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Assault charges filed against Monmouth man NEl'JS IN BRIEF By TOM FARKAS Staff Writer Maine retirees to meet today AUGUSTA Mary Gerwin chief of itaff for the US Senate Select Committee will be die key-note speaker at annual meeting of the Maine Association of Retirees Is- The meeting will open at 10 am at the Augusta Civic Center with remarks SAD 11 board moves meeting place GARDINER school board meeting has been moved from the office to Gardiner Area High School to accommodate what is expected to be a large crowd Chairman Vincent DiCara said At the meeting scheduled for 7 pm the SAD 11 board will issue its final list of cuts to be made from the proposed $12 million budget for 1992-93 The board has said it wants to keep spending at NORTH MONMOUTH A 36-year-old man who allegedly assaulted two family members and the police chief Tuesday was arrested after police stormed the Wilson Pond Road nome where he barricaded himself said Six members of the state police tactical team arrested Jerzy Sidor following a three-hour standoff He was confined in the Kennebec County jail Tuesday afternoon The standoff began about 10:43 am when Monmouth and Winthrop police attempted to -arrest Sidor on two assault charges Monmouth Police Chief Ken Latulippe said Police used a steel battering ram about 1:45 pm to force open the front door of the home where Sidor lives with his mother and sister two of the alleged assault Victims He was found standing in the living room and handcuffed within moments said state police Lt Gerald Coleman assistant commander of the tactical team No weapons were found in the home and the two family members had left the house prior to the standoff Neither police nor the alleged assault victims were injured Latulippe gave this account of the current levels to keep the budget from raising four SAD 11 communities of Ganu- taxes in the ner West Gardiner Randolph and Pittston To meet that goal officials have proposed $723000 in cuts that include at least 10 jobs nine sports teams and the industrial arts and home economics programs at the high school The board is expected Thursday to set a date for a districtwide vote Tom Fwfea photo Mam bars of tha stata police tactical team await the decision to storm the house in which Jerzy Sidor had barricaded himself Tuesday Tha man in the center bolds the battering ram used to force open the front door Sidney cancels extra meetings negotiator for police during situations involving standoffs or hostages police sister told police Kennebec District Court in May 1990 of assault He was fined $150 for that offense a court clerk said Tuesday -At least 12 police officers responded to events leading to the standoff About 7:45 am Sidor allegedly incident including Stewart ffic two officers apiece from Winthrop and SIDNEY Selectmen voted this week not to hold Thursday night meetings effective immediately until further notice The new administrative assistant has made it K'ble for the board to handle most of its less at one weekly meeting officials said' Superintendent Duke Albanese told selectmen that Jane Fenwick resigned her seat as representative on the SAD 47 Board of Directors Eunice Spooner will fill the position Upon their arrival at the house which is -near Back Street Sidor walked outside and ordered them off the property The chief said Sidor then punched him in the throat and ran inside the house locking and barricading the doors behind him At that point Latulippe called the state police for help The chief who plans to file a third assault charge against Sidor said that after getting punched he sprayed face with Mace but the chemical did not stop Sidor from running inside the house -Prior to the tactical storming of the house Trooper Paul Stewart attempted to call Sidor from a phone in the garage of a neighbor George Blaisdell Three calls went unanswered accordingijQ 5tewgrLwho3cryesM at the scene that her brother Tuesday morning was acting cruelly toward her and their mother 1 ho reason today he became awful agitated awful said the sister who along with her brother and mother is of Polish descent "You have to be very she said am scared He edn be very The sister also told police Sidor had similar problems in Poland before coming to America and that he is divorced Sidor who is unemployed has lived in Monmouth off-and-on for several years the chief said Police at the scene also were aware SjdorwasjcpnyictedJn Southern Monmouth six members of the state police tactical team and state police Lt Gerard Therrien Monmouth fire and rescue crews also responded The state police tactical team has a total of 15 members response that we had here was said Coleman who directed the team used force which was adequate to counter the Coleman said storming the house was necessary because police could not run the risk of Sidor leaving the house and hurting someone else assaulted and threatened to kill the two family members They then drove to the police station and reported the incident which had something to do with the mother leaving the house for a appointment Latulippe accompanied by two Winthrop police officers went to the house to arrest Sidor The chief said he asked for help because Sidor has had psychological problems and two years ago was involuntarily committed to a private psychiatric hospital Memorial Day flags available GARDINER Memorial Day flags for graves may be picked up at the local American Legion hall 46 Griffin St or at Oak Grove Cemetery Plummer Street Legion officials said uT celebrating Memorial Day 'on" May 30 its traditional date The annual parade will begin that day at 1(T am at the Armory The state is observing the holiday on Monday -For more information about the flags or the parade call the Legion at 382-9868 Few tickets sold yet for woman on spring Gardiner borrowing less money GARDINER City Manager Bruce Benway says there is good news in his request to borrow $730000 to keep the city runnihg in the fall as it awaits tax money: The amount is less than it was a year ago By MIKE LABERGE Staff Writer City councilors on Monday heard rboi recommendation that the city borrow the money GARDINER At age 30 Shara-iyn Ellis has faced more adversity than most people would wish on their enemies And she has beaten it each time And now just as a life-saving double-lung transplant appears within her grasp the Farmingdale woman at the time would improve the likelihood of a successful transplant by decreasing the time needed to get her there She had been undergoing treatment at Maine Medical Center in Portland to increase her strength She flew to Pittsburgh with her fiancee Jim Goranson who has born at her side throughout her ordeal 7 Friends and relatives were