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Gov’s BPA claims draw ire of health advocates

More winter’s on the way Chris Libby with Portland Public Services scoops up frozen snow and ice on Munjoy Hill Wednesday for loading into a dump truck. It’s been a busy winter-maintenance season for the city, and there’s more to come.

The National Weather Service is calling for snow and sleet before 1 p.m.

Friday, turning to rain between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., then rain and snow after 4 p.m., with a high near 34 degrees.

Look for a partly cloudy weekend, with increasing likelihood of snow showers on Sunday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

LePage says state needs proof that bisphenol-A causes harm

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Governor Paul LePage’s dismissive comments toward a controversial chemical has Maine’s environmental and public health groups challenging both his regulatory approach and grasp of basic biology.

Last week, LePage said he has yet to see enough science to support a ban on bisphenol-A (BPA), a common additive to plastics that some research suggests may interfere with hormone levels and could cause long-term health problems.

LePage The governor said that until BPA is proven to be harmful, the state should not see CHEMICAL page 9

Raptor sanctuary coming to Maine Facility helps injured birds recover, educates the public

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

ABOVE: Hope Douglas, founder/president of Wind Over Wings, said she looks forward to completing a move to Central Maine.

RIGHT: “River,” a bald eagle, was banded as a nestling in North Hampton, Mass., in 1996, and rescued during the fall of 2002, in the Connecticut River by Portland, Conn. “River” is part of the recovery effort of Wind Over Wings. (COURTESY PHOTOS)

After two decades in Connecticut, a shelter for bald eagles and other injured raptors is moving to Maine.

Wind Over Wings Inc., a nonprofit raptor rehabilitation and education center based in Clinton, Conn., expects to permanently relocate to a 7.5acre site in Dresden, about 10 miles north of Bath, by mid-

June, the founder said. Hope Douglas, founder and president of Wind Over Wings, said she looks forward to teaching about stewardship of wildlife in Maine.

“About 13 years ago, I started doing programs in Maine, visiting friends and bringing the birds, and fell in love with the state,” she said Wednesday in a telephone interview. see RAPTORS page 16

Thermal imaging: It’s not just for homes

Confessions of a Dan Bern music fan(atic)

Look, then leap into Maine’s terrain parks

See Bob Higgins on page 4

See Curtis Robinson’s column on page 5

See Marty Basch’s update in Sports, page 8

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Art of the doughnut NEW YORK (NY Times) — A clutch of enterprising shops opening in the last few months in New York represent a flowering in the doughnut arts.

Most bakers attempt fluency in the two major doughnut languages, cake and yeast. Dough, a modest little shop with a handmade feel, sticks to yeast, the better to fool around with clever new glazes: dulce de leche with toasted almonds, chocolate with cacao nibs, a vivid magenta hibiscus with hibiscus flowers.

At the Brindle Room in the East Village, or as it calls itself in its morning incarnation, Wonder City Coffee & Doughnuts, breakfast means doughnuts made from mashed potatoes, a style popularized by the dwindling Spudnut chain. The result is something of a hybrid, with a cake doughnut’s craggy roughness surrounding an un-cakey light interior. They are tender enough to be served on a plate and eaten with a fork.

Mark Isreal of The Doughnut Plant is a mystic technologist who makes jam from local fruit and talks about listening to the dough while devising new hoops for it to jump through. The square doughnuts filled with peanut butter and jelly are the most astonishing of all. Even the round creations, however, have the power to amaze with wonders like a crystallized ginger glaze on a doughnut for the Lunar New Year.

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vate sector unions the right to opt out of their unions and not pay dues.

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The Democrats, who are staying at a hotel in Urbana, Ill. — about a two hour drive across the state line from Indianapolis — say they do not plan to return until Republicans make concessions, including withdrawing several bills.

U.S., in shift, sees Marriage Act as violation of gay rights WASHINGTON (NY Times) — President Obama, in a major legal policy shift, has directed the Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act — the 1996 law that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages — against lawsuits challenging it as unconstitutional.

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Figures for deaths in the Libyan unrest have been difficult to pin down. Human Rights Watch has confirmed roughly 300 deaths in the weeklong uprising, while noting that its estimate is conservative because of the difficulty in gathering information from morgues and hospitals when phone service is intermittent and the Internet is nearly blacked out.

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Chicago, city in transition, picks a big personality

BY MONICA DAVEY THE NEW YORK TIMES

CHICAGO — In the eyes of some, Rahm Emanuel’s victory in this city’s mayoral race marks the end to a minor political skirmish, but the start of far larger chaos.

This city has had one mayor, Richard M. Daley, for 22 years, and, like his approach or hate it, Chicago has certainly grown used to it. So when Mr. Emanuel, the former chief of staff to President Obama, moves into the fifth floor at City Hall in May, it is expected to upend the politics of this city — not only because things have been mostly the same here for so long, but also because of Mr. Emanuel’s harsh style, his relationships and rivals, and the enormous challenges facing the nation’s third largest city.

“There will be more turmoil,” Kenneth Gould, a suburban Chicago resident, said recently, as the outcome of Tuesday’s race — an outright win by Mr. Emanuel — became increasingly likely. “Rahm will make more noise.”

Whatever the noise, it will probably be heard far beyond the city limits. Mr. Emanuel’s close tie to Mr. Obama — who made a point to issue a statement saying that Mr. Emanuel would be a “terrific mayor” — means that many people outside Chicago will be taking note of Mr. Emanuel’s every move, his successes, his flops.

Since he returned from the White House last fall to run for mayor, Mr. Emanuel has toned down his sometimes biting, outspoken style, but many people here were waiting to see whether the tone flipped back as he began wrestling over policies with the city’s 50 alderman.

Before he even arrives, there are signs of serious tumult: Alderman Ed Burke, one of the City Council’s most veteran members, supported one of Mr. Emanuel’s opponents in the cam-

paign. And before Election Day, Mr. Emanuel had suggested Mr. Burke might want to brace for the new mayor, indicating during a debate that Mr. Burke might need to give up part of his security detail, and that some committee chairmanships (Mr. Burke leads the powerful finance committee) might well change.

Mr. Daley’s relationship with the city’s aldermen was simple. With a few exceptions, they did as he pleased.

But if they wish to, the City Council here can hold plenty of sway. And with a crew of new aldermen likely to arrive after the election on Tuesday and a runoff election in April, and another set of aldermen whose political lives have been due, at least in part, to appointments by Mr. Daley, the council’s relationship with the incoming mayor appears utterly volatile.

It is clear that Mr. Emanuel has an enormous challenge ahead, making it all the more likely that dramatic, painful sorts of change are unavoidable. Mr. Emanuel has not shied away from change: he has already pledged to hire 1,000 new police officers, to change the way garbage is collected, and to shift the sales tax to cover fancy services like limousines (a provision he will need state legislative help on).

“I think Rahm is going to break a lot of rules,” said Evan Gordon, 51, who attended Mr. Emanuel’s victory party on Tuesday night. More than one voter said they expected Mr. Emanuel would promptly “clean house,” removing all sorts of staff members.

He needs to answer a budget deficit above $600 million, by some estimates; the contentious issue of whether to lower pension benefits for city workers; and deal with gripping worries about safety, jobs and schools.

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Of the city’s major financial worries, Don Rose, a political consultant, said that none of the candidates — not even Mr. Emanuel — had addressed the problem in a significant way. “It’s

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It’s about rights, not warfare If you work for somebody else for a living and you resent unions, the solution for what ails you isn’t to derail the hard-earned gains of organized labor.

What you need to do is to join a union so that you, too, will be treated with the fairness and respect every hardworking human being deserves.

Full disclosure: I am the direct beneficiary of organized labor — as a child and now as a journalist.

My father was a member of Local 270 of the Utility Workers for nearly 50 years. His wages and benefits kept me breathing through chronic asthma and sent me to college. Now I’m a dues-paying member of The Newspaper ––––– Guild, Local 1, and the Communications Workers of Creators America.

Syndicate My union membership means I could lose my column over my opinions, but not my job. Mighty emboldening for a liberal woman spouting off in America’s heartland.

Public union employees are fighting for their working lives in Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana and

Connie Schultz

see SCHULTZ page 5

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Thermal imaging not just for your house Earlier last week, I ran into my friend, Allison. She had just had some thermal imaging work done and wanted to chat about it.

Thermal Imaging is that thing you used to see people do to their houses, to determine where all the heat loss was and where to insulate better. Back in 1982, the device was approved as a medical diagnostic device as well but has taken time to catch on.

Normally, when it comes to medical devices, I just trust the old bottle of leeches. Since the last one died due to overexposure levels of PBR and gravy in my bloodstream, it seemed time to embrace some new technology.

Some women have been scared off when it comes to the whole mammography thing. They get worried about radiation levels, getting the naughty bits squished between plates, and the bone chilling cold of waiting for the results. Thermography came across with a solution.

Officially, the process is approved as an adjunct to traditional over-40 mammograms. My friend had the procedure done, which was little more than taking

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist a few snapshots with a camera.

