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Invasion of the Volvos See Jeffrey S. Spofford on page 4

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Emily Cooke strides in front of the One Monument Square building Thursday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Pierce Atwood offi ces up for grabs

When the Pierce Atwood sign towering over Monument Square is dismantled and taken down by this fall, odds are its replacement will belong to a professional fi rm, perhaps a corporation from Portland, and the new tenant may even be a prominent name known to Port-landers.

At least that's the specula-tion as Burlington, Mass.-based Finard Properties, owner of One Monument Square, prepares to replace its departing tenant, Pierce Atwood. The state's largest law fi rm is leaving the downtown, as a $2.7 million tax break for the development of new offi ces on the waterfront provided the lure for the law fi rm to relocate into a converted 1840-era storage building on Merrill's Wharf. Some voiced opposition to easing taxes on the $12 million development, but in the end, City Councilor John Anton was the only coun-cilor to vote against a tax incre-ment fi nancing incentive for the Pierce Atwood move.

The law fi rm is scheduled to exit One Monument Square by Oct. 1, according to Jim Harnden, real estate agent for Malone Commercial Brokers, representing the building's owners. An ideal replacement

Med pot dispensary group gets $1.6M loan

Northeast Patients Group, the non-profi t medical marijuana dispensary that nearly ran out of money earlier this year, has found a new investor.

The Wellness & Pain Management Connection LLC (WPMC), an invest-ment group that includes former NBA player Cuttino Mobley, has agreed to give the Augusta-based nonprofi t a $1.6 million loan. The agreement also allows WPMC to charge Northeast for various consulting services.

Northeast, or NPG, has permits to open four dispensaries in Maine, includ-ing one planned for Portland. The agreement between the two parties was fi nalized on Aug. 3.

South Portland mulls replacing paper with iPads

The South Portland City Council is mulling adopting new technology by ditching paper agendas and purchasing iPads for its elected offi cials.

Councilors discussed the item during a Monday workshop, and on Thursday, South Portland's city manager, Jim Gailey, said "the council was very will-ing to take the next step." He says the

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Even with the economy in a funk and many Americans pulling back on spending, the rich are again buying designer clothing, luxury cars and about anything that catches their fancy. Luxury goods stores, which fared much worse than other retailers in the reces-sion, are more than recov-ering — they are zooming. Many high-end businesses are even able to mark up, rather than discount, items to attract customers who equate quality with price.

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(NY Times) — Stocks around the world fell sharply Thursday on intensi-fying investor fears about a slowdown in global economic growth and worries about Europe’s ongoing debt crisis, which is cen-tered now on Italy and Spain.

Stock market indexes in the United States and Europe dropped more than 4 percent as Japan intervened to weaken its currency and the European Central Bank

began buying bonds to try to calm markets.At the close, the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock

index was down 60.27 points, or 4.78 percent, to 1,200.07. The Dow Jones industrial aver-age was off 512.76 points, or 4.31 percent, to 11,383.68, and the Nasdaq was down 136.68, or 5.08 percent, to 2,556.39. It was the biggest percentage drop since February 2009.

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BEIRUT, Lebanon (NY Times) — The Syrian military forces that rolled into the rebellious city of Hama and occupied its central square have killed more than 100 people over the past 24 hours, according to rights activists in sat-ellite communication with people in the city. The new toll doubled the rough count of civilian dead there to more than 200 since the military’s tanks began shelling Hama over the weekend.

The military’s assault on the city, a linchpin of the fi ve-month-old

uprising against the iron-handed government of President Bashar al-Assad, represents one of the fi ercest efforts yet to crush the uprising and a signal of Mr. Assad’s defi ance in the face of growing international condemnation. Activists say the overall toll from the repression since March is more than 1,700.

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Death toll is said to double in center of Syrian revolt

WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The Obama administration has reached a patchwork agreement with Congressional lead-ers to end a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Adminis-tration, Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, said Thursday.

The agreement signals an end, at least for a few weeks, to an impasse over policy issues that had left 4,000 agency employees out of work, idled tens of thousands of workers at hundreds of airport construction projects around the coun-try and cost the federal government more than $300 million in lost taxes on airline tickets.

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“It took us time to fi nd the right folks to get us off the ground, but we have found them and we are excited to start serving patients,” said Becky DeKeuster, NPG’s executive director.

With funding secured, she said the group’s four dispensaries should be open by the end of the year, although some will open sooner than others.

“What it means for Portland is that within a very short time, we will be beginning build-out at the site we have located,” DeKeuster said. “We hope to be serving patients there in a very short time.”

DeKeuster would not disclose the location of its Portland dispensary, or others planned in Greater Bangor, Greater Augusta and along the Mid-coast. NPG also has a medical mari-juana growing operation that's up and running in Thomaston.

Maine law allows for nonprofi t medical marijuana dispensaries fol-lowing a successful referendum in 2009 that amended the state’s exist-ing medical marijuana statute.

John Martins, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, said yesterday that offi cials are still reviewing the new fi nancing plan.

“We’ve got to look at the whole thing in total and review the information we have received from them,” Mar-tins said. “That’s where we stand.”

He added that state offi cials will be “reviewing the new information we received as it pertains to the program guidelines.”

The new partnership is the latest in

a series of upheavals at NPG, which is the only dispensary permit holder in Maine not to be up and running. In the last six months, NPG has lost two board members, severed ties with its former fi nancial partners in Berkeley Patients Group, and dealt with ongo-ing fi nancial uncertainty.

NPG is also the target of a law-suit. Last month, Berkeley Patients Group sued NPG to recover more than $600,000 it spent to get NPG started.

DeKeuster declined to comment yesterday on the lawsuit, other than to say that her lawyers planned to fi le a response within the next week.

The agreement with WPMC was not unexpected. DeKeuster has been in talks with Mobley and other investors since February on a deal to re-capitalize NPG. That same month, the two sides signed a letter of intent showing a possible invest-ment of up to $2 million, at 18 per-cent interest.

That letter preceded an emer-gency $100,000 bridge loan from the investors to NPG.

Six months later, much is still unknown about WPMC or its backers. DeKeuster described it as an “invest-ment group” comprised of Mobley, JoAnna LaForce, a pharmacist who operates a dispensary in West Holly-wood, Calif., and other investors.

The Kennebec Journal reported that WPMC is a limited liability cor-poration that formed Aug. 3 in Dela-ware — the same day the two parties agreed on the fi nancing deal.

In addition to the cash infusion, documents show that LaForce will

have a signifi cant role in NPG’s future.

Through her nonprofi t West Holly-wood dispensary, LaForce will “over-see and support delivery of certain consulting and related services in a patient-oriented manner to best address and/or cope with the needs of various patients,” according to a fi ling with the state.

Those services, according to DeKeuster, will include IT support, development of an inventory track-ing system and various manuals, among others.

“They will be billing us for services that we need, if we need them,” said DeKeuster, who formerly managed a dispensary in Berkeley. “That’s the

nature of the agreement."The $1.6 million loan will have an

eight-year term and an interest rate of 8.5 percent. NPG won’t be billed for consulting services until it has positive cash fl ow, documents show.

That’s not expected to happen in its fi rst year.

Documents fi led with the state show the company expects to lose almost $1.8 million at its four dis-pensaries between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. However, NPG expects its total patients will more than double and its revenues will outpace expenses by nearly $1.01 million that following year.

NPG expects to sell its medical marijuana for $340 per ounce.

