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South Portland bank robbery suspect arrested “Homeless, anything helps, God bless, thank you,” reads this panhandler’s sign. Many people on the street are addicted to the synthetic drug known as “Spice,” which has gained a foothold in Portland. (MARGE NIBLOCK PHOTO)

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Crowd pushes for GMO labeling — Bill would unite Maine with like-minded states. See page 7 The notso-green restaurant scene See Natalie Ladd, page 4

While Eli Berry signs a petition, other supporters of labeling for genetically engineered food and seed stock wait outside the State House Tuesday prior to a press conference and a legislative hearing. The other advocates include (from left) Will West, Michele Roy and Charlie Bernstein. A bill before the Maine Legislature would require labeling of foods with genetically modified organisms. A trigger in the legislation calls for Maine to join other states waging similar efforts. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

‘Thorny questions’ from a celebrated poet See page 6

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Sylvia Todd: Young science star

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(NY Times) — A maker, tinkerer and online celebrity, Sylvia Todd has attracted more than 1.5 million YouTube views of the show she produces and hosts, the Web-based “Sylvia’s SuperAwesome Maker Show.” She is sought after for speaking engagements, visits maker fairs and even addresses TEDx conferences.

Last week she won a silver medal at an international robotics competition.

And on Monday she took part in the White House Science Fair, wherePresident Obamatested her latest project, a robot that paints.

Not bad for an 11-year-old.

With her father, James Todd, filming her, Sylvia uses puppetry, theme music and her home as a laboratory to demonstrate how things work. She makes science fun, mostly by having fun herself.

An audience of fellow makers, especially scienceminded parents and children looking for projects, follow her D.I.Y. episodes — 19 so far — on circuit boards, sidewalk chalk, rocket ships and her favorite, an LED shield.

In one episode, Sylvia made dough that can conduct electricity. Her most popular episode, on copper etching, attracted more than 200,000 views.

Her fans learned how to create a circuit board and a copper pendant.

And her latest continuing project, though not yet a subject on her show, is a robot that can paint. She showed it off at the White House Science Fair, an invitation-only symposium for 100 students that is hosted by Mr. Obama, who views and comments on the students’ projects.

The president tried out her watercolor robot, doodling “Go STEM” — the acronym for the fields of science, technology, engineering and math — on an iPad. The robot painted his doodle, which Sylvia said she would frame.

“I shook his hand twice!” she said. “And he picked up a printed version of the White House logo that my robot did.”

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Boston suspect cites Islamic extremism as motive BOSTON (NY Times) — The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon attacks told federal agents that he and his brother were motivated by extremist Islamic beliefs but that they were not connected to any known terrorist groups, law enforcement officials said on Tuesday, saying that he made those statements in an interview Sunday from his hospital bed.

The investigators have been conducting a inquiry into the two brothers, speaking with people who knew them and looking at everything from the things they left behind in their homes and a dorm room to the digital trail they left through e-mails and social media.

Based on the inquiry so far — and on the interview conducted with the surviving suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, in which law enforcement officials said that he acknowledged playing a role in the attacks — the

officials believe that the two men acted alone in the attacks, which killed three people and injured more than 260. Part of the investigation is now focused on corroborating Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s statements.

His brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed early Friday morning after a shootout with the police in Watertown, Mass.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s condition improved on Tuesday, officials said. Tsarnaev, who had been listed in serious condition for several days by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, was listed in fair condition on Tuesday, the F.B.I. said in a statement.

The brothers may have been planning the attacks for several months. On Feb. 6, Tamerlan Tsarnaev bought fireworks at a Phantom Fireworks store in Seabrook about an hour’s drive north of Boston, said William Weimer, the vice president of Phantom Fireworks, which is based in Youngstown,

Syria used chemical arms repeatedly, Israel asserts TEL AVIV (NY Times) — Israel’s senior military intelligence analyst said Tuesday there was evidence the Syrian government had repeatedly used chemical weapons in the last month, and he criticized the international community for failing to respond, intensifying pressure on the Obama administration to intervene.

“The regime has increasingly used chemical weapons,” said Brig. Gen. Itai Brun, research commander in the intelligence directorate of the Israeli Defense Forces. “The very fact that they have used chemical weapons without any appropriate reaction is a very worrying development, because it might signal that this is legitimate.”

General Brun’s statements, made at a security conference here, are the most definitive by an Israeli official to date regarding evidence of possible chemical weapons attacks on March 19 near Aleppo and Damas-

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None of the assertions — by Israel, Britain or France — have been made with physical proof of chemical weapons use. Experts say the most definitive way to prove the use of chemical weapons is to promptly gain access to the site to collect soil samples and examine suspected victims.

The Syrian government, which has accused insurgents of using chemical weapons and has requested that a United Nations forensics team investigate, has so far refused to allow that team to enter because of a dispute over the scope of its inquiry.

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“He came in and he asked the question that 90 percent of males ask when they walk into a fireworks store: ‘What’s the most powerful thing you’ve got?’ ” Weimer said in a telephone interview, adding that the store’s clerk had described the sale as “uneventful.”

Tsarnaev settled on a reloadable mortar kit called a Lock and Load, which comes with a launch tube and shells, Weimer said. But Weimer said that even if the brothers had harvested all the powder from the shells Tsarnaev bought that day, he does not believe it would not have yielded enough explosives to make the two pressure cooker bombs that exploded on Boylston Street and the other devices that the suspects had with them when they were chased by the police early Friday morning. The sale was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

France legalizes gay marriage PARIS (NY Times) — With a definitive vote by the lower house of Parliament, France on Tuesday became the world’s 14th nation, and the third in just two weeks, to approve marriage rights for same-sex couples.

The legislation is expected to be approved by the Constitutional Council and signed into law by President François Hollande in time to allow the country’s first same-sex weddings this summer.

Passage of the “marriage for all” law, sponsored by Hollande, a Socialist, came after months of sometimes angry debate and a series of major protests, rallies that drew Roman Catholics from France’s rural regions and received the backing of Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders, as well as the conservative political opposition. Homophobic violence had risen in recent weeks, with a handful of attacks on gay couples reported across the country. The legislation was approved by a vote of 331 to 225 in the National Assembly, the lower house, where the left holds a strong majority. Eleven legislators from the center and right broke with party lines to support the law, though there were indications that some of those votes may have been cast by mistake. There were 10 abstentions.

Opposition to the law, which also opens adoption to same-sex couples, remained strong and vocal even after the vote. Parliamentarians from the country’s main opposition party, the center-right Union for a Popular Movement, had earlier announced that they would challenge the legality of the new law before the Constitutional Council, a high court that rules on matters of constitutionality. And organizers for an opposition movement called La Manif pour Tous, or Protest for All, said they intended to continue to demonstrate.

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Police report catching suspect in South Portland bank robbery Daily Sun Staff Reports

Police say they’ve caught the man who allegedly robbed a TD Bank branch in South Portland.

Joseph Morrill, 23, of South Portland, was arrested Monday night and charged with robbery, according to a press release.

Police say that reportedly Morrill went into the Market Street TD Bank branch, approached a teller, demanded cash and had a firearm at the time of the robbery.

Morrill The South Portland Police Department caught Morrill at 231 Broadway just before 11 p.m., on Monday.

Morrill is being held at the Cumberland County Jail in lieu of $150,000 cash bail.

Muddy Portland Bulldog Challenge scheduled for May 18 at PATHS The Portland Bulldog Challenge will be held Saturday, May 18 at the Portland Arts and Technology High School, 196 Allen Ave. in Portland. This inaugural 2.5-mile race course will be packed with mud, water and obstacles. Individual or four-person teams will be helping support scholarships and provide equipment, training and many other athletic needs.

Prizes will be awarded for the top finishers, and T-shirts will be given to all competitors who register before April 30. Race day schedule tentatively is as follows: 8:30 a.m. Registration and check-in opens; 9:15 a.m. Registration and check-in closes; 9:30 a.m.

Announcements and pre-race warm-ups; 9:45 a.m.

Wave No. 1 students; 10 a.m. Wave No. 2 individual men and women; 10:15 a.m. Wave No. 3 men’s and co-ed teams; 10:30 a.m. Wave No. 4 women’s teams; 11:30 a.m. awards ceremony.

All proceeds from the Portland Bulldog Challenge support the Portland High Consolidated Boosters/ Blue & White Club Fund. For more information or to register, log on to www.portlandbulldogchallenge.com.

Amid flap, LePage announces co-chairs of new unemployment compensation system commission Maine Gov. Paul LePage announced the nomination of two members to a new Blue Ribbon Commission that will investigate Maine’s unemployment compensation system — part of an ongoing controversy over a meeting held by the governor with state hearing officers.

Ginette Rivard, president of the Maine State Employees Association, Local 1989 of the Service LePage Employees International Union, responded to reports of LePage pressuring Maine hearing officers into denying Unemployment Insurance benefits to Maine workers and instead ruling in favor of Maine employers regardless of the facts of a case. ”Reports that Governor LePage on March 21 personally pressured Maine hearing officers to decide Unemployment Insurance claims in favor of employers and against unemployed workers are deeply troubling,” Rivard said.

The allegations against LePage, which were printed in the Lewiston-based Sun Journal, came under fire from the Maine Wire, a news site of the Maine Heritage Policy Center, a conservative group, which called the episode “Hatchetgate.”

“The events provide a good opportunity to examine how the media and the left in general execute a hatchet job on a conservative political official,” the Maine Wire reported in a series of articles about the dispute (http://www.themainewire.com).

The Maine Democratic Party reported, “The U.S. Department of Labor has opened an investigation of the LePage administration. The Governor can only distract from the truth with self-appointed commissions for so long.”

