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See page 9 Victim of unsolved Homeless clinic dodges cut in CDBG funding plans; homicide city council next step in grant allocation — Page 6 focus of walk See page 7

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Victoria Szatkowski, chairwoman of the the Community Development Block Grant Allocation Committee for Portland, talks with board member Claude Rwaganje during Thursday’s meeting at City Hall. Allocations this cycle were difficult. On a national level the Community Development Block Grant has received a 13 percent decrease in funding this year, following a 16.5 percent decrease the year before, the committee noted. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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G.M. turns to MTV to draw young buyers DETROIT (NY Times) — Ross Martin, 37, is the executive vice president of MTV Scratch, a unit of the giant media company Viacom that consults with brands about connecting with consumers. He and his team are trying to help General Motors solve one of the most vexing problems facing the car industry: many young consumers today just do not care that much about cars.

That is a major shift from the days when the car stood at the center of youth culture and wheels served as the ultimate gateway to freedom and independence. Today Facebook, Twitter and text messaging allow teenagers and 20-somethings to connect without wheels.

“They think of a car as a giant bummer,” said Martin.

“Think about your dashboard. It’s filled with nothing but bad news.”

There is data to support. Martin’s observations.

In 2008, 46.3 percent of potential drivers 19 years old and younger had drivers’ licenses, compared with 64.4 percent in 1998, according to the Federal Highway Administration, and drivers ages 21 to 30 drove 12 percent fewer miles in 2009 than they did in 1995. Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.

Cars are still essential to drivers of all ages, and car cultures still endure in swaths of suburban and rural areas. But automobiles have fallen in the public estimation of younger people. In a survey of 3,000 consumers born from 1981 to 2000 — a generation marketers call “millennials” — Scratch asked which of 31 brands they preferred. Not one car brand ranked in the top 10, lagging far behind companies like Apple and Nike.

The five-year strategic vision that Scratch has developed for Chevrolet, kept quiet until now, stretches beyond marketing to a rethinking of the company’s corporate culture.

The strategy is to infuse General Motors with the same insights that made MTV reality shows like “Jersey Shore” and “Teen Mom” breakout hits.

Martin calls the G.M. headquarters the “Death Star,” after the Star Wars headquarters of Darth Vader. He says he understands the unlikely melding of cultures he is trying. “We know we’re people who don’t fit in here,” he said.

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Insider trading ban for lawmakers clears Congress WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The Senate gave final approval on Thursday to an ethics bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress, clearing the measure for President Obama, who called for such legislation in his State of the Union address two months ago.

Passage came swiftly after the Senate voted, 96 to 3, to end debate on the measure, which was approved in the House by a vote of 417 to 2 last month.

The lopsided votes showed lawmakers desperate to regain public trust in an election year, when the public approval rating of Congress has sunk below 15 percent.

The bill originated in the Senate. But

House Republican leaders rewrote it, and the Senate on Thursday accepted the changes.

Watchdog groups and some lawmakers said the changes had weakened the bill by killing two important provisions added on the Senate floor in early February.

One provision would have regulated a growing industry that collects “political intelligence” from political insiders for the use of hedge funds, mutual funds and other investors. The second provision dropped from the bill would have given prosecutors powerful new tools to pursue public corruption cases.

The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, said Republicans

had blocked efforts to go to a conference to negotiate differences with the House.

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut and the chief sponsor of the bill, said its passage should “help assure our constituents that we are in Washington to address their concerns and not to profit personally while we are at it.”

A handful of lawmakers, led by Representative Louise M. Slaughter, Democrat of New York, have tried for years to enact restrictions on stock trading by members of Congress.

Their efforts drew little support until new attention to the practice last year — coupled with election anxiety — prompted a flood of support for the idea and Obama’s backing.

U.S. is inching toward elusive U.S. intelligence report warns goal of energy independence of global water tensions MIDLAND, Texas (NY Times) — Across the country, the oil and gas industry is vastly increasing production, reversing two decades of decline. Using new technology and spurred by rising oil prices since the mid-2000s, the industry is extracting millions of barrels more a week, from the deepest waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the prairies of North Dakota.

At the same time, Americans are pumping significantly less gasoline. While that is partly a result of the recession and higher gasoline prices, people are also driving fewer miles and replacing older cars with more fuel-efficient vehicles at a greater clip, federal data show.

Taken together, the increasing production and declining consumption have unexpectedly brought the United States mark-

edly closer to a goal that has tantalized presidents since Richard Nixon: independence from foreign energy sources, a milestone that could reconfigure American foreign policy, the economy and more.

In 2011, the country imported just 45 percent of the liquid fuels it used, down from a record high of 60 percent in 2005.

“There is no question that many national security policy makers will believe they have much more flexibility and will think about the world differently if the United States is importing a lot less oil,” said Michael A. Levi, an energy and environmental senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. “For decades, consumption rose, production fell and imports increased, and now every one of those trends is going the other way.”

WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The American intelligence community warned in a report released on Thursday that problems with water could destabilize countries in North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia over the next decade.

Increasing demand and competition caused by the world’s rising population and scarcities created by climate change and poor management threaten to disrupt economies and increase regional tensions, the report concludes.

Prepared at the request of the State Department, the report is based on a classified National Intelligence Estimate completed last October that reflected an increasing focus on environmental and other factors that threaten security. An estimate reflects the consensus judgment of all intelligence agencies.

While the report concluded that wars over water are unlikely in the coming decade, it said that countries could use water as political and economic leverage over neighbors and that major facilities like dams and desalination plants could become targets of terrorist attacks.

Coupled with poverty and other social factors, problems with water could even contribute to the political failure of weaker nations.

Early spring sets much of U.S. awash in color and pollen dust ATLANTA (NY Times) — Spring, with its promise of flip-flops and daffodils, can have a dark side. Take this one, which hit so early in many parts of the nation that the headaches are outweighing the sunny benefits.

High temperatures and a sudden bloom have turned what some call the Bible Belt into the Pollen Belt. Insects usually not seen for a month or two are out in full force in the Midwest and Rocky Mountains.

Chicago is in its eighth day of 80-degree heat. And in New York, a string of days more than 20 degrees warmer than usual have sent baffled residents searching for sundresses and wondering if it is too soon

to schedule a trip to the garden store.

Over the last seven days, 4,412 hightemperature records were broken, according to the National Weather Service.

And with that heat comes trouble. In Atlanta, the pollen count on Tuesday hit a record 9,369 parts per cubic meter of air.

Normally, it tops out around 3,000 this time of year, said Glenn Burns, the veteran meteorologist for WSB-TV. “I don’t know how we’re breathing,” he said.

One visual indication of the bizarre shift in season is the early and extra-heavy arrival of yellow pine pollen, which has dusted this city like powdered sugar on a doughnut. It is so thick that Stanley Joffe is running a

pollen special at Avril’s Car Wash.

For $6, he simply hoses down a car and dries it. A driver could easily buy two or three a day.

“People know that as soon as they leave, they’ll just need another car wash,” Mr. Joffe said.

Dr. Todd Adkins, an immunologist at the Mississippi Asthma and Allergy Clinic in Jackson, barely had time to catch his breath between patients, who also could not catch theirs. They are showing up miserable, their noses running and throats scratchy.

“This is truly the busiest I’ve ever been this time of year,” he said.

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Costa announces statehouse campaign in House Dist. 115 DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS Justin Costa, chairman of the Portland School Board’s Finance Committee, officially announced his candidacy for the Maine House of Representatives on Thursday.

“This is a critical time for Portland,” Costa, a Democrat, said in a statement.

“Our community and our Costa schools are under attack by the LePage administration.

Our access to good jobs, quality healthcare, and world-class education is being threatened.

“As the Finance Chair of our School Board, and as a young person about to graduate from law school, few know this better than I do. At this critical time I believe we need a representative who has shown a commitment to our community, who has been tested in politics, and who has demonstrated an ability to achieve real results. I am the only candidate in this race who can say all of those things,” he continued.

Costa has twice been elected to the School Board representing District 4. As a School Board member, Costa has helped to oversee the turnaround of the Portland Public Schools in the aftermath of the 2007 budgetary crisis. Over the last several years the schools have brought in new leadership, overseen the opening of the Ocean Avenue Elementary School, reorganized the district’s organizational structure, transitioned to a multi-year budgeting model, adopted a comprehensive planning framework, secured the largest private foundation grant in the district’s history, and seen student test scores rise dramatically at the East End and Riverton elementary schools.

Costa grew up in Maine, attended Wesleyan University, and will graduate from the University of Maine School of Law this May. House District 115 encompasses parts of the Back Cove, USM, Oakdale, Woodford’s

Corner, and Deering Center neighborhoods.

