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INSIDE Index Meetings ........................ 21 Obituaries ...................... 11 Opinion ............................ 7 Out & About ................... 20 People & Business ........ 18 Police Beat .................... 10 Real Estate .................... 30 Sports ............................ 13 From Peaks to Portland, to the English Channel Page 13 Aviation revolutionary picks BNAS for new venture Page 6 Page 17 Arts Calendar ................ 19 Classifieds ..................... 25 Community Calendar..... 21 Eating Well .................... 12 July 28, 2010 News of The City of Portland Vol. 8, No. 30 See page 31 See page 29 www.theforecaster.net Munjoy Hill flower power JOhn AlPhOnSE / FOR ThE FORECASTER A sunflower basks in the warm afternoon light as the sun begins to set on the North Street Community Garden on Munjoy Hill. Portland panel: Congress Square should stay a park By Victoria Fischman PORTLAND — A city panel reached con- sensus Monday evening on keeping Congress Square as open space, but changing its recessed plaza design. The Congress Square Redesign Study Group met at City Hall for the first time since a public forum on May 12 to discuss results of the forum and continue moving forward with the process. “The agenda for the day is to see if we have a consensus to send along to the City Council,” Alex Jaegerman, the city Planning Division director, said. The major comments considered from the public forum were the fact that the park at High and Congress streets is the gateway to the arts district, making sure people could flow easily through the park with correct crosswalks, more policing in the park and the recessed design of the park. “We’ve tried the depressed plaza solution,” Jaegerman said, “and we don’t like it.” Jan Beitzer of Portland’s Downtown District said it has been determined that one of the re- The next budget crisis: Looming pension payout will command larger share of taxes First in a series about Maine’s debt to teachers and state em- ployees for their pensions and retiree health care. Subsequent stories will examine how the state got into this hole, possible ways out, retirees’ points of view and other aspects of the problem. By John Christie Within a few years, the state’s ability pay for its daily opera- tions and invest in its future will be threatened by an obscure budget item that doesn’t pave a road, aid the needy, imprison a criminal or help a Maine kid pay for college. That line in the state budget pays for the pensions for state employee and public school teachers. It’s already eating up one of every 10 taxpayer dollars, and it’s going to get much worse in just a few years. Using data provided by state agencies, a Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting analy- sis shows within five to six years pension costs could be 20 per- cent of the budget – twice, for example, what the state gives to higher education, a system with 14 campuses, 50,000 students and almost 6,000 employees. “It’s a ticking time-bomb that the next governor will inherit and that people don’t understand well enough,” said Alan Caron, founder of Envision Maine, a non-partisan Maine think-tank. “There isn’t going to be enough money to do what we’re already Technicality keeps Cactus Club in business By Randy Billings PORTLAND — After more than a year in the courts, an Old Port nightclub owner successful- ly overturned the City Council’s 2009 denial of his liquor license. But the ruling only applies to the Cactus Club’s license for 2008-2009, so the bar owner could find himself before the council twice before the end of the year to get licenses for the current year and next year. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on July 20 ruled that Port- land took too much time provid- MiChAEl BARRiAulT / FOR ThE FORECASTER The scene outside the Cactus Club on Fore Street in Portland last weekend. The state supreme court recently said the city had to renew the bar’s 2009 liquor license. But the club owner, Thomas Manning, must still apply for licenses for this year and next year. ing written notification of the council’s February 2009 denial of a liquor license for the Fore Street venue, which police said was responsible for problems in the Old Port. By law, the city was required to take final action on the li- cense request within 120 days of the application. The court determined final action not to be the council’s vote, but providing written notification to the bar owner, Thomas Manning. While the council denial of the license occurred on the 106th day, the city didn’t pro- vide written notice to Manning until March 13, or 129 days after the application was filed. The high court’s ruling over- turned a Maine District Court decision that upheld denials from both the city and the state Department of Public Safety’s Liquor Licensing Division. City Attorney Gary Wood said he was very disappointed with the supreme court’s rul- ing, especially since Manning’s See page 31 House Garden &
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INSIDEIndex

Meetings ........................21Obituaries ...................... 11Opinion ............................7Out & About ...................20

People & Business ........18Police Beat ....................10Real Estate ....................30Sports ............................13

From Peaks to Portland, to the English ChannelPage 13

Aviation revolutionary picks BNAS for new venturePage 6 Page 17

Arts Calendar ................19Classifieds .....................25Community Calendar .....21Eating Well ....................12

July 28, 2010 News of The City of Portland Vol. 8, No. 30

See page 31

See page 29

See page 00

www.theforecaster.net

Munjoy Hill flower power

JOhn AlPhOnSE / FOR ThE FORECASTER A sunflower basks in the warm afternoon light as the sun begins to set on the North Street Community Garden on Munjoy Hill.

Portland panel: Congress Square should stay a parkBy Victoria Fischman

PORTLAND — A city panel reached con-sensus Monday evening on keeping Congress Square as open space, but changing its recessed plaza design.

The Congress Square Redesign Study Group met at City Hall for the first time since a public forum on May 12 to discuss results of the forum and continue moving forward with the process.

“The agenda for the day is to see if we have a consensus to send along to the City Council,” Alex Jaegerman, the city Planning Division director, said.

The major comments considered from the public forum were the fact that the park at High and Congress streets is the gateway to the arts district, making sure people could flow easily through the park with correct crosswalks, more policing in the park and the recessed design of the park.

“We’ve tried the depressed plaza solution,” Jaegerman said, “and we don’t like it.”

Jan Beitzer of Portland’s Downtown District said it has been determined that one of the re-

The next budget crisis: Looming pension payout will command larger share of taxesFirst in a series about Maine’s

debt to teachers and state em-ployees for their pensions and retiree health care. Subsequent stories will examine how the state got into this hole, possible ways out, retirees’ points of view and other aspects of the problem.

By John ChristieWithin a few years, the state’s

ability pay for its daily opera-tions and invest in its future will be threatened by an obscure budget item that doesn’t pave a road, aid the needy, imprison a criminal or help a Maine kid pay for college.

That line in the state budget pays for the pensions for state employee and public school teachers. It’s already eating up one of every 10 taxpayer dollars, and it’s going to get much worse in just a few years.

Using data provided by state agencies, a Maine Center for

Public Interest Reporting analy-sis shows within five to six years pension costs could be 20 per-cent of the budget – twice, for example, what the state gives to higher education, a system with 14 campuses, 50,000 students and almost 6,000 employees.

“It’s a ticking time-bomb that

the next governor will inherit and that people don’t understand well enough,” said Alan Caron, founder of Envision Maine, a non-partisan Maine think-tank. “There isn’t going to be enough money to do what we’re already

Technicality keeps Cactus Club in businessBy Randy Billings

PORTLAND — After more than a year in the courts, an Old Port nightclub owner successful-ly overturned the City Council’s 2009 denial of his liquor license.

But the ruling only applies to the Cactus Club’s license for 2008-2009, so the bar owner could find himself before the council twice before the end of the year to get licenses for the current year and next year.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on July 20 ruled that Port-land took too much time provid-

MiChAEl BARRiAulT / FOR ThE FORECASTERThe scene outside the Cactus Club on Fore Street in Portland last weekend. The state supreme court recently said the city had to renew the bar’s 2009 liquor license. But the club owner, Thomas Manning, must still apply for

licenses for this year and next year.

ing written notification of the council’s February 2009 denial of a liquor license for the Fore Street venue, which police said was responsible for problems in the Old Port.

By law, the city was required to take final action on the li-cense request within 120 days of the application. The court determined final action not to be the council’s vote, but providing written notification to the bar owner, Thomas Manning.

While the council denial of the license occurred on the

106th day, the city didn’t pro-vide written notice to Manning until March 13, or 129 days after the application was filed.

The high court’s ruling over-turned a Maine District Court decision that upheld denials from both the city and the state Department of Public Safety’s Liquor Licensing Division.

City Attorney Gary Wood said he was very disappointed with the supreme court’s rul-ing, especially since Manning’s

See page 31

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PORTLAND — The deadline is ap-proaching for submissions to design the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. memorial along the new Bayside Trail.

An oversight committee of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission is expected to review preliminary concepts for the design after the Aug. 12 deadline.

After qualifications and conceptual designs are reviewed, the oversight com-

mittee is expected to select five finalists. Those finalists will each receive $2,500 to come up with a full design plan.

The committee has set a fundraising goal of $750,000 for creation of the memorial.

The city began looking for a way to commemorate the slain civil rights leader more than two years ago, and assembled a task force charged with finding an ap-propriate place for a memorial. The new Bayside Trail was eventually chosen and the memorial will double as public art.

The Bayside Trail, which runs along a former rail line in Bayside, will eventu-ally be 1.2 miles long and the memorial

will be in a two-acre space next to Frank-lin Street, near Marginal Way. The path widens to about 65 feet in the designated area and will also include bench seating (a separate request for proposals from artists and designers is currently open for the seating, with a deadline of Aug. 31).

Along with a list of “themes” sug-gested for the memorial, the committee’s Request for Qualifications includes sev-eral factors and requirements for poten-tial designers to include their proposals:

• Four-season public use.• Minimum maintenance.• A place of reflection, contemplation,

inspiration and action.• An interactive, engaging destination

to revisit.• Educational value.

• A sense of responsible citizenship, freedom and democracy.

Along with a preliminary design, ap-plicants are asked to include evidence of experience with similar commissioned projects.

Once the five finalists are selected, there will be a public outreach campaign and collection of feedback from residents about the designs, which will be for-warded to the City Council.

The winner is expected to be an-nounced Jan. 18, 2011.

The RFQ is available at the city’s Purchasing Department, in Room 103 at City Hall.

Kate Bucklin can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 106 or [email protected]

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Portland School Committee chairman won’t seek re-electionBy Randy Billings

PORTLAND — School Committee Chairman Peter Eglinton announced Thursday afternoon that he will not seek re-election.

Eglinton, who represents District 3, said he wants to focus on his career as an envi-ronmental consultant with Abt Associates, a public policy research and consulting firm, and to spend more time with his family.

Eglinton said he made his decision with with mixed emotions.

“As rewarding as the past few years have been,” he said in a letter, “I am choosing to refocus my time on my family and career, to give greater attention to activities I have missed.”

Eglinton, who will finish his first term in December, said he was originally motivated to run for School Committee out of frustra-tion. He eventually played a significant role in trying to lead the district out of a period of financial instability and a loss of public confidence.

From 2007-2008, his first year on the committee, Eglinton served as the chairman of the finance team as the district struggled to overcome a $2 million budget deficit that led to the resignation of the superintendent of schools and School Department finance director.

“We worked with school administration and city staff to address deficiencies in the school district’s accounting systems and op-erations,” Eglinton said. “As a result, three years after the $2 million budget deficit, our fund balance is projected to have a surplus.”

For the last two years, with Eglinton as chairman, the School Committee has implemented a multi-year budgeting pro-cess and hired a new superintendent, James C. Morse Sr.

Eglinton said the district now has the

proper leadership to continue the make progress, despite the projected challenges of a lingering recession.

“I am confident we have the right team and procedures in place to pull through the coming months and years stronger than we are today,” he said.

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FALMOUTH — A fixture of Port-land’s Old Port for more than 30 years recently closed and moved into the old fire barn at the corner of Mid-dle and Bucknam roads in Falmouth.

Nostalgia Lighting, a shop special-izing in custom lighting design and known for its authentic colonial-style fixtures, opened recently at its new location, leaving its sister company, Decorum, without a home for now.

“We hope to bring back the selec-tion of knobs,” said store manager Brian Kinney of the former Decorum.

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Lighting designer Burr Chase, 41, and business owner Nick Harding, 64, stand outside the new

Nostalgia Lighting store on Middle Road in Falmouth. The business moved from its long-time Commercial Street location in Portland.

prominently displayed in Portland will be absent from the new location.

However, the custom lighting fix-tures Nostalgia Lighting is famous for are displayed in the smaller, more intimate Falmouth shop.

Lighting designer Burr Chase cre-ates all the fixtures in the shop. No two fixtures are the same and cus-tomers can create their own designs based on a wide array of glass and brass.

“People come in with a situation that needs a solution,” Chase said.

Often his customers are reconstruct-ing old homes and need a fixture that will fit in and lend an authentic feel to a room. Chase has also designed fixtures for Vignola restaurant in Portland and Stonewall Kitchen.

“I try to feel out what they’re looking for. Everybody brings ideas, sometimes pictures from magazines, and I can create

fixtures that jive with their plan,” he said.

Chase has even been known to let customers take the unwired fixtures home to make sure they like what they’re getting before he finishes the work.

“This is not your typical lighting store,” owner Nick Harding said.

But when people stopped buying homes, people stopped buying light-ing and the Commercial Street loca-tion in Portland got too expensive to rent.

“This building suits us,” Harding said of the refurbished fire barn. “We didn’t want to be in a plaza or a mall, something sterile like that. This build-ing is us.”

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Expect delays againon Interstate 295

YARMOUTH — The Maine Depart-ment of Transporation said drivers can expect delays again next weekend on Interstate 295 northbound, when the highway will be reduced to one lane for a three-mile section approaching the Royal River bridge.

One northbound lane will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday, July 30, until noon Monday, Aug. 2, weather permitting, the DOT said.

Delays of an hour or more were re-ported last weekend, and traffic backed up to Portland, while crews performed bridge repairs and paving.

Drivers are encouraged to use the Maine Turnpike northbound from Portland to avoid the lane closure.

Information and updates on I-295 con-struction projects and a sign-up for e-mail alerts are available at mainedot.gov.

Meeting to discuss options for Franklin Arterial

PORTLAND — The Maine Depart-ment of Transportation and the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System will host a public meeting to discuss the next steps for the Franklin Street corridor on Wednesday, July 28.

