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Foxcroft Academy's Ian Champeon, (30), tries to deflect John Bapst's Dan Keefe, (80), in the first half of their game in Dover Foxcroft, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Bangor Daily News/Michael C. York

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Bangor High School's Kim Jordan (right) battles for the ball with Hampden Academy's Ashley Danforth during the first half of the game in Hampden Tuesday evening. (Bangor Daily News/Gabor Degre)

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Bangor High School's Nate Henigan (left)) goes up for the ball over Brewer High School's Anthony Jackson in the endzone during the first quarter of the game in Brewer Friday evening. The pass was incomplete. (Bangor Daily news/Gabor Degre)

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Holding a small flag provided by local Daughters of the American Revolution, three-year-old Jacob Rae of Hampden watches his father, Christopher Duncombe Rae, shakes hands with U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chief Judge Louis H. Kornreich (cq) and others during Friday's new citizen swear-in federal court in Bangor. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS

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The construction of a new modular concrete structure on outer State Street (Route 2) in Bangor was funded completely by the State of Maine. The three-sided pre-cast concrete modules were placed over the natural stream bottom of the Penjajawok Stream near where it meets the Penobscot River. The project costs just under $1 million and it is expected to be completed by the middle of November. (Bangor Daily news/Gabor Degre)

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The laundry is drying in the afternoon sun at the Zimmerman family's produce and dairy farm in Thorndike Friday. They moved to the area in May of 2009 and are members of the growing Amish community in the Unity and Thorndike area. Ivan Zimmerman is known in the community as a man who is good at fixing machines. He even keeps an old steam engine in operating condition to power farm equipment. (Bangor Daily News/Gabor Degre) (Bangor Daily News/Gabor Degre)

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Lewis Brenneman, 22, works on the shop building for Andrew and Caleb Stoll, all members of the growing Amish community in the Unity and Thorndike area. Brenneman moved from Ontario in September of 2008 to teach in the local Amish school, and now works for the Stoll family, who are going to be manufacturing metal roofing. (Bangor Daily News/Gabor Degre)

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University of Maine junior Scott LaFlamme is a recipient of the Mitchell Scholarship, now in its 10th year in providing need-based scholarships to one student at every Maine public high school. Laflamme, who was photographed in Orono on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 and is from Bradley and Old Town, also serves as an Old Town city councilor. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)

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Bangor Police Chief Ron Gastia (BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY GABOR DEGRE) Bangor Police chief Ronald Gastia. (Bangor Daily News/Gabor Degre)

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Left to right: Sumaira Siddiqi (cq) of Caribou (originally from Pakistan), Martha Night Wani of Portland (originally from Sudan), Peter Witt (cq) (originally from Germany), Maria Tijan-Wieck of Bangor (originally from Spain) and Lucy Marquis of Litchfield (originally from Colombia) take the Oath of Citizenship during Friday's naturalization ceremony in federal court in Bangor. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder answers questions from the audience following Holder's lecture on "Counterterrorism and Rule of Law", which served as the 2009 William S. Cohen Lecture at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine in Orono on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. At right is former Congressman and Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen who, Holder said was in the running to be a vice-presidential candidate for President Obama. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)

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William "Bangor Billy" Cohen (left) displays his basketball skills for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder following Holder's lecture on "Counterterrorism and Rule of Law", which served as the 2009 William S. Cohen Lecture at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine in Orono on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. It was Holder's first visit to Maine and he received a Cindy Blodgett signed basketball as a souvenir. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)

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(BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS) CAPTION Three-year-old Samantha Cyr and her dad Chad Cyr, both of Bucksport, watch a horse and driver trot down the back straight at Bass Park on a sunny Monday afternoon, October 19, 2009. Cyr said his daughter loves to come to track and they often make a special trip there if they spot the horses on the track after he picks her up a daycare in Bangor. (Bangor Daily News/John Clarke Russ)

