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Sides jockey over voter registration Supporters of same-day voter registration officially begin people’s veto push

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Fresh off a successful campaign to collect more than 57,000 signatures needed to place a people's veto on the November ballot, Protect Maine Votes is pushing forward with its bid to bring back same-

day voter registration to the state.

The political action committee kicked off its "Yes on 1" campaign Thursday, which urges support for repealing the law that eliminated same-day voter registration. The coalition of 18 groups recently helped collect more than 70,000 petitions in sup-

port of the people's veto.

Now, organizers say they are ready to start knocking on doors and convince voters to go to the polls in November to reverse the action taken by see VOTING page 3

A big day for East Bayside It was a “Big Baby” Day. Portland held a ground breaking in East Bayside Thursday, kickingoff construction of two full size basketball courts in the area. Boston Celtics forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis was mobbed by kids during the event, also attended

by Portland Mayor Nicholas Mavodones, Acting Police Chief Michael Sauschuck, Board President of DayOne Diane Nason and representatives from the East Bayside Neighborhood Organization. For more photos of the event, see page 16.

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Consultant breaks down nuts, bolts of ranked choice voting

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Ranked choice voting can seem like a complicated process on paper: Candidates get eliminated, votes get re-allocated and results often aren’t available for at least a day after the election.

But all that stuff about allocating votes happens after voters cast their ballots. And casting a ballot is actually pretty straight-

forward, according to a consultant who's helping the city run its first ranked-choice election.

“The key message for voters ... (is to) just put your first choice in the first column (of the ballot), your second choice in the second column, and so on,” Caleb Kleppner, vice president of TrueBallot, said yesterday see RANKINGS page 7

A sample instant runoff voting ballot for Takoma Park, Maryland’s January 2007 election shows the column-by-column selection in this mock election, complete with a Bob Dylan write-in. In Portland, 15 columns will span the ballot, so voters can choose their first through 15th choice.

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Navy agrees to $2 billion in contracts with BIW Another 40 on the road to oblivion Downtown workers get noticed See the story on page 3

See Jeffrey S. Spofford’s column on page 4

See the story on page 9

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NASA finds planet orbiting two stars (NY Time) — From double sunrise to double sunset the show goes on, always changing.

Sometimes the orange sun rises first.

Sometimes it is the red one, although they are never far apart in the sky and you can see them moving past each other, casting double shadows across the firmament and periodically crossing right in front of each other.

Such is life, if it were possible, on the latest addition to the pantheon of weird planets now known to exist outside the bounds of our own solar system. It is the first planet, astronomers say, that has been definitely shown to be orbiting two stars at once, circling at a distance of 65 million miles a pair of stars that are themselves circling each other much more closely. A team of astronomers using NASA’s Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft announced the discovery on Thursday in a paper published online in the journal Science, in a talk at a conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo., and in a news conference at NASA’s Ames Research Laboratory in Mountain View, Calif., Kepler’s headquarters.

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After Arizona’s passage of controversial immigration legislation in April 2010, musicians canceled Arizona concerts, tourists canceled Arizona vacations and convention organizers bypassed Arizona in favor of less politically toxic states. But the very activists who put the boycott in place, hurting the state’s pocketbook in the process, are now divided over whether it ought to continue.

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lawmakers during the last legislative session, said David Farmer, the group's spokesman.

"We've got eight weeks and we're going to use every day we can," he said. "In the last two major elections, more than 70,000 Mainers registered on Election Day. Without the law, they would have been turned away."

Farmer says that more than 1,000 volunteers will be working to get the word out that answering "yes" to the first question on the November ballot

would bring back same-day registration.

House Speaker Robert Nutting, R-Oakland, sponsored a bill, LD 1376, that requires voter registration at least two business day before elections. The bill narrowly passed the Legislature and was signed into law

by Gov. Paul LePage.

It was supported by groups like the Maine Heritage Policy Center, which advocated for expanding the time period between registering to vote and casting a ballot on Election Day. "Part of the integrity of the system

Michaud, Pingree: Navy agrees to $2 billion in contracts with BIW DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT The U.S. Navy and General Dynamics have reached a final contract agreement to build two more DDG1000 destroyers at Bath Iron Works, contracts worth $2 billion, members of Maine’s congressional delegation reported Thursday.

U.S. Representatives Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree reported that Navy Secretary Ray Mabus called them and Senators Snowe and Collins Thursday afternoon to say that the contracts had been approved.

Michaud and Pingree had pushed the Navy to complete negotiations and Congress to fund the ships so workers at the yard would know there was enough work to keep them on the job, according to a press release.

The combined value of the contract is $2 billion, which will secure work for BIW through 2018, the press release

stated. DDG 1001 is expected to deliver in Fiscal Year 2015, with delivery of DDG 1002 in FY2018.

“This announcement is good news for our national defense and for our economy here in Maine,” said Michaud. “This contract not only ensures that the Navy will get some of the best built ships in the world, but it’s also good news for the workers who will stay on the job.”

“These contracts took a long time to negotiate and even though Secretary Mabus had promised there wouldn’t be layoffs due to delays in signing the contracts, I think everyone is glad the Navy has now finally signed on the dotted line and workers can feel more secure about their future,” Pingree said.

This spring Michaud wrote to congressional leaders urging them to fully fund the DDG 1000s, the press release stated.

Vinalhaven man wins Corvette raffle Timothy Oxton of Vinalhaven was the lucky winner as Portland Mayor Nick Mavodones pulled the winning ticket in the Stars and Stripes Corvette Raffle, the Maine Red Claws reported Thursday. Proceeds from the Stars and Stripes Corvette Raffle, which was conducted by the Red Claws Foundation, will benefit the 2012 Stars and Stripes Spectacular.

“The Stars and Stripes Spectacular is truly a community event in every sense of the word,” said Red Claws President and General Manager Jon Jennings. “From Quirk Chevrolet providing the car to the hundreds of people who participated, the money raised from this raffle will help make the Stars and Stripes Spectacular even bigger and better in 2012 and ensure that it continues to be a Maine

family tradition for years to come.”

Oxton was selected from more than 785 entrants and will take home a 2010 Corvette convertible valued at approximately $65,000, the Red Claws reported. The cherry red convertible was provided by Quirk Chevrolet, the presenting sponsor of the Maine Red Claws, who will make arrangements for delivery of the car. When called

by Jack Quirk, president of Quirk Chevrolet, with the good news, Oxton stated that Thursday was also his 17th wedding anniversary.

“Proceeds from the raffle will go to support the 2012 Stars and Stripes Spectacular, the largest annual event in Maine and the largest July 4th celebration north of Boston,” the press release stated.

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is the public having faith that there's integrity in the system," said Lance Dustin, the center's CEO, who argued that same-day voter registration opens the possibility of fraud by making it too difficult for municipal clerks to verify a voter's eligibility to cast a ballot.

"The fact is that you have vulnerabilities in the system," he said.

The conservative think-tank released the findings of a Sept. 7 survey conducted by Pulse Opinion Research. The phone survey of 500 people found that 53 percent of respondents favored the elimination of same-day voter registration and that 47 percent opposed the Legislature's action.

The survey told people that lawmakers voted to discontinue the process in order to give election officials more time to verify residency and legal requirements, and that opponents claim the change will make it more difficult to vote, while supporters say the trade-off is necessary to

protect against fraud.

The poll also found 52 percent of respondents think Maine does not have a problem with double-voting, noncitizen voting or voter imprecation, while 41 percent responded that election fraud is a problem, according to the survey.

"People in Maine don't seem to think fraud is a major issue, ... but interesting, on the other side of that, they're also supportive to ensure that it doesn't become a problem further down the line," Dustin said.

Despite the results, Farmer said that more opponents to the new law and their ability to collect more than 70,000 valid signatures is evidence that Mainers support same-day registration.

"We think that is a good indication," he said.

He argued the survey asked respondents "loaded" questions.

Volunteers are expected to begin knocking on doors and making phone calls as early as Monday.

