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Art epitaph: Tracing the Fore is no more Controversial sculpture gets uprooted from Fore St. median

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The controversial public art piece in Boothby Square known as Tracing the Fore is gone and soon will be little more than a memory, at least for most city residents.

Crews hired by Scott Cohen, the sculpture’s new owner, hauled off most of the installation's undulating steel pieces yesterday. Any remaining segments should be gone by this afternoon. The piece is destined for a private “sculpture garden” in North Deering. see FORE page 7 RIGHT: The city commissioned the Tracing the Fore art installation nearly six years ago for $135,000. Yesterday, crews removed the piece, digging it out of the median on Fore Street.

(CASEY CONLEY PHOTO)

Police are searching for a man who robbed a CVS Pharmacy on Forest Avenue Friday. It's the fourth pharmacy robbery in Portland in about a month.

(Image courtesy of Portland police)

Another pharmacy robbed of prescription pills

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

On the heels of the third CVS Pharmacy robbery in the city in less than a month, police are again asking for residents to help by sending them tips that could lead to an arrest.

The Portland Police Department is investigating another pharmacy robbery after a man entered the CVS at 449 Forest Ave. on Friday, demanded drugs and then left on foot with an undisclosed amount of prescription pills. It's the fourth pharmacy robbery in the city in about a month.

"We released the surveillance photos with the hope that somebody will recognize the person," said Lt. Gary

“Even if they hear people talking about it, they can report it and do it anonymously. We hope ... sooner or later somebody will recognize this guy.” — Lt. Gary Rogers, Portland police spokesman Rogers, a police spokesman.

"Even if they hear people talking about it, they can report it and do it anonymously," he said. "We hope ... sooner or later somebody will recognize this guy."

Rogers said officials are pursuing other leads, but see PILLS page 6

Man arrested near Jetport for bomb threats A ticking clock presents opportunities GS Dropouts: A site of their own See Bob Higgins on page 4

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Protesters bare all over a proposed San Francisco law SAN FRANCISCO — Perhaps it should not be a surprise that San Francisco does not have a law against being naked in public, nor that a small, unselfconscious segment of the city’s residents regularly exercise that right.

That tiny minority was joined this weekend in the autumn fog and cold by unclothed sympathizers at a “Nude-In.” One of their objectives was to draw attention to a proposed law — introduced by Scott Wiener, a city supervisor — that would prohibit nudity in restaurants and require unclad people to put a towel or other material down before sitting barebottomed on benches or other public seats.

Mr. Wiener said the law was introduced in response to an increase in nakedness in parks, streets and restaurants.

“It used to be that there would be one nude guy wandering around the neighborhood and no one thought twice about it,” said Mr. Wiener, who represents the city’s Castro district. “Now it’s a regular thing and much more obnoxious. We have guys sitting down naked in public without the common decency to put something down underneath them.”

Mr. Wiener’s effort was destined to grab headlines, but he probably did not anticipate that his legislation would inspire even more people to disrobe.

“Wiener might as well have shot lasers and fireworks into the sky announcing that public nudity is legal,” said George Davis, 65.

A self-described “urban nudist” who once ran for mayor and often campaigned in the buff, Mr. Davis now spends most afternoons lounging in his birthday suit in a public plaza in the Castro.

Putting a towel between your backside and a seat is “basic nudist etiquette,” said Mr. Davis, adding that the legislation requiring it was “totally unnecessary.”

Still, Mr. Davis said, the publicity about the proposed law could be credited for the new faces at the Nude-In, which was held Saturday at the Jane Warner Plaza in the Castro.

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I’m not for gratuitous nudity, but if there’s humor, I don’t have a problem.”

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Slump alters jobless map in U.S., with South hit hard (NY TIMES) — When the unemployment rate rose in most states last month, it underscored the extent to which the deep recession, the anemic recovery and the lingering crisis of joblessness are beginning to reshape the nation’s economic map.

The once-booming South, which entered the recession with the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, is now struggling with some of the highest rates, recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show.

Several Southern states — including South Carolina, whose 11.1 percent unemployment rate is the fourth highest in the nation — have higher unemployment rates than they did a year ago. Unemployment in the South is now higher than it is in the Northeast and the Midwest, which include Rust Belt states that were struggling even before the recession.

For decades, the nation’s economic landscape consisted of a prospering Sun Belt and a struggling Rust Belt. Since the recession hit, though, that is no longer the case.

Unemployment remains high across much of the country — the national rate is 9.1 percent — but the regions have recovered at different speeds.

Now, with the concentration of the highest unemployment rates in the South and

the West, some economists and researchers wonder if it is an anomaly of the uneven recovery or a harbinger of things to come.

“Because the recovery is so painfully slow, people may begin to think of the trends established during the recovery as normal,” said Howard Wial, a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program who recently co-wrote an economic analysis of the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas.

“Will people think of Florida, California, Nevada and Arizona as more or less permanently depressed? Think of the Great Lakes as being a renaissance region? I don’t know. It’s possible.”

The West has the highest unemployment in the nation. The collapse of the housing bubble left Nevada with the highest jobless rate, 13.4 percent, followed by California with 12.1 percent.

Michigan has the third-highest rate, 11.2 percent, as a result of the longstanding woes of the American auto industry.

Now, though, of the states with the 10 highest unemployment rates, six are in the South. The region, which relied heavily on manufacturing and construction, was hit hard by the downturn.

Economists offer a variety of explana-

Russian president fires finance minister MOSCOW (NY TIMES) — President Dmitri A. Medvedev fired Russia’s longtime finance minister for insubordination on Monday after the two had an icy confrontation on television that revealed the fault lines in a government where disagreements are usually kept strictly under wraps.

The finance minister, Aleksei L. Kudrin, openly questioned the president’s competence in economic affairs the day before, announcing that he would quit rather than work for Mr. Medvedev, who is to become prime minister next year in a leadership swap with Vladimir V. Putin.

Mr. Kudrin has been an essential player for more than a decade on the governing team that was initially put together by Mr. Putin when he was president. Mr. Kudrin’s departure could be a major blow to the government at a time when Russia’s economic troubles are growing. Foreign investors say he is a cheerleader for privatization and other reforms and that his leadership has helped avert financial instability.

“If you think that you have different views from the president on the economic agenda, then you can write me a corresponding letter of resignation,” Mr. Medvedev told Mr. Kudrin at a televised meeting of officials in Dimitrovgrad, Russia, on the Volga River.

“Answer here and now. Will you write

the letter?”

Mr. Kudrin, looking stung by the president’s threat, responded that he would seek the advice of Mr. Putin, who is now the prime minister, before giving an answer.

“You can seek advice from whomever you want, including from the prime minister, but I am president for the moment, and I make these decisions myself,” Mr. Medvedev said. “You need to decide very quickly and give me an answer today.” He then added: “No one has abolished discipline and subordination.”

A few hours later, Mr. Medvedev’s press secretary announced that Mr. Kudrin had been dismissed on Mr. Putin’s recommendation. Under the Constitution, the prime minister must approve such dismissals.

The confrontation appeared to be an effort by Mr. Medvedev to reassert his authority two days after he announced that he would cede the presidency back to Mr. Putin after presidential elections in March that Mr. Putin is sure to win. Under that agreement, Mr. Medvedev would become prime minister. Some analysts have predicted that Mr. Medvedev will lose the confidence of top officials in the coming months as they move to align themselves with Mr. Putin after years of uncertainty over who was actually running the country.

tions for the South’s performance.

“For a long time we tended to outpace the national average with regard to economic performance, and a lot of that was driven by, for lack of a better word, development and in-migration,” said Michael Chriszt, an assistant vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s research department.

“That came to an abrupt halt, and it has not picked up,” he said.

The long cycle of “lose jobs, gain jobs, lose jobs” that kept Georgia’s unemployment rate at 10.2 percent in August — the same as it was a year earlier — is illustrated by Union City, a small city on the outskirts of Atlanta.

It suffered a blow when the last store in its darkened mall, Sears, announced that it would soon close. But the city had other irons in the fire: a few big companies were hiring, and earlier this year Dendreon, a biotech company that makes a cancer drug, opened a plant there, lured in part by state and local subsidies.

Then, Dendreon announced this month that it would lay off more than 100 workers at the new plant as part of a national “restructuring.”

Scotland presses new Libya government LONDON (NY TIMES) — Scotland’s chief prosecutor has asked Libya’s new government to assist in tracking down documentary evidence and witnesses for a possible new trial for those responsible for the Lockerbie airliner bombing.

A statement issued on Monday by a spokesman for Scotland’s Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland, said that Britain’s Foreign Office had been asked to relay the request to the Transitional National Council, Libya’s interim governing body following the overthrow of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

The Scottish statement said the new Libyan authorities had been asked for assistance in Scotland’s continuing investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over southwestern Scotland a few days before Christmas in December 1988. A total of 270 people were killed in the attack, including 189 Americans, 43 Britons and citizens of 19 other countries.

The new Libya government gave conflicting indications of its possible response to the request. Libya’s interim justice minister, Mohammed al-Alagi, was quoted by Reuters as telling reporters in Tripoli that the case was closed. But other officials in the new government have signaled they would cooperate.

The Scottish statement noted that the investigation into the bombing “remains live.” That was a reference to a unit within the Scottish prosecutor’s office that has continued to seek evidence in the bombing more than 10 years after the 2001 guilty verdict at a trial against Abdulbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted n the attack.

