Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from July 2003:
UM explores diet of low-income youths
Jul 01, 2003; ... ORONO - Most of us know we should eat several servings of fruitsand vegetables a day as part of a healthful diet - yet few of us doit. Researchers don't understand why we are so loath to change oureating habits. That's why Adrienne White, a professor in the University ofMaine's ...
NTSB testing odd fluid in Pittsfield plane crash
Jul 01, 2003; ... PORTLAND - The preliminary report on the fatal Pittsfield planecrash June 12 that took the lives of the Pittsfield airport managerand a student pilot indicates that an unknown, out-of-the-ordinaryfluid found in the plane's carburetor is being tested as part of ...
Blueberry price-fixing suit set for court in fall 4 processors maintain case will bear no fruit
Jul 01, 2003; ... ROCKLAND - Barring an unexpected settlement, an antitrust class-action lawsuit against four Down East blueberry processors isexpected to be decided by a Knox County Superior Court jury thisfall. Filed a little more than three years ago by Union blueberry growerNathan "Nate" ...
Winning $3.4M jackpot ticket sold in Brooklin
Jul 01, 2003; ... BROOKLIN - The town was abuzz this weekend with news that theBrooklin General Store had sold the winning $3.4 million Megabuckslottery ticket. It's a small town and word spread fast, according to Mike Roy,who, with his wife, Cheryl, owns the store. "By Sunday, it was all over ...
Maine aids N.B. in finding body
Jul 01, 2003; ... BANGOR - Armed with cadaver-sniffing dogs, Maine wardens helpedend a five-month search when they discovered the remains of aCanadian homicide victim Saturday morning in northern New Brunswick. Miramichi police officials identified the victim as 41-year-oldMaria Tanasichuk on Monday ...
Travis moved to EMMC Bangor man held in brother's assault
Jul 01, 2003; ... BANGOR - A man being held in the attempted murder of his brotherwas transferred from Penobscot County Jail to Eastern Maine MedicalCenter on Sunday due to a health condition. Walter Travis, 27, was thought to be suffering from internalbleeding, Chief Deputy Allen Stehle of the ...
Dr. Hunt's call of the wild North
Jul 01, 2003; ... When Mardi George and her family bought the Pleasant Point Campstwo winters ago, she was curious to know something of the history ofthe old 19th century hunting cabins set deep in the woods east ofMoosehead Lake. George already knew that Teddy Roosevelt had spent time thereduring ...
Ripley crash blamed on driver inattention
Jul 01, 2003 ... RIPLEY - Two women escaped serious injury Monday morning whentheir vehicles collided at the intersection of Routes 154 and 152. Somerset County Deputy Michael Knight said Beverly Crockett, 51,of Parkman was distracted while listening to an audio book and pulledout in front of Beth ...
To cut costs, Old Town fire chief will retire
Jul 01, 2003; ... OLD TOWN - When the city of Old Town recently asked Fire ChiefCharles Brush to cut another $50,000 out of the Fire Department'sbudget, the chief decided to just take it out of his salary. He saidthat when his salary runs out this fall, he will retire. "I have been charged with ...
Old Town schools' air quality safe, but concerns linger
Jul 01, 2003; ... OLD TOWN - Questions about air quality at Old Town High School andLeonard Middle School caused the superintendent to have the buildingsexamined by an indoor-air-quality consultant firm. The resultsconclude the buildings are safe, according to Fred McKnight, chiefindoor-air-quality ...
Car runs into moose on I-95 Second crash occurs at scene; total of 4 hurt
Jul 01, 2003 ... NEW LIMERICK - Four people were injured in separate accidentsrelated to a car-moose collision on Interstate 95 late Mondayafternoon. A Swanville couple suffered minor neck and back injuries when anair bag deployed after their 1990 Lincoln Town Car struck a moose inthe southbound ...
Barbara Bush announces 19 Maine literacy grants
Jul 01, 2003 ... BIDDEFORD - Former first lady Barbara Bush on Monday named therecipients of $272,995 in family literacy grants from her foundation. The funds, which will go to programs serving 19 communities fromSanford to Greenville, will be used to improve the reading skills ofparents and ...
