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Renovations complete at Custom House, fed. courthouse — See story, page 8 SOCIAL ACTION AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: THE ROLE OF INTERFAITH MINISTRY IN ACHIEVING MIDDLE EAST PEACE

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The U.S. General Services Administration announced the completion of historic restoration at the U.S. Custom House, shown here from Fore Street. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Food to bereave by See Natalie Ladd’s column, page 4

Point in Time Survey: Homeless numbers surged in Jan. 2013 See page 6

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Jolie gets a mastectomy (NY Times) — Angelina Jolie’s disclosure that she had her breasts removed this year in the hope of preventing breast cancer highlights the painful dilemma facing other women who, like her, learn that they carry genetic mutations that greatly increase the risk of the disease. Her condition, a defective version of a gene called BRCA1, is not common. Mutations in that gene and another called BRCA2 are estimated to cause only 5 percent to 10 percent of breast cancers and 10 percent to 15 percent of ovarian cancers among white women in the United States. The mutations are found in other racial and ethnic groups as well, but it is not known how common they are in those groups. Women who carry these mutations have, on average, about a 65 percent risk of developing breast cancer, as opposed to a risk of about 12 percent for most women. For some mutation carriers, the risk is even higher; Jolie, who described her condition and medical choices in an Op-Ed article in The New York Times on Tuesday, said that the estimate for her was 87 percent. Women who have breast cancer and do have mutations, knowing their status can help them make treatment decisions, such as whether to have an unaffected breast or their ovaries removed. Women who should consider asking a doctor about testing are those who have breast cancer before age 50; those who have a family history of both breast and ovarian cancer; or those who have many close relatives with breast cancer, especially if it developed when they were young. Any woman with ovarian cancer should consider being tested, as should Jewish women with breast or ovarian cancer. Men with breast cancer and their family members should also inquire about the possibility of a genetic predisposition to the disease.

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WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said on Tuesday that he had ordered the Justice Department and the F.B.I. to open an investigation into whether Internal Revenue Service officials broke any criminal laws by singling out conservative groups for special scrutiny. The activities of I.R.S. officials are already the subject of an investigation by the agency’s inspector general. The results of that inquiry, which are expected in the next several days, are likely to detail how officials at the agency selected political groups for extra scrutiny about their tax status. Speaking at a news conference called on Tuesday to discuss Medicare fraud, Mr. Holder said that he had ordered a second investigation to determine whether any criminal laws may have been broken by the officials at the tax collection agency. The attorney general said there were “a vari-

ety of statutes within the I.R.S. code” that could be the basis of a criminal violation. He said officials conducting the investigation would also look at “other things in Title 18” of the United States Code. Title 18 is the overall criminal code for the federal government. Holder also fielded questions about the seizure of telephone records from reporters and editors at The Associated Press, which apparently came in connection with an investigation of leaks inside the executive branch. Holder said that he had recused himself last year from the leak investigation and therefore had not made the decision to seek sweeping subpoenas for two months of call records for 20 telephone lines used by The A.P. and its journalists. He said he decided to turn over supervision of leak inquiries to his deputy, James M. Cole, “to make sure that this investigation was seen as independent” after F.B.I. agents interviewed him about leaks in June 2012.

Budget office cuts estimate of nation’s 2013 deficit by 24%

WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has slashed its projections of the currentyear fiscal deficit because of bigger-than-expected tax receipts and payments from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In a periodic update to its projections, the office on Tuesday estimated that the deficit for the current fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30, would be about $642 billion, or 4 percent of economic output. Just three months ago, it projected that the current-year deficit would be $845 billion, or about 5.3 percent of economic output.

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The $203 billion, or 24 percent, reduction to the estimated deficit does not comes from the $85 billion in mandatory cuts known as sequestration, or the package of tax increases that Congress passed this winter to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. The office had already incorporated those policy changes into its February forecasts. Rather, it comes mostly from higher-than-expected tax payments from businesses and individuals, as well as an increase in payments to the taxpayers from the bailed-out mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The Congressional Budget Office said it had bumped up its estimates of current-year tax receipts from individuals by about $69 billion and from corporations by about $40 billion. The office said the factors bolstering tax payments seemed to be “largely temporary,” in part because of higher-income households realizing investment income before tax rates went up in the 2013 calendar year. It also cut expected spending on Fannie and Freddie by about $95 billion, a reflection of bigger checks that the two companies are cutting to the taxpayers.

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Russia to expel American, saying he is a C.I.A. officer

MOSCOW (NY Times) — Russian officials said on Tuesday that they had caught a C.I.A. officer trying to recruit a Russian counterterrorism officer to spy for the United States. They said he was detained on Monday night and then released to the American Embassy in Moscow and ordered to leave the country. The Federal Security Service, the successor to the Soviet-era K.G.B., identified the man as Ryan Christopher Fogle and said he had been “working under the guise of” a diplomat, a third secretary in the political department of the embassy. It said that when Fogle was detained, he was carrying a large amount of cash, technical devices, items to disguise his appearance and written instructions for a Russian recruit. Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling Fogle “persona non grata” and demanding that he leave the country. It said the United States ambassador, Michael A. McFaul, had been summoned to appear on Wednesday to explain the incident. The ministry made clear that it viewed the apparent American clandestine effort as a serious slap in the face, after the high level of cooperation between Russia and the United States in the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing. Since the attack, President Obama and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia have spoken twice on the telephone. And American law enforcement officials said Russia took the extraordinary step of sharing secret wiretap transcripts of a call in which it was learned that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the bombing suspects, held extremist beliefs.

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Underage drinking enforcement task force sets its sights on proms Daily Sun Staff Reports Officers from 13 police departments are banding together to form the Cumberland County Underage Drinking Enforcement Taskforce, members announced in a press release. Because prom and graduation season is often associated with celebration, the task force will use increased monitoring and youth-focused patrols during the spring and summer months to encourage teens to be safe, the press release stated. During a recent meeting, officers outlined the goals for their first excursion, on Saturday, May 18 — prom night for Yarmouth, South Portland and Cape Elizabeth high schools. According to South Portland Chief of Police Edward Googins, prom season “is also a time of tragedy for too many young people and their families.” Googins said in a press release that he is committed to the Underage Drinking Enforcement Taskforce because of the role the group will play in substance abuse prevention. Based on data from a 2011 survey of Maine youth, officers are hopeful that their presence will deter teen substance abuse. Of teens in the survey who thought they would be caught by police, 85 percent chose not to drink. Members of the task force said their presence will also dissuade parents who may consider hosting parties with alcohol. Funded by a federal Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws grant, the task force plans to use both uniformed and plainclothes officers in marked and unmarked vehicles, the press release stated. Their group will check in with school administrators during prom festivities as well as patrol the surrounding regions throughout the night. The taskforce includes officers from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s office, Maine State Police Troop B, as well as police departments in Brunswick, Falmouth, Freeport, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Bridgton, Yarmouth, Windham and Westbrook. Modeled in the same way as a similar task force in Lewiston-Auburn, this group features officers with prior experience in underage drinking enforcement as well as several school resource officers to build on their longstanding relationships with school administration. The collaboration of so many police departments means increased patrol and response capacity for all participating towns. “It shows how important the concern for underage drinking is among area law enforcement personnel,” said Westbrook Police Captain Tom Roth. In Portland, Casco Bay High School held its prom on Saturday, May 11. At Deering High (http://www2.portlandschools.org/schools/high-schools/ deering-high-school), the senior prom is Saturday, May 18 from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Double Tree Hotel. At

Portland High School, Senior Prom is Saturday, May 25 at the Italian Heritage Center from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., according to the school website (http:// www.phsbulldogs.org/importantdates-seniors/senior-prom.)

