The Portland Daily Sun, Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2011

Applicant gorilla for hire See Bob Higgins’ column on page 4

Japan’s nuclear crisis yet another ‘dot’ to connect See Curtis Robinson’s column on page 5

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Event parking ban snares locals Neighborhood-only policy works fine, if you have the right tags

BY MATT DODGE

a nasty surprise last weekend as an emergency no-parking ban saw many out-ofstate cars ticketed.

The ban was first enacted years ago at the request of the city to prevent visitors to the Portland Flower Show at the Portland Company Complex on Fore Street from snatching up precious neighborhood parking spots during the four-day expo.

“They’ve been doing that for as long as I can remember,” said Sgt. Troy Bowden of the Portland Police Department’s traffic unit.

But a two-man detail of Portland Police, hired by the proprietors of the Portland Company Complex to enforce the ban over the weekend, had no way of knowing if cars with out-ofVisitors to the Portland Flower Show last Thursday browse near the “Back- state plates were Munjoy yard Sanctuary” exhibit by Stonescapes & Watergardens of Smithfield. (DAVID residents or flower show CARKHUFF PHOTO) THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Some Munjoy Hill residents a bit slow to embrace the pinecone-and-chickadee calling card of a Maine license plate received

patrons – except for running licence plates through their in-car computer.

“Unfortunately if cars don’t match their address, they get a ticket, but all you have to do is call us because we allow parking for residents,” said Bowden, who said he had fielded 10 such calls by mid-morning Monday.

“My administrative assistant on Friday probably dealt with several more,” Bowden said.

Jan Love, organizer of the flower show, estimated roughly 30 tickets were written during the four-day event and said affected Munjoy residents simply need to contact the PPD if they received a ticket in error.

Residents are instructed to bring a piece of mail or personal check with their Munjoy address to the traffic unit of the PPD within the next two weeks if they want their $25 tickets voided.

“We try to make it as friendly as possible, we know parking up there is very difficult,” said Love.

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Roots run deep at Irish gift shop

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Displaying a hand-knitted sweater, Ireland’s Crystal & Crafts co-owner Michael J. Furey welcomes traffic at the Congress Street store Monday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

In the world of Maine’s Irish-import gift shop owners, Michael J. Furey counts himself as one of the last Irishmen standing.

Ireland’s Crystal & Crafts is in its 32nd year of selling imported items from Ireland such as crystal, jewelry, pewter and traditional Irish music.

The store has been located at 558 Congress St. for the past 15 years, and for the 17 years prior, it was in the Old Port.

“We’re the only store in town now that sells Irish gifts,” Furey said Monday during one see IRISH page 3

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Warner tests film rentals on Facebook Warner Brothers became the first major media company to offer a movie for rent on Facebook, a move that could position the social network to become a force in the digital distribution of movies, rivaling services like Netflix and iTunes.

Heath Ledger as the Joker in “The Dark Knight,” which Warner Brothers will rent to American users over Facebook for the equivalent of $3 in Facebook’s currency.

Warner said on Tuesday that it would allow Facebook users in the United States to rent the film “The Dark Knight” directly on the social networking site, and pay for it using Credits, Facebook’s virtual currency. If other studios make similar moves, Facebook could tap a significant revenue stream, bolstering its Credits currency as it seeks to create a rival to PayPal and other payment systems.

Warner said it might make other movies available on Facebook over time.

“This is definitely a test,” said Thomas Gewecke, president of Warner Brothers Digital Distribution, in a telephone interview.

While some analysts saw the move as a danger to Netflix — a threat investors seemed to take seriously as shares of Netflix dropped more than 5 percent on Tuesday — others said that for Facebook, which is already one of the most popular places to watch videos online, the payoff from Warner’s move might be more in the expansion of its online currency.

“I think this is much more about payments than about movies,” said Alex Rampell, the chief executive of TrialPay, an advertising company that offers free Facebook Credits to people who buy certain products.

Facebook began testing Credits in virtual games nearly two years ago. But the company, which keeps 30 percent of all transactions conducted through Credits, has made it clear that it wants to turn its virtual currency into a payment mechanism for all sorts of digital goods.

To expand the use of the currency, Facebook last year began selling Credits through prepaid gift cards at WalMart, Target and Best Buy. Earlier this year, it opened up Credits to all application developers on Facebook.

Warner appears to be the first major media company to take advantage of the service to charge for content.

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And I’m sure after Facebook it will be the little cameras that we have implanted into the palms of our hands and we’ll be debating whether we should get them, and then we’ll all get them.”

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New blast reported at nuclear plant

BY HIROKO TABUCHI, KEITH BRADSHER AND MATT WALD THE NEW YORK TIMES

TOKYO — An explosion early Tuesday morning damaged the No. 2 reactor at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the third in a series of blasts that have now hit each of the three crippled reactors at the plant, plant officials said.

It was not immediately clear if the blast was caused by the buildup of hydrogen, as occurred at the two other reactors at Daiichi — one on Saturday and the most recent one on Monday, when there was also a large explosion at the No. 3 reactor. Some early reports in the Japanese press suggested the latest explosion amounted to a different and more critical problem than the previous two.

This explosion, reported to have occurred at 6:14 a.m., happened in the “pressure suppression room” in the cooling area of the reactor and inflicted some degree of damage on the pool of water used to cool the reactor, officials of Tokyo Electric Power said. But they did not say whether

the incident had impacted the integrity of the steel containment structure that shields the nuclear fuel.

Company officials said radiation levels around the No. 2 reactor had spiked and that some emergency workers were evacuated from the area.

Any damage to the steel containment vessel of a nuclear reactor is considered critical because it raises the prospect of an uncontrolled release of radioactive material and full meltdown of the nuclear fuel inside. To date, even during the four-day crisis in Japan that amounts to the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, workers had managed to avoid a breach of a containment vessel and had limited releases of radioactive steam to relatively low levels.

Details of what happened remain unclear, with executives of Tokyo Electric Power, the plant’s operator, giving only preliminary reports and declining to answer questions from reporters pressing for more information, while repeatedly apologizing “for causing concern and inconvenience.”

The new blast came after emergency

operations to pump seawater into the same reactor temporarily failed, leaving the nuclear fuel in that reactor dangerously exposed late Monday into early Tuesday morning.

Tokyo Electric Power said late Monday that a malfunctioning valve made it impossible to release pressure in the reactor, which in turn thwarted efforts to inject seawater into it to cool the fuel. The water levels inside the reactor’s containment vessel fell and left its fuel rods exposed — perhaps completely exposed — for some hours.

Workers had been having difficulty injecting seawater into the reactor because its vents — necessary to release pressure in the containment vessel by allowing radioactive steam to escape — had stopped working properly, they said.

In the predawn hours of Tuesday Tokyo Electric announced that workers had finally succeeded in opening a malfunctioning valve controlling the vents, reducing pressure in the container vessel. It then resumed flooding the reactor with water.

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Gas prices may be stabilizing, tracking website reports PORTLAND — A website that tracks gas prices statewide says the price of regular unleaded fuel is higher than a week ago. But the good news is that gas prices appear to be stabilizing. The average cost statewide for a gallon of regular costs $3.58 as of yesterday. A week ago, the price was $3.56 per gallon. The national average price per gallon of regular is $3.53.

The cheapest gas in Portland, as of yesterday evening, could be found at 7-11 on Brighton Avenue and St. John Street, at $3.43 per gallon. On the other end of the spectrum, several stations in Aroostook County were selling a gallon of regular for $3.74 per gallon.

NYMEX crude oil prices rose slightly yesterday to more than $101 per barrel, but those prices are down nearly 6 percent from recent highs of more than $107 per barrel.

L.L. Bean sales rebounding FREEPORT — Outdoor retailer L.L. Bean says its sales increased in 2010 — though not to pre-recession levels — and announced it would pay most employees a 5 percent cash bonus.

In a news release, L.L. Bean president and CEO Chris McCormick said the company ended the 2010 fiscal year on Feb. 27 with net sales of $1.44 billion, a 5.7 percent increase over 2009. Associated Press is reporting that those 2010 sales fig-

ures reversed two straight years of sales declines.

AP says the company’s Web sales were up by 29 percent while sales for its famous Maine-made “Bean Boots” were up by 57 percent.

Higher sales for the Freeport-based retailer “bucked retail industry trends,” and company officials said many retailers are still seeing disappointed sales figures. “L.L.Bean has performed very well in a challenging retail environment,” said Chris McCormick, L.L.Bean’s President and CEO. “The initiatives we put in place and the significant investments we made in our business have paid off, even in the midst of a slow economic recovery.”

Roughly 5,000 employees will be paid bonuses, the company says. Leon Gorman, L.L.Bean’s Chairman of the Board, calls those payouts “well deserved.”

UMaine has new president AUGUSTA — Dr. Paul Ferguson, who since 2006 has been provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, has been approved as the next president of University of Maine at Orono. On July 1, Ferguson will replace Robert Kennedy, who last year announced plans to step down.

“Dr. Ferguson brings a successful track record of leadership positions at similar institutions and in moving universities forward in the areas that are of greatest importance to the university and the state—research, economic development, graduate studies, and enrollment,” Chan-

cellor Richard Pattenaude said in a statement.

“The search committee gave me several outstanding candidates and I am deeply appreciative for their excellent work. It was not an easy choice, but I believe Dr. Ferguson will provide the experience, positive energy, and leadership that the University of Maine needs.”

Ferguson, whose background is in science, will be paid $270,000 per year.

Originally from Southern California, the 58-year-old currently lives in Glen Carbon, Ill. He will be expected to increase revenue at the university through enhanced fund raising, increased enrollment, and expanded research funding, according to a statement.

“I am grateful to the Board of Trustees, Chancellor Pattenaude, and the University of Maine faculty, staff, and students for the confidence they have expressed in me by this decision,” Ferguson said in a statement.

School hostage-taker sentenced BELFAST — The Maine man who was convicted earlier this year of taking elementary school students hostage in 2008 was sentenced yesterday to 35 years in prison. Randall Hofland tried but was unable to convince a judge to go easy on him, Bangor Daily News reports.

