Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME back issues from August 2009:
State steps up H1N1 preparations Flu season plan includes vaccinations for young adults, schoolchildren
Aug 01, 2009; ... AUGUSTA - Anticipating a marked increase in the spread of theH1N1 swine flu virus this fall and winter, state officials are"hoping for the best but preparing for the worst," Dora Anne Mills,director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention,said Friday. That ...
Dealers wary of 'clunker' solvency Some local sellers bowing out of offer
Aug 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - Some local car dealers who have sold vehicles this weekunder the "cash for clunkers" program are worried that they might beleft holding the bag, and are no longer offering the federal rebate. Others are continuing to offer the rebate but are placing buyerson a waiting ...
Same-sex marriage challenge advances Group turns in petitions seeking vote to repeal law
Aug 01, 2009; ... AUGUSTA - Opponents of Maine's new law allowing same-sex couplesto marry delivered more than 100,000 signatures to the secretary ofstate's office on Friday as part of their effort to force a Novemberreferendum on the issue. About 40 supporters of the Stand for Marriage Maine ...
Mapping cancer Old Town company, genetics institute team up to chart the landscape of an endemic disease
Aug 01, 2009; ... What is the relationship between Maine's lung cancer cases andthe location of the state's craggy granite outcroppings? Why is theincidence of melanoma - a life-threatening cancer of the skin linkedto prolonged exposure to sunlight - not highest along the lobstercoast, as public health ...
How they voted: Maine's congressional delegation, July 24-30, 2009 Maine delegation votes on defense, food safety
Aug 01, 2009 ... House votes Democratic Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree Vote 1: Needle distribution programs: The House rejected anamendment sponsored by Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., to the Departmentsof Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related AgenciesAppropriations Act ...
PAY-GO RETURNS
Aug 01, 2009 ... Returning to a federal budget system that requires newexpenditures to be paid for with cuts or tax increases elsewhere isoverdue. Unfortunately, a "pay-as-you-go" bill passed by the U.S.House is too weak to make much difference. The bill passed late last month excludes extensions ...
TASERS AND HEALTH CARE
Aug 01, 2009 ... Having a Taser available at Eastern Maine Medical Center'semergency room is, in the parlance of medicine, treating the symptomrather than the underlying problem. The problem - too many peoplewith mental illness or under the influence of drugs and alcoholspending long hours in the ER - ...
Charter schools public
Aug 01, 2009 ... Thank you for the article about Union 60's consideration ofdeveloping a charter school and describing the current struggle forcharter schools to be allowed here in Maine (BDN, July 24). A keypoint to remember is that charter schools are public schools. Maine PTA supports charter ...
Lobster market prices
Aug 01, 2009 ... As we read daily about the dangerous condition of the lobsterindustry it occurs to me that help can start at home with Maine'srestaurant industry. They are attached at the hip and should worktogether to solve mutual problems. My concern here is what restaurants advertise as "market ...
Enough to sign
Aug 01, 2009 ... In the "A Better Union Bill" editorial (BDN, July 23), the paperrehashes the worn-down stereotype of a key provision of the employeefree choice act - majority signup. When I enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and later the U.S. Army, Isigned my name both times. When I bought a car, I ...
Beware socialized care
Aug 01, 2009 ... A few years ago, I spent over two months making five days-a-weekvisits to the radiation center at Eastern Maine Medical Center.While I waited for my turn under the big machine I visited with manyother cancer patients. About half were Canadians. Most werediagnosed with prostate cancer and ...
Cheapening racism
Aug 01, 2009 ... Racism was found walking down the dusty street of a sleepy littletown in the South. An elderly man steps to the curb, touching hishat respectfully. You nod to him as you pass. Two young toughs,showing off to three girls or angry because you nodded to him, kickhim into the gutter and ...
'Teachable moments' can bite
Aug 01, 2009; ... The final paragraph of the story in the Friday morning newspaperregarding the previous evening's much-ballyhooed White House "beersummit" well summed up the deal. "Journalists were summoned to take pictures of the staged event,but not to ask questions or listen to the ...
