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Preble Street’s ‘Off the Cuff’ program gives homeless an acting outlet — See story, page 8

Matt Coffey, Rob Leclair and Tommy Waltz act out for the “Off the Cuff” weekly improv theater group at Preble Street Resource Center. (TIMOTHY GILLIS PHOTO)

Opponents of sale of parcel in Congress Square Park expected to rally before Monday meeting — See Briefs, page 3

Why servers hate math

— See Natalie Ladd’s column, page 4

First 90-degree day in a month?

Temperatures due for bounce — See page 9

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Apple shows off two new iPhones

CUPERTINO,Calif.(NY Times) — Apple has grown too big for just one iPhone.

That is why Apple is releasing two new iPhones this month instead of just one, including a cheaper model aimed at less wealthy countries where new Apple phones have been desired but out of reach because of their price.

Philip W. Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing. said the new phone was “more colorful than anything we’ve made before.”

The lower-cost model, the iPhone 5C (the “C” for color) comes in a plastic case and has the same features as the now-outdated iPhone 5. The fancier model, the iPhone 5S, comes in aluminum and includes a faster processor and fingerprint sensor for security, among other features. The iPhone 5S costs $200 with a contract, and the iPhone 5C costs $100 with a contract.

Both iPhones will be available in the United States, Japan and China and other countries on Sept.

20. Apple announced a partnership with NTT Docomo of Japan, but not a highly anticipated partnership with China Mobile, the biggest carrier in China. It will be the first time Apple has been able to release its phones at the same time globally.

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U.S. to work with U.N. on Syria arms proposal WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The United States will begin working with its allies at the United Nations to explore the viability of a Russian plan to avert military action against Syria by having the international community take control of the Syrian chemical weapons stockpile, a senior White House official said on Tuesday.

The decision to work through the United

Nations came after President Obama spoke Tuesday morning with President François Hollande of France and Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, the White House official said.

“They agreed to work closely together, and in consultation with Russia and China, to explore seriously the viability of the Russian proposal to put all Syrian chemical

weapons and related materials fully under international control in order to ensure their verifiable and enforceable destruction,” the official said. “These efforts will begin today at the United Nations.”

A meeting of the Security Council had been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon but was canceled at Russia’s request, according to United Nations diplomats.

China cracks down on Four men convicted in rape online opinion makers case that transfixed India

HONG KONG (NY Times) — These are bad times to be a Big V in China.

Big V, for verified account, is the widely used moniker for the most influential commentators on China’s growing microblog sites — online celebrities whose millions of fans read, discuss and spread their outpouring of news and opinions, plenty of which chastise or ridicule officials. And the Communist Party has turned against them in the most zealous crackdown on the Internet in years.

Worried about its hold on public opinion, the Chinese government has pursued a propaganda and police offensive against what it calls malicious rumor-mongering online. Police forces across the country have announced the detentions of hundreds of microblog users since last month on charges of concocting and spreading false claims, often politically damaging.

For weeks, a torrent of commentaries in the state-run news media have warned popular opinion makers on China’s biggest microblog site, Sina’s Weibo service, to watch their words.

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Opponents of sale of parcel in Congress Square Park expected to rally before Monday meeting Daily Sun Staff Reports Before the Portland City Council meets next Monday to deliberate over selling a portion of Congress Square Park, expect more rallies by opponents of the plan.

A rally is planned next Monday for people who don’t want the city to sell the portion of the square, a likely repeat of the scene this Monday when protesters with signs converged on City Hall. After more than three hours of public testimony, the City Council decided to postpone a decision until Monday, Sept. 16. The council also declared the public comment period over and noted that Monday’s meeting will be devoted to council deliberation.

The city has proposed to sell 9,500 square feet, the majority of Congress Square Park, to RockBridge Capital and retain 4,800 square feet of the park as a part of the effort to redesign the space. On Aug. 21, the city’s Housing and Community Development Committee voted 3-1 to recommend the full council pass a purchase and sales agreement between the city and RockBridge Capital to sell a portion of the park to the hotel developers for $523,000.

RockBridge — the owners of the soon-to-open Westin Portland Harborview Hotel, formerly the Eastland Park Hotel — aim to use the acquired piece of the park to build a 9,400-square-foot events center off the hotel. The 4,800 square feet remaining of the plaza would be the subject of a redesign and visioning process by the city.

Save Congress Square (https://www.wepay.com/ donations/save-congress-square) had raised $203 as of Tuesday afternoon, with a goal of $1 million to outbid RockBridge and secure the park for public use. Fifty days remain in this fundraising campaign.

“Congress Square Park now has a WePay site!

We believe that we can raise an endowment that is more than the assessed value of $55 a square foot as a vacant lot,” the group noted. “We are going worldwide and aiming for 1 million dollars, so that we can outbid the amount and create an endowment that would take care of the park for the future.”

Some opponents of the sale attempted to camp in Congress Square Park last Friday, but Portland Police told them to vacate per city ordinance.

Maine, nation to mark anniversary of 9/11 with ceremonies, blood drive Governor Paul LePage will speak at two remembrance ceremonies today for the 12th anniversary of 9/11: the Freeport 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the corner of West Street and Main Street, Freeport at 9:30 a.m., and the American Legion 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at 208 Maine St., Brunswick at noon.

LePage has directed State of Maine flags to halfstaff at all state office buildings from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, in honor of the tragic terrorist attacks 12 years ago, his office reported.

“Across our country, Americans watched in horror as one of the darkest days in our history unfolded.

But as the days, weeks and months passed after these terrible acts of terrorism, one thing became evident: Americans had found strength from each other, and our spirit had not been conquered,” LePage said in a press release.

“Together, we remember the families and the innocent individuals whose lives were lost. We must also remember and thank all of our first responders, who went above and beyond the call of duty in the months that followed these tragic events. Our police, firefighters, EMT’s and our service members demonstrated a fearless commitment to our nation, and they displayed courage undaunted by this terrible tragedy. Communities came together in support of

Protesters of a proposal by the city to sell part of Congress Square Park to the company renovating the old Eastland Park Hotel gather on the steps of City Hall Monday night during a council meeting involving debate over the proposal. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

the victims and their families, and we continue to hold them in our thoughts and prayers.”

President Obama has issued a proclamation for Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance in honor of the individuals who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. In it, he calls upon all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States to display the flag of the United States at half-staff on September 11, 2013.

In Portland, the Portland Fire department will honor those who died during the attacks on Sept.

11, 2001 with a wreath-laying ceremony and a daylong blood drive. At the September 11th memorial at Fort Allen Park on the Eastern Prom, participants will observe a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the time when American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York.

Honor guard from the Portland Fire and Portland Police and will be present as a wreath is laid at the memorial.

At 11 a.m. the American Red Cross will open its donor center at 524 Forest Avenue and hold the “Roll Up your Sleeve and Remember” blood drive. To schedule an appointment or for more information visit www.redcrossblood. org or call 1 800 RED CROSS.

the passing lane. The impact peeled back about 50 feet of guardrail. Rogers said Johnson was wearing his seat belt and walked away with minor injuries.

The crash was reported about 1 p.m., and no charges are expected. The fire was quickly put out with fire extinguishers. Traffic was reduced to one lane for a time during the afternoon.

Brunswick woman, 91, dies from injuries sustained in kitchen fire

The State Fire Marshal’s Office says an elderly Brunswick woman has died from burns she received last week at her home from a kitchen fire, the Maine Department of Public Safety reported.

Harriet Soulen, 91, died overnight at Maine Medical Center, the agency reported. Soulen’s clothing had caught fire as she was cooking on the stove at her home at 14 Beech Drive on Sept. 4. Soulen was wearing a life alert device which notified a neighbor who came to help her. Fire damage to the house was confined to the kitchen and an entryway, officials said.

Brunswick man’s car slams into guardrail on I-295 at Bowdoinham A Brunswick man escaped serious injury Tuesday afternoon when his car slammed into a guardrail along Interstate 295 in Bowdoinham and then caught fire, Maine State Police reported.

Trooper Christopher Rogers said 50-year-old Kenneth Johnson fell asleep in the southbound lane and his 2002 Honda A Brunswick man escaped without serious injury but his Honda caught fire after crashing into a struck the guardrail on guardrail on Interstate 295 Tuesday. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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For richer, for poorer

It’s either part of his peculiar charm or proof of its absence, depending on your feelings about him, which are surely fixed by now. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a way of speaking so gruffly that he causes stirs he can’t have meant to.

