The Portland Daily Sun, Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Council passes street artist rule changes but drops registry piece

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Pro soccer to add team in NYC

(NY Times) — The New York metropolitan area, already packed with professional sports teams, will soon get another: a Major League Soccer team owned by Manchester City of the English Premier League and the Yankees.

The team, to be known as the New York City Football Club, will be the 20th Major League Soccer club and expects to begin competing in 2015, assuming it can find a stadium to play in.

The announcement on Tuesday by Major League Soccer confirmed speculation that Manchester City would spend about $100 million to buy the expansion team. The English team, which is owned by an investment group led by a member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi, Sheik Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, will be the latest foreign owner of a team in the New York metropolitan area. It will join hands with the Yankees, one of the wealthiest and best known teams in American sports.

Manchester City will be the majority owner of the new club, while the Yankees will own about a quarter of the team. The pairing represents a deepening of ties because the Yankees’ stadium concessions business, Legends Hospitality, provides services at Manchester City’s home ground, Etihad Stadium. Manchester City will play an exhibition match against Chelsea on Saturday at Yankee Stadium.

“New York is a legendary sports town, as well as a thriving global city with a rapidly expanding soccer fan base,” said Ferran Soriano, chief executive of Manchester City Football Club, who will fill top positions in the new club. “We are thrilled to contribute to the energy and growth of New York City soccer. In the Yankees, we have found the absolute best partner for developing a world-class sports organization and a winning team that will carry the New York City Football Club name with pride.”

Though initially willing to buy the team on its own, Manchester City decided in recent weeks to expand its ties to the Yankees by inviting them to buy a share of the new soccer club. In doing so, Manchester City would gain a deep-pocketed partner with considerable acumen running sports franchises, as well as deep political ties and experience building stadiums in New York City The fledgling New York City Football Club may play its inaugural season at Yankee Stadium. After that, the team hopes to play in a new stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park that the owners of Manchester City would build.

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MOORE, Okla. (NY Times) — Oklahoma officials said Tuesday afternoon that they hoped to finish their search for survivors of a massive tornado by nightfall, a little more than 24 hours after the Oklahoma City area was slammed by a storm packing 190-mile per hour winds and measuring nearly two miles across that killed dozens of people, injured hundreds of others and leveled buildings to their foundations.

The brunt of the damage occurred in the suburb of Moore, where rescue workers struggled all day to make their way through streets cut off by debris and around downed power lines to those who were feared trapped under hills of rubble. The crews, using thermalimaging equipment and dogs, sifted through scattered piles of red brick, steel beams, util-

ity poles and upended cars where houses and shops once stood.

Gary Bird, the city’s fire chief, said that more than 200 people worked overnight Monday and into Tuesday looking for survivors. “We will go through every damaged piece of property in this city,” he said Tuesday afternoon. He said he thought the search would be completed by sundown.

Officials said that it was still too early to say precisely how many people had been killed, but the toll appears to be significantly less than what had been originally feared. On Monday night, Amy Elliott, the spokeswoman for the Oklahoma City medical examiner, said at least 51 people had died and 40 more bodies were on their way, but on Tuesday, Ms. Elliott said that count “is no longer accurate.”

As of Tuesday morning, the medical examiner had confirmed 24 dead, nine of them children, she said. Of the dead, 20 were in Moore, and four in Oklahoma City, officials said.

“This was the storm of storms,” said Mick Cornett, Oklahoma City’s mayor.

Gov. Mary Fallin said at a news conference Tuesday that officials had not yet arrived at a conclusive death toll, but that 237 people had been injured. Officials have said that number includes about 70 children.

The risk of tornadoes throughout the region remained at an elevated level through Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, and throughout the day, rescue efforts were hampered by wind and rain.

U.S. quietly monitors outflow of foreign tourists WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of foreigners passing into Canada from the United States have unwittingly been a part of a grand experiment by the Department of Homeland Security to crack down on visitors who violate laws governing the length of their stay.

Long demanded by lawmakers in Congress, it is considered a critical step to developing a coherent program to curb illegal immigration, as historically about 30 percent to 40 percent of illegal immigrants in the United States arrived on tourist

visas or other legal means and then simply never left, according to estimates by Homeland Security Department officials.

The pilot project with Canada, conducted from September 2012 to January, involved about a third of the traffic across the northern American border, tracking the departure of 413,222 foreigners from the United States. Starting this year, according to Congressional officials who have been briefed on the plan, the information collected at the Canadian border will be used to prevent certain foreigners who

have stayed too long in the United States from returning again by revoking tourist visas or taking other steps.

The effort relies on an ingenious solution: as foreigners leave the United States to enter Canada — and their passports are checked by the border authorities there — this data is sent back to the United States, and recorded as the official “exit” record.

By the end of next month, the project is scheduled to be expanded to almost all land border traffic between Canada and the United States.

Syrian forcesGlenburn and Hezbollah CEO rejects claims that in Orono man charged missing Apple is avoiding taxes fighters press assault in key town

teen’s murder; body located in Maine woods

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Portland fire, EMS departments promote stroke awareness

By Craig Lyons THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

When it comes to someone having a stroke, time means everything.

“Time is brain,” said Lt. John Kooistra, and that the quicker medical personnel is alerted, the more likely any permanent damage to someone’s brain from stroke can be prevented.

Members of the Portland Fire Department are using National EMS Week to highlight the importance of early recognition and treatment for stroke victims. May is also National Stroke Awareness Month.

LaMoria “Statistics show that time is of the essence in the treatment of stroke. Every forty seconds someone in the United States has a stroke and roughly every four minutes someone dies,” said Fire Chief Jerome LaMoria, in a statement. “Current research shows the earlier a stroke is recognized and

the patient receives medical attention, the greater chance for recovery. A successful outcome depends upon quick action not just from first responders but from the public, too. By using a simple screening tool, FAST, you can help save a life.”

Strokes occur when a blood vessel carrying oxygen and vital nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or ruptures, according to a press release, and when this occurs, part of the brain is deprived of blood and oxygen, destroying millions of valuable nerve cells within minutes. The resulting damage can lead to significant disability including paralysis, speech problems and emotional difficulties.

EMS personnel encourage people to assess if they might be suffering from stroke using the FAST method. FAST stands for face, arms, speech and time. The method have people assess if their faces are drooping, if their arms can be lifted and if their speech is slurred. If any of those are symptoms are presented, they should immediately call 911.

“The public shouldn’t overthink it,” Kooistra said, and let medical personal determine if a stroke occurred.

The earlier someone is transported to a stroke treatment center, Kooistra said, the better chance of preventing serious damage.

“Time is of the essence,” he said.

Kooistra said if people think something is wrong, they should seek treatment or activate 911.

If someone experiences one of the symptoms , they have a 70 percent chance of having suffered a stroke, according to Kooistra, and if they have two symptoms, that probability increases to 80 percent.

The longer people wait to address any symptoms, Kooistra said, it’s more likely they’ll suffer longterm problems.

Tim Nangle, the PFD’s EMS supply coordinator, said people sometimes experience a transient ischemic attack — commonly called a mini-stroke — and the symptoms may quickly subside and people think little about what happened to them. He said it’s important those episodes are checked out and treated because they could lead to a much more debilitating incident.

More information about stroke is available at www.strokeawareness.com.

Abbeth Russell of Portland calls herself a street artist “activist.”

She was involved in the city’s rulemaking process.

(DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

The task force recommended the council’s Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee forward new rules that included creating a registry; prohibiting artists from setting up in Bell Buoy Park; preventing people from displaying and selling their work on a sidewalk that is less than eight feet wide; and not allowing them to set up within 10 feet of an existing open retail storefront.

The committee only moved forward on the registry, cordoning off a portion of Bell Buoy Park and defining the public safety hazard standard.

Before ceasing discussion on the street artists item, Councilor Nick Mavodones asked what enforcement strategy is planned to help deal with complaints about street artists forcing pedestrians to walk into the streets because the sidewalks are blocked.

City Manager Mark Rees said while the city doesn’t have the resources to have code enforcement officers on the streets seven days a week, the city plans to do what they can to address those issues.

“From my perspective, there needs to be greater enforcement on a continued basis,” Mavodones said.

Council passes street artist rule changes but drops registry provision

By Craig Lyons THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The Portland City Council adopted two new rules that address artists setting up on the city streets but removed a controversial registry provision.