Other candidates in the race include: Democrats Malory Shaughnessy and Erik Jorgensen; Republican Christopher Jordan and Green Independent Seth Berner.

The primary for the three Democrats in the race is June 12.

Snowe, McKernan mark passing of State Sen. Collins U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe and former Governor John R. McKernan Jr. yesterday issued a statement regarding the death of former lawmaker and judge, Samuel W. Collins Jr. “We are profoundly saddened to learn of the passing of our dear friend, Sam Collins, who was truly an outstanding leader in Rockland and his beloved state of Maine,” they wrote in a press release.

“Sam exhibited the highest level of integrity and intellect over his exceptional career, engendering tremendous respect. He was extremely thoughtful and his word carried enormous weight – leaving a legacy that will forever reverberate in Maine. We had the extraordinary honor of serving with Sam in the Maine State Legislature where we witnessed firsthand his indefatigable spirit of service and a boundless commitment to his constituents. As Governor, Jock appointed him to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, due to his sterling reputation in the legal arena.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Dottie; their children; Sam’s brother, Don; Sam’s niece, Senator Collins; and his entire family during this most difficult time.”

Senator Snowe and Governor McKernan served with State Senator Collins in the Maine State Legislature from 1975-1976, and Senator Snowe served with him in the Maine State Senate from 1977-1978. Governor McKernan appointed him to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in 1988.

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Poliquin for Senate notes kickoff event Bruce Poliquin, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, officially began his campaign last Saturday at a Knox-Lincoln County Tea Party event, the Poliquin for Senate campaign announced yesterday.

Poliquin thanked the nearly 100 in attendance, many of whom volunteered for his successful signature gathering effort, a press release from the campaign stated.

Poliquin Poliquin, who currently serves as Maine State Treasurer, garnered 3,200 signatures in 10 days, all but 300 of which were collected by volunteers. “This kind of grassroots support is what it’s going to take to win both the primary and the general election,” Poliquin said. “This may be our state’s most important election in a generation. Washington doesn’t need another career politician; it needs a fiscal conservative with plenty of business experience.”

Gordon Colby, one of the founders of Maine’s Tea Party movement and organizer of the Saturday event, said Poliquin is the right man at the right time.

“Bruce Poliquin doesn’t just talk about fiscal conservatism, he embodies it,” he said. “As Maine State Treasurer, he’s done more to get our fiscal house in order in 15 months than some people do over their entire career.”

Poliquin is among the Republican candidates for the office held

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Poliquin of Georgetown was sworn in as Maine’s 49th State Treasurer in January. Poliquin was selected by a Joint Convention of Maine’s 125th Legislature.

“Treasurer Poliquin and the new LePage Administration are committed to creating a business-friendly environment by state government spending less, taxing less, regulating less, and borrowing less,” states a Treasurer’s press release.

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City should look within its department for next fire chief Editor, Regarding "Suslovic says outside hire should lead fire department," March 21). As a city of Portland retired employee and the older brother of three city firemen and another one who is now retired, and the son of a father who did put in 26 years in the Portland fire department and did retire as the acting fire chief, I do feel I am sure that they should not go outside of the department to get a new chief.

The city of Portland and its councilors and the Public Safety Committee do not feel that anyone could not step up and take over until they do get a new chief. Deputy Chief Steven Smith, who has more than 35 years of experience with the department, should be the one to take over to head the department, and they should just give him the job; one of the others could move up to the deputy chief, and a captain could move up. Why go outside to find a chief who could leave in two years, as he has nothing to lose? So why not move everyone up in the department? I do feel that they should not go outside of the department. Hire from within.

John Flynn Portland

A bill to support thousands of jobs in Maine needs prompt passage Editor, As a nation, we can’t afford to abandon infrastructure improvements. They are job creators, and they are necessary to our overall economic growth.

Thankfully the Senate recently passed a bipartisan bill that will move us forward. With over 7,000 jobs in Maine on the line, it’s time for the House to act too.

As a longtime member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I know how critical it is to maintain and improve our highways and bridges. It not only provides for increased safety, but it also promotes productivity and boosts our nation’s competitiveness in the global marketplace.

But we have to do better than the status quo if we want to grow our economy and really move out of this recession.

That’s why I joined with my colleagues on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to introduce the bipartisan Senate transportation bill that recently passed by a vote of 74 to 22. see LETTERS page 5

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City should embrace changes to bring affordable housing Last week, the Federated Companies, a real estate investment trust based in Florida, sold the Bayside Village student housing complex on Marginal Way for $18.2 million — $9 million more than they price they paid for the building in 2010, when it was in foreclosure and half-empty.

This eye-popping profit is great for Federated, and probably good, too, for the prospects of the mixed-use high rises they’re proposing to build on the vacant blocks between Elm and Pearl Streets.

But it should sound a note of caution for city leaders and planners who are concerned about affordable housing in Portland.

The foreclosure crisis allowed Federated to buy Bayside Village at fire-sale prices, but the aftermath is causing a rapid and distressing increase in prices for apartments in Portland.

As hundreds of Maine families have lost their homes to the banks in recent years, they’re flocking to the one place in the state where there’s any volume of rental housing available — the city of Portland.

Christian MilNeil ––––– Daily Sun Columnist That means that it’s becoming increasingly difficult for people of any income level to find an affordable place to live in our city.

Middle-class families are fighting over apartments that formerly had been rented to low-income households, and low-income households are being priced out of the market altogether, forced to crowd in with extended family members, or into the city’s cramped homeless shelters.

Social justice is only part of the problem, though. Portland has staked its economic development prospects on the ability to attract educated professionals to move to the city with their families.

But how can the city attract educated young workers if they can’t find a place to live?

In the past few days, I’ve talked with two acquaintances who are

currently searching for a decent 1- or 2-bedroom apartment in the city. They are both in their 20s or early 30s, with college degrees and solid jobs (one in the arts, another in local agriculture) that give them a fair amount of disposable income.

They’re exactly the kinds of people that City Hall says that it wants to welcome with open arms.

But the city’s housing market is a rude host. These two potential Portlanders have looked at over a dozen apartments, all of which are either in terrible condition, or exorbitantly expensive. Even if they do manage to find a place, it looks likely that more of their income will go to pay rent, instead of being spent on goods and services in the local economy.

Traditionally, our low cost of living has been an asset in attracting new residents and businesses. But our housing shortage is making that less and less of an advantage. We’re still more affordable than Brooklyn or Cambridge, but the difference is getting smaller all the time. And that’s tangibly holding back our see MILNEIL page 5

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The politics of signature gathering Got quite a jolt yesterday afternoon when I was stopped by a young woman in Congress Square who wanted to know if I’d sign a petition for someone’s “right to be on the ballot.” Holy cow, I thought, what happened. That issue was supposed to be settled a long time ago by George Washington and the boys. If you’re an American citizen you’ve got the right to stand for election to political office.

Evidently that’s now in question since this woman is circulating a petition to establish someone’s right to be on the ballot. Our political system has been upended and I hadn’t heard a thing about it until now.

No, she explained, a little flustered, everything’s okay as far as that goes, but her candidate can’t be on the ballot unless they get a certain number of signatures of registered voters, so by signing I’d be affirming their right to be on the ballot. No, I said, by signing their petition I wouldn’t be affirming their right to be on the ballot, that right has already been established. By signing their petition I’d be indicating my desire to see them on the ballot.

She thought that was a fair way to put it, that by signing I’d be affirming their right to be on the ballot. No, I said, they have that right whether I sign their petition or not. By signing their petition I’d be indicating my desire to see them on the ballot. Well, she said, they can’t be on the ballot if a certain number of people don’t sign their peti-

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Verbal sparring is not popular with me, mainly because I usually lose at it, but also because it’s hardly ever about the issue at hand.

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Daily Sun Columnist tion so, yes, by signing I’d be affirming their right to be on the ballot.

Well, I could see that this was going to keep going round and round, and she was kind of edging away from me and eyeing the next person coming down the street, someone who looked like a nice person who wouldn’t get into some kind of sophomoric discussion with her, so I asked her if she could at least tell me a little about the candidate before I signed their petition. My point hadn’t been made with her, but I wanted to be nice, too. Life is short and can be hard here and there, you know, so why add grief when you can avoid it?

At that point she gave me an icy stare and said that she really didn’t know anything about the candidate, that she was just helping them get on the ballot, and that if I didn’t want to sign that was okay, giving me the impression that she probably wouldn’t allow me to sign now even if I wanted to. As she was turning away from me to approach the next passerby I asked her why she was out on the street doing this if she didn’t even know the

candidate. Was it to stand up for a principle? She got more than a little irritated at that. Maybe there was a bit more sarcasm in my voice than I intended there to be, I don’t know.

