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Rethinking Spring Street Architects group to discuss options for revitalizing roadway

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Should the four-lane section of Spring Street that connects downtown to the West End be “liberated,” or is it just fine the way it is?

"Liberated," of course, might be a bit of a stretch.

But an event later this month hosted by Portland Society of Architects will explore what, if anything, should be done to the “ugly Spring Street

highway” that runs from High Street to Union Street.

“Spring Street got laid in on or about the same time as Franklin Arterial, and ... you’ve got this little piece of interstate, if you will, in the middle see SPRING page 3 RIGHT: A flyer for a Sept. 20 meeting solicits ways to improve Spring Street in Portland. (COURTESY IMAGE)

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Engineer Doug Irish prepares to disembark at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum Wednesday.

The Cummins diesel engine he’s entering was built in 1949 in Schenectady, N.Y.,

by General Electric, to be used in a steel mill in Massachusetts, he said. A plan to move the railroad museum from its current location to another site in Maine is scheduled for a board vote next month.

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Directors of the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum should know in a month where the historic railroad museum will operate in the future.

It just probably won't be at the museum's current site along Casco Bay, according to the board member heading up the search.

"We haven't made a decision yet," said

Brian Durham, vice president of the board of the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and chair of the board's relocation committee.

"We're still doing some of our homework, trying to do some marketing and business analysis in these different locations; hopefully that will be finished this month and hopefully we'll make a decision next month."

The different locations under consider-

ation by the railroad museum board are Bridgton, Gray, Monson and Portland — all finalists as potential homes for the 18-yearold nonprofit railroad museum.

In Portland, the location hasn't been defined, but "probably not here," Durham said, referring to the Portland Company Complex, the railroad's waterfront home since 1993. see RAILROAD page 8

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Plane crash wipes out hockey team TUNOSHA, Russia (NY Times) — A Russian passenger airliner chartered by one of the country’s best-known hockey teams and carrying numerous veterans of the National Hockey League crashed during take-off near the city of Yaroslavl on Wednesday, killing all but 2 of the 45 people on board.

Lokomotiv’s coach, Brad McCrimmon, a Canadian who played for 18 seasons in the N.H.L. between 1979 and 1997, died in the crash, along with Pavol Demitra, who played 16 seasons in the N.H.L. for the Los Angeles Kings and the Vancouver Canucks. Three members of the Czech national team, Jan Marek, Karel Rachunek and Josef Vasicek were also among the victims. Mr. Marek was a 2003 draft choice of the New York Rangers.

The only survivors were a crew member and a player, the star forward Aleksander Galimov, who was rushed to a local hospital, a Russian aviation official told the Interfax news agency.

The crash is likely to have a severe impact on Russian hockey. Lokomotiv is a three-time champion of the Continental Hockey League, the Russian equivalent of the N.H.L., with a status here similar to any of the top North American teams. It has also been at the forefront of an effort in recent years to rebuild Russian hockey.

Billionaire businessmen and large state companies like Gazprom, the energy giant, have been pumping money into the league, improving arenas and raising salaries in an effort to retain players who were being lost to the N.H.L. and to recruit some North American and European stars as players and coaches. The crash is likely to give those stars second thoughts.

In 2008, a highly touted 19-year-old forward, Alexei Cherepanov, who was also a Rangers draft choice, died on the bench at the end of a game of a heart ailment that had gone undetected. The president of the team, Avangard Omsk, and the team doctor were suspended indefinitely by the league for their roles in that tragedy, as well as for administering a banned performanceenhancing drug that was discovered at autopsy.

The crash also added to a terrible run of air safety problems in Russia, with eight fatal crashes this year, six of them since June. The Yak-42 jet that crashed on Wednesday was carrying the Lokomotiv hockey team from its home in Yaroslavl, a city northeast of Moscow, to an away game in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, in what would have been the second game of the Russian hockey season.

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Markets rally on European court ruling (NY TIMES) — Stocks in the United States staged a relief rally Wednesday, with the broader market rising almost 3 percent on momentum from a court ruling in Germany backing euro-zone bailouts and market rebounds in Europe and Asia.

Bank stocks in particular, which had taken a beating in recent weeks, surged more than 4 percent.

Analysts said investors were encouraged by a ruling by the German Constitutional Court that rejected challenges that aimed to block German participation in bailouts for other countries in the euro area. Still, the court said future financial rescues must be approved by Parliament’s budget committee.

The development, as well as European economic data released on Wednesday, went to the heart of a number of the issues facing investors — how to gauge the euro zone’s approach to its debt crisis and the pace of global economic growth.

But given the volatility in the markets recently, analysts were cautious about the prospects for the broad gains to stick.

“It is a bit of a relief rally,” said Paul Zemsky, the chief investment officer of multiasset strategies for ING Investment Management. There was “a favorable outcome” to the German court ruling and the market was responding, he said, “but we need to see follow through.”

Some analysts said that the recent declines in the sector appeared to be overdone. In a research report, analysts from Deutsche Bank noted that bank stocks have declined by 24 percent since July 21, the date to which the most recent sell-off period is often traced, while the broader market as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index was down by 13 percent.

“While numerous macro concerns remain, we believe the sell-off is overdone” if gross domestic product growth is more than 1 percent, the analysts said.

Economists have been recalculating their outlook for the economy in the light of softer economic data and, to some extent, recent stock market volatility has increased the uncertainty for businesses.

On Wednesday, a Federal Reserve survey of its 12 districts reported that many businesses had downgraded or become more cautious about their near-term outlooks.

But the markets in the United States are also intertwined with global economies, and Mr. Zemsky noted that new industrial data from Germany provided some support. The data said German industrial production surged 4 percent in July, above expectations and reversing a decline in June. Still, the country must cope with slack demand.

“It looks like the economies around

Caution before 9/11/11 WASHINGTON (NY TIMES) — Acting out of caution rather than in response to a concrete threat, the United States is tightening security on military bases and warning Americans traveling abroad to be careful in the run-up to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The Obama administration said it did not have specific evidence of any attack planned to coincide with the commemoration of the anniversary. But a senior official said the administration was acting “out of an abundance of caution,” in part because it had picked up evidence that Osama bin Laden had expressed a desire to exploit the anniversary with a follow-up attack by Al Qaeda.

On Wednesday, the Pentagon announced that it had raised the force-protection level at all of its bases, as well as at the Pentagon itself. Last week, the State Department issued a worldwide travel warning, urging Americans to use vigilance abroad because Al Qaeda or its supporters could launch attacks.

“It is no secret that al Qaeda has focused on holidays and milestone events in the past,” said the Pentagon spokesman, George Little.

“As you have all seen, the 10th anniversary was mentioned in the documents seized at the Abbottabad compound.”

That evidence, which came from a trove of notebooks and other materials seized by a Navy Seal team in the raid that killed Bin Laden in Pakistan, has focused the minds of officials on the potential for the anniversary to be used

by Al Qaeda, its spinoff groups or even terrorists acting alone.

“It seemed more aspirational than real, and given the pressure on the Al Qaeda’s network, maybe not even feasible,” said a senior official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence analysis. “But what it did was affirm for us that, contrary to past analysis, Bin Laden had put some emphasis on the anniversary.”

On Tuesday, President Obama convened his national security team to review the nation’s security preparations.

the world are slowing, not stopping,” Mr. Zemsky said.

Corporate news also propelled trading in key sectors.

Bank of America was the most actively traded financial stock, and it rose nearly 7 percent. The bank shook up its top management team on Tuesday as it contended with a flagging share price and mounting legal liabilities.

The technology sector rose solidly, led by Yahoo, which was up more than 5 percent.

The company’s chief executive, Carol A. Bartz, was fired Tuesday, ending a rocky two-year tenure in which she tried to revitalize the online media company.

At the close of trading, the three main indexes in the United States were all more than 2 percent higher. The Dow Jones industrial average of 30 stocks was up 2.5 percent, or 275.56 points, to 11,414.86. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index rose 2.9 percent, or 33.38 points, to 1,198.62, and the Nasdaq composite index was up 3.0 percent, or 75.11 points to 2,548.78.

The Treasury’s benchmark 10-year note yield rose to 2.045 percent from 1.98 percent late Tuesday.

The gains on Wall Street on Wednesday, if they hold, would reverse some of the losses that were carried over from last week’s disappointing report on United States unemployment.

Mubarak judge summons top military officials in trial CAIRO (NY TIMES) — The judge hearing the criminal trial of former President Hosni Mubarak has ordered testimony from the top two military officers now running the country, adding uncertainty to an already confused judicial process.

It was not clear whether the two officers, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and Gen. Sami Enan, had been forewarned of the judge’s move or would agree to appear.

It was not clear whether the two officers, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and Gen. Sami Enan, had been forewarned of the judge’s move or would agree to appear.

The judge, Ahmed Rafaat, stipulated that they would testify under the strictest secrecy. Not only did he order the men to testify in a closed session but he barred news organizations from reporting any information that might leak from the sessions.

A third witness summoned Wednesday, Mr. Mubarak’s former intelligence chief and vice president, Omar Suleiman, has disappeared from public view since mid-February, when he made the televised announcement that Mr. Mubarak was turning over power to a council of senior officers.

The two officers have been the highest authorities in the country since then. A military spokesman did not respond to telephone calls, but a lawyer involved in the case said the fact that the judge had scheduled their testimony appeared to reflect his certainty that they would appear. Field Marshal Tantawi, who was Mr. Mubarak’s loyal defense minister for 20 years, is scheduled to appear on Sunday and General Enan and Mr. Suleiman early in the week.

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Spring Street critic: ‘It starts nowhere and it ends nowhere’ SPRING from page one

of town and it caused about as much disruption (as Franklin), and really, for what purpose?” said Mark Johnson, a landscape architect with the Portland firm SMRT Inc. “It starts nowhere and it ends nowhere,” he added.

