DEAR SUN SPOTS: On Oct. 3 between Jay and Benton I lost my chain saw. I went to Jay to do my mother a favor by cutting some of her trees. 

On the way home the tailgate came down, and the saw rolled out.

I just got it last year and with the economy the way it is, I cannot afford another one, and I depend on wood to heat my house in the winter.

I would like to think there are still some honest people in this world. Please call 207-897-2390. Thank you. — Carole Holt, Jay

ANSWER: It seems like it would take a lot for a chain saw to roll over the bed and the tailgate. You would have had to started off very sharply or hit one heckuva bump. Did you stop anywhere for a gas or to do an errand? Is it possible someone lifted it then? Either way, Sun Spots hopes you get it back.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Because of our low water supply we are looking for someone who goes to homes to power wash and brings their own water. Hopefully someone will help out. Please call 783-0300 or 782-3298 and leave a message. — P. Burns, Auburn

DEAR SUN SPOTS: What happened to Shannon Moss on the WMTW Channel 8 news? I haven’t seen her on the air since the clam festival. — No Name via email

ANSWER: Shannon was fired from WMTW last June. In a Sept. 29 Press Herald interview, Shannon said she is going to launch her own program. You can read that interview at http://tinyurl.com/ms2pm5g.

According to several stories in the Portland Press Herald, Shannon was told that while some viewers such as yourself, really liked her, others were not so pleased. “It was my hair. Research showed that a lot of people hated my hair,” said Moss, 43, who was born with outrageously curly hair. “When I went to Channel 8 (Portland station WMTW) I told the news director there would be an onslaught of negative reaction to my hair, and there was. My hair was very polarizing.”

Shannon obviously overcame her hair issues to become very popular, but still not with everyone. In the meantime, she is taking care of her sons, Quinn, 9, and Rowen, 7, at their Falmouth home.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thanks for the information about the new sidewalks and curbs on Walnut Street (Sept. 20). As one who drives that street several times a week, I’m curious to see what happens in winter when barely a soul uses the sidewalks because Walnut Street residents and shop owners do not clean their sidewalks of snow and ice.

So people on foot, in wheelchairs and with strollers use the street in winter. And they often do not move to the side or get out of the way of vehicles. How will the plows navigate those protruding corners? I bet other regular drivers are curious also. — Curious and careful driver via email

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I wanted to support the reader who wrote about the jaywalker on Lisbon and Chestnut streets (Oct. 1). I have been there and seen it. His female companion will cross in plenty of time and then waits and laughs while he slowly saunters in front of waiting cars on the green light. — No Name via email

ANSWER: That may not be the same man. The other letter writer made to reference to a female companion.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: My son was in an accident on Minot Avenue on Sept. 16 in front of Gifford’s. When my husband and I got to the scene, I was consoled by a young woman who had been with my son until the ambulance got there. She hugged me and told me he was going to be OK.

It was the scariest thing we have ever experienced, getting that call. I was relieved to know that my son had her there, as I know he was so scared also. I never got her name, and I know it sounds so cliche, but I really would like to properly thank her, and the man with her, because the man with her pulled Sammy out of his truck to safety and away from all of the gas that was covering the road.

If she sees this, or anyone knows who she is, please have her email me. I sincerely hope I can get this message to her. Thank you for all you do. — Darlene V. Thomas, forthedogs71@gmail.com

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