Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. back issues from May 2006:
Check It Out
May 01, 2006 ... Items submitted to Check it Out must be events that benefitnonprofit organizations and be open to the public. Submissions shouldbe received at least seven days in advance of the event.Farmingtonarea Farmington, Monday and Tuesday, May 1-2: Bag Ali fundraisersponsored by Franklin ...
Calendar
May 01, 2006 ... MAY 1: AUGUSTA, Larry the Cable Guy will perform at 8 p.m. atAugusta Civic Center. $39.75 626-2400 MAY 1: FARMINGTON, "Kicking and Screaming," will be shown at 6 and9 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7346 MAY 1: FARMINGTON, "La Vie est Belle," African film series, ...
Reader has 40 tennis balls to unload
May 01, 2006 ... Dear Sun Spots: Would you please print the address and phonenumber of the fur store in South Portland again. I cut it out of thepaper a while back but have misplaced it. Also, is there anywhere in Lewiston/Auburn that I can donate about18 or 19 tennis trophies? In addition, if the ...
Upstairs fireworks awaken neighbor
May 01, 2006 ... DEAR ABBY: It's Tuesday, 3:22 a.m., and I'm wide awake, not bychoice. I live downstairs from some newlyweds, "Ike" and "Tina," whomoved into our apartment building a few weeks ago. This is the secondtime I've been awakened by their fighting. I hear loud thumps andbangs and cries from ...
Aries: Don't overanalyze
May 01, 2006 ... CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Tim McGraw, 39; Rita Coolidge, 61;Judy Collins, 67; Glenn Ford, 90. Happy Birthday: Remain positive if you want to accomplish anythingat all this year. You may have to do things a little bit differentlyto make them work. A change is inevitable and the ...
Looking Back
May 01, 2006 ... Mount Carmel, Pa. - The first serious condition in the anthracitecoal regions since mining was suspended on April 1st, occurred heretoday between a mob of idle mine workers and a platoon of the newstate constabulary force and resulted in the injuring of probably 20men, three of whom ...
Some high-blood pressure problems curable
May 01, 2006 ... DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have high blood pressure. What's unusual aboutit is that I'm a 30-year-old woman with no family history of highblood pressure. My doctor has had a hard time lowering my pressure,and he now says I might have renovascular high blood pressure. Iwould be indebted to you ...
Shaker Village nears $3.7M goal
May 01, 2006; ... NEW GLOUCESTER - A campaign to preserve and protect the SabbathdayLake Shaker Village, forest and farm is nearing completion, with 75percent of the funds in place. The Planning Board and selectmen were invited to the brickresidence on Route 26 where the Shaker brothers and sisters ...
Small Libbey Mill fire under investigation
May 01, 2006 ... LEWISTON - Police are investigating a small fire that was easilyextinguished at about 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon at the Libbey Mill onMain Street, according to police. A tenant who rents part of the building saw the fire and called inthe report, Lewiston ...
Rocky roads ahead
May 01, 2006; ... The sky-high price of oil is hurting more than commuters' wallets. Now it's affecting the roads they drive on. Because petroleum is a key component of asphalt, the price for thepaving material has soared. In the last year, raw asphalt has gone upabout 60 percent, according to ...
Deputy loses partner to illness
May 01, 2006; ... AUBURN - Androscoggin County Sheriff's Sgt. Jim Jacques had apartner who could sniff out hidden drugs, jump over a 6-foot wall andoutrun just about anybody. His partner was a Belgian Malinois named Koko who worked withJacques for four years before retiring in 2001. Koko died last ...
Two-steppin' couple
May 01, 2006; ... AUBURN - It was the second week of December and there was asnowstorm raging outside - David Gott, 49, made his last stop of thenight, hoping Club Texas would be open. He was in the mood for some line dancing, but The Silver Spur inMechanic Falls was closed. So was Harmony Hall in ...
Road work this week
May 01, 2006 ... Work location: Begins: Done by: Status: Sabattus Street, Main to Campus Under way Thursday Nightly delays Bates Street, Birch to Granite, Under way Friday Minor delays Mellon Street, Tucker to Sabattus Monday Friday Delays Tucker Street, Mellon to Bradford Monday ...
