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JOURNAL for in their communities," he said. Officially, the two are being stripped of their state certification to be police officers. Young said his one-year suspension begins Sunday; Brunelle said his is for 18 months. This weekend, both will give up law enforcement jobs they took after leaving their town posts: Young as a deputy sheriff, and Brunelle as a special police officer in Meredith. Whether there will be further punishment is unclear.

Young told the Concord Monitor Thursday he hopes to return to law enforcement in a year, and even has a job lined up. "I hope that people will think of the full picture of what I tried to accomplish in the last 12 years, and that I'm not just judged on this one incident," he said. But DeVere said the suspensions are not enough. TRIBUNE FRIDAY OCTOBER 2, 1998 9 Obituaries Micheline Gagnon BIDDEFORD Micheline Gagnon of Lafayette Street died Thursday at Southern Maine Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hope Memorial chapel, 480 Elm St.

Blanche Strong OCEAN PARK Former resident Blanche W. Strong, 93, died Thursday in Stoneham, Mass. She was born Nov. 25, 1904 in Haverhill, a daughter of Ozias and Linne E. Peavey Bell, and was a graduate of Somerville (Mass.) High School.

Mrs. Strong was a resident of Ocean Park and Old Orchard Beach for many years, and was a member of the United Baptist Church of Saco. She was employed in the payroll department of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind in Boston until her retirement. Mrs. Strong was an active member of the Senior Center of Stoneham.

She was predeceased by her husband, Cecil Strong, and by a daughter, Linnie Thistle. Survivors include a son, Charles L. of Maine; a daughter Barbara J. Benoit of Maine; a sister, Martha Shreehan of Malden; 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. Patricia Gilbert LIMINGTON Patricia M.

Gilbert, 71, of Limington, died Wednesday at Springbrook Nursing Care Center in Westbrook. She was born Dec. 10, 1926 in Bath, a daughter of Edward and Katherine Kerwin, and attended schools there. Mrs. Gilbert was a homemaker.

She enjoyed doing puzzles, knitting and spending time with grandchildren and great-grandchildren, family members say. She was predeceased by her husband, Arthur H. Gilbert. Survivors include a daughter, Sharon C. Kelley of Hollis; two sons, Michael K.

of Franklin, Mass. and Shawn K. of Iowa; two sisters, Barbara Brown of Bath and Connie Wallace of two brothers, William Kerwin of Georgia and Edward Kerwin of Augusta; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Gloria York Gloria A. York, 60, of Landry Drive, died at home Wednesday after a long illness with cancer.

She was born Feb. 18, 1938 in Portland, a daughter of Robert and Irene Robichaud, and attended Westbrook schools. While her children were young, Mrs. York was a full-time homemaker. Later, she was employed with, Data General in Westbrook for seven years.

She was a loving and devoted wife and mother, family members say, and was happiest caring for loved ones, cooking for family members, and watching over the birds in her back yard. A member of the Maine Country Music Association, she enjoyed singing country and western songs. She will be remembered for her sense of humor and kindness, survivors say. Mrs. York was a resident of Hollis for years.

Survivors include her husband of 42 years, Everett York of Hollis; a son, Steven of Hollis; four daughters, Pam of Hollis Center, Donna Lehan and Theresa Libby of and Deborah Havu of Buxton; three sisters, Avis Mulkern of Portland, Lucille Moreau of Barrington, N.H., and Dolores Lord of Sanford; and eight grandchildren. Death notices YORK GLORIA died Sept. 30 in Hollis. Visiting hours 7-9 p.m. Friday at Dennett, Craig Pate Funeral Home, Routes 202 and 4A, Buxton.

Funeral service 10 a.m. Saturday at Westbrook Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main Westbrook; pastors John Ramano and Nate Colsen officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 52 Federal Brunswick, 04011. Former MOULTONBORO, N.H.

(AP) Dogged by a drunken-driving activist, two former police chiefs have admitted covering up the drunken driving arrest of a prominent businessman. In interviews with The Citizen of Laconia, which reported the coverup Thursday, both publicly apologized. "It's a situation where I make no excuses. I made a mistake and will face the consequences," said Richard Young who resigned as Moultonboro police chief on July 1. "Both of us had exemplary careers," former Sandwich Chief Louis Brunelle told the Citizen.