The two provisions adopted by the council — by a 7-0 vote — will prohibit artists from setting up within a section of Bell Buoy Park that’s needed to access the fire boat and another preventing artists from displays that could constitute a public safety hazard. While approving those two ordinance changes, the council dropped language that would have created a registry for street artists — a measure that was decried as an infringement on First Amendment rights during the committee review.

The spurned registry would have required artists who wished to sell their works on the streets to register with the city clerk at no charge.

Councilor Ed Suslovic proposed the amendment to ditch the registry provision and it passed by a 5-2 vote.

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Duson said she didn’t think that having a voluntary registry put any undue burden on artists and that there ought to be a mechanism for the city to oversee the conduct of commerce in Portland.

The proposed rules related to street artists and vendors were based on the recommendations made by a task force that looked at ways to ease pedestrian congestion in the downtown that was attributed to displays blocking the sidewalks.

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One school’s Catholic teaching

COLUMBUS, Ohio — No one at the Catholic high school that fired Carla Hale in March claimed that she was anything less than a terrific physical education teacher and coach, devoted to the kids and adored by many of them.

No one accused her of bringing her personal life into the gym or onto the fields.

By nature she’s private. And she loved her job too much to risk it that way.

But she lost it nonetheless, and the how is as flabbergasting as the why is infuriating.

Rather suddenly, her mother died, and an hour afterward, she and her brother numbly went through the paces of a standard obituary, listing survivors. Her brother included his wife. So Carla included ––––– her partner, Julie, whom her mother had known well and The New loved. Leaving Julie out would York Times have been unthinkable, though Carla didn’t really think it through at the time. Her grief was still raw.

A parent of one of the school’s students spotted the obituary, and wrote an anonymous letter to the school and to the Diocese of Columbus, saying that they couldn’t allow a woman like Carla to educate Catholic children.

So they don’t, not anymore. In a termination notice, the principal explained that Carla’s “spousal relationship violates the moral laws of the Catholic Church.” That was the sum of the stated grievance

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They’re repainting the decks and wiping off the shelves at the seasonal shanties in OOB — summer menus and wine lists are under construction, and food and liquor pars are being fine tuned.

I-9’s are being filled out and the mandatory two forms of identification, along with the bogus references, are being checked. By this time, tight T-shirts imprinted with eye-catching logos have been ordered and currently existing schedules are being beefed up. All along the coast hospitality training is going on and in a few short weeks the Memorial Day kick off of summer will be upon us. Many people who are “From Away” have camps and summer homes and are the first to arrive.

They are quickly followed by day trippers and vacationers who will spend lots of money in hotels, bars and restaurants all across Vacationland.

Those of us who work in a restaurant or bar year round look forward to the increase in cash flow, but the Masshole-like attitudes (and other obvious indicators of sheer entitlement) of some seasonal guests takes its toll on our patience and sanity.

We would be well served by a weekly supply of a mild sedative

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inserted with our paychecks, or a guided meditation distributed by the Maine Restaurant Association, to help us deal with some of the crazy stuff that comes our way. More than any other time of year, we bite our tongues when outlandish requests are made or typically snide comments are boldly stated.

Since restaurant owners are unlikely to share their Vicodin with hourly employees (most management people have their own prescriptions and are even less likely to share), my Restaurant Creative Consulting Team has come up with great way to fend off the stress and displays of audacity that accompany summer folks. We have made a growing list of things we wish we could say, but can’t and/or won’t because, well, we need our jobs.

Here are the first 10 things

we wish we could say and as the summer progresses, we’ll be adding to the list. Naturally, input from others in the industry is always welcome and aliases are not only expected, but recommended.

1) “How many pints of Mountain Dew refills are you going to let your 12-year old drink?” Not only am I super busy, but the kid is climbing the walls and you waving me down like I’m a taxi cab is really obnoxious.

2) “No. The two of you can’t sit at the table for four by the window, so just sit where the hostess puts you, and stop giving me dirty looks.” Regular customers usually know and respect the seating drill and will request a specific table via reservation, if possible.

3) “Yes. You do have to pay extra for substitutions of items that cost more than those offered with your entree. It says so right on the menu, so why are you even asking me?” That is a standard offense of the earliest snow birds returning from Florida or Arizona and the same people ask for the same substitutions (and get the same answer) year after year.

4) “No, we won’t turn the fans see LADD page 5

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against her, and after more than 18 years at Bishop Watterson High School, Carla, 57, was done.

“The way it all came about was just so unfathomable,” she told me on Sunday. “An obituary?”

I met her and Julie, 48, in their house outside Columbus, where the front lawn was neatly tended, the refrigerator was plastered with photos of relatives, the chocolate lab dozed in his reserved spot on the sectional and Carla kept a box of tissues handy.

Whenever she’s asked what her work meant to her, she cries.

“Every morning,” she said, “from the time you walked into the building, kids would be yelling down the hall, ‘Hey, Miss Hale, what are we going to do today?’ ‘Hey, Miss Hale, I remembered those shoes.’

It felt so comforting.” She had a sense of belonging.

Of purpose.

Even now, after nearly two months of exile from the school, she’s still on what she calls “bell time.”

If the clock on her kitchen wall says 10:45 a.m., the voice in her head says, “Fourth period.”

There’s so much in the media, and in this column, about the progress of gay rights, especially on the marriage front. But in the republic of Georgia just

days ago, Orthodox priests led thousands of people in an antigay attack. In Greenwich Village, a young gay man was fatally shot in what’s been deemed a hate crime.

And at a kitchen table here in central Ohio, a typically cheerful woman dabbed her eyes and wondered aloud what she’d done wrong.

The answer is in one sense simple: she made a life with another woman. While the Catholic Church doesn’t condemn homosexuality per se, it considers any physical expression of it sinful. And Carla’s “public declaration of an extramarital relationship,” meaning the obituary, indicated that she was flouting Catholic tenets and thus breaching her contract, according to a statement the diocese e-mailed me.

But things get complicated when you consider the selectiveness of the church’s outrage, the capriciousness of its mercy.

Until public exposure shamed them, many church leaders protected priests whose sexual transgressions involved minors and were criminal.

Church leaders tolerate teachers at Catholic schools who are married with no kids or with few.

Some are surely using artificial birth control, which the church officially opposes.

Besides which, Carla was guiding students

through sit-ups, not psalms. The school hired her though she’s Methodist, not Catholic. She was then married to a man, but they split and, more than a decade ago, she became involved with Julie.

Perhaps six colleagues met Julie over the years, though they probably weren’t the only ones aware of Carla’s sexual orientation. “I’m sure it was surmised: gym teacher, divorced, short hair, didn’t have a bow in it,” Carla said. “Come on.”

There was no discussion or upset, not until the anonymous letter.

Neither the federal government nor Ohio outlaws employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. Columbus does, though whether it can be applied to religious groups is uncertain. Carla’s lawyer, Thomas Tootle, has filed a complaint with the city anyway.

It’s been a big story here, with thousands of people publicly expressing support for her. She’s moved but mortified. She didn’t seek and doesn’t enjoy the media attention.

“A lot of people want me to be bitter and go after the Catholic Church,” she said, adding that others want to cast her as a lesbian heroine. She just wants her job back, a recognition, she said, “that I’m a moral individual who happens to be gay.”

big shot and tell her how great your meal was.” Look around you! We’re slammed and while your kind words would be appreciated, I’ve already waited too long for the food to come up for table sitting right next to you. The last thing they want is to see the chef out here chit chatting. Besides, there’s a reason most kitchen people like to stay in the kitchen, and, FYI, they’re just as happy with any cash tip that might come their way.

9) “You’ve already paid your bill and asked for your desserts to go ... so GO!” I know! I know! That is a dead horse of an issue. But you have no idea how many times we have all wanted to say that very thing to inconsiderate campers who are at our tables, instead of at Sebago Point campground sitting around their little fire pit.

10) “Stop being so condescending and snooty. We’re all children of the universe here, so quit talking to me like I’m an imbecile.” Perhaps it comes with the territory of being “From Away” and beyond, but it takes thick skin to wait on rude guests night after night. Granted, most people are working to keep the collective consciousness high by at least pretending to be patient, but I have seen many a new hostess

reduced to tears by a thick Jersey accent.

Like most lists, this one goes on and on. As I have been known to say when I complain about the job, this is just part of the charm that comes with sore feet and late nights and not to mention fat cash.

