The Portland Daily Sun, Wednesday, November, 17, 2010

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Dozens apply for federal CDBG grants

BY CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

About 50 social service agencies, municipal departments and business entities applied for part of the city’s $2.4 million in community development block grants before yesterday’s 2 p.m. deadline, city officials said.

“We’re still counting [applications],” said Amy Grommes Pulaski, community development program manager for the city, at mid-afternoon.

For the first time, the city is setting aside funding specifically for jobs creation, allotting $100,000 for that purpose. Also new are limits on how much of the CDBG money can go to city programs and size of the grants.

Last year, hoping to increase impacts from the grants, the requests had to be at least $20,000. But this year that has dropped to $10,000 in hopes of attracting more participants. see GRANTS page 3

Actor Harlan Baker practices his lines for a monologue Tuesday night during a grand opening celebration at Lucid Stage, a new performance arts venue on Baxter Boulevard. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Lucid Stage begins Act 1

Homeless ‘street teams’ among grant hopefuls Mayor cuts ribbon at city’s newest nonprofit arts venue

BY CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Among those making their case for a slice of the $2.4 million community development block grant pie is the city’s new “street team” homeless intervention program that began over the summer.

The idea was to create a “mobile emergency response team” to respond to drunken, drug-addicted or mentally ill “It’s such a cost people who were requiring attention from police or other savings that it’s emergency responders. hard to see it going Modeled after similar efforts away.” — Tom in Vermont and Massachusetts, the two-person teams Allan, executive are trained to work with street director of Milepopulations and have a van that can transport people to a detox stone Foundation center that does not require law enforcement. The program gives downtown merchants and residents an option short of calling police, see TEAMS page 3

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

On Tuesday, actor and director Harlan Baker surveyed the new 100-foot “black box” theater where he would be acting out a monologue from “Hopalong Cassidy was my Friend.”

But on this of all nights, Baker acknowledged that his audience might be more interested in celebrating than watching his performance.

“What happened to my audience? Where did

they go?” he demanded in mock disbelief. “Oh, they’re in the bar.”

Baker couldn’t be blamed for expecting a funloving crowd. Last night was the long-awaited official grand opening for Lucid Stage, Portland’s newest performance art venue at 29 Baxter Blvd.

Housed in a quonset hut that served as offices for the University of Southern Maine and a showroom for Piper Shores Condos, the theater see LUCID STAGE page 8

Council passes gun resolution, next stop Augusta

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The City Council passed a resolution Monday night to support expanding state laws to prohibit guns from being carried in public spaces where large gatherings are held.

While guns are currently prohibited in court houses, jails and at schools, among other public locations, the

city’s resolution seeks to expand this prohibition to include city and town halls, recreational facilities, and entertainment facilities including civic centers and convention centers.

The resolution — which makes no changes, but asks the Legislature to enact a law prohibiting firearms in any publicly owned facility where mass gatherings are see GUNS page 2

Rockwell aside, Thanksgiving rocks

For kids, activities can become just too much

See Natalie Ladd on page 4

Area boxers rise, fall at Semi-Finals

See Maggie Knowles on page 5

See the story in Sports, page 16

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A royal wedding next year LONDON (AP) — Thirty years after the fairy-tale nuptials with the unhappy ending, Britain will finally have another big royal wedding: Its dashing helicopter-pilot prince — second in line to the throne — will marry the lovely commoner who may someday become queen.

Prince William and Kate Middleton bubbled with joy Tuesday evening in their first public appearance since the palace announced their engagement after more than eight years of dating. Their wedding will be next spring or summer.

In a poignant symbol for William, his betrothed wore the sapphire and diamond engagement ring that belonged to his late mother, Diana.

“I thought it was quite nice because obviously she’s not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all.

This was my way of keeping her close to it all,” William said.

While the romance of the two 28-year-olds is the stuff that dreams are made of, it is no exaggeration to say that the future of the Windsor dynasty depends to no small degree on the success of their union.

“We’re hugely excited.

We’re looking forward to spending the rest of our lives together,” William said in the televised interview.

The interview reminded many of a similar TV appearance by William’s parents, Prince Charles and Diana, shortly after they became engaged.

At that time, Diana seemed frightened of the limelight and withdrew; by contrast, Middleton seemed at ease in front of the cameras. She said she wished she had met Diana, who died in a car crash in 1997.

“I would love to have met her. She’s an inspirational woman,” Middleton said as William looked on.

The royal wedding represents a chance for the Windsors to start anew.

Middleton brings youth and glamour to a monarchy tarnished by divorce and scandal. There is already warm public support for William.

A strong, stable marriage — one that lasts decades and produces heirs — could go a long way toward undoing the damage from the ugly squabbling and televised confessions of adultery that marred the final years of Charles and Diana’s tortured marriage, which began on such a high note with their spectacular wedding in 1981.

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My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt.”

—Princess Margaret

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Kyl deals setback to nuclear treaty WASHINGTON (AP) — An would renew U.S. authority that agreement between the United expired last year to inspect Russia’s States and Russia to slash nuclear arsenal. their nuclear arsenals was in Senate Democrats were holddanger of collapse Tuesday ing out hope. The chairman of the after an influential Republican Senate Foreign Relations Commitsenator said it should not be tee, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said voted on this year. that he had discussed the issue With a terse statement, Sen. with Kyl on Tuesday and believed Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., dealt a major the door was still open to a vote setback to President Barack before the end of the year.

Obama’s efforts to improve ties “Ratifying New START is not a with Russia and to his broader political choice, it’s a national secustrategy for reducing nuclear rity imperative,” Kerry said. arms worldwide. The treaty, But Kyl’s statement appeared to known as New START, had leave little room to resolve the issue been seen as one of Obama’s top quickly. He said that he told Senate foreign policy accomplishments.

Majority Leader Harry Reid, Without the support of Kyl, D-Nev., that he did not believe the the leading Republican voice In this file photo taken June 30, Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. John Kyl., treaty could be considered this year. on the treaty, Democrats have R-Ariz., questions Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, on Capitol Hill in Washington The treaty would reduce U.S. little hope of securing at least during her confirmation hearing before the committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) and Russian limits on strategic eight Republican votes, the warheads to 1,550 for each counlicans and an increasingly partisan politiminimum they would need for ratificatry from the current ceiling of 2,200. cal environment. tion in the Senate. His stance, unless It also would set up new procedures to At a minimum, a 2011 vote would probareversed, would delay the vote until the allow both countries to inspect each othbly set the treaty back for months, because newly elected Senate, with an expanded er’s arsenals to verify compliance.

Republicans are likely to demand new Republican minority, is sworn in next year.

Republicans have argued that the treaty hearings in the Senate Foreign Relations Democrats would then need the support of would limit U.S. missile defense options and Committee so that newly elected lawmakat least 14 Republicans. does not provide adequate procedures to verify ers could be briefed.

The White House has been trying to that Russia is living up to its terms. Kyl has Following the setback, Vice President Joe avoid a vote next year, knowing that ratifiargued that it doesn’t make sense to reduce Biden warned that a failure to approve the cation could slip out of reach in the face of the U.S. warheads until more is done to maintreaty this year would endanger national opposition to the treaty from most Repubtain and modernize the remaining arsenal. security. He pointed out that the treaty

Resolution supported, opposed during council debate GUNS from page one

held, or to pass legislation allowing municipalities to impose their own restrictions — was passed by the city council by a 6-1 vote, with Councilor Cheryl Leeman voting against the resolution.

But some gun advocates who attended the meeting to testify against the resolution said the measure won’t make it through Augusta.

“It won’t go anywhere in Augusta, we’re not too concerned about it, but we’re going to keep fighting it until it’s completely gone,” said Shane Bellanger, founder of the Maine Open Carry Association, who spoke at Monday night’s meeting.

Opponents of the resolution said the right to carry a firearm in public, especially in mass gatherings, is an issue of safety for themselves and those around them.

“We rely on police to enforce laws, but in something like an active shooter situation, a cop may be three to five minutes away and armed civilian might be one second away, and every second counts,” said Norman Hamann of Lyman.

“You cant stop a violent criminal with a silly ordinance like this,” Hamman said.

But Tom Franklin, president of Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence, said he is against average citizens taking on the role of law enforcement in large public gather-

ings. “I for one don’t want amateur vigilantes getting guns into those places and trying to defend themselves or defending me,” he said.

The resolution was first recommended 2-0 by councilors Dan Skolnik and John Coyne of the Public Safety Committee on Oct. 12, councilor Kevin Donoghue was absent for the vote.

“I think under existing state law, it’s not a big step at all to include a new provision that applies to public facilities in the same way that it applies to schools, the state capitol complex and places where there is voting,” said Skolnik. “I just think it’s always worthwhile to talk about how to make a community safer,” he said.

Now passed, the resolution, essentially a letter addressed to the Maine legislature, will be sent along to Augusta, where supporters hope it will be taken on by a state representative.

But the specifics of what sort of legislative action it would take to get such a resolution turned into law are murky.

Supporters of the resolution are seeking a change to Maine’s preemption statute, which gives the state final authority over regulating issues of gun control. Opponents say such a ban would require a change to the state’s constitution, a “huge step,” in Bellanger’s opinion.

District 117 Representative Anne Haskell

said both approaches have their drawbacks.

An overarching law might face issues of practicality in rural municipalities, but a change to the state’s preemption statue would create a “patchwork of laws across the state,” according to Haskell.

“I think it’s hard to look at legislation like this and see how you would apply it statewide. This is one of the issues that is really rural versus urban. How would it work at the town clerk’s offices that is on [someone’s] side porch?” she said.

“This resolution does violate the constitution of the state of Maine,” said Forrest Brown with the Maine Open Carry Association. “Arguments that there can be situational restrictions are patently absurd,” he said.

“I ask the council to respect the long tradition of freedom which has kept this state such a desirable place to live,” Brown said.

But Bill Harwood with the Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence said that a precedent exists for such legislation. Addressing the Council, Harwood said, “let me assure you that the courts have address the issue before you and given you all the green light you need to go forward.”

