The Portland Daily Sun, Friday, January 28

Another storm buries Northeast

Ammo-clip limit nixed, another symptom of the times

High school hoops team posting impressive wins

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See Curtis Robinson’s column on page 5

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Economist: Maine faces demographic lose-lose

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Economist Charles Lawton used his head — literally — to illustrate Maine’s grim prospects for economic recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s.

“For those who take a close look, I actually have a full head of hair, it’s just all white and it grows very slowly,” Lawton said. “It’s kind of like the state of Maine.”

The joke drew a laugh from the Holiday Inn ballroom full of real estate developers, but the underlying reality will need serious policy answers, Lawton warned.

“How can we have economic recovery when we don’t have people even looking for work?” — Charles Lawton, economist “The effect of this recession is more severe than previous recessions, the fundamental difference we’re facing in the environment we’re facing today is in our labor force,” said Lawton, senior economist for Planning Decisions, a public policy research firm based in South Portland.

During a speech to the Maine Real Estate & Development Association at the group’s annual “forecast conference” in Portland Thursday, Lawton said demographics work against Maine’s economy.

“How can we have economic recovery when we don’t have people even looking for work?”

Lawton wondered. “The key to increased economic activity, businesses putting people back to work, depends on people wanting to be employed ... but the more significant factor to me is the labor force itself continues to be lower.” see ECONOMY page 6

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Water, not fire, brings Old Port response Sprinkler system, once credited with saving Old Port, floods building

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Damage from a water-line break in an Old Port building’s sprinkler system Thursday may end up costing some money to repair, but it’s hard to cast blame.

It’s the same sprinkler system that saved the retail complex and neighboring buildings in the Old Port from a fire over a year ago.

In December 2009, the building at 10 Exchange St. escaped serious fire damage due to the recent installation of its sprinkler system, officials said. Newly installed fire suppression systems in the Old Port building were installed after the building was see WATER page 8 RIGHT: Portland firefighter Jesse Peters lowers the ladder on Ladder Truck 4 Thursday after fire crews responded to a broken sprinkler-system pipe at 10 Exchange St. The response prompted police to close the street. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Portland’s famous ‘lobster burglar’ in trouble again

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A man who made national headlines in 2008 after breaking into a seafood restaurant and eating 11 prepared lobsters is in trouble with authorities again.

Paul Nelson Bruneau was served criminal tres-

pass papers Wednesday night and again Thursday afternoon after a series of run-ins with Congress Street merchants, according to police.

In June 2008, Bruneau gained a degree of culinary infamy when he was arrested for breaking into the Portland Lobster Co. through a rear window and stuffing his pockets with cash before eating $300

worth of lobster, reportedly washing it down with white wine. Bruneau also was accused of leaving a refrigerator open, causing about $1,000 worth of food to be thrown away.

The incident became instant fodder for the city’s food-based websites and was carried around the see TROUBLE page 8

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Piano on a sandbar mystery solved MIAMI (NY Times) — So the now world-famous “piano bar” was not left in Biscayne Bay by the independent filmmakers Billy and Anais Yaeger, who claimed that the feat would be featured in their film trilogy titled “Jesus of Malibu.”

Nor was the grand piano the same one used by the upstart filmmaker James Marcus Haney, a 22-yearold film student at University of Southern California, who shot a music video of an eerily similar piano on a beach in Del Mar, Calif., in September 2007. “Hey,” Mr. Haney said, “stranger things have happened, right?”

No, this stunt was the brainchild of a 16-year-old high school student from Miami Shores named Nicholas Harrington, who figured a video of the old grand piano, which he had set on fire (twice, it turns out), would make a rather, well, inspired college entrance exam essay.

His idea was to shoot a video on the sandbar, about 200 yards off North Miami’s shoreline, with the piano, bagpipes and a submersible belonging to MAST Academy, where Nicholas is a junior.

“We were thinking of a big production, a music video epic,” Nicholas told The Miami Herald, which finally resolved the mystery of the piano-in-the-bay late Wednesday.

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Yet another storm buries the Northeast (NY Times) — A two-stage winter storm struck, paused, gathered its breath and delivered a crippling blow to the Northeast early Thursday, dumping more than a foot of snow, closing airports and schools, stranding commuters and shattering January records.

At least two deaths have been attributed to the storm. In Delaware, a Department of Transportation plow struck and killed a 51-year-old woman, Denise McFad-

den, as she was walking in Wilmington at 6:30 a.m., according to the Delaware State Police. And in northwest Washington, a tree crashed into a car at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, killing one of its four passengers, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

The storm, appearing as a giant white smudge over the Northeast on radar maps, knocked out power to half a million people in and around Washington,

though it reserved its heaviest snowfall for New York City and the surrounding area.

Nineteen inches of heavy, wet snow fell on Central Park, tied for the highest total in the region and only an inch less than the 20 inches that paralyzed the city a month ago, according to the National Weather Service. Parts of Connecticut and New Jersey received nearly as much, and snowfalls totaled at least a foot from Boston to Philadelphia.

Opposition in Egypt gears Thousands in Yemen protest up for major Friday protest CAIRO (NY Times) — Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel laureate who has become a leading opponent of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, returned to Cairo on Thursday in an attempt to galvanize youth-led street protests that extended into a third day across the country.

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Raising the stakes, the Muslim Brotherhood, long the country’s largest organized opposition group, intends to end days of official inaction to enter fully into protests on Friday. On its Web site, the group said it would join “with all the national Egyptian forces, the Egyptian people, so that this coming Friday will be the general day of rage for the Egyptian nation.”

BEIRUT, Lebanon (NY Times) — Yemen, one of the Middle East’s most impoverished countries and a haven for Al Qaeda militants, became the latest Arab state to witness mass protests on Thursday, as thousands of Yemenis took to the streets in the capital and other regions to demand a change in government.

The scenes broadcast across the Arab world were reminiscent of demonstrations in Egypt this week and the month of protests that brought down the government in Tunisia. But as they climaxed by midday, the marches appeared to be carefully organized and mostly peaceful, though there were reports of arrests by security forces. Predictably, the protests were most aggressive in the restive south.

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LePage to contractors group: Goal is to ease regulations

BY REBEKAH METZLER KENNEBEC JOURNAL, AUGUSTA

SOUTH PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage told a crowd of more than 300 members of the Associated General Contractors of Maine his administration is already working hard to reduce unnecessary regulation to make Maine more business-friendly, during his keynote address at the group’s 60th annual meeting on Wednesday night.

LePage, a Republican, focused his 15-minute address on the first piece of legislation unveiled by his administration earlier this week, which he said is a product of the series of ‘red-tape’ audits he has been conducting since his Jan. 5 inauguraLePage tion.

“We’ve sent a down payment to the Legislature and I am telling you it’s a down payment, because we are just beginning,” he said.

“First, we get the environmental side, then we’ll get the labor side, then will get the (agriculture) side; and by the time we’re done, we will be having what we call a balance between the protection of the environment and decent-paying jobs -- or at least the ability to create decent-paying jobs in the state.”

Noting the push-back his proposal already was receiving from some environmental groups, LePage said his administration was just seeking to bring balance between environmental protections and allowing business to thrive.

Noting the push-back his proposal already was receiving from some environmental groups, LePage said his administration was just seeking to bring balance between environmental protections and allowing business to thrive.

“The overwhelming majority of the suggestions being made by the business community is that we want tough regulations, we want tough enforcement, but we want the regulators of the state of Maine to have a little common sense and to be willing to work with the business community,” he said. “If we can convince state regulators that business is not the enemy, then we can work with them. That’s why we’re going to find the balance between good environmental laws and regulations and a good business environment for everyone.”

LePage said business owners working in natural-resource-based fields have to pay close attention to environmental effects, because their livelihoods depend on it.

“The whole attitude that the agricultural industry, the paper industry, the fishing industry are bad is a misnomer; and we just need to educate the bureaucrats in Augusta,” he said.

In addition to the legislative proposal, LePage said he also was working on drafting new executive orders and re-writing department regulations to ease burdens on businesses.

Businesses need predictability, a quick turn-around from regulators and to be treated fairly, LePage said.

“My message to the regulators in the state is that family-owned businesses, mid-size businesses and large businesses in the state of Maine are on the endangered species list; and that we must defend the private sector the same way that the environmentalists are protecting the tree frogs and Canadian lynx,” he said. “We all live in Maine for a reason. Maine is a good state.

We just need to work a little harder at making it prosperous.”

Copyright (c) 2011, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

N.H. teen embraces Cairo protests

BY DAVE EISENSTADTER THE KEENE SENTINEL, N.H.

(McClatchy) When in Rome, do as the Romans do. In Cairo, this means walking streets where political unrest recently erupted into nationwide demonstrations.

Courtney E. Graves, 18, of Jaffrey is glad to do it.