POT from page one

Group hopes to be serving patients ‘in a very short time’“It took us time to fi nd the right folks to get us off the ground, but we

have found them and we are excited to start serving patients.” — Becky DeKeuster, executive director of Northeast Patients Group

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It was not supposed to be this way.The power of the president, Richard Neustadt

wrote half a century ago, is the power to persuade — sometimes with a carrot, sometimes with a stick, sometimes (as President Reagan did so well) by get-ting the country behind him, sometimes (as Presi-dent Johnson did) just by wearing his opponents down.

I have no doubt that the president tried all of those things. Tried, but did not succeed.

What Democrats are saying privately bears almost

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no relationship to what is being said publicly. Publicly, most people are biting their tongues, falling in line, swallowing their disappointment. Privately, it’s a different thing entirely. From labor leaders to old-fashioned organizers, from bundlers of big money to people in the line at the market, there is anger and bewilderment and, most of all, disappointment.

How did we end up with such a bad deal? How did we end up with a plan that appeases Wall Street (by averting a default) and Republican stal-warts (by cutting into the safety net and those who provide that safety net), but fails to provide any bal-ance in terms of increased revenue, not even loop-hole-closing, much less asking the rich to share in the sacrifi ce?

Vice President Biden is comparing the tea party to terrorists, complaining that the White House was forced to negotiate with a gun held to its head. Help me on that one. I thought we weren’t supposed to negoti-ate with terrorists. I thought that once you did, you would be forever vulnerable. What am I missing?

I have no doubt that at the end of the day, the presi-dent tried in good faith and failed in good faith; came to the conclusion that even a bad deal was better than no deal at all, and that the only thing worse than antago-nizing his base was antagonizing everyone.

That’s why there are no revenue changes (read: closed loopholes and cuts in corporate welfare) in this package. That’s why its defenders are claiming that Medicare services aren’t being cut, ignoring the fact that cutting reimbursements to doctors will mean that even fewer will treat Medicare patients and that access to services will, in fact, be reduced.

What I don’t understand is how we managed to get from Jan. 20, 2009, to this point; how the president lost the ability to persuade, cajole, use both the carrot and the stick. How did he manage to push health

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When I’m driving around the West End, I don’t notice the rel-atively clean streets, tree-lined corridors and well-kept build-ings. I notice the unusually large number of Volvo 240s.

There are the ones that stand out, like the unusually beat-up, rear-bumper-on-the-street white sedan parked on Danforth Street or the primer black GL in the Andrews Square area. The others are all well kept and otherwise nonde-script. While especially abundant in the West End, they are every-where in Portland. So much so, it makes me believe Portland has the largest human-to-Volvo 240 ratio in the United States.

It makes sense. The Volvo 240 is a lot like us. Our city is old, not perfect, but it always runs — reli-ably at that. It goes in the snow, but slips a lot without the proper traction. Like when our public services department recycles materials from dismantled areas for new sidewalks, you can easily switch out your own parts with a 240 junkyard victim. (Rest in peace, junk yard Volvos. If you were in Portland, this wouldn’t have happened.)

The Volvo 240 invaded Portland in 1974 and never left

Anyone who has ever grown up with, been in or driven the 240 in the rest of the country seem to care a lot less about the 240 than people do here in Portland. Maybe it’s because the people here in their mid twenties to mid thirties, the latest caretakers of the fl eet, are letting everyone in on the fact that they now know what the older 240 skippers felt while sailing the streets of the city. The feeling you get when driving these machines is much like the feeling you get living in Portland — a feeling of safety; a feeling that no matter what happens anywhere else (or in an accident with another car on the road), everything is going to be okay here.

Whatever it is, I’m glad to see them all out there. I grew up in a 240 family. There was the

maroon 1980 244 DL when I was real little, followed by a silver 86 Turbo. When I got my license, I went on to have a couple of my own. I had an ’88 sedan and an ’83 two-door DL coupe. I loved them all.

But as technology improved in vehicles, so too did the safety features. Those of us who started families needed to take advantage of airbags and “latch” systems (car seat fasteners) for little ones in the car. Sadly, we had to relin-quish our guardianships to the next generation. Thankfully, the next generation took on the task.

So the unoffi cial-Offi cial car of Portland, the Volvo 240, lives on for another ten years. The car that perfectly represents both the city and our feelings for it also occu-pies its boundaries more than anyplace else. We should make it offi cial and proclaim it on the books. We could have a festival with them all on display lined up and down Deering Oaks. Just think how cool the city seal would look with a 240 fl ying out of it beneath “Resurgam”!

So, next time you see a 240 around town, thank the driver.

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When you think of college you might think of dorms, study-groups, late night parities, and voter fraud.

The chair of the Maine Repub-lican Party, Charlie Webster, has recently come out with accusa-tions that over 200 out-of-state college students, who pay tuition to public Maine universities, car-ried out voter fraud in the 2010 election cycle.

While the need for oversight in elections is vital to ensuring a successful process, the need for young people to participate is vital to the success of democ-racy itself. This is especially true for Maine as the oldest state in the country. Holding on to young people should be a top priority not only the individu-als that are from here originally but also those “from away.” Turning away people that want to participate in their local communities through our electoral pro-cess based solely on the fact they are students is just wrong and actually against our constitution.

Charlie Webster’s claims, while admirable that he cares deeply for fair elections, is based entirely out of baseless political posturing at best. I guess he never read the 1979 Supreme Court position in Symm v. United States when they ruled that all students have the right to vote where they attend college. Moreover in our very own state statue regarding voter eligibility, as long as students verify who they are and their local residency, they are allowed to reg-ister in that municipality. That local residency can be based on a number of factors not limited to state issued IDs, driver’s licenses, and utility bills.

So what is the issue? Was it because of Democratic organizations busing the college students to fulfi ll their civic duty? That would mean that Democrats are more apt at mobilizing the youth vote most notable during the 2008 Presidential Election than Republicans. As my college political science profes-sor once said in class, “If you’re not a liberal when you’re young, you have no heart and if you’re not a conservative when you’re older, you have no brain.” He was, of course, being facetious but it gets to the larger point that statistically more young people tend to vote Democratic in elections. Naturally, this would send a political shiver up Republican spines. Hopefully the coined phrase of “voter suppression” isn’t what the Maine Republican Party is aiming for.

As a college student, hearing of the potential of keeping young people like me from voting leaves a nasty taste of political dirtiness in my mouth; some-thing I might be apt to remem-ber come the next election.

This also is timed nicely with the upcoming ballot referendum on same-day voter registration

that Republicans voted to eliminate this past legisla-tive cycle. There are no coincidences in politics. The fact this is coming out now in such an unsubstantiated way begs the question what other tactics are going to be employed to prevent a citizen reversal to re-allow same-day voter registration?

Maine does have a rich history of strong voter turnout, but this nation in general has a problem with engaging its youth in an effective way so that they can become active citizens in this democracy. What both political parties should be doing, instead of slinging voter mobilization or voter suppression mud, is work together to combat apathy around young people getting civically involved. You won’t have political parties if you don’t have a future voting bloc, and young people are the keys to that future. Back in high school, I remember being told by a Republican candidate for State Representative that it didn’t matter what I thought about a particu-lar issue we were discussing because I couldn’t vote yet. I was less than a year off from being eligible to register, but that wasn’t good enough.

Now I’m not generalizing, but let’s not make the same mistake when it comes to eligible adults who are contributing to Maine’s economy by way of thou-sands of dollars to our public institutions. Those people count too. Those college students represent the economic future of this state who are not only trying to better themselves, but also their communi-ties; their local Maine communities.