The meeting begins the second phase of the city’s process to improve Franklin Street. From 5:30-6:45 p.m. a feasibil-ity study of design concepts developed from last year’s public process will be discussed. From 7-8:30 p.m. discussion will turn to improvements to Interstate 295 Exit 7 to ensure a bicycle-pedestrian connection from Marginal Way to the Back Cove is created.

Design alternatives identified last year included a multi-way boulevard with four lanes in the center and two side access lanes providing parking and bicycle use; an urban street with bicycle lanes and parallel parking, and an urban parkway with landscaped median, limited parking and parallel bicycle path.

The meeting will be held at the East End School Community Center, 195 North St. Those planning on attending are encouraged to RSVP at 874-8823.

Portland police identify man killed in Allen Ave. shootingEmily Parkhurst

PORTLAND — Police have identi-fied the 22-year-old man who was shot and killed early Sunday in an apartment at 55 Allen Ave. as Taquan Samuels, of

Brooklyn, N.Y.Police said a 911 call came in at 3:40

a.m. on July 25 reporting one person had been shot. Emergency crews responded and pronounced the man dead at the

scene.The state medical examiner’s office

determined the cause of death to be a gunshot wound to the chest. The shooting has been ruled a homicide.

Police said Samuels has been living in Portland for several weeks.

They said witnesses reportedly saw someone fleeing the scene immediately after the shot was fired, however a search of the area did not turn up any leads.

“We have spoken to some witnesses,” Portland Police Lt. Gary Rogers said, “but there are more people we need to get a hold of. People were with this guy the night before he was shot. We want to talk to them.”

Rogers would not say if the shooting was drug-related, or whether the victim’s apartment showed signs of a struggle.

Anyone with information regarding the case was asked to contact the Portland Police Department at 874-8539.Emily Parkhurst can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 125 or

[email protected]

News briefsKotzschmar Organ tours slated for Aug. 4, Sept. 1

PORTLAND — The Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ are opening up the instrument for public viewings at 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 4 and Sept. 1.

The public will be able to walk inside the windchest to see the inner workings of the organ, one of only two municipal organs in the U.S.

There will be a demonstration prior to the tours by Ray Cornils, who is celebrat-ing his 20th year as city organist.

The tours at Merrill Auditorium will be offered for free. The public may also tour the Open Console, where the organ is played, from 2-5 p.m., but must pay $45 for the 30-minute session. Call 553-4363 to register.

For more information, visit FOKO.org.

Ride for Ruth’s takes place Aug. 7

PORTLAND — Ruth’s Reusable Re-sources began in Ruth Libby’s basement after her oldest son’s kindergarten teacher sent a note home asking parents to save household items that could be used in school craft projects.

Now heading into its 17th school year, the “3R’s” serves schools throughout southern Maine from a store at 39 Blue-berry Road in Portland and is getting ready to hold its first Ride for Ruth’s, a motorcycle charity ride to raise money and supplies.

Schools and non-profits pay member-ship fees that enable full-time staff to shop for free for supplies at the 3R’s during the school year. But membership fees only cover approximately half of the 3R’s’ expenses; the rest must be raised from donations of money and supplies.

Registration for the Aug. 7 Ride for Ruth’s will take place at 8:30 the morn-ing of the ride, with kickstands up at 9:30 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $25 for the ride, or riders are encouraged to bring backpacks and supplies to donate. A barbecue, tour of the facility and give-aways will follow the ride.

For more information about Ruth’s Reusable Resources visit ruths.org. The rain date for the Ride for Ruth’s will be Aug. 14.

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WHO PAYS FOR NON-MEDICAL, IN-HOMEELDERLY CARE?In most cases the individual or family paysfor the one on one care being provided inthe comfort of person’s home setting. Otherpossible sources of funding include:

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Helping the elderly to continue living at homeis what we are all about. At Comfort Keeperswe are happy to help in any way that we can,to ensure that you or your loved one are re-ceiving the needed assistance that will enableliving at home to continue being, a safe andpleasant experience.Our goal is to become one of your family’strusted resources in caring for you or aloved one.

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Change is difficult for all of us; this is especially true for our seniors.

Aviation revolutionary picks BNAS for new ventureBy Steve Mistler

AUGUSTA — The agency redeveloping Brunswick Naval Air Station signed an anchor tenant Friday morning, a deal Gov. John Baldacci said would reverberate well beyond the soon-to-be-decommissioned U.S. Navy base.

Kestrel Aircraft Co. inked a six-month lease with the Midcoast Regional Redevel-opment Authority to occupy Hangar 6 at the base, which is closing in May 2011 and will be renamed Brunswick Landing.

The start-up company, the latest venture of Alan Klapmeier, co-founder of Cirrus Aircraft, in Duluth, Minn., will develop, test and manufacture a new composite tur-boprop aircraft called the Kestrel.

Baldacci and MRRA officials said the $100 million project could create up to 300 jobs when production begins, roughly three years from now.

Base redevelopers also believe the pro-gram will lure other base tenants and boost business for local composites specialists Harbor Technologies of Brunswick and Hodgdon Yachts, which operates in East

Boothbay, Richmond and Portland. “The international appeal and worldwide

demand we foresee for the Kestrel airplane will benefit jobs throughout the state, boost Maine’s economic competitiveness and showcase Maine’s world class innovation economy,” Baldacci said.

Klapmeier, who is often credited with revolutionizing the piston-airplane manu-facturing industry at Cirrus, showed off the

Once in production, the aircraft won’t be cheap, selling for an estimated $2 or $3 million. The pricetag prompted questions about the market for the plane.

“One of the hardest things about the aviation industry is convincing the busi-ness world that there’s a market,” said Klapmeier, who later joked the market for airplanes was zero until 1908, the birth of manned flight.

“In our view it’s more fundamental than that,” he added. “To us the question is, ‘Do people need transportation?’ The answer is yes.”

While at Cirrus, Klapmeier developed composite aircraft that have resulted in over 4,500 sales worldwide, including the best selling aircraft over the last seven years, the SF22.

On Thursday, MRRA Executive Director Steve Levesque said the deal with Kestrel is significant on several levels, including hit-ting two of the base reuse plan’s target in-dustries – aerospace and composites – and because it adds high-paying manufacturing jobs, which he called the “holy grail” of economic development.

“The multiplier on manufacturing jobs is significant,” Levesque said. “For every one manufacturing job, five more are created to support it.”

The announcement was also a boost for the MRRA, which found itself on the defensive in the past year for an aborted deal to bring Oxford Aviation to the base. The controversial effort sowed tension with some Brunswick town officials and distrust among some members of the public.

“We’re actually going to have a business on the base before it closes,” Levesque said. “That’s unheard of in the (Base Realign-ment and Closure) world.”

Levesque said Klapmeier called him in the early spring inquiring about the base property. A succession of meetings and tours of Hangar 6 followed. Levesque took the project to an executive session of the MRRA board this week. On Friday, the

Kestrel prototype Friday after flying into the Augusta State Airport.

The press event, attended by state and local officials, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, and representatives of the other members of Maine’s Congressional delega-tion, was held in Augusta because the proto-type could not land at BNAS, where airfield activity ended shortly after the departure of the last P-3 squadron last year.

Steve MiStler / the ForecaSter

Brunswick Naval Air Station commander

Capt. William Fitzgerald, left, Kestrel Chief

Executive Officer Alan Klapmeier and his business partner Anthony

Galley with a pre-production

Kestrel turboprop Friday, July 23, at Augusta State

Airport.

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Good news is no newsGood economic news is in short supply these days,

so it’s worth noting a few encouraging signs that can be discerned amid the gloom and doom.

This past week, automaker Ford Motor Co. posted a second-quarter profit of $2.6 billion, its fifth consecutive profitable quarter. Ford an-ticipates a profitable 2010 overall and an even more successful 2011.

McDonald’s Corp. re-ported a 12 percent rise in net income for the second quarter, as U.S. diners ap-peared to take to various designer beverages, and as sales grew in China and in Australia.

GE, noting “continued strong cash generation ... and solid underlying per-formance in (its) industrial businesses,” raised its quar-terly dividend two cents per share, to 12 cents.

Closer to home, midcoast Maine scored a great vic-tory when cutting-edge aircraft manufacturer Kestrel Aircraft announced it would be locating its base of operations at Brunswick Landing, the soon-to-be-de-commissioned Naval Air Station Brunswick. Kudos to Steve Levesque and his team at the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority.

These four indicators, one hopes, reflect strengthen-

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ing consumer confidence (more Americans buying cars and spending a bit extra on dining), the loosening of credit (such that investment and industrial activity can increase) and gathering confidence in a sustained recov-ery (so that research and development can lead to the manufacture and purchase of state-of-the-art, big-ticket items like aircraft).

Of course, few will be convinced that recovery is upon us until the housing market rebounds (and things don’t look too promising there) and until unemployment claims decline and employment creeps back up.

Nonetheless, such is the level of enmity that character-izes the current political environment that in reading or listening to the news one encounters an almost willful refusal to see the donut rather than the hole.

As most Americans know, President Obama and his family visited Maine for a brief vacation in Bar Harbor. The Obamas stopped at Mt. Desert Ice Cream for a cone and the right wing blogosphere promptly seized on the shop’s logo of a clenched fist grasping a spoon as an indication that the president harbored sympathies for his “radical base.”

If anyone belies the image of a radical, it’s Barack Obama. Indeed, perhaps because so many Americans fear the archetypal “angry black man,” Sen. and later candidate Obama studiously conveyed a measured, stoic and calm demeanor so as to undercut the charges of his adversaries.

Yet here, too, the president can do no right.In this past week’s Maine Sunday Telegram, Publisher

Richard Connor cited the same photo (with the fist)

and criticized the president for his “cool and cocky demeanor” and, apparently, for loafing when he should have been doing other productive work.

Plainly we live in an environment characterized by a toxic alchemy of virtually unprecedented economic and foreign policy challenges, all presided over by a quiet, young African-American whom millions are bound and determined to distrust or even despise.

To many, the president is an enigma, particularly when contrasted with his predecessor. This president, however, is inclined neither to bullhorn moments nor to celebrating missions not yet accomplished.

He has instead focused on substance.He has shepherded to fruition the most comprehen-

sive health care reform measure in generations. He has succeeded in passing landmark financial oversight legislation to reduce the likelihood of future economic implosions like that from which we are now recover-ing. He has implemented ambitious economic stimulus packages that many believe have prevented even worse hemorrhaging of jobs.

He has managed to secure Russia’s participation in a tough sanctions regime that is beginning to impart serious strains on the Iranian economy and, it is hoped, its leadership.

He has recognized the effectiveness of Maine’s George Mitchell and dispatched him to the Middle East

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Christmas in JulyJuly 25 reminds me of the “Christmas in July” tradition.I always thought this ridiculousness was a retail mar-

keting ploy, but after further investigation, this is what I discovered: “Christmas in July imitates the festivities of the actual Christmas and signi-fies our yearning for the coolness of winter amid the scorching summer months.”

Apparently, people ev-erywhere are sipping frosty cold eggnog and caroling together in front of the glow of an air conditioner. I had no idea.

My limited experience with “Christmas in July” is this: five years ago, I watched as a handful of compactly built men, speak-ing in a Slavic tongue, put the contents of my life into a moving van pointed north, toward Maine. I remember hearing Christmas carols ema-nating from the tiny radio in the now barren kitchen, as they packed up the last of the good china.

At first I thought I was hallucinating, but as Jose Fe-liciano belted out “Feliz Navidad,” I realized it was July 25. Christmas in July. And there we were, moving out of the house where my husband had died, over two years

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before, on the morning after Christmas. It was comfort-ingly disturbing. I wrote a story about it. But I’ll save that for another day.

So, the whole Christmas thing was lodged in my brain the other day, as I was driving home from a seaside vaca-tion with my three wonderful children. Let’s call them Ophelia, Harold and Charles. They are all in the midst of (or on the cusp of) hormonal mutiny, so life is extra fun these days. Thankfully, I am not menopausal, or I’d have to hire a nanny for all of us.

On day four of vacation, as we drove to procure lunch, I witnessed the following loving, conversational exchange:

Harold: “When am I going to get a tan?”Ophelia: “Maybe if you’d stop wearing sweatpants to the

beach you’d have one by now, turd-lord.”“Turd-lord.” How endearing. How very – quotable. I have

written down things my kids have said since they learned to talk. The problem is, I have these words of wonder scribbled in a hundred and one different places. A more organized mother would have purchased a cute journal with a sunshiny yellow ducky on the front when her kids start-ing mumbling profundities, and kept it all under one roof.

Not me. I have quotes scribbled on calendars, in leather-bound journals and cheap spiral notebooks, on bank state-ments and post-it notes that long ago lost their ability to adhere to any surface. I write them down for posterity. And so that on days when I’m not liking my children very much, I can read something witty, sweet or brilliant they have uttered, and remember why I generally do adore them.

Some parents take these quotes from their kids very seriously.

One family sent us a holiday card each year, featuring a profound quotation from one of their prodigies. It would usually be something like, “God talks to us in ladybugs” or, “Life is like a box of Lucky Charms: share the marsh-mallows or inner peace will elude you.” We’d already be gagging. Then we’d open the card and be assaulted by the dreaded holiday brag-a-thon-letter.

So I thought in honor of “Christmas in July,” perhaps I’d make a card, featuring a quote from one of my own cherubs. In addition to the “turd-lord” gem, there are oth-ers that warm the cockles of my maternal heart. There’s the time Harold said, “Money makes the world go round.” To which his sister replied, “That’s love, you idiot.” Then there was the time Charles lovingly declared, “Most people aren’t very bright.” Or last winter, when I was all excited about sending out a fun holiday photo card, and Ophelia pleaded, “It’s bad enough that we have to live with you – do we really have to send a Christmas card, too?!”