The Down Low: Last week I promised gossip about soccer moms and suburbanites but have been temporarily censored for a greater good. Don’t despair, sadly these stories are far too common and I’m sure I’ll have a doozie soon. Hiring Hint: If you’re looking for a summer restaurant job, now is the time to drop off your resume, even if the place isn’t hiring or has already filled open positions. Many newly hired employees don’t show up or don’t work out, so be ready wrap the apron and run if a last minute call comes your way. In this situation, it’ll be first come, first serve.

‘You’ve already paid your bill and asked for your desserts to go ... so GO!’ LADD from page 4

or air conditioning on, off, up or down.” No one told you to wear that skimpy, age-inappropriate tank top with your pull-’em-in and push-’em up Vicky’s Secret bra showing along with your impossible-tomiss muffin top.

5) “No, you cannot order off the lunch menu at dinner time.” Most of the menu items are the same so let’s face it, you’re just being cheap. If you weren’t, you’d order what you want without making a stink and take half of it home.

6) “I can’t believe you ate that entire, gigantic potion of food! Most people don’t even make a dent.”

That is the opposite of number five, but these are the same people who complain how fat they are, how they refuse to wear a bathing suit and then order dessert. Call us judgmental, but it bugs us.

7) “I don’t care if you’re driving or not. You’re hammered and are making an ass of yourself.” No one cares about your golf game, your new girlfriend, what you did in Vegas (of which we all wish would stay there) or what your stock broker said. Shut up.

8) “No, the chef can’t come out so you can act like a

(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.)

Safety explanation for booting barges doesn’t hold water at the East End Beach After reading the letter from the president of the group which goes by the innocuous title of “Friends of the Eastern Promenade” I feel compelled to supply some details omitted by “Friends” president Diane Davison. The Master Plan quoted by Ms. Davison is no mandate, but rather a very expensive wish list compiled by a group of four Massachusetts engineering firms hired from Portland taxpayer funds for the sole purpose of telling Portland residents how best to utilize their property. I have no issue with getting expert opinions but in the final analysis this report should be utilized in conjunction with the common sense which can only come from local city leaders who have their fingers on the pulse of local needs.

This Master Plan identified the commercial ramp as a “vital link to the islands” and recommended that the City “Do not remove the commercial

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Guest Columnist ramp until a suitable alternative location is developed.”

Due to many geographic restraints far too numerous to go into here, finding a suitable alternative has not been possible. The City has spent numerous hours and many thousands of public dollars over the past 10 years only to determine the that East End is the ONLY feasible location. Now that is not to say a usable ramp couldn’t be developed somewhere but the costs would be extraordinarily prohibitive, and in the end these costs would ultimately be passed on to the islanders who need this ramp for the proper functioning of their communities.

Islanders need to truck commodities and do it efficiently. We constantly need to transport food, fuel, building materials, road materials and dispose of waste products just like our neighbors on the mainland do. Barge access is always a prominent topic whenever the talk of island session pops up and Portland’s ramp is identified as a major point of appreciation for many of the city’s island residents.

Fortunately our city leaders know the local issues and weigh them against the Massachusetts born recommendations and so far they have had the common sense not to fix something that isn’t broken. Ms. Davison’s coveted Master Plan also suggested that the city spend 6.5 million 2003 dollars to improve the park on things like removing the USS Portland memorial and installing all brick sidewalks.

Thank goodness common sense prevails.

So the folks who don’t want to see working trucks driving through their neighborhood now claim that this is a “safety” issue they are addressing.

That’s a nice little buzzword to hide behind when you want to control other peoples lives, much like the overused catchall “security.” Seems like nowadays you can take away any rights or liberties so long as you do so in the interest of “safety” or “security.” I have been working a commercial ferry out of the East End ramp for over 40 years now and I have never once seen a safety issue arise.

What we are talking about here is a road and a parking lot, not a playground. For nine months out of the year we are nearly the only thing going on at the East End, for the other three months we share the facility with recreational boaters and have never had see MULKERN page 6

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What no one wants to hear about Benghazi Congressional hearings, White House damage control, endless op-eds, accusations, and defensive denials.

Controversy over the events in Benghazi last September took center stage in Washington and elsewhere this month. However, the whole discussion is again more of a sideshow. Each side seeks to score political points instead of asking the real questions about the attack on the U.S. facility, which resulted in the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

Republicans smell a political opportunity over evidence that the Administration heavily edited initial intelligence community talking points about the attack to remove or soften anything that might reflect badly on the president or the State Department.

Are we are supposed to be shocked by such behavior? Are we supposed to forget that this kind of whitewashing of facts is standard operating procedure when it comes to the U.S. government?

Democrats in Congress have offered the even less convincing explanation for Benghazi, that somehow the attack occurred due to Republican sponsored cuts in the security budget at facilities overseas. With a $1 trillion military budget, it is hard to take this seriously.

It appears that the Administration scrubbed initial intelligence reports of

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Guest Columnist references to extremist Islamist involvement in the attacks, preferring to craft a lie that the demonstrations were a spontaneous response to an anti-Islamic video that developed into a full-out attack on the U.S. outpost.

Who can blame the administration for wanting to shift the focus? The Islamic radicals who attacked Benghazi were the same people let loose by the U.S.led attack on Libya. They were the rebels on whose behalf the U.S. overthrew the Libyan government.

Ambassador Stevens was slain by the same Islamic radicals he personally assisted just over one year earlier.

But the Republicans in Congress also want to shift the blame. They supported the Obama Administration’s policy of bombing Libya and overthrowing its government. They also repeated the same manufactured claims that Gaddafi was “killing his own people” and was about to commit mass genocide if he were not stopped.

Republicans want to draw attention to the President’s editing talking points

in hopes no one will notice that if the attack on Libya they supported had not taken place, Ambassador Stevens would be alive today.

Neither side wants to talk about the real lesson of Benghazi: interventionism always carries with it unintended consequences. The U.S. attack on Libya led to the unleashing of Islamist radicals in Libya. These radicals have destroyed the country, murdered thousands, and killed the U.S. ambassador. Some of these then turned their attention to Mali which required another intervention by the U.S. and France.

Previously secure weapons in Libya

flooded the region after the U.S. attack, with many of them going to Islamist radicals who make up the majority of those fighting to overthrow the government in Syria. The U.S. government has intervened in the Syrian conflict on behalf of the same rebels it assisted in the Libya conflict, likely helping with the weapons transfers. With word out that these rebels are mostly affiliated with al Qaeda, the U.S. is now intervening to persuade some factions of the Syrian rebels to kill other factions before completing the task of ousting the Syrian government. It is the dizzying cycle of interventionism.

The real lesson of Benghazi will not be learned because neither Republicans nor Democrats want to hear it.

But it is our interventionist foreign policy and its unintended consequences that have created these problems, including the attack and murder of Ambassador Stevens. The disputed talking points and White House whitewashing are just a sideshow.

(Dr. Ron Paul was a Republican member of Congress from Texas.)

The problem appeared to be coming from a select handful of property owners MULKERN from page 5

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I agree with their sentiment. Over the years our vessels coming in and out of the East End have made driving down to waters edge a more interesting endeavor for many folks no matter what their age. If safety really were the issue then why target commercial trucks operated by trained professional drivers when the more likely threat would be the untrained driver towing his massive go-fast boat behind his mini suv with those tiny mirrors blindly backing up across the parking lot?

It just doesn’t add up.

Nearest estimates puts the cost of building a new ramp into the millions. The cost of operating out of a poorly located ramp could easily double the cost of barging goods to the islands. Let’s hope our city leaders continue with the common sense approach of not wasting money on a non-problem.

If you are as dissatisfied with our latest tax increase as I am then perhaps you could email our mayor and voice your support for leaving the East End Commercial ramp as it is.

Despite their title the Friends of the Eastern Promenade are certainly not showing friendship to many of their neighbors who also enjoy the magnificent gem we call the Eastern Promenade. There is no reason why we can’t all appreciate such a wonderful resource and get along while doing so, that’s exactly what we’ve been doing since the 1960’s.

Respectfully.

(Captain Coley Mulkern is a barge captain with LPA Inc. transport service of Peaks Island.)

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Volunteer tour guides sought for Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse Daily Sun Staff Reports

The Spring Point Ledge Light Trust, which protects and preserves the Spring Point Ledge lighthouse near the campus of Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, is seeking volunteers for its summer season.