Members of Congress praise furlough exemption for area shipyard workers Members of Congress from Maine and New Hampshire applauded the Department of Defense’s decision to avoid furlough days for public shipyard workers, including those at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery. “The Pentagon made the right decision in letting the Navy exempt shipyard workers,” U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said in a statement. “Forced, unpaid furlough days are bad for Pingree the local economy and would probably end up costing the Navy in the long run because of inefficiencies. Family budgets are tight and the furloughs would have amounted to a significant pay cut for the men and women at the Kittery yard, so I’m glad the Navy will be able to avoid that. However, the sequester continues to hurt Maine families with indiscriminate cuts to programs like Meals on Wheels, Head Start and affordable housing, which is why I voted against it in the first place and continue to call for its repeal.” Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Readiness and Management Subcommittee, welcomed the Pentagon announcement Tuesday, issuing a joint statement that read, “We’re pleased that the Department of Defense and the Navy recognize the importance of shipyard workers to our national security. This exemption should allow the workers at our four public shipyards, including Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, to continue their critical work maintaining our nation’s naval readiness without interruption. This announcement gives our shipyard employees the financial certainty they deserve and allows the shipyards to avoid furloughs that would have resulted in costly delays in ship and submarine maintenance.” On April 17, Shaheen and Ayotte sent a letter to Secretary Hagel urging him to grant the Navy and Marine Corps the flexibility to move forward with their proposal to safely shift money from other accounts to avoid civilian furloughs. Tuesday, they reported, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced that the Department of Defense would proceed with furloughs for its 800,000 civilian employees, but that the furlough period would be reduced from 14 days to 11 days or fewer and the types of workers that can be exempt from furloughs would be expanded to include public shipyard workers.

Meeting by city reviews USM-area intersections Today at 5:30 p.m., the Portland Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee will discuss the final recommendations for the Brighton Avenue-Deering AvenueFalmouth Street Intersection Study during a meeting in City Council chambers at City Hall. The study (http://www.portlandmaine.gov/transportation/3bbrighton deeringfalmoutreport.pdf) was funded by a Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System grant with a local match, the city reported. Focus of the study was the six-legged intersection near the University of Southern Maine campus and evaluation of different configurations to better meet traffic, bicycle, pedestrian, transit access and safety needs, a city press release explained. Ultimately, a two-roundabout option was recommended by staff and the TSE Committee. This decision was based upon how well each met the goal of enhancing the safe and efficient movement of all users (pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, transit users), with particular consideration given to the accessibility needs of the blind and visually impaired, the potential property impacts, project costs and potential diversionary impacts, the city reported. The study recommends discontinuing the segment of Brighton Avenue that runs between Bedford Street and Falmouth Street and using the same general street system

layout of a five-leg Brighton Avenue/ Deering Avenue/Falmouth Street intersection and a three-leg Deering Avenue/Bedford Street intersection, but with roundabouts at both intersections. As part of its campus expansion, the University of Southern Maine contributed $250,000 to make improvements to the intersection for motor vehicles, bicyclists, pedestrians and transit users as well as to improve the quality of the streetscape.

Graduation calendar issued Portland Arts and Technology High School, or PATHS, will kick off Portland Public Schools graduation season in Portland with its ceremonies scheduled for this Friday, May 17. The Portland Public Schools announced in a press release the following graduation ceremonies: • PATHS: Friday, May 17, 8:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. (session I) and 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. (session II), lower “b” building (the carpentry lab area) of PATHS, 196 Allen Ave. • Deering High School: Wednesday, June 5, 10:30 a.m., Portland Expo. • Portland High School: Thursday, June 6, 10:30 a.m., Merrill Auditorium. • Casco Bay High School: Thursday, June 6, 6 p.m., Merrill Auditorium. • Portland Adult Education: Thursday, June 13, 6 p.m., Merrill Auditorium. For details, visit http://www2.portlandschools.org.

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Our ceaseless circus

Four Americans died in Benghazi, Libya: people with unrealized hopes, unfinished plans, relatives who loved them and friends who will miss them. But let’s focus on what really matters about the attack and its aftermath. Did Hillary Clinton’s presumed 2016 presidential campaign take a hit? We live in a country lousy with guns and bloody with gun-related violence, manifest two weeks ago in a Kentucky 5-year-old’s fatal shooting of his 2-year-old sister, evident over the weekend in a hail of bullets at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans. But let’s cut to the chase. Did Kelly Ayotte, the New Hampshire senator, safeguard or endanger her political future ––––– by casting one of the votes that The New doomed gun-control legislaYork Times tion in the Senate? And does the law’s failure mean that it’s time to write the obituary for Barack Obama’s presidency, which has more than 1,300 days to go, or can we wait — I don’t know — a week or maybe even two to do that? Now we have a scandal at the Internal Revenue Service to factor in. And a scandal it is, in urgent need of a thorough investigation, which President

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Food to bereave by Recent events have me thinking about a meal I ate some three years ago in Massachusetts, and it wasn’t under the happiest of circumstances. Deeply moved and teary-eyed from a memorial service filled with Howie Day songs and many poignant tributes, I filed in with the rest of the flock for a bereavement luncheon at a place I had never heard of. The place is called Leo’s Risortante, and is a beloved, wellknown, 75-year-old dining landmark smack dab in the middle of the large, blue-collar city of Worcester. Leo’s Ristorante looks and somehow feels (remember that column about restaurant karma?) warm, comforting and exactly like what the concept of a “ristorante” invokes. The space is big with tables packed in and boasts dated, old-world Italian checkered table cloth charm. It’s dimly lit, even during the day, and has lots of rooms with halls and stairways that lead to other halls and more rooms. Of course, there is a lounge and a few strategically placed service bars. The whole thing screams of multi-generational family functions and is designed to accommodate large parties, rehearsal dinners, weddings, anniversary celebrations and, of course, bereavement gatherings. Like most bereavement

