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(NY Times) — In the “Star Wars” movies, Luke Skywalker’s home planet, Tatooine, orbits two suns, giving it two sunsets and two sunrises every day. In September, scientists discovered the first planet in our galaxy that does orbit two stars; now they have discovered two more and suggest that there are probably millions of these so-called circumbinary planets.

“We found two more, and that immediately tells us wow, this wasn’t a fluke,” said William Welsh, an astronomer at San Diego State University who was involved in the research.

“Now that we have three, we can compare the differences and start to learn more about these as a class of planetary systems.”

Dr. Welsh and his colleagues report their discovery of the planets in the current issue of the journal Nature.

The paper describes Kepler 34b and Kepler 35b, both gaseous planets about the size of Saturn; they are 4,900 and 5,400 light years from Earth, respectively.

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“Income inequality is no longer just for economists,” said Richard Morin, a senior editor at Pew Social & Demographic Trends, which conducted the latest survey, of 2,048 adults in December. “It has moved off the business pages into the front page.”

The new numbers show that perception of class conflict surged the most among whites, middle-income earners and independent voters, the survey found.

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It was the fourth such attack reported in two years and, as after the previous episodes, Iranian officials accused the United States and Israel of responsibility.

The White House condemned the attack and denied any responsibility. The official reaction in Israel appeared to be more cryptic.

Iranian news accounts said the suspected assassin had attached a magnetized explosive device to the scientist’s car and escaped during the rush hour in northern Tehran.

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Unsolved missing person case still haunts Portland detectives

BY MARGE NIBLOCK SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

On March 17, 1996, Officer Dean Goodale, now a Detective Sergeant in charge of crimes against property, took a report of a missing person at the Portland Police Department’s front desk.

Archie Tevanian was reporting the disappearance of his 65-year-old wife, Margaret. Archie discovered she was not in the house when he looked for her at 7 a.m. that morning.

Margaret Tevanian was described as 5 foot, 3 inches, about 110 pounds, with brown eyes, and shoulder-length gray hair. She was last seen wearing a white housecoat, pajamas, a blue kerchief, and brown shoes. Family members said she was suffering from mental illness, and hadn’t left the house for several months.

Margaret graduated from nursing school as a young woman. She lived in the family home at 50 Cedar St. with her husband and her son, Robert, who was 31 at the time. A daughter, Laura, was married and not living at that address, but another daughter, Robin, who had a disability, lived next door with Archie’s brother, Leon, his wife, Mary, and Mary’s sister. Cedar Street is in Bayside, in the center of Portland’s busy peninsula.

Mary Tevanian had made dinner the night before, at 44 Cedar St., where Archie had eaten with his relatives, before taking food home for Margaret.

Archie’s primary responsibility was taking care of his wife at that time; Archie and Margaret had been married for over 30 years.

Margaret wandered away from her house on several occasions over the years, and had been found in Deering Oaks, the area around the post office on Forest Avenue, and Franklin Towers.

As of 5:17 p.m. on that Saint Patrick’s Day in 1996, Margaret Tevanian was officially listed as missing with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). The NCIC is referred to as “the lifeline of law enforcement.”

It is an electronic clearinghouse of crime data that all agencies nationwide are able to use at all times.

The next day the case was assigned to a detective. A meeting with the family was held, and the preliminary investigation began.

Police conducted numerous interviews. They knocked on doors and spoke with neighbors but did not generate any significant leads.

Archie Tevanian died June 30, 1996,, just three months after his wife’s mysterious disappearance. He had difficulty breathing and collapsed while at home with his son, suffering

possible cardiac arrest. After being transported to a hospital, he didn’t recover. He was 72 at the time.

In July 2002, Det. Paul Murphy was assigned the case and has had it ever since. Murphy stated that the police department acquired Mrs. Tevanian’s dental records and that the Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta has duplicates of all physical evidence.

Police received consent to search the Cedar Street home but found nothing out of the ordinary.

Then, in March 2003, a group of detectives began working on old cases.

Each group had seven or eight detectives with one of them serving as a “primary.” There was also an evidence technician assigned to each group.

“We were able to go back and speak with previous investigators,” Murphy said.

In May 2003 Murphy asked Robert Tevanian if he would give permission for dogs to be brought to the home, which was allowed. Murphy said Robert Tevanian was “very receptive” to the dogs, and he was disturbed that his father wasn’t able to live to see closure to the case.

Two dogs from the Medical Examiner’s Office were used, human remains detection dogs, sometimes referred to as “cadaver dogs.”

“It was one more angle, one more

way to possibly develop a lead. It didn’t give us anything else to work on,” Murphy said.

“Robert Tevanian was always friendly, cooperative, and appreciative,” said Murphy. “The lack of investigative leads makes it difficult to find a direction.”

Cmdr. Vern Malloch was the lieutenant in charge of the detective division in 1996, and he remembers the case because of its unusual nature.

“There was no sighting of her ever.

The question we’ve struggled with is whether or not there was foul play involved, and we’ve never been able to say definitively one way or the other,” he said.

Malloch said the police department believes Margaret is dead. He said, “The likelihood of her being alive is pretty remote, due to her age, and the fact she’s had no contact with family or friends.”

On April 23, 2004, Judge William Childs signed an order declaring Margaret Tevanian dead.

However, it is still an active missing person case to the Portland Police Department, which has spent so many hours over the years, working to try to solve this disappearance. Anyone with information can call Portland Police at 874-8584 or text “GOTCHA” to 274637.

Democrats sit back as rivals attack Romney’s business record

BY JACKIE CALMES THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — For months David Axelrod, President Obama’s longtime senior strategist, has argued with evident anticipation that Mitt Romney offers a glass jaw when he boasts that his business record sets him apart as a presidential candidate.

Now Mr. Romney’s Republican rivals have beaten the Obama team to the punch, and Democrats could hardly be more pleased.

“It’s a total win-win,” said Geoff Garin, a Democratic pollster who is working with Priorities USA, a group supporting Mr. Obama’s re-election but independent of his campaign. “Either Romney will be the nominee or one of those other, even more unelectable candidates will be.”

The Republican sniping this week — with rivals lumping Mr. Romney, a former venture capitalist, with corporate raiders and even “vultures” — highlights a tricky issue for a party that historically has prided itself on backing business and eschewing classbased political attacks as un-American.

The economy has delivered scant gains for many middle-class and blue-collar

workers over the past decade, and the Republican base now includes large numbers of these workers.

Even before the Tea Party movement arose three years ago in the wake of the big bank bailouts, the party base had grown more populist, heightening long-standing tensions between Main Street and Wall Street Republicans.

The Romney rivals plainly are playing to the ascendant, anti-Wall Street grassroots.

The Romney camp counters that the attackers are assailing the capitalist system itself. Mr. Romney, appearing on Fox News on Wednesday, said his decisive victory on Tuesday in New Hampshire’s Republican primary proved “this kind of attack on free enterprise is not gaining traction for them.”

The danger for Mr. Romney is that the attacks give a Republican imprimatur to challenges not only to his chief argument for his election — his business experience — but by extension his contention that he is the most electable Republican against Mr. Obama.

While a few Democrats fret that these early intraparty attacks could inoculate Mr. Romney against the very sort of attacks they will mount if he becomes the nominee, most are

enjoying the show. Since Sunday other Republican presidential candidates have pummeled Mr. Romney across New Hampshire and now into South Carolina as a cut-throat capitalist who, along with his private-equity partners at Bain Capital, profited from snatching up, stripping and selling companies, costing workers’ jobs rather than creating new ones — a line of attack that, as Mr. Romney said Monday, he expected later “from the president, from the Democrats, from the left.”

Democratic operatives say that the attacks from Republicans will help legitimize attacks the Democrats make later and that they are likely to use snippets of the Republicans’ own words in television advertisements during the general election campaign if, as many expect, Mr. Romney is the nominee.

“In the fall, we’ll be able to show what his rivals said about him and what workers have said about him,” said Brad Woodhouse, communications director for the Democratic National Committee. “The fact that his own Republican rivals — from a party that talks about itself as being for the free market — are offended about his practices in the private sector makes our case a lot easier.”

