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Tom MacMillan (front right), chair of the Portland Green Independent Party, and David Boyer, of the Marijuana Policy Project, were joined by supporters of an initiative to legalize marijuana in Portland on Thursday when they delivered petitions that were signed by more than 3,200 people to get legalization on the November ballot. The petitions were circulated by Citizens for a Safer Portland coalition. City clerk’s staff are shown behind the counter. (CRAIG LYONS PHOTO)

Joys of teaching — See Telly Halkias, page 4

Joints and jurisdictions

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— See Cliff Gallant’s column, page 6

column, page 4

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Two diplomats met uneven fates in Benghazi uproar

By Mark Landler THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — The political tempest over last September’s deadly attacks on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, has left a path of dented careers in its wake. But as with many storms, the residual damage is proving to be distinctly uneven.

Consider the cases of Susan E. Rice and Victoria Nuland, two high-ranking diplomats whose internal roles were put on display when the White House released e-mails this month documenting how the administration drafted its official talking points about the attacks, which killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

Ms. Rice, the ambassador to the United Nations and the favorite to be President Obama’s next national security adviser, continues to be criticized

by Senate Republicans for going on Sunday news programs a few days after the attacks to deliver the talking points, which later proved to be inaccurate.

But the e-mails reinforced her lack of involvement in the drafting process.

Ms. Nuland, a former State Department spokeswoman nominated by Mr. Obama to be an assistant secretary of state, was backed by some of the same Republicans, even though the e-mails show she pushed to edit the talking points — a process critics say was calculated to airbrush the White House’s account of the attacks for political reasons.

What accounts for the different treatment?

There are several factors, according to administration and Congressional officials, from personal relationships to the difference between a behindthe-scenes bureaucrat and a political ally who becomes the public face of the White House. But politics looms above all.

“Susan Rice was exposed because at a critical moment, she was out there with a narrative about President Obama’s foreign policy that the Republicans couldn’t abide,” said Aaron David Miller, a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

“Toria was buried in the internal bureaucratic ticktock,” Mr. Miller said, using Ms. Nuland’s nickname. “She is also someone who has very good contacts across the aisle, and around Washington.

Susan fits the Republican anti-Obama narrative; Toria does not.”

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Ms. Rice, by contrast, was a former Clinton administration official and a foreign policy adviser to Mr. Obama in his 2008 campaign, during which she tangled with the Republican nominee, Senator John McCain. When Ms. Rice emerged as a leading candidate for secretary of state after Mr. Obama’s re-election, Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican, became one of her most formidable opponents on Capitol Hill. Under pressure, she eventually pulled her name from consideration.

Last week, Mr. McCain rejected a senior White House official’s argument that Republicans owed Ms. Rice an apology. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said that rather than an apology, Ms. Rice deserved a subpoena to explain why she misled the public by delivering talking points that were later retracted as erroneous.

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In some ways, Ms. Rice and Ms. Nuland, who both declined to comment for this article, had parallel experiences with Benghazi. Neither was involved in security decisions surrounding the American mission or an adjacent Central Intelligence Agency annex.

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Defenders of Ms. Nuland said she had pushed back on the C.I.A.’s initial account because it went beyond what she had told reporters and because it protected the agency at the expense of the State Department — noting, for example, that the C.I.A. had issued multiple warnings about terrorist threats in Libya.

Defenders of Ms. Rice said the talking points she delivered represented the best assessment of the intelligence community on the Sunday after the attack. She emphasized that this assessment could change with new information, and expressed regret later for saying Al Qaeda, rather than just the “core of Al Qaeda,” had been decimated.

Ms. Rice and Ms. Nuland both went to Capitol Hill to explain their role. Ms. Rice’s visit, in which she was accompanied by the C.I.A.’s acting director at the time, Michael J. Morell, did not mollify the senators. Ms. Nuland’s more recent visit seems to have been more successful.

“She told me her pushback was to try to protect the State Department from, in her view, unfair blame,” Mr. Graham said in a telephone interview on Wednesday. Asked how that differed from criticism that the administration had scrubbed the talking points, he said: “That’s a good question. She’s going to have to explain the role she played.”

But Mr. Graham drew a distinction between being involved in drafting talking points — “protecting your bureaucratic turf,” as he put it — and delivering an account to the American people.

The good news for Ms. Rice is that the post of national security adviser does not require confirmation by the Senate. Administration officials said she remained a prohibitive favorite. The current national security adviser, Tom Donilon, is expected to step down this year.

Mr. Graham sounded conciliatory about Ms. Rice’s potential future in the White House. He said that the choice of national security adviser was exclusively the president’s, and that Ms. Rice had the credentials for the job.

“She’s going to have her plate full, if she’s chosen,” he said. “I will not be petty. I will put my differences on Benghazi aside and work with her.”

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Marijuana legalization in Portland poised to hit November ballot

By Craig Lyons

Marshall said he signed on with the citizens initiative because he didn’t think that the City Council An initiative to let Portland resiwould approve an ordinance like dents decide if marijuana should the one being proposed. He said be legal in the city came one step most of the progress that has been closer to the November ballot on made on marijuana has come Thursday. from the voters.

Citizens for a Safer Portland — a “I don’t think that the council’s coalition made up of volunteers, the going to adopt this ordinance,” he Maine Green Independent Party, said. “... I am confident that the the Libertarian Party of Maine, the voters of Portland will adopt this American Civil Liberties Union of ordinance.”

Maine and the Marijuana Policy Marijuana is safer than alcohol Project — submitted 3,229 signafor both the consumer and the tures to the city clerk’s office for community, said David Boyer, verification to place a referendum Maine political director with the on the November ballot asking if Marijuana Policy Project, and Portland residents want to decrimiis less toxic and addictive than nalize the use and possession of alcohol and tobacco. Most adults up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana and use marijuana for the same reaaccessory paraphernalia for adults sons they use alcohol, he said, and who are 21 years or older.

The group needed to turn in Tom MacMillan, chairman of the Portland Green Independent Party, said that more than 3,200 Portland residents smoking marijuana doesn’t make 1,500 signatures that will be veri- signed a petition that aims to have the question of legalizing marijuana in Portland on the November ballot. MacMillen anyone any worse than a person fied by the clerk’s staff to qualify for said the time has come to move forward with marijuana legalization, as has been done in other parts of the country, who drinks a glass of wine. and it will take a vote of the people rather than relying on elected officials to see that happen. At right is City Councilor Boyer said the campaign to get being placed on the ballot.

David Marshall. (CRAIG LYONS PHOTO) the ordinance passed will focus “One thing has been made clear attention on making the public pursue the legalization of the possession and sale of to me during this petition drive aware that marijuana is safer than alcohol and other marijuana. and will be made apparent to all in November: The substances, and that it’s illogical to punish adults who “I think it’s really important that our laws don’t residents of Maine’s largest city strongly believe use it recreationally. have a more negative impact on people’s lives than that the prohibition of marijuana for adults must The Portland referendum initiative, which launched the substance themselves,” said City Councilor end,” said Tom MacMillan, chairman of the Portland in March, came on the heels of Rep. Diane Russell’s bill David Marshall.

Green Independent Committee. in the Maine Legislature that aimed to create a taxaPossession charges, in some jurisdictions, can be The proposed ordinance, if enacted by voters, would tion and regulatory structure around the decrimiclassified as a federal crime, said Marshall, and mardecriminalize the possession and act of acquiring nalization of marijuana. Russell’s bill would have ijuana is considered a schedule one drug along with 2.5 ounces of marijuana for people 21 years of age left it up to Maine voters to make the final decision heroin. He said people can be blocked from attaining or older, according to MacMillan, and prohibit the on the legalization of marijuana through a statefinancial aid as students, housing assistance and a recreational use of the substance in public spaces. wide referendum. Russell’s bill was voted down in litany of other federal federal programs because of a Secondary to the ordinance is a resolution that committee by an 8-3 vote. conviction for marijuana possession. advocates for the state and federal governments to THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

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A real passion for teaching Over the years I’ve taught many college writing classes. Once, I was confronted by a student’s answer to an essay question that made me stop and remember how I started teaching in the first place.

I had asked the class to describe a dream job and explain how high standards of writing would help them in the endeavor.

Leading one of the essays was the following sentence: “I have almost completed a degree in accounting, and now I realize that my real passion is for teaching.” The answer outlined future educational plans and other details, but there was no mistaking the student’s enthusiasm as a result of that initial disclosure.

Teaching is something that is difficult to put a finger on, but the excitement in getting From the through to someone with a conStacks cept, idea or a piece of knowledge is palpable and infectious.

