TURNER – Turner American Legion baseball registration will be held at 6 p.m. May 24 at Leavitt Area High School gymnasium. All interested players must fill out paperwork and present an original birth certificate. For more information, contact coach Wendell Strout at 212-2395 or Dan Brown at 897-5021.

Moose lottery deadline is Friday

AUGUSTA – Applications for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s 2009 Moose Permit Lottery are due by 11:59 p.m. this Friday, May 15. The only applications still being accepted are those filed online at www.mefishwildlife.com. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife may be reached at 287-8000.

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is issuing 3,015 permits for the fall harvest.

This year, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife moved its Moose Lottery application online, and thousands of applicants have found that using the Internet to apply is easy and convenient.

Realizing that some interested hunters do not have a computer, IF&W offers the following suggestions: Use a computer at work during lunch or a break; Use a computer at a local library or an Internet café; or ask a friend or relative with a computer for help.

The 2009 drawing will be held Thursday, June 18 at the University of Maine at Fort Kent’s Sports Center, located on 23 University Drive, Fort Kent. Doors open at 3 p.m., and the drawing of names will begin at 6 p.m.

This is the first time that the permit drawing will be held in the St. John Valley.