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Man and Mother Nature adding to snowpack BY MARTY BASCH SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A stingy Mother Nature finally added to western Maine’s snowpack yesterday, augmenting at ski areas what man had largely produced so far this season. As of 1 p.m., ski areas like Sunday River reported eight inches of snow had fallen. What a change. Last week the Maine Geological Survey released

the year’s first survey and found that although the state’s snowpack is just as expected, there are some relatively dry places. Like in western Maine which happens to hold the lion’s share of the state’s skiing. “What’s surprising is to see little snow in the western mountains,” reported Robert Johnston, Maine Geological Survey senior geologist. “There’s no deep snowpack yet, and that is due to the fact we’ve had only coastal storms so far. The fine conditions at

Maine’s ski areas at this point in the season are a tribute to the snowmakers.” Johnston’s right. Bridgton’s Shawnee Peak started making snow Thanksgiving weekend and has spent more hours than normal making snow this season, and even more hours making snow at above optimal temperatures, according to director of marketing and communications Melissa Rock. see SNOWPACK page 9

Snowstorm buries Portland, shatters 1905 daily record BY DAVID CARKHUFF AND CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A Facebook-organized snowball ﬁght kicks up the white stuff at the stone bridge in Deering Oaks Wednesday afternoon. For more photos, see page 8. (MATT DODGE PHOTO)

Across Greater Portland, residents spent much of yesterday morning talking about the whether. Whether to dig out or stay home, whether to call parking bans early or wait, whether to keep shops BY THE SHOVEL open or run for home, whether to continue a Portland was blanketed high-profile murder trial in 13 inches of snow; Freeor call it a day. port and Gorham recorded For Diane Rutherford, about a foot of snow by 6:30 a New Yorker visiting p.m.; 16 inches fell in Bridgfriends in the area, it was ton; 16 inches in Brunswick; whether to push her red 15.7 inches in Standish; 14 inches in Naples; 14 inches in Nissan Sentra back into Scarborough; 13.5 inches in traffic after it slid into a Cumberland; and 13 inches snow bank. in Yarmouth. “I’m afraid it’ll slide SOURCE: National Weather Service off the road somewhere worse,” she said. By mid-day, the whethers had taken a turn. More snow than expected was piling up and the city of Portland see SNOW page 3

One month in, creative groups director looks forward BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

As the newly hired executive director for two city-run arts groups, it’s Jennifer Hutchins’ job to promote the city’s creative economy. That might be easy enough when talking with gallery owners, artists, musicians and marketing firms, but what about selling the

idea to a traditional business community that might only have a cursory understanding of the “creative economy” concept? “The term ’creative economy’ has never been officially defined, so when you talk to people in more of the mainstream business community and you use the term, they don’t really know what you’re talking about,” said

Hutchins, who marks one month as executive director of Creative Portland and the Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance (PACA) this week. “There are issues out there that are very concrete in the business community — taxes, cost of energy, regulation — standard issues see DIRECTOR page 6

Hutchins

When Congress was armed

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ coming to Portland

Ramblin’ Red CD release show at Mayo Street

See Joanne Freeman on page 5

See the Events Calendar, page 13

See the Music Calendar, page 16

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Dog trained to give Nazi salute BERLIN (NY Times) — The case of the businessman who taught his dog to raise his paw at the command “Hitler” may never go down in the annals of Third Reich history as consequential, but it has given people here a reason to laugh, not at the nation’s sinister deeds but at those who were responsible. Nearly 66 years after the end of World War II, Germany’s Nazi past continues to reveal itself here in ways large and small, and on an almost regular basis, often shedding new light on the unique crimes of those who ran the Third Reich and those who came to power after its fall. The case of the dog owner the Nazis wanted to prosecute for training his canine to mock the Führer was revealed at the same time Germans learned their intelligence service knew where Adolph Eichmann, architect of the Holocaust, was hiding as early as 1952, eight years before the Israelis captured him. The combined reports in national newspapers led last week to yet another round of Nazi-related headlines, though the one about the dog offered the unusual respite of a Nazi-era action that sounded like a punch line. The Eichmann revelation was important because it added a date to a fact historians here said was already known. “The dog affair tells us the Nazis were not only criminals and mass murderers, they were silly as hell,” said Klaus Hillenbrand, a historian and author who has focused on the Nazi era and uncovered the case in federal archives. “There are very few things you can laugh about because what they did was so monstrous. But there were two or three dozen people discussing the affair of the dog rather than preparing for the invasion of the Soviet Union. They were crazy.” The dog’s name was Jackie. It was 1941, shortly before the invasion of the Soviet Union, and an anonymous source tipped off the Nazi authorities: A businessman named Tor Borg, of Tampere, Finland — a country that was friendly to the Nazis but not occupied by the Reich — had a blackand-white spotted dog that he taught to mock Hitler. The German vice consul in Helsinki, Willy Erkelenz, wrote that “a witness, who does not want to be named, said he saw and heard how Borg’s dog reacted to the command ‘Hitler’ by raising its paw.”

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House pays tribute to Giffords MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON — Quiet symbols and quiet words ruled the House of Representatives on Wednesday, as lawmakers paused to pay tribute to their critically wounded colleague, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. In a place not known for subtlety, small scenes sent the loudest messages. A solitary, white-clothed table sat in the middle of the vast Cannon House Office Building rotunda, where the public and VIPs could take one of five pens from a glass and sign messages of condolence and good wishes. Outside Giffords’ Washington office, Room 1030 of the Longworth House Office Building, the usually bustling hall was eerily silent and empty. And on the House floor, on a day once

scheduled to feature a polarizing vote to repeal last year’s health care law, the only business was a four-page resolution memorializing Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, and the six killed and 13 others wounded during Saturday’s rampage in Tucson. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, set the day’s tone. “Our hearts are broken, but our spirit is not. This is a time for the House to lock arms in prayer for those fallen and wounded, and in resolve to carry on the dialogue of democracy,” he said, struggling to hold back tears. “We may not yet have all the answers, but we already have the answer that matters most: that we are Americans, and together we will make it through this. We will have the last word.” The House chamber even looked differ-

ent on Wednesday — no stacks of papers on the desks, no staffers shuttling in and out, no knots of lawmakers huddling to plot strategy. Republicans still spoke from a podium on one side of the chamber, and Democrats from the other side, but without a guidebook it was hard to discern anyone’s politics. The tributes went on for hours, interrupted only at midday for a membersonly prayer service. Giffords, who was shot while hosting a “Congress on Your Corner” meeting outside a Tucson grocery store Saturday, was lauded with words personal and lofty. Colleagues spoke of “Gabby,” a lively lawmaker known for her easy way with people, and how that approachability seemed to compound the tragedy.

A year later, Haiti celebrates life, mourns its dead MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — At 4:53 p.m., Haiti fell silent. It was a rare quiet moment in this boisterous city normally filled with the sounds of nearly a million people who live on the street. Some people marked this painful day in bed, the hurt too much to bear. Others visited cemeteries and mass graves where only now tiny wooden crosses mark the barren land where the vast majority of the people who died here a year ago now lay. Many mourners united in prayer and song. From New York, Washington, Miami to Port-au-Prince, Haitians set Jan. 12 aside to grieve and celebrate life. A year ago Wednesday, a 7.0 earthquake killed a city’s worth of people _ the government estimates as many as 300,000. Their names have not been logged, and some of the dead are still under rubble. The quake took United Nations peace keepers, American college students and hotel guests. It took Haitian adults and children, too many to count. About 810,000 people they left behind still are homeless from that day’s devastation. But on Wednesday, Haiti’s 10 million survivors declared a national holiday to take the time to remember, to say goodbye to the ones they lost and give thanks for the lives they still have. They grieved as they lamented the stalled progress that keeps so many people homeless and schools in their piles of rubble. “Everything can stand strong again,” said Alceu Petit, 69, who lost three children, a cousin and uncle to the quake. We recognize this day so that we can remember ... Everybody here is persevering.” Hundreds of white-clad mourners _ many weeping, some shrieking with grief _ gathered for a special Mass on Wednesday morning at the base of the battered Notre Dame Cathedral. On the Champs de Mars

