Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. back issues from April 2007:
The Aerial Classroom
Apr 01, 2007; ... ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Every Sunday, the circus comes to town.And anybody can join. An acrobatic workout company, The Aerial Classroom, started thisyear at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, Calif. Classes involve workon the aerial tissuapparatus - two purple fabric ropes suspended ...
Bored in the bedroom? Don't wait too long to tackle intimacy issues, marriage experts advise
Apr 01, 2007; ... So, how are things in the bedroom between you and your significantother? Not that we're meaning to pry, but it looks as if the most lovingthing you can do for your relationship is check on the intimacy.Because the sooner you pay attention to your relationship, the betterthe ...
TV-friendly band Augustana glimpses future diversity
Apr 01, 2007; ... It should be no surprise that Augustana's debut disc, "All theStars and Boulevards," is musically diverse, with lyrics like atravelogue. Drummer Justin South, in a recent telephone interview fromNorfolk, Va., says the songs were written over four desultory yearsin various places ...
The Dating Game: Ex marks the spot for recycling effort
Apr 01, 2007; ... In the first post-breakup meeting with their team of advisors, menand women talk about their ex and how they just weren't right forthem. The more they talk, the more strength they get. "He was too jealous," she says. "Yes, he was," her girlfriendsreply. "She was too into ...
Ben Folds launches a bitchin concert tour
Apr 01, 2007; ... Ben Folds is between records, and that, says the pop-rock singer-songwriter-pianist, means his concerts are likely to be one of twothings, "a greatest hits show or something really bizarre." "Usually what happens in these interim periods, it ends up being afree-for-all," he says ...
Two Appetites, One Meal: How to cook for two when you have totally different tastes
Apr 01, 2007; ... You hate meat. He won't touch a vegetable. How will you ever sharethe same meal? There are some things you can change about your spouse- like when he wears those horrible pleated pants - but eating habitsare tougher to tackle. You didn't get married to always eat apart (orcook two ...
NightLife
Apr 01, 2007 ... The Waybacks, 8 p.m., Chicky's Fine Diner Sunday Night Dance Party w/Aron C, Club Texas BinGeno with The Fuge and Country Rhodes, Geno'sMonday Cat & Mouse Records open mic, Acoustic Coffee Hip Hop Open Mic with DJ Boondocks, DJ Shade and Boom Squad, TheBig ...
Unmarried and chillin
Apr 01, 2007; ... "I'm not going to settle." That was the response from several women when I asked them whythey weren't married yet. According to a recent New York Times article, 51 percent of womendon't have a spouse. They are women such as Keonna Torrence, aninsurance claims manager who ...
He admits a double standard
Apr 01, 2007; ... Ron Geraci admits he expects much more self-restraint from thewomen he dates than he could possibly exercise himself. The author ofthe recently published dating tell-all "The Bachelor Chronicles" laysit all out in a chapter titled "Humble Pleas From a Single AmericanMale": "Do ...
What a roll
Apr 01, 2007; ... "The Firm: Slim & Sculpt Stability Ball Workout" Price: $19.99-$29.95 Get it at: firmdirect.com, collagevideo.com Instructor: Allie DelRio Pointer Workout time: 30 minutes Sweat factor: Almost no sweat for about 10 minutes; then turnsheavy. Music: ...
Advice: Do your homework
Apr 01, 2007; ... Alex Rodriguez or Miguel Cabrera? Yankees or Marlins? In the world of fantasy baseball, many try to tell you that theteam doesn't matter, but it's about the individual. Wrong. In the spirit of full disclosure, I drafted Miguel Cabrera overthe weekend in a fantasy ...
Face Time: Linda Wagner
Apr 01, 2007 ... Linda Wagner has been with the U.S. Postal Service for 18 years;her photomate R2D2, for just a few weeks. "Star Wars" and the postal service have joined forces to celebratethe first movie's 30th anniversary this year. The result: four R2D2mailboxes set up around the state ...
Eats: Would you like potatoes with your ... potatoes?
