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LePage visit clears up contested budget item Chipman draws focus to General Assistance

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Worried that the proposed state budget would drastically limit access to General Assistance funds for some of Maine’s neediest residents, one state representative invited Gov. Paul LePage to Portland’s epicenter of social services and cleared up a major “drafting error.”

Upon hearing that the governor’s budget proposal called for limiting General Assistance help to once per calendar year, District 119 representative Ben Chipman invited LePage to meet with several of his constituents last Friday afternoon as the governor rolled through Portland as part of his “Capitol for a Day” tour.

“Since the governor released the budget, I’d been getting inquiries from constituents concerned about the provisions on General Assistance, so I invited him and he was willing to come by and meet with folks at Preble Street [Resource Center],” said Chipman.

General Assistance, one of Maine’s major social services programs run by every town in Maine and partly funded by the state, is designed to help people

Taking on water The Rachel T fishing vessel ran aground around 4:45 a.m. Saturday between Portland Head Light and Willard Beach. Four people on board were able to get off the vessel safely, officials said. For a commentary about this incident, see Curtis Robinson’s “Usually Reserved” column on page 5.

(CURTIS ROBINSON PHOTOS)

see BUDGET page 3

Pilot program to ease West End parking restrictions

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Like many who live around Reiche School, Jon Morrill knows how hard it can be to find on-street parking on nights when “city services” are scheduled.

“It can be a real pain in the (butt),” Morrill said yesterday, while salting outside his home on Gray Street.

“Especially if you try to pull in late at night, a lot of times you have to drive around for a while before you find a spot.”

He was a go-to guy See Bob Higgins on page 4

In most neighborhoods with on-street parking, the spaces are restricted one night per week for each side of the street. City crews use these nights to sweep the streets, clean storm drains and remove snow, among other things.

On nights when restrictions are in effect, residents compete for coveted spaces elsewhere in the neighborhood. Vehicles that aren’t moved from restricted areas are ticketed and sometimes towed, even if the city doesn’t perform any services that night.

Kung Pao chicken means so much more See Margo Mallar’s column on page 6

But a new pilot program approved last week by the city’s Transportation Committee aims to reduce congestion issues on nights when restrictions take effect. The program, which will likely begin in April, reduces the frequency of parking restrictions on Brackett and Winter streets, between Danforth and Pine streets, from every week to twice a month.

“The West End is one of the most populated neighborhoods in the city and it was built before see PARKING page 3

Big Easy rocks; PCMH gets ball rolling with new Clash See the story, page 12

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Dim future for notes in the margins?

CHICAGO (NY Times) — Locked in a climate-controlled vault at the Newberry Library here, a volume titled “The Pen and the Book” can be studied only under the watch of security cameras.

The book, about making a profit in publishing, scarcely qualifies as a literary masterpiece. It is highly valuable, instead, because a reader has scribbled in the margins of its pages.

The scribbler was Mark Twain, who had penciled, among other observations, a one-way argument with the author, Walter Besant, that “nothing could be stupider” than using advertising to sell books as if they were “essential goods” like “salt” or “tobacco.” Like many readers, Twain was engaging in marginalia, writing comments alongside passages and sometimes giving an author a piece of his mind. It is a rich literary pastime, sometimes regarded as a tool of literary archaeology, but it has an uncertain fate in a digitalized world.

“People will always find a way to annotate electronically,” said G. Thomas Tanselle, a former vice president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and an adjunct professor of English at Columbia University. “But there is the question of how it is going to be preserved.

These are the sorts of matters pondered by the Caxton Club, a literary group founded in 1895 by 15 Chicago bibliophiles.

With the Newberry, it is sponsoring a symposium in March titled “Other People’s Books: Association Copies and the Stories They Tell.”

The symposium will feature a new volume of 52 essays about association copies — books once owned or annotated by the authors — and ruminations about how they enhance the reading experience.

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CAIRO (NY Times) — The faltering government of the Libyan strongman Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi struck back at mounting protests against his 40-year rule, as security forces and militiamen backed by helicopters and warplanes besieged parts of the capital Monday, according to witnesses and news reports from Tripoli.

By Monday night, witnesses said, the streets of the capital, Tripoli, were thick with special forces loyal to Colonel Qaddafi as well as mercenaries. They shot freely as planes dropped what witnesses described as “small bombs” and helicopters fired on

protesters, making further demonstrations against the government impossible for the moment.

Hundreds of Qaddafi supporters took over Green Square after truck loads of militiamen arrived and opened fire on protesters, scattering them. Residents said they now feared even to emerge from their houses.The escalation of the conflict came after six days of revolt that began in Libya’s second-largest city, Benghazi, where more than 220 people were killed in clashes with security forces, according to witnesses and human rights groups.

The rebellion is the latest and bloodiest so far of the uprisings

that have swept across the Arab world with surprising speed in recent weeks, toppling autocrats in Egypt and Tunisia, and challenging others in Bahrain and Yemen. As the conflict spread to Tripoli, Colonel Qaddafi’s long hold on power appeared to be weakening, too, as key advisers and diplomats broke with his government and Libya’s secondlargest city remained under control of the protesters.

Colonel Qaddafi’s whereabouts were not known. But the heavy presence of security forces in the capital late Monday was a clear signal of his determination to hold on.

Yemeni leader rejects demands SANA, Yemen (NY Times) — President Ali Abdullah Saleh, looking shaken at a news conference here on Monday, said he would not give in to the demands of protesters who have sought his ouster during 10 days of sustained demonstrations around Yemen.

“Why do they want to return to chaos?” he said, offering instead to sit down with the protesters and discuss political reforms, rather than abandon his three decades of authoritarian rule.

Mr. Saleh’s embattled government has faced street demonstrations both from organized opposition parties, who have extracted concessions but demanded further reforms, and from young protesters seeking to emulate the revolutions that toppled the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia. Those two groups appear to be drawing closer. The Joint Meeting Parties, an umbrella group of opposition parties, said in a statement that it would “unite with the young protesters,” strongly condemning

the “murder and acts of repression and terrorism suffered by young people and activists at the hands of the authorities.”

The statement was the most explicit support of the youth offered yet by the more established opposition, which quickly dismissed Mr. Saleh’s offer of dialogue as insincere.

The opposition parties have said that they would only agree to talks if they include leaders from the southern separatist movement, a demand that Mr. Saleh has so far not addressed.

Ten ruling party members of Parliament resigned in protest on Sunday because of the violence, according to Abdel Aziz Jabari, one of the members who gave up power.

“We present our resignations in protest over what is happening in the Yemeni arena,” Mr. Jabari said in an interview, “and over not holding the corrupt ones accountable and out of the necessity to respect the law and the Constitution.”

Wisconsin GOP plans to work without Dems

MADISON, Wis. (NY Times) — With the capital braced for another week of protests and deadlock over a bill that would restrict collective bargaining rights for unions here, the Republican state Senate leadership took steps on Monday to take up other matters. It was a move that seemed intended to increase the discomfort of the Democratic state senators, who have fled as a way of stalling the proposed measures.

Scott Fitzgerald, the Senate majority leader, told his Republican colleagues to expect to resume work on Tuesday, which would leave the 33-member legislative body without a single Democrat as they debate and vote on governor’s appointees and other issues.

At issue is a normally obscure Senate rule that requires a quorum of 20 senators to vote on fiscal matters but just 17 to vote on other matters. There are 19 Republicans in the Senate.

Mr. Fitzgerald and other members of the Republican leadership planned to meet Monday to establish a schedule for Tuesday’s order of business.

Senator Jon Erpenbach, a Democrat, said that the caucus was aware of the move but that Democrats would remain scattered across the border in Illinois until the restrictions to collective bargaining were off the table.

“They can vote on anything that is nonfiscal,” he said. “They can take up their agenda, they can do whatever they choose to do.”

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LePage visited Preble Street Some worry about snow removal “These constituents each took turns telling their stories about how they had to who have fallen on hard use General Assistance in times to meet necessary the past because they were in expenses like rent, food, a tough spot,” said Chipman, non-food, medication, fuel, who urged Lepage to conutilities, and other essensider how many Mainers rely tial services. on the financial safety-net.

“It’s basically for those “There was a serious concern scraping the bottom of the about the impact it would barrel who are on the edge have in Portland,” Chipman of becoming homeless,” said. said Chipman.

During the conversation at Chipman said there are Chipman the Preble Street Resource already restrictions on Center, LePage said he never who may quality for genmeant to limit the program for Maine eral assistance, and that Portland residents. Monday, a spokesman for works hard to make sure the system the Governor’s Office confirmed that is not abused. the budget will be corrected.

But a budget proposal released by “The language in the budget right LePage called for limiting general now does not reflect the governor’s assistance help to once per calendar intent — he does not want a onceyear, meaning that if an applicant a-year limit,” said Dan Demeritt, received help to pay their monthly spokesman for the Governor’s Office. living expenses they would not be eli“Through our conversation, the govgible to receive assistance again for ernor stated that he only intended to the rest of the year. place this restriction on people who “I was very concerned about the are from out of state, not those who impact this would have had on the are Maine residents. Right now the poorest of the poor,” said Chipman. way it reads it doesn’t specify out-of“General Assistance is a critical social state vs in-state,” said Chipman. “We safety net. If this budget had been asked him to clarify this and make a passed as drafted there is no queschange in the budget proposal, and tion that our homeless shelters would he agreed to provide some clarificahave quickly filled over capacity and tion.” people would have been sleeping on Chipman said he appreciated the the streets. governor’s swift response in clearCapitalizing on the governor’s ing up the drafting error, and taking willingness to stop by Preble Street, the time to visit with some of Maine’s Chipman lined up a group of about a neediest residents. half-dozen citizens who had used the “I’m glad the governor made time to general assistance program in the meet with the folks at Preble Street past, as well as social workers and city and the pledge of support from his officials who help administer social office to correct it,” he said. services.

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Jacqueline L. Milos, 80 SCARBOROUGH — Jacqueline L. Milos, 80, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, from complications of Parkinson’s disease at age 80.

Born in Pawtucket, R.I., daughter of Everett and Ellen Laushway, Jackie graduated Pawtucket East High School and Boston University’s Sargent College. In 1954, she married career Navy man Fredrick C. Milos, making a home with him for many years in Wrentham, Mass., before retiring together to her beloved Arizona in 1978. Fred passed away in 1994.

