FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2011 VOL. 2 NO. 245 PORTLAND, ME PORTLAND’S DAILY NEWSPAPER 699-5801

Portland Trails plans a big celebration

See Events Calendar, page 13

LePage whiffs on fi rst pitch

See Bob Higgins on page 4

Funeral held for 9-year-old killed in Tucson shooting

See the story on page 2

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Bob Gordon, a resident on North Street, clears a sidewalk Thursday in the wake of the midweek nor’easter. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Snow daze

A state representative from Portland has intro-duced a bill that would require the state’s gover-nor to be elected by a majority of state voters via a “ranked choice” system.

Diane Russell, a Democrat who represents the

120th District that includes Munjoy Hill, said this week that “regardless of party, it is important that the leader of our state be able to fully execute their work knowing they have the support of a majority of Mainers.”

Russell was a national program director with the ranked-choice advocacy group FairVote before get-

ting elected to the state legislature and has been working on ranked choice voting, or “instant runoff voting,” for Maine since 2007.

The move comes as Maine’s new governor, Paul LePage, a Republican who won Blaine House with 38 percent of the vote, enters his fi rst month of

Law would elect gov by ranked choice votingRussell introduces bill to apply Portland’s mayoral system to gubernatorial races

BY CURTIS ROBINSONTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

see RANKED CHOICE page 3

Florida, the only state in the country without snow in the wake of a midweek nor’easter, was also the place to fl y at the height of the storm on Wednesday.

“It was not quite Armageddon but it was pretty bad yesterday,” said Gregory Hughes, spokesman for the Portland Jetport, talking about the rampant cancellations on Wednes-day. “Florida went. Nonstop to Orlando is pretty good, it fl ies over this stuff.”

But fl ights to New York, Phila-delphia, Baltimore and those by Air Canada had to be cancelled.

The storm dumped 13 inches of snow on Portland, according to the Gray National Weather Service sta-tion.

Post-storm, life returns to normal

BY DAVID CARKHUFFTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

see STORM page 7

The NAACP Portland branch will hold its 30th annual celebration dinner this Sunday in remembrance of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., one of several observances that range from children’s shows to community discussions.

The dinner will take place the night

before the national King holiday, leaving Monday wide open for civil rights-oriented events, including a community conversation on poverty, a March for Justice and family activi-ties.

The Sunday night dinner includes a keynote address, recognition of com-munity leadership and an interactive exercise to learn about specifi c ways

in which people can fi ght against pov-erty.

Two high school senior students will serve as MC’s of the program in order to encourage youth participation and leadership in the human rights move-ment.

Special guests for the dinner include Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil

and Human Rights and The Leader-ship Conference Education Fund.

Henderson is known for his exper-tise on a wide range of civil rights, civil liberties, and human rights issues and is the author of numerous articles on civil rights and public policy issues, according to the NAACP.

see EVENTS page 6

BY MATT DODGETHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

March for Justice, dinner, other events highlight MLK Day

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BOSTON (NY Times) — The John F. Kennedy Library here has long offered visitors the opportunity to see the bar tab from Robert F. Kennedy’s bachelor party and to decipher John F. Kennedy’s Oval Office doodles. Now, those artifacts and a trove of others will be on display to anyone in the world.

Nearly 50 years after Ken-nedy pledged to make presi-dential documents “commonly available” through “scientific means of reproduction, micro-films and all the rest,” nearly 250,000 documents and 200 hours of audio and video from the library’s archives are to be made available online Thurs-day, free of charge. It is the first release in a $10 million effort to digitize his presidency.

“Until now, if people wanted to see the documents they had to come to Boston, go to our research room and we’d pull out boxes,” said Thomas J. Putnam, director of the library. “Now anyone with access to a computer with an Internet connection could replicate that experience.”

This release is to be the fi rst of many, Mr. Putnam said, and the library started with the fi les most used by researchers, including Kennedy’s offi ce fi les, personal papers and cor-respondence. Also included are recorded telephone calls between Kennedy and heads of state.

“Literally these were the pieces of paper that went across his desk, that have his handwrit-ing on it, his speech drafts, his doodles,” Putnam said.

Mr. Putnam said it was impossible to digitally archive all 48 million pages of docu-ments the library holds, but the goal is to get about eight mil-lion pages online. He hopes the next release will include national security files, more television video and documents relating to civil rights. The digital archives are searchable. Enter-ing “inaugural address,” for example, brings up a draft by Theodore C. Sorensen, Ken-nedy’s speechwriter, and video of the event. Telephone calls include one between Kennedy and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower discussing the Cuban missile crisis.

Caroline Kennedy said the goal of the project was to make her father’s presidency and legacy accessible to a genera-tion raised on computers.

“I know from watching my own children grow up, that if something isn’t available online, it might as well not exist,” Ms. Kennedy said in an e-mail. “In our polarized political climate, it is important that students and the public have access to the actual documents, record-ings and correspondence that make up the authentic histori-cal record so that they can see what goes into making difficult decisions, and how many people are involved to make a presidency successful.”

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PARIS — Wednesday’s storm sent vehicles sliding off roads across Oxford County.

In Paris, a Coca-Cola tractor-trailer jackknifed on Route 119 near the Hebron town line at around 11 a.m. The road was closed and traffi c was diverted for about four hours until the truck could be moved.

According to Lt. Michael Dailey of the Paris police, the driver reported that another car had cut him off, caus-ing him to have to stop quickly. The trailer then swung around across

the road. The driver was not injured, Dailey said.

Traffi c was redirected down to East Oxford Road.

Dailey said a heavy-duty tow truck was able to pull the semi straight and up a hill. “Hopefully he’s well on his way,” Daily said.

Steve Cordwell, a supervisor at the Oxford County Regional Communi-cations center, said he hadn’t heard about any injuries but there had been about a dozen slide-offs and other accidents reported by mid-afternoon.

“It was fairly quiet this morning, then we started getting a rash of them

in the Norway-Paris area,” he said.He said in snowstorms, “It’s just a

matter of if people stay off the roads. They did for a while, then they decided to get out, I guess.”

Norway reported little activity during the blizzard.

“So far so good,” said Fire Chief Dennis Yates late Wednesday after-noon.

In Otisfi eld, Fire Chief Mike Hooker said the department responded to a car fi re on Bean Road at about 10:30

a.m. According to Hooker an unidenti-fi ed Otisfi eld man was driving home from an airport in New Hampshire when the engine compartment of the 2010 Chevy burst into fl ames. The man was able to escape unharmed. Firefi ghters kept the fl ames contained to the engine compartment, Hooker said.

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BY TONY REAVESTHE SUN JOURNAL, LEWISTON

Snow brings a few accidents in Maine’s Oxford Hills

offi ce. In the election’s aftermath, many progressive voters argued that ranked-choice voting, or “instant runoff” would have altered the election outcome.

Ranked choice election rules vary, but the systems allow voters to select multi-ple candidates, typically three, in case no single candidate gets a majority. If any candidate exceeds 50 percent of the vote, then there is no further counting. But if anyone falls short of a majority, then the “second choice” votes come into play.

In most systems, the candidate with the fewest fi rst-place votes is elimi-nated and the second-choice selections are distributed among the remaining candidates. The process continues until somebody achieves a majority of votes.

Opponents of the plan say it falls short of matching a true runoff election because everyone does not get to cast a “second vote,” only those who voted for the last-place candidates. But systems differ.

Maine will get its fi rst taste of ranked choice voting this November. Along with approving a shift to a popularly elected mayor, the city approved ranked choice as the system for fi lling the new post.

While advocates say the process does not necessarily favor any particular political philosophy, conservatives often disagree.

