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City manager shakes up grant process — See page 8

Donoghue vows to fight cut to East Bayside community policing

See John Frary, page 4

Search for Ayla resumes

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On Ayla Reynolds probe, law enforcement spokesman admits frustration: ‘I believe those three individuals inside that home that night know things that they haven’t told us, and that is frustrating’ — See page 3

See James Howard Kunstler, page 5

Schools’ search to be refined See page 7

At a media briefing in Waterville Saturday, Lt. Kevin Adam of the Maine Warden Service said, “Typically, we wouldn’t be able to search on a March this early,” but noted that conditions were ideal for a resumed search for missing toddler Ayla Reynolds. No clues to her whereabouts were found, officials said. At left is Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Both law enforcement officials spoke at a press conference to update reporters about the search for Reynolds, who has been missing since December. Ayla’s mother, Trista Reynolds, is from Portland. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Learning to drive with A.D.H.D. (NY Times) — Learning to drive is hard and scary for many teenagers, and driving is far and away the most dangerous thing teenagers do. But the challenges are significantly greater for young people who, have attention problems. A number of cognitive conditions can affect driving, and instructors report a recent increase in the number of teenagers with Asperger syndrome seeking licenses. But the largest group of challenged teenage drivers appears to be those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. A 2007 study, by Russell A. Barkley of the Medical University of South Carolina and Daniel J. Cox of the University of Virginia Health System, concluded that young drivers with A.D.H.D. are two to four times as likely as those without the condition to have an accident — meaning that they are at a higher risk of wrecking the car than an adult who is legally drunk. Researchers say that many teenagers with attention or other learning problems can become good drivers, but not easily or quickly, and that some will be better off not driving until they are older — or not at all. The most obvious difficulty they face is inattention, the single leading cause of crashes among all drivers, said Bruce Simons-Morton, of the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Md. “When a driver takes his eyes off the road for two seconds or more, he’s doubled the risk of a crash,” he said. Inexperienced drivers usually are distractible drivers. Dr. Simons-Morton cited a study on a closed course in which teenagers proved much more adept than adults at using cellphones while driving — and missed more stop signs. The situation isn’t helped by how “noisy” cars have become, with cellphones, iPods and Bluetooth devices, said Lissa Robins Kapust, a social worker and coordinator of a driving program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. “Driving is so busy on the inside and the outside of the car — it’s the most complex thing we do.” But A.D.H.D. involves more than distractibility. Its other major trait is impulsiveness, which is often linked to high levels of risk-taking, said Dr. Barkley. “It’s a bad combination” for young drivers, he said. “They’re more prone to crashes because of inattention, but the reason their crashes are so much worse is because they’re so often speeding.” Many drivers with A.D.H.D. overestimate their skills behind the wheel, Dr. Barkley noted.

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Three NATO soldiers killed by Afghan security ofﬁcers KABUL, Afghanistan (NY Time) — Three NATO soldiers were shot to death on Monday in two separate confrontations involving Afghan security forces, officials said, adding to a string of “green on blue” killings that have complicated the relationship between Afghanistan and its Western allies. In southern Helmand Province, an Afghan National Army

soldier turned his weapon on British soldiers, killing two of them before being shot to death, said Ghulam Farooq Parwani, deputy commander of the 215th Afghan National Army Corps. The shootings took place at the British-run headquarters of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Lashkar Gah, the capital of the province, he said. NATO confirmed that two

of its soldiers had been killed in an attack, but did not identify their nationality. Also, the international military command in Afghanistan reported that one of its soldiers had been shot to death by an “alleged member of the Afghan local police” as members of the International Security Assistance Force approached a police checkpoint.

Justices hear argument that health care is premature WASHINGTON (NY Time) — The Supreme Court on Monday appeared ready to clear away the last remaining obstacle to a historic ruling on President Obama’s health care overhaul law. At the opening of three days of arguments, the justices’ questions suggested that they were receptive to a point on which both supporters and opponents of the law agree: that the court should decide the case now rather than waiting until the law’s penalties for not having health insurance become due. On Tuesday, the court will turn to the central question in the case, the constitutionality of the law’s requirement that most Americans obtain insurance or pay a penalty.