He doesn’t exactly put his foot in his mouth, not all the way.

Just the big toe and maybe the index one, too.

He did it again in an interview with New York magazine’s Chris Smith that was published over the weekend and that belongs to a quickly expanding body of Bloomberg exit literature. I guess when you’ve been mayor as long The New and large as he has, you get York Times much more than the standard sayonara: you get a laborious countdown, serial autopsies, a clutch of wouldbe successors appraising you with the kind of

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Why servers hate math To the unindoctrinated, it would seem attentive service, quality food and a conducive atmosphere would close the 20 percent tip deal for any server, but that simply isn’t the case.

Countless factors come into play when guesstimating the amount of tips a server skates away with at the end of any given shift. The variables fluctuate in degree of importance and frequency from place to place, and even in the most rigid of corporate settings they may not always be consistent. Who actually punches out with how much green in hand is one thing that makes the restaurant business so confounding.

It’s an ongoing, inconclusive topic and makes for lively conversation when two or more servers gather in a social setting.

Like most capitalistic ventures, there’s a trickle-down system in place and, in best case scenarios, servers end up sharing the wealth in a calculated way with a variety of staffers. When those support staff co-workers are paying attention to the operation and being, well, supportive, tipping them out is a noble industry practice, as well as good karma.

Deserved or not, that is one significant point where the original tip amount dwindles.

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A good friend of Carlykardashian’s busses tables in two different restaurants, scraping together full-time employment while contemplating college. One place is a high-end destination machine and according to my mystery busser, “It runs like clockwork.

Man, the people there really know what they’re doing when it comes to tipping us out. It’s big math and we don’t get our tips until the next day, or when we come in again. There’s always an envelope waiting with my name on it.” He continued, “The servers make a s**tload of money, but they tip out a lot, too. I don’t know about everybody else but bussers alone make 4 percent. Then there’s the hostess, the bartender, a food runner and somebody else I think.”

Here’s where the whole thing gets murky: I asked him if it was 4 percent of the total sales or 4

percent of total tips before or after taxes? Was it 4 percent of all the server’s “claimed” tips combined or just credit card tips? Does the manager or a finance person do the parcelling out, or does each server fork it over on the honor system? Does the busser who stays until closing get the same tip out as the busser who leaves early? The list of “does and ifs” goes on.

Mystery busser had less positive things to say about his second job.

“They’re clueless. They have way too many people standing around doing nothing in one part of the restaurant, while another part is getting slammed. I have, like, five bosses and I’m not sure what kind of formula, if any, they’re using for tips outs. (sic) The owner is a well known guy and scares me but I’m going to stay there. The girls are really hot but I don’t think many of them have waited tables before so who knows what my share is really going to be when they get things straightened out.”

As mystery busser explains, the server hoists the pot of gold but the bounty is shared by many people who make at least federally mandated minimum wage (not server minimum wage of see LADD page 5

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Campaign a narrative of either-or, of winner-lose BRUNI from page 4

warmth accorded the Wicked Witch of the West.

Ding-dong. Bill de Blasio is here to wipe clean the civic memory of you.

It was de Blasio who set Bloomberg off. Rather, it was de Blasio’s resonant tale of two New Yorks, the wealthy one that Bloomberg is accused of coddling and the less wealthy one that he supposedly showed the back of his hand.

Bloomberg told New York magazine that de Blasio was running a “class-warfare and racist” campaign. The “racist” part was clumsy overreach.

He instantly had to walk back and explain what he meant, which was that de Blasio was cynically showcasing his African-American wife and their kids for liberal cred and minority votes.

But is it any wonder that de Blasio has gotten under the mayor’s skin? That the whole narrative of the Democratic primary has? It’s a narrative of either-or, of winner-loser, of one group’s blessings explaining and in some ways causing another group’s deprivations.

The truth is less callous and more complicated than that.

It is indeed the case that income inequality in New York City has worsened during the Bloomberg years, to an extent that’s morally unacceptable and perhaps socially untenable. But it’s also the case that the situation reflects a national

trend. It isn’t principally Bloomberg’s doing, and it surely wasn’t his intent.

To look at his signature initiatives and see only an upper-class agenda is selective, reductive, lazy.

And it assumes, in an odd and even condescending fashion, that certain improvements in New York life aren’t appreciable across the whole spectrum of income.

Bloomberg’s remarkable greening of the city, for example, hasn’t merely gilded the scenery for bigwigs zooming past it in their black Escalades or for littler wigs pedaling through it on their bikes. It has given all New Yorkers places to unwind, chances to breathe. I’m frequently in Brooklyn Bridge Park, a splendid oasis, and can tell you that it’s not just a refuge for the affluent denizens of the nearby brownstones in Brooklyn Heights. The entire borough in its remarkable diversity is there. That’s a big part of the park’s glory.

By making smoking more difficult and expensive, Bloomberg wasn’t simply improving the air in Midtown Manhattan boardrooms. He was trying to muscle New Yorkers of all stripes away from an injurious and sometimes deadly habit. While his public-health efforts may have struck some of his haters as elitist and paternalistic, their potential and actual beneficiaries include the city’s less fortunate residents, whose obesity rates, for example, surpass those of the affluent.

Bloomberg didn’t get public schools nearly to the level that we need them to reach. And there was that whole Cathie Black fiasco. But with the help of her predecessor, Joel Klein, he seeded New York with scores of new charter schools, many of them excellent, providing tens of thousands of disadvantaged children with a caliber of education and a kind of hope they didn’t have before.

The drop in crime under his watch has been remarkable — and citywide, not just in neighborhoods with luxury high-rises. Other initiatives, like expanded tax credits, were aimed at poorer New Yorkers. Were they enough? No, but municipal government has finite resources.

Has Bloomberg worshiped at the altar of Wall Street? Yes. But then so, too, have many other politicians, from Chuck Schumer through Cory Booker, who aren’t tagged with the lack of caring that is hung on the mayor, who’s all too easy to caricature and to scapegoat: because he’s a gazillionaire; because he has tapped that wealth to shore up support; because he has that toe-inmouth disease, and seems at times to shrug rather than rail at how precious and exclusive so much of Manhattan and Brooklyn have become.

How much of a difference would railing make?

We’ll probably find out, whether de Blasio or some other candidate prevails. But while more passion about the gap between rich and poor is a virtuous thing, making Bloomberg the heavy isn’t.

Please don’t suggest I get another job because I’m pointing out things that make you uncomfortable, or hit a little too close to home. As servers, we don’t carry heavy trays for our health (insurance usually isn’t offered).

Instead, most of us are there to make money doing a job we like in a place we are proud of. It just isn’t quite as much money as you may think.

The Down Low: Speaking of gratuitous situations, am I the only person who thinks it’s creepy to have flowers sent to my house with an unsigned card that says, “I have a big tip for you. Keep up the great work but stay away from the waterfront. You can do better.” Is that a personal tip for my love life, which is not being discussed here anymore? Or is it a professional tip (thinly veiled threat?) not to write about certain industry events and people located on Commercial Street? I called the florist begging and bribing for the name of the sender, to no avail. Like I said, creepy.

Congratulations to my dear friend Alec Altman and and the smokin’ staff at both Binga’s Stadium in town and the outpost in Yarmouth. They received first place in a region-wide, competitive roving review for their excellent smoked wings. Read all about it at www.pigtrip.net/Wings2013 or act piggish yourself and try the all-you-can-eat wings for $24.20. And if you beat the current pig out record, let me know.

(Natalie Ladd is a columnist for the Portland Daily Sun. She has over 30 continuous years of corporate and fine-dining experience in all frontof-the-house management, hourly and under-thetable positions. She can be reached at natalie@ portlanddailysun.me.)

Wallet and change jar get even lighter when tips are sabotaged LADD from page 4

$3.75/hour). Once again, the support team indeed deserves to be tipped out as the job is near impossible without them. It’s just too bad the majority of the general public thinks the server pockets it all.

The wallet and change jar get even lighter when tips are sabotaged from the get go, either as an inside job or by the diners themselves. This can happen both knowingly and unknowingly and here are just a few ways how: 1) The host seats unfairly. Sometimes policy dictates rotating tables by section or server. Sometimes it’s done by head count. And sometimes, people seat themselves. Not all seated parties are created equal.

