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A Metro bus prepares to disembark along Congress Street Monday. Dave Redlefsen, general manager of Greater Portland Transit District, which operates Metro buses, said there were about 6,500 fewer riders last year than in 2010. See the story on page 7. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Downs and ups of driving in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (NY Times) — The southwest border of Beverly Hills runs along Whitworth Drive. In some ways, it is impossible to distinguish where that city ends and this sprawling one begins. The houses are not drastically different and the lawns are manicured on both sides of the road.

Keeping up with repairs has proved a daunting task in a city that is responsible for about 6,500 miles of road.

Oh, but that road. Drive west on Whitworth and the car rides like a luxury sedan.

Drive east and it is more like a covered wagon bouncing across a pockmarked prairie.

In a city where driving takes up an enormous amount of physical and mental energy, it is hardly surprising that the holes in the roads provoke deep irritation, the sort of thing that residents pester the mayor about when they spot him out and about.

For decades, more streets fell into disrepair than were fixed.

But now, the mayor said with no small amount of pride, the city’s streets are not getting worse.

“That hasn’t happened since World War II,” Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa. “Of course the standard should be fixing more streets, not just stopping them from falling apart.”

Late last year, the mayor floated a plan to spend $750 million over the next several years to fix roughly 1,500 miles of streets, far more than the city has been able to do in the past several decades. But members of the City Council have voiced skepticism over the plan, which they said would cost too much money.

In 2008, voters in the county approved a half-cent sales tax to raise $36 billion over three decades to pay for transportation programs.

The mayor’s plan would involve borrowing more money to rapidly improve the streets and repaying it using the city’s revenues from the half-cent tax.

According to a study in 2009 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the Los Angeles metropolitan area had the poorest road quality of any metro area in the country, based on data and reports from local drivers — although San Diego and San Francisco were not far behind. The study found that 64 percent of all roads in the Los Angeles area were poor, and an additional 28 percent were mediocre. And residents here pay more annually to repair their vehicles because of the rough roads than any other area in the country.

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Iran imposes death sentence on alleged U.S. spy

BY HARVEY MORRIS THE NEW YORK TIMES

LONDON — Iran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced to death a former United States military serviceman of Iranian descent on charges of spying for the Central Intelligence Agency, Iranian news agencies reported on Monday.

The former serviceman, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, 28, is the first American to receive a death sentence in Iran since the Islamic Revolution more than 30 years ago ushered in the estrangement in American-Iranian relations that has reached new levels of tension in recent months. Mr. Hekmati’s family in the United States has insisted he is no spy and was merely visiting family in Iran.

“It’s a very shocking sentence,” said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, a New York-based advocacy group that has been following Mr. Hekmati’s case.

In Washington, the White House said it was working

to verify the Iranian news accounts about the death sentence. ”If true, we strongly condemn such a verdict and will work with our partners to convey our condemnation to the Iranian government,” said Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the White House’s National Security Council. “Allegations that Mr. Hekmati either worked for, or was sent to Iran by the CIA are false. The Iranian regime has a history of falsely accusing people of being spies, of eliciting forced confessions, and of holding innocent Americans for political reasons. We call upon the Iranian government to grant the Swiss protecting power immediate access to Mr. Hekmati, grant Mr. Hekmati access to legal counsel, and release him without delay.”

Mr. Hekmati, who has been imprisoned in Iran since August, had been charged by prosecutors with receiving espionage training at American bases in Afghanistan and Iraq before infiltrating Iran.

Accounts by the official Islamic Republic News Agency

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and semi-official Fars news agency said he was sentenced to death for cooperating with a hostile government and membership in the C.I.A. “The court found him Corrupt on Earth and Mohareb (waging war on God),” according to Fars.

The formulation is routinely used in cases against alleged enemies of the Islamic Republic, and the charge carries the death sentence.

Mr. Hekmati’s detention became public last month when Iranian state television broadcast video of him. It identified him as an American-born Iranian-American from Arizona.

In the video, the man iden-

tified as Mr. Hekmati said he joined the United States Army after graduating from high school in 2001, served in Iraq and received training in languages and espionage.

He said he was sent to Iran by the C.I.A. to gain the trust of the Iranian authorities by handing over information, some misleading and some accurate. If his first mission was successful, he said he was told, there would be more missions.

The claims in the video could not be verified at the time. The C.I.A. declined to comment after the broadcast on Dec. 18.

In the televised confession, Mr. Hekmati was shown speaking in fluent English and Persian. He said he was a C.I.A. operative sent to infiltrate the Iranian intelligence ministry.

Iranian officials said their agents had identified him at the American-run Bagram air base in Afghanistan and tracked him as he infiltrated Iran. Mr. Hekmati’s family in the United States told American news media that he had traveled to Iran to visit his grandmothers and was not a spy.

Court wrestles with voting rights case Daley set to leave as Obama’s top staffer

BY ADAM LIPTAK THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — Several members of the Supreme Court appeared frustrated on Monday as they surveyed the available options and looming deadlines in a major voting rights case from Texas that could help decide control of the House.

The case is a result of a population boom in Texas, which gained more than four million people in the last decade, about 65 percent of them Hispanic. The growth entitles the state to four additional Congressional seats.

The Texas Legislature, controlled by Republicans, enacted new electoral maps for both state houses the federal House of Representatives in May and June to take account of the growth in population, and Gov. Rick Perry signed them into law in July.

Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, though, the maps may not be used until they are approved, or “precleared,” by either the Justice Department or a special three-judge court in Washington. Texas officials chose to go to court, and they have so far not received clearance.

In the meantime, a second special threejudge federal court, this one in San Antonio, Tex., drew a competing set of electoral maps when Texas failed to obtain prompt federal clearance. The question for the

Supreme Court justices is whether the court-drawn maps give enough deference to the Legislature’s choices. The answer may help determine whether the new districts elect Democrats or Republicans.

Texas officials appealed the San Antonio court’s decisions, saying the judges in the majority had indeed not paid enough deference to the Legislature’s maps.

Democratic and Hispanic groups countered that the Legislature’s maps deserve no deference because they have not been cleared by the federal government. They also said the maps were flawed in failing to ensure that Hispanics are able to elect candidates of their choice in some of the new districts.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor seemed sympathetic to those arguments. Since the Legislature’s new maps have not been cleared, they are invalid, Justice Sotomayor said.

“The only thing that exists are old maps until you get preclearance,” she said. But the old maps contemplate 32 rather than 36 Congressional districts.

Several justices asked just how quickly they would have to act to make sure elections in Texas, where the primaries have already been pushed back to April, can proceed in an orderly way. “ We’re all under the gun of very strict time limitations,” said Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

President Obama announced on Monday that William M. Daley, the White House chief of staff, was stepping down, after a frustrating year in which Mr. Daley struggled to find his footing in a ferociously partisan Washington. He will be replaced by Jacob J. Lew, the budget director.

Mr. Obama, who recruited Mr. Daley a year ago, announced the departure at 3 p.m. in the State Dining Room. It is the most significant shakeup yet in the Obama White House, which has prided itself on a lack of internal drama, with a tightly knit circle of senior advisers playing a dominant role.

“Obviously this was not easy news to hear,” Mr. Obama said, adding that he had asked Mr. Daley to reconsider his decision to go home to Chicago, but that “the pull of the hometown we both love, a city that’s been synonymous with the Daley family for generations, was too great.”

Mr. Daley submitted his resignation to Mr. Obama last week, a senior administration official said.

His successor, Mr. Lew, known as Jack, is a well-regarded veteran of the White House budget office, State Department and Wall Street. With his long experience on Capitol Hill, officials said he would be able to forge better ties to Congress.

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Huntsman courts Independent vote in N.H.

BY ABBY GOODNOUGH THE NEW YORK TIMES

CONCORD, N.H. – Fueled by momentum from his weekend debate performances and rising standing in the polls, Jon M. Huntsman Jr. hustled to independent voter strongholds around New Hampshire on Monday to make the case that he, not Mitt Romney, would be the most formidable Republican challenger to President Obama in November.

Mr. Huntsman, the former governor of Utah, is taking increasingly strong swipes at Mr. Romney, from whom he hopes to siphon the votes of independents and moderate Republicans. At a stop in Concord, he appeared to relish referencing Mr. Romney’s statement at a Nashua Chamber of Commerce breakfast earlier in the day that he liked “being able to fire people” whose performance disappointed him, although Mr. Romney was speaking more generally about businesses that provide bad service.

Before addressing supporters in downtown Concord in the late morning, Mr. Huntsman stopped and proclaimed to reporters: “Governor Romney enjoys firing people; I enjoy creating jobs.”

He later added, “It may be that he’s slightly out of touch with the economic reality playing out in America right now, and that’s a dangerous place to be.”

In the latest release of the 7 News/Suffolk University tracking poll of likely voters in the state’s Republican primary, 13 percent said they planned to vote for or leaned toward Mr. Huntsman, compared with 33 percent for Mr. Romney, 20 percent for Representative Ron Paul of Texas, and 11 percent for Newt Gingrich.

“It seems to me that every passing hour, today going into tomorrow, the expectations are changing,” Mr. Huntsman told reporters at Concord’s Eagle Square, where several dozen supporters waved signs and shouted, “Country first” – a reference to Mr. Huntsman’s weekend clash

with Mr. Romney over whether his work for the Obama administration, as ambassador to China, made him a poor choice to challenge the President in November.

He refused, though, to predict whether he might place second in the primary or how he might fare after New Hampshire.

“We’ve got to prove the point of electability here,” he said. “Having established that, and I think we’re going to find that tomorrow night, we can then move on to South Carolina.”