Perhaps worse for Mr. Romney, his own words stoked the rivals’ fires, providing potentially more grist for Democrats later. Republicans mocked his claim to New Hampshire voters that early in his career he too had feared “pink slips” as implausible for the Harvard-educated son of a multimillionaire governor. And rivals took out of context his statement, captured on videotape, that “I like being able to fire people”; Mr. Romney was complaining about those who do not provide good service, in this case insurance companies.

Yet the sudden and unexpected intraparty assault on Mr. Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, prompted even some Romney skeptics among hardcore conservatives, like Rush Limbaugh, to come to his defense.

At the conservative Club for Growth, the group’s president, Chris Chocola, singled out Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, for “economically ignorant class warfare rhetoric” that is “downright Obamaesque.”

“Is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of other people and walk off with the money?”

Mr. Gingrich asked.

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The man behind a ‘big family’ Good energy. Finding it, tapping into it, running with it. It’s exhilarating and inspiring. it’s contagious; and a breath of fresh air. It delivers results against all odds. I was surrounded by it last Friday evening at the retirement party for Tom Zack, outgoing president and chairman of the board of Lanco Assembly Systems, in Westbrook.

Held at the Portland Harbor Hotel, one large table, in the center of the room, we took our seats like sitting down for family dinner. In the corner of the room, a white sheet covered the gift — to be unveiled later. The party was planned, but not scripted. Good energy doesn’t happen that way.

Tom knows this. Like family, many personality types were around the table; these colleagues have endearing respect, like family love, this retirement party was a celebration of honor, ––––– success, and appreciation.

Better with You’d never know that we Age were in a recession. And not for one moment would you believe

Karen Vachon

Maine has lost its manufacturing edge. This company is on the move; instrumental in improving lives the world over. Lanco Assembly Systems in Westbrook manufactures machines for the health, beauty, communication and automotive industry.

Their machines have brought kidney dialysis into the home; advanced cell phone, air bags and seatbelt technology and safety; assembled games, makeup compacts and lipsticks for well known international companies such as Nokia, Bose, L’Oreal, Hasbro, Borg Warner, and Covidien Business is booming. Lanco is hiring. And employees are happy. So happy, in fact, they own the company! All possible because of the person and leadership of Tom Zack.

Tom grew up in Danvers, Mass., he received his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and MBA, both at the University of Maine. After graduating, he did engineering stints that included working for Honeycomb Systems first in Biddeford, and then later running their French office. He enjoyed motivating and empowering people.

When he returned to the U.S. in 1984 he knew he wanted to run his own company. He had heard about Nu-Tec, a company that built robotic assembly machines in Scarborough. He joined their operation, becoming a part-owner in 1986. see VACHON page 5

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A visit to Dixville Notch The first mutterings began over a beer. Or maybe more than one. The entire night is a blur.

We were kicking the idea around of “going to New Hampshire” to cover the primary.

It June, it seemed like a damned good idea. Then the next round came, and the next, and the next. As the night wore on, the whole concept of covering the big New England kickoff seems to be about as much fun as raising kittens.

Then, winter came.

The idea is still there, and here at 5:15 p.m., East Coast time on Jan. 9, we were just a short threehour drive away from the shenanigans at Dixville Notch.

It’s all been leading up to this, sports fans. Our checklists were made. Suit and tie, check.

Journo pads, recorders and cameras, check. Gorilla mask, spare handcuff key, bail money. Check, Check, Check.

Back when this all started, my “un-indicted co-conspirator” Curtis had just gotten married to Michelle. We were out over drinks, and the subject of covering all the stuff came around. I can see her reaction now, a slight glance heavenward. She was calculating the likelihood of a late night phone call asking for bail

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist money, or worse. You could see all the individual nuggets of possibility for disaster drop into each slot like pachinko balls in that brief second before the heavenward glance. The boys were planning on going off on an adventure.

To badly reference that oft-used line from “Apocalypse Now,” we wanted a mission, but due to the enormity of our collective sins, we were forced to give ourselves one.

Clearly, the gods of alcohol were against us from the start of the trip.

It was planned as a road trip.

A short cross border excursion to catch the circus sideshow that is the midnight voting at Dixville Notch. Earlier, there was quite the debate about the wisdom of bringing alcohol from Maine across the New Hampshire border, where the blessed juice is not only more plentiful, but wonderfully tax free. We decided we would hit some small gas and stop along the way, with an evil

plan of being the most popular folks in the room. A trunk with extra Pabsters, with full knowledge that the bars in N.H. close promptly at 1 a.m. would surely be a journalistically wise investment.

The thought went along these lines. Dixville Notch is in the middle of nowhere. Actually, during the drive, the subject came up several times that this was “Bigfoot Country,” and messing with Sasquatch was not a good idea for the unarmed and under lubricated.

Unknown to us at the time was a simple truth. You need to watch your feet in the white mountains, as toes are likely to be torn off your body with the relative speed in which the sidewalks are yanked out from under your feet.

9:59 p.m. We pulled into Colebrook. Stuck at a stoplight, we watched helplessly as the rotund blaze orange vest clad man shut off the pump lights, and went over and locked the door. There was no other source of alcohol for miles, at least the takeaway kind. Clearly, the omen of the almost full moon on an election night was a portent, a symbol of the weirdness that the night would bring. see HIGGINS page 5

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ABOVE: An artist offers his rendering of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul during the New Hampshire primary. LEFT: Vermin Supreme, a perennial Democratic candidate for president, makes an appearance for the New Hampshire Republican primary in Manchester, N.H. BELOW: Media overwhelmed the facilities in New Hampshire. (BOB HIGGINS PHOTOS)

The split between Romney and Huntsman was a shocker HIGGINS from page 4

Back to The Balsams hotel for us.

No booze there, as this was also a polling place. I hung out in the “press room” a collection of tables set up for the print folks to sit down and file.

We hopped over cord-lays for the TV crews, munched the foodstuffs put out for the show, and I tried vainly to jam my corpulent frame in the door of the room set aside as a polling place. Got a few good shots, then looked around to see where Curtis was.

He had managed to sneak his way to the podium, working his way to the front of the press pack. As the votes were read, we both did the mental math.

2 Registered Democrats in the Notch, 3 registered Republican, and 4 un-enrolled independents. Obama gets 3 votes, so that means he took both plus one independent, and the other three wandered across the aisle to the Republican side. The split between Romney and Huntsman (they tied) was a shocker, as almost the entire room expected that vote to go to Ron Paul.

A long drive later, we ended up in Manchester, at the Radisson Hotel. All the majors were set up there, and quite frankly we managed to almost trip over Bob Schieffer at CBS as he was wandering around.

The press room setups were impres-

sive. (CNN needed an entire extra room just for the empty boxes of stuff the important stuff came in.)

We wandered around, talking to people, listening to people, eavesdrop-

ping on all the good strategic conversations. We ran into one of the candidates, albeit a lesser known one, on the streets of Manchester. “Vermin Supreme,” perennial candidate, was there, complete with his attire of five ties and the boot he wears on his head.

We were journalism tourists.

As crazy as tourist season gets in Maine, we were lucky not to get eaten after messing with the likes of Sasquatch. There is more to the story, but the best ones are not told all in one sitting.

(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

Tom knew that the true assets of the company were its people VACHON from page 4

No successful career is without lucky breaks. In 1987 at a manufacturing exhibition in Zurich, he was introduced to Lanco AG in Switzerland. Nu-Tec was a struggling company of 15 employees, who couldn’t get their machines to run efficiently, and Zack’s business partner wanted out of the company.

Zack observed the Lanco system and compared: the Nu-Tec machine was a single system that required all stations to be complete before the machine could run. Time in the field to de-bug the machine was long, and profits were slim. The Lanco system, in contrast, was a modular platform, that consisted of separate systems, de-bugged individually.

Zack left the exhibition with new energy, fresh ideas and a clear vision for his company. Nu-Tec became a distributor of the Lanco system in the U.S. A year later, Zack convinced Lanco AG in Switzerland to invest. The company changed its name to Lanco Assembly Systems, operating today in Maine, Switzerland and Hong Kong. The Maine operation

employs 130 people and posted record sales in 2009 despite a down economy.

