Jazz camp

FARMINGTON – The Maine Jazz Camp is returning to Farmington for three weeks, starting Sunday, July 9.

Under the direction of Christine Correa, the camp will offer students the opportunity to work with well-known jazz musicians. The faculty will take turn leading jazz performances, which are free and open to the public (with donations accepted for camp scholarships for students).

The performances are held at 8 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, usually in C131 (occasionally in Nordica) at the University of Maine at Farmington.

This year the list of musicians includes Art Baron, trombone; Bill McHenry, tenor sax; Ben Waltzer, piano; John Carlson, trumpet; Pete McCann, guitar; Mike Sarin, drums; Frank Carlberg, piano; and Christine Correa, voice.

Locations can be determined by calling 778-7758. For a complete list of the faculty performing each week, check www.ArtsInstitute.org.

Church service

FARMINGTON – “The Mark of Discipleship” will be Pastor Susan Crane’s message on Sunday, July 9, at Henderson Memorial Baptist Church. The public is welcome to join the congregation for worship at 9:30 a.m.

Grange meeting

RUMFORD – Rumford Grange 115 now meets the first and third Saturday of the month at the grange hall, Rumford Center. A lunch is held at noon followed by the meeting at 1:30 p.m.

The grange is also interested in recruiting new members or to have affiliate members from other granges attend. For more information, contact Vick Ann Clark at 364-2129.

Grange dinner

RUMFORD – Rumford Grange 115 will serve a public dinner from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 9, at the grange hall in Rumford Center. The menu will include pork spare ribs with all the fixings and homemade pies. Cost is adults, $7; children 12 and under, $3.50. Take-outs are also available.

Walking dates

WESTBROOK – The Southern Maine Volkssport Association will meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, in the General Assembly Room of Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St.

The group will hold a sunset walk on Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Great Falls Balloon Festival, Auburn, with a start time of between 3 and 5 p.m. They will have a sunrise walk between 6 and 9 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, in Old Orchard Beach.

The meeting and events are open to all. For more information, contact Carroll Tiernan at 839-8447 between 6 and 9 p.m. or e-mail CRRLLT@aol.com.

Hike to top

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. – More than 250 hikers from across the region will make the trek to the summit of Mount Washington on Saturday, July 22, in an effort to raise money for the nonprofit Mount Washington Observatory.

The sixth annual Seek the Peak Hike-a-thon is the year’s biggest event for the Mount Washington Observatory, and all proceeds help fund the annual costs of operating the weather station on the summit of Mount Washington, the home of the “world’s worst weather.”

Hikers can register online at mountwashington.org, download a Seek the Peak pledge sheet or set up their own online pledge pages. Participants can then solicit pledges from friends, family and co-workers in support of their hiking efforts. Donations must be collected prior to the event and turned in at registration from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 21, at the Weather Discovery Center in North Conway Village or from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday, July 22, at the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Pinkham Notch Visitor Center.

For information, call 1-800-706-0432 or visit mountwashington.org.

Look to skies

CUMBERLAND – Southern Maine Astronomers will present a lecture by Professor Meers Oppenheim on meteors hitting the Earth at its next meeting at 7 p.m. Friday, July 28, at Cumberland Congregational Church. The lecture will be geared to people of all interest levels in astronomy. It is free.

The meeting will also provide a short update on “What’s Up” in the evening sky during August. For more information about the club and directions to the meeting site, visit www.southernmaineastronomers.org.

Learn about past

LIVERMORE – A Wednesday Summer Learning Program will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 23 at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, 290 Livermore Road.

People can experience the 1870s in the one-hour learning adventures into the past. Programs range from ox cart rides, nature walks, historic farm life to school in 1853.

Cost is adults, $5; children, $3; advanced reservations are requested.

Call 897-4366 or e-mail norlands@norlands.org.

Reunion set

GREAT POND – The 71st annual reunion for the descendants of Joshua Williams, who lived at Great Pond, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 22 at the Great Pond Town Hall. The meeting will be at noon.

At 1 p.m. an organizational meeting will be held to form a nonprofit organization to support the efforts of acquiring, repairing and preserving the old church building at Great Pond to make it accessible. All who are interested are encouraged to participate.

Guests are asked to bring chairs, lunch, a small gift for auction and pictures of early settler.

For information and directions, contact Margaret McKinney at 843-5838 or Joni Archer at 584-5004 or e-mail to cybergirl@techie.com.

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