“The United States Supreme Court has spoken on issue of Second Amendment twice in last two years, striking down laws in Washington D.C. and Chicago,” Harwood said.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Wednesday, November 17, 2010— Page 3

Homeless outreach target of fundraising efforts TEAMS from page one

especially in cases where people are likely intoxicated.

Called HOME — for Homeless Outreach and Mobile Emergency — teams, the effort was funded in part by $100,000 from CDBG last year with organizers promising to pursue other sources of longterm funding.

This year’s CDBG grant asks for continued funding but at a $75,000 level. A series of fundraising events and a broad coalition of community partnerships is expected to make up the balance.

For example, Portland’s Downtown District is holding a Dec. 4 fundraiser where each of more than 40 participating stores will donate part of their sales to the HOME program; Mercy Hospital is scheduled to make a $10,000 donation this week; and Bayside

Bowl is raising money for the project on Nov. 29 from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Yesterday’s grant application includes the first comprehensive numbers for the HOME program, which its backers hope encourage both public and private supporters. Some of the highlights from the organization include: • In the HOME team area 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; • A 14 percent citywide drop in calls involving intoxicated people; • About 3,000 contacts with homeless or other street people, with 68 percent of those contacts

It’s fab: Beatles’ songs are finally available on iTunes LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 50 years after the Beatles took television by storm, the Fab Four’s songs became available on iTunes on Tuesday, setting the stage for a possible new outbreak of Beatlemania — this one online.

After many a hard day’s night of negotiations, Apple announced a deal Tuesday to immediately begin selling the Beatles’ music by the song or the album. Until now, the biggest-selling, most influential group in rock history has been glaringly absent from iTunes and other legal online music services.

“The Beatles are one of those groups that parents and young people can kind of come together on, no pun intended,” said Craig Marks, editor of Billboard magazine. “There are In this undated file photograph British pop band The Beatles, kids and there are baby boom- John Lennon (left) Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George ers and people in between who, Harrison (right) pose for a photograph. Apple Inc. said Tuesday for whatever reason, never did its iTunes service will sell music from the Fab Four. The Beatles download those Beatles songs have so far been the most prominent holdout from iTunes and because they weren’t on iTunes, other online music services. (AP Photo/file) and now they’re going to have know, they really wanted the Beatles, the opportunity to do so.” they know somewhere else to get it Within hours of their availability already.”

Tuesday, eight Beatles recordings were Forty years after the Beatles broke at one point among the top 25 albums up, Apple is selling 13 remastered sold on iTunes, including a $149 boxed studio albums, the two-volume “Past set at No. 13. The eight also included Masters” set and the “Red” and “Blue” “Abbey Road,” ‘’The White Album” and greatest-hits collections. People can “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club buy individual songs for $1.29 apiece Band.” or download entire albums, at $12.99 Apple would not release first-day for a single album and $19.99 for a sales figures or the number of Beadouble. tles albums or singles downloaded.

Apple is also selling a special digital ITunes’ top albums list is a fluid, realboxed set that includes all the albums time chart that changes several times and a download of the 41-minute movie throughout the day; the 25th album of the Beatles’ first U.S. concert, “Live may sell only a few thousand copies in at the Washington Coliseum, 1964.” a week.

Apple struck the agreement after onIt is unclear how big the Beatles and-off negotiations with the Beatles’ could become on iTunes. After all, recording label, EMI Group, and their many Beatles fans already have copied management company, Apple Corps. the group’s CDs to their iPods.

Apple Corps had resisted selling Bea“It seems like too little, too late,” said tles music on iTunes in part because Kerry Sullivan, 24, a senior at Saint of a long-running trademark dispute Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, with Apple. The feud was resolved in N.Y. “Everyone who wants the Beatles 2007 when the companies agreed on catalog probably already has it. If, you joint use of the apple logo and name.

involving people who were thought to be intoxicated.

• 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.

“It’s such a cost savings that it’s hard to see it going away,” said Tom Allan, executive director of Milestone.

Allan said the next challenges for the program include educating residents and merchants that they don’t have to call 9-1-1 unless there is a real emergency. In many cases, he says, “there’s still a tendency on people’s part to call 9-1-1” and that’s not always necessary.”

The HOME team grant now enters a city process along with about 50 other funding requests.

Funding decided by city council GRANTS from page one

Launched in 1974, the CDBG program is part of the federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) department and provides direct grants to about 1,200 units of states and city governments.

This year’s grant requests only include two requests for economic development – one for $100,000 by the city and another for $10,000 by the Momentum non-profit group, which operates the Bomb Diggity Bakery at Local Sprouts Cafe on

Congress Street. But the grants could end up funding several private companies.

That’s because the city’s economic development department is seeking a $100,000 allotment that could be used for private-sector loans or outright grants.

The next step will be to evaluate the grant requests. Eventually, each request is scored based on priorities set by a special city steering committee. The final decision on funding rests with the city council.

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Rockwell aside, Thanksgiving rocks Norman Rockwell was one of the worst things that ever happened to Thanksgiving.

On March 6, 1943 his famous painting dubbed, “Freedom From Want” graced the pages of The Saturday Evening Post, and forever changed our minds-eye image of what Thanksgiving is literally supposed to look like, be like, and almost smell like.

The matriarch and patriarch are pictured standing at the head of the table, she in a tidy apron and he in a suit and tie, holding an enormous roast bird while surrounded by smiling family members, also dressed in their Sunday best. A close look at their faces hints that June Cleaver, pearls and all, was probably not such a distant relative.This piece of Americana is still cherished by many, but like most of Rock––––– well’s depictions, it serves as What It’s a nagging reminder that in Like comparison, many of us are, well, dysfunctional. We can blame the industrial revolution for dissolving the rural extended-family infrastructure, communication technologies for introducing an intimacy only achieved virtually, and a host of other socio-economic realities.

Whatever the individual and collective circumstances may be, for many, the face of the American family at Thanksgiving, and the festive meal itself, simply isn’t what it used to be.

Personally, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love all my cultural celebrations and the foods and customs that go along with them, but Thanksgiving is truly an American holiday we all can share and enjoy in some way. With the exception of Alyssa Ladd, who gets ripped off every year because her birthday falls on that weekend, the holiday isn’t about giving or receiving gifts.

Unlike the rest of America, Aly is expecting two pet rats for her 18th birthday, which was a reluctant trade off for my refusal to give her my blessing to get a tattoo (even at Thanksgiving, here on American soil, we negotiate with terrorists daily).

Thanksgiving is about gratitude and appreciation for what we have and are able to experience in the United States, with a fist bump to Christopher

Natalie Ladd

see LADD page 7

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Blog offers a Trader Joe’s exposé

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Portland Psst! — Behind the scenes at Trader Joe’s

WATCH

Foodie blog Portland Psst! plays the wet blanket to Portland’s newfound Trader Joe’s infatuation. The blogger links to a Fortune magazine article from late August that goes behind the scenes and talk with former employees and industry analysts to uncover the secret to the chain’s success, and just why TJ’s is oh-so cheap.

“Trader Joe’s business tactics are often very much at odds with its image as the funky shop around the corner that sources its wares from local farms and food artisans,” writes the blogger.

A notoriously tight-lipped corporation owned by Germany’s supermarket magnates, the Albrecht family, Trader Joe’s opened on Marginal Way in Portland on Nov. 1. The parking lot is routinely packed with everyone from foodies to bargain shoppers file in to test out the wares.

A small network of modestly-sized stores and a limited inventory hasn’t hampered TJ’s ability to make a buck, according to the Fortune article.

“Typical grocery stores can carry 50,000 stockkeeping units, or SKUs; Trader Joe’s sells about 4,000 SKUs, and about 80% of the stock bears the Trader Joe’s brand. The result: Its stores sell an estimated $1,750 in merchandise per square foot, more than double Whole Foods,” according to the article “Inside the secret world of Trader Joe’s.”

The store’s profits last year were the same as

that of speciality grocery giant Whole Foods, at $8 billion from it’s 344 stores, a statistic that Fortune credits to the store’s unique inventory model.

“With the greater turnover on a smaller number of items, Trader Joe’s can buy large quantities and secure deep discounts. And it makes the whole business — from stocking shelves to checking out customers — much simpler.”

Those itching for variety might sneer at a store with a twelfth of the selection of it’s competitors, but the article suggests that, whether you know it or not, you really don’t want that many choices. “‘... In reality too many options can lead to shopping paralysis. People are worried they’ll regret the choice they made,’ says Barry Schwartz, a Swarthmore professor and author of The Paradox of Choice. ‘People don’t want to feel they made a mistake.’ Studies have found that buyers enjoy purchases more if they know the pool of options isn’t quite so large.”

With a shorter list of varieties to worry about, TJ’s can spend more time and resources tracking down just the right brand to resonate with consumers. It’s a curated approach to inventory that has helped to keep overhead cost low, and shoppers feel like they are part of some sort of secret society.

“If they’re going to get behind only one jar of Greek olives, then they’re sure as heck going to make sure it’s the most fabulous jar of Greek olives they can find for the price,” explains one former employee.”

The article also takes note of the resources TJ’s pours into seeking out the next item that will get people talking.

BLOG

see BLOGWATCH page 5

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For kids, activities can become just too much I caught myself when I started filling in the space for “Wednesday.”

Monday: music. Tuesday: swimming.

Wednesday … OMG, what I am doing?

Over the weekend, I had the sudden panic that Baby Boy wasn’t doing enough stuff. Sure, we love family hikes, playing school and finger painting, but is that enough to make him excel in life?

In his circle, there are yoga babies, kiddos that speak better Spanish than de Soto and even a budding Mozart.

And my son … well, he likes jumping off really high pieces of furniture.

There are certainly positive reasons for putting kids into extracurricular activities, namely helping them become well-rounded. It bolsters their physical, social and civic development. But it seems like children these days are overscheduled. One 2007 study lead by Yale University psychologist Joseph L. Mahoney found “that kids are spending almost 50% of their waking hours participating in discretionary activities outside of school.”

