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Councilor: Shipyard Brewery should pay back sewer fees Suslovic questions city response — See the story, page 7

Time’s up: OccupyMaine under order to leave

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City survey maps out sea-level rise risks See page 8

Harry Brown returns to a tent after tossing garbage in a dumpster at OccupyMaine’s encampment in Lincoln Park Thursday afternoon. Protesters faced a deadline of 8 a.m. today for removal of tents and other property from Lincoln Park, site of the camp since early October. The city is enforcing daytime use of the park. On Monday, Brown attracted attention by burning an American flag, but supporters of the Occupy movement say he did not act on behalf of the larger group. The anti-corporate movement’s activists now say the camp isn’t the point, and that they plan to carry on their message about income inequality. OccupyMaine plans a general assembly meeting on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. at Lincoln Park for a rededication event. OccupyMaine, on its Facebook page, wrote, “Most of us have homes to go to now that the encampment is dismantled. That we refuse to just abandon those of us who don’t have another place to go speaks to the kind of world we are determined to create. ...” (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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‘Carrie’ musical returns (NY Times) — Of all the infamous scenes in the 1988 Broadway musical “Carrie” — based on Stephen King’s novel — the Act II opening number “Out for Blood” has become the stuff of legend. Leather-clad actors playing high-school jocks leapt about as one of them slaughtered an unseen trough of pigs. “Kill the pig, pig, pig,” the boys chanted, and their shirtless ringleader, Billy, smeared his chest with the fake porcine blood.

“Carrie” was such a critical and financial flop (at $8 million) that, afterward, its three creators refused to allow another professional production anywhere in the world .

MCC Theater, a respected Off Broadway company, is trying to reclaim “Carrie” from contempt. The creators have rewritten the story into a modern-day tale of bullying, with mean girls mocking notions of “equality,” and replaced several songs for the $1.5 million production, which is now in preview performances and opens on March 1. Anyone expecting laser lights, simulated fire or the levitating prom gown of the telekinetic Carrie will have to keep searching for bootleg videos of the shortlived Broadway run, for this revival hews to the original vision of a fable about high school instead of the spectacle that became so ridiculed that it inspired a book about Broadway’s biggest botches, “Not Since Carrie.”

If the 1988 production is regarded as an apogee of camp, this Off Broadway revival is toned down — way down — and earnest in its portrayals of emotional extremes. At a recent rehearsal, for instance, the revised Act II began with Carrie and her high school classmates singing a poprock number about dressing up and losing weight for the prom (“I’ll be there with the best-looking guy/when we dance the last dance, I swear I’ll cry”). As for the barnyard butchery, which came from the King novel, it occurred offstage (and silently).

Yet a touch of the old outrageousness remained, as Billy and his cruel girlfriend, Chris, worked themselves into a sexual frenzy while riffing on lyrics to “Old MacDonald Had a Farm.” It was the rare moment, during visits to rehearsals over the last two months, that recalled the “Carrie” of yore and lore — and made you miss the old girl for a moment.

That’s because this “Carrie” is as serious as a hostage-rescue mission, which approximates how its creators — the same men who kept it under lock and key all those years — see their task.

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Libya struggles to curb militias as chaos grows TRIPOLI, Libya (NY Times) — As the militiamen saw it, they had the best of intentions. They assaulted another militia at a seaside base here this week to rescue a woman who had been abducted.

When the guns fell silent, briefly, the scene that unfolded felt as chaotic as Libya’s revolution these days — a government whose authority extends no further than its offices, militias whose swagger comes from guns far too plentiful and residents whose patience fades with every volley of gunfire that cracks at night.

The woman was soon freed.

The base was theirs. And the plunder began.

“Nothing gets taken out!” shouted one of the militiamen, trying to enforce order.

It did anyway: a box of grenades, rusted heavy machine guns, ammunition belts, grenade launchers, crates of bottled water and an aquarium propped improbably on a moped. Men from a half-dozen militias ferried out the goods, occasionally firing into the air. They fought over looted cars, then shot them up

when they did not get their way.

“This is destruction!” complained Nouri Ftais, a 51-yearold commander, who offered a rare, unheeded voice of reason.

“We’re destroying Libya with our bare hands.”

The country that witnessed the Arab world’s most sweeping revolution is foundering. So is its capital, where a semblance of normality has returned after the chaotic days of the fall of Tripoli last August. But no one would consider a city ordinary where militiamen tortured to death

an urbane former diplomat two weeks ago, where hundreds of refugees deemed loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi waited hopelessly in a camp and where a government official acknowledged that “freedom is a problem.” Much about the scene on Wednesday was lamentable, perhaps because the discord was so commonplace.

“Some of it is really overwhelming,” said Ashur Shamis, an adviser to Libya’s interim prime minister, Abdel-Rahim el-Keeb.

“But somehow we have this crazy notion that we can defeat it.”

Mortgage plan gives homeowners bulk of benefits (NY Times) — After months of painstaking talks, government authorities and five of the nation’s biggest banks have agreed to a $26 billion settlement that could provide relief to nearly two million current and former American homeowners harmed by the bursting of the housing bubble, state and federal officials said in Washington on Thursday.

It is part of a broad national settlement aimed at halting the housing market’s downward slide and holding the banks accountable for foreclosure abuses.

Under the plan, federal officials said, about $5 billion would be cash payments to states and federal authorities, $17

billion would be earmarked for homeowner relief, roughly $3 billion would go for refinancing and a final $1 billion would be paid to the Federal Housing Administration.

If nine other major mortgage servicers join the pact, a possibility that is now under discussion with the government, the total package could rise to $30 billion.

Because of a complicated formula being used to distribute the money, federal officials say the ultimate benefits provided to homeowners could equal a larger sum — $45 billion in the event all 14 major servicers participate. The aid is to be distributed over three years, but there are

incentives for banks to provide the money in the next 12 months.

More than just an attempt to aid consumers and stabilize the housing market, administration officials cast the settlement as an effort to finally hold banks accountable for their misdeeds, more than three years after the mortgage collapse brought on a full-scale financial crisis.

The deal announced Thursday is about “righting the wrongs that led to the housing market collapse,” said Eric H. Holder Jr., the attorney general. “With this settlement, we recover precious taxpayer resources, fix a broken system and lay a groundwork for a better future.”

Greeks reach deal on austerity House passes bill banning insider trading by members of Congress to meet condition of bailout ATHENS (NY Times) — After days of maneuvering, Greek political leaders reached a tentative deal on Thursday on a package of tough austerity measures demanded by Greece’s financial backers in return for the country’s latest bailout.

The deal was intended to unlock 130 billion euros, or $173 billion, in new loans and save Greece from a potentially disastrous default. But there was no immediate flurry of checkbooks opening, as the country’s lenders sought to determine that all conditions had been met.

Heading into a meeting of euro zone leaders Thursday night in Brussels, the Greek finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, described the deal as a “new, strong and credible program.” He said it had

been reached at “staff level” with the so-called troika of lenders — the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.

“We also have an agreement with private creditors on the basic parameters” of a debt write-down, Venizelos said. “Now we need the political endorsement of the euro group for the final step.”

But ahead of the same meeting, the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, indicated that the endorsement would take some time. He said there were still “general requirements” outstanding, including approval by the Greek Parliament.

“The agreement, as far as I understand, is not at a stage where it can be signed off,” he said.

WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Thursday to ban insider trading by members of Congress and to impose new ethics requirements on lawmakers and federal agency officials.

The 417-to-2 vote came less than three weeks after President Obama demanded such action in his State of the Union address. The Senate approved a similar bill by a vote of 96 to 3 on Feb. 2, but the lopsided votes concealed deep disagreements over the details of the legislation. The swift response and the debate in both chambers showed lawmakers defensive and anxious about the low esteem in which Congress is held. The public approval rating of Congress has sunk below 15 percent.

