The Portland Daily Sun, Friday, November 19, 2010

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BY CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

In a move that increases chances that international ferry service returns to New England next year, the Nova Scotia provincial government has agreed to subsidize some start-up costs for the service, officials in Canada confirmed.

Meanwhile, the Yarmouth (NS) group pursuing

restoration of the service has narrowed its vendor search from four proposals to two, officials said.

The Daily Sun has also learned that the Yarmouth process has stalled because provincial officials have demanded more information before committing to either of the plans under consideration.

At issue is restoring the decades-old ferry link between New England and Nova Scotia that ended

when the high-speed Cat stopped service. While Yarmouth officials insist they can create a service for next year, they conceded that such a late start brings many economic challenges.

While the Cat received millions of dollars in annual Nova Scotia subsidies, the government had signaled little interest in subsidizing the see FERRY page 3

Holiday spruce a tight squeeze City’s 50-foot Christmas tree trucked to square

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A 50-foot tall Colorado blue spruce was a tight squeeze on Congress Street Thursday morning, creating a momentary bottleneck in the Arts District as a team of city staff and volunteers guided this year’s municipal Christmas tree to Monument Square.

It was up to the skills of Dan McGuinness, driver with Shaw Brothers Construction, to make the necessary Diane Rood pauses at the High Street intersection with Congress Street as the city’s Christmas tree passes on its way to Monument Square Thursday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Olympia Sports to shut down its Congress Street location

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Olympia Sports is closing its downtown location at the end of December after 13 years of business.

The company said the decision to close the store at 544 Congress Street was based on several factors. The state of the economy, “has caused all retailers to evaluate each location very

carefully,” according to a press statement from the company Thursday.

“We feel as though our surrounding locations adequately serve the greater Portland community, and afford us the opportunity to effectively provide our Portland area residents with the service and convenience they have come to rely on us for,” said the release. see OLYMPIA page 3

see TREE page 16 Olympia Sports will be closing their location at 544 Congress St. at the end of December.

When the L.L. Bean Outlet adjacent to the sporting goods store closed in September, a representative with Olympia Sports confirmed that the business does have an opt-out clause in its lease that allows Olympia to leave the space upon L.L. Bean’s departure.

(MATT DODGE PHOTO)

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‘Harry Potter’ actors share torrid kiss LONDON (AP) — Daniel Radcliffe was expecting a tender embrace when it came time to kiss co-star Emma Watson in the new “Harry Potter” film. What he got was torrid necking, Watson working magic with her lips “like an animal,” he said.

“I thought it was going to be like a soft, sensual sort of moment, and it was this very vigorous kissing scene,” said Radcliffe, reprising the title role in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,” the second-to-last of the big-screen adventures about the teen wizard, which opens Friday.

“She really went for it, I have to say. It caught me slightly off guard, but yeah, I’m not complaining. Many men would lose a limb to be in that position,” Radcliffe said in an interview.

The film casts Harry and best pals Hermione Granger (Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) out into the world to fend for themselves, and the journey puts severe strain on their friendship.

Under the spell of an artifact containing part of the evil Voldemort’s soul, Ron is sent into a jealous rage by a vision of Hermione, the girl he loves, and Harry taunting him as a third wheel in their relationship. Hermione and Harry then turn to each other and do some kissing that looks positively bestial.

“That was mainly Emma, I have to say,” said director David Yates.

The first take was too tame, and Yates said he told the actors it needed to be more “pagan and mad.”

That’s when Watson really delivered.

“I guess I just realized that I would have fewer takes to do if I just got on with it and just gave David what he wanted, which was a passionate kiss. Which was something that would really rock Ron’s boat and really be quite painful and nasty for him to watch,” Watson said.

Grint shot Ron’s raging reactions alone, without Watson and Radcliffe on set. But he was on hand for Watson and Radcliffe’s portions, though he was struck by a case of the giggles watching the colleagues he grew up with in the “Harry Potter” franchise getting down and dirty.

“When they were there actually filming that kiss, they did actually want me there to kind of play off something, but I just found that too funny,” Grint said. “Emma sent me out because I kept laughing. It just looked really strange.”

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Ethics panel urges censure for Rangel WASHINGTON (AP) — The House ethics committee on Thursday recommended censure for longtime Rep. Charles Rangel, suggesting that the New York Democrat suffer the embarrassment of standing before his colleagues while receiving an oral rebuke by the speaker for financial and fundraising misconduct.

Censure is the most serious congressional discipline short of expulsion. The House, which could change the recommended discipline by making it more serious or less serious, probably will consider the recommendation after Thanksgiving.

The ethics committee voted 9-1 to recommend censure and that Rangel pay any taxes he owes on income from a vacation villa in the Dominican Republic. The five Democrats and five Republicans on the panel deliberated for about three hours behind closed doors.

Earlier, at a sanctions hearing, the 20-term congressman apologized for his misconduct but said he was not a crooked politician out for personal gain. He was in the House hearing room when the ethics committee chairman, Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California, announced the recommendation.

Rangel faced Lofgren after the verdict and said, “I hope you can see your way clear to indicate any action taken by me was not with the intention of bringing any disgrace on the House or enriching myself personally.”

The vote against censure probably came from Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., a former member of his state’s Supreme Court. He said before deliberations that he believed the facts merited a reprimand. A less serious punishment, a reprimand requires a House vote, but there’s no oral rebuke.

It’s unclear how much Rangel owes in taxes. An ethics committee document indicated he owed $16,775 as of 1990, but Rangel has paid some of his back taxes.

The ethics committee’s chief counsel, Blake Chisam, had recommended censure for Rangel. The ethics committee could

have opted for lighter punishments, such as a reprimand, a fine or a report deploring the congressman’s behavior. Chisam, responding to questions from committee members, said he personally believed that Rangel’s conduct did not amount to corruption.

Rangel, 80, ended the sanctions hearing with an emotional plea to salvage his reputation.

Before speaking, Rangel sat for several minutes trying to compose himself. He placed his hands over his eyes and then his chin, before he slowly stood up and said in a gravelly voice that was barely audible: “I don’t know how much longer I have to live.”

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. goes over his notes while appearing before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Maine House Democrats choose leaders AUGUSTA (AP) — Now a minority in Maine’s House of Representatives for the first time in three decades, Democrats on Thursday chose their key state budget negotiator as their floor leader for the upcoming twoyear session, while promising to return in two years as a majority once again.

For minority leader, the Democrats chose Rep. Emily Cain of Orono over Reps. Seth Berry of Bowdoinham and Cynthia Dill of Cape Elizabeth.

Cain served for the last two years as Appropriations Committee’s House chair, while Berry served as in the No. 2 floor position as majority whip.

Dill, a lawyer, has served two House terms.

As head of Appropriations, Cain played a key role in difficult budget deliberations involving both parties, experience she said put her in a unique position the lead a caucus that has not been relegated to minority status since the 1973-74 session.

Even though she’s barred by Maine’s term limits from seeking a fifth consecutive term in 2012, Cain pledged to recruit Democratic legislative candidates who can help restore her party’s control of the House, she said.

“Today is not an end, just a moment in the process,” said Cain, who urged caucus members to view themselves “not as a new minority but as an emerging majority.”