In the West End, Spring is home to century-old mansions, brick row houses and handful of shops and businesses. But east of High Street, Spring fans out into a four-lane mini-highway that has some landmark buildings like the Holiday Inn by the Bay and Cumberland County Civic Center, but none of the housing or restaurants that comprise the “urban fiber” of Portland.

It wasn’t always this way.

"The city planners of the early 1970′s, fueled with Federal money, demolished the core of Portland in an attempt to build a suburban mall downtown. Now we are left with jersey barriers between High and Exchange (streets) and a senseless highway that, except a few skateboarders, is only used by automobiles," according to a PSA flyer for the Sept. 20 event, which is open only to PSA members. "It’s time to fix this six-block mistake."

Markos Miller, who co-chaired the Franklin Street Arterial Committee, which studied ways to improve Franklin Street after a similar expansion in the late 1960s, said both streets were redesigned under the guise of urban renewal.

These wider roadways were partly the vision of Victor Gruen, the Los Angeles architect who designed the first shopping mall. According to Miller, Gruen’s plan for Portland was essentially to build a ring-road around the city.

“There was a transportation plan done late 1950s or early 1960s that really talked about getting

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In the past few years, Johnson says this meeting there has been a new push to on Spring Street was conreverse these urban renewal ceived as a brainstorm sesprojects. The Franklin Street sion among architects and committee released a report urban planners, not the start last year with three differof a new campaign. Even so, ent options to improve the he says the group might leave street, which runs from exit the session with a basic vision 7 off Interstate 295 to Comfor the street. mercial Street.

“At this point in time, it’s The three fixes are: cremore of a ‘Let’s see what the ation of an “urban street” possibilities are’ and kind of that pushes the lanes take it one step at a time,” he together and allows for new said in an interview last week, development on both sides; adding that the final result, if creation of an “urban parkthere is one, would likely be way” that calls for a narshared with the city. He adds rower median with a bicycle that the group is not "miliand pedestrian thoroughfare tant" about any one idea or on one side and development another. on the other; and creation Still, he admits there is of a “multi-lane boulevard” plenty of opportunity for which would include through improvement. traffic down the center lane "When you look at aerial and access roads on the side photos of the peninsula, you where cars would park and see just gaping holes that are access property on both sides in it, with vast seas of parking of the street. and undeveloped land," JohnNo official action has been son says. "There is plenty of taken on any of the commit- Portland Public Services employees (from left) Scott ability to start re-filling that." tee’s three proposed fixes, but Lind, Kim Dolbow and Joe Bernard lay bricks in a secIt wasn’t clear yesterday if the city is preparing to study tion of sidewalk at the intersection of High and Spring anyone from City Hall was the three options, possibly as streets. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) planning to attend the event.

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Paging history When the House comes back into session this week, there will be no teenagers in blue blazers running around and filling up lawmakers’ water glasses and fetching documents.

Members of Congress may actually have to open doors for themselves.

The venerable House page program, which traces its roots back to the Continental Congress, is no more.

The Senate, which cleaves more to tradition, is keeping its pages. But House leaders justified cutting the storied program, saying it cost about $5 million a year — a pittance given the $14 trillion national debt — and argued that in an e-world, many of the page ––––– duties had become obsolete.

(Did Bill Gates, a former page The New York himself, hasten the End of an Times Era?) There also may have been a reason as old as the Garden of Eden.

Noting that Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner had rejected offers by wealthy former pages to cover the costs of the program, Jonathan Turley, a George Washington law professor and ex-page, told NPR that “some members of Congress view the pages as a temptation and a liability for members of Congress, that every 10 or 20 years, we have some member who tries to molest or proposition a page.”

Maureen Dowd

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‘Technician Wanted — No Idiots’ You have to love Portland, and the creativity of the people that work here. Just when you think you’ve seen everything there is to see in this city, something comes along that lands you right on your backside with a belly laugh.

I got the word about the sign on Tuesday. The local franchise of Meieke, Car Care out on Forest Ave had some turnover in staff a few weeks ago, and were looking to get a few new folks. Advertising rates being what they were (except in this paper — hint) they decided to get a little “out there” with the roadside electronic sign.

If you’ve driven past it, you’ve likely seen it. It reads “Technician Wanted — No Idiots.”

First off, I had to call and find out what the deal was. Had they experienced the skillset of a particular idiot, or had roving bands of idiots decided to move off the peninsula in search of labor opportunities? Had they hired a few folks in a row that looked good on paper, but in the end turned out to be idiots?

Talking with Stan Basistyy, he put some of those fears to rest.

“We’ve had the same six people for a long time, and two of them decided to move on. They were great, but it left a hole that had to be filled. We decided to use the

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist sign to try and filter out some of the folks who come and apply.”

But did it work?

“We’ve had the sign up for a week and a half, almost two weeks. We’re getting a lot of folks stopping in to tell us they love the sign, people we’ve never seen before as customers. We’ve also had some applicants, and a lot of calls like yours asking what the deal with the sign is.” said Basistyy.

Gone are the days of the thumb-fingered wrench turner.

Most places these days require a minimum of ASE certification to even walk in the door, and all in my experience require your own tools.

When a chef in Portland shows up on the job for the first day, they better bring all the pro knives they have accumulated over the years. When a mechanic shows up for work the first day, it might take an hour or so to get his tools sorted out.

Gone are the days of the thumbfingered wrench turner. Most places these days require a minimum of ASE certification to even walk in the door, and all in my experience require your own tools.

Always the tool minimalist, a few years back I had a job fixing heavy industrial equipment. I had to have everything I needed to deal with electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic disasters of any kind. I got the kit down to something that resembled what looked like a Himalayan pack once.

Just once. Later on, when applying for a job at a local food processor, I was given the “Bum’s Rush” after the hour long interview. I needed at LEAST another $3 grand worth of tools, just to walk in the door.

So, for the job at Meineke, I didn’t even bother to apply, the conventional wisdom being that I’m an idiot.

See, there are two ways to fix things. The right way, which brings the car or whatever back as see HIGGINS page 5

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Civic Center bond should unite us ... against it In November, the commissioners of Cumberland County will ask voters to approve a $28 million taxpayerfunded bond question — a loan that will accumulate to a total cost of $45 million when interest payments are included over its quarter-century term.

Cumberland County, like most governments, does not lack for serious financial needs among the public goods and services it provides. So isn’t it nice, in a time when public sector investments are lagging, to have principled civic leaders willing to make the investments we need to solve serious problems and promote the greater public good?

Just consider the possibilities for good deeds that might be done. Will the commissioners spend that $28 million to make a bold strike against the mounting desperation among Greater Portland’s stretched-to-thelimits social services and health care agencies?

Or will the $28 million be invested in better schools and universities, to train skilled workers who can build our regional economy and reduce our unemployment rate?

Or perhaps we’ll spend $28 million repairing the region’s creaking infrastructure, to upgrade the ancient sewers that spill into Casco Bay and patch up the roads, bridges, railways, and buses that connect us

Christian MilNeil ––––– Daily Sun Columnist all with jobs and vital services?

Or (and — spoiler alert! — this one’s the real winner, the real-life actual proposal that our County Commissioners picked as the most promising investment our regional government could make in this year of widespread fiscal crisis, with $28 million in scarce public funds) we could just forget about the poor people and education and serious economic development issues and just blow $28 million to build luxury “club seating” and other enticements for the minor-league hockey team.

If Fred Cusick were doing the playby-play, he might interject, at this point, something along these lines: “Ouch! It looks like our county commissioners just locked their civic scruples away in a gold-plated penalty box!”

How did this happen? For over a decade now, the Civic Center’s bureaucracy has been whining about how their building is an ugly, inhospitable scar of 1970s-era urban renewal. And this much, anyhow, is

beyond dispute.

But the county began to leave the realm of reason behind when it started hiring a series of expensive consultants to be their yes-men. After years of inane powerpoint presentations extolling the fantastic economic influence of Free Puck Night, the commissioners managed to convince themselves that the only way to save Cumberland County’s economy was by luring well-to-do twits to watch hockey and Ice Capades in gleaming taxpayer-funded box suites.

In the real world, though, the majority of Portland’s businesses don’t count hockey fans and Disney on Ice enthusiasts among their core customers. The Civic Center barely registers a blip in Portland’s diverse cultural scene. And it’s easy to imagine more exciting possibilities for those 2.5 acres of downtown real estate if the Civic Center just went away: What if someone bought the building and converted it to a dedicated convention center that brought in a steady stream of lucrative business travellers? What if the county sold the cavernous space to Ikea?

One nice consequence of both those scenarios: The city of Portland and Cumberland County both would gain tens of thousands of dollars in new property tax revenue every year, instead of losing millions, if they

converted a government-owned, taxexempt white elephant into a privately-owned enterprise.

Even if you are a sports fan, one look at the success of the Portland Red Claws, ought to raise serious doubts about the need for a taxpayersubsidized arenas. That team has succeeded for two seasons in a smaller, older venue, and are now constructing a brand-new arena of their own (true, they’re getting a temporary, partial break on their tax bill, but bear in mind that the Civic Center has always enjoyed an entirely free pass from property taxes). Why do the Portland Pirates keep on holding their hats out to us, when the Red Claws are able to make it on their own?

If you’re a fiscal conservative concerned about government debt, you’d be a chump to vote for this bond. If you’re a liberal fighting for economic justice and opportunity, you’d be a chump to vote for this bond. If you have a pulse, you’d be a chump to vote for this bond.

Let’s kindly request our Cumberland County commissioners to take their public service seriously, by spending our money on serious public needs.

(Christian MilNeil is a blogger at “The Vigorous North: A field guide to the wilderness areas of American cities,” www.vigorousnorth.com.)