Jackie had no children of her own, but 1,000 or more children flourished under her wing. As a lifelong teacher, coach and mentor, she was beloved by many young people, especially her nieces and nephews. A longtime middle school teacher in Lincoln, R.I., Jackie coached both the girls’ and boys’ gymnastics teams at Lincoln High School to more than one State championship.

Voted “Most Athletic” in her high

school class, Jackie loved tennis, theatre, swimming, dance, hiking, horseback riding and nearly anything else at which she tried her hand. Her social organizing skills were much-admired.

She is survived by her brother, Robert Laushway of Teaticket, Mass., his wife, Elaine, in-laws Charles and Evelyn Milos of Scarborough, Raymond and Marion Milos of South Attleboro, Mass., nephews Mark Laushway and Michael Milos, and nieces Karen Laushway and Laurel Milos.

Interment will be at the Bourne National Cemetery at a date to be announced. In lieu of flowers, donations in Jackie’s memory may be made to the Animal Refuge League, 449 Stroudwater Street, Westbrook, ME 04092. Communications to the family may be directed to Laurel Milos, 162 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107.

Arrangements are under the guidance of Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland.

PARKING from page one

the automobile ... so there was not of on-street parking,” said Councilor Dave Marshall, who represents the neighborhood and pushed for the new system.

“Wednesday night is particularly challenging in the Reiche School area, so I have been trying to work with staff to develop a response to these concerns,” he continued. “We are basically creating a pilot program to see if this helps alleviate that lack of parking.”

If the program is deemed successful on these streets, it could be adopted in other parts of the city.

“Unless we encounter some major obstacles, it’s more a question of ‘when’ will this program be expanded,” Marshall said.

In a Feb. 11 memo to the Transportation Committee, Public Services Director Mike Bobinsky said residents have expressed concern about a lack of onstreet parking on nights when parking restrictions are in effect. Residents have also complained about city services not being performed on these nights as scheduled, he said.

After an internal review, public services staff determined the area of Brackett and Winter streets, between Pine and Danforth, “had the most frequent complaints.”

“By focusing on these streets, staff feels that we can free up approximately 40 on-street parking spaces ... and not impact the city’s service and maintenance obligations along West End streets,” Bobinsky wrote in the memo.

Ethan Strimling, who lives and works on Brackett Street, said in an email message that he supports the new program.

“Sure, I think it’s a good idea to try,” he said. “Obviously, the issue is whether the streets will get cleaned enough …

I have heard some residents say their street never seems to be swept.

Jane Burdick, who lives on Gray Street, also supports the change, which she said was long overdue.

“Thank you!,” she said, when a reporter told her about the new program. “I think it’s a fabulous idea.”

Burdick suggested the city scale back the parking restrictions to once a month. “They don’t sweep the streets more than four times a year,” she said.

City spokesperson Nicole Clegg said in an email that parking restrictions were put in place to allow for consistent delivery of services. She added that the schedule allows public services crews “to plot out their maintenance schedule in keeping with these parking restrictions.”

She acknowledged there are nights when services aren’t performed on streets where parking was restricted for that purpose.

“Even though there are occasions when services are not delivered, it has been the view of the city that maintaining a consistent parking restriction routine is better for the neighborhood as residents are prepared and will not be caught by surprise,” Clegg said in an email.

The alternative, she said, is to call for an emergency “no parking” restrictions.

When those are called, she said compliance tends to be worse than the weekly parking restrictions.

Clegg did not respond to a question asking why city parking officials issue parking tickets on nights when no services are performed. Tickets for this type of violation cost $25.

Beth Paterson, a Winter Street resident, said she was in favor of the program but worried whether snow removal services would be affected.

“It’s a reasonable idea, except for when they need to do snow removal,” she said yesterday, adding that the Winter Street is narrow even without the snowbanks.

“People (with business at Mercy Hospital) need to be able to park here during the day,” she continued. “If they can’t park here, it might be an issue during the day.”

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Outrage in Wisconsin reaches beyond employee contributions Editor, David Carkhuff left out an important piece of information in his article on “Lepage: Pensions, mandates need fixes” (the governor visits Portland, Feb. 19).

Carkhuff reports that the proposed increases in state workers contributions to the pensions and health premiums sparked the protests in Wisconsin.

Indeed this is an important reason for the protestsbut the Wisconsin governor’s bill goes much further in that it all but eliminates state employees collective bargain rights.

Under Gov. Walker’s proposal only wages would be subject to collective bargaining and wage increases would be limited to the cost of living index. In addition the public employee unions would have to hold annual elections in order to keep representing employees and dues could no longer be deducted from paychecks.

This is union busting under the pretext of addressing a fiscal crisis. Many state workers have been quoted as saying they would be willing to live with the increases in payments. This should be subject to bargaining. Governor Walker’s proposal is union busting under the pretext of addressing a fiscal crisis.

Harlan Baker Portland

Simon should watch something else on TV if democracy fails to excite Editor, I happened to read Mr. Simon’s column of Feb 18 (“Admit it, you’re bored,” opinion section) and was astounded to see a column written, and space allocated, to the idea that democratic revolutions around the world ought to be entertaining to watch on television. Perhaps Mr. Simon would be happier watching something like “Housewives of Bogata” or maybe he could be a local food critic. With such a short attention span maybe a piece from the local day care.

Freedom fighters losing their lives to free their nation, deposing harsh regimes — how boring.

Lucky Mr. Simon did not have to live though the American revolution.

Please do better.

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He was a go-to guy Sunday night, on hearing of the passing of “Jolly John” Pulsifer, I hit the usual social networking sites to pass on the news. With one notable exception you won’t find detailed here, most of the folks had fond memories.

You see, Jolly John was a fixture in Maine. Even those of us who didn’t know him personally, but only by reputation and advertis-

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“Jolly John” Pulsifer, car dealer extraordinaire, was a Maine icon for over 50 years.

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Daily Sun Columnist ing, knew this: You could always count on him. Every Christmas, usually before the turkey was even in the fridge from Thanksgiving, his “Hi Ho Ho Ho!” commercials would start.

Over the years, they became one of those things you just expected to see. The weather changed, they played Christmas music too darned early in the stores and the Jolly John holiday ads.

But next year, they’ll not be around. It’s going to be a little bit like they recalled “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

John was a “go-to” kind of guy in a lot of ways for locals, and not just ones looking to get a deal on a new or used car. About a month ago, I received a letter here at the paper from a local who wanted to float an idea. He wanted the city to put up a HUGE flag on Fort Gorges, in the entrance to the harbor.

The plan looked good, and somewhere in the back of my

memory, it clicked in that the dude that owned the hugest flag I had ever seen, one of the real monsters at a size of about 80 feet, was John Pulsifer. I emailed, phoned, and left messages all over trying to get in touch with him to see if he still had the flag, and would be willing to donate it.

Little did I know, he was a little pre-occupied, fighting a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Then there was my friend Mike Johnson, who was the coach of a kids basketball team out in Cape.

Turns out, John’s grandson was on the team. Mike relayed to me over the weekend that not only did Pulsifer never miss a practice, when the team needed new uniforms, John stepped up. “He came to me and said find new uniforms, and let him know how much they cost. There was never a question of him stepping up.”

Not the first time I’ve heard that story. Soccer teams, football teams, all benefited from John tossing a check into the hat.

Mark McClure, another old friend, tells a similar story. Years back, when McClure wanted to bring a USBL Basketball League to Portland (The Portland Mountain Cats.) He started looking around for local team sponsors. see HIGGINS page 5

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Sinking boat is a reminder about food

Yearning for the bucolic life of a farmer or fisherman? Try it first It was a bit like watching a huge animal dying.

After a while, a small crowd gathered along Willard Beach, most pausing with dogs, as a fishing boat we’d later learn was the Rachel T was pulled, sinking, toward the beach.

Many of us walk that area regularly, perhaps even daily when the weather is a bit better. We watch the boats, fishing and otherwise, come and go.

For those of us perhaps raised inland, with only a passing experience with working boats, they are mostly experienced as scenery.

Watching a crew frantically pull the mostly submerged vessel toward land, clearly getting it into a position for later repair, it was a reminder that Maine’s scenic, iconic fishing industry is never 100 percent safe.

It’s also a good time to remember that it’s hard as well as risky.

Those of us raised on family farms have our equivalent. We listen, usually without comment, as people with zero farming experience lament their

In politics, simple phrases can hide complex agendas. The budget debate offers the perfect stage for mouthing “home truths” that are not quite true. Let’s air a few examples.

• Big government, not the Bush tax cuts, created the deficits. Yes, higher spending — including the wars plus a deep recession — helped fuel the deficits, but so did the schemes to lighten rich people’s tax burdens.

The Bush tax cuts were scheduled to expire on Jan. 1. Had Congress let that happen, projected deficits for the next 10 years would be $3.3 trillion lower than they are, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

That’s a good chunk of change. President Obama’s new budget plan, despite deep slashes in spending, is projected to add $7.2 trillion to the national debt through 2021.

Congress extended the Bush tax cuts for two years. But after that time is up, lawmakers can fix much of the deficit problem by doing nothing — that is, sit-

non-agricultural lives and crave the simple life on the farm, where perhaps their six-day-a-week grind could become something bucolic. And we think, usually without comment, that these are often the same people who don’t even wash their own salad.

Me, I recall feeding (it’s called “slopping” for reason) the pigs in a nearblizzard or searching the hillsides for newly born livestock or the subtle poetry that was chicken harvesting day ... for my money, there’s a reason societies transition from farms to factory pretty darn quickly.

Granted, just like any other work, the farm is something you can love.

And as a weekend hobby it can’t be

beat. But you start making a living from the farm ... well, start with a seven-day schedule for one thing.

Fishing has a similar challenge.

Hey, how hard can it be? I can catch fish ... right? Hey, you can drive a car, too, but NASCAR seems an unlikely career move.

Those unfamiliar with the issues around food know only that product is there when they need it. It’s truly amazing — uniform and, at least around here, of stunning quality. As with so much of our food, it’s easy to see the production as the end product, cleanly marketed, mostly affordable and packaged to remove any hint of the living hell it might have been to get it onto shelves.

We might embrace “Deadliest Catch” on TV, but we don’t usually like to see that adventure reflected in the price of our swordfish, now do we?