Ahhh, yes. Out of the mouths of babes.Merry Christmas in July.No Sugar Added is Cape Elizabeth resident Sandi Amo-

rello’s biweekly take on life, love, death, dating and single parenting. Get more of Sandi at irreverentwidow.com, see her art at Silver Crayon Studios in Portland or contact her at [email protected].

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Jimmy Fund Golf says thanksJimmy Fund Golf extends sincere thanks to the organiz-

ers and sponsors of the Jimmy Fund/Deering High School Classic held July 9 at Riverside Golf Club in Portland. Spe-cial recognition and appreciation goes to William Goodman of Falmouth, who organized the event.

The dedicated sponsors, partici-pants, and volun-teers helped raise critical funds to support lifesaving

cancer research and care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.This marks the 28th year of Jimmy Fund Golf, one of the

country’s largest golf programs for charity. From traditional golf tournaments and country club member events to mini-golf tournaments and all day golf marathons, volunteers create golf fundraisers that combine their love of the sport with their desire to support the fight against cancer. Each event is an incredibly rewarding and fun way to support a great cause!

The Jimmy Fund/Deering High School Classic was one of the many golf tournaments that will be held in 2010 to raise funds for the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber. Nearly $74 million has been raised since 1983.

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Gov. LePage? Maybe it won’t be so badWhat we have in the race for governor is the

most liberal Democrat, the most conservative Re-publican, a Democrat-turned-Independent position-ing himself in the moderate middle, and a couple of guys wasting their own and other people’s money tilting at windmills.

Given the mood in the state and the country, I’m sorry to say I think the race is Paul LePage’s to lose.

People tend to vote for people with whom they can identify – people like us. LeP-age, a Franco-Amer-ican who rose from poverty to run the Marden’s thrift store chain, is a made-for-recession candidate. He is thrift per-sonified. The average Mainer can identify with him – humble origins, up by his bootstraps, a success in business, a kick-ass mayor of Waterville, and everyone shops at Marden’s.

I was just re-watching the Meet the Governor videos (meetthegovernor.com) that Portland art dealer Andy Verzosa produced during the prima-ries, asking candidates to address Maine’s creative economy, and the differences among the three major candidates was very instructive.

Republican LePage could be talking about any-thing when he prescribes cutting taxes, reducing the size of state government and reducing govern-ment regulation as the keys to the success of the creative economy. I’m not sure he has the slightest idea what the creative economy is, but he’s sure it will flourish along with everything else if we pinch enough pennies.

Libby Mitchell, the Democrat, talks about her support for government spending on the arts – the Percent for Art program and the historic renovation of the State House. Something tells me this is not going to be a good year for politicians identified with government spending. And I don’t think being the only publicly financed candidate will help.

Independent Eliot Cutler had the best response

of the bunch. He, too, sees cutting spending as job No. 1 in Augusta, but he then goes on to lay out a four-point program to promote the creative economy – create an arts magnet high school, designate arts districts in every major town, tie the arts more closely to tourism, and tie the arts more closely to job training.

If Cutler, who has something of an officious de-meanor, can somehow acquire the common touch between now and November, I can see him com-ing from the back of the pack to upset LePage. As it is, Cutler will probably just take moderate votes away from Mitchell, helping to ensure a LePage victory.

But maybe a LePage administration won’t be so bad. Lord knows Maine state government could use an overhaul. If LePage restricts himself to fis-cal restraint and doesn’t get nutty with Tea Party social issues, he may end up just being another James B. Longley.

Jim Longley was, like LePage, a Lewiston na-tive, and, like Cutler, a Democrat-turned-Indepen-dent. He chaired the the Maine Management and Cost Survey Commission and, when the Legisla-ture did not enact the commission’s cost-saving recommendations, ran for governor on a fiscal responsibility platform. Longley upset Democrat George Mitchell and Republican James Erwin and, as promised, served just one term (1975-1979).

Gov. Longley spent most of his time in office battling the Legislature, in 1977 setting a record for bills vetoed (49) and for vetoes overridden (22). That’s what I see ahead for a Gov. LeP-age: lots of opposition in the Legislature, not to mention the public outcry when he tries to lop off social programs.

Maine survived Jim Longley and it can survive Paul LePage, too. And if the economy rebounds, as it did toward the end of the Longley adminis-tration, the Tea Party may be over, Paul LePage can go back to peddling tube socks, and it will be time to elect Libby Mitchell Maine’s first woman governor.

Freelance journalist Edgar Allen Beem lives in Yarmouth. The Universal Notebook is his personal, weekly look at the world around him.

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where Mitchell is, typically, quietly earning the confidence and trust of the conflict’s principals.

He has nominated and will soon see confirmed the sec-ond of two highly qualified women to the Supreme Court of the United States.

And he has accomplished these things in the face of the most fractious, vicious, vitriolic, and, yes, racist partisan political opposition in memory, and he has done it all in 20 months.

Critics can rightly express their misgivings about the size of the budget deficit (though there are many mainstream economists who believe that stimulus spending is inad-equate), or about the effectiveness of a particular regulatory framework.

But what this president has accomplished under these circumstances, in such a short time, against the most in-tractable opposition and challenging conditions imaginable is stunning and will withstand the scrutiny of both history and punditry.

For some, the bad news is that good economic news is beginning to trickle in, and more, I believe, is forthcoming.

But don’t expect to read or hear too much about it. Not when there is ice cream to consider.

Perry B. Newman is a South Portland resident and president of Atlantica Group, an international business consulting firm based in Portland, with clients in North America, Israel and Europe.

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PORTLAND — Michael Christopher Salafia, 45, of Portland, died unexpect-edly July 18.

On Oct. 21, 1964, he was born in Law-rence, Mass., son of Frank J. Salafia and Maryann I. Berube.

After graduating from Timberlane Re-gional High School in Plaistow, N.H. in 1982, he served in the U.S. Army until he received an honorable discharge in 1987.

Subsequently, he moved to Portland and worked as a press operator before becoming an outside machinist at Bath Iron Works. Earlier this month, he cel-ebrated his 20-year anniversary at Bath Iron Works.

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He was a fan of the New England Pa-triots, and enjoyed spending the day with his brother and watching the game.

Above all, he loved being an uncle to his brother Mark’s children, Kristina and Anthony, and godfather to Kayleigh Cyr.

He was predeceased by his mother Maryann Berube in 2005.

Survived are his father and stepmother, Frank and Dianne Salafia of Salem, N.H.; his beloved brother, Mark Salafia, his wife Renee, and their children, Kristina and Anthony, all of South Portland, and brother Frank Salafia of Tavernier, Fla.;

two stepsisters, Linda Fielding and her husband George, and Colleen Fazio and her husband David, all of Methuen, Mass.; two stepbrothers, Danny Clark of Methuen, Mass., and Jackie Clark of Oviedo, Fla.; stepnieces and stepneph-ews; special aunts and uncles; cousins; and his girlfriend, Regina Prescott Bayne of Freeport and her two daughters.

Memorial services were held last week.Arrangements are by Conroy-Tully

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Here’s a great summer barbecue feast featuring pulled-pork sandwiches with maple barbecue sauce, a creamy, tangy coleslaw, and for desert, sweet-tart blue-berry cupcakes topped with a lemon glaze.

These recipes are easy to follow, can be made with locally grown ingredients, and, with everything ready to be served (just reheat the pulled pork and slice the buns), you can enjoy some chillin’ time with your friends. For a smoky barbecue atmosphere, toss some wood chips on the grill just be-fore people arrive. (You could even reheat the pot of pulled pork on the grill.)

Pulled Pork Sandwich with Maple Barbecue Sauce

The recipe is from “Saltwater Season-ings: Good Food from Coastal Maine” by Sarah Leah Chase and Jonathan Chase, published by Little, Brown & Co. in 1992.

This is Stewart Blackburn’s recipe for pulled pork, and it calls for his barbecue

sauce – originally called ’Stache’s Maple Barbecue Sauce.

Blackburn, Maine’s fa-mous barbecue caterer from Bremen, created a line of grilling sauces and a desert sauce, the famed Death by Chocolate, in the 1980s.

In 2000, Blackburn and his wife Suzanne sold the food business to Jeff and Sarah Johnson, who make the sauces in Gray and bottle them under their Pemberton’s label.

1 5-pound pork butt2 cups Pemberton’s Maple Barbecue Sauce1 12-ounce Geary’s Ale (optional)12 large, fresh bakery hard rolls, splitIn a domed cooker, make a fire for

cooking with indirect heat according to the manufacturer’s instructions. (I use a Weber charcoal grill.) Roast the pork butt in the cooker with the vents halfway open to achieve an internal temperature of 170 degrees, about 2 hours. Remove the pork from the cooker and allow to cool for 30 minutes.

Cut the pork into 2-inch-thick chunks. Place the pork in a large pot or kettle and

cover with the barbecue sauce. Simmer over low heat until the pork shreds easily, 30 to 35 minutes. If the sauce becomes too thick, add a cup or two of water or a bottle of Geary’s Ale.

Spoon the pork generously onto the bot-tom halves of the rolls, sandwich together with the top halves, and serve at once.

Makes 12 overflowing sandwiches.Creamy Coleslaw

The recipe is from “Mario Tailgates NASCAR Style” by Mario Batali, pub-lished by NASCAR Publishing in 2006.

Mario Batali’s coleslaw is the perfect side dish to serve with pulled pork sandwiches.

1 pound (about 1/2 medium head) cabbage1 medium onion, peeled and grated1 carrot, peeled and grated6 radishes, grated1/2 cup mayonnaise2 tablespoons red wine vinegar1 teaspoon celery seeds1 teaspoon saltFreshly ground black pepperQuarter the cabbage head, trim off the

core and remove the outer, dark green leaves. Cut each quarter across into the thinnest strips you can.

Transfer the cabbage to a large mixing bowl. Add the onion, carrot and radishes and toss together.

Add the mayonnaise, vinegar, celery seeds, salt and pepper to taste and gently toss with your hands, making sure the dressing is evenly distributed.

Serve immediately or keep cold in a re-frigerator or ice-filled cooler until ready to use, up to 48 hours.

Serves 8.Lemon-Glazed Blueberry CupcakesThe recipe is from “Recipes from a Very

Small Island” by Linda Greenlaw and her mother, Martha Greenlaw, who both live on Isle au Haut, published by Hyperion in 2005.

Most Mainers know of Linda Greenlaw as the former swordfishing boat captain and author of “The Hungry Ocean,” “The Lobster Chronicles” and “All Fishermen are Liars.” Her newest book, “Seaworthy,” recounts her recent return to swordfishing. You can read more at her website, lindag-reenlawbooks.com.

Many of Martha Greenlaw’s recipes are online at Cookstr.com and Plating Up. She likes to serve these cupcakes for dessert af-ter a lobster roll lunch. The tangy, crunchy lemony glaze and fresh, wild Maine blue-berries are very tasty after a pulled pork sandwich, too.

Batter1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened1/2 cup granulated sugar2 large eggs1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour4 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt1 cup blueberries (native low-bush blueberries)1 cup milkGlaze1 cup confectioners’ sugar2 teaspoons lemon juice1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zestPreheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter 24

muffin cups or fit tins with paper liners.In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar

until granular with an electric mixer. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth.

In a medium bowl, sift or whisk together 2 cups of the flour with the baking pow-der and salt. Toss the blueberries with the remaining 1/4 cup of flour. On medium speed, add the flour mixture to the egg/sugar mixture, alternating with the milk. Fold in the blueberries. Spoon the batter into the muffin cups.

Bake for 15 minutes.Meanwhile, make the glaze. In a me-

dium bowl, whisk the sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest with 3 tablespoons water until smooth. The glaze should be thick but spoonable.

After the cupcakes have baked for 15 minutes, spoon about a tablespoon of glaze over each one. Return to the oven and bake until golden brown on top and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, 8 to 10 minutes. Immediately run a small knife around each cupcake to loosen any sticky glaze and unmold onto a wire rack.

Makes 24 cupcakes.Susan Lovell and her husband John, a

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From Peaks to Portland, to English ChannelBy Victoria Fischman

FREEPORT — Pat Gallant-Charette of Westbrook never thought she would call herself a marathon swimmer at the age of 59 – much less the third fast-est woman to swim the Strait of Gilbraltar since 1928 and the fastest woman from the U.S.

Gallant-Charette’s swimming career began twelve years ago when her son, Tom, told her he wanted to do the 2.4-mile Peaks to Portland swim in honor of his Uncle Robbie, Gallant-Charette’s brother, who died suddenly of a heart attack at 34 years old.

Robbie had won the Peaks to Portland twice and Tom, a swimmer on the Westbrook High School team at the time, thought completing the swim would be a nice tribute to his uncle. Gallant-Charette was touched by her son’s determina-tion and wished she could make the swim too.

Tom told her, “You could if you tried!”

This became her mantra.

MIchael BarrIault / For the ForecasterSwimmers leave Peaks Island en route to Portland’s East End Beach

Saturday morning.

MIchael BarrIault / For the Forecaster Former McAuley standout Kristen Desrosiers (left) was the top female finisher

in the 2.4-mile race with a time of 48 minutes, 3 seconds. Her twin sister, Katelyn (right), finished in 50:03. Cape Elizabeth’s Nick Daly won the event

for the second year in a row with a time of 45:22.

Women’s basketball blooms in the summerBy Ken Levinksy

Summer in Maine provides opportunities you just don’t find at any other time of year. This includes women’s basketball where summertime provides a chance for recent high school graduates and current college players to play with some of the best in the state.

The 10-team Hancock Women’s Summer Basketball League has been around for many years. The league is currently housed at Southern Maine Community College under the direction of SMCC women’s coach Becky Roak, who played basketball at Portland High School and The University of Maine at Farming-ton. The league’s players come from many of the communities within (and some from beyond) The Forecaster’s coverage areas.