As a child, I always enjoyed explaining processes and breaking down complex thoughts into simpler parts. But I think I first caught the teaching bug in 10th grade when I signed up to student-teach a geometry class. I had taken the course as a freshman and had aced it, so my guidance counselor looked for

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Joints and jurisdictions They will tell you that “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Or that everything is really just all the “same-old sameold” or other sayings that lull into missing history whizzing by the window.

For example, drop into your time machine and visit the mid-1980s to explain that the Evil Empire Soviet Union would simply disband like one of those rock-and-roll hair bands, and that not only would Nelson Mandela achieve freedom but become a duly elected president of South Africa, and that James Bond’s carphone would soon pale by comparison to the communications system in your mom’s minivan.

Or, to the point, that you would see the day when smoking a tobacco cigarette on Monument Square is not only against the law but frowned upon by polite society, while smoking a joint is not only legal (well, sorta) but virtually a protected medical treatment rolled into a manifestation of your First Amendment rights rolled into your role as a free citizen.

Anyone thinking the marijuana legalization trend stalled at the approval of medical usage can wake up and smell the advocacy. Just this past Thursday, the ACLU of Maine and other advocates delivered a 3,000-signature petition to Portland City Hall, more than enough to put citywide legalization onto a November ballot.

The press statement wasted little time in outlining the key talking point for the advocates: “Far too much time, money and human potential is wasted on locking people up for marijuana possession, when we should be focusing our limited resources on programs that actually make our communities safer,” said Rachel Healy, communications director for the ACLU of Maine. “We look forward to working with the people of Portland on sensible reform.”

That comes in the context of another Maine effort, this one statewide, to “tax and regulate” marijuana use, a cause championed by Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, who we should say is a longtime friend of this column and has written for The Daily Sun. She might argue that there should be a legislative approach in what is, after all, a representative democracy. And she no doubt makes the point that a legislative effort has the benefit of a process that brings in experts and blah, blah, blah adult stuff.

Fair enough, and I’m sure that will all be part of the debate before delighted Portland voters approve the measure 3-to-1, but the statewide argument has also drawn more parallels to how we regulate and tax alcohol.

Certainly the marijuana issue has mirrored our nation’s complex relationship with alcohol, which was locally banned for decades then nationally banned for around 13 years and then still bound in some communities — more than 100 American communities have never repealed prohibition, creating “dry” counties to this day.

And the alcohol prohibition certainly offered lessons for the marijuana issue: The ban boosted criminal organizations, decreased respect for the law and created a situation where local law enforcement was sidelined and federal agents were the real enforcers. Bootleggers feared their local police much less than the dreaded “revenuers” from the federal government.

All this history on fast-forward can become intoxicating, but sober questions linger. One difference in the alcohol-marijuana comparison is that nobody

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‘Check your ego at the door, and put yourself in your peers’ place’ HALKIAS from page 4

a student-teaching need and matched me up with a willing math teacher.

The role of the student-teacher was one of a peer tutor. My job was to be available throughout the class period to answer individual student questions while the teacher was either lecturing or grading papers, so that he would not be interrupted. I also clarified problems when the group worked on in-class exercises and during tests.

For a 10th grader, this was heady stuff. I knew the material, but didn’t know I had to work on my bedside manner. My initial reaction was that it was going to be a piece of cake. Yet by the time I was done with the first week, I learned ... how much I had to learn.

My expertise with circles, parallel lines, and the Pythagorean Theorem only went so far. Visualizing a

required proof for myself was one thing, but guiding a struggling peer how to reach that same point was quite another.

With the help of Mr. Demos, the teacher, I navigated those waters. At the end of that first week, he pulled me to the side, and gave me the best teaching advice I’ve ever received.

It had nothing to do with arcane edschool nomenclature, or mathematical genius. At its base level, it was simple: “Check your ego at the door, and put yourself in your peers’ place. Think of something you’ve struggled with, and how you were taught to overcome it.

Then be confident in your knowledge, but never arrogant. Do all that, Telly, and you’ll be fine.”

Mr. Demos was right. With every student light bulb turned on, the rush I felt increased geometrically – pun intended. Having never felt such gratification, I swore not to lose it. So I’ve

managed to teach and tutor in some capacity ever since, despite following several different career paths along the way.

And I emphasized this to my student. Teaching is everywhere. One doesn’t have to wear the official mantra of identification with an academic institution to teach. All it takes is a willingness to share knowledge and some patience. There are numerous opportunities in any job to take someone under your wing and show them another way they might never have considered, or had trouble learning.

What I’ve never figured out is if the resulting enthusiasm is innate or can be taught. I felt it for the first time when I was 15. I watched my classmate Kenny Walker follow my suggestion in proving that two lines in a maze of figures were indeed parallel.

He got to the end of the page, underlined his answer, looked up at me, nodded, and smiled.

(Telly Halkias is an award-winning freelance journalist from Portland’s West End. You may contact him at tchalkias@aol.com or follow him on Twitter at @TellyHalkias.)

Earlier this spring, Maine Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, speaks at a forum in Bath about marijuana legalization in Maine. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

The marijuana issue has mirrored our nation’s complex relationship with alcohol ROBINSON from page 4

declared alcohol a medicine, and our laws have. The implications for physicians and other health care providers are no doubt profound — what to do with a medicine that does not have FDA approvals, for example?

The enforcement context is also daunting. The federal government continues to enforce laws that are in direct conflict with local legislation and the United States government has the trump cards in that game.

All that might seem to be “working itself out” unless you know about the raids in California and other enforcement actions. Do we think Maine is immune from such activity?

What seems clear is that this situation arises when the federal government gets seriously, seriously behind the wishes of those it governs. Into that failure comes this

array of local activity in defiance of national governance. At this point, few even bother wondering if Washington should update its position, at least to allow local jurisdictions to decide marijuana polity the way they do alcohol policy.

That may be the key point: Let’s remember that the federal government never had the gumption to repeal alcohol prohibition. Rather, it decided to let states decide, and the states in turn decided how to deal with locals.

As the upcoming Portland marijuana landslide illustrates, along with similar efforts across the land, the latter part of that process is well under way. History is moving, and it remains to be seen how Washington catches up.

(Curtis Robinson is the founding editor of The Portland Daily Sun.)

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Local Sprouts day when there would be a popuTook a while for me to disavow lar and successful restaurant in myself of my fondly-held notion downtown Portland that features that Local Sprouts is the reinfood grown organically by Maine carnation of The Gate, the farmers. Jonah Fertig, one of the long-haired hippie freak guitar founders of Local Sprouts and its strumming anti-establishment Learning and Outreach Coordicoffeehouse that I frequented nator, says that one of the more in Longfellow Square in the enjoyable aspects of his work is 1960s. The Gate was almost going to farmers markets throughout directly across the street from where the state and establishing relationships Local Sprouts is located today, and with the dozens of organic farmers Local there are definitely similarities Sprouts obtains food from. An interestbetween the two, but there is an ing and whimsical lot these farmers are, essential difference. indeed, judging from some of their names: We who made up the “counter culVeggies are obtained from Laughing Stock ture” were opposed to this and that Farm, in Freeport; South Paw Farm, in and took great delight in making that Unity; Stonecipher Farm, in Bowdoinham; clear. There was a sort of edginess and Fresh Start Farms, in Lisbon. Beef, to the “Peace and Love” mantra we sausage, and bacon, are obtained from espoused. We came up with a basket Weebit Farm, in Orland; chicken, from full of criticisms but were woefully Serendipity Farm, in North Yarmouth; short of solutions. Coming up with and fish, from Free Range Fish, in, what solutions, though, seems to be what do you know, Portland.

Local Sprouts is all about.

Cooking all this good stuff plays an The roots of Local Sprouts go back important part in community building as to the People’s Free Space that was well. Local Sprouts features a “learning founded in 2002 and was located on kitchen” program wherein the staff works the corner of Cumberland Avenue and with schools and non-profits to teach cookSmith Street. The mission of the Peoing methods that entail preparing food ple’s Free Space was to “create autonomous collective spaces for sharing Jonah Fertig sits at a table in such a way as to retain its nutritional information and resources, building for Local Sprouts Cooperative value while at the same time ensuring community, and fostering sustainable during an Earth Day display that it tastes good.

Can’t overlook the way the food tastes. alternatives and creative resistance at Congress Square. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) One might say it’s the essential part of to social, economic, political and ecothe “eating” component of Local Sprouts. logical oppression.”

A good case in point is the preparation of rutaMission statements try so hard to be inclusive and baga. Rutabaga is a turnip-like vegetable that are so much fun to put together, especially when thrives locally and packs a nutritious punch, but everyone’s in agreement that there’s an oppressor is notoriously bland when eaten by itself. Local to be dealt with. And what better way to deal with Sprouts was stumped to figure out how to make the average oppressor that than to give away things rutabaga more interesting, so the kitchen staff for free. Food, books, bicycles, and various forms of experimented a bit and came up with adding it to education and counseling. All for free. The ride does a roasted root vegetable mix, then mixing it with end, though. Come to find out, giving away things for apple crisp to create a good tasting frittata-like free was not sustainable. dish they named Rutabaga Puff.

