By Rachel Ohm, Morning Sentinel FARMINGTON — Thomas Eastler, who helped make racewalking a high school sport in Maine and contributed to its popularity throughout the state and nation, died Thursday at age 73. The Farmington resident, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Maine at Farmington for 41 years, was a USA […]
Thomas Eastler
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Timeout: Eastler's legacy goes the distance
Dr. Thomas Eastler, a University of Maine at Farmington professor, a retired United States Air Force colonel and racewalking coach, passed away last week at age 73. (University of Maine at Farmington photo) The last time I saw Thomas Eastler he was helping out at a track meet in Lisbon several years ago. Eastler just […]
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Thomas Eastler
FARMINGTON — How I might sum up the life of my father, Thomas Eastler, 73, of Farmington, Maine, in a reasonably sized written document is nearly impossible. It should include his humble beginnings in Waltham, Mass., and his impressive pedigree, from Brown University to Columbia University where he received his Ph.D. in Geology in 1971. It […]
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Thomas Eastler, Maine’s “father of the racewalk,” remembered for persistence
FARMINGTON — Thomas Eastler, who helped make racewalking a high school sport in Maine and contributed to its popularity throughout the state and nation, died Thursday at age 73. The Farmington resident, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Maine at Farmington for 41 years, was a USA Track & Field official for […]
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Students see the science of composting
FARMINGTON — Sixteen tons of food scraps are mixed with animal waste each school semester by volunteers with the new Farmington Compost Cooperative to create a high-quality compost, students from the University of Maine at Farmington and Maine Compost School learned Tuesday. UMF environmental health students, led by teacher Kelly Bentley, and students from Maine Compost School, […]
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County considers second communication tower on Mosher Hill
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners agreed Tuesday to have a lease drawn up for two communications towers on Mosher Hill. After discussions about extending the county’s 100-foot tower on Mosher Hill to help improve the county’s communication issues, an idea to use a nearby 190-foot tower owned by Tri-County EMS was considered, Tim Hardy, Franklin […]
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Energy, conservation paradox described for UMF students
FARMINGTON — Greater energy efficiency leads to greater use James LaBrecque told geology students at the University of Maine at Farmington on Wednesday. He wanted students in professor Thomas Eastler’s Environmental Geoscience class to “think of things differently” and set out to demonstrate the paradox with examples from his life growing up in Jay. LaBrecque, […]