Bangor promises bigger bang for the Fourth
Jul 01, 2003; ... BANGOR - Friday's Fourth of July fireworks show "will be thebiggest that I know of in the history of Bangor," according to RickBriggs, president of Blue Hill Pyrotechnics, the company that hasbeen organizing the show for a year and has provided Bangor's showsfor at least 10 ...
Citizens chase, catch theft suspect
Jul 01, 2003 ... Three Bangor men chased and held a woman accused of stealingchange from a car Sunday night. Bangor police Officer Brandon Vafiades said he went to a Deer IsleRoad address at about 9:50 p.m. A man there said he had noticed hiscar's dome light on, and when he investigated, discovered ...
Levant voter critical of public oversight
Jul 01, 2003; ... LEVANT - Resident and developer Bob Bemis thinks that much of the"public" in public boards is missing in his hometown, and said soMonday night. A former selectman, Bemis made an unsuccessful bid at the specialtown meeting to curb town legal fees and pressed for a moratorium ...
Police impound boat from Moosehead Lake crash
Jul 01, 2003; ... GREENVILLE - An investigation into last week's boat crash onMoosehead Lake that injured six young people is expected to beconcluded soon, according to authorities. The heavily damaged 18-foot, open-bow boat from the crash wasimpounded and taken to the Maine State Police Crime ...
An aluminum tree sculpture grows on Wilson Street in Brewer
Jul 01, 2003 ... BREWER - Assembly of a sculpture designed to represent the city'seconomic growth began Monday in front of Rite Aid on Wilson Street.The concrete base and aluminum trunk of a life-size fruit tree willbe set up this week, with construction expected to be completed intwo weeks. The ...
Dexter officials adjust budget for vote by council Thursday
Jul 01, 2003 ... DEXTER - Town officials are making final adjustments to a proposed2004 spending plan that will be up for adoption by the Town Councilon Thursday, July 10. Town Manager Robert Simpson said Monday that the current spendingplan would require the mill rate to increase from $20.70 per ...
Mayo ambulance starts Dexter service
Jul 01, 2003; ... DEXTER - Starting today, a crew from Mayo Regional Hospital willrespond to ambulance calls in Dexter. Dexter has operated its own ambulance service for many years, butstaffing and billing problems and training issues made it difficultto maintain the service. After months of study, ...
Operation Yellow Ribbon benefits soldiers
Jul 01, 2003; ... Since Gov. John Baldacci proclaimed Operation Yellow Ribbon Day onMay 17, members of Operation Yellow Ribbon Support our Troops havebeen collecting funds to assist families of members of the militaryserving in Iraq. The money is distributed by officials at Camp Keyes in ...
Jackson Lab scientist honored with medal
Jul 01, 2003 ... BAR HARBOR - Australian-born Dr. Wesley Kingston Whitten,scientist emeritus at The Jackson Laboratory, has been named therecipient of the Australian Centenary Medal for his service toscience in agriculture and biodiversity, according to a recentannouncement by the prime minister of ...
Superintendents get leadership awards
Jul 01, 2003 ... AUGUSTA - Four Maine school superintendents and one assistantsuperintendent were presented the Outstanding Leadership Award onJune 23 at the 92nd annual Maine Superintendents' Conference. Recipients are Sandra Bernstein, SAD 27 superintendent; RonaldJenkins, Maine Indian Education ...
Brush spraying set for selected areas
Jul 01, 2003 ... AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation will continue its2003 brush-control spray program during July in 185 communities inthe following areas: central and northern Aroostook County, coastalWashington County and inland to Route 9, central Penobscot County,the Route 201 corridor ...
Abbe Museum invites guest basketry experts
Jul 01, 2003 ... BAR HARBOR - The Abbe Museum will hold its annual meeting 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at the Kebo Valley Golf Club at the cornerof Route 233 and Cromwell Harbor Road. Guest speakers Dr. William Turnbaugh and Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh,authors who have written about American ...
Technical colleges select new chairman
Jul 01, 2003 ... AUBURN - The Maine Technical College System board of trustees hasselected Brian Hamel to serve as chairmen of the board for the comingyear at a June 25 meeting at Central Maine Technical College. Hamel is the president and chief executive office of LoringDevelopment Authority in ...