She could see the images taken on the screen in brilliant color.

The theory behind it goes like this: Your body is constantly working on repairing itself, and certain injuries or conditions cause the blood vessels to dilate, bringing more blood flow to the affected area. These changes can be “seen” with a temperature sensitive camera, and the results passed on to a professional at reading the images.

In a shot of my friend’s face, I could clearly see that something was going on with her teeth. “I had just lost a crown the day before, and the heat showed up on the camera!”

So why is this exciting? Breast cancer. Since early detection is crucial, and women tend to put off the mammogram until the

last possible second, this new method shows possible areas of concern. It can show an area of the breast that is getting more blood flow and could be the site of a growing tumor that got missed on an initial screening.

I chatted with Ingrid Levasseur, at Inner Image Clinical Thermography in Falmouth. “I had heard about the technology, and was at the point in my life where I was looking at starting a new business,” Levasseur said. “The field had been growing, as folks were becoming much more aware nationally about what thermography can do. It just seemed like a good fit.”

Levasseur takes the images, and sends them off to be read.

“The process usually doesn’t take very long. Essentially, the sympathtic nervous system of the body does all this stuff without your knowledge. The imaging is a by-product of what your body is doing.”

Though not expensive, whole body imaging can run to $350, sometimes covered by insurance, sometimes not. see HIGGINS page 5

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Confessions of a Dan Bern music fan(atic) You might think you’re a “music fan” until you actually meet one and realize that the term “fanatic” carries some obsessive-compulsive attributes that seek places where angels fear to tread.

But one of the good things about living in a city with a serious music scene is that you get to actually meet actual music fans, with their carefully archived audio lives (looking at you, Mark Curdo) and eyes aglow with memories of some long-ago concert.

Some of my best music fan friends are of the Grateful Dead cult, converting perfectly good hallway closets into stash-bins, usually with audio tapes of obscure shows.

They get together with a knowledge dance of the sort usually reserved for high-end wine tasting smack-downs.

But instead of legs and finish and degrees of oak, they debate Ventura vs. Red Rocks vs. NYC that summer when Jerry was out of rehab that time...

It’s kinda like tennis. Start too late in life, and you’re only gonna be X good.

Which brings me to Dan Bern, where I am a fan.

Dan is best-known lately, at least nationally, for his work in movies like

Curtis Robinson ––––– Usually Reserved “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.”

Whatever. In the world of the oldschool Dan Bern fan, he still inhabits a Wasteland, singing about when the Earth had two moons and girlfriends came home in the middle of the night “with the universe on their breath.”

And, yeah, those are obscure references to old songs. I’m sure musicians grow tired of the “old fans” syndrome, we show up hoping for that one life-changing tune you’ve played 1,788,323 times – but with D.B., btw, few of us yell out requests because he has a slight reputation for NEVER IN HELL playing the song you seek.

Me, I’ve fallen off my game of late but have serious cred in certain Dan Bern circles. I was in a tiny Colorado radio station studio when he first played “Red Tornado” off scribbled road notes. As the song evolved into “Black Tornado” we fans quickly chose sides – Red Team is still fuming.

In a slightly different life, I even ended up promoting a couple of Dan Bern shows.

My Dan Bern memories are like those Grateful Dead folks, a sort of edited soundtrack of my adult life. I remember the “Hoot Nights” at a tiny North Hollywood coffeehouse called The Iguana, where music started at midnight and one usual fan at the door carried a huge sword that nobody seemed to much notice. I rememer a show in Northern California the night before he was going to play the Henry Miller Museum in Big Sur – it was a scant crowd, maybe six of us including Dan’s little black dog.

And I remember a night in Colorado, sitting in a black Jeep as Dan and Hunter S. Thompson co-wrote a love song involving ... well, defecation as political and social comment, I believe. And I remember playing my late wife’s favorite D.B. songs at her wake – her top-top favorite is a little ditty about a painter recovering his skills and dealing with a drunken Mormon woman who seems difficult to talk to unless you, too, are drunk “and then we go all night.”

So Dan Bern comes to Port City tonight for a show at One Longfellow Square. I recommend the show with a

warning: His can be music that transforms. Hear that “one dance” song and you might end up like some of my friends who have left relationships, jobs and cities after a single D.B. concert.

It was after a hoot night when the Mississippi poet Jeff Weddle famously noted that “New York might be the city that never sleeps, but Los Angeles is the city that never sleeps well.”

Ironically, fate takes me away from tonight’s show – I may take a roadtrip to catch another of the Eastern swing.

But no matter, I’ll just cue up my bootleg from the Beatles tribute night, circa 1990-something. I’ll hope you who go get the latest version of “One Thing Real” or even, hope of hopes, “Wasteland” – word is the latter is rare. It was The Song for years.

And me, I’ll find my inner Mark Curdo for a few moments. Then, without thinking further, I’ll go to my room, lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, go to sleep. After all, I say to myself, it’s only music fan insomnia. It’s Portland, many must have it.

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

‘Wisconsin is ground zero,’ says tea party faction leader SCHULTZ from page 4

New Jersey. The battle is over their right to collectively bargain with their employers for wages and benefits, which is why unions exist.

Conservative legislators in these states are trying to obliterate public employee unions, and they’re using the most cynical of strategies: Turn workers against workers — union vs. nonunion — and then maybe no one will notice the everwidening abyss between the minute percent of the wealthiest Americans and everybody else.

So far, the biggest pro-union demonstrations have been in Madison, Wis. Even those unions exempted from proposed cuts — firefighters and policemen, who endorsed Gov. Scott Walker during his 2010 campaign — have shown up en masse to support other public workers.

Conservatives have their supporters, too.

“Wisconsin is ground zero,” said Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, a tea party faction. “I think it is going to determine largely whether the pampered nature of these public employees is finally reined in.”

New York Times reporter Eric Lipton pointed

out what Phillips forgot to say: “What Mr. Phillips did not mention was that his Virginia-based nonprofit group, whose budget surged to $40 million in 2010 from $7 million three years ago, was created and financed in part by the secretive billionaire brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch.

“State records also show that Koch Industries, their energy and consumer products conglomerate based in Wichita, Kan., was one of the biggest contributors to the election campaign of Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a Republican who has championed the proposed cuts.”

As for Phillips’ claim of “pampered” public employees, various studies, including one by University of Wisconsin economics professors Keith Bender and John Heywood, found that state and local employees’ wages and salaries are, on average, 6.8 percent lower than those for private-sector workers of equal education.

The professors also found that public employees’ earnings have been in relative decline for 20 years.

Still, no one, including union workers, is saying concessions should not be made. Unions have been

making concessions for some time now, including where I work. Guild members are in our second year of voluntary pay cuts, and I’ve not heard a single colleague suggest we should stop sharing the burden.

That’s the thing about those so-called “pampered” union workers. They don’t exist. But the mythology comes in handy when you’re looking to redirect the blame for these tough economic times.

A wise man once said: “The working classes didn’t bring this on. It was the big boys that thought the financial drunk was going to last forever and overbought, over-merged and over-capitalized.”

That came from Will Rogers in 1931.

Today he’d be accused of engaging in class warfare.

I am reminded of the union mantra: They only call it class warfare when we fight back.

(Connie Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and an essayist for Parade magazine. To find out more about Schultz (cschultz@plaind.com) and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.)

Star Trek level diagnostics help with early detection HIGGINS from page 4

My friend, Allison, was convinced. We have both lost a mother to breast cancer, and she went down this road of diagnostic early.

“Spotting this kind of thing early is crucial for treatment, but I had just been so put-off by the whole process,” she said. “It was scary. At least this way, I had a chance to get some imaging done to make it less scary. Now, I might go get the other test. I just have that much less to fear.”

There were other images she showed me, of random injuries captured in the diagnostic process.

Even I, with an untrained eye, could spot that there was something going on in some of the photographs.

Pretty powerful stuff. Star Trek level diagnostics come to every man.

Levasseur was careful to point out that this process is to be used in addition to other imaging techniques. I asked her if she could tell me about any local success stories, such as a potential cancer spotted before the mammogram, but she shied away a bit. “There have been some,” but didn’t want to discuss them, citing ethics issues.

Recently, I had seen comedian Jack Black and his “Save The Boobies” campaign. His group is trying to

get guys like me to schedule appointments for mammograms for their wives, mothers and daughters.

He even, as a joke, had the procedure done himself. I assumed it was just revenge on Katie Couric for getting all our wives and girlfriends to schedule male prostate exams a few years back.

Perhaps technology is making advances faster than we can keep up. This technology looked promising enough to me to share it. If it saves one life, it will be worth it.

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

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Legislator wants instant run-off voting for Maine’s governor AUGUSTA — For four years, some Maine Republicans derided John Baldacci as “Mr. 38,” for failing to muster support from more than 38 percent of Maine voters in his 2006 re-election campaign. Then last fall, Republican Paul LePage won a five-way race for the Governor’s office with 38 percent.

