From left, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the I.M.F.; Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg; and Olli Rehn, the European monetary affairs commissioner, at a news conference on Tuesday. (Yves Herman/Reuters/The New York Times)
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Vending machines at schools may change WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The government’s attempt to reduce childhood obesity is moving from the school cafeteria to the vending machines. The Obama administration is working on setting nutritional standards for foods that children can buy outside the cafeteria. With students eating 19 percent to 50 percent of their daily food at school, the administration says it wants to ensure that what they eat contributes to good health and smaller waistlines. The proposed rules are expected within the next few weeks. Efforts to restrict the food that schoolchildren eat outside the lunchroom have long been controversial. Representatives of the food and beverage industries argue that many of their products contribute to good nutrition and should not be banned. Schools say that overly restrictive rules, which could include banning the candy sold for school fund-raisers, risk the loss of substantial revenue that helps pay for sports, music and arts programs. A study by the National Academy of Sciences estimates that about $2.3 billion worth of snack foods and beverages are sold annually in schools nationwide. Nutritionists say that school vending machines stocked with potato chips, cookies and sugary soft drinks contribute to childhood obesity, which has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that about one in every five children are obese. No details of the proposed guidelines have been released, but health advocates and snack food and soft drink industry representatives predict that the rules will be similar to those for the government’s school lunch program, which reduced amounts of sugar, salt and fat. Those rules set off a fight between parents and health advocates on one side, who praised the standards, and the food industry, which argued that some of the proposals went too far. Members of Congress stepped in to block the administration from limiting the amount of potatoes children could be served and to allow schools to continue to count tomato paste on a pizza as a serving of vegetables. Nancy Huehnergarth, executive director of the New York State Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Alliance in Millwood, N.Y., said she expected a similar fight over the vending machine rules. “I think the food and beverage industry is going to fight tooth and nail over these rules,” Ms. Huehnergarth said.
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Growing concerns in Greece over new bailout ATHENS (NY Times) — Even as the European Union signed off Tuesday on a sweeping new arrangement to help avert a Greek default and stabilize the euro, many people here on the streets saw no end in sight to their country’s woes. “They don’t want to kill us but keep us down on our knees so we can keep paying them indefinitely,” said Eva Kyriadou, 55, as she stood in a square in downtown Athens where the smell of tear gas and the smashed facades from last week’s violent riots still lingered. Indeed, the deal was reached amid a growing air of stalemate and concern. Greece’s foreign lenders expressed doubts that the new austerity measures the Greek Parliament passed last week — including pension cuts and a 22 percent cut to the private-sector benchmark minimum wage — would actually be implemented, at least before
early national elections as soon as April. Others are concerned that in the fine print of the 400-plus-page document — which Parliament members had a weekend to read and sign — Greece relinquished fundamental parts of its sovereignty to its foreign lenders, the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. “This is the first time ever that a European and probably an O.E.C.D. state abdicates its rights of immunity over all its assets to its lenders,” said Louka Katseli, an independent member of Parliament who previously represented the Socialist Party, using the acronym for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. She was one of several independents who joined 43 lawmakers from the two largest parties in voting against the loan agreement.
Supreme Court agrees to hear affirmative action case WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a major case on affirmative action in higher education, adding another potential blockbuster to a docket already studded with them. The court’s decision in the new case holds the potential to undo an accommodation reached in the Supreme Court’s 5-to-4 decision in 2003 in Grutter v. Bollinger: that public colleges and universities could not use a
point system to boost minority enrollment but could take race into account in vaguer ways to ensure academic diversity. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who wrote the majority opinion in Grutter, said the accommodation was meant to last 25 years. The court’s membership has changed since 2003, most notably for these purposes with the appointment of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who replaced Justice O’Connor in 2006. Justice Alito has voted with the court’s
more conservative justices in decisions hostile to the use of racial classifications by the government. “There thus seem five votes — Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito — to overrule Grutter and hold that affirmative action programs are unconstitutional,” Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school at the University of California, Irvine, wrote in a recent book, “The Conservative Assault on the Constitution.”
Ultrasound abortion bill nears vote in Virginia RICHMOND, Va. (NY Times) — A bill requiring a woman to get an ultrasound before having an abortion is poised to pass Virginia’s legislature this week, placing it on track to be signed into law by Gov. Bob McDonnell. The bill, which could pass the Republican-led House of Delegates as early as Tuesday, is one of the stronger ultrasound laws passed by states in recent years. If it is adopted, Virginia will become the eighth state to require ultrasounds before abortions, a rule that anti-abortion forces hope will cause some women to change their minds but that women’s advocates call
an effort to shame women and interfere with their privacy. The Senate, which is split evenly along party lines, narrowly adopted the bill this month. McDonnell, a Republican who sponsored similar legislation when he was a lawmaker, initially voiced strong support. But the bill has drawn intense public attention, and a spokesman struck a more muted tone over the weekend, a shift that opponents said could mean that the governor might amend it before signing it. A throng of the bill’s opponents held a vigil outside the Statehouse on Monday in protest.
Iran warns of pre-emptive action in dispute LONDON (NY Times) — As tension grew in its nuclear dispute with the West, Iran was reported on Tuesday to have struck an increasingly bellicose tone, warning that it would take pre-emptive action against perceived foes if it felt its national interests were threatened, and laying down new conditions for oil sales. The warnings came as Tehran also appeared to place limits on a visit by a team of United Nations nuclear officials, saying the investigators would not go to nuclear facilities, despite earlier reports that its members had sought permission to inspect a military complex outside Tehran. In a further extension of a dispute with the European Union over an oil embargo due to come into force on July 1, Tehran also outlined what were termed conditions for future sales to European customers. Iran said Sunday that it had cut off sales to Britain and France and warned on Monday that it might extend the ban to other members of the 27-nation European Union. Growing tensions over Iran’s disputed nuclear program have provoked speculation that Israel may be contemplating a military strike against nuclear facilities, which Tehran says are for peaceful purposes but which the West suspects are inching toward the capability to produce nuclear weapons. Without mentioning Israel directly, Mohammed Hejazi, the deputy armed forces head, said on Tuesday: “Our strategy now is that if we feel our enemies want to endanger Iran’s national interests, and want to decide to do that, we will act without waiting for their actions.” Divisions in Iran’s leadership make it difficult to interpret the government’s intentions, but the statement showed a new level of aggressiveness in Iran’s rhetoric. The statement came a day after a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Tehran on Monday for the second time in three weeks. The Associated Press quoted the Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast, as saying the investigators from the International Atomic Energy Agency had no plans to visit the contentious nuclear sites, which the West maintains are part of a covert weapons program.
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Yesterday’s moonshiner is today’s microdistiller BY CAMPBELL ROBERTSON THE NEW YORK TIMES
PARROTTSVILLE, Tenn. — This is a story about a man named Marvin Sutton and how he proved that the road from criminality to commodity is sometimes shorter than it looks. Until his death in 2009 at the age of 62, Mr. Sutton, known as Popcorn, was a moonshiner. He was not quite the last, as he often claimed, but he was probably the most famous ever to work out of Cocke County, which long had a claim as the nation’s moonshining capital. It may yet again. As of last Thursday, microdistilleries are legal in Cocke County for the first time. And at the head of the line is a distillery making Mr. Sutton’s recipe. Nestled in the rocky embrace of the Great Smoky Mountains, Cocke County was a moonshine center for as long as anyone here can recall. For most families, in a rugged place with few opportunities, it was a matter of survival. But for an enterprising few, making and hauling untaxed and unregulated liquor became a profitable, dangerous and inevitably romanticized trade. Making moonshine later began to give way to growing marijuana, and by the 1960s the county was notorious for chop shops, cockfighting rings, prostitution and corrupt officials. Over the decades, the lawless elements have been corralled for the most part. But the bad old image of Cocke County lingers. And irks. “They’re having to live down now that reputation they got some time ago,” said Al Schmutzer Jr., who for 32 years was the district attorney here. Thus the complicated legacy of Popcorn Sutton. A North Carolinian by birth, Mr. Sutton learned to distill in Cocke County, where he was known as an affable rogue and a maker of potent but fine-tasting corn whiskey. He lived in a cluttered cabin on a wooded hill where he also built his stills, gave pistols to the incoming sheriffs and fathered so many children that no one has any idea of the exact accounting. But perhaps his greatest gift, and his most notable departure from the standard moonshining model, was in the field of marketing. “He’s very atypical,” said Duay O’Neil, who writes a weekly column in The Newport Plain Talk about the county’s history. “He gave the world what they expected of a moonshiner. He dressed the part and he talked the talk.” Mr. Sutton’s beard and profanity were equally effusive. “And he made a good product,” Mr. O’Neil added, “which I can say from experience.” In 1999, Mr. Sutton published “Me and My Likker,” a rambling, obscene and often hilarious account of his life in the trade. Soon after, he was featured in a documentary “This is the Last Dam Run of Likker I’ll Ever Make” (later recut as “The Last One”), which he sold out of a North Carolina junk shop. It became a cult hit, leading to newspaper features, occasional meetings with celebrities and a high-profile role in a 2007 History Channel documentary. At one point, Mr. Sutton even made business cards. “I told him, ‘Old man, you can’t be a movie star and make liquor too,’ ” said Mark Ramsey, a close friend. “He said, ‘You can’t sell it if nobody knows you got it.’ I don’t know whether he had a point or not.” In March 2008, Mr. Sutton, who had had run-ins with the law about once a decade, was arrested by federal authorities after offering to sell nearly 1,000 gallons of moonshine to an undercover agent. Despite a guilty plea, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a federal judge plainly displeased with Mr. Sutton’s fond-
Pam Sutton holds a container of whiskey her husband made. She keeps it in the freezer (New York Times Photo).
ness for publicity. It came as a shock, said his friends, to whom he had sworn he would not go to prison. While under house arrest, Mr. Sutton befriended a 29-year-old former motocross racer named Jamey Grosser, who came to Tennessee with plans to set up a legal distillery. Mr. Sutton sold Mr. Grosser the recipe for his whiskey and they worked out a partnership deal. Then, on the morning of March 16, 2009, four days before Mr. Sutton was to report to prison, he climbed into the green Ford Fairlane parked in his yard and, having rigged a pipe from the tailpipe through the back seat, killed himself.
