Square dance

PARIS — The Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club will have its annual Teddy Bear Dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Oxford Hills Middle School, 100 Pine St. The event is to support Right Start For Kids, a program of Community Concepts in the Oxford Hills area. Donations of stuffed toys will be gratefully accepted.

Al Hipkins, who is club caller for Twin Cities Spinners Square Dance Club of Lewiston-Auburn, will be calling a mixture of class level and mainstream square dancing. Carol Stewart will cue the rounds. Refreshments will be served at intermission. There will be door prizes and a Pot O’ Gold drawing. Admission is $6 per person. Non-dancers are welcome at no charge.

More information may be found at www.squaredanceme.us or by calling Eleanor Herrick, vice-president, at 782-4050.

Candy for troops

LISBON – Students and staff of Lisbon Community School, 33 Mill St., recently collected 138 pounds of candy for service men and women through the Operation Gratitude program.

“Members of our LCS Student Council wanted to let our troops know we were thinking of them and that we are also thankful for the contribution they are making serving our country,” said Student Council Adviser, LCS Assistant Principal, Ryan Patrie. “Thanks to assistance from Center Street Dental in Auburn, The Lisbon Chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars and the LCS Parent Teacher Organization, our troops received their candy delivery before the Thanksgiving holiday.”

For more information on the program, visit www.operationgratitude.com.

For information on other events and programs in the Lisbon schools, visit www.lisbonschoolsme.org or contact Monica Millhime at 754-0021 or email mmillhime@lisbonschoolsme.org.

Bridge results

LEWISTON — The Lewiston-Auburn Social Bridge Club winners at the Multi-Purpose Center on Dec. 5 were as follows: first, Jan Arey and Linda Leotsakos; second, Ellie and George Wigton; third, Anna Vitiello and Rosemarie Goodwin; fourth/fifth tie, Les Buzzell and Paul Sherman with Luke Merry and Mike True; first in B, Ellie and George Wigton; second, Cindy Kirchherr and Jim Krainin; third, Roger Labbe and Larry Fortier; first in C, Ellie and George Wigton; second, Cindy Kirchherr and Jim Krainin.

Games are played every Monday and Tuesday at 9 a.m. and every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Schooner Estates. A partner is guaranteed. Call Rosemarie at 754-1431 for information about all duplicate bridge games in Maine.

Car seat checks

LEWISTON — United Ambulance Service will hold free car seat inspections from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at 338 East Ave. No registration is required.

The event is hosted by Central Maine Medical Center, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center and United Ambulance Service.

For more information, visit www.buckleupmaine.org or call June Turcotte at 795-2695.

ICD uncertainty

LEWISTON — “Coping with Uncertainty; An Essential Life Skill” will be the topic of a presentation set for the Thursday, Dec. 15, meeting of the Central and Western Maine ICD Support Group.

Deborah Taylor, Ph.D., associate program director of the Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, will discuss the experience of adapting to the activation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

“One of the challenges of an implanted defibrillator is never really being able to anticipate the activation of the device,” said Taylor. “This talk will help participants identify the challenges associated with uncertainty or the unknown as well as develop some skills and strategies to help manage things when they happen unexpectedly.”

The meeting will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute first-floor conference room. The program is being offered free of charge. For more information, call or email physician assistant Joe Sala at 753-3900 or salaj@cmhc.org.

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