On the anniversary of Haiti’s worst national disaster, the nation mourns again for the lost love ones at the side entrance gate of Our Lady of Assumption the national cathedral of Haiti. Here, Ethelia Cheri, 60, holds a photo of her daughter, Magdalaine Franck, 18, who died in last year’s devastating earthquake. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald/MCT)

public plaza where thousands of families now reside, masses of Protestants gathered as pastor after pastor told the crowd to celebrate life. “God saved my life and that of most of my family,” said Bernard Valcin, 40, who dropped by the Champs de Mars before heading home to the tent he lives in with his wife and three children. “I want to thank him for what he’s done for me.” On the day the ground shook a year ago, Valcin said he was walking his children home from school. Under a red light, he

dropped to the ground and covered them with his belly. When he arrived home, his wife was covered in rubble. Only her face was visible. Three months ago, Valcin got a job driving a Ministry of Health ambulance picking up cholera patients at night. But even with his monthly $375 salary, it’s still not enough for the $104 it takes to rent a one-room shack. “You hear about all of these millions of dollars that have been unblocked for Haiti, and you don’t see it,” he said. Across town, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who along with Haiti’s Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, co-chairs the reconstruction commission, said Haitians would soon see the fruits of the aid pledged by international donors. Nine projects have been approved to create housing and at least 350,000 Haitians found work, the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission he chairs said. The group acknowledges that about $1 billion will have to be shifted toward short-term goals and that the funds are not tackling the most urgent needs. Clinton and Bellerive said while both are frustrated with the pace of recovery, progress has been made in Haiti through the work of commission. Clinton said it’s “easy to see what hasn’t been done ... families still living in camps, the debris that has not been removed, the homes still collapsed.” But he added that progress can be seen with a good-faith effort. Progress includes 50,000 families who now have access to potable water, 3 million cubic meters of debris has been removed and children have returned to school. “We still have a lot to do,” he conceded. “We want to concentrate on building a new Haiti, not just what existed before.” (c) 2011, The Miami Herald. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

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Storm dumps on coast, skips northern Maine SNOW from page one

issued the year’s first parking ban, meaning that vehicles had to be removed by 10 p.m. or face towing to clear way for the snowplows. The ban remains in effect until 6 a.m. today. The storm also cut short the third day of the Chad Gurney murder trial. He is facing homicide “This time of year, we charges for the killing of 18-year-old Zoe usually get a lot of sledSarnacki. His defense ders up here, and there’s is that he was insane nothing to sled on. We when he killer her, cut off her head with sev- can’t groom the trails until eral knives and then we get a foot.” — Lee set doused the corpse Foster, meteorologist at with gasoline and set it the weather station in ablaze. The Cumberland Caribou. County Courthouse closed at noon. The trial is expected to resume today. The storm total as of Wednesday evening was 13 inches of snow in Portland. That set a new daily snowfall record. The previous record daily maximum snowfall for the day was 10.2 inches set in 1905, according to Margaret Curtis, meteorologist at the Gray National Weather Service station. The National Weather service offered a blizzard of information about the nor’easter, including: A sudden spike in snowfall boosted the month-todate numbers from a measly .08 inch of snow to 13.8 inches.

A snow plow clears Route 1 in Freeport Wednesday night as part of a massive storm response. Freeport and Gorham both recorded about a foot of snow by 6:30 p.m., while Portland saw 13 inches, and places such as Brunswick were inundated with 16 inches, the National Weather Service reported. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

“It’s about half of our typical monthly total, and we still have a lot of the month to go,” Curtis noted. Concord, N.H., set a new snowfall record of 12.2 inches for the day, eclipsing the old record of 8.6 inches set in 1901, Curtis said. A storm on Dec. 27 was the winter’s previous blizzard, and this storm cut a similar swath. tracked farther west than anticipated “It was an intense low on Tuesday, the bulletin stated. pressure (system) that Sunday River Ski Resort spokesmoved off Cape Cod into woman Darcy Morse said the Newry the Gulf of Maine,” said ski area is expecting up to 16 inches Lee Foster, meteorolofrom the storm. gist at the weather ser“In fact, we opened the Nordic vice station in Caribou. center today,” Morse said by email of “This was one of your the resort’s cross-country ski Outdoor Center. A thaw closed the center on Jan. 3. Mount Abram Family Ski Resort in Greenwood had 5 inches of snow by noon with more than 10 inches expected overall, Kevin Rosenberg, marketing and sale director, said by email. “It is snowing and we are loving it!” Rosenberg said. By about 1 p.m., Lewiston led Androscoggin County with 12.5 inches that fell at a rate of 2.5 inches an hour between noon and 1 p.m., according to a public information statement from the National Weather Service in Gray. Whiteout conditions and several inches of snow on roads wreaked havoc with drivers, contributing to numerous vehicles going off the road Driving “is absolutely lousy,” MacMillan, the Androscoggin County deputy, said late Wednesday morning. “I was following a semi and it just disappeared. You can’t see anything.” “I was on Blake Road in Turner earlier and there was 14 inches on it,” MacMillan said. “Route 4 has a good 7 to 8 inches on it and traffic is going about 20 to 30 mph, which is good.” Copyright (c) 2011, Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

State lawmaker transported to hospital after snow storm mishap BY TERRY KARKOS THE SUN JOURNAL

LIVERMORE — Winter arrived again on Wednesday as a major storm dumped heavy snow across western and southern Maine delighting ski resorts but frustrating drivers including a state lawmaker who lost control of his vehicle on snow-covered roads. At 9:15 a.m., Rep. Matt Peterson, 32, D-Rumford, was driving a 2007 Toyota Camry east on Route 108 to a meeting in Augusta, when he lost control of the car, according to Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Deputy Craig MacMillan. The Camry slid off the road and into a utility pole, breaking the pole in half, he said. The totaled Camry spun around off the pole, coming to rest facing west. “We had live wires down for quite some time,” MacMillan said. He said Peterson did not appear to be injured, but due to a previous spinal injury that left him wheelchair bound at the age of 18, NorthStar Ambulance of Livermore took Peterson to a Lewiston hospital as a precaution. “He was lively and talkative,” the deputy said. MacMillan said he believed firefighters were rerouting traffic onto Routes 4, 140, and 219, mainly to prevent heavy truck traffic from having to sit for hours. He expected Route 108 to be closed into mid afternoon while a new pole was being placed and wires reattached. According to an earlier weather service bulletin, snow began falling before 6 a.m. Two hours later, heavy snow had moved into most of the forecast area. Heavier snowfall amounts were expected, because the storm system

classic nor’easters, and it generally kind of followed the track of the big storm we had after Christmas, it was pretty close to that same track.” Usually, northern Maine bears the brunt of winter weather, but not this year. “Bangor south is where we’ve gotten the heaviest snow,” Foster said, noting that warm weather and lack of precipitation have left many northern Maine resorts deserted. “We have only an inch of snow on the ground in northern Maine, with maybe another inch or two coming from this storm,” he said. “This time of year, we usually get a lot of sledders up here, and there’s nothing to sled on. We can’t groom the trails until we get a foot.” Places like Presque Isle are suffering from a lack of tourists as a result, Foster noted. “We could use some of the snow that everyone south of us is getting,” he said.

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A more compassionate society needed in the wake of tragedy Editor, It’s glib and irresponsible to just blame conservative Republicans or Tea Party activists for the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, and of so many other innocent people. Indeed, the young man who committed this crime was clearly disturbed, and there’s no reason to believe that this crime was simply an expression of a conscious but zealous idealism. And, certainly, none of Giffords critics intended or sought such action, or would have urged anybody to start shooting. But to dismiss our responsibility is also glib and dangerous. This tragic story exposes some disturbing flaws in American society. • Medical care is often not available, mental health care is particularly hard for many to obtain, and those who seek it out are too often stigmatized. Jared Loughner’s behavior was disturbing and strange enough that he was asked not to come to classes at the school he had been attending — and yet it’s not clear that he ever was offered the counseling and other support that he so clearly needed. Whatever delusions led him to his violent outburst may not be our responsibility, but the fact that this festered in him, unchecked, even though students and faculty were afraid for their lives when in his presence, is clearly an American tragedy. How many other people in our communities suffer with such anger, fear, distortions of reality, and emotional turmoil that they cannot live see LETTERS page 5