The places that are already using ranked choice read like a Who’s Who of progressive politics, including San Francisco and Berkley in California and Aspen in Colorado.

Portland’s adoption of ranked choice for the mayoral race has received national attention. Rob Richie, executive director of FairVote, was cited in The Nation mag-azine saying that “... Richie is hopeful that if all goes well in Portland, Mainers will make a strong push for using RCV statewide.”

It will likely take a strong statewide push, because the next step for Rus-sell’s bill will be committee review, and then it faces the diffi cult political real-ity of a House and Senate under control of Republicans unlikely to embrace a system many feel would aid Democratic or Green Party efforts.

But the statewide momentum may already be forming. The state’s chapter of the nationally prominent League of Women Voters has begun a public edu-cation process necessary for endorsing ranked choice voting. The national group does not have an offi cial position on the issue, but about a dozen local chapters have endorsed it nationwide.

None have come out opposing the idea.Colleen Tucker, a Portland resident

who serves on the League of Women Voters Maine (LWVME) board, said that an absence of national direction leaves education up to locals. She is helping

organize a series of public hearings, called a “concurrence process,” that are required before the group can take a political position.

“This is truly part of the educational process for the league,” Tucker said of the meetings. “But since Portland is going to be using this, then the public at large might want to take advantage of this.”

The fi rst of those is slated for Friday, Feb. 4 at 4:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall. The meeting will feature Terry Bouri-cius, a member of the Vermont League of Women Voters and a nationally recog-nized ranked choice voting expert. Advo-cates typically refer to the system as “Instant Runoff Voting,” or IRV.

Tucker said she personally favors instant runoff voting and concedes that the recent governor’s race has increased focus on the issue, but the League has had it “on the radar” since at least 2006.

“I think it [RCV] allows people to express their true choice without wor-rying so much about whether or not it might be a wasted vote or worrying about supporting somebody you’d rather not support,” she said. “It allows you to vote for the person you really support.”

Future meetings will be held in Brunswick and Ellsworth. The timing is expected to leave the organization able to participate in a spring debate.

“Our goal is to know whether or not we are going to be able to endorse it by the beginning of March,” said Tucker. “In time so that, if in fact we do endorse it, we will be able to advocate for that posi-tion in Augusta.”

RANKED CHOICE from page one

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Portland gained national attention for RCV Paris selectmen vote to pursue casino revenues

PARIS — Selectmen on Monday voted to pursue funding from Oxford casino revenue.

Town Manager Phil Tarr said he’d spoken with the fi re and police departments, as well as town managers of Norway, Poland and Mechanic Falls, all of whom were concerned about costs arising from the proposed development on Route 26 by Black Bear Entertainment.

He said the four towns should lobby the delega-tion of Oxford County sena-tors and representatives in Augusta to cut Paris in on the distribution of casino revenues. The statewide ballot question passed in November dictates 46 per-cent of net slot machine income and 16 percent of net table game income go to the state, which divides the money among schools, the town of Oxford, Oxford County, harness racing, the Penobscot Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe and other funds.

BY TONY REAVESTHE SUN JOURNAL, LEWISTON

Page 4 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, January 14, 2011

The fi rst memos that circulate from the New Boss are usually pretty entertaining, not to men-tion eagerly watched as early indi-cations of how things are going to go.

So let’s not miss the signifi cance as one of the fi rst directives from Governor Paul LePage’s offi ce was a swing-and-a-miss. You could not only hear the whiff of the bat, but could feel the breeze it created way up here in the cheap seats.

LePage, eager to get to work on making Maine work like a busi-ness, issued a middle-manage-ment type of memo. Department heads were not to speak to mem-bers of the press, or to answer questions posed them by mem-bers of the legislature, unless they checked with his offi ce fi rst.

So much for transparency an openness in government. It seems that residents of this state will have to depend on the likes of Julian Assange of WikiLeaks fame if they want to hear any informa-tion that an administration might fi nd embarrassing.

I shall look forward to four years of meeting government employ-ees in the basement of parking garages to get tips, as it is a fi ne and dignifi ed tradition of journal-ism since at least the early 1970s.

To hear this administration —

LePage whiffs on fi rst pitch

which is still in diapers — explain things, this is a common request. In an interview with Steve Mis-tler at the Lewiston Sun Journal, LePage Spokesman Dan Demeritt said “All we are saying is, things that are policy-related don’t get to the governor in a newspaper. We want a chance to understand what’s going to be in the paper and what people ask questions about.”

Funny thing is though, it doesn’t work that way.

I might get tipped to a story, and do that horribly responsible thing by calling department heads or offi cials looking to verify informa-tion. Under this new policy, They would not be allowed to talk to me unless they get a “mother, may I?” from the press spokesman.

Welcome to the land of confu-sion. This also applies to members of the legislature, calling differing departments to gather informa-tion. Say a constituent wants a bill presented. A responsible legis-

lator looks fi rst to see if what they want is already in the law. Then, they seek some input from what-ever agency might be in charge of upholding what they propose. Are there any current policies that this would confl ict with?

Sorry, but those questions will fall on deaf ears, at least until somebody in the press-fl ak offi ce takes a look at it. Can’t answer your question, honorable represen-tative from Meddybemps.

This memo creates a new policy among state workers. They are allowed to answer the phones, but never allowed to say anything. Effi ciency hits the brick wall of progress.

Two immediate responses came to mind when I fi rst heard of this policy memo, and neither of them is printable, according to the editor.

So, thirdly, I’d like to remind the readers, and those currently in the Blaine House, that state workers are working for the PEOPLE of the state of Maine, not a specifi c branch of it. Their budget may fall under an executive department, but like everyone else in this state, if they see some kind ofshenani-gans going on, they have the right to speak to the press. It might cost them their job.

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In the typical economic downturn, Americans thrown out of work make a deal with Euthenia, the Greek goddess of prosperity. They say (in their heads): We will get through this. We’ll move in with family, fi nd any part-time job. All we want is an assurance that good times will eventually return for hardworking people like us.

In the past, Euthenia delivered. A recession

Going down in an up economy

Froma Harrop–––––

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would run its course like the fl u, then the economy would become its old self again, a welcoming place for anyone with a work ethic.

This downturn may be dif-ferent. Yes, the high fever has passed. And the wealth machine is functioning again ... for stock investors, anyway. But for the jobless lacking spe-cial skills, there are no assur-ances — not this time. And for members of this group still working, the prospects for eco-nomic advancement seem dim.

Rarely since the Great Depression have wages fallen so far and so fast. Forces older than the 2008 financial meltdown added to the down-ward pull in mass affluence. Many workers,

see HARROP page 5

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especially in manufacturing, were already racing up a down escalator in pay and benefi ts — their situation masked by a housing bubble and easy credit that spun an illusion of wealth.

Globalization and technological change march on. True, the economy has begun adding jobs again. True, employment usually lags behind eco-nomic growth. But the jobs that are coming back pay less than they did before, and many are gone for good.

From 2007 to 2009, over half the unemployed who had previously worked for at least three years found full-time employment at lower wages than they were paid before, accord-ing to The Wall Street Journal. Over a third reported wages at least 20 per-cent lower.

For example, an executive at the South Sea Islands Resort in Captiva, Fla., told the Journal that he’s begin-ning to replace some positions that were cut, but at less pay than before.

Lots of senior people want the work, he added, noting, “We have been able to re-evaluate some of our starting wages.”

Re-evaluate indeed. Accelerating this downward mobility has been a further plunge in health care security. The number and percentage of Americans without health coverage have hit record levels, according to new Census data.