The intentions of the individuals who founded and Essentially, the approach at Local Sprouts maintained the People’s Free Space were admirable, involves working in reverse of the way we were though, and the work they did and what they learned taught to cook. Instead of starting with a recipe, in the process formed the basis for the Local Sprouts they start with the ingredients and improvise a Cooperative, which was started in June, 2007, and recipe. And the menu is decidedly eclectic. There’s had the building of a sustainable food cooperative as hamburgers made from locally raised beef, local its object. Apparently the co-op experienced a good cornmeal fried pollock, vegan moon burger, and deal of success because out of it came Local Sprouts chef Stone McFarquhar’s ever-popular Jamaican Cafe, which opened in June of 2010 in what had chicken dishes. been the cafeteria of a dorm for USM students.

Community building as practiced at Local There are a number of different aspects to Local Sprouts is not just about healthful locally obtained Sprouts, but the heart of the cafe, and of the caterfood that tastes good, though. Not by a long shot. ing service that is run out of the cafe, is building Anyone walking by at virtually any time, day or community around growing, obtaining, cooking, and night, can tell you that the place is one of the preeating food. miere performance and entertainment centers in The growing of the food aspect means that Local town. From let-it-all-hang-out poetry slams to outSprouts obtains its food primarily from organic rageous hootenannies, anything can happen and farmers, who use techniques such as crop rotation, does. All ages welcome. Kids especially. They’ve even the use of green manure, compost, and biological got their own corner, with toys and other attractions, pest control to ensure that their crops and livestock if they should happen to tire of adult goings-on. are free of chemical additives that are harmful to Tuesday, June 4, would be a good time to stop by. humans and to the natural environment. TradiLocal Sprouts will be celebrating its third annivertional farming methods are combined with modern sary and is having a big party to mark the occasion. scientific knowledge to create a healthy balance Music and other forms of entertainment going on all between nature and farming. day and night. There will be a big community dinner How far the food has had to travel is an important from 6-9, with a sliding scale starting at $10. Not to consideration as well. Food we see on our supermarbe missed. ket shelves has traveled an average of twelve-hunOh, maybe I was a bit too harsh on us old hippies dred miles to get to us, according to the Maine from The Gate across the street. The vibes at Local Organic Farmers Association. That means it has to Sprouts actually do feel very familiar. Everything be treated with chemicals to make the trip. Chemihas to “sprout” from somewhere, after all. cals that have deleterious effects on humans and the natural environment that are only now becom(Cliff Gallant of Portland is a regular columnist ing fully understood. So buying locally is good health for The Portland Daily Sun. Email him at gallant. wise, as well as being good for the local economy. cliff555@yahoo.com.)

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Naufragio cat (19 was a good Eventually, the run) and yet another Governor and Press dead laptop. Somehow, Secretary got tired of I get the feeling that the being awoken during Gods have grown tired of afternoon naps, and subtlety. that policy was tossed But right on cue, here into the dustbin of comes the Governor, really horrible ideas freshly renewed from that we really wish the last kicking around you wouldn’t keep he got in this column, bringing up. eager for another dose of Last week, Kong the mud-covered boots. decided that his variOn Wednesday, the ous department heads Baboon in the Blaine would no longer be at House defended his the beck and call of use of a TV in the waitbudget committees ing area of his office by or the Legislature, claiming First Amenddemanding that they ment issues. That is will not appear before all well and good, but those bodies. Using Gov. Paul LePage Magilla Gorilla doesn’t his quote, it’s a “danexactly have a sterling gerous precedent history of support for that blessed when we can’t let Americans speak.” text.

For the kids playing barrel of monFor those of us that regularly keys at home version, that is called a attempt to get information from the “mic-drop.”

Governor’s office, the “we’ll get right From this we can only assume my back to you” reply has the haunting favorite line about agency heads, that ring of the check being in the mail, they are not human, but at best tolerand that old Don Imus joke about how able sub-humans that have been taught you’re going to get paid right after the to bathe, wear shoes, and not make gig, and the roadies will be there to messes in the house. help you unload and set up.

He went further, saying he’d pit his For the uninitiated, it can only be numbers against anyone on the approdescribed in terms as a process of denpriations committee, saying, “I’ll put my tistry involving pulling the teeth from finance and economic education against a particularly irritated and unsedated anybody on the Appropriations because orangutan.

I can count.” At issue is whether the Case in point: A couple of years ago, removal of shoes to do so is needed.

I got my underwear in a twist over Everyone is up in arms, with a manthe remaining radioactive fuel stored dated budget deadline approaching. at the former Maine Yankee Nuclear As we come closer and closer to that Power Plant. I called the state’s Radiodeadline, I feel it necessary to remind active and Nuclear Safety officer to all those that follow Maine politics of ask, politely, why no reports had been a few simple but seldom spoken or filed with the state in several months. written about truths.

This was in the middle of the last LePage is running for Governor whizzing contest with the press, where again. I know you know this, but here the Governor issued a clampdown is what is missed in all the triangulaorder on all department heads, telltion polling and if so-and-so runs for ing them that they were NOT repeat this I’ll run for that debate. Why does NOT to talk to any member of the everyone assume that Mighty Joe media without an official okey-dokey Young would survive a primary fight?

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The national agenda

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Real news from meeting is that a city committee ignored public sentiment Editor, The Housing and Community Development Committee meeting Wednesday night ended with 3 to 1 vote to proceed with action to sell Congress Square Park to RockBridge to build a private facility.

The REAL news is that they did so disregarding the pleas of the public not to sell. Some 40 people spoke in favor of saving the park, many more sent similar written messages and a petition signed by nearly 1000 Portlanders and close to 500 out of town park uses was delivered. What good did it do?

The three who voted to sell had already made up their minds as influenced by Rockbridge’s campaign to woo the city into favoring their business ambitions over the wishes of the people of Portland. I had naively thought that city officials work for the public good.

I am not giving up hope and encourage others to attend a meeting hosted

by Friends of Congress Square Park, one of the many organizations working to save this public land. The meeting is at 6 p.m. June 4 in room 24 City Hall to plan the next course of action.

Be there or lose the Square.

Joan Grant Portland

Mike McCurry, Press Secretary for President Bill Clinton, is warning the Obama Administration against only worrying about “the churning water” created by the current scandals, and neglecting the long-term. He advises that “The critical thing is to not lose sight of the larger agenda that the president got elected to execute.”

Bill Burton, the former Deputy White House Press Secretary who later ran Priorities USA, a big bucks PAC that backed Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, and Jim Manley, former communications aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are saying much he same. Burton believes that “As long as the president keeps his head down and keeps working on the issues that matter for the American people, it’ll all work out;” while Manley argues that although “There is blood in the water and the sharks are circling...The White House has to recognize that the Republicans are prepared to spend the entire summer doing anything but legislating, focusing on one so-called scandal after another, [but] They just have to stay focused on the issues, doing what they need to do.”

I find myself in unexpected agreement with these liberal political operatives. The Republicans will not lose interest in the scandals any time soon. Partisanship always has been, always will be, somewhere between fifty and ninety percent of what politics is about at any given time; and it’s the job of one party to attack the other, especially on issues of misgovernment. Democracy can’t work without an adversarial relationship between the political actors.

It’s true that the American public should pay more attention to the larger issues revealed by the scandals that now fill the airwaves and newspapers. Let it be noted, however, that the Democrats being quoted are not policy experts. They have no expertise in the larger issues. Their careers were in managing the news. This mind-set is demonstrated by McCurry’s observation that “In the short-term, when things are all a-fire, the best they can do is generate one good picture showing the president doing his work.”

Consistent with this advice, the president travels to Oklahoma City to see the tornado devastation and we get photo-

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ops of the Barack Obama viewing scenes of destruction. Showing up and showing sympathy is on the agenda of every president. It won’t improve the weather or repair the damage but it’s expected. His speech on national security policy at the National Defense University Guest was higher up on the nation’s agenda but it Columnist also stirred up controversy and seized media attention for at least 24 hours. You don’t have to be an arch-cynic to suspect that this was the primary purpose of the event.

What we see here a tendency for obsession with moves in the political game to displace serious discussion about policy agendas. Supporters of both parties display the same bent. It seems to be reflected in the writings of political journalists and that part of the public which pays attention to politics.

All the polls show that the public’s interest is focused on the economy. Yet who can give us a reasonable complete and coherent account of the administration’s economic agenda? Many people like the idea of raising taxes on the rich, but nobody seems clear about the actual impact on the nation’s economic performance. Some liberal economists insist that we will need to raise taxes on everyone. This may be the right course, but a call to tax the middle class violates one of our most sacred political taboos. The administration has no answer to this proposal.