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The Blame Game Within an hour of the tragic shooting in Arizona, it had begun. The Blame Game. The effort to score political points. The attacks on the ugliness of the political debate mimic the very ugliness they condemn. The sheriff blamed Rush Limbaugh. Liberal bloggers went after conservative talkers. Conservative talkers lashed right back at the sheriff and the liberal bloggers. Drudge kept running the headline that the shooter was remembered by high-school acquaintances as a “liberal pothead.” My own rule of thumb, in the days since, is that anyone who is out there blaming someone else is probably equally to blame. Obviously, the person to blame is the one who pulled the trigger. If, as all evidence suggests, that man was Jared Lee Loughner, then it is perfectly clear that the man to blame is a deeply disturbed, mentally ill, deranged individual who — in my book at least — knew what he was doing and knew that it was wrong. And that is all that is required to defeat an insanity plea and establish his responsibility. He deserves a vigorous defense. And if, as the evidence suggests, he is guilty, he deserves

Susan Estrich ––––– Creators Syndicate the ultimate penalty. That is the easy part. The hard part is what we do with it. First and foremost, of course, we pray. We send our sympathies to the families of the victims. We take a moment — more, I hope — to hug our loved ones, count our blessings, cherish the privilege we have to live in a country where such an action is so unusual, so aberrant, as to stop us in our tracks. Then what? Do we use it? Do we use the death of a 9-year-old child, of a respected federal judge, of a young congressional aide, to score points in a political debate? Political discourse in America is a nightmare: vicious, ugly, mean-spirited and personal. It wasn’t always this way, but it is now. Sadly, it mostly serves the interest of those who engage in it. And it mostly works. And Tucson has made it worse, not

better. At a time when we need to be pulling together as a country, reaffirming our fundamental values, sending the message loud and clear to whack-jobs everywhere that violence has no place in American politics, we’re head over heels in blaming each other. I turn on the radio, and the left is blaming the right and the right is blaming the left. Enough already. Stop. Shut up. A child is dead. A wonderful judge is dead. A congressional aide is dead. A woman saying hello to her congresswoman is dead. And more. And more injured. I don’t care who is to blame. If we cannot come together now, if we cannot say no to all the people who are playing this ugly game and have been for so long, if now is not the moment when we say enough, no more, it doesn’t matter whether this shooter was from the left or the right, we need to stop playing with fire ... then what will it take? (To find out more about Susan Estrich and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www. creators.com.)

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When Congress was armed, and quite dangerous The announcement that representatives Heath Shuler of North Carolina and Jason Chaffetz of Utah are planning to wear guns in their home districts has surprised many, but in fact the United States has had armed congressmen before. In the rough-andtumble Congress of the 1830s, 1840s and 1850s, politicians regularly wore weapons on the House and Senate floors, and sometimes used them. During one 1836 melee in the House, a witness observed representatives with “pistols in hand.” In a committee hearing that same year, one House member became so enraged at the testimony of a witness that he reached for his gun; when the terrified witness refused to return, he was brought before the House on a charge of contempt. Perhaps most dramatic of all, during a debate in 1850, Senator Henry Foote of Mississippi pulled a pistol on Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri. (Someone eventually took it from his hand.) Foote had decided in advance that if he felt threatened, he would grab his gun and run for the aisle in the hope that stray shots wouldn’t hit bystanders. Most famously, in 1856, Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina caned Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts on the Senate floor so brutally that Sumner had to be virtually carried from the chamber — and did not retake his seat for three years. Clearly, wielded with brute force, a cane could be a potent weapon. By the 1850s, violence was common in Washington. Not long after Sumner’s caning, a magazine told the story of a Michigan judge who traveled by train to the nation’s capital: “As he entered the main hall of the depot, he saw a man engaged in caning another ferociously, all over the room. ‘When I saw this,’ says the judge, ‘I knew I was in Washington.’” In Congress, violence was often deployed strategically. Representatives and senators who were willing to

Joanne B. Freeman ––––– The New York Times back up their words with their weapons had an advantage, particularly in the debate over slavery. Generally speaking, Northerners were least likely to be armed, and thus most likely to back down. Congressional bullies pressed their advantage, using threats and violence to steer debate, silence opposition and influence votes. In 1842, Representative Thomas Arnold of Tennessee, a member of the Whig Party, learned the hard way that these bullies meant business. After he reprimanded a pro-slavery member of his own party, two Southern Democrats stalked toward him, at least one of whom was armed with a bowie knife — a 6- to 12-inch blade often worn strapped to the back. Calling Arnold a “damned coward,” his angry colleagues threatened to cut his throat “from ear to ear.” But Arnold wasn’t a man to back down. Ten years earlier, he had subdued an armed assassin on the Capitol steps. As alarming as these outbursts were, until the 1840s, reporters played them down, in part to avoid becoming embroiled in fights themselves. (A good many reporters received beatings from outraged congressmen; one nearly had his finger bitten off.) So Americans knew relatively little of congressional violence. That changed with the arrival of the telegraph. Congressmen suddenly had to confront the threat — or temptation — of “instant” nationwide publicity. As Senator John Parker Hale of New Hampshire reminded his colleagues within minutes of the FooteBenton clash, reports were “already traveling with lightning speed over the telegraph wires to the remotest

borders of the Republic.” He added, “It is not impossible that even now it may have been rumored in the city of St. Louis that several senators are dead and weltering in their blood on the floor of the Senate.” Violence was news, and news could spawn violence. Something had to be done, but what? To many, the answer was obvious: watch your words. As one onlooker wrote to the speaker of the House shortly after Sumner’s caning, “gentlemen” who took part in the debate over slavery should “scrupulously avoid the utterance of unnecessarily harsh language.” There was no other way to prevent the “almost murderous feeling” that could lead to “demonstrations upon the floor, which in the present state of excitement, would almost certainly lead to a general melee and perhaps a dozen deaths in the twinkling of an eye.” Unfortunately, such admonitions had little effect. The violence in Con-

gress continued to build until the outbreak of the Civil War. Today, in the wake of an episode of violence against a member of Congress, we’re again lamenting the state of political rhetoric, now spread faster than ever via Twitter, Web sites, text messaging and e-mail. Once again, politicians are considering bearing arms — not to use against one another, but potentially against an angry public. And once again we’re reminded that words matter. Communication is the heart and soul of American democratic governance, but there hasn’t been much fruitful discourse of late — among members of Congress, between the people and their representatives or in the public sphere. We need to get better at communicating not only quickly, but civilly. (Joanne B. Freeman, a professor of history at Yale, is at work on a book about violence in Congress.)

What’s missing is a more sophisticated assessment of society LETTERS from page 4

safely and comfortably — but are receiving no significant care or treatment? • We’ve lost the ability to listen with respect to opinions we reject. There’s a huge difference between acknowledging deep differences of opinion on such issues as health care, same gender marriage, abortion, and treatment of illegal immigrants, and labeling those who disagree with us as enemies whose wrong opinions must be fought at all cost. This narrow-minded parochialism pervades all the ideological slices of American life, and it does not serve us well. f course, most of us do not take such views to the extreme, and murder our opponents. Nor do we ask others to do this on our behalf. But in confusing our judgment about views we abhor with lack of respect for those who hold such opinions, we become a less civil society. This becomes most tragic when a disturbed individual, such as Jared Loughner, takes it upon himself to commit such an act of violence that none of us wanted, but that may appear to him as consistent with judgments

he sees in so much of our mass media. • Guns are much too available. In particular, automatic weapons, that are not at all suited to self defense, hunting, or sport target shooting, are readily available along with hunting rifles and shotguns and small pistols. Had Jared Loughner arrived at Representative Giffords’ event and started shouting obscenities, he might have been appropriately recognized as a disturbed individual -- but would not have harmed others. But, because he could so easily get his gun and a large quantity of ammunition, his outburst became a tragic scene of murder and maiming. I’m well aware of the irony that Representative Giffords was among those supporting the permissive gun laws in Arizona. And I don’t know to what extent this was her deep belief, or whether it was a political calculation to let her survive in the political culture of Arizona. In any case, I believe her position was dangerously wrong, and it’s unfortunate that she and so many others have suffered this needless tragedy. • Our media focuses more on the texture and minor details of news events, rather than on the

larger issues that affect us all. Listening to CNN shortly after the shootings, I heard numerous interviews with people who could tell us in detail how people reacted on hearing the shots, how the gunman was subdued, how deeply people were mourning, how little doctors could know about Representative Giffords’ possible recovery, and how strange the whole day had become. But what I didn’t hear on that first day, and haven’t heard since, is a much more sophisticated look at American society, and how the level of discourse, the playing field of divergent ideas, and the forum in which policy is made have all shifted into a dangerously polarized state. I don’t want to point fingers at anybody or at any one political group. I don’t want to target or put in the crosshairs any ideological segment of our society. Instead, I plead, and, yes, I do pray, that we can all create a more compassionate society that is more aware of our diversity, of our frailty, and of the dignity of all. Arthur Fink Peaks Island

