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Events centers, like the one proposed at Congress Square Park, offer limited benefits to cities, said a speaker on public spaces who came to Portland on behalf of opponents of the controversial events center plan.

Ethan Kent, vice president of Project for Public Spaces, a nonprofit planning, design and educational organization based in New York City, endorsed a more broad-based approach to restoring the square located at the intersection of Congress and High streets.

“Event spaces, they have a predictable set of outcomes but a limited one, and building your city around places for people that build and strengthen the identity of that city is really what is shaping the future of cities,” said Kent, during an interview in the square Monday.

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Project for Public Spaces was brought to Portland by Friends of Congress Square for a meeting at the Portland Museum of Art and a public presentation at the Meg Perry Center.

The city plans to negotiate with the owners of the former Eastland Park Hotel as a prelude to the possible sale of two-thirds of Congress Square Park to the hotel developer for the hotel to add an events center.

The City Council’s Housing and Community Development Committee voted 3-1 in late May to authorize city staff to begin negotiations with RockBridge Capital — the owners of the former Eastland — about the possible sale of a portion of the park.

RockBridge Capital — the firm that bought the Eastland Park and is converting it into the Westin Portland Harbor View — has presented the city with plans for a proposed 9,400-square-foot building which leaves a 4,836-square-foot public plaza. Previously, the Congress Square Redesign Study Group met to make a recommendation on RockBridge’s proposal but wound up deadlocked on the future of the park.

If agreement is reached between the city and the developer, the proposed sale will go back before the HCDC and City Council for approval.

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Paths of folly Societies periodically go insane. Fallacious memes sweep through a frightened and confused populace and bad things happen, bad choices get made. Two bad ideas in particular infect the American thoughto-sphere these days: 1) that non-cheap oil can keep all the rackets of consumerism going; 2) that we can offset all the quandaries of non-cheap oil with accounting fraud and debt creation.

These ideas present themselves in the places of greatest authority and influence.

The president says “we have a hundred years of shale gas.” The Wall Street Journal says that an inflating Dow Jones index stands for a growing economy. My recent favorite came out of the increasingly demented New York Times on Saturday: Even Pessimists Feel Optimistic About the Ameri––––– can Economy. Quoting an Kunstler.com econ professor named Tyler Cowen from George Mason University The Times said: “The recent surge in domestic oil and gas production signals “the start of a new era of cheap energy,”

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Those who dig for the truth This has been a week of discovery. I have been reading my newspaper and, thanks to an excellent commitment to investigative journalism, many new insights have been provided.

I have taken the time to read Steven Brill’s excellent article in Time magazine. I had long thought that the debate about Obamacare was missing the real issue of health care in the United States. This article focuses attention on how much we pay for health services instead of who pays. It exposes the profitability of nonprofit hospitals and the exorbitant billing practices of the chargemaster system. The article reveals the billions of dollars spent by medical associations for lobbyists to preserve the current economic status of the health care system in America.

I have taken the time this week to read Alan Simpson’s presentation at the George Mitchell Foundation event that summarizes the findings of the Boles-Simpson Committee on reducing the deficit in the country’s budget. Most interesting is the depiction of the lavish pension and health care benefits provided to military career retirees. I believe most citizens are unaware of the dif-

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One Man’s Island ferent standards of care and support that exist between veteran’s services and Social Security and Medicare. Again defense industry lobbying has continued to insure that the weaponry and defense contracting industries are thriving and immune from recession.

The revelations of National Security Administration programs of surveillance are troubling to civil libertarians, but perhaps more troubling is the contracting out of sensitive information gathering to corporations with little regard for the sensitive nature of the work. Although it seems arcane wizardry to me, evidently some individuals of modest educational achievement find it easy to hack and perhaps impair the information technology we have come to rely on.

While the Supreme Court ruling on patenting human genetic code appears to place

something out of the realm of commercial development, it recognizes ownership of synthetic creation in the laboratory. To what brave new world this will lead, one must wonder. Similarly the court’s acceptance of DNA swipes of arrested individuals seems to open new issues of privacy and the fourth amendment.

Investigative journalism is probing the mission of regulatory agencies nationally and in Maine.

The Food and Drug Administration is being criticized for failing to adequately protect citizens by testing the effects of commercial products and procedures. The performance of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection under the leadership of Commissioner Patricia Aho has been scrutinized.

All these revelations demand the attention of thoughtful citizens. In a democracy, it is our responsibility to discover the truth and act in the best interest of the people.

(One Man’s Island columnist Robert Libby of Chebeague Island is a teacher, writer, organic gardener, executive director of the Maine Center for Civic Education.)

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Bob Tur’s public life Bob Tur is a well-known and respected news helicopter pilot and reporter in Los Angeles. Those of us who have lived here for a while remember his reporting of some of the most famous (or infamous) events in our city’s history, including the riots back in 2002 after the acquittal in the Rodney King case and the most-watched slow-speed car chase of all time (and the biggest day ever for pizza delivery) starring O.J. Simpson in his white SUV. This week, Tur himself is the story, after a radio interview in which he revealed that he has begun hormone therapy to “become” a woman.

It is, I am sure, a measure of how old I am, and how new it is to be discussing such things publicly, that I am not exactly sure of what the right words are. Is a person who, as Tur puts it, was “born” with a female brain — “a genetic defect that happens in utero” — finally “becoming” who she was supposed to be all along? “You think you’re a woman, but you’re a man,” Tur said in an interview.

I can’t imagine it. But so what?

A few years ago, a well-respected Los Angeles Times sportswriter made the decision Tur has made to go forward publicly with his gender transformation. I wrote a piece applauding his courage. She became a hero. And then, somehow, things went sideways. She went back to being he, and later he killed himself. Those of us who had applauded the courage, who had contributed to making her a heroine and a symbol, wondered. There was a long follow-up story in the Times, but it really didn’t answer the hard questions. Life is hard. Transformation has to be harder still. Doing it publicly? Well, can it get any harder? And what does one story prove?

So here we go.

“I’m done trying to deal with this. It’s gotten very

bad in the last five years. It’s been a very easy process once I made the decision to go forward. Now that my brain is getting the right hormones ... I had no idea that life was like this. I just had no Creators idea. It’s amazing. The dysmorSyndicate phic OCD thoughts are gone. For the first time, I’m truly happy,” Tur told a local interviewer.