"'It is an unfortunate experience, and I am truly sorry for what has OCcurred." Brunelle retired May 1. State action will force both men to give up current law enforcement jobs. beginning this weekend. The investigation began in April DAY CARE From Page 1 because one of them, Theresa Camire, is being sued by the state for allegedly operating an unlicensed day-care center on Pool Road. That case, the first time the state has sued to shut down a daycare center, is expected to go before a judge later this fall.

"When we heard that one of the applicants was having difficulty with the state, we decided we needed to be sure they all met state guidelines before we gave them our approval," Hamblen said. But according to Jim Chaplin, head of the Daycare Licensing Division, the state requires the same assurances from municipalities. Chaplin acknowledges the problem, but has no immediate answers for Langlois or the other applicants caught in the middle. "No person needs to be caught between two branches of government. It is ridiculous," Chaplin said, echoing Langlois' frustration.

"But I don't know quite how to resolve it. We don't want to chew people up in the process." According to Chaplin, the problem is not confined to Biddeford. "It's everywhere, really," he said. "'The attention is just on Biddeford right now." UNDERSTAFFING The heart of the problem is a lack of DHS staff, Chaplin said. With more than 400 day-care license requests pending and others without them operating illegally York County has only one full-time staff.

person and one part-timer to handle the load. With only 11 licensing agents statewide Maine is tied with Vermont for the worst ratio of agents to day-care operators in the country Chaplin said four months has become the standard waiting period for state inspection. Barbara St. Onge, one of the applicants whose case was tabled at Biddeford's meeting Tuesday, is frustrated with the wait. She applied three months ago and has not heard a word since.

"A month should be all it takes to turn around an application," St. Onge said. "I had planned on opening in January, but now I don't know if I will even make it by then." Lucie Veilleux, who has owned and operated a licensed home day care on May Street for seven years, said she had to wait more than a year to get inspected when she first started her business. Other providers she knows waited as long. "They never get out here on time," Veilleux said.

LACK OF SUPPORT Veilleux supports the new state law created this summer that requires DHS to inspect all home daycare centers once a year. Previously, STEAK-N-RIB OPEN 4 P.M. To 9 P.M. Sun. TWIN LOBSTER $9.95 BAR-B-QUE RIB COMBO $9.95 SIRLOIN STEAK $9.95 OCEAN PARK RD, SACO Call 284-7441 New England Newspaper Association Newspaper of the Year for 1989, 1990, 1993 and again for 1997 News ups.

Call 1-800-244-7601 Journal Tribune FAX: 282-3138 mall chiefs DeVere did not name the businessman then, but said Thursday night it was David Porter, who lives in Sandwich and works in Moultonboro. He said Porter refused to take a breath test. Refusing to take a breath test should trigger automatic suspension of a driver's, license. But Porter called Brunelle, his friend and hometown police chief. Brunelle drove over, and "Chief Brunelle and Chief Young fixed the case right there," DeVere said.

"They made a deal not to send the paperwork in so he wouldn't lose his license." Under state law, anyone who dismisses or reduces a drunken when activist Peter DeVere alleged at a Moultonboro selectmen's meeting that a prominent businessman had been arrested by Moultonboro police for drunken driving in June 1996. DeVere did not name the businessman day cares could voluntarily submit to inspection or just register with DHS. The law came in response to the death of 4-month-old Jake Belisle, who died in the care of unlicensed Old Orchard Beach provider Virginia Stanley last spring. However, based on her experience, Veilluex doesn't think DHS is anywhere near capable of meeting the extra work load created by the law. Each year Veilluex pays her license fee up $30 this year to $40 and requests an inspection from the state.

She has waited two years, and a second round of licensing fees, without an inspection. "I requested inspection two years ago, and haven't heard back. I requested inspection a year ago, and haven't heard back. I have a friend who has waited three years," Veilleux said. "They just aren't there." Veilleux worries that not every provider is as conscious of safety as she tries to be.