Some may drink heavily, thus pumping up the check while others split an entree. Try as they may, the host cannot predict who’s going to order what, or how they’re inclined to tip.

2) The food, service and/or atmosphere isn’t up to par. Most people understand even though the servers are not responsible for the quality of the food, they will try (within reason) to make things right if the customer is unhappy. Nor is the server to be held accountable for the blaring techno-pop music or ripped chair cushions that make everyone lose their appetite. None of this matters because for many (and rightfully so) the tip is a reflection of the overall experience.

3) People are stuck in a late ‘90s tipping percentage mentality, or don’t know enough to tip on the total before a coupon or discounted deal of any type.

That one is especially painful because you’ll hear how wonderful everything was. And guess what?!

They said they’ll be back next week (urgggg) and want to sit in my section.

Those are just three of the many factors that influence the difference between what is laid on the table and what the server leaves with. No matter if you call it the cost of being in the restaurant business or an occupational reality, this won’t be one of my most popular columns among those not in the industry.

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Eveningstar Cinema crowd funding campaign reaches 50 percent level; Saco Drive-In awaits news of fate Daily Sun Staff Reports Eveningstar Cinema in Brunswick announced Tuesday that a crowd funding campaign has reached a level of 50 percent funded on the crowd funding website Seed and Spark. In order to successfully make the transition from film to digital, as mandated by the industry by the end of 2013, Eveningstar Cinema began a crowd funding campaign on the site for independent films, Seed and Spark. The stated goal is to reach $57,000, but Seed and Spark will not release the funds unless 80 percent ($46,000) of the goal is reached, the Brunswick cinema explained.

With exactly three weeks to go, Eveningstar Cinema has received just over $23,000. Many crowd funding campaigns see a flurry of activity as the deadline draws close, if it is perceived that the campaign could be successful.

“It is amazing the level of support we have received as well over 100 people have supported our campaign,” said Eveningstar Cinema Barry Norman.

“Hopefully, with the October 1 deadline looming, we can make it to the finish line and ensure the continued success of the theater.”

Eveningstar Cinema hopes that a successful campaign will mean they can again pursue their idea of expansion, adding more screens for more diverse programming, and also to establish an international film festival in Brunswick, the cinema reported Tuesday. Contributions can be made at www.seedandspark.com/studio/eveningstar-cinema Anyone not comfortable with credit card use over the Internet can contribute cash or checks at the box office or via mail at: Eveningstar Cinema, 149 Maine St., Brunswick, ME 04011. All contributions must be made prior to Oct. 1. If the campaign does not reach the 80 percent level, all contributions will be returned, the cinema reported.

The Saco Drive-In faced a similar challenge because of digital conversion.

“The Saco Drive-In needs to make a costly conversion to digital projection that would prevent Maine’s oldest drive-in icon from going out of business,” Ry

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Project Drive-In (http://projectdrivein.com) reports that voting is closed and that the public can “come back each day to see which drive-ins get a new digital projector.” First announcement was scheduled for Wednesday.

Mercy Health System welcomes ear, nose and throat specialist Kevin Burke, M.D. has joined MKM ENT Associates, a specialty practice focused on otolaryngology, also known as ear, nose and throat medicine, within Mercy Health System of Maine, Mercy reported.

Dr. Burke graduated from Georgetown University Medical School in Washington, D.C., and completed his residency at the University of California, San Francisco in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. A native of Hinsdale, Ill., Dr. Burke received his undergraduate degree from the College of the Holy Cross, Mass.

“We are very excited to welcome Dr. Burke to MKM ENT Associates. He is joining a team of excellent providers treating the full spectrum of medical and surgical issues for ear, nose and throat conditions,” said Scott Rusk, M.D., Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Administration for Mercy Hospital.

“I am happy to be joining MKM ENT Associates.

My clinical interests are broad and include salivary gland disorders, thyroid/parathyroid surgery, nasal and sinus surgery, external and middle ear disorders and sleep surgery,” stated Dr. Burke.

In his free time, Dr. Burke enjoys hiking, rock climbing, cycling, travel and food.

Empire reopens with Clash tonight; Chinese restaurant to operate daily

Photo Market owner Peter Doe, left, and sales leader Brian Carollo, right, display their DSLR cameras. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Photo Market

By Natalie Ladd THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

945 Forest Ave. Portland 797-7100 www.photomarket207.com Photo Market is Maine’s largest camera store. The space is jam packed with regular and digital cameras, as well as accessories and equipment for both. The store has an extensive rental department and many processing and printing options.

Owner Peter Doe says, “When we first opened in 1987, there were camera stores in most cities.

Almost all of them within 100 miles have gone out of business. There are many reasons a business closes. There are also many reasons Photo Market has remained open.”

“We have a large selection at a great price,” Doe said, “We do in-store processing, have self-service stations and our location is great. Plus, it’s hard to keep customers without friendly, knowledgeable service which you rarely get on-line. And, we advertise.”

Part of the Buy Local organization, Photo Market holds community photo workshops two or three times and year and maintains an active website and Facebook presence. Employing 8 people, Doe says, “I’ve been in photography my whole life and it’s a labor of love. Nobody works here for just a job. We all love photography.”

Perhaps Photo Market’s strongest point is personalized service and continued involvement after the sale, which Doe says is a differentiating plus. “We provide text support for people who buy cameras from us. We’re here to help them.”

After nearly six months of extensive renovations to both the upstairs venue and a complete remodeling of the downstairs restaurant, the venue formerly known as Empire Dine and Dance is ready to open its doors to the public with a Clash of the Titans cover-band competition at 9:30 p.m. tonight.

The upstairs venue will continue to offer an array of local music as well as national and regional acts, reported Todd Bernard, co-founder of SPACE Gallery and co-manager of the new Empire.

“We are extremely excited to re-open and for people to see the transformation of Empire,” he said in a press release. “We’ve been working essentially round the clock making many improvements to the building for months and we think the people of Portland will be pleased. While we are very grateful for the legacy that Bill Umbel and his team left us, we are even more excited to both build on that and grow in new directions.”

The downstairs restaurant will feature a menu of Chinese cuisine and Dim Sum offering local meats, seafoods and seasonal produce, the press release stated. Theresa Chan, general manager of the restaurant, said, “Coming from a family of chefs and hearty eaters, I knew a very different definition to the term ‘Chinese Food’ than what has become widely known in America. Cantonese cooking techniques emphasize the integrity and flavors of the ingredients, a philosophy very compatible with Maine’s natural offerings. Portland deserves to have authentic Chinese food available, and I look forward to sharing recipes and a bit of my family’s preoccupation with food.

The Chinese kitchen will be open Sunday-Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Thursday-Saturday: 11:30 a.m. to midnight.

For additional information, visit: portlandempire. com.

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‘Off the Cuff’ offers homeless an acting outlet

By Timothy Gillis

SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The Preble Street Resource Center is using a new technique called “drama therapy” to help their clients deal with stress and anger, and to promote the self-confidence that can get them back on their feet.

“Off the Cuff” is a weekly improv theater group that meets with Tommy Waltz and Ashley Guild, second-year students in the masters of social work program at the University of Southern Maine.

Waltz started the project as part of his research for the school, and has seen 15 or so Preble Street clients act out in an organized way each week.

Off the Cuff has connected with more than 60 different people so far, and the group has come so far as to hold a public performance today at Armistad, 66 State Street, at 2 p.m.

“They now have taken a lot of pride in what they are doing,” Waltz said.

“They are saying, ‘Yes, I’m homeless, but this is what I can do’ and the results are impressive.”

Waltz and Guild are interns at the Preble Street Resource Center, and their youthful creativity has made the weekly sessions a big hit.

“One of the great things about having interns is that they always bring in energy, talent and new ideas,” said Bill Burns, a coordinator at the center. “It’s hard to have conflicts with the people you’re working with.”

John Wray, who has been attending the sessions since March, did a little acting in high school. “I figured I’d get myself involved, start speaking to people I wouldn’t usually speak to,” he said.

Off the Cuff started in November of last year, and early on, Waltz established a learning contract with the actors, making sure they had an understanding of the code of ethics, practices, and methods involved.

