Portland Press Herald (ME)

June 27, 2000

Edition: CITY
Section: SPORTS
Page: 2D

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ROAD RACING

ROAD RACING – GLEN GILCHRIST MEMORIAL 5K
Author: Farmington

Article Text:

1. Erik McCarthy, 17:33.7; 2. Jeff Howley, 18:27.5; 3. Ian Hubbard, 18:43.7; 4. Matt Mellen, 19:07.1; 5. Eddy Gilchrist, 19:47.7; 6. Todd Richards, 19:57.8; 7. Seth Hubbard, 20:13.9; 8. Marc Glass, 20:16.8; 9. Wyatt Dumas, 20:28.8; 10. Erik Seastead, 20:30.3; 11. Dick Hoisington, 20:41.1; 12. Brian Kelly, 20:54.9; 13. Rich Smith, 20:57.0; 14. Matt Dunlap, 21:05.4; 15. Julianna Lagin Nasse, 21:09.2; 16. Raul Siren, 21:10.7; 17. Steve McCarthy, 22:06.7; 18. Sean Conley, 22:23.9;

19. Jobie Cole, 22:41.7; 20. Ben Milster, 22:43.1; 21. Bob Bachorik, 23:13.8; 22. Luke Ferreira, 23:30.5; 23. Robert Hetzer, 23:32.8; 24. Beth Allen, 23:36.1; 25. Vincent Devore, 24:23.9; 26. Doug Allen, 24:49.7; 27. Paul Fellman, 25:00.0; 28. Tessa Mann, 25:32.3; 29. Katie Wells, 25:32.5; 30. Dan Deshaies, 30:49.1; 31. Specs Eaton, 30:49.4 32. Mary Flint, 34:13.0; 33. Candy Bachorik, 35:55.3; 34. Olivia Roberts, 40:28.2; 35. Jessica Ellingwood, 40:32.4; 36. Deborah Roberts, 41:41.7.

Copyright (c) 2000 Portland Press Herald
Record Number: 0006270014

Portland Press Herald (ME)

September 8, 2001

Edition: Final
Section: Local & State
Page: 1B

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Suicide

MOTHER TESTIFIES ABOUT TEEN-AGE SON’S SUICIDE
The Farmington woman addresses a U.S. Senate panel on Friday.
Author: BART JANSEN Staff Writer, Library assistant Susan Butler contributed research to this article.

Dateline: WASHINGTON

Article Text:

Grace Eaton had trouble uttering her son’s name Friday. Facing six television cameras at a U.S. Senate hearing, Eaton arrived in Washington from Farmington to testify before a congressional committee about how Glen Philip Gilchrist – an honor student and top athlete – committed suicide.

But she said the 17-year-old senior, who killed himself in 1997, was also impulsive and hard on himself.

“We were involved,” Eaton said. “The guilt, blame and shame come down on us; we go, `How did we miss this?’ ”

Eaton, a teacher who has become an author and public speaker trying to prevent suicide, lent her expertise to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions subcommittee on children and families.

Her son’s suicide was the third in four years by students at Mt. Blue High School, but there have been none since, she said.

Maine children kill themselves more often than their peers nationwide.

In Maine, 6.1 per 100,000 children aged 10 to 19 committed suicide in each of the last three years, compared to a national average of 5.3 per 100,000, according to a study from the Maine Children’s Alliance.

Nationwide, about 5,000 of the 31,000 suicides each year involve youths 10 to 24 years old. Maine has about 167 suicides a year, with about one in four among teens and young adults.

Suicide is the third-leading cause of death among teens nationwide, behind accidental injuries and homicides. In Maine, it’s second behind accidents. And more teen-agers die from suicide than the next seven causes combined: cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia and influenza, and chronic lung disease.

“This is a serious health problem,” said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who helped organize the hearing that officials said was the first Senate hearing devoted to teen suicides. “The suffering of the suicidal is private and inexpressible, leaving family members, friends and colleagues to deal with an almost unfathomable kind of loss, as well as grief.”