Typically, players sign up as a unit. Several of the teams have a college connection and may include current squad members, incoming first-year players and graduates. This year’s college teams were The University of New England, Maine Maritime Academy, SMCC and Central Maine Community College. For these teams, it is a chance to get a preview of next winter’s rivals. Other teams are formed by play-ers who have competed with or

Ken levInsKy / For the Forecaster

From that moment, Gallant-Charette was determined to complete the Peaks to Portland. She knew because she was 46 and hadn’t swum since high school the race would be a per-sonal challenge.

“I knew I was going to be a back-of-the-pack swimmer and that was ok with me,” she said.

Gallant-Charette spent the

next year getting into qualifying shape for the race. She complet-ed the race and has continued to do the Peaks to Portland swim every year always–as with every swim she completes–with Rob-bie written on her arm.

“I never imagined when I started training for the Peaks to Portland it would have such a profound effect on my life,”

Gallant-Charette said.She soon realized she could

move onto bigger waters and completed a double cross of Sebago Lake (12 miles). Next, Gallant-Charette went on to swim the Great Chesapeake Bay (4.4 miles) and the Alcatraz to

the mainland swim (1.25 miles) before attempting the English Channel in 2008.

While the channel is 20.7 miles across, strong winds and current make swim more than

against each other perhaps in high school or in amateur leagues. In-dividuals without a team are also welcomed and placed on a team. Players must be at least 18-years of age.

The season runs from early-June through mid-July with each squad playing a nine-game sched-ule. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs, with the semifinals and finals being played on the same evening.

In the first semifinal, The Bea-vers defeated Hancock Lumber

49-40. Hancock’s roster was a blend of players from the Lake Region area and from Port-land High and includes current Bulldogs coach Jan Veinot. The Beavers listed former Cony High teammates Karen Sirois and Ashley Underwood, who went to excel at the University of Maine Farmington and Orono respec-tively.

The second semifinal was an interesting match-up pitting

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City baseball teams going strongBy Michael Hoffer

Along with the summer weather, local Legion and Babe Ruth baseball teams are sizzling and chasing championship glory.

Once again, the Deering High-populated (with a couple Cape Elizabeth kids mixed in) Nova Seafood American Legion base-ball team is in the hunt for a state title.

Last week, Nova won the Zone 4 cham-

pionship. After a 15-3 regular season gave it the top seed for the playoffs, Nova downed Stockhouse, 7-4, and Libby-Mitchell, 6-4, to win the title.

Nova begins state tournament play Wednesday against Bessey Motors at Wainwright Field in South Portland. The double-elimination tournament continues through Sunday.

The regional championships are Aug. 5-9 in Middletown, Conn. The World Series will be held Aug. 13-17 in Spokane, Wash.

Cheverus’ First Title team just missed the playoffs with an 11-7 mark. Portland’s Andrews Post squad went 2-16 and failed to qualify.

On the Junior Legion side, Deering’s Bristol Seafood team is in the state tour-nament. Bristol went 10-8 in the regular season and knocked off Kennebunk, 9-2, to advance to a best-of-three series with Sea-coast Law and Title of Westbrook, which began Tuesday.

Portland’s Babe Ruth 15 All-Stars were preparing to play in the championship game of their tournament against Westbrook at

press time. Portland lost its first game, 3-2, in eight innings, to Midcoast North, but re-bounded with a 5-2 victory over Tri-County North, 7-2 over Southern York and 8-3 over Midcoast North. In the win over Southern York, Portland broke the game open with a six-run fifth inning. Tim Rovnak and Nick Volger both had three hits. Tom Dean and Kyle Reichert both drove in two runs. Volger was also the winning pitcher. In the victory over Midcoast North, Portland rallied from an early 2-0 deficit behind Reichert’s two-run homer, Caleb Fraser’s three hits and two RBI and a strong pitching performance from Tom Dean.

If Portland was able to defeat Westbrook, it would win the state title and advance to the New England tournament in Quincy, Mass.

The Portland Babe Ruth 13 team sand-wiched losses to Central Maine (13-9) and Somerset around a 12-0 (six inning) victory over Brunswick and was eliminated from its tournament.

Sports Editor Michael Hoffer can be reached at [email protected]

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elements of Deering High’s 2004 state champs, MCAH (Maine Coast Adult Health), against Prompto, a team with play-ers from the Rams’ 2008 and 2009 Maine Class A repeat champions. The MCAH roster included Deering grads Megan Urban (2004), Megan Tetrault (2001), and former Rams coach Neile Nelson. Prompto players included Diana Manduca and Maria Apon (2009), and Claire Ramonas (2010). Ra-monas is entering Regis College in Weston, Mass., this fall, while Manduca will return to Colby College for her sophomore year. As a first-year player, Manduca averaged 8.7 points and was named to the All-Maine Rookie team. She led the Mules in steals, free throw shooting (.872) and was second in assists.

MCAH led most of the way, but a late Prompto rally sent the game into overtime. For MCAH, Urban (fifth all time shooting percentage and sixth in career blocked shots at Assumption College in Worcester, Mass.) showed great skill in the low post, using ei-ther hand to score. Former Lewiston High/Bowdoin College standout Kristi Royer Ouellette and Westbrook High/St Josephs College grad (and top local distance run-ner) Sheri McCarthy Piers also had key baskets for MCAH, which won 71-69 on a last-second shot by 2010 Scarborough High graduate Christy Manning. Manning, who is off to Holy Cross in Worcester this fall, was a key player on the Red Storm team which knocked off Deering in the regional final and prevented the Rams from win-ning a third consecutive state crown this past March.

Late in the semifinal game, Nelson limped off the court with an ankle injury. Her team played without her in the final, losing to the Beavers 64-58.

Nelson has enjoyed participating in the league for several years. She reminisced about playing with Christy Manning’s mother, Lisa Blais Manning (Westbrook High/Old Dominion College) in 1997 when the league was run by the Westbrook Recreation Department. Nelson, the St. Josephs College career leader in 3-point shots, enjoys the camaraderie with, among others, her former Monks teammate, Piers, commenting, “It is so much fun and a good release.”

Nelson values the league’s mission and “unity” remarking how she likes to “watch the younger players improve, give them a challenge a couple times of week and help them get better.” When asked about a return to high school coaching, Nelson said it is possible when her children are a little older and able to come to practice.

One of the younger players in the league is Zoe Sobel, a 2009 graduate of Waynflete School, who will be entering Wellesley Col-lege this fall. A talented runner, Sobel will join the cross country team. She then hopes to walk on to the college’s basketball team, which has seven returning players and five recruits.

Sobel gives the league high marks and feels it will help her chances to make Wellesley’s hoop team.

“It is great to have the league”, she said, “There are many strong players, bigger and faster (then in high school) The play is much more aggressive, but not dirty. There are less calls. You see how the college game is reffed.”

Sobel also noted that the league allows

young players to experience some of the more subtle differences between the high school and college game, for example, with foul shots. In college, players can step into the lane once the ball leaves the shooter’s hands, where in high school you can’t move until the ball hits the rim. It’s a change in rules and timing. The 5-foot-6 Sobel had to play under the basket in high school. The league gave her the opportunity to gain ex-perience as a guard, the position she would most likely play in college.

The Cape Elizabeth resident learned about the league while playing in South Portland last winter. She signed up as an individual and Becky Roak placed her on the SMCC team. Sobel says the wide age range among players is a positive thing,

“The veterans are so nice, everyone is great, if they knock you down, they pick you up.”

It is evident that the Hancock Women’s Summer Basketball League is appreciated by players of all ages. It has played an important role in the well-being of Maine women’s basketball for some time.

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RoundupWest falls in Lobster Bowl

Despite a touchdown from former Portland High star Jake Alexander, the West team lost Saturday’s Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, 40-35. The East won for the fourth time in five seasons, thanks to a 21-point outburst in the final period, which erased a nine-point deficit. Cheverus lineman Mickey O’Brion and defensive end Matt Place and Deering defensive back Travis Wade also partici-pated.

Southern MaineFlame tryouts

The Southern Maine Flame ASA soft-ball team will hold tryouts for its U-16

and U-18 squads Wednesday, Aug. 11 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 14 at 9 a.m., at Wainwright Field in South Portland. A $100 deposit is required. Deposits will be refunded if a player is not selected. FMI, 571-5526, southernmaineflame.com, or [email protected].

McAuley coaching openingCatherine McAuley High School has

an opening for a junior varsity girls’ soc-cer coach. FMI, Joe Kilmartin, [email protected].

SMCC coaching vacanciesSouthern Maine Community College

is seeking a head golf and an assistant baseball coach for the upcoming season. FMI, Matt Richards, SMCC Director of Athletics, 2 Fort Road, South Portland, ME, 04106, or smccme.edu/athletics.

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30 miles, according to Gallant-Charette’s website. When Gallant-Charette attempt-ed the cross she got caught in a strong current – just 1.7 miles from the finish. She remained in the current for four hours without moving before officials pulled her from the water.

However, on June 16, after three hours 28 minutes, Gallant-Charette completed the nine-mile Strait of Gilbraltar swim in record time.

But this crossing didn’t come easily. Because the strait is the second busiest shipping lane in the world, a boat cross-ing led to five-foot swells exposing her to fumes and causing her to dry heave.

Her son/crew member threw her some crystallized ginger and Gallant-Charette was able to keep going. She was shocked by her results, crediting her brother Rob-bie for getting mother nature on her side.

On July 24, Gallant-Charette finished fifth in the women’s no wet suit category with a time of 1:13:06 in the Peaks to Portland, the race that started it all.

Now she’s got her eyes set on the Eng-lish Channel, which she will attempt to cross again in 2011.

“I believe Maine is the best place in the world to train,” Gallant-Charette said.

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According to Lou Manfredini, Ace Hard-ware’s home expert, these projects don’t have to cost a lot of money or take a lot of time. “There are four easy and inexpensive projects that I recommend every hom-eowner complete before they stick that ‘for sale’ sign in their front yard.”

Improve curb appealCurb appeal is, quite simply, what pro-

spective buyers first see when their car pulls up to your house. According to the National Association of Realtors, half of all buying decisions are based on curb appeal. “Your mother’s advice holds true here - nothing is more important than a good first impres-sion,” says Manfredini. “Strong curb appeal will help set a positive tone for the rest of the house.”

Walk out to your sidewalk and take a look at the front of your house, checking for anything that needs to be cared for. A good first step is to update your exterior hardware, including house numbers, which often become dirty and dated over time.

Another quick project is to replace your mailbox. Choose one with a more modern, sleek design in black, which looks great on any house and is easy to install. This updat-ed fixture, although small, can do wonders for the overall curb appeal of your home.

Create a luscious lawnGreen, lush lawns always receive a lot

of attention. Help your lawn reach its full potential by providing it with the proper fertilizer and grass seed.

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“Homeowners should also trim and prune shrubs and trees to create a refined look,” says Manfredini. “A ‘jungle theme’ makes your house look unkempt.”

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Spruce up with paintNow that the exterior of your home is

looking great, spend some time on your interior. “Interior painting is one of the most inexpensive and simple projects that hom-eowners can do,” says Manfredini. “And, it makes a huge difference!”

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AUBURN — Good Shepherd Food-Bank opened its new Portland Warehouse and Distribution Center on July 12 at 111 Pine Tree Industrial Parkway.

The 20,000-square-foot facility will supply food items to more than 140 food pantries, soup kitchens, after school pro-grams, shelters, and other non-profits in Cumberland and York counties.

Funding for the warehouse was provided by the JTG Foundation, Libra Foundation, Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation and Feeding America.

The Food-Bank is raising funds to equip the Portland warehouse with a refrigerator and freezer. For more information or to make a donation, please contact Christine Force at 782-3554 ext. 1124 or [email protected].

Currently, the food bank is seeking dona-tions of canned fruit and vegetables, peanut butter, macaroni & cheese, family-size juices, canned meals, pasta, rice, cereal and canned meats.

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SCARBOROUGH — The Scarborough Garden Club’s annual community event, the Green Thumb Contest, is accepting nomi-nations for the town’s best flower garden.

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Cape captain chairssecurity committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Capt. Jeffrey Monroe of Cape Elizabeth, a a licensed master mariner for over 35 years, was selected as the Chairman of the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee.

The committee advises the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security on maritime security matters, including national security strategy and policy of the maritime transportation industry.

A graduate of Maine Maritime Acad-emy, Monroe has worked extensively on security and safety issues in ports, the marine transportation system, aviation, and surface transportation. In 2008 he received the Meritorious Public Service Medal from the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard for his contributions to national maritime safety.

New Ventures

Tony Vine of Cumberland has launched a new driving school in Falmouth, IndieDriv-er Educational Services, LLC, and is currently accepting registration. IndieDriver is located in the Falmouth Shopping Cen-ter above Radio Shack on U.S. Route 1. Classes are available on weekends, before or after school, or midday. Private sessions available upon request. For more informa-tion, call 838-INDI or indiedriver.com.

KG Partners, a Portland-based advertis-ing, public relations and interactive agency, has launched The Retail Innovation Group, offering manufacturers and retailers a combination of shopper-based research, behavioral analysis and retail design. Tim Mathis heads the department as director of retail innovation. Formerly Mathis led strategy, design and implementation with Gillette’s Retail Innovation Lab. For more information visit kgretailinnovationgroup.com, or the Group’s blog at shopperin-sightsblog.com.

Portland-based Monaghan Mortgage has joined Residential Mortgage Services, Inc., as a subsidiary. RMS is an independent mortgage banking operation with locations in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut. The partnership with RMS allows Monaghan Mortgage to offer direct funding of loans, local decision mak-ing with national financing resources. Liz Monaghan can be reached at 761-0100 or monaghanmortgage.com.

Rachel Ambrose recently launched a home furnishings shop located at 83 West Commercial St. in Portland called Home

Remedies. The store sells fine fabrics, furniture, and creates custom products. To help the business get started, the City of Portland, in partnership with Bangor Sav-ings Bank, provided Home Remedies with a gap financing loan from its revolving loan fund. For more information about Home Remedies, visit mainefabrics.com. For information about the city’s revolving loan fund program or other business assistance programs, contact the Economic Develop-ment Division at 874-8683.