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Free beer isn't part of equation at house show on Poland Street Editor’s note: In his “Sounds of the City” music column, Will Ethridge wrote on Sept. 9, “Sometimes the best shows don’t even happen at music venues.

I’m talking about house shows — that wonderful hybrid of a party and a concert, where the equipment is cheap, the booze is free, and the energy level is high....” He then listed the “House Show to See: Jakob Battick’s Bloodworm Orchestra @ Poland Street, Oct. 15, 6 p.m.”

Editor, I am writing in regard to an article covering “house shows” in Portland (Will Everitt’s music column, “Sounds of the City” on Sept. 9). I live at the house that is mentioned in the article and I, and everyone who lives here, would like to express that we never have free booze or a “cooler full of beer.”

If a person 21 and wants to bring some beers to our house for themselves, that’s fine, we don’t hate drinking — drinking is fun. What we do hate is when people get drunk and act like loud idiots on our porch and make our neighbors mad. We’ve had complaints from our neighbors about various acts of drunken idiocy disturbing their peace, and we really don’t condone or appreciate that kind of behavior.

If someone wants to drink at one of our shows, and they’re of age, fine — but they’d better not act like loud, drunk, mess. One of the things about house shows is that they are HOUSE shows, which means they are at someone’s home so be courteous. We’re grateful to Will for saying such kind words about our house, and we’re not upset about the article at all, we just wanted to make it clear that this isn’t “Animal House.”

Have a ton of fun, The Krakow House Portland

Stealing may be a symptom of deeper childhood issues Editor, I am responding to the article “Other People’s Property” by Maggie Knowles (in The Portland Daily Sun, the column ran as “Advice for Dealing with Stealing Kids,” Wednesday opinion section).

One day I noticed that money was missing from my purse. I am a rather disorganized person, so I assumed I had either misplaced it or spent it and see LETTERS page 5

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Another 40 on the road to oblivion I couldn’t even begin to imagine closing down a newspaper with a circulation of twenty-two thousand subscribers in the immediate greater Portland area, but that is what occurred on February 1, 1991 when the Evening Express left the local media machine for good under the headline “Goodbye.”

Circulation was on the decrease, it was argued. Why publish a hyper-local paper when the Express’ sister publication, the Press Herald, was publishing a state-wide paper with a reach from Kittery straight on up to Bangor? Better, they could merge the Express newsroom into one and put out a product that was all things to all subscribers, and save a little money in the meantime.

The Express was a relic of turnof-the-twentieth century newspapering that occurred in cities across the country. Then, cities of all sizes were host to multiple daily newspapers representing a whole spectrum of views. The Press Herald itself is the result of a merger between the Portland Press and the Herald Advertiser.

I believe the newspaper industry, as well as the economy in

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general is returning to the local ideology of those earlier times.

In decline since 2007, the large regional newspaper model has told its own story in a slew of dismal headlines. Yesterday’s announcement that the Press Herald was eliminating 40 jobs was no exception. It’s truly a shame and didn’t need to happen.

Just like the current downturn we’re experiencing as a nation, the downturn in the newspaper industry started as far back as thirty years ago. Decisions that took what were local, sustainable papers and turned them into the infinite growth machines they became by expanding their reach both geographically and editorially have plateaued. First came the geographic expansions of the 1970s. Papers would go further and further away from their home bases, adding motor routes

to service new subscribers until they were as far as they could go and be deliverable by seven in the morning. Soon, regional distribution centers were opened across the paper’s new regions to centralize the management of all the new routes.

A few years after the routes were established, the editorial expansions began. Former local, but now regional newspapers opened bureau after bureau and staffed them with reporters and support personnel. Indeed, some of the best local reporting came out of regional newspapers in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Sure, the papers had lost focus on their original urban cores, but the honey pot was where the mall was, proof of which is on display here locally on Spring Street in SoPo, where in 1989 the Press Herald built its cavernous printing facility with the intention of moving their entire operation there. The city of Portland somehow convinced them not to abandon their downtown offices, however. The paper remained there until just last year. The South Portland facility sits largely unused to this day. see SPOFFORD page 5

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Five-year high school is Band-Aid to gushing wound A task force has been created by Governor Lepage to look at how to successfully implement a five-year high school problem in the state. His vision, which samples concepts from the North Carolina school system, would be to have the opportunity for students to take college courses alongside high school level classes through the curriculum. This would require one more year of study. Each student through that program would leave high school not only with a diploma, but also an Associate’s Degree.

On paper this looks great. If I had the opportunity in high school to earn a degree I might have taken it. During my senior year at Thornton Academy, I went through USM’s Early Studies Program and earned 12 college credits before I graduated, but I was the exception not the rule.

Many of my fellow peers weren’t as proactive in their education whether it be for struggling in high school level classes or not wanting to burden their personal lives with more future career’ worry. The issue with the fiveyear program is that the students who

Justin Chenette ––––– Daily Sun Columnist are already doing well and on the right track will take the opportunity and the students who are struggling will just continue to fall through the cracks. The mechanisms for helping those students should be the priority.

Either way this gets to a larger issue about what the problems are in our education system. The fact that politicians in Augusta are taking some time to actually ponder these complicated matters is a step in the right direction, but what is needed moving forward is just a simple conversation with students and business leaders.

Students do not see the connection between what they are learning in the classroom to the real world experience. That real world is finding a job in an economic climate that is already

strapped for hiring new college graduates let alone high school diploma earners. I completed multiple internships while in high school, but many don’t and it’s not a requirement to graduate. True, there are some training programs working with schools or built right into the school itself, but not all areas have that. Skills pay the bills and if young people don’t have the skills then organizations will skip right over them to someone who does.

College preparation is important, but it is not the only thing we should be focusing on. There are students who graduate high school that can’t balance a check book, don’t know how to register to vote, can’t speak in front of groups, and, in the most saddest of examples, can’t effectively read or write at their age level.

I haven’t even mentioned the potential costs of adding another year of education to a social program that many like to make cuts in year after year. What happens to the students who go to schools in northern Maine that can’t afford textbooks or laptops while students in southern Maine

might have more opportunities based on the tax base?

Let’s start solving the curriculum problems and let’s start shoring up the educational disparities between northern and southern Maine before we simply leave a majority of students in the cold while the go-getters get another boost up.

First suggestion would be to actually include students in the task force. They are the ones being directly impacted and are in the classroom everyday on the receiving end of a school system that supposedly prides itself on not leaving children behind.

(Justin Chenette is a TV host of “Youth in Politics” airing on WPME Sundays at 7 a.m. and WPXT at 8:30 a.m. He is a former member of the Maine State Board of Education and is currently attending Lyndon State College majoring in broadcast news.

Follow him on Twitter @justinchenette, like him on Facebook.com/ JustinChenetteOfficial, and visit his website at justinchenette.com.)

One night she woke up from a nightmare, sitting upright in her bed, screaming LETTERS from page 4

just forgot about it. But after this happened repeatedly, and no longer doubting my sanity, I was truly short of cash. I’m talking hundreds of dollars over a period of several weeks.

I hated to think it, but I suspected one of my children. So I “planted” some cash in the purse and hid, and sure enough, I caught my daughter, age 7, in the act. I wanted to know why, but there were no answers. She told us she was using the money to buy candy. That’s a lot of candy! Over the past month she had complained of stomach aches, and now I thought I knew why. Fortunately we did not respond with the “Jail Fear Factor” mentioned in the article.

One night she woke up from a nightmare, sitting upright in her bed, screaming, “I don’t want! I don’t want!” I tried to calm her down and the next morning she had no recollection of the nightmare.

Because I was so puzzled by her kleptomania I consulted her pediatrician and a child psychologist.

Neither were helpful.

One day my daughter was undressing for a bath and I noticed bruises on her lower groin and upper thighs. Alarmed, and not receiving an answer as to their cause, I took my daughter to our pediatrician.

