For more information about the Woman’s Literary Union, visit its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/womansliteraryunion/.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Please convey my thanks to the Auburn Shaws customer who turned in my tax refund check that I dropped there just after lunch time on May 19. She saved me the major hassle of getting the government to stop the check and issue a new one. I am so grateful that she and so many other honest caring people live in this area. — A.W. in Lewiston.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: For those who are interested in nature walks and such, the completion of a wildlife observation platform overlooking Couber’s Brook Pond in Wilton will be celebrated with an official opening at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 31, at the Lions Club building parking lot on Main Street in Wilton. Bring binoculars and camera. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call 207-779-9026.

Learn more about the Wilton Lions Club at http://www.thecommunityconnector.org/directory/profile/wilton-lions-club/.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: For your readers who transport young children, Safe Kids Maine, in partnership with Maine Chevrolet Dealers, will offer free car seat inspections at Emerson Chevrolet, 946 Center Street, Auburn every second Saturday of each month from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Over 90 percent of car seats are not used properly. Know for sure that your child is safe in the car. Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians will conduct the inspections. For additional information, visit www.MaineSeatCheck.org or call 207-899-9461.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Recently you listed some of the Memorial Day parades. We would like to add that a Memorial Day Parade, coordinated by Nelson-Conley American Legion Post 66 and American Legion Post 158, will take place Monday, May 25.

It will begin at Crafts Cars on Route 196 in Lisbon Falls at 9 a.m. and end at Coombs-Mountfort Post 158 in Lisbon. Parade participants should arrive between 8 and 8:30 a.m.

Observances are scheduled at Morse Elementary School, Lisbon High School, Veterans Memorial Bridge and Post 158.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: My children will attend school in Lewiston this fall. What is the cost of lunch at Lewiston schools? — Hungry at school.

ANSWER: Recently, the Sun Journal published an article about this topic. It stated: “Beginning this fall, every student in Lewiston will get breakfast and lunch at school without paying, regardless of how much their parents earn, courtesy of the federal government.

“For students who eat lunch every day at school, that’s a $10 savings each week for a high school student, $7.55 a week for an elementary school student.

“Like a growing number of schools across the country, Lewiston is joining the so-called ‘Community Eligibility Provision,’ created under the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the school lunch program.

“It’s the federal government’s push to ensure students don’t go hungry in schools and have access to healthy meals.”

Read the entire article here: https://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/0001/11/30/lewiston-schools-offer-free-meals-all-students/1706224/.

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