Good reception Cell phone companies boost competition in Maine
Aug 01, 2009; ... LINCOLN - Medway resident Penny Cox can remember how a lack oftransmission towers turned parts of Route 157 in that town into ablack hole for her cell phone five years ago. "It was a total dead zone," Cox said Friday. "It's a lot betternow, probably 80 or 90 percent better. You ...
Business fundraiser nets $275,000 for Casco camp
Aug 01, 2009 ... CASCO - The Tropical Smoothie Cafe chain has announced that itsstores raised $275,000 in June for Camp Sunshine on Sebago Lake, aretreat for children with life-threatening illnesses and theirfamilies. Funds raised this year, the second year of Tropical SmoothieCafe's partnership ...
Ambassador for Maine New York native Barbara Ernst Prey celebrates 25 years of exhibiting in the Pine Tree State
Aug 01, 2009; ... Barbara Ernst Prey's art hangs in embassies all over the world.Yet for landscape painting in America - and Maine in particular -Prey herself is an ambassador. Her images of lobster boats and buoys, Adirondack chairs andfishing gear can be seen in such far-flung places as Paris, ...
Calais man sentenced to 8 years in traffic death Driver pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter
Aug 01, 2009; ... MACHIAS - Christopher B. Grant of Calais pleaded guilty Friday toa charge of vehicular manslaughter in the death of Gordon Lister ina June 2006 collision on Route 9 in Baileyville. Grant - dazed from a toxic stew of legal and illegal prescriptiondrugs - slammed his pickup truck ...
USDA ups prices paid dairy farmers
Aug 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday announced adairy price support program aimed at helping the country'sstruggling dairy farmers. The USDA stated it will raise the price paid for powdered milk,bulk cheddar cheese and cheese barrels, a move that could ...
More than 140 salmon found dead at hatchery
Aug 01, 2009; ... AUGUSTA - Federal biologists are investigating an apparentmechanical problem that killed more than 140 endangered adultAtlantic salmon at the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery in EastOrland. The dead salmon, which had been used to produce eggs and babyfish for the Pleasant ...
CBS newsman Bob Schieffer to visit Maine
Aug 01, 2009; ... THOMASTON - Veteran CBS newsman Bob Schieffer had planned toretire a year ago, but is glad he didn't. He has filled the months with a whirlwind of activities whichinclude promoting his new book, "Bob Schieffer's America," receivinga lifetime achievement Emmy Award, and moderating ...
Health data system goes live statewide
Aug 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - HealthInfoNet, a statewide health information exchange,went live on Friday, opening a shared bank of patient data to thestate's largest hospital systems, one independent rural hospital,three health clinics and the Maine Center for Disease Control andPrevention. The ...
Bangor man charged in 'acid bomb' incident
Aug 01, 2009; ... Fourth Street residents heard an explosion early Wednesday andreported it to police who responded and found the remains of an"acid bomb" in the middle of the road, Bangor police Sgt. PaulEdwards said in a statement. When Officer Shawn Green arrived, "He observed twisted pieces ...
Two taken to hospital after 3-vehicle crash
Aug 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - Two people were taken to the hospital Friday forcomplaints of pain after a three-vehicle crash on Hogan Road. The accident occurred just before 11:30 a.m., when anunidentified motorist stopped in the northbound inside travelinglane to "wave through" Alice Page, 68, of ...
Wiffleball tournament to benefit Make-A-Wish
Aug 01, 2009; ... Local well-known media personality Wayne Harvey is hoping youwill help him raise funds for Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine. Harvey will be host for a one-day, 16-team charity wiffleballtournament to benefit Make-A-Wish beginning with registration at 8a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at ...
Equity Fund seeks grants for LGBTQ
Aug 01, 2009 ... The Equity Fund of the Maine Community Foundation seeks grantproposals for projects related to supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual,transgender and queer, or LGBTQ, programs in Maine. The deadline for applications is Sept. 15. Five to 10 grants aremade each year, ranging from $1,500 ...
Chief says 19 loaded firearms, swastika not relevant to incident
Aug 01, 2009; ... BAR HARBOR - Police continue to investigate an incident in whicha local man allegedly brandished a gun at a group of other peoplebut have found nothing improper about a collection of 19 firearmsthat they subsequently removed from the man's apartment, accordingto the local police ...