Some members of Congress see pages ‘as a temptation and a liability’ DOWD from page 4

When I ran the temptation theory past my brother Martin, an artist who worked as a Senate and House page in the ’50s, he was shocked.

“In 1954, it is likely that the entire page corps were virgins,” he said. “If someone had experience, he certainly would have bragged about it.”

I asked Martin to reminisce about his most interesting high school brushes with history.

“I met three men who would later become president of the United States,” he said. “Richard Nixon was extremely polite and easy to work for. John Kennedy, the junior senator from Massachusetts, yelled at me for a good five minutes in December of 1954 for opening the door of the Senate for him while he was on crutches after back surgery. He kept asking, ‘Who asked you to open the door for me?’ Apparently, he didn’t realize that was my job.”

In retrospect, Martin understood that J.F.K., in chronic pain, was probably sensitive about looking like an invalid.

A few weeks before the censure vote of Joe McCarthy in 1954, Martin had seen J.F.K. walking with his best friend in the Senate, George Smathers of Florida.

“I read in The New York Times that you’re not going to be here for the censure vote,” Smathers

teased Kennedy, alluding to the fact that McCarthy was a friend of Joe Kennedy’s and Bobby Kennedy worked for him.

“Don’t believe everything you read in The Times,” Kennedy shot back.

But then, Martin said, “When the vote actually came up, he was in the hospital having back surgery, so at least in this case, The Times was right.”

Martin’s best friend on the Hill was Gary Helgason, a McCarthy page. “Gary was clearly not the blue-blood, high-brow type,” Martin said. “He would threaten anyone who would say anything negative about Senator McCarthy to take them to the page room and give them a good whipping.”

Martin happily recalled walking Jackie Kennedy to the family gallery: “There were two seats particularly that the pages wanted her to be seated in because she had the most attractive legs of any senators’ wives. We wouldn’t have done that for Mrs. Truman.”

He worked for L.B.J. when he was the Senate minority leader.

“Most pages were frightened of Johnson, and I remember one page saying he would vote him to be president just to move him down Pennsylvania Avenue and away from him! Johnson sent me once to help Lady Bird set up a party and asked me if I knew who she was. I did. She was

the complete opposite of Johnson — very lovely lady to work for!”

There were plenty of temptations that had nothing to do with the pages.

Martin watched Barry Goldwater tell Senator Herman Welker, a Republican from Idaho who was loudly humming and singing as he presided over the Senate, that he was “in no condition” to “be in that seat.”

Welker, a tough guy, told Goldwater to “come up and do something about it,” but Goldwater, a gentleman, walked away.

As the only senator who tipped the pages a dime, William Fulbright of Arkansas was popular. So when an angry Mrs. Fulbright called the cloakroom looking for her husband and accusing him of being with another woman, the pages did their best to protect their favorite senator.

As a page in 1952, Martin watched on the Capitol steps as my dad, a police detective in charge of Senate security, greeted Harry Truman as “Mr. President.”

“Mike,” Truman chided him, “call me Harry like you always did.”

Martin concluded: “After being a page, Dad got me a job at the Botanical Gardens shoveling and spreading manure. Many people thought the two jobs were similar.”

‘We’re getting a lot of folks stopping in to tell us they love the sign’ HIGGINS from page 4

close to its original design as possible, and there is the way I do it; parts left over, a mess of tools everywhere, and walls with blistered paint from all the cursing.

Occasionally, there is even a tool “lost” in the depths of the machine being fixed, it falling into an

unreachable position unless you have three extra elbow joints, a magnet, and a very tiny trained monkey on a leash.

You have to admit, anywhere else this sign would have caused a ruckus. But in reality, there are far too many old style “shade-tree mechanics” like me floating around. It’s good to have a sense of humor about the job you’re doing, and even better when you

can have one about the job you’re applying for.

I’m sure the folks at that shop will eventually find the right folks for the job. There are people out there looking, a lot of them certified mechanics.

And a lot of us certifiable ones, too.

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

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Candidates put campaigns aside, help Preble Street

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A handful of Portland mayoral candidates competed in a different way Wednesday night at the Bayside Bowl.

Eight candidates took to the lanes in the hopes of raising $1,000 for the Preble Street Resource Center. The event was the first of its kind and brought a majority of the 15 contenders under one roof, and without any stump speeches.

"I think it's harnessing the collective power of the campaigns," said Jack Woods, one of the event's organizers.

He explained that he wanted to bring the candidates and their organized teams together to help the community.

"Why not bring them together to focus on a collective cause?" he asked.

The teams competed for the highest score. Attendees could also make a donation at the door in a candidate's name. The candidate with the

highest score in both categories will be selected to present the Preble Street Resource Center with the donation.

"We think it's a win-win," said Justin Alfond, a state senator and co-owner of Bayside Bowl at 58 Alder St. "When you go to a forum it's a whole different reality than going to a bowling alley and raising money for a good cause."

The alley gave 5 percent of food and drink sales to the Preble Street donation.

The nonprofit serves homeless and low income families in Greater Portland.

"The need keeps increasing … (and we) rely on donors," said Nicole Holt, of Preble Street.

"Without all of it it's really impossible to meet the needs of Portland."

The candidates participating in the event were Mike Brennan, Ralph Carmona, Jill Duson, David Marshall, Nick Mavadones, Markos Miller, Jed Rathband and Ethan Strimling.

Nigel Stevens, of Bayside Bowl, hands mayoral candidate Nick Mavadones bowling shoes Wednesday night.

Mavadones was one of eight candidates competing in the bowling competition that hoped to raise $1,000 for Preble Street Resource Center. (MATTHEW ARCO PHOTO)

Mayoral debate tonight Pair found having sex in Deering Oaks; one arrested DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT

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police and if they catch you (in the area) again you can get arrested for criminal trespass," he said. "She ended up getting arrested because she had previously been given a criminal trespass notice to stay out of the park."

Police were responding to the park after receiving a call reporting two people having sex, police said.

The man was not arrested for his role in the incident.

"She was arrested because of the prior notice," Rogers said.

Rogers said he wasn't sure when the notice for her to stay out of the park was issued or the circumstances as to why she was barred from being in the park.

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Lisa Powers was arrested for criminal trespass and indecent conduct after police found her and a man during the act inside the park at about 9 p.m., police said. Powers does not have a listed address.

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Riaz Hamid was charged Tuesday with burglary and unlawful sexual touching.

He was arrested soon after the victim's parents reported the incident, which allegedly occurred on Sept. 3, said Lt. Frank Clark, of the South Portland Police Department.

"He made contact with the child and basically prevented her from shutting the door," he said. "He asked to be allowed in to see her room … (and) he put his foot across the threshold of the door preventing it from being closed."

The girl told Hamid that her parents were not home and that he could not enter the residence. He then entered the house and touched the child, Clark said.

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There was no indication of how Hamid knew the victim, only that they lived in the same neighborhood, he said.

He described as unlawful the non-penetrating touching of a victim, often times over clothing, though the statute covers a wide range of scenarios. It is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail.

Hamid is not listed on the Maine Sex Offender Registry.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Thursday, September 8, 2011— Page 7

Nevada shooting was random, cops say

BY JESSE MCKINLEY THE NEW YORK TIMES

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Officials here offered new details Wednesday about a shooting rampage in an IHOP restaurant, a seemingly random attack on Tuesday morning that left five people — including three National Guard members — dead and several others clinging to life.

Despite the identities of the victims and the proximity to the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Carson City sheriff, Ken Furlong, seemed to back away from early theories that the gunman, identified as Eduardo Sencion, 32, had specifically targeted members of the military when he entered the restaurant and began shooting along an aisle leading to the table where five National Guard members were eating breakfast.

“Along that path, equal members of military and civilians were shot,” Sheriff Furlong said.

All told, 12 people were killed or injured, including Mr. Sencion, who shot himself in the parking lot after leaving the restaurant. He died later at a hospital. Sheriff Furlong identified the three dead Guard members as Maj. Heath Kelly, 35, of Reno, Nev.; Sgt. First Class Christian Riege, 38, of Carson City; and Sgt. First Class Miranda McElhiney, 31, of Reno. The remaining two Guard members were still in the hospital, but have “non-life threatening injuries,” said Maj. April Conway, a National Guard spokeswoman.

The dead also included a 67-yearwoman — Florence Donovan-Gunderson, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., about 30 miles to the southwest — who was dining with her husband, who was also shot but survived.

The shooting was the first homicide in the state capital in three years, said Sheriff Furlong, who called it “the most devastating attack in Carson City’s history.”

The question of who Mr. Sencion was and what exactly drove him to murder continued to perplex the authorities, though they said that he had struggled with mental problems. The Nevada Appeal reported on Wednesday that Mr. Sencion had been committed to a South Lake Tahoe mental facility in 2000, something Sheriff Furlong said his office was investigating.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, meanwhile, was also trying to determine how Mr. Sencion — a naturalized American who was born in Mexico — had obtained three weapons: two assault-style rifles and a pistol, all of three of which were found at the scene. The bureau was looking into whether the guns had been converted from semi-automatic to fully automatic, Sheriff Furlong said. But only one of the three weapons found by the authorities— a rifle — was used in the attack, which started just before 9 a.m. at an IHOP on the south side of town and ended just minutes later.

The scene of the shooting was still locked down on Wednesday morning, as the police and sheriff’s officials continued to look for evidence. The restau-

rant’s south window showed two bullet holes — small spider webs of shattered glass where bullets had struck.

Sheriff Furlong described a chaotic scene as Mr. Sencion appeared in the parking lot of the restaurant — apparently chosen at random, as he had no personal or professional ties there — and began shooting. The bullets hit several nearby businesses including the Fandango casino across Highway 395, the city’s six-lane central thoroughfare.

