DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston campus is an archive to preserve and promote the rich culture and heritage of Maine’s Franco-American population of today and yesterday. The collection is on-site at the Lewiston campus and online at https://usm.maine.edu/franco-american-collection/.

To add to this legacy, we are looking for people to participate in our oral history project. If you identify as Franco-American or French-Canadian, we are interested in talking with you about your life, work, and family history.

We are particularly interested in recording audio interviews with veterans of World War II and the Korean War for our Francos Who Served Project.

We are also interested in interviewing people who grew up in Holy Cross Parish and attended Holy Cross Church here in Lewiston.

If you are interested in participating in, or would like to learn more about our oral history projects, which can be conducted in English, French or other languages, please contact Anna Faherty, archivist, at 753-6545 or email  [email protected]. — Anna, Lewiston

ANSWER: I hope Sun Spotters who fit the description of who Anna is looking for will contact her. Share your life stories so we can all know everything we can about Maine’s history.

As poet Muriel Rukeyser once wrote in her book, “The Speed of Darkness,” “The world is made of stories, not atoms.” Whoever you are, I encourage you to share yours. It’s vital to our understanding of our world to allow others to know you and your experiences.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Heywood Club on Crockett Ridge Road in Norway has sold all of our 200 Spring Garden Calendars, raising money to replace the main beam on the back side of its 1907 club building.

We help our neighborhood and community in several ways, such as giving a $1,200 donation to the Dominic Dumont Scholarship Fund from our Lights of Love fundraiser this past December.

We will hold our Seven Mile Yard Sale on Saturday, June 14. We already have some great items for this year’s sale. — No name, Norway

ANSWER: The Heywood Club is the oldest organization in Norway and is loved and respected for all the work they do to help the community. They are known for the Lights of Love Christmas fundraiser, their magnificent summer yard sale, and so much more. Check them out and participate in their good deeds!

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