Each employee at the table stood and raised their glass to Tom, speaking candid words of appreciation. They knew how much he meant to them, their families and their livelihood. He could have easily sold out to an investment company, who would have, no doubt, moved the operation out of state. Instead, Tom opted to do an ESOP (employee stock ownership plan). Tom knew that the true assets of the company were its people. A move employees are forever grateful for, but not surprised. Tom’s generosity and care for his employees has been abundant and beyond — he’s been there for weddings, births, funerals, providing support, second chances and gifts. The company he developed, as he says is his “big family.” For the last year he’s been transitioning his role to Ed Karabec, of Scarborough. The transition has been seamless. The company is on course for continued growth.

Tom Zack has left his company in a good position — a profitable and successful manufacturer

in Maine. So what to give a man who has given so much to his company and his employees? Ed unveiled the gift: A painting by artist Toni Wolf of Portland beautifully captured the time-line of the company, and the various products that Lanco has built assembly machines for: door handles, seatbelts, cell phone casing — to name just a few.

Good energy is confident and courageous. It doesn’t hesitate to mix it up. And it doesn’t tire. It knows when to move on and is able to embrace the unknown of what may come next. I met Tom 25 years ago when he hired my husband. His energy has not waned. In the traditional sense of the word, I cannot see him retired! Whether he slows down and enjoys life with his wife, Carol, four grown children, and grandchildren, or embarks on some new endeavor, his next chapter has yet to be written — either way, I’m sure the best is yet to come.

(Karen Vachon is a resident of Scarborough, a community volunteer, and a licensed independent insurance agent.)

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Snow may not show up for Showdown

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

In three weeks, when Sunday River and Sugarloaf resorts bring a rail jam to Monument Square, 30 of the region’s best skiers and snowboarders will converge in downtown Portland.

What's not clear is where the ski areas and city will find snow to pile on the five-story piece of scaffolding.

On Friday, Feb. 3, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., the fourth annual Downtown Showdown rail jam event will feature winter sports, the resorts announced yesterday. But even with today's storm, nobody's sure that Mother Nature will provide enough snow and cold to make the event a success.

"It depends, we have snow-making equipment, so it depends on what the weather forecast looks like for the next few weeks," said city spokeswoman Nicole Clegg. "We also want to make some snow for Payson Park, so we're hoping that the weather cooperates."

Payson Park snowmaking requires a string of cold days — something that's been in short supply in this dry, mild winter.

"Last year we were certainly up and running by now," Clegg said. "One day of cold weather isn't going to do it, because if it warms up the next day, it's going to melt."

Of course, cold, snowy weather could return over the remainder of January, and the Downtown Showdown could go off without a hitch. The short-term picture isn't offering immediate relief, though. The forecast called for snow and rain today, "so it's not very promising," Clegg said.

"Our hope is that between us and the city of Portland, we'll have enough

(snow) for Monument Square," said Sunday River’s director of communications, Darcy Morse.

"In the past, we've trucked in snow, and we've used our commercial grade snow blower to shape it on the fivestory scaffolding," Morse said.

"The last couple of years, we've been lucky, Portland has been able to save some of the snow that's fallen," she said.

Clegg said the city will wait and see whether snow accumulates.

"Sometimes we have a bunch of snow in Monument Square, but we'll move it in from one of our parks," she said.

"It's a ways off," Morse added.

Sunday River has over 60 trails open now, with more than 70 trails planned for the weekend — nearly all courtesy of artificial snow making, Morse said.

"We haven't seen the natural snowfall that we saw last year, but we've been making a ton of snow, so we're not that far behind where we were last year," she said.

WinteRush, a winter carnival the city launched three years ago, will not be happening this year. Weather is a major reason, Clegg said.

The city may impose a parking ban today. People can sign up to receive notices of citywide parking bans electronically at www.portlandmaine.gov.

RIGHT: Some of New England’s top freestyle skiers and riders will be in Monument Square on Friday, Feb. 3, to compete in the fourth annual Downtown Showdown rail jam. The question is: Will Sunday River and Sugarloaf, with the city’s help, be able to find snow in Portland to truck into the square? (Photo courtesy of Ethan Austin/Sunday River)

No snow, no problem for state parks

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Nearly half of the 59 measuring sites in Maine lacked even a trace of snow, when a team conducted the year’s first Maine Cooperative Snow Survey from Jan. 3-4.

And even with today's snowstorm, Maine’s snowpack will remain at one of its lowest levels ever, according to the Maine Geological Survey.

“Sparse,” said Robert Johnston, Maine Geological Survey senior geologist, who this week compiled the data.

The collaborative team examined 59 sites around Maine and found that only 14 sites had measurable snow, the MGS geologist said. Seventeen sites recorded a trace of snow, which amounts to about one-third of an inch of snow, while the remaining 28

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“People are just going for a walk and taking their dogs for a walk, it’s sort of an extension of fall.” — Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park Manager Andy Hutchinson sites had no snow at all.

The overall water content of the snowpack throughout the state, according to the survey results, was in the lowest 10 percent of historic measurements, Johnston said.

“Maine’s snowpack is certainly abnormal for this time of year and absent in places where there regularly has been snow in previous years,” he said.

“However, it could change drastically by Friday. We can’t say that it won’t even out at some point, but it is too early in the season to tell.”

At Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park in Freeport, Park Manager Andy Hutchinson said a mild, dry winter has boosted attendance, but not for traditional winter activities such as cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. There hasn't been any snow, he said Wednesday.

"Our use is actually up in January so far, and December was about average. During the winter months, it (lack of snow) really hasn't hampered our use. We're getting a different kind of use," Hutchinson said.

More than 100 people came to the park to hike on

Jan. 1, part of a national recreation campaign, and there were more than 600 people in the park that day, Hutchinson said.

"People are just going for a walk and taking their dogs for a walk, it's sort of an extension of fall," he said.

The park continues to host Sunday nature walks at 2 p.m.

"We're having a mammals program this Sunday and we're hoping we have a little snow after this storm to do some tracking on Sunday. It's always helpful to get a little, fresh snow," he said.

On Sunday, Jan. 15, Lake St. George State Park between Augusta and Belfast will still host the annual Children's Ice Fishing Derby from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Leland Griffin, park manager at Lake St. George State Park, said, "The last week has made a lot of ice."

"We've got plenty of ice. Yesterday we had 6 inches," he said. "I wouldn't be surprised if by Sunday we had 8 or 10 inches."

Cold weather and a lack of wind has allowed the lake to freeze in a flat, uniform way — "It's all froze in. The whole lake is all froze in," Griffin said.

"We don't have an inch of snow. We don't need snow for the fishing derby," he said.

As part of the derby, however, dog sled rides may be cancelled. Last year, 89 kids fished, and more than 600 people attended the derby, which is hosted by the state park.

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Mall-area hotel undergoing $3.7 million renovation; becoming a DoubleTree

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The Wyndham Hotel across from the Maine Mall, which is undergoing a $3.7 million renovation, will become a DoubleTree by Hilton later this month (COURTESY IMAGE)

he owned for 11 years, according to a press release.

Renovations to the South Portland hotel will include an updated look for the Blue Wave Grill restaurant, an executive lodge, a 24-hour fitness room and new amenites for the more than 200 guest rooms.

For non-guests, the most noticeable change will be the tan-colored

elements added to the hotel’s facade. Previously, both towers had glass facades. The hotel complex, which includes 13,000 square feet of meeting space, was built in the mid-1980s.

In addition to the aesthetic upgrades, the hotel complex recently underwent a $1.2 million upgrade of its stormwater system, the press release said.

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Paper: Bangor man first bath salts death A 32-year-old Bangor man who died in July experienced an overdose of bath salts, marking the first death in Maine associated with the drug, according to the Bangor Daily News.

Mark Belserene, of the state Medical Examiner’s Office, told the paper yesterday that Ralph E. Willis died after consuming a “toxic level” of methylenedioxypyrovalerone, or MDPV, which is a main ingredient in the illicit drug bath salts.

Willis was the first person confirmed to have died from bath salts, a substance that was legal when it showed up in the state last year but was subsequently made illegal. Bangor Daily News reports that at least three people in Greater Bangor have died after using the drug.