Some politicians and pundits who favor expanded government control over health care are worrying that implementation of the Affordable Care Act is turning into a “train wreck.” Does the Obama crowd have agenda for averting this smash up? It isn’t saying. In sum, everything about our national agenda is unclear and undecided, but everyone who pays attention has some idea of the moves in the political game. That is why the game will dominate the debate, while talk of agendas will fade into the background.

John Frary

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(Professor John Frary of Farmington is a former U.S. congressional candidate and retired history professor, a board member of Maine Taxpayers United and publisher of www. fraryhomecompanion.com and can be reached at: jfrary8070@ aol.com.)

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Portland police: Driver strikes pedestrian on Franklin Street A pedestrian was seriously injured crossing Franklin Street at about 9:45 Thursday morning, according to the Portland Police Department.

Fifty-five-year-old Steven Patten of Portland was crossing Franklin Street at the intersection with Congress Street when he was struck by a car, police said. Patten’s injuries are serious but not believed to be life threatening, a press release stated.

The driver of the car was 60-year-old Ralph Field of Portland, police said. Field, who was driving a gray Toyota Prius, has been charged with operating under the influence of drugs, the city press release stated.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation. Anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to contact the Portland Police Department Traffic Unit at 8748532.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that Peter Vigue, chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Cianbro Companies, has been appointed to the newlyestablished National Freight Advisory Committee, U.S. Sen. Angus King Jr., I-Maine, said.

In March, Senators King and Susan Collins sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in support of Vigue’s nomination.

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— Staff Reports

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Today’s Birthdays: Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 83. Singer Peter Yarrow is 75. Singermusician Augie Meyers is 73. Actress Sharon Gless is 70. Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath is 70. Actor Tom Berenger is 63. Actor Gregory Harrison is 63. Actor Kyle Secor is 56. Actress Roma Maffia is 55. Comedian Chris Elliott is 53. Actress Lea Thompson is 52. Singer Corey Hart is 51. Actor Hugh Dillon is 50. Actress Brooke Shields is 48. Country musician Ed Adkins (The Derailers) is 46. Jazz musician Christian McBride is 41. Actress Archie Panjabi is 41. Actor Colin Farrell is 37.

Rock musician Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) is 36. Actor Eric Christian Olsen is 36.

Rock musician Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy) is 33. Country singer Casey James (TV: “American Idol”) is 31. Actor Jonathan Tucker is 31.

Actor Curtis Williams Jr. is 26.

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jump in and do something to make it better.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Some say it’s better to lower your expectations.

Others suggest getting rid of them altogether.

But you have a picture in your head that you’re working toward. Trust that your way is right for you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Being nice is easy for you until you find yourself among those who are naturally inclined to infringe on your space and emotional state.

Those people are the ones who need your niceness the most.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Whatever path you choose, you will be judged by both supporters and critics. So there really is no “right” answer except the one that feels right to you. In the end, it’s your opinion of what you do that matters most.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 31). Your creativity is pronounced through June, and you’ll get attention for the way you use it. You’ll be involved with strong personalities in July, which makes it even more satisfying when you get your own way. You’ll strategize your way into a sweet position -- and maybe a better home, too. August is one long adventure.

Sagittarius and Pisces people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 20, 13, 9 and 42.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). The work at your fingertips may surprise you. Except, when you stop to think about it, this is exactly what you signed up for. You’ll take it on with enthusiasm and have some fun, too.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). What was once a passing interest is now a steadfast commitment. So you’ll do what it takes to get to the end result. Goals can’t be achieved unless you stick to them.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). People will change; memories won’t. That’s why building memorable experiences is so important to you these days. You’ll put in the extra work to make an experience truly special.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s easier to relate to people who are going through the same thing you’re experiencing. That’s why when loved ones have lives that are very different from your own, an extra effort must be made to connect.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You are willing and ready to lend a hand where you see a need. This may seem like a baseline of civility, but you’d be surprised how distracted selfinvolved people can be. Your example will raise the bar.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You never know how people are going to react to questions. That’s why most people don’t even dare to ask; they don’t want to take that social risk.

You’re brave, though. And besides, you just really want to know the answer.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There’s a time to wish and a time to work. Even though you’re in a wistful, dreamy mood today, you also realize that wishing won’t make it so.

Three practical actions will move you in a positive direction.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You can believe something very different from what your friend believes and still behave in a similar way. You may find yourself wondering what matters more: what you’re doing or why you’re doing it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). What one person sees as sad, another person sees as a useful opportunity. You don’t bother to make a judgment about it at all, preferring to

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, May 31, the 151st day of 2013.

There are 214 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 31, 1669, English diarist Samuel Pepys (peeps) wrote the final entry of his journal, blaming his failing eyesight for his inability to continue.

On this date: In 1790, President George Washington signed into law the first U.S. copyright act.

In 1859, the Big Ben clock tower in London went into operation, chiming for the first time.

In 1889, more than 2,000 people perished when a dam break sent water rushing through Johnstown, Pa. In 1910, the Union of South Africa was founded.

In 1913, U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan proclaimed the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for popular election of U.S. senators, to be in effect.

In 1941, “Tobacco Road,” a play about an impoverished Southern family based on the novel

by Erskine Caldwell, closed on Broadway after a run of 3,182 performances.

In 1961, South Africa became an independent republic as it withdrew from the British Commonwealth.

In 1962, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel a few minutes before midnight for his role in the Holocaust.

In 1970, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Peru claimed an estimated 67,000 lives.

In 1977, the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, three years in the making, was completed.

In 1985, at least 88 people were killed, more than 1,000 injured, as over 40 tornadoes swept through parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and Ontario, Canada, during an 8-hour period.

In 1994, the United States announced it was no longer aiming long-range nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush visited the site of the Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland as he challenged allies to overcome their bitterness and mistrust over the Iraq war and unite in the struggle against terrorism. Anti-government extremist and bomber Eric Rudolph was arrested outside a grocery store in Murphy, N.C. Air France’s Concorde returned to Paris in a final commercial flight.

Five years ago: Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven blasted into orbit, carrying a giant Japanese lab addition to the international space station.

One year ago: Democrat John Edwards’ campaign finance fraud case ended in a mistrial when jurors in Greensboro, N.C., acquitted him on one of six charges but were unable to decide whether he’d misused money from two wealthy donors to hide his pregnant mistress while he ran for president. President Barack Obama welcomed his predecessor back to the White House for the unveiling of the official portraits of former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush. Fourteen-year-old Snigdha Nandipati (SNIHG’-nah nahn-dih-PAW’-tee) of San Diego won the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling “guetapens (GEHT’-uh-pawn),” a French-derived word meaning ambush, snare or trap.

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Some people are beyond reasoning with. It’s time to step back and let your husband handle his mother. As long as she believes she can control him, she will do so. Your husband should try to get his information about Dad through other sources and bypass Mom whenever possible. It’s terribly sad, but you cannot force her to be a better person. (She sounds mentally ill.)

Dear Annie: I am a skinny woman with large breasts. I know there is a crazy stereotype that women like me are wild party girls. I’m actually quite conservative. But other women seem to think it’s OK to poke my breasts or lift them, probably to check whether they are real.

Last week at a party, some insufferable girl I just met turned the entire conversation to my breasts. I walked away to cool off, but someone overheard me say that the girl was obnoxious. So “poking girl” started shouting at me, and you can guess how the rest of the night went.

Annie, please tell your readers that just because a woman has large breasts doesn’t mean she wants to be poked and prodded in public. Where have basic social graces gone? -Staying Classy Dear Classy: You hang around with some inappropriate, rather creepy women. Your body, all of it, belongs to you. If someone touches your breasts, gasp in horror and perhaps yell loudly for the police. What nerve.

Dear Annie: Thank you for recommending the NAMI Family-to-Family class to “Parents at Wits’ End.” When I took that 12-week class, I learned so much about mental illness, as well as finding support and hope from other parents. I have no doubt my son is doing better because of it.

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Our only fights have stemmed from lies and made-up stories this woman tells. She has destroyed relationships with other family members and blames me for it even when we live miles away. I support my husband in any decision he makes regarding her, and I have never badmouthed her.

She recently pulled the ultimate scheme. Knowing that I had never met my son’s fiancee, my mother-in-law took it upon herself to tell her the “truth” about me. After a threehour visit with my soon-to-be daughter-in-law and her parents, the poor girl was in tears when our son came home from work. Our son said if he hadn’t known the truth, he would have believed his grandmother. She was very convincing and even brought on fake tears. Our children are now so upset with their grandmother that they do not want her near their kids, planting lies in their minds.