Police log
May 01, 2006 ... Richard J. Spaulding, 32, of 52 River St., Apt. 3, Lewiston,disorderly conduct, at 1:24 a.m. Sunday at the same address. Jennifer D'Alessandro, 21, of 80 McKown St., Boothbay Harbor,operating under the influence, at 2:11 a.m. Sunday at 197 BartlettSt. Katina Mungin, 21, of 72 ...
Rally protests African genocide
May 01, 2006; ... LEWISTON - Mireille Ikirezi was 9 years old when she watched mostof her family and neighbors butchered during the genocide in Rwandain 1994. While the world watched, Hutu militias overthrew the governmentand soon began a systematic extinction of Tutsis and moderate Hutus.One ...
By the numbers Car vs. SUV
May 01, 2006 ... 133 million: <z8.000>Number of registered cars in the U.S. in 2004 31 million: <z8.000>Number of registered SUVs 19,091: ...
Fire hits warehouse
May 01, 2006; ... LEWISTON - An office and warehouse burned for hours Sunday onSpring Street, sending roiling black smoke over the city and acrossthe river into Auburn. Police were planning to secure the site overnight pending aninvestigation today by fire and police detectives. Police Lt. Tom ...
Lots of ideas to cut oil addiction, but is there will?
May 01, 2006 ... Americans are upset. They're angry. They are calling it a crisis,demanding investigations of oil companies and threatening to punishpoliticians at the polls for the high cost of gasoline. And politicians are responding. Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe andSusan Collins are throwing out ...
Auburn to take on Longley underpass
May 01, 2006; ... AUBURN - Splitting a recreation path project between FestivalPlaza and the Hilton Hotel into phases might let city officials getstarted this summer. But work on the portion under the Longley Bridge wouldn't beginuntil next summer, according to Jim Depalma, an Auburn city ...
FBI officials forgetting who it is they work for
May 01, 2006 ... AUSTIN, Texas - It's nice to know that the investigative reporterJack Anderson is still under investigation, although seriously dead. Anderson died last year, and for 19 years before his death hesuffered from Parkinson's disease and was increasingly less active asa reporter. Now ...
Medical center gets grants
May 01, 2006; ... TURNER - The DFD Russell Medical Center, with facilities in Leeds,Turner and Monmouth, has received a $591,790 grant to continueproviding health care to Maine's rural communities. The grant will enable the facilities to serve those most in need -persons with no insurance or who are ...
St. Mary's to help people sign up for MaineCare
May 01, 2006 ... LEWISTON - St. Mary's Regional Medical Center will participate inCover the Uninsured Week 2006, May 1 to 7, by helping clients at theSisters of Charity Food Pantry sign up for MaineCare. The hospital also will hang a banner in the emergency entrancelobby, along with a petition for ...
Funeral Notices
May 01, 2006 ... ALLEN - Barbara H., 81, of North Jay, died at Lewiston, Saturday,April 29. At Barbara's request, there will be a private memorialgraveside service at the Hallowell Cemetery. Family and friends areinvited to make a quilt square in her memory. Arrangements are in thecare of the Wiles ...
Briefly
May 01, 2006 ... Play to be staged FARMINGTON - The Mt. Blue High School Music and Theater Departmenthave joined to produce the Tony Award winning Broadway musical,"Hello Dolly," at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 4, 5and 6, in the school auditorium. Based upon the novel, "The ...
$8.6M plan going to voters in June
May 01, 2006 ... LIVERMORE - SAD 36 directors approved an $8.6 million spendingplan to take care of school operations, adult education and foodservice for 2006-07. Voters in Livermore and Livermore Falls will have chance to voteon the package on Tuesday, June 13, at the ...
Disease, death won't keep doctor away from Darfur
May 01, 2006; ... Dr. Stephen Sokol has held Darfur children as they starved todeath. LEWISTON - Dr. Stephen Sokol says he can't explain what keeps himgoing back to Africa, where he has seen such unspeakable horror anddeath that he can barely talk about it without crying. Or gettingangry. Or ...
