Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from June 2003:
State quarter to make its debut today 400 million likely to be minted
Jun 02, 2003; ... BANGOR - For Capt. Kip Files, it still hasn't sunk in yet that hisschooner, Victory Chimes, was selected almost a year ago to be on thenew U.S. quarter honoring Maine's entrance into the union. And when he thinks about the U.S. Mint rolling out more than 400million of the 25-cent ...
Staying in the game
Jun 02, 2003; ... Special Report Part Two Flipping through a well-worn copy of an anthropological study ofhis native tribe published in 1940, Penobscot Nation Chief Barry Danafinally found what he was looking for. "Here we go," he said, turning to a description of a once-popularIndian game of ...
Online purchase ticks off reader
Jun 02, 2003 ... COMBAT member Cathy White of Rockland had purchased her firsthouse and much to her joy, owned her first fireplace, complete with alovely granite mantel. But something was missing. Thinking back to her childhood, she remembered how grandmother andgrandfather had a chiming clock over ...
No grapes, no gripes at Winterport Winery National cuisine writers drop in
Jun 02, 2003; ... WINTERPORT - Making a go of it with a small business in Maineisn't easy, Michael Anderson readily admits. Anderson and his wife, Joan, operate Winterport Winery in abeautifully appointed, boutique-like storefront on Route 1A, sellingspecialty wines they produce in the basement. The ...
INTELLIGENCE REVIEW
Jun 02, 2003 ... As weapons inspections teams quietly pack up and go home or turntheir attention to other tasks, questions continue to mount about therationale for attacking Iraq. Before the war, President Bush andSecretary of State Colin Powell repeatedly warned of the imminentdanger from Saddam Hussein ...
NEGOTIATION WITHOUT END
Jun 02, 2003 ... The compromise announced last week among the Baldacciadministration, health insurers and hospitals was a tentative bit ofgood news in what will be a long process of negotiation andcompromise to find a solution to the rising cost of health care. Evenwith the announcement of an agreement, ...
Point-by-point review
Jun 02, 2003 ... The governor's 15-point plan for health care reform containsprovisions that deserve support, but also one provision that shouldbe of major concern to many. Two groups should be concerned: those seeking health care andthose wanting to participate in giving health care in the future ....
No more peace, quiet
Jun 02, 2003 ... In response to the letter by Andrew Boudreau (BDN, May 29), Isympathize and understand where he is coming from. But I have livedon Route 9 in Eddington for 33 years. Just like Boudreau, I moved there for the peace and quiet. As theyears passed, the road was widened several times ...
Bush is a real leader
Jun 02, 2003 ... The letters to the editor in the Bangor Daily News are filled withPresident Bush-bashing and name-calling. All the mudslinging will notchange the president. The opposite of the previous administration,Bush is a real leader. He says what he means and means ...
Political correctness
Jun 02, 2003 ... I am puzzled by the media's silence regarding the recently passedtax cut and who it really benefits. Why they continue to foster theidea that it only benefits the rich is a lie and creates greater envyby those who are poor. It is fact, reported by the IRS, that the top 50 percent ...
Riding Route 116 risky
Jun 02, 2003 ... Attention all bikers: Maine should be proud of Route 116 from theLincoln access road to Howland. According to the road map, it is apaved routed highway and not much more than a seasonal back townroad. The road is covered with gravel ...
State gaming authority
Jun 02, 2003 ... I have read, seen and listened to how casinos and slot machinesare going to be the economic salvation for Bangor and Maine.According to the study commissioned by Capital Seven LLC, which isowned by a Nevada businessman, "Bass Park could generate $75.3million in annual revenue and an ...
Keep theater alive
Jun 02, 2003 ... As a season ticket holder and modest contributor to the PenobscotTheatre Company-Maine Shakespeare Festival for the past severalyears, I am dismayed that the lack of sufficient community supportthreatens the company's survival. As a retiree who has seen pension distribution decline ...
Grave robbery wrong
Jun 02, 2003 ... I am writing to those who visited Mount Pleasant Cemetery on OhioStreet in Bangor the week of May 4. The visitors removed two smallbirdhouse wind chimes from the black iron hearts that decorate aflower box. This is upsetting to me, even more so because it took place justbefore ...