He spoke with my daughter and she must have been very convincing, because he reassured me that this was from her swinging round and round on some metal rails that were part of an outdoor fencing banister.

Then, about a month later, a woman who was my neighbor knocked on our door. She wanted to warn me: her daughter, also 7, had come running to her mother to tell her that another neighbor, a man in his 50s, had fondled the little girl and asked her to remove her panties.

Suddenly, with tragic awareness, the mysterious events of the past few months all made sense.

Please alert your readers that while a one-time stealing incident may be a usual childhood “event,” it might also be a cry for help. I cannot tell you how helpless I felt, not to mention what a failure I felt as a parent, that I had been unable to protect my daughter, and that she had been too frightened to

approach us with her “secret” when she needed us most.

This terrible time in our lives took place 25 years ago. My daughter has since gone on to happily marry. She is a wonderful mother to her many children. She is a teacher in a girls’ middle and high school. We have a wonderful, loving relationship, and she has definitely “moved on” with her life and other than educating her children as to an awareness of child sexual abuse and how to respond, she has put the past behind her. We know people are often traumatized for life from such things, so we feel very very blessed indeed.

I was surprised that other than stating that a child may want “attention,” none of the “experts” cited in the article mentioned the possibility of sexual abuse.

Please, if your child steals or exhibits any other behavior that is out of character, realize it might be a symptom of something much more serious.

Feel free to publish this, but please maintain my anonymity.

A Maine resident

Newspapers would go further and further away from their home bases SPOFFORD from page 4

All of these decisions served the infinite growth beast that until 2008 was our economy. The expansions served to increase ad sales and subscriber growth right up until the best year regional newspapers will ever experience with regard to revenue came and went, 2006.

Then the e-brake was applied to the idea of infinite growth, and with it a whole slew of other industries. Papers that had grown ten-fold in a relatively short amount of time were forced to cut back dramatically. They did so in the exact opposite direction they grew. First the bureaus were closed and editorial staff members were laid off.

Then came the catch-22. I was sitting in my car in a parking lot in Bangor at 1:30 in the morning on a Sunday four years ago waiting for the truck carrying the Sunday Telegram to arrive after having lost a coin toss to cover for the vacationing Bangor area circulation manager. The truck arrived, carrying 700 papers that were to be handed out to twentyfive different carriers for delivery. The routes that

originated from that parking lot stretched from Bar Harbor all the way to Houlton.

I sat there and just shook my head thinking about the average revenue of $1.25 per paper versus what we were forced to compensate the carriers, which at the time was an average of nearly two dollars.

I would return to the Press Herald building armed with Power Points explaining why these routes needed to end, if for anything else to stop the bleeding of red ink. But we couldn’t stop them. The paper had grown too big. We needed every bit of circulation we could scrape together, to continue to charge the ad rates that supported the operation. Even as subscribers disappeared from routes, we would still have to deliver them, I was told.

Now, carriers on rural routes at regional papers across the country are being compensated to deliver newspapers at rates that exceed revenue even closer to their cores as their own coverage cutbacks and internet competition for regional and state news eats away at subscriber bases. Add to that the ever increasing cost of fuel to transport long distances, and you have a recipe for disas-

ter. The mistakes, decisions and big dreams of the baby-boomer newspapermen have come crashing down around them, and they still haven’t come to terms with the new reality that is on the horizon for newspapers, industry and the economy in general best stated by author James Howard Kunstler in this paper Tuesday: “to contract, deglobalize, downscale, and go local.”

So the layoffs at large regional newspapers, including the one in our own backyard, will continue. The times that allowed for anything in our economy that was large in scale are drawing to an abrupt close. I wonder now after the inevitable closure of some of the larger papers, if executives will be able to look back and see how things might have been different if they maintained their original turn of the twentieth century local sustainable model? Things would certainly be different.

You might even be reading the Express right now.

(Jeffrey S. Spofford manages circulation for the hyper-local Portland Daily Sun and can be reached by emailing jspofford@maine.rr.com.)

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SPORTS ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FAR LEFT: Deering High School is 2-0 to start the 2011 season under Jon Gallant.

LEFT: Gallant, works the sidelines in a game against Windham.

“When you play in this conference, you expect to have a tough game every week,” he said of the Southern Maine Athletics Association.

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Deering keeps winning with new coach "It was great to start 1-0," said Gallant. "We played a pretty good game.

To be honest the new coach thing really never entered my mind. I really could care less about that stuff. I just want to teach these kids and have them enjoy football as much as I do."

Week two was a little more challenging. Deering had to hang on late to beat Windham 28-20. "I've always said year in and year out, the best

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Deering opened the season with a 41-8 thrashing of Noble. It was Gallant's first game as a head coach anywhere.

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row. They will host Portland, Thornton Academy and Scarbrough, before closing out the season against Bonny Eagle and Cheverus. The Rams have twelve starters returning from a team Tonight that finished 8-3 and lost to Cheverus Deering at Kennebunk 7 p.m. by one point in the Class A West Gorham at Portland 7 p.m. title game. One starter who did not Cape Elizabeth at Lake Region return was quarterback Jamie Ross.

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"All we are concerned about is Deering, not anyone else," said Galllant. football in the state is played in the "We just focus on how we can make SMAA," said Gallant. "The record Deering better and then prepare for speaks for itself. When you play in and play whoever is up next in our this conference, you expect to have a way." tough game every week."

Gallant took over for longtime DeerThat will be the case again when the ing coach Greg Stilphen. He stepped Rams try to improve to a perfect 3-0 down at Deering last spring after fourFriday at 7 p.m. Deering will be on teen seasons. Gallant was a defensive the road to take on some other Rams coordinator under Stilphen for nine of at Kennebunk High School. those seasons and also played for Stil"Every game we will play this season phen as a player at Massabesic. To will be tough," said Gallant. "They say Gallant has some big shoes to fill are 1-1, and what I've seen, they are would be an understatement. getting better each week. They are "He is a good friend of mine and a well coached and have good athletes. great coach," said Gallant. "EveryWe will have to do a good job on both thing I learned when it comes to footsides of the ball to come out on top." ball, I learned from Greg. It is an After the game against Kennebunk, honor to coach at Deering, but I felt I was next in line here."

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Voters approved the switch to elected mayor, use of ranked choice voting RANKINGS from page one

during a demonstration on ranked choice voting at City Hall.

He added, “The rules are very simple: rank the candidates in order of choice, rank them sincerely, and don’t give more than one ranking to one candidate,” said Kleppner, whose company has overseen ranked-choice voting elections in Aspen, Colo., and Cambridge, Mass., among others.

In other words, voters should focus solely on ranking each candidate until they no longer care who wins. If a voter wants to rank three candidates, that’s fine. If they want to rank all 15 candidates that’s fine, too.

Kleppner was at City Hall for several demonstrations on ranked choice voting, which Portland voters will use for the first time this fall to elect the mayor.

Voters approved the switch to elected mayor and use of ranked choice voting to pick that mayor, during a 2010 referendum. But with election day less than two months away, many voters still aren't sure how the system works. And with 15 candidates running, ranked choice voting becomes even murkier for many voters.

In a nutshell, here is how ranked choice voting works: Candidates are ranked by voters on election day. Assuming there is no majority, the candidate with the fewest first-choice votes will be eliminated after the initial vote count, and those ballots will be re-tabulated to the voter’s second-choice candidate.

Successive rounds of candidate elimination and retabulation will continue until one candidate receives a majority.

In Portland, if a candidate gets a majority on Nov. 8, the race is over and the winner will be known that day. If not, Kleppner’s firm will tally the votes on Nov. 9 to determine a winner.

Other city races will not be decided by this format.

The winners of city council seats and school board positions will be whichever candidate gets the most votes.

Kleppner admits there are plenty of misconceptions about ranked choice voting. For instance, he said there is no way for a voter to “game" the system, because a first-place vote is a first-place vote, and so on, up to 15. A vote counts the same whether a voter

ranks one candidate or 15.

