Rates: 25¢ a word, three-dollar minimum, cash or a plate of bars. Drop them at the Pilot-Independent office or the slot at Tim’s. We do not edit your spelling; we edit your enthusiasm.

Help Wanted

HELP WANTED. The brewery in the old Co-op creamery seeks taproom help ahead of an August opening — pouring, serving, washing. Must be able to carry four plates, or to learn. No experience with beer required; experience with people preferred. Inquire at the creamery, where, at long last, someone is always inside.

HELP WANTED. Loon Ridge Supper Club, seasonal serving, weekends through Labor Day. Renée Fontaine notes that reminder cards are provided “for the specials and, if it comes to it, the schedule.”

For Sale

FOR SALE. Trombone, student model, some dents, which the incoming band director assures us is “character.” From a family whose child has defected to percussion. Priced to move it out of the house before the concert.

FOR SALE. Canning jars, quarts, four dozen, rings included. Quarts only; the pints are spoken for through the coming zucchini emergency. See Marlys at the Ladies’ Aid table Thursday.

FOR SALE. Pontoon, 24-ft, decorated once for a parade and never entirely un-decorated — some bunting remains, “adds character.” Runs good, floats better than it sits. See Bud at the Northern Tap.

Free & Fair Warning

IT HAS BEGUN. Zucchini. Last week we warned it was coming. It has come. Take a bag from the box on the Dahlquist step; take two; take the loaf of bread while you are at it. Do not leave any of your own in exchange, as that is not sharing (see Eunice, at length).

FREE. Cucumbers, still, by the sackful, the garden having no intention of stopping. See Eunice for the one salad that does not involve mayonnaise, which remains, as ever, the only recipe that can help you now.

Lost & Found

LOST. Sheet music, march, “Stars and Stripes Forever,” left at band camp Wednesday by a trombonist with other things on his mind. Reward: the gratitude of a director already short two copies.

LOST. One left sandal, child’s, size small, last seen at the Fourth of July kids’ races still traveling at speed. Sentimental value to a four-year-old, which is the highest kind there is. It is, we are told, now at the park pavilion. Go get it.

FOUND. One folding lawn chair, recovered off Big Pelican after the Fourth — floats better than it sits, a theme this week. Claim it at the landing, or from Ald. Bunde, who retains opinions about how it was tied down.

Wanted & Services

SERVICES. Pressure washing — decks, siding, walks. Stains a specialty; results, as Main Street can now attest at length, may vary. No guarantees offered on that particular stretch of sidewalk, on the advice of counsel and the council both.

YARD WORK. Responsible sixth-graders, three, available as a set for weeding, raking, and light hauling. We do not split up. Rates negotiable; grand-slam stories included free. Ask for any Vekved.

WANTED. Prizes for the January meat raffle, the one that quietly paid for the fireworks you enjoyed this month. Chief Sundberg’s counsel stands: sell more tickets in January and stand back. Units of pork accepted year-round at the Northern Tap.