Facing the committee members, he asked them to “see your way clear to say, ‘This member was not corrupt.’”

He continued: “There’s no excuse for my behavior and no intent to go beyond what has been given to me as a salary. I apologize for any embarrassment I’ve caused you individually and collectively as a member of the greatest institution in the world.”

In the most dramatic clash of the proceeding, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, questioned the assertion of Rangel — the former chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee — that he wasn’t corrupt.

“Failure to pay taxes for 17 years. What is that?” McCaul asked, referring to Rangel’s shortchanging the Internal Revenue Service on rental income from his villa in the Dominican Republic.

McCaul also noted the committee’s finding that Rangel solicited donors for the Charles B. Rangel Center at City College of New York from donors who had business before the Ways and Means Committee.

After an investigation that began in summer 2008, Rangel was convicted Tuesday by a jury of his House peers on 11 of 13 charges of rules violations.

He was found to have improperly used official resources — congressional letterheads and staff — to raise funds from businesses and foundations for the Rangel Center. A brochure with some of Rangel’s solicitation letters asked for $30 million, or $6 million a year for five years.

He also was found guilty of filing a decade’s worth of misleading annual financial disclosure forms that failed to list hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets, and failure to pay taxes on his Dominican unit.

Chisam said donations to the Rangel Center were going poorly, then spiked after Rangel rose to the top of the Ways and Means Committee. He noted the center would benefit minority students and asked, “What kid of example is that of what public service ought to be?”

Jobless benefits to expire as Congress debates tax WASHINGTON (AP) — Jobless benefits will run out for 2 million people during the holiday season unless they are renewed by a Congress that’s focusing more attention on a quarrel over preserving tax cuts for people making more than $200,000 a year.

It’s looking iffy at best whether Congress will renew jobless benefits averaging $310 per week nationwide that are presently claimed by almost 5 million people who have been out of work for more than six months.

An extension of jobless benefits enacted this summer expires Dec. 1, and on Thursday, a bill to extend them for three months failed in the House.

Democrats brought the bill to the floor under fasttrack rules that required a two-thirds vote to pass.

Republicans opposed the legislation because they were denied a chance to attach spending cuts, so the measure fell despite winning a 258-154 majority.

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Ferry subsidy confirmed FERRY from page one

replacement service. That has apparently changed, at least in the initial phases.

“Yes, the province has indicated it may fund some starting costs,” said Dave Whiting, director of the Yarmouth Area Industrial Commission, in a telephone interview Wednesday. The assistance would not likely extend to operating expenses, he added. As examples of what might be funded, he said a more intensive marketing campaign to offset a late start or perhaps help with a boat.

Whiting said that “... service for next year, that’s out goal, that’s still our goal.”

Service for the 2011 summer season has been dismissed as economically unfeasible by at least one other group considering a New England-Canada ferry based from Halifax. Portland officials, including the city manager, have said such service seems unlikely.

Whiting also confirmed that his organization’s process has been slowed by provincial officials seeking more information. “They don’t want to write a blank check,” he explained.”We’re trying to verify some numbers in the proposals.”

“I thought we could have wrapped this up,” said Whiting. “At this point, we don’t have enough [information] to satisfy the province.”

He said officials are concerned, in part, because of the extensive costs of the Cat, which was approved for up to $12 million in annual payments although it actually required about $8 million. Multi-million dollar subsidies are common for the Canadian ferry systems.

As for the two companies still in the running to operate the service, details of their plans are being kept private. While Portland is still considered a favorite for the New England ferry port, Whiting also confirmed that both Boston and Bar Harbor are in the running.

Whether it comes next summer or not, the restored ferry service is unlikely to replicate the high-speed crossing that brought the Cat international fame, but decreased on-board revenue and reportedly caused more sea sickness.

Instead, it will be replaced by more of a cruise service with the capacity to carry trucks. The vehicle capacity is important because the ferry brings Nova Scotia trucked products, especially seafood, closer to American markets.

Marijuana caregivers form unit AUGUSTA (AP) — Just as doctors and pharmacists have done, Maine medical marijuana caregivers are forming a trade association to give them a unified voice in the state. But its members say it also will help to ensure good prices for the pain-easing drug and advocate for patients.

“We’re here first and foremost to advocate on behalf of people’s whose job this is,” Jonathan Leavitt, board chairman of Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine said Thursday. “We’re also here to guarantee that patients get the best prices, and that’s going to be done by forming real solid relationships with caregivers and helping them network to lower their prices.”

The announcement at the State House came a year after Maine voters expanded a decade-old medical marijuana law. The law set the stage for a formal system for obtaining the drug and authorized one dispensary for each of the state’s eight regional public health districts.

Maine also allows caregivers to provide one-on-one services to patients who suffer from chronic, painful illnesses and find relief in marijuana.

About 100 of the roughly 500 caregivers in the state have banded together in the new trade association, Leavitt said.

Besides creating a setting for making patient referrals, Leavitt sees the association as a single voice to advocate for common interests. For example, its members see a need to drop a portion of the law that requires marijuana-treated patients to be registered with the state.

“We resent that,” said Leavitt, who noted that recipients of other medi-

cines don’t have to be registered.

The state Health and Human Services Department said there are now 102 registered patients and about 100 more applicants. But officials are anticipating 800 more later this year as dispensaries gear up for services. Caregivers also would like to be allowed to legally posses more than 2.5 ounces of marijuana.

The association provides caregivers with a network for exchanges of supplies of marijuana, which Leavitt said can help them to offer marijuana to patients for significantly less than the $350 to $400 per ounce he says some dispensaries charge.

Leo Trudel, executive director of Safe Alternatives, a dispensary in the northern Maine town of Frenchville, said his business charges $250 an ounce, although he acknowledged that prices are not cheap, due to quality assurance costs and the laws of supply and demand.

“Growing marijuana for medical use is not like growing tomatoes in your backyard,” Trudel said.

But caregivers see themselves as alternatives to dispensaries for patients, not competitors.

“Would I tell a patient not to use a dispensary? Absolutely not,” said Fred Kessler, a patient who suffers from Chron’s disease and is on the board of the caregivers’ association.

Kessler, a former unsuccessful applicant to operate a dispensary in western Maine, sees a role for the caregivers association in establishing standards for the drug and self-policing in addition to working with state policymakers.

Traffic passes the vacant L.L. Bean Outlet store adjacent to Olympia sporting goods in a scene on Congress Street earlier this week.

(DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

No full-time layoffs planned OLYMPIA from page one

When the L.L. Bean Outlet adjacent to the sporting goods store closed in September, a representative with Olympia Sports confirmed that the business has an opt-out clause in its lease that allows them to leave the space upon L.L. Bean’s departure.

The recent closing of the outlet store on Congress Street, while not identified as the primary reason for the decision to close, was a factor, according to the press release.

Both the Olympia Sports space and the former L.L. Bean Outlet property are owned by Craig Foster, with leasing handled by commercial real estate firm CB Richard Ellis/The Boulos Company.

At the time of the L.L. Bean closing, Carla Manganello with Olympia Sports said that the store would remain at 544 Congress until after the holiday shopping season, and would reassess its tenancy after Christmas.