In fact, Maine governors have rarely received a majority of votes in the last five years, according to MPBN. Given that history, one state senator says Maine should switch to instant run-off voting to make sure a majority of people support the state’s top elected official.

State Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton, has introduced legislation calling for a constitutional amendment that requires Maine governors to receive at least 50 percent of the vote, MPBN says.

“I believe Louisiana has an instantaneous runoff, so we’ll be able to get a handle on how much the extra cost is,” Saviello told Capitol News Service.

“That maybe prohibitive, and maybe people don’t want to have that, and ultimately it would go out to the people if the committee decides. They would decide whether this is something they want to do and spend their money on.”

According to MPBN, Saviello’s plan calls for an instant run-off between the candidates that place first and second in the race if nobody wins a majority.

LePage sacks MaineCare official AUGUSTA — Dr. Dora Anne Mills, who led the Maine’s response to H1N1 flu in 2009 and most recently worked as medical director for the state’s MaineCare program, was fired yesterday from her position in the Department of Health and Human Services, according to news reports.

Mills, who served for 15 years as director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, was appointed as medical director in the office of Maine Care in January, the Portland Press Herald is reporting. As director of Maine CDC, Mills coordinated the statewide effort to prevent the spread of H1N1 “swine” flu.

Spokesmen for the state DHHS and for Gov. Paul LePage declined to comment on the firing, the paper said.

“As DHHS continues to assemble its new leadership team, Dr. Dora Anne Mills has been relieved of her duties,” John Martins, spokesman for the department, said in a statement that ran in the Press Herald. “DHHS will continue to assess and evaluate the administrative responsibilities at OMS. We wish Dr. Mills the best in future endeavors.”

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Mills brother, former state Sen. Peter Mills, lost to LePage in the Republican gubernatorial primary last summer.

Her sister, Janet Mills, is a former state attorney general.

Riverton principal notes plans to resign Nancy Kopack, the principal of Riverton Elementary School, has announced plans to resign at the end The Portland Forecaster this week reported that the 241-room Eastland is under contract to be sold to a of the current school subsidiary of RockBridge Capital, a Columbus, Ohio-based investment firm. (FILE PHOTO) year, the Portland chairs crashing down. The new lift will cost about Press Herald is reporting. The paper says she sub$3 million. mitted a letter of resignation on Friday but will Resort officials say the new chairlift will be serve through June 30. lower to the ground to reduce wind stoppages. It Superintendent James Morse told the Press will also feature heavier chairs that are less susHerald Kopack resigned for personal reasons, and ceptible to swaying. that a committee will be appointed to search for The Spillway East lift will be dismantled starting a replacement. A 20-year veteran of the Portland after this ski season ends, and the new lift should Schools system, Kopack became acting principal be in place by the start of the 2011-2012 season. of Riverton in 2007, and full-time principal in The resort is also adding new terrain, including 2008, the paper said.

135 acres of new glades on Burnt Mountain, which Riverton Elementary School, located on outer will “provide access to a second above-treeline area Forest Avenue in North Deering, has been named at the summit of Burnt, and will open new lines on one of Maine’s lowest-performing schools, but is some of the steepest and most challenging terrain undergoing a $3.4 million improvement effort, the at Sugarloaf,” the resort said. paper is reporting.

Sugarloaf is owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties, a real-estate investment trust headquartered in Florida, and operated by Boyne Resorts, which is based in Michigan.

Sugarloaf to replace failed chairlift

CARRABASSET VALLEY — The owners of Sugarloaf ski resort have announced plans to expand terrain and replace the chairlift that injured eight people when it failed in December as part of a $4.3 million upgrade, according to a news release.

The new fixed-grip quad chairlift will replace the Spillway East double chair, which has been closed for much of this ski season following a partial derailment in December that sent several

Teen charged in Knox shooting death BELFAST — Maine State Police have charged a 19-year-old Knox man in connection with a shooting death over the weekend.

State police spokesperson Steve McCausland said Luke Bryant was arrested yesterday at a home in Belfast he was visiting.

Bryant is charged with manslaughter in the death of Tyler Seaney, 19, of Brewer. Police say Bryant was holding a shotgun that went off inside his apartment on Dolloff Road Saturday night, killing Seaney.

“The State Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy Monday and said the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the neck and the death was classified as a homicide,” McCausland said.

Bryant is being held at Waldo County Jail in Belfast. He is due in court later this week unless he is free on bail, which officials say hasn’t been set yet.

Paper: Buyer found for Eastland Hotel Portland’s iconic Eastland Hotel, which has been on the market for several months, could soon have a new owner, according to media reports.

The Portland Forecaster this week reported that the 241-room Eastland is under contract to be sold to a subsidiary of RockBridge Capital, a Columbus, Ohio-based investment firm. Current owner, Magna Hospitality Group, confirmed the sale but declined to comment to the Forecaster, citing a confidentiality agreement.

The weekly paper says documents indicate the deal must close before March 1.

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Thursday, Feb. 24 Dan Bern w/ Common Rotation at One Longfellow 8 p.m. Dan Bern is best known for his prolific songwriting and electric live persona. He has released a dozen albums while spending well over a decade performing everywhere from local coffee shops to Carnegie Hall. Common Rotation bandmates Adam Busch, Eric Kufs, and Jordan Katz can’t remember a time when they weren’t making music together.

Fifteen years later, this sentiment is still true—although the venue has changed to Southern California. Their melodic blend consists of acoustic guitar, trumpet, banjo, harmonica, and dobro. $15, all ages.

Jacob Augustine, Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea at Port City Music Hall 8 p.m. Jacob Augustine, Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea at Port City Music Hall. Advance: $10; door: $12; VIP: $20.

With special guests Cotton Jones and Jacob Augustine.

“If Jacob Augustine didn’t exist in Portland, it would be necessary to invent him. Possessing the stage presence and integrity of a firebrand preacher (except without all the answers), Augustine commands urgency and attention. His nine-piece misfit gospel band blends the Western-Baltic flourishes of Beirut with the post-punk immediacy of World/ Inferno, but it’s the unadorned earnestness of the man himself that binds it all together.” Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea is planning to do “a ridiculous amount of touring,” she writes on her website (http://mondoamore.nicoleatkins. com/press-bio). “An inveterate road warrior, Atkins is eager to adapt the finely crafted songs of Mondo Amore for the in-your-face directness of live performance.”

Friday, Feb. 25 Plains with Last Good Tooth at The Oak + The Ax 8 p.m. Local band Plains features original country/folk songs and the soulful vocal harmonies of Aren Sprinkle, Jerusha Robinson and Dave Noyes. This past January, Aren Sprinkle busted some ill and unprecedented moves of power and beauty in Portland, composing and performing original folk music scores for Tess Van Horn’s production of Federico García Lorca’s play Blood Wedding. Last Good Tooth hails from Providence, Rhode Island. This trio practices music of the American Folkloric: songs designed to drag your passed-out & motionless self off of the railroad tracks and back into the bushes, where theres a campfire, some friends, and perhaps some more whiskey. Wanna hear a song about Inigo Montoya? Please bring a little dough for the bands and come hang out in this nice warm place.

Buille featuring John Doyle at One Longfellow 8 p.m. Buille was formed in 2004 by Armagh born brothers Niall and Caoimhín Vallely along with Paul Meehan and Brian Morrissey as a vehicle to perform a body of new tunes written in a traditional style with contemporary arrangements.

The resultant sound was picked up on by Donald Shaw and Vertical Records who immediately offered to produce and release the groups’ debut album. “Buille” was released in 2005 to rave reviews and was described in the Irish Times: “Buille is as fresh a breath that’s blown through traditional (and roots) circles in a long, long time.” John Doyle’s gifts as a guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, and producer have played an essential role in the ongoing renaissance of Irish traditional music. John was playing professionally by the age of 16, and soon moved to New York City, where he began playing with Eileen Ivers and Seamus Egan. He first rose to international prominence with Solas (Gaelic for “light”), the all-star Irish/American band whose emergence heralded the arrival of a new generation of bold, inventive traditional musicians. $20, all ages.

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Saturday, Feb. 26 Flogging Molly at The State Theatre 7:30 p.m. What makes a band truly remarkable? Insightful lyrics? Memorable melodies? Blow-your-mind live performances?

Truth is, it takes all of those things - along with boundless enthusiasm, an infectious energy and a supreme devotion to the fans.

In the case of Flogging Molly, the band is that rare gem that possesses all of these traits and more, and because of this they have established themselves as one of the most beloved bands performing today.

Moneybrother and The Drowning Men join. $30 advance, $32 day of show.

Juanito Pascual at One Longfellow 8 p.m. Juanito has won praise around the globe as a respected new voice in this most Spanish of musical genres. He is recognized in Spain as a unique and creative voice with mesmerizing virtuosity, warm and evocative playing, and original compositional style. He has been a featured artist in some of the best-known fine arts centers, clubs, and festivals in the United States, including the renowned Tanglewood Jazz Festival, New York’s 92nd St. Y, Blue Note Jazz Club, Boston’s Jordan Hall and Regattabar, and countless colleges and performing arts centers. He has also been featured on National Public Radio’s “The World” program, as well as countless television and radio programs.

