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Gianni Onorato, the general director of Costa Cruises, covered his face during a news conference in Genoa, Italy, on Monday. (Tano Pecoraro/Associated Press/The New York Times)

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Casco Bay Lines’ new ferry pushed back until mid-2013 Stimulus-funded ferry lost its slot at the shipyard. See the story on page 8 Pirates in Lewiston? Civic Center closure ‘a tricky scenario’ — See the story on page 6

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An L.L. Bean birthday — 100 years to boot See page 3

Allan Tubbs with Shyka, Sheppard and Garster surveying of Bangor, sets up “control data” or baseline dimensions Monday for a renovation of the Cumberland County Civic Center. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Baseball losing its glow in Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, P.R. (NY Times) — This used to be the climax of baseball’s peak season in Puerto Rico. The storied winter league lured many of Major League Baseball’s biggest Puerto Rican stars back to the island — from Roberto Clemente and Orlando Cepeda to Roberto Alomar and Bernie Williams — and they would regularly play before tens of thousands of fans during what was otherwise their off-season.

More than 250 high school students attend the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School in Gurabo where days are split between classes and practice. But that scene no longer exists. Four years after being forced to cancel an entire season, the league has only four teams. And for the first time in its history, which dates to 1938, the Puerto Rican Baseball League does not have a team based in San Juan, the capital.

The league’s struggles are merely the most vivid manifestation of a more profound, and surprising, phenomenon playing out here: the general decline of baseball in a place where it was long considered the national pastime, if not a religion. After decades of populating major league rosters with All-Star players at every position, Puerto Rico had only 20 players on Major League Baseball rosters on opening day last season.

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Baseball changes through the years.

It gets milder.”

—Babe Ruth

Irish court declares a former tycoon bankrupt NYT — Sean Quinn, a businessman who was once one of the richest men in Ireland, was declared bankrupt on Monday by a court in the country, where stiff regulations could prevent him from resuming his business activities for up to 12 years.

Mr. Quinn, 65, who did not appear in the Dublin court where the ruling was made, unexpectedly dropped his opposition to the bankruptcy proceedings. They are connected to more than 2.8 billion euros, or $3.5 billion, that he owes to the former Anglo Irish Bank, now known as the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation.

The bank was at the center of Ireland’s property collapse and was nationalized in early 2009. Last week, it successfully challenged Mr. Quinn’s bankruptcy declaration in Northern Ireland, where more lenient rules would have permitted him a fresh start within 12 months.

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“Alcohol is the friend who will talk you into something, then disappear. Every time you get drunk, a little alcohol instigator pops up on your shoulder: ‘I bet you won’t pee in that mailbox.’ ‘I bet you I will.’”

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Ship owners blame human error as death toll rises (NY TIMES) GIGLIO, Italy — The owners of a $450 million cruise ship that ran aground and partially sank near an Italian island, killing at least six people, blamed human error by its commander, saying on Monday that he made an “unapproved, unauthorized maneuver” to divert from its programmed course.

The company had earlier suggested that the 52-yearold skipper, Francesco Schettino, may have taken the ship, the Costa Concordia, and its complement of 4,200 passengers and crew, including 120 Americans, too close to the rocky shoreline.

News photographs on Monday showed the vessel half-submerged and canted over at an extreme angle with its funnel jutting out over the Mediterranean waters.

It is almost within touching distance of Giglio’s port.

Rescue efforts were sus-

The Costa Concordia off the coast of the island of Giglio, Itlay. (NY TIMES PHOTO)

pended indefinitely on Monday after the stricken cruise liner slipped on its rocky resting place and settled farther into the water, according to the firefighters heading the operation.

And more than 72 hours after the accident, there was still confusion about the total number of missing people.

Marco Brusco, Commander General of the Coast Guard, said on national television

Monday night that 29 were missing, up from 15 reported earlier.

Two Americans were among those unaccounted for.

“We still hope to find somebody alive,” said Sergio Ortelli, the mayor of Giglio, walking up and down the dock on Monday morning.

“But the more time passes by, the less hope we have.”

At a news conference in

the Italian port of Genoa on Monday, cited in news reports, Pier Luigi Foschi, the chairman and chief executive of Costa Cruises, said the company “will be close to the captain and will provide him with all the necessary assistance, but we need to acknowledge the facts and we cannot deny human error.”

Mr. Foschi also said the vessel was carrying 2,300 tons of fuel and there were no signs of leakage so far.

But the environment minister, Corrado Clini, said the government was declaring a state of emergency in the area, as environmentalists expressed alarm about the stability of the fuel tanks if the ship were rocked violently in rough weather.

“It would be a real drama if the ship spilled 2,300 tons of oil so close to the shore,” said Sebastiano Venneri, an official at Legambiente, an environmental association.

U.S. to force firms to report Flexing muscle, Baghdad money paid to doctors detains U.S. contractors

BY ROBERT PEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — To head off medical conflicts of interest, the Obama administration is poised to require drug companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travel and entertainment.

Many researchers have found evidence that such payments can influence doctors’ treatment decisions and contribute to higher costs by encouraging the use of more expensive drugs and medical devices.

Consumer advocates and members of Congress say patients may benefit from the new standards, being issued by the government under the new health care law. Federal officials said the disclosures increased the likelihood that doctors would make decisions in the best interests of patients, without regard to the doctors’ financial interests.

Large numbers of doctors receive payments from drug and device companies every year —

sometimes into the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars — in exchange for providing advice and giving lectures.

Analyses by The New York Times and others have found that about a quarter of doctors take cash payments from drug or device makers and that nearly two-thirds accept routine gifts of food, including lunch for staff members and dinner for themselves.

The Times has found that doctors who take money from drug makers often practice medicine differently from those who do not and that they are more willing to prescribe drugs in risky and unapproved ways, such as prescribing powerful antipsychotic medicines for children.

Under the new standards, if a company has just one product covered by Medicare or Medicaid, it will have to disclose all its payments to doctors other than its own employees. The federal government will post the payment data on a Web site where it will be available to the public.

BY MICHAEL SCHMIDT AND ERIC SCHMITT THE NEW YORK TIMES

BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities have detained a few hundred foreign contractors in recent weeks, industry officials say, including many Americans who work for the United States Embassy, in one of the first major signs of the Iraqi government’s asserting its sovereignty after the American troop withdrawal last month.

The detentions have occurred largely at the airport in Baghdad and at checkpoints around the capital after the Iraqi authorities raised questions about the contractors’ documents, including visas, weapons permits and authorizations to drive certain routes.

Although no formal charges have been filed, the detentions have lasted from a few hours to nearly three weeks.

The crackdown comes amid other moves by the Iraqi government to take over functions that had been per-

formed by the United States military and to claim areas of the country it had controlled. In the final weeks of the military withdrawal, the son of Iraq’s prime minister began evicting Western companies and contractors from the heavily fortified Green Zone, which had been the heart of the United States military operation for much of the war.

Just after the last American troops left in December, the Iraqis stopped issuing and renewing many weapons licenses and other authorizations. The restrictions created a sequence of events in which contractors were being detained for having expired documents that the government would not renew.

The Iraqi authorities have also imposed new limitations on visas. In some recent cases, contractors have been told they have 10 days to leave Iraq or face arrest in what some industry officials call a form of controlled harassment.

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L.L. Bean to celebrate 100th birthday, media event set for today DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS FREEPORT — L.L. Bean executives and employees are expected to gather at two locations in Maine today on the eve of the company’s 100th birthday, and unveil “a larger-than-life version” of its most iconic product.