“Truly happy.” God bless.

I grew up when people were afraid to “come out” as gay. If you asked me how many gay kids I grew up with or went to school with, I would have said none — which of course could not have been true.

The truth is I have no idea how many confused and frightened kids I grew up with. They are still out there. Every time I hear someone making ignorant comments about the supposed “evils” of homosexuality, I think about the true evil of the high suicide rates among gay and lesbian teens.

But being gay isn’t news anymore (unless you play professional sports). Compared to being caught in the wrong body, being plagued by “dysmorphic OCD thoughts,” being gay is commonplace and mostly accepted. What once seemed unimaginable and shameful has been revealed to be perfectly normal.

There was a story the other day about a school that couldn’t figure out what bathroom to let a transgender elementary school student use. It reminded me of the bad old days when the Equal Rights Amendment got killed in large part because of stupid scare stories that it would lead to unisex toilets.

Flown on a plane lately? Visited one of your kids’ college dorms? Hello. The world has survived. We can figure out how to protect everybody’s privacy in the toilet stalls.

I wish Zoey Tur Godspeed. Someday it will be easier.

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he said, while less expensive online education programs could open the door to millions of people who have been priced out of more traditional academics.”

That was a two-fer of stupidities since A) it ought to be self-evident that $90-a-barrel oil is not cheap oil, and B) that because of A, there’s unlikely to be lucrative employment for people who learn doubleentry book-keeping on their laptops. In fact, anyone who actually learns math over the Internet must conclude that $90-a-barrel oil will crash all the supposedly normal operations of a consumer society, including the ability of oil-and-gas companies to get the capital investment necessary for further oil production.

None of these accredited morons seems to get the basic equation between available cheap energy — e.g. oil with a high energy-return-on-investment — and capital formation — the accumulation of wealth that can be deployed to produce more wealth-producing activity. That was only possible on the way up Hubbert’s curve. On the way down, alas, the relationship enters a Ponzi unwind of too many claims on excessive promises to pay. The net result is a society with a lower standard of living. Personally, I think it will go way lower, and way sooner than later.

The idea that on-line education is a sovereign tonic for economic vitality is just another gloss on the inane belief that technology can take the place of energy in the equation above. Tom Friedman, grand poobah, of The New York Times Op-Ed page is the cheerleader-in-chief for that meme, but it is accepted by virtually all authorities in business and politics, and their handmaidens in the academic chairs. As the American economy dissolves in an acid bath of capital scarcity and grievance, these idiots will be

waiting for the next iPhone app that can power the electric grid — and thus all the new iPhones streaming out of the Apple factories of China into the hot little hands of nineteen-year-olds in Michigan taking “Macroeconomics” on the Kahn Academy website.

Speaking of China, The New York Times ran another humdinger over the weekend: China’s Great Uprooting: Moving 250 Million Into Cities that illustrates how meshugga that society is. Such are the tragic sorrows of late-blooming techno-industrialism that China is doing exactly the opposite of what the future requires — namely, destroying the basis for small-scale local food production. But, not to put too fine a point on it, China is f---ed. They are simply in the hopeless zone of population overshoot and resource scarcity. There was some loose talk in that Times story to the effect that China will offset all its problems by colonizing Africa (and, who knows, other lands with other resources), but it will be interesting to see how it goes on the slow boat back to Shanghai with all that bok choy rotting in the hold as it plies east out of Mombasa under an everhotter tropical sun.

Chinese leadership apparently thinks this is the way to go. Just as the Princeton-bred American economists think that we can all migrate onto the Web and live a virtual existence on virtual wealth with virtual energy. The manifold disappointments that societies around the world face as they discover the falsity of their own memes is already leading to a lot of dangerous mischief, which is to say armed conflict. There is potential for a lot worse.

(James Howard Kunstler is the author of several books, including “The Long Emergency,” “The Geography of Nowhere” and “The Witch of Hebron.” Contact him by emailing jhkunstler@mac.com.)

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Knight to ride for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Portland police officer to join the Houston Police Department Bicycle Relay Team for benefit event

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Senior Lead Officer Dan Knight may be the only police officer to have used a Taser on someone while also balancing on two wheels.

Knight, with the Portland Police Department, works out of the Midtown Community Policing Center office at 26 Portland St. He is a familiar sight riding his bicycle downtown, where he’s responsible for covering the Bayside area and also the Old Port.

On May 8, in the early afternoon, Knight heard a call on his police radio regarding a man having some sort of psychotic breakdown who was unable to be controlled and handcuffed by the several officers already on the scene.

The incident began when the man ran to a Monument Square restaurant where people were eating outdoors and began jumping up and down on one of the outside tables.

While being pursued by an officer, he then ran toward Congress Street, screaming and tearing off his clothing at the same time.

Knight was in the area and he pedaled over immediately. When asked about this incident, he said when he

got there he decided to remain on his bicycle. “The bike is a mechanical advantage,” Knight said.

The frenzied man was heading in the same direction as Knight, who was following him on the bike. But then, Knight said, “He suddenly turned and charged at me, screaming.” He said at that point his view was unobstructed, and Knight was able to deploy the Taser, which stopped him.

The incident ended with the man being transported to a hospital by Medcu, to be evaluated and treated.

Knight is more than a bike enthusiast. When asked how he would describe his relationship with bicycles he said, without a moment’s hesitation, “My wife would probably say it was ‘maniacal.’” He quickly added, “I’m only kidding.”

He’s been connected to bikes since childhood, stating, “I always loved riding my bike; but then you grow up — get a car — and you don’t ride your bike as much.”

Knight just celebrated 25 years with the Portland Police Department, and Portland’s Chief Michael Sauschuck had this to say about him: “Dan Knight is an outstanding police officer and an incredible asset, to not only the Portland community but the national law enforcement community as well.”

Knight is also a member of the department’s Crisis Negotiators Team, whose members are called out for cases involving suicidal individu-

Senior Lead Officer Dan Knight has celebrated 25 years with the Portland Police Department. (MARGE NIBLOCK PHOTO)

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Regarding leukemia, Knight said, “It means something to me.” It was one of the complicating factors leading to his grandmother’s death, and he said his wife’s best friend had it but she is doing well now. Each member of the Relay Team wears a special “dog tag” bearing the name of someone, to help encourage them throughout the trip.

