Exchange program seeking host families

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is seeking local families to host exchange students between the ages of 15 and 18 from a variety of countries.

ASSE students are enthusiastic and excited to experience American culture while they practice their English. They also love to share their own culture and language with their host families. Host families welcome these students into their family as a family member, giving everyone involved a rich cultural experience.

The exchange students have pocket money for personal expenses and full health, accident and liability insurance. They are selected based on academics and personality, and host families can choose their student from a wide variety of backgrounds, countries and personal interests.

FMI: 207-390-0886, www.host.asse.com.

9/11 survivor speaking at NFB-ME

National Federation of the Blind Maine will host Michael Hingson as guest speaker during its meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 15.

Hingson and his guide dog Roselle escaped from the Twin Towers during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He is the author of two books about being blind and having a guide dog.

The meeting may be accessed via long-distance phone call by dialing 1-712-432-1500 and using code 719394#.

FMI: 207-330-4780.

Military veteran farm field day slated 

GORHAM — U.S. Army veteran Ben Hartwell, owner and operator of Sebago Lake Ranch, will host a free military veteran farm field day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at 39 Hardy Bridge Road.

Hartwell raises grass-fed beef cattle. The purpose of the field day is for current and prospective farmers to gain knowledge and build skills related to beef cattle handling and fencing. The Farmer Veteran Coalition of Maine and Maine AgrAbility are sponsoring the event.

FMI: 207-944-1533, [email protected], www.extension.umaine.edu/agrability/news-events.

Excelsior Grange open house June 18

POLAND — Excelsior Grange will have an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 18, in celebration of the Grange Hall’s recent listing on the National Registry of Historic Places.

Refreshments will be served at 6 p.m.

At 7 p.m. Doug Hodgkin, retired Bates College history professor, will discuss the early days of the grange movement in the county and the role granges played in forming the Maine State Grange.

Excelsior Grange, organized in 1874, was the fifth grange organized in Maine and is today the oldest continuously operating grange in the state.

There will also be a reunion of all former Excelsior Junior Grange members, and part of the program will be devoted to them. There will be a slideshow presentation of Junior Grange activities from the past and other items presented by former members.

The program is free and open to the public.

FMI: 207-998-2301.

NORWAY — Members and friends of The Weary Club will meet at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 18, at the clubhouse for coffee and and conversation. 

Ladies Auxiliary postpones supper

DIXFIELD — The Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 100 will not have the monthly supper Saturday, June 18, because the ladies will be attending the State Convention in Bangor.

The next meal will be Saturday, July 16.

Finnish society meeting June 19

WEST PARIS — The Finnish-American Heritage Society of Maine will hold its monthly meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 19, at 8 Maple St.

Following a short business meeting, the group will screen “Aatsinki – The Story of Arctic Cowboys.” The film chronicles one year in the life of a family of reindeer herders in Lapland, Finland.

The public is welcome.