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Brenda Hamilton works at Dyer’s Variety on Portland Street. Hamilton knows what she wants for her daughter, Gigi: “I want her to have an education. I want her to have a good job.” She says of her neighborhood and crime there, “I’d like to move but it’s close to work and Gigi’s day care.” (MARGE NIBLOCK PHOTO)

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WWII veteran finally paid (NY Times) — The year Leroy MacKlem lost his veterans disability compensation for a bad hip, gasoline cost 27 cents a gallon, a Yankee shortstop named Rizzuto was the American League’s most valuable player and President Harry S. Truman ordered production of the hydrogen bomb.

It was 1950. He is about to get it back. All of it.

In a case as much about government bungling as one man’s perseverance, the Department of Veterans Affairs said last week that it would end years of litigation and repay Mr. MacKlem, 88, for six decades’ worth of disputed disability compensation, about $400,000.

MacKlem’s case shines new light on a process, later disallowed by federal courts, that the department used in 2007 and 2008 to review large awards. The number of cases reversed under that process is not known, but Mr. MacKlem’s victory is sure to give hope to scores of veterans looking to appeal decisions from that period.

The case is also a reminder of how disputes over veterans’ benefits can drag on for decades after wars end. Of the 850,000 disability claims currently pending before the department, more than 35,000, or 4 percent, are from World War II veterans.

“MacKlem is now the poster boy for all these cases,” said Mike Viterna, MacKlem’s lawyer and president of the National Organization of Veterans Advocates.

He called the retroactive award one of the largest he had ever seen.

MacKlem did not fight for his compensation after it was first rescinded, perhaps because he did not have the strongest of cases.

He enlisted in the Army in 1943 at the age of 19 and participated in the invasion of Sicily that year, legal papers show. But he developed hip pain so severe that the Army evacuated him that November.

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Two hostages rescued from Somali pirates KHARTOUM, Sudan (NY Times) — American Navy Seals swooped into Somalia early on Wednesday and rescued two aid workers, an American woman and a Danish man, after a shootout with Somali gunmen who had been holding them captive in a sweltering desert hide-out for months.

Under a cloak of darkness, a couple of dozen Seals parachuted in, stormed the hide-out, killed nine gunmen and then whisked the aid workers into waiting helicopters, Pentagon officials said. The Seals were from the same elite Navy commando unit — Seal Team Six — that secretly entered Pakistan to kill Osama Bin Laden

in May, senior American officials said, though the rescue mission in Somalia was carried out by a different assault team within the unit.

President Obama was closely tracking the raid on Tuesday night, which was Wednesday morning in Somalia, and as he stepped into the House chamber to deliver his State of the Union address, he looked right at Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta standing in the crowd and said: “Leon, good job tonight, good job.”

The hostages were safe and soon flown to an American military base in neighboring Djibouti. No Seals were hurt during the operation, Pentagon officials said.

Mr. Obama seems to have taken a special interest in this case, presiding over several high-level meetings on it since the two aid workers were kidnapped in October by gunmen whom Somali elders said were part of a well-established pirate gang.

Pirates operate with total impunity in many parts of lawless Somalia, which has languished without a functioning government for more than 20 years. As naval efforts have intensified on the high seas, stymieing hijackings, Somali pirates seem to be increasingly snatching foreigners on land. Just last week, pirates grabbed another American hostage not far from where the Seal raid took place.

Fed signals that a full Egyptians gather on recovery is years away anniversary of revolt WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it was likely to raise interest rates at the end of 2014, but not until then, adding another 18 months to the expected duration of its most basic and longest-running response to the financial crisis.

The announcement means that the Fed does not expect the economy to complete its recovery from the 2008 crisis over the next three years. By holding short-term rates near zero beyond mid-2013, its previous estimate, the Fed hopes to hasten that process somewhat by reducing the cost of borrowing.

The Fed said in a statement that the economy had expanded “moderately” in recent weeks, but that unemployment remained at

a high level, the housing sector remained in a deep depression, and the possibility of a new financial crisis in Europe continued to threaten the domestic economy.

The statement, released after a two-day meeting of the Fed’s policy-making committee, said that the Fed intended to keep rates near zero until late 2014.

In a separate set of statements, the Fed said that 11 of the 17 members of the committee expected that the Fed would raise interest rates at the end of that period. It noted that the committee expects growth to accelerate over the next three years, from a maximum pace of 2.7 percent this year to a maximum pace of 3.2 percent next year and up to 4 percent in 2014.

CAIRO (NY Times) — Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square, the crucible of their revolution, on Wednesday in a mixture of celebration and agitation to mark the first anniversary of the protests that forced out Hosni Mubarak, the former president.

By midmorning, tens of thousands of people had packed the square here, smiling, cheering and waving Egyptian flags, but it was already evident that the spirit that unified last year’s uprising had been replaced by new tensions between Egyptian political factions over their view of the military rulers who took power when Mr. Mubarak was ousted.

The Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement that won nearly half the seats in the newly elected Parliament, sent many of its followers to the square.

The Brotherhood’s leaders have endorsed the military’s timetable for a handover to an elected president by the end of June, and they sent thousands of their members out to ensure that a spirit of celebration prevailed, erecting soundstages and setting up security checks at each entrance to the square. An abundance of Brotherhood flags, buttons and disposable plastic hats filled the crowd.

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Former prostitute, crack addict now ‘Brenda the Mommy’ Hamilton seen by police as a success story

BY MARGE NIBLOCK SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Brenda Hamilton was in her twenties when she began using drugs heavily. Crack cocaine was her drug of choice because it was the “in” thing and because of the high that it gave.

She both used and sold drugs, saying, “I was a runner. I’m a drug felon.”

She continued, “I got four years, and I served 32 months. It was terrible. I would never go back again!” Extending her arms outward, she exclaimed, “My rap sheet’s like this. I’m not proud of it.”

When asked whether it was the money for drugs that caused her to become a prostitute, she stated that she’d been a prostitute before her use of drugs began.

For a period of time she had a pimp.

But after a while she realized that he wasn’t doing anything for her except taking her money, so she parted company with the man. Then she says, “I started doing it just for me.”

A terrifying experience made Hamilton realize just how dangerous things could get. She had relied on her instincts regarding her “clients.”

On one occasion she got into a vehicle with a man who “was talking nice to me and all that.” After he’d driven for a distance much longer than Hamilton thought was necessary, he pulled out a gun. He held her at gunpoint, kidnapped her, took her to Dayton, Maine, and raped her. After the attack he threw her out of the car and told her to walk back.

There was no particular time of day or evening when Hamilton worked.

She said, “Whenever I needed money I went out. I never knew when the end of a working day was going to be, but I could honestly say I was out there probably every day.” Condoms were always used, as a precaution against pregnancy and disease.

This was the era before cell phones, but there were pagers then, and Hamilton had one of those. She had “regulars” who could call her. “I was very choosy with my regulars. Trust me on that.”

Her routine was to get money from hustling, then go to the dealer, get the drugs, use them, and then go back out on the street. “That became a pattern,” says Hamilton.

She was arrested numerous times for prostitution, spending some overnights in jail, but mostly paying fines.

“I’d get picked up, fined, and be back on the street to make the money to pay the fine.”

Hamilton’s favorite corner was Cumberland Avenue and Mellon Street. She laughingly talks about one of the police officers who used to see her frequently in Parkside. He’d say “Brenda, you’re making the neighborhood look bad. Please move along."

Hamilton and many of the cops who arrested her years ago now have quite a friendly relationship. She now works at a store in the Bayside neighborhood; police see her as a success story. see MOMMY page 15

Brenda Hamilton was in and out of rehab more than once. “I wanted to get off drugs,” she says, “but I wasn’t ready until I got pregnant.” Now, she works at Dyer’s Variety on Portland Street. Hamilton knows what she wants for her daughter, Gigi: “I want her to have an education. I want her to have a good job.” (MARGE NIBLOCK PHOTO)

Coalition applauds lawmakers’ rejection of voter ID bill

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Lawmakers who shot down attempts to advance a state voter ID bill were praised Tuesday by a coalition of good-government groups and an advocacy group for seniors.

The state's Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee tabled a bill that proposed requiring voters to present photo IDs before casting a ballot, according to officials. Instead, the committee is considering whether to launch a study of Maine's electoral system.

The decision received praise from the AARP of Maine and the League of Women Voters of Maine.

"Maine elections are well-run and secure, and they have helped our state to become a national leader in voter participation,” said Ann Luther, of the League of Women Voters of Maine, in a statement. "If the Secretary of State has identified isolated problems, then he should investigate them now and make sure that anyone who has violated the law is prosecuted."

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine responded by saying the group agreed with the decision to table the bill, though added that a study is not necessary.

Maine's Secretary of State's Office released a report prior to the committee meeting that identified that

more than 150 noncitizens could have registered to vote in recent years, and that a third of them actually cast a ballot.

Secretary of State Charlie Summers' findings indicated a bulk of the errors that allowed noncitizens the ability to vote were clerical errors, according to reports.