Apr 01, 2007; ... Finding a laid-back place to grab a bite that's tasty, reliable,and won't put you in debt for life is always exciting. And that'sGipper's. Everyone raves about Gipper's Sports Grill. Not only is it good, afriend said, but everything is always good. I had to try it, and Iwasn't ...
Ear Worm music reviews
Apr 01, 2007 ... Modest Mouse "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" Rock: B+ Given the breakthrough commercial success of 2004's "Good News forPeople Who Love Bad News," it was reasonable to fear Modest Mousemight change its sound, either to keep new fans or to alienate allthe ...
It calls, it surfs, it goes straight to MySpace
Apr 01, 2007; ... Users of the Helio Drift can be connected to the world as neverbefore. Besides making standard phone calls, this pocket-sized device actsas a GPS to access Google Maps, get real-time traffic reports,acquire detailed directions or use satellite imagery and technologyto broadcast ...
Calendar
Apr 01, 2007 ... Special April 1: AUGUSTA, the 27th Annual Sportsman's Show will be heldfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Augusta Civic Center. $7/$4 626-3315 April 1: BANGOR, the Bangor YWCA Spring Fair will be held at theBangor Civic Center. 941-2808 April 1, 8, 15: BRIDGTON, an open mic ...
Flick it
Apr 01, 2007; ... "Blades of Glory" What's funnier than Will Ferrell and Jon Heder starring in a movietogether? When they're starring as professional ice-skaters ofcourse! The former Ron Burgundy and Napoleon Dynamite play longtimerivals who are banned from skating after causing an ...
The Grist List
Apr 01, 2007; ... 1. Tee party Check out these biker-chic tops made from bamboo and printed withPVC-free ink: www.choppercouture.com/1. Perfect for the beach(www.choppercouture.com/57). Or climbing trees with your twin(www.choppercouture.com/65). Or awkwardly leaping(www.choppercouture.com/54). So ...
What's your gripe?
Apr 01, 2007 ... My gripe is people who like to spin tires and make a lot of noise ... what's the sense in it? It's annoying and, not to mention, thedangers involved where there are little kids. - winnie I want to see Mark LaFlamme back in the b section. He was thereason most everyone enjoyed ...
Chris 'I-Got-a-Job-Faster-Than-My-Father-Did' Meyer
Apr 01, 2007 ... As a member of a generation that grew up with a multitude ofelectronic resources at our disposal, its certainly only natural thatmy job search began on the Internet. And the Internet was certainlymy preference. However, I took my father's olde-tyme advice to leavethe house and hand in ...
You're not the boss of me.
Apr 01, 2007; ... A college friend of mine made enough for a BMW two years aftergraduation, courtesy Wall Street. My penniless and starving friendsand I pitied him - he had no life. Another pal (who buys Jimmy Choos and has a maid) says she enviesme for having a job that doesn't require me to give ...
Phil 'What's-Wrong-With-Using-A-Little-Shoe-Leather' Meyer
Apr 01, 2007 ... Finding a job is not easy, I know that. It took me four-and-a-half months to find my first job after graduation. Helping your adultoffspring find employment is another chapter that was left out of thechild-rearing guide issued at birth. My recollection of job hunting went something ...
It's not your father's job market
Apr 01, 2007 ... Graduated from college and looking for a job? It's a wide worldout there and jobs are increasingly sought and solicited on the WorldWide Web. Shoe leather on pavement has been replaced by strokes on akeypad. It's a tough reality for those middle aged among us who - inour youth - knocked ...
Male Call: Advice from a Guy
Apr 01, 2007 ... We got some interesting feedback on last week's column aboutwhether a guy should be expected to pay for most everything in theinitial phases of courtship. (Our position: The guy pays, especiallyif he does the asking, but we encourage even a halfheartedly mumbledattempt by the woman to ...
Magazine scene: Women's Health says watch out for work friends
Apr 01, 2007; ... Work woes Let's say you have a flirtatious relationship with one of your co-workers. You talk with him about everything: your hobbies, your job,your husband. So, when does this friendship cross the line? The April issue ofWomen's Health says you should be able to be open with ...
