NORTH ANDOVER — Young people interested in flight will make their way to Lawrence Municipal Airport on June 5 for a Young Eagles Rally.
The airport will join with the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 106 to sponsor the event, open to kids ages 8 to 17.
Flights take off starting at 10 a.m. Registration is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the terminal. The rain date is Sunday, June 6.
The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles program, established in 1992 to interest youngsters in aviation.
Pilots will tell about the airplanes, allowing youngsters to learn how planes work and how pilots ensure flight safety.
After the flight, youngsters will receive a certificate making them an official Young Eagle and many will have their FAA-approved logbook filled out by the pilot. Their name will be entered into the "World's Largest Logbook," which is on permanent display at the EAA Air Adventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wis. The logbook also is accessible at www.youngeagles.org. Parental or guardian signed approval must be made on documentation before or at the event.
Lawrence Municipal Airport is on Sutton Street. More information about EAA and the EAA Young Eagles program is available at www.eaa.org, www.youngeagles.org, or by contacting Tom Walsh at 978-462-4782 or pswalsh@comcast.net.
Arlington gang here again
METHUEN — People who lived in the Arlington Neighborhood during the '50s will come together June 7 to share memories of the Downeyflake Doughnut Shop, Lawlor's Drug Store and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Grammar School, all former landmarks there.
The seventh annual neighborhood reunion will be at 6 p.m. at Jackson's Restaurant on Route 110.
A buffet dinner will be served for $7. There also will be a 50/50 drawing.
Everyone is invited to have fun remembering the good old days.
Run/walk for a veteran
LAWRENCE — The Lawrence Sons of Italy will host its 21st annual 5-mile road race and 5K health walk on Saturday, May 29, to benefit the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center in Haverhill.
Last year, runners raised $4,000 for the center, which serves veterans and their families in the Greater Merrimack Valley.
The event will be at Veterans Memorial Stadium on North Parish Road, off Route 114 in Lawrence. A 1K youth run will be held at 8:45 a.m. on the 400-meter (quarter-mile) track. The walk steps off at 8:45 a.m., followed by the run at 9 a.m.
Runners and walkers, including children, may designate a person or persons to honor on their application form.
Homemade pasta will be served after the races, and there will be a raffle. Register online at www.coolrunning.com or on the morning of the race, between 7 to 8:30 a.m. For more information, call 617-548-9877.
Andover law school graduation set June 4
ANDOVER — Judge Phillip Rapoza, the chief justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court and a renowned expert in international justice, will deliver the commencement address at the Massachusetts School of Law graduation on June 4.
The ceremony will take place at the Collins Center at Andover High School at 5 p.m. A reception for all graduates, their families and friends will be held at the law school after the commencement.
Rapoza served as an assistant district attorney in Suffolk and Bristol counties before entering private practice. In 1992, he was appointed an associate justice of the Fall River District Court and later became an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. In 1998, he was appointed to the Appeals Court and was named chief justice in 2006.
For his work in the fields of American criminal law, international criminal law, and the American justice system, the law school will award Rapoza its highest honor, Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa.
"Justice Rapoza is a good lawyer, a good judge, and most importantly, a good man," the school's associate dean, Michael Coyne, said in a press release. "His message will be warmly received by all of our graduates who aspire to contribute to society as he has."