The courtroom on Monday was packed to capacity, including with some members of the public who had waited in line since Friday, and the justices seemed energized, talking over each other more than usual. The argument on Monday was a sort of appetizer to Tuesday’s main course, a 90-minute debate over whether the court has the authority to hear the case at all given an 1867 law, the Anti-Injunction Act, which says taxpayers may not challenge taxes until they become due. The first penalties for violating the health care law’s individual mandate do not kick in until 2014, and they must be paid on federal tax returns in April 2015.

Surgery on diabetics could be better than standard treatment (NY Times) — For some people with diabetes, surgery may be the best medicine. Two studies have found that weight loss operations worked much better than the standard treatments to control Type 2 diabetes in obese and overweight people. Those who had surgery to staple the stomach and reroute the small intestine were much more likely to have their diabetes go into complete remission, or to need less medicine, than people given the typical regi-

men of drugs, diet and exercise, the studies found. The surgery also helped many to lower their blood pressure and cholesterol. The new studies, published online on Monday by The New England Journal of Medicine, are among the first to to rigorously compare surgery and medicine as ways to control diabetes. Doctors have noticed for years that weight loss operations, also called bariatric surgery, sometimes get rid of Type 2 diabetes.

Better treatments are desperately needed for Type 2 diabetes, experts say. In the United States, the number of diabetes cases has tripled in the past 30 years and now numbers more than 20 million, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of the cases are Type 2. The disease is also becoming more common in much of the world, with devastating complications like heart disease, blindness, amputations and kidney failure.

Pope Benedict visits Cuba SANTIAGO, Cuba — Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cuba on Monday, welcomed by President Raúl Castro, who gripped the pontiff’s hands in greeting but did not kiss his ring. Pope Benedict XVI walked with Cuban President Raúl Castro after arriving at Antonio Macedo airport in Santiago de Cuba on Monday. The pope’s visit is weighted with anticipation that he will press for more religious freedom and an easing of the authoritarian grip here. It comes 14 years after the historic first papal visit to Cuba by his predecessor, John Paul II, which yielded an era of greater religious expression in the country. The pope, who is often criticized as somewhat distant with his flock, left Mexico after three days there that may best be remembered for his appeal to curb the drug-war violence that has killed 50,000 in the past six years, and for the big black sombrero he wore as he rode to Mass on Sunday in the Popemobile. It was an unusual personal touch for the pope, who works in the shadow of John Paul II, who was especially popular and beloved in Latin America. The pope plans to seek a connection with ordinary Cubans by visiting the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, a tiny wooden icon revered by Cubans of all faiths as a source of good fortune, and he is expected to celebrate and advocate for greater religious freedom in the country. Since Cuba loosened restrictions on religious practice in the early 1990s, the Catholic Church has emerged here as a powerful voice pressing for political and economic reform, including religious freedom. While more than half of Cubans identify as Catholic, though, relatively few regularly attend Mass. Meanwhile, evangelical and Pentecostal churches have grown rapidly here, and Santeria, a belief system mixing African, Caribbean and other religious elements, remains very popular. The highlight of the pope’s trip is expected to be large Mass for tens of thousands of people on Wednesday in Revolution Square in Havana, an event that will bear some resemblance to carefully orchestrated political demonstrations.

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Hunt for Ayla turns up body of Waterville man BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

WATERVILLE — A body believed to be that of a Waterville man missing since 2004 was found along Messalonskee Stream Saturday during a search for missing toddler Ayla Reynolds, who has been missing from her father’s Waterville home since Dec. 17, 2011. The skeletal remains of Steven Brandon, 53, who lived on Winter Street in Waterville, will be positively identified, but initially an identification was offered by law enforcement officials. “We do not believe foul play was involved,” said Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, of Brandon’s death. Nothing was found in relation to Reynolds and efforts to find her, he said. “At this point in the investigation, we’re at 988 leads that have come in from around the state, we’ve followed each of them up,” McCausland said. Nothing has changed regarding suspects or people of interest, he said. “The commitment of law enforcement has now passed the $100,000 mark in overtime costs alone, that is combined State Police, Waterville Police and the Maine Warden’s Service,” he said.