But the Maine Wire answered, “Contrary to media reports, there is no federal investigation of Governor LePage. Rather, the U.S. Department of Labor will be cooperating with the LePage administration to conduct an audit of Maine’s unemployment insurance system.”

The co-chairs of the Blue Ribbon Commission are George M. Jabar and Daniel Wathen. Jabar serves as a commissioner for Kennebec County and is a practicing attorney in Waterville. Wathen served for 20 years on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 10 of which as the Chief Justice. He has served as a Justice of the Maine Superior Court, according to the governor’s office.

LePage said during the creation of the commission, “Politically motivated demands for the U.S. Department of Labor to investigate a lunch meeting I had with hearings officers are based on anonymous allegations in media reports. This orchestrated effort is designed to distract Mainers from the real issue, which is inconsistencies in the unemployment system.”

Rivard said, “We are proud to represent the hearing officers who apply federal laws in resolving Unemployment Insurance claims in Maine. They have a duty to do their jobs free of intimidation and coercion. We are determined to ensure that their rights are protected and respected.”

FAME financing aids companies At its April 18 meeting, the board of the Finance Authority of Maine approved financing for three businesses in the transportation, tourism and manufacturing sectors of Maine’s economy, the authority reported, helping these companies create and retain approximately 171 Maine jobs.

One recipient is Custom Coach and Limousine, a Portland-based, family-owned and operated company that was founded in 1988 with one mini-coach.

Today the company employs 50 people and operates a fleet of over 45 vehicles. FAME will provide loan insurance on various Camden National Bank loans to the company, which will help lower the cost of debt, according to a press release.

FAME also approved a direct loan of $180,000 to Mega Industries, which manufactures high-power, low-frequency microwave components for scientific, military and commercial applications. Mega Industries will use the funds to help expand its existing manufacturing facility in Gorham. The company expects to create eight new jobs and retain 46 jobs.

FAME also has agreed to insure three separate loans by Androscoggin Bank to Benton-based B & B Precise Products, Inc. The financing will enable the company to access working capital and purchase two new machines for its manufacturing facility.

Work to begin on Broadway water main in S. Portland, PWD reports The Portland Water District will begin working to replace a water main on Broadway in South Portland.

The work will be happening on Broadway between Dawson and Hobart streets, according to a press release, and run from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday until the work is completed sometime in July.

During the work, traffic on Broadway between Westbrook and Main streets will be reduced to one lane for vehicles headed eastbound.

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Portland groups win NEA grants Three Portland groups were awarded funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to support their programming.

The Portland Symphony Orchestra, the Portland Opera Repertory Theatre and the Telling Room were each awarded $10,000 from the NEA, according to a joint press release from Maine senators Susan Collins and Angus King.

“This funding from the National Endowment of the Arts will go a long way in supporting and promoting Maine’s diverse artistic culture and endeavors,” said senators Collins and King, in a joint statement. “Not only will it provide invaluable opportunities for residents across the state, but it will benefit and enrich the lives of Mainers from all walks of life.”

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Malicious but delicious

AUSTIN, Tex. — For your personal health, you should probably eat more vegetables.

But for the future of civilization as we know it?

More pork. Feral hogs, to be exact.

They’re multiplying like mad — like rabbits with hooves, tusks and an epic sense of entitlement — especially here in Texas, where an estimated 2.6 million of them routinely desecrate farmland by rooting up crops, decimate reptile populations by snacking on them, devour feed meant for livestock and probably do some other pernicious thing beginning in “de-” that won’t come to me right now.

Destroy enclosures! That’s it!

Feral hogs have been known to chew and stomp their way into suburban yards and even onto The New Army bases, said Richard HeilYork Times brun, a biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

“And when you have a military installation with a fence problem,” he told me, “you have a national security problem.”

You also have an excellent reason to turn these hammy hellions into dinner.

That’s what the chef Ned Elliott was up to when I dropped by his Austin restaurant, Foreign & Domestic, on Friday. He and several other cooks were using deboned flesh from two feral hogs for porchetta, the

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Showing Kermit that being green isn’t that hard “It ain’t easy being green...”

Kermit the Frog.

Earth Day is a trendy, yet important, event happening all over the globe this week, and locally almost everyone I know has been, or will be, partaking in some type of hands-on activity contributing to the extension of our planet’s lifespan.

One of my friends practiced yoga outside in the sunshine and held a beautiful vinyasa pose as she took deep gulps of fresh, clean air. Her neighbors peered over the fence curiously as she eyed a pile of poop that had nothing to do with downward facing dog.

Another friend worked alongside a group of volunteers as they spruced up a playground.

She now has a perfectly round shiner after getting hit in the face — almost losing an eye — to a 10-year-old pretending his rake was a Jedi Lightsaber.

Someone else I know went to the emergency room after breaking out in a painful, itchy, multi-colored rash on her arms and hands that mysteriously appeared shortly after the person

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began picking up roadside trash along a deserted stretch of Route 302.

However, many posted snazzy Earth Day awareness slogans and images on Facebook (only to be replaced next week by the cause du jour) and we all felt tinges of guilt about not doing enough year round.

Big business often takes the heat for being the most offensive, but perhaps no industry (except maybe the oil spillers) should feel more guilty than the many branches on the hospitality tree.

Here are some “what if?” observations that could help the overall greener good.

1) Take-out containers. What If people brought in their own Tupperware or a reusable con-

tainer? Restaurants could give people an incentive of some kind — maybe a punch card for a free dessert after coming five times with their own container, or a percentage off the total bill that evening — to use their own containers for leftovers. The paper cost savings as well as the decrease in polystyrene-laden landfills would be significant, but I’m sure the Board of Health has restrictions on this brilliant idea, along with lobbyist-like griping from SYSCO and other major suppliers.

2) Paper napkins and linens in dine-in situations. What If all restaurants could afford to use washable linens instead of paper roll-ups for utensils? What If they were also able to lose the over-stuffed napkin holders on each table? Many quick service places do not have the room for institutional, energy efficient inhouse washers and dryers and cannot build a linen service into their business model. Admittedly, it would feel silly to use a cloth napkin at McDonald’s, but it would set a great example for see LADD page 5

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Not-so-green restaurant scene could use a gentle nudge LADD from page 4

their youngest diners, who are also their biggest fans.

3) Greener products in bathrooms and kitchens.

What If all restaurants and hotels (not just the ritzy ones) could afford nice, legitimate earth- and people-friendly products in bathrooms and kitchens? Serious products that can stand up to the dirty demands of a hopping, thriving place. Once again, this is cost prohibitive for most, and it all becomes suspect anyway as there are several companies tossing around terms like “natural,” “sustainable” and “eco friendly,” and just as many organizations taking them to task for different sets of rules and standards to be classified as such.

4) Water upon demand. What if all restaurants only served water upon request? This was a common trend several years back and many places even printed it on their menus. It’s a practice that has fallen by the wayside and conserves not only drinking water, but water necessary to run excess racks of glasses through the dish tank as well. It also provides a natural opportunity to sell other profitbearing beverages. NOTE: This is along the same lines as hotels asking people to reuse their towels or not having the bed sheets changed daily, by choice of course.

5) Waste oil recycling. What If all restaurants took that stinky stuff from the grease traps (If you’ve never been downwind from a grease trap in a place with a well used fryolater, consider yourself lucky) and turned it into biofuel? That diesel fuel alternative is made from vegetable and

Maine Standard Biofuels collects used vegetable oil from restaurants all around New England. This bumper sticker captures their philosophy of food recycling. (FILE IMAGE)

animal fats including canola oil, bacon grease, or olive oil (sorry to gross you out, Girl Gone Raw!).

Check out www.mainestandardbiofuels.com to see how to participate in this great program, with ties to University of Southern Maine and the crunchy but caring folks over there.

There are so many ideas that are realized and subsequently shot down as impractical, too expensive, not fitting of the image or brand, not very effective, too labor intensive or just plain inconvenient.

Trendy or not, I happen to be a band wagoner of Earth Day and challenge Portland-area restaurants to incorporate one of the ideas listed above (or a better one of their own) into their operation for a week around Earth Day next year. I’ll remind you all about this challenge in 11 months or so, and promise to talk my editor into doing a story about it.

The Down Low: Speaking of press, Bayou

Kitchen has gotten some kudos lately, but I have to give them more as they have long been my breakfast-avec-hangover place of choice. It used to be smaller, seedier and there was always somebody with a worse headache than mine sitting just down the counter. Steadily over the past year, my friend and owner Karl Silander (a caterer turned restaurateur) has been making improvements to the place allowing for more seating and a peek out the window overlooking Forest Avenue that rivals only Samuel’s scenic view of Morrill’s Corner.

What’s really impressive are the new menu specials, giving Bintliff’s American Cafe a tasty morsel of competition. Especially impressive were the Cajun crab cakes topped with two eggs, a choice of a side (I vote for grits), bread and jalapeno remoulade, for a hefty $11.50. I thought it a bit pricey until I saw the size of the two crab cakes and learned that out of 19 orders, there were only two left. Why only 19 orders?

That’s all the fresh crab meat they purchased early that morning at Fisherman’s Net on the wharf.

Unlike the also delicious Hot Suppa’, Bayou Kitchen does not serve mimosas or Bloody Mary’s (which in my case is a good thing) and tables turn at a rapid-fire pace. Keep your eye on Bayou Kitchen.

Silander is methodically taking “baby steps he can afford” and more good things are in the works.

(Natalie Ladd is a columnist for the Portland Daily Sun. She has over 30 continuous years of corporate and fine-dining experience in all front-of-the-house management, hourly and under-the-table positions.

