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ARCQSTOOK the County page Ballorttsts still contemplate flight Around he last September establishing a county By Dean Rhodes NEWS Presque Isle Bureau PRESQUE ISLE The co-leader of the United States' newest effort to cross the Atlantic Ocean by balloon indicated this week his party expected to go ahead with plans for their epic voyage probably from a Presque Isle area staging base even if two British adventurers are successful in their current quest to be the first men to balloon across the Atlantic Max Anderson 34 of Albuquerque NM said his three-man team contemplated being in position Aug 10 for a lift-off and were searching for a field around Presque Isle that would offer protection during the inflation sequance prior to departure All of us are pilots and it's a fine airport out here for coming and going by air" Anderson said in announcing the Presque Isle area was his Double Eagle group's choice for next month's American balloon trip "I think their chances are good" Anderson said concerning the rival British balloonists Don Cameron 37 and Major Christopher Davey 34 who were en route across the Atlantic after beginning their aerial adventure from Newfoundland "Their chances are better than ours will ever be" said Anderson "They're 1000 miles closer to Europe at the start a day and a half or two days' flying time" Other members of the Anderson party are Ben Abruzzo 47 and Larry Newman 31 of Albuquerque Anderson and Abruzzo made an initial attempt to cross the Atlantic by record for the fastest and longest balloon flight in the history of lighter-' (han-air aviation The pair landed on Sept 12 five miles norhtwest of Ireland in heavy seas after lifting off 2950 miles away near Marshfield Mass "Of course we would have a better shot if we left from Canada" said Anderson "But we're Americans We picked Northern Maine this time because if we left from further south we'd have to pass over large mountains north of Bangor Mt Katahdin and others that would present a problem" Once the Double Eagle launch is made control will be shifted to Bedford Mass to a weather station that will track the expedition The Double Eagle balloon stands 11 stories high and will carry three and a half tons of sand for ballast Cost of the Double Eagle attempt was expected to run about $125000 Anderson said The presence of Newman the party's added member for the 1978 trip would have practical benefits Anderson said "It hard to tell you how exhausting this thing is" he explained Anderson described Newman as a hang glider builder and pilot and said the Double Eagle trio will carry a hang glider slung underneath their gondola "As we go down in the balloon (descend after a successful voyage) Newman will fly the hang glider down" said Anderson "Sort of a finale if you will" Managing farm ponds meeting was held in Houlton recently and sponsored by the USDA's Service and the Southern Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District Frank Schoeqtholer Beautiful Valley Trout Farm Inc left and Robert Wengrzynek Soil Conservation Service Biologist Orono discuss trout pond management and stocking to to group of pond owners The Trout pond management program is held such as the use of a backhoe along pond edges Chemical weed control was not recommended because as the weeds decay they use up oxygen available for nsn Two directors named to community agency They also learned that snow shoo with 12-15 feet of wnter have depth enough to winter trout If large trout are present a person should stock with nothing smaller than four-five inch trout A general stocking recommendation per surface area is 300 fish Conservationists explained that it is difficult to make general recommendations on farm pond management due to the fact that each pond is somewhat different in construction location water chemistry etc Due to the good interest shown by pond owners this type of meeting another is planned for early July of 1979 HOULTON The Southern Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District and the USDA's Soil Conservation Service sponsored a trout pond management program for area farm pond owners recently at a local camping area Pond owners learned that the pond water pH for good fish growth is 60 to 85 the dissolved oxygen should not be less than 30 (ppm) parts per million and the summer temperature range in their ponds should be 55-70 degrees at two meters six feet Cattails aquatic weeds algae etc should be controlled by hand pulling and raking or by mechanical means be plowed off ponds that have problems wintering trout over and an ice hole or two should be kept open to allow more oxygen to get into the water Ponds that give problems of fish kills during the winter but not summer should be stocked in the spring and fished out before the ice freezes over that fall Usually ponds Committees are requested for community college You may or may not like Hayes Gahagan as an independent conservative candidate for the US Senate His rightwing political views are his own and he certainly is entitled to have them if that is his choice You may or may not like what Gahagan had to say to the Presque Isle Rotary Club earlier this month when he attacked the spending of taxpayers' money by the Save Loring AFB Committee while taxpayers simultaneously were supporting the Maine congressional delegation that was elected in part to protect installations such as Limestone bomber base Personally I think the state's appropriating $50000 for the Save Loring group effort was a good thing The Maine delegation can spend all its time fighting the proposed 83 percent reduction at Loring Those dependent upon the giant base for their livelihood in Aroostook County need all the help they can get