Hofland was found guilty in January of taking a fifth grade class hostage in Oct. 31, 2008 at Stock Spring Elementary School, the paper reported. He has announced plans to appeal the sentence.

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Furey: ‘As long as I can work, I’ll be here’ IRISH from page one

of the shop’s busiest weeks of the year, St. Patrick’s Day week. “There used to be one in Kennebunk, and they’re gone. There was one in Belfast, and that’s closed up, they retired.”

Furey said his daughter, Mary Ellen, helps run the shop and likely will take over the business, but retirement doesn’t appear to be imminent.

“As long as I can work, I’ll be here,” he said.

Furey said name recognition helps Ireland’s Crystal & Crafts survive in a tough economy — a battering recession that is inflicting pain in both the United States and Ireland.

“We have a good reputation after so many years. That makes it easier, better. People know where we are. Even out-of-town people, they’re used to coming here in the Standing near a display of Irish crystal, Ireland’s Crystal & Crafts co-owner summertime. I just had some people from Michael J. Furey tends shop at the Congress Street store. (DAVID CARKHUFF New York, they were here last year, too. PHOTO) Every year they come by,” Furey said. prised, in the month of March, all of them are Irish,” Although January and February typically are he quips. slower months, Furey said he is pleased with busiPortland boasts deep Irish roots. Many of the Irish ness so far. residents who had to immigrate during the “Great “There’s more money around this year, we’re getHunger” in Ireland in the mid-1800s — a devastatting more cash, so I think that’s always a good sign ing famine caused by a potato blight — came to the to see people spending cash,” he said.

Port City and are buried in the Catholic Ground of Naturally, St. Patrick’s Day represents one of the the Western Cemetery. Groups such as the Irish shop’s highest-grossing holidays, but it vies with the American Club and Ancient Order of Hibernians busy summer tourist season and Christmas. celebrate that history.

“I think August is probably the busiest month in The Maine Irish Heritage Center — located in the summertime, and December, of course, is busy the old St. Dominic’s church on Gray Street — is a for everybody. August, December and March,” he repository of Irish genealogical research. said.

“I’ve learned more from the Irish-American people Furey was born in Galway in 1929 but has been in about Ireland than I learned at home,” Furey said. the United State for 54 years. He and his wife, Sally, “They do research, they know a lot about the past. have been married for 53 of those years.

Even about the famine, we learned about the famine Furey belongs to the Ancient Order of Hibernians going to school, but it was very limited. Over here, in Portland and appreciates researchers like Portof course, they had it researched, they knew exactly land’s Matthew Barker who keep Irish knowledge how long it lasted, how bad it was. We had what was alive. handed down from our parents, what they could “There are a lot of Irish roots here. Some of them remember, and they got it from their parents, and might be fourth-, fifth-generation. You’d be surwhat they remembered.

St. Patrick’s Day flag raising On Thursday at noon, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Irish American Club of Maine and members of Claddagh Mor Pipe Band welcome the public to the annual raising of the Irish flag. Participants will leave the Maine Irish Heritage Center at noon and proceed to Harbor View Park for a short ceremony. Afterward, the public is invited to an open house at the Maine Irish Heritage Center for tea, coffee, soda bread and scones. The event features live music, tours, access to the center’s library and genealogy assistance. Visit www.maineirish.com for details.

“They have a lot of good information here about Ireland... of course, I was 28 when I came over. At that time, up until that age, you’re not really interested in history or anything else, you’re just interested in what’s going on next week.”

Today, Furey stays busy with the shop (he missed many of the weekend St. Pat’s events, including Saturday’s parade, due to work).

Family back in Ireland are weathering a recession that inflicted many of the same challenges that Americans face — strained social services, government funding cuts, high rates of foreclosure, Furey said. Tourism, a mainstay of Ireland’s economy, is suffering.

“The dollar is really weak, and that’s really hurting them,” he explained. “The weak dollar means Americans are not going back, and when they do go back, it’s limited in what they spend. You cash in $100, you get 50, maybe 55 Euros. The money is not worth anything. When it isn’t, then people say, ‘Well, I went there and had a good time and I looked around, I had a few drinks in the pub, but we didn’t buy anything.’ I hear that all the time.”

Americans were the top spenders in Ireland when the dollar was worth more, Furey said.

Furey remains philosophical, saying things will get better in both countries. And after more than three decades in Portland, Furey said Ireland’s Crystal & Crafts isn’t going anywhere.

“A lot of years have gone by, but we’re still here,” he said.

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The Horror: King calls LePage a ‘stone brain’

Cause of deadly mobile home fire unknown

SARASOTA, Fla. — Author and Maine native Stephen King described Gov. Paul LePage as a “stone brain” during a rally last week in Sarasota, Fla., according to the Associated Press. King, who wrote “Carrie,” “The Shining,” “Misery” and “The Stand,” also compared LePage and fellow Republican Governors Rick Scott of Florida, LePage and Scott Walker of Wisconsin, with the Three Stooges, the wire service reported. The speech can be seen on YouTube.

According to AP, King, who grew up poor in Maine and elsewhere, told the crowd that rich people should pay more taxes, and said claims that higher taxes will affect job growth is “total bull.” King believes he and other rich people should be paying a 50 percent tax rate on their income.

UNITY TOWNSHIP — Authorities say the cause of a mobile home fire that killed three people over the weekend my never be determined. State Police spokesperson Steve McCausland said there is little left of the home to try to pinpoint a cause. The fire reportedly began late Saturday.

The three people who died have not yet been identified. The three bodies were burned beyond recognition and were found in the home on Sunday. The State Medical Examiner’s Office is still working on a positive identification, McCausland said.

That process is expected to continue into the week.

Investigators say three people who lived in the home — a woman in her 70s and two men in their 50s — are still unaccounted for.

Budget provision could drive early retirements AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to require future state retirees to pay for health coverage

could convince hundreds of teachers and state workers to retire this year, the Associated Press is reporting. Some estimates show between 600 and 700 state workers and up to 1,000 teachers may retire by January.

LePage, a Republican, wants retired public employees to pay for health care coverage until they turn 65, AP reports. Currently, some or all of that health coverage is paid for by the state.

Mary Anne Turowski, a lobbyist for the Maine State Employees Association tells AP that some workers might want to stay on the job to help pay for a child’s tuition or other costs.

But, she says that decision could cost state workers up to $8,000 per year in out-of-pocket health care costs down the road if LePage’s budget provision passes.

Those retirements could save the state up to $9 million over the next two years, AP reports.

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Who has most to lose in shutdown?

Those of you who are looking forward to a government shutdown because it will release your innerself, punish lazy bureaucrats or cause general chaos will be disappointed.

It’s not that I think a shutdown is unthinkable.

It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future (hat tip: Yogi Berra), but I predict the U.S. government has at least a fair chance of shutting down later this month or in September, if House Speaker John Boehner agrees to extend the agony to the latter date and the Democrats go along.

President Barack Obama and Congress must agree on a spending plan by then, or large parts of the government will shut down. But that won’t be the real story.

The real story will be who gets the blame.

––––– A shutdown will not lead to Creators paralysis. The military will conSyndicate tinue to fight in Afghanistan, transportation security officers will continue to make you take your shoes off in airports, air traffic controllers will continue to make sure planes don’t bump at 30,000 feet, the IRS will continue to check all those zany deductions you took off your taxes, and federal prison guards will make sure Bernie Madoff stays locked up. And you will still get your mail — your bills always have a way of finding you.

President Obama said recently that during a shutdown, “People don’t get their Social Security checks.”

But in 1995 and 1996, when there were two shutdowns, people did get their Social Security checks, and the government has become more automated since then.

What I remember from those shutdowns are stories of people who were basically inconvenienced: tourists who couldn’t get into federal museums or national parks, government workers who had their paychecks delayed (they got paid back after the shutdown ended) and people who couldn’t apply for new passports. I am sure there were other, perhaps worse, stories, but nobody starved, there was no rioting in the streets and nothing even close to panic.

People treated it as more Washington shenanigans, just another reason they hated politics.

At the time, however, was the great unknown: Who would the public blame for the shutdown, the

Roger Simon

see SIMON page 5

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Applicant gorilla for hire Last Friday, Reny’s held a job fair at the Civic Center. I was one of many Portlanders who applied.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy with my current day and night jobs. My day gig has slowed down a bit of late, and writing this column can only take up so many hours of the day, no matter how long I try to stretch it out. That leaves a big hole in the day where I could be doing a job and making some of the extra green.

I managed to make it to the job fair around 1 p.m. The crew of interviewers had been at it all day, so getting there in the middle of the day was one of those strategic moves on my part. Too early is too eager, and the only thing the early worm meets is the bird. Too late, and I would be dealing with fatigued interviewers who just wanted to call it a night.

I got to the “Captain’s Club” room, and saw the huge pool of applicants. At least 30 people were sitting at the tables, filling out all the forms and waiting for a chance to stand in line for a quickie 5 minute interview.

There was good natured ribbing among the applicants, one girl even asking me “What does it mean when they ask you if you’ve ever been bonded?” I assured her it had nothing to do with cer-

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist tain nighttime practices, or even a chance meeting with a bail bondsman down at county. After explaining it, she felt pretty sure to put down “no.”

There was even the standard “Have you ever been convicted of a crime” question, to which I heard the standard reply from at least three tables. “Convicted?... er...no.”

Ah, but I had a bigger purpose for applying. A faithful reader tells me that I casually mention the fact that I am the owner of a second hand gorilla suit. He claims the story of how I got one begs to be told, but he is to be denied once more. This is the slow season for gorilla-suiting, so a calculated application of applying to be the opening day “mascot” was sure to get me at least a gig for a couple of days.

After filling out the forms with the pencils, and making the obligatory reference to Arlo Guthrie and the gods of forms, I got in line

and waited for the interview portion. The line was at least twenty people long, and one staffer told me it had been about that length for most of the day.

A quick bit of mental math gave me a total of about 600 people showing up for about 50 jobs.

Yikes, perhaps this wasn’t going to be as easy as I thought. Figuring my chances at 1 in 12, I thought that I probably should have bothered to shave that morning. This was a spur of the moment thing, though, so I had to go just as I was.

