $3 for children under 12, and “toddlers are free.”
Entertainment by the Back Porch Bluegrass Band begins at 7 p.m. Admission is by donation, he added, hoping you will “bring the whole family” to this annual event.
For information, call Boomsma at 876-4131.
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Co-producers Cheryl Olson Lorenz and Monique Hashey invite audience members to dress in ’50s style and “join in the fun” when they attend “Grease,” at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, and Saturday, Nov. 21 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, at Hermon High School on Route 2.
Tickets are $5 and are available at Danforth’s Supermarket, the school office, from cast members and at the door.
For what is believed to be the “first musical within memory” at HHS, Lorenz wrote, the large cast features Nicholas Tsoulas, Jennifer Phipps, Catherine McElvain and Jordan Lorenz in lead rolls.
“A true community-school collaboration,” she added, Morita Tapley of Morita’s School of Dance in Hermon is the choreographer, Joanne Durkovich and Camden Carter are directing the production, and John Kollman is the musical director.