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Man arrested near Jetport for bomb threats

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A Florida man attempting to fly out of Portland Friday was arrested near the Jetport after he suggested that he had bomb making equipment inside the rental truck he was driving, police said.

Brad Montgomery, 29, of Naples, Fla., was charged with terrorizing after police say he made threatening comments about having bomb-making materi-

als in the back of a moving truck. Montgomery was attempting to park the truck at a Enterprise RentA-Car center near the Jetport during the time of the dispute, said Lt. Gary Rogers, a police spokesman.

"The employee told him he couldn't park there, at which point he threatened that he had bomb-making materials in his truck," he said.

Montgomery left the property in the truck following the dispute and was arrested nearby at 1914

Congress St. Police searched the truck and didn't find any bomb materials.

Rogers said the terrorizing offense is a misdemeanor charge, though threatening remarks regarding bombs "could get to a felony real quick," he said.

"In the case here, he left in the truck and it did not require an evacuation," Rogers said.

Montgomery had planned to fly out of the Jetport prior to his arrest, police said.

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The Maine League of Young voters yesterday announced that Councilor Dave Marshall was its top choice for Portland mayor.

Other candidates endorsed by the league were Michael Brennan, John Eder, Markos Miller and Jed Rathband, respectively.

According to a press release, the Marshall Brennan League allowed members that have volunteered at least eight hours over the past year to participate in the endorsement process. Using ranked choice voting, ballots from about two-dozen members led to yesterday’s endorsements, said Eder Miller The League’s Delia Gorham.

“The slate endorsement includes #1 David Marshall, #2 Michael Brennan, #3 John Eder, #4 Markos Miller & #5 Jed Rathband,” the release says.

The League also endorsed Zeke Callanan’s campaign for City Council District 4 against incumbent Councilor Cheryl Leeman and Josephine Okot’s bid for the At-Large School Board seat currently held by Rathband Elizabeth Holton, who is seeking reelection. School board member Justin Costa was also endorsed in his race for School Board District 4.

The League is already throwing weight behind the Yes on 1 campaign to save Same Day Voter Registration and urging a “No” vote on questions 2 & 3 about gambling, the release said.

The League also supports a “Yes” vote on Question 4, the Constitutional amendment, and a “Yes” on the County bond Question about revamping the Cumberland County Civic Center.

Earlier this month, the League of Young Voters joined WMPG, Lucid Stage, Bicycle Coalition of Maine and the East Deering, Western Promenade, Riverton, University and Munjoy Hill neighborhood associations to host a mayoral forum.

— Casey Conley

Bath Iron Works has been awarded a $679 million contract to build a DDG-51 destroyer with an option on a second ship, Democratic Congressman Mike Michaud and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, and Republican U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe announced yesterday.

Bath Iron Workswas bidding against Ingalls Shipyard on three of the destroyers, and because they were the low-cost bidder, they were awarded one contract outright, with the option on a second ship pending appropriations and authorization by Congress, the congressional delegation reported.

“It’s very good news to see these contract go through. This will help ensure a steady flow of work at the shipyard,” said Pingree. “Once the DDG1000s are finished at Bath Iron Works, the DDG 51 is going to be the yard’s bread and butter in the years ahead. No one builds these ships to the same quality standards and with the same efficiency as Bath, and it makes sense to keep building them here.”

“This is really great news for all the businesses and workers who rely on steady work from BIW,” said Michaud, who spoke to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus this evening. “This is another important step ahead for Bath and the entire region’s economy.”

In a phone call with Mabus, Snowe thanked the

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“The workforce at Bath continues to set the standard in producing great ships for the Navy, and I am grateful the Navy has again rewarded their excellence in delivering exceptional work at the best price with additional contracts that will keep this outstanding part of our nation’s shipbuilding industry busy for years to come,” Snowe said.

— Staff Report

Gorham woman wins driving contest Cindy Gray of Gorham won the International Food Service Distribution Association’s national truck driving championship Sunday, Food Lion reported.

Gray, a driver for Hannaford Supermarkets, bested 53 drivers from 40 states to win the five-axle, daily delivery competition.

Gray is the first woman to win the Association’s championship, which is in its 25th year, Food Lion reported. On Monday, colleagues and supporters greeted her at the Portland International Jetport, as she arrived home from the competition in Orlando, Fla. “All the practice paid off,” said Gray, who works out of the South Portland Distribution Center. “I was so pleased when I finished the course because I knew I had scored on every problem on the test.”

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Kunstler a welcome addition to the Sun; consider Wall Street coverage Editor, I was delighted to see you run a column by James Howard Kunstler. I enjoy reading his blog very much. If The Sun can be regarded as a member of the “mainstream media” it was a very bold decision.

Bravo. There is a vast readership out there hungry for more diversified opinions. Keep up the great work!

I read an interesting article in a paper I hadn’t heard of: Nation of Change. It calls itself “progressive journalism for positive action, The article is a good think piece on the wall st. occupation. You should consider running it.

Title: Wages of Fear: Lockdowns and the IMF on Occupied Wall Street by Richard (RJ) Eskow Snippets: “If we were herded like cattle, there was a certain rough poetry to that. Wall Street has never needed less from ordinary people to generate its wealth, which is why corporate profits are so high during a period of massive unemployment and a decaying middle class.”

“But it still needs us a little. Our labors and debts are still the raw material that Wall Street slices, layers, bundles and sells for its financial instruments.”

“Our household finances are to Wall Street derivatives what cows are to hamburgers.”

Chris Horton Portland (Editor’s note: A copy of Wages of Fear: Lockdowns and the IMF on Occupied Wall Street can be found linked from The Portland Daily Sun Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/#!/TheDailySun; or go to www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/wages-of-fearlockdowns-a_b_981122.html.)

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A ticking clock presents restaurant opportunities A gentle reminder to Portland restaurant owners and employees. The clock is ticking.

Last year, the new “Certified Food Protection Manager” statue went into effect on Jan. 18. Foodslingers from one side of the state to the other are now required by law to have someone on staff that is a CFPM, a slight change from the old Foodsafe certification.

On Monday, one of a bakers dozen of recognized training agencies licensed to train people under the new statute had a training class in Portland. At press time, it was unknown how many signed up for, completed, and got certified in the class.

But here we are, back at that ticking clock. By Jan. 18 of 2012, every restaurant in the state has to have a CFPM on staff. If they don’t, it’s another major gig on the restaurant inspection sheet.

Of course, this is Portland, so that doesn’t mean much. Remember all the foofooraw and folderol last year about restaurant inspections, the fact that many in the city had not been inspected in several years, that inspection reports were not available online to the general public?

Seems everyone else forgot

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist about that, too, especially the city.

The reports are still not available online anywhere on the city website. At least, they were not available today. I wonder what the flashlight of tomorrow will bring.

For local foodies and restaurant folk, this does provide a certain element of opportunity. The course can be expensive ($165 for the class and exam, or $95 for the exam/certification only) and most restaurants will pay an employee to take the class and be the “onsite” to keep them in compliance.

But we forget Portland, as well as other food venues all over the state, has an extremely high “mobile” food staff. People get irritated about something, and the next thing you know their chef’s knives are headed out the door at a trot. It might be a higher paying job, or being asked to work oddball shifts, or one

hangover too many. Folks move on, and take whatever certification they had with them.

So here it is. If you are one of Portland’s resaurant folk that knows your stuff, isn’t it worth the odd hundred bucks to get that certification? From the looks of things at this point with the year winding down, someone who has that tiny bit of paper on or before the date in question might be worth that extra couple of bucks an hour.

Again, so you could be led to believe.

I’ve been going back and forth on this for over a year. I happened to have one of those licenses for my day gig that is on the list of required things to have. (Actually, I’m not using it anymore, and let it lapse. Have to get on that.)

A thing that requires a license or certification to do sort of implies some kind of registry somewhere, that can be checked. Occasionally, every employer gets someone that comes in claiming to be certified in this, that, and the other, but the polite (and printable) description is that the prospective employee might be “shining them on.” see HIGGINS page 5

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Punked nation Europe is a three-card monte game and has a ledger and is calling in its notes. The Greece is the pea and for the moment I'd civilized world can't believe this is happenguess that the pea is under a walnut shell ing, so they pretend it isn't, with pompous called France. Or the French banks, to ceremonials among the highest level bankbe specific. Their vaults are stuffed with ing officials, and hollow declarations of Greek bond paper that is giving the whole heroic actions that are not the least heroic neighborhood a headache from a stench because all they are designed to do is prolike unto rotting carp. Everybody else in tect their fellow bankers. It's certainly the neighborhood has their own cache of not for the sake of the nations involved, deliquescing fish-heads, but they pretend because the standard of living in all these the air is fresh and bracing. In fact, so countries will take a painful hit any way exhilarating that they are avid to dump $3 you cut it. trillion into a Euro bailout fund that will This mummery could dissolve in tears solve the problem of that fugitive aroma any moment, or it might stretch out one wafting down the boulevards. more month, but by going this route the ––––– Europe can really only put out stories leaders of Europe risk all kinds of presKunstler.com at this point, and the $3 Tril bailout fund sures in the other seams of the system, is just another story in a tedious string namely markets. They are testing a 60-odd of them. Where are they going to get the years long supply of the one indispensimoney? From the machinists' union in Dusseldorf? ble resource: confidence. They've already probably The waiters and chambermaids in Munich? There's squandered the little that's left. All signs point to that rumored swap line opening from the Federal a mega-Lehman moment when trust has fled and Reserve to the European Central Bank, but that's nobody will lend to anybody and business cannot nothing more than a cheap loan window, and for a continue. That'll be a freaky-deaky moment and it measly half a trillion ($500 billion — the late Senawill be way worse than Lehman was. When it haptor Ev Dirkson is cackling in his grave). And where pens, what seemed financial will instantly go politido those dollars come from anyway? Who is supcal. The rage of millions will shred the trappings of posed to pay it back, and how? What kind of collatfakery, and for a while things will seem too real. The eral is Ben Bernanke going to hold — the contents of world has no idea how all this might resolve. What the south wing of the Louvre? One hundred million a show. free dinners (wine and tip included) at Taillevent?