Also, he said that voters shouldn’t worry about “hurting” their first choice candidate by ranking multiple candidates. That's becuase subsequent choices only get counted when a voter’s first choice is eliminated.

Most important of all, he says, is that voters pick only one candidate for a first choice. If more than one is chosen, the city will have no way to determine voter intent and the ballot will be thrown out. That said, he noted it was likely that the ballot box would reject a ballot with two first choices, which would allow the voter to reconsider any selections.

Kleppner’s firm was hired by the city to assist with ranked choice voting at a cost of $22,000, in addition to the normal costs of running an election, said City Clerk Kathy Jones. She said hiring TrueBallot was about $60,000 cheaper than buying new machines and software to conduct the ranked choice tabulations with city staff.

As for the handful of candidates that attended Kleppner’s afternoon session, he had some advice, but not much.

Contrary to what some candidates (and no doubt many voters) believe, second choices are only valuable to a candidate if they receive as many or more first choice votes. The reason being that candidates need first choice votes to avoid being eliminated during the instant runoff.

“You cannot win by being everyone’s second choice,” he said.

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“It helps to be out in the community ... to be a straight shooter” and demonstrate to voters “that you are going to work for them everyday” even if they don’t choose you first, he said.

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For more information on ranked choice voting, or on the upcoming mayoral race, visit maine.theleague.com/ranked-choice-voting. A section on the city’s website also has information on the process at portlandvoters.com.

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Friday, Sept. 16 Constitution Day at UMaine School of Law noon to 1:10 p.m. The University of Maine School of Law will celebrate Constitution Day with a lecture by Professor Margaret Burnham titled “Public Memory and the Civil Rights Era: Cold Cases, Truth Projects, Apologies and Monuments.” The lecture will be held in the Moot Court Room, School of Law, Deering Avenue, Portland. This event is free and open to the public. “Burnham is a professor of law at Northeastern University. She is a noted expert in civil and human rights, comparative constitutional rights and international criminal law. Burnham is the founder of Northeastern’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project. Previously, she has served as an attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, as an associate justice on the Boston Municipal Court and a partner in a Boston-based civil rights firm.” For more information, contact the School of Law at 780-4344.

Book Signing with Eric Hopkins 5 p.m. Portland Museum of Art. “Meet artist Eric Hopkins at the Museum Store and have him sign your copy of his new book Eric Hopkins: Above and Beyond (published by Down East Books, $50).”

‘The Princess of Montpensier’ 6:30 p.m. “In ‘The Princess of Montpensier,’ acclaimed filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier directs a spectacular cast in a riveting, lush romantic drama set in the high courts of 16th-century France. Against the backdrop of the savage Catholic/Protestant wars, Marie de Mézières (Mélanie Thierry), a beautiful young aristocrat, finds herself married to a young prince (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Love Songs) she does not love, haunted by a rakish suitor (Gaspard Ulliel, A Very Long Engagement) from her childhood, and advised by an aging nobleman (Lambert Wilson, Of Gods and Men) harboring his own forbidden desire for her. The Princess of Montpensier must struggle passionately to stay alive in the intrigue of this corrupt political and romantic web of duty, passion, religion, and war. In French with English subtitles.” Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art. Also Sunday at 2 p.m.

‘Art’ at Freeport Factory Stage 7:30 p.m. “Art,” written by celebrated French playwright Yasmina Reza and 1999 Tony Award winner for best play.

A story about three men whose friendship is tested when one of them purchases an expensive work of abstract art. Featuring Chris Newcomb, Joe McGrann and local favorite James Noel Hoban under agreement with Actors’ Equity. Performances run through Sunday, Oct. 2, Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and one matinee at 2 p.m. on Oct. 2. Tickets are $15/$12 seniors and students and are available through our website: www.freeportfactory.com, 865-5505. The Freeport Factory Stage is located at 5 Depot St., downtown Freeport, one block east of L.L. Bean.

‘The Foreigner’ in Freeport 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15 to Oct. 2, Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport. Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Preview performance Thursday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Comedy by Larry Shue. Characters in a small Southern town must deal with a stranger who (they think) knows no English. Nonstop hilarity and a wildly funny climax in which the “bad guys” are bamboozled and the “good guys” emerge triumphant. Advance tickets available online at www.fcponline.org/tix.htm or at Freeport Community Center Thrift Store, 43 Depot St., during their regular business hours. FMI: www.fcponline.org or 865-2220. Freeport Performing Arts Center also announces auditions for WFCP Home Time Radio Hour, Sept. 25 and 26, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Middle School, 19 Kendall Lane, Freeport. Roles for singers and actors in this old-time radio variety show. www.fcponline.org or 865-2220

Bad Dog Barks 8 p.m. A night of staged readings of comedic, tragic and tragi-comedic short plays by Seth Berner at Lucid Stage.

Benefit for Lucid Stage, suggested donation; $10/$8 for seniors and students; call 899-3993 for tickets.

Saturday, Sept. 17 Quimby Colony $5 meal 9 a.m. to noon. Quimby Colony, 769 Congress St., Portland, features an event by Slow Food Portland and Jonah Fertig of Local Sprouts: a $5 meal. “We’ll be gathering at Quimby Colony’s (located in the old Roma Restaurant) new renovated kitchen facility, everyone will put $5 into a spending pool, we’ll walk down to the Saturday Farmer’s Market in Deering Oaks Park, buy locally grown ingredients, and then come back and together cook a delicious $5 lunch for everyone. Jonah Fertig of Local Sprouts Cooperative and Cafe will lead the market shopping expedition and lunch preparation.”

Naya’s Trance celebrates its 10th anniversary on Saturday. The event is at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Maine Buddy Program Training at the Cancer Community Center 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Cancer Community Center seeks cancer survivors and co-survivors (partners, parents, and family members of cancer patients as well as those who have lost a loved one to cancer) who would like to use their own experience to help others. The Center is offering a Maine Buddy Program Training at the Cancer Community Center, 778 Main St. in South Portland. Lunch will be provided and pre-registration is required. Cancer survivors and co-survivors should be at least six months out of their own cancer experience or loss in order to be trained to be a Maine Buddy. Pre-registration for this training is required. To learn more about this training or ways to become involved with the Maine Buddy Program, contact Jani Darak-Druck at 774-2200 or jani@CancerCommunityCenter.org.

PRLT Annual Meeting & Outdoor Family Walk 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Presumpscot Regional Land Trust will host a program from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; guided walk begins at 11:15 a.m. at Randall Orchards, 1 Randall Road, Standish. From 9 a.m. to 9:45, a.m., refreshments, introductory presentation, PRLT business meeting; 9:45 a.m. to 10 a.m., overview of PRLT programs in 2011-2012; 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., Randall Orchard Protection Effort Presentation; 10:45 a.m. to 11 a.m., Q&A; 11 a.m., refreshments; 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., guided walk on the Randall property.

Apple picking and farmstand will be open. Cider and baked goods will be served. “Come enjoy this beautiful property with others in your community. Learn about this conservation effort in Standish and Gorham. FMI: contact Tania at prlandtrust@yahoo.com.”

Mad Horse Theatre Family Fun Day 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company is putting out a call for crafters for a Family Fun Day on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St., South Portland. The event will run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine.

There is a large, recently paved parking lot surrounding the entire facility, and we will also have food, games, and facepainting and special fx makeup booths for kids and adults alike. The charge to participate is $25, and participants provide their own tables and displays.

Chair Taping Workshop 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Shakers pioneered the use of cloth tape for chair/stool seating and visitors can learn the same traditional method at a Chair Taping Workshop to be held at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester. Fee: $35. Pre-registration required. 926-4597, usshakers@aol.com.

Open Lighthouse Day 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The third annual Maine Open Lighthouse Day will take place, rain or shine, with many of the state’s coastal, island and river lighthouses planning to welcome the public. “Eighteen thousand people visited 25 open light stations during last year’s event, and 5,000 people climbed

up light towers for the lantern room view. The event is coordinated by the U.S. Coast Guard, in partnership with the Maine Office of Tourism and the American Lighthouse Foundation. It is the largest event of its kind in the country.

