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Whitney Houston performing with Stevie Wonder in 2003. (Joe Cavaretta/ Associated Press/The New York Times)

Newark likely site of funeral for Whitney Houston — See page 7

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Perils of dining out for V-Day See Natalie Ladd, page 4

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Vote on new bus technology tests METRO trustees Real-time arrival updates worth the cost? — Page 3

Amid cuts, demand surges for home-heating assistance — See page 9

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Tom O’Connell, a driver for more than 18 years with Downeast Energy, delivers home heating oil Tuesday to a home on outer Congress Street. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Model ﬁnds stardom via YouTube (NY Times) — Unlike the many little-known beauties now on view at New York Fashion Week — women seldom identified by more than one name (Agata, Hanaa, Frida, Joan) — Kate Upton, just 19 and resembling a 1950s pinup, but with the legs of a W.N.B.A. point guard, has arrived on the scene as a largely self-created Internet phenomenon. It is not just that she has a respectable Twitter following (170,000 people at last count), or a YouTube video with over 3 million viewers, or marketing potential perhaps best measured by her rocketing from obscurity to No. 2 on a list of the world’s 99 “top” women compiled by AskMen. com, an online magazine with 15 million readers. Less than a year after Ms. Upton, curvaceous and rambunctious, posted a video of herself at a Los Angeles Clippers game doing the Dougie, a dance popularized in a hiphop tune by Cali Swag District, she finds herself in one of the most coveted positions in the modeling business. Joining an elite club of modeling powerhouses, Upton was announced Monday night on David Letterman’s show as the latest cover girl for Sports Illustrated’s annual swimsuit issue. “If you become a YouTube star among teenagers, you have even more recognizability than a TV star,” said Wayne Sterling, the publisher of Models.com. “Kate Upton is the perfect example of that.” It was soon after the Dougie video went viral that a seasoned scout, David Cunningham, brought Upton to the attention of Ivan Bart of IMG Models, the company behind the multimillion-dollar careers of women like Gisele Bündchen, Heidi Klum and Kate Moss. “When Kate first came in, everyone at the agency thought I was crazy,” Bart, the “superagent” who heads IMG Models, said of Upton. “She wasn’t ‘fashion’ enough.” Bart signed her anyway. And soon, to the surprise of some in the industry, Ms. Upton was being sought out for editorial sittings with people like Carine Roitfeld, the French fashion eminence known for her prophetic eye, and by Katie Grand, the influential stylist and editor of the fashion-forward British magazine Love. Wholesomely proportioned at 5 feet 11 inches with a 36-25-34 figure, Upton was a long way from the coolly robotic Eastern European beauty ideal that has dominated the catwalks for many seasons. “Kate is bigger than fashion,” Bart said. “She’s the Jayne Mansfield of the Internet.”

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Syria resumes shelling, rejecting U.N. rebuke BEIRUT, Lebanon (NY Times) — The Syrian government on Tuesday brushed aside a stern castigation from the top United Nations human rights official about its deadly attacks on civilians, calling her assessment propaganda as Syria’s military resumed what one activist described as the “brutal shelling” of the city of Homs. A day after the official, Navi Pillay, the United Nations’s high commissioner for human rights, offered a grim appraisal of the Syrian conflict, activists said the shelling resumed in earnest at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, with rockets and tank shells whistling into parts of the city as often as every two minutes. It was the heaviest shelling in at least five days, activists said, particularly targeted at the

neighborhood of Baba Amr. Videos uploaded on YouTube showed gray and black smoke billowing high overhead as shells crashed into the buildings, while the staccato rattle of machine gun fire sounded constantly. “The idea of safety doesn’t exist anymore in Baba Amr,” said Omar Shakir, an activist in the neighborhood reached via Skype. “Scary is all that exists.” The neighborhood was hit by occasional mortar shells overnight, he said, with the heavier shells starting at first light. Although some people managed to flee the heart of the area, it was hard to leave entirely because it was hemmed in by government forces as it has been since the shelling started on Feb. 4.

U.S. seeks to size up China’s heir apparent during visit WASHINGTON (NY Times) — China’s vice president, Xi Jinping, held a day of highlevel meetings here on Tuesday to open a visit billed as a get-toknow-you exercise for the man widely seen as the next leader of China. But he was welcomed with pointed criticism from his host, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who declared that the United States and China could cooperate in a mutually beneficial manner “only if the game is fair.” In a day of heavily scripted encounters, Xi met President

Obama in the Oval Office, lunched with Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the State Department, and will be saluted by an honor guard at the Pentagon, talk to captains of industry at the Chamber of Commerce and join Biden and his wife, Jill, for a dinner at the vice president’s residence at the Naval Observatory. Biden spoke in blunt terms when he delivered a speech at the start of the State Department lunch, where more than 300 people were seated in the Ben Franklin reception room

at tables brimming with Valentine’s Day decorations: pink and red tulips and roses, red candles and tablecloths with fuchsia flower patterns. Biden stressed that he and President Obama had come into office determined to reassert the rightful place of the United States in Asia, and that the U.S.-China relationship was central to that. “We’re both Pacific powers, and everyday the affairs of our nations and the livelihoods of our citizens grow more connected,” he said.

Lawmakers near accord on tax cut and jobless benefits WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Members of a House-Senate committee charged with writing a measure to extend a payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits appeared to be nearing a deal Tuesday afternoon as Republicans and Democrats raced to complete an agreement over how to pay for some of the components, aides in both parties said. A one-stop destination for the latest political news — from The Times and other top sources. Plus opinion, polls, campaign data and video. A day after House Republican leaders said that they would offer a bill to extend the $100 billion payroll tax holiday for millions of working Americans without requiring spending cuts to pay for it, both parties moved to strike a broader deal that would also extend unemployment benefits and prevent a large cut in reimbursements to doctors who accept Medicare. Both of those items would be offset by a mix of spending cuts and some revenues to pay for them, while the cost of extending the payroll tax cut would be added to the deficit. The agreement would set the duration of jobless benefits at 65 to 79 weeks, depending on the unemployment rate of a state. This is a drop from the current 99 weeks and less than the 93 weeks sought by Senate Democrats . Republicans and Democrats were deeply divided on the length of time as well as other requirements

Portugal’s debt efforts may be warning for Greece LISBON (NY Times) — As debt-plagued Greece struggles to meet Europe’s strict terms for receiving its next round of bailout money, the lesson of Portugal might bear watching. Unlike Greece, Portugal is a debtor nation that has done everything that the European Union and the International Monetary Fund have asked it to, in exchange for the 78 billion euro (about $103 billion) bailout Lisbon received last May. And yet, by the broadest measure of a country’s ability to repay its debts, Portugal is going deeper into the hole.

The ratio of Portugal’s debt to its overall economy, or gross domestic product, was 107 percent when it received the bailout. But the ratio has grown since then, and by next year is expected to reach 118 percent. That’s not necessarily because Portugal’s overall debt is growing, but because its economy is shrinking. And economists say the same vicious circle could be taking hold elsewhere in Europe. Two other closely watched countries on the debt list, Spain and Italy, now also have rising debt-to-G.D.P. ratios — even though they, like Portugal, have adopted

the budget-slashing and tax-raising measures that the European officials and the I.M.F. continue to prescribe. And on Tuesday, new figures showed that the Greek economy shrank even more than expected last year, as Greece struggles under ever heavier austerity demands by its European lenders. Without growth, reducing debt levels becomes nearly impossible. It is akin to trying to pay down a large credit card balance after taking a pay cut. You can slash expenses, but with lower earnings it is hard to set aside money to pay off debt.

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METRO’s board of directors is expected to vote this morning on a roughly $6.4 million budget for the 2012 calendar year. But first, the board will consider spending another $75,000 for new technology that offers real-time updates on arrival times that bus riders could access via smart phones, iPads or personal computers. The technology, called automated vehicle location, or AVL, could also hasten the arrival of digital signs that display when the next bus will arrive, said Portland City Councilor David Marshall, who sits on Metro’s board. “The real-time passenger information will be transformative for the district, and put us on the cutting edge of transit technology, boost ridership and make the system a more seamless experience,” he said. Metro provides bus service to Portland, Falmouth, Westbrook and the Maine Mall section of South Portland. The bus agency had more than 1.4 million riders last year. South Portland Bus Service and Casco Bay Lines have already joined together to take advantage of a federal grant that pays 80 percent for new technology. Metro’s board is considering whether to join this regional effort this year, or wait until sometime in the future. Last month, Metro’s board deadlocked 5-5 about whether to spend the additional $75,000 or so for the AVL devices, software and installation on every bus — which is just 20 percent of the total cost. Portland’s five members supported the proposal while members from Falmouth and Westbrook opposed it. Board chair Michael Foley said the board generally supports adopting the technology, but there is some disagreement about spending on the upgrades this year. For one thing, he said, it could mean member cities must come up with another $75,000 to cover the cost. “I think it’s a great addition to our system, and at some point it’s needed,” Foley said yesterday. “Whether or not it’s something that can be viable for our system now is a question.” He and other members also had several questions about how the AVL program would work if Metro voted to participate. A task force that formed last month is expected to answer many of those questions at today’s meeting, he said. Metro’s board is meeting this morning at 7:45 a.m. at Metro’s offices at 114 Valley St.

