PARIS – Book donations are welcome for the Paris Public Library’s annual book sale being held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m Saturday, July 26. The sale will be held on the front lawn at the library’s 37 Market Square location. Monies raised will be used to expand and improve the library’s reference collection. Donations can be dropped off during library hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, or to arrange for pick-up, call the library at 743-6994, or e-mail: [email protected].

Watercolors tour

PARIS – The McLaughlin Foundation Garden and Horticultural Center will offer an all-day tour of Kate Furbish’s original botanical watercolors in the special collection of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Thursday, July 17. A boxed lunch at Harpswell Garden Club’s display garden will follow. Participants will then be lead to the Japanese Iris collections at Eartheart Gardens, Harpswell. A $30 fee includes tours, lunch and transportation to and from the Center at 97 Main St., South Paris. Pre-registration is required. Call 743-8820.

Soccer tryouts

OXFORD – The Oxford County Soccer Club will hold tryouts for the girls travel team for the 2003 fall season. The team will consist of girls entering the middle school this fall. Spots on the team are open to all girls living in Oxford County. Tryouts will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at the Gouin Complex in South Paris. For more information, call John Pietroski at 743-0515.

Board times

NORWAY – The Norway Paris Solid Waste Inc. Board of Directors have changed its meeting time. Meetings will now be held at 7 p.m. the third Monday of each month beginning with July 21 and proceeding to Aug. 18, and Sept. 15.

Pee Wee golf

PARIS – The Paris Hill Country Club will again host the Maine Pee Wee Championship Golf Tournament for 2003. Registration is now being conducted for the Aug. 3 event. Children ages 12 and under are welcome to play. Trophies and prizes will be awarded to all age brackets. Proceeds will be given to local children’s charity. For more information, call 743-2371.