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Montreal mourns: Page 17 Sugar Ray wins: Page 25 Central fflaiti craft 7 Vol 86 No 234 riday Decembers 1989 WatervilleWinslow Maine 44 Pages 35 Cents St Pierre Environmental issues to get big play in '90 guilty Page 2 More on GUILTY Page 8 Heating meh use corn on the job ft More on SHELTER Page 8 it! Capitol Hill Hospital is a non in AM HI resignation By KENNETH CHUTCHIAN Capitol Hill Hospital approached Guy Gannett Service fiity0 aW Unning the VERSE: I will say of the Lord He is my refugee and my fortress: my God in him will I trust He shall cover thee with his feath ers and under his wings Shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler Psalms 91:24 (King James Version) Mass murder Scary Santa Some kids just like him: Page 33 Phfi Schneider vice president of corporate communications for the parent group Me dAtlantic Health Care Group agreed it was the search committee not Meyer who ini tiated the talk of his career change Schneider said talks with Mey er began in early October and a deal was reached this week He de clined to provide details Asked if Meyer raised the issue of a commitment to AMHI Schnei der said know what defi nition of commitment you not verv interested in local Schneider said don want to get mvolved We are By JOE RANKIN Sentinel Staff Index AIRIELD A Superior Court judge has ordered the town to allow Jan Lightfoot to open a homeless shelter in a residential neighborhood 4 But the order may have come a year too late The house she wanted to use has since been sold Active Retired Superior Court Justice Robert Browne said in his order signed a week ago that the airfield Land Use Board of Appeals denied the special excep tion on a provision in the town ordi nance which goes beyond the authority Lightfoot said Thursday that the house at 7 Preble St which she wanted to purchase for the shelter was sold a few days ago Although she will continue to look at other locations for a shelter she said the litigation which started after the April 5 decision did set the opening of her shelter back a year But she added she was happy that the court ruled in her favor be cause it will affect her future plans in case she decides later to locate a shelter in another residential area of airfield they use that part (207) 873 3341 sanKfi Energy and Natural Resources Com and local review mittee agrees saying there is "major and very potential for en vironmental improvement Right now the proposed bills exist only in title with a brief abstract out lining their intent Over the next few weeks they will be drafted and printed However even titles and abstracts show that the legislation covers a wide range of environmental issues There are bills that would: call for paper companies to re duce water coloring emissions call for industries to reduce their use of toxic chemicals require the Public Utilities Com mission to consider harm to the envi ronment in reviews of proposals for generating facilities prohibit the development of so called subdivisions of ten used by developers to skirt state Sentinel photo by Daniel Austin George Doyle loads shelled corn instead of wood into the Dovetec's self feeding hopper to fire up the stove streams and rivers ft The Legislature is expected to deal with a total of 500 to 600 bills 86 of which will be carried over from this year By mid November the legis lative leadership had already ap proved 366 bills for submission While they generally agree that the big environmental initiatives are miss ing legislators environmentalists in s' dustry representatives and state environmental officials generally agree the upcoming emergency ses sion could yield some important ac tions are some proposals that could mark this session as a sig ss? nificant move forward for en said Karin Tilberg a lobbyist for the Maine Audubon Socie ty State Sen Judy Kany Water ville who co chairs the ville on Oct 7 1988 He told the court he killed Grover because she bit him during oral sex St lawyers who sought a man slaughter verdict which is punishable by 20 ft years in jail said an appeal is likely have to evaluate but an appeal is al most automatic in a case like said lead i defense attorney Thomas Tilton of Waterville Prosecutor Rae Ann rench of the state at torney office said she has advised the family members of their right to file a victim impact statement before St Pierre is sentenced Such statements typically contain a sen tence recommendation and have become a considerable factor among judges in determin ing prison sentences Like other recent murder trials in Maine St was marked by an admission to the crime followed by claims that circumstances and alcohol impairment make the killing man slaughter not murder As a result the proceedings focused largely on the extent of St criminal responsi bility is found Calendar Classified Comics Crossword Editorials Entertainment Helolse Landers: Movies Obituaries Sports' Sportsmen Say Stocks TV listings WEATHER: Sunny and cold ri day Mostly sunny Saturday Pago 7 LOTTERY: Thursday's winners: 1 2 2 and 7 25 3134 443031 3118 19 22 3O30 22 725 2928 20 22 played an important role in her uuouauu uuvidiuii lu icctvc rtUKUo less than three months as supenn tendent William Meyer 49 resigned from AMHI Wednesday Mrs Meyer told the Kennebec Journal Thursday she liked Maine but she did not want to jeopardize her career by taking a job at lower skill level than she is qualified for Mrs Meyer is the director of the neonatal intensive care unit at Iowa Methodist Health ounda rinn i are just verv few of these jobs in she said in a interested in Dr telephone interview from Des Capitol Hill Hospital is a non Moines Iowa interviewed at profit 250 bed adult acute care fa several places and I have several cility with six patient floors Built jobs still pending but I just in 1888 it is small by Washington hospital standards hospital offi ciais said it employs oou pnysi cians and it encompasses about 319000 square feet It is not a teaching hospital and officials said It does have a so phisticated diabetes program and a sports medicine program Meyer said he did not know who would run AMHI on an interim ba sis in the event a successor is not found by the time he leaves The most likely candidate for the inter im superintendent post