She can be reached at natalie@portlanddailysun. me.)

‘It’s as if you came home from work and a bunch of people had moved into your house’ BRUNI from page 4

beloved Italian roasted pork dish.

They planned to serve it, along with giant Asian tiger prawns and Himalayan blackberries, at a special feast at the restaurant staged in cooperation with the Texas chapter of the Nature Conservancy.

The event had a saucy sobriquet, “Malicious but Delicious,” and a serious mission: to raise people’s awareness of, and ideally whet their appetites for, the bullies of the ecosystem, more formally known as invasive species, invasives for short.

In certain areas of the United States, the hogs, the prawns and the blackberries qualify.

“They’re aggressive,” Elliott told me, providing a tidy case for their digestion.

All you principled environmentalists out there, you’re being lax. Your recycling is admirable and your farmers’ market patronage appreciated, but there’s a whole class of animals, fish and plants that are throwing the

earth out of balance, and it’s time you turned not just your attention but also your bicuspids and incisors toward them.

They aren’t evil in and of themselves. They just don’t play so well with others, and proliferate ostentatiously.

Many aren’t even meant to be part of the habitats they now maraud across, but thanks to human meddling, they ended up there, then got bossy about it.

“It’s as if you came home from work and a bunch of people had moved into your house,” said Laura Huffman, the Texas director of the Nature Conservancy. “Maybe they’re nice enough, but they’re still eating all your food and sitting on your furniture, and that’s going to disrupt the way your family lives.”

She was referring not only to hogs and tiger prawns but also to European green crabs, now common in Maine, where they prey on unsuspecting scallops.

Also Asian carp, the thuggish mobsters of the Mississippi, though maybe not for long. There’s been talk of

rebranding them as “Kentucky tuna.”

Edible invasives are cataloged on a Web site aptly titled Eat the Invaders.

It reflects a slowly growing awareness of the problem and a fledgling effort by ecologically minded chefs to address it.

In New York not long ago, the chef Kerry Heffernan prepared Asian carp and lionfish, which pose a ferocious threat from the Caribbean to the Carolinas, for a dinner at the James Beard House. At Miya’s Sushi in New Haven, Bun Lai regularly promotes such invasives as Asian shore crabs and burdock, a plant whose root is a delicacy in Japan.

And since November, a lionfish appetizer has been a mainstay at the restaurant Haven in Houston. Its chef, Randy Evans, told me that one problem with serving it and other invasives is cost. Absent an established market for them, suppliers are few and supplies expensive.

He said he paid $20.99 a pound for fillets of lionfish, which are absurdly plentiful in the nearby Caribbean, but

$17.99 for tuna flown all the way from Hawaii.

Feral hog meat, used at Haven for a “wild boar chili,” is less exorbitant and more available, partly in response to a piggy population explosion sometimes called the “pig bomb.” Across dozens of states, there are about five million feral hogs, descendants of imports from Europe, and Heilbrun said that the fecundity of females, which give birth more than once a year, is the stuff of legend.

“The old joke is that their average litter size is six, but 10 survive,” he told me.

While Texans have accelerated their killing of hogs to about 30 percent of the population annually, that still allows for a doubling of the population over a five-year period. And that underscores the strange blind spots in the ways of us conscientious omnivores, who congratulate ourselves on foraging and on nose-to-tail eating while failing to chow down adequately on an entire breed just begging to be bacon.

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Kunstler comes up with the $64,000 question about enforcement choices Editor,

AGAIN, James Howard Kunstler, (“Aftershocks,” April 22 column), nails it with the $64,000 question up for possible answering. Paraphrased, “If the FBI can accomplish that (locating suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing) in 48 hours, how is it that they can NOT accomplish all that they’ve not in more than 48 MONTHS!?” Solicit thousands of

photos and videos from Citizens to aid in their “who dun it” but NEVER review even a single scammed, swindled and fraudulent foreclosure mortgage out of MILLIONS, for a “who dun it”?

Somewhere over the rainbow, at the end of the yellow brick road, there’s a man behind a curtain.

Adeptly and aptly identified to be likened to “an imitation of a Brooks Brothers store window mannequin”; is “the suit” really just “the curtain”? A Toga?

Got Pot? Himself and the Leader of the Weed World substance-abuse-puffing away on one of them illegal recreational joints?

“Too Big to Fail” = Unlawfully Forced and Inflicted Indoctrination ... a.k.a. ...”a Miscarriage of Justice”;

and continued trickled-down oversaturation by “Deceptive Marketing”, call IT indoctrination, too, is what keeps the odor and stench of above being literally undetectable below and “feigned undetectable” above. Alas, what’s $64,000 really comparatively worth for any questioning to go on “under their rainbow” ... a.k.a. ... “The Trench,” anyway!

Godspeed in recuperation and healing to Mr. Kunstler from his most recent surgery; and hope for especially speedy recovery back to his own special brand of R & R. (REALITY and the RULE of Law:) Audrey Spence Portland

Page 6 — The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Celebrated poet asks ‘thorny questions’

Spring reading at UNE tonight likely to raise issues of identity and place

By Timothy Gillis

SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

During a time that the U.S. Congress is wrestling with immigration reform, the spring poetry reading at the University of New England today will take on added resonance.

Eamonn Wall, whose work encompasses notions of identity and place, will read poems and answer questions about them from the audience. The reading is tonight at 7 p.m. in the St. Francis Room University of the Biddeford campus.

A native of Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland, Wall is the author of six collections of poetry. His next collection, “New and Selected Poems,” will be published in 2014. “From the Sin-e Café to the Black Hills,” a collection of essays, was awarded the Michael J. Durkan Prize by the American Conference for Irish Studies.

“He’s working with the challenges we find with identity,” said Eric G.E. Zuelow, Ph.D., an assistant professor of European History at UNE and an organizer of the talk. “He’ll be doing a reading. One of the major themes will be the question of immigrants — being neither here nor there — not quite of one place or another.”

Zuelow has written about Irish history, and says there’s a dialogue in Ireland as in the United States, in terms of a romanticism of each country’s west.

“I think that there are a lot of similarities in the way that people deal with the reality of being between places,” he said. “The way some react is not the way most people respond. They don’t resort to violence, but there is that certain sense of disconnect.”

Wall, the poet, has written several collections of poetry and criticism. Most of his work deals with an individual’s sense of what is home, especially those who are far removed from their birthplace.

“His previous collections ... all ask thorny questions of place, and Wall seems at home whether he is writing about Ireland or the prairies of North America. His non-fiction, too, explores such themes,” according to Patrick Hicks, in a review of Wall’s work in “An Sionnach: A Journal of Literature, Culture, and the Arts.”

Zuelow said the college has a great program called Arts@UNE, which usually features events of interest to the college of arts and science; speakers such as Wall impact the university as a whole.

“We’ve had major documentary films, speakers and other events,” he said. “Every spring we bring

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in a poet.”

Zuelow, like most Americans, has been drawn to news coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings and the subsequent manhunt that aired live from the streets of Watertown, Mass. He sees distinctions in the ways in which Americans and others around the world react to the news.

“I write about tourism, so I travel a lot as part of that,” he said. “I was living in Scotland during the Oklahoma City bombing. It was really interesting being there and not here. Obviously I wasn’t an immigrant. I was living there six and half months at that point. The response was very different than if I had been here. I was talking to people there, and found that I had to try to explain it at the same time that I didn’t understand it.”

The poetry reading is yet another way for people to digest the surreal events that marred an American institution like the Patriots’ Day race.

“I find it very interesting to read British newspapers,” Zuelow said. “They have a long-term experience with the IRA. They’ve had a lot more experience dealing with it than we do. On the one hand, you feel maybe skeptical or critical about things that happen in the U.S. On the other hand, you want to defend your country. It’s an interesting position to be in. I’ve had a number of Palestinian friends over the years, and when talking with them about events here, their point-of-view is very different. The poet or fiction writer can approach these topics in a different way than I can, as a historian.”

Wall has become one of the most resonant voices in contemporary Irish poetry. A native of Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland, he has lived in the U.S.

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He now lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and teaches courses in Irish, Irish-American, and British Literature, directs the UM-St. Louis Irish Summer School in Galway, and serves as the director of the Irish Studies Program.

“Increasingly, and with the recent passing of James Liddy, Eamonn Wall has become one of the most prominent and exciting contemporary voices of the Irish-American experience. He has an intimate understanding of what it means to be neither here nor there, and his words pull us toward new places. “A Tour of Your Country” reminds us that we are all linked to foggy roads elsewhere, and it celebrates displacement with the exuberant joy of a homecoming,” Hicks writes.

Zuelow said he expects to hear a good sampling of Wall’s work, and, moreover, anticipates a chance for members of the audience to ask questions of the writer. “It’s a good chance for conversation,” he said.

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Eamonn Wall is the author of six collections of poetry. He will give a reading today at the University of New England, St. Francis Room, Biddeford Campus. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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After a year’s hiatus, Portland’s Ebune Parade and Celebration will once again take over Congress Street to honor the return of spring after a long cold winter, organizers announced. On Sunday, May 5, hundreds of mask-wearers, giant puppets and bands will gather on Casco Street across from Maine College of Art at 11 a.m. to prepare for a noontime march to the Eastern Promenade, where there will be food and multicultural music and dance performances.

The theme this year is “All Peoples, All Creatures.”

“We’re hoping members of Portland’s many cultures and creeds will join together to celebrate the beautiful diversity of our community,” said Marita Kennedy-Castro, this year’s parade coordinator.

“Since 2004, under the sponsorship of the Museum of African Culture, the parade has featured puppets and masks that represent the ram, or “ebune,” celebrating the fertility of spring. This year masks will represent a diverse array of species and creatures as well.”

