Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

i '-'-1 7 '-H- j- i V- I '-v 1 i i'- v- 1 j- I'1 '-yi LEWISTON: Emergency roonighi busy ik lU 7 SP0RTO shuts out ELinhockC3 Nr A I NE i JLKl i'r-C U- i m'y 1 -it ai 4 'A LEWISTON AREA EDITION FRIDAY JANUARY16 1998 The snow isnYexpeded A- tO StlCK tO trees or power badtime BY MARK LAFLAMME StaffWriter SP Tv ip i' atk: Jiifri-'nl 3 c-wfc i rnf If LEWISTON Mainers tired of officials are more worried about die looking at nothing but ice for the past possibility of ice and sleet in the fore-week were treated to typical New cast for the next few days England weather as fresh snow be- Chifiy temperatures were expected gan (idling on the state Thursday to linger Power company crews were night bundling up with clothes donated by It necessarily a welcome LL Bean and the military sight Cityand town officials were con- Power company crews working to cemed Thursday night with the safe-repair downed power lines were ty-of plow truck drivers who might forced to brush away snow to find notseefeDen wiresburiedinsnow fallen wires but the storm was not ex- My ccmcem is safety con- pectedtohanpertheirelforts cemed about thk plows on the road will be light fluffy snow and it and our workers on the road and ve- stick to the trees or power hicles op the road all it the same said National Weather Service said Thomas DePeter CMP meteorologist Tbm Hawley operations manager in Lewiston and affect the wires but sure it will af- Bridgton service centers we're feet some stiB going to be there doing it The forecast called foriqi to a foot Officials at CMP agreed that snow of snow in some arms but the Lewis- could cmUe problems even if it does-ton-Aubum region was expecting weigh down already sagging tree onlybetween three and six Inches Hmbs and wires 1 need a heavy snowstorm forecast has changed for the on tbp of all the problems got better and hippy about now Not that we have any control over said Art Lester a National Please see STORM rage AS 50 CENTS VWatherServicemeteoiologisL The number of Central Maine Pow- er Ca customers without electricity Thursday night dropped to 67000 as 2100 workers tacUed the awesome chore of making repairs wiU continue to work day and night to restore power regardless of the said CMP wokesman Mark Ishkanian Ho said company ji JUDY MEYER ybknefSkdM tion There ns too much work to da And so with chain saw in hand we attacked the eight or so trees lying across our driveway with gusta power poles trees and wires dra snow put it into buckets and let melt down pour it into foe toilet i Al? A RU T7 i Auburn Mayor Lee Yeung and LewbtonMayor KafleighlHra Moreon ice storm to be inundated with daims files 7- I Jllltns says federal money may help Utilities OgeA2 faundnes Sec Burry Of activity PageA2 in Friend of WUton i victim charged By Karen KREwraupiA FmnkUn County Chief FARMINGTON Police on Thunday arrested a 35-year-old inanand charged him with murder in connection with the death ofWilton resident Albert Parker Jr wfao was shot at his home'niesday Steven Holloway of the Wilton area was taken into custody at the Colonial Valley Motel Thursday morning That afternoon he was placed under arrest and charged with murder Maine State i)Iice spokesman Stephen McCauslandspid -Holloway was taken to the Franklin County jail where he was being held for a court appearance on Friday --r Holloway was a long-time friend of Parker who was shot in the stomach with his own hunting rifle McCausland said appears to be the He said police believe Holloway left Parker I house late lYiesdayaf-' temoon and hitchhiked to Farm-r jngton with three duffle bags one ofwhich washotpinL -7 are looking for a young man who was driving a silm Saab and picked up Holloway on Route 2 in 1 Wilton late Tuesday -McCausland said Ti yourii man Is not a suspect we are looking for him' to help us retrace steps he said He said police believe Holloway was wearing tan-colored overalls Parker was found dead inside PLEASE SEE SLAYING PAGE A7 i-repeal side raises more funds BirLiz Chafmu) StaffWrtier 1 A-v opposing die repeal of the state's anti- discrimination law raised nearly 100 dines more money since Oc tober than its opponents the Christian Civic Lrague of Maine Tand the Christian Coalition of Mainestaterecbidsshow Maine Discriminate -raised $188458 including two $20000 contribudons from sup- porters in Minnesota and Wash-' ington DC -T- die biggest dona-' -tkmstodate MWD also had $13744 left over from die 1995 campaign when they beat back a referendum that would have prohibited municipalities from enacting and-discrhni-jnationlaws The Christian CMc League and -die Christian Coalition operating as the political