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Art Walk brochure one focus for creative group Maine College of Art student and illustrator Christina Siravo talks with customers at her table during the MECA holiday sale during a recent First Friday Art Walk. The Art Walk is a keystone event for Portland’s creative economy, organizers note. Selling ad space in the Art Walk brochure could help with its development, ofﬁcials say. (MATT DODGE FILE PHOTO)

DIRECTOR from page one

that are very easier for the mainstream business community to get their minds around. Then you come in and say ‘we’re promoting the creative economy’ they sort of ask ‘what are you saying?,’” she explained. For Hutchins, part of the job has become defining the term “creative economy” and positing its role in the local business community as a potential economic and cultural engine for the region. “What I find I am needing to do is educate and inform people on what we mean by creative economy and what benefit it has to the mainstream business community,” said Hutchins, who notes, “the line between mainstream businesses and the creative economy is much more blurred in downtown Portland where so many of our enterprises are creative in nature.” Part of the challenge for Hutchins is expanding others’ understanding of just what the term can encompass. “While the traditional arts and culture sector is important, it is not the entire creative economy. I’m doing what I can to let people know that it is a much broader array of people, businesses and entrepreneurs,” she said. Hutchins’ first four weeks in the CP/PACA director role have been largely focused on getting her face out there and cultivating a public presence while letting local businesses owners and identifying those with a vested interest in the success of Portland’s creative economy. “This might be pretty much anyone interested in regional economic development. Whether it’s the Portland Regional Chamber, the Greater Portland Council of Governments or any agency, public, private or non-profit who I think would have an interest in our focus on the development and growth of the creative economy.” But Hutchins has found that constituents are not limited to those with a strictly financial interest in such development. “There are also people who are concerned with preserving the unique qualities of Portland as a creative city, people who might not be as interested in pure economic development, but the community development side who want to see growth of [that] community,” she said. Heading two groups with similar goals — Creative Portland’s stated goal is to help grow and

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WATERVILLE — A proposal to build an interchange for Interstate 95 at Trafton Road drew resistance Tuesday night from some residents. They said they moved to that rural area of the city for the quiet, their children’s safety and the fact that there is not a lot of traffic. “It’s hard, because it’s you guys’ property, but it’s our future,” said Peter Bucknam, of Junction Road. He was talking about Trafton Properties, located at the corner of West River Road and Trafton Road, which wants the interchange. Trafton is three miles south of Kennedy Memorial Drive, off West River Road. The interchange would be built about equal distance from the Lyons Road, Sidney, ramp of I-95 and the Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ramp. Both the north and southbound lanes of I-95 would get on and off-ramps if the project is approved. Waterville City Council is charged with deciding whether to recommend to the state that an interchange be built. The state then would present the plan to the federal government, which makes the final decision. Copyright (c) 2011, Morning Sentinel, Waterville, Maine. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

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Maine’s standing has slipped six places in the latest edition of an annual ranking of the nation’s education systems. The survey, done by the publisher of Education Week magazine, cited a lack of clarity in Maine’s academic standards and few in-state examples of using student performance to evaluate teachers, among other factors. While Maine’s raw score in the 2011 Quality Counts survey changed little, the Pine Tree State’s ranking slipped to 27th in the report that grades the 50 states and Washington, D.C., in six policy areas, including academic standards, teacher quality, school finance and overall achievement. Maine ranked 21st in 2010. The survey isn’t earth-shattering, but it could prove useful for informing policymakers, said Steve Bowen, a senior policy adviser on education issues

to Gov. Paul LePage. “I think it’s good to get someone from outside looking over our shoulder and seeing what we’re doing,” he said. Maine ranked in the top tier of states on overall student achievement, 15th; school finance policies, 10th; and policies that emphasize smoother transitions among pre-kindergarten, school, the workplace and college, 11th. But the state’s standing on policies that emphasize the quality of academic standards and teacher quality brought down Maine’s standing overall. “The accountability is the key piece,” Bowen said. “We don’t close failing schools. We don’t fire ineffective teachers.” Maine ranked 49th — ahead of only Montana and Nebraska — in the survey portion on academic standards, which was completed for the 2010 survey. Copyright (c) 2011, Kennebec Journal, Augusta. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

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Cumberland group features Maine’s ski history “Overall our snowfall is pacing about even with ••• SNOWPACK from page one last year, but behind the year before that,” he commented. A program focusing on Maine’s rich skiing heriBut Rock says this season’s only real challenge Sunday River started making snow Oct. 9, 2010 tage will be offered by the Cumberland Historical has been the 24-hour flare-ups of unusually warm, and has been making snow for more than 60 days Society and the Ski Museum of Maine on Jan. 20. wet weather—one around mid-December and the which is average for the Newry resort, according to The program will be offered free of charge at 7 p.m. other January 2. communications director Darcy Morse. in the multipurpose room, Mable I Wilson School, “Hopefully that’s our only ‘January Thaw’ that She says weather is always a factor in our busi353 Tuttle Road, Cumberland Center. Maine was everyone has to be ready for in New England,” she ness and we’ve been really very fortunate to have once a major manufacturer of skis and ski gear for commented. had as many days of snowmaking as we have. local and national distribution. That’s the core conBut the lack of snow isn’t keeping skiers away. “Natural snow is great and always appreciated, cept for “Made in Maine: 100-Plus Years of CraftsShe reports the ski area is right on track with skier but it’s never been something we’ve relied on solely,” manship in Skiing,” a newly created “Fireside Chat” visits from last year, a year that had more natural she said. offered by the Ski Museum of Maine. Approximately snow. Still, last year around this time—Monday— 130 photos and other graphic images, some more they were about 97 percent open while this season than a century old, will be shown. The narrait’s approximately 86 percent. tor will be Scott Andrews, the museum’s cura“Snowmaking is ongoing until we get every tor and research director. trail open and we’re going to resurface many “The business of manufacturing skis and of the beginner and intermediate trails off the ski gear was a major part of Maine’s economy Pine Quad later this week,” she explained. in the middle years of the 20th century,” says Sugarloaf began firing the guns Nov. 2, but Andrews. “Although there’s no longer any didn’t get the show going in earnest until Nov. ski manufacturing in Maine, our mountains, 18, according to the Loaf’s communication’s resorts and cross-country centers remain a manager Ethan Austin. vitally important cog in our state’s economy. “That’s a fairly typical start-up date for us, The purpose of this Fireside Chat is to illus“ Austin explained. “I don’t have specific numtrate the significance of our sport to our state’s bers available off-hand, but our snowmaking lifestyle and economy over the centuries.” to date has been roughly equivalent to last The Sugarloaf Moonlight Climb, a free-heel year, but a bit higher than two years ago, due randonee race first up, then down the mounprimarily to upgrades to the system.” tain is set for Jan. 16. Snowmaking hasn’t been much of a chalSaturday is Family Fun Day at Saddleback lenge at the Loaf because Austin says they’ve while Sunday is a MARA/USSA J1/2 giant had consistently cold temperatures since the slalom. start of the season, with a few exceptions. Sunday is the second Super Hits Sunday The Carrabassett Valley has also been hit by at Shawnee Peak, a grassroots terrain park a couple of finicky snow storms including one event. with a ski area reported 12 inches on Dec. 7, 2010 and 22 inches two days after Christmas. Ski season received a big boost with this week’s snowstorm. Here, a skier tackles But, those dumps have been followed by some the powder at Wildcat ski area in New Hampshire. (Photo courtesy of Jamie Gemmiti/ (Marty Basch can be reached through www. onetankway.com.) substantial warm spells. Conway Daily Sun)