Disaster decree good news for counties
Aug 01, 2009; ... ROCKLAND - Even though it was raining - again - Friday afternoon,news that the president has declared a major disaster for eightMaine counties for storm damage incurred between June 18 and July 8seemed like a break in the bad weather for Ray Sisk, director of theKnox County Emergency ...
State museum announces grants for 15 nonprofit organizations
Aug 01, 2009 ... AUGUSTA - The Maine State Museum recently announced that 15nonprofit cultural organizations have been awarded grants totaling$61,825 as part of the New Century Community Program. Twelve grant projects, totaling $55,325, will improve historicalfacilities that house significant ...
Photographer's legacy alive in WWII shots
Aug 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - Barbara Roberts of Owls Head said she was pleasantlysurprised on Monday to see on the front page of the Bangor DailyNews a photograph that her husband had snapped while serving as aWorld War II combat photographer. The photograph, taken by her late husband, Harold ...
Demolition of burned building likely to create traffic issues in Orono
Aug 01, 2009; ... ORONO - A downtown building that had extensive damage in a firelast month is scheduled to be demolished Tuesday, Aug. 4. Although no roads will be closed, it is expected the work tobring down the Katahdin Building at 6 Bennoch Road will causetraffic tie-ups because of restricted ...
Disabled Bangor man dreamed of seeing Yankees, will get wish
Aug 01, 2009; ... The final piece of an effort to help a disabled man realize alifelong dream - to see a New York Yankees game at Yankee Stadium -will be delivered next week thanks to a Bangor-based specialtyvehicles dealer. Autotronics agreed to rent a specialty van with a wheelchair liftto Jeff ...
MDI laboratories earn recognition
Aug 01, 2009; ... BAR HARBOR - The two leading biomedical research laboratories onMount Desert Island each struck "gold" this week, one forenvironmental achievement and the other for its employee healthpromotion programs. MDI Biological Laboratory has been awarded Leadership in Energyand ...
Elks Lodge auction for cancer program
Aug 01, 2009 ... SKOWHEGAN - The Skowhegan-Madison Elks Lodge will hold a Luck ofthe Draw auction to benefit the Maine Children's Cancer Programstarting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug ....
Siblings seek joint adoption
Aug 01, 2009 ... Ashli is the older sister, born in October 1998. She enjoys goingfor walks, playing outside and swimming. She attends public schooland likes school in general. She is clear, however, about her least-favorite subject - math.She says, "It's the worst." Ashli is involved in ...
Video misrepresents Snowe on public option
Aug 01, 2009; ... Confusion over a video clip shot at a recent health care rally inPortland and circulating on YouTube reportedly has caused confusionabout the position of U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe on the so-called"public option," a controversial element of the national healthreform debate. At the ...
Maine Day frees parks of admission costs
Aug 01, 2009 ... AUGUSTA - Residents are reminded that today is Maine Day at allof the state's parks and historic sites. That means free admission,rain or shine. The annual "Maine Day" is an expression of thanks from the Bureauof Parks and Lands, under the Maine Department of Conservation, tothe ...
Local public safety given more than $4.5M
Aug 01, 2009 ... AUGUSTA - More than $4.5 million in federal Recovery Act fundshave been awarded to support local and state law enforcementefforts, including Recovery STOP Violence Against Women FormulaGrants and Recovery Byrne/Justice Assistance Grants awards tosmaller communities and to state ...
Longfellow Garden receives $20,000 grant
Aug 01, 2009 ... PORTLAND - The Davis Family Foundation has awarded a $20,000grant to the Maine Historical Society to support the restoration ofthe Longfellow Garden, the final component of the society's nearlycompleted $9.5 million campaign to renovate and expand its library. The ...
Gallery showing work by Belfast resident
Aug 01, 2009 ... BELFAST - The Belfast Framer & Gallery is showing new work byBelfast resident Daniel Anselmi Aug. 5-29. An opening reception willbe held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7. The concept for Anselmi's show came about from his discovery of aset of old hand-cut letter stencils. The artist ...