In any event, she whirled back on me and blurted out that, no, it didn’t have anything to do with “principle,” emphasizing the word, that she was doing it because she was being paid for each signature she got. Left unsaid was that she didn’t give a damn what I thought about that.

Verbal sparring is not popular with me, mainly because I usually lose at it, but also because it’s hardly ever about the issue at hand, it’s about trying to intimidate one another. The “gee, I guess you’re right” moment never seems to arrive, and I never seem to come up with the perfect zinger until the next morning while I’m shaving, so I just walked away.

I was bothered by the whole thing, though, so as I walked down the street I got on the cell to the ultimate authority on such matters, former state rep Herb Adams, and asked him if people could pay others to stand on the street and get passersby to sign petitions. I told him I always thought signature gatherers had to be volunteers, you

know, people who are sincere about what they’re doing, committed to a cause, that sort of thing.

Oh no, not at all, he said. You can go on Craig’s List and check it out.

Companies advertise there for clients who need a certain number of signatures, whether it be to get themselves or other individuals on the ballot, or to get a proposed referendum on the ballot, regardless of what it might be. They’ll guarantee you a certain number of signatures regardless. He said he once got legislation passed by both houses of the legislature and signed by the governor to prohibit the practise but the federal district court struck it down. Something about spending money to effect public policy being a form of free speech.

That’s probably what she would’ve hit me with if I had hung around. Or not. Maybe she really doesn’t care either way and is just in it for the money, like she said. Sincerity is so rare today it’s hard to recognize it when you see it.

(Cliff Gallant of Portland is a regular columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Email him at gallant.cliff555@ yahoo.com.)

This legislation is by far the biggest jobs bill Congress will consider this year LETTERS from page 4

We also called on House leaders to abandon their partisan transportation bill and bring the Senate bill up for immediate consideration.

The bill has a long title — the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act” (H.R. 14) — but a simple mission: to move our nation forward and create desperately needed jobs. The bill maintains investments for highways and public transportation, consolidates and streamlines highway programs, strengthens safety, eliminates earmarks, establishes a national freight program, institutes performance measures and improves accountability for transportation infrastructure investments. At a time when 50 percent of our nation’s roads are in disrepair and 70,000 bridges are structurally deficient, we can’t afford inaction on this issue.

Unlike the House bill, which slashes funding and eliminates over 500,000 jobs, MAP-21 continues current funding levels, sustaining approximately 1.9 million American jobs. Under the Senate bill, states will receive $3.8 billion more in highway construction funding than the House bill over the course of the next two years.

This transportation legislation is by far the biggest jobs bill Congress will consider this year. It has a significant impact on Maine, too – according to estimates by the U.S. Department of Transportation, 7,400 jobs in our state would be supported by the funding levels contained in the bill.

But we must act soon. On March 31st, authorization for current transportation program funding will expire. If allowed to expire, transportation projects around the country will grind to a halt. We saw what happened when the Federal Aviation Admin-

istration programs were allowed to expire, and we can’t let history repeat itself. Our economic recovery can’t afford another massive shutdown.

Unfortunately, as I write this, House leaders are not planning to bring up the Senate-passed bill.

Instead, they’ll seek to move a three-month extension of current law, something that the Senate opposes.

This would be the ninth of these short-term extensions, which removes certainty from transportation planning at a time our states can least afford it.

It is imperative that Congress gets a bill to the President as soon as possible. As our economy shows some additional signs of recovery, we can’t pull the rug out from under it by ignoring our critical infrastructure needs.

U.S. Rep. Michael H. Michaud Maine’s 2nd Congressional District

How can we attract educated young workers if they can’t find a place to live?

MILNEIL from page 4

economy, and our ability to grow.

Some politicians and economic development visionaries have talked about adding ten thousand new residents to the city in the next decade — chiefly migrants from big-city powerhouses like New York and Boston, people who can move here for the quality of life and also bring their big-city businesses and clients here to spur the local economy.

That’s a nice vision. It would mean ten thousand more customers for locally-owned businesses, and millions of dollars more injected into the local economy.

But where are ten thousand more people going to live? The city’s current zoning effectively makes it illegal for developers to build new housing at reasonable rents. The only new buildings to have been

built in the past two decades either required large government subsidies, or have been targeted at a very high-end, luxury market.

And the trickle of new apartments and condos that have been built in recent years has done virtually nothing to keep up with the housing needs of current Portlanders — to say nothing of ten thousand new Portlanders.

In short, Portland’s housing problems aren’t merely crowding our homeless shelters and destabilizing the city’s most vulnerable families (although that should be enough of a concern on its own).

It’s holding back our entire city’s economy, and our capacity to grow sustainably.

Developers are eager to build new apartments in Portland, but the city’s zoning laws make it prohibitively expensive to do so, thanks to outdated zoning codes that require projects to include anti-urban,

land-wasting features like parking lots and front lawns.

The city’s laws, generally written in the 1950s and 1960s, essentially require developers to build suburban-style housing developments. But the city needs urban housing, within walking distance to jobs, transit, and services, with architecture that fits in with our historic urban neighborhoods.

Social justice advocates and the Chamber of Commerce should be standing hand-in-hand to ask Mayor Brennan and the City Council to remove outdated zoning and regulatory barriers, and legalize the construction of reasonably-priced housing in the city of Portland.

(Christian MilNeil is a blogger at “The Vigorous North: A field guide to the wilderness areas of American cities,” www.vigorousnorth.com.)

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BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A city-mandated cap on social services funding, through the federal Community Development Block Grant program, would hurt a health office that provides primary care to about 3,000 homeless people, according to officials working out funding recommendations to the city council.

The Healthcare for the Homeless Clinic, part of the Portland Community Health Center, almost lost close to half of its sought-after funding in the CDBG process. But City Manager Mark Rees agreed Thursday with a city board handling CDBG scoring and distribution that a 45 percent cap instituted last year by the city council on city social service applicants could have been applied in a more equitable way for the clinic.

A cap on city social services, under existing rules, placed applicants in a priority list, leaving the agency that's on the bottom of the list with only

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The committee's and the city manager's respective recommendations about what programs to fund will be forwarded to the city council for review Monday at a 5:30 p.m. special meeting. The city council will at that time hold a public hearing for the first of two readings of the proposals. April 9 is the final city council review of the proposed grant allocations.

Rees' change in the distribution of social service grant money was embraced by the Community Development Block Grant Annual Allocation Committee Thursday when it met to receive his proposals. The committee, in a memo to Rees on Feb. 17, reported it was "dissatisfied with the impact of the CAP Rule on the Community Health Center," referring to the Healthcare for the Homeless clinic.

Instead, members urged "spreading the impact of the cut among the three programs." The result was slight decreases in funding for other applicants — $123,015 for community policing, rather than $150,000 requested; and $28,791 for the city Health and Human Services' after hours emergency assistance program, rather than $34,000 requested.

In general, Reed ended up backing nearly all of a committee's recommendations for hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funding.

"I would say I accepted probably 95 percent of your recommendations with a couple of minor changes," Rees told the committee.

Portland in the past has received $2.1 million annually in federal funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the form of Community Development Block Grants.

In 2008, the city created a CDBG Priority Task Force and a CDBG Annual Allocation Committee. In the ensuing years, amid controversy over how money was distributed, the program underwent significant changes. In 2010, the city council agreed to review see GRANTS page 8

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, March 23, 2012— Page 7

Richardson’s unsolved homicide focus of walk Saturday DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT More than two years after armed intruders claimed the life of a 25-year-old Portland woman, a community walk aims to restoke interest in the unsolved homicide.

The second annual "Walk to Remember Darien Richardson" will take place at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Back Cove (Baxter Boulevard).

A group called Remembering Darien, organizer of the walk, states that its vision "is to help innocent victims of violent crimes to heal and rebuild their lives in the aftermath of incomprehensible violence."

Police said they remain committed to solving the Richardson homicide.

"The Darien Richardson homicide is an open investigation," said Lt. Gary Rogers, head Darien Richardson (above) of the Portland Police Depart- and the poster (right) ment's Criminal Investigations about Saturday’s walk.

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Richardson died several weeks after she was shot in the upper thigh and thumb while sleeping in her bed at 25 Rackleff St., Jan. 8, 2010.

The cause of death was given as a pulmonary embolism resulting from the gunshot wound, transforming the shooting into a homicide. She died while visiting a friend in Miami Beach, Fla., after a long period of hospitalization and recuperation in Maine.

