Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. back issues from March 2009:
Eats: The Green Ladle
Mar 01, 2009; ... Tech center's culinary arts program shows some class. Lunch at The Green Ladle, Lewiston Regional Technical Center'sculinary arts program, was always great at the program's formerlocation on Alfred Plourde Parkway, though the space was rathersmall. The new location, on the Lewiston ...
Face Time: Athena Andoniades
Mar 01, 2009 ... Athena Andoniades, a senior at Lewiston High School, is vicepresident of the Lewiston Youth Advisory Council and, unofficially,one of its artists-in-residence. Andoniades spent about a month working on pages for the council'snew recycling comic/coloring book for kids. "We ...
A Family for ME Seeking adoption are ...
Mar 01, 2009 ...... DERICK Born in March 1992, Derick is charismatic and caring and has agood sense of humor. Like most teenage boys, he likes to play videogames and listen to music, especially rap and heavy metal. He isconcerned with his appearance and always likes to look his best.When it is ...
What's your gripe?
Mar 01, 2009 ... My peeve is the commercial where Ira Rosenberg is offering agrill to anyone that buys one of his cars. In the commercial thereis a brief moment where the apron he is wearing is shown and itsays, "Commander in Chief." My question is how many commanders arein a chief? Doesn't this ...
Opening this week
Mar 01, 2009; ... 'Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li' Just in time to promote the release of a new Street Fighter videogame, this live-action adaptation of the popular coin-operatedbrawler casts "Smallville" star Kristin Kreuk as one of the game'smost popular characters, kung-fu fighting hottie ...
Even blank Post-its can contain a cherished message
Mar 01, 2009 ... On a recent Saturday morning, I hosted a family brunch in aneffort to shake off my winter doldrums and perk us all up a bit. Iprepared chocolate tea cake, blueberry French toast and the egg dishmy son-in-law, Frank, has dubbed, "Jalapeno Surprise," and fried twopounds of bacon. There was ...
Mystery photo
Mar 01, 2009 ... If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us atbmail@sunjournal.com or call 689-2896 and leave a voice mail withyour answer. Please leave your name and phone number ....
Night Life
Mar 01, 2009 ... Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations.If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listingsmust be e-mailed to bmail@sunjournal.com and received no later thanThursday.Tonight And Then There Were None, Too Late the Hero, Flight of the ...
Wanna know a secret?
Mar 01, 2009; ... PostSecret entertains, enlightens and unburdens. It lets youreveal your deepest, darkest private thoughts to the world. Comingsoon to Lewiston. Say you have a secret about your significant other, or about afriend or a relative - whomever. On one hand you want to live up to ...
Love being a family, but ...
Mar 01, 2009; ... Friday night is date night for me and my husband. We decided a few months ago, when my work schedule changed and weneeded our baby sitter less often during the week, that we'd hireher to give us a regular break from "family" and a chance to onceagain be just "couple." It has ...
Talk of the town
Mar 01, 2009; ... When I'm not morbidly depressed about winter and drinking Dranostraight out of the bottle, a few things amuse me about a big storm.One is those people who do the bare minimum when cleaning a foot-and-a-half of snow off their cars. They claw a hole to the door anddig a sort of square ...
The Drop: Lost on Liftoff
Mar 01, 2009; ... Getting a glimpse behind the velvet curtain of rock can sometimespose a difficult choice: How much can you allow yourself to see andstill preserve the mystery and awe that surrounds that band. When I caught up with Walter Craven (vocals, guitar), ShaneKinney (drummer) and Ted ...
Walken and his wily ways
Mar 01, 2009; ... Christopher Walken is a legend in Hollywood. You gotta admit, theman's got style. Granted, it's a kind of odd style, but stylenonetheless. Though you think you may know everything about the man whobrought "more cowbell" to the cultural lexicon and danced his waythrough a Fatboy ...
Can't ski? Then bike
Mar 01, 2009; ... ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Caught between the seasons? Not enough snow to ski. No salmon left to hook. Too warm toskate. Too cold to think about getting out the boat. OK, maybe it isn't quite that bad. If you've got some old cross-country boards you're willing tosacrifice to ...