Knight’s tag will read “In memory of Frances Knight,” his grandmother.

In the past 21 years over $5.4 million has been raised and riders have pedaled almost 70,000 miles. This year they will start their ride in Discovery Green Park in Houston and end it in Portland, Maine, approximately 2,200 miles and seven days after the departure date. Portland’s Police Benevolent Association, which is the patrolmen’s union, donated $1,000 to the worthy cause.

This will be the tenth ride since 1996 that Knight has participated in. That year the team also went to Maine, and went to President George H. W. Bush’s home in Kennebunkport, where individual photos were taken with each rider. The framed, autographed picture of Knight with the president hangs in his office.

When asked if there is any special preparation that must be done before the trip, Knight said, “I like to ride as many miles as I can all the time.” In other words, he’s ready!

This year Knight is the only outside rider. The Houston Team tries to have riders from the destination city accompany them. When they came to Portland in 1996, Knight had some compadres with him; Karl Geib and Robert Burke also participated in that event.

But Knight won’t feel like the odd man out. He said there are always at least 10 people that he’s met previously. There will be five teams involved in the ride with anywhere from six to seven riders on each team.

Knight will spend the few days between his arrival in Houston and the relay’s start by helping to pack the vans and visiting with friends.

All participating riders use their own bicycles, and Knight will be riding his Trek Madone carbon fiber bike.

CycleMania on Federal Street is donating a travel case for the bicycle and will also help pack it up. The popular bike shop does the upkeep required for the bicycles in Portland’s Police Department, and Knight says, “The CycleMania guys are awesome!”

When speaking about past rides with the Houston group Knight became almost poetic, saying, “Some rides you watch the sun go down.

Some rides you watch the sun come up. I’ve seen the sun rise over the Arizona desert and the sun set over the Blue Ridge Mountains.”

The riders usually ride on secondary roads, not superhighways. This year they’re doing the Blue Ridge Mountains again. Knight said, “I’ll do some training in the White Mountains. I’ll

Officer Dan Knight said, “I’ll do some training in the White Mountains. I’ll be taking 75-mile rides.” On these prior trips Knight says he’s hit every state on his bike, except Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Destinations have included Alaska, Edmonton, Alberta and Los Angeles. be taking 75-mile rides.”

On these prior trips Knight says he’s hit every state on his bike, except Idaho, Washington and Oregon.

Destinations have included Alaska, Edmonton, Alberta, and Los Angeles.

That was the longest trip they ever did, from Houston to Los Angeles to New York City. It took about two and a half weeks to accomplish that many miles. They’ve ridden through deserts, the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the Appalachians.

The logistics are planned out beforehand and members of the team check out the route. Altogether, there will be five vans, five trailers, and a patrol car that travels behind the cyclists when each team is riding. As long as the drivers’ positions are taken care of the teams handle things differently, as far as the time periods before riders change.

Knight said, “You sleep when you can and you eat when you can.” Sometimes they’ll stop at a hotel to sleep for a few hours.

The riders are not competing with one another, except for some that may be competing as far as the amount of money they can raise for the cause.

One team relieves another in the relay; it’s not a race.

Knight will be meeting up with his good friend and former bike partner, Karl Geib, who retired a couple of years ago. Geib will join the group near Keene, New Hampshire, and travel the rest of the way to Portland with them.

When the group crosses the Casco Bay Bridge on June 25, the Portland Fire Department will provide a dramatic background, with their fire boat spraying a “water salute” to the riders, as a climax to the long ride, welcoming the team to the city.

When the Houston riders reach Portland they will be met by their families at the finish line, the Portland Harbor Hotel in the Old Port.

Dan Knight’s wife and children are also looking forward to being there to greet him after his long ride.

Portland’s Downtown District and its outgoing Executive Director Jan Beitzer — who announced her resignation last week — announced plans to welcome the team by presenting them with gift bags put together for the riders and their families.

Most of the Houston contingent will then spend several days exploring Portland before heading back to Texas.

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A bicyclist from Watertown, Mass., participating in the Trek Across Maine, likely veered into the path of a passing truck and was killed in the impact as a result of head trauma, in an incident Friday morning along route 2 in Hanover, according to Maine State Police.

A State Police official said Friday’s fatal bicycle crash was likely caused when bicyclist David LeClair lost control as he was sipping water and veered into the path of the tractor trailer.

Witnesses told troopers that LeClair was sipping from a water bottle at the time and had only one hand on the handlebar, according to State Police Lt. Walter Grzyb. Witnesses also said there was at least 3 and a half to 4 feet separating Leclair from the passing truck, Grzyb said.

Investigators have also concluded the truck involved was driven by

Michael Masse-Defresne of Quebec, based on two video recordings troopers viewed, one from a Rumford business and the other from a Rumford police cruiser, which was first to respond to the accident, Grzyb said.

There is little likelihood any charges will be lodged against the trucker, but the final crash report will be reviewed by the district attorney’s office once it is completed, sometime in the next month or so, Grzyb said. The State Medical Examiner’s Office said LeClair died from “blunt force trauma to the head and there is evidence that his left arm was struck by the truck,” according to Maine State Police.

LeClair, 23, was riding with a group of friends as part of the Trek Across Maine, police said. LeClair apparently was struck by the rear portion of the tractor trailer as it passed the bicyclist and was killed instantly, police said.

Friends he was riding with stopped to render assistance and called police with a description of the truck which did not stop. A truck of a similar description was stopped in Rumford by police a short time later, and the driver was interviewed and the truck examined. The crash took place about 8:45 a.m. Friday.

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Tuesday, June 18, 2013— Page 9

Is city ‘asking the wrong question’?

PLANNING from page 3

“If you frame the question about how do you create a great place here, (stakeholders) all have very important things to offer and they all see things in a complementary way. If you frame it around, do you want this plan or that, you get a really divisive answer, you get a race to the bottom,” Kent said.

In Portland, officials have “been asking the wrong question,” he said.

“The question has to be how do we create a great public destination, how does everyone help make that work?” he said.

“A space like this has the potential to be an anchor to the economic success of Portland. It’s an opportunity that needs to be

seized,” Kent said.

Critics of the current uses of Congress Square Park point to a perception that it’s overrun with homeless people and panhandlers, which they say drive away other members of the public.