When my generation played sports, it was an hour or so after school, case closed. Now parents spend every weekend driving to Rhode Island for soccer tourneys. I am sure your kid will be the next Beckham, but what about all those other kids who spend hundreds of hours at something that they won’t ever do after high school?

In my day, you could decide to learn basketball in middle school and people applauded your drive. Now, if you don’t start when you are three, you never have a shot.

Maggie Knowles ––––– Use Your Outdoor Voice However, what these upcoming generations have that I didn’t have was insane competition to get into college.

There are more applicants than ever before vying for a static amount of space. Transcripts need to glow like they were touched by God himself in order to get noticed by a safety school.

Be that as it may, in the pursuit of handcrafting superlative spawn, we could be hurting them. Some kiddos don’t thrive when these extra pressures to dominate on the field or stage are thrust upon them. Are you supporting their activities because they love to do it, or because you feel (adult) peep pressure to have über involved kids? It can diminish the family dynamic, too. With all those hours spent driving to and fro, the possibility for dinner together or even a meaningful time to connect is lost.

And where is all the time to hang out, to veg, to just be?

Unstructured, down time is vital for kids. Not just to let their busy minds rest but to allow for imaginative, creative play. Kids gravitate toward fun; it is an essential aspect of their development. Many parents may see this as wasteful. Some schools even are cutting the play centers from Kin-

dergarten (!!), neglecting the social lessons that are learned from playing and exploring without the expectation of a certain outcome.

This “free time” may be the only time in a child’s day when they get to make their own choices and come up with original ideas. If a child’s day is 100 percent scheduled, then it creates the mindset that they will never have to entertain themselves. Do you want to take on the role of being the cruise director for your kid’s entire life?

It is no different when, at the end of a long day, you want to collapse on the sofa with a glass of wine and watch Jersey Shore. Our brains need mindless rest. Studies show that children’s free time has dropped by 12 hours a week over the past two decades. Play time is down three hours a week, and unstructured outdoor activities like walking and hiking are down 50 percent.

Something needs to give.

I surveyed 25 parents and here is an outline of activities that they deemed beneficial their kids’ (well-rounded) lives, without the fear that it will overtake all else. But by all means, if your child loves lacrosse, let them score away.

Swimming. There is a movement now to insist that all children under the age of four learn how to swim to prevent drownings. Pediatricians are even writing prescriptions for lessons. “It’s like you have an ear infection; here you need Amoxicillin and they do it. So handing them a prescription even though they know they

won’t take it to a pharmacy it’s like, ‘I’m being told I have to do it. They’re giving me a prescription. This must be important,’” explains Dr. Nicole Aristy of Florida’s Children’s Medical Center. Plus, pool parties aren’t that fun if you can’t swim.

Fine Arts. It is important for our children to appreciate culture. There is a wide range here of lessons they can take from cello to ballet to saxophone. But you don’t need to have them in a lesson. Take them to a community play; a free concert in the park; listen to opera, jazz, acapella; go to a gallery; drive around and look at architecture.

Language. Speaking a language beyond English (and most kids don’t even do that well) is not only a precious gift to give your child but it is muy importante as the world gets smaller. It can be a fun thing to learn as a family. Local libraries have beginner texts in many languages, you can find DVDs online, splurge on a method like Rosetta Stone or even hire a retired teacher for immersion lessons. Speaking languages opens so many doors and opportunities.

Winter Sport. People hate winter because they don’t know what to do with it. Winter is gorgeous! We live in New England; winter is long. Snowshoe, cross country ski, ice skate, snowboard … an excellent opportunity to exercise, and freeze, as a family.

(Maggie Knowles is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Her column appears Wednesdays.)

Landfills, highway construction buried old parts of city BLOGWATCH from page 4

“Trader Joe’s has four top buyers, called product developers, do some serious globetrotting. A former senior executive told me that Trader Joe’s biggest R&D expense is travel for those product-finding missions,” read the article.

But low prices come at the cost of transparency, according to Fortune.

“Former executives say that Trader Joe’s wants neither its shoppers nor its competitors to know who’s making its products. And many suppliers aren’t that keen on consumers knowing that they produce a lowercost version for Trader Joe’s either.”

A copy of a standard vendor agreement obtained by Fortune states, “Vendor shall not publicize its business relationship with TJ’s in any manner.”

The article would also suggest that Portland should be somewhat flattered to have been graced with a TJ’s of it’s own. The company only plans on opening five new locations this year, and stores can only be found in 25 states where demographic information suggests a half-foodie/halfbargain crowd will flock.

“To pick their next locales, employees look at demographics such as education level. In the past they’ve even looked at who’s subscribing to

high-end food and cooking magazines as a way of divining where the epicures are.”

Trader Joe’s also offers very competitive wages to it’s dedicated corps of employees, many of whom pick up roots and move where Joe needs them when it comes time to open a new store - no wonder when store managers can pull down six figure incomes, and full time crew members start in the $40,000 to $60,000 range, according to Fortune.

(Link: http://bit.ly/TJpsst)

Strange Maine — The City Has Ghost Streets Strange Maine continues their Ghost Streets series highlighting lost and revamped routes through the city with installment four, which explores the history of the Winslow Park and Oakdale sections of Portland.

The Strange Maine blog dug deep into the archives to find aerial photographs that tell the history of the area.

“Beneath today’s roadways, walkways, and structures are some extinct lanes and sites of Portland past, whose references are merely their ground coordinates. These comprise the city’s Ghost Streets.

Though replaced, plowed under, or

built-over, the souls of these Ghost Streets, institutions — even parks — bear silent witness to the lives and souls that inhabited and traversed them, and we need but only notice traces left behind,” writes the blogger.

Once a dense residential neighborhood, construction of I-295 in the 1970s saw much of the area razed to make way for the highway and its ramps.

“Before the landfilling and highway construction in the late-1960s began, 253 Forest Avenue and its adjacent neighbors were commercial locations with industrial docks on Back Cove. The Cove was regularly dredged, to accommodate ships parallel to Marginal Way — west to Forest Avenue.”

Constructed in 1903, Winslow park was one of the city’s first neighborhood parks, covering two-tenths of an acre on a triangle between Winslow Street and Forest Ave. “Winslow Street spanned Bedford Street and Forest Avenue, running southwest-northeast.

Emanating eastward out of Winslow Street, from north, were Lightfoot, Conant, and Grand Streets. These short streets were flanked west by Winslow Street and east by the railroad tracks which became the basic footprint for highway I-295.”

The completion of I-295 in November 1974 separated Oakdale from Parkside and the rest of downtown Portland.

“Numerous homes and several neighborhoods gave way to the new highway connectors. Among the casualties was Winslow Park, whose site had been taken by eminent domain in 1969. Today, the western portion of the I-295 southbound trestle stands over the park, and the southbound Forest Avenue onramp traverses the ghost of Winslow Street.”

Also contributing to the new look of the neighborhood, The University of Southern Maine’s slow but steady expansion into the area.

“The Muskie School of Public Service (Wishcamper Building, opened in 2008) and its adjoining parking garage, and adjoining Abromson Community Education Center (built in 2004) stand upon the ghost streets of Winslow, Lightfoot, Conant, and Grand.”

“Wishcamper is immediately upon the footprint of the corner of Winslow and Bedford Streets — for decades the site of Forest City Chevrolet. The core of the campus (between Beford and Falmouth Streets) is historic land in itself, having been part of Sir Ferdinand Gorges’ land grant, and later the Deering family estate.”

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Wednesday, Nov. 17 The Atlantic House fire benefit at Empire 7 p.m. A lineup of great Portland bands take over Empire Dine & Dance to raise money for those displaced by the Atlantic House Fire in early October. Members of the local recovery community play upstairs from 7 to 8 p.m. to benefit the former residents of the sober living house for men, including Michael Beling, A.J. Casket, Whitney Walker, Sean Dolstad and Caleb Coulthard. At 8 p.m. local rockers pitch in, with Big Meat Hammer, AOK Suicide Forest, Britta Ptievic, and Truckbody Jones playing sets to help rebuild the house, provide furnishing for intermediary residences and replace personal belongings. 21 plus.

Russian-born pianist Kirill Gerstein at Merrill 7:30 p.m. Portland Ovations presents multi-award-winning Russian-born pianist, Kirill Gerstein. The performance takes place at Merrill Auditorium and begins at 7:30 p.m. The concert includes works by Bach, Chopin, Czerny and Liszt,

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as well as a commissioned work by contemporary composer Oliver Knussen. The sixth and most recent recipient of the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award, Gerstein quickly followed this grand achievement with a second major triumph: being named the winner of the Avery Fisher Career Grant. Gerstein follows a tradition of Gilmore Artist winners presented by Portland Ovations including Ingrid Fliter and Piotr Anderszewski. Ovations Offstage is offering a free preperformance lecture in the Merrill Auditorium Green Room beginning at 6 p.m. immediately preceding the concert.

The lecture, The History and Future of Piano Recitals, is presented by Seth Warner, a musicologist and manager of the Olin Arts Center at Bates College. Warner looks at the piano recital as a unique and vital performance medium.

He discusses how and why the format of the piano recital developed and where the repertoire of pianist Kirill Gerstein fits in the history and future of this distinctive concert form.

A masterclass with Gerstein is also being offered to piano students at the University of Southern Maine from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. www.portlandovations.org

Thursday, Nov. 18 USM Youth Ensembles 7 p.m. University of Southern Maine Youth Ensembles at Merrill Auditorium. Talented young musicians from all over Maine make up the USM Youth Ensembles which include the Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Lehmann; the Portland Youth Wind Ensemble, conducted by Peter Martin; the Portland Young People’s String Consort, conducted by Deborah Dabcyznski; and the Portland Youth Junior Orchestra, conducted by Dino Liva. $6/$3 suggested donation at the door. With support from the Sam L. Cohen Foundation. For ticket reservations call the Music Box Office at 780-5555.