Pascual has been called “one of the hottest flamenco guitarists in recent years” by National Public Radio, which in Pascual’s case is just the jumping off point for the Minneapolis native’s musical vision. Pascual’s sound is a truly organic blend of a mastery of traditional and contemporary flamenco with his love of heroes ranging from Jimi Hendrix Jacob Augustine will perform at Port City Music Hall tonight. On Saturday, he will be at and Miles Davis, to the Grateful Dead and the Oak and the Axe in Biddeford with Butcher Boy, Joe Fletcher. (COURTESY PHOTO) J.S. Bach. Pascual is joined by world-class ensemble of gifted artists including flamenco Monday, Feb. 28 singer/dancer Jose Moreno, violinist Rohan Gregory, and percussionist Sergio Martinez. $17, all ages.

Decompression Chamber Music Season Three

Max Creek at Port City Music Hall 8 p.m. Celebrating over 30 years together, Max Creek brings to the stage a wide variety of musical experience, from the blues to ballads to hard-edged rock n’ roll and San Francisco-era improv. This five man band has a unique style, and their blend of original songs and classic covers has gained them remarkable respect and a large following which continues to grow. Blues ballads blend into jazzy barroom piano and a jumping, frenetic energy fueled by the audience. An hour later, there’s a full fledged jam at work, combining contemporary and jazz idioms and soaring into free-form flight. Even later, a reggae-tinged stunner will blend right into a folksy blues intro. $15 advance, $18 day-of show, $28 VIP, 21 plus. Port City Music Hall. www. portcitymusichall.com/

MODNIGHT dance party 9 p.m. What seems like ages ago, Dj Ian Paige’s MODNIGHT dance party residency at The White Heart (R.I.P.) kept Portlanders moving all year long to the finest in Soul, Mod, Britpop, Psych, and Dub tunes. Given the wildly popular soul parties at SPACE lately, it seems like a good time to bring back a good thing. The rules are simple — look sharp and dance till you drop. SPACE Gallery. $3, 21 plus. http://www.space538.org/events.php

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

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

Bring a date! Have glass of wine, listen to beautiful music, become a connoisseur.” Goup Bio, Piotr Buczek, Colin Davis, Mark Berger, and Decompression Chamber Music creator Priscilla Hayes Taylor combine their expertise, humor, and artistic talents to bring five compelling new concerts of sumptuous music. ($10 adv/$12 door). http:// onelongfellowsquare.com

Tuesday, March 1 Lake Street Dive at One Longfellow 8 p.m. Lake Street Dive is a Pop Music Play-Date. The ensemble derives inexhaustible energy from the joy of invention and creation together. Their exuberant live shows and carefully crafted studio albums share a blissful irreverence for convention and an undying devotion to melody, spontaneity and groove. One Longfellow Square. ($10). http://onelongfellowsquare.com

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BY MARTY BASCH SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Get behind the wheel with Josh Harrington before entering a terrain park.

"The best advice I can give is to learn the rules and etiquette of the terrain park," said Shawnee Peak's director of skiing. "Just like driving a car there are rules every driver needs to follow to make it safe and fun. Any skier or rider regardless of ability can have fun in the terrain park if they are being safe."

Ever since it was introduced by the National Ski Areas Association in 2004, Smart Style has been the gospel in the land of rails, jumps, wall rides and kickers.

In essence, start small before even thinking of going big.

Smart Style feature four basic parts: make a plan, look before you leap, easy style it, and respect gets respect.

If this sounds familiar, its because those messages tend to be posted by park entrances, along with a big orange oval.

"I know the biggest jump in the park looks awesome, but it's not the place to start if you've never hit a jump, says Harrington. "Start with simple tricks — straight slides and airs — on small features. Most mountains, including Shawnee Peak, have a mini terrain park that is designed for folks to learn tricks. Everyone should start here."

Take a run through the park and look at features. Have a spotter.

"Once you have a plan and look at the feature you should make sure that the trick is within your ability level," says Harrington. "And for anyone who is new to the terrain park that means starting small."

Wait your turn and don't be a snake.

That's someone who cuts in line.

"Shawnee Peak does not have a program in place that would limit access to the park to those who have completed a park safety course," says Harrington. "We do take great measures to make sure that new park riders are aware of our mini park, can see the signage, and get advice from our staff."

Terrain parks are part of the landscape at Maine ski areas, but two of them are hoping to educate skiers and riders before they even leave the house.

Sunday River and Sugarloaf — part of the Boyne Resort family — have the voluntary Park Education and Etiquette Program, or PEEPs. The idea is to spend about 10 minutes online through the mountain's websites learning about park safety, answer some questions and then get the PEEPs pass before hitting the slopes.

"This is a voluntary program, not mandatory," says Boyne terrain park development manager Jay Scambio.

"We want people to come, have fun in the parks but when they are in the

Before hitting Maine’s terrain parks, skiers and snowboarders should follow the Smart Style guidelines and have a plan. (Sugarloaf photo)

parks we want them to become better educated so everyone has a better experience."

Largely targeting pre-teens and teens, the program allows park users to brush up on their etiquette prior to coming to the mountain and purchasing a lift ticket.

Scambio oversees terrain parks at six resorts including two in Maine and Loon in Lincoln, N.H. "In the end, we want everyone to have a better experience," he said. "If we educate people in the park before they get here we hope they will also educate people in the park once they get here."

The experience, done with a South Park kind of flair, includes ATML. That's approach, take-off, maneuver and landing.

Once inexperienced skiers and riders get to the parks, they can also learn from the people there whether they be park rangers or veteran park users. At Shawnee Peak, Harrington encourages some sharing of wisdom.

"Veterans of the terrain park can help rookies by sharing advice they have to hit the features, act as a spot-

ter, and help them understand the rules and etiquette of the parks," says Harrington. "Leading by example is the best way to pass on your knowledge."

••• Vacation week continues with today's 23rd annual Family Fest at Shawnee Peak and the Saddleback Ski Patrol torchlight parade. Twintippers and snowboarders take to the park at Saddleback for the Friday Night Lights Rail Jam. On Saturday, Mt. Abram hosts the Ski Club Auction.

The high-flying Red Bull Super Hits contest is Saturday at Sunday River featuring freeskiers in Barker Mountain's Rocking Chair Park. Do well and win a spot at the Dumont Cup in late March. The grassroots Super Hits Sunday is, you guessed it, Sunday at Shawnee Peak. Black Mountain of Maine holds the Maine Ski Challenge on Sunday. Nordic downhillers get to fly down from the base of the King PIne lift in Sunday's Inferno Downhill at Sugarloaf.

(Marty Basch can be reached at www.onetankaway.com.)

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Public health advocates push for chemical’s ban CHEMICAL from page one

make any move to restrict its use. But in offering his argument, the governor stoked controversy as he appeared to misunderstand the role of estrogen in humans.

“Quite frankly, the science that I’m looking at says there is no [problem],” LePage said. “There hasn’t been any science that identifies that there is a problem ... the only thing that I’ve heard is if you take a plastic bottle and put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen. So the worst case is some women may have little beards.”

Public health advocates refute LePage’s dismissal of BPA’s risk, saying the estrogen-mimicking properties of the chemical, especially during a child’s critical windows of cognitive and physical development, can interfere with brain development, the development of breast and prostate glands and other functions. They also point out that estrogen would not be associated with beard growth and perhaps the governor confused it with testosterone.

The BPA ban was proposed as part of the Kid-Safe Products Act, which passed the state legislature three years ago with overwhelming support from both parties. Part of the act required the DEP to draw up a list of “Chemicals of Concern,” which eventually tallied over 1,700 chemicals according to a representative with The Environmental Health Strategy Center.

In September, the Board of Environmental Protection adopted a rule restricting BPA’s use in reusable food and beverage containers. LD 412, a so-called ‘major substantive rule’, still must go before the state legislature for revue.

Despite the legislature’s overwhelming support of the Kid-Safe Products Act, some are concerned that LePage and a new crop of regulationstripping legislatures might target the BPA rule.

“It’s feasible they could vote to disapprove the rule, but they’ve already had extensive testimony on [BPA] going back through 2010,” said Mike Belliveau, executive director of the Environmental Health Strategy Center.

“Now we’re waiting to see if the governor moves beyond his unsound scientific pronouncement to actual legislative attacks on the health of Maine children,” said Belliveau, adding “It seems like the only science he listens to is from the industry that makes BPA — it’s like tobacco science.”

In January, the DEP parred down the list to two, BPA and a class of chemicals called nonylphenol ethoxylates, historically found in cleaning detergents but fading in industry use.

Now LePage is trying to allay concern about BPA, but Belliveau said his ill-researched opinion could be dangerous for the people of Maine.

