The Portland Daily Sun, Thursday, February 23, 2012

Americans Elect collects 64,000 signatures in Maine to gain ballot access — See page 9

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

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Cumberland County corrections officer found not guilty of assaulting inmate — See page 13

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Cianbro Corp. tapped to oversee $33 million Civic Center renovation ‘Legacy project’ has a construction manager — Page 7

Snowe challenger An Ash Wednesday outreach — Page 8 leaves GOP in protest of caucus See page 6

Portland Trails’ new director Maine Audubon educator picked.

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(From left) The Rev. Peter Bowen, The Rev. Shirley Bowen and The Rev. Tim Higgins provide the imposition of ashes for Ash Wednesday in Portland’s Monument Square. “Ashes-to-Go” was an Ash Wednesday outreach spearheaded by the Rev. Larry Weeks, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church on Forest Avenue and priest at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on Washington Avenue. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Checking colon lowers rate of cancer deaths (NY Times) — A new study provides what independent researchers call the best evidence yet that colonoscopy — perhaps the most unloved cancer screening test — prevents deaths. Although many people have assumed colonoscopy must save lives because it is so often recommended, strong evidence has been lacking until now.

In patients tracked for as long as 20 years, the death rate from colorectal cancer was cut by 53 percent in those who had the test and whose doctors removed precancerous growths, known as adenomatous polyps, researchers reported on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine. The test examines the inside of the intestine with a cameratipped tube.

“For any cancer screening test, reduction of cancer-related mortality is the holy grail,” said Dr. Gina Vaccaro, a gastrointestinal oncologist at the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University who was not involved in the research. “This study does show that mortality is reduced if polyps are removed, and 53 percent is a very robust reduction.”

Colorectal tumors are a major cause of cancer death in the United States and one of the few cancers that that can be prevented with screening.

This year, more than 143,000 new cases and 51,000 deaths are expected.

Incidence and death rates have been declining for about 20 years, probably because of increased use of screening tests and better treatments. But only about 6 in 10 adults are up to date on getting screened for colorectal cancer, according to federal estimates.

Cancer screening tests have come in for greater scrutiny recently. A government panel recommended in October that men no longer get the P.S.A. blood screening test for prostate cancer after concluding it did not save lives. The new study on colonoscopy has limitations — it is not a randomized clinical trial — but some experts say it nonetheless was well done and helps answer questions about the effectiveness of the procedure.

Earlier research had proved that removing precancerous polyps could greatly reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer. But a major question remained: Did removing the polyps really save lives? In theory, it was possible that doctors were finding growths that would not have killed the patient, or missing ones that could be fatal.

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2 journalists among dead in Syrian shelling CAIRO (NY Times) — Syrian security forces shelled the central city of Homs on Wednesday, the 19th day of a bombardment that activists say has claimed the lives of hundreds of trapped civilians in one of the deadliest campaigns in nearly a year of violent repression by the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

Among the scores of people that activist groups reported killed by rockets and bombs through the day, two were Western journalists, the veteran American war correspondent Marie Colvin, who had been working for The Sunday Times of London, and a young French photographer, Rémi Ochlik. The two had been working in a makeshift media center that

was destroyed in the assault, raising suspicions that Syrian security forces might have identified its location by tracing satellite signals. Experts say that such tracking is possible with sophisticated equipment.

Activists, civilian journalists and foreign correspondents who have snuck into Syria have infuriated the authorities and foiled the government’s efforts to control the coverage of clashes, which have claimed thousands of Syrian lives in the last year and which Assad portrays as caused by an armed insurgency.

Quoting a witness reached from neighboring Jordan, Reuters said the two journalists died after shells hit the house in

which they were staying and a rocket hit them when they were trying to escape.

Rupert Murdoch, the head of News Corporation and the owner of The Sunday Times, saluted. Colvin as “one of the most outstanding foreign correspondents of her generation,” and said in an e-mail to the paper’s staff she “was a victim of a shell attack by the Syrian Army on a building that had been turned into an impromptu press center by the rebels.

“Our photographer, Paul Conroy, was with her and is believed to have been injured,” he said. “We are doing all we can in the face of shelling and sniper fire to get him to safety and to recover Marie’s body.”

Commuter train crash kills dozens in Argentina PINAMAR, Argentina (NY Times) — A commuter train crashed at a busy central station in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing 49 passengers and injuring more than 600 people, the deadliest in a series of train accidents in Argentina over the past year.

The train, which runs from the ring of urban areas that surround greater Buenos Aires, crashed at about 8:30 a.m. at its final stop at the Once Station, not far from downtown

Buenos Aires.

The train was carrying more than 800 passengers and traveling at an estimated 16 miles per hour when it entered the station, slamming into the barrier of the platform, destroying the engine.

“It is a very serious accident,” Juan Pablo Schiavi, the national secretary of transportation, said in his initial assessment of the crash during a televised press conference outside the Once Station. Schi-

avi said brake failure was the suspected cause.

“The train hit the bumper,” Schiavi said, “causing one car to crumple into another.”

He said one car pierced into another by nearly 20 feet.

The injured were taken to hospitals in the vicinity, Dr. Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, said on Argentine television on Wednesday. He said around midday that about 30 people were trapped in the wreckage.

Passengers told the local news media that the train, which is operated by the private company Trenes de Buenos Aires, was traveling faster than normal and had struggled to slow down when braking at stations ahead of Once Station.

Trenes de Buenos Aires said in a statement that the reasons for the crash had not been determined, though the company acknowledged that the train “wasn’t able to stop.”

Obama unveils plan to cut Governor of Virginia calls corporate tax rate to 28% for changes in abortion bill WASHINGTON (NY Times) — President Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to scrub the corporate tax code of dozens of loopholes and subsidies to reduce the top rate to 28 percent, from 35 percent, while giving preferences to manufacturers that would set their maximum effective rate at 25 percent.

Obama’s proposal, outlined by Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner at a midday briefing, also would establish a minimum tax on multinational corporations’ foreign earnings — a feature that Republicans immediately denounced.

On Wednesday, Mitt Romney, whom the Obama camp has long viewed as the likeliest Republican nominee, proposed cutting by one-fifth the marginal

rates paid by taxpayers at every income level, meaning that even the highest-earning individuals would pay no more than 28 percent. Romney’s plan would cut the corporate tax rate to 25 percent. But any overhaul of the tax code, even one limited to corporate taxes, is unlikely this year, given that political backdrop and the complexity of an undertaking that would generate a lobbying frenzy as businesses vie to defend old tax breaks or win new ones.

Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the ranking Republican on the Finance Committee, called Obama’s proposal “profoundly disappointing in its lack of detail,” and said that tax reform must not be limited to corporate taxes alone.

(NY Times) — Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia reversed his position on Wednesday on a bill requiring women to have an ultrasound before undergoing an abortion, saying he wanted changes in the measure before he would sign it.

On Wednesday, Governor McDonnell, a rising star in the Republican Party who is often talked about as a candidate for vice president, yielded to that pressure, apparently with an eye to a broader national audience that might not look favorably on the passage of such a conservative bill by a legislature controlled by the governor’s party.

In a written statement issued minutes before the House of Delegates was to debate the bill, known as Senate Bill 484, McDonnell said that after discussion with physicians, lawyers and legislators, he had concluded that amendments were needed to “help clarify the purposes of the bill and reflect a better understanding of prevailing medical practices.”

Shortly after, the House voted, 65 to 32, to pass the governor’s amended version of the legislation. But whether the governor will have a chance to sign it is in question. The amended version must now move back to the Senate, where the bill’s Republican sponsor, Senator Jill Vogel, has indicated that she plans to invoke her privilege as sponsor to revoke it.

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Koran burning in NATO error incites Afghans for 2nd day

BY ALISSA RUBIN THE NEW YORK TIMES

KABUL, Afghanistan — Armed with rocks, bricks, pistols and wooden sticks, protesters angry over the burning of Korans at the largest American base in Afghanistan this week took to the streets in sometimes lethal demonstrations in a half dozen provinces Wednesday that left at least seven dead and many more injured.