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2011. There are 352 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 13, 1794, President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union. (The number of stripes was later reduced to the original 13.) On this date: In 1733, James Oglethorpe and some 120 English colonists arrived at Charleston, S.C., while en route to settle in present-day Georgia. In 1864, composer Stephen Foster died impoverished in a New York hospital at age 37. (In his pocket: a note which read, “Dear friends and gentle hearts.”) In 1941, a new law went into effect granting Puerto Ricans U.S. birthright citizenship. Novelist and poet James Joyce died in Zurich, Switzerland, less than a month before his 59th birthday. In 1945, during World War II, Soviet forces began a huge, successful offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe. In 1962, comedian Ernie Kovacs died in a car crash in west Los Angeles 10 days before his 43rd birthday. In 1966, Robert C. Weaver was named Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson; Weaver became the first black Cabinet member. In 1978, former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey died in Waverly, Minn., at age 66. In 1982, an Air Florida 737 crashed into Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge after takeoff during a snowstorm and fell into the Potomac River, killing a total of 78 people. In 1990, L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the nation’s first elected black governor as he took the oath of office in Richmond. One year ago: Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital a day after a powerful earthquake, while in Washington, President Barack Obama pledged an all-out rescue and relief effort. Today’s Birthdays: Country singer Liz Anderson is 81. Actress Frances Sternhagen is 81. TV personality Nick Clooney is 77. Comedian Rip Taylor is 77. Actor Billy Gray is 73. Actor Richard Moll is 68. Rock musician Trevor Rabin is 57. Rhythm-and-blues musician Fred White is 56. Rock musician James Lomenzo (Megadeth) is 52. Actor Kevin Anderson is 51. Actress Julia LouisDreyfus is 50. Rock singer Graham “Suggs” McPherson (Madness) is 50. Country singer Trace Adkins is 49. Actress Penelope Ann Miller is 47. Actor Patrick Dempsey is 45. Actress Traci Bingham is 43. Actor Keith Coogan is 41. Actress Nicole Eggert is 39. Actor Orlando Bloom is 34. Actor Julian Morris is 28.

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Organics impact report, trust plans to buy farmland aired at ag show BY MECHELE COOPER THE KENNEBEC JOURNAL, AUGUSTA

AUGUSTA — Products weren’t the only thing attracting Agricultural Trades Show attendees Tuesday. Politics did, too, including the announcement of an open-space campaign and a study touting the economic benefits of organic agriculture. The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association released a study Tuesday saying Maine’s organic producers generate at least $36.6 million in sales, support 1,600 jobs and keep 41,000 acres of farmland in organic production annually. MOFGA Executive Director Russell Libby said “Maine’s Organic Farms: An Impact Report” analyzed the current state of organic agriculture in Maine using U.S. Census data. Among the report’s findings: • MOFGA certified 339 organic farms in 2008; • 582 farms are selling organic products, a figure that includes smaller farms not required to be certified organic under federal law;

• The average number of positions on organic farms in 2007 was 2.7 per farm, compared to 2.3 for other farms; • An organic dairy farms support an average of four jobs per farm; • Organic farmers are younger, and the farms more likely to be staffed by women; • Maine’s organic farmers manage 38,767 acres in organic production — double the amount since since 2002. “Organic agriculture represents a real opportunity for Maine’s economic future,” Libby said. “Young people are choosing to farm here, and they’re creating jobs and businesses that support their local communities.” The report can be found at http://www.dnnmaine. com/mofga/files/Organic%20Impact%20Report.pdf Also Tuesday, Maine Farmland Trust announced it was seeking to purchase 100,000 acres for farming, at an estimated cost of $50 million. “The economic impact from that 100,000 acres is expected to exceed $50 million each year,” said Taylor

Mudge, founder of the State of Maine Cheese Company who is heading the Trust’s fundraiser. “So this is really a good investment.” The organization already has raised $5 million and expects to bring in an additional $40 million from other sources. But it’s the first $10 million which is critical, Mudge said. Seth Bradstreet, commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, said Maine needs profitable farms, but that alone is not enough. “A profitable farm today does not ensure a profitable farm tomorrow especially not if that farm will transfer its value as house lots, not farmland,” Bradstreet said. “No farmer can afford to be profitable if they pay too much for farmland.” Maine Farmland Trust Executive Director John Piotti said, “To secure farming’s future, we need to protect more farms. That will assure that the land is there to grow food and available to future farmers at its value as farmland, not house lots. “ Copyright (c) 2011, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine; Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

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of forgetting them, but I’d like to experience more than this. I would like to take a few months off when I get my bachelor’s degree and go somewhere else. But I worry that Dad would question whether I was making a wise decision. How can I convince him that it would be good for me? And what are some options? Where should a young woman go to gain a little life experience and have some fun before diving back into school? -- Confused and Restless Dear Confused: It is not unusual to want to take a break from your schooling. Many college students travel in order to broaden their life experience. Those with limited means can often ﬁnd summer jobs to cover their basic expenses. Other students do volunteer work in an exotic locale. For you, it is probably best to work within an established group, and you can check out organizations online. We recommend Habitat for Humanity (habitat.org), which helps build homes all over the world for those in need. You’ll be gaining experience while doing good. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Losing it in Canada,” who asked how to teach her children to chew with their mouths closed. Her dilemma reminded me of a suggestion I read in a magazine when my tykes were younger. It was a game called “Pass the Piggy,” and it worked nicely as motivation. Whoever let his or her manners lapse was passed a small plastic piggy, which would sit in front of their plate until the next infraction. The offender who was holding the piggy at the end of the meal was stuck with dish duty. For younger children, the consequences may need adjustment, but this game worked wonders for our family. -- Jacksonville, Fla.

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Thursday, Jan. 13 ‘ObamaCare: How Maine Can Fight Back’ noon to 1:30 p.m. Presented by Christie Herrera, director, Health and Human Services Task Force, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant, 26 Long Wharf, Portland. For more information, please contact Amanda Clark, the Maine Heritage Policy Center, at 321-2550 or aclark@mainepolicy.org. Also same time on Wednesday, Jan. 12 at Sea Dog Brewing Company Banquet Center, 26 Front St. Bangor.

The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 4:30 p.m. The University of Southern Maine and Southern Maine Community College, in collaboration with LearningWorks, will facilitate a four-day project in the after-school programs at Reiche and East End Community Schools that will bring into focus the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a role model. This project will include four enrichment activities lead by students from USM and SMCC, with assistance from University of New England and Casco Bay High School students. Volunteers will lead elementary school students as they explore the ways in which Dr. King was a role model and the ways in which they themselves can be leaders and critical members of their community. Students will learn about Dr. King’s life and explore what aspects of his legacy lead us to describe him as a role model. As the week progresses, the students will identify role models in their immediate community and the characteristics and qualities that they possess that give them the potential to emu- Portland Ovations presents the National Broadway Tour of “Fiddler on the Roof” on Saturday, Jan. 22 at Merrill Auditorium for two performances, 2 p.m. and late Dr. King. A display of the artwork and 7 p.m. (COURTESY PHOTO) photographic documentation of the project’s Paul Haley and former Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble part by the University of Southern Maine Department of activities will be on display in the project’s classrooms at member Kerry Rasor. Featuring references to well-known Theater. $10. www.space538.org/events.php 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Parents and friends are invited to movies such as “La Dolce Vita,” “Close Encounters of the attend. Grants from the University of Maine System, Maine Third Kinds,” and “The Graduate,” the play serves up a Friday, Jan. 14 Campus Compact, and the Maine Commission for Comfeast of memories for movie fans through a series of comic munity Service make this project possible. scenes featuring romantic mishaps. “Crying at Movies” perPortland Democratic City Committee to Host Vigil for Vicforms Jan. 14 through 30, with shows Friday and Saturday ‘Dance Event’ at The Danforth tims of the Arizona Shooting - Friday, January 14th 5:30 night at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 5 p.m. Tickets are $10, featuring Arthur Fink photography p.m. on the steps of Portland City Hall Across the country, $8 for students and seniors, and may be purchased online 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Arthur Fink is holding an unusual kind of people are gathering to honor, remember and hope for the at www.acorn-productions.org or by calling 854-0065. artist’s reception for the exhibition of his dance photogravictims of last Saturday’s shooting in Arizona. The Portland phy now hanging at The Danforth in Portland. He’s created Democratic City Committee invites our community to stand Saturday, Jan. 15 a “Dance Event,” featuring dancer Karen Montanaro sharin solidarity and in peace this Friday, January 14th at 5:30 ing her own improvisational works. Montanaro is an awardp.m. on the steps of Portland’s City Hall. We witnessed a winning choreographer, who has danced with the Ohio Trash and recycling collected tragedy in Arizona and our thoughts are with Democratic Ballet and the Darmstadt Opera Ballet in Germany, and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was critically 6:30 a.m. The Department of Public Services Solid Waste danced principal roles with the Portland Ballet Company. wounded, her family, friends and staff. We are grieving the crews will not collect trash or recycling on Martin Luther She is the recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship Award loss of nine year old Christina Taylor Green, Giffords’ staff King Jr. Day, Jan. 17, the city reminds residents. Those resiand a Good Idea Grant from the Maine Arts Commission. member Gabe Zimmerman, US District Judge John Roll, dents who normally receive collection services on Monday The Danforth is located at 163 Danforth St. in Portland, Dorwan Stoddard, Dorothy Morris and Phyllis Schneck will have their trash and recycling collected this Saturday, Maine (enter on Winter Street), and will be open daily for and send our thoughts to those who were wounded, their Jan. 15. All items should be out by 6:30 a.m. to ensure colvisitors from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The show will be up through families, friends and the entire community. Join the Portlection. If residents have further questions about their trash/ the month of January. Studio/Gallery in Portland, and also land Democratic City Committee this Friday at 5:30 p.m. recycling collection, they can contact the Recycling Hotline on Peaks Island; www.arthurﬁnkphoto.com or af@arthurfon the steps of Portland City Hall. If you are inclined, bring at 756-8189. The Riverside Recycling Facility will be closed inkphoto.com; 615-5722 a candle, a song, peaceful words or a prayer to share with on MLK Day as well, and will resume normal business hours the group. on Tuesday, Jan. 18, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Scarborough Community Chamber 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Scarborough Community Chamber Busi‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse Fore River Sanctuary walk ness After Hours. Thursday, January 13, 2011 Business 7:30 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Portland Trails is excited to announce After 5, Ameriprise Financial Services, 707 Sable Oaks returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning a 2011 Winter Walk series. This free series, made possible Drive, South Portland. www.scarboroughcommunitychamas “Dorothy Gale.” “Full of special effects, colorful cosby a grant from Healthy Portland, is for adults and families ber.com or www.portlandregion.com tumes and all your favorite characters, this show sold with children who are making an effort to get more exercise,