“If there are administrative problems, then the Secretary of State should fix them now without any further study," said Shenna Bellows, of the ACLU of Maine, in a statement.

In Portland, to register to vote, a person must bring identification and proof of Portland residency to their polling place.

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Average is over In an essay, titled “Making It in America,” in the latest issue of The Atlantic, the author Adam Davidson relates a joke from cotton country about just how much a modern textile mill has been automated: The average mill has only two employees today, “a man and a dog. The man is there to feed the dog, and the dog is there to keep the man away from the machines.”

Davidson’s article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and sagging middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Great Recession, but it is also because of the quantum advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which are more rapidly than ever replac––––– ing labor with machines or forThe New York eign workers.

Times In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an average lifestyle. But, today, average is officially over. Being average just won’t earn you what it used to. It can’t when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above average cheap foreign labor, cheap robotics, cheap software, cheap automation

Thomas Friedman

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The Internet age and the aged In 1992, my young office administrator set me up with a Compuserve e-mail address and told me that I would use it. She assured me life would be so much easier for both of us. I saw the merits of her good work immediately. I hopped on a plane to Philadelphia, and from the airport I dictated to her what I wanted in my Harvard Graphics presentation. She completed it while I traveled. And when I arrived, all I had to do was find a place to print it (a few tense moments, but thanks to 24 hour Kinkos, It was done).

It was revolutionary. I’m forever grateful for the young whippersnapper that turned me on to this new efficiency. A customer started communicating to me via AOL, and I remember watching people, young and old embrace e-mail, as the AOL stock price soared in the late ‘90s.

Today when you ask people for their business card, I expect the easy access information: name, phone number, physical address, and e-mail address. However, business cards are changing.

I’ve received some with only the website address. It means I must go to the website to get the information that I want. The question is: Do I want to? Is it worth

Karen Vachon ––––– Better with Age taking that extra step?

Imagine my surprise three months ago at a business networking group, when a member announced he had no business cards. “Text SWAMI to 90210” he said. And I thought: yeah right!

I’ve been slow to embrace texting.

If I’m going to text someone, I want to know who they are, and what this is all about. Little did I know, others in the group felt the same way. For three months, this guy stood up, and gave us the same instruction. Each of us, on our own, felt we were the only ignorant one in the group that didn’t really know what was going on.

Snow storm days bring out a more relaxed attitude. As people made their way in to the business meeting, stomping the snow off, I noticed that my SWAMI friend had on one of those vintage LLBean sweaters — the navy blue, with white flecks — the L.L. Bean classic, that seems

to not go out of style. He stood up and announced that this week he had business cards. I looked at a person across the table and said: “Thank God!” He told us that he realized he had to connect with a different era to better educate us to what exactly he did — baby steps in a comfortable environment works for me!

After the meeting I suggested he and I grab a coffee. I sheepishly informed him I was remedial in the social media department. You see, I’m really trying this technology. I purchased a smart phone.

I’ve seen the cool apps. I liked the idea of SIRI, conceptually believing that she’d be my friendly electronic voice that would understand me and my wants. But I’ve been slow warming up to SIRI. I have a Facebook page that I set up a few years ago, but I can’t remember my password. I’m on LinkedIn enough to be dangerous. Nope — I’m not tweeting. I’ve always considered myself to be social.

But, in this technology age, I’m feeling more and more anti-social in the social media department.

With the help of my SWAMI friend, I decided to do a little research to see how I stacked up to other boomers my age and older. see VACHON page 5

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Best jobs will require workers to have more and better education FRIEDMAN from page 4

and cheap genius. Therefore, everyone needs to find their extra — their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment. Average is over.

Yes, new technology has been eating jobs forever, and always will. As they say, if horses could have voted, there never would have been cars. But there’s been an acceleration. As Davidson notes, “In the 10 years ending in 2009, [U.S.] factories shed workers so fast that they erased almost all the gains of the previous 70 years; roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobs — about 6 million in total — disappeared.”

And you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Last April, Annie Lowrey of Slate wrote about a start-up called “E la Carte” that is out to shrink the need for waiters and waitresses: The company “has produced a kind of souped-up iPad that lets you order and pay right at your table. The brainchild of a bunch of M.I.T. engineers, the nifty invention, known as the Presto, might be found at a restaurant near you soon. ... You select what you want to eat and add items to a cart. Depending on the restaurant’s preferences, the console could show you nutritional information, ingredients lists and photographs.

You can make special requests, like ‘dressing on the side’ or ‘quintuple bacon.’ When you’re done,

the order zings over to the kitchen, and the Presto tells you how long it will take for your items to come out. ... Bored with your companions? Play games on the machine. When you’re through with your meal, you pay on the console, splitting the bill item by item if you wish and paying however you want. And you can have your receipt e-mailed to you. ... Each console goes for $100 per month. If a restaurant serves meals eight hours a day, seven days a week, it works out to 42 cents per hour per table — making the Presto cheaper than even the very cheapest waiter.”

What the iPad won’t do in an above average way a Chinese worker will. Consider this paragraph from Sunday’s terrific article in The Times

by Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher about why Apple does so much of its manufacturing in China: “Apple had redesigned the iPhone’s screen at the last minute, forcing an assembly-line overhaul. New screens began arriving at the [Chinese] plant near midnight. A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company’s dormitories, according to the executive. Each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to a workstation and within half an hour started a 12-hour shift fitting glass screens into beveled frames. Within 96 hours, the plant was producing over 10,000 iPhones a day. ‘The speed and flexibility is breathtaking,’ the executive said. ‘There’s no

American plant that can match that.’ ” And automation is not just coming to manufacturing, explains Curtis Carlson, the chief executive of SRI International, a Silicon Valley idea lab that invented the Apple iPhone program known as Siri, the digital personal assistant. “Siri is the beginning of a huge transformation in how we interact with banks, insurance companies, retail stores, health care providers, information retrieval services and product services.”

There will always be change — new jobs, new products, new services. But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution, the best jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average. Here are the latest unemployment rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for Americans over 25 years old: those with less than a high school degree, 13.8 percent; those with a high school degree and no college, 8.7 percent; those with some college or associate degree, 7.7 percent; and those with bachelor’s degree or higher, 4.1 percent.

In a world where average is officially over, there are many things we need to do to buttress employment, but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G.I. Bill for the 21st century that ensures that every American has access to post-high school education.

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Here’s what I learned: 4.1 billion people, worldwide own cell phones. Of these users, 68.7 million are frequent text users. A total of 97 percent of all texts sent are opened, with 83 percent of them opened within the first hour of being sent. Worldwide, there are 53,083 text sent every second! Here, in the U.S., 87 percent of American own cell phones. The long and short of it is: If you aren’t texting now, you will be soon. We saw e-mail evolve. Social media texting, and marketing will be next. Are you ready?

Chances are you’re more ready than you give yourself credit for. In the past few years, Google, Yahoo, You Tube, Twitter, and Facebook are all new terms that have become popular. With them came a new language of short cuts to spelling out whole words.

There’s LOL (laugh out loud), BTW (by the way), etc.

It’s been a mixed bag of acceptance among aging boomers, but STC (senior texting codes) have come to age. Some popular ones: ATD (at the doctor), BTW (bring the wheelchair), CUATSC (see you at the senior center) — the list goes on!

The merits of embracing it are great. A grandmother, living alone, gets up each morning and while sipping her coffee, texts her grandson: “Coffee time.” It starts the day with a smile. They sip coffee apart, but together. For the grandmother, she knows it’s a subtle way to let her grandson know she’s okay.

For the grandson, it’s an easy way to connect with his grandmother — he’s checking in. Loneliness is common for seniors, especially those who lost a spouse. Another senior likes to hear the buzz of a texted message on her phone because she knows it’s coming from someone she knows and loves. Hearing the buzz means she’s not forgotten. She’s connected with another generation, embracing a new era, and benefiting from it.

Texting is strictly voluntary. Unlike e-mail, messages are short but even better, you control who contacts you. I’m told, there’s no such thing as a junk text!

As for my SWAMI friend, his name is Joe Stecchi and his company is New Tricks Media. I asked him: What’s with the SWAMI? He gave me the definition: SWAMI: A person in authority; guiding light, guru, master, mystic, sage, teacher. Okay – he’s taught me something here. And he’ll teach you too, if you’d

like. Today, he’ll be in Scarborough at Maine Medical Center’s Learning Resource Center, 100 Campus Drive, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., teaching people how to text. Feel free to stop by!

As for the 90210 — that’s a short code that will become as universal as the .com on a website. Like the web addresses that appear on signs and marketing materials today, the 90210 codes is the new era of marketing yourself, a business, or a special offer. You’re in control! If a business has something you want, such as a discount or special offer, you can text their code word to 90210 and receive the offer via text. And yes — the business card is moving in this direction too, but like the vintage sweater, I don’t think the hard copy card will disappear anytime soon.

So, let’s put this all together: Text” SWAMI to 90210” and you will get Joe’s contact information.

If you’d like to learn more about texting, receiving special offers, or marketing via 90210 text him.