I can't imagine that the explosion in Europe will This game of musical chairs with a hot potato is not not affect the American banks — we've already fooling anyone, really. shoveled hundreds of billions into the Euro bank All it's doing is dragging out the process of the vaults the past several years, apart from that new civilized world getting right with reality. Reality swap line. Anyway, Washington has ramped up a

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new game of charades to divert everyone at this end — another threatened government shut-down.

If we don't cut this crap out, some Pentagon general is going to have to ride across the Potomac and call a time-out on the constitution. Financial chaos is not cool. Just so you know the sort of fate we are tempting with our shenanigans.

Speaking of the constitution, I'm getting a little sick of these corporate CEO knuckleheads who come on CNBC and complain that the U.S. Postal Service is running at a loss, and therefore we should abolish it. There is actually little beyond all those post offices that holds the fabric of small town America together anymore. And anyway, delivering the mail is one of the few actual government services that is spelled out in the U.S. constitution in no uncertain terms in Article One, Section 8. It doesn't say the postal service must run at a profit, by the way. The food stamp program is not spelled out in the constitution and it doesn't run at a profit. Neither does the war in Afghanistan (if you don't count the drug money). Congress runs at a profit, but not in any way that the constitution provides for. Before long, a lot of people are going to want to abolish it.

In the meantime, can anybody answer this question: Where is the Tea Party of Progressives? Why are the Nascar morons and Jesus jokers the only people in this country who can mount an aggressive political movement? Will somebody please step up and take the baton?

(James Howard Kunstler is the author of several books, including The Long Emergency, The Geography of Nowhere, and The Witch of Hebron. He can be found online at www.kunstler.com)

Enduring the Euro Zone Death Trip Is it possible to be both terrified and bored? That’s how I feel about the negotiations now under way over how to respond to Europe’s economic crisis, and I suspect other observers share the sentiment.

On one side, Europe’s situation is really, really scary: with countries that account for a third of the euro area’s economy now under speculative attack, the single currency’s very existence is being threatened — and a euro collapse could inflict vast damage on the world.

On the other side, European policy makers seem set to deliver more of the same. They’ll probably find a way to provide more credit to countries in trouble, which may or may not stave off imminent disaster. But they don’t seem at all ready to acknowledge a crucial fact — namely, that without more expansionary fiscal and monetary policies in Europe’s stronger economies, all of their rescue attempts will fail.

The story so far: The introduction of the euro in 1999 led to a vast boom in lending to Europe’s peripheral economies, because investors believed (wrongly) that the shared currency made Greek or Spanish debt just as safe as German debt. Contrary to what you often hear, this lending boom wasn’t mostly financing profligate government spending — Spain and Ireland actually ran budget surpluses on the eve of the crisis, and had low levels of debt. Instead, the inflows of money mainly fueled huge booms in private spending, especially on housing.

But when the lending boom abruptly ended, the result was both an economic and a fiscal crisis. Savage

recessions drove down tax receipts, pushing budgets deep into the red; meanwhile, the cost of bank bailouts led to a sudden increase in public debt. And one result was a collapse of ––––– investor confidence in the peripheral The New York nations’ bonds.

Times So now what? Europe’s answer has been to demand harsh fiscal austerity, especially sharp cuts in public spending, from troubled debtors, meanwhile providing stopgap financing until private-investor confidence returns. Can this strategy work?

Not for Greece, which actually was fiscally profligate during the good years, and owes more than it can plausibly repay. Probably not for Ireland and Portugal, which for different reasons also have heavy debt burdens. But given a favorable external environment — specifically, a strong overall European economy with moderate inflation — Spain, which even now has relatively low debt, and Italy, which has a high level of debt but surprisingly small deficits, could possibly pull it off. Unfortunately, European policy makers seem determined to deny those debtors the environment they need. Think of it this way: private demand in the debtor countries has plunged with the end of the debt-financed boom. Meanwhile, public-sector spending is also being sharply reduced by austerity programs. So where are jobs and growth supposed to come from? The answer has to be exports, mainly to other European countries.

But exports can’t boom if creditor countries are also implementing austerity policies, quite possibly pushing Europe as a whole back into recession.

Also, the debtor nations need to cut prices and costs

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relative to creditor countries like Germany, which wouldn’t be too hard if Germany had 3 or 4 percent inflation, allowing the debtors to gain ground simply by having low or zero inflation. But the European Central Bank has a deflationary bias — it made a terrible mistake by raising interest rates in 2008 just as the financial crisis was gathering strength, and showed that it has learned nothing by repeating that mistake this year.

As a result, the market now expects very low inflation in Germany — around 1 percent over the next five years — which implies significant deflation in the debtor nations. This will both deepen their slumps and increase the real burden of their debts, more or less ensuring that all rescue efforts will fail. And I see no sign at all that European policy elites are ready to rethink their hard-money-and-austerity dogma.

Part of the problem may be that those policy elites have a selective historical memory. They love to talk about the German inflation of the early 1920s — a story that, as it happens, has no bearing on our current situation. Yet they almost never talk about a much more relevant example: the policies of Heinrich Brüning, Germany’s chancellor from 1930 to 1932, whose insistence on balancing budgets and preserving the gold standard made the Great Depression even worse in Germany than in the rest of Europe — setting the stage for you-know-what.

Now, I don’t expect anything that bad to happen in 21st-century Europe. But there is a very wide gap between what the euro needs to survive and what European leaders are willing to do, or even talk about doing. And given that gap, it’s hard to find reasons for optimism.

A licensing requirement implies some kind of registry somewhere, right?

HIGGINS from page 4

If the city never posts lists of recent inspections, and the state fails to keep a valid list of those certified, what was the whole point in passing the law?

Sure, in tight budget times, setting up a whole new level of bureaucracy is hardly defendable, but in the end folks have paid hard-earned bucks to get that certification.

It seems to me that the very least the state could

do would be to keep a list of people who have passed the class, at least to prevent fraud.

(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

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Flood victims getting fed up with stalemated Congress TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. (New York Times) — Standing in the living room of their house, now full of mud, slime and debris, Helen and Peter Kelly cannot believe that Congress is bickering over disaster aid to people like them.

The roaring waters of the Susquehanna River burst into their home more than two weeks ago. “Water — you work with it every day, and then it destroys your whole life,” Mrs. Kelly said.

Her husband, still looking shellshocked, said: “We lost everything.

Stove, washer, dryer, TV. Hot water heater, clothes, dishes, refrigerator.

Everything, just gone.”

The Kellys also lost confidence in government and politicians.

“I wish they would understand that people like us are really in need of assistance,” Mr. Kelly said, pointing to a bathtub filled with mud and to the blades of a ceiling fan twisted out of shape by torrents of floodwater.

A few miles away in Falls Township, Pa., houses were upended, lifted off their foundations and carried a few hundred feet downstream. Huge piles of rubbish, furniture, mattresses, carpets and clothing line the streets.

Michael J. Golembeski and his family spent the weekend cleaning up. Mr. Golembeski offered a sardonic

take on the fight that has brought the federal government to the brink of a shutdown, a dispute between Republicans and Democrats in Congress over money for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which provides aid in disasters.

“Neither side wants the other side to get credit for doing anything good,” Mr. Golembeski said. “Elections are coming up.”

People here in northeastern Pennsylvania, already traumatized by the loss of their homes, were further disheartened by word that FEMA’s disaster relief fund was running short of money.

“Members of Congress are playing with people’s lives, not just their own political careers,” said Martin J. Bonifanti, chief of the Lake Winola volunteer fire company. “While they are rattling on among themselves down there in Washington, people are suffering.”

Mr. Bonifanti said his politics were simple: “If they are in, they should be out.”

Pennsylvanians were just recovering from Hurricane Irene when they were hit by Tropical Storm Lee. The Susquehanna overflowed, as did tributary creeks and streams dammed up with fallen trees.

Westbrook man was arrested for allegedly robbing a South Portland Hannaford pharmacy PILLS from page one

declined to give further details. He also would not say whether detectives believe the same individual is responsible for the three unsolved robberies.

"We do look for similarities in the cases ... and obviously there are similarities," he said. "(But) at this point we don't have anybody under arrest."

The robbery on Friday occurred shortly after 8 p.m., police said. The suspect did not display a weapon and there were no injuries. He was described as a white male in his mid20s with a thin build, and about 5 feet 10 inches tall.

The CVS Pharmacy at 1096 Brighton Ave. was robbed twice in the last 30 days. The suspect in both incidents was described as a white male in his late 20s or early 30s, approximately 6 feet tall and with medium build.