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Former legislator: ‘It’s just the label, that’s all we’re looking for, just the right to know what’s in our food’

By David Carkhuff THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Likening their effort to a “David and Goliath”-style struggle for consumer rights, advocates of a Maine bill to identify foods with genetically modified organisms as ingredients crowded into the State House Tuesday to push for GMO labeling of foods.

“We’re up against a giant,” said Ben Pratt, a former Democratic state legislator from Eddington, who called himself a “citizen lobbyist.” Pratt, who served on the Agriculture Committee in the Legislature, joined dozens of other citizens in supporting LD 718, An Act to Protect Maine Food Consumers’ Right to Know About Genetically Engineered Food and Seed Stock.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Lance Harvell, R-Farmington, requires a label reading “Produced with Genetic Engineering” on foods consisting of or containing a genetically modified organism.

The Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry received public testimony on the bill during a hearing in Augusta.

“The scientific uncertainty surrounding GMOs is a good reason for the state to require labeling,” Harvell said in a press release from the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. “Consumers have a right to know what they are eating and to make informed choices about the health risks they take with products that are not subject to federal safety testing.”

“Five main GM commodity crops — corn, soy, cotton, sugar beets and canola — have byproducts, such as high fructose corn syrup, soybean oil, vegetable oil and canola oil, in an estimated 75 percent of processed foods sold in grocery stores,” according to MOFGA (www.mofga.org), the oldest and largest state organic organization in the country.

Pratt said legislators have grappled with the GMO issue before, but this time he said Harvell’s bill takes a dif-

Meara Smith of Unity, formerly co-owner of Local Sprouts cooperative in Portland, attended Tuesday’s gathering at the State Capitol to support labeling of genetically modified foods. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

ferent tack.

“It’s just the label, that’s all we’re looking for, just the right to know what’s in our food,” he said.

The bill’s language includes a provision that teams Maine up with other like-minded states.

“The Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall monitor legislative activities in other states and certify to the Secretary of State and the Revisor of Statutes when legislation substantially similar to this Act has been adopted in at least 5 other states or in a state or states with a population or combined population of at least 20,000,000,” LD 718 reads.

“The best thing about this bill is the five-state trigger that goes along with it,” Pratt said. “What we’re saying is Maine has a history of leading the pack and Maine has a history of passing laws that end up as federal laws.

... (But) we’re trying to give these companies some leeway, saying, ‘OK, we understand that Maine is a small market, we understand that we’re not necessarily asking you to retool everything you do right now, but it’s coming.

It’s coming down the road.’”

In March, a rider included in federal spending bill HR 933 was signed by President Obama, igniting an uproar.

The rider requires the Agriculture Department to approve the growing, harvesting and selling of genetically modified crops, news outlets reported.

“Opponents have termed the language in question the ‘Monsanto Protection Act,’ a nod to the major agricultural biotech corporation and other like firms geared at producing genetically modified organisms (GMO) and genetically engineered (GE) seeds and crops. The provision protects genetically modified seeds from litigation suits over health risks posed by

the crops’ consumption,” CBS News reported.

“It’s amazing what money spent in Washington and in Augusta can do,” Pratt said when asked about Obama’s action on HR 933.

In the past, Monsanto sent a lobbyist to Maine to defeat legislation here, Pratt said.

Monsanto Company, according to its website (http://monsanto.mediaroom. com), “is a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality.”

In a section devoted to the GMO issue, Monsanto reported on its website, “Hundreds of millions of meals containing food from GM crops have been consumed. There has not been a single substantiated instance of illness or harm associated with GM crops.” see next page

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Consumer’s right to know argued at Maine Legislature from preceding page

The company opposes labeling efforts, however, stating, “Within the United States, the government has established clear guidance with respect to labeling food products containing GM ingredients; we support this approach. We also support food companies’ choices to voluntarily label food products noting certain attributes (e.g., organic) based on their customers’ preferences and provided the labeling is truthful and not misleading. We oppose current initiatives to mandate labeling of ingredients developed from GM seeds in the absence of any demonstrated risks. Such mandatory labeling could imply that food products containing these ingredients are somehow inferior to their conventional or organic counterparts.”

Citing a recent study, Heather Spalding, interim executive director of MOFGA, stated in a press release, “Ninety-one percent of Maine people support a labeling requirement disclosing genetically modified ingredients in their food. Members of the committee should respect the wishes of their constituents and support this bill.”

Maine is one of 37 U.S. states considering GMO labeling bills in 2013, including every New England state, according to MOFGA. “We’re just trying to get ahead of the curve,” Pratt said.

Meara Smith of Unity, formerly co-owner of Local Sprouts cooperative in Portland, said she now works on a farm and attended Tuesday’s gathering at the Capitol to voice her feelings about GMOs. “We’re saying that the people of Maine should be protected and have the right to know what’s in their food,” she said.

Arguing that GMO technology can’t be trusted, Smith said, “It’s not stable, it’s really dangerous, it’s unsafe for people.”

The problem, Pratt acknowledged, is that GMO foods are widespread.

“They say right now that upwards of 70 to 80 percent of any processed food you buy in a grocery store has GMO in it,” he said.

“We’re focusing on the consumer’s right to know,” Pratt emphasized, saying labeling efforts have gained traction in other parts of the world.

“It’s done in Europe, it’s done in 30 other countries around the globe who have said, ‘OK, there’s enough

ABOVE: Maine is one of 37 U.S. states considering GMO (genetically modified organism) labeling bills in 2013, including every New England state, according to the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. Here, supporters of labeling gather at the Capitol Tuesday to testify. RIGHT: Ben Pratt, a former Democratic state legislator from Eddington, said legislators have grappled with the GMO issue before, often under pressure from lobbying by agricultural giant Monsanto. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

question out there that we have a responsibility to the consumers of this country to label.’ And that’s what we’re doing here.”

Monsanto points out that GMO crops have been around since the mid-1990s, arguing, “More than 16 million farmers are growing GM or biotech crops in more than 28 countries; these products have been approved for growing or importing in 60 countries.”

Pratt said the people should have the final say.

“At some point, the feds, the state has to start listening,” he said.

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Panhandling for Spice and other street stories

By Marge Niblock

SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Pete is articulate and philosophical.

He’s 36 and has been a Spice smoker for three years. He says he spends about $20 per day on this habit. He’s had no ill effects but said, “I get more colds than usual. But I smoke cigarettes also; it’s just a lot of smoke in general.” He stated, “I haven’t been on any hard drugs since I’ve been on Spice. I used to drink and do cocaine.”

Pete realizes that a negative aspect of Spice is the unknown health risk, but said, “Besides that, it’s been a pretty positive experience.”

Pete isn’t homeless and he doesn’t panhandle. He works part time and comes to the Old Port at some point every day. He says it’s “People with ‘real’ jobs or legal problems who use Spice,” because of the drug-testing ramifications connected to marijuana use.

Pete said, “When you’re on Spice you can no longer get high on weed unless you quit Spice for a substantial period of time,” which would be at least a couple of weeks. Pete also feels Spice is very addictive and says that you have withdrawal symptoms when you stop using it.

“I smoke it but I think it should be banned.” He says he’s waiting for it to be banned by local and state governments. He said, “The legal aspects and availability make the temptation irresistible.” He says that when Spice is banned he will use the opportunity to remain off drugs and alcohol, since Spice was the last drug he was doing. He stated, “This is a good time for people to get sober,” that they should use a legislative ban as a stepping stone to straighten themselves out. He feels there’s a stabilizing and calming effect that Spice has, but that it should be crafted by doctors and pharmaceutical companies to eliminate the dangerous chemicals that are now part of the drug’s makeup.

Pete feels that most of Portland’s panhandlers are Spice smokers who are panhandling in order to get money to buy the substance. He knows these people and spends time talking to them on a daily basis when he’s in the Old Port.

It’s not unusual to see a dozen people lined up on Fore Street waiting for a shop to open where they purchase their Spice. On this particular morning there was only one woman in the crowd of mostly homeless people. The woman who was waiting to make her Spice purchase said that she spends between $300 and $500 per week on the substance. That morning she was planning to buy $40 worth. When asked how she was able to afford that amount of money on a regular basis, she said, “I’m lucky. My parents are extremely wealthy and they’re supporting me while I go to school.”

Three of the men had folded-up signs of corrugated cardboard in their pockets. These would be used later on in the day when they would hold up the signs and panhandle. One of the signs had “Stranded” printed on it; the other two said “Homeless”; “Please help. Thank you.”

Chris Fields is a 19-year-old home-

less man who eats his meals at the Teen Center and said he’s just received news he’ll be getting SSI, so he should be getting housing. He was one of the men who panhandles to get his Spice money.

He refers to people using Spice as “Spice cadets.” He says, “It’s like being drunk and high on pot at the same time.”

Most of those panhandling for money to buy Spice hang out in the Old Port. That keeps them close to the stores where they can make their purchases.

One of the panhandlers is a man who said his name is Mike; he is a thoughtful, soft-spoken man who is 44 and needs money for child support and to pay for his cell phone. He said he’s been applying for work and things are very difficult for him right now because he is homeless.

Mike usually sits on a stoop on Fore Street and asks passersby for help.

He doesn’t use a sign. He says the business that occupies the storefront where he sits doesn’t open until six in the evening, so he’s not blocking anyone’s business entrance. He says the shopkeepers nearby know him and no one hassles him because he’s polite to people and isn’t aggressive when asking for money.

This past Sunday, when he had enough money to buy a ten-dollar bag of Orgazmo he went into a head shop and started counting out his money on the counter. He had two one-dollar bills and the balance of his money was in change. He made neat little piles with quarters, dimes, and nickels until he had the correct amount.

