DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have a Garmin GPS that I would like to donate. Are there any nonprofits that might be able to use it?—Wanda, no town

ANSWER: Many drivers use their cellphones these days as a GPS. If readers are involved with a nonprofit that could benefit from having a GPS in the organization’s vehicle, please let us know.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would like to hear from people who are using a hearing amplifier to hear better instead of hearing aids.—No name, no town

ANSWER: Sun Spotters, help out our reader with our opinions. I know someone who tried an inexpensive one and did not like it because it amplified everything, including background noise. Please share your experience.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: On Tuesday, Mar. 21, after a 3 p.m. appointment at 99 Campus Ave., (St. Mary’s office building), my wife, two daughters and I discarded our COVID-19 masks in the foyer trash can on the way out of the building.

Later in the evening, I could not find one of my hearing aids. I looked everywhere and still could not find it. Then my wife mentioned it might be in the trash can at St. Mary’s. This was about 6 p.m. and I had planned to attend the 7 p.m. City Council meeting at City Hall, so I said I would stop on the way and look for it.

When I arrived at the building, the door was locked and it was dark inside, but I could see the trash can in the foyer. I tapped gently on the glass door hoping a worker or night watchman might hear me. Then a gentleman in his car saw me, turned around and parked his car next to mine. When he asked if I was having a problem, I explained I had lost my hearing aid and thought it might be in the trash can in the foyer.

He took out an entry card, flashed it on the door and it was unlocked. I inquired if he worked there and he replied that he, who is from Somalia, is an interpreter in six languages.

I found my hearing aid right on top of the many masks. I did not get this man’s name, but I thanked him many times. I wish I had gotten his name so the community would know that he went out of his way to help an old veteran.—Don, Lewiston

ANSWER: Well, Don, you just let the community in all of Sun Spots Land know, and you did so beautifully. I sincerely hope your good Samaritan sees this, but in case he does not, I’m sure he knows how appreciative you are.

Hearing aids can be expensive and it is a process to get just the right one. I am glad this story had a happy ending. I have heard other cases of hearing aids and favorite earrings becoming entangled in masks. Your wife was smart to think that the hearing aid had gone into the trash, and it was so good you were able to retrieve it before that trash can was emptied.

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