“We need to stop the insidious practice of insider trading, giving members of this body an unfair advantage over Americans who sent us here to represent them,” said Representative Kathy Hochul, Democrat of New York. “Let us begin the long process of restoring the faith of the American people in this institution.”

The bill now goes back to the Senate. The two chambers could try to work out their differences in a conference committee or through informal negotiations.

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Former county commissioner running for Maine House seat DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS Former Cumberland County Commissioner Malory Shaughnessy, who lost her re-election bid in 2010, announced yesterday she is running for the Maine House in District 115.

The seat is currently held by two-term Democratic state Rep. Steve Lovejoy, who is not running again.

Shaughnessy, a Democrat, moved to Portland from Windham about a year ago. She is the only candidate who has filed papers to run in Dist. 115, which includes the Oakdale and Back Cove neighborhoods.

“The LePage administration and their attacks on health care, workers’ rights, the environment and education have created a divisive and detrimental atmosphere in Augusta,” Shaughnessy said in a statement.

Shaughnessy “Their unproductive tax cuts last year set the stage for the fight we are now seeing for the meager leftover crumbs. This is simply wrong. We need strong and passionate representation to end this now,” she continued.

Shaughnessy, 52, served one term on the Cumber-

land County Commission, representing Windham and surrounding towns. She narrowly lost a re-election bid in 2010 to Susan Witonis.

Shaughnessy has served on various local boards and commissions for nearly 20 years, and has also launched a statewide parent advocacy group, she said in a phone interview. She also worked with legislators and state government officials during her time on the county commission.

“Currently, it is just a mess, and I just feel strongly that we need loud, strong fighters in Augusta to run things,” she said.

Lovejoy, who sits on the House Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, did not return a phone call yesterday.

Turnpike interchange lane to be closed for bridge work The West Falmouth interchange bridge at Exit 53 of the Maine Turnpike will be reduced to one-lane traffic beginning Monday, Feb. 13, as improvements are made to the bridge surface, the Maine Turnpike Authority reported.

A one-lane configuration will be required for removal and replacement of the existing bridge deck. In order to maintain traffic on the bridge, traffic lights will be installed. Motorists should expect delays, especially during high-volume traffic times like the morning commute, the Maine Turnpike Authority reported. Approximately 2,000 motorists

currently use Exit 53 when travelling to and from work each day, the agency reported.

The $3.9 million project, awarded to Technical Construction Inc. of Turner, began in August 2011 and includes raising and widening of the bridge and repairs to all of its ramps. Up to this point construction has been on the substructure and foundation of the bridge, and has allowed the turnpike to maintain two lanes of traffic, the Maine Turnpike Authority reported. The project will be completed in the fall of 2012.

Students make NHU Dean’s List Students from Maine have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, the university reported. To be eligible for this honor, a student must compile an academic grade point average of 3.5-4.0.

The students from the Greater Portland area include: Gerald Von Stoddard, Cape Elizabeth, Creative Writing and English; Yun Huang, Freeport, International Business; Nicole Laliberte, Freeport, Business Studies; Nicholas Bartlett, Portland, Sport Management; Alexandra Fagone, Portland, Business Administration; Sarah Carroll, Scarborough, Baking and Pastry Arts; Alexander Koenig, Scarborough, Game Design and Development; Emily Massa, Scarborough, Elementary Education; Meghan Quirk, Scarborough, Business Admin/Three-Year Program; Kelsey Stephenson, Scarborough, Psychology.

Giffords’s aide to run for Arizona House seat in special election

BY JONATHAN WEISMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES

Ron Barber, a top aide to retired Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a shooting that nearly took her life, announced on Thursday that he would seek Ms. Giffords’s vacated Arizona House seat in a special election June 12.

“My commitment is to be honest with the people of this district and help restore civility to our public life,” said Mr. Barber, who has served as Ms. Giffords’s district director in Tucson since her election in 2006. “My first priority won’t be the next election — but the next generation.”

Mr. Barber’s decision came reluctantly and only after wooing both

by Ms. Giffords and Representative Steve Israel of New York, chairman of

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the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The gunman who shot Ms. Giffords in the head also shot Mr. Barber twice. He told The Arizona Republic last month that he was still in physical therapy and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

In late January, Mr. Israel went to Tucson to try to seal the deal. Over breakfast Jan. 29 in the Congress Hotel, Mr. Israel said he told Mr. Barber, “You’ve already sacrificed for your community, for your country, and for your congresswoman. I feel awkward asking you to sacrifice again, but you’re the one person who can bring this community together.”

Mr. Barber asked for the endorsement of Ms. Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, and that the field be cleared of other

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Democrats. When those conditions were met, he called Mr. Israel early this week and told him he would run.

The district has been tough for Democrats since Ms. Giffords put it in the Democratic column in 2006. And Republicans are not likely to cede it to Mr. Barber. Five Republicans, including the Marine veteran, Jesse Kelly, who narrowly lost to Ms. Giffords in 2010, have announced they will seek the seat. The primary election will be April 17.

“No one wanted this special election to happen, but it comes at a time

when Arizona and our country are at a critical crossroads. The issues and challenges are too great to deny voters a full debate on which candidate is best to secure our border, create jobs and turn our economy around,” said Daniel Scarpinato, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, in a statement.

But the special election was going to be the tough one for Democrats. After June, a new, redistricted Congressional map goes into force that will make the district more Democratic ahead of the November election.

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Obama’s trampling on God’s turf now Yes, Virginia, there is a religious war going on. It is for the soul of America. And traditional Christianity is besieged.

In a January visit to the Vatican, American bishops were warned by Benedict XVI that “radical secularism” posed “grave threats” to their Catholic faith.

Your religious freedom is being circumscribed, said the pope. The U.S. government may seek to force you to collaborate in what are “intrinsically evil practices.”

No sooner had the bishops returned home than President Obama instructed them that, under Obamacare, all Catholic schools, hospitals, orphanages, nursing homes and homeless shelters must provide the “morning after” pill, contraceptives and sterilizations for all employees, Catholic and non––––– Catholic alike.

Creators The Church was given 18 months to comply.

Syndicate Should Obama’s order stand, the Church will be forced by the state to adopt practices that it has always taught are immoral and to engage in acts it believes are intrinsically evil.

Welcome to Obama’s America.

Last week, the Komen Foundation, which funds breast cancer research, sought to extricate itself from the country’s culture wars by severing ties to America’s No. 1 abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.

Pat Buchanan

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Winter in Portland The new cool is Bermuda shorts in the winter. Bare legs all the way. Mostly men, but some women. There’s a lot of sassiness and some snarl to it and it’s catching on. Must be good for the spirit. Have you ever seen someone walking down Congress Street or through the Old Port in the winter wearing Bermuda shorts looking distressed? No. They’re all smiles and waves, like they’re at a party and it’s for them. Cool trumps cold any day.

Could actually be another sign of global warming though. Like seeing possums all over the place.

Possums. They used to be a southern animal. Granny’s possum stew was a big hit with Jed and the clan. Now there’s possums out back messing around in the trash. There’s also seems to be more people coming up the pike from Massachusetts in the winter months. Evidently the Maine winter doesn’t have the kick it once did.

But let’s not get carried away, it’s still gets very cold and snowy out there. Has to. Otherwise everything gets thrown off for the rest of the year, both with nature and with us. No deep dark winter, no bright and shiney summer.

It’s that simple. Rest and revival basically. With a couple of very

Cliff Gallant ––––– Daily Sun Columnist nice interludes between called spring and fall.

We do see some extremes here though. I could see the Time and Temp sign from the kitchen window of an apartment I once had on Danforth Street and I remember seeing it flash minus three in the winter and one-hundred and three in the summer.