Officials are expected to unveil a giant version of its iconic hunting boot set on four wheels, according to published reports. The boot is then expected to roll into New York City on Wednesday.

Employees and executives are expected to gather in Brunswick and Freeport today for the unveiling.

"Unlike anything L.L. Bean has created before, this incarnation of the Bean Boot will represent the company’s commitment to quality, craftsmanship and the outdoors as L.L. Bean reaches this major milestone," read a news release announcing the event.

The company was founded by Leon Leaonwood, who started by selling the "Bean Boot" after he returned from a hunting trip with his feet cold and wet.

The boots are manufactured by hand in Maine.

Brunswick loses bid to lure more jobs from Kestrel Aircraft Corp.

BRUNSWICK — An aircraft manufacturing company that developers of the former Brunswick naval air base wanted to see expand in Maine, has instead chosen to grow its business in Wisconsin.

Kestrel Aircraft Corp. executives announced

Monday that its new commercial aircrafts will be built in Superior, Wis. The news came by way of a news conference with the state’s governor, Scott Walker.

The governor announced two state agencies partnered with state and local officials to bring the expansion to Wisconsin. The state plans to provide millions of dollars worth of tax credits, low-interest loans and federal tax credits.

“I am pleased with the aggressive package we have put forth in conjunction with strong local support to make this major job creation contribution to Superior,” said Gov. Walker, in a news release.

The expansion is expected to create between 300 and 600 jobs, according to officials.

Maine had been in a bidding war with Wisconsin and several other states for the Kestrel expansion, according to Steve Levesque, executive director of the redevelopment authority, who spoke to WCSH-6.

Kestrel was the first major tenant for Brunswick Landing, the site of the former air base. Levesque told the news station about 100 people will still be employed at the Maine plant.

Denver mayor settles bet over game DENVER, Colo. — The mayor of Denver, Colo., made good on his bet Sunday night on the BroncosPatriots playoff game with Boston’s mayor, according to published reports.

Denver’s Mayor Michael Hancock wore a Patriots jersey during a Denver Nuggets basketball game after Denver lost a playoff game 45-10 to New England, the Associated Press reported.

Hancock, who donned Tom Brady’s No. 12 jersey, made a bet with Boston Mayor Tom Menino.

The AP reported that Hancock is sending Menino 40 pounds of Colorado beef, including some “Tebow tenderloins.”

‘Most wanted’ nabbed in Lewiston LEWISTON — A fugitive on two state's wanted lists, including Montana's most wanted list in connection with a throat slashing, was arrested in Lewiston, according to reports.

Kelly Zuhlke, 49, formerly of Gallatin County, Mont., was arrested last week following a joint investigation with Maine authorities and the U.S. Marshal's service, according to the Sun Journal.

Officials say Zuhlke was using his dead brother's name and Social Security number to avoid capture.

He was charged with felony assault with a weapon in Montana in 2008 after officials allege he slashed another man's throat outside a car shop.

The Sun Journal also reported Zuhlke is also wanted in Wisconsin for a burglary charge.

The victim of the 2008 slashing survived the attack.

GrowSmart Maine nets $46K grant A Portland-based nonprofit, GrowSmart Maine, whose mission is to educate the public about development and ways to limit sprawl in rural and urban areas, announced Monday that it received a $46,000 grant.

The grant was awarded by the Quality of Place Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, according to the nonprofit. GrowSmart Maine says it received the money "for its work to promote Maine’s quality of place by integrating working and natural landscape conservation, economic growth, and community revitalization."

The nonprofit plans to use the funds to build on the project dubbed Charting Maine's Future 2020, which it argues will serve as a strategic plan for future growth in the state.

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Vulture capitalism or populist demagoguery?

“They’re vultures that are sitting out there on the tree limb, waiting for a company to get sick, and then they swoop in ... eat the carcass ... and ... leave the skeleton.”

So Rick Perry colorfully characterized the private equity firm Bain Capital, once run by Mitt Romney.

How did Bain prosper? Says Perry: “These companies ... come in and loot the people’s jobs, loot their pensions (and) loot their ability to take care of their families.”

Behind this depiction is a 28-minute documentary, “King of Bain,” being aired in South Carolina by a super political action committee that supports Newt Gingrich and is financed

by Vegas-Macau casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson.

––––– The truth, however, turns out Creators to be less colorful, as The Washington Post has awarded the Syndicate documentary four Pinocchios for “manipulative interviews” and a “highly misleading portrayal of Romney’s years at Bain Capital.”

Seems that two of the companies Bain allegedly looted were not acquired until after Mitt left the firm, and the closure of a third plant in Gaffney, S.C., was no communal disaster.

No one in Gaffney, writes The New York Times, seems to recall the company, and the local paper did not even report its demise.

“King of Bain” is a hit piece, a malicious libel full of so many errors and lies that even Newt said it must be corrected or pulled down.

Yet if Romney is nominated, we will see this avenue of attack pursued by the Democrats. For populist assaults on capitalists and capitalism, dating back to William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech to the 1896 Democratic National Convention, have a long and venerable history.

Moreover, the hysteria of Beltway Republicans and their Chamber of Commerce allies over the NewtPerry attacks on Mitt “the predator” and Mitt “the vulture capitalist” testifies to the power of the narrative and Republicans’ fear of it. And they would do well to be fearful.

To many Americans, the period from the Civil War to World War I, when U.S. production grew from half of what Britain produced to twice what Britain produced, was a legendary era of growth and prosperity.

Pat Buchanan

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What gives?

The awesome exertions of the global banking system to evade the mandates of reality finally yield in a sickening slippage to epochal unwind. What a bad idea: to try to juke nature itself. In case you weren’t paying attention over the weekend — and who really wants to? — the cosmic Brinks truck of free money went over a cliff, and the darn thing will keep free-falling until (at least) the American markets open again on Tuesday.

So, everybody and his uncle over in Europe got a sovereign debt downgrade and now the math changes for all the pretend bail-outs and back-stops that had been so exquisitely rigged through the long, nauseating autumn. Math is an annoying representation of reality, but hard to argue with. Bail-outs and backstops finally became unaffordable even as poetic constructs.

Thus, we also approach the dreaded inflection point for the credit default swaps. Nobody believes that this Mount Everest of jive bond “insurance” can actually pay out, since the first instance of any attempt will bankrupt everybody. And yet there are the holders of all that paper who will object to, say, an 80 percent haircut on their Greek

James Howard Kunstler ––––– Kunstler.com (and other) bonds. Surely some of them will try to invoke their CDS contracts. What then? Three possibilities that I see: 1) all parties and counter-parties go down the drain faster than you can say Benedict Cumberbatch; 2) all parties declare in unison that CDS were a prank that should now just be ignored, as if the cast of Downton Abbey showed up naked at the dinner table; and 3) every sort of loan on God’s Green Earth is instantly re-priced and the entire world turns into a flea market. How will America do with its stock of slightly preowned Dunkin’ Donuts stores, a million-odd Elvis lunch-boxes, and all those old videos of “Friends”? Don’t you wish you’d invested in some hand tools?

In the background of these grave machinations lurks the tragedy of Iran. Subtract the Islamic maniacs who seized the levers of government there thirty-three years ago, and you’d

But here you now have a whole class of despotic maniacs much worse than the Shah ever was and they cannot be gotten rid of.

Worse, they are devoted to exacting vengeance on the USA and its kindred western nations. actually find a perfectly modern society, complete with industries, skyscrapers, highways, TV shows, and people eating nice food in restaurants. One can understand why the last Shah was hated and resented. But here you now have a whole class of despotic maniacs much worse than the Shah ever was and they cannot be gotten rid of. Worse, they are devoted to exacting vengeance on the USA and its kindred western nations.