The fury did not appear likely to abate any time soon. Members of the Afghan Parliament called on Afghans to take up arms against the American military, and Western officials said they feared that conservative mullahs might urge people to violence at the weekly Friday prayers, when a large number of people go to mosque.

“Americans are invaders and jihad against Americans is an obligation,” said Abdul Sattar Khawisi, a member of Parliament from Parwan Province’s Ghorband District, where at least four demonstrators where killed in confrontations with police on Wednesday.

“I am calling upon all the mullahs and the ulema to urge the people from the pulpit to wage jihad against Americans,” he said as he stood with about 20 other members of Parliament.

President Hamid Karzai is scheduled to address both houses on Parliament on Thursday morning.

With the mood tense across the capital, where roads were closed and the American Embassy along with most other diplomatic missions were locked down, Mr. Karzai made his first public statement on the incident, strongly condemning the Koran burnings and setting up an ad hoc committee of mullahs and senior religious figures to investigate it.

He said that the preliminary investigation showed that “American sol-

Afghan protesters threw rocks near an American military base in Kabul on Wednesday. (NEW YORK TIMES/AHMAD MASOOD PHOTO)

diers had burned four copies of the Holy Koran.” It was not clear if other copies were damaged but not actually burnt. Earlier reports from elders who visited Bagram Airbase on Tuesday and saw some of the Korans indicated that between 10 and 15 were damaged to varying degrees.

The Koran burning episode gave an unexpected boost to President Karzai’s argument that the Afghan government should take over the American-run detention facility in Parwan, where more than 3,000 suspected insurgents are housed, as he demanded in December. The Americans declined citing legal reasons and saying that the Afghans were not prepared to run the maximum security facility.

Aimal Faizi, the spokesman for the president, said that Mr. Karzai had now renewed his demand to the Americans, saying: “The sooner you turn over the Bagram prison to Afghan

authorities the sooner we will avoid such incidents.’” The American efforts here are at a crucial stage, as they are attempting to negotiate a strategic partnership agreement with the Afghans and to pave the way for peace negotiations. Aware of the damage the Koran burnings can cause, American diplomats and military officials met with President Hamid Karzai and spoke to senior Afghan government and religious figures in an attempt to tamp down their anger, said Mark Thornburg, the acting spokesman for the American Embassy.

Among those who met with Mr. Karzai were the American ambassador, Ryan C. Crocker; the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. John R. Allen; and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. They apologized and offered full cooperation with the Afghan government in its investigation into what led to the burning of the Korans.

Extremist groups including the Taliban were quick to exploit the episode, rallying mobs of mostly young men to confront the Americans and the Afghan security forces.

At the Parliament a crowd of madrasa students wielding sticks said they were prompted to come by their teachers. Throughout the morning the highway to Jalalabad from central Kabul was closed by a crowd numbering several hundred and sometimes swelling even larger.

They set tires alight and burned check posts and a government minibus as they surged towards Camp Phoenix, the NATO military base that faces the road. Many hefted rocks, throwing them at passing SUVs — symbols of the foreign presence — as well as Afghan police and American military vehicles.

Protesters in Kabul interviewed on the road and in front of Parliament made the same point: this is not the first time that the Americans have violated Afghan cultural and religious traditions and an apology is not enough.

“This is not just about dishonoring the Koran, it is about disrespecting our dead, and killing our children,” said Maruf Hotak, 60, a man who joined the crowd on the outskirts of Kabul, referring both to an incident in Helmand Province when American Marines urinated on the dead bodies of men they described as insurgents and to a recent incident of civilian casualties in Kapisa Province in which eight young men, many of them teenagers were killed in an airstrike.

“They always admit their mistakes, they burn our Koran and then they apologize, you can’t just disrespect our holy book and kill our innocent children and make a small apology,” he said.

Nearly 50 people killed in Argentina commuter train crash

BY CHARLES NEWBERY AND SIMON ROMERO THE NEW YORK TIMES

PINAMAR, Argentina — A commuter train crashed at a busy central station in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing 49 passengers and injuring more than 600 people, the deadliest in a series of train accidents in Argentina over the past year.

The train, which runs from the ring of urban areas that surround greater Buenos Aires, crashed at about 8:30 a.m. at its final stop at the Once Station, not far from downtown Buenos Aires.

The train was carrying more than 800 passengers and traveling at an estimated 16 miles per hour when it entered the station, slamming into the barrier of the platform, destroying the engine.

“It is a very serious accident,” Juan Pablo Schiavi, the national secretary of transportation, said in his initial assessment of the crash during a televised press conference outside the Once Station.

Mr. Schiavi said brake failure was the suspected cause.

Injured commuters lay on stretchers after a train crash in Buenos Aires on Wednesday that killed 49 people and injured hundreds. (NEW YORK TIMES/ENRIQUE MARCARLAN PHOTO)

“The train hit the bumper,” Mr. Schiavi said, “causing one car to crumple into another.”

He said one car pierced into another by nearly 20 feet.

The injured were taken to hospitals in the vicinity, Dr. Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, said on Argentine television on Wednesday. He said

around midday that about 30 people were trapped in the wreckage.

Passengers told the local news media that the train, which is operated by the private company Trenes de Buenos Aires, was traveling faster than normal and had struggled to slow down when braking at stations ahead of Once Station.

Trenes de Buenos Aires said in a

statement that the reasons for the crash had not been determined, though the company acknowledged that the train “wasn’t able to stop.”

Video footage of the crash taken by people at the scene showed people walking along the platform, with screams audible.

People were pulling others out of the wreckage. “I saw a lot of people bleeding and some who were trapped,” said one survivor, a 23-year-old woman, quoted by the newspaper Clarín.

Last September, a commuter train on the same line crashed into a passenger bus and hit a second train at the Flores Station, killing 11 and injuring more than 200. The bus had crossed the tracks when the barrier was down. In February 2011, four people were killed in a collision of two trains.

The newspaper La Nación said the accident was the third-deadliest in Argentina’s history, surpassed only by a 1972 collision that killed 142 people and a 1978 accident involving trains and other vehicles that left 55 dead.

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Gas prices going up while feds mismanage the U.S. economy Editor, Let’s get this straight — because I am just a Maine hick in Standish, Maine.

Oil is going up and gas will most likely hit $4.00 a gallon soon.

Obama refuses to build a pipe line so we can get more oil from Canada. So Canada may build a pipe line to their Canadian west coast and sell the Canadian oil to China and not the USA. Most of the free world agrees to stop dealing with Iran, so China decides to buy all of Iran’s oil at a reduced cost.

Obama decided not to allow any more drilling in the Gulf in 2010 or 11; however, he gave 2 BILLION dollars of our money to help Brazil drill for oil, but we can’t drill for oil here?

China is taking all the jobs in the USA due to NAFTA and getting all our oil. Yet we keep sending our manufacturing jobs to China due to NAFTA, and Washington thinks this is helping us?

Our government forces us to put corn in our gas, now our gas has 10 percent corn in it.

I’ve heard it takes 1 gallon of gas to make 1.5 gallons of corn oil. Due to the corn in our gas, we get less miles per gallon and it costs more. I would think that is using more gas, not less, plus it kills small engines. Thanks Olympia Snow, you wanted it, we hate it.

People voted for Obama a few years ago for a Government health care program — you know, like France, where there are no blood sucking health insurance companies and the French government see LETTERS page 5

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The power of laughter We all could use a good laugh. You know; that good ‘ole gut wrenching, stomp your feet, pee your pants laugh that has you, for a moment, put all your troubles aside. Best yet — this type of laugh is infectious. Others around you take part, and before you know it, the world around you just became a happier place. You begin to look at life differently — perhaps with a whole new set of eyes. Winter doldrums bringing you down?

Perhaps it’s time for a good laugh; it may be what the doctor orders.