ABOVE: Rob Leclair, Ashley Guild, Matt Coffey and Tommy Waltz engage in creative performance with “Off the Cuff” at Preble Street Resource Center. LEFT: Waltz shows his improvisational side. Waltz and Guild are second-year students in the masters of social work program at the University of Southern Maine. BOTTOM: Britney Panther and Waltz. (TIMOTHY GILLIS PHOTOS)

“I was having a conversation with my supervisor, and she said, ‘What about starting a group? You have your theater background,’” said Waltz, who lived in New York City for eight years.

While there, he received his undergraduate degree in musical theater with a concentration in psychology from the New School, and worked extensively with regional tours off Broadway.

“I developed a strong passion for the work,” he said. “It’s about reaching others and providing an outlet for happiness, to help them tap into their pool of good memories, emotions, things like that.”

Britney Panther has worked with group since it started. She is about to move into her own apartment.

“Tommy was my case worker so I wanted to be more involved,” she said.

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he’s my best friend, so it’s about being here to support him, as well as myself.” Panther is expecting a baby boy this month.

The group has become a source for creativity, growth and empowerment.

“Every week, I try to come in with a couple new games, have a theme with my activities – character development, space relationship, identifying with the other – all rooted in some sort of approach,” Waltz said.

“Everyone seems to like it and enjoy it,” Wray said. “We get involved.” Wray recently came into a “great financial growth” and will probably be leaving the shelter shortly.

“One thing that sparked this, too,” Waltz said, “was, when interviewing here for an internship, I was told that Preble Street are the keepers of hope.

And I always thought theater was about that. It gives people a voice, a chance to laugh, and that laughter helps spark movement.”

A typical session starts with Waltz and Guild reminding participants that they have a voice, and always starts with their names. An example of an activity they use involved using quotations. Each member filled out a few blank slips with a song lyric or a quote from somewhere. A scene is established, and then the relationship between two people is determined.

Those two people starting playing

off the quotes. They keep using the quotes to keep the scene moving.

Alex Carter, a caseworker at the center visiting on her lunch break, and Wary acted out a scene. They were in Alaska, playing two scientists looking into a creature like the Loch Ness monster. Wray was playing Carter’s boss.

“Do you believe in life after love?” she asks him. He doesn’t know how to react but shows her a map and says, “The more I know the less I understand.” Wray asks her to inspect something, which may be the creature’s dung. She kneels to check it out and then says, “Luke, I am your father.”

Such scenes of silliness and frivolity allow participants to let go, laugh, and enjoy taking on someone else’s persona.

Waltz always end the sessions by seeing how it worked for everybody.

So far, all of the improv actors seem to love using drama therapy to enhance their own lives.

Event details “Off the Cuff” premier public performance Amistad, 66 State St., Portland Today at 2 p.m.

(45 minute showcase)

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First 90-degree day in a month due today

By David Carkhuff THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Just as fall added a chill to the air, forecasters expect a one-day heat wave to jolt Maine residents with a 30-degree jump in temperatures today.

“Cold air has arrived! Frost advisories are up and Mount Washington is reporting sleet for the first time since Aug. 4,” the National Weather Service in Gray reported earlier this month.

Monday’s high peaked at 69 degrees, and Tuesday’s high temperature stayed at 66 degrees as of 2 p.m., but it’s probably going to be 20 or 30 degrees warmer due to the weather fluke, forecasters said.

So put away those sweaters, at least for a day.

“The potential is there to break the record, there’s

no question of that,” said National Weather Service meteorologist James Brown.

Portland failed to hit 90 degrees in August, according to the weather service’s monthly report, yet today’s temperatures should peak in the low 90s, perhaps breaking records, according to Brown.

Highs may climb to record levels, before sliding back into typical fall patterns, the weather service predicted. Today, get ready to sweat. “It’s going to be in the 90s in quite a few places,” Brown said.

Even short of 90, parts of Maine will feel the weather whiplash.

“Some places that were down near freezing are going to be up near the 80s,” Brown said.

This time of year, record highs tend to hang in

the low 90s, he noted, but recent weather has been decidedly milder.

A low of 40 degrees at Portland on Monday was the coldest since May 27, the weather service noted.

The low, recorded at 4:19 a.m., came in 13 degrees below normal for the day, the agency stated.

Hot air available from the South “usually it doesn’t make its way up to us,” but this time it’s expected to reach Maine, Brown said.

After today’s warm spell, a cold front will arrive over the next few days, leading to showers, Brown predicted.

A few scattered showers may hit during the oneday heat wave, but expect more rain near the end of the week, he said.

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Police say Portland man, out on bail for auto burglary, was arrested after fleeing in stolen car Daily Sun Staff Reports

Timothy Berry, 19, of Portland has been arrested and booked at the Cumberland County Jail on charges of operating without a license, illegal attachment of registration plates, eluding a police officer and violating conditions of release, following an incident in which police say Berry was caught driving a vehicle stolen from Brunswick Ford while out on bail for burglary and theft.

Berry was Berry out on bail after being arrested in July in South Portland in a vehicle determined to have been stolen from Yankee Ford, according to South Portland Police.

On Monday at approximately 11:47 p.m., while on routine patrol, South Portland Police Officer Chris Gosling ran the registration plate of a Honda Accord driving in front of him, and found that the plates actually belonged on a Ford F-150 truck, the department reported. Believing the plates were illegally attached, Gosling stopped the vehicle on Main Street in South Portland. Officer Gosling made it to the driver’s side of the stopped vehicle, and observed the driver, who was alone in the car, before the driver quickly took off from the stop, police said.

The vehicle fled southbound on Main Street (Route 1), running the red light at Cash Corner, and as the vehicle continued to accelerate, the officer discontinued the chase as the vehicle continued south through the Thornton Heights section of Main Street, South Portland Police reported.

Other units were notified of the situation and, a short time later, Sgt. Kevin Gerrish came across the same vehicle

operating easterly on Broadway from the direction of Scarborough, police said. Sgt. Gerrish attempted to stop the vehicle on the Maine Turnpike spur, but it once again took off at a high rate of speed, last seen entering the Maine Turnpike off Skyway Drive.

After some additional investigation, it was suspected that the operator of the vehicle may have been Berry, police said. A short time later, at approximately 12:35 a.m. Tuesday morning, Portland Police located Berry on foot on Brighton Avenue after responding to a business alarm at a nearby car business, South Portland Police reported. Gosling went to the scene and was able to identify Berry as the operator of the Honda Accord, and the person who had fled from him a short time prior, the police department reported. The Honda was subsequently found, parked and unattended, in the Barron Center parking lot, also a short distance away. Berry was arrested. The Honda was reported as stolen from Brunswick Ford.

Berry remains in custody at Cumberland County Jail, and additional charges are likely, police said.

AG files complaint of racial bias against Windham man Maine Attorney General Janet Mills announced that her office has filed a complaint against 30-year-old Justin Boucher of Windham for violating the Maine Civil Rights Act. The complaint filed in Cumberland County Superior Court alleges that Boucher threatened an African-American woman with violence because of racial bias. The complaint seeks an injunction against Boucher preventing him from having contact with the victim and forbidding him from violating the Maine Civil Rights Act. The complaint alleges that the victim was driving her vehicle on April 16, in the area of Time Warner Cable in Portland when she noticed a car behind her operated by Boucher.

As the victim slowed down for a traffic light, Boucher pulled up next to her and yelled out his window, “You stupid N....., you need to learn how to drive!”

The victim drove past the defendant and stopped at the traffic light at the next intersection. Boucher again pulled up next to her, stopped his car, got out of his car and yelled, “You stupid N.....! You need to learn how to drive. You don’t know how to

drive. I should hang you up on that tree behind you, over there where you belong!” Fearing for her safety, the victim drove through a red light to get away from Boucher, who eventually drove off in another direction.

The Maine Civil Rights law ensures that all people have a right to engage in lawful activities without being threatened with violence or property damage motivated by bias based on race, color, religion, gender, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation, the Maine Attorney General’s office explained. The law authorizes the Attorney General to seek an injunction against any person who intentionally interferes or attempts to interfere with another person’s exercise of their rights by threat of violence.

“The words and actions attributed to Mr. Boucher echo the frightening acts of the Ku Klux Klan in years past,” Mills said in a press release.

“Fifty years after the March on Washington and Rev. Martin Luther’s historic and inspiring speech, the State of Maine simply will not tolerate such hateful, intolerant acts. We abhor these actions as a people, and we intend to send a message to those who would bully, intimidate or threaten our citizens with hate based words and actions. We will ensure that our state is a welcoming place for people of all races, religions, national origins, orientations and abilities.”