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Metro’s $6.4 million budget proposal is 4.4 percent higher than 2011, and fuel prices accounted for much of the increase, said Dave Redlefsen, the agency’s general manager. Member communities are slated to pay a combined $2.9 million for Metro service in 2012, a 2 percent increase over this year. Portland’s subsidy to Metro is more than the other member communities combined, which is based upon a formula derived from where the buses run most frequently. Redlefsen, who noted that Metro ridership was up nearly 5 percent in January compared to a year earlier, said the AVL system would be “a step in the right direction” and could boost ridership by ending the uncertainty about when the next bus will arrive. Metro already has AVL devives, which show where buses are, on in-house monitoring systems. The upgrades would share that information with the broader community, potentially through “apps” compatible with iPhones, Android phones, tablets, and on computers with an Internet connection. Installation of digital “next bus” signs at bus stops would not be installed as part of this effort, Redlefsen said, calling those signs the "next phase" of the AVL project. Jennifer Taylor, 41, of Westbrook, says she likes the idea of checking her smart phone to know when the bus is due to arrive. “The No. 2 bus doesn’t always come when it’s supposed to,” she said yesterday. Taylor said she supports the new system, even if it means member communities must pay more in subsidies. “That’s the way to go, to get more people riding public transit,” she said, while waiting for a bus yesterday at Metro Pulse. Bill Smith, 46, of South Port-

land, said he often hears people wonder aloud when the next bus will arrive. “I suppose if it was there, I probably would check it,” said Smith, while he waited for a bus yesterday at Jewel Box, the bus shelter near Monument Square. Smith is a prep cook at Pat’s Pizza, who has lost about 140 pounds walking to work over the past two years. He takes the bus during the winter, he said. Tom Meyers, head of South Portland Bus Service, said his agency has been working since 2004 to get the AVL system installed. Now that the effort is moving forward, he hopes Metro will join, too. “We’re just hoping that METRO’s board sees value of this regional project for our customers,” he said. It’s not clear how Metro’s board will vote today. Seven board members must support the measure to move forward, and it's not clear if the votes are there. To be sure, the proposal has proven somewhat divisive, with support and opposition breaking down along geographic lines, several board members admitted. Other board members didn't want to talk about it yesterday. Nathan Poore, board member from Falmouth, did not return a phone call. Fellow Falmouth board member Bonny Rodden, also a town councilor there, said she didn't want to comment. “I don't really want to talk to about it. I don't feel like being interviewed right now,” she said, before apologizing to a reporter. If approved, Marshall said the new system could be installed by fall. If the board votes not to spend the extra money, it could be another year until the system goes into effect, or longer, if the federal grant program that’s paying 80 percent of the total cost dries up. casey@portlanddailysun.me @cconleydailysun

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The hockey exemption It’s taken awhile, but I finally found an example of the N.C.A.A. doing right by college athletes. Here’s the catch, though: It does so by averting its eyes from the systematic violation of one of its typically awful rules. The sport in question is hockey. It’s not a big revenue sport like football, but it is one where the players typically enroll in college with the dream of one day playing in the National Hockey League. Indeed, they often decide to attend college because they’ve been advised that it’s their best route to the pros. And who gives them that advice? It turns out that most bigtime junior hockey players have professional agents. They are not usually called agents, though. They are called advisers. And they don’t have contractual relationships; the advice is free. In fact, their advice is often critical. By their mid-teens, good hockey players have the option ––––– of joining a Canadian junior The New York league. Once they become eliTimes gible for the pro draft at age 19, they have to decide whether to sign with the team that drafts them or go to college. To help guide these decisions, agents often talk to the professional teams that draft their players; they also talk to college coaches. Is there a quid pro quo? Of course. The agent dispenses this advice in the expectation that it will eventually lead to a client relationship. Although hockey, like most sports, attracts unscrupulous agents, by and large, the system works well for everyone involved. Indeed, agents are so common in hockey that any college coach who tried to ban them wouldn’t have much of a team. A rational person might say: What a great system! It makes perfect sense to have agents advise young hockey players as they approach critical life decisions. Naturally, anything this sensible has to violate N.C.A.A. rules. The N.C.A.A. despises sports agents — hates them so much so that it once helped promulgate an anti-agent law. As of January 2010, according to the N.C.A.A.’s Web site, that law had been passed by 40 states. A player who takes an “improper benefit” from a sports agent loses his eligibility. A player who gets drafted out of high school — this happens in baseball as well as hockey — and engages an agent to talk to the pro team that drafted him loses his eligibility. Indeed, the mere act of signing with an agent is enough for a player to lose his eligibility. N.C.A.A. “scandals” involving agents and athletes are almost as common as recruiting scandals.

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Celebrating Valentine’s Day without reservations By the time this column is rubbing newsprint onto your finger tips, the complete pomp, circumstance and exhaustion that is Valentine’s Day in the restaurant business will be over for another year. It’s a mixed blessing and only the floral business rivals it in the magnitude of last-minute impossible requests. It’s difficult to get a dozen long stem red roses, with a touch of babies breath and bit of leather leaf, delivered at 11 a.m. to your girlfriend’s cross town office when you’re trying to order it at 10:30 a.m. the same day. New Year’s Eve is the closest runnerup to the panic that ensues when trying to make a last minute, preValentine’s Day restaurant reservation, and if you can’t get in (even someplace sketchy) on New Year’s Eve it doesn’t mean you don’t love her, it just means you forgot to make the reservation. Not so on Valentine’s Day. The whole concept has most of us wishing we had stock in Hallmark, Whitman’s or Victoria’s Secret, and even if we acknowledge the holiday is a meaningless relationship pressure cooker, at

Natalie Ladd ––––– What It’s Like some level we still buy into it in, one way or another. For example, nothing makes a confident single woman doubt her status like a television overdose of every kiss beginning with Kay (jewelers) and the bombardment of online dating sites reminding you that Mr. Right is just, for a limited time only, a free click away. For those in an established relationship, expectations of getting and giving tokens of love and affection become paramount. The cards, the flowers, the candy, the little stuffed Pooh Bears are all foreplay to the main event of “going out to dinner,” and unless someone fastidiously plans and makes a reservation at least a week in advance, it simply isn’t going happen. A few years ago, Portland Stage Company brought the amazingly

talented Dustin Tucker to town to do the one-man show, “Fully Committed.” For 90 minutes, Tucker played multiple parts centered around restaurant staff dynamics, and eager potential diners of all social strata trying to get a reservation at a trendy Upper East Side Manhattan restaurant. Despite the fact the place had been “Fully Committed” (The phrase the English use for, “You want to come in when? Hahahha!”) for two months, there was still bribery, name-dropping, and threats. Like most things in life, truth is stranger than fiction when it comes to a last-minute reservation request. Where I work two shifts a week, there are fifteen tables and ten barstools, and as of early Monday evening there were two open slots remaining. Because the available times were 4 p.m. and 8:45 p.m., they were the last to go, but by mid-day Tuesday, they were filled and callers were advised that a limited number of walk-in tables and barstools “may” be available. According to Front-of-the-House see LADD page 5

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The materialist fallacy The half-century between 1912 and 1962 was a period of great wars and economic tumult but also of impressive social cohesion. Marriage rates were high. Community groups connected people across class. In the half-century between 1962 and the present, America has become more prosperous, peaceful and fair, but the social fabric has deteriorated. Social trust has plummeted. Society has segmented. The share of Americans born out of wedlock is now at 40 percent and rising. As early as the 1970s, three large theories had emerged to explain the weakening of the social fabric. Liberals congregated around an economically determinist theory. The loss of good working-class jobs undermined communities and led to the social deterioration. Libertarians congregated around a government-centric theory. Great Society programs enabled people to avoid work and gave young women an incentive to have children without marrying. Neo-conservatives had a more culturally deterministic theory. Many of them had been poor during the Depression. Economic stress had not undermined the family then. Moreover, social breakdown began in the 1960s, a time of unprecedented prosperity. They argued that the abandonment of traditional bourgeois norms led to social disruption, especially for those in fragile circumstances.