A few weeks ago I ran into an old friend, Portland resident, Randy Judkins, founder and chief entertainment officer of Maine Hysterical Society. Over coffee, we caught up, talked about the economy, and things going on in the world. Randy handed me a brochure of his work: Laughing in the Face of Change. Whether entertaining a crowd or presenting, as he calls it, “Inspirational Edutainment” in school or a corporate setting, his company’s mission is “to preserve, promote, and provoke laughter.” As a facilitator, Judkins encourages participants to step out of the box, push the envelope, and explore the possibilities. By all accounts, he’s walking the talk.

Judkins found his calling to circus arts at age 17.

A girl juggling three tennis balls backstage during his high school production, “Carousel” caught his eye. Being athletic, he had to learn to juggle. The rest is history. Judkins has taught character classes at the Julliard School in New York City, instructed at the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Clown

College in Florida, circus arts and miming at University of Southern Maine and Stephens College in Missouri. He believes that as we ––––– approach adulthood, we step away “from levity and joy” of our teenBetter With age years, and become “terminally Age professional.”

He encourages people to seek the playfulness of everyday life; put a new spin on it, and perhaps loosen up a bit! He’s inclined to ask: “How’s your laugh life?”

According to www.helpguide.org, “The sound of roaring laughter is far more contagious than any cough, sniffle, or sneeze.” Laughter evokes a joy activating chemistry that relaxes the body, thus reducing problems associated with high blood pressure, strokes, arthritis and ulcers. Laughter also possibly reduces the risk of heart disease, which is typically brought on by anger, depression, anxiety and stress.

The website suggests that laughter is a great full body workout, helping muscles in the diaphragm, abdomen, face, legs and back. And there are still more benefits. Laughter helps the absorption and digestive function, burning calories at a rate equivalent to several minutes on the rowing machine or exercise bike.

The art of using humor and laughter to help heal people with physical and mental illness has deep roots.

The old testament book of Proverbs speaks of the benefits: Prov. 17:22: “A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.” In the sixteenth century, Martin Luther used humor therapy

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in his pastoral counseling, advising depressed people “to surround themselves with friends who could joke and make them laugh.” More recently, Dr. Micheael R. Wasserman, of GeriMed of America, Inc, a physician management company for seniors, came down with pneumonia. He pulled out videos of "I Love Lucy" re-runs, and laughed himself back to health.

Since then, he’s become a strong advocate of laughter.

Today, laughter is being used in both mainstream and alternative medicine. Senior housing, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers are turning to programming and entertainment to lift the mood of aging, and engage them in a good hearty laugh.

At a wedding recently, I noticed a fun loving Octavian beautifully dressed in a shimmery gold dress having the time of her life, dancing the night away like a teenager. She evoked a joy around her, and at the end of the evening, her friends asked her how she could do it. She looked at them and said: “Thank God for my Depends”!! Talk about laughing in the face of change — this lady knew how to do it!

Winter doldrums got you down? Perhaps it’s time to come together for a good laugh. Randy Judkins will be one of three performers tomorrow evening, Friday, Feb. 24. Acorn Productions presents Phyzgig Westbrook at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St., Westbrook at 7 p.m. This event will foster fun and laughter suitable for all ages. Enjoy some fun loving good laughter! FMI: 854-0065.

(Karen Vachon is a resident of Scarborough. She is a licensed insurance agent, and an active volunteer in her community.)

‘I’ll be holding the sign, no Obozo Health-Care & no corn in our gas’ LETTERS from page 4

pays for all the healthcare in France, which takes the profit out of health care insurance. So what did we get here in the USA? The government telling us we “will” buy health insurance or pay a $3,000/year fine in a year or two (notice that is after the election).

I think that helps the blood sucking insurance companies in the USA more than helping us; however, our government “hired help” in Washington does not have to join the rest of us. They have a much better

program at no cost to them, as you and I are paying for it. Medicare will increase in cost as well as many other taxes to help pay for this wonderful program.

Thanks, Olympia Snowe, you voted yes to move it out of committee, see you in Augusta at the Republican convention. I’ll be holding the sign, no Obozo Health-Care & no corn in our gas! Sounds like the only way we can live in the future is to learn Chinese and move to China or France.

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Snowe challenger leaves GOP in protest of caucus Dodge running as an independent; others say polling was done honestly

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A candidate seeking to unseat U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe has dropped his membership in the Republican party, citing disgust over how the state party ran this month's presidential caucus.

Tea Party activist and Harpswellbased writer Andrew Ian Dodge, who had been running as a Republican to challenge Snowe in the 2012 Republican primary, said he has resigned his membership in the party and plans to run against Snowe as an independent.

"I resigned from the Republican Party and turned in my green card (party affiliation form) at the town office and called the FEC and the state, and I'm running as an independent," Dodge said yesterday.

"I can't be part of a party that doesn't want you to be involved," Dodge said, claiming voter disenfrachisement occurred during the weeklong GOP caucus earlier this month.

"If they're wanting to look corrupt, they're sure as hell doing a good job," he said.

The Maine Republican Party and its chairman, Charlie Webster, have come under fire for their handling of the caucus. This party tally of member support for presidential candidates occurred at separate events in various

counties, culminating on Feb. 11.

But the party leadership initially resisted demands for including all caucus precincts that were not counted in the "official" caucus or presidential preference poll results released on Saturday, Feb. 11. On Feb. 16, the Executive Committee of the Maine State Republican Party met to discuss the presidential preference poll results and approved a statement from Webster, saying that the results of the Washington County caucus — which was postponed due to inclement weather — would be reviewed at a March 10 Republican State Committee Meeting.

On Feb. 17, the Maine Republican Party issued updated poll results from the remaining counties, which showed that by 39 percent to 34 percent, Mitt Romney outpolled Ron Paul in Maine's presidential preference poll. Paul supporters have cried foul about the way votes were recorded, and others have claimed questionable tactics were used by party leaders during the party caucus.

Charlie Webster, chairman of the Republican Party, did not respond to a call for comment Wednesday on Dodge's defection.

The news stirred interest on political blogs, including Politico and Dirigoblue.com, which broadcast Dodge’s decision.

Patrick Calder, chair of the Republican Party in Portland and a Republican candidate for Congress in the 1st District, said he didn't witness

Tea Party activist and Harpswellbased writer Andrew Ian Dodge, who had been running as a Republican in the 2012 Republican primary for U.S. Senate, said he has resigned his membership in the party and plans to run against U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe as an independent.

Dodge, who organized the first registered Tea Party event in Maine in Augusta on April 15, 2009, said he saw the handling of Maine’s Republican caucus as an affront to Tea Party principles.

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evidence of corruption in the party caucus.

"From what I saw, it was certainly run honestly," Calder said.

He traveled to several caucuses throughout the state.

"Everything I saw around the 1st District seemed to be run very fairly," Calder said.

At the Portland caucus, time was allotted for candidates, including those running for local office, he said.

All the caucuses that he attended gave an opportunity for campaigns to be represented, Calder said, and he wasn't aware of endorsements from within the state party leadership.

"We don’t want to see anybody get short-changed," Calder said, arguing that the goal was to provide a fair and open caucus.

Dodge, who organized the first registered Tea Party event in Maine in Augusta on April 15, 2009, said he saw the handling of Maine's Republican caucus as an affront to Tea Party principles.

"They are effectively disenfranchising people. I got involved in politics in 2009 as a member of the Tea Party. ...

The Tea Party movement is meant to be standing up to corruption and disenfranchisement and listening to the voters," Dodge said.

"I came to a point where I cannot participate in this farce. I can't do it. It's really sad when Republicans emailed me and said, 'You know there's no way you're going to have a fair primary.'"

The decision means Dodge needs to collect 4,000 signatures by June to qualify for the general election.

Randy Hughes-King of Bangor, who works for telecommunications company Nexlinx and volunteers on Dodge's campaign, said he met Dodge about a year ago in Portland and participated in the caucuses, speaking on Dodge's behalf.

"It's either corruption or outright incompetence," he said of the caucus process.

Some towns did not report results, said Hughes-King, pointing out he participated in 2010 caucuses and found a more professional and structured atmosphere then. He argued that, during this year's caucus, party leaders violated neutrality by openly endorsing candidates.