Kent said management, not just design, of the square can determine its success as a public space.

Fundamental design issues hinder the square, he said, but “just coming up with a new design for this space, big or small, isn’t really going to change the patterns of use or experience here. It has to be a very different process, and one of the outcomes has to be a different type of management entity for this space.” see SQUARE page 15

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Country singer-musician Tim Hunt is 46. Rock singer-musician Sice (The Boo Radleys) is 44. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men) is 42. Actress Mara Hobel is 42. Rapper Silkk the Shocker is 38. Actress Alana de la Garza is 37. Country singer Blake Shelton is 37. Rock musician Steven Chen is 35. Actor David Giuntoli is 33. Actress Renee Olstead is 24. Actress Willa Holland is 22.

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Your interest doesn’t have to become your child’s or your partner’s interest, but it will certainly help if others respect it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There’s something about a current trend that suits you just fine, and you’re likely to hop right on board. Just remember that if you follow the crowd, you’ll likely end up in a crowded place.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There is quite a lot of coming and going these days -- a loved one leaves and another returns.

Your heart sends warm wishes and welcoming affection while your head tries to roll with the changes.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Thunderstorms are powerful and frightening but mercifully brief. Remember that a dark cloud currently on the horizon will soon pass over you, and the sun isn’t far behind.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 18). You’re decisive and quick -- qualities you’ll use at key moments this year. You know when it’s right to handle things first and ask questions later. A strange coincidence in July becomes the opening to a love story. August is for signing deals and making fans. October offers the chance to rectify family karma. Aries and Libra people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 24, 3, 11, 17 and 32

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). There is such a thing as being too giving or, more likely, giving the right amount but to the wrong person. You have a good heart, but don’t let that blind you to what’s bad in people.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Hearing an apology will bring a weird satisfaction that verges on happiness. Maybe it’s nice to know that other people make mistakes, too, or that if they had it to do over again, they would treat you better.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Knowing who you are is kind of beside the point today, because you’re too busy unselfconsciously proving the point with every successful action. You have officially gotten out of your own way.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll ask astute questions. You could catch someone off guard, and this is good -- you’ll get an honest answer. What you learn about the past will help you feel differently about the present and future.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There’s something you need to put out of your mind because it’s taking up too much of your energy, and there’s nothing you can do about it today. Don’t think, wonder or obsess.

Focus elsewhere.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll make something without worrying about whether anyone cares. You’re doing it for you, for the joy of putting things together, just because.

Today this action will open the door of destiny.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You will be repaid for the time you put into your body.

But the mental benefits of exercise cannot be stressed enough. Even if you feel like it’s an indulgence, get in a workout. Your brain needs it now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A relationship may hit a strange, rocky passage, but keep a sure footing and move quickly along to smoother junctures. You can’t stumble over something if it’s behind you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your attention is a precious commodity, and it’s yours to appropriate in the way you see fit.

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The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Tuesday, June 18, 2013— Page 11

––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2013. There are 196 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On June 18, 1983, astronaut Sally K. Ride, 32, became America’s first woman in space as she and four colleagues (commander Robert L. Crippen, pilot Frederick H. Hauck and Ride’s fellow mission specialists John M. Fabian and Norman E. Thagard) blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger on a six-day mission.

On this date: In 1778, American forces entered Philadelphia as the British withdrew during the Revolutionary War. In 1812, the War of 1812 began as the United States Congress approved, and President James Madison signed, a declaration of war against Britain.

In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte met his Waterloo as British and Prussian troops defeated the French in Belgium.

In 1873, suffragist Susan B. Anthony was found guilty by a judge in Canandaigua, N.Y., of breaking the law by casting a vote in the 1872 presidential election. (The judge fined Anthony $100, but she never paid the penalty.)

In 1908, William Howard Taft was nominated for president by the Republican National Convention in Chicago.

In 1912, the Republican National Convention, which would nominate President William Howard Taft for another term of office, opened in Chicago.

In 1940, during World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged his countrymen to conduct themselves in a manner that would prompt future generations to say, “This was their finest hour.”

In 1945, William Joyce, known as “Lord HawHaw,” was charged in London with high treason for his English-language wartime broadcasts on German radio. (He was hanged in January 1946.)

In 1953, a U.S. Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashed near Tokyo, killing all 129 people on board. Egypt’s 148-year-old Muhammad Ali Dynasty came to an end with the overthrow of the monarchy and the proclamation of a republic.

In 1972, 118 people were killed in the crash of a Brussels-bound British European Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C shortly after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport.

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna.

In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Georgia v. McCollum, ruled that criminal defendants could not use race as a basis for excluding potential jurors from their trials. Entertainer Peter Allen died in San Diego County, Calif., at age 48.

Five years ago: With gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President George W. Bush urged Congress to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying the United States needed to increase its energy production; Democrats quickly rejected the idea.

One year ago: In a scene captured on cellphone video, Karen Klein, a school bus monitor from Rochester, N.Y., was verbally abused by seventh-graders, prompting outrage as well as donations to the 68-year-old grandmother.

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Dear Annie: As a military war veteran and someone raised in the midst of inner-city violence, I have suffered from and learned a great deal about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). There are many misconceptions about this common and treatable illness, and I want to make sure your readers know the truth about PTSD and how to get help if they need it.

When I got out of the service, I could only sit in certain positions in a room and go to certain places. I couldn’t be in crowds or tolerate any kind of loud traffic noise (not easy for a New Yorker). I couldn’t sit next to a window. If anyone came up behind me to say hello, I would drop them to the ground, expecting an attack.