Writers conference to offer workshops
Aug 01, 2009 ... BELFAST - Registration is open for the Aug. 8 writers' conferencesponsored by the Maine Fellowship of Christian Writers. The eventfor all writers, published and unpublished, will be held at FirstBaptist Church. The theme is "Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth." The all-day ...
Montpelier prepares for war re-enactment
Aug 01, 2009 ... THOMASTON - Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum, will holda Revolutionary War encampment from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug.8, and Sunday, Aug. 9. Several units from New England will attend. Fifty dedicated re-enactors will pitch their tents, chop wood, light campfires and ...
Friday gallery walk slated in Belfast
Aug 01, 2009 ... BELFAST - BelfastARTS will hold its weekly Friday Gallery Walkfrom 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7. There will be performances byMartin Steingesser, Portland's first poet laureate, music bySpirited Folk, and tango by vocalist Kristen Burkholder and pianistMartin ...
Fishing for stripers remains a struggle
Aug 01, 2009; ... Each summer, Maine's recreational saltwater anglers eagerly lookforward to the northern migration of a variety of fish species. Fora number of years, one of the most reliable species was the stripedbass. In parks along the Penobscot and Kennebec rivers, and in privateor for-hire ...
Rain plays havoc with Legion slate Teams, games floating from 1 venue to another
Aug 01, 2009; ... WATERVILLE - As his coaches attempted to figure out the best planof attack for a tournament schedule besieged by frustrating rain andunplayable field conditions, Cody McInnis offered a content presence "It's the life of an American Legion baseball player," said theBangor shortstop ...
A tourney gold page turner A new book by the BDN chronicles the first 15 years of the Eastern Maine schoolgirl basketball tourney
Aug 01, 2009; ... It's 104 pages long and there are countless memories waiting tobe unearthed and/or polished anew in a Bangor Daily News publicationcelebrating 15 years of Eastern Maine schoolgirl basketball. "Girls Tourney Gold: Eastern Maine's Road to the State Finals"offers a detailed trip down ...
Plummer enjoys role as starter for Sea Dogs Versatile righty has 7- 5 record
Aug 01, 2009; ... PORTLAND - Finding out he would be inserted into the startingrotation for the first time in about five years actually came as arelief to Portland Sea Dogs pitcher Jarod Plummer. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound Texan, who signed with Boston as a minorleague free agent last November and was ...
Golf
Aug 01, 2009 ... HOLE-IN-ONE Dick Hering HANCOCK Dick Hering of Lamoine aced the 106-yard fifth hole atWhite Birches Golf Course with a 7-wood. Trug Stinson, RoyceMorrison and Ralph Alley witnessed the shot during the Senior LeagueScramble on ...
True looks to break 29 minutes in Beacon 10K
Aug 01, 2009; ... CAPE ELIZABETH - Ben True's winning effort among Maine runners inthe Beach to Beacon 10K road race last summer was effortless. Literally. You see, North Yarmouth's True treated last year's race as atraining run and still won going away in 31 minutes, 2 seconds. That ...
Plant patrol workshop Friday ID, survey methods will be presented
Aug 01, 2009 ... An Invasive Plant Patrol Workshop presented by the MaineVolunteer Lake Monitoring Program's Center for Invasive AquaticPlants will be held at the Baxter State Park Headquarters inMillinocket on Friday from 1-6:30 p.m. The workshop is hosted by Baxter State Park and will provide: ...
Auto rebate program fueling flurry of calls to Maine BMV
Aug 01, 2009 ... AUGUSTA - Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicle employees are busyresponding to requests from would-be car buyers under the federalgovernment's very popular "cash for clunkers" program. Implementedby the Obama administration, the program helps consumers buy orlease a more environmentally ...
Expert: Investing in parks a benefit
Aug 03, 2009; ... BELFAST - Investing in parks and other public amenities is aproven economic development tool that can help communities attractbusinesses and wealthy residents. That was the message delivered by Dr. John L. Crompton duringSaturday's Maine Citizen Summit at the University of ...