I have tried to be the better person over the years, welcoming my mother-in-law into our home, giving her birthday presents and even planning anniversary parties when none of her other children could or would. But I’m done.

My husband has confronted his mother many times regarding her destructive behavior, but she says he doesn’t see the “real” me. Now I worry that she is trying to come between my husband and his father, who is ill. My motherin-law doesn’t return our phone calls or tell us when Dad is in the hospital. We hear everything through a third party, sometimes days after it happens. How do I handle this? -Daughter-Out-Law Dear Daughter: Perhaps if your husband had set stricter boundaries with more dire consequences years ago, this

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Former Waterville man charged with attempted kidnapping after I-295 incident in Bowdoinham Daily Sun Staff Reports

Maine State Police reported Thursday that a former Maine man was behind bars following what they described as “a bizarre incident” last week in Bowdoinham in which the man tried to kidnap a 2-year-old boy from his grandmother at the parkand-ride along Interstate 295.

James Graham, 30, who currently lives in Newmarket, N.H., was being held in lieu of bail at the Two Bridges Jail in Wiscasset on charges of attempted kidnapping and assault.

Troopers said Graham was taken into custody on May 22 along the Interstate south of Brunswick after police were called by the victim’s mother and grandmother who reported the incident. The two women encountered Graham at the park-andride about 8 p.m. where the two women meet daily to exchange the boy with each other, police said.

Graham attempted to grab the boy but was fended off by the grandmother, who sought refuge in a vehicle, a press release stated. Graham then drove off, but caught up with the women a second time when he began following them south along the Interstate, police reported.

Troopers found a loaded handgun in his vehicle, along with cable ties, knives and a parachute cord, police said.

Graham grew up in the Waterville area and is believed to be a Waterville High School graduate. He also served several years in the Air Force.

White Mountains river rescue team offers rescue course on June 29-30

The White Mountain Swiftwater Rescue Team and American Canoe Association Swiftwater Rescue Instructor Mike Gatewood are offering an ACA Level 4 Swiftwater Rescue Course on the weekend of June 29 and 30 in New Hampshire, the group reported. Proceeds from the course will go to support the team.

The course teaches recognition and avoidance of common river hazards, execution of self-rescue techniques, and rescue techniques for assisting persons in distress. Emphasis is placed on personal safety and simple rescue techniques. Skills will include hazard assessment, hydrology and river reading, dealing with boat pins and entrapments, strainers, rescue vest applications, throw bag use, and basic rope work. Practice scenarios provide participants the opportunity to develop individual and team rescue skills.The course will take place on local rivers in the Mount Washington Valley.

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Southern Maine Heart Walk draws 3,000, raises more than $260,000 More than $260,000 was raised by about 3,000 walkers who participated in the Southern Maine Heart Walk on Sunday, May 19, the American Heart Association reported.

The largest event for the American Heart Association in Maine, the Heart Walk had a new kick-off location at the AAA parking lot on Marginal Way in Portland. Teams of families, friends and co-workers gathered under a large tent for a heart-healthy breakfast, inspirational speeches, health-related exhibits and children’s activities before hitting the Back Cove walking trail.

The goal of this event was twofold: to encourage a heart-healthy lifestyle through walking and learning how to reduce risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease and to raise $300,000 to support the AHA’s lifesaving research, education and advocacy efforts.

Mercy Hospital, Hannaford Supermarkets, UNUM and FairPoint Communications had the largest employee walk teams in terms of dollars raised.

The top individual fundraising walker was Sarah Laprade of the Mercy Cardiology Team who raised $7,390.

Donations are still being col- During the Southern Maine Heart Walk lected until June on Sunday, May 19, Westbrook’s Ryan 30 through the Teague proudly holds a torch for his mother, Katie Teague, who survived a website at www. heart transplant and multiple surgeries. southernmaine- Katie shared her story with the crowd heartwalk.org or by during the morning kick-off ceremony. calling 879-5700.

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Friday, May 31 Young Athletes Festival in Yarmouth

9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. “Special Olympics Maine will offer its first annual Young Athletes Festival for children ages 2 and a half 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 8th grade 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. Special Olympics started Young Athletes programs in Southern Maine three years ago and hopes to expand this free program in to all Maine communities. The YAP Festival will not only serve as a fun introduction to the program for future participants, coaches and volunteers but will also offer an annual event for the kids to look forward to. To register your child, class or pre-school please download the registration forms from our web site at www.somaine.org or call Lisa at 879-0489.”

The Portrait Show at Constellation

noon to 4 p.m. “Portraiture has been an accepted part of the art canon since cave people made pictures of animals on walls. Today with the expansion of digital culture, a portrait can be many things and represent many things — countries, animals, people, even ideas. Come see how the members of the Maine Artists Collective (MAC) reinterpret the theme in assemblage, painting, mixed media, watercolor, sculpture, photography and digital art. The Portrait Show runs from May 31 to June 24, at Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St. in Portland. Gallery hours are Monday to Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. A reception is planned for First Friday, June 7 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.” about.me/ann.tracy

Westbrook Together Days

4 p.m. Annual Westbrook Together Days May 31 to June 1.

“Westbrook Together Days is a two-day festival that is fun for families and residents of all ages! The event begins on Friday at 4p.m. to 10 p.m. and all day on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday the event begins with a 5k run/ kid’s 1/2 mile fun run and concludes with a 30 Minute firework display. This event typically attracts 15-20,000 people and this year is Westbrook’s 34th annual Together Days event.” http://westbrooktogetherdays.com/schedule

‘Tip-A-Cop’ event at Applebee’s

4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. “South Portland Police Officers will be working a ‘Tip-A-Cop’ event at Applebee’s at 200 Running Hill Road on Friday, May 31 from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The prceeds will go to Special Olympics. Bring the whole family and come out for a great meal, get served by some great South Portland Police Officers and leave a tip for Special Olympics.” https://www.facebook.com/ southportlandpolice?fref=ts

League of Women Voters of Maine

5:30 p.m. “The League of Women Voters of Maine (LWVME) will host its Biennial Convention on Friday, May 31 and Saturday June 1 in the Burton Fisher Meeting Room at One City Center in downtown Portland. The event will feature a series of speakers on voting issues including money in elections, recent efforts to limit voting and allow early voting, and what that all this means for Maine voters. ... Convention kicks off on Friday evening beginning at 5:30 with a presentation by Posie Cowan from Blue Hill, who recently stumbled upon a piece of American history while cleaning out a space in her father’s attic. What she assumed was just an old box of dusty drapes and loose scrap material was actually a box filled with banners used during the women’s suffrage movement of the early 1900s. She discovered that her great-grandmother was one of the original suffragists who marched on Washington for women’s right to vote and who were arrested for their efforts and beliefs. On Saturday, Convention reconvenes at 9:30 a.m. and the agenda features three important speakers talking about elections and voting: Amy Fried, political science professor at the University of Maine and columnist for the Bangor Daily News; BJ McCollister, Program Director for Maine Citizens for Clean Elections; and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap.

For additional details go to: www.lwvme.org. The meeting is open to the public. Registration is $40, which includes breakfast and lunch on Saturday. For registration information, visit http://www.lwvme.org/convention.html.”

‘Guys and Dolls Jr.’ in Standish

7:30 p.m. “Schoolhouse Arts Center will present ‘Guys and Dolls Jr.’ from May 31-June 2. Guys and Dolls Jr. is based

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On Friday, June 7, a city committee will gather at 5:30 p.m. at the statue for an art discussion. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) on a story and characters by Damon Runyon, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Come to Damon Runyan’s mythical New York City and be re-introduced to the colorful characters who have become legends of musical theater: the upright, uptight mission doll Sara Brown; Sky Masterton, the slick high-rolling gambler who woos Sara on a bet; Adelaide, the nightclub performer whose chronic flu is brought on by waiting 14 years for a proposal from Nathan Detroit, her devoted, but commitment-phobic fiancé. ‘Guys and Dolls Jr.’ is directed

by Bruce Avery. Performances of ‘Guys and Dolls Jr.’ will be held May 31 at 7:30 p.m., June 1 at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m and June 2 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults $8 for students and seniors and $5 for children under 5. Schoolhouse Arts Center is located at 16 Richville Road (Route 114) in Standish, just north of the intersection of Route 114 and Route 35. Call 642-3743 for reservations or buy tickets on-line at www.schoolhousearts.org.”

