6 28pds

Portland, Maine. Yes. FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2013

News is good here!

VOL. 5 NO. 84

PORTLAND, ME

PORTLAND’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

699-5801

FREE

A trash time-out in Maine Free Kid’s Fair on Sunday,

August 25th at PHOP as we celebrate our

25th

Anniversary

with Slugger!

1359 Washington Avenue Portland 797-9030 www.portlandpizza.com

Landfill expansion moratorium now law — See page 3 RIGHT: Tom Raymond, landfill/ashfill manager at Ecomaine, tours the regional waste handler’s 240-acre site in South Portland and Scarborough where ash from a wasteto-energy plant goes for storage.

“We’re really the only landfill in the state that takes only ash,” he said. Plastic liner seals the bottom of each “cell,” and a second plastic layer tops drainage, sand and clay layers. Any water that still permeates the cells is captured and treated as contaminated, he said. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

The troubadour’s curse — See the Telly

Halkias column on street music, page 4

y l i Da Deal

WANTED:

207-393-7318

Garnett, Pierce as Nets?

column, page 6

page 22

— See Cliff Gallant’s

Scrap Box Trailers, School Busses & Heavy Equipment HIGHEST PRICE PAID

Harbor View Park neighborhood a city gem

E FRE VAL O M RE

War deaths in Syria spur local rally

75% OFF Wind of Change Holistic Health Coaching

windofchangehhc.com

Holistic Health History Consultation and 1-on-1 Supermarket Tour for $25 (normally $100)

visit PORTLANDDAILYSUN.ME for this and other great of fers

— Sports,

— See page 23

Page 22 — — THE The PORTLAND PORTLAND DAILY Daily SUN, Sun, Friday, Friday, June June 28, 28, 2013 2013 Page

Portland Japan may derail a Sony smartphone

TOKYO (NY Times) — Sony’s Xperia Z smartphone, which went on sale in February, has already sold almost a million units by some estimates. But NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest mobile carrier, will soon stop selling it.

The Xperia Z has not even hit the United States market yet: T-Mobile says the model will make its debut on its network in the coming weeks.

But it is already a hasbeen in Japan. DoCoMo has turned its attention to a new phone, the Sony Xperia A — a model with fewer features that has not won the stellar praise showered on the Z. As Sony banks on smartphones to turn around its struggling electronics business, it faces an increasingly bothersome obstacle at home: the demands of Japan’s powerful cellphone carriers, which remain obsessed with constant model updates.

For years, Japan’s three largest mobile network companies have pressed phone makers here to update their handsets every three or four months, providing Japanese consumers a dazzling array of newfangled phones and features each season.

SAYWHAT...

“

The smartphone revolution is still in the early stages.”

— Tim Cook

Yes. News is good here.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– DIGEST––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

3DAYFORECAST

Today High: 70 Chance of rain: 100% Sunrise: 5:02 a.m.

Tonight Low: 65 Chance of rain: 60% Sunset: 8:26 p.m.

THEMARKET

Tomorrow High: 76 Low: 65 Sunrise: 5:02 a.m.

Sunset: 8:26 p.m.

DOW JONES 114.35 to 15,024.49

Sunday High: 77 Low: 65

S&P 9.94 to 1,613.20

NASDAQ 25.64 to 3,401.86

TODAY’SJOKE

THETIDES

“Consider Palin for President? The most powerful job on earth? You don’t give the dumb cheerleader the Uzi. That’s in the Bible.”

— Christopher Titus

MORNING High: 3:26 a.m.

Low: 9:45 a.m.

EVENING High: 4:06 p.m.

Low: 10:12 p.m.

-courtesy of www.maineboats.com

Senate passes immigration overhaul ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WORLD/NATION–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The Senate on Thursday approved the most significant overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws in a generation with broad bipartisan support, sending the bill to the Republicancontrolled House, where there is significant opposition from conservative members and where the fight could extend into 2014.

But given the strong 68-to-32 vote, with 14 Republicans voting in favor, the

Democratic leadership and the bipartisan group of eight senators who drafted the original bill seemed determined to savor the moment. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. presided over the vote as senators announced their positions from their desks, in a ceremonial procedure reserved for special occasions.

Leading up to the vote, many in the “Gang of Eight” that drafted the frame-

work of the legislation took to the Senate floor to give impassioned speeches, including Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, who is one of his party’s leading Hispanic voices. When Mr. Rubio finished, the other senators in the bipartisan group surrounded him on the floor, patting him on the back and offering words of encouragement. “Good job,” said one. “I’m proud of you,” said another.

Boston bombing suspect indicted on 30 counts BOSTON (NY Times) — A federal grand jury here issued a 30-count indictment on Thursday against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, charging him with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill three people and injure more than 200 others, according to the Justice Department.

BUY HERE PAY HERE! Toyota Corolla • Chevy Prism Several to choose from $500 DOWN — $75.00 Per Week Call Express Auto • 207-854-3548 91 Larrabee Rd., Westbrook, ME

Are You You READY READY to to take take control control of of your your health? health?

Are Do you you want want to to MAKE MAKE PERMANENT PERMANENT LIFESTYLE LIFESTYLE Do CHANGES but but don’t don’t know know where where to to begin? begin?

CHANGES Is itit time time to to GAIN GAIN CONTROL CONTROL of of your your weight? weight?

Is If you you answered answered yes, yes,contact contact me me today today for for aa free free one-hour one-hour consultation consultation If to find find out out how how my my health health coaching coaching approach approach will will lead lead you you to to success! success! to

WILL HELP HELP YOU: YOU: REACH REACH your your health health goals. goals.

II WILL CHANGE your your habits. habits.

CHANGE ACHIEVE long-term long-term results. results.

ACHIEVE

The grand jury also charged him in the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer, from whom he and his brother tried to steal a firearm, the authorities said, as they tried to elude the police after the F.B.I. released photos of them.

Tsarnaev faces life in prison or the death penalty on 17 of the

charges, according to the Justice Department. He is scheduled to be arraigned on July 10.

An array of 18 officials from federal, state and local government and law enforcement agencies announced the indictment.

It provided the most detailed account from the authorities of the events leading up to and following the April 15 bombings,

Celebrating 30 Years!

Vegetarian Thai Spring Rolls

$25.00 One Hour Massage (for 1st time clients)

Christine Herric, LMT

$

Convenient location location Convenient in Portland Portland with with in plenty of of parking. parking. plenty

At the the corner corner of of Middle Middle and and At Exchange Streets Streets in in Tommy’s Tommy’s Park Park Exchange

939-2649 •• Portland, Portland, ME ME 939-2649 www.getrelaxedtoday.com m www.getrelaxedtoday.co

made fresh fresh daily! daily! made

1.00 Off

Now accepting accepting credit credit cards. cards.

Now

Coupon Expires Expires 7/13/13 7/13/13 Coupon

Benny’s FRIED CLAMS

199 West Commercial St, Portland ~ 774-2084

OPEN FOR THE SEASON • 1/4 lb. Lobster Roll — $$11.95 Served with with Pickle Pickle & & Chips Chips Served

FFrreesshh ! ck!

Haaddddoock H Contact me me today! today! Kevin Kevin Haley Haley,, CHHC, CHHC, AADP AADP Contact Freeport, Maine Maine || 207.409.0642 207.409.0642 Freeport, www.windofchangehhc.com || windofchangehhc@gmail.com windofchangehhc@gmail.com www.windofchangehhc.com

but officials remained vague about the bombers’ motive.

“They took these acts to affect what the United States foreign policy may be,” United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said. She said the bombings were also “perhaps a protest against what they viewed as actions by the United States in foreign countries.”

• Fish ‘n Chips $$9.95 Served with with Coleslaw Coleslaw Served

Haanndd-c H -c u FFrreenncchh Frutt iess!!

Frie

• Fried Clams in Batter $$15.95 / pt. • $$22.95 / qt.

Open Daily Daily 11:00am-7:00pm 11:00am-7:00pm Open

To serve serve you you better, better, we we now now accept accept MasterCard MasterCard & & Visa Visa To

Every Tues. Night is Benefit Night at Flatbread Join us from 5-9pm

nd Tuesday, July 2nd

$3.50 will be donated for every pizza sold.

Benefit:

Acorn Productions

72 Commercial St., Portland, ME

Open Sun. thru Thurs 11:30am–9:00pm, Fri. & Sat. 11:30am–10:00pm

Da

ily

75% l a OFF e D

Internet Offers Only!

at Wind of Change Holistic Health Coaching

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013— Page 3

CO

A NW

LAC windofchangehhc.com

VISIT PORTL A NDDA ILYSUN.ME FOR THIS A ND OTHER GRE AT OFFERS

B

Y

IA ON

IN ERL

Visit

CONWAYDAILYSUN.COM To Sign Up For Upcoming Deals Visit

LACONIADAILYSUN.COM To Sign Up For Upcoming Deals Visit

BERLINDAILYSUN.COM To Sign Up For Upcoming Deals

Trash time-out? Landfill expansion moratorium lauded by Ecomaine, opposed by state agency Maine’s Juniper Ridge Landfill, the focus of a contentious trashacceptance agreement, not affected by new law

By David Carkhuff THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A new law placing a one-year moratorium on the issuance of licenses to expand landfills in Maine won applause from Ecomaine, a regional organization that recycles and burns waste as a way to reduce landfill trash storage.

Yet the law, sponsored by independent Portland Rep. Ben Chipman, isn’t expected to apply to the stateowned Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town, where a controversial plan to dispose up to 93,000 tons per year of raw, in-state municipal solid waste has sparked concerns and opposition.

Also, the law has raised concerns at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, which worries it creates uncertainty for communities dealing with trash disposal.

L.D. 1363 received strong support in both the House and Senate, Chipman said, when he announced its passage on June 18. Governor Paul LePage did not sign the bill, but allowed the 10-day decision period to expire, so the bill became law without his signature, Chipman said. Under the law, the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will review the issue of landfills in Maine during a one-year moratorium and recommend changes to landfill policies.

Jessamine Logan, spokeswoman for the Maine DEP, said L.D. 1363 creates concerns because of uncertainty surrounding waste management.

“The department was particularly concerned with the potential impact on towns and other landfill operators who did not have an opportunity to weigh in on this issue,” Logan said.

“This could impair the ability of all landfills to make necessary changes in their waste disposal capacity including the generator owned and municipal landfills because this creates uncertainty for towns and businesses in trying to plan their waste-disposal budgets,” she said.

Chipman, who serves on the Committee of Environment and Natural Resources, said the state should do

Metal waste byproduct is shown at Ecomaine’s landfill/ashfill. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

more to promote recycling and reducing landfill use. He argued that Maine has become a “dumping ground for out-of-state waste.”

“We should be transitioning away from landfills rather than expanding them,” Chipman said.

Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island as well as New Brunswick, Canada, have all passed legislation promoting the concept that landfills should be reserved for non-recyclable waste while developing alternative options for recyclable waste, he said.

“The modern waste policies that our neighbors have adopted effectively cause Maine to be a dumping ground for out-of-state waste. Instead, like our neighbors, we should be reserving landfill space for non-recyclable waste only and doing more to promote recycling and waste-to-energy programs,” Chipman said.

Logan said Maine DEP considers the use of landfills “an option of last resort.”

“The department supports all responsible methods of waste diversion and that includes recycling,” she said.

There are no pending requests for changes or expansions at landfills before the department right now and no preapplication meetings with the department by the operators of Juniper Ridge Landfill, Logan added.

Yet, landfill use has been contentious, particularly at Juniper Ridge, where closure of a waste-to-energy

incinerator in Biddeford set off a chain reaction.

Applicants now are proposing to allow disposal at Juniper Ridge of up

to 93,000 tons per year of in-state raw municipal solid waste. The application was filed in response to an agreement see LANDFILLS page 10

Page 4 — The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013

––––––––––––– COLUMN –––––––––––––

The troubadour’s curse Two summers have passed, but every time I walk on Exchange Street, I can still hear him.

That afternoon in August of 2011 was no grayer than any other misty day on Casco Bay. My only concern, while sipping a pilsner on the Novare Res patio, was reading the Sunday paper as raindrops spotted it.

Then, the melody found me: An echo bounced off the Old Port’s red brick buildings like my boyhood Super Ball.

Surging vocals and an acoustic guitar made me forget the drizzle.

A troubadour sang on Exchange Street. His music From the distracted me while tourists and locals filled the downStacks town. The voice searched for something deeper than an occasional gratuity, while the bottom of my glass drowned memories of failed love.

Beer will do that to you.

Telly Halkias –––––

see HALKIAS page 5

We want your opinions All letters columns and editorial cartoons are the opinion of the writer or artists and do not reflect the opinions of the staff, editors or publisher of The Portland Daily Sun. We welcome your ideas and opinions on all topics and consider every signed letter for publication. Limit letters to 300 words and include your address and phone number.

Longer letters will only be published as space allows and may be edited. Anonymous letters, letters without full names and generic letters will not be published. Please send your letters to: THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, news@portlanddailysun.me.

Portland’s FREE DAILY Newspaper Mark Guerringue, Publisher

David Carkhuff, Editor Craig Lyons, Reporter Natalie Ladd, Business Development Joanne Alfiero, Sales Representative

Contributing Writers: Timothy Gillis, Marge Niblock, Bob Higgins, Karen Vachon, Robert Libby, Cliff Gallant, James Howard Kunstler, Telly Halkias and Ken Levinsky Founding Editor Curtis Robinson THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN is published Tuesday through Friday by Portland News Club, LLC. Mark Guerringue, Adam Hirshan, Curtis Robinson Founders Offices: 477 Congress Street, Suite 1105, Portland ME 04101 (207) 699-5809 Website: www.portlanddailysun.me E-mail: news@portlanddailysun.me For advertising contact: (207) 699-5809 or ads@portlanddailysun.me Classifieds: (207) 699-5807 or classifieds@portlanddailysun.me

CIRCULATION: 13,600 daily distributed Tuesday through Friday FREE throughout Portland by Jeff Spofford, jspofford@maine.rr.com

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– COLUMN ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The rules of law Many of us will spend at least part of this weekend debating what the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage really means, and let’s just nod to the calendar and note that “Independence Day” has come for thousands of couples.

But in debating the ruling, we should also note how increasingly arbitrary our laws have become.

One day it’s somehow perfectly legal to deny federal benefits to same-sex couples. The next day it’s not, and that gets decided by a 5-4 vote along party lines behind closed doors?

Of course, the Supreme Court is “activist” when somebody does not agree with a decision and “finally sane” when we agree. But the fact is that across the political board, on issues ranging from domestic drone usage to medical marijuana, the legislative branch of our U.S.A. seems more out of touch than Paula Deen at a diversity convention.

From a policy standpoint, how big a deal is the gay marriage decision?

The New York Times said that “ “by striking down Section 3 of DOMA, the court clears the way to more than 1,100 federal benefits, rights and burdens linked to marriage status ... the ruling means that more than 100,000 gays and lesbians who are legally married will be able to take advantage of tax breaks, pension rights and other benefits that are available to other married couples.”

That leads to other questions, not the least of which is “wait, there are 1,100 benefits to marriage?”

The Supreme Court also ruled, in effect, against California’s famous Proposition 8 that banned gay

marriage. Voters approved the measure but the federal court in San Francisco ruled against the ban, setting up the Supreme Court appeal.

Since a lower court had ruled against the Proposition, the high court “let stand” that decision.

That may seem murky, but the other ruling was not.

