Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. back issues from May 2008:
Soccer movie set to roll
May 01, 2008; ... LEWISTON - A short documentary about a team of 8-year-old girls -playing soccer and winning games when they face the boys - will bescreened next week for a pair of local audiences. Director Jenny Mackenzie, who also coached the Utah team, willaccompany the film to Monday's free 6 ...
Curtain will rise on improv comedy
May 01, 2008 ... FARMINGTON - The Mt. Blue Curtain Raisers will bring their uniquebrand of improv comedy to the Mt. Blue High School Auditorium at7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2. They will perform a combination of improvgames in the vein of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and longer, moreextended scenes based on ...
Justice must be accessible to everybody
May 01, 2008 ... Maine can do more to ensure citizens can get quality legalcounsel May 1 is the 50th anniversary of the celebration of Law Day,initially recognized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 as a"day of national dedication to the principle of government underlaw." The rule of law ...
Bike Day gets rolling
May 01, 2008 ... FARMINGTON - The 4th annual Bike Day at the University of Maineat Farmington will take place Thursday. The day is set aside to resist the use of fossil energy byleaving gas-guzzling vehicles at home while enjoying the bicycle. This year, bikers, including community members, are ...
Sex charges dropped for lack of evidence
May 01, 2008; ... FARMINGTON - Charges against a Wilton man have been dismissed dueto insufficient evidence, according to court records. Timothy Goodwin, 42, was arrested in January by Wilton police oncharges of gross sexual assault and aggravated promotion ofprostitution after an investigation into ...
Night outdoors in park to focus on homeless
May 01, 2008; ... FARMINGTON - A night spent in a cardboard box or sleeping bag inAbbott Park this Saturday will be just a taste of living as homelesspeople do. People are invited to bring tents, boxes or a sleeping bag forthe experience planned from 7 p.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Sunday inAbbott Park ...
Opening a look, inside ourselves
May 01, 2008 ... It's deplorable to think (and worse to accept) that healthinsurance is stymieing perhaps the most groundbreaking scientificachievement of this century: understanding the human genome. Yet it is. Fear of losing coverage dissuades people frominvestigating their inner workings, ...
Home leveled by fire
May 01, 2008; ... LIVERMORE - A camp-turned-home on Hathaway Hill Road wasdestroyed by fire early Wednesday morning, fire Chief DonaldCastonguay said. Owner David Desrosiers, who was not home at the time of the fire,purchased the property about a year ago, he said. The home is at theroad's end, ...
Briefly
May 01, 2008 ... Blacksmiths to meet WILTON - The Western Maine Blacksmith's Association will meet at7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, at the Wilton Historical Society. The programwill be a continuation of the demonstration on the tempering andheat treating of steel, as well as a demonstration on a ...
Wrong date
May 01, 2008 ... BETHEL - A story that ran in Wednesday's Oxford Hills editioncontained incorrect information. Bethel's ...
S-turns light to be installed
May 01, 2008; ... CARRABASSETT VALLEY - A high number of traffic accidents along atwo-mile section of Route 27 known locally as the S-turns hasprompted local police and the Maine Department of Transportation todo something to improve public safety. "Sixty-five accidents on that one stretch of road ...
To play at Sawyer Memorial
May 01, 2008 ... Guitarist Denny Breau, pictured above, and bass guitarist FrankCoffin will entertain at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371Sawyer Road, Greene, at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8, ...
SAD 9 passes lower budget
May 01, 2008; ... FARMINGTON - SAD 9 directors unanimously approved a nearly $24million budget Tuesday night and approved moving the central officefrom New Sharon to Farmington. The 2008-09 spending plan is $47,000 less than this year's. The office move to a more central location in the ...
Keene to address Senior College lunch
May 01, 2008 ... LEWISTON - The Senior College "Food for Thought" luncheon programseries at USM/Lewiston-Auburn on Friday, May 9, will feature apresentation by former educator Hugh Keene on "The Nature ofScientific Thought." Based on a course for honor students, Keene's topic will linkphysics and ...