3 fire departments receive federal grants
Jul 01, 2003 ... HODGDON - Three Maine fire departments will receive nearly$250,000 in assistance through the U.S. Department of HomelandSecurity's Firefighters Grant Program. West Forks Fire Department received funding for a new ...
Maine Potato Board to give legislative tour
Jul 01, 2003 ... PRESQUE ISLE - The Maine Potato Board will give a legislative tourof Maine's potato industry July 16-18, during the annual Maine PotatoBloom Festival. The Legislature's Agriculture, Conservation and ForestryCommittee, as well as the natural resources, taxation andappropriations ...
KC-135 develops leak, makes landing at BIA
Jul 01, 2003 ... BANGOR - A refueling plane that was leaking fuel made anunscheduled landing Thursday evening at Bangor International Airport. No one was injured in the incident. The KC-135 landed uneventfully, according to Maj. Mark Tuck of ...
Phoenix House opens teen drug abuse center
Jul 01, 2003 ... AUGUSTA - Phoenix House, a nonprofit agency operating drugtreatment programs throughout New England, announced the opening lastweek of a residential treatment center in Augusta to serve drug-troubled teens from throughout the state. The Phoenix Academy of Maine will house up to 14 ...
Gun, money missing after three break-ins
Jul 01, 2003 ... BAR HARBOR - Town police and Acadia National Park officials areinvestigating three separate break-ins that occurred sometimeovernight Sunday. The Thompson Island Information Center in Trenton was burglarizedwhen someone broke a rear window to gain entrance, park RangerRichard ...
Bar Harbor man arrested after chase
Jul 01, 2003 ... SURRY - A Bar Harbor man has been arrested on multiple chargesafter allegedly leading law enforcement officials on a car chaseearly Monday morning. Shawn Blair, 26, reportedly was found at 6 a.m. unconscious in thedriver's seat of a 1983 Chevrolet Blazer in the middle of ...
E. Blue Hill woman charged after accident
Jul 01, 2003 ... BLUE HILL - An East Blue Hill woman was arrested this weekendafter she allegedly drove into a parked car on Main Street and thendrove away from the scene, according to police. Colleen Gibson, 55, was driving a 1987 Volvo around 7:30 p.m.Saturday when she struck a 2000 Ford wagon ...
Jewett school repairs estimated at $500,000
Jul 01, 2003; ... BUCKSPORT - The cost to replace the roof and heating system and torepair the ventilation system at the Jewett school will be about$500,000, according to estimates from a consultant. A town committee is reviewing a report from Carpenter Associatesof Old Town, which inspected those ...
Ellsworth airs manager priorities
Jul 01, 2003; ... ELLSWORTH - Communication skills were cited Monday as a toppriority when City Council members met to discuss the process ofhiring a new city manager. The City Council held a workshop meeting Monday night with DavidBarrett, Maine Municipal Association's manager of personnel ...
History group meeting with potluck, dessert
Jul 01, 2003 ... WARREN - The historical society will meet for a presentation onPark Spear's "Historical Facts of Warren, Maine" at 6:30 p.m.Wednesday, July 2, at the ...
Gold Coast developer wants challenge nixed
Jul 01, 2003; ... ELLSWORTH - A Southwest Harbor developer has asked the court todismiss a challenge to the April decision of the town's appeals boardwhich cleared the way for a six-lot subdivision on Fernald PointRoad. An attorney for Steve Gillespie, in a brief filed last Thursday inEllsworth ...
MDI land suit ruling possible this month
Jul 01, 2003; ... ELLSWORTH - A Superior Court judge could decide this month whetherPortland developer Pamela Gleichman has a legal interest in a parcelof land in Bar Harbor where she wants to build a four-story retailand residential building. Although the owners of the land, Paul Paradis and Brian ...
Police seek driver in crash that cut phone service
Jul 01, 2003; ... ELLSWORTH - Police haven't found the driver of a truck that hit autility pole early Sunday morning, but phone service into and out ofBucksport has been repaired, according to officials. Service to some Verizon customers in Bucksport and Ellsworth wasdisrupted after a 1988 Ford ...