On the “Defense of Marriage Act,” or DOMA, the court majority used the sort of language it usually reserves for other civil rights, back when it backed civil rights.

“The principal purpose and the necessary effect of this law are to demean those persons who are in a lawful same-sex marriage,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, a.k.a. “Swing Vote Tony,” wrote in the DOMA decision. “This requires the Court to hold, as it now does, that DOMA is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the liberty of the person protected by the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.”

This sort of from-on-high decisive judicial measure comes in stark contrast to the gridlocked legislative branch. Even the Farm Bill went down in flames and lawmakers seem unable to act on things like streamlining veterans benefits, and overhauling our insane immigration non-policy, which ought to be easy.

For those of us who will serve a bit of political discourse with our Fourth of July barbecue, the real wonder is that, after all these years, a ‘60s-era conservative nightmare has become real.

A man named Kennedy seems to be deciding issues on his own.

Curtis Robinson ––––– Usually Reserved

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

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013— Page 5

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– OPINION –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Trovadores. (Pollini/Wikimedia Commons)

After playing on Exchange St., he took the ferry back to Peaks HALKIAS from page 4

In my mind I began to hum Simon and Garfunkel’s “Kathy’s Song,” a favorite refuge of my youth. Then, like the hand of Aphrodite rising from the Aegean, the boy began to play that very tune, and belt out lyrics that have tortured decades of star-crossed lovers: “And a song I was writing is left undone/ I don’t know why I spend my time/ Writing songs I can’t believe/ With words that tear and strain to rhyme.”

Wallet in hand, I headed for the music, my youth abandoned for good in the empty mug.

Exiting the alley onto Exchange Street, I saw passers-by dropping coins into an open guitar case on the sidewalk, at the singer’s feet. When he finished, I added $5 to the till.

The boy’s eyes pierced me and he smiled through a thick, dark beard, exclaiming: “Thank you so, so much!”

We chatted for a while. As a journalist, I couldn’t help but start asking questions.

Chris revealed to me a peripatetic existence. He was originally from Connecticut and had just arrived in Maine by way of Vermont. He was staying temporarily on Peaks Island, just across the harbor, and commuted on the early and late ferries. Chris played street music in Portland during the day to earn ferry fare and meal money.

“I dropped everything to pursue a love interest of mine that came here,” he said. “I heard Maine was a really good place to live, and Portland has

a big-city feel to it without being big.

I’m just trying to make some money and hopefully catch on doing organic farming while still playing music for the folks. I really love this. I’d do it for free if I could. Right now it’s the only way I can eat.”

As the drizzle returned, the day was getting late.

Reluctantly, I left Chris to the street audience, wishing the object of his love paid more attention to how he sings rather than the words.

His voice saturated the urban landscape: “And as I watch the drops of rain/ Weave their weary paths and die/ I know that I am like the rain/ There but for the grace of you go I.” Chris had told me that every evening, after playing on Exchange, he took the ferry back to Peaks Island, if he could afford it. When running out of money, I often pictured him bunking down in a building stoop, grateful it was summer and not late November.

There, he must have hoped uprooting to Maine was worth it. Otherwise, he risked the troubadour’s curse of love and fate, which means he’d never forgive himself.

And in my mind’s eye, as Chris slept, I knew the Portland sky would blanket him; it hummed a lullaby for the hopeless romantic, in a melody he had yet to sing.

(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.)

Anania’s is Celebrating 50 Years of doing business in Greater Portland!!

1227 Congress St. 774-8104

606 Washington Ave. 774-4639

www.AnaniasVariety.com

323 Broadway 347-7450

ANANIA’S JUNE SPECIALS 2 Ham or Veggie Italians for 7.99+ and each additional only 3.99

FE ATURED WINES

3 Great Wines from South America

Apaltagua

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Novecento

Malbec 9.49++ each, 2 for $17.99++

$

BEER SPECI ALS

Shipyard 12 pk.................$14.99++ Pabst 16 oz. - 6 pk.................$4.99++ Twisted Tea 6 pk................$6.99++ Bud, Bud Light, Coors & Miller Lite 18 pk...................................$13.99++ 30 pk...................................$21.99++

CIG A RET TE SPECI ALS Always on Special:

Marlboro 6.49+ each, or 2 for $12.79+ Camel $5.99+ each, or 2 for $11.79+ $

L & M or Pall Mall $5.19+ each, or 2 for $9.99+

Page 6 — The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– OPINION –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

What about the TIF? In the middle of the budget battle, the recent Supreme Court decisions being handed down and all the other mess, I’ve been taking a bit of time off. Projects long delayed are getting much needed attention.

Luckily, news came Wednesday that the Legislature had voted to override the Governor and his budget veto, so that was one less item on the growing list of ping-pong ball news stories I’ve had to keep tabs on.

One item did burble to the surface of Portland’s flush and churn news cycle this week, the changes to the “Forefront at Thompson’s Point” project.

That fancy concert hall? Gone. The sports complex and parking garage, to be the future home of the Red Claws? Delayed. Building a new office building? moved to the top of the priority list.

The news was cushioned by an announcement that though parts of the project had been delayed, there was an additional commitment to save a “historic” brick building on site at the request of an unnamed future tenant.

Funny thing, during all the discussion over the past two years, not a single peep about a historic building was mentioned by anyone...not even the local group I refer to as the “Hysterical Preservation Society.”

No, that wasn’t a typo. The group is truly funny.

For an example of their particular humor, I refer you to the deafening silence about the Congress Square Park argle-bargle. Though the precious Union Station Clock will have to be ripped from the Tabula in ground for the new project there, they’ve yet to comment.

Naufragio Funny thing, during all the discussion over the past two years, I don’t remember a single peep about a historic building being mentioned by anyone.

Getting down to where the nitty-gritty meets the dirt band, this project has been changed, drastically.

What was once a $105 million boondoggle seems like less than half the project originally intended.

Well, that 105 Extra Large? 31 Million of it was coming from the city, in the form of a 30-year TIF district.

Then, the city got $1.5 million in funding courtesy of Chellie Pingree and the Economic Development Association to “support” the development.

Now, the city is trying to convince the state to chip in $25 million for the project, sort of like we did a few years back on the cruise ship mega-berth. You know, the one that still doesn’t have running water for the ships that tie up.

That’s $57.5 million of a $105 million dollar privately developed project that is attempting to be done with public funding. Well over the halfway point, and we haven’t even discounted the loss of the

Bob Higgins –––––

Music Hall or the other two delays yet.

It’s an ugly word, but I have to say it. We’ve been scammed.

The project has drawn on for over two years, first announced in April of 2011. It was an urgent opportunity, one that we had to jump on with hobnailed boots. We needed the construction jobs, so just sign here. Read the fine print later.

Twenty-six months later, ground has yet to be broken. You as a chump are being asked to foot more and more of the bill for a rapidly shrinking project.

Still feel that same sense of urgency?

One of two things has happened. The developer lacked or lost funding commitments, or someone seeks to rewrite P.T. Barnum’s famous axiom regarding the birth rate of suckers, updating the frequency to more than one per minute.

Quite frankly, I’m surprised that the city of Portland is taking the tack of asking for additional funding from Augusta. Yes, it’s good service for a developer to ask, but the likelihood of any funding coming from that direction is so small, a microscope to see the possibility hasn’t even been invented yet.

It’s time to re-examine the TIF district that was approved for this project. If the size and scope of the project has changed, so should the amount of participation paid for out of the public trough.

(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

The Harbor View Park neighborhood An odd little bit of real estate sitting at the end of York Street, the Harbor View Park neighborhood is best known for being where Popeye’s Ice House was.

You know, the place that had the airplane embedded in the roof. Well, Polly Peters Antiques was in the area, too. In the big house on the corner, with her famous flower garden behind it.

But after Popeye’s and Polly Peters went away a few years ago the weeds started growing up through the bricks in the sidewalks. Wandered through recently, though, and found that that’s all changed now, while no one was looking. Out of nowhere it’s become the coolest place in town. Who would’ve thought.

Correct that coolest place “in town” to read coolest place “anywhere.” Popeye’s has undergone an extreme makeover and become Outliers Eatery, a multi-starred restaurant and lounge that just last week won a prestigious national award for restaurant design. One of ten restaurants in the country to receive a People’s Choice Award from the American Institute of Architects. Big stuff. Kudos to the Thaxter Company for the initial revamping of the structure, and to Paul Levine and Ryan Withers of Remi Designs for the interior design.

Not an easy matter to combine contemporary sophistication with down-home local flavor. A highend restaurant with chairs that are actually comfortable to sit in, can you imagine. It’s as if the regulars at Popeye’s had a say in putting the place together. One gets the impression that the owner, Peter Verrill Jr., draws his inspiration from somewhat varied fields of influence. He’s also associated with the Foreside Tavern and Grace, so he’s walked that walk, but then there’s his apparent fascination with ... Gonzo.

That would be the late Hunter S. Thompson, the irreverent bad boy drinker druggie brilliant journalist novelist “outlier” who embedded himself in the Hells Angels for a year and wrote their definitive history. A counter-culture classic. There’s a virtual

shrine set up to him at Outliers. Ah, in the men’s room. Why there, I don’t know, and I’m certainly not going to speculate, but that’s where it is. The room is all black and there’s not much light, but you do get a good look at the small cabinet on the wall containing various Gonzo memorabilia, placed as it is directly over the, ah, focal point of the room. In the cabinet are such things as his signature green accountant’s visor and aviator sunglasses. There’s also an old style black telephone up on the wall next to the sink, and if you pick it up and you’ll catch Steven “Jesse” Bernstein, a 1980s let-it-all-hang out West Coast poet, reading from his bombastic poem “Face.” This all in the context of a high-end eatery with lots of European sounding items on the menu.

This all brings to mind the long heavily shellacked wooden bar at Popeye’s into which were carved the names of such local legends as Jonathan “Jake” Sawyer, an early, now former, member of the Hells

Cliff Gallant –––––

Daily Sun Columnist

Angels, and a founding member of the Iron Horsemen. Kind of broad at the shoulders and narrow at the hip. Gonzo would’ve remembered him. Very clearly. Wonder what became of that bar. Would be good to see it again.

Across the way from Outliers, in the space the venerable Polly Peters occupied for so long, now presides the Blue Hydrangea, where one, if they are not careful, will be “swept away with European style ... in search of exotic items to enhance the home and garden.” Let’s just say that if one can order with ease from Outliers cultured menu, the Blue Hydrangea is a natural for an after-dinner visit.

As is the garden in back of the Blue Hydrangea.

Long-time Portlanders will be gratified to know that Polly Peters’ wonderful garden is being superbly maintained by the current owners. How could they not.

Also, soon to come to the Blue Hydrangea building, according to a hastily scribbled note to delivery people stuck on the window, is a coffee shop by the see GALLANT page 7

Popeye’s has undergone an extreme makeover and become Outliers Eatery, a multi-starred restaurant and lounge. Here, Outliers is shown during its renovation prior to opening. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013— Page 7

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– OPINION –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

There’s a virtual shrine to Hunter S. Thompson set up at Outliers GALLANT from page 6

name of “Omi’s”. It could be pronounced “O me’s” or “O my’s” or maybe Omi is someone’s name. Someone walking by told me that they don’t know how the name is pronounced or what it means either, but that they’ve seen two women inside all in a flurry of deciding what will go where and how this and that will be, so evidently the two women are in the venture together. Will be interesting to see what they come up with. Given the new tone of the neighborhood, the possibilities are endless.

There’s also going to be another new restaurant on the other side of Outliers, by the way. It’s going to happen sometime soon, I’m told, and it’s going to be run by people who are already successful high-end restaurant owners in town. Should be interesting.

So where before we had only Popeye’s and Polly Peters, we’ll soon have two outstanding dining establishments, a ritzy boutique, and a chic coffee shop. From whence all this activity in the Harbor View Park neighborhood has come, who knows, but here we go.

As for the park itself, you know, in spite of the fact that it overlooks the Casco Bay Bridge, which is not a view that one would necessarily choose, it’s not half bad. The grass is neatly manicured and nicely maintained, and if you squint a bit you can almost block out the flow of bridge traffic and get a pleasant impression of Portland Harbor. Hey, if you work at it the view is almost scenic.

The park and the paths leading down over the slope to Commercial Street also feature some very bold and expressive outdoor sculpture by an artist

APPLIANCE

named Sandy Macleod. Good stuff. Strong, sturdy and ... basic. Reflects what has been the working class nature of the West End. Then there’s the basketball court between Tyng and Tate streets, facing on York. It’s always been called the Tate Street Court. Don’t know how exactly how long it’s been there, at least since the 1950s, but nothing has changed about it since I played there as a kid. Some high-school age guys were at it the day I was in the neighborhood and they invited me to play. They were kind of laughing when they said it, truthfully, but I almost took them up on it. Almost.

Jake definitely would have.

(Cliff Gallant of Portland is a regular columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Email him at gallant. cliff555@yahoo.com.)

SERVICE

Free Financing - Subject to approval 800-797-3621 • 207-797-3621 Rt. 302, 54 Bridgton Road, Westbrook

www.lpapplianceme.com Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat9am-2pm

Page 8 — The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013

HOME OF THE

5 FOR $ 25.00

TWO CLAW LOBSTERS WHILE THEY LAST

N ancy’s Little Fish M arket We carry a full line of

Haddock Clams Lobsters

NOW OPEN 10-6

7 DAYS A WEEK!

W e bring the w a terfrontto you !

LIVE LOBSTERS

3.99LB.

$

— OR —

6 $FOR 25

CULLS

WHILE THEY LAST

To permit smaller projects, city launches fast-tracking system

By Craig Lyons

HARBOR FISH MARKET www.harborfish.com • 775-0251 9 Custom House Wharf • Portland “While They Last”

FRESH WHOLE FILLET COPPER RIVER

Sockeye Salmon WILD ALASKAN

10.99 lb.

$

FRESH BONELESS FILLET GULF OF MAINE

Flounder 5.99 lb. $

FRESH BONELESS FAROE ISLAND

Salmon

NATURALLY FARM RAISED NO ANTIBIOTICS WHOLE, THIN & TAIL FILLETS

9.99 lb.

$

ALSO WIDE SELECTION OF

NEW SHELL LOBSTERS, OYSTERS, LOBSTER MEAT, SMOKED SEAFOOD, SHRIMP

CLOSED JULY 4TH Sunday Summer Hours 9am - 4pm

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The city aims to reduce the lag time in the permitting process for small projects by introducing a fasttracking system.

The Planning and Urban Development Department in July will launch a fast-tracking permitting system that will speed up the approval for minor improvement projects for residential and commercial properties. The city hopes the new process will cut down the time to obtain a permit for minor projects to less than two weeks.

“I really think this fast-tracking process will help out a lot,” said Jeff Levine, director of the Planning and Urban Development Department.

The new permitting process is for smaller projects, like decks, stairs, interior renovation and Levine small additions, said Levine. He said the types of smaller projects that are available to use the permitting process are ones that can be built as safely as if they went through a full review.

Using the new system, people will still need to go to city hall to fill out the forms and sign an acknowledgement that the project will be built under the standards of the city’s code. Even with the fast-track permitting, all applications will have to go for a zoning review, Levine said, but that process moves fairly quickly.

Once the permit is issued, the homeowner or contractor can complete the project, according to Levine, and an inspector will check the work to ensure it meets building, fire and other construction codes.

Levine said the process won’t have the same level of up-front review as more significant projects.

