MAINE STATE LEGISLATURE The following document is provided by the LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY at the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlib Reproduced from scanned originals with text recognition applied (searchable text may contain some errors and/or omissions) Leg islative Record House of Representatives One Hundred and Nineteenth Legislature State of Maine Volume III Second Regular Session March 23, 2000 - May 12, 2000 Appendix House Legislative Sentiments Index Legislative Sentiments Legislative Record House of Representatives One Hundred and Nineteenth Legislature State of Maine LEGISLATIVE RECORD - HOUSE APPENDIX DECEMBER 2, 1998 - DECEMBER 5, 2000 APPENDIX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD Arikka Knights, of Chester, who has been crowned Miss 119TH MAINE LEGISLATURE National Pre-Teen. We extend our congratulations to Miss Knights on this occasion;(HLS 11) Edna O'Donnell, of Crouseville, on the occasion of her 97th Velma D. St. Peter, who is retiring on December 31st after birthday, December 1, 1998. Ms. O'Donnell was presented with more than 20 years of state employment. She has been with the the Boston Post Cane as the oldest resident of Washburn. We Department of Human Services since January 1981 and extend our congratulations and best wishes to her on this special currently holds the position of Bureau of Family Independence occasion;(HLS 1) SpeCialist. We extend our congratulations and best wishes to Irene Gray, Associate Executive Director of the United Way her on this occasion;(HLS 12) of Eastern Maine, who is being honored for having the longest Dominic "Dom" D'Angelo, for 52 years of coaching tenure among employees at all United Way campaigns in the experience. Coach D'Angelo has volunteered as Assistant nation. She has been involved in 50 campaigns and plans to Coach to the Kennebunk High School's football and baseball semi-retire at the end of this year. We acknowledge her programs for the past 10 years. He has been instrumental in dedicated service and we extend our congratulations and very teaching honor, respect and commitment to the young men of best wishes to her;(HLS 2) Kennebunk. We extend our appreciation for his dedication to the Raymond Kain Benedict, of North Berwick, a member of Boy young people of Maine;(HLS 13) Scout Troop No. 312, who has attained the high rank and Phyllis Newell Saunders, of Indian Township, a member of distinction of Eagle Scout. We extend our congratulations to him the Passamaquoddy Tribe who has served the elderly and her on this achievement;(HLS 3) community for 19 years. We acknowledge her dedicated service Duncan Daly, of Freeport, on his retirement as Fire Chief of and extend our congratulations and best wishes to her;(HLS 14) Freeport. Mr. Daly has worked for the fire department for 28 Mary Blanche Sockabasin, of Indian Township, a member of years and was chief for 6 years. We recognize Mr. Daly for his the Passamaquoddy Tribe, who has helped to revive the culture dedicated service to the citizens of Freeport and extend our best and traditions of the tribe and continues to be a positive role wishes to him on his retirement;(HLS 4) model for her community. We acknowledge her contributions George D. Stoutamyer, Superintendent of Madison Electric and extend our congratulations and best wishes to her;(HLS 15) Works, on the occasion of his retirement. Mr. Stoutamyer is a Andrew and Evelyn Dana, of Pleasant Point, married for graduate of Madison High School and Husson College. He has many years and who are beloved parents, grandparents, friends worked with the Madison Electric Works since 1982, having been and neighbors. They are positive role models for the promoted to superintendent in April 1983. His untiring efforts on Passamaquoddy Tribe. We acknowledge their contributions to behalf of the community are greatly appreciated and we extend their community and we extend our congratulations and best our best wishes to him on his retirement;(HLS 5) wishes to them;(HLS 16) the members of the Stearns High School Football Team, Deanna Francis, of Pleasant Point, a member of the winners of the 1998 State Class C Football Championship;(HLS Passamaquoddy Tribe, who is the first in her community to 6) obtain a medical degree. She is a positive cultural catalyst and Steven J. Butterfield, of Hallowell, who has attained the high we extend our congratulations and best wishes to her on her rank and distinction of Eagle Scout. We extend our achievements;(HLS 17) congratulations to Steven on this achievement;(HLS 7) Gene M. Kenniston, Knox County Commissioner, after 12 Robert Bartlett, who has been named the 1998 Farmer of the years of service. We acknowledge his dedication and loyalty to Year by the Maine Potato Board. Mr. Bartlett has been farming his county and to his state and we extend our congratulations for over 40 years and he currently