Morning Sentinel from Waterville, Maine (2024)

December 10, 1996

Publication:

Morning Sentineli

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Waterville, Maine

Issue Date:

Tuesday, December 10, 1996

Page:

8

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8 Tuesday December 10 1996 Local fHnntittij fcrntinel zss Obituaries DEATHS Carr Rita 73 of Skowhegan died Tuesday Dec 3 in Skowhegan Chapman Karen Louise Gurney 37 of North Vassalboro died Sunday Dec 8 in North Vassalboro Dutting Carol Van Deusen 70 of Pittsfield died Sunday Dec 8 in Pittsfield Gossom Ruth 74 of armington died Monday Dec 9 in Portland Monk Clifton 65 of Clinton died Monday Dec 9 in Clinton Reynolds Annette 72 of airfield died Monday Dec 9 in Waterville Thomas Clifford 98 of Pittsfield died Sunday Dec 8 in Pittsfield Wiley Stanley 90 of Skowhegan formerly of Pittsfield died Sunday Dec 8 in Waterville listing is provided at no I charge Paid announcements I df deaths and funerals appear below Carr structed many crossword puzzlesfor publication She was employed by Kleinschmidt Dutting and Kleinschmidt Associates in Pittsfield from 1978 until her retirement in 1991 She is sadly missed as a loving friend and adviser by her family and others She was a loving wife and best friend of Richard Dutting and the mother of Elizabeth Pullen DeSantis of Newton Mass David Arthur Dutting of Lancaster Mass Ruth Ellen Witte of Dansville NY Catherine Emily Gottschalk of Louisville Ky and Nancy Jane Burnett of Holden Mass 12 grandchildren a brother Werter Pullen Van Deusen many nieces and nephews A memorial service will be uneral services will be at 2 pni Thursday Dec 12 at the Brown Memorial United Methodist Church with the Rev Susan Davenport officiating Spring interment will be in the Greenlawn Rest Cemetery in Clinton In lieu of flowers gifts may be made to either the Brown Memorial United Methodist Church or the Clinton irefighters Association PO Box 103 Clinton ME 04927 Annette Reynolds AIRIELD Annette Reynolds 72 of airfield died Monday Dec 9 1996 at Mid Maine Medical Center Thayer Unit in Waterville after a brief ill ness She was born in Waterville held at 2 pm Wednesday Dec 11 at the irst Congregational Church in Pittsfield with the Rev Andrew Gibson Pastor officiat ing Interment will be in Winchester Mass at a later date In lieu of flowers donations July 21 1924 the daughter of rank and Martha (Oby) ortin She was formerly employed for Colby College in the bookstore mailroom and copyroom Survivors include three sons Keith Reynolds of airfield Marc may be made to the irst Reynolds of Augusta and David Congregational Church of Reynolds of Austin Texas a sis Pittsfield PO Box 423 Pittsfield ter Rita Coro of Waterville three ME 04967 HealthReach grandchildren two great grand Homecare Hospice 3 North children an aunt several nieces SKOWHEGAN Rita Can went home to be with her Lord i biiTuesday Dec 3 1996 Rita was joined by her family until her death at which time Pastor George innemore accompanied by his wife Barbara offered up a special prayer of celebration for homegoing She will be held in loving mem ory and greatly missed by her two daughters Marge Mason of Solon and Alice Lowe ot Skowhegan a sister Alice of Anson sev eral grandchildren and great grand children There will be no services held Karen Louise Gurney Chapman NORTH VASSALBORO Karen Chapman 37 of North Vassalboro died late Sunday night Dec 8 1996 at home after a coura geous battle with cancer She was born in Waterville Lancey St Pittsfield ME 04967 or the Dana arber Cancer Research Institute 375 Longwood Ave Boston MA 02215 Arrangements by Donald Shorey uneral Home 35 Hartland Ave Pittsfield Ruth Gossom ARMINGTON Ruth Gossom 74 of armington died Monday Dec 9 1996 at a Portland hospital She was born in Portland the daughter of Elmer and Nellie (Osgood) Lawrence and graduated from Deering High School She was a devoted housewife who loved bird watching knitting reading cats and dogs She was predeceased by her husband of 44 years Harry A Gossom in 1990 Survivors include one son Herbert Gossom of Buxton two daughters Rosemary Gossom of Gorham and Jean Choate of Grand Aug 6 1959 the daughter of Melvin Gurney and the late Christine (Dumont) Gurney She was a graduate of Winslow High School class of 1979 She was an active member of the Winslow VW Post Prairie Texas one brother Robert Lawrence of Portland one sister Helen Gossom of armington three grandsons three great grand daughters Visiting hours will be from 10 to 11 