Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. back issues from February 2007:
Repeat attack of endocarditis far from inevitable
Feb 01, 2007 ... DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have waited with bated breath for more than ayear, and I haven't given up but am darn close to it. I would like ananswer while I am still breathing. I am 76 and was diagnosed with endocarditis in November 2004. Ispent two weeks in the hospital and five weeks in ...
Check It Out
Feb 01, 2007 ... 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:, Thursday, Feb. 1: Mt. Blue Curtain Raisers ComedyTroupe, 7:30 p.m., ...
How to access Sun Journal Web site
Feb 01, 2007 ... Dear Sun Spots: There was an article in the Sun Journal recentlyabout U.S. Savings Bonds advising that there are some complexitiesabout when and how they can be cashed in. I intended to cut it outbut forgot to do so. How may I obtain a copy of that article? Yourassistance will be ...
Looking back
Feb 01, 2007 ... Boston Brown Bread - Miss Jessie A. West, Center street, Auburn: Cook six hours or more. Two cups corn meal, one cup rye meal, one-half cup molasses, one teaspoon salt, two cups sour milk, one cupsweet milk, one teaspoonful soda dissolved in the sweet milk. Thiswill just fill a ...
Auburn Winter Festival begins Friday
Feb 01, 2007; ... AUBURN - This year's Winter Festival will have something pastfestivals have lacked. Snow. "That's the major thing this year," said Tracey Steuber, Auburn'scommunity relations manager. "We have lots of snow, plenty of it, andall of Lost Valley's trails are open." This ...
Aquarius: Look for the path that will take you farthest
Feb 01, 2007 ... ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get out and mingle and you willdiscover all sorts of interesting information. Someone will teach youa new technique or a different way of life. Travel, education andpartnering with someone who can offer what you lack will help youachieve. TAURUS (April ...
By the numbers Peanuts
Feb 01, 2007 ... 1500 B.C.: Century the Incas of Peru used peanuts as sacrificialofferings and entombed them with mummies to aid in the spirit life 111: Number of feet an Australian man threw a peanut to claim theGuinness ...
Man caught in sex sting still in jail
Feb 01, 2007 ... SOUTH PORTLAND - A former Lewiston man remained at a Portland jailon Wednesday, accused of attempting to meet with what he thought wasa teenage girl for sex. Nicholas Webster, 27, was one of four men charged with attemptedgross sexual assault during a sting operation in South ...
Wrong residence
Feb 01, 2007 ... CARRABASSETT VALLEY - Matthew Bulger, who participated in theSpecial Olympics ...
Jury indicts dog owner
Feb 01, 2007 ... AUBURN - A man whose pit bull bit police during the man's arrestlast week was indicted Tuesday by an Androscoggin County grand juryon a count of felony assault. Marc Aaron Jonitis, 22, of Lewiston was arrested Jan. 23 forallegedly beating his pregnant girlfriend. His pit bull, ...
Precious flag donated
Feb 01, 2007; ... TURNER - Walter Bergman feels genuine pride over his role in theNorth Atlantic capture of a German submarine during World War II. Yet, it's his brother's service - becoming one of the first U.S.officers captured by the Germans - that still draws him to tears morethan 60 years ...
'Scooter' Libby trial is a festival of bad memories
Feb 01, 2007 ... The perjury trial of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief ofstaff Lewis "Scooter" Libby is not exactly Jarndyce and Jarndyce, thecase in the Charles Dickens novel "Bleak House," which ruinedeveryone who came near it and dragged on for so long that peopleforgot what it originally had ...
Police log
Feb 01, 2007 ... Todd Daniel Lyons, 23, of 5 Boothby St., Augusta, on a probationhold and a warrant, 1:28 a.m. Tuesday at 884 Lisbon St. Eugene Brian Poland, 29, of 64 Durgin Road on a warrant, 10:40a.m. Tuesday at 94 Knox St.Accidents Lewiston Cars driven by Alta M. Rogers, 83, of ...
St. Mary's 'passion' in spotlight
Feb 01, 2007; ... The Sisters of Charity receives a prestigious award for service LEWISTON - Good nutrition may be its own reward, but localprograms of the Sisters of Charity Health System have also earnednational recognition and a $10,000 prize for community efforts. Sisters of Charity was one ...
