Kennebec Journal from Augusta, Maine • 3

'rwrw ipwyyi1 KDRZBEC Nmu AUGUSTA MAINE FMDAY MARCH 801990 3 LOCAL New roof needed at Fort Western 1 sooner than city officials to leave the existing roof in place The old asphalt surface provided structural reinforcement he raid It may not have been a construction mistake hie said Also less was known' 10 years ago about asphalt and shingled roofing the foundation and sidewalls' that roof is the final summation in getting that building preserved As long' as given reasonable maintenance we should be in very good 'shape for many years to come is additional work that we are going to have to do in there but the exterior is nearly The building still needs new paint on the trim and around the windows he raid The being done on the roof by the -Dow company also includes repairing the chimney caps replacing flashing and reshingling the dormers Zimmerman said Thousands of visitors including school classes visit the museum and old colonial store annually Officials strive to make -the museum more real in its exhibits by displaying artifacts and tools as they -would have been used originally The store has been restocked with supplies and tools that have been made specifically as replicas in some cases In most instances however -the museum contains original uten- sils and exhibits It opens for public tours later in the spring By GEORGE MANLOVE Staff Writer AUGUSTA'' The final stage of renovations begun three years ago at historic Fort Western Museum has reached a peak as contractors are nearly halfway through roof restoration work Workers last few weeks have been replacing wooden shingles that rotted ipuch sooner than city officials expected said museum director Jeffrey Zimmerman has happened in the last five years is hard to imagine the way those shingles have he said The roof project will cost about $20000 Half of that will come from the Fort Western Museum budget and half from two grants from the Maine Historic Preservation Commission for $5000 and $5500 It is a project that was not expected to be necessary so soon Zimmerman said For that reason the job was not listed among those proposed to be accomplished with money from a $440000 bond issue voters authorized in 1985 That bond included with the bond that 1 paid for the new City Center provided for the restoration of the foundation and other parts of the 236-year-old military supplies garrison 1 The restoration work was done in 1987 and 1988 Officials discovered last year the roof also needed work Zimmerman said After competitive bidding the project was cohtracted to Dow -Roofing Co Division of Contractors Group in Hallowed for $19700 Zimmerman said The roof was reshingled in 1975 but contractors at the time put new wooden shingles over the existing asphalt shingles Zimmerman said That allow enough air circulation he said and the wood rotted Zimmerman who did not work for the city at the time did not know who did the work or why wood shingles were hailed onto asphalt shingles I know is it happened during the bicentennial (celebration) and the dty put the shingles on at the he said -i- In retrospect Zimmerman said there may have been good reason for workers fly Zhnmenmn MutRUffldbBCtpf than is known now' he raid Meanwhile the project is going well and should be completed in April Zimmerman said the roof work will bring most of the restoration work to an end Remaining are minor projects and regular maintenance work he said think an important project because with what we've done with STUCK TRUCK New hours at China landfill CHINA Beginning Sunday the China landfill schedule will revert to its spring and summer schedule Sunday hours will be eliminated and the solid waste collection site will be open Monday from 6 am to 4 pm and Wednesday Friday and Saturday from 8 am to 4 pm said Town Manager Gary Brown 2 arrested bn drug charges AUGUSTA Two men in Clinton were arrested and charged with aggravated trafficking after they accepted a 35-pound shipment of marijuana from a policeman dressed as a delivery man District Attorney David Crook said at a press conference Thursday 1 Brian Carrigan 39 of Newport and Michael Plante 38 or Clinton are being held in the Kennebec County Jail and will be arraigned today feel we have interrupted and stopped a major distribution point in Clinton Crook said With the ottoman-sized bale of marijuana perched on a table Crook explained the bust was made after police jn Tucson Ariz called the Bureau of Intergovernmental Drug Enforcement on Wednesday to say the shipment was being flown into Waterville by a common carrier Using a dope-sniffing dog police found the box of marijuana packed with plastic foam They inspected it and wrapped it up again Crook said One of the policemen then borrowed a uniform from the earner company and took the box to 8 Pear St in Clinton at 3:15 pm Carrigan and Plante threw the box in the back of a truck and quickly drove away Crook said They were stopped immediately and arrested Crook said he knows of at least two similar shipments in the past three weeks That marijuana already has made its way into the community Crook said the bust will have a of an on Kennebec and Somerset counties and other areas in Maine Tanker delayed in