To do well on Tuesday, Mr. Huntsman would need to draw support not only from independents but from registered Republicans, who in recent days have seemed, based on informal surveys, to be in short supply at his events.

Eric Orff, an independent voter from Epsom who came to hear Mr. Huntsman speak in Concord, said he admired Mr. Huntsman’s willingness to work with both Republicans and Democrats, but predicted he would place behind Mr. Romney and Mr. Paul.

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Romney waves away opponents’ intensifying attacks

BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney on Monday dismissed intensifying attacks by his Republican rivals on his role at a corporate buyout firm, expressing confidence just a day before New Hampshire voters go to the polls.

The attacks came as Mr. Romney’s lead in New Hampshire appears to be slipping. A Suffolk University/7News tracking poll on Monday showed him still leading but with just 33 percent support, down from 43 percent in the same poll five days ago.

Newt Gingrich, after a campaign stop in Manchester, demanded that Mr. Romney explain in more detail the impact that Mr. Romney’s investment firm, Bain Capital, had on jobs. He said that Mr. Romney promotes his credentials as a businessman and should expound upon the buying and selling of companies.

“It’s a legitimate question about exactly what happened: Where did the money go? Who got the money? What happened to the people involved?” Mr. Gingrich told reporters. “He’s the one who went around and said he has 20 years experience — fine. Now let’s talk about the 20 years experience.”

Earlier on NBC’s “Today” show, Mr. Gingrich said Bain Capital “apparently looted the companies, left people unemployed and walked off with millions of dollars.”

Mitt Romney’s Republican rivals have upped their attacks recently (NEW YORK TIMES PHOTO).

In Concord, N.H., Jon M. Huntsman Jr. seized on a comment by Mr. Romney earlier Monday that he liked “to fire people,” saying that the quip reveals a difference between Mr. Romney and himself.

“It seems that Governor Romney believes in putting politics first; Governor Romney enjoys firing people — I enjoy creating jobs,” Mr. Huntsman said. “It may be that he’s slightly out of touch with the economic reality playing out in America right now, and that’s a dangerous place to be.”

Mr. Huntsman was referring to comments Mr. Romney made during a stop in Nashua, telling an audience that giving people choice in health care

would allow them to dismiss the health care providers and insurance companies they disliked.

“If you don’t like what they do, you can fire them,” Mr. Romney said. “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.”

Speaking to reporters in Manchester, Mr. Romney waved aside the attacks, saying he had expected “free enterprise” to be put “on trial” by Democrats, but said he was not worried by the attacks from his Republican rivals.

“I’ve got broad shoulders and I’m happy to describe my experience in the private economy and the fact that if you take all of the businesses that we invested in over our many years, over

100 different businesses and collectively, they net-net added over 100,000 new jobs,” Mr. Romney said.

Mr. Romney said the comments about liking to fire people was taken out of context.

“I was speaking about insurance companies, and the need to be able to make a choice, and my comments entirely reflected that discussion,” he said. “We should be able to choose the insurance company of our choice. We should not have to have one foisted upon us by the president and ‘Obamacare.’ ” Mr. Romney’s news conference with reporters, his first of the new year, lasted about five-and-a-half minutes.

It came as the Democratic National Committee joined the Republican candidates in immediately seizing on the “firing” comment, sending out video of it to reporters.

And campaigning in South Carolina, Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, also hammered Mr. Romney, saying that under Mr. Romney, Bain Capital “looted” a company in Gaffney, S.C., and got “rich off failures and sticking it to someone else.”

“I have no doubt Mitt Romney was worried about pink slips — whether he was going to have enough of them to hand out because his company, Bain Capital, of all the jobs that they killed,” Mr. Perry told more than 100 diners at a breakfast gathering here on Monday morning.

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Metro transportation not an option for Ocean Avenue Elem. students Editor, As members of Ocean Avenue Elementary School’s, Safe Routes to School PTO committee, we would be remiss if we didn’t respond to Bob Higgins Dec. 29 article titled “Taking a paid walk.” Bob drew inaccurate conclusions based on misleading assumptions that should not go unaddressed.

The crux of Bob’s article, that students are “taking a paid walk” is based on his belief that the federal government is funding walk and bike to school programs when those students should be using federally-funded public transportation. As Bob stated, “Let’s back this puppy up a few steps.” It is a challenge to sort through the various federal transportation funding streams and how they are appropriated.

The Portland-based Metro and the public school transportation system are separately funded services to start. The Metro transportation is not, we repeat not, currently a viable option for Ocean Avenue Elementary students or their parents to get to school.

First of all, there is no Metro line that currently services Ocean Avenue. So, Bob’s fundamental point that we are paying kids not to use the Metro system is, frankly, absurd. Transportation services are offered to students who live outside a defined radius to the school (ranging in between half and three quarters of a mile depending on age). Students living within that distance are expected to get to school by walking, biking, or being dropped off by car. see LETTERS page 5

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America’s unlevel field Last month President Obama gave a speech invoking the spirit of Teddy Roosevelt on behalf of progressive ideals — and Republicans were not happy. Mitt Romney, in particular, insisted that where Roosevelt believed that “government should level the playing field to create equal opportunities,” Mr. Obama believes that “government should create equal outcomes,” that we should have a society where “everyone receives the same or similar rewards, regardless of education, effort and willingness to take risk.”

As many people were quick to point out, this portrait of the president as radical redistributionist was pure fiction. What hasn’t been as widely noted, however, is that Mr. Romney’s picture of himself as a believer in a level playing field is just as fictional.

Where is the evidence that he or his party cares at all about equality of opportunity?

Let’s talk for a minute about the actual state of the playing field.

Americans are much more likely than citizens of other nations to believe that they live in a meritocracy. But this self-image is a fantasy: as a report in The Times last week pointed out, America actually stands out as the advanced country in which it matters most who your parents were, the country in which those born on one

Paul Krugman ––––– The New York Times of society’s lower rungs have the least chance of climbing to the top or even to the middle.

And if you ask why America is more class-bound in practice than the rest of the Western world, a large part of the reason is that our government falls down on the job of creating equal opportunity.

The failure starts early: in America, the holes in the social safety net mean that both lowincome mothers and their children are all too likely to suffer from poor nutrition and receive inadequate health care. It continues once children reach school age, where they encounter a system in which the affluent send their kids to good, well-financed public schools or, if they choose, to private schools, while less-advantaged children get a far worse education.

Once they reach college age, those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds are far less likely to go to college — and vastly less likely to go to a top-tier school — than those luckier in their par-

entage. At the most selective, “Tier 1” schools, 74 percent of the entering class comes from the quarter of households that have the highest “socioeconomic status”; only 3 percent comes from the bottom quarter.

And if children from our society’s lower rungs do manage to make it into a good college, the lack of financial support makes them far more likely to drop out than the children of the affluent, even if they have as much or more native ability. One long-term study by the Department of Education found that students with high test scores but low-income parents were less likely to complete college than students with low scores but affluent parents — loosely speaking, that smart poor kids are less likely than dumb rich kids to get a degree.

It’s no wonder, then, that Horatio Alger stories, tales of poor kids who make good, are much less common in reality than they are in legend — and much less common in America than they are in Canada or Europe. Which brings me back to those, like Mr. Romney, who claim to believe in equality of opportunity. Where is the evidence for that claim?

Think about it: someone who really wanted equal opportunity would be very concerned about see KRUGMAN page 5

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This ripe moment The narcolepsy of the long Yuletide draws to a close and the world reawakens to its self-spun web of mutually reinforcing fiascos.

Just before the holiday, a sense of futility darkened the European banking landscape as cascading sovereign default looked more and more inevitable. It was halted by a bazooka-caliber currency swap Ponzi that allowed the European Central Bank to pretend it had a $700-billion bag of sugar-plums to hand out to more than 200 banks there. That gambit will only keep up the appearance of normality for a couple of months, until the late winter bond rollover provokes a new crisis stage.

Likewise, in the USA, some pressure-cooked December employment statistics gave the false impression of a brightening jobs picture, but no major news network dared to glance behind the curtain at the short-term holiday hires, the uncounted longterm jobless, the ones who don’t show up at the government offices anymore, the ones who stopped getting checks, the legions of the hopeless. A nation that can’t call ‘bullshit’ on its own lies deserves all the suffering that might rain down upon it, and that’s exactly where we are heading as things economic morph into things political.

How quaint the current Republican

James Howard Kunstler ––––– Kunstler.com jousting tournament will seem in a few months when real violence rides in on the zephyrs of springtime. Each new primary is like the unloading of a Ringling Brothers clown car. There is an inverse relationship between the seriousness of these times and the laughable personalities vying for a place in history. Are they running for high office or auditioning for the role of Parson Weems in a new Lifetime Network TV mini-series? Are you charmed by their absurd casual clothing? Comforted by their know-nothing jabber about the “game-changer” of shale oil and their sincere doubts about the climate change “story?” Is it morally satisfying to know that one or another of these candidates won’t drink a beer? (They’d make good Ayatollahs.) In what sort of Creationist parthenogenetic incubator are such pietistic idiots hatched? What these sanctimonious pricks don’t realize they are doing is destroying the very legitimacy of the idea that we’re capa-

ble of governing ourselves per se.

This is the long-term direction of life in North America, by the way - a breakup into small autonomous governing units. It’s just that the current cast of characters brings an aura of low comedy to the process. By the time they’re through with Washington, the credibility of Federalism will sound like a knock-knock joke.