Back from Afghanistan
Mar 01, 2009; ... Maj. Dan Curtis thought of Afghanistan as the Wild West. Good guys and bad guys, farmers and terrorists alike, carriedguns. Young teens sometimes aided terrorists. Few locals showed fearfrom kicked-in doors. "It was like the 1880s," said Curtis, a Maine soldier embeddedwith ...
Police log
Mar 01, 2009 ... Jonathan Jayson Campbell, 18, of 131 Horton St., on a charge ofcriminal trespass, 2:28 p.m. Friday at Lewiston High School. Lawrence Keith Roy, 32, of 52 Lowell St., on a charge ofviolating conditions of release, 3:20 p.m. Friday at 10 Lowell St. Arthur J. Brown, 38, of 20 ...
President's speech points out worth of personal initiative
Mar 01, 2009 ... After weeks of "talking down" the economy and concern among someof his supporters that his sobering prognosis for the nation'srecovery might be affecting America's natural optimism, PresidentObama delivered a speech to Congress on Tuesday, parts of whichsounded as if they could have been ...
Think globally, budget locally
Mar 01, 2009; ... The war over reducing tax burden on Mainers seems to alwaysreturn to the property tax. Year after year, battles are fought tobring that levy back in line with national averages, or that ofcomparable states. In some cases, referendum questions are theformat and at other times the annual ...
Credits earned or meeting a standard?
Mar 01, 2009 ... A proposal for changing graduation requirements is too vague. I am writing about the proposal to revamp the state's high schoolgraduation requirements. I attended an informational meeting aboutthe new requirements on Feb. 4 at Lewiston High School. ShannonWelsh, a school ...
When private life becomes the public's near obsession
Mar 01, 2009 ... Are you happy now?? All you eyes pressed to the window staring at the detritus ofsomeone else's life, all you mouths chattering together like birdson a wire, all you watchers and voyeurs, you Peeping Toms andThomasinas, you eye spies and inquiring minds that had to know, didyou ...
Health care knowledge improves quality
Mar 01, 2009 ... The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatchon Wednesday, Feb. 25: Conservative commentators - Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs and GlennBeck among them - have been railing against a provision in thefederal stimulus bill that funds research into how well ...
Unsung unemployment heroine
Mar 01, 2009; ... Unemployment levels are the highest since the early 1990s.Pressure on systems throughout the country have ravaged the funds offive states to insolvency. Another 13 risk going broke. Such statesare having to double unemployment taxes to avert a collapse of theirsystems.Maine - even with ...
School consolidation divides state
Mar 01, 2009 ... The state's one-size-fits-all approach to districts hasn'tworked, according to voting results. As a school superintendent, and Maine resident for nearly 64years, I hope the politicians who govern our state will take aserious, bipartisan look at how school re-organization has ...
Live chat, Monday
Mar 01, 2009 ... Please join Editorial Page Editor Anthony Ronzio and the SunJournal's new "Political Animals," Will Fessenden and Scott Lansley,for a live, online chat at noon on Monday, March 2, ...
Channeling Paine for 'The Crisis'
Mar 01, 2009 ... Thomas Paine knew how to motivate people. On Dec. 23, 1776, Paine started penning "The Crisis," a series ofessays that summed up the country's dismal fortunes under Britishtyranny and summoned fearful, reluctant patriots to cast aside theirdoubts of success and redouble their ...
Funeral Notices
Mar 01, 2009 ... BOLGER - Constance D., 83, formerly of Auburn, died in SouthPortland on Feb. 25. Committal prayers will be recited by the VeryRev. Benjamin Shambaugh at 2 p.m. MONDAY at St. Peter's CemeteryChapel, Switzerland Road, Lewiston. Memorial donations in Connie'smemory may be made to either the ...
Lopsided Senate
Mar 01, 2009 ... This is in response to the editorial Feb. 24 about the size ofthe Maine Legislature. The size is not my major concern. It is the makeup, specificallyof the Senate. The U.S. Senate is made up of two senators from each state, nomatter the size of the state or its population ....