Graves has been in the Egyptian capital for weeks, spending her gap year between high school and college studying Arabic and traveling throughout the Middle East.

She described the day she participated in a demonstration as “the best day of her life,” according to her mother, Elizabeth A. Fazio, who speaks to Graves almost every day from her home in Jaffrey.

“She said that people were finally

standing up for themselves and chanting and a lot of men and women were out there,” Fazio said.

Graves began studying Arabic at the age of 16, and spent the first semester of her senior year in Cairo through the American Field Service High School Exchange program. Her boarding school in Wellesley, Mass., would not accept the credits she earned in the program, so she spent her final semester at Conant High School in Jaffrey, graduating in June.

Spending the summer and fall saving her money working at Summerhill Assisted Living in Peterborough, she left for Egypt again at the end of December.

“Courtney wants to help anybody fight for what she feels are their rights,” Fazio said.

Tainted kerosene sold in Gorham, state warns DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT The State Fire Marshal’s Office is warning the public that kerosene sold at a Gorham convenience store within the past two days was mistakenly contaminated with gasoline.

Fire Marshal John Dean said the mixture could cause an explosion and urged anyone who purchased kerosene from the “Little Mart” at the intersection of Routes 202 and 237 in Gorham since Tuesday at noontime to stop using the product immediately.

The Fire Marshal’s Office was notified Thursday afternoon by Gorham Fire Chief Robert Lefebvre, and Gorham was using its reverse 911 calling system to notify residents.

Dean said a delivery of gasoline was mistakenly pumped into the kero-

sene tank on Tuesday and that some 400 gallons of the kerosene-gasoline mixture have been purchased in the 48-hour period before the mistake was discovered this afternoon, according to a state press release.

Dean urged anyone who had purchased kerosene from the “Little Mart” in the past two days to stop using the product. Dean said any heating devices fueled by the contaminated mixture should be removed from any enclosed living space immediately.

Those who have purchased the contaminated kerosene can return it to the “Little Mart” for a full refund, Dean said. The store’s phone number is 892-4153.

Anyone with any concerns can also contact Chief Lefebvre at the Gorham Fire Department at 839-5581.

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How to help your letter carriers this winter The U.S. Postal Service reminds you to please keep a path to your mailbox clear of ice and snow as soon as you can after every winter storm.

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Ammo-clip limit nixed, another symptom of the times The state’s Republican-controlled 10-person Legislative Council yesterday killed a bill that would have prohibited the sale of those high-capacity ammunition clips like the one used to shoot 19 people in Tucson, Arizona – including the bullet that went through U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ brain.

Portland Democratic Rep. Anne Haskell had introduced the bill, but since it came after a Jan. 7 deadline it needed the Legislative Council to approve consideration by the legislature.

It failed by a 5-5 vote along party lines, the Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence confirmed last night.

So the state’s hunters are safe from, say, random attacks of rabid squirrels?

Rabbit stampede?

Hey, even former Vice President Dick Cheney, the last seated VP to shoot somebody, says limiting these clips is likely appropriate. When you’re on the far side of Dick Cheney on gun control, you’ve exited the mainstream.

But if those of us who would entertain a sane conversation on gun control are honest, we have to admit that the give-no-ground stance of gun control activists is probably good long-

Curtis Robinson ––––– Usually Reserved term political strategy. Because, as somebody who frequently consumes high-caffeine beverages with lefties, the fear of eroding rights is wellbased.

We need to realize that gun-rights advocates have a real fear that guncontrol forces will not rest until guns are outlawed. Sure, we’ll start with the obvious fact that nobody needs to boost their automatic clip – in fact, what the hell’s up with automatic weapons in the first place?

But the fear is that eventually hunting rifles and shotguns will be the target, so why not fight for every inch of political ground along the way? It’s no secret that many on the left “don’t get it” when it comes to hunting, no doubt figuring that “if the herd needs to be thinned we’ll just re-introduce wolves and grizzlies and maybe a panther or two.”

Hey, newspaper humans have our

Hey, even former Vice President Dick Cheney, the last seated VP to shoot somebody, says limiting these clips is likely appropriate. When you’re on the far side of Dick Cheney on gun control, you’ve exited the mainstream. rough equivalent in Hustler Magazine and other porn publications.

Larry Flynt has noted that as long as he’s out there in the vanguard of First Amendment rights, those of us in the mainstream are a good bit safer from the slings and arrows of censorship. And in truth, we don’t exactly denounce using the First Amendment as both sword and shield because we know that “They” are after us, and if they get Hustler they will soon be at our gates.

The difference, of course, it that it’s relatively difficult for a deranged human to do much real damage with irresponsible free speech — Glenn Beck aside.

For gun control, the silly saying is that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” It’s like saying “airliners don’t fly into building, terrorists fly them into buildings.” True enough, but we sure as heck made it harder for them

to get an airplane, didn’t we? And lots of us put up with those security measures, don’t we? Nobody is saying “they can have my shoes when they pry my cold dead fingers from them,” although we may think it from time to time.

The sad truth is that “gun control” is only a horrible symptom of the division disease that’s gone to Stage IV, metastasizing into every organ of the body politic. We simply figure the other side can go straight to hell.

And when that means some nutjob can take a 33-shot clip and gun down 19 people at a shopping mall, and we STILL can’t agree with Dick Cheney on doing away with the device that made it possible, it should give us all pause.

(Curtis Robinson is editor of The Portland Daily Sun. Contact him at curtis@portlanddailysun.me.)

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For the budget crisis, a fake solution Spring is months away, but bipartisanship is blooming in Washington.

Amid a terrible fiscal crisis, President Barack Obama and Republicans have come to a historic accord on the budget. They are agreed on a fake solution.

The big news from Obama’s State of the Union address is his plan to freeze discretionary spending on non-security programs for five years. This category includes such things as education, transportation, national parks, job training and environmental protection. His idea echoes a proposal from the conservative House Republican Study Committee to impose a freeze for a decade, after rolling outlays back to the 2006 level.

The House itself passed a resolution this week more or less embracing the latter approach.

A five-year or 10-year freeze on anything sounds serious. In reality, these recommendations amount to a charming ruse.

One reason is that this slice of the budget accounts for only one-seventh of all federal spending, and it’s not growing. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office projects that by 2015, without a freeze, it will be at its lowest level as a share of GDP since 2001.

Freezing non-security discretionary spending is like rounding up everyone on “The Biggest Loser” and putting the trainers on a diet. The payoff is likely to be small and certain to be irrelevant.

Talking about this type of action is even less useful. But that’s what Obama and Congress have been doing for the past year. In his 2010 State of the Union address, the president proposed a three-year freeze on these programs. So far, that idea has sat on the shelf.

The latest Obama plan would cut projected outlays by an estimated $400 billion in the next decade, and the Republican alternative would cut spending by $2.5 trillion. It’s a measure of our predicament that these enormous sums wouldn’t make a lot of differ-

ence, even if they were achieved.

They’re the equivalent of trying to empty a swimming pool with a tablespoon.

––––– The Concord Coalition, a nonCreators partisan fiscal watchdog group, Syndicate estimates that given current policies and trends, the cumulative federal deficit over the next decade will amount to about $15 trillion.

So if the Republicans actually got their version enacted, we would add some $12.5 trillion to the national debt by 2021. This heroic feat of fiscal discipline would leave taxpayers with nearly twice as much government debt as today.

That’s not the only flaw. Another is that both parties are mostly silent on which programs will be downsized. It’s easy to inform the public that the government will spend less than it planned next year. The hard part is telling ordinary citizens which benefits will be pried from their cold, dead hands.

Then there is the matter of bombs and bullets.

Neither party is prepared to reduce our military budget, which has grown by a staggering 45 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars over the past decade — not counting the cost of our two wars.

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s “Roadmap for America’s Future” presents an ambitious blueprint for fiscal balance. Amount he would squeeze from the Pentagon: zero. Obama wants to “cut” defense outlays, but only in the sense of not letting them grow quite so fast.

But the biggest part of the bipartisan fraud is the refusal to deal with the outlays that are out of control. The Congressional Budget Office notes that “almost all of the projected growth in federal spending other than interest payments on the debt comes from growth in spending on the three largest entitlement programs — Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.”

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At the rate they are growing, the federal government will spend as much on them in 2050 as it spent on everything 10 years ago. Unless they are restrained, our leaders can save a lot of money elsewhere and accomplish nothing. If you’re driving toward a cliff, slowing down will delay the crash, but it won’t improve your fate.

The beauty of this approach is that it lets politicians look tough on spending without antagonizing an inordinate number of voters. The shortcoming is that it leaves the debt crisis to keep growing.

Obama admitted Tuesday that to make real progress, “we have to stop pretending that cutting this kind of spending alone will be enough.” But really, our leaders have just begun to pretend.

(Steve Chapman blogs daily at newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/steve_chapman. To find out more about Chapman, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.)