“We’ll see how we do with L.L. Bean’s being gone, it’s never been a strong store for us but we do it because we like supporting the downtown area,” said Manganello in September.

With 25,000 square feet, the L.L. Bean/Olympia Sports space is one of the downtown Arts District’s largest commercial spaces, and has been eyed by some for a potential role in the arts and culture community.

The property also features an updated HVAC system, and entrances off both Congress and Free streets, according to CBRE broker Drew Sigfridson.

“We’ve reached out to some of the people that runs art galleries and are

involved in the art community, but we have not have any interest from them,” said Sigfridson in September.

“With 25,000 feet of space, you need someone who has the skills and network to manage that,” said City Councilor David Marshall. “You will not be able to find one arts-related group able to fill that footprint. It would have to be collaboration of entities and someone with managerial ability to make that happen,” he said.

“Worse case scenario, the space remains vacant for period of time, and if we’re unable to find a tenant or unable to create a collaboration, then art or an installation in the space can provide sense that there is some activity,” said Marshall, who runs a local artists co-op in the district at the Constellation Gallery. “It would be far better than having vacant box of 25,000 square feet.”

Olympia Sports has 28 locations across the state and 150 stores throughout New England, New York and Pennsylvania.

The announcement comes after Olympia Sports opened a new location in Old Town on Wednesday. Locations near Portland include the Maine Mall, Northgate, Falmouth, Scarborough and Westbrook.

There will be no full-time layoffs associated with the closing of the store and transfers will be offered to interested employees, according to the release. The company said the sporting goods chain has never laid off a full time employee.

A liquidation sale will be running at the store until its closing at the end of December.

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Time to tear down Wrigley Field?

Wrigley Field: It’s one of the most iconic stadiums in America, with a distinctive urban location, nearly a century of history and an old-fashioned ambience. It’s the best thing about the Chicago Cubs since Ernie Banks. But, as was once the case with Ernie Banks, maybe it’s time to admit that Wrigley can’t go on forever.

That’s the obvious conclusion to draw from the organization’s request for taxpayers to “invest” up to $300 million in the park. The Ricketts family spent $845 million to acquire the Cubs from Tribune Co. last year, the highest price ever paid for a Major League Baseball franchise.

But now the new owners find they can’t afford the upkeep on their elderly home, which ––––– runs about $10 million a year.

Creators So they want the state, Syndicate county and city to divert a share of future entertainment taxes to help fund a major renovation. Never mind that the state of Illinois is broke and the city of Chicago has a record budget deficit.

Chairman Tom Ricketts says the owners can’t justify putting more money into the park and the adjacent area “unless you know Wrigley is going to

Steve Chapman

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Who fed the tiger?

Missiles fired from the Chinese mainland could destroy five of the six major U.S. air bases in the Far East. So states a new report of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, adding: “Saturation missile strikes could destroy U.S. air defenses, runways, parked aircraft, and fuel and maintenance facilities.

Complicating this scenario is the future deployment of China’s anti-ship ballistic missile, which could hold U.S. aircraft carriers at bay outside their normal operating range.”

Opposite Taiwan, China’s missile force has reached 1,600.

Beijing is also building rockets, submarines and surface fleets to extend her dominance out to the third chain of islands, enabling the People’s Liberation Army to strike U.S. carriers and bases as far away as Guam.

Since the demise of the bluewater navy of Russian Adm. Sergei Gorshkov, the Pacific has been an American lake. No more.

China lays claim to all the Paracel and Spratly islands of the South China Sea, all the Senkakus in the East China Sea, and all the oil and gas beneath and around those islets and reefs.

America’s offer to mediate these claims, which involve half a dozen other anxious Asian nations, has been rudely rebuffed

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by Beijing.

At the G20 gathering in Seoul, South Korea, Barack Obama got an earful from China about the Fed sinking the dollar and learned that Beijing would not be revaluing its currency to help with our chronic trade deficits.

As China holds a huge share of U.S. debt, Obama is not about to get sassy with our banker, who might just cut off the credit America, running a budget deficit of 10 percent of gross domestic product, desperately needs.

Napoleon said of the Middle Kingdom, “Let (China) sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” The shaking has begun.

So the question arises: Who put us in this predicament? Who awakened, fed and nurtured this tiger to where she is growling at all Asia and baring her teeth at the United States? Answer: the free trade uber alles Republicans.

Richard Nixon opened China.

His 1972 Shanghai communique pointed inexorably to what Jimmy Carter did in 1979: break

Napoleon said of the Middle Kingdom, “Let (China) sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” The shaking has begun. relations and abrogate our security pact with Taiwan, and recognize the People’s Republic as the sole legitimate government of China.

In 1982, the Ronald Reagan White House signed on to a communique with Deng Xiaoping’s China by which we agreed to reduce and eventually end all arms sales to Taiwan as tensions in the strait diminished.

Under George H.W. Bush, Beijing’s crushing of the Tiananmen Square protest with tanks was not allowed to interfere with business.

Repeatedly, Republicans voted to extend most-favored-nation status to China. Dissenters were castigated as “isolationists and protectionists.”

Under Bush II, the GOP made MFN permanent and sponsored Beijing’s entry into the World Trade Organization, despite China’s downing of a U.S. surveillance plane and incarceration of its American crew on Hainan see BUCHANAN page 5

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Wrigley, while attractive in many ways, faces demise CHAPMAN from page 4

be there.” Left unspoken is the prospect that it won’t be there — that the Cubs will move to new quarters in the suburbs or raze the old park and put up something suited to the needs of a 21st-century team.

Not a bad idea. Wrigley is attractive and charming in many ways, but it’s like driving a vintage car: After a while, the novelty is not enough to justify the antiquated design.

The ivy-covered walls and manually operated scoreboard have to be balanced against the cramped concourses, primitive restrooms, modest kitchen facilities and obstructed views.

To even think of replacing the nostalgia-drenched ballpark is heresy to diehard Cubs fans. But Yankee Stadium was even richer in history and tradition — winning tradition, by the way — when the Yankees abandoned it in 2008.

This year, the Dallas Cowboys managed to suppress sentiment long enough to demolish Texas Stadium, probably the most recognizable facility in the National Football League and just 39 years old.

Ricketts envisions playing in Wrigley for another 50 years. In what universe does that make sense?

He argues this would be a no-lose deal for the public because all the tax

Painters Mike Kwiatkowski (left) and Bill Barnoski with the National Decorating Co. paint the historic Wrigley Field marquee from red to Northwestern University purple Monday in Chicago. Northwestern will host Illinois for a Big Ten Conference game Saturday, Nov. 20. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

revenue to be diverted to the Cubs is money that would not be generated without their presence in Wrigley.

“Those are dollars that wouldn’t have been spent anywhere,” he said in a meeting with the Tribune editorial board.

Wrong. “These things may affect where people spend, but not what they spend,” says University of Chicago economist Allen Sanderson.

People allocate a certain share of their budgets for entertainment.

Absent the Cubs, they will go to movies, concerts, museums, White Sox games, Six Flags Great America or Navy Pier.

But it’s not as though the Cubs would be absent. Blessed with one of the biggest markets in America, and fans who turn out win or lose, they are not about to pick up and move to Nashville.