UMM student named policy scholar
Jul 01, 2003 ... MACHIAS - Malcolm Holmes of East Machias, a nontraditional studentat the University of Maine at Machias, has been selected as theinstitution's 2003-04 Maine Policy Scholar, according to UMMofficials. Holmes will prepare an objective secondary-level curriculumportfolio on ...
E-commerce groups set in Calais for July
Jul 01, 2003 ... CALAIS - The Women's Business Center at Coastal Enterprises Inc.is holding July workshops on a number of e-commerce topics such asbusiness use of the Internet and planning and creating a Web site. The first workshop, an introduction to e-commerce, will be heldJuly 8. All ...
Weaving Connections helps girls with puberty
Jul 01, 2003 ... ELLSWORTH - Downeast Health Services' Community Outreach inviteswomen and their preteen daughters to attend the Weaving ConnectionsCampout July 19-20 at Lamoine State Park. The event is for adolescent girls ages 10 to 12 and their mothersor adult female role models to learn and ...
Green Lake group to address water issues
Jul 01, 2003 ... ELLSWORTH - The annual meeting of the Green Lake Association willbe held at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 10, at the Ellsworth High SchoolAuditorium. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The meeting's primary speaker will be Valerie Whittier of theMaine Department of Environmental Protection ....
Milestones
Jul 01, 2003 ... Dr. Gabriela Cherascu, an adult and geriatric psychiatrist, hasjoined the medical staff at Northern Maine Medical Center in FortKent. Cherascu spent the last two years at the University of IowaHospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, concentrating in geriatricpsychiatry. She is ...
Schools
Jul 01, 2003 ... Washburn District High School Fourth quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Kristi Fitzpatrick and Ashley Thibodeau;honors: Maria Ben-Tepherith, Shawn Bragg, Clint Carter, LisaCastonguay, Ashley Doody, Jenn Johnson, Lacey Snyder and DerekWilcox. Juniors, ...
County farm tour, meeting on July 11
Jul 01, 2003 ... PRESQUE ISLE - The St. John Aroostook RC&D's annual farm tour andmeeting will be held July 11. The tour will depart from the USDA Service Center on FortFairfield Road in Presque Isle at 8 a.m. The first stop will be the Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museumin Littleton. From ...
Fraser Paper workers qualify for trade adjustment aid
Jul 01, 2003 ... WASHINGTON - Workers losing their jobs at Nexfor Fraser Paper Inc.will be eligible to receive Trade Adjustment Assistance, according toU.S. Rep. Michael Michaud, D-Maine. In April, Nexfor Fraser Paper Inc. announced it would cut 325 jobsat its Fraser Paper operations in Maine and ...
Fatal fire's cause elusive
Jul 01, 2003; ... BANGOR - Investigators were still working late Monday to determinethe cause of a fire Sunday night that claimed the lives of two peoplein an apartment building at the corner of Essex and Cumberlandstreets. The fire victims were identified as Lisa Marie McCarty, 32, wholived in a ...
Man, son overcome by fumes Milford pair open canister inside garage
Jul 01, 2003 ... MILFORD - A 45-year-old local man and his 6-year-old son wereovercome by fumes Saturday when they opened a pool-cleaning solutioncontainer inside a garage. "Apparently they had a 45-pound canister of chlorine that theyused for treating the pool. It had been sitting in the sun all ...
Correcting the record
Jul 01, 2003 ... A story on page B1 in Saturday's editions incorrectly identified aformer partner of newly sworn-in federal ...
Ski areas report increased activity
Jul 01, 2003 ... PORTLAND - Maine ski areas recorded a 5 percent increase in skierdays for the 2002-03 season, placing this winter as the fourth-bestseason on record. A skier-snowboarder ...
Bankruptcies
Jul 01, 2003 ... Following are petitions for bankruptcy filed at the U.S.Bankruptcy Court in Bangor: Margaret Kleffman aka Margaret McGurk, housekeeper, no dependents,Ellsworth: assets, $3,120; debts, $30,600. Shawna Fish aka Shawna Towle, credit analyst, Charles Fish II,unemployed, ...
