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Marion Oliver on the road
    In July 2008, as a surprise birthday present, Otis Oliver took his mother Marion on a trip to Las Vegas, and Phoenix. It was their first time on a plane. They went to all the tourist spots: the casino, a trip to the Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam in Arizona, and motored on the famous Route 66.
    In June 2008, Marion Oliver, daughter Joann and her son Elias Barnes went to Boston, Mass. They went on a whale watch to the aquarium, gift shop, train ride, sightseeing and shopping.
Womens book club sets meeting dates
    Canada Day and July 4th are past. The fireweed is ablaze in the fields around East Grand. Now it is time for the four-week season of the East Grand Dames Book Group. This year the remaingin meetings, from 10 a.m. to noon, U.S. time, are on Wednesday August 6,13 and 20. Meetings will be held in Forest City, Maine and N.B., and Fosterville, N.B.
    The books this year about women in three very different cultures: Because You Are A Girl, by P.S.G. Sharma, is a memoir about growing up in India; The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant, is a novel based on the lives of the women in the Book of Genesis; and A Thousand Slendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, is a novel about the intersection of two women’s lives in Afghanistan.
    The East Grand Dames include women from the U.S. and Canada, as well as many different national backgrounds. We welcome all who love books. For more information call Pam Taylor at 448-2928.
Blood drive scheduled
    The final meeting will be for the selection of books for 2009.    On Tuesday, August 19, The Aroostook Medical Center will host a blood drive from noon until 5 p.m. at A.R. Gould Memorial Hospital in Presque Isle. Walk ins are welcome, but to save time call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE or visit www.givelife.org to set up an appointment. All donors will receive refreshments and a free gift.