There’s not too many other places where there’s a one hundred degree variation in the temperature. Read once that Portland lies within a very thin climatic belt circling the earth wherein the four seasons occur most distinctly. We get it all here.

Winter’s hard, though, no denying it. It has its reasons for being and its beauties are undeniable but it can be hard to take. Take ice on the sidewalks. The worst thing about winter. Tampa’s got deadly insects and we’ve got ice on the sidewalks. Don’t know which is worse, but I do know that it doesn’t do to mess with either one. Below zero arctic winds are

another thing best avoided.

Oh well, could be worse. Got to chatting once with a woman from Fairbanks, Alaska, who was here on business and attending a winter afternoon performance of the PSO, and I remember how envious she was of the variety and number of winter activities offered in Portland. There’s nothing of the kind in Fairbanks, she said. Nothing. The winter is more severe there and lasts longer, but the biggest thing is that you go months without seeing the sun.

You live week after week in an oppressive cold winter darkness.

She said that people just stay home. You try to create some kind of life for yourself but in the end the cold and the darkness beats you down. To the point where if you happen to go on a business trip to Portland, Maine, in the winter you get blown away by how lively it is and all there is to do.

Wow. Us? Like anything else, it’s a matter of perspective.

Bet you don’t see anyone wearing Bermuda shorts in the winter in Fairbanks. Just wouldn’t have the panache that it does here.

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

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Tales from the kitchen table This is a really old story, but let me tell you anyway.

When I was first married, my mother-in-law sat down at her kitchen table and told me about the day she went to confession and told the priest that she and her husband were using birth control. She had several young children, times were difficult — really, she could have produced a list of reasons longer than your arm.

“You’re no better than a whore on the street,” said the priest.

This was, as I said, a long time ago.

It’s just an explanation of why the bishops are not the only Roman Catholics who are touchy about the issue of contraception.

These days, parish priests tend to be much less judgmental about parishioners who are on the pill — the military was not the first institution in this country to make use of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” system. “In most parishes in the United States, we don’t find them preaching about contraception,” said Jon O’Brien of Catholics for Choice. “And it’s not as though in the Mass you have a question-and-answer period.”

You have heard, I’m sure, that the Catholic bishops are in an uproar over an Obama administration rule that would require Catholic universities and hospitals to cover contraceptives in their health care plans. The Republican presidential candidates are

Gail Collins ––––– The New York Times roaring right behind. Mitt Romney claimed the White House was trying to “impose a secular vision on Americans who believe that they should not have their religious freedom taken away.”

Let’s try to work this out in a calm, measured manner. (Easy for me to say. I already got my mother-in-law story off my chest.)

Catholic doctrine prohibits women from using pills, condoms or any other form of artificial contraception.

A much-quoted study by the Guttmacher Institute found that virtually all sexually active Catholic women of childbearing age have violated the rule at one point or another, and that more than two-thirds do so consistently.

Here is the bishops’ response to that factoid: “If a survey found that 98 percent of people had lied, cheated on their taxes, or had sex outside of marriage, would the government claim it can force everyone to do so?”

O.K. Moving right along.

The church is not a democracy and majority opinion really doesn’t matter. Catholic dogma holds that artificial contraception is against the law of God. The bishops have the right — a right guaranteed under the First Amendment — to preach that doctrine to the faithful. They have a right to preach it to everybody. Take out ads. Pass out leaflets. Put up billboards in the front yard.

The problem here is that they’re trying to get the government to do their work for them. They’ve lost the war at home, and they’re now demanding help from the outside.

And they don’t seem in the mood to compromise. Church leaders told The National Catholic Register that they regarded any deal that would allow them to avoid paying for contraceptives while directing their employees to other places where they could find the coverage as a nonstarter.

This new rule on contraceptive coverage is part of the health care reform law, which was designed to finally turn the United States into a country where everyone has basic health coverage. In a sane world, the government would be running the whole health care plan, the employers would be off the hook entirely and we would not be having this fight at all. But members of Congress — including many of the very same people who are howling and rending their garments

over the bishops’ plight — deemed the current patchwork system untouchable.

The churches themselves don’t have to provide contraceptive coverage. Neither do organizations that are closely tied to a religion’s doctrinal mission. We are talking about places like hospitals and universities that rely heavily on government money and hire people from outside the faith.

We are arguing about whether women who do not agree with the church position, or who are often not even Catholic, should be denied health care coverage that everyone else gets because their employer has a religious objection to it. If so, what happens if an employer belongs to a religion that forbids certain types of blood transfusions? Or disapproves of any medical intervention to interfere with the working of God on the human body?

Organized religion thrives in this country, so the system we’ve worked out seems to be serving it pretty well.

Religions don’t get to force their particular dogma on the larger public.

The government, in return, protects the right of every religion to make its case heard.

The bishops should have at it. I wouldn’t try the argument that the priest used on my mother-in-law, but there’s always a billboard on the front lawn.

The Pope warned about religious freedom coming under attack BUCHANAN from page 4

As professor Robert George writes, in 2010, Planned Parenthood sold 300,000 abortions at $500 each, earning $164 million. Nine of 10 pregnant women who come into its clinics are sold an abortion.

Moreover, the organization is “under congressional and criminal investigation ... for allegations including failure to report criminal child sex abuse, misuse of health care and family planning funds, and failure to comply with parental involvement laws regarding abortions.”

In the 1950s, such an institution would be regarded as organized crime and its officers and employees would be up on felony charges or sitting in a penitentiary. We live today in a different America.

Thus, the media-political-cultural elite came down on Komen with both feet, berating the foundation for abandoning women suffering from breast cancer, until Komen caved and restored the $650,000 it contributes annually to Planned Parenthood, though that sum is not one-tenth of one percent of PP’s annual budget.

The Komen officer who advised the foundation to sever ties was cashiered on Feb. 7.

Also on Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals overturned, two to one, the democratic decision of a majority of Californians who voted in 2008 to outlaw homosexual marriage.

The people of California, said the Jimmy Carter judicial appointee and the Bill Clinton appointee,

violated the 14th Amendment, which mandates the equal protection of the law.

That the Congress that took office in 1865, the year Richmond fell, meant to elevate homosexual unions to the same moral plane as matrimony when it enacted the 14th Amendment is an absolute absurdity.

What has happened to America in half a century seems, to many raised in that other America, like something out of Orwell.

Can it be that Californians must now wait on the U.S. Supreme Court — make that Justice Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote — to tell them whether they can or cannot write their own marriage laws?

How did it come to be that we Americans must all wait for nine judges on the Supreme Court to tell us whether homosexual marriage is or is not a constitutional right?

Where did justices get the power to decide whether laws enacted by the people or their elected representatives will be allowed to stand in this republic?

Where did these nine justices get the right to be sole and final arbiters of what the Constitution and the laws say and do not say?

As law professor and author William Quirk muses, in introducing the new book “Judicial Monarchs” by William Watkins, Jr.: “’Notes of the (Constitutional) Convention do not record Ben Franklin standing up and saying: ‘I’ve got a good idea. Let’s find nine really bright people and turn over most of our important decisions to them.’ Would the Convention authorize an institu-

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tion that defines its own powers?”

Not the convention our Founding Fathers attended.

Yet since the Warren Court came into being six decades ago, the Supreme Court has usurped that power — to remake America. And the American people have meekly submitted to its tyrannical rule.

The justices used the Ninth Amendment to declare homosexuality and abortion constitutional rights, though both were crimes when the Bill of Rights was adopted. They used the First Amendment to purge Christianity from our public schools and public life and reduce our cradle faith to the same level as Santeria and Scientology.

Now the radical secularists in Obama’s entourage are so puffed up with success, so confident the future belongs to them, they have crossed the line between church and state to impose their values directly on Christian institutions.