‘The Awesome ‘80s Prom’ 7:30 p.m. Ken Davenport’s Off-Broadway hit “The Awesome ‘80s Prom” comes to The Big Easy. Celebrate the ‘80s with this interactive play. Tickets at Bull Moose Music. www.onthenewedge.com.

Joy Kills Sorrow at One Longfellow 8 p.m. With its bold new brand of acoustic music, Joy Kills Sorrow pushes right through the envelope and out the other side. The Boston-based stringband brings a decidedly modern sensibility to an old-world sound, channeling the prodigious talents of its individual members into elegant arrangements and well-crafted songs. ($12 adv/$15 door).

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9 p.m. Judging from their last collaborative dance party, good things happen when the Rogues Gallery and SPACE Gallery teams get together to throw a shindig. This time, SPACE is hosting DJ NAME NAMES, the one and only, the living legend of Nation of Ulysses, Make-Up, and Chain and the Gang fame, philosopher, and host of VBS TV’s Soft Focus, Ian Svenonius, as he spins the finest 45s of soul, girl group, R&B, garage, surf, skronk, and stomp. What are we going to do? DANCE. When are we going to do it? ALL NIGHT. How? HARD. $3, 18 plus.

Jesse Pilgrim and the Bonfire at Geno’s 9 p.m. Portland folk-punk outfit Jesse Pilgrim and the Bonfire host a eclectic night of music at Geno’s, featuring Background (local hardcore), Miserable Nothings (folkpunk from Jake Lowry) and Terrible Old Man (Waterville loud awesome metal). $5, 21 plus.

Friday, Nov. 19 Rock That Festival at The Big Easy 6 p.m. The Big Easy hosts the Rock That Festival, singer/ Songwriter 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. w/ Hutch Heelan (no cover). Also Nov. 20 and 21. http://www.bigeasyportland.com/calendar/

Medeski, Martin and Wood at Port City 8 p.m. A group that effortlessly straddles the gap between avant-garde improvisation and accessible groove-based jazz, Medeski, Martin, & Wood have simultaneously earned standings as relentlessly innovative musicians and an enormously popular act. The band’s reputation has achieved massive proportions. As they always have, the three core bandmembers contributed to numerous other recording projects, both as sidemen and leaders. Increasingly, their word was gold and their efforts carved paths for musicians to follow. $25 advance, $28 day of, $48

Ta Ka Di Mi at One Longfellow 8 p.m. Ta Ka Di Mi is percussion legend Glen Velez joining rhythm voice master Lori Cotler in thrilling compositions derived from music of the Mid-East, Central Asia and the Mediterranean. A multifarious array of frame drums, bird calls and exotic noisemakers blend with South Indian Konnakol drum language to deliver an evening of pure rhythm and pulse.Eminent composer John Cage has written specifically for Velez, and he has been commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation, Jerome Foundation and most recently by the Lark String Quartet. $18 adv/$20 door, One Longfellow Square. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Mean Creek with The No. 9, Audrey Ryan 9 p.m. Boston’s Mean Creek, others at SPACE. Mean Creek bends genres, simultaneously channeling the straight-ahead rock energy of the Replacements and the alt-country stylings of Buffalo Tom. Paste Magazine wrote, “Mean Creek is not merely a great Boston Band; they’re a really great band period.” In June, Mean Creek released their new 7 inch/digital single “The Comedian” on Old Flame Records. These two songs were recorded with producer John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, Hold Steady), and are the band’s best material to date. Local alt-country rockers The No. 9 are fronted

by Gully’s Stu Gurley. Mt. Desert Island native Audrey Ryan’s brand of experimental folk melds influences from the past (Dylan, Mitchell, Young) with her contemporaries (Flaming Lips, Wilco, Arcade Fire) to open the evening. SPACE Gallery, $7, 18 plus. www.space538.org/events.php

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Columbus and Plymouth Rock folk lore.

However, the reality is not everyone can partake, or is interested in partaking, in a big dinner with lots of people.

It isn’t always a happy time and when I was working my way through school in the late 70’s, I made bank on Thanksgiving Day from single dads with confused looking little kids, stranded travelers, and loners by choice. When I finally punched out and was able to head home, I knew how very lucky I was.

At my table this year, it’ll be my daughters, maybe New Guy (who might be able to commit a whole 10 days out), my sister, a few new people I’ve collected, and a dessert open house beginning at mid-afternoon.

There will be lots of long distance phone calls to Florida, Texas, and to Alaska. Serious reminiscing will take place, as well as a half-hearted effort to keep Bad Dog from scamming food off the new people who don’t know any better.

For those of you who are still up in the air about your plans, or are looking for something different to do, I offer the following suggestions: 1) Get dressed up and go The Eastland Park Hotel. Several Greater Portland area restaurants are hosting

Thanksgiving Day meals being served both seated and buffet style, but the Eastland is a worthy choice for this event. The hotel boasts, “A Glorious Past. A Magnificent Future,” and is 83 years old (Rockwell would approve).

It’s a stalwart of tradition with diners enjoying white linen in a chandlered ballroom.

Unlike past events I’ve attended at this venue, the Eastland is offering a fair price point for Thanksgiving. A full three-course meal with impressive variety is $22.95 for adults, $19.95 for Seniors, $11.50 for kids between five and twelve, and free for kids under five. The meal is being offered from 11:00 - 6:00 and reservations are still being accepted. It’s no Macy’s Day Parade, but it may be fun to stay over night and hit the mall for Black Friday, and then wind up on Monument Square for the tree lighting.

2) Take a road trip to BNW Variety in Passadumkeag, which is 20 minutes north of Orono and has a population of about 500 people. Barbara Spencer owns an old school general store with a fountain and lunch counter and opens it up to the general public to enjoy a free full Thanksgiving dinner all day long. Most people know each other in this small town, and all are welcome. Barbara’s extended family eats along side an elderly couple who

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ABOVE: Actor Harlan Baker surveys the black-box theater at Lucid Stage. “We can always use more rehearsal space, that’s definite. And I don’t think we’re oversaturated because there are so many companies looking for venues,” he said, referring to theater companies. RIGHT: Mayor Nick Mavodones chats with Lucid Stage co-artistic director Liz McMahon.

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overcame a permitting snag and canceled shows while the venue secured an occupancy permit to arrive at last night’s ribbon cutting with Mayor Nick Mavodones.

“We just got our building permit in August, Aug. 25, and this was a bunch of offices and a model condo in the theater space, so it’s been a pretty ridiculous turnaround,” said Adam Gutgsell, partner and co-artistic director of the center with Liz McMahon, formerly of the St. Lawrence Community and Arts Center.

“The lion’s share of the work was done by volunteers,” Gutgsell said, thanking in particular the Davis Family Foundation for a grant that helped complete the renovations.

A mood of celebration gripped the nearly 40 people who mingled in the theater foyer.

“I think it’s fantastic,” Mayor Mavodones said, “and I think the more venues we have like this, the better for Portland. I’m looking forward to seeing some productions here.”

Baker expected to do a show in March at Lucid Stage, and he said the space was much needed.

“We can always use more rehearsal space, that’s definite. And I don’t think we’re oversaturated because there are so many companies looking for venues,” he said.

AIRE (American Irish Repertory Ensemble) will be able to take advantage of the site.

“They have a lot more control over this space, and that’s really very important for them as a company if they’re going to grow. I don’t think we have too many venues,” Baker noted.

Mad Horse Theatre Co. — a resident, professional theater ensemble — opened its 25th season with “Six Degrees of Separation,” Oct. 7-24, at Lucid Stage. Mad Horse Theatre Company previously rented space at Portland Stage.

Upcoming events include: • Nov. 19 and 20, 7 p.m., “Green Room, the Musical,” a production of New Edge Entertainment.

• Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. Rory Raven, a mentalist (theatrical mind-reader).

• Nov. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Lucid Stage Flea Market will take place.

• Dec. 11 and 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days, a Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair will feature more than 50 vendors selling handmade arts and crafts, local food vendors and baked goods, plus live music and surprise roving performances.

Gutgsell noted that the venue also will serve as a community center. A group from the Creative Trails program, a support program for adults with intellectual disabilities, helped prepare Lucid Stage for its Sept. 26 soft opening. Lucid Stage and Creative Trails plan to team up and offer workshops and classes at the center, McMahon said.

For more information about Lucid Stage, visit www.lucidstage.com.

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has been coming to the Variety Store for Thanksgiving for the past six years (they drive two hours to get there), and a few random college kids from “away” manage to find a home cooked meal when the dorms are shut down.

3) Travel in the other direction to The Black Bear Inn in Bolton Valley, Vermont. Innkeepers Brian and Jill Drinkwater are serving a $27.00 fixed price dinner with five decisionwrenching entree choices (even on Thanksgiving bacon wrapped filet mignon has mass appeal) and overnight packages are still available. The Black Bear Inn was recently awarded the highest of Wine Spectator kudos, but there is nothing uppity about this wonderful escape destination.

A full cooked American breakfast is included in the room price.

4) Need to get away all together?

Grab a designated driver and go to Rosie’s on Fore Street to eat popcorn, drink beer, and throw darts. The burgers and banter are always a treat and the doors open before noon.

It would be irresponsible not to mention taking the day to volunteer at a soup kitchen or food bank, but this is a thought better visited in the middle of summer when these folks are crying for volunteers. The Salvation Army has spent the last two weeks registering people with a fulltilt line out the door for Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets (as well as

Several Greater Portland area restaurants are hosting Thanksgiving Day meals. (COURTESY IMAGE)

toys), and local churches are gearing up to help as many people as possible.

So, as your Thanksgiving travel plans are under way, shopping lists are being crafted, and baked goods are hitting the freezer, make the most of the day in your own fashion. Norman Rockwell would no doubt paint a very different picture around this country today, but the underlying theme of thanks and gratitude would surely be just as strong.