A day of training for new and returning tour guides for the Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse will be held Saturday, June 1 in Room 105 of Jewett Hall on the Southern Maine Community College campus near the lighthouse, the lighthouse trust reported.

Training will take place from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., including an orientation visit to the lighthouse, weather permitting. Walk-ins are welcome.

Volunteers can work in the ticket booth onshore and/or provide tours inside the lighthouse itself leading visitors on tours, pointing out harbor sights, and educating the public about the lighthouse’s historic role in the harbor’s maritime history.

Previous experience is not necessary. Volunteers who wish to be a tour guide in the lighthouse need to be able to walk out on the 900-foot breakwa-

ter to the lighthouse. Half-day and full-day shifts will be available.

Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Betty Pojak at (866) 570-5703, Prompt 1, for more information.

Lauren McIntyre of Portland catches her breath as she completes one of the many obstacles at the recent Portland Bulldog Challenge held May 18 on the grounds and trails surrounding the Portland Arts and Technology High School. Over 150 competitors ran, crawled and climbed their way through mud, water, culverts and other obstacles to the finish line with proceeds of this inaugural race going to support the athletic programs at Portland High School. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Portland Trails elects new officers, president The Portland Trails board of trustees announced the election of Andy Abrams as president of the board. Rob Levin was elected to serve as vice president.

Susan McClain will continue as treasurer, as will Heather Chandler as secretary, the group reported.

Abrams was elected to the PortAbrams land Trails Board of Trustees in 2006 and has served as on the Executive Committee for the past four years, as well as the Outreach Committee, Membership Committee, and Executive Search Committee.

He is the Vice President of Information Technology at the United Way of Greater Portland and lives with his wife, Priya Natarajan, and their 9-year-old son near Capisic Brook

Trail in Portland. He enjoys introducing new trails to friends by way of running, bicycling and spending as much time outdoors as possible, a press release noted.

As his term as president of the board concluded, John Osborn will continue to serve on the Executive Committee as President Emeritus. Aurelia Scott, former President Emeritus, has served on the Executive Committee for 10 years. She will continue to serve on the board, the group reported.

Also recently elected to the Board of Trustees are Stephen Wells, a Registered Maine Guide and Sporting Equipment Sr. Merchandise Planner for L.L.Bean, and Nathanial Dyer, engineer with Dyer Consulting Services and member of the Recreation and Conservation committee for the city of Westbrook. For details, visit www.trails.org.

Strong field turns out for Bulldog Challenge Taylor Crosby of Portland took first in the female student division of the Portland Bulldog Challenge, held

Saturday, May 18, at Portland Arts & Technology High School at 196 Allen Ave., Portland, according to results posted at www.coolrunning.com.

Crosby finished with a time of 15:54.4.

Mason Martel of Portland placed first in the male student division, out of 11 entrants, with a time of 14:38.3, according to the Cool Running site.

Over 150 competitors participated.

The 2.5-mile course, packed with mud and obstacles, attracted runners from all over Maine and some from out of state. All proceeds from the Portland Bulldog Challenge went to support the Portland High Consolidated Boosters/ Blue & White Club Fund.

In the men’s open division, Scott Derrig of Portland came in first out of the field of 30 entrants, with a time of 12:30.0, according to www.coolrunning.com.

In the women’s open division, Allyson Koenig of Saco came in first out of the field of 30 entrants, with a time of 14:36.6, according to the Cool Running site.

For more information, visit http:// www.coolrunning.com/results/13/me/ May18_Portla_set2.shtml.

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Police chief group takes issue with bill Police chiefs oppose bill to eliminate concealed carry permit requirement

By David Carkhuff THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

On Tuesday, Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck and other members of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association publicly opposed legislation that would eliminate permit requirements for concealed carrying of firearms in Maine, arguing the bill now before a legislative committee would threaten public safety.

The sponsor of the bill, in an interview, said the legislation would not endanger the public, but rather would make it easier for law enforcement officers to do their jobs while guarding the rights of law-abiding citizens.

LD 660, An Act to Enhance Self-Defense by Removing Restrictions on the Carrying and Use of Weapons, among its provisions, “removes the prohibition on concealing a dangerous weapon; and ... removes exceptions to the law prohibiting the carrying of a concealed dangerous weapon,” according to its legislative summary.

On Feb. 26, the bill was referred to the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee in the Maine Legislature.

Rep. Aaron Libby, R-North Waterboro, sponsor of LD 660, said the bill underwent six hours of public hearing last month, and not one person opposed the legislation.

But Sauschuck, flanked by his peers in the association of police chiefs, told media gathered for a press conference Tuesday, “We’ve talked to legislators recently that are concerned that this may have some kind of legs in the State House.”

Currently, Maine’s concealed carry permitting process requires a minimum age, no prior felony convictions and no recent drug convictions or commitments for mental health treatment as well as completion of handgun safety training, the association noted.

These requirements would be eliminated by LD 660, the association stated.

Speaking at the Portland Police Department, Sauschuck said, “This is an issue that the Maine Chiefs of Police Association has voted on and this is an issue that these police chiefs and representatives feel is important enough that they wanted to be here this morning with one voice and speak out

against LD 660.”

The legislation was “built to eliminate this permitting process, to allow for what is commonly referred to nationally as a constitutional carry scenario, which means that any citizen would be able to carry a weapon concealed,” Sauschuck said.

“The permit is an effective tool to enhance public safety,” he said.

On the same morning as the press conference, the Maine Chiefs of Police Association scheduled concealed handgun permits training at Cape Elizabeth Fire Department. Sauschuck said the existing law’s training requirements improve public safety.

“The process that we currently have in place allows us to run a background check on an applicant, that background check would look at criminal history, and it would also look at mental health commitments, so in the state of Maine, primarily at Riverview and Spring Harbor, and it also requires training, an individual would be required to take before an application process,” Sauschuck said.

An alarm went off at 1:16 a.m. Tuesday, officers responded and they found that the main rear entrance door had been damaged and entry had been made, according to Portland Police Lt. James Swett.

Three subjects were taken into custody for trespassing in the city building. One was a male juvenile, 17, from Portland; and the two others were adults, Daniel Harkness, 24, and Kaitlen MacDonald, 24, both also from the Portland area, Swett said.

All three were charged with criminal trespassing and criminal mischief, misdemeanor-level crimes, Swett said.

On Monday, the city of Portland announced that it is seeking development teams to tackle the re-use and redevelopment of the Nathan Clifford School.

The school building has been vacant since it was declared surplus by the school department and was replaced by the new Ocean Avenue Elementary School. During the fall of 2012, the city appointed a citizen task force to recommend potential uses as well as outline a process for finding new owners for the property.

Police had had past contacts with at least one of the suspects, Swett said.

“They offered no resistance once confronted by police,” he said.

They pulled metal mesh back from glass and pushed a window in on the rear door, Swett said.

“They definitely put some effort into getting in,” he said.

A Portland city representative came to take control of the building.

Although the old Nathan Clifford School has sat vacant for months, Swett said police do not have a record of problems at the building.

“It’s not an area where we’ve specifically had any ongoing issues,” he said.

The three-story brick building is named after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Nathan Clifford and first opened April 1, 1909, according to the city. Located in the Oakdale Neighborhood, Swett said the building is in decent condition, “not in disrepair,” and in a “fairly well lit neighborhood,” which are typically not conditions that attract vandals as much as signs of neglect.

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Three arrested for breaking into old Nathan Clifford School

By David Carkhuff THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The former Nathan Clifford School at 180 Falmouth St., which the city is trying to repurpose following its closure, was the target of a break-in this week, resulting in three arrests, the Portland Police Department reported.

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“To eliminate that process in general is a disservice to the citizens of the state of Maine and certainly to the safety of our law enforcement officers who are out on the street,” he said, and urged citizens to call their legislators and express their views.

South Portland Police Chief Ed Googins estimated his department receives half a dozen applications or renewal requests a week.

“In just the past few months, I’ve denied a dozen concealed weapons permit applications, and we have 450 in our community, it’s a very thorough process, and to just throw that out the door just does not make sense,” Googins said.

But Libby said the main beneficiaries of his bill would be the Maine State Police. Maine State Police’s Gaming and Weapons Unit provides concealed handgun permits for approximately 360 municipalities in Maine as well as all out of state permits, according to the agency’s website. Approximately 6,000 permits are processed per year by this unit, the agency reports.