Boucher has 21 days to answer to the complaint. No date has been set for the hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction.

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In addition to adventure tourism, over the last 20 years, wines sales and vineyard production in New Zealand have been growing at an incredible rate. Notably, New Zealand producers have made incredible progress in perfecting some of the world’s best-known Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir. While New Zealand produces less than 1% of the world’s wine, it offers an impressive array of varieties and styles that consist of over 25 different grapes varietals.

Although it was Sauvignon Blanc that actually put New Zealand on the wine map, a sophisticated and diverse portfolio of wine styles has confirmed the world’s love affair with wines produced here!

Otago you’ll find fabulous Pinot Noir that delivers herbal notes and berry fruit with firm tannins. And Nelson, a tiny community made up of only 25 family-run wineries, consistently wins awards for their aromatic varieties.

Marlborough, located in the northern part of the South Island, is New Zealand’s largest wine growing region. The climate is a synergy of abundant sunshine and cool nights, followed by light autumn rains. Marlborough is perhaps most recognized for its Sauvignon Blanc production. Chardonnay, Riesling, and Pinot Noir, are also gaining in notoriety, however. Other wine producing areas on the South Island include Central Otago and Nelson. In Central

Wines from New Zealand are acknowledged by the international wine community to be world-class. If you haven’t experienced Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, you should! Expect intense fruit flavors that are balanced by a crisp yet delicately balanced acidity; these wines are absolutely delightful!

Another robust wine producing region in New Zealand is located on the North Island. Gisborne prides itself as being the Chardonnay capital of the country while Hawkes Bay, the oldest wine region, produces full-bodied reds such as Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Last, but certainly not least, is Wairarapa, which produces quality Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc. We hope in future articles to explore these areas further but thought it would be helpful to give you an overview of the most notable wine producing areas.

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What We Are Drinking This Week

Carrie-Green Lip, Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, NZ. Mouthwatering grapefruit and lime zest flavors, rounded out with fresh minerality and perfect acidity. It is a sophisticated, well-balanced New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. This wine has serious kick, and is a real throwback to the classic taste that made Marlborough famous in the first place – no fuss, no dumbing down of flavors. Pure, invigorating, and beautifully fresh.

Suggested retail is $15.00.

Amy-Matua, Pinot Noir. The fruit used to produce this Pinot Noir is grown in the Marlborough region at the top of the South Island. Nikolai St. George, the wine maker of this beautiful wine, offers the following tasting note: dark plum red in colour, the nose of this wine is packed with dark cherries and wild thyme aromas. The palate is soft and luscious, overflowing with sweet fruit. Suggested retail is $13.00.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Betsy Drake is 90. Actor Earl Holliman is 85. Comedian Tom Dreesen is 74. Movie director Brian De Palma is 73. Rock singer-musician Jack Ely is 70. Rock musician Mickey Hart is 70.

Singer-musician Leo Kottke is 68. Actor Phillip Alford is 65. Actress Amy Madigan is 63.

Rock singer-musician Tommy Shaw is 60.

Actor Reed Birney is 59. Singer-songwriter Diane Warren is 57. Musician Jon Moss is 56.

Actor Scott Patterson is 55. Rock musician Mick Talbot) is 55. Actress Roxann Dawson is 55. Actor John Hawkes is 54. Actress Anne Ramsay is 53. Actress Virginia Madsen is 52.

Actress Kristy McNichol is 51. Musician-composer Moby is 48. Singer Harry Connick Jr. is 46. Rock musician Bart Van Der Zeeuw is 45.

Actress Laura Wright is 43. Rock musician Jeremy Popoff is 42. Singer Brad Fischetti is 38. Rock musician Jon Buckland is 36. Rock singer Ben Lee is 35. Actor Ryan Slattery is 35. Actress Elizabeth Henstridge is 26. Actor Tyler Hoechlin is 26. Country singer Charles Kelley is 32. Actress Mackenzie Aladjem is 12.

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wrong to spend so much time and energy questing for new experiences? Not wrong, exactly -- more like misguided. An experience doesn’t have to be sought after. In fact, you’re having one right now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Every relationship is different. They each have their own color and tone. Don’t be afraid of making new connections or watching your friends make new connections. One friendship cannot cheapen another.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Can a day of happiness be enough to make someone entirely happy? According to Aristotle, the answer is no. However, you could prove the philosopher wrong today.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 11). You won’t fully understand the big picture, and that’s OK. As long as you can see what’s in front of you and take the next step, you’ll do remarkable things. October brings a happy reunion. November ends a financial issue.

Family expands in February. Take the advice of elders in May. Cancer and Taurus people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 13, 40, 50, 47 and 25.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Friends ask a lot of you, but don’t feel obligated. Give what’s easy for you to give, and do as you please.

Taking care of yourself and being happy will be the best thing for your friendship.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Easy and effective solutions may be right in front of you, but for some reason you may be unable to see them. So take it easy. Go slowly into the day’s events. You don’t have to decide or do anything right now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The apple from the Garden of Eden was supposedly delicious before Eve and Adam took a bite, and poisonous thereafter. Similarly, the juicy knowledge you get at the start of the day may be tainted by day’s end.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). When you get into dicey territory, you can avoid misfortune by being silent. “The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.” -- Saskya Pandita LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). People need variety and change. You are no different. No matter how much you liked an endeavor the first dozen or few hundred times you did it, eventually you’ll tire of it. Launch the search for what’s next.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You want to make a difference. Getting too deep into the minutia will burn you out before you have a chance to do any real work. Start with broad strokes, and you’ll move things along.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are part of a human chain. Your positioning does depend on the links before and after you.

Understand where this chain is anchored, and you’ll know better the direction in which you need to stretch.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Sometimes you have to open your eyes to see, and other times you have to close them. Both kinds of observational opportunities will be present today. What you can’t see with your eyeballs, you’ll sense with your heart.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The Internet is rife with bizarre ideas. You’re susceptible now, so beware: If you read enough about people who want to cook in their dishwashers or grow tails, you may entertain a few strange notions, too.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Is it

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ACROSS 1 Clinton’s VP 5 Oscar hopeful 10 Alan of TV’s “M*A*S*H” 14 Filled with holy wonder 15 In a bashful way 16 Fly high 17 Topaz and ruby 18 Urge to travel 20 “Much __ About Nothing” 21 Urgent 22 Sworn statements 23 Provide with fresh weapons 25 Mover’s truck 26 Attack 28 Trusted counselor 31 “God __ America” 32 Teary requests 34 Wedding promise 36 Elevate 37 Ruffled edging 38 Alpha’s follower

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Sept. 11, the 254th day of 2013. There are 111 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 11, 2001, America faced its worst day of terrorism. Nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida members hijacked four passenger jetliners. Two planes smashed into New York’s World Trade Center, causing the twin towers to fall; one plowed into the Pentagon; and the fourth was crashed into a field in western Pennsylvania.

On this date: In 1777, during the American Revolution, forces under Gen. George Washington were defeated by the British in the Battle of Brandywine.

In 1814, an American fleet scored a decisive victory over the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812.

In 1857, the Mountain Meadows Massacre took place in present-day southern Utah as a 120-member Arkansas immigrant party was slaughtered by Mormon militiamen aided by Paiute Indians.

In 1922, the British Mandate for Palestine went into effect.

In 1936, Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) began operation as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a key in Washington to signal the startup of the dam’s first hydroelectric generator.

In 1941, groundbreaking took place for the Pentagon. In a speech that drew accusations of anti-Semitism, Charles A. Lindbergh told an America First rally in Des Moines, Iowa, that “the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration” were pushing the United States toward war.

In 1954, the Miss America pageant made its network TV debut on ABC; Miss California, Lee Meriwether, was crowned the winner.

In 1962, The Beatles completed their first single for EMI, “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You,” at EMI studios in London.

In 1971, former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev died at age 77.

In 1972, the troubled Munich Summer Olympics ended. Northern California’s Bay Area Rapid Transit system began operations.

In 1973, Chilean President Salvador Allende (ah-YEN’-day) died during a violent military coup.

In 1989, the exodus of East German refugees from Hungary to West Germany began.

Ten years ago: Israel issued an ominous threat to “remove” Yasser Arafat for failing to halt suicide bombings. Actor John Ritter died six days before his 55th birthday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif. — the same hospital where he was born in 1948.