(Justin Chenette is a TV host of “Youth in Politics” airing on WPME Sundays at 7 a.m. and WPXT at 8:30 a.m. He is a former member of the Maine State Board of Education and is currently attending Lyndon State College majoring in broadcast news. Follow him on Twitter @justinchenette, like him on Facebook.com/JustinChenetteOffi cial, and visit his website at justinchenette.com.)

SPOFFORD from page 4

Volvos run in the family; I loved them all

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Praise them if they have one with the four head-lights. Bow to them if their 240 is even older and has two round ones and denotes the number of doors in the badging. They are preserving part of the street

art landscape and motorcar tradition that makes Portland so unique.

(Jeffrey S. Spofford manages circulation for The Portland Daily Sun and can be reached at [email protected].)

Memo to GOP: College students in Maine have the right to vote

care through and now fi nd himself unable to get a balanced deal? How did he end up being the one who had to say “chicken” to a lousy deal?

Every president moves to the middle before an election. That’s textbook. If you own the middle — and the center is not fi xed, by any means — you win. But before you can move to the middle, you need to cement your base. Right now, liberals are restless.

Those Democrats who are willing to write off the next election — and make no mistake, there are more than whispers — are unduly pessimistic. In order to win the nomination, the Republicans will all be moving rightward, and they will do so in a way that cannot be shaded. If the Democrats have to negotiate with the “terrorists” of the tea party, the Republicans

have to do more: They have to join ranks, leaving them further from the middle than the president is.

For Democrats right now, the biggest thing we have to fear is our own despair. The worst thing that could happen to an incumbent president is a pri-mary challenge. The more serious the challenge the more likely he is to lose. And yes, the weaker he is the more likely he is to be challenged. Vicious circles are like that. The best hope is to break them.

This is just one of those times. Hopefully, there won’t be too many more. There is, after all, only so much disappointment folks can swallow before they lose the hope that brought us together.

(To fi nd out more about Susan Estrich, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.)

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For Democrats, the biggest fear is despair

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Traffi c change tonight to affect I-295 northbound, MaineDOT says

Shortly after 9 p.m. tonight, Interstate 295 north-bound construction crews on Tukeys Bridge will reopen the currently closed center lane and estab-lish a newly closed lane along the side of the bridge, the Maine Department of Transportation stated.

Crews may need to reduce this section of I-295 northbound to one travel lane while dismantling barriers from the center lane and creating the new lane closure, the agency warned. This temporary lane closure would be short in duration, the state said, but back-ups are likely during the transition.

This transition will occur once paving of the closed center lane is completed. However, since paving is a weather-dependent operation, rain could possibly cause a delay in the plan, the state cautioned.

Once the move is completed, drivers will again

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MaineDOT reminds motorists that shifting travel lanes and temporary on and off-ramp closures asso-ciated with repair work on Interstate 295 continue to demand that travelers pay special attention to informational signs when approaching work zones-especially signs indicating reduced speed zones.

As the work on I-295 progresses, MaineDOT contin-ues to stress the likelihood of traffi c backups during commuting hours. For more information, maps, and to sign up for email alerts, please go to mainedot.gov.

Appointees named to Advisory Committee on Maine’s Health Insurance Exchange

Gov. Paul LePage announced Thursday the appoint-ments to the Advisory Committee on Maine’s Health Insurance Exchange. The advisory committee was

established through a resolve by the 125th Maine State Legislature.

After consultation with the chairs and lead minority members of the Joint Standing Committee on Insur-ance and Financial Services, LePage has appointed nine members: Dan McCormack, CEO of Intermed; Steven Michaud, president, Maine Hospital Asso-ciation; Kristine Ossenfort, director of government relations, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield; Joel Allum-baugh, CEO, National Worksite Benefi t Group, Inc.; Daniel J. Bernier, law offi ce of Daniel J. Bernier, LLC.; Jamie Bissonette Lewey, chair, Maine Indian Tribal State Commission; Edward Kane, vice president for Maine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; David R. Clough, Maine State Director, NFIB; and Joseph Bruno, chair, Dirigo Health Agency Board of Trustees. Bruno will serve as committee chair.

The committee’s report is due to the governor and the Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and Financial Services no later than Sept. 1.

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tenant to occupy the soon-to-be-vacant six fl oors would be a professional fi rm, such as another law fi rm, accountants or insurance agents, he said.

"We do have interest, we have several proposals out, and we're talking to several people," Harnden said Thursday.

"Obviously, we'd like to have a strong, professional tenant," he said.

Todd Finard with Finard Properties, owner of the building, speculated that the new tenant would come from Portland, based on current market trends.

"I believe that a lot of the existing businesses in the Portland market are feeling better about their long-term vision so as a result you're fi nding a better opportunity to fi nd long-term leases. The frustrating part is there are not new businesses coming to Port-land today," Finard said.

"I think for a local Portland company looking for a high profi le location, this is an ideal situation for them," Finard added. "Alternatively if there were some new large corporations coming to Portland, this space would represent a marquee opportunity. Unfortunately, as you're emerging from a recession, there aren't that many additional opportunities swimming around."

Commercial real estate news is mixed. On Thurs-day, Trepp LLC, an analytical research fi rm, reported that U.S. commercial mortgage delinquency rates reached an all time high of 9.88 percent in July, a new record for the commercial mortgage market.

Harnden said the mood has improved, compared with the depths of the recession.

"A couple of years ago people were waiting for the other shoe to drop," he said.

But Finard said the city's tax incentive to Pierce Atwood created disruption.

"They created more offi ce space at a time when the market could ill afford more space," he said.

"The city of Port-land intervened and that was beyond our con-trol," Finard said. "They underwrote a new development and obviously our building is worth less today than it was yesterday. It's obviously very frus-trating for us. We were not happy at

the time, and we continue to not be happy."Real estate signs at One Monument Square adver-

tise 83,626 square feet of available space. Harnden said about 3,000 square feet of retail space also are available on the fi rst fl oor. KeyBank, tenant on the main fl oor, downsized, resulting in this additional retail space, he said.

Greg Mitchell, economic development director for Portland, has said in the past that the city would have risked losing Pierce Atwood without the TIF incentive. The arrangement, he said, was to provide $2.7 million in TIF revenue to the developer of the law fi rm's offi ces as a cost share. The city will still accrue taxes from a $1 million base value on the property, but the city and developer agreed to share the cost of future improvements based on an esti-mated $12 million increase in value derived from a professional offi ce building, Mitchell explained.

Pierce Atwood last May announced its desire to move its 175 employees from One Monument Square, the fi rm's home for 40 years, to the Cumber-land Self-Storage building on Merrill's Wharf. The alternative, according to Mitchell, was to see the law fi rm leave Portland altogether.

The goal of the waterfront development is to create about 100,000 square feet of rentable space,

with 70,000 square feet on the top three and a half fl oors committed to Pierce Atwood, according to Mark Sylvestre, project superintendent with Metric Corporation of Boston.

ABOVE: The One Monument Square building is shown from across Monument Square. LEFT: On the Congress Street side, a real estate sign advertises offi ce space. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

OFFICES from page one

‘Obviously, we’d like to have a strong, professional tenant’

purchases would save money on paper and ink toner, as well as allow city staff to spend time at work away from the photocopier.

"It's the savings on the paper, it's the savings on the hardware and sup-plies, but it's also (saving) staff time who have to do all of this," Gailey said. "The council has been very interested in learning more and going forward in this direction."

The city clerk makes about 7,000 copies a month for the council's weekly workshops and meetings, he said.

The city would spend more than $6,500 on purchasing seven iPads and a year's worth of data plans. Cheaper iPad models would cost $499 apiece, although Gailey said the council is lean-ing toward Apple iPads that provide the 3G data plans.