John Bapst girls, Foxcroft boys win Orono's Alford, Bucksport's Siverly record victories in four events at PVC championship
Jun 02, 2003; ... ORONO - As Katie Andrle gathered herself on the sideline of theOrono High track Saturday, John Bapst coach Bruce Pratt ran from theinfield to give her a big hug. "He was like, you guys are only three-tenths of a second off thestate record," Andrle said moments after she anchored ...
Drivers, fans endure eventful night at Unity LeBlanc Jr., Clark among feature race winners
Jun 02, 2003; ... UNITY -There wasn't a full moon at Unity Raceway Saturday night.There probably should have been. On a night during which a tire bounced over a 20-foot fence intothe grandstand, slightly injuring two people; a car driven by GregVeinote was enveloped in flames (he wasn't hurt); and ...
Voltz jolts offense to life as 'Jacks win
Jun 02, 2003; ... ORONO - A "regular" night of rest coupled with the absence of along bus trip appeared to rejuvenate the Bangor Lumberjacks Saturdaynight. The Lumberjacks convincingly snapped a three-game losing streakwith an 8-1 victory over the New Jersey Jackals on a warm - and muchdrier - ...
Lumberjacks rained out, practice inside
Jun 02, 2003; ... ORONO - Several hardy fans were still driving up to or millingabout Mahaney Diamond early Sunday afternoon despite the arrival ofthe rain guaranteed by meteorologists everywhere. After morning dawned with overcast skies, but still none of themonsoon-like precipitation the weather ...
Tennis
Jun 02, 2003 ... HIGH SCHOOL Eastern Maine Semifinals CLASS B At Fort Kent No. 3 Caribou boys (12-2) 3, No. 2 Fort Kent (13-1) 2 Singles: Newt Rogers (FK) def. Ben Wakana 6-2, 7-5, Sam Hallett(C) def. Minal Caron 6-4, 6-4, Corey Boucher (FK) def. Randy King 7-5, 6-1; ...
Golf
Jun 02, 2003 ... HOLE-IN-ONE Chris Cyr MILLINOCKET - Chris Cyr of Millinocket aced the 153-yard, par-3eighth hole at ...
Road racing
Jun 02, 2003 ... Local Maine Sport Outfitters, Peter Ott's Camden 10K Top 75: Morgan Laidlaw 35:22, Peter Levi 35:44, Mike Chilly 35:58,Jenna Richardson 36:04, Hugh McLean 36:59, Ludo Bruyere 37:31, RickStuart 37:42, Jo-Ann Nealy 38:23, Eric Kangas 38:34, Guy Berthiaume38:45, Paul ...
Wiscasset unveils Super Slam Series
Jun 02, 2003; ... WISCASSET - Jeff Jackson of Chelsea won the 20-lap Mini Stockfeature Saturday night as Wiscasset Raceway unveiled its new SuperSlam Series. Jackson fended off a steady challenge by Topsham's Jerol Stepp totake the checkered flag, while Mike Swanson of Winthrop claimed ...
UM's Rybalko wins regional long jump Colby women's team captures NCAA Division III crew championship
Jun 02, 2003; ... Viktoriya Rybalko took only one jump Saturday at the NCAA EastRegional track and field meet at Fairfax, Va., but it was good enoughto send her to the NCAA Championships. The University of Maine senior star covered 6.53 meters (21 feet,51/4 inches) on her initial leap of the day ...
Calais wins Downeast crown
Jun 02, 2003 ... MACHIAS - Jessica Whittaker singled home Chrissy Driscoll in thetop of the third inning Saturday, giving Calais the eventual marginof victory as the Blue Devils beat Machias 2-1 in the DowneastAthletic Conference softball championship game. Darcy Gillespie provided a sacrifice fly ...
Narramissic Notebook shares poetry, pictures, memories
Jun 02, 2003; ... At a dance hall in Prospect, back during the Depression, BarryKane was "the best dancer anywhere around." Just ask Virgie. Thanks to Karen Saum, who wrote up the dance hall story of VirgieAlley Betts - a woman you may know from the years she ran the craftstore at H.O.M.E. Inc. in ...