Five years ago: ABC News broadcast an interview with John McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who said she was ready to be president if called upon, but sidestepped questions on whether she had the national security credentials needed to be commander in chief.

One year ago: A mob armed with guns and grenades launched a fiery nightlong attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney toned down the campaign rhetoric and pulled negative ads amid commemorations of the 9/11 attacks, saying it was not a day for politics.

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(N) (In Stereo) Å Death in Paradise Richard faces a race against time. Å Supernatural “Clip Show” Sam and Dean reunite with Castiel.

Criminal Minds The Replicator targets a team member.

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Scott & Bailey The truth behind the killings surfaces.

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40

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47

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48

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49

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55

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56

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Paranormal Witness

57

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River Monsters

58

HIST Man Predicted 9/11 BET

61

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102 Min. That Changed America

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78

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67 76

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60 62

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‘Today!’ show airs financial advice of Portland writer

By Timothy Gillis

SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A local writer’s love affair with money was highlighted on the “Today!” show Tuesday. Kate Northrup, who wrote “Money: A Love Story” after recovering from $20,000 in debt, told the national audience that the most important factor in handling your money is to spend it on what you truly value.

Equating emotional and financial health, Northrup said you should “listen to your body when it comes to your personal spending habits,” paying attention to suggestive signs like a stomach twinge.

The first step for readers is to take the “Money Love Quiz” to see where on the spectrum their relationship with money stands, somewhere between “on the outs” and “it’s true love.” Then, Northrup helps them better understand their relationship with money. She offers step-by-step exercises that address both the emotional and practical aspects of financial life, so readers can figure out their personal perceptions of money and wealth and how to change them for the better.

This Friday, Sept. 13, she will welcome locals looking to enhance their money-love relationships at a book launch at the Think Tank on Congress Street

at 7 p.m. She hopes the national attenwill introduce her at Friday’s book tion will help bring people out for the launch, which is sponsored by Tom event.

Shepard of Shepard Financial.

Northrup grew up in Yarmouth, and Northrup said her mom is excited then went to Brown University where and proud about her writing career, she majored in art history. She’s and helped out by writing the forengaged to be married next summer ward to the book. to Mike Watts, at a family farm in “Money: A Love Story” has a uniwestern New York, where their relaversal message, Northrup said. tionship begin in June of 2010.

“A lot of it goes into the psychology Northrup is the CEO of The Freeof money, and everybody — an entredom Family, LLC, and Watts is in preneur or a teenager — can relate charge of operations. to that,” said Northrup, who reads She got her start in writing while Danielle LaPorte, a close friend, speaking about money matters. for inspiration, and works by Mari“I was teaching a workshop and my anne Williamson. She wasn’t ner(current) editor came up to me aftervous leading up to her appearance wards and asked me to do a book with on national TV, “but I will be when her,” Northrup said. “I did not have a I get to the studio,” she said prior to Northrup book in mind then, but it came natuthe appearance. rally to me. It was really fun, and I loved the process.”

Using client stories and her own saga of moving Her natural dexterity with writing may come from from $20,000 in debt to complete financial freedom her DNA. Her mother, Dr. Christiane Northrup, is by the age of 28, Northrup acts as a guide in your the author of several works, most recently a chilquest for personal financial freedom. And she loves dren’s book called “Beautiful Girl.” Kate’s mom the journey.

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ACLU of Maine hails court ruling regarding policy in South Portland Daily Sun Staff Reports

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday ruled that a city of South Portland policy prohibiting all city employees from running for or serving in city elected office violated the rights of two city employees, the ACLU of Maine reported.

Attorney David Lourie brought the lawsuit on behalf of Karen Callaghan and Burton Edwards, both school board members and part-time city employees when South Portland expanded its policy to include candidacy for school board positions. The ACLU of Maine filed an amicus brief on behalf of Callaghan and Edwards, arguing that while cities have the ability to regulate employee activity, they cannot regulate more than is necessary to ensure that the city is able to operate in an orderly manner.

The ACLU argued that the South Portland policy went too far in restricting the First Amendment rights of the employees. In a 5-1 decision, Maine’s highest court agreed.

Zachary Heiden, legal director of the ACLU of Maine, said,“This decision is a victory for free speech. People do not give up their fundamental constitutional rights when they take a government job.

The Law Court has made it clear that government restrictions on fundamental rights must be designed to address real — not hypothetical — problems. The restrictions put in place by the City of South Portland went too far.”

Maine’s first Autism Community Center opens in Scarborough The Maine Autism Alliance has opened Maine’s first Autism Community Center in Scarborough, the group reported.

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“This is an important part of our mission to help families in the area living with autism. We know first-hand that autism impacts the entire family as well as the community,” said Heidi Bowden, the executive director of the alliance, in a press release.

The center will provide unique support groups targeting members of Maine’s autism community such as parents, grandparents, men and women with autism and siblings. Social clubs for children and adults on the autism spectrum will provide opportunities to develop appropriate social skills in a fun environment. The center will also offer training on various topics.

“We feel education is the key for Maine’s autism community,” Bowden said.

The alliance is currently preparing for the Maine Autism Conference which will be held at the Augusta Civic Center, Saturday, Oct. 12.

“Autism,” the group reports, “is a general term used to describe a group of complex developmental brain disorders — autism spectrum disorders — caused by a combination of genes and environmental influences. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by communication difficulties, social and behavioral challenges, as well as repetitive behaviors. An estimated 1 in 88 children in the U.S. is on the autism spectrum, every 11 minutes a new person is diagnosed with autism (CDC 2012),” the alliance reported.

To help with funding, the alliance is conducting STEP UP! For AUTISM Walks. Walks are planned Sunday, Sept. 15 at Brewer Community School, Sunday, Sept. 22 at Back Cove in Portland and Sunday, Sept. 29, in Augusta. For details, visit www. maineautism.org or call 219.8143 or 626.3042.

Interfaith Chaplaincy Institute welcomes 26 students for training The Interfaith Chaplaincy Institute of Maine, also known as ChIME, welcomed 26 students on Convocation Weekend, Sept. 7 and 8, beginning its 11th year of training interfaith ministers, the school announced. The Rev. Dr. Bill Gregory spoke to the students on “Calling and Vocation.”

ChIME, “an interfaith wisdom school,” offers an intensive two-year chaplaincy program for those seeking to deepen their spiritual growth or ordination as interfaith ministers. The Rev. Jacob Watson, D. Min., founded ChIME in 2002 to train and support individuals to meet the community’s need for interfaith chaplains, the school reported.

For more information, contact ChIME at 3476740 or admin@chimeofmaine.org or visit ChIME’s website at www.chimeofmaine.org.

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Wednesday, Sept. 11 ‘Can Hunger’ in Cumberland County

7 a.m. to 2 p.m. “United Way of Greater Portland is asking for public food donation at three simultaneous food drives to ‘Can Hunger’ in Cumberland County. The drives are taking place in Canal Plaza in Portland, in front of the L.L.Bean boot in Freeport, and the Bank of America on Main Street in Westbrook from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. on September 11, the National Day of Service and Remembrance. Mayor Brennan of Portland and Mayor Hilton of Westbrook will each be visiting the United Way food drives in their respective cities to offer words of encouragement to the staff and volunteers, as well as to the public. All three locations are accepting all types of healthy non-perishable foods that will be collected by Wayside Food Programs and distributed to food pantries throughout Cumberland County. Healthy food items including beans, whole grains, nuts and seeds, low-sodium canned soups and fish, and canned fruit are in high demand. In lieu of food donations, United Way of Greater Portland is also accepting cash, check and credit card donations at all three sites.”

September 11th memorial in Portland

8:46 a.m. “The Portland Fire department will honor those who died during the attacks on September 11, 2001 with a wreath laying ceremony and a day-long blood drive. At the September 11th memorial at Fort Allen Park on the Eastern Prom, participants will observe a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the time when American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North tower of the World Trade Center in New York.

Honor guard from the Portland Fire and Portland Police and will be present as a wreath is laid at the memorial. At 11 a.m. the American Red Cross will open its donor center at 524 Forest Avenue and hold the ‘Roll Up your Sleeve and Remember’ blood drive. Sponsored by the Portland Fire Department, the blood drive is an easy way for the community to give back. The American Red Cross states that the need for blood is great. The Northern New England Region — Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, needs to collect on average 700 units to maintain sufficient blood supply.