Portland PORTLAND (GGS) The Coast Guard prevented a Norwegian oil tanker from entering -Portland Harbor Thursday morning untilit passed an inspection officials said The tanker earlier had leaked 5000 gallons of crude oil into the Atlantic Ocean off the Scottish coast according to Coast Guard Lt Susan Woodruff Guardsmen inspected the Jahre Prince an 800-foot tanker from Norway as it floated near the large navigational buoy 13 miles from Portland After the inspection the ship proceeded to Portland Pipe Line where oil was unloaded Woodruff said the local office was notified Wednesday that the tanker had leaked about 5000 of the 21 million gallons it had on board The hull sustained a crack during a storm she said Tanker crew members had transferred the remaining oil from the leaking tank to the other six tanks on board the vessel she said then patched the fracture with cement Woodruff said local inspectors on Thursday discovered the crack was 18 inches long but determined the ship posed no threat to the environment tank was empty and the rest of the vessel is structurally sound she said Woodruff said the captain is banned from putting fuel into the damaged tank until it is repaired Bridgton lawyer reprimanded PORTLAND (AP) A Bridgton lawyer was publicly reprimanded by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court for using his legal stationery and taking actions as an attorney during a time when he was suspended from the practice of law Neil MacKerron also was ordered to pay $500 to the Board of Overseers of the Bar for the costs of jhe case that led to the reprimand The actions were ordered in a two-page decision that was signed Wednesday by Justice Caroline Glassman and made available Thursday 1 do not feel that these acts constitute in the practice of I will appeal this decision to the full Maine Supreme Judicial Court MacKerron said after reviewing the ruling Documents filed in the case by the board indicate that MacKerron was suspended from practicing law for 18 months effective in September 1988 The court found that MacKerron violated the terms of his suspension during that period by writing several letters under his legal letterhead including one to a judge acknowledging as an attorney his signature on a quit-claim deed and designating himself as pro in a lawsuit against his ex-wife and her attorneys Kannabae Journal I DAVID MacOONALD A Suburban Propane truck was stuck on Riverside Drive Thursday afternoon when one of its wheels sank into mud on the shoulder of the road the police said The accident occurred about 4 pm as the driver was turning to make a delivery The driver Willis Turner said ha at first thought the axle had broken The police said a broken water mein near the accident scene turned the shoulder of the road into mud The truck was cleared from the scene about 46 minutes later the police said Crews were working Thursday night to repair the water main the police said 'Fresh lead' reported in Webb murder case By TOM FARKAS Staff Writer WINTHROP State police Thursday said they interviewed a man who provided first new in months regarding last murder of Pamela Webb- is a fresh lead something we have not had in several months" said Stephen McCausland spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety is far too early to tell where this lead will end The Guy Gannett Service reported the man whom police neither would describe nor identify provided information about a weapon and a man with a history of violence toward women know where (this new information) will McCausland cautioned of fresh leads in this case have been investigated and most have led to dead ends" Police interviewed the man Wednesday after a Portland television station contacted State Police Sgt Michael Amman with information about murder McCausland also declined to comment on whether the man had been released after the interview and whether the man is an inmate somewhere this time we have no Harriman said Thursday newscaster) Richard Rose Is the one that' brought us the that prompted police to interview the man Harriman raid was notified by Rose Tuesday evening At the time he indicated he wanted to talk to us As a result of that we conducted an with the man The interview came nearly nine months after Webb 32 who had lived in Winthrop was abducted late July 1 from the Maine Turnpike near the Biddeford exit where her pickup was found with a flat tire Her body was discovered July 19 in Franconia NH The interview also marks the second time the press has provided police with information regarding the crime Inquiries from a New Hampshire newspaper reporter previously led police to identify body McCausland said we talk about Harriman said have much of a choice when a news station brings it to police have all of the information that we were able to find Mike Carque the news director said Thursday do not want to interfere in any way with the police investigation It is a very difficult and complicated Carque said the man who contacted the station us to remain as confidential as we can He agreed to talk to the Virginia Webb who is mother said Thursday just know that they (police) have talked to somebody I expect them to tell us everything They told us not to get our hopes Mrs