Sen. Nutting has 'lost touch'
Mar 01, 2009 ... Once again, an elected official has found another way to spendpeople's hard-earned money. Sen. John Nutting, D-Leeds, has losttouch with the working-class people of the state. Proposingadditional taxes of any sort is absolutely ridiculous. Nutting obviously doesn't have a clue ...
Three ways to heat
Mar 01, 2009 ... Last year's wood and oil prices steered some people to woodpellet stoves. But the pellet supply was spotty, which caused pricesto climb. Today, I filled my oil tank, because pellets cost more than oilto heat, as the stove uses electricity also. I'm not thrilled doingthis, as I ...
40th anniversary celebrated
Mar 01, 2009; ... WEST PARIS - The 40th wedding anniversary John and Mary Jane(Abbott) Ames was celebrated on Saturday, Jan. 17 at the West ParisBaptist Church. The couple, of West Paris, was married at the West Paris BaptistChurch and eventually moved to Gorham, N.H., where they raised ...
That's not hunting
Mar 01, 2009 ... The Falmouth-based Maine Friends of Animals is, in my view, theconscience of Mainers who want to improve the treatment of animalsin the state. MFOA is trying to erase practices that are cruel,outdated and unacceptable in view of the current knowledge ofanimals physical and emotional ...
50th anniversary celebrated
Mar 01, 2009; ... WEST PARIS - A surprise 50th wedding anniversary party was heldfor Glendon and Martha Hadley of West Paris at 6 p.m. on Jan. 31 atMarket Square Restaurant in South Paris. They were married in ...
Renaud, Hungate
Mar 01, 2009; ... LEWISTON - Normand and Suzanne Renaud of Lewiston announce theengagement of their daughter, Gabrielle Sarah Renaud of Lewiston, toRyan Abraham Hungate, son of Bruce and Jacqueline Hungate of Tucson,Ariz. The couple currently resides in ...
Gagnon, Wilding
Mar 01, 2009; ... LEWISTON - Norm and Margo Gagnon of Chelsea and Lewiston areannouncing the engagement of their daughter, Karen Gagnon ofLewiston, to Jason Wilding of Lewiston, son of Timothy Wilding ofWales. Miss Gagnon attended ...
Michaud, Loudermilk
Mar 01, 2009; ... LEWISTON - Announcement is made of the engagement of KaylaMichaud of Lewiston and Adam Loudermilk of Auburn. Miss Michaud is the daughter of Cindy Sasseville of Lewiston andBrian Michaud of Auburn. She is a 2007 graduate of Lewiston HighSchool. Mr. Loudermilk is the son of ...
Hardy, Melzer
Mar 01, 2009; ... FARMINGTON - Rick and Carol Hardy of Farmington are proud toannounce the engagement of their daughter, Molly W. Hardy, to TylerC. Melzer of Grand Junction, Colo., son ...
Nickel, Fecteau
Mar 01, 2009; ... LEWISTON - Dean and Carol Nickel of Turner are announcing theengagement of their daughter, Robin Nickel of Lewiston, to JoshuaFecteau of Lewiston, son of Richard and Debra Fecteau of Auburn. Miss Nickel is a graduate of Leavitt ...
Daly, Miles
Mar 01, 2009; ... DURHAM, N.H. - Katherine Jane Daly and Matthew Thomas Miles ofCambridge, Mass., were married Sept. 20 at Three Chimneys Inn inDurham, N.H. Cindy Lovett, notary public, officiated at the 4 p.m.garden ceremony. Mrs. Miles is the daughter of Jane and John Daly and thegranddaughter ...
Lagasse, Chamberland
Mar 01, 2009; ... LEWISTON - Announcement is made of the engagement of NicoleLagasse and Andre Chamberland. The future bride is the daughter of Mary Dempsey of Lewiston andPaul and Rose Lagasse of Auburn. She is currently enrolled at theUniversity of Maine for her bachelor's degree in ...