This may be just a tragic case of collective psychological scripting, but it is tending in the direction of a full-dress play-out. Our government believes that their government is determined to build an atomic bomb. Iran’s government says, over and over, “...what an idea...!” The trouble is, our guys don’t buy their vaudeville act. see KUNSTLER page 5

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Expect this avenue of attack from Democrats BUCHANAN from page 4

To others, however, this was the Gilded Age of Jim Fisk and James Gould, of robber barons and the Pullman strike, of the Haymarket Massacre and the Homestead strike at Carnegie Steel, where armed Pinkertons came up the river in barges to break the strike, only to be shot, disarmed and beaten by strikers and their families.

In 1904, Ida Tarbell wrote “The History of the Standard Oil Company,” painting oil magnate John D. Rockefeller as a capitalist without conscience, a “money-mad ... hypocrite.” “Our national life is on every side distinctly poorer, uglier, meaner, for the kind of influence he exercises.”

In 1906, Upton Sinclair penned “The Jungle,” a novel depicting the horrors of the stockyards and meat-packing plants of Chicago.

Teddy Roosevelt said of these reformers, “The men with the muck rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.”

Yet T.R. himself took up the role of trustbuster. When J.P. Morgan wrote to him to protest Justice Department moves against one of his trusts — “Just send your man to my man and we can fix it up” — T.R.’s man at Justice retorted, “We don’t want to fix it up; we want to stop it.”

Teddy Roosevelt savaged the “male-

factors of great wealth,” and his cousin Franklin would echo him on taking office, denouncing “the money changers ... in the temple of our civilization.”

They hate me, exulted FDR, “and I welcome their hatred!” He went on to crush and almost wipe out the Republican Party in 1936.

At the end of the Reagan era, which the left had decried, “Barbarians at the Gate” was published, portraying the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco

With Iranian crisis, oil markets face upheaval KUNSTLER from page 4

They will not be allowed to have a bomb, and that’s all there is to it. We are doing everything short of all-out war to prevent it, but let’s face it, a lot of these things could be construed as acts of war: Stuxnet attacks ... blowing up nuclear scientists in their cars.

These things are making alreadycrazy people even crazier, and more reckless.

If events continue down this path then there will be some action in the Persian Gulf. The oil markets will be thrown into disarray. Iran may sink a U.S. naval vessel or two, but we know about their sunburn missiles and we won’t put the whole fleet in harm’s way, and before too long we will screw them up very badly. The Iranians are capable of busting up a lot stuff in their neighborhood even as their air force is vaporized and their electric grid goes down. They could launch missiles into the Saudi Arabian oil terminals, for instance. Surely they will try to rain hell down on Israel. That would be a recipe for turning Teheran into an ashtray and a terrible tragedy for those otherwise normal Iranians who are not religious maniacs who wanted nothing more than to raise their children and once in a while go out for a

nice lamb dinner.

I don’t see any percentage in China and Russia coming into this rumble, though more than a couple of European nations may want to forget their troubles for a moment and, at least, cheerlead from the sidelines.

The result of all this — if the action doesn’t get totally out-of-hand — is sure to be a gigantic step down in worldwide energy consumption, trade, and advanced economic activity. It would make the Great Depression look like a sit-com. The American suburban nexus would fail in a matter of weeks. The USA would have to commence the greatest work-around the world has ever seen. In the event, governments everywhere are liable to fall, even here, with elections postponed. There will be little in the way of real money to repair all the things that are falling apart.

Most amazing of all is how quiet the world scene has been, really, since 2001. The buildup of tensions must be out-of-this world. Something had to give.

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

Email him at jhkunstler@mac.com.)

by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts as a manifestation of colossal greed.

Michael Lewis — author of “Liar’s Poker,” about the fall of Salomon Brothers, and “The Big Short” — has built a successful career describing the amorality at the apex of corporate America.

Today, President Barack Obama, with his Osawatomie, Kan., attack on “breathtaking greed,” channeling T.R., seeks to insert himself in that popu-

list tradition.

Undeniably, Americans cherish their economic freedom and respect the men who helped make America great, inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison and industrialists such as Henry Ford.

But they do not revere the men who make millions and billions at the big casinos of capitalism. They do not admire a George Soros for winning his billion-dollar bet shorting the British pound.

They believe that a man’s professional, as well as private, life should be guided by a conscience. And because they recoil from the teachings of Karl Marx does not mean they embrace the values of Ayn Rand.

Let-the-devil-take-the-hindmost capitalism, economic Darwinism, is neither conservatism nor Americanism.

Should Mitt Romney be nominated, he will need to make a national address defending his career at Bain Capital with the same conviction and passion with which he defended his faith in the campaign of 2008.

(Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?” To find out more about Buchanan and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.)

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Construction is six or seven months away on a $33 million renovation of the Cumberland County Civic Center, but time is running out for planners to resolve a host of thorny problems, including where the Portland Pirates hockey team will play next season if the arena has to be closed.

"There's no question that we will not operate after June 30, it's just a question of how long," said Stephen Crane, manager of the nearly 35-year-old building.

Since voters approved a $33 million renovation of the Cumberland County Civic Center in November, officials say they're facing a quick barrage of decisions.

"It's going to take two years to do that job," said Richard Feeney, Cumberland County commissioner and longtime liaison to the Civic Center board. "Do we shut it down for two years? But if we do that, there's going to be a loss of revenue, and the county will have to pick up that slack whatever that revenue shortfall might be. We are required by state law to cover any deficit that the Civic Center incurs."

Risk of injury to the public from a construction mishap also could create liability, Feeney said. If the venue is kept open, live acts that typically generate ticket sales at the Civic Center when the Pirates aren't playing there will diminish, he predicted.

"If a lot of the promoters know that it's going through a renovation, they might not want to bring the acts to Portland, or the acts may not want to come," Feeney said.

Crane, the venue's manager, confirmed on Monday that he's stopped booking acts to perform at the Civic Center effective this summer. A James Taylor concert in late June will be the last live performance there prior to renovations, he said.

"I've had to essentially not make any commitments in the event that they had to have total access" for the renovations, he said.

"I can't sign contracts with people who are investing hundreds of thousands dollars worth of events here if we can't do those events," Crane said.

And where would the Civic Center board send the Portland Pirates hockey team for the 2012-13 season if the venue had to be shut down for more than a few months?

"It's a tricky scenario," Crane admitted.

Peter Crichton, Cumberland County manager, said Friday the issue of closing the Civic Center "is really a question of dollars and cents," and that the trustees and commissioners will look at a "pro forma" business analysis of closing the venue vs. keeping it open.

"I think we need to ask the question, because the

ABOVE: Steve Crane, general manager of the Cumberland County Civic Center, sits in an office adorned with pictures from past concerts, including (from left) Hall and Oates, Tina Turner and Frank Sinatra. LEFT: Ticket buyers consult a clerk at the window in the Civic Center Monday.

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county in our 2012 budget has over $500,000 to support the Civic Center, over $200,000 for the ongoing debt service and about $150,000 for the operational deficit that we had last year," which was in part a result of the poor economy, Crichton said.

The anaylsis "will see if it will cost us less to close it rather than keep it open," Crichton said.

Over $1 million is budgeted for operations and staff who run the Civic Center, so there could be savings by closing it, he said.

"We have to generate enough revenue to be able to justify keeping it open," Crichton noted. "The fact of the matter is there is a cost of keeping it open and operating it. (But) it may well be that keeping it open is the best option when we do the analysis."