Richardson’s friend Cory Girard was grazed by a bullet to his arm, while asleep in the room with her.

The two other residents in the apartment weren’t injured, and no worthwhile information was able to be gleaned by police from their interviews with Girard.

Portland detectives have tried to rekindle the public’s interest in the unsolved death, with a press conference held by then-Chief James Craig and an effort at handing out fliers about the crime last fall.

Richardson was an honor-roll student and graduated from Bowdoin College.

The home invasion was thought to have a connection to drugs, although former Police Chief Craig stressed at a news conference in June 2010 that there was no indication that Richardson herself was

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About the CDBG federal grant program Community Development Block Grant funding, like many federal programs, is far from simple. Agencies apply for CDBG funding based on program guidelines, and those applications are rated over several weeks by the city’s CDBG allocations committee. The highest rated programs receive some or all of the funds they requested. The city manager then offers his own CDBG list, which often closely mirrors that of committee — this year, Mark Rees said his list is nearly identical, with just a few “minor changes.” At the end of that process, the city council has final say on which programs gets funded. The Portland City Council will hold a Special City Council Meeting at 5 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, on Monday to review the recommendations.

This year, the amount of funding requests far outweighs the amount of CDBG funding available, the allocations committee reported in a memo to Rees.

The total dollars requested is $3,107,222, resulting in A homeless man calling himself “Boomer” said he’s been in Portland for 45 years. Here, he’s shown camping in Lincoln Park.

Homeless assistance services are among the targets of Community Development Block Grant allocations in Portland. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

Rees on CDBG funding: ‘It’s very difficult, and I don’t think going forward it’s going to be any easier’ GRANTS from page 6

the way it allocates money from the federal grant program after a "messy" meeting that one councilor said devolved into "horse trading." Then-Mayor Nick Mavodones even scheduled a council workshop to discuss possible changes to CDBG funding.

Over the past four years, refinements and changes have included the elimination of smaller $7,500 grants to social services for "capacity building and to small businesses micro-enterprises for technical assistance." The city continues to fund private businesses, and other streams of money are made available for social services and development activities.

In the current funding cycle, which began last fall and will end this summer with enactment of whatever projects get funded, the challenge has been the loss of money to allocate.

On a national level the CDBG program has received a 13 percent decrease in funding this year, following a 16.5 percent decrease the year before, the Allocation Committee noted.

Rees said reductions in federal funding likely will continue.

"It's very difficult, and I don't think going forward it's going to be any easier," he said.

This year, in a bid to free up money, Rees recommended seeking a different source of funding of the Cumberland Avenue street light project, which is budgeted at $248,860.

Rees said he wants to see the street lighting completed, but he wants to tap the city's capital improvements program for funding rather than using CDBG money. Rees said this change would free up CDBG money for other applicants, including $75,397 for Catherine Morrill Day Nursery's window and frontage restoration; $18,000 for the Maine Irish Heritage Center's accessibility project, an update and historic renovation of the old St. Dominic's church on Gray Street; and $117,987 for the Committee to Restore the Abyssinian Meeting House, which sought $250,000 in its ongoing quest to restore the historically significant abolitionist landmark on Newbury Street.

"That will be very popular, showing that the city is willing to find other sources of funding and that this can go to other nonprofits," said Victoria Szatkowski, chairwoman of the Allocations Committee.

Money gleaned from a contingency fund brought in $270,000 for certain other applicants, Rees noted.

a gap of $1,308,624 between available funding and requests, the committee stated. “As in prior years, we were faced with difficult choices in this year’s recommendation process and struggled with which applications to recommend funding. The Committee stayed focused on the scoring criteria in order to be fair to all applicants,” the memo reads.

Twenty-three Development Activities applications and 19 Social Service applications were submitted, requesting a total of $2,765,737. Four of the applications requested $144,250 for the $100,000 economic development set-aside; $891,982 is available for all other Development Activity applications. Portland received 19 Social Service applications, including two applicants requesting multiyear requests. The committee reviewed $1,022,210 in social service requests, with $581,631 available. Below is a break-down of the funding requests and how officials recommended the money should be spent.

What the Portland City Council will review on Monday Planning and Administration Cap Social Service Cap Development Activities Allocation

Fiscal year 2011-12 $414,008 $670,674 $1,130,806 $2,215,488

FY 2012-13 $359,720 $581,631 $857,247 $1,798,598

Difference ($54,288) ($89,043) ($273,559) ($416,890)

The amount of funding available for job creation is $100,000. Four applicants submitted proposals for that funding: Creative Portland Corporation: Assets for Artists Portland Maine; Coastal Enterprises Inc: Portland Microenterprise Assistance Project; OTTO Pizza OTTO Delivered; and StarEast Café and Bakery: A Marketer, A Baker and Pita Bread Maker. The first two applicants requested funding for economic development and qualify under HUD regulations as Micro Enterprise Assistance. Both Creative Portland Corporation and Coastal Enterprises Inc are nonprofits which have requested funds to help individuals create businesses that will result in jobs, which qualifies them for the Economic Development set-aside. OTTO Pizza and StarEast Café and Bakery are both for-profit businesses that have requested funds for job creation under the HUD regulations. All four applicants requested a total of $144,250. The funding recommendations follow, with the respective recommendations of the committee and City Manager Mark Rees: Economic Development Set-Aside Coastal Enterprises, Inc. Portland Microenterprise Assistance Program Creative Portland Corporation Assets for Artists: StarEast Café & Bakery A Marketer, A Baker, A Pita Bread Maker OTTO Pizza OTTO Delivered $45,000 request

Committee $30,000 $24,250 $45,000 $0

Rees $30,000 $24,250 $45,000 $0

Development Activities City Inspections and Code Enforcement Healthy Living Health $116,726 $116,726 City Public Services Libbytown Trail Crossing Fore River Parkway $117,300 $117,300 City Public Services Handicap Ramp Upgrades and Construction $50,625 $50,625 Youth and Family Outreach Playground Renovation $57,550 $57,550 City Public Services Fort Allen Overlook Accessibility Project $77,350 $77,350 City Economic Development Façade Improvement Program $100,000 $100,000 City Public Services CDBG Tree Planting Program $15,000 $15,000 City Facilities and Recreation Preservation of the Portland Observatory $96,000 $96,000 Preble Street Resource Center Soup Kitchen Building Improvements $61,096 $61,096 City Planning Division Cumberland Avenue Street Light Project $66,350 $0 (NOTE: $248,860 was requested; $66,350 was recommended by the committee; no funds were recommended

by Rees based on finding capital improvement funds in lieu of CDBG allocations.)

Catherine Morrill Day Nursery’s window and frontage restoration $0 $188,270 (NOTE: $188,270 was requested; no funding was recommended by the committee; full funding was recommended by Rees based on deferring a street light request through use of capital improvement funds.)

Maine Irish Heritage Center accessibility project $0 $18,000 (NOTE: $18,000 was requested; no funding was recommended by the committee; full funding was recommended by Rees based on deferring a street light request through use of capital improvement funds.)

Committee to Restore the Abyssinian Meeting House $0 $117,987 (NOTE: $250,000 was requested; no funding was recommended by the committee; partial funding was recommended by Rees based on deferring a street light request through use of capital improvement funds.)

Social Services City Police community policing $150,000 $123,015 City Health and Human Services after hours emergency assistance $34,000 $28,791 City behavioral health healthcare for the homeless $77,734 $109,928 (NOTE: Rees recommended a scoring committee’s method of assigning proportional funding to all three of these applicants, rather than priority funding. This left healthcare for the homeless $54,743 under its $132,477 request; two lost a share of their funding as a result; the third, behavioral health, received additional funding as a result) Catherine Morrill Day Nursery child care assistance Preble Street emergency food programs Preble Street Resource Center funding Preble Street lighthouse shelter Milestone Foundation Inc. HOME team homeless outreach Amistad Peer Support and Recovery Center

$64,085 $50,000 $40,000 $30,000 $75,000 $19,316

$64,085 $50,000 $40,000 $30,000 $75,000 $19,316

SOURCE: http://www.portlandmaine.gov/cdbgannuallocation.htm#members

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, March 23, 2012— Page 9

Experts warn against rush to plant gardens, crops amid heat wave “It’s a gamble

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By Holiday Mathis influence counts for more than you think it does. Therefore, it will be important to cast your vote, whether it be in the form of money, a political vote or a testimony.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

There are thoughts that distract you repeatedly and for good reason. There’s something important that your subconscious needs to tell your conscious mind, and you’ll benefit from figuring it out.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A past event is on your mind. You initially had a strong reaction, but those intense feelings have faded. You’re almost ready to accept the situation and move past it. This afternoon you’ll feel noticeably lighter.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Out of sheer compassion, you’ll come up with ways to help the people who have been affected by unfortunate circumstances, even though you had nothing to do with the creation of those circumstances.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Take advantage of the improved sense of focus you have now. You deserve it.

