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Portland Press Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Plea deal lets mother accused of child abuse avoid jail time The deal is offered to spare the N.H. woman's children the ordeal of testifying against her. The Associated Press NASHUA, N.H. A mother who was accused of holding three of her children under water as punishment pleaded guilty on Tuesday to three misdemeanor counts of reckless conduct in a deal with prosecutors. Jodi Dionne of Nashua, 27, will spend no time in jail if she abides by the terms of the plea bargain.

Prosecutors said SCONTRAS Continued from Page B1 ire of impeachment supporters, who invited the 1st District candidates to get their positions on the issue. Protesters targeted Allen's Portland office for sit-ins four times last year, and were outraged when he said on multiple occasions that an impeachment drive would cut into time needed to address other issues: health care, global warming TIRES Continued from Page B1 tract the studs. Starr said testing shows that the auxiliary chamber uses so little air that it can be activated "upwards of 30 times" before the motorist has to inflate the tire. The company says the tire, which will be test marketed this summer, will have a life span of 40,000 to 50,000 miles and cost about 30 percent more than a premium all-season tire. The "gee whiz" nature of the technology was not lost on lawmakers, including Democratic Sen.

Bill Diamond of Windham, who is sponsoring the proposed change in the law on behalf of Tires Inc. Diamond told the committee that the company's tire design "is a bit James Bond-ish" be- PROJECT Continued from Page B1 The preliminary concept presented to Westbrook officials Monday generated questions about whether this area has a population that can support the venture. The project needs a zoning change from the city to move forward. City officials will consider such issues as traffic, economic viability, and how to protect neighbors from negative effects. City Council President Brendan Rielly said that while the design firm's other projects are impressive, he wonders about the viability of Stroudwater Place.

"Those are really big markets," he said. "We have fewer people, and also fewer people with the disposable income and the income levels you see in those The developers have not done detailed demographic studies it would be premature before winning the needed contract zone, Emil said but have confidence in the project's economic viability. The types of businesses the SHERIFF Continued from Page B1 The company would not have had a financial motive to delay providing the drugs since the cost about $250 per day would have been passed on to the county, Dion said. The jail keeps only a limited supply of medications particularly those like the range of expensive specialty drugs used to treat HIV because of cost and limited space, Dion said. Correctional Medical Services sometimes must order them from the company's pharmacy, which can cause delays.

For security reasons, inmates are banned from bringing in their own medicine. When a person is arrested, the intake process includes a screening by the medical staff. There are sometimes delays in making diagnoses, confirming prescriptions and obtaining medicines, Dion said. Richard J. Ellis, 88 LIMERICK Mr.

Richard J. Ellis, 88, died on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, at his home in Limerick. He was the husband of the late Jeanne (Bolduc) Ellis. Born in Carlisle, he was the son of the late Charles and Rose (Silva) Ellis.

Mr. Ellis was a former employee of the Charlestown Shipyard in Charlestown, working with nuclear submarines. He resided in Saugus, for 25 years until moving to Maine 22 years ago. Mr. Ellis leaves four sons, Robert J.

Ellis and his wife Angie of Saugus, Richard Ellis of Texas, Raymond Ellis of Billerica, and Roger Ellis of Lynn, 15 grandchildren and 26 greatgrandchildren; his companion, Dorothy Patterson of Waterboro; many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by two brothers, Joseph Ellis and Charles Oakley and one sister, Ruth Bosco. The funeral will be from the Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln Saugus, Friday at 9:30 a.m., followed by a funeral Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church, 14 Summer Saugus, at 10:30 a.m. Relatives friends invited. Visiting hours Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.

For directions, www.bisbeeporcella.com. REMEMBRANCES IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory Of JOHN GREGORY OLIVER On His Birthday Always in our thoughts and hearts forever. Love, Mom and Dad and Family IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory Of MARY F. VALENTE Who Passed Away on February 27, 2000 vv As time goes by the pain of losing you does not subside. Lovingly remembered by, Granddaughter Ann and Family IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory Of MARY F.

VALENTE Who passed Away February 27, 2000 God saw you were tired, And a cure was not to be. So He put His arms around you, And whispered "Come to With tearful eyes we watched you, And saw you pass away. Although we loved you dearly, We could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, Hard working hands to rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best.

