The Girl Guides will be going door to door this Saturday in Amherst from 10-2, selling their famous original camp cookies. Heartz Hall will their base of operations.

The 4th Annual Rod Wilson Memorial Pool Tournament is Saturday April 6 at Doolys in Amherst. It’s a Scotch Doubles format, with registration at 12:30 and play at 1. The cost is $30 per team. Proceeds to the Lukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada and the Rod Wilson Memorial Scholarship.

The Wallace District Volunteer Fire Department is holding its Annual Pancake Supper on Sunday at the J. Millard Charman Community Hall, Route 6, Wallace. (The supper is really a hearty breakfast of pancakes, maple sausages, beans, buns, biscuits, tea, coffee or juice, and desert.) Doors open at 11:30 and the firefighters and auxiliary members will be serving until 6. Admission is $9 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under.  

Charm Diamond Center in the Amherst Center has partnered with the After the School Bell Food Program For Kids. Take a non-perishable food items from their preferred foods list to their location next to Charm, this Wednesday from 9-3 and you will get a ballot to win a special edition Royal Doulton figurine. Michael Doulton will be at Charm Friday 1-4 to sign newly purchased figurines, including the winning figurine prize. For more details on the after the School Bell…

If you own a business, want to grow your business or are thinking of starting one, register for Cumberland Connects Conference for Entrepreneurs and Futurepreneurs. It’s Wednesday April 10 from 7:30-noon at NSCC Amherst. Many speakers will be attending, including Danny Graham from Engage Nova Scotia. Learn about marketing strategies for small business and problem solving human resource recruitment and retention. To register contact the Amherst And Area Chamber of commerce at 902-667-8186. Registration is $25 and breakfast is included.…

The next meeting of the Amherst and Area Heritage Trust is Wednesday, April 10th at the Cumberland County Museum. Doors open at 6:30, meeting at 7. Use the side door. Go early, enjoy a coffee or tea and a chat.

It’s Classic Movie Night at the Springhill Library Wed April 10. They will be showing the 1968 action film Bullitt, with Steve McQueen and Jacqueline Bissett. Show time at 7.

The Amherst Zonta Club is accepting applications  for the Kim Wry Memorial Bursary. It’s $1000 and intended for a woman who qualifies as a mature student and is enrolled in a post-secondary program. Application forms are available at the Amherst Post Office or at NSCC Amherst or Springhill. Proof of registration with a recognized institution must be included with your application. Last date to apply is May 31st.