Veterans facility expands in Bangor 30-bed unit to care for early dementia
Jun 02, 2003; ... BANGOR - Veterans were the honored guests at the grand opening ofa 30-bed residential care unit at the Maine Veterans Home in Bangoron Sunday afternoon. Many veterans, along with their families and the home's staff,gathered to commemorate the nation's veterans and tour the ...
Festival turns city parks into artist studios Weather permits all ages to delight in ease of creating
Jun 02, 2003; ... BANGOR - Still-life artist John LeBlanc stood behind severalchildren sitting in front of easels and watched as they drew theirinterpretation of a female model on a chair before them. LeBlanc, one of numerous artists participating in the first "Artson the Green" on Saturday in ...
Police probe old cases for clues on bones Links to missing persons sought
Jun 02, 2003; ... DEDHAM - State officials are seeking information from the publicabout a woman who disappeared 23 years ago, but they insist they havenot narrowed their investigation of bones found near Green Lake downto a specific missing-person case. Bonnie Ledford was 20 years old when she was ...
Etna driver arrested after hitting pole
Jun 02, 2003 ... An Etna man was arrested Sunday morning after backing into atelephone pole in the Big Apple parking lot on Main Street in Orono. Joseph Landry, 45, was arrested on a warrant for failure to pay afine after Orono police Officer Joshua Ewing witnessed the minorcrash at 10:30 a.m ....
Altrusa International yard sale June 7
Jun 02, 2003 ... BREWER - Altrusa International of Bangor, a women's serviceorganization, will hold its annual yard ...
Diabetes support group offered first Thursdays
Jun 02, 2003 ... BANGOR - A free diabetes support group sponsored by St. JosephHealthcare will meet at 1 p.m. the first Thursday of each month inthe Diabetes and Nutrition Center, ...
Patents, copyrights topic of workshop
Jun 02, 2003 ... DOVER-FOXCROFT - The Penquis CAP Incubator Without Walls programwill hold a small-business workshop, "Patents, Copyrights andTrademarks," 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, at Penquis CAP, 50 NorthSt. Lois Nase from the University of Maine will discuss types of U.S.patents and ...
Kids' reading club at Orrington library
Jun 02, 2003 ... ORRINGTON - The Reading Patch Club for children enteringkindergarten through grade five in the fall will be held during themonths of June and July at Orrington Public Library. Participants will read books from a variety of categories on theirown and then discuss them one-on-one ...
Green electricity pitched at fair Group promotes alternative to coal- , oil-generated power
Jun 02, 2003; ... BELFAST - Green, clean electricity is just a mouse click or twoaway for Mainers, but most don't know it. That was the message of the Brunswick-based Maine Interfaith Power& Light group, one of many presenting information on Saturday at thesecond annual Green Future Fair on the ...
'Amazing Women' celebration planned
Jun 02, 2003 ... AUGUSTA - The Maine Women's Network of the Maine State Chamberwill hold the second annual Celebration of Amazing Women from noon to3 p.m. Thursday, June 19, in Thorne Hall at Bowdoin College inBrunswick. The event will feature guest speaker Karen Gordon Mills, managingdirector ...
Veterans' northern cemetery dedicated
Jun 02, 2003; ... CARIBOU - Peter Miesberger was elated Sunday at the dedication ofthe Northern Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, a dream of his own andof scores of other area veterans that finally came true. The 20-acre cemetery on Lombard Road - a $3 million project in theworks for five years - ...
Fort Kent schedules summer kids' activities
Jun 02, 2003 ... FORT KENT - The Fort Kent Recreation and Parks Department willsponsor a variety of activities this summer for children ages 2-18. Programs will run from Tuesday, June 24, through Friday, Aug. 8.Most programs are held at the Community High School facilities ornext to ...
'Tin knocker' makes book drop for Calais library Donated time, materials save $3,000
Jun 02, 2003; ... CALAIS - A retired tin knocker's Yankee ingenuity saved the CalaisFree Library nearly $3,000. Dale Churchill, who retired after more than 20 years in the tinshop of the pulp and paper mill in Baileyville, volunteered his timeto build the Calais library a new stainless steel book ...