With Love Forever Your Children IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory Of LINDA RUTH (VOKEY) MANCHESTER Who Passed Away February 27, 1992 look at the clouds What do I see? Beautiful angel Smiling down at me. Love Mom Dad Sisters Brotherss Honor lost loved ones Remember departed family and friends with an In Memoriam notice in the Portland Press Herald Maine Sunday Telegram. For more information, or to place your In Memoriam, all 207-791-6100. Portland Press Herald Est. 1862 Maine Sunday Uelegram What Maine reads.

Margaret "Peggy" E. Cooper, 74 YORK Margaret "Peggy" E. Cooper, 74, of 36 Gorgeana Way, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at home. She was born Oct.

4, 1933, in York, the daughter of Margaret Martin a n.d graduated from York Margaret "Peggy" High 1951. School E. Cooper in She was a graduate of McIntosh Business College class of 1953 and worked as a secretary at the York Middle school for 10 years. She was a member of the Fadette Chapter Order of the Eastern Star and the First Parish Congregational Church. Peggy taught Sunday school, she was a Cub Scout Den mother and active athletic Booster.

She leaves her husband of 54 years, George W. Cooper; two sons, Jeffrey Cooper of Bristol, and Timothy Cooper and his wife 'Carrie of York; six grandchildren, Shannon, Justin, Brook, Joey, Katie, Jack; a greatgranddaughter, Arina Maria; and a sister, Barbara Haggerty of York. A son, John Cooper, predeceased her. The funeral service for Peggy will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday in the First Parish Congregational Church, 180 York York.

Burial will be in the First Parish Cemetery in the spring. Lucas Eaton Funeral Home, 91 Long Sands York, is directing arrangements. Visit www.lucaseatonfuneralhome.com. Memorial contributions may be made to: The American Parkinson's Disease Assoc. Mass.

Chapter 715 Albany St. Suite 329 Boston, Massachusetts 02188 Robert Gerald Fitzgibbons (Bob), 80 BRIDGTON Robert Gerald Fitzgibbons (Bob), 80, died of cancer on Feb. 25, 2008, at his home in Bridgton. Bob was born in St. Louis, Mo.

on the 29th of May 1927, to Louis Gerald and Nell Fritsch Fitzgibbons. Bob entered the Navy early as part of the "Eddie Program." Thereafter, the Gl bill afforded him the opportunity to receive a BS in Industrial Engineering from Washington University and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University. Bob was a quiet, thoughtful and independent man who cherished his wife Virginia Stedelin Fitzgibbons (Jini) during their 56 years of marriage and his children and grandchildren. In 1959 Bob and Jini settled in Sudbury, to raise their family of five children; Robert Gerald Jane Lee (m. Thibodeau), Mary, Michael Thomas and Lee Ann (m.

Street). He took great pleasure in participating in the Minuteman March on many a Patriots' Day. Professionally, Bob was an acknowledged expert in the field of Quality Control. Among his numerous professional accomplishments, Bob participated in the development of the TALOS missile system that was followed by the Hawk (now on display in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum); the predecessor to the Patriot Missile Defense System employed during the Gulf conflicts. In 1978, Bob and Jini moved permanently to what had previously been their vacation home on Long Lake in Bridgton Maine from which they ran the award winning Olde House Restaurant in Raymond, for over 20 years.

Bob enjoyed many things including nature, bridge, skiing, reading, jazz, dry humor, current events, heated political discussions, travel and Stilton cheese. However, his real passion was Irish history and family genealogy. Bob lived a full, challenging and rewarding life of compassion, hard work, steadfast commitment to his family and their education, keen intellectual discipline and integrity. Bob is remembered by his children as a wonderful father who also became a good and steadfast friend and advisor as they became adults. Bob is survived by his wife; four children and his eight grandchildren, Robert Sean and Brian Patrick Fitzgibbons; Spencer Ryan and Deanna Lee Thibodeau; Michael Thomas (Jr.) and Katherine Mary Fitzgibbons; and Margaret Lee and Annabel Powell Street, His family celebrates his life, legacy and the importance Bob continues to have in each of their lives.

Bob will be buried in Sudbury, joining his beloved daughter Mary, "Cricket" who died as a young child. Arrangements by Raymond-Wentworth Funeral Home, 8 Elm Bridgton. Online condolences may be left at www.andrewsgreenleaf.com. Dr. Charles H.

Duston they offered it to protect. the children, who would have had to testify against their mother at trial. "I just think it would have been further abuse to them to force them to testify to get a felony conviction or more jail time," Assistant Hillsborough County Attorney Catherine Devine said. "I think everyone gave up something by coming to the table with this." Dionne's lawyer read a brief statement from her in court Tuesday, saying that she was sorry for what had happened. Dionne has given up all paren- and the war in Iraq.