Spring Street Lobsters

Lobsters • Steamers Open Crab Meat • Fresh Salmon Fillet all week Corn On The Cobb for the 4th of July Retail & Wholesale Holiday We Pack For Shipping 207-854-8003 • Open 10-6 Tues-Sat 334 Spring Street, Westbrook, ME 04092

“We’re shifting a lot of onus on property owners and builders,” he said.

If a completed project doesn’t meet code when it’s inspected, Levine said, the property owner or builder will be liable to redo the work.

Levine said because of the potential cost implications for builders that complete a project that’s out of compliance, the list of work that can be fast-tracked is limited. He said projects like an office building or full renovations will still go through full review.

“We still want to make sure we do an up-front review of those bigger projects,” he said.

The new system is partially in response to the lag time for routine projects to obtain permits.

Levine said the problem is partially due to the range of offices through which plans must be cleared to obtain a permit, and, secondly, workload. He said the department has two full-time plan reviewers who work all day but still wind up with a queue of projects.

That queuing of plans led to the idea that maybe some projects can simply be removed from the mix by fast-tracking them, Levine said.

The city had two management studies done on the Planning Department, Levine said, and the staff is working through implementing the suggestions. He said as the changes are implemented the staff will determine whether something works or if it doesn’t.

The fast-tracking system is one of the recommendations to come out of those studies. Earlier in the year, the city launched pre-development plan sessions where developers can schedule appointments with a group made up of representatives from planning, inspections, historic preservation, public services and fire prevention during the predevelopment stages of a project to get a handle on prospective issues that might arise and offer feedback to make the permitting process more useful and efficient.

LePage issues video to defend veto Governor Paul LePage on Thursday released a video to explain why he could not support the Legislature’s budget, which included tax increases.

Legislators passed overrides of a veto by LePage to approve the two-year budget.

In the five-minute video, LePage focuses on how higher taxes will affect Mainers and condemns decreased funding to programs like Jobs for Maine Graduates, according to a press release.

Sales, meals and lodging taxes will be increased to fund the state budget, LePage said.

“We are already one of the highest taxed states in the nation. We have some of the lowest per capita income in the country. Now is not the time to ask Mainers to give more to fund government,” he said.

The video is available at http://www.youtube.com/ govlepage.

— Staff Report

By Timothy Gillis

SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

al

0

i Commerc

yes.

Fish is good here.

Fresh Swordfish 10.99lb.

Hot Off The Local Boat “Safe Haven” Fresh Tuna 10.99lb.

Fresh Halibut 15.99lb.

Jumbo Lobsters Steamers Fresh Local Scallops Soft Shell Lobsters Lobster Rolls

45

In these days of blogging and selfpublishing, purveyors of the vanity press abound. So it’s refreshing to find a good book amidst a mire of bad ones.

J.C. Levesque, a coin dealer from Madawaska, has penned such a rare find about an even harder to uncover coin, known as the “Godless King,” which also gives the book its title.

“The Godless King” refers to a legendary coin from 1911, one depicting King George V that omits the Latin abbreviation for “King by the Grace of God.” The rare coin does not actually exist, but the novel, in Levesque’s capable hands, makes one feel as if it does.

“The terms and processes for selling it and counterfeiting it are real,” said Levesque of his story. He said his name means “bishop” in French and that, where he lives, “you can’t swing a dead frog without hitting a Levesque.”

The novel follows Rick Hunter and Melanie Hart as they pursue Malfair, a coin thief, across Europe. It’s part adventure story, part budding romance, told in a respectful, classy style.

“I wanted a growing romantic tension,” said Levesque of his first foray into a full work of fiction, though he has been writing short stories to entertain family and friends for years.

“They got together like an intervention and said you’ve got to write a book,” he said about how he made the transition from coin dealer to creative writer.

Levesque is a coin dealer by trade, and formed his company in 1975.

He incorporated it in 1981 as Consolidated Numismatics Inc. and then changed it to CoinQuest in 1999.

Levesque formed a faux company called Quo Vadis to publish the book.

“It’s practically impossible to get a publisher without an agent,” he said.

“And you can’t get an agent without being published.”

He did get some help with the book, however.

“The writing and editing is all me, but when I got stuck on a certain grammatical question, I called a cousin, Gert Michaud, who is a retired English teacher. She helped with that. My sister, Yvette Yearwood, read the manuscript and gave

me some feedback.”

The response so far in his neck of the woods has been positive, “enough for me to start on my second book, involving the same characters.” The next work will be called “Second and Maine.”

“It’s more of a whodunit instead of an adventure. All the action takes place in Valley, a fictional town based on Madawaska,” he said.

Asked about the seeming universality of his characters, he said, “I didn’t want to make them out as hicks from East Gumshoe, Maine. We’re not like that.”

Levesque tries to reserve one day a week to sit down from morning until night and just write. “I can’t write for just an hour or two a day,” he said. “It takes me that long to get my speed up.”

His use of a laptop facilitates the ease of his writing, which comes across to the reader in sharp, wrycomic tones.

“It’s better than the old days when I did everything longhand,” he said.

“I used to write research papers on numismatics,” which is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.

Though Levesque creates an enviable romantic couple in his main characters, he is not married. “I wish I did have a Melanie in my life,” he said.

“She’s my dream woman. I patterned her off my ideal woman: strong, pretty, and independent.”

The process of writing fiction has offered a sharp turn from the daily life of evaluating the worth of coins and currency. For Levesque, it was a welcomed escape.

“After a while, your characters take on a life of their own,” he said. “That’s something I didn’t expect when I started writing. They say things that are out of the blue.”

“The Godless King” is available in print and as an eBook on amazon.com.

It’s also available at the Hannaford Shop n Save in Madawaska. “I had to restock them just the other day,” Levesque said. “Locally, it’s catching fire.”

For more information on J.C. Levesque and his coin business, visit the author’s website, www.JCLevesque.com.

5

0

Co mm

la nd • 774-8469

Maine coin dealer strikes gold with ‘Godless King’

Portland

4

The response so far to J.C. Levesque’s book “The Godless King” from people in the area has been positive, “enough for me to start on my second book, involving the same characters,” the author said. The next work will be called “Second and Maine.”

(COURTESY IMAGE)

S t,

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013— Page 9

or P , ercial St

t

BEER - WINE - BREAD 450 Commercial St, Portland • 774-8469 PLENTY OF CONVENIENT PARKING

BUY LOCAL • BUY LOCAL • BUY LOCAL

Page 10 — The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013

Facials•Waxing•Tinting

Like us on Facebook and visit www.beckysskincareandbodywork.com for complete services and monthly specials

222 St. John Street Suite #110 Portland 207-807-1077

CLIP & SAVE

FREE

State Inspection No Expiration

Check Engine Light on?

FREE_______________ Computer Scan Oil & Filter 14.95 w/Free Tire _ _ Rotatio _ _ _ _ n_ (most cars) A/C Recharge $49.95 FREE Brake Inspection

A u y t o a w Car e ac e

Foreign & Domestic R 965R Forest Ave. Portland ________________ 615-3235

C h e a p e s t P ric e s in P o rtla n d !!!

B U D & B U D L IG H T, M IL L ER L ITE AN D CO O R S L IG H T

From a booth in the Ecomaine waste-to-energy plant, Dick King remotely operates a “claw” to rotate trash and help it dry prior to incineration. The plant both produces electricity and condenses trash into ash for disposal at the ashfill. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

‘We should be transitioning away from landfills rather than expanding them,’ Chipman argues LANDFILLS from page 3

on Aug. 1, 2012, between a subsidiary of Casella Waste Systems, Maine Energy Recovery Company LP, the owner of the Maine Energy Incinerator, and the city of Biddeford, to sell, shut down and decommission the Biddeford facility. This agreement took effect on Nov. 30, 2012, and the incinerator stopped operating at the end of 2012.

During an April 10 hearing before the Maine DEP, Kevin Nordby, president of Penobscot Energy Recovery Company, said in testimony that PERC’s agreement with Casella “committed to Chipman up to 100,000 tons of municipal solid waste per year to PERC from various sources, a substantial portion which would originate from in-state sources. Specifically, of the 100,000 tons, at least 30,000 will be in-state municipal solid waste see WASTE page 12

What is Juniper Ridge?

Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town is a waste facility owned by the State Bureau of General Services, and operated by NEWSME Landfill Operations LLC. Both owner and operator filed an application to amend the Juniper Ridge Landfill’s solid waste license in September 2012. That application sought to lift the restrictions of the current license and allow disposal of up to 123,000 tons per year of in-state municipal solid waste without requiring that the waste be first bypassed from an incinerator or used as the soft layer during cell construction. While the application was pending, Casella executed an agreement with the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company to deliver at least 30,000 tons of in-state municipal solid waste per year to the PERC incinerator in Orrington, subject to the approval of this application. That meant the Old Town landfill would be asked to absorb up to 93,000 tons of raw, in-state municipal solid waste annually. The application decision is pending from Maine Department of Environmental Protection. For more information, visit http://www. maine.gov/dep/waste/juniperridge. (SOURCE: Maine Department of Environmental Protection)

12oz, 18 P a c k Ca n s

11.99 + + M EL L OW YEL L OW $ 20 oz B ottle 2 fo r 1.0 0 + + $

Thre e D ’s Va rie ty

885 Brighton Ave. Portland

619-7220

New Hours: Sun. 9am-6pm; Mon.-Sat. 7:30am-9pm

165 Main St. Biddeford

286-8771

Hours: Sun. 9am-6pm; Mon.-Sat. 8am-9pm

We accept EBT • Like us on Facebook

A metal reclamation operation is shown at Ecomaine’s landfill/ashfill site in southern Maine. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013— Page 11

Page 12 — The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013

Beer Tasting Remember We Are Open Until 11pm Mon. Thru Sat. 133 Spring St.,P ortland

(207) 874-6426

w estendinc@ m aine.rr.com • w w w .thew estenddeli.com Sum m er H ours: Store: M on.-Sat. 9am -11pm , Sun. 9am -10pm K itchen: M on.-Sat. 9am -8pm , Sun. 10am -7pm

Flying Dog Friday

June 28th 7-10pm Ecomaine already has permitted space WASTE from page 10

that was formerly going to the MERC facility in Biddeford, which closed in December 2012.”

Nordby said the Casella/PERC agreement “is consistent with Maine’s solid waste hierarchy which, among other things, favors recycling and waste incineration over landfilling.”

Others, however, disagreed, saying the pending application for Juniper Ridge would violate the state’s “solid waste hierarchy” by overutilizing the landfill in lieu of other options.

Fred Fauver, chairman of the Pownal Board of Selectmen, a member community of Ecomaine, wrote to the Maine DEP that allowing the disposal of raw municipal solid waste

at Juniper Ridge would “hasten the filling and ultimate closure of the landfill” and would be in conflict with the “solid waste hierarchy.”

Kevin Roche, general manager at Ecomaine, said in an interview that he hopes Roche Chipman’s law will reinforce state and federal trash-management guidelines modeled on the waste hierarchy. This standard prioritizes see next page

Risbara’s Greenhouse Inc. 26 Randolph Street, Portland, Maine

Huge Vegetable Greenhouse!

The best variety.

Everything you need!

Plenty of planting time left this season.

Over 28 different varieties of tomatoes to choose from!

Beautiful fruit trees, trees & shrubs-Huge Selection!

Hanging Baskets for full sun and shade Annuals for Containers Window Boxes Red and Dark Mulch Available Fountains & Planters

Open Daily 8:30 - 5:30 26 Randolph St., Portland • 797-0066 • risbarasgreenhouse.com

The place to go for all your gardening and landscape needs!

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013— Page 13

Roche: Reinforce state, federal trash-management hierarchy from preceding page

reducing, reusing, recycling, composting or anaerobic digestion and waste to energy incineration as trash management preferences, making landfilling the least attractive alternative.

“My hope is what the study will do is put some teeth into the hierarchy, because it doesn’t have enough teeth now,” Roche said.

“We need to think about how to manage waste

under these priorities which is the state’s priorities and the federal government’s priorities,” he said, adding of the mandated study, “We can’t let it just sit on the shelves and get dusty.”

Ecomaine uses its waste-to-energy plant in Portland to reduce volume of waste mass by 90 percent, effectively depositing ash rather than raw solid waste into the organization’s “landfill/ashfill,” Roche noted. The waste-to-energy plant, built in 1988, helps avert the stereotypical view of mounds of

Shelley Dunn, outgoing communications specialist with Ecomaine, and Tom Raymond, landfill/ashfiill manager, sift through extracted metal at the ashfill site. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

trash littering a landscape, Ecomaine officials noted.

“We would have had a mountain of trash had we not reduced it by 90 percent,” Roche said.

Recycling was added in 1990 and single-stream recycling was added in 2007.

“It costs extra to deal with the waste today, but over the long haul, we won’t have that liability of that big, huge mountain of trash,” Roche said. see MORATORIUM page 17

Today’s Birthdays: Comedian-movie director Mel Brooks is 87. Comedian-impressionist John Byner is 76. Rock musician Dave Knights (Procul Harum) is 68. Actor Bruce Davison is 67. Actress Kathy Bates is 65.

Actress Alice Krige is 59. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer John Elway is 53.

Record company chief executive Tony Mercedes is 51. Actress Jessica Hecht is 48.

Rock musician Saul Davies (James) is 48.

Actress Mary Stuart Masterson is 47. Actor John Cusack is 47. Actor Gil Bellows is 46.

Actress-singer Danielle Brisebois is 44. Jazz musician Jimmy Sommers is 44. Actress Tichina Arnold is 44. Actor Alessandro Nivola is 41. Actress Camille Guaty is 37. Rock musician Tim Nordwind (OK Go) is 37. Rock musician Mark Stoermer (The Killers) is 36.

Country singer Big Vinny Hickerson is 30.

Country singer Kellie Pickler is 27.

DAILY CROSSWORD TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

by Lynn Johnston

confident and are intrigued.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Be careful pursuing what’s “free.” All the time you put into these pursuits may be costlier than money. You’ll give new consideration to the way you value things.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There’s a rebellious part of your nature that does not wish to conform to the norms of mainstream social groups. You’re still trying to find where you fit in. The Internet will be most helpful in this matter.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’re due for some fun. Fun doesn’t have to be costly -or does it? A roller coaster has different kinds of risks than a night out on the town, but in both cases, the unknown factors are what make for an exciting time.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 28). You’ll discover new aptitudes this year. Next month brings a physical peak. Compete; play; and train. August brings a fresh ambition. Relationships that help you move toward it will be especially appealing. September blends the interest of family members. October will be the most romantic month. Aquarius and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 46, 18, 20 and 1.

by Paul Gilligan

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You know you’re in a good place when you can listen to the good news of your “frienemy” without becoming the least bit jealous. Well, maybe the least bit. But not overly so!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Love has been around in so many incarnations that it would be wrong to call it “your love” or “his love” or “her love.” Don’t worry about where it came from or who will get it next; just keep recycling.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ve a ways to go, but don’t wait until you’ve reached your goal to be happy. People who are successful may or may not be happy, but people who are happy are always successful.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re likely to set a conversational precedent today, so be careful. Remember that if someone is gossiping to you, he or she will gossip about you, as well. Think about this before you talk to a friend about another friend.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Habits are especially hard to break when you are under a lot of stress. Being under a lot of stress is a habit in and of itself. What can you do to reduce your burden? A Taurus can help.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re not feeling regretful, but you do wonder what might have happened had you made a different choice. Such thinking is not a waste of time. The alternate realities you dream up will inform your next move.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Everywhere you look, there are signs telling you what to do, how to be and what to think. It’s a bit overbearing. You’ll respond by giving minimal instruction to yourself or anyone else. You prize freedom.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The project that is already in motion needs to stay in motion. Don’t let things get too quiet. Add fuel to the fire, and do whatever else is necessary to keep up the momentum.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You used to try to pump yourself with statements of your greatness. Now you go the opposite direction, disqualifying yourself from social competition. As a result, people see you as

By Holiday Mathis

by Jan Eliot

HOROSCOPE

by Chad Carpenter

Solution and tips at www.sudoku.com

TUNDRA Stone Soup Pooch Café For Better or Worse LIO

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 thru 9.

by Mark Tatulli

Page 14 — The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013

1 4 9 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 26 29 34 35 36 37 38 39

ACROSS Small number Walked the floor Nylons Gambles Superior to Man in Eden Poison ivy symptom Jots down Accepted standard Most cheaply constructed Color of steel Small lab bottle Actress Lupino Bits of parsley Worship Take __; put forth effort Where cirrhosis strikes Hightailed it Ladder step 2-footed animal Flash of lightning

40 41 42 43 45 46 47 48 51 56 57 58 60 61 62 63 64

Pompous fool High temperature Leg bone Adolescent Nauseated Go wrong Hurry Uses a straw Nonstop Border on Yankee Jeter Biden, for short Small brook Tomb Pitcher __ of Capri Lawn border trimming tool 65 Wild blue yonder 1 2 3 4

DOWN Japanese sash Equipment for trawling Engrave Black-and-white

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 21 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 38

bears Bubbling away on the stove Pigeon coop Arden & Plumb Fated Airplane shelter Reason to bathe Actress Mia __ TV show award Pushing Delves German article “Jack __ could eat no fat...”