The List
Feb 01, 2007; ... Every Thursday, right here. Entertainment highlights for in townand beyond. BUCKFIELD - Jugglers, comedians, physical comics, musicians andother talent from around New England will gather for ODD FEST. Theshow will benefit the Oddfellow Performing Arts Series.>>When: 7:30p.m., ...
Lisbon family loses home, belongings
Feb 01, 2007; ... LISBON - A Lisbon Falls family lost their home and all theirbelongings in a fast-moving fire of undetermined origin earlyWednesday night. The wood-framed structure at 49 Frost Hill Ave. was owned andoccupied by the Raymond Siegler family. Siegler and two others werehome at the ...
Lewiston teachers see pay increase
Feb 01, 2007 ... LEWISTON - There were likely some smiling Lewiston teachersWednesday when they opened their paychecks. The paychecks were bigger, some several hundred dollars more,because teachers received back pay from the months they workedwithout a contract. And in the paychecks they'll ...
Leavitt hoops coach is fired
Feb 01, 2007; ... Mike Remillard, who coached the Leavitt Hornets to their first andonly appearance in the state Class A basketball tournament two yearsago, was fired as boys varsity coach Wednesday. Remillard said he was dismissed after meeting with Leavitt AreaHigh School Principal Patrick ...
Lewiston Rec Women
Feb 01, 2007 ... LEWISTON - Boxcar Children extended its lead in the Lewiston RecWomen's Volleyball League this week by sweeping 3 games from CapsawnDesign, 26-24, 25-18, 25-17. In other action, Hunt's Hill took 2 from D.C. Electric, 22-25, 25-23, 25-23; and Right Stuff swept Margarita's, 25-21, ...
Calendar
Feb 01, 2007 ... Concerts Feb. 3: DAMARISCOTTA, Castlebay will perform at 7:30 p.m. atSkidompha Public Library. $10/$8 529-5438 Feb. 4: MECHANIC FALLS, a Country Valentine Show will be held atthe Silver Spur, 272 Lewiston St. $6/$5 345-3211 Feb. 4: PORTLAND, the Cathedral Choir will ...
Hall & Knight's ends drought at Lahey event
Feb 01, 2007 ... LEWISTON - A six-year drought was ended as team Hall & Knight tooktop honors in this year's Thomas E. Lahey Bowlfest held last weekendat Spare-Time Recreation. Jeff Bolduc (233 average), Tony Towns (232), Dana Price (211),along with Larry Turcotte and Dave Kordalski led all teams ...
Who would want to lead Rumford now?
Feb 01, 2007 ... HELP WANTED: The town of Rumford, Maine, seeks a new town manager.MUST LIVE IN RUMFORD. All other applications will be filed in acircular receptacle. The right candidate must - besides reside in Rumford - beexperienced in day-to-day management of a service center community,have ...
Memorial ski race slated
Feb 01, 2007 ... RUMFORD - The second annual Greg Waite Memorial Ski Race isscheduled for Friday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. at Black Mountain.Entry feefor teams of 4 is $100. There will be prizes for first, second andthird places. A raffle will be held. To reserve a spot call BlackMountain at 364-8977.Sabattus ...
Maine League
Feb 01, 2007 ... LEWISTON - Rene Custeau and Dave Mireault were named Players ofthe Week Monday in the Maine Table Tennis League sponsored by Stigaat Lewiston Armory. The league welcomed two new members, a father and son team of ...
Knight sparks Auburn team
Feb 01, 2007 ... AUBURN - Kyle Knight tallied 2 goals and an assist to lead theAuburn Youth Hockey Squirts Avalanche to a 7-3 victory overWaterville in recent hockey action at Waterville. Also lighting the ...
Turner Highlands
Feb 01, 2007 ... TURNER - Leaders of the Indoor Virtual Golf League played at CogHill Golf Course: Dennis Fetterhoff, Stan Camic, Dave ...