Planners to review hospital expansion
Jun 02, 2003; ... ELLSWORTH - A significant expansion project at a local hospitalhas been submitted for review this week by city officials. Also on the Ellsworth planning board's June 4 agenda is a proposedexpansion of the garden center at Wal-Mart on Route 3. The planning board meeting will be ...
Residents to decide on $2.6M budget Waldoboro voters to elect 3 selectmen
Jun 02, 2003; ... WALDOBORO - Townspeople will decide June 12 whether to approve a$2.6 million budget - a figure nearly 2 percent lower than last year. On June 10 voters will go to the polls to choose two three-yearselectmen and one person to fill one remaining year in SelectmanCharlotte Davenhill's ...
Courts
Jun 02, 2003 ... Waldo County Superior Court Cases May 29, 2003 Timothy S. Sackman, 23, Belfast, probation violation, jail 14days. Albert J. Russell, 19, Brooks, burglary and theft, prison oneyear, all but 30 days suspended, probation one year, restitution$200, no contact with ...
Belfast hospice offers bereavement support
Jun 02, 2003 ... BELFAST - Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County will offer abereavement support group for young widows and widowers. The group will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, June 21-Aug. 16.Mary Lou Sweeney will lead the support group, assisted by volunteersJeanette Piotti and Penny Young ....
Democrats to hold meeting in Belfast
Jun 02, 2003 ... BELFAST - Waldo County Democrats will meet at 6 p.m. Friday, June6, at Senior Spectrum. A potluck supper will be at 6 p.m. Thebusiness meeting will begin at 7 p.m. with a ...
Historical society to meet in Surry
Jun 02, 2003 ... SURRY - The Surry Historical Society will hold its annual meetingat 7 p.m. Monday, ...
Centennial committee seeks public comment
Jun 02, 2003 ... SOUTHWEST HARBOR - The Southwest Harbor-Tremont Chamber ofCommerce will hold a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 18,at the American Legion Hall for comments on the 2005 ...
Fire Department plans Washington auction
Jun 02, 2003 ... WASHINGTON - The 12th annual Washington Fire Department dinner andauction will be held Saturday, June 14. Dinner will be at 4:30-6:30p.m. The auction, with ...
Compost workshop scheduled in Ellsworth
Jun 02, 2003 ... ELLSWORTH - The Hancock County Planning Commission, incollaboration with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension andthe Woodlawn Museum, will sponsor a backyard ...
SAD 77 budget discussion June 3
Jun 02, 2003 ... EAST MACHIAS - A public informational meeting about the proposedSAD 77 budget for 2003-04 will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, inthe Elm Street School gym. The annual budget meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 10,in the gym. Superintendent ...
Records preservation group awarded grant
Jun 02, 2003 ... COLUMBIA FALLS - The Ruggles House Society has received a $1,441grant to preserve and provide better access to its historicalcollections. The Ruggles House Society is a nonprofit organization thatmaintains and supports the Ruggles House museum. The grant was funded by the New ...
Track & Field
Jun 02, 2003 ... HIGH SCHOOL At Orono PVC Small School Championship John Bapst girls 146, Narraguagus 67, Orono 65, Central 50.33,Greenville 34.33, Dexter 30, Penquis 30, Mattanawcook 28, Searsport28, Bucksport 25, Stearns 22.33, Foxcroft 21, George Stevens 12,Piscataquis Community ...
Maine House rejects term limit extension bill Legislation goes to Senate for further debate
Jun 03, 2003; ... AUGUSTA - An hour of impassioned debate Monday failed to convincea majority of the Maine House of Representatives that the state'scurrent legislative term limits law was in need of revision. LD 1273 would have sent the question of whether sitting lawmakersshould be allowed to serve ...
UMS approves tuition increase Trustees elect new chair, vice chair
Jun 03, 2003; ... PORTLAND - University of Maine System trustees Monday reluctantlyapproved a 7 percent average increase in annual tuition and fees forin-state undergraduate students. The increase, which is the largest in nine years, is necessarybecause of state budget cuts, a rise in the cost of ...
