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SECTION A
THE STAR-HERALD
DECEMBER 22, 2010
Fort
MWSC promotes two, hires another Dead
River Co.
Fairfield
donates
housing
to Maine
project
charities
moves
forward
FORT FAIRFIELD – At the
Dec. 8 meeting of the Fort
Fairfield Rotary Club, Wayne
Troicke, executive director of the
Housing Authority of Fort
Fairfield, presented an update on
the Fort Fairfield Residential
Development Corp.’s efforts to
develop a 25-unit, elderly housing tax credit project.
The housing project, which
will be situated off Presque Isle
Street in Fort Fairfield, includes a
two-story building consisting of
five two-bedroom, and 20 onebedroom units. Plans are to heat
the building with a well-based
geothermal heating system and
the domestic hot water system
utilizing a solar-preheat system to
reduce its carbon footprint. The
units will serve low-income elderly/disabled residents in the Fort
Fairfield area that have a gross
income not exceeding 60 percent
of area median income.
Seven apartments will receive
Section 8 Project Based Voucher
assistance (two 2-bedroom units
and five 1-bedroom units). These
seven units are supported by a
HAP Contract, which obligates
funds toward Housing Assistance
Payments for tenants approved to
occupy these units. These vouchers are considered Project Based
Vouchers and do not transfer with
the tenants if they chose to leave
the property. Tenant’s eligibility
will be determined by the Section
8-Admin Plan. The rest of the
tenants will be at 50-60 percent of
median income and will be determined based on tax credit management rules and eligibility.
The application for the project
did not go forward for scoring in
the fall round, as it was disqualified due to an error in one of the
Performa formulas and a missing
Maine Housing form. The consultant on the project has refunded the application fee and they
are correcting the application and
expect to reapply during the next
Tax Credit round expected next
spring.
In the next five years, the elderly population the town is targeting for the project is expected to
grow by 11 percent as more babyboomers retire. This project has
CARIBOU — Officials with
the Maine Winter Sport Center
(MWSC) have announced
leadership changes to better
align with its programming
priorities. The Caribou-based
organization has split its curriculum into two divisions —
Competitive Programs and the
Healthy Hometowns program.
Will Sweetser, the current
director of Cross Country
Development, will head the
n
e
w
Competition
Division,
and will be
responsible
for ensuring
a consistency of philosophy across
all
prog r a m s ,
while making sure no Will Sweetser
athletes fall
through the cracks.
Sweetser, a Maine native
and graduate of Dartmouth
College, brings with him 11
years of experience within the
MWSC. During his tenure,
Sweetser has coached every
level of programming for the
center —experience and perspective that will enable him
to ensure a seamless transition
for athletes in both the
biathlon and cross-country
programs. The new director
takes over a program that has
placed 10 athletes on the past
two winter Olympic teams,
representing both the United
States and New Zealand.
“Will is internationally
respected for his broad knowledge as a coach,” said Andy
Shepard, president of the
MWSC. “That experience, and
his
intelligent,
creative
approach to programming,
will lend themselves very well
to our goal of being the premiere training site for elite
Nordic athletes in the U.S.”
Mike Smith, a Presque Isle
native and University of Maine
graduate, is currently responsible for the MWSC’s community development efforts,
which include the award winning Healthy Hometowns program. Smith brings an impressive resume to his new responsibilities, having been actively
involved in outdoor leadership
and education for the past 11
years. Smith’s training and
experience leading kayak
expeditions around the world
as a guide and outdoor educator, along with the passion he
brings to introducing kids to
the outdoors, makes him an
ideal candidate for this
new leadership posit i o n .
B e y o n d
Nordic ski
instruction
and coaching, Smith’s
background
in the outd o o r s Mike Smith
includes
work as a registered Maine
guide, leading four-season
wilderness trips, backpacking,
mountaineering,
canoeing,
kayaking and mountain biking. He has also led whitewater kayak trips and instruction
in Maine, the Carolinas and
Central America.
Smith’s promotion is a
reflection of the MWSC’s
commitment to transitioning
the state’s Healthy Hometown
ski programs into year-round
outing clubs. ”In order for a
child to embrace the healthy,
active, outdoor lifestyle we are
promoting,” said Shepard,
“they need to see a commitment on our part to being in
their lives year-round. We are
really blessed to have someone
with Mike’s unique skills and
energy to lead that effort
statewide.”
The MWSC is also announcing the addition of David
Chamberlain to the staff as the
new youth development coach.