U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher said keys to combating the problem involve talking more about suicide, not less. His recommendations involve increasing awareness through education, intervening to prevent suicide and researching the risks.

“The scars from suicide run deep and wide,” he said.

David Jobes, an associate professor of psychology at Catholic University of America, helped distribute educational literature to the Seattle area after the 1995 suicide of musician Kurt Cobain, in an effort to prevent copycats.

Rather than spurring more suicides, the effort prompted numerous calls to crisis hot lines and no increase in suicides, he said.

Maine was among states where the federal government looked for models on how to deal with suicide, Satcher said. Federal officials set up an informational Web site at www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention in order to increase education and demystify suicide, which is largely blamed on mental illness.

The Maine Youth Suicide Prevention Program, an initiative of Gov. Angus King and agency aides, seeks to increase awareness of suicide prevention and improve access to services.

The program includes a Web page, a phone hot line, educational brochures and training for adults and youths.

After her son’s death, Eaton helped write a book called “The Hope Book – An Educator’s Guide to Suicide Prevention.” Tips include looking for warning signs, such as the child’s consuming alcohol or drugs, dropping out of activities, discarding belongings or talking about not being around any more.

Looking for clues might not be enough, however, Eaton warned.

Eaton, a special education teacher earning a master’s degree in guidance counseling, and her husband, a high-school administrator, didn’t know their son was considering suicide.

At one point, she asked him directly and he denied it, saying he had too much to live for.

Five months later, he was dead. In contrast to Satcher arguing that suicide is preventable, Eaton said the signs are sometimes illegible.

“If I could have prevented it in any way, I would have,” she said. “But I think the things we don’t know, we just don’t know.”

Staff Writer Bart Jansen can be contacted at 202-488-1119 or at:

bjansen@pressherald.com

Caption:
“The guilt, blame and shame come down on us; we go, ‘How did we miss this?’ ” Grace Eaton

File photo

Glen Gilchrist, a senior at Mt. Blue High School, committed suicide in 1997 after telling his parents he had so much to live for.

Copyright (c) 2001 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc.
Record Number: 6186621001

USATF Region 1 Junior Olympics T&F; Championships
Orono, ME, June 25, 2000 Results

Strawberry Festival 5 Miler Results
South Berwick, ME, June 24, 2000

Waldoboro Day 5K
Waldoboro, ME, June 17, 2000
Results courtesy of the Waldoboro Day 5K Road Race and the Downeast School of Massage.