The blood on the shelves today will help save lives tomorrow. Residents of the surrounding areas are encouraged to roll up their sleeves for a good cause. ‘We welcome the Portland community give blood on September 11th. It is our privilege to partner with the Portland Fire Department as we look for a way to honor and remember those who lost their lives that day,’ said Michael Kempesty, CEO of the Red Cross Northern New England Region. The donor center, located at 524 Forest Avenue in Portland, is open from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Participants who donate at the American Red Cross donor center on September 11, 2013 will receive a special ‘Roll up your Sleeve and Remember’ blood drive T-shirt as a thank you from the Portland Fire Department.

To schedule an appointment or for more information visit www.redcrossblood.org or call 1 800 RED CROSS. Walk in donors are welcome. ”

Eastern Cemetery tours

1:30 p.m. Regularly scheduled tours at Eastern Cemetery with Spirits Alive, through Oct. 13. Wednesdays 1:30 p.m.; Saturdays 10:30 a.m.; Sundays 1:30 p.m. “This tour will take you through the 6-acre site while a guide explains the history of the grounds, those buried within, the types of stones and an overview of how the site fits into the history of Portland.” http://www.spiritsalive.org/tours/index.htm

SoPo child passenger seat fitting station

2 p.m. to 6 p.m. “The South Portland Police Department has partnered with Safe Kids Maine for educating the public about child passenger safety; nine out of 10 child safety seats are installed incorrectly. SPPD will be hosting its monthly child passenger seat fitting station event on Wednesday, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Cash Corner Fire Station, 360 Main Street, South Portland. This is a new time and location for this event. If you are unable to attend this event or have questions concerning child passenger safety call 799-5511 ext 7229 and leave a message.” https://www. facebook.com/southportlandpolice

Crossroads International Celtic Festival

7 p.m. “The hills and valleys of picturesque Western Maine will come alive with music Sept. 11-15, when the inaugural Crossroads International Celtic Festival (Crossroads) takes place at multiple venues throughout Western Maine communities including unique locations like Stratton Brook, the newest hut in the Maine Huts & Trails system; WashburnNorlands Living History Center in Livermore; Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris; and Skye Theatre in South Carthage. These venues, along with the scenic towns and villages of Rangeley, Stratton, Carrabassett Valley, Kingfield, Phillips, Farmington, South Carthage, Rumford, Oxford, Lovell, Fryeburg and Bethel will host an impressive group of more than 100 musicians, singers, dancers, storytellers and artists. Joining some of Maine’s finest musicians will be performers from around the world including Nova Scotia,

Historian Herb Adams (right) is shown during an event at the Eastern Cemetery. Spirits Alive offers weekend and Wednesday tours of the cemetery. For details, visit http://www.spiritsalive.org/tours/index.htm. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Scotland, Ireland, and across the United States.”

Launch: Coming full circle, 7 p.m., Oxford Hills High School Auditorium, South Paris.

Gad Elmaleh, French comic

8 p.m. Gad Elmaleh at Port City Music Hall. State Theatre, Portland, presents: Touted as the ‘Ben Stiller of France’ and the ‘Jerry Seinfeld of French Comedy’ Gad Elmaleh is arguably the biggest and most loved comedic star in France.

Born in Casablanca, Morocco, he speaks Moroccan Arabic, French, English, and Hebrew. In 2006, he was awarded the ‘Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres’ by France’s Minister of Culture and was voted ‘The Funniest Person in France.’

Shortly thereafter, he followed up with his fifth one man show ‘Papa est en Haut’ which premiered at the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal as well as to sold out audiences in Miami, Los Angeles and The Beacon Theater in New York City. In December of 2007, Gad made history when he sold out the prestigious L’Olympia (Paris’ Carnegie Hall) in Paris for seven consecutive weeks, a task never before achieved. Immediately after his stint at the Olympia, Gad performed for another seven sold out weeks at Le Palais des Sports — a 3,800-seat venue.” Doors 7 p.m./show 8 p.m. http://www.statetheatreportland.com/ event/308203-gad-elmaleh-portland/

Thursday, Sept. 12 Wayside Food Programs food drive

9 a.m. to 7 p.m. “To rebuild food inventory that has dwindled over the summer, Wayside Food Programs will hold a three-day food drive on Sept. 12-14 that will be hosted by Whole Foods Market, located at 2 Somerset St. in Portland.

Running from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, the food drive will focus on collecting food for in-need families served by Wayside and its partner agencies. In addition, on Sept. 14 from 9:30 to 11 a.m Whole Foods will hold a ‘Kids Day of Service,’ during which children and parents will assemble food bags for Wayside to distribute to Portland Community Policing. To find out more about ‘Kids Day of Service’ and to sign up, visit http://ptlkidsdayofservice. eventbrite.com/. Space is limited.”

‘The Otraska Tragedy’ at Evergreen Cemetery

5 p.m. Evergreen Cemetery event. Join Steve Sesto, Friends of Evergreen Docent for “The Otraska Tragedy” Historic Walking Tour on Thursday. “On a warm morning in October 1861 seven young men sailed forth from Portland for a day of fishing aboard the Otraska. A sudden squall surprised them and led to the sinking of the vessel and the deaths of all but one. Stroll through Evergreen as we weave

the tale of the Otraska, her crew, their lives and demise.”

Regularly scheduled Historic Walking Tours are held every Saturday, 10:30 a.m., and Sunday, 2 p.m., through October and are led by an experienced History Docent team. No need to pre-register, just meet at the cemetery office near the visitors signs. Cost: $7 per person, $5 for members, children under 12 free. Visit FriendsOfEvergreen.org for the full tour schedule.

Working Harbor Guided Tour

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. “Portland’s Working Harbor Guided Tour

by Portland Senior Planner Bill Needleman. Join us and Portland Senior Planner Bill Needleman for a fascinating update to last year’s history and planning tour of the port of Portland. From West Commercial Street to East Commercial Street, learn about the latest and future developments, the working piers, and the evolving marine economies.

Suggested $5 donation for Portland Trails members, $7 for non-members.” http://trails.org/programs

Mad Horse Theatre sneak peek event

6 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Join Mad Horse Theatre Company at their performance space for refreshments and a sneak peek at the upcoming 2013-2014 season. Thursday, Sept.

12 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher Street, South Portland. Mad Horse Company and Board members will be on hand to offer exciting details about our upcoming season, special events, volunteering opportunities, subscriptions and ways you can participate and support Mad Horse Theatre. It was a great first season at Mad Horse in our new home and this year we have a powerful lineup of award-winning plays, including three Maine premieres and special events. ‘The School for Lies’ by David Ives, Maine Premiere, Sept. 26 to Oct. 13; ‘Vigils by Noah Haidle,’ Maine Premiere, Jan. 16 to Feb. 2, 2014; ‘Orphans’

by Lyle Kessler, March 13 to 30, 2014; ‘Grey Gardens’ book

by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie, Maine Premiere, May 29 to June 22, 2014.” For more information call 730-2389, visit the Facebook page or www. madhorse.com.

Freeport Players’ ‘Indoor/Outdoor’

7:30 p.m. Freeport Players present “Indoor/Outdoor,” by Kenny Finkle. September 12-29, Fri./Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Pay-what-you-want Preview Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m. Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St, Freeport. “A light comedy about an indoor cat who longs for the wild outdoors. Tickets $15 at the door, $10 in advance, available online at www.fcponline.org/tix.htm or in person at the Thrift Store at Freeport Community Center, 43 Depot Street, Freeport. FMI: www.fcponline.org or 865-2220.” see next page

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POV screening of ‘Small Urban Spaces’

7:30 p.m. “Social Life of Small Urban Spaces” by William H. Whyte at Portland Public Library for Summer POV Documentary Films series, in partnership with the City of Portland Planning & Urban Development Department. “American Promise” will be screened at a later date. For more information visit www.pbs.org/pov. Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, www.portlandlibrary.com. “This screening is part of a series sponsored by the City of Portland Planning & Urban Development Department who will be partnering with SPACE Gallery and Portland Public Library to provide three opportunities to learn and talk about public open space in September.

These entertaining and enlightening programs will address topics ranging from Portland’s history to urban design to the sociology of parks and are designed to keep engaged citizens involved in ongoing and future discussions about urban space. The public can join historian Scott Hanson and walk through the centuries to learn more about Congress Square, the five-way intersection and surrounding properties at the center of the city’s visioning process or watch an engaging documentary highlighting the ways people use urban open space. All programs are free and open to the public. For additional information or questions, contact Urban Designer Caitlin Cameron at ccameron@ portlandmaine.gov or find updates at www.portlandmaine. gov/planning.”