“I feel honored to be able to
add David
to our staff,”
s a i d
Shepard.
“The athletes
are
very fortunate to have
someone of
his experience to help
them find
their way.”
David
“David has
Chamberlain
been
a
remarkable
role model, carrying himself
with such dignity and humility
— our development athletes
will be learning from the best.”
The Bates College graduate,
and former US Ski Team
member, has seen athletic success at every level of competitive skiing. Chamberlain’s
impressive list of achievePlease See Page 2A, MWSC
As one of Northern New
England’s leading suppliers of
petroleum products and services, Dead River Company has
spread lots of warmth to people
across Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont over the last 100
years. In its ongoing commitment to the communities it
serves, Dead River Company
launched in October, “Share the
Warmth,” a charitable giving
program inviting local residents
— customers and non-customers — to “Like” the company on Facebook and follow
clues to find 20 randomly hidden $500 charitable certificates.
The finders could then donate
the money to a 501(c)(3) organization of their choice. The
effort concluded on Nov, 19 and
in only five weeks, more than
800 individuals joined the cause
and helped to donate $12,500 to
34 charities in the tri-state area
just in time for the holidays.
Dead River Company chose to
hide the charitable certificates
Please See Page 2A, DONATES
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PORTLAND – Maine’s post
offices will be open Christmas
Eve and New Year’s Eve; however, many will shorten retail
lobby hours and close at noon.
Regular mail delivery will take
place, but collection box pickup times scheduled after noon
on these days will be moved to
noon.
Customers needing service
after noon on either Dec. 24 or
Dec. 31 should contact their
local post office for information on locations of post offices
that will maintain normal retail
hours and lobby collections on
these days. Post office phone
numbers can be obtained from
the Find a Post Office tool or
by calling 1-800-ASK-USPS.
Post offices will be closed
Christmas Day and New Year’s
Day. No delivery service
(except for Sunday and holiday
premium express mail) is
scheduled for these days.
Regular retail service and mail
State
agencies
closed
Dec. 23- NMCC, surveying firm show students tools of the trade
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AUGUSTA – Gov. John
E. Baldacci reminds the
public that many Maine
state government offices are
closed Thursday, Dec. 23 as
a cost-saving initiative for
the fiscal year 2010-11
Biennial State Budget.
State offices are also closed
Friday, Dec. 24 in observance of Christmas.
“Please plan ahead for
any services you may need
from state agencies during
this and the other state government shutdown days,”
said
Baldacci. “When
scheduling the days, every
effort has been made to
reduce the impact to Maine
people, businesses and communities.”
The public is encouraged
to check with a specific
agency before seeking state
services Thursday.
The reference to the state
closures is public law 2009,
Chap. 213, Part SSS:
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_12
4th/chapters/PUBLIC213PtCtoEnd.asp.
This is the fifth of 10 state
Please See Page 3A, AGENCIES
PRESQUE ISLE – A partnership between Northern Maine
Community College and one
local business is providing students exposure to the technology
used within their future profession. With the support of
Blackstone Land Surveying in
Caribou, computer aided drafting
students at NMCC are gaining
firsthand knowledge of newer
technology utilized by fellow
land surveyors in the community.
The collaborative effort, initiated between local business
owner Dale Blackstone and parttime NMCC instructor Roger
Crouse, is allowing students to
gain knowledge about equipment
that incorporates what they learn
in the classroom with new technology. Eight students have been
working in the field with
Blackstone and his colleague,
fellow licensed land surveyor
Brad Fox. The two demonstrated
the importance and uses for two
tools used to perform land surveys.
“We use this equipment daily
to do our jobs, so coming out
here and working with NMCC
allows us the opportunity to show
students how everything works,”
Blackstone said.
The first piece of equipment
introduced by Blackstone was a
Total Station, which uses a telescope to collect land data such as
distances and various locations.
That data is then able to be stored
digitally and later transferred to a
computer. Once downloaded into
a computer, software within the
Total Station can be used to create a physical drawing of the
location being surveyed.
Blackstone also showed students how they could use a
Global Positioning System
(GPS), which allows users to
attain the exact latitudinal and
longitudinal coordinates of the
land itself. This helps gain understanding of where the land is
geographically prior to actually
drawing it out.
According to Crouse, these
outside education sessions are an
affordable way students can keep
abreast of the happenings within
their field of study.
