Dear Sun Spots: We currently have two sewing machines that we would like to donate to a group or organization that is in need of one. We have one that is portable and one that is in a cabinet. Both are in good working order. Please call Ron Blake at Cote’s Sewing and Fabric Center to arrange pick up. We are located next to Big Lots in the Auburn Plaza.

We occasionally get sewing machines donated from our customers. We service them and donate them to needy groups. If you are in need of one, please call us at 782-5922 or e-mail us at [email protected] and we will add you to our waiting list. You must be a non-profit group. Thank you Sun Spots for your continued service to our community. – Ron Blake, Auburn.

Dear Sun Spots: I’m looking for anyone who may have some scraps of latch hook yarn for making rugs to finish a project I am working on. I cannot find the yarn to buy separately. If anyone has any, please call me at 333-2725 or 333-2726. Thank you. – No Name, No Town.

Dear Sun Spots: Would you please be able to locate a dentist for me who had a practice on Minot Avenue in Auburn in 2000? I do not remember her full name but her last name was LeBlanc. She regularly placed an advertisement in the Sun Journal. There was also a gentleman named Michael who made dentures. Any information on these two people would be greatly appreciated. – No Name, No Town.

Answer: As noted in the Oct. 4, 2006, column:

• Readers hoping to contact former Lewiston/Auburn dentist Mary LeBlanc, featured in Sun Spots Sept. 2, column: Please note that the Mary LeBlanc in Canaan and at 475-6045 is not the person you are seeking. Sun Spots has not located any contact information for the former dentist. However, you might consider contacting the Maine Board of Dental Examiners to see if they could assist you with this search. They may be reached at 143 State House Station, 161 Capitol St., Augusta, ME 04333-0143, or via phone at 287-3333.

Dear Sun Spots: I have a brother in West Virginia. He likes Cag Nut bars but they aren’t sold where he lives. Have you heard of a place where I could buy some? I enjoy your column. – Blanche Newell, Livermore Falls.

Answer: Sun Spots needs more information here, Blanche, and requests that you please contact the column with more information on the brand name, what the ingredients are, or anything that will assist Sun Spots in locating your brother’s favorite candy.

Dear Sun Spots: I am wondering if anyone knows how to put the color back in leather when you have a white, worn, spot on it? Also, could I please have LazyBoy’s address. – No Name, No Town.

Answer: In addition to responses from readers, consider contacting them at La-Z-Boy, 1284 North Telegraph Road, Monroe, MI 48162.

Dear Sun Spots: How would one be able to get a signed photo or a group photo of the Oak Hill hockey team. Or, of any of the hockey teams in this area? – No Name, No Town.

Answer: Consider contacting any of the coaches through the schools.

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