Impeachment supporters have characterized Allen's statements as political maneuvering for his Senate campaign. Scontras was the lone Republican and the only panelist who opposed impeachment. He was also alone in his view that waterboarding is not torture, sparring with York County District Attorney Mark Lawrence, a Democrat, on the issue. "Nothing good ever comes out of torture," Lawrence said. Members of the liberal-lean- cause it is so revolutionary.

"At first, it was a little bizarre (sounding), a little odd," Diamond said. "But the more I learned about it, the more sense it made." The fact that the new tire has passed federal safety tests "convinces us that this tire is ready to be sold and used in Maine," Ray Simond of the Maine Custom Auto Association told the legislative committee. "If an individual today purchases a winter tire, this is something they are going to want to have," Starr said. Matthew Ahonen, a Maine tire dealer who did not attend Tuesday's legislative hearing, said in a telephone interview later that Starr may be right. "If they could actually make that fly, there would probably be a market for that," said Ahonen, who manages the Haley's developers would pursue an anchor like Bloomingdale's or Nordstrom, and restaurants like the Cheesecake Factory and Legal Sea Foods are what consumers want, Snyder said.

"This kind of market has been screaming out for decades for a quality retail experience that Mainers have never had the chance to have," said Snyder, whose father is the late Arthur Snyder, a developer who was known for his renovation work in Portland. Tom Yake, a retail consultant in Kennebunk, said there's more buying power in Maine that retailers have realized. But he couldn't say whether the area could support an enterprise like Stroudwater Place. Even six or seven years ago, fans of upscale stores like Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn were underserved, said City Administrator Jerre Bryant, who was general manager of the Maine Mall for six years before going to work for the city in 2002. "That was an area where there was a lot of demand but not a lot of supply," he said.

The addition of so much Wynott was jailed in August and November, and each time, information on his health condition would have been added to his case history. In one of those cases, it appears the drugs were ordered but not administered, possibly because Wynott had been released by the time they arrived, Dion said. Wynott was jailed again Jan. 29, on a charge of failing to pay a fine for driving after license suspension. He says he was not given the medicine between then and Feb.

5, when he was released. Dion said his records show that Wynott received his medication before Feb. 5. Wynott says that he has been HIV-positive for 20 years and that he is under the care of an AIDS specialist, Dr. Owen Pickus of Westbrook.

Though Pickus said Tuesday that he does not know enough about the incident at the jail to comment on it directly, he said. patients should not skip taking their medicine. tal rights to her four children, now ages 6 through 10. They are in the process of being adopted by their foster family. She may eventually be allowed to visit the children with the new parents' permission.

Dionne, her ex-husband, Robert Dionne, and a boyfriend, Lukeus Poirier, were charged with felonies last year. Police alleged the children were whipped with belts and bound and gagged with duct tape. Robert Dionne died in jail last year; Poirier pleaded guilty to a second-degree assault charge and was released. ing crowd of around 100 at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church often jeered the Republican as he spoke. The event was the second time Scontras joined Democratic candidates for a debate, the first coming late last year in Sanford.

Democrats Chellie Pingree, Ethan Strimling and Michael Brennan also attended the forum. Staff Writer Elbert Aull can be contacted at 791-6325 or at: Tire and Auto Center in Fal- mouth. He said "it might take a couple of seasons to get people to try it," once it becomes available. Ahonen said studded tires have "made a big comeback" since the ice storm of 1998 and they now account for about 30 percent of his store's wintertire sales. The new tires may represent a breakthrough in technology, but that was not enough to get one to the State House in time for Tuesday's hearing.

Although Starr, an Oregonian, made it to Augusta, he said the tire was stuck at Dulles Inter-. national Airport near Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, en route to Maine. It is expected to arrive in Augusta later this week. Staff Writer Paul Carrier can be contacted at 622-7511 or at: retail space by comparison, the Maine Mall has 1.2 million square feet of retail space is a risky venture but mitigated by the plan to build in phases, said Charles Colgan, a public policy professor at USM's Muskie School of Public Service and chairman of the state's economic forecasting committee. The project does have the advantage of a well-located site in the fastest-growing and wealthiest part of the state, he said.