“The governor displays a shocking ignorance of the science and is ignoring the advice of the state’s top toxicologist, the U.S. government and independent scientists who have

Elisa Boxer stages a mock interview during a skit to illustrate a push for eliminating 40 chemicals in Maine, part of a press conference in Monument Square in 2010 by the Environmental Health Strategy Center. One chemical the group particularly singled out was bisphenol-A (BPA), a common additive to plastics that some research suggests may interfere with hormone levels. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

published hundreds of peer-reviewed studies,” said Belliveau.

Belliveau said he’s worried that LePage is more concerned about appeasing big business interests with a stake in BPA than the Mainers whom he was elected to represent.

“BPA is a big moneymaker for [chemical companies] Dow and Bayer.

We continue to be shocked that the governor would join the chemical industry’s attack on the health of Maine children on something that has no effect on Maine businesses and job creation,” he said.

But the LePage administration said that until the scientific community reaches a consensus on BPA, the state should not take any action that would make Maine a less attractive prospect for business and industry.

“It’s hard enough to make it it in business, who would want to come to a state where there isn’t regulation based on sound science? Why make that investment when rules of the game can be changed,” said Dan Demerritt, director of communications for the LePage administration.

Demerritt references a report from a joint experts meeting between the World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations last fall where the two organizations concluded that while it was “difficult to interpret the relevance of these studies in light of current knowledge of the compound,” “initiation of public health measures would be premature.”

“If we’re serious about making Maine a place where people can do business, we have to hold ourselves to a fair, reasonable standard and avoid the temptation to legislate and regulate at the drop of a hat,” said Demerritt.

Meanwhile, Belliveau believes that

the state legislature will see past the governor’s dismissal of the dangers of BPA and vote much in the same way they did in passing the Kid-Safe Products Act.

“We’re confident that the Maine legislature will continue to show overwhelming bipartisan support for common sense measures to protect children’s health,” he said.

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are usually empathic to the needs of those around you, but you have to draw the line somewhere. Today, if you walk a mile in the other person’s shoes, you’re likely to get a foot ache -- it’s just not a good fit.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You’ll be working on an important project. Even if you feel good about the details, there are simply too many of them to carry around with you and still feel calm and relaxed. Make lists, and you’ll feel lighter.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It’s not too late to make a New Year’s resolution. Make a declaration to your loved ones about what you intend to do this year. This will help you gain the focus and clarity you desire.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Unload the issues on your mind into a journal or to a counselor or friend. This exercise will remind you of your positive qualities. Tonight, you’ll feel friendly and open to making new social contacts.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You could save yourself years of struggle by asking for help from the right person.

Hint: It’s a person who has been where you are and turned the situation into a success story.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 24).

You’ll get a public forum in which to communicate your ideas and put them into practice. Mental pursuits ignite your energy. You could simultaneously succeed at more than one career, making you the envy of your friends. Your love life will be fun-filled in July and August.

September brings a glamorous adventure. Cancer and Taurus people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 24, 2, 10, 49 and 17.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). When you feel pressured, you act out of fear.

That’s why it will be useful to stomp out your own impatience because it will only lead to regret. Have more fun, and it will be easier for you to have patience, too. , TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It will benefit you to keep communication short and to the point. You will be heard, understood and respected. People will know that you’re not a person who will waste their time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Even when you think people understand what you are saying, it’s important to ask for clarification. As a bonus, you’ll be helping others to get clearer in their intention.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There is a positive purpose behind your communication and behavior, though someone you are close to might not understand what it is. Spell it out, and you’ll get the support you need.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You value honesty and don’t see the need to sugarcoat your response to the world.

Try to be gentle, though. People around you will be more sensitive than usual.

Let your tone of voice convey compassion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You know the result you want to get from each and every interaction. This makes you purposeful in all of your dealings.

Your confidence will help you attract money this afternoon.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are willing to make an effort for a special relationship. You are even willing to change in some small way in order for things to work well. The other person will mirror this gesture.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Feb. 24, the 55th day of 2011. There are 310 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 24, 1761, Boston lawyer James Otis Jr. went to court to argue against “writs of assistance” that allowed British customs officers to arbitrarily search people’s premises; citing English common law, Otis declared: “A man’s house is his castle.”

(Although Otis lost the case, his statement provided a source of inspiration for American independence.)

On this date: In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull, or edict, outlining his calendar reforms.

(The Gregorian Calendar is the calendar in general use today.)

In 1711, the opera “Rinaldo” by George Frideric Handel premiered in London.

In 1803, in its Marbury v. Madison decision, the Supreme Court established judicial review of the constitutionality of statutes.

In 1821, Mexican rebels proclaimed the “Plan de Iguala,” their declaration of independence from Spain.

In 1863, Arizona was organized as a territory.

In 1868, the House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson was later acquitted by the Senate.

In 1920, the German Workers Party, which later became the Nazi Party, met in Munich to adopt its platform.

In 1942, the Voice of America went on the air for the first time.

In 1981, A jury in White Plains, N.Y., found Jean Harris guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of “Scarsdale Diet” author Dr. Herman Tarnower. (Sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, Harris was granted clemency by New York Gov. Mario Cuomo in Dec. 1992.)

One year ago: Testifying before Congress, Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda apologized personally and repeatedly to the United States and millions of American Toyota owners for safety lapses that had led to deaths and widespread recalls.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Abe Vigoda is 90. Actor Steven Hill is 89. Actor-singer Dominic Chianese is 80. Movie composer Michel Legrand is 79. Actor James Farentino is 73. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., is 69. Actor Barry Bostwick is 66. Actor Edward James Olmos is 64. Singer-writer-producer Rupert Holmes is 64. Rock singer-musician George Thorogood is 61. Actress Debra Jo Rupp is 60. Actress Helen Shaver is 60.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is 56. News anchor Paula Zahn is 55. Singer Michelle Shocked is 49. Movie director Todd Field is 47. Actor Billy Zane is 45. Actress Bonnie Somerville is 37. Rock musician Matt McGinley (Gym Class Heroes) is 28.

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World oil supplies reflect turmoil in Middle East

BY CLIFFORD KRAUSS THE NEW YORK TIMES

HOUSTON — The anxiety in world oil markets may be just beginning The unrest in Libya has forced oil companies to shut down production of as much as a million barrels a day of some of the world’s highest quality crude. For the first time, the turmoil that has spread from Tunisia to Egypt to Bahrain has made an appreciable dent on world oil supplies.

Libya produces less than 2 percent of the world’s oil and exports little to the United States. But the quality of its reserves magnifies its importance, causing a spike in both American and European oil price benchmarks despite assurances from Saudi Arabia that it was ready to pump more oil to calm markets.

In New York West Texas Intermediate Benchmark crude for April delivery briefly touched $100 on Tuesday for the first time in more than two years, before easing moderately. In London, Brent crude

for April delivery rose $5.47 to $111.25 a barrel.

Libya’s sweet crude cannot be easily replaced for the production of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, particularly by the many European and Asian refineries that are not equipped to refine heavier grades of oil. Saudi Arabia may have more than 4 million barrels of spare capacity, but it includes heavier grades of crude that are higher in sulfur content and more expensive to refine.

Quality matters more than quantity,” Larry Goldstein, a director of the Energy Policy Research Foundation, an organization partly financed by the oil industry.

Should the turmoil in Libya last for more than a few weeks, oil experts predict that European refiners will be forced to buy sweet crude from Algeria and Nigeria, two principal sources for the United States. That could push gasoline higher in the United States, where prices have already risen 6 cents a gallon in the last week to an average of $3.19 for regular.

“Nigeria and Algeria are already producing flat out

so they can’t come up with another million barrels a day,” Michael Lynch, president of the Strategic Energy and Economic Research consultancy firm, said. “That means there will be a scramble for lighter crude supplies.”

Mr. Goldstein said the disruption could “force all sweet crude refiners into a bidding war.”

Sweet crude is particularly suited for diesel, which is far more popular as a fuel in Europe than in the United States. In contrast to Europe, American refineries are outfitted to handle a heavier grade of crude oil that comes from countries like Venezuela and Mexico.

Gulf Coast jet fuel prices soared about 6 cents, to $2.86 a gallon on Tuesday, putting pressure on airlines to raise fares. Meanwhile, diesel prices have risen 4 cents in the last week to $3.57 a gallon, the highest level since October 2008.

The last time there was shortage of sweet crude, in 2007 and early 2008, oil prices spiked to more than $140 a barrel, although that shortage was caused by spiraling demand and not a sudden cut in supply.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I have been together for three years. We are compatible in every way but one. He feels compelled to run to the aid of his single, female neighbor, even though she has a boyfriend. He watches her dog, fixes her fence, helps with clogged drains, etc. I’ve told him this makes me uncomfortable. I feel he is sending the wrong message, enabling her to rely upon him and creating a bond. I want him to stop volunteering his services. He thinks I am making a big deal out of nothing. He says he likes to help people. A similar situation happened two years ago with a different single, female neighbor, and I found a flirtatious note from her on his door. I don’t believe anything happened between them, but the neighbor apparently hoped something would.