"I'm not sure it was specifically quelling the Ron Paul vote but rather the establishment of Maine trying to make as many national headlines for Mitt Romney," Hughes-King said.

"After the caucus week, I looked at what I had witnessed, the sheer incompetence of it all, and I changed my registration," he said.

Snowe still faces a primary challenge from former Lisbon Falls selectman Scott D'Amboise. At least three Democrats have announced they're running against Snowe, including state Rep. Jon Hinck, of Portland; State Sen. Cynthia Dill, of Cape Elizabeth; and former Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap, of Old Town.

Dodge said he voted "undecided" in the presidential caucus. The Republican field of presidential candidates failed to excite him, he said.

"None of them moved me enough to make me want to vote for them," Dodge said.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Thursday, February 23, 2012— Page 7

Cianbro tapped to oversee Civic Center job

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Maine construction firm Cianbro has been selected as the construction management company to oversee a $33 million Cumberland County Civic Center renovation project approved by voters last November.

"Cianbro was very competitive, they indicated to us through their bid that they wanted this job. ...

They recognized the significance of the Civic Center to this region," said Neal Pratt, chairman of the Civic Center board.

"This is what I call a legacy project. Because it's public, people will remember who's involved," Pratt said.

Consigli Construction Co. Inc., a construction manager and general contractor headquartered in Milford, Mass.; and Wright-Ryan Construction Inc. of Portland also submitted "responses" to a county solicitation for the job of construction manager.

All three firms submitted fees, and "all three of the fees were competitive," Pratt said.

"As a practical matter, all three of them were roughly equivalent, there were differences, but you could argue they were roughly equivalent" in their price estimates, he said.

The Civic Center board will need to negotiate a contract with Pittsfield-based Cianbro, he said.

On Dec. 21, the Civic Center board selected WBRC Architects/Engineers and Sink Combs Dethlefs as the architects and engineers for the renovation job. Now that a construction manager is on board, trustees can sort out the schedule for renovations and find out when the arena may have to be closed, Pratt said.

Andi Vigue, president of Cianbro, said the company will focus on limiting disruption at the Civic Center, home to the Portland Pirates hockey team and a host of events, including a variety of concerts and this week a high school girls' basketball tournament.

"How do we minimize the impact?" is a question the construction team will answer, Vigue said.

"We're very excited," he said, noting that Cianbro has tackled several high-profile projects in the Greater Portland area.

"It's hard to go wrong with the team we have in place right now," said Pratt.

"They have obviously a tremendous record of success, they've worked extensively with the archictural team that we've selected, on other projects,

Bob Payne, security director at the Cumberland County Civic Center, pauses in the arena where a girls’ high school basketball tournament is being held this week. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

and they've done very, very well," he said.

Cianbro is the construction manager for a new 202,257-square-foot steel framed arena and convention center in Bangor, which the company started last summer and is due to finish in September.

Michael Dyer, general manager and director of the Bangor Auditorium, said he had nothing but good things to say about Cianbro.

"They are just the class, they get things done, they are ahead of schedule, they work with us, they're building in our space," and accommodating the public, he said.

"We are probably over a year from being ready to move into the new building because Cianbro is sig-

nificantly ahead of schedule right now," Dyer said.

At the Cumberland County Civic Center, the job includes renovation and construction of additional restrooms; widening of selected concourse areas to eliminate the gridlock; enhanced and enlarged dressing room space to improve the experience for visiting performers and sports teams; and new luxury suites, expected to generate $248,000 in income, and club and premium seating, expected to generate $757,000, according to a March 2011 report, "Renovating and Expanding the Cumberland County Civic Center." The Civic Center contributes $12 million to $15 million in annual spin-off of economic activity, the report estimated.

Records show confusion in U.S. at start of Japan’s atomic crisis

BY MATTHEW L. WALD THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — Something resembling a “fog of war” prevailed at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s headquarters in the first hours and days after the Fukushima accident began last March, the N.R.C.’s chairman said Tuesday, as the agency released a cache of transcripts of internal conference calls beginning hours after the earthquake.

The N.R.C. got some of its information from the Japanese government and the Tokyo Electric Power Company, or Tepco, the utility whose Fukushima Daiichi reactors were stricken by the tsunami after the quake, but a great deal of the information came from news accounts, according to various officials whose contemporaneous assessments were captured in the transcripts.

For example, on the second day of the crisis, one official referred to “unconfirmed reports of boiling” in spent fuel pools, but the reports did not say which of the six reactors were involved, a maddening ambiguity for officials who oversaw similar reactors in the United States.

In hindsight, some of the information was simply wrong. John D. Monninger, an engineer at the N.R.C., reported that an explosion at Unit 4 had

broken open the spent fuel pool, which had more radioactive materials in it than the Unit 4 reactor, and that “there’s no water in there whatsoever.” He added, “Somebody has talked about dropping sand in there, et cetera.”

The belief that the pool in Unit 4 was dry led the

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The faithful receive ‘Ashes-To-Go’ with Episcopal outreach

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Visitors to Portland asked for prayer for their Catherine McAuley High School team, which is playing in the Class A girls’ high school basketball tournament at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

Instead, the Rev. Tim Higgins provided the imposition of ashes, and he along with the Revs. Shirley Bowen and Peter Bowen issued a prayer for good sportsmanship at the tournament.

The scene was part of “Ashes-toGo,” an Ash Wednesday outreach spearheaded by the Rev. Larry Weeks, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church on Forest Avenue and priest at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on Washington Avenue.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the six weeks leading up to Easter in the Christian religion. “As a time of self-reflection for believers, Lent is often marked by prayer, penance, and charity,” organizers noted in a press release.

At Monument Square and Post Office Park yesterday, at least two Maine priests from local congrega-

tions were be on hand at each location.

“I read last year that the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago offered Ashes-to-Go and thought, ‘We should do this in Portland next year!’” Weeks, who has served at Trinity Church since 2000, said in a press release. “In Chicago they found that many people had forgotten that it was Ash Wednesday and welcomed the opportunity to receive ashes and a blessing.”

The Rev. Higgins came from St. Anne’s of Windham, the Rev. Shirley Bowen is Episcopal chaplain at University of Southern Maine, and the Rev. Peter Bowen is deacon at Christ Episcopal Church in Biddeford.

“It’s time we venture outside our church walls to offer hope and forgiveness and healing to people who may still have a spiritual hunger but aren’t so sure about Church,” Weeks said.

This year the practice has spread to more than 70 Episcopal congregations in 18 states, including Portland, according to an Episcopalian blog, http://episcopalmaine. wordpress.com.

The Rev. Tim Higgins provides the imposition of ashes to a visitor in Monument Square Wednesday, part of an “Ashes-to-Go” outreach for Ash Wednesday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

State Street apartment fire started in kitchen, investigators say

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A fire that damaged a historic State Street apartment building on Monday started on a kitchen stove and is not considered suspicious, according to Portland Fire Department investigators.

The fire at 264 State St. began in the kitchen in apartment #1, where most of the damage to the building occurred, deputy chief Robert Wassick said yesterday.

"There is no doubt the fire started on stove," he said, adding that firefighters noticed the stove was on when they entered the apartment.

Investigators initially told reporters Monday that they did not know the exact cause of the fire. Even then, it was not considered suspicious.

Firefighters credited two residents in the 12-unit building with rescuing a tenant in apartment 1 who was having trouble breathing. Ronica Leland and Charles Phillipo kicked down the woman's door and dragged her out into the hallway.

That woman and another person in the building were taken to Maine Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Their identities were never made public, and Wassick did not know if the women were still at the hospital.

Firefighters helped another man down from his third floor balcony on a ladder.

The fire at 264 State was reported at 3 p.m. Monday.

Firefighters had the blaze under control shortly and contained the fire to the apartment where it started.

Other parts of the building were damaged by smoke, and some windows were also broken.

The building, which was built in 1900, is owned by an LLC registered in Roslindale, Mass. It wasn't immediately clear how many tenants were left homeless by the fire, or how long it would take to restore the building.