Little Theatre to sponsor two-week dance workshop
May 01, 2008 ... AUBURN - L/A Community Little Theatre will hold a two-weektheater dance workshop, taught by choreographer and actor, MariahPerry, beginning Monday, May 5. Perry is a performer/educator with more than eight years ofprofessional teaching experience in dance. She has taught ...
County nonprofits are awarded grants
May 01, 2008 ... ELLSWORTH - The Oxford County Committee of the Maine CommunityFoundation recently awarded $15,100 in grants to four Oxford Countynonprofit organizations. Among the funded programs is the Western Foothills Land Trust, todevelop a six-kilometer system of multi-use trails on the ...
Chamber offers show seminar
May 01, 2008 ... LEWISTON - The Androscoggin Chamber of Commerce will host KurkLalemand of Next Level Business Coaching and Karl "Skip" Lalemand ofDesigns by Skip, who will lead a discussion "Making the Best Use ofa Trade Show" on May 6 from noon to 2 p.m. at the chamber, 415Lisbon St. Their presentation ...
Albert joins Champoux firm
May 01, 2008 ... LEWISTON - Dick Albert has joined the team at Champoux InsuranceAgency, 416 Sabattus St. He has worked in the insurance industry andthe Lewiston-Auburn community for more than 30 years. Albert startedhis career working for Maurice Champoux when he entered theinsurance ...
Briefly
May 01, 2008 ... Lodge to meet CANTON - Whitney Lodge 167, AF and AM, will hold a stated meetingat 7:30 p.m.Thursday preceded by a casserole supper at 6:30. AllMaster Masons are welcome.Circle anniversary RUMFORD - St. Timothy Circle, Daughter of Isabella, willcelebrate its 78th anniversary ...
More motions filed in case involving Poland Spring
May 01, 2008; ... PARIS - Paperwork is piling up in a showdown between PolandSpring Water Co. and a residential group in Fryeburg, with severalmotions and four binders of documents submitted to Oxford CountySuperior Court. Poland Spring, which is owned by Nestle Waters North America, hasfiled an ...
Cops seek speeding silver VW
May 01, 2008; ... RUMFORD - More than a dozen police officers swarmed on theRumford area Wednesday searching for the driver of a silverVolkswagen spotted driving at speeds topping 100 mph. A deputy from the Oxford County Sheriff's Department attempted tostop the car at about 4 p.m. after receiving a ...
Otisfield reviews ordinance changes
May 01, 2008; ... OTISFIELD - A set of proposed changes to town ordinancesscheduled to go before residents at the annual town meeting thissummer were reviewed Wednesday night. The changes affect two areas of the building ordinance and createa new site plan review ordinance and emergency management ...
Lawsuit against selectmen pending
May 01, 2008; ... PARIS - The collapse of a committee to review the townsubdivision ordinance will not deter a lawsuit against two selectmenon charges of conflict of interest in establishing the panel. Chairman Ernest Fitts III and Selectman Glen Young are named asdefendants in the legal action ...
Spinners practice for big spring show
May 01, 2008 ... NORWAY - The baton twirling team at Community Child Care's EastStreet location is preparing for a recital. CCCC Spinners willperform as part of Oxford Hills Majorettes Big Spring Show at 6 p.m.Saturday, May 17, at Oxford Hills Middle School. Eighty local baton twirlers from teams ...
Falcons turn back Rebels
May 01, 2008; ... RUMFORD - Mountain Valley kept its composure and discovered justhow quickly things can turn in a baseball game Wednesday. Mountain Valley's offense was held in check through four innings,but the wheels began to turn, and a suicide squeeze by KeithBrennick scored the eventual ...
Pemper pulls anchor at Bowdoin
May 01, 2008; ... BRUNSWICK - One of the most successful NCAA Division III women'sbasketball coaches in the nation is leaving Maine to pursue aDivision I head coaching opportunity. Stefanie Pemper, who guided Bowdoin College to six consecutiveberths in the Division III Elite Eight from 2002 to 2007, ...
