Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

POLAND: Groiind broken for new high school B2 SPORTS: Parisien places 2nd in national race Cl -i I 1 Iijbsy ston Maine LEWISTON AREA EDITION WEDNESDAY MARCH 25 1998 50 CENTS SLCK 300 at i Bates protest Cops quell fracas on College Street I I d-ter? 1 Wfyi 0 TRAGEDY: Emergency workers rush an Injured student to an ambulance at westskle Middle School near Jonestxxa Artj AP PHOTO after Tuesday's shootings Other recent school shootings dec 1 17: West Paducah Ky A 14-year-old boy is arrested and charged with opening fire on a student prayer circle Three are killed five wounded DEC 1997: Stamps Ark A 14-year-old boy is chargKl with killing two students and wounding two others after a sniper opens fire outside a school OCT 1 1997: Pearl Miss A 16-year-old boy is charged with killing his mother then shooting nine students school two students died Six others are charged with conspiracy S22 'it vr L- 'V1-- 1 fe gSy I Union organizer says Rl'BElN SOUS There's got to be a new future at BYMARKLAFLAMME StaffWriter LEWISTON An estimated 300 Bates College students stormed the school home early Wednesday morning to express concerns about what they said were three unreported rapes on the campus within die past week Dozens of state and local police raced to the College Street home at about 1230 sun as die massive crowd stood on Bates President Donald home threatening to rush inside Harward stood on his front steps flanked by a dozen Lewiston Auburn and state police officers and repeatedly told the crowd to disperse The students remained on the front lawn however and insisted that the president listen to their 1 alarm at what they call a series of rapes on the campus not even safe at school or in our one female student hollered Several students said three fe- mate-students have been raped in about a week The person respon- sible they said is one male student who has not been charged scarey part of this is still running around a male student said has to be done be glad if thepolice get A female student said her best friend was raped by the man last week When the victim went to the hospital however the girl said Please see rates page A7 ENVIRONMENT Thousands violating fuel-tank law By Liz Ch apman StaffWriter AUGUSTA Thousands of Maine homeowners and hundreds of businesses face enforcement action by the state Depart-nukit of Environmental Protection for failure to remove and replace outdated underground fuel stor- Anybne tanks older fbrcementacti ana McLaughlid an environmental specialist with the Bureau of Remediation and Waste Removal In addition to thousand residential tanks that are too old to be legal McLaughlin said an estimated 600 nonresidential tanks been removed according to department registration data The tanks are at gas stations businesses industries schools and municipally owned buildings the department may take escalated enforcement action on a case-by-case basis for those who remain in violation into the future she said The deadline for compliance with the 1965fow was last Oct 1 except for rqhnicipalltiei and replaced Please EL PAGE AS Two boys age II and 13 are arrested qfterI6 people are shot in an Arkansas schoolyard ambush JONESBORO Aik (AP) Two boyx in camouflage lay in wait in the wooda behind their school then opened fire with rifles on classmates and teachers when they came out during a false fire alarm Tuesday Four girls and a teacher were killed and 11 people were wounded cousins aged 11 and 13-wen caught trying to run away shortly after the midday ambush at the Westside Middle School police said One of the boys was seen near the fire alarm a Witness said Police did not offer a motive but a classmate said one of the suspects had recently broken up with his girlfriend' told me after seventh period (Monday) that he was never going to see me again and I be able to see him again because he was going to run said Jennifer Nightingale She did not say if any of the victims was the former girlfriend Authorities said as many at 27 shots were fired Youngsters ran screaming back inside the school as their classmates foil bleeding then cried as they waited for emergency workers pulled the fire alarm inside and they went outside and two people in camouflage clothing started said Connie Tolbert a secretary for the school superintendent thought it was just firecrackers said one student Brandy George saw one of my teachers get shot I started running towards the Said paramedic Charles Jones: had children lying everywhere They had all been Sheriff Dale Haas cried as he recounted the shootings Authorities identified the dead students as Natalie Brooks Paige Ann Herring Stephanie Johnson all 12 and Brittany Varner who was 1 1 English teacher Shannon Wright 32 died Tuesday night after surgery for wounds to her chest and abdomen Craighead County coroner Toby Emerson said loved her husband Mitchell said after her death Another teacher Sara Thetford was in critical condition after surgery Five wounded girls were listed in stable condition Three girls and one boy were treated and released The wounded students were be- PLEASE SEE ATTACK PAGE A8 Antonio Texas who has spent most of his life trying to organize farm workers many of them Hispanic' like the Turner workers is on the cutting edge of addressing the exploitation of workers In the poultry industry' Solis said Recruited to come to Maine on the eve of tiie vote Sobs and other union supporters are meeting with workers in- eluding door-to-door visits urging them to support the union effort 1 PLEASE see VOTE PAGE A7 3 INDEX Advice is C6 TV Pass C7-14 Conte CIS Opinion AS OtXB AH financial Realty C13 sports era spots U' AP photos SHAKEN: Jamie Clevenger right aid another student stand outside the westskle Middle School in Jonesboro Ark after Tuesday's ambush At right Tristan McGowan an injured seventji-grader is wheeled from a hospital by his grandfather Bill McGowan iristiag suffered a gunshot wound to Its amt KINDNESS 5 poultry laborers deserve better treatment BY LIZ CHAPMAN StaffWriter happening said Ruben Solis an expert union organizer from San as ice storm heroes AUBURN Union organizers hope to make histoiy Friday when 90 Turner farm workers vote on 11 whether to form a union at the former DeCoeter Egg Farms The landmark vote represents the first time in Maine that agriculture workers will get aChance to make that decision A vote could spread 'tp other states where field Ruben Everybody at watching whaVs happening here Solis The six award recipients were thanked applauded and given $100 in recognition for random acta of kindness during the January ice storm Samaritans are: A Lewiston boy 15-year-old Dustin Trider praised for taking responsibility for two family homes and caring for a stepmother and grandmother while most of the state was without power Donna Brooks the mother said Tridei lugged wood to keep fires going at homes in Lewiston and Leeds while the state lingered in darkness from a widespread power outage Trider' melted snow to provide PLEASE SEE HEROES PAGE A8 By Mark LaFlamme StaffWriter Mainers learned during Ice Storm that sometimes yori have to rely on neighbors or even complete stranger! to survive In Lewiston Tuesday a half- dozen average Maine citizens were hailed as ice storm Zeroes and pub- Kdy thanked for their Samaritan efforts while most of the state wae crippled for two weeks in January- is a wonderful day because we are able to give awards to people who decided they could help other people said die Rev Jerry Begin nice to know that In times of emergency we can count on our hands earn low wages and scarce benefits for their hard labor orga- nizen said Tuesday watching what's ktsL CAREER IN REAL'ESTATE? 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