I didn’t recognize this at the time as PTSD. I know there are many others with stories like mine, and I want them to know that PTSD is a real illness with real treatment options. It is also important to know that this doesn’t only affect members of the military. Anyone who experiences a traumatic event can develop PTSD. It wasn’t easy, but I eventually got the help I needed and am in a much better place. June 20 is PTSD Screening Day, and June is PTSD Awareness Month. Anyone can go online and take a free and anonymous screening at www.PTSDScreening.org to see whether their symptoms are consistent with those of PTSD. It can be hard to reach out and ask for help, but doing so can make a huge difference. -- William Terry Dear Mr. Terry: Thank you for sharing your story with our readers. You are correct that anyone who has witnessed or experienced trauma can suffer from PTSD. This includes anyone affected by recent tragedies such as Sandy Hook, the Boston Marathon and the tornadoes in Oklahoma. The first step to getting help is identifying the problem. We urge those

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Dear Annie: Can you tell me what is so wrong with a youngster sending an invitation to her aunt addressed to “Aunt Frances” instead of “Mrs. Frances Smith”? My sister gets all bent out of shape when my 10-year-old daughter addresses an envelope to her this way. -- Wondering in Clinton Township Dear Wondering: Your sister should be amazed to receive a handwritten envelope from her niece altogether. It’s fairly rare these days. It’s perfectly OK for a young niece to write “Aunt Frances” on an envelope. Many aunts would be charmed. However, one rule of etiquette is not to intentionally offend. Since you know your sister wants a more formal address, teach your daughter to write to her this way, and please don’t editorialize when you do so.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Wish He’d Look for Another Job,” who is frustrated by a young co-worker. “Justin” can’t remember what was said the minute he hangs up the telephone, doesn’t pay attention to what he is doing, takes on no new responsibilities, makes the same mistakes over and over, texts his wife constantly and falls apart over every issue.

I would like to mention another possibility. I know a young man who needs constant teaching, doesn’t want to try new things, forgets almost instantly what he has been taught and rarely offers to do anything. He has a processing disorder.

He is a loving 30-year-old, but I don’t think he will ever hold a job unless special considerations are made for him. I hope that if he does get a job, it is with folks who are tolerant of his learning disability, although they may not know he has special needs. -- A Reader

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– PORTLAND POLICE LOG––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– refusing to submit to arrest or detention on Glenwood Avenue by Officer Kevin Murphy.

7 a.m., Mary Nyembo, 21, of Portland, was arrested for burglary of a motor vehicle on Fore Street by Officer Andjelko Napijalo.

12 p.m., Jane Loyalala, 30, of Portland, was arrested for disorderly conduct on Forest Avenue by Officer William Stratis.

2 p.m., Brian Cobb, 22, of Portland, was arrested for assault on Pine Street by Officer Christopher Sibley.

4 p.m., Elizabeth Lavigne, 27, of Portland, was arrested for unlawful possession of scheduled drugs on Congress Street by Officer Thomas Reagan.

4 p.m., Richard Morin, 51, of Portland, was arrested for unlawful possession of scheduled drugs on Pearl Street by Officer Brent Abbott.

6 p.m., Kevin Lee Whalen, 45, of Portland, was arrested for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer on Congress Street by Officer Robert Hawkins.

10 p.m., Dan Emanuel Leon Ulloa, 31, of Portland, was arrested for assault on Middle Street by Officer Nicholas Gowen.

10 p.m., Ismael Andujar, 40, of Portland, was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon on Park Avenue by Officer Heather Brown.

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10 p.m., Nathan Wiley, 22, of Scarborough, was arrested for violation of conditional release and violation of bail conditions on Forest Avenue by Officer David Hemond, Jr.

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Thursday, June 13

12 a.m., Sharon Moore, 45, of Portland, was arrested for assault on Noyes Street by Officer David Hemond, Jr. 12 a.m., Lisa Ann Lane, 52, of Portland, was arrested on a warrant for assault on Noyes Street

by Officer Vincent Rozzi.

12 a.m., Stephen Lynch, 24, of Shapleigh, was arrested on a warrant for operating under the influence on Civic Center Square by Officer Terrence Fitzgerald.

2 a.m., Marissa Corliss, 20, of Portland, was arrested for operating under the influence and

8 a.m., Hunter Misner, 19, of Portland, was arrested for violation of a protection order and violation of a protection order from abuse on Oxford Street by Officer John Morin.

10 a.m., Amanda Ansolini, 26, of Portland, was arrested for public drinking on Mechanic Street by Officer Daniel Knight.

3 p.m., John Martell, 33, of Kennebunk, was arrested for operating after revocation for habitual offender on Pine Street by Officer Thomas Reagan.

4 p.m., Amanda Marie Alfreds, 23, of Portland, was arrested for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer on Forest Avenue by Officer Matthew Rider.

4 p.m., Steven Aaron Dawe, 24, of Portland, was arrested for disorderly conduct on Gilman Street by Officer Robert Hawkins.

6 p.m., Sarah Lynn Bowman, 29, of Portland, was arrested for assault on Newbury Street by Officer Nicholas Gowen.

8 p.m., Michael Lavoie, 44, of Portland, was arrested for public drinking and violation of conditional release on Congress Street by Officer Nicho-

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1 a.m., Elliot Patten Swan, 22, of Portland, was arrested for operating without a license on Congress Street by Officer Henry Johnson.

7 a.m., Richard Savoy, 26, of Portland, was arrested on a warrant for unlawful possession of scheduled drugs on Oxford Street by Officer Daniel Knight.

9 a.m., Justin Renna, 22, of Portland, was arrested on a warrant for violation of conditional release on Washington Avenue by Officer James Keddy.

12 p.m., Melvin Lamar Jackson, 45, of Portland, was arrested for assault on Portland Street by Officer Kyle Brake.

3 p.m., Melissa Marie Yargeau, 36, of Portland, was arrested on a warrant for assault on Congress Street by Officer Robert Hawkins.

6 p.m., Mary Lyon, 59, of Portland, was arrested for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer on Forest Avenue by Officer Henry Johnson.

6 p.m., Kenneth Jordan Vasquez, 18, of Bronx, N.Y., was arrested for unlawful possession of scheduled drugs on Brighton Avenue by Officer Daniel Hondo.

7 p.m., Nicholas Lavoie, 21, of Portland, was arrested for false public alarm or report on West Commercial Street by Officer David Cote.

9 p.m., Dana Rees Bartlett, 48, of Portland, was arrested on a warrant for operating after revocation for habitual offender on Cumberland Avenue by Officer Laurence Smith, Jr. 10 p.m., Kurt Morgridge, 38, of Portland, was arrested for disorderly conduct on Pine Street by Officer Christopher Dyer.

10 p.m., Daniel McKelvey, 37, of Portland, was arrested for assault and criminal trespass on Hanover Street by Officer Jaw Twomey.

