Morning Sentinel from Waterville, Maine • 7

INSIDE GOING ELECTRONIC: ish and game licenses to be on computer B6 Editor: Anthony Cristan 861 9249 mail: acristancentralmainecom Local miirnitiij Sentinel Tuesday November 21 2000 IN WINSLOW Saint Amand prevails in recount By DOUG HARLOW Staff Writer WINSLOW The vote count was closer the second time around but the result was the same Gerald Saint Amand of Outer Clinton Avenue officially was de clared the winner of an at large seat on the Town Council after a ballot recount Monday Saint Amand 57 de feated two term incum bent Councilor Paul Man son by just six votes in the ini tial count at the close of balloting Nov 7 The differ ence after the recount Monday was five votes Saint Amand received 1871 votes to 1866 It was the only contested race on the local ballot Voter turnout was about 72 percent was pretty much a case where nothing Town Clerk Elizabeth A urman said af ter the recount Manson picked up one vote and he was Manson attended the recount Monday in the Town Office confer ence room Saint Amand did not Council Chairman Roland Michaud was present for the open ing of the sealed ballot box along with Town Manager Edward A Gagnon Councilor John McQuil lan Deputy Town Clerk Pamela Smiley and election clerk Patricia MANSON OS JS emald In addition to his two terms on the Town Council Man son 52 previ ously spent two years on the Planning Board and four years on the Zoning Board Manson called for a recount last week after the close Election Day outcome He had five business days from Election Day to appeal the vote and call for a recount Saint Amand 57 has been the credit manager for Ware Butler Inc a Maine lumberyard chain for more than 25 years He formerly served on the Zoning Board of Ap peals Contacted at work Monday Saint Amand praised election officials and his opponent saying he wel comed a rematch in two years just happy that the lorida recount fever has come and gone in Winslow he said urman said votes tallied on the automatic tabulation machines did PHAIR will retire at the end of next month Pooler said the search for a new principal started Oct 5 Of nine can didates who applied two were inter viewed he said Phair says he will continue to live in Manchester His wife Karen is a Their son Joshua is a senior at Bowdoin College in Brunswick and their daughter Jessica is a fresh: man at University of Maine at Orono A whitewater rafting guide Phair said he will take an 18 day trip to the Grand Canyon starting Dec 22 and will raft the Colorado River before starting hits new job in Waterville 7 nmvnl has such a great Waterville Public Schools Superin technology coordinator a guidance Ward 7 moved to hire school system They have been lead ers in technology they have been School Assistant Principal Paul Pooler was an outstanding candi Pooler said before meeting started were veiy for tunate at this time of the year to find that kind of quality candidate Phair will replace Eric Haley tendent Edward LeBlanc and an 11 member search committee head leaders in Learning Results ed up by Waterville Senior High and 1 think that the people ot tms town are committed to having a good education for the students I got one and that was a long time A 1974 Waterville Senior High School graduate Phair has a mas degree in special education from the University of Maine at Orono and a degree in who will replace LeBlanc LeBlanc special education from University ot Maine at armington This is his seventh year as princi pal of Livermore alls High School Rpfnrp fhaf hp was nrinrinal nf Georges Valiev Hish School in The search committee consisted ucation unanimously gave its ap Thomaston for five years of three administrators three high i 1 1 1 1 to have a strong team that will advoj New administrator a 1974 graduate of high school students inwate Phair came recommended by both school teachers the school Board member Wayne TheriaulL 5 rnau office secretary a student and two Phillips Sandy Ward 3 seconded his members of the public Pooler said motion Lee Cabana chairman ot tne Roard of Education introduced Phair on Monday after the board teacher at Mount Vernon Elemen emerged from a half hour executive tary School session to discuss ms candidacy Phair is a local guy who has come home and we welcome him Cabana said noth ing like coming Asked for his philosophy of educa tion Phair replied: philosophy is very simple It is kids come He said he believes his skills can lend themselves to continuing the great efforts already in place in Wa To reach Amy Calder terville Phone: 861 9247 think that hopefully going mail: acaldercentralmaineconr Waterville names new principal By AMY CALDER Staff Writer WATERVILLE A former Elm City man who currently is Liver more rails tngn School princi pal was named Monday night as the new prin cipal of Water ville Senior High School Scott Phair 49 of Manchester will start the job early in Janu ary really excited about the op portunity to be Phair said Monday night after the Board of Ed OSHI Decorating for