Dear Sun Spots: Kuai. Or, hello in Abenaki!

This is in response to the reader who was asking where they might be able to purchase American Indian necklaces with animals on them and featured in your Jan. 4 Sun Spots column:

They might wish to contact Mrs. Nowetah Cyr, descended from the St. Francis Abenaki and Paugussett Indians, or her husband Tom Cyr at Nowetah’s American Indian Store & Museum on 2 Colegrove Road, Route 27, in New Portland, 628-4981.

The store has been in business since 1969 and carries a very large inventory of quality, genuine, American Indian arts and crafts at reasonable prices, including a full line of leather Indian moccasins, boots, fancy fringed jackets, vests, hats, T-shirts, hand woven Indian rugs, turquoise-silver, bone, bead and porcupine quill jewelry, Maine Indian baskets, pottery, fancy dream catchers, mandellas, headdresses, peace pipes, drums, flutes, turtle rattles, rain sticks, dolls, toys, books, posters, cards, DVDs and music CDs, botanicals such as sweet-grass, cedar, sage, incense and more.

Many items are handmade on the premises by Nowetah and her daughter Wahleyah. The sale of the Indian arts goes to support the museum, which is kept open free of charge.

The museum focuses on Maine’s early Abenaki and has an impressive collection of over 500 early Maine Indian baskets, quill boxes, birchbark containers. There are also exhibits of Indian art from other parts of the United States, Canada and South America.

The store and museum are open year round from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week. Feel free to contact them to receive their brochure. And believe me, it is well worth a visit! – No Name, No Town.

Dear Sun Spots: I recently bought a Good Cook Crisping pan, and I am not sure how it is to be used. I am assuming that because of the holes in it, it needs to be put in another pan when using. It would be great for oven fries. Does anyone have an answer? – No Name, No Town.

Answer: After receiving a copy of the exact product you’ve mentioned above, Sun Spots can see by its description and photo that it’s used for baking pizzas and tarts or bases that need their bottoms crisped. If you are considering baking oven fries you can consider using a broiler pan like those in the bottom of a gas cooker. They slide out and could easily be used within the oven as well as under the broiler. Alternatively, you could always place your pan above one that will catch the drips or grease from your cooking.

The company you provided the information on does have a catalogue, and you might consider contacting them through e-mail at [email protected] or by writing to de Cuisine, Unit 10, Birch Copse, Technology Road, Poole, Dorset, BH17 7FH, England.

In the meantime, you might also consider contacting the Good Cook company at www.goodcook.com or through Bradshaw International 800-421-6290. Bradshaw markets the Good Cook brand.

Dear Sun Spots: Could you please tell me what day of the week the following fell upon: Oct. 25, 1934; Sept. 17, 1932, March 20, 1930 and June 25, 1928?

Thank you. I love your column. It’s the first thing I read while having my coffee in the morning. – A. M, Sabattus.

Answer: According to www.searchforancestors.com, Oct. 25, 1934 fell upon a Thursday; Sept. 17, 1932 on a Saturday; March 20, 1930 on a Sunday; and June 25, 1928 on a Monday.

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