N.H. slaying case takes new twist
May 01, 2008 ... BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) - The case of Sheila LaBarre, who hasadmitted killing two men on her Epping farm, has taken anothertwist, after police revealed they found toes from another suspectedvictim on the property. LaBarre has admitted killing Kenneth Countie and Michael Deloge,but ...
Ex-track owner makes big gift
May 01, 2008 ... LOUDON, N.H. (AP) - Bob Bahre has sold his NASCAR racetrack inLoudon, but he's not forgetting the town. Without fanfare, Bahre gave Loudon selectmen $450,000 this monthand asked them to split it between a half dozen churches, the townlibrary and students struggling to afford ...
Taurus: Having patience helps
May 01, 2008 ... CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Wes Anderson, 39; Tim McGraw, 41;John Woo, 62; Judy Collins, 69. Happy Birthday: You've got plenty to look forward to this year ifyou finish what's undone. Once you put things that have beendragging you down behind you, doors will open for you to ...
Pseudogout looks like gout but isn't
May 01, 2008 ... DEAR DR. DONOHUE: All of a sudden my left knee blew up on me. Itwas swollen, red and hot. My family doctor thought it might beinfected and sent me to a rheumatologist, who drained the knee andinjected cortisone into it. The pain was better by the next day. Thedoc said I had something ...
100 years ago, 1908
May 01, 2008 ... BALTIMORE - During the performance at the Zoo tonight twoleopards jumped the barrier, landing among the audience. A boy,Louis Long, was badly clawed about the face and neck, and a panicthat would almost certainly mean the loss of many lives was avertedby the prompt action of Police ...
Falcon takes flight New technology bodes well for shoemaker
May 01, 2008; ... LEWISTON - Falcon Performance Footwear is giving traditional shoe-making the boot. Gone are the pricey dies that have been used for the past 45years to cut each piece of footwear. Instead, a new Gerber cuttingmachine will use computer technology to maximize the cuts for ...
Beware of feeding cats chicken broth
May 01, 2008 ... Dear Sun Spots: In the April 10 issue of the Sun Journal therewas a request regarding soft food for a cat. The reader was given areply that suggested using chicken broth to soften dry food. Mostchicken broth contains onions which can be toxic to felines. Be very careful when ...
Check It Out
May 01, 2008 ... Items submitted to Check it Out must be events that benefitnonprofit organizations and be open to the public. Submissionsshould be received at least seven days in advance of theevent.Farmington area Farmington, Thursday, May 1 through May 4: "The Importance ofBeing Earnest," 7:30 ...
Wife craves busy retirement
May 01, 2008 ... DEAR ABBY: "Mrs. Couch Potato" (Feb. 28) complained that she'sfinding in retirement that her husband isn't interested in socialactivities. Please tell her she's not alone. My husband and I are retired, as are most of the couples aroundus. It seems the men were so busy working that ...
Husky caught in coop
May 01, 2008 ... TURNER - Police were sent to a South Livermore Road homeWednesday night after it was reported a dog had entered a chickencoop, killed several birds and then became stuck. Police said a white husky got into the coop about 7 p.m. and wasunable to get out. It was not immediately clear ...
SAD 15 OKs budget; voters get next shot
May 01, 2008; ... NEW GLOUCESTER - SAD 15 directors finalized a $21 million budgetWednesday and set a districtwide vote on it for June 5. The board adopted a $21,041,712 budget that includes $12,200 forRussell School kindergarten ed techs; $3,000 for referendumexpenses; $1,931 for freshman girls ...
Auburn Mall area roadwork on rise
May 01, 2008; ... AUBURN - Road work will begin again next week in the Auburn Mallarea along Turner Street and Mount Auburn Avenue. After several days of preparation, paving will begin May 9. Thework is scheduled to end by June 15, said Gary Johnson, Auburn'sassistant city engineer. "Right ...