the season Staff photo JIM EVANS Mary Daigneault positions one of the Christmas window decorations going up In Stationers on Monday evening as part of the downtown Waterville display contest I 1 I vJL tHi 'i I a wf i Jt I 1 11 r'f7rar! fe 4 TV A'1" 1 JIT Oo ar 9 Hampton Inn developers plan plea for tax break By COLIN HICKEY Staff Writer WATERVILLE The develop ment company constructing a $32 million Hampton Inn off Kennedy Memorial Drive argues a tax break for its project is a move that will benefit the entire community Jamie A LeBlanc a partner in Yarmouth based Vickery Co said the 81 room Hampton Inn repre sents economic development that brings a significant number of jobs to the area and broadens the tax base At the same time LeBlanc said the type of tax break his company seeks does not reduce the amount of tax revenue his hotel would gen erate for the city way this is he said of the tax break plan cost the city of Waterville anything in LeBlanc will make his case in front of city councilors Tuesday night in City Council chambers A public hearing on the issue is scheduled at 7 pm and the council is expected to take action on the proposal later that evening City Council Chairman Paul Poulin Ward 2 said he under stands the revenue neutral impact of the tax break which is called tax increment financing or TI But Poulin while acknowledging the plan would not have a negative tax impact on the city argues a TI is a local economic development tool best used to benefit companies that provide jobs with good salaries and benefits Poulin said a new hotel creates jobs but the majority of those posi tions are low paying service jobs just feel hotels and mo tels and restaurants should be re ceiving he said Poulin also said the city risks set ting a dangerous precedent if it ap proves a TI for Hampton Inn would be able to come would be giving the wrong message to businesses and City Council Chairman Paul Poulin in and ask for a he said would be giving the wrong message to businesses and Mayor Nelson Madore expressed a more mixed view of Vickery request Madore said he wants to encour age business growth in the city but realizes that a TI is best used for projects that provide quality jobs they get the TI it upset me very he said they get it I be upset very LeBlanc argues the tax break is a measure to help Hampton Inn through its initial years of operation when expenses are greatest He also noted that his hotel faces a much higher tax burden than oth er lodging facilities in town because its cost per room valuation is near ly four times higher than the aver age for its counterparts What his company seeks he said is simply some help for a short peri od the tax break plan covers six years are not the type of developer that has its hands out saying give us some said just thought we needed this to help us become a first class To reach Colin Hickey Phone: 861 9205 mail: chickeycentralmainecom not have to be recounted She said Manson requested a re count on absentee ballots and on the so called redlined ballots valid votes that were rejected by the vot ing machine The town clerk said the votes were redlined and had to be count ed by hand because the voters used something other than the approved ballot pen to mark their election choice Nov 7 took the pen out of their pocket or they put an by the name rather than connect the ar Please see RECOUNT B2 Accused SAHS teacher put on paid administrative leave Staff report SKOWHEGAN A Skowhegan Area High School teacher has been put on paid administrative leave pending investigation into a charge of indecent conduct at a sauna at Colby College in Waterville Robin Lishemess 50 of 23 Pleas ant St was charged by Waterville police in connection with the alleged incident reported riday night by a 25 year old Waterville man have taken Assistant Superintendent Andrew McAuliff of School Administrative District 54 said Monday we asked that Robin not be teaching We put him on administrative leave while we do our McAuliff could not say how long the investigation might take Waterville police Deputy Chief Joseph Massey said Monday that Lisherness allegedly went into the sauna at the fieldhouse and inappropriately exposed himself to another man at around 6:30 pm riday guy in there with him watched when he went outside and also walked outside and got his plate Massey said Contacted at his home Monday Lishemess declined comment Lisherness has been a member of Skowhegan Area Eng lish department since the early 1970s and also is the dra ma director He has led the acting and prize speaking teams to win numerous statewide awards After being interviewed at the police station Lisherness was summonsed and charged with indecent conduct a Class misdemeanor punishable by a $500 fine or six months in jail police said 2 Under Maine law a person iff guilty of public indecency if he of She knowingly exposes his or hec genitals in a way that is likely to cause or or with the intention they be seen from a 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