1, Robert Gomez, 16, Male, 16:58, 5:28
2, Paul Toohey, 42, Male, 18:21, 5:54
3, Bryan Blackler, 13, Male, 18:25, 5:56
4, Frank Fogg, 39, Male, 18:28, 5:57
5, Willie Sproul, 42, Male, 18:46, 6:02
6, Tyler Lupien, 25, Male, 18:53, 6:05
7, Darren Winchenbach, 18, Male, 19:01, 6:07
8, Randy Swormstedt, 29, Female, 19:04, 6:08
9, Scott Minzy, 29, Male, 19:14, 6:11
10, Jerry Graves, 45, Male, 19:41, 6:20
11, Geoffrey Scott, 45, Male, 20:08, 6:29
12, William Russell, 42, Male, 20:17, 6:32
13, Don Andrus, 52, Male, 20:29, 6:36
14, Dean Jacobs, 34, Male, 20:35, 6:38
15, Ethan Whitaker, 41, Male, 20:53, 6:43
16, Sarah Amdrus, 45, Female, 20:55, 6:44
17, Ralf Steinert, 43, Male, 21:04, 6:47
18, Elise Lisle, 41, Female, 21:08, 6:48
19, Cyndi Niemeyer, 15, Female, 21:10, 6:49
20, Erin Rhoda, 16, Female, 21:39, 6:58
21, Joel Cartwright, 16, Male, 21:42, 6:59
22, Tracy Jones, 40, Male, 22:21, 7:12
23, Diane Ross, 44, Female, 22:27, 7:14
24, Lucas Brower, 11, Male, 23:00, 7:24
25, Marty Haskell, 49, Male, 23:12, 7:28
26, Paula Russell, 39, Female, 23:31, 7:34
27, Vincent Prescott, 22, Male, 23:37, 7:36
28, Sarah Plummer, 33, Female, 23:48, 7:40
29, Linsey Runi, 14, Female, 23:55, 7:42
30, Reade Brower, 43, Male, 24:07, 7:46
31, Andrea York, 16, Female, 24:18, 7:49
32, Dan Rankin, 63, Male, 24:21, 7:50
33, Kathy Deupree, 53, Female, 25:13, 8:07
34, Jason Rhoda, 11, Male, 25:23, 8:10
35, Larry Smith, 46, Male, 25:25, 8:11
36, Timothy Osgood, 41, Male, 25:29, 8:12
37, Bradly Whitaker, 8, Male, 25:39, 8:15
38, Robert Hetzer, 31, Male, 25:43, 8:17
39, Stacey Williams, 42, Female, 25:54, 8:20
40, Kelly Dorgan, 20, Female, 26:07, 8:24
41, Deb Prescott, 34, Female, 26:11, 8:26
42, Gisela Steinert, 42, Female, 26:17, 8:28
43, Paul McFarland, 56, Male, 26:39, 8:35
44, Kelly Orne, 38, Female, 26:48, 8:38
45, Philip Cohen, 31, Male, 26:52, 8:39
46, Ruth Howell , 21, Female, 27:15, 8:46
47, Shine Richards, 58, Male, 27:50, 8:58
48, Alan Fuller, 64, Male, 28:32, 9:11
49, Scott Murray, 31, Male, 31:28, 10:08
50, Laurie McBurnie, 48, Female, 32:33, 10:29
51, Tom Miller, 83, Male, 35:17, 11:21
52, Douglas Blasius, 8, Male, 36:45, 11:50
53, Randall Blasius, 8, Male, 37:49, 12:10
54, Sarah Blasius, 41, Female, 38:14, 12:18

Deering 4M Run/Walk
Portland, ME, June 11, 2000

Results courtesy of the Maine Track Club.