Please don’t forget to support WomenOutWorking at the A Night to Make Wishes Come True fundraiser being held from 5:30 to 8:30 at the Woodfords Club in Portland tomorrow night, Thursday, Nov. 18. Admission is free and helping the Make A Wish foundation is a great way to kick off the holiday season.

(Natalie Ladd and her “What’s It Like” column take a weekly look at the culinary business in and around Portland. Email her at news@portlanddailysun.me)

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Josh Freeman is close to marking a year of operating Freeman’s Bicycle Service LLC at 200 Anderson St., No. 5. The sign at bottom reads “Freeman’s” and was displayed at his grandfather’s camp at Moosehead. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Freeman’s Bicycle Service LLC LOCATION: 200 Anderson Street, No. 5 HOURS: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday CONTACT: www.mybikemechanic.com or on Facebook; or call 347-1577

Josh Freeman opened Freeman’s Bicycle Service LLC about a year ago, fashioning a higher-end bicycle shop that also offers private or group instruction on bicycle safety and maintenance. He shares a space with Roger Knight of Boulder Nordic Sport, a satellite store to the Colorado store of BNS. “We started last December, I used to be the lead mechanic at Peak Performance. They shut down in November of last year, and Roger hired me on as his ski tech, and we made an agreement so I could sublease a space during the cycling season,” Freeman explained. “Being the former head mechanic at Peak Performance Multisport, I specialize and have a large following in the road bike and Triathlon community,” he added. The name “Freeman’s” has been road tested. Freeman said he coined the name, “Freeman’s Painting,” when he painted houses in college. Today, he keeps a sign that reads “Freeman’s” that his grandfather made, which was displayed at his grandfather’s camp at Moosehead, and which Freeman now has inherited.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

It’s more motivating to think about what you’ll do right in the future than to focus on paying penance for what you did wrong in the past. Stay positive, and you will more than make up for any mistakes you made along the way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Relationships take work. Home in on one particular partnership. A tune-up is in order. Think about what you could do to increase the respect in the relationship and how you might make working together easier.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your open mind is a rare and beautiful gift.

Of course you have your own opinions, but you don’t let them color everything you hear. You will drop your defenses and listen with compassion.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You feel a protective instinct toward your loved ones, and you need to apply the same ferocity to your own interests. If you don’t look after you, you won’t be able to look after them.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 17). You see the best in others, and they will do the same for you this year, helping you grow your talents to their full potential. In December, you will reconcile your differences with someone or get closure on an issue. There’s a lifestyle upgrade in January. March brings work that excites you and new friends, too.

Cancer and Virgo people adore you.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Start thinking about why you deserve to be successful, well respected and well paid. When you have the answers to these questions on the tip of your tongue, things start to align to move you up in the professional world.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll be in the mood to propose something new. Before you do, make sure the ones who will hear this proposal are in an open and generous mood.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll add value to your offerings and raise your worth in the eyes of those who pay you. Keep working along these lines, and you will also achieve a big win for your team.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You want certain results from your loved ones, but at the same time, you realize you can’t control them. Keep those high hopes alive, and temper them with a few realistic expectations.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You have time before you will need to make a big decision. The others on your team will suggest alternatives you hadn’t thought of. Be open to learning, but don’t make promises.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). For long, lovely stretches of time, your mind will be relaxed and unconcerned about what has already happened or might happen. This is the happiness and peace you deserve to have always.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You can’t expect that every time you are tested you’ll come off with flying colors. And when you don’t, the test is still worthwhile. It teaches you what to learn, strengthen or grow.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 2010 with 44 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 17, 1800, Congress held its first session in Washington in the partially completed Capitol building.

On this date: In 1558, Elizabeth I acceded to the English throne upon the death of Queen Mary.

In 1869, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt.

In 1917, French sculptor Auguste Rodin (roh-DAN’) died in Meudon at age 77.

In 1962, Washington’s Dulles International Airport was dedicated by President John F. Kennedy.

In 1969, the first round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the United States and the Soviet Union opened in Helsinki, Finland.

In 1970, the Soviet Union landed an unmanned, remote-controlled vehicle on the moon, the Lunokhod 1.

In 1973, President Richard Nixon told Associated Press managing editors in Orlando, Fla.: “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.

Well, I’m not a crook.”

In 1979, Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the release of 13 black and/or female American hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

In 1987, a federal jury in Denver convicted two neo-Nazis and acquitted two others of civil rights violations in the 1984 slaying of radio talk show host Alan Berg.

One year ago: President Barack Obama held formal, closed-door talks in Beijing with Chinese President Hu Jintao. It was announced that Iran had sentenced to death five defendants accused of postelection turmoil.

Today’s Birthdays: Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is 76. Rock musician Gerry McGee (The Ventures) is 73. Singer Gordon Lightfoot is 72. Singer-songwriter Bob Gaudio is 69. Movie director Martin Scorsese (skorSEH’-see) is 68. Actress Lauren Hutton is 67. Actor-director Danny DeVito is 66. “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels is 66. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Tom Seaver is 66. Movie director Roland Joffe is 65. Former Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean is 62. Actor Stephen Root is 59. Rock musician Jim Babjak (The Smithereens) is 53. Actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is 52. Actor William Moses is 51. Entertainer RuPaul is 50. Actor Dylan Walsh is 47. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is 46. Actress Sophie Marceau is 44.

Actress-model Daisy Fuentes is 44. Rhythmand-blues singer Ronnie DeVoe (New Edition; Bell Biv DeVoe) is 43. Rock musician Ben Wilson (Blues Traveler) is 43. Actor Leonard Roberts is 38. Actress Leslie Bibb is 37. Actress Rachel McAdams is 32. Rock musician Isaac Hanson (Hanson) is 30.

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He tells me he doesn’t want to lose her friendship and will always love her because she’s been in his life “for so long.”

But what about me? -- Confused Girlfriend Dear Confused: The question is not the friendship. It’s whether or not he’d go back to his ex if she asked. Ted should examine his own feelings and decide whether he is fully committed to you or not. You don’t need a man who is pining for a lost love. If he insists you are the only woman in his life, ask him to please cut back on the frequency of his calls to the ex for the sake of your relationship.

Dear Annie: A woman down the hall from my apartment has two dogs. When she takes them out, one of them actually screams as it passes by my door. This happens at 3 a.m.

I contacted the building manager, and he assured me that he talked to her about using a different exit door, but she is still using the same one. It seems she waits until that poor little animal screams its discomfort. Is there anything I can do? I’m tempted to contact the Humane Society. -- Tired of the Screaming Dog Dear Tired: You can call the Humane Society, but what sounds like screaming isn’t necessarily the same for dogs as it is for humans. And the woman is probably not “waiting” until the dog gets upset. At 3:00 in the morning, it takes a few minutes for her to wake up.

Still, she should not be walking by your apartment if there

is another exit for her to use. This is your neighbor. Knock on her door, politely, and invite her over for a cup of coffee. Be friendly. Then ask if she could use the second exit when she walks the dog at night because it disturbs your sleep. If that doesn’t help, go back to your manager or call the owner of the building.

Dear Annie: I think you were off base with your response to “Confused,” whose fiancee wants to hyphenate her name.

If she won’t take his name, why bother getting married?

Men have so few prerogatives in this modern world of diversity, why is this tradition falling? And her name is probably her father’s name anyway. My wife said if she were to marry me today, she would hyphenate her name. I said that would be a total of 15 letters, plus a hyphen.

Next time, instead of speaking woman-to-woman in your answers, you might want to solicit some male input. -- My Two Cents’ Worth Dear Two Cents: Women used to take their husband’s surname because they were considered their husband’s property.

Many women continue to do so because they respect tradition, prefer the husband’s name, don’t want to confuse the children, like to give the impression that they are subservient to their husbands, whatever. Women who keep their maiden names, hyphenated or not, often do so because they already have established professional careers, the husband’s surname is difficult to pronounce or spell, they wish to retain an independent identity, and so on.

A recent trend is to combine both surnames and create a new one, an idea that has merit, although it undoubtedly gives genealogists fits. When men are expected to take their wife’s surname upon marriage, we’ll be happy to ask for their input.

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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Wednesday, Nov. 17 The Art of December at MHS 10 a.m. The Art of December: Original Holiday Cards by Maine Artists from the Mildred Burrage Collection. Open to the public: Nov. 17, 2010 through Jan. 3, 2011, at Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.; “The Art of December: Original Holiday Cards by Maine Artists from the Mildred Burrage Collection displays a selection of holiday cards that demonstrate the wide range of artists who called Maine home and further exemplifies the personal connections of Mildred Burrage, whose love for the holidays may be seen throughout her collection. The Mildred Burrage Collection, donated to the society in 2005, illustrates the personal life and professional career of Mildred Giddings Burrage (1890-1983) through correspondence, ephemera, photographs and writings. The collection demonstrates the relationships Mildred shared with Maine and American artists and craftsmen, museum curators, cultural institutions and personal friends. This collection includes an assortment of holiday cards, including many handmade works by nationally known artists, especially during the period of the 1960s and 70s when Ms. Burrage’s influence in the Maine crafts movement was at its peak.” Join the Maine Historical Society on Dec. 3 for the First Friday Art Walk and opening reception. Refreshments will be served. The Art of December is on display in the Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Lecture Hall. www.mainehistory.org

‘Maine in Four Seasons’ noon. Portland Public Library Brown Bag Series announces a reading from “Maine in Four Seasons” with poets Wesley McNair, Thomas Carper, Martin Steingesser, Gary Lawless and illustrator Jan Owen. Four poets will give a reading about Maine seasons from a new book titled “Maine in Four Seasons: 20 Poets Celebrate the Turning Year” (Down East Books). Each of the participating poets has poems from a different season in the anthology and will read poetry about that season. Thomas Carper will represent spring; Martin Steingesser, summer; Gary Lawless, fall; and Wesley McNair, winter. “Maine in Four Seasons” includes not only contemporary poets from around the state but a range of Maine’s earlier poets, from Longfellow to Robinson to Millay.