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Penobscot Nation Boys & Girls Club members including (from left) Jacob Burns, 8, Malleah Brown, 6, and Shea Hinds, 6, enjoy food after school courtesy of Good Shepherd Food-Bank's new Feeding Maine Youth program which launched Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at the afterschool program on Indian Island. The organization gave a $20,000 grant to the club which helped purchase major appliances that will help feed upwards of 200 students a day, Monday through Friday, at the school. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)

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Penobscot Nation Boys & Girls Club members including Sylvia Brown, 5, (left) and her cousin Anjolie Brown, 7, enjoy food after school courtesy of Good Shepherd Food-Bank's new Feeding Maine Youth program which launched Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at the afterschool program on Indian Island. The organization gave a $20,000 grant to the club which helped purchase major appliances that will help feed upwards of 200 students a day, Monday through Friday, at the school. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)

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Bangor High School's Joe Seccareccia (right) grabs Brewer High School's Ben Phippen's face mask as he scrambles for more yadage during the first quarter of the game in Brewer Friday evening. (Bangor Daily news/Gabor Degre)

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JOhn Bapst's Bill Wetherbee, (22), celebrates after scoring on a two point conversion on the second touchdown of the first quarter on their game with Foxcroft Academy , Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Bangor Daily News/Michael C. York

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This large building under construction on the former Chase Farm on the Thorndike Road in Unity will be the future home of a metal roofing business operated by local Amish families. Andrew Stoll will manufacture the roofing from rolled steel and his brother Caleb will market the product. The Amish are personable and approachable but prefer not to be photographed. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY WALTER GRIFFIN

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Horse and buggies like these at an Amish farm in Thorndike are common sites on area roads as the Amish community has grown in numbers over the past two years. Nine Amish families have relocated to Unity and Thorndike to establish farms and businesses. The Amish are personable and approachable but prefer not to be photographed. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY WALTER GRIFFIN.

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Horse and buggies like these at an Amish farm in Thorndike are common sites on area roads as the Amish community has grown in numbers over the past two years. Nine Amish families have relocated to Unity and Thorndike to establish farms and businesses. The Amish are personable and approachable but prefer not to be photographed. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY WALTER GRIFFIN.

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Stonybrook's Colleen McKenna, (12), plays the ball away from Maine's Christina Di lelsi in the first half of their game in Orono, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Bangor Daily News/Michael C. York

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Maine's Alli Kraus, (5), heads the ball away from Stonybrook's Sa'sha Kershaw in the first part of their game in Orono, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Bangor Daily News/Michael C. York

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Caption to come------goes with a story slugged BOAT. (Bangor Daily News/ Sharon Kiley Mack)

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Caption to come------goes with a story slugged BOAT. (Bangor Daily News/ Sharon Kiley Mack)

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Cut Line: David Slagger, Maine Tribal Partnership Specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau, speaks at a meeting Thursday between the bureau and representatives from the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and the Aroostook Band of Micmacs. Officials with the U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged that many Native Americans are wary of the federal government, so they are reluctant to stand up and be counted during the U.S. Census. With Census 2010 right around the corner, census officials were in Aroostook County to work with tribal leaders to assure that all tribal members are counted. (BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JEN LYNDS)

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Paul MacDonald (center) of Carmel discusses the petition that would repeal Maine's law protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination and reaffirm the law prohibiting same-sex marriage with Phyllis Lamstein (right) of Dismont, who was collecting petition signatures for Equality Maine, which supports equal rights regardless of sexual orientation. MacDonald said he is "strongly committeed to the teachings of the Bible" and wants to "protect these things." (BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY KATE COLLINS) CAPTION Phyllis Johnston, left, of Carmel, and Paul MacDonald, also of Carmel, discuss the petition Johnston was collecting signatures for on Maine's primary elections day (Tuesday, June 10, 2008) at the Carmel Grange. The petition supports legislation which would repeal Maine's law protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination and reaffirm the law prohibiting same-sex marriage. At right is Lynne Lamstein of Dixmont, who was collecting signatures for Equality Maine, which supports equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation. After signing the preserve marriage petition, MacDonald said that he is "strongly committed to the teachings of the Bible" including "sexual practices" and wants to "protect these things". (Bangor Daily News/Kate Collins)

