Commencement

YARMOUTH – North Yarmouth Academy’s 2007 commencement speaker will be former NYA teacher Bill Hallett. The ceremony will take place on the lawn in front of NYA’s Curtis Building, 148 Main St., at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 3.

It is open to the public. The rain location is the First Parish Congregational Church of Yarmouth, 116 Main St. address, Hallett will discuss the role of a liberal arts education. For more information, contact NYA at 846-2380, ext. 9327, or visit www.nya.org.

Flags for healing

AUGUSTA – The American Legion and Sons of the American Legion will post 25,000 eight-foot tall American flags on Veterans Day 2007, filling Capitol Park and flowing south through participating communities along the byways of I-95 and the Maine Turnpike to the New Hampshire border.

The flags will follow the on- and off-ramps of I-95 and into participating host towns along the way.

Paul Swenson, founding sponsor of the Colonial Flag Foundation, administrators of the Healing Field Program, announced that it will be the largest Healing Field since the introduction of the programs in September 2002. The temporary memorial will honor veterans and their service to the country, as well as to honor lives lost and to heal.

The flags will be posted by volunteers and sponsored for $15 by area businesses, individuals and Legionnaires. At the end of the event the flags will be taken home and flown or donated back to the “Flag in Every Classroom” program sponsored by the Maine American Legion. Event sponsors are being sought and volunteers are needed for set-up and take-down.

All proceeds will benefit state veterans programs. Contact information, details and sponsorship information are available at www.healingfield.org/maine.

Seeking families

ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is seeking local families interested in hosting a high school foreign exchange student for the 2007-2008 school year or semester.

The students are between 15 and 18 years old, are well screened and speak English. Students come from Germany, Italy, France, Brazil, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Japan, the Czech and Slovak Republics and the former Soviet Union.

Interested families or single adults have the opportunity to select the student of their choice from applications, family photos and biographical essays. The students arrive from their home country shortly before school begins. Each student is fully insured, brings his or her personal spending money and shares in the household responsibilities.

For more information, call ASSE area representative Joyce McKenney at 737-4666 or 1-800-677-2773, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.asse.com.