‘Duck and Cover’ with Acorn

7:30 p.m. The New York Theatre Company in collaboration with Acorn Productions, presents Michael Kimball’s Duck and Cover, opening May 30 at the Acorn Studio Theatre in Westbrook. Michael Kimball, author of past Acorn Studio Theater hits ‘Best Enemies’ and ‘The Secret of Comedy,’ introduces his new play ‘Duck and Cover,’ winner of the 2013 Northern Writes Festival’s ‘Best Play’ award, to area audiences in this new production, directed by Acorn Acting Academy faculty member Stephanie Ross. The play features a ‘Father Knows Best’ family, happily sheltered in 1962 suburbia, who tries to maintain its innocence during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the arrival of eccentric jazz trumpeter Uncle Bunny.” Performances of “Duck and Cover” take place Thursday through Sundays from May 30 to June 9. The production runs May 30 to June 9, Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15 ($12 for students and seniors), and they may be purchased on-line at www.acorn-productions.org or by calling Acorn at 854-0065.

Film: ‘The Source Family’

7:30 p.m. “The Source Family was a radical experiment in ‘70s utopian living. Their outlandish style, popular health food restaurant, rock band and beautiful women made them the darlings of Hollywood’s Sunset Strip; but their outsider ideals and the unconventional behavior of their spiritual leader, Father Yod, caused controversy with local authorities. They fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise. Years later, former family members surface and the rock band reforms, revealing how their time with Father Yod shaped their lives in the most unexpected ways. ‘The Source Family’ provides an intimate, insider’s view of this incredible group of people through their own archival photos, home movies and audio recordings, and through contemporary interviews with members of the family. Serving as a highly personal guide to the counter-culture movement of the early ‘70s, the film is inspired by the cult-classic book ‘The Source: The Story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13, and The Source Family’ (Process Media) which was written by Isis Aquarian and Electricity

Aquarian and edited by director Jodi Wille.” 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.

Dudefest 2013: ‘The Big Lebowski’

8 p.m. One Longfellow Square. “The Big Lebowski” festival. “If If you’ve never seen this film, you owe it to yourself to watch it in a room full of Lebowski fanatics with a Caucasian in your hand (um, that’s a drink). Expect a night of high spirits and mayhem. This movie has it all — great soundtrack, Hollywood’s best actors, and cameos by the likes of Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Flea, and more. (Rated R for language.)”

Saturday, June 1 Westbrook Together Days

7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Annual Westbrook Together Days May 31 to June 1. “Westbrook Together Days is a two-day festival that is fun for families and residents of all ages! The event begins on Friday at 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. and all day on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday the event begins with a 5k run/kid’s 1/2 mile fun run and concludes with a 30 Minute firework display. This event typically attracts 15-20,000 people and this year is Westbrook’s 34th annual Together Days event.” Saturday schedule includes: 7 a.m.

Boy Scouts’ Pancake Breakfast. “Another wonderful tradition, thanks to the Boy Scouts in Westbrook. Start your day off right with a stack of delicious pancakes!” 8 a.m. Fun Run 8:30 a.m. 5K Road Race. “Run the Brook 5k Road Race and Fun Run. We are very excited to once again offer a 5k road race at Westbrook Together Days. The 1/2 mile fun run is available for parents and children. See the Run the Brook page for complete details and to enter. Awards ceremony expected to follow the completion of the 5K at 9:30 at the Activities Stage. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free Kayaking & Paddelboarding on Presumpscot River. “We are excited to offer kayaking and paddelboarding for the first time at Westbrook Together Days! They will be located at the rear left of the park.” 10 a.m. Westbrook Together Days Parade “Our parade has become a long-standing tradition at Westbrook Together Days! If you wish to participate, visit our Parade page for complete details.” http://westbrooktogetherdays.com/schedule

10-Mile Forest City Trail

7:30 a.m. Forest City Trail guided walk with Portland Trails co-founder Tom Jewell (8 a.m.-2 p.m.), or guided run with Executive Director Kara Wooldrik (7:30 a.m.). $10 members/$20 nonmembers. Walk includes lunch for those who reserve one ($8). 10 miles. Walkers will start at the Stroudwater River and end at the Presumpscot River; runners will start at the Presumpscot and end at the Stroudwater.

Please register for any Trek by contacting info@trails.org.

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Deering Players costume, prop sale

8 a.m. to 2 p.m. “The Deering Players at Deering High School will sell costumes, props, games, jewelry, kitchen items and other merchandise on June 1 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the front lawn of the high school.

The rain date is June 15. All proceeds benefit the Deering Players. For more information, please contact Kathleen Harris at harrik@portlandschools.org or 874-8260.”

A Visit to the Cemeteries of Peaks Island with Spirits Alive

9:30 a.m. “Spirits Alive, the advocacy group for the Eastern Cemetery, is encouraging those interested in the cemeteries of Peaks Island to join them in visiting the old graveyards there. Take the 9:30 a.m. Casco Bay Lines ferry (round-trip ticket $7.70) from Portland. This will get you there in time to meet in front of the general store on Peaks Island at 10 a.m. Matt Barnes of Yankee Slate Cutting will be our guide as we visit three cemeteries: Pond Grove, Ye Olde Trott Burial Ground, Brackett Cemetery. We hope Matt will show us some of his own gravestone carvings! Wear appropriate shoes and layers for walking the island. Bring a lunch or grab a sandwich at the general store after the tour, and catch the 12:45 p.m. ferry back to Portland. Anyone who wishes to stay on the island for the day might enjoy a visit to the Fifth Regiment Museum and return on the 2:45 p.m. ferry.” http://spiritsalive.org

Wyoming Masts Dedication and Open House at Maine Maritime Museum

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maine Maritime Museum, Bath. Free. “Six masts have been added to the full-scale sculpture of the schooner Wyoming at Maine Maritime Museum and Peaks Island children’s book illustrator Jamie Hogan will present her illustrations for the Museum celebrates its completion with the new picture book Here Come the Humpbacks! by April Pulley Sayre (Charlesbridge a full day of activities and events. The festiv- Publishers) and lead children in a whale migratory game, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June ities include demos, re-enactors, children’s 1, at the Portland Public Library. (COURTESY PHOTO) crafts, tours, boat cruises, a concert by the opening day celebration on Saturday. Opening day celeMaine’s internationally renowned duo Schooner Fare, and bration at the Tate House Museum will feature Tate House more.” FMI visit www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org or call Architectural Tour, Tate House Gardens Tour, Stroudwater 443-1316, ext. 0.

Historic Neighborhood Tour and the Stroudwater Burial National Day of Civic Hacking Ground Tour all for $20 admission fee. Refreshments of 10 a.m. Peloton Labs, 795 Congress St., Portland. June strawberries, tea sandwiches, cookies and punch to be 1-2, the hackathon will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, when served in the garden. The Tate House Museum is at 1270 participants will meet and decide what projects to work on, Westbrook St., Portland. More information is available and conclude in the evening when the teams have decided online at www.tatehouse.org. to finish working for the day. The hackathon will resume Support rally for Bradley Manning Sunday at 10 a.m. for additional project work, and finish noon. Congress Square Park (across from Portland with presentations from approximately 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Museum of Art). “Portland joins a national day of support “Portland will host one of over 100 events taking place for Bradley Manning who goes on trial June 3, after having throughout the U.S. on June 1 and 2 as part of National been jailed for over three years. Manning, a whistleblower, Day of Civic Hacking. This is an opportunity for governis being charged under the 1917 Espionage Act for exposment agencies, businesses, nonprofits and civicallying U.S. war crimes in Iraq. Hear from Jon Gaither of MCLU engaged individuals to work together to solve complex and Karalee Oster of Occupy Portland. Join in street thesocial problems. Over 5,000 participants are expected to ater and blow whistles for Bradley Manning. FYI: Codepink gather across the nation to leverage new data sets from Maine on Facebook.” local and federal agencies to create impactful, technologybased tools and services. The initiative is based on event Shape note singing at Sabbathday Lake models created by Code for America, Random Hacks of 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. “Shape note singing is one of the oldest Kindness, and Innovation Endeavors. Participating governAmerican musical traditions and the public is invited to a ment agencies include NASA, the Census Bureau, FEMA, free shape note concert and singalong to be held on SatThe White House Office of Digital Strategy, and the Departurday, June 1 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Sabbathday ment of Labor to name just a few. A showcase of projects Lake Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester.” www. that emerge from National Day of Civic Hacking will be feashaker.lib.me.us tured at an event at the White House in the end of July, in ‘Here Come the Humpbacks!’ tandem with the President’s focus on STEM education. The 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. As the humpback whales head towards Maine Civic Hack Day (or days as the case may be) will the Gulf of Maine, the Portland Public Library and Maine include sister events in Bangor and Portland, and aims to children’s book illustrator Jamie Hogan will be celebrating create a state-wide platform for applying new technology to their big arrival with a free family event on June 1, from local, social problems. In Portland, participants gathering at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Rines Auditorium. “Ever wonder Peloton Labs will use their diverse expertise and entreprehow big these marvelous mammals are? Young readneurial spirit to address problems posed by civic leaders, ers will get a chance to stand beside (and inside) a lifemunicipal agencies, and community members. They will sized humpback model as part of an outreach program create prototype solutions by applying their knowledge of of the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine. Educaengineering, software, hardware, and design.” Register at tors from the museum will talk about the daily routine of http://hackportland.org Istar the Whale, including what she eats, the places she

R & R Spinners and blacksmith Tim Greene

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Tate House Museum Opening Celebration

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Tate House Museum will host its

travels, and who she spends her time with. ... Families attending will be entered to win a summer whale watch courtesy of Odyssey Whale Watch. Autographed copies of ‘Here Come the Humpbacks!’ will be for sale at the event courtesy of Longfellow Books. For more info about the event contact Curious City at 420-1126.” see next page

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Friday, May 31

Monday, June 3

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band at ASYLUM, 121 Center St., Portland. $16; Doors at 8 p.m. www.portlandasylum.com/concerts

The Players’ Ball at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $3; 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square Leonie (PG-13) 6:30 p.m.