Firefighters closed several streets yesterday to fight an apartment fire at 264 State St. Monday. Two people were injured in the fire, although none of the injuries were believed to be life threatening. Investigators now believe the fire was accidental and started on a kitchen stove. (CASEY CONLEY PHOTO)

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Thursday, February 23, 2012— Page 9

Portland Trails names new executive director

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

An avid runner and cyclist, one of the first things Kara Wooldrik noticed when she moved to Portland a decade ago was its extensive trail network.

“I noticed Portland Trails immediately,” she recalled yesterday in a phone interview, adding that the trails became “an integral part of my experience living in Portland as a runner, cyclist and walker.”

“And in my head I imagined a huge organization, but it’s not. It’s a powerhouse of dedicated board members, staff and members,” said Wooldrik, the current education director for Maine Audubon.

In April, she’ll become executive director of that “powerhouse” organization, which over the past two decades has developed 36 miles of trails throughout Greater Portland. Portland Trails is a nonprofit land trust, and including Wooldrik it has four full-time employees. Its annual budget is about $500,000.

“Portland Trails is an incredible organization,” Wooldrik said. “It has a very strong board, strong staff, and it’s a small membership organization that accomplishes a huge amount in Portland, and in some ways has an impact much greater than its size really is.”

Wooldrik replaces Nan Cumming, who became executive director of Maine Crafts Association in January after 12 years as head of Portland Trails.

Former Portland Trails board chair Aurelia Scott has been the agency’s interim director since Cumming left.

Wooldrik, whose appointment was announced yesterday, joins an organization that’s undergoing a transition of sorts. Having surpassed its initial goal of developing 30 miles of trails, Portland Trails is working to connect existing trails through new "connectors" that can be just 200 meters long. The organization is also working to make the trail system more attractive to commuters.

“There is great work to be done on active transportation ... in getting Portlanders to commute to work or to school or to run errands via bicycle or on foot

Portland Trails has hired Kara Wooldrik as its new executive director. (COURTESY PHOTO)

and using trails to do that,” she said yesterday.

That’s not to say Portland Trails is no longer developing or building new trails. The organization has a new goal of building a 50-mile trail network throughout Greater Portland, and has several projects planned for 2012.

This summer, the organization will build bridges to Brickyard Point in Falmouth, which is currently accessible only by boat; extend and rehab the Stroud-

water Trail toward Westbrook; extend the Presumpscot River Trail toward Westbrook; and create the Boyd Street connector, which will link Kennedy Park and parts of East Bayside to the two-year-old Bayside Trail, said Jaime Parker, the organization’s trails manager.

Roughly 70 people applied for the executive director position at Portland Trails, although Wooldrik seemed to impress the hiring committee immediately.

“While we did have a wonderful group of people from whom to choose from ... I must say that by the time we finished, those who interviewed Kara were just blown away,” Scott said. “We wanted to chase her down the hallways and say ‘Wow, you’re awesome.’”

“Kara has long been a Trails member and supporter,” Portland Trails board chair John Osborn said in a statement. “She has a deep understanding of what the trail system means to the people of greater Portland, and she has imaginative and embracing ideas for what we can become in the next years.”

Wooldrik, who moved to Portland from Central New Hampshire almost 10 years ago, has been with Maine Audubon for more than nine years. She has undergraduate and graduate degrees in environmental education.

“While I am sad to leave an organization I love, I leave feeling good about having built its educational capacity,” she said of Maine Audubon.

Wooldrik will transition into her new role with Portland Trails starting in March, and will take over full time in April. In the near term, she plans to meet with as many board members and volunteers as possible.

“Previous leaders and staff have taken the organization far in creating trails and connectors between trails and protecting important green spaces in Greater Portland,” she said. “I think what I bring to the table is the ability to connect people with people, and people with nature and the outdoors.”

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your emotional evolution is in progress. This could be the day you make peace with what you cannot understand, an act that will free up your energy for truly fulfilling pursuits.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You’ll distinguish yourself as a person of exemplary character and talent.

You’ll do this by rendering a better and more complete service than the one that is asked of you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You’ll be assimilating bits of inspiration that have been coming to you over the past few weeks. The process results in highly original thinking. Write down some of those interesting ideas.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Is confession really good for the soul, or does it just involve more people in the problem? You have a stellar sense of how to actually fix things, which is better than talking about them any day.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Get some exercise, and you’ll be unstoppable, especially professionally and socially. What you don’t accomplish with good manners you’ll make up for with fast reflexes.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 23).

Certain of yourself, you’ll know the right thing, and you’ll do it. March brings spontaneous moods and interesting predicaments, too -- some of them quite lucky. You’ll tell the story for years to come. A partner in play comes along in April. July shows you advancement through study. A powerful mentor helps.

Aries and Sagittarius people adore you.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). It’s OK to need help, and there should be no shame in it. Do be careful to ask the right person, though -- which is to say the one with the expertise that most matches your problem.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There will be ups and downs as life comes to you in its concentrated form. Sometimes this causes you to feel heavier in your boots, and moments later it’s as though your heart is as buoyant as a balloon.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll get the stretch of space and quiet you need in order to do your best.

Take advantage of it! Don’t fritter your minutes away on emails and the Internet. Do the thing that will have lasting impact.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You don’t have to wait for a problem to get really big before you ask for help. The response time to your problem will be determined by a mysterious algorithm having nothing to do with your problem’s size.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You will enjoy being around that rare kind of person who has had the requisite share of follies and misfortunes and yet chooses not to talk about them unless it’s absolutely relevant to what’s going on now.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2012. There are 312 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 23, 1942, the first shelling of the U.S. mainland during World War II occurred as a Japanese submarine fired on an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, Calif., causing little damage.

On this date: In 1685, composer George Frideric Handel was born in Germany.

In 1836, the siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.

In 1848, the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, died in Washington, D.C., at age 80.

In 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington to take office, following word of a possible assassination plot in Baltimore.

In 1870, Mississippi was readmitted to the Union.

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In 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh.

In 1965, film comedian Stan Laurel, 74, died in Santa Monica, Calif.

In 1970, Guyana became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.

In 1981, an attempted coup began in Spain as 200 members of the Civil Guard invaded Parliament, taking lawmakers hostage. (However, the attempt collapsed 18 hours later.)

In 1992, the XVI Winter Olympic Games ended in Albertville, France.

Five years ago: A Mississippi grand jury refused to bring any new charges in the 1955 slaying of Emmett Till, a black teenager who was beaten and shot after whistling at a white woman, declining to indict the woman, Carolyn Bryant Donham, for manslaughter. Democrat Tom Vilsack abandoned his bid for the presidency.

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport became the first in the United States to begin testing new X-ray screening technology that could see through people’s clothes.

One year ago: In a major policy reversal, the Obama administration said it would no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Peter Fonda is 72.

Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Fred Biletnikoff is 69. Author John Sandford is 68.

Singer-musician Johnny Winter is 68. Countryrock musician Rusty Young is 66. Actress Patricia Richardson is 61. Rock musician Brad Whitford (Aerosmith) is 60. Singer Howard Jones is 57.

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“Renee” was born with no sense of smell. She’s normally very organized except when it comes to the animals. She forgets to clean the litterbox because she can’t smell it, so I have to remind her constantly. The odor can become so unbearable that I no longer allow my friends inside. Also, her cats play with their food trays and water dishes and knock everything onto the floor. She never cleans it up. I had to confront her about this because it was attracting bugs. And when the cats throw up, I’m the one who ends up cleaning it because I know she won’t do it. It is absolutely disgusting.

I don’t like being confrontational, and Renee is very argumentative. Anytime I’ve tried to address this, it falls on deaf ears. I’ve managed to survive this long as her roommate, so right now I am simply biding my time until I can move out.

However, Renee recently commented that she doesn’t want me to leave when our lease is up. I wouldn’t mind living with her again if she would give up her cats, but I know that isn’t going to happen, and I’d feel guilty asking her.