Yesterday, surveyors were gathering baseline measurements for a complete laser measuring of the interior and exterior of the building. Planners say these measurements will help in development of “as built” plans from which the facility's new design can be shaped. Yet, as these construction-related efforts were ongoing, Crane was pondering several "whatifs."

For example, the Portland Pirates' lease expires this June, yet it's unclear if the Pirates will have a place to play hockey when the 2012-13 season begins this fall. (For this article, Portland Pirates Managing Owner/CEO Brian Petrovek referred questions to Crane.)

From September until June, "a huge portion of our building is permanently occupied" by the Portland Pirates, AHL affiliate of the National Hockey

League's Phoenix Coyotes, Crane noted.

"We haven't had that discussion with him (Petrovek), I presume like everything else, that discussion needs to happen fairly soon," he said.

In the second week of February, the American Hockey League requires the announcement of "date availability" for next season, when the league awards the Pirates dates to play at home, Crane said.

"It's an open issue," he acknowledged.

"I'm sure that they have an option to play in Lewiston since they do not have a sports tenant up there," Crane said, referring to the Androscoggin Bank Colisée, a privately operated venue.

There are people who are paying money for advertising in the Civic Center, both for the Pirates game and for other Civic Center functions, and it's unclear how their contracts will be handled should the venue close, Crane said.

Then, there's the economic benefit of the Civic Center, one of the leading arguments in favor of the $33 million bond. With 11 full-time employees, and another 500 people involved in part-time roles, depending on the events, the Civic Center is an important employer, and a shutdown would carry a direct economic effect, Crane noted. Indirect effects on the local economy also would need to be considered.

"If you shut down, all the restaurants and hotels and the people who usually benefit from this in terms of the economy, it will affect them. I presume you try to minimize the impact of that," Crane said.

"There are a lot of things to think about there," he said.

On Wednesday at 8 a.m., the trustees for the Cumberland County Civic Center will meet in the main lobby meeting room of the Civic Center. The agenda will be posted on the Civic Center’s website, www.theciviccenter.com/about/board, as soon as it is available, Civic Center staff reported.

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Paper: Ayla Reynolds’ mother agrees to take polygraph test DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS The mother of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds told a Maine newspaper Monday that she and others in her family are arranging to take their own polygraph tests, according to published reports.

Trsita Reynolds, the mother of the missing toddler who was last seen on Dec. 16, told the Bangor Daily News that she will take the test, also known as a lie detector test.

“When I go, you best believe I’m going to tell everyone out there the results,” she told the newspaper.

“I have been offering to take a polygraph test since Day One.” Ayla’s father, Justin DiPietro, recently disclosed to a reporter from the Waterville Morning Sentinel that he took a polygraph shortly after his daughter’s disappearance.

He told the newspaper he “smoked” the test, but that investigators had not told him how he did. His statement was in conflict with statements made by a Department of Public Safety spokesman, Steve McCausland, who said while he couldn’t discuss the results, that DiPietro was told how he did on it.

Reynolds would not tell the Bangor Daily News when she and other family members will take the test, saying “she didn’t want to create expectations among the public in case for some reason it doesn’t happen as scheduled,” the paper reported.

Woman charged with stabbing her boyfriend in the back LEWISTON — Police arrested a 24-year-old woman after they allege she stabbed her boyfriend in the back, according to reports.

Liberty West is accused of stabbing her live-in boyfriend shortly after midnight Sunday at an East Avenue apartment in Lewiston, according to the Associated Press.

Police have yet to release the man’s identity, though he was reportedly treated and released from St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center.

West was charged with domestic violence aggravated assault.

Skier suffers head injury at Sugarloaf, airlifted to hospital CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A 24-year-old man had to be airlifted from near Sugarloaf ski resort Saturday, after suffering a head injury sustained from skiing into a tree, according to published reports.

Nicholas Jones, of Bedford, N.H., underwent surgery at Central Maine Medical Center after being transported from the resort by a LifeFlight helicopter, Carrabassett Police Lt. Randy Walker told the

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Jones reportedly suffered a head injury after hitting an edge in the snow on an intermediate-level trail and veered off into the trees.

Friends discovered him unconscious in the snow at about noon, the newspaper reported. He was not wearing a helmet.

The incident came after a Canadian man died last week after he skied into a tree. The man was visiting Sugarloaf with his wife and two children, according to reports.

Man sets fire to car while on the road BANCROFT — A northern Maine man faces charges after police allege he set his girlfriend’s car on fire while hallucinating on bath salts, officials said.

Maine State Police arrested Shawn Birtz, 33, of Lee, Saturday after he somehow set fire to the car while he and his girlfriend were driving on Bancroft Road in Bancroft, according to published reports.

Birtz was reportedly high on bath salts when he set fire to the vehicle.

He was charged with arson and domestic violence reckless conduct, police said.

Birtz and his girlfriend, Brittany Osgood, reportedly escaped from the car uninjured.

Shrimp season change challenged by industry website, petition Shrimp fishermen, dealers and processors have launched a website and online petition urging regulators to reconsider a decision to reduce the 2012 shrimp season.

The industry’s new website is www.SaveOurShrimp.org. “It is designed to explain the issue and gain public support for the industry that is in serious jeopardy due to the severe restrictions,” stated a press release from the Save Our Shrimp organization. “The website also includes an online petition for fishing families and members of the public to sign and urge support for a reconsideration of the decision to sharply curtail this year’s shrimp season in the Gulf of Maine.”

In November, the regulators reduced the 2012 fishing quota by 70 percent compared to the 2011 catch, the press release stated. Many in the industry question a computer model used by regulators, the press release stated.

“We consider shrimp an essential segment of our overall business model since our primary business — lobster processing — is seasonal,” said Jeff Holden, president of Portland Shellfish Co. “The amount of investment and capital structure needed to support lobster processing is substantial and the revenue from that alone will not support the families and personnel on a year-round basis.”

Regulators will convene a public meeting on the topic at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 at Sable Oaks in South Portland.

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The Aucocisco III, a Casco Bay Lines ferry named after the Abenaki word for Casco Bay meaning “resting place,” leaves the Portland mainland toward the islands. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

Casco Bay Lines’ new ferry pushed back until mid-2013

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Nearly three years after it was first announced, Casco Bay Lines’ “boat to nowhere” still doesn’t exist.

Construction on the controversial $5.5 million ferry Wabanaki isn’t expected to begin until July 1 or a little before, and from there it will take at least another 14 months until delivery, according to Marcia Blount, president of Blount Marine in Warren, R.I. “The goal is 14 months after July 1, but we may get a jump on it and start building sooner,” said Blount, whose firm has a contract to build the new ferry.

Funding for the 400-passenger ferry, to be called Wabanaki, was first announced in July 2009 as part of the $800 billion federal stimulus package.

The vessel will carry passengers and freight and replace Island Romance, a 39-year-old ferry that can hold 299 passengers.

But from the start, some ferry captains and Casco Bay Lines board members openly questioned the utility of the new vessel, claiming it was not a suitable replacement for the Island Romance. Indeed, because the government gave preference to “shovel ready” projects, the ferry company used plans from the four-yearold Aucocisco III when seeking the federal grant.

Initially, the Wabanaki was expected to be finished in early 2011, but it’s been delayed several times since the project was first introduced.

Hank Berg, general manager at Casco Bay Lines, said this week that the vessel project is “still alive and well, although it’s a little later in schedule than we hoped.”