Popcorn Sutton White Whiskey, once sold as moonshine, is now sold legally. The Popcorn Sutton industry was far from finished. The Discovery Channel made him a principal figure in a series about moonshiners. One of Mr. Sutton’s daughters, a surgeon in Alaska, has sued his widow over the rights to his book. Another daughter wrote her own book, “Daddy Moonshine.” Pam Sutton, whom he married in 2007, has made Popcorn Sutton T-shirts, key chains and ladies’ undergarments. “He would like the attention but he would swear he didn’t,” she said, adding that strangers frequently show up at the house wanting tours. A few months after Mr. Sutton’s death, a state law allowing microdistilleries was passed. Mr. Grosser, who now had a new partner in Hank Williams Jr., set up a distillery in Nashville, which as of last fall began producing 800 cases of Popcorn Sutton’s Tennessee White Whiskey a month. Mr. Grosser has long planned to open a distillery in Cocke County, possibly with a museum attached. He discussed it with county officials, who had come to see Mr. Sutton’s legacy, in a rather amusing twist, as a potentially rich source of tax revenue in a county that has its economic struggles. But Cocke County was among several counties that remained exceptions to the microdistillery law. The county board held a vote on whether to opt in, and the members unanimously voted no. Norman Smith, who is on the board, said he objected to alcohol on moral grounds, but also feared that this would only reinforce stubborn
and unfair stereotypes. “Our school system’s winning national awards,” he said. “And you’ve got an image of: ‘They can make moonshine. That’s all they can do.’ ” Proponents made a simple counterargument. “We’ve had such a bad reputation for so long,” said Mr. Ramsey, “why not turn it around and make some money off it?” When the board took a new vote last October, most members voted to opt in, prompting the legislature to include Cocke County in the microdistiller law. After all these years, Mr. Sutton’s whiskey is now legitimate here, from production to consumption. This would be to Mr. Sutton’s liking, Mr. Ramsey said, as he wanted to leave his widow comfortable. But Mr. Ramsey also suspects that Mr. Sutton would himself probably have kept doing it the old way. His final message to the public seems to bear that out. On the footstone of his grave, there is only a four-word phrase. “Popcorn Said — ” it begins, and the rest is unfit to print.
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The talent society We’re living in the middle of an amazing era of individualism. A few generations ago, it was considered shameful for people to have children unless they were married. But as Jason DeParle and Sabrina Tavernise reported in The Times on Saturday, these days, more than half of the births to women under 30 occur outside of marriage. In 1957, 57 percent of those surveyed said that they believed that adults who preferred to be single were “immoral” or “neurotic.” But today, as Eric Klinenberg reminds us in his book, “Going Solo,” more than 50 percent of adults are single. Twenty––––– eight percent of households The New York nationwide consist of just one Times person. There are more single-person households than there are married-with-children households. In cities like Denver, Washington and Atlanta, more than 40 percent of the households are one-person dwellings. In Manhattan, roughly half the households are solos. A few generations ago, most people affiliated with one of the major parties. But now more
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Pain without gain Last week the European Commission confirmed what everyone suspected: the economies it surveys are shrinking, not growing. It’s not an official recession yet, but the only real question is how deep the downturn will be. And this downturn is hitting nations that have never recovered from the last recession. For all America’s troubles, its gross domestic product has finally surpassed its pre-crisis peak; Europe’s has not. And some nations are suffering Great Depression-level pain: Greece and Ireland have had double-digit declines in output, Spain has 23 percent unemployment, Britain’s slump has now gone on longer than its slump in the 1930s. Worse yet, European leaders — and quite a few influential players here — are still wedded to the economic doctrine responsible for this disaster. For things didn’t have to be this bad. Greece would have been in deep trouble no matter what policy decisions were taken, and the same is true, to a lesser extent, of other nations around Europe’s periphery. But matters were made far worse
Paul Krugman ––––– The New York Times than necessary by the way Europe’s leaders, and more broadly its policy elite, substituted moralizing for analysis, fantasies for the lessons of history. Specifically, in early 2010 austerity economics — the insistence that governments should slash spending even in the face of high unemployment — became all the rage in European capitals. The doctrine asserted that the direct negative effects of spending cuts on employment would be offset by changes in “confidence,” that savage spending cuts would lead to a surge in consumer and business spending, while nations failing to make such cuts would see capital flight and soaring interest rates. If this sounds to you like something Herbert Hoover might have said, you’re right: It does and he did. Now the results are in —
and they’re exactly what three generations’ worth of economic analysis and all the lessons of history should have told you would happen. The confidence fairy has failed to show up: none of the countries slashing spending have seen the predicted private-sector surge. Instead, the depressing effects of fiscal austerity have been reinforced by falling private spending. Furthermore, bond markets keep refusing to cooperate. Even austerity’s star pupils, countries that, like Portugal and Ireland, have done everything that was demanded of them, still face sky-high borrowing costs. Why? Because spending cuts have deeply depressed their economies, undermining their tax bases to such an extent that the ratio of debt to G.D.P., the standard indicator of fiscal progress, is getting worse rather than better. Meanwhile, countries that didn’t jump on the austerity train — most notably, Japan and the United States — continue to have very low borrowing costs, defying the dire see KRUGMAN page 5
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people consider themselves independent than either Republican or Democrat. A few generations ago, many people worked for large corporations and were members of a labor union. But now lifetime employment is down and union membership has plummeted. A few generations ago, teenagers went steady. But over the past decades, the dating relationship has been replaced by a more amorphous hook-up culture. A few generations ago, most people belonged to a major religious denomination. Today, the fastest-growing religious category is “unaffiliated.” The trend is pretty clear. Fifty years ago, America was groupy. People were more likely to be enmeshed in stable, dense and obligatory relationships. They were more defined by permanent social roles: mother, father, deacon. Today, individuals have more freedom. They move between more diverse, loosely structured and flexible networks of relationships. People are less likely to be trapped in bad marriages and bad situations. They move from network to network, depending on their individual needs at the moment. At the same time, bonds are probably shallower and more tenuous. We can all think of reasons for this transformation. Affluence: people have more money to live apart if they want to. Feminism: women have more power to define their own lives. The aging society: more widows and widowers live
alone. The information revolution: the Internet and smartphones make it easier to construct farflung, flexible networks. Skepticism: more people believe that marriage is not for them. But if there is one theme that weaves through all the different causes, it is this: The maximization of talent. People want more space to develop their own individual talents. They want more flexibility to explore their own interests and develop their own identities, lifestyles and capacities. They are more impatient with situations that they find stifling. Many people have argued that these changes have led to a culture of atomization, loneliness and self-absorption. That’s overdrawn. In “Going Solo,” Klinenberg nicely shows that people who live alone are more likely to visit friends and join social groups. They are more likely to congregate in and create active, dynamic cities. It’s more accurate to say that we have gone from a society that protected people from their frailties to a society that allows people to maximize their talents. The old settled social structures were stifling to many creative and dynamic people (and in those days discrimination stifled people even more). But people who were depressed, disorganized and disadvantaged were able to lead lives enmeshed in supportive relationships. Today, the fast flexible and diverse networks allow the ambitious and the gifted to surf through amazing possibilities. They are able to construct richer, more varied lives. They are able
Over all, we’ve made life richer for the people who have the social capital to create their own worlds. We’ve also made it harder for the people who don’t — especially poorer children. to enjoy interesting information-age workplaces and then go home and find serenity in a one-bedroom apartment. On the other hand, people who lack social capital are more likely to fall through the cracks. It takes effort, organization and a certain set of skills to surf these new, protean social networks. People who are unable to make the effort or lack social capital are more likely to be alone. As Klinenberg and others have shown, this is especially likely to happen to solitary middle-aged men, who are more likely to lack the drive and the social facilities to go out and make their own friendship circles. Over all, we’ve made life richer for the people who have the social capital to create their own worlds. We’ve also made it harder for the people who don’t — especially poorer children. These trends are not going to reverse themselves. So maybe it’s time to acknowledge a core reality: People with skills can really thrive in this tenuous, networked society. People without those advantages would probably be better off if we could build new versions of the settled, stable and thick arrangements we’ve left behind.