The best thing I could do was to make a lasting impression. After meeting with “Cindy” (not her real name,) I quickly summed up what I was hoping to accomplish.

A short term job in the gorillagreeter kind of position, should any be available.

She laughed that one off. “These are not actual interviews, just sort of a quick put-a-face-to-a-name and application kind of thing. We’ll be scheduling actual interviews later, with those who stand out.”

One way to stand out in the crowd is to try to be funny. Notice I said “Try.” We chatted for about five minutes, going over the general work history, answering the obligatory questions, and then the see HIGGINS page 5

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Japan’s nuclear crisis yet another ‘dot’ to connect As if on cue, another energy production “dot” appeared with the Japanese earthquake disaster and nuclear crisis.

Let’s connect a few of those dots: a year ago, deepwater oil drilling must be safe, the president even said so, and then the BP spill hits the Gulf of Mexico and we learn that regulation was virtually non-existent.

No worries. Clean natural gas is the future, except now The New York Times is exposing that “fracking” to get all that cheap gas is contaminating the landscape with radioactivity, so we’re lucky to have nuclear power with its much-touted safety record then... boom!

It can become daunting. Windmills?

They have drawn resistance here from people who have to live near them and those worried about wildlife impacts and scenic issues. Solar? Too much nighttime. Dams kill fish. Coal is dirty.

Tidal power is years away. You get the idea.

Still, nature doesn’t often announce a point with hydrogen explosions, so maybe it’s time to listen up.

Certainly the world seems focused.

The Reuters news agency reported yesterday that “... governments around the globe questioned the use of nuclear power as Japan’s attempts to avert a meltdown at one of its plants eroded confidence in nuclear energy and put more focus on the renewables industry.

“Germany has suspended an agreement to extend the life of its nuclear

Curtis Robinson ––––– Usually Reserved power stations, while Switzerland put on hold some approvals for nuclear power plants. Taiwan’s state-run Taipower, in turn, said it was studying plans to cut nuclear power output.

“The crisis at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power complex north of Tokyo is likely to increase opposition to major nuclear expansion in Europe and hurt a renaissance for the sector in the United States, which already has more than 100 reactors.

The disaster might give renewables and greener fuels such as LNG (liquified natural gas) sector a boost in the quest for safer energy.”

In Maine, we know a thing or two about the aftermath of nuclear power.

The Maine Yankee plant at Wiscasset once produced about a third of the state’s power, but has been reduced to 60-some stainless steel containers holding radioactive waste, both the actual fuel and contaminated materials. They are stuck here because the federal government can’t figure out where to dump the stuff.

To nobody’s surprise, no community has stepped up to welcome the waste.

Go figure.

In August of last year, the latest fed-

eral panel visited the plant, but that visit just underscored that the wastestorage issue has a half-life usually reserved for plutonium (24,000 years, fyi).

There was optimism for about a hour. The second Bush administration actually selected Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the waste site, apparently forgetting that the U.S. senator from that state is the majority leader — meaning he can block nearly any attempt to actually use Yucca Mountain.

Of course, there are several lawsuits over the federal government’s inability to meet its obligation. It was supposed to have a waste facility ready back in 1998, but seems to have missed that deadline. Ratepayers have supplied hundreds of millions of dollars, but politics block any real progress for nuclear waste storage.

Yet, the nuclear industry has been undergoing a rally in the U.S. Until now – until the fallacy of accidentproof nuclear plants unraveled on prime time TV. As for what’s next, let’s remember other lessons from connecting the dots: Governments lie. The U.S. government sent 9-11 workers into Ground Zero when the air was bad, and lowballed the BP oil spill until third-party researchers made them come clean. The United Nation’s “official” estimate of deaths related to the Chernobyl meltdown is from 50 to 60 people.

Other estimates are in the hundreds

of thousands. But the official tally is a few dozen.

A Boston colleague made an excellent point about the Japanese situation. He noted that when the news is really good, we get numbers — actual radiation levels from actual tests.

When it’s not so good, look for officials to use adjectives like “lower” or “acceptable” or (a personal favorite) “within legal limits.”

My favorite so far is a nuclear energy spokesperson who explained that our nuke plants are engineered for “credible seismic events.” Like a 7.5 earthquake is credible but the big 9.0 isn’t?

For Mainers, especially those of us who live on the ocean and watch Big Oil tankers arrive daily, the BP spill was particularly difficult. Now we watch the horror from Japan and might feel thankful that at least our local nuclear concerns have been reduced to lingering waste as we fight over windmills.

But none of that changes the fact that Congress was focused immediately after the Deepwater Horizon exploded, but has yet to pass a single reform measure. Or that the president still expresses commitment to nuclear power despite there being no real solution to the waste issue.

All those energy production “dots?”

Connect them, and they apparently form yet another question mark.

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

Republicans don’t want to blow their advantage on a risky move SIMON from page 4

Democrats or the Republicans?

The Democrats were represented by Bill Clinton, who vetoed a Republican spending bill, causing the government to shut down. This was the persuasive and charismatic Bill Clinton of 1995. Monica Lewinski and lying to his family, his Cabinet, Congress, federal investigators and the American people was still a few years down the road.

The Republicans were represented by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Back then, Newt was not the dazzling charmer he is today. Back then, at the time of the crisis, Gingrich complained that he was insulted at being forced to fly way in the back of Air Force One with Bob Dole on flights to and from the funeral of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

In any case, the public blamed the Republicans, Bill Clinton was re-elected, and the Democrats got a net gain of eight seats in the House in 1996.

In retrospect, that was predictable. The Democrats had one compelling figure — Clinton — around whom to rally support, while the Republicans had

the frosty Gingrich and 229 other competing Republican voices to sell their program.

But would the results be the same this time?

The speaker of the House is now John Boehner, and while he does not exactly ooze personality, he avoided the trap of flying on Air Force One (going so far as to refuse to go to the memorial service for those killed in Tucson in January rather than fly on the president’s plane). And, much more importantly, he and his party have come to represent an issue much more significant now than in 1995 and 1996: slashing the budget and cutting the deficit.

The Republicans have long portrayed Democrats as “tax and spenders,” while they claim to be the party of “fiscal responsibility” (a trait often not shown by their presidents).

But this year, cutting the deficit has become nearly a mania, and the tea partyers and Republicans are well-positioned, while the Democrats are forced to defend spending on groups that are not always popular: the poor, the underprivileged and the needy — a category that includes kids who want to go to college on Pell grants.

OK, but here is where the single, forceful personality with great powers of oratory and a huge bully pulpit comes in: Barack Obama.

What has the Democrats worried is that not only are they on the unpopular side of a national argument over spending, but their chief spokesman and leader sometimes appears to disengage when the battle gets the hottest. Democrats mumble and grumble over his giving up the fight for a health care public option and not standing up to the Republicans over tax breaks for the rich.

Government is unpopular, spending is unpopular, and the last election indicated Democrats are unpopular.

But Republicans leaders are worried. They don’t want to blow their popularity on a risky shutdown in 2011. They want to save their popularity for the critical elections of 2012.

And that is about the only thing that might scare them into a compromise with Democrats.

(To find out more about Roger Simon, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.)

The best thing I could do was to make a lasting impression HIGGINS from page 4

real digging began.

“So Bob, say we hired you for a cashier position.

You overhear one of the other cashiers being rude to a customer. How do you deal with the situation?”

I’ll leave my response aside. You can make the obligatory joke, but somehow tarring and feathering doesn’t seem to come across as funny when its mentioned by a wild-eyed fat man.

There were the “psych” questions, such as “what

do you feel are your greatest strengths” followed up by the ever popular “and weaknesses.” Learning to deal with those questions is all part of that interview karma interchange. You want a job, they might have one. You do the dance back and forth, but the whole process is just that much easier when your partner in the dance is at ease.

Still don’t know if I made the cut yet, but am looking forward to hearing from them. If they choose another applicant, no big deal, I already have two jobs. There is probably someone in that line that is

desperate, on their last legs, and looking for a shot.

I’d hate to be the person who takes that job from them.

But for the ones that wanted to come, but never applied, I have no pity. Remember, everything is about timing, and creating that lasting impression.

Ninety percent of life is just showing up, and making them remember you when you get there.

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

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When some foods become your enemy It’s one of the most common diagnoses that a primary care physician makes, and it’s one of the major reasons that people miss work.

The gastrointestinal distress that follows certain meals causes food dread and deep embarrassment for the 1-in-6 Americans who have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Bloating, gas, diarrhea and constipation.

Not exactly the kind of stuff you chat about around the water cooler and certainly not something to chat about at the dinner table.

Patsy Catsos is one of the four registered licensed dietitians at Nutrition Works at 805 Stevens Avenue who specialize in helping people with a broad range of nutritionally rooted needs: diabetes, heart disease, GERD, food sensitivities and kidney stones as well as vegetarian diets and sports nutrition for athletes. Catsos’ research into causes and alternative treat-

Margo Mallar ––––– Daily Sun Columnist ments for IBS has resulted in a book and workshops that help people find "trigger foods" through a simple elimination diet rather than expensive and invasive medical testing.

Common culprits are a group of carbohydrates that are rapidly fermented by naturally occurring intestinal bacteria.

As those little critters belch their delight, they produce large amounts of gas that cause discomfort and pain in their hosts. These carbohydrates are also capable of chemically attracting extra water into the gut, forcing the colon to stretch to accommodate the extra

gas and water.

This carbohydrate group is known by an acronym, FODMAPS, meaning Fermentable Oligo, Di and Mono saccharides And Polyols.

The FODMAP group is comprised of 5 subgroups: lactose, fructose, fructans, galactans and polyols.

Most people are familiar with lactose intolerance and the distress that can come from eating galactans such as beans and peas.

“It’s not really a shocker to most people that the magical fruits can cause gassiness but sometimes we don’t recognize that soy milk, tofu and hummus also fall into that category.”

Fructose is another source of IBS. American consumption of fructose has skyrocketed in recent decades, a result not just of the high fructose corn syrup in processed foods but because of changes in our food supply.

Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project CeleSoirée March 25 DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project will host the seventh annual CeleSoirée: Celebrating Immigration through the Arts on Friday, March 25 at the Portland Company, 58 Fore St., from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., the organization reported in a press release.

This “family-friendly event,” benefitting ILAP’s work for Maine immigrants, will feature international cuisine, live African drumming by Jordan Benissan, Flamenco dancing and rhythms by Olas, and a silent auction with art and products from over 80 Maine artists and businesses.

CeleSoirée serves as ILAP’s largest fundraiser and raised $40,000 for the group last year, the press release stated.

The event is sponsored by Fairchild Semiconductor, Maine Medical Center, and Mercy Hospital with a host of other contributors and supporters.

Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 on the day of the event. Children 12 and under are free.

To learn more or purchase tickets, go to www. ilapmaine.org or call 780-1593.

see MALLAR page 8

The road to the White House is paved with pizza

BY KERRY HOWLEY THE NEW YORK TIMES

We’re less than a year from presidential primary season, which means that three million Iowans are in for some ritual abuse. They will stand accused of being an unrepresentative sample, which they are, and holding disproportionate influence, which they do. But “Iowans” is still an abstraction far too broad.

Actual Republican caucusgoers will not merely be “Iowans” but a small group of highly informed, older, mostly evangelical Iowans with the time and inclination to coax other highly informed, older, mostly evangelical Iowans toward a preferred candidate.

They will be the kind of Iowans who have shown up at the Pizza Ranch in Sigourney on this bitterly cold day to hear Bob Vander Plaats talk about marriage.

“If you’re gonna void one-man, onewoman marriage, why would you limit it to same-sex?” Vander Plaats asked.

He wore the only suit in the room.

Women were dressed in turtlenecks under sweatshirts; men, in collared shirts with pen-stuffed pockets. There is a wagon wheel and a cowboy boot nailed to the wall and, right behind Vander Plaats, a plastic wreath dotted with miniature Conestoga wagons. “Why not open it up! Bisexual, polygamy, multiple women? Why not? Either you’re going to stand for something or you’re gonna fall for anything.”

Vander Plaats is a 47-year-old former high-school principal who fails, once every four years, to win the governorship. But he is also Iowa’s most prominent social conservative. He is the man who led Mike Huckabee through

Bob Vander Plaats shepherds Republican candidates through Iowa’s primary season. (Joe Crimmings for The New York Times)

the state’s Pizza Ranches in 2008, just before the chronically underfinanced candidate surprised the rest of the country by winning Iowa. He is the man who helped ride three state Supreme Court justices off the bench last year, after they decided in support of gay marriage.

“He’s already a gatekeeper,” says David Yepsen, the legendary former political reporter for The Des Moines Register.

“He’s got a base and an organization.”

That organization, The FAMiLY LEADER (they’ve consigned the “I” to lowercase to emphasize the individual’s submission before God), involves a PAC, a nonprofit and, more recently, a Presidential Lecture Series that introduces potential presidential candidates to three audiences, in three Iowa cities, over the course of a day. Tim Pawlenty was the first lecturer this year, Ron Paul the second. Michele Bachmann

and Rick Santorum are scheduled to speak as well.

As Vander Plaats whisks candidates throughout the state, he will be teaching them how to talk to caucusgoers. He has spent his entire life in Iowa. He knows that the Iowans to whom he is speaking are conversant in certain regional stereotypes (Dutch-Americans like himself are cheap and churchgoing), that most of them consider gay marriage objectionable and that they find the politicization of Western-themed pizza buffets unremarkable. There are 69 Pizza Ranches in the state, and Vander Plaats will have spoken at most of them by the end of March.

“We were at a Pizza Ranch in Pella,” he told the Sigourney crowd. “It was a Thursday night, and since it was a Dutch community, and we were giving out free pizza, we had a packed house.”

“That’s why we’re here!” someone shouted.

“Can I take two pieces?” a man asked.

“And we had a few people who didn’t see the world like we do. We had a professor who said: ‘Bob Vander Plaats should explore truth for Bob Vander Plaats. And Mary for Mary and Susan for Susan. And whatever truth is, that’s your truth.’ And I said, ‘Do you understand how dangerous those words are?’

And I said, ‘We’ve been down this road before. And everyone did what was right . . .’ ” Vander Plaats paused and waited for the biblical refrain from the Book of Judges. “. . . in their own eyes,” the crowd said.

“In their own eyes. It was a train wreck! It was nuts! Absolute tolerance!

“Now let’s go to Q.& A.,” he said at the close of his stump speech. “When I was a candidate, that stood for ‘Questions and Avoidance.’ ” Laughter.

“You guys are too easy! Is this my water? I’m gonna tell you two quick Dutch jokes, and then you guys can use them in Pella. You wanna know how to confuse a Dutchman? Go up to him and say: ‘Hey, I’ll mow your lawn for free. On Sunday.’ Free! But Sunday! Free! But Sunday!”

Raucous, chair-shaking laughter.

Pizza, Dutch jokes, gay marriage: out of such elements consensus will be forged. Afterward, as the 14 guests filed out into the cold, the man who would rally them to caucus assembled a limp salad from the buffet. Only seven people showed up to the tour’s first morning stop, in Grinnell, but that did not appear to bother Vander Plaats. “Seven people,” he said, “can swing a county.”

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Last year more than 500 compost bins, wing diggers, kitchen pails and rain barrels were sold through the program. In line with Portland’s sustainability goals, the city endorses compost as an environmentally responsible alternative to fertilizing lawns and gardens and an efficient way to manage organic waste. Twenty-five percent of the average household’s waste consists of yard trimmings and kitchen scraps, which can easily be composted, the city reported.

Home composting combined with recycling and yard waste programs can reduce household waste by up to 80 percent, a city press release stated.

The 2011 home compost bin and how-to guide are available at a reduced cost of $45 (original price $100). The bin has a 10 year warranty, made of 100 percent recycled plastic and is large enough for a family of five.

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“Our goal is to educate the public about the environmental and economic costs of managing organic waste,” said Troy Moon, Environmental Programs and Open Space Manager for the Department of Public Services.

“If we can get Portland residents to consider yardscaping practices and use compost as an alternative to chemical fertilizers for their lawns and gardens, we can remove toxins from our storm water and reduce waste management costs at the same time.”

Last year, Portland residents delivered over 2,000 tons of yard waste to Riverside Recycling Center, which cost nearly $100,000 to manage. Composting yard waste and non-meat food scraps at

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Workshop on IBS planned for Wednesday MALLAR from page 6

“Year round access to really affordable fruits has dramatically increased the fructose content of our diet. With a more modern food delivery system, we can eat fruit year round.” says Catsos, noting that eating fruit in season and local sweeteners like honey would reduce the unnatural levels of fructose.

Fructans are found in garlic, onions, wheat fiber and food additives like FOS, inulin and chicory root which is a common fiber booster in products like Fiber One. Polyols are sugar alcohols like sorbitol, maltitol, xylitol. These can be naturally found in certain fruits and vegetables or used as a sugar

free sweetener for candy and gum.

Catsos coaches her clients through a shortterm FODMAPS elimination diet with a focus on what they can eat. She then helps them add foods back into Catsos the diet in a carefully controlled way to determine which carbohydrates are to blame for IBS, learning how to make adjustments for favorite foods.

“I have found that one man’s meat is another man’s poison so we have to be very careful with

generalized recommendations.

But the gut is the biggest immune organ in the body so taking care of it should be a person’s number one priority, “ she says.

The next IBS workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, March 16, at 6 p.m. and costs $45 per person. Catsos notes that Nutrition Services are often covered through insurance, with and without physician referral. For more information or to register contact www.nutritionworks.us or 207.772.6279.

(Margo Mallar chops, stirs, bakes and writes in the East End. Her Locavore column appears each Tuesday in the Portland Daily Sun.)

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The Portland Flower Show had one of its biggest years on record this past weekend as almost 14,000 visitors visited the Portland Company Complex on Fore Street.

“We had almost 6,000 people on Saturday alone,” said Jan Love, organizer of the show.

Coming before the official start of the tourist season, Love said the economic impact of the flower show often gets overlooked in the shadow of the behemoth cruise ships that port in the city during the summer, but last weekend’s attendance is hard to ignore.

“Everyone gets excited when cruise ships come and bring a few thousand, but we had 6,000 in one day,” she said.

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The Portland Flower Show drew nearly 6,000 people on Saturday, organizers reported. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Flower, boat shows spur parking rules PARKING from page one

Munjoy resident are encouraged to practice similar parking vigilance this upcoming weekend, as the Portland Company Complex prepares to host the Maine Boatbuilders Show Friday through Sunday.

“The flower and boat shows are really the only events we do that for because of the impact it has on the Munjoy neighborhood,” said John Peverada, manager of Portland’s parking division.

Similar bans are occasionally enacted during construction activity within the city, but Peverada said that the flower show is the largest such annual ban.

With a wealth of parking options along the Fore Street between lots and garages, Peverada said visitors to events at the Portland Company Complex have no reason to look for parking on Munjoy.

“There is paid parking down at the event at the Ocean Gateway and several garages and lots along Commercial and Fore Street. The [Portland Company Complex] also pays for a free shuttle bus,” he said.

Munjoy HIll residents are advised to keep an eye on red parking ban signs taped to trees and light poles this upcoming weekend and the Maine Boatbuilders Show comes to the Portland Company Complex. The show runs from 10 a.m. Friday to 4 p.m. Sunday.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll find a major source of bonding with a new friend. This is what was needed in order for the relationship to blossom.

Tonight features laughter and possibly dancing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

When it’s your turn to deliver your work, you won’t have the luxury of blending into the group. You’ll be out in the open, all eyes on you. And that’s OK because you shine when the pressure is on.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You’ll walk into a situation that is indifferent and turn it into a friendly environment. Another person will walk into the same place and turn it into a hostile environment. This helps you understand your own power.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

You still think something was your fault, when, in fact, many factors were involved in the situation. So release the guilt and move on. You’ll feel free just as soon as you do this.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You have a sharp sense for finding what’s hidden, uncovering the mystery and solving riddles. Additionally, you might locate something that you thought was lost forever.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 15).

