Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

pmi 1 i pjm ip i j- i i V-V i -Vk'r LEWISTON: Candidates comment on non-debate rt- a 'f Mt I ''s' 1 B1 a' HOCKEY: Bruins Vc- blown away by Hujnicanes Cl I- 1 1 -'j i-' -Ts y- i' 'l i 5r i f-: jv jv' 1" fc-V 7- i V- '-7 V- i LEWISTON 'ARKABPmONJr: TUESIIAX DECEMBER'S 19971 50 CENTS f-'-V -4- Vv v'? V1 vV jj' V' i 1 1 'i ID) Jt1 7 V- Vvtr4 i 7 1 Bethel residents opposfe 4 the queadon from a atraw pod taken in the evening when fewer ssssfcaitsas- the aelectmen aupport the bingo pleaded with townspeople tox work with the Pdaaamaquoddy In vdian IMbe and state leaaera to find aomething other dian bingo hall fardielndiaiu' lQJippinAibBiqiC The tribe hu itate pennlstkm to blld the hall thereThe Maine' Land Use Regulation Commission a grantedthe penpits die iamaguoddys needed on Nok 20 Goodwin that need something to pull tire In a show qf hands Monday night Bethel disapproval qf a high' StQkcS gambling Dflridrk' w) BMlCHAEL Gobdon 7 Xv' pose' the hhtuea Dingo hall piadhelorneighborlng Albany they toM the ulpctmen hfa maw pdl Monday sjy 7 i t'1 ll -VT noariw Hi ilM thi turn feilftihr bi aertadeaiphip thapidiBtlrdiepiatol 7IWln a "Only die flrat three ahdtf havp been aimed11 Bond aald "Alters -5' fc nilj A V- "IT ir1T 1 yi4i i SI SHOCiCMoumerapthefoutskle Heath High chooafterashootlngatthiBSChoolttatl6fttw(leadaiKlfalnuredMondaylnWBStPa(lucatil- f-' v'---S'ff'V" ''S 7lV' X'-X'1 '-i -Ar --L1 fT' 'kifl 1 Tl i jttTheyyoted ovnwhefiningly Willlam Altvater die lieu- Jik ball at a public hearbig jtenantgoveniQr of die reser' to gkWBtoeal opinion chehWily5vtlon at fleaaant Point near East-1 1 port mote wahu to support that tribewith dian the rWECTPAbuCAll (AP)t-A 14- Hlgh'School year-old boy who wanted last week pal Bill Bond "I'm 7 vV nhy il that "aomefliing going to hap- "5 intt1 huh iua igE i- iuo lumuuiwu uuuiuuh (f Inserted earpmga drew a gun ylle actM Just like 7 main iied into adiool a 22- pnvet meeting draboiir35 mkienY and shot eiriit students aa a prayer he had been cautfit imnvivv9 5fJtiil handgun wllh ended at740 ajn with the ihooterl meeting ended in a hip sduollobk with amne minor of '''thiM 'apart dipa of and about a dozen other! Handing ym A-Tf Tr i jjj 'fl byfomtay Vft fwy i V' The bop if i Bond MkL' mymsnltliwil two Hw th twatii- SherlffFraitkAuputui two ahot who had three mare cHpa queation la why guni' Hi'TWajpped anmnuiition and low omergunaASherlff Prank Augua the riflea and hot aurrendered when Ben Strong a tua aald atated there wail no guna in blanketa and told curloua kvA cvTbere'are some peopM in thlaAi community who think the Jordan Bowl (hotel) is a bigger threat" he aakirefienlngtothenewniuldmil-' atoppedahoo 1 A PlEASK see SNOW page AS i the season1 V- r-H: i I X'Aherwaid the boy told Heath Xpeoplewtioclaiined tobeUheiats i 4 t1 December airives white 1 LEWISTON A fresh blanket of a dispatcher at the Oxford County wet snow welcomed Mainers Into Regional Communications Center 'December Monday causing most 7 In Faria 4 i -v SChoola to doae and creating messy The snow was a welcome site to i giving amdidons more thdn just school children and Monday's shohy and sloppy road privatesnowpldW skins -conditions meant an extra day of and the businesses that cater to 7 Thanksgiving vacation for many them were abo thrilled with De-''youngsters but foiled to interrupt arrival jhe flow of holiday shoppers hi area -f "We had a great holiday week- stores'" 7 end" said Sunday River SUBesort kBy the time If was all over An-'i spokesman Michael Bertie who rboscoggin and Franklin counties added'that the early snowstorms Jrcra looking about eightlnches would give the Newry resort "a lnche mow- and Inches -were Oxford County had a whole lot of minor AaJdentt but nothing serious" said -iZZ An award-winning educator only knmvs f- i one way to do things1 ito the best jtf his ability? VwciiML'dK i rf-' fj" 'j'j 6 LEWISTON Monday's snowv storm canceled