And then one bright Sunday morning a clearly professional fishing boat apparently runs aground off your beach. The Coast Guard is there, and

soon enough the HazMat guys and it’s clearly a big deal. It’s never really 100 percent safe — a sobering thought as we watch all those oil tankers navigate into our community.

Officials say the Rachel T ran aground just before 5 a.m. Saturday morning between Portland Head Light and Willard Beach. Four people on board were able to get off the vessel safely.

A wave eventually pushed the Rachel T off the rocks and crews worked quickly to tow her to Willard Beach, the cabin sinking a little bit more every few feet. The sound was the towing boat pulling all that submerged weight.

And there the boat stayed, just off the beach, until the tide came up and they could move her out. By 9:30 p.m. she was said to be out of the water and on the blocks. Investigations continue.

ting back and letting the Bush tax cuts go poof.

But aren’t these ––––– tax cuts necesCreators sary for long-term economic growth?

Syndicate Hardly. Economists have found “virtually no evidence in support of the Bush tax cuts as an economic elixir,” writes former Reagan Treasury official Bruce Bartlett. And, he concludes, “no one should delude themselves that continuing tax cuts that did nothing for growth over the last 10 years will do anything to stimulate growth in the future.”

• Social Security is now driving up deficits. Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman said that on “PBS NewsHour,” noting, “This year, Social Security will pay out more than it brings in.”

True ... but. Like others intent on privatizing the program, Portman ignores the Social Security Trust Fund.

For more than a quarter century, American workers have been paying extra taxes into the fund to cover this very situation.

The fund’s assets are invested in U.S. Treasury securities.

Portman’s claim is like parents saying that when they tap their college savings account to pay tuition that they couldn’t afford with that year’s earnings, they are spending money they don’t have.

Portman then argues that, anyhow, the Social Security Trust Fund is empty.

“For years,” he says, “the Social Security trust fund has been used for everyday government spending.”

Well, that is true of all the money that the U.S. government borrows — which it does by selling Treasury securities to investors across the globe. If the U.S. government defaulted on these bonds, the world economy would rapidly collapse into a pile of smoking ashes.

Is Portman suggesting that the U.S. Treasury must honor its debt obligations to the Chinese government but can stiff the American workers who loaned it money through the Social Security Trust Fund? I think he is.

I know the accounting is screwy, but for purposes of determining the financial health of Social Security, our politicians should just tack the money the

Treasury owes the trust fund onto the money it owes everyone else.

• You can’t tax your way to prosperity.

How many times have you heard that?

And how appealing to those who don’t like paying taxes, which is about everybody.

Listen to Rep. Paul Ryan’s reaction to Obama’s budget plan: “You really can’t borrow and spend and tax your way to prosperity, but unfortunately, that is exactly what this budget does.”

It must have slipped the Wisconsin Republican’s mind that in 2003, he voted for the famously reckless $1 trillion Medicare drug benefit, every penny of the cost borrowed. As chairman of the House Budget Committee, Ryan surely knows that one way to avoid borrowing is to pay for things the old-fashioned way, with taxes.

Now that’s simplicity we can believe in.

Curtis Robinson ––––– Usually Reserved

(Curtis Robinson is editor of The Portland Daily Sun. Contact him at curtis@portlanddailysun.me.)

Don’t buy simple talk on the federal budget Froma Harrop

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

End of an era: The state of Maine says goodbye to a local icon HIGGINS from page 4

“When I brought my pro basketball team to Maine in 1996, Jolly John was my VERY first sponsor. I met him in his showroom in Saco and I didn’t have to sell him on it at all, he said “where do I sign?” He TRULY was as nice and professional in person and supportive of Maine as we saw on his commercials. He will be missed. A piece of our past has been taken from us.”

Yeah, he was like that. There is hardly a civic

organization in the southern half of the state that didn’t jiggle the donation cup under John, only to have him surprise them with a big check.

There are all kinds of go-to guys out there. We all have a guy that we call when the car is making funny noises, or when the plumbing suddenly decides to reverse direction, or when that electrical outlet suddenly starts putting out the funny brown smoke.

John was a go-to guy for other stuff too.

A lot of my friends report that he was the dude

who sold them their first “new” car, getting them on the road to credit and home ownership.

If there was a telethon-fundraiser, he was there.

If there was a local organization that needed something, he was there. If you needed a car, he was there.

The go-to guys go down hard. As they get rarer and rarer, I wonder if the next generation of go-to guys will be as quick to step up. Hopefully, they will.

Hi-ho. dude.

(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

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We continue our look at how our favorite drink and food define us...

Lou Jacobs' two favorite things to drink are chocolate milk and wine, not surprising for someone raised in Farmington who grew into something of a world traveler.

"It's strange because I don't drink milk, I only drink chocolate milk," he explains.

"It's sweet but not too sweet. It's rich and filling and very satisfying.

Wine is satisfying, too — red or white.

It feels healthy, it makes people happy and social and it reminds me of places I'd like to be — Northern California, Southern France, places I have fond memories of. There's so much care put in its production. It's like there's love in every bottle."

A 1991 graduate of Mt. Blue High School, Jacobs spent his senior year in high school in classes at the UMaine Farmington Campus. Certain that he was destined for law school, his college

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Daily Sun Columnist course work there focused on languages, economics and political science. Despite the conventional career path, he considered himself something of a contrarian so while his classmates opted for French and Spanish Jacobs decided to study Mandarin Chinese.

He spent his senior year at Beijing Polytechnic University, getting comfortable enough with Chinese culture to return after graduation to teach social studies for a year at the International School of Beijing.

"When I first got to China, I realized quickly that the food vocabulary I learned in class was extremely

inadequate. It's not as easy as saying chicken or beef, which is what I did when I couldn't read the menu. By just ordering chicken, when there are a thousand chicken dishes, I got a lot of things I didn't want. Beijing is in Northeast China and Northern Cuisine is not as odd as Southern Cuisine but I did try dog and lots of organ meats like brain, tripe and pig's ear.

God only knows what I ate unknowingly," he groaned.

His fascination with Chinese food, led him to enroll in a Chinese Culinary School but the curriculum was focused on restaurant management.

After a couple of weeks of lectures on "how to go to market and buy food for 300" or "how to negotiate with the local authorities to get the necessary permitting to open your own restaurant" Jacobs unenrolled himself and began searching for a teacher who would teach him actual kitchen skills.

Feng Ayi was a former cooking

teacher who spoke some English.

"Aunt Feng" tutored him for several months, introducing him to the principles of Chinese medicine through her lessons on ingredients, techniques and preparations.

"Everything in Chinese medicine is about maintaining the balance between yin and yang. Foods have different properties – some have cooling properties, some are warming, some are drying and some are moisturizing.

Symptoms manifest themselves in people, just as they do in the environment. When you've got excess heat, the ground dries up and gets crackly and thirsty. Same with the skin, it dries up and needs water. A radish is a food that is used to cool the body down, it's something you'd eat if you needed more moisture. Chinese healers identify an imbalance then apply certain foods. When you go to a Chinese pharmacy, they blend a formula

For Pepsi, a business decision with social benefit

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But more recently, many have managed to avoid the trips, staying home as the result of a new venture with PepsiCo, which buys their crops.

“Some of us used to go north to work to make money to pay off debts, but no longer,” said Martín Ramos Torres, a farmer, adding that at least two members of the cooperative he leads had

been caught by United States border patrol agents and deported. “In just three years, everything has changed.”

Mr. Ramos and some 300 small farmers here no longer sell their corn to middlemen but directly to PepsiCo, which guarantees the price it will pay for their crops upfront. The deal enables the small farmers to secure credit to buy seeds and fertilizers, crop insurance and equipment.

“Before, I had to sell my cow to buy what I needed,” said José Guzmán Santana, another farmer selling to Pepsi. “Now I keep the cow and my family has milk while I grow my crop.”

PepsiCo’s work with the corn farmers reflects a relatively new approach by corporations trying to maintain a business edge while helping out small

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The corn project saved PepsiCo transportation costs because the farms were close to two of its factories, and the use of local farms assured it access to types of corn best suited to its products and processes. “That gives us great leverage because corn prices don’t fluctuate so much, but transportation costs do,” said Pedro Padierna, president of PepsiCo’s operations in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

The social benefits of the corn program are obvious in higher incomes that have improved nutritional and

educational standards among the participating farmers, not to mention its impact on illegal immigration and possibly even the reduction of marijuana production.

The sunflower farmers are expected to see similar benefits — but PepsiCo insists those benefits are ancillary to the business rationale for the program.

A growing number of major companies have adopted similar business tacks aimed at profitability that also prove to be economically and socially beneficial for needy people. One of the earliest examples was Danone’s development of a vitamin-enhanced yogurt product that sells for 11 cents in Bangladesh. The product is profit-neutral, but has given the company valuable insights into the 2.5 billion potential consumers who live on less than $2.50 a day.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 22, 2011— Page 7

‘Balance, adaptability to the environment, maintaining a healthy lifestyle’ JACOBS from page 6

of roots, herbs, leaves, animal parts based on principles that have shown to be effective over 7,000 years,” he said.

"I saw doctors when I was there and I lived next door to a Korean acupuncturist in Beijing but I had no plan to go into Chinese medicine." He eventually set law school plans aside to attend Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City, Missouri.

As part of the four-year program which led to his doctorate in chiropractic, he took additional classes to get licensed for acupuncture. "It seemed natural.

No drugs, no chemicals. The philosophy is the same

as in Chinese food medicine: balance, adaptability to the environment, maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

The idea that prevention is the best medicine is something that everyone knows but we in the West have a hard time not resorting to quick fix medicine,” he noted.

Jacobs is an enthusiastic omnivore, with a deep appreciation for Indian food, but Chinese food has had the most impact on his life.

"My love of it took me to China. It exposed me to the things I saw there. I studied Chinese food and I came back to the states and taught it — I still teach it from time to time. It molded a lot of my future," he said.

In May of 2010, he lost his mother to inflammatory breast cancer and three months later his father went in for a bone marrow transplant to treat his leukemia. His father is doing well. In their honor, he began a fundraising program which he details at http://www.mystachefightscancer.com.

These days he’s exploring the principles of healthy eating with wife Ana, whom he met when he was donating school supplies to the program at Portland West, where she was teaching and their 16 month old daughter Anca. Although American Kung Pao typically uses celery, Jacobs prefers cucumber. see KUNG PAO page 8

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After tragedy, new rules pending on electric shutoffs DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT

AUGUSTA — A summer fire that claimed the life of a Lewiston girl may soon result in new year-round protections for consumers and owners of buildings that lose utility services like electricity and gas, a former legislator reported.