Dixies unbeaten
Feb 01, 2007 ... Dixfield remained the lone unbeaten team in the Central MaineBasketball League (Boys Grades 3-4) Sunday. The Dixies defeatedGardiner 47-27 as Tyler Frost scored 16 points and Matt Irish, RileyRobinson and Nick St. Germain all added 6. Quin Hanna led Gardinerwith 8. Brian Dunn added ...
Legal guardian
Feb 01, 2007 ... BUCKFIELD - In a story published on B2 Jan. 19 regarding astabbing at the Buckfield Junior-Senior High School, the teen chargedin the ...
Swing band will play at school
Feb 01, 2007 ... BRUNSWICK - The Brunswick High School music department will host aswing dance, with The Mike Willette Swing Band playing from 8 to 11p.m., Friday, Feb. 9, at the school. Swing dance lessons will beprovided from 7 to 8 p.m. A high-energy, 12-piece ensemble, The Mike Willette Band ...
Wilton CareerCenter offers free sessions
Feb 01, 2007 ... WILTON - Several free sessions will be held during February at theWilton CareerCenter, 865 Route 2. Auxiliary aids and services areavailable upon request to individuals with disabilities. All classesbegin at listed times. For more information or to register, call 645-5800 or toll free ...
Proposed law tests students voting rights
Feb 01, 2007; ... AUGUSTA - College students Wednesday defended their right to votewhere they study during a public hearing on a bill that, if passed,would bar students living in campus housing from registering to votein their college towns. State Rep. Gary Knight, R-Livermore Falls, introduced the ...
Board may sanction girls team
Feb 01, 2007; ... JAY - The School Committee will consider sanctioning a girlscooperative soccer team made up of athletes from two school systemsas an official school-sponsored varsity/junior varsity program. Girls from Jay and Livermore Falls high schools formed the Jay-Livermore Falls Wildcats as ...
Briefly
Feb 01, 2007 ... Film on Iraq FARMINGTON - A film, "The Ground Truth," about American soldierswho have returned from service in Iraq, will be shown at 7 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 6, at the University of Maine at Farmington's ThomasAuditorium. Viewers will hear and witness soldiers remembering their ...
Proposal tests right of students to vote
Feb 01, 2007; ... AUGUSTA - College students Wednesday defended their right to votewhere they study during a public hearing on a bill that, if passed,would bar students living in campus housing from registering to votein their college towns. State Rep. Gary Knight, R-Livermore Falls, introduced the ...
Bill tests students voting rights
Feb 01, 2007; ... AUGUSTA - College students Wednesday defended their right to votewhere they study during a public hearing on a bill that, if passed,would bar students living in campus housing from registering to votein their college towns. State Rep. Gary Knight, R-Livermore Falls, introduced the ...
Man charged with gun thefts
Feb 01, 2007; ... FARMINGTON - Police arrested a Farmington man Wednesday inrelation to a series of gun thefts at Wal-Mart over the past twomonths. Cory Bellefeuille, 25, of Farmington was arrested Wednesday andcharged with theft of firearms and marijuana cultivation, accordingto a Farmington ...
Briefly
Feb 01, 2007 ... Lodge party AUBURN - Liberty Rebekah Lodge 94 will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb.5, in the meeting room of the Grand Lodge, IOOF, 80 Caron Lane. The party to celebrate the birth of Thomas Wildey, founder of theIndependent Order of Odd Fellows in North America in 1819, was ...
International Film Series
Feb 01, 2007 ... AUBURN - "Woman is the Future of Man," a powerful drama about twochildhood friends and their common interest in a woman, will be shownWednesday and Thursday, Feb. 7-8, as part of L/A Arts InternationalFilm Series in partnership with Central Maine Community College The film, ...
MAINEiacs team to visit library at Lisbon
Feb 01, 2007 ... LISBON FALLS - The Lisbon Library Department has announced thethird annual visit by representatives of the Lewiston MAINEiacshockey team at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, in the Children's Room. At least one hockey player will be present to read a story to theschool-age children and ...
Maine Music Society fundraiser features Italian wines
Feb 01, 2007 ... LISBON - The Maine Music Society, whose goal is to bring beautifulmusic to Maine, will host a wine-tasting Sunday, Feb. 11, as afundraiser for the local arts organization. It will be held from 2 to4 p.m. at Graziano's Restaurant, on Main Street. Founded in 1991, the Maine Music ...