Two Portland-based fiber optic project management firms, Tilson Technology Management and Telecom Strategies and Facilities, have joined forces to establish Tilson Fiber Technology, LLC. Tilson Fiber Technology will focus on construc-tion and project management, business start-up, sustainment and administration for dark fiber networks. TFT is under contract with Maine Fiber Company, Inc. to manage a $32 million, 1,100 mile, high-capacity fiber optic network funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act economic stimulus bill.

Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, MaineGeneral Health and MaineHealth, are now working together under a new partnership, OneMaine Health Collabora-tive, to conduct a statewide study to better understand community health needs. To conduct the comprehensive survey, One-Maine Health Collaborative selected the University of New England’s Center for Community and Public Health, which includes a team of consultants from the Muskie School at the University of South-ern Maine, and local survey firm, Market Decisions. Results of the study will be used to help develop Maine’s State Health Plan. Comparative county level findings will be available to the public in early 2011.

Perry & Banks Integrated Sales & Marketing, a strategic advertising and marketing company in Portland, in partner-ship with Policy One Research, has been retained by Maine’s Midcoast Council of Governments, a non-profit development corporation that supports the improvement of the regional economy in southern mid-coast Maine.

Vreeland Marketing & Design of Yarmouth has been named the marketing contractor for the Efficiency Maine Home Energy Savings Program. The agency will assist Efficiency Maine in promoting initiatives, including cash incentives to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient. Funding is through eco-nomic stimulus funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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Contributed photo Singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell will be performing songs off her newly released tribute

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blend of Americana styles. Tickets are $10 at the door for the 8:30 p.m. concert.

Books, Authors Wednesday 7/28Richard Shain Cohen, author of “The Forgotten Longfellow: Man in the Shadows - the Saga of Alex-ander Longfellow, Sr.,” 12-1 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monu-ment Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 759.

Thursday 7/29Ron Currie, Jr., author of “Every-thing Matters!” 7 p.m., Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Port-land, [email protected].

Sunday 8/1Lammas Celestial Poetry Evening, 7 p.m., by donation, Southworth Planetarium, USM Portland, Bed-ford St., Portland, 780-4249.

Wednesday 8/4“Maine Revised and Revisited: A Poetry and Writing Workshop with Estha Weiner,” hosted by The Maine Historical Society, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., registration required by Friday, July 30; $100 public/ MHS members or students, $75; Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland, FMI, Estha Weiner, [email protected], 774-1822, mainehistory.org.

”Coming Home?” A Poetry Read-ing by Estha Weiner and Betsy Sholl, 5 p.m., Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822, mainehistory.org.

Thursday 8/5Ardie Davis and Paul Kirk, au-thors of “The Kansas City Barbeque Society Cookbook, 25th Anniver-sary Edition,” 7 p.m., Borders Books, 430 Gorham Road, South Portland, 775-6110.

Friday 8/6Nancy 3. Hoffman, author of “Un-covered and Exposed! A Guide to the World’s Only Umbrella Cover Museum,” 5-8 p.m., The Green Hand Bookshop, 661 Congress St., Portland, 518-9496, umbrellacover-museum.org.

Saturday 8/7Nancy 3. Hoffman, author of “Un-covered and Exposed! A Guide to the World’s Only Umbrella Cover Museum,” 4-8 p.m., The Umbrella Cover Museum, 62-B Island Ave., Peaks Island, 939-0301, umbrel-lacovermuseum.org.

ComedyThursday 8/5First Annual Portland Improvisa-tional Comedy Festival, with nine Improv groups, 8 p.m. August 5-7, $10 advance/ $12 door/ $25 for 3-day pass, St. Lawrence Theater, Congress St., Portland, portlandim-provfest.weebly.com.

Sunday 8/8“Comedy Night with Rabbi and Stand-Up Comic Bob Alper,” pre-sented by Temple Beth El, 7 p.m. show; 6:15 p.m. reception for do-nors and patrons, $18 advance/ $22 door/ $36 Donors/ $72 - Patrons, Temple Beth El, 400 Deering Ave., Portland, tickets at 774-2649, [email protected], or tbemaine.org.

FilmsThursday 7/29“Ele-Phantom: 20 Short Films/20 Questions,” 7-8 p.m., free, Peaks Island Library Community Building, theelephantproject.org.

Sunday 8/1“A Green Place in My Heart: The

Irish-Themed Films of John Ford,” 2 p.m., by donation, Maine Irish Heritage Center, State and Gray Streets, Portland, Ellen D. Murphy, 899-0505.

Saturday 8/7”My Tale of Two Cities,” 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, $7, Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148, mov-iesatthemuseum.org.

Galleries Thursday 7/29Safe Passage Art Program Exhibit Reception, artwork by Guatemalan children in Safe Passage program on display, 6-8 p.m. reception, on view through Sept. 4, Merrill Memo-rial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, safepassage.org, 846-1188.

Saturday 7/31Artist Meet & Greet, with Hillary Irons, 11 a.m., free, Aucocisco Gal-leries, 89 Exchange St., Portland, 775-2222.

Peaks Island Art Walk, 3-7 p.m., participating galleries at peaksis-land-artwalks.org.

Second Annual Freeport Creative Arts Sidewalk Sale, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., downtown Freeport; 6 p.m. opening reception for FCA member juried exhibit, Freeport Square Gal-lery, Main St., exhibit through Aug. 15, freeportusa.com/fca.html.

Friday 8/6Birds “As We See It,” group show with 3 Maine artists, Michelle Hen-ning, porcelain; Sue Littlefield, clay; Sandi Ste. George, mosaics, 5-8 p.m. opening reception, exhibit through Aug. 28, Heron Point Gallery, 164 Middle St., Suite 4, Portland, Bonnie Faulkner, 846-0817.

Boats, and Big Fish; “Urban Ge-ometries,” nautical paintings by David Witbeck and sculpture by Jeff Barrett, and “Tong Series,” welded sculpture by Roger Majorowicz, 5-8 p.m., opening reception, exhibit through Sept. 4, Gleason Fine Art, 545 Congress St., Portland, 633-6849, [email protected].

”Drawn to Water II,” photography by Mitch Eagan, 5-8 p.m. opening and artist reception “Pop Up Gal-lery” at Portmanteau, 11 Free St., Portland, 774-7276.

Gallery Opening, cyanotype prints by Anna Low, 5-8 p.m., Eli Phant, Munjoy Hill, Portland, eli-phant.com.

Hour Exchange Portland Open House and Art Exhibit, with pho-tography by Dawn Herrick, 5-8 p.m., TIME Gallery at CTN, 516 Congress St., Portland, HourExchangePort-land.org, 874-9868 ext. 206.

”Timepieces,” by John Whalley, 5-7 p.m., opening reception, exhibit through Aug. 28, and new works by Mike Stiler, on view through Aug. 28, Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St., Portland, 772-2693, greenhut-galleries.com.

Saturday 8/7”At the Waters’ Edge,” paintings by Victoria and Peter Nelson, 6 p.m. opening, exhibit through Aug. 27, Bridges Gallery, 568 Congress St., Portland, Jeanna Zelin at 480-298-0928.

MuseumsFalmouth Historical Society Sum-mer Program at Falmouth Heritage Museum, special map collection on view, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. every Saturday through Sept. 18; Tuesday tours by appointment, free, 60 Woods Road, Falmouth, 781-4727, falmouthme-history.org.

Saturday 8/7“Anna Hepler,” gallery talk by mu-seum docent Linda Frinsko, 1 p.m., Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148 ext. 3244 or portlandmuseum.org.

MusicWednesday 7/28Summer Concerts at Mill Creek Park, Delta Knights Band, 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug.11, free, Mill Creek Park, South Portland, for weather-related can-cellations, call South Portland Parks & Recreation, 767-7650, southport-land.org.

Sunset Folk Series at Western Prom Park, Sara Cox, 7:30 p.m., free, Wednesdays through Aug. 11, bring own seating, 756-8130.

Thursday 7/29Alive at Five Concert Series, The Sea Captains & Gypsy Tailwind, 5-8 p.m., free, Monument Square, Con-gress St., Portland.

Scarborough Concert in the Park Series, 6:30 p.m., free, Thursdays through Aug. 5, Memorial Park, Scarborough, bring chair or blan-ket, rain location, Scarborough HS auditorium.

Floydz BoyZ, jazz piano trio, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 12, free, Jones Landing, 6 Welch St., Peaks Island, 712-0930.

“Hansel and Gretel,” presented by PORTopera, 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 2 p.m. Saturday, July 31, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, tickets via PortTix, 842-0800 or port-tix.com.

Nostalgia Night at Fort Al-len Gazebo Park, Eastern Prom, Chandler’s Band Concert, 7 p.m., sponsored by the Willey Trust, bring own seating, 756-8130.

Scarborough Concert in the Park Series, The Awesome 80s Band, 6:30 p.m., free, Thursdays July 1- Aug. 5, Memorial Park, Scarborough, bring chair or blan-ket, rain location, Scarborough HS auditorium.

Friday 7/30Eilen Jewell, singer/songwriter, 9 p.m., $10, Venue Music Bar, 5 Depot St., Freeport, 865-1780, venuemu-sicbar.com/

Transmission Drop with Jason An-derson, Strand of Oaks, 8:30 p.m., $6, 18+, SPACE Gallery, 538 Con-gress St., Portland, tickets at Bull Moose Music, space538.org.

Saturday 7/31Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, new acoustic American roots music, 8 p.m., $15 advance/ $18 door, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, onelongfel-lowsquare.com.

”Hansel and Gretel,” presented by PORTopera, 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 2 p.m. Saturday, July 31, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, tickets via PortTix, 842-0800 or port-tix.com.

Tuesday 8/3Tony Boffa Trio, 7 p.m., free/ by donation, The Clubhouse on Green-wood Ave., Scarborough, hosted by the Higgins Beach Association, park at lot across from Higgins Beach Inn.

Wednesday 8/4Sunset Folk Series at Western Prom Park, Jon Call, 7:30 p.m., free, Wednesdays through Aug. 11, bring own seating, 756-8130.

Thursday 8/5Hot Buttered Rum, 9 p.m., $13.50

- $15, Empire Dine and Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland, 879-8988, tickets at Bull Moose, portlandem-pire.com.

Scarborough Concert in the Park Series, Tony Boffa Band, 6:30 p.m., free, last show, Memorial Park, Scarborough, bring chair or blan-ket, rain location, Scarborough HS auditorium.

Friday 8/6Roomful of Blues, 8 p.m., $25 ad-vance/ $28 door, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, onelongfellowsquare.com.

Saturday 8/7Mike Doughty, with special guest Christina Courtin, 7:30 p.m., free, bring own seat, L.L. Bean Discovery Park, L.L. Bean campus, 95 Main St., Freeport,

Theater & DanceFriday 7/30”I Hate Hamlet,” presented by Freeport Players, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, $10 advance/ $15 door, Freeport Per-forming Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport, tickets at fcponline.org, 865-2220.

Saturday 7/31”I Hate Hamlet,” presented by Freeport Players, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, $10 advance/ $15 door, Freeport Per-forming Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport, tickets at fcponline.org, 865-2220.

Sunday 8/1”I Hate Hamlet,” presented by

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Tuesday 8/3Freeport Shakespeare Festival, “The Tempest,” 7 p.m. Aug. 3-6, free, L.L. Bean Discovery Park outdoor stage, Main St., Freeport, freeport-shakespearefestival.org, 865-9299.

Friday 8/6Portland Playback Theater, ”Close Calls,” 7:30 p.m., $5-10 suggested donation, First Parish Church, corner of Congress and Temple St., Portlandportlandplay-back.com.

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‘Annie,’ ‘Chicago’ top summer-stock choicesBy Scott Andrews

It’s hard to imagine two musicals with more disparate themes and aesthetic values than “Annie” and “Chicago,” this week’s top choices for summer-stock theater.

The former show is warm, fuzzy and wonderfully suited for children, while the latter is cold, cynical, angular and full of adult themes and situations.

Professional productions of both these great musicals are currently running in southern Maine. Arundel Barn Playhouse, the archetype of summer stock, is home to “Annie” through July 31, while Maine State Music Theatre has “Chicago” on the boards through Aug. 7 in Brunswick.

Eilen Jewell is a singer-songwriter from the Boston area. She’s got a gig in Freeport this Friday, and somewhat sur-prisingly, the draw isn’t her own music.

Tom Rush is the very exemplar of the singer-songwriter, active and influential since the 1960s. He visits Harrison on Saturday.

‘Annie’Buoyant optimism and warm-hearted

humor are the dominant themes of “Annie,” one of America’s best-loved musicals. Based on the long-running comic strip by Harold Gray, the original Broadway show copped the top three Tony Awards in 1977 (Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score) and ran for six years and 2,377 performances.

Since then, “Annie” has been a staple of school, community and professional theater companies. Arundel Barn Play-house’s current professional (non-Equity) production will please audiences through Saturday.

With book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, “Annie” retains only two char-acters from the comic strip and departs from the original story line in many ways. Meehan’s “Annie” revolves around the red-headed waif and her relationship with Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks, a kind-hearted multi-billionaire capitalist hero.

Meehan invented the show’s most memorable character, Miss Hannigan, the witch-like director of New York City’s orphanage for girls. Miss Hannigan is a love-starved middle-aged harridan who constantly nips from a handy bottle.

I loved Allie Beckmann’s over-the-top interpretation of this wonderful comic character. Beckmann’s facial expressions and body language are the highlight of the show.

Courtesy Annie roseA murder trial is an exercise in show business in “Chicago,” the celebrated Kander and Ebb

Broadway musical that plays through Aug. 7 at Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick. Curt Dale Clark, as lawyer Billy Flynn, center, demonstrates the defense strategy in a capital case.