After entering the restaurant from the west — in shadow, as the sun rose over hills to the east — Mr. Sencion took a sharp right into the seating area, and aimed his weapon. Ms. Donovan-Gunderson and her husband — a retired military veteran himself — were hit by one of the early volleys, which were accompanied by screams by Mr. Sencion, who apparently shouted at victims as he shot.

The five Guard members had started a 10-hour shift at 6:30 a.m., even as Carson City — a sleepy seat of state government and casinos stuffed with slot machines — shook off the Labor Day weekend. It was common for members of the Guard — which has about 300 full-time members based here — to retreat to places like IHOP to escape “the tyranny of the in-box,” as the base’s commander, Brig. Gen. Bill Burks of the Nevada National Guard, put it.

Mr. Sencion shot all five Guard members at the table, none of whom were armed. He killed Major Kelly and Sergeant Riege at the scene — Sergeant McElhiney died at a hospital Tuesday night. Mr. Sencion then left the restaurant, even as customers and IHOP workers frantically tried to escape, some rushing children out of back doors.

“There were many acts of heroism from many persons,” Sheriff Furlong said.

Calls to 911 released Wednesday by the sheriff indicate a frenzied scene outside the restaurant, as well. In one call, a woman screams to an operator: “There’s a man with a machine gun at the IHOP!,” adding, “He’s shooting people!” Then another call — and another and another.

Mr. Sencion did not have any prior criminal history, nor did he have any involvement with gangs or methamphetamine, issues that Carson City’s police force has had to confront in the past.

But he had struggled financially.

Joe Laub, a lawyer in Reno, said he had represented Mr. Sencion in a 2009 bankruptcy case after he ran up about $45,000 in credit card debt. Mr. Laub said Mr. Sencion never spoke to him about the military, nor did he display signs of mental illness.

The mourning process was under way at the National Guard base here, located in a small compound near the edge of town, where about 300 people work. General Burks said that two of the three Guard victims had survived tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“It hit real hard,” said General Burks, who had asked National Guard members on Tuesday not to wear their uniforms in public as a precaution.

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FAR LEFT: Train cars are queued up along the Eastern Prom Trail at the Portland Company Complex, current site for the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum. LEFT Ed Martin, a volunteer with the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad in Portland, looks at gift items near a Polar Express display at the railroad station in 2009. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

Portland ‘might be a long shot’ as a future home RAILROAD from page one

Durham said there's too much uncertainty under the current lease for the property. The building and property lease is with Phin Sprague Jr. of the Portland Company, founder and creator of the museum who now serves as the railroad museum's landlord.

Sprague and the railroad board

agreed to a "market-based rent" for $5,500 a month, but there's no certainty the property will reman available to lease, Durham said.

"It's the impermanence of it. He's had the property on the market off and on, as far as we know, he's interested in selling, which would mean, boom, we're out of here. Our choices are we could either wait and get 30 days' notice from him and have to

“The space is OK but it doesn’t really meet our needs, and we’re scared we’re going to have 30 days’ notice and no place to go. So that was the impetus for forming a committee of the board, a relocation committee.”

— Brian Durham, vice president of the board of the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and chair of the board’s relocation committee move this large collection of heavy items, or we could go out and try to find some place before it's critical," Durham said.

The state owns the track rightof-way, with 12 years remaining on that lease, but the principle concern is with the land and buildings. The bottom line isn't driving the decision, Durham added.

"We're doing OK, we could do better here. ... Waterfront property, in Portland, that's not your cheapest rent," Durham said. "But it's not really a financial decision, it's more based on wanting a permanent home; the ideal solution would be for us to own the land we're on."

Any rental situation can prove tenuous, so the museum board is looking for more solid footing, he said.

"The space is OK but it doesn't really meet our needs, and we're scared we're going to have 30 days' notice and no place to go. So that was the impetus for forming a committee of the board, a relocation committee," he said.

The seven-member committee sent out probably 60 letters to different communities and nonprofit groups.

A request for proposals sent to a winnowed list of respondents led to Bridgton, Gray, Monson and Portland as finalists as potential homes for the railroad museum.

Monson, near Dover-Foxcroft, is a small town so the committee members are dealing with the town manager. Otherwise, they are dealing with planning departments, including Portland's city planners, Durham said.

"In Portland, it's very difficult. Our ideal property would be something adjacent to where our track is, and

there's not much of that," he said.

City land and park space or an undeveloped parking lot comprise much of the track-side land, he said.

"Portland's not out of the running, but it might be a long shot," Durham acknowledged.

"Obviously, we're interested in making a business decision, we would probably have less ridership elsewhere, so that reduces our revenues; on the other hand, occupancy costs, rent or buying property, could be less than what we're paying here," he said.

"What we'd like to have is museum buildings and shops, we actually need more space and we need space we can run tracks into," Durham said.

Bridgton and Monson offer the opportunity to operate the museum out of historical rail sites, which would serve the railroad museum's cultural purpose of educating the public, Durham said. Narrow gauge railroads operated in Maine from the 1870s until the 1940s, using an estimated 200 miles of narrow gauge lines, mostly to the state’s smaller communities.

No other railroad groups that were contacted responded to inquiries about possible partnerships, he said.

The committee will meet, tentatively late this month, and a recommendation will go to the board as a whole, Durham said. A membership meeting will follow the committee meeting so the railroad museum's 500 members can receive updates prior to the board's vote in October.

The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad season ends in mid-October.

It's unclear how soon the railroad museum could move, even if a suitable location is settled on by the board.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Thursday, September 8, 2011— Page 9

Train engineer relishes time with the public

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

For Doug Irish, operating a 1949era train for tourists on the Portland waterfront provides an enjoyable outlet in his life.

Even on rainy days like Wednesday, when the final run of the day was cancelled for lack of passengers, Irish was upbeat. He just hopes the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum stays around for the public's enjoyment.

"The hardest part of the job is taking one passenger over the whole trip. But it's an easy job, you can operate better with a bigger crowd, a bigger audience. I like the kids and I like when the seniors come in on their buses.

That's fun," Irish said.

The typical path to becoming an engineer is to start as brakeman, trainman and conductor before reaching the top spot. Training is involved as well.

"I've been working this since 2001," Irish said.

Irish never worked as a train engineer prior to joining the historical railroad.

"My background was truck driving here in town with Merrill Transport, and then I went to work for Unisys Corporation ... for 32 years," he said.

He was a field engineer in the Portland and Bangor areas. Later, when he read a print advertisement for the position of train engineer, he was intrigued.

"I lost my wife in 2001, and I came back to Maine. ... I came back here and I needed something to do at least one day a week, I needed to have that one anchor," Irish said.

News that the railroad museum may move, possibly to Bridgton in northwestern Maine, could present a no-win situation, Irish worried.

"We'll die up there," he said of a move to Bridgton. "It's my personal opinion we can't afford to leave here, we can't afford to stay here either."

“I like the kids and I like when the seniors come in on their buses. That’s fun,” says Doug Irish, engineer for the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum. Below, Irish checks the cars before a scheduled departure. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

For now, Irish can engage the public and talk about the history of the railroad.

"This is our workhorse, if it weren't for this, we probably wouldn't be running a train," he said of the Cummins diesel engine.

Steam locomotives have been in use for more than 80 years and are undergoing repairs and restoration work.

The historic railroad's mission is to "collect, preserve, display, interpret and operate historic railroad equipment from Maine’s 2-foot gauge railways," according to the museum's website (www.mainenarrowgauge.org).

The museum is open daily from 10

a.m. to 4 p.m. and trains are scheduled to run on the hour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., through mid-October. Dona-

tions can be made to Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and Industrial Heritage Trust, 58 Fore St., Portland.

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There are some things in your life that you haven’t thought to question until recently. Now you’re filled with questions, and you will find answers as you bring your quiet and luminous gaze to the moon.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You will be analyzing someone’s contributions and interactions with you.

To you, it feels like the kindness this person shows is motivated by fundamentally selfish reasons, and you may very well be right.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Parenthood, friendship and romance are not normally classified as competitive events. However, today presents an interesting scenario. If it’s not a competition, you don’t know what is.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). What you consider to be trivial, someone else considers to be deeply profound and personal. You are aware of these differences in opinion and will tread carefully.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You are even more resilient than usual and will shake off the troubles of yesterday and come bounding into brand-new troubles that are far more interesting, exciting and glamorous.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 8).

This year sees you becoming a master of your time. You’ll make meaningful connections this fall, and many hours will be spent with a special loved one.

October brings a happy development in the realm of health. A work cycle ends in December, and new exciting projects start in 2011. April and August are ideal for travel. Pisces and Aries people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 14, 38, 11 and 27.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). It will be easy for you to think of others. You’ll be treated with the respect you deserve, largely because you are so respectful of everyone with whom you have dealings.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When you look back on what you once thought was a huge problem, you can’t believe how complicated it seemed.

Once a problem is solved, the solution seems so obvious.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Don’t be too timid to ask for help. The more you involve others in your process the more cooperation you will receive. By asking for help, you will give others the opportunity to do something they will later be proud of.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Keep your energy contained. Don’t let friends lead you off your path. Stay focused.

Instead of doing a million different tasks and being busy, do one task a million times and be successful.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You may find it challenging to stick to your schedule.

Much of it just doesn’t sound appealing to you anymore. You crave new and exciting twists. Your association with a Gemini could provide just what you need.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You are highly imaginative and will benefit from pursuing your artistic whims. Be careful not to seek a metaphysical explanation for a problem that could be solved easily through practical means.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You will find inspiration as you withdraw from the mainstream and investigate new venues. You may do this via the Internet, though it will be more motivating to talk to people face to face and see an environment first hand.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2011. There are 114 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept 8, 1941, the 900-day Siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II. On this date: In 1892, an early version of “The Pledge of Allegiance,” written by Francis Bellamy, appeared in “The Youth’s Companion.”