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gatherings, the one I attended had been thrown together at the last minute out of duty-tinged necessity. The buffet lunch at Leo’s was hosted by my then-boss, and still very good friend, who was grief personified over the sudden death of his wife, Mary. Lovers and best friends since college, Mary was killed in a car accident on a snowy night driving back from the Worcester area to their condo in the Old Port. Thinking the weather man might have a clue for a change, friends and family encouraged her to stay over and leave in the morning, but with a maiden name like O’Leary, she was stubborn, focused and eager to get back to my friend. Barely 60, Mary lived a charmed life and infectiously rubbed off on me with her graciousness. To say she became a role model is completely true as she possessed an enviable combination of strong

boundaries and unlimited generosity of spirit that never seemed to conflict. As is often the case with these things, the service had gone on a tad too long and we were famished by the time we got to Leo’s. There was eggplant parmesan, huge meatballs in “gravy” and other Italian staples comforting to my friend’s side of the family, which got me thinking about the cultural nuances around death and dining. I know what a great Irish wake is all about and I know what my tribe does, which is called “sitting shiva” and takes place for seven days, immediately following the conclusion of the funeral service and burial. My Bubbie told me during shiva, the house is filled with the spirit of the person who has passed away and memories will come easily to everyone who is there. People take turns telling stories and sharing memories. As in most cultures, sitting shiva is an emotionally and spiritually healing time and making a “shiva call,” or visit is considered a great act of kindness (a mitzvah). On the first day of sitting shiva, the first meal, or “meal of condolence,” is made by neighbors and friends because after the trauma of burying someone see LADD page 5

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As is often the case with these things, the service had gone on a tad too long

and an even further one from familiar smells in my kitchen when Bubbie died. What isn’t different is the way I’ll feel after the dishes are washed and everyone has gone their separate ways, back into their everyday lives. No matter if I’m drinking coffee with the first Mary’s husband, having matzo ball soup with my siblings, or weekly sushi with the second Mary’s granddaughter, my own life has been forever changed by the love of my Bubbie, and two very special women named Mary. The Down Low: Next week it’s back to the down and dirty part of the Down Low. I’m already anxious to spill the story Jeff MacDonald told me about the poor behavior of certain soccer moms and entitled “suburbanites” at a fund raiser just last week. It’s almost enough to make you lose your appetite, even at Parker’s.

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eating signifies, “You must go on. You must affirm life and live.” Other customs go with it, like covering mirrors to avoid vanity, and it’s the only time I can think of (besides fasting on Yom Kippur — The Day of Atonement) that it isn’t all about food for a family of Jews. After Mary’s death, I became so intrigued with what goes on in other cultures I bought a book called, “Death Warmed Over: Funeral Food, Rituals, and Customs from Around the World,” by Lisa Rogak. At the same time, I couldn’t resist the title, “Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide To Hosting the Perfect Funeral.” Both books have recipes to die for (sorry, I couldn’t help it). More cerebrally, I started following a blog called “Bones Don’t Lie,” by Katy Meyers, who is an anthropology Ph.D. student specializing in mortuary archaeology and bioarchaeology at Michigan State University. She’s also a huge fan of Anthony Bourdain who has taken to jaunting all over the world, talking about who eats what and why. This Thursday, a memorial service and celebration of life ceremony will

be held for another special Mary, who also became a role model and dear friend. The difference is her family will be serving catered finger foods,

and as much as I would like to be there with all my heart, I won’t. The whole thing is a far cry from the big buffet at Leo’s Ristorante,

(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-ofthe-house management, hourly and under-the-table positions. She can be reached at natalie@portlanddailysun.me.)

prominence and are also hypothetical primary rivals? The next presidential election is three and a half years away — an eternity, really — but instead of putting a damper on speculation, that time span has encouraged it, letting a thousand theories and nearly as many contenders bloom. We can wonder: if Clinton decided not to run, would a door open for another woman, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of the New York? Just how well has Gillibrand positioned herself for such a turn? That story is already out there, and in it her record is framed largely in terms of her prospects for national office, as if one exists in the service of the other, as if the point of a Congressional seat is leveraging it into an even better, more regal throne. What about the actual business of governing? Between all the preening, partisan cross-fire and of course fund-raising that consumes members of Congress, is there any space and energy for that? Not much, to judge from either the sclerosis that now defines the institution or the obsessions of those of us in the media. Our quickness to publicize skirmishes and divine political jockeying abet both. Actors tend to do whatever keeps the audience rapt. At Obama’s news conference, he breezed past the I.R.S. debacle too quickly, and I’m not sure why he’d stayed mum until then. He flashed too much self-righteous anger about the scrutiny of the Benghazi talking points, which strike to important matters of accountability and credibility. But however self-servingly, Obama got one thing about Benghazi exactly right: what’s most vital, and what’s being obscured, is how we improve diplomatic security. After all, the fates altered most profoundly by the attack weren’t his or

Clinton’s or any other pol’s, but rather those of the four lost Americans: Christopher Stevens, Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods and Sean Smith.

“We dishonor them,” Obama said, “when we turn things like this into a political circus.” Indeed. But it’s what we turn almost everything into.

Mary Lurvey (surrounded by her children) will be the subject of celebration and food filled memories. Pictured, from bottom left, are David Lurvey, Becky Normandeau, Paul Lurvey, Kathy Day, Marty “Betty” Lurvey and Sandra Humphrey. (COURTESY PHOTO)

What’s most vital, and what’s being obscured, is how we improve diplomatic security BRUNI from page 4

Obama pledged at his news conference on Monday and which we’re very much owed. But before we get a full account, let’s by all means pivot to the possible political fallout, politics being all that seems to matter these days. Will Republicans ever trust and be able to work with the administration again? (This is being asked as if there were all that much trust and cooperation in the first place.) Have they finally been handed the cudgel that can whack Obama and his crew into oblivion? Assess, discuss and please don’t forget to make predictions about the 2014 midterms. It never gets better and may in fact be getting worse: the translation of all of the news and of all of Washington’s responses into a ledger of electoral pluses and minuses, a graph of rising and falling political fortunes, a narrative of competition between not just the parties but the would-be potentates within a party. On issue after issue, the sideshow swallows the substance, as politicians and the seemingly infinite ranks of political handlers join us journalists in gaming everything out, ad infinitum. To follow the debate over immigration reform is to lose sight at times of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in limbo and the challenge of finding the most economically fruitful and morally sound way to deal with them and their successors. No, the real stakes are United States Senator Marco Rubio’s presidential aspirations. Will he pay a high price with the Republican base for pushing a path to citizenship? Or will he earn necessary centrist credentials? And where does it leave him vis-àvis Rand Paul and Ted Cruz, who are fellow Republican senators itching for