And so how does a sophisticated country used to rewarding people with grit and brawn keep the fi res of

ambition glowing? The answer is not to erect trade barriers against coun-tries competing fairly. That’s futile.

What makes most sense is retrain-ing those lacking the hot skills. Another smart approach is funding research that races the American economy toward the next big thing. And building an infrastructure that moves people and goods around in a time- and fuel-effi cient manner.

All these answers require an active government willing to spend money and carefully target tax incentives. Yet many in our political culture don’t want to pay for this spending or replace the revenues lost to the tax incentives, if that requires asking more of high-income people. It doesn’t want the government to put order in a wasteful health care system that drains our economic resources.

The idea seems to be that Euthenia subcontracts her work to the rich. It assumes that the wealthy, when not investing in China or Brazil, will send some coins down the down escalator. And that the government of the people has little role to play in making the economy a nurturing place for ordi-nary folk.

Euthenia may be more democratic in her choice of favorites than many think. But the people will have to — pardon the expression — collectively deal with her through their government.

(To fi nd out more about Froma Harrop, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.)

HARROP from page 4

New jobs pay less than the old ones

Maybe President Obama was saving the magic for a time when we really needed it.

We’ve been complaining for two years about the lack of music and passion in his big speeches. But if he’d moved the country when he was talking about health care or bailing out the auto industry, perhaps his words wouldn’t have been as power-ful as they were when he was trying to lift the country up after the trag-edy in Tucson.

“Our hearts are broken, and yet our hearts also have reason for full-ness,” he said, in a call to action that fi nally moved the nation’s focus for-ward.

The days after the shootings had a depressing political rhythm. There was the call for civility, followed by the rapidly escalating rhetoric over whose fault the incivility was, which climbed ever upward until Wednes-day when you had a congressman from Texas claiming that the F.B.I. was hiding information on the gun-man’s political beliefs because the truth would embarrass the White House.

For me, Obama’s best moment came when he warned that “what we can’t do is use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on one another.” In his honor, I am not saying a word about Sarah Palin’s video.

But, politically, there’s a challenge about where we go from here. You can’t expect the Republican majority in Congress to give up on killing the health care reform law, although it might be a nice step if the leadership urged its members to stop saying that God wants to see repeal.

The president, who was going for great, universal themes, didn’t make any suggestions.

Let me offer one really, really modest one. Congress should have an actual debate about Represen-tative Carolyn McCarthy’s bill to reduce gun violence.

You will notice I just said have a debate. And the bill does not even control guns. It simply bans the sale of the special bullet clip that allowed the Tucson gunman to shoot 20 people without reloading.

McCarthy’s husband was killed and her son permanently injured when a gunman using a pistol with a similar — but less powerful — kind of clip opened fi re on the Long Island Rail Road in 1993. “That’s why I came to Congress,” she said

on Wednesday. But so far she has collected co-sponsors only from the same small band of members who always support this kind of legisla-tion.

Members of Congress are so ter-rifi ed of the political power of the National Rifl e Association that the Democrats, when they were in power, declined even to give McCarthy’s bill a hearing. This is the chance for the Republicans to prove that they’re braver.

All John Boehner, the speaker of the House, has to do is say that in the wake of the Tucson tragedy he wants to demonstrate that Congress is open to a serious and mature dis-cussion of ways that it might have been avoided, or mitigated.

That might include proposals to better identify people with poten-tially violent mental illnesses. And it certainly would also have to involve a conversation over a technology that can turn a pistol into the equiv-alent of a somewhat slow-moving machine gun.

McCarthy’s bill might not have saved Representative Gabrielle Gif-fords from being shot. But it has to be worth talking about whether it could have saved some of her con-stituents.

So far, most of the proposals from members of Congress for practical action to reduce gun violence have

been directed at protecting them-selves. Representative Peter King of New York introduced a bill to ban anyone from carrying a gun in the vicinity of a federal offi cial. Repre-sentative Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois suggested reversing a recent cut in members’ offi ce budgets and tacking on another 10 percent increase to pay for improved security.

Representative Dan Burton of Indiana urged enclosing the House gallery in Plexiglas. And two mem-bers vowed to carry their pistols with them when they go about the people’s business back in their dis-tricts.

Following the president’s lead, I would argue that Congress has the capacity for higher purpose.

“I believe we can be better,” he said. “Those who died here — those who saved lives here — they help me believe. We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us.”

In that light, I believe members of Congress can have a hearing and a civilized debate on a bill that is modest and relevant but that is opposed by a hyperpowerful lobby-ing group that scares the daylight out of them.

Maybe they could do it just to prove it to themselves that they can.

Just a thought.

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Since 1996, Henderson has led The Leadership Conference in addressing emerging policy issues of concern to the civil and human rights community and strengthened the effectiveness of the coalition.

Other Martin Luther King Jr. Day events include Profi les in Courage: Americans Who Tell the Truth, an ongoing gallery show at the Portland Public Library’s Lewis Gallery.

The gallery recently unveiled Robert Shetterly’s portrait of local civil rights activist, author, former state legislator and three-term NAACP Portland Branch president Gerald E. Talbot. The portrait joins 21 others from the series for a month-long exhibit at the library.

“MLK Community Conversa-tions: Opening the Doors to the Beloved Community” runs all weekend at various houses of worship throughout Portland as local clergy open their doors to focus on our collective responsi-bility to work on economic justice.

An open community conversa-tion at Preble Street Resource Center will begin at 1 p.m. on Monday, followed at 2 p.m. by the MLK March for Justice. March-ers will walk from Preble Street Resource Center to the steps of city hall to give voice to voice their commitment to addressing poverty in our Portland.

A large copy of MLK’s Bill of Economic Rights and pro-posed Community Compact for Justice will be displayed and business leaders, antipoverty leaders, tribal representatives and human rights advocates will briefl y speak.

The Children’s Museum & The-ater of Maine will offer a variety of family-oriented activities and programs dedicated to teaching about Martin Luther King, Jr. throughout the day on Monday. Families who sign-up through the NAACP will be able to visit at no charge.

Community radio station WMPG will also observe special programming to the airwaves in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.

Beginning at 4 a.m., the sta-tion’s “This Better Be Good” show will present a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King with clas-sic civil rights songs and a blend of gospel, soul and jazz music, spoken word and an historical look back at the speeches and sermons given by Dr. King.

WMPG will also be the sole radio participant in the world-wide reading of Waddie Welcom & The Beloved Community. Fea-turing many voices from the local communities, the program will be broadcast on WMPG at 2 to 3 pm, and later available on wmpg.org.

Born on the Fourth of July, 1914 in Savannah, Ga., with cere-bral palsy and placed in a nurs-ing home far from his community, Waddie Welcome was an unlikely public fi gure.

Waddie Welcome & The Beloved Community tells the story of friendships that tran-scended divisions of disability, race, and income and created powerful new possibilities in a whole community, according to promotional materials about the show. Refl ecting on the story of Mr. Welcome & his friends is an ideal part of the celebration of Martin Luther King day, accord-ing to WMPG.

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“From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King Jr., and the Demand for Economic

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30th Annual Celebration Dinner

Sunday, Jan. 16Reception: 5 p.m.

Dinner: 6 p.m.Holiday Inn by the Bay,

PortlandCost: $75

Profi les in Courage: Americans Who Tell

the Truth

Gallery showJan. 7–31

Portland Public Library, Lewis Gallery

MLK Community Conversations:

Opening the Doors to the Beloved Community

Friday, Saturday, and SundayJan. 14–16

Various Houses of WorshipCost: Free

MLK March for Justice

Monday, Jan. 17Preble Street Resource Center

to the steps of City Hall

MLK Family Programs at the Children’s Museum

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& Theater of MaineCost: Free

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MLK tributes abound

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Ticket counters at the Jetport were empty Wednesday, Hughes said. The cancellations were really early enough that very few people came out to the Jetport, he said.