classes at Lewiston High SchooL Its halls were silent '-Michael Hutchins watched flakes- foil outside his classroom window -There were only eight cars in the parking lot because tne building was dosed But Hutchins was there any- wxypreparlngforthenextday Such dedicatkn 4 7 No wonder the National Assoda- tion of Biology Ihachers has named him Outstanding Biology oanomaicimiNJouBMu Teacher for 1997 Tho association TOP fEACHER: Lewiston High School teacher Michael Hutchins sits his lists as its criteria: teadiing ability' classroom Monday School was called off due to Monday's storm but emerienen Inventiveness inUativnl' Hutchins was there planning lessons inherent teaching strengthaand co-'r vXv" operation in the school and com- there taking said Hutchins their background to encourage TSq my teaching is activity-based them to succeed Anyone can teach operation in the i unmity v' r'Tr tlenti were present to answer projetl" Bethdreaidents How inuy oppose the had he asked Hands went up around die room at least lfi How fairithea4Noonesig the smart students with involved parents the others who need motivation IVe had some kids who are really miserable "But when dug down into where they are coming from student is ready I Hutchins pew up in "bhie-collar mill town" of Bucksport where his parents wotkedasa water company PLXASE SUTOACHER page A8 'INSIDE lctims ranemberedon World AIDSDay Stories on page Bl C14 1 storieonpageBiH -UMFainonfe Coips topproylderi By Sandy cmgok 7 FARMINGTON ince'tiie li Peace Corps began 36 years ago 231 University of Maine at Farw lngton students have volunteered their services for a two-year stint I odder often primitive conditions InlhlrdWnld countries That makes UMF one ofthe top 20 small colleges and universities i (leu 3000 undergraduates) producing Peace Corps volun-7 1 teen UMF Is the only public cot I in the nation on tne list The announcement was made -in a Peace Corps report released Monday 1 PLKASC SEE PEACE PAOEA7 7 it US switches eneiyplanx KYOTO Alter two 7 7 years of preliminaries the wmld's governments got down to tiieflnaT critical' round of negotiations Monday on controlling energy use in the 21st century to protect the i In what promises to be 10 days 7-of hard bargainiiu the United -States opened the bidding with a surprise shift of position that cheered Japan dismayed Europe' and put environmentalists on- gc green alert -'-v PLEASE SEE ENERGY PAGE AS 'r -7 TUE INDEX Min 1 C17 TVBiftWiment cis askWed GHMl Contatareiwiirt CIS BWotMMlPWm RSr- otumriB as HnancM CS mmw cucii WED shfc "I hi said the 45-year- old Hutdiins who has taught biolo-! gy and anatomy at Lewiston High School fm the past eight years "My parents instilled in me a very strong wotk ethic I have never been able to educate the whole person and not He said there is notiiing more bor-7 lng than a teacher Who stands In front of a class and lectures' show that 95 percent of the students learn by sitting and matches a range of learning styles The kids are the ones who ac- tuaDy do the walk and they seem to enjoy it The time goes whiaing He said he Introduces concepts bom as many different angles as Hutchins does not teach college- bound students Instead he wel- comes tire challengemworkingwith teens who often come from difficult fomlly situations "These are meat kids" he said 'warmly "They Just have nothing in I kl I BCCNOOOlKSantaCiaustiiestocomapmedttkteasoutofBreanna r--l Lemleux 5 of Auburn MondaynlghtJustafterhe arrived at Great Falls Plaa Auburn After arriving In a parade complete with fire engines andttw Edward Little marching band Santa lit a Christmas tree to officially launcti the hoMay season GMOOBT BKXSUN JOUANAL 7 vUf-r- 7vVk7-: HOMEOWNERS CONSOLIDATE YOUR BILLS iMaattMsqWOkrBW -j-i Our Own Guaranteed POINSETIlAS "IhtSMkCaardlUMr 998 ROAK THE FLORIST MCMttrSLikkn OplkMSHKUtolM it Residential -t Mortgage Services iiubn 786-2278 7: I-I0M7M2 aaamrj' ra sSsr-f: 3 i-4 a ywkfl ig i' 1 'f i 'U 7- ikL.