Children’s story

AUBURN — Edward Little High School drama club cast of “HONK!” will be doing a children’s story reading of “The Ugly Duckling” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, in the community room of the Auburn Public Library. They will also share a song or two from the show which is based on this beloved story by Hans Christian Andersen. This is a free event.

Social bridge

LEWISTON — The Lewiston-Auburn Social Bridge Club winners at the Multi-Purpose Center on Dec. 12 were as follows: first, Les Buzzell and Paul Sherman; second, Lue Bilodeau and Alberta Turner; third, Pete Cummings and Mike True; first in B, Lue Bilodeau and Alberta Turner; second, Larry Fortier and Roger Labbe.

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 Goodwin at 754-1431 for information about all duplicate bridge games in Maine.

The Christmas bridge events will be held at all games next week.

Camp Sum Fun

AUBURN — Sylvan in Auburn is offering a free Camp Sum Fun for children in grades 1-3. Camp will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 27-30 at the Sylvan Learning Center.

Camp will be a fun approach for children to improve understanding of basic addition and subtraction facts, while increasing speed and accuracy. Call 784-6801 to preregister.

Babysitting course

MECHANIC FALLS — Girl Scouts of Maine will offer the “Babysitting 101” training program for all area girls in grades 5-8 in the Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland area.

The program will include, getting a baby-sitting business started, playtime ideas for children of all ages, understanding the likes and dislikes of children, troubleshooting and solutions to the most common problems a baby-sitter faces and Babysitting 101 certification.

The program will be in the held within the Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland area from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21. Preregistration is necessary. The cost of the program is $6 for currently registered Girl Scouts and $18 for non-Girl Scouts, which includes the $12 Girl Scout membership fee. Membership assistance is available for this fee.

Space is limited. Preregistration along with payment is necessary by Jan. 11. To register or for more information, contact Jeanie Duguay at 364-3639 or 1-888-922-4763, ext. 237, or jduguay@gsmaine.org.

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