Maine lighthouse fans can learn about participating lights and share their Lighthouse Day plans on the new event Facebook page at www.facebook.com/MaineOpenLighthouseDay.” Most lighthouses will be open to visitors from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for guided or self-guided tours of keeper’s houses and light towers. Some light stations will have limited accessibility or special restrictions. For details about visitor hours, fees, activities and transportation to each participating lighthouse, visit www.lighthouseday.com or contact the friends group of an individual light.

13th annual Fall in the Village Art Festival 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ”View the works of talented artists from Maine and New England ... ... all in the artistic setting of a historical coastal Maine village.” Live music showcased on the L.L. Bean Discovery Park Stage all day. Discovery Park on the L.L. Bean campus. www.freeportusa.com/artfestival.html

Fourth Annual Touch a Truck 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Gateway Shoppes at Scarborough will host the Fourth Annual Touch a Truck to benefit the Maine Chapter of the March of Dimes. Join hundreds of local families as they experience a variety of exciting vehicles from around the region. Dump trucks, racecars, fire trucks and classic cars are just a few of many types of vehicles that will be at the event. The event will be held at the The Gateway Shoppes at Scarborough, (Exit 42 off the Maine Turnpike and home of Cabela’s) rain or shine. Touch a Truck, sponsored by Hannaford, AAA Northern New England, The Maroon Group LLC, and Bill Dodge Auto Group, gives children the opportunity to touch, sit in and experience these awesome vehicles up close and personally. Admission is $5 per person and free for children under the age of 2. Funds will directly benefit the March of Dimes. Children will not be admitted without an adult. In addition, Touch-A-Truck will feature children’s entertainment, raffles, and refreshments.

Third Annual Family Jamboree in Wells 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Third Annual Falmily Jamboree is sponsored by the Wells Chamber of Commerce. Come join the family fun at the Spiller Farm. There will be hayrides, music, farm games, apple pickin’, food, crafters, kids area and more. Spriller Farm, 1054 Branch Road (Route 9A) Wells. www.wellschamber.org

St. Dominic’s Reunion at Maine Irish Heritage Center noon to 4 p.m. St. Dominic’s Reunion at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland. Buffet served at 1 p.m. “This will be a great opportunity to see former classmates, parishioners, and share your memories All are welcomed. To reserve your place at $25 each send check made payable to: St. Dominic’s Reunion/MIHC, P.O. Box 7588, Portland, ME 04112.” www.maineirish.com see EVENTS page 14

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, September 16, 2011— Page 9

Workers find appreciation in downtown event

BY BOB STEPHENS SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

At 7:30 a.m. Thursday, the aroma of fresh brew wafted in the morning air over Tommy’s Park and Monument Square, luring downtown’s working class to strategically placed tents. Baristas awaited sidetracked lawyers, real estate barons, retail clerks, and even media-types. Smiling volunteers from area businesses ushered workers toward free caffine, milk, muffins and brownies; and offered swag bags overflowing with complimentary perks from city businesses. It was Portland Downtown Worker Appreciation Day once again.

“It’s great that [Portland] comes out to support workers in the city — we make it go,” said Heather Burleigh-Sickles, a traffic manager at Citadel Broadcasting. “It’s good to feel appreciated."

Every May and September, a unique partnership between Portland Downtown District and Buy Local celebrates urban businesses and rewards downtown employees with a pat on the back to get their day started. In an economy that is battering companies and forcing organizations to do more with less, many employees are feeling underappreciated and overworked, officials noted, and this thank you from city organizations who appreciate their efforts is a welcomed break in routine on their way to work.

Beyond Coffe By Design 20 min. to and Bard coffee, and pastries from 2 Fat Cats and Bam Bam bakeries, Buy Local’s message was conveyed with city-based gift bags for all. Bangor Saving Bank branch manager June Usher recorded names while she handed out gift bags emblazoned with her bank’s logo. $137,400 “Portland is the biggest city in Maine, but it’s still a small community,” Usher said. “It’s great to appreciate the people that keep it vibrant.”

Location, location, location. The real estate adage is not lost on the PDD as a third white tipped tent opened in front of the red

bricked Portland Museum of Art to greet the Arts District in Congress Square at 8:30. The Spa at the Portland Regency Hotel had massage therapist Mandy Perry, offering a sirens’ song: “It’s only five minutes” Perry offered, “think how much more productive you’ll be for the rest of the day.”

Tokens of appreciation donated from employers included coupons from an array of area businesses, candy from Reny’s, snacks from K. Horton and Portland Fruit & Nut Company and free copies of magazines and local publications.

Renewed spirit and laughter were shared across ages and professions in these pocket oases among Portland workers.

(Bob Stephens is the pseudonym of a local artist who follows economic development and the cultural scene.)

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By Holiday Mathis doesn’t matter who deserves what.

Results have more to do with cause and effect and the way energy is exchanged. Put moral judgments aside, and observe what is working and what isn’t.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

What you say won’t make sense to a lot of people. But it will be understood by the one who is on your wavelength.

It will be reassuring to know that others think like you sometimes.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). No matter what the problem is, it can be looked at in a different way. Perspective is a powerful tool that makes small things big and big things small. Move around until your problem appears to be of manageable scale.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You are a social person and will be motivated by the attention you get from others. You have a special way of interacting that gives both you and the other person more energy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

What many mistake for freedom is just another cage made from different materials. True freedom is hard to come by. In some way, you may feel restricted by liberties you claimed long ago.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 16).

You will resist authoritative control, recognizing that you are ready to lead your own journey. You will turn a profit in your dealings precisely because your offerings are equitable and realistic.

November features social excitement.

January begins a most satisfying labor of love. Capricorn and Gemini people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 3, 20, 48 and 46.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Try to be patient with yourself. You may think that you’re underperforming, but this is probably because you’re not looking at the entire scope of what you do on a daily basis. Give yourself a break.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). People try to get away with the silliest things, but you won’t stand for it. In some ways, you’re the judge and enforcer.

Someone needs to uphold the laws of common decency.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The person, place or thing you are looking for may not want to be found. Stop searching, and consider that life might be perfect in this moment with exactly what you already have.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You have been loyal. You’ve encouraged another person and earned his or her trust. In the course of one day, you have the power to make or break your solid record.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Most of what you’ll do you’ll do alone. But don’t worry if you happen to be outnumbered by the other team. What you lack in support, you make up for in raw talent, energy and ambition.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You are very close to being finished with a project, though you wouldn’t know it by the look of things. The final stages seem like total disarray, but in the last moment, things shape up nicely.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Powerful people are not impervious to flattery.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2011. There are 106 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 16, 1810, Mexicans were inspired to begin their ultimately successful revolt against Spanish rule by Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and his “Grito de Dolores (Cry of Dolores).”

On this date: In 1498, Tomas de Torquemada, notorious for his role in the Spanish Inquisition, died in Avila, Spain.

In 1893, more than 100,000 settlers swarmed onto a section of land in Oklahoma known as the “Cherokee Strip.”

In 1908, General Motors was founded in Flint, Mich., by William C. Durant.

In 1910, Bessica Medlar Raiche of Mineola, N.Y., made the first accredited solo airplane flight by a woman in the United States.

In 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Selective Training and Service Act. In 1953, “The Robe,” the first movie presented in the widescreen process CinemaScope, had its world premiere at the Roxy Theater in New York.

In 1982, the massacre of hundreds of Palestinian men, women and children by Israeli-allied Lebanese militiamen began in west Beirut’s Sabra and Chatilla refugee camps.