The readers will sample some of the earlier work together with their own. Jan Owen, the book’s illustrator, will kick off the reading by showing some of her original work for the book and describing her creative process. Owen’s work as an illustrator of Maine literature began with a commissioned piece featuring Maine writers for the Bangor Public Library. Her work with calligraphy has been widely exhibited and is represented at the Library of Congress and several museum and library collections. www.portlandlibrary.com

Maine Center for Creativity seminar 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Maine Center for Creativity (MCC) (www. mainecenterforcreativity.org) announced today that the third installment of its Creative Toolbox and Survival Guide Series will be held in collaboration with the University of Southern Maine’s Lee Community Hall in the Wishcamper Center. The evening’s topic is how to nurture creativity in business with a featured presentation by Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz, the mad scientists behind Eepybird (www. eepybird.com). Based in Buckfield, Maine, they are best known for creating geysers using diet coke and mentos and have received world-wide recognition for their experiments and performances. Tickets are $15 for MCC members and USM alumni and $35 for non-members. Students can attend for free. To reserve your seat today, contact MCC at 730-0694 or at intern@maincenterforcreativty.org.

Join Boys & Girls Clubs with Maine Red Claws 5:30 p.m. Join the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine at the Portland Expo to meet the players of the 2010-2011 Maine Red Claws basketball team. get an autograph, have your photo taken and shoot a few hoops with the team.

This fun, family friendly event raises awareness and funds for Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine and the Maine Red Claws Foundation. Kids can also enjoy facepainting, a moon bounce and more. For dinner, enjoy clam chowder from the Weathervane restaurant, Maine red hot dogs, “Hoopie pies” made by Isamax Snacks and more. A center court presentation will follow. 5:30 p.m. Meet ‘n Greet; shoot hoops and get autographs with the players; 6:30 p.m. dinner; casual buffet style dinner; 7 p.m. Introduction of the 2010-11 Maine Red Claws Team center court presentation. $25 adults; $10 children 12 and under; $500 Corporate Table; $125 Youth basketball groups. Each table seats up to eight people. Space is limited.

Evangeline cancels Last Basket Dinner 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Evangeline (www.restaurantevangeline. com) has closed so this event has been canceled.

Running With Scissors comedy troupe 7 p.m. Running With Scissors — standup and improv comedy showcase. With over 35 years of collective improv

Kim Dill (left) and Everett Hotham of West Gardiner make a donation to Goodwill at the Portland Pirates game against the Adirondack Phantoms last Friday at the Cumberland County Civic Center. The Pirates gave each person who donated an item to Goodwill two free tickets to a future Pirates game. Friday night is the UNUM challenge at the Civic Center. (COURTESY PHOTO) comedy experience, Running With Scissors is Maine’s premier improv comedy group. In the style of “Whose Line?”

Rachel Flehinger, Dennis Hunt, Tom Walsh, and Tuck Tucker create a hilarious new show from each audience’s input.

Perfect for corporate events, private parties, or a night on the town, Now on the third Wednesday of each month at Mayo Street Arts. $7. http://mayostreetarts.org/calendar/

Portland’s district meeting, John Coyne 7 p.m. In November, the City of Portland’s annual district meetings will be held throughout the city. City Councilors and staff will be available to discuss neighborhood issues and answer questions from the public. These meetings are the public’s opportunity to meet their district councilor, the Mayor and representatives from the various departments within the city. District 5 meeting, hosted by Councilor John Coyne, Riverton Community Center, 1600 Forest Ave. For more information about these meetings, contact Mike Murray, the city’s Island and Neighborhood Administrator at 756-8288, or MSM@portlandmaine.gov.

Thursday, Nov. 18 Downtown Portland Corporation 15th annual business awards 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Downtown Portland Corporation (DPC) will present its 15th annual business awards to three local businesses that have played a major role in developing Portland’s economic vitality. President and General Manager of the Maine Red Claws Jon Jennings will accept the 2010 Economic Development Achievement Award for the success of the new professional basketball team in Portland. During its first season, the team led the NBA D-League not only in sales of season tickets but also overall revenue generated so much so that a Maine Red Claws ticket has become a hot commodity with every game selling out. The team employs forty-five people and plays their home games at the city’s Portland Exposition Building.

B&M, a Division of B&G Foods will receive the 2010 Business of Year Award for its more than one hundred and forty years of success in the city. Now a division of B&G Foods, B&M employs approximately one hundred and fifty people and four years ago, the company expanded production at the Portland facility to include Underwood Meat Spread. The Portland landmark is a great source of pride for the city and the business community. Allagash Brewing will receive the 2010 Small Business of Year Award. Selling its first batch of beer in 1995, the once

one-man brewing company has expanded to twenty-five employees, receiving national awards for its premiere beer with a gold, silver and bronze medal from past World Beer Cups. The Allagash Brewing has earned its reputation with a variety of traditional and experimental Belgianstyle beers aged in liquor barrels. The company also gives back to the community with its Allagash Tribute Series. For every bottle sold, a dollar is donated to local nonprofits, most recently $10,000 gifts to the St. Lawrence Arts Center, Victoria Mansion and Maine Pediatric Nurses Association.

All three award recipients will be recognized at the DPC’s annual event. Ocean Gateway International Marine Terminal on Commercial Street.

Forum on athletic and co-curricular programs 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Portland Public Schools will hold a public forum in the Deering High School cafeteria to discuss proposals for the district’s middle school and high school athletic and co-curricular programs, as outlined in a report by the Red & Blue Foundation. “The report, commissioned by the Portland School Committee, draws on interviews with 65 Portland students, parents, coaches, teachers, administrators and city officials as well as representatives of local colleges, universities, businesses and other organizations. The foundation also collected surveys and gathered financial data about the district’s programs. The report identifies ways that the district can strengthen athletic and co-curricular programs by coordinating activities at the district level, improving record-keeping and oversight and finding new funding sources to supplement tax dollars.” Major proposals include: establishing a nonprofit foundation to generate support for district athletics and cocurricular programs; hiring a district co-curricular director, based in Central Office, to work with the high school principals, high school co-curricular directors, the Portland Recreation Department and other city departments; consolidating purchase of sports equipment and uniforms at the district level to save money; raising academic eligibility standards for high school students, including a minimum grade point average and an attendance requirement; combining all of the booster clubs into a single club for each high school; adopting a middle school philosophy for athletic participation that encourages participation and avoids cutting students from teams; and correlating student participation rates in activities with the funding provided to those activities. For more information, please contact Mark Terison, the district’s chief operations officer, at terism@portlandschools.org or Portland High School Assistant Principal Stephen Rogers at rogers@ portlandschools.org. see next page

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The Cremaster Cycle: Part 1 & Part 2 screening at SPACE Gallery 7 p.m. The Cremaster Cycle, written and directed by Matthew Barney, is an epic masterwork with near cult status in the art world. This much-discussed work of art is not now, nor will it ever be, available to own on DVD. It can only be seen in theaters and has not toured nationally since 2003 following the completion of Cremaster 3. This program is co-presented with SPACE Gallery. Tickets for these screenings are $10 per screening or $20 for a weekend pass. Portland Museum of Art, Movies at the Museum series.

The Cremaster Cycle: Part 1 & Part 2, Thursday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. 11/18: Cremaster 1 and Cremaster 2 (119 min.); 11/19: Cremaster 3 (182 min.); 11/20: Cremaster 4 and Cremaster 5 (97 min.); 11/21: Cremaster 1 through 5 (398 min.)

A Victorian Christmas 8 p.m. As part of Victoria Mansion’s public programs that explore the 1890s to the 1930s, the period during which the house’s second owners, the Libby family, lived on-site, please join Victoria Mansion to participate in a popular form of 1890s entertainment that is a “combination of projected color images, live drama, live music, hilarious comedy and boisterous audience participation ... the great grandfather of the cinema.” This particular interactive, intergenerational show features holiday carols and short stories. For more information on the American Magic-Lantern Theater and this show, please visit: www.victoriamansion.org

‘Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in the Garden of Eden’ 7 p.m. “Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in the Garden of Eden.” A hilarious musical “battle of the first sexes” at the Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., Nov. 11-28. Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. $15-$22. Box Office, 773-0333, http:// oldportplayhouse.com

‘Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in the Garden of Eden’

‘The Killing of Crazy Horse’ 7 p.m. Maine Historical Society book event: “The Killing of Crazy Horse,” with speaker Thomas Powers, author and journalist. “Join us to celebrate the publication of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist’s new book. Crazy Horse was perhaps the greatest Indian warrior of the nineteenth century, and his victory over General Custer at the battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 shocked and unnerved the country. The details surrounding Crazy Horse’s death in federal custody the next year were the subject of great dispute and have remained controversial for more than a century.

With the Great Sioux War as background and context, and drawing on many new materials as well as documents in libraries and archives, On Saturday, Nov. 20, at 8:30 a.m., the annual Gingerbread Fair will begin at First Universalist Church Thomas Powers will recount the final months of Auburn. Presiding over the baked goods table are (from left) Arel Doyle, Ell Fanus and Christine and days of Crazy Horse’s life.”

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Portland’s district meeting with Cheryl Leeman

7:30 p.m. In November, the City of Portland’s annual district meetings will be held throughout the city. City Councilors and staff will be available to discuss neighborhood issues and answer questions from the public. These meetings are the public’s opportunity to meet their district councilor, the Mayor and representatives from the various departments within the city. District 4 meeting, hosted by Councilor Cheryl Leeman, Presumpscot School, 69 Presumpscot St. For more information about these meetings, contact Mike Murray, the city’s Island and Neighborhood Administrator at 756-8288, or MSM@portlandmaine.gov.

Weekend Headliner Spanky at Comedy Connection 8:30 p.m. Comedy Showcase hosted by the Weekend Headliner Spanky (aka Steve McFarlin), Campus Entertainer of the Year and seen in ER, also Friday; and Saturday, with John Ater & Ellaine Williams, half-priced tickets only $7.50. www.mainecomedy.com, www.facebook.com

Friday, Nov. 19 Discussion of mental illness in Maine at University of Southern Maine 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “It’s a Community Affair” will offer a half-day of presentations and discussions about mental illness in Maine. Presented by Spring Harbor Hospital, in partnership with Maine Medical Center and the University of Southern Maine, the event will take place in the Talbot Lecture Hall on the University of Southern Maine Campus.