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Lawton: Recession has ‘longer lasting repercussions’ ECONOMY from page one

People retire, move out of state or stop looking for work, which accounts for a workforce decline, but a “demographic imbalance” is a more serious factor hindering Maine’s comeback, he said. Young people are in short supply, while baby boomers swell the ranks of Maine’s population.

“In the U.S. as a whole, the population age 25 to 65 – the prime working-age population – will grow by just over 170 million, an increase of nearly 5 percent. In Maine, that age group is projected to drop by nearly 6,000 over the next decade, a decline of about 1 percent,” Lawton wrote in a recent newspaper column.

Lawton, who taught economics at University of Maine at Farmington for eight years and served as director of the Economic Development Division of Maine’s State Planning Office under Gov. Joe Brennan, also writes a column for The Portland Press Herald.

“And for the under-25 age cohort, the news is even more dire. In the U.S. this young group is expected to grow by nearly 110 million by 2020, an increase of nearly 5 percent — not growth of baby boom proportions, but growth nevertheless,” Lawton wrote. “In Maine, however, this youngest age cohort is projected to decline by more than 24,000, a drop of more than 6 percent.”

Lawton told MEREDA members Thursday that it’s a lose-lose in Maine.

“You look at an environment where our fundamental demographics are saying, ‘Ain’t got nobody’ in the younger groups, and we have a lot of people in the older groups. As I used to say in the over-40 basketball league, ‘I’m short, but I’m slow.’”

If a shrinking labor force is the biggest challenge to Maine’s economic recovery, keeping those young people who are already here becomes a policy challenge, Lawton said.

Charles Lawton, economist based in South Portland, said a “demographic imbalance” is a serious factor hindering Maine’s economic comeback. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

“It doesn’t do us any good in Maine to graduate more engineers, graduate more people with higher degrees, if what we’re doing is subsidizing North Carolina, Pennsylvania or Texas. It’s not that I’d want to close the doors or keep people from leaving, but we need to have education that does not saddle people with major debts and provides them an opportunity to earn while they’re learning,” he said.

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Now, Maine should focus on a policy of making it easy to invest in people, he said.

A double-edged sword, however, is an imbalance between wages and housing prices, Lawton said.

“The Portland housing market is not linked very closely to the Portland income earnings base,” Lawton said. “Portland as a whole serves a much larger economic area. Certainly, in my neck of the woods, I live in York, and on my street alone, out

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Commercial development didn’t bring a much rosier picture. Vacancy rates are at an all-time high for commercial properties, and the prospects for new construction are dim, Lawton said.

Lawton compared the current 20072009 recession to three past recessions in the early 1980s, the early 1990s and in 2001.

“In 1981, home prices bumped up and down a little while and seven quarters in, took off. By the late ‘80s we were seeing rapidly increasing home prices.

In the 1990s, we saw home prices really seven or eight quarters in from the start of the recession, had not recovered from pre-recession levels. In 2001, the dot.com bubble didn’t have an impact, home prices continued to rise right through the recession. In 2007, home prices fell relatively slowly and bumped up and down with stimulus packages, tax credits ... and coupled with the lowest interest rates in history but also with the highest level of foreclosure, the highest level of underwater homebuyers and the highest level of inventory on the market.”

So, ultimately, the forecast for real estate, Lawton said, remains “murky,” given differences from this recession and earlier economic downturns.

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The local woman, 79, has joined others in filing a federal lawsuit to stop Medicare’s use of an “improvement standard” that denies some types of coverage to patients with chronic or long-term-care needs.

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His latest run-in reportedly began Wednesday around 6 p.m. when Michelle Souliere, owner of The Green Hand Bookshop at 661 Congress, reported seeing a half dozen men hanging around the front of the abandoned property across the street at 660 Congress.

“Two of them were shoving each other around in the street in front of traffic. One of the men very audibly yelled “Help! Help!” At this point I called 911 and let the police know what was going on,” said Souliere.

What followed, according to Souliere and other reports, was a bit of Congress Street drama: • By the time Souliere had finished closing up her shop, she reported, the men had mostly dispersed, with the exception of a man apparently passed out on the front stoop of 660 Congress, she said.

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• “They literally came in just to argue in the warmth,” said Tristan Gallagher of Fun Box Monster Emporium. “They were just fighting in the store, and I had to ask them to leave,” he said.

Gallagher said the men approached him, but quickly left the store when he told them the police were on the way.

The two men exited the shop, and Bruneau stopped to inspect the sandwich board sign advertising the Fun Box which Souliere had hand-painted for the shop.

“Suddenly, he swung the sign up, folded it under his arm, and started to head down the street,” said Souliere. “I yelled out, ‘Hey! Put that sign back!’ and he stopped in his tracks,” she said. “I was definitely not letting [him] walk off without a fight.”

“When he didn’t put the sign down, I began to run across the street, yelling ‘That is private property!

Put it back!’,” said Souliere.

The police by then had arrived and were examining the situation, ordering Bruneau to put the sign down.

“He made a pathetic attempt at bald-faced lying, saying, ‘I wasn’t stealing that,’ which was greeted with skepticism by the officers, and to which I said to him very clearly and with great force, face to face, ‘We pay attention to what goes on in this neighborhood!’,” she said.

The officers cuffed Bruneau and served him criminal trespass papers for 656B Congress.

But Bruneau was reportedly back less than a day later, accused of loitering in The Green Hand around 4 p.m. on Thursday when Souliere once again called the police had had him served with criminal trespass papers for her location.

Souliere said the boarded-up building at 660 Congress, once envisioned as an artist’s workspace by Burt’s Bees developer Roxanne Quimby before an arson fire in January set the project back irreparably, is on the Portland Police Department’s radar, but is still a popular hangout for local transients.

“They are good about responding,” she said of the police.

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BY JEFF PETERSON SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

For the Cheverus High School boys basketball team, the more things change, the more they stay the same. The defending state champs are looking very much like state champs again.

The Stags enter Friday’s game at South Portland and Saturday’s game against Portland with a record of 11-0 and in sole possession of first place in Class A West. This despite the fact that only two starters returned from last year’s Gold Ball winning team.

“I am very surprised that we are undefeated, we lost a lot,” said head coach Bob Brown. “I lost two allstate players, the top foul shooter in the state and our leading three-point shooter. It has been quite a journey to see which players would step up this season.”

Cheverus has been dominating at times to say the least. They opened the season with a 102-29 win over Noble back on Dec. 10 and also had an 80-27 victory over Massabesic in January as well. For the Stags, it has really been the defense.

Four times this season, opponents have failed to score 30 points against Cheverus. The Stags only give up an average of 35 points a game.

“We have a solid defense,” said Brown. “Only twice has a team scored more than 40 points against us.

We focus on defense. That is what has been winning games for us this season.”

To say Cheverus has a tall team would be an understatement. That helps out a lot when it comes to playing defense. Sometimes, the Stags put a lineup on the floor that consists of players who are 6-9, 6-6, 6-4, 6-4 and 6-3.

“When that lineup is out there, that is the tallest team in the state,” said Brown. “Yes, they are tall, but they are all athletes.”

The two returning starters, Griffin Brady and Louis Distacio, have been a big reason for the success this season.

“Griffin is a 6-6 player who can play inside, bang the boards, but also hit three pointers,” said Brown. “Louis can dominate a game and is really a great athlete.”

Coach Brown had a feeling he had another good team early on. Even before, they tipped off back in December, he had visions of a successful season dancing in his head.

“I knew I had a special team during the summer,” said Brown. “I knew we were good, I just didn’t know how good until we started playing games.”

Cheverus had a dream season in 2009/2010, winning the state championship, but don’t think the Stags aren’t hungry for another one.

“That was a great season, but that is long gone,” said Brown. “None of us are even concerned about what happened in the past. We are focused on the present. That means two more big games this weekend against two quality opponents in South Portland and Portland.”

At 11-0 and dominating opponents, no doubt, Cheverus has to be the favor- At 11-0, the Cheverus High School boys’ basketball team may repeat as state champiite to win it all again. Don’t tell that to ons. ABOVE: The team typically outscores opponents by double digits. AT TOP: The team the Stags’ 72-year-old coach, though. is shown in action (left) and sitting for a team photo. (COURTESY PHOTOS) “I have been coaching a long time,” said Brown. “I don’t get tired of winsee where we are in February and March. These are ning, but for me, it’s really not all about winning. It kids of character that come to play every practice is about coaching good young men. We play hard and and game, and that is all I can ask for.”

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Avoid anyone who seems indecisive or out of control. It’s not your day to save the world or change another person’s destiny, but you just might accomplish this accidentally if you stay focused on your own mission.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re in just the mood to take a risk. You’ll likely trade a degree of stability for the chance to win at a highly competitive level. Libra and Aquarius people are worthy contenders for your team.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ve been working toward a particular outcome in your personal life, though you may have been doing so subconsciously. If that is the case, you will now be consciously aware of your agenda.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2011. There are 337 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven of its crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

On this date: In 1547, England’s King Henry VIII died; he was succeeded by his 9-year-old son, Edward VI. In 1853, Cuban revolutionary Jose Marti was born in Havana.