So they should be thinking of how to make the best of their location. A new park would rid the Cubs of their maintenance headaches, while providing them better ways to relieve fans of cash — lots of luxury boxes, better dining, new shops and diversions.

It would allow the team to hire better players and pamper them in style. The architect could lovingly

re-create the treasured features of the existing stadium, while omitting the shortcomings.

I am not immune to the appeal of Wrigley, though I was wearing a Cardinals cap the last time I went.

But I am immune to the appeal of using tax dollars to enrich a private business. If you own a building that is falling apart, you should either sell it, spend the money to fix it up or admit it’s not worth saving — not ask your neighbors to pick up the tab.

The Cubs can command ample resources. They have the thirdhighest ticket prices in baseball, and they outdraw 23 other clubs.

Sure, lots of other teams have gotten government help with their parks, including the Bears and the Sox. But not only were they also bad deals for the public, they were made in an era when our governments had plenty of money to waste.

That day, you may have noticed, is over. Could be Wrigley Field’s time has passed as well.

(Steve Chapman blogs daily at newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/ steve_chapman. To find out more about Chapman, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators. com.)

China ignores WTO, puts its own interests first BUCHANAN from page 4

Island. Colin Powell was forced to apologize.

For decades, corporate America championed investing in China and trade with China, though the massive transfer of U.S. factories, technologies and jobs was clearly empowering China and weakening America.

Now, with U.S. political, military, industrial and strategic decline vis a vis China manifest to the world, we hear the wails of American businessmen that they are not being treated fairly by the Chinese. And the politicians responsible for building up China are now talking tough about confronting and containing China.

Sorry, but that cat cannot be walked back.

Review commission chair Dan Slane says his members have concluded that “China is adopting a highly discriminatory policy of favoring domestic producers over foreign manufacturers. Under the guise of fostering ‘indigenous innovation’ ... the government of China appears determined to exclude foreigners from bidding on government contracts at the central, provincial and local levels.”

Imagine that! The Chinese are ignoring WTO rules and putting China first. Don’t they understand how the Global Economy works? You’re not supposed to tilt the field in favor of the home team.

One knows not whether to laugh or cry.

The policy the Chinese are pursuing, economic nationalism, was virtually invented by the Republican Party. Protectionism was the declared policy of the GOP from the day its first president took office in 1861 to the day Calvin Coolidge left in 1929.

Free trade was the policy of a Great Britain whose clocks those generations of Americans cleaned, even as the Chinese are cleaning ours.

As for a U.S. policy of containment, we have no vital interest in China’s border dispute with India, or Beijing’s claims to islands in the South and East

China seas, or in China’s claims against Russia dating to the ninth century.

Time for our Asians friends to take responsibility for defending their own claims. As LBJ said in 1964, “We are not about to send Americans boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.” This time,

let’s mean it.

The day of the globalist has come and gone.

(To find out more about Patrick Buchanan, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.)

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Red Claws open home hoop season tonight

BY JEFF PETERSON SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

It is time for pro basketball in Portland.

The NBA developmental league Maine Red Claws open their second season with a pair of games this weekend against the Austin Toros at the Portland Expo. The season opener is tonight at 7 p.m.

To say the Red Claws had a successful 2009-2010 season both on and off the court would be an understatement. They finished 27-23 and in 4th place in the Eastern Division. They missed out on the playoffs, but still sold out every home game. The support was noticed.

“We didn’t make the playoffs last season, but we are very motivated,” said Red Claws head coach Austin Ainge.

This season has basically a brand new roster. Only

ABOVE: Kenny Hayes, No. 12 of the Maine Red Claws, brings the ball upcourt against Scottie Reynolds, No. 13 of the Springfield Armor, during an exhibition game on Monday at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta. LEFT: Jamar Brown, No. 32 of the Springfield Armor, lofts a hook shot over the outstretched arm of Lamonte Ulmer, No. 17 of the Maine Red Claws. (Photos by Rich Obrey/NBAE via Getty Images)

one player, Mario West, returns from the 2009-2010 team. He will be a key player though. “Mario is a hard working kid,” said Ainge. “He is a leader on the court and will be very valuable to us this season.”

The other nine players on the roster are inexperienced, but Ainge expects big things from all of them.

“They are young and they will make mistakes, but they will play hard. We have some good players and they are very energetic.”

It is hard to control who gets called up to the team’s NBA affiliates in Boston and Charlotte, but the Red Claws coach expects this team to stay together this season – at least for the most part.

“Since they are so young, I think the big clubs will leave them alone, but anything can happen,” said Ainge.

With the different roster, this season will bring a

King Felix! Seattle ace Hernandez wins AL Cy Young NEW YORK (AP) — For once, Felix Hernandez got all the support he needed for a big win.

The Seattle ace earned the AL Cy Young Award on Thursday despite a modest 13-12 record.

His major league-leading 2.27 ERA and superior stats put him far ahead of Tampa Bay’s David Price and the Yankees’ CC Sabathia and their impressive win-loss numbers.

Victimized by the Mariners’ poor hitting all season, Hernandez found ample backing with the voters in this pitchers’ duel.

They clearly recognized how little the last-place Mariners helped him — in 10 starts, they were either shut out or held to one run.

“This confirms the Cy Young is an award not only for the pitcher with the most wins, but the most dominant,” a teary-eyed Hernandez said while celebrating with relatives at the family home in

Valencia, Venezuela.

King Felix got 21 of the 28 first-place votes and 167 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

The 24-year-old right-hander led the league in innings (249 2-3), was second in strikeouts

This May 18 file photo shows Seattle Mariners’ Felix Hernandez in action against the Oakland Athletics during the first inning of a baseball game, in Oakland, Calif. Hernandez has been chosen the AL Cy Young Award winner, Thursday by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.(AP Photo/Ben Margot)

(232) and held AL opponents to the lowest batting average (.212).

Price, who went 19-6 with a 2.72 ERA, was second with four first-place votes and 111 points.

Sabathia, who was 21-7 with a 3.18 ERA, drew the other three first-place votes and finished third at 102.

“I feel like they got it right,” Price said on a conference call from Nashville, Tenn. “Felix, I thought he deserved it, even though he didn’t have a lot of wins. You can’t really control all that. You can’t control the offense, and the hitters and stuff like that.”

“The numbers he put up — those were pretty ridiculous numbers outside of the wonloss column,” he said. “I feel as if Felix was on a different team — if he was on the Yankees or something like that — he’s going to win quite a few ballgames.”

different style of play. The Red Claws plan to have this group of young and energetic players play some up-tempo basketball.

“We will push the ball this season,” claimed Ainge.

“We will score lots of points and run up and down the court. We will play offense, but plenty of defense too.

We have some athletic defenders and our defense will create offense.”

The Red Claws won their lone preseason game Monday in Augusta 102-88 over the Springfield Armor. Five players scored in double digits. They hope to continue that kind of result into the regular season. If that’s the case, there will be plenty of exciting nights at the Portland Expo.

“One thing us this season,” claimed Ainge, “we will be entertaining and the fans will fall in love with this team.”

Vacationland of Saco bowlers excel at South Paris tourney DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT A junior singles bowling tournament took place last weekend at Hobbs Lucky Lanes in South Paris, and Vacationland Bowling Center in Saco logged some strikes.