Ayla was living with her father, Justin DiPietro, and she was reported missing Saturday morning, Dec. 17, officials said. She was last seen wearing green, one-piece pajamas with polka dots, with the words “Daddy’s Princess” on them. McCausland said investigators have hit a wall with members of the DiPietro family. “The communication with Reynolds Justin, his sister and his girlfriend have basically stopped,” McCausland said at Saturday’s press briefing. Asked if that’s frustrating, he said, “It’s been frustrating for police since December because we haven’t been able to find Ayla, and as I’ve stated all along, I believe those three individuals inside that home that night know things that they haven’t told us, and that is frustrating.” Ayla’s mother, Trista Reynolds, is from Portland. McCausland did not elaborate on recent news that DiPietro was seen in Portland two nights before the

report of his daughter’s disappearance. “A lot of the information that somehow has crept out ... is not details that we have released, and details we’re getting into, for the same reason; those are investigatory details that investigators think should be kept to ourselves,” McCausland said. An estimated 100 searchers fanned out in Waterville Saturday morning, concentrating in a business and industrial park near outer Kennedy Memorial Drive. Volunteers with the Maine Association of Search and Rescue, firefighters from Kennebec County and a team of Maine Game Wardens met Saturday morning at Thomas College, aided by a half dozen tracking dogs. Organizers also suggest to landowners in greater Kennebec County that they keep an eye on their own properties for any signs that could be related to the case, now that the snow has melted. “Today’s search was done primarily because wardens indicated it would be the perfect day to do it,” McCausland said. Lt. Kevin Adam of the Maine Warden Service said, “Typically, we wouldn’t be able to search on a March this early,” but agreed conditions were ideal.

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Crash in Sebago traps woman in vehicle, inflicts serious injuries DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS A 53-year-old Sebago woman sustained serious head and torso injuries from a single-vehicle crash on Route 114, which forced closure of the highway in the area of the Standish and Sebago Town Lines for two hours Monday, officials reported. At 2 p.m. Monday, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputies and Standish Fire/EMS had Route No. 114 closed in the area of the Standish and Sebago Town Lines (Wards Cove). Fire/EMS officials spent over an hour removing 53-year-old Pamela L. Boule of Sebago from her 2006 Chevy Trailblazer after it left the roadway and struck large ledges, rock outcroppings, trapping her in her vehicle, the sheriff’s office reported. Boule was transported via Life Flight to the Central Maine Medical Center. The crash is under investigation at this time.

MaineDOT: I-295 work prompts closure of northbound on-ramps Construction crews will close two of Portland's Interstate 295 northbound on-ramps today at the Congress Street interchange. The two ramps, the Park Avenue and Congress Street on-ramps, will be closed for the duration of work at this location, the Maine Department of Transportation reported. Offramps there will remain open. Maine's recent warm, dry weather has allowed contractors to get a head start on this year's $7.9 million bridge rehabilitation project on Interstate 295, the Maine Department of Transportation reported. Drivers are urged to visit MaineDOT's website at mainedot.gov for more details including

maps, updates, and to sign up for email alerts. Recommended alternative routes include using the Fore River Parkway, Forest Avenue, or Franklin Street on-ramps to join I-295 northbound. While highway work is always weather dependent, MaineDOT estimates that the bridge work will be done in September and night paving operations will finish up in October. The website, mainedot.gov, also features eight webcams, updated every five minutes, offering both northbound and southbound views of I-295.

Summers asks legislators to embrace reforms to juvenile driver rules AUGUSTA — Yesterday, before the the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation, Secretary of State Charles E. Summers Jr. presented recommendations about young driver safety, ranging from a proposal to increase the minimum fine for texting and driving from $100 to $350; to extending the length of time a person under the age of 21 must hold a permit, from six months to one year, to ensure supervised driving time in all four of Maine’s seasons. Other draft proposals include: increasing the number of hours to be completed while operating with a driver’s permit from 35 hours (including five hours of night driving) to 70 hours (including 10 hours of night driving); increasing the age of the accompanying driver from 20 to 25 years of age; and increasing the suspension periods for traffic infractions imposed while operating with a juvenile provisional license from 30 to 60 days for a first offense; 60 to 180 days for a second offense; and 90 days to one year for third or subsequent offenses. Summers referred to a series of public hearings he conducted across the state. "Two prevailing themes emerged out of our 'Conversations With the Communities' which I feel must