Funeral Notices
Feb 01, 2007 ... BOURGET - J. Raymond, 73, died on Jan. 28. At the request of thefamily there will be no visitation. A funeral service will be held onFriday, Feb. 2, at noon at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery,Mount Vernon Road. A service of the Fortin Group Funeral Home, 217Turner St., AUBURN, ME, ...
National chief coming to Jay
Feb 01, 2007 ... JAY - The Jay Veterans of Foreign War Auxiliary will host aluncheon for VFW National Auxiliary President Linda Meader onSaturday, Feb. 3, at Post 3335 on Route 133. Meader, of Concord, N.H., was elected national president lastAugust during the national convention in Nevada. Meader ...
This is not New York
Feb 01, 2007 ... I don't know how the governor or his education commissioner cancompare their reorganization of the school districts with New York.The Board of Cooperative Educational Services in New York wasestablished in 1948. There are still over 700 school districtsorganized into 38 BOCES supervisory ...
Minot historical group proposes vets memorial
Feb 01, 2007 ... MINOT - The Minot Historical Society met Jan. 9 at the Minot TownOffice with 19 attending. At the last meeting, Donald Verrill was elected chairman ofobtaining bids for a stone in memory of all Minot military personnelwho have served in the wars. He reported that Collette Monuments ...
Lewiston-Auburn Rotary inducts new member
Feb 01, 2007 ... LEWISTON - The Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club has grown by anothermember. Induction ceremonies were held on Jan. 25 to welcome Kurk J.Lalemand into the club. Lalemand is the owner and business coach for NEXT LEVEL BusinessCoaching at 76 Main St., Auburn. He is also active in the ...
Good Shepherd takes keys
Feb 01, 2007 ... AUBURN - Emerson Toyota of Auburn recently became a transportationpartner of Good Shepherd Food-Bank by donating a 2000 Toyota SiennaXLE. Given the fact that Good Shepherd is a statewide organization, itwill help save on travel budgets. The food bank staff will utilizethe vehicle ...
Lisbon Adult Ed classes beginning Tuesday
Feb 01, 2007 ... LISBON - Lisbon Adult Education has openings in classes startingin early February for daytime and evening programs. Beginning and continuing yoga classes will start on Tuesday, Feb.6; the beginning class at 5:15 p.m. and continuing at 7 p.m. Morningwalking will be held from 9 to 11 ...
Showing them honor
Feb 01, 2007 ... In response to John Bean's letter (Jan. 27) against bringing theVietnam Wall to Lewiston, I want to say that sometimes the only wayto heal old wounds is to reopen them. Anyone who has placed his or her hand on the wall, (in Washington,D.C., or the dignity replica) will agree with ...
Where's the park?
Feb 01, 2007 ... A very important promise that Lewiston city officials made morethan a year ago to residents of downtown Lewiston seems to have beenbroken. They promised to restore a public park on Maple Street whichsupposedly had been removed for demolition work. The city has offered no legitimate ...
Karate academy raises money for local kids
Feb 01, 2007 ... PARIS - Students and family members of Bouchard's Karate Academyin South Paris have collected $817 for the Sidekick Foundation. "Wealso submitted a matching grant application to the Oxford Wal-Mart,who is a big supporter," said Donna Bouchard, owner and chiefinstructor. The ...
Logging truck topples
Feb 01, 2007; ... NEWRY - Route 26 was closed for hours Wednesday after a loggingtruck toppled, blocking both lanes of traffic. Truck driver Donald Whitney of Skowhegan was likely speedingaround a sharp curve on the road when he lost control of the truckaround 1 p.m., said Maine State Police Trooper ...
'Basket and Poppies' not for sale
Feb 01, 2007; ... NORWAY - The burnt-umber poppies in a round wicker basket look asif they might have been painted at dusk, in the lowering light of adesert sun. During her childhood, Tabitha Smith of Paris recalls looking atthe oil still life hanging above her grandmother's television at ...
Briefly
Feb 01, 2007 ... Italian supper HEBRON - An Italian supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Hebron Community Baptist Church to benefitthe furnace fund. The church's two furnaces failed, requiring two newfurnaces as well as a rebuilt chimney. The menu will consist of ...