The five-game event attracted juniors from all over the state, including Vacationland bowlers Courtney Anderson, who won the scratch Division 1 for girls with a 321, and Kelsey St. Ours, who won the scratch Division 3 girls with a 486. Sarah Choroszy won the Division 3 girls handicap division with a 726.

For more information about Vacationland, visit www.vacationlandbowling.com.

Snowmaking begins at Sugarloaf CARRABASSETT VALLEY (AP) — Snowmaking has begun at Maine’s tallest ski mountain as it prepares to open for the season.

After nearly two weeks of above-normal temperatures, Sugarloaf workers turned on the snowmaking guns Thursday as temperatures fell into the 20s.

If the temperatures remain favorable as expected, Sugarloaf officials say they expect to open for the season on Sunday.

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Trustees approve $28m in upgrades to Civic Center PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s Cumberland County Civic Center is poised to undergo $28 million in renovations if voters back the renovation plan approved by the center’s trustees.

The renovations would include new premium seating in the 35-year-old arena, an improved box office and upgraded concession areas. The plan was recommended last month by a task force that has been studying the needs of the 35-year-old downtown Portland arena.

The cost could be offset by private fundraising and the sale of naming rights.

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A crane hoists the city’s tree into position in Monument Square. The tree will be lit with over 1,500 LED lights, donated by Efficiency Maine during the annual tree lighting ceremony on Friday, Nov. 26 at 5:30 p.m.

Portland’s Downtown District hosts the ceremony, which includes entertainment

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

One of Aesop’s fables declares that slow and steady wins the race. The reality: Slow and steady will indeed get you across the finish line. But if you want to get there before the others, a few bursts of speed will also be necessary.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Fame and power come with sacrifice.

But so do anonymity and helplessness.

Realizing that everything in life involves some kind of trade off, you decide to go for what you really want.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You realize when someone is not on your wavelength, but that doesn’t stop you from trying to communicate. This shows heart, but that’s not why you do it. You really want to make a connection.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The things that always worked well before may not be effective today. The rules have changed, and you don’t even know what the new rule is. This gives you the chance to experiment.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 19). It’s your year to shake it up, break your routine and expand your network. December is touched with glamour. January brings many occasions to laugh with people you’re comfortable around and also connect with people who challenge you. March opens a new source of income. Love signs are Sagittarius and Aquarius. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 15, 3, 19 and 50.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your compassion reaches sublime heights.

Not only will you knock yourself out to help others, but you’ll forgive yourself for whatever might have gone wrong in your past.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The way to happiness is not through unhappiness. You will not go through depressing and negative thoughts to wind up in a good place. Rather, it’s the small happy thoughts and feelings that lead to even greater joy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Go through your finances and figure out what you have and what you need. The plans and projections you make will be lucky, especially when you resolve to balance your own needs before you reach out to help others.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your main concern is keeping up group morale. To that end, not everything needs to be brought up the moment you think of it. Make note of the points on which you disagree so that you can bring them up at an auspicious time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Get the consent of everyone on your team before you move forward. They may not agree with the plan, but if they believe in you, that will count more than anything else.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You can’t solve the problem from the same frame of mind that created it in the first place. Conflict happens at one level of the mind, and its resolution happens at an entirely different level.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You feel lucky. You go about your life halfexpecting money to fall on you from the sky. Because of this optimism and the confidence it instills in you, the fortunes will favor you.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2010. There are 42 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.

On this date: In 1794, the United States and Britain signed Jay’s Treaty, which resolved some issues left over from the Revolutionary War. In 1831, the 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, was born in Orange Township, Ohio.

In 1919, the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles (vehr-SY’) by a vote of 55 in favor, 39 against, short of the two-thirds majority needed for ratification.

In 1942, during World War II, Russian forces launched their winter offensive against the Germans along the Don front.

In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second manned landing on the moon.

In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.

In 1985, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva.

In 1990, the pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of their Grammy Award because other singers had lent their voices to the “Girl You Know It’s True” album.

One year ago: President Barack Obama wrapped up his weeklong Asia trip in South Korea, where he said the United States had begun talking with allies about fresh punishment against Iran for defying efforts to halt its nuclear weapons pursuits.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Alan Young is 91. Talk show host Larry King is 77. Former General Electric chief executive Jack Welch is 75. Talk show host Dick Cavett is 74.

Broadcasting and sports mogul Ted Turner is 72. Singer Pete Moore is 71. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is 71. TV journalist Garrick Utley is 71. Actor Dan Haggerty is 69.

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson is 69. Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 68. Actor Robert Beltran is 57. Actress Kathleen Quinlan is 56. Actress Glynnis O’Connor is 55. Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins is 54. Actress Allison Janney is 51. Rock musician Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver) is 50. Actress Meg Ryan is 49. Actress-director Jodie Foster is 48. Actress Terry Farrell is 47. TV chef Rocco DiSpirito is 44. Actor Jason Scott Lee is 44. Olympic gold medal runner Gail Devers is 44. Actress Erika Alexander is 41. Rock musician Travis McNabb is 41. Singer Tony Rich is 39. Country singer Jason Albert is 37. Country singer Billy Currington is 37. Dancer-choreographer Savion Glover is 37. Olympic gold medal gymnast Kerri Strug is 33. Actor Reid Scott is 33.

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Medeski, Martin and Wood at Port City 8 p.m. A group that effortlessly straddles the gap between avant-garde improvisation and accessible groove-based jazz, Medeski, Martin, & Wood have simultaneously earned standings as relentlessly innovative musicians and an enormously popular act. The band’s reputation has achieved massive proportions. As they always have, the three core bandmembers contributed to numerous other recording projects, both as sidemen and leaders. Increasingly, their word was gold and their efforts carved paths for musicians to follow. $25 advance, $28 day of, $48

Ta Ka Di Mi at One Longfellow 8 p.m. Ta Ka Di Mi is percussion legend Glen Velez joining rhythm voice master Lori Cotler in thrilling compositions

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derived from music of the Mid-East, Central Asia and the Mediterranean. A multifarious array of frame drums, bird calls and exotic noisemakers blend with South Indian Konnakol drum language to deliver an evening of pure rhythm and pulse.Eminent composer John Cage has written specifically for Velez, and he has been commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation, Jerome Foundation and most recently by the Lark String Quartet. $18 adv/$20 door, One Longfellow Square. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Mean Creek with The No. 9, Audrey Ryan 9 p.m. Boston’s Mean Creek, others at SPACE. Mean Creek bends genres, simultaneously channeling the straightahead rock energy of the Replacements and the alt-country stylings of Buffalo Tom. Local alt-country rockers The No. 9 are fronted by Gully’s Stu Gurley. Mt. Desert Island native Audrey Ryan’s brand of experimental folk melds influences from the past (Dylan, Mitchell, Young) with her contemporaries (Flaming Lips, Wilco, Arcade Fire) to open the evening. SPACE Gallery, $7, 18 plus. www.space538. org/events.php

Saturday, Nov. 20 The Red Curtain Music Series 7 p.m. The Red Curtain Music Series continues on the Blue stage with a new crop of performers in-the-round. redcurtainmusicseries.com or portcityblue.com.

