Dear Sun Spots: Literacy Volunteers is looking for Scrabble teams for the seventh-annual Letters for Literacy being held 1-4 p.m April 17 at the Hilton Garden Inn, 14 Great Falls Plaza, Auburn.

Getting involved is easy:

Form a four-person team for fun or as pros.

Register by April 8.

Collect a minimum of $40 per team in pledges.

Spend a spring afternoon meeting with friends, sharing some fun words and challenging your mind!

Top fund-raiser awards will include: original watercolor paintings, restaurant certificates and other wonderful prizes. A 50-50 drawing will also be held during the course of the fest.

Come join our efforts to help put a full stop to illiteracy.

All proceeds help provide literacy services in Androscoggin County. Please call 753-1772 to pre-register. – Tahlia Hope, Auburn.

Dear Sun Spots: I collect commemorative stamps and am looking for people to send me stamps that they have. Perhaps readers are doing spring cleaning, started a collection and didn’t continue? Please send your canceled postage stamps, foreign stamps or any uncanceled stamps from both the United States and foreign countries to: Sister Gilberte Boisvert, pm, Residence Ste. Claire 1 , 209 Lawrence St., Methuen, MA 01844. Please also ensure you leave a 1/3-inch border of paper around the stamp so that it is undamaged. Thank you. – Sister Boisvert, Methuen.

Dear Sun Spots: Could you please tell me what has happened to Mark Persky of WBLM? I enjoy him as a DJ and have not heard him on the station lately. Thanks for your help. – C.M., South Paris.

Answer: In addition to responses from readers, according to a Portland Press Herald article dated Feb. 17 and written by staff writer Ray Routhier, Persky went off the air suddenly in late January and neither he nor the station are saying why or when he might be back. It appears no on-air announcement to listeners was made about his absence. He had been at the station for nearly 28 years.

Dear Sun Spots: I am interested in digital photography and would like to know if there are digital photography courses available in the Lewiston/Auburn area? Thank you. – Lou, Sabattus.

Dear Sun Spots: I used to see Eva Gabor wig advertisements. Do you know how I can reach the company? – No Name, No Town.

Answer: Sun Spots located several companies with Eva Gabor wigs for sale. Among them: www.wigs.com where you can request a catalog. In addition, contact them at 800-581-2001.

Dear Sun Spots: I’m new to this area and have recently discovered The Free Store in Rumford that I love both for donating and treasure hunting. Are you aware of anything similar in the Lewiston/Auburn area? Thank you. – Pat Seddon, Farmington.

Answer: Unfortunately, Sun Spots is not. Perhaps there are other readers out there who know of some and might be willing to share them with you. Sun Spots wishes you the best of luck in your search.

Dear Sun Spots: This is a note for the Diamond retiree. Diamond Corp. can be reached through Transamerica Insurance, P.O. Box 30206, Los Angeles CA 90099-9205. You will need to provide your name, address, Social Security number, date of birth and contract number 50854. – No Name, No Town.

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