Your concentration is good because your conscience is clean and you hold no ill feelings or grudges against anyone.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 23).

To celebrate your birthday, you’ll seal a deal and start a new chapter. The next 10 weeks bring many laughing hours with friends. April features romantic intrigue. A summer training program or educational pursuit will be rigorous.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There’s a vast landscape of knowledge inside you, and you’ll be trimming, weeding and planting new seeds there today.

In the evening, people want more from you. You’ll be asked to give your word.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s a fire in your belly as you approach an exciting prospect. Something like this doesn’t come along every day. Then again, if you don’t make your mark today, tomorrow will offer you another chance.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You will bring people together. The ones who resist your direction don’t know how wise you are. The ones who heed your advice will be forever changed by the connection they make because of you.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, March 23, the 83rd day of 2012. There are 283 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 23, 2011, Academy Award-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the classic movie stars, died in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79.

On this date: In 1775, Patrick Henry delivered an address to the Virginia Provincial Convention in which he is said to have declared, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

In 1792, Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 94 in G Major (the “Surprise” symphony) had its first public performance in London.

In 1806, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, having reached the Pacific coast, began their journey back east.

In 1912, Wernher von Braun, the scientist who helped develop the V-2 combat rocket for the Nazis and the Saturn V booster rocket for NASA, was born in Wirsitz, Germany.

In 1919, Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy.

In 1933, the German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act, which effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers.

In 1942, the first Japanese-Americans evacuated by the U.S. Army during World War II arrived at the internment camp in Manzanar, Calif.

In 1965, America’s first two-person space flight began as Gemini 3 blasted off with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young aboard for a nearly five-hour flight.

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan first proposed developing technology to intercept incoming enemy missiles — an idea that came to be known as the Strategic Defense Initiative.

In 1994, Wayne Gretzky broke Gordie Howe’s National Hockey League career record with his 802nd goal.

In 2010, President Barack Obama signed a $938 billion health care overhaul, declaring “a new season in America.”

One year ago: NATO ships began patrolling off Libya’s coast as airstrikes, missiles and energized rebels forced Moammar Gadhafi’s tanks to roll back from two key western cities. A blast blamed on Palestinian militants ripped through a bus stop in Jerusalem, killing Mary Jean Gardner, a 59-year-old British tourist and wounding two dozen other people, including five Americans.

Today’s Birthdays: Comedian Marty Allen is 90. Sir Roger Bannister, the runner who broke the 4-minute mile in 1954, is 83. Movie director Mark Rydell is 78. Motorsports Hall of Famer Craig Breedlove is 75. Singer-producer Ric Ocasek is 63. Singer Chaka Khan is 59. Actress Amanda Plummer is 55. Actress Catherine Keener is 53.

Actress Hope Davis is 48. Comedian John Pinette is 48. Actor Richard Grieco is 47. Country musician Kevin Griffin is 47. Actress Marin Hinkle is 46. Rock singer-musician Damon Albarn is 44.

Actress-singer Melissa Errico is 42. Rock musician John Humphrey is 42. Actress Michelle Monaghan is 36. Actress Keri Russell is 36. Gossip columnist-blogger Perez Hilton is 34. Country singer Paul Martin is 34.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I have been best friends with “Lisa” for more than 25 years. We are both single mothers. Her 16-year-old son, “Dean,” is friends with my 17-year-old son, “Jon.” I have begun to notice that Lisa is overly attached to Dean.

When we go somewhere after work, she says she can’t stay because Dean wants her home. He’ll call or text that it’s time for her to leave, and she happily complies. She asks Dean for permission before going anywhere on weekends.

Jon has been accepted to a few out-of-state universities, and I am excited about him living on his own. Lisa, however, says she is going wherever Dean goes, and right now, he wants to join the army. She found a master’s program for the military that she can finish by the time he graduates, and she can then live wherever he’s stationed -- for his entire military career.

When I jokingly said his future wife would love that, she replied, “Who says he’s getting married?”

I know it’s not my business, but I remember when one of Lisa’s boyfriends broke up with her. I witnessed breakdowns, depression and stalking. I would not like to see her go through that again. Is it my place to say anything? If so, what? -- Worried Friend Dear Worried: Lisa is an extreme helicopter parent, and it’s terribly unhealthy for the child. And Dean knows he controls the relationship. We know it’s not Lisa’s intention to stunt Dean’s development out of selfishness and possessiveness.

It’s OK to talk to her about a child’s need to become independent and how parents should not deprive the child of this progress toward maturity. But the two of them are rather enmeshed right now, and there’s not much you can do. We hope Lisa finds the perspective to realize the emotional damage she could do to their relationship.

Dear Annie: I cannot believe the gall of some of the retired

people in my area. Some white-haired old guy actually tried to muscle his way in front of me in the grocery checkout line today. My items were already on the belt, and the people in front of me were paying when I looked up and this old whitehaired guy behind me says, “I’m just going to go in front of you” -- not “May I?” or “Would you mind?”

Just because you are retired or old does not give you the right to do whatever you want. I was on my lunch break. My time is just as important as yours, and you probably have more of it than I do. You should be offering to let the working people of the world go in front of you. After all, we support your butt by paying Social Security taxes -- something that probably won’t exist when I retire. -- Hermitage, Penn.

Dear Hermitage: Feel better now? Retired people have already worked hard and paid their share of taxes, so let’s not get into that argument. And we hear the same complaints about stay-at-home moms and people with flexible work schedules, but those folks might also have restrictions on their time.

Here’s our best suggestion: No one should be rude to others or expect to jump the line. Those who can manage, please try to go at less busy times to banks, post offices and other places that are only open during business hours. The rest of you, please be tolerant.

Dear Annie: “Steve in Ohio” says his wife wants to name their son after his “Aunt Jordan.” I am a 96-year-old male who was saddled with a gender-neutral name. I detested it and found it embarrassing to introduce myself to new people.

When I went away to school, I adopted a masculine middle name, and as an adult, I finally made the middle name legal.

Please don’t give kids screwball names. They are the ones who pay for it in the future. -- Empathy for Jordan

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Friday, March 23 ‘Religion and the State’ at USM 9 a.m. International experts on religions and how they intertwine with law and government will gather in Portland for a daylong conference hosted by Maine Law and the University of Southern Maine. “Religion and the State: American, French and European Perspectives,” kicks off at 9 a.m. at the Wishcamper Center, with a welcome from Dean Peter Pitegoff and an introduction by Prof. Malick Ghachem of Maine Law. The keynote address, scheduled for 9:15 a.m., will be delivered by Prof. Joseph Weiler of New York University School of Law. Weiler is one of the world’s leading experts on the law of the European Union. Participants in the conference include professors from the U.S., France and Italy. Panel discussions, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to noon, and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., will be moderated by USM Prof. of History and Political Science, Francesca Vassallo, and Maine Law Prof. Martin Rogoff. The conference will be held at 133 Wishcamper Center, 34 Bedford St., Portland. For more information, email Francesca.vassallo@main.edu, or call 780-4294.

‘The Face of the Ghetto: Pictures by Jewish Photographers from the Lodz Ghetto 1940-1944’ 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “The Maine Jewish Museum will be displaying The Face of the Ghetto from March 19 through May 1. The exhibition is currently on display at The United Nations. The Maine Jewish Museum will be the first museum in the U.S. to host this exhibition as it begins a two-year tour throughout the country. This exhibition presents recently discovered photographs of community life in the Lodz Ghetto, taken by its Jewish inhabitants. The exhibition is curated by the Topography of Terror Foundation, Berlin (Germany) in cooperation with the State Archive in Lodz (Poland).” Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and other times by appointment. Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. www.treeoflifemuseum.org

Carolyn Gelland-Frost reading a lecture noon to 1 p.m. Carolyn Gelland-Frost will give a lecture and reading of her late husband, Kenneth Frost’s, book of Poetry, Night Flight at the Portland Public Library’s Friday Local Author Series. The event will be held in Meeting Room No. 5 on the Lower Level of the Main Library from noon-1 p.m. At the outset of this collection Ken Frost guides us through an empty room and into the night sky on a flight that takes the reader on a journey beyond and beneath the darkness.