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County manager should review the budget, not write letters to the editor Editor, Rather than spending time writing letters to newspapers, Cumberland County Manager Peter Crichton ought to use his time more efficiently. One thing he might do is sit down in his office, open up the county budget, and figure out why it has grown exponentially since he became manager. He should not be wasting time — and taxpayer money — using his huge salary to write letters to editors blasting them for covering the recent jail escape. Ditto for Susan Wiltonis, who is Crichton’s boss and who co-signed the letter blasting the press. Ted Cohen South Portland

Pay attention to George Washington, Constitution’s secular philosophy Editor, This is a tale of two airport speeches, one given by His Holiness Benedict XVI, head of the Roman Catholic Church. The other was given by Sen. Olympia J. Snowe of Maine. The Pope’s address was given at Kennedy airport in New York in 2008 upon his departure of this country, probably for the last time. Senator Snowe’s address was given recently on her arrival at the Portland Jetport, where she announced her decision not to run for another term as Senator. The Pope ended his speech with these words: “May God bless America.” Senator Snowe ended her speech with these words: “May God bless you, may God bless the United States of America.” Our Senator appears to outdo the Pope in religious fervor. As a patriot, I, of course, pay attention to George Washington. The word “God” is not found in any of his speeches. Lee Kemble Portland

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Partisanship as it was In December 1980 a former student and his wife treated me to dinner at the Toledo Restaurant in Manhattan. We had much to talk about and by the time we arrived at dessert there was only one other customer in the place. Our conversation had turned to Reagan’s election, and this drew this old gentleman to our table like a magnet. He asked to join us, saying that he couldn’t resist joining a talk about politics. He turned out to a fascinating conversationalist with a fine fund of stories about his career in the old Tammany Hall Democratic machine. His principle job as a precinct captain in the ‘twenties and ‘thirties was making sure that all the Democrat ducks were in a row come voting day. This meant making sure that Democrats who weren’t ill, relocated, dead or in jail got to the polls. He claimed that he failed to predict the turn-out accurately in only one election. His precinct included the luxury apartments known as ”the Dakotas.” In those days the doormen would not allow a Democratic precinct captain on the premises, but that had never been a problem. The residents were all registered Republicans and he counted them as votes for

John Frary –––––

Guest Columnist the Republican candidate. His single miscalculation was in the 1932 election. The members and servants of a family living there were neighbors of Franklin D. Roosevelt in Dutchess County so they had personal reasons more important than party loyalty. In those days registration as a Democrat or Republican was more binding than marriage vows are these days. Party affiliation was a generally reliable indicator of your choice of candidate barring exceptional circumstances like personal friendship. I’m told my maternal grandmother, who was the same age as the old Tammany Hall guy, opposed mixed marriages. She didn’t believe Republicans should marry Democrats. Today contestants for office usually run against opposing candidates first and foremost. In times past they ran against the opposing party along with the opposing candidates. If you want

to get an idea of real partisanship read the words of Indiana’s Gov. Oliver Morton: “Everyone who shoots down negroes in the streets, burns negro school-houses and meetinghouses, and murders women and children by the light of their own flaming dwellings, calls himself a Democrat. In short, the Democratic Party may be described as a common sewer and loathsome receptacle into which is emptied every element of treason, North and South, every element of inhumanity and barbarism which has dishonored the age.” Rep. Owen Lovejoy, R-Illinois, was even more eloquent: “The principle of enslaving human beings because they are inferior, is this: If a man is a cripple, trip him up; if he is old and weak, and bowed with the weight of years, strike him, for he cannot strike back; if idiotic, take advantage of him; and if a child, deceive him. This, sir, this is the doctrine of Democrats and the doctrine of devils as well, and there is no place in the universe outside the five points of hell and the Democratic Party where the practice and prevalence of such doctrines would not be a disgrace.” see FRARY page 5