Arundel Barn Playhouse, 53 Old Post Road (just off Route 1) presents “Annie” at various times and dates through July 31. Call 985-5552 or visit arundelbarn-playhouse.com.

‘Chicago’American justice is skewered as a three-

ring circus in one of the darkest, funniest, sexiest and most successful Broadway musicals ever written. “Chicago,” with book by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb, music by John Kander and lyrics by Ebb, is an exquisite song-and-dance musical that revolves around two starlets who murder husbands and boyfriends and are acquitted in their trials.

Sexy starlets in jail? Celebrity murder-ers acquitted? If you think this sounds oh-so today, think again. The original non-musical version of “Chicago” was written in 1926 by Maurine Dallas Watkins, a court reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Watkins’ script was based on two sensa-tional murder trials she covered, and the principal characters represent real people.

Although the original musical version was successful, the 1996 restaging holds the record for the longest-running revival in Broadway history – and most Tony Awards for a revival. That production is still running and will hit 5,700 perfor-mances next month.

Maine State Music Theatre presents a sensational professional (Equity contract)

production of “Chicago” that represents a high point of my summer. Don’t miss MSMT’s “Chicago,” which runs through Aug. 7 in Brunswick.

My favorites among the large, excel-lent cast are Erin Maguire as a wannabe vaudeville star who shoots her boyfriend shortly after opening curtain then walks free in the penultimate scene. Both slutty and sultry, Maguire commands this won-derful production from curtain to curtain.

This cold-blooded murderess wouldn’t walk free without a lawyer who knows how to razzle-dazzle a jury and bamboo-zle the adoring press corps, and Curt Dale Clark is perfect in this role. Reporters and the jurors are totally seduced.

Other fine performances are given by Nikki Snelson, Evelyn Starr, Charis Leos and John-Charles Kelly. Kudos also to director Donna Drake, choreographer Rhonda Miller, costume designer Kurt Alger and set designer Charles Kading. The highly angular choreography deliber-ately exemplifies Fosse’s signature style.

Maine State Music Theatre presents “Chicago” at various times and dates through Aug. 7 at Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus in Brunswick. Call 725-8769 or visit msmt.org.

Eilen JewellAn up-and-coming singer-songwriter

is paying tribute to one of the masters of the art form this Friday. Idaho-born Ei-

len Jewell, who has been playing on the Boston-area music scene since 2003, has just released her latest CD. Surprisingly, it doesn’t represent her own writing.

Instead, Jewell has chosen to honor Lo-retta Lynn, the “Queen of Country Music,” who has been one of Nashville’s most suc-cessful and enduring singer-songwriters since the 1960s. “Butcher Holler,” which will be released this week on the Signature Sounds label, features Jewell and her band performing 12 classic Lynn tunes.

Lynn is best-known for writing and performing songs that are written from a strong, passionate woman’s point of view. Several exemplars are collected on this tribute album, including “Another Man Loved Me Last Night,” “Don’t Come Home A’Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind),” “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man)” and “I’m A Honky Tonk Girl.”

I’ve been spinning this CD for the past few days and I’m very impressed with Jewell’s effort. Plus I’m very impressed by her attitude that understanding masters of the past is the best way to improve one’s own art in the future.

Hear Eilen Jewell at 8:30 p.m. July 30 at Venue Music Bar, 5 Depot St. in Freeport. Call 865-1780.

Tom RushAnd speaking of masters of the craft of

writing and performing, nobody typifies the singer-songwriter better than Tom Rush. Born in Portsmouth, N.H., Rush has been performing professionally since 1961, and became a major figure in the folk music boom later in that decade. Constantly on the road, Rush motors into Deertrees Theatre in Harrison this Saturday.

Although best-known as a singer-songwriter, Rush got his start covering traditional material from America and England. As his fame spread, he gave a boost to fellow artists by covering their first songwriting efforts. Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and James Taylor are among those Rush helped on his pivotal 1968 album, “The Circle Game.” He’s released 22 albums since 1962, with the latest dating from 2009.

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Friday 7/30Annual HART Yard Sale Fundrais-er, to benefit the Homeless Animal Rescue Team, 12-5 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, donations welcome at shelter through July 29; 302 Range Road, Cumberland, hartofme.com, 829-4116.

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Greely Girls Basketball Boosters, 8:30 p.m., $25 advance, 21+, Har-mony Hall, North Yarmouth, tickets, Susan Swanson, 829-4006 or [email protected].

Saturday 7/31Annual HART Yard Sale Fundrais-er, to benefit the Homeless Animal Rescue Team, 12-5 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, donations welcome at shelter through July 29; 302 Range Road, Cumberland, hartofme.com, 829-4116.

Kids’ Fish and Fun Fest, to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., $5 suggest-ed donation, with fishing lessons, boat rides, games, food and more, East End beach, Portland, hosted by the Casco Bay Anglers Club Striper Hunt Tournament, 773-5437, cbacstriperhunt.com.

Second Annual Sgt. Johnsey & Sgt. Betters Benefit Motorcycle Memorial Ride, fundraiser for chil-dren of deceased Portland police officers, $20 bike/ $5 passenger, 9:15–10:45 a.m. registration; 11 a.m. ride starts from Portland to Naples, meet at Parkers Restaurant, 1349 Washington Ave., Portland, pre-register by mailing contribution payable to The Sgt. Johnsey & Sgt. Betters Benefit Memorial Ride, 14 Mayfield St., Portland, ME 04103, organized by Portland Police Lieu-tenant Janine Roberts.

Yard Sale and Strawberry Festi-val, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Peoples United Methodist Church, 310 Broadway, South Portland.

Monday 8/4“Bowling with the Sea Dogs,” to benefit the Maine Children’s

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Thursday 8/5The 13th Annual Sturdivant Island Tuna Tournament, charity fund-raiser, 12 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7; Captain’s Meeting and fundraising auction, Wednesday, Aug. 4, Spring Point Ma-rina, South Portland, Chuck Gregory, 229-5157, mainetuna.org.

Bulletin BoardSaturday 7/31Eighth Annual Greater Portland Festival of Nations, multi-cul-tural festival with food, vendors, children’s area, entertainment, more, 2-8:30 p.m., free admission, Deering Oaks Park, Portland.

Dining OutSaturday 7/31Bean Supper, 5-6 p.m., adults $7, children 5-12 $3, under 5 free, West Falmouth Baptist Church, 18 Moun-tain Road, Falmouth, 797-4066.

Baked Bean Supper, 4:30-6 p.m., $8 adult/ $4 age 12 and under, Tuttle Rd. U. M. Church, 52 Tuttle Rd., Cumberland, 829-3766.

Gardens & OutdoorsCumberland Farmers Markets:

Cumberland 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Saturdays, Mabel I Wilson School, Tuttle Rd; Falmouth 12-4 p.m. Wednesdays, Walmart Shopping Center, U.S. Route 1; Yarmouth 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. Tuesdays, Town Hall Green, Main St.; Gray 2-6 p.m. Thurs-days, Town Hall, Shaker Rd, Gray; Freeport 3-7 p.m. Fridays, L.L.Bean Campus, Freeport.

New Gloucester Community Market, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. Sundays, Amvet parking lot, across from Hodgman’s Frozen Custard, U.S. Route 100, New Gloucester, 926-5919, newgloucestergardens.com.

Scarborough Farmers Market, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 31, rain or shine, Lower Parking Lot behind Scarborough Town Hall and Scarborough High School.

Thursday 7/29”The Cumberland and Oxford Canal in Stroudwater,” Trail Walk and Kiosk Unveiling, 5:30 p.m., Fore River Sanctuary, meet at Frost Street parking lot, pre-register at [email protected], hosted by Portland Trails.

Wednesday 8/4The Cape Elizabeth Garden Club August Meeting, 10 a.m., Broad Cove home of Nona Geyerhahn, open to new members, bring sand-wich, Betty Montpelier, 799-0229.

Getting SmarterWednesday 8/4Free Social Security Seminar, led by Robert Clark from Social Security Administration, 6-8 p.m.,

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Health & SupportSupport Group for Moms in Recovery from Alcohol/Drug Addiction, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays, ongoing, with free onsite childcare, The Salvation Army, Cumberland Ave, Portland, information, Aman-da, City of Portland Public Health Division, Substance Abuse Preven-tion Program, 756-8053.

Wednesday 7/28“Empowering Strategies for Women’s Health,” talk on breast cancer prevention screening tools by Dr. Sarah Kotzur, 5:30-6:30 p.m., $5, Primary Care Alternative Medicine, 142 High St., Suite 305, Portland, register at 699-4199.

Thursday 7/29“The Heart of Sufism,” 6:30-8 p.m., with Andrea Ferrante, free and open to public, hosted by ChIME, 555 For-est Ave. Portland.

Breath, Chi Gong, Tong Ren Therapy, 5:30-7 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 26, $16/class, West-ern Promenade Area, Portland, preregister, 775-7888.

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Saturday 7/31L.L.Bean Kids Fest, games, crafts, live animals, more, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., free, L.L.Bean Campus, Main Street, Freeport.

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Aviationfrom page 6 Alan Klapmeier: From Cirrus to Kestrel

Steve MiStler / the ForecaSter

Alan Klapmeier, CEO of Kestrel Aircraft, takes

questions during the July 23 press

event at the Augusta State Airport.

Klapmeier hopes his new venture in

Brunswick will lead to the development of a single-engine

jet.

One thing is quickly apparent about Alan Klapmeier: he’s not averse to risk.

According to accounts in trade magazines, newspapers – and his brother – Klapmeier might be more visionary than businessman.

In 1984, Klapmeier and his brother Dale founded Cirrus Aircraft, based in Duluth, Minn. According to a story in the Duluth News Tribune, the broth-ers’ trek into aviation began when they made kit airplanes in a barn in Baraboo, Wis.

At its peak, Cirrus was Duluth’s larg-est employer and manufacturer of the world’s best-selling aircraft, the SR22. The company had more than 1,500 employees at several locations, includ-ing Duluth, South Dakota and Brisbane, Australia.

The company’s success and reputa-tion for revolutionizing the piston-aircraft manufacturing business through composites drew attention, nationally and internationally.

The Klapmeier brothers were also featured in the book “Free Flight,” by James Fallows, a 25-year contributing writer for The Atlantic and former speech-writer for Jimmy Carter. Fallows’ book explored the technical revolution of travel, putting Cirrus alongside NASA as leading innova-tors in the industry.

In 2001, a venture capital firm bought a majority stake in Cirrus, investing about $100 million. The firm, Arcapita, at the time operated as Crescent Capital, the U.S. investment arm of the First Islamic Bank of Bahrain.

The company later developed the CAPS parachute sys-tem, which is built into the airframe of Cirrus planes. Dur-ing an emergency, the parachute deploys so that the plane, as well its passengers, can float to safety.

But the recession hit Cirrus hard, forcing the company to slash nearly 10 percent of its workforce, according to newspaper reports. The economic change also appears to have altered the company dynamic, specifically Alan Klapmeier’s management role.

According to several reports, Klapmeier’s quest for in-novation clashed with his board of directors’ more cautious approach.

In February 2009, Klapmeier was replaced as the com-pany’s chief executive. He remained chairman, but power was transferred to the new CEO, Brent Wouters, formally the company’s chief financial officer.

Later, as the company slowed development of the SF50, a sleek, single-engine jet designed to launch Cirrus into the corporate jet market, Klapmeier attempted to buy the project with his own team of investors.

Negotiations between Klapmeier and Cirrus stalled in July 2009. Shortly thereafter, Cirrus notified him that the company would not renew his contract.

“It was clearly their choice,” Klapmeier told Aviation International News.

Later, in a Duluth News Tribune story, Dale Klapmeier described the differences between him and his brother.

“Alan is a dreamer, and he’s extremely aggressive in what he wants,” Dale Klapmeier said. “I’m far more conservative than he is, and I’ve always loved the hands-on stuff.”

The departure was difficult for Klapmeier, but he quickly formed a new management team and targeted the acquisi-tion of Farnborough Aircraft, which was eyeing production of the Kestrel, a single-engine turboprop that – thanks to composite construction and recent innovations in smaller turboprop engines – boasts speeds of larger jets.

On Friday, Klapmeier commented directly on his vision-ary reputation.

“I often get accused of not focusing enough on the busi-ness end and too much on the aviation end,” he said. “I think that’s unfair. The planes I want to develop are the planes I think people want to fly, and buy.”

As for his coveted SF50 jet project, Klapmeier said the single-engine jet is not out of the picture for Kestrel.

“(The single-engine jet) is very close to my heart,” he said, adding that he hoped the VP10 project would help pay for the future development of his own single-engine jet.

If he’s successful, the development of both aircraft will take place at Brunswick Landing.

— Steve Mistler

BUSINESS& SERVICE

board voted unanimously to sign the deal.Two members, Steven Weems and Charlie Spies, ab-

stained because they’ve been assisting Kestrel pursue a federal tax credit program.

Levesque said Kestrel hopes to move to the base in No-vember, around the same time MRRA is expected to take possession of the airfield. The company will likely start with 50 or 70 engineers, who will begin modifying the Kestrel prototype, the JP10, into a six- to eight-passenger aircraft.

A video of the prototype can viewed on YouTube at http://bit.ly/ba8VM8.

It’s unclear if the engineers will be hired locally, or brought in from Farnborough Aircraft of Great Britain, which Kestrel recently acquired.

The six-month deal required approval by the Navy, which still owns Hangar 6. Once MRRA takes possession of the facility, the lease is expected to be extended.

Levesque said the start-up company is contributing $90 million of the $100 million deal in equity investment and debt. Another $10 million will likely come from state-sponsored bonds. An additional $1.5 million will be drawn from federal grants for building improvements, including about $800,000 for a paint booth.