Renee and I have the same circle of friends, so if I ask around about a new roommate, she’ll hear, and it would hurt her feelings. I don’t want to ruin our friendship, because she truly is a good person and an amazing friend. I just want out of kitty hell. -- Always Holding My Nose Dear Nose: You have nothing to lose by telling Renee that she must take better care of the cats or you are moving out.

She can clean the litterbox at regular intervals, whether she smells it or not. And anything that lands on the floor is visible to both of you. She may be an “amazing” friend, but she is a lousy roommate.

Dear Annie: How can I get my husband and his sister to stop scratching and picking at their heads and ears? It’s disgusting and looks terrible. They do it at work, too, and it’s so unprofessional. -- Tired of Picking Dear Tired: First ask your husband to see his doctor or dermatologist to find out whether he has a scalp condition. If so, there is likely treatment that will alleviate the problem, and it also might help your sister-in-law. Otherwise, it would seem to be an ingrained family habit. That means it will be hard to shake, especially if one is unwilling to address it.

You have no say over his sister’s bad habits, but explain to your husband how off-putting this is, and ask whether he’d be willing to work on it. Because he is undoubtedly unaware that he’s scratching and picking, your job will be to point it out, nicely, every single time you catch him.

Dear Annie: I didn’t care for your tolerant response to “Sad Mom,” who paid her son, “Mark,” $400 to essentially destroy their bathroom. She said he is stubborn and immature and refuses to take advice from anyone. She has reached out to him for more than two years with no response.

A good, long shunning should do the trick. If he never comes around, it’s his loss. If his sister wants to be with her brother so badly, she should call him up and invite him to her place.

My husband and I are the parents of a son who means everything to us, but we did not raise him to think the world owes him a living. “Mark” is ungrateful, and his siblings need to support their parents. -- Tired of Nasty Children in Wyoming Dear Wyoming: Difficult children are just that and do not always respond in a logical way. Parents must deal with them carefully if they want to maintain any kind of relationship.

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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Corrections officer found not guilty of assaulting inmate

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A Cumberland County jail guard accused of assaulting a prison inmate was found not guilty by a jury in Portland Wednesday.

Nicholas Stein let out a heavy sigh and rested his head on his hands after a jury acquitted him of assault. He faced a year behind bars after being accused by county prosecutors of dragging a handcuffed inmate across the floor of the jail and then punching the man in the face out of the view of security cameras.

The incident occurred last July after the inmate, Brian Cote, jumped from the second-floor balcony of the jail and shattered his ankle.

Prosecutors said Stein was angry that the man jumped and showed jurors surveillance video of Cote being dragged on the ground by his shirt "like a sack of potatoes," said Angela Cannon, assistant district attorney for Cumberland County.

But Stein's defense attorney argued that the three inmates that allegedly saw Cote get hit in the head could not get their stories straight, and denied Cote was ever struck by Stein.

"The allegations were “I know I’ve done just not true," said Kristine Hanly, Stein's attornothing criminally ney. wrong.

My name has Hanly agreed that the situation could have been been dragged through handled differently, but the mud.” — Nicholas said that Stein didn't Stein know how to react to the jump and argued that his actions did not rise to the level of a crime.

"Maybe there was a better way," she said in her closing arguments, adding, "He did the best he could."

Stein said the case "has destroyed (his) name" and told reporters he was relieved to be able to move forward and grateful for the verdict. "(The case) has been “I really didn’t expect weighing on my family that. What else can ... (and) the truth finally they get away with came out," Stein said outside of the courthouse now?” — Brian Cote Wednesday.

"I know I've done nothing criminally wrong," he said. "My name has been dragged through the mud."

The prison inmate, who reportedly jumped because he had been denied his medications, said he was shocked by the verdict.

"I really didn't expect that," Cote said. "What else can they get away with now?"

Cote said he intended to pursue a civil lawsuit against Stein and the county.

Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce declined to comment on the case, but said Stein is no longer employed by the county.

"There was a criminal case and then there was the administrative case that we had internally," he said, declining to discuss details and citing personnel confidentiality rules.

"Our corrections officers do act professionally," he added. "If something is brought to our attention, we look into it."

When Stein was charged in July, sheriff officials said Stein should have called for medical attention for the prisoner instead of dragging him across the floor.

Over the course of his 11-year career with the county, Stein was disciplined for punching a wall and kicking a photo copier, according to officials.

Cote was incarcerated for failing to pay fines and failure to appear in court.

Stein's jury trial spanned nearly two days, and jurors deliberated for a little more than an hour.

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Thursday, Feb. 23 ‘Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist’ at 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 DobermanYppan & 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.

Portland Society of Architects annual meeting 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Portland Society of Architects annual meeting at the Portland Public Library, Rines Auditorium. “This year’s Annual Meeting will again be held at the amazing ‘New’ Portland Public Library. Members will gather to socialize downstairs in the Lewis Gallery, and later convene to the Rines Auditorium for the PSA Business Meeting featuring His Honor, Portland Mayor Michael Brennan as the keynote.” The exhibit in the Lewis Gallery will be a “Visual Poetry Painting Show” displaying submissions by a number of local galleries. This is a free members only event.

Portland Society of Architects is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 2006 to promote the progress and economic development of Greater Portland by encouraging innovation and vision in design and planning.

‘Child of Hope’ film screening

Joe Auciello of Rockland, who called himself a “tourist” to the OccupyAugusta encampment near the State Capitol, stands next to a fire pit in December, prior to the camp’s removal under court order. Now, Occupy supporters are meeting and holding workshops independent of encampments. On Tuesday, Feb. 28, OccupyMaine will host a talk at Hope Gateway church in Portland. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) noon to 1 p.m. in the Main Library’s Meeting Room 5. Portland Public Library. “The Fryeburg Chronicles are a series of family-friendly, historical fiction weaving strands of American history, events and characters of Fryeburg, Maine with the story of the fictional Miller family. In Book I The Amazing Grace you will meet James and Sarah Miller and their three teenage sons, Micah, Benjamin and Ethan, who are early settlers of Fryeburg and use their Yankee ingenuity and determination to survive the challenges of life in rural New England. Fryeburg learns of the events in Boston during the American Revolution through the letters of Sarah’s two childhood friends, Elizabeth Peabody and Abigail Adams. As the Millers are coping with the death of their only daughter and sister, they take in Grace Peabody, a spoiled, wealthy orphan from Boston.” June O’Donal believes the best way to learn history is not through text books but through “Living Books” — biographies, autobiographies and historical fiction. She lives with her husband and two children in Denmark, Maine.

‘Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen’

June O’Donal at the Portland Public Library

4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. “Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen: a celebration of Community Supported Agriculture and Fisheries” will take place the weekend of February 24-26 at the following days, times and locations: Auburn: Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St., Friday, Feb. 24, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Augusta: Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St., Friday, Feb. 24, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Bangor: day/time/location TBD. Belfast: Unitarian Universalist Church, 37 Miller St., Sunday, Feb. 26, 1-3 p.m. Brunswick: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 27 Pleasant St., Saturday, Feb. 25, 1-3 p.m. Ellsworth: day/ time/location TBD. Farmington: West Farmington Grange, Bridge St., Saturday, Feb. 25, 9 a.m.-noon. Hallowell: St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 20 Union St., Sunday, Feb. 26, 1-4 p.m. Newcastle: Lincoln Academy, 81 Academy Hill, Saturday, March 3, 5-7 p.m. (FARMS Fundraising Dinner).

Norway: Fare Share Commons, 443 Main St., day/time TBD. Portland: Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St., Sunday Feb. 26, 1-4 p.m. Rockland: First Universalist Church, 345 Broadway, Sunday February 26th, 1-3 p.m. Skowhegan: The Pickup at the Somerset Gristmill, day/time TBD. Springvale: Anderson Learning Center, 21 Bradeen St, Sunday, Feb. 26, 1-3 p.m. Waterville: Barrels Market, 74 Main St., Saturday, Feb. 25, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. “The event is co-sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association and local organizations at each site.