This year brings intellectual and aesthetic growth. You are alert to opportunity, and over the next five weeks you will seize the chance to serve and earn a profit. April brings a run of good luck in your personal life, and your popularity will be on the rise. In June, you will adopt a new role. There’s a special connection with Virgo and Libra people.

Your lucky numbers are: 1, 3, 18, 21 and 46.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). There are primal instincts to contend with.

Perhaps you’ll even be moved to act like a Neanderthal, as someone close to you has a way of stirring an ancient emotion in you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re always on the lookout for new things that make you happy. Note the sounds of the birds’ calls or the smell of lavender soap balls. These are the kind of details that will send you into a lasting good mood.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You know what needs to be done around your home, and it’s too much for only one person. Consider posting a “help wanted” sign on a local bulletin board, the Internet or your own refrigerator.

You’ll be surprised at who answers.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Moving and changing your environment will bring you luck. Furniture, items on shelves and items in closets are all ideal subjects to be rearranged, reorganized or redistributed to charity.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). This is a day to let go. Throw away your bad feelings, and dump your grudges. It won’t be a process. You’ll just do it. You’ll overlook your differences and move to a place of acceptance -- it’s easy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll have new business with old friends and colleagues. When you make an effort to remember only the good things about this person, your business goes smoothly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In the past, you have given a certain person your undivided attention. Now there are others who need your attention as much or even more. You’ll graciously divide your focus, realizing that it simply

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, March 15, the 74th day of 2011. There are 291 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 15, 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.

On this date: In 1493, Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere.

In 1767, the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, was born in Waxhaw, S.C. In 1820, Maine became the 23rd state.

In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson met with reporters for what’s been described as the first presidential press conference.

In 1919, members of the American Expeditionary Force from World War I convened in Paris for a three-day meeting to found the American Legion.

In 1944, during World War II, Allied bombers again raided German-held Monte Cassino.

In 1956, the musical play “My Fair Lady,” based on Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” opened on Broadway.

In 1964, actress Elizabeth Taylor married actor Richard Burton in Montreal; it was her fifth marriage, his second.

In 1970, Expo ‘70, promoting “Progress and Harmony for Mankind,” opened in Osaka, Japan.

In 1975, Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis died near Paris at age 69.

One year ago: Michael Barrett, an insurance executive who’d shot surreptitious hotel videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, was sentenced in federal court in Los Angeles to 2 1/2 years in prison.

The United States demanded that Israel call off a contentious building project in east Jerusalem.

Today’s Birthdays: Musician DJ Fontana is 80. Former astronaut Alan L. Bean is 79. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 78. Actor Judd Hirsch is 76.

Rock musician Phil Lesh is 71. Singer Mike Love (The Beach Boys) is 70. Rock singermusician Sly Stone is 68. Rock singermusician Howard Scott (War; Lowrider Band) is 65. Rock singer Ry Cooder is 64.

Actor Craig Wasson is 57. Rock singer Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) is 56. Actress Park Overall is 54. Movie director Renny Harlin is 52. Model Fabio is 50. Singer Terence Trent D’Arby (AKA Sananda Maitreya) is 49.

Rock singer Bret Michaels (Poison) is 48.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Rockwell is 47.

Rock singer Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray) is 43. Actress Kim Raver is 42. Rock musician Mark Hoppus is 39. Actress Eva Longoria is 36. Rapper-musician will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas) is 36. Rock DJ Joseph Hahn (Linkin Park) is 34. Actor Sean Biggerstaff is 28.

Rock musician Ethan Mentzer is 28.

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During their stay, our house looks ransacked, with carpet stains, damaged furniture and tons of laundry.

These are all grown, financially secure, professional adults.

My husband I have tried tactfully refusing them, suggesting other places, and designating meals and tasks, all of which were basically ineffective. Telling them we have other plans is not a deterrent. Our home has turned into a hotel and storage facility. We love them, but we are at our wits’ end. Any thoughts? -- Ocean City, Md. Dear Ocean City: You are going to have to be more firm and consistent. Say, “Sorry, you cannot stay here.” Don’t let them in the door. Don’t give them keys. When they complain, tell them point blank that you love them, but people leave the house a mess, no one contributes a thing, it strains your finances and you’ve had enough. You will invite them when you are ready to have company. Period. They may be upset, but they will only stop taking advantage of you when you insist on it.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Thrown for a Loop,” the wife whose husband was meeting a former co-worker for lunch. She requested a separation since he refused to stop these meetings. Although he should not be keeping these meetings a secret, she should not assume her husband is having an affair.

I am a single woman with many married male friends.

There are no affairs. I treasure these friendships and appreciate the wives who are not suspicious of us. However, if a wife is uncomfortable with her husband meeting me for lunch, she should join us. I would welcome her company and hopefully make an additional friend. -- Monrovia, Calif.

Dear Monrovia: We heard from a great many women, and most of them were furious. We agree that including the wife is a great idea.

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I admit I am not beautiful, and I also am overweight. Still, I’ve always been this way. My husband never cuddles up to me in bed like he used to. He never puts his arms around me, kisses me or shows any affection whatsoever. And he refuses to discuss it. I feel like I’m living with my brother. Our anniversaries come and go with no celebration of any kind. Every little thing he does seems to irritate me, and I can barely speak to him. Of course, when I do, he doesn’t listen. Sometimes he actually walks away while I’m talking. I don’t know what to do anymore. Can you help? -- Tired of It All Dear Tired: A low testosterone count could be responsible not only for a lack of interest in sex, but for depression, as well. This is fairly common and might be the source of your husband’s unwillingness to work on the problem. Ask him to go back to his doctor and get tested. It could make a world of difference to him, and it would help your marriage, as well.

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These were invited guests at times that suited our schedules.

Lately, however, the family seems to expect our house to be a spontaneous crash pad because we have “the most accommodating space.” The truth is, almost every visit has become a financial burden and a physically taxing occasion, especially when they linger for days, sometimes weeks. Our utility bills skyrocket, the food costs are insurmountable, and this doesn’t include the unrelenting domestic chores with little or no help.

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Tuesday, March 15 Maine Vegetable & Fruit School 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Keeley’s Banquet Center, 178 Warren Ave., Portland. More information: Pam St. Peter, 933-2100, ext. 100 or pamela.stpeter@maine.edu. Website: extension. umaine.edu/highmoor. The day-long school is offered on two dates at two locations: March 15 in Portland or March 16 in Bangor. Pre-registration is required. Registration cost is $30 and includes lunch. Please register by March 1.

Maine Vegetable & Fruit School is hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension; Maine Crop Insurance Education Program; and Maine Vegetable & Small Fruit Growers Association.

2011 Job Fair at USM noon to 4:30 p.m. University of Southern Maine’s Student Success Center, along with the Office of Internships and Career Placement, will host the 2011 Job Fair in the Sullivan Gym, Portland. It is free and open to all students, alumni and the public. The Job Fair provides students and the public with the opportunity to meet and network with potential employers in an informal setting. This year, it will host more than 40 employers, including WMTW-TV Channel 8, Key Bank, JobsinME.com, FairPoint Communications and the Brunswick Police Department. For more information about how to prepare for a successful Job Fair experience, please visit http://usm.maine.edu/success/jobfair/. For more information about the Job Fair itself, please contact Maggie Guzman, project associate for Internships and Career Placement, at 228-8471 or by email at mguzman@usm.maine.edu. The 2011 Job Fair is co-sponsored

by USM, WMTW-TV Channel 8, MyJobWave.com and Employment Times.

‘Capturing Sport Fans as a New Franchise” 4:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Professor Heidi Parker presents “New Kids on the Block: Capturing Sport Fans as a New Franchise” at the University of Southern Maine Glickman Family Library, seventh floor, Portland campus. USM sport management assistant professor Heidi Parker’s research examines the motives of fans attracted to new teams and to teams that are new to an area. Learn more information about the topic at: http://www.usm.maine.edu/~gramlich/ colloquium/spring11/parker/index.html. The event is free, open to the public, and is followed by a short reception with refreshments served. Jeff Gramlich Professor of Accounting and L.L. Bean/Lee Surace Endowed Chair

Talk and book signing with Shirin Bridges 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. San Francisco-based award-winning children’s author Shirin Bridges, author of “The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Real Princesses,” will appear at the University of Southern Maine Bookstore, 35 Bedford St., Portland.

“Just published, ‘The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Real Princesses, acclaimed children’s author Shirin Bridges’ enlightening new series of books on real princesses. The stories offer the romance and enchantment associated with royalty and princesses — along with a message of youthful female empowerment.”

‘The Foremost Good Fortune’ book signing 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. “The Foremost Good Fortune” is Maine native Susan Conley’s travelogue of her family’s two-year trip to China — a memoir about parenting and partnership all while balancing a foreign culture and “the haze of cancerland.” Book reading and signing from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Books will be available for purchase at the Cancer Community Center. Pre-register at 774-2200. http://cancercommunitycenter.org/calendar.htm#susanconley

School board hearing on FY 2012 budget 7 p.m. The Portland School Board will hold a public hearing on the FY2012 Portland Public Schools budget in Casco Bay High School, Room 250. A copy of the budget, related documents and upcoming meetings can be found at www2. portlandschools.org/school-budget. “Portland Superintendent James C. Morse, Sr.’s most recent budget proposal totals $90,739,998. 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.”

Spring 2011 Creative Conversations 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance and SPACE Gallery announce the Spring 2011 Creative Conversations, a series of facilitated discussions about arts and culture from personal, local, and regional perspectives. All conversations will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at SPACE and are free and open to the public.

The first Spring 2011 Creative Conversation, “Rethinking the Art Gallery in the Digital Age,” will be held Tuesday, March 15. Panelists include Dan Kany of the Daniel Kany Gallery, Bridget McAlonan of the Sylvia Kania Gallery and Andy Verzosa of Aucocisco. “With online tools like Facebook and Etsy, what is the role of the art gallery if

The Portland City Council commenced a search for a new city manager last month following the retirement of City Manager Joe Gray (pictured). On Wednesday, March 23, a City Council search committee plans a daylong stakeholder and public input session. (FILE PHOTO) artists can now connect directly with collectors via the Web,” asks Jennifer Hutchins, executive director of PACA. “What’s the effect of viewing art work primarily via a computer screen? Do galleries play a role between private studios and large institutions like museums?” This Creative Conversation will touch on these questions, the changing nature of the art gallery, and the commodification of art.