The company will eventually occupy all of Hangar 6, a 170,000-square-foot facility that the Navy completed in 2004.

According to Levesque, the company choose Brunswick over two other competitors: Kansas and Florida – states known for luring aviation companies.

Klapmier said the company’s decision was not the result of a “bidding war” between the three locations; rather, it was sold on the Brunswick facility, the composites cluster and the planned joint campus between Southern Maine Community College and the University of Maine engineer-ing school.

The campus has been touted as being able to tailor its curriculum to the needs of incoming businesses to develop a ready workforce. In some cases, company employees could serve as adjunct professors.

Additionally, Levesque said, Kestrel could draw from the region’s retired military and boatbuilders and mechanics, which will have similar skill sets to manufacture composite aircraft.

“This is good for Maine and Brunswick,” he said. “Brunswick is within 30 miles of 70 percent of the state’s workforce.”

Levesque said the deal could also help expand MRRA’s marketing efforts. Klapmeier, whose future has been closely monitored by the aviation industry since he left Cirrus, was expected to announce the Brunswick operation at AirVenture this weekend in Oshkosh, Wis., the largest aviation convention in the country.

“(Klapmeier) wanted to announce at Oshkosh, but I told him to do it in Maine first,” Levesque said.

Steve Mistler can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 123 or [email protected]

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DON’T BUY NEW RE-NEW:FURNITURE REPAIR, STRIP-PING & REFINISHING byhand. Pick up & delivery avail-able. 28 years experience. For-mer high school shop teacher.References. 371-2449.

FURNITURE RESTORATION-Place your ad here to beseen in 69,500 papers aweek. Call 781-3661 for moreinformation on rates.

GIFTS

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHINGto advertise under GIFTS?Place your ad here that willbe seen in over 69,500papers! Call 781-3661 foradvertising rates.

HEALTH

HYPNOSIS WORKS!

874-9859

Specializing in workingwith adolescents,

smoking cessation,anxieties, negative habits

Clinical Hypnosisof Southern Mainewww.hypnosis-maine.com

Patti Rutka Stevens, CHSouth Portland - behind Maine Mall

Do you sufferwith an achingand painfulbody?

Do you suffer fromoverwhelming fatigue?Call me to find out how

I got my healthand my life back.Janet 799-3391

FREE YOGAthroughout July &Aug atPURE MOVEMENT

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871-7873Yarmouth Yoga Studio

374 US ROUTE ONEYARMOUTH, ME 04096

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COMPASSIONATE EXPERIENCED TEACHERSSee all of our classes at:

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– Gandhi

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Trigger Point Body Therapy. Reduce chronic pain,quiet the mind & have a better life. Sessions in

your office or home throughout Greater Portlandor 614a Congress St. in the OVE sanctuary.

Gift certificates available.www.riverpayne.com 207.749.8063

[email protected]

Alcoholics Anonymous Fal-mouth Group Meeting TuesdayNight, St. Mary`s EpiscopalChurch, Route 88, Falmouth,Maine. 7:00-8:00 PM.

HELP WANTED

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If you are serious,compassionate,hardworking, andwant to have a flexibleschedule to fit yourneeds, look no further!We have part-time andfull-time hours available7 days a week.For more informationplease contact Marilynor Pam at 207-767-7339

Our mission is toprovide the best inhome health care.

584 Main StreetSouth Portland, Maine

• PCAs

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If you are serious,compassionate,hardworking, andwant to have a flexibleschedule to fit yourneeds, look no further!We have part-time andfull-time hours available7 days a week.

For more information,please call us at699-HOME (4663)

125 Presumpscot St.Portland, ME

CARING PEOPLE NEEDED:Visiting Angels is seekingexperienced, compassionateand reliable caregivers to pro-vide in-home non-medicalassistance to seniors. All shifts.Make a difference today. Call773-3397.

EXPERIENCED GARDEN-ER/LANDSCAPER needed toprovide part-time assistance tosmall landscape company.Immediate opportunities forwork in Prout’s Neck,Yarmouth, Windham and Seba-go Lakes Region. Excellentopportunity for small independ-ent contractor or person inter-ested in starting professionallandscaping/gardening busi-ness. Must have horticulturaleducation or demonstrate sub-stantial experience. Knowledgeof perennials and shrubs amust. Submit qualifications andwork history to: A Touch ofGreen, PO Box 1262, Ray-mond, Maine [email protected]

WORK FROM HOMEWITH FLEXIBLE HOURSEarn full time incomeon a part time basisFMI 207-799-3391

Town of Chebeague IslandCODE ENFORCEMENT OFFI-CER- The Town of ChebeagueIsland is searching for a part-time Code Enforcement Offi-cer. Individual must be, or ableto become, a State of MaineLicensed Plumbing Inspector(LPI). Will also serve as Build-ing and Electrical Inspector.Must be familiar with ShorelandZoning; able to interpret localland use codes; able to admin-ister State Building and Electri-cal codes; as well as otherduties such as staffing the Zon-ing Board of Adjustments andAppeals.

This is a part time, 8 – 12 hoursper week hourly paid position.Ferry transportation and park-ing is provided, as well as avehicle to use on the Island.Individual must possess theability to work harmoniouslywith contractors, home ownersand other employees.

Send resume to Town Adminis-trator, Town of ChebeagueIsland, 192 North Road,Chebeague Island, Me. 04017by July 27th, 2010. Emailedresumes are accepted [email protected] .Full job description available atwww.townofchebeagueisland.org .

HOME REPAIR

Professional - CourteousCompetitive Rates - Free Estimates

*Fully Insured for Commercialand Residential*

Offering Construction Servicesfor Just About Any Size Project

Spend your$8,000 tax credit wisely!!!

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DECK DOCTORDecks are our Specialty

Call Dan653-2230Wayne415-6750

Restoration of Old DecksPower washing•Sealing•Repair

Installation of NewDecks

Free EstimatesFully Insured

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Electrical ContractorNew Homes, Additions, Tel/Com,CATV, Audio and Networking.

Licensed. Insured. FREE Estimates.

Shannon K. HulitOwner

[email protected]

NORTHEAST

LLC

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Additions • Decks • Kitchens & BathroomsRoofing & Siding • Replacement Windows

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& LANDSCAPINGResidential & Commercial

EXPERT DRYWALL SER-VICE- Hanging, Taping, Plaster& Repairs. Archways, Cathe-drals, Textured Ceilings, Paint.Fully Insured. ReasonableRates. Marc. 590-7303.

If you are interested in working for a dynamic publishing companywith a comprehensive benefi t package, please forward a cover letter and resume to:

Sun JournalAttn: Human ResourcesPO Box 4400, Lewiston, ME 04243-4400or email: [email protected]

Sun Journal is a division of the Sun Media Group

One of Maine’s premier media corporations providing years of reliable news and information is searching for qualifi ed candidates to fi ll the position of:

Join our fast growing team and help build industry-changing technologies. Sun Media Group is looking for an in-house Web developer focusing primarily on front-end implementation. Candidate should have expert knowledge of HTML, Javascript and CSS, and solid experience with PHP and MySQL and Photoshop. Drupal or other open-source content management system experience a plus. Position includes design work and a link to an online portfolio is highly encouraged with application. Experience with Flex, Air, Flash, and Javascript libraries such as JQuery not required, but a benefi t.

Web Developer Full-time

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• Fences • Shrub Beds

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A&A MOVING SERVICES.ALL YOUR MOVING NEEDS.Residential & Commercial. 25years experience. 7 days aweek. No extra charge onweekends. FULL SERVICE.Labor only loading or unload-ing trucks. PIANO MOVING.Packing. Cleaning handymanwith tools on truck. We also buyused Furniture and Antiques.Old house parts. SENIOR DIS-COUNTS. Free estimates. 828-8699.

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REAL ESTATE

Cumberland Home For Sale5 Pinewood Dr. $279,000.3 Bedroom Cape in idealneighborhood near schools.3 floors of living space, par-tially finished basement,hardwood, LR with FP, deckw/ built-in seating. Newerwindows, furnace, roof, freshpaint. Move-in condition!MLS # 982398.Call 766-1270 or 939-0346.

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Houses & Barns by John Libby

AnniversarySale

In celebration of our lead Timber Framer’s22nd year with the company, we are

offering up to 30% off on ourSignature Series Timber Frames

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[email protected]

HARPSWELL MOBILE HOMEand Lot. Burlington 2 bed-room,1 1/2 bath with nice laun-dry, patio and underground util-ities on a quiet, wooded .69acre lot within a mile of a gen-eral store, Post Office andbeautiful Mitchell Field. A shortwalk to the beach. Propertyeligible for low rate mortgageand benefits through FirstHome Program with MaineHousing.org.72 Edgewater Colony Rd.$79,800. 207-504-1049.

Cumberland-House For Saleby Owner.1830 Farmhouse on 2 acres.Thoughtfully restored to main-tain period details with modernconveniences. 4 bedrooms, 2full baths. Barn has studioapartment. $349,900. Call forpictures. 831-6350.

WEST FALMOUTH- 334 GrayRd. DRIVE IN and look! Beau-tiful dormered cape, 3 bed-rooms/Gigantic kitchen, fin-ished basement. 3 car garage,2.5 private acres. $279,000.207-797-0044.

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BARN FRAMES- 3 availablefor immediate raising. 15x20,24x28, 26x36. Great for boatstorage, animal barn or finishto living space. 207-865-4169.www.housesandbarns.com

RENTALS

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[email protected] or

www.apts.com/oldeenglishvillageme1 mile to Mall, 295 and Bus Routes503 Westbrook Street, South Portland

207-774-3337

Gorgeous, open concept 2ndfloor, 2 bed apt. in Yarmouth vil-lage. Available Sept 30th.Recently renovated, verybright, sky lights, Old hard-wood floors, original claw foottub, spanish tile, largekitchen.New furnace and ener-gy efficient tankless waterheater, washer and dryer.$1100/mth.+ utilities. Must see! Call Jacquie 207-781-2809 orcell 310-849-2953.

YARMOUTH- 2nd floor in-lawapartment that includes all util-ities. Heat, electricity, cable,internet. Spacious and brightwith hardwood floors, high ceil-ings, view overlooking pasture.Walk-in closet, very clean.Optional wood stove and woodavailable. Ideal for a singleworking professional personcommuting to Portland,Brunswick, Lewiston, Auburnor Augusta. Security deposit,references. N/S. No pets,owner has a dog. 846-6240.$850/month.

MUNJOY SOUTH APART-M E N T S - A f f o r d a b l eH o u s i n g / N o n - s u b s i d e d .Accepting applications for 2 &3 Bedroom units. Rents start atjust $697/2BR & $800/3BR.Included: Heat, Hot water,Parking, W/D hookups. Section8 welcome. Call today! 775-1146/EHO.

Cape Elizabeth House- 3Bedroom Ranch; hardwoodfloors, finished basement, 2 fullbaths, washer/dryer, largeyard. Quiet dead-end street.No pets or smokers.$1150/month plus utilities.Security Deposit, Referencesrequired. 207-831-8590.

TOPSHAM- CUTE & COZYHOME, 2 bedrooms, 2 acres,meadows, apple trees, blue-berries, barn and amazingviews. Fireplace. AvailableAug1st. $1000/month. 207-837-7499.

LISBON 1 BEDROOM unit$495/mo. includes heat and hotwater. Large unit with 1 vehicleparking in rear. $495 deposit.References. No cats or dogs.1-877-660-0840.

2 ONE bedroom on secondand third floor nice and clean,heat, hot water included

Call Manny for details at 232-9571

PARIS HILL AREA. 3 bed-room, 2 bath Ranch. Spaciouskitchen, dining, and living area.Lovely hardwood floors. Beau-tiful backyard with deck. 2 cargarage. Full basement. Quietneighborhood. All appliances.$1100.00/month plus utilities.Available Aug 1.388-2712

Falmouth 2 bedroom Cape.Dog friendly. Big back yard.Washer/dryer. New kitchen.One mile to Exit 53 of turnpike.Available August 20th. $1200per month plus utilities.Business hours: 797-3019.Nights/weekends 232-0744.

FREEPORT SPACIOUS 1bedroom apartments. Bright,quiet and well maintained com-plex. Starting at $750 HEATINCLUDED. No pets or smok-ing. Call 207-807-7889.

3 BEDROOM, 2 bath mobile inLeeds. $850/mo. plus utilitieswith a 1 year lease. 375-7217

USM AREA- EXETER ST. 5rooms, 1st floor, Modern. Offstreet parking for 2 cars.$850/month. References. 781-3031 after 6.

FALMOUTH-156 Gray Rd.1 BEDROOM

Wood floors,Heated/Hot Water,Parking Included

Call 305-772-9595or 207-773-4567

$695month

Availablenow

GRAY - Cozy 1 bedroom. Pri-vate entrance, driveway, andyard. Heat, hot water, Electricand plowing included. Catallowed. $800/month, securitydeposit $500. Call 207-657-7079.

ARCH AVENUE, 1 bedroom,third floor, new flooring/carpet,includes heat and hot water, onsite laundry, quiet, near Batesand CMMC. $525 831-0240.

GRAY- CABIN FOR rent. Nodeposit. Furnished. No pets. Allutilities, cable, wireless inter-net. 657-4844.

ROOFING/SIDING

Roofing SpecialJuly - August – Sept – Oct (needs to be booked by 9/1 –work to be completed by 10/31)$275.00 per Sq. – 30 yr. Archi-tectural shingle.Strip & RelayFree Estimates 240-2970.

ROOFING/SIDING-Place yourad here to be seen in 69,500papers a week. Call 781-3661for more information onrates.

ROOMMATE WANTED

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SERVICES OFFERED

Attic • BasementGarage • Cleanouts

Residential & CommercialWe Recycle & Salvageso you save money!