He left the store with his 1.5g bag of synthetic marijuana.

One young homeless man who was well known to police had been camping out behind Hadlock Field. Police say he would panhandle to get money in order to buy Spice. After a very bad reaction to the drug, he ended up in

arrested on several occasions for disorderly conduct.

Alexander Patterson is 34 and is from North Carolina, where he has a fouryear-old daughter and 11-year-old twin girls. He says he’s been on Spice for about six months and before that he’d used pot.

He also said he stopped drinking when he started using Spice. He said he doesn’t have to panhandle for Spice because other people share what they have with him.

He’s been served criminal trespass papers at the Oxford Street Shelter and Preble Street Resource Center “due to a misunderstanding.” He has LEFT: Alexander Patterson says he’s been on been camping out and the synthetic drug Spice for about six months. stated that when he woke ABOVE: Pete says, “I smoke it but I think it up that morning, everyshould be banned.” (MARGE NIBLOCK PHOTOS) thing was soaking wet.

A young man in the milthe hospital on a ventiitary said he smokes Spice in order to lator, where he remains. pass the random drugs tests he must Michael Bisson, 37, is undergo in the service. homeless and has been “The target market for Spice would camping out all winter. normally be using weed,” he said.

Sometimes he panhandles in order to He feels certain that Spice will disget money. He is a Spice enthusiast. appear when marijuana is legalized He says that since he’s been smoking because people will just stop using it.

Spice he has stopped drinking and He asks, “Why would you want somehe hasn’t been arrested. In the past thing fake when you can have the real he had become volatile while under thing?” the influence of alcohol and had been

Today’s Birthdays: Film and drama critic Stanley Kauffmann is 97. Movie directorproducer Richard Donner is 83. Actress Shirley MacLaine is 79. Author Sue Grafton is 73. Actor-singer Michael Parks is 73.

Actress-singer-director Barbra Streisand is 71. Country singer Richard Sterban is 70.

Rock musician Doug Clifford is 68. Rock singer-musician Rob Hyman is 63. Actorplaywright Eric Bogosian is 60. Rock musician Billy Gould is 50. Actor-comedian Cedric the Entertainer is 49. Actor Djimon Hounsou is 49. Rock musician Patty Schemel is 46.

Rock musician Aaron Comess (Spin Doctors) is 45. Actress Melinda Clarke is 44. Countryrock musician Brad Morgan is 42. Actor Derek Luke is 39. Actor Eric Balfour is 36.

Actress Rebecca Mader is 36. Country singer Rebecca Lynn Howard is 34. Country singer Danny Gokey is 33. Actor Austin Nichols is 33. Actress Sasha Barrese is 32. Singer Kelly Clarkson is 31. Actor Doc Shaw is 21.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Like an expert poker player adept at bluffing, you sense when another person isn’t telling the truth. You may also sense an advantage to going along with the ruse for a while.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re a visual creature, and you like things to look a certain way. This may seem impractical to others around you, but keep developing your ideas, and they will soon agree with your aesthetic sense.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your happiness is not selfish. It will, in fact, be very good for someone close to you. You are more patient and forgiving when you have a positive feeling buzzing through your experience.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 24). It’s as though your ancestors and all who have loved you and left the earthly plane are cheering for you this year. Strange and even miraculous events may be attributed to otherworldly support. Love abounds in May. New work will change your outlook and increase your prospects. Family wounds heal in October. Pisces and Gemini people adore you.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Set learning goals for yourself instead of performance goals. By learning, you will automatically become a more competent performer, but if you perform well without learning, it will be hard to repeat the success.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You don’t think about earning another person’s trust, because you are honest and real, and it never occurred to you that anyone would think otherwise. Beware of the one who tries too hard to win your confidence.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It is a wellknown fact that sentences that start with “no offense” or “with all due respect” will usually end with offensive, disrespectful notions. You genuinely value the sensibilities of others and will tolerate those who don’t.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your experience will translate well to others now, so be sure to share it. You can really make a difference in someone’s life just by talking about what you’ve done and learned.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You are interested in others. Being friendly isn’t really an effort or something you do because you are self-confident. It’s a natural extension of your curiosity. You’ll make a new friend today.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll work a bit at radiating the finer qualities of your gender. The attention you receive in return is most satisfying and could lead to interesting connections and relationships.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The person who quietly reminds you or nudges you ever so gently when you get off track is a true friend and guide. Keep this person close, and be ready for your chance to return the favor.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There is someone who seems intent on impressing you despite the fact (or maybe because of the fact) that you are not so easily impressed these days. Your skepticism only makes this one try harder.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Business is a bit like a complicated television remote control. Unless you know the right sequence of actions to follow, you are unlikely to tune into the programming of your choice.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, April 24, the 114th day of 2013. There are 251 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 24, 1913, the 792-foot Woolworth Building, at that time the tallest skyscraper in the world, officially opened in Manhattan as President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button at the White House to signal the lighting of the towering structure.

On this date: In 1792, the national anthem of France, “La Marseillaise” (lah mahr-say-YEHZ’), was composed by Captain Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.

In 1800, Congress approved a bill establishing the Library of Congress.

In 1898, Spain declared war on the United States. (The United States responded in kind the next day.)

In 1915, what’s regarded as the start of the Armenian genocide began as the Ottoman Empire rounded up Armenian political and cultural leaders in Constantinople.

In 1916, some 1,600 Irish nationalists launched the Easter Rising by seizing several key sites in Dublin. (The rising was put down by British forces almost a week later.)

In 1932, in the Free State of Prussia, the Nazi Party gained a plurality of seats in parliamentary elections.

In 1953, British statesman Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. In 1962, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology achieved the first satellite relay of a television signal, using NASA’s Echo 1 balloon satellite to bounce a video image from Camp Parks, Calif., to Westford, Mass.

In 1963, the Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals in Game 6, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 112109.

In 1970, the People’s Republic of China launched its first satellite, which kept transmitting a song, “The East is Red.” In 1980, the United States launched an unsuccessful attempt to free the American hostages in Iran, a mission that resulted in the deaths of eight U.S. servicemen.

In 1993, former African National Congress president Oliver Tambo died in Johannesburg, South Africa, at age 75.

Ten years ago: U.S. forces in Iraq took custody of Tariq Aziz, the former Iraqi deputy prime minister. China shut down a Beijing hospital as the global death toll from SARS surpassed 260.

Five years ago: The White House accused North Korea of assisting Syria’s secret nuclear program, saying a Syrian nuclear reactor destroyed by Israel in 2007 was not intended for “peaceful purposes.”

One year ago: President Barack Obama went after the college vote, telling students at the University of North Carolina that he and first lady Michelle Obama had “been in your shoes” and didn’t pay off their student loans until eight years ago. Republican Mitt Romney swept primaries in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York. Lakers forward Metta World Peace was suspended for seven games by the NBA two days after a vicious elbow on Oklahoma City’s James Harden.

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People from other countries must wonder why we don’t take more care with our outward appearance. After all, it reflects a healthy mind, body and spirit, and shows we care about our American image. Can anything be done about it?

-- Conscientious Observer Dear Observer: Probably not. People like to be comfortable, which can lead to being sloppy and gender-neutral. Others like to show off their bodies, which can lead to overexposure.

Fashions come and go. All you can do is hold out hope for a more formal future.

Dear Annie: To all outward appearances, I am hale and hearty, regardless of what is going on inside my body that requires the use of a handicapped parking space.

Recently, one sour-faced woman commented that I “do not look handicapped.” Usually, I ignore such boors, but it was taking a lot of effort to walk tall and smile that day. I remarked that it was an exceptionally good day for me, and I hoped she would put her X-ray vision to good use for the betterment of medical science. And I kept right on walking.

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Last year, my mother told me this same girl had been working as a waitress after dropping out of college, and that my comments about her acne had ruined her self-esteem. At that point, I tracked her down and asked her whether she was still upset with me over the incident all those years ago. She said she didn’t remember it at all. She said her lifestyle choices were the result of her rebelling against her domineering parents and had nothing to do with me.

During a recent car trip with my parents, my mother brought this up again. I loudly said, “That was 24 years ago, and I’m tired of hearing about it. If you don’t stop, I will leave.” My mother told me to “go,” and I had my father pull over, and I took my bag and walked back home.

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Kathleen Voisine, 88 PORTLAND — Kathleen Voisine, 88, formally of Portland, died on April 20, 2013 at the Springbrook Nursing Care Center. She was born in St. John, Maine on January 11, 1925, the daughter of Fred and Nellie (Pelletier) Morin.

Kathleen grew up and attended school in St. John.

In 1943, she married Emile Voisine in Portland.

After WWII, they moved to Fort Kent, then later to Millinocket, before they finally settled in Portland.

Kathleen worked briefly at the Portland Fish Factory. After her children were grown, she worked as a cleaner for the Dunham Group.

Kathleen was a communicant of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. She was a fan of hockey, and enjoyed going to the Maine Mariners games. Kathleen was also a wonderful cook, and enjoyed gardening.

In addition to her parents, Kathleen was predeceased by her husband in 1989; five sisters; and five brothers.

She is survived by her sons, Rodney Voisine and wife Marilyn of Bristol, Conn., Emile ‘Joe’ Voisine, Jr. of South Portland, Alfred Voisine and wife Carol of Westbrook, and Paul Voisine of Scarborough; five grandchildren, Rodney Voisine Jr., Carrie Nash, Joey Voisine, Michael Voisine, Jordan Voisine; five great grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 24, at the Conroy-Tully Crawford South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, South Portland, followed by a 12:30 p.m. funeral service. Burial will follow at Brooklawn Memorial Park, Portland.