Stan's Triviabits
May 01, 2006 ... n Word of the week: "Ucalegon" (pronounced "you-CAL-a-gone"). Itis a neighbor whose house is on fire. The word is derived from thename of an ancient counselor of Trojan legend. n Actress Loretta Young and actor Robert Young were not related,but they did make one movie together ....
Eight-year-old forgoes birthday toys for pet food
May 01, 2006; ... LIVERMORE - Mikala Holt surprised her parents when they asked herwhat she wanted for her 8th birthday. Her answer: Cat and dog food. "I like animals," Holt said Thursday. "I want to bring the food tothe shelter where we got our two kitties." Those kitties, Pads and Paws, are ...
Monday Meetings
May 01, 2006 ... Franklin RegionCarrabassett Valley: Trail subcommittee, 4 p.m.,Outdoor Center Fayette: Special selectmen's session, 7 p.m., Fayette School Kingfield: Selectmen, 6 p.m. Town ...
Phillips woman named employee of month
May 01, 2006 ... STRONG - Strong Nursing Home named Jeanie Smith of Phillips asEmployee of the Month recently. Smith, CNA, joined the Strong Nursing Home team in December 2005,working various shifts. Her peers have said, "She is determined and works well withothers. She is a hard worker who ...
Mt. Abram team attends accreditation seminar
May 01, 2006 ... BANGOR - A team from Mt. Abram High School, Janet Welch,mathematics teacher, Greta Espeaignnette, school librarian, and MikeEllis, school counselor, attended an accreditation seminar on April12 at Bangor High School. Sponsored by the Commission on Public Secondary Schools of the ...
Board has questions for Turner fire chief
May 01, 2006 ... TURNER - Selectmen have asked Fire Chief Steven Fish to attend ameeting Monday to answer several questions about firetrucks. The questions are: -- Why a fire truck continues to sit out of service after $20,000was appropriated at a special town meeting a year ago to get it ...
Save us from fundamentalists
May 01, 2006 ... The multi-national corporations outsource our jobs to slavishlylow wage countries and quietly favor illegal immigration that driveswages down. This corporatocracy has pushed U.S. foreign policies thatgot progressive leaders assassinated, to put dictators in place, tokeep wages in these ...
New L/A Arts initiative: Elders Readers Theatre
May 01, 2006 ... LEWISTON - While acting on stage is an attraction to many, forothers it can be quite intimidating. L/A Arts, in partnership withthe Lewiston and Auburn public libraries, has a solution - it'scalled Readers Theatre. Readers Theatre is a form of dramatic reading, during ...
Slots make losers out of us
May 01, 2006 ... Your glowing account of Hollywood Slots deserves a caveat (April23). The documented problems associated with casino gambling followaddiction, and addiction to slot machines takes, on average, 14-to-18 months to occur. In other words, the negative impacts from casinogambling - ...
Around town
May 01, 2006 ... Teen adoptees BOWDOINHAM - Teen Adoptees Support Group, ages 11 to 14, will meetfrom 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, May 4, 11, 18 and 25, at theBowdoinham Town Office Building, School Street. A Parent's SupportGroup will run concurrently in an adjoining room. Groups will be ledby ...
Physician to discuss menopause and bones
May 01, 2006 ... LEWISTON - "Standing Tall - Osteoporosis and Menopause" will bethe topic of discussion at the Wednesday, May 10, meeting of Red HotMamas, a nationwide support group dedicated to menopause managementeducation. Dr. Susan Schraft, chief of radiology at Central Mane MedicalCenter, ...
Shelter help
May 01, 2006 ... Susan Wallace of New Gloucester presented the Greater AndroscogginHumane Society with donations from her birthday party on April 10.Wallace, holding Casper, the shelter bunny, is a second-grade ...
Project management certificate course announced at community college
May 01, 2006 ... AUBURN - The Corporate and Community Services Department atCentral Maine Community College will offer its project managementcertificate program (CCS 021-01) from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays,May 9 and 16. The cost is $260. The workshop will teach technical and non-technical ...