It’s time to put delusional beliefs about austerity behind us for good The point is that we could actually do a lot to help our economies simply by reversing the destructive austerity of the last two years. nounce the idea of fiscal stimulus dead for all time after President Obama’s efforts failed to produce a quick fall in unemployment — even though many economists warned in advance that the stimulus was too small. Yet as far as I can tell, austerity is still considered responsible and necessary despite its catastrophic failure in practice. The point is that we could actually do a lot to help our economies simply by reversing the destructive austerity of the last two years. That’s true even in America, which has avoided
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predictions of fiscal hawks. Now, not everything has gone wrong. Late last year Spanish and Italian borrowing costs shot up, threatening a general financial meltdown. Those costs have now subsided, amid general sighs of relief. But this good news was actually a triumph of anti-austerity: Mario Draghi, the new president of the European Central Bank, brushed aside the inflation-worriers and engineered a large expansion of credit, which was just what the doctor ordered. So what will it take to convince the Pain Caucus, the people on both sides of the Atlantic who insist that we can cut our way to prosperity, that they are wrong? After all, the usual suspects were quick to pro-
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City councilors are expected to vote tonight on a rezoning proposal that would allow construction of an office building on vacant land along West Commercial Street. The council is also expected to approve a one-year union contract for a Portland Police Department’s supervisory union, which represents 31 captains, lieutenants and sergeants. The contract calls for a 1 percent raise retroactive to Dec. 31, 2010, among other things. Developer J.B. Brown & Sons wants roughly six acres it owns along West Commercial changed from a waterfront industrial zone to a Marshall mixed-use commercial zone. Officially, the change would be from WPDZ to B5-b. The company has not proposed any specific uses for the site, which runs between Star Match Co. and Benny’s Fried Clams. But getting the zoning changed is a crucial first step, company president Vin Veroneau said recently. Veroneau did not return a phone call yesterday. The planning board endorsed the rezoning proposal last month, after Veroneau agreed to cap
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Police seek tips in SoPo restaurant robbery BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
South Portland police are searching for two men in their 20s who they say robbed employees of a restaurant located near the Maine Mall. Police say two men wearing ski masks robbed employees at On The Border, located at 420 Maine Mall Road, shortly before 11 p.m. Monday. One of the suspects accosted an employee outside of the rear of the restaurant while the other man demanded money from the restaurant's manager, police said. The pair fled on foot with an undetermined amount of cash. The employee that was held to the ground during the robbery suffered minor injuries, according to police. The suspects were described as white males, approximately 6 feet tall. Anyone with information is asked to contact the South Portland Police Department at 7995511.
Workshop to offer update on schools superintendent search DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT The public is invited to attend a Monday, Feb. 27 workshop with updated information about the search for a new superintendent for the Portland Public Schools, the school district reported. The workshop will take place in the Portland City Council Chambers at Portland City Hall directly after the 5:30 p.m. joint meeting of the council and the Portland Board of Education, according to Sarah Thompson, chairwoman of the Superintendent Search Ad Hoc Committee. PROACT Search, the national consulting firm hired to help with the superintendent search, will provide a summary of the results of 16 recent forums held with Portland stakeholders and more than 20 one-on-one meetings conducted by the firm, Thompson said. The firm also will give the results of surveys submitted by the public about the desired qualities and skills of a new superintendent. Portland’s current superintendent, James C. Morse Sr., is leaving the district at the end of June. At the workshop, PROACT Search will present the school board with a draft of the profile for the new position. The board is expected to vote on the position profile at its March 6 business meeting. PROACT will recruit candidates through April 2.
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From Y-Lime’s cupcakes to dining romance There's a buzz of moving and construction activity going on in the small space directly to the left of K. Horton Specialty Foods in the Public Market on Monument Square. Aiming for a soft-opening date of March 1, Emily Roper, owner of Y-Lime's Gourmet Desserts, is taking her gourmet cupcakes and handmade ice cream and shakes out of her home kitchen, and into the direct retail space on the first floor of the heavily trafficked eatery co-operative. Y-Limes is currently sold at area coffee shops and local eateries, but be on the look out for "Top-Shelf" flavors such as the Irish Car Bomb, Margarita and my favorite, "The Dude," available daily, long, even before happy hour. According to Roper, "Kris (Horton) and I are tying together the logistics, and the rent will be worth it to be in that location on Monument Square." Speaking of the high rent district, Fuji Head Chef and Cape Elizabeth resident, Chef Jung Hur is striking out on his own in the former Gauchos Churrascaria Brazillian Steak House location (before that it was Oolong) to make a go of the challenging spot. According to city documents, the 100 Commercial St. bar and restaurant is tentatively being called Spread and aims to be a blend of Asian and American cuisine. The 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists roster is out. In the Best Chef: Northeast category, three out of 17 spots hail from Portland. Krista Kern Desjarlais of Bresca, Demos Reghas of Emilitsa, and the team of Danai Sriprasert and Nattasak Wongsaichua of Boda. All three spots are within walking distance of each other, justly reinforcing
the whole Small Foodie Town thing. Maine Restaurant Week runs from March ––––– 1-10 with an What It’s impressive lineLike up of standbys who have been participating since its Maine debut in 2009, with a few newbies on board as well. I've whined previously about Restaurant Week (which is neither seven days, or being held just one week a year anymore) and encourage diners to be very selective when shopping from the $20, $30 or $40 menus. The "One from Column A, One from Column B" ordering process does not guarantee a price savings, and the menu is typically geared to the lowest common denominator, favorable food cost savings, or the first-time guest. Do your homework and research Restaurant Week menus versus regular menus. Look for offerings not on the regular menu if you're contemplating someplace you've been to before, and for house favorites at places you've been dying to try. I'm heading to Petite Jacqueline, simply because the popular West End restaurant made the 2012 James Beard, Best New Restaurant Semifinalist list, and I want to dine there on popular items before I can't get a reservation! Single restaurants pay $385 for the privilege of the Restaurant Week 2012 group marketing campaign, but the 10-day promotional period does offer some great special events, hospitality employee competitions, and ties into making charitable donations. When asked about which restaurants they consider the Most Romantic (with the least amount of recognition in that category), my restaurant creative consulting team rattled off the following: J's Oyster Bar for whispering and snuggling, Boda for
Natalie Ladd
Emily Roper, owner of Y-Lime’s Gourmet Desserts, is taking her gourmet cupcakes and handmade ice cream and shakes out of her home kitchen, and into the direct retail space on the first floor of the heavily trafficked Public Market in Monument Square. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
cross-table hand holding, KON Asian Bistro for atmosphere at the literally neon-lit bar, Back Bay Grill for white linen, old school charm, and Parker's for surprisingly sophisticated specials. Serving to-die-for Tito's Handmade Vodka cosmos to Yours Truly, Parker's hands-on owner, Jeff MacDonald (New Guy Who?) is the consummate host and packs the place nightly with a Cheer's-like clientele. A tip of the hat, along with a welldeserved 20 percent tip, to the outstanding staff at the Grill Room for hosting The Portland Daily Sun staff, complete with significant others and our publisher, for our third-year anniversary celebration. You may have read it here before, but the Steak Tartar is the best in town and at $12 is the deal of the century. We wined, dined, drank scotch, told dirty jokes and were made welcome with perfectly runny brie and decanted Cab-
ernet. In the good company of my equally as-fun colleagues, I couldn't tell if New Guy behaved himself or not. The Low Down: For those of us who love the blues, I suggest you mark your calendar for Sunday, March 5, which is the next blues night at The Big Easy. Owner Ken Bell is bringing acts of repute to town on a monthly basis and plans on starting early (7 or 8 p.m. depending on the act) so people can get out and enjoy themselves on a work night. Start out next door at one of my romantic favorites, The Armory. (Natalie Ladd is a columnist for the Portland Daily Sun. She has over 30 continuous years of corporate and fine-dining experience in all front-ofthe-house management, hourly and under-the-table positions. She can be reached at natalie@portlanddailysun. me.)
Portland parks hope to attract concession stands BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
The city of Portland is seeking proposals for concession stands that would allow vendors to set up food carts and sell in six different park locations this summer. It's only the second time the city has sought concession stand requests, and parks officials say they hope to hear from more potential vendors this year. "We would like to see more of it, and we wanted to make it easier," said Joe Dumais, Portland's parks and cemeteries coordinator, explaining that only a single concession stand vendor registered last year. The bid process was developed after several people expressed an interest in vending in city parks during the summer. Before the current process was established, city officials would wait until a vendor
expressed an interest and then perform an on-site review of potential locations, and then open the bid process, Dumais said. "The whole process would take months," he said. "Now, we proactively identified places in the parks that people would go … (and) we've kind of sped the process up." Concession stand locations are offered at Lincoln Park, Harbor View Park, Back Cove Trail, Deering Oaks Park, Western Prom and Kiwanis Pool. "We see it as a good thing," said Dumais, adding, "(it's) kind of a neat resource." But so far the response from vendors has been lackluster. Michele Castner, owner of Shelly's food cart, was the only person to register with the city in the summer of 2011.
Dumais said another business owner expressed interest, but never submitted a proposal. "I think it makes sense," Castner said. "Portland has such beautiful parks and there's a lot of people that go to the parks." Caster, who is requesting to renew her permit from last year, vends hot dogs, Italian sausages and vegetarian hot dogs from the Eastern Promenade Park. "I think there's a great opportunity in the park," she said. Proposals are due by Feb. 28 at 3 p.m., according to the request for proposals. Vendors are required by the city to have healthy menu choices in order to reserve sole vending status for any particular park, Dumais said. Vendors also must provide $100 deposit and $400 for insurance, according to the RFP.
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Cards abound for coffee houses and java brands in the Greater Portland area. (PORTLAND DAILY SUN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION)
Some are lukewarm about city’s coffee shop surge BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
If there's trouble brewing in Portland's coffee shop market, you wouldn't know it from recent developments. A new coffee shop is preparing to open on Congress Street and another on Commercial Street, and a mainstay of the coffee house scene, Coffee By Design, is expanding with the introduction of a new general manGaspardi ager. Yet some worry that, like a second pot of coffee brewed from old grounds, the market may be weakening. Are customers facing too many choices without adequate demand? "I've got seven on my block, and they never used to be here," complained one proprietor about the sudden emergence of coffee shops in a small stretch of downtown Portland. "So everybody wants to be in the coffee business." "It would be very hard to break in right now because it's so competitive," said Mary Allen Lindemann, community builder and co-owner at Coffee By Design. "I wouldn't want to be starting myself right now. Just make sure that you're doing your homework because you have to sell a lot of cups of coffee to stay in business." This spring, Matt's Coffee of Waterville is moving into 567 Congress St., testing the resiliency of the coffee shop market.