The data plan would cost $2,100 annually for all seven iPads.

There has not been a fi nal decision made on whether the city will purchase the touch-screen computers. The coun-cil is slated to discuss the matter again during an upcoming workshop meeting sometime this month.

Gailey said in order for the proposal to move forward the entire council would have to agree to go paperless and have a city e-mail address.

"If we go with the iPad, it's all or nothing," he said, adding that when the council tried to go paperless in 2003 by purchasing laptops two offi cials opted out of the program.

"This is something that increases our effi ciency and decreases costs," said Councilor Tom Coward. "The extra costs to buy the iPads would be paid back pretty quickly."

At least two other elected offi cials agreed with Coward, saying they would support purchasing iPads after taking a closer look at fi nal numbers and if it would mean saving taxpayer funds over the long term.

"It just seems to make sense," said Councilor Alan Livingston. "If it's going to be less expensive to the citizens of South Portland, I'm in favor of it. The most important thing is if it's going to be more expensive to the citizens, then I don't want to do it."

Councilor Maxine Beecher said she believes the proposal will likely move forward.

"I didn't see anyone express any real hesitation," she said.

Since the total cost for the computers is less than $10,000, the council is not required to hold a vote on the purchase.

iPADS from page one

South Portland may spend more than $6,500 on purchasing seven iPads and a year’s worth of data plans. (FILE PHOTO)

SoPo may save on paper, go electronic

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48 HGTV Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters

49 TRAV Paranormal Challenge Paranormal Challenge Ghost Adventures Ghost Adventures

50 A&E Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å The Glades Å

52 BRAVO Platinum Hit (N) Movie: ››› “Meet the Parents” (2000) Robert De Niro. Meet

55 HALL Little House Frasier Frasier Frasier Frasier Frasier Frasier

56 SYFY WWE Friday Night SmackDown! (N) Å Haven (N) Alphas “Rosetta”

57 ANIM Swamp Wars Å Whale Wars (N) Å Finding Bigfoot Å Whale Wars Å

58 HIST American Pickers Å American Pickers Å American American How the States

60 BET Movie: ›››‡ “Ray” (2004, Biography) Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington. Å Idlewild

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62 FX Movie: ››› “Taken” (2008) Liam Neeson. Movie: ›› “Planet of the Apes” (2001)

67 TVLND All-Family All-Family Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Cleveland The Nanny

68 TBS Movie: ››‡ “17 Again” (2009) Zac Efron. Movie: ›› “Kindergarten Cop” (1990, Comedy)

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Today is Friday, Aug. 5, the 217th day of 2011. There are 148 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Aug. 5, 1921, a baseball game was

broadcast for the fi rst time as KDKA radio announcer Harold Arlin described the action between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies from Forbes Field. (The Pirates won, 8-5.)

On this date:In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln

signed the Revenue Act of 1861, which included the fi rst-ever federal personal income tax, a 3-percent levy on incomes above $800 (however, no income tax ended up actually being collected under this law).

In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Admi-ral David G. Farragut led his fl eet to victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Ala.

In 1924, the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie,” by Harold Gray, made its debut.

In 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the 200-meter dash at the Berlin Olympics, collecting the third of his four gold medals.

In 1953, Operation Big Switch began as prisoners taken during the Korean confl ict were exchanged at Panmunjom.

In 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead in her Los Angeles home; her death was ruled a probable suicide from an overdose of sleeping pills.

In 1963, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union signed a treaty in Moscow banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, in space and underwater.

In 1969, the U.S. space probe Mariner 7 fl ew by Mars, sending back photographs and scientifi c data.

In 1981, the federal government began fi ring air traffi c controllers who had gone out on strike.

One year ago: The Senate confi rmed Elena Kagan, 63-37, as the Supreme Court’s 112th justice and the fourth woman in its history. BP fi nished pumping cement into the blown Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Thirty-three workers were trapped in a copper mine in northern Chile after a tunnel caved in (all 33 were res-cued after being entombed for 69 days).

Today’s Birthdays: Former astronaut Neil A. Armstrong is 81. Actor John Saxon is 75. College Football Hall of Famer Roman Gabriel is 71. Country songwriter Bobby Braddock is 71. Rock musician Rick Huxley is 71. Actress Loni Anderson is 66. Actress Erika Slezak is 65. Rock singer Rick Der-ringer is 64. Actress Holly Palance is 61. Singer Samantha Sang is 58. Actress-singer Maureen McCormick is 55. Rock musician Pat Smear is 52. Actress Tawney Kitaen is 50. Country musician Mark O’Connor is 50. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Patrick Ewing is 49. Actor Jonathan Silverman is 45. Country singer Terri Clark is 43. Former MLB player John Olerud is 43.

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McClurg 14 Wide shoe width 15 Singer Jones 16 Cadences 17 Sullivan and

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classic TV role 20 Wreck beyond

repair 22 Funnyman Philips 23 Manipulates 24 Educates 27 Biol. subj. 29 Sondheim’s

“Company” star 34 Fifth of MV 36 “Twittering

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Champion 38 Gentle creature 40 Antiquity, in

antiquity

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host 53 Approximately 54 Swerving 57 Shore patrol grp. 60 __ in the cards 62 Outer opposite 63 “Oh, God” star 67 Eden’s woman 68 Hawaiian veranda 69 In the work cited:

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Stair” poet 73 Full theater sign

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excuse 8 Biblical doubter 9 Ike’s WWII

bailiwick 10 Agents 11 Little devils 12 Fencing tool 13 British knights 19 Silverheels role 21 Internet letters 25 Comics Abner 26 Old dirk 28 Appendage 30 Moray catcher 31 Gaudy state 32 Filthy buildup 33 Lousy thespians 34 City in

Transylvania 35 Sugar source 39 Pressure chart 41 CLI quadrupled 44 Neighbor of Isr. 45 Vanessa’s

nickname 47 Article in Le

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targets 51 Lowly pub worker 52 Direction add-on 55 Not even once 56 __-Roman

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fruit 58 Do ushering

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short 64 Joe and his

comrades? 65 Media business

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I have been married to “John” for six years. We both have children from our fi rst marriages. John’s oldest son is now 14 and still wets the bed. I suggested not allowing the boy to drink anything after 7 p.m. and always making sure he uses the bathroom before bed. My husband did not follow through on either of those. My stepson had been using chil-dren’s diapers, but now that he needs an adult size, he refuses to wear them. Both of the boy’s parents have ignored the problem. Six months ago, I took my stepson to the doctor because I’m tired of washing two loads of sheets every day. The doctor prescribed medication, but my husband’s ex-wife refuses to believe he needs it, so her son doesn’t take the pills when he’s at her house. My stepson is embarrassed about the bedwetting, so I don’t understand why he refuses to wear the adult diapers and “forgets” to take his medication. He sometimes won’t even make an effort to use the bathroom before he goes to sleep. A few nights ago, he came out of his room at 10 p.m. to get a drink of water. My husband saw him and did nothing. In the meantime, I get stuck with the laundry. The most frustrating thing is my husband’s attitude. I don’t get it. What else can I do? -- Tired of Wet Beds Dear Tired: Enuresis often occurs when children sleep too deeply to wake to the warning signs of incipient urination. There also is often an inherited predisposition. At the age of 14, your stepson’s emotional and social life can suffer enor-mously from bedwetting. Shame on his parents for ignoring the problem and undermining all efforts to stay dry. You can invest in an alarm that will go off if the bed becomes wet. You also can insist that your stepson launder his own sheets or, better yet, that your husband wash them. Maybe that will impress upon him the need to be more supportive of his son’s

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fulfi lls Cape runner's dreamThis weekend Cape Eliza-

beth will become the center of the running universe. It is the 14th annual TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race. It starts Saturday near Crescent Beach on Route 77 at 8 a.m. and 6.2 miles later, ends up at Portland Headlight.