It is free and open to the public. Presenters include: Dennis King, President of Spring Harbor Hospital; Doug Robbins, M.D., Director of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Maine Medical Center; Millicent Monks, author of Songs of Three Islands, A Story of Mental Illness in an Iconic American Family; Robert Small, Director of USM’s University Health and Clinical Services; and Vincent Flaherty, Director of USM’s School of Social Work. A variety of mental health providers will also have information available at the event.

Exhibitors include: Maine Mental Health Partners, Spring Harbor Hospital, Maine Medical Center, NAMI-Maine, Spurwink, and Shalom House. Space is limited. To register, call 761-2239 or email fickea1@memhp.org.

Warren Miller’s 61st film: ‘Wintervention’ 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Get ready for Warren Miller’s 61st film: “Wintervention!” “Do you have a skiing or snowboarding problem? Do you always take “just one more” run? If you answered ‘yes’ to either of these, it may be time for a ‘Wintervention.’ Narrated by skiing icon Jonny Moseley, Warren Miller’s ‘Wintervention’ is the definitive solution for the snow-obsessed. ‘Wintervention’ takes riders like Chris Davenport, Jonny Moseley and Lindsey Vonn on a global tour of Alaska, Norway, Canada, Antarctica and beyond … delivering a successful Wintervention for all of us in need.

Warren Miller films attract a cult-like following and mark the official start of winter for sports enthusiasts everywhere.

This film is screening at Merrill Auditorium. www.skinet. com/warrenmiller

Dramatic Repertory Company auditions 6:30 p.m. Portland’s newest theatre company, Dramatic Repertory Company, announces open auditions for actors on Nov. 19 and 20 with appointments starting at 6:30 p.m.

The auditions will be held at Portland Ballet Studios, 517 Forest Ave.e, Suite 2 in Portland. “The auditions are open to all with a special emphasis on men of all ages and actors of color. All acting positions with Dramatic Repertory Company feature paid performances and paid rehearsal time.

Interested actors should email auditions@dramaticrep.org with their name, age, contact information, headshot (if available), resume (if available) and their preferred date. They will be contacted with a confirmed date and time. Actors should prepare two contrasting, contemporary monologues under 3 minutes each. Dramatic Repertory Company aims to make a dramatic difference in the community. We are Portland’s newest not-for-profit theatre company. DRC intends to produce new and overlooked works that otherwise may never be seen in Maine, as well as provide fresh perspectives on classic works. The curtain will rise on the company’s inaugural production in February 2011.”

UNUM Challenge Home Game No. 1 for the Pirates 7 p.m. It’s another Bud Light Hockey Night in Portland and the start of the fifth annual UNUM Challenge between the Portland Pirates and the Worcester Sharks. At each game in each city, one lucky fan will be chosen from the submitted entrees as the UNUM Challenge Fan of the Game. It’s also Maine Bureau of Highway Safety Night. State Highway offi-

8 p.m. “Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in the Garden of Eden.” A hilarious musical “battle of the first sexes” at the Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., Nov. 11-28.

Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. $15-$22. Box Office, 773-0333, http://oldportplayhouse.com

‘Steel Magnolias’ at Portland Players 8 p.m. “Steel Magnolias.” Nov. 5-Nov. 21 at Portland Players in South Portland. “Join us for this compelling comedy-drama about a group of Louisiana women who are tough as steel and delicate as sweet southern magnolias. ‘Steel Magnolias’ explores the deep threads of friendship and is the perfect start to the holiday season.” Show times are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 p.m. Contact the Box Office at 799-7337. www.portlandplayers.org/ shows/current.html

Saturday, Nov. 20

Gingerbread time in Auburn 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The annual Gingerbread Fair will take place at First Universalist Church of Auburn. Find wellknown favorites like gift baskets, high-quality crafts, homemade pies, silent auction, books, CDs, jewelry, raffle, white elephant plus the new UU Cookbook, a must-have featuring a wide variety of healthy and exotic selections. Auburn UU will again offer its popular lunch with music by Phil House.

First Universalist is located at 169 Pleasant St. (enter on Spring Street, across from Dairy Joy). Plenty of parking; accessible. FMI 783-0461.

The Mission Mall in South Portland 9 a.m. to noon. The Mission Mall will open for its fifth season at the Holly Daze Bazaar at the First Congregational Church/United Church of Christ on Cottage Road in South Portland. The Mission Mall is an alternative gift fair showcasing several local charities. Shoppers make donations by check or cash to the charities of their choice in honor of loved ones. For each donation, the buyer gets an attractive gift card to present to the recipient. The card includes information about the selected charity and its mission and provides the satisfaction of knowing that the gift is bettering the lives of those in need. The Mission Mall will be held in the church’s Wright Pavilion, which faces Mitchell Road. Featured charities for 2010 are the Animal Refuge League, Cancer Community Center, Grace Street Ministries, GLSEN (Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network), Cape Elizabeth/South Portland Emergency Food Pantry and Crisis Ministries, Preble Street, and Hospice of Southern Maine. Fair Trade coffee also will be offered for sale at the Mission Mall.

Holly Daze Bazaar in SoPo 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Holly Daze Bazaar will be held at the First Congregational Church, 301 Cottage Road, South Portland. Featured will be wreaths, gifts, etc., Fair fancy candy and baked goods, the Christmas room, trash ‘n’ treasures, knit goods, jewelry, books, and the Mission Mall.

A luncheon will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will include Haddock chowder, lobster,crab meat, and chicken salad Rolls and apple crisp. The church is handicapped accessible. 799-4001 see next page

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10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The CAFAM Chinese School will hold its fifth-annual MANY STORIES Multicultural Book Fair at the Breakwater School, 856 Brighton Avenue, Portland, Maine.

The sale offers New England’s largest and best selection of children’s books featuring cultures around the world and within the U.S. Titles are chosen by Curious City Books for grades K to 12. This year’s fair features Maine author, Charlotte Agell, who will sign copies of her new chapter book, The Accidental Adventures of India McCallister. Chinese dumplings will be for sale. Educators receive a 10 percent discount. Cash and checks only. For additional information, please contact Kelli Pryor at 892-3640 or by e-mail at kellijpryor@gmail.com. For 13 years, the CAFAM Chinese School has provided Mandarin language, dance, art, and culture classes for families from all over southern Maine.

Annual Greek Pastry Bake Sale 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Annual Greek Pastry Bake Sale by Greek Ladies Philoptochos Society, Holy Trinity Church, 133 Pleasant Street, Portland. Advance orders can be called in no later than Nov. 18 to the Church Office at774-0281.

SweetBread, Pastries, Spanakopita and more.

‘The Kid’s Magic-Lantern Show’ 10 a.m. Victoria Mansion and American Magic-Lantern Theater Present: “The Kid’s Magic-Lantern Show,” at John Ford Theater, Portland High School, 284 Cumberland Ave. Tickets must be pre-purchased. $10/adult and $5/child up to age 17. “Travel back in time with the boisterous fun of America’s only Victorian magic-lantern show. An authentic 1890s visual extravaganza projected on a full-sized screen — the kind of show that led to the movies! Stories like Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland, animate comedy and songs all dramatized on screen by a live showman and singer/pianist. The kids participate in the fun, creating sound effects, and joining in chants and sing-alongs like ‘Old McDonald.’

For 16 years, the American Magic-Lantern Theater has delighted audiences from Lincoln Center to Singapore. For ages 3-8. www.victoriamansion.org

Portland Skatepark official opening

Author James Richardson for book signing at Royal River Books 10 a.m. to noon. Royal River Books, 355 Main St., Yarmouth, welcomes James Richardson, a resident of Yarmouth, who will be available to sign copies of his “Memoirs, Standing on Two Feet.” “Everything seemed perfect in Richardson’s life. All the components of the American Dream seemed to be in place: a lovely home, a wife, two sons, the time required for fishing and outdoors adventures, and an invigorating career as an advanced placement world history teacher in Tampa, Florida. In the horror of a split-second, high-speed traffic accident, everything changed. When Richardson awoke in a hospital weeks later with a variety of physical and emotional injuries, he had no idea the obstacles he was about to face. Overcome by a haze of bewilderment, he tried to rise from his hospital bed. He crashed to the floor. His left leg was gone. One by one, the seemingly perfect building blocks of an American Dream were stripped from him. Secrets from his wife’s past life emerged, painting a dark character with whom he had unwittingly shared every detail of his life. For James Richardson, this was the moment of truth. Alone, injured, boiling with anger, and with only a string of hope, he had to ask

‘Embracing Christmas,’ a program for divorced and widowed persons 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. “Embracing Christmas” is a program for divorced and widowed persons that provide helpful ways to journey through the Christmas Season. “Embracing Christmas” will be held in the Guild Hall at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. Please RSVP

by Nov. 18, to 871-7464, ext. 2672 or psm@ccmaine.org.

There is a suggested donation of $5.00 or more for this event. “Embracing Christmas” is sponsored by Catholic Charities Parish Social Ministry. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress St. 871-7464, ext. 2672 or psm@ccmaine.org

Toys for Tots fundraiser in Kennebunkport 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Toys for Tots fundraiser. Atria Senior Living, 1 Penny Lane, Kennebunk; roast beef buffet, $10 donation or toy donation per person, Nonantum Resort, 95 Ocean Ave., Kennebunkport; breakfast buffet, 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., $10 donation or toy donation/per person.