I think he craves the adoration and wants women to idolize and praise him for coming to their rescue. Am I being petty, or is my boyfriend playing me for a fool? -- Concerned Girlfriend Dear Concerned: Neither. You are probably right about your boyfriend’s need for admiration and praise, and it has nothing to do with playing you for a fool. This is simply part of his character. The problem, as you say, is that some women will get the impression that he is interested in them romantically. If he is unwilling to accept this fact, your choice is to trust him and put up with it, or break it off.

Dear Annie: I am a 21-year-old female looking for my mother’s approval. My biological mother left when I was a baby, and my stepmother has been my mom since I was 6 months old. We never really got along while I was growing up. I have tried repeatedly to have a relationship with her, but I always catch her saying bad things about me to my family.

Now they all think ill of me. I wasn’t even welcome at last year’s Christmas party.

Due to all the nasty things my stepmother has my family

believing, I made the decision to stop speaking to her. But now my father and I hardly ever talk to each other. I know she is still saying things behind my back, because my younger sister gets into arguments with her about it. Do you have any suggestions? -- Desperate for a Mother’s Love Dear Desperate: Since you and your stepmother have had a contentious relationship for years, it will be difficult to improve it, but not impossible. Talk to your stepmother in your father’s presence. Say gently that you want her to be in your life, that you care very much about her and that you want to make your relationship better. Ask her to come with you for counseling. You could talk to your clergyperson or get a referral from your doctor. If your stepmother sees that you are genuinely interested in making the effort, she may agree to work on it. Either way, your father needs to see that you are trying.

Dear Annie: I am a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) and would like to offer a suggestion on how to correct a child’s manners. To change behavior, research indicates it is more effective to do so with positive reinforcement.

One reader suggested giving a child 25 pennies at the beginning of each meal, losing a penny for each infraction, such as chewing with his mouth open. A much more effective plan would be to reinforce the child for correct table manners, like chewing with his mouth closed or using a napkin. Each time, he would receive a penny for the desired behavior. The stack of pennies would build up.

It is easier to catch negative behavior. However, when we make the conscious effort to notice and reward desirable behavior, the positive behavior will replace the negative sooner and will be more lasting. -- Ann Steele, NCSP, Wausau, Wis. Dear Ann Steele: We greatly appreciate your expertise.

Thank you.

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Thursday, Feb. 24 Overeaters Anonymous 10 a.m. Scarborough, W. Scarborough Methodist Church, Route 1 and Church St., oa.org for more info.

Wisdom At Work Series noon to 1 p.m. Portland Public Library is hosting a four-part series on work each Thursday in February in Rines Auditorium. The series is sponsored by Heart At Work Career Counseling and Amy Wood, Success Strategist. The last presentation in the series is titled “Your Job Doesn’t Have To Be Perfect For Life To Be Good” presented by Creighton Taylor of Thrive! Life Coaching.

The public is invited to this free series. Heart At Work Career Counseling, Outplacement Services & Second Half of Life Planning, 25 Middle St. 775-6400.

High School Basketball Tournament at Civic Center 3 p.m. Western Maine Class “A” and “B” Girls’ and Boys’ High School Basketball Tournament at the Civic Center. Runs through Saturday, Feb. 26. Feb. 24 — Class “B” Girls’ Semi-finals: 3 p.m. game #1; 4:30 p.m. game #2; Feb. 24 — Class “B” Boys’ Semi-finals: 7:30 p.m. game #1; 9 p.m. game #2; Feb. 25 — Class “A” Girls’ Semi-finals: 6: p.m. game #1; 7:30 p.m. game #2; Feb. 26 — Class “B” Girls’ and Boys’ Regional Finals: 2 p.m. Girls’ Final; 3:45 p.m. Boys’ Final; Feb. 26 — Class “A” Girls’ and Boys’ Regional Finals: 7 p.m. Girls’ Final; 9 p.m. Boys’ Final.

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

Live Raptors from Wind Over Wings 10 a.m. At Gilsland Farm, Maine Audubon Center in Falmouth, Live Raptors from Wind Over Wings.

Members: $10/adult, $5/child. Nonmembers: $15/adult, $10/child.

“There is nothing quite like experiencing majestic birds of prey upclose and personal. Hope Douglas, of Wind Over Wings, will bring a live golden eagle, peregrine falcon, redtailed hawk, and northern saw-whet owl to share with us. Learn about their natural history, current status in Maine, and what you can do to help protect them. Program provided in part by the Joanne Van Sambeek Memorial Fund.”

Racin’ Preview 2011

4 p.m. Legendary Maine racers Phil and Bob Libby will be the focus of an extensive Maine Vintage Race Car Association display at Northern New England’s biggest and best wintertime stock car racing showcase, Racin’ Preview 2011, set for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26 at the Portland Exposition Building on Park Street (U.S. Route 1). Both Phil and Bob Libby are members of the Beech Ridge Hall of Fame, the Maine Vintage Race Car AssoPortland police forum with Phil Ochs rose to fame in the early 1960’s during the height of the folk and protest song movement. His songs, with lyrics ciation Hall of Fame and the NEAR the Maine Center on Deafness ripped straight from the daily news, spoke to those emboldened by the hopeful idealism of the day. “Phil Ochs: There But For New England Hall of Fame. Cars 6 p.m. The Portland Police Depart- the Fortune,” a film about this songwriter, will be screened at the Portland Museum of Art in March. (COURTESY IMAGE) from the Libby stable have been ment with assistance from the Maine lovingly restored and many will be the director and Ben Hecht the screenwriter in his office.

Center on Deafness will host a forum on display at Racin’ Preview 2011. Doors at the Portland Together they have five days to complete a new shooting with the city’s deaf population to discuss safety concerns Expo open at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 25, with several autoscript. The problem is that Hecht hasn’t read the novel, so and ways the department can improve its relationship with graph opportunities and other activities ongoing through 10 Selznick and Fleming must enact the entire story!” Thu/Fri/ the community. The forum will provide an opportunity for p.m. Saturday show hours are 9 p.m. until 9 p.m. For further Sat 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. The St. Lawrence Arts Center, members of the deaf community and those connected to information please call (603) 447-4251 or email racinpa76 Congress St. www.stlawrencearts.org/event_lists.php them, including family members, employers and neighbors, per@racinpaper.com. Current associate sponsors of Racin’ to share their thoughts openly and hear from the departDan Bern and Common Rotation Preview 2010 include Racin’ Paper, Mainely Motorsports, ment about efforts to ensure that Portland is an inclusive 8 p.m. After collaborating on an indie movie soundtrack LaQuinta, R & D Racing and Fabrication of Limerick, and and safe community for all. “I am committed to ensuring “Drones,” Dan Bern and Common Rotation have conWayne Elston’s Speed Shop of Carmel. that all members of our community have a safe space to tinued to work on various projects together. Projects ‘Be Our Guest Weddings’ share their safety concerns, which is why I am so appreciainclude recordings for Jonathan Demme’s Off-Broadway 6 p.m. Enjoy an open house setting at the Landing at Pine tive to members of the deaf community for reaching out to production of Beth Henley’s “Family Week,” an album Point, with a featured series titled, “Be Our Guest Wedthe department,” stated Portland Police Chief James Craig. of new Dan Bern material, Dan Bern Live in LA, and the dings.” Itinerary includes cocktail reception with cash bar, “This forum will help facilitate a better understanding of upcoming release of Dan Bern’s greatest hits recorded table sets, sampling of foods, desserts and a music showtheir unique issues and through this open communication, live in New York. Dan Bern is best known for his prolific case from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a continued after party from I am confident we will build a stronger relationship.” ASL songwriting and electric live persona. He has released a 9-11 p.m. Showcase is free, but it is required to RSVP to interpreters will be available at the forum. Deering Masonic dozen albums while spending well over a decade perinfo@citysideevents.com or 774-4527. The Landing at Pine Lodge, 102 Bishop St. For more information about the forming everywhere from local coffee shops to Carnegie Point, 353 Pine Point Road, Scarborough. forum, call 874-8927 or email jrob@portlandmaine.gov.

Hall. Since releasing his first album in 1997, Dan Bern ‘Made in Dagenham’ at the PMA ‘The Hancock County Firewood Project’ has amassed a strong underground following built on 6:30 p.m. Portland Museum of Art Movies at the Museum 7 p.m. “Local Heat: The Hancock County Firewood Project” endless touring and his prodigious output of songs in all series features “Made in Dagenham” on Friday, Feb. 25, a discussion on wood heat and the potential uses of the forms. Beginning in 2007, Bern focused much energy on 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 27, 2 Hancock County woodshed, College of the Atlantic. Ellsmotion pictures — he used his talents and sharp wit to p.m. Rated R. “Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, worth City Hall at 7 p.m. in the second floor auditorium. compose over a dozen songs for the Jake Kasdan/Judd Made in Dagenham is based on a true story about a Free. For more, contact Gray Cox at gray@coa.edu, 801Apatow music biopic-spoof “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox group of spirited women who joined forces, took a stand 5712 or 288-5015.