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The New York Times Over the past 25 years, though, a new body of research has emerged, which should lead to new theories. This research tends to support a few common themes. First, no matter how social disorganization got started, once it starts, it takes on a momentum of its own. People who grow up in disrupted communities are more likely to lead disrupted lives as adults, magnifying disorder from one generation to the next. Second, it’s not true that people in disorganized neighborhoods have bad values. Their goals are not different from everybody else’s. It’s that they lack the social capital to enact those values. Third, while individuals are to be held responsible for their behavior, social context is more powerful than we thought. If any of us grew up in a neighborhood where a third of the men dropped out of school, we’d be much worse off, too. The recent research details how disruption breeds disruption. This research includes the thousands of studies on attachment theory, which

show that children who can’t form secure attachments by 18 months face a much worse set of chances for the rest of their lives because they find it harder to build stable relationships. It includes the diverse work on selfcontrol by Walter Mischel, Angela Duckworth, Roy Baumeister and others, which shows, among other things, that people raised in disrupted circumstances find it harder to control their impulses throughout their lives. It includes the work of Annette Lareau, whose classic book, “Unequal Childhoods,” was just updated last year. She shows that different social classes have radically different childrearing techniques, producing different outcomes. Over the past two weeks, Charles Murray’s book, “Coming Apart,” has restarted the social disruption debate. But, judging by the firestorm, you would have no idea that the sociological and psychological research of the past 25 years even existed. Murray neglects this research in his book. Meanwhile, his left-wing critics in the blogosphere have reverted to crude 1970s economic determinism: It’s all the fault of lost jobs. People who talk about behavior are blaming the victim. Anybody who talks about social norms is really saying that the poor are lazy. Liberal economists haven’t silenced conservatives, but they have completely eclipsed liberal sociolo-

gists and liberal psychologists. Even noneconomist commentators reduce the rich texture of how disadvantage is actually lived to a crude materialism that has little to do with reality. I don’t care how many factory jobs have been lost, it still doesn’t make sense to drop out of high school. The influences that lead so many to do so are much deeper and more complicated than anything that can be grasped in an economic model or populist slogan. This economic determinism would be bad enough if it was just making public debate dumber. But the amputation of sociologic, psychological and cognitive considerations makes good policy impossible. The American social fabric is now so depleted that even if manufacturing jobs miraculously came back we still would not be producing enough stable, skilled workers to fill them. It’s not enough just to have economic growth policies. The country also needs to rebuild orderly communities. This requires bourgeois paternalism: Building organizations and structures that induce people to behave responsibly rather than irresponsibly and, yes, sometimes using government to do so. Social repair requires sociological thinking. The depressing lesson of the last few weeks is that the public debate is dominated by people who stopped thinking in 1975.

Most big-time junior hockey players have professional agents NOCERA from page 4

The N.C.A.A. claims — as it always does — that it is acting to protect its athletes “from exploitation by professional and commercial enterprises.” But this is classic N.C.A.A. Orwellian spin. Its true purpose in preventing athletes from engaging with agents while in college is to exacerbate their exploitation. The professional and commercial enterprise doing the exploiting, of course, is college sports itself. “It’s all about control,” says Don Jackson, a lawyer who specializes in representing athletes who have run afoul of the N.C.A.A. Teenage athletes with agents are far more likely to make informed decisions about their lives than athletes acting on their own. Instead, ath-

letes have to rely on coaches and athletic administrators, whose primary interest is the school, not the player. And it’s not just hockey players who have to make important life decisions at a young age. When a baseball player gets drafted out of high school, he has a hard decision to make. Basketball players are usually eligible for the draft after one year of college; football players after three years. Yet N.C.A.A. rules force these athletes to make these major decisions without an agent at their side. Why is hockey different? It is certainly not because the rules themselves are different for hockey players. Stacey Osburn, a spokeswoman for the N.C.A.A., said in an e-mail that the rules are the same for athletes in all sports. It is not against the rules for an athlete to

talk to an agent. But when that agent contacts a professional team on behalf of a hockey player, he is violating N.C.A.A. rules. When he steers an athlete to a particular school, he is violating N.C.A.A. rules. And when his free advice is aimed at landing him a paying client, he is violating the rules. It is only because the use of agents is so ingrained in hockey culture that the N.C.A.A. has chosen to look the other way. What it ought to do instead is adopt hockey’s system for all its athletes in all its sports, giving them the same benefit — the counsel of an experienced advocate — that hockey players have. To do so, though, would require actually caring about the welfare of the athletes who play the games and make everyone else millions of dollars. Which is precisely why it will never happen.

‘People haven’t been nasty, but some are desperate’ for a table LADD from page 4

Manager, Melissa Lefler, the activity hasn’t let up. “Seriously, the phone is ringing every three minutes and we’re timing them like contractions. It’s mostly men calling, and what’s interesting is they’re surprised we’re booked. People haven’t been nasty, but some are desperate, and I can tell that a few of these guys are going to be in trouble.” Even around the newsroom, the phenomenon of Valentine’s Day gift giving and dinner reservationmaking was a point of discussion. One of our reporters who is single and handsome said, “Yeah, even if you don’t believe in it and know it’s stupid and made up, it’s still something you have to do.” After being upstaged by his wife last night, my editor ran out to Walmart and bought a day-of card and flowers. Columnist Bob Higgins, a guy with great insight into human nature, and “dude things” in particular, had a lucrative idea. “I’m going to stand outside Haven’s

Candy five minutes before they close and buy everything they have for Valentine’s Day. Then I’m going to roam the Old Port and sell the stuff for twice the money.” If I were any kind of friend, I’d give him the names of the people who have been calling the restaurant for those last minute reservations, but the point remains that we all take the holiday seriously, even if we aren’t giving or getting any candy hearts this year. And for me? Because it’s Tuesday night and his daughter is working, New Guy is coming over and I’m making dinner. As a betting woman, there will be no flowers, no candy and no little handmade coupons promising a foot massage or car detail. He’ll be preoccupied with the latest kitchen he’s building, the price of gasoline, and his Cub who’s halfway through Marine boot camp. He may notice I’ve made an extra special dinner (lobster macaroni and cheese), but it’ll be a regular evening none-the-less, with small talk, my favorite house wine as of late,

and he’ll most likely be heading home by 10:30. There will be no wrapped velvet box, no fine server to tip and no little black dress. It will an episode of “Law and Order: SVU” and a sink full of dishes with no Vicky’s Secret bag in sight. It will be an evening as subtle as the Valentine’s Day Bandit himself and will leave me smiling and anxious for next year, dinner reservation or not. The Low Down: Most restaurants will take reservations up to two months in advance. Ask questions about the best table real estate, and be sure to question the menu. It’s a prime date for jacking up prices and offering limited items. Nothing ruins the moment like sticker shock. (Natalie Ladd is a columnist for the Portland Daily Sun. She has over 30 continuous years of corporate and fine-dining experience in all front-of-the-house management, hourly and under-the-table positions. She can be reached at natalie@portlanddailysun.me.)

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– MUSIC CALENDAR ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SPACE Gallery is Feb. 18. “Born right here in Portland, Maine, the 48 Freya and Letter To Hour Music Festival has become a highly anticiThe Exiles at Port City pated local tradition here 8 p.m. Freya (featuring vocalist in the local music scene. Karl Beuchner of Earth Crisis, For those unfamiliar with New York Metal/Hardcore the 48HRMF, SPACE band). “The Winter Blues Tour” Gallery gives an accuwith Freya and Letter To The rate description here: Exiles. Letter To The Exiles is ‘30 artists from different a Long Island, New York HardPortland bands of all core/Metal band with Chris genres will be randomly King, Mark Randazzo, James shufﬂed into six superAppleton and Andy Amato. groups, announced on Port City Music Hall. www.portThursday afternoon, citymusichall.com Feb. 16. (I might add that no two members Thursday, Feb. 16 of the groups is allowed to have previous musiHarold Stover cal history, as a method to create new chemisat First Parish Church try, and new bonds in noon. Harold Stover at First the scene.) From there, Parish Church, Portland, as each band has exactly part of the Portland Conserva48 hours to contory of Music’s 2012 Noonday struct and practice a Concert Series. Stover is a 25-minute set of matenative of Latrobe, Penn., and a rial, culminating in this graduate of The Juilliard School 9 p.m. Saturday perin New York. He serves as formance. This entirely Organist and Director of Music new pool of local talent, of Woodfords Congregational featuring members of Church in Portland, as Director Isobell, Marie Stella, of the Portland-based chamber The Coalsack In Crux, chorus Renaissance Voices, The Heebee-Jeebees, and is a charter member of the Heavy Breathing and faculty of the Portland Conservatory of Music. For information Portland band Tricky Britches has recorded a 12-track EP, “Hop on a Train,” at Portland’s own Acadia Recording Company. In the summer Waranimal — as well call the Portland Conservatory of 2010 the boys successfully toured 13 countries in Europe, over the course of three and a half months. On Saturday, Feb. 18, the band will as Sean Morin, Sam perform at Saco Coffeehouse. (COURTESY PHOTO) James and Kate Cox — of Music at 775-3356. will be tested by a need Väsen at Bull Moose for teamwork and a ers — Adela & Jude exude a chemistry that shines through 12:30 p.m. Väsen, a Swedish folk group known well beyond couple of sleepless nights. Each year, the 48 Hour Music in their vocal and stage performance. The duo stomps, the borders of Scandinavia, will be at the Portland Bull Fest has proven to be one of the most exciting and crehollers and brings to life the familiar and forgotten musical Moose, 151 Middle Street, for a free acoustic performance ative nights of the year and a sold-out show.” Doors at giants that cast long shadows over American music.” www. and CD signing. They will perform that evening as part of 8:30 p.m., starts at 9 p.m., $10, 18-plus. adelaandjude.com Portland Ovations’ season at Hannaford Hall at 7:30 p.m. www.bullmoose.com