In 1900, Galveston, Texas, was struck by a hurricane that killed an estimated 8,000 people.

In 1921, Margaret Gorman, 16, of Washington, D.C., was crowned the first “Miss America” in Atlantic City, N.J. In 1935, Sen. Huey P. Long, D-La., was shot and mortally wounded inside the Louisiana State Capitol; he died two days later.

(The assailant was identified as Dr. Carl Weiss, who was gunned down by Long’s bodyguards.)

In 1951, a peace treaty with Japan was signed by 49 nations in San Francisco.

In 1971, the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts made its official debut in Washington, D.C., with a performance of Leonard Bernstein’s (BUHRN’-stynz) “Mass.”

In 1974, President Gerald R. Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Richard Nixon.

In 1994, a USAir Boeing 737 crashed into a ravine as it was approaching Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board.

One year ago: BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report, acknowledging among other things that it had misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well, but also assigned responsibility to its partners on the doomed rig. Allen Dale June, one of the 29 original Navajo code talkers of World War II, died in Prescott, Ariz., at age 91.

Today’s Birthdays: Comedian Sid Caesar is 89. Ventriloquist Willie Tyler is 71. Actor Alan Feinstein is 70. Pop singer Sal Valentino (The Beau Brummels) is 69.

Author Ann Beattie is 64. Cajun singer Zachary Richard (ree-SHARD’) is 61. Musician Will Lee (“Late Show with David Letterman”) is 59. Actress Heather Thomas is 54. Singer Aimee Mann is 51. Pop musician David Steele (Fine Young Cannibals) is 51. Actor Thomas Kretschmann is 49. Rhythm-andblues singer Marc Gordon (Levert) is 47.

Gospel singer Darlene Zschech (chehk) is 46. Alternative country singer Neko (NEE’koh) Case is 41. TV personality Brooke Burke is 40. Actor Martin Freeman is 40.

Actor Henry Thomas is 40. Actor David Arquette is 40. Rock musician Richard Hughes (Keane) is 36. Actor Larenz Tate is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Pink is 32.

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Report: More Americans afraid to quit their jobs As you might imagine, the quits rate fell drastically during the recession and even during the early part of the recovery.

In December 2007, the month the downturn officially started, the quits rate was 2 percent. By January 2010, it had fallen to about half that, at 1.1 percent.

The rate has risen slightly since then. As of July, it was 1.5 percent, where it’s been for several months. But that is still well below healthy levels.

In case there’s any doubt,

the quits rate hasn’t stagnated because employed Americans are happier at their jobs. A recent Gallup survey suggested that, if anything, workers are more dissatisfied with many aspects of their jobs now than they were in August 2008.

People are reluctant to quit because employers aren’t hiring. And unfortunately, part of the reason that employers aren’t hiring is that their workers aren’t leaving and creating new openings.

— The New York Times

Yahoo board axes CEO SAN FRANCISCO (New York Times) — Carol A. Bartz, Yahoo’s chief executive, was fired Tuesday, ending a rocky two-year tenure in which she tried to revitalize the online media company.

Ms. Bartz was informed of the board’s decision while she was traveling to New York from Maine, according to a person familiar with the board’s action.

Ms. Bartz has been under pressure from her first day in the job to turn the company around, and in recent months the pressure from major investors intensified. The company remains adrift despite management shuffles, layoffs and the shedding of underperforming services. She engineered a deal that turned over its search operations to Microsoft, but that has also failed to live up to expectations.

Timothy Morse, the company’s chief financial officer, will serve as the interim chief executive.

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With so much uncertainty about the economy, Americans appear reluctant to quit their jobs, a new Labor Department report shows.

Each month the Labor Department releases a number called the “quits rate,” which is the total number of voluntary separations by employees, as a percent of all employment.

When the economy is good, the rate tends to be higher, since workers know they have opportunities elsewhere if they don’t like their current jobs.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: When I divorced three years ago, my ex-husband and I worked out a visitation schedule whereby he gets our children three weekends a month. Now that our older child is 13, she is involved with a great many extracurricular activities and has a busy social life. “Sydney” has canceled quite a few weekends with her father in order to do other things. Now he is accusing me of withholding visitation.

Last spring, Sydney signed up for a musical stage production that included twice-a-week practices and two weekend shows in a row. She told her father I was “forcing” her to do the show, even though she knew when she signed up that the production was dependent on her and she couldn’t miss too much time. She wanted to do it. My ex believes I am to blame for all the canceled weekends.

In addition, Sydney always has to call her father on those weekends she stays home. She often gets his voicemail, and then he gets angry that he hasn’t spoken to her. When I ask why he doesn’t call her back, he claims he’s too busy. In the past three years, he has never called once. When he needs to make pick-up arrangements, he has his girlfriend do it.

It is frustrating being responsible for initiating contact between my daughter and her father, and I am sick and tired of hearing him complain. Sydney is a teenager, and I rarely get to see her myself. Isn’t there some kind of loophole that says a teenager can refuse visitation? Can I tell him to shut up and get a lawyer so my daughter can tell a judge what she wants?

-- Not Withholding the Child Dear Not: Well, we don’t recommend the “shut up” part.

Visitation schedules are often altered as children get older.

When ex-spouses can set aside their differences for the child’s sake, this can be worked out amicably. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be the case for you. Part of the problem is that Sydney doesn’t want her father to think ill of her, so she gives

the impression that you are to blame. She should learn to take responsibility for her decisions. And her parents should talk this over with a mediator.

Dear Annie: Once a week, a group of us gets together to play games at one of our houses. When the phone rings, the hostess will usually let it go to voicemail.

However, at one home, the hostess not only answers the phone, but she proceeds to have a long conversation with the caller. She often gets several calls during the time we’re there.

Those playing have to sit and wait for her to finish. As far as we can tell, none of these calls is an emergency or anything that couldn’t wait until the rest of us have gone home. Would you comment on this, please? -- Interrupted Dear Interrupted: When you invite guests to your home, it is rude to allow non-emergency phone calls to repeatedly interfere with socializing. One of you should take the woman aside and ask her to please stop doing this. Or, when she picks up the next call, say, “Oh, Doris, since you’re going to be talking, we’ll just play your hand for you.” That should shorten the conversation substantially.

Dear Annie: I hope you have room for one more letter about the efficacy of counseling.

After extricating myself from an abusive marriage, I sought help from a professional. But I found it confusing, frustrating and ineffective. My counselor insisted that I had done absolutely nothing wrong in our marriage and my husband was 100 percent responsible for the disaster. But, how could that be? I am far from perfect. It did not benefit me to think that way.

I know counselors should be supportive and affirming, but this was ridiculous. The counselor ended up having no credibility in my eyes. -- Didn’t Need It

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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Thursday, Sept. 8 So You Think You Can Mayor?

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland is the site of this candidate forum. “The Maine League of Young Voters is corralling the city’s mayoral candidates, putting them on stage in front of you and demanding: so you think you can mayor?! Join us for an evening of audience participation, civic engagement, political discourse…and, oh yeah, food and fun! So bring a friend, bring a neighbor, bring a question, bring an ear to listen with (preferably your own), but be there for this first-in-adog’s-age, not-to-be-missed, once-in-a-lifetime (or more accurately, every four years) event to help you determine who is best suited to steer Portland headlong into the future!” www.lucidstage.com

Film: ‘Page One: Inside The New York Times’ 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery screening. “In the tradition of great fly-on-the-wall documentaries, ‘Page One: Inside The New York Times’ deftly gains unprecedented access to The New York Times newsroom and the inner workings of the Media Desk. With the Internet surpassing print as our main news source and newspapers all over the country going bankrupt, ‘Page One’ chronicles the transformation of the media industry at its time of greatest turmoil. Writers like Brian Stelter, Tim Arango and the salty but brilliant David Carr track print journalism’s metamorphosis even as their own paper struggles to stay vital and solvent. Meanwhile, their editors and publishers grapple with existential challenges from players like WikiLeaks, new platforms ranging from Twitter to tablet computers, and readers’ expectations that news online should be free. Followed by Q&A with Justin Ellis from the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard. www.space538.org/events.php

Friday, Sept. 9 The Black Frame Art Sale 5 p.m. The Black Frame Art Sale returns to Merrill Auditorium Rehearsal Hall in Portland for its eighth annual show, which features more than 150 works from 34 Maine artists all priced at $200. Doors open and sales begin at exactly 5 p.m. and continue until 8 p.m. Art collectors appreciate this show for its value and regularly form a line outside the door (even in the rain) ahead of the 5 p.m. opening in order to get first dibs on the artwork. The show features wellknown and emerging Maine artists selected to participate in the show by a curatorial committee. Artists in this year’s show include Marsha Donahue, Lindsay Hancock, Daniel Minter, Caren-Marie Michel, and Matt Welch. All the works in the show measure 10-inches by 10-inches, are custom framed in identical black wooden frames and sell for $200.

Work is sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. The nonprofit Bayside Neighborhood Association hosts the event and splits all sales with the artists. The money raised by the Bayside Neighborhood Association is used to support children’s art programs, neighborhood clean-ups, the community garden, an annual health fair and other community activities in this diverse downtown neighborhood. For more information visit www.blackframeartsale.com or call 332-0253.