California Nightmare
Jul 01, 2003 ... California lawmakers are fighting over a state budget even as anew fiscal year starts today. Budget battles in California arenothing new. Even state shutdowns because of fiscal disagreements arenot a rarity. Last year, bickering delayed a new budget for 76 days. This time, however, ...
Paying the Bills
Jul 01, 2003 ... About a third of all jobs in Maine fail to pay enough to live on,even by the modest measures of 185 percent of the federal povertylevel or $10.29 an hour for a family of two. The Maine Center forEconomic Policy today will describe what it means to get by on thesewages in a report that ...
Seniors on the road
Jul 01, 2003 ... On behalf of every licensed driver over the age of 65, I takepersonal exception to the article that appeared on the front page ofthe Bangor Daily News on June 17, titled, "Elderly drivers in specialclass," by Lauran Neergaard of The Associated Press. The personal exception is ...
Bangor's own theater
Jul 01, 2003 ... On behalf of the board of directors of the Bangor Region Chamberof Commerce, I am writing to express our strong support for thePenobscot Theatre Company. Since its start in 1974, PTC has been an integral part of theBangor region with such organizations as the Maine Center for ...
Not naive or stupid?
Jul 01, 2003 ... I read an article about 50 women who were "duped" by an Internetbeau (BDN, June 12). One of these 50 women was quoted as saying, "Weare not a group of stupid, naive women" and "We are bright,intellectual, professional women." This is hard to grasp as a description of women who ...
Schoolhouse vandalism
Jul 01, 2003 ... Once again vandals have struck the Greer's Corner one-roomschoolhouse in Belmont, smashing window glass and sashes on the backof the building. Two rough two-by-fours were used as a battering ram,with such force as to drive the wood from the sashes and the glassclear across the length of ...
From straight to gay
Jul 01, 2003 ... A reader informs us that some people change their identities fromgay to straight (BDN, June 10). She omits to mention that far morechange their identities from straight to gay. What is the point, unless there is something wrong with beingstraight or being gay? The most the ...
Correction
Jul 01, 2003 ... The tagline at the end of Monday's commentary by Stanley Ginish,of Weston, should have stated ...
Inspirations come from Welsh quilting
Jul 01, 2003; ... Connie Young, 62, of Searsport took up quilting 10 years ago as away to deal with grief when her husband was nearing the end of hislife. She is self-taught, and is drawn to whole-cloth quilting ratherthan pieced quilts. "In the evening when I want to settle down and quilt, my ...
Stepping Back to Reality 'Colonial House,' PBS' latest hands-on history lesson begins production Down East
Jul 01, 2003; ... The vessel arrived in the night, its passengers weary from a roughpassage, but excited about beginning life in the New World. At dawn,they could see a quiet cove beneath a small village, and past that tofir trees and granite rocks. The plantation's governor set out in asmall fishing boat ...
Penobscot Theatre gets $30,000 grant from city
Jul 01, 2003 ... BANGOR - Penobscot Theatre Company's Extraordinary FriendsCampaign has received a $30,000 challenge grant from the city ofBangor. On April 30, Penobscot announced a new Extraordinary Friendsfund-raising campaign, the result of which will determine whether thetheater remains a vital ...
Incoming Maine freshman feels the NHL Draft
Jul 01, 2003; ... University of Maine goalie Jimmy Howard and right winger GregMoore weren't the only Black Bears to be selected in the NHL drafttwo weekends ago. Incoming freshman right winger Mike Hamilton, the second leadingscorer for the Merritt Centennials of the British Columbia JuniorHockey ...
Horvers catches guide's drift, school of fish on the Kennebec
Jul 01, 2003; ... An hour into his first drift-boat trip, Mike Horvers methodicallywon the battle with another salmon and grinned as guide Dan Legerereleased the fish into the waters of the East Outlet of the KennebecRiver. "This has been a great trip," Horvers said, ignoring the fact thathis trip ...
Belfast native Guthrie excelling in minors
Jul 01, 2003; ... With apologies to Saturday Night Live's "Chico Escuela," beisbolhas also been very, very good to Sazi Guthrie. Judging by the statistics from his first professional baseballseason, baseball continues to be very, very good to the Belfastnative. Despite playing for a team with ...