Detective: Suspect was 'cruising' store for kids
May 01, 2008; ... AUBURN - Former school teacher James Raymond spent an hour and 40minutes at Wal-Mart on Sunday but only purchased a can of waspkiller, according to a police affidavit released on Wednesday. In the court document, a police detective claims he encounteredRaymond several times in the ...
Auburn holding lottery for pre-K
May 01, 2008 ... AUBURN - The Auburn School Department is accepting names for nextyear's pre-kindergarten programs at Sherwood Heights, Fairview andPark Avenue elementary schools. Due to demand, schools are unable to accommodate all of thechildren whose families have indicated an interest ....
Lisbon Council calls meeting
May 01, 2008 ... LISBON - The Town Council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m.Thursday, May 1, at the Town ...
Rowe: Child care pays dividends
May 01, 2008; ... LEWISTON - Good early child care and parent education could saveMaine money on jails, special education and substance abuse,Attorney General Steven Rowe told a group at University of SouthernMaine's Lewiston-Auburn College on Wednesday. It could make workers happier and make ...
14 years for baby's death
May 01, 2008; ... AUBURN - No one except Todd Gamache knows what happened duringthose 45 minutes that he was alone with 8-month-old Emmy-Leigh Coleshortly before she was rushed to the hospital where she later died. Before his sentencing Wednesday in Androscoggin County SuperiorCourt, Gamache, 24, ...
Foreign policy expert Ross to speak at Bates
May 01, 2008 ... LEWISTON - A former Middle East peace negotiator and foreignpolicy expert will speak from 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at BatesCollege. Ambassador Dennis Ross will speak on "Statecraft in the MiddleEast" in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The event isfree and open ...
By the numbers Diplomas, by country
May 01, 2008 ... 100: Percentage of students who graduate from high school inNorway 92: Percentage who graduate in Ireland 75: Percentage in ...
Charges
May 01, 2008 ... Christine Marie Gilleland, 21, of 32 Poland Road, Auburn, oncharges of driving with a suspended license and violating conditionsof release, 3:50 p.m. Tuesday at 225 Bartlett St. Aweys Hassan Yussuf, 32, of 75 Birch St., on charges of drivingwhile intoxicated, driving without a ...
THRIVE members will step up to the mic
May 01, 2008 ... LEWISTON - Local youth and members of the THRIVE Youth Group willpresent original material, telling personal stories of theirexperiences with multiple mental-health services in Maine, from 4 to6 p.m. Friday, May 2, at ...
No selectmen's meeting
May 01, 2008 ... JAY - Selectmen will not meet on Monday, May 5, Town Manager RuthMarden said. There was only one item for the agenda ...
Rev. Wright's comments tarnish Sen. Obama's image
May 01, 2008 ... The Rev. Jeremiah Wright has taken Barack Obama's criticallyacclaimed race speech in Philadelphia, ripped it into bits andtossed it in the air to serve as confetti for his parade through themedia. In that speech, Obama said Wright had been taken out of context,a defense the ...
Bowling results
May 01, 2008 ... WILTON - Friday Night Live League bowling results for April 18 atMeadow Lanes were: team standings, The Welders 168, 88; Mountaineers151, 105; Wanna Bee's 146, 110; Last Hurrah 145, 111; Hi-Lo's 144,112; Just Because 139, 117; Bowling Buddies 138, 118; Alley Oops134, 122; Lucky Stars ...
Tips lead to 3 charged in burglaries
May 01, 2008; ... STRONG - Information supplied by residents helped Franklin Countydeputies in bringing charges against three people for burglariesinvolving the theft of firearms. Glendon Ladd, 25, of Freeman, was arrested Sunday by Deputy KenCharles on a charge of burglary at a South Strong Road ...
Funeral Notices
May 01, 2008 ... BRAGG - Elizabeth Esther Newell, 88, of West Paris, died in WestParis, April 28. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, May 1,from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Andrews Funeral Home, 64 Andrews Road,Bryant Pond. A celebration of life will be held at the First BaptistChurch of Paris on Sunday, May ...