11 p.m., Travis Gross, 30, of Portland, was arrested for burglary or a motor vehicle and burglary on Concord Street by Officer Kevin Murphy.

Daily Sun Staff Report (Portland Police Department arrest log June 9 to June 15)

Sunday, June 9 3 a.m., Mark Hurley, 24, of Portland, was arrested for obstructing government administration on Fore Street by Officer Jonathan Reeder.

1 p.m., John Davis, 25, of Portland, was arrested for operating under the influence on Franklin Street

by Officer Matthew Casagrande.

4 p.m., Moises Ramirez, 28, of Portland, was arrested for criminal threatening on Dana Street by Officer Thomas Reagan.

5 p.m., John Robert Jablonski, 59, of Falmouth, was arrested for criminal trespass on Portland Street by Officer Nicholas Gowen.

6 p.m., Shane Halacy, 38, of South Portland, was arrested for assault on Casco Street by Officer Eric Johnson.

6 p.m., Andrew Kahkonen, 26, of Otisfield, was arrested for unlawful possession of scheduled drugs on Fore Street by Officer Jason Leadbetter.

8 p.m., Maxwell Mendez, 26, of Portland, was arrested for operating after suspension on Forest Avenue by Officer Vincent Rozzi.

8 p.m., Paul Macomber, 53, of Portland, was arrested on a warrant for operating after suspension on Commercial Street by Officer Dan Aguilera.

9 p.m., Richard McDowell, 32, of Portland, was arrested for assault by Officer Nicholas Gowen.

10 p.m., Joseph Manning, 26, of Portland, was arrested for assault on Exchange Street by Officer Charles Hodgdon.

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11 a.m., Paul Moynihan, 50, of Portland, was arrested for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer on Forest Avenue by Officer Marjory Clavet.

1 p.m., Steven Arthur Mattson, 21, of address unknown, was arrested for terrorizing in Congress Square by Officer John Morin.

1 p.m., Christopher Hoyt Johnson, 23, of Portland, was arrested for elevated aggravated assault on Middle Street by Det. Richard Beaumont.

3 p.m., Michael Aaron Hewett, 37, of address unknown, was arrested for public drinking on West Commercial Street by Officer Robert Hawkins.

3 p.m., Anthony Johnson, 54, of Portland, was arrested for unlawful possession of scheduled drugs on Deerfield Road by Officer Jennifer Lamperti.

8 p.m., Alia Page, 32, of Saco, was arrested on a warrant for harassment by telephone by Officer Jay Twomey.

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12 a.m., Keith Gamache, 43, of Portland, was arrested for illegal possession of hypodermic apparatuses on Congress Street by Officer Jeffrey Ruth.

12 a.m., Barry Carollo, 37, of Portland, was arrested for disorderly conduct on Forest Avenue by Officer Jessica Brown.

11 a.m., Barbara Cater, 44, of Portland, was arrested as a fugitive from justice on Marginal Way

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4 p.m., Jane Loyalala, 30, of Portland, was arrested for disorderly conduct on Portland Street by Officer Laurence Smith, Jr. 6 p.m., Aaron Hazelwood, 29, of Portland, was arrested for public drinking on Somerset Street by Sgt. Robert Martin. see LOG page 15

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Tuesday, June 18 Restoration of cannons at Fort Allen

8 a.m. to noon. “The cannons which have graced Fort Allen for years — and for many, since their childhood — are being removed this coming Tuesday, June 18 between 8 a.m. and noon. They will be temporarily ‘vacationing’ with our Friends at Evergreen Cemetery before hitting the road to repair and restoration. We will be launching a campaign to raise funds both privately and thru charitable gifts and grants to cover repair costs. Our goal is to return the refurbished cannons to the Park in time for the Bicentennial Celebration of Fort Allen in October 2014! The sagging wooden carriages will be replaced, the barrels will be treated with industrial paint coating and corrosion removed. New bases will be installed to protect the cannons from further sinking into the ground and a long-term maintenance program established. Removal of the two 4.5 inch siege rifles with their carriages and a 6 inch gun from the USS Maine marks the first step in what has been a 2 1/2 year journey in planning the restoration of Fort Allen Park! To learn more about funding opportunities, please contact info@easternpromenade.org.” Friends of the Eastern Prom. According to the city of Portland, the two cannons and their carriages are from the USS Maine and “will be removed by crane from the Fort Allen Park. Their removal kicks off the Fort Allen rehabilitation project, which is scheduled to be complete by October 2014.” For more information about the project or the fundraising efforts underway for the canon, visit the http://easternpromenade.org/.

York County Jobs Alliance networking

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The York County Jobs Alliance will host a networking event of jobseekers and employers at University College in Saco (110 Main St.). “This annual celebration recognizes individuals and local businesses who have worked with Goodwill during the past year to connect jobseekers with employment opportunities. The event features guest speaker Bonita Pothier from Senator Angus King’s office. ... Over 50 local businesses and community organizations have been invited. The event is free and open to job seekers in York County. To RSVP please call Ryan Anderson by June 14 at: 571-3301, or email: ryan.anderson@goodwillnne.org.”

‘Dreamgirls’ at Maine State Music Theatre

2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “Dreamgirls” at Maine State Music Theatre, June 5 through June 22. Tony Award winning musical, Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick. Tuesday-Sunday through June 22. $52. to $59. msmt. org. 725-8769.

Street renaming meeting in Portland

7 p.m. Shalom House, 106 Gilman St., Portland. “City Councilor David Marshall will host a neighborhood meeting to discuss the possibility of changing the names of A Street, C Street and D Street, located within the St. John Valley neighborhood. The concept originated in February, Black History Month, when members of the public expressed an interest in renaming the streets to historically represent the city’s forefathers who resided in the neighborhood.

The public is invited to attend the meeting and share their thoughts on renaming the streets as well as possible alternatives.” For members of the public interested in this initiative but unable to attend the meeting, they can call, email or mail their comments to Mike Murray at msm@portlandmaine.gov, 756-8288, or City of Portland (Attention Mike Murray), 389 Congress Street, Portland ME 04102.