As for the other side, the “folks” now occupying the White House and its folkster-in-chief, Mr. Obama — the time has come to abandon them.

Their failure is complete with the new national security act that allows for suspension of due process of law.

The cheek of Mr. Obama in offering a “signing statement” to the effect that his administration would not enforce the law! — as he signed it! For one thing, Obama tacitly invited his own impeachment by declaring he had no intention of enforcing federal law, since enforcement is the chief duty of his office.

If John Boehner were not himself such a fraud, he would have started a motion for impeachment before sundown that day.

Occupy Wall Street will seem like a mere harvest dance when we look back from the uproars later in 2012.

Both organized parties have managed to banish the rule of law in America.

Both parties need to be driven into the wilderness of history and the rule of law has to be rescued from the oblivion they sent it to. What group of clear-thinking adults can get behind that simple project? What voices will resolve out of the phenomenal noise of gadget America, with its deafening tweets, incessant advertising, instant messaging, idiotic robo-calling, and ever-present flat-screen assault on the senses?

I discern the distant sound of rebellion, a spirit that won’t be appeased by bytes of Disney-babble from the pandering snouts of Romney, Santorum, Gingrich, Paul or Obama.

They are interested only in keeping a set of suicidal rackets going. All the yammer about “freedom” and “liberty” is hollow when the rule of law is AWOL. This ripe time is the natural moment for a true opposition to rise.

A few months from now neither major party will have a credible candidate or a plausible platform of ideas. This will be painfully obvious. What angels and demons will rush into that awful vacuum?

(James Howard Kunstler is the author of several books, including “The Long Emergency,” “The Geography of Nowhere” and “The Witch of Hebron.”

Email him at jhkunstler@mac.com.)

Horatio Alger stories stuff of legend KRUGMAN from page 4

the inequality of our current system. He would support more nutritional aid for low-income mothers-to-be and young children. He would try to improve the quality of public schools. He would support aid to low-income college students. And he would support what every other advanced country has, a universal health care system, so that nobody need worry about untreated illness or crushing medical bills.

If Mr. Romney has come out for any of these things, I’ve missed it. And the Congressional wing of his party seems determined to make upward mobility even harder. For example, Republicans have tried to slash funds for the Women, Infants and Children program, which helps provide adequate nutrition to

low-income mothers and their children; they have demanded cuts in Pell grants, which are designed to help lower-income students afford college.

And they have, of course, pledged to repeal a health reform that, for all its imperfections, would finally give Americans the guaranteed care that everyone else in the advanced world takes for granted.

So where is the evidence that Mr. Romney or his party actually believes in equal opportunity? Judging by their actions, they seem to prefer a society in which your station in life is largely determined by that of your parents — and in which the children of the very rich get to inherit their estates tax-free.

Teddy Roosevelt would not have approved.

Metro, public school transportation system separately funded services LETTERS from page 4

Secondly, the scope of the federally-funded Safe Routes to School program, of which Ocean Avenue Elementary was one of 26 schools in the nation recognized with a $1,000 mini grant award, is broad.

The Safe Routes to School program is about promoting health and wellness.

Maine has an epidemic of adult and childhood obesity, our children (and their families) need more encouragement and opportunities to be physically active and walking and biking to school is a great way to get kids moving before they start their school day. Anecdotally, it has been shown that students who have some level of physical activity before they arrive to school are more alert, more productive in the classroom and generally less stressed. Are those not striking benefits to consider here?

Ocean Avenue Elementary sits in the middle of the Back Cove neighborhood and houses nearly 450 students. Eighteen percent of the students are ineligible for the school bus, which means at the very least 80 students and their caregivers picking up and dropping off at the school. Every morning and afternoon neighborhood streets risk congestion from cars picking up and dropping off children at the school.

The Safe Routes to School program encourages less parent driving, more walking and biking to the school and, as a measure of safety, encourages safer driving in around the school zone.

So, Bob, we suggest you get out and take an unpaid walk one morning to see our program in action. You better believe the $1,000 grant will be put to good use. Students have already received bike and pedestrian classroom-based safety training, research is currently being done about the current barriers to

walking and biking within the Ocean Avenue School community and encouragement activities are being planned to get more students involved in the program throughout the rest of this school year. In fact, Ocean Avenue Elementary was awarded the grant because of its very considered grant plan and budget.

So you can be guaranteed this $1,000 will be stretched for maximum impact. We wish you had just picked up the phone to do a little more investigative reporting before you wrote your article and a little less assuming, we would have been more than happy to take your call.

Sincerely, The Ocean Avenue Elementary School’s Safe Routes to School PTO Committee Kristin Sims-Kastelein Tobin Scipione Cathy Steele

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A honey of a location, even in the winter Tom Bachelder with Tom’s Honey and More of Buckfield has been one of the holdouts in Monument Square, selling honey products from a stand where the Wednesday farmer’s market took place over the summer.

Bachelder said he also sells products at the winter market, held each Saturday in the Maine Irish Heritage Center on State and Gray streets.

Alewive’s Brook Farm of Cape Elizabeth was another vendor recently occupying Monument Square on a Wednesday, trying to take advantage of foot traffic. The Wednesday market officially ended several weeks ago, but farmers say they have customers who will seek them out in the square, even in the winter. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Portland woman charged with trafficking in Oxycodone DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS In an investigation by Maine drug agents and Portland police, a Portland woman, 23-year-old Briana Roberts, has been charged with selling Oxycodone, state police reported.

Seized with the arrest were almost 1,000 prescription pills and an amount of cocaine, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. Maine Drug Enforcement Agency Supervisor Kevin Cashman said Roberts is charged with aggravated trafficking of Oxycodone.

Cashman said MDEA agents and Portland Police served a search warrant at 36 Pine St. in Portland last Friday after an investigation was started from complaints of suspected drug activity. During the search of the residence, agents located and seized 998 Oxycodone pills that were in baggies which Roberts had attempted to conceal on her body, a state police press release stated. The street value of the pills is $15,000. Agents also seized 19 grams of suspected cocaine that was packaged for re-sale, with a street value of $1,900, state police said. The cocaine was found in a bedroom, the press release stated.

Roberts, who lives at 36 Pine St., was transported to the Cumberland County Jail where she was held over the weekend on $10,000 bail.

State senator unlikely to challenge Pingree; Michaud to face Raye A Republican state senator from York County who had been considering a run against Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree now says it’s unlikely he’ll enter the race, according to published reports.

Maine Senate Majority Leader Jon Courtney, R-Springvale, told the Portland Press Herald that such a campaign was “probably pretty unlikely” but that he hadn’t yet ruled it out.

Courtney told the paper that Pingree’s wealth

from billionaire financier husband Donald Sussman is a leading factor in his decision.

Pingree, who lives in North Haven, serves in Maine’s first congressional district, which includes York, Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties and most of Kennebec County.

Pingree was first elected to Congress in 2006.

Both Pingree and U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, who serves in Maine’s second congressional district, are expected to retain their seats in 2012, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.

Republican State Sen. Kevin Raye announced Thursday he had filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run against Michaud.

Planning board to review West Commercial St. rezoning today The Portland Planning board will hold a workshop this afternoon on the proposed rezoning of about 8.5 acres on West Commercial Street.

J.B. Brown & Sons is seeking the rezoning to allow for new development on the site, which stretches from Benny’s Fried Clams to the Star Match Company complex. The company wants the zoning changed from WPDZ and R-4 to B-5b, which would allow new construction up to 65 feet.

The workshop will be held at 3:30 p.m. at City Hall.

Gas prices surge over past week Gas prices have increased by nearly 10 cents a gallon in the past week as concerns about Iran and a sustained rally on Wall Street have brought higher crude oil prices.

As of yesterday, the average cost for a gallon of regular unleaded jumped to $3.46 in Maine, compared to about 3.37 a week ago, according to the price tracking website Mainegasprices.com. A year ago, a gallon of regular cost about $3.18.

The highest-priced gas in the state can be found in Presque Isle, where a gallon was selling yesterday

for $3.64 per gallon at several stations. The cheapest gas could be found in Athens, where Jim’s Variety was selling regular for $3.29 per gallon. In Portland, 7-11 at Brighton and St. John Street was selling gas for $3.34 per gallon, the cheapest in town.

Crude oil prices have surged in recent weeks amid saber rattling by Iran and a winning streak in global stock markets. Yesterday, however, crude oil fell about $1 per barrel, to $100.53 in midday trading, according to Bloomberg.

Bill to allow private prisons killed AUGUSTA — A bill that would allow private firms to operate a prison in Maine has been killed in the Maine Legislature.

State Sen. Stanley Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, proposed the bill last year as a way to better address Maine’s aging prison population, according to the Associated Press.

But after the measure failed to draw interest from any companies in the private prison industry, Gerzofsky asked members of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee to vote it down, AP reported.

No trash or recycling on MLK Day The Department of Public Services Solid Waste crews will not collect trash or recycling on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 16, the city announced yesterday.

Residents who normally receive collection services on Monday will have their trash and recycling collected the Saturday before, Jan. 14. Residents of Peaks Island, Great Diamond Island, Little Diamond Island and Cliff Island will have their recycling and trash collection the following day, Tuesday, Jan. 17.