DVD remote button Dishwasher cycle Deadly serpent Hardly __; seldom Fragrance Ankle Doorway Not taped Resent; view disapprovingly

39 Colony for buzzing insects 41 __ away; in the distance 42 Complain 44 Get comfy 45 Member of the Friends Church 47 Late actor Christopher __

48 49 50 52 53 54 55

Indian garment Wading bird Yank Intellectual Rugged peak Latest info Computer tech, perhaps 59 Use a crowbar

Yesterday’s Answer

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013— Page 15

––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, June 28, the 179th day of 2013. There are 186 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlights in History: On June 28, 1863, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Maj. Gen. George G. Meade the new commander of the Army of the Potomac, following the resignation of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker.

On this date: In 1778, the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth took place in New Jersey; it was from this battle that the legend of “Molly Pitcher” arose.

In 1836, the fourth president of the United States, James Madison, died in Montpelier, Va. In 1838, Britain’s Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo (sah-ruh-YAY’-voh) by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip — the event which sparked World War I. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles (vehr-SY’) was signed in France, ending the First World War. In Independence, Mo., future president Harry S. Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace.

In 1922, the Irish Civil War began between rival nationalists over the Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the Irish Free State. (The conflict lasted nearly a year, resulting in defeat for anti-treaty forces.)

In 1939, Pan American Airways began regular trans-Atlantic air service with a flight that departed New York for Marseilles, France.

In 1944, the Republican national convention in Chicago nominated New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for president and Ohio Gov. John W. Bricker for vice president.

In 1950, North Korean forces captured Seoul (sohl), the capital of South Korea.

In 1962, a jury in New York awarded $3.5 million to former radio-TV personality John Henry Faulk in his libel suit against the group AWARE Inc. and two individuals who’d accused him of Communist sympathies and gotten him blacklisted. (The judgment was reduced to $550,000 by an appeals court.)

In 1978, the Supreme Court ordered the University of California-Davis Medical School to admit Allan Bakke (BAHK’-ee), a white man who argued he’d been a victim of reverse racial discrimination.

In 2000, seven months after he was cast adrift in the Florida Straits, Elian Gonzalez was returned to his native Cuba.

Ten years ago: After days of intense searching by ground and air, U.S. forces found the bodies of two soldiers missing north of Baghdad, as the toll of American dead since the start of war topped the grim milestone of 200.

Five years ago: Jered Weaver and Jose Arredondo of the Angels combined to keep the Los Angeles Dodgers hitless, but the Dodgers won 1-0. (The Dodgers became the fifth team in modern major league history to win without getting a hit, but since they didn’t have to bat in the ninth, the game did not qualify as a no-hitter.)

One year ago: At Wimbledon, 2-time champion Rafael Nadal was overpowered in the second round by Lukas Rosol, a Czech ranked No. 100, 6-7 (9), 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

FRIDAY PRIME TIME 8:00

Dial 5 6 7 8 9

CTN 5 S. Katsos WCSH

8:30 Outlook

JUNE 28, 2013

9:00 Link TV

9:30

10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

Midnite Mausoleum

Dateline NBC (In Stereo) Å

Dungeon

Ann Curry Reports: A Face in the Crowd (N) (In Stereo) Å News 13 on FOX (N)

News

Annie: It’s the HardKnock Life, From Script to Stage (N) Moyers & Company (In Stereo) Å

Charlie Rose (N) (In Stereo) Å

Bones Hodgins believes The Following Panic spreads at the followers’ hideout. Å (DVS) Shark Tank Unique eye- What Would You Do? 20/20 (N) (In Stereo) Å WMTW wear made of sustainable (N) (In Stereo) Å wood.

Ridin Paid Prog. Maine Auto King TWC TV Mainely Motorsports WPFO Pelant wants revenge.

Washing-

Need to Maine Inside Know (N) Å Watch with WashingJennifer ton Å Healthy Hormones: McLaughlin Need to Brain-Body Fitness (In Group (N) Know (N) Å Stereo) Å Cult Searching for Cult “Off to See the evidence against Sakelik. Wizard” Infiltrating a True (N) (In Stereo) Å Believers meeting.

Undercover Boss Retro Hawaii Five-0 “Na Ki’i” Fitness CEO Eric Casa- Catherine goes under buri. (In Stereo) Å cover. (In Stereo) Å Monk (In Stereo) Å Monk (In Stereo) Å Fast N’ Loud Å Fast N’ Loud Å

10

MPBN ton Week

11

WENH

12

WPXT

13

WGME

17

WPME

24

DISC

25

FAM “Paul Blart: Mall Cop”

Movie: ›‡ “Zookeeper” (2011) Kevin James.

26

USA Law & Order: SVU

Law & Order: SVU

27 28

Tonight Show With Jay Leno Dish Nation The Office (N) Å “Goodbye, Toby” WMTW Jimmy News 8 at Kimmel 11 (N) Live Å Paid Prog. Paid Prog.

PBS NewsHour (In Stereo) Å

30 Rock (In 30 Rock Stereo) Å “Queen of Jordan” Blue Bloods Danny finds a murdered college student. Å Law Order: CI

Friends (In TMZ (N) (In Stereo) Å Stereo) Å

Fast N’ Loud Å

Fast N’ Loud Å

WGME News 13 at 11 (N) Buy Local

Late Show With David Letterman Sunny

Law & Order: SVU

The 700 Club Å Law & Order: SVU

NESN MLB Baseball: Blue Jays at Red Sox

Extra

Red Sox

Sports

CSNE AT&T Nat’l

Sports

SportsNet Sports

World Poker Tour

30

ESPN NASCAR Racing

31

ESPN2 X Games Munich. Å

Cold Case “Fly Away”

Sports SportsNet

X Games Munich. From Munich, Germany. Å Boxing Friday Night Fights. (N) (Live) Å

SportsCenter (N) Å

Cold Case Å

Cold Case “Hubris”

Cold Case Å

33

ION

34

DISN ANT Farm Jessie (N) Gravity

35

TOON Cartoon Planet

King of Hill King of Hill Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Fam. Guy

Fam. Guy

36

NICK Turtles

Full House Full House The Nanny The Nanny Friends

Friends

37

Turtles

Phineas

MSNBC All In With Chris Hayes Rachel Maddow Show

Dog

Good Luck Austin

Lockup

Austin

Lockup

38

CNN Anderson Cooper 360

Piers Morgan Live (N)

Anderson Cooper

Stroumboulopoulos (N)

40

CNBC Ultimate Factories

Debt/Part

American Greed

Mad Money

Debt/Part

The O’Reilly Factor (N) Hannity (N)

41

FNC

43

TNT Movie: ››‡ “Red” (2010, Action) Bruce Willis.

Hoarders “Al; Julie” LIFE Hoarders Å

44

The O’Reilly Factor King & Maxwell Å

Hoarders Å

Hoarders Å

Randy to the Rescue

Say Yes

47

Say Yes Say Yes TLC Say Yes AMC Movie: ››› “16 Blocks” (2006)

48

HGTV You Live in What?

Extreme Homes (N)

Hunters

49

TRAV Ghost Adventures

Ghost Adventures

The Dead Files (N)

The Dead Files Å

A&E Storage

Storage

Storage

Storage

46

50 52

Storage

BRAVO “The Scorpion King”

Say Yes

Greta Van Susteren 72 Hours (N) Å

Say Yes

Movie: ››‡ “S.W.A.T.” (2003, Action) Samuel L. Jackson.

Storage

Hunt Intl Storage

Hunt Intl

Movie: ››› “Ocean’s Thirteen” (2007) George Clooney.

Ocean’s

HALL Movie: “Space Warriors” (2013, Adventure) Å

Frasier

56

SYFY WWE Friday Night SmackDown! (N) Å

57

ANIM Tanked Å

Tanked: Unfiltered (N)

Continuum (N) Defiance Å Treehouse Masters (N) Tanked: Unfiltered

58

HIST American Pickers Å

American Pickers Å

American Pickers Å

60

BET

61

COM Tosh.0

62 67 68 76 78 146

FX TBS

Frasier

American Pickers Å

Movie: ›› “Soul Plane” (2004) Kevin Hart. Å

Movie: ››‡ “Jackass: Number Two” (2006)

Daniel Tosh: Happy

Movie: ››‡ “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” (2009, Action) Hugh Jackman.

Movie: ›› “Predators” Friends Friends

TVLND Friends

Tosh.0

Frasier

Storage

55

Movie: ›‡ “Friday After Next” (2002) Å

Frasier

Hunt Intl

Friends

Friends

Friends

Friends Å

Movie: ››› “Transformers” (2007, Action) Shia LaBeouf. Å (DVS)

There Yet? There Yet?

Movie: ›››‡ “The Departed” SPIKE Movie: ›› “Rambo” (2008) Sylvester Stallone. (In Stereo) Movie: “Made of Honor” (2008) Premiere.

Movie: “The Break-Up” (2006) ›› ›› OXY TCM Movie: ››› “The Leopard Man”

DAILY CROSSWORD

BY WAYNE ROBERT WILLIAMS

1 7 11 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 31 33 34 36 39 41 43

Movie: ››‡ “Deadline at Dawn”

ACROSS Noteworthy doll Exxon, once Pull from a jug Thais and Koreans, e.g.

Legal equal Unified There isn’t an answer Halloween mo.

Old or New Indian city West Coast sch. __ B’rith Ballet skirt Get situated Tankard material Make over Pearl Harbor location Bought the farm Fender damages He or she, e.g.

Forthcoming Charlton Heston title role

44 46 47 49 51 53 55 56 58 63 64 66 67 68 69 70 71 1 2 3

“Murder, My Sweet”

Bye-bye!

Bumbling fool “I, Robot” author Involuntary contractions Pacific weather phenomenon Khayyam of Persia Little bit Fried tortilla Topsoil Sheepish she There isn’t an answer Poorly Skidded Expiated Miss Olive __ Cozumel cash Boyfriend of 69A DOWN Madam U.S. Open stadium honoree Iranian currency unit

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 22 24 26 27 28 29 30 32 35 37

Cleansing ritual Fan the flames Continental NASA equivalent Connoisseur Meeting: abbr.

Manatee or dugong Kid of jazz There isn’t an answer Ancient Peruvian Little in Lille Obsessive fan Roman Catholic cap Language of Lahore Gangsters’ guns Catholic leader English title There isn’t an answer Neighbor of Algeria Revise Division word Barbershop

request Tennis divisions Husband of Frigg Shuttle org.

Green-fleshed fruit Mark with blotches 50 Voila!

51 Refrain in a children’s song

38 40 42 45 48

52 54 57 59 60 61

Menial Lady of the house Sale-tag phrase At the zenith Actor Auberjonois “South Park” creator Parker 62 London park 64 WWW connection 65 Bark

Yesterday’s Answer

Page 16 — The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN CLASSIFIEDS Wanted To Buy

Wanted To Buy

I pay cash today for broken and unwanted Notebooks, Netbooks, and Macbooks. Highest prices (207)233-5381.

WANTED- Portable oxygen concentrator. Call (207)741-4057.

CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 699-5807 DOLLAR-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS: Ads must be 15 words or less and run a minimum of 5 consecutive days. Ads that run less than 5 days or nonconsecutive days are $2 per day. Ads over 15 words add 10¢ per word per day. PREMIUMS: First word caps no charge. Additional caps 10¢ per word per day. Centered bold heading: 9 pt. caps 40¢ per line, per day (2 lines maximum) TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we will not issue credit after an ad has run once. DEADLINES: noon, one business day prior to the day of publication. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, Visa and Mastercard credit cards and, of course, cash. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offi ces 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 699-5807; or send a check or money order with ad copy to The Conway Daily Sun, P.O. Box 1940, North Conway, NH 03860. OTHER RATES: For information about classified display ads please call 699-5807.

Animals

For Rent

Free

Services

UNDERDOG K9 TRAINING Certified professional dog trainer, Jeff Snipe, will teach you how to have a better relationship with your dog.

Training in your home on your schedule. Free initial consult, 4 week training program $120.

Problem solving $30 per visit.

Free dog matching service. www.jeffreyt.thedogtrainer.org Underdog@myottmail.com (207)576-1674.

PORTLAND- Maine MedicalStudio, 1/ 2 bedroom. Heated, off street parking, newly renovated. $595-$900.

(207)773-1814.

HIGHEST cash price paid for your scrap box trailers, school busses, heavy equipment and cars.

No Campers (207)393-7318.

Dump runs, yard work, lawns mowed $25 and up.

(207)615-6092.

PORTLANDWoodford’s. 2 bedrooms, parking, heated, bright rooms, oak floor, just painted. $825/mo.

(207)773-1814.

For Sale

Antiques

9X9 popup gazebo, canopy, new, 8'h. $50 (207)691-6386.

BEST Cash Prices Paid- Also, buying contents of attics, basements, garages, barns. 1 item to entire estates. Call Joe (207)653-4048.

GAS push mower $60, full size aluminum truck cap $60, Kohler yellow pedastal sink $60, 1 pair tires 245x40x18 Pirelli $80/pr, pet crates, small $10, medium $15. Electric hospital bed $45 (207)615-6092.

Autos Rossrecyclenremoval@gmail.com

Cash for autos and trucks, some metals.

Call Steve (207)523-9475.

STUN GUNS- Black and pink.

15M volts with led flashlight.

No permenant damage. Legal in ME, anyone 18+. Latest model. $40/ea, 2 for $60. Kevin, 207-615-6111.

Home Improvements EXTERIOR/ Interior Painting.

20+ years experience. Also, cleaning out of garages, basements, attics, barns. Insured.

References. Call Joe at (207)653-4048.

Land BUILDABLE lot desired by teacher in Saco or Buxton. Call (207)251-5791 anytime.

LIGHT TRUCKING

MASONRY REPAIR DAVE MASON

Chimneys, steps, etc. Since 1972. Insured and OSHA Certified. (207)233-8851.