optimistic she finally would have the operation wife has put it on the prayer line clear across the father said But in late March her lungs began to bleed and she was moved from thenursing I If ii li- I ''I i i I i I through a tax anticipation note Benway said Tuesday the money would be used to cover expenses while awaiting tax payments in October and again in mid-March Without the loan the city most likely would run but of money to pay expenses The money would be borrowed July 1 and be due by June 30 1993 Benway said Gardiner in 1991 borrowed $973000 through a tax anticipation note for the current yean is significant because we will spend less money (iii interest) for the Benway said also means the cash flow problems of a year ago are By law city councilors can take no action on the request until after a public hearing A hearing is scheduled for June 1 at 7 pm at City Hall1 Here are the dates categories and some of the limitations: June 1 Wood debris and brush Limit of 4 cubic yards no obvious lot clearing or Small wood only June 8: White goods scrap metal Limit of two appliances (stoves refrigerators water tanks) -and two cubic yards of scrap metal -7 Furniture building debris and miscellaneous items Limit of three couches televisions mattresses beds carpets and one vehicle battery Limit of two cubic yards of plaster roofing insulation and linoleum1 Small objects must be in containers Unacceptable items include: unstickered items in excess of the quantities listed anything bigger than what two men can reasonably load liquids asbestos or other hazardous materials tires and improperly separated materials 1 Stickers are available at the treasurer's office at City Center at the public works garage oh North Street' and at Lithgow Public Library on-Winthrop Street AUGUSTA Tickets went on sale last weekend for the second annual pay-as-you-go municipal spring cleanup beginning June 1 and ending the week of June 15 Tickets rose this year from $4 to $10 per category after city councilors decided against subsidizing the program Three years ago the council eliminated spring and fall cleanup services which had been a free to save money' When the public complained the council reinstituted spring cleanup but required residents to buy stickers for different types of refuse wood debris brush -appliances scrap metals or fumjture But at $4 per sticker the city lost $12000 to $14000 according to public works director -John Charest As Of Tuesday! city officials had sold fewer than 50 stickers but Charest expected more to sign up as June 1 approaches expect get a big rush on stickers until the last week in he said- will wait until the last home to a Pittsburgh hospital Her lungs had bled once before threatening her life but she must summon her strength once more was all good and waiting for a transplant then a fever took said her father Glenwood Ellis of Pittston gotten so Ellis Shas cystic fibrosis a progressive disease that attacks the lungs She was diagnosed EUIS somehow pulled through Ellis also has developed a fever that doctors have been unable to trace She said she has been put on medication taken off medication and put through countless tests It is frustrating for her to know she cannot Undergo a transplant until the fever Subsides! Fortunately she said the two pairs of lungs that have become available have been too damaged for her Aody to receive been trying and trying to figure out what caused the fever'One day I will be fine and the next it will she said by telephone from Pittsburgh Tuesday felt at times just going to fly back home and die with my Yet through it all the improvements the disappointments the mood swings Augusta collects 3 tons of plastic AUGUSTA City officials have collected about 3 tons of plastic milk and water containers since the recycling program began accepting plastics three months ago according to public works director John Charest The financial return on plastics changes depending on the market Charest said but the dty will not have enough to sell until it collects a 10-bale truckload Each bale is almost 700 pounds of crushed and bound HDPE No 2 clear plastic-- -v supposedly is one of the better Charest said The city will not collect other grades of plastic or colored No 2 until a market for it Charest said at age 6 her father said arid doctors told her the odds were she would not live past 13 Ellis however proved them wrong Two yean ago she fought the state when officials said Medicaid would cover a heart-lung transplant but not the double-lung transplant Ellis needs to prolong her life She won arranging to have the operation at Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh considered a leader in the procedure The operation' doctors told her would hinge upon her health and the availability of lungs compatible with her own Plli appeared to have overcome her1 last obstacle Feb 12 when the state agreed to cover her stay at a Pittsburgh nursing home while she awaited donor lungs Being close to the hospital her doctor said Ellis appears to retain the strength that has helped her to survive the journey '-believe- everything-happens for a Ellis said have a lot of faith in the Lord I think He would bring me this far only to People may write to Ellis through the Shadyside Hospital 3230 Centre 'Ave Pitts1 burgh Pa- 15232 She is in room 428 at We have a plentiful supply of hardy vegetable seedlings as well as a good selection of seeds Plant now and enjoy a variety of delicious vegetables -this summer Plant enough for canning and continue to enjoy tasteful memories of your summer garden all winter I' 1 1 i For your flower garden we have annuals perennials and flower seeds and a good variety of flowering hanging baskets to brighten up your home America's top three toppings: Pepperoni -Mushrooms and Sausage on our better than everpizza fartet -VTW How Hbu Lite PlmM Home Cali Us: 622-1900 Sun-Yhuif 11AM -1 AM HOURS: Fn a su- ham mm If you're planning on landscaping your yard this summer we have trees 7 v- shrubs and rose Wishes in bur nursery :7 UftM tap arty Oivimf teMaMNOWMI t0f 0MH RrM tec Gardening Tip: Flower and vegetable seedlings should be hardened off before planting to avoid transplant shock On sunny days move them outdoors into the sun in a place protected from the wind Then bring them in on cold nights Keep well watered Do this for a period of 3 to 5 days -Your plants will be much stronger when they go into the ground 7 s- $100 OFF I ANY PIZZA Order any size pizza and onETsiS I SL00 Off Offer from 9 pm until close ciis-J available on delivbryj jfomer pays all tax(and and pick-Up deposit i Expires: 5-30-92 1 Expires-30-92 I Greenhouses Puddledock Road Manchester 622-5965 Open Monday-Friday 8-7' Saturday-Sunday 8-6 8 -1.