Third-quarter student awards are presented
May 01, 2008 ... LISBON - Philip W. Sugg Middle School Principal Rick Greenannounced the third-quarter student achievement awards on April 17. The third of four awards for the year, this quarter bothrecipients are eighth-grade students. Green congratulated MeaganThomas and Ben Randall for their ...
Board to discuss course offerings
May 01, 2008; ... JAY - School board members are scheduled Thursday to discusscontining to offer 13 high school courses with under 10 studentsregistered for the 2008-09 school year. A request was submitted to offer the following courses that meetthat criteria: accounting, America in the '60s, AP ...
Lisbon junior receives Helping Hand Award
May 01, 2008 ... LISBON FALLS - Lisbon High School Assistant Principal WarrenGalway presented the third Helping Hand Award to Emily Fuller, amember of the junior class, on April 17. The award was established last year to recognize those studentswho go above and beyond to help the school, their ...
Residents can attend YardScaping class
May 01, 2008 ... AUBURN - A free YardScaping class is being offered from 6 to 8p.m. Thursday, May 8, at the Auburn City Building, 60 Court St. YardScaping is a statewide effort to inspire Maine residents tomaintain their yards for the safety of children, pets and theenvironment by reducing the use ...
Legion Auxiliary planning Poppy Days
May 01, 2008 ... NORWAY - Stone-Smart American Legion Auxiliary met April 9 withPresident Marilyn Jones presiding. Poppy Chairwoman Kim Hansen noted that Poppy Days will be heldFriday and Saturday, May 9 and 10. Christine Weiss and Theresa Dodgewill be at Rite-Aid. Marie Pingree and Joyce Clifford ...
Ethics official addresses Republicans
May 01, 2008 ... OTISFIELD - Jonathan Wayne, Maine Commission on GovernmentalEthics, was the featured speaker at the April 8 meeting of theOxford County Republican Committee at the Christian Alliance Church.A supper was served by church members before the program. Wayne outlined the regulations ...
Edward Little joins in Patriotism Project
May 01, 2008 ... AUBURN - Through its participation in the annual Cole's LandTransportation Museum Patriotism Project, Edward Little High Schoolwas recently awarded a $2,450 Patriotism Grant. Working collaboratively with members of American Legion Post 153in New Auburn, representatives from the ...
Green thumb
May 01, 2008 ... Gabrielle Chessie is the winner of a $100 U.S. savings bond forgrowing the largest sunflower in 2007. Chessie planted a sunflowerat the Blais Flowers and Garden Center's 2007 annual Easter Egg huntand won the savings ...
Military note
May 01, 2008 ... Air Force Airman Matthew R. Meserve has graduated from basicmilitary training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the AirForce mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies;performed drill and ceremony ...
Honor roll
May 01, 2008 ... Lewiston Middle School LEWISTON - Lewiston Middle School has announced the third-quarter honor roll. Grade seven First honors: Marina Affo, Jessica Beaulieu, Madeline Blaisdell,Andrew Butler, Mariah Carrier, Tori Denis, William Desmarais, KelseyDumond, Amber Girardin, ...
Youth council hosts fine arts event for kids
May 01, 2008 ... LEWISTON - "This was awesome; I hope it happens more often," saidmom Lauren Levigne as she left the Lewiston Youth Advisory Council's"Lessons Through Expressions" on April 26. LYAC members manned artstations for area kindergarten through grade four children at theMulti-Purpose ...
Outright/L-A gets outreach funding
May 01, 2008 ... LEWISTON - Western Maine Community Action Health Services hasannounced that Outright/Lewiston-Auburn, the agency's program forgay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth, has beenawarded a grant from the Maine Community Foundation. "We're very pleased that the ...
Library to celebrate short story writers
May 01, 2008 ... NORWAY - The Celebration of the Short Story at Norway MemorialLibrary will conclude with "Selected Stories: a Live Reading Event"at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 3. The program will feature four stories that were selected fromentries in a short story writing contest. The winning stories, ...