Christine Lavin and Don White 8 p.m. Two of the funniest entertainers on today’s songwriting scene, Christine Lavin and Don White tour with an evening of smart, funny songs that can make you laugh and cry. One Longfellow Square. $20 adv/$23 door.

Mezcalitos at Mayo Street 8 p.m. Mezcalitos feature Tom Whitehead on guitar & vocals, Jon Cooper on fiddle, mandolin & dobro, Sam Goodall on fiddle, John Clark on bass, Hayes Porterfield on drums and Tanya Whiton as a guest vocalist. $10.

Marie Stella / Theodore Treehouse at Bayside Bowl 9 p.m. Marie Stella take to Bayside Bowl for their last show of 2010. The band is joined by Burlington, Vt.’s Villanelles and local indie-dance-pop band Theodore Treehouse. $5.

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My granddaughter is usually the one who instigates this behavior, but my grandson goes along with it. My husband and I find it offensive, as does everyone else in the family. We are dreading the upcoming holidays.

My son and his wife both work and are not in the house when these children come home from school, which makes me wonder what goes on when the kids are alone together for hours. My husband doesn’t want to say anything to our son because he fears it will cause a rift. Our daughter-in-law has never liked us and keeps her distance as much as possible.

What is your opinion? -- Grandparents of Kissing Siblings Dear Grandparents: Parents need to supervise budding adolescents because their hormones and developing bodies can get them into trouble -- even with a sibling. Someone should speak to your son. If you are unwilling to do so, perhaps you could enlist a relative, friend or even one of the children’s school counselors to suggest he pay more attention to his kids.

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Rejection is never easy, especially as we get older and see opportunities to find the right person slipping away. Unfortunately, for men, it seems that the person of our dreams is the college cutie who ignored us back in the day. Or maybe we were too busy pursuing an education and missed the chance to date during that time.

As a 43-year-old male, I am adjusting my expectations and desires. There are many wonderful women closer to my age who would make terrific lifelong companions. I hope Tom gets over his desire for this much younger woman and searches for a more mature, yet equally desirable woman to share his life with. -- Trey Dear Trey: We hope so, too.

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Friday, Nov. 19 Discussion of mental illness in Maine at University of Southern Maine

well-known favorites like gift baskets, high-quality crafts, homemade pies, silent auction, books, CDs, jewelry, raffle, white elephant plus the new UU Cookbook, a musthave featuring a wide variety of healthy and exotic selections.

Auburn UU will again offer its popular lunch with music by Phil House. First Universalist is located at 169 Pleasant St. (enter on Spring Street, across from Dairy Joy). Plenty of parking; accessible. FMI 7830461.

9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “It’s a Community Affair” will offer a half-day of presentations and discussions about mental illness in Maine.

Presented by Spring Harbor Hospital, in partnership with Maine Medical Center and the University of Southern Maine, the event will take place in the Talbot Lecture Hall on the University of Southern Maine Campus.

It is free and open to the public. Presenters include: Dennis King, President of Spring Harbor Hospital; Doug Robbins, M.D., Director of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry The Mission Mall at Maine Medical Center; Millicent Monks, in South Portland author of Songs of Three Islands, A Story of 9 a.m. to noon. The MisMental Illness in an Iconic American Family; sion Mall will open for its fifth Robert Small, Director of USM’s University season at the Holly Daze Health and Clinical Services; and Vincent Bazaar at the First CongregaFlaherty, Director of USM’s School of Social tional Church/United Church Work. A variety of mental health providers of Christ on Cottage Road in will also have information available at the South Portland. The Mission event. Exhibitors include: Maine Mental Mall is an alternative gift fair Health Partners, Spring Harbor Hospital, showcasing several local charMaine Medical Center, NAMI-Maine, SpurContractors do finishing work on the new Portland Skatepark at Dougherty Field Thursday. The city and the Skatepark ities. Shoppers make donawink, and Shalom House. Space is limited.

Planning Committee will officially cut the caution tape and open the park to the public Saturday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) tions by check or cash to the To register, call 761-2239 or email fickea1@ charities of their choice in honor memhp.org. pany feature paid performances and paid rehearsal time. of loved ones. For each donation, the buyer gets an attractive The Art of December at MHS Interested actors should email auditions@dramaticrep.org gift card to present to the recipient. The card includes informa10 a.m. The Art of December: Original Holiday Cards by with their name, age, contact information, headshot (if availtion about the selected charity and its mission and provides Maine Artists from the Mildred Burrage Collection. Open to able), resume (if available) and their preferred date. They the satisfaction of knowing that the gift is bettering the lives the public: Nov. 17, 2010 through Jan. 3, 2011, at Maine will be contacted with a confirmed date and time. Actors of those in need. The Mission Mall will be held in the church’s Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Monday–Saturday, 10 should prepare two contrasting, contemporary monologues Wright Pavilion, which faces Mitchell Road. Featured charities a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.; “The Art of Decemunder 3 minutes each. Dramatic Repertory Company aims for 2010 are the Animal Refuge League, Cancer Community ber: Original Holiday Cards by Maine Artists from the Milto make a dramatic difference in the community. We are Center, Grace Street Ministries, GLSEN (Gay Lesbian and dred Burrage Collection displays a selection of holiday Portland’s newest not-for-profit theatre company. DRC Straight Education Network), Cape Elizabeth/South Portland cards that demonstrate the wide range of artists who called intends to produce new and overlooked works that otherEmergency Food Pantry and Crisis Ministries, Preble Street, Maine home and further exemplifies the personal connecwise may never be seen in Maine, as well as provide fresh and Hospice of Southern Maine. Fair Trade coffee also will be tions of Mildred Burrage, whose love for the holidays may perspectives on classic works. The curtain will rise on the offered for sale at the Mission Mall. be seen throughout her collection. The Mildred Burrage company’s inaugural production in February 2011.”

Holly Daze Bazaar in SoPo Collection, donated to the society in 2005, illustrates the UNUM Challenge Home Game No. 1 for the Pirates 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Holly Daze Bazaar will be held at the personal life and professional career of Mildred Giddings 7 p.m. It’s another Bud Light Hockey Night in Portland and the First Congregational Church, 301 Cottage Road, South Burrage (1890-1983) through correspondence, ephemera, start of the fifth annual UNUM Challenge between the Portland Portland. Featured will be wreaths, gifts, etc., Fair fancy photographs and writings. The collection demonstrates the Pirates and the Worcester Sharks. At each game in each city, candy and baked goods, the Christmas room, trash ‘n’ relationships Mildred shared with Maine and American artone lucky fan will be chosen from the submitted entrees as the treasures, knit goods, jewelry, books, and the Mission Mall. ists and craftsmen, museum curators, cultural institutions UNUM Challenge Fan of the Game. It’s also Maine Bureau of A luncheon will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will and personal friends. This collection includes an assortHighway Safety Night. State Highway officers will be on hand include Haddock chowder, lobster,crab meat, and chicken ment of holiday cards, including many handmade works by to stress the importance of highway safety and interact with salad Rolls and apple crisp. The church is handicapped nationally known artists, especially during the period of the fans. It’s also Maine Park and Recreation Night with the first accessible. 799-4001 1960s and 70s when Ms. Burrage’s influence in the Maine 1,000 fans into the game receiving thundersticks. The action crafts movement was at its peak.” Join the Maine Historical Multicultural Book Fair takes place at the Cumberland County Civic Center, home of Society on Dec. 3 for the First Friday Art Walk and opening 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The CAFAM Chinese School will hold its the Portland Pirates hockey team. www.portlandpirates.com reception. Refreshments will be served. The Art of Decemfifth-annual MANY STORIES Multicultural Book Fair at the A Victorian Christmas ber is on display in the Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Lecture Hall.