A 2010 bill sponsored by former Portland State Rep. Herb Adams in the wake of the tragedy will result in new consumer protections from the Public Utilities Commission later this month, Adams reported.

LD 1695, " An Act To Protect Life and Safety In Multi-Unit Dwellings," sponsored by Adams, directed the Maine Public Utilities Commission to create new protections for owners and neighbors of housing units whose electricity and gas may be shut off for non-payment of bills, or other reasons, while also balancing privacy and public safety concerns.

"What happened in Lewiston was a tragedy. What we can do about it will require a balance between public safety, privacy, and common sense, " said Adams.

In August 2009, 9-year-old Taylor McQueeny died in a multi-building fire in Lewiston's so-called " Little Canada" tenament district when a candle started a blaze in an apartment where the electricity had been cut off due to non-payment of overdue bills.

According to fire inspectors, tenants in a wooden triple-decker ran an extension cord from a neighbor's

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apartment on the second story to power a TV and video games in a third-floor unit, and used candles for light.

A candle left burning overnite ignited a mattress and quickly spread throughout the crowded tenament at 48 River

St., Lewiston.

The blaze spread to three other buildings in the densely settled area, and collapsed the roof of two. Over 50 people were rendered homeless.

Taylor McQueeny, staying with distant relatives in the unit burning candles, was the only loss of life. All adult tenants in the unit escaped.

The blaze was reported at 3:30 a.m. and McQueeny's body was found shortly after 8 a.m., according to the State Fire Marshall's office.

"It was a very stubborn fire," said Lewiston Fire Chief Paul Leclair.

It was the second fire with one week on the same crowded block, caused by candles used after the electricity had been cut off, according to research by Adams.

In the wake of the tragedy, Adams' bill, LD 1695, received unanimous support from the legislature's Utilities and Energy Committee, and was adopted unanimously by the legisla-

Sudan leader says he won’t run again

BY JEFFREY GETTLEMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES

NAIROBI, Kenya — President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan, who has been in power more than 20 years and faces international charges of genocide, will not run for office again after his current term ends, a Sudanese government spokesman said Monday.

Mr. Bashir seized power in 1989 in a military coup and has ruled with an iron fist ever since, crushing or trying to crush numerous rebellions across Sudan. But now, said Rabie A. Atti, a Sudanese government spokesman, Mr. Bashir “has no will to be a president again.”

“He said the chance should be given to the next generation,” Mr. Rabie said.

“He will work to establish a real democratic system in our country.”

Mr. Rabie said the decision – and timing – had “nothing, nothing at all” to do with the popular revolts against longstanding autocrats now erupting across the Arab world, which have inspired relatively small but spirited protests in Sudan as well.

“In Egypt, there was a gap between the rulers and the people, but not in our country,” he said. In Sudan, he said, the rulers “live with the people.”

Many Sudanese would disagree with that claim. Mouysar Hassan, a 22-year-old student who had joined recent demonstrations, dismissed the announcement as “just an attempt to anesthetize the street.”

Mr. Bashir was elected president last year in an election that outside observers said was tainted by fraud, intimida-

tion and bribery, and his term expires in 2015. He has been a lightning rod of a leader, lionized by some within his country for delivering a modicum of development to certain parts of northern Sudan but vilified by Western leaders and human rights groups — and many of his own people — for devising repressive and often brutal policies, including the counter-insurgency campaign in Darfur.

The International Criminal Court has charged Mr. Bashir with crimes against humanity and genocide in connection with the bloodshed in Darfur, a sprawling desert region on Sudan’s western flank.

Al-Tayeb Zein al-Abideen, a political science professor at the University of Khartoum, said that despite the denials from the Sudanese government, this announcement is “an immediate response to what is happening in the region.”

Mr. Al-Tayeb has his doubts whether Mr. Bashir is even serious about stepping down, saying that if Mr. Bashir really intended to give up power, he or someone else close to him would make a major address, not task a government spokesman to deliver such news.

“In the Arab world, we have become accustomed to rulers staying in power until they die,” he said.

Many analysts consider Mr. Bashir a wily pragmatist. Last month, when it was clear that southern Sudan was going to vote overwhelmingly to separate from the northern part of the country in a historic independence referendum, Mr. Bashir got on board, vowing to help the south.

ture as a whole.

Central Maine Power and other electric utilities did not oppose the bill but expressed concern about the cost of notifying landlords about tenant disconnections.

In 2010 Adams chaired a 30-member special commitee made up of city officials, fire departments, and landlord, tenant, and utility representatives that drew up recommendations for the PUC rulemaking process, which then required further public input and scrutiny under exisitng state laws and rules.

The new PUC rules may define how Maine utiltities — including electric, gas, and water — may notify landlords and owners that units in their buildings have had the power shut off, and still repect consumer privacy laws. Possibly a model lease agreement may be drafted to allow notification of landlords of any disconnection of service, said Adams.

The new rules must apply to tenants with signed leases, and may explore how those without leases — or " tenants at will" — may also be protected.

Expanded contact on a case-bycase basis may also be done to educate consumers about programs that help with bill payments for those low-income and at-risk customers that have problems making payments. " Maine offers the LIHEAP (low-income heating assistance) and LICAP (low-income electrical assistance ) programs state-wide, among

others," said Adams. "Help is there for those who ask. When life, safety, and property are all at stake, people must ask. Look at the tragic alternative. " The new rules would apply largely to fair-weather high-use months, like summer, when air conditioning and electric demands are high, said Adams. Existing laws already forbid cut off of utility service to Maine consumers in winter months, from Nov. 15 to May 15, without case-by-case permission of the PUC, said Adams.

Although Taylor McQeeny's tragedy happened in a crowded city, the possibility of a repeat could happen anywhere in Maine, a state with some of the nation's oldest housing stock, said Adams.

"It was a complex tragedy, with complex layers of fault, but it is a common risk many Mainers might face," he said.

"It may cost a fortune to rebuild four buildings, or to resettle 50 people. But no amount of money can bring back a 9-year-old child," said Adams.

Adams' bill was supported by city officials of Lewiston and Portland, the State Fire Marshall Association, the Maine Public Advocate, and Maine Apartment Owners and Manager's Association. CMP and Bangor-Hydro, Maine's largest electric utilities, participated in drafting the sucommitee recommendations.

The PUC rules will be presented to the legislalture later this month.

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by Paul Gilligan

By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

There’s no benefit to busying yourself without first making a clear plan. Being productive is about doing one thing at a time and completing each task before you go on to the next one.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You’ll think about all the things you could do instead of what you’re supposed to be doing. Perhaps it’s time to configure your schedule differently to stave off that old ennui.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The right kind of failure can be as impressive as success. Anyone who is moving forward is going to falter -- that’s part of the growth process. You will be in a forgiving mood.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). As a rule, you like to be as straightforward as possible. That’s why you will be prone to sharing your unfiltered thoughts and stating your intentions outright, even if you don’t think the other person would approve.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You may try to take yourself out of a game, not because you think you’ll lose but because you’ll win. You either don’t want the prize, or you don’t want to hurt the feelings of the other players.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 22).

You find balance this year and are able to create satisfaction in several areas of your life at once. Before the week is over, you’ll receive a special gift to commemorate your progress. The next six weeks show you in romantic settings, sharing your heart. You’ll make deals and impress your family in May. Capricorn and Gemini people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 24, 11, 40 and 30.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You haven’t done anything wrong, and yet you still would benefit from a purification process. The residue of normal life can be messy on emotional and spiritual levels. Take deep cleansing breaths.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You will have an enlightening conversation with a person you negotiate and interact with on a daily basis. You will learn that this person is deeper -- and funnier -- than expected.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You help others see the bigger picture in their lives, but sometimes it’s hard to do this for yourself. That’s why it’s so important to step back and do a new activity today. It will help you get perspective.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be dealing with the mistakes of others.

It’s easy for you to do this without passing blame, because you have made similar mistakes in the past. You’ll focus on fixing the problem, learning from it and moving on.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your optimism comes naturally today, and you’ll gravitate toward the upside in every situation. Your example will be followed.

You will give hope to someone who isn’t feeling so hopeful.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll be bargaining for what you want. It is only when you are really willing to lose the deal that you are in a good place to negotiate. Remind yourself how strong you are on your own.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It could take you much longer than usual to get into the groove of working. You’ll have your head in the clouds, but at least they are white, puffy clouds. The storms know to avoid you.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2011. There are 312 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 22, 1732 (New Style date), the first president of the United States, George Washington, was born in Westmoreland County in the Virginia Colony.

On this date: In 1784, a U.S. merchant ship, the Empress of China, left New York for the Far East to trade goods with China.

In 1810, according to some sources, Polish composer Frederic Chopin was born.

(Chopin, however, claimed March 1 as his birthday.)

In 1862, Jefferson Davis, already the provisional president of the Confederacy, was inaugurated for a six-year term following his election in Nov. 1861.

In 1909, the Great White Fleet, a naval task force sent on a round-the-world voyage

by President Theodore Roosevelt, returned after more than a year at sea.

In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first radio broadcast from the White House as he addressed the country over 42 stations.

In 1940, the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) was enthroned at age four in Lhasa, Tibet.

In 1973, the United States and China agreed to establish liaison offices.

In 1980, the “Miracle on Ice” took place in Lake Placid, N.Y., as the United States Olympic hockey team upset the Soviets, 4-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.)

In 1984, 12-year-old David Vetter, who’d spent most of his life in a plastic bubble because he had no immunity to disease, died 15 days after being removed from the bubble for a bone-marrow transplant.

One year ago: Najibullah Zazi (nah-jeeBOO’-lah ZAH’-zee), accused of buying beauty supplies to make bombs for an attack on New York City subways, pleaded guilty to conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction, conspiring to commit murder in a foreign country and providing material support for a terrorist organization.

Today’s Birthdays: Announcer Don Pardo is 93. Actor Paul Dooley is 83. Hollywood “ghost singer” Marni Nixon is 81.

Movie director Jonathan Demme is 67. Actor John Ashton is 63. Actress Miou-Miou is 61.