Sally Wason, senior staff at Arabica, said the independent Free Street coffee house is planning to open Crema on Commercial Street, next to Five County Credit Union. "I'm pretty pleased with how the coffee scene here has been developing over the last couple of years, and we're all friendly," said Matt's Coffee owner Matt Bolinder, who predicted an early April opening in the old Susan Maasch art gallery site. Looking to provide "high-end" coffee and espresso, Bolinder said he's embarking on his first retail enterprise (to date, he's sold coffee wholesale from Waterville). Wason, a 10-year veteran of Arabica, said Crema is expected to open the first weekend in March. "Hopefully the city can support it, I think it will be a wonderful space," she said. A first-blush count of coffee shops in Portland tallies more than a dozen. Some operate out of multiple locations, and at least two — Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks — are titans of the coffee house market. "Portland is a great coffee town," said Lindemann, and others agreed. "There are definitely a lot of good shops in town, and they definitely all have something special about them," said Wason. Mike Roylos, owner of Spartan Grill and Coffee, worried that coffee shops could begin cannibalizing each other's clientele. "We're reaching a saturation level where everybody is going to be looking for each other's customers," he said.
Almost two years ago, Roylos purchased Zarra's coffee house and merged it with his Spartan Grill. Spartan Grill and Coffee at 24 Monument Square now serves Coffee By Design coffee. Located in the business district, Spartan Grill and Coffee adjusts to specific times of day, when customers tend to converge in the square, he said. "You have Starbucks, Coffee By Design, people go where they're comfortable and where they feel they get a good value and good service for the dollar. That's what we've found," he said. Coffee By Design also takes pride in giving back to local and international communities, offering "sustainable coffees." The company announced last week that Kevin Gaspardi is CBD's new general manager. A veteran of Freeport LLC, which owns three restaurants in Freeport and Augusta, he will oversee all of the operations of the company's four retail stores and the coffee roastery, CBD announced. Some of his duties include updating and developing new systems, creating plans for employee development, and creating a “coffee specialist” program at all of the retail stores, CBD announced in a press release. Lindemann said she and Alan Spear, owner and president of Coffee By Design, talked about the general manager position, taking special care that they preserve the company's character. "We were trying to be very methodical about not growing too quickly," she said. see COFFEE page 16
Matt’s Coffee of Waterville is moving into the former Susan Maasch art gallery at 567 Congress St. Owner Matt Bolinder said tentative opening is some time in early April. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
Matt’s Coffee plans to open Arts District coffee shop in spring BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
A Waterville-based coffee roasting entrepreneur plans to open a retail coffee shop in Portland’s Arts District this spring. Matt’s Coffee is moving into the former Susan Maasch art gallery at 567 Congress St. Owner Matt Bolinder said tentative opening is some time in early April. “This will be my first retail storefront,” Bolinder said. “To this point it has been a wholesale operation based in Waterville.” “We’ll be doing some interesting stuff with coffee, some different ways of brewing it. We have an interesting espresso machine,” he said. “There will be a coffee lab in the back of this space, with a sample roaster, I’ll be doing some sample roasting on site,” Bolinder said. Matt’s Coffee specializes in wood-roasted organic coffee. Rosemont Market, Lois’ Natural Marketplace in Scarborough, Local Sprouts and Whole Foods in Portland and Scratch Baking in South Portland all carry Matt’s Coffee. “At this point I just roast coffee and put it in 12-ounce bags and deliver it. I’m excited to be able to present it to customers and see who’s drinking it,” Bolinder said. After about four and a half years in business, Bolinder said he hopes to move the roaster operation down to the Greater Portland area. “The goal, the idea is to have the two work in concert,” he said. Bolinder taught English for several years at Gordon College in Massachusetts. “I’ve lived in Maine since 1997, it’s my home now,” he said. Bolinder will be leasing an Arts District building from a partnership run by principals Peter and Christopher Pachios. “The quality of the coffee in town is getting better and better,” Bolinder said, but he hopes to add a choice. “It will be more specialty and high-end stuff, single-cup brewing with a focus on espresso. It’s more of a coffee as food as much as it is just a caffeine intake system,” he said.
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Gorham Savings Bank, United Way, Avesta to offer free tax preparation
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DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS Gorham Savings Bank, Avesta Housing and United Way of Greater Portland will hold a free tax preparation event on Saturday, Feb. 25 for people whose households earned $50,000 or less in 2011. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Avesta Housing’s headquarters, 307 Cumberland Ave. in Portland. To schedule an appointment, call United Way at 347-2349. A limited number of walkin appointments will be available. The event will allow up to 70 households to electronically file their federal and state of Maine income tax return without incurring additional costs or fees often associated with some traditional tax preparation services. In addition, participants will be connected to local programs to put the refunds to good use and help build their assets in general. In addition to free tax preparation, volunteers will be available to help clients get connected to free programs that can help them make the most of their money. Services include: Maine Property Tax and Rent Refund applications; free credit reports; unclaimed property search; and screen for Maine public benefits.
Somali Culture and Development Association wins health-care grant The Somali Culture and Development Association was recently awarded a grant for $25,000 from Maine Health Access Foundation, the association reported. The organization will work with the Somali, Sudanese, Burundi and Rwandan communities to ensure that African refugees and asylum recipients “have trusted resources for information, inquiries and advice to understand their benefits under both the 2010 Affordable Care Act and recent changes in state law for improved access of health coverage and quality health care,” the group reported.
DeLorme’s inReach technology recognized at national trade event DeLorme’s inReach 2-Way Satellite Communicator has won the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) Innovation Award for Consumer Electronics. The award was presented at the 2012 Miami International Boat Show. The Innovation Awards, organized by NMMA and judged by Boating Writers International (BWI), recognize products that best meet the following criteria: innovative distinction from other products currently being manufactured; benefit to the marine industry and/or consumer; practicality; and costeffectiveness. For areas without cell phone service — which includes over 90 percent of the Earth's surface — inReach is the first consumer-affordable satellite communicator to offer two-way SOS and personal text messaging, delivery confirmation, "follow me" remote GPS tracking, and worldwide coverage via the Iridium network, DeLorme reported. For free-form two-way messaging, inReach can be paired with either an Android smartphone or a DeLorme Earthmate PN-60w handheld GPS receiver. It can also be used as a standalone device. Remote tracking can also be activated. "inReach represents a game changer in the communication market and dramatically expands what's possible for recreation and professional endeavors beyond cell phone coverage, especially in remote or high-risk environments," said Jim Skillings, DeLorme Vice President for Commercial Products. Since last fall, inReach has received numerous other accolades, including the 2011 Popular Science
TEDxDirigo to host live viewing party in Maine next Wednesday On Wednesday, Feb. 29, TEDxDirigo will be hosting a live viewing party of TED2012: Full Spectrum, in conjunction with Speaker Try Outs for a future TEDxDirigo event. The events will be held concurrently at Frontier in Brunswick, organizers reported. The entire day is sold out. The first ever Speaker Try Outs will offer 20 presenters the chance to give the talk of their life in two minutes or less in front of a live audience. The audience will select "the people's choice," whom TEDxDirgio will work with and invite back at a main-stage TEDxDirigo event. The TEDxDirigo team will also be looking for speakers for future events. Speaker Try Outs will take place in the Frontier theater from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. during a break in the TED2012: Full Spectrum schedule. A complete speaker schedule can be found at http://conferences.ted.com/TED2012.
Scantec structural engineer wins professional award in East Region Kevin Merrill, a structural engineer in Stantec’s Scarborough office, has been named the 2012 “Outstanding ASCE Practitioner Advisor” in the East Region by a young professionals group of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). This award recognizes Merrill’s service as a professional advisor to a student chapter of the organization. For the last four years Merrill, 26, has been the professional advisor to the ASCE student chapter at the University of Maine, his alma Merrill mater. In this role, Merrill mentors engineering students, answers their questions about the profession and coordinates job shadowing opportunities. He also recently spearheaded an event for graduating seniors to showcase their final projects to an audience of professional engineers. This latest honor is the most recent in a number of accolades for Merrill, including being named the Maine Young Civil Engineer of the Year last year and passing Maine’s professional engineering exam, which means he is now a registered and licensed engineer in the state, Stantec reported. “Given that this week is National Engineers Week, it’s particularly fitting to celebrate up-and-coming engineers like Kevin,” said Bill Shelley, Stantec vice president. “The future of our industry here in Maine is very bright with folks like him leading the next generation of professionals.” Stantec employs approximately 200 people in its offices in Scarborough, Topsham and Limestone.
Bank foundation awards $3,000 to Center for Grieving Children The People’s United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People’s United Bank, announced Tuesday that it has awarded $3,000 to The Center for Grieving Children. The Center for Grieving Children, based in Portland, serves more than 4,000 grieving children, teens, families and young adults annually through peer support, outreach and education, noted a foundation press release. Offering their services for free and for as long as needed, the center’s mission is to provide loving support that encourages the safe expression of grief and loss and fosters each indi-
vidual’s resilience and emotional well-being. The center reaches individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds, and relies on financial contributions from individuals, businesses, foundations, United Way and special events.