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Survey reports 480 homeless in Portland But Oxford Street Shelter official says housing efforts are paying off By David Carkhuff THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A January census of homelessness revealed that 480 people lacked housing in Portland during the one-night tally, up from 390 a year earlier, and marking a steady climb from 2009, when 276 homeless people were counted in the city. Statewide, the total was 1,175, up by 125 from a year earlier, based on comparable January counts. “It’s definitely an upward trend,” said Rob Parritt, assistant director at the Oxford Street Shelter and a coordinator of city outreach efforts. Conducted on Jan. 30, the annual Point in Time Survey results were made public this Monday by the Maine State Housing Authority. Ten of the 480 homeless people in Portland were staying outside of shelters, holed up in cars, tents, abandoned buildings, outdoors or in other places not suitable for habitation, the survey revealed. Of the 695 homeless people counted in the rest of Maine, 61 of them were considered unsheltered. With Portland and the rest of the state combined, 1,175 people were homeless, and 1,104 of those were staying in emergency shelters while 71 were unsheltered, the survey revealed. The number of unsheltered people came in more than double from the 2011 count, when 33 individuals were unsheltered statewide, MaineHousing reported. This year, volunteers collected more detailed information about their local homeless populations including more precise age data and the number of homeless children in families. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — which requires the survey — changed its data collection requirements for 2013 to better identify homeless children and youth, organizers noted. The Portland-based survey results showed 34 boys and 33 girls — all under the age of 18 — among the families living in homeless shelters. Parritt said “the increase in younger people” who were homeless was considered surprising. Parritt also reported some good news. “We’re down over the past couple of months,” Parritt said, noting that nightly counts at the adult shelter came in at 225 per night, which marks a decline. “We’re housing more people than we ever have,” he said, crediting a January initiative that requires shelter clients to come in with a plan. “We’re seeing a huge number of folks who have come in and moved out,” Parritt said. Last month,

Self-described as homeless, Jason Hunter holds a sign appealing for donations at the intersection of Marginal Way and Franklin Street Tuesday. Saying he has been in the Portland area for almost a year, Hunter added that he broke his hand, making it difficult to work. Hunter could be counted among Portland’s homeless population, which in January was tallied at 480 people, up from 390 in 2012. The Jan. 30 Point in Time Survey counted 1,175 people who were homeless statewide, reflecting an increase from last year’s one-day survey, which found 1,050 individuals who were homeless on Jan. 25, 2012, the Maine State Housing Authority reported. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

61 shelter clients moved into permanent housing, he said, which he called a “direct correlation to the support policy.” As the weather continues to warm up, Parritt predicted growing numbers of homeless who are unsheltered. “Camping is tremendously unsafe,” he warned, a point reinforced in early April when a candle caught a tent on fire on West Commercial Street in Portland. Brian Barbour, 53, died from smoke inhalation as a result of the fire. Parritt said Barbour was familiar to shelter staff. The Portland Fire Department responded to the incident by providing fireless candles to the homeless. Meanwhile, Parritt said shelter staff have redoubled their outreach efforts, leading to “positive momentum” and a different atmosphere in the city shelter.

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• On Jan. 30 of this year, 1,175 individuals — including 297 families and 169 children — were living in emergency homeless shelters, on the streets, or in places not meant for habitation, according to the results of the survey. • Single adults encompassed most of the people encountered, but approximately one-third of the people who were homeless were members of families (297 people with 169 of them being children). The majority of adults surveyed suffer from a chronic disability, severe or persistent mental illness, and/or chronic substance abuse. • The majority of people (72.8 percent) had been homeless for seven days to six months prior to the survey, and approximately 33 percent of the people surveyed were homeless for the first time while approximately 18 percent are chronically homeless. To see the results of the Point in Time Survey, visit http:// www.mainehousing.org/data-reports/Housing-Reports.

City councilor continues to push for answer to staffing question as review of PFD study reaches halfway point By Craig Lyons THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Forty-five days after having begun to look at implementing recommendations made in an indepth study of the Portland Fire Department, one city councilor continued to ask why the agency is staffed at its current level. Fire Chief Jerome LaMoria met with the council’s Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday to update them on the work that’s been done to date on developing an implementation plan of the operations and management study conducted by a Maryland consulting firm. During the question and answer period of the meeting, Councilor Ed Suslovic continued to seek an answer to his question as to why PFD has 3.5 firefighters per thousand residents and comparable cities have 1.7 firefighters per thousand. Deputy City Manager Sheila Hill-Christian said she sent follow-up questions to Public Safety Solu-

tions — the company that conducted the study — and asked questions about the staffing level. She said the answer that was returned stated the diversity of the PFD’s services make it difficult to compare to other cities solely on the number of firefighters. Hill-Christian said her understanding of the consultant’s Duson answer is that the PFD can’t be compared as apples to apples to other departments because of the variety of services. LaMoria said the decision about staffing levels ought to be made on the basis of what level of service the citizens Portland have come to expect and want to continue having in the future. He said that should be considered more than what other fire departments are doing.

Suslovic said he’s still trying to figure out what’s going on in other cities that their staffing levels are so much lower. He said are they accepting more risk by having less people or have they found ways to operate more efficiently that Portland doesn’t know about. Hill-Christian said the city asked the consultant to look at the Portland Fire Department Suslovic and not evaluate how other cities run their departments. Councilor Jill Duson said since it’s only halfway through the time the council gave the PFD to put together its implementation plan, she thinks that the staff isn’t ready to answer the question of appropriate staffing level until the full evaluation of the see ANSWER page 7

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Mayor Michael Brennan and other members of a bipartisan coalition of mayors urged Gov. Paul LePage to consider suspending pending income tax cuts passed in 2011 as a way to raise $350 million, as part of a two-year budget plan. The coalition also recommended as options increasing and expanding sales taxes and embracing overall tax reform. The coalition was responding to a recent letter from the governor inviting municipalities to contact him with “serious ideas for consideration” regarding the state’s biennial budget. In a rebuff, LePage released a statement Tuesday in response to the suggestions from the Mayors’ Coalition on how to balance the upcoming two-year budget. “The Coalition proposed three options: raise taxes, raise taxes or raise taxes. How original,” LePage said in statement. “However, they don’t address the real problem facing our state, which is out-of-control government spending.” Brennan in an interview Tuesday challenged the notion that the state or city are overspending, pointing out that Portland lost $1 million in school funding as a result of changes enacted by the Republican-led Maine Legislature in 2011. In 2012, Democrats won control of the Legislature, leading to frequent clashes between the new Democratic legislative majority and the Republican governor. LePage said, “When I was mayor, I was able to reduce taxes without reducing services. I know that it can be done if local officials are willing to make the same difficult decisions I made as mayor. I made the tough choices when I presented my balanced budget four months ago. The state cannot keep spending money we don’t have, and I will not keep adding to the tax burden of hardworking Mainers.” Brennan said, “We’re struggling here in Portland with reductions in our school funding, and this is a point that probably the governor has forgotten.” Besides the $1 million cut, budget curtailment cost the city an additional $870,000, Brennan said. “We’re doing everything we can just to keep pace with rising costs and continue to have city services as well as a quality school system,” he said. The Mayors’ Coalition agreed on a three-pronged proposal, considered “viable alternatives to the pending proposal,” the coalition announced. Suspending the state’s pending income tax cuts would raise $350 million which could be used to reinstate municipal revenue sharing at its current level, preserve the existing Homestead and Circuit Breaker property tax relief programs, retain the