All items should be out by 6:30 a.m. to ensure collection. 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 Tuesday, Jan. 17, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Phil Gurney and Lynn Beach push a shopping cart topped off with skis that they said they found in an alley. “They had a note on them, ‘Please take me,’” Gurney said. The pair stopped at 604 Thrift at 604 Congress St. in an unsuccessful effort to sell them. With a mostly dry winter, skiers may be giving up on hitting the backcountry or the slopes. Gurney and Beach hoped to make money off the apparent product of a snow-free winter. They said they’re homeless, and Beach said she’s pregnant with twins, so they said they could use the money. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

High gas prices or not, Metro bus ridership dipped in 2011

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Metro ridership soared in 2008 when gas prices broke $4 per gallon for the first time. That same surge never materialized in 2011, even though fuel prices once again hovered around the $4 mark.

Dave Redlefsen, general manager of Greater Portland Transit District, which operates Metro buses, said there were about 6,500 fewer riders last year than in 2010 — a drop of about .5 percent. All told, there were 1,433,664 riders on Metro buses last year. Gas prices played a role.

“In 2008 the threshold for leaving the keys on the kitchen counter and taking public transit was $4 per gallon,” Redlefsen said.

“We came close last year but we didn’t hit it.”

Metro serves Portland, Westbrook and Falmouth, as well as the Maine Mall section of South Portland. Year-end ridership data for South Portland Bus Service, which is not affiliated with Metro, was not available.

Although it was not a major issue, bus ridership was a recurring theme in the Portland mayor’s race last fall as various candidates discussed ways to boost ridership or encourage green transit options.

Markos Miller, for instance, noted that Boulder, Colo., does not charge a fare and instead relies on higher ridership to yield more in federal subsidies, which

“In 2008 the threshold for leaving the keys on the kitchen counter and taking public transit was $4 per gallon. We came close last year but we didn’t hit it.” — Dave Redlefsen, general manager of Greater Portland Transit District are calculated based on ridership. John Eder proposed saving taxpayer money by transporting students to school on city buses instead of yellow school buses.

Although Metro's 2012 fiscal budget won’t be completed until sometime next month, those proposals and others such as an annual pass are not included in the plan, said Councilor Kevin Donoghue, who serves on Metro’s board of directors.

That said, Metro is planning to extend service evening service on the #1 bus starting in May, Donoghue said. Currently, the last No. 1 bus leaves Monument Square at 7:15 p.m., but in May, new runs will be added at 7:55 p.m., 8:55 p.m. and 10:35 p.m. The No. 1 bus runs along Congress Street from Munjoy Hill to points in the West End. “On a broader level, I believe we need to improve our data analysis so we can better match the supply of service for the demand of travel,” Donoghue said yesterday in an email.

“Generally, if we do not know

when and where our buses are traveling above or below average occupancy, we will not be able to achieve our optimal service levels or attain our maximum ridership potential,” he added.

Despite the dip in ridership last year, Redlefsen did not expect to lose any federal funding. Metro, which has a $6.14 million annual budget in 2011, received more than $1.3 million last year from the Federal Transit Administration.

Metro is funded through bus fares, advertising, subsidies from member communities and the federal government. Redlefsen said overall revenue totals from 2011 were not finalized yet.

Looking ahead to 2012, the agency is bracing for the loss of $70,000 in fuel subsidies from the Internal Revenue Service for its buses that run on natural gas.

And after buying seven new buses last year, Redlefsen predicted few major capital purchases this year.

“Right now we are hoping for an increase this year in ridership,” he said yesterday. “There was a little bit of a spike in fuel prices last year, but we didn’t see the same ridership (volumes) we did in 2008, when ridership went up as fuel went up.”

“There was a little spike in fuel cost but we didn’t see corresponding increase in ridership with that,” Redlefsen continued. “And when fuel prices went down, we didn’t see drop in (ridership) then either.”

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Ayla Reynolds case fuels few public leads, ample speculation ‘Find Ayla Reynolds’ Facebook page opens itself up to opinions

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

In the nationally publicized case of Ayla Reynolds, there's been no shortage of speculation about the missing Waterville toddler whose disappearance in mid-December has turned into a widely followed criminal investigation.

And while authorities for weeks have urged the public not to speculate or spread rumors, on Saturday, one of the most closely followed Facebook pages devoted to the missing girl, "Find Ayla Reynolds Missing Since 12/16/2011 From Waterville, Maine," apparently changed course and solicited personal opinions.

"It's been 22 days since Ayla Reynolds was reported Missing," the page administrator posted Saturday. "What do you think happened to Ayla? This is an open discussion, all comments will be allowed. Your theories, suggestions, clues and observations are of interest to us all."

This new tack from a page that boasts over 12,000 followers flies in the face of official police policy.

On Thursday, Waterville Police wrote, "Responding publicly to rumors is a dangerous thing for us to do — once we start, where to we stop? This afternoon, however, we want you to know that Ayla Reynolds has NOT been located. Help stop — not perpetuate — inaccurate rumors. Please share widely."

Tim Caya of Brookings, S.D., who has been using the Internet to assist in missing-persons cases since 2006, wrote on his page that he is the administrator of the "Find Ayla Reynolds" Facebook page. Caya said he decided to open up the page to speculation out of a quest for fairness, based on the type of allegations surfacing on the page (see related story).

Caya said he copied the solicitation statement from a TV news website discussing another missing persons case in Iowa.

"Facebook doesn't have the option to disable comments, so I figured why not post that and allow both sides to have their say?" he said.

In one of his early posts, Caya seemed reticent to speculate. He wrote, "The culprit has yet to be identified, I know everyone has suspicions, even me, but after doing this for 5 years I have been wrong before which is why I don't want to publicly lay blame on anyone."

And on Dec. 22, five days after its launch, the "Find Ayla Reynolds" page admonished followers to "ignore the rumours." The

On Thursday, Waterville Police wrote, “Responding publicly to rumors is a dangerous thing for us to do — once we start, where to we stop? This afternoon, however, we want you to know that Ayla Reynolds has NOT been located. Help stop — not perpetuate — inaccurate rumors.

Please share widely.” post was responding to a press statement from Waterville Police trying to quash rumors about the investigation.

One follower of the Waterville Police Facebook page wrote, "Thank you Waterville Police for the rumor update. You guys are doing your best to serve and protect people from all the harassment that can be caused from a few social texts."

Still, easily a majority of the thousands of Facebook posts about Ayla Reynolds have offered ample speculation and rumor.

Many blame the mother or the father or question details of the investigation.

The facts about Ayla Reynolds are few: Family members reported seeing the blonde toddler alive on Friday, Dec. 16, when she was living with her father, Justin DiPietro. Then, she was reported missing Saturday morning, Dec. 17, officials said.

She was last seen wearing green, one-piece pajamas with polka dots, with the words "Daddy's Princess" on them. Her left arm is in a soft cast, according to the missing persons information.

DiPietro told police his daughter was last seen sleeping in her bed at about 10 p.m. on Dec. 16, according to police. Since Ayla Reynolds was reported missing, Waterville Police have named Maine State Police as lead agency investigating her disappearance, and deemed the case a criminal investigation, not a missing persons case.

At a candlelight vigil in Portland's Congress Square on Dec. 23, Ayla's mother, Trista Reynolds of Portland, and other family members pleaded for the safe return of the 20-month-old girl.

Behind the pleas for information has been a steady flow of conjecture and allegations, based on a review of the hundreds of Facebook posts. On Monday, The Portland Daily Sun placed a post on the "Find Ayla Reynolds" page asking why the page has begun soliciting speculation.

Barbara Brady-Plonowski responded to The Daily Sun's

post, writing, "This page has turned into a witch hunt since opening the comments to 'speculation.' People post their 'theories' without even reading what little known has been reported.

These wannabe investigators & interview analysts take rumors about JD (Justin DiPietro) & TR (Trista Reynolds) & their families and just run & spin them into never-ending spiels. Since I don't know either family, I'm reserving any judgement until I receive much more FACTS from the offices investigating the matter on missing Ayla. I refuse to speculate until more information is released."

Yet, a subsequent post by another page follower read, "I have heard nothing here that I haven't heard being said in the community. People are frustrated and just want to help Ayla. People talk and theorize in every important case especially a child."

Glenn Parkhurst, a contractor who lives on the same street as the Ayla Reynolds home in Waterville, said he is following the Facebook commentary. He has no Internet at home, so it's not an option there, but when he can log on, he offers his own views on the "Find Ayla Reynolds" page.

"The only thing I've heard is the police said they can't entertain rumors. That's pretty much it," Parkhurst said in an interview Monday.

The scarcity of new information coincides with a shift from a very public search, involving even the FBI, to an investigation where few details are being revealed.

Parkhurst said, "I haven't seen any police in quite a while, and the last time I brought coffee down to them, the state police were there, and they brought my thermos back to me and said they weren't going to be outside the house anymore."

Now, there's little if any police presence at the house, he said.

"The family is back in the house now. I see their cars there, and I see they've put 'no trespassing' signs up," Parkhurst said.

State police issued an update last week, reporting no new developments in the investigation. An effort to contact state police for an update on Monday went unanswered.

A group of private citizens and businesspeople in the Waterville area are offering a $30,000 cash reward for information leading to the location and return of Ayla to her family.

Anyone with information on the location of Ayla Reynolds is urged to contact Waterville Police at 680-4700.

Ayla Reynolds of Waterville, missing since Dec. 17, is the focus of a criminal investigation. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Klass comments: Father of missing girl praised for ‘going public’

BY CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The father of a Waterville girl missing for weeks is doing the right thing by going public with his story and should continue to do so, according to a leading missing persons expert.

Marc Klass, who became a missing children’s advocate after his daughter Polly was kidnapped and murdered in 1993, said he was “quite encouraged” that Justin DiPietro is speaking out about his 20-month-old daughter, Ayla Reynolds.