M OON’S HOUSECLEANING First half hour free with one hour minimum with this ad.

“You can’t go wrong with Wong” (207)450-4848.

is looking for a full time Salesperson We are a diverse company looking for the right person to fit our needs. Experience in technology (computers, audio/video) is a must, plus a minimum of 3 years retail experience. Benefit package includes 2 weeks paid vacation, 4 paid holidays, and some health insurance.

Please send your resume to: soundrcj@roadrunner.com or pattij53@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

WET BASEMENTS, cracked or buckling walls, crawl space problems, backed by 40 years experience. Guaranteed, 603-447-1159 basementauthoritiesnh.com.

Real Estate OLD Orchard Beach- Cozy 1 bedroom condo, $67,500/oro.

Call Sam (207)591-5422.

ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I’ve been trying to write a novel for a year.

The problem is, I have no support from my family. My wife and friends always groan when I ask them to read what I’ve written. I’m trying to be considerate of their level of interest and don’t want them to be annoyed with me, but I need some feedback on my writing.

That being said, would you know where I could send my pages for review? I’d like to know if my story is interesting the way I’m writing it, or if I need to develop it better. -Amateur Author in El Paso, Texas Dear Author: There are various ways to get your written material in front of an audience. You can ask writing teachers to look at it. You can search for a writers workshop or try meetup.com for a writing group that critiques members’ work. You can self-publish (you are responsible for all costs), put it in a blog or on an Internet site for free (you will get myriad comments, many worthless, and you’d better have a thick skin), enter a writing contest, or submit a short version to a magazine. You also can go to the nearest library and find a listing of literary agents. An agent will help get your book into the hands of a reputable publisher or reviewer. Getting published is not easy, but if you have talent and skill, it is possible.

Dear Annie: Our daughter was asked to be the maid of honor at her friend’s wedding. She was very excited about it. We planned a small shower for her closest friends and family. Now the bride and her mother have given us a list of 78 women to invite. I checked the etiquette book and found no encouragement for such a large event. The 78 women are also invited to the wedding reception.

We simply cannot afford such a large shower, and the bride’s parents know it. I do not understand how they could expect us to handle such a large event. Our daughter doesn’t

Help Wanted

want to lose the bride’s friendship. Should she bow out of the wedding? -- Anxious Parent Dear Anxious: No bride should demand such extravagant favors. Your daughter should tell her that she cannot manage such a large affair and ask that the guest list be trimmed to 30 women or however many she can afford to host. Your daughter could also ask the other bridesmaids to host this shower with her, providing more resources and perhaps accommodating a larger guest list.

If the other bridesmaids are not interested or if the bride insists on 78 women, your daughter should offer to bow out of the wedding party. We hope the bride will then understand how unreasonable she is being and back off.

Dear Annie: Your answer to “Parents at Wits’ End,” whose bipolar son would not take his meds, exemplifies the dilemma posed by mental illness in this country, namely that without the patient’s cooperation matters may quickly grow hopeless.

My wife had severe bipolar disorder. It was only luck that kept her aggressive driving from killing all of us and enabled her to keep her job. A friend urged me to leave with my children, but I knew my kids would be devastated, and I worried that my wife would kill herself.

My wife saw a doctor who prescribed an antidepressant, but she did not want a mood stabilizer. The antidepressant by itself sent her spiraling, as she knew it would. The doctor’s nurse later told me, “We knew something was wrong, but she wouldn’t talk about it when she came in.” Less than a year later, my wife committed suicide, breaking all of our hearts.

If a bipolar person cannot cooperate, the family can do nothing but pray. -- Wiser in Tennessee

69

$

Service Call Servicing most major brands

includes 1/2 hour labor, expert technicians and same day/next day scheduling “A local family owned & operated company specializing in top-rated American brands”

146 Rand Rd, Portland Exit 47 off I-95

Sales & Service 772-0053

Nowg...

Rentin

Event & Function Space T he Stevens A venue C ongregational C hurch

790 Stevens Ave., Portland (next to the Armory) For pricing & info call Harry at 797-4573 or email saccucc@gmail.com Your rental fee helps others in need!

Servicing All Brands *Pickup & Delivery Available

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

Prickly City

by Scott Stantis

The Daily Sun Classifieds “Can you send me prices for display ads in the Sun... I am really happy with the results from the Sun classifieds and I want to expand... I have tried the other papers... zero replies... nothing even comes close to The Sun...”

— An advertiser who gets results using the Sun’s classifieds.

To place a classified call 699-5807

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013— Page 17

Gallagher hired by Ecomaine as communications director Daily Sun Staff Report

Kevin Roche, general manager at Ecomaine, said, “Twenty-five years ago, we knew landfills weren’t sustainable, we couldn’t just throw everything away.” At that time, 200 tons of trash were recycled a year; now, 36,000 tons are recycled at the Ecomaine facility, he said.

Ecomaine uses its waste-to-energy plant in Portland to reduce the volume of waste mass by 90 percent, effectively depositing ash rather than raw solid waste into a “landfill/ashfill.” (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Frank J. Gallagher has joined Ecomaine as communications director, filling the position left vacant by the retirement of Shelley Dunn, the regional waste-management organization announced.

Gallagher has 16 years of experience in journalism and public relations, most recently as proprietor of F.J. Gallagher Gallagher & Associates, and is a graduate of the University of Maine, Orono.

Ecomaine is the nonprofit, recycling and wasteto-energy operation that serves 25 percent of the state’s population; it is owned by 21 communities and is located in Portland.

Ecomaine is now doing a feasibility study for managing organic waste MORATORIUM from page 13

But alternatives aren’t without cost, and Roche said communities may feel a temptation to use landfills as cheaper alternatives.

“We are in favor of preserving the waste hierarchy and we don’t want to see landfills climbing up any rung of the hierarchy, landfills should be a last resort,” he said.

Roche said Ecomaine is now doing a feasibility

study for managing organic waste, with findings to come out this summer.

“We’ve got to stop this trend of going back to landfilling material and encourage the hierarchy,” Roche said.

“With the recession and everything over the last five years, obviously budgets are tight and the cheapest way out in the short run is landfilling because you’re deferring the cost of dealing with the waste to future generations,” Roche said.

DAILY SUN CLASSIFIEDS PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

Mention this ad for 10% OFF your repair!

UDWATE O R R ST

Expires June 30, 2013

Auto

Tire

Complete Automotive Repair - Foreign & Domestic

656 Stroudwater St. Automotive Repair Westbrook • 854-0415 Foreign & Domestic www.stroudwaterauto.com

PORTLAND AUTO RADIATOR Established 1948

FULL AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES The Best Place in Town to Take a Leak

includes 5 qts. oil & filter $

no parts, parts extra

FREE BRAKE INSPECTION

•Blood Pressure Control •Arthritis Relief •Improved Balance

Now offering Lunchtime Classes.

Introducing Seated Tai Chi Chih Classes.

For information go to www.taichichihstudio.com or call Raymond Reid* 518-9375 *Featured in AARP Magazine *As Seen on Good Day Maine

Mike’s Auto & Light Truck Service WE ARE MOVING to 235 ST. JOHNS STREET

OIL CHANGE $17.99 A/C RECHARGE 69.99

Benefits of Tai Chi Chih

Off Site Demos

Maine State Inspections

1129 Forest Ave., Portland • 207-797-3606

To Serve You Better – Open Date July 1 Thank You, Mike Charron/Owner 767-0092

Do You Have a Guardian for the Air You Breathe?

Call for your FREE Air Quality Check today!

352 Warren Ave. Portland, 871-8610, toll free 1-888-358-3589

“There seems to be an interest in going back to the old days and going back to landfilling more material. As a solid waste professional who has been working in the industry for 25 years, I would hate to see that happen.” — Kevin Roche, general manager at Ecomaine Roche said the new law “basically puts a moratorium on landfill expansions, so we’re beginning to say, there seems to be some support out there, for, ‘Hey, landfills may not be the best way to deal with solid waste.’”

Tom Raymond, landfill/ashfill manager at Ecomaine, oversees Ecomaine’s 240-acre site in South Portland and Scarborough and confirmed that it isn’t cheap to deal with trash, even when that trash is reduced to ash. The site contains a $6.9 million “state-of-the-art ashfill/landfill cell built in 2006.”

In order to store additional ash from the waste-toenergy plant, Ecomaine spent $1.8 million for a cell built last year, which provides capacity for about five years, he said.

“We have landfill capacity already permitted through 2035,” Raymond said, confirming that the one-year moratorium wouldn’t affect Ecomaine.

Also, Ecomaine has found ways to market even the ash waste. A contractor is extracting metal from the ash through magnetic equipment on site.

Still, trash disposal in Maine is linked, the Maine DEP noted. Since the MERC facility in Biddeford closed at the end of 2012, the municipal waste from 14 southern Maine towns previously sent there is now being sorted at a Casella-owned transfer station in Westbrook before being incinerated at Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. in Orrington or at Ecomaine in Portland, or sent out of state, the agency noted.

As for the plans at Juniper Ridge, the new law isn’t expected to affect the pending application, according to Michael Barden, landfill oversight manager at the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.

“Juniper Ridge will unlikely file an application for an expansion for at least another year or so,” Barden said.

Casella will be required to submit another application, a public benefit application, he said.

“We’re waiting to hear on the amendment application, and then the public benefit determination would have to be decided after that,” Barden said.

Then an expansion application would be put forward, he predicted.

Asked when Juniper Ridge’s application would be decided, Barden said, “We should be seeing a decision from DEP anytime.”

Page 18 — The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– EVENTS CALENDAR–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Friday, June 28 Maine Military & Community Network conference

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Maine Military & Community Network will hold the third annual Statewide Conference from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. “The conference will take place at the Central Maine Community College, 1250 Turner St., Auburn.

The theme for the event is ‘Military Children & Families.’ The Keynote Speaker will be Allyson Handley, Ed. D., president of University of Maine Augusta. Specific focus will be placed upon the education experience faced by children and families of Military Members as well as the impact of deployment upon the military family unit. Navy Spouse and author of the newly released book, ‘Dinner with the Smiley’s,’ Sara Smiley will be present with her children to give insight to the perspective of facing deployment from the home front in a veteran family panel. Awards for excellence in support of Maine’s military population will also be presented. The afternoon will start with focus on the movie ‘A Matter of Duty’ which details Kennebec Sheriff Randy Liberty’s personal battle with PTSD and several veterans in his charge at the Kennebec County Jail. ... Producer Charlie Smith and Jennifer Rooks of Maine Watch will be present to talk about the importance of shining the light of public awareness. This event is open to the public for the cost of $40.” Register at http:// mainemcn.eventbrite.com.

‘Teaching and Performance’ at Shaker Village

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Teaching and Performance” workshop day Maine Festival of American Music: Its Roots and Traditions. “String students and adult players come to the SDL Shaker Village to be coached by the PSQ with a culminating Master Class (3:30 p.m.). Licensed counselor Caroline Loupe will help players explore methods which enhance the joy of playing music.” Master Class only — free of charge and open to the public. Held in the 1794 Shaker Meetinghouse. Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, 707 Shaker Rd. Route 26 New Gloucester, June 26 to 29. 7 p.m. $25 per evening concert; seniors $20; under 21-free. Reservations suggested, 926-4597. www.shaker.lib.me.us

‘This Rebellion’ at Maine Historical Society

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maine Historical Society exhibit opening. “‘This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War.’ ‘This Rebellion’ showcases a rich array of MHS’s Civil War collections — photographs, letters, artifacts, maps and memorabilia -related to the Maine soldier’s experience during and after the war. For the first time ever, a database has been created of all Maine soldiers who died in the War (in battle or of war wounds or illness); the names will appear in a remembrance wall as part of the exhibit. The exhibit is a stop on the new 23-site Maine Civil War Trail.” The exhibit opens to the public on June 28 and will be up through May 26, 2014. Museum hours: Monday–Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday (May-Oct.): noon to 5 p.m. http://www.mainehistory.org

‘Breckinridge Long’ author at the library

noon. “Neil Rolde will be talking about his new book ‘Breckinridge Long: An American Eichmann??? An Enquiry into the Character of the Man Who Denied Visas to the Jews’ at the Friday Local Author Series on Friday, June 28 at noon in Meeting Room No. 5 at the Portland Public Library. During the Holocaust, while the Nazis were exterminating thousands of Jews daily, the U.S. State Department official in charge of matters concerning all European refugees was Breckinridge Long. ‘He’s an example of the banality of evil,’ said Neil Rolde author of the first full-length biography of Long. ‘I wanted to highlight his own accounts of his life written in all his diaries, and the times in which he lived, to give people a comprehensive look into his character.’” http:// www.portlandlibrary.com

Maine Artist Collective exhibit

noon to 4 p.m. “Every city seems to have its own unique sense of place marked by its history, commerce, people, art and architecture. See how the Maine Artists Collective sees our city of Portland where natural elements meet steel, brick, granite and concrete when the Urban Landscape exhibit opens June 28 and runs to July 22 at Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St. in Portland. Gallery hours are Monday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. A reception is planned for First Friday, July 5 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The mission of the Maine Artist Collective is to connect the public with Maine artists and support development by providing exhibition and studio space, education, and professional workshops.”

MHS walking tours of historic Portland

1:30 p.m. “Maine Historical Society is pleased to announce daily walking tours of historic Portland. Explore various sections of downtown Portland including Post Office Park, Boothby Square, Exchange Street and more. Walk down cobblestoned streets and discover how social movements, the economy and adversity over the last four centuries made Portland what it is today. Weather permitting, tours

Back by popular demand after a sell-out 2008 run, “Les Miserables” comes to the stage this month at Maine State Music Theatre, a professional, nonprofit arts organization, operating in Brunswick. Based on a novel by Victor Hugo, “Les Miserables” tells the musical tale of redemption and revolution in early 19th-century France. (Audra Hatch Photography) depart daily from Maine Historical Society at 1:30 and last approximately one hour.; $10/per person; or $15 for both walking tour and Longfellow House tour. Tours run through September 30, 2013. Call MHS for group bookings. Appropriate footwear is recommended. For more information about the Historical Walking Tours: Brent Daly, Education Department, Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland. 774-1822, ext 214. www.mainehistory.org.”

Pin Maine-ia pinball championship

2 p.m. The New England Pinball Championship sponsored

by New England Pinball. June 28-30. The Main Event, an 18-Round Match Play Championship with a Final Round Shoot Out for the top four finishers to crown the New England Champion. All Day Saturday. Trophies, Plaques and Cash will be awarded to the top 4 finishers in A and B groups. A division records will be carried forward after the cut. The B Division. After the first nine rounds of the Main Event, the bottom half of the bracket will be cut and the “B” division will be formed. All records will be wiped clean and a B Division Champ will be Crowned from this group. The four Top finishers will also play in a final round shoot out. The Team Championship. Everyone will be invited to compete in a four-person team event using a Pin-Golf scoring format.

Players will be seeded according to their skill level and Cash and Plaques will be awarded to the Top Teams. The Lobster Pot Classic — A Coin Drop tournament. This event helps support Pin Maine-ia. Half of the cash box receipts to the High Score on each machine. Friday 2 p.m. to midnight.

Saturday 10 a.m. to miidnight. Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 25 Hickory Lane Gorham, Maine. $60 for the weekend. This includes Free Play on all machines, Entry into three tournaments and a commemorative T-shirt. drjr@maine.rr.com.