Not sure if you want to? Wonder if it’s worth taking the extra step? Find a young whippersnapper that

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After Global Mart hit, another robbery for PPD

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A Tuesday night robbery of a Forest Avenue convenience store have Portland police searching for a new suspect on the heels of a string of armed robberies in the city.

Police say a man robbed a Global Mart at 1569 Forest Ave. at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. The suspect threatened the store clerk with a weapon, although he didn't display one, said Lt. Gary Rogers, a police spokesman.

"He kept his hand in his pocket as if he had a gun," he said.

The suspect fled the store on foot with an unidentified amount of money.

No one was injured, and the clerk was the only person in the store during the robbery, Rogers said.

Police are asking for help in identifying the man, described as being about 6 feet tall and 170

pounds. He was wearing a black ski mask and black jeans.

Investigators do not believe the suspect in the incident is the same man responsible for three armed robberies earlier in the month, Rogers said.

Last week, police were searching for a man who robbed a local credit union at gunpoint during the day. Several people were inside the TruChoice Federal Credit Union at 272 Park Ave. during the robbery.

On Jan. 12, the University Credit Union at 391 Forest Ave. was robbed, only a day after Cumberland Farms at 49 Pine St. was robbed at gunpoint, according to officials.

Anyone with information on any of the robberies is asked to contact the Portland Police Department at 874-8533 or text an anonymous tip from a mobile phone using keyword "GOTCHA" plus the message to 274637 (CRIMES).

Police are asking for help in identifying the suspect in the city's most recent robbery. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Arrest made in December Commercial St. burglaries

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Police arrested a 47-year-old homeless man Tuesday and charged him with burglarizing a Portland restaurant — twice.

Peter McGowan is accused of breaking into the Porthole Restaurant at 20 Custom House Wharf twice in December and stealing bottles of liquor.

The Porthole was burglarized three times in less than a month, including as recently as sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning,

according to police.

Sometime during the overnight a suspect broke out a window and stole two bottles of wine, said Lt. Gary Rogers, a police spokesman.

Investigators have not linked McGowan to the most recent incident, though Rogers said the investigation is ongoing and additional charges could be pending.

The December burglaries, including one on Christmas Eve, were similar to the one this week, officials said.

In both those incidents, a window to the restaurant was smashed and small amounts of alcohol were taken.

The restaurant's owner, Oliver Keithly, told The Portland Daily Sun in December that burglaries do "seem to cycle through" Commercial Street from time to time.

He explained most of the burglaries were "just a smash and grab" type of situation and that the Portland Police Department increases patrols, and then sprees diminish, he said.

Old Port random attacks City’s homeless count taken result in at least one arrest Old Port restaurant employees attacked, police say

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

An 18-year-old man is accused of punching a woman and attacking at least one man following a pair of Tuesday night Old Port assaults that police are describing as random acts of violence.

Mohamud Abdullahi was arrested and charged with two counts of assault in connection with the reported attack of two Old Port restaurant employees. Police say a male employee of an Italian restaurant was walking two women to their vehicle when a group of men asked if they had any drugs.

Abdullahi, who police say was among a group of men occupying a nearby vehicle near Vignola at 10 Dana St., then shouted derogatory comments and became argumentative with the workers, said Lt. Gary Rogers, a police spokesman. He said Abdullahi and the other men first asked the workers for crack cocaine.

"They challenged (the victim) to a fight," Rogers said. "One of the men ... approached him and the victim was punched a couple of times."

Rogers said the worker head-butted the suspect and bruised the man's lips, he said. The assault occurred at about 10 p.m.

One of the two women was also punched during the altercation, though she did not sustain any serious injuries, Rogers said. The only injuries reported by the man was a cut forehead from head-butting the man.

The workers retreated to the restaurant and the attacker left, police said.

Also around the same time in the Old Port, a 63-year-old man reported to police he was approached by a group of at least three men driving a light colored sedan. The man was walking in the area around Union and Commercial streets.

At least two men in the car started shouting at the man, Rogers said.

After ignoring their comments, two men exited the vehicle and the victim reported being struck on his neck from the back.

The man told police he attempted to swing back at the person who hit him, however he missed and then fled the scene, Rogers said.

As the assaults were reported to police, officers in the area of Congress and Temple streets spotted a silver vehicle that matched the description and conducted a traffic stop.

Rogers said Abdullahi was identified by his description and a cut on his lip allegedly inflicted by being headbutted in the face.

Abdullahi was subsequently charged with criminal mischief. He is also accused of causing damage to multiple vehicles near Vignola.

Abdullahi could be charged with assaulting the 63 year old, though police could not immediately say whether Abdullahi or another member of the group were responsible for that attack. The case remains under investigation.

to do more for the city’s and state’s DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT most vulnerable.”

Portland officials walked the city Information from the survey is along with local, state and fedused to direct planning and ideneral partners last night, in order tify priorities outlined by the city’s to determine how many homeless Taskforce to Develop a Strategic men, women and children live in Plan to Prevent and End Homelessthe community. ness.

Five teams planned to survey the city’s homeless in an effort to identify factors that led to their homelessness and establish what can be done to prevent homelessness, officials said.

The Point in Time Survey is a Department of Housing and Urban Development requirement for continuums of care, officials said. Portland is one of three eligible sites in the state. It receives $2.9 million in funding from HUD for employment assistance, job training, affordable housing development and emergency shelters, according to a city press release. A HUD official joined the walk.

“The results we get from tonight’s Point in Time Survey will be critical as they give a voice to the hundreds of men, women and children experiencing homelessness every night,” said Mayor Michael Brennan yesterday. “At a time when Five teams on Wednesday conducted Point-in-Time surresources are diminishing veys of people experiencing homelessness in Portland. Bob Reynolds, who said he is homeless, pauses in a doorway and numbers are increas- at 566 Congress St. Wednesday near a replica of a Maine ing, it is clear that we need labor mural. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Thursday, Jan. 26 Machine Head 6:30 p.m. Machine Head with Suicide Silence, Darkest Hour, Rise to Remain. State Theatre. With a new album that hearkens back to the aggression of old, plus a new guitarist with a historic connection to the band (Phil Demmel, who played with Flynn in the much-loved Bay Area thrash band Vio-lence), Machine Head is glancing back while still moving forward. And now that the band is back home on Roadrunner in America, the final piece of the puzzle has fallen into place. www.statetheatreportland.com

Grant Street Orchestra at Empire 9 p.m. Come check out the funky, fresh sounds of Grant Street Orchestra at Empire Dine and Dance. This time we will be joined by our new friends Les Racquet from Brooklyn, N.Y.! Doors at 9 p.m., $5. www.grantstreetorchestra. com and www.lesracquet.com

Friday, Jan. 27 The Brew at Port City 7:30 p.m. The Brew w/Adam Ezra Group and Ron Noyes Band, Port City Music Hall. Advance: $10; door: $15; VIP: $20. The Brew are an aptly named quartet from Amesbury, a town in northeastern Massachusetts, cooking up a musical melting pot on their brand-new, self-released album, Back to the Woods, that combines their roots in classic rock, adding ingredients of prog, jazz, reggae, world beat, indie, funk and orchestral pop, sometimes in the course of a single song.

O’Death and Brown Bird with if and it 8 p.m. SPACE Gallery. “[O’death] draws from the starkness and spiritual purity of Appalachian folk, the menace of punk and the rowdy theatricality of Tom Waits, jumbling sacred and profane.” — Ben Sisario, The New York Times. Raw, ragged Americana returns to SPACE with the killer combination of Brooklyn’s O’Death and Providence’s Brown Bird.

With if and it. www.space538.org/events.php

Saturday, Jan. 28 Club 86, Charles Neville and the 86 Ensemble 7:30 p.m. Join Near Sighted Productions and SPACE Gallery for the inaugural live performance of Club 86, a new radio series in the tradition of “A Prairie Home Companion” and “The Vinyl Café,” featuring special guest, Grammy award-winning saxophone virtuoso, Charlie Neville of the Neville Brothers. The series, written and directed by Mike Langworthy, revolves around the comedic and poignant stories of the employees and patrons of a local tavern in Lewiston, Maine as its new manager strives to rebrand the club as a showcase for local and national performing artists.

The evening includes music from the Club 86 Ensemble, led by noted jazz pianist Jesse Lynch plus music / spoken word collaborations with poet/performer Gil Helmick. Charlie Neville will close the program with a solo set. $10/$8 for SPACE Gallery members.

Adela & Jude will perform their old-time country music at Andy’s Old Port Pub on Thursday, Feb. 16. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Thursday, Feb. 2

Evening With Peter Frampton

noon. At First Parish Church, Portland, Mark Tipton leads Les Sorciers Perdus for an exclusive Quartet Performance as part of the Portland Conservatory of Music’s 2012 Noonday Concert Series, at First Parish, in Portland. Tipton’s recent compositions will be heard, as well as arrangements of Bach Chorales, World Folk Music, and a few surprises! www.marktiptonmusic.com/calendar.php

7:30 p.m. Frampton Comes Alive! 35 Tour at the State Theatre. $70/$55/$45 Reserved Seating. The show will feature the Grammy-award Frampton performing his multi-platinum selling live album Frampton Comes Alive! in its entirety, plus highlights from throughout his career. The three-hour show features a complete performance of Frampton Comes Alive!, along with other highlights from his catalog, including his Grammy Award-winning instrumental album, 2006’s Fingerprints.

