The Portland Daily Sun, Thursday, March 24, 2011

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State budget cuts prompt groups to hold info-meeting

‘Promise’ of spring in Portland Melissa Howe and Luca Richards chat in front of an Arnold Promise witch hazel tree at Post Office Park Wednesday. The cultivar name “Arnold Promise” alludes to Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University, where hybrid seeds were collected in the 1940s. “’Arnold Promise’ is the very best of the earlyblooming witch hazels, at least for New England gardeners. It is a far better plant than either of its parents, particularly in regard to its flowering,” wrote Richard E. Weaver Jr. in a treatise about the origins of Arnold Promise. Information on this tree was provided by city arborist Jeff Tarling. See the Bloom Burg report on page 9. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Services, immigration key issues are a lot of different BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN changes proposed that could affect all comTonight a variety of munities — especially local political groups working and lowand state delegates income families,” said will host a public Reinholt. forum at King Middle Such changes School to discuss the include an overhaul state budget, immiof the state’s general grant issues and voter assistance program, Russell registration legislachanges to qualification currently pending tions for MaineCare, in Augusta. pension reform, the Tempo“Education is a really imporrary Assistance for Needy tant part of the budget proFamilies (TANF) program, the cess, so opportunities like the state’s tax/rent refund "Cirone [tonight] really provide cuit Breaker" program and the a chance to really engage the ability of Maine voters to regiscommunity in conversation ter at the polls on election day. about the budget,” said Lizzy “These are all proposals that Reinholt, communication coorcould have a real impact on dinator for Engage Maine. Maine families and communiReinholt said that recent ties,” said Reinholt. legislation in the legislature District 120 representacould seriously affect some tive Diane Russell will be on low-income Mainers and parts hand to hear concerns from of the immigrant community, members of her own district. and that the forum is a chance Russell said the idea for the for members of these commucommunity forum started earnities to educated themselves lier this month when a busload on changes to state assistance of members from Portland’s programs. “In the state budget there see CUTS page 3

Activist or terrorist? UMF students bring Ayers for ed talk BY CURTIS ROBINSON

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A controversial icon of protest against the Vietnam war is headed to the University of Maine at Farmington to discuss education policy next week, being sponsored appropriately enough by both the Student Education Association of Maine and Peace Acivists in Training (PAinT).

The days, most of us may think of the “Weather Underground” as a good website to check ski conditions, but in the 1970s the words identified a group on the vanguard of violent protest against the Vietnam “police action.” They

surfaced during the Chicago Seven trial and most famously bombed the Pentagon among other targets; whether they were a terrorist group or political activists depends partly on point of view, and partly on how much history you’ve soaked up. Eventually, charges against them were dropped — I don’t see AYERS page 5

Bill Ayers worked as Assistant Deputy Mayor for Education in Chicago in 1990. (Photo courtesy of the Rag Blog, http://theragblog.blogspot. com)

‘Ghost Hunters’ at Fort Knox to air

Egg-spectations on new dumb laws

Maine Handicapped Skiing gets a lift by going downhill

See story on page 3

See Bob Higgins on page 4

See Marty Basch’s ski column on page 6


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