Berg said the U.S. Coast Guard

required a host of “technical” changes to the Wabanaki’s design based on new design standards adopted since the Aucocisco was built. Those design changes, according to Berg, essentially required that the vessel be made stronger than initially proposed.

But by the time the new designs were in place and the Coast Guard had signed off on the plans, Blount Shipyard had already moved on to other projects. In other words, the Wabanaki lost its “slot” in line and had to wait until there was an opening.

“It lost its position in our yard, our build spots, so they had to wait a little bit,” said Blount, who confirmed that the delays stemmed from design changes requested by the Coast Guard. “At this point, that has basically been ironed out.”

Blount said her company has space to build four boats at once, but that the Wabanaki needed to be built in a special indoor space that was already in use. Among the vessels currently in production at the shipyard are four 75-foot crafts destined for the Marshall Islands, in the South Pacific, and an architectural sightseeing boat bound for Chicago.

Blount Marine built three existing Casco Bay Lines vessels, including Island Romance, Bay Mist and Machigonne.

Although the vessel will be built for Casco Bay Lines, the actual grant is being managed by Maine Department of Transportation. Attempts to reach the project manager assigned to the Wabenaki were not successful yesterday.

“We’re thrilled to be getting going on this boat,” Blount said. “I know all the islanders are interested in it up there.”

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Huntsman leaves race with plea for party unity

BY JIM RUTENBERG AND JEFF ZELENY ing money for serving my country in China,” he said.

THE NEW YORK TIMES “Yes, under a Democrat. Like what my two sons are MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Former Gov. Jon M. doing in the United States Navy. They’re not asking Huntsman Jr. of Utah formally ended his oncewho– what political affiliation the president is.” promising Republican presidential run with a call After Mr. Romney dug in by saying, “The person for party unity, asking the five candidates he leaves who should represent our party running against on the field to end their negative ads and chastising President Obama is not someone who called him a President Obama for engaging in “class warfare.” remarkable leader and went to be his ambassador “This race has degenerated into an onslaught of to China,’’ Mr. Huntsman told the debate moderanegative and personal attacks not worthy of the tor, David Gregory, “This nation is divided, David, American people and not worthy of this critical time because of attitudes like that.” in our nation’s history,” he said in an address before Mr. Huntsman’s aides said he had made the decia packed room of television cameras and reporters sion to drop out after he came to believe that he at the Convention Center here. would only be playing the role of spoiler in Satur“I call on each campaign to cease attacking each day’s primary here. He does not believe, aides said, other and instead talk directly to the American that a protracted battle between Mr. Romney and people about how our conservative ideas will create a more conservative alternative would be helpful to While there was some discussion about remaining in the race jobs, reduce our nation’s debt, stabilize energy prices the party in its goal of defeating Mr. Obama in the through the primary here on Saturday, Jon Huntsman decided he and provide a brighter future for our children and fall. did not want to carry on any longer, given that his only possible our grandchildren.’’

Mr. Huntsman came to the decision after consultaccomplishment would be to erode Mitt Romney’s natural base But he had stern words as well for Mr. Obama, for ing with his family and his campaign aides, a strateof support and help Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich. (COURTESY whom he worked as ambassador to China until last gist said. A close look at his poll numbers showed PHOTO) spring, when he came home to start his presidential that he would be drawing support solely from Mr. stage, reporters shouted a series of uncomfortable campaign.

Romney, and that he appeared far short of victory. queries: “Two weeks ago you said Governor Romney “Three years ago the president promised to unite Aides said that in spite of his declaration that is completely out of touch”; “You recently said Govthe American people,” he said. “Yet his desire to he had “a ticket to ride” with his third-place showernor Romney was unelectable because he lacks a engage in class warfare for political gain has left us ing in New Hampshire, Mr. Huntsman was more core”; and, “Do you still think he’s out of touch and more divided than ever.” deflated than he let on, given the late predictions unelectable?”

Mr. Huntsman said the party needed to focus on that he would place second. And he carried on here Just last week, in Concord, N.H., Mr. Huntsman the goal of beating Mr. Obama in November and only ambivalently, buoyed by the crowds that inicriticized Mr. Romney for his comment that he liked coalesce behind Mr. Romney, with whom he at times tially greeted him but unable to get around the idea “to be able to fi re people who provide services to fought fiercely during the course of his six-month that after Saturday he would be no closer to turning me” – uttered as part of his call for better consumer campaign. his electoral fate around – and that if anything, he options to change health care providers that they “I believe it is now time for our party to unite would be only prolonging what he came to see as Mr. are unhappy with – by saying: “Governor Romney around the candidate best equipped to defeat Barack Romney’s inexorable march to the nomination. enjoys firing people; I enjoy creating jobs. It may Obama,” he said. “Despite our differences and the Also, by continuing an attempt to derail Mr. be that he’s slightly out of touch with the economic space between us on some of the issues, I believe Romney, Mr. Huntsman would have been in danger reality playing out in America right now.” that candidate is Governor Mitt Romney.” of alienating critical supporters in the Mormon and On Monday, Democrats were seizing on his comMr. Huntsman announced his departure from the Utah business communities with whom he and Mr. ments during an appearance on “Meet the Press” in presidential race flanked by his wife and daughters, Romney share connections, and who would be critiNovember, when Mr. Huntsman said of Mr. Romney, and with his father in the wings, after speaking by cal to any future presidential run he may decide to “When you’re on too many sides of the issues of the telephone on Sunday night to Mr. Romney, aides to make. day, when you don’t have that core, when there’s Mr. Huntsman said.

Aides said Mr. Huntsman felt as if he could leave that element of trust out there, I think that becomes Mr. Huntsman told Mr. Romney he would have the race without shame, given that he had entered a problem, and I think it makes you unelectable his full support. And a strategist said that later on as a virtual unknown, edged his way into the top tier against Barack Obama.”

Monday, Mr. Huntsman would record a telephone of candidates in New Hampshire and won endorseBut perhaps the men’s tensest moment came in call in which he would emphasize his support for Mr. ments from major publications including The Boston the “Meet the Press”/Facebook debate in Concord on Romney. That call will go out to voters identified as Globe and The State, in South Carolina.

Jan. 8, when Mr. Huntsman took Mr. Romney to task being supportive of Mr. Huntsman, many of whom “We ran a very principled race,’’ said John Weaver, for criticizing his service as Mr. Obama’s ambassalive along the coast here.

Mr. Huntsman’s chief strategist, “and he should be dor to China. “He criticized me while he was out raisBut the quadrennial, primary season ritual of alsoproud of that. ran candidates endorsing opponents with whom they had sparred mightily just days earlier was on display in all of its awkwardness on Monday.

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll catch your loved ones doing something right and give spontaneous and enthusiastic praise. You’ll make someone happy while paving the way for the stellar results in the future.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

If you are tenacious enough, you will have a breakthrough today. If the first or second attempt fails, you’ll use what you learn, adjust the plan and go for round three.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

The more people you know, the luckier you’ll be. Smile and say “Hi.” Also, ask friends to introduce you to the people they know. New contacts will be the catalyst for a windfall or romance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). No one develops alone. You’ll enjoy letting others know what you’ve learned from them. And you’ll continue to let new connections help launch and support your growth.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Look for the good news hidden in the bad.

Maybe it will only amount to a speck of sunshine, but that’s enough to illuminate other pieces of goodness and change the way everyone sees things.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 17).

Your personal life blossoms as you assert yourself. Refuse to be put on the spot. Give yourself plenty of time and space to make major decisions.