This time they have overplayed their hand. Traditionalist Christians and their allies have been given a glorious opening to inflict a stinging defeat and humiliation on these arrogant intruders on God’s turf.

On this one, Obama ought to be forced into a public retreat.

(Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?” To find out more about Buchanan, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.)

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Pirates’ future at Civic Center still up in the air Civic Center GM plans to issue dates when hockey team can use facility, but $33 million renovation project may affect that schedule

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

By today, the general manager of the Cumberland County Civic Center said he expects to notify the Portland Pirates about dates that will be available for the hockey team to use the facility in the 20122013 season.

What's unclear is how those dates may be affected by a $33 million renovation of the Civic Center.

"The presumption will be that those dates are conditional on the construction schedule," said Steve Crane, general manager of the Civic Center.

Voters in November approved the $33 million renovation project, and next Friday, the Civic Center board hopes to interview three finalists for the job of construction manager. But it could be another month or longer before the board has a sense of how long the building might be closed to facilitate the interior renovation work.

Crane said the American Hockey League needs a list of dates when the Pirates can use the Civic Center for home games.

"I have to give them what dates they can use for the following season," he said.

By June 30, he can recall or "take back" a date if a booking conflict or facility issue arises, Crane said, but he'd rather not do that.

"The closer you get to June, the more difficult it is. I avoid doing that the later you go. It's harder for them to reschedule," he said.

The dates for use of the Civic Center apply to the first weekend of November through the following spring, when the Pirates return to the ice after the summer break. Officials don't expect any major renovations to occur during the remainder of this hockey season.

Another uncertainty is the status of the Pirates' lease to use the Civic Center.

"We don't have a lease with them for next year.

So there's a presumption that there will be a lease," Crane said.

Efforts to contact Portland Pirates CEO Brian

Portland Pirates Managing Owner/CEO Brian Petrovek stands in his office in Portland. Petrovek has told area media outlets that he isn’t bidding to buy the Androscoggin County Colisee in Lewiston, contrary to unconfirmed reports. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

Petrovek for this story were unsuccessful. In the past, Petrovek has deferred questions about the renovation and its possible effect on the Pirates to Crane.

Earlier this week, WMTW Channel 8 television news reported that a source in the Pirates organization said Petrovek was planning to bid to buy the Androscoggin County Colisee in Lewiston. The same news story quoted Petrovek denying that he was bidding to buy the arena, and that he had only contacted Colisee staff to talk about ice time in the event that the Pirates needed a temporary home during Civic Center renovations.

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The Portland Daily Sun that he had spoken with Petrovek, but he said the talks were about providing access to the Colisee’s ice during a Civic Center renovation, not about the Pirates buying the Colisee.

"It's a very busy facility," Cain said of the Colisee, which is privately run by Firland Management and hosts a variety of activities, including competitions by the Federal Hockey League and by youth hockey.

"I've talked to the Pirates about a whole variety of things, including their junior hockey league," Cain said, but he said they were "talking about half a dozen games" in terms of the extent of the Pirates using the facility.

Secretary of State seeks feedback with survey about young drivers DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT The Maine Secretary of State’s Office is seeking feedback from the general public on issues regarding young drivers. According to the agency’s Facebook page, at www.surveymonkey.com/s/5S6X6ST, the public can complete a brief 10-question survey and add comments in a comment box.

Last night, Secretary of State Charlie Summers spoke with parents and students at Scarborough High School “regarding his ongoing efforts to address the safety concerns surrounding young drivers in Maine.” He was scheduled to be joined by State Representatives Amy Volk and Heather Sirocki who represent the town of Scarborough. The evening’s topics were scheduled to include “distracted driving, destructive decisions and driver education.”

In an effort to address safety concerns surrounding young drivers, Summers launched “Conversations With the Communities” — a public discussion regarding ways to improve the safety of Maine’s young drivers.

“Too many tragedies occur on Maine roadways involving young drivers every year. This past year alone, there were around 50 fatal crashes where a young driver — someone between the ages of 16 and 24 — was involved. That’s almost one crash a week,” Summers said. For more information, visit www. maine.gov/sos/community.html.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, February 10, 2012— Page 7

Councilor: Shipyard should pay back sewer fees

Shipyard Brewery should be required to pay any unpaid sewer fees that accumulated due to billing errors over a 15-year period, according to Councilor Ed Suslovic.

Suslovic also said city staff should have told the city council about the Shipyard issue when it was first discovered, not a year after the problem was corrected.

The Portland Press Herald first reported last week that Shipyard has been paying less than it should have been for sewer fees Suslovic between 1996 and 2011. At issue is the billing associated with a water line that was installed when the brewery expanded in 1996.

Suslovic, who chairs the city’s Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee, said in an interview that the brewery should “absolutely” be responsible for its full share of sewer fees over that time.

“Otherwise it amounts to a direct subsidy to that business of approximately $1.5 million over that time period, which is not chump change,” he said.

“Put yourself in David Geary’s shoes,” Suslovic added, referring to another Portland brewery owner who ostensibly paid full price for sewer fees during the same period.

Suslovic noted that everyone else in the city, from large users like Oakhurst Dairy to residential property owners, have been paying their fair share.

“Not only been paying their sewer bill, they have been paying a percentage of Fred Forsley’s sewer bill,” he said. Forsley is a founder and co-owner of Shipyard.

Calls to Forsley's office line at Shipyard went unanswered yesterday after normal business hours.

Although sewer fees are usually closely tied to water usage, breweries and other users that bottle some of their water intake usually install submeters that measure how much water intake goes into bottles, city spokesperson Nicole Clegg explained.

“The issue is that there was some kind of billing or accounting error for the new water line and an assumption was made that all the water from that line was going into the bottles and not being discharged into the sewer system,” she said.

Portland Water District handles billing for the city, although revenues from sewer fees go to support the sewer system.

Forsley The employee who installed the line died several years ago, which makes trying to understand what happened that much more difficult, Clegg said.

It’s not clear how much Shipyard underpaid on its sewer bills during the 15-year period. The city is in the process of trying to figure that out. The billing issue was corrected in March 2011.

Suslovic said the city council was first alerted to the Shipyard issue immediately before the Press Herald article was published last week.

“If the city knew about this since last March, why has an investigation not been initiated, completed and shared with council and public already?” he said.

Clegg says City Manager Mark Rees was told of the problem when he came on board in August and decided to launch an investigation. That inves-

tigation is being carried out by a lawyer in the city attorney’s office.

It wasn’t immediately clear why councilors were not informed about the issue right away.

“There has been a change of leadership, and when the issue was brought forward to the new city manager, he called for an investigation so he could understand what was happening and why,” Clegg said.

Rees Acting city manager Pat Finnigan was in charge last February when the billing issue was discovered. She left the city in September to become town manager in Camden.

Shipyard Brewery, at 86 Newbury St. on the city's East End, brews more than a dozen ales and different styles of beer, including Pumkinhead, Export Ale and Summer Ale, according to its website. The company also makes a special line of sodas and handles contract brewing for several other Portland breweries.

Many of Shipyard's beers garner an "average" or "good" rating on the beer review website beeradvocate.com.

“Will we ever definitively know what happened?

That’s unclear,” Clegg said. “But I think the city will be able to speak to ways we need to improve the accountability of both the water district and the city of Portland.”

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Officials say a months-long study into potential sea-level rise and storm surge issues expected to be released today will jump-start discussions of how Portland will address future flooding along its shoreline.

The city council passed a resolution supporting the development of a sea-level rise adaptation plan in July. Now, marine geologist Peter Slovinsky, who developed the survey, says his work confirms what many people already suspected were Portland's problem areas for flooding.