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Emery Deabay (center), Maine U.S.W. secretary Local 1188, was one of the speakers during Wednesday's press conference in Bangor to urge U.S. Senators Snowe and Collins to pass strong clean energy legislation. Behind him are Dan Lawson (left, Maine Labor Council Trustee/U.S.W. Local 1188) and an unidentified participant. (Bangor Daily News/John Clarke Russ)

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Ron Hemingway, center, a veteran organizer and vice president of the Maine Labor Council and an officer at NewPage paper mill in Rumford, was one of the speakers during Wednesday's press conference in Bangor to urge U.S. Senators Snowe and Collins to pass strong clean energy legislation. Behind him (left to right) are Duane Lugdon of United Steelworkers International, Dan Lawson (of U.S.W. Local 1188 and a M.L.C. trustee), and two unidentified participants. (Bangor Daily News/John Clarke Russ)

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Jerry Lingley, 17, of Pembroke, harvests rockweed in Cobscook Bay for Acadian Seaplants. A good harvester can cut five tons of seaweed a day and get paid $43 per ton. (Bangor Daily News/Sharon Mack)

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Nokomis goalie Maria Adams, (42), watches as teammate Marissa Shaw clears the ball from in front of the net in the second period of their game versus Mt. View in Newport, Wed., Oct. 21, 2009. Bangor Daily News/Michael C. York

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Nokomis field hockey coach Katie Thompson high-fives her players after winning their game versus Mt. View Wed., Oct. 21, 2009. Bangor Daily NEws/Michael C. York

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Sandra Haley, a lifelong resident of Milo and owner of the Milo Flower Shop, watches as crews tear down what is left of her building Friday. Haley owned the business for 36 years before her building was destroyed in last month's arson fire on Main Street. (BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY KATE COLLINS) CAPTION Sandra Haley, lifelong resident of Milo and owner of the Milo Flower Shop, watches as crews tear down the burnt out remains of her business on Friday, October 17, 2008. Haley owned the business for 36 years before it was destroyed by a deliberately set fire which devastated Milo's Main St. in September. (Bangor Daily News/Kate Collins)

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(BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY BRIDGET BROWN) CAPTION Eastern Maine Community College first year students Matt Carrillo (right) and Dustin Paul roam the campus green in human-size "hamster balls" in celebration of the school's Harvest Day. The day is set aside to raise money for area charities and participate in community service projects. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)

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(BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY BRIDGET BROWN) CAPTION Dan Bird with Old Town Fuel and Fiber shows the pulp that the mill produces Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 in Old Town. The mill recently switched its lime kiln from oil to natural gas as part of its goal of becoming a green facility. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)

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(BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY BRIDGET BROWN) CAPTION Pulp rolls down a conveyor belt to be pressed and shipped at Old Town Fuel and Fiber on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)

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(BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY BRIDGET BROWN) CAPTION Dan Bird with Old Town Fuel and Fiber discusses the company's process of producing pulp and biofuel Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 at the mill in Old Town. The mill recently switched its lime kiln from oil to natural gas as part of its goal of becoming a green facility. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)

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Dexter Tiger Whitney Mower, (5), tries to bring the ball out of the defensive zone away from Stearn's Shannon Murchison, (48), in the first half fof their game in Dexter, Wed., Oct. 21, 2009. Bangor Daily NEws/Michael C. York

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Dexter's Chelsea Crane, (29), works the ball into the offensive zone ahead of defender Ashley Rollins, (13), in the first period of their game in Dexter, Wed., Oct. 21, 2009. Bangor Daily NEws/Michael C. York

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Dennis Bailey, executive director of CasinosNO! addresses the media while monitoring the state voting results for the Washington County racino referendum question Tuesday evening at Lebel & Harriman LLP in Falmouth. (BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS) CAPTION DennisBailey5JCR.jpg Casinos No executive director Dennis Bailey addresses the media while monitoring the state voting results for the Washington County casino referendum during an election night gathering at Lebel & Harriman LLP in Falmouth Tuesday (Bangor Daily News/ John Clarke Russ)