Spectator Fee, $10 per day or $15 for the weekend. This includes Free Play on all non-tournament machines. Kids 6-12, $5/$10. Under 6 free. http://nepinball.com/index. php?title=Main_Page

‘Les Miserables’ at MSMT in Brunswick

2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “Les Miserables,” June 26 to July 13, Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” “Based on a novel by Victor Hugo, ‘Les Miserables’ tells the musical tale of redemption and revolution in early 19th-century France. Ex-convict, Jean Valjean, becomes a force for good in the world, but cannot escape his dark past as he tries to save himself and those around him. The award-winning score composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg, with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and a book by Alain Boublil, features such memorable musical numbers as ‘On My Own,’ ‘I Dreamed a Dream,’ ‘Do You Hear the People Sing’ and ‘Bring Him Home.’”

Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick.

Tuesday-Sunday. msmt.org. 725-8769.

CODEPINK demonstration about Syria conflict

4:30 p.m. “On Friday June 28 activists from CODEPINK and allied groups will hold a demonstration calling for U.S. hands off Syria and diplomatic pressure for a ceasefire to end the bloodbath there. Demonstrators will gather

in Congress Square Park at 4:30 p.m. during the evening commute hour to raise public awareness of the U.S. role in the proxy war raging in Syria, which has killed 94,000 to date and produced more than 2 million refugees. ... ‘Syrian refugees asked CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin for the support of the U.S. antiwar movement,’ said Lisa Savage, Local Coordinator for CODEPINK State of Maine.

‘Many in the U.S. are confused by the Syrian conflict. When they hear that the U.S. is supplying weapons to Al Qaeda in Syria. they are bewildered. Polls show people here do not support U.S. launching yet another war of choice in Syria.’”

Saccarappa Art Collective reception

5 p.m. until 8 p.m. “Painter Barbara Brady will exhibit a collection of her work titled ‘Marking Time’ at Saccarappa Art Collective’s Main Gallery from June 28 through Aug. 7.

Brady draws on experience as a plein-aire landscape artist to produce her colorful abstract compositions through a process she describes as ‘much like the process of life — the intention is direct but the experience is very emotional and intuitive.’ Anne Bernard’s hauntingly sensitive encaustics and drawings will be showcased on the gallery’s Riverside Wall. Bob Thomas will join as a special guest with member artists Andy Curran, Sherry Ballou, Mary Brooking, Jim Flahaven, Jeremy Greene, Caren-Marie Michel, Frank Valliere and Julie Vohs, who will also present new work. An opening reception will run from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on the evening of June 28.

Saccarappa Art Collective is committed to presenting the authentic vision of local and regional professional artists to the greater community. Gallery hours are WednesdaySaturday: noon-7 p.m.” 861 Main St., Westbrook. https:// www.facebook.com/SaccarappaArtCollective

Cape Farm Alliance Strawberry Festival

6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Cape Farm Alliance Strawberry Festival in Cape Elizabeth. Shady Oak Farm, 30 Fowler Road. Saturday at Maxwell’s Strawberry Field, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Two Lights Road. “Our Annual Strawberry Fest will be held this year on the last weekend in June – the 28th and 29th – so mark your calendar now so you don’t miss out!

Tickets for the very popular Lobster Bake/Pork Roast at Shady Oak Farm the evening of June 28 will go on sale in late May/early June – you can purchase at Alewives Brook Farm or Jordan’s Farm Market on Wells Rd.” www. capefarmalliance.org

‘Can’t Keep A Good Woman Down’

7 p.m. Friday, June 28 to Sunday, June 30, two shows on Saturday. St. Lawrence Arts Center. “A young black mother struggles to keep her faith after a series of heartbreaking setbacks. When her daughter is hospitalized, and her husband becomes more and more abusive, she is on the verge of giving up. It is only though her faith in God that she is able to carry on.” http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/380753 see next page

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013— Page 19

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– EVENTS CALENDAR––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– from preceding page

‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’

7:30 p.m. “Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake will present ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ by Rebecca Feldman and William Finn from June 21 to July 7. “‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ is a musical comedy which centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School.

Six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, which is run by three equally-quirky grown-ups. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Schoolhouse Arts Center is directed

by Michael Hjort. Cast members include Sean Colby and Ben Plummer from Limington, Kim Drisko from Gorham, Dillon Bates from Portland, Andrew Goodwin from South Portland, Molly Olsen from Windham, Adam Gary Normand from Old Orchard Beach and Angelica and Elizabeth Phipps from Standish. Performances of ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ will be held at Schoolhouse Arts Center on June 28 and 29 and July 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. and June 30 and July 7 at 5 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults and $16 for students and seniors. Schoolhouse is located at 16 Richville Road (Route 114) in Standish, just north of the intersection of Route 114 and Route 35. For reservations, call 642-3743 or buy tickets on-line at www. schoolhousearts.org.”

Portland Public Arts website launch postponed

8 p.m. East End Beach website unveiling. “The Portland Public Arts Committee will unveil a new website, www. publicartportland.org featuring information about the city’s public art collection at a launch party at the East End Beach. Attendees can view slides of the new website from the beach on a screen along the retaining wall. The new website includes descriptions of the city’s twenty-eight pieces as well as an interactive map feature that allows visitors to create their own walking tours. Currently, the public art collection contains twenty-eight works of art that are permanently installed throughout the city, including works of historical significance dating from the nineteenth century, as well as contemporary pieces that reflect the diversity and the spirit of the city.” (Postponed indefinitely due to rain.)

‘Deathtrap’ at Lyric Music Theater

8 p.m. “Deathtrap” at Lyric Music Theater, South Portland. “‘Deathtrap’ — This Ira Levin play has many twists and turns! Accomplished writer Sidney Bruhl finds himself struggling to write the next big play. After several flops, he becomes desperate. Sidney reads a play by a young writer, Clifford Anderson, which he finds to be a perfect thriller. He plots to kill Clifford and pass the play off as his own, but soon realizes that this will not be as easy as he planned!”

Call the Box Office at 799-1421.

Saturday, June 29 Urban Raid in Portland

10 a.m. Urban Raid starting at Ocean Gateway terminal.

5K obstacle course race. “Introducing a new, cutting-edge race series designed for a new breed of cross training athlete — The RAID. Come experience the next generation of obstacle racing; one that features varied terrain, largescale customized infrastructure, and extraordinary venues that range from picturesque beaches, to energized downtown metros, to breath-taking mountain sides. The RAID offers you the chance to choose one or conquer all three races in distinct environments — a unique challenge that no other series can provide. For just under five miles in distance at each race course, you’ll be challenged to run, crawl, jump, climb, and scramble on sand, city streets and steep slopes.” http:// raidevents.com/urban-raid-portland/#

English Garden Party and Home Tour

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Event at 402 Pulpit Rock Road, Cape Elizabeth. Maine Home and Design English Garden Party and Home Tour in Cape Elizabeth. “Enjoy an English garden party, tea and home tour at one of the most beautiful private properties in Cape Elizabeth — Garrison Field. This property was modeled after a spectacular English Tudorstyle estate. Garrison Field Cape Elizabeth, MaineStroll the grounds and shore, take a guided home tour, and relax with a ‘spot of tea’ and variety of performers. Parking is available at Cape Elizabeth High School with vans running regularly.

Tickets are $25 for Garden Party and Home Tour and are available at Whole Foods Market, Nonesuch Books Mill Creek, IGA Pond Cove, Jordan’s Farm Market, Broadway Gardens, O’Donals, Estabrooks, Skillins, Highland Avenue Nursery, and www.fortwilliams.org. Or extend your day with a VIP package for $50, which includes workshops, reserved parking, English Fare Lunch & Tea, and garden party and home tour tickets. Available only at Whole Foods and at www.fortwilliams.org. This tour benefits The Arboretum at Fort Williams Park, a project of the non-profit Fort Williams Foundation. The funds generated will be used to create a

On Saturday, the public can visit the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray to see insect samples, wood samples, someone in a bug costume and an informational poster display. Join a local District Forest Ranger from the Maine Forest Service on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Here, Maine Forest Service interns Adam Douin (left), costumed as an Asian longhorned beetle, and Jonathan Dumont, costumed as an emerald ash borer, stand on a woodpile of maple and ash. (COURTESY PHOTO) series of garden landscapes within Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, for the public to enjoy.”

Smokey the Bear in Gray

11 a.m. “Join a local District Forest Ranger from the Maine Forest Service on Saturday, June 29 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to see a demonstration and display of the tools of their trade. Inspect a Ranger truck loaded with 1,500 lbs of fire equipment and initial response gear. Forest Rangers protect our forests, properties and homes from fires, insects, disease and misuse. A special photo opportunity for the kids is scheduled from noon to 12:30 p.m., when Smokey the Bear will arrive to meet and greet his fans. Bring your cameras for photos of Smokey with your children! There will also be a team of volunteers from the the Forest Pest Outreach and Survey Project with an information table focused on invasive forest pests such as the Asian longhorned beetle, emerald ash borer and the hemlock wooly adelgid.” Maine Wildlife Park, 56 Game Farm Road, Gray (off Route 26). See www.mainewildlifepark.com for details about these and all our other scheduled 2013 events.

Maine Festival of American Music

7 p.m. “Synergy” eighth season, Maine Festival of American Music: Its Roots and Traditions. Three consecutive evening concerts plus workshop day/master class. “The Synergy of Performance and Composition.” Violinist and composer Patrick Doane, Maine native, former PSQ student and now Juilliard graduate, joins the Portland String Quartet in an evening of Chamber Music. Shaker hymns will be woven skillfully into a Festival commissioned work

by Doane.” Held in the 1794 Shaker Meetinghouse. Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, 707 Shaker Rd. Route 26 New Gloucester, June 26 to 29. 7 p.m. $25 per evening concert; seniors $20; under 21-free. Reservations suggested, 9264597. www.shaker.lib.me.us

‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’

7:30 p.m. “Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake will present ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ by Rebecca Feldman and William Finn from June 21 to July 7. “‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ is a musical comedy which centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School.

Six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, which is run by

three equally-quirky grown-ups. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Schoolhouse Arts Center is directed

by Michael Hjort. Cast members include Sean Colby and Ben Plummer from Limington, Kim Drisko from Gorham, Dillon Bates from Portland, Andrew Goodwin from South Portland, Molly Olsen from Windham, Adam Gary Normand from Old Orchard Beach and Angelica and Elizabeth Phipps from Standish. Performances of ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ will be held at Schoolhouse Arts Center on June 28 and 29 and July 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. and June 30 and July 7 at 5 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults and $16 for students and seniors. Schoolhouse is located at 16 Richville Road (Route 114) in Standish, just north of the intersection of Route 114 and Route 35. For reservations, call 642-3743 or buy tickets on-line at www. schoolhousearts.org.”

‘Les Miserables’ at MSMT in Brunswick

7:30 p.m. “Les Miserables,” June 26 to July 13, Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” “Based on a novel by Victor Hugo, ‘Les Miserables’ tells the musical tale of redemption and revolution in early 19th-century France. Ex-convict, Jean Valjean, becomes a force for good in the world, but cannot escape his dark past as he tries to save himself and those around him. The award-winning score composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg, with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and a book by Alain Boublil, features such memorable musical numbers as ‘On My Own,’ ‘I Dreamed a Dream,’ ‘Do You Hear the People Sing’ and ‘Bring Him Home.’”

Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick.

Tuesday-Sunday. msmt.org. 725-8769.

‘Deathtrap’ at Lyric Music Theater

8 p.m. “Deathtrap” at Lyric Music Theater, South Portland. “‘Deathtrap’ — This Ira Levin play has many twists and turns! Accomplished writer Sidney Bruhl finds himself struggling to write the next big play. After several flops, he becomes desperate. Sidney reads a play by a young writer, Clifford Anderson, which he finds to be a perfect thriller. He plots to kill Clifford and pass the play off as his own, but soon realizes that this will not be as easy as he planned!”

Call the Box Office at 799-1421. see next page

Page 20 — The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– EVENTS CALENDAR––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– from preceding page

Improvised Puppet Project, Port Fringe 2013

10 p.m. A Post-Apocalyptic Improvised Zombie Puppet Musical, Saturday, June 29, at 10 p.m. at SPACE Gallery.

“Join the Improvised Puppet Project for a completely improvised musical — with puppets! — set in a world devastated by the Great Zombie Attack of 2013. A tenuous peace has been reached between the two factions, and now humans and zombies must learn to live side-by-side. Only the power of musical theater can help them set aside their differences — or can it?” For additional PortFringe events, see http:// www.portfringe.com/shows.htm

Sunday, June 30 ‘Les Miserables’ at MSMT in Brunswick

2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “Les Miserables,” June 26 to July 13, Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” “Based on a novel by Victor Hugo, ‘Les Miserables’ tells the musical tale of redemption and revolution in early 19th-century France. Ex-convict, Jean Valjean, becomes a force for good in the world, but cannot escape his dark past as he tries to save himself and those around him. The award-winning score composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg, with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and a book by Alain Boublil, features such memorable musical numbers as ‘On My Own,’ ‘I Dreamed a Dream,’ ‘Do You Hear the People Sing’ and ‘Bring Him Home.’”

Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick.

Tuesday-Sunday. msmt.org. 725-8769.

‘Deathtrap’ at Lyric Music Theater

2:30 p.m. “Deathtrap” at Lyric Music Theater, South Portland. “‘Deathtrap’ — This Ira Levin play has many twists and turns! Accomplished writer Sidney Bruhl finds himself struggling to write the next big play. After several flops, he becomes desperate. Sidney reads a play by a young writer, Clifford Anderson, which he finds to be a perfect thriller. He plots to kill Clifford and pass the play off as his own, but soon realizes that this will not be as easy as he planned!”

Call the Box Office at 799-1421.

Screening of ‘Caddyshack’

8:26 p.m. Screening of “Caddyshack,” 1980 Bill Murray comedy, part of the 2013 Rooftop Film Series by Mensk at the Spring Street parking garage roof (enter at 45 Spring St.). Each show starts at sunset, BYO chairs/blankets; no alcohol; donations requested. “The mission of Mensk is to inspire and support personal, local, and regional action for the development of creative and sustainable communities.” http://www.menskmaine.org

Monday, July 1 Jim Drain in 2013 MFA Artist Lecture Series

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 Jim Drain. “Jim Drain is a Miami-based artist who creates hyperactive, chaotic art, fashion and furniture, using an abundance of materials from chains to yarn to costumes. He graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and was involved in the highly influential Fort Thunder community in Rhode Island, and was also a former member of Forcefield, a performance art collective who collaborated on videos, comics, totems, experimental music, kinetic sculptures covered in textiles, and more. His work has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art.” 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

Tuesday, July 2 ‘Les Miserables’ at MSMT in Brunswick

2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “Les Miserables,” June 26 to July 13, Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” “Based on a novel by Victor Hugo, ‘Les Miserables’ tells the musical tale of redemption and revolution in early 19th-century France. Ex-convict, Jean Valjean, becomes a force for good in the world, but cannot escape his dark past as he tries to save himself and those around him. The award-winning score composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg, with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and a book by Alain Boublil, features such memorable musical numbers as ‘On My Own,’ ‘I Dreamed a Dream,’ ‘Do You Hear the People Sing’ and ‘Bring Him Home.’”

Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick.

Tuesday-Sunday. msmt.org. 725-8769.