“These hands-on study sessions are the next best thing to
having this equipment available
in the classroom. They serve a
great benefit to these students
because this is the equipment
they will be using when the graduate,” said Crouse. “Four-hour
field sessions like this are the
most cost efficient way for students to gain both technical
knowledge and hands-on training. It allows them the chance to
have access to a wealth of information from a technological and
hands-on standpoint.”
The equipment demonstrated
by Blackstone and his team can
range in price from $40,000- in the classroom is cost prohibi- current with what’s going on
$55,000 and, in these challenging tive.
within the workforce, but it also
economic times, purchasing
Offering this education to the helps Blackstone in his profestechnology like this to have with- students not only helps them stay Please See Page 3A, SURVEYING
Photo courtesy of Northern Maine Community College
SURVEYOR DALE BLACKSTONE, right, demonstrates land surveying technology to NMCC students. Working with Blackstone are, from left: part-time NMCC instructor Roger Crouse and students
Mariah LeMieux-Lupien of Presque Isle and Robert Ewing of Washburn.
Page 2A December 22, 2010
The Star-Herald
BUSINESS
Donates
Continued from Page 1A
either in the town its districts
offices are located in or in a district office’s neighboring town.
In Maine, Dead River Company
hid 14 of the 20 $500 charitable
certificates in the following
locations: Bethel, Brewer,
Brunswick, Calais, Ellsworth,
Houlton, Kittery, Madawaska,
Millinocket, Norway, Presque
Isle, Saco, Scarborough and
Waterville. With the help of its
Facebook fans, 24 Maine charities received a total of $7,900.
“It was a great day when we
learned a little girl and her mother participating in the Dead
River Company Share the
Warmth initiative had decided to
donate the $500 they had found
to us,” said Tracy Shaw, Director
of the Hancock County SPCA in
Trenton. “We are thankful to be
the lucky recipient of this donation, and it was wonderful how
Dead River Company used this
effort to connect so many in the
community. We care for at least
50 animals every day, and this
money will help provide food
and medical expenses associated
with their care in our expanded
facility.”
The certificates were in the
form of a four-foot-tall cardboard cutout of a 27-year veteran delivery driver named Arthur
who became the face of the
effort. The individuals who
found the hidden charitable certificates, valued at $500 each,
selected the following local
organizations to assist: Bread of
Life Soup Kitchen (Caribou),
$500; Historical Society of
Caribou, $500; Salvation Army
(Houlton), $500.
Additionally, Dead River
Company donated $100 to charities selected by the businesses
that helped in the Share the
Warmth effort by hiding the certificates/Arthur at their locations.
“We were one of the businesses that hid Arthur, and it was fun
having him in my office and
exciting when he was found,”
said Gail Clukey of Clukey’s
Auto Supply in Presque Isle.
“We were also delighted to learn
that Dead River Company was
willing to donate $100 to a charity of our choice. My husband
Tom and I selected The Sunshine
Club for Children because I’m
an active volunteer with that
organization. Its primary mission is to provide transportation
to the Shriners Springfield
Orthopedic Hospital and the
Shriners Boston Burn Center for
the patient and one adult parent
or guardian. In this economic
environment, every little bit
helps and we thank the Dead
River Company.”
Below is a list of local organizations that were among those
chosen by the participating busi-
nesses that hid the Arthur
cutouts. Each
non-profit
received a $100 donation — St.
Mary’s Food Pantry (Houlton);
The Sunshine Club for Children
(Presque Isle); and Toys for
Tots.
“We’re a company that always
keeps our customers, neighbors
and communities in mind,” said
Robert Moore, president, Dead
River Company. “Giving back is
integral to what we do, and that
is why we created Share the
Warmth. We couldn’t be happier
with the support we got from
participants, and the significant
impact we were able to make.
Thanks to the many people who
helped make this possible.”
MWSC
Continued from Page 1A
ments includes two Maine
Class A state ski championships, two NCAA AllAmerican honors, two FIS
Super Tour titles and being a
three-time member of the U.S.
World Championship Team.
Chamberlain, who retired as a
full-time athlete last spring,
brings a fun loving nature and
world-class experience to his
new position.
The Maine Winter Sports
Center is a non-profit economic
development company, that
exists with annual grants from
the
Portland-based
Libra
Foundation. To learn more visit
www.mainewsc.org.
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Fort Fairfield Rotary Club, at the club’s Dec. 8 meeting. Troicke presented an update on the Fort Fairfield Residential Development
Corp.’s efforts to develop a 25-unit, elderly housing tax credit project.
Housing
Continued from Page 1A
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