According to the paper, Willis was running around and yelling at passersby when he was arrested on July 22. Willis was taken to jail but later died at Eastern Maine Medical Center.

missing toddler Ayla Reynolds, a spokesman for the Maine State Police asked the public for fresh leads in the nearly four-week-old case.

Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, told reporters yesterday that authorities have “ruled out no scenarios, and ruled out no one,” according to the Portland Press Herald.

“We are encouraging all family members (of Ayla), both here in Waterville and Southern Maine to keep her story in the forefront and to keep her name in the headlines,” he said, according to the paper.

McCausland noted that investigators have received more than 600 leads, and have followed up on every one. He urged the news media to continue following the story in hopes of generated more leads.

Authorities made no major announcements following the search of the river. Reynolds was last seen at her father’s Waterville home on Dec. 16. The father, Justin DiPietro, reported her missing on Dec. 17.

LePage to skip local Police seek fresh leads MLK events in Ayla Reynolds case Hours after dive crews searched a section of the Kennebec River in Waterville in search for the

Gov. Paul LePage won’t be attending local events honoring Martin Luther King Jr. this year either.

According to the Portland Press Herald, LePage has informed the Portland NAACP branch that he will be attending a Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast in Waterville, rather than a breakfast Monday morning at the Holiday Inn by the Bay. LePage made national news last year at this time when he declined an invitation to the event, and later said anyone who was displeased with his decision could kiss his butt.

According to the paper, Maine governors have historically attended MLK ceremonies in either Portland or Bangor. Last year, LePage attended an MLK event in Waterville.

Tickets, which cost $25, are still available for Monday’s MLK breakfast in Portland.

Rosemont plans Old Port market Rosemont Market and bakery is planning to open a shop on Commercial Street that sells items from Maine farms and the Chelsea Produce Market outside Boston, according to the Portland Press Herald.

The roughly 1,500-foot space at 9 Commercial St. in the former Finest Kind stove shop near Benkay, is expected to open by mid-March, the Press Herald reported.

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The two circular hotel towers across from the Maine Mall will soon drop the Wyndham brand for a DoubleTree by Hilton affiliation.

Officials with Wyndham Portland Airport this week announced the $3.7 million renovation at the mallside hotel was nearly complete, and that the site would be transformed from a Wyndham property into the DoubleTree by Hilton by the end of the month.

The hotel is owned by InnDeavor Development Corporation, which is based in Wesley Chapel, Fla. — a city near Tampa. Until 2007, the South Portland property operated as a Sheraton.

“Wyndham is a good company, and we did really well through a recession with that brand,” Joe VanWhy, president of InnDeavor Development Corp., said in a statement. “But, the Hilton brand contributes much more to the traveler with its unbeatable Hilton HHonors program and worldwide hotel presence.”

VanWhy has a long background in the local hotel industry. He formerly owned the Eastland Hotel in downtown Portland, and recently sold a Hampton Inn in Saco that

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The wondrous West End Travel Local ––––– Elizabeth MargolisPineo Portland is a city of neighborhoods.

After a hassle-ridden holiday, we decide to spend a little downtime in this historic urban area with its wide, tree-lined streets and elegant homes.

Portland’s West End sits high and somewhat mighty on the west side of the Portland peninsula. As blazing sunsets glow pink and gold each evening over the Promenade, twilight presents an opportunity to gaze into the windows of stately homes before the curtains are drawn. It’s an architectural voyeur’s paradise.

Walking is the way to go. Check out portlandlandmarks.org for easy walking tours and free, illustrated, no-BS guides to the area’s historic gems. From Victorian Gothic to quirky Queen Anne, the West End has turrets, cupolas, gingerbread trim, formal gardens and carriage houses to spare.

Check out the twin Italianate mansions at 308 Danforth St. Are they identical? Look again. One has a plaque that reads, “Embassy.” Curious and curiouser.

Vaughan Street’s Western Cemetery offers a peaceful stroll among entombed Portland luminaries like the Longfellows. This historic 12-acre green space is well used by locals but feels a bit haunted to me — in a good way. Wander off the beaten track and you’ll discover some of Portland’s bestkept secrets, like Salem Street with its lofty water views and funky urban vibe, and the old Polly Peters building at 26 Danforth St. and its magnificent summer garden sloping down to Casco Bay. We treat ourselves to the eclectic Pomegranate Inn for a romantic getaway at off-season rates. Vibrant colors, bird’s eye views of the West End and a whimsical, arty vibe distinguish this inspired oasis on Neal Street.

Rooms are hand-painted in Matissestyle and common areas boast an impressive art collection including Maine favorite, Eric Hopkins, and West End favorite, Bear Blake. Our treasure hunt reveals a framed poem

by Portland poet Robert Gibbons, titled, of course, “Pomegranate.”

Breakfast at the Inn is an elegant, high-end brunch. Pineapple-banana cairns with broiled brown sugar, a signature starter, are followed by puffy cheese-blintz souffle with local Maine blackberries and blueberry coulis, made all the more indulgent with a side of candied bacon. Yes, candied bacon. This exceptional morning fare elevates breakfast to fine art with zingy Maine flavors and West End flair.

Our art-soaked sensory feast continues with a 15-minute walk to the Portland Museum of Art at the center of Portland’s Arts District. We visit old favorites like “Mrs. Curtis” by

Hill — but that’s another story.

After a sunny, selfguided walking tour of the West End and a lofty afternoon wandering the Arts District, it’s time for a drink. The bar at Caiola’s Restaurant on Pine Street opens at 5 and we all but have our faces pressed against the glass when they open the door.

The menu reflects a real sense of place with Maine Honey Mead-Prosecco cocktails, shrimp, sardines and briny mussels, all from Maine, plus chunky polenta fries — Italian-inspired but prepared with consummate Maine skill. The best seats in the house are at the bar behind the espresso machine where we enjoy a full-on view of Caiola’s funky neighborto-neighbor vibe.

Aromas of garlic and baking drift up Pine Street, the West End’s mini-food mecca. Try Aurora Provisions’ “beautiful food for busy ABOVE: Marta’s nifty Gothic cottage, said to be one of the finest examples of Gothic Revival in Maine. BELOW LEFT: Cin- people.” I confess an namon toast balls at Aurora Provisions. BOTTOM LEFT: Matisse-inspired room at Pomegranate Inn. BELOW RIGHT: John unhealthy addiction to Singer Sargent’s “Ellen Sears Amory Anderson Curtis (1868-1952) oil on canvas, is on display at the Portland Museum of their cinnamon toast Art. BOTTOM RIGHT: Caiola’s Restaurant’s mussels and polenta fries. balls, sweet cinnamony steals at 75¢.

Noontime soups and high-end take-away like Asiago Mashed Potatoes hit the spot on nights when overachieving West Enders are too busy to cook.

Bonobo’s wood-fired pizza makes a superb late-night hangover deterrent. Or try Ruski’s on Danforth Street — this West End institution has some of the best wings and burgers on the peninsula. Gray Street’s Ohno Café; has a great neighborhoody vibe, and their all-day breakfast sandwiches rock, especially the “Number Two,” an unfortunate name for an exquisite mash-up of fried egg, avocado, smoked turkey, and gouda on an English muffin. Hip, snarky service adds to the ambiance of this beloved neighborhood joint.

Take some time to be a tourist in your own hometown. Who knows, there may be a nifty treasure right outside your front door. Travel can’t guarantee you’ll find art worthy John Singer Sargent in her knockout local! of your collection, First Friday uncorks blue and gold gown – gorgeous. Don’t an exceptional evening of strolling and miss First Friday Art Walk, Portland’s (Elizabeth Margolis-Pineo is a travel schmoozing. Revelers can wander all monthly celebration of sipping, savorwriter and creator of EpicuriousTravthe way to the Old Port and Munjoy ing and gallery-hopping. While we elers.com.)