2nd Annual Deering 4 Mile Ram Run/Walk
June 11, 2000, 8 a.m. – Sponsored by DHS Wrestling Boosters
Portland, ME
PLACE DIV/TOT NAME AGE S CITY ST TIME PACE
===== ======== =================== === = ================== == ======= =====
1 1/1 Martin Ladouceur 30 M Magog PQ 22:29 5:37
2 1/8 Steve Kress 15 M Portland ME 23:44 5:56
3 1/10 Russell Boisvert 49 M Portland ME 23:45 5:56
4 1/9 Michael Musca 42 M Falmouth ME 23:56 5:59
5 2/9 Hans Brandes 41 M Falmouth ME 24:00 6:00
6 2/10 John Eldredge 45 M Cumberland ME 24:06 6:02
7 1/1 Mike Kress 20 M Portland ME 24:28 6:07
8 3/10 Bob Stuart 45 M Cumberland ME 25:16 6:19
9 4/10 Tim Sickel 47 M Bowdoin ME 26:04 6:31
10 2/8 Jon Kane 17 M Portland ME 26:14 6:34
11 3/9 Ogden Williams 44 M Cape Elizabeth ME 27:05 6:46
12 1/6 Michael Whitlock 39 M Westbrook ME 27:14 6:49
13 4/9 Bill Adams 40 M Scarborough ME 27:41 6:55
14 5/10 Alan Bailey 46 M Woolwich ME 27:46 6:57
15 5/9 Nelson Parise 42 M Portland ME 28:06 7:02
16 6/9 Jay Wilson 42 M Portland ME 28:07 7:02
17 6/10 Richard Scribner 48 M Gorham ME 28:45 7:11
18 7/9 Alan Dill 41 M Bangor ME 28:50 7:13
19 1/2 Tony Salamone 50 M South Portland ME 28:53 7:13
20 1/1 Cindy Andrews 48 F Cumberland Forside ME 29:01 7:15
21 7/10 Alan Kinerson 48 M Kennebunk ME 29:01 7:15
22 8/10 Donald McDade 48 M Portland ME 29:53 7:28
23 3/8 Martin Bazinet 15 M Portland ME 30:06 7:32
24 4/8 Dylan Reburn 18 M Portland ME 30:35 7:39
25 5/8 Todd Liming 16 M Portland ME 30:43 7:41
26 1/2 Bob Jolicoeur 63 M Cape Elizabeth ME 30:57 7:44
27 2/6 Bob Boothe 37 M Portland ME 31:55 7:59
28 3/6 Terry Deveraux 38 M Augusta ME 32:21 8:05
29 4/6 Douglas Patrick 36 M Portland ME 32:37 8:09
30 5/6 Bert Smoluk 37 M Falmouth ME 32:39 8:10
31 8/9 James Fasulo 40 M Portland ME 32:42 8:11
32 1/2 Kristin Cook 29 F Freeport ME 33:19 8:20
33 1/2 Kenny Sands 27 M Old Orchard Beach ME 33:29 8:22
34 2/2 Terry Sands 25 F Old Orchard Beach ME 33:32 8:23
35 6/8 Nelson Libby 15 M Portland ME 34:15 8:34
36 2/2 Sydney Snyder 27 M Portland ME 34:27 8:37
37 7/8 David Nagem 16 M Portland ME 35:35 8:54
38 9/10 George Liming 48 M Portland ME 35:51 8:58
39 2/2 Harry Fullerton 52 M Portland ME 36:15 9:04
40 1/3 Carlton Mendell 78 M Portland ME 36:40 9:10
41 1/1 Betsey Greenstein 30 F Portland ME 37:18 9:20
42 10/10 James Daniels 49 M Portland ME 37:34 9:24
43 8/8 Mitch Punsky 16 M Portland ME 39:37 9:54
44 1/1 Judy Davis 40 F So Portland ME 39:46 9:57
45 1/1 Grace Matias 56 F Portland ME 39:46 9:57
46 1/1 Zack Punsky 14 M Portland ME 40:56 10:14
47 6/6 Andy Rudy 35 M Portland ME 41:16 10:19
48 9/9 Mark Clinch 44 M Gorham ME 43:52 10:58
49 2/3 John Woods 82 M Harpswell ME 45:58 11:30
50 2/2 Lennie Stack 64 M Westbrook ME 51:34 12:54
51 3/3 Harold Kroot 75 M Delray FL 1:09:38 17:25
52 1/1 Beryl Cole 50 F Old Orchard Beach ME 1:14:33 18:38
53 1/1 Sylvia Kroot 75 F Delray FL 1:14:35 18:39

Cobscook Bay 10K/5K Results
Pembroke, ME, June 4, 2000

RESULTS Ninth Annual Cobscook Bay 10K for Down East Hospice

Results courtesy of the Cobscook Bay 10K/5K.
Ninth Annual Cobscook Bay 10K for Down East Hospice

There was a record turnout for the Ninth Annual Cobscook Bay 10K in Pembroke on Sunday, June 4th. The women’s master record was set for the 10K by Sue Foster with an impressive 42:31 (13th overall); Jeremy Lisee, a perennial 10K winner (from 1996-1999), kept his streak alive with a third win (34:24), painfully close to the course record of 34:15 set by Stephen Carle in 1993. With a total of 184 entrants, the year 2000 event was an enormous success for Down East Hospice, a nonprofit organization that provides free care and support for the terminally ill, the grieving, and their families throughout Washington County, Maine.