farms 1,000 acres. Mr. and best wishes to him;(HLS 18) Bartlett proudly carries on the time-honored tradition of potato David Wayne Turcotte II, of Boy Scout Troop #194, who has farming in Aroostook County. He is a former President of the attained the high rank and distinction of Eagle Scout. We extend Maine Potato Board and currently represents Aroostook County our congratulations and best wishes to David on this on the Maine Seed Potato Board and the National Potato achievement;(HLS 19) Promotion Board. In 1993, he was named Aroostook Allan Dow, of Fort Kent, for 30 years of service as a Conservation Farmer of the Year by the Southern Aroostook Soil firefighter for the Town of Fort Kent, 20 years of which he served Conservation District. Mr. Bartlett is a devoted family man and as Chief. While he was chief, he placed a heavy emphasis on he and his wife, Jane, reside in Littleton. We send our best training and education and never asked a firefighter to do wishes and congratulations to Mr. Bartlett on this occasion;(HLS something he would not do himself. He has set the highest 8) standard for community service in protecting the people and the Carleton D. Staples, of Eliot, on the occasion of his 90th property of Fort Kent and surrounding towns. We congratulate birthday, November 30, 1998. We extend our congratulations him on his retirement and extend best wishes to him in his future and best wishes to him on this special occasion;(HLS 9) endeavors;(HLS 20) Irving Kornfield, a professor in the University of Maine School Rupert and Suzanne Kneeland Grover, who have received of Marine Sciences, who has been named Maine Professor of the 1998 Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce Community the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Service Award. They are active in many community activities Teaching. The award is presented annually in recognition of and support many organizations, as well as sponsoring 4 college faculty members who excel as teachers and influence scholarships for local students interested in pursuing a college the lives and careers of their students. We send our education. We extend our congratulations and best wishes to congratulations to Professor Kornfield on this.occasion;(HLS 10) them;(HLS 21) H-2760 LEGISLATIVE RECORD - HOUSE APPENDIX DECEMBER 2, 1998 - DECEMBER 5, 2000 Doug Smith, who has been named the 1998 Employee of the Craig H. Nelson, Esq., a partner in the law firm of Doyle and Year by the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce. He is the Nelson, who has received the 1998 Special Service Award from Director of the Oxford County United Way and is active in many the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce. We extend our other organizations. We extend our congratulations and best congratulations and best wishes to him;(HLS 33) wishes to him;(HLS 22) Robert W. Gordon, of the United Way of Kennebec Valley, Robert and Leona Adkins, of Auburn, on the very special who has received the 1998 Community Service Award from the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary, September 6, 1998, Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce. We extend our and in extending our congratulations and warmest wishes to congratulations and best wishes to him;(HLS 34) them;(HLS 23) Major General Earl L. Adams, of the Maine National Guard, Norman Haynes, of Cumberland, for rescuing a kayaker in who has received the 1998 Community Service Award from the distress in Casco Bay with his lobster boat. Mr. Haynes rescued Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce. We extend our Ted Biro who had tipped over and fallen out of his kayak off congratulations and best wishes to him;(HLS 35) Clapboard Island in choppy Falmouth waters on November 16, Frank X. Pomerleau, of Frank Pomerleau, Inc., who has 1998. We acknowledge his heroic deed and extend to him our received the 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award from the congratulations;(HLS 24) Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce. We extend our Mollie Empie, of Bangor, on the very special occasion of her congratulations and best wishes to him;(HLS 36) 95th birthday, November 26, 1998, and in extending our Central Maine Power Company and David T. Flanagan, congratulations and best wishes to her;(HLS 25) President and Chief Executive Officer. Central Maine Power Howard A. Burdwood, of Scarborough, who was a veteran of Company has been named the 1998 Business of the Year by the two wars, serving in the United States Air Force in World War II Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce. We extend our and in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. congratulations and best wishes to the company;(HLS 37) He was active in town affairs and was a longtime board member John and William Loiko's Fort Western Tire Co., of Augusta, of the Scarborough Sanitary District.