Sale, barbecue

JAY – VFW Post 3335 will hold a yard sale and chicken barbecue from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25.

The yard sale is being sponsored by the Auxiliary, and space is available for $10 for anyone interested in selling their wares. Contact Lou Therrien at 897-2193. Money raised from space rental will go to Operation Uplink for the purchase of phone cards for veterans and servicepeople overseas.

The chicken barbecue will be held at noon and is $6 a person. For more information, call the post afternoon at 897-5112 Monday through Friday.

Garden tour

FARMINGTON – The last summer meeting of the Mt. Blue Area Garden Club will take place at the garden of Agnes Atwood, 773 New Vineyard Road, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21.

All are invited to bring a brown bag supper, and beverages and desserts will be provided by this month’s hostesses. Members will socialize, tour the Atwood gardens and have a short business meeting. Members should bring a plant for the plant swap and a chair. Friends are always welcome. For more information, call 778-0028.

Fire safety

PHILLIPS – The Phillips Fire Department and the State Fire Marshal’s office will present a program, “Older Adult Fire Prevention and Safety” from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 23. The program is free and will be held at the Avon Community Building. All seniors and their families/caregivers are invited.

Fall classes

FARMINGTON – Gold LEAF will introduce its fall term of classes and activities at an open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, in the UMF Student Center, North Dining Hall, 111 South St.

The Gold LEAF Institute Senior College at the University of Maine at Farmington is a member-run organization that promotes lifelong learning. Membership is open to people age 50 and over and their spouses/partners.

For more information, call 778-7063.

Library program

WEST PARIS – “Zoom-Zoom-Zoom Goes the Race Car!” is the final program of the West Paris Library’s summer reading program, “Everyday Mysteries: Solved.”

Veteran racers Bill Coolidge and his son, Chris, and their race cars will be at the library parking lot at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15.

Those attending will learn what makes a car go and especially what it is like to race one. Children can sit in a race car and Bill will give brief rides around the parking lot to children with an adult’s permission. Bill’s daughter has raced too and the family’s trophies will be displayed at the library.

Refreshments will be served in the library while the Coolidges show videos of their races. Call first if it is raining. For more information, call 674-2004.

Yard, bake sale

STONEHAM – A yard and bake sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Stoneham Congregational Church, Route 5.

Donations of food for the bake sale will be appreciated. Food items may be dropped off at the Stoneham Church on the day of the sale. For more information, call Sharon McAllister at 928-2878.

Church supper

NORTH WATERFORD – A public supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, at the North Waterford Congregational Church, Five Kezars Road.

The menu will include baked beans, American chop suey, casseroles, salads, brown bread, rolls, beverages and homemade pies. The price for adults is $7; children under 12, $3.50.

Regular Sunday worship services are being held at 10 a.m. at the Stoneham Congregational Church. Bible study is at 9:15 a.m. Sunday before the regular worship service.

Open house

OXFORD – The Oxford Hills Children’s House, a Montessori school, will host an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19.

On the same day, the school will celebrate Back to School Kids Safety with firefighters, police school bus drivers, emergency medical/paramedics and DNA kits for children at the school.

The Oxford Hills Children’s House Parent Committee has planned the presentation.

Pancake breakfast

PARIS – An all-you-can-eat blueberry pancake breakfast will be held from 7 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at Deering Memorial Methodist Church, corner of Church and Main streets. A bake sale, all things blueberry, including pies and muffins, will be held from 7 to 11 a.m. Cost for the breakfast is $5.50 for adults and $3 for children under 12.

Benefit dance

CANTON – A fundraiser dance will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Old Canton Fire Hall, Route 140. Proceeds will help with medical expenses for country musician Don Thibodeau.

Music will be provided by Country Jim Palmer, Potpourri, Bobby Thibodeau and friends, Patrick Libby and friends and Jim G. and friends.

There will be door prizes, raffles, 50/50 drawings and a snack bar. Admission is $7 a person or $12 for couples. For more information, call 897-9254.

Vocal contest

RUMFORD – Voices of the Valley, a vocal competition, will be held on Saturday, Aug. 25, at Mountain Valley High School. Auditions will start at 9 a.m. and the show at 6 p.m.

From 4 to 5:30 p.m., friends and family of Tammy MacDonald will hold a barbecue of hamburgers and hot dogs, salads, corn on the cob and a soft drink for $5. Strawberry shortcake will be available for $2.

All proceeds from the vocal competition and barbecue will go to MacDonald to help defray the costs of her treatments.

Juggler to perform

MEXICO – Mexico Public Library will host a performance by juggler and mime Alan Tacheny at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, at the Calvin Lyons Hall, located next door to the library.

All kids ages 2 and up who have been enrolled in the summer reading program, “Saddle Up and Read, Bookaroo!,” are invited to attend.

Following the performance, certificates and prizes for summer reading will be given out to those who have participated in the program. At the conclusion of the party, a pizza and soda lunch will be served.

For more information, call the library at 364-3281.