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Adela & Jude 5 p.m. Adela & Jude will be playing a show at Andy’s Old Port Pub. “An amazing combination of enthusiastic performance and superbly crafted songs, the brilliant interaction between Adela & Jude make for a truly enjoyable show. Performing with a fever pitch of old-time revivalist preach-

Friday, Feb. 17

Lauren Rioux and Brittany Haas

8 p.m. Beam & Fink is a down-home mix of country blues and roots music. Drawing from traditional blues, folk, and bluegrass styles, from Mississippi John Hurt to Bob Dylan, the music provides a timeless mix of mellow but engaging tunes. At Andy’s Old Port Pub, “a waterfront watering hole frequented by islanders, ﬁshermen, music lovers and locals.” www.andysoldportpub.com/about.html

7:30 p.m. Two ﬁddlers from widely respected bands (Brittany Haas of Crooked Still, and Lauren Rioux from Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings) are joining forces. As a duo, the women bring their extensive knowledge of Appalachian music and experience of being at the forefront of the contemporary string band scene, as well as the strength and depth of seasoned performers. 7:30 p.m. concert, 9 p.m. traditional Irish session (roughly). $4 20-oz. pints of Guinness, Port City Blue, 650A Congress St., Portland. portcityblue.com or www.laurenandbrittanymusic.com

Jonny Lang at the State 8 p.m. WCLZ Presents Grammy Award winner Jonny Lang. State Theatre. In more than ten years on the road, Lang has toured with the Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy, Aerosmith, B.B. King, Blues Traveler, Jeff Beck and Sting. In 1999, he was invited to play for a White House audience including President and Mrs. Clinton.

Comanchero releases ‘The Undeserved’ 9:30 p.m. Comanchero is releasing their latest CD, “The Undeserved,” at The Big Easy with some special guests! The Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland. “Comanchero’s countryfunk thunder melds a rambling jam sensibility with genuine boot-stomping twang. Shades of Widespread Panic, Cake, and Wilco in these feverish Cactus Rock rhythms.” — Relix Magazine www.bigeasyportland.com

Saturday, Feb. 18 Tricky Britches in Saco

Freya is a metal band featuring vocalist Karl Beuchner of Earth Crisis (shown here). See them at Port City Music Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 15. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Wednesday, Feb. 22

Beam & Fink at Andy’s

8 p.m. Saco Coffeehouse presents Tricky Britches, a highenergy string band from Portland. From their roots of playing heel-stomping old-time ﬁddle tunes they have progressed into a fusion of classic bluegrass, country, and folk rock. The band consists of Tyler Lienhardt on ﬁddle, Seth Doyle on mandolin, Jed Bresette on bass, Ryan “Bear” Wilkinson on banjo and Nick Wallace on guitar. Saco Coffeehouse performances begin with an open mic at 7 p.m. and feature a special guest performer at 7:30 p.m. The headlining artists begin at 8 p.m. This month’s 7:30 special guest will be songwriter Caroline Caroline Cotter. More information about the artists may be found at their websites: www. trickybritches.com and www.carolinecotter.com.

48 Hour Music Festival 9 p.m. This year’s annual 48 Hour Music Festival at

Friday, Feb. 24 The Toughcats bluegrass at SPACE 8:30 p.m. The Toughcats with The Milkman’s Union and Nat Baldwin at SPACE Gallery. $8 advance/$10 at the door, 18 plus. The Toughcats blend old-time bluegrass, swooning indie rock and classic pop twitches into one mean live show. With Jake Greenlaw providing the feverish beats, Joe Nelson on guitar and Colin Gulley on banjo, the charming trio from midcoast Maine make for a best of both worlds scenario: timeless music that is at once unquestionably danceable and haltingly listenable. They’ll be joined by the deft and idiosyncratically melodic Portlanders The Milkman’s Union, who’ve steadily been building a name for themselves across New England with a cache of hyperliterate, eclectic grooves. And, as if that wasn’t enough, double-bassist Nat Baldwin, member of Dirty Projectors and disciple of free jazz legend Anthony Braxton, kicks the night off with his intimate, richly textured, avant-pop explorations. www.space538.org/events.php

Saturday, Feb. 25 Winter White Tour 2012 8 p.m. NV Concepts/MASS EDMC/Steez Promo present: Winter White Tour 2012 with Dada Life at the State Theatre. The Swedish power duo Dada Life seems to be gracefully penetrating the world with their off kilter, shameless sense of humor and their harder hitting electronic style. www.statetheatreportland.com

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Newark likely site of funeral for pop star Whitney Houston BY CHANNING JOSEPH AND RICHARD PEREZ-PENA THE NEW YORK TIMES

The body of Whitney Houston was expected to arrive in New Jersey on Monday night in preparation for her funeral, which is likely to be held Friday in Newark, the city where she was born, according to a person with knowledge of the family’s plans. The arrangements will probably include a viewing of the body on Thursday and a funeral on Friday at the Prudential Center, according to the person, who insisted on anonymity because the plans were still preliminary. The services were being handled by Whigham Funeral Home, which arranged the 2003 funeral of Ms. Houston’s father, John. The Prudential Center, home to the New Jersey Devils, can seat up to 17,625 for hockey games and 18,500 for basketball games. As many as 1,000 seats are expected to be set up on the arena’s floor, the person said. That is a far greater number than could be accommodated at New Hope Baptist, the red-brick church where Ms. Houston got her start singing in the choir and where on Sunday mourners gathered to pay their respects by leaving flowers, candles, balloons

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and condolence cards. Still, a Devils game scheduled for Friday night may pose a logistical challenge to the funeral, the person said. The viewing will probably last throughout the day on Thursday, with lines of thousands of mourners expected to snake through the Prudential Center. It was not yet clear who would speak at the funeral. A photograph of a smiling Ms. Houston appeared on Monday night on the video screen outside the arena. The singer, 48, was pronounced dead on Saturday afternoon in California. Although the authorities have said there was no evidence of foul play, the results of an autopsy are being withheld until toxicology tests determine whether there were drugs in Ms. Houston’s system at the time of her death, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office said. That process is likely to take several more weeks. Dozens of fans and a handful of reporters stood outside the two-story brick funeral home on Monday night as they waited for the body to arrive. As music played from a car stereo nearby, people danced, hugged and even sang along to some of Ms. Houston’s songs, including the 1985 hit “You Give Good Love.” At about 11:50 p.m., a gold-colored hearse with cursive W’s emblazoned on its side windows pulled up to the funeral home, as people chanted, “Whitney!” One of the onlookers, Juan Barja, 43, simply lamented: “I never saw her in concert. Now it’s too late.” Barbara Hargrove, 29, of Newark, said she had come to pay her respects. Ms. Houston “showed the people from Newark that it’s not just an inner city,” Ms. Hargrove said. “We can get out. We can make it.” Ms. Hargrove said she remembered a similar gold-colored limousine and hearse at the funeral of Ms. Houston’s father. “Everything was gold,” she said, “and I know she’ll be in gold, too.”