Admission to this event is free. Each location will have it’s own local ‘flavor.’ 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!” For more information, contact MOFGA’s Organic Marketing Coordinator Melissa White Pillsbury, 207-568-4142, melissa@ mofga.org

noon to 1 p.m. June O’Donal, author of “The Fryeburg Chronicles.” The Friday Local Author Series is held from

6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of

7 p.m. Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) presents Mia Farrow in the documentary film “Child of Hope” at the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland. This film showing is free and the public is encouraged to attend. “This short film (10 minutes long) documents the ongoing Genocide in Sudan, and features actor and activist Mia Farrow. This film will be followed by an update on the Genocide in Sudan by local Darfuri activist and lecturer El-Fadel Arbab and a question and answer period. Snacks and beverages will be served. “This film is a part of a series of rallies, lectures, and films taking place on the 23rd of each month in Portland, Maine and sponsored by Fur Cultural Revival. July 23 is the anniversary of the U.S. Congress’ declaration of Sudan as a Genocide.

On July 23 of 2011, Fur Cultural Revival sponsored the first national Peace in Sudan Rally held in front of The White House in Washington, D.C.” For further information, please contact El-Fadel Arbab at-221-5197 or email him at elfadelfcr@gmail.com.

2012 Oscar-nominated short films 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.

Friday, Feb. 24

‘Chico and Rita’ at the PMA

Art. Friday, Feb. 24, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m. NR. “Set in Cuba, 1948, a gifted songwriter and beautiful singer chase their dreams. Chico is a young piano player and Rita is a beautiful singer with 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 your own supplies and paint with Dave, or just sit back and enjoy!” Free acrylic painting and color mixing demonstration. Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St.

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

“Set in pre-World War II, when Americans were just beginning to get back to work after a long depression, this is a memory play that is as relevant today as it was when first produced in New York in 1945.” “The Glass Menagerie” runs through Saturday, Feb. 25. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. All Thursday performances are “pay what you want.” Tickets for all other performances are $19 general admission and $15 for students and seniors 65 and over. The Factory Stage offers subscription tickets and discounts for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available online at www.freeportfactory.com or by calling the box office at 865-5505.

‘The Birthday Party’ by Acorn 7:30 p.m. Acorn Productions, a nonprofit company based in the Dana Warp Mill in downtown Westbrook, continues off its second season of Studio Series presentations with Harold Pinter’s first full-length play “The Birthday Party.”

Long-time Acorn collaborator and veteran theater artist Michael Howard directs an ensemble of six actors in a production that will be staged in a modified arena set-up in the Acorn Studio Theater. The Birthday Party features Pinter as his most mysterious and electrifying. In the play, Stanley, a boarder away on holiday, is terrorized by two men from his past association with a shadowy organization of questionable repute. Acorn’s production features Equity actor Harlan Baker, company members Joshua Brassard, Joe Quinn and Jeffrey Roberts, along with guest artists Elizabeth Guest, and Kat Moraros. The show runs from Feb. 24 through March 11, with performances Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, and may be purchased on-line at www.acorn-productions.org or by calling 854-0065. see next page

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‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ 8 p.m. A new musical based on the 1988 film. Watch as con man Lawrence takes the less sophisticated grifter Freddy under his wing, though not necessarily out of the goodness of his heart ... hilarity ensues.” “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” runs Feb. 24 to March 10 at Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. Visit www.lyricmusictheater.org

Saturday, Feb. 25 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 equipment will be out for the dogs to play with. For more information, call Happy Tails at 797-2488 (www.happytailsportland.com).

Longfellow’s Birthday Party 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

Winter Tracking Hike 10 a.m. to noon. Winter Tracking Hike on the Hawkes Property, Gorham. Join Presumpscot Regional Land Trust “for an outdoor exploration of animal tracks and signs on the Hawkes Property featuring great views of the Presumpscot River with PRLT volunteer and wildlife biologist, Richard Jordan.” Light refreshments served.

Meet at the Windham Rod & Gun Club, 8 Towpath Road, Gorham at 10 am. For more details contact prlandtrust@ yahoo.com.

Mini-workshop day 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mini-workshop day at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd. “For only $5 you can attend an entire day of mini-workshops in a variety of disciplines including: Reflexology, cartooning, ASL, French, healing arts, public speaking, tai-chi, social media, hip-hop dance, Introduction to Acting, Introduction to Vaudeville, Citizen Initiative Lobbying, Real Estate, and more! All of the proceeds from the day go to support Lucid Stage, a nonprofit performance and art space. Do a good deed and learn something!”

Adoptable Dogs in South Portland 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join the Animal Welfare Society Mobile Adoption Team and visit with some adoptable canines at the Pet Life at Mill Creek, 50 Market St., South Portland from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, call Animal Welfare Society at 985-3244 (www.animalwelfaresociety. org) or the Pet Life at 799-7282 (http://petlifestores.com).

VFW seminar on benefits for veterans 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Benefits for veterans. Deering Memorial Post No. 6859, Veterans of Foreign Wars, invites all Iraqi and Afghanistan veterans to attend a seminar that will describe the benefits to which they are entitled. Veterans service officers and Vet Center personnel will be in attendance to answer questions. Lunch will be served. The event is at the post, 687 Forest Ave., Portland. Call 773-8745 to reserve a space.

Maine Buddhist Gathering 7 p.m. The Maine Buddhist Gathering is at 7 p.m. at the Guild Hall of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 301 Congress St. in Portland for Buddhist Movie Night featuring the documentary film: “Ten Questions For The Dalai Lama,” directed by Rick Ray. This film event is free of charge, but a donation of a dessert or snack to share is greatly appreciated. The doors will open at 6:30 so, please come early to connect and socialize before the film begins.

Comics for Kilts 8 p.m. “The Claddagh Mhor Pipe Band is hosting a fundraising event featuring three of the funniest comics in New England. Kevin Neales was a contender for Portland’s Funniest Professional contest. John Ater has opened for Bob Marley and has a legion of loyal fans throughout Maine. The headliner for the evening, Tuck, has played in clubs and col-

“‘Between Two Worlds’ is a groundbreaking personal exploration of the community and family divisions that are redefining American Jewish identity and politics. The filmmakers’ own families are battlegrounds over loyalty to Israel, interpretations of the Holocaust, intermarriage, and a secret communist past.” The film will be screened at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 18 at the Nickelodeon in Portland as part of the Maine Jewish Film Festival. The festival will return to Portland’s Nickelodeon Cinemas March 17-22, for its 15th year. Opening Night Party is at Akari, 193 Middle St., Portland. Visit http://www.mjff.org for details. (Photo courtesy of Snitow-Kaufman Productions) leges all over the country and has appeared on the Wicked Good Bob Marley Show.” Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland. Tickets for the show are $20 each or two tickets for $30. Cash bar opens at 7 p.m. Proceeds will go towards the purchase of equipment and uniforms for the band. www.claddaghmhor.com or call 650-3512

Sunday, Feb. 26 Marijuana growing class noon to 3 p.m. Marijuana growing class at the: Fireside Inn, Portland/Westbrook. “This class will be loaded with more useful information than you may care to know but it truely will bring your growing skills to a high level. Every aspect of growing marijuana will be examined and you will be taught the hows and whys of the necessary skills it takes to grow a troublefree crop that will reward you with the quality and quantity of marijuana that is only limited by your space and equipment. The rest is up to you and the time you put into it.” http://marijuanastateuniversity.com/aboutus.aspx

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

Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen 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!” Organizations involved include The Portland Food Co-op, Local Sprouts, Slow Food Portland. 202 Woodford St., Portland.

Barbara Walsh at the Maine Irish Heritage Center 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.

Together, she and her father journey to Newfoundland to learn about the 1935 storm, and along the way her dad begins to talk about the man he cannot forgive. As she recreates the scenes of the violent hurricane and a small

boy’s tender past, she holds onto a hidden desire: to heal her father and redeem the grandfather she has never met.”

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 new book will be available for purchase and signing by the author. “Jeffrey Clements is a co-founder and general counsel of Free Speech for People, a national, nonpartisan campaign to oppose corporate personhood and pass the People’s Rights Amendment. The founder of Clements Law Office, LLC, he has represented and advocated for people, businesses, and the public interest since 1988, serving as assistant attorney general and chief of the Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau in Massachusetts from 2007 to 2009.”