Actress Julie Walters is 61. Basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving is 61. Actress Ellen Greene is 60. Former Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., is 59. White House adviser David Axelrod is 56. Actor Kyle MacLachlan is 52. Actresscomedian Rachel Dratch is 45. Actor Paul Lieberstein is 44. Actress Jeri Ryan is 43.

Actor Thomas Jane is 42. Actress Tamara Mello is 41. Rock musician Scott Phillips is 38. Actress Drew Barrymore is 36. Actress Liza Huber is 36. Singer James Blunt is 34.

Rock singer Tom Higgenson is 32.

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Two unique cover band events find new home

Cover to Cover Cake’s “Fashion Nugget” as performed by Chas Lester The Big Easy (55 Market Street) 10 p.m. tonight; 21 plus The Big Easy, in a bid to regain a share in the cover band economy, has launched their own event called Cover to Cover, featuring local bands who’ve delved into their musical past to re-learn entire albums by classic bands.

The unofficial home of Portland’s underground hip hop scene, the Big Easy has put their own twist on the cover band roster, including MCs and hip hop acts from Eminem to The Fugees, Lauryn Hill and Nas. Tonight at the Big Easy, jazz vocalist Chas Lester proves that all it takes to do a passing impression of alt-rockers Cake is a nice voice. Lester, with some backing, will perform Cake’s seminal album Fashion Nugget, with hits like “The Distance” and “I Will Survive.”

Other highlights from the forthcoming Cover to

Cover season include Paul Simon’s “Graceland” performed by Tim Sullivan, Modest Mouse’s “Good News For People Who Love Bad News” taken on by the boys of Grand Hotel, and Holy Boys Danger Club taking on The Strokes “Is This It”.

But as Cover to Cover gets underway, it’ll have to compete with the original cover band denizen of the Big Easy.

In eight seasons at the helm of the cover band versus cover band showdown that is Clash of the Titans, local musician Spencer Albee has toured the event up and down Congress Street, with shows at The Big Easy, Empire Dine and Dance and one-off productions at Monument Square and the State Theatre.

This season, the Clash leaves the cozy attic confines of Empire for a larger and newer venue in Port City Music Hall. “They were really keen to do it. They’ve done a great job with the past couple shows I’ve done with them so I thought I would bring it over there for a season and see what happens,” said Albee.

The change is scenery is not move not motivated by

any bad blood between venue and host, according to Albee. “It’s just the nature of the venue, [Port City] has bigger everything — it’ll be a bigger show up there for sure,” he said.

Albee promises an “all killer, no filler” season of Clash that is “inclusive of as many genres as possible over a 12-week run,” he said.

This time around, the Clash has added a few new tricks while bringing back gems from past season.

Season eight sees the first film-score versus filmscore Clash as the latex diva extraterrestrials of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” take on the bobby socks and leather jacket crowd of “Grease.”

Lady Gaga takes on art diva originator Madonna later this season, and Albee will bring back crowd favorite Queen for another go-round.

And because it’s not a Clash season unless someone gets to paint lightning bolts on their face and do their best Bowie impression. “No matter how many times we do Bowie people like it,” said Albee.

— Matt Dodge

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Dear Annie: I have been married to “Brook” for more than 20 years, and we have a loving relationship. However, lately I am lonely because my wife is addicted to the Facebook game “Farmville.”

We used to spend our evenings together. Now she spends her time online. When I ask her to join me in watching what used to be a favorite TV show, she says, “Just a minute,” and if I’m lucky, she’ll show up an hour later.

I’ve tried using my computer skills to clandestinely monitor, limit or block access to these websites. But each time, she called our Internet provider’s tech support and reset everything. I’ve tried gently chiding her that all the so-called “friends” she has on these games are only monopolizing her time, but she shrugs this off and insists she doesn’t spend that much time online. She is lying to herself. I’ve tracked it. In a single day, she spent eight hours on this site. I’ve caught her online at 3 a.m.

Our house is a disaster. I do a lot of housework, but Brook is distracted when she tries to “help” and takes a lot of breaks -- which means she’s online again. How can I get her to spend more time with me? -- Fed Up with a Farmville Fanatic Dear Fed Up: These online games encourage constant participation, and many provide virtual social communities. Your wife fears that if she stops playing for an extended period, she will lose out. She doesn’t realize that she is already losing out -- with you. Like any addiction, your wife may need professional help to stop. In the meantime, insist that she shut off the computer at a specified time each day. Plan dates that will interest her enough to get out of the house. She needs to get back into the real world.

Dear Annie: I work in a small office and regularly interact

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The problem is, after I take a vacation to which I am perfectly entitled, I find my inbox filled with petty requests and busywork from the boss. I rarely get such requests otherwise, and it makes me think he somehow feels I am slacking off because I am not there.

I am hotly offended by this behavior and would like to find an amicable but firm way to end it without permanently damaging our office relationship. Any thoughts? -- Seething in St. Louis Dear Seething: Your boss, in his inappropriate, controlling way, is telling you that he has a hard time managing without you. These petty requests are punishment for leaving him.

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Dear Annie: The letter from “Disturbed” brought back several years of bad memories for me. My husband is a great person with a deep love for family. However, he, too, had an explosive temper. There would be months without a problem, and then out of the blue, he would blow up at the children or me.

In desperation, we went to a family counselor. She suggested he see his physician. He did. After a lengthy explanation of the problem, the doctor prescribed an antidepressant. What a difference! I strongly recommend that anyone who has this problem talk to their doctor and ask if such a treatment might help. -- Grateful in California

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Tuesday, Feb. 22 TWO: Grand Hotel and Kurt Baker at Port City

9 p.m. Everyone’s favorite excuse to hit the town on a Tuesday night returns with the TWO series at Port City Music Hall. Tonight, local indie rockers Grand Hotel and music historian/performer Kurt Baker take the stage back-to-back for just $2. $2 draft specials. 21 plus.

Cover to Cover

10 p.m. Cake’s “Fashion Nugget” as performed by Chas Lester at The Big Easy (55 Market St.); 21 plus.

Thursday, Feb. 24 Dan Bern w/ Common Rotation at One Longfellow

8 p.m. Dan Bern is best known for his prolific songwriting and electric live persona. He has released a dozen albums while spending well over a decade performing everywhere from local coffee shops to Carnegie Hall. Since releasing his first album in 1997, Dan Bern has amassed a strong underground following built on endless touring and his prodigious output of songs in all forms. Growing up on the same block in New York, Common Rotation bandmates Adam Busch, Eric Kufs, and Jordan Katz can’t remember a time when they weren’t making music together. Fifteen years later, this sentiment is still true—although the venue has changed to Southern California. Demanding relevancy from the pop music medium, the very distinct voice of Common Rotation is defining the modern folk song. Common Rotation continues to self-distribute their brand of modern folk music to a growing audience of dedicated fans while working within the framework of the music industry. $15, all ages.

Jacob Augustine, Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea at Port City Music Hall

8 p.m. Jacob Augustine, Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea at Port City Music Hall. With special guests Cotton Jones and Jacob Augustine. “If Jacob Augustine didn’t exist in Portland, it would be necessary to invent him. Possessing the stage presence and integrity of a firebrand preacher (except without all the answers), Augustine commands urgency and attention.

His nine-piece misfit gospel band blends the Western-Baltic flourishes of Beirut with the post-punk immediacy of World/ Inferno, but it’s the unadorned earnestness of the man himself that binds it all together.” Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea is planning to do “a ridiculous amount of touring,” she writes on her website (http://mondoamore.nicoleatkins.com/press-bio).

“An inveterate road warrior, Atkins is eager to adapt the finely crafted songs of Mondo Amore for the in-your-face directness of live performance.”

Friday, Feb. 25

It’s the year of The Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary 1962-2012 & Brian Jones Tribute! What better timing to kick off the Clash of the Titans with a Rolling Stones romp? On Wednesday, March 2, see the Rolling Stones do combat with Thin Lizzy during Clash of the Titans, a cover bands competition that is moving to Port City Music Hall. (Photo courtesy of the Rolling Stones Facebook page) musical vision. Pascual’s sound is a truly organic blend of a mastery of traditional and contemporary flamenco with his love of heroes ranging from Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis, to the Grateful Dead and J.S. Bach. Pascual is joined by world-class ensemble of gifted artists including flamenco singer/dancer Jose Moreno, violinist Rohan Gregory, and percussionist Sergio Martinez. $17, all ages.

MODNIGHT dance party

9 p.m. What seems like ages ago, Dj Ian Paige’s MODNIGHT dance party residency at The White Heart (R.I.P.) kept Portlanders moving all year long to the finest in Soul, Mod, Britpop, Psych, and Dub tunes. Given the wildly pop-

Buille featuring John Doyle at One Longfellow

8 p.m. Buille was formed in 2004 by Armagh born brothers Niall and Caoimhín Vallely along with Paul Meehan and Brian Morrissey as a vehicle to perform a body of new tunes written in a traditional style with contemporary arrangements. The resultant sound was picked up on by Donald Shaw and Vertical Records who immediately offered to produce and release the groups’ debut album. $20, all ages.

Monday, Feb. 28 Decompression Chamber Music Season Three

6 p.m. One Longfellow Square presents Concert #2, “Germany” Mendelssohn. Bring someone who has never been to a Chamber Music Concert and the newbie gets in free.

“This ‘rush hour’ concert series is designed for you! Stop in for an entertaining hour on your way home from work.”

Goup Bio, Piotr Buczek, Colin Davis, Mark Berger, and Decompression Chamber Music creator Priscilla Hayes Taylor combine their expertise, humor, and artistic talents to bring five compelling new concerts of sumptuous music. ($10 adv/$12 door). http://onelongfellowsquare.com

Tuesday, March 1 Lake Street Dive at One Longfellow

Saturday, Feb. 26

8 p.m. Lake Street Dive is a Pop Music Play-Date. The ensemble derives inexhaustible energy from the joy of invention and creation together. Their exuberant live shows and carefully crafted studio albums share a blissful irreverence for convention and an undying devotion to melody, spontaneity and groove. One Longfellow Square. ($10). http://onelongfellowsquare.com

Flogging Molly at The State Theatre

7:30 p.m. What makes a band truly remarkable? Insightful lyrics? Memorable melodies? Blow-your-mind live performances? Truth is, it takes all of those things - along with boundless enthusiasm, an infectious energy and a supreme devotion to the fans. In the case of Flogging Molly, the band is that rare gem that possesses all of these traits and more, and because of this they have established themselves as one of the most beloved bands performing today. Moneybrother and The Drowning Men join. $30 advance, $32 day of show.