"The city already knows some of the areas that are vulnerable," Slovinsky said. "The study and the simulations that I have done show the existing vulnerability and how that vulnerability is going to potentially get worse in the future." see FLOODS page 9

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, February 10, 2012— Page 9

Data: Homeless numbers up this winter over last A few people gather in the sunshine, others linger in the shade outside Preble Street Resource Center, a local umbrella service hub for the homeless, in this scene from Wednesday afternoon. Portland’s homeless shelters are full, according to latest numbers.

In December, 259 adults resided in the shelters, up from 223 adults a year earlier, according to the Portland Department of Health and Human Services social services division. Demand for family beds skyrocketed by 50 percent last August over a year earlier and has remained above average ever since, the statistics show.

A recent point-in-time survey of the homeless is still being reviewed and finalized, officials say. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Models to be discussed by city’s Transportation, Sustainability, Energy Committee on Feb. 15 FLOODS from page 8

Slovinsky's work highlights the likelihood that, based on historical tide data and other information, areas along the Back Cove, East Bayside and downtown wharfs could be flooded more frequently in the coming years.

The projections look at scenarios for Portland if sea-level rise were to climb to about 1 foot, 2 feet and up to above 3 feet. Data on higher tides are projected in part on documented sea-rise levels over the course of the last 100 years, according to officials.

The highest annual tide, or the highest water level for any given year, in the Portland area was 6.6 feet in 2011. The highest recorded water level at the Portland Tide Gauge was 8.9 feet. It was recorded in February 1978 during the city's "100-year storm."

If the sea were to rise about two feet, which is possible over the course of the next 50 years under some scenarios, Slovinsky says Portland's highest annual tide would be the same as that of the record-setting 1978 storm.

"By doing this kind of work we're planning for the storms of today with the tides of tomorrow," he said, explaining a historic storm is essentially more likely to reach further inland in the coming decades.

Slovinsky's models, which will be discussed in detail during a meeting before the city's Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 15, are meant to steer discussion toward future planning, he said.

"So, we're setting the city up to deal with storm surge from storms today and then, in the longer term, preparing the city for when that inundation is going to be happening on a monthly, weekly or daily basis," Slovinsky said.

Nine other Southern Maine coastal cities have been reviewed by Slovinsky.

Some communities have used the data to redefine shoreline zoning and others have hosted council workshops on increasing flood plan ordinances, he said.

"There are a range of adaption strategies that can be undertaken by the city," said Slovinsky, citing elevating roads, changing ordinances or simply educating the public as examples of actions that can be pursued.

"This is a kick-off for the city to start looking at more specifically what kind of adaptation strategies it should undertake," he said.

Additional details on Slovinsky's work are expected to be posted on the city's website today, in addition to his presentation slated for next week.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Something is not working in your daily routine, and this may be causing you to feel tired or unwell. This is an easy fix once you pinpoint the exact problem.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A former sweetie may romanticize about your past together, or an old pal might want to gab with you about the good old days. Gently nudge everyone into the present because there’s a lot of good in what’s going on now.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 10).

It’s your turn to have fun. Your internal search engine scans the world at large for the data that will contribute to your happiness. Professional achievement will be good for your finances in March.

Humor will be a cornerstone of your attitude. April’s “setbacks” are a blessing, as they guide you to more fruitful efforts. Taurus and Gemini people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 25, 49, 30 and 14.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You realize that relationships often are built over encounters that are few and far between. In order for the relationship to gain momentum, someone has to take initiative. That someone is you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your many successes will be the subject of inquiry. People want to know how you did what you did. Additionally, some of them would like to know whether you can help them achieve similar results.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Mood swings are not always a negative occurrence. Today’s shifts in feeling will be the cause of spontaneous excitement.

In the future, you’ll look back on today in wonderment.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Due to the uninspiring nature of mundane chores, it’s often difficult to get started, though satisfying to finish. Handle things quickly, and it soon becomes second nature to keep the orderly groove going.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). If you don’t have the buy-in and support of your family, it will be very difficult to be successful in today’s big tasks. So communicate your desire clearly, and try to get your people on board.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There will be a financial reversal in your household. The one who usually wants to save will spend, and the one who usually spends will save. Everything balances out in the end.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re a little obsessed right now with an object of desire. When you really want something, there’s no point in putting it off.

Move forward so you can check this one off your list and start thinking of other things.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Even

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2012.

There are 325 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 10, 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.

On this date: In 1763, Britain, Spain and France signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years’ War. In 1840, Britain’s Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

In 1912, Joseph Lister, the “Father of Antiseptic Surgery,” died in Walmer, Kent, England, at age 84.

In 1942, the former French liner Normandie capsized in New York Harbor a day after it caught fire while being refitted for the U.S. Navy. RCA Victor presented Glenn Miller and his Orchestra with a “gold record” for their recording of “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” which had sold more than 1 million copies.

In 1949, Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman” opened at Broadway’s Morosco Theater with Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman.

In 1962, Republican George W. Romney announced his ultimately successful candidacy for governor of Michigan.

In 1967, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, dealing with presidential disability and succession, was ratified as Minnesota and Nevada adopted it.

In 1968, U.S. figure skater Peggy Fleming won America’s only gold medal of the Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, France.

In 1981, eight people were killed when a fire set by a busboy broke out at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino.

In 1992, boxer Mike Tyson was convicted in Indianapolis of raping Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant. (Tyson served three years in prison.) Author Alex Haley died in Seattle at age 70.

In 2005, playwright Arthur Miller died in Roxbury, Conn., at age 89 on the 56th anniversary of the Broadway opening of his “Death of a Salesman.”

One year ago: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down or leave the country and instead handed his powers to his vice president, stunning protesters in central Cairo who waved their shoes in contempt and shouted, “Leave, leave, leave.”

Today’s Birthdays: Opera singer Leontyne Price is 85. Actor Robert Wagner is 82. Rock musician Don Wilson (The Ventures) is 79. Singer Roberta Flack is 75. Singer Jimmy Merchant is 72. Rock musician Bob Spalding is 65. Olympic gold-medal swimmer Mark Spitz is 62. World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman is 57. Actress Kathleen Beller is 56. Country singer Lionel Cartwright is 52. Movie director Alexander Payne is 51. ABC News correspondent George Stephanopoulos is 51. Actress Laura Dern is 45. Country singer Dude Mowrey is 40. Actress Elizabeth Banks is 38. Pop singer Rosanna Taverez is 35. Actress Julia Pace Mitchell is 34. Country musician Jeremy Baxter is 32. Rock singer Eric Dill is 30. Rock musician Ben Romans is 30. Actress Emma Roberts is 21. Actress Makenzie Vega is 18. Actress Chloe Grace Moretz is 15.

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Several months ago, Mom broke her hip and was in rehab for four months. During that time, Joanna used Mom’s ATM card and took all the money out of her account. She also opened credit cards in Mom’s name and ran up huge bills and stole Mom’s mail-order pills and sold them on the street.

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Friday, Feb. 10 National Adoption Weekend in Biddeford 9 a.m. to noon. PetSmart Charities will sponsor a National Adoption Event at the PetSmart store, 208 Mariner Way in Biddeford Crossing, Friday and Saturday. The Mobile Adoption Team will visit with adoptable dogs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. Adoptable cats will also be at the store.

Adoption counselors will be available in the store Friday: 9 a.m. to noon, Saturdays: noon to 5 p.m., and Sundays: noon to 5 p.m.). For more information, call Animal Welfare Society (www.animalwelfaresociety.org) at 985-3244 or PetSmart at 283-6546.