vehicle excise tax for municipalities, maintain the state’s commitment to teacher retirement, and provide additional support for K-12 educationm, the coalition reported. “The proposal would suspend the income tax cuts passed during the last two years until the state’s economy has fully recovered from the Great Recession,” the coalition stated. A second option called for a sales tax increase and expansion, which would fund the same improvements to the budget as Option 1 by temporarily raising the sales tax from 5 to 6 percent, raising the lodging tax to 10 percent, and “modestly expanding the sales tax.” The group’s third option was comprehensive tax reform to balance the state’s reliance on the three major revenue sources — sales, income and property taxes. “The pending tax reform legislation, LD 1496, is a credible proposal to accomplish that goal,” the coalition stated. Preferred option, however, was the first one, delaying the pending income tax cuts. The Mayors’ Coalition, according to its press release, “was formed to support state policies that will grow Maine’s economy and to oppose policies that will shift costs to Maine municipalities. The Coalition includes the mayors from 12 communities: Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Biddeford, Gardiner, Lewiston, Portland, Saco, Sanford, South Portland, Waterville and Westbrook.” Brennan said it’s time to act. “We have roughly a month and a half before the new budget year starts for the state,” he said. “July 1 is the new budget year. Fairly soon someone has to stand up and say, ‘This is the direction we’re going to move in. ...’” The coalition hoped to galvanize this discussion. “At some point the governor and legislative leaders need to say, ‘Here is what we need to support, not just what we are opposed to,’” Brennan said. On May 1, Maine Sen. Dick Woodbury, independent from Yarmouth, and 10 other Maine legislators unveiled a broad tax-reform proposal. Brennan said he supports some of the ideas in that plan. “The Woodbury proposal, there are some things in (it) that I think are highly problematic, but the concept of trying to broaden the sales tax base is always a good one,” he said. The coalition, in its letter to LePage, warned that the governor’s current budget proposal would hurt communities. “We will continue to tighten our belts, but Maine municipalities have already absorbed $40 million a year in revenue sharing cuts. The budget will result in significant property tax increases for Maine residents and businesses,” the coalition wrote.

Staffing levels still an issue for Councilor Suslovic

LaMoria said the report doesn’t give a silver bullet that report is complete. will make the department func“I believe that the response to tion better but it did provide your question will come to use in information on how to move formore detail when the department ward in a slow and deliberate puts together its response to the manner. report,” she said. In the 45 days since beginning Public Safety Solutions, Inc., of to digest the report, LaMoria Maryland, was hired by City Mansaid he identified six areas that ager Mark Rees to conduct the could be immediately address: study of PFD. The city allocated tackling the facility life safety $39,000 for the study. The consulLaMoria issues; continuing the review of tants spent about three weeks in the study; reorganizing adminPortland visiting the various stations, conducting istrative staff and department functions; improving interviews and researching for the final report. resource utilization; clarifying staff expectations Following an April 1 workshop on the report, the and responsibilities; and community engagement. council gave the Fire Department 90 days to develop LaMoria said he expects to have completed the an implementation plan, and LaMoria showed the review of the report by the end of July and would committee six areas where progress is already being like to present those findings to the committee in made. August. ANSWER from page 6

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“Future generations will get to enjoy some incredible buildings.” — Robert Zarnetske, regional administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration projects on Tuesday. Robert Zarnetske, the regional administrator for the GSA, said the courthouse and Custom House are among the oldest buildings in the federal inventory and the GSA had the chance to make sure they retain their historic character and history. Additionally, he said, it aids the agency’s bottom line by being able to keep older buildings operating and not bearing the cost of building new structures. “Future generations will get to enjoy some incredible buildings,” he said. The impetus for the renovations projects came when damage was caused to the buildings’ envelopes by major storms, said Gianne Conard, the GSA regional chief architect, and in order to preserve the interior, work had to be done to repair the exterior. Glenn Rotondo, the GSA regional commissioner of the public buildings service, said some of the water issues in the buildings were exacerbated when downspouts were removed from the courthouse and resulted in pooling in the masonry. Especially in New England, Zarnetske said, the freeze-thaw pattern of water can be destructive to historic buildings.

Conard said once water infiltrates a buildings, the sooner the issues are addressed, the better the building will be. “We really needed to get on top of that,” she said. Envelope reviews were conducted on both buildings, Rotondo said, and the masonry was repointed and repaired; the grout removed and replaced; the windows repaired; and other exterior improvements made. Zarnetske said water has had dual impacts on the Custom House building. A geothermal heating system is used to heat and cool the building with water, he said, yet water has been the driving force in the degradation of the exterior. Rotondo said the courthouse has had continuing projects to keep the building in good condition, but the Custom House hadn’t had any major work in some time. He said one of the last major projects was in 2004 when a geothermal heating system was installed in the building. Conard said the courthouse has continually been updated to make it functional, and it’s not just a museum. The Gignoux building is as state of the art as any other federal courthouse, Rotondo said, and it is energy efficient and American Disabilities Act compliant. The two projects were funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act two years ago, according to the GSA, and created 200 jobs at the site see BUILDINGS page 9 The Maine Chapter of the Project Management Institute presents:

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Turner Barker Insurance, Clark Insurance complete their merger Two of Portland’s oldest and largest insurance agencies have completed a merger announced in April. Turner Barker Insurance, previously a subsidiary of Gorham Savings Bank, has been merged with Clark Insurance, according to Kenneth Ross, president of Clark Insurance. Clark Insurance remains an employee-owned independent insurance agency with Gorham Savings Bank having a minority interest in the combined agencies,

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Maine Literary Awards finalists await Thursday, May 30 event Daily Sun Staff Reports

The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance announced the finalists for the 2013 Maine Literary Awards. More than 100 books were entered into the award’s various categories. More than 60 manuscripts were submitted into the award’s Short Works Competition in the categories of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Fifty Maine students submitted work in the same categories in the award’s Youth Competition. The finalists hail from every corner of the state, including Bangor, Bath, Bethel, Biddeford, Brooksville, Cape Neddick, Camden, Damariscotta, Deer Isle, Falmouth, Farmington, New Gloucester, Orono, Portland, Rockland and Yarmouth. The winners of the 2013 Maine Literary Awards will be revealed live at a ceremony on Thursday, May 30 at 6 p.m. at SPACE Gallery in downtown

Portland. The event is free to MWPA members with a suggested $10 donation for nonmembers. The finalists, listed alphabetically in each category are:

Book Award for Fiction: Morgan Callan Rogers “Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea”; Bill Roorbach “Life Among Giants”; Debra Spark “The Pretty Girl.” Book Award for Crime Fiction: Paul Doiron “Bad Little Falls”; Kate Flora “Redemption”; Katherine Hall Page “The Body in the Boudoir.” Book Award for Speculative Fiction: Jeff Foltz “Two Men Ten Suns”; Katherine Silva “Aequitas: Book 2”; Joseph Souza “The Reawakening.” Book Award for Nonfiction: Jason C. Anthony “Hoosh”; Deborah Cummins “Here and Away”; Michael Erard “Babel No More.” John N. Cole Award for Maine-themed Nonfiction: Andrew Barton “The Changing Nature of the Maine Woods”; Lisa Colburn “The Maine Garden Journal”; John Ford, Sr “Suddenly, The Cider Didn’t Taste So Good.” Book Award for Memoir: Darby Brown Fleming “The House at the Edge of the World”; Katherine Mayfield “The Box of Daughter”; Monica Wood “When We Were The Kennedys.” Book Award for Poetry: Richard Blanco “Looking for

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WestFest features wagon rides, face painting, other fun Saturday, May 18 On Saturday, May 18, the West End Neighborhood Association will hold the fourth annual WestFest Neighborhood Celebration. The event will start with a Neighborhood Breakfast at St. Louis Church at 279 Danforth St. For those who need a ride, a horse-drawn wagon will be available at the Irish Heritage Center, formerly St. Dominic’s Church, at 42 Gray St. for a ride to the breakfast. Free wagon rides will be available from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. between the Irish Heritage Center and St. Louis and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. from the Irish Heritage Center on a loop around the neighborhood. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., an art/craft show and sale will take place at the Irish Heritage Center, along with raffles, face painting and a visit by the Portland Public Library’s new Bookmobile. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., a Chalk-It-Up sidewalk drawing contest will be underway on Danforth Street between State and Park. The theme is “My West End” and anyone may register that morning to participate. These events are all offered on a donation basis. All proceeds go to support the swimming lessons for fourth and fifth graders at Reiche Elementary School and free open swims for kids during the summer at the Reiche pool. For more information, call 879-6024 or visit www. wenamaine.org.

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Wednesday, May 15 Free workshop on email marketing

1 p.m. to 3 p.m. “Portland SCORE offers a free workshop on email marketing: How to use efficiently, Wednesday, May 15 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at SCORE Offices, 100 Middle St., Portland. For details and to register visit website: www. scoremaine.com or call 772-1147, weekday mornings.”

Arbor Day event at Evergreen

5:30 p.m. Wilde Memorial Chapel, Evergreen Cemetery, Portland. “The Friends of Evergreen and the City of Portland Department of Public Services will host the second annual Arbor Day Celebration at Evergreen Cemetery. City Arborist, Jeff Tarling will demonstrate Portland’s tree mapping project which has mapped 1,300 trees in Evergreen Cemetery and identifies the cemetery as the largest open tree space in Portland. The program will also include a guided walk to see the various trees at the Evergreen Cemetery and learn about how and when they were planted. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. ... Maps of various points of interest and walking trails are available at the Evergreen Cemetery’s main office. For more information about Evergreen Cemetery, visit http://www. friendsofevergreen.org.” For information about the Arbor Day event, contact Jessica Siraco, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Friends of Evergreen at (508) 561-5679 or friendsofevergreen@gmail.com.

Gay Weddings in Maine

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Business After Hours” Wedding Vendor Networking Event at the Cumberland Club, 116 High St., Portland. “Please join GWM for our first wedding vendor business networking event! Free. Lite food and cash bar provided. Bring business cards for sharing on our Media Table and with colleagues. Please be a wedding-industry related vendor or business owner. Come meet us, talk shop and upcoming seasonal wedding Trends, and meet your business community from all over Maine!” http://www.GayWeddingsInMaine.com

City meeting with neighborhood association reps

A scene from Lucien Castaing-Taylor and VÈrÈna Paravel’s “Leviathan,” screening at SPACE Gallery in Portland on Friday and Sunday. The film focuses on “Leviathan” was filmed off the coast of New Bedford, Mass. “Employing an arsenal of cameras that pass freely from film crew to ship crew and swoop from below sea level to astonishing bird’s-eye views, the film is unlike anything that has been seen before. Entirely dialogue-free, but mesmerizing and gripping throughout, it is a cosmic portrait of one of mankind’s oldest endeavors.” (Courtesy of Cinema Guild)

Film: ‘The Institute’ at SPACE

7:30 p.m. With a live video chat with filmmaker Spencer McCall, SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. 828.5600. Doors open at 7 p.m. Film begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission $8, $6 for SPACE members and students w/ ID. “‘The Institute’ is a feature-length documentary that examines a San Francisco-based alternate reality game, where thousands of participants got more than they bargained for. Told from the players’ perspectives, the film looks over the precipice at an emergent new art form where the real world and fiction narratives merge to create unforeseen and often unsettling consequences.” http://www. space538.org

6 p.m. “As there has been a standing request for neighborhood association reps to have the opportunity to sit down with at-large city councilors to discuss issues of importance, on Wednesday, May 15 at 6 p.m. in Room 24, City Hall, there will be the opportunity to engage in this conversation. At Large Councilors Nick Mavodones and Jill Duson will be available to discuss neighborhood ‘Wittenberg’ by David Davalos issues with neighborhood association 7:30 p.m. April 30 – May 19. “Trourepresentatives. Councilor John Anton ble brews in the hallowed halls of is unable to attend due to a previous commitment. We hope to see you on Born in Ames, Iowa, Lincoln Peirce grew up Wittenberg University as professors May 15th. Mike Murray.” Neighborhood in Durham, N.H., where he began creating Martin Luther and Doctor Faustus Issues: “Homelessness and impact, his own comic strips in the sixth grade. He duel for the allegiance of their pupil – current and future, on neighborhoods; attended Colby College, where he created Prince Hamlet. From tennis and beer panhandling; campers; city policy re a weekly comic strip entitled Third Floor for to soliloquies over skulls, Davalos’ derelict buildings; neighborhood main- the school newspaper. Peirce will visit the St. imaginative comedy of 16th centenance —infrastructure (roads, open Brigid Catholic School on Friday at 10:30 a.m. tury college life mixes slapstick and wordplay with a philosophical explospaces, trees, etc.); rezoning — what (COURTESY PHOTO) ration of reason versus faith, played is being discussed, how will neighborout in a zany spin on classic charhoods be involved in early discussions of the approach and acters – real and imaginary!” May 14-17 at 7:30 p.m.; also process?; economic development and impact on neighborMay 16 at 2 p.m.; May 18 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; May 19 at 2 hoods; drug activity in neighborhoods; taffic — balance p.m. Portland Stage. http://www.portlandstage.org with neighborhood integrity and pedestrian/bicycle safety.” Mike Murray, the city’s Island and Neighborhood Administrator at 756-8288, or MSM@portlandmaine.gov. Thursday, May 16

Keeping Healthy After Cancer

6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “Sign up for some fabulous free offerings at the CCC in May. ... Cancer survivors often feel supported during their illness but after treatment they enter a whole new world — one filled with new questions. Dr. Chris Maguire shares the three most important guidelines for managing physical, social, and emotional health.” To register call 774-2200. Cancer Community Center, 778 Main Street (Route One), South Portland. http://www.cancercommunitycenter.org/ProgramRegistration.htm

STOMP at Merrill Auditorium

7 p.m. “Portland Ovations brings the international percussion sensation, STOMP back to Portland for two shows at Merrill Auditorium on May 15 and 16. From its beginnings as a street performance in the UK, STOMP has grown into an international sensation over the past 20 years, having performed in more than 50 countries and in front of more than 24 million people.” To purchase tickets visit www.portlandovations.org, contact PortTIX at 842-0800 or stop by the box office window at Merrill Auditorium.