Clark Insurance president named to Habitat for Humanity board Kenneth A. Ross, president of Clark Insurance has been elected to serve a three year term on the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland. Ross previously served on the board in the 1980s. Since 1976, Habitat for Humanity has built and renovated more than 350,000 houses providing shelter for more than 1.5 million Ross people throughout the world. The Portland chapter was founded in 1985 and has completed more than 50 homes through its volunteer efforts. Ross, a 1974 graduate of the University of Southern Maine, also serves on the board of directors of the Maine Independent Insurance Association as well as other professional and non-profit organizations. He and his wife reside in Scarborough.
Maine Children’s Cancer Program appoints new board president Preti Flaherty attorney Tim Bryant has been appointed president of the board of directors of Maine Children’s Cancer Program, a division of Maine Medical Center that provides comprehensive treatment for children diagnosed with cancer and blood disorders. “The nationally recognized physicians, staff and volunteers at the Maine Children’s Cancer Program are second to none in the support Bryant and treatment they provide to Maine families,” he said. “I am honored to be associated with them and to serve as President for an organization that plays such an important role in our community.” The Maine Children's Cancer Program was created to meet the needs of children with cancer and their families. It is based in Scarborough. Bryant has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 2005. He has served as a volunteer and co-chair of the Maine Children’s Cancer Program Walk-a-Thon since 1994. He is Partner at Preti Flaherty and is recognized nationally for his work in Franchise Law. Preti Flaherty has offices in Portland, Augusta, Boston and Concord, N.H.
Jumpin’ Jakes Seafood Café teams up with OOB Beach Food Pantry The Old Orchard Beach Food Pantry and Clothes Closet is partnering with Jumpin’ Jakes Seafood Café in their first ever silent auction on Wednesday, Feb. 29 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event will be held at Jumpin’ Jakes Seafood Café at 181 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach. Passed hors d’oeuvres will be provided by the restaurant, and the event will feature the music of Richard Marsters. The Old Orchard Beach Food Pantry has seen more than a 200 percent increase in need over the past three years and now serves more than 350 residents of Old Orchard Beach per month, according to Carol Davis, volunteer director of the pantry. Tickets for the event are $20 each. Tickets are available in advance at Jumpin’ Jakes and will be available at the door.
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by Lynn Johnston
By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It is easy to tell where you stand on an issue, because you have no problem communicating your true feelings. This could lead you to a dicey social situation today. It’s safest to avoid discussing religion and politics. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). To avoid realms that are novel but unnecessary, silly but useless, delightful but trifling, you’ll have to reel yourself in. But should you? Great joy is likely to come from what’s unnecessary, useless and trifling. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You love a challenge. Your desire to overcome the odds may indeed be the secret to your success. Just be sure you’re really choosing worthy challenges instead of making ordinary things harder than they have to be. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There are powerful indications that good fortune and continued blessings will come from a partner, especially if your partner happens to be peaceful, companionable and considerate. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your social mojo is dialed up. You’ll somehow avoid the quills of spiky personalities, warm up the cold ones and break through to the distant ones. You’ll bridge gaps and bring people together. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 22). You’ll be more direct than ever when it comes to getting what you want. It’s as though you’ve been circling around a prospect for years, and now you’ll finally home in on it. Your talent for attracting helpful people and funding is highlighted in March, July and November. April brings an important union. Taurus and Aquarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 48, 20, 14 and 16.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Even though you’ll find a prospect intimidating, you’ll take the initiative to connect and go forward. It starts with a handshake. You’ll turn strangers into friends. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Drug companies are careful to point out (usually with a fast-talking announcer) that medication may have side effects. You’ll see other instances in which socalled solutions may bring with them a host of other problems. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It’s a day of small but meaningful wins, the kind you will be able to build on in the near future. Set your sights on an interesting goal that you can achieve with what you have and know right now. CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s one thing to be humble; it’s quite another to devalue your achievements. Speak up, especially since there are those around you who will take credit for just about anything, including whatever you don’t take credit for. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Too many things in life are uncontrollable, so we develop habits to keep us in the comfortable rhythm of a pattern that we can more or less predict. Your rhythm may be thrown this morning, but a habit gets you right back in the groove. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You may want something that you know, intellectually, does not make a lick of sense for your life. Somehow that knowledge doesn’t squelch your desire. Would it harm anyone to let yourself have the fantasy for now? LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are constantly thinking of new ideas, ruminating on your next creation and reconfiguring the various ingredients of your life into a novel recipe. Your spirit of innovation makes this day delicious!
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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2012. There are 313 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 1862, Jefferson Davis, already the provisional president of the Confederacy, was inaugurated for a six-year term following his election in November 1861. In 1865, Tennessee adopted a new constitution which included the abolition of slavery. 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 1935, it became illegal for airplanes to fly over the White House. In 1940, the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) was enthroned at age 4 in Lhasa, Tibet. In 1959, the inaugural Daytona 500 race was held; although Johnny Beauchamp was initially declared the winner, the victory was later awarded to Lee Petty. In 1967, more than 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, aimed at smashing a Vietcong stronghold near the Cambodian border. (Although the communists were driven out, they later returned.) 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 1987, pop artist Andy Warhol died at a New York City hospital at age 58; talk-show host David Susskind was found dead in his Manhattan hotel suite; he was 66. One year ago: A magnitude-6.1 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, killed 184 people. Somali pirates shot to death four Americans taken hostage on their yacht several hundred miles south of Oman. Today’s Birthdays: Announcer Don Pardo is 94. Actor Paul Dooley is 84. Hollywood “ghost singer” Marni Nixon is 82. Movie director Jonathan Demme is 68. Actor John Ashton is 64. Actress Miou-Miou is 62. Actress Julie Walters is 62. Basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving is 62. Actress Ellen Greene is 61. Actor Kyle MacLachlan is 53. World Golf Hall of Famer Vijay Singh is 49. Actress-comedian Rachel Dratch is 46. Actor Paul Lieberstein is 45. Actress Jeri Ryan is 44. Actor Thomas Jane is 43. Actress Tamara Mello is 42. Actress-singer Lea Salonga is 41. Actor Jose Solano is 41. International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Michael Chang is 40. Rock musician Scott Phillips is 39. Actress Drew Barrymore is 37. Actress Liza Huber is 37. Singer James Blunt is 35. Rock singer Tom Higgenson (Plain White T’s) is 33. Actor Zach Roerig (TV: “The Vampire Diaries”) is 27. Actor Daniel E. Smith is 22.
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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: My husband and I were both widowed before meeting. We are now 70 and have been happily married for six years. We both have grown children. Everything is good in our blended family except for my son’s wife. “Stacy” has been a thorn in my side from the day they married 20 years ago. My former husband and I always managed to keep her quick temper under control. But since he died and I remarried, she’s gone completely overboard. She has stopped my son from having any contact with our family, including his brothers and me. Stacy has been unable to hold down a job because she can’t get along with others. She’s judgmental, critical and shorttempered. She is often jealous and has many unresolved issues from her childhood. She is keeping us away from her family, and none of us has seen my grandsons in three years. She says we aren’t trustworthy, but that isn’t true. We are not deceitful in any way, and our word is good. The rest of the family continues to get together without my son and daughter-in-law, but we miss them very much. Our blended family is kind and loving toward one another. But those two grandsons don’t know us, and it looks like that won’t change anytime soon. My son is overwhelmed with Stacy’s control issues, so he just goes along with whatever she wants. Cards, letters, phone calls and emails go unanswered. Do you have any suggestions? -- Grandma with a Broken Heart Dear Grandma: We are so sorry that your son and his wife have chosen to exclude themselves from a loving family. Without your son’s insistence, it is unlikely Stacy will come around. We understand that he is reluctant to rock the boat and possibly damage his marriage, but he shouldn’t be isolated from his family in order to placate his wife. It is a form of emotional abuse.
Please continue to send cards, letters and emails without expecting replies. You never know what gets through. Depending on your state, you also could sue for visitation privileges if you so choose. A lawyer with expertise in grandparents’ rights can help you. Dear Annie: My father’s secretary of many years smokes a pack of cigarettes every day in her office. The ceilings are low, and the ventilation is poor. The secondhand smoke is detrimental to my father’s health, which is already compromised by other medical conditions. My siblings and I have asked her many times to try to get help for her addiction, and to smoke outside or on the office balcony. Do we have to let her do as she pleases, even though it hurts to see Dad breathing in her fumes? -- Montreal Fan Dear Montreal: We have to wonder whether this secretary harbors some hostility toward Dad. Nonetheless, your father is the one who needs to speak up, and apparently, he is unwilling. So put in some fans, smokeless ashtrays and other helpful devices that will minimize the damage. Dear Annie: I was bothered by the letter from “New Yorker,” who volunteers at a nonprofit that provides homework help to neighborhood school kids. Her assumption that many newer families are “stable and affluent” could be wrong. We have friends and family who are struggling, yet they try to maintain a proud face. This after-school program might be the saving grace for a woman working two jobs. “New Yorker” should find another way of volunteering in the community if she finds some children unworthy of her charitable works. -- M Dear M: You make a good point. These after-school programs can be a true blessing to families and an educational boon to children regardless of income levels.
