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Annual donation

The nursing staff and leadership of Westbrook-based Spring Harbor Hospital gather to present a check for $1,000 to Mark Swann, executive director of Preble Street Resource Center. The hospital donated the money in honor of its nurses and in celebration of Nurses Week. The donation from the hospital on behalf of the nurses to a nonprofit organization that serves those with mental illness is an annual tradition. The hospital, said Swann, “is a key partner in our efforts to access treatment and minimize homelessness for people who are struggling with mental illness and have no natural support systems.”

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cutline, hedshot: Shaylah Baldwin

Sargent in Walker book discussion

Portland author Colin Sargent will speak at noon on Tuesday, May 19, at Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St.

Sargent has recently written and published a novel, “The Museum of Human Beings.” He will discuss the book at Walker Library, which hosts a book discussion on the third Tuesday of each month.

Marion Peterson, assistant library director, said “The Museum of Human Beings” is about Jean-Baptiste, who was the son of Sacagawea, the Shoshone guide for Lewis and Clarke in 1805. Jean-Baptiste was taken to Europe and exhibited as a man-savage. “It is an engaging and vivid story worth reading,” said Peterson, who also said the library has eight copies of the book available to readers.

For more information, call 854-0630 or visit the library’s Web site, www.walker.lib.me.us/.

Trinity benefit

Trinity Lutheran Church of Westbrook is sponsoring a bean supper with proceeds split between the Longcreek Youth Development Chaplaincy Fund and “Project Katrina,” a volunteer-based program providing workers from area Lutheran churches to help with rebuilding efforts in the Gulf coast area.

Brenda Orach, social ministry chairwoman at Trinity Lutheran, said the supper is on Saturday, May 9, from 4:30-6 p.m. at the North Scarborough Grange, Route 22 (outer Congress Street), Scarborough.

Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for children under 12 and will be available at the door. The menu includes baked beans, red hot dogs, chop suey, cole slaw, homemade brown bread and pies.

For more information, call 854-5653 and leave a message.

Baldwin to graduate

Shaylah Baldwin will graduate from the University of Southern Maine on Saturday, May 16.

Baldwin, who graduated from Westbrook High School in 2005, will begin graduate studies in 2010.

Last month, Baldwin was inducted into the Golden Key International Honor Society. In February she was granted lifetime membership in Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology at the university, in recognition of her outstanding scholastic achievements.

City cleanup reminder

Westbrook churches are sponsoring a city litter cleanup from 8:45 a.m. to noon, rain or shine, on Saturday, May 16.

Volunteers are asked to meet at Riverbank Park on Main Street. The cleanup is part of “Join Hands Day,” a national day of volunteering.

For more information, call Michelle at Westbrook City Hall, 591-8110

Cutline (5391)- Annual donation – The nursing staff and leadership of Westbrook-based Spring Harbor Hospital gather to present a check for $1,000 to Mark Swann, executive director of Preble Street Resource Center. The hospital donated the money in honor of its nurses and in celebration of Nurses Week. The donation from the hospital on behalf of the nurses to a nonprofit organization that serves those with mental illness is an annual tradition. The hospital, said Swann, s and have no natural support systems.”