AKC All Breed Dog Show

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. AKC All Breed Dog Show featuring Conformation, Obedience & Rally, Wassamki Springs Campground, 56 Saco St., Scarborough. May 16 to May 19, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Fees, $4 per vehicle. Contact Information: www.yorkcountykennelclub.org

Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

11 a.m. “Maine’s police community will gather in Augusta on Thursday for the annual observance at the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, next to the State House. The ceremony will start at 11 a.m. No new names will be added this year to the 83 officers who have died in the line of duty in Maine and whose names are engraved on the granite memorial. The guest speaker will be Attorney General Janet Mills. This is the 24th year an observance has taken place in Augusta to honor the officers. The actual memorial was dedicated along State Street in 1991, but observances were also held in 1989 and 1990, prior to the memorial being built. The Maine Warden Service has 15

names on the memorial, the most of any department, following by State Police with ten.”

Author Gail Rowe in Cape Elizabeth

1:30 p.m. Gail Rowe will be at the Thomas Memorial Library in Cape Elizabeth for the Author Talk series at 1:30 p.m. to talk about her book, ‘The Roots of a Family — Life in Rural Maine.’ Take a step back in time with the author as she describes the lives of her parents during the great Depression and World War II. Her maternal grandparents raised sixteen children in a four-room house without the benefit of electricity or indoor plumbing, while her paternal grandparents had a small dairy and market garden.”

18th c-20th c Medicine in Coastal Maine

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Freeport Historical Society opening reception, A Survey of 18th c-20th c Medicine in Coastal Maine at Freeport Historical Society. Freeport Historical Society invites the public to the opening reception at 45 Main Street for their new exhibit. To Comfort, Heal and Cure — A Survey of 18th c-20th c Medicine in Coastal Maine. From midwifery, to forensics, shipboard medicine to phrenology explore the development of health care in our area. Medicinal garden will be open. $3 Exhibit Hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Beer, pizza and fundraising for MOFGA

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association fundraiser at Flatbread In Portland. “The Funky Bow Brewery & Beer Company, owned by MOFGA Board Member Paul Lorrain and his son Abraham, will release a new IPA (So Folkin’ Hoppy) at the Flatbread Company in Portland this Thursday, May 16, 6 to 9 p.m. Big Blue, a great band from Brunswick, will play music, and, best of all, $1 from every pint sold will go to MOFGA. Funky Bow also is donating to MOFGA 1 percent of sales from its first quarter. Thank you Funky Bow! Thank you Flatbread! Hope to see you all at Flatbread on 72 Commercial Street in Portland!”

‘Mystery Night’ in New Gloucester

7 p.m. Members, friends and the general public are invited to a free “Mystery Night” at the New Gloucester History Barn, Intervale Rd. (behind the Town Hall) on Thursday, May 16 at 7 p.m. “The evening will be dedicated to identifying collection items that remain a ‘mystery’ — tools, photos, maps, gizmos, etc. Sponsored by the New Gloucester Historical Society.”

Telling Room’s Big Night 2013

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Telling Room’s big event. “We’ll have poetry performances, readings by our two statewide writing contest winners and the Founders Prize recipient, a glimpse of the Young Writers and Leaders theater performance being created in conjunction with Al Miller of The Theater Project in Brunswick, a song from our current songwriting workshop, and we’ll launch our newest anthology Illumination: A Young People’s Encyclopedia of Wonder. Cookies, lemonade, and creative lobby activities will be available, so please come join the fun.” University of Southern Maine, Hannaford Hall. http://www. tellingroom.org/events see next page

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Wednesday, May 15, 2013— Page 15

Hall Elementary students team up with American Red Cross for May 22 blood drive Daily Sun Staff Reports

Fifth graders at Portland’s Hall Elementary School are working with the American Red Cross on a blood drive to honor school nurses, the school district announced. The drive will take place on Wednesday, May 22 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the gym of Hall School, 23 Orono Road. Val Vassar’s and Rebecca Norling’s fifth grade classes at Hall learned about the function of blood in the body and the need for blood donations, especially to meet a shortage of O-negative blood, a press release explained. Fifth graders went to every classroom in the school to teach students about the importance of blood. They gave each student two invitations for friends or family members to donate blood. The fifth graders also made posters to publicize the blood drive, and they are making daily announcements over the school intercom. Their goal is to collect more than 50 pints, the amount of blood donated during Hall’s first drive a year ago. To find out more and to sign up, call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org.

City adjusts holiday trash collection schedule, offers composting items Portland Public Services announced that a new trash and recycling collection schedule will apply for all federally and state recognized holidays except Thanksgiving, the Friday following Thanksgiving and Christmas. Starting with Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, Public Services Solid Waste crews will collect trash and recycling on the day of the observed holiday, the city reported. This change applies only to the mainland. The holiday collection schedule for residents of Peaks Island, Great Diamond Island, Little Dia-

mond Island and Cliff Island will remain unchanged with recycling and trash collection occurring on the following day. For Memorial Day, island collection will be Tuesday, May 28. All items should be out by 6:30 a.m. to ensure collection. If residents have further questions about their trash/recycling collection, they can contact the Recycling Hotline at 756-8189. Prior to this announced change, trash and recycling was collected the Saturday before the holiday. In an unrelated item, the city of Portland Public Services Department announced it has decided to extend its composting program by offering compost bins, wing diggers, kitchen waste pails and rain barrels at discounted prices at the agency’s offices at 55 Portland St. until supplies run out. Residents who purchase the products will have them delivered to their address on their next trash/recycling collection day. Order forms are available online at http://publicworks.portlandmaine.gov/composting.asp.

Weight lifters compete to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office reported that a “Behind Bars IV” weight lifting competition on Saturday, May 11, was a success and raised more than $2,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project. The annual event was started four years ago and is designed to raise money for various charitable organizations, a press release noted. In its inaugural year, there were just a few participants from the Cumberland County Jail and the Portland Police Department, but they were able to raise $500 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Since then the event has continued to grow, and has supported a variety of organizations. This year’s charity was the Wounded Warrior Project. Donations were raised through the Clynk recycle program, a raffle, a silent auction, T-shirt sales, and registration for the weight lifting competition. Organizers estimated that Behind Bars IV has raised over $2,000 so far, based on numbers from Tuesday. This year, Behind Bars IV brought together 20 participants, including individuals from the Cum-

berland County Jail, York County Jail, Portland Police Department, Maine State Police, Casco Bay Cross-Fit and Two Bridges Jail. “Participants were excited and proud to be involved in raising money for the Wounded Warrior Project that helps acclimate military personnel to life after having been severely wounded while performing their duties,” the press release noted. Growth of the event “can be contributed to the hard work and dedication of Deputy Richard Bradway of the Cumberland County Sheriff Office, Corrections Division,” the press release noted. “One of the original founders of the event, Deputy Bradway devotes endless time and energy to planning, organizing, and overseeing the event.”