Earlier this month, a Westbrook man was arrested for allegedly robbing a South Portland Hannaford pharmacy, police said. The man, Zachery Wildman, was subsequently charged with a similar robbery at a Portland Hannaford.

Wildman, 36, is being held at the Cumberland County Jail on $50,000 cash bail. He was in court Monday in an attempt to amend his bail, but the request was denied by a judge, according to court officials.

He was caught after someone reported the license plate of the vehicle he was seen leaving the area in, said Rogers, adding that reporting suspicious activity can be just as valuable as calling with tips.

"These people are covering their faces up, they're wearing glasses or pulling their hoods up," he said. "You would think that they do look suspicious as they enter into a store and we would rather go check something out — even if it turned out to be nothing."

While a recent rash of pharmacy robberies in Portland has attracted the attention of local police, a spike in national cases has garnered federal attention.

Rogers explained that within the last year agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration have "developed an interest in these cases."

After an arrest, local officials will sometimes present cases to the U.S. Attorneys' Office — which could ultimately mean stiffer penalties.

"If you get caught now it can be prosecuted as a federal crime," Rogers said. "If the case is brought to federal court, the sentencing is a lot (longer)."

People with information are asked to contact the Portland Police Department at 874-8533 or text an anonymous tip from a mobile phone using keyword "GOTCHA" plus their message to 274637 (CRIMES).

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” Scott Cohen said in July of Tracing the Fore, shown above in close-up and from a distance prior to its removal. (CASEY CONLEY PHOTOS)

Median in Old Port likely will be re-seeded with grass, sans sculpture FORE from page one

For Shaun McCarthy, owner of the nearby pub Dock Fore, seeing the sculpture taken down is literally a cause for celebration (he's hosting an "Erasing the Fore" party Wednesday night with wine specials and $1.95 Bass Ale drafts).

For years, McCarthy said, patrons regularly asked his bar staff about the sculpture across the street, and often not because they liked it.

“It didn’t take off the way it was supposed to,” he said yesterday, while standing over the torn up median where part of the sculpture once stood.

The city commissioned Tracing the Fore nearly six years ago for $135,000. Created by Somerville, Mass., artist Shauna Gillies-Smith, it was intended to evoke currents in the Fore River. However, special dunegrass planted in the medians never took, and the metal waves stood out amid the uneven grass and weeds.

The sculpture itself is comprised of 15 interlocking steel pieces that were installed, four columns wide, in two adjacent grassy medians along Fore Street between Market and Pearl streets in the heart of the Old Port. All told, the piece is more than 215 feet long.

The sculpture, which until earlier this year was part of the city’s public art collection, was sold at auction in July to a Portland-based holding company called PWM Land LLC, which is owned by Bowball Investments. PWM

Land was the lone bidder at $100.

Cohen, the general manager of both PWM Land and Bowball Investments, confirmed yesterday that he's planning to install the piece in a private sculpture garden near the city's old landfill. Currently, one other piece is installed in the garden.

Not much is known about either Bowball Investments or PWM Land LLC. Bowball’s website says only that it is a “private investments company.”

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” Cohen said in July, adding that he found Tracing the Fore to be “beautiful.”

He said, “I just think it was located in the wrong location."

Last summer, nearly 60 people who live, work or own property near the sculpture petitioned the city to remove it. In a letter, the piece was described as an eyesore and a safety hazard. The city's Public Art Committee ultimately voted to sell the piece at auction.

To be sure, not everyone is thrilled to see the end of Tracing the Fore.

Scott Tubby, who manages the George Anderson art gallery next door to Dock Fore and across from the sculpture, said he “thought it was a nice piece.”

“I thought the piece fit the area well,” said Tubby, who added that it was “too bad” that a compromise couldn’t be reached to save the artwork. “I thought it related to the area the way she designed it to.”

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hated the sculpture was beside the point. At least it started a conversation, he said.

As of yesterday afternoon, crews were still working in Boothbay Square to remove the sculpture and various concrete slabs that anchored it. After those remnants are gone, Cohen says the workers will smooth out various mounds on the median that were created to enhance the sculpture. It will likely be re-seeded with grass.

Cohen said Tracing the Fore won’t be re-installed in his private garden until spring, and noted that there are other costs associated with buying

the art than the $100 sale price. He has estimated it would cost between $5,000 and $10,000 to move the piece to his property.

Cohen says he doesn’t take it personally when people criticize his new sculpture.

“It’s art. Some people think art beautiful, other people don’t find it beautiful,” he said yesterday in a phone interview.

Cohen said he is out of town and can’t attend the “Erasing the Fore” party. However, McCarthy said he would honor the beer special next time Cohen drops by.

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A site of their own New community benefits Irreverent Widow Project CONTRIBUTED REPORT A Girl School Dropout “celebrates her inner rebel and has learned that humor and camaraderie will pull [her] through.”

And celebrate they did. GSD members packed into Grace Restaurant — appropriately in the basement — last Thursday evening for the website’s official launch party. Hosted by founder Sandi Amorello, women of all ages swapped stories, twirled the hoola hoops, and enjoyed boisterous rebellion with lots of wise-cracking camaraderie.

The free event offered the largely-female crowd a chance to connect with kindred spirits over a complimentary glass of wine, Grace hors d’ oeuvres, and raffled-off memberships and merchandise. Portland clothing designer Meredith Alex, known as Madgirl, ironically won a t-shirt sporting the GSD meritbadge logo.

“I got kicked out of Girl Scouts in seventh grade for cheating on my photography badge,” Alex confesses proudly. “Maybe that’s Claudia Dricot, Diane Worthington and Emma Kilgure enjoy a Girl Scout Dropout launch party at Grace Restaurant. Kilgure, a graduate student at University of Southern Maine, said, “I dropped out — it wasn’t my thing. I just wanted to play and ride my horse.” (ROBERT WITKOWSKI PHOTOS) when the madness began. I tried to get my mom to bring my Girl Scout outfit and sash today, but she couldn’t meet me.”

The former Chestnut Street Church turned gourmet restaurant provided a fitting backdrop for an organization that prides itself on living life their way, “with your head held high and sense of humor fully intact.” But the organization’s humor belies another purpose: Part of the proceeds from GSD ABOVE: Showing support and solidarity, Tom Gangewer, Jim Belanger merchandise help and Byron Bartlett wear the Girl Scouts Dropout badges. fund Amorello’s Irrev- RIGHT: Ellen Hayward, Paula Linogren and Angie Helton enjoy the camaraderie of Girl Scout Dropouts at last week’s launch party. erent Widow Project, helping those dealsaid, “I dropped out — it wasn’t my thing. I just thought, you shouldn’t have to pay to grieve,” ing with a loss or a wanted to play and ride my horse.” she recalled. difficult time in their “And she bought her own horse!” interjected Jean She found humor to get through those days lives.

Maginnis of South Portland, Kilgure’s aunt. Maginand started the Irreverent Widow which Amorello’s husband nis brought her niece because “she follows her heart” resonated with other people coping with loss died of pancreatic in true GSD fashion. in nontradional ways. After a while she realcancer nine years ago, What’s next for Amorello and her cyber support ized she was tired of the “death thing and and she was widowed system? needed something more fun.” with three children “This needs to be a musical!” Alex of Madgirl said.

“I started signing emails Girls School under 10. But she “'Girl Scout Dropout — The Musical.' I’ll do the cosDropout’ and the secretaries would write found the “traditional tumes when it goes to Broadway.” back, P.S. Me, too!’, but like it was Hushmourning process” Hush” explained Amorello. “I was proud of it. unhelpful and in Anyone interested in joining the GSD community Women should follow their own rules.” some cases expensive. can do so for free online at www.girlscoutdropout.

Proving the point, Emma Kilgure, a gradu“When they asked com. ate student at University of Southern Maine, for my credit card, I

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Tuesday, Sept. 27 140th annual Cumberland County Fair 6 a.m. There are so many exciting things planned for this milestone anniversary. Senior Citizens Day, Mac McHale Old Time Radio Gang; Tony Boffa; 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Weighing of all Draft Horses and Oxen; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Exhibition Hall, Museum, Sugar House and Horticulture Open.

Through Oct. 1. www.cumberlandfair.com

York County Jobs Alliance interview session 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The York County Jobs Alliance will host a special practice-interview session, University College — Saco Island. Local business representatives will be on hand to participate in an interactive session. Please dress in job interview attire. Please note that this is a free networking opportunity to practice interview skills one-onone; it is not a job seeking opportunity. The event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP by calling Ryan Anderson at 571-3301 or email ryan.anderson@goodwillnne.org.

Light refreshments will be served. More information can be found at www.goodwillnne.org.

Mycology 3.0 Growing Mushrooms at Home 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Led by Dan Agro, Urban Farm Fermentory.

“Explore the possibilities of growing mushrooms at home!