Not Just Another Year! with Pat Grosser

6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Tired of creating resolutions and setting goals that are rarely fulﬁlled by year-end? Look at lessons and insights from 2010; take stock of the present; establish a solid foundation on which to build your new year. This can be your year!” Free; pre-registration required. Phone: 774-2200; Email: info@CancerCommunityCenter. org; Web: www.cancercommunitycenter.org/calendar. Visit 778 Main St. (Rte. 1), South Portland.

out before it opened last season. Because of the intimate space within this 70 seat theater, kids of all ages not only see OZ, they experience it! Due to the demand for tickets, OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a reservation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com.

‘Blood Wedding’

‘Crying at Movies’

7:30 p.m. “Blood Wedding” by Frederico Garcia Lorca. Directed by Tess Van Horn. “A lively, committed theater ensemble comes together to present Lorca’s Blood Wedding, a classic tragedy that is at turns violent, beautiful, strange, and funny. The play deals with the big desires and grudges that can bloom and fester in small towns. Sound familiar? With Amanda Huotari, Peter Brown, Nicholas Schroeder, Pat Mew, Laura Chakravarty Box, Annie Larmon, Dena Riegel, Michael Dix Thomas, Ian Carlsen, Joe Bearor, Amanda Painter, Deirdre Fulton, Andrew Sawyer, and Claire Guyer.” SPACE Gallery. This production made possible in

7:30 p.m. Acorn Productions presents the third play in the company’s inaugural Studio Series when “Crying at Movies,” a new John Manderino play based on his well-received memoir by the same name, premieres in the Acorn Studio Theater. In the piece, Tony recollects how his experiences watching leading ladies in movies as he matured affected his relationships with women. The play is as a tour-de-force for two actors, one of whom serves as narrator and remains on stage the entire play, while the other takes on the roles of more than a dozen women in his life. Acorn’s production is directed by Producing Director Michael Levine, and features Naked Shakespeare’s

but are stymied when it comes to winter recreation. Participants are reminded to wear warm clothing, hats and gloves and bring snowshoes if there is adequate snow on the ground. Portland Trails has snow shoes available (free for members, $5/non-members) which can be reserved ahead of time. Please register for any walk by emailing info@trails. org or calling 775-2411. For more information or to check cancellations due to the weather go to www.trails.org. Trail Foreman Charlie Baldwin will lead a walk through the Fore River Sanctuary. Expect birds, hills, a bridge over the marsh, a beautiful waterfall and historic kiosks explaining the C&O Canal. Meet at the Udder Place, 428 Brighton Ave.

Portland Winter Farmers’ Market 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Portland Winter Farmers’ Market. Shop with 15-plus Maine farmers every week! Located at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, formerly St. Dominic’s church on State Street and Gray Street. Every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until April 23. For more information: www.PortlandMaineWinterMarket.com or ﬁnd the market on Facebook under Portland Maine Winter Market. see next page

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Laughter Training for Professionals 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Laughter Training for Professionals. Become a Laughter Professional with Katie West. $295 for Saturday and Sunday. Sadhana, the Meditation Center, 100 Brickhill Ave., South Portland. FMI: www.SadhanaMe.com.

Draw-a-Thon III to Bring Our War $$ Home 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Draw-a-Thon III to Bring Our War $$ Home. Held in conjunction with Robert Shetterly’s exhibit, “Americans Who Tell the Truth: A Collection of Portraits & Quotes. Paintings by Robert Shetterly,” CODEPINK Maine and The Union of Maine Visual. “Artists are co-sponsoring this opportunity for artists to work with images created at previous Draw-a-Thons, to help the public connect the dots between war spending and budget cuts at home.” Portland Public Library, Monument Square.

Portland Conservatory of Music open house 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Open house, instrument demos, classical, rock, jazz. Try out an instrument or have a mini lesson. Door prizes, free popcorn. Portland Conservatory of Music, 202 Woodfords St., (Woodfords Church) 10 to 1. Free. Five percent off new student tuition. 775-3356 or 318-7465.

Using the Circle Symbol for Art and Healing 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Using the Circle Symbol for Art and Healing with Suzanne Liller & Brady Nickerson. “Circles give us an experience of wholeness amid the chaos of every day life, making the ‘sacred circle,’ one of the very coolest art therapy interventions for both soothing the soul and meeting oneself. Join us for this two-hour art immersion experience; no formal art training/skills are required. Free; pre-registration required. Phone: 774-2200; Email: info@CancerCommunityCenter.org; Web: www.cancercommunitycenter.org/ calendar. Visit 778 Main St. (Rte 1), South Portland.

Ice Seal Response Training Workshop 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. College of the Atlantic’s marine mammal research center, Allied Whale, is also the authorized group for handling rescues and recoveries of marine mammals from Rockland to the Canadian border. To cover this area for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northeast Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network, the college relies on numerous trained volunteers. Allied Whale will be hosting its annual Ice Seal Response Training Workshop in the college’s McCormick Lecture Hall. At the training, volunteers will learn how to conduct marine mammal assessments, how to relay that information to the veterinarian, and how to aid in the collection and transport of the animals to a rehabilitation facility. Rosemary Seton, Marine Mammal Stranding Coordinator, 288-5644, 801-5682, or rseton@coa.edu.

On Monday, Jan. 17, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Hour Exchange Portland, The Southern Sudanese Communities, and Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) will present “From My Eyes: Sudanese in Maine and Beyond” at CTN/Hour Exchange Portland Ofﬁce, 516 Congress St. ABOVE: A woman begins the voting process in southern Sudan’s referendum for independence. (Alan Boswell/MCT)

Church of All God’s Children potluck supper 5 p.m. The Church of All God’s Children will host a potluck supper at the Washington Gardens Community Hall on 66 Churchill St. Cost is $4.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse 2 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning as “Dorothy Gale.” “Full of special effects, colorful costumes and all your favorite characters, this show sold out before it opened last season. Because of the intimate space within this 70 seat theater, kids of all ages not only see OZ, they experience it! Due to the demand for tickets, OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a reservation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com.

Self-help author Steff Deschenes at the Scarborough Bull Moose store 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Self-help author Steff Deschenes will visit the Bull Moose Scarborough store, 456 Payne Road, for a book signing. Deschenes examines life through a humorous review of the parallels between human personalities and ice cream ﬂavors in her newest book, The Ice Cream Theory. The book brings together anecdotes from Deschenes’ own adventures with broader-reaching social commentary to help others recognize the wisdom and joy inherent in a beloved dessert. Deschenes, suffering from a broken heart, realized that people’s likes and dislikes change. Ice cream, with its many ﬂavors and combinations, can be compared to the individual personalities of people. Deschenes’ tongue-in-cheek Theory was called “Charming and humorous, The Ice Cream Theory is an intriguing and highly recommended read that shouldn’t be missed,” by the Midwest Book Review and earned several Readers Favorite awards in the SelfHelp category. Deschenes is from Lewiston.

