DEAR SUN SPOTS: Clover Health Care at 440 Minot Ave. in Auburn is hosting a Lunch and Learn “Understanding Mainecare” on Thursday, Nov. 7. Registration is at 11:30 a.m. with the presentation at 12 p.m.

Please RSVP to 784-3573 or email your reservation to [email protected]. Space is limited. — Donna, no town

ANSWER: I urge you to attend and to bring your questions. This is a great opportunity to receive more understanding about this system that provides help to so many Mainers.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Ladies Guild of Our Lady of Ransom Church in Mechanic Falls is preparing for the annual Christmas Craft Fair to be held in the parish hall located at 117 Elm St. in Mechanic Falls on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

We are looking for crafters to join us for the fair. If interested, you can call 345-3274 to reserve a table.

Along with the craft vendors, there will be raffle baskets, a bake sale and a luncheon served.

Thank you for all you do for community fundraisers. — Winnie, Mechanic Falls

ANSWER: This is a craft fair I look forward to every year. I’ve marked my calendar. Have you?

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have some garbage bags filled with wool for making hooked rugs to give away. Also, there is one rug started.

Please contact me at 777-4544 if you are interested. — Mary, Auburn

ANSWER: What a great gift for someone who hooks rugs! Let us know what happens.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Pleasant St. Drop-in Center has an urgent need for blankets, hats, gloves, mittens, quart and sandwich size baggies, disposable body wipes and toilet paper. Donation drop-off times are Wednesdays from 9 to 11 a.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ANSWER: Did you know that the Pleasant St. Drop-in Center was recently give Auburn’s 2024 “Extra Mile Award”? I’m so proud of them, and thanks to all of you who donate to and volunteer at this resource for the area’s unhoused. You are so appreciated.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Being the owner of a painting by Gladys Prescott, which is mounted on the wall above my desk, I found the letter from the person seeking information about her paintings an interesting one.

I met Gladys quite a few years ago and purchased one of her paintings for $20. It’s a very interesting one, of a large rocky ledge with a tree on it overlooking the ocean and two seagulls flying over.

It’s not a large painting, measuring 9 inches by 12 inches, which is about the size of all her paintings. — Charles, Auburn

ANSWER: This is a response to a Sun Spots request published on Oct. 10. It’s interesting to me that the painting this Sun Spotter has was purchased for only $20. I’d love to find out if there are any more of Gladys’s oil paintings in the area.

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