“I was disheartened when I saw that he [the father] was taking the easy way out and not talking,” Klass said in an interview Monday.

“Frankly, I think it serves everybody for him to be as vocal and public as he can possibly be.”

He added that in today’s media environment “advocacy is a necessity.”

Marc Klass and his family became the center of a national media frenzy when 12-yearold Polly was kidnapped at knife-point from her mother’s Petaluma, Calif. home during a slumber party.

The national search drew constant attention from the public and from celebrities like Winona Ryder, who made the case a personal cause. The girl's killer was caught and received a death sentence but remains in a California prison. Klass subsequently launched a foundation that focuses on missing persons issues and has been involved in hundreds of child abduction investigations.

“The more real you can make the child the greater the buy-in from the public, and, I believe, the greater the chance you have of spreading the word far and wide to reach anyone with a glimmer of information,” said Klass.

He also said that the father of Ayla Reynolds, Justin DiPietro, aids the investigation by explaining issues like how his daughter came to have a broken arm. In part, explains see KLASS page 9

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Page admin. ‘just a citizen trying to make a difference’

BY DAVID CARKHUFF

Ayla Reynolds is shown in this image from www. aylareynolds.com, a website started Jeff Hanson.

Tim Caya is another person with an online presence trying to help with the search for Ayla Reynolds.

(Photo courtesy of Ron Reynolds)

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Who is Tim Caya?

With 12,558 followers who "like" it, the Facebook page titled "Find Ayla Reynolds Missing Since 12/16/2011 From Waterville, Maine" is a hotbed of commentary and information about missing Waterville toddler Ayla Reynolds.

Yet, the architect of the hotly followed Facebook page, Tim Caya of Brookings, S.D., doesn't live in Maine and has no direct connection to the Reynolds criminal investigation. Caya said he's an unemployed single dad with an interest in missing-persons cases.

"The other day I just did a case of a 12-year-old girl who was listed as a runaway despite her parents' pleas that she had been taken by a pimp," Caya said in a telephone interview Monday.

Caya said he has been using the Internet to assist in missing-persons cases since 2006, when the social networking site of choice was MySpace.

On Facebook since September, Caya

said he has several other pages he runs concerning missing persons cases.

"I was basically the true pioneer in implementing the use of social networks," he said.

"I'm just a citizen trying to make a

difference, I'm a single dad with full custody of my three daughters, and I worry about them," Caya said.

In July, he lost his job, so "I've had a lot of free time to do this," Caya said.

In 2006, Caya said he followed the case of a Nebraska judge who failed

to send a predator to prison, and his outrage was such that he decided to get involved in disseminating information online.

He said he has helped find three missing teen girls and strives to reach an audience which may not follow traditional media.

Caya said he suspects Waterville police may peruse the posts on ""Find Ayla Reynolds" and glean useful information (police are tightlipped about the investigation).

"I just feel like this case has gone on long enough, and there are a lot of things I wonder," Caya said of his recent decision to open the page up to speculation and commentary.

"Overall, I think a lot of people thought it was a good idea. It's basically asking what theories, suggestions, clues and observations you might have that might interest us," he said.

The solicitation of theories may have been preferable to another suggestion offered by followers.

"I had dozens of people coming on here telling me to contact a psychic," Caya said.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You’ll be in the energy of gratitude all day, giving thanks for the kindnesses that others extend to you. Your heart opens a little more with every “thank you” that passes your lips.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

The parachute was invented more than a century before the airplane -- so people could escape burning buildings.

The same behavior that once got you out of a small disaster will now help you float freely.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You usually spend your time helping others, learning about the world and having fun.

So today’s focus on making a name for yourself and finding your place in the material world may feel strange.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You have no problem letting go of what is holding you back. Identifying it is a bit trickier. A wise friend will give you hints about it.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 10). An influx of money and assistance signals that you’re on the right track to creating the year you envisioned. March brings a wave of invention and innovation. Income sources open in April.

Paying for children’s teams or lessons is worthwhile, and all benefit from this in the end. June is your lucky month for love. Leo and Pisces people adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 40, 21, 22, 35 and 11.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Think big, and everything will go smoothly.

You’ll feel powerful and move swiftly forward without worry, doubt, bickering or hesitation. You’ll make a bold move.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). What’s the use in wondering whether the gray parts of life are mostly black or mostly white? You see each color, tone and mood as uniquely its own, and you embrace it for what it is.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Instead of worrying about whether you’ll ultimately be happy or disappointed in the outcome of a project, you’ll view it from a stance of interest and discovery.

You’re a lighthearted genius.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). The ones who love you want to show you just how much. But they can’t. It’s too deep to express. Just know that your loved ones have your back if you ever need them, just like you have theirs.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Don’t wait until you’re satisfied with all the uncertainties to present your project to the world. That day will never come. There always will be unanswered questions.

That’s why you need partners. Show them what you have.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There are times when looking back is helpful, but today you will have better things to do. Instead of reliving scenes from your childhood, you’ll create some new traditions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s called a “relationship” because you’re supposed to be relating to one another.

When that fails to happen, it’s something to remedy right away, or risk losing the connection altogether.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Jan. 10, the 10th day of 2012. There are 356 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 10, 1776, Thomas Paine anonymously published his influential pamphlet, “Common Sense,” which argued for American independence from British rule.

On this date: In 1860, the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Mass., collapsed and caught fire, killing up to 145 people, mostly female workers from Scotland and Ireland.

In 1861, Florida became the third state to secede from the Union.

In 1862, American inventor Samuel Colt, famed for his revolver, died in Hartford, Conn., at age 47.

In 1870, John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil. In 1901, the Spindletop oil field in Beaumont, Texas, produced the Lucas Gusher, heralding the start of the Texas oil boom.

In 1920, the League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.

In 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.

In 1947, the musical fantasy “Finian’s Rainbow,” with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, opened on Broadway.

In 1957, Harold Macmillan became prime minister of Britain, following the resignation of Anthony Eden.

In 1962, an ice avalanche on Nevado Huascaran in Peru resulted in some 4,000 deaths.

John W. McCormack became speaker of the House, succeeding the late Samuel T. Rayburn.

In 1971, “Masterpiece Theatre” premiered on PBS with Alistair Cooke introducing the drama series “The First Churchills.” French fashion designer Coco Chanel died in Paris at age 87.

In 1982, actor-comedian Paul Lynde died in Beverly Hills, Calif., at age 55.

One year ago: The nation got its first look at Jared Loughner, the accused assailant of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, as a federal judge in Phoenix ordered the 22-year-old suspect held without bail. A judge in Austin, Texas, ordered former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. (DeLay remains free on bond as he appeals.)

Today’s Birthdays: Opera singer Sherrill Milnes is 77. Blues artist Eddy Clearwater is 77. Rock singer-musician Ronnie Hawkins is 77. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Willie McCovey is 74. Singer Scott McKenzie is 73. Singer Frank Sinatra Jr. is 68. Singer Rod Stewart is 67. Rock singer-musician Donald Fagen is 64. Actor William Sanderson is 64. International Boxing Hall of Famer and entrepreneur George Foreman is 63. Rock musician Scott Thurston (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) is 60. Singer Pat Benatar is 59. Hall of Fame race car driver and team owner Bobby Rahal is 59. Rock musician Michael Schenker is 57. Singer Shawn Colvin is 56. Actor Evan Handler is 51. Rock singer Brad Roberts is 48.

Actress Trini Alvarado is 45. Rock musician Matt Roberts (3 Doors Down) is 34. Rock singer Brent Smith (Shinedown) is 34. Rapper Chris Smith (Kris Kross) is 33. Actress Sarah Shahi is 32.

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I contacted the company and left a voicemail. I called again the next day. This went on for a week until I finally managed to get a real person on the phone. She said my drug test was positive and I was ineligible for employment. I protested and asked for a re-test. She said they wouldn’t do that and the job had already been given to someone else.

Now I am in the job market again and rightly am concerned about drug testing. I still don’t know what caused my false positive. I’ve researched the issue and found that cold medicines, pain relievers, prescription medication and even an individual’s normal body chemistry could cause a false positive.

So here’s my dilemma: If I should be offered a job contingent upon a drug test and I decline to take the test, I won’t get the job. But if I take the test and get a false positive, I risk losing the job and also losing my unemployment benefits. What should I do? -- Innocent While “Proven” Guilty Dear Innocent: Drug tests generally produce false-positive results in 5 to 10 percent of cases. Some perfectly legal substances, including certain foods and prescription medications, can produce false positives (e.g., poppy seed bagels, some cold medications, antidepressants, antibiotics and pain meds). The National Institutes of Health encourages anyone who may require a drug screening to ask your pharmacist or health provider about specific medications that might give a falsepositive result. Inform your potential employer in advance, and request that they confirm the results through gas-chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS).

Dear Annie: I am a 14-year-old boy and have always wanted really long hair, but my parents won’t let me grow it out.

My two sisters are allowed to have long hair, but not me.

So my question is, why can girls have their hair any length they want, but boys have to cut it short? I don’t think that’s fair. -- Dreaming of Long Hair Dear Dreaming: Like it or not, people judge others by their appearance, and for some, long hair on a boy can seem effeminate, unprofessional or the sign of a slacker. It also is an unconventional look, and this may be why your parents object. You could ask for a compromise -- perhaps grow it a little longer.

But otherwise, you simply will have to wait until you are out of the house and can grow your hair as long as you wish. But regardless of length, please keep it clean and well-groomed.

Dear Annie: As a regular reader, I am chagrined that you have bought into the myth that women lose interest in sex once they’ve gone through menopause.