am Wednesday Dec 11 prior to the funeral service at 1 1 am at the Wilson uneral Home 24 Shaker Road Gray Committal will be in Brooklawn Memorial Park Memorial donations may be No 8835 for several years She was made to the American Cancer a member of St Bridget Catholic Society Maine Division Inc 52 Church in North Vassalboro ederal St Brunswick ME 0401 1 Karen enjoyed being a home maker for her family and friends Survivors include her father Clifton Monk and nephews Visiting hours will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Tuesday Dec 10 at the Gallant uneral Home 10 Elm St Waterville uneral services will be held at 9 am Wednesday Dec 1 1 at the Notre Dame Church 112 Silver St Waterville Committal prayers will be recited at Church and burial will follow in St rancis Cemetery in Waterville Clifford Thomas PITTSIELD Clifford Thomas 98 of Pittsfield died Sunday Decs 8 1996 at a Pittsfield nursing home He was born March 12 1898 in Presque Isle the son of William and Margaret (Anderson) Thomas or over 40 years he worked for Wirthmore eed Co He enjoyed fishing and carpentry work He was predeceased by his first wife lorence Thomas in 1973 and his second wife ern Thomas in 1991 Survivors include a daughter Gloria Taylor of Winslow a step daughter Evelyn Springer of Pittsfield a step grandson David Austin and two step great grand sons Arlen and Robert Austin all of Oakland nieces and nephews A memorial service will be held at 10 am Saturday Dec 14 at the Donald Shorey uneral Chapel 35 Hartland Ave Pittsfield with the Rev Scott Jones officiating In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Sebasticook Valley Health Care acility 33 Leighton St Pittsfield ME 04967 He loved to fish hunt and play cards He especially enjoyed his camp on Moosehead Lake He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 63 years Ruth Melvin Gurney of North Vassalboro her longtime compan ion of 14 years James Robert rappier of North Vassalboro two sons Christopher Chapman of Albion and Caleb rappier of North Vassalboro two daughters Nina Rae Chapman of Albion and Kristan rappier of North Vassalboro one sister Mrs Rick (Brenda) White of Albion several aunts and uncles nieces nephews and cousins At Karen's request there will be no calling hours or funeral A memorial service will take place at a later date at St rancis Cemetery Arrangements by Veilleux uneral Home 8 Elm St In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in her name to Hospice HealthReach 212 Main Street Waterville CLINTON Clifton Monk 65 a longtime resident of Clinton died at his Pleasant Street resi dence Monday Dec 9 1996 fol lowing a long illness He was born in Benton Oct 28 1931 the son of Oscar and Ila (McNally) Monk or many years Clifton was a dairy farmer and for 36 years was the dispatcher for the Clinton ire Department and during his entire tenure was president of the Clinton Association or 30 years Clifton and his wife Theresa were foster parents to manychildren During his high school years Patron of the Bethlehem Order of and for several years after gradua the Eastern Star tion he served as a disc jockey at various school and civic dances He had also been a town constable for several years He was a longtime mgmber and Stanley Wiley SKOWHEGAN Stanley Wiley 90 formerly of Pittsfield died Sunday Dec 8 1996 in Waterville He was bom Oct 19 1906 in Dover oxcroft the son of Albert and Gertrude (olsom) Wiley or more than 45 years he was employed by the Central Maine Power Co retiring in 1971 as an area line construction foreman He was a 50 year member of eM i dian Lodgc atuLPasL Carol Van Deusen Dutting PITTSIELD Carol Van Deusen Dutting 70 of Pittsfield died Sunday Dec 8 1996 at her home in Pittsfield She was bom Dec 18 1925 in Hudson NY the daughter of Werter and Esther (Pullen) Van Deusen She was a graduate of Hudson High School and attended Green Mountain Junior College and Mildred Elly Secretarial School in Albany NY" Carol Dutting was a homemak er active in Girl Scouting church and community affairs She con past master of Clinton Grange Survivors include his wife Theresa (Rowe) Monk of Clinton two sons Gary Monk and his wife Karen of Pittsfield Donald Cox and his wife Natalie of Sanford two daughters Trudy Hanson and her husband Don of Winthrop Cindy Davis and her husband Millard of Clinton two brothers Maynard Coro of Clinton and Lauris Monk of Benton 10 grandchildren several nieces and nephews riends are welcome to calf at the Lawry Brothers uneral Home 107 Main St