Forging magic
Mar 01, 2009; ... Inside a nondescript industrial building in Auburn, the ring ofhammers on anvils sounds like only one thing: good. Picking up the blacksmith's hammer connects one to an ancienttradition of craftsmanship. Metalsmithing was the "cutting edgetechnology" of the day, many, MANY days ...
Linked by tragedy, compassion Accident victims families, community find many connections
Mar 01, 2009; ... DIXFIELD - From her home here, Angela Calden visited her MySpacesite Wednesday afternoon, reviewing pages of comments and prayersproffered by friends and relatives. For Calden, 33, and her brother Jason Wing, 26, of Fort Rucker,Ala., their hometown of Peru is where the life of ...
Family Fun Day draws large crowd
Mar 01, 2009; ... ANDOVER - Saturday was the perfect sunny, blue-sky day for old-fashioned winter fun during the Andover Snow Valley Sno-GoersSnowmobile Club's first Family Fun Day off South Main Street. Held just 20 days from the onset of spring, the event featured asliding party, bonfire, s'mores, ...
Bowdoin advances
Mar 01, 2009 ... BRUNSWICK - Leah Rubega scored a game-high 18 points and team-high six rebounds to lead Bowdoin College to a 74-56 win overTrinity College in the women's semifinals of the NESCAC tournamenton Saturday. With the game tied 7-7 in the early going, Claire Arnsteinsparked a 10-2 ...
Hebron boys, girls sweep
Mar 01, 2009 ... HEBRON - Andrew Cetola and Andrew Bettencourt scored a pair ofgoals each to power Hebron to an 8-0 victory over Worcester Academyin the boys hockey Holt Championship game on Saturday. Nate Dupree initiated the scoring for the Lumberjacks only 27seconds into the contest on an assist ...
Giving new skis test drive on slopes
Mar 01, 2009 ... I mentioned last week that today's topic is what we can expect tofind in the ski shop next year. With more skis to choose from atStratton each year for the annual gathering of ski reps and skishops than anyone could possibly ski in three days, I had to pickand choose. But I still got on ...
Devils frustrate Witches
Mar 01, 2009; ... LEWISTON - Brewer freshman Jacob Chapman thought he'd tied thegame. He circled the net with the puck on his backhand, right to left,and thought he'd stuffed it past Lewiston keeper Cam Poussard. Nope. "I got that with my stick at first," Poussard said. "Then, I haveno ...
Gatineau blanks Maineiacs
Mar 01, 2009; ... The Lewiston Maineiacs surprised the Gatineau Olympiques onFriday with a one-goal, shootout win. The Olympiques weren't about to let it happen again Saturday. Boston Bruins prospect Alain Goulet recorded three points andthree other Gatineau skaters scored to lift their team to ...
Take a hike when it comes to raising license fees
Mar 01, 2009 ... Try to follow me on this. For years, those of us who buy hunting and fishing licenses havebeen paying for Fish and Wildlife Department services that havenothing to do with regulating or improving hunting or fishing inMaine. A number of years ago, the state legislature tried to ...
St. Dom's topples Biddeford in Western A
Mar 01, 2009; ... LEWISTON - Falling down never felt so good to C.J. Bergeron. The St. Dom's senior gained control of the puck just shy of thered line, with time ticking down toward the end of the game. HisSaints held a precarious one-goal lead, and the Biddeford keeper wason the bench for an extra ...
Snowboard World Cup
Mar 01, 2009 ... Photos from the snowboardcross at Saturday's U.S ....
Devils singe Cougars
Mar 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - They had the ball in the hands of the man they, andvirtually any other team in the state, would have wanted taking theshot with the state championship on the line. It was Dirigo's Knight, but not the Cougars night. Thomas Knight's turnaround jumper from eight feet in ...
Shorey's 3-pointer shores up crown
Mar 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - Three's wild. Calais High School's No. 3, Cal Shorey, rained down a 3-pointerwith 20 seconds left in regulation Saturday night to give the BlueDevils the lead in the Class C boys basketball championship game. Dirigo's Tom Knight spun around in the opposite lane ...