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FCC bars airwave use for broadband plan BY EDWARD WYATT THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON – A broadband network that would provide voice and Internet service using airwaves once reserved for satellite-telephone transmissions should be shelved indefinitely because it interferes with G.P.S. technology, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday. The F.C.C. statement reverses the conditional approval for the network given last year and follows an opinion by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which said that “there is no practical way to mitigate the potential interference at this time” with G.P.S. devices. Telecommunications and information agency oversees telecommunications policy at the Commerce Department. The news appears to squash the near-term hopes for the network pushed by LightSquared, a Virginia company that is majority owned by Philip Falcone, a prominent New York hedge fund manager. LightSquared said Tuesday that the testing of the network was “severely flawed.” It “remains committed to finding a resolution with the federal government and the G.P.S. industry to resolve all remaining concerns,” the

company said in a statement. The company said it “profoundly disagrees” with the testing results which were performed by a national engineering group, and the N.T.I.A.’s opinion, “which disregard more than a decade of regulatory orders, and in doing so, jeopardize private enterprise, jobs and investment in America’s future.” The F.C.C., which had granted a conditional approval to LightSquared to go ahead with its network pending the results of more testing, will now propose reversing its position and barring near-term deployment of the LightSquared system, the F.C.C. said. The commission will issue a request for public comment on the proposed action on Wednesday. LightSquared has argued that its network would have relieved a potential “spectrum crunch” and created billions of dollars of investment and thousands of jobs in support of President Obama’s push to expand wireless Internet access around the country. But the network has been vigorously opposed by organizations and industries that make heavy use of G.P.S. systems, including the military, aviation, construction and agriculture. After earlier negative test results,

Philip Falcone, a prominent New York hedge fund manager, is the majority owner of LightSquared. (Kevin Wolf/Associated Press/The New York Times)

LightSquared had proposed using only land-based transmitters and receivers, rather than satellites, to transmit broadband signals over a narrow slice of the satellite airwaves. The company intended to build a wholesale network, selling access to other

companies that provide broadband service directly to consumers. But telecommunications and information agency said tests showed that even a scaledback version of the company’s wireless network would nevertheless interfere with G.P.S. signals and systems.

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Nonproﬁts receive $337,000 from Saco & Biddeford Savings DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS Nonprofit organizations throughout Southern Maine received donations totaling more than $337,000 in 2011 from Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution, according to a Saco & Biddeford Savings press release issued yesterday. More than 350 groups — from food pantries and fuel assistance programs, to schools and youth programs, to service organizations and programs for the elderly, the arts and the environment — received funding from Maine’s oldest bank last year, the press release stated. “One of our missions as a mutual community bank is to give back to the communities that we serve,” said Kevin Savage, president and CEO, “and that commitment remains as strong as ever to all of our constituencies — our customers, our employees and our communities.” Savage said that commitment to local community has never wavered for the institution. Saco & Biddeford Savings has offices in Saco, Biddeford, Old Orchard Beach, Scarborough, South Portland and Westbrook. Saco & Biddeford Savings was founded in 1827.

Free TV guide sampler in MTM newspapers soon will require subscription Beginning Sunday, Feb. 19, subscribers to the Portland Press Herald and other Maine Today Media publications will pay for their television listings, according to a notice in TV Weekly. NTVB Media, publisher of TV Weekly, calls itself the largest provider of TV magazines to the newspaper industry in the country. The Feb. 12-18 edition of TV Weekly from the Portland Press Herald reads: "Final free sample — order now." A call to the Press Herald confirmed that the TV guide was offered free on a trial basis. But on Sunday, the free sample will go away, and customers will need to pay for the TV guide. "They're now a separate order, you have to pay for it," said a TV Weekly customer service representative on Tuesday when contacted about the television listings. The company states that a home delivery subscriber to either The Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, Morning Sentinel or Kennebec Journal will pay $69.68 for 104 issues (67 cents each), $39 for 52 issues (75 cents each) or $28.60 for 26 issues ($1.10 each) to receive TV Weekly with their newspaper. Nonsubscribers will pay more.

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Demand surges for home-heating assistance BY DAVID CARKHUFF direction, but there's a lot of need out THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN there because oil prices continue to As winter drags on and heating oil inch up and it's an economy that conruns out for many families, a local tinues to be slow and difficult for a lot facilitator of home-heating aid says of families. ... She feels like the presihis organization is getting about 20 dent's proposal is a good start but it requests a day for emergency heating doesn't go far enough." assistance. Under the president's current The Opportunity Alliance, a local budget proposal, Maine would receive nonprofit that provides applications less than $40 million in LIHEAP to residents for the Low Income Home funding next fiscal year, which starts Energy Assistance Program, sees Oct. 1. growing demand for emergency assisThe Opportunity Alliance hasn't tance now that LIHEAP allocations had much time to analyze President are being used up by recipients. Obama's 2013 proposed budget. "We're getting about 20 of those "Right now our focus is trying to get a day," Mike Tarpinian, CEO of the folks through this winter," said TarOpportunity Alliance, said of the pinian. emergency heating-aid requests. As of Jan. 31, wintertime demand The problem is that LIHEAP fundfor home-heating aid at the Opportuing was cut this year, resulting in less nity Alliance had risen by about 500 money per family or individual for more applications than a year ago, heating oil. Tarpinian said. "Last year, the value of the benefit "We have about 5,000 applications was almost $800, so you could almost to date, which is about 10 percent manage your way through the winter, greater than where we were (a year given the amount that oil was per ago). The average benefit is someTom O’Connell, a driver for more than 18 years with Downeast Energy, says he delivers home heating oil to many senior citizens in the Portland area. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) gallon," said Tarpinian. "This year where around $350, which gets you it's $350 or $400 tops; well, that's 100 barely 100 gallons," Tarpinian said. Maine's allotment was reduced from unveiled a $3.8 trillion budget for gallons at today's price. If you put 100 The Opportunity Alliance has spent $56 million last year to $23 million next fiscal year which includes $3 bilgallons in your tank on Nov. 1 ... you close to $100,000 on emergency funds this year, MaineHousing reported. lion for the LIHEAP program. Last have the rest of the winter. It's been for heating assistance, he said. Some For a Maine household, that meant year, LIHEAP received $4.7 billion, difficult for some people." of that money came from a telethon an average drop of $500 for the year, and this year it was budgeted at $3.5 Tarpinian called it "the classic rock organized by WCSH TV. United Way according to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, billion, according to MaineHousing, so and a hard place" scenario. A family of Greater Portland also donated D-Maine. Pingree introduced legislathe $3 billion allocation for next year may burn through their allocation of $50,000 toward emergency fuel assistion to increase this year's nationwide represents another cut to the homeheating oil, and yet they find it too tance, he said. LIHEAP funding to $4.7 billion, but heating assistance program. expensive to refill their tank. There's about $50,000 to $75,000 no bill has passed to restore funding "We're very disappointed with that "If you're working minimum wage left in emergency funds, Tarpinian for the popular program. figure," Turcotte said. and in an apartment where you're estimated. "We have received all of our fundThe president's plan calls for a half responsible for heat and your oil has "We're keeping pace with the ing for this year, but we are just in billion more than the $2.57 billion inirun out and you're facing a $375 number of applications, we're moving a wait and see mode to see if we get tially requested for 2012, so some see charge for 100 gallons, it's a lot of people as fast as we can, and we're any additional funding," said Deborah it as an improvement. money," he said. able to set up appointments fairly Turcotte, spokeswoman for the Maine "Congresswoman Pingree is cerSome people may cut corners to quickly," Tarpinian said. Housing Authority. "We understand tainly glad to see the president endure the winter months. Turcotte said MaineHousing is still that Maine's congressional delegation increase his budget proposal for "A house that's 40 degrees is 40 pushing for this year's LIHEAP funds will push for additional funding for LIHEAP funding, but she doesn't feel degrees. You go to bed fully clothed, to be restored to last year's levels, but the next fiscal year." it's enough," said Pingree spokesyou go to bed with a jacket on. That's Congress would need to approve the President Obama on Monday man Willy Ritch. "Moving in the right what people's stories are," Tarpinian additional money. said. The Opportunity Alliance — formerly PROP and Youth Alternatives Ingraham — connects people with the homeheating benefit. 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ARIES (March 21-April 19). This day will be touched by unusual happenings, idiosyncratic people and strange experiences that seem to come from out of the blue. You enjoy the shakeup. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It will be so challenging to establish consistent practices in your personal and professional life that you may give up, deciding instead to move with the whims of the moment. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There will always be those “Chicken Little” types who, with the slightest provocation, will run around saying the sky is falling. You know better. The sky, in fact, will never fall. If anything, it will rise. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Hit the pause button for perspective. When you take a breather, you’ll be able to rise above your situation and give some thought to the mark you’d like to leave on the people and situations you encounter. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You may not feel like your usual powerful self. Instead you realize you’re someone who is just trying to get through a situation -- to slog it out with the rest of the players. Knowing you’re not alone may help you soldier on. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You may jump toward the sun, but your point is not to land there. You just want to get off the ground. Your reasonable aims will be successful, and a few of your unreasonable ones will also triumph. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There are more than a billion organisms in a teaspoon of soil. Everything you encounter, even only for a brief moment, will be changed by you. The very ground is changed because you walked on it. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 2012. There are 320 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 15, 1952, a funeral was held at Windsor Castle for Britain’s King George VI, who had died nine days earlier. On this date: In 1764, the city of St. Louis was established by Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau. In 1812, American jeweler Charles Lewis Tiffany, the founder of Tiffany & Co., was born in Killingly, Conn. In 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blew up in Havana Harbor, killing more than 260 crew members and bringing the United States closer to war with Spain. In 1933, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami that mortally wounded Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak; gunman Giuseppe Zangara was executed more than four weeks later. In 1942, the British colony Singapore surrendered to Japanese forces during World War II. In 1953, Tenley Albright became the first American woman to win the world figure skating championship, held in Davos, Switzerland. In 1961, 73 people, including an 18-member U.S. figure skating team en route to the World Championships in Czechoslovakia, were killed in the crash of a Sabena Airlines Boeing 707 in Belgium. In 1965, Canada’s new maple-leaf flag was unfurled in ceremonies in Ottawa. In 1971, Britain and Ireland “decimalised” their currencies, making one pound equal to 100 new pence instead of 240 pence. In 1982, 84 men were killed when a huge oildrilling rig, the Ocean Ranger, sank off the coast of Newfoundland during a fierce storm. In 1989, the Soviet Union announced that the last of its troops had left Afghanistan, after more than nine years of military intervention. In 1992, a Milwaukee jury found that Jeffrey Dahmer was sane when he killed and mutilated 15 men and boys. Benjamin L. Hooks announced plans to retire as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. One year ago: Protesters swarmed Wisconsin’s capitol after Gov. Scott Walker proposed cutbacks in benefits and bargaining rights for public employees. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Allan Arbus is 94. Actress Claire Bloom is 81. Author Susan Brownmiller is 77. Songwriter Brian Holland is 71. Rock musician Mick Avory is 68. Jazz musician Henry Threadgill is 68. Actress Jane Seymour is 61. Singer Melissa Manchester is 61. Actress Lynn Whitfield is 59. “Simpsons” creator Matt Groening is 58. Model Janice Dickinson is 57. Actor Christopher McDonald is 57. Reggae singer Ali Campbell is 53. Actor Joseph R. Gannascoli is 53. Musician Mikey Craig (Culture Club) is 52. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green is 52. Country singer Michael Reynolds is 48. Actor Michael Easton is 45. Rock musician Stevie Benton is 41. Actress Renee O’Connor is 41. Actress Sarah Wynter is 39. Actor-director Miranda July is 38. Rock singer Brandon Boyd is 36. Rock musician Ronnie Vannucci is 36. Actress Ashley Lyn Cafagna is 29. Actress Amber Riley is 26.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: My husband and I work comparable hours, but I earn less than half of what he does and have little discretionary income. I come home to my “second shift,” which includes cooking, cleaning and picking up after this man, who leaves his dirty clothes, snack packaging and other things strewn about the house. Meanwhile, he runs off to play golf. After dinner, he falls asleep in front of the TV. He doesn’t even mow the lawn or do routine household maintenance. He hires out for those things. Anything he’s asked to do, he deﬂects by saying “I pay.” To an extent, this is true. He pays the majority of household bills. But I pay for most of the food and all of the household products (bathroom tissue, toothpaste, shampoo) that we both use. I even keep a garden to help pad our grocery bill in the summer months. I’ve told him I feel like his servant. I don’t earn enough to hire a housekeeper. And don’t tell me to go on strike. I’ve tried it, and he is perfectly content to live in a pigsty. He says I’m a clean freak. I am not. I simply cannot live in such clutter and ﬁlth. Other than this, he’s a good man, intelligent, fun, and he makes me laugh. I’m not ready to throw us away for this problem. But I admit there are days when the idea of living alone is very appealing. He reads you faithfully and respects your opinion. Please help. -- Lake-Effect Wife Dear Wife: Marriage is a partnership. Married couples who have disparate incomes and insist on splitting the bills often run into these problems. Since you work the same hours, you should both do equal amounts of housework and share laundry and cooking duties. Since he doesn’t do these things, however, and you are picking up his used food containers and dirty clothes, cooking the meals and doing his laundry, he should pay for cleaning help. And no, this does not mean