Group to discuss future of agriculture
Feb 01, 2007 ... PARIS - The Oxford County Ag Group will sponsor three publicmeetings for consumers, service providers, farmers or anyoneinterested in the future of agriculture in Oxford County. The firstmeeting in the series will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, at theWestern Maine Community ...
Northeast hosting workshops
Feb 01, 2007 ... LEWISTON - Experts from Northeast Bank and Northeast Financial,the bank's investment division, will host two workshops designed togive actionable ideas and provide real-life solutions to helpparticipants get their financial lives in order. Workshops will beheld at Lewiston High School on ...
CareerCenter lists workshops
Feb 01, 2007 ... LEWISTON - The Lewiston CareerCenter announces the UnemployedProfessionals Group speakers and topics for February. The group meetsat the CareerCenter every Monday from 1 to 4 p.m.; registration isnot required. Upcoming program topics are: Feb. 5: "Staying Motivated During Job ...
Anglers finally take to the ice
Feb 01, 2007; ... WILTON - Three weeks ago, Joe Weston Jr. of Jay hauled his ice-fishing shack onto the eastern end of Wilson Pond using a four-wheeler off the boat launch. But fluffy snow - not thin ice - prevented him from reaching thedeeper waters where he normally fishes, he said Wednesday ...
Eldridge: Buyout was best option
Feb 01, 2007; ... RUMFORD - Town Manager Stephen Eldridge had never had his jobcontract bought out, but considering the political atmosphere thathas swirled around the selectmen, the town and his family, it was thebest option, he said Wednesday. Selectmen, after a two-hour closed session Tuesday ...
Whitecap push under way
Feb 01, 2007; ... RUMFORD - A hike up Whitecap Mountain when she was a child was thebeginning of Barbara Smith-Baker's passion for climbing mountains.From that, she has conquered some of the highest peaks in the easternpart of the globe as well as completed the Appalachian Trail. She was one of the ...
Child safety program set to launch
Feb 01, 2007; ... RUMFORD - A new program aimed at teaching children the differencebetween a kind and caring adult and one who may cause them harm isabout to begin in SAD 43's two elementary schools. Andrea Bowen, guidance counselor at Rumford Elementary School,told the SAD 43 board this week that ...
Knapp, Knight help Dirigo bounce back Biddeford pulls away from St. Dom's
Feb 01, 2007 ... DIXFIELD - Dirigo bounced back from its first loss of the seasonin strong fashion Wednesday with an 84-47 victory over Wiscasset inMVC boys basketball play. The Cougars (14-1) lost to Winthrop on Saturday, but rebounded bybreaking open a 19-15 lead with a 21-7 outburst in the ...
Maineiacs binge Scoring spree nets 7-2 victory for Lewiston
Feb 01, 2007; ... LEWISTON - At least for one night, the Lewiston Maineiacs foundtheir elixir. Three different Maineiacs registered two goals each and PeterDelmas made 31 saves to earn a victory, leading Lewiston to a 7-2 winover the hapless Saint John Sea Dogs in front of 2,186 at theAndroscoggin ...
Rams sideswipe Red Eddies, 6-4
Feb 01, 2007; ... HALLOWELL - And the Edward Little High School hockey team thoughtan unsightly rout at the hands of its city rival felt lousy. Twenty-four hours later, the Red Eddies were dealt a defeat thatwas all at once completely different, eerily similar and even morepainful. EL coughed ...
Jay's appeal of 3 forfeited games denied
Feb 01, 2007; ... AUGUSTA - The appeal of three forfeited games by the Jay girlsbasketball team was denied Wednesday. Jay Principal John Robinson and Assistant Principal and AthleticDirector Kenric Charles made a brief presentation to members of theInterscholastic Management Committee at the Maine ...
UMF thumps Colby
Feb 01, 2007 ... FARMINGTON - Caitlyn Laflin scored a game-high 18 points and KariSimpson added 17 to lead the University of Maine at Farmington to a76-48 win over Colby in women's basketball. The win extended the Beavers (16-3) winning streak to nine gamesand 13 wins in their last 14 ...