Wednesday, June 19 Sustainable Food Production in Maine

7:15 a.m. Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine. “Join E2Tech on June 19 at a unique venue — the Portland Urban Farm Fermentory — to learn about sustainable agriculture and aquaculture and the unique technologies and initiatives that are transforming the way we produce the foods we eat. Speakers will include Chuck Green, President and CEO of Backyard Farms in Madison, Maine and Christopher S. Heining, CEO, Harpswell Oceanic Center, Inc. and RAS Corp. Eli Cayer, Founder of the Urban Farm Fermentory will share how he is engaging the community, educating its residents and businesses, and providing a Food Hub for bakers, brewers, and even popsicle makers! Before and after the forum attendees will have an opportunity to tour the facility and learn about the companies located there. Registration and directions are at www.e2tech.org.” 7:15 a.m., Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson St., Portland. E2Tech — Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine, http://www.e2tech.org

Peony Bloom and Ice Cream Social

6 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Maine Audubon invites friends, supporters, families and the general public to kick off the summer

In this winter scene of Fort Allen Park on the Eastern Promenade in 2009, the sun begins to have its way with a snowman near one of the park’s Civil War-era cannons. The cannons are being removed today to undergo a restoration, according to the city and Friends of the Eastern Prom. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) season at their annual Peony Bloom and Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, June 19, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event will take place at Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth (20 Gilsland Farm Road). The gathering is free and open to all. The annual celebration recognizes the organization’s dedicated members, donors and volunteers who have supported Maine Audubon with their time, energy and contributions for over twenty years. Enjoy homemade ice cream donated by Toots Ice Cream (North Yarmouth) and live music from the students of 317 Main (Yarmouth).

There will be a live auction of five heirloom peony plants at 7 pm. Become a Maine Audubon member that evening and receive a free peony flower. The event also features a free children’s peony craft workshop — bring the whole family!”

Thursday, June 20 ‘Dreamgirls’ at Maine State Music Theatre

2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “Dreamgirls” at Maine State Music Theatre, June 5 through June 22. Tony Award winning musical, Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick. Tuesday-Sunday through June 22. $52. to $59. msmt. org. 725-8769.

Simple Burden in concert

6 p.m. Simple Burden. Outdoor concert, weather permitting. Bring a picnic and a blanket. A free community concert with a local band. Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St., Cumberland. FMI 829-2215

Think Tank grand opening in Yarmouth

5 p.m. “Think Tank and the local community celebrate the grand opening of its Yarmouth location with a networking reception that will include a tour of the office. Think Tank is a hub for marketing, programming and design professionals. The space encourages collaboration and gives the start-up community an affordable, flexible place to ideate.”

Think Tank, 40 Lafayette St., Yarmouth. 712.6543

William Wegman in the 2013 MFA Artist Lecture Series at MECA

6:30 p.m. The MFA program at Maine College of Art announced the roster of visiting artists for the summer of 2013 MFA Artist Lecture Series, including William Wegman.

“William Wegman is the author of numerous books for children, including New York Times bestseller Puppies.

Working with his cast of Weimaraners, Wegman has created projects for Saturday Night Live, Nickelodeon, and Sesame Street, where his videos have appeared regularly since 1989. Wegman’s movie ‘The Hardly Boys in Hardly Gold’ was screened at the Sundance Film Festival. He has appeared on ‘The Tonight Show’ with Johnny Carson and with Jay Leno, David Letterman and, most recently, ‘The Colbert Report.’ Wegman currently lives in New York and Maine.” All lectures are held in Osher Hall on the second floor of MECA’s Porteous Building at 522 Congress Street, and begin at 6:30 p.m. http://www.meca.edu

Randy Judkins: Comedy with Character

6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Randy Judkins: Comedy with Character on the library’s front lawn at Thomas Memorial Library. “Our summer special events will begin with an evening performance by juggler and comedian Randy Judkins on the library’s front lawn. Judkins will deliver a comic One Person — Multi-Character performance, featuring juggling, slapstick, magic, and lots of audience interaction in this fun performance for all ages. Families are encouraged to bring a picnic dinner to enjoy on the lawn during this free performance.” Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth. For more information, visit the library’s website at www.ThomasMemorialLibrary.org.

Author John Ford in Falmouth

6:30 p.m. “Former Maine Game Warden John Ford, author of ‘Suddenly the Cider Didn’t Taste So Good’ and the new ‘The Cider Still Tastes Funny!’ will speak at Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, on Thursday, June 20 at 6:30 p.m. Copies of the books will be available for sale and signing.” FMI: 781-2351 or library@falmouth.lib.me.us.

‘Titus Andronicus’ by Mad Horse

7:30 p.m. “Titus Andronicus” runs through June 23, in the Mad Horse Theater at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St., South Portland. “Mad Horse closes its 27th Season on a grand scale with one of Shakespeare’s most sweeping and controversial plays. In this depiction of an aging warrior’s return home, Titus Andronicus is a masterful examination of power, corruption, loyalty to family and to country, and the lengths to which one man will go to right a horrifying wrong. A legendary general, Titus Andronicus, returns in triumph to Rome. But the city is in chaos, its Emperor dead. The years of battle have taken their toll on Titus — the choices he makes from the moment he sets foot in the city lead to a spiral of betrayal, revenge and death.”

Performance times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday Matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults; $15 for seniors/students. Reservations are recommended. Tickets can be purchased online at: www.madhorse.com/tickets.

‘The Freaks Club’ at Snowlion

8 p.m. “A girl with fish-scale skin, a boy who cannot touch, a friend who sees only shadows. ... The Freaks Club is the funny, touching new musical where ‘fish’ turns to ‘dish,’ dreams become nightmares, and what is lost is the key to finding what really matters. Snowlion Repertory Company, known for bringing new musicals to the Maine stage, announces the world premiere of The Freaks Club

by Thomas Adams (co-book, music) and MK Wolfe (cobook, lyrics). The show runs through Sunday, June 23.

Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m., with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m., for a total of 10 performances, closing on June 23. Performances are at the Studio Theater at Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave., Portland. Tickets are $22 and $20 available at www.snowlionrep.org or by calling 518-9305.”

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Tuesday, June 18, 2013— Page 15

Public can weigh in on pot legalization Public hearing scheduled on effort to decriminalize marijuana in city

By Craig Lyons THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The City Council is ready to hear what Portland residents have to say about an effort to decriminalize marijuana in the city.