One year ago: Pope Benedict XVI began a controversial state visit to Britain, acknowledging the Catholic Church had failed to act decisively or quickly enough to deal with priests who rape and molest children.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Janis Paige is 89. Actress Lauren Bacall is 87. Blues singer B.B. King is 86. Clergyman-author Rev. Robert H. Schuller is 85. Actor George Chakiris is 79. Movie director Jim McBride is 70. Actress Linda Miller is 69. Rhythmand-blues singer Betty Kelly is 67. Musician Kenney Jones is 63. Actress Susan Ruttan is 63. Rock musician Ron Blair is 63. Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 62. Country singer David Bellamy is 61. Country singer-songwriter Phil Lee is 60. Actor-comedian Lenny Clarke is 58. Actor Kurt Fuller is 58. Jazz musician Earl Klugh is 58. Actor Christopher Rich is 58. Singer Frank Reed is 57. TV personality Mark McEwen is 57. Baseball Hall of Famer Robin Yount is 56. Actor Mickey Rourke is 55. Magician David Copperfield is 55.

Country singer-songwriter Terry McBride is 53. Actress Jennifer Tilly is 53. Actress Jayne Brook is 51. Singer Richard Marx is 48. Comedian Molly Shannon is 47. Singer Marc Anthony is 43. Comedian-actress Amy Poehler is 40. Country singer Matt Stillwell is 36. Singer Musiq is 34. Actress Alexis Bledel is 30. Actress Sabrina Bryan is 27. Actress Madeline Zima is 26. Actress Kyla Pratt is 25. Rock singer Teddy Geiger is 23. Rock singer-musician Nick Jonas is 19.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I am having an argument with my husband and need an impartial opinion.

My daughter, 19, has been dating “Thad,” 21, for four years. Thad recently admitted that he cheated on her, and now she is breaking up with him. She discussed it with me and then sent him a text message that it was over. He texted her multiple times, but she didn’t respond. He wants to get back together and keeps calling her, sometimes keeping her up at night arguing about it.

Thad walked over to our house, and when my daughter said she didn’t want to see him, my husband sent him away. My husband then immediately blocked Thad’s phone numbers from all of our cellphones, and the next day, he blocked the boy’s mother’s phone number, as well. He told my younger children to call the police if Thad comes over.

I told my husband his reaction was extreme, and now he’s furious with me. He thinks I’m taking Thad’s side and not protecting our daughter. I think this is her first boyfriend, and she needs to know how to break up with someone -how to express her feelings, say it’s over, hang up a phone and not answer annoying texts or emails. Thad is not a violent kid. He’s just hoping my daughter will reconsider. Now my younger children are afraid they will have to call the cops if he comes over.

I don’t think my daughter is learning anything when Daddy takes over. He says I don’t live in the real world. Do you think my husband’s actions are extreme? -- Want My Daughter To Be a Strong Woman Dear Want: Yes. We understand his desire to protect his daughter, but he should not be swooping in to handle the unpleasant parts of her love life. It is her responsibility to tell Thad that it’s over, in person, and with conviction. The choice to block his calls belongs to her. Of course, there is

the very rare ex-boyfriend who becomes a stalker and potentially dangerous. If your daughter believes the situation could get violent, she should not see Thad without others present. Daddy should back off and let her grow up. If she needs his help, she will ask for it.

Dear Annie: My husband and I are one of four couples in our early 70s who have been friends forever. Recently, one of the men approached the other three women in the group for fun and sex. The three of us immediately told our husbands, who had words with the man. Everyone knows but the unsuspecting wife.

The problem now is that six of us can’t stand to be near the man and feel so guilty about keeping this secret from his wife. She will certainly feel betrayed by us when she finds out. What is our alternative? -- Naive in the Midwest Dear Naive: There is another possibility -- this man may have had a small stroke or may be showing early signs of dementia. In some instances, these things interfere with keeping one’s inhibitions intact. Tell his wife that her husband’s behavior has seemed “off” to you, and urge her to get him to the doctor.

Dear Annie: I agree with your response to “Detroit, Mich.,” who suffers from depression. I am an 18-year-old girl and have severe depression and have attempted suicide multiple times. I, too, was scared to talk to school counselors, friends and family because I believed they would think I was crazy.

It wasn’t until recently that I told my parents how I’ve been feeling. It was hard to do, but worth it. I now have the support of my parents and friends. I receive counseling and am on an antidepressant. You should be able to rely on the people you love the most. -- Longview, Wash.

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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by Scott Stantis

Wanted felon caught in Gorham after foot chase A 29-year-old Gorham man sought by Gorham and Windham police departments on multiple charges was captured Wednesday, officials said.

Michael McGraw was arrested in Gorham after a brief foot pursuit on College Avenue, according to police. He had two active felony warrants.

He was being sought on charges for eluding an officer, speeding in excess of 30 mph, driving to endanger, OUI, two counts of illegal possession of a firearm, operating after suspension, burglary, four separate counts of theft Michael McGraw and criminal mischief.

McGraw fled on foot after police attempted to stop a vehicle they suspected he was a passenger in, said Sgt. Dana Thompson, of the Gorham Police Department.

“We spent quite a bit of man hours looking for him,” he said. “We’ve been looking for him since July 28.”

He was being held at the Cumberland County Jail on $35,000 cash bail.

— Staff Report

C.I.A. kills top Qaeda operative in drone strike WASHINGTON (NY TIMES) — An armed drone operated by the Central Intelligence Agency this week killed a top Qaeda operative responsible for plotting terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, two American officials said on Thursday.

The killing of Abu Hafs al-Shariri occurred Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. It is the latest strike in the C.I.A.’s campaign of targeted killings of Qaeda operatives that has intensified under the Obama administration.

The strike comes less than a month after a C.I.A. drone killed Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, a Libyan who was promoted to become Al Qaeda’s second-ranking operative after the death of Osama bin Laden in May. The C.I.A. in recent months has also killed Ilyas Kashmiri, a Pakistani militant commander who worked closely with Al Qaeda’s leadership.

Little is known publicly about Mr. Shariri, a Saudi whom a senior administration official said acted as a liaison between Al Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban, the group that has directed a wave of attacks against Pakistani government installations and hotels frequented by Westerners. According to an Interpol alert, Mr. Shariri was 33.

The C.I.A. drone campaign has strained America’s relationship with Pakistan, even though top leaders in Islamabad have tacitly blessed the operations.

The pace of the drone strikes appears to have left the cadre of Qaeda operatives in Pakistan reeling, and American intelligence officials now believe that Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen is a more potent threat than the “core” group of operatives hiding in Pakistan.

A second American official called Sunday’s strike “another blow at the core of Al Qaeda” because Mr. Shariri had been set to take on a more prominent role inside the organization after the death of Mr. Rahman, and because Al Qaeda is having ever greater trouble replenishing its senior ranks.

“The loss of their chief of operations in Pakistan, an individual who played a key operational and administrative role for the group, will pose a challenge for Zawahiri,” said the official, referring to Al Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahri.

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Auditions for ‘The Wandering Beggar’ 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. An original adaptation of Solomon Simon’s ”The Wandering Beggar” or “The Adventures of Simple Schmerel” on Sept. 17 and 18 at the Acorn Studios, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., 90 Bridge St. in Westbrook. Performance date Friday through Sunday, Dec. 2-Dec.18. There is a stipend for actors. To audition, sign up at www.acorn-productions. org or call 854-0065 for an audition appointment.

Walk for Chiari awareness in Payson Park 2 p.m. Walk to raise money for research and awareness of Chiari to be held in Payson Park. Join the annual walk for Chiari Malformation to raise money for research and awareness. Chiari Malformation (Arnold-Chiari) is a serious neurological disorder where the bottom part of the brain, the cerebellum, descends out of the skull and crowds the spinal cord, putting pressure on both the brain and spine and causing many symptoms, causing many misdiagnoses. For info phone 829-6361.

2011 Portland Museum of Art Auction 5 p.m. Portland Museum of Art. Doors open at 5 p.m. Silent Auction and Cocktail Party: $75. Live Auction and Dinner: $125 (ticket includes admission to Silent Auction as well).