"It does represent a statement of faith in the future of the southern Maine economy," he said. According to the Maine Real Estate and Development Association, the state's population and income are not keeping pace with its large amount of retail development. But Colgan said the current retail situation won't be an issue. "You're looking at a whole business cycle or two away from when this thing would come online," he said. Staff Writer Ann S.

Kim can be contacted at 791-6383 or at: "If you stop drugs in any patient for two weeks, the viral load will resume and go from nondetectable to detectable," Pickus said. "What we try to tell our patients is that a missed dose, even one missed dose, is not a good thing. Is it the end of the road if you miss one or two days? Mostly not." Skipping doses can make the virus more drug-resistant, he said. Wynott's lawsuit is similar to one filed by David McNally in 1999 against the jail's former health care provider, which was settled. The county hired Correctional Medical Services in 2001 to improve care.

A Correctional Medical Services spokesman said he could not comment on the case because of Wynott's suit and patient confidentiality. Staff Writer David Hench can be contacted at 791-6327 or at: Dr. Charles H. FALMOUTH Duston was born in Boston, Feb. 4, 1913, and on graduated from Boston College and Tufts Medical School.

surgical residency in A two year Waterbury, and a Carney two year Hospital in Boston, were folresidency at the lowed by five years of surgery at the Marine Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He married Marge Stafford while in military service. He established practice at the Emerson Hospital in Concord, and was appointed Chairman of the Surgical Service in which he served 10 years. He had the town "spot- the area of the hospital, the Deaconess Nursing Home and the 13 acres of across the street from the hospital for medical purposes. There, with Mr.

Jenny, he built the Concord Medical Center which brought many specialists to the Emerson Hospital. Along with Dr. Norton and Dr. McDonald, he helped found the Middlesex Medical Branch of the Mass. Medical Society of which he became its first president.

He and his wife Marge had six daughters and two sons. He and Dr. Roger Lord established immunization clinics in the towns served by the hospital. After his wife died, he sailed his yacht to Roatan, an Island off the coast of Honduras in Central America. Here, there were 12,000 inhabitants without any medical care or doctors.

He built a home and the first medical clinic on the island and with the help of two Seventh Day Nurses. He was soon practicing health care and education to this under served community. After the government planned to build a small hospital on the island, he returned to Concord to settle his deceased brothers' estate. Summering in Bar Harbor, he met and married Kathryn. For some time they shared two homes, one in Scarborough and the other in Stuart, Fla.

Dr. Duston had 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was a direct descendent of Hannah Duston, the legendary heroine of Haverhill, Mass. He died at Ocean View Retirement Village in Falmouth on Feb. 21, 2008.

Services provided by Morrell S. York of Independent Death Care in Portland. William Frederick Alexander, Ed.D., 73 HAMILTON, N.J. William Frederick Alexander, Ed.D., 73, of Hamilton, N.J., passed away Monday at home. Born in Portland, Dr.

Alexander was a graduate of Morse High School, Class of 1952 in William Frederick Bath. He Alexander, Ed.D. graduated from Gorham State Teacher's College with a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Education in 1956, The Pennsylvania State University in 1959, and in 1969 with a Master's degree in Secondary Education and a doctorate degree in Education. A longtime resident of Hamilton, N.J., Dr. Alexander was employed by The College of New Jersey from 1969 until 2008,.

where he was a Professor Emeritus, Department Chairperson and Associate Dean of Education. He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Quality New Jersey, Lamda Sigma International Honorary in Industrial Education, and the International LOTA Honorary Society in Education. Son of the late Lewis H. and Esther McFaun Alexander, he is survived by his wife of 31 years, Kathleen M. Alexander; three children, Susan Sutter of Augusta, Brian Alexander, and Heather Alexander-Brechtel and her husband John, all of Hamilton, N.J.; two sisters, Katherine Savage and Ruth Lennox, both of Hudson three grandchildren, Lind sey, Brianna and Nicholas of Augusta; three aunts, Marion Neeld and Dorothy Oppenheimer of Pennsylvania, and Virginia Titcomb of Florida; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 9:30 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 3816 East State St. Mercerville, N.J. Entombment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, N.J. Family and friends may call 6-9 p.m.

Thufsday at the Saul Colonial Home, 3795 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square, N.J. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Dr. Alexander Education Scholarship Fund 8 Periwinkle Lane Hamilton, New Jersey 08619. or Our Lady of SorrowsSt. Anthony Parish 3816 East State St.

Ext. Mercerville, New Jersey 08619.