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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To ease shortage, F.D.A. lets 2 cancer drugs be imported
by Scott Stantis
WASHINGTON — Dire shortages of two critical cancer drugs — shortfalls that have threatened the lives and care of thousands of cancer patients — should be resolved within weeks, federal drug officials said. The two drugs are doxorubicin and methotrexate, and in both cases supplies in the United States are being bolstered by shipments from abroad. Shortages of scores of other drugs continue. “We’re not out of the woods,” said Dr. Sandra L. Kweder of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center. “But these two particular shortages have been very, very upsetting to patients and to us.” Dr. Peter C. Adamson, chairman of the Children’s Oncology Group, which is financed by the National Cancer Institute, said he was pleased that the immediate threat of a methotrexate shortage had passed. “But this is at best a Band-Aid approach to the problem,” he said. Shortages of both drugs developed when Ben Venue Laboratories temporarily closed its manufacturing facility in Bedford, Ohio, because it could not guarantee product safety. In the case of doxorubicin, known by the brand name Doxil, which is used to treat ovarian cancer, multiple myeloma and AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma, the F.D.A. has decided to allow temporary shipments from India of Lipodox, which is similar to Doxil, and is made by Sun Pharma Global. And the pharmaceutical company Hospira is rushing 31,000 vials — enough to last the entire nation a month — of preservative-free methotrexate, vital in the treatment of a common form of childhood leukemia, from its plant in Australia to the United States. Hospitals are set to receive the drug on Tuesday. The F.D.A. has also hastened approval of an application by APP Pharmaceuticals to manufacture methotrexate, an application that has languished since 2010. There is a years-long backlog of applications for new generic drugs at the F.D.A. because the government does not have the money to hire enough reviewers to analyze the applications or inspectors to visit the facilities, many of them abroad. The generic drug industry tired of waiting for Congress to fully finance the F.D.A.’s generic drug office and this year proposed providing the agency with $299 million in annual fees to finance the review process. Dr. Kweder said that the agreement on generic drug fees — part of a package of F.D.A. fee proposals that Congress is expected to consider in the coming months — should eventually help prevent some drugs from going into short supply. The F.D.A. on Tuesday is also expected to release a lengthy list of instructions for drug companies to follow when their manufacture of critical medicines is threatened. At least 180 drugs, a record number, have been in short supply at one time or another over the past year. President Obama issued an executive order last year that was intended to ameliorate the situation; it required drug companies to alert the F.D.A. when potential problems threaten supplies. Legislation on the issue also is pending in Congress. But the causes of the shortages are multiple. Dr. Adamson called on the F.D.A. to create an advisory committee of experts from across medical disciplines to assess which drug shortages were most acute. “Children are at such risk from drugs in short supply that it doesn’t give me a whole lot of comfort that we’ve moved past one or two of these shortages,” Dr. Adamson said. “What about the next one? And the one after that?”
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Wednesday, Feb. 22 Lenten schedule at St. Augustine of Canterbury 9 a.m. St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican Church has announced its Lenten schedule and will mark the beginning of Lent with a Penitential Service for Ash Wednesday at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22. The service is open to all as the first service of the 40 day solemn Lenten observance. The service will be held at the Cathedral Pines Chapel at 156 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach. The Rev. Jeffrey Monroe will officiate. The parish will also have Bible study each week and Mass at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays during Lent and will also have weekly Stations of the Cross on Fridays at 7 p.m. For additional information please contact 799-5141.
Old St. Paul’s Anglican Church 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Old St. Paul’s Anglican Church has announced its Lenten schedule and will mark the beginning of Lent with a Penitential Service for Ash Wednesday with Masses and Imposition of Ashes at 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Lenten services on Friday evenings during Lent are at 5:30 p.m. beginning with Stations of the Cross (The Way of the Cross), followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. St. Paul’s continues with its Bible Study on Wednesday evenings throughout Lent beginning with Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m. and Bible Study from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. All Christians and other seekers are welcome. St. Paul’s is an Anglo-Catholic member parish of the Anglican Church in America, part of the worldwide Traditional Anglican Communion, with members in 44 countries. The Rev. Samuel Moore Logan is Rector. For additional information please contact 828-2012.
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Thursday, Feb. 23 ‘Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist’ at the PMA 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This winter, the Portland Museum of Art will present the exhibition “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist,” on view Feb. 23 through May 28, which will feature compelling works from a private collection that have never been exhibited together publicly. “Comprised of more than 100 drawings, prints, pastels, and photographs as well as several sculptures, Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist will provide an insightful exploration into the oeuvre of one of the most skilled and complex artists in history, and grant an unprecedented opportunity to view an impressive private collection formed during the course of 40 years.” The museum is located at Seven Congress Square in downtown Portland. Hours are: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday. For more information, call 7756148 or visit portlandmuseum.org.
Drawing Dancers Like Degas 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This winter, the Portland Museum of Art is presenting the exhibition “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist,” on view Feb. 23 through May 28. On Thursday, dancers from Maine State Ballet will be working at a barre in the museum and posing in the galleries for visitors to sketch. “Bring your own sketch pad & pencils or we’ll give you some to use!”
Nathan Kolosko concert at First Parish noon. “The unique musical personality of Nathan Kolosko has piqued the interest of musicians, critics, and audiences alike. As a performer/composer Nathan plays concerts that are both original and eclectic, covering a wide breadth of repertoire. His compositions are published by Doberman-Yppan & Productions D’Oz and have been performed and recorded by numerous players.” In addition to being a performer and composer Kolosko is a teacher dedicated to advancing the pedagogy of the guitar. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., Portland. Concerts are free and open to the public. For information call the Portland Conservatory of Music at 775-3356.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum announced it will be open to the public during school vacation week Feb. 18-26. “We hope families will be able to join us for an enjoyable winter train ride along Casco Bay and for some fun activities in the museum,” said Executive Director Allison Tevsh Zittel. The Portland Society of Architects museum will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with train rides on the hour between 10 a.m. and William Doughty with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Deering Memorial Post 6859 attends a ceremony annual meeting 3 p.m. In addition, the popular children’s in Portland. On Saturday, Feb. 25, Deering Memorial Post No. 6859, Veterans of Foreign Wars, invites all 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Portland Society of Iraqi and Afghanistan veterans to attend a seminar that will describe the benefi ts to which they are storytime will be featured at 10:30 a.m. Architects annual meeting at the Portland Friday, Feb. 24. Families with preschool- entitled. Call 773-8745 to reserve a space. (FILE PHOTO) Public Library, Rines Auditorium. “This year’s aged children are encouraged to visit for a Annual Meeting will again be held at the (entrance in rear) is offering its indoor Chartre-style labytrain ride, storytime and kid’s activities in the museum. amazing ‘New’ Portland Public Library. Members will gather rinth for meditative walks is observation of Ash Wednesday. to socialize downstairs in the Lewis Gallery, and later conAllow about 30 minutes. All are welcome. FMI 772-7421. Ash Wednesday at St. Ansgar Lutheran Church vene to the Rines Auditorium for the PSA Business Meetnoon to 1 p.m. Ash Wednesday “Walk-ins Welcome” at ‘The Learning’ screening ing featuring His Honor, Portland Mayor Michael Brennan St. Ansgar Lutheran Church in Portland, 515 Woodford St. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. “The Learning,” at the Portland Public as the keynote.” The exhibit in the Lewis Gallery will be a (at Rosemont corner). “All are welcome to St. Ansgar in Library. The Portland Public Library announces its Winter “Visual Poetry Painting Show” displaying submissions by a Portland (regardless of denomination) to say a brief prayer Documentary Film Series, to be held Wednesday’s throughnumber of local galleries. This is a free members only event. and then be imposed with ashes. People are free to stay out the winter from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Rines AudiPortland Society of Architects is a nonprofit membership the entire hour, or come in for a few minutes during their torium at the Main Library. Dates for the series are: Feb. 22 organization founded in 2006 to promote the progress and lunch hour. At 7 p.m. that night, there will be a more formal and Feb. 29, and March 7, March 21 and March 28. This economic development of Greater Portland by encouraging service with ashes and Holy Communion. St. Ansgar (sainseries is made possible by a partnership between the Portinnovation and vision in design and planning. tansgar.blogspot.com/) is one of two Lutheran churches in land Public Library and POV (Point of View), Public TeleviMaine that welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen‘Child of Hope’ film screening sion’s premier documentary series. Films are offered free to der believers, otherwise known as a ‘reconciling in Christ’ 7 p.m. Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community the public and facilitated group discussions will be offered church (www.lcna.org/ric/about-reconciling-in-christ).” Center of Maine) presents Mia Farrow in the documentary after select showings. The award-winning POV series is the film “Child of Hope” at the Meg Perry Center, 644 Conlongest-running showcase on American television to fea‘1812: The Navy’s War’ gress St., Portland. This film showing is free and the public ture the work of today’s best independent documentary noon to 1 p.m. George Daughan to speak about his new is encouraged to attend. “This short film (10 minutes long) filmmakers. POV has brought more than 300 acclaimed book “1812: The Navy’s War” at the Portland Public Library. documents the ongoing Genocide in Sudan, and features documentaries to millions nationwide and has a Webby Daughan speaks about his new book at the Brown Bag actor and activist Mia Farrow. This film will be followed by Award-winning online series, POV’s Borders. Since 1988, Lecture Series at the Portland Public Library. The lecture an update on the Genocide in Sudan by local Darfuri activPOV has pioneered the art of presentation and outreach will be held in the Rines Auditorium. “In the book, Daughan ist and lecturer El-Fadel Arbab and a question and answer using independent nonfiction media to build new commuillustrates the conflict between the United States and Great period. Snacks and beverages will be served. “This film is nities in conversation about today’s most pressing social Britain that changed the shape of the world. On the eve of a part of a series of rallies, lectures, and films taking place issues. For more information visit www.pbs.org/pov. its bicentennial, award-winning author and historian George on the 23rd of each month in Portland, Maine and sponC. Daughan offers a comprehensive history of the War of Pakistani human rights activist sored by Fur Cultural Revival. July 23 is the anniversary of 1812 in his new book. ... Arguing that it’s impossible to 7 p.m. Pakistani human rights activist Sameena Nazir will the U.S. Congress’ declaration of Sudan as a Genocide. fully understand the war without an appreciation of the speak in Portland. “She is in the U.S. to testify at the hearOn July 23 of 2011, Fur Cultural Revival sponsored the first American Navy’s role, Daughan vividly reveals how the war ings of the United Nations Commission on the Status of national Peace in Sudan Rally held in front of The White was waged — and won — on the high seas. According to Women. She is also the chair of the Pakistan Section of House in Washington, D.C.” For further information, please Daughan, ‘The U.S. Navy’s role in bringing about Britain’s Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. She contact El-Fadel Arbab at-221-5197 or email him at elfanewfound respect for the United States was critical.’” will speak at the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St. at delfcr@gmail.com. about the reality of Pakistan today, and the impact of the Labyrinth Walk see next page war in Afghanistan.” For further information, call 443-2899. 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Trinity Episcopal at 580 Forest Ave.