5 inexpensive ways to check a love interest's credibility
Apr 01, 2007; ... So your son or daughter is dating someone who sends red flagsflying, sort of like Hillard Quint, the man accused of pulling anexpensive scam on several Chicago women. How can you make sure yourchild is not getting hurt irreparably or sucked into a scam? John Frycek, a Chicago ...
Lipstick Mystic Love Forecast
Apr 01, 2007; ... Aries You'll be a drama queen this week, thanks to a full moon travelingopposite your sign. Try not to dump negative energy on yoursweetheart. Balance out your moods by working out at the gym, gettinga massage, or visiting a nice spa.Taurus A relationship could take on a ...
Out of the Red: Don't fall for online scams dressed up as job postings
Apr 01, 2007; ... Looking for a job? If you're searching online, you should bewareof scam offers aimed at stealing your money or personal information,according to a nationwide warning issued recently by the BetterBusiness Bureau. Online employment scams come dressed up as real job postings ...
Mystery photo
Apr 01, 2007 ... If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us atbmail@sunjournal.com or call 689-2896. Please ...
Sally may have a soft spot, and ex marks it
Apr 01, 2007; ... Q: I've been dating a woman I'll call Sally for six months. Thingshave been great, and I think we are really getting serious. Lastweek, she told me her ex-fiance was moving back to our city. I knowfrom mutual friends that they were together for two years, the lastfour months after he'd ...
Never can say goodbye? Then play one of these for him
Apr 01, 2007; ... Is there anything more cathartic than a good kick-him-to-the-curbsong? Aside from actually stuffing an errant lover's clothes into hiscar and setting it ablaze, a la Angela Bassett in the movie versionof "Waiting to Exhale," the "farewell, scum" song is the next bestrevenge. When ...
Road Trip: Bath
Apr 01, 2007; ... Everyone knows the historical side of Bath, it being an importantshipbuilding port of long standing, but Bath is more than just ships.It is full of surprises. There's the Chocolate Church Arts Center,with its many performances and art gallery. And there's the CafeCreme, a cafe that holds ...
Poker junkie: Jack's last words
Apr 01, 2007; ... The dream is over. The poker junkie has drawn to his last inside straight, tossed hislast chip into the pot and written his last line of poker-relatedprose directed at making the masses better players through their ownvolition. It is with humble heart that I recuse myself ...
The Decemberists prefers sound to words
Apr 01, 2007; ... Over the course of four albums since 2001, The Decemberists havecultivated a reputation as a folk-influenced indie-pop quintet with atheatrical sensibility and a penchant for flashy, sometimes arcanelanguage, largely thanks to frontman Colin Meloy's episodic,colorfully detailed ...
Police log
Apr 01, 2007 ... Timothy Allen Dubuc, 21, 10 Green St., operating under theinfluence and speeding, 2:24 a.m. Saturday at 201 Alfred PlourdeParkway. Matthew William Messenger, 26, Oak Street, assault, 4:35 a.m.Saturday at 166 Holland St. Justin Edwards Moody, 24, 25 Howe St., operating after ...
No 'Idol' threat in Web site's challenge to television
Apr 01, 2007; ... The test is between the biggest show on television and a Web sitestarted by a 24-year-old suburban gadfly, between media old and new. On one side is "American Idol," which is in its sixth season ofdrawing millions to look on as our fellow citizens risk insult andhumiliation in the ...
Hunting for eggs
Apr 01, 2007; ... Imani Johnson, 8, of Lewiston, gets twirled by the Easter Bunny asshe dances with the holiday ...
Warm memories of heroes in a half-shell
Apr 01, 2007; ... SACRAMENTO, Calf. - Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelowere once famous for their artwork, but their names are now moreclosely associated with loving pizza and fighting crime. And instead of artists, they're best known as the Teenage MutantNinja Turtles. The ...
By the numbers April 1 history
Apr 01, 2007 ... 1582: Last year April 1 was celebrated as New Year's Day in Juliancalendar 1660: Year Scotland adopted Jan. 1 as New Year's ...