Yes, some women do. But it is not a given. Older women are fearful to talk about their strong libido because there seems to be a taboo against it. If women have less libido at any age, they can be given testosterone by their doctors and again enjoy a full sex life.

Most often, the partners do not take each other’s sexual needs into consideration. Men can be sexual klutzes for years, and wives may use menopause as an excuse to deny them sex.

Please revise your thinking before saying that menopause causes women to lose interest in sex. -- Sex Therapist Dear Therapist: You need a refresher course. The vast majority of post-menopausal women DO lose interest in sex.

The very idea that they would require hormone replacement therapy indicates that the hormones are lacking. And many women cannot safely take hormones, so your “solution” isn’t so simple. But we do agree that each spouse should take the other’s sexual needs into consideration.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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OSHA proposes $100,000 fine for Biddeford Hostess bakery DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT BIDDEFORD — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Interstate Brands, doing business as Hostess Brands, for eight serious and two repeat alleged violations of workplace safety standards at its Biddeford production plan.

The company, which manufactures Hostess products, faces a total of $104,700 in proposed fines following a safety inspection by OSHA’s Augusta Area Office, the agency reported.

“Our inspection identified mechanical, electrical, fall and exit hazards, including some similar to those cited at other Interstate Brands facilities,” said William Coffin, OSHA’s area director for Maine.

“Left uncorrected, these violations expose workers to the hazards of electrocution, lacerations, amputation, falls, being caught in operating or unexpectedly activated machinery and being unable to exit the workplace swiftly in the event of a fire or other emergency.”

OSHA’s inspection found an absence of guardrails to prevent workers from falling into and through hoppers; a locked emergency exit door and an exit route blocked by product racks; unguarded moving machine parts on a conveyor belt, band saw blade, drill press and other equipment; undocumented procedures to prevent the unintended activation of machinery during maintenance; and individuals working on live electrical equipment who were not familiar with the protective equipment needed for such work.

These serious violations resulted in citations carrying $42,200 in fines, OSHA reported. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known, OSHA stated.

The recurring violations involve failing to guard chains and sprockets on a cake alignment conveyor and a packaging machine feeder, and provide personal protective equipment to safeguard employees against electrical shocks, arc flashes and arc blasts while working with live electrical parts. The citations carry $62,500 in fines. A repeat violation exists when an employer previously has been cited for the same or a similar violation of a standard, regulation, rule or order at any other facility in federal enforcement states within the last five years. OSHA cited International Brands in 2010 for similar hazards at plants in Columbus, Ga., and Schiller Park, Ill. Interstate Brands has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and proposed penalties to comply, meet with OSHA’s area director or contest the findings to the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

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Three development parcels located at the intersection of Brackett and Pine streets can accommodate a building no taller than 45 feet.

A story in Saturday’s Portland Daily Sun incorrectly stated that buildings in the B-1b zone, which includes the parcel at 189 Brackett, could be up to seven stories tall.

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Tuesday, Jan. 10 Colgan’s economic forecast for 2012 7 a.m. “Breakfast with Charlie,” otherwise known as University of Southern Maine Muskie School Professor Charles Colgan’s economic forecast for 2012, is scheduled for 7 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10. The public is invited to attend this free presentation, but must reserve a seat by visiting http:// usm.maine.edu/corporatepartners/rsvp-breakfast-0 or calling 780-4714. USM’s Hannaford Lecture Hall, Bedford Street, Portland. Some 350 or more members of the business community are expected. Hannaford Lecture Hall is part of USM’s Joel and Linda Abromson Community Education Center. Free parking will be available in the attached garage.

Historic Maine Storms 1:30 p.m. Falmouth Historical Society. “Meteorologist Joe Cupo, a member of WCSH Channel 6 News Center team, will discuss historic Maine storms. Joe enjoys studying history and especially how weather has played a role in historic events. Join us for this exciting presentation and hear about FHS future events while you enjoy the refreshments. Parking is on Blueberry Lane.” OceanView Community Room, 20 Blueberry Lane, Falmouth.

Voting Law Changes in 2012 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. On Jan. 10 and 11, the League of Women Voters of Maine Education Fund is sponsoring a series of presentations in Maine featuring Lee Rowland, counsel to the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. “Ms. Rowland will be in Maine to talk about the Brennan Center’s new report, Voting Law Changes in 2012.

The dates, times and locations to hear Lee Rowland: Jan. 10, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Burton Fisher Meeting Room, One City Center, Portland; Jan. 11, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., State House Welcome Center, Augusta; and Jan. 11, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Bangor Public Library Lecture Hall, Bangor. The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Their work ranges from voting rights to campaign finance reform, from racial justice in criminal law to Constitutional protection in the fight against terrorism. A singular institution — part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group — the Brennan Center combines scholarship, legislative and legal advocacy, and communications to win meaningful, measurable change in the public sector. Lee Rowland is a part of the Brennan Center Democracy Program’s team on Voting Rights and Elections, working on such issues as voter suppression, poll challenges, registration modernization, and restoring the right to vote to individuals with past criminal convictions.

Film screening of ‘Dragonslayer’ 7:30 p.m. “‘Dragonslayer’ documents the transgressions of a lost skate punk falling in love in the stagnant suburbs of Fullerton, California in the aftermath of America’s economic collapse. Taking the viewer through a golden SoCal haze of broken homes, abandoned swimming pools and stray glimpses of unusual beauty, ‘Dragonslayer’ captures the life and times of Josh ‘Skreech’ Sandoval, a local skate legend and new father, as his endless summer finally collides with the future.” SPACE Gallery,538 Congress St., Portland.

Admission $7; $5 for SPACE members. www.dragonslayermovie.com

Wednesday, Jan. 11 Meet the Mayor at SPACE Gallery 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance and Creative Portland are co-hosting a “Meet the Mayor” event for the local arts and cultural community. “Portland’s first elected mayor in 88 years, Mayor Michael Brennan was sworn into office on Dec. 6, telling Portlanders: ‘My success will also be your success, and I can only be successful with you.’ Expressing an interest in working across sectors to address community issues, Mayor Brennan also acknowledged the significant value the arts, culture, and creative economy add to the city. This event will provide Portland’s arts and cultural community an opportunity to meet the mayor, hear briefly about his priorities in the months ahead and to ask questions. Information about the hosts and the event can be found at portlandarts.org and liveworkportland.org.” Free, all ages. www.space538.org/events.php

Nathaniel Dombek performs with the Maine State Ballet. On Jan. 14, the dancers of Maine State Ballet kick off their 2012 season with the Broadway tunes, high energy and innovative choreography of “Tap, Tap, Jazz.” (COURTESY PHOTO) short break with refreshments, and our featured performer.

There is a suggested $5 donation. Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square.

Maine Center for Creativity workshop 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Maine Center for Creativity workshop, Lee Hall in the Wishcamper Center at the University of Southern Maine, 34 Bedford St. “Maine Center for Creativity’s Creative Toolbox Series Renowned consultant Dr. David Reibstein will speak on how professionals can identify and act on potentially successful ideas, products and services to help grow their businesses, along with how to avoid potentially unsuccessful ones.”

U.S. Postal Service processing operations consolidation meeting in Brewer 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The U.S. Postal Service will hold a public meeting to discuss its proposal to move mail processing operations from the Eastern Maine Processing and Distribution Facility in Hamden to the Southern Maine Processing and Distribution Center in Scarborough. The public meeting originally scheduled for Dec. 29 to explain this proposal and to allow public input has been rescheduled for Jan. 11, 2012. The time and location remain the same: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Jeff’s Catering, East West Industrial Park, 5 Coffin Ave, Brewer. Anyone who wishes to submit comments in writing can send them to: Manager, Consumer and Industry Contact, Northern New England District, 151 Forest Ave., Portland, ME. All comments must be postmarked Jan. 13, 2012.”

‘God, Holy Scripture and Man’s Church’ 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. “St. Augustine of Canterbury Church has announced that it will hold a weekly adult study program titled ‘God, Holy Scripture and Man’s Church.’ The program is an exploration of our relationship with God, the Bible and the development and practice related to Church Tradition.

The study is open to everyone and there is no cost. The study group will meet every Wednesday beginning Jan. 11 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Cathedral Pines Chapel, 156 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach. There is plenty of parking available.”

Thursday, Jan. 12

MOOSE Droppings Open Mic/Spoken Word meeting 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. “Maine Organization Of Storytelling Enthusiasts members have one thing in common. We are all Enthusiastic about Storytelling!” Every second Wednesday of the month, drop by the Portland Public Library for our Monthly MOOSE Open Mic / Spoken Word Story Telling Event! Adult original and traditional stories 10 minutes or less at the open mic hosted by a different MOOSE Member each month. Open Mic is followed by announcements, a

Young drivers’ safety discussion 6 p.m. “Conversations with the Communities,” a public discussion regarding ways to improve the safety of Maine’s young drivers. The Secretary of State’s “Conversations with the Communities” will be held on the following dates at the local Bureau of Motor Vehicle Offices: Thursday, Jan. 12 in Portland at 6 p.m.; Tuesday, Jan. 17 in Bangor at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, Jan. 18 in Caribou at 6 p.m.; and Thursday,

Jan. 19 in Calais at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

For a complete schedule of “Conversations with the Community” including addresses to the motor vehicle locations or for information and instructions on joining the discussion via Webinar, please visit the Secretary of State’s website at www.maine.gov/sos/.