The council set a public hearing for a proposed ordinance that aims to decriminalize recreational marijuana use in Portland, after receiving a petition to put the question to a referendum. The hearing, which is set for July 15, will collect input on the proposed ordinance that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana for adults who are 21 years of age or older. The Citizens for a Safer Portland Coalition attained 2,508 valid signatures through a petition drive to get the question on the ballot so Portland voters can decide on decriminalization.

The proposed ordinance must appear on the ballot as it was submitted by the coalition, according to a memo, but the council can create alternative language that can be picked as an alternative. The council may also vote to enact the ordinance following the public hearing.

The question will likely appear on the November ballot, though the council can opt to hold a special election.

The Portland referendum initiative, which launched in March, came on the heels of Maine Rep. Diane Russell’s bill in the Maine Legislature that aimed to create a taxation and regulatory structure around the decriminalization of marijuana, and would have left it up to Maine voters to make the final decision on the legalization. Both the Maine House and Senate have since voted down the bill.

In other business: • Mayor Michael Brennan recognized Portland citizens, emergency personnel and police officers and credited them for helping to save a man who was injured by a passing train on May 5.

On Sunday, May 5, Matthew Morris, 19, fell from a moving training in Riverton and was run over, according to the city, and had one of his legs severed. Residents in the area of Harris Avenue heard Morris’ screams and called 911, and treated his injuries before emergency personnel arrived.

Brennan recognized residents Donato Tocci; Zachary Vickerson, Adrianna Williams and her son; Dominic Tocci; Dante Tocci; Nick Vickerson; Payson Harvey; Zackary Harvey; Jake Lowe; Mitchell Bailey; Ann Marie Bouchard; Sandra Bailey; dispatcher Hiram Del Rio; Sgt. Michael Rand; Lt. Kevin McGuire; firefighter Jeffrey Thompson; firefighter Jonathan Thompson; Capt. John Everett; firefighter Stephen Young; firefighter/paramedic

Michael Kimball; firefighter/paramedic Sylvia Hull; firefighter/paramedic Bruce Carleton; Capt.

Michael Sargent; firefighter Kevin Henry; firefighter Timothy Harmon; and Deputy Fire Chief Robert Wassick.

“The reason we live in Portland is for exactly what you did,” Brennan said. “When people need help, you help them.”

Council delays action on budget The City Council postponed voting on the city’s proposed operating budget until next week pending action on the state budget.

The council will hold a special meeting on Monday, June 24 to vote on the proposed $216 million operating budget. The proposed budget is a 4.9 percent — or $10.02 million — increase over the 2013 operating budget, according to a memo.

The anticipated total tax levy for Portland is estimated at $19.42, according to a memo.

During that meeting, the council will also vote on the proposed $17.13 million capital improvement program budget.

— Staff Report

Adams: ‘If you’ve given up on your future, than you sell your assets’ SQUARE from page 9

Creation of great public squares “drives economic development and vitality,” Kent said.

“The key is how does it move from just challenging something to a process of how do we articulate what we want and then start to make some small-scale (steps) toward that,” he said.

“If any one use or user group dominates a space, it’s a form of privatization. So it is a problem, this is not a very highly performing public space just because of the perception of how people use it, and the perception that some groups dominate the space. But we’ve found in countless examples, the best way to deal with that problem is to make the space attractive to everyone else,” Kent said.

Developers can add value to the space but also benefit from it, Kent said.

“I wouldn’t rule out some kind of development in the space as a commercial activity in the space. I think the hotel could make more money and benefit more from a different type of use,” he added.

Former state legislator Herb Adams, who lives in the neighborhood and supports the Friends group, said a redesign of the square based on a public request for proposals should resume.

“You have one of the busiest inter-

sections in all of Southern Maine, and it’s going up, at the moment, for a private no-bid sale in behind closeddoor deals with one out-of-state firm.

The whole process has worked in the wrong direction. Our attempts have been to see the bigger picture and put it back to a broader appeal and a broader direction,” Adams said.

Adams said a sale of a portion of the square points to a failure of city leadership.

“If you’ve given up on your future, than you sell your assets,” he said.

A solicitation of design proposals was moving forward “until all of the sudden the RockBridge investment associates claim that someone from the city of Portland offered to sell them this public park,” Adams said.

“All of the discussion took a detour after that. Who that person was and if they were authorized to make such an offer and if that’s exactly what took place is all still a mystery.”

Kent said the city could benefit from the placemaking model, which “is a different approach to leading” where “elected leaders are facilitators rather than decision makers with all the answers.”

“The politicians could leverage this opportunity to create momentum around creating a great place,” he said.

“A space like this has the potential to be an anchor to the economic success of Portland. It’s an opportunity

Former state legislator Herb Adams, who lives in the Congress Square neighborhood, said a redesign of the square based on a public request for proposals should resume. Here, he holds an historic image of the square when a Walgreen’s occupied the square (closeup on page 9). (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

that needs to be seized,” Kent said.

Project for Public Spaces, according to its website (www.pps.org), is “dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities.”

The group helped Brunswick develop a Downtown Vision in 2010; and other success stories cited include Bryant Park in New York City, where a management plan helped revitalize the space; and Harvard Square, where the city of Cambridge, in cooperation

with Harvard University and the Harvard Square Business Association, worked on recommendations for the public open space in the center of Harvard Square.

“We’ve worked in every corner of New England,” Kent said.

Congress Square Park could become another success story, but Kent said the public space, a hub of activity in Portland, is unique.

Kent said, “If they miss it here, there isn’t another place to do it.”

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11 p.m., Aaron Harold Stoddard, 33, of Portland, was arrested on a warrant for operating under the influence on Gilman Street by Sgt. Timothy Farris.

Saturday, June 15 2 a.m., Bernard Robert Lapointe, 59, of address unknown, was arrested for criminal trespass on Park Avenue by Officer Paul King.

3 a.m., Emma Landherr, 24, of Preston, Conn., was arrested for burglary on Deering Avenue by Officer Mathew Dissell.

3 a.m., Luis Garcia, 32, of address unknown, was arrested on a warrant for disorderly conduct on Oxford Street by Officer Christopher Kelley.

2 p.m., Destany Jamal Lewis, 30, of Portland, was arrested for unlawfully furnishing scheduled drugs, robbery and on a warrant for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer on Portland Street by Officer Andjelko Napijalo.

(Information furnished by the Portland Police Department.)

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