Dance workshop on tap at LPL
May 01, 2006 ... LEWISTON - Dance educator Erma Colvin will present a free "hands-on/feet-on" workshop in integrating creative movement into theclassroom from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, May 8, at the LewistonPublic Library. The program is geared for all educators: public and private schoolteachers ...
L/A Arts has raffle in time for Mother's Day
May 01, 2006 ... LEWISTON - With Mother's Day in mind, L/A Arts has put togetherthree baskets filled with products and services for women. Thecombined value of the baskets is more than $1,200. L/A Arts will sell raffle tickets through Tuesday, May 2. A $5raffle ticket will give three chances to ...
School health centers help meet needs
May 01, 2006 ... LEWISTON - The Maine Assembly on School-Based Health Caredesignated April as School-Based Health Care Awareness Month. Morethan 25 school-based health centers in Maine, including four inLewiston-Auburn, are being recognized for the work they do to promoteand support the physical, mental ...
Theater committee looking for plays
May 01, 2006 ... AUBURN - Lewiston/Auburn Community Little Theatre is midwaythrough its 66th season and already the CLT Play Reading Committee isperusing scripts submitted by directors for the 67th season. Not only does the committee review the plays and the merits ofeach, but they must ...
Elm Street School anounces honor roll
May 01, 2006 ... MECHANIC FALLS - The Elm Street School second-trimester honor rollhas been announced. Grade four High honors: Katelyn Burgess, Renee Reid. Honors: Kylie Arsenault, William Bickford, Duncan Birrell, LoganCaron, Tyler Dackmine, Victoria Doyer, Mariah Dufour, Lindsey ...
Catholic schools vs. oldsters
May 01, 2006 ... I was glad to read the Lewiston City Council and the SchoolCommittee's decision to maintain the Multi-Purpose Center for seniorcitizen use (April 26). Seniors are the core and foundation of anycommunity. As its foundation, they have weathered the hard times andindulged in the good times ....
Children learn facts about animal tracks
May 01, 2006 ... NORWAY - More than two dozen children and parents gatheredrecently at the Norway Memorial Library for Fun with Animal Tracksled by Jim Chandler, director of the Land Lab in Auburn. The children became track detectives as they learned to read theclues left by Maine animals. Chandler ...
Tooth Fairies visit center
May 01, 2006 ... NORWAY - The Child Health Center recently offered children, teensand young parents an opportunity to have free dental hygieneservices. The center invited Tooth Fairies Inc. of Auburn, a program servingunderserved populations, to spend a day at the center. The ToothFairies are ...
Legion commended for 100 % membership
May 01, 2006 ... NORWAY - The Stone-Smart American Legion Post 82 and Auxiliaryheld a meat loaf supper prior to the April meetings. The supper wasunder the direction of Arnie Pendexter, chairman, assisted by ErnieClifford, Ralph Millett and Dave Tilley. Past Commander Gene Bickford presented the ...
Library display
May 01, 2006 ... Wood carving done by members of the Streaked Mountain Woodcarversis on display at the Norway Memorial Library through May 12. Smallcarved objects include birds and animals, fish, a CzechoslovakianSanta, a rolling pin Santa, carved eggs and a whimsical ...
Special day helps seniors
May 01, 2006 ... The Crescent Park School in Bethel participated in Cookies andMilk Day to raise money for the Seniors- Plus meals program. Theybaked chocolate chip cookies in the school cafeteria and served themwith milk to ...
Rotary/Kiwanis looking for auction donations
May 01, 2006 ... PARIS - Local members of the two largest worldwide serviceorganizations, Rotary and Kiwanis, are seeking items for a summerauction. This year's event will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday andSaturday, July 7 and 8, under the "big tent" at the Oxford HillsComprehensive High School, South ...
Briefly
May 01, 2006 ... Grange supper BRYANT POND - West Paris Grange 298 will meet with Franklin Grange124 today. A supper will be held at 6 p.m. with a meeting to followat 7 ...