“What a difference a day makes,” Hughes said

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Hughes credited airlines for making early cancel-lations.

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Every state, with the exception of Florida, has snow on the ground in the wake of a system that caused Wednesday’s nor’easter, the weather service reported. (This includes Hawaii where about seven inches of snow is atop Mauna Kea.)

“As of Jan. 11, 69.4 percent of the contiguous United States is covered by snow — this is more than double the snow cover from last month,” the weather service noted.

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parking ban. This

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business district. (DAVID

CARKHUFF PHOTO)

The city of Portland dug itself out, with scenes Thursday of people shoveling sidewalks on nearly every street. Following Wednesday night’s general parking ban, a yellow zone parking ban for the city was declared beginning at 10 p.m. Thursday night and ending at 6 a.m. this morning, city offi cials announced. The Yellow Zone is an area within the downtown business district.

Fire Chief Fred LaMontagne noted no major prob-lems with emergency access for fi re crews.

“Public works did an incredible job keeping our roads open and working through the night,” he said.

In South Portland, Wednesday’s snowstorm slowed the response of fi refi ghters to a garage fi re at 26 Elderberry Drive, which destroyed a vehicle, according to news reports.

LaMontagne urged caution as snow remains piled in berms, which could impede the view of motorists entering intersections. Watch for pedestrians and oncoming traffi c, he cautioned.

Also, residents should always have a second way in and out of their home, which may mean clear-ing snow from back and side doors; and residents should make sure that monitor heaters, instant hot water heaters or power vent furnaces that rely on ventilation through a side wall are kept clear of snow to avoid buildup of fumes, he said.

As if traffi c snarls from the storm weren’t bad enough, on Thursday afternoon, the South Portland to Portland side of the Casco Bay Bridge stuck, halting traffi c. At 6 p.m., a repair crew was on its way, with restoration of use expected later Thursday evening.

from preceding page

LEFT: In the aftermath of Wednes-day’s nor’easter, a man calling himself “Dave,” a resident on Cum-berland Avenue, clears snow from his front walk. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Fire chief offers safety tips to residents

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). There is some mighty strong competition out there, and you’re nearly ready to jump in the race. The one who spars with you is training you for the confl ict that is inevitable in the life of a warrior. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You want to have a good time, and so you extract whatever fun can be taken from a situation. Someone who is usually quiet will join in the jovial noise you make. This is a sign of your increasing infl uence. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There will be three unexpected events to adjust to in the course of your day. Even so, you’ll spend most of your hours in the same mood, so be sure to slip into a good one early on. CANCER (June 22-July 22). The way you arrange the muscles in your face will determine your mood. What starts out as a mask turns into the real thing. You smile as you travel, work and play, and you feel genuinely happy. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There are certain loved ones around you who have a diminished sense of boundaries where you are concerned. Draw new lines, and mark them well to point them out to your loved ones. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Take the time to fi nd the right idea before you start to work. You’ll be brilliant when you commit yourself to a long session of mad brainstorming. When you’re working on a truly great idea, things take off quickly. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). What you thought was a purpose turned out to be merely a distraction to keep you from your purpose. Once you recognize that an activity is not worthy of your atten-tion, you fi nd better ways to occupy

your time. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Just because you persevere doesn’t mean you will automatically get the goal. But if you don’t persevere, you’re sure not to get it. Aware of your odds, you press on. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Sometimes your friend loves you for what you say. But today, your friend will love you for what you don’t say, even though, in the moment, it’s unbearably tempting. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It may not technically be your job to edu-cate those around you to behave in a courteous manner, and yet you’ll take it upon yourself to do so through your example. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Because you love liberty, you’ll take it where it’s offered and steal it where it’s not. You’ll seize the chance to stretch into the unknown, dance with abandon and express your wild heart. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Visions of a successful business are dancing in your head. You will meet a woman who knows what you want to know about making money by building a client base and networking. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 14). Give in and let yourself be loved and adored! You’ll be showered with praise and gifts. School is featured promi-nently, and life-changing relationships happen there. A special connection will go to the next level. Business takes off in May, and you’ll be promoted. An improved mindset helps you reach a fi tness goal. Gemini and Libra people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 14, 39, 33 and 18.

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Today is Friday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2011. There are 351 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Jan. 14, 1784, the United States rati-

fi ed a peace treaty with England, ending the Revolutionary War.

On this date:In 1639, the fi rst constitution of Con-

necticut — the Fundamental Orders — was adopted.

In 1858, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and his wife, Empress Eugenie, escaped an assassination attempt led by Italian revolutionary Felice (fay-LEE’-chay) Orsini, who was later captured and exe-cuted.

In 1900, Puccini’s opera “Tosca” had its world premiere in Rome.

In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French General Charles de Gaulle opened a wartime conference in Casablanca.

In 1952, NBC’s “Today” show premiered, with Dave Garroway as the host, or “com-municator,” as he was offi cially known.

In 1953, Josip Broz Tito (YAW’-sihp brawz TEE’-toh) was elected president of Yugosla-via by the country’s Parliament.

In 1963, George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge of “segregation forever.”

In 1968, the Green Bay Packers of the NFL defeated the AFL’s Oakland Raiders, 33-14, in Super Bowl II.

In 1969, 27 people aboard the aircraft car-rier USS Enterprise, off Hawaii, were killed when a rocket warhead exploded, setting off a fi re and additional explosions.

In 1970, Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.

One year ago: President Barack Obama and the U.S. moved to take charge in earth-quake-ravaged Haiti, dispatching thousands of troops along with tons of aid.

Today’s Birthdays: CBS commentator Andy Rooney is 92. Blues singer Clarence Carter is 75. Country singer Billie Jo Spears is 74. Singer Jack Jones is 73. Singer-song-writer Allen Toussaint is 73. Actress Faye Dunaway is 70. Actress Holland Taylor is 68. Actor Carl Weathers is 63. Singer-producer T-Bone Burnett is 63. Movie writer-director Lawrence Kasdan is 62. Pulitzer Prize-win-ning columnist Maureen Dowd is 59. Rock singer Geoff Tate is 52. Movie writer-director Steven Soderbergh is 48. Actor Mark Addy is 47. Fox News Channel anchorman Shepard Smith is 47. Rapper Slick Rick is 46. Actor Dan Schneider is 45. Actress Emily Watson is 44. Actor-comedian Tom Rhodes is 44. Rock musician Zakk Wylde is 44. Rapper-actor LL Cool J is 43. Actor Jason Bateman is 42. Rock singer-musician Dave Grohl is 42. Actress Jordan Ladd is 36. Rock singer-musician Caleb Followill is 29. Rock musi-cian Joe Guese (The Click Five) is 28.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I have been married to my high school sweet-heart for more than 20 years, and in that time, we have be-come homebodies. Every year since we tied the knot, the pas-sion has gradually declined, and lately, it’s about dead. I am beginning to see life slip away without having done anything exciting. I happily gave up many interests for my wife, but I have recently regained my enjoyment of thrilling adventures, even if it means doing so alone. I’d like her to join me, and my enthusiasm has put pressure on our relationship because my wife refuses to explore all that life has to offer. I love her and believe she loves me, but I don’t believe we are “in love” anymore. The sparks are gone, and we barely talk. I am miserable and have been for decades, but the wonder-ful times I spend with our children keep me going. A man needs to feel a woman’s affection. A good friend convinced me that infi delity was not the answer, but she also said that I am cheating myself and teaching my children that marriage doesn’t include conversation, hugging or love. She also said I am being unfair to my wife by staying in an unfulfi lling mar-riage. I am tired of spending what little time we have together being pushed away and vegging in front of the TV. I believe it is time to man up and move on, but I am afraid to be alone and don’t want to damage my kids or end up seeing them once a week. Should I continue to bottle up my feelings and keep my family together, or should we call it quits? I am not interested in therapy. I don’t want to share my hurt feelings with a stranger. -- No More Frustrations, Please Dear No More Frustration: You are sharing them with us, so we’ll try to give you some advice. There is nothing stop-ping you from enjoying activities without your wife -- many couples have separate interests. But you seem to think life is passing you by, so the need for excitement has taken on an

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That is not the governor’s decision to make. It’s the state workers’ decision.