John ‘Jack’ Vallely, III, 61 CAPE ELIZABETH — John ‘Jack’ Vallely, III, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Maine Medical Center after a short illness surrounded by his family, friends and his beloved dog Fred.

Jack was born Dec. 31, 1951 at Mercy Hospital the son of John Franklin Jr., and Ann Young Vallely. Jack grew up in Portland and Falmouth until

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his family moved to Wrentham, Mass. He attended schools in Portland, Falmouth and Wrentham. He returned to Portland where he studied at The Maine Concept School of Art which is now known as The Maine School of Art. Jack started his career in the environmental services in 1975. He worked for Seacoast Ocean Services in Portland and Jetline Ocean Services in South Portland. In 1987, Jack found his dream job at Clean Harbors Environmental Services where he was employed until his recent diagnosis. His last position was Vice President, Director of Site Services. He played a key role in the clean-up of the Julie N. Oil Spill in Portland Harbor as well as a first responder for both September 11th in New York City and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. One of his most recent jobs was the clean-up effort after Hurricane Sandy.

Jack married his wife the former Deborah DiPietro, in 1982 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Portland and they raised their family in Cape Elizabeth in the house that Jack helped to build.

He loved his wife and children deeply and was always there for any sporting event or extracurricular activity. Jack and his wife Deborah celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary on Wednesday April 17th, the day before his passing.

Jack was a member of the Construction Golf League since 1983. He enjoyed the Thursday outings and it was one of the highlights of his week. Many lifelong friends were made and nurtured there. The golf weekends at The Colonel Hotel and Golf and the Course at Bethel, always brought many entertaining stories. He was the winner of the ‘Green Jacket’ which is the highest honor of the league.

Jack was an avid skier and skied for Clean Harbor’s corporate team in the ‘Racing with the Moon’ series at Shawnee Peak. One of his favorite places was spending time at his camp in Bridgton skiing with some of his dearest friends. He also served as President of the Shawnee Peak Race Team for three years. He also enjoyed many days on his boat the ‘You Don’t Know Jack’ at Port Harbor Marina in So. Portland. It became a favorite gathering place at the marina. Jack and his family made many good and lifelong friends at their slip on F-Run.He is predeceased by his father John ‘Tiger’ Vallely; his brother Timothy Frances Vallely.

Besides his wife Deborah, of Cape Elizabeth. He leaves his mother Ann Vallely of Wrentham, Mass., two daughters, Doria and her husband Cam Habib of Watertown, Mass., Anna Kathryn Vallely, a son John Franklin Vallely IV, both of Cape Elizabeth; two sisters; Jean Graham of New York City, N.Y., Sallie Vallely, and brother Vincent Vallely both of Wrentham, Mass. He also leaves two sister-in-laws; Lynda and husband Drew Rancourt of Scarborough, Pamela and her husband Ray Hale of Falmouth; and his nieces Mary Vallely, and Judgie Graham and nephews, Timmy Vallely and Nick Graham.

Relatives and friends are invited for a time of visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home, 199 Woodford St. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, Federal St. Interment will follow in the family lot at New Calvary Cemetery, South Portland.

The Vallely family wishes to extend their gratitude to Dr. Matthew Dugan and his entire staff for their kindness and compassion during Jack’s illness as well as the staff of ‘angels’ at the Gibson Pavilion at MMC, and all of his friends and the entire Clean Harbors organization that supported us during this difficult time.

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Wednesday, April 24 Volunteer Week ceremony at the State House

TBA. “In honor of Volunteer Week, Maine’s most outstanding volunteers will be recognized in a special ceremony at the State House on April 24. Categories for these annual awards include Volunteer of the Year, Youth Volunteer of the Year, Small Business Volunteerism Award, Corporate Volunteerism Award, Outstanding Non-Profit Volunteer Program, and Excellence in Volunteer Administration, Outstanding National Service Volunteer Award, and Outstanding Volunteer in a Public Sector Volunteer Program. Volunteers who served more than 500 hours in 2012 in Maine communities are inducted into Volunteer Service Roll of Honor. Names of Roll of Honor inductees will be released on April 24. Visit http://volunteermaine.org/governors-service-awards/ for more information about the Governor’s Awards for Service and Volunteerism.”

‘Use of Polygraph for Justice & Public Safety’

8 a.m. April 24-26, at the Ramada Inn, Saco, presented by The American Polygraph Association and The Maine Polygraph Assocation. Host is Donald Blatchford, Scarborough Police Dept, MPA President, Maine Polygraph Association, and chair is Barry Cushman, Portland Police Dept., APA President, American Polygraph Association. Program: F. Lee Bailey, American Polygraph Association. Coordinator: Mark Teceno, seminar questions call: 841-0938.

“The American Polygraph Association (APA) and the Maine Polygraph Association (MPA) are hosting together a seminar focused on polygraph testing, and its value to investigations, offender treatment and litigation in our modern society. It is the purpose of this seminar to educate lawyers, investigators, therapists, probation and governmental officers and members of the judiciary on the current state of polygraph.” 9:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m., Keynote Address: F. Lee Bailey. http://www.baileyandelliott.com/seminar

Prayer/Meditation Circle

noon to 12:30 p.m. Prayer/Meditation Circle. Unity Church of Greater Portland, 54 River Road in Windham. Tel. 8931233. Every Wednesday noon to 12:30 p.m. Bring a bag lunch to enjoy our fellowship afterwards. It’s a great way to unwind for a little while during your noon hour.

Saving for Retirement Workshop

noon to 2 p.m. “Learn about options and strategies for saving for retirement with a staff member from People’s United Bank. Bring questions! Money Smart Week — Credit Repair & Management Workshop. Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St., Westbrook.”

Governance and Ethics Symposium

3 p.m. University of Maine School of Law. “The Fifth Annual Governance and Ethics Symposium continues the University of Maine School of Law’s program on cutting edge issues of governance, ethics, accountability and social responsibility. Past Symposia have demonstrated the evolutionary convergence of classic governance concepts, business and governmental ethics, ‘the triple bottom line,’ organizational social responsibility, and trust in our institutions. This evolution continues. Governance, Ethics and Accountability in the Public and Private Sectors: Lessons Learned, Not Learned and Still to be Learned-- will examine what Maine, as well as the rest of the country, has learned or failed to learn from local and national spectacular failures of governance, ethics and accountability in our government, financial, business, and nonprofit institutions.

The discussion will begin with the Maine Turnpike episode two years ago, and we will probe other highly visible corporate, governmental and nonprofit ‘situations,’ including Penn State, Walmart’s bribery and unsafe subcontractor allegations, continuing bank scandals, and an epidemic of embezzlement and financial failures at nonprofits and local government.” Addmission is free and space will be limited.

Please register by calling 780-4344 or emailing mainelaw@ maine.edu. CLE credit will be available.

‘Hogarth’s Animals’ presentation

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. “Piers Beirne, University of Southern Maine (USM) professor of Criminology and Legal Studies, will present the third annual USM Provost’s Research Fellowship Talk later this week. Beirne will present ‘Hogarth’s Animals,’ an examination of the representations of animals

by English artist William Hogarth (1697-1764). The event will take place 4:30-6 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, in the University Events Room on the seventh floor of the Glickman Family Library, Portland. Refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public.”

Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation

7 p.m. “University of Maine at Farmington is proud to present a talk by Gerald Nicosia — acclaimed Jack Kerouac and Beat Generation scholar — titled ‘Why Jack is Back.’ The presentation, about how the Beats and Jack Kerouac have returned to change our lives again, is free and open to the

Simon Frost of 30 Acre Farm in Whitefield cuts brussel sprouts at the midweek farmer’s market in Portland. Ths Saturday market in Deering Oaks resumes this Saturday, and the midweek market begins again next week. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) public. It will take place at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, in Thomas Auditorium, UMF Preble and Ricker Hall.”

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7 p.m. With guest speaker Richard Brzozowski from the University of Maine; learn more about extending your garden season. “Admission is free and refreshments will be served. This is offered by the members of Highland Lake Grange No. 87. The Grange Hall is located at the corner of Route 302 and Hardy Road, Westbrook. Other interesting gardening updates will happen on May 22 and Sept 25 to include raised bed gardening and food preservation.

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noon. “This is How: Surviving What You Think You Can’t” with Augusten Burrows. “Portland Public Library‘s Brown Bag Lecture series features bi-weekly reading and question-and-answer sessions with authors from around the nation as well as those who hail from right here in Maine.

Held in the Rines Auditorium from noon-1 p.m. with a book signing held afterward. Complimentary coffee is generously provided by Coffee By Design and cookies are donated by Whole Foods Market. Longfellow Books provides books for sale to be signed by the author. Please see a complete listing at www.portlandlibrary.com.”