This will be a hands on workshop, exploring the process of inoculating wood chips, straw, and various other mediums with mushroom spawn. Participants will take home inoculated containers of Oyster mushrooms. All skill levels welcome. $20.” www.urbanfarmfermentory.com

Manhattan Short Film Festival 7:30 p.m. Film Lovers in Portland can unite with an audience of over 100,000 film buffs in over 250 cities across six continents during this week, when the Manhattan Short Film Festival screens at SPACE Gallery. Ten short films selected from 598 entries around the world will screen across the world during the week of Sunday, Sept. 23 to Sunday, Oct. 2. Audiences at each venue are handed a voting card and asked to vote for the one film they think is best. Votes are sent through to Manhattan Short HQ and the winner is announced on Sunday, Oct. 2. “With finalists from this Festival’s 13-year history going on to be nominated and even win the Oscar in the short film category, Manhattan Short is a wonderful opportunity to see the next generation of feature filmmakers from around the world.” Doors open at 7 p.m., films begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission $8/$6 for SPACE members. www.manhattanshort.com

Closures to I-95 off-ramps to Riverside Street 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. The contractor replacing the Exit 48 Bridge crossing over the Maine Turnpike has scheduled alternate overnight closures of the northbound and southbound offramps to Riverside Street to accommodate paving, the Turnpike Authority reported. The plan is for the individual off-ramps to close for one night each between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. The southbound off-ramp is scheduled to be closed tonight night. Turnpike patrons wishing to access Riverside Street from the north or south must use Exit 47 or another alternative route during the prescribed overnight work hours. Roadside, electronic message boards will flash notification of the closures during the hours the ramps are closed.

Wednesday, Sept. 28 140th annual Cumberland County Fair 7 a.m. There are so many exciting things planned for this milestone anniversary. Featuring: Don Campbell Band • Special Ride Promotion Pay $15 Ride all Rides. Rave X Free Style Jumping - Downeast Brass. 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Weighing all Draft Horses and Oxen; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Exhibition Hall, Museum, Sugar House, Horticulture Open. www.cumberlandfair.com

Eastern Trail Bridge event in Kennebunk 10 a.m. An estimated 700 attendees — including nearly 500 elementary school students and their pal Miles the Turnpike Moose — will celebrate the official opening of the Eastern Trail Bridge in Kennebunk. “The Eastern Trail Bridge crosses over the Maine Turnpike at Mile 26.3, providing a vital link in the state’s 387-mile-long section of the envisioned 3,000mile East Coast Greenway stretching from Maine to Florida. The celebration marks the culmination of nearly two decades of planning, hard work and cooperation between the Maine Turnpike Authority, Eastern Trail Alliance, Eastern Trail Management District, East Coast Greenway Alliance, MaineDOT, City of Biddeford, and towns of Kennebunk and Arundel.”

Social Security Administration talk 6 p.m. Rob Clark, Social Security Administration public affairs specialist, will be speaking about benefits, eligibility and enrollment. Also, hear from an annuity expert about retirement uncertainties that could impact your long-term strategy and how to supplement your retirement income.

The Cumberland County Fair started Sunday and runs through Saturday, Oct. 1. The livestock barns are just one of the attractions. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) Falmouth Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth. Free. To reserve your place call Carole Vreeland at 781-5057.

the city to view properties in the Bayside neighborhood and along Commercial Street.

Rosh Hashana prayer services

The Decline of River Herring

6 p.m. Join Congregation Beth Israel in Old Orchard Beach for Rosh Hashana prayer services. Experience spiritual richness of this Holy Day enhanced by the beauty of the nature by the sea, and participate in the festive kiddush following the services. Tachlich on an 8-mile long, beautiful beach. Services, led by cantor M. Greenberg, start on Wednesday Sept. 28 at 6 p.m., and continue on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., and Friday 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. No charge for seats; no membership required; donations are welcome. For more information go to www.cbisrael.com or call 934-2928 or email israeloob@gmail.com

7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Gulf of Maine Research Institute. 350 Commercial St. “River herring (alewives and blueback herring) have played an important historical role in New England’s coastal communities and in the ecology of coastal rivers and nearshore regions of the Gulf of Maine. Populations have exhibited dramatic declines over the past 20 years despite efforts to remove dams and restore waterways. There are many suspects in the recent declines, including striped bass predation, habitat degradation, water flow problems, and continued poor passage at dams. However, the most talked about cause is the bycatch of river herring in the mid-water trawl fishery.

Dr. Michael P. Armstrong will discuss a close examination of new data that indicates that bycatch may be part of the problem, but not the primary cause for the recent decline.”

Please RSVP to Patty Collins, lectures@gmri.org; 228-1625.

Merrill Auditorium new usher training 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Merrill Auditorium new usher training, for all those who are interested in becoming a volunteer usher at Merrill Auditorium, Portland’s 1,900-seat performing arts facility. Training will last approximately two hours and topics covered will include greeting and seating of our patrons, evacuation and general policies and procedures. Please dress appropriately for the weather, the group will be taking a walk outside. Ccontact Clare at usher@portlandmaine.gov.

Thursday, Sept. 29 140th annual Cumberland County Fair 7 a.m. Senior Citizens Day — Old Time Radio Gang - Bobby Reed, Fourth Annual Classic Car Show — Lawnmower Racing — Hysong Gospel Group. Special Ride Promotion Pay $15 Ride All Rides. Weighing Oxen, Horses and Steers, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.Through Oct. 1. www.cumberlandfair.com

Artspace hosted by Creative Portland 6 p.m. Creative Portland is hosting a presentation by Artspace — a nonprofit based in Minneapolis, Minn. that specializes in the development of artist live/work space — in the Rines Auditorium of Portland Public Library. The meeting is free and open to the public. The 30-45 minute interactive presentation will include information about Artspace’s model for developing artist live/work space and examples of their projects throughout the country. Following the presentation, attendees will be invited ask questions, provide feedback and contribute their views on community needs and interest in such a project in Portland. This meeting is part of a two-day visit by representatives from Artspace to provide a preliminary assessment for the development of artist live/work space in the city. During their visit, Artspace will meet with a variety of stakeholders, including developers, city officials, community members, funders, artists and cultural institutions to ascertain the needs, issues and interest in this type of project. While in Portland, Artspace will visit potential development sites, including the St. Lawrence Arts Center on Munjoy Hill, the Portland Public Works garage at 55 Portland Street, and several properties at the corners of Hampshire and Federal Streets in the India Street neighborhood. They will also participate in a driving tour of

Friday, Sept. 30 140th annual Cumberland County Fair 7 a.m. There are so many exciting things planned for this milestone anniversary. 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Weighing all Draft Horses and Oxen; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Exhibition Hall, Museum, Sugar House, Horticulture Open. Cumberland Fair Maine Maple Day — International Horse Pulling: USA vs. Canada — Debbie Meyers. www.cumberlandfair.com

Moore Students Community Service Project 1 p.m. A team of eighth grade students at Lyman Moore Middle School in Portland will present their public policy proposal about encouraging students to participate in community service to the Rotary Club of Portland at Holiday Inn by the Bay. The team created the proposal last school year as part of Project Citizen, a program that involves students in researching current problems and proposing solutions. They were one of four teams chosen to represent Moore at the Project Citizen State Showcase in Augusta last May. The team’s proposal would require all Maine schools to take two field trips every year that focus on community service. Each school could pick their field trip destination as long as the teachers and students could tie it to improvements in the community. Team members are Abdirisak Musse, Hilary Kingsbury, Joey Burke, Katy Cyr, Alysha Alling and Julia Jordan. Moore Assistant Principal Kathleen Ball served as their Project Citizen mentor and she will accompany them to the Rotary Club presentation. Moore seventh graders will participate in Project Citizen again this year. In the past, Moore’s Project Citizen teams have won state and national awards, generated grant funds for student-initiated projects and helped to influence public policy issues in Portland.

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by Lynn Johnston

By Holiday Mathis ably has to do with a friend’s choice of companionship, but it will affect how your day unfolds, too. Your friend’s choice could land you in a mighty strange situation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

New directions are not always good directions. You are not a blind follower.

You might even be called a skeptic.

You won’t be sorry if you scrutinize the instructions you are given and consider the source, as well.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

There’s thunder and lightning outside your window -- at least figuratively.

Dark clouds roll into your personal life, just to test the integrity of a relationship and help you figure out what to do next.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You always take the time to be with those you care about when you know they are in need. It’s even more special when you give your attention to loved ones knowing they don’t need a thing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Blame is not useful, even if you are the one blaming yourself. Assigning blame takes focus away from doing what it takes to fix a situation. Always be moving forward.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 27).

Your approach to work raises it to an artistic level. Your meticulous attention to detail will get you promoted and awarded. Creative and romantic risks pay off in November. January will bring a brilliant resolution to an ongoing problem. You’ll get loved ones and colleagues enrolled in your plan. Finances perk up in April. Cancer and Virgo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 1, 4, 8 and 17.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re not going to have much fun until your major responsibilities are covered.

That’s normally easy for you to do, but today you’ll need a little help from your friends.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your path will veer to the left and the right and then do a loop-the-loop. Who is to say the distractions and diversions aren’t really the main road? Maybe they should be!

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You know what is good for your loved ones, but sometimes they just have to figure things out for themselves. You’ll exert your influence with the perfect balance of respect and power.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Certain people bring out the worst in you. You know who they are. Somehow you talk too much around them and say things you weren’t expecting to say. Chalk it up to bad chemistry, and move on.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll enjoy an encounter with someone who has limited time available in his or her schedule. You’ll make the most of whatever time you have with this person. A little attention goes a long way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There’s a storm moving in on your love life. It’s nothing major, and it will quickly pass.