Portland Ovations presents ‘Mamma Mia!’ 8 p.m. The smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA comes to Merrill Auditorium. Performances begin on Thursday, Jan. 12 and run through Saturday, Jan. 14 at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. “Seen by over 50 million people around the world, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ global smash hit musical ‘Mamma Mia!’ is celebrating over 4,000 performances in its tenth smash hit year at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre and remains among Broadway’s top selling musicals. The current North American Tour has played over 3,700 performances in over 150 cities with 145 repeat visits.” The performance schedule for “Mamma Mia!” at Merrill Auditorium is Thursday, Jan. 12 at 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets range from $45 to $59 for Portland Ovations Members and $50 to $65 for the general public. To purchase tickets, contact PortTix at 842-0800 or visit the box office window at Merrill Auditorium. Tickets are also available online at www.portlandovations.org.

Friday, Jan. 13 Sea Dogs Hot Stove Dinner and Silent Auction 5:30 p.m. Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine has been added to the Sea Dogs’ lineup of guests for the annual Hot Stove Dinner and Silent Auction. Valentine joins Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Seattle Mariners pitcher and Maine native Charlie Furbush. The event benefits the Maine Children’s Cancer Program and will take place at the Sable Oaks Marriott in South Portland. Tickets for the event are $50 and are limited to 300. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Hadlock Field Ticket Office, by phone at 879-9500 or online at www.seadogs.com. Everyone who attends will receive a signed 8 X 10 photo of Saltalamacchia. All proceeds from the dinner and silent auction will benefit the official charity of the Portland Sea Dogs’; the Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program. The Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program was established in 1995 to raise money for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program. For every strikeout that a Sea Dogs’ pitcher throws, money is raised through pledges.

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5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine will launch Play our Way, a series of free playtimes for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families.

Funded by a grant from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine, Play Our Way expands upon previous private playtimes at the Museum by incorporating environmental modifications to make the Museum’s space more accommodating for children on the autism spectrum. These playtimes are free and take place when the Museum & Theatre is closed to the general public. Families will have opportunities to explore exhibits freely surrounded by others who understand their children’s unique behaviors. Free admission for children with autism and their families www.kitetails.org

poverty and learn about current efforts to address it but to take responsibility as a diverse community to prioritize the fight against it. Students from around the state will facilitate the program in order to empower them as community leaders and help make a tangible connection between engagement and direct action. Utilizing several speeches given by Dr. King as our foundation, participants will learn more about his effort to incorporate class in the civil rights movement through the Poor People’s Campaign and adoption of an ‘Economic Bill of Rights’ as well as his shift to work on global human rights. We will also discuss data on poverty in Maine to better understand the impact of this.” Merrill Auditorium. “King And The Drum Major Instinct: Justice, Peace And Righteousness.” 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., MCs: Linda Abwoch, Rev. Jeff McIlwain, Choirs: Congolese Church Choir, Music Ministry of Green Memorial AME Zion Church, Pihcintu Multinational Children’s Chorus, Women in Harmony. Performers: Batimbo Beat, UNE Students. Tickets: $5 general admission. www.portlandmlk.net

‘Force of Nature’

‘Tap, Tap, Jazz’ by Maine State Ballet

from preceding page

Free playtimes for children with Autism

6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, “Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie,” Portland Museum of Art. Friday, Jan. 13, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 14, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 15, 2 p.m. NR. www.portlandmuseum.org/events

The Bad Luck Bazaar 7 p.m. “Unlucky you! On Friday the 13th, The Dirty Dishes Burlesque Revue, Pussyfoot Burlesque and Eternal Otter Records proudly present The Bad Luck Bazaar. Beginning with carnival of desires featuring (mis)fortune tellers, kissing booths, and game tables by Nomia Boutique, USM’s Center for Sexualities and Gender Diversity and other sex-positive local vendors, the evening escalates into vaudeville theatrics and full-blown burlesque histrionics as the Dishes and company perform alongside musical guests Over A Cardboard Sea and an aerially-fixated Apparatus Dance Theater, eventually leading to a climactic and interactive showdown after which you may require a shower and a 13th hour dance party courtesy of DJ Trozzi, sponsored by Salacious Magazine.”

SPACE Gallery. $7 Advance / $9 at the door, 18 plus. www. space538.org/events.php

Free Watercolor Painting demonstration 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free Watercolor Painting demonstration

by Constellation Gallery artist Diana Ellis, Learn the basic techniques and materials she uses to create dramatic and vivid paintings! Light refreshments served. http://constellationgallery.webs.com/

Saturday, Jan. 14 Lucid Stage’s LucidFest 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd. Portland.

“Join us to celebrate the New Year! Stop by for a variety of kid’s activities, white elephant sales, raffles and performances including Running with Scissors; Druin Dance Center; puppetry; live music.” General admission is free. www.lucidstage.com

Making Faces: Photographic Portraits at PMA 10 a.m. This winter, the Portland Museum of Art will showcase its growing collection of celebrity portraits, prompting a new look at the art of photographic portraiture and highlighting two newly acquired portfolios of works by artists Berenice Abbott and Robert Doisneau. Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists, on view Jan. 14 through April 8, will feature 35 black-andwhite photographic portraits of recognizable television personalities and famous artists. For more information, call 775-6148 or visit portlandmuseum.org.

Third annual Tet Celebration noon. Celebrate the Lunar New Year at a community event featuring Vietnamese culture, music, fashion and food, organized by the Vietnamese-Americans Association of Maine (VAAM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Vietnamese heritage and promoting cross-cultural understanding among Maine communities. Free day event and night event from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Gold Room, 512 Warren Ave. For more information, www.vaaminfo.org or contact Renee Nguyen at renee.nguyen@vaaminfo.org

Confronting Race, Class and Power 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. NAACP Portland Branch 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observance. Martin Luther King Jr. Day commuity dialogue. Preble Street Resource Center, “the economic crisis in our own backyard, march for justice, Preble Street to Portland City Hall, toward a more perfect union.” Dialogue; 4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., march. Homeless Voices for Justice, Learning Works, Maine Interfaith Youth Alliance, Maine Seeds of Peace, Portland Public Schools, Preble Street are organizers. “This program draws upon the growing demand to address economic inequity and the systems that have forced an increasing number of people to live within the shifting thin lines between middle class, working poor and poverty. The goal of this dialogue is to bring people of all ages together to not only challenge how we think about

4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Fresh off another run of “The Nutcracker,” the dancers of Maine State Ballet kick off their 2012 season with the Broadway tunes, high energy and innovative choreography of “Tap, Tap, Jazz.” Matinee and evening shows of “Tap, Tap, Jazz” will be performed on Saturday, Jan. 14, and Saturday, Jan. 21, at the recently renovated Maine State Ballet Theater in Falmouth. With several numbers packed within about an hour, the fast-paced show is designed to entertain dance enthusiasts of all ages, said Linda MacArthur Miele, co-founder and artistic director of Maine State Ballet. Performers include the professional dancers of the Maine State Ballet Company, as well as advanced students from MSB’s School for the Performing Arts.” Tickets are $15 and are available online at www.mainestateballet.org.

They can also be purchased by calling the box office at 207-781-3587, or by visiting the Maine State Ballet Theater, 348 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth. Performances are scheduled for 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sat., Jan. 14, and 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sat., Jan. 21.

In The Blood — Live: A ‘Docu-Exhibit’ 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery screening of “In the Blood,” about the Maine lumber industry. “Lumbermen began living in logging camps in the Maine woods in the early 1800s. They were the pioneers who created a successful self-contained working community in the woods, and on who’s backs the state’s economy and history were largely established. ‘In The Blood,’ filmmaker Sumner McKane’s ambitious multiyear project, takes the audience into this rugged environment — into the camps, onto the haul roads, landings and yards, rivers and lakes. Through rare archival film, digitally restored photography, raw and honest interviews, ambient sound design and live scoring, this innovative and entertaining multimedia presentation, featured on NPR’s ‘Echoes,’ brings this lost world vividly into the present.” www.space538.org/events.php

Monday, Jan. 16 31st annual MLK Holiday Breakfast Celebration 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The People’s State Of The State: What Does Equity Look Like In Maine? Holiday Inn By The Bay. MCs: Abukar Adan, Jocelyn Thomas. Tickets: $15 children’s program, $25 breakfast program. Programs: Children’s Program (ages 5-12, limited to 60). “UNE students will lead a program focused on the importance of living a healthy life in order to reach one’s fullest potential and to be the best ally or advocate in caring for others. The film ‘My Friend Martin’ will be shown before breaking into small age-appropriate groups to visit stations set up around the room on (1) nutrition/good food choices (2) physical activity/yoga (3) art/creative expression. All children will also get a chance to read and discuss the book, ‘I Have a Dream.’

This program including breakfast takes place on the ground level of the hotel.” Speakers will address three areas of concern: education, health/healthcare and the economy. www. portlandmlk.net

‘The Drum Major Instinct’ 1 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Day event. “The Drum Major Instinct.” Students from three Portland Housing Authority study centers will perform three unique plays based on Martin Luther King Jr.’s sermon “The Drum Major Instinct.”

Each play was written and produced by study center students, volunteers, and coordinators. A mixture of music, dance, and theater; each play celebrates Dr. King’s devotion to community service and his principles of acceptance, love, and equality for all. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., 615-3609. www.mayostreetarts.org. Free and open to the public.

A Charity Fashion Show 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Catholic Charities Maine will be hosting “Walking in the Light: A Charity Fashion Show” on Jan. 16 at One Longfellow Square, 181 State Street, Portland.