Friday, Sept. 13 ‘A House in the Sky’ talk at PPL

6:30 p.m. Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett to speak about “A House in the Sky” at the Portland Public Library, in the Rines Auditorium. “‘A House in the Sky,’ co-written

by Amanda Lindhout and renowned journalist Sara Corbett, gives an astoundingly haunting yet redemptive and gorgeously written account of Lindhout’s experience as a young woman backpacking across the world, her aspirations as a journalist, the devastating 15 months she spent in captivity in Somalia, and her decision to counter the violence she endured by founding an organization to help the Somali people rebuild their country.” Amanda Lindhout is the founder of the Global Enrichment Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports development, aid, and education initiatives in Somalia and Kenya. Sara Corbett has been a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine since 2001. Her work has also appeared in National Geographic; Elle; Outside; O, The Oprah Magazine; Esquire; Mother Jones; and Travel and Leisure.

The King Of Crows Show

7:30 p.m. September 13 and 14: Crowbait Club presents The King Of Crows Show, two nights only at Mayo Street

The public can Join Steve Sesto, Friends of Evergreen docent, for “The Otraska Tragedy” Historic Walking Tour on Thursday at 5 p.m.

Regularly scheduled Historic Walking Tours are held every Saturday, 10:30 a.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m. through October and are led by the Friends of Evergreen Cemetery History Docent team. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) Arts in Portland, Friday, Sept. 13, doors at 7 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m., $10; Saturday, Sept. 14, doors at 7 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m., $10. The show features 11 original 10-minute plays by Brent Askari, Laurie Brassard, Beth Smith Chasse, Charlie Cole, Hal Cohen, Michael Kimball, Janet Lynch, Cullen McGough, Howard Rosenfield, Katy Rydell and April Singly. Directed by Harlan Baker, Nate Speckman, April Singly, Core Gahne and Stephanie Ross. Produced by Cullen McGough, Michael Tooher, April Singly, Charlie Cole and Beth Smith Chasse. http://mayostreetarts.org/calendar

Freeport Players’ ‘Indoor/Outdoor’

7:30 p.m. Freeport Players present “Indoor/Outdoor,” by Kenny Finkle. September 12-29, Fri./Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Pay-what-you-want Preview Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m. Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St, Freeport. “A light comedy about an indoor cat who longs for the wild outdoors. Tickets $15 at the door, $10 in advance, available online at www.fcponline.org/tix.htm or in person at the Thrift Store at Freeport Community Center, 43 Depot Street, Freeport. FMI: www.fcponline.org or 865-2220.”

MacDonald of King Middle School named Maine Teacher of the Year Daily Sun Staff Report Karen MacDonald, a teacher at King Middle School in Portland, was named Maine’s 2014 Teacher of the Year at a surprise assembly on Tuesday, Sept.

10. Maine Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen made the announcement to King students and staff, elected officials and other dignitaries who packed the school cafeteria, the Portland school district reported.

Noting that King Middle School is a national model, Bowen described MacDonald as “the most consistently innovative teacher at King Middle School for over two decades.”

In a written statement read

by Bowen, Gov. Paul LePage said to MacDonald, “You’ve exemplified what it truly means to put children first. ... Children describe being in your classroom as a gift.”

Shannon Shanning, the 2013 Maine Teacher of the Year, said MacDonald is “a teacher who never stops teaching.” She noted that MacDonald used the Teacher of the Year finalist ceremony in Augusta to recruit help for a classroom project.

Portland Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk introduced the dignitaries at the King assembly. Among those in attendance were Portland Mayor Michael Brennan, State Senator Justin Alfond, Portland Board of Public Education Representative Sarah Thompson, Nancy Perkins and Peter Geiger, the chair and vice chair, respectively, of the State Board of Education, Kathleen Casasa, president of the Portland Education Association, MacDonald’s husband, Terry, a retired Lyman Moore Middle School teacher, and her daughter, Kellie, a Deering High School graduate who now attends

Harvard Law School.

As Maine Teacher of the Year, Karen MacDonald will attend a gathering of all state Teachers of the Year in Scottsdale, Arizona, a ceremony in Washington, D.C. with President Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan; NASA Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama and other events. All costs are paid by the Teacher of the Year program, including the expense of hiring substitutes when MacDonald is away from the classroom.

MacDonald has worked for the Portland Public Schools since 1978. She taught in the gifted and talented program at Longfellow Elementary School and Lincoln Middle School for several years and taught fourth and fifth grade at the former Baxter and Nathan Clifford elementary schools.

MacDonald moved to King 24 years ago. There, she has

King Principal Michael McCarthy said that in his 40-year career in education, “Karen MacDonald is the best teacher I have ever known.” MacDonald won Maine Teacher of the Year. (COURTESY PHOTO)

taught language arts to students in grades six and seven, and she also worked for four years as a teaching strategist.

A Youtube video about MacDonald includes her talk-

ing about her career as well as footage from Tuesday’s announcement of her selection as 2014 Maine Teacher of the Year: Visit http://youtu.be/ cLT4AOMEpWw.

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Rules for buffer zone around clinic near completion

By Craig Lyons THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A proposed buffer zone to separate protesters and patients at Portland’s Planned Parenthood clinic has been drafted, and a revised version will soon be ready to be vetted by the public.

The City Council’s Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday opted to move forward with a draft of a buffer zone ordinance that will prohibit protesters — both for and against abortion — from standing within a certain distance of the clinic’s entrances.

The city’s staff proposed a 39-foot buffer zone but, per committee Leeman direction, will look at expanding that to 45 feet.

The proposed ordinance is tentatively scheduled for a public hearing at the committee’s October meeting.

The committee began exploring a buffer zone ordinance after hearing complaints from patients of the clinic, pedestrians and business owners about the protests outside of the Congress Street building.

The ordinance was based on one enacted by Burlington, Vt., according to Trish McAllister, the Portland Police Department’s neighborhood prosecutor, and that language has survived several constitutional challenges. McAllister said when writing the proposed Portland ordinance, officials opted for a 39-foot buffer zone that prevented a gap on the Congress Street side of the clinic that could have made enforcement difficult.

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The issue of abortion has galvanized protests on Congress Street. The city deliberated over a buffer zone in front of the Planned Parenthood clinic on Congress Street. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

ors sought to increase the area encompassed since there could be a gap on the Elm Street side.

“It doesn’t make sense to me to leave a gaping hole,” Councilor Cheryl Leeman said.

McAllister said the Elm Street side wasn’t given the same weight as the Congress Street side since the entrance at the corner of the two streets isn’t the one most used by the patients. She said that gap was closed because of the use and to narrowly tailor the ordinance to the situation at hand.

Councilor Jill Duson said she thinks that filling

the gap could create a bigger buffer zone and possibly create a situation that reaches sidewalks across the street from the clinic.

McAllister said the city will take some measurements before finalizing the language of the proposed ordinance and make sure that if it reaches the sidewalks across the street that people aren’t pushed up against the building, but since specific measurements haven’t been taken on Elm Street, the gap might be minimal or nonexistent.

Duson asked if she were a protester, would she be able to set up shop outside the buffer zone and still be within view of the people she sought to influence.

McAllister said she would be in view.

Aside from the protestors on either side of the abortion issue, McAllister said the ordinance would prevent the people who escort patients into the clinic from doing any counseling or protesting within the buffer zone.

Leeman said she’s concerned about the legality of the ordinance in light of a Massachusetts state law that is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

“To me those are really important questions as to where we are legally,” she said.

McAllister said the Burlington ordinance has held against constitutional challenges and the case law cited in the Portland ordinance has been upheld.

She said the Massachusetts case, for which a decision could still be a year out, could invalidate that ordinance and Portland’s.

If an injunction or challenge of the Portland ordinance is brought to court, McAllister said she’s confident the city would prevail based on the case law cited in the ordinance, which does not include the Massachusetts statute.

“I think it’s a very strong case than can be made,” McAllister said. “[But] all bets are off once the Supreme Court case comes down.”

City Councilor Ed Suslovic said the effort the city is making to tailor the ordinance to its situation and the discussion being had about the limits and wording would show a court that the language wasn’t drafted arbitrarily.