airfield from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 pm Wednesday Dec 11 Hatfield Wiley on Jan 20 1993 Survivors include two daugh ters and sons in law Kay (Drinkwater) and Richard Hanson of Winthrop (formerly of Guildford) and Gloria and red Laveway of Winslow six grand children nine great grandchildren one great great grandson nieces and nephews special friends David and Deanna Blodgett and family of Skowhegan riends may visit 10 to 11 am Wednesday Dec 11 with a funeral service and a Masonic service at 1 1 am at the uneral Chapel with Pastor Connie Huntley of the irst Universalist Church of Pittsfield and the Meridian Lodge officiating Survey: Chelsea youths have access to drugs By MECHELE COOPER Staff Writer CHELSEA Middle level stu dents at Chelsea Elementary Schoolsay drugs alcohol and tobacco are available to the younger population a recent survey shows "The overall picture is that experi I mentation is beginning at younger ages and basically the same conclusion Dr Robert Dana from the University of Maine at Orono con cluded in his survey a few years said William Earle chemical health coordinator for School Union 51 survey had 99 questions to identify some of the risk factors that students thought were going on in the community and Earle said the Community Coalition Against Substance Abuse will look at different ways to coun teract the risk factors involved with drugs alcohol and tobacco identi fied by sixth seventh and eighth grade students He said the coalitjon is made up of commu nity members from the townsserved by Union 51: Chelsea Jefferson Palermo Somerville Whitefield and Windsor Getting steamed TW ST Adil 1 reH sgSHBBEBEBBK7' Staff photo DAVID LEAMING Al Gould steam cleans equipment Monday at Service Rental on College Avenue in Waterville Winslow study approved Councilors encouraged by matching funds King is putting some state funds where By Jonathan humphrey his rhetoric has been and Staff Writer Town Manager Edward Gagnon WINSLOW Councilors encour aged by the possibility of state matching funds gave final approval Monday to involvement in a study of ways local communities can save money by working togeth er The council authorized Town Manager Edward Gagnon to spend up to $10000 on the study which has so far failed to gather the sup port of any other local community but Waterville At the meeting Gagnon told coun cilors he had just learned the state will be making funds available for the type of study Winslow is propos ing under a matching system where towns would pay 20 percent and the state 80 percent Maine Gov Angus King seems enthusiastic about encouraging cooperation and consolidation among state communities Gagnon said putting some state funds where his rhetoric has been and Gagnon said In the past Gagnon has noted local municipalities already cooper ate successfully on some aspects of solid waste disposal and on mutual aid arrangements for fighting fires He has suggested more coopera tive opportunities may exist in ser vice areas including General Assistance code enforcement police fire and public works Winslow and Waterville have tried to initiate a joint fire service study in recent months but have had little success convincing other local municipalities to back it Part of the problem seems to be a general lack of interest in doing any thing other than improving current mutual aid arrangements for fire fighting Gagnon said If the study is to accomplish any thing it must focus on areas of cooperation that are priorities with every community Gagnon said Chairman Roland Michaud noted the study has since been broadened into a more comprehen sive review of cooperative possibili ties Michaud said Winslow stands ready to meet with other communi ties at their convenience hope this will save us some tax dollars a move in the right direction I Michaud said The council gave final approval to a Evaiuatidn and Transition designed to promote access to municipal services and programs for disabled persons Adopting such a plan is one requirement of a $330000 state grant the town received in August to assist the Crowe Rope expansion The council also a plan to lease the old library to the Congregational Church in exchange for all maintenance and utility pay ments connected with the building The alternative would have been to appropriate between $3000 $5000 for the upkeep of the building In other business councilors held a first reading on a resolution to abate $7448 in back taxes that have been deemed uncollectible Readfield