Christmas tree lighting in Freeport 6:30 p.m. Come to Discovery Park for the traditional tree lighting ceremony, when the whole L.L. Bean campus will glow with holiday cheer. The Boy Singers of Maine, Musica de Filia Girls Choir, lighting displays str ung by local designer Pandora LaCasse and special characters from Portland Stage Company’s holiday classic “A Christmas Carol” will add to the fun. L.L.Bean. http://www.llbean.com/ shop/retailStores/calendar.html?qs=5677065-RDevents

senior producer and co-host of Flashpoints, an investigative news program on KPFA, the oldest community-funded radio station in the USA, still operating out of Berkeley, Calif. Her article criticizing the mainstream media’s coverage on Palestine-Israel issues has been included as a chapter in the 2011 Project Censored anthology.

Tuesday, Nov. 23 Thanksgiving Harvest Market at L.L. Bean noon to 3 p.m. Moose Parking Lot. Pick up a fresh turkey, vegetables and all the trimmings from local farm vendors. Free recipes will accompany all sales.

Discover specialty foods and handcrafted items for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Live entertainment rounds out this unique market. http://www.llbean. com/shop/retailStores/freeportFlagshipStore/freeportLander.html?nav=ln

Portland’s district meeting, Dan Skolnik 7 p.m. In November, the City of Portland’s annual district meetings will be held throughout the city. City Councilors and staff will be available to discuss neighborhood issues and answer questions from the public. These meetings are the public’s opportunity to meet their district councilor, the Mayor and representatives from the various departments within the city. District 3 meeting, hosted by Councilor Dan Skolnik, Deering High School Cafeteria, 370 Stevens Ave. For more information about these meetings, contact Mike Murray, the city’s Island and Neighborhood Administrator at 756-8288, or MSM@portlandmaine.gov.

Laura Kargul in an all-Chopin concert 7:30 p.m. Reiche Community Center, 166 Bracket St., Portland. Laura Kargul, concert pianist of Polish descent and head of the keyboard program at the University of Southern Maine, will celebrate Fryderyk Chopin’s bicentennial year by sharing the stage with several of her students in an allChopin concert for the Polish Heritage Center of Maine.

Tickets available at the door, door opens at 7 p.m.; $10 per person or $18 per couple; $8 for seniors and $5 for students. For more information, please call: 773-3616

‘Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in the Garden of Eden’ 8 p.m. “Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in the Garden of Eden.” A hilarious musical “battle of the first sexes” at the Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., Nov. 11-28. Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. $15-$22. Box Office, 773-0333, http:// oldportplayhouse.com

‘Steel Magnolias’ at Portland Players

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8 p.m. “Steel Magnolias.” Nov. 5-Nov. 21 at Portland Players in South Portland. “Join us for this compelling comedydrama about a group of Louisiana women who are tough as steel and delicate as sweet southern magnolias. ‘Steel Magnolias’ explores the deep threads of friendship and is the perfect start to the holiday season.” Show times are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 p.m. Contact the Box Office at 799-7337. www.portlandplayers.org/shows/current.html

Sunday, Nov. 21 ‘Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in the Garden of Eden’ 2 p.m. “Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in the Garden of Eden.” A hilarious musical “battle of the first sexes” at the Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., Nov. 11-28. Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. $15-$22. Box Office, 773-0333, http:// oldportplayhouse.com

‘Palestine, Israel and the Prospects for Peace’ presentation at Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Church 7 p.m. “Up Against the Wall: Palestine, Israel and the Prospects for Peace,” a slide/lecture presentation by classical and hip-hop cello-playing, award-winning journalist, radio producer and writer, Nora Barrows-Friedman, who recently returned from an extended stay in the Occupied Territories.

Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Church, corner of Mellen and Sherman streets. The event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be available. A donation of $5 is suggested to support the project of the Middle East Children’s Alliance for clean water to the children of Gaza.

Sponsored by Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights, Peace Action Maine and the Social Justice and Peace Commission of Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Church. The speaker is a staff reporter and editor with the “Electronic Intifada” and contributes to Al-Jazeera, Inter Press Service, and Truthout.org, among many other news outlets, magazines and online media sources. For seven years she was the

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10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The city of Portland and the Skatepark Planning Committee will officially cut the caution tape, opening the new Portland Skatepark to the public, at Dougherty Field, St. James Street. The celebration will feature an open skate and lessons provided by Ride 207 for people looking to learn how to ride as well as music and refreshments. The event marks the end of a three year effort to fund and build a new skatepark in the city.

Constructed by Hardcore Shotcrete Skateparks Inc., the skatepark includes a number of features for both boarders and bikers at all skill levels, such as a skateable bench, a transfer gap, A-frame pyramid, a skate dish, hubba ledges, steps, rails, rollers, euro gap, radial ledges and a quarter pipe. The skatepark was designed to allow for seamless flow from one section to another. “The $325,000 Potrland Skatepark was funded by a combination of public and private dollars, and demonstrates the breadth of community support for the project,” the city reported. “Donations varied from land and Capital Improvement Funds provided by the City of Portland, grants from the Beth Quimby Foundation, the Ollie Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, the InBody Foundation, Mensk Foundation, fundraisers held by Hall Elementary School, South Portland Memorial Middle and High Schools, Flatbread, bottle drives and the ‘BuyA-Brick’ program, which allowed supporters to purchase an inscribed brick that will be used for the construction of the entrance pathway to the park.” (Rain date is Sunday, Nov. 21.

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Area boxers advance, fall at Semi-Finals James ‘Buster’ Douglas to appear here Nov. 27 DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT Portland Boxing Club open class light welterweight, Casey Kramlich, of Auburn, lost a close (5-0) unanimous decision to Zack Ramsey of Hartford, Conn., during the USA Boxing New England Semi-Finals in Portland, the club reported in a press release.

“Kramlich kept it close with his ever show-boating opponent, losing a bout that could have gone either way,” wrote the Portland Boxing Club.

PBC open class welterweight, Jason Quirk, of Scarborough, also lost a 5-0 unanimous decision to left-handed John Smith of Cranston, R.I. PBC novice lightweight, Juan Lopez of Westbrook, won a 5-0 unanimous decision over James Gracia of Haverhill, MA, advancing to the Championship Finals on Saturday, Nov. 27 at the Stevens Avenue Armory.

Lopez will join PBC teammates open class lightweight Liz Leddy (nationally rated No. 2 in the U.S.), novice lightweight Lindsay Kyajohnian, and junior division lightweight

Christian Castonada. A sell-out crowd is expected at the Finals with former world heavyweight champion James “Buster” Douglas making an appearance and signing autographs. Advance tickets (reserved and general admission to the finals can be purchased at Bruno’s restaurant, 33 Allen Ave., Portland. For more information, please visit www.portlandboxingclub. org or call 761-0975.

Other results from the Semi Finals include: • Novice lightweight Amanda Pavone of Burlington, Mass., won a 5-0 decision over Kathy Ureneck of Lewiston.

• Open class lightweight Roberta Pappas of Haverhill, Mass. won a 3-2 decision over Melanie Costa of Taunton, Mass.

• Open class featherweight James Perella of Mansfield, Mass. won a 5-0 decision over Jonathan Perez of Lowell, Mass.

• Open class welterweight Nick Delumba of Cranston, R.I. won a 5-0 decision over Chris Gilbert of Windsor, Vt. • Open class welterweight Frankie Tejada of Somerville, Mass. won a first round knock out over Mattie O’Donnell of Dorchester, Mass.

Evander Holyfield (left) and James “Buster” Douglas promote their heavyweight championship bout before it took place in Las Vegas. Douglas will appear in Portland Saturday, Nov. 27 for the Portland Boxing Club-hosted USA Boxing New England Finals at the Stevens Avenue Armory. (AP PHOTO) • Open class middleweight Mike Rodriquez of Springfield, Mass. won a 4-1 decision over Giovanni Monroy of Lawrence, Mass.

• Open class light welterweight Tommy

Duquette of Waltham, Mass. won a 5-0 decision over Brandon Berry of West Forks.

• Open class super heavyweight Julian Pollard of Brockton, Mass. won a 4-1 decision over Owen Minor of Worchester, Mass.

Pirates rewarded with six-day break after 5-2 win DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT Jhonas Enroth made 22 saves in his first game back from Buffalo, and five Pirates scored to lead Portland to a 5-2 victory over the Albany Devils in front of 6,003 at the Cumberland County Civic Center Saturday night, the Pirates reported.

Mark Parrish and Marc-Andre Gragnani each registered a powerplay goal and an assist for the Pirates who improved to 12-3-1-0 on the

season and 8-0-1-0. Dennis McCauley, Paul Byron and Travis Turnbull also scored for the Pirates in the win.

The Devils struck early as Anderson lit the lamp for his sixth goal of the year on a rebound tip-in at the 3:13 mark of the opening period. McCauley began the scoring onslaught for Portland as he capitalized on a crossice pass from Jacob Lagace midway through the first period to tie the game at one. The power-play prowess began with Byron adding a goal off the man

advantage to cap off the first period scoring and send the Pirates into the locker room up 2-1. Turnbull notched his fourth goal of the season in the second period which turned out to be the game-winning-goal. To establish the final margin, Portland registered a couple of power-play goals in the third period by Parrish and Gragnani, sandwiched with an Albany goal by Perkovich.

Portland outshot Albany by a mark of 32-24.

The Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the game were all from the Pirates. Turnbull was the first, Gragnani the second and Enroth the third.

The Pirates will be rewarded with a six-day break from action this week as they take the ice next Saturday against former NHL All-Star Jonathan Cheechoo and the Worcester Sharks for a 7 p.m. faceoff at the Civic Center.

Saturday night will be the first of 12 matchups in the renewal of the fifth Annual UNUM Challenge between the two Atlantic Division rivals. It will also be Maine Bureau of Highway Safety Night as State Highway Officers will be on hand to stress the importance of highway safety through fan interaction during the game.

For tickets, visit the Civic Center or go on-line at ticketmaster.com.

Eight year-old Michael Fairservice drops the opening face-off between Portland’s Travis Turnbull (left) and Albany’s Michael Swift (right) on Salute to Veterans Night Saturday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Fairservice, whose father is a member of the 172 Mountain Company currently deployed oversees, represented all the families in attendance who have a family member currently serving in the military. (Photo courtesy of Chris Nordenson)