The race directors wish to thank the Hospice volunteers, members of the community, and all the participants who helped make this year’s event a resounding success.

“F” denotes first female; “W” denotes first walker.

Fun Run 1) Eric Leighton,7:22; 2) Jarrod Lewey, 7:50; 3) Gabriel Winski, 8:18; 4) Paul Vinzani, 8:29; 5) Noah von Ritz, 9:14; 6) Kajsa Lindbladh (F), 9:29; 7) Shawn Leighton, 9:35; 8) Ben Veador, 9:40; 9) Jeremy Putnam, 10:02; 10) Isaac Hilyard, 10:04; 11) J. Adams, 10:04.49; 12) Tommy Putnam, 10:12; 13) Bryan Albee, 10:26; 14) Nadine Biss, 10:29; 15) Scott Farnham, 10:51; 16) Esther Adams, 10:55; 17) Haleigh White, 12:24; 18) Mike von Ritz, 16:20.

5K Results 1) Lance Stuart, 18:59; 2) Chad Pike, 19:28; 3) Willie Emery, 20:05; 4) Dominic Winski, 21:00; 5) Kristy Albee (F), 21:05; 6) Jim Estes, 21:08; 7) Stephen Cates, 21:11; 8) Balcha Bottorf, 22:23; 9) Devon McPhee, 22:32; 10) Stephen Carle, 23:18; 11) Bob Abrahms, 23:28; 12) Katrina Mazgaj, 23:40; 13) Yvonne Hayward, 24:08; 14) Beth Botlorf, 24:49; 15) Michelle Putnam, 25:45; 16) Bif Churchill, 25:56; 17) Howard Duvall, 26:42; 18) Sarah Livingstone, 26:42; 19)Mary Simmon, 26:57; 20) John Appleby, 28:01; 21) Sam Furth, 28:07; 22) Debbie Mattson, 28:51; 23) Doug Hatfield, 29:58; 24) Diane Lovejoy, 30:11; 25) Sue Arnold, 32:45; 26) Rusty Elliot, 33:58; 27) Mike Knowles, 34:01; 28) Steve Knowles, 34:05; 29) Betenet Bottorf, 34:05; 30) Bob Myers, 34:44; 31) Tom Miller, 35:00; 32) Pamela Moll, 40:23; 33) Paula Holland, 41:25; 34) Tammy Ramsdell (W), 41:32; 35) Sophie Guida, 41:44; 36) A. Norton, 43:45; 37) Madelyn Hilyard, 45:16; 38) Diane Cashore, 45:24; 39) John Cashore, 47:01; 40) Cindy Leighton, 47:05; 41) Megan Emery, 47:05; 42) Skip Frankland, 48:25; 43) Sandra Denbow, 48:40; 44) Megan Knowles, 48:56; 45) Kailee Wagner, 48:58; 46) Katie MacGregor, 48:59; 47) Cindy Knowles, 49:10; 48) Ann Luginbuhl, 49:11; 49) Sandi Marr, 49:25; 50) William Albee, 49:26; 51) Rebecca Cashore, 49:54; 52) Noel Brennan, 49:55; 53) Emily Brennan, 50:05; 54) Rachel Brennan, 50:16; 55) Sarah Grannis, 50:21; 56) Rosie Grannis, 50:33; 57) Alison Brennan, 51:07; 58) Linda Albee, 51:10; 59) Michelle Gardner, 51:56; 60) Becky Wagner, 53:00; 61) Pat Mallar, 55:06; 62) Chloe Barnett, 56:22; 63) Pam Robbins, 58:22; 64) Angeline Leve, 58:26; 65) Genet Bottorf, 58:26; 66) Gwen Jones, 58:26; 67) Janet McPhee, 61:58; 68) Janelle Bernard, 62:00; 69) Lynda Emery, 62:08; 70) Barbara Barnett, 62:09; 71) Barbara Smith, 65:11.