Foul frustrations
Mar 01, 2009; ... AUGUSTA - Edward Little thought it had left frustration in therearview mirror when it ended a 52-year drought by winning theEastern A championship last week. The Red Eddies might have even thought frustration had become anally in their pursuit of their first state title since 1946, ...
Basketball belongs in ICU
Mar 01, 2009 ... AUGUSTA - Bad habits. Atrocious shooting. Officiating thatfulfills the need of the ex-jock wearing the stripes, while he's inthe minority, to remain the center of attention. Saturday's Class A boys basketball championship followed thepattern that has plagued every millisecond of ...
Tigers sink claws into title
Mar 01, 2009; ... BANGOR - With the deficit at four and time slipping away, MalloryBonnevie could sense the reality of a potential state championshiploss creeping in. It was a thought she made sure didn't see the light of day in theeyes of her Jay teammates. She gathered her fellow Tigers ...
Check It Out
Mar 02, 2009 ... 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 Jay, Tuesday, March 3: Soup, chili, chowder and bake sale, 11a.m. to 2 p.m., Otis ...
Today's medicines can help control schizophrenia
Mar 02, 2009 ... DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Is schizophrenia mental or emotional? What arethe medicines given? Is it passed from one generation to the next?My niece's husband was 35. He was taken to the emergency room by hismother, who understood his situation. Another person had put himdown verbally, and he ...
Algernon E. Collins Jr.
Mar 01, 2009 ... AUBURN - A celebration of life service honoring the life ofAlgernon E. Collins Jr. was held Saturday from the Memorial Chapelof Dillingham & Son with the Rev. Arthur Lawlor presiding. During the service, John Case, a fellow member of Faith BaptistChurch sang "Does Jesus Care?" ...
Duane Edward Knaffle
Mar 01, 2009 ... CONWAY, S.C. - Duane Edward Knaffle, 64, of Myrtle Beach, S.C.,passed away Friday, Feb. 27, at Medstar Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Detroit, Mich., Sept. 20, 1944, a son of the lateHarry Emil Knaffle and Frieda Bertha Kohnke Knaffle. He was alsopredeceased by his wife, ...
Sadie P. McLaughlin
Mar 01, 2009 ... FARMINGTON - Sadie P. McLaughlin, 99, a resident of Bemis Streetin Livermore Falls, died Saturday, Feb. 28, at Franklin MemorialHospital. She was born in Lubec on Jan. 11, 1910, the 13th of 14 childrenborn to Paris K. and Lillian (Morang) Joy. She was a graduate ofLubec High ...
Constance D. Bolger
Mar 01, 2009 ... SOUTH PORTLAND - Constance D. Bolger, 83, a resident of 595 OceanSt., South Portland, and formerly of Auburn, died unexpectedlyWednesday, Feb. 25, at her home. She was born in Brighton, Mass., on Nov. 14, 1925, the daughterof Edward M. and Lydia May (Turner) Carroll. Connie ...
Raymond Parent
Mar 01, 2009 ... LEWISTON - Funeral services were celebrated Friday for RaymondParent at the Basilica of Saints Peter and ...
Virginia E. Plata
Mar 01, 2009 ... BETHLEHEM, Pa., - Virginia E. Plata, of Bethlehem, Pa., andformerly of Lewiston, was called home to be with the Lord on Friday,Feb. 27, the day after her 64th birthday. She was born on Feb. 26, 1945, in Cementon, Pa., the daughter ofthe late Michael Plata Sr. and the late Anna ...
Joseph Francis Ramos
Mar 01, 2009 ... HARPSWELL - Joseph Francis Ramos, 86, of Harpswell, diedWednesday, Feb. 25, at his home. He was born in Hyde Park, Mass., on June 25, 1922, a son of JohnSousa and Julianna (Minnie) Kessler Ramos. He graduated from Hyde Park High School where he was track andfield champion. He ...
Harrison L. Richardson
Mar 01, 2009 ... GORHAM - Harrison L. Richardson, outstanding legislator,prominent attorney and public servant, died at his home in Gorham onThursday, Feb. 26, 2009, following a debilitating stroke. He was 79. With his death, Maine has lost one of the most significantfigures in Maine's legislative ...