State notes start of paving in Portland Several paving projects will take place around Portland beginning on Wednesday, May 15 and ending by mid-September, the Maine Department of Transportation reproted. Each location will feature a “shim” coat of paving and may include additional efforts such as curb work and adjustment of sewers. The following locations are scheduled for paving: • Veranda Street at the intersection of Washington Avenue will be paved, extending to the intersection of the on-ramps to I-295. • Eastern Promenade paving starts at Atlantic Street and extends to Washington Avenue. • International Parkway (airport access road) starts at the intersection of Congress Street and extends to the beginning of the round-about. It also includes a small portion of the Jetport Parkway. • Lambert Street paving starts at the intersection of Auburn Street extending to just past the intersection of Washington Avenue Extension. • Baxter Boulevard paving will take place on the part of the Boulevard that is currently closed off. Motorists at each location will encounter alternating one-way traffic with flaggers present. Slight delays are expected, the state reported. These paving projects are being performed by Glidden Excavation & Paving of Gorham and aim to preserve the roads and provide a smoother ride for the traveler, the state reported.

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Friday, May 17 PATHS graduation

8:30 a.m. “Portland Arts and Technology High School (PATHS) will hold its graduation ceremonies on May 17. The session I ceremony will be from 8:30 to 10:15 a.m., and the session II ceremony will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Both ceremonies will take place in the lower ‘b’ building (the carpentry lab area) of PATHS, 196 Allen Avenue. The events are open to the public.”

Lincoln Peirce at St. Brigid Catholic School

10:30 a.m. “Award-winning author and illustrator Lincoln Peirce will speak and offer a demonstration to students at St. Brigid Catholic School on 695 Stevens Avenue on Friday, May 17 at 10:30 a.m. The Portland resident moved to Maine in 1992 and is the creator of the comic strip Big Nate, which appears in nearly 300 U.S. newspapers. The successful syndicated comic strip led to a middle grade book series that has sold close to five million copies and has been featured on Good Morning America and in USA Today. In addition, Peirce has also created several animated pilots for Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. Peirce will discuss his comic strip, books and journey with the third, fourth and fifth graders at St. Brigid. He will also give a drawing demonstration. Born in Ames, Iowa, Peirce grew up in Durham, New Hampshire where he began creating his own comic strips in the sixth grade. He attended Colby College, where he created a weekly comic strip entitled Third Floor for the school newspaper. Media members are invited to attend Lincoln Peirce’s visit to St. Brigid Catholic School on May 17 at 10:30 a.m. For more information, contact Principal Peter Buckley at 797-7073.”

Kevin Sheehan at the Portland Public Library

noon to 1 p.m. Kevin Sheehan speaks about his book “The Aberration” at the Friday Local Author Series, Friday,

May 17 from noon to 1 p.m., Meeting Room No. 5, Portland Public Library. “‘The Aberration’ is a disturbing story that chronicles the near dissolution of Karcher and Witte’s young marriage by an unethical female psychiatrist in Portland who seduces Karcher through hypnotherapy. Emotionally crippled by alcoholic parents, a parade of nannies who doubled as his mother’s lovers, and the suicide of his masculine mother, Karcher is an easy mark. Within weeks, the doctor has him hooked and so confused, he believes his wife is the one who controls him. But there is always hope. The book is buoyed by narrator Karcher’s unsteady progress toward reconciliation — with his deceased mother, his wife and himself — and by the firm grounding provided him by his centered wife and her Maine parents.”

‘Spamalot’ auditions in L/A

6:30 p.m. Lewiston/Auburn Community Little Theatre is calling for auditions for its blockbuster musical “Monty Python’s Spamalot” on May 17 at 6:30 p.m. and May 19 at 1 p.m. on the third floor at Great Falls Art Center 30 Academy St., Auburn. FMI, please access the CLT website at www.laclt.com.

Duplicate bridge tournament in Camden

7 p.m. Duplicate bridge tournament in Camden. ACBL sanctioned. Camden Rockport Middle School. Pairs sessions Fri., May 17, 7 p.m., Sat., May 18, 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Swiss teams match on Sun., May 19. Call Lance at 273-3223 for partner or more info.

‘Leviathan’ screening at SPACE

7:30 p.m. “Leviathan” screening. Friday. May 17, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 19, 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. for both screenings. SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. $8, $6 for SPACE members and students w/ ID. “A groundbreaking, immersive portrait of the contemporary commercial fishing industry, ‘Leviathan’ was filmed off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts — at one time the whaling capital of the world as well as Melville’s inspiration for Moby Dick. Today New Bedford is the country’s largest fishing port with over 500 ships sailing from its harbor

every month. ‘Leviathan’ follows one such vessel, a hulking groundfish trawler, into the surrounding murky black waters on a weeks-long fishing expedition. But instead of romanticizing the labor or partaking in the longstanding tradition of turning fisherfolk into images, filmmakers Lucien CastiangTaylor (Sweetgrass) and Verena Paravel (Foreign Parts) present a vivid, almost-kaleidoscopic representation of the work, the sea, the machinery and the players, both human and marine.” http://www.space538.org/events/leviathan

The Early Evening Show — Geek Edition!

7:30 p.m. The Early Evening Show — Geek Edition! “The show will feature performances by Mike Miclon’s altergeeky-ego Dickie Hyper-Hynie as well as robots, juggling, nerdy trivia and a special appearances by the high-tech comedy group, AudioBody and the off-beat magician Wally Wiggins AKA Leland Faulkner. The show will also include live music by the Early Evening Show Orchestra with Oren Robsinson and other surprise guests. The Early Evening Show has been described as a cross between Saturday Night Live and classic Johnny Carson and is a blend of wild improvisations, prizes, comic sketches, upbeat music and spectacular finales. Every show is unique and you never know what’s going to happen!” The Freeport Theater of Awesome, 5 Depot St., Freeport. May 17 and 18, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $19 in advance/$21 at the door and are available online at www.AwesomeTheater.com

‘Wittenberg’ by David Davalos

7:30 p.m. April 30 – May 19. “Trouble brews in the hallowed halls of Wittenberg University as professors Martin Luther and Doctor Faustus duel for the allegiance of their pupil – Prince Hamlet. From tennis and beer to soliloquies over skulls, Davalos’ imaginative comedy of 16th century college life mixes slapstick and wordplay with a philosophical exploration of reason versus faith, played out in a zany spin on classic characters – real and imaginary!” May 14-17 at 7:30 p.m.; also May 16 at 2 p.m.; May 18 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; May 19 at 2 p.m. Portland Stage. http://www.portlandstage.org

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