The Beehive Collective at USM 1 p.m. The nationally renowned Beehive Collective based in Machias will give two free presentations at the University of Southern Maine, Robie Andrews Hall, Burnham Lounge, Gorham Campus Friday, Feb. 10 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. The Thursday afternoon presentation is The True Cost of Coal and the Friday midday presentation is Dismantling Monoculture. During their visit to USM, the Beehive Collective will conduct a workshop with a printmaking class and other USM students. The Beehive exhibit Dismantling Culture consisting of three banners will be on display in the Area Gallery, Woodbury Campus Center, USM Portland March 1-May 4. USM printmaking student work emerging from a Beehive workshop will be on view at the Area Gallery in April. For more information on the Beehive Collective, visit www.beehivecollective.org. For questions regarding the USM presentations, contact Carolyn Eyler at 780-5008 or visit usm.maine.edu/gallery

Workshop for Artists 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Maine Arts Commission, free Workshop for Artists. The Constellation Gallery is hosting a workshop presented by the Maine Arts Commission. Donna McNeil, the Commission’s Arts Policy and Program director, will explain the programs, support efforts and grant access provided by the commission. She will also offer a primer on electronic portfolios, resume writing, letters of interest and artists’ statements. A great opportunity to learn about available support for artists in Maine. Light refreshments provided. 511 Congress St.

‘Family Night’ passes to Disney on Ice 7 p.m. “Cumberland County Government, the Civic Center and Feld Entertainment have combined to provide special ‘Family Night’ passes to the Feb. 10 performance of Disney On Ice presents Treasure Trove. These special rates will allow attendees to purchase $15 and $25 tickets for only ten dollars, when purchasing at the Cumberland County Civic Center box office. Savings coupons for the purchase of up to six tickets are available at county offices, your local Cumberland County City or Town office, or several human service agencies throughout the county.” For more information contact Bill Whitten (Whitten@cumberlandcounty.org) 871-8380.

Disney On Ice 7 p.m. Disney On Ice presents “Treasure Trove” at the Cumberland County Citic Center from Feb. 9-12. Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 11 at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 12 at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tickets: $60 (Front Row), $50 (VIP), $25 and $15 - All seats reserved.

Telling Room’s Moth-like storytelling series 7 p.m. At SPACE Gallery, the fifth installment of the Telling Room’s Moth-like storytelling series, “Slant,” “where we ask six brave souls to tell 10-minute tales without the use of notes or scripts. The theme for this session is [sic], which we’re sure will be interpreted in a number of interesting ways. Our storysmiths this month will include food critic and TV host, Joe Ricchio, Maine Women’s Fund interim director, Cathy Kidman, Maine Med physician, Renee Fay-LeBlanc, and The Telling Room’s own communications coordinator, Andrew Griswold, among others.” Doors open at 7 p.m.

Acorn’s series of poetry readings 7 p.m. Acorn Productions, a company dedicated to developing the performing arts in the Southern Maine area, offers the second installment of the company’s new performance series titled “Lowry’s Lodge,” a monthly series of poetry readings hosted by Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel. The series of public readings continues at the Acorn Studio Theater in the Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook. Former Portland Poet Laureate Martin Steingesser and Yarmouth High School teacher Marita O’Neill will read from their work and take questions from the audience after their readings. The event is free with a $5 suggested donation. Acorn Studios, Dana Warp Mills, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook. 854-0065.

‘The Glass Menagerie’ in Freeport 7:30 p.m. Freeport Factory Stage opens its 2012 Season with Tennessee Williams’ drama, “The Glass Menagerie.”

“Set in pre-World War II, when Americans were just begin-

A 6-month-old Shih Tzu named Lucy enjoys an outing at the Valley Street Community Garden. Anyone looking for a best friend can visit Pet Smart in Biddeford this weekend. PetSmart Charities will sponsor a National Adoption Event at the PetSmart store, 208 Mariner Way in Biddeford Crossing, today and Saturday at 9 a.m. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) ning to get back to work after a long depression, this is a memory play that is as relevant today as it was when first produced in New York in 1945.” “The Glass Menagerie” runs through Saturday, Feb. 25. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. All Thursday performances are “pay what you want.” Tickets for all other performances are $19 general admission and $15 for students and seniors 65 and over. The Factory Stage offers subscription tickets and discounts for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available online at www.freeportfactory.com or by calling the box office at 865-5505.

‘Next Fall’ by Good Theater 7:30 p.m. “Next Fall” by Geoffrey Nauffts, Jan. 25 to Feb. 19. “Good Theater presents the Maine premiere of this recent Best Play Tony Award nominee. A charming, funny and touching play about life and love from one of the writers of the hit TV series, Brothers & Sisters.” Directed by Brian P. Allen and starring Joe Bearor, Rob Cameron, Matt Delamater, Moira Driscoll Abbie Killeen and Tony Reilly. St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. Wednesdays 7 p.m. ($15), Thursdays 7 p.m. ($20), Fridays 7:30 p.m. ($20), Saturday 7:30 p.m. ($25), Sundays 2 p.m. ($25) with a special added matinee on Saturday, Feb. 11, 3 p.m. ($20). Reservations and information call 885-5883. Presented by Good Theater, a professional theater; the theater is in residence at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. www.goodtheater.com

Mad Horse Theatre Company’s ‘Becky Shaw’ 8 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents “Becky Shaw,” “the Pulitzer Prize finalist and smash hit by Obie Award winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo. In what The New York Times calls ‘a comedy of bad manners,’ a woman fixes up her romantically challenged best friend with her husband’s mysterious co-worker. The date goes horribly awry, forcing the matchmakers to examine their own relationship and leading the daters to an emotional detente.” Written by Gina Gionfriddo, directed by James Herrera. Tickets are $22 student/senior $20. The Maine Premiere of “Becky Shaw” marks the first time Mad Horse Theatre Company has produced a work by Gionfriddo. It also marks the directorial debut of company member James Herrera, who jumped at the chance to helm a cast made up entirely of Mad Horse Theatre Company members. According to Herrera, the cast made his transition from actor to director easier than it could have been. Through Feb. 12. Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Lucid Stage. http://madhorse.com/gallery/show/becky_shaw.php

Belly dance show at Bayside Bowl 8 p.m. Raqs Borealis with Samira Nour, Rosa Noreen & Okbari. “Rosa’s quarterly professional belly dance show features live music and belly dance performances!” Bayside Bowl, 51 Alder St. $8. http://rosanoreen.com/events or http://baysidebowl.com

Saturday, Feb. 11 Fourth annual Hannaford Ice Fishing Derby 6:50 a.m. Proceeds to benefit United Way (90 percent) and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (10 percent), at Long Lake, Naples. When: Feb. 11 — Sunrise to 3:30 p.m. (weigh in). Highlights: Cash prizes for the adult division of $500, $300, $200 for the largest brown trout or salmon; $100 and $50 for top finishers in the adult pickerel division. Cash prizes offered for the kids division of $100, $50, $25 for the largest brown trout or salmon; $50 and $25 in children’s pickerel division. Winners in each division will also receive gift certificates to Kittery Trading Post. The winner of the children’s salmon/brown trout division will be presented a Wheaties box bearing his or her picture.

Assorted raffle prizes and door prizes, including $1,000 for an adult registrant sponsored by Pillsbury, will also be presented throughout the day.

South Portland Republican Presidential Caucus 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. South Portland Republican Presidential Caucus, at the South Portland Recreation Center. All South Portland Republicans are invited to attend. Registration at the door. All registered attendees will be able to vote. www. sprmc.org

Portland Republicans biennial caucus 9:30 a.m. Portland Republicans will hold their biennial caucus. The meeting will be held at the Riverton Elementary School at 1600 Forest Ave. in Portland. It’s the municipal party’s biennial meeting to elect delegates to the county committee, state convention, ratify the membership and bylaws of the group. It is also the rank and file’s opportunity to provide feedback on the party’s nominees for President and Congress. “All registered Portland Republicans are welcome to participate. Others wishing to participate may register a half hour before the meeting as a Republican at the meeting, if they are not already enrolled in another party.