Candidate Gahagan called work by the Save Loring Committee and the delegation "an unnecessary deplica-t ion of effort assuming the lawmakers were doing what they were supposed to do" If the delegation is not doing its job in regard to Loring its members should be removed Gahagan maintained That's easy enough to say if you're a candidate for the Senate running against the likes of US Rep William Cohen and Sen William Hathaway Gahagan went on to tell the Rotarians the $50000 given the Save Loring Committee could have been spent for a base "re-use plan" in case base saving efforts by the delegation failed I don't know that it would have been necessary to spend $50000 on a base re-use plan But surely by now much more serious thought should have been given to possible uses of large sectors of the huge B-52 base in the event the reduction does in fact take place That's why I liked the part of Gahagan's talk in which he said the agricultural economy of northern Maine could benefit greatly from development of Loring as an international freight port Gahagan went on to link up the idea of a possible air base freight port with likely extension of Interstate 95 and the establishment of a deep seaport at Riviere Du Loup Que with the seaport hard by the Trans-Canada Highway which on this end of things is only a stone's throw from Loring "The key is our tremendous agricultural production capacity here in Aroostook County" said the US Senate candidate So much for Gahagan's pipe dream He can afford to have it because he has nothing to lose Gahagan probably won't get elected to the Senate But if that is the case it certainly won't be his pipe dream that defeated him At least I don't think so The county certainly could use a few good iseas about what to do with one of the world's biggest military bases that may be virtually abandoned Who knows Gahagan may even have plans to cash in on an international freight port at Loring if such comes into being and to make money on it Okay So it's a free country One can run for election almost any way one wishes to What I'd like to see is the Maine delegation coming up with a few solid ideas about what to do with Loring if it is finally reduced Maybe the delegation members and especially the candidates for election are afraid they'll be labeled quitters if they toss in the towel so to speak to this extent Maybe the delegation members figure they would have too much to lose with that brand of loose talk (Dean Rhodes is the NEWS Presque Isle Bureau Chief) Itinerant service set PRESQUE ISLE A representative of the Social Security office will maintain office hours at the following areas during the week of Aug 1: Aug 2 Houlton Cary Library 9:30 am to 3 pm Aug 3 Fort Kent armory 10 am to 1 Nancy Moody Erlene Russell and Helen Turney vocational Will Ruliff-son chairman Marty Lyons Sara Douglas and Patricia Crawford religious William Moreau chairman Gary Johnson and Bill McDonnell Chase said that Unity College has shown an interest in the field of liberal arts Husson College in business administration Northern Maine Voca- Newhall of Machiasport who represented the Washington County Health Plan Inc Private sector representation on the board includes four directors from each of the two counties which sponsor the anti-poverty organization Washington County private sector representation on the board also includes Blanche Sawyer of Cherryfield representing the Cherryfield Senior Citizens' Club and Shirley Mullen of Eastport representing the policy council of the Washington County Head Start program Parks commission plans activities for Jonesport JONESPORT Plans were formulated Thursday by the Jonesport Parks and Recreation Commission for future activities for town residents Already active in the town are the new tennis court with tennis instruction the new basketball court the town's little league and the girls' soft-ball team At present plans are being readied for a basketball clinic at a date soon to be announced for fifth and sixth grade boys and girls Other programs hoped to be offered this summer will be bicycle safety and hunters safety courses according to First Selectman Gloria Feeney The commission is also making inquiries as to the feasibility of rebuilding the town's ice rinks so as to offer winter sports during the coming season tional Technical Institute in vocational areas and UMFI in education Plus he said there would be others probably which would assist in setting up courses "It is possible to begin operations as early as February if the program can be housed and we have personnel to do routine secretarial work and recruit students" Chase said The immediate goal is to establish a community learning center to provide at least the first two years of post secondary education in the Houlton area and the long range program would be to explore various programs as time and finances permit Terry Comeau reported to the group on a recent trip to Boston where he discussed matters with William Logan former commissioner of education for Maine He said that Logan stressed that the new venture being undertaken should be new and unique such as having programs of the elderly and the handicapped At present plans are being considered for a program to begin at 1 pm and operate until 10 pm to allow participation of parents while children are in school and during the evening for people with established daytime schedules MACHIAS Oscar Look Sr of South Addison and Skip Brack of Jonesport have been elected to the board of directors of the Washington-Hancock Community Agency Earl Ireland the agency's executive director said Look and Brack will join the board as representatives of the private sector Private sector representation on the board of the anti-poverty agency is open to local businesses