‘The Juke Box Boys’ 7 p.m. “The Juke Box Boys,” Tribute to Do-Wop; $39.95 p/p ﬁve-course dinner, beer and wine available. Free parking. January 15, 22 and 29 at Anthony’s Dinner Theater, 151 Middle St., Portland. Call for reservations. 221-2267.

Sunday, Jan. 16 Great Northeast Radio Rally

The Portland Winter Farmers’ Market is now every Saturday from Jan. 8 through April 23 at the old St. Dominic’s church, now the Maine Irish Heritage Center. (FILE PHOTO)

9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Blunt Youth Radio Project announced the ﬁrst-ever Great Northeast Radio Rally to be held at University of Southern Maine. The Rally invites audio producers (and aspiring producers) of all ages and stripes to mingle and talk shop while getting new ideas and inspiration for their craft. The Rally will feature workshops on a variety of audio-related topics, including oral history, telling stories through sound, covering elections for radio, pitching

stories to NPR, and creating compelling multimedia. Rally workshop presenter Colin Kelley, a former Blunt member and current Digital Media Specialist at Bates College says, “We’re deluged with this idea that media-making is something that everyone can do. Buzz-words people in my ﬁeld use include: citizen journalist, digital native, multimedia storyteller. Yet, access and training to the tools is limited. Small, radio-centric conferences like the Radio Rally open up the idea that radio really is for everyone.” The Rally runs 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Wishcamper Center on the campus of the University of Southern Maine, and concludes in the evening with what may be the world’s ﬁrst Audio Slam, a friendly but serious competition at Space Gallery in downtown Portland. The Slam starts at 7 p.m., and it is free and open to all ages. The Audio Slam is similar to a poetry slam with a few twists: Audio producers enter 4 minutes of produced audio, and these entries are played and judged live at the Slam in a series of one-minute rounds. The winning prize is $500. Also, all entries will air on Blunt, the weekly show of Blunt Youth Radio on WMPG, Greater Portland Community Radio. Entries are being accepted until Jan. 10 at 5 p.m. More information, competition guidelines, and registration details for the Great Northeast Radio Rally may be found at bluntradio.org. This event is funded through the Maine Arts Commission.

30th Annual MLK Celebration Dinner 6 p.m. From Civil Rights To Human Rights: Martin Luther King Jr., and the Demand for Economic Justice. Reception: 5 p.m.; dinner: 6 p.m. Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland. “In order to acknowledge our historic milestone of 30 years, the traditional breakfast program will take place as a dinner on the night before the King Holiday allowing for the holiday to be utilized for a community conversation on poverty, a March for Justice, and family activities aimed at developing healthy minds, bodies and souls. The dinner includes a keynote address, recognition of exceptional community leadership, and an interactive dinner exercise to glean speciﬁc ways in which we can take action in the ﬁght against poverty. Two high school senior students will serve as MC’s of the program in order to encourage youth participation and leadership in the human rights movement.” www.portlandmlk.net/ see next page

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9:30 a.m. Two generations of prominent social activists — one of them described by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as “the greatest teacher of nonviolence in America” — offer keynote addresses during Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances at Lewiston’s Bates College on Monday, Jan. 17. The college’s theme for its 2011 King Day programming is “Get Up, Stand Up: The Fierce Urgency of Now.” The speakers are the Rev. James Lawson, a deﬁnitive ﬁgure in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ‘60s, and Asher Kolieboi, co-director of an organization that works against campus violence toward members of the lesbiangay-bisexual-transgender community. All MLK Day events at Bates are open to the public at no cost. For more information, please call 786-6400 or visit the college website at www.bates.edu.

6 p.m. The film “M.C. Richards: The Fire Within” will be screened at the Maine College of Art, Osher Hall, 522 Congress St. The movie “is a love poet’s journey into discovering the delicate links between creativity and the imagination. In rare documentary footage about this pivotal figure in the New York avant garde, we witness Mary Caroline Richards (1916-1999) engage in contemplative questioning regarding the nature of art, imagination, wholeness, and community. Known for her influential book ‘CENTERING,’ M.C. was head of faculty at the experimental Black Mountain College (1949-51) serving with Robert Rauschenberg, Willem deKooning, Arthur Penn, Buckminster Fuller, Merce Cunningham, and John Cage among others. This film has been selected for nine international film festivals and won Best Film in the 2010 Image Gazer Film Festival. Filmmakers Richard Kane and Melody Lewis-Kane will present the film at MECA’s Osher Hall, 522 Congress St., Portland. Admission free.” Sponsored by Maine College of Art. www. kanelewis.com

Debbie and Friends at One Longfellow 11 a.m. Debbie and Friends at One Longfellow Square. These concerts are fun for the whole family. Parents and kids join in this interactive “variety show,” which includes a diverse array of styles including rock, pop, country, reggae, and Broadway-esque tunes. You’ll become the Big Bad Wolf and blow the house down, ﬁx Rosie’s wrong rhymes, test your skills with the Simon Sez Song, and share a special moment with your loved ones singing “Love Is a Family.” $8 adv/$10 door, Kids 2 and under get in free! www.debbieandfriends.net

Capoeira: From Africa to Brazil to Maine 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Merrill Auditorium Rehearsal Hall. Portland’s capoeira Mestre Joao Bordallo lectures on the religious, historical, and contemporary vitality of capoeira, a martial art form created by African slaves in Brazil over 400 years ago. http://portlandovations.org

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MLK March for Justice 2 p.m. Preble Street Resource Center to Portland City Hall. An open community conversation will be held at Preble Street Resource Center beginning at 1 p.m. “Following the community conversation from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., marchers will walk from Preble Street Resource Center to the steps of city hall to give voice to our commitment and solidarity in addressing poverty in our community. A large copy of MLK’s Bill of Economic Rights and proposed Community Compact for Justice will be displayed. Key business leaders, antipoverty leaders, tribal representatives and human rights advocates will brieﬂy speak.” www.portlandmlk.net

‘Sudanese in Maine and Beyond’ 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Hour Exchange Portland, The Southern Sudanese Communities, and Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) present “From My Eyes: Sudanese in Maine and Beyond” at CTN/Hour Exchange Portland Ofﬁce, 516 Congress St., Portland. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Hour Exchange Portland, The Southern Sudanese Communities, and Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) present “From My Eyes: Sudanese in Maine and Beyond,” an evening of multicultural education featuring speakers from Darfur and Southern Sudan at the CTN/Hour Exchange ofﬁces at 516 Congress St. Speakers will share stories from their experiences migrating to the United States, and information about the current political climate in Sudan. Following the presentations, the audience is encouraged to engage in a Question and Answer session with the speakers. This event is open to the public, and international refreshments will be provided. Donations are requested to support local organizations such as Fur Cultural Revival. For further information, please contact Sarah Davis at 207-653-1750 or at sdavis@ccmaine.org, or El-Fadel Arbab at 207-221-5197 or at elfadelfcr@gmail.com .

Midnight Metaphysical Society 7 p.m. The Midnight Metaphysical Society will conduct its ﬁrst discussion group meeting at the Southworth Planetarium in Portland. Even though the group is called the “Midnight Metaphysical Society,” each month’s group begins at 7 p.m., the planetarium notes. “The word ‘midnight’ pertains to the location: the planetarium’s night dome.” “We are very pleased to work with the Southworth Planetarium as a venue in exploring the more eclectic questions regarding the nature of reality and existence,” said Natalie Angela organizer and facilitator of The Midnight Metaphysical Society. “In these turbulent times as we are bombarded by an onslaught of one disaster after another the need to explore and understand the deeper meaning of existence becomes ever more urgent and timely. Exploration and practical application is the focus of MMS,” the group noted. “While MMS is grounded in classical metaphysics, we are a catalyst for the integration of the philosophy of existence with the practical reality of living in the world ... what good is this knowledge if you don’t apply it to bring peace of mind, help and healing to yourself and others ... especially now? said Angela. The Midnight Metaphysical Society is open to the public. All are invited to attend. For more information please contact Natalie Angela via email at natalie@abcacim.org or the Southworth Planetarium at 780-4249.

