Dear Sun Spots: To those readers who would like their audio cassette tapes or records made into CDs, I’d be happy to help. I can also convert VHS video tapes into DVDs. I may be reached at 225-5222. Please leave a message if I’m not available. Thank you. – Richard of Turner.

Dear Sun Spots: I hope you can please help me. I am looking for crochet patterns for crochet toddler baby sets and women’s sizes small, medium and large. I read your column every day. I may be reached at 777-3924. – Joan Harding, No Town.

Dear Sun Spots: I am looking for an easy pattern to make crocheted baby booties. I have tried several, but they are not easy to me. Thank you. – No Name, No Town.

Dear Sun Spots: Pleasant memories, now almost seven decades old come back to me as I read your offering regarding that child’s prayer beginning “Now I lay me down to sleep.” Most of my childhood friends were taught the version: Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord for my dear sake that if I should die before I awake, He will my soul take.” My father taught me a different version.

“Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. When in the morning light I awake, help me the path of love to take.”

I look forward to reading Sun Spots. It is unique and useful. In addition to my pastoral responsibilities I also teach classes at university college centers at Bath/Brunswick and Rumford/Mexico. One of my many promising students passed this enclosure on to me. Might you agree that your Sun Spots readers might find it useful? On the subject of cell phones:

Locked your keys in your car? Did you know this?

If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone on your (or someone else’s cell phone). Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the other person at your home press the unlock button of your key FOB (clicker), holding it near the phone on their end. Your car doors will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other remote for your car, you can unlock the doors or trunk. Blessings. – Lawrence E. Merckens, Pastor, Vassalboro.

Answer: Many thanks to Pastor Merckens for sharing these tips with readers. Sun Spots would encourage readers to try this out long before having to need to. Do a test run with family members before you encounter such an emergency to see if it’ll work. Readers should also be aware that an article posted online which notes there is no truth to this tip. See for yourselves, www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp.

Dear Sun Spots: You answered my question about rabbit ears in your Aug. 11 column but I have no family or any way to get to Portland. Could you please try again? – No Name, No Town.

Answer: Sun Spots also provided two Web sites for you to contact. In case you do not have a computer, contact Target at 800-591-3869 to order it from them.

In addition, Wal-Mart also has antennas in stock that should work for you. According to its Web site, several local stores have them in stock or limited quantities in stock. Contact the following about a Philips Indoor VHF/UHF/FM/HDTV Antenna, MANT410 which is described as perfect for increasing VHF, UHF, FM and HDTV systems. You should speak with their electronics department to ensure this will work for you. It is Model: MANT410: Wal-Mart Supercenter# 1868, 100 Mt Auburn Ave., Auburn, ME 04210, 784-0738; Wal-Mart Supercenter# 2183, 1240 Main St/Rt 26, Oxford, ME 04270, 743-0882; Wal-Mart Supercenter# 3269, 258 River Road, Mexico, ME 04257, 364-2557; Wal-Mart Supercenter# 1866, 615 Wilton Road, Farmington, ME 04938, 778-5344.

• Readers seeking to take an all-day trip to the Fryeburg Fair (Wednesday’s column): should also note that Jean Doyon of Lewiston is also offering a trip on Oct. 2 for seniors free day. The bus leaves from Exit 80 at 7:30 a.m. and is $21 per person. FMI call Jean at 784-5264. The information was received too late for Wednesday’s column.

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