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– MUSIC CALENDAR ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– music and dance by fiddler Ed Pearlman, dancer Laura Scott, and family); Neil Pearlman Band (Scottish music laced with jazz, Latin and funk influences); Elijah Woolcott (Grade 1 bagpiper, the top level of solo piping); Annie Finch (renowned poet/author, director of USM’s Stonecoast MFA writing program); Betsy Sholl (former poet laureate of Maine). Poets Annie Finch and Betsy Sholl will select several Burns poems for us, and will write their own poems in dialogue with Burns, specially for this evening’s performance. We look forward to seeing you in the intimate hall at the Portland New Church (Swedenborgian).” Tickets $12 at door or online at www.highlandsoles.com. Information 767-6396 info@highlandsoles.com

Friday, Jan. 13 Acoustic Evening with Jacob Augustine 7:30 p.m. GFAC 207 Productions in association with WBLM and Maine Magazine present a very special Acoustic Evening with Jacob Augustine. This will be Augustine’s first Portland area concert since last fall’s triumphant CD release party at Port City Music Hall. Jacob Augustine is a singer, songwriter and musician from the Northern woods of Maine. He has lived all over the country, crisscrossing the United States performing for over a decade in various projects. While living in California in 2008, he recorded his first record under Jacob Augustine, entitled Harmonia, which was released in early 2009 to critical acclaim. $12 advance and $15 at the door. St. Lawrence Arts Center. www.stlawrencearts.org

Alias, Trails, Sandbag, Educated Advocates at SPACE Gallery

8 p.m. SPACE Gallery presents. Local hip-hop luminaries take the stage for an expansive evening of beats and rhymes.

No stranger to SPACE, Alias’ amazingly diverse portfolio of EPs, remixes, collaboA Night of Dubstep & EDM rations and sonic explorations consistently 8 p.m. 207 Nightlife Presents: A Night impresses. Rapper Syn and DJ/producer of Dubstep & EDM w/ DJ Dirty Dek and special guest Remote Kontrol, at Port The band Nuclear Boots will be playing Geno’s on Saturday, Jan. 28, with Computer at Sea and The Outfits, theLin form the raw and unconventional duo Trails. Sandbag is a collective of talCity Music Hall. Advance: $10; door: from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. (COURTESY PHOTO) ented emcees - Mr. Harps, Pensivv, Nate $15; VIP: $20. Remote Kontrol has been Shupe, and Ill By Instinct - who fuse socially seen all across the world and they will be floors nationwide with their eclectic mixes, from sunset aware lyricism with good-old-fashioned hip hop. Educated live in Portland Jan 13. Remote Kontrol has appeared on chill-out to bass-dropping tech house, and an array of other Advocates makes “new vintage” hip-hop, mixing innovative NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” FOX’s “So You Think You futuristic sounds. Theirs is a democratic mission: to expose rhymes and vocal arrangements with golden era producCan Dance,” “The Ellen Show” and “The Wendy Williams as many people as possible to the artists they admire and tion styles. Keeping it fresh all night on the decks will be Show.” www.portcitymusichall.com respect. Port City Music Hall. Advance: $12; door: $15; VIP: DJs Mayonnaise and Rew. With expert visual instruction by $25.

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Higher Organix and Leave It On Stage 8 p.m. Cyborg Trio, Higher Organix, Leave It On Stage at Port City Music Hall. Massachusetts’ Higher Organix plays psychdelic dance-fusion. Advance: $10; door: $15; VIP: $20. www.portcitymusichall.com

Sunday, Jan. 15 Different Drummers Joyful Hearts Club Band 12:30 p.m. Different Drummers Joyful Hearts Club Band, hosted by Unity of Greater Portland at 54 River Road, Windham, one mile north of Westbrook. “What a wonderful way to celebrate the New Year or just release some of your toe-tapping energies.” $10 donation requested. For more information about Unity of Greater Portland or the Different Drummers, please contact 893-1233 or visit www.unitygreaterportland.org.

Women in Harmony 7 p.m. Women in Harmony, Portland’s 60-voice women’s chorus, presents a winter concert, Still I Rise, also Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. “The program celebrates the strength and resilience of women as they seek peace, freedom and understanding. Over three quarters of the pieces on the program were written by women composers and/or performers, including Joan Szymko, Carol Maillard of Sweet Honey in the Rock, Elizabeth Alexander, Eleanor Daley, Gwyneth Walker, The Righteous Mothers, Laura Berkson, Rosephayne Powell, and Holly Near. Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Admission is $15 at the door; Students/Seniors $10.”

Robert Burns concert 7:30 p.m. Concert of Music, Dance, Poetry in celebration of Robert Burns. Portland New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland, featuring: Highland Soles (Scottish & Cape Breton

Tuesday, Jan. 24 PSO Tuesday Classical concert 7:30 p.m. The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Tuesday Classical concert features three works by two composers who were each deeply inspired by their homelands. The concert features guest conductor Christopher Warren-Green and violinist Steven Moeckel, and will be held at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. The program opens with Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’ Karelia Suite. Composed in 1893, when Sibelius was just 28 years old, the suite was commissioned by the University of Helsinki in tribute to the history and traditions of Karelia, Finland. The second piece in the evening’s concert is also by Sibelius, his Violin Concerto featuring Steven Moeckel as the guest soloist. The composer’s passion for the violin is made clear with this work, the only concerto he ever wrote. The final work on the program is Antonín Dvorák’s Symphony No. 7, an emotionally-charged work celebrating the composer’s love of Bohemia, his homeland. Visit PortTIX.com.

Thursday, Jan. 19 Mike Stud at Port City 8 p.m. “The Kollection” states: “A lot of people think of Mike Stud as one of just many rappers in a new genre: college students who make party music. It is true that Stud’s biggest track to date is College Humor (see below).

However, after meeting Mike Stud on the set for the College Humor video, I found that there was much more to this artist than meets the eye.” Port City Music Hall.

Advance: $10; door: $15; VIP: $25. www.portcitymusichall.com

Friday, Jan. 20 Orchard Lounge 8 p.m. Downtempo, space disco, house, tech, b-boy era electro, hip hop, soul, and funk – if you can move, Orchard Lounge will back you up. Formed in Chicago in 2000, OL is the collective of Ben Silver, Spencer Lokken and Bethany Lokken. This versatile trio has enlightened dance

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). When you’re in the majority, it’s easy to be bold. But the one who shows courage even when the numbers are against him is truly brave. You’ll be such a person today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You’ll be the one to set the pace for those around you, many of whom will have to run to keep up with you. Slow down tonight, and notice the one who needs to connect with you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You’re not sure that you’re exactly where you want to be, but you can see definite benefits to your position. You’ll notice what you have to leverage, and you’ll use it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your sign mate Ellen DeGeneres said, “Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll need bigger reserves of patience, especially where the opposite sex is concerned. If you can stay a bit detached, it will be easier. Everyone is doing his or her best.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 12).

You will feel as though you are divinely guided to do what’s right not only for you, but for future generations. To some degree, this will rectify the injustices born by your ancestors. March brings a ticket to fun. You’ll love the people you meet. June features flirtation and intrigue. August is your best travel month. Love signs are Scorpio and Sagittarius. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 14, 33, 17, 9 and 40.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Decide what you want to accomplish, and focus on one thing at a time. Your full attention will be necessary to accomplish anything of note. Multitasking will lead to diminished productivity at best -- and accidents at worst.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ve seen a lot, but you’re not about to let that make you jaded. Time with children or less experienced people will restore your youthful exuberance while making you glad for all you’ve been through.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You can’t stand the thought of getting into a rut. Repetition bores you. People watch you because you’re bound to do something entertaining. You’ll surprise your public with unexpected moves.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). In everything you do, you’ll bring a soulfulness of expression that comes from the heart. There are those few who will be uneasy with your level of feeling, and yet they’ll be better for it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be inclined to go along with what’s happening, but not all the way. There will be finer points that you can’t abide by, and you also can’t help but voice your disagreement. You’ll make people think.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have a lightness about you now. Everyone who comes to you will leave feeling lifted. For some, the difference will be slight, and others will experience great buoyancy of spirit just being around you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Seeing the potential in things is a helpful life skill, and you use it all the time. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’re dissatisfied with the way things are. It’s

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2012. There are 354 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 12, 1912, textile workers at the Everett Mill in Lawrence, Mass., (most of them immigrant women) walked off the job to protest wage cuts. The “Bread and Roses Strike,” as it came to be known, spread to other mills in Lawrence and lasted until the following March.