drug bust yields marijuana grown in large Somerset operation By ALAN CROWELL near the base when found and Staff Writer were as large as 15 inches by late READIELD our law enforcement agencies swooped down on a Readfield home Monday in a drug bust that resulted from the discovery of marijuana plants measuring as much as 15 inches in circumference Alan Wagner 46 was arrested about 4 pm at his Lewis Road res idence About 1H pounds of marijuana and $2500 in cash were found at the home Sgt Randall Libert of the Kennebec County Office said Monday night Wagner surrendered without incident The Readfield man faces charges for drug trafficking for the marijuana found at his house as well as his alleged involvement in a large and sophisticated grow operationjnwestern Somerset County Detective Sgt Carl Gottardi HI of the Somerset County Sheriffs Office said Monday night that Wagner has been charged by his agency with trafficking in excess of 2 pounds of marijuana Marijuana seized from a grow operation discovered in western Somerset County in late September was very conservative ly estimated at between 30 and 40 Marijuana seized in western Somerset County was very con servatively estimated at between 30 and 40 pounds dried pounds dried according to Gottardi The exact location of the September As big as the plants were how ever he said their quality was more significant they were just very high quality he said All of the plants were female female plants yield buds the most potent and marketable part of the plant and yielded as much as 4 to 5 pounds of processed marijua na rom late September to December the investigation crossed county lines as law enforcement agencies searched for the identity of the far flung oneration was not released growers The Readfield man was traced find more and more often from the grow oneration through people are not growing marijuana an ongoing multi jurisdictional in the town or county where they investigation according to police jare said Gottardi Maine Drug Enforcement Agency officials and the MaineWarden Service also participated in the raid Gottardi and Wayde Carter of the Maine Warden Service discov Carter said he and Gottardi Tound the plants through a cooper "ative effort which is also becoming more common as different agen cies share information on many issues ered the plants in an undisclosed location in July and conducted sur veillance on the grow until late September when the plants were harvested by law enforcement agencies Gottardi said the stalks of the plants ranged from six to 13 inches we can work together we get a lot more he said Also found in the search of residence were marijua na plants items used to cultivate marijuana plants and items which link the Readfield man to the grow operation according to Gottardi Area ski resorts off to snowy season start By DANIELLE MALKA Associated Press Writer NEWBURY NH While most people groaned over lost power and clogged roadways caused by more than a foot of heavy wet snow over the weekend ski area operators across northern New England hailed the storm as a great start to the holiday ski season In Maine Sugarloaf USA in Carrabassett Valley got 22 inches of snow while Sunday River in Bethel received 16 inches And in Vermont all but a few areas were open probably be skiing into said Mark Latti spokesman for Sugarloaf USA just kept com ing Even with Christmas just around the comer the new snow beckoned skiers to the slopes instead of the malls and ski operators hope the early enthusiasm will keep people coming back through Christmas and New vacations Snowstorms are good for busi ness because they get people think ing about skiing said Sunday River spokesman Skip King serious skiers the people that live for skiing know that the resorts can make a lot df snow But the recreational sjrier still needs to see the white stuff in their back he said looks good for the Christmas CARD THANKS The family of Andrew Kollar Sr would like to thank the many friends and family for the cards flowers and food during our loss someone we loved Special thanks goes to the Hospice of Somerset County The Kollar amily USDJL Select Leaner Steer Beet KIRSCHNtM REEZER socials 2L CHEESE CHlOgN 'SK SK I3t (10 LB LOTS) I (10 IB LOTS) I (5 is BLOCK) I (IQ IB LOTS) I GROUND CHUCK GROUND rvKis KUtSCHNCM NC RANKS GRADS A CHICKEN ortin's Meat Market HOURS: Charland St Winslow We Sell Western Steer Beef 872 5255 We Accept USD A ood Coupons AMERICAN CHEESE 21.

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