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BIO Portland Press Herald Thursday December 21 2006 MAINENEW ENGLAND LEARN MORE ONLINE: Woman guilty of kidnapping 1 4 ft the board asked the developer to make the design compatible with other downtown buildings pointed but remained glad he filed the lawsuit took the action not only to hold Michael Moore accountable but also to clear my name and to let everyone know that I do not at a Staff Writer Trevor Maxwell can be contacted at 791 6451 or at: tmaxwellapressherald com Staff Writer Tess Nacelewicz can be contacted at 791 6367 or at: tnacele wlczpressherald com Staff Writer Anne Gleason can be contacted at 282 8229 or at: agleasonpressheraldcom Woodlock said adding that the irst Amendment gives Moore wide leeway in express ing his political opinion in his films Damon said he was disap Staff Writer Dennis Hoey can be reached at 725 8795 or at dhoeytpressheraldcom A judge tosses out the lawsuit of a man who says Michael 911 film falsely portrayed him HAEL MOOR CONT ing as a assistant Mount Prospect Academy residential school for troubled teens in Plymouth Defense attorney Adam Ber nstein argued the relationship was consensual and Cole now 17 had plenty of chances to leave Malone and return home Earlier Wednesday ex husband testified that he thought their son was at an saidjhis nonprofit organization will seek ownership of the air golf course which it? would operate as a golf learning and practice center In addi tion to offering a nine hole golf course the center would house a landscape management school and a horticultural school main tain walking trails around the golf course and could one day become home to the Maine State Golf Association The Katahdin Center for Ed ucation and Research Herschel Sternlieb said his nonprofit organization will seek land to create a world class park and garden A $12 entry fee would cover the expenses Up to 20 full time staff 200 garden ers and 400 seasonal workers would be employed Physical Therapy Clinic Christopher White proposes converting portions of the air field house into a physi cal therapy clinic The clinic would specialize in preventing falls especially among growing elderly population The clinic could be expanded into a senior wellness center White said Aside from the costs districts studying all day kindergarten have wrestled with space con straints Lyman Elementary School began one full day pro gram for 15 students this year but still maintains two half day programs because of staffing and space limitations Parents of 41 of the 45 kinder garten students wanted to put their children in the full day pro gram Principal Kevin Perkins said The school held a lottery to decide placement I could wave a magic wand to address the space and staff ing issues I would do it in a Perkins said a matter of doing right for the Elementary schools in the day think we have a mix now that everyone can go Several ventures have already expressed interest in the base ive of those organizations made presentations Wednes day: Ambiente Composite Hous ing LLC President John Pardue of Brunswick said his startup company needs a building where it can manufacture homes from recycled glass 'and composite materials By the time the base closes in 2011 Pardue estimates factory will employ as many as 2000 workers Applied Thermal Sciences Karl Sanford based company is seeking space on the air base to undertake research and development into guidance systems for unmanned vehicles such as military aircraft and surface vessels With the De partment of Defense expected to spend $18 billion on unmanned vehicle technology by 2010 Hoose predicts his company will employ up to 200 researchers within five years Brunswick Outdoor Ac tivities Center James Russell say state police rfiust explain why case files are sealed The Associated Press CONCORD NH The state Supreme Court says state police must give more detailed descrip tions and reasons for refusing to disclose their investigative records in the disappearance of Massachusetts college student Maura Murray The ruling came Wednesday and the justices sent the case back to a lower court for a new hearing State police not met their burden to demonstrate a 118500 square foot retail a space public parking garage The complex which Donald son said is expected to open in October 2008 will be built by Berenson Associates of Boston on the 36 acres it will lease from LL Bean The site is bordered by Bow Depot Mill and Main streets LL Bean won unanimous approval last week from the reeport Project Review Board for its plan to build the new fac tory outlet behind its flagship Donaldson said Wednesday that he did not know specific details of the energy saving features of the new factory store but said such buildings typically are designed to have energy efficient heating cooling and lighting including natural light and make use of recycled materials He said plans are to have that store built and open by the sum mer possibly as early as Memo rial Day but no later than the Labor Day weekend The proposed Village Center Project also was discussed last week at the Project Review Board Larson said that project is not ready for final review but is scheduled to come back to store on Main Street according the board on Jan 10 She said to Donna Larson reeport town planner Larson said the plans call for the building to be a LEED cer tified building LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design bate said should not get any special treatment that would give it an unfair advan tage over Maine businesses like LL Bean Their opponents said Maine was sending an anti busi ness message turning away hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue ended the contro versy in late October when the company withdrew its request for the tax ruling have only heard positive comments from the community they want to have this come said Councilor Carol Ran court But she urged the Plan ning Board to carefully consider the traffic impacts and require the developer to pay for neces sary changes hold the same positions as Mi chael Moore on the Iraq war or on President he said In the television interview Damon was asked about a new painkiller the military was us ing on wounded veterans He claimed in his lawsuit the way Moore used the clip makes him appear to a complaint about the war when he was actually complaining about excruciating type of that comes with the injury he suffered In the movie Damon is shown lying on a gurney with his wounds bandaged He says he feels likes crushed in a they (the painkillers) do a lot to help he says they 5 take a lot of the edge off of Damon is shown shortly after US Rep Jim McDermott is speaking about the Bush admin istration and says know they say not leaving any veterans behind but leaving all kinds of veterans attorney Jonathan Albano said Damon appeared for 16 seconds out of a 2 hour and 10 minute film He said his quotes were used verbatim and not manipulated to make him appear to hold an anti war point of view Damon contended