educational institutions churches labor unions and minorities The new board members were formally accepted by the board Tuesday evening Ireland said when the agency board met at Weald Bethel Chapel in Cherryfield Look will represent his own business a general store and lobster wharf at Eastern Harbor Brack is the proprietor of the Jonesport Wood Co The two new board members win replace two former private sector representatives They are Eugenie Dunn of Machiasport who represented the Sunrise County Craftsmen Inc of Machias and Russell Tennis tournament planned 1 Machias MACHIAS The Machias Recreation Department beginning Wednesday will hold a tennis tournament for men and women who are 16 years of age and older The tournament will begin Aug 2 and will end Sunday Aug 13 Events offered will be singles doubles and mixed doubles There will be an organizational meeting on Tuesday Aug 1 at the Machias tennis courts at 6 pm All persons wishing to enter the tourney must attend the meeting There will be an admission fee of $200 to enter one event with an additional charge of 50 cents for each extra event entered The tournament organizer will be Pat Markey of Machias Ripley seniors to hold recess HARRINGTON Ripley Area Senior Citiwens will recess during the month of August but will resume their meeting beginning Sept 14 at noon at the center During Thursday's dinner meeting the 26 members witnessed piano selections played by Flora Anderson and accordion selections by Lydia Haycock Readings and stories were included By Virginia Hiltz NEWS Houlton Bureau HOULTON A report of the education committee to the membership of Houlton Area Community College Inc was given at a luncheon meeting Thursday at Parkview Terrace Vice President Lloyd Chase conducted the meeting and explained that the education committee has been divided into several subcommittees to expoore the various possibilities which are open in the formation of a community learning center The following people will be asked to participate on the various subcommittees: community learning Lloyd Chase chairman John Elliott Beverly Burton Donald Ellis and Gemma Bartley geriantology Richard Parker chairman Gene Kilpatrick Janet Bates and Nancy McKay veterinary chairman Jim McKenna Roger Sherman and Paul Romanelli nursing education Erin MacDonald chairman Craig Bean New principal is appointed for schools HARRINGTON Mrs Clifton Norton formerly Gloria Stuart of Harrington has been appointed principal of elementary schools in Wilton and Weld MSAD 9 Superintendent Dale Doughty made the announcement A 1965 graduate of Harrington High School Norton received a Bachelor of Science degree in special education at the University of Maine at Farm-ington and received the Master of Education degree from UM- Orono She has taken administrative courses more recently at Orono and Augusta She has been teaching in MSAD 9 since 1968 is active in the Republican party Community Development Advisory Committee and the American Legion Auxiliary The daughter of Derwood and Caroline Strout she is married to Clifton Norton of Farmington and they have two children Program held on handling injured persons Poetry readings planned WHITNEYVILLE The second workshop in a series of poetry readings at the Whitneyville Public Library will be presented Friday Aug 4 at 8 pm with David Brainerd of Whitneyville reading his own poems This program is being presented in cooperation with the Arts Exchange Inc a regional arts organization supported by the National Endowment for the Arts The New England Foundation for theArts the New Hampshire Commission on the Arts the Vermont Council on the Arte and the Maine State Commission on the Arts and the Humanities Music man Sgt Gary Benn a Houlton native is featured in a 15-day musical tour of New Hampshire with the 39th New Hampshire Army National Guard band A saxophonist he also plays the electric piano The University of Maine at Orono graduate resides in Hudson NH PATTEN Eleven ambulance and rescue personnel from services in sourthern Aroostook and northern Penobscot counties recently completed a two-day training program in the extrication and handling of injured persons The course sponsored by the Maine Emergency Medical Services Project and Northern Maine Vocational Technical Institute was held in Patten Instructors were Steven Johnson JW Brown Jr Donald Hampton Robert Jordan Raymond McNinch and Ralph York state extrication instructors Practice automobiles and facilities were furnished by George Bates and sons a sued cars dealership in Patten Brown a regional emergency medical services coordinator for Aroostook said students were given training in sale maintenance and operation of emergency vehicles patient examination forcible entry into wrecked au torn biles techniques for removing injured persons from wrecked automobiles without causing further injury and methods of immobilization of spinal injuries Because proper care of an accident victim can mean the difference between normal recovery and eeath or disability the program stressed a "thorough controlled approach" to patient care and protection at the accident scene Those participating were Kathleen Hunter Heidi Hale Mary Craig Kenneth Milne Donis Rogers Dale Lowe John Roy Charlene Whitaker Arlene Geiger William Barriner and Cleo Sewall Operation "Smooth-Move' Fisherman's Wharf Loring Air Force Base personnel are swiftly moving rooms will open as first priority and patients are ex-equipment and supplies into the new Cory Medical pected to be admitted Saturday (July 29) (Gloria Flan-Center Van Buren Rood Caribou from the old Cary Btry Photos) Memorial Hospital The operating and emergency A via of Fisherman's Wharf at Walter Fournier's camp at Sinclair oi Long Lake (Jeannine Albert Photo).