DEAR SUN SPOTS: What happened to John Dennis of the sports radio show out of Boston? It was called Dennis and Callahan and it was on early weekday mornings. — No name, Peru.

ANSWER: A news release from the radio station cited health concerns as his reason for leaving so suddenly and, according to an interview with John Dennis by WCVB Boston in August 2016, he was ready to retire after nearly 20 years of “3:45 a.m. wake-up calls.” He says in the interview that he was just “tired of being tired.” He is still involved with the station in some capacities, including the Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon that takes place each year in August at the station.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am a student at Cascade Christian schools and I am writing a report on the state of Maine. We are responsible for gathering as much information as we can about our state. If any of your readers would like to help me by sending pictures, postcards, used license plates, facts, products, etc., from your state, it would be greatly appreciated! Send them to: Cascade Christian school; Attn: Alexis; 601 9th Ave. SE.; Puyallup, WA 98372. Thank you very much. — Alexis, fifth-grader at Cascade Christian school.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: “Helicopters flying low over Leeds” in Sun Spots on Jan. 24 made me smile. I knew it was about the CH-53Es like the ones that rescued Capt. Scott O’Grady in 1995. I just got out my copy of a letter to USA Today by Glyn Thorman on June 19, 1995.

“The efforts demonstrated by Capt. O’Grady and the Marines were not heroic actions by ordinary people. They were ordinary actions by people whose job it is to be heroic. “

The HMH-464 crews were just training for the job. The historical article, www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/rescue-basher-52, tells the O’Grady story well. — Ed Stanhope, no town.

ANSWER: Thank you for sharing this heroic story with Sun Spots. Most people are not used to low-flying helicopters in their neighborhoods which led to a lot of inquiries about them. It is good to know that the helicopter training many people were seeing and hearing is in fact what prepares the Marines for daring rescues, such as the rescue of Capt. O’Grady out of Bosnia in 1995.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The South Paris American Legion No. 72, 12 Church St. in South Paris, will be holding two indoor yard sales, March 18 and April 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you are interested in renting a table please call Betty at 207-743-7965. Tables are $10. The lunch counter will be open. Come join in the fun and help the Ladies Auxiliary send young girls to Girls State. — Jean Britton, South Paris.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: My friend buys oxtails at Bourque’s Market. The buyer could telephone to be sure that oxtails are available. — No name, Jay.

ANSWER: Thank you for sharing another local business that can provide cuts of meat that may be hard to find when trying out a new recipe. Oxtail is the culinary name for cow’s tail. It typically weighs 2 to 4 lbs. and is skinned and cut into short lengths for sale. It is a bony cut which makes it perfect for stocks and soups.

Bourque’s Market is at 644 Sabattus St. in Lewiston and can be reached by calling 207-782-1385.

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