you are a clean freak. It means you are avoiding a visit by the board of health. Dear Annie: A couple of my friends are recovering from illness and accidents, and their family members keep us updated through CaringBridge.org, a wonderful website. I just don’t understand why some authors know no boundaries. I recently read an update saying, “Johnny is now having a good solid stool every day.” Really? Did Johnny want that shared with the world? And on another site: “Mary is seeing a psychologist for help with her anger toward her family.” There is no shame in bowel movements or psychology, but please, out of respect for the person, skip those details. Just tell us the basics of how they are doing and feeling. I have informed my kids and siblings that if I ever need such a site, they are not to mention my urine output. I’m thankful for CaringBridge, as it is a great way to let people know how a friend is doing. But I am sad for the patient whose privacy is sometimes a casualty. -- Not-So-Nosy Nellie Dear Nellie: Thank you for pointing out that not all details need to be disclosed to everyone, a concept many people no longer grasp. And thank you, too, for giving us the opportunity to once again mention CaringBridge.org. Dear Annie: “S.P.” said she no longer trusts her husband of many years. Yes, it’s possible he will someday stop his philandering. But she should also consider what any philanderer could bring home to a spouse: STDs. A lot of things can be forgiven (and medically treated), but some sexually transmitted diseases are with you for the rest of your life. Our society may take casual affairs with a grain of salt, but we should be reminded now and then that affairs can kill you. -- Another Side in California

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

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Man robs clerk at Wash. Avenue Big Apple store at knifepoint

by Scott Stantis

Police are searching for a man they say held up a Portland convenience store at knifepoint early Tuesday morning. Authorities say a man entered the Big Apple store located at 16 Washington Ave. shortly before 3:30 a.m. and demanded cash from the clerk. The man wielded a knife when he demanded the money, police said. "He ended up fleeing on foot," said Lt. Gary Rogers, a police spokesman. There were no other customers or employees in the store at the time of the robbery and the man fled with a small amount of cash, Rogers said. The suspect was described as a black male in his mid-30s, between 5 foot 2 inches and 5 foot 6 inches tall and weighing between 150 and 170 pounds. The armed robbery came after a lull, following a string of recent strong-armed robberies in the city. Last month, at least six robberies were reported at convenience stores and banks in Portland — five of them involved the suspect threatening employees with a handgun. No arrests have been made in the earlier cases. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Portland Police Department at 874-8533 or text an anonymous tip from a mobile phone using keyword "GOTCHA" plus the message to 274637 (CRIMES).

Truck accident wreaked havoc on I-95 morning commute KITTERY — A man driving a tractor trailer was treated and released from the hospital for minor injuries Tuesday after officials say he crashed while trying to avoid an accident on Interstate 95. The accident on the southbound lane of the Maine Turnpike in Kittery blocked two lanes of traffic and caused major delays for Tuesday’s morning commuters, police said. The accident occurred at about 6 a.m. Paul Regan, 55, of New Hampshire, told authorities he swerved across three lanes of traffic in order to avoid colliding with another tractor trailer, according to Steve McCausland, a Department of Public Safety spokesman. Regan was driving to North Reading, Mass., from Scarborough.

Teenager accused of breaking windows at Ayla Reynolds’ home WATERVILLE — Police arrested a 19-year-old man they say is responsible for smashing several windows of the home where missing toddler Ayla Reynolds lived. Authorities allege Jeremy Hanson, of Clinton, used a baseball bat to break several windows of the Waterville home where Ayla’s father and grandmother reside. Officials said it was unclear whether Hanson had any connection to the home or its residents. Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey called the incident “a cowardly act” during a news conference after Ayla’s grandmother, Phoebe DiPietro, reported the broken windows on Feb. 3. Police say Hanson met with investigators at the Waterville Police Department Monday evening. He subsequently confessed to breaking the windows and was charge with criminal mischief, police said. He was also charged with violating conditions of release. Officials said Hanson was on bail at the time he broke the windows. Ayla was reported missing on Dec. 17. She was living with her father, Justin DiPietro, at the Waterville residence located at 29 Violette Ave.

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Wednesday, Feb. 15 ‘Forum on Poverty’ 1:15 p.m. The realities, politics, and myths associated with poverty are discussed by Chris Hastedt (Maine Equal Justice Partners), Jon Bradley (Associate Director of Preble Street Resource Center), Katherine Hulit (Occupy Maine), and Pamela Porensky (Woodrow Wilson Fellow) at Wishcamper Center, room 102, Portland Campus. Free. Cosponsored by: USM Departments of Teacher Education, Sociology, and Geography-Anthropology; SEHD Multicultural Learning Collaborative; Gender Studies Student Organization; School of Social Work; and Women and Gender Studies.