You’ll advance projects having to do with communication and closing the gaps between people. March features domestic upgrades. You’ll win money in June. Cancer and Virgo adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 40, 12, 22, 6 and 19.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You may feel out of sync with the people around you. You like people, but social connections are not your main source of happiness right now. Solitude has a way of centering you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). If you expect yourself to be an expert right out of the gate, you’ll only set yourself up for disappointment. False starts and reversed directions are a key part of your learning process.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll be critical to the success of a team. You will be motivated by intangible rewards.

Being recognized for something you do well may be an even better reward of your efforts than money.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be at ease when considering other people’s viewpoints, a sign of maturity and sophistication that won’t go unnoticed by equally mature and sophisticated individuals.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A touch of restlessness might put you in a shopping mood, although it’s not a great time for it. You will be much better off consolidating what you have instead of buying more.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The group won’t seem to know what they are doing, but the collective intelligence of the group is higher than you think.

Besides, going solo may be a good way to get lost today. So stick together.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In order to stay abreast of the competition, you’ll figure out what your competitors are doing and why. It’s also a good time to seek and implement new technologies for improving efficiency and output.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2012. There are 349 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 17, 1962, ten former winners of rigged TV quiz shows, including Charles Van Doren, pleaded guilty in New York to perjury, admitting they’d lied under oath when they denied being given answers in advance. (All received suspended sentences.)

On this date: In 1562, French Protestants were recognized under the Edict of St. Germain.

In 1893, the 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, died in Fremont, Ohio, at age 70. Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Lili’uokalani to abdicate.

In 1917, the United States paid Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.

In 1929, the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor made his debut in the “Thimble Theatre” comic strip.

In 1945, Soviet and Polish forces liberated Warsaw during World War II; Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews, disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody.

In 1950, the Great Brink’s Robbery took place as seven masked men held up a Brink’s garage in Boston, stealing $1.2 million in cash and $1.5 million in checks and money orders.

(Although the entire gang was caught, only part of the loot was recovered.)

In 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address in which he warned against “the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.”

In 1971, the Baltimore Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys 16-13 in Super Bowl V, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami.

In 1989, five children were shot to death at the Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, Calif., by a drifter, Patrick Purdy, who then killed himself.

In 1994, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California, killing at least 72 people.

In 1995, more than 6,000 people were killed when an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 devastated the city of Kobe (koh-bay), Japan.

One year ago: Apple Inc. announced that its CEO, Steve Jobs, was taking his second medical leave of absence in two years.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Betty White is 90. Hairdresser Vidal Sassoon is 84. Actor James Earl Jones is 81. Talk show host Maury Povich is 73. International Boxing Hall of Famer Muhammad Ali is 70. Pop singer Chris Montez is 70. Rhythm-and-blues singer William Hart is 67. Rock musician Mick Taylor is 64. Rhythmand-blues singer Sheila Hutchinson is 59.

Singer Steve Earle is 57. Singer Paul Young is 56. Actor-comedian Steve Harvey is 55.

Singer Susanna Hoffs is 53. Actor-comedian Jim Carrey is 50. First Lady Michelle Obama is 48. Actor Joshua Malina is 46. Singer Shabba Ranks is 46. Rock musician Jon Wysocki is 44.

Actor Naveen Andrews is 43. Rapper Kid Rock is 41. Actor Freddy Rodriguez is 37. Actress Zooey Deschanel is 32. Singer Ray J is 31.

Country singer Amanda Wilkinson is 30.

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Mark has always been a troubled kid and stubborn to a fault. He especially doesn’t like taking advice or suggestions from others. My husband and I decided to limit his first attempt to the bathroom. We figured the risk would be worth it, because he had asked so little of us in the past. Also, he is a good carpenter and has made some lovely furniture.

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When we asked for an itemized bill, we got one line: “Total amount due, $400.” After we explained our feelings to him, he walked out and hasn’t spoken to us since. That was two years ago.

After months of having our cards and gifts returned, my husband and I finally decided to leave him alone and hope he will come around. We didn’t invite him for Thanksgiving, as he ruins the holiday for us. Now our daughter is upset, saying she wants him at all the family gatherings. But it’s uncomfortable to be around Mark, because he won’t speak to us. I feel we are being punished for his immaturity. How do we mend this terrible rift? -- Sad Mom Dear Sad: You already know that Mark is difficult and stubborn, and he may never “come around.” Excluding him is one way to make things easier for you. But if you want him to be part of the family, you will have to do the heavy lifting and be very forgiving. Tell Mark that you love him and would like to pretend the bathroom construction never happened, if that’s OK with him. Another suggestion would be to have your oth-

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Dear Annie: Through 30 years of marriage, my husband has cheated on me with many different women. I found out a couple of years ago.

At first, I tried to change to please him -- my looks, my clothes, my hair, my personal interests -- but nothing worked.

Once I came to terms with the fact that his “adventures” will not stop and my feelings don’t matter, I decided to plan my departure. When I make my move, it will be with a definite plan, a calm heart and a clear head.

I am working, seeing friends and family, and putting away funds for my future. I still love my husband, but I no longer need him. I have stopped telling others, because the only “support” I get is in the form of others trashing him, telling me what I ought to do, or laughing about his ultimate demise.

This doesn’t help. Those who want to be supportive can say, “I’m sorry you’re going through this. How are you doing?”

That would be much appreciated. -- Biding My Time in the South Dear Biding: Many people believe trashing the ex is supportive, but it often backfires. Thank you for being the Voice of Experience.

Dear Annie: Thank you for encouraging “Road Warrior” to seek the help of Grandma’s doctor, the DMV or the police to get her to stop driving.

My husband’s family didn’t do anything, and the result was a tragedy. Grandpa pulled out on a highway in front of another car. The collision killed both grandparents. While saddened by their deaths, we count our blessings that another life wasn’t lost in the crash, although a young man will live with the memories of an accident he couldn’t prevent. -- Don’t Wait Until It Is Too Late

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Tuesday, Jan. 17 L.L. Bean 100th anniversary event 9:30 a.m. “On the eve of the launch of its 100th anniversary celebration, L.L. Bean company executives and employees will gather in Brunswick and Freeport for the unveiling of a larger-than-life version of the company’s most iconic product. Unlike anything L.L.Bean has created before, this incarnation of the Bean Boot will represent the company’s commitment to quality, craftsmanship and the outdoors as L.L. Bean reaches this major milestone.” 9:30 a.m. at L.L. Bean Manufacturing, 8 Industrial Parkway, Brunswick; 10:30 a.m. at 95 Main St., Freeport.

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 SelfDefense 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/

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 two-part 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.).

Story Telling Circle 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Join storyteller Deena R. Weinstein to enjoy a cozy evening while discovering the delight of telling and being told stories.

Gather at 6:30 to schmooze (become acquainted) and snack. This month’s theme will be tales of animals. Perhaps you’ve had an adventure with a pet, a wild critter, a raven, or Bigfoot (!) in the snowy woods or hot desert.

Take us along through your story!