The HookUp: New relationships can be so ... sickening
Apr 01, 2007; ... We have a friend who constantly has a new guy. Our friend claimsto love everything (!) about getting involved with a new guy. Itmakes her all giddy, happy and, quite frankly, a bit sickening. But we also think it makes her a bit insane. Sure, there's tons tolove about new ...
In 1987, raging waters washed away buildings, bridges
Apr 01, 2007; ... Entire neighborhoods were under water. Once-sturdy buildings wereswept away by rising waters and four bridges crumbled. Crows andother birds drowned, while rats ran amok in the streets and thrived.Hundreds of people fled their homes, and the government quicklydeclared the area a ...
Jet scream
Apr 01, 2007; ... Flight ceiling would be lowered from 2,800 feet to 500 feet David Guernsey calls it the "startle factor," the moment when thequiet of rural Maine explodes with the sound of a jet screamingoverhead. The jolt can raise the hair on the back of your neck or send ashiver through ...
Bodies await autopsy by state
Apr 01, 2007; ... AUBURN - The bodies of a mother and son are in Augusta, awaitingautopsies following a horrific shooting and police standoff on MinotAvenue on Friday. The body of Margaret Peters, 70, was finally removed from thedriveway of her 1806 Minot Ave. home just before dawn Saturday ....
Parents should let no child be left inside
Apr 01, 2007 ... Outdoor activity has measurable, positive impact on childdevelopment, studies conclude Spring has come. It's warm and still light after supper. Do yourkids go outside to play? When I was a kid, that was the first thingon my mind, but kids today are just as likely to prefer indoor ...
New era in tribal-state relations
Apr 01, 2007 ... Maine's government and Indian tribes are rebuilding a fracturedtrust Nearly five years ago, I was among a group of more than 200people, mostly Wabanaki, who ended a two-day march with a culminatingrally at the Capital. Penobscot Chief Barry Dana had conceived of themarch to ...
USM sweeps W. Conn.
Apr 01, 2007 ... DANBURY, Conn. -- Southern Maine rolled past Western ConnecticutState by sweeping a baseball doubleheader Saturday, 7-4, 7-5 toextend its winning streak to four games. The Huskies (8-2) received home runs from Eddie Skeffington, RyanBourque and Joe McGhee. Max Alexander cleared the ...
Debate over building tripped up by math
Apr 01, 2007; ... TURNER - Voters at Saturday's annual town meeting cut by one-quarter the money they are willing spend on a new municipal officebuilding, struck down a proposed zoning ordinance amendment, andscheduled a special runoff election to decide two Budget Committeeseats. The meeting ran ...
RGGI is Maine's most important step against global warming
Apr 01, 2007; ... Environmental coalitions support state's entry into cap-and-tradeagreement After weeks of lost logging opportunities because of unfrozenground, Eliot Jordan, a third generation owner of a Maine loggingcompany, told newspapers in January, "These stretches of warm weatherare not ...
Violence stuns neighbors in Auburn
Apr 01, 2007; ... AUBURN - Neighbors were still reeling from an ordeal that left a70-year-old woman dead in her driveway Friday and a subsequent 17-hour standoff with police that ended with the death of the woman's 42-year-old son. "It's been a nightmare for us," said neighbor Bob Lamontagne, ...
Development in Libbey's demolition
Apr 01, 2007 ... On a windy afternoon, spray from Great Falls whips through thealleyway beside the Libbey Mill. The brick-and-mortar hulk shuddersunder the wind's assault, as metal shards dangling from the roofcreak threateningly in the quiet. Most of the mill's windows are broken. Exposed wires ...
Public demands more than this from police
Apr 01, 2007 ... About 31 years ago, when Michael Richard was a patrolman with theRumford Police Department, Chief Stanley Wagnis "grounded" him forfailing to use common sense when chasing a suspect. Twenty-six years ago, Richard was suspended for six days after anincident inside a paint store ...