“Catholic Charities has partnered with local high schools,

colleges and boutiques in order to plan the event. The show will feature clothes from the Catholic Charities thrift store in hopes to raise awareness to the need for warm, affordable winter clothing and to boost clothing donations. High school and college students with an interest in fashion will play key roles in making the whole show come together.

If you would like more information or are interested in volunteering at this event, contact Kerrie Keller, AmeriCorps VISTA at kkeller@ccmaine.org or 523-1156.”

Tuesday, Jan. 17 Rape Aggression Defense Training 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. This January, the Portland Police Department will offer its Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) Training class. “R.A.D. provides women with the tools they need to both avoid dangerous situations and escape them. The course is specifically designed to help women survive situations in which their lives are in jeopardy.

This class is open to all women, ages 13 and older, in the Greater Portland area who would like to develop real life defensive tools and tactics. The Basic Self-Defense Course consists of a series of four classes and one scenario day. The class is scheduled for Jan. 17, 19, 24, and 26, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Jan. 28 from 8 a.m. to noon.

All classes must be attended to complete the course.

The classes will be held at the Portland Police Department, 109 Middle St., Portland. A donation of $25 for the course is suggested. All donations support the Amy St. Laurent Fund, which sponsors the R.A.D. trainings. Due to attendance issues, all donations must be paid prior to the first class (send checks to ASLF/PPD RAD Program, Portland Police Department, 109 Middle St., Portland ME 04101). To sign up for the class or receive more information about Portland R.A.D., e-mail ppdrad@portlandmaine.gov or call 874-8643.”

Wednesday, Jan. 18 Atlantic Salmon Presentation 7 p.m. John R.J. Burrows, director of New England Programs for the Atlantic Salmon Federation will speak on “Atlantic Salmon Restoration — Successes and Challenges,” at the monthly meeting of the Saco River Salmon Club. 7 p.m. meeting, 7:30 presentation at Cabela’s on Hagis Parkway, Scarborough. Free. http://www.sacosalmon.com/

‘Warriors Don’t Cry’ 7:30 p.m. “Portland Ovations in collaboration with NAACPPortland presents ‘Warriors Don’t Cry,’ a powerful onewoman play inspired by the award-winning memoir of the same title by Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals at Hannaford Hall, USM Portland. ‘Warriors Don’t Cry’ stars Almeria Campbell and recounts the courageous story of 15-year-old Melba, who endures violence and discrimination as she and eight other African-American students integrate Little Rock, Arkansas’ Central High School. Melba and her fellow student-warriors — known as the Little Rock Nine — captured the world’s attention in 1957 as they struggled and triumphed in pursuit of equal education. Themes of fear and courage, isolation and community, education, history, the family and the nation all come alive through Campbell’s compelling portrayal of 21 characters. A preview to the performance will take place during the NAACP’s 31st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance Breakfast Celebration at the Holiday Inn By The Bay on Jan. 16.

Ovations Offstage will present a Pre-Performance Lecture Struggles for Civil Rights: Local Stories on Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Hannaford Hall, USM Portland. Students from King Middle School will discuss their expedition Small Acts of Courage: Memories of the Civil Rights Movement, a project that involves students learning and telling important stories of local citizens. Julia Adams, a member of the Portland String Quartet, will join the students to discuss her own experience during the Civil Rights Movement.

Tickets for Warriors Don’t Cry are $23 for Ovations’ Members, $25 for the general public and a limited amount of $10 student tickets are also available. To purchase tickets, contact PortTix at 842-0800 or visit the box office window at Merrill Auditorium. Tickets are also available online at www.portlandovations.org.

Celebration of Robert Burns 8 p.m. Celebration of Scotland’s Poet Robert Burns. A concert of music and lore at Blue 650 Congress St, Portland featuring Castlebay — vocals with Celtic harp,guitar, fiddle, and woodwinds. Romantic love ballads, robust drinking songs, and moving humanistic anthems from the pen of Burns Admission is by $8 suggested donation. Delicious food and drink available. The concert will be followed by a traditional Celtic session. Phone 774-4111, tom@boghat.com, FMI www.castlebay.net.

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“I think it’s premature to get too focused on any one route this will take, but I do get the sense that there’s more openness to potential significant adjustments than there had been in the past,” Swofford, of the A.C.C., said.

In the wake of the perception that ESPN had a strong role in conference realignment, network executives are worried about how their role in a potential postseason change could be viewed. A playoff would drive up the value of the postseason programming exponentially, although it would most likely devalue other bowl games.

“We have nothing to do with the format and no influence over the decisions that get made there, but I sense that the people who run college football and the conferences are not tone-deaf,” said Burke Magnus, ESPN’s senior vice president for college sports programming.

The logistics of a potential fourteam playoff are muddled. Would the bowl system be used? Would cities like Dallas, Miami and Indianapolis bid for the semifinal and final games, reminiscent of the Super Bowl? Would bowls like the Sugar, Orange and Fiesta remain elite games, which they are now thanks to their inclusion in the B.C.S.?

There are countless questions to be answered, and that slow process starts Tuesday and will play out over the next several months.

As the fans depart New Orleans after the title game, the decisions that will determine the future of the sport will begin to be made.

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College football’s postseason is poised to undergo significant change. B.C.S. officials will meet Tuesday for the first of several discussions on altering the sport’s postseason. Interviews with conference commissioners, athletic directors and television industry officials revealed that change to the current structure of college football’s postseason is imminent.

“I think there will be some change,” Bill Hancock, the executive director of the B.C.S., said.

“Now will it be seismic? No one knows.”

And to realize just how varied the attitudes are about a potential four-team playoff, consider that just four years ago the sport’s power brokers barely discussed the idea when it was raised at the Bowl Championship Series meetings.

Mike Slive, the Southeastern Conference commissioner, and John Swofford, the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, supported the idea of a so-called plus-one model then. It barely generated any conversation, never mind a vote. The idea was so toxic that it was called a plus-one, in part, to avoid using the term “playoff,” which wrinkled the bow ties of many college presidents.

“I would have thought there would have been more support and open-mindedness,” Swofford said in a telephone interview. “It’s time had just not come. Whether that time has come at this point, I don’t know. I do think there’s a lot more open-mindedness about potential change, be it minimal or significant.”

An N.F.L.-style playoff of 8 or 16 teams is not coming. Nor is a complete reversion to the bowl system

before the creation of an annual title game. The changes will fall somewhere in the middle, and will not be implemented for two more seasons because of the existing television contract.

It is also important to remember that the Rose Bowl remains a huge factor in the postseason, as Jim Delany, the Big Ten commissioner, and Larry Scott, his Pac-12 counterpart, both have declared their leagues’ relationship to that game essentially to be sacred. There are so many factors to consider — television money, university presidents, bowl relationships, title sponsorships, academic concerns, health concerns, travel dollars, the egos of conference commissioners and preserving tradition — that few involved are even guessing at what the outcome will be.

The idea of a four-team playoff — a Final Four of football — is considered by many a viable option, and perhaps the most realistic one. Generally speaking, there are three other possibilities: tweak the current B.C.S. formula; eliminate the entire B.C.S. except for a No. 1 versus No. 2 game; play the bowl games as they currently exist and reseed everyone after those games for a championship game between the No. 1 and No. 2 team.

There are two years left on the current ESPN contract with the B.C.S., which is worth about $125 million per year. That number could double if a four-team playoff is created. At its essence, the B.C.S. is a conglomeration of conferences linked through a TV deal.

ESPN’s exclusive negotiating window opens later this year; it could be moved up to the summer when the commissioners decide what they want.

Coming to a consensus among the power conferences is not easy, considering the differences

BY TYLER KEPNER THE NEW YORK TIMES

Barry Larkin’s oldest brother, Mike, was a linebacker at Notre Dame. When Mike chose the Irish over the University of Michigan, the Wolverines’ coach, Bo Schembechler, told Larkin’s mother that he would someday persuade another of her sons to play for him.

Schembechler was only partly successful. He recruited Barry Larkin to play for Michigan, but he made him redshirt his first season. That decision cost Schembechler a defensive back, but set in motion an exceptional baseball career.

“That was influential, because I just worked on my baseball talent, just that alone,” Larkin said on a conference call. “That was an eyeopener, because I got so much better.”

Larkin got so good that he achieved baseball’s highest honor Monday, collecting 495 of a possible 573 votes to become the newest member of the Hall of Fame. With 86.4 percent of the vote conducted

of batting average, by veteran members of the Baseball speed, power and fielding excellence.

Writers’ Association of America, Larkin Only three others have reached Larkin’s easily eclipsed the 75 percent needed for career batting average (.295) while also induction.

He was the only reaching his totals for stolen bases (379) player elected by the writers and will join and home runs (198) — Barry Bonds and Ron Santo, who was elected posthumously the Hall of Famers Roberto Alomar and by the veterans comPaul Molitor. Bonds, mittee last month, Alomar and Larkin with new plaques in are the only players July. Three others to do that while also received at least 50 winning Gold Gloves. percent of the votes: Larkin won three.

Jack Morris (66.7 Larkin Larkin, who is now percent), Jeff Bagwell an analyst for ESPN, (56 percent) and Lee was never connected to perforSmith (50.6 percent). mance-enhancing drugs, an issue “I’m incredibly, incredibly honthat is increasingly complicating ored by the whole experience, Hall of Fame elections. Support and so excited about being the newest member of the Hall of for the sluggers Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro has virtually Fame,” Larkin said.

Larkin was the National flatlined; McGwire received 19.5 percent of the vote this year, down League’s most valuable player in from 19.8 last year, while Pal1995, the last year the Reds won meiro improved to 12.6 percent, a playoff series, and few players from 11. have equaled his combination