DEAR SUN SPOTS: I recently cleaned out a lot of saved magazines. Some are too beautiful and like mini books. I just cannot throw them away without offering them to an interested party.

I am thinking of a culinary arts school or an avid cook. These magazines include explanations of why methods work best after there has been extensive testing and gives a lot of understanding for the process of food preparation.

Specifically, I have close to 30 Cooks Illustrated magazines. They have beautiful art on the cover and excellent illustrated recipes.

I really hope these magazines can find a good home. Please call 207-897-3171 to make arrangements.–No name, Jay

ANSWER: You may want to contact The Green Ladle at the Lewiston Regional Technical Center  to inquire if the students there could use them. There is an online contact form (www.greenladle.com/contact-us) or call 207-777-3199.

If not interested, perhaps the school or a community library would take the magazines. Let us know what happens.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In response to the inquiry concerning editors of the French Newspaper, Le Messager (Mar. 14 Sun Spots), I can inform you that my uncle Jacques Fortin was the editor in the early 1950’s, which I believe would be after Mr. Gagne.

In the mid 1950’s my grandfather, Professor Louis Robert, who was a frequent contributor, became editor briefly when Mr. Fortin returned to his native Montreal to become editor of the Montreal Gazette.—Robert, no town

ANSWER: This is great information—thank you so much! If anyone else knows the lineage of the Le Messenger editors, please write in.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Lewiston-Auburn Senior College is presenting “Well Water and Healthful Aging in Maine: A Collaboration between University of New England and Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory.”

Jane Disney will speak about her multiyear effort to identify contaminants in home well water and provide critical education to homeowners and their families. Disney is an associate professor of environmental health at MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor. In addition, she directs the activities of the Community Environmental Health Laboratory.

Disney has recently joined with Tom Meuser, director of the UNE Center for Excellence in Aging & Health, to examine health impacts of arsenic and other contaminants on health in adults 55 or older in Maine. He also coordinates the UNE Legacy Scholars Program through which adults support applied research on aging, complete annual surveys on health, and join with students in shared learning and scholarship.

Participants will learn about their preliminary findings and receive an invitation to join in this research, which includes free home tap water testing.

This program will be offered via Zoom at 11 a.m. Friday.

To receive a link, please email laseniorcollege@gmail.com by noon Thursday. You will receive your link Friday morning.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: On my way to work yesterday in Leeds, I skidded in slush and ended up in a snowbank. Within five minutes, two gentlemen in a pickup truck stopped and offered to pull me out.  Amazing! Heartfelt thanks to Shane and Tony.–Cami, Buckfield

ANSWER: I am glad you are OK. Those good Samaritans were sent to you at the perfect time.

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