The second Creative Conversation, “Street Art v. Graffiti,” will be held Tuesday, April 19 Governor Paul LePage will hold his and the third, “Sharing second Capitol for a Day event in Space and Art: ConSaco — visiting several businesses necting Artists and during the day and attending a town Businesses,” will be hall style meeting in the evening — held Tuesday, May 17. on Friday, March 18. (FILE PHOTO) Information about the Spring 2011 Creative Conversations is available on the PACA (portlandarts.org) and SPACE (space538.org) websites.

Spoken Word open mic featuring Lola Haskins 7 p.m. Port Veritas Spoken Word open mic featuring Lola Haskins on March 15. Open reading begins at 7:30 followed by the evenings feature at 8:30 p.m. Open reading begins at 7:30 p.m. Lola Haskins lives in Florida but is a Maineophile.

She’s published nine books of poems, most lately “Still, the Mountain” (Paper Kite). A tenth collection, “The Grace to Leave,” is coming from Anhinga in early 2012. She’s worked with dancers, composers, musicians, and visual artists because she thinks it’s great to be part of something bigger than she is. Lola will be joined with Portland cellist Ben Noyes.

History of American Landscape and Garden Design 7 p.m. History of American Landscape and Garden Design

by Lucinda A. Brockway, landscape designer, Past Designs, Kennebunk. Join the Maine Historical Society to explore the history of landscape design in Maine and beyond. Brockway will provide an overview of the changing role of landscape design and plant materials from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century through site-specific examples drawn from the region. What is our American garden legacy? How has it evolved? What can you do to celebrate this tradition in your own backyard? Brockway will investigate both the

design concepts and individual details that have defined the American garden tradition from the Colonial era, to the Victorian, to the Colonial Revival, and through the Moderne.

She will then share “before and after” images demonstrating the transformation of contemporary back yards inspired by these design ideals. Come discover how you can bring history alive in your own backyard! www.mainehistory.org

Nawal El Saadawi to speak at USM 7 p.m. Egyptian novelist, feminist and human rights activist Nawal El Saadawi will speak on “The Egyptian Revolution: Creativity, Dissonance, and Women,” in Talbot Auditorium, in University of Southern Maine’s Luther Bonney Hall, Portland. Saadawi is the author of numerous novels, including “The Fall of the Imam” and “Woman at Point Zero.” Saadawi, who taught at USM as a Visiting Libra Professor during 2003, has been a longtime opponent of the Mubarak regime and was protesting on Cairo’s Tahrir Square during the recent revolution.

She has been imprisoned, threatened with death, and had her work censored in her home country. She is currently on a speaking tour of U.S. college campuses, providing a first-person account of the recent historic events in Egypt. A selection of Saadawi’s books will be available for purchase at the event. This event is cosponsored by the USM President’s Office, the President’s Council on Diversity, Multicultural Student Affairs, Women and Gender Studies, and Philosophy Department. For more information, call Lauren Webster at 780-4862.

East Bayside Neighborhood Organization meeting 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This event repeats every month on the third Tuesday. The Root Cellar, 94 Washington Ave. “Come to EBNO’s monthly meeting to find out what’s going on in the neighborhood, offer input, air concerns, address issues, and meet your neighbors. Everyone is welcome!”

Wednesday, March 16 Teens Through Time movie series 4:30 p.m. Teens through Time movie series Wednesdays in March and April, The Portland Public Library and Videoport are joining forces to present a six-month long film series entitled “Teens Through Time.” This exciting and innovative program will consist of a month-long exploration of movies made through the decades of the fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties; ninety’s and even the 00’s that possess a positively “teencentric” view. March 16: “Riot on Sunset Strip” (Rines Auditorium)March 23: Over The Edge (Rines Auditorium); March 30: Billy Jack (Rines Auditorium); April 6: The Warriors (Rines Auditorium); April 13: Cooley High (Meeting Room No. 3; April 20: The Breakfast Club (Rines Auditorium); April 27: Breakin’ (Rines Auditorium). see next page

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by Ancient Order of Hibernians along with Irish American Club of Maine and members of Claddagh Mor Pipe Band.

Open House after at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, tea, coffee, soda bread and scones. Live music, tours, library open and genealogy assistance available. All are welcome!

‘Triumph of Love’ at USM 5 p.m. The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre and USM School of Music present “Triumph of Love,” a witty musical romance — in disguise, directed by Assunta Kent, musical direction by Edward Reichert. “Razzle-dazzle Broadway music energizes Marivaux’s classic 18th century play and will leave audiences laughing, sighing and humming the catchy tunes!” Performances in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus are March 17, 18, 19 at 7:30 p.m., March 20 at 5 p.m. $10 students, $15 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni, $21 general public. $10 at five show on March 16 at 5 p.m., all seats $10. High school matinee March 15 at 10 a.m. To make reservations please call the USM Theatre Box Office at 780.5151 or purchase tickets online via the USM Theatre Department: www.usm.maine. edu/theatre. For more information on show times and tickets call the USM Theatre Box Office at 780.5151 or visit www. usm.maine.edu/theatre to purchase tickets online.

Winners of Ocy Downs Piano Competition to perform at First Parish Unitarian Universalist 12:15 p.m. Dumka, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Liszt, W.A. Mozart, Staknys, Brahms, Rachmaninoff. Kelia Ingraham is a sophomore in high school, and lives in Kennebunk. She has been playing piano since she was 4 and has been studying with Chiharu Naruse for the past three years. She has attended the International Piano Festival for two years, and in 2010 she won the Elsie Bixler Junior Prize for the Young Stars of Maine program. She also enjoys doing theatre, and this year has been playing piano for musicals at A/D/A/M theatre in Biddeford. Christopher Staknys, 14, of Falmouth, studies with Roberto Poli at the New England Conservatory Prep. and the Walnut Hill School for the Arts. He has won many competitions not only for piano, but also composition. Last spring, the Portland Symphony Orchestra premiered his symphonic dance, “Congo.” “He is very grateful to his former teachers at the Portland Conservatory of Music where he has studied, performed and attended the Piano Festival.” First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St. Concerts are free and open to the public. For information call the Portland Conservatory of Music at 775-3356.

‘Siberian Lives in Post-Soviet Russia’ 7 p.m. Vladimir Munkhanov, a teacher, historian and lawyer from Siberia, visits Bates College to present the lecture “Buryat Traditions and the Modern World: Siberian Lives in Post-Soviet Russia” in Room 204, Carnegie Science Hall, 44 Campus Ave. Presented by the environmental studies program at Bates with support from the Mellon Innovation Fund, the event is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please call 786-6289. Munkhanov is ethnically Buryat, a Mongolian people of the Lake Baikal region of south central Siberia near Mongolia. His talk will explore the cultures of this region and how ancient place-based traditions are responding to contemporary challenges in postSoviet Russia. Professor of Environmental Studies Jane Costlow, who invited Munkhanov to campus, first met him in 2009 when he spoke to her students at a Lake Baikal biological station during a Bates Fall Semester Abroad program in Russia.

Saint Patrick’s Day Crafts at Falmouth library On Sunday, March 20, starting at 2 p.m., the class of 2011 at South Portland High School will model the latest formal and casual wear fashions from area clothing outlets. Then at 4 p.m., Bob Marley will take the stage for an afternoon of humor and laughter. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Maine Frozen Shorts 7 p.m. The Maine Frozen Shorts is a community event showcasing new short films from local Maine filmmakers. The featured film of evening will be Maine filmmaker Nicholas Brennan’s upcoming short film “A Marine’s Guide to Fishing.”

Because the film deals with the experiences of a young veteran’s return to the dockyards of Maine after getting injured overseas, all profits from the event will go to support the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes (www.saluteheroes.org), a veterans organization that was influential in helping the film’s lead actor, Matthew Pennington, return to civilian life in Maine as a veteran and amputee. Along with Nicholas Brennan’s film, shorts by Lisa Wolfinger, Sputnik Animations, the Maine Studios and others will be showcased. Nickelodeon Theater, 1 Temple St., Portland. Afterparty, Sonny’s on Exchange Street, 9:15 p.m. (sponsored by Double Cross Vodka and Sonny’s.

Thursday, March 17 St. Patrick’s Day open house 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Maine Irish Heritage Center will host an open house at the Center on Gray Street, formerly St. Dominic’s Church. www.maineirish.com

St. Patrick’s Day party at USM 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. University of Southern Maine St. Pat’s celebration. Cafeteria, Woodbury Campus Center, Portland. There will be a band named Boghat, a traditional Irish dance music trio of accomplished musicians based out of Portland. Snacks will also be provided.

Sponsored by Portland Events Board, Commuter Assistance Program and Portland Student Life. For more info, email Jennifer.Hayward@ maine.edu

St. Patrick’s Day Annual Raising of the Irish Flag noon. Annual Raising of the Irish Two-year-old Eliot Verry-Gardella waits for the parade to start with dad Kevin Gardella and past Flag. Leave Maine Irish Heritage St. Patrick’s Day West End parade organizer Robert O’Brien (left) outside the old St. Dominic’s Center at noon proceed to Harbor View Park for short ceremony. Led Catholic Church. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Falmouth Memorial Library will be showing anyone interested how to make Leprechaun Goo on Saint Patrick’s Day. Just the thing to help catch those slippery little creatures and get your own pot of gold! Stop in or call to sign up or for more details. 781-2351.

Member Appreciation Day with the chamber 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Business After Hours. It’s Member Appreciation Day. We appreciate your membership! It may be St. Patrick’s Day, but it’s also Member Appreciation Day with the Portland Regional Chamber. “Join us at the Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks in South Portland with Co-Sponsor Verizon Wireless for networking, great food, cash bar, door prizes and the 50.50. A great way to celebrate with fellow Chamber members. As this is a highly attended event, please register by March 16.”

