Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

p' tr vvrvi 07' a V- Vf'lM LEWISTON: Leaders discuss role BI SPORTS: Celtics top Raptors to make it two a row Cl 7 -j--lrr 1 5 1 SI 187 'm -'fhtif''-'' Mv vVii' wvvt- -i gsiy" nS lr 'si Lewiston Area edition Saturday November 15 1997 50 CENTS kids skiers i- enjoy snow Br Liz Chapman StaffWriter LEWISTON There's nothing like a stiffwind and the first snowstorm of die season to get people into the holl- day spirit! The white stuff that blanketed the area- Friday created driving challenges for motorists but for shoppers ski resort owners and toddlers the first few inches of snow were inspiring and exciting "I love it breathtaking said Lee Grover of Greene "And if we have to drive it would be Another woman burdened with shpmry'sidewalks onParfTstreet saitf the first snow reminds her of childhood and all the Am she had in the snow i aI love she echoed Grovet not stopping long enough to give her name love to walk in the snow It reminds me ofwbenlwasakid' For Richard Dedrfek manager of tire Aubuih Mall the first snow not only beautthil but also serves as a reminder that Christmas Is nearing and presents heed to chosen and wrapped think snow gets people thinking about die holiday said Dedrick who predicted shopping would pick up with the falling "1 snow good to have a white covet on dte And If timing really is everything Santa Claut hit Just righttfie scraping windshields or driving at a snairt pace on wet mowy roads weather ofTlcUla ad vised they ahouldn't be too quick to blame the weather phenomenon mown as El Nina El Nino is a shift in wind current over the Pacific Ocean that occurs 3very four to seven years "It has nothing to do with said HHfiTOPMWUfcPoSeivfcaleBrtcanlrtEdDesgroaaeilllBrtdBawremaldawffiRlVBrskfcDttrtlnAubiandianaiitsft V- years The nearly 6-lnch accumula- on the first snowstorm of the ouahesakL atm said it might be impossible to get tion Friday was the most this early to said Maine Turnpike spokesman The unexpected-nasty weather fire field cleared by game time on Dan Parades 'People are in their own mind-set and are going too keep some students out of school but it was wreaking havoc Saturday Officials were to assess the situa- until i was sc- National Weather Service John Can- had 3 inches or more was on Nok 10 non had people calling and back in the said Cannon An Oxford County Deasking about El Nino from the mo- this is die second earliest partment dispatcher uid 'People ment the phones were turned on Bent into the wind gripping shovs are' just Maine louTpressiue off the els with white knuckles Northeast people were caught off guard by the tie bit stupid in the slippery driving the turf at Thompson Field was cov- ddents in Lewiston The storm hit die area sooner and early hard-hittinastwnu conditions "There have been a few eredwithStofilnchesofshow harder than any other in the past 100 die same thing we always face- cars off the road but nothing seri- With more show on the way Ben- Puease sex STORM pack A7 learning to drive all overagahr' nuuiyand some ofthem art being just a Bt- lnjeopardywhenLisbonAthleticDi- rector Jeff Benson announced that am Saturday the game The sticky wind-driven snow a factor in more than three dozen November Cannon said' The earliest storm where rate In feet some employers have resorted to extraofdinary measures to fill positions for the holiday rush in-: plicants earlier than normal to weed the qualified workers out of this year's thin labor pool because the Lewiston-Aubum unemployment rate for Sep-tember when many employers tra- ditionally start hiring for the holidays was 42 percent the lowest rate of the year and the smallest for the month in nine years The local jobless rate was also be PAPER MILL AVASHINGTON (AP) Environmental Protection moved Friday to decrease the sonous chemicals and foul comingfrompulpandpapermllls The EPA announced the tougher air and water pollution controls after nearly five years of discussions aimed at getting the industry to re-' duce its use of chlorine in the bleachingprocesa we are taking significant steps to protect the health ofmil- lions of Americans families from contaminated air and water from 1 his 1997 debut at the maU Saturday The1 Edward Uttle High School Marching Band twill be oh hand to greet him as will scores of Christmas shoppere and their chil- dren But for little ones at The Discovery Place an Auburn child-care center snow was too good to be true Owner Dorothy Picard said die youngsters spent their day running back and form from window to win- dow admiring the winter scene was more than excitement goingon over the snow said Picard PLEASE SEE SNOW PAGE kl WANT TO BUY A HOME? ERA Worden Realty Can Show You Howl 1st Time Buyers Veterans Home Buying Question' US andBritqm sending additional warships and planes to Persian Gulf by Stoher Rowley QikagoTYibune AMMAN As the United States and Britain dispatched more warships and planes to die Persian Gulf on Friday American arms in- spectors expeUed from Iraq reached Amman determined to press on with their United Nations mission to dismantle President Saddam Hus- arsenaL Td like to go back I like the said Fernando Conde 30 a UE communications expert on the UN arms monitoring team who arrived with five other Americans after a 10-hour trans-desert drive from 'Getting rid of weapons of mats destruction Is one of the most important Jobs you can Conde said at an Amman hotel altar he and his weary companions caught up on thefr sleep They then flew to Bahrain to meet up with 68 UN coir leagues from other nations who left Iraq on UN orders and were al-' lowed to fly out Friday morning The tallitary buildup Friday only deepened the crlsls whlle Clinton administration pledged the moves Please see FORCES page as Lower unemployment rateniakesseasonal hiring more difficult retailers say by Randy Whitehouse StaffWriter LEWISTON As unemployment op local employers are finding the pickings somewhat slim when it comes to seasonal workers for the holidays SAT INDEX Artifce CtesWod CM SC -32Z Ccntotaosswirt BMUod won AS OWlMSlBS A4 C17 Real estate C14C1S Sports Cl Sun Snots low Androscoggin 4 percent but fell short of mark of 3B percent More than 50000 local residents were em ployed in September local- ly or otherwise according to the Maine Department of Labor The number of non-form jobs located in the Lewiston-Aubum area jumped from 40700 in August to 42500 In September That is the second highest monthly total ever recorded hoe trailing only die aU-time record PLEASE SEE RATE PAGEA8 EMISSIONS EPA ad- IBrownec 7 In anticipation of the new re-1 quirementa many paper mills already have shifted to the less-pol-hiting bleaching methodal though not abandoning chlorine use altogether as some environmental groups have sought Dsn New England eight in Maine and two in New Hampshire will be affected by die changes theEPAsaid PLEASE SEE RULES PAGE AB pu and purer mills i minbtrator Carol Browr sf 'if' 4 'V 1 AP PHOTO ARMEOANDliEAliYiAviation'bninancemanalnnanLukeGoodineof Madison Maine pushes a cart of sonobuoys across the fNght deck of the aircraft jn Friday In the eastern Medtenaneaa 7 7 carrier lSS George Washington Friday i VI p-: LAST CHANCE STOREWIDE FLOOR SAMPLE SALE Yellow Thgs No Payments No Interest Til March EX MARCOTTE 1' NOVEMBER 17 6 PM 473 CENTER STREET AUBURN erawSrdhnireauy HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE CORP Great Savings in Every Department Now through Sunday PORTEOUS Auburn Mall Open Mmi-Wed 10-830 nnus-Sat 19-9 Sun 11-5 1 I -i 4 7J 1 yV-f- ot -a 1 1 -y' 1 h- -r 1L.