Fourthly, a lot of the smoke and mirrors of the past elec-tion cycle was dedicated to getting back to “founding docu-ments.” The Constitution, the Bill of Rights, all those pesky documents that the founders insisted were part of the found-ing of this country. You don’t need a microscope to fi nd the section regarding separation of powers.

Governor, your party may

hold the most seats in both houses of the legislature, but that doesn’t mean that the leg-islature works for you. They are not under your control. If a legislator wants policy infor-mation, state workers better be hot-foot quick about serving it up. To put them in the position of having to ask your permis-sion fi rst kind of defeats the entire purpose of not having a “King” to begin with.

Taking a page from the WikiLeaks drama, after announcing this policy, I would not be surprised to learn of the registration of a certain web-

page known as “Mainewikile-aks” where state workers who disagreed with your policy could dump whatever documents they wanted, hidden behind the shield of anonymity. Think “Cutler Files”, with the gover-nor’s offi ce as daily subject..

If you want to control the fl ow of information, the fi rst thing to remember is that secrets, scan-dals, and policy all have the same thing in common. They want to be free.

(Bob Higgins is a regular con-tributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

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Governor’s memo oversteps authoritySpecial election to fi ll legislative vacancy caused by death of Rep. McLeod

AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Charles Sum-mers announced Thursday that a special election in Maine House of Representatives District 11 will be held on Tuesday, March 1, as required to fi ll a vacancy created by the death of Rep. Everett McLeod Sr. on Dec. 20, 2010.

House District 11, centered in Lee, covers an array of eastern Maine communities in Penobscot and Washington counties, including: Burlington, Carroll Plt., Chester, Codyville Plt., Danforth, Drew Plt., Lakeville, Lee, Lowell, Mattawamkeag, Passad-umkeag, Prentiss Plt., Princeton, Springfi eld, Tal-madge, Topsfi eld, Twombley Plt.. Vanceboro, Waite, Webster Plt., Winn, and Woodville; as well as East Central Penobscot Twp., East Hancock Twp.; Grand Lake Stream Twp., North Washington Twp.; and Whitney Twp.

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Friday, Jan. 14

Police offi cer swearing-in ceremony9 a.m. Christopher Kelley will be sworn-in becoming the 123rd police offi cer on the roster with the Portland Police Department. A Cape Elizabeth native, Kelley graduated from Salve Regina University with a bachelor’s degree in administration of justice. Upon returning to Maine, Kelley worked as a security offi cer at the Portland Museum of Art and a corrections offi cer with the Cumberland County Sher-iff’s Department. Next week, Kelley will head to Vassalboro to attend the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, the police department reports. The swearing-in will take place at the Police Auditorium, Portland Police Station, 109 Middle St.

Vigil for Victims of the Arizona Shooting5:30 p.m. On the steps of Portland City Hall, the Portland Democratic City Committee invites the community to stand in solidarity and in peace. “We witnessed a tragedy in Ari-zona and our thoughts are with Democratic Congress-woman Gabrielle Giffords who was critically wounded, her family, friends and staff. We are grieving the loss of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, Giffords’ staff member Gabe Zimmerman, U.S. District Judge John Roll, Dorwan Stoddard, Dorothy Morris and Phyllis Schneck and send our thoughts to those who were wounded, their families, friends and the entire community. Join the Portland Demo-cratic City Committee this Friday at 5:30 p.m. on the steps of Portland City Hall. If you are inclined, bring a candle, a song, peaceful words or a prayer to share with the group.”

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse7:30 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning as “Dorothy Gale.” “Full of special effects, colorful cos-tumes and all your favorite characters, this show sold out before it opened last season. Because of the inti-mate space within this 70 seat theater, kids of all ages not only see OZ, they experience it! Due to the demand for tickets, OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a res-ervation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com.

‘Crying at Movies’7:30 p.m. Acorn Productions presents the third play in the company’s inaugural Studio Series when “Crying at Movies,” a new John Manderino play based on his well-received memoir by the same name, premieres in the Acorn Studio Theater. In the piece, Tony recollects how his experiences watching lead-ing ladies in movies as he matured affected his relationships with women. The play is as a tour-de-force for two actors, one of whom serves as narrator and remains on stage the entire play, while the other takes on the roles of more than a dozen women in his life. Acorn’s production is directed by Producing Director Michael Levine, and features Naked Shakespeare’s Paul Haley and former Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble member Kerry Rasor. Featuring references to well-known movies such as “La Dolce Vita,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kinds,” and “The Graduate,” the play serves up a feast of memories for movie fans through a series of comic scenes featuring romantic mishaps. “Crying at Movies” per-forms Jan. 14 through 30, with shows Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 5 p.m. Tickets are $10, $8 for students and seniors, and may be purchased online at www.acorn-productions.org or by calling 854-0065.

Saturday, Jan. 15

Trash and recycling collected6:30 a.m. The Department of Public Services Solid Waste crews will not collect trash or recycling on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 17, the city reminds residents. Those resi-dents who normally receive collection services on Monday will have their trash and recycling collected this Saturday, Jan. 15. All items should be out by 6:30 a.m. to ensure col-lection. If residents have further questions about their trash/recycling collection, they can contact the Recycling Hotline at 756-8189. The Riverside Recycling Facility will be closed on MLK Day as well, and will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, Jan. 18, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Fore River Sanctuary walk8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Portland Trails is excited to announce a 2011 Winter Walk series. This free series, made possible by a grant from Healthy Portland, is for adults and families with children who are making an effort to get more exercise, but are stymied when it comes to winter recreation. Partici-pants are reminded to wear warm clothing, hats and gloves and bring snowshoes if there is adequate snow on the ground. Portland Trails has snow shoes available (free for members, $5/non-members) which can be reserved ahead of time. Please register for any walk by emailing info@trails.

org or calling 775-2411. For more information or to check cancellations due to the weather go to www.trails.org. Trail Foreman Charlie Baldwin will lead a walk through the Fore River Sanctuary. Expect birds, hills, a bridge over the marsh, a beautiful waterfall and historic kiosks explaining the C&O Canal. Meet at the Udder Place, 428 Brighton Ave.

Portland Winter Farmers’ Market9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Portland Winter Farmers’ Market. Shop with 15-plus Maine farmers every week! Located at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, formerly St. Dominic’s church on State Street and Gray Street. Every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until April 23. For more information: www.Port-landMaineWinterMarket.com or fi nd the market on Face-book under Portland Maine Winter Market.

Laughter Training for Professionals9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Laughter Training for Professionals. Become a Laughter Professional with Katie West. $295 for Saturday and Sunday. Sadhana, the Meditation Center, 100 Brickhill Ave., South Portland. FMI: www.SadhanaMe.com.

