Girl Scout cookies sales begin Friday, Jan. 9, through Sunday, Feb. 1. Locate any registered Girl Scout or contact Jeanie Duguay at 364-2138 or Girl Scouts of Kennebec Council at 1-800-660-1072 and they can help you locate a registered Girl Scout or Girl Scout Troop in your area. There is a new cookie out this year, the Pinata.

Class of 1943

RUMFORD – The women of Stephens High School class of 1943 will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at the Island Cafe restaurant. For more information call 364-8335.

Oxford Democrats

NORWAY – The Oxford County Democrats will be dispatching volunteers to secure signatures from registered Democrats on petitions for the re-election of Congressman Mike Michaud on Saturday, Jan. 10. Petition Day will conclude with a Pizza Party at the Fare Share Commons on Main Street in Norway from 4 to 6 p.m. Michaud and staff will be in attendance and the Oxford County Democrats will award a prize for the most signatures collected prior to 4 p.m. County Chairperson Cathy Newell announced that the signature gathering for Michaud and for local candidates will continue throughout the weeks leading up to the Feb. 8 Caucus day.

Petition Day organizers include Myra Bethel in Fryeburg, Marlee Turner in Brownfield, Hilary Ware and Marge Medd in Norway, Lynn Baker in Waterford, Cathy Newell in Greenwood, Nancy Willard, Ben Shimamura and Maryellen Gartner in Woodstock, Linda and Bill Petrie in Mexico, Terry Hayes in Buckfield, John Patrick, Kim Sequoia and Mitzi Sequoia in Rumford, and Pam Pace and Bruce Bryant in Dixfield. Individuals wishing to gather signatures in their town may contact any of the organizers, or Cathy Newell at 875-2116 or cathyn@megalink.net. Anyone who would like to attend the pizza party is asked to RSVP to Cathy Newell at 875-2116. In the case of inclement weather, information will be on WOXO.

The January meeting of the Oxford County Democrats will be held on Thursday, January 22 at the Paris Town Office on Main Street beginning at 5 p.m. for pot-luck supper. Those attending will be trained for the February caucuses. Snow date for this meeting is Friday, Jan. 23. Aymie Walshe, executive director of the Maine Democratic Party, will conduct the training.

A complete list of caucus convenors, locations and times will be released in mid-January, and is available on the state party Web site, www.mainedems.org.

Phone Home

MEXICO – With more Mainers than ever being activated and deployed for military duty, families need a way to stay in touch with each other. Maine’s credit unions have been asked to bring back the successful “Operation Phone Home” Campaign they created last spring to help military personnel stay in touch with their families.

The new project, Operation Phone Home 2004 – A New Resolve, is asking members to donate phone cards or money from Jan. 5 to Jan. 25. At the end of the project, phone cards and cash will be donated to the USO to distribute to troops and their families to phone home and call family members for support during this difficult time. Drop cards or cash contributions at credit unions by Jan. 25. Make sure phone cards can be used nationally and internationally. All cards and a check of all contributions will be sent to the USO.

Yoga talk

RUMFORD – A free talk on Yoga presented by Jean Popovich will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at the Rumford Public Library public room. This is sponsored by Red Hill Natural Foods and Onsite Massage. Free seated massages by Cathy Lane will be available. Cookies and tea will be provided by Spiritual City Studios.

FreshStart

RUMFORD – FreshStart is a support and preparation program for quitting smoking designed by the American Cancer Society. The program consists of four, one-hour sessions and will be led by Sarah Coolidge. The program addresses reasons for smoking, methods and activities to help smokers quit and strategies to help them remain smoke-free.

Class is being offered on Jan. 12, 14, 21 and 28, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in room 357 at Rumford Community Hospital located on Franklin Street. This program is free. Please call 364-7408 to register and for more information.

Project NOW stands for Northern Oxford Wellness and is one of 31 Healthy Maine Partnerships across the state. Project NOW’s purpose is to educate people about tobacco, physical fitness and good nutrition. If anyone has any questions or comments, please call RVHCC at 364-7408.

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