Farm Stand in West End

3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Farm Stand in West End by Cultivating Community will run July 1 to Oct. 18. The West End day is Tuesday from 3-6 p.m. at Reiche School playground. St. Luke’s, State St., will host the Farmers Market Sundays

from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. http://cultivatingcommunity.org/nasap/ farmers-markets.html

Wednesday, July 3 Library screens ‘Gettysburg’

noon. “Portland Public Library screens “Gettysburg” in honor of 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Wednesday, July 3 at noon in the Rines Auditorium. To commemorate the 150th anniversary this year of the battle of Gettysburg, Portland Public Library offers a free screening of the 1993 feature film “Gettysburg” which depicts the decisive1863 battle between the Northern and Southern forces at Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch and we’ll provide a few refreshments! There will be a 15 minute intermission halfway through the film due to its extended length [271 minutes].” Portland Public Library.

Bath Heritage Days

5 p.m. Bath Heritage Days, July 4-7. Five days of July 4 activities, with a fireworks finale at the Bath waterfront on Sunday, July 7 at 9:15 p.m. Bath Heritage Days Schedule of Events includes: Wednesday, July 3: Bath Municipal Band 5-7 p.m. Library Park. Bath Sunrise Rotary Barbecue 5-7 p.m. Library Park. Thursday, July 4: 1 Mile Fun Run 7:45 a.m. 5 Mile Road Race 8:30 a.m. City Hall. Independence Day Parade 11:30 a.m. (Pre-parade show 10:30 a.m.).

Smokey’s Greatest Show and Carnival 10 a.m.-11 p.m.

Waterfront Park. Strawberry Shortcake Festival at Cosmopolitan Club (894 Washington St.) noon-4 p.m. Friends of the Patten Free Library Preview Book Sale 5-8 p.m. (Winter Street Church); Food and Other Vendors 10 a.m.-11 p.m.

Waterfront and Library Parks; Live Entertainment 5 p.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront Park. Friday, July 5: Kids’ Day 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Library Park. Smokey’s Greatest Show and Carnival 5-11 p.m. Waterfront Park. Food and Other Vendors 5 p.m.11 p.m. Waterfront Park. Friends of the Patten Free Library Book Sale 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Winter Street Church). Live Entertainment 5-11 p.m. Waterfront Park. Saturday, July 6: Farmer’s Market 8:30 a.m.-noon (Bathport on Waterfront). Art in the Park 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Library Park. Craft Show 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Library Park. Whoopie Pie Eating Contest sponsored

by Mae’s Cafe 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Library Park. Smokey’s Greatest Show and Carnival 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront Park.

Food and Other Vendors 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront and Library Parks. Friends of the Patten Free Library Booksale 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Winter Street Church). Chili-Chowder Fest 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Freight Shed). Strongman Contest 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (Bathport on waterfront). Hand-Tub Parade 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m. (From KoC Middle St. to Front St.). Fireman’s Muster sponsored by Now You’re Cooking noon-3 p.m.

(North End of Front Street). Live Entertainment 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront and Library Parks. Sunday, July 7: Front Street Shuffle Antique Car Show 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Friends of the Patten Free Library Book Sale 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (Winter Street Church). Art in the Park 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Library Park.

Craft Show 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Library Park. Boat parade on the Kennebec River 4 p.m. Community Lobster Bake 4 p.m. (Gilmore Seafood). Bath Municipal Band Pre-fireworks Concert 8 p.m. Library Park. Live Entertainment 11 a.m.11 p.m. Waterfront and Library Parks. Fireworks over the Kennebec River 9:15 p.m. See more at: http://bathheritagedays.com/schedule/#sthash.9aIP8k3V.dpuf

Civil War Night at the Ballpark

7 p.m. “The Portland Sea Dogs have partnered with the Pejepscot Historical Society and MPBN to host Civil War Night at the Ballpark on Wednesday, July 3 at 7 p.m. when the Sea Dogs host the Trenton Thunder (Yankees) at Hadlock Field. The night is to pay tribute to Maine’s rich civil war history on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

‘Joshua L. Chamberlain’ will be throwing out the ceremonial first-pitch. Civil War re-enactors from the 3rd Maine Regiment and the 15th Alabama will be present at the ballpark.

Company A, 3rd Maine Regiment Volunteer Infantry is a nonprofit educational and living history organization dedicated to preserving the memory of Maine’s role in the American Civil War. Through living history events, battle reenactments, and educational presentations they work to teach others about what life was like for Maine soldiers and civilians during the years 1861-1865. They portray Company A of the 3rd Maine, a regiment recruited early in the War from several communities of Maine’s Kennebec River Valley.

The regiment was therefore known as the ‘Kennebec Regiment.’ Company A was formed from a Bath, Maine militia unit called the Bath City Grays, which mustered into federal service on June 4, 1861. The Maine Rebels are a reenacting group that portrays the 15th Alabama Infantry, Company G, with most of its members in Maine. The 15th Alabama is the regiment that fought the 20th Maine Infantry on the slopes of Little Round Top in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The 15th Alabama’s war record is very distinguished and they saw service at many of the significant battles of the war. Chamberlain Ale brewed by Shipyard Brewing will be

available for sale at the Shipyard Grille located on the third base side of the stadium. Throughout the game will be Civil War trivia with prizes provided by the Pejepscot Historical Society. MPBN Morning Edition host Irwin Gratz will be on hand to lead the Sea Dog crowd through the seventh inning stretch with Take Me Out to the Ballgame over the stadium loudspeakers. Following the game, MPBN will be showing the ‘Sixteenth Maine at Gettysburg,’ a new documentary revealing the story of Maine’s 16th Volunteer Infantry Regiment, on the stadium video board.” 879-9500 or online at www.seadogs.com.

‘Les Miserables’ at MSMT in Brunswick

7:30 p.m. “Les Miserables,” June 26 to July 13, Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” “Based on a novel by Victor Hugo, ‘Les Miserables’ tells the musical tale of redemption and revolution in early 19th-century France. Ex-convict, Jean Valjean, becomes a force for good in the world, but cannot escape his dark past as he tries to save himself and those around him.” Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick. Tuesday-Sunday. msmt.org. 725-8769.

Thursday, July 4 Freeport Fourth of July

7 a.m. Freeport Fourth of July includes the following schedule: 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Blueberry Pancake & Sausage Breakfast, St. Jude Hall, corner of Main and School Streets. FMI: 847-6890. 7:30 a.m. 10K Road Race, L. L. Bean, Inc. 9:15 a.m. Fun Run, L. L. Bean, Inc. 10 a.m. Parade, Main Street, from Kendall Lane south to Holbrook Street. 7:30 p.m. Concert in the Park, (Matt Nathanson) L. L. Bean, Inc. Discovery Park. FMI: 877-755-2326. 9:15 p.m. Fireworks Intown.

Bath Heritage Days

7:45 a.m. Bath Heritage Days, July 4-7. Five days of July 4 activities, with a fireworks finale at the Bath waterfront on Sunday, July 7 at 9:15 p.m. Bath Heritage Days Schedule of Events includes: Thursday, July 4: 1 Mile Fun Run 7:45 a.m. 5 Mile Road Race 8:30 a.m. City Hall. Independence Day Parade 11:30 a.m. (Pre-parade show 10:30 a.m.). Smokey’s Greatest Show and Carnival 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront Park. Strawberry Shortcake Festival at Cosmopolitan Club (894 Washington St.) noon-4 p.m.

Friends of the Patten Free Library Preview Book Sale 5-8 p.m. (Winter Street Church); Food and Other Vendors 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront and Library Parks; Live Entertainment 5 p.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront Park. Friday, July 5: Kids’ Day 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Library Park. Smokey’s Greatest Show and Carnival 5-11 p.m. Waterfront Park.

Food and Other Vendors 5 p.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront Park.

Friends of the Patten Free Library Book Sale 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Winter Street Church). Live Entertainment 5-11 p.m. Waterfront Park. Saturday, July 6: Farmer’s Market 8:30 a.m.-noon (Bathport on Waterfront). Art in the Park 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Library Park. Craft Show 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Library Park. Whoopie Pie Eating Contest sponsored by Mae’s Cafe 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Library Park. Smokey’s Greatest Show and Carnival 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront Park.

Food and Other Vendors 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront and Library Parks. Friends of the Patten Free Library Booksale 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Winter Street Church). Chili-Chowder Fest 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Freight Shed). Strongman Contest 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (Bathport on waterfront). Hand-Tub Parade 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m. (From KoC Middle St. to Front St.).

Fireman’s Muster sponsored by Now You’re Cooking noon-3 p.m. (North End of Front Street). Live Entertainment 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront and Library Parks.

Sunday, July 7: Front Street Shuffle Antique Car Show 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Friends of the Patten Free Library Book Sale 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (Winter Street Church). Art in the Park 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Library Park. Craft Show 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Library Park. Boat parade on the Kennebec River 4 p.m. Community Lobster Bake 4 p.m. (Gilmore Seafood). Bath Municipal Band Pre-fireworks Concert 8 p.m. Library Park. Live Entertainment 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront and Library Parks.

Fireworks over the Kennebec River 9:15 p.m. See more at: http://bathheritagedays.com/schedule/#sthash.9aIP8k3V. dpuf

Fourth of July South Portland

10 a.m. to sunset. “Come join the fun at Bug Light Park where the South Portland Historical Society will host its annual Fourth of July South Portland Celebration! The museum will open at 10 a.m. and the barbecue will start at 11 a.m. Hot dogs, hamburgers, sausage sandwiches and more will be available for reasonable prices. At noon, we will enjoy a lively reading of the Declaration of Independence by Benjamin Franklin. Afternoon activities for kids. Celebrate our nation’s birthday with a picnic, live music and games at the park, watch the kite flying (or fly your own) and take in the spectacular views of Casco Bay. Don’t forget to stay for the fireworks!” Cushing’s Point Museum, 55 Bug Light Park, South Portland. see next page

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013— Page 21

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Friday, June 28 Forget Forget at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $7; Doors at 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com Zach Deputy at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $15 adv/$20 door; 8 p.m. www.onelongfellowsquare.com The Maine at Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland. $20; Doors at 6 p.m. www.portcitymusichall.com

Saturday, June 29 Aaron Carter at ASYLUM, 121 Center St., Portland. $15; Doors at 7 p.m. www.portlandasylum.com/concerts Texarkana at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $5; 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

Sunday, June 30 Food Fight — A Battle of the Restaurant Bands at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $5; Doors at 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

117 Spring St., Portland. http://flasklounge.com

Monday, July 1 Tesla at ASYLUM, 121 Center St., Portland. $30; Doors at 8 p.m. www.portlandasylum.com/concerts Model Airplane at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $5; Doors at 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

Fiddlin’ Phil from Munjoy Hill at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland, $12 adv/$15 door; 7 p.m. www.stlawrencearts.org

Thursday, July 4 A Band Beyond Description at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, Doors at 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

Tombstone PD at Flask, 117 Spring St., Portland http://flasklounge.com

Friday, July 5

The Maine at Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland. $20; Doors at 6 p.m. www.portcitymusichall.com

Adam Ezra Group at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $10; 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

Saturday, July 6

Nymph at the SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, $8; Doors at 8 p.m. www.space538.org

The James Hunter Six at ASYLUM, 121 Center St., Portland. $15; Doors at 8 p.m. www.portlandasylum.com/concerts

Wednesday, July 3

The Zach Jones Band at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $8; Doors at 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

Rap Night at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $3; 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com Sterling Witt with Owen Davis & Joe Murphy at Flask,

Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $17 adv/$22 door; 8 p.m. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– EVENTS CALENDAR––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– from preceding page

Fourth of July events in Portland

noon. “Stars and Stripes Spectacular” in Portland. “The celebration will feature a free Patriotic Pops concert with Special Guest Artist Don McLean who will perform with the Portland Symphony Orchestra. This year the Patriotic Pops concert will have a Lincoln theme in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. As part of the day of festivities the Maine Historical Society will present a reading of the Declaration of Independence by former State Representative Herb Adams and a reading of the Gettysburg Address by Portland Mayor Michael Brennan. The readings will take place at noon in front of the Longfellow House at 489 Congress Street. The Patriotic Pops concert, presented by Bangor Savings Bank, is scheduled to begin at 7:40 p.m. and will be broadcast live on WHOM 94.9PM. The concert will run throughout the fireworks display which will begin at approximately 9:20 p.m. A rain date is scheduled for Friday, July 5. Visit www.July4thportland.org for the most up to date information or call the city’s hotline at 756-8130. ... In addition, the second annual ‘No Kids Hungry – Scoops for Kids Ice Cream Festival’ will take place at the Eastern Promenade and Cutter Street from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The event sponsored by Mercy Hospital benefits Share our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign to end childhood hunger here in Maine and ensure all children the healthy food they need, every day. The cost will be $5 per ticket for an all-you-can-eat tasting of some of the finest ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and gelato makers. ...

Tickets will be available for purchase the day of the event.

Advanced tickets are available for purchase at Quirk Chevrolet, 1000 Brighton Avenue, Portland, at The Cummings Community Center at 134 Congress Street, Portland and through Mercy Hospital by calling 879-3605. Ticket holders will have the opportunity to vote on their favorite flavor. The winning flavor will be announced on stage before the Patriotic Pops Concert.” www.july4thportland.org

Kennebunk Fireworks

9 p.m. Beach Avenue, Narragansett Point to the rocks, at 9 p.m. (rain date July 5).

Bath Heritage Days

‘Les Miserables’ at MSMT in Brunswick

2 p.m. “Les Miserables,” June 26 to July 13, Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” “Based on a novel by Victor Hugo, ‘Les Miserables’ tells the musical tale of redemption and revolution in early 19th-century France. Ex-convict, Jean Valjean, becomes a force for good in the world, but cannot escape his dark past as he tries to save himself and those around him. The award-winning score composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg, with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and a book by Alain Boublil, features such memorable musical numbers as ‘On My Own,’ ‘I Dreamed a Dream,’ ‘Do You Hear the People Sing’ and ‘Bring Him Home.’” Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick. Tuesday-Sunday. msmt.org. 725-8769.

‘This Rebellion’ on First Friday Art Walk

5 p.m. to 8 p.m. First Friday Art Walk with Maine Historical Society. “Explore the new Civil War exhibits for free; museum store open late.” “This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War.”

Friday, July 5 10 a.m. Bath Heritage Days, July 4-7. Five days of July 4 activities, with a fireworks finale at the Bath waterfront on Sunday, July 7 at 9:15 p.m. Bath Heritage Days Schedule of Events includes: Friday, July 5: Kids’ Day 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Library Park. Smokey’s Greatest Show and Carnival 5-11 p.m. Waterfront Park. Food and Other Vendors 5 p.m.-11 p.m. Water-

front Park. Friends of the Patten Free Library Book Sale 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Winter Street Church). Live Entertainment 5-11 p.m. Waterfront Park. Saturday, July 6: Farmer’s Market 8:30 a.m.-noon (Bathport on Waterfront). Art in the Park 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Library Park. Craft Show 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Library Park. Whoopie Pie Eating Contest sponsored by Mae’s Cafe 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Library Park. Smokey’s Greatest Show and Carnival 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront Park. Food and Other Vendors 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront and Library Parks. Friends of the Patten Free Library Booksale 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Winter Street Church). Chili-Chowder Fest 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Freight Shed). Strongman Contest 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

(Bathport on waterfront). Hand-Tub Parade 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m. (From KoC Middle St. to Front St.). Fireman’s Muster sponsored by Now You’re Cooking noon-3 p.m. (North End of Front Street). Live Entertainment 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Waterfront and Library Parks. Sunday, July 7: Front Street Shuffle Antique Car Show 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Friends of the Patten Free Library Book Sale 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (Winter Street Church).