Fort Allen Park Rehabilitation 5 p.m. Fort Allen Park Rehabilitation is under discussion. The ﬁnal design must be approved by the Historic Preservation Board as well as the Planning Department. Current details on the project, including the evolution of the plan, can be found at easternpromenade.org. Review includes the Feb. 15 Historic Preservation Board, Room 209, Portland City Hall. For details, contact Diane Davison, president, Friends of the Eastern Promenade; info@friendsofeasternpromenade.org; 831-4888.

‘Soulful, Joyful, and Spiritual Voices’ 6 p.m. In celebration of Black History Month, the University of Southern Maine Ofﬁce of Multicultural Affairs presents “Soulful, Joyful, and Spiritual Voices,” a musical performance by Lorraine Bohland accompanied by pianist Terry Foster, in the Wishcamper Center, USM, Portland. There will be a 5 p.m. reception preceding the performance. This event is free and open to the public. “Lorraine Bohland, originally from Wellesley, Mass., is a jazz and blues singer. She has performed in several towns and venues around southern Maine, g Biddeford City Theater, Bates College, Kennebunk, Portland Museum of Art and Augusta. This event was made possible with a grant from Prudential Financial of South Portland. Sponsors include the USM Women and Gender Studies Program and the USM Multicultural Student Association.” For more information, contact Ofﬁce of Multicultural Student Affairs Coordinator Reza Jalali at 780-5798 or 780-4006.

Portland Public Schools superintendent forum 7 p.m. The Portland Board of Education will hold three forums to solicit input from the community about the hiring of the next Portland Public Schools superintendent. The next meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium of Lyman Moore Middle School, 171 Auburn St.; and Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria of Riverton Elementary School, 1600 Forest Ave. Each forum will last an hour and a half. The forums will focus on three questions: What are the district’s greatest strengths? What are the most prominent issues or concerns that the district must face? What are the most desirable characteristics in a new superintendent? An electronic survey is being developed. It will be posted soon on the Portland Public Schools website (www.portlandschools.org), giving community members the opportunity to submit feedback directly to PROACT at their convenience. For updated information about the superintendent search, visit www2.portlandschools.org/superintendent-search.

‘Fishing the Snake and Missouri Rivers’ 7 p.m. At the monthly meeting of the Saco River Salmon Club, member David Fenderson will present photographs of his memorable fall 2011 fishing trip to the Snake and Missouri Rivers in Idaho and Montana. Prior to the presentation, at 6:30 p.m., there will be a business meeting for the club. The meeting is free, open to the public and will take place at the conference center inside Cabela’s retail store at the corner of Haigis Parkway and Payne Road in Scarborough. “In the summer of 2009, Dave Fenderson answered a frantic call from his best friend’s wife; the diagnosis for his friend was bad — cancer. Dave promised him the fishing trip of a lifetime, when, not if, he beat the disease. The result was the subject of this month’s presentation, a trip to the Snake and Missouri rivers where they fished nymphs, streamers and dry flies to catch a lifetime’s worth of trout.” The Saco River Salmon Club is a nonprofit organization of fishermen and conservationists dedicated to restoration of Atlantic Salmon to the Saco River. The club has been raising salmon fry from eggs and stocking the fry in the Saco since 1983. The club currently operates a state-of-the-art

From left, Joe Quinn, Joshua Brassard and Harlan Baker perform in Harold Pinter’s first full-length play, “The Birthday Party,” starting Friday, Feb. 24. Long-time Acorn Productions collaborator and veteran theater artist Michael Howard directs an ensemble of six actors in a production that will be staged in a modified arena set-up in the Acorn Studio Theater. (COURTESY PHOTO) hatchery in Biddeford, advocates for salmon restoration and assists with fish surveys and habitat improvement. New members are welcome. For more information visit www.sacosalmon.com.

Thursday, Feb. 16 Energy myth-busting seminar 7:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. “In the environmental and energy technology sector, we often run up against common myths which belie hard science: Making your house too airtight is dangerous — houses have to breathe. Industrial chemicals can never be eco-friendly. Why recycle? There’s no market for it. We’ve all heard them and many of us believe them because we’ve had no other reason not to. It’s time

to set the record straight. Myths are costly to business and consumers while facts inform good decision-making and enable a wise use of time, energy and other resources. Join E2Tech on Feb. 16 to get your questions answered by myth busting experts from the environmental and energy technology sector.” Wishcamper Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland. http://e2tech.org/

Väsen at Bull Moose in Portland 12:30 p.m. Väsen, a Swedish folk group known well beyond the borders of Scandinavia, will be at the Portland Bull Moose, 151 Middle St., for a free acoustic performance and CD signing at 12:30 p.m. They will perform that evening as part of Portland Ovations’ season at Hannaford Hall at 7:30 p.m. “Väsen treads an enchanted territory between classical, folk, and pop” wrote the Utne Reader, and Wired said, “The sound may be traditional, but the attitude is completely modern, mixing up the ideas of folk, the virtuosity of prog, and the humor of the insane asylum into a cuisinart of acoustic bliss. Visualize whirled music.” Their music has been called brooding, hypnotic, dramatic and enchanting. The trio is Olov Johansson, nyckelharpa (a keyed ﬁddle unique to Sweden), Mikael Marin, viola, and Roger Tallroth, 12-string guitar. Their most recent release, “Vasen Street” will be available at Bull Moose during their visit for $6.97.

Portland Public Library basic computer training 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 16 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Registration is required. The Portland Public Library will host two identical workshops for computer beginners who would like to learn computer basics. The Workshop will be led by Raminta Moore, Library Technical Aid at the Portland Public Library and will cover topics such as the components of a computer, mousing exercises, how to scroll, and how to navigate the web. This class is made possible because of a Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) grant awarded to the Maine State Library in July 2010. There is limited space available for each of these trainings and participants must register in advance at the Library’s Public ComJames Morse, superintendent of Portland schools, listens along with other attendees at the Future Search puting desk or by calling 871-1700, ext. Conference at Ocean Gateway terminal. Morse is leaving the school district after this school year. The Portland 708. Board of Education is holding forums to solicit input from the community about the hiring of the next Portland see next page Public Schools superintendent. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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Employment Resources Workshop 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Portland Public Library is hosting an Employment Resources Workshop. “The workshop will cover topics such as: The value of networking and how to use it to open doors of opportunity; the latest social media in building connections; LearningExpress Library to help you with job searching; latest interviewing skills and tactics and what transferable skills are and how to display on your resumé.” Meeting Room No. 5 at the Portland Public Library. To register contact the Portland Public Library at 871-1700, ext. 725 or email reference@portland.lib.me.us.

Slam poet Wil Gibson at Etz Chaim 7 p.m. Join storyteller Deena R. Weinstein with champion slam poet Wil Gibson at Etz Chaim/Maine Jewish Museum. “Presenting in his unique ‘rap style,’ Wil shares his personal story of ‘growing up’ and discovering his Jewish roots. Arrive at 6:30 to schmooze (socialize) and nosh (snack). Between 7 and 8 you will be entertained by Wil and Deena, and have the opportunity to share your own stories of ten minutes or less about ﬁnding your roots, or any story you’ve been wanting to tell. This night is appropriate for adults only.” 267 Congress St. (at the head of India Street). http:// treeoﬂifemuseum.org

Portland Public Schools superintendent forum 7 p.m. The Portland Board of Education will hold three forums to solicit input from the community about the hiring of the next Portland Public Schools superintendent. The next meeting is Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria of Riverton Elementary School, 1600 Forest Ave. Each forum will last an hour and a half. The forums will focus on three questions: What are the district’s greatest strengths? What are the most prominent issues or concerns that the district must face? What are the most desirable characteristics in a new superintendent? An electronic survey is being developed. It will be posted soon on the Portland Public Schools website (www.portlandschools.org), giving community members the opportunity to submit feedback directly to PROACT at their convenience. For updated information about the superintendent search, visit www2.portlandschools.org/superintendent-search.

‘Next Fall’ by Good Theater 7 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

New Gloucester Historical Society 7 p.m. The next meeting of the New Gloucester Historical Society will be at the New Gloucester Meetinghouse, 389 Intervale Road, (Route 231), New Gloucester. The meeting will be a business meeting for members only. There will be no program until the March 15 meeting.

‘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 beginning 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.

Friday, Feb. 17 Dan Harrington at the Portland Public Library noon to 1 p.m. Dan Harrington, author of “Who’s at the Door?” The Friday Local Author Series is held from noon to 1 p.m. in the Main Library’s Meeting Room 5. Portland Public Library.