Draw-a-Thon III to Bring Our War $$ Home10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Draw-a-Thon III to Bring Our War $$ Home. Held in conjunction with Robert Shetterly’s exhibit, “Americans Who Tell the Truth: A Collection of Portraits & Quotes. Paintings by Robert Shetterly,” CODEPINK Maine and The Union of Maine Visual. “Artists are co-sponsoring this opportunity for artists to work with images created at previous Draw-a-Thons, to help the public connect the dots between war spending and budget cuts at home.” Portland Public Library, Monument Square.

Portland Conservatory of Music open house10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Open house, instrument demos, classi-cal, rock, jazz. Try out an instrument or have a mini lesson. Door prizes, free popcorn. Portland Conservatory of Music, 202 Woodfords St., (Woodfords Church) 10 to 1. Free. Five percent off new student tuition. 775-3356 or 318-7465.

Using the Circle Symbol for Art and Healing 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Using the Circle Symbol for Art and Heal-ing with Suzanne Liller & Brady Nickerson. “Circles give us an experience of wholeness amid the chaos of every day life, making the ‘sacred circle,’ one of the very coolest art therapy interventions for both soothing the soul and meeting oneself. Join us for this two-hour art immersion experience; no formal art training/skills are required. Free; pre-registra-tion required. Phone: 774-2200; Email: [email protected]; Web: www.cancercommunitycenter.org/calendar. Visit 778 Main St. (Rte 1), South Portland.

Ice Seal Response Training Workshop1 p.m. to 5 p.m. College of the Atlantic’s marine mammal research center, Allied Whale, is also the authorized group for handling rescues and recoveries of marine mammals

from Rockland to the Canadian border. To cover this area for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northeast Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network, the college relies on numerous trained volunteers. Allied Whale will be hosting its annual Ice Seal Response Training Work-shop in the college’s McCormick Lecture Hall. At the train-ing, volunteers will learn how to conduct marine mammal assessments, how to relay that information to the veterinar-ian, and how to aid in the collection and transport of the animals to a rehabilitation facility. Rosemary Seton, Marine Mammal Stranding Coordinator, 288-5644, 801-5682, or [email protected].

Church of All God’s Children potluck supper5 p.m. The Church of All God’s Children will host a potluck supper at the Washington Gardens Community Hall on 66 Churchill St. Cost is $4.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse2 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning as “Dorothy Gale.” “Full of special effects, colorful costumes and all your favorite characters, this show sold out before it opened last season. Because of the intimate space within this 70 seat theater, kids of all ages not only see OZ, they experience it! Due to the demand for tickets, OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a reservation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com.

Self-help author Steff Deschenesat the Scarborough Bull Moose store2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Self-help author Steff Deschenes will visit the Bull Moose Scarborough store, 456 Payne Road, for a book signing. Deschenes examines life through a humorous review of the parallels between human per-sonalities and ice cream fl avors in her newest book, The Ice Cream Theory. The book brings together anecdotes from Deschenes’ own adventures with broader-reaching social commentary to help others recognize the wisdom and joy inherent in a beloved dessert. Deschenes, suf-fering from a broken heart, realized that people’s likes and dislikes change. Ice cream, with its many fl avors and combinations, can be compared to the individual per-sonalities of people. Deschenes’ tongue-in-cheek Theory was called “Charming and humorous, The Ice Cream Theory is an intriguing and highly recommended read that shouldn’t be missed,” by the Midwest Book Review and earned several Readers Favorite awards in the Self-Help category. Deschenes is from Lewiston.

A passerby strolls along the new Bayside Trail while brush removal takes place along an old fence separating the trail from commercial properties. The Bayside Trail is the latest accomplishment of various partners, including Portland Trails. The group kicks off its 20th anniversary year with its annual meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at the Portland Public Library. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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‘The Juke Box Boys’7 p.m. “The Juke Box Boys,” Tribute to Do-Wop; $39.95 p/p fi ve-course dinner, beer and wine available. Free park-ing. January 15, 22 and 29 at Anthony’s Dinner Theater, 151 Middle St., Portland. Call for reservations. 221-2267.

Sunday, Jan. 16

Great Northeast Radio Rally9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Blunt Youth Radio Project announced the fi rst-ever Great Northeast Radio Rally to be held at University of Southern Maine. The Rally invites audio pro-ducers (and aspiring producers) of all ages and stripes to mingle and talk shop while getting new ideas and inspira-tion for their craft. The Rally will feature workshops on a variety of audio-related topics, including oral history, telling stories through sound, covering elections for radio, pitching stories to NPR, and creating compelling multimedia. Rally workshop presenter Colin Kelley, a former Blunt member and current Digital Media Specialist at Bates College says, “We’re deluged with this idea that media-making is some-thing that everyone can do. Buzz-words people in my fi eld use include: citizen journalist, digital native, multimedia storyteller. Yet, access and training to the tools is limited. Small, radio-centric conferences like the Radio Rally open up the idea that radio really is for everyone.” The Rally runs 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Wishcamper Center on the campus of the University of Southern Maine, and concludes in the evening with what may be the world’s fi rst Audio Slam, a friendly but serious competition at Space Gallery in down-town Portland. The Slam starts at 7 p.m., and it is free and open to all ages. The Audio Slam is similar to a poetry slam with a few twists: Audio producers enter 4 minutes of pro-duced audio, and these entries are played and judged live at the Slam in a series of one-minute rounds. The winning prize is $500. Also, all entries will air on Blunt, the weekly show of Blunt Youth Radio on WMPG, Greater Portland Community Radio. Entries are being accepted until Jan. 10 at 5 p.m. More information, competition guidelines, and registration details for the Great Northeast Radio Rally may be found at bluntradio.org. This event is funded through the Maine Arts Commission.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse2 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning as “Dorothy Gale.” “Full of special effects, colorful costumes and all your favorite characters, this show sold out before it opened last season. Because of the intimate space within this 70 seat theater, kids of all ages not only see OZ, they experience it! Due to the demand for tickets, OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a reservation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com.

30th Annual MLK Celebration Dinner6 p.m. From Civil Rights To Human Rights: Martin Luther King Jr., and the Demand for Economic Justice. Reception: 5 p.m.; dinner: 6 p.m. Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland. “In order to acknowledge our historic milestone of 30 years, the traditional breakfast program will take place as a dinner on the night before the King Holiday allowing for the holiday to be utilized for a community conversation on poverty, a March for Justice, and family activities aimed at develop-ing healthy minds, bodies and souls. The dinner includes a keynote address, recognition of exceptional community leadership, and an interactive dinner exercise to glean spe-cifi c ways in which we can take action in the fi ght against poverty. Two high school senior students will serve as MC’s of the program in order to encourage youth participation and leadership in the human rights movement.” www.port-landmlk.net/

Monday, Jan. 17

Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances at Bates9:30 a.m. Two generations of prominent social activists — one of them described by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as “the greatest teacher of nonvio-lence in America” — offer key-note addresses during Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances at Lewiston’s Bates College on Monday, Jan. 17. The college’s theme for its 2011 King Day programming is “Get Up, Stand

Up: The Fierce Urgency of Now.” The speakers are the Rev. James Lawson, a defi nitive fi gure in the civil rights move-ment of the 1950s and ‘60s, and Asher Kolieboi, co-direc-tor of an organization that works against campus violence toward members of the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender community. All MLK Day events at Bates are open to the public at no cost. For more information, please call 786-6400 or visit the college website at www.bates.edu.