Monday Meetings
May 01, 2006 ... Oxford Hills RegionBethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Bethel: SAD 44 board workshop, 7:30 p.m., Telstar High School Buckfield: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Open Space Committee, 4 p.m., 551 Mayberry Hill Greenwood: Planning Board, 7 p.m., ...
Guidebook offers tours to find local craftspeople
May 01, 2006; ... WEST PARIS - For the past three years, Wendy Newmeyer has beenanticipating the arrival of a new guidebook that directs tourists toartists and craftspeople tucked away in the region, sometimes in out-of-the-way spots that could easily be overlooked. Newmeyer and her husband own ...
Women's health fair at Bridgton Hospital
May 01, 2006 ... BRIDGTON - Bridgton Hospital's "Every Day in a Woman's Life"Health Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 13.Pamela Smith, development and community relations director, said,"The fair has expanded dramatically this year and we are very excitedabout the vendors that we will ...
Earth day clean-up
May 01, 2006 ... The X-tra Mile ATV Club celebrated Earth Day by cleaning the SouthParis town pit area as pit owners let them ride in the area. In all,five pick-up ...
Crescent School
May 01, 2006 ... BETHEL - The Crescent School honor roll for the third quarter hasbeen announced. Grade five High honors: Holden Bean, Jessica Casey, John Drew, Kurt Mason,Avery Rossow. Honors: Kevin Annis, Broderick Brackett, Ben Conkright, TabithaCorriveau, Michael Del Duca, Doug ...
Births
May 01, 2006 ... LEWISTON - The following births have been recorded at CentralMaine Medical Center. Macgyver Fai Blundon, a boy to Robert Blundon and Nikki Kreiton ofNorth Monmouth, April 17. Grandparents, Andrew and Heather Blundon ofNorth Monmouth, Kathy A. Richardson of Andover, Edward Kreiton ...
Hancock named branch manager
May 01, 2006 ... BETHEL - Dan Hancock of Naples has been named as Northeast Bank'sBethel branch manager. Hancock, an assistant vice president, has been with Northeast formore than three years, serving as the branch manager in the Brunswickoffice and prior to that as a corporate trainer. He ...
Pair proposes campground for horsepeople
May 01, 2006; ... NORWAY - As horse people, they know what other horse people arelike. And most don't like to leave their animals for too long whenthey go away. So Orrin Desjardins and Elaine Binette have asked the PlanningBoard for permission to build a 10-site campground on their WatsonRoad ...
School lunch menus
May 01, 2006 ... RUMFORD - The lunch menus for Rumford Elementary and St.Athanasius St. John's schools are announced for the week of May 1. Acontainer of milk is included with meals. The menu is subject tochange without notice. Monday: choice of chicken nuggets, oven fries and peas;cheeseburgers ...
FISC promotes Maxwell
May 01, 2006 ... LEWISTON - FISC has promoted Ann Marie Maxwell to assistantmanager of FISC's Item Processing Department. Maxwell has been employed with FISC for the past 17 years withpositions in the operations area at FISC. Most recently, she was teamleader for FISC's Inclearing Check Processing ...
Going, but not forgotten
May 01, 2006 ... The images will last a lifetime or, as Bitzy says, "as long as thefixer from the CVS photo printer will provide for." They are the mental snapshots that the freshmen in our project -and everywhere - will take with them as they end their first year. They are vivid, funny, ...
CareerCenter to host job fair
May 01, 2006 ... LEWISTON -The CareerCenter at 5 Mollison Way will be holding aspring job fair on Thursday May 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. Among the employers expected to be represented are: Bonney Staffing, Cianbro, CitiStreet, Combined Insurance,Employment Times, Formed Fiber, Geiger Brothers, H.E ....
Lewiston boys look to retool again
May 01, 2006; ... LEWISTON - The Lewiston High School boys' tennis team hasn'trested on their laurels, but they'll face a stiff test this season. In the last three years, the Blue Devils have posted a 43-1 recordin the regular season and playoffs, including three Eastern Regionalcrowns and three ...