In 1909, the United States withdrew its forces from Cuba as Jose Miguel Gomez became president.

In 1911, the notorious Hope Diamond was sold by jeweler Pierre Cartier to socialites Edward and Evalyn (cq) McLean of Washington, D.C., for $180,000.

In 1915, the United States Coast Guard was created as President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill merging the Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service.

In 1916, Louis D. Brandeis was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to the Supreme Court; Brandeis became the court’s first Jewish member.

In 1945, during World War II, Allied supplies began reaching China over the newly reopened Burma Road.

In 1960, the National Football League awarded franchises to Dallas and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

In 1973, a cease-fire officially went into effect in the Vietnam War. In 1980, six U.S. diplomats who had avoided being taken hostage at their embassy in Tehran flew out of Iran with the help of Canadian diplomats.

One year ago: Major world powers opened talks in London seeking an end to the conflict in Afghanistan.

Today’s Birthdays: Musician-composer Acker Bilk is 82. Actor Nicholas Pryor is 76. Actor Alan Alda is 75. Actress Susan Howard is 69. Actress Marthe (cq) Keller is 66. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., is 64.

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Amid deficit worries, support for Social Security weakens

BY DAVID LIGHTMAN MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

WASHINGTON — Social Security’s strong political support is slowly growing shakier.

While no major reductions in benefits are likely anytime soon, the changes in Washington’s political landscape worry the system’s longtime backers, who held the first meeting of a new Senate Social Security Caucus on Thursday.

They see Republicans, who now control the House of Representatives, discussing ways to create private accounts with Social Security taxes. Centrist Democrats, while they’re not backing privatization, are discussing ways to save money by making

smaller alterations to the system.

They’re in for a fight.

“Social Security has been the most successful social program initiated by the federal government in the history of this country,” said Sen. Bernard Sanders, a Vermont independent who’s the caucus’s leader. “We are getting very tired of hearing Republicans saying Social Security is collapsing.”

It’s not, and estimates are that its trust funds won’t be exhausted until 2037.

The system is subject to more scrutiny than usual, though, as lawmakers from both parties struggle for ways to pare record budget deficits and debt.

“Nothing can be sacrosanct. Nothing can be

excluded,” Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said of his budget-trimming efforts.

Veteran budget analyst Stan Collender said Washington’s evolving mood could be traced to three sources: Everyone is trying to be more cooperative, evidence is growing that Social Security’s financial strength is slowly ebbing, and lawmakers are eager to find ways to cut the deficit.

“Has there been a change? Probably,” Collender said. “In the past, when people talked about Social Security change, the answer was not just ‘No,’ it was ‘Hell, no.’ Now it’s ‘All right, I’m willing to let someone make a suggestion and I’ll listen.’ “

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: Last August, one of my favorite authors published a new book. My husband told me not to buy it and hinted that his parents were planning to get it for me for Christmas. This was the type of thing they had done before, and I was happy to wait.

However, come Christmas Day, the book they gave me was something entirely different and not one I was eager to read.

I was initially exasperated because I had given up several opportunities to buy my book at a discount, and the book they purchased was about hiking. I do not hike, camp or participate in any similar outdoor activities and had absolutely no interest in this book. Although my in-laws had given me inappropriate or head-scratching gifts before, this one took the cake.

Now, a month later, my husband and I are thinking there may be more to it. His mother had specifically told him she was buying me the book I wanted. His concern is that his mother, who is 77, may be suffering from dementia. Her own mother had it for years at that age.

We are not sure if the book thing was a simple mistake or an early sign of a more serious problem. We obviously cannot come out and ask her why she bought a hiking book instead of the one she knew I wanted. We would sound accusatory and ungrateful. Can you suggest a way we could approach her with our concerns without prying? -- Concerned Daughter-in-Law Dear Concerned: There is no need to point out the book’s unsuitability. Mom’s family history, however, indicates a need to pay attention. Make a point to see and speak to her often.

Does she forget familiar names? Have trouble recalling what keys are for? Where the milk goes? Does she follow the conversation? (There also could be hearing loss that prevents her from participating appropriately or medications that interfere

with cognition.) We hope she has a good doctor, preferably a geriatrician, who will evaluate her at her next checkup. You might call the doctor in advance and alert him or her.

Dear Annie: I have a co-worker who’s impossible to work with. I’ve always been nice to him and treated him with respect. But he rudely ignores me when I speak to him, and whenever he hears me talking (not too loudly), he always tells me to shut up. When I say hello, he seems reluctant to return the greeting.

I feel he doesn’t like me and prefers that I don’t work near him. I don’t want a confrontation, nor do I want to get him into trouble. I just want this peacefully resolved. What should I do? -- Snubbed Co-Worker Dear Snubbed: It’s possible your co-worker has a social or auditory problem, and your best bet is simply to be polite and tolerant. However, if that is not the case, you need to speak to him privately. Explain that you are certain he doesn’t intend to treat you so rudely, and ask how the two of you can help make the workplace environment more professional.

Dear Annie: I was disappointed in your comments to “Vietnam Vet,” whose fiancee, “Nancy,” has endured various sexual assaults. You wrote that “there are statutes of limitations on reporting such crimes.” There is no statute of limitations to report a crime, only for prosecuting crimes.

Reporting crimes, even if they are beyond the statute of limitations, is important, especially for crimes involving sexual predators. Each of the individuals who assaulted Nancy may have assaulted others. Her reporting may help law enforcement in a current or past case involving another victim.

-- T. B., Capitola, Calif.

Dear T.B.: Thank you for clarifying the point. Still, Nancy seems reluctant to report these crimes, and the decision to do so should be hers.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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Friday, Jan. 28 ‘The Nature of Woodwinds’ 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. The Portland Symphony Orchestra presents “The Nature of Woodwinds, ” an exploration of the musical sounds of nature, beginning in Lewiston on Jan. 28. Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston. The PSO Woodwind Quintet will compare elements of music: tempo, rhythm, and melody, with elements in nature: the seasons, weather, and wildlife. “The Nature of Woodwinds” will visit seven towns in Maine, performing for thousands of young children in 20 performances. Sponsored by Time Warner Cable, KinderKonzerts are entertaining, interactive programs with Portland Symphony musicians and designed for kids ages 3–7. Attendees are encouraged to sing, dance, wiggle, clap, and have fun listening and learning about music and instruments. School systems can coordinate the KinderKonzert visit with Science and English Language Arts instruction in addition to Visual and Performing Arts. Specially prepared worksheets designed to support Maine’s Learning Results are available online or by contacting the PSO. Other KinderKonzerts will take place Thursday, Feb. 3 at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at East End Community School, Portland, and at 1 p.m. at Reiche Community School, Portland; Monday, Feb. 7 at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Saco Museum, Saco; Friday, Feb. 11 at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at Fryeburg Academy Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg; Thursday, Feb. 17 at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. at Windham High School, Windham; Friday, Feb. 18 at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Crooker Theater, Brunswick High School, Brunswick; and Tuesday, March 1 at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. at Margaret Chase Smith School, Sanford, and at 1 p.m. at Carl Lamb School, Sanford. KinderKonzert tickets are $4 per person. For reservations or additional information, email education@portlandsymphony.org or call 773-6128.

Octopus’s Garden exhibit opening at COA 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Octopus’s Garden by Melita Westerlund at the Ethel H. Blum Gallery of College of the Atlantic. Gallery hours, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sculpture and two-dimensional work dedicated to coral, reflecting the artist’s fascination with and concern over the state of coral, which has deteriorated badly from pollution. College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. Jan. 28 through Feb. 17 cclinger@coa.edu, 288-5105 or 801-5733. Free.

Comedians of Chelsea Lately 7 p.m. Join Chelsea Lately regulars Loni Love, Natasha Leggero, Chuy and Josh Wolf live at the State Theatre in what is sure to be a side-splitting comedy show. The State Theatre is a historic venue located in Portland, Maine.

Originally opened in 1929 as a movie house, the theatre has experienced a lively history as a music venue and a porn house until it shuttered its doors in 2006. This year, New York City based promoters The Bowery Presents and regional promoter Alex Crothers have taken the reins to return the State Theatre to its original glory by modernizing the venue including refurbishing the stage, new seating and upgrades to the infrastructure, such as new sound and lighting, offering both artists and music lovers alike the best concert experience. Please note: Most material will be of an adult nature). For more information or to purchase tickets log on to http://www.statetheatreportland.com/ or call the State Theatre at 956-6000.