All Republican candidates for President have been invited to send representatives to speak along with any other legislative candidates running in Portland. The purpose of the caucus is to elect delegates and alternates to the state convention which will be held on Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6 at the Augusta Civic Center, to elect members of the Cumberland County Republican Committee, and to organize the municipal committee for the upcoming elections. The Portland Republican City Committee’s mission is to recruit and promote candidates for municipal, county and state offices.” For more information contact Committee Chair, Patrick Calder at 232-0944; PatrickCalder@Hotmail. com or Secretary, Steven Scharf at 400-9176; SCSMedia@ aol.com. see next page

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Goodbrod will star together in a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning musical ‘Sunset Boulevard’ this summer at MSMT. The concert features music from the acclaimed score, as well as other Broadway love songs. Tickets are $100 per person and can be purchased by calling 725-8760, ext. 15. All proceeds from the concert and auction support MSMT’s extensive summer internship program that for several decades has provided unparalleled training to up and coming theatre professionals from across the country.”

Portland Polar Dip to benefit Camp Sunshine 11 a.m. “The beach can beckon, even in February — and especially for a good cause. On Saturday, the fifth annual Portland Polar Dip to benefit Camp Sunshine will take place at noon at East End Beach in Portland, Maine. Hardy fundraisers will plunge into the chilly waters of Casco Bay to raise money to help send more families to Camp Sunshine (www.campsunshine.org), a one-of-a-kind national retreat in Casco, Maine for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. New this year, participants are encouraged to create a plunge team of four or more people, consisting of co-workers and classmates and from civic groups or places of worship. Each individual participant is encouraged to raise a minimum of $100 in pledges for Camp Sunshine and those who do will receive an ‘I DID IT!’ T-shirt. All proceeds will benefit Camp Sunshine. To pledge online and for more information on the event, visit www.freezinforareason.com.

East End beach is located at the base of Portland’s Eastern Promenade. Registration begins at 11 a.m. with the plunge set for noon. The goal is to raise $25,000 — enough to fund more than a dozen additional families at Camp Sunshine. ... Since Camp Sunshine opened in 1984, it has provided a haven for more than 32,000 family members from 48 states and 22 countries.” To support Camp Sunshine, please call 655-3800 or visit www.campsunshine.org.

‘Next Fall’ by Good Theater 7:30 p.m. “Next Fall” by Geoffrey Nauffts, Jan. 25 to Feb. 19. “Good Theater presents the Maine premiere of this recent Best Play Tony Award nominee. A charming, funny and touching play about life and love from one of the writers of the hit TV series, Brothers & Sisters.” Directed by Brian P. Allen and starring Joe Bearor, Rob Cameron, Matt Delamater, Moira Driscoll Abbie Killeen and Tony Reilly. St Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. Wednesdays 7 p.m. ($15), Thursdays 7 p.m. ($20), Fridays 7:30 p.m. ($20), Saturday 7:30 p.m. ($25), Sundays 2 p.m. ($25) with a special added matinee on Saturday, Feb. 11, 3 p.m. ($20). Reservations and information call 885-5883. Presented by Good Theater, a professional theater; the theater is in residence at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. www.goodtheater.com

An Evening With Mary Johnson

Disney On Ice 11 a.m. Disney On Ice presents “Treasure Trove” at the Cumberland County Citic Center from Feb. 9-12. Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 11 at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 12 at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tickets: $60 (Front Row), $50 (VIP), $25 and $15 - All seats reserved.

‘Puss ‘n Boots’ 11 a.m. This winter, Acorn Productions’ “Fairy Tale Players,” an ensemble of children, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy, continues its third season of productions with Producing Director Michael Levine’s adaptation of “Puss ‘n Boots.” “The production is suitable for audiences of all ages, and centers around the story of a clever cat who helps her mistress win the love of a prince by pretending to be the Marquis de Carrabas.

Along the way, we meet a crazy cast of characters including spoiled sisters, a foolish hare, and a lonely ogre. Acorn’s comedic version of the well-known fairy tale is directed by Karen Ball, and the script includes references to King Lear and the Occupy Wall Street Movement for the more sophisticated audience members. There are eight actors ranging in age from 9 to 17 in the show, which runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 12 in the Acorn Studio Theater in Westbrook.” Saturday, Feb. 11 at 11 a.m.; Sunday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. Acorn Studio Theater, Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook.

Admission: $8 adults; $6 kids 12 and under. FMI: www. acorn-productions.org or 854-0065.

Maine Roller Derby season opener 5 p.m. Maine Roller Derby announced the start of the 2012 season. On Saturday Feb. 11, Maine Roller Derby will roll into Happy Wheels Skate Center in Portland to kick off their 2012 Spring Season. “The season begins with a rematch of the 2011 opener as the Port Authorities, MRD’s all-star team, take on the Lake Effect Furies, the all-star team for the Queen City Roller Girls from Buffalo, N.Y. When they met last February, the Port Authorities tempered the Furies with a big thaw and took the win with a score of 189 to 54. (Check out the video and bout recap.)” MRD’s Port Authorities are currently ranked No. 10 of the 32 teams in the WFTDA East Region. Following the bout is the fifth annual Hate the Love After-Party at Flask Lounge. This antiValentine’s day event is held to hate on love, lovers, dating, and all things gushy with our hate cards, hate poems, hate stories, and so on. DJ Cougar will be in the house, so warm up those vocal cords and be ready to belt it karaoke-style.

Get your hate on, get decked out in red, and join us!

Maine Republican kickoff in Portland 5:30 p.m. Maine Republicans announce Presidential Straw poll results: “Please join us as we kick off the 2012 Republican Campaign Season. Start now and join friends as we celebrate a successful caucus week. Sign up for campaigns, meet candidates, join the grass roots team in your town!”

Portland Regency, 20 Milk St., Portland. 5:30 p.m. Cash bar and Hors d’ oeuvres. 6:30 p.m. Guest Speakers. 7:30 p.m.

Announcement of Presidential Straw poll results. RSVP to Michelle michelle@mainegop.com or call 622-6247.

Cumberland County Lincoln Dinner 6 p.m. The Cumberland County Lincoln Club will hold its annual Lincoln Dinner. “These dinners are held every year, around the country, in honor of our 16th President and one of the Republican Party’s great heroes, Abraham Lincoln.

Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, as well as Governor Paul LePage, Secretary of State Charlie Summers,

The Maine Republican Party plans to hold caucuses, including this one in South Portland and a similar event at Riverton Elementary School in Portland, on Saturday morning. (COURTESY IMAGE) Attorney General Bill Schneider and State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin have been invited. Local historian Lynda Sudlow will be the featured speaker. Ms. Sudlow is a resident of North Yarmouth, and recently retired from the Directorship of the Falmouth Memorial Library. She is a Civil War historian, and the author of ‘A Vast Army of Women,’ about women from Maine who volunteered in support of the Union Army. Ms. Sudlow’s topic will be the changing role of women during the Civil War and President Lincoln’s changing perception of that role. The dinner will be held at the Italian Heritage Center located on Outer Congress Street behind the Westgate Shopping Center in Portland.

There will be a cocktail hour with music by jazz pianist Tate Gale beginning at 6 p.m. Dinner starts at 7. Tickets are $30 per person and can be purchased by contacting any of the members of the committee or there will be a limited amount of tickets at the door. (Halsey Frank 712-5336, Phyllis Bailey 854-2469, Gloria Brewster 773-6587, Glenna Carter 8832826, Carolyn Gilman 894-5063, Barbara Harvey 837-2400, or Jim Nicholas 767-3030). When ordering tickets, please specify your preference for dinner, either prime rib or baked haddock.”