Share up to a 10-minute story. All are encouraged to tell rather than read, but works-in-progress are encouraged in an environment supportive of learning storytelling, so notes are not discouraged. Handicap accessible entrance is available.” The Jewish Museum, Etz Chaim Synagogue, 267 Congress St. (at the head of India Street), Portland. http://treeoflifemuseum.org/info. php?info_id=8

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 Maine State Music Theatre is hosting a Valentine’s Benefit Concert on Saturday, Feb. 11 beginning at 7:30 p.m. waste disposal operation that is munic‘Warriors Don’t Cry’ 7:30 p.m. “Portland Ovations in collabora- The evening will begin with desserts and cocktails served at Bowdoin College’s Moulton Union and includes ipally owned and operated. Michael tion with NAACP-Portland presents ‘War- a concert and auction held at Studzinski Hall. The concert features MSMT veteran actor, Gregg Goodbrod Bobinsky chair of the ecomaine Board riors Don’t Cry,’ a powerful one-woman play (ABOVE), as well as Denise Whelan (TOP), who is making her MSMT debut as Norma Desmond in MSMT’s of Directors and director of Portland inspired by the award-winning memoir of the “Sunset Boulevard.” Audiences get a chance to hear a preview of Whelan’s voice at the Valentine’s Benefit Public Services, said, “Each one of the same title by Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals at Han- Concert. Season tickets to MSMT’s 2012 summer season are available now by calling the MSMT box office at 43 communities served by ecomaine naford Hall, USM Portland. ‘Warriors Don’t 725-8769. (COURTESY PHOTOS) can win an award – it’s a great opporCry’ stars Almeria Campbell and recounts tunity to recognize a person, group or riors Don’t Cry are $23 for Ovations’ Members, $25 for the courageous story of 15-year-old Melba, who endures business that has made a difference in your community.” the general public and a limited amount of $10 student violence and discrimination as she and eight other AfricanThe judging of entries will be done by members of the ecotickets are also available. To purchase tickets, contact American students integrate Little Rock, Arkansas’ Central maine Recycling Committee. Troy Moon (Portland), chair of PortTix at 842-0800 or visit the box office window at High School. Melba and her fellow student-warriors — the committee, and a member of the board of directors, Merrill Auditorium. Tickets are also available online at known as the Little Rock Nine — captured the world’s said all the recipients and their nominators will be invited www.portlandovations.org. attention in 1957 as they struggled and triumphed in to an awards luncheon given in their honor in Portland on pursuit of equal education. Themes of fear and courCelebration of Robert Burns Wednesday, March 7. “At that time,” said Moon, “we will age, isolation and community, education, history, the 8 p.m. Celebration of Scotland’s Poet Robert Burns. A conpresent the individual awards and announce the Grand family and the nation all come alive through Campcert of music and lore at Blue 650 Congress St., Portland Award winners for community and business.” The brief bell’s compelling portrayal of 21 characters. A preview featuring Castlebay — vocals with Celtic harp,guitar, fiddle, entry forms and information about previous winners can be to the performance will take place during the NAACP’s and woodwinds. Romantic love ballads, robust drinking found on-line at www.ecomaine.org or requested by phon31st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance Breaksongs, and moving humanistic anthems from the pen of ing 523-3108. fast Celebration at the Holiday Inn By The Bay on Jan. Burns. Admission is by $8 suggested donation. Delicious The Facebook Portrait Project 16. Ovations Offstage will present a Pre-Performance food and drink available. The concert will be followed by 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Portland Museum of Art, Great Hall. Artist Lecture Struggles for Civil Rights: Local Stories on a traditional Celtic session. Phone 774-4111, tom@boghat.

Tanja Alexia Hollander invites you to stop by the museum.

Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Hannaford Hall, USM Portland. com, FMI www.castlebay.net.

The Are You Really My Friend? exhibition will open in FebStudents from King Middle School will discuss their ruary. On Friday, Jan. 20, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the public expedition Small Acts of Courage: Memories of the Thursday, Jan. 19 is invited to Collaborative Confessional: Tanja Alexia HolCivil Rights Movement, a project that involves students lander and the Facebook Portrait Project. www.portlandlearning and telling important stories of local citizens. museum.org/Content/6628.shtml Forum — Financing Maine’s Clean Tech Sector Julia Adams, a member of the Portland String Quartet, 7:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Environmental & Energy Technolwill join the students to discuss her own experience see next page ogy Council of Maine, Financing Maine’s Clean Tech Sector, during the Civil Rights Movement. Tickets for War-

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Maine Academy of Modern Music benefit 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Maine Academy of Modern Music is hosting a benefit at The Big Easy (55 Market St., Portland) to raise funds for its music programs. “The whole family can rock to live music from The Twisted Truth, Beware of Pedestrians, Static and Phantom Companion from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and the 21-plus crowd can rock a little harder from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. with the addition of The Trickle Down and LQH. Admission is $5.

‘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

‘The Preservation of Earth’ 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Constellation Gallery artist Joanne Fitzpatrick will be providing a free interactive demonstration of the process she employs for the preservation of flowers and leaves, an integral part of her artistic avocation “The Preservation of Earth.” Materials for attendees are provided free of charge. Light refreshments provided.

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

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/.

‘A Journey to Darfur’ 7 p.m. The Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland. Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) is proud to present the documentary film, “A Journey to Darfur” starring George Clooney. This film will be shown for free on Monday, January 23, 2011 at 7:00 PM at The Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. The public is encouraged to attend. The event is all ages and free. The film will be followed by a discussion and a short presentation by El-Fadel Arbab, America’s primary spokesperson for the Darfuri refugee diaspora, who will speak about the ongoing Genocide throughout Sudan.

Tuesday, Jan. 24 Film: Urbanized at SPACE 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery film screening. “‘Urbanized’ (the third part of Gary Hustwit’s design film trilogy, joining ‘Helvetica’ and ‘Objectified’) is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.

Followed by Q&A with Noah Chasin, Assistant Professor at Bard College and Mitchell Rasor of MRLD Landscape Architecture + Design. CoPresented by AIGA Maine and MRLD Landscape Architecture + Urbanism.” $7/$5 for SPACE members, free for AIGA Maine, all ages. www. space538.org/events.php

Wednesday, Jan. 25

9 a.m. Wings of Winter with Maine Audubon.

Walker Memorial Library “Join this annual field trip to several of Greater Portland’s birding hot spots. Starting at Back computer classes Cove, we’ll scan for waterfowl, then work our 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Walker Memorial way around the East End to Portland’s waterLibrary is deep into the digital age and invites front to check the congregations of gulls for you to learn more about computers with us. unusual species, including Iceland, glaucous, Starting Wednesday, Jan. 25, staff will offer and lesser black-backed. From there we’ll computer discussion classes. Sign up and cross the bridge to Willard Beach and work Gary Berenson, executive director of the Tree of Life Museum and president of the Etz Chaim Syna- join us. 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. we will offer our way along the Cape Elizabeth shore to gogue, pauses outside the 1921 building during its restoration. The Jewish Museum, Etz Chaim short discussion and demonstrations related to Portland Head Light, Two Lights State Park, Synagogue, 267 Congress St., is the site of a Story Telling Circle on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. (DAVID computers and what they can do for you. All and Kettle Cove (time and weather permitting). CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) sessions are free yet limited to six persons at Expect to see loons, grebes, great cormorant, each session. Signup for each session recompuppet show is part of The Children’s Puppet Workshop — at least eight duck species, and other seabirds. Luck may mended. 854-0630, ext. 5 . a series of puppet-themed workshops and performances turn up a Barrow’s goldeneye, brant, or possibly a king Free For All opening reception for the community at Mayo Street Arts. Sponsored in part eider. Limited to 12 participants (5 in the van).” Advance 6 p.m. SPACE Gallery exhibit opening. “Come celebrate the

by The Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation, Portland registration is necessary. For those with questions, call 781opening of our salon style exhibit Free For All. The walls will Community Policing, and Coffee By Design.”