26,077 attend Bangor State Fair Tigers, $10 fee boost 3-day total
Aug 03, 2009; ... BANGOR - Mike Dyer won't know for several days whether the finalnumbers will meet his goal, but the Bass Park director was more thanpleased with opening-weekend numbers at the Bangor State Fair, whichstarted its 10-day run on Friday. A return to a single admission price, decent ...
FAA to probe yacht copter incident
Aug 03, 2009; ... LITTLE DEER ISLE - Four people escaped injury late Saturdayafternoon when a small helicopter unexpectedly landed in the waternear Little Deer Isle, an island off the Hancock County coastline. According to Chris Barry, a search and rescue coordinator for theU.S. Coast Guard, the ...
PRESCRIPTION FOR MAINE
Aug 03, 2009 ... It's a simple mathematical calculation: some 75 million babyboomers now between the ages of 45 and 63 will need varying degreesof medical attention over the next decades. With the pharmaceuticalindustry developing pills for everything from high cholesterol, highblood pressure and ...
STOPPING THE SETTLEMENTS
Aug 03, 2009 ... Stopping the building of Israeli settlements in the West Bank andJerusalem doesn't assure an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, butit removes an important hurdle to such an accord. After years of looking the other way while Israel built new andexpanded existing settlements, the ...
On Rep. Blanchard
Aug 03, 2009 ... As a witness to the events at Cold Stream regarding Rep.Blanchard, I'd like to state some facts. Unfortunately, it seems alot of the negative comments are from people who were not presentand about events that did not occur. Here are some of the facts: Rep. Blanchard loves his ...
Cambridge two-step
Aug 03, 2009 ... Re: the Henry Louis Gates "incident": one small step for theCambridge Police Department; one ...
EFCA bill comments
Aug 03, 2009 ... Andre Cushing 's comments ("Revised EFCA bill a sham," BDN OpEd,July 28) regarding the Employee Free Choice Act are precisely on themark. Every taxpayer should be more concerned with the mandatoryarbitration language the act contains than the organizationalprocess ...
Our senators can help
Aug 03, 2009 ... Sens. Snowe and Collins should review professors Michael Hillardand David Vail's explanation of the Employee Free Choice Act in theBangor Daily News. The legislation isn't about "secret ballots"versus "majority sign-up," or employer versus employee. It's reallyabout right versus wrong - ...
Help the homeless
Aug 03, 2009 ... I am writing to the city of Bangor regarding the increasingpopulation of homeless. It is time to take notice and help ourfellow residents. The homeless shelters in the area are all full to capacity. Menand women are being turned away with no place to go and no food.This is only ...
Act now on health care
Aug 03, 2009 ... I was encouraged to find a column on health care reform in theJuly 15 BDN. Rep. Mike Michaud spoke about his perception on thefuture of health care reform here in Maine. I support Michaud'sinsight into making health care a public option while addressingissues of long-term accessibility ...
Now, not never
Aug 03, 2009 ... The BDN's recent editorial on climate change left medisconcerted. For far too long, climate change has been the targetof political and social obfuscation, making it possible to delayaction in the face of increasingly grim data. At this point, areasonable person should be suspicious of a ...
Recession puts burden on you to keep healthy
Aug 03, 2009; ... The ongoing debate over health care reform during the recessionraises an interesting paradox: Americans may be doing less to takecare of their health at a time when the spotlight is focused on ourwell-being. The reason is the bottom line, from a couple of viewpoints.Workers are ...
Wildlife refuge in Ellsworth marks 50 years Birdsacre's growth, sustainability attributed to volunteers' dedication
Aug 03, 2009; ... ELLSWORTH - It's easy to drive past the Birdsacre StanwoodWildlife Sanctuary and not realize what's there. Part injured bird refuge, part nature walk and part historymuseum, Birdsacre is not easily defined, but for decades the 200acres of protected land has offered serenity amid ...
62nd lobster festival declared 'awesome'
Aug 03, 2009; ... ROCKLAND - When four college buddies planned their road tripnorth, one of the major stops was "crustacean nation." Memphis, Tenn., residents Joe Hooker, Scott Nanney, TravisLittlefield and Shawn Rowland said they decided to head for theMaine Lobster Festival after reading about it ...