Turner PBIS team community night

TURNER — The PBIS (positive behavior interventions and support) team at Turner Elementary School will hold a community family night from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29.

The PBIS team reinforces positive student behaviors in all areas of the school and on the bus. The team gets feedback from students and staff on ways to celebrate their success.

The team’s goal is to incorporate more community and family involvement so the positive reinforcements are carried over throughout the students’ entire day. The first step towards this goal is to invite families and the community to the first PBIS family night.

During the night group members will educate guests on the different aspects of PBIS and school expectations, as well as celebrate student success.

Over the course of the night there will be facing painting, the wildcat mascot, door prizes and a concert by the Veggies by Day.

Marine Corps League to meet Jan. 30

LEWISTON — The Marine Corps League Central Maine Detachment will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at its new meeting place, Holy Cross Senior Hall, 16 St. Croix St.

Use the side door on the left side of the building under the rectory.

This will be election night.

For more information, call commandant Ray Lemieux at 784-0656.

Eastern Star meeting Jan. 30

AUBURN — A special meeting of Pine Cone Chapter 26, Order of the Eastern Star, will be held to confer the degrees of the order at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Masonic Hall, 1021 Turner St.

The chapter has the traveling teapot for District 4.

All Eastern Star members are welcome to meet the new member.

Refreshments will be served in the dining hall after the meeting.

Senior Citizens Cribbage League

LEWISTON — The Lewiston Senior Citizens Cribbage League winners at the Lewiston Memorial Armory on Jan. 23, were: first place, Andrea Metayer and Roger Labbe; second, Edith Chambers and Aaron Burke; third, Connie St. Pierre and Gil Cote; fourth, Robert Oliver and Gene Brown; fifth, Richard Cloutier and Steve Agurkis.

The next game will be played at 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 30. Call the office at 513-3059 for more information.

Fortier Council meets Feb. 3

LEWISTON —  Members of Royal Arcanum, Dr. Paul J. Fortier Chapter No. 52 will meet (weather permitting) at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at the Lewiston Memorial Armory, 195 Central Ave.

Social hour with refreshments will following business. The entrance is on the right/front.

All members welcome. To join or for more information, call council regent Dolores Poirier at 782-8109.

Workshop for children affected by cancer

LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing is offering a free six-week workshop for children, ages 6-11, impacted by cancer. “C.L.I.M.B.” will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 5 through March 12, at the Dempsey Center, 29 Lowell St.

“Children’s Lives Include Moments of Bravery” is a six-week program designed by the Children’s Treehouse Foundation for children who have a parent or adult caregiver with cancer. Each week there will be a light meal followed by two group sessions.

The children’s group, facilitated by Tookie Bright, LCSW, and Kristel Samson, MSW intern, will focus on a select topic and feeling. The parent/caregiver group, facilitated by Theresa Beaudette, LCSW, ACHP-SW, is optional and will meet separate from the children’s group. Registration limited to 10 children.

Preregister by contacting Tookie Bright at 795-8256 or email [email protected].

Free workshops on college planning

LEWISTON — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will host free workshops titled Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 and over at 10 a.m. Thursdays, Feb. 6 and 27, at Lewiston CareerCenter, 5 Mollison Way.

The free interactive workshop outlines the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career planning and study skills. The workshop lasts approximately two to three hours. Preregistration is required.

All workshops are subject to change. For more information or to register, call 1-800-281-3703.

Dempsey Center: Self-care workshop

LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing is offering a free self-care workshop for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. “Self-Care and Effective Communication” will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, at the Dempsey Center, 29 Lowell St.

Do you have a hard time asking for help? Have you ever thought, “I shouldn’t have to ask, they should know what I need” or “I don’t want to bother them”? This workshop will teach effective ways of getting what you need without feeling as though you are imposing on others.

This is the fourth of a six-part series, “Living Well with and Beyond Cancer,” designed to help people better understand and cope with cancer’s impact on mind, body and spirit. Remaining sessions include Cancer and the Spirit (Feb. 13) and The New Normal (Feb. 20).

Preregister by phone at 207-795-8250, toll-free 1-877-336-7287 or online at www.dempseycenter.org.