Learning to think, before we type
Apr 01, 2007; ... We've all had a "Louie Fluet" moment, at one time or another: theoccasional untimely blurt of personal information that we, really,should have kept to ourselves. Damage from such outbursts is usually minimal. After all, how manypeople actually heard? Unwelcome truths aren't usually ...
River Valley Technology Center needs time to succeed
Apr 01, 2007 ... State funding, staff and three more years is formula fortechnology center's sustainability The technology center model for rural areas is flawed, if a centeris expected to be self-sustaining in less than five years, withminimal support. The Brookings Institution report - ...
Building a bridge to higher education
Apr 01, 2007 ... Community colleges need investment to fuel Maine's economic growth The Maine Community College System has been an amazing successsince it was created in 2003 - enrollments have increased by 47percent. At Central Maine Community College, enrollments have doubledsince 1998. However, ...
Elizabeth Edwards refuses to put off chance for John
Apr 01, 2007 ... There's only one reason a man with a wife with incurable breastcancer and two small children at home should be running off to runfor president. Not because he wants the job, or even because she wants it forhim. Because she wants it for them. Of course, the obvious ...
Give marriage some serious consideration
Apr 01, 2007; ... DEAR MR. DAD: My girlfriend and I are about to become parents. Shewants to get married before the baby is born, but I don't really seethe point. Can't unmarried parents be just as committed as marriedones? A: Given that so many children are born to unmarried-but-living-together ...
Stop the genocide
Apr 01, 2007 ... As a Poland Regional High School student I am writing aboutgenocide - a mass extermination of a race, nation or group. In thepast, there were genocides, such as the Rwandan genocide of 1994,that lasted only 100 days but killed 800,000 Tutsi men, women andchildren. Genocide ...
Change papers practice
Apr 01, 2007 ... I am moved to help the victims of heinous sexual assault crimes asreported on in newspapers. Put ourselves in these kids position - having bravely announced ina courtroom the most traumatic and humiliating event(s) of theirlives, the most despicable of those details are published ...
Man no longer wants to marry
Apr 01, 2007 ... DEAR ABBY: Please help me. I am very confused. I am four monthspregnant and have been engaged for two years. My fiance's fatherasked him the other day when we were going to get married, and helooked at his father and said he no longer believes in marriage. I don't know what to do ....
Funeral Notices
Apr 01, 2007 ... BLAISDELL - Virgil, 85, of Mexico, died March 31. Funeral serviceswill be held at the family's convenience. Arrangements are under thedirection of the MEADER & SON FUNERAL HOME, 3 Franklin St., Rumford.Online condolences and shared memories may be expressed ...
Phillips OKs money for tax collector
Apr 01, 2007; ... PHILLIPS - It perhaps is no coincidence that on the day residentsgathered for their annual town meeting, Gov. John Baldacci hadproclaimed it Laura Toothaker Day in recognition of her 36 years astown manager. Toothaker's shoes are now filled by Karen Oliveri, who urgedresidents ...
Al Gore's scare tactics
Apr 01, 2007 ... I'm deeply disappointed that people believe in Al Gore's theoryabout the cause of global warming. Gore is a hyprocrite who shouldpractice what he preaches. He owns three homes that use a lot ofelectricity and flies around in a private jet, yet he says peopleshouldn't drive sport-utility ...
Check for clean elections
Apr 01, 2007 ... Nobody looks forward to tax time, but I have a suggestion to makepaying the state tax a more positive experience: Line 1 of the statetax form offers a "Clean Election" check-off, which directs $3 of ataxpayer's taxes to Maine's Clean Election Fund. Checking this boxdoes not lower a ...
Should act like a mayor
Apr 01, 2007 ... Disbelief was my reaction to Mayor Larry Gilbert's appointing acommittee to oversee the city budget process. I feel people who can,do. People who can't, appoint committees. Committees should be initiated to address new issues orinnovations, not to do the work our city officials ...
Get race out of the race
Apr 01, 2007 ... As an immigrant to this country, I don't understand why race issuch a big issue in America, especially, when it comes to politics. Recently, Sen. Barack Obama announced his presidential candidacy.Since then, his background profile is on every news program. Why isit such a big ...