On this date: In 1519, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.

In 1773, the first public museum in America was organized in Charleston, S.C. In 1828, the United States and Mexico signed a Treaty of Limits defining the boundary between the two countries to be the same as the one established by an 1819 treaty between the U.S. and Spain.

In 1915, the House of Representatives rejected, 204-174, a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote.

In 1932, Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, after serving out the remainder of the term of her late husband, Thaddeus.

In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that state law schools could not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race.

In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla Records) in Detroit.

In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson said in his State of the Union address that the U.S. should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended.

In 1971, the groundbreaking situation comedy “All in the Family” premiered on CBS television.

In 1987, Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite arrived in Lebanon on his latest mission to win the release of Western hostages; however, Waite ended up being taken captive himself, and wasn’t released until 1991.

One year ago: President Barack Obama visited Tucson, Ariz., the scene of a deadly shooting rampage, where he urged Americans to refrain from partisan bickering and to embrace the idealistic vision of democracy held by 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, the youngest of the shooting victims.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Luise Rainer is 102. Country singer Ray Price is 86. Singer Glenn Yarbrough is 82. The Amazing Kreskin is 77. Country singer William Lee Golden is 73.

Rock musician Cynthia Robinson is 68. Singermusician George Duke is 66. Actor Anthony Andrews is 64. Actress Kirstie Alley is 61. Writer Walter Mosley is 60. Country singer Ricky Van Shelton is 60. Radio personality Howard Stern is 58. Writer-producer-director John Lasseter is 55. Broadcast journalist Christiane Amanpour is 54. Rock musician Charlie Gillingham is 52.

Actor Oliver Platt is 52. Model Vendela is 45.

Actress Farrah Forke is 44. Actress Rachael Harris is 44. Rock singer Zack de la Rocha is 42. Singer Dan Haseltine is 39. Rock musician Matt Wong is 39. Singer Melanie Chisholm is 38. Contemporary Christian singer Jeremy Camp is 34. Rhythm-and-blues singer Amerie is 32. Actress Naya Rivera is 25. Actor Will Rothhaar is 25. Actor Andrew Lawrence is 24.

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To say I’m worried would be an understatement. Any advice would be helpful. -- Concerned Friend in Warren, Ohio Dear Concerned: We shudder to think of the devastating scenarios that are possible. Please contact the Alabama Adult Protective Services hotline at 1-800-458-7214 and ask them to investigate the situation. We hope your friend is OK. Dear Annie: I am trying to decide whether I should leave my marriage of almost 50 years. During the years when we both worked, my husband and I spent many hours at our jobs, and I pretty much raised our children myself. Now that we are retired and have the time to spend together, he has no interest in being with me.

I am still fairly attractive at the age of 70. I would love to go on vacations and am also interested in a sex life. My husband, however, couldn’t care less. He saw a doctor regarding his inability to have sex, but had no success and gave up. He keeps himself busy, but he has locked me out both physically and emotionally.

I would be happy kissing, hugging and cuddling, but he scoots so far away, I am surprised he does not fall off the bed.

Even when watching TV, he will put on programs he knows I don’t care for, and if I object, he goes into another room.

We seem to have nothing in common anymore, except our grandchildren. He enjoys being with them. But I am lonely. I

have a network of friends, many of whom are widows who say I would be crazy to leave him. I am afraid of making a mistake at my age, but living like this is miserable. Am I too old to start over? -- Lonely in New York Dear New York: No, but you have to be willing to be alone, because that is a possibility. Your husband is probably afraid that cuddling, kissing and hugging will leave you with raised expectations. We are certain he is no happier about this situation than you are. Please ask him to go with you for counseling to see whether the two of you can find a way to work through this. A professional can help guide you.

Dear Annie: I really enjoyed your response to “Worried Hubby,” whose wife receives a lot of flirtatious attention from “Harry” when they eat out.

I have been in situations where men have approached me like this. My husband makes sure he is nearby and always strikes up a conversation with the guy. Later, when we are alone, my husband compliments me and says he understands why I attract other men. He then tells me how lucky he is to be married to me.

I also have had the situation reversed and have seen women be attracted to my husband. It serves as a reminder of all his great qualities and of why I married him. I remember to compliment him, as well. I also make sure that I keep things special in our marriage by being an attentive “girlfriend.”

What with technology keeping people in touch and both spouses on the go, it is so important in today’s world that we make time for our marriage. -- Iola, Wis. Dear Iola: Although it is important that neither spouse enjoys the attention of others too much, you are wise to understand how flirting with your partner can keep a marriage fresh.

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.

Prickly City

by Scott Stantis

NORTH, S.C. — The grim just gets grimmer here at the Edisto Grocery, where all day long people with not enough work come to eat $2.25 fried bologna sandwiches, pick up some horse feed and complain about the price of diesel.

“Jobs are all I hear about every day. Where are the jobs?” said Pete Bradley, who owns the small store and gas station here in Orangeburg County, where unemployment is 15.6 percent and the median income is $32,699.

After stops in Iowa and New Hampshire, states that are doing relatively well economically, the Republican presidential race is coming for the first time to a state that is struggling mightily through the downturn and, like much of the country, has distinct pockets of poverty and prosperity.

Just a 45-minute drive from the Edisto Grocery toward the capital city of Columbia, South Carolina looks quite different. Here, in Lexington County where Gov. Nikki Haley lives, unemployment is 7 percent and the median income is $51,523. New companies, lured to South Carolina by generous tax incentives and the state’s right-to-work policies, are hailed as heroes.

Amazon’s sprawling new distribution center could net as many as 2,000 jobs. The Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a maker of respiratory medicine, will break ground in the same industrial park this month and bring about 700 jobs. Continental Tire plans to invest $500 million to build a plant in nearby Sumter County.

Building on those potential new jobs, Ms. Haley delivered a message of promised prosperity last week as she traveled to the wealthy coastal communities of Charleston and Myrtle Beach with the presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, trying to give him an edge in the Jan. 21 Republican primary.

Mr. Romney hopes that message will secure South Carolina and, with it, the nomination. For the last 32 years, whoever has won in South Carolina has become the Republican candidate for president.

As it does in much of the rest of the country, the economic gap looms large in this state. Since 2007, South Carolina has lost 78,000 jobs, many of them in construction. The question is whether economics will overshadow the reliable platform of smaller government and deep social conservatism important especially to poor and middle-class white Republican voters in South Carolina.

Although it is a relatively small state — it ranks 24th in population and 40th in size — South Carolina is a place of stark contrasts between the haves and the have nots, and one in which the political landscape can be brutal and difficult to anticipate.

Three bands of wealth run across the state. Fiscally conservative but less socially conservative retirees populate the coast. To the northwest, along the Interstate 85 corridor toward Charlotte, N.C., Spartanburg’s BMW plant and other manufacturers offer solid jobs for a region with deeply felt conservative views on social issues and Christian institutions like Bob Jones University.

In the center of the state sits the capital, Columbia, where a recent burst of new business and a state government dominated by a Republican majority and a governor who rode to office on a wave of Tea Party support help define the political playing field.

The Republican primary will probably be a study in the balance between social conservatism and the economy, many here believe. And although issues of black-white relations remain an undercurrent in the state where the Civil War began, courting black voters is not much of a factor for Republicans.

“Blacks, whether they are rich or poor or middle class, largely vote Democrat,” said Scott Buchanan, executive director of the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics. “Poor whites tend to vote Republican.”

In South Carolina, Mr. Buchanan said, the Republicans are the party of conservative social issues and limited taxes.

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Thursday, Jan. 12 Young drivers’ safety discussion rescheduled 6 p.m. Secretary of State Charlie Summers has rescheduled “Conversations with the Communities” on Thursday evening, Jan. 12 due to predicted inclement weather and his concern for safety on Maine’s roads. Portland’s “Conversations with the Communities” has been rescheduled for Monday, Jan. 23, at 6 p.m. at the Bureau of Motor Vehicle’s Office in Portland.

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.

For more information on the Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program log onto www.seadogs.com.

Free playtimes for children with autism at Children’s Museum and Theatre 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Children’s Museum and 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

‘Force of Nature’ 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

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.