The race is the creation of 1984 Oympic marathon gold medalist and Cape Elizabeth native Joan Benoit Samuelson.

"It was a longtime dream of mine to put together a race that brings some of the best runners in the world to some of my most favorite training grounds," said Samuelson. "I wanted other run-ners to enjoy the same beautiful environment, sense of commu-nity annd rich history that has played such an important role in my life."

That dream has now turned into quite an event and has made Cape Elizabeth and Maine a des-tination for runners. Athletes from 11 countries and 41 states are participating this year. The race now has 6,000 runners, and and it's become so popular that all of the slots were fi lled up during online registration a few months ago in 8 minutes.

"I never thought it would become such a huge event," admitted Samuelson. "Everyone who wants to run the Beach to Beacon can't because we have to limit the number of runners for safety reasons. I really hate tur-ninig people away, but we really have no choice."

Not only do the runners get to enjoy scenic Cape Elizabeth and take part in a world class race, but the top athletes have a chance to win prize money. The top 10 run-ners will actually get a paycheck. First place fi nishers for the men and women take home a check for $10,000. Top athletes for seniors, masters, Mainers and other divi-sions will also benefi t fi nancially. For most of the athletes it is not about being one of the top fi nish-ers, but just fi nishing.

"A lot of these runners have never taken part in something like this before and when they cross the fi nish line near the lighthouse, it is very inspira-tional," said Samuelson. "Not

only is what happens at the top of the front of the pack exciting, but also the back of the pack."

What makes it special are the fans as well. As many as 10,000 will line the route and root on all the runners. "The community has really embraced this race," said Samuelson. "As the athletes run the course, the fans cheer them on and it really helps them out."

The Beach to Beacon is not only a great competition and event, but a great way to get people in shape. Businesses all over the state use the race as a way to keep their employees in shape. During the year, there is a work-out regiment to help participants prepare.

"It is amazing to see how fi t-ness has improved with so many of the employees at the local busi-nesses," said Samuelson. "Many of them work out together and race togeher as teams and have transformed their lives when it comes to their health."

No doubt, not long after the last runner crosses the fi nish line on Saturday, preparations will begin for the 15th Beach to Beacon. "We want to keep it moving forward," said Samuel-son. "We need to keep changing a few things every year thoughh to keep it exciting. Our hope is to keep it going well into the future because it is such a unique and special event."

It's already been around for 14 years and with Sameulson lead-ing the way, chances are, it will be around for years to come even after she decides to pass the torch to somebody else.

Road Closings On race day, the following roads will be closed to traffi c (except shuttle buses): • Route 77, Sprague Hall to Kettle Cove Road will be closed from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. • Route 77, Kettle Cove Road to Old Ocean House Road, closed from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. • Crescent Beach State Park will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. • Route 77, at Hillway, closed 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. • Old Ocean House Road (all) closed 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. • Shore Road (all) from Key-Bank to Fort Williams, closed 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. • Scott Dyer Road (eastbound) closed 6:45 a.m. to 8 a.m. • All of Fowler Road will be closed from 7:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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National Football League play-ers ratifi ed the league’s new collective bargain-ing agreement on Thursday, which includes blood testing for human growth hormone, making the NFL the fi rst major American sports league to start such testing with the consent of its players’ union, reports The New York Times. The goal is to begin testing by the fi rst week of the regular season, which starts Sept. 8, according to the league. (J. Meric/Getty Images)

Players approve new deal with NFL

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Sudanese International Organization rallynoon. A rally to protest genocide by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Africa is planned in Portland. The Sudanese Inter-national Organization will hold a Rally Against Genocide at Monument Square. “The Rally Against Genocide will focus on the massacres being performed by the Lord’s Resis-tance Army not only in various regions of Sudan, but also in Uganda, Congo and the Central African Republic. In Sudan, the Lord’s Resistance Army receives aid and sup-port from the Government of Sudan (northern Sudan) as it makes war in Darfur, Blue Nile, western Equitoria, the Nuba mountains and Abeyei. The Sudanese community in Portland is urged to come together for this Rally in order to discuss future plans to educate the public about the ongo-ing genocides in Sudan.” For more information, contact Charles Goui at [email protected] or call 221-7766 or come to the offi ce of the Sudanese International Organi-zation at the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland. http://megperrycenter.com

First Friday Art Walk at Portland Harbor Hotel. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. First Friday Art Walk at Eve’s in the Garden at the Portland Harbor Hotel. Lenora Leibowitz will be displaying some of her newest work in the Garden at the Portland Harbor Hotel. Ms. Leibowitz’s work is shown to advantage amidst elegant fl owers and trees. Her land-scapes of the Portland area with their bold colors and strong strokes express the ruggedness of the Maine coast. Their rich texture emphasizes the rough terrain found around the marshes. The areas features are emphasized by the sharply contrasting light of sunset found in her paint-ings. Join her and other artists in The Garden.” http://www.fi rstfridayartwalk.com

First Friday Art Walk at St. Lawrence5 p.m. St. Lawrence Arts Center. New works by Andrew Abbott, artist reception, free to public. Highland Soles in Concert 7:30 p.m./Tix: $10 Kids 12 and under/$12 Adult/$25 Family Rate. Abbott works primarily with acrylic paints and inks while incorporating mixed media into his pieces. His most recent fi nished series was crafted upon stretched plastic bags this series among other works will be included in his August showcase at the St. Lawrence. Highland Soles is a family band featuring music and dance from Scotland and Cape Breton presented with warmth, energy, and a 21st century sound. For more information: www.stlawrencearts.org

Photographs by Michael McAllister at Nosh5 p.m. Photographs by Michael McAllister will be exhib-ited at Nosh, 551 Congress St., Portland, during the month of August. Deer Isle, Maine is the focus and he brings to life a current documentation of these rural islands. From a four panel Stonington waterfront, that stretches over 7 feet to a single shot of a sun-drenched trail with everything in between. A total of about 28 photos measuring 17 X 22 inches will be on display in time for the First Friday Art Walk Aug. 5. McAllister is a native to Maine currently living in Poland Spring. He has been a photographer since early childhood, where he began developing and printing his own black and white. Today a digital Canon, with the help of Photoshop replaces the darkroom and allows color pho-tography to be adjusted and printed by the artist rather than the interpretation of a photo lab.

First Friday Art Walk at Peek-A-Boo Tattoo5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Peek A-Boo Tattoo, 574 Congress St. (upstairs), Portland. “Live music by Pete Witham and the Cozmik Zombies, Pete Witham & The Cozmik Zombies are a Rockabilly/Psychobilly act that plays blazing original roots music. Pete’s songs combine witty lyrics, theatrical deliv-ery, and a heavy dose of chicken plucking stomp. Free bev-erages, free tattoo giveaway, and oil paintings on display by Belou.” On Facebook or call 899-6001 for more informationThis is an 18 plus event.

