DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Mechanic Falls Community Day will begin Friday in Veterans Park on Elm Street from 6:30-7:30 p.m. with a dessert social and music by Leah Hersom.
The pancake breakfast is from 8-10 a.m. Saturday at Veterans Park.
The Anglican Church Yard Sale begins at 9 a.m. at the church at 64 Elm St. and the Bog Hoot Quilt Show begins there at 10 a.m.
Representatives from the Stanley Museum in Kingfield will be at the American Legion Post 150 at 41 Elm St. at 10 a.m. with a Stanley Steamer offering rides for a donation to benefit the museum.
The parade starts at the Vineyard Church on Lewiston Street at 11 a.m. and ends on Dwinal Street.
Number 5 Hair Company will have psychic readings and hair tinsel for kids. Sparks Ark, Firefighters Gear Race, and the pie eating contest will be in Veterans Park with the Bubble Party starting at 2 p.m.
There are too many other events to mention all of them! Pick up a brochure with a map at Depot Square Hardware, Future Foods and other locations. It’s a great time to enjoy your town! For more information contact mcfallscommunitydays23@gmail.com. Nancy, Mechanic Falls
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m writing about the families and friends with a loved one who is incarcerated in Maine or elsewhere in a jails and state or federal prisons. These families and friends who are suffering, ashamed, insecure, isolated, living in silence and shunned are who Rose’s Room is trying to reach.
It’s difficult to admit or to share with anyone that your loved one or friend is locked up somewhere.
Maine has 16 correctional facilities with a census of 1,766, as of July 18, 2023.
At Rose’s Room there are people who won’t judge, who who care, listen and support because they have been down the same path. They meet the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church at 78 Pleasant St. in Auburn. There are three other chapters ready to open in Alfred, Westbrook and Winslow.
The hardest part of attending an in-person meeting is opening the door and walking through the threshold. Once you are in, you’re welcomed with open arms and can just sit and listen or share.
We also have Zoom meetings the first Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m., if that makes it easier.
For more information call me 998-2547.
Thank you, Ms. Sun Spots for helping us reach these people who need understanding and support. You totally amaze many of us readers with all the resources you have at your fingertips, just waiting to help your audience. I truly hope there will always be a Ms. Sun Spots in our future. — Rose, no town
ANSWER: Thank you for your beautiful, heartfelt letter, Rose. I hope there are always people like you around to help those who need this type of acceptance and support.
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