Sunday River and Sugarloaf resorts will host their fourth annual Downtown Showdown rail jam event in Portland’s Monument Square on Friday, Feb. 3, from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. (FILE PHOTO)

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

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

Making Faces: Photographic Portraits at PMA

‘Tap, Tap, Jazz’ by Maine State Ballet

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.

Saturday, Jan. 14 Lucid Stage’s LucidFest

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 poverty and learn about current efforts to address it but to take responsibility as a diverse community to prioritize the

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 see next page

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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.

Thursday, Jan. 19 Forum — Financing Maine’s Clean Tech Sector 7:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine, Financing Maine’s Clean Tech Sector, Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland.

“Compared to a year ago, venture capital investment in clean tech companies has increased 73 percent to $1.1 billion (Ernst & Young). Clean technology investments are on the rise but what does this mean for Maine? The Jan.19 forum, Financing Maine’s Clean Tech Sector will be a twopart event to explore the state of venture capital in Maine, as well as other sources of funding available to clean tech start ups, firms experiencing growth, and other businesses seeking capital. Part I: Panel (8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.) State of Giving: philanthropic and foundation grant support--Betsy Biemann, Maine Technology Institute. State of Lending: commercial and public loans and the political/regulatory environment’s influence — Mike Finnegan, Coastal Enterprises, Inc.; and, an overview of the steps necessary to access loans and other funding streams — Stephen Lovejoy, Maine Small Business Development Center, State of Capital: venture capital availability and angel investors -Don Gooding, Maine Angels. Part II: Break Out Sessions (9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.).

Friday, Jan. 20 2012 eco-Excellence Awards nominations 5 p.m. The 2012 eco-Excellence Awards nominations are due by Jan. 20. The awards are given annually in recognition of “green” activities by ecomaine, a nonprofit recycling and waste disposal operation that is municipally owned and operated. Michael Bobinsky chair of the ecomaine Board of Directors and director of Portland Public Services, said, “Each one of the 43 communities served by ecomaine can win an award – it’s a great opportunity to recognize a person, group or business that has made a difference in your community.” The judging of entries will be done by members of the ecomaine Recycling Committee. Troy Moon (Portland), chair of the committee, and a member of the board of directors, said all the recipients and their nominators will be invited to an awards luncheon given in their honor in Portland on Wednesday, March 7. “At that time,” said Moon, “we will present the individual awards and announce the Grand Award winners for community and business.” The brief entry forms and information about previous winners can be found on-line at www.ecomaine.org or requested by phoning 523-3108.

The Facebook Portrait Project 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Portland Museum of Art, Great Hall. Artist Tanja Alexia Hollander invites you to stop by the museum.

The Are You Really My Friend? exhibition will open in February. On Friday, Jan. 20, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the public is invited to Collaborative Confessional: Tanja Alexia Hollander and the Facebook Portrait Project. www.portlandmuseum.org/Content/6628.shtml

‘The Fairy’ 6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, “The Fairy,” Portland Museum of Art. Friday, Jan. 20, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 21, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 22, 2 p.m. NR. www.portlandmuseum.org/events

Film: Future Shorts Pop-Up Film Fesival 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery. “The Future Shorts Festival is the biggest pop up film festival of its kind, showcasing the most exciting short films from around the world. Anyone, anywhere can set up a screening, forming a massive network of cinematic events and becoming part of a powerful global community.” $8/$6 for SPACE members and students with ID. www.space538.org/events.php

Saturday, Jan. 21 Wings of Winter 9 a.m. Wings of Winter with Maine Audubon. “Join this annual field trip to several of Greater Portland’s birding hot spots. Starting at Back Cove, we’ll scan for waterfowl, then work our way around the East End to Portland’s waterfront to check the congregations of gulls for unusual species, including Iceland, glaucous, and lesser black-backed. From there we’ll cross the bridge to Willard Beach and work our way along the Cape Elizabeth shore to Portland Head Light, Two Lights State Park, and Kettle Cove (time and weather permitting). Expect to see loons, grebes, great cormorant, at least eight duck species, and other seabirds. Luck may turn up a Barrow’s goldeneye, brant, or possibly a king eider. Limited to 12 participants (5 in the van).” Advance registration is necessary. For those with questions, call 7812330 or email programs@maineaudubon.org.

WMPG Power Up! Open House 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “WMPG Community Radio’s Power Up! signal improvement project is a success! After years of planning, fund-raising, and hard work, WMPG is now broadcasting a new more powerful signal, reaching radios from southern York County to the Augusta area, and west to Central New Hampshire. To celebrate this important milestone with our listeners, supporters and volunteers, WMPG is holding a day-long Power Up! Open House on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please join us by listening to 90.9 or 104.1 FM, or stop by in person at 92 Bedford Street on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine for our transmitter-warming party! On that day you’ll hear special celebratory programming on the air all day long, with live music, voices from the past, and live and recorded calls from our new expanded listening area. The theme of the Power Up! Open House is ‘Same Community Radio ... MUCH More Community!’ At the WMPG studios, 92 Bedford Street on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine.”

‘The Mystery of Ice Mountain’ 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The Dolly Wagglers present “The Mystery of Ice Mountain,” puppet show for all ages. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland. Run Time approx 30 minutes. $8 adults/ $4 kids under 12. www.mayostreetarts.org. The Dolly Wagglers present “The Mystery of Ice Mountain” at Mayo Street Arts. “It is about an adventure in a remote, icy landscape with some exotic creatures of the colder climes.

Slapstick, life-sized puppets, and ventriloquism are just a few of the old-world tricks the Dolly Wagglers may pull from their sleeves. Audiences of all ages will enjoy the show. This puppet show is part of The Children’s Puppet Workshop — a series of puppet-themed workshops and performances for the community at Mayo Street Arts. Sponsored in part

by The Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation, Portland Community Policing, and Coffee By Design.”

Monday, Jan. 23 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” were scheduled to be held on the following dates at the local Bureau of Motor Vehicle Offices: 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/. see next page

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– EVENTS CALENDAR––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The 18th Annual Dr. Noel Paradise Memorial Swish-Out and Junior Swish-Out Childhood Cancer Challenge is currently seeking ‘A Journey to Darfur’ teams to participate in this year’s event.

7 p.m. The Meg Perry Center, 644 Con“Coordinated by Maine’s credit unions, gress St., Portland. Fur Cultural Revival teams of businesses, friends and family, (part of The Darfur Community Center of and or any other connection are once Maine) is proud to present the documenagain sought to participate in the event tary film, “A Journey to Darfur” starring which benefits the Maine Children’s Cancer George Clooney. This film will be shown for Program. Since MCCP treats children and free on Monday, January 23, 2011 at 7:00 families from Maine and New Hampshire, PM at The Meg Perry Center, 644 Conteams come from both states to particigress Street in Portland, Maine. The public pate. The tournament is a three-on-three, is encouraged to attend. The event is all co-ed, double-elimination event and is open ages and free. The film will be followed by to adults 18 or older. The entry fee remains a discussion and a short presentation by $100 per team and all funds raised go directly El-Fadel Arbab, America’s primary spokesto the Maine Children’s Cancer Program. person for the Darfuri refugee diaspora, Since it began in 1994, more than $200,000 who will speak about the ongoing Genohas been raised through the event. This cide throughout Sudan. year’s event also features the second annual Junior Swish-Out, open to middle school students (grades 6-8). The Junior Swish-Out Tuesday, Jan. 24 format is similar to the adult tournament with a three-on-three, co-ed format. The Junior Film: Urbanized at SPACE Swish-Out is limited to the first 12 teams to 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery film screening. enter and the entry fee is $75 per team. In “‘Urbanized’ (the third part of Gary Hustaddition, there are again two divisions for the wit’s design film trilogy, joining ‘Helvetica’ Adult Swish-Out Tournament with a 28 team and ‘Objectified’) is a feature-length docu‘Just For Fun’ Division and an Elite 8 Division mentary about the design of cities, which “Timeless songs such as ‘Dancing Queen,’ ‘I Have a Dream,’ ‘Voulez-Vous’ and ‘Take a Chance on Me’ are that is by invitation only once a team has reglooks at the issues and strategies behind ingeniously woven into an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship in ‘Mamma Mia!’” Potland Ova- istered.” Contact Jon Paradise at the Maine urban design and features some of the tions presents the hit this weekend. (COURTESY PHOTO) Credit Union League at 773-5671, ext. 273 or world’s foremost architects, planners, polie-mail jparadise@mainecul.org. Entry forms lected food items will be donated to the Good Shepherd cymakers, builders, and thinkers. Followed may be downloaded at www.mainecul.org.