2330 or email programs@maineaudubon.org. be stacked with art from emerging and established artists, Nor’Easters Synchronized Skating Teams WMPG Power Up! Open House in a range of subject, size and medium. It’ a true Free For 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Nor’Easters Synchronized Skating 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “WMPG Community Radio’s Power All!” www.space538.org/events.php Teams will host a fundraiser and exhibition on Jan. 21-22 in Up! signal improvement project is a success! After years Wind Power discussion preparation for the 2012 U.S. Eastern Synchronized Skating of planning, fund-raising, and hard work, WMPG is now 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gilsland Farm Sanctuary, Falmouth, Maine Sectional Championships on Jan. 26-28 in Hershey, Penn. broadcasting a new more powerful signal, reaching radios Audubon. Kate Williams, Wildlife and Renewable Energy Maine’s only synchronized skating team, the Nor’Easters from southern York County to the Augusta area, and west Program Director at the Biodiversity Research Institute, has are comprised of three teams featuring 38 skaters aged 9 to Central New Hampshire. To celebrate this important mileworked with shorebirds, wading birds, seabirds, passerto 59 from Maine and New Hampshire. Funds will be used stone with our listeners, supporters and volunteers, WMPG is ines, fishes, and mammals across Maine and internationfor travel expenses to Easterns, where 2,000 athletes repholding a day-long Power Up! Open House on Saturday, Jan. ally. Kate will be providing an overview of wildlife issues resenting 150 teams from Florida to Maine will vie for titles 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please join us by listening to 90.9 related to wind power development, both onshore and offin 13 divisions. The weekend will kick off on Saturday, Jan. or 104.1 FM, or stop by in person at 92 Bedford Street on the shore, with a focus on birds and bats. She will also discuss 21 with a Spaghetti Dinner from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the St. Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine for our current studies in this arena, and discuss proposals for offMary’s Church on 43 Foreside Road in Falmouth. Tickets transmitter-warming party! On that day you’ll hear special celshore wind farms in Maine. Free. are $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, and $5 for children. On ebratory programming on the air all day long, with live music, ‘Next Fall’ by Good Theater Sunday, Jan. 22, the Nor’Easters will perform in a free exhivoices from the past, and live and recorded calls from our new 7 p.m. “Next Fall” by Geoffrey Nauffts, Jan. 25 to Feb. 19. bition from 2:40 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. at the Family Ice Center expanded listening area. The theme of the Power Up! Open “Good Theater presents the Maine premiere of this recent in Falmouth. Donations of bottles and cans are welcomed House is ‘Same Community Radio ... MUCH More CommuBest Play Tony Award nominee. A charming, funny and at both events.

For more information, please visit www. nity!’ At the WMPG studios, 92 Bedford Street on the Portland touching play about life and love from one of the writers of northatlanticfsc.org. campus of the University of Southern Maine.” the hit TV series, Brothers & Sisters.” Directed by Brian P. ‘The Mystery of Ice Mountain’ Allen and starring Joe Bearor, Rob Cameron, Matt DelamaMonday, Jan. 23 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The Dolly Wagglers present “The Myster, Moira Driscoll Abbie Killeen and Tony Reilly. St Lawtery of Ice Mountain,” puppet show for all ages. Mayo Street rence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. Wednesdays 7 p.m.

Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland. Run Time approx 30 minutes.

Young drivers’ safety discussion ($15), Thursdays 7 p.m. ($20), Fridays 7:30 p.m. ($20), Sat$8 adults/ $4 kids under 12. www.mayostreetarts.org. The 6 p.m. “Conversations with the Communities,” a public disurday 7:30 p.m. ($25), Sundays 2 p.m. ($25) with a special Dolly Wagglers present “The Mystery of Ice Mountain” at cussion regarding ways to improve the safety of Maine’s added matinee on Saturday, Feb. 11, 3 p.m. ($20). ReserMayo Street Arts. “It is about an adventure in a remote, icy young drivers. The Secretary of State’s “Conversations with vations and information call 885-5883. Presented by Good landscape with some exotic creatures of the colder climes. the Communities” were scheduled to be held on the folTheater, a professional theater; the theater is in residence at Slapstick, life-sized puppets, and ventriloquism are just a lowing dates at the local Bureau of Motor Vehicle Offices: the St. Lawrence Arts Center. www.goodtheater.com few of the old-world tricks the Dolly Wagglers may pull from Tuesday, Jan. 17 in Bangor at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, Jan. 18 see next page their sleeves. Audiences of all ages will enjoy the show. This in Caribou at 6 p.m.; and Thursday, Jan. 19 in Calais at 5:30

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Thursday, Jan. 26 Mad Horse Theatre Company’s ‘Becky Shaw’

Pavilion seating; subject to availability. Fans may take advantage of this offer by bringing their non-perishable food items to the Hadlock Field Box Office. The Sea Dogs Ticket Office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Each year the Sea Dogs have been able to donate hundreds of food items to the Good Shepherd Food Bank thanks to the generosity of Sea Dogs’ fans.

The Sea Dogs open the 2012 season on the road with a 4:05 p.m. doubleheader in Reading, Penn., against the Reading Phillies. The home opener is slated for Thursday, April 12 at 6 p.m. against the Binghamton Mets at Hadlock Field. The 2012 season will be the Sea Dogs 19th year in Portland and 10th as a Boston Red Sox affiliate.” Tickets can be purchased by calling the Sea Dogs Ticket Office at 879-9500 and online at www.seadogs.com.

7:30 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents “Becky Shaw,” “the Pulitzer Prize finalist and smash hit

by Obie Award winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo. In what The New York Times calls ‘a comedy of bad manners,’ a woman fixes up her romantically challenged best friend with her husband’s mysterious co-worker. The date goes horribly awry, forcing the matchmakers to examine their own relationship and leading the daters to an emotional detente.” Written by Gina Gionfriddo , directed by James Herrera.

Previews begin Thursday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Opening night is Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $22 student/senior $20. The Maine Movies at the Museum, Premiere of “Becky Shaw” marks the first time Mad Horse Theatre ‘One for the Road’ Company has produced a work by 6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, Gionfriddo. It also marks the direc“One for the Road,” Portland torial debut of company member Joe Bearor (Luke) and Rob Cameron (Adam) in Good Theater’s production of “Next Fall” by Geoffrey Nauffts directed by Brian Museum of Art. Friday, Jan. 27, 7 James Herrera, who jumped at P. Allen. The production opens Jan. 25 and plays through Feb. 19, at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland. p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 28, 2 p.m. and the chance to helm a cast made (COURTESY PHOTO) 7 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 29, 2 p.m. NR. up entirely of Mad Horse Theatre www.portlandmuseum.org/events which will run from now through Friday, Jan. 27. All the colCompany members. According to ‘Sailing with Paper’ at Constellation Gallery lected food items will be donated to the Good Shepherd Herrera, the cast made his transition from actor to director 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Sailing with Paper” at Constellation Gallery.

Food Bank. As in the past, this year’s food drive will be “Buy easier than it could have been.

Constellation artist Jos Ruks is offering a free demonstration One, Bring One, Get One.” “For every ticket purchased and and hands-on workshop “Sailing with Paper.” “Jos will every donated food item you bring, you will receive a free Friday, Jan. 27 be teaching you how to expand your paper-art horizons Sea Dogs ticket to the same game. For example, if you buy beyond traditional origami! Materials for attendees are three tickets to the June 7 game and bring in three food Portland Sea Dogs Food Drive provided free of charge. Light refreshments provided.” items, you will receive three additional complimentary tick9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Portland Sea Dogs have announced Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St., Portland. 409ets of equal or lesser value to the June 7 game. The offer that the organization will hold its 12th annual Food Drive 6617. is good for Box Seats, Reserved, General Admission, and