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2012 Oscar-nominated short films
Longfellow’s Birthday Party
7 p.m. SPACE Gallery presents Oscar-nominated short films on Thursday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, Feb. 25. Animation: Thursday, Feb. 23; Live Action: Saturday, Feb. 25. 538 Congress St., Portland. 828-5600. Doors open at 7 p.m., films begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission $8, $6 for SPACE members. Co-presented by Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures.
10 a.m. Longfellow’s Birthday Party, celebrate Longfellow’s 205th birthday, with Maine Historical Society. “Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a commanding figure in the cultural life of nineteenth-century America. Born in Portland, Maine, in 1807, he became a national literary figure by the 1850s, and a world- famous personality by the time of his death in 1882.” 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! This event is free and open to the public. http://www.mainehistory.org
Friday, Feb. 24 June O’Donal at the Portland Public Library
noon to 1 p.m. June O’Donal, author of Winter Tracking Hike “The Fryeburg Chronicles.” The Friday Local 10 a.m. to noon. Winter Tracking Hike on the Author Series is held from noon to 1 p.m. in Hawkes Property, Gorham. Join Presumpscot the Main Library’s Meeting Room 5. Portland Regional Land Trust “for an outdoor exploraPublic Library. “The Fryeburg Chronicles are tion of animal tracks and signs on the Hawkes a series of family-friendly, historical fiction Property featuring great views of the Presumpweaving strands of American history, events scot River with PRLT volunteer and wildlife and characters of Fryeburg, Maine with the biologist, Richard Jordan.” Light refreshments story of the fictional Miller family. In Book I served. Meet at the Windham Rod & Gun Club, The Amazing Grace you will meet James and 8 Towpath Road, Gorham at 10 am. For more Sarah Miller and their three teenage sons, details contact prlandtrust@yahoo.com. Micah, Benjamin and Ethan, who are early Phil Jones is an Australian interfaith minister and recording artist. He will present an interactive Adoptable Dogs in South Portland settlers of Fryeburg and use their Yankee workshop teaching meditation and simple breathing techniques with the Australian didgeridoo. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join the Animal Welfare Sociingenuity and determination to survive the Unity of Greater Portland, 54 River Road, Windham will be hosting a rare workshop by Jones on ety Mobile Adoption Team and visit with some challenges of life in rural New England. Frye- Sunday, March 18 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. (COURTESY PHOTO) adoptable canines at the Pet Life at Mill Creek, burg learns of the events in Boston during 50 Market St., South Portland from 11 a.m. to 1 the American Revolution through the letters your own supplies and paint with Dave, or just sit back and p.m. For more information, call Animal Welfare of Sarah’s two childhood friends, Elizabeth Peabody and enjoy!” Free acrylic painting and color mixing demonstraSociety at 985-3244 (www.animalwelfaresociety.org) or the Abigail Adams. As the Millers are coping with the death of tion. Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St. Pet Life at 799-7282 (http://petlifestores.com). their only daughter and sister, they take in Grace Peabody, ‘The Glass Menagerie’ in Freeport VFW seminar on benefits for veterans a spoiled, wealthy orphan from Boston.” June O’Donal 7:30 p.m. Freeport Factory Stage opens its 2012 Season 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Benefits for veterans. Deering Memobelieves the best way to learn history is not through text with Tennessee Williams’ drama, “The Glass Menagerie.” rial Post No. 6859, Veterans of Foreign Wars, invites all books but through “Living Books” — biographies, autobi“Set in pre-World War II, when Americans were just beginIraqi and Afghanistan veterans to attend a seminar that will ographies and historical fiction. She lives with her husband ning to get back to work after a long depression, this is a describe the benefits to which they are entitled. Veterans and two children in Denmark, Maine. memory play that is as relevant today as it was when first service officers and Vet Center personnel will be in atten‘Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen’ produced in New York in 1945.” “The Glass Menagerie” runs dance to answer questions. Lunch will be served. The event 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. “Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen: through Saturday, Feb. 25. Performances are Thursday, Friday is at the post, 687 Forest Ave., Portland. Call 773-8745 to a celebration of Community Supported Agriculture and and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. All reserve a space. Fisheries” will take place the weekend of February 24-26 Thursday performances are “pay what you want.” Tickets for Maine Buddhist Gathering at the following days, times and locations: Auburn: Auburn all other performances are $19 general admission and $15 for 7 p.m. The Maine Buddhist Gathering is at 7 p.m. at the Public Library, 49 Spring St., Friday, Feb. 24, 4:30-6:30 p.m. students and seniors 65 and over. The Factory Stage offers subGuild Hall of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Augusta: Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St., Friday, Feb. 24, scription tickets and discounts for groups of 10 or more. Tickets at 301 Congress St. in Portland for Buddhist Movie Night 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Bangor: day/time/location TBD. Belfast: are available online at www.freeportfactory.com or by calling the featuring the documentary film: “Ten Questions For The Unitarian Universalist Church, 37 Miller St., Sunday, Feb. box office at 865-5505. Dalai Lama,” directed by Rick Ray. This film event is free 26, 1-3 p.m. Brunswick: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 27 ‘The Birthday Party’ by Acorn of charge, but a donation of a dessert or snack to share is Pleasant St., Saturday, Feb. 25, 1-3 p.m. Ellsworth: day/ 7:30 p.m. Acorn Productions, a nonprofit company based greatly appreciated. The doors will open at 6:30 so, please time/location TBD. Farmington: West Farmington Grange, in the Dana Warp Mill in downtown Westbrook, continues come early to connect and socialize before the film begins. Bridge St., Saturday, Feb. 25, 9 a.m.-noon. Hallowell: St. off its second season of Studio Series presentations with Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 20 Union St., Sunday, Feb. Comics for Kilts Harold Pinter’s fi rst full-length play “The Birthday Party.” 26, 1-4 p.m. Newcastle: Lincoln Academy, 81 Academy Hill, 8 p.m. “The Claddagh Mhor Pipe Band is hosting a fundLong-time Acorn collaborator and veteran theater artist Saturday, March 3, 5-7 p.m. (FARMS Fundraising Dinner). raising event featuring three of the funniest comics in New Michael Howard directs an ensemble of six actors in a proNorway: Fare Share Commons, 443 Main St., day/time England. Kevin Neales was a contender for Portland’s Funduction that will be staged in a modified arena set-up in the TBD. Portland: Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 niest Professional contest. John Ater has opened for Bob Acorn Studio Theater. The Birthday Party features Pinter as Woodford St., Sunday Feb. 26, 1-4 p.m. Rockland: First Marley and has a legion of loyal fans throughout Maine. The his most mysterious and electrifying. In the play, Stanley, a Universalist Church, 345 Broadway, Sunday February 26th, headliner for the evening, Tuck, has played in clubs and colboarder away on holiday, is terrorized by two men from his 1-3 p.m. Skowhegan: The Pickup at the Somerset Gristmill, leges all over the country and has appeared on the Wicked past association with a shadowy organization of questionday/time TBD. Springvale: Anderson Learning Center, 21 Good Bob Marley Show.” Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 able repute. Acorn’s production features Equity actor Harlan Bradeen St, Sunday, Feb. 26, 1-3 p.m. Waterville: Barrels Gray St., Portland. Tickets for the show are $20 each or two Baker, company members Joshua Brassard, Joe Quinn and Market, 74 Main St., Saturday, Feb. 25, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. “The tickets for $30. Cash bar opens at 7 p.m. Proceeds will go Jeffrey Roberts, along with guest artists Elizabeth Guest, event is co-sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers & towards the purchase of equipment and uniforms for the and Kat Moraros. The show runs from Feb. 24 through Gardeners Association and local organizations at each site. band. www.claddaghmhor.com or call 650-3512 March 11, with performances Friday and Saturday at 7:30 Admission to this event is free. Each location will have it’s p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 own local ‘flavor.’ Additional highlights of the event to look Sunday, Feb. 26 for students and seniors, and may be purchased on-line at forward to include: local produce & other products from the www.acorn-productions.org or by calling 854-0065. farm available for sale, light refreshments featuring local Marijuana growing class seasonal foods, live entertainment and more!” For more ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ noon to 3 p.m. Marijuana growing class at the: Fireside Inn, information, contact MOFGA’s Organic Marketing Coor8 p.m. A new musical based on the 1988 film. Watch as Portland/Westbrook. “This class will be loaded with more dinator Melissa White Pillsbury, 207-568-4142, melissa@ con man Lawrence takes the less sophisticated grifter useful information than you may care to know but it truely mofga.org Freddy under his wing, though not necessarily out of the will bring your growing skills to a high level. Every aspect of goodness of his heart ... hilarity ensues.” “Dirty Rotten ‘Chico and Rita’ at the PMA growing marijuana will be examined and you will be taught Scoundrels” runs Feb. 24 to March 10 at Lyric Music 6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of the hows and whys of the necessary skills it takes to grow Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. Visit www.lyricArt. Friday, Feb. 24, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m.; a troublefree crop that will reward you with the quality and musictheater.org Sunday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m. NR. “Set in Cuba, 1948, a gifted quantity of marijuana that is only limited by your space and songwriter and beautiful singer chase their dreams. Chico equipment. The rest is up to you and the time you put into is a young piano player and Rita is a beautiful singer with Saturday, Feb. 25 it.” http://marijuanastateuniversity.com/aboutus.aspx an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey — in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero — brings heartache and torment. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood, and Las Vegas, two passionate individuals battle impossible odds to unite in music and love.”