Wednesday, March 2 Clash now at Port City Music Hall

Juanito Pascual at One Longfellow

8 p.m. Juanito has won praise around the globe as a respected new voice in this most Spanish of musical genres.

He is recognized in Spain as a unique and creative voice with mesmerizing virtuosity, warm and evocative playing, and original compositional style. He has been a featured artist in some of the best-known fine arts centers, clubs, and festivals in the United States, including the renowned Tanglewood Jazz Festival, New York’s 92nd St. Y, Blue Note Jazz Club, Boston’s Jordan Hall and Regattabar, and countless colleges and performing arts centers. He has also been featured on National Public Radio’s “The World” program, as well as countless television and radio programs. Pascual has been called “one of the hottest flamenco guitarists in recent years” by National Public Radio, which in Pascual’s case is just the jumping off point for the Minneapolis native’s

ular soul parties at SPACE lately, it seems like a good time to bring back a good thing. The rules are simple — look sharp and dance till you drop. SPACE Gallery. $3, 21 plus. http://www.space538.org/events.php

Brooklyn’s Lake Street Dive comes to Portland for a March 1 show at One Longfellow Square. (COURTESY IMAGE)

9 p.m. “One of Portland’s best-loved music series, The Clash of the Titans has a new home for its eighth season at Port City Music Hall. Every Wednesday, hand-picked supergroup’s of Portland’s brightest musicians come together to recreate hits from some of the most influential artists of all time. The audience votes on the mightiest Titan left standing at the end of the night.” $5 cover at the door. Acts include: March 2 — Rolling Stones vs. Thin Lizzyl March 9 — The Ramones vs. The Clash; March 16 — The Zombies vs.

The Association; March 23 — Soundgarden vs. Pearl Jam; March 30 — The Cure vs. Joy Division; April 6 — Madonna vs. Lady Gaga; April 13 — Stevie Wonder vs. Ray Charles; April 20 — Combined With Phx Best Of — Fleetwood Mac vs. Tom Petty; April 27 — Steely Dan vs. Hall And Oates; May 4 — Skip Week; May 11 — Eminem vs. Snoop; May 18 — Rocky Horror Picture Show vs. Grease; May 25 — Queen vs. David Bowie. www.portcitymusichall.com

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Tuesday, Feb. 22

High School Basketball Tournament starts

February Vacation: Family Days in the Museum

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 22 through Feb. 24, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All children must be accompanied by an adult. “Brighten your family’s February with an art-making excursion at the PMA. Collaborate with art students from Maine College of Art and share their creative process. Kids of all ages will receive a special guide with clues to art activities in the galleries. Be part of the creative process at work, taste a special kid’s treat from the Café, and create your own collection of art.” Portland Museum of Art, www.portlandmuseum.org

6 p.m. Western Maine Class “A” and “B” Girls’ and Boys’ High School Basketball Tournament at the Civic Center.

Runs through Saturday, Feb. 26. Feb. 23 — Class “A” Boys’ Semi-finals - one ticket valid for both games: 6 p.m. game #1; 7:30 p.m. game #2. Feb. 24 — Class “B” Girls’ Semi-finals: 3 p.m. game #1; 4:30 p.m. game #2; Feb. 24 — Class “B” Boys’ Semi-finals: 7:30 p.m. game #1; 9 p.m. game #2; Feb. 25 — Class “A” Girls’ Semi-finals: 6: p.m. game #1; 7:30 p.m. game #2; Feb. 26 — Class “B” Girls’ and Boys’ Regional Finals: 2 p.m. Girls’ Final; 3:45 p.m. Boys’ Final; Feb. 26 — Class “A” Girls’ and Boys’ Regional Finals: 7 p.m.

Girls’ Final; 9 p.m. Boys’ Final.

Free seminar on ‘Succession Planning for Businesses and Family Real Estate’

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Portland law firm Murray, Plumb & Murray will be hosting two free seminars: “Succession Planning for Businesses and Family Real Estate” on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and “Commercial Real Estate Basics for New Investors” on Tuesday, March 1. Both seminars will take place from 4:30-6 p.m. at the firm’s office at 75 Pearl Street in Portland. Peter Plumb, co-founder and senior director of Murray, Plumb & Murray will lead the succession planning seminar on Feb. 22. This seminar will focus on the often confusing and difficult questions of succession planning for businesses and family real estate.

Family Finances Seminar

‘From Plate to Car: Turning Food Waste into Energy’ at COA

4 p.m. “While no elephant actually lives in Bar Harbor, each year the town produces the equivalent waste of 220 elephants, according to a group of College of the Atlantic students. But rather than deploring this waste, these students hope to harness it, turning it into fuel.

The students will discuss their plans in a talk called ‘From Plate to Car: Turning Food Waste into Energy’ in the college’s McCormick Lecture Hall. The talk is part of the college’s weekly Human Ecology Forum.

When lawns are mowed, weeds pulled, leaves raked, and branches clipped, the waste is transported away from the home, sometimes even off the island. The same is true for the large amount of waste from Bar Harbor’s restaurants, hotels, and inns. It is this waste that the COA student group is hoping to turn into fuel that can be used in any gasoline-burning car with little or no modification of the engine. Using bacterial fermentation, the students are planning to convert this biomass waste into a liquid fuel known as butanol.

The students — Nicholas Harris, Lisa Bjerke, Matthew McElwee and Cayla Moore — have been studying the possibilities in various COA classes. They believe that butanol made from biomass waste could be a viable gasoline alternative, and are working to launch their own enterprise, Gourmet Butanol.” For the Human Fannie E. Stone pictured at the Edgecomb post office, the longest service postmaster in the Ecology Forum, McCormick Lecture Hall, 105 Eden United States as of July 16, 1939. The exhibit Arts, Artists, and Personalities in 1930s Maine will St., Bar Harbor, jga@coa.edu, 801-5717, or 288-5015. be previewed on March 4. (COURTESY IMAGE) Free. www.coa.edu.

DownEast Pride Alliance ‘Business After Hours’

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. DEPA’s “Business After Hours” Networking Event is at Nosh, 551 Congress St. “Delicious appetizers, cash bar & media table will be provided. Nosh serves classic NY-style deli sandwiches with a new twist with meats that are butchered, brined & roasted ‘in house’ and served on locally baked bread. See you at NOSH for cocktails and conversation! The DownEast Pride Alliance is a GLBTQ business networking group in Southern Maine meeting monthly at local establishments for ‘Business After Hours’ events that provide a safe forum for, and help strengthen, the local gay & gay-friendly business community. FMI: www.depabusiness.com

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Institute for Financial Literacy has launched a new interactive personal finance seminar series. “Taught by certified educators and open to the general public, the seminars are designed to improve financial literacy in Maine. In this session, you will learn how to manage your family finances like a business and teach your children important financial literacy skills.” All seminars are being held at the Institute’s new campus conveniently located near the Maine Mall at 260 Western Ave. in South Portland.

Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple. Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. To register, please call 2213601 or email help@financiallit.org. www. financiallit.org

Peace Rally for Darfur

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) will hold a Peace Rally for Darfur at The Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland. Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) presents a rally for peace. This event is free and open to the public; however, donations will be accepted for Fur Cultural Revival.

Speakers will include El-Fadel Arbab, as well as local activists and members of the Sudanese refugee communities. There will be a showing of the short documentary film, “Tents of Hope.” Sudanese snacks and refreshments will be served.

Thursday, Feb. 24

Wednesday, Feb. 23

Winter Family Fun Day

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fort McClary State Historic Site, Kittery; outdoor games, snowshoeing, ice skating, maple sugaring, nature walks, tree identification, fort history, winter survival demonstration, animal tracking, bon fire; hot lunch pro-

Overeaters Anonymous

10 a.m. Scarborough, W. Scarborough Methodist Church, Route 1 and Church St., oa.org for more info. see next page

Maine Historical Society Book Group

7 p.m. MHS Book Group: What Pretending Reveals About the Past. Penobscot Expedition. Collier’s Victory in Penobscot Bay, 1779. Looking to give some shape to your winter reading list, and for a chance to connect with other MHS members and friends? With the new year upon us, we are nearing the start of our latest book group at MHS. This year’s theme: American historical fiction. Titles include: “The Fort,” Bernard Cornwell’s new novel featuring Peleg Wadsworth and the Penobscot Expedition; “The Big Sky,” A.B. Guthrie’s classic of the West; “As the Earth Turns, “Gladys Hasty Carroll’s upbeat portrait of Maine during the Depression; and “Let the Great World Spin,” Colum McCann’s recent novel about New York City in the 1970s. The group will meet Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the MHS lecture hall: Feb. 22, March 22, April 26 and May 24. Register now: space is limited and the group fills quickly. Registration deadline is Jan. 28. The group will be facilitated by Larissa Vigue Picard, MHS Community Partnership Coordinator. She can be reached at lvpicard@MaineHistory.org.

The Breezemere Bottom Boys are well known favorites from the Midcoast/Lincolnville area. They play bluegrass, gospel, folk music and the occasional Beatles tune. The first time the group got together to play was for the Lincolnville Bicentennial celebration in 2002. They will perform in New Gloucester on Saturday, March 5. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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Wisdom At Work Series

noon to 1 p.m. Portland Public Library is hosting a four-part series on work each Thursday in February in Rines Auditorium. The series is sponsored by Heart At Work Career Counseling and Amy Wood, Success Strategist. The last presentation in the series is titled “Your Job Doesn’t Have To Be Perfect For Life To Be Good” presented by Creighton Taylor of Thrive! Life Coaching.The public is invited to this free series. Heart At Work Career Counseling, Outplacement Services & Second Half of Life Planning, 25 Middle St. 775-6400.

Portland police forum with the Maine Center on Deafness at the Deering Masonic Lodge

6 p.m. The Portland Police Department with assistance from the Maine Center on Deafness will host a forum with the city’s deaf population to discuss safety concerns and ways the department can improve its relationship with the community. The forum will provide an opportunity for members of the deaf community and those connected to them, including family members, employers and neighbors, to share their thoughts openly and hear from the department about efforts to ensure that Portland is an inclusive and safe community for all. “I am committed to ensuring that all members of our community have a safe space to share their safety concerns, which is why I am so appreciative to members of the deaf community for reaching out to the department,” stated Portland Police Chief James Craig.