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ 7 p.m. Enjoy a bit of musical theater and help support a local high school! Come see the Casco Bay High School production of “Little Shop of Horrors” Jan. 28 and 29 on the Portland High School Stage at 7 p.m. Our diligent students have worked tirelessly to bring you this stellar show! Tickets are available at the door for just $5, so take some time to sample the arts without damaging your wallet. For more information, call 874-8160 and ask for Mr. Hale.

‘Guys and Dolls’ finale 7 p.m. More than 50 Portland’s Moore Middle School students will appear in “Guys and Dolls,” under the direction of Hannah Friedman. The final performance will be held at Moore Middle School, located at 171 Auburn St. The cost is $10 per ticket for adults. All students (college age or younger) and children will be admitted free. A Jan. 23 benefit production of “Guys and Dolls” by students at Portland’s Moore Middle School raised $820 for the Center for Grieving Children. Moore students worked with children at the center to create giant dice that were used as props in the production.

‘Paul Bunyan’ tour 7:30 p.m. Audiences in Portland, Westbrook, Peaks Island and Freeport will soon be treated to some wild and wooly chronicles of Maine’s own Paul Bunyan, Mighty Woodsman, Inventor of Logging, and Hero-Leader of the best band of jim-crackin’ rip-snortin’ rogues that ever tramped the Maine woods, by The Figures of Speech Student

The Aran Islands lie on the most westerly edge of Europe, across the mouth of Galway Bay, six miles west of the Irish shore. On Feb. 6, the Maine Irish Heritage Center presents “Dúchas,” an Irish Heritage Lecture, Near Imbolc, The Myth of the Aran Islands. (COURTESY IMAGE) Ensemble (FOSSE), an after-school program for students from Freeport High School, currently in its fourth year. The “Paul Bunyan” tour will open on Friday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mast Landing School in Freeport. The run continues on Sunday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Lucid Stage in Portland; on Friday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Warren Library in Westbrook, and on Sunday, Feb. 6 at 1 p.m. at the Peaks Island School. Funding for the development of “Paul Bunyan” comes from a grant from the Maine Arts Commission’s SMART program, as well as support from the Freeport Performing Arts Boosters. For more detailed information on locations, tickets, etc., go to www.figures.org/projects/ FOSSE or call Figures of Speech Theatre, 865-6355.

dying. It is estimated that up to 700,000 people, or 2 percent of the population died in the War Between the States.”

On Jan. 29 is “The Forest City Regiment: Death, Mourning and Loss” by Kim MacIsaac, director/curator of the Fifth Maine Regiment Museum on Peaks Island. Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. Free, donations suggested. One of the first Maine regiments to be mustered in, The Forest City Regiment included 1,046 men from southern and central Maine, and left Portland in July 1861. After 3 years, this fighting regiment mustered out only 193-the rest were killed in action, died from disease, were wounded, deserted, or transferred to other regiments. Visit the Fifth Maine Regiment’s website at www.fifthmainemuseum.org.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse

Flu vaccination clinic

7:30 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning as “Dorothy Gale.” “Full of special effects, colorful costumes and all your favorite characters, this show sold out before it opened last season. Because of the intimate space within this 70 seat theater, kids of all ages not only see OZ, they experience it! Due to the demand for tickets, OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a reservation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. With the arrival of flu in Maine, the City of Portland, HHSD’s Public Health Division has decided to offer two additional seasonal flu vaccination clinics next week as getting vaccinated is the best way to reduce the chances of getting the flu and reduces the risk spreading it to others.

To date, city staff has vaccinated more than twelve hundred adults. The seasonal flu vaccine will be available for $10, or at no cost for individuals with a Medicare Part B card. All types of insurance including MaineCare will be accepted.

Pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine will also be available for $45 or free for people with MaineCare. The clinics are open to children and adults. The Maine Centers for Disease Control is recommending vaccination against influenza for all Mainers age six months and older. This year’s vaccine provides protection against H1N1 influenza and two other influenza viruses. Clinic I: Wednesday, Jan. 26, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Portland Community Health Center, 180 Park Ave.; Clinic II: Saturday, Jan. 29, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 132 Auburn St, Portland. For more information, contact the City of Portland’s Flu Hotline at 874-8946 or visit the Immunization Program website, http://www.portlandmaine.gov/hhs/health.asp.

Saturday, Jan. 29 Evergreen Cemetery walk 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Portland Trails is excited to announce a 2011 Winter Walk series. This free series, made possible by a grant from Healthy Portland, is for adults and families with children who are making an effort to get more exercise, but are stymied when it comes to winter recreation. Participants are reminded to wear warm clothing, hats and gloves and bring snowshoes if there is adequate snow on the ground. Portland Trails has snow shoes available (free for members, $5/non-members) which can be reserved ahead of time. Please register for any walk by emailing info@trails. org or calling 775-2411. For more information or to check cancellations due to the weather go to www.trails.org. Caitlyn Horose will lead folks along the vast trail network at the Evergreen Cemetery. If there is enough snow people are encouraged to bring snow shoes or reserve some ahead of time from Portland Trails. Meet at Good Eats Boutique, 463 Stevens Ave.

‘Death and Survival in the Civil War’ 10 a.m. Spirits Alive, the advocacy group for Portland’s Eastern Cemetery will offer a three-lecture series of presentations around the theme, “Death and Survival in the Civil War.” Supported in part with funding from the Maine Humanities Council, admission is free, but donations are suggested. The theme of the lecture series was chosen in support of the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War (2011-2015). “These lectures will offer insight into this country’s greatest national crisis in relation to death and

Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream Symposium 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church will be hosting an Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream Symposium. The symposium is created by the Pachamama Alliance, a world wide group of environmental activists working with indigenous cultures to change the ‘Western Dream’ by promoting environmental sustainability, spiritual fulfillment and social justice. Their website www.AwakeningtheDreamer.org is an inspirational link to this world wide effort. Two trained facilitators will offer an experiential and motivational program that encourages and supports individuals in their involvement with environmental and social issues. The program is designed to help forge the link between individual action and world wide interaction.

Attendees are required to register in advance. A donation of $10 is suggested. A lunch will be provided. Individual registration at: www.A2U2.org/contact.aspx?e=72 or by contacting the coordinator, John Burdick. He can be reached at John@ YourKitchenImagined.com or by cell: (978) 771-6535. see next page

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Giant Children’s Book Sale 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Giant Children’s Book Sale at the Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth. Thousands of gently used children’s books at great prices to benefit the Falmouth Library. Bring your own bags and stock up! 7812351.

‘Watch Your Language!’

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. WMPG, Greater Portland’s community radio station at the University of Southern Maine, presents its homegrown radio word game show, “Watch Your Language!” in front of a live audience at Portland Public Library’s Rines Auditorium, 5 Monument Square, Portland. WMPG will record two half-hour episodes of “Watch Your Language!” for later rebroadcast. “Watch Your Language!” is a game show celebrating the complexity, beauty and downright weirdness of the English language, written and played by local wordsmiths, wits and raconteurs. The show is hosted by Suzanne Murphy of WMPG’s public affairs program, Big Talk, written by Kate O’Halloran and Joanne Fedorocko, and played

by Margaret Cleveland, MaryBeth Davidson, Alan Brewer, Caroline Teschke and Marcia Goldenberg. The show is open to the public with a suggested donation of $5, with all proceeds to benefit WMPG’s Power Up! signal improvement campaign. Through a transmitter move and power increase, Power Up! will bring a strong WMPG signal to five times as many Southern Maine listeners as receive it now. The station still needs to raise the final $50,000 of the $225,000 total amount required to fund the upgrade. The new transmitter is expected to begin broadcasting WMPG by mid-September, 2011. ‘Watch Your Language!” is Greater Portland’s only locally written and produced radio word game show. It follows in the tradition of public radio’s “My Word” and “Says You.” WMPG is the volunteer-driven broadcast voice of southern Maine, committed to nurturing and presenting local voices of all kinds. “Watch Your Language!” is a uniquely entertaining and stimulating program, created and performed completely by local talent. More information about WMPG Community Radio is online at www.wmpg.org

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse 2 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning as “Dorothy Gale.” “Full of special effects, colorful costumes and all your favorite characters, this show sold out before it opened last season. Because of the intimate space within this 70 seat theater, kids of all ages not only see OZ, they experience it!

Due to the demand for tickets, OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a reservation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com.

Kirtan with Shubalananda 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Join returning kirtan leaders Shubalananda and Ashley Flagg for magical evening of chanting.

By donation. Sadhana, the Meditation Center, 100 Brickhill Ave., South Portland. FMI: www.SadhanaMe.com.

‘The Juke Box Boys’ 7 p.m. “The Juke Box Boys,” Tribute to Do-Wop; $39.95 p/p five-course dinner, beer and wine available. Free parking. January 15, 22 and 29 at Anthony’s Dinner Theater, 151 Middle St., Portland. Call for reservations. 221-2267.