“It’s the State Police that does the majority of the applications,” Libby said.

“I understand the fears at first, but when people really look at the bill it makes common sense, this has no potential of increasing the officer’s risk because they have to walk up to the cars all the time,” and people inside those cars may or may not have a concealed carry permit, Libby said. “None of that is known until they interact with the person anyway. ... The officer doesn’t know until he gets up and starts interacting with the person anyways.”

Libby added, “The bill has nothing to do with who carries a gun, this doesn’t change or add or decrease who can (carry). ... It has nothing to do with who carries, it’s how it’s carried.”

The state’s open carry law allows a person to carry a gun with no background checks or safety courses if they carry the weapon openly. Libby said, “Open carry allows unprohibited carrying of firearms in the open. As soon as you put a jacket on and it goes over your hip, you’re now a criminal.”

In Portland, police have responded to calls about people openly carrying firearms. Sauschuck mentioned the open carry law during Tuesday’s press conference, saying, “There are a multitude of issues around open carry vs. concealed carry, and in my instance, open carry is a terrible idea, it’s something that negatively impacts the community, the citizens of Portland and our officers.”

With concealed carry regulations, Libby said police could be unburdened of the paperwork requirements of the permit law.

“That money could be used to actually catch criminals, not to slow down the process for law-abiding citizens,” he said.

“While I can appreciate an individual representative’s attempt at making our lives easier, to me this isn’t a question of resource allocation, because we do spend a lot of time and energy around this permitting process, it’s about public safety,” Sauschuck said.

“If you’re a valid permit-holding individual,” Sauschuck said, “and we have contact with you, we know the process that has taken place, that application has been vetted, you are not a criminal in possession of that, and we have an opportunity to follow through with that information. What we’re saying with LD 660, is if you’re a drug dealer, come into the state of Maine and carry concealed, and there’s no ramifications against that.”

Libby said his bill does not eliminate the actual concealed weapons permit because there are gun owners who will still want a permit if they want to use it for reciprocity when traveling to other states.

Rather, the legislation, he said, would eliminate permit requirements for concealed carrying of firearms so the general public could choose not to apply for a permit.

“This actually is a benefit to all, the Maine resident, the law abiding citizen, can have possession of

ABOVE: Pictured at Tuesday’s press conference at the Portland Police Department are (from left) Gorham police Lt. Christopher Sanborn, Chief Michael Morrill of Yarmouth, Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce, Chief Richard Rizzo of Brunswick, Chief Gerald Schofield from Freeport, Chief Michael Field from Bath and Chief Joe Charron from Cumberland. Also in attendance but not pictured were Chief Robert Moulton of Scarborough, Chief Ed Googins of South Portland and Chief Ed Tolan of Falmouth. LEFT: Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck and South Portland’s Googins. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

a gun and not be questioned to carry,” he said.

Alaska, Wyoming, Arizona and Vermont all have similar legislation, and in April, Arkansas just passed a similar bill, Libby said.

“It’s the second time I’ve put this bill in, and this bill on the surface looks extreme and sounds extreme but if you look at it it’s very common sense and it can actually increase the crime fighting of the officers because they can concentrate on real criminals,” Libby said.

He added, “A criminal does not go and get a concealed weapons permit.”

The bill received a 7-6 “ought not to pass” vote, Libby said, but he said he is still waiting to hear about committee action, and noted that the minority

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vote of support was bipartisan. The vote could “flip” if the measure is brought to the full legislative body, Libby said.

Most fundamentally, Libby said the bill would rectify a constitutional issue.

“I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and I believe our current law is in violation of the Maine Constitution,” he said.

Article I, Section 16, of the Maine Constitution reads: “Every citizen has a right to keep and bear arms and this right shall never be questioned.”

Sauschuck said court cases have legitimized reasonable limits on Second Amendment rights.

“Point blank this is a bad piece of legislation and one I do not support,” he said.

Today’s Birthdays: Singer Charles Aznavour is 89. Actor Michael Constantine is 86. Conductor Peter Nero is 79. Actor-director Richard Benjamin is 75. Actor Frank Converse is 75. Actress Barbara Parkins is 71. Songwriter Bernie Taupin is 63. Actor-producer Al Corley is 57. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is 56.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Solutions are at hand when helping hands are around you. Honest, practical people don’t care about who gets the credit; they just want to get the job done.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Because you prize the beauty of imagination and wonder, you’re careful not to interfere with what other people believe. Even asking questions can threaten a belief system. You’d rather mind your own business.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Is experience really the best teacher? For today, anyway, the manual will have her beat. Don’t fumble around trying to figure it out in real time when someone else has already written down exactly how to do it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You will devote yourself to investigations of the unknown, and not because you want to uncover the mysteries of life, but because you want to enjoy them. You appreciate the fascinating magic of unanswered questions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Usually a social butterfly, today you’ll be more like the flower: a stationary attraction that has all the other butterflies flittering about and occasionally landing for a visit.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Don’t expect yourself to know everything already.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re more like a lone wolf than a lion today. There’s something you must do on your own. You want the freedom of going where your instincts lead you without having to compromise along the way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You are socially generous. You know when to step up, get the ball rolling, tell a good story, ask an astute question and, perhaps most importantly, when to get off the stage.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It is not difficult for you to form bonds. In fact, sometimes it’s a little too easy. Many people want to be close to you, and yet there’s not enough time in the day for so many associations. Choosing wisely will be key now.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 22, 1913, the American Cancer Society was founded in New York by a group of doctors and business leaders under its original name, the American Society for the Control of Cancer.

On this date: In 1813, composer Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Germany.

In 1860, the United States and Japan exchanged ratifications of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce during a ceremony in Washington.

In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared before Congress to explain his decision to veto a bill that would have allowed World War I veterans to cash in bonus certificates before their 1945 due date.

In 1939, the foreign ministers of Germany and Italy, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Galeazzo Ciano, signed a “Pact of Steel” committing the two countries to a military alliance.

In 1947, the Truman Doctrine was enacted as Congress appropriated military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey.

In 1960, an earthquake of magnitude 9.5, the strongest ever measured, struck southern Chile, claiming some 1,655 lives.

In 1963, Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis was attacked by right-wingers after delivering a speech in Thessaloniki; he died five days later.

(The assassination inspired a book as well as the 1969 Costa-Gavras film “Z.”) In 1968, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. (The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.)

In 1969, the lunar module of Apollo 10, with Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard, flew to within nine miles of the moon’s surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.

In 1972, President Richard Nixon began a visit to the Soviet Union, during which he and Kremlin leaders signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

The island nation of Ceylon became the republic of Sri Lanka.

In 1981 “Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe was convicted in London of murdering 13 women and was sentenced to life in prison.

In 1992, after a reign lasting nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson hosted NBC’s “Tonight Show” for the last time.

Ten years ago: The U.N. Security Council gave the U.S. and Britain a mandate to rule Iraq, ending 13 years of economic sanctions.

Five years ago: A Texas appeals court said the state had no right to take more than 400 children from a polygamist group’s ranch the previous month. (The children were returned to their parents.)

One year ago: The Falcon 9, built by billionaire businessman Elon Musk, sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies, marking the first time a commercial spacecraft had been sent to the orbiting outpost. In Flint, Mich., Elias Abuelazam, a drifter accused of faking car trouble, then stabbing strangers who came to his aid, was convicted of murdering handyman Arnold Minor after jurors rejected an insanity defense.

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Dear Annie: My wife and I are caught up in our son’s dysfunctional marriage. “Martin” and his wife have three children together, and he has an older child from a previous marriage. All of the children are wonderful. They do well in school. But their mom and dad hate each other, drink too much and fight constantly.

Martin was recently fired after several incidents at work, some of them physical. They lost their home and now rent.

They each accuse the other of being crazy and stupid. One sleeps constantly. They do not communicate in any way. They have given up hope of ever being happy or ever achieving anything.

We listen to them and can’t decide who is right or wrong.

We think they are both at fault, but we have no idea how to help them. Divorce is out of the question. They’ve been to counseling and thought it was a joke. We’re getting too old for this. -- Usually Have an Answer Dear Usually: There is no definitive “right” or “wrong.”

Your son and his wife have an alcohol problem and other issues that they are not addressing. No one should endure such an unhappy life if things can be done to make it better.