At the PMA. “The evening will feature a Live Auction of 20 extraordinary items with Auctioneer Tom Saturley and a Silent Auction of 200 fabulous items from categories such as Art, Dining and Edibles, Jewelry, Home & Garden, Excursions and Entertainment, and Antiques and Collectibles.” http://www.portlandmuseum.org

Moon Festival 5 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Chinese and American Friendship Association of Maine will hold its annual Moon Festival, Woodford’s Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St. (off Forest Avenue/Route 302); potluck dinner (please bring a dish to share). Moon cakes tasting Guzheng music, songs and recital of poems with a moon’s theme (performers welcome).

On Saturday, Oct. 1 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Eastern Cemetery at 224 Congress St. is the site of a book launch for “Mercy: The Last New England Vampire” with award-winning author Sarah L. Thomson. The event marks the release of her new young adult novel. Take a “Dead Girl” tour of the cemetery, led by cemetery caretakers Spirits Alive. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

Naya’s Trance marks 10 years

information visit www.winewiseevents.com.

7:30 p.m. Naya’s Trance celebrates its 10th Anniversary.

At the St. Lawrence Arts Center. Special guest include The Raq-ettes and Mira! Including special performances from Naya’s Trance alumni, Adira, Rosa Noreen, Alanna Rich, Moira, Brigitte Paulus and Cara Wilson. For more information on this specific show or the performers please visit: nayastrance.com

Public Concert Series of the Portland Rossini Club

Lucid’s One Year Celebration and Open House 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland, celebrates one year on Baxter Boulevard. “Stop by Lucid Stage’s Open House tonight and help us celebrate our first year in business! Free admission, tours, and live entertainment!” www.lucidstage.com

Playing For Change — Playing For Maine 9 p.m. The Playing For Change — Playing For Maine event will take place at The Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, and features performances by Toussaint Liberator: Defender of Roots, Protector of Soul, Portland’s own The Beat Horizon, MAMM students, The OxyMorons, and MAMM Instructor and local beatboxer, Chas Lester. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Show at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 adult/$8 atudents and are for sale at Bull Moose Music stores. Ticket proceeds will benefit The Maine Academy of Modern Music and The Playing For Change Foundation. “The Playing For Change Foundation (www.playingforchange.org) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating positive social change through music education.”

3 p.m. The first concert for the season of the Portland Rossini Club will be held. The 141st season of public concerts is being held at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, 143 State St., Portland. Parking is available behind the church and can be accessed from Park Street. The first performance of the Portland Rossini Club’s 2011 season is a program celebrating the bicentennial of Franz Liszt: 1811-1886. Suggested donation for admission supports the club’s piano fund and is $10-$5 for seniors. Students free. FMI 797-8318 (Richard Roberts).

P.E.E.R. Awards 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland, presents the First Annual P.E.E.R awards, recognizing outstanding theatrical contribution in Greater Portland. “If you have been involved in the making of professional theater in the Greater Portland area sometime in September 2010 to September 2011, consider yourself and/or your show nominated. ... This gala event’s purpose is to recognize Greater Portland’s Professional Theater Community. The event is open to all members of that theater community … so spread the word!”

Monday, Sept. 19 Looking to Latin America to Save Ourselves

Sunday, Sept. 18

1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Second annual Apple Festival at the First Congregational Church at 3 Gray Road, North Yarmouth.

Phone: 829-3644. www.maine.info/events/festivals.php

7 p.m. Peace Action Maine will host Lisa Sullivan, coordinator for the School of the Americas Watch (SOAW) Latin America Project. “Sullivan will share insights on how people in the U.S. may learn from the people of Latin America as they have struggled with political, economic, military, and social exploitation. While media attention in the U.S. has been focused on the Middle East and North Africa, enormous changes have been happening in Latin America.

There, ten countries have elected progressive presidents over the past ten years, launching creative initiatives that have slashed poverty rates, dramatically raised educational levels and galvanized citizen participation. ... The School of Americas Watch is an independent organization that seeks to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas, through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest, as well as media and legislative work. Its goal is to connect grass roots movements in the US and Latin America, to organize and facilitate delegations which will contribute information and logistical support to human rights campaigns in Latin America.”

Wine Wise Sail

Angus King at SPACE

2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Casablanca, 18 Custom House Wharf, Portland, offers a sailing trip and wine education class rolled into one. Tickets are $50. To make reservations or for more

7 p.m. “The day after he left office in 2003, Angus King took to open road for almost six months with his family in a 40-foot RV, criss-crossing the country. The former Gov-

Portland Trails 10K ‘Trail to Ale’ 9 a.m. “Join us for the 12th annual Portland Trails 10K ‘Trail to Ale’ this year. ... The race starts on the Eastern Promenade Trail, loops Back Cove, and finishes at East End Beach. The course is exclusively off-road and offers beautiful views of Portland harbor and Back Cove. Registration to the race is only $20! After the race, join us for the best post-race party in town ... free beer and pizza, generously donated by Shipyard Brewing Company and the Portland Pie Company in addition to healthy snacks from Whole Foods Market are offered to all runners. Dance to the sounds of DJ David SKYY and stick around for raffle prizes and the awards ceremony.” http://trails.org/10k-static.html

Second annual Apple Festival

ernor takes the stage at SPACE to discuss his new book ‘Governor’s Travels: How I Left Politics, Learned to Back Up a Bus, and Found America’ and to share his experiences in and out of office.” http://www.space538.org/events.php

Acorn Productions free workshops 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Acorn Productions begins its 2011-12 season of programming for the community with a pair of free offerings for adults and kids at the company’s studios in Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook. The adult sessions will be held on Monday, Sept. 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Two sessions for kids also take place on Monday, Sept.

19 and Thursday, Sept. 22 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. All of Acorn’s free workshops are taught by Producing Director Michael Levine, and they are designed to provide beginning and continuing actors with an introduction to the actor’s craft, as well as a sense of what transpires during a full-length acting class. Students in the workshops participate in a series of acting games and theater exercises that will introduce them to many common acting terms. No experience necessary, but pre-registration is required. Interested students may sign up on line at www.acorn-productions.org or call Acorn’s business office at 854-0065. The Acorn Acting Academy starts its fall session of eight-week classes for kids and adults the week of Sept. 26.

Tuesday, Sept. 20 Free Seminar — Smart Choices In Retirement 10 a.m. Seminar hosted by Seth Cheikin, AAMS, Financial Advisor. During the seminar, participants will learn 10 principles to help them make their money last in retirement, with the goal of providing a stable, steady retirement income. At Edward Jones, 251 U. S. Rt. 1, Falmouth Shopping Center, second floor, Falmouth on Sept. 20 at 10 a.m., Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Sept. 22 at 10 a.m. To reserve your place, call Carole Vreeland at 781-5057.

Civic Center Finance Committee Meeting noon. Cumberland County Civic Center finance committee meeting, agenda items include proposed FY2012 Operating Budget, FY2012 Capital Budget, Proposed County Warrant and suggestions for closing budget gap.

16th annual Epicurean Auction Benefit 5:30 p.m. “Join us for an evening of exquisite food and wine, silent and live auctions, and delectable desserts and coffee served onstage at Merrill Auditorium. Sample delights from Maine’s finest restaurants while bidding on a selection of unique and exciting items. Proceeds benefit Ovations Offstage, our community-based arts programs.” 773.3150 see next page

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The Edith Jones Project 8 p.m. One Longfellow Square presents the Edith Jones Project. Maine’s All Women Big Band (86 percent less testosterone ... 200 percent of the swing) plays modern big band jazz made famous by Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, the Count Basie Orchestra and others. Members of the band include some of the most talented performing and teaching musicians in Maine. Band members include faculty from Bates College, USM, UNH, and high schools, middle schools and elementary schools throughout southern Maine. http:// onelongfellowsquare.com/Results.asp?category=2

USM Spotlight Concert Series 8 p.m. Broadway performer Mark Jacoby joins a collection of USM faculty and visiting guest artists gathered by School of Music faculty member Betty Rines to perform two extraordinary instrumental/narrative works, Stravinsky’s L’histoire du soldat and Walton’s Façade, in the first in the University of Southern Maine School of Music’s Fall 2011 Spotlight Concert Series. Join Betty Rines and Friends in Hannaford Hall, Abromson Community Education Center (Bedford Street), USM Portland. Spotlight Concert tickets cost $15 general public; $10 seniors/USM employees; $5 students/children. Tickets may be purchased at the door.