"I would support paying a higher fee in order for them to hire more people," she said. Langlois said the crackdown on Camire delivered the message the state said it was trying to send: it convinced her she needs to get all the necessary permits before starting her new business. "I've had calls from parents. I could be operating right now and making an income," she said. "But then you see what they are doing to Theresa, and you get scared to just get started." Like Veilleux, Langlois supports the state's tougher regulations, but she doesn't think providers who follow the guidelines have to lose money because of governmental delays.

"I agree with them being tougher, and inspecting every day care. But it's not us who should suffer, it's the people who just go ahead and start without a license that they should crack down on," she said. "If they want you to go through the steps, take the classes, get CPRcertified and get your house ready, they should be ready to say "you've done your part, so now we will come to you, Langlois said. "Maybe they should hire some more people." Journal Tribune Online York County's local connection Entertainment listings When you need them www.journaltribune.com Your 24-hour connection to York County IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of MARCEL CHRETIEN Who Passed Away October 2, 1997 Do not ask if we miss him, Oh, there is such a vacant place, Off' we think we hear his footsteps And see his smiling face. Days of sadness still come over us, Tears of silence often flow, Memory keeps him ever near us, Since he left a year ago.

Sadly missed by, Angeline Ogden Family Mass. Oct. 4 at 10:30, St. Joseph Church apologize driving charge must report the reason to the attorney general in writing. No report was filed in Porter's case until this summer, two years after his arrest.

DeVere got wind of the episode and began probing. He said he was given a runaround when he asked for Moultonboro police logs. DeVere eventually got logs from the state police, who dispatch for Moultonboro. They showed a Moultonboro officer called in Porter's arrest the night in question. But the paperwork never made it to court, he said.

Reached by telephone at his home Thursday night, Porter would not answer questions about the arrest. "I would like to say I'm very sorry to Louis Brunelle and Richard Young and their families for any distress this issue has caused them. They are both very highly regarded coverup "This case is not he said. "Those people are going to be indicted, they're going to jail, they're going to pay a stiff fine, they're never going to be police officers again. They're liars they could never go back to court again- and testify" against criminal defendants.

The attorney general, which would file charges, said little Thursday and again today. "When we take official action on it, we will inform the Senior Assistant Attorney General Mark Attorri said. De Vere is dismayed that Porter never faced charges. "Dave Porter never was convicted, never lost his license, never had his insurance revoked," De Vere, said. "When he crosses the line and, kills some driver, those two towns, can be sued." Road race to honor slain boy By ALEXIS CHIU Associated Press BOSTON One year to the day after his 10-year-old son was kidnapped and murdered, allegedly by two men who lured him into their car with the promise of a new bicycle, Robert Curley said the pain hasn't dulled.

"It's a struggle every day," he said on Thursday. Curley, who planned to spend the afternoon at the grave of his dead son, first made a stop at the Statehouse to promote a five-mile race in honor of the blue-eyed child. The Jeffrey Curley Memorial Road Race, to be held in Cambridge on Sunday, will raise money for a crime-prevention program aimed at children. Organizers plan to hold the run annually. "My focus is protecting kids.

That's the bottom line," said Curley, joined at the news conference by acting Gov. Paul Cellucci, who plans to walk the race route. Salvatore Sicari and Charles Jaynes are accused of abducting Jeffrey from his East Cambridge neighborhood on Oct. 1, 1997, and killing him after he resisted Jaynes' sexual advances. Prosecutors say Jaynes molested the boy's corpse before the men dumped it into the Great Works River in Maine.

Sicari was 21 and Jaynes was 22 at the time. Earlier this week, a judge ruled that the men will have separate trials, starting with Sicari's, scheduled to begin on Oct. 20 at Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge. On Thursday, the focus not on Jeffrey's alleged killers, but rather on a fight to protect children from meeting similar fates. The race's organizers hope it will raise $10,000, all of which will go toward establishing a Child Assault Prevention Program in Cambridge schools.

By Thursday, about 400 people had registered to run. "It was just a year ago that we had a horrible tragedy in our Cellucci said before donning a shirt with a "'Jeff's Race" logo and a picture of the smiling, boy. "I think we all recognize we have to stop violence against children." Cellucci has fought to reinstate the. death penalty in Massachusetts, and Curley has been a vocal deathpenalty proponent since Jeffrey's death. Though both stumped for the passage of a state death-penalty bill, the measure was defeated in the House by a small margin in November.

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