Please urge them to go back to counseling for their children’s sake. If they didn’t like the first counselor, they can look for someone who is a better fit. They can go separately or together. They also should look for a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the kids can check out Alateen (al-anon. alateen.org). In the meantime, please offer to take those children into your home as often as possible so they have some semblance of stability.

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Pingree joins amendment effort to exempt Portland pipeline from Keystone XL legislation Daily Sun Staff Reports U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, along with two Democratic members of Congress from New Hampshire, is backing legislation which would make sure that proposals to streamline permitting for the Keystone XL pipeline would not apply to the Portland-Montreal pipeline.

According to The Hill, the House will likely pass a bill this month to Pingree expedite construction of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, based on a memo from Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.

“Known as the Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3), it passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee by a 24-17 vote last month,” The Hill reported.

Republicans have accused President Obama of delaying a decision on the Canada-to-Texas pipeline, which is currently under federal review, and sought to speed up the process, the article stated.

Pingree is backing an amendment written by U.S. Rep. Carol Shea Porter of New Hampshire to H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act, that clearly states that nothing in the bill should be construed to apply to the Portland-Montreal Pipeline. U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., is also co-sponsoring the bill.

“The bill we are taking up this week is irresponsible and risky and sets a dangerous precedent by letting the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline skip important environmental regulations,” Pingree said. “I’m adamantly opposed to the bill but if Republicans succeed in getting it through the House it should at least include language that makes it clear that it doesn’t apply to the Portland Pipeline.”

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clarifies that the expedited process made available for Keystone will not be used to short-circuit any environmental review for possible changes to the Portland to Montreal pipeline. It is possible that there may be an attempt to reverse this aging pipeline, which was designed to transport fuel from Portland to Montreal, in order to transport Canadian tar sands out to the Atlantic. New Hampshire residents have significant concerns about the potential environmental and economic impact such a decision could have on the region.”

In April, Shea-Porter joined New Hampshire’s Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Kuster in sending a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry requesting a thorough investigation before allowing implementation of any proposal for existing New Hampshire pipelines to reverse their flow and transport oil sands, also known as tar sands oil.

Two parties busted amid prom detail Two parties were located and a variety of charges were filed as the result of an enforcement effort timed to correspond with high school proms in Maine.

Scarborough Police Department, which had four of its Special Enforcement Officers working the detail, reported the enforcement team found violations on its first outing in Cumberland County.

On Saturday night, May 18, 20 officers from departments all over Cumberland County conducted the first Cumberland County Underage Drinking Enforcement Task Force patrol, the department reported on its Facebook page.

“With funding from the Maine Office of Substance Abuse, these officers went out and monitored five area proms that started in Portland but ended up in a variety of communities,” the Scarborough Police Department reported. “The goal was to look for any after-prom events where alcohol was being served to minors. With 20 officers, they were able to effectively patrol communities which had proms and respond to any calls for large parties. The detail stretched from Bridgton and Naples where Lake Region High School had their prom, to Cape Elizabeth where Cape students enjoyed their prom. Officers from the Maine State Police, Westbrook, Falmouth, South Portland, Scarborough, Cumberland, Cape Elizabeth and Brunswick worked all night to ensure the safety of local high school students and others.”

In Falmouth, officers located a party at 15 Marston St. and summonsed Russell Moulton, 21, who lives at that address, for furnishing liquor to a minor, police reported. In addition, four minors were cited for possession of alcohol by a minor.

In Cape Elizabeth, officers from the detail responded to 19 Scott Dyer Road for a report of an underage drinking party and arrested resident Joseph Long, 20, for obstructing government administration, furnishing liquor to a minor and falsifying physical evidence, police said. In addition to Long’s arrest, nine minors were cited for possession of alcohol by a minor, police reported.

Neither of these parties was prom-related, Scarborough Police Department said.

Additionally, officers around the county working the detail had numerous contacts with teens as they patrolled rural and urban areas, Scarborough Police Department said.

According to Capt. Tom Roth of Westbrook Police Department, who chaired the task force, this was a successful event. “Our inaugural event was truly a success,” he said. “We thwarted two parties where minors were supplied alcohol, checked in on all the area proms and patrolled much of the county.”

Roth said that despite the prom night reputation for one of having alcohol involved, minors are learning from past events.

“We have all seen the tragic news stories showing fatal accidents on prom night and hopefully these events are shaping how our youth make decisions,” he said.

The prom details will continue through 2014 and will include more county-wide patrols, as well as targeted patrols, police said.

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Wednesday, May 22 Hall School blood drive to honor school nurses

7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “Fifth graders at Portland’s Hall Elementary School are working with the American Red Cross on a blood drive to honor school nurses. The drive will take place on May 22 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the gym of Hall School, 23 Orono Road. To find out more and to sign up, call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org. 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. 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.”

‘The Retrofitting Movement’ by MEREDA

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. “The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) will host ‘The Retrofitting Movement: Repositioning Underutilized Commercial Real Estate’ will take place on Wednesday, May 22 at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland, with a social hour to follow. Admission is $95 and pre-registration is required. MEREDA members are offered a $20 discount and, this year, students and municipal officials and employees are offered free admission with pre-registration. The conference is sponsored by Blais Civil Engineers, Libby Hill, Mainebiz, Pierce Atwood, EnviroVantage, Building Envelope Specialists, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, SMRT and Sevee & Maher Engineers. Conversation around the cutting-edge concept of retrofitting and creative re-use planning at the annual spring conference, scheduled for May 22 in Portland. “MEREDA will welcome to Maine a leading expert on the topic of retrofitting, Ellen Dunham-Jones, and will host a panel of local experts.

Additionally, MEREDA will recognize the six most noteworthy and significant Maine commercial development projects from the previous year at the conference. Dunham-Jones is a leading authority on suburban redevelopment. She has been featured in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Harvard Design Magazine, Urban Land, Planning, Architectural Record, TEDx and other venues. Co-author of Retrofitting Suburbia, Dunham-Jones will share case studies of underperforming asphalt properties that have been redesigned and redeveloped into vital centers of community. Her presentation will focus on adaptive reuse of vacant buildings, environmental repair, revising zoning codes and public works standards and providing easements for future connectivity and adaptability. Local experts who will participate on the panel include Sarah Schindler of the University of Maine School of Law, Denis Lachman of Lachman Architects & Planners, Tex Haeuser of the City of South Portland, Vanessa Farr of the Town of Yarmouth and Craig Gorris of The Maine Mall. Each have been involved in the retrofitting movement and will support Dunham-Jones’ presentation by addressing some of the practical challenges and opportunities with respect to retrofitting in Maine communities.”

For more information and to register, visit www.mereda.org.

MOFGA Farm Training Project workshops

5 p.m. Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association’s Farm Training Project workshops begin on May 22!

These workshops, organized by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, are designed for and targeted to participants in MOFGA’s Apprenticeship Program but are free and open to anyone who is interested. The first workshops this season are titled “Starting with the Soil: Sustainable Soil Management.” They take place on Wednesday, May 22, at 5 p.m. at Six River Farm in Bowdoinham and on Thursday, May 23, at 5 p.m. at Village Farm in Freedom.

“Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and at www.mofga.org.”

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5 p.m. “Maine Historical Society is pleased to announce the redesign and launch of Vintage Maine Images website.