‘Women in Development and Environment: African Perspectives’ by Dr. Helida Oyieke at UMF 6:30 p.m. University of Maine at Farmington is proud to announce that Dr. Helida Oyieke, a Fulbright Scholar-inResidence at University of New England, will present several talks on the UMF campus. Oyieke will speak on “Women in Development and Environment: African Perspectives” at 6:30 p.m., on March 17, in North Dining Hall in the UMF Olsen Student Center, with a reception immediately preceding her talk. In addition, she will speak on “Biodiversity: Kenya’s Rich Heritage and Its Conservation,” at 11:45 a.m., March 18, also in North Dining Hall. Both events are free and open-to-the-public. “An internationally-recognized expert in environmental studies and marine botany, Oyieke is currently director of research and scientific affairs at the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi, where she oversees research and collection programs for the institution. Over the years, she has mobilized multiple grants in the fields of taxonomy, ecology, biodiversity, conservation and collections management.”

Granite stonecutters, quarries of Cumberland County by the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association 7:30 p.m. Maine Charitable Mechanic Association offers a noontime presentation by Dorothea McKenzie about the Granite Stonecutters and Quarries of Cumberland County.

She has many photos and maps and will talk about the granite industry in Maine. Refreshments provided. The public is welcome. For details, call 773-8396.

‘Elephant’s Graveyard’ at UMF 7:30 p.m. University of Maine at Farmington presents George Brant’s award winning drama “Elephant’s Graveyard,” as the spring 2011 Theatre UMF production. Based on the true story of a traveling circus and its cultural collision with a small southern town, the play will be presented at 7:30 p.m., March 17-19; and 2 p.m., March 20, at the UMF Alumni Theater. “Elephant’s Graveyard” explores the public’s craving for spectacle and violence as it takes the audience on a journey to the world of the circus at the turn of the century. Building on both historical fact and legend, Brant’s drama tells the story of how a small, struggling circus is confronted by a Tennessee community when an accident occurs and how misunderstanding leads to tragedy. Critically acclaimed by Columbia City Paper as “a theatrical masterpiece,” Brant’s play is the Winner of the 2008 Keene Prize for Literature and 2008 David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award. see next page

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Mad Horse Theatre presents ‘The Late Henry Moss’ 7:30 p.m. “The Late Henry Moss” by Sam Shepard, March 12-27. “In a seedy New Mexican bungalow, two estranged brothers confront the past as they piece together the mysterious circumstances of their father’s death, over his rotting corpse — a silent but still dominant presence in their relationship. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard makes a final, triumphant return to the signature dysfunctional family paradigm of his best-known plays (‘Buried Child,’ ‘True West’). Two warring brothers. An absent mother. An alcoholic father. The rural American West. Classic Sam Shepard.” Show times are: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for students and seniors. Mad Horse also offers pay-what-you-can performances each Thursday during the run. Reservations are recommended. 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland. Call 899-3993, or order tickets online at www.lucidstage.com

Come and connect with your local legislators.

Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth. Join the Falmouth/Cumberland Community Chamber for an open forum with your state legislators representing the Falmouth and Cumberland communities. Attending will be Sen. Dick Woodbury, Rep. Meredith N. Strang Burgess, Rep. Mary Pennell Nelson and Rep. Mark N. Dion. Bring your questions and concerns. Please register by March 17. Register online, www.portlandregion.com.

‘On the Bowery,’ ‘The Perfect Team’

6:30 p.m. Film screenings at the Portland Museum of Art. Friday, March 18, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 19, 2 p.m.; Sunday, March 20, 2 p.m. NR “Lionel Rogosin (1924–2000) taught himself filmmaking in order to investigate such issues as poverty, racism, and the threat of nuclear war. Shooting ‘On the Bowery,’ his first film, was his way of preparing for a future project on apartheid in South Africa. Using a hidden camera and creatively staged Traditional Irish band Boghat will be performing at the University of Southern Maine for a St. Pat’s celebration at 11 scenes, he created a harsh docua.m. Thursday in the cafeteria at the Woodbury Campus Center. Boghat has scheduled two other shows this week mentary/fiction hybrid about the lives for St. Patrick’s Day. The band also is scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Blue as part of the Wednesday of the down-and-out in Manhattan’s Night Irish Music Series there. Concert and music session to follow. No cover. Also, Boghat announced a performance Bowery, the skid row of the 1950s. at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Inn on Peaks, Peaks Island for a fifth consecutive St. Patrick’s Day there. No cover. They The film follows three days in the life ‘Bedroom Farce’ by Good Theater will play until the last ferry. (COURTESY PHOTO) of Ray Salyer, a fresh-from-the-road arrival in the Bowery, as he passes at the St. Lawrence Arts Center L.L.Bean experts. Biologists from the Maine Department from the street to flophouses and 7:30 p.m. A Good Theater Production. “Enter the subof Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will also be conducting a back, interacting with human ruins who seem to exist only urban bedrooms of four married couples in this comedy special presentation on a very unique brook trout project to find their next drink. ‘On the Bowery’ was the first U.S. about the trials and tribulations of relationships. Be on they have been working on. All event activities are free. film to win the award for best documentary at the Venice the lookout for a stolen kiss (or two).” “Hilarious…The For more information, visit www.llbean.com/freeport, or call Film Festival. ... Stay on for ‘The Perfect Team,’ a new docstuff of gleeful recognition.” — London Evening Standard 800-559-0747, ext. 37222. umentary on the making of ‘On the Bowery’ by Rogosin’s March 10 through April 3. Tickets at www.stlawrencearts. son, Michael. Using archival and recent footage, he proorg. St Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland.

The 40th Annual Maine Boat Show vides context for his father’s film by delving into the history Cost: $15-$25.

11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Also Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and of the Bowery neighborhood and following up on the film’s Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cumberland County Civic ‘Triumph of Love’ at USM crew and ‘star,’ Ray Salyer. ‘The Perfect Team’ features two Center. Tickets: $8 adult, $7 senior, $4 youth (7-14), and 7:30 p.m. The University of Southern Maine Department of the few filmed interviews ever recorded with Lionel Rogochildren under 7 free. Ken & Mike of the WGAN Morning of Theatre and USM School of Music present “Triumph of sin, one of them a 1956 interview on ‘The Today Show’ that Show will be broadcasting Live Saturday. More than 100 Love,” a witty musical romance — in disguise, directed by also featured Ray Salyer.” http://portlandmuseum.org boating and boating-related exhibitors. Sportsfishing semiAssunta Kent, musical direction by Edward Reichert. “Raznars with Capt.

Ben Conway of Reel Action Charters & Dave Fairy Tale Players zle-dazzle Broadway music energizes Marivaux’s classic Barnes of Clark Marine. Pre-season boat pricing. Hosted 7 p.m. In March, Acorn Productions presents the second 18th century play and will leave audiences laughing, sighby: Berlin City Auto Group, Shipyard Brewing, WGME 13, production of the season by the “Fairy Tale Players,” an ing and humming the catchy tunes!” Performances in the 560 WGAN, 107.5 Frank FM, 94.9 WHOM. Outside exhibensemble of kids, teens and adults who have studied at Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus are March its (large boats) free street curb boarding. Check America’s the Acorn Acting Academy. The troupe’s new production is 17, 18, 19 at 7:30 p.m., March 20 at 5 p.m. $10 students, Best Shows, Inc. out on Facebook or on our website www.

JoJo Dubois Meets His Match, an adaptation by local writer $15 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni, $21 general public. $10 at AmericasBestShows.com.

DeLorme Taylor of Seven at One Blow, the Grimm Brothers five show on March 16 at 5 p.m., all seats $10. High school story featured in the Disney cartoon The Brave Little Tailor. matinee March 15 at 10 a.m. To make reservations please call Capitol for a Day in Saco Acorn’s Producing Director Michael Levine directs the story the USM Theatre Box Office at 780.5151 or purchase tick6 p.m. Governor Paul LePage will hold the second Capitol of a tailor who uses his wit to parlay a relatively minor feat ets online via the USM Theatre Department: www.usm.maine. for a Day event visiting several businesses during the day into a kingdom, though Acorn’s “fractured fairy tale” version edu/theatre. For more information on show times and tickets and attending a town hall style meeting in the evening on is set in 1940’s Louisiana, where the king becomes a mafia call the USM Theatre Box Office at 780.5151 or visit www.

Friday, March 18. The governor will tour four businesses don, and his enemies corrupt government officials. Against usm.maine.edu/theatre to purchase tickets online. located in York County and the town hall meeting will be this backdrop, JoJo Dubois Meets His Match tells the story held at Thornton Academy in Saco where attendees will of a professor with a knack for knots who finds his heart tied have the opportunity to ask questions to the governor and Friday, March 18 up over a gang boss’ daughter. The production runs from his Cabinet. “On Friday morning Governor LePage will March 11 to 27 in the Acorn Studio Theater in Westbrook, kick off the day by opening Maine for business. A sign, with tickets $7 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under. Unlike that reads ‘Open for Business,’ that was given to GoverMaine Boat Builders show previous productions by the fledging group, “JoJo” will feanor LePage by supporters on inauguration evening will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The show times for the Maine Boat Buildture several teenage actors and is best suited for audiences 8 unveiled on Interstate 95 on the northbound side in Kiters are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. and up due to the piece’s more mature themes. Friday, March tery. For safety reasons, Maine State Police are asking the to 4 p.m. Sunday, at the Portland Company Complex. “A 18 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 19 at 2 p.m.; Sunday, March public and media to refrain from stopping on the Interstate gathering of the finest fiberglass and wooden custom boat 20 at 2 p.m.; Friday, March 25 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 26 during the unveiling of the sign. At 11:30 a.m. there will be builders on the East Coast. Also exhibiting numerous manat 3 p.m. (note change in time); Sunday, March 27 at 2 p.m. media availability with the Governor at the Eliot Commons ufacturers of boating equipment. Sailboats, powerboats, Acorn Studio Theater, Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge St., WestShopping Center off exit 3 on Route 236 in Eliot. During canoes, kayaks, and rowing boats with the builders there to brook. Cost is $7 adults; $5 kids 12 and under. FMI: www. the afternoon, once again, business owners will meet with discuss and sell their work.” http://portlandcompany.com/ acorn-productions.org or 854-0065.