Food Bank. As in the past, this year’s food drive will be “Buy

by Q&A with Noah Chasin, Assistant Professor at Bard ColOne, Bring One, Get One.” “For every ticket purchased Filmmaker Walter Ungerer lege and Mitchell Rasor of MRLD Landscape Architecture and every donated food item you bring, you will receive 7 p.m. Experimental Films by Filmmaker Walter Ungerer. + Design. Co-Presented by AIGA Maine and MRLD Landa free Sea Dogs ticket to the same game. For example, if Join the St. Lawrence Arts Center as the center presents scape Architecture + Urbanism.” $7/$5 for SPACE memyou buy three tickets to the June 7 game and bring in three a program of recent short films by renowned filmmaker bers, free for AIGA Maine, all ages. www.space538.org/ food items, you will receive three additional complimentary Walter Ungerer. In the 1950s – 60s he was a fixture in The events.php tickets of equal or lesser value to the June 7 game. The Village art community and underground film scene in New offer is good for Box Seats, Reserved, General Admission, York City, which included such names as Ed Emshwiller, Wednesday, Jan. 25 and Pavilion seating; subject to availability. Fans may take Bob Lowe, Jonas Mekas, Tony Montanaro, and Stan Vanadvantage of this offer by bringing their non-perishable derbeek.

Walker Memorial Library computer classes food items to the Hadlock Field Box Office. The Sea Dogs 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Walker Memorial Library is deep Ticket Office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to Wednesday, Feb. 1 into the digital age and invites you to learn more about 5 p.m. Each year the Sea Dogs have been able to donate computers with us. Starting Wednesday, Jan. 25, staff will hundreds of food items to the Good Shepherd Food Bank West End Meeting Place offer computer discussion classes. Sign up and join us. thanks to the generosity of Sea Dogs’ fans. The Sea Dogs 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The next West End Meeting Place will 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. we will offer short discussion and open the 2012 season on the road with a 4:05 p.m. doube held at the Reiche Community Center. Meeting Place demonstrations related to computers and what they can bleheader in Reading, Penn., against the Reading Phillies. is an Art At Work project to help neighborhoods develop do for you. All sessions are free yet limited to six persons The home opener is slated for Thursday, April 12 at 6 p.m. and deepen their networks and connections through partat each session. Signup for each session recommended. against the Binghamton Mets at Hadlock Field. The 2012 nerships with local artists. Artists lead monthly workshops 854-0630, ext. 5 . season will be the Sea Dogs 19th year in Portland and 10th on topics designed to increase civic engagement, pride, as a Boston Red Sox affiliate.” Tickets can be purchased by Free For All opening reception and neighborhood knowledge. For more information, go calling the Sea Dogs Ticket Office at 879-9500 and online at 6 p.m. SPACE Gallery exhibit opening. “Come celebrate the to www.ArtAtWork.com/Projects/MeetingPlace, Facebook. www.seadogs.com. opening of our salon style exhibit Free For All. The walls will com/ArtAtWork or www.ArtAtWorkProject.us. be stacked with art from emerging and established artists, Movies at the Museum, ‘One for the Road’ in a range of subject, size and medium. It’ a true Free For 6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, “One for the Road,” PortThursday, Feb. 2 All!” www.space538.org/events.php land Museum of Art. Friday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 28, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 29, 2 p.m. NR. www.

Wind Power discussion portlandmuseum.org/events CiRCA in Westbrook 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gilsland Farm Sanctuary, Falmouth, Maine 7:30 p.m. “Combining ‘astonishing physical mastery’ and Audubon. Kate Williams, Wildlife and Renewable Energy ‘poetic resonance’ (New York Times) with playful sensualProgram Director at the Biodiversity Research Institute, has Saturday, Jan. 28 ity, Australia’s CiRCA breaks out of the big top to create a worked with shorebirds, wading birds, seabirds, passerbold new vision of circus as a delightful, provocative and ines, fishes, and mammals across Maine and internationClub 86 comedy and music contemporary art form. Over the course of 80 intense minally. Kate will be providing an overview of wildlife issues 7:30 p.m. Near Sighted Productions and SPACE Gallery utes, the streamlined troupe of seven moves from highly related to wind power development, both onshore and offpresent “Club 86,” an evening of comedy and music feaconnected acrobatic and tumbling sequences through shore, with a focus on birds and bats. She will also discuss turing special guest, Grammy award saxophone virtuoso, fast-paced intricate scenes to a haunting finale. Blending current studies in this arena, and discuss proposals for offCharlie Neville of the Neville Brothers. The evening features bodies, lights, and sound — including tracks by Leonard shore wind farms in Maine. Free. the first live performance of “Club 86,” an exciting new Cohen, Sigur Ros and Cake — CiRCA’s boundary-pushing ‘Next Fall’ by Good Theater radio series in the tradition of A Prairie Home Companion work plumbs the philosophical depths where cirque and 7 p.m. “Next Fall” by Geoffrey Nauffts, Jan. 25 to Feb. 19. and The Vinyl Café. Charlie Neville will appear as himself dance collide.” Westbrook Performing Arts Center,. 471 “Good Theater presents the Maine premiere of this recent in “Club 86” and will perform a solo set afterwards. Charlie Stroudwater St., Westbrook. Tickets: $28 $25 Students: Best Play Tony Award nominee. A charming, funny and Neville’s solo work as a jazz saxophonist has been hailed $10. portlandovations.org or 842.0800. touching play about life and love from one of the writers of around the world. The evening includes music from the the hit TV series, Brothers & Sisters.” Directed by Brian P. Club 86 Ensemble, led by noted jazz pianist Jesse Lynch Friday, Feb. 3 Allen and starring Joe Bearor, Rob Cameron, Matt Delamaplus music/spoken word collaborations with a prominent ter, Moira Driscoll Abbie Killeen and Tony Reilly. St Lawmember of Portland’s arts community, poet and spoken rence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. Wednesdays 7 p.m. word performer Gil Helmick. Club 86 is a weekly series folFourth annual Downtown Showdown ($15), Thursdays 7 p.m. ($20), Fridays 7:30 p.m. ($20), Satlowing the sometimes reluctant, sometimes clumsy, always 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday River and Sugarloaf resorts urday 7:30 p.m. ($25), Sundays 2 p.m. ($25) with a special entertaining reactions of employees and patrons of a local will host their fourth annual Downtown Showdown rail jam added matinee on Saturday, Feb. 11, 3 p.m. ($20). Resertavern in Lewiston as the new manager strives to re-brand event in Portland’s Monument Square on Friday, Feb. 3, vations and information call 885-5883. Presented by Good the club as a showcase for local and national performing from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. One of the few urban rail jams Theater, a professional theater; the theater is in residence at artists. in the country, the resorts partner with the City of Portland the St. Lawrence Arts Center. www.goodtheater.com to bring the mountains of Maine to the metropolitan streets in the form of a five-story, snow-covered rail and staircase Sunday, Jan. 29 feature. For this invitation-only event, 30 of the region’s best Friday, Jan. 27 skiers and snowboarders will be invited by Sunday River Swish-Out, Junior Swish-Out and Sugarloaf to compete and showcase their skills. Free to Portland Sea Dogs Food Drive 7:30 a.m. Hill Gymnasium, University of Southern Maine, watch, last year’s rail jam drew in thousands of spectators 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Portland Sea Dogs have announced Gorham Campus. Maine’s longest-running, continuous who gathered around the manmade mountain to watch as that the organization will hold its 12th annual Food Drive three-on-three benefit basketball tournament will again athletes competed for more than $4,000 in cash and prizes. which will run from now through Friday, Jan. 27. All the coltake place at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham.

This year’s prize purse will be valued the same. from preceding page