Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 11

yrg HM IHJSINKSS: Irving Isaacson gels President's Award B7 Cl 1 1 CK I OUT: happening locally IH FBIPAY FBjBBUABY 12002 SuiPJOUInal SECTION By Mark LaFlamme the biggest storm of the year" said Na- LL Tran Avery seema to be by early In the evening but CMP was SanUnha tMnprinnVinyiip StqffWriitr tlonal Weather Service Meteorologist prepared this time staying preparing for the worst all uphill from here" he said Augia Sard Inha home or driving ilower If they have to la the moat heavily wooded "The sun's getting atronger and Claaaea canceled Power outagea By early Uiuraday night Slndiea of be atate in the said CMP galnlngamlnute or two every Roadaallck and worae weather on the enow had already fldlen over die Twin Around Androscoggin Franklin and apokeaman David Allen "So accu- SrHtni that hy mnmtng way Welcome to February Otto and surrounding areas By night- Oxford counties police were reporting mulationa of heavy anow or Ice alwaya commute warm air moving acroaa the After a week ofmild weather Main- foil roada were allppery and whiteout die aame thing: lota ofenahes none of ralae the threat of tree-related power atate will probably change fluffy anow era on Thursday were facing a true condltkma had traffic crawling them'aerioua tn mnf nH min winter anowatorm The prediction Police were responding to crash after Area achoole were canceling claaaea It was Just aa allck underfoot aa it Early Thuraday night police In caDaforuptoBlncheabyRidaymonir crash but muerknia Injuries were ro for Thuraday night and Friday morn- waa for drivers But area hoapltala re- Lewiston declared an overnight parking Some of that may be In the form of ported on area roads lng Central Maine Power Co had ported no aerloua Injuries from folia or lng ban Sardinha thought that waa a sleet and rain this time ofyear people are used crews out repairing downed power other weather-related mishaps good idea fece it This Is turning out to be to the said Lewiston police lines No big problems were reported And at the National Weather Service going to be he said Street talk Markljqflamme Cyr-Martel finds a way I It's aalow night on the police beat and rm bored filed a couple of stories and now Tm waiting tor something new to write about Ifi gets bored He tenda to wander around the newsroom murmuring and annoying editors You want to annoy editors I hit the afreets About 7pjnrm driving downtown and listening to the police acan- A ii Potice are standing in the road and gawking up at (he woman 20 feet above them pacing back andforth an theroqfqfa porch and making it dear that she Just might Jump I JUKUmaJoiiL Robert Russel of Lewiston works on i mural at the Art housr an artist cooperative on Lisbon Street In Lewiston ner Barking dogs and vehicle stops mostly But then there's import of a woman threatening to jump off the 7hlle volunteers and Eagle Scouts scour foe floors and pull down sid-H 1 ingafow foet away Robert JRua- building You hear that every day Tm there Police are standing in the road and gawkingupatthewoman20feet above them pacing back and forth on die roof afaponh and making It dear that die juat might jump notalong drop and anow on the ground But police an takingttaerlouatyTheflntthlng they do la to gBt Laurie CyrMartd 1 ml palirti He let foe occasional smell of industrial solvents slow him down He dabs along in his own world adding color to the fimtaatieftoe he has sketched on the wall fat the A local painter captures energy in a miwal at the Art House co-op by Scott Tayloh StqffW riser Lewiston "The first time I looked at this wall I saw foe picture in my said "It was right there from foe beginning Now ifs Just amatter of filling In foe i Russell's yet-unnamed mural will be the first piece cfart commissioned spodflcallyfjr the Art la doingtheworkforfoee what foe cooperative In said "We're allpitching tat to help for the good of the community That's why Tm doing this" Kristine Kimball alocal artist andamember of the Lewiston Planning Board began working In December to tranaform foe empty storefront lntoa artists been Joined by shandful of volunteers Including localhlgh school and Bates College nfl mil cnmplwfai tharviTiiminlfy unto hmAffm Russell was one of the first to approach her about SEE MURAL RAGE BJ Cyr-Martel hasalong title such as "erlala Intervention ofllcer" She talks to peoide who are considering doing something flat might not be good for them like the woman on foe roof ThlacaHs for some finesse Cops SEE STREET RAGE B2 StTwBv When the foce will fill foe 14foot-wlde wall fat the bade of foe old office with blend of 1900a idealism and Hindu Egyptian and Middle Eastern rellgloua Flu season gets late start LESSONS: From the Earth flu cases -late winter and early spring -la still to i A ii -W Last year at this time there were 210 cases this year it's 42 t' ByDayiiiASargevt SaeeUhotkeSiMJoumaS thesseessment of this year's flu situation by Cathy LlguorL school nurse at Lewiston High School Liguorl said attendance has been just about narmaL A few bad coldshave been gofaig around but noticeable increase of flu cases yet Other school systems area hospitals and a state epidemiologist confirm that foe flu season is gettingalate start here has been a slight Increase in the number of confirmed laboratory cases of influenza" A' i) i yr A' i Influenza A and are the attains of the upper respiratory ailment that are expected to show up this year and those ere the types of Illness that your flu shot will protect if you got yotir shot still not too late to get foe shot Williams said The shot Is effective about two weeks after you get it and with the late start she said well worth the effort to get the protection Williams noted that Influenza A is foe mote serious ofthe two but both respond to treatment Auburn school! have not eeen an unusual increase In iQnesa either School nurses are located at Auburn Middle School apd Webster ScbooL A spokesperson for them said common for people to misdiagnose their ailments as flu but so far the seasonal outbreak has not arrived All of foe respondents said there have been complaints of bad colds and a variety of other viruses that are always going around That ln-chides a stomach virua which is often Incorrectly called flu Gills to Orfnwl Carnity! IMinri Aihnlnirtra- tlve District 17 Central Maine Medical Center and SL' Mary's Regional Medical Center turned up similar reports No flu epidemic yet 'A- -f Nv-: at '-S- gist with foe Maine Bureau of Division afDiaeaae Control in Augusta However she said the numbers are much lower than at this time last year Between Oct 2001 and now there have been 42 cases For the aame period a year ago there were 210 caaes "It's off to a much slower Williams said but she pointed out that foe usual period of high aMUmhsMsw COUNTWO: Poland tMae School teacher Cindy Pethertxklge gives her seventh-wade dass a lesson in counting using worms and a grid system Taking part in the lesson arei from left Danielle la1 toMSRM.