Music of the Grateful Dead and More at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

When Particles Collide w/ Mad Anthony at Flask, 117 Spring St., Portland http://flasklounge.com

Saturday, June 1

Tuesday, June 4

Line of Force at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $3; 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

Buddy MacDonald & Rachel Davis at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland, $15; 7 p.m. www.stlawrencearts.org

Nickelodeon Cinema, 1 Temple St., Portland After Earth (PG-13) 1:00 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:45 Now You See Me (PG-13) 1:30 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 Fast & Furious 6 (PG-13) 1:15, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 The Hangover Part III (R) 1:45, 4:10, 7:15, 9:35 Star Trek Into Darkness (PG-13) 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:20 The Great Gatsby (PG-13) 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:25

Joe Walsh, Darol Anger, Grant Gordy and Karl Doty at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $22 adv/$27 door; 8 p.m. www.onelongfellowsquare.com Boneheads and Colwell Brothers at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland, $15; 7:30 p.m. www.stlawrencearts.org Isobell Album Release Show at the SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, $8; Doors at 8 p.m. www.space538.org

Bloc Party — Bear Mountain at the State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. $25/$30; Doors at 7 p.m. www.statetheatreportland.com

Wednesday, June 5 Rap Night at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $3; 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com The Soul Rebels with Model Airplane at Port City Music Hall. $15/$18; Doors at 8 p.m. www.portcitymusichall.com

Friday, May 31

Saturday, June 1 Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square Leonie (PG-13) 2:00 p.m.

Nickelodeon Cinema, 1 Temple St., Portland After Earth (PG-13) 1:00 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:45 Now You See Me (PG-13) 1:30 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 Fast & Furious 6 (PG-13) 1:15, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 The Hangover Part III (R) 1:45, 4:10, 7:15, 9:35 Star Trek Into Darkness (PG-13) 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:20 The Great Gatsby (PG-13) 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:25

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Sunday, June 2 Maine Women’s Ride

7:30 a.m. “The Twelfth Annual Maine Women’s Ride, produced by the Bicycle Coalition of Maine, will take place on June 2 at L.L. Bean’s Casco Conference Center on Casco Street in Freeport. Staggered start times begin at 7:30 a.m.

The Maine Women’s Ride is a celebration of women and bicycling. The all-female event offers a friendly, supportive atmosphere geared toward girls and women of all ages and abilities. The routes (ten, 25, 50 or 75-mile options) follow quiet roads, offering beautiful views of the Maine coast and countryside. All routes will be fully supported with rest stops, mechanical support and SAG wagons. At the ride’s conclusion, participants will have the opportunity to receive free massages and participate in yoga. A post ride party will feature free food, discounted beer, music, and door prize drawings. Registration costs $35 (members) and $45 (public rate, including a six-month trial membership in the Bicycle Coalition of Maine), with a $10 discount for girls 12 to 17 years old and seniors (over 65). Girls 11 and under ride free. All proceeds benefit the Coalition’s work to make Maine better for bicycling.”

Sundays On the Boulevard

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays, June 2, 9, and 16, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Baxter Boulevard, Portland “Starting this Sunday, Portland Recreation invites the public to come out and enjoy the closed section of Baxter Boulevard from Vannah Street to Cheverus High School. People can bike, roller blade, skateboard, unicycle, stroll, skip, walk on the road while Baxter Boulevard is closed for the summer for stormwater infrastructure construction. Portland Recreation will host three Sundays in June and offer fun family activities such as hula hooping, rope jumping, chalk art and more. The activities will be located along the section of the boulevard in front of Cheverus High School. Sundays On the Boulevard is supported by the Recreation & Facilities Management Department, Public Services, Portland Trails, Healthy Portland, the Bicycle Coalition of Maine and the Back Cove Neighborhood Association.”

Dances of Universal Peace Summer Celebration

12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. “Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave., Portland. Held outdoors (weather permitting) and led by Mindy Ruth Novick and Mike Monahan. Come ‘dance the circle round’ with prayers of gratitude for the return of the Sun and rituals for abundant crops. Chants and circle dance movements from the Dances of Universal Peace global repertoire celebrating summer will be taught. Everyone is invited to join in this moving meditation practice. For more information contact Mindy Novick at 210-6999 or mrnovick@earthlink.net.”

Iron Man at Hadlock Field

1 p.m. Iron Man, the Marvel Comics character, will be appearing at Hadlock Field for “Superhero Day at the Ballpark” on Sunday, June 2 when the Sea Dogs host the Altoona Curve (Pirates) at 1 p.m. “The World Famous Superhero will be visiting Hadlcok Field courtesy of Marvel Character Appearances. Iron Man will be available for autographs and

photos. Adults and children are also encouraged to wear their favorite Superhero costume to the ballpark. Everyone wearing a Superhero costume will be able to participate in a pre-game Superheroes Parade around the warning track.

The parade will start at 12:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes. Among the prizes for children will be two $500 Nextgen Scholarships. Bugaboo Creek Steak House Gift Cards will be awarded to the top Adult Costumes. The first 500 fans to enter the ballpark will receive a free comic book, courtesy of Casablanca Comics. After the game, kids 16 and under will be able to run the bases, courtesy of Prime Motor Group. Kids dressed in Superhero costumes will be able to line-up first. Additionally, kids and adults dressed in Superhero costumes will be randomly selected to participate in the various on-field promotions throughout the game.” Tickets are available and can be ordered online at www.seadogs.com or by contacting the Sea Dogs Ticket Office at 879-9500.

Girl Scout Daisy & Friends Party

2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. “Please register by May 27. Girls entering kindergarten or first grade in the fall are invited to join us for a flower-themed event which will introduce them to the Girl Scout program and prepare them to start their Girl Scout Journey. Enjoy activities and meet new friends! The program is free and will be held at the Girl Scouts of Maine office at 138 Gannett Drive in South Portland. Please call Heather or Kirstin for more information: 772-1177.”

Chaplaincy Institute of Maine event

3 p.m. “The Chaplaincy Institute of Maine (ChIME) is pleased to announce that on Sunday, June 2 they will be ordaining 14 Interfaith Ministers. The ceremony will take place at the First Parish Church in Saco and begins at 3 p.m. All are welcome. Those being ordained have completed two years of study and 300 hours of service in 20 organizations throughout Maine and New Hampshire. ... ChIME, an interfaith wisdom school, offers an intensive two-year chaplaincy program for those seeking to deepen their spiritual growth or ordination as interfaith ministers. Rev. Jacob Watson, D. Min., founded ChIME in 2002 to train and support individuals to meet the community’s need for interfaith chaplains. Rev. Watson will retire in this 10th Anniversary year, having established ChIME as the only post-modern Interfaith school offering its students weekly and weekend classes for two academic years. For more information, contact ChIME at 347-6740 or admin@chimeofmaine.org, or visit ChIME’s website at www.chimeofmaine.org.”

Benefit Event for the LARK Society

4 p.m. A Benefit Event for the LARK Society for Chamber Music at the Maine Jewish Museum. “Proceeds from the Benefit will support opportunities for listeners of all ages and incomes to experience chamber music through the concerts and educational activities of the PSQ. Donations are gratefully accepted from those who cannot attend.”

Please R.S.V.P.. Tickets are available from the Lark Society. “This is chamber music as it was meant to be heard; in an intimate setting, accompanied by good company, lovely refreshments and wine.” http://treeoflifemuseum.org/info. php?info_id=6

Benefit for Christina at Riverton School

5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Fundraiser for Christina, a Sudanese

girl who has spina bifida will be held Saturday at Riverton School. Enjoy African food, Azande dancers, and learn about spina bifida. Speakers include Mariano Mawein, Chairman of the Sudanese Community Association of Maine, Pastor Michael, a spokesperson from the Spina Bifida Association, and hostess Bakhita Saabino, who is Christina’s aunt. Tickets are $10 apiece and can be purchased at the door. For more information, please call 409-4649.