Debbie and Friends at One Longfellow11 a.m. Debbie and Friends at One Longfellow Square. These concerts are fun for the whole family. Parents and kids join in this interactive “variety show,” which includes a diverse array of styles including rock, pop, country, reggae, and Broadway-esque tunes. You’ll become the Big Bad Wolf and blow the house down, fi x Rosie’s wrong rhymes, test your skills with the Simon Sez Song, and share a special moment with your loved ones singing “Love Is a Family.” $8 adv/$10 door, Kids 2 and under get in free! www.debbieandfriends.net

MLK March for Justice2 p.m. Preble Street Resource Center to Portland City Hall. An open community conversation will be held at Preble Street Resource Center beginning at 1 p.m. “Following the community conversation from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., marchers will walk from Preble Street Resource Center to the steps of city hall to give voice to our commitment and solidarity in addressing poverty in our community. A large copy of MLK’s Bill of Economic Rights and proposed Community Compact for Justice will be displayed. Key business lead-ers, antipoverty leaders, tribal representatives and human rights advocates will briefl y speak.” www.portlandmlk.net

‘Sudanese in Maine and Beyond’7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Hour Exchange Portland, The Southern Sudanese Communities, and Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine), “From My Eyes: Sudanese in Maine and Beyond” at CTN/Hour Exchange Portland Offi ce, 516 Congress St., Portland. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Hour Exchange Portland, The Southern Sudanese Communities, and Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) present “From My Eyes: Sudanese in Maine and Beyond,” an evening of multicultural education featuring speakers from Darfur and Southern Sudan at the CTN/Hour Exchange offi ces at 516 Congress St. Speakers will share stories from their expe-riences migrating to the United States, and information about the current political climate in Sudan. Following the presentations, the audience is encouraged to engage in a Question and Answer session with the speakers. This event is open to the public, and international refreshments will be provided. Donations are requested to support local organi-zations such as Fur Cultural Revival. For further information, please contact Sarah Davis at 207-653-1750 or at [email protected], or El-Fadel Arbab at 207-221-5197 or at [email protected] .

Midnight Metaphysical Society7 p.m. The Midnight Metaphysical Society will conduct its fi rst discussion group meeting at the Southworth Planetar-ium in Portland. Even though the group is called the “Mid-night Metaphysical Society,” each month’s group begins at 7 p.m., the planetarium notes. “The word ‘midnight’ per-tains to the location: the planetarium’s night dome.” “We are very pleased to work with the Southworth Planetarium as a venue in exploring the more eclectic questions regard-ing the nature of reality and existence,” said Natalie Angela organizer and facilitator of The Midnight Metaphysical Soci-ety. “In these turbulent times as we are bombarded by an onslaught of one disaster after another the need to explore and understand the deeper meaning of existence becomes ever more urgent and timely. Exploration and practical application is the focus of MMS,” the group noted. “While MMS is grounded in classical metaphysics, we are a cata-lyst for the integration of the philosophy of existence with the practical reality of living in the world ... what good is this knowledge if you don’t apply it to bring peace of mind, help and healing to yourself and others ... especially now? said Angela. The Midnight Metaphysical Society is open to the public. All are invited to attend. For more information please contact Natalie Angela via email at [email protected] or the Southworth Planetarium at 780-4249.

Tuesday, Jan. 18

Succession Planning for Businesses4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Peter Plumb, co-founder and senior director of Murray, Plumb & Murray, will host a free semi-nar, “Succession Planning for Businesses and Family Real Estate” at the fi rm’s offi ce at 75 Pearl St. in Portland. This seminar will lead attendees through the often confusing and diffi cult questions of succession planning for businesses and family real estate. Owners of small businesses nearing retirement frequently struggle with decisions about whether to sell their business and on what terms. Families that own property together face diffi cult questions of how to use, maintain, govern and ultimately transfer ownership. This presentation will provide attendees with principles that will guide them through this process and increase the chances of a favorable outcome. The seminar is free but registra-tion is required. To reserve a seat, contact Kathy Willette at 523-8243 or at [email protected]. Refreshments will be provided.

Supplements in Integrative Cancer Care 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Nutritional & Herbal Supple-ments in Integrative Cancer Care with Colleen Tetzlaff. “Integrative cancer care and the role of nutritional supplements, including immunonutrition and herbal medicine, which can extend the quantity and quality of life for cancer patients. A personalized, systemic and targeted approach to treating the patient.” Free; pre-registration required. Phone: 774-2200; Email: [email protected]; Web: www.cancercom-munitycenter.org/calendar. Visit 778 Main St. (Rte 1), South Portland.

Wednesday, Jan. 19

Film on Creativity with Filmmakers6 p.m. The fi lm “M.C. Richards: The Fire Within” will be screened at the Maine College of Art, Osher Hall, 522 Con-gress St. The movie “is a love poet’s journey into discover-ing the delicate links between creativity and the imagination. In rare documentary footage about this pivotal fi gure in the New York avant garde, we witness Mary Caroline Richards (1916-1999) engage in contemplative questioning regard-ing the nature of art, imagination, wholeness, and commu-nity. Known for her infl uential book ‘CENTERING,’ M.C. was head of faculty at the experimental Black Mountain College (1949-51) serving with Robert Rauschenberg, Willem deKooning, Arthur Penn, Buckminster Fuller, Merce Cunningham, and John Cage among others. This fi lm has been selected for nine international fi lm festivals and won Best Film in the 2010 Image Gazer Film Festival. Filmmak-ers Richard Kane and Melody Lewis-Kane will present the fi lm at MECA’s Osher Hall, 522 Congress St., Portland. Admission free.” Sponsored by Maine College of Art. www.kanelewis.com

Capoeira: From Africa to Brazil to Maine6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Merrill Auditorium Rehearsal Hall. Port-land’s capoeira Mestre Joao Bordallo lectures on the reli-gious, historical, and contemporary vitality of capoeira, a martial art form created by African slaves in Brazil over 400 years ago. This lecture precedes the Balé Folclórico da Bahia performance, a 38-member troupe of dancers, instrumentalists, and singers, at 7:30 p.m. http://portlan-dovations.org

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Balé Folclórico da Bahia 7:30 p.m. Balé Folclórico da Bahia brings thrilling chore-ography, joyous rhythms, and a feisty, sensual exuberance to every performance. The 38-member troupe of dancers, instrumentalists, and singers performs a repertory based on Bahian folkloric dances of African origin including slave dances; capoeira, a form of martial arts; samba de roda and the lively traditions celebrating Carnival. The centerpiece of the evening, Sacred Heritage, is a work rooted in the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, created for the 20th anni-versary of the company, and seen in the U.S. for the fi rst time on this tour. $44; $38; $32. Members: $40; $34; $29. Students: $15. Merrill Auditorium.

48th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival7:30 p.m. Film event: Traveling tour of the 48th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival; Program 1: Wednesday, Jan. 19; Pro-gram 2: Wednesday, Jan. 26. SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. Doors open at 7 p.m. Film begins at 7:30 p.m.Admission $7, $5 for SPACE members and MECA students. Co-presented by the ICA at The Maine College of Art. The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the longest-running independent and experimental fi lm festival in North America, established in 1963. Internationally recognized as a premiere forum for independent fi lmmakers and artists, each year’s festi-val engages audiences with remarkable cinematic experi-ences. The AAFF is a pioneer of the traveling fi lm festival tour and each year presents short fi lms programs at more than 30 theaters, universities, museums and art house cin-emas throughout the world.

Thursday, Jan. 20

Labyrinth Walk 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Church’s 28-foot Char-tres-style indoor labyrinth will be open between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. for meditative walks. All are welcome. Trinity is located at the corner of 580 Forest Avenue in Portland. Walkers should allow approximately 30 minutes for their walk. FMI: 772-7421.