Great Gatsby Jazz Age Lawn Party 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The 2011 Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) Designers’ Show House, 149 Western Promenade, will be held in a stunning 1920s stone and slate Tudor. In the spirit of the era, the PSO will host a Great Gatsby Jazz Age Lawn Party as its preview event on Friday, Sept. 9, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets to attend are $100 per person and are available through the PSO office at 773-6128 ext. 311 or by email, events@portlandsymphony.org. For more information, visit the PSO Designers’ Show House page. The PSO also offers Patron Tickets for $250, which include the Gala Party and unlimited access to the Show House and all special events. Seventeen area designers have been working on the Designers’ Show House for nearly five weeks to completely redesign this historic and architecturally significant Portland-area home. The Gatsby Jazz Age Party is the only opportunity to see the completed house before it opens to the public with tours on Sept. 10. Admission to the Show House from Sept. 10-Oct. 2 is $25 per person or $20 if purchased by Sept. 8. Tickets are available through PortTIX, 842-0800 or porttix.com. Tickets will also be available at the door for $25. For tickets to the special events, visit portlandsymphony.org.

Art Opening: Moths 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., presents a special opening reception for “Moths,” a show of photography by Erica Burkhart. “Burkhart is a photographer, writer and musician living in Portland and working as a nurse. She studied photography at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio and at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.

Most recently she took a trip with a friend to Marbiel, a rural

In Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie, two teenage girls embark upon the quintessential American adventure: traveling west with their families on the Oregon Trail in 1847. This fall, two young actresses will embark on an adventure of their own: bringing this acclaimed story to the stage at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. The show will debut on Sept. 23 and 24 at 6 p.m. in the Museum’s Dress Up Theatre. (COURTESY PHOTO) village in Haiti, to volunteer holding medical clinics. While there she had the opportunity to re-explore documentary photography with the gracious people of Marbiel.” www. lucidstage.com

10th Anniversary of 9-11 Memorial in Freeport 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Candlelight Vigil: Soldiers Memorial Park, Bow Street, honoring Maine soldiers lost in the War against Terror. Guest speaker MG Libby, Chaplain COL Vigue, ending with echoing Taps. 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Photo documentary presented by a responder to the Twin Tower site with music from the Ladies of Notes and the Freeport High School Chamber Choir at the Hilton Garden Hotel. www.FreeportFlagLadies.com

‘Life, Above All’ at the PMA 6:30 p.m. “‘Life, Above All’ is an emotional and universal drama about a young girl (stunningly performed by firsttime-actress Khomotso Manyaka) who fights the fear and shame that have poisoned her community. The film captures the enduring strength of loyalty and a courage powered by the heart. The film is based on the international award winning novel Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton.”

Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art. Also Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. http://www.portlandmuseum. org/events/movies.php

Irish Language Class 7 p.m. The Irish American Club’s Irish Language class resumes in the Library of The Maine Irish Heritage Center at the corner of State and Gray streets in Portland. The series will last for 10 classes. Cost for the course is $20 for Irish American Club members and $40 for non-members.

For information, please contact Kathy Reilly at 712-5191 (anytime) or email kath.reilly@hotmail.com or club@irishofmaine.org.

Yogi Mixer at The Awake Collective 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Awake Collective at 509 Forest Ave., Portland is hosting a “Yogi Mixer.” “A Yogi Mixer is a national event that Brad Newman created so people around the world who are interested in yoga have a better chance of meeting and developing profound relationships that benefit society.” 841-6510

Open Mic/Poetry Slam in Auburn 7:15 p.m. Open Mic/Poetry Slam. First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant St. Free. FMI 783-0461 or www. auburnuu.org.

‘Unnecessary Farce!!’

7:30 p.m. The comedy “Unnecessary Farce!!” Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road (Route 114), in Standish, 7.5 miles north of Gorham center. The show will only run for 3 weekends starting on Friday, Sept. 9. Friday and Saturday performances will rock the stage at 7:30 p.m. Sunday shows

will be at 2 p.m. But tickets will go fast for this one, so make your reservations early. Ticket prices are $10 for students and seniors — $12 for adults. Make your reservations soon by calling 642-3743 or online at www.schoolhousearts.org.

“Unnecessary Farce” is directed by Keith Halliburton (Limerick). It stars Rebecca Cole (Windham), Ted Tocci (Standish), Steve Morin (Gorham), Karyn Diamond (Standish), Mike Reardon (Biddeford), Charlie Cole (Windham), and Terri Plummer (Limington). Schoolhouse Arts Center is a nonprofit, community-driven organization dedicated to arts education and the presentation of the arts. Our mission is to encourage individual growth and a spirit of community through participation in the arts. We seek to foster a fun, creative, educational, and supportive arts environment where people can grow, develop skills, and involve themselves in the arts. The Schoolhouse Art Center is located at 16 Richville Road Route 114 just west of the intersection with Route 35, 7.5 miles north of Gorham center. For directions, ticket purchases, more information about the Schoolhouse Arts Center or Unnecessary Farce, please contact our office at 642-3743 or visit www.schoolhousearts.org.

Saturday, Sept. 10 Bonny Eagle Flea Market 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rain date 9/17, at B E Middle School parking lot, corner of Rt. 22 & Rt. 35, Buxton. Tablespaces $10 or 5 for $40. New school clothes and shoes $1-$2, antiques, toys, books, etc. Baked goods, drinks, snacks & lunch available. Call Karen at 692-2989 FMI or to reserve tablespace. (83 tables in 2010) BEHS scholarship fundraiser.

Craft and vendor fair in Portland 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Craft and vendor fair. Northfield Green, 147 Allen Ave., Portland. Crafters and many vendors, Avon, Pampered Chef, tupperware, Scentsy Stanley Products, bake sale. Breakfast sandwiches and lunch. For more information, call 797-2509.

Haiti Project yard sale in front of Deering High 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Haiti Project yard sale, in front of Deering High School, 370 Stevens Ave. Bring something, buy something! Sponsored by Sacred Heart/St. Dominic. 7736562 or 929-3088. Rain date: Sept. 17.

Lucid Stage Autumnal Arts & Crafts Show 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland.

Stop by Lucid Stage this weekend and enjoy local artists and artisans work. They will be selling everything from painting and sculpture to knitwear and t-shirts. We’ll also have caricatures by Ed King, chair massage, and live music! http://www.lucidstage.com see next page

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brook St., Portland. Ticket price: Advance ticket purchase only. Members $10, non-members: $15. For more information and reservations please call: 774-5561, ext. 104; e-mail: jpollick@portlandlandmarks.org; online ticket sales at www.portlandlandmarks.org.

Community Garden Collective work party 10 a.m. The Community Garden Collective (CGC) will begin construction of the new community garden on the former Hamlin School property the weekend of Sept. 10. The CGC is seeking volunteers to help with garden construction. Volunteers can choose to either assist with the construction of the wood garden bed frames or can be part of the team that will be laying cardboard in the walkways. Work will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 and will continue throughout the day and possibly into Sunday, Sept. 11. The community garden is located behind the former school building (currently the location of the South Portland Planning Department) at 496 Ocean Street and will be opening in the spring of 2012.

The garden design includes 39 garden plots located within a fenced area. Three plots will be set aside for the University of Maine Harvest for Hunger food pantry program, two plots will be handicap accessible, and one plot will be reserved for use as a Children’s Garden. Volunteers are being asked to bring a water bottle, snack and work gloves, and wear sturdy shoes.

Individuals and groups who would like to work on this project can email CGC at communitygardencollective@gmail.com or call Crystal Goodrich at 671-6393.

Sandsations Sand Sculpting Contest noon to 3 p.m. Support a local nonprofit (www.ourbirthroots.org) by creating a masterpiece in the sand at the third annual Sandsations Sand Sculpting Contest. Come join the fun as Scarborough’s Pine Point Beach is transformed into a menagerie of imaginative sculptures. Birth Roots hosts this relaxed, family-friendly event every September where sand-sculptors of any skill level come together for some friendly competition and outdoor fun. “If you can dig, you can sculpt...” The event is both a community-builder and a fundraiser, with proceeds benefiting Birth Roots Perinatal Resource Center of Portland.

Rabelais book event with Jon Reiner 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Rabelais, 86 Middle St., Portland, welcomes Jon Reiner, author of “The Man Who Couldn’t Eat,” for a book signing. “What are the consequences when one has to stop eating? Jon Reiner knows and has written about it in his gripping new book, ‘The Man Who Couldn’t Eat.’ Jon discovered that eating is not just a matter of nutrition, but rather a whole group of physical, emotional, and social pieces of our worlds which depend on the act of eating. Join us to hear Jon speak briefly and answer questions. He’ll also be available to sign copies of his new book.” http://www.rabelaisbooks.com/eventDetail.php?event_id=69

Portland’s second annual Walk For Recovery 10 a.m. “Join to celebrate the power of recovery. Groups and individuals concerned with the continuing incidents of alcohol and drug abuse in the community are being encouraged to take part in the walk which is being organized and hosted by Catholic Charities Maine’s Counseling Services in partnership with Milestone Foundation, Crossroads for Women, Day One, Milestone, and Serenity House in celebration of National Alcohol and Drug Recovery Month. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. The first 250 people who register on the day of event will receive a free T-Shirt. Walk begins at 10 a.m. at Catholic Charities Maine Counseling Services, 250 Anderson St., and follows a route around the Eastern Promenade trail to the Ocean Gateway Terminal (3.2 mile round trip). There will be fun activities for kids of all ages. Light refreshments will be available.” For more information about the Walk for Recovery, volunteer or donation opportunities, or to register on-line, visit www.ccmaine.org/recovery or contact Kristen Wells at 3217806 or kwells@ccmaine.org.

10th Annual Medieval Tournament 10 a.m. The Fort Knox State Historic site will transform into a medieval castle as reenactors from around New England assemble for the 10th Annual Medieval Tournament.