Monday, June 3 York County Bicycle and Pedestrian Network

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The first York County Bicycle and Pedestrian Network meeting is on June 3, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wells Reserve/Laudholm Trust (342 Laudholm Farm Road in Wells) to be held jointly with the York District Public Health Council. The agenda for the meeting is here and the meeting will include: brief updates from the Council; a brief overview of important bike-pedestrian projects currently underway in York County; an interactive presentation and open discussion on Active Community Environment Teams; engaging activities to introduce Network and Council members to one another and to share your local bike-pedestrian activities/concerns/interests; next steps planning for the Network. Light refreshments will be served. https://events. r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e7 8807oc4a60a679&oseq=&c=&ch=

Cheverus High School graduation

6 p.m. “Fr. William R. Campbell, S.J., president of Cheverus High School, announced that the speaker for the Class of 2013 graduation ceremony will be James A. Ward, graduate of the Cheverus High School Class of 1963. The graduation ceremony will be held at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine, on June 3. ‘The opportunity to address the graduating class of 2013, their families and friends is at once an extraordinary and profoundly humbling honor,’ said Ward.

This year will mark the 50th anniversary year of Ward’s graduation from Cheverus High School and not only will he be the keynote speaker for the ceremony, but he will also be participating in its ‘Golden Graduation’ celebration honoring 50-year graduates. Ward has supported and served the school in a variety of ways, and is now completing third six-year term, for a total of 18 years of service, as a member of the Cheverus Board of Trustees.

Student-athlete meetings in Portland

6 p.m. “On June 3 at 6 p.m., Deering High School and Portland High School will hold mandatory meetings in their auditoriums for all students who will be playing a sport at their schools during any season of the next school year — fall, winter and spring. Student-athletes must attend, and their parents also are encouraged to attend. The meetings will explain changes to the eligibility standards for playing high school sports. Information also will be available about summer programs and students will be able to meet the coaches. The meetings will cover all sports, including soccer, football, field hockey, golf, crosscountry skiing, cheering, basketball, ice hockey, sailing, downhill skiing, wrestling, swimming and diving, track, baseball, softball, lacrosse and tennis.” http://www2. portlandschools.org

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, May 31, 2013— Page 19

Sea Dogs weather a gloomy week, end losing streak

By Ken Levinsky

SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The Portland Sea Dogs (29-22) broke a four-game losing streak (and a stretch of wet weather) on Wednesday with a 9-1 victory over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (26-28). After losing three on the road and one at Hadlock Field, the Sea Dogs moved back into a first-place tie in the Eastern League’s Northern Division.

Portland has their first encounter of the season with a Western Division team when they begin a three-game series Friday night at 6 p.m. with the last-place Altoona Curve (21-31). The Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate (and 6-foot, 3-inch tall lefty slugger Andrew Lambo) will be in town for their only Hadlock visit of the season. Lambo had a hitting streak of nine games and an RBI streak of six games heading into Thursday’s action.

After this weekend, the Sea Dogs hit the road for a three-game set with the Western Division leading Erie SeaWolves (31-20) starting Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. Portland then heads to Akron (23-30) before returning home on Tuesday, June 11.

The top two clubs in each division will compete in

the Eastern League playoffs.

Third baseman Michael Almanzar regained the team batting lead upping his average from .276 to .289. The 6-foot, 3-inch, 22-year-old Eastern League rookie hit a home run during the week and leads the team with nine round trippers and 36 RBI. Thanks to three hits (two home runs and a double) on Wednesday, 20-year-old shortstop Xander Bogaerts saw his batting average rise from .272 to .287 to move up to second among players with at least 95 at bats. Ranked No. 1 among Red Sox prospects, Bogaerts is third on the Sea Dogs with 27 RBI. Right fielder Peter Hissey is third on the team with a batting average of .284. He was placed on the 7 day disabled list on May 21 and has yet to return.

The 6-foot, 1-inch, 23-year-old lefty is still second on the team with nine stolen bases.

Shortstop Heiker Meneses is fourth with an average of .264. The 21-year-old second year Sea Dog from Venezuela is the lightest player on the roster at 160 lbs. and tied with catcher Christian Vazquez for shortest at 5 feet, 9 inches. Vazquez had a rough week as his batting average dipped from .298 to .259. The 22-year-old saw his five-game hitting

streak replaced by a four-game hitless streak.

Center fielder Shannon Wilkerson is fifth on the team with a batting average of .263. The 6-foottall 24-year-old Georgia native had four steals last weekend to take the team lead with 11 stolen bases.

Last year Wilkerson had 32 stolen bases between Portland and single A Salem.

Outfielder Tony Thomas remained second on the team with 31 runs batted in. His batting average fell from .275 to .258.

Sea Dogs games can be heard on WPEI 95.5/ 95.9 FM Portland, WEZR 1240 AM Lewiston/Auburn, WKTQ 1450 AM South Paris and WTME 780 AM Rumford. Coverage begins 20 minutes prior to the first pitch with the pre-game show.

The talented and informative Mike Antonellis, the play-by-play announcer, returns to Portland for his ninth season (17th season overall) in Minor League Baseball.

means Maine will get only 62 percent federal funding for non-disabled parents. Most states are eligible to receive 100 percent federal funding for these parents.

If Maine expands welfare again, the state would have to pay around $30 million annually to cover 41,000 parents who would be 100 percent federally funded in other states, LePage stated.

The federal government also “tentatively concluded” that 10,000 childless adults already covered will receive full federal funding for the first three years of welfare expansion. Although CMS has said it “appears” this is true, they have asked DHHS to do an analysis to guarantee the additional funds. DHHS is working with CMS on the analysis.

LePage asked for more flexibility to ensure that the Maine’s welfare program is meeting the needs of the disabled and elderly, particularly the 3,100 individuals who are on waiting lists waiting for critical services, including home- and community-based services. LePage said these disabled and elderly individuals must be covered before he would consider expanding welfare to non-disabled childless adults.

“We need to focus on fixing the problems we have today,” said LePage in a press release from the governor’s office. “Then we can have a discussion about how to responsibly extend coverage options to additional populations.”

Senate Republican Leader Michael Thibodeau, R-Wald, said, “I am not surprised that the federal government has declined to fully fund this massive welfare expansion, despite the fact that Maine has already expanded Medicaid well beyond what most states have done. I also believe this validates Republicans’ decision to uphold the Governor’s veto on Medicaid expansion. We now have further proof that we have no idea how much it is going to cost the State of Maine.”

All 15 Senate Republicans stood with LePage and upheld his veto of Democratic legislation passed last week to repay Maine’s hospital debt, renegotiate Maine’s liquor contract, and accept federal funds to provide health insurance for 70,000 low-income Mainers through an expansion of MaineCare. LePage wants the issues handled separately.

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Democrats, Republicans respond to federal Medicaid expansion letter

By David Carkhuff THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Maine Gov. Paul LePage responded Thursday to a letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services stating that Maine will not receive increased federal funding if the state chooses to expand its Medicaid program to thousands of non-disabled parents.

Democrats in the Maine Legislature said the letter confirmed the need for Maine to expand its Medicaid, or MaineCare, rolls.

“This letter is further confirmation that Maine should take the deal,” said Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves of North Berwick. “We have a definitive offer. This is the best deal. We must accept these federal health care dollars to cover the cost of health care for tens of thousands of Maine people now.”

The letter sent to the LePage administration dated May 24 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services confirmed that Maine would receive full funding from the federal government for 55,000 childless adults for three years if it expands its Medicaid program to this population. Nearly 10,500 Mainers in this population will lose coverage in January if the state does not accept federal funds, Eves said.

“Lives are on the line, now is the time to act,” said Senate President Justin Alfond, D-Portland. “We have received assurance after assurance from the feds. You can’t get much better than 100 percent. It is misleading for the LePage administration to say we can get a better deal. No better deal exists. We should take the feds’ offer and take it now.”

But LePage said the federal agency rejected his request “to provide Maine with additional long-term support to ensure the Medicaid program is sustainable for years to come.”

“I’m disappointed that the federal government will penalize Maine for our previous generosity,” LePage said. “Maine will not get full funding for able-bodied parents, while other states receive 100 percent. It’s also disappointing that the feds won’t work with us to provide the additional years of funding I requested.

Once again, the federal government has failed to come through for Maine. Despite our generosity in expanding welfare over the last decade, we are being offered less than what other states are getting.”

CMS sent the letter to Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew on Friday, May 24, in response to a letter LePage sent in February, according to the governor’s office. Commissioner Mayhew traveled to Washington, D.C. earlier this month to follow up on the letter. The governor asked if Maine would get 100 percent federal funding to pay for non-disabled parents who were given coverage during the state’s last expansion of welfare.

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