Somalis in Maine talk at COA 4:10 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. “The city of Lewiston has been transformed by immigrants in the last dozen years. Today, nearly

An Ark and stained glass windows adorn the east-facing wall of the sanctuary at at Etz Chaim Synagogue. On Thursday, storyteller Deena R. Weinstein will appear with champion slam poet Wil Gibson at Etz Chaim/Maine Jewish Museum. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) 10 percent of its population is composed of refugees from Somalia.” Members of the Somali community and editors of a 2011 book about the Somali experience, Somalis in Maine, will be talking about the experience at College of the Atlantic’s McCormick Lecture Hall. “Somalis in Maine,” a talk with two editors of a recent book of that title and two members of the Somali community in Lewiston. Free and open to the public. McCormick Lecture Hall at College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor, ME 04609. 288-5015, or Muscat at amuscat@coa.edu.

The Fifth Annual Flavors of Freeport 6 p.m. “The weekend is a whirlwind of culinary, art and fashion celebrations. It all kicks off on Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. with an outdoor ice bar, and the Chef’s Signature Series and Art Show at the Hilton Garden Inn. The fun keeps going all weekend with wine & beer tastings, a Freeport foodie tour, a Dress for Success fundraising and fashion event, ice skating at the new rink on Depot St., and so much more! This event is a celebration of the many local artisans in Freeport, from chef’s and brewers to artists and fashionistas. The Hilton Garden Inn, 5 Park St., Freeport. 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, all day on Saturday. www. freeportusa.com

‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams’ 6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art. “Cave of Forgotten Dreams,” Friday, Feb. 17, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 18, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 19, 2 p.m. NR. ‘‘‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams,’ a breathtaking new documentary from the incomparable Werner Herzog (‘Encounters at the End of the World,’ ‘Grizzly Man’) follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. A hit at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, Cave of Forgotten Dreams is an unforgettable cinematic experience that provides a unique glimpse of pristine artwork dating back to human hands more than 30,000 years ago-almost twice as old as any previous discovery.”

Peter Sellers — The Human Chameleon 7 p.m. Fridays in February and March at 7 p.m. Hosted by George Hixon. Feb. 17 — “The Pink Panther” (1963); Feb. 24 — “A Shot in the Dark” (1964); March 9 — “Dr. Strangelove” (1964); March 16 — “Being There” (1979). March 23 — “The Life and Death of Peter Sellers” (2004). “Peter Sellers was a brilliant comedic actor who had an uncanny ability to immerse himself completely in a variety of roles — often in the same movie.” Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church of Portland. www.a2u2.org/default.aspx

Free Portrait Photography Demonstration 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Constellation Gallery will be providing a free interactive demonstration by Robin Farrin of Farrin Photography on how to create a professional photographic portrait. Robin has been specializing in photographing life’s celebrations for the past 20 years. During

the month of February, she is sharing a collection of her portraits titled ‘Who Do You Love, What Do You Love?’ All are welcome! Light refreshments served.” Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St.

Saturday, Feb. 18 Maine Home, Remodeling & Garden Show 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Maine Home, Remodeling & Garden Show, Feb. 18 and 19, Cumberland County Civic Center. “Over 180 exhibitors. See the latest in appliances, kitchens, baths, siding, windows, home accessories, and much more. The weekend will feature a wide variety of on-going demonstrations, relevant seminars and our very popular ‘Meet the Chef’ Cooking Series. Everything you need to know about building, buying, ﬁnancing, remodeling, decorating or landscaping is all here.” 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission $8 adults; Seniors $6, youth 6 to 16, $5 and children under 6, free. For more information call 866-295-6438.

AWS at the Portland Children’s Museum 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Join the Animal Welfare Society of West Kennebunk Humane Educator and a shelter pet at the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine on Free Street in Portland for a hands-on program about animal care and handling from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Meet some great animals and learn about Pet Care and Handling. The Children’s Museum is at 142 Free St., Portland. 828-1234. For more information, call Animal Welfare Society (www.animalwelfaresociety.org) at 985-3244, ext. 117.

Sunday, Feb. 19 Mardi Gras Breakfast and Open House 11 a.m. “Looking for a delicious breakfast and a vibrant community of people to connect with? Join us for our annual Mardi Gras Breakfast and Open House, 11-12:30 for pancakes, eggs, ham, coffee, juice, etc. Tour our beautiful historic church and meet people from our Irish, African, and Spanish-speaking communities. Suggested donation $5; family $10. Sacred Heart St. Dominic Catholic Church, corners of Sherman and Mellen Sts., Portland.”

Rosemary Miller remembrance 2 p.m. At the University of Southern Maine, the Department of Criminology was “deeply saddened by the passing of Rosemary Miller, the Administrative Assistant for the Department, who retired in June 2011. During her many, many years at USM Rosy always went ‘above and beyond’ to serve the students, faculty and staff.” Rosy’s family is planning a celebration of her life at the Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland. see next page

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“Before the Races,” by Edgar Degas (France, 1834–1917), 1895, Collection of Robert Flynn Johnson. The painting is courtesy of Landau Traveling Exhibitions. This winter, the Portland Museum of Art will present the exhibition “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist,” on view Feb. 23 through May 28. (COURTESY IMAGE) from preceding page

Portland and Kennebunk-based psychologist in private practice.

Tuesday, Feb. 21

Flatbread Pizza Co. beneﬁt for Pine Tree Society

Family February Vacation at the Portland Museum of Art 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. From Feb. 21-23 at the Portland Museum of Art, visit the galleries and experiment with new materials for families to see the museum together, including family guides, cell phone tours, sketching kits, special items in the Café, and more. “On Thursday, bring the family to the Great Hall, where young ballet dancers, like the ones that inspired Degas, will be working at a barre. This will be a unique chance for all ages to sketch from a live model in the tradition of the artists in the exhibition Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist.” Free with museum admission. www.portlandmuseum.org

5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Flatbread Pizza Company will host a Beneﬁt Night in support of Pine Tree Society on Feb. 21 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the 72 Commercial St. location. “Between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., Flatbread will donate a portion of all pizza sales to Pine Tree Society, an organization that has been transforming the lives of Maine children and adults with disabilities and their families since 1936.” www.pinetreesociety.org

Foreside Garden Club 7 p.m. The next meeting of the Foreside Garden Club will be held at the Falmouth Public Library. The featured program will be a presentation on houseplants. All are welcome and encourages to attend. FMI call Mimi Hinkel at 829-3578.

‘How To Make a Successful Career Transition’

Care and Cultivation discussion regarding Fort Williams Park

noon to 1 p.m. “Wisdom at Work” weekly professional development series held in February at the Portland Public Library on Tuesdays through Feb. 28. Sponsored by the Portland Public Library, and Portland career counselor Barbara Babkirk and psychologist Amy Wood, Wisdom at Work is a free series of lunchtime professional development workshops designed to help people be happier and more productive in the world of work. Facilitated by local experts ranging from human resource specialists to peak performance coaches, Wisdom at Work workshops attract professionals from every ﬁeld, job seekers, students, and entrepreneurs. Sessions include: Feb. 21: How To Make a Successful Career Transition, learn the “magic” equation to determining a new career direction and effective strategies to land the job you’re aiming for, with Barbara Babkirk, a Master Career Counselor. Her business, Heart At Work, is based in Portland and offers career counseling and second half of life career transitions as well as customized outplacement services. Feb. 28: Mastering the Beliefs That Drive Your Financial Life: Uncover the counterproductive money beliefs — we all have them — creating stress in your work life, and learn more productive and prosperous ways of thinking about money, with Amy Wood, a

7 p.m. Maine Historical Society. Public Parks: Care and Cultivation of Fort Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth. Regarding the Design of the Greater Portland Landscape: Issues in Contemporary Design and Development (Program 1 of 4). “Fort Williams, a town-owned park in Cape Elizabeth, is one of Greater Portland’s gems. A former military base and home to Portland Head Light, one of the most iconic and oft-visited lighthouses in North America, the seaside park is one of the region’s favorite and most heavily-used recreation sites, drawing visitors of diverse interests, incomes, and backgrounds. The cost of maintaining the park and providing access is significant, though. Current initiatives seek to find sustainable funding models, preserve the park’s history, character, and architecture, and to define and provide appropriate visitor amenities. Efforts to maintain the ruins of the Goddard Mansion, to establish a new arboretum, and to keep access to the park free to individual visitors all reflect evolving ideas about the uses of public landscapes and the values brought to their design. In partnership with Greater Portland Landmarks. Open to the public. Suggested donation: $10 ($5 for MHS/GPL members).” www. mainehistory.org