On Wednesday, Feb. 2, SPACE Gallery will be screening a heavymetal ﬁlm. Over four decades, Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister has registered an immeasurable impact on music history. Nearly 65, he remains the living embodiment of the rock and roll lifestyle, and this feature-length documentary tells his story, one of a hard-living rock icon who continues to enjoy the life of a man half his age. SPACE Gallery is located at 538 Congress St. Call 8285600. Doors open at 7 p.m. The ﬁlm begins at 7:30 p.m. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Tuesday, Jan. 18 Succession Planning for Businesses 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Peter Plumb, co-founder and senior director of Murray, Plumb & Murray, will host a free seminar, “Succession Planning for Businesses and Family Real Estate” at the firm’s office at 75 Pearl St. in Portland. This seminar will lead attendees through the often confusing and difficult questions of succession planning for businesses and family real estate. Owners of small businesses nearing retirement frequently struggle with decisions about whether to sell their business and on what terms. Families that own property together face difficult questions of how to use, maintain, govern and ultimately transfer ownership. This presentation will provide attendees with principles that will guide them through this process and increase the chances of a favorable outcome. The seminar is free but registration is required. To reserve a seat, contact Kathy Willette at 523-8243 or at kwillette@mpmlaw.com. Refreshments will be provided.

Supplements in Integrative Cancer Care 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Nutritional & Herbal Supplements in Integrative Cancer Care with Colleen Tetzlaff. “Integrative cancer care and the role of nutritional supplements, including immunonutrition and herbal medicine, which can extend the quantity and quality of life for cancer patients. A personalized, systemic and targeted approach to treating the patient.” Free; pre-registration required. Phone: 774-2200; Email: info@CancerCommunityCenter.org; Web: www.can-

7 p.m. Glickman Library (seventh floor) at University of Southern Maine, 314 Forest Ave., Portland. Reception marking the exhibition (on fifth floor) of prison paintings by Antonio Guerrero. “Vinie Burrows will speak, dedicating the evening to the late Rev. Lucius Walker. She calls for Antonio’s freedom and that of four other Cuban men serving unjust sentences in U.S. prisons.” http://usm.maine.edu/ gallery/cal.html or www.peaceactionme.org

Balé Folclórico da Bahia 7:30 p.m. Balé Folclórico da Bahia brings thrilling choreography, joyous rhythms, and a feisty, sensual exuberance to every performance. The 38-member troupe of dancers, instrumentalists, and singers performs a repertory based on Bahian folkloric dances of African origin including slave dances; capoeira, a form of martial arts; samba de roda and the lively traditions celebrating Carnival. The centerpiece of the evening, Sacred Heritage, is a work rooted in the AfroBrazilian religion of Candomblé, created for the 20th anniversary of the company, and seen in the U.S. for the ﬁrst time on this tour. $44; $38; $32. Members: $40; $34; $29. Students: $15. Merrill Auditorium.

48th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival 7:30 p.m. Film event: Traveling tour of the 48th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival; Program 1: Wednesday, Jan. 19; Program 2: Wednesday, Jan. 26. SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. Doors open at 7 p.m. Film begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission $7, $5 for SPACE members and MECA students. Co-presented by the ICA at The Maine College of Art. The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the longest-running independent and experimental film festival in North America, established in 1963. Internationally recognized as a premiere forum for independent filmmakers and artists, each year’s festival engages audiences with remarkable cinematic experiences. The AAFF is a pioneer of the traveling film festival tour and each year presents short films programs at more than 30 theaters, universities, museums and art house cinemas throughout the world.

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Bayside Fuzz Fest at Bayside Bowl 8:30 p.m. The Outsiders, Jonny Earthquake Band and Whistlebait Burlesque. 21 plus.

Noonday Concert at First Parish noon. Free Noonday Concerts feature faculty members from the Portland Conservatory of Music, organists from the area and guest artists. There are soloists, chamber ensembles, choral groups and jazz musicians included in the Noonday concert series. Featuring Harold Stover, organ, Jennifer Elowich, violin. FMI: First Parish 773.5747 or www.ﬁrstparishportland.org

Tuesday, Jan. 25 ‘From Russia With Love’ 7:30 p.m. “From Russia With Love” Tuesday Classical in Merrill Auditorium. This concert opens with the world premiere of Elliott Schwartz’s Diamond Jubilee, co-commissioned by the PSO for the composer’s 75th birthday. Guest pianist Andrew von Oeyen will then join the orchestra for Prokoﬁev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. The Los Angeles Times declared von Oeyen possessed of “indisputable gifts [and] an extravagantly thorough and effortless technique.” The evening will conclude with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, the politically-charged composition with hidden messages underneath the crowd-pleasing lyricism. A Concert Conversation will be held at 6:15 p.m. Following the concert patrons are invited to a PostConcert Q&A with the artists and then to Restaurant Grace for an Afterglow cocktail reception. www.portlandsymphony.org.

Friday, Jan. 14 Sam James at One Longfellow 8 p.m. “Take the songwriting of Bill Withers and Tom Waits. Now combine that with the soul power and energy of James Brown. And the charisma of P.T. Barnum. Enter in the guitar playing of Leo Kotke and you’re starting to get an idea of what Samuel James is all about. Samuel James is like a time machine — the same one that keeps Son House and Mississippi John Hurt traveling back to the public consciousness.” — The Portland Phoenix. $7. One Longfellow Square, Congress Street at State Street.

Friday, Jan. 28

Highland Soles 7:30 p.m. Highland Soles will share its talents with Portland audiences at Woodford Congregational Church’s Memorial Hall. Tickets are $14 ($9 for students and seniors) at the door, and $12/$8 in advance at www.highlandsoles.com. This is the band’s third annual January concert at Memorial Hall, the ﬁrst two having been sponsored by the Portland Conservatory of Music, where Ed taught ﬁddle for six years. Being near to Jan. 25, the birthday of Scotland’s great bard and songwriter Robert Burns, some Burns music and stories will be included. Flavors of Irish, jazz and classical will be heard as well. More info at 767-6396 or info@highlandsoles.com.

Saturday, Jan. 15 Ramblin’ Red CD release at Mayo St. 8 p.m. Inspired by the crashing of the ocean, the creak of the back porch, the crunch of homemade tacos, and the wonders of wine, Portland Maine based quartet Ramblin’ Red takes you down original folk roads with old-time twists and bluegrass turns, in funky dance-off shoes. Celebrating the release of The Acorn EP, Ramblin Red plays with guests Monique Barret and FEN. From Beatles covers to the traditions such as songs from The Seldom Scene and Bill Monroe Fen mixes a variety of styles, arrangements, and instruments to produce an entirely new and unique style of bluegrass. Driving accompaniment from banjo, guitar, ﬁddle, mandolin, bass and piano complement strong vocals and four part harmonies creating a whole new live experience. $8 advance, $10 day-of.

Ramblin’ Red counts among its members Anna-Maria Tocci, Sorcha Cribben-Merrill, Patia Maule and Therese Workman (pictured). The group will have a CD release at Mayo Street Arts on Saturday, Jan. 15. (COURTESY PHOTO) concert series. Featuring the Portland String Quartet. FMI: First Parish 773.5747 or www.ﬁrstparishportland.org

Soul Clap! Dance-off at SPACE 9 p.m. You’ve heard of emcee battles, you’ve heard of air guitar competitions but are you ready for a dance-off? New York maximum rock and roll party machine DJ Jonathan Toubin returns to SPACE after repeatedly bringing us the best dance parties we’ve ever had. SOUL CLAP is making it’s way across the nation where everyone is welcome to get down to classic 45s from Etta James to James Brown. You can move your feet to your favorites AND get your mind blown by Toubin’s crate of obscure soul gems. Later in the evening, the bravest, boldest, and baddest can choose to compete in the dance-off, grab a number, and compete for a $100 cash prize (and some serious clout). The competition winner is determined by a panel of local judges, a celebrity smorgasbord of some of your favorite faces in town. SOUL CLAP has become notorious in New York and all over the world for bringing together wild raucous crowds of folks young and old who want to dance and prove that they know how to shake their thing. Come show us what you’ve got. $5, 18 plus.

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Thursday, Jan. 20 Noonday Concert at First Parish noon. Free Noonday Concerts feature faculty members from the Portland Conservatory of Music, organists from the area and guest artists. There are soloists, chamber ensembles, choral groups and jazz musicians included in the Noonday

Robot Party at Mayo Street Arts 8 p.m. ID M Theft able, Power Lines and Computer at Sea invade Mayo Street Arts for an electro-robot dance party! ID M Theft able: Portland based audio performance artist. Power Lines: Portland based instrumental/electronic duo. Computer at Sea: Portland based live electronics act. $5

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