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Jamie Caouette, left, gives Chelsy Montminy a tour Monday of the Lewiston Winter Warming Center. Caouette and other staff members of the warming center held a job fair Monday for the center on Lincoln Street. The new center in the former Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant replaces the warming center at Calvary United Methodist Church. It will be open from Nov. 15 through the end of April from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. seven days a week. The nonprofit Kaydenz Kitchen will operate the warming shelter as well as the community resource center, which will help those in need of clothing and food. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Dig deeper: Lewiston considers former Schemengees Bar & Grille for emergency warming center this winter

Kevin Boilard, second from right, of Kaydenz Kitchen, talks with staff Monday about staffing details at the Lewiston Winter Warming Center. Boilard and staff held a job fair Monday for the center on Lincoln Street. The new center in the former Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant replaces the warming center at Calvary United Methodist Church. It will be open from Nov. 15 through the end of April from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. seven days a week. The nonprofit Kaydenz Kitchen will operate the warming shelter as well as the community resource center, which will help those in need of clothing and food. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Linda Scott, right, gives her daughter, Barrett Scott, a tour Monday of the Lewiston Winter Warming Center. Linda Scott and other staff members of the warming center held a job fair Monday for the center on Lincoln Street. The new center in the former Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant replaces the warming center at Calvary United Methodist Church. It will be open from Nov. 15 through the end of April from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. seven days a week. The nonprofit Kaydenz Kitchen will operate the warming shelter as well as the community resource center, which will help those in need of clothing and food. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
The Lewiston Winter Warming Center on Lincoln Street is in need of donations. The center opens Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. in the former Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Jessica Hutt, center, answers a question Monday from Mbiya Nlando, right, at the Lewiston Winter Warming Center. Hutt and other staff members of the warming center held a job fair Monday for the center on Lincoln Street. The new center in the former Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant replaces the warming center at Calvary United Methodist Church. It will be open from Nov. 15 through the end of April from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. seven days a week. The nonprofit Kaydenz Kitchen will operate the warming shelter as well as the community resource center, which will help those in need of clothing and food. Nlando and Jordan Ndop Nya, left, applied for jobs during the job fair. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
A balloon floats Monday outside the Lewiston Winter Warming Center on Lincoln Street. The center held a job fair Monday afternoon. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...