positioning of the clip just after the comments makes him appear as if he feels like he was by the Bush adrhinistration and the military He said while at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center recovering from his wounds he had surgery and physical thera py and learned to live indepen dently He also said that Homes or Our Troops a not for profit group built him a house with handicapped accessibility SCHOOL Continued from Page Bl how disclosure of the requested documents could reasonably be expected to interfere with any investigation or enforcement the court said in a unanimous decision Murray was 21 years old when she was last seen on the night of eb 9 2004 shortly after crash ing her car into a snowbank next to Route 112 in Haverhill NH Her father red Murray of Weymouth Mass sued to ob tain the investigative files under the state Right to Know Law get what we asked for Murray said were proven correct in our assess ment that the state has not met information could aid private Kennebunk and Kennebunkport district switched to full day kin dergarten in 2004 after the new and larger Kennebunk Elemen tary School was built Teacher Cindy Hayes who for 12 years pushed for all day kindergarten said teachers have been able to expand on the core math and literacy curriculum and young students have adapted better kidnapped the teen Christopher Cole by enticing him with sex Malone met Cole while work workplace to look for her to school happens when in half day kindergarten is you have to prioritize" said another kindergarten teacher in the dis trict Ellen Towne been very careful to try not to up the ante But anything you do can be done in a much more meaning ful The net cost for the switch with two additional hires and transportation savings was about $50000 said Jim Barnes business manager in the Kennebunk Kennebunkport district Home said Wells Elementary already has additional class rooms equipped for kindergar ten Long time Wells school com mittee member Russell ox said he initially opposed an all day kindergarten program He felt parents should have more time at home with their children than a full day program would allow He has since changed his mind was good 30 years ago as good ox said noting that in many families to day both parents work full time its burden to show that the re investigators who are trying toUI 'ILL 1 I 1 i i 11 LU1U5 dllUUlU UU WlLUlltUU lawyer Timothy Ervin said Wednesday the rul ing was and al though the court did not require the release of any records The ruling stopped well short of giving Murray what he sought: either an index describ ing every record being withheld and the reason for keeping it confidential so he could chal lenge the nondisclosure or a requirement that a judge review the records and rule on each one Murray has said 'that the Information for parents about full day kindergarten: wwwtinyurlcomybxw5n i A study of state policies on full day kindergarten: wwwtinyurlcomy9qd5z A study of full day versus half day kindergarten learning results: wwwtinyurlcomykckkv The Associated Press NASHUA NH A woman who ran off to lorida with her teenage lover was convicted of kidnapping Wednesday Jennifer Malone 32 the 16 year old boy and her 8 year old son disappeared in June They were found 10 days later in St Petersburg la The jury got the case Wednes day afternoon Prosecutors said that Malone overnight party then became concerned when he didn hear from his wife He drove to her By DENISE LAVOIE The Associated Press BOSTON A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a law suit filed by an Iraq war veteran who claimed filmmaker Michael Moore used a clip from a televi sion interview without his per mission to falsely portray him as anti war in Sgt Peter Damon a National Guardsman from Middlebor ough had filed a $85 million lawsuit claiming of reputation emotional distress embarrassment and personal due to his appear 0 ance in scathing 2004 documentary criticizing the Bush administration and the war in Iraq Damon 34 who lost his arms when a tire on a Black Hawk helicopter exploded claimed that Moore never asked for his consent to use a clip from an interview he did with But a lawyer for Moore argued in court Wednesday that the film did not attribute any political viewpoint to Damon and did not defame him US District Judge Douglas Woodlock ruled immediately and threw out the lawsuit He said anyone watching brief appearance in heit would not believe that Damon shared the anti war and anti President Bush political views that Moore expresses in him film Woodlock also agreed Moore did not defame Damon by showing a brief clip from an interview he did on NBC Nightly News seem to me to be in any way an endorsement of the thrust of what the movie was BEAN Continued from Page Bl BNAS Continued from Page Bl Continued from Page Bl Court rules on missing files The Associated Press Michael Moore seen at a June 14 2004 screening of his film "ahrenheit had been sued by an Iraq war veteran who appeared briefly in the film Sgt Peter Damon alleged that his views on the war were misrepresented in the film War vet loses in suit of filmmaker determine his fate The state attorney office had argued that would im pose an overwhelming burden restaurant complex with on ponce ana me courts: i ne me in disappearance con tains more than 2500 records Senior Assistant Attorney General Nancy Smith also ar gued that the records including witness interviews and police reports could become critical evidence in a criminal prosecu tion Smith said Wednesday that state police will be able to show their records should remain confidential offering meals of wild game In early September became the focus of a statewide controversy after Beaudoin said the retailer would not come to Maine if it did not get a favorable tax decision from the state Basically the company did not want to collect sales tax on cata log and Internet sales made to Maine residents That appeared to contradict state law which requires a company to collect sales tax on all purchases if that company has a store or warehouse in Maine argued that its retail business is separate from the catalog busi ness and claimed that 19 other states allowed exemptions Voices on one side of the de A II 1 I CONTRIBUTION GIT PACK INORMATION DONATIONS: The Bruce Roberts Toy und uses donations from readers of the Portland Press HeraldMaine Sunday Telegram to buy gifts for children in need then distributes the gifts from its headquarters at 385 Congress St in Portland The fund serves Cumberland York Lincoln Sagadahoc and Knox counties Gift packs for children 18 and younger contain items appropriate to each age and gender CONTRIBUTIONS: Should be sent to The Bruce Roberts Toy und PO Box 7310 Portland ME 04112 Checks should be made out to the Bruce Roberts Toy und Contributions are also accepted at the office at 390 Congress St in Portland and online at wwwbrucerobertsorg Donations of securities are also accepted DONORS: Names of 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