Story” and wrote the title song for Jonathan Demme’s for what was right, and in doing so, found their own documentary, “Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains.” Bern 2011 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation inner strength. Although far from the Swinging Sixties of also composed songs the Nick Stoller/Judd Apatow 7:30 p.m. Shorts International presents the 2011 OscarCarnaby Street, life for the women of Dagenham, Engfilm “Get Him to the Greek,” starring Russell Brand and Nominated Animated Short Films. SPACE Gallery. ANIland is tinged with the sounds and sights of the optimisJonah Hill, newly released on DVD. With the release of his MATED – 65 min (estimated TRT with titles, etc – 85 min.); tic era, heard on their radios and seen on their TV sets.

1997 self-titled debut, Iowa native Dan Bern became the Day & Night – USA, 6 min.; Let’s Pollute – USA, 6 min.; The Rita O’Grady reflects that upbeat era who, along with her latest thing, following the likes of John Prine, Elliott Murphy, Lost Thing – Australia/UK, 15 min.; Madagascar, carnet de friends and co-workers at the city’s Ford Motor Factory, Steve Forbert, Loudon Wainwright III as a serious songvoyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) – France, 11 min.; laugh in the face of their poor conditions. Lisa is a fiercely writer with a penchant for humorous songs. He will appear The Gruffalo – UK/Germany, 27 min.; Plus Highly-Comintelligent Cambridge-educated woman who feels a bit at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Suite 201. $15. mended Animated films: The Cow Who Wanted To Be A trapped, tending to the home with a husband that sugwww.onelongfellowsquare.com or www.danbern.com Hamburger – USA, 6 min.; Urs – Germany, 10 min. www. gests she keep her opinions to herself. She may not live space538.org in the same world as the other women, but she shares Friday, Feb. 25 ‘Moonlight & Magnolias’ their views. No one thought the revolution would come to 7:30 p.m. “Moonlight & Magnolias,” a comedy by Ron Dagenham, until one day, it did. Rita, who primarily sees Hutchinson about “Gone With the Wind.” (Maine Premiere!)

Range Ponds Kids Ice Fishing Derby. herself as a wife and mother, is coerced into attending a Feb. 3-27. In Residence: The St. Lawrence Arts Center, 9 a.m. to noon. Range Ponds State Park, Poland Spring; meeting with shop steward Connie, sympathetic union 76 Congress St. Portland. Tickets & Info at 885-5883. part of the Sebago Lake Rotary Derbyfest and Statewide representative Albert, and Peter Hopkins, Ford’s Head of “It is 1939 and Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer Derby; limited to children ages 12 and under. Sponsored Industrial Relations.” www.portlandmuseum.org/ David O. Selznick has shut down production on his new

by Kittery Trading Post, registration for this derby is free see next page epic, Gone With the Wind. He has locked Victor Fleming although there is $1.50 park admission fee for adults ages

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funded by a grant from the People of Color Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.

help@financiallit.org. www.financiallit.org

Eat Write: Nourishment for Mouth and Mind

Stuart McLean & The Vinyl Cafe

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

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

Betsy Sholl is the author of several books, including her most recent, Rough Cradle. In addition, Grumbling, who is a theater critic for the Portland Phoenix and who often works with local actors, has enlisted Haley, Howard, and Singley to perform readings, which will range from Falstaff drinking his mead to Bloom frying the famous kidney. www. mayostreetarts.org

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

11 a.m. Portland will host Maine’s first ever marijuana expo and patients choice awards at the Fireside Inn & Suites, Portland. Question and answer sessions, Saturday at 11 a.m.; Mark N. Dion, State Representative and former Cumberland County Sheriff, 3 p.m. Saturday; U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. reception, RSVP, donation to the patients fund requested. RSVP 854-1616. Maine Legislative update: Sunday, 11 a.m., Rep. Diane Russell District 120 and Rep. Deborah Sanderson, Dist rict 52, Maine legislative update, proposed legalization bill and amendments to LD 1811; medical marijuana bills for this session of the 2011 125th legislaure. www.asamaine.org

Auditions for ‘Who’s Tommy’

8 p.m. “Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love” is an adult comedy about love, sex and relationships at the Old Port Playhouse.

The critics and audiences have given this show excellent reviews and this is the final weekend! With shows on Friday at 8, Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

All seats $15. Box Office 773-0333. Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St. Portland. oldportplayhouse.com

7 p.m. Auditions for “Who’s Tommy” produced by Studio Theatre of Bath, will be held Feb. 25, 26 and 27 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center. Auditions will begin at 7 p.m. on Feb. 25 and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 26 and 27. Actors are welcome to prepare a song from the show, or bring sheet music for a song of your choice. Non-singing and chorus roles are also available. We are looking for actors, singers and dancers age 16 and up. “This wonderful show is directed

by Studio Theatre of Bath president Thomas Watson with musical direction from Courtney Babbidge. Studio Theatre is a financially secure, semi-professional theatre company that provides a technically superior and creative theatre experience.” P.O. Box 710, Bath, ME. http://studiotheatreofbath.com

‘Animal Farm’ play performed at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor 7:30 p.m. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” That wryly amusing line captures much of the political awareness of the twentieth century.

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

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

It is recommended for adults and children 13 and older.

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

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

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

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

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

‘Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love’

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

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

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

Saturday, Feb. 26 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow birthday 8 a.m. The Longfellow Chorus, Orchestra and featured soloists celebrate the 204th birthday of native son Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — in the poet’s boyhood church-with a 2.5K road race through the heart of downtown Portland, a showing of the Mike Leigh film “Topsy-Turvy,” performances of cantatas by Franz Liszt (“The Bells of Strasbourg Cathedral”) and Arthur Sullivan (“The Golden Legend”) that use the same Longfellow text, and the winning cantatas from The Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition: “By the Seaside,” by Jonathan Blumhofer, Worcester, Mass., and Piers Maxim, Brussels, Belgium. Bass-baritone Tyler Putnam — the son of a Maine lobsterman and a Chebeague Island municipal librarian — sings his hometown debut. The First Parish in Portland, 425 Congress St. 232-8920 or www.longfellowchorus.com

Maine Medical Marijuana Expo/Awards

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

“Holmes traveled to psychology labs around the world to determine ‘what exactly is a personality? What purpose does it serve? How did we each end up with a different one?’ She delves into the recesses of ground-breaking human and animal brain science and emerges with the conclusion that genes, hormones, and neurotransmitters guide our interactions with the world and hence craft our personalities. QUIRK examines the biological basis of important personality traits such as ‘the political party you support, the car you drive, the likelihood that you’ll cheat on your spouse, and even the way you eat M&Ms’; it is neuroscience for the masses.” Holmes is also the author of The Well-Dressed Ape, Suburban Safari, and The Secret Life of Dust. Her writing has been determined to be “amusing and illuminating” (Outside); “full of interesting facts” (The Washington Post Book World); and “juicy and humorous” (Publishers Weekly starred review). Holmes graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a degree in English, proceeded to travel the world as a journalist, and has since settled down back home to write books and observe the planet. For more information, visit www.hannahholmes.net

‘Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love’ 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. “Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love” is an adult comedy about love, sex and relationships at the Old Port Playhouse. The critics and audiences have given this show excellent reviews and this is the final weekend! With shows on Friday at 8, Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. All seats $15. Box Office 773-0333. Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St. Portland. oldportplayhouse.com

Jeremy Bailey at MECA

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

6 p.m. Maine College of Art presents a one-night lecture/ performance by Jeremy Bailey. It’s a live, collaborative software performance, led by Toronto-based Bailey, a video and performance artist whose work is often confidently self-deprecating in offering hilarious parodies of new media vocabularies. His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and festivals internationally including upcoming exhibitions at Tate Liverpool and the New Museum in New York. He has been described by Filmmaker magazine as “a one-man revolution on the way we use video, computers and our bodies to create art.” http://jeremybailey.net/ wordpress/.

Riverlands Winter Greens Snowshoe Hike

Romantic songs at Anthony’s Dinner Theater

Winter Family Fun Day

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

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

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

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

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

7 p.m. Kelly Caufield performs romantic songs at Anthony’s Dinner Theater. Free rose to every lady all month. $39.95 per person. Feb. 12, 19 and 26. Call for Reservations. 2212267. www.anthonysdinnertheater.com Lucid Stage will host benefit staged reading entitled Hollywood vs. HUAC

House Un-American Activities Committee 7:30 p.m. A staged reading of artist testimony in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee between the years 1938 to the mid-1950s. The evening is a benefit the help support the work of the Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, and will feature local actors reading from the testimony of Hollywood actors, writers and directors. Among the notable Hollywood celebrities who appeared before the HUAC as friendly witnesses were Ronald Reagan, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou, Louis B. Mayer and Jack Warner. Among the unfriendly witnesses was a group of Holly wood screen writers known as the “Hollywood Ten.” Ayn Rand, Hallie Flannigan and African-American actor Paul Robeson also appeared before the committee. The HUAC was first established in 1938 as a special congressional investigating committee chaired by Texas Democratic Congressman Martin Dies Jr. Hallie Flannigan, who was head of the Federal Theater project, was subpoenaed to appear before the commiittee and was asked if Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe was a member of the Communist Party. The blacklisting of hundreds of actors were one result of these hearings.