Governor LePage to talk about their ideas on how to move boatShow. For further information contact Portland Yacht Maine’s economy forward. The governor will visit Shipyard ‘The Late Henry Moss’ at Lucid Stage Services at 774.1067.

Brewery, Stonewall Kitchen, Arundel Machine and Sweet8 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents “The L.L.Bean’s Spring Fishing Weekend ser. The governor’s goal is to hear from leaders within the Late Henry Moss,” by Sam Shepard, March 10-27. Perfor10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Some of the biggest names in fishing business community to find out what’s currently working for mances Thursday through Saturday evenings. Sunday matwill be at L.L.Bean on March 18-20 for L.L.Bean’s annual them and what can be improved to encourage job growth inees. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland. Playing Spring Fishing Weekend. Lefty Kreh, Dave Whitlock, Emily in our State. According to Forbes Magazine, Maine ranks times are Thursday: 7:30 p.m.; Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 8 Whitlock, Tim Rajeff, Dave Klausmeyer and others will be 50th on The Best States for Business and Careers list. The p.m.; and Sunday 2 p.m. For ticket information, visit www. available at the store from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and list has Maine at 47th place for business costs and 48th in lucidstage.com or call 899-3993 Sunday to visit with customers, share stories, sign autoregulatory environment.” The day will conclude with a town Comedian Lisa Lampanelli at Merrill graphs, books and more. And new this year, L.L.Bean will hall style meeting at Thornton Academy in Saco at 6 p.m.

8 p.m. Lisa Lampanelli is Comedy’s Lovable Queen of be showing the best short fly-fishing films from The Drake The meeting will be held at the Thornton Academy Theatre.

Mean. Heralded as “more than a standup — a standout,” by Magazine’s renowned Fly-Fishing Film Awards, which are Commissioners Bernhardt, Bowen, Brown, Congdon and comedy legend Jim Carrey, Lampanelli is a cross between shown to audiences exclusively at the International Fly Mayhew will join the Governor and answer questions from Don Rickles, Archie Bunker, and a vial of estrogen. She Tackle Dealer Show each year in Denver. Featured celebaudience members until 7:30 p.m. This will be the govereven won accolades from The King of All Media Howard rity fly tyers include David Klausmeyer, Don Bastian and nor’s second Capitol for a Day event. The first was held on Stern, who called her “a true original and a brilliant comedy Sam Kenney, who at only 12 years old has already become Feb. 18 in Cumberland County. Capitol for Day is a monthly mind who’ll steal the show every time.” Merrill Auditorium. a renowned tyer. Other weekend highlights include free flyevent that will be held in each of Maine’s 16 counties. www.portland-calendar.com casting lessons, kids’ activities, and a variety of demonstraLegislators from Falmouth and Cumberland tions, clinics and seminars including presentations by the see next page 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Connect Learn Contribute Series, Maine Professional Guide Association, as well as several

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Saturday, March 19 Presumpscot River Trail, West 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Portland Trails is excited to announce a 2011 Winter Walk series. This free series, made possible by a grant from Healthy Portland, is for adults and families with children who are making an effort to get more exercise, but are stymied when it comes to winter recreation. Participants are reminded to wear warm clothing, hats and gloves and bring snowshoes if there is adequate snow on the ground. Portland Trails has snow shoes available (free for members, $5/non-members) which can be reserved ahead of time. Please register for any walk by emailing info@trails.org or calling 775-2411.

For more information or to check cancellations due to the weather go to www.trails.

org. Charlie Baldwin, Trail Foreman, will lead a walk on our most westerly of the Presumpscot River Trail network. Enjoy this calm part of the river and the new bridge installed by Portland Trails’ board and staff this summer.

Meet at Corsetti’s (just over the town line in Westbrook), 125 Bridgton Rd.

Big Brothers Big Sisters used book sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. More than 15,000 used books will be part of the Big BIG Book Sale to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine. This unique fundraising event will be held on Saturday, March 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, March 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Woodfords Club, 159 Woodford St., Portland. There is ample parking and the event is handicap accessible. The books, donated by several benefactors around southern Maine including a huge collection that took more than 30 years to amass, are in good, fresh condition and are new to the market. The

Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day at GR DiMillo’s

sale includes books, ephemera and sheet music. For more information or to ask specific questions, email books@somebigs.org or call 773.5437 and ask for extension 50.

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

‘Zimbabwe Today’ 6:30 p.m. Round Table discussion on Zimbabwe and its current political, economic situation and prospects for the country’s future under the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) sponsored Global Political Agreement (GPA). Guest speaker: Tom Morgan, who has 10 years experience working in Africa with the Peace Corps in Nigeria, Malawi and Nigeria, with Africare in Ghana and, most recently, with the Catholic Relief Services in Zimbabwe. $5. The Museum of African Culture, 13 Brown St., 871-7188.

Sunday, March 20

Boiled Dinner $ $ 11.95

9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. A device workshop is scheduled at the U.S. Cellular Mallside retail store located at 198 Maine Mall Road in South Portland. “U.S. Cellular, which was recently recognized in a survey by Consumer Reports as the best wireless carrier in the country, is hosting a free workshop at its Mallside retail store in South Portland on March 20 to guide customers through all of the functions and features of their Android-powered, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile smartphones.

All questions are welcome from current and potential smartphone users, and the workshop will cover both basic and advanced uses. The Device Workshop is being offered at U.S. Cellular retail stores across Maine. All smartphone accessories will be 25 percent off.”

Summer Children’s Camp Fair 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. East End School Gymnasium, 195 North St., Portland. Free admission. Come meet camp staff and explore summer experiences for your child, ages tots to teens. This is the only camp fair in Southern Maine this year. For information, see www.mainecamps.org. Or call 518-9557.

South Portland High Fashion Show

Live Band

Late Night Dynamite starts at 8:30pm NO COVER

G R DiMillo’s BA Y SID E

Restaurant & Sports Bar

2 p.m. South Portland High School Project Graduation proudly presents its annual Fashion Show as well as an afternoon with Maine’s premier funnyman, Bob Marley, live at South Portland High School Auditorium. The class of 2011 will model the latest formal and casual wear fashions from area clothing outlets. Then at 4 p.m., Bob Marley will take the stage for an afternoon of humor and laughter. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, available at Willow’s, Broadway Variety and South Portland House of Pizza, all in South Portland.

Net proceeds will benefit Project Graduation, the chem-free organized graduation celebration to help keep the newest high school graduates safe.

Brahms, Britten, and the Beatles 2:30 p.m. A fresh new take on “three Bs,” this concert pays tribute to composers who have had as much impact on their eras as Bach, Beethoven and Brahms (the original “three Bs”) had on theirs. Portland Symphony Orchestra. Merrill Auditorium.

‘Gong Meditation’ 118 Preble St., Portland, ME At the entrance to Downtown Portland

207-699-5959 • www.grdimillos.com

‘The Late Henry Moss’ at Lucid Stage 8 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents “The Late Henry Moss,” by Sam Shepard, March 10-27. www.lucidstage. com or call 899-3993

Monday, March 21 Toward a More Feminist Maine noon. Toward a More Feminist Maine: 40 years of NOW activism and alliances, JoAnne Dauphinee, founding member of Maine NOW, Maine Women Writers Collection, Portland Campus. The Maine Women Writers Collection of the University of New England. 221-4334. www.une.edu/mwwc

Tuesday, March 22 The U.S. Navy Band in South Portland

Free Device Workshop for smartphone owners

Thursday, March 17

“To better attune to these solar and lunar energies, Dragonfly Taijiquan will be hosting a ‘Gong Meditation’ the evening of the Equinox, March 20 at its studio in Portland, at 222 St. John Street, Suite 240. There is a suggested donation of $12 to $18.”

Advance registration is encouraged. FMI or to register contact: 761-2142 or dragonflytaiji@roadrunner.com

7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The planetary Spring Equinox comes on Sunday evening, March 20. The Full “Crow” Moon comes just before that on Saturday afternoon.

7 p.m. The U.S. Navy Band, the nation’s premiere orchestral group under the direction of Captain Brian O. Walden, will come to the auditorium at South Portland High School in a free concert. A limited amount of free tickets are available at the South Portland Community Center, Starbird Music on Forest Ave in Portland and Music&Arts Center, 106 Gray Rd (Route 100) in Falmouth.” More information, including email requests for tickets, available at www. southportlandmusicboosters.org.

Wednesday, March 23 Public input opportunities for city manager search 7:30 a.m. The Portland City Council City Manager Search Committee, comprised of Councilor Cheryl Leeman (chair), Councilor John Anton and Councilor Jill Duson, will host a series of meetings with stakeholder groups as well as a public meeting to get the views of the community on what they believe are important qualifications for the city of Portland’s next city manager. Throughout the day of March 23, the City Manager Search Committee as well as Colin Baenziger of Colin Baenziger & Associates, the national search firm selected by the council to assist in the hiring process, will meet with local nonprofits, business groups including the Portland Community Chamber, the Portland Downtown District, and Creative Portland, neighborhood associations, city employees, School Board members as well as Portland Public Schools employees, and the city’s Multicultural Advisory Committee. The day will end with an opportunity for members of the public to provide input to the City Council at City Hall. 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Meeting with local nonprofits; State of Maine Room, City Hall. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Lunch & Learn with the Portland Community Chamber, Portland Downtown District, Creative Portland, Greater Portland Council of Governments, Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System, and Cumberland County; Residence Inn Marriott. 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., meeting with city of Portland employees; State of Maine Room, City Hall. 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., meeting with Multicultural Advisory Committee and members of the multicultural community; State of Maine Room, City Hall. 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., meeting with Portland School Board and Portland Public Schools employees; State of Maine Room, City Hall. 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., public meeting with City Council; City Council Chambers, City Hall. For members of the public unable to attend, but interested in providing feedback, they can email their suggestions to citymanagersearch@portlandmaine.gov.