Judge: Bowater cannot change GNP pensions Violation of retirement act claimed
Jun 03, 2003; ... BANGOR - A U.S. District Court magistrate judge has reversed twoof her previous decisions and has ruled that Bowater Inc., the formerowner of Great Northern Paper Inc., should not be allowed to changeGNP retirees' pension plans. The ruling last Friday by U.S. District Court ...
Changing Fortunes Foxwoods' success translates to wealth for tiny Connecticut tribe
Jun 03, 2003; ... SPECIAL REPORT PART THREE A four-hour bus ride behind them, longtime friends Mary Joyce andVirginia Jennings gingerly stepped into the vast parking lot of theFoxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Conn., ready for action. Armed with their Wampum Club cards - the official ...
Delivering A Green Package
Jun 03, 2003 ... At first, officials from FedEx, the overnight package giant,wondered why they had agreed to meet with an environmental group.Quickly, however, they found out that helping to reduce pollutioncould also be good for the corporate bottom line. The result of athree-year joint venture between ...
Feed the Hungry
Jun 03, 2003 ... Layoffs in Millinocket, Old Town and Brewer have put big newdemands on food banks, pantries and soup kitchens that help feed thelow-paid and no-paid hungry people in central and eastern Maine. Thecurrent emergency calls for special generosity from the individualsand organizations and ...
Casinos safe and sound
Jun 03, 2003 ... While everyone is entitled to their opinion regarding casinos inMaine, exception is taken to grossly inaccurate criticisms. This isespecially true with "Look at Atlantic City" (BDN letter, May 17-18). Unfortunately, it's evident that opponents of casinos havelittle or no exposure to the ...
National park potential
Jun 03, 2003 ... Walter Plaut Jr. (BDN letter, May 26) seems to think that becausehe is against a Maine Woods National Park everyone else in Mainethinks the same way. If Plaut would leave Trescott Township longenough, he might discover that many citizens think a national parkwould be of great value to ...
Living near a busy road
Jun 03, 2003 ... This letter is directed to Beryl Oswell (BDN, May 27) and to allof the others who live near the turnpike complaining of truck noise.If that's all they have to complain about, they should move and theirproblem will be solved. My wife and I live with our newborn child in the center ...
Something is missing
Jun 03, 2003 ... Every other day or so recently I and other military veterans andour spouses have gone to Bangor International Airport welcoming ourservice people returning from the Middle East who were on their wayvia BIA to home or their next duty station. They are all surprised and most ...
Opposition's support
Jun 03, 2003 ... It isn't often that an increasingly frustrated conservativeDemocrat like me gets support for her political views from theopposition. However, those at the Wall Street Journal recently sharedtheir view that the recently passed tax cuts could lend a short-termboost to the economy, but long ...
Widow loses Togus lawsuit, awarded $100,000 for distress
Jun 03, 2003; ... The widow of a Bradley man has been awarded $100,000 in damagesfor emotional distress, but lost her negligence suit against theveterans hospital in Togus. U.S. District Judge George Singal ruled last month in Portlandthat doctors who treated Steven W. Benson were negligent in ...
Defense official tours Loring facility Finance, accounting service earns positive review; expansion possible
Jun 03, 2003; ... LIMESTONE - The chief financial officer of the Department ofDefense was impressed by the people he met and the facilities hetoured Monday morning at the Loring Commerce Centre, saying theirhistory bodes well for future expansions. Dov Zakheim, comptroller and undersecretary of the ...
Eviction threatens housing program
Jun 03, 2003; ... PRESQUE ISLE - Wendy Emery knows what it's like to be homeless.She spent two months last year in a battered women's shelter. For a little more than a year, Emery, 27, has been living with herthree children, one of whom is handicapped, in transitional housingoperated by Homeless ...
UM student follows mercury trail Researcher studies plants at Acadia
Jun 03, 2003; ... Every day, mercury launched into the sky by coal-fired poweredplants far from Maine travels here on air currents and, somehow, endsup in the flesh of wild fish. But why trout in one pond are safe to eat while landlocked salmonin a nearby lake have high mercury concentrations has ...