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Peter E. Schlax Sr.

AUBURN — Peter Edmund Schlax Sr., 79, of Lewiston, died peacefully Feb. 14 at Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, surrounded by his family. Pete was born Jan. 26, 1939, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Edmund Schlax and Julie Riordan. He grew up on the rough streets of the South Side of Chicago. He graduated from […]

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Bates professor Ian Shin places second on "Jeopardy!"

WHAT?! So cool! Shout out to @jeopardy and Ian for totally making our day! pic.twitter.com/vegXUaH5TZ — NRDC 🌎 (@NRDC) December 13, 2017 Bates history lecturer Ian Shin took home second-place winnings on Tuesday night’s episode of “Jeopardy!” The episode, which was filmed Aug. 30, found Shin competing against returning champion LaKedra Pam and new contestant […]

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Bates College lecturer, longtime fan on 'Jeopardy' Tuesday night

LEWISTON — A week before his “Jeopardy” taping, Ian Shin got to work, boning up on sports, pop culture and skimming 30-plus years of questions and answers. So did it pay off? That answer comes Tuesday night. Shin, 33, a post-doctoral fellow and history lecturer at Bates College, started watching “Jeopardy” as a child with his […]

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Auburn man appears on "Jeopardy!"

Thom Page and his wife, Betsy McGrail, of Auburn react after Page gave the wrong answer to a “Jeopardy!” question during a get-together for family and friends at Pedro O’Hara’s in Lewiston on Thursday evening. Page, a doctor at Central Maine Medical Center, appeared on “Jeopardy!” after trying out online every year since his older […]