Vigil for peace at State Street Church noon to midnight. “State Street Church, United Church of Christ, 159 State Street in Portland, is having a vigil for all who wish to meditate or pray for peace in this world, that ways be found to address critical issues without the violence of military force or occupation. The church will open its chapel from noon until midnight on Friday, March 23. Any who are concerned about the actual and threatened violence in our world, are welcome to come in for any length of time to this interfaith vigil which takes place without spoken word. Individuals may contemplate, meditate, pray, as they wish. All who desire peaceful ways to address problems and crises, please come. Information: 774-6396.”

Cornerstones of Science 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. “Cornerstones of Science and Maine Library partners announce a new program to introduce astronomy and the wonders of the night sky through handson telescope viewing. Cornerstones of Science will provide quality, easy-to-use telescopes to partner libraries that can be checked out and taken home by library users. Portland Public Library is one of three libraries in Maine to pilot The Library STAR program, or Sharing Telescopes and Astronomy Resources. By early summer, up to 18 public libraries will be equipped with telescopes for night sky viewing. To celebrate the arrival of this new telescope, Portland Public Library is offering an introductory presentation and handson training by Ron Thompson, an amateur astronomer and Yarmouth resident at the Portland Public Library, March 23 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Rines Auditorium on the Lower Level of the Main Library. The Library Telescope program is considered a gateway to learning more astronomy and to lead people to seek out more information at their local library, planetarium or observatory or college. The telescope program also engages families and communities across many generations and interests. The program also will serve to stimulate interest in science, engineering and math by encouraging self-directed discovery and research.

Another integral goal is to introduce families and individuals to the night sky — one of Maine’s natural — and due to light pollution — increasingly vulnerable resources. For more information about The Library STAR program visit www.cornerstonesofscience.org.”

Portland Ballet Company is a company of professional dancers performing throughout the year in Portland and New Hampshire. The troupe will perform “Giselle” in Westbrook on Saturday, March 24. (Photo © 2012 by Arthur Fink) performers. Thrill to the excitement of unihockey (hockey on unicycles), off-road unicycling (jumping off ramps and boxes), and much more!” Scarborough High School Gymnasium Scarborough High School. March 22-March 23.

6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.). Adults: $5 Senior Citizens:$4 School Age Children:$1 Pre-School Age: Free Children must be accompanied by an adult. www.gymdandies. org

‘Crazy Horse’ screened at PMA 6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art. Friday, March 23, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 24, 2 p.m.; Sunday, March 25, 2 p.m. “Film contains nudity.

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman explores one of the most mythic and colorful places dedicated to women, Crazy Horse — a legendary Parisian cabaret club, founded in 1951 by Alain Bernardin. In French with English subtitles.”

‘Violence Against Women and The Darfur Genocide’ 7 p.m. Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) will present the short documentary film, “Violence Against Women and The Darfur Genocide” at The Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland. “This event is free and the public is encouraged to attend. This film contains graphic images of violence. The film will be followed by an update on the ongoing genocide in Sudan by El-Fadel Arbab, Darfur Genocide survivor and former child slave, as well as a question and answer period. Fur Cultural Revival holds rallies and events in support of the marginalized peoples of Sudan on the 23rd of each month to commemorate the anniversary of The U.S. Congress’ declaration of Darfur as a Genocide. Southern Maine boasts the largest organized Sudanese refugee population in the U.S.” For further information, please see www.furculturalrevival.org or contact El-Fadel Arbab at 221-5197.

‘Cinderella’ by Windham Center Stage 7 p.m. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical fairy tale “Cinderella,” is presented by Windham Center Stage Theater.

“First seen as a television spectacular in 1957, and remade for television in 1965 and 1997, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘Cinderella’ spins its own version of the traditional story, woven through with such beloved songs as ‘In My Own Little Corner,’ ‘Ten Minutes Ago’ and ‘Impossible.’ With the script and score lovingly adapted for elementary and middle school performers, this classic seems as fresh as today. After all, even if we know the story by heart, we still hold our breath until we are sure that the slipper fits. Windham Center Stage is a community theater serving the Sebago Lakes Region of Southern Maine. The theater produces the only children’s show in the area in which every child receives a part. ‘Cinderella’ is directed by Mary Wassick, music directed by Diane Hancock, and features more than 75 local children in two fantastic casts.” Through March 25. Shows will be performed Friday evenings at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. All seats must be reserved.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors, and $5 for children under 5. Call 893-2098.

Gym Dandies 31st community performance

‘Little Me’ at St. Lawrence

6:30 p.m. “Don’t miss over 200 unicyclists, jugglers, and

7:30 p.m. “Little Me,” the musical comedy by Neil Simon

(book), Cy Coleman (music), and Carolyn Leigh (lyrics) will be presented by Good Theater March 7 to April 1 at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. on Munjoy Hill in Portland. “Little Me” is directed by Brian P. Allen with musical direction by Victoria Stubbs, leading the threepiece band, and choreography by Tyler Sperry. Performances for Little Me are as follows: Wednesdays 7 p.m. ($20), Thursdays 7 p.m. ($20), Fridays 7:30 p.m. ($25), Saturday 7:30 p.m. ($30), Sundays 2 p.m. ($30) with a special added matinee on Saturday March 24, 3 p.m. ($25). Call 885-5883 for reservations and information. www.goodtheater.com

‘The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds’ at Lucid Stage 8 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents the American classic with the tongue twisting title, “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,” by Paul Zindel. The play opens March 15, and runs Thursday to Sunday through April 1, at Lucid Stage in Portland. “Zindel’s masterpiece, which won an Obie Award, a New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Drama, tells the story of single mother Beatrice Hunsdorfer, and her teenage daughters, Ruth and Matilda. Abandoned by her husband and saddled with two children, Beatrice hates the world.

She thinks she just needs the right opportunity, and everything will get better. Older sister Ruth knows the reputation her mother has around town, but she seems sadly fated to repeat her mother’s mistakes in her own life. Shy Matilda, or Tillie, is the joke of her school and her family, until a teacher opens her eyes to the wonders of science. When Tilllie’s project on the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigold seeds is chosen for the school science fair, the dysfunctional family dynamic comes to a head.” www.lucidstage.com

Saturday, March 24 Adoptable Dogs in Wells 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Animal Welfare Society Mobile Adoption Team will visit Pet Quarters, Route 1 (45 Wells Plaza), Wells with adoptable dogs. For more information, call Animal Welfare Society (www.animalwelfaresociety.org) at 985-3244 or Pet Quarters at 641-0620.

Darien Leigh Richardson walk 12:30 p.m. Darien Leigh Richardson — A Walk To Remember on Baxter Blvd (Back Bay) Portland Maine, Rain or Shine. Meeting at the Parking Lot on Preble St Ext. across from Hannafords. On Feb. 28, 2010, Richardson, 25, of South Portland, died unexpectedly due to complications from a gunshot wound. This event draws attention to the unsolved homicide in Portland. “The vision of Remembering Darien is to help innocent victims of violent crimes to heal and rebuild their lives in the aftermath of incomprehensible violence. This organization is committed to advocating for victims and their families, as well as providing emotional support and resources required to help those affected by violent crimes find justice and peace in their healing journey.” www.rememberingdarien.org see next page

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‘Giselle’ in Westbrook 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Portland Ballet presents this full length classic romantic masterpiece at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center at Westbrook Middle School, 471 Stroudwater St., Westbrook. Ticket prices: $35 for adults/$15 for children 18 and under. www.portlandballet.org

Museum of Modern Art Library bibliographer 6 p.m. The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art will present a lecture in Osher Hall by David Senior, bibliographer at the Museum of Modern Art Library in New York. “Senior manages the development of the library’s collection with a particular focus on artists’ publications and other experimental publications in the fields of modern and contemporary art and design and has lectured widely on the history of artists’ publications and modes of archiving avant garde art activities of the 20th century. His writing has recently appeared in C Magazine, Frieze and the Bulletins of the Serving Library. For the past four years, he has published an artist’s book series through Printed Matter, which includes publications by Dexter Sinister, David Horvitz, Emily Roysdon and Aaron Flint Jamison, and he also curates the annual program of events for the New York Art Book Fair at PS1. Since 2008, this program has involved over 100 performances, talks, screenings and concerts.” www.meca.edu

Renae De Liz at Casablanca Comics 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The public can meet Womanthology founder and creator Renae De Liz at Casablanca Comics in Portland. “Womanthology is a large-scale anthology comic showcasing the works of women in comics. It is created entirely by over 140 women of all experience levels, including top industry professionals created for charity. The purpose of the book is to showcase the works of female creators of every age and experience levels.” De Liz will be joined by other creators of the book for a signing and discussion. The event is free and open to the public. Casablanca Comics is located at 151 Middle St. in Portland’s Old Port. 780-1676 or www.casablancacomics.com.