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CONSOLIDATION PETITION Kenneth Swasey of Damariscotta signs his name Saturday to a petition to repeal the school consolidation law. Members of the Maine Coalition to Save Schools gathered signatures at the Maine Coast Mall in Ellsworth and gathered about 400 toward their goal of 55,000 in order to send the question to the Legislature or to a referendum vote. They plan to be back at the mall next Saturday to continue the effort. (Bangor Daily News/Rich Hewitt)

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Urchin fisherman Kenney Daye of Lubec knew the fishermen whose boat appears to have gone down in Cobscook Bay sometime Tuesday. (Bangor Daily News/Gabor Degre)

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A Canadian Defense Force rescue helicopter searches the waters between Lubec and Campobello Island, New Brunswick for three Maine fishermen who were on an urchin boat which was reported missing Tuesday evening. The search, which included the U.S. Coast Guard, Maine Marine Patrol and local fishermen, continued through Wednesday. The body of one fisherman was found iWednesday afternoon. (Bangor Daily News/Gabor Degre)

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Urchin fishing boats work on Cobscook Bay near the reversing falls Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Three fishermen, who were on an urchin boat, were reported missing Tuesday evening, which sparked a search by U.S. and Canadian rescue personnel, Maine Marine Patrol, Maine State Police and local fishermen. The body of one of the fishermen was found Wednesday afternoon. (Bangor Daily News/Gabor Degre)

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CAPTION The first modules constructed by Cianbro Corp. in Brewer pass under the old Waldo-Hancock County Bridge on their way down the Penobscot River and to Port Arthur, Texas on Thursday, March, 25, 2009. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY KEVIN BENNETT (WEB EDITION PHOTO)

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Hollywood Slots banquet manager Kyle Tardy (left), and employees Randy Hillman and David McCourt (right), prepare a spread of Maine foods to feed participants in the Maine Food Means Business conference Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 in Bangor. The event brought together the Maine Grocers Association and the Maine Food Producers Alliance to find new ways of collaborating to meet the needs of Maine's food industry. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)

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Abaris Club member Nathalee Marsh and Guilford Town Manager Tom Goulette inspect one of four granite markers the Abaris Club had erected on the town's four cemeteries. The club raised $4,150 for the markers and need about $900 more to pay the bill. Jerry Bates of Blanchard and his sister Judy Haynes of Yarmouth donated the funds for the Lawn Cemetery marker. (Bangor Daily News Photo by Diana Bowley)

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Jeanne Hulit, the New England Regional Administrator for the Small Business Administration, speaks at the Maine Food Means Business conference Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 in Bangor. The event brought together the Maine Grocers Association and the Maine Food Producers Alliance to find new ways of collaborating to meet the needs of Maine's food industry. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)

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Penobscot County Sheriff Glenn Ross talks with the BDN at Third District Court in Bangor prior to Tuesday's Penobscot County Jail tour to address jail upgrades and inmate transportation needs. (Bangor Daily News/John Clarke Russ)

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During Tuesday afternoon's tour of the Penobscot County Jail, Penobscot County commissioner Thomas Davis Jr. (District2) peels back a piece of water-damaged ceiling in the maximum-security wing on the jail's second floor. Looking on is fellow Penobscot County commissioner Stephen Stanley (District 3) and in the foreground are Penobscot County Commision Chair Peter Baldacci (District 1) (far left) and Sheriff Glenn Ross. Sheriff Ross gave local and state officials a tour of the Penobscot County Jail Tuesday to address jail upgrades and other inmate and staff needs. (Bangor Daily News/John Clarke Russ)

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Denise Lord (right), Associate Commissioner for the Maine Dept. of Corrections, talks with female inmates in the jail's recreation area while touring Penobscot County Jail with Sheriff Glenn Ross ( third from right), and other local and state officials Tuesday. Sherriff Ross and other county officials gave the tour to address jail upgrades and administrative needs. (Bangor Daily News/John Clarke Russ)

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