‘Tarahumara— Running Out of Time’ 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Film screening at the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland. Peace Action Maine will present a screening of “Tarahumara — Running Out of Time.”

“High on the plateaus and deep in the Canyons of Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental live a group of indigenous people as unassimilated as any in the Americas. The Tarahumara or, more accurately, the Rarámuri, renowned for their longdistance running ability, have survived at least two thousand years, but their way of life is now threatened by illegal logging, narco-traffic and climate change.”

Portland Republican City Committee with Peter Mills as guest speaker 7 p.m. Peter Mills, executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority, will be the guest speaker at the Portland Republican City Committee meeting at the East End School Community Room (immediately following the Pledge of Allegiance). FMI, Barbara Harvey, 837-2400 or Patrick Calder, 232-0944. see next page

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Amazon pulls thousands of e-books due to dispute

Rocky the lobster rocks the scales

BY DAVID STREITFELD THE NEW YORK TIMES

Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay Harbor reported it just received the biggest lobster to date.

“Our newest resident, yet unnamed, is a 27-lb lobster — shown here next to a 22lb child.

Woweeeee!” The lobster, named Rocky, was found near Rockland. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Amazon.com yanked the buy button on its site from thousands of e-books this week after failing to extract better terms from their distributor, the Independent Publishers Group.

I.P.G., one of the country’s largest distributors, said Amazon sought new discounts that it could not afford.

“There’s only so far we can go,” said Mark Suchomel, president of the Chicago-based outfit.

The dispute underlines the escalating struggle between Amazon and publishers and distributors over how to sell e-books. Amazon wants the price for the consumer to be as low as possible so it can sell more Kindle devices. But it also needs to improve its margins, which are vanishingly thin for a Wall Street darling. The patience of investors is not infinite.

Publishers, however, have their own margins to worry about. If e-books are priced too low, publishers feel their worth will be devalued by the public, and the publishers might wither away — something that they fear would suit Amazon just fine.

A spokeswoman for Amazon declined to comment.

The dispute quickly reignited fears of the power Amazon enjoys as the publishing industry accelerates its shift to digital. Amazon is both the largest physical bookseller and, through the Kindle devices, the dominant electronic platform.

Amazon ceded a measure of control

since an incident two years ago with the six biggest publishers. Amazon then briefly removed the buy buttons for both electronic and physical editions of books published by Macmillan, one of the big six houses. When Amazon blinked, Macmillan won the right to set its own prices, something all the major publishers now share.

This time, Amazon is setting its sights a little lower. Among I.P.G.’s 500 clients are the American Cancer Society, Aptly Spoken Press, Bees Knees Books and Change the Universe Press. Until this week, I.P.G. had 4,443 titles available on Kindle.

Mr. Suchomel said the publishers were solidly behind I.P.G. “They were almost unanimously positive, saying ‘Don’t change your terms.’”

Amazon wants the price for the consumer to be as low as possible so it can sell more Kindle devices (shown). But it also needs to improve its margins, which are vanishingly thin for a Wall Street darling. (Mark Lennihan/Associated Press/The New York Times)

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Tuesday, Feb. 28 Burundi and Batimbo Beats 9:25 a.m. The Burundi and Batimbo Beats, a drummers ensemble from Burundi in East Africa, will perform as part of the Cheverus High School program to celebrate AfricanAmerican History Month. The public is invited to attend free of charge. “The drummers sing and play drums carved from tree trunks, some placed on the ground and some carried on top of their heads, each weighing up to 70 kilos (about 150 pounds). The program will also feature comments from Dawud Ummah, President of the Board of the Center for African Heritage in Westbrook; Boulis Kodi of the Nuba Mountain Advocacy Group (Sudan); Léandre Habonimana and Professor Bambi from the Congolese Connection and Haiti Awareness. The program was the brainchild of Cheverus senior, Kaylee Taylor of Westbrook.”

‘How To Make a Successful Career Transition’ noon to 1 p.m. “Wisdom at Work” weekly professional development series held in February at the Portland Public Library on Tuesdays through Feb. 28. Sponsored by the Portland Public Library, and Portland career counselor Barbara Babkirk and psychologist Amy Wood, Wisdom at Work is a free series of lunchtime professional development workshops designed to help people be happier and more productive in the world of work. Facilitated by local experts ranging from human resource specialists to peak performance coaches, Wisdom at Work workshops attract professionals from every field, job seekers, students, and entrepreneurs. Sessions include: Feb. 28: Mastering the Beliefs That Drive Your Financial Life: Uncover the counterproductive money beliefs — we all have them — creating stress in your work life, and learn more productive and prosperous ways of thinking about money, with Amy Wood, a Portland and Kennebunk-based psy-

chologist in private practice.

Visiting artist lecture with Cat Mazza 12:30 p.m. At Maine College of Art, Osher Hall in the Porteous Building, 522 Congress St. Cat Mazza is a new media artist whose work explores the relationships between craft, digital technology and labor. She has shown her work in galleries and museums internationally. Free and open to the public.

Engage the 99% Coalition 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Engage the 99% Coalition, meeting at Hope Gateway, 185 High St. (corner of High and Cumberland). Announcements, Proposals and Discussions pertaining to Occupy Wall Street. Open to the public. Childcare available. Please bring an appetizer or snack. For further information contact: Diane Eiker at: deiker@myfairpoint.net

‘Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World’ 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “For six months in 1919 after the end of ‘the war to end all wars,’the Big Three — President Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George, and French premier Georges Clemenceau — met in Paris to shape a permanent peace. In this significant work of narrative history, Margaret MacMillan gives a vivid and intimate view of those crucial days, which saw new political entities — Iraq, Yugoslavia, and Palestine, among them — born out of the remnants of bankrupt empires, and the borders of the modern world redrawn. The multiple award-winning book, ‘Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World,’ will be discussed in three weekly evening sessions, each focusing on a different aspect of the book. Discussions will be held on Tuesday evenings, Feb. 28, March 6 and March 13 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Copies of the book are available to borrow at the Kennebunk Free Library. In an effort to include our commuter friends, this book will be available to borrow in audio CD format. The book may also be purchased as an E-book, available from Google Books for $13.99.”

‘Hidden Tennessee’ at Portland Stage 7

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“Hidden

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25A Forest Ave. February 28 through March 18.

“An evening of one-act plays from a 20th century master of lyrical snapshots of human nature. From the dreams of lonely, threadbare teenagers to the quiet fears of an aging spinster, these revealing short plays, stories, and letters showcase Williams’ unmatched talent for uncovering truths both beautiful and sad, hidden behind closed doors.” www.portlandstage.org

‘Extraordinary Histories of Ordinary Things’ 7 p.m. Maine Historical Society Book Group: “Extraordinary Histories of Ordinary Things,” with facilitator Larissa Vigue Picard. “Join us for interesting discussions about history, and a great opportunity to connect with the MHS community. In recent years, historians have cultivated a fresh and imaginative new genre: studies that trace broad historical narratives through the stories of individual, seeminglysmall objects, ideas, or phenomenon. This year’s book discussion group will examine four particularly interesting examples: studies of the evolution of artificial light; how the lowly codfish changed the world; the toothpick as a paradigm for American manufacturing; and the influence of rum on the development of the New World. Registration required. Space is limited.” Readings include: “Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light” by Jane Brox; “Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World,”

by Mark Kurlansky; “The Toothpick” by Henry Petroski; and “And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails” by Wayne Curtis. www.mainehistory.org

Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ 8 p.m. “The story of Prospero, one time Duke of Milan, now cast out and master of a dark and mysterious island.

After years with only the company of his daughter and the spirits of his island, his enemies unwittingly pass with the sphere of his power, and he conjures a storm to wreck their vessel and draw them into his world. Will he punish them for having wronged him so long ago, or will he find forgiveness in his heart? You may find a different answer than you expect at Lucid Stage.”