Three-day festival kicks off today

Greater Anderson Days, a three-day festival celebrating Anderson Township, begins today at Beech Acres Park, 6910 Salem Ave.The event will include a 5-kilometer race that begins at 7 p.m. Friday, a fireman's festival, a silent auction, a business and organization exposition, games, food and rides.

The event runs 5 p.m.-midnight today and Saturday, and 5-10:30 p.m. Sunday. There will be fireworks at 10 p.m. Sunday.

Bethesda installs new pacemaker

A new type of fully digital pacemaker that's expected to last more than nine years was installed Thursday in a patient at Bethesda North Hospital in Montgomery. The Vitatron T-60 digital pacemaker, made by a European subsidiary of Medtronic Inc., offers improvements over older devices.

It is longer lasting, allows physicians to monitor both chambers of the heart simultaneously and provides data about twice as fast. Bethesda North was the first hospital in the nation to install the device since it won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, according to the manufacturer.

The device was received by Maralyn Anderson, 78, of Symmes Township in a 90-minute operation performed by Dr. Theodore Waller.

Children's dental group benefits

"Riding for Smiles," a motorcycle fund-raising event, begins 9 a.m. Saturday at Deuces Wild Saloon, 9956 Escort Drive, Mason, and ends at the Little River Cafe, 5527 Oregonia Road, Oregonia.

The event benefits Children's Dental Care Foundation, and offers participants an 82-mile ride, a late lunch, door prizes and music of the Dry Run Band at the Little River Cafe, 3-7 p.m. Registration begins 9 a.m. at Deuces. Cost is $25 for riders, $10 for passengers, $20 for individuals who join the party at Little River Cafe. The foundation raises funds for dental care for needy children.

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