Harvest meal

RUMFORD – Rumford Grange will have its annual Harvest Dinner at noon Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Rumford Center Grange Hall. The prices are $7 for adults and $3.50 for children.

There are take-out dinners, too. Call Vicki at 364-2129 to place an order and dinners will be ready for pick-up at noon.

Church speaker

FARMINGTON – The Rev. Dr. Jennifer Knust will be the guest preacher on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 10:30 a.m. at Henderson Memorial Baptist Church. Knust teaches New Testament on the faculty of Boston University School of Theology. She is an ordained American Baptist minister and a member of the First Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon. Knust will talk on “The City of God,” based on the gospel text in Matthew 22:15-22.

Writing conclave

AUGUSTA – Writing teachers from Maine universities, community colleges and high schools will convene at the University of Maine at Augusta on Saturday, Oct. 22, for the Maine Composition Coalition Conference, “Sharing What We Know: Conversations among Writing Teachers.”

The conference will provide an opportunity for writing teachers statewide to get to know each other, to discuss what is meant by “readiness” for college and to share teaching strategies.

The sponsors include the state’s university and community college systems as well as the Maine Department of Education. It will be held in UMA’s Jewett Hall auditorium, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

For more information and to download a copy of “College Readiness in Writing: Report to the Field,” visit www.maine.edu/writers.

Writing workshop

AUBURN – The Small Business Institute at Central Maine Community College is offering Writing the Business Plan (SBI 021-01), the final workshop of its current series for new small business owners, from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Nov. 1. The cost is $25.

The workshop covers the components and critical functions of a business plan and how to use the business plan to get the funding small business owners need.

To register, contact Jennifer Lyons, Central Maine Community College Corporate and Community Services Department, at 755-5280 or 1-800-891-2002, ext. 280, e-mail training@cmcc.edu or visit www.cmcc.edu/training. Space is limited and early registration is recommended.

Annual meeting

PORTLAND – Learning Disabilities Association of Maine announces its annual meeting from 5 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Holiday Inn By The Bay. Dinner may be ordered from the menu. The meeting will follow. Respond by Nov. 1 by calling 207-465-7700 or e-mailing ldame@ldame.org.

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