Tickets $12 adults; $10 seniors and students. see next page

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Sunday, Feb. 27 Psychic Sunday at Lucid Stage 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will include: Joyce Halliburton (psychic), Kate Holly-Clark(Runes), Lisa Nigthfeather (psychic), Antika Nueva (gems and jewelry), Henna By Amy, Oh Baby Cafe, and many more. www.lucidstage.com

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

Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Attend “Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen: A Celebration of Community Supported Agriculture and Fisheries” in a location near you on Sunday, Feb. 27. “This event is part celebration and part education, as local farmers, fishermen and other food producers come together with members of the community to share information about opportunities to enjoy local foods while supporting these enterprises in a meaningful way. Farms with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs ask you to commit to purchasing a share of the coming harvest before the season begins. The benefit? You get to provide the farm with much-needed capital in the offseason while getting your locally grown food direct from the farm at a fair price. In addition to farms with CSA shares, local fishermen with Community Supported Fisheries (CSF) shares will also be present in some locations.

Portland, Woodfords Church, 202 Woodford St. (note this location will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.) Use the Maine CSA Directory on the website of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, www.mofga.net, to find the CSA opportunities in your area.” The event is co-sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association (MOFGA) and local organizations at each site. Admission to this event is free.

‘Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love’ 2 p.m. “Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love” is an adult comedy about love, sex and relationships at the Old Port Playhouse.

The critics and audiences have given this show excellent reviews and this is the final weekend! With shows on Friday at 8, Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

All seats $15. Box Office 773-0333. Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St. Portland. oldportplayhouse.com

‘2011 Civil Rights Movie Nights’ 4 p.m. The Maine Civil Liberties Union and the National Lawyers Guild student chapter of the University of Maine School of Law present “2011 Civil Rights Movie Nights,” a monthly series of films examining legal controversies regarding civil liberties and civil rights. The series launches this Sunday, Feb. 27 with “Inherit the Wind,” the classic 1960 fictionalized depiction of the famous 1925 “Scopes Monkey Trial” in which a Tennessee school teacher was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution. Future showings: March 27: “The People vs. Larry Flynt”; and April 24: “American Violet.” All showings are at 4 p.m. in the Talbot Lecture Hall, Luther Bonney Hall, and are free and open to the public. A short discussion of the issues raised by the film will follow each showing. For more information, please contact the MCLU at 774-5444 or info@mclu.org.

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

Monday, Feb. 28 Maine Restaurant Week Signature Event 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Expanding on last year’s legendary cocktail competition, the March 2011 Maine Restaurant Week kick-off Signature Event introduces a two-pronged dessert competition. Taking place on at the Masonic Temple in Portland, the Signature Event celebrates the priceless individuality behind Maine’s cocktail shakers and sugar shacks.

Cookies challenge cakes and cupcakes take on truffles in the “How Sweet It Is” portion of the competition, but only one can win. Guests at The Signature Event have the final say in this people’s choice face-off. Founded in 2009, this is the third year for this statewide event. Participating restaurants offer specially priced menus from March 1-12. www.mainerestaurantweek.com.

Cold River Bartenders Bash 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The spirit of healthy competition is alive

and well in Maine’s mixology world, according to partners at Maine Distilleries (www.mainedistilleries.com and www. facebook.com/mainedistilleries). Partners have announced their list of 30 Maine bartenders now competing in a twomonth contest for the 15 coveted mixology slots at its upcoming “second annual Cold River Bartenders Bash.”

The Bash, to take place at Portland’s Ocean Gateway, will pit 15 well-known Maine bartenders against each other in a friendly “shaker-to-shaker” competition to create “The Ultimate Cold River Cocktail.” For more information, visit www. mainedistilleries.com or call 865-4828.

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

Tuesday, March 1 ‘Egypt Now’ at USM noon to 3 p.m. The University of Southern Maine is hosting “Egypt Now,” a symposium about the revolution in Egypt and its effect on the Middle East. “Egypt Now” will be held in the USM Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater, Portland. USM President Selma Botman will be the featured speaker, with a noontime talk on “Emerging Citizenship in Egypt and the Middle East.” Botman is a scholar of modern Egyptian history who has written three books on the subject. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Reza Jalali, coordinator of the USM Office of Multicultural Affairs, at 780-5798. A panel of experts will be on hand to discuss such topics as the modern history of Egypt, Egypt’s economy, Egyptian society, Egyptian women and U.S. foreign policy as it pertains to Egypt. Panelists include USM Associate Professor of History Eileen Eagan, USM Professor of Criminology Dusan Bjelic, Bowdoin College Professor of Religious Studies Robert Morrisson, Kathleen Sutherland from USM’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and Danny Muller, of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA). The symposium is organized by the University of Southern Maine’s Office of Multicultural Affairs and Women and Gender Studies program.

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

Portland Schools budget proposal 7 p.m. Portland Superintendent James C. Morse, Sr. will present his proposed budget on March 1 at 7 p.m. in Room 250 of Casco Bay High School, 196 Allen Ave., according to a notice from Portland Public Schools. A public hearing on the budget will take place on March 15. The School Board’s Finance Committee will review the budget and present its version to the full board on March 22. The School Board is expected to vote on the budget on March 29. After review by the Portland City Council’s Finance Committee, it will come before the full City Council on May 2. A referendum on the budget will take place on May 10. The district faces a loss of more than $6 million in federal funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The loss is offset somewhat by $1.8 million from the 2010 federal jobs bill. Anticipating the reduction in ARRA aid, the district set aside funding from the jobs bill for the FY2012 budget.

Boston poet Derek J.G. Williams 7 p.m. Port Veritas Spoken Word open mic featuring Boston poet Derek J.G. Williams at open reading begins at 7:30 followed by the evenings feature at 8:30 p.m. Open reading begins at 7:30 p.m. Derek JG Williams is a Boston based writer and performer. He has featured at numerous venues throughout New England and New York, and is a regular at the world famous Boston Poetry Slam at the Cantab Lounge. In the spring of 2009 he released a full length album of poetry and music titled “A Chorus of Cities.” He is currently at work on his first book of poems.

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“People learn a lot from these birds.

These birds are incredible, they’re wonderful ambassadors,” Douglas said.

Douglas will give a presentation Friday at 10 a.m. at the Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth, where she will display a live golden eagle, peregrine falcon, red-tailed hawk and northern saw-whet owl.

Douglas estimated that Wind Over Wings hosts 250 programs a year in Connecticut, typically for libraries, clubs, camps and senior centers. She hopes to make similar presentations in Maine.

“We are focusing on environmental education programs and working with another program we have, called Soaring with Hope, it’s for cancer survivors, caregivers and families,” Douglas said.

The title of Soaring with Hope was created

by Connecticut’s Middlesex Hospital Outpatient Center where Douglas was a breast cancer patient, according to her website (www. windoverwings.org).

Douglas also is past president of the Connecticut Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Association and was vice president and executive director of the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council, according to her website. She taught wildlife conservation around the world, including in India and Peru, and holds a master’s degree in education.

When she was executive director of a social services agency in Southeastern Connecticut, Douglas was traveling in Florida and went to a nature facility, which had a red-tailed hawk that was totally blind.

Inspired by this bird, Douglas set about to share the stories of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation.

“I decided that what we needed to do on the East Coast was provide the opportunity to bring birds to people,” she said.

Wind Over Wings is a nonprofit group that

ABOVE: A peregrine falcon. LEFT: Great horned owl. Both birds were rescued

by Wind Over Wings, a Connecticut-based wildlife sanctuary.

Until she can move the sanctuary to Maine, founder Hope Douglas will continue to shuttle raptors from a log cabin and aviaries in Connecticut to the new aviaries in Maine — a five-hour commute.

(COURTESY PHOTOS) WHAT: Hope Douglas, of Wind Over Wings, will bring a live golden eagle, peregrine falcon, red-tailed hawk, and northern saw-whet owl for an informational session.

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MORE INFO: www.maineaudubon.org

exists on donations and fees from programs, Douglas said.

The birds in the program are unable to be released back to the wild due to injury. Their rehabilitation offers a message that resonates, Douglas said.

“The birds really have survived traumatic injury, and I think people can relate to that. I’ve found over the years it’s a very important focus,” she said.

Douglas said she was in a supermarket in Connecticut recently and a young cashier recognized her; the cashier said she remembered the four birds

brought to her school when she was 11 and even remembered their names.

The compound in Dresden was built over the last two years. The Home Depot in Topsham provided a team that helped build the aviaries, and Frohmiller Construction in the Brunswick-Bath area helped build the roofs, Douglas said. The refuge is not open to the public but rather a place of rest for the injured birds.

“We do so many programs, this is their sanctuary and we give them time to rest,” Douglas said.