The Maine Jewish Film Festival 3 p.m. The Maine Jewish Film Festival returns to Portland’s Nickelodeon Cinemas March 17-22, for its 15th year. “The Festival curates a selection of films that explore the Jewish experience through independent documentaries, feature films and shorts. The 2012 Festival line-up includes American and foreign films as well as a local short film.” Today at 3 p.m. is “The Matchmaker,” University of Southern Maine, Talbot Lecture Hall, 96 Falmouth St.; Closing Night Reception and Film: “Salsa Tel Aviv,” 7 p.m. at University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Center, 88 Bedford St., Portland; 8:30 p.m., Closing Night Reception, USM’s Abromson Center. mjff.org.

‘Keep Me Warm’ 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Keep Me Warm,” Portland’s first and best spaghetti dinner to raise money for local heating assistance. Hosted by Hon. Herb Adams, Parkside Neighborhood Association, Parkside Community Center, 85 Grant St., Portland. $3 per person, $7 per family. Proceeds will benefit the citizens of the Bayside and Parkside neighborhoods of Portland. Raffle with local prizes. For information call 772-2565 or 553-5940.

Sunday, March 25 Maine Maple Sunday at New Gloucester farm 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Maple Syrup Sunday at Norumbega Farm in New Gloucester, 402 Woodman Road. “This is only the second year that the Fralichs’ son Noah has been tapping trees and producing syrup. Last season focused on building a classic maple sugar shack, assembling a stove for boiling, and finding the trees for tapping. This season Noah is back at it and more ready than ever to get the maple syrup flowing. On Maine Maple Sunday, the farm will be open for tours of the classic sugar shack (built by hand in the winter of 2011) and sampling of fresh syrup over waffles; with ice cream; or with baked apples. Bottles of maple syrup will also be available for sale.” For information contact Michael or Noah Fralich at 653-6151.

Introduction to meditation and Buddhism 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Introduction to meditation and Buddhism.

Learn basic posture for a sitting practice and engage with the meditation, as well as a basic introduction to Buddhism.

“Both practical and timeless is the Buddha’s Dharma (Buddhist teachings) can lead us, through our own direct experience and efforts from darkness to light from stress and suffering to stillness and contentment. A light vegetarian lunch will be offered. Narottama is a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order and has been leading meditation and Dharma classes for over 15 years.” Cost $55. Contact:

Dharmasuri@gmail.com to register, or sign up at Nagaloka, 54 York St., Portland. www.nagalokabuddhistcenter.org

Monday, March 26 Community Development Block Grant hearing 5 p.m. The Portland City Council will hold a Special City Council Meeting for a Community Development Block Grant Annual Allocation Committee Presentation and public hearing order. An anticipated total budget of $4,115,183. The first hearing will be held on March 26 at 5:30 p.m. The second public hearing is scheduled for April 9 at 7 p.m. For details, visit www.portlandmaine.gov/cdbgannuallocation.htm#members

‘Bipolar Expeditions’ author lecture 6 p.m. The University of New England’s Center for Global Humanities is hosting a lecture by New York University Professor of Anthropology Emily Martin on her book, “Bipolar Expeditions: Mania and Depression in American Culture.” The event will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 26 at the WCHP Lecture Hall on UNE’s Portland Campus on Stevens Avenue. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will be held at 5 p.m. prior to the lecture at UNE’s Art Gallery. The Bangor Public Library and the Cary Library in Houlton will host events related to the lecture. More information on the Bangor Public Library event can be found here: www.bpl.lib.me.us/ emilymartinmania2012.html. “In this illustrated lecture, Martin will explore psychiatric categories involving emotion through ethnographic fieldwork in the contemporary U.S. She will explore how these categories are culturally created, measured and applied in relation to gender and race; then modified, contested, and rejected in contexts such as clinical rounds, patient advocacy support groups, and internet newsgroups.”

Pathways to Success forum 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Students, parents and other community members are invited to forums about the Portland Public Schools’ high school initiative, Pathways to Success. “Funded by a multi-year, $5 million grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the initiative will implement new models of student-centered learning in the high schools, including internships, other opportunities to learn outside of the classroom and stronger partnerships with community organizations.” The final forum will be held March 26, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Deering High School auditorium. Parents, students and community members may attend whichever forum is most convenient. Translators will be available at both forums. Additional meetings will be planned later in the spring to provide more detailed information about the plans for Pathways to Success. www.portlandschools.org

‘Uncle Bob’ presented

by Mad Horse Theatre Company 7:30 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company’s Dark Night Series returns with Austin Pendleton’s “Uncle Bob.” “The reclusive Bob is an angry old man who has never done anything meaningful in his life. He is a failed actor and writer, he has driven away his loving wife, and he is dying of AIDS. A surprise visit by his nephew, Josh, who carries his own baggage, is more than Bob can handle. Josh, an unemployed college drop out, arrives on Bob’s doorstep uninvited and declares that he is there to take care of him. A loving family reunion this is not.

The visit filled with namecalling and open scorn as the two men reconnect and discover, much to their chagrin, that they are kindred spirits. ‘Uncle Bob’ boldly explores those perplexing questions about life and death that existential philosophers ponder endlessly.” “Uncle Bob” marks the directorial debut of Mad Horse Theatre Company

member Nate Speckman. It stars guest artists Jacob Cote and Paul Haley. The production opened Monday, March 19, and will run on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings through March 28. All performances will be at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, in Portland. Show time is 7:30 p.m. All performances are Pay What You Can, with a suggested donation of $10.

Tuesday, March 27 Free Income Tax Preparation 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Free Income Tax Preparation at the Portland Public Library. The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program is offering free federal and state of Maine income tax preparation and free electronic filing in Portland at the Main Branch of the Public Library at 5 Monument Square.

With electronic filing and direct deposit, refunds can be received in as little as eight days. Although walk-ins are accepted, appointments are preferred. To make an appointment, call 776-6316.

Life coach at Falmouth Memorial Library 6:30 p.m. Deb Bergeron, personal and professional life coach will be a guest speaker at the Falmouth Memorial Library. Bergeron will be presenting a one-hour workshop titled “Put the Stress on Wellness. Techniques to Stay Cool, Calm and Collected!” This workshop focuses on wellness and gives people many proven stress management techniques. This workshop is free and open to the public.

Extraordinary Histories of Ordinary Things 7 p.m. Maine Historical Society Book Group: Extraordinary Histories of Ordinary Things. Facilitator: Larissa Vigue Picard. “Join us for interesting discussions about history, and a great opportunity to connect with the MHS community. In recent years, historians have cultivated a fresh and imaginative new genre: studies that trace broad historical narratives through the stories of individual, seemingly-small objects, ideas, or phenomenon.

This year’s book discussion group will examine four particularly interesting examples: studies of the evolution of artificial light; how the lowly codfish changed the world; the toothpick as a paradigm for American manufacturing; and the influence of rum on the development of the New World. Registration required. Space is limited.” www. mainehistory.org see next page

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Film: ‘Splinters’ at SPACE 7 p.m. “‘Splinters’ is the first feature length documentary film about the evolution of indigenous surfing in the developing nation of Papua New Guinea.

In the 1980s an intrepid Australian pilot left behind a surfboard in the seaside village of Vanimo. Twenty years later, surfing is not only a pillar of village life but a means to prestige.” SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. Doors open at 7 p.m., film begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission $7, $5 for SPACE members.

‘Juggling Truths – When Justice is a Moving Target’ with the Hon. Unity Dow

A partial agenda includes year in review; finances; upcoming fundraisers, elections.

PATHS Fashion Show benefit 6:30 p.m. The fashion marketing program at Portland Arts and Technology High School (PATHS) presents “Collection 2012,” a fashion show featuring original student garments, at 6:30 p.m. in the Portland Public Library’s Rines Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. They will be sold at the door. A portion of ticket proceeds will benefit Scarboroughbased Partners for World Health, a nonprofit group that sends health care volunteers and unused medical equipment to third world countries. The fashion marketing program received a $450 grant from Painting for a Purpose to help promote the nonprofit group.