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ 7 p.m. Enjoy a bit of musical theater and help support a local high school! Come see the Casco Bay High School production of “Little Shop of Horrors” Jan. 28 and 29 on the Portland High School Stage at 7 p.m. Our diligent students have worked tirelessly to bring you this stellar show! Tickets are available at the door for just $5, so take some time to sample the arts without damaging your wallet. For more information, call 874-8160 and ask for Mr. Hale.

Sunday, Jan. 30

ration of the musical sounds of nature. The PSO Woodwind Quintet will compare elements of music: tempo, rhythm, and melody, with elements in nature: the seasons, weather, and wildlife. “The Nature of Woodwinds” will visit seven towns in Maine, performing for thousands of young children in 20 performances. Sponsored by Time Warner Cable, KinderKonzerts are entertaining, interactive programs with Portland Symphony musicians and designed for kids ages 3–7.

Attendees are encouraged to sing, dance, wiggle, clap, and have fun listening and learning about music and instruments. School systems can coordinate the KinderKonzert visit with Science and English Language Arts instruction in addition to Visual and Performing Arts. SpeCasco Bay High School cially prepared worksheets designed Flatbread Fundraiser to support Maine’s Learning Results 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Casco Bay High are available online or by contactSchool is teaming up with Maine Huts The Portland Symphony Orchestra will perform ing the PSO. Local KinderKonzerts & Trails on a benefit night at Flatbread Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion at will take place Thursday, Feb. 3 at Pizza Company, 72 Commercial St., 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, at Merrill Audito- 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at East Portland. Flatbread will donate $3.50 rium. The St. John Passion is a sacred oratorio End Community School, Portland, for every pizza sold that night to fund composed for a Good Friday Vespers service of and at 1 p.m. at Reiche Community a two-night trip for 20 Casco Bay stu- 1724. (COURTESY IMAGE) School, Portland. For reservations or dents to one of the Maine Huts. Casco additional information, email educaBay High School staff and Maine Huts & Trails staff and tion@portlandsymphony.org or call 773-6128. board members will be at Flatbread throughout the evening Wisdom At Work Series to provide updates about their work. Everyone in attennoon to 1 p.m. Portland Public Library will host a four-part dance at the benefit night will be entered to win a free night series on work each Thursday in February in Rines Audifor four at Maine Huts & Trails. The drawing will be held at torium. The series is sponsored by Heart At Work Career the restaurant that night. For more information, please call Counseling and Amy Wood, Success Strategist. The first 874-8160. in the series is titled “What Are You Called To Do in Your ‘The Play About the Baby’ Second Half of Life?” and presented by Barbara Babkirk 7:30 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre’s Dark Night Series presof Heart At Work. The public is invited to this free series. ents “The Play About the Baby” Monday, Tuesday and Heart At Work Career Counseling, Outplacement Services Wednesday evenings, Jan. 24 through Feb. 2, at 7:30 & Second Half of Life Planning, 25 Middle St. 775-6400. p.m. While Mad Horse Theatre Company’s production of Among the topics considered will be: employee discipline; performance evaluations; cell phones, the internet and appropriate use policies; and confidentiality concerns. This presentation will provide attendees with down to earth guidance for the daily operation of their businesses. The seminar is free but registration is required. To reserve a seat, contact Kathy Willette at 523-8243 or at kwillette@mpmlaw. com. Refreshments will be provided.

This seminar is part of a series of four presented by Murray, Plumb & Murray.

The other upcoming seminars are: “Streamlining Collections and Chasing Delinquent Customers” on Feb. 15; “Succession Planning for Businesses and Family Real Estate” on Feb. 22; and “Commercial Real Estate Basics for New Investors” on March 1.

Edward Albee’s “The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?” is being performed on the Main Stage, the Company’s Dark Night Series returns with the perfect companion piece, Albee’s The Play About the Baby. By turns funny, mysterious and disturbing, The Play About the Baby concerns a young couple who have just had a baby, and the strange turn of events that transpire when they are visited by an older man and woman. Performances of the Dark Night Series run Monday through Wednesday nights, when the theatre would otherwise be dark, giving theatre enthusiasts yet another chance to experience the work of this living icon of the American theatre. “The Play About the Baby” is directed by William Steele, Professor of Theatre at the University of Southern Maine. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland. Suggested donation of $10. 899-3993, or order online at www.lucidstage.com

Wednesday, Feb. 2 Breakfast meeting in Spanish 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Starting this week, Language Exchange will be hosting a breakfast meeting in Spanish.

“These Desayunos en español are for beginning through advanced students who want to practice Spanish in a relaxed setting with native speakers. What better way to do it than around good food! Bring food items to share and make it as authentic as you wish! What do Spaniards, Argentines, Chileans, Mexican, etc. have for breakfast?

Every Wednesday from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. unless we send an announcement to cancel.” Moderator is Francisco Andreu.

The Language Exchange, 80 Exchange St., Suite 24-26, Portland. “Free of charge but we ask that you bring a food item to share.”

Bach’s St. John Passion 2:30 p.m. The Portland Symphony Orchestra at Merrill Auditorium. “One of the most vivid and important works of the Baroque era. Extravagant, with an expressive immediacy, this Passion is as dramatic as the most dynamic operas of the period.” www.portlandsymphony.org

Tuesday, Feb. 1 ‘Personnel Problems: A Primer’ 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Barbara Goodwin, attorney and partner of Murray, Plumb & Murray, will host a free seminar, “Personnel Problems: A Primer” at the firm’s office at 75 Pearl St. in Portland. This seminar will lead attendees through some of the most common issues that employers face in the workplace, and lay out practical solutions for addressing them.

Thursday, Feb. 3 ISACA Professional Certification presentation 8:30 a.m. ISACA New England presents a talk by Terry Chrisman, Global IT Governance Leader at GE Capital, at USM Glickman Library on “Build your Business, Accounting or Information Technology Career with ISACA certifications.” Chrisman will discuss the impact of the ISACA certifications in developing and advancing professional careers in IT audit and governance. University of Southern Maine, Glickman Library, 314 Forest Ave. Event is free, registration is required www.isacane.org/events.

‘The Nature of Woodwinds’ 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. The Portland Symphony Orchestra presents “The Nature of Woodwinds, ” an explo-

Rippleffect Gala fundraiser for Maine Youth Leadership Summer Camp

6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Rippleffect Gala, by Rippleffect, the nonprofit group that owns and operates 26-acre Cow Island in Casco Bay, located 15 minutes from downtown Portland.

Rippleffect offers a customized leadership development curriculum for youth and adults, incorporating experiencebased activities that focus around the three core skills of leadership — conflict resolution, small group problem solving and communication. This Formal Celebration features raffles and a live auction of adventures. “Held at the Portland Ocean Gateway Terminal, this elegant event will bring together friends from the community in the spirit of Velvet as we celebrate kids, the outdoors and our shared spirit of adventure.” Tickets $50. (Register at www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=214120) or email info@rippleffect.net.

Portland Museum of Art college night 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Portland Museum of Art college night.

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 at the Museum, featuring live music by Phantom Buffalo and Theodore Treehouse, art projects sponsored by Artist & Craftsman Supply, free food and drinks, giveaways, and tons of prizes.

Food will be provided by Siano’s Old Port Pizzeria, Wild Burrito, El Rayo Taqueria, and Leonardo’s Pizza, and drinks will be provided by Capt’n Eli’s Soda. The media sponsor is The Portland Phoenix. Live music by Theodore Treehouse, 8:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Theodore Treehouse is a growing, organic contraption comprised of four musicians with very different backgrounds. Mixing together the stylings of New Wave, Motown, Jazz, Classical, Punk, Blues, and good ol’ Rock n’ Roll; they create a symphony of timeless tunes bent on making you dance and smile. Each live show is packed full of up-tempo body-bobbers and thoughtful down-tempo ballads. Theodore Treehouse strives to be fun, unique, and always moving forward! Phantom Buffalo, 9 p.m. to 9:45 p.m., Phantom Buffalo is one of Portland’s longest running, most respected indie-rock groups. Frontman Jonny Balzano-Brookes and Tim Burns drench classic pop hooks in modern psychedelia with whirling effects and arresting song structures to create a sound Portland can call its own.

Students will have access to the Museum’s galleries and special exhibitions: Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972–2008, Weston: Leaves of Grass, and The Lay of the Land: A Celebration of Art Acquired by the Friends of the Collection (1983–2010). see next page

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Friday, Feb. 4 Blue Man Group 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 5, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 6, at 1 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium. Presented by Portland Ovations. “A totally unique form of entertainment, the wildly popular Blue Man Group combines music, comedy and multimedia theatrics.

Although it is impossible to describe, people of all ages agree that Blue Man Group’s show is an intensely exciting and outrageous experience that leaves the entire audience in a blissful, euphoric state. With no spoken language, Blue Man Group is perfect for people of all ages, languages, and cultures. This original theatrical experience is guaranteed to be an outing audiences will never forget.”