action committee Kfes for Equal Rights raised $2347 hrunClcL through Ian 5 according refinance reootds filed Thurs-i day with the Maine Commission i an Governmental Ethks and Elections have any money Short said Michael Heath league executive director done an awfollot to raise money besides some jihone calls We have a lot of volunteers working on dlls throughout the state there just a lot of pon- PLEASE REE FUNDS PAGE A7 iL jNEED CASH? WfeHaveW AbaoiuleTop for Camcorders' 7 7 Computers Roiex i Welches GoklTVS Diamonds Tools GunAAndqueaetc: Lewiston Pawn Shop 379 Lisbon Street TO UTKITYROl: No Hne is safe to toucti ever but Vice President AJ Gore picks up 8 wire as he stsveyedstexm damage anAdamsAvenuebiAubumTtHndayaftBmooaAubumAssistantCfiyMafiaBerMarkAdamsisatrtghtandSensu- san Coins Is partially obsured by apoieon the left Behind Core Is RepiJohnBaidaccL Officials have repeatedly said aiwaysassumethaktheyareenergl2BdMoreonGoriaBT -V prident nnpressed vvith Mpieralcooperation by randy wh rehouse StnffWriler die roar of chain saws and wood chimera cleaning up the residential -f! An intrepidbureau chief makes the bestqf life without power living in an' Amelia Bedella world at my house with underwear drying in the dining room am turtle trapped under a laundry inftontofthewoodstove When the ice storm was first pre- dieted I panic lived hr Maine fornearfe 13 years now and worried I worried when the clock radio lost power late Wednesday nht I hear branches breaking cwtside but I did isSlSlSIllS she was in my bedroom holding a that we designed our deck around were broken nearly in half This is 7 i Ip 1 11 the door to millions at dollars in- emergency assistance hinds to investigating other -av enues and support Gore said over A -J-- -j'L- blanket and dragging her bean-bag all over the rural road where we I chair inBuckfieidltalkedtomyiieighbon neipiborhood going to do She was scared of the noise but I more on Thursday morning than I everything we worried have In foe pat year Shame on me 90-minute whirlwind tour UntillwokeupThuredaynoming for waiting so long I enjoyed the con-of Auburn capped a trip that indud- The birch and evergreen trees tact ed the Brunswick and Augusta ar- along the driveway that my husband After seeing the sights our energy' eas Local and state dignitaries ac- and I had so lovingly cultivated for went to more immediate concerns companied the vice president in- years were bent and twistedbroken Figuringout how to flush the toilets good news he delivered could end tended its disaster area declaration dudfog entire CongressioiH beyond recognition The elm and without water Our solution as it has up being worth the wait for thou- to individuals in Maine: That opens al delegation Gov" Angus King' maple trees in ftontqf our tiny house been for many has been to shovel the AUBURN Vice President Al Blackhawk helicopter Army IL touched down at Aubum-Lewis- ton Municipal Airport at 1:43 pun Thursday nearly three-quarters of an hour behind schedule But the suds ot residents affected by the devastatingicestonnofl998 Standing ami lines and tree branches on Mnue in Aubum Gore announced that the federal government had ex- Lawmakers majr use suiplus windfall to bail out utilities 7 i'rUdL'i- To reportanew power outage or downed power cal central MalnePwmrca M0B49p100B' i Bnetgency Management Agency In OKfonf County i 1 24jhour foe HI4i4 ipiWWCy IIHSUHCt fTOtn riWKBII MwilWy WlWUri PiliUllll1 1 i V' days HBiHjttnHHi 1 es'f aanwaaesiiwei itaiariir rare gstingotemafgancy shatters who already are paying among the highest electricity rates in the country Buthevrantslawmakentoconsid- one-time income tax the sttte will get from the sale of CMP's generating plants before dipping into the state surplus now estimated at $215 1 million 7- If that doesn't work or it enough we can look at the sur- 1 phis said 'C'-j Key lawmakers sig naledThursday they wiilsupportus- ing a one-time tax windfallor part of the growing surplus to cover the cost ofrestoring the power trans- mission system destroyed by last ice stmm Sen Michael Michaud' D- MflUnocket Senate chairman of the Appropriarions Committee said he tht ftift hflpfai tfw Mtnittefi reduce dw coat of damages to Centrel Maine Bnerpncy Department 79S-221 5 I)" please see UTIUITES page AS 3 INDEX INSIDE LOAN liomeowncnand TWBHntannert CaateteO CKM ComlcMeBMSiinnl as OMurts NOW OPEN Subaru of Auburn Check Classifieds For 7 On the rotary in Auburn 1 7821-8810 to announce todjwr tKat "A- 1 Sen John Glenn 76 will be returning to space FbdAS tV 7 Regency Wbod or UOHwGMnafGa -ttfrlfesb The Black Stove Shop C207r7MM4arl Inc- HnsncM cn ecu foam Sun 5000 753-0191 800-887-8351 (statewide) 1 73.