Dressing Up, Fitting In, Standing Out5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dressing Up, Fitting In, Standing Out: Identity & Adornment in Maine at the Maine Historical Soci-ety, part of the First Friday Art Walk. Will you come dressed up to “fi t in” or “stand out”? Visit Maine Historical Society during the First Friday Art Walk and see the recently opened new museum exhibit, “Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In: Adornment & Identity in Maine.” Have your photo taken against the exhibit studio backdrop! Also on view: Images of the Longfellow Garden. The garden will be open late and refreshments will be served. Please direct any questions to Elizabeth Nash, [email protected]

‘French Silk’ for Art Walk5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Memories of a Visit of a Lifetime: Paint-ing in Monet’s Garden and Giverny by Susan M. Wierzba. “This new silk series by award winning artist Susan Wierzba is being seen for the fi rst time at The Gallery at Harmon’s & Barton’s, during the month of August 2011. All of the

images are painted with dye on silk using the Serti ‘fencing in’ technique. Sue’s paintings are all inspired by her visit in August 2008 to France where she painted in Monet’s Garden and surrounding Giverny for 6 days. She captures the colors, the mid-summer sunshine and the sense of lushness and fl uidity of the verdant garden and the country-side. At the reception on Aug. 5, a slide show of her week in France will be accompanied by French Café melodies and her three, 8-foot panels of Waterlilies putting you right in the garden along side Monet! In addition, Sue will be holding a hands-on, silk painting demonstration in conjunction with her exhibit on Saturday, Aug. 27, at Harmon’s & Barton’s during the WCSH6 Sidewalk Art Festival. Sue will have small paintings and silk scarves for sale as well. Come see the silk painting techniques the French and the Chinese are famous for and give it a try yourself.” 774 5948

First Friday Art Walk at the Meg Perry Center5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Meg Perry Center presents artist Mat-thew Wetherby, 644 Congress St. “Matthew Wetherby, the artist, has lived on the streets or in homeless shelters for eleven of his thirty-eight years. A victim of typical street trauma, Matthew learned to channel his personal demons through his art. Matthew’s paintings carry with them the style of his heroes, Picasso, Marchand and Rivera. Learn-ing his art while on the streets, his tools remain the same: brown paper canvas, markers, oils and pastels. The artist currently lives in transitional housing, working on his art, and improving the quality of his life.

First Friday Art Walk at SPACE5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Elia Bettaglio, Selena Kimball and Tatiana Simonova: Drawings at SPACE Gallery. New York based artists Elia Bettaglio, Selena Kimball and Tatiana Simonova present drawings in various media. This show is in a new annex space. www.space538.org

Explore the Eastern Cemetery5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Explore the Eastern Cemetery. Join members of Spirits Alive, the organization dedicated to pro-tecting and preserving the Eastern Cemetery and discover this “museum without walls.” Tour will visit the interment sites of notable area residents while learning about con-servation efforts at Eastern Cemetery. Meet at entrance of Eastern Cemetery on Congress St. at the base of Munjoy Hill. www.spiritsalive.org/events.htm

‘The Offi cial Maine Staycation Manual’6 p.m. A party celebrating Maine Staycations (and the launch of a new book by Dena Riegel, “The Offi cial Maine Staycation Manual,” published by Downeast Books) is at Arabica Coffee Co., 2 Free St., Portland.

‘Choices for Sustainable Living’ in Auburn6 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Choices for Sustainable Living” will be explored on Fridays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Aug. 5, 19 and 26 and Sept. 2, 16, 23 and 30. This course, offered by Adult Religious Exploration at the First Universalist Church of Auburn, will be held at 169 Pleasant St. (enter on Spring Street, across from Dairy Joy). “Choices for

Sustainable Living” is a seven-session exploration of the meaning of sustainable living anf the ties between lifestyle choices and their impact on the earth. Topics include the way our society’s functions affect the earth, ecological principles, consumerism, food choices, com-munities and visions of sustainability. A $5 donation is requested, for course materials. To sign up or FMI, con-tact Casey Iris Knight at [email protected] or 783-0461.

Kids Fun Run6 p.m. The Kids Fun Run will take place at the Soccer Field at Fort Williams. The races will be run in heats, according to age. If it rains, check the website at www.beach2beacon.org for updates and a decision will be made by 4 p.m. Reg-istration and packet pick up for the kid’s race will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. during race registration at Cape Elizabeth High School and also on Friday, Aug. 5 near the Soccer Field at Fort Williams.

Art Walk music at KeyBank6:30 p.m. KeyBank’s Monument Square branch in Portland will participate in the upcoming First Friday Art Walk with an art exhibit and two performances by members of the Port-land Chamber Music Festival at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The performances will feature Portland Chamber Music Festival members violinist Jennifer Elowitch and cellist Marc Johnson. Attendees can also enter to win CDs and tickets to the Portland Chamber Music Festival’s August 18 performance, sponsored by Key Private Bank. The Monu-ment Square branch will be open to the public during the First Friday Art Walks until 8 p.m., however the teller win-dows will close to banking at the usual time of 4 p.m. On the fi rst Friday of each month, regardless of weather, between 50 and 90 venues throughout the city are free and open to the public from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Artists, venues, and visitors can fi nd out how to participate at www.fi rstfridayartwalk.com. Information about PACA, the event organizer, is avail-able at www.portlandarts.org.

Freeport Shakespeare Festival7:30 p.m. The Freeport Shakespeare Festival becomes a major Maine festival in only its second year of production. Over 2,500 people attended in 2010. This year, the Freeport Shakespeare Festival features three different productions, three locations and a total of 25 performances over an 18-day period. An estimated 12,000 people will attend one or more of these shows. On Thursday, July 28, a three-week production of “Before Bill” kicked off the festival at the new Freeport Factory Stage, located in downtown Freeport at 5 Depot St. Visit www.freeportfactory.com for details. Then, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, the mainstage produc-tion of “Twelfth Night” opened at L.L. Bean Discovery Park. Audiences can choose from 10 nightly free perfor-mances from Aug. 2 through Aug. 12 (no performance on Monday, Aug. 8). Visit www.freeportshakespearefestival.org for schedules.

A memorial to Revolutionary War dead is adorned with fl ags at Eastern Cemetery. Spirits Alive, a group which maintains the historic cemetery, invites the public on tours today at 5:30 p.m., part of the Portland Trails Discovery Trek series. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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Portland Playback Theater dating excursions7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Theme: Dating stories from heaven and hell. “Everyone has bad dates, but hopefully some good ones, too. Watch your best and worst dates acted out, unre-hearsed and on the spot. Every month, Portland Playback puts fi ve actors at your disposal to replay moments from your life. Learn more at www.portlandplayback.com. 516 Con-gress St., CTN5 studio next to MECA. $5 at the door.

‘Before Bill’ at Freeport8 p.m. The second Freeport Shakespeare Festival produc-tion, on the Freeport Factory Stage located at 5 Depot St. in downtown Freeport, will be the New England premiere of “Before Bill: A Comic Romp through Medieval Times,” directed by Andrew Harris. Opening on July 28, the play will run Thursday, Friday, Saturday evenings and Sunday after-noons through Aug. 14. www.freeportfactory.com

Saturday, Aug. 6

TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race7:30 a.m. The 14th annual TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race will host a race day fi eld of 6,000, including many of the top world-class runners as well as the best in Maine and New England. TD Bank is the title spon-sor of the race founded by Joan Benoit Samuelson, the 1984 Olympic gold medalist and Maine’s most recogniz-able athlete. In addition to TD Bank, the title sponsor, other major corporate partners this year include Hannaford, Poland Spring, MaineHealth, Fairchild Semiconductor, Nike, Northeast Delta Dental, Wright Express and WCSH6. Runner drop-off is at the Gull Crest Fields parking lot a half mile from the intersection of Spurwink Road and Route 77. Look for fl aggers to direct you. Runners are required to be at the start line by 7:30 a.m. This year’s race benefi ciary is Day One (www.day-one.org), a non-profi t agency providing substance abuse prevention, intervention, treatment, and aftercare programs for Maine youth. The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, will pro-vide a cash donation of $30,000 to the organization, which will also benefi t from fundraising activities and publicity through its association with the race. For additional infor-mation about the race, visit www.beach2beacon.org or call the race hotline at (888) 480-6940.

Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army sale8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army will hold a large indoor sale at The Salvation Army Taber-nacle on the corner of Union Avenue and Sixth Street in Old Orchard Beach. Items for sale include home-made baked goods, handcrafted items, books, household goods, jew-elry, miscellaneous items, as well as a coffee break and lunch menu items. Proceeds of the sale will be used to assist with various projects and programs which will benefi t many individuals located in the community, as well as funds will support the World Mission Program. For further infor-mation, call 934-4381.

Clothing Swap Shop9 a.m. to noon. Elm Street United Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. 799-0407. www.elmstreetumc.org“We have clothing for all ages and sizes. Come donate, swap, or take as needed. Enter through the door on Chapel Street, down a few stairs, turn left and follow the signs.”

Set sail on the Schooner Wendameen 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Join Maine Historical Society for a sail on Casco Bay on board the historic Maine schoo-ner Wendameen. Jim Millinger, Portland Harbor historian, former MHS Trustee, and Casco Bay Lines skipper, will be our host, and will provide a narrated tour of the harbor’s past and present. The 88-foot Wendameen, designed by John Alden, one of America’s most celebrated yacht designers, was built in East Boothbay in 1912. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Help the crew raise the sails, take a turn at the wheel, or just relax and enjoy the talk and the scenery. This program is a perennial favorite and sells out quickly. Space limited. Registration required. Please call 774-1822. Fee: $40; members: $35.

Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse tours11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse announces private tours and group tours at the lighthouse on Fort Road, South Portland. Saturdays and most Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. www.springpointlight.org.

John McDonald at Freeport Shakespeare Festival1 p.m. “What do popular Maine humorist John McDonald and William Shakespeare have in common? Why, they’re both at the tops of their fi eld in storytelling, of course! Come fi nd out for yourself how McDonald’s traditional Down East tales will fare against the bard’s on Saturday, Aug. 6, when he performs as part of the Freeport Shakespeare Festival at L.L. Bean. His act is scheduled for 1 p.m.” McDonald, who performs regularly around New England, is the author

of “A Moose and a Lobster Walk into a Bar” and “Down the Road a Piece: A Storyteller’s Guide to Maine,” both pub-lished by Islandport Press. For more information about the books, contact Islandport Press at 846-3344, email at [email protected] or write to Islandport Press, P.O. Box 10, Yarmouth, ME 04096. For more information about the Freeport Shakespeare Festival, go to www.freeportshakespearefestival.org.

A Sultry Evening Burlesque & Dance benefi t7:30 p.m. “Don’t miss this sultry summer evening fi lled with collaborative and solo dance acts from all your favorite Port-land Maine dance and burlesque groups! This performance is a benefi t for St. Lawrence Arts Center. Come support local performers and a great non-profi t venue for the arts all at the same time. Featuring acts from Atomic Trash!, Vivid Motion, Whistlebait Burlesque, The Dirty Dishes Burlesque Revue, Grace Glamour, Candy Sprinkles, Little Boy Broad-way, Gia Juana, Shirely Temptation, Lord Byron, Sapphie Rain, Suzette Jolie and more! With special guest MC ‘Gay Jay’ and his own maid of many talents ‘Kitty De Light.’” After-party to follow. Tickets are $10 advance/ $12 at door. $10 advance/$12 at door. Tickets for this performance are now on sale through www.stlawrencearts.org.

Sunday, Aug. 7

WMPG Dance Cruisenoon. Enjoy electronic beats on Casco Bay to ben-efi t WMPG Community Radio. With special guests DJ’s Corbin, ATOMIK, Jen Popgirl23, Secret Weekend, Tim D and JonEK@T; Portland’s popular DJs and Casablanca Cruises have joined up to create the Second Annual elec-tronica dance benefi t for WMPG’s Power Up! campaign. Last year’s Dance Cruise was beautiful, loud, fun and by far one of the best parties of the summer! So we’re doing it all again! Bring your friends, sunglasses, and get ready to dance and party. The boat leaves the dock located at 6 Custom House Wharf for an afternoon of music, light hors d’ouevres and dance. Tickets are $20, available at any Bull Moose Music location and online at www.wmpg.org or right at Harbour’s Edge on the day of the cruise. This event is 18 plus with ID, 21 plus for alcoholic beverages with ID.

‘The Bully Show’1 p.m. UU Theater presents “The Bully Show.” “This hilari-ous play by Brian Guehring, awarded by the Kennedy Center for the 2002 New Visions/New Voices National Forum, challenges us to reconsider our assumptions about bullies and to realize the consequences of bullying. The audience actually participates in this family-friendly show for all ages.” The show will performed at First Universal-ist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant St., across from Dairy Joy. Tix $5. Parking; accessible. FMI 783-0461 or www.auburnuu.org.

‘History of St. Dominic’s Church, First 100 Years’2 p.m. Matthew Jude Barker, historian at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, will present this Duchas lecture series installment, at the center. 34 Gray St. www.maineirish.com/

Party Barge5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Hot August Night, On a Boat, aka Party Barge. $15, 21 plus. “Peapod Recordings and HillyTown Presents, in association with SPACE Gallery, bring you Hot August Night, On A Boat, aka Party Barge. Remember last year’s boat party? Here it is again, with more rock ‘n roll for yr seafaring ways. Things start off with the pastoral elec-tric indie post-folk of if and it, a reprise performance by the ever-fl uctuating brilliance of Tyler Jackson’s Foam Castles, punched out by Huak’s lovely discordant DC-isms, garage popped by Mango Floss, and closed with a set from Port-land noise pop ingénues Metal Feathers. Plus special guest DJ Cutlass. A sunset ride with your closest rock pals and a healthy supply of booze. Perfection. Board at Casablanca Cruises, 18 Custom House Wharf in Portland.”

Monday, Aug. 8

Law Enforcement Explorer Academy8 a.m. The Portland Police Department is receiving applica-tions for its third annual Law Enforcement Explorer Acad-emy. With sponsorship from the Boy Scouts of America, the academy is a “mentally challenging, rigorous 50-hour course open to young adults, ages 14 to 20, who are inter-ested in the fi eld of law enforcement as a potential career. Members will attend regular meetings, participate in a ride-along program, receive situational and law enforcement instruction, participate in physical fi tness exercises, and much more.” The Academy will begin Monday, Aug. 8 at 8 a.m. and will conclude with a graduation ceremony, where cadets will earn their Portland Police Explorer Badge Friday, Aug. 12 at 4 p.m. at the Portland Police Station. For more information about the program or to apply to be an explorer, contact Senior Lead Offi cer Tim Farris via email, or Senior Lead Offi cer Ray Ruby via email.