Free acrylic painting demo 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Gallery owner David Marshall, one of Portland’s best known local artists, will be offering a demonstration of acrylic painting techniques and color mixing. Bring
Dog Adoption Day in Portland 9 a.m. It’s “Adopt Day” at Happy Tails Training Center, 119 Bishop St., Portland. The Animal Welfare Society will have a table from 9 a.m. to noon with information about the shelter; adoptable dogs will stop by for a biscuit. Noon to 2 p.m. will feature the indoor dog park. All dog park dogs need to be spayed or nurtured, up to date with all vaccinations, and have proof of them at the door. Owners will need to stay in the building with their dogs at all times. Balls and agility
Maine Democratic caucus
1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Democrats in every town and city across Maine will caucus beginning at any time between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. “The official business of the caucus shall be to elect delegates and alternates to the 2012 Democratic State Convention and to transact other business.” The Portland caucus will take place at 1 p.m. at the Ocean Gateway terminal. www.mainedems.org/caucus.html see next page
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‘It’s pretty saturated, but people seem to be loving it. We’re doing well. ...’ COFFEE from page 8
When interviewing, they found that many applicants wanted to make CBD "more corporate," Lindemann said. "If we lose what we feel makes our company special to begin with, what are we doing this for?" she wondered. The goal in hiring Gaspardi was to keep the special attributes of CBD "and be more engaged in the community efforts that we do both locally and in the coffee world," she said. Lindemann noted the importance of protecting a shop's connection with customers, something which can become strained in a down economy. "We're coming up on our 18-year anniversary, and we started in a recession in the ’80s," Lindemann said. There have been recent casualties. The Udder Place, a popular coffee house at 428 Brighton Ave., announced last month that it was closing after 14 years of selling coffee and pastries. The owner cited a new career in real estate and a needed change of pace for his reason to close, according to media reports. Wason said Arabica benefits from its location on Free Street, but acknowledged the choices are myriad. "It's pretty saturated, but people seem to be loving it. We're doing well, we're happy," she said. "As long as you're not too close together, there's enough to go around," Wason said.
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Arabica Coffee Co. www.arabicacoffeeco.com/about.htm Arabica Coffee Co. opened a coffeeshop in Portland at 16 Free St. in August 1995 and moved to 2 Free St. in September 2008. Now, Arabica plans to open Crema on Commercial Street not far from the Casco Bay Lines terminal.
Bard Coffee http://bardcoffee.com The news site, cnn.com, listed Bard Coffee, at 185 Middle St., as its top choice for the 17 best small coffee makers in the United States.
Coffee By Design www.coffeebydesign.com Coffee By Design, which operates four different locations in Southern Maine, announced it has hired Kevin Gaspardi as general manager to oversee all of the operations of its four retail stores and the coffee roastery.
Dunkin' Donuts www.dunkindonuts.com "Dunkin' Donuts is America's largest retailer of coffee-by-the-cup, serving nearly 1.5 billion cups of brewed coffee each year. On an average day, Dunkin' Donuts sells more than 30 cups of freshly brewed coffee each second. Dunkin' Donuts uses 100-percent Arabica coffee beans and has its own coffee specifications, which are recognized by the industry as a superior grade of coffee."
Hilltop Coffee Shop www.facebook.com/pages/Hilltop-Coffee In 2010, Guy and Stella Hernandez, coowners of Bar Lola, acquired Munjoy's Hilltop Coffee Shop at 90 Congress St., next to Rosemont Market.
Local Sprouts Local Sprouts opened in June 2010 at 649 Congress St. in the Arts District. The cafe took root at the home of the samenamed cooperative, which dates to 2008.
Market House Coffee http://publicmarkethouse.com/shopsmarkethousecoffee.html "Owned and operated by the owners of Maine Beer & Beverage Co. downstairs in the Public Market House, Market House Coffee offers drinks and pastries to eat in, take out and also coffee in bulk from over 20 bins!"
Mornings in Paris http://morningsinparis.com At 14 Exchange St., this cafe hand roasts its coffee in small batches, 15 to 20 pounds at a time.
Others!
The Gorham Grind
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Others Located at 15 Monument Square, Others! is known as "Portland's fair trade/organic coffee hangout." It's also a frequent poster on the Facebook page, "Downtown Portland, Maine needs a real late night coffee shop," reminding the public that Others! stays open late.
www.gorhamgrind.com "Located at the crossroads of Gorham Village, the Gorham Grind has been serving the local community and
http://portbean.com Located in the Old Port at 111 Commercial St., Port Bean began serving break-
Port Bean
fast sandwiches all day every weekend since Nov. 5.
Spartan Grill and Coffee http://spartangrill.wordpress.com Located at 24 Monument Square, Zarra's was purchased two years ago in April by Spartan Grill. Mike Roylos purchased the coffee shop and merged the businesses. It's now called Spartan Grill and Coffee.
Starbucks Coffee Company www.starbucks.com In Portland, it's at 176 Middle St., 594 Congress St., 1080 Forest Ave., 1001 Westbrook St., and 91 Auburn St. Starbucks last week announced a new agreement between Target Canada Co. and Starbucks Coffee Canada, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, the majority of the 125 to 135 Target locations across Canada will feature Starbucks licensed stores. Starbucks store openings will coincide with Target’s entrance into the Canadian market beginning in spring of 2013, Starbucks announced.
StarEast Cafe http://stareastcafe.food.officelive.com Located at 646 Forest Ave. at Woodfords Corner, StarEast Cafe specializes in Middle Eastern cuisine.
Yordprom Coffee Co. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yordprom-Coffee-Co/354439034559 Yordprom Coffee Co. owner Thomas Yordprom, once the owner of Siam Grille, offers fair trade coffee from northern Thailand, at his West End shop at 722 Congress St. — David Carkhuff
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nizations involved include The Portland Food Co-op, Local Sprouts, Slow Food Portland. 202 Woodford St., Portland.
Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen
Barbara Walsh at the Maine Irish Heritage Center
1 p.m. Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen: A celebration of Community Supported Agriculture and Fisheries in the Portland Area. “Attend a Community Supported Agriculture Fair in the Portland area and learn about CSAs, become acquainted with local seasonal foods, buy a share in a farm’s weekly harvest, and discover how you can grow a relationship with a Maine farm. Additional highlights of the event to look forward to include: local produce & other products from the farm available for sale, light refreshments featuring local seasonal foods, live entertainment and more!” Orga-
2 p.m. “Maine Maritime Museum and the Maine Irish Heritage Center host Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh as she discusses her latest book August Gale. Barbara — who has interviewed killers, bad cops, and crooked politicians in the course of her journalistic career-faces the most challenging story of her lifetime: asking her father about his childhood pain. In the process, she takes us on two heartrending odysseys: one into a deadly Newfoundland hurricane and the lives of schooner fishermen who relied on God and the wind to carry them home; the other,
into a squall stirred by a man with many secrets: a grandfather who remained a mystery until long after his death.” Lecture and book signing will be held in Portland at the Maine Irish Heritage Center (34 Gray St. on the corner of State and Gray). The lecture is free. Books will be available for sale and signing by the author. 780-0118 or www.maineirish.com.
Monday, Feb. 27 ‘Corporations Are Not People’ author
5 p.m. Jeffrey Clements will be discussing his recently published book “Corporations Are Not People” at Bayside Bowl’s performance space (58 Alder St., Portland). MCCE is sponsoring this ‘Fun-Raiser’ event, which is open to the public, free and will run from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. In addition music will be provided by DJ Soul Proprietor (WMPG) and food, drinks and copies of the Are you looking for a way to grow… new book will be available for purchase and signing by Are you looking for “FREE” advertising in both print media and on-line? the author. “Jeffrey Clements is a co-founder and general Are you looking to grow your business and earn new revenue? counsel of Free Speech for People, a national, nonpartisan campaign to oppose corporate personhood and pass the People’s Rights WITH OUR DEALS: Amendment. The founder of Clements Law Office, LLC, he • You get the front page banner, page 3 placement and website exposure has represented and advocated for people, businesses, for 3 or 4 full days! and the public interest since • You decide how many to sell, when they expire and how much to charge! 1988, serving as assistant • You get 50% of the money from sales back within 15 days after the Deal ends! attorney general and chief • You get the email addresses of everyone who purchased a Deal! of the Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau in Massa• You can run again in as soon as 3-6 months chusetts from 2007 to 2009.” (based on the type of business)!
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