DEAR SUN SPOTS: Could you find out if Greenwood Orchards stand on Route 4 in Turner is going to open again? They were open all winter from Thursday through Sunday, but now the sign out front says “Closed.” Thanks for any help you can be. — An Avid Reader, No Town.

ANSWER: No need to worry, your wait is almost over. Greenwood Orchards closes for a couple of months each spring, but they will reopen soon — in July to be more precise.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Your help is greatly appreciated. On June 19, on leaving CMMC back parking lot, I set an important folder on my trunk and forgot it there. It is a black fabric, zippered folder with an other zippered compartment on the side. It has a distinguishing logo in green and blue with the wording “Shaklee” and a leaf. The contents are related to a relative in the hospital and are very important to the family. My route was Hammond to Main Street to Canal Street, then down 196 to Lisbon Falls. I presume it would have fallen from the trunk in Lewiston. Please call (253) 380-9307. Thank you. — Roberta, No Town.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Do you love a good deal? Then come on over to the Greene Youth Athletic Association’s Giant Yard Sale on Saturday, June 25, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Located on Route 202, minutes from Lewiston. Come out and support us in raising money for our youth.  Rental spaces are still available for $25. Please contact gyaafundraising@gmail.com for information. Thanks. — Ben, Greene.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Your recent comments referred to the selective service status 1-0, objection without serving. An additional draft status was 1A-O. Objector status with active duty in the military, hallmarked by an unwillingness to carry a weapon, or engage in weapon training.

This second group was relatively small. 1A-O’s had two choices, the first of which was to be subject to medical experimentation for their two year enlistment period. They were referred to as “test tubes.” This group lived a civilian lifestyle burdened by medical studies carried out with their permission. Although this was a choice upon my completion of CO basic training at Fort Sam Huston in San Antonio, Texas, in 1969, it was not mine.  
 
The other choice was active duty for two years. Many, if not most of the latter group, of which I was a member, was often, if not usually, assigned to an infantry unit in southeast Asia as an infantry platoon medic. One such individual was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, sacrificing his life for his fellow soldiers. I personally never knew the fate of any of my fellow CO’s as we were scattered upon completion of our Advance Individual Training (AIT) as 91A medics.
 
As a consequence  of my choices, I served in an infantry unit in 1970. I was awarded a Purple Heart, Combat Medical Badge, two Bronze Stars, two “V Devices for Heroism in Combat,” as well as others.
 
It is a common oversight to perceive CO status allowed any individual to avoid combat. — No Name, No Town.

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