We look forward to celebrating this milestone with you and introducing our business partner initiative.” 5 p.m. Arrival, Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres. 5:15 p.m. Remarks by Portland Mayor Michael Brennan, MHS Executive Director Stephen Bromage. 5:30 p.m. “Vintage Maine Images and Your Business” presentation by MHS Image Services Coordinator Dani Fazio with Gretchen Roy, Szanton Company. 5:45 p.m. to 7 p.m. Refreshments, Music by Ms. H., Vintage Photo Booth, View the exhibit Vintage Maine Images: A Website Comes to Life. Cocktails by Maine Mead Works, Local beer by Shipyard Brewery, Hors d’oeuvres by Dandelion Catering. Host Committee: Evan Carroll & Sasha Salzberg, BILD Architecture; Edwige Charlot, Creative Portland; Tony Cox, Casco Bay Frames & Gallery; Nancy Montgomery & Jack Vreeland, Montgomery Design; Patrick Roche, Think

Today at 5:30 p.m., the public can attend a meeting of the Congress Square Redesign Study Group, Portland City Council Chambers. Rockbridge Capital representatives have unveiled plans, a Westin Portland Harborview proposal for purchase of a portion of Congress Square Plaza for development of an event facility. Westin Portland Harborview is the new hotel replacing the historic Eastland Park Hotel. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) Tank Coworking; Gretchen Roy, The Szanton Company/ Saco Falls Management; Nancy Trottier, Portland Regional Chamber.” Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland. http://www.mainehistory.org

Westin Portland Harborview proposal

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Rockbridge Capital representatives have unveiled plans on the Westin Portland Harborview proposal for purchase of a portion of Congress Square Plaza for development of an event facility. The public is invited to a meeting of the Congress Square Redesign Study Group, Portland City Council Chambers. This will be an opportunity for the CSRSG to review the revised proposal and send their comments and recommendations to the Housing and Community Development Committee and City Council. http://www.ci.portland.me.us

Screening of ‘Welcome to Lee Maine‘

6 p.m. to 8 p.m. At One Longfellow Square, Portland (doors open at 5:30 p.m.), coordinated by Maine Military and Community Network, Portland Chapter. Cost: Free (Donations recommended). “ A film screening of ‘Welcome to Lee Maine.’ On June 23, 2007 his mother’s birthday, Joel House was killed by an IED while on patrol in Taji, Iraq. He was 22.

On November 30, 2007 Blair Emery was killed by an IED while on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq. Blair was 24. Both soldiers were from Lee, Maine. ‘Welcome to Lee Maine’ is a film about a small close-knit community in rural Maine; (pop 845) that must deal with devastating news that it has become the smallest community in America to lose two sons in the Iraq War. Lee, Maine is a town with strong Christian, patriotic and traditional values that struggles to overcome the shared heartbreak. While many have very different views of the war, they are united in their support of the families and each other in their loss. The evening will feature a panel of Cumberland County veterans immediately following the screening — giving the public a rare opportunity to hear firsthand from the veterans themselves about their experiences serving and their lives here at home. The panel will include Veterans of Afghanistan, Iraq, Korea, Vietnam, and WWII, plus family members, and Veteran service providers. ... The Maine Military and Community Network (MMCN) seeks to provide a bridge between military members, their families, and the communities in which they live and work.

The network is a collaborative effort between Portland area agencies including: Preble Street Resource Center, Pinetree Legal, The Portland Vet Center, University of Southern Maine, Career Services, and many others. Clifford Trott, PhD, the local MMCN chapter coordinator, serves as the Team Leader at the Portland Vet Center, a center providing readjustment counseling and services to Veterans and their families.” http://www.portlandmaine.gov/

‘Maine’s Financial Time Bomb’

6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Maine Heritage Policy Center

presents “Maine’s Financial Time Bomb” with Stephen A. Moses, president, Center for Long-Term Care Reform.

“Did you know that the Pine Tree State has one of the oldest average populations in the United States? Did you know that Maine also has one of the most generous Medicaid-funded long-term care programs in the nation?

Are you aware that people with hundreds of thousands of dollars in wealth routinely qualify for that public assistance program, i.e. welfare? Meanwhile, Maine faces serious budget problems and struggles to finance basic government programs (education, public safety, and funding for roads). So, how are your finances? Are you struggling financially? Should you — the Maine taxpayer — have to foot the long-term care bill for wealthy Mainers and other recent New England transplants? It’s time for us to take our medicine and come to terms with reality.”

6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, Schooners Seafood & Steakhouse, 5 South Main St., Brewer; noon to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, May 23, DiMillo’s On the Water, 25 Long Wharf, Portland. For additional information, please contact Kate Clark by phone at 321-2550 or by e-mail at kclark@mainepolicy.org.

South Portland Historical Society

6:30 p.m. Annual Meeting of the South Portland Historical Society, 6:30 p.m., at the South Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Road. Guest lecturer, Bud Warren will present a lecture: “Tide Mills in and around South Portland.” “Warren is a maritime historian and one of the founding members of the Tide Mill Institute. He will help us learn what a tide mill was, how they worked, and he will explore with us the tidal mills around this area, such as were found at Mill Creek and Long Creek.” Admission to the lecture is free for current members of the South Portland Historical Society; non-members may attend with a $10 donation. FMI, call the Society at 767-7299.

South Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Road, South Portland. May 22. 6:30 p.m. Free for current members of South Portland Historical Society; $10 donation for non-members. www.sphistory.org

Raised Bed Gardening

7 p.m. “Please join us on May 22 at 7 p.m. with guest speaker Richard Brzozowski from the University of Maine to learn more about Raised Bed Gardening. 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. The last gardening presentation for this year will be with Kate McCarty and will cover Food Preservation please feel free to join us for that on Sept. 25. Questions please contact David at 854-5753 or by email at gowenfrm@gwi.net.” see next page

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Thursday, May 23 Casco Bay High project about Malaga Island

11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Sophomores at Casco Bay High School in Portland will present their research and original historical fiction about Malaga Island in Phippsburg, formerly the site of a mixed race fishing community. A century ago, state officials evicted residents from the island and sent several to the Maine School for the Feeble-Minded.”

Talbot Lecture Hall, Luther Bonney, University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus. “This project is the culmination of students’ year-long investigation of the question, ‘How do we identify and treat the other?’ Experts who will respond to the work include the archeologist who led a dig on Malaga Island and a representative from the Maine State Museum, which currently has an exhibit about the island.”

Author Gail Rowe in Cumberland

2 p.m. “Gail Rowe will be at the Prince Memorial Library in Cumberland for the Meet the Author series at 2 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. Rich with historical details, this ‘remarkable tale captures a lost way of life in rural Maine … strikingly candid.’”

Screening of short films by Walter Ungerer

7 p.m. “On Thursday, May 23, St. Lawrence Arts will present a program of his recent short films including his latest work ‘Mauvais Garçon/Bad Boy’ involving a conversation with Portland artist Lisa Dombek, fine art photographer Dianna Rust, and Walter Ungerer himself. There will be a Q & A at the conclusion of the program. Walter Ungerer is a longtime filmmaker and artist of international reputation, beginning with the underground film scene in NYC in the early 1960s, continuing through to the 21st century in Maine. Ungerer’s works have been shown at festivals and competitions throughout the world including Florence, Tours, Athens, Hong Kong, Houston, Tate, UK and MoMA, N.Y. Two of Ungerer’s films with recent success on the international festival circuit are ‘Parva Sed Apta Mihi’ (Factory Art, Berlin, Germany Alchemy Festival, Scotland; Experimental Film Festival, Oregon) and ‘Green Eye’ (Atlanta Film Festival). They will be on the program.”

‘Images of Johnny Appleseed’

7 p.m. Maine Historical Society. “Images of Johnny Appleseed: Saint or Buffoon? Speaker: Russell Powell. John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, is among America’s most widely misunderstood folk heroes. Chapman (1774-1845) is widely credited with spreading the apple gene in America. But while schoolchildren everywhere learn some variation of Appleseed’s story, it is usually inflated by myth. It seems as if we cannot decide whether to revere Chapman or ridicule him, and many depictions do both. ... Powell discusses Chapman and his legacy at length in his new book about apple growing in the United States, ‘America’s Apple’ (2012, Brook Hollow Press).” https://www.mainehistory.org

Friday, May 24 Young Athletes Festival

9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Special Olympics Maine will offer its first annual Young Athletes Festival for children ages 2 ½ to 8 who have Intellectual Disabilities or Autism. The Festival will take place at the Frank H. Harrison Middle School In Yarmouth and will be conducted by Special Olympics Maine and the eighth grade students from the school. Young Athletes is an introduction to the sports offered by Special Olympics, for young children with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism. Participants will learn about catching, balance, striking, kicking, jumping, throwing and more. The students at Frank H. Harrison Middle school will run the children through a variety of fun stations throughout the event. The children will also have a chance to enjoy parachute time, bubbles, face painting, a snack and more. Each participating child will also receive a T-shirt and a medal at the end. The best part about the Festival … it is free! And you can bring similar aged siblings or class mates along also.”

Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum

10 a.m. The 2013 season of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum, Route 26, New Gloucester, will open on May 24, at 10 a.m. The museum is open Mondays through Saturdays (closed Sundays), 10-4:30 through Oct. 14. Tours.

Exhibits. Special events. Museum shop 926-4597. www. shaker.lib.me.us.