is Rick Hanley who has filled in on past occasions ore on AMHI Page 8 order newspaper publishers to use paper with recycled content commission a study of the use of herbicides and another that would pro hibit use of them within the Allagash Wilderness Waterway force biomass power plants that i use wood to get at least half their fuel from waste wood or face reductions in their revenues provide money to train volunteers to help the DEP staffers with field work and environmental education ef forts Bond issue proposals already sub mitted include $20 million to cap combined sewer overflows $20 million for towns for trash handling i equipment $75 million for conserva tion and recreation land acquisition More on BILLS Page 8 ARMINGTON Two local heating tycoons George Doyle and Steve Robbins think their latest offering is the greatest thing since sliced corn bread ueled by shelled corn the 36000 BTU Dovetec heating unit Doyle and Robbins have for sale at their Maine lame Heating Co is going to revolutionize the heating industry by cutting fuel bills in half they say According to the pair Doyle a building contrac tor from Massachusetts and Robbins a business man from Jay all the customer has to do is load 70 pounds of shelled corn into the self feed ing hopper fire it up adjust the controls and sit back and enjoy warm comfortable heat for the next 48 hours Those 48 hours of heat based on shelled corn prices at $450 for a 50 pound bag will cost the con sumer $6 Monthly heat bills based on those figures would come to $90 or more But according to Doyle there are going to be days when turning the Dovetec up to half flame going to be necessary so monthly heat bills shouldn't cost more than $70 And there are many other advantages to burning shelled corn than just lowering heating bills accord ing to Robbins i need a chimney with our stove All you need is a 6 inch vent through the said Robbins a fan inside the vent that sucks in air and one that takes out any smoke But there real ly any smoke And there any creosote build up Installation of the Dovtec heater Is also another plus for the homeowner according to Robbins The clearance rating allows it to be installed near a wall without worry had one of the stoves going full tilt and put ft my hand right on the back of it and there was no problem It hot at said Robbins Because his stoves burn creosote free they re quire little or no maintenance said Robbins Dual blowers circulate heated air into the home through four hot air vents Robbins and Doyle also consider their stove more environmentally and energy efficient than stoves which burn wood or coal is a renewable resource and a huge surplus of said Doyle takes 20 years to grow a tree but only a few months to grow However the invention has its detractors More on CORN Page 8 AUGUSTA Outlawing the use of ozone destroying CCs in auto air con ditioners reducing the use of toxics in workplaces and training volunteers to help the state Department of Environ mental Protection the envi i Those are only a sample of some 60 bills with an environmental bent that will be taken up in the second session of 114th Legislature in Jan uary by one count the second larg est topic after social and human resource issues And before lawmakers go to work next month the McKeman adminis tration is expected to submit a dozen more including a major water reclas sification bill covering much of the INSIDE TODAY a AtvlinnnnA ArfAinnl VA U1V mnaiit aziuiAi 112XJ Wife's career factor said that although the court ruled in favor it mean that Lightfoot has a better chance to receive a special excep tion the next time around if a simi lar situation should occur He pointed out that other factors 1 1 1 2 41 WUU1U Diav in Ulv IXHLTU 5 UcL lolOD He also said that he feels badly AUGUSTA Elizabeth Meyer that the decision came too played an important role in her late for Lightfoot to make arrange decision to leave Augus ments to purchase the Preble Mental Health Institute after A A HAm VHmzxa Jia street nouse Deiore me nome was sold won the battle but she lost AUGUSTA A jury Thursday found Mi chael St Pierre of Waterville guilty of murder in the brutal slaying of Carlene Grover last year I The 9 man 3 woman panel returned the ver dict following 3M hours of deliberations amid 78 niATAR nf Avidpnpp and vnl times of testimony St Piafta whn shnwAd little emotion during the lapsed at the defense table and sobbed openly when the verdict was read The 21 year old now faces a minimum of 25 years in prison and a maximum of life without parole Sentencing was delayed by Chief Superior Court Justice Morton A Brody who ordered are sentencing investigation of the convicted Many members of family of 11 si blings have attended the trial since it opened Monday They reacted with grim satisfaction to the verdict got what he said the 35 year old sister Julie Hinkley motoer also said she was pleased with the verdial but added was nothing compared tit it was like for St Pierrjglsamitted in court to beating the speech and Karing impaired woman with a Sweetness couiant wait Mrs Meyer declined to say where she had interviewed in Maine A spokeswoman for one of the largest hospitals Maine Medical Center in Portland said it does not have a trauma center me nospuai naa a poncy oi not re vealipg the identity of job appli cants to the public Noting that she could not move to Maine without a job or without a job that enhanced her career Mrs Meyer said the strain of living in Iowa while her husband lived in Maine contributed to his decision to take a job in Washington DC did not enjoy the separa Hnn caid Meyer maintains officials of By DANIEL AUSTIN Sentinel Staff By KM LEIGHTON Sentinel Staff airfield shelter backed by court By JOANNE HONG Sentinel Staff ft i a ft ft A 'ft ''ft? gWML 'a 1 fiUBk kg 7 we1 'UM Iw Sentinel photo by Ron Maxwell Colby College students and faculty along with residents backdrop of candlelight Irt the Lorimer Chapel partici from the surrounding area celebrated the start of the pants sang carols and heard performances by several col Christmas season with lights and carols Thursday with lege groups The celebration will be repeated riday night the 20th annual estival of Carol and Lights Against a beginning at 7 pm lrT mmmm "is Wk A W's I Ct kj" a J' yf ij 3 'I laHNKf i rr.