August 18, 2004: Headlines: Television: Adventure: Portland Maine Press Herald: Julie Berry on Television's "Survivor" - In December, 2003, Berry was accepted into the Peace Corps but did not serve
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Julie Berry on Television's "Survivor" - In December, 2003, Berry was accepted into the Peace Corps but did not serve

Julie Berry on Television's Survivor - In December, 2003, Berry was accepted into the Peace Corps but did not serve


This is an update to our previous story on Julie Berry on Television's "Survivor." We talked to Selena Ricks, the reporter for this story at the Portland Press Herald, who told us that after the story first appeared on August 18, she was contacted by a Peace Corps official who clarified that Julie Berry was accepted to the Peace Corps but did not serve. Read the rest of the story at:

Maine woman to compete on 'Survivor'*

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Maine woman to compete on 'Survivor'

By SELENA RICKS, Portland Press Herald Writer

Copyright © 2004 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc.

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Julie Berry, 23, of Gorham is among 18 castaways on "Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire" premiering Sept 16.

Maine's newest TV celebrity and the second contestant from the state to be selected for the CBS hit show "Survivor," has always been "a bit of a tomboy," says her mother.

"She's the kind of kid you always get a phone call from and you say, 'You're doing what?' " said Judith Berry of Gorham, mother of 23-year-old Julie Berry. "She loves the outdoors and is very adventuresome. She's the girl that would jump off the cliff, climb the highest tree and give her mom a heart attack."

Julie Berry, a youth mentor who graduated from Gorham High School in 1999, was listed Tuesday as one of 18 contestants on "Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire."

According to the Web site for the show, Vanuatu, in the remote waters of the South Pacific, is "a land of volcanoes and rituals where sorcery and black magic are a part of tribal life and the spirits of the dead are believed to have power over the living."

The ninth edition of the reality series premiers at 8 p.m. on Sept. 16.

CBS officials said Tuesday that contestants are not allowed to speak with the media about the show until the episode in which they are voted off the island is aired. Each week, one contestant is voted out by other people in their "tribe" until one remains as the sole survivor.

CBS officials also say Berry's friends and family are not allowed to disclose any information on Berry's current whereabouts or anything she has done since she left for Vanuatu, including how she fared on the show.

Berry's mother, a lawyer who specializes in adoption, said she and her husband Les, an engineer with the firm BH2M, adopted Berry when she was 4. Berry was born in Lewiston and is an American Indian from the Maliseet tribe. Berry has an older brother, 27-year-old Chris, who now lives in North Carolina.

"We were a Boy Scouts family," said Judith Berry. "(Julie) liked Boy Scouts better than Girl Scouts. We did lots of camping trips when the kids were younger, and Julie's hair was always a mess."

In high school, Julie Berry played soccer and softball. She went to East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., where she got a degree in family and community development. Her junior year, she traveled to California through the National Student Exchange to attend school at California State University at Northridge.

In December, 2003, Berry was accepted into the Peace Corps and worked with youths at risk. Previously, she worked as a behavioral interventionist for children who are also adopted and facing social and emotional issues. She plans to pursue a master's in counseling, and was recently reunited with her biological sister.

Judith Berry said her daughter is "very outgoing, very popular and an excellent people person" - qualities that may help her compete with the other castaways as they build shelter, gather and hunt for food and compete in various challenges on the remote island.

At the end of the series, one contestant will be left to collect the $1 million prize.

In 2002, Monhegan Island native Zoe Zanidakis was the first Maine contestant on "Survivor." The commercial fisherman and charter boat captain was voted off the South Pacific Island of Nuku Hiva after nine of the 12 episodes.

Staff Writer Selena Ricks can be contacted at 791-6451 or at:

sricks@pressherald.com





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