AUGUSTA – Mid-State College will hold an Adult, Child and Infant CPR course Friday, May 16, at 8:30 a.m. on the Augusta campus, 218 Water St. The cost is $55 for Mid-State College students, faculty, staff and alumni, and $65 for others. To register, people can visit the administrative offices at the college’s Augusta or Auburn campus for an application or contact the admissions office, 1-800-950-8686. Only 10 students will be registered.

Bioterrorism expert

BRUNSWICK- Bowdoin College will award 446 bachelor of arts degrees at its 198th commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24. It will include addresses by a bioterrorism expert and three graduating seniors.

Bowdoin President Barry Mills, class of 1972, will award the degrees on the terrace of the Walker Art Building. Maine Gov. John Baldacci will deliver greetings from the state. Brother Richard Crawley will give the invocation.

Bowdoin will award honorary degrees to Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, vice president for biological programs at the Nuclear Threat Initiative in Washington and an expert on bioterrorism; Mark Morris, founder, choreographer and artistic director of the Mark Morris Dance Group; Grace Paley, writer of poetry, short stories and essays; and Raymond S. Troubh, Bowdoin class of 1950, a financial consultant.

In the event of severe weather, commencement will be in Farley Field House. The baccalaureate will be at 4 p.m. Friday, May 23, in Morrell Gym.

Topic: Alzheimer’s

BIDDEFORD – The University of New England will host a conference, “Living with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Workshop for Family Caregivers,” from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 28. It is free to all family members.

Topics will include “Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease,” “Communication and Behavior Issues,” “Taking Care of You, the Caregiver” and “Community Resources and Supports.”

Participants should bring a bag lunch. For more information or to register, people can call the Maine Alzheimer’s Association, 1-800-660-2871, night or day, seven days a week.

Cemetery tour

POLAND SPRING – The Maine Old Cemetery Association will meet Saturday, May 31, at the Maine State Building. Registration ($3) will be 9 to 10 a.m., with coffee and doughnuts served.

The program will include a business meeting and a presentation by John Nelson on “Noninvasive Geophysical.” Elliott Levy, executive director of the Poland Spring Preservation Society, will also speak.

Lunch will be available for $5, to be paid before May 21. People can send $5 to Cheryl Patten, 1161 East Pond Road, Smithfield, ME 04978. Those wishing may bring their own lunch.

A tour of Poland cemeteries will be in the afternoon. All who are interested in preserving Maine cemeteries are welcome.

Six vans donated

TOGUS – The Veterans Affairs Medical Center has received six vans from the Disabled American Veterans.

The vans will be driven by local volunteers organized by the nonprofit DAV and its auxiliary. Heading the effort is Maurice W. Pelletier, a hospital service coordinator at the Togus VA Medical Center. The donation was made possible through the DAV national organization and the Maine DAV.

Now, free transportation services will be provided to veterans in the Togus, Caribou, Lewiston, Calais, Brunswick and Athens areas, DAV officials said. They said they plan to expand that service as additional volunteer drivers are signed up.

Area veterans, who need transportation assistance and who live within those six areas, should contact Pelletier at 623-5790.

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