Rebekah Raye reads at Lyseth School5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Rebekah Raye, a Maine writer and artist known for her bird and animal paintings and sculptures, will read one of her stories and talk about her work at Portland’s Lyseth Elementary School. The public is invited to attend the free event, sponsored by the Lyseth School Parent Teacher Association Enrichment Committee. The reading will take place in the library of the school, located at 175 Auburn St. Raye will read her storybook, “The Very Best Bed,” which tells about a gray squirrel searching for a place to spend the night. After the reading, she will sign books. Children are encouraged to wear pajamas and bring their favorite stuffed animal to the event. Animal crackers and chocolate milk will be served. Raye won a 2010 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award in the category of environmental issues. She wrote and illustrated “Bear-ly There,” a book inspired partly by a visit by a bear to her studio and home in East Blue Hill. She also illustrated “Thanks to the Animals,” a book by Allen Sockabasin.

Boston artist E.S. Finney at UMF5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The University of Maine at Farmington Art Gallery kicks off the New Year with an exhibit of vast sculp-

tural works by Boston artist E.S. Finney. Dramatic in its sub-ject and scale, this free and open-to-the-public exhibition runs from Jan. 20–Feb. 20, with an opening reception at the gallery from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 20. Active in the Boston arts community, Finney constructs exciting sculptural works that are as imposing and mysterious as they are evocative. His work is built of massive wooden beams, motors, mirrors and found objects of every descrip-tion. Like the pieces included in this exhibit, his art explores the qualities of weight and weightlessness, darkness and light. Finney’s “Vehicle Intended for Fluid Movement” is the exhibit’s featured work. A unique timbered construction of a wooden sailing boat on a grand scale, it occupies both the fi rst and second gallery levels. Also included in the installa-tion is “Cornerstone,” an intriguingly antiquated construc-tion that tracks the passage of the sun. The UMF Art Gallery is located at 246 Main St. in Farmington, immediately behind the Admissions Offi ce. The gallery is open noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, during the UMF academic year and by appointment. For more information, or to make special arrangements, please call 207-778-7002, or email Elizabeth Olbert, director of the UMF Art Gallery, at [email protected].

Social Security Disability6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Social Security Disability with Henri and Anna Benoit. “Social Security Disability Benefi ts including: application process and appeals, evaluation, the role of healthcare providers and attorneys in the process. Designed with special consideration for cancer patients.” Free; pre-registration required. Phone: 774-2200; Email: [email protected]; Web: www.cancer-communitycenter.org/calendar. Visit 778 Main St. (Rte 1), South Portland.

New Gloucester Historical Society6:30 p.m. The January 2011 meeting of the New Gloucester Historical Society will be in the New Gloucester Meeting-house, Intervale Road (Route 231), next to the Town Hall. The program will be presented by a history class from Gray-New Gloucester Middle School that has just completed fi eld trips and projects related to local history. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served. The program will be followed by the society’s annual meeting.

Chuchito Valdes at The Landing7 p.m. Chuchito Valdes, following in the footsteps of his famed father Chucho Valdes and grandfather Bebo Valdes, continues the legacy of great piano players from Cuba. With infl uences of Caribbean rhythms and jazz, Chuchito creates an exciting and energetic blend of spicy music that drives audiences wild. Don’t miss ChuChito and his dynamic band on stage at The Landing at Pine Point. 353 Pine Point Road Scarborough.

Edward Albee’s ‘The Goat’7:30 p.m. “The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?” through Feb. 6 at Lucid Stage. “Martin — a hugely successful architect who has just turned fi fty — leads an ostensibly ideal life with his loving wife and gay teenage son. But when he con-fi des to his best friend that he is also in love with a goat (named Sylvia), he sets in motion events that will destroy his family and leave his life in tatters. Albee’s most provocative, daring, and controversial play since ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’.” Mad Horse Theatre Company is a resident, pro-fessional theatre ensemble based at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard. www.madhorse.com

Friday, Jan. 21

Richard Boyd Pottery Studio & Art Gallery10 a.m. Richard Boyd Pottery Studio & Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island, presents “Serenity,” a group show from Jan. 21 through Feb. 20. The exhibit features recent works in porcelain by gallery artists, potters Rick Boyd and Pamela Williamson. For more information contact the Art Gallery by phone 712.1097, email: [email protected] or visit www.richardboydpottery.com. Richard Boyd Gal-lery is located at the corner of Island Ave. and Epps St. on Peaks Island, fi rst building on the right.

2011 Sea Dogs Hot Stove Dinner 5:30 p.m. The Portland Sea Dogs, Double-A affi liate of the Boston Red Sox, have announced that Red Sox prospects Tim Federowicz and Will Middlebrooks have been added to the list of guests for the 2011 Sea Dogs Hot Stove Dinner and Silent Auction, presented by Hannaford Supermarkets. The event takes places at the Marriott Hotel at Sable Oaks in South Portland. Additionally, new Sea Dogs’ manager Kevin Boles will be formally introduced at the event. High-lighting the event are Red Sox outfi elder and former Sea Dog Ryan Kalish and Maine native and Milwaukee Brew-ers pitcher Mark Rogers. All proceeds from the dinner and silent auction will benefi t the Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program. Tickets can be ordered by phone at 879-9500 or online at www.seadogs.com. Individual tickets are $50 each; reserved tables of 10 are also available for $500. Everyone who attends will receive a signed 8 X 10 photo of Ryan Kalish and Mark Rogers.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse7:30 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning as “Dorothy Gale.” OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a reservation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com.

Saturday, Jan. 22

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse2 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning as “Dorothy Gale.” OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a reservation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com.

‘Fiddler on the Roof’2 p.m. and 7 p.m. National Broadway Tour presented by Portland Ovations. “The Tony Award winning musical that has captured the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal comes to Portland. Based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ has been lauded by critics again and again. Filled with a rousing, heart-warming score, which includes ‘Tradition,’ ‘Matchmaker, Matchmaker,’ ‘If I Were A Rich Man’ and ‘Sunrise, Sunset,’ ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ is a timeless classic. No other musi-cal has so magically woven music, dance, poignancy and laughter into such an electrifying and unforgettable experi-ence. Merrill Auditorium.

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Rosemont to start a crime watch

The Rosement neigh-borhood will begin a crime watch later this month with help from City Councilor Ed Suslovic and members of the Portland Police Department.

At a meeting on Tues-day, Jan. 25 the neigh-borhood’s senior lead offi cer, Tim Farris, will present various strate-gies that can be used to establish a crime watch and help guide the neighborhood as they develop a program that best meets their needs and concerns.

“This meeting is a great fi rst step toward improving the safety of the Rosemont neigh-borhood and reducing crime,” said Suslovic.

“When you organize the eyes and ears of a community, it not only allows the residents to feel safer and more in control of their neigh-borhood but it also brings people together to form a more close knit community.

South Portland eyes property for City Hall

The South Portland City Council decided Monday to begin explor-ing the option of buying an offi ce building adja-cent to City Hall, accord-ing to a report in The Forecaster weekly news-paper.

According to South Portland City Manager Jim Gailey, the property at 148 Ocean St. would be important purchase for the city, which could use the space if it decides to build a new City Hall, the paper reported, and the purchase would help the city to keep the City Hall in the Knightville-Mill Creek area, a stated goal of the council.

The city attempted to purchase the prop-erty at 148 Ocean St. once before in 2005, but the efforts were put off to allow the city deal with more immediate concerns, according to Gailey. Built in 1940, the complex at 148 Ocean St. sits on a third of an acre and has an assessed value of $480,600.

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