Webb said she understands the need for police to keep information confidential: wouldn't want it any other way" She said the man whom police interviewed may have seen one of the letters family members and friends have been distributing in an effort to publicize the crime The letters were distributed in hopes of gaining public support to persuade producers of the nationwide television crime program to include a segment about the murder but the producers have indicated the show probably could not help in this case That program is shown on WCSH-TV Carque said he knew of no connection between the attempts to get the crime on the show and the decision to contact the station about the murder think it should be brought to attention that we want this thing Mrs Webb said sure my husband (Kenneth) and I would sleep a lot better at Mrs Webb also expressed ongoing frustration about the murder: just understand how anybody can do a thing like that in the first Gil fuels Wales junkyard fire added Firefighters were on the scene from Wales Sabattus Greene Monmouth Leeds Litchfield Dr-den Manchester Minot Auburn and Lisbon Falls Central Maine Power Co cut power to the area about an hour after the fire began Siderio said WCBB-TV Channel- 10 which uses a transmitter located near the fire scene went off the air between 6:30 and 8:30 pm because of the power loss according to the telemarketing manager Lori Surdachi by the time the first firefighters arrived The trailer that Veilleux apparently lived in was saved the fire chief reported An old school bus several junked vehicles white goods newspapers batteries and tires were spread around the property according to neighbors and the fire chief any junkyard it was a potential Siderio said The junk- that was spread around the property the fuel tanks the narrowness of the road and the distant water source all made the fire difficult and dangerous to fight he WALES (AP) A junkyard fire Thursday night destroyed four buildings and drove an elderly man from his home officials said Eleven area fire departments responded to the blaze which spread rapidly as oil diesel fuel and propane tanks exploded throughout the night There were no reports of injuries Fire Chief Alfred Siderio Jr called the blaze suspicious He quoted neighbors as saying they saw two children running from the scene shortly after the fire broke out around 5:30 pm The state Fire Office was called in to investigate 'Later Thursday night neighbors and the junkyard owner Wilfred Veilleux 85 watched anxiously from nearby homes as the blaze spread over two acres and firefighters struggled to get water up Oak Hill to tne fire scene The fire was contained on the junkyard grounds as pumpers worked relays from a stream on Route 197 and about 100 firefighters fought the flames Siderio raid Veilleux said he heard an explosion in a garage by the road and saw flames shooting up the sides of the building The fire moved quickly in a chain reaction spreading to an old three-story house shed and two warehouses according to Siderio who raid all the structures were in flames MERIT POOLS IsN 9 Orchard Street-Augusta ME 04330-(207) 622-6792 Hours: Mon-Fri 10-4 New Hours Starting April 2nd: Mon-Fri 10-5 Sat 9-5 "WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR ANOTHER SEASON" Beat the spring rush and order your swimming pool now Watch for our annual sale on chemicals! 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Come to the 1st annual TRANSITION SERVICES FAIR to meet with people who can help Sponsored by the Southern Kennebec Transition Council 4 1 April 2nd Saturday March 3 1 1990 10 to 3 pm SHAME SHAME SHAME Again this year the Veteran and employees of the VA are enduring the adversities of Inadequate funding For too many years the health benefits of the Veterans of el eras have decreased along with the quality of care they receive AFGE members as direct providers for many of the services to our nation's veterans are concerned that al American veterans receive the full range of benefits and services to which they are entitled Better than anyone the AFGE understand tte Impact Inadequate funding has had on the veterans and on employees We have suffered the stress physical fatigue and frustration from lack of much needed staffing equipment supplies and maintenance We have heard the theme "Get more for less" repeated time after time We have little left to give It Is Inescapable that service to veterans will continue to deteriorate as the existing staff Is squeezed further asked to do more with less and forced to take away from one service In order to provide for another We must have the adequate funding as provided In the Independent Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs as proposed by Veteran Benefit organizations and the American Federation of Government Employees SUPPORT DVA FUNDING IT IS A SMALL PRICE for PEACE AFGE LOCAL 2610 VA HOSPITAL' TOGUS MAINE i Quality Fashions for Women Gardiner Regional Junior High School Cafeteria (Rt 126 GaniinA Turnpike Exit 14) i i Student and Child Care will be provided Call Janet or Marlon at 626-3429 if you have questions or need transportation 16 Miin Stiver Winthrop 377-8046 i New Hours Daily 10 5 Saturday 10 4 Closed Sundays.