For additional information, contact the USM Music Box Office at 780-5555. Sponsored by the School of Music Advisory Board.

Putnam Smith & Travis Cyr 8 p.m. Mayo Street Arts presents Putnam Smith and Travis Cyr. Admission $8. Putnam Smith, who hails from Portland, Maine, could be an old-world troubadour fresh from the 19th Century. After all, he lives in a log cabin, plays his Grandfather’s banjo, and prints up the jackets to his CDs on a 1901 Pearl Letterpress (hand set type, pedal powered!).

Yet this rootsy multi-instrumentalist songwriter (he also writes and performs on guitar, mandolin, fretless banjo, and piano), steeped as he is in old-time Appalachian traditions, is very much a storyteller for the modern age. the modern folk music of Travis Cyr and the Strings of Calamity will be coming to an eardrum near you soon!. He is proud to have shared the stage with some of Maine’s best musicians including, Putnam Smith, Tree By Leaf, Frank Hopkins, Dark Hollow Bottling Co., the Toughcats, the Lucid and Emilia Dahlin. http://mayostreetarts.org/calendar/

Jonny Lang and Farren Butcher Inc. 8 p.m. WCLZ Presents Grammy Award winner: Jonny Lang and Farren Butcher Inc. at the State Theatre. In more than ten years on the road, Jonny Lang has toured with the Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy, Aerosmith, B.B. King, Blues Traveler, Jeff Beck and Sting. In 1999, he was invited to play for a White House audience including President and Mrs. Clinton. Lang also makes a cameo appearance in the film Blues Brothers 2000 as a janitor. In 2004, Eric Clapton asked Lang to play a the Crossroads Guitar Festival to raise money for the Crossroads Centre Antigua. Join Charlie Farren and Jon

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Butcher for stories of Luck, Lust, and Love. www.statetheatreportland.com

Friday, Sept. 16

Catie Curtis at One Longfellow 8 p.m. One Longfellow Square presents Catie Curtis. Curtis has recorded 10 critically acclaimed solo albums and has had songs featured in numerous TV shows including “Dawson’s Creek,” “Felicity,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Alias,” as well as in films such as “500 Miles to Graceland” and “A Slipping Down Life.”

‘Farm to Table’ dinner 7 p.m. Twenty Milk Street, at the Portland Regency Hotel and Spa, is taking “Farm to Table” to the next level. The Regency supports its own family farm, located in Cumberland, Maine, which will supply the restaurant and hotel with fresh eggs, and Piedmontese beef. Twenty Milk Street will be introducing new, premium steaks that have fewer calories and fat, as well as more protein, than chicken, turkey, or salmon. “That night, we will have our presentation dinner hosted by Layne Witherell. We will be serving wine to complement the dishes, including one of Italy’s finest wines, Gaja Barbaresco. The cost of the Farm to Table dinner is $150 per person, including tax and gratuity.“

Film event: Doxita 4: Inside/Outside 7:30 p.m. The film festival doxita is a traveling festival of documentary films that are under 40 minutes in length.

The program represents a wide variety of documentary — domestic and foreign, super-short and longer format, serious and funny. It is designed to profile the great content and artistic vision that non-fiction short films provide, but that people don’t often get a chance to see.

SPACE Gallery.

Wednesday, Sept. 21 U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe office hours 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The office of U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe,

Celiacs, Diabetics & Everyone can benefit from this forum. ALL ARE WELCOME! As always, we will have gluten-free samples and giveaways.

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Singer/songwriter Elijah Ocean 9 p.m. Singer/songwriter Elijah Ocean was born at home in the Hudson River Valley. He comes to Brooklyn, New York by way of the woods of Maine, where he learned to write adventure stories and play guitar in the loft of a renovated barn. Ocean will appear with Christian Cuff, Basement Band and Grimis at Empire Dine & Dance, 575 Congress St.

Sunday, Sept. 18 Laura Darrell CD Release 8 p.m. Laura Darrell at One Longfellow Square. Laura Darrell began singing professionally at age 9 in the classical genre before she transitioned into musical theatre and pop in her adolescence. She sang with the Portland Symphony Orchestra when she was 13 and was discovered by Producer Con Fullam who produced her Christmas Album which earned her a N.E. Emmy nomination after her concert debuted on PBS. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

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Dirty White Hats 9 p.m. Portland hip hop act Dirty White Hats at Port City Music Hall. “We’re brewing up new songs for our next show; Dirty White Hats and Whitcomb @ PCMH,” the group reports.

Thursday, Sept. 29 Chris Botti at Merrill 7:30 p.m. Merrill Auditorium, Portland. “Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD ‘When I Fall In Love,’ Chris Botti (pronounced boat-tee) has become the largest selling American instrumental artist. His success has crossed over to audiences usually reserved for pop music and his ongoing association with PBS has led to four No. 1 Jazz Albums, as well as multiple Gold, Platinum & Grammy Awards. Over the past three decades, he has recorded and performed with the best in music; including Frank Sinatra, Sting, Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Joshua Bell and Aerosmith’s own Steven Tyler.” http:// portlandovations.org

R-Maine, will hold office hours in the towns of Gray and New Gloucester. Office outreach hours are an opportunity for area residents to meet directly with a staff representative to discuss legislative issues or any concerns regarding federal government agencies, such as Social Security, Veterans’ Affairs, and the Internal Revenue Service. An appointment is not necessary. For more information, please call Senator Snowe’s Portland Office at 874-0883 to speak with a representative. Hours are as follows: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. — Gray Town Hall, 24 Main St., Gray. 11 a.m. to noon. — New Gloucester Town Hall, 385 Intervale Road, New Gloucester.

Community Development Block Grant meetings 6 p.m. The city of Portland receives approximately $1.9 million annually of federal funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for urban planning, development and social service needs in Portland Districts 1, 2 and 3. City Councilors Kevin Donoghue (District 1), Dave Marshall (District 2) and Ed Suslovic (District 3) and city staff are seeking input and feedback from residents about CDBG funding at work in their community at a series of public meetings next month. District 1 meeting is Sept. 21 (Bayside, East Bayside, Munjoy Hill and Cliff Island), Merrill Rehearsal Hall, Myrtle Street; District 2 meeting (West End, Parkside, and St. John Valley) is Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Reiche School and Community Center, 166 Brackett St.; District 3 meeting (Libbytown) is Monday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at West School, 57 Douglass St. For more information about these meetings or CDBG programs, contact Amy Grommes Pulaski, HCD Program Manager at 874-8731, or avp@portlandmaine.gov.

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BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Boston Celtics forward Glen Davis visited East Bayside yesterday for a groundbreaking event marking the construction of two new basketball courts.

Davis, whose nickname on the court is “Big Baby,” told hundreds of children and adults gathered at Fox Field how he learned to connect and share with others through basketball.

“Sports have opened so many doors for me,” he said, adding that public courts like the ones being built give kids a place “to play, to express themselves, to stay out of trouble [and] for recreational health.”

“I am blessed and fortunate to be here, and I hope everyone enjoys this court,” Davis continued.

Other speakers at the event included Mayor Nick Mavodones, Acting Police Chief Mike Sauschuck and Diane Nason, board president of Day One.

Davis signed autographs, posed for photos and shook hands with dozens of kids and adults. He was in town for a fundraising event for Day One, a nonprofit substance abuse and mental health treatment organization in Southern Maine.

The new courts, which cost $80,000, were funded through the federal Community Development Block Grant program. The city expects they will be ready for play later this fall.