PERU – The Worthley Pond Association will hold its 8th annual Christmas in July celebration. The event will take place Saturday and Sunday, July 24 and 25. Camp and homeowners will be decorating their camps in the Christmas spirit. There will also be a boat-decorating contest. Judging will take place between 9 and 10 p.m. Saturday.

French Connection’

RUMFORD – The Mountain Valley High French Club announced it has received a $1,000 grant from the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition to complete a series of five made-for-TV videos titled “Making The French Connection.”

The videos explore the vocabulary and sentence structure used to speak French and will feature student performers and teachers at Mountain Valley High School. They will be broadcast locally on cable and around the midcoast area of Maine. They will also be distributed to local schools to provide entertaining instruction in the French language to students who may not have access to French classes.

This grant is made possible from the Bureau of Health, Community Healthy Promotion Program.

Rumford Center country fair

RUMFORD CENTER – The Rumford Center Village Country Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 31. Performers along the village street include Jim Roy and Jean Kasregis, Frank and the Dawgs, The Eagles’ Jammers and the MVHS Jazz Band. “Charlie Who?” from “Where?” will do his act of “What?”

There will be antique cars, children’s games, the Civil War Co. A, 3rd Regiment Encampment in a parade and ceremony, and crafters and demonstrators. And lots of food. In addition to the drawing of a 50/50 ticket, there will be raffles.

The event is sponsored by the Rumford Historical Society and its Education Committee, in cooperation with the Mexico Historical Society. It is, in part, a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Lufkin School Museum in Rumford Center, a family day of fun and a fund-raiser for educational scholarships.

There is no established admission fee, but donations will be accepted throughout the day.

Coinciding with the Country Fair’s featured Civil War ceremony, there will be a free concert of the Yankee Brass Band at 7 p.m. on the Bethel Historical Society lawn. The band will be playing music from the Civil War era and using some of the original instruments.