So don’t get too worked up. This is just the kind of change and excitement that adds excitement to relationships.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The line between private information and public information may be blurred. It’s not because you don’t know the difference; it’s because the rules about what’s “appropriate” are constantly changing.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The theme is: an unlikely pairing. This prob-

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Sept. 27, the 270th day of 2011. There are 95 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: Sept. 27, 1941 was “Liberty Fleet Day” as the United States launched 14 rapidly built military cargo vessels, including the first Liberty ship, the SS Patrick Henry, which was personally launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Baltimore.

On this date: In 1540, Pope Paul III issued a papal bull establishing the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, as a religious order.

In 1779, John Adams was named by Congress to negotiate the Revolutionary War’s peace terms with Britain.

In 1854, the first great disaster involving an Atlantic Ocean passenger vessel occurred when the steamship SS Arctic sank off Newfoundland; of the more than 400 people on board, only 86 survived.

In 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. In 1942, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra performed together for the last time, at the Central Theater in Passaic, N.J., prior to Miller’s entry into the Army.

In 1961, the animated TV series “Top Cat,” about a gang of mischievous Broadway alley cats, premiered on ABC. In 1964, the government publicly released the report of the Warren Commission, which found that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.

In 1994, more than 350 Republican congressional candidates gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to sign the “Contract with America,” a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the House.

One year ago: Southwest Airlines announced the $1.4 billion purchase of AirTran. Temperatures reached 113 degrees in downtown Los Angeles, the highest in records kept since 1877.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Jayne Meadows is 91. Actress Kathleen Nolan is 78. Actor Wilford Brimley is 77. Actor Claude Jarman Jr. is 77. Author Barbara Howar is 77. World Golf Hall of Famer Kathy Whitworth is 72. Singer-musician Randy Bachman is 68. Rock singer Meat Loaf is 64.

Actress Liz Torres is 64. Actor A Martinez is 63. Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt is 62. Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is 61.

Rock musician Greg Ham (Men At Work) is 58. Singer Shaun Cassidy is 53. Rock singer Stephan Jenkins is 47. Actor Patrick Muldoon is 43. Singer Mark Calderon is 41. Actress Amanda Detmer is 40. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is 39. Rock singer Brad Arnold is 33. Christian rock musician Grant Brandell is 30. Singer Avril Lavigne is 27.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I’m a 16-year-old boy with two problems. My biological parents divorced when I was 2, and my mother remarried when I was 12. I live with my mother and stepfather and see my dad on the weekends.

The first problem is, since Mom married my stepfather, she seems unattached to me and more attached to him. She blames me for most things and nearly always takes my stepdad’s side when we have a disagreement.

For example, on one of my report cards, I had two 97s and two 94s. Those are pretty solid grades, but Mom yelled at me for not doing better. She also gets mad when she thinks I’m giving her “attitude,” even when I’m not. I’ve tried calmly talking to her, thinking she would listen as she used to. And she does for a short while, but then goes back to her old ways.

My mom and stepfather both work full time, but when my stepdad comes home, he just lies around doing nothing.

When Mom asks him to help around the house, they usually get into a fight. He also blamed me for bringing a virus into his computer by looking at porn. Of course, Mom took his side on that one.

During the day, I do whatever housework seems necessary.

I wash dishes, vacuum, make coffee, whatever, without being asked. But I never get so much as a simple thank you at the end of the day.

The other problem is my bio dad. He’s been unemployed for a while and fell behind on child support, but I know he’s doing the best he can. I don’t like that my mother and stepfather complain about him in front of me. I love my dad. I also love my mother and stepfather, but I don’t know how to talk to them anymore because I know they will judge me. Do you have any advice? -- Losing My Family Dear Losing: Some of your issues are teen related and will

get better as you get older. However, your mother should not be denigrating your father in front of you, nor should you be stuck in the middle of the fights between any of your parents.

Your mother sounds as if she has her hands full, and it’s good that you contribute to the household without expecting much.

Continue to have calm talks with her, even if it only helps for a little while. Also, please speak to your school counselor. It can be beneficial to have a sympathetic ear on an ongoing basis.

Dear Annie: My friend “Bill” is terminally ill and has hospice care. I didn’t visit him because I assumed his time was reserved for his family. Too late, I realized I could have gone to see him after all. I went yesterday, and his daughter said she was sorry more people did not stop by.

Annie, Bill has many friends who thought as I did. What a mistake. What can I do in such a situation? -- Boston Dear Boston: Bill’s friends should make every effort to visit.

When one is unsure of protocol, a simple phone call can clarify matters. The hospice worker or a relative will let you know whether visitation is welcome or not. Right now, we hope you will phone as many of Bill’s friends as you can and let them know that a visit would be greatly appreciated.

Dear Annie: You’ve printed so many letters about relationships between parents and children after divorce.

I married a man with six children. We cannot afford to take the whole family out for every child’s birthday celebration.

Instead, I suggested Dad take the birthday child out, just the two of them, to hang out, go to a restaurant for dinner, see a movie, whatever.

My husband loves that I care about his kids, and the kids love that they get “Dad time.” Everybody wins. -- Wants Everyone Happy

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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Six accused of plotting terrorism in England LONDON (NY TIMES) — Six men have been charged with planning an act of terrorism in Britain, as part of a plot that included training in Pakistan, preparing for suicide bombings and constructing an explosive device, the police said on Monday.

The men, ages 25 to 32, are all from Birmingham, Britain’s second-largest city. Four were charged with “preparing for an act of terrorism in the U.K.,” and the other two were charged with failing to disclose information. A seventh man was being questioned, the West Midlands police force said in a statement.

The men were arrested last week in a raid led by the counterterrorism unit of Britain’s West Midlands police.

The police have given no details of the alleged plot, but a police statement said the arrests were part of a “major operation” prompted by intelligence work, a formulation that has often been used to describe a lengthy period of surveillance, including phone-tapping, by undercover units and Britain’s secret intelligence and security agencies, MI5 and MI6.

The police statement said the six men appeared in a magistrate’s court in west London on Monday and were denied bail.

Two of the men, Irfan Nasser, 30, and Irfan Khalid, 26, are facing 12 counts, including “planning a suicide bombing campaign/event,” “making a martyrdom film,” and “traveling to Pakistan for training in terrorism, including bomb making, weapons and poison making.”

The police declined to provide further details of the plot or make officers available for interviews.

These are the first major terrorism arrests in Britain in several months. In recent years, major British cities have been fertile grounds for terrorist recruiters, generating a steady stream of international plots that have prompted concerns in Washington.

American officials engaged in counterterrorism operations have said that the proliferation of Islamic militant cells in Britain that have links to Al Qaeda and other jihadist organizations, many of them involving people from Britain’s large population of migrant families with roots in Pakistan, are a threat to American as well as British security.

Britain’s counterterrorism capabilities have been expanded to deal with the threat, but top officials of MI5, the domestic security agency, have said that a shortage of qualified agents forces it to prioritize, leaving some potential leads unexploited. That was part of MI5’s explanation for its failure to pursue fragmentary clues that might have led to the plotters who carried out the 2005 suicide bombings.

NJ governor blocks ‘Jersey Shore’ tax credit (NY TIMES) — Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey on Monday blocked a $420,000 tax credit that the state’s Economic Development Authority had approved last week.

Was the loser a high-tech startup? Or an alternative energy company, perhaps?

No. It was Snooki and the Situation.

The production company behind the reality series “Jersey Shore” had applied for the credit, intended to foster film and television shooting in the state, to cover costs for its inaugural season in 2009.

Mr. Christie, who suspended the film tax credit program last year to close a budget deficit, said he was “duty bound” to see that taxpayers “are not footing a $420,000 bill for a project which does nothing more than perpetuate misconceptions about the state and its citizens.”

“In this difficult fiscal climate,” he wrote to Caren S. Franzini, the chief executive of the Economic Development Authority, “the taxpayers of New Jersey should not be forced to subsidize projects such as ‘Jersey Shore.’ ” Jeannie Kedas, a spokeswoman for MTV, said Mr. Christie’s veto of the credit “does not affect the show.”

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Bird Walk at the Quarry Run 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Bird Walk at the Quarry Run. “Join Derek and Jeannette Lovich from Freeport Wild Bird Supply for a birding walk in the Quarry Run, they’ll be looking for migrant sparrows and other species that like the weedy fields of the old landfill. Trekkers will also look at the changing habitat at the Quarry, especially the proliferation of invasive plants. There’s a possibility of seeing 10 species of sparrows, as well as rare-but-regular visitors, particularly Dickcissel and Orange-crowned Warbler. Meet at the Quarry Run in the Ocean Ave Recreational Area.” www. trails.org/events.html

‘Confessions of a New Age Refugee’ 7 p.m. “Losing My Religion: Confessions of a New Age Refugee,” written and performed by Seth Lepore, directed

by Thomas Griffin. The Hive, Kennebunk; $12 advance/$15 door Tix for show available at www.brownpapertickets.com or visit www.thehivekennebunk.com; www.facebook.com/ thehivekennebunk. The Hive, 84 Main St., Kennebunk.

New England Americana Songwriter’s Night 8 p.m. Six acclaimed local songwriters from around the Northeast will team up for one show. The event is free to the public. The line-up includes: Sarah Blacker: www.sarahblacker.com; John Colvert: www.johncolvert.com; Sam Otis Hill: www.samotishill.com; Jay Baisner (of This Way): www.thiswayband.com; Jeff Conley: www.jeffconleyband. com; Patrick Coman: www.patrickcoman.com. At Port City Blue. www.portcityblue.com

Saturday, Oct. 1 140th annual Cumberland County Fair 7 a.m. There are so many exciting things planned for this milestone anniversary. 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Weighing all Draft Horses and Oxen; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Exhibition Hall, Museum, Sugar House, Horticulture Open. World of Horses Show, NPPA Truck Pull, Don Campbell, Brian Wardwell. 8 a.m.

