LEWISTON – Longley-Dionne VFW Post 9150 and Auxiliary will meet at noon Sunday, Feb. 29, at the Lewiston Elks Lodge at 1675 lisbon St. Up for discussion will be membership, nomination of officers, update on Veterans Memorial Park, poppies and spring activities. The auxiliary is planning poppy sales and a visit to the South Paris Veterans Home.

VFW fund-raiser

AUBURN – VFW Post 1603 will donate proceeds from the next two post breakfasts to the New Auburn Little League. Breakfasts will be from 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 29, and Sunday, March 14. The post will host the state convention June 10, 11 and 12 in Lewiston. A ham raffle will be held at 7 p.m. April 9 and the auxiliary will serve a smothered beef super before the raffle.

The auxiliary will also put on a banquet to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the post on May 1. For more information, call Joan Hebert, auxiliary president, at 782-2573 or call the post at 783-2561 after 2 p.m. from Tuesday through Saturday.

Any eligible veteran interested in membership should contact the post or Arthur J. Roy, adjutant, at 784-6883 or e-mail: [email protected].

Widows group

LISBON FALLS – The Lisbon Area Widows Fellowship will meet on Monday, March 1, at the Lisbon United Methodist Church, School Street. The gathering will begin with a social time at 11:30 a.m. followed by a potluck lunch at noon. All interested widows in the area are invited.

DivorceCare

LEWISTON – DivorceCare, a group that helps persons recover from separation or divorce, will begin on Monday, March 1, at Thomas Memorial Baptist Church, 62 Strawberry Ave. The group will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Call the church office at 784-0034 for details.

ACA speaker

LEWISTON – The Dr. Paul Fortier Chapter No. 52 of the Association Canado-Americaine will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 1, in the Senior Citizens Room of the Multi-Purpose Center.

There will be a presentation on “Tracing Your Family’s French Roots” by Jane Fogg of the Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society. Fogg, who lives in Auburn, instructs classes in genealogical research for the Auburn Adult Education Program, and also leads workshops locally and statewide through the genealogical society. She serves as both an officer and librarian of the Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society, which is based at the former Great Falls School on High Street in Auburn. For more information, call President Gerard Legare at 783-0606.

OES to elect

AUBURN – Mt. Olivet Chapter 29, Order of the Eastern Star, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, to hear the annual reports and elect officers at the Masonic Hall, Turner Street. All Eastern Star members are welcome. Refreshments will be provided by Joan Gellatly at 6 p.m.

Seniors lunch

MONMOUTH – The Golden Age Seniors will meet for lunch at noon Wednesday, March 3, at the Packard Center. Members are invited to bring a friend.

College planning

LEWISTON – The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will offer “The Essentials of College Planning Workshop” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, at the Lewiston Career Center. The workshop is free. Call 1-800-281-3703 to register.

Shaker workshops

NEW GLOUCESTER – The 2004 Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum workshop list will be available on Monday, March 1. For a free copy, call 926-4597 or go to [email protected].

Exchange club

AUBURN – Bob Clark, Boys and Girls Club executive director, recently updated members of the Auburn Exchange Club on what the youths are doing. Accompanying Clark were his daughter, Elizabeth, and Mark “MJ” Cherilla, a Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year finalist. Cherilla spoke on that program.

Clark announced that the club’s technology center has significantly been upgraded, thanks to a $35,000 grant from the JC Penney Corp. Amy Brooks has received the first Christopher Bardier Memorial Scholarship, Clark said. She plans attend the University of Maine at Augusta.

John Higgins, reporting on the gun show, said that the club has sold 187 tables so far. Paul Dubois also said that the club has almost $1,500 in donations in Larry Higgins’ memory.

Bridge results

LEWISTON – The Lewiston-Auburn Social Bridge Club winners at the Multi-Purpose Center on Feb. 23rd were: First, Helen Little and George Vogt; second, Betty and Doug Sise; third, Anna Vitiello and Randy Silver; fourth, Alberta Turner and Connie Simpson; fifth, Marta Clements and Nancy Farmer; third in B, Cynthia Bonsey and Joe Conley.

Games are played every Monday at 9 a.m., a mini lesson is given, and a partner is guaranteed. Call Rosemarie Goodwin for more information.

Registrations are being accepted at the Lewiston Adult Ed. Office for Play of the Hand bridge course which will start at 4 p.m. Monday, March 15.