Art in the Park 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Library Park. Craft Show 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Library Park. Boat parade on the Kennebec River 4 p.m. Community Lobster Bake 4 p.m. (Gilmore Seafood). Bath Municipal Band Pre-fireworks Concert 8 p.m. Library Park. Live Entertainment 11 a.m.-11 p.m.

Waterfront and Library Parks. Fireworks over the Kennebec River 9:15 p.m. See more at: http://bathheritagedays.com/ schedule/#sthash.9aIP8k3V.dpuf

Pa u lPinkh a m db a

a nd Bob Bu rns

B a ck Cove A u to R ep a ir

SPECIALIZING IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC AUTO REPAIR OVER 45 YEARS EXPERIENCE - PROVIDING YOU WITH SERVICE YOU CAN DEPEND ON EVERY TIME! ALWAYS FREE ESTIMATES AND THE MOST COMPETITIVE PRICING 207-252-9322 193 PRESUMPSCOT ST., PORTLAD

“‘This Rebellion’ showcases a rich array of MHS’s Civil War collections — photographs, letters, artifacts, maps, and memorabilia -- related to the Maine soldier’s experience during and after the war. For the first time ever, a database has been created of all Maine soldiers who died in the War (in battle or of war wounds or illness); the names will appear in a remembrance wall as part of the exhibit. The exhibit is a stop on the new 23-site Maine Civil War Trail.” The exhibit opened to the public on June 28 and will be up through May 26, 2014. http://www.mainehistory.org

‘Animal Stories’ on First Friday Art Walk

5 p.m. to 8 p.m. “An upcoming group art exhibition at the Lewis Gallery in Portland will explore the relationships between humans and animals in both real and surreal contexts. The show, ‘Animal Stories,’ will feature the artwork of Susan Drucker, Meghan Howland, Martha Miller, Susan Mills, Arlene Morris, Stephen Petroff, and Robert Shetterly. The exhibition aims to stir the imaginations of viewers of all ages, and add insight to the unique and often mysterious connection between the two species.

The show, which runs from Friday, July 5 through Saturday, July 27, will have an opening reception on Friday, July 5, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., coinciding with the Portland Art Walk.” The gallery is located downstairs in the Portland Public Library at 5 Monument Square; hours are Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 666-8145. A preview of some of the work is viewable at www.susandrucker.com.

Fuzzy Allotropes 3

5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Green Hand Bookshop, 661 Congress Street, Portland. (On display through July, with a second installment in the series arriving August 2, to be on display through August). Fuzzy Allotropes 3: “A Face is a Place,” FMI: contact Michelle Souliere at 253-6808 or michelle. souliere@gmail.com. “A showing of original pen and ink pages of the new Asmwe comic, by Michael Connor. That fuzzy peripatetic star of Coelacanthus zine, Asmwe, makes his most startling discovery yet: his own face! Hitherto unknown to the small mammal, his very countenance poses an interesting problem which illustrator Michael Connor documents in this 40 page comic.” Viewing hours at the Green Hand (beyond First Friday Art Walk) are the store’s usual open hours: Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sun. noon to 5 p.m.

North Country Fireworks Get Ready for Your Next Celebration!

Rt. 16 • Tamworth • 603-323-9375 Check with your local fire department if permissible fireworks are allowed in your area.

Page 22 — The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SUN SPORTS –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Nets working on trade for Garnett and Pierce

By Howard Beck THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Nets and the Boston Celtics are working on a potential blockbuster trade that would send Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to Brooklyn, a deal that would simultaneously bolster the Nets’ title hopes and begin the Celtics’ rebuilding campaign.

The proposed deal is complicated and cannot be completed until July 10, after the N.B.A.’s annual signing moratorium is lifted, according to a person connected to the negotiations.

Another person involved in the talks said there was a “slim chance” that a trade would be consummated. But there is plenty of time for the negotiations to evolve.

Under the terms being discussed, the Nets would send Gerald Wallace, the expiring contract of Kris Humphries and multiple firstround picks to Boston. The talks were first reported by Yahoo Sports.

To make the deal work under salary-cap rules, the teams would have to wait until after July 1, when Pierce’s $15.3 million salary

becomes guaranteed. Then they would have to wait another nine days until the moratorium is lifted.

There are several possible impediments to the deal, including Garnett’s no-trade clause. There has been no indication from Garnett, who has spent the last six seasons in Boston, whether he would be willing to play in Brooklyn.

It is also unclear whether the Celtics, who began rebuilding when they let Coach Doc Rivers leave for the Los Angeles Clippers, would be willing to take on Wallace’s contract, which has three years and $30 million remaining.

Humphries is due $12 million next season, the last year of his contract. Garnett is due $24.4 million over the next two seasons.

Wallace’s hefty contract would be a potential impediment in the Celtics’ effort to reconstruct the roster around guard Rajon Rondo. The draft picks from the Nets would almost certainly fall in the bottom of the first round.

The likelihood of consummating this deal may depend on whether the Celtics get a better offer for Pierce and Garnett in the next two weeks.

A potential trade could send Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Brooklyn Nets.

(Barton Silverman/The New York Times)

Sea Dogs start pivotal nine-game homestand on Monday

By Ken Levinsky

SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

6-foot, 24-year-old Georgia native leads the team with 15 stolen bases. Last year Wilkerson had 32 stolen bases between Portland and single A Salem.

Outfielder Tony Thomas remains second on the team with 41 runs batted in. His batting average rose 11 points to .245.

Although the Portland Sea Dogs (38-37) have dropped to third place in the Eastern League’s Eastern Division, they have a great opportunity to move back into playoff position when the second place Trenton Thunder (New York Yankees affiliate) come to town for four games beginHere is the Sea Dogs ning on Monday. Sandwichschedule for the week ing those contests are series ahead: against two division rivals.

Portland travels to New Friday, June 28 @ New Hampshire (38-40) this weekHampshire, 7:05 p.m. end and hosts New Britain Saturday, June 29 @ New (38-40) after Trenton leaves Hampshire, 7:05 p.m. town.

Sunday, June 30 @ New The Sea Dogs have lost 19 Hampshire, 1:35 p.m. of their last 29 games and are Monday, July 1 vs. Trenton, nine games behind the Bing7 p.m.

Tuesday, July 2 vs. Trenton, hamton Mets. However, Port6 p.m. (double header) land trails Trenton (40-37) by Wednesday, July 3 vs. Trenton, just one game, and remains in 7 p.m. front of both New Britain and Thusday, July 4 vs. New Britain, New Hampshire by 1.5 games 6 p.m. each. The top two clubs in Friday, July 5 vs. New Britain, each division will compete in 7 p.m. the Eastern League playoffs.

Saturday, July 6 vs. New Britain, With Xander Bogaerts now 6 p.m. in AAA Pawtucket, right Sunday, July7 vs. New Britain, 1 p.m. fielder Peter Hissey leads Monday, July 8 vs. New Britain, the team (among those with noon at least 140 at bats) with a Sea Dogs games can be batting average of .283. The heard on WPEI 95.5/ 95.9 6-foot, 1-inch, 23-year-old lefty FM Portland, WEZR 1240 is second on the team with 12 AM Lewiston/Auburn, stolen bases. Bogaerts, who Portland Sea Dogs’ usher Frank Stevens of Portland often leads the many spirited Red Sox Nation fans at Hadlock Field in Neil WKTQ 1450 AM South Paris was hitting .311 with the Sea Diamond’s classic song “Sweet Caroline.” According to Wikipedia, the song has been played at Boston’s Fenway Park in the Dogs, is off to a .231 start with middle of the eighth inning at every game since 2002. On opening night of the 2010 season, the song was performed by Diamond and WTME 780 AM Ruman impressive four homeruns himself. The song was first released in 1969 and reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart. The inspiration for “Sweet Caroline” was ford. Coverage begins 20 minutes prior to the first pitch after 13 games with the President John F. Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, who was 11 years old at the time. Diamond sang the song to her at her with the pre-game show. The Pawsox.

50th birthday celebration in 2007. (KEN LEVINSKY PHOTO) talented and informative Third baseman Michael Mike Antonellis, the play-byAlmanzar leads Portland with batting average of .264. The 5-foot, 9-inch, 160-pound play announcer, returns to Portland for his ninth 11 homeruns and 49 RBI. The 6-foot, 3-inch, 22-year22-year-old is in his third year with the Sea Dogs. A season (17th season overall) in Minor League Baseold Eastern League rookie’s batting average dipped fulltime Sea Dog this season, Meneses spend parts ball. Honored as the 2009 Eastern League Broadfrom .284 to .280 during the past week. of the previous two seasons at Class A Salem. caster of the Year, Antonellis also serves as the host Second baseman Heiker Meneses, with seven hits Center fielder Shannon Wilkerson’s batting averof the Saturday Morning Jab on Big Jab Radio (96.3 in his last four games, is third on the team with a age dropped a point to .247, fourth on the team. The FM and 1440 AM)

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013— Page 23

War deaths in Syria said to top 100,000

By Alan Cowell THE NEW YORK TIMES

LONDON — An opposition monitoring group that has tracked Syria’s widening civil war said Wednesday that more than 100,000 people had died in the 27-month-old conflict, with pro-government forces taking far more casualties than rebels seeking the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, while civilians accounted for more than one-third of the overall fatalities, the biggest single category.

The group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is based in Britain and relies on a network of activists in Syria for its information, put the total number of dead at 100,191 since the Syrian revolt began in March 2011. That is several thousand more than the newest United Nations count of almost 93,000 by the end of April, a number distilled from a pool of 263,055 reported killings by researchers who eliminated those lacking detail and crosschecked to remove duplicate reports. The final number, the researchers and the United Nations said, was therefore conservative.

Rami Abdul Rahman, the founder of the Syrian Observatory, said in a telephone interview that his number — 100,191 — came from adding together the daily tallies his organization has kept since the beginning of the uprising.

Those tallies were based on information from sources including the activists on the ground in Syria, lawyers, and health workers in civilian and military hospitals, rather than from combatants whose estimates could be unreliable.

Throughout the Syrian conflict, both sides have sought advantage in propaganda and media campaigns that have figured prominently alongside physical combat.

“In war, both sides lie,” Mr. Abdul Rahman said, citing examples of exaggerated death tolls that were not corroborated by evidence from activists, and other cases when people who died of natural causes were listed as combat deaths. His group also said both sides were likely to have underreported their own casualties.

The estimates by United Nations and the opposi-

Local activists plan rally Friday to protest U.S. involvement in Syria Daily Sun Staff Report

On Friday, June 28, activists from CODEPINK and allied groups will hold a demonstration calling for noninterventionist policy toward Syria and diplomatic pressure for a ceasefire to end the bloodbath there, organizers announced. Demonstrators will gather in Congress Square Park at 4:30 p.m. during the evening commute hour “to raise public awareness of the U.S. role in the proxy war raging in Syria, which has killed 94,000 to date and produced more than 2 million refugees,” a press release stated.

National Days of Action to Stop the War Against Syria have been called for June 28 to July 17. This call has been endorsed by CODEPINK local chapters in Maine and Portland, by the United National Antiwar Committee (UNAC), ANSWER, UFPJ and many other national and local groups and prominent individuals, the press release stated.

“The White House’s June 13 announcement that it would begin directly supplying arms to the opposition in Syria is a dramatic escalation of the U.S./NATO war against that country,” organizers said.

“Syrian refugees asked CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin for the support of the U.S. antiwar movement,” said Lisa Savage, local coordinator for CODEPINK State of Maine, as quoted in the group’s press release. “Many in the U.S. are confused by the Syrian conflict. When they hear that the U.S. is supplying weapons to Al Qaeda in Syria. they are bewildered. Polls show people here do not support U.S. launching yet another war of choice in Syria.”

tion group offered the caveat that the true scale of the killing may be much greater.

“The death toll does not include more than 10,000 detainees and missing persons inside of regime prisons, nor does it include more than 2,500 regular soldiers and pro-regime militants held captive by rebel fighters,” the Syrian Observatory said in a statement on its Web site.

“We also estimate that the real number of casualties from regular forces and rebel fighters is twice the number documented, because both sides are discreet about the human losses resulting from clashes,” the statement added.

In its breakdown, the group said the dead included 36,661 civilians, including 8,000 women and children; 13,539 rebel fighters; and 2,015 defectors from government forces.

Among pro-government forces, the group said 25,407 regular soldiers had been killed along with 17,311 members of militias and pro-government units including some listed as informers for the government.

The war has drawn in an unknown number of foreign militants and outside fighters, including Lebanese Hezbollah forces. The figures released Wednesday said the dead included more than 2,500 unidentified and non-Syrian combatants on the rebel side and 169 fighters from Hezbollah.

This year, Mr. Abdul Rahman, who fled Syria 13 years ago, said his network relied on four men inside Syria who help to report and collate information from more than 230 activists on the ground. His group is based in Coventry and operates out of a semidetached redbrick house on a residential street.

Page 24 — THE The PORTLAND DAILY Daily SUN, Sun, Friday, June 28, 2013

Join us at our Westbrook location for our...

Midnight Madness Event!

The Biggest One Day Sale of the Summer!

OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT FRIDAY, JUNE 28!

of SACO

PRE-OWNED SUPER CENTER

PRIZES!

COOKOUT!

Radio Remote!

Crazy Deals on Over 200 Pre-owned Vehicles!

BEFORE YOU TRADE YOUR CAR ANYWHERE, LET US APPRAISE IT FOR FOR YOU! YOU! 2006 Nissan Sentra

BUDGET BUSTERS

2002 Hyundai Sonata

$

5,991

Stock#3055583

$

8,992

2009 Toyota Corolla

$

11,901

Stock#3067513T

$

11,901

KIA CERTIFIED NISSAN CERTIFIED

16,901

$

17,994

Stock#3047687X

$

12,594

Stock#3047139T

18,594

2012 Nissan Sentra

$

Stock#3058229T

2011 Kia Sportage

CERTIFIED

PREOWNED

Stock#3048986T

$

18,901

Stock#3068984X

2010 Nissan Murano

CERTIFIED

16,591

Stock#3051259T

2011 GMC Sierra

$

17,994

PREOWNED

Stock#3040797T

2011 Chevy Silverado 1500 LT

$

26,992

Stock##3058890X

2011 Chevy Silverado 1500

TRUCKS

2009 Chevy Silverado

14,991

2011 Nissan Rogue

PREOWNED

Stock#3034145T

$

2013 Kia Optima LX

$

Stock#3051914T

2008 Chevy Trailblazer

PREOWNED

Stock#3045242L

10,992

$

2012 Hyundai Accent

CERTIFIED

CERTIFIED

PREOWNED

12,994

2007 Volkswagen Jetta

CERTIFIED

PREOWNED

Stock#3067939T

8,993

2012 Kia Optima

2011 Nissan Cube

$

Stock#3060615T

CERTIFIED

CERTIFIED

PREOWNED

$

2010 Nissan Versa

2011 Kia Soul

$

Stock#3056779T

2005 MINI Cooper S

$

25,901

Stock#3056710T

$

27,903

Stock#3057391S

$

29,992

Stock#3059970Z

BILL DODGE PRE-OWNED SUPER CENTER OF SACO 860 PORTLAND RD. on the Saco Auto Mile 207-283-3999 www.maineusedcarssaco.com

$

30,992

Join the

Stock#3053690Z

Bill Dodge of Saco

REWARDS PROGRAM!

(when you purchase your next vehicle with us)* *See store for complete details