The Tournament offers something for everyone including battling knights, a fashion show, not so distressed damsels and weaponry of the Middle Ages. Sponsored by the Friends of Fort Knox as one of their many special events throughout the operating season. This event is organized by the Society for Creative Anachronism, whose members are dedicated to researching and recreating the arts and skills of Europe before the 17th Century, the tournament features a full day of fencing, music, full-contact fighting, and more. Founded decades ago by students at the University of California, the Society for Creative Anachronism today is an international organization of more than 30,000 members. The society consists of 18 “kingdoms,” with Maine represented in the Shire of Endewearde, East Kingdom. Regular Fort admission fees apply ($1 ages 5-11, $3 12-64), plus a suggested donation of $3 per person is requested. The Medieval Tournament is sponsored by the Society for Creative Anachronism and the Friends of Fort Knox. Fort Knox Historic Site is administered by the Maine Department of Conservation and managed by its Bureau of Parks and Lands.

Auditions for ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Roles for ages 10-90; also need a drummer and a bass player. Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road, Standish.

Falmouth Heritage Museum exhibit 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Falmouth Heritage Museum presents a display of antique quilts, nursing memorabilia, vintage kitchenware and antique glassware. www.falmouthmehistory.org/Museum.htm

23rd annual Summer Solstice Craft Show in Wells 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “The best of Traditional, Country and Contemporary arts and crafts featuring herbs and everlastings, jewelry, pottery, graphics, folk art, photography, stained glass and more. You will meet 70 of New Englands finest artisans. Musical entertainment by John Tercyak. Gourmet food available. Look for our tall flags and come enjoy the day.” Wells Elementary School. Also Sunday. www.wellschamber.org

United Maine Craftsmen’s Fall Festival of Arts & Crafts in Westbrook 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A show and sale of unique handcrafted products made by 100 Maine Artisans, on the grounds

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Portland Ballet Company presents “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” this fall in Westbrook. (COURTESY PHOTO) of Smiling Hill Farm. Ample Free Parking, Food Vendors, Rain or Shine. Admission $2. Smiling Hill Farm, 781 County Road, Westbrook. www.unitedmainecraftsmen.com

York Antiques Week 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Antiques Show will feature 18-20 of America’s top antiques dealers. Remick Barn, Rte 1A & Lindsey Road, York. Sept. 10-11. The $10 admission includes a two-day ticket to experience the Museums of Old York. Free parking is available on-site. Old York Historical Society. www.oldyork.org

SoPo Portland Nutrition Corner grand opening 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Portland Nutrition Corner will be hosting a grand opening celebration. Visitors will meet special guest Rich Gaspari, the owner and creator of Gaspari Nutrition and International Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (IFBB) Hall of Fame pro-bodybuilder. The celebration will include product and T-shirt giveaways, product deals and the opportunity to talk with the industry’s top nutrition experts. 85 Western Ave., South Portland. www.portlandnutritioncorner.com

Heart of America Quilt coming to Freeport 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The world’s largest quilted United States flag is coming to Freeport. On the fifth anniversary of 9/11 this giant quilt was at the U.S. Capitol, “{now Freeport is blessed to have it this year.” Pictures of the Fallen Soldiers at Thomas Moser lot, corner of Main & West Street; military displays on the Key Bank lawn; Heart of America Quilt on display at the Freeport High School baseball field.

Walk to Defeat ALS in Portland 10:30 a.m. The public is invited to register for the Walk to Defeat ALS. “The Northern New England Chapter was founded on August 20, 1999 to serve the needs of those living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and their caregivers. The ALS Association is the only national not-for-profit health organization dedicated solely to the fight against ALS. ALSA covers all the bases — research, patient and community services, public education, and advocacy — in providing help and hope to those facing the disease.” Walk Check-in: 9 a.m.; walk starts: 10:30 a.m. at Portland’s Payson Park; 3 miles. http://web.alsa. org/site/TR?px=2704967&fr_id=7425&pg=personal

Walking Tour of Historic Stroudwater 10:30 a.m. to noon. Greater Portland Landmarks presents: A Special Walking Tour of Historic Stroudwater. “Visit what was once a thriving town, a city almost. See what remains, the beautiful river, the bank of the once famous waterfront, the sites of some of the businesses, homes of the leaders, graves of a few, and hear the stories of the pine mast trade.” Rain date: Saturday, Sept. 17. Meet outside the Means House (at the Tate House Museum), 1267 West-

2 p.m. University of Southern Maine Portland Bookstore, Woodbury Campus Centerwelcomes Chris Van Dusen, who will be reading from his new book, “King Hugo’s Huge Ego,” about a tiny king with a very large ego. But when he mistreats the wrong villager — a sorceress — the spell she casts literally causes his head to swell. The more he boasts, the bigger it gets, finally toppling the mini monarch right off his castle. Van Dusen’s hilarious story is matched only by his outrageous illustrations. Together they make for a picture book that is sometimes fairy tale, sometimes cautionary, and always laugh-out-loud funny. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Barbara Kelly at 780-4072.

‘Life, Above All’ at the PMA 2 p.m. “‘Life, Above All’ is an emotional and universal drama about a young girl (stunningly performed by first-timeactress Khomotso Manyaka) who fights the fear and shame that have poisoned her community. The film captures the enduring strength of loyalty and a courage powered by the heart. The film is based on the international award winning novel Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton.” Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art. Also Sunday at 2 p.m.

Elizabeth Miles at Scarborough Bull Moose 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Portland author Elizabeth Miles will be at the Scarborough Bull Moose to sign her first Young Adult novel, “Fury.” “Fury” will be released on Aug. 30 and is the first in a trilogy about a small Maine town that has been targeted by the mythical Furies: beautiful, mysterious, and sometimes deadly agents of revenge. “Miles sets the stage for a page-turning Young Adult saga; a girl has a crush on her best friend’s boyfriend, a seemingly perfect boy has done something cruel. Set in the small fictional town of Ascension, Maine, in the dead of winter, the furies will rise, and as the series tagline says, ‘sometimes sorry isn’t enough.’ Early reviewers have called ‘Fury’ ‘achingly gorgeous,’ ‘a fresh dark twist on paranormal,’ and Kirkus Reviews wrote, ‘The furies are reinvented in eerie modern form, wreaking havoc in the lives of a group of teens … in this spine-prickling debut….’” Miles is a resident of Portland and writes for the Portland Phoenix. She has won several awards from the New England Press Association and was nominated for an Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Award. Miles serves on the board of trustees of Portland Players, a community theater. More about the author and the planned series can be found at http://thefuryseries. com. The next two books are titled “Envy” and “Eternity.”

Block Party in Portland 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Block Party returns. “This collaborative celebration of the arts will transform Congress St. from Casco to Forest once again into an immersive arts environment complete with interactive installations, performances and more! Featuring Providence Rhode Island’s What Cheer?

Brigade marching band, installations by Greta Bank, Kimberly Convery and Sean O’Brien, a traveling street theater performance by Lorem Ipsum, surprises from Pickwick Independent Press, Shoot Media Project, The ICA @ MECA, The Portland Children’s Museum and Theatreof Maine and Portland Ovations.” SPACE Gallery. www.space538.org/ events.php see next page

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Sunday, Sept. 11 Freeport Flag Ladies Annual 9-11 Tribute 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The Freeport Flag Ladies Annual 9-11 Tribute, corner of Main and School. 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Pictures of the Fallen Soldiers at Key Bank on Main St. 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Parade of police and fire color guards and vehicles from Freeport and nearby communities, Patriot Guard Riders on Main Street. 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Dedication of the 9-11 Monument conducted by the Master Mason from Maine. This monument is constructed from steel obtained from the Twin Towers. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. 9-11 Tribute Concert performed by the Biddeford Alumni and Italian Heritage Center Band at the Freeport Performing Art Center.

Portland 9/11 Memorial event 8:46 a.m. The city of Portland fire and police departments, IAFF Local 740, and city officials will march along Congress Street to the 9/11 Memorial at the Easter Promenade in honor of the 10th anniversary of the attacks. Local firefighters, paramedics and law enforcement officers will march in full turn-out gear and uniforms as a tribute to the 403 uniformed men and women who lost their lives when the towers fell in New York City. Members of the public are invited to march as well and are asked to wear white shirts as a sign of solidarity with the fallen heroes. Marchers will have the opportunity to carry the name of one of the 403 lost. At the end of the march, the city will lay three wreaths for the three locations attacked at the 9/11 memorial. At 8 a.m., gather for the March at Congress Square Park. 8:46 a.m., march begins. 9:30 a.m., wreath laying at 9/11 Memorial. www.portlandmaine.gov

Southern Maine ‘Race for the Cure’ 8:45 a.m. to noon. Southern Maine “Race for the Cure” Festival to be held on Baxter Boulevard from Preble Street to Bates Street and all of Payson Park including Dyer’s Flat parking area. 7:30 a.m., Registration opens; 8:45 a.m., ceremony in honor of Sept. 11 Tenth Anniversary; 9 a.m., Survivor Ceremony; 9:30 a.m., Registration Closes; 9:45 a.m., Group Warm-up; 10 a.m., 5K Run/Walk Start; 10:15 a.m., 1K Fun Run/Walk Start. There will be no awards ceremony.

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noon to 7 p.m. 317 Main Street Community Music School presents HenryFest, an outdoor family-oriented music festival. The festival takes place at Skyline Farm, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth. In the event of rain, the festival will move to the Merriconeag Waldorf School on Desert Road in Freeport. The groups performing include Heather Masse, Joy Kills Sorrow, The Quartet featuring Darol Anger, Grant Gordy, Steve Roy & Joe Walsh, the Jerks of Grass, the 317 Main Street Student Ensembles, and Local Circus. Several of the groups feature members of the teaching staff at the music school, as well as two ensembles featuring the school’s students. The fun includes the legendary 317 Pie Table (fresh pies provided by members of the 317 community!); a Kid’s Area including toys provided by Island Treasure Toys in Yarmouth, facepainting, and a Story Corner; Food Vendors including Brunswick’s El Camino and Mr. Sippy’s Old Fashioned Hickory-Fired Barbecue, a bonfire, and or course, great music all day long! $20 for individuals, $35 for family ticket; all ages, tickets at gate. www.317mainst.org

National Moment of Remembrance 1 p.m. By unanimous consent, the Cumberland County Commissioners declared a resolution supporting the nationwide effort of the National Association of Counties for a National Moment of Remembrance of the 10th Anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. “The effort, brought forth

by U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, asks all Americans to take a moment to remember at 1 p.m.

