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Take a poll at MaineTodaycom: wwwmainetodaycom all school workers to be fingerprint public just what those background ed About 80 percent of the 50000 or checks actually revealed more affected school workers have Baldacci would like the Legislature been fingerprinted already Baldacci said during the 2002 gubernatorial campaign that he sup ported rewriting the law to limit it to new hires but he changed his mind after he took office Lee Umphrey spokesman attributed the switch to information that Education Commissioner Susan Gendron gave £7 LT i I L11C UClLd Ao UUL U1 UY VVJLIWI nv vi Senate votes against ground checks that have been con the new hires bill came about 24 uuvicuoucauy the fingerprinting law described it as hours after the House gave initial i i L111 TX foolish and insulting but supporters i fingerprinted said the law is reasonable and an Limiting the fingerprinting law to important safeguard With three new hires a compro members absent the 35 member mise that I would recommend to you Senate split 16 16 on key votes to MESSAGING REE for 2 months Sen Neria Douglass Aubum told the Senate during debate Sen Michael Brennan Portland who supports the existing law coun King Reformers could not muster tered that it would be unfair enough votes to override either King those people who have been vet0 subjected to the current to Supporters of the law say it is the reverse course now and exempt best way to conduct tnorougn ana reliable background checks to weed out teachers and school workers who pose a threat to children Opponents say there are better ways to accom plish the same thing without driving good teachers out of the profession simply because they refuse to be UilJivL pLUlVCV hear about them finding her in the woods what her condition might have been or Conte who originally estimated an eight week wait for DNA results also said publicity about the search has led to tips and possible leads but he elaborate happens in a case like this is we get a burst of information and we it nut Lin cnirl Conte and John Bish also said the swimsuit was found DNA samples are being collected from several people although there are no suspects voluntarily doing that (to) be ruled out of the Bish said really very grateful to those individuals for that because Warren on June 27 2000 it allows the State Police to focus Bish vanished as she was prepar their attention on the person that did ing for her morning lifeguard duty take When swimmers arrived at the At the Statehouse the Bishes pre beach only her lunch water bottle sented US Sen Edward Kennedy radio and sandals were there Her Mass with an award thanking him first aid kit was open for helping to approve a national Police believe she was abducted Kimball Terrace Inn 10 Huntington Road Northeast Harbor ME 04662 Tel: (207) 276 3383 Toll ree Reservations: (800) 454 6225 Spring Sea Shore Package flights Lodging for Two Dinner for Two Sightseeing Cruise aboard the Sea Princess $15000 for Two (Includes tax and gratuity) May 23 2003 June 30 2003 Nokia 5165 $0 After $1999 instant rebate PRINTS Continued from Page IB ARSENIC Continued from Page IB investigator said a week ago that he had a half dozen detectives working the case three or four of them full time have a worth of work ahead of us and that will generate more Appleton said at the time some point either solve it or run out of work We got to that point The investigators are based in Houlton and Caribou Detectives also have visited Amesbury Mass the hometown of Norma Bondeson Daniel sister and con ducted a search there Police would not disclose what they searched or why Meanwhile all but one of the peo ple who drank arsenic laced coffee at the after church social have been released from hospitals the latest this week Lester Beaupre remains usual the unusual Scarborough reeport 883 3366 865 4308 wwwchiltonscom BE 14 7 saw 'V i 1 4 i if I TTflfl wO III 1 ji 1' 4 4Ni UNICEL part RO.