Jack’s Mannequin, others at State 7 p.m. Jack’s Mannequin, Jukebox the Ghost, Allen Stone at the State Theatre. Jack’s Mannequin features Andrew McMahon, Bobby Anderson and Jay McMillan of Orange County, Calif. Jukebox the Ghost performs Indie/Pop/Rock and includes Ben Thornewill, Piano/Vocals; Tommy Siegel, Guitar/Vocals; and Jesse Kristin, Drums/Tambos. From backwoods barbecues and community gatherings; Allen Stone emerges to share personal melodies, telling his tales of life after just 23 years.

Friday, Feb. 3

Nuclear Boots at Geno’s 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Nuclear Boots will be playing Geno’s Rock Club with Computer at Sea and The Outfits. 625 Congress St., Portland. 221-23829

Masquerade Ball at Empire 10 p.m. Marion Grace, Theodore Treehouse, Dreamosaic Masquerade Ball, A Masquerade Ball concert at Empire Dine and Dance. Also celebrating Dylan Verner turning 30, Maria Wolff turning 40, Donna Timm turning 60. www.facebook.com/portlandempire

Monday, Jan. 30

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Maine Academy of Modern Music is hosting a “Girls Rock” concert at Bayside Bowl from to showcase their female rock students with performances

by Emilia Dahlin, The OxyMorons and Lady & The Tramps.

“We’re excited to show the talents of our female students.

Rock music is so male-centric, we created ‘Girls Rock’ to show that girls can rock just as hard as boys,” explains Jeff Shaw, executive director and founder of MAMM.

Saturday, Feb. 4 ‘Dos Canosos, Un Joven’

6 p.m. Stowaways Bluegrass Night at Empire Dine and Dance. Open Jam at 6. Stows at 8. Downstairs. No cover. www.facebook.com/portlandempire

7:30 p.m. The trio “Dos Canosos, Un Joven” (translated: “Two Gray Haired Guys and One Young Guy”) will perform original and traditional Latin music at the New Gloucester Village Coffee House. Trio members are Raul Freyre (lead vocals, percussion), Gary Wittner (seven-string guitar, vocals) and Rafael Freyre (bass, vocals). The concert starts at 7:30, admission is $10, $5 for seniors. For more information please call 926-326 or visit http://garywittner.com.

8 p.m. Sonic Youth frontman and underground music godfather Thurston Moore comes to SPACE. Moore’s 2011 solo album “Demolished Thoughts,” expertly produced by Beck, showcases the restless spirit and rigorous mind that informs all of Moore’s work, this time with a stripped-down acoustic bent. With NH’s Mmoss. $15 advance / $18 day of show, 18 plus.

Tuesday, Jan. 31 Chas Lester Trio 8 p.m. Chas Lester Trio, Jazz, Soul, Funk, Fun. Downstairs.

No cover. Empire Dine and Dance. www.facebook.com/ portlandempire

Brass Night at St. Lawrence Arts Center 7:30 p.m. Mark Tipton featured. The Instrument Series at the St. Lawrence Arts Center is designed to expose the public to the unique sound and technical abilities of the major instruments of the orchestra. Mark has gathered a top-notch Brass Quintet together, in order to showcase each of the individual instruments, (trumpet, french horn, trombone, and tuba), followed by a thrilling ensemble performance of Standard Brass Quintet Repertoire. An engaging and educational performance for all ages, this is part of an on-going series at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland.

‘Girls Rock’ concert at Bayside Bowl

Stowaways Bluegrass Night Thurston Moore at SPACE

Tuesday, Feb. 7

Les Sorciers Perdus

El Grande at Empire 9 p.m. Februreggae! with El Grande and Roots, Rhythm & Dub at Empire Dine and Dance. El Grande is a groove-rock supergroup from Portland, Maine. Their unique sound has been accredited to their diverse musical inspirations ranging from 311 and the Police to Bob Marley and Miles Davis.

Their grooves vary between laid back reggae to upbeat ska and punk. El Grande’s rhythm section consists of frontman Chris Gironda on guitar and vocals, Tom Bailey on the kit and Shane Fenton laying down the bass line. Empire Dine and Dance. www.facebook.com/portlandempire

Thursday, Feb. 9 Michael Albert at First Parish noon. At First Parish Church, Portland, Michael Albert as part of the Portland Conservatory of Music’s 2012 Noonday Concert Series. Albert has performed as a soloist for many orchestras and chamber ensembles as an oboist, vocalist and violinist throughout the U.S. and Canada.

For information call the Portland Conservatory of Music at 775-3356.

Waylon Speed, Hobson’s Choice, Whale Oil 9:30 p.m. Waylon Speed, Hobson’s Choice, Whale Oil at Empire Dine and Dance. Waylon Speed is the convergence of four musicians from Burlington, Vermont, bringing their unstoppable no frills country-metal blend of rock to a rapidly growing horde of devoted fans nationwide.

The formation of this band could not have come at a better time. Seemingly overnight, they have become a staple in the music community, equipped with a full pallet of all original music. Since their formation in April 2009, Waylon Speed has been touring extensively and picking up new fans like truck tires pick up mud. In support of their debut release, Georgia Overdrive, Waylon Speed toured the east coast of the US two times over. Hobson’s Choice is a project of Thomas Bryan Eaton — Vocals/ Guitar/Pedal Steel/Keys/Bass/Drums/Mandolin/etc, with his friends. Whale Oil features Bill Scanlan, Brian “Junior” Saxton and McCrae Hathaway, three humble musicians from Portland. see next page

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Portland bands of all genres will be randomly shuffled into six supergroups, announced on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 16. (I might add that no two members of the groups is allowed to have previous musical history, as a method to create new chemistry, and new bonds in the scene.) From there, each band has exactly 48 hours to construct and practice a 25-minute set of material, culminating in this 9 p.m. Saturday performance. This entirely new pool of local talent, featuring members of Isobell, Marie Stella, The Coalsack In Crux, The Heebee-Jeebees, Heavy Breathing and Waranimal — as well as Sean Morin, Sam James and Kate Cox — will be tested by a need for teamwork and a couple of sleepless nights. Each year, the 48 Hour Music Fest has proven to be one of the most exciting and creative nights of the year and a sold-out show.” Doors at 8:30 p.m., starts at 9 p.m., $10, 18-plus.

Tuesday, Feb. 14 PSO Tuesday Classical concert for Valentine’s Day 7:30 p.m. The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Tuesday Classical concert is the ultimate Valentine’s Day extravaganza. Under the direction of Music Director Robert Moody, the PSO will perform some of the most evocative, romantic music ever written for orchestra. The concert features guest pianist and Maine native Henry Kramer, and guest artists from Portland Stage. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. portlandsymphony.org

Thursday, Feb. 16 Harold Stover at First Parish

noon. Harold Stover at First Parish Church, Portland, as part of the Portland Conservatory of Music’s 2012 Friday, Feb. 24 Noonday Concert Series. Stover is a native of Latrobe, Penn., and a graduate of The Juilliard School in The Toughcats bluegrass New York. He serves as Organist at SPACE Gallery and Director of Music of Woodfords 8:30 p.m. The Toughcats with The Congregational Church in Portland, The Black Keys are coming to the Cumberland County Civic Center March 6, presented by the State Thratre. The show is in supMilkman’s Union and Nat Baldwin as Director of the Portland-based port of their new album, “El Camino.” They will be joined by Arctic Monkeys. (COURTESY PHOTO) at SPACE Gallery. $8 advance/$10 chamber chorus Renaissance at the door, 18 plus. The ToughVoices, and is a charter member of cast long shadows over American music.” cats blend old-time bluegrass, swooning Adela & Jude the faculty of the Portland Conservatory www.adelaandjude.com indie rock and classic pop twitches into 5 p.m. Adela & Jude will be playing a show of Music. For information call the Portland one mean live show. With Jake Greenlaw at Andy’s Old Port Pub. “An amazing Conservatory of Music at 775-3356.

Friday, Feb. 17 providing the feverish beats, Joe Nelson combination of enthusiastic performance Väsen at Bull Moose and superbly crafted songs, the brilliant on guitar and Colin Gulley on banjo, the 12:30 p.m. Väsen, a Swedish folk group interaction between Adela & Jude make charming trio from midcoast Maine make Jonny Lang at the State known well beyond the borders of Scandifor a truly enjoyable show. Performing for a best of both worlds scenario: time8 p.m. WCLZ Presents Grammy Award navia, will be at the Portland Bull Moose, with a fever pitch of old-time revivalless music that is at once unquestionably winner Jonny Lang.

State Theatre.