Make-A-Wish Foundation Tractor Pull, Front of Grandstands. www.cumberlandfair.com

Portland Jetport: Open house for new terminal 9 a.m. to noon. Public open house for the Portland International Jetport’s brand new expanded terminal. From 9 a.m. to noon, visitors will be able to tour the new facility before it officially opens for business on Sunday, Oct. 2. This is a family friendly event and refreshments and giveaways will be available for children. Parking vouchers will be provided for this event. Portland International Jetport, 1001 Westbrook St., Portland.

Maine Marathon Kids’ Mile 10 a.m. Portland’s Back Cove will be the scene of the first Maine Marathon Kids’ Mile, beginning at 10 a.m. The event will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine and is part of the Maine Marathon, which take place the following day. To participate, athletes must be 7 to12 years of age on the day of the race. Medals will be awarded to all finishers and trophies will be given to the top three boys and the top three girls. Official Maine Marathon Kids’ Mile t-shirts will be given to the first 500 athletes who register for the race. Race registration can be done online at www.KidsMile.kintera.org, or in-person on the day of the race from 8 to 9:40 a.m. at the Maine Marathon start line, near the Hannaford entrance on Bedford Street in Portland. There is a $12 entry fee for the Kids’ Mile (only $10 for registrations returned to the BBBS or postmarked by Monday, Sept. 19). Prizes will be given to all participants raising more money for Big Brothers Big Sisters.

The names of athletes who raise $100 or more over the registration amount will be entered into a drawing to win an iPad. The drawing will take place right after the race on Saturday, Oct. 1. Online registration can be done by visiting: www.KidsMile.kintera.org. The site also introduces all the fundraising opportunities, qualifying participants to win the extra prizes.

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Brunswick Fall Festival 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Brunswick Fall Festival, Downtown Brunswick and Town Mall. The Brunswick Dog Park Committee will host fundraising/fun activities for dogs and owners on the mall in Brunswick. Additionally, there will be a sidewalk sale, arts and crafts show, apple pie contest, free flu shots, and loads of children’s activities including face painting, balloon sculptures, “Candy Playtime” with Wilbur’s Chocolates, and Life Is Good “Playmakers” who work with children who are survivors of natural disasters or trauma.

A scene from “Romeo and Juliet.” At 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, Naked Shakespeare begins a new season. “We have re-vamped the format for our monthly series to focus on text selections around a theme. We will still be using cue cards from the audience for the speeches, and the scenes will be presented with modern English textual introductions. Come see what Naked Shakespeare is all about with our bacchanalian first show of the season!” Wine Bar on Wharf Street, free (suggested donation $8). www.nakedshakespeare.org. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Kat Powers at The Mill Store 10 a.m. to noon. Join Kat Powers, a Maine based, do-ityourself enthusiast, instructor, and interior decorator for a free workshop on painted furniture at The Mill Store located at Payne Road in Scarborough. Kat will share time saving tips and tricks for professional looking painted and stained finishes. Also, learn how to create your own antique looks with weathered and distressed painted finishes. To register call 885-9200. This is a free workshop but space is limited so call today.

Downtown Brunswick Fall Festival 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In Downtown Brunswick: on the Town Mall, at Brunswick Station and on Maine Street, fun activities for the whole family. Sidewalk sale; craft fair; dog events; free flu shots; fire prevention activities; music; children’s activities; apple pie contest; downtown restaurant activities; Wilbur’s Fine Chocolates “Candy Play”; geocaching event. FMI, www.brunswickdowntown.org

‘Mercy’ breaks new ground in the genre of young adult vampire stories in that it is inspired by a true story. Mercy Brown and her family lived in Exeter, R.I., in the late 1890s, when the New England vampire tradition held powerful sway. When Mercy’s family members began to die, fear struck deep in the hearts of the small community. Following Mercy’s death, when her brother took sick, villagers convinced Mercy’s father to have the corpse exhumed. They dug out her heart, burned it, and fed it to her brother. He too died — as Mercy had — from tuberculosis. ... A former children’s book editor at HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, Thomson now lives in Portland.” The event is sponsored by Islandport Press, the Portland Public Library, Spirits Alive, and Curious City. In the event of rain, the event will be held at the Teen Room at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. For information about the event, contact Curious City at 420-1126. For more information about the book, please call 846-3344, visit www. islandportpress.com or e-mail books@islandportpress.com.

Cathryn Falwell at Maine Audubon’s Apple Day 10:30 a.m. Children¹s book illustrator/author Cathryn Falwell will read from and talk turkey about her new picture book “Gobble, Gobble,” as part of Maine Audubon¹s Apple Day, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.). “Learn the secrets of the wild turkeys from Maine Audubon, follow the tracks of Maine wildlife in the Gobble Trail Game ... and create nature journals with the wildlife facts you gather. Cathryn will be signing her many nature picture books until 1 p.m. All ages, but best for 4-9.” Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth,. 781-2330. Free.

Sixth annual Woofminster 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sixth annual Woofminster Dog Show & Cover Dog Challenge, contests: games, puppy parade, raffles, scavenger hunt, bake sale, agility demonstrations, face painting, kids’ crafts. Rain or shine. All well-behaved dogs and people without dogs are welcome. Camp Ketcha, Scarborough, tckets are $10 for adults and $5 for dogs and kids (children under 2 free). They can be purchased at the Planet Dog Company Store at 211 Marginal Way, Portland (347-8606) or by calling Planet Dog at 800-381-1516.

‘The Last New England Vampire’ cemetery event 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. “What better place to celebrate the book launch of ‘Mercy: The Last New England Vampire’ than in a cemetery? Join award-winning author Sarah L. Thomson to celebrate the release of her new young adult novel. ...”

At the Eastern Cemetery, 224 Congress St., Portland. “Take a ‘Dead Girl’ tour of the cemetery, a tour of teens buried in the cemetery led by cemetery caretakers Spirits Alive; get your own ghoulish photo taken at a photo booth; and look for sightings of Mercy Brown’s ghost wandering the graveyard. Thomson will also sign copies and read from the book, and all visitors will leave with a memento of ‘Mercy.’

Sunday, Oct. 2 Fryeburg Fair 7 a.m. Fryeburg Fair, established in 1851, will host its 161st annual eight day fair Oct. 2-9 in Fryeburg. The Fryeburg Fair is considered to be one of the best agricultural fairs in the U.S. The eight days of Fryeburg Fair include over 3,000 head of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, hogs, poultry, rabbits, oxen and more. Fair events include Woodsmen’s Field Day, horse and ox pulling, draft horse tandem hitches up to eight, pig scrambles, calf scrambles, cooking contests, flower shows, exhibition halls of crafts, handiwork, photos, art, forest and wood products, fiber products; a full museum of old farm equipment and memorabilia with live demonstrations; the “Little Red Schoolhouse” built in 1835; the milking parlor, firemen’s musters, sheepdog trials, tractor pulling, 4WD pulls and pari-mutuel harness racing on the Fair’s half-mile track. Entertainment is everywhere with singers, musicians, bands, and performers in the Fair’s park areas. This year’s night shows headliners are – “Always Patsy Cline,” “John Stevens & The Beantown Orchestra,” “Stealing Angels,” “Randy Houser,” “David Foster & The Mohegan Sun All Stars,” & “Hotel California.” Scrumptious and vast food selections are everywhere at the Fair! The annual Fireworks show is always fantastic and the Grand Parade is two hours of Fryeburg Fair’s best on display.

Tickets are $10 per person per day with children under 12 free. Gates open at 7 a.m.; buildings open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Harness Racing 1:30 p.m. Tuesday thru Sunday. Night Shows at 8 p.m., Oct 3-8, Monday thru Saturday. For more information on Fryeburg Fair, go to www.fryeburgfair.org. see next page

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20th Annual Maine Marathon/Relay

restore her legendary Stradivarius. Though the aging diva proves to be a prickly client, the two develop an unexpected friendship over the priceless instrument. Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave., Portland. Through Oct. 23.

and eventually tour to other locations in the area. The first presentation of the season is “Drunks and Fools,” an evening featuring some of Shakespeare’s most outrageous and memorable characters, which will be performed first on Oct. 3. The next collection of shorts is entitled “Will’s Willies,” and it showcases some of the bard’s most macabre and disturbing imagery. Audiences can experience this show on Nov. 7. For the holiday season, Naked Shakespeare brings “Lovers and Cross Dressers” to the Wine Bar on Dec. 5. The titles and content for the late winter and spring shows will be announced in December. All Naked Shakespeare performances are free with an $8 suggested donation. Acorn Productions. Wine Bar on Wharf Street, Portland. Monday, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. — “Drunks and Fools.” Free, suggested donation $8. FMI: 854-0065 or www.acorn-productions.org

7:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. 20th Annual Maine Marathon/Relay & Maine Half Marathon Day Festival to be held on Baxter Boulevard Ext. from Forest Avenue to Preble Street and continuing on to Washington Avenue. Runners will congregate in the area between Forest Avenue and Preble Street for the start and finish of the race. The three races start at 7:45 a.m. from the same locations. Proceeds from this year’s race will go to benefit Camp To Belong Maine, an organization that connects and reunites siblings who have been separated because of foster care or other out-of-home care. In 2010, a total of $35,000 was donated to Camp to Belong. Also, several organizations participate each year to raise money for their causes, including the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training, the Center for Grieving Children and the Maine Children’s Cancer Program. www.mainemarathon.com

‘Importance of Historic Preservation on Munjoy Hill’

Portland mayoral forum

Book Talk: ‘Our Game Was Baseball’

Firefighters’ Memorial Sunday Service

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Portland Music Foundation (PMF) and the Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance (PACA) are teaming up to present a Portland mayoral forum focused on issues and policies related the city’s arts, culture and music community on from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) at the State Theatre at 609 Congress St. The event is free and open to the public. All qualified candidates for the position of Portland’s first elected mayor have been asked to participate in a 90-minute session consisting of multiple rounds of questions pertaining to Portland’s creative community. Community members may submit questions to the candidates for consideration in advance by posting them on the Facebook page of either PMF or PACA, or by emailing info@portlandarts.org. www.PortlandMusicFoundation.org or www.PortlandArts.org

noon. Presenter: John Hodgkins, author, at the Maine Historical Society. “Get in the mood for the World Series with this wonderful new memoir of growing up with the Temple Townies in the 1940s and ‘50s. ‘Our Game Was Baseball’ follows ‘A Soldier’s Son,’ Hodgkins’ poignant memoir of his childhood in Temple, Maine during World War II. Hodgkins finds and interviews former team members, recounts his own passion for the Townies, and recounts the central role the Townies played in the life of this western Maine community.” www.mainehistory.org

noon. Portland Fire Department, Portland Veteran Firemen’s Association and the City of South Portland Fire Department will hold their annual Memorial Sunday Service in honor of firefighters who lost their lives in service to these two cities. First held in 1892 to remember all deceased firefighters, and now held on the first Sunday in October every year, this service has become an important tradition for the surviving family and friends of those firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty as well as the firefighting community. The names of twenty Portland firefighters and two South Portland firefighters will be read as a bell tolls at the Portland Veteran Firemen’s Monument, erected in 1913, at the Forest City Cemetery. The names to be read include Hoseman Thomas Burnham of Engine Company 2, who lost his life April 28, 1903 fighting the Holyoke Wharf fire that a month later claimed the life of Hoseman Clarence Johnson of Engine Company 3, Deputy Chief William Steele who died as a result of the inhalation of nitric acid fumes from a carboy spill in the basement of the HH Hay’s Drug Store in 1913, and Private Thomas O’Connor, who lost his life July 12, 1960, when Engine 4 and Ladder 3 collided at the intersection of Spring and Brackett Streets responding to an alarm on Orchard Street. The memorial serves as a reminder to the community of the risks firefighters face as well as the deep connections firefighters hold for each other and the cities they promise to protect. The service begins with a procession led by bag pipe to the Portland Veteran Firemen’s Association Monument. Members of both departments and the veterans association will speak followed by Roll Call of the members who died in the line of duty. The memorial concludes with the laying of floral wreaths. Each year more than fifty family members attend the service to pay their respects. Forest City Cemetery, 232 Lincoln St., South Portland.

7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Gary Berenson, executive director of the Maine Jewish Museum, and Leonard W. Cummings Sr., chair of the Executive Committee to Restore the Abyssinian Meeting House, will give a talk on “The Importance of Historic Preservation on Munjoy Hill: Etz Chaim Synagogue and the Abyssinian Meeting House.” The talk will take place at the University of Southern Maine from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Glickman Family Library, seventh floor, University Events Room, 314 Forest Ave., Portland. Reception to follow. The talk and reception are free and open to the public.

Tuesday, Oct. 4

Monday, Oct. 3

Acorn Productions season launch 8 p.m. Acorn Productions, a nonprofit company based in the Dana Warp Mill in downtown Westbrook, opens its 14th season of productions. “Acorn is unique in the area in that the company presents a variety of different types of live productions, including festivals, studio theater presentations of classic plays children’s theater, and unconventional performances of the work of William Shakespeare. In all of Acorn’s work, the emphasis is on education, whether it be training actors of all ages, mentoring playwrights and vaudeville performers, or assisting audiences in accessing work by offering free and low-cost productions. The company’s 2011/12 season will include new editions of Phyzgig and the Maine Playwrights Festival, three plays by the Fairy Tale Players, a new approach to monthly Naked Shakespeare performances at the Wine Bar on Wharf Street, and three classic plays presented in the Acorn Studio Theater in Westbrook.” For the 2011/12 season, Naked Shakespeare will focus on creating a series of themed-performances, to debut at the Wine Bar on the first Monday of the month

Wednesday, Oct. 5 Senator George Mitchell to speak at USM/Wright Express Event 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Senator George Mitchell will be joined

by USM President Selma Botman at the Second Annual USM Wright Express Leadership and Creativity Event Series, “Understanding the Middle East and Its Significance on the World Stage.” The event will be held at Hannaford Lecture Hall in the Abromson Community Education Center on the USM Portland campus. Tickets for this annual scholarship fundraiser are $20 general admission and $15 seniors and students, with group rates available. FMI, visit the website at http://usm.maine.edu/giving/WEXseries or call 780-4714. “This will be the Senator’s first presentation in Maine on the Middle East since completing his duties as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, a position he held until May 2011. USM President Selma Botman, a scholar of modern Middle Eastern politics with a Ph.D. in history and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University, will provide commentary. Sponsored by Wright Express Corporation, 100 percent of proceeds will support scholarships for USM students.”

Portland, Maine Tweed Ride 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Portland Velocipede, 45 York St., announced a Portland, Maine Tweed Ride. “A leisurely ride around the peninsula with stops to take in the scenes, chat, and admire each other’s attire and bicycles. Dashing and dapper riding attire of the tweed, woolen, and vintage-inspired variety is essential. Let’s hope for a crisp autumn afternoon. Ride will conclude at the Portland Pie Company, just a few doors down from Portland Velocipede. Rain or shine.”

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2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Cultivating Community’s fifth annual 20 Mile Meal will be held at Turkey Hill Farm in Cape Elizabeth.

About 20 of southern Maine’s chefs will be preparing a locavorion meal made from ingredients harvested or raised at Turkey Hill or within 20 miles. Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for those age 7-11. Kids under 7 get in for free. 120 Old Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth.

A Celebration of the English piano 3 p.m. A Celebration of the English piano: Sonatas and Songs by Haydn, Beethoven & Clementi at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Emmanuel Chapel, 143 State St., Portland. The program will include Beethoven’s “An die ferne geliebte”, generally acknowledged to be the first song cycle. The artists are: Sylvia Berry, fortepiano and Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor. Cost: $15/$10 students and seniors.

Contact: Albert Melton, Cathedral Musician, 772-5434

Blessing of the Animals 4 p.m. Blessing of the Animals at St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican Church, 156 Saco Road (Route 5), Old Orchard Beach. The blessing is open to all who want pets or other animals blessed in the traditional manner of the Church. Further Information, 772-2492.

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After long hours, Red Sox keep slim lead

BY DAVE CALDWELL THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Yankees did not have much to play for Sunday — or did they? With a division title and home-field advantage through the American League playoffs tied down, Manager Joe Girardi rested four of his starters for each game of a doubleheader Sunday against the reeling Boston Red Sox. But when the games started, it was as if Girardi

and his team could not stomach the idea of just playing out the string, torturing the Red Sox as they had the Tampa Bay Rays last week, winning the opener, 6-2, and pushing the Red Sox to 14 innings in the nightcap before losing, 7-4.

“Our guys play the game with a lot of pride, and our guys play the game the right way,” Girardi said after the first game. “That’s what they’re supposed to do.”

Jacoby Ellsbury’s three-run home run in the 14th inning kept the Red Sox one game ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays in the wild card race Sunday. (Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images North America, via Getty Images/New York Times)

As if to make his case, Girardi was thrown out of the second game in the 13th inning, when he shot from the dugout to protest a call by first-base umpire Tim McClelland on an infield hit by Boston’s Dustin Pedroia. Most of the sellout crowd of 49,072 had gone home by then.

Girardi did hold back in one way, keeping Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Russell Martin on the bench in the second game even though the Yankees could have used them. “They’ve been sitting a long time,” Girardi said. “People are really going to question what you do.”

For the Red Sox, the win helped them avoid a three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium and kept them from falling into a tie for the A.L. wild-card berth with the Rays, who beat Toronto on Sunday afternoon, 5-2. The Rays close the season with three games against the Yankees, while the Red Sox finish with three in Baltimore.

In what seemed a reversal of expected starting performances, Ivan Nova (16-4) was less than superb in the 5-hour-11-minute nightcap, which the Yankees lost on a three-run homer by Jacoby Ellsbury, his third homer of the day. Nova, a 24-year-old rookie right-hander, is certain to be one of Girardi’s starters in the postseason.

Less certain of his role heading into the postseason is the right-hander A. J. Burnett, who has been ineffective and unpopular for most of the season but pitched so well in the opener that Yankees fans stood to cheer him when he left the game. He accepted a hearty handshake from Girardi, who often has received a snarl from Burnett along with the ball.

Burnett (11-11) wanted to pitch well enough to prove he can be a viable postseason option.

“I think I owed him a good headache,” Burnett said of Girardi.