Glass Jewelry by Avery Pierce 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Love Those Lobes,” Earlobes that is!

Opening Reception, Heron Point Gallery, 164 Middle St., Suite No. 4. “Heron Point Gallery is proudly featuring the glass beads and lampwork jewelry of Buxton Artist, Avery Pierce, as she unveils a new line of glass jewelry using bits of luscious leather.” 809-0051.

Opening of Streets of New Orleans at Green Hand 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. First Friday Art Walk opening of Streets of New Orleans, street photography by Teressa MacHugh, at the Green Hand Bookshop, 661 Congress St. On display through the month of February. “A taste of the sultry realm of New Orleans via camera is given to viewers of this new series. The photographs were taken by Teressa MacHugh on Bourbon Street last summer, one stop of many on a warm weather roadtrip she undertook. Shake off the cabin fever blues, come feel a little southern exposure and give your eyes a reminder of Mardi Gras flavor this February!”

FMI: contact Michelle Souliere at 450-6695 or michelle. souliere@gmail.com

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse 7:30 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning as “Dorothy Gale.” “Full of special effects, colorful costumes and all your favorite characters, this show sold out before it opened last season. Because of the intimate space within this 70 seat theater, kids of all ages not only see OZ, they experience it! Due to the demand for tickets, OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a reservation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com.

Saturday, Feb. 5 New Gloucester History Barn open house 9 a.m. to noon. The New Gloucester History Barn of the New Gloucester Historical Society will have its monthly open house. The barn is located on the Intervale Rd. (Route 231) directly behind the Town Hall. The society’s collection of wagons, the town hearse and sleighs will be on display as well as historic photos of the town. The new town history and memorabilia will be for sale.

Thousand Words Project at Bates museum 10 a.m. Paul Janeczko, a prolific Maine author who specializes in teaching poetry to young people, will lead a workshop in a Bates College Museum of Art children’s program that explores poetry in relation to the visual arts. Part of the museum’s Thousand Words Project, an educational outreach program, the two-part series for fourth- through sixth-graders begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 5. Museum staff will offer the two-hour session “An Introduction to Writing Poetry from the Visual Arts through the Thousand Words Project.” Janeczko, of Hebron, leads the second session, “Writing Poems From Art,” which starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 12. Both sessions take place at the museum, located at 75 Russell St., Lewiston. A session postponed by severe weather will take place at 10 a.m. the following day. The program costs $10; space is limited and preregistration is required. To register, please contact Anne Odom at aodom@bates.edu or786-8212.

Solar for the Homeowner workshop 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. ReVision Energy, a leading solar energy installer in Maine, will host a Solar for the Homeowner workshop at the company’s Portland office at 142 Presumpscot St. This Solar for the Homeowner Informational Workshop will be free to the public. The focus will be: • How solar hot water and solar electric energy systems work; • Current solar energy system economics - costs, incentives, and rebates; • Average return on investment of a solar energy system; • The reliability of solar energy systems; • How to determine the success of a solar energy system on a particular home site. ReVision Energy encourages attendees to bring any questions they may have about solar energy

to the workshop. Attendees will also be able to view working solar energy systems in the office. The public can look for future event updates at www.revisionenergy.com or by calling the Liberty shop at 589-4171 for more information.

Chinese New Year Festival 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Chinese New Year Festival in Portland.

To ring in the Year of the Rabbit, the Chinese and American Friendship Association of Maine will host its 21st annual Chinese New Year Festival, featuring Tess Gerritsen, who will speak at 2 p.m. about growing up Chinese-American and her experiences as a Chinese person living in Coastal Maine. She will also do a book signing with books available for purchase. There will be a Chinese dance program performed by students at CAFAM’s Chinese school from 11 a.m. to noon. There will also be a dragon dance, arts and crafts for children, mahjong, lectures and demonstrations for adults, shopping for Chinese craft items and books, Chinese food and more. The event is at McAuley High School, 631 Stevens Ave. The cost is $20 for families, $6 for adults, $4 for children and free for children under 2.

Members receive discounts. Call 799-0684 or 797-4033, www.cafammaine.org.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse 2 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning as “Dorothy Gale.” “Full of special effects, colorful costumes and all your favorite characters, this show sold out before it opened last season. Because of the intimate space within this 70 seat theater, kids of all ages not only see OZ, they experience it!

Due to the demand for tickets, OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a reservation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com.

Fore River Trail walk 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Portland Trails is excited to announce a 2011 Winter Walk series. This free series, made possible by a grant from Healthy Portland, is for adults and families with children who are making an effort to get more exercise, but are stymied when it comes to winter recreation.

Participants are reminded to wear warm clothing, hats and gloves and bring snowshoes if there is adequate snow on the ground. Portland Trails has snow shoes available (free for members, $5/non-members) which can be reserved ahead of time. Please register for any walk by emailing info@trails.org or calling 775-2411. For more information or to check cancellations due to the weather go to www.trails. org. Michelle Boisvert, Portland Trails GIS intern and stellar volunteer, will lead the group on the Fore River Trail (not to be confused with the Fore River Sanctuary). If there is enough snow people are encouraged to bring snow shoes or reserve some ahead of time from Portland Trails. Meet at Tony’s Donut Shop, 9 Bolton St.

African Gospel Rhythm at New Gloucester 7:30 p.m. The Village Coffee House at New Gloucester Congregational Church presents African Gospel Rhythm.

Tickets at the door, adults $10. Directions: 19 Gloucester Hill Road, at the intersection of Church and Gloucester Hill Roads in Lower Village of New Gloucester. For more information, contact Julie Fralich 926-3161 or the church office 926-3260. See also www.villagecoffeehouse.org; or www. creativenewgloucester.org

Sunday, Feb. 6 Financial Peace University series 12:30 p.m. Hope.Gate.Way., a United Methodist community in Portland, will offer a new Tuesday evening Financial Peace University series beginning Tuesday, March 1. Preview sessions will be held on Sunday, Feb. 6 (12:30 p.m.), Tuesday, Feb. 8 (6 p.m.), and Tuesday, Feb. 15 (6 p.m.).

Those who are interested should plan to attend one preview session. “Do you ever find yourself worrying about finances, wishing you had better skills to manage money, or dreaming about what life would be like if you were free of debt? Financial Peace University is a 13-week lifechanging program that empowers and teaches you how to make the right money decisions to achieve your financial goals. Through a combination of video curriculum, taught by financial expert Dave Ramsey, and small-group discussion for support and accountability, the course includes practical lessons on building and managing a budget, eliminating debt, saving for the future, and living generously. Financial Peace University is highly entertaining for everyone, with a unique combination of humor, informative financial advice, and encouraging messages.”

Hope.Gate.Way. is located on the ground floor of the Gateway parking garage, adjacent to the Eastland Park Hotel, at 185 High Street, Portland. More information is available at www.daveramsey.com/fpu and www.hopegateway.com, or by calling 899-2435.

The Myth of the Aran Islands 2 p.m. The Maine Irish Heritage Center presents “Dúchas,” an Irish Heritage Lecture, Near Imbolc, The Myth of the Aran Islands. Margaret Feeney LaCombe, MIHC’s very own genealogist, will describe Aran Islands through film and discussion. She will also help you seek your own roots from the Aran Islands. No charge, donations accepted. www. maineirish.com

Monday, Feb. 7 ‘Sonnet and Soliloquies’ series 8 p.m. The Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble, presenters of the “Naked Shakespeare” series, resumes the company’s 2010/11 season of events with another edition of the troupe’s popular “Sonnet and Soliloquies” series at the Wine Bar on Wharf St. in Portland’s Old Port. The February edition will feature the usual mixture of new pieces and old favorites, includes speeches delivered in an intimate setting in the round, and short scenes that our environmentally staged in the space. The performance is free with an $8 suggested donations. Patrons are encouraged to arrive early and order food and drink to enjoy during the show.

The company offers a free series of “Naked Shakespeare” performances at venues throughout Greater Portland not typically used as performance space for live theater, creating the world of the play in the imagination of the audience by minimizing the use of sets, lights and costumes. Call Acorn Productions at 854-0065 or visit www.nakedshakespeare.org for more information about “Sonnets and Soliloquies” or any other programs offered by Acorn Productions.

Tuesday, Feb. 8 Rape Aggression Defense course 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Portland Police Department will offer its Rape Aggression Defense training class. R.A.D. provides women with the tools they need to both avoid dangerous situations and escape them. The course is specifically designed to help women survive situations in which their lives are in jeopardy. This class is open to all women, ages 13 and older, in the Greater Portland area who would like to develop real life defensive tools and tactics. The Basic Self-Defense Course consists of a series of four classes and one scenario day. The class is scheduled for Feb. 8, 10, 15 and 17, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Feb. 19 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. 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. Deadline for registration is Feb. 1, 2011. To sign up for the class or receive more information about Portland R.A.D., e-mail ppdrad@portlandmaine.gov or call 874-8643.