Gardening Program at Highland Lake Grange

Poet Eamonn Wall at UNE

7 p.m. Poet Eamonn Wall. St. Francis Room, Biddeford Campus, University of New England. Arts@UNE presents: Eamonn Wall is the author of six collections of poetry: ‘Sailing Lake Mareotis’ (2011), ‘A Tour of Your Country’ (2008), ‘Refuge at De Soto Bend’ (2004), ‘The Crosses’ (2000), ‘Iron Mountain Road’ (1997), and ‘Dyckman-200th Street’ (1994), all published by Salmon Publishing in Ireland. His next collection, ‘New and Selected Poems,’ will be published by Salmon in 2014.” http://www.une.edu/calendar/display. cfm?customel_datapageid_298012=584916

Thursday, April 25 Climate Change Adaptation

7:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Climate Change Adaptation: The Maine Response to Planning, Economic, & Engineering Challenges at Wishcamper Center, University of Southern Maine, 34 Bedford St., Portland. “How is climate change affecting Maine’s communities and what challenges will we face? The Maine Legislature is considering a bill that would require the state to resume work on an adaptation plan to address looming climate change problems. This timely panel will discuss how they are measuring the likely impacts of climate change and planning for needed infrastructure changes. Real world examples will be used to show how to design and build infrastructure — some of which may be underwater — in the face of various climate scenarios. George Jacobson, Maine State Climatologist & Professor Emeritus, Climate Change Institute & School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine; Jonathan ‘J.T.’ Lockman, AICP, Vice President of Environmental Planning,

Augusten Burrows at PPL

The Guatemala Collection

5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Opening Reception for The Guatemala Collection and the publication of “Distilling the Influence of Alcohol” at the University of Southern Maine sponsored by the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHS); live music; refreshments; the public is invited. 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 25, Glickman Family Library, sixth floor, 314 Forest Ave., University of Southern Maine, Portland campus. With more than 10,000 Latinos living and working in the state, Maine’s relationship to Latin America, and particularly to Guatemala, is a growing one. Guatemalans work in Maine’s forests and blueberry fields; the Maine National Guard in the past has been sent to Guatemala; and several Maine charities, such as Safe Passage, headquartered in Yarmouth, have focused on their attention on this Central American country. On Thursday, April 25, USM’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHS) and USM’s Special Collections will recognize the university’s receipt of a rich trove of Guatemalan archival materials. ... As part of the opening there will be brief talks related to the exhibition of materials from The Guatemala Collection: Government and Church Documents for Sacatepéquez: 1587-1991, which culminates four years of work by USM students Chriss Sutherland and Lucas Desmond who were responsible for arranging and describing the collection. Some of the documents from this collection informed the new publication Distilling the ‘Influence of Alcohol,’ edited by David Carey Jr., USM Professor of History and CAHS Associate Dean.” see next page

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Women in the Arab Awakening

5:30 p.m. Wishcamper Center Room 102, University of Southern Maine, Portland campus. “The World Affairs Council of Maine is pleased to welcome Dr. Haleh Esfandiari to Portland to speak on women in the Arab Awakening. Two years into the Arab Spring, women feel marginalized. Despite the contributions that women made to the successful outcome of the Arab revolutions, the agenda for the empowerment of women is being gradually eroded. Women’s participation and presence is being challenged in the political, social, and economic arenas. Women’s legal rights are under siege. Their safety and security are becoming a pressing issue, and as the public space is becoming more dangerous for women, the scope of women ‘s activities is growing more limited. Haleh Esfandiari will discuss these topics and more at the University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus on April 25th at 5:30 p.m. Registration required. Biography: Haleh Esfandiari is a distinguished Iranian-American scholar and Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She is the former deputy secretary general of the Women’s Organization of Iran, and also worked in Iran as a journalist. Her memoir, My Prison, My Home, based on her 2007 detention in solitary confinement in Tehran’s Evin Prison, was published in 2009. She is also the author of Reconstructed Lives: Women and Iran’s Islamic Revolution.”

‘The Healthcare Movie’ at UNE

5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. University of New England. “‘The Healthcare Movie’ is a 65-minute documentary that tells the story of how our Canadian neighbors fought for health care for everyone in Canada, and how the United States health care system evolved to be so different. The film is narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, the grandson of the ‘father of Canadian health care,’ Tommy Douglas. UNE College of Medicine student chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program and Maine AllCare are co-sponsoring a screening of ‘The Healthcare Movie’ on Thursday, April 25, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the WCHP Lecture Hall on the UNE Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens Avenue in Portland. Meet the film’s producers Laurie Simons and Terry Sterrenberg at 5:30, to learn more about the story behind ‘The Healthcare Movie,’ and about their next project. ‘The Healthcare Movie’ will be shown at 6 p.m., followed by a discussion led by Julie Pease, MD and Kirsten Thomsen, PA of Maine AllCare. It is free and open to the public. Popcorn, drinks and dessert will be served. For more information, please contact Bryan Dolan, (603) 548-3311, bdolan1@une.com.”

Architalx: Matthias Hollwich

5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Portland Museum of Art, Architalx, Matthias Hollwich, “Personality.” Hollwich is principal of HWKN (Hollwich Kushner), New York, N.Y. www.HWKN.com.

“Matthias Hollwich, SBA, is a registered European Architect, and cofounder and principal of HWKN and cofounder of Architizer. He is currently a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been the creator of an international conference on aging and architecture: New Aging, held in the fall of 2010 at UPENN.” Architalx is an annual lecture series that showcases leaders in the architecture and design fields. $10 at the door, visit Architalx.org for details. Also, http://www.portlandmuseum.org/events/ lectures.php

Food writer Alana Chernila

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Food writer Alana Chernila will visit The Telling Room in Portland, April 25 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to teach a food writing workshop for adults. Chernila is the author of The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making, named one of the best cookbooks of 2012 by Epicurious, The Daily Meal, Serious Eats, and Culture Magazine. The class is $50, or $35 for active Telling Room volunteers. Part of The Telling Room’s Night Owl Series of adult workshops, the class will use discussion, writing prompts, and snacking prompts to investigate the process of bringing stories to life around the meals that feed us. This workshop is both for those wanting to jump into food writing and those who enjoy writing about food in the context of their fiction or non-fiction work. Visit tellingroom.org to register.

Little Black Dress Event for Goodwill

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. “Goodwill Industries of Northern New England will hold its second annual Little Black Dress Event on Thursday, April 25, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Ocean Gateway(14 Ocean Gateway Pier, Portland). It is an evening that celebrates everyone’s favorite little black dress, while raising funds to benefit veterans and their families.

The event will feature hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, live music from The Wetsuits and live and silent auction items. Goodwill will also feature a boutique store, where guests will have the opportunity to pick up affordable jewelry, shawls, hand-

‘Maiden’s Progeny’ by The Originals

On Saturday, May 4, watch the infamous Run for the Roses at the historic Royal Oak Room in Lewiston, when $5 of every ticket sold will be donated to Riding to the Top Therapeutic Riding Center in Windham. The center is dedicated to helping people with disabilities reach their highest potential through the healing power of horses. For details, visit http://www.royaloakroom.com/kentucky-derby-party. (COURTESY IMAGE) bags and other accessories. Proceeds will help Goodwill meet the needs of veterans and their families. Together, with a committee of veterans and other experts, we are working to help these families meet immediate needs, connect to available resources and move forward. Tickets for the event are $35 each or two for $60 and are available online at www.goodwillnne.org or by calling 774-6323.”

Electrifying Maine with Central Maine Power

6:30 p.m. Moderator: CMP Line Trainer Nick Vermette, Maine Historical Society. “Linemen, technologists, and others work around the clock to keep electricity flowing safely throughout Maine. Line Trainer Nick Vermette moderates a panel that includes current and veteran Central Maine Power employees. They’ll discuss and tell stories about what it takes to keep the grid going, tools and technologies, responding to storms and major outages, service calls in years past, and how they keep us safe. Panelists include: Teresa Lang, Customer Service Supervisor; Jim Wright, Transmission Supervisor; and retired repairman, Andy DeBiasio.” http://www.mainehistory.org/programs_ events.shtml

‘Palestinian Journalists and the Making of U.S. News’

7 p.m. Tufts assistant professor Amahl Bishara, a Palestinian-American, will give a public lecture/slide/video presentation on a rarely discussed aspect of the Israel/Palestine conflict: ‘Palestinian Journalists and the Making of U.S. News: An Unlikely Collaboration.’ Thursday, April 25, Wishcamper Center, 44 Bedford St., room 133, University of Southern Maine, Portland campus. “Sponsored by a coalition of peace and justice, religious, and academic organizations. Q/A session will follow the talk. Light refreshments will be provided. Professor Bishara’s talk, based on her book ‘Back Stories: U.S. News Production and Palestinian Politics,’ argues that American press coverage of the Israel/ Palestine conflict depends upon the skills and dedication of Palestinian journalists who work with U.S. journalists. She details the daily struggles of these Palestinians and the risks they take to do their jobs, even as they lack control over the final product. She also challenges the notion of journalistic objectivity, not only for the personally engaged Palestinian, but also for the foreign correspondent, the supposed ‘neutral outsider.’” FMI: 239-8060; mvprights@gmail.com

USM Department of Theatre’s ‘Orlando’

7:30 p.m. The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre presents the Maine premiere of “Orlando” — adapted from the Virginia Woolf novel by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Meghan Brodie.