(1300 hrs), Eastern Daylight time, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. In his request, the Senator said: ‘This year we mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a day that changed America forever. To commemorate this occasion and pay tribute to those we lost, I introduced the enclosed resolution establishing a national Moment of Remembrance at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on September 11, 2011. In an overwhelming demonstration of unity, the Senate unanimously passed the resolution with the co-sponsorship of all 100 United States Senators. I write to request that you join us in making this Moment of Remembrance a symbol of solidarity throughout your county and across the country.’” The Cumberland County Commissioners put forth a resolution, to do their part to encourage Cumberland County and all of Maine to participate in this moment of remembrance, this Sunday, Sept. 11 at 1 p.m.

Two Lights State Park historic talk 1:30 p.m. The Friends of Maine State Parks announce a special event at Two Lights State Park, Cape Elizabeth.

Public tour with historian Herb Adams: The history of Two Lights and the fortification of Casco Bay. Bunkers will be open; sturdy shoes and flashlights recommended. Park admission fees apply. Directions: follow Route 77 through South Portland and Cape Elizabeth; Two Lights Road forks off Route 77 just before Kettle Cove. The park entrance is about one mile, at a sharp turn in the road. www.friendsofmainestateparks.org

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American Legion Post No. 164 9/11 event 2 p.m. For the 10th anniversary of 9/11, American Legion Post No. 164 in Falmouth plans a special ceremony at the post, 65 Depot Road, Falmouth. News anchor Kim Block will emcee. The National Anthem and other patriotic songs will be presented by the Downeasters Chorus. The congressional delegation, governor, state legislators, local dignitaries and first responders have been invited to participate. 781-4709

Lecture at Maine Irish Heritage Center 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. At the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., come listen to a lecture by resident geneaologist Matt Barker about the Portland Irish’s contributions during the Civil War. “We will have questions and answers at 3 p.m. and then refreshments and people can tour the library, etc. afterward,” Barker said. www.maineirish.com

Sept. 11 event in Old Orchard Beach 6 p.m. The Salvation Army, Church and Sixth Street, Old Orchard Beach, presents “a time to remember those who lost their lives and families during that tragic day and to give thanks for those who serve us today, protecting us — Police, Fire, Emergency Personnel.”

Time for Light Event at Back Cove 6:30 p.m. “Mainers will gather around Back Cove in Portland on the evening of September 11 to ring it with light, a statement that it’s time to end ten years of policies driven by fear and time to light the way toward positive directions and constructive use of our people and resources. We’ll go to Back Cove at 6:30 p.m., get situated around the path, and turn on flashlights at 7:30 (half an hour after sunset). We will shine lights for a world where children are safe and people are not thirsty or hungry. We declare that we are done with wars, occupations, threats of terrorism, an atmosphere of fear and harm and violence. We declare we want to embrace a future of just and peaceful means to solve problems. We want alternatives to war, and to stop degrading the ideals of this country or degrading ourselves in the eyes of the world. We want honest work and sharing wealth between rich and poor.” Contact: Grace Braley at 774-1995 or 914-9601898, gracebraley@yahoo.com; http://tinyurl.com/TimeforLight.

Link to Portland Trails map of Back Cove: http://www.trails.org/ map_files/back_cove_page_description.html

Monday, Sept. 12 OA Centers for Orthopaedics, Brunswick 5 p.m. Ribbon cutting at OA Centers for Orthopaedics, Brunswick Downtown Association. “Please join the Brunswick Downtown Association in a collaborative effort with the Southern Maine Mid Coast Chamber for a Ribbon Cutting and Open House at OA Centers for Orthopaedics in their new location at 22 Station Avenue above the new Mid Coast Primary and Walk-in Clinic.”

Public hearing on Bayside benches 5:30 p.m. Proposed bench designs will be presented to the public for feedback at a public hearing at Zero Station, 222 Anderson St. The Portland Public Arts Committee will host a hearing to solicit public comment about proposed artist-designed seating along the new Bayside Trail. The proposals are available on the cCity’s website at www.portlandmaine.gov/planning/baysidetrailartproject.asp. see next page

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7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Homeless Animal Rescue Team (HART), an adoption center and shelter for cats and kittens located in Cumberland on the corner of Route 100 and Range Road, has announced a fundraising event, The Harbor Cruise for HART. The cruise will be aboard the Casco Bay Lines Bay Mist from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. “The Harbor Cruise for HART will be a fun event with great music, door prizes, and a cash bar,” said Marcia Carr, volunteer.

“HART is looking for fun, new ways to raise money for the all-volunteer, no-kill cat shelter. What could be better than spending a fun evening out on beautiful Casco Bay with friends, while at the same time helping the cats and kittens that HART takes such good care of?” Information can be found at www.hartofme.com. Tickets are available on the HART website, as well as by e-mailing Jackie Broaddus at: catlova73@aol.com.

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Tuesday, Sept. 13 Jane Brox, author, at Falmouth Memorial Library noon. Jane Brox, author, at Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth. Jane Brox’s fourth book, “Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light,” is now available in paperback from Mariner Books. “She is the author of three previous books: ‘Clearing Land: Legacies of the American Farm’; ‘Five Thousand Days Like This One,’ which was a 1999 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in nonfiction; and’ Here and Nowhere Else,’ which won the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award.”

UMaine School of Law, Preti Flaherty: Sports Law Symposium: Law and the Olympic Movement 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. “Please join The University of Maine School of Law and Preti Flaherty for a Sports Law Symposium featuring: Law and the Olympic Movement. Join us in exploring the law as it affects the rights of athletes.

Hear from sports professionals and attorneys who will discuss the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act, the World Anti-Doping Code, and the athlete’s right of publicity. Please join us for a reception immediately following the panel discussion. Cost to attend is $35.” University of Southern Maine, Abromson Community Education Center, 88 Bedford St. Kim LeBlanc kleblanc@preti.com; 791.3161 or Lexie Moras, amoras@usm.maine.edu; 780.4344.

‘10 Tips for Effective Marketing & PR’ 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Encore Leadership Corps (ENCorps), which offers free training and support for volunteers over 50, will host a workshop –– “10 Tips for Effective Marketing & PR” –– at the Peter A. McKernan Hospitality Center at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland.

Connie Gemmer, a partner at the consulting firm of Barton & Gingold, will share her expertise while participants sample desserts made by SMCC’s Culinary Arts students. Free for Encore Leadership Corps members; $10 for nonmembers.

Sign up to become an ENCorps member at the event and attend for free! Contact Patti Foden at 767-5352 or info@ encoreleaders.org for more information.

2011 Employment Law Seminar 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Preti Flaherty’s Labor and Employment Practice Group is hosting the 2011 Employment Law Seminar in Portland. “Now in its 17th year, this fullday seminar will cover the most up-to-date legal issues in employment law and practical tips for implementing these requirements within a workplace. Attendees include human resources managers, management responsible for workplace benefits and policy enforcement, in-house counsel and other professionals involved in employment-related policies, discipline or health plan benefits.” The seminar will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at the University of Southern Maine Abromson Center. The cost to attend is $95/attendee which includes breakfast and lunch. This seminar has been approved for five recertification hours by HRCI (PHR/SPHR credits). For more information or to register, visit www.preti.com/2011EmploymentLawSeminar or call 791.3224.

The Cumberland County Civic Center Finance Committee will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at noon at the Civic Center. Proposed budgets are on the agenda. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. AARP Driver Safety Classes for drivers age 50 and older will be presented in Portland from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 15, and in Windham on Sept. 17,. The class in Portland on Thursday, Sept. 15, will be held at the AARP Maine State Office, 1685 Congress St., Portland. The class in Windham will be presented on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Windham Public Library, 217 Windham Center Road, Windham. The registration fee is $12 for AARP members and $14 for others. To register, phone John Hammon, AARP volunteer instructor, at (207) 655-4943. Registration no later than Sept. 9 is recommended as class size is limited.

edented continuing protests. Through video, graphs, slides and lecture material Prof. Irwin Novak will spell out the issues and open a discussion on Greece’s current economic crisis during a free talk in Room 133 Wishcamper Hall on the University of Southern Maine Portland campus.

The talk is presented by the Hellenic Society of Maine with the support of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Rm. 133, Wishcamper Hall, University of Southern Maine, Portland. A professor geology at USM, and not an economist, Dr. Novak will share his observations of recent events and outline the details behind the international headlines surrounding Greece’s financial predicament. He is keenly interested in modern Greece and has been studying the Greek financial state of affairs for some time. He has been a summer resident of Greece for more than 20 years.

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4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Trinity Episcopal at 580 Forest Ave. (entrance in rear) is offering its indoor Chartre-style labyrinth for meditative walks on Thursday, Sept. 15 between 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Allow about 30 minutes. No charge; donations gratefully accepted. FMI 772-7421.

The Greek Economic Crisis by Prof. Irwin Novak 4 p.m. Greece owes 350 billion euros — or nearly 150 percent of its GDP! — and the country is experiencing unprec-

6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Acorn Productions begins its 2011-12 season of programming for the community with a pair of free offerings for adults and kids at the company’s studios in Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook. The adult sessions will be held on Thursday, Sept. 15 and Monday, Sept. 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Two sessions for kids also take place on Monday, Sept. 19 and Thursday, Sept. 22 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.