Thursday, Feb. 10 A City Life with Joe Gray 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Portland City Manager Joe Gray will be retiring after over 40 years of public service and the last 10 years as City Manager. He will reflect on the significant changes made during his tenure and outline the most difficult challenges Portland will face in the future at Eggs and Issues, Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Networking: 7 a.m. Breakfast 7:30 a.m. Program at 8 a.m.

Holiday Inn By the Bay, Portland; $17 members / $27 nonmembers; call 772-2811. www.portlandregion.com

Wisdom At Work Series noon to 1 p.m. Portland Public Library is hosting a fourpart series on work each Thursday in February in Rines Auditorium. The series is sponsored by Heart At Work Career Counseling and Amy Wood, Success Strategist. The second in the series is titled “Boost Your Emotional Intelligence to Attract Success,” presented by Amy Wood, PsyD. The public is invited to this free series. Heart At Work Career Counseling, Outplacement Services & Second Half of Life Planning, 25 Middle St. 775-6400.

Thom Pain (based on nothing) by Will Eno 7:30 p.m. Thom Pain (based on nothing) by Will Eno. Feb. 10-20. Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday nights at 7 p.m. at Lucid Stage. Starring James Hoban; directed by Adam Gutgsell. “Will Eno is a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation ... To sum up the more or less indescribable: Thom Pain is at bottom a surreal meditation on the empty promises life makes, the way experience never lives up to the weird and awesome fact of being. But it is also, in its odd, bewitching beauty, an affirmation of life’s worth.” — Charles Isherwood, New York Times. Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $10 for students/seniors. Purchase tickets online at www.LucidStage. com or by calling 899-3993.

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Friday, Jan. 28 Dead of Winter 5 - Death of D.O.W. 8:30 p.m. Five years ago, soon-to-be SPACE Programmer Ian Paige and not-quite-yet Brenda frontman Joshua Loring had a good idea: Create an event that helps Portland musicians and audiences get through these darkest days of winter with hot toddies, cozy candlelight, and intimate performances from a cross-section of our city’s finest musicians. All good things must come to an end, however, and Josh and Ian are going to see this wildly successful series out with a bang. They’ll be joined by a boatload of Portland celebrities visiting the stage as your hosts sit by the fake fire in their armchairs, snifters in hand, guiding you through performances by Tyler Jackson (Foam Castles), Samuel James, Aleric Nez, Dave Noyes and Kelly Nesbitt, Sean Morin, Leif Sherman-Curtis (AOK Suicide Forest), JD Walker and Sontiago, Emily Dix Thomas, and more!

14-year-old wunderkind Leander Johnson dj’s the night with the sound of snowflakes falling and expect a ton of surprises from the likes of Joe Ricchio (Portland Food Coma), Crank Sturgeon, Mayor Nick Mavodones, TJ Metcalfe (Dead Man’s Clothes) and Sean Wilkinson at SPACE Gallery. $6, 18 plus.

Sore Eros/ Doomstar! / MIndwheel / Endless Caverns at the Apohadion 8 p.m. Sore Eros is an indie band signed to SHDWPLY Records, originally as the solo project of Robert Robinson based in Enfield Connecticut and branded as lo-fi, pop music with psychedelic elements. Cambridge’s Doomstar brings garage-psych-punk to town. Local zone purveyors Endless Caverns bring the heady sounds of the L’animaux Tryst label to the D.I.Y. arts space. $5

JimmyJo and the Jumbol’Ayuhs 8 p.m. JimmyJo and the Jumbol’Ayuhs is a Cajun dance band that hails from the bayous of mid-coast Maine. They play the traditional “dance hall” style music from the bayous and prairies of southwest Louisiana. The Jumbol’Ayuhs are: Jim Joseph on Cajun accordion and fiddle; Pam Weeks on fiddle; Bill Olson on guitar; Elna Joseph on electric bass; and Kit Garovoy on drums, Cajun triangle (ti’-fer), and Zydeco rubboard. The band has studied with many of the Cajun “masters” in Louisiana and bring to the audience an authentic Cajun sound. Come dance to waltzes, 2-steps, swing and Cajun blues numbers most of which are sung in Cajun French. What could be better than imagining you are in a hot crowded dance hall in Louisiana on

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a cold winter’s day in Maine!!! Sink into that mesmerizing Cajun rhythm and dance the night away! No need to bring a partner or even experience in Cajun dancing, there will be a Cajun dance workshop at 7 p.m. One Longfellow Square: $10.

Eric Bettencourt / Amanda Gervasi / Ross Livermore Band at The Big Easy 8 p.m. An all-local lineup at The Big Easy with Eric Bettencourt, Amanda Gervasi and The Ross Livermore Band. $5, 21 plus.

Saturday, Jan. 29 Monster Energy Music as a Weapon V at the Cumberland County Civic Center 7 p.m. Monster Energy Music as a Weapon V, featuring Disturbed and Korn at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Tickets: $39.75 general admission. Multi-platinum Chicago quartet Disturbed’s new album, “Asylum,” will be released Aug. 31. Over the course of eight Music As A Weapon 5 with Disturbed and Korn (pictured) will rock Portland at the Cumfull-length releases, Korn have sold in excess berland County Civic Center Saturday. Over the course of eight full-length releases, of 30 million albums, played countless sold- Korn have sold in excess of 30 million albums. (COURTESY PHOTO) out shows worldwide and won two Grammys. create magic that leaves us baffled and spellbound,” writes www.theciviccenter.com music blog No Fear of Pop. Local indie acts South China and Jonathon Edwards at One Longfellow the haunted house jams of Jakob Battick and Friends join. $8, 8 p.m. Born in Minnesota and detoured into blues and rock all ages. Oak & the Ax, Biddeford. before realizing he was hooked on folk music, Jonathon Waranimal’s Winter Beach Ball Edwards 36-year careerhas seen 15 albums, performed 9 p.m. SPACE Gallery is going to crank the heat and dance throughout North America and in Holland, and collaborated up a sweat so wear your shorts and Hawaiian shirt under with artists such as Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Buffett, Maura your snowsuit when you come to Waranimal’s Winter Beach O’Connell, Christine Lavin and Cheryl Wheeler. His 1987 Ball! Everyone gets lei-ed at the door! Grab a lawn chair and children’s album, Little Hands, was selected by the National an adult sno-cone with your sunglasses on as you enjoy Library Association as a “Notable Children’s Recording.” $35, the ceremonial headbanging and beer tornados of local all ages. One Longfellow Square. boys done bad-ass,Waranimal (featuring Dethbot). BosGem Club / South China / Jakob Battick ton’s Razormaze holds down the long hair, pointy guitars and ripping solos and Corpse Pose, the new supergroup and Friends at The Oak & The Ax featuring members of Conifer, Cult Maze and LANTVRN, 8 p.m. “Somerville’s Gem Club are Christopher Barnes and makes their SPACE debut. Think Weekend at Bernie’s Kristen Drymala, and they devoted themselves to wonderfully meets Bauhaus. Dj Kurt Baker spins vinyl all through the intimate and slow ballads, with a sad voice supported only by night so you don’t have to put your coat on till last call! $7, a piano, gentle strings and occasionally some subtle noises 18 plus. www.space538.org/ in the distance — that’s all, but that’s more than enough to

Support your H.O.M.E. Team!

Ever wonder when somebody is going to do something about the clearly troubled or horribly intoxicated people who sometimes make our streets difficult? Well, if you know about the “HOME teams,” you know somebody already is. And with great success.

It’s a simple idea: Trained teams who know what social services are available literally walk the beat, engaging merchants and street people and defusing problems. For shop keepers, it means a way to deal with a problem short of calling the cops – and it means a better, faster, cheaper access to help for those who needs it.

The HOME – or Homeless Outreach and Mobile Emergency – teams, are putting up impressive numbers (as reported in The Daily Sun): In the HOME team area – mostly downtown and in the Bayside neighborhood – the Portland Police Department reports a 23 percent drop in calls involving people who are intoxicated; • Police report a 55 percent drop, in that same area, in what are called “layouts,” meaning people too drunk to stand;

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• A 14 percent citywide drop in calls involving intoxicated people; • And, perhaps most importantly, 787 HOME clients were transported to the Milestone detox center. That number will likely be considered a direct diversion from ambulance service, at about $450 per transport, and overnight stays at the Mercy Hospital emergency room at a cost of $1,500 per night.

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This weekend, more than 40 businesses are donating part of their holiday-season revenue to support the HOME Team. And another challenge is just letting people know that they exist. That’s why we’re publishing this ad every week until further notice. The numbers document the success, but ask your downtown neighbors about the effectiveness and you will likely find another HOME team to support.

• Fine art classes for young people • Toddler classes ages 2 & up • Comic book arts • Sewing Classes • Printmaking • Summer camp schedule comes out in February

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