“In the hands of playwright Sarah Ruhl, Virginia Woolf’s gender-bending satire becomes a lavish pageant of sex, style, and soul. Orlando, a man born during Shakespeare’s time, lives and loves through six centuries without aging and — fantastically — transforms into a woman along the way. This play is like a dream — strange, beautiful and not easily forgotten. Performances are in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus, April 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. April 21, 24 and 28 at 5 p.m. and April 23 at 10 a.m. Ticket prices are as follows: Adult: $15, Student: $8, Senior: $11, USM Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $11 $5@five

7:30 p.m. The Originals present “Maiden’s Progeny,” an afternoon with Mary Cassatt,1906.” Saco River Theatre, April 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday Matinee, April 21, 2:30 p.m. “‘It was high time that someone wrote a play about Mary Cassatt, the only American member of the original Impressionist coterie of artists, and Le Wilhelm has met the challenge with flying colors with Maiden’s Progeny...’ — Frank Winship — UPI. This intelligent and affecting play takes the audience to Cassatt’s chateau outside Paris on a warm spring afternoon, to witness a spirited showdown between the passionate and quick-witted Cassatt (Jennifer Porter) and Wynford Johnston (Brian Chamberlain) a good natured, if somewhat prejudiced art critic. He has barged into Cassatt’s home, hoping for an end to the estrangement he has encountered from artists after the publication of his latest book. What follows is a lively debate about the necessity of critics, class and gender politics and the role of the artist in society. Never descending into a lecture play, Maiden’s Progeny is a shimmering, enchanting piece that explores rich ideas and emotions and a burgeoning friendship between two adversaries. Directed by Dana Packard, and featuring Linda Shary as Marie Ange, Cassatt’s servant and friend, and Elisabeth Hardcastle as Iris Wallace, who, along with her child, has become the model for Cassatt’s latest work.” Adm. $20 — Adults, $18 — Students and Srs. Thursday, April 25 is pay-what-you-can. Call early for reservations, 929-5412. Tickets available online at www. sacorivertheatre.org

The 12th annual Maine Playwrights Festival

7:30 p.m. St. Lawrence Arts Center. The 12th annual Maine Playwrights Festival features two schedules of short plays, an evening of 2-minute plays and monologues, a staged reading of a full-length play, and the 24-Hour Portland Theater Project. April 25 to May 6. To Purchase Tickets online please visit http://www.acorn-productions.org/Playwrighttxs.html. Thursday, April 25, 7:30 p.m.: Want/Not by Cullen McGough (staged reading). Free of charge, $5 donation encouraged. Schedule A: Friday, April 26, 7:30 p.m.: Beating the Odds; Saturday, April 27, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.: Take Two. Sunday April 28, 5 p.m.: Beating the Odds. Schedule B: Thursday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.: The Perils of Company; Friday, May 3, 7:30 p.m.: The Perils of Company; Saturday, May 4, 4 p.m.: The Perils of Company.Schedule A: Saturday, May 4, 8 p.m.: Beating the Odds; Sunday, May 5, 7 p.m.: 24-hour Portland Theater Project. Tickets are $15/ Adults; $12/Students and Seniors. $10 All Ages for 24-hour Theater Project. Festival Passes (valid for all four schedules): $45/Adults; $40/Students and Seniors. All Day Pass (valid Saturday, May 4 for both shows): $25/Adults; $20/ Students and Seniors.” http://www.stlawrencearts.org

Friday, April 26 USM ‘Thinking Matters’ conference

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. “Want to know the best way to collect solar energy? What about significant contributions to photojournalism? Are you interested in protecting gray wolves?

This small sample shows the wide variety of topics that University of Southern Maine and Southern Maine Community College students researched during the past year and will present during USM’s annual ‘Thinking Matters’ conference on Friday, April 26. This year, many of the projects focused on ways to improve the lives of Mainers. Friday, on USM’s Portland campus, poster and mixed-media presentations will be held in the Sullivan Recreation and Fitness Complex from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Oral presentations will run from noon4:30 p.m. in classrooms on the second floor of Payson Smith Hall. The event is free and open to the public, with free parking available in USM’s parking garage off Bedford Street. Since 2003, ‘Thinking Matters’ has fostered opportunities for students to collaborate with their professors on research projects and allowed students to present their work in an academic conference setting. Now, students and faculty from Southern Maine Community College have joined the conference.” For more information, visit: http:// usm.maine.edu/research/thinkingmatters.

Maine Artists Collective

noon to 4 p.m. “Although it sounds like a computer art show, members of the Maine Artists Collective (MAC) are opening their artistic windows to let fresh impressions in.

This exhibit, which runs from April 26 to May 30, at Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St., Portland, is a window of opportunity for artists to present new work or re-imagine their old work.” http://www.constellationart.com see next page

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Extension vegetable gardening course

2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is scheduled to present a five-session vegetable gardening course this spring on Friday afternoons from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Falmouth. The first session is planned for Friday, April 26.

For more information, or to request a disability accommodation, contact Extension at 781-6099 or 1-800-287-1471 (Maine only) or andrea.herr@maine.edu or see the website http://umaine.edu/cumberland/ programs/vegetable-gardening-course/zb1

Happy Trails Big Bash

5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Happy Trails Big Bash & Silent Auction to benefit Portland Trails at the Portland Club, 156 State St., Portland. Tickets are $35 ($25 for Portland Trails members), or 10 tickets for $250 for non-

members (includes free membership) and $200 for members. “Portland Trails’ Happy Trails Big Bash & Silent Auction is a perennial favorite party to welcome in the warm days of spring and summer with live music, fun games, and great food. This year the bash will have a Cuban flavor, with the Salsa rhythms of traditional Cuban music group Primo Cubano, and hors d’oeuvres with a Cuban/Spanish flavor. The party starts off at 5:30 with music, M.C. Ethan Minton from WCLZ, hors d’oeuvres, and cash bar, at the Portland Club on State Street. When the auction closes at 8 guests will have a chance to shoot pool in the elegant Portland Club Billiards Room or participate in a Cake or Case Walk — a game where winners can win cakes or cases of beer!.”

Take Back the Night March and Rally

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. “Ending sexual violence in Maine starts with recognizing that the

Charlie Baldwin with Portland Trails waters a dogwood planted on the Bayside Trail. The Happy Trails Big Bash & Silent Auction to benefit Portland Trails will take place Friday at the Portland Club. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) entire Maine community has a responsibility in preventing it. The 32nd annual Take Back the Night March and Rally — which addresses community engagement about the issue — will take place on Friday, April 26 at 6 p.m. in Monument Square. The rain location will be the PPNNE 3rd floor gallery space at 443 Congress St. The theme for the evening, “It Takes a Community: To Stop Rape, To Allow Rape, To Heal…What have YOU Done?” will set the tone for marchers as they walk from Monument Square, through the Old Port and back, accompanied by police escort.

Upon return, survivors of sexual violence and their loved ones will be invited to share their stories and experiences.” The event is free and open to people of all genders. For more information, please contact Angela Giordano, Prevention Educator at angela@ sarsonline.org or at 828.1035, ext. 108.

Autism awareness fundraising event at Sanford Elks Lodge

7 p.m. Autism awareness fundraising event in Sanford. Sanford Elks Lodge, 13 Elm St. Prizes include $350 saltwater fishing trip from Stone Coast Anglers; $300 one-night stay and breakfast at the Nonantum Resort; $300 Adirondack chair and footrest from Lowery’s Lawn and Patio; $170, two tickets to see Willie Nelson and Charlie Daniels Band. Over $3,200 in prizes, only $10 each, 30 chances to win in raffle. Purchase chance auction tickets from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Entertainment by DJ Dick Fredette; for more information, call Al at 324-8184.

USM Department of Theatre’s ‘Orlando’

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7:30 p.m. The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre presents the Maine premiere of “Orlando” — adapted from the Virginia Woolf novel by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Meghan Brodie. Performances are in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus, April 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. April 21, 24 and 28 at 5 p.m. and April 23 at 10 a.m. Ticket prices are as follows: Adult: $15, Student: $8, Senior: $11, USM Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $11 $5@five Show: April 24 at 5 p.m., all seats $5. For more information on show times and tickets call the USM Theatre Box Office at780.5151 or visit www.usm.maine.edu/theatre to purchase tickets online.”

Gage plays at Acorn Studio Theatre

7:30 p.m. “Warrior women are the subject of the two one-act plays by Carolyn Gage opening at the Acorn Studio Theatre this month. Acorn Productions, in collaboration with Cauldron & Labrys Women’s Productions, is producing ‘Little Sister’ and ‘Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist,’ opening on Friday, April 12 and running through

Sunday, April 28. The Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30, with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. The plays will be followed by a talkback with the playwright and the actors after the Sunday performances. Tickets for the evening of one-acts are $15 ($12 For students and seniors) and may be purchased at the Acorn website at http://www. acorn-productions.org/. For more information, call 854-0065.”

‘Maiden’s Progeny’ by The Originals

7:30 p.m. The Originals present “Maiden’s Progeny,” an afternoon with Mary Cassatt,1906.” Saco River Theatre, April 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday Matinee, April 21, 2:30 p.m. Adm. $20 — Adults; $18 — Students and Srs. Thursday, April 25 is pay-what-you-can. Call early for reservations, 929-5412. Tickets available online at www.sacorivertheatre.org

Maine Playwrights Festival

7:30 p.m. St. Lawrence Arts Center. The 12th annual Maine Playwrights Festival features two schedules of short plays, an evening of 2-minute plays and monologues, a staged reading of a full-length play, and the 24-Hour Portland Theater Project. April 25 to May 6. To Purchase Tickets online please visit http://www.acorn-productions. org/Playwrighttxs.html. http://www.stlawrencearts.org

‘The Drowsy Chaperone’

8 p.m. Until April 27 at 8 p.m. Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. www.lyricmusictheater.org. “This Tony award-winning rollicking, hilarious show is one you won’t want to miss.” http://www. lyricmusictheater.org

The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace

8 p.m. The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace at Merrill Auditorium. “Portland Ballet and the Choral Art Society collaborate to bring this masterpiece to the stage, with live orchestra and world premiere choreography by Nell Shipman. This collaboration follows in the footsteps of productions Carmina Burana and Mozart’s Requiem.”

Saturday, April 27 Portland Farmer’s Market resumes

7 a.m. to noon. Portland Farmer’s Market at Deering Oaks, Portland. “This is the weekend Farmers’ Market in Portland. The individual products available vary with the season but you’ll usually find a mix of fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs and other plants, meat, eggs and some baked goods. The market is very popular and so it makes sense to get there early to get the best selections for that week. The Market also operates every Wednesday in Monument Square. For more information visit www.portlandmainefarmersmarket.org.”