“This forum will help facilitate a better understanding of their unique issues and through this open communication, I am confident we will build a stronger relationship.” ASL interpreters will be available at the forum. Deering Masonic Lodge, 102 Bishop St. For more information about the forum, call 874-8927 or email jrob@portlandmaine.gov.

‘The Hancock County Firewood Project’

7 p.m. “Local Heat: The Hancock County Firewood Project” a discussion on wood heat and the potential uses of the Hancock County woodshed, College of the Atlantic. Ellsworth City Hall at 7 p.m. in the second floor auditorium.

Free. For more, contact Gray Cox at gray@coa.edu, 8015712 or 288-5015.

2011 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

7:30 p.m. Shorts International presents the 2011 OscarNominated Animated Short Films. SPACE Gallery. ANIMATED – 65 min (estimated TRT with titles, etc – 85 min.); Day & Night – USA, 6 min.; Let’s Pollute – USA, 6 min.; The Lost Thing – Australia/UK, 15 min.; Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) – France, 11 min.; The Gruffalo – UK/Germany, 27 min.; Plus Highly-Commended Animated films: The Cow Who Wanted To Be A Hamburger – USA, 6 min.; Urs – Germany, 10 min. www. space538.org

Dan Bern and Common Rotation

8 p.m. After collaborating on an indie movie soundtrack “Drones,” Dan Bern and Common Rotation have continued to work on various projects together. Projects include recordings for Jonathan Demme’s Off-Broadway production of Beth Henley’s “Family Week,” an album of new Dan Bern material, Dan Bern Live in LA, and the upcoming release of Dan Bern’s greatest hits recorded live in New York. Dan Bern is best known for his prolific songwriting and electric live persona. He has released a dozen albums while spending well over a decade performing everywhere from local coffee shops to Carnegie Hall. Since releasing his first album in 1997, Dan Bern has amassed a strong underground following built on endless touring and his prodigious output of songs in all forms. Beginning in 2007, Bern focused much energy on motion pictures — he used his talents and sharp wit to compose over a dozen songs for the Jake Kasdan/Judd Apatow music biopic-spoof “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” and wrote the title song for Jonathan Demme’s documentary, “Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains.” Bern also composed songs the Nick Stoller/Judd Apatow film “Get Him to the Greek,” starring Russell Brand and Jonah Hill, newly released on DVD. With the release of his 1997 self-titled debut, Iowa native Dan Bern became the latest thing, following the likes of John Prine, Elliott Murphy, Steve Forbert, Loudon Wainwright III as a serious songwriter with a penchant for humorous songs. He will appear at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Suite 201. $15. www.onelongfellowsquare.com or www.danbern.com

Friday, Feb. 25 Range Ponds Kids Ice Fishing Derby.

9 a.m. to noon. Range Ponds State Park, Poland Spring; part of the Sebago Lake Rotary Derbyfest and Statewide Derby; limited to children ages 12 and under. Sponsored

Auditions for ‘Who’s Tommy’

7 p.m. Auditions for “Who’s Tommy” produced by Studio Theatre of Bath, will be held Feb. 25, 26 and 27 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center. Auditions will begin at 7 p.m. on Feb. 25 and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 26 and 27.

Actors are welcome to prepare a song from the show, or bring sheet music for a song of your choice. Non-singing and chorus roles are also available. We are looking for actors, singers and dancers age 16 and up. “This wonderful show is directed by Studio Theatre of Bath president Thomas Watson with musical direction from Courtney Babbidge.

Studio Theatre is a financially secure, semiprofessional theatre company that provides Live Action 2011 Academy Award-Nominated Shorts include “The Confession,” UK, a technically superior and creative theatre 26 min. The film short will be screened next Friday, Feb. 25 at SPACE Gallery. (COUR- experience.” P.O. Box 710, Bath, ME. http:// studiotheatreofbath.com TESY IMAGE)

by Kittery Trading Post, registration for this derby is free although there is $1.50 park admission fee for adults ages 12-64, free admission for all others; run in cooperation with the “Hooked on Fishing” program and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The first 500 children to register for the derby will receive a free ice-fishing rig, compliments of Kittery Trading Post. For more information on the event and registration, go to www.icefishingderby. com/maine/kids-derby

Racin’ Preview 2011

4 p.m. Legendary Maine racers Phil and Bob Libby will be the focus of an extensive Maine Vintage Race Car Association display at Northern New England’s biggest and best wintertime stock car racing showcase, Racin’ Preview 2011, set for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26 at the Portland Exposition Building on Park Street (U.S. Route 1). Both Phil and Bob Libby are members of the Beech Ridge Hall of Fame, the Maine Vintage Race Car Association Hall of Fame and the NEAR New England Hall of Fame. Cars from the Libby stable have been lovingly restored and many will be on display at Racin’ Preview 2011. Doors at the Portland Expo open at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 25, with several autograph opportunities and other activities ongoing through 10 p.m. Saturday show hours are 9 p.m. until 9 p.m. For further information please call (603) 447-4251 or email racinpaper@racinpaper.com. Current associate sponsors of Racin’ Preview 2010 include Racin’ Paper, Mainely Motorsports, LaQuinta, R & D Racing and Fabrication of Limerick, and Wayne Elston’s Speed Shop of Carmel.

‘Made in Dagenham’ at the PMA

6:30 p.m. Portland Museum of Art Movies at the Museum series features “Made in Dagenham” on Friday, Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 27, 2 p.m. Rated R. “Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, Made in Dagenham is based on a true story about a group of spirited women who joined forces, took a stand for what was right, and in doing so, found their own inner strength.

Although far from the Swinging Sixties of Carnaby Street, life for the women of Dagenham, England is tinged with the sounds and sights of the optimistic era, heard on their radios and seen on their TV sets. Rita O’Grady reflects that upbeat era who, along with her friends and co-workers at the city’s Ford Motor Factory, laugh in the face of their poor conditions. Lisa is a fiercely intelligent Cambridge-educated woman who feels a bit trapped, tending to the home with a husband that suggests she keep her opinions to herself.

She may not live in the same world as the other women, but she shares their views. No one thought the revolution would come to Dagenham, until one day, it did. Rita, who primarily sees herself as a wife and mother, is coerced into attending a meeting with shop steward Connie, sympathetic union representative Albert, and Peter Hopkins, Ford’s Head of Industrial Relations.”

Eat Write: Nourishment for Mouth and Mind

7 p.m. Mayo Street Arts presents Eat Write: Nourishment for Mouth and Mind as part of the ongoing LIT series hosted

by Megan Grumbling. In addition to a reading by Maine Poet Laureate Betsy Sholl and performances by actors Paul Haley, Michael Howard and April Singley, the evening will feature informal dinner, a wine tasting competition, and an axiom-busting puppet show based on the work of Francois Rabelais. “Its cold, its February, there just aren’t a lot of surprises this time of year much less large social gatherings, so we wanted to have an event where people can get together and forget their heating bills for a while” says Grumbling, a poet and host of the LIT series which is in its third year.

Betsy Sholl is the author of several books, including her most recent, Rough Cradle. In addition, Grumbling, who is a theater critic for the Portland Phoenix and who often works with local actors, has enlisted Haley, Howard, and Singley

‘Animal Farm’ play performed at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor

7:30 p.m. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” That wryly amusing line captures much of the political awareness of the twentieth century.

The source, George Orwell’s classic cautionary fable “Animal Farm,” has been turned into a play by College of the Atlantic visiting faculty member Andrew Periale. It will be performed Friday through Sunday, Feb. 25 to 27.

Performances will be Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. “In Orwell’s novella, Farmer Jones is chased off the farm by his own animals, who then set about running it in an egalitarian, socialist manner. Before long, though, it becomes clear that most of the animals are working for the benefit of the pigs. By play’s end, one pig controls everything, and the ‘lower animals’ are far more oppressed than they were under Farmer Jones.

It is recommended for adults and children 13 and older.

Admission is free to COA students, faculty and staff. For others it is $3, with profits supporting youth scholarships at a Journey’s End Farm Camp. Gates Community Center, College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. 288-5015 or aperiale@gmail.com.

‘Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist’

7:30 p.m. “Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist and Other Conversations of Color; A Celebration of African American History” at Lucid Stage, located at 29 Baxter Boulevard. The event will include a concert, a play, and an opening of a visual arts exhibition at Portland’s newest performing arts venue. “It will open with a concert of traditional freedom songs performed and narrated by Mehuman Jonson. Jonson is an award-winning songwriter and performer, who has performed and toured with artists who include Nora Jones, Meshell N’ Degeocello, and Ani Difranco. The concert will be followed by a staged reading of the award-winning, one-act play ‘Harriet Tubman Visits A Therapist’ by Maine playwright Carolyn Gage. The play won the Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival, and will be performed by actors Shatema Brooks, a Rockland resident currently living in Portland and Maureen Emerson of Portland.

The performers will participate in a panel discussion following the play.

An exhibition of a series of paintings by Rockland artist Jonathan Frost will be shown in the lobby. This series, titled ‘The Death of Jimmie Lee Jackson’ tell the story that inspired the famous Selma-to-Montgomery Marches of 1965. The event is a fund-raiser for Maine Freedom Trails, to support their network of marked sites across the state that acknowledge individual, organizational and community participation in the Underground Railroad and the abolitionist movement. This network includes the Portland Freedom Trail, which winds through the Old Port and Munjoy Hill.” Tickets for the event are $10-$20, sliding scale, and reservations may be made at the Lucid Stage website, www.lucidstage.com, or by calling Lucid Stage’s Box Office at 899-3993. The evening is partially funded by a grant from the People of Color Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.

Stuart McLean & The Vinyl Cafe

7:30 p.m. Stuart McLean & the Vinyl Cafe, Canada’s answer to Garrison Keillor, returns to Merrill Auditorium for a live version of the popular show that airs on Maine Public Broadcasting. The Vinyl Cafe, which premiered in 1994, airs the trials and tribulations of Dave, the owner of the word’s smallest record store … where the motto is, “we may not be big but we are small.” Presented in association with Maine Public Broadcasting. Tickets $42 (includes service fee). Student and family prices available by calling 842-0800. see next page

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Sunday, Feb. 27

2011 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action

Psychic Sunday at Lucid Stage

7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery presents Shorts International, the 2011 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films. LIVE ACTION – 101 min. (estimated TRT – 110 min.); The Confession – UK, 26 min.; The Crush – Ireland, 15 min. God of Love – US, 18 min.; Na Wewe – Belgium, 19 min.; Wish 143 – UK, 24 min. www.space538.org

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will include: Joyce Halliburton (psychic), Kate Holly-Clark(Runes), Lisa Nigthfeather (psychic), Antika Nueva (gems and jewelry), Henna By Amy, Oh Baby Cafe, and many more. www.lucidstage.com

8:30 p.m. From WE’s Two Funny, Kerri Louise with Tuck.