Breakwater School, 856 Brighton Avenue, Portland, Maine.

8 p.m. As part of Victoria Mansion’s public programs that www.mainehistory.org The sale offers New England’s largest and best selection explore the 1890s to the 1930s, the period during which of children’s books featuring cultures around the world and ‘Green Room: The Musical’ Maine premiere the house’s second owners, the Libby family, lived on-site, within the U.S. Titles are chosen by Curious City Books for 8 p.m. Presented by New Edge Entertainment, “Green please join Victoria Mansion to participate in a popular form grades K to 12. This year’s fair features Maine author, CharRoom: The Musical” makes its Maine premiere. Directed of 1890s entertainment that is a “combination of projected lotte Agell, who will sign copies of her new chapter book,

by John Bryson, this musical is a “new backstage color images, live drama, live music, hilarious comedy and The Accidental Adventures of India McCallister. Chinese musical illustrating the journey of four college best friends boisterous audience participation ... the great grandfather dumplings will be for sale. Educators receive a 10 percent determined to make it out of the Green Room and onto the of the cinema.” This particular interactive, intergenerational discount. Cash and checks only. For additional informaBroadway Stage. They live out their complicated lives in show features holiday carols and short stories. For more tion, please contact Kelli Pryor at 892-3640 or by e-mail at the green room of their college theater department. Funny information on the American Magic-Lantern Theater and kellijpryor@gmail.com. For 13 years, the CAFAM Chinese and heartwarming, this modern musical gives an authentic this show, please visit: www.victoriamansion.org School has provided Mandarin language, dance, art, and account of the struggles these four have in finding their culture classes for families from all over southern Maine.

‘Adam and Eve and What REALLY place in the world.” Nov. 19 and 20, $10. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard. www.LucidStage.com Annual Greek Pastry Bake Sale Happened in the Garden of Eden’ 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Annual Greek Pastry Bake Sale by Greek 8 p.m. “Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in Warren Miller’s 61st film: ‘Wintervention’ Ladies Philoptochos Society, Holy Trinity Church, 133 the Garden of Eden.” A hilarious musical “battle of the 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Get ready for Warren Miller’s 61st Pleasant Street, Portland. Advance orders can be called first sexes” at the Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., Nov. film: “Wintervention!” “Do you have a skiing or snowboardin no later than Nov. 18 to the Church Office at774-0281.

11-28. Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., ing problem? Do you always take “just one more” run? If SweetBread, Pastries, Spanakopita and more.

Sunday at 2 p.m. $15-$22.

Box Offi ce, 773-0333, http:// you answered ‘yes’ to either of these, it may be time for oldportplayhouse.com a ‘Wintervention.’ Narrated by skiing icon Jonny Moseley, ‘The Kid’s Magic-Lantern Show’ Warren Miller’s ‘Wintervention’ is the definitive solution for 10 a.m. Victoria Mansion and American Magic-Lantern ‘Steel Magnolias’ at Portland Players the snow-obsessed. ‘Wintervention’ takes riders like Chris Theater Present: “The Kid’s Magic-Lantern Show,” at John 8 p.m. “Steel Magnolias.” Nov. 5-Nov. 21 at Portland PlayDavenport, Jonny Moseley and Lindsey Vonn on a global Ford Theater, Portland High School, 284 Cumberland Ave. ers in South Portland. “Join us for this compelling comedytour of Alaska, Norway, Canada, Antarctica and beyond …

Tickets must be pre-purchased. $10/adult and $5/child up drama about a group of Louisiana women who are tough delivering a successful Wintervention for all of us in need. to age 17. “Travel back in time with the boisterous fun of as steel and delicate as sweet southern magnolias. ‘Steel Warren Miller films attract a cult-like following and mark the America’s only Victorian magic-lantern show. An authenMagnolias’ explores the deep threads of friendship and is official start of winter for sports enthusiasts everywhere. tic 1890s visual extravaganza projected on a full-sized the perfect start to the holiday season.” Show times are This film is screening at Merrill Auditorium. www.skinet. screen — the kind of show that led to the movies! Stories Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., and Sunday aftercom/warrenmiller like Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland, animate comedy noons at 2:30 p.m. Contact the Box Office at 799-7337. and songs —all dramatized on screen by a live showman www.portlandplayers.org/shows/current.html Dramatic Repertory Company auditions and singer/pianist. The kids participate in the fun, creating 6:30 p.m. Portland’s newest theatre company, Dramatic sound effects, and joining in chants and sing-alongs like Repertory Company, announces open auditions for actors Saturday, Nov. 20 ‘Old McDonald.’ For 16 years, the American Magic-Lantern on Nov. 19 and 20 with appointments starting at 6:30 p.m.

Theater has delighted audiences from Lincoln Center to The auditions will be held at Portland Ballet Studios, 517 Singapore. This event is suitable for ages 3-8. www.victoGingerbread time in Auburn Forest Ave.e, Suite 2 in Portland. “The auditions are open riamansion.org 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The annual Gingerbread Fair will to all with a special emphasis on men of all ages and actors take place at First Universalist Church of Auburn. Find of color. All acting positions with Dramatic Repertory Comsee next page

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Portland Skatepark official opening 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The city of Portland and the Skatepark Planning Committee will officially cut the caution tape, opening the new Portland Skatepark to the public, at Dougherty Field, St. James Street. The celebration will feature an open skate and lessons provided by Ride 207 for people looking to learn how to ride as well as music and refreshments.

The event marks the end of a three year effort to fund and build a new skatepark in the city. Constructed by Hardcore Shotcrete Skateparks Inc., the skatepark includes a number of features for both boarders and bikers at all skill levels, such as a skateable bench, a transfer gap, A-frame pyramid, a skate dish, hubba ledges, steps, rails, rollers, euro gap, radial ledges and a quarter pipe. The skatepark was designed to allow for seamless flow from one section to another. “The $325,000 Potrland Skatepark was funded by a combination of public and private dollars, and demonstrates the breadth of community support for the project,” the city reported. “Donations varied from land and Capital Improvement Funds provided by the City of Portland, grants from the Beth Quimby Foundation, the Ollie Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, the In-Body Foundation, Mensk Foundation, fundraisers held by Hall Elementary School, South Portland Memorial Middle and High Schools, Flatbread, bottle drives and the ‘Buy-A-Brick’ program, which allowed supporters to purchase an inscribed brick that will be used for the construction of the entrance pathway to the park.” (Rain date is Sunday, Nov. 21.

Author James Richardson for book signing at Royal River Books 10 a.m. to noon. Royal River Books, 355 Main St., Yarmouth, welcomes James Richardson, a resident of Yarmouth, who will be available to sign copies of his “Memoirs, Standing on Two Feet.” “Everything seemed perfect in Richardson’s life.