7 p.m. “The Hon. Unity Dow, an acclaimed author, Maine Festival of the Book human rights activist and former judge who was the 7 p.m. This year’s Maine Festival of the Book, to first woman to serve on Botswana’s High Court, will be held in Portland from March 29 to April 1, once deliver the University of Maine School of Law’s annual again boasts a full schedule not just for adults, but Justice for Women Lecture in Portland on March 27. for younger ages, too. Children and youth programThis marks the inaugural year for this new lecture ming will be featured on Saturday, March 31 from 10 series. During her visit to Maine, Dow will meet with a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Abromson Center, University Law School faculty and students, community leadof Southern Maine, Portland. Programming includes ers, high school students and other groups, includreadings and book-related, hands-on activities with ing the Mitchell Institute and CIEE, an international children’s authors and illustrators Brenda Reeves exchange organization based in Portland. The Law Sturgis, Lynn Plourde, Rebekah Raye, Jeannie Brett, School established the Justice for Women Lecture Barbara Walsh, Anne Sibley O’Brien, Reza Jalali, series with support from attorney and civic leader Maria Testa, and Nathan Walker, along with programs Catherine Lee and other donors. Dow is one of the featuring young adult authors Amalie Howard, Elizaworld’s foremost advocates for the rights of women beth Miles, and Sarah L. Thomson, graphic novelist and indigenous groups. In 1998 Dow became the Ben Bishop, and the professional writers of The Tellfirst female judge appointed to the High Court of ing Room. Program topics include family pets, mulBotswana, and she served on the court until 2009. ticultural stories, and mountain adventures, along One landmark case during her tenure involved a with vampires, turkeys, cows, squirrels, and other group of Botswana’s Bushmen who won the right to creatures, too. Additional children and youth authors live and hunt on ancestral lands in the Kalahari. The will be at the festival selling books and signing them author of four novels and a non-fiction book, Dow from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Thursday, March published her latest book, ‘Saturday is for Funerals,’ 29, 7 p.m. — An Evening with John Cole, Glickman in 2010. The book examines recent successes that Family Library, University of Southern Maine, Free. A Botswana has had in the fight against HIV/AIDS.” lecture by John Cole, founding director of the Center Portland Mayor Michael Brennan will present Dow for the Book, Library of Congress (presented in conwith a key to the city. Brennan, Dow, Lee and Dean junction with Maine Humanities Council and the Peter Pitegoff of the Law School will speak briefly.

The Justice for Women Lecture is scheduled for 7 The State Street Church soaks up the light on a Friday afternoon. The church is having Katech Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts at USM.) Friday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. — Opening p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, at the Abromson Com- a vigil today “for all who wish to meditate or pray for peace in this world, that ways be munity Education Center, 88 Bedford St., Portland. found to address critical issues without the violence of military force or occupation.” Night: Tony Horwitz, Abromson Center, University of Dow’s lecture is titled “Juggling Truths – When Jus- The church will open its chapel from noon until midnight today. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE Southern Maine. Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Horwitz, author of the historical narratives Midnight Rising tice is a Moving Target.” The event is free and open PHOTO) and Confederates in the Attic gives an illustrated to the public. Due to limited space, however, RSVPs All Things” in the University of Southern Maine Portland talk. (Tickets to benefit Maine Reads at www.mainereads. are encouraged. Please contact Lexie Moras at amoras@ Bookstore. Copies of the book will be on sale after the org starting in February.). For a complete festival schedule usm.maine.edu or 780-4344. talk. This event is free and open to the public. “The Truth of go to www.mainereads.org.

School board meeting All Things” follows newly appointed Deputy Marshal Archie Portland Children’s Film Festival 7 p.m. Business Meeting, Portland Public Schools board of Lean, who is called in to investigate a prostitute’s murder 7 p.m. East End Community School is sponsoring the first trustees, Room 250, Casco Bay High School. in Portland, Maine. Lean soon discovers the murder is just Portland Children’s Film Festival on Thursday, March 29 one in a series of ritualized killings that are reminiscent of ‘Uncle Bob’ by Mad Horse Theatre Company through Sunday, April 1 at several locations throughout the the Salem witch trials. Lean must decipher the patterns 7:30 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company’s Dark Night Series city. The festival will feature local, national and international and rituals of these murders before the killer can close in returns with Austin Pendleton’s “Uncle Bob.” “Uncle Bob” children’s films and workshops, the school district reported. on his final victim. Kieran Shields grew up in Portland. He marks the directorial debut of Mad Horse Theatre Company Local films will include a premiere of short films produced graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of member Nate Speckman. It stars guest artists Jacob Cote

by Portland children ages four to 11. Elementary schoolMaine School of Law. He currently lives on the coast of and Paul Haley. The production opened Monday, March 19, children in Portland submitted films as part of the festival’s Maine with his family. “The Truth of All Things” is Shields’ and will run on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings Young Filmmakers Contest. The winning films will be shown first novel. For more information, contact USM Tradebook through March 28. All performances will be at Lucid Stage, at the Red Carpet Premiere at the Nickelodeon Cinemas on Manager Barbara Kelly, at 780-4072.

29 Baxter Boulevard, in Portland. Show time is 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 29 at 7 p.m. and at the Portland Public All performances are Pay What You Can, with a suggested ‘Uncle Bob’ by Mad Horse Theatre Company Library on Saturday, March 31 at 12:45 p.m. The festival will donation of $10.

7:30 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company’s Dark Night Series take place at Nickelodeon Cinemas, St. Lawrence Arts and returns with Austin Pendleton’s “Uncle Bob.” “Uncle Bob” Cultural Center, Zero Station, East End Community School, marks the directorial debut of Mad Horse Theatre Company Wednesday March 28 the University of Southern Maine’s Masterton Hall at 71 member Nate Speckman. It stars guest artists Jacob Cote Bedford Street, the Portland Public Library and the Portland and Paul Haley. The production opened Monday, March 19, Museum of Art. See a complete schedule of events at www.

‘Not Just Chickens Cross Roads’ and will run on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings portlandchildrensfilmfestival.com.

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gilsland Farm, free program at Maine through March 28. All performances will be at Lucid Stage, Audubon. “Not Just Chickens Cross Roads: The Maine ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’ 29 Baxter Boulevard, in Portland. Show time is 7:30 p.m.

Audubon Wildlife Road Watch Roads are an integral part of All performances are Pay What You Can, with a suggested premieres at Freeport Factory Stage our lives, getting us to all the places we need to go for work donation of $10.

7:30 p.m. The Freeport Factory Stage will premiere the and play. But roads have an enormous impact on wildlife “soulful and shattering production” of “Lady Day at Emerand habitat, affecting up to 20 percent of the landscape, son’s Bar & Grill,” on Thursday, March 29. “This production Thursday, March 29 fragmenting habitat, creating barriers to wildlife travel and features the incomparable jazz singer, Mardra Thomas as collision risks for wildlife, especially worrisome for some Billie Holiday, with local musician Flash Allen at the piano. endangered species. With changes to habitats due to cliFalmouth Memorial Library fundraiser ends Directed by Julie George-Carlson, ‘Lady Day’ is a fictional mate change these problems for wildlife are even more 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Falmouth Memorial Library’s monthaccount of the final appearance by Billie Holiday at a seedy significant. Maine Audubon, in partnership with UC Davis, long silent auction and annual fundraiser, “Beauty and the night club in Philadelphia, only four months before her MaineDOT, and Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, created Books,” will end on Thursday, March 29. Dozens of art and death at the age of 44. The play, written by Lainie Robertthe Maine Audubon Wildlife Road Watch website in 2010 craft items are available for bidding. On Thursday, March son, was originally produced in 1989 and has enjoyed great to engage citizen scientists throughout Maine. Volunteers 29, a Grand Finale Reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 success in regional theaters for the past 20 years.” ‘Lady from around the state participate by adding any observap.m. in the library’s Russell Room. Refreshments from local Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’ runs from March 29-April 14, tions to the website. www.maineaudubon.org/wildliferoadvendors will be served. FMI call 781-2351.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sunwatch. The Maine Audubon Speaker Series is a free monthly WHS Girls Basketball Boosters meeting days at 2 p.m. All Thursday performances are “Pay-Whatprogram at the Gilsland Farm Center in Falmouth. Contact 6:30 p.m. Jm Richards, Westbrook High School Girls BasYou-Can” — ticket prices for all other performances are Mike Windsor, staff naturalist, at 781-2330, ext 237. ketball Booster president, announced that the WHS Girls $19 general admission and $15 seniors and students with ‘The Truth of All Things’ Basketball Boosters will be holding an annual “Election ID. Group discounts and subscription tickets are available.

7 p.m. University of Maine Law Alumnus Kieran Shields of Officers” meeting in March. All residents of Westbrook For reservations call the box office at 865-5505 or visit the ‘96 will be giving a talk about his new book, “The Truth of are welcome to attend and participate, at the WHS Cafe. website, www.freeportfactory.com.