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Today Portsmouth PRESCOTT PARK ARTS FESTIVAL KIDS Fest will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 (rain date: Aug. 19), featuring Touring Actors Company and Wayne from Maine. 436-2848. PORTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1977, will hold its 30th reunion at 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Sports Page in Portsmouth. Tickets will be available at the door. E-mail: phs77reunion@yahoo.com, www.classmates.com. LAUREN CROSBY AND FRIENDS will hold a bake sale to end childhood hunger from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 18 at The Seacoast Grower's Portsmouth Farmers' Market at City Hall complex, Junkins Avenue, Portsmouth. To donate online, visit http://join.strength.org/site/TR?px=1195481&pg=personal&fr_id=1000. WINGS OF HOPE AIR SHOW will be held from 9 a.m.
Going - Listings
Joliet Junior College: Fine Arts Department, 1215 Houbolt Road. "Blithe Spirit": 7 p.m. Aug. 20-21 open auditions offered. Director Marie Salvaggione will be casting two men and five women. Production dates are Oct. 12-21. "Hellcab": 7 to 10 p.m. Aug. 20-21. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script, individually and in groups. Rehearsals begin Aug. 23. The show runs Oct. 26 to Nov. 18. Joliet Drama Guild: at Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park Theatre, 201 W. Jefferson St., Joliet. Call (815) 722-1001 or visit jolietdramaguild.org. Theatre-on-the-Hill: Bolingbrook Performing Arts stage, 375 W. Briarcliff, southwest corner of Bolingbrook's Town Center Building. For more information, call (630) 759-2970 or tothbolingbrook.com. MYSO auditions: 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Bangor High School bans peanuts
BANGOR (AP) - Bangor High School is going all out to keep peanuts off school property to protect a freshman student with a severe food allergy.
The cafeteria staff is ridding the kitchen and lunchroom of any traces of peanuts, peanut butter or other foods that might trigger a potentially fatal reaction in the unnamed student. School vending machines have been emptied of snacks with nuts, including granola bars and bags of peanuts.
The school last week sent a letter home to parents asking that they refrain from packing peanuts or other nuts or nut products in their children's lunches. The letter also asked parents to make sure their children wash their faces and hands thoroughly before coming to school if they've had contact with nuts in the morning.
"We're taking every precaution we can," Principal Norris Nickerson said.
Kids reality TV series filming draws complaint from participant's mom, kudos from others
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A CBS reality series in which youngsters run their own town has prompted complaints from one of the children's parents, and may have skirted New Mexico's child-protection laws. "Kid Nation," slated to premiere Sept. 19, was filmed over 40 days during April and May in a movie-set town in the high desert just south of Santa Fe. While parents and children made available by CBS praised the production as safe, well-supervised and a learning experience, one mother has told authorities the conditions warrant an abuse investigation. Janis Miles of Fayetteville, Ga., said in a letter that her 12-year-old daughter, Divad Miles, was spattered on her face with grease while cooking potatoes on a wood stove, and that four other children required medical attention after they accidentally drank bleach.
Coastal Notes
Lincoln City Police will conduct free child safety seat inspections from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Lincoln City Sears Store, located at 1517 SW Hwy. 101.The inspections will be held along with a barbecue and sidewalk sale. The public is invited. For information call 996-7777.Children's Day at the Farmers' MarketSaturday is Children's Day at the Newport Farmers' Market, and children are invited to make and bring their own crafts on that day to sell. Spaces will be provided for free to children on that day. The market rules will apply - anything sold must be crafted by the children themselves. All children must have an adult with them. Wear sunscreen, bring plenty of water to drink, a jacket, and have fun. For more information e-mail info@newportfarmersmarket.org.Fund-raiser provides school suppliesEmma's Project will hold a garage sale Labor Day weekend to earn money to purchase school supplies for children in Lincoln County that cannot afford them.
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