Substance abuse prevention launch event 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. “SHIFT GNG, a community coalition working to prevent youth substance use, invites all members of the Gray and New Gloucester communities to its launch event at Cole Farms.” Tickets are available for $10 online at www.shiftGNG.org or in person at Cole Farms, and include a buffet dinner and the chance to win nearly $1,000 in door prizes. Tickets must be purchased in advance by Monday, Feb. 6. “The event will provide a forum for discussion of both community strengths and areas that need more attention, as well as an opportunity for the coalition to outline some of its strategies for preventing youth substance use.

The five-year plan calls for strengthening communication networks among parents; enhancing parents’ skills for talking to their kids about substance use and monitoring to prevent it; increasing law enforcements’ response to underage drinking; dispelling myths and raising awareness of risks; and highlighting ways that all adults can send a positive, consistent message about youth substance use.” For more information, call 773-7737 or email shiftGNG@mcd.org.

MSMT Valentine’s Benefit Concert 7:30 p.m. Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick is hosting a Valentine’s Benefit Concert which will begin with desserts and cocktails served at Bowdoin College’s Moulton Union and includes a concert and auction held at Studzinski Hall. “The concert features MSMT veteran actor, Gregg Goodbrod, and a professional actress from the thriving Philadelphia theatre scene, Denise Whelan. Whelan and

7:30 p.m. “An Evening With Mary Johnson, author of ‘An Unquenchable Thirst: Following Mother Teresa in Search of Love, Service and an Authentic Life’ will be presented in Portland on Friday, Feb. 17. All proceeds from the event will support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine.

The author will be the featured guest at a special Book Club Dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. at a private Portland home.

The dinner is limited to 10 people and tickets are $100 per person. Dinner attendees are encouraged to read the book in advance. At 7:30 p.m., a public Reading and Discussion will take place at The Portland Club, at 156 State St. Tickets are $15 per person, when purchased in advance.

Guests can also pay at the door for just $20. For tickets and more information about either the dinner or the public book signing, call Big Brothers Big Sisters at 773-5437 or email: info@somebigs.org.

Sunday, Feb. 12 Disney On Ice 11:30 a.m. Disney On Ice presents “Treasure Trove” at the Cumberland County Citic Center from Feb. 9-12. Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 11 at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 12 at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tickets: $60 (Front Row), $50 (VIP), $25 and $15 - All seats reserved.

Lincoln’s Birthday event noon. Lincoln’s Birthday Community Re-Dedication of Lincoln Park, at the park, recent site of the OccupyMaine encampment. “Of the People, By the People, For the People, we shall assemble, freely, for readings from the original 1909 dedication of Lincoln Park, as well as presentations by noted historian Herb Adams, members of Occupy Maine, and surprise guests! At 3 p.m., a General Assembly will be held.”

18th Annual Great Chili and Chowder Challenge 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Holiday Inn By The Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland. The Portland Altrusa is sponsoring : The Great Chili Chowder Challenge, Holiday Inn By the Bay. Tickets also available at all locations of Big Sky Bread Co. & Skillins Greenhouses. Tickets are $20 ($10 for children) at the door or purchase before the event for $17.50. “Sample over 30 scrumptious chilis and chowders from Southern Maine’s favorite chefs then vote for the best! Musical Entertainment

by Dick Clark & Curtis (Motown) Haines.”

Occupy Maine, ‘Money And Politics’ 1 p.m. Continuing The Conversation: Occupy Maine, “Money And Politics” at Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave., Portland. Andrew Bossie, executive director of Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, will join members and friends of Allen Avenue in continuing the conversation about the origin, meaning, importance, and future of the Occupy Maine movement. He will speak about the connection between campaign contributions and politics and how that skews public policy. Bossie is former executive director of the Maine AIDS Alliance and is a graduate of USM. All are welcome, whether you attended the first conversation or not. Free admission.

Bluegrass Jam in Buxton 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Bluegrass Jam at The Roost in Buxton.

“Unplugged instruments only, please. Admission is $5 for members/$7 for non-members. Refreshments available.”

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Kids, Kartoons, and Kotzschmar 1:15 p.m. Celebrate the Kotzschmar Organ’s 100th and the Girl Scouts 100th at Kids, Kartoons, and Kotzschmar.

Pre-show Activities: 1:15 p.m. Show time: 2 p.m. The Girl Scouts of Maine will join Rob Richards Disney’s house organist at the famed El Capitan Theatre, for a salute to Girl Scouts across the USA! Everybody will join in singing some very familiar songs and pay tribute to the Girl Scouts! After the show, take a walk through the Kotzschmar Organ and join the Girl Scouts in the lobby for celebratory refreshments. Breakwater School Ambassadors and Kotzschmar Docents will help the public understand the pipes. Moving to the Music — Kendra Madore, Kaylyn Madore, Isis Schwellenbach, and Samantha Seiwertsen, a group of dancers from Drouin Dance Center in Westbrook, will be working with attendees around how one might move differently to match the different tones, pitches, and tempos the organ creates. All four girls are a part of the DDC dance company, a competitive team that competes throughout Maine and New England. Kendra and Kaylyn both qualified for the Turn It Up National event in 2011, and Kendra was part of the group from Drouin Dance Center selected to dance in the 2011 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Tickets on sale now through Porttix, 842.0800. www.porttix.com

Families & Friends of Burundi

Rosa Noreen will perform at Bayside Bowl, 51 Alder St., tonight. “Rosa’s quarterly professional belly dance show features live music and belly dance performances.” (COURTESY IMAGE)

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Families & Friends of Burundi, a newly formed Portland-based group, will host an educational and cultural event to introduce the public to the current genocidal situation in Burundi. In addition to an overview of the current situation, members of Families & Friends of Burundi will offer personal stories, share music and cultural items, and provide delicious food prepared by a Burundi chef. Donations will be gratefully received. The event will be held at Hope. Gate. Way United Methodist Community, located on the ground floor of the Gateway parking garage adjacent to the Eastland Hotel, at 185 High St., Portland. More information is available at www. hopegateway.com, or by calling 899-2435.

St. Augustine of Canterbury healing service 4 p.m. St. Augustine of Canterbury Church will hold a healing service in accordance with the Rites of the

Church. The service will be followed by the Mass which includes the Holy Eucharist. The healing service includes anointing with oil and the laying on of hands as contained in Holy Scripture. Persons are welcome to attending both the healing service and the Mass that follows. St. Augustine’s is a Traditional and Orthodox Anglican Catholic Community, part of the worldwide Traditional Anglican Communion, with members in 44 countries. St. Augustine of Canterbury Church worships at 10 a.m. on Sunday, and Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Cathedral Pines Chapel at 156 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach. Father Jeffrey W. Monroe is Vicar and Fr. Kevin Lamarre is Assisting Vicar. For additional information contact 799-5141.

100th Anniversary of Girl Scouting 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Girl Scouts of Maine’s Machigonne Service Unit is making plans to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouting with a celebratory tea scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 12, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray Street, Portland. Girl Scouts past and present are invited to attend this special centennial event! Attendees will share their experiences, favorite memories, and celebrate the accomplishments of Girl Scouting through the ages. The cost of the tea is $5 per person and the event is handicap accessible. To register for the Tea and for more information, please contact Cheryl Denis (Cheryl@fishnwater.com or 899-2779). Deadline for registration is Feb. 1. “Girl Scouts of Maine provides services and support to over 16,000 girl and adult members statewide and builds girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.” For information on Girl Scouts, call 1-888-922-4763 or visit www.girlscoutsofmaine.org.

BBBS Poker Tournament 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. A Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament, to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine, will be held at noon at the Portland Club at 156 State St. The entry fee is $100, and seating is limited to 100 players. During the event, a trip for two, including air and lodging, to Atlantic City will be raffled. The trip, only for participants in the event, has been donated by Megatours. For more information or to sign up for the event, call 773-5437 or visit www.somebigs.org.