All the components of the American Dream seemed to be in place: a lovely home, a wife, two sons, the time required for fishing and outdoors adventures, and an invigorating career as an advanced placement world history teacher in Tampa, Florida. In the horror of a split-second, high-speed traffic accident, everything changed.

When Richardson awoke in a hospital weeks later with a variety of physical and emotional injuries, he had no idea the obstacles he was about to face. Overcome by a haze of bewilderment, he tried to rise from his hospital bed. He crashed to the floor. His left leg was gone.

One by one, the seemingly perfect building blocks of an American Dream were stripped from him. Secrets from his wife’s past life emerged, painting a dark character with

Atomic Trash Explosive Burlesque will appear on the bill at Geno’s on Friday, Nov. 26. (COURTESY IMAGE) whom he had unwittingly shared every detail of his life. For James Richardson, this was the moment of truth. Alone, injured, boiling with anger, and with only a string of hope, he had to ask himself: Would he ever again be Standing on Two Feet?” For more information, contact Terry Cordingley at 888-361-9473 or terry@tatepublishing.com

‘Embracing Christmas,’ a program for divorced and widowed persons 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. “Embracing Christmas” is a program for divorced and widowed persons that provide helpful ways to journey through the Christmas Season. “Embracing Christmas” will be held in the Guild Hall at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. Please RSVP by Nov. 18, to 871-7464, ext. 2672 or psm@ccmaine.org. There is a suggested donation of $5.00 or more for this event.

“Embracing Christmas” is sponsored by Catholic Charities Parish Social Ministry. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress St. 871-7464, ext. 2672 or psm@ ccmaine.org

Toys for Tots fundraiser in Kennebunkport 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Toys for Tots fundraiser. Atria Senior Living, 1 Penny Lane, Kennebunk; roast beef buffet, $10

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Ladies Night Out Shopping Extravaganza 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Ladies Night Out Shopping Extravaganza (Men, too) fundraiser for Drouin Dance Center Company at Drouin Dance Center, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook Maine, 2nd floor at the Dana Warp Mill. Over 20 of your favorite home consultants from Mary Kay, Silpada, Pampered Chef, Discovery Toys, Creative Memories, Miche Bags, Herbalife, Beachbody , many more including hors d’oeuvres, chair massages, paraffin hand dips, free child care. 854-2221

Christmas tree lighting in Freeport 6:30 p.m. Come to Discovery Park for the traditional tree lighting ceremony, when the whole L.L. Bean campus will glow with holiday cheer. The Boy Singers of Maine, Musica de Filia Girls Choir, lighting displays str ung by local designer Pandora LaCasse and special characters from Portland Stage Company’s holiday classic “A Christmas Carol” will add to the fun. L.L.Bean. http://www.llbean.com/ shop/retailStores/calendar.html?qs=5677065-RDevents see next page

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Laura Kargul in an all-Chopin concert 7:30 p.m. Reiche Community Center, 166 Bracket St., Portland. Laura Kargul, concert pianist of Polish descent and head of the keyboard program at the University of Southern Maine, will celebrate Fryderyk Chopin’s bicentennial year by sharing the stage with several of her students in an allChopin concert for the Polish Heritage Center of Maine.

Tickets available at the door, door opens at 7 p.m.; $10 per person or $18 per couple; $8 for seniors and $5 for students. For more information, please call: 773-3616

‘Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in the Garden of Eden’ 8 p.m. “Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in the Garden of Eden.” A hilarious musical “battle of the first sexes” at the Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., Nov. 11-28. Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. $15-$22. Box Office, 773-0333, http:// oldportplayhouse.com

‘Steel Magnolias’ at Portland Players 8 p.m. “Steel Magnolias.” Nov. 5-Nov. 21 at Portland Players in South Portland. “Join us for this compelling comedydrama about a group of Louisiana women who are tough as steel and delicate as sweet southern magnolias. ‘Steel Magnolias’ explores the deep threads of friendship and is the perfect start to the holiday season.” Show times are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 p.m. Contact the Box Office at 799-7337. www.portlandplayers.org/shows/current.html

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The Cremaster Cycle screening at SPACE Gallery 7 p.m. “The Cremaster Cycle,” written and directed by Matthew Barney, is an epic masterwork with near cult status in the art world. This much-discussed work of art is not now, nor will it ever be, available to own on DVD. It can only be seen in theaters and has not toured nationally since 2003 following the completion of Cremaster 3. This program is co-presented with SPACE Gallery. Tickets for these screenings are $10 per screening or $20 for a weekend pass.

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Page 16 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, November 19, 2010

ABOVE LEFT: A caravan of police cars and parking division trucks convey the city’s Christmas tree down Brighton Avenue Thursday morning. ABOVE RIGHT: Portland Downtown District’s Stuart Cushman sweeps up Congress Street after a crane hoisted the city’s tree into position in Monument Square. LEFT: Al Difiore admires the city’s passing Christmas tree on Brighton Avenue.

(DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

City’s Christmas tree wasn’t chosen until the last minute TREE from page one

maneuvers with a 70-foot low bed trailer and its sprawling conifer cargo.

“There was quite a bit of traffic, but we got through,” said McGuinness.

Traffic had to be jockeyed around, including a METRO bus that ended up wedged in the westbound lane between the monster spruce and parked eastbound vehicles.

Eventually, police and parking division personnel sorted out the jam, and the tree continued its journey.

Six members of the city’s forestry division, as well as police, parking division personnel, Portland’s Downtown District and crews with Shaw Brothers and Keeley Crane Services, helped deliver and install the tree.

“It’s not that hard when you get a lot of help,” McGuinness noted.

Not nearly as much hubbub awaited the tree on its arrival in the square.

The reason: City arborist Jeff Tarling said the decision was made to avoid the bustling Wednesday farmers’ market and instead deliver the tree a day later. Mother Nature cooperated as well, he said.

“With the weather, we had to find a good window. This is the first year in at least 20 that we haven’t done it on Wednesday, because with the farmers’ market being so busy, we moved it to Thursday. And it just lucked out that on Wednesday this year for the first time it was bad weather, and Thursday worked out great,” Tarling said.

The Christmas tree, which will be

“A lot of people stopped to take pictures. I’ve never seen as many cell phone pictures and movies being taken.” — Jeff Tarling, city arborist lit on Friday, Nov. 26 at 5:30 p.m., was donated anonymously by a family on 111 Brentwood St. The city will remove the stump and plant a new tree at the property, Tarling said.

The tree will be lit with over 1,500 LED lights, donated by Efficiency Maine.

The tree wasn’t chosen until Wednesday, Tarling said.

“We had about two dozen selections to look at in the last couple of weeks. Due to some complications, we were really down to the wire here.

We really like to have things set by Columbus Day or at the latest, Veterans Day, but we ended up making a decision on this tree yesterday,” Tarling said during the installation yesterday.

Some selections had to be dropped.

One tree was up a long driveway, making it difficult to bring the crane, Tarling said.

The winning candidate created quite an impression during its trip down Stevens Avenue, Brighton Avenue and through the downtown.

“A lot of people stopped to take pictures. I’ve never seen as many cell phone pictures and movies being taken,” Tarling said.