In more 151 Middle Street, for a free acoustic ist preachers — Adela & Jude exude a danceable and haltingly listenable. They’ll than ten years on the road, Lang has toured performance and CD signing. They will chemistry that shines through in their be joined by the deft and idiosyncratically with the Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy, Aeroperform that evening as part of Portland vocal and stage performance. The duo melodic Portlanders The Milkman’s Union, smith, B.B. King, Blues Traveler, Jeff Beck Ovations’ season at Hannaford Hall at 7:30 stomps, hollers and brings to life the who’ve steadily been building a name for and Sting. In 1999, he was invited to play p.m. www.bullmoose.com familiar and forgotten musical giants that themselves across New England with a for a White House audience including Prescache of hyper-literate, eclectic grooves. ident and Mrs. Clinton.

And, as if that wasn’t enough, double-bassComanchero releases ist Nat Baldwin, member of Dirty Projectors ‘The Undeserved’ at The Big Easy and disciple of free jazz legend Anthony 9:30 p.m. Comanchero is releasing their Braxton, kicks the night off with his intilatest CD, “The Undeserved,” at The Big mate, richly textured, avant-pop exploraEasy with some special guests! The Big tions. www.space538.org/events.php Easy, 55 Market St., Portland. “Comanchero’s country-funk thunder melds a rambling Saturday, Feb. 25 jam sensibility with genuine boot-stomping twang. Shades of Widespread Panic, Cake, and Wilco in these feverish Cactus Rock Winter White Tour 2012 rhythms.” — Relix Magazine www.big8 p.m. NV Concepts/MASS EDMC/Steez easyportland.com Promo present: Winter White Tour 2012 with Dada Life at the State Theatre. The Swedish power duo Dada Life seems to be Saturday, Feb. 18 gracefully penetrating the world with their off kilter, shameless sense of humor and Jazz concert with Alan Lowe their harder hitting electronic style. www.

TBA. Mayo Street Arts. Saxophonist/histostatetheatreportland.com rian Allen Lowe’s new CD project Blues and the Empirical Truth has appeared on more Saturday, March 3 Top Ten critics lists than any other indie jazz release of 2011; it also placed in the New Republic’s list of Top 15 CDs of 2011. Jazz Jane’s Addiction at the State Times called it “one of the most ambitious 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. The alternative rock and fulfilling projects to come out of the jazz pioneers — frontman Perry Farrell, guitarist world in recent years, a dazzling array ... all Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Percomposed and arranged by Lowe. The end kins, along with Chris Chaney on bass — result is compulsive and mesmerizing.” The are poised to deliver an immersive theatrical CD also placed in the 2011 Village Voice/ experience as only they can. http://www.

Rhapsody Jazz Poll. Lowe was the recipistatetheatreportland.com/event/88383/ ent of the Maine Arts Commission’s Individual Artist Grant for 2012.

AVAILABLE JANUARY 31

48 Hour Music Festival 9 p.m. This year’s annual 48 Hour Music Festival at SPACE Gallery is Feb. 18.

“Born right here in Portland, Maine, the 48 Hour Music Festival has become a highly anticipated local tradition here in the local music scene. For those unfamiliar with the 48HRMF, SPACE Gallery gives an accurate description here: ‘30 artists from different

Tuesday, March 6

The Black Keys with Arctic Monkeys 7:30 p.m. The State Theatre presents The Black Keys with special guests Arctic Monkeys at the Cumberland County Civic Center. $45 General Admission www.theciviccenter.com or http://www.statetheatreportland.com

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SPACE gets $150K Warhol grant

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

SPACE Gallery has been awarded an “unprecedented” $150,000 grant that will be used to support future exhibitions at the Congress Street arts organization, according to its executive director, Nat May. The grant, from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, in New York City, was awarded in December. The gallery received its first $50,000 check last month and will receive similar payments in December 2013 and December 2014.

“We’re thrilled to be supported by a leading artist-legacy funder who not only believes in SPACE’s future, but has helped facilitate wonderful relationships for us with peer art spaces across the country,” May said, adding at the grant is the largest the organization has ever received. “Those connections have been invaluable for our growth.”

Specifically, the grant will be used to pay rent and marketing costs over the next three years.

But it will also “help us increase artist fees, material costs, installation costs and other things that would help artists go a little farther with what they want to do with our space,” May said.

Space, a nonprofit founded 10 years ago at 538 Congress St., received one of 41 Warhol Foundation grants in 2011, out of 211 organizations that applied, according to Jackie Farrell, a grants administrator from the Andy Warhol Foundation.

Space will be required to submit reports during the life of the grant showing how the money was spent, Farrell said.

Rachel Bers, program director at the Warhol Foundation, said the organization was “very pleased” to support Space over the next three years. “[SPACE’s] inventive exhibitions and public programs offer critical early exposure for a wide range of artists and forge important connections between local artistic activity and national currents in contemporary art,” she said in a statement.

This is Space Gallery’s third Warhol grant over the years. In 2007, the organization received a $110,000 grant to build its endowment and support growth.

Space received a similar $50,000 grant in 2010 that helped pay for its recent expansion and renovation.

Indeed, Space has experienced significant growth over the past

seven years. Its budget has more than doubled, and its performance space is now about 50 percent larger since taking over an adjacent storefront last year.

Last year, Space hosted more than 200 events, including lectures, readings, films, music and theater performances. This year, the organization is hoping to work more directly with artists through “artist in residence” programs in addition to its traditional offerings.

“The Warhol Foundation provided us with critical capacity building funds (in 2007), which enabled us to grow and serve an even wider audience. With this latest grant, they are once again investing in our future,” said Jessica Tomlinson, Space Gallery’s board president, in a statement.

The Warhol Foundation was created in 1987 from the estate of artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol to advance visual arts.

Nat May, executive director at SPACE Gallery, arranges submissions for Free for All 2, a salon-style survey art show. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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by Lynn Johnston

By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll be an inspector of sorts. You’ll notice what needs to be fixed and report on what you see. The problematic area might be in your own life or someone else’s. In the latter case, use discretion.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

There are special and interesting features of your life that you may want to share with the people close to you. In order to remember the topics of conversation you most want to bring up, make a list.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You may be bored for a short time, until you realize that your environment, no matter how stale it may seem, is always a playground for your physical and mental exploration.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Carefully choose your business and personal allies. You don’t have to put them through a test to recognize the good ones. You’re savvy and street smart enough to know who will be good for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your good luck will center on the helpful people in your life, including partners, acquaintances, teachers, counselors and clergy. Ask for attention from these types, especially by posing interesting questions.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 26).

You’ll be happy with the progress of relationships, and feelings deepen through February and March. You’ll be strong in business this summer. Be sure to invest in your own fun times, as well.

You may have extra expenses involving travel and entertainment in July. Family will appreciate your generosity. Cancer and Capricorn people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 11, 3, 39 and 6.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll let go of the past and turn toward the future. You have a sense that tomorrow will be better, and you’re right about that. Free yourself to hop on a trend, move with the forward thinking and experience the unusual.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The events of the day highlight your softer emotional side. Progress depends on listening closely to the voice of your intuition, which can be perceived through the muscles of your body.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your first impression will be on target, though you may forget about it as a relationship develops. So write down your thoughts now, and tuck them away to review later. It will make things more interesting.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Objectivity will be necessary. There will be a reason to practice the Zen art of detachment. Better to pull back emotionally than to let your feelings overpower your usual good judgment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The ideal teacher makes you feel good about yourself and empowered to act. A mentor will be most helpful now, as there will be a problem to solve, an attitude to adjust or a habit to cultivate.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There are times when your subconscious mind may be more powerful and a lot sneakier than your conscious mind.

That’s why it helps to get in touch with what you’re going through at the deeper levels of thought.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Fun and socializing will help your professional life, but only if you’re getting to know the right people. Go where you feel welcome to be yourself. If you have to pretend in order to fit in, it’s not a good fit.

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ACROSS Explosive device __ out; stop gradually Deep audible exhale Notion Maris or Mudd Zits Cruise & Hanks “La Traviata” or “La Bohème” Shed a __; cry Caustic; eating away a surface Lends a hand Actress Arden Piece of asparagus Give a speech Scottish denial Preacher’s book Street-paving substances Brillo rival Pupa’s casing That fellow

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Brief note Short-legged hounds Show to be true Actress Lange Grow old Señor’s shawl Wipe away Mockingly derisive Frosts Small fly His and __ “__ Got You Under My Skin” Wooden shoe Hairstylist Vidal Each __; one another Like umbrella weather Carrying a gun And not Plank Numbing anesthetic Foe Utter

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2012. There are 340 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 26, 1942, the first American Expeditionary Force to go to Europe during World War II arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

On this date: In 1788, the first European settlers in Australia, led by Capt. Arthur Phillip, landed in present-day Sydney.

In 1837, Michigan became the 26th state.

In 1841, Britain formally occupied Hong Kong, which the Chinese had ceded to the British.

In 1861, Louisiana passed an Ordinance of Secession, becoming the sixth state to break free from the United States.

