Organizational habits expert Janie Downey Maxwell will present her program Organizational Zen at the Wiscasset Public Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 5 p.m. From big projects to everyday tasks, Janie can help you bring organizational peace into your life. Have you ever bought something you already owned because it was easier than finding the thing you had? Do you find yourself misplacing keys, glasses, or small children? Are you feeling overwhelmed and edgy over things you may have forgotten to do?

Come to learn how to get stuff done, feel more in control of your time, and bring organizational peace into your life – and have fun learning! Please bring a pad of paper and something to write with.

On Wednesday, Oct. 26, also at 5 p.m., Hank Lunn will present a talk entitled German Prisoners of War in Maine: From Foe to Friend. In 1944, the U.S. Army Air Base in Houlton, Maine, became the site of a prisoner of war internment camp for German soldiers captured in North Africa and France. The prisoners could not be forced to work, but could volunteer.

Those who wanted to work helped the local farmers harvest peas, pick potatoes and cut wood in the forest during winter. The prisoners were paid a dollar a day in scrip that they could spend at their post exchange for toiletries, tobacco, chocolate, even beer. College courses were offered to those who wished to study.

In the fall of 1945 Lunn’s father decided to request prisoners to help with the potato harvest because the people he usually hired were not available due of the war. Another very compelling reason for asking for help was that the Germans cost the farmers very little. Lunn’s young mind was not too sure it was a good idea to have the “enemy” right there on their farm. From Foe to Friend tells Lunn’s personal story of what the experience was like to have German soldiers working on his family farm in Littleton, Aroostook County, Maine.

There will be no charge for admission to either talk. Light refreshments will be available.