DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Lewiston High School Class of 1958 is planning a gathering of classmates from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5.

Each person will pay for his/her meal from a house specialty menu with six choices. We will send e-mails to those we have on file only.

Members of the organizing committee are asking each classmate to create a phone chain by calling classmates and notifying them of this important event. We must have a head count by Sept. 30. Call Rachel Tardif Cyr at 786-3052 or Rollie Dionne Perron at 946-7028.

ANSWER: I hope you have a nice turnout and have fun catching up with one another.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Lewiston Auburn Senior College is back this fall with a new look. If you’re over 50, come explore and enjoy!

Since Senior College has become a nonprofit, we’ve been looking into a few new venues. This fall we will continue to have Zoom classes but will also offer more in-person classes at Schooner Estates, Lewiston-Auburn Airport, Clover Manor, Temple Shalom and the Auburn Public Library. We will continue to coordinate with the library for Senior College in the Community on Tuesday afternoons.

Here’s a brief look at our one-day classes.

Larry Canepa is back with three fascinating demonstrations about food and cooking from different cultures. John Cleveland will moderate a conversation with Mayor Jeffery Harmon.

We will take virtual visits to the Nile with Bill Phillips, to Monhegan Island with Peggy Volock, and to North Dakota with our returning travelogue specialist, Eve Fralick.

Alan Elze takes a new look at “The Wizard of Oz,” both the book and the movie.

There are two game nights, and Bettyanne Sheats will teach us about responsible voting.

We’ll also be given a rare opportunity by Judy Hierstein to learn about international signs and symbols. Our visits to Temple Shalom will be hosted by Rabbi Sruli Dresdner who will teach us about Judaism and Chanukah. And don’t miss Loring Danforth’s bird watching presentation. We may add more choices before the season starts.

Senior College will also offer some four to eight weeks in-depth courses. Topics include:
Individual and Community, Jean Potuchek; Discussions and Simulations of 19th Century European History, Anita Denis; Ayn Rand’s Passage Through the 20th Century, Mike Brakey; The Social Gospel of Jesus: Deep Human History, Steve Piker; She Doesn’t Like Fantasy (reading and discussing four books), Peggy Volock; Lessons in Chemistry, Laura Sturgis; Art Party, Anita Poulin; Phun with Physics, Hugh Keene; The Forest and the Trees, Katherine Hunter; I Remember: Flash Memoir Workshop, Barbara Gravinese; Malaga Island and This Other Eden: A Tragedy of Racism and Eugenics, Gale Eaton.

Go to our website at https://lewiston-auburn-senior-college.coursestorm.com/ for more information or contact us at 713-7266 or laseniorcollege@gmail.com. – Lucy, no town

ANSWER: There are some great choices here, with something for everyone.

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