In 1870, Virginia rejoined the Union.

In 1911, the Richard Strauss opera “Der Rosenkavalier” (The Cavalier of the Rose) premiered in Dresden, Germany.

In 1939, during the Spanish Civil War, rebel forces led by Gen. Francisco Franco captured Barcelona.

In 1950, India officially proclaimed itself a republic as Rajendra Prasad took the oath of office as president.

In 1962, the United States launched Ranger 3 to land scientific instruments on the moon — but the probe ended up missing its target by more than 22,000 miles. Charles “Lucky” Luciano, a leading Mafia figure in the U.S., died in Naples, Italy, at age 64.

In 1979, former Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller died in New York at age 70.

In 1992, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton, appearing with his wife, Hillary, on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” acknowledged “causing pain in my marriage,” but said past problems were not relevant to the campaign. The Washington Redskins won Super Bowl XXVI (26), defeating the Buffalo Bills 37-24. Actor Jose Ferrer, 80, died in Coral Gables, Fla. In 1998, President Bill Clinton forcefully denied having an affair with a former White House intern, telling reporters, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.”

One year ago: Speaking in Manitowoc, Wis., President Barack Obama campaigned vigorously for his revamped economic message, warning that other countries were grasping for first place in the global marketplace as the U.S. fell down on the job.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Anne Jeffreys is 89. Actress Joan Leslie is 87. Cartoonist Jules Feiffer is 83. Sportscaster-actor Bob Uecker is 77. Actor Scott Glenn is 73. Singer Jean Knight is 69. Activist Angela Davis is 68. Rock musician Corky Laing is 64. Actor David Strathairn is 63.

Alt-country singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams is 59. Rock singer-musician Eddie Van Halen is 57.

Reggae musician Norman Hassan is 54. Actresscomedian-talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is 54. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky is 51.

Musician Andrew Ridgeley is 49. Rhythm-andblues singer Jazzie B. (Soul II Soul) is 49. Actor Paul Johansson is 48. Gospel singer Kirk Franklin is 42. Actress Jennifer Crystal is 39. Rock musician Chris Hesse is 38. Actor Gilles Marini is 36.

NBA player Vince Carter is 35. Actress Sarah Rue is 34. Country musician Michael Martin (Marshall Dyllon) is 29.

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Thursday, Jan. 26 2012 Access to Justice Symposium 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. National legal experts, Maine Supreme Court Justices, Maine legal service providers and private bar attorneys will speak and lead discussions at the 2012 Access to Justice Symposium: Changing Maine: Serving the Legal Needs of Maine’s Growing Elderly and Immigrant Populations. Also Friday, Jan. 26, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the Marriott Sable Oaks, South Portland. Full agenda: http://mainelaw.maine.edu/news/conferences/justice/2012/agenda.html

Mad Horse Theatre Company’s ‘Becky Shaw’ 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 Premiere of “Becky Shaw” marks the first time Mad Horse Theatre Company has produced a work

by Gionfriddo. It also marks the directorial debut of company member James Herrera, who jumped at the chance to helm a cast made up entirely of Mad Horse Theatre Company members. According to Herrera, the cast made his transition from actor to director easier than it could have been.

Friday, Jan. 27 Portland Sea Dogs Food Drive 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Portland Sea Dogs have announced that the organization will hold its 12th annual Food Drive which will run from now through Friday, Jan. 27. All the collected food items will be donated to the Good Shepherd Food Bank. As in the past, this year’s food drive will be “Buy One, Bring One, Get One.” “For every ticket purchased and every donated food item you bring, you will receive a free Sea Dogs ticket to the same game. For example, if you buy three tickets to the June 7 game and bring in three food items, you will receive three additional complimentary tickets of equal or lesser value to the June 7 game. The offer is good for Box Seats, Reserved, General Admission, and 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 hold their home opener 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.” 879-9500, www.seadogs.com.

Movies at the Museum, ‘One for the Road’ 6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, “One for the Road,” Portland Museum of Art. “One for the Road sets out to capture the craziness, drama, and migratory nature of skiers chasing down a dream .... segments that will go down as some of the most intense, exciting, and jaw-dropping as anything ever filmed.” Friday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 28, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 29, 2 p.m. NR. www.portlandmuseum.org/events

‘Sailing with Paper’ at Constellation 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Sailing with Paper” at Constellation Gallery.

Constellation artist Jos Ruks is offering a free demonstration and hands-on workshop “Sailing with Paper.” “Jos will be teaching you how to expand your paper-art horizons beyond traditional origami! Materials for attendees are provided free of charge. Light refreshments provided.” Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St., Portland. 409-6617.

‘Next Fall’ by Good Theater 7 p.m. “Next Fall” by Geoffrey Nauffts, Jan. 25 to Feb. 19.

“Good Theater presents the Maine premiere of this recent Best Play Tony Award nominee. A charming, funny and touching play about life and love from one of the writers of the hit TV series, Brothers & Sisters.” Directed by Brian P. Allen and starring Joe Bearor, Rob Cameron, Matt Delamater, Moira Driscoll Abbie Killeen and Tony Reilly. St Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. Wednesdays 7 p.m. ($15), Thursdays 7 p.m. ($20), Fridays 7:30 p.m. ($20), Saturday 7:30 p.m. ($25), Sundays 2 p.m. ($25) with a special added matinee on Saturday, Feb. 11, 3 p.m. ($20). Reservations and information call 885-5883. Presented by Good Theater, a professional theater; the theater is in residence at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. www.goodtheater.com

Hilarity and choreography abounds during “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” rehearsals with Crystal Giordano, Schuyler White, Matthew Begin, Carlo Giraulo, Alison Bogannan, Sean St. Louis-Farrelly, Owen White, Cory Bucknam and Sean Senior. “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” runs Feb. 24 to March 10 at Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. Visit www.lyricmusictheater.org. (COURTESY PHOTO)

‘A Midsummer’s Night Dream’ 8 p.m. “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” by Portland Players continues through Jan. 29 with performances Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Portland Players is located at 420 Cottage Road in South Portland. Call 7997337 or go to portlandplayers.org.

Saturday, Jan. 28 ‘Puss ‘n Boots’ 11 a.m. This winter, Acorn Productions’ “Fairy Tale Players,” an ensemble of children, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy, continues its third season of productions with Producing Director Michael Levine’s adaptation of “Puss ‘n Boots.” “The production is suitable for audiences of all ages, and centers around the story of a clever cat who helps her mistress win the love of a prince by pretending to be the Marquis de Carrabas.

Along the way, we meet a crazy cast of characters including spoiled sisters, a foolish hare, and a lonely ogre. Acorn’s comedic version of the well-known fairy tale is directed by Karen Ball, and the script includes references to King Lear and the Occupy Wall Street Movement for the more sophisticated audience members. There are 8 actors ranging in age from 9 to 17 in the show, which runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 12 in the Acorn Studio Theater in Westbrook.” Saturday, Jan. 28 at 11 a.m.; Sunday, Jan. 29 at 2 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 4 at 11 a.m.; Sunday, Feb. 5 at 2 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 11 at 11 a.m.; Sunday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. Acorn Studio Theater, Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook. Admission: $8 adults; $6 kids 12 and under. FMI: www.acorn-productions.org or 854-0065.

Where’s The Love? with the Red Claws noon. Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine and the Maine Red Claws will kick off Where’s The Love?, a three-week Maine Mall event featuring make-and-take valentines. The Valentine workshop will open at noon, and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Crusher and the entire Red Claws team will be on hand to sign valentines and coach kids in a hoop toss. “Can’t make it to the mall Saturday? Where’s The Love? will take place in Center Court at the Portland Expo from noon-5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays through Valentine’s Day, as well as Feb. 13 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Club 86 comedy and music 7:30 p.m. Near Sighted Productions and SPACE Gallery present “Club 86,” an evening of comedy and music featuring special guest, Grammy award saxophone virtuoso, Charlie Neville of the Neville Brothers. The evening features the first live performance of “Club 86,” an exciting new radio series in the tradition of A Prairie Home Companion and The Vinyl Café. Charlie Neville will appear as himself in “Club 86” and will perform a solo set afterwards. Charlie Neville’s solo work as a jazz saxophonist has been hailed around

the world. The evening includes music from the Club 86 Ensemble, led by noted jazz pianist Jesse Lynch plus music/ spoken word collaborations with a prominent member of Portland’s arts community, poet and spoken word performer Gil Helmick. Club 86 is a weekly series following the sometimes reluctant, sometimes clumsy, always entertaining reactions of employees and patrons of a local tavern in Lewiston as the new manager strives to re-brand the club as a showcase for local and national performing artists.

‘A Midsummer’s Night Dream’ 8 p.m. “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” by Portland Players continues through Jan. 29 with performances Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Portland Players is located at 420 Cottage Road in South Portland. Call 7997337 or go to portlandplayers.org.

Sunday, Jan. 29 Swish-Out, Junior Swish-Out 7:30 a.m. Hill Gymnasium, University of Southern Maine, Gorham Campus. Maine’s longest-running, continuous three-on-three benefit basketball tournament will again take place at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham.