Tickets $15. Portland Comedy Connection, 16 Custom House Wharf. Also Saturday. Reservations: 774-5554. $7.50. Schedule and information: www.mainecomedy.com.

Box office open Thurs.-Sat., noon to 10 p.m.

7:30 p.m. Tickets $10, available online at www.LucidStage. com or through Lucid Stage’s Box Office at 899-3993, 29 Baxter Boulevard. “Produced by Cloud Morris and Brian Brinegar, this monthly series features stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, ‘surprised guests,’ and other disturbing delights! Special guests are Nicholas LaVallee, Sarah Frazier, Bill Gray and Cliff Gallant.”

Secret Lives of Comedians

Kerri Louise with Tuck at the Comedy Connection

Saturday, Feb. 26

Monday, Feb. 28

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2.5K road race, other events

8 a.m. The Longfellow Chorus, Orchestra and featured soloists celebrate the 204th birthday of native son Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — in the poet’s boyhood church--with a 2.5K road race through the heart of downtown Portland, a showing of the Mike Leigh film “Topsy-Turvy,” performances of cantatas by Franz Liszt (“The Bells of Strasbourg Cathedral”) and Arthur Sullivan (“The Golden Legend”) that use the same Longfellow text, and the winning cantatas from The Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition: “By the Seaside,” by Jonathan Blumhofer, Worcester, MA, and Piers Maxim, Brussels, Belgium. Bass-baritone Tyler Putnam — the son of a Maine lobsterman and a Chebeague Island municipal librarian — sings his hometown debut. The First Parish in Portland, 425 Congress St. 2328920 or www.longfellowchorus.com

Winter Family Fun Day

10 a.m.-3 p.m. Aroostook State Park, “Maine’s First State Park,” Presque Isle; cross-country skiing, snowshoeing (instruction provided), ice skating, sledding, snowmobile tote rides, guided nature interpretation walks; dog-sled rides, $2 donation; hot lunch provided; adults, 12-64, $1.50; all others free; for more information, call 768-8341.

Riverlands Winter Greens Snowshoe Hike

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Androscoggin Riverlands State Park, Turner; presented by Mike Auger, Androscoggin Land Trust; participants will learn how to identify trees and shrubs and learn how they provide food and shelter for the animals in the park; a 2.6-mile loop; children’s educational program; includes visit to hike sponsor, Nezincot Farm, a historic organic farm, and store, in Turner; some snowshoes available, please call ahead to reserve; refreshments; for more information or for groups interested in attending, contact Laura Keating at (207) 5570352 or laura.keating@maine.gov

Longfellow’s 204th birthday party

Maine Restaurant Week kick-off Signature Event

PORTopera, the Opera of Maine, will hold auditions for the chorus of Gaetano Donizetti’s La Fille du Regiment on Sunday, March 20.

The title role will be filled by Maine’s own Ashley Emerson (pictured). This opera has a large chorus of 20 men and 20 women.

The opera will be staged in July. The auditions will take place at Portland High School. Applications can be completed on site.

When auditioning for the chorus, candidates should be prepared to perform a song or aria, in French if possible. An accompanist will be provided. Please call 879-7678 or email info@portopera. org with AUDITION in the subject line to schedule an audition.

(Photo courtesy of Kristin Hoebermann) Well-Dressed Ape, Suburban Safari, and The Secret Life of Dust. Her writing has been determined to be “amusing and illuminating” (Outside); “full of interesting facts” (The Washington Post Book World); and “juicy and humorous” (Publishers Weekly starred review). Holmes graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a degree in English, proceeded to travel the world as a journalist, and has since settled down back home to write books and observe the planet. For more information, visit www.hannahholmes.net/.

Romantic songs at Anthony’s Dinner Theater

10 a.m. Join the Maine Historical Society for Longfellow’s 204th birthday! Special guests will read Longfellow’s poetry, and there will be craft activities, prizes, cake and a birthday card for Henry for everyone to sign.

Fun for all ages! The party is free and open to the public. www.mainehistory.org

7 p.m. Kelly Caufield performs romantic songs at Anthony’s Dinner Theater. Free rose to every lady all month. $39.95 per person. Feb. 12, 19 and 26. Call for Reservations. 2212267. www.anthonysdinnertheater.com

10 a.m. to noon. The Institute for Financial Literacy has launched a new interactive personal finance seminar series.

“Taught by certified educators and open to the general public, the seminars are designed to improve financial literacy in Maine. In this session, you will learn how to manage your family finances like a business and teach your children important financial literacy skills.” All seminars are being held at the Institute’s new campus located near the Maine Mall at 260 Western Ave. in South Portland. Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple. Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. To register, please call 221-3601 or email help@financiallit.org. www.financiallit.org

Gail Donovan book signing

Family Finances Seminar

Author Hannah Holmes at Bull Moose

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Portland author Hannah Holmes will be at the Bull Moose Scarborough store at 456 Payne Road for a book signing and to present her new book, “Quirk: Brain Science Makes Sense of Your Peculiar Personality.”

“Holmes traveled to psychology labs around the world to determine ‘what exactly is a personality? What purpose does it serve? How did we each end up with a different one?’ She delves into the recesses of ground-breaking human and animal brain science and emerges with the conclusion that genes, hormones, and neurotransmitters guide our interactions with the world and hence craft our personalities. QUIRK examines the biological basis of important personality traits such as ‘the political party you support, the car you drive, the likelihood that you’ll cheat on your spouse, and even the way you eat M&Ms’; it is neuroscience for the masses.” Holmes is also the author of The

Sunday, Feb. 27 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Gail Donovan will sign her latest children’s book, “What’s Buggging Bailey Blecker?”, at the Cathedral Shop at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke. The Cathedral Shop is located at 143 State St.

Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen

1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Attend “Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen: A Celebration of Community Supported Agriculture and Fisheries” in a location near you on Sunday, Feb. 27. “This event is part celebration and part education, as local farmers, fishermen and other food producers come together with members of the community to share information about opportunities to enjoy local foods while supporting these enterprises in a meaningful way. Farms with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs ask you to commit to purchasing a share of the coming harvest before the season begins. The benefit? You get to provide the farm with much-needed capital in the off-season while getting your locally grown food direct from the farm at a fair price. In addition to farms with CSA shares, local fishermen with Community Supported Fisheries (CSF) shares will also be present in some locations. Portland, Woodfords Church, 202 Woodford St. (note this location will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.) Use the Maine CSA Directory on the website of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, www. mofga.net, to find the CSA opportunities in your area.” The event is co-sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association (MOFGA) and local organizations at each site. Admission to this event is free.

5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Expanding on last year’s legendary cocktail competition, the March 2011 Maine Restaurant Week kick-off Signature Event introduces a two-pronged dessert competition. Taking place on at the Masonic Temple in Portland, the Signature Event celebrates the priceless individuality behind Maine’s cocktail shakers and sugar shacks.

Cookies challenge cakes and cupcakes take on truffles in the “How Sweet It Is” portion of the competition, but only one can win. Guests at The Signature Event have the final say in this people’s choice face-off. Notably, many competitors are exclusively bakers and confectioners, expanding Restaurant Week’s sphere of influence beyond traditional restaurants. Founded in 2009, this is the third year for this statewide event. Participating restaurants offer specially priced menus from March 1-12. For restaurant names, menus and special event information, visit www.mainerestaurantweek.com.

Cold River Bartenders Bash

5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The spirit of healthy competition is alive and well in Maine’s mixology world, according to partners at Maine Distilleries (www.mainedistilleries.com and www. facebook.com/mainedistilleries). Partners have announced their list of 30 Maine bartenders now competing in a twomonth contest for the 15 coveted mixology slots at its upcoming “2nd Annual Cold River Bartenders Bash.” The Bash, to take place at Portland’s Ocean Gateway, will pit 15 well-known Maine bartenders against each other in a friendly “shaker-to-shaker” competition to create “The Ultimate Cold River Cocktail.” For more information, visit www. mainedistilleries.com or call 865-4828.

Violence Intervention Partnership officials to speak before Republican City Committee

7 p.m. Faye E. Luppi, J.D., the project director of the Cumberland County Violence Intervention Partnership, will be the featured speaker at the meeting of the Portland Republican City Committee. The meeting will be held at Foreside Real Estate Management’s office at 76 Elm St., Portland, beginning at 7 p.m. “Since 1998, the Cumberland County Violence Intervention Partnership (VIP) has coordinated our community response to domestic violence. Project partners are the District Attorney’s Office, Family Crisis Services, the Sheriff’s Office and Jail, Maine Pretrial Services, the District II Police Chiefs, Bangor Theological Seminary, and the Department of Corrections. Other community partners include Pine Tree Legal, Maine Medical Center, local universities, and Catholic Charities Maine. Their goals are to: 1) keep domestic violence victims safe in the community; 2) hold the offenders accountable; and 3) change how our community thinks about domestic violence. The project has brought more than $3 million in grant funding to the county.” For more information on the meeting, please call Barbara Harvey at 837-2400. For more information on the project see www.cumberlandcounty.org.

Tuesday, March 1 Bayside Neighborhood Association meeting

6 p.m. Bayside Neighborhood Association Monthly Meeting at Unity Village. http://www.facebook.com/BaysideNeighborhoodAssociation

Portland Schools budget proposal

7 p.m. Portland Superintendent James C. Morse, Sr. will present his proposed budget on March 1 at 7 p.m. in Room 250 of Casco Bay High School, 196 Allen Ave., according to a notice from Portland Public Schools. A public hearing on the budget will take place on March 15. The School Board’s Finance Committee will review the budget and present its version to the full board on March 22. The School Board is expected to vote on the budget on March 29. After review by the Portland City Council’s Finance Committee, it will come before the full City Council on May 2.