10K Results [age of runner appears in brackets]

“F” denotes first female; “M” denotes first master male; “MF” denotes first master female; “W” denotes first walker.

1) Jeremy Lisee, 34:24; 2) Jim Newett (M), 35:50; 3) Andrew Goupee, 36:08; 4) Newell Lewey, 37:15; 5) Peter Dauphinee, 39:31; 6) Edward Hughes, 39:40; 7) Michael Gardner, 39:41; 8) Chris Holt, 39:52; 9) Larry Tonzi, 39:55; 10) Jim Adams, 40:53; 11) Jon Wescott, 41:34; 12) Alicia Hughes (F), 42:00; 13) Sue Foster (MF), 42:31; 14) Karl Johnson, 42:52; 15) Kristin Walstad, 42:56; 16) Katrina Bisheimer, 43:05; 17) Steve Norton, 43:33; 18) Troy Brown, 44:33; 19) Austin Townsend, 44:51; 20) Doug Hodum, 44:56; 21) Nichi Farnham, 45:08; 22) Sheila Hodges, 45:10; 23) Matts Lindbladh, 45:30; 24) Stephanie Allard, 45:34; 25) R. Christopher Almy, 45:36; 26) Peter Brickley, 45:39; 27) Ron Kilby, 46:10; 28) Jeff Nichols, 46:14; 29) Kate McGuire, 46:35; 30) Steve Elder Norton , 46:42; 31) Peter Knowles, 46:51; 32) Bill Pinkham , 47:02; 33) Ed Williams, 47:13; 34) Annette Brickley, 47:25; 35) Tony Jans, 47:46; 36) Sarah Kirn, 50:26; 37) Nancy Contino, 50:27; 38) John Churchill, 50:27.89; 39) Samantha Williams, 50:53; 40) Jeanne Butterfield, 51:04; 41) Jennifer Norton, 51:16; 42) Marty Elliott, 51:17; 43) Carl Bottorf, 51:38; 44) Debra Hubbard, 52:39; 45) Amanda Jo Williams, 52:59; 46) Tom Brennan , 53:22; 47) Joan Merriam, 53:35; 48) Keith Holland, 54:31; 49) Kristy Doten, 57:10; 50) Brian Schuth, 57:58; 51) Stewart Swain, 58:27; 52) Brian Duffy, 58:44; 53) Mary-Alice Bruce, 1:07:14; 54) Lauren Simpson, 1:07:57; 55) Alex Marie, 1:08:14; 56) Robert Lewis (W), 1:22:26; 57) Frank Bassett, 1:23:21; 58) Chris Deering, 1:23:33; 59) Ron Sexton, 1:23:48; 60) Dottie Laber, 1:24:55; 61) Chris White, 1:25:18; 62) Sandra Richards, 1:29:01; 63) John Marshall, 1:29:24; 64) Dennis Turner, 1:29:26; 65) Ann Brackett, 1:36:32; 66) Mary Ann Duvall, 1:36:33; 67) Francine Rodman, 1:43:45; 68) M.B. Lardizabal, 1:44:44; 69) Cynthia Sammis, 1:44:46; 70) Jennie Ganong, 1:45:46; 71) Gordon Ganong, 1:45:48; 72) Sandra Pottle, 1:45:51; 73) Jim Pottle, 1:45:53; 74) Michelle Brown, 1:46:24; 75) Wanda Heche, 1:46:28; 76) Susan Garnett, 1:46:32; 77) Paul Bowden, 1:50:44; 78) Mary Bowden, 1:50:46; 79) Diane Bell, 1:52:15; 80) Judy Dakin, 1:53:15; 81) Gloria Merrill, 1:53:19; 82) Colleen Smith, 1:53:25.