The 18th Annual Dr. Noel Paradise Memorial Swish-Out and Junior Swish-Out Childhood Cancer Challenge is currently seeking teams to participate in this year’s event. “Coordinated by Maine’s credit unions, teams of businesses, friends and family, and or any other connection are once again sought to participate in the event which benefits the Maine Children’s Cancer Program. Since MCCP treats children and families from Maine and New Hampshire, teams come from both states to participate. The tournament is a three-on-three, co-ed, double-elimination event and is open to adults 18 or older. The entry fee is $100 per team, and all funds raised go directly to the Maine Children’s Cancer Program. Since it began in 1994, more than $200,000 has been raised through the event. This year’s event also features the second annual Junior Swish-Out, open to middle school students (grades 6-8). The Junior Swish-Out format is similar to the adult tournament with a three-on-three, co-ed format. The Junior Swish-Out is limited to the first 12 teams to enter and the entry fee is $75 per team. In addition, there are again two divisions for the Adult Swish-Out Tournament with a 28 team ‘Just For Fun’ Division and an Elite 8 Division that is by invitation only once a team has registered.” For an entry form, sponsorship information and/or for more information, please contact Jon Paradise at the Maine Credit Union League at 773-5671, ext. 273 or e-mail jparadise@mainecul.org. Entry forms may be downloaded at www.mainecul.org. see next page

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‘The Art of the Fugue’ 2 p.m. Violinist Patrick Doane and Colby College Musicologist Dr. Steven Saunders at Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodfords St., Portland. “The concert will present an in-depth exploration of J.S. Bach’s ‘The Art of the Fugue.’” Cost: $22 general admission, $20 seniors, Free for 21 and younger. LARK Society for Chamber Music, 761-1522, lark@larksociety.org.

The Titanic Centenary: A Survivor’s Story 2 p.m. Corner of State and Gray streets, Maine Irish Heritage Center. Dr. Karen M. Lemke, Professor of Education at St. Joseph’s College. “The year 2012 marks the centenary (hundredth anniversary) of the sinking of the Titanic — the legendary, ‘unsinkable’ ship built in Belfast, Northern Ireland. One of the survivors was an 8-year-old second-class passenger from Westerly, Rhode Island, Marshall Drew. In 1986, Marshall Drew was again in the news. With the discovery of a shipwreck of an ocean liner on the sea floor, he was able to look at photographs taken by a robotic submersible device and identify the luxurious interiors of the Titanic from his indelible childhood memories. Six weeks before his death, Marshall Drew spoke at length with Dr. Karen M. Lemke, now a professor of education at St. Joseph’s College. As part of the Maine Irish Heritage Center’s series of Dúchas (Heritage) talks, Dr. Lemke will recount Marshall Drew’s story — the very human tale of great resilience, told in the voice of an Edwardian lad. Drawing on this interview, she will look at the Titanic tragedy as a metaphor for changing times at the beginning of the 20th century, focusing on labor issues, matters of maritime safety, and the roles that simple greed and arrogance played in the loss of more than 1,500 lives.” The Titanic Centenary: A Survivor’s Story will take place on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 2 p.m. at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, at the corner of State and Gray streets in Portland. Admission is free, and all are welcome. For more information, contact Ellen D. Murphy, 899.0505.

Filmmaker Walter Ungerer 7 p.m. Experimental Films by Filmmaker Walter Ungerer.

Join the St. Lawrence Arts Center as the center presents a program of recent short films by renowned filmmaker Walter Ungerer. In the 1950s – 60s he was a fixture in The Village art community and underground film scene in New York City, which included such names as Ed Emshwiller, Bob Lowe, Jonas Mekas, Tony Montanaro, and Stan Vanderbeek.

Tuesday, Jan. 31 MHS Book Event: Celebrating A Maine Prodigy noon. Maine Historical Society book event. “Please join us to celebrate and hear the story behind Maine Historical Society’s publication of ‘A Maine Prodigy: The Life and Adventures of Elise Fellows White.’ White was a violinist

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‘Business After Hours’ Networking Event 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The DownEast Pride Alliance “Business After Hours” Networking Event at Plush West End, 106 High St., Portland. Cash bar, lite food and media table. Bring business cards to share. Find DEPA on Facebook and www.depabusiness.com. “The DownEast Pride Alliance is a GLBTQ business networking group in Southern Maine meeting monthly at local establishments for ‘Business After Hours’ events that provide a safe forum for, and help strengthen, the local gay and gay-friendly business community.”

Wednesday, Feb. 1 WorldQuest 2012 in Cumberland 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WorldQuest 2012 — the Ultimate International Trivia Competition will be taking place at Greely High School in Cumberland. “Which two places besides Denmark use the Danish Krone as their primary currency? Feeling bewildered or feeling brilliant? Questions like this will be answered by teams competing on Wednesday, Feb. 1, in the annual WorldQuest International Knowledge Competition sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Maine and hosted by Greely High School in Cumberland.

WorldQuest provides students and adults an opportunity to test their knowledge across a variety of international issues.

The top high school team has the opportunity to compete in the spring 2012 national Academic World Quest competition in Washington, D.C. The competition is organized around teams of 4 to 8 players.” www.wacmaine.org/Event s?eventId=396025&EventViewMode=EventDetails

Rotary Club of Casco Bay Social 5:30 p.m. 2012 MCCP Rotary Club of Casco Bay Social.

The 14th annual Silent Auction and Wine Social to Benefit the Maine Children’s Cancer Program will be held at DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant. The 2011 auction was a huge success with over 200 attendees bidding on over 180 items we raised over $17,000 for MCCP. https://fundraising.mmc. org/netcommunity/sslpage.aspx?pid=283

‘Racing Dreams’ screening 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. “Racing Dreams,” at the Portland Public Library. The Portland Public Library announces its Winter Documentary Film Series, to be held Wednesday’s throughout the winter from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Rines Auditorium at the Main Library. Dates for the series are: Feb. 1, Feb. 22 and Feb. 29, and March 7, March 21 and March 28. This series is made possible by a partnership between the Portland Public Library and POV

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West End Meeting Place 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The next West End Meeting Place will be held at the Reiche Community Center. Meeting Place is an Art At Work project to help neighborhoods develop and deepen their networks and connections through partnerships with local artists. Artists lead monthly workshops on topics designed to increase civic engagement, pride, and neighborhood knowledge. For more information, go to www.ArtAtWork.com/Projects/MeetingPlace, Facebook. com/ArtAtWork or www.ArtAtWorkProject.us.

Seventh annual Maine Photography Show midnight. Deadline for submissions. “If you like photography you’ll like the Maine Photography Show. It is the premier statewide juried exhibition of fine photography in Maine. Entries are being taken now; the deadline is midnight Feb. 1. Open to all amateur and professional photographers with a Maine address. There are four categories you can enter although you can enter only three pictures total. The categories are: Black & White, Color, Student (18 and under) which includes photography in any of the categories, and the themed category this year: Abstract.” The 2012 Maine Photography Show opens to the public Saturday, April 14 and continues to May 5. The exhibition is produced and presented by the MPS Committee of the Boothbay Region Art Foundation and takes place at its spacious gallery, One Townsend Ave., in midtown Boothbay Harbor. 633-2703. This year, the show is being judged by André Gallant. To enter, or to get more information, or to see last year’s show, just go to mainephotographyshow.com

Thursday, Feb. 2 Symbols of Love opening reception 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Opening Reception — Symbols of Love.

“Come join the Constellation Gallery artists for the opening of our February show ‘Symbols of Love’ in our main gallery.

Each of our artists will be exhibiting pieces that convey love in its many forms and meanings. Light refreshments provided. All are welcome.” 511 Congress St.

Trek Across Maine cycling event discussion 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Join the American Lung Association at Gritty McDuff’s, Lower Main Street, Freeport, for food, beer, prizes and fun. Meet new people while American Lung Association staff members discuss the Trek Across Maine cycling event, the organization’s largest fundraiser nationwide, scheduled for the weekend of June 15 across the beautiful state of Maine. The Trek Across Maine is a threeday, 180-mile adventure, from the mountains to the sea, providing breathtaking views, adventure and an unmatched sense of camaraderie. Proceeds from the Trek Across Maine benefits lung disease research, advocacy, and programs as well as the Fight for Air. The evening provides a perfect opportunity for those who have not yet registered for the Trek. RSVP for Beer & Bikes to Kristen Soule at ksoule@ lungne.org or (888) 241-6566, ext. 0306. For more on the Trek Across Maine, or to register, visit biketreknewengland.org.

College Night 2012 at the PMA 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Portland Museum of Art presents its College Night 2012. Cost: Free admission with valid student I.D. (or $5 at the door — cash only). “Maine college students are invited to the Portland Museum of Art for College Night 2012, featuring music by DJ Ponyfarm and live performances by The Milkman’s Union and Boy Without God, art projects sponsored by Artist & Craftsman Supply, free food and drinks, giveaways, and tons of prizes. Food will be provided by Leonardo’s Pizza, Flatbread Company, Amato’s, and drinks will be provided by Capt’n Eli’s Soda.”