‘Do Your Divorce Right’ authors at PPL

noon. “Justice Andrew Horton and Justice David Kennedy to speak about their book “Do Your Divorce Right” at the Portland Public Library’s Local Author Series, Friday, May 24 at noon in Meeting Room No. 5. “This book is written for people who aren’t lawyers and who are thinking about going to family court, who are already involved with a family law case, or who have a family member or friend involved in a pending or active family law case. As judges, the authors have presided over more than 10,000 trials or other courtroom events in family law cases. Divorce is one of the most significant life changing experiences a person will ever live through. However, it is a process, not an event. The process goes on long after the legal aspects of the divorce are complete. The process operates on at least four levels — legal, emotional, financial, spiritual. This book attempts to address all of these levels in an interrelated manner.”

Slides of two-week visit in Israel/Palestine

7 p.m. “Five New England Episcopal activists, members of the 800-strong women’s organization The Outreach Committee of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross, will make a talk/slide presentation of their two-week visit in Israel/Palestine earlier this year. Their trip was sponsored by Sabeel, the Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in East Jerusalem. Topics to be covered include home demolitions, refugee camps, the separation wall, the spirit of the Palestinian people, Kairos Palestine, Rabbis for Human Rights and interfaith nonviolent direct action. Wishcamper Center, 42-44 Bedford St., room 133, University of Southern Maine, Portland campus. Sponsored by a coalition of peace and justice and religious organizations. Q/A session will follow the talk. Palestinian olive oil will be on sale. FMI: 239-8060; mvprights@gmail.com.”

Kierkegaard’s 200th birthday

7 p.m. “This May 24-26, St. Ansgar Lutheran Church in Portland will be celebrating Soren Kierkegaard’s 200th birthday and exploring his philosophies. The centerpiece of the weekend will be ‘Seducer/Philosopher/Pietist: Reflections on the life and thought of Kierkegaard,’ a presentation

by Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee. Among the panelists are Jeremiah Conway, USM Philosophy Professor and author of the recent book The Alchemy of Teaching. The presentation will be followed by lunch and a panel conversation. All events, including lunch, are free of charge. For a complete schedule of events or list of speakers, call 774-8740, email sk@saintansgar. org, or go to www.saintansgar.org. Happy 200th Birthday, Kierkegaard! (free film; presentation and panel discussion; lunch; worship with Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, guest preacher). Friday, May 24 at 7 p.m. — ‘The Seventh Seal,’ the Kierkegaard-influenced film by Ingmar Bergman, with free popcorn! Saturday, May 25 at 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Presentation by Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, followed by complimentary lunch and panel discussion. Sunday, May 26 at 10 a.m. Worship with Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, guest preacher. St. Ansgar Lutheran Church, 515 Woodford Street, Portland (corner of Woodford Street and Brighton Avenue). Cost: All events are free. RSVP to sk@saintansgar. org or 774-8740. (RSVP appreciated but not required.)”

Saturday, May 25 Limington Extension Yard Sales

8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Limington Extension Yard Sales on Saturday, May 25 and every dry Saturday in June, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., 476 Sand Pond Road, Limington. Shower gel 25 cents, jeans $2. Hundreds of 25 cent items. Benefits BEHS scholarships. FMI 692-2989.

Friends of the Maine Wildlife Park plant sale

9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. “It must be spring, because it’s time for the Friends of the Maine Wildlife Park annual and extremely popular annual plant sale on Saturday, May 25 through Memorial Day Monday, May 27. The Friends volunteer group helps out the wildlife park in so many ways; this year’s fundraising is specifically for a new and more spacious Canada lynx exhibit. Learn more about the Friends’ ongoing projects and enjoy great bargains on spring plants, including annual and perennial flowers, vegetables & floral baskets grown in their own greenhouses! There are hundreds of geraniums this year — so make a point to stop at the park first when you get ready to plant your Memorial Day baskets!” The Maine Wildlife Park has over 30 species of native wildlife on display, plus wildlife gardens, nature trails, a fish hatchery and other interactive exhibits and displays. The park is open daily from April 13 through Nov. 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; visitors must leave the premises by 6 p.m. www.wildlifeparkfriends.org

Creator Expo at Casco Bay High

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sam Pierce, a senior at Casco Bay High School in Portland, is hosting a Creator Expo on May 25 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the school, located at 196 Allen

Avenue. The event is free and open to the public. Sam is seeking people who explore the possibilities of what they can dream up and build using their minds and tools, and the minds and tools of their friends. They could be garage inventors, sculptors, artists, engineers, chefs, scientists, crafters, artists or others who don’t fit into any category.

The expo aims to bring together families and individuals to celebrate the Do-It-Yourself mindset and showcase all kinds of incredible projects. For additional information, questions or a desire to participate in this event, please contact Sam Pierce at portlandminimaker@gmail.com.

Guided Nature Hikes in New Gloucester

10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Guided Nature Hikes through the fields and woods of Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester, will be available at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Highlights include Loon’s Point on Sabbathday Lake, Aurelia’s Cascade, Old Grandfather and the Old County Road. Fees: $5, adults; $2, children; under 6, free. 9264597. www.shaker.lib.me.us.

Kierkegaard’s 200th birthday luncheon

10:30 a.m. “This May 24-26, St. Ansgar Lutheran Church in Portland will be celebrating Soren Kierkegaard’s 200th birthday and exploring his philosophies. The centerpiece of the weekend will be ‘Seducer/Philosopher/Pietist: Reflections on the life and thought of Kierkegaard,’ a presentation by Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee. Saturday, May 25 at 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Presentation by Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, followed by complimentary lunch and panel discussion.”

Rich Woodall at Coast City Comics

1 p.m. to 6 p.m. “Rich Woodall, the artist for the Phantom Variant cover of IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles No. 22, will be in the store for an exclusive signing event! We are the only store in Maine that carries these extremely limited covers, so this is a unique opportunity to have one of these special covers signed by the artist! Rich modeled the TMNT No. 22 Phantom Variant off of Todd McFarlane’s cover art for Hulk No. 340! It’s a great cover, and we’re really excited to host Rich for this event!” Coast City Comics. http:// coastcitycomics.com

March Against Monsanto

2 p.m. “Tens of thousands of activists around the world will March Against Monsanto. Events are planned to occur simultaneously at 2 p.m. Eastern in 47 U.S. states, six continents, at least 41 countries, and over 338 participating cities.”

In Portland, the rally and march will take place in Monument Square. “Prior to the march, co-sponsoring members of ARRT! (Artist Rapid Response Team- a project of the Union of Maine Visual Artists), the Green Initiatives Education Fund, Food and Water Watch, and MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) will be meeting in Deering Oaks Park from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the Farmers’ Market to make signs and banners while educating the public about GMO. The rally will begin at 2 p.m. and end around 3:30 p.m.” Visit www. greeninitiativeseducation.org, emailmarchagainstmonsanto. portland@gmail.com or call 766-6448.

‘I’m your neighbor’ reading event

3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The City of Portland says “I’m your neighbor” with a city-wide read of “New Arrival” literature; kickoff event Saturday, May 25 in Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library. “In the midst of a national conversation about immigration and assimilation, the refugee resettlement city of Portland, Maine, is debating, not policy or safety, but which book to read first. ‘I’m Your Neighbor, Portland,’ a collaboration between Portland Public Library and Curious City, will kick off at the Main Library on Monument Square on May 25. The year-long, city-wide read and series of public events is designed to promote a sense of community among the diverse people who make the port city their home, featuring nine books for children and adults that are set in Maine’s ‘new arrival’ communities. The characters and subjects of these books made Maine their home in the last several decades and helped transform Portland into a vibrantly multiracial and multicultural community.”

Civil War talk by MacIsaac at the Fifth Maine

7 p.m. Kim MacIsaac, Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Curator, Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island. $5 per person. “The Civil War exacted an enormous loss of life and property on Americans, both North and South.

How did those on the battlefields and at home cope with the war and its aftermath? What was the emotional toll paid by civilians and soldiers? Fifth Maine curator, Kim MacIsaac, looks at how the soldiers and their families dealt with death and loss on the battlefield and at home both during and after the war. The Fifth Maine Regiment Museum is a nonprofit museum and cultural center housed in the 1888 Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall. Its mission is the preservation of Civil War and local history. To that end the museum offers a wide variety of lectures, concerts, tours, youth education programs, and community activities. Membership is open to the public.”

Call 766-3330 or email fifthmaine@juno.com.

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