Bayside Bowl Nonprofi t Night to benefi t True North4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Bayside Bowl in Portland will host True North for their Aug. 8 nonprofi t night and donate 5 percent of the day’s revenue from bowling and food sales to support True North’s integrative health care research and education programs. True North is a nonprofi t integrative health care and research organization. The event will include a 50/50 raffl e. The event will be held at: Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., Portland. 791-BOWL (2695). www.baysidebowl.com

MECA Master of Fine Arts lectures6:30 p.m. Each summer, the Master of Fine Arts program at Maine College of Art invites guest artists, curators and scholars to participate in the curriculum. All visiting artists deliver a free public lecture in Osher Hall at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 8: Lisi Raskin; Raskin handcrafts whimsical recreations of military command centers. This summer the MFA’s Moth Press is also releasing Mapping the Intelligence of Artistic Work; An Explorative Guide to Making, Thinking, and Writ-ing by Anne West. West is an educator, writer and inde-pendent curator. She teaches in the Division of Graduate Studies at Rhode Island School of Design, where she sup-ports students across disciplines in conceptualizing and writing their master’s thesis. www.meca.edu/mfa

Tuesday, Aug. 9

Samuel James acoustic bluesnoon to 1 p.m. With a full schedule of diverse free events, there is something for everyone to enjoy each week in downtown Portland. Post Offi ce Park, Congress Square and Lobsterman’s Park provide perfect venues for live music, talented local performers and activities for kids. Whether during a lunch break or with the kids, downtown Portland’s free events are not to be missed. Weekday Performance Series — Tuesdays, noon to 1 p.m.Enjoy your lunch outside and be entertained by Portland’s best talented performers! Congress Square: Aug. 9, Samuel James acoustic blues. A roots troubadour of the highest order, James will sing you a song with raw, sweat-pouring soul, all the while playing the guitar with such commanding virtuosity you’ll swear he’s reinventing it. Then he’ll tell you a story enrapturing you to the point where you’ll almost forget he’s a musician. Aug. 16, West African rhythms with Annegret Baier. Annegret Baier will present West African rhythms and songs on authentic drums and percussion instruments! Brought to you by WPXT, WPME, WHOM, mainetoday.com, raisingmaine.comFor more information and a full schedule of free summer events visit portlandmaine.com or call772.6828.

Nagasaki Commemoration in Post Offi ce Parknoon to 1 p.m. “Peace Action Maine and Pax Christi Maine will co-sponsor an hour long commemoration of bombing of Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II. In addi-tion to readings of poetry, prayers and the sounds of a Buddhist meditation bowl, music will be provided by Ted Musgrave. The event is scheduled to end at 1 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend this moving event and to rededicate ourselves to the abolition of the stockpiling of nuclear weapons and the keeping of nuclear weapons on alert status. We hope to educate the participants about the current status of efforts to reduce nuclear stockpiles and Comprehensive Nuclear Test Band treaty. For more infor-mation, contact Wells Staley-Mays at 409-0778 or e-mail him at [email protected].”

Wednesday, Aug. 10

WENA picnic6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The annual West End Neighborhood Asso-ciation picnic is planned; festivities will take place on the Salem Street block between Brackett and Clark streets. Grill will be located in the driveway at 30 Salem. www.WENAMaine.org

Did Lincoln Really…..?7:30 p.m. Illustrated program by Gerald Prokopowicz, former Lincoln Scholar, Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, Ind. Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island. Admission is $5. “Abraham Lincoln remains one of the most compelling fi gures in American history. Join Dr. Prokopowicz for an interactive evening of frequently asked questions about this popular and revered president. The Fifth Maine Regiment Museum is a nonprofi t museum and cultural center housed in the 1888 Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall. Its mission is the preservation of Civil War and local history. To that end the museum offers a wide variety of lectures, concerts, tours, youth education pro-grams, and community activities. Membership is open to the public. For more information call 766-3330 or email fi [email protected].

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Pulled: Members Reception5:30 p.m. This event is open to SPACE and PMA Members only and is free, all ages. “Together with the Portland Museum of Art we are hosting a member’s preview of Mike Perry’s new exhibit Pulled, with a slide talk and a book signing where Mike will be hand screen print-ing directly on the books! This event is open to SPACE Gallery and PMA members only. Pulled will be available in the Museum Store along with some of Mike’s earlier books.”

Thursday, Aug. 11

Concert at Fort Allen Park: The McCarthys7 p.m. “We’re putting the band back in the band-stand at Fort Allen Park!” In July and August, Friends of the Eastern Promenade scheduled seven Thursday evening concerts. The McCar-thys (Country Rock). Sponsored by Kemp Gold-berg Partners. Other concerts: Thursday, Aug. 18 — Banda di Nepi (Community Band from Italy). Sponsored by the Italian Heritage Center.

The Femme Show8 p.m. The Femme Show returns to Portland for a one-night only engagement at the Mayo Arts Center at 10 Mayo St., Portland. Tickets are available for $12 in advance, $15 at the door. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/183293. Local guests will include The Dirty Dishes, Miss Amy Rain, Lisa Bunker and Ms. Gingerita. “The Femme Show is queer art for queer people, with a variety of diverse perspectives on queer fem-

ininity that can be thoughtful, sad, funny, sexy, and fun. In October of 2007, the fi rst-ever Femme Show sold out and received rave reviews from audience members who called it ‘wild, raw, transparent, and unique,’ and ‘a fantastic, funny, powerful show.’”

Friday, Aug. 12

Portland High School — Fall 2011 Sailing Team5:30 p.m. Registration is now open. Friday, Aug. 12: Registration deadline at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29: Practice begins for all sail-ors. Tuesday, Sept. 6: Tryout period. Sailing is a varsity, co-ed Portland HS sport open to Portland and Casco Bay High School students from grades 9 -12. For more infor-mation about registration, practice, cost, scholarships, call PHS at 874-8250. Visit Sail-Maine website: http://sailmaine.org/ for High School Sailing Program information.

St. Peter’s Four-Mile Road Race7 p.m. Annual four-mile Road Race. Register online at www.baystateevents.com. Also the Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress St., Portland, 2.7 miles from the start, is offering rooms for $150 for up to four people for a “runner’s spe-cial.” 774-5611

‘Tough Island: True Stories from Matinicus’ by Crash Barry7 p.m. Crash Barry will read from his novel, “Tough Island: True Stories from Matinicus, Maine” at Longellow Books. “The new collec-tion of gritty true stories by Crash Barry, Bol-lard columnist and author of “Sex, Drugs & Blueberries” details his stint as a lobsterman

on Matinicus, a fi shing community off the coast of Maine notorious for its hard-living, big-hearted characters. During his two years on the island, Crash discovered that despite being 20 miles out to sea, Matinicus was a microcosm of

modern American society. In ‘Tough Island,’ Crash tells true stories from his time there, tales of love, sex, hate, violence and death in a place of idyllic and breath-taking beauty.” http://long-fellow.indiebound.com

Open Mic/Poetry Slam7:15 p.m. Open Mic/Poetry Slam. First Universal-ist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant St. Free. FMI 783-0461 or www.auburnuu.org.

Saturday, Aug. 13

‘March Backto School in Style’9 a.m. A Walk and Fashion Show to Benefi t the March of Dimes takes place at the Maine Mall. The March of Dimes, Maine Chapter announces a premiere event, “March Back to School in Style,” hosted by the Maine Mall. Participants are invited to register at www.march-forbabies.org to join the morning festivities in support of healthy babies. Follow-ing a loop at the Maine Mall, guests will be treated to a back-to-school fashion show in Garden Court. Hosted by Mrs. Maine, Tina Hendricks, the Mall March is sponsored by Newick’s Restaurant and Key Bank. The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofi t organization for pregnancy and baby health. For latest resources and information, visit marchofdimes.com or nacersano.org. “Find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.”

Western Cemetery walk2 p.m. Matt Barker, historian at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Port-land, will lead a Western Cemetery walk; meet at the MIHC library at 1:30 p.m. Suggested donation: $10.

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Come treat yourself to a glimpse of Deer Isle, Maine, with photographs by Michael McAllister, which will be exhibited at Nosh, 551 Congress St., Portland, during the month of August. An opening is 5 p.m. today, for First Friday Art Walk. (Courtesy image by by Michael McAllister)