CiRCA in Westbrook 7:30 p.m. “With playful sensuality, Australia’s CiRCA breaks out of the big top to create a bold new vision of circus as a delightful, provocative and contemporary art form. Over the course of 80 intense minutes, the streamlined troupe of seven moves from highly connected acrobatic and tumbling sequences through fast-paced intricate scenes to a haunting finale. Blending bodies, lights, and sound — including tracks by Leonard Cohen, Sigur Ros and Cake — CiRCA’s boundary-pushing work plumbs the philosophical depths where cirque and dance collide.” Westbrook Performing Arts Center,. 471 Stroudwater St., Westbrook. portlandovations.org or 842.0800.

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Proposed W. Commercial rezoning advances

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Portland’s planning board this week endorsed a developer’s request to rezone a stretch of land between Benny’s Fried Clams and Star Match Co. on West Commercial Street.

J.B. Brown and Sons, which has asked that about 8.5 acres on the upland side of West Commercial be rezoned from waterfront industrial to a less-restrictive B5-b, envisions one day building a four-story office complex on the site.

Despite the positive recommendation from the planning board, the city council still has final say on the rezoning. A final vote on the issue isn’t expected until late February or early March.

Over the past few months, a group of West End residents has been concerned about what J.B. Brown might build if the rezoning is approved. During a handful of planning board workshops and neighborhood meetings, residents worried that a 65-foot building — the max allowed in a B5-b zone — would obstruct waterfront views and diminish property values.

After a series of negotiations with an attorney hired by some West End property holders, J.B. Brown agreed to cap any buildings on the site to 55 feet on the eastern section, and no more than 45 feet on the western flank. Including rooftop HVAC units, the building can be no taller than 62 feet.

“My clients regard the rezoning agreement as an acceptable middle ground between their preferences and those of the developer concerning the maximum height of the buildings proposed to be constructed on the rezoned parcel,” said John Bannon, an attorney handling inquiries on the matter while Plumb is on vacation.

In a brief interview yesterday, Vin Veroneau, president of J.B. Brown, said he believed the outcome was fair for all parties.

J.B. Brown, which is one of Portland’s largest landowners, bought roughly 11 acres along West Commercial from Pan Am Systems earlier this year. The property runs for more than a quarter mile on West Commercial, but also includes a steep section that

runs up to historic homes on Danforth and Emery streets.

Indeed, many of the properties potentially affected by the rezoning are valued by the city’s tax assessor at more than $400,000. Aside from some abandoned railroad tracks and several homeless camps, the land is vacant and undeveloped.

Although Veroneau has been up front about a possible office building on the site, no specific proposals have been released thus far. He described the rezoning as a “first step” in that process.

“We wanted to make sure we had the property zoned so we could develop the property by right,” he said, adding, “It’s very difficult to get a tenant to agree to look at a site” that isn’t properly zoned for that particular use.

Typically, rezoning requests require two readings before the city council holds a public hearing and a vote.

In this case, it’s not clear if the measure will be included on the Feb. 6 agenda, which would likely push a vote back until early March.

Hamilton: ‘It took me having a baby to turn my life around’ MOMMY from page 3

Their conversations are interspersed with ample humor. Hamilton said, “They’ve seen that I’ve become a respected member of the community.”

When several of them began to patronize the store where she worked, they asked her: “You’re not going to spit in our food, are you?”

The people who arrested her years ago are now very proud of her. They don’t see too many success stories in their daily routines, and they get a big kick out of Brenda the Mommy.

She says, “I don’t hold no grudges. They were doing their jobs just like I had to do mine.” Hamilton said, “It took me having a baby to turn my life around.” This was a baby she very much wanted to have. And she didn’t want to lose this one because of her lifestyle. Hamilton, who was one of 13 children, basically has no memory of her childhood. She was in foster care and adopted at age three. At 16, she went back to her biological mother, and that was also when she began to sell herself on the streets.

Hamilton’s first daughter was taken away from her by the Department of Health Human Services.

She is now 27. Hamilton says, “Since I got off drugs I have a relationship with her.”

Hamilton had been in and out of rehab more than once. “I wanted to get off drugs,” she says, “but I wasn’t ready until I got pregnant.”

At age 43, Hamilton was pregnant for the second time. “I wanted this baby,” she said. "It was my ‘way out.’” She went to Crossroads, in Windham, which she said is a very good program. She was an inpatient at the facility. It was there that she weaned herself off the drugs. “It took me having a baby to turn my life around.”

That baby, Gigi, is now a beautiful 4-year-old. “We all love Gigi,” says Mary-Ellen Welch. “She’s the

“Sometimes I’ll see people doing drug deals and I flip out. I saw a deal right in front of my daughter’s day care recently, and I yelled at them.” — Brenda Hamilton of Portland

Looking back at her former life, Hamilton says, “I’d never want to go back. I like what I have now. Now I got a job, a license, a car, and money in the bank.”

And she has her precious daughter.

neighborhood child.”

There are photos of Hamilton and Gigi posted in the Midtown Community Policing Center, where Welch is the Community Policing Coordinator. Welch refers to Hamilton as a “spitfire.” She says, “She tells it like it is.” Welch remembers seeing Hamilton wheeling her baby around the neighborhood and says she was always impressed with the obvious care and love that was showered on the child. “She always looked beautiful, clean, and happy,” says Welch. And she had seen too many babies that didn’t fall into that category when she had been a caseworker at DHHS in the Child Protective Division.

Senior Lead Officer Dan Knight also has a desk in the Midtown office and it serves as his base of operations. He does a lot of patrolling around the Bayside neighborhood on his bicycle, which is often seen parked right out front.

Knight is very proud of Hamilton’s accomplishments and enjoys when she brings Gigi in to say hello. He said of his former interactions with Brenda, “She was one of the most challenging persons I’ve dealt with in my career.” Knight sees Hamilton almost every day that he works. “We have a friendly relationship, and I’m so happy to see where Brenda is now.”

David Norberg owns Dyer’s Variety on Portland Street. He is Hamilton’s employer and also rents an apartment to her in one of his nearby buildings. He said, “She keeps her place immaculate. She works

for me also and is very reliable.”

Hamilton lives in a neighborhood where drugs are all around her. She says, “Sometimes I’ll see people doing drug deals and I flip out. I saw a deal right in front of my daughter’s day care recently, and I yelled at them.” They said they were just exchanging vitamins. Hamilton said to them “Vitamins aren’t blue!”

She knows what’s going on in the neighborhood, who’s dealing, who’s buying, who’s using. But this is where Hamilton lives. She says, “I’d like to move but it’s close to work and Gigi’s day care.”

“I know I’ve come from where they’re at and I don’t judge them.”

Hamilton knows what she wants for her daughter: “I want her to have an education. I want her to have a good job.”

Hamilton now has a large support group of friends she can count on. Her longtime friend Bobby and his cousin Mike are part of this group, and they serve as beloved uncles to Hamilton’s little girl. Hamilton says, “They’ll babysit for Gigi. She loves them!”

Looking back at her former life, Hamilton says, “I’d never want to go back. I like what I have now.

Now I got a job, a license, a car, and money in the bank.” And she has her precious daughter, the most important part of her new life.

When asked if she has any advice to pass along to people who are in the position she used to be in, she says, “Get out when you can. You could be dead, or in jail. If you’re into it, get out!”

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Legislative panel to weigh Hinck’s bill regarding corporate donations DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS State lawmakers are considering taking action that would allow a local representative’s bill limiting corporate political donations to hit the floor of the state Capitol, officials said.

The state’s Legislative Council is expected to take up consideration of a number of bills submitted after deadline, which include a bill by Rep. Jon Hinck, D-Portland, that would specify that only “natural persons” have the right to contribute to political campaigns.

“In the wake of the two-year anniversary of the

controversial 5-4 Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case, there is no doubt that this bill’s timing could be seen as symbolic,” stated Hinck.

Hinck said his proposal mirrors a Montana bill.

The council is slated to meet today at 1:30 p.m.

Capisic Pond Park needs the focus of city meeting next Wednesday The public is invited to discuss next management steps for a popular park, pond and wetland, Capisic Pond Park.

On Wednesday, Feb. 1, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Portland Department of Public Services and City Councilor Ed Suslovic will host a public meeting to

explore future management needs for the park. The meeting will be in the Deering High School cafeteria, 370 Stevens Ave., Portland.

City staff and consultants will share the results of Phase I of a study including a pond sediment analysis conducted last fall to be followed by a facilitated discussion of pond and park management options, where participants will be able to express their preferences, the city reported in a press release. “The meeting will conclude with a conversation about additional considerations, future phases of study/ planning and next steps,” a press release stated.

“Capisic Park is a city-owned 18-acre nature preserve that affords fine views of Capisic Pond, Portland’s largest freshwater pond,” the recreation group Portland Trails reports.

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