NEED JUNK REMOVEDCALL THE

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*Attic to basement cleanouts*We do all the loading & clean-up

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Jim’s Handy Services - INTERIOR/EXTERIOR PAINT-ING, 20 YEARS EXPERI-ENCE. LIGHT CARPENTRY,HOUSECLEANING, WINDOWWASHING, GUTTER CLEAN-ING. PRESSURE WASHINGHOMES AND LIGHT TREEWORK. GARAGE AND ATTICCLEANING. WORK BY THEHOUR/AFFORDABLE, WITHREFERENCES. 239-4294 OR775-2549.

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Residential & Commercial

Jerid HallOwner/Contractor

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Free Estimates Fully Insured

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Build ME Construction,LLCFor All Your Quality Building Needs

TREE SERVICES

[email protected] Yard is on 115 N. Yarmouth

Prices are subject to change

Ben Corriveau

Benny’s Firewood, LLCBenny’s Firewood, LLC“Where Quality Matters”

590 - 7886

Licensed Arborist • Fully InsuredFull Tree Service

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Call for an Estimate

Firewood-Cut Split & Delivered

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licensed and insured

Mark CollinsLicensed Landscape Arborist

207.239.0887

• ConscientiousTree Care

• Fine Pruning• Planting

and Removal• Free Estimates

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Cumberland, MaineMaine Licensed – Insured – Certified

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Crane ServiceBucket Truck

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Free Estimates24 Hr Emergency Service

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FOWLER TREE CARE:Licensed Arborist & MasterApplicator, fully insured. Largetree pruning, ornamental tree,shrub pruning, spraying, deeproot fertilizing, hedges, difficulttree removal, cabling. Free esti-mates. Many references. 829-5471.

• Climbing• Limbing• Difficult

take-downs• Fully insured • Free estimates

• Many references

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REE SERVICEJIM’S• Removals• Chipping• Lots cleared

&thinned

STORM DAMAGE

[email protected]

ADS TREE WORK• Take Downs • Pruning

• Stump Grinding

Licensed, Insured Maine ArboristScott Gallant • 838-8733

STUMP & GRIND - Profession-al stump chipping service. Fullyinsured, Free estimates. CallRob Taisey at 846-6338 anytime. “We get to the root of yourproblem.”

TUTORING

FIRST SESSION FREE!Club Z! In-Home TutoringTutor Match Guaranteed. Sum-mer tutoring, all subjects,PreK- College, LD, study skills.SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT.College essay writing.Bob Cerf 781-2283.clubztutoring.com/falmouth

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committed to doing, much less doing more of what we should be doing,”

Robert A. G. Monks of Cape Eliza-beth was the head of two commissions that studied state retirement plans in the 1980s and 1990s. He called the looming pension costs “the 800-pound gorilla” facing the next governor.

The current and future payments to the pension system, Monks said, “will mean a process of diluting other state programs drastically.”

Ryan Low just completed a term as Gov. John Baldacci’s chief financial officer.

He agreed that starting as soon as next year, paying the annual pension costs is “going to require some substantial sacrifice from schools, from education funding, and from, well, everyone, but certainly the brunt of it will go to human services and education.”

Rep. Sawin Millett, R-Waterford, is considered by his colleagues to be the single most informed legislator on the state budget, having served in the Legis-lature and on the executive side in fiscal roles.

He said the retirement portion of the budget is growing at twice the rate as the rest of the budget, and there’s no way out of that problem unless state revenues grow more than expected or there are new taxes.

‛We’re clearly going to have to reduce the rest of the budget. A lot of people have not fully grasped the full conse-quences,” Millett said.

Even the lobbyist representing the state’s cities and towns is worried.

Geoff Herman of the Maine Municipal Association said his group is concerned the escalating pension costs will, at the least, “crowd out” other state expendi-

tures such as aid to schools and revenue sharing with municipalities.

And that could mean an increase in property taxes.

The billion-dollar billHow big is the problem?The state owes the retirement system

more than $4.43 billion.But the amount owed is only half the

story. The other half is the deadline for paying it off: the year 2028, 18 years from now.

And that deadline cannot be easily changed; it’s written into the state Con-stitution.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, state retirees and their supporters were in-creasingly worried that the state was not putting enough away each year to pay for current and future pension costs.

Because the state had not kept up with the true costs of the pensions and because it had added new benefits, but not the money to pay for them, the state built what what is called an unfunded actuarial liability, or UAL.

The three words in that accounting phrase are each important. Taking them backwards, the liability refers to a debt or an expense; actuarial means the calcula-tion of the debt is based on an analysis of factors about the current and future retirees from the system – age, life ex-pectancy, salary, etc.; unfunded means the state knew it had this debt, but didn’t have all the money set aside to pay for it.

Around the time the constitutional amendment was passed, Maine had the third worst UAL in the country. Only West Virginia and the District of Co-lumbia were less funded. Maine’s pen-sion fund at that time was only about 27 percent funded. It is now 65 percent funded – still a long way from the 90 percent to 100 percent recommended by outside experts.

The costs of the pensions was like a mortgage – a mortgage the state was

behind on paying, without a binding commitment to ever catch up.

No more shenaningansDavid Wakelin, the former longtime

chairman of the state pension system board, recalled that the retirees’ goal with the constitutional amendment was to “make it very difficult to do any shenani-gans with the system,” such as delaying or reducing payments and adding new benefits without funding them fully.

“What happened before the constitu-tional amendment is, my understanding is – I wasn’t around – is the state would get the bill and sometimes they would make the full payment and sometimes they would pay considerably less,” Wake-lin said.

In 1995, the Legislature, by a large ma-jority, approved putting a constitutional amendment on the ballot that set a date certain for paying off the pension debt: the year 2028, more than 30 years away. The ballot question was approved by 70 percent of the voters.

For many years, that plan was on target. The amount of the state budget needed annually to reach the 2028 goal was within the state’s means and it was keeping up with the payments.

But then the stock market crashed, the recession hit and all that has turned the state pension into a mortgage with a huge balloon payment.

Pensions for state employees and teachers are paid out of the General Fund, but the program is run by a inde-pendent agency and board, the Maine Public Employee Retirement System. Among its jobs is to tell the state each year what it will cost to run the system, including paying down that pension “mortgage.”

The pension system’s board assumes a 7.75 percent return on the millions it has

invested. For many years, it met and even exceeded that rate of return. But the 2008 stock market crash ended up reducing the pension system’s returns by 18.7 percent in fiscal 2009 and 11.1 percent the fol-lowing year.

It was, Low said, “a shock to the system” and because there are a lim-ited number of years to smooth out that shock, the state now has to basically double its payments to comply with the constitutional mandate.

While the 7.75 return rate is near the same number all the other states’ pension systems used (and some were as much as a half-point higher), Monks, a founding trustee of the Federal Employees Re-tirement System, said, “any damn fool should have realized there would be a bump in the road in the seemingly upper hypotenuse of equity returns.”

The rate of return is one factor that determines the amount of annual bill the Maine Public Employee Retirement System sends to the state. The state’s payment also has to conform to the con-stitutional amendment that the liability meet sound actuarial standards and that market losses must be made up within 10 years.

The bill from the retirement system to the state is broken into two parts: the normal costs and the unfunded actuarial liability.

The normal cost is the smaller portion of the bill – it’s all the state would have to pay if there was not this large bill from the past. The normal cost works much like Social Security: the employer and employees both pay in. In Maine’s case, the employees pay 7.64 percent of their pay checks into their own pension, which is more than Social Security participants pay, and the state pays 5.5 percent.

On top of that is paying for the UAL – a sort of catch-up payment.

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In this fiscal year, the normal cost was about $90 million and the cost for the un-funded liability was more than $200 mil-lion. The costs for all the normal expense and 80 percent of the UAL comes out of the state’s general fund – the same pot of money that pays for most state services and programs.

Those numbers get bigger and bigger through 2028 – rising to nearly $1 billion in 2020, only 10 years from now. More than 80 percent of that cost will be for the UAL. If that number is accurate and if the state revenues grow at 4 percent a year, in 2020, the pension costs will represent a fifth of the state budget.

One of the key assumptions built into those projections is that the pension’s investments will rebound and produce an average of 7.75 percent returns.

’No way around it’“Maybe we’ll go through another huge

boom (in the stock market) in the next couple of years. I’m not going to cross my fingers or hold my breath for it,” said

Low, who recently left his statehouse job for a similar position with the University of Maine at Farmington.

“I don’t think I’m going out on a limb by saying it’s unrealistic that the state is going to be able to pay $900 million a year in what, six fiscal years from now (or) seven fiscal years from now,” he continued. “So the end of the next governor’s second term, potentially, $900 million dollars a year, I feel, is not a realistic number. And the $900 million is just a guess in a point in time; if the market does exceptionally well, it could be that $900 million is only $600 million and all of a sudden that becomes doable. But if the market goes in the other direc-tion, and that $900 million is now $1.3 billion, you know then that’s another issue as well.”

Whatever the bill is, it will be up to the next governors and Legislatures to pay for it. One group at the statehouse that has been kept up to speed on the problem and had discussed what to do about is the Joint Appropriations Committee.

Co-chairman Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, said, “there’s no away around

Pensionsfrom previous page

it and the next Appropriations Commit-tee will have to deal with it head on. It’s something serious ... it’s as serious as things get.”

Rep. Emily Cain D-Orono, the House co-chairwoman, said the committee has been “looking at this consistently,” but that the most recent reports show that the “magnitude of the issue is new.”

She said the state will have to find a way to meet its obligations to retirees, but added that the more money that goes to the pension system, the less can be spent on improving the state’s economic health with investments in infrastructure or higher education.

Rep. Patrick Flood, R-Winthrop, has been on the committee for four years and said the pension cost “is the biggest issue we have to deal with.”

He said he expects the state will have to make some unpopular budget cuts: “This is another one fraught with grief for the people who bring it up.”

One legislator who has been sounding the alarm about the pension costs is Sen. Peter Mills, R-Cornville, who is leaving the Legislature in January after losing the

Republican primary for governor.“We’re at a point,” Mills said, “where

things are going to come crashing down and the pension system is the point of the spear because it keeps growing as a proportion of the state budget.”

Wakelin, who headed the pension sys-tem for many years, said, “we’ve been trying to tell people this is a serious problem, but they haven’t been listening ... this is a crisis waiting to happen.”

Monks, whose reports in 1988 and 1994 warned of the problems of the un-funded liability, said “this brings us to the next governor ... he (or she) is going to have to decide which state programs are going to have to be aborted or is going to have to try to confront directly the repu-diation of the constitutional amendment.”

Low, reviewing the increasing pay-ments due to the pension system between now and 2028, said one fact is inescap-able: “We’ve reached the point where the roller coaster is going straight up.”

John Christie is publisher and senior reporter for the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, a non-partisan and nonprofit journalism organization based in Hallowell. His e-mail is [email protected]; the center website

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company, Allied Resources, was aware of the council’s vote to deny the license.

“This is probably the most frustrating case in my 35-year municipal career,” Wood said. “And it’s the most disap-pointing.”

The city considered the council’s vote the final action, because any delays would typically benefit the applicant, Wood said. Police were not concerned about taking a few extra days before providing written notice.

“So many people worked so hard and I feel like I let them down,” Wood said.

The council’s denial was based on in-formation from police that the club was responsible for numerous breaches of the peace, disorderly conduct and other criminal activity.

Police said the club generated 52 calls for service from 2007-2008, and was also cited for serving a minor and endangering the safety of Old Port patrons.

The club’s attorney, David Turesky, disputed those allegations. He said the club could not be held accountable for calls for service on Fore Street outside the front of the bar, and claimed and the minor who was served was a 20-year-old police decoy who sneaked into the bar.

The Cactus Club has been allowed to operate for a year and a half under a provisional license while the matter was in court.

The high court faulted the city for not promptly notifying Manning, especially since it considered the club a threat to public safety.

“The process has failed the citizens of Portland,” according to the ruling.

Wood said the city is tightening up its

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“The ability to move the clock is huge,” Beitzer said, so options for the space are not limited.

It was concluded by all members of the group that the space will remain a park and that it should be centered around the arts district. The next step is to figure out how to approach getting designs for the park and the criteria for these designs.

“It is a vertical, not horizontal space,” said Pandora LaCasse of the Public Art Committee, which will be a challenge to designers.

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licensing procedure as a result of the ver-dict and may start holding special meet-ings to consider controversial licenses, which can take several hours to complete.

He said the club will have to reap-ply for a liquor license for this year. If granted, that license will expire at the end of the year, forcing the club to apply in November for a 2011 license.

Wood said police are collecting rel-evant information from 2008-2009 to use when considering the club’s license request. In June 2008, a man was charged with shooting and beating an active-duty U.S. Marine outside the club.

“If their record is good, then we would issue (the license) administratively,” he said, noting that any city councilor could call for a public hearing.

Neither Police Chief James Craig nor Manning could not be reached for com-ment.

Manning’s Cactus Club troubles were preceded by brushes with police at his former establishments. In 1999, police raided the Manning-owned Metropolis on Forest Avenue, where they seized an assortment of illegal drugs.

In 2007, Manning pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct following his involve-ment in a fight with a man outside his Digger’s/Liquid Blue club on Fore Street.

The City Council eventually pulled the liquor license for Digger’s, a decision Manning appealed, but ultimately lost.

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In his letter, Eglinton noted the com-mittee has pushed for a more data-driven budget process for determining priorities, as well as its use of independent consul-tants to guide decisions.

He said there has been increased coop-eration and communication with city offi-cials, and noted efforts to address inequity within the school system and increasing resources to the district’s multicultural students.

But ultimately, Eglinton said, the posi-tion simply required too much of a com-mitment and too many personal trade-offs.

“I do not regret any of it,” he said. “The past three years have truly been a chal-lenging, yet deeply rewarding experience.”

Eglinton has two children in the public school system and said he will remain involved as a parent.

As of July 22, only one resident, Laurie Davis, had taken out nomination papers for the District 3 seat.

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