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Matrix of rackets So, last Friday I think my doctor fired me. I came in for a routine checkup of my cholesterol levels because about six months ago I stopped taking the 40 milligrams of Crestor Dr. X prescribed and he was concerned about where my numbers were going. I kicked off the conversation, which took place, of course, in a windowless, closet-like, steel-and-linoleum-lined examination room that must be designed to induce maximum dread saturation in the human psyche. I told Dr. X that I had embarked on a high-fat, butter-meat-cheese-cr&egrave;me-fra&icirc;che diet and ditched the ultra-low-fat, grains-and-tofu program that I followed for about five years. Dr. X paused dramatically after I finished and then stated bloodlessly that my cholesterol had gone up from 220 to 260 since my previous blood test three months earlier. Yes, well ... I told him I had started eating loads of meat, butter, and eggs three days before my latest blood test. Chagrin transformed his face like a mask. I then explained that I thought the combination of statin drugs and a low-fat, high carb diet had damaged my system. The mask of chagrin on Dr. X’s face was transforming slowly into something you might see in the Rite-Aid around Halloween. Apparently he thought I was blaming him, since he had put me on the drug and approved of the Ornish/Essylsten diet I’d put myself on. In point of fact, blame was not on my agenda. I was simply trying to describe my version of reality in the interest of improving my health. For about a year, I’d developed a range of alarming symptoms: peripheral neuropathy (tingling and numbness in my hands and feet), striking memory loss, poor balance, atrophying muscles, intractable insomnia and I attributed it to side effects of Crestor (yes, go f--- yourself Astra Zenica, makers of Crestor), combined with a lack of vital nutrients that my body needed to make routine repairs for five years. Then I commenced a discussion about a possible Vitamin B-12 deficiency, since this is a not unusual outcome for someone who gets insufficient nutrition from animal-based foods. Dr. X said they could run a simple blood test for it. He had now turned his attention completely to the screen of the laptop computer that had become a prosthetic extension of his persona. I suspected he had lost interest in the conversation. I wondered out loud if the results of the test might be skewed, since I had also recently put myself on a dose of B-12 sub-lingual supplements. This is where Dr. X lost it. He stood up abruptly and said, “I’m not a boutique physician! Other people are waiting out there to see me!” Then he pointed at me and said, “You are going to die of a heart attack or a stroke!” That was possible, I thought, but then some-

thing was going to get Dr. X, too, eventually, unless he managed to funnel himself into Ray Kurzweil’s cyborg singularity rapture. I thought further: My doctor is a most intemperate fellow. ––––– Then I trotted obediently down the hall to the phlebotomy parlor Kunstler.com (another windowless closet), and gave more blood for the B-12 test. Dr. X appeared briefly in the doorway and handed me a slip of paper with the name of a osteopathnaturopath in town who might better entertain my particular health concerns. One thing I didn’t mention to Dr. X during this incident — nor did I mention it in last week’s blog — was the fact that my girlfriend (a professional librarian and crack researcher) had discovered a website that disclosed payments from pharmaceutical companies to doctors. Dr. X, evidently, had scored about $200,000 total over a recent 18-month period, including about 20-K from Astra Zenica. I didn’t bring it up with Dr N in the exam room because I did not want to turn the office visit into an adversarial event, and there’s no question he would have gone batty. But there you have it, now, like so much meat flopped out in the table. This personal anecdote is only a tiny sample of the quackery and corruption at large in this segment of society. Of course it extends into the many branches of the nutritional sector, too, including the matrix of rackets in the food, farming, and policy realms that have left the American public in a daze of metabolic syndrome from eating a diet based almost entirely on processed corn byproducts. I’m five foot nine and a half and I weighed in on Friday at 164.5. After about two weeks back on butter-meat-cheese-cr&egrave;me-fra&icirc;che, my hands are still tingling. They seem even worse today after the first pretty good night’s sleep I’ve gotten in months. That kind of damage is sometimes permanent. I’ll have a pity-party for myself and then maybe I’ll get on with my day. But I’ll let you know how I’m doing over time. And if you know of a good physician in the Washington-Warren-Saratoga County region of New York, drop me a line. Meanwhile, please be assured that I will get back to commentary on national and international issues. I will say it’s ironic that the big event of the week is the Supreme Court’s review of the Obama Health Care Reform Act, a cherry on one of the biggest cluster cakes that the world ever baked. Mark my words: health care in the USA is unreformable. Like a lot of other things in Racket Nation, it simply has to implode to transform itself into something better.

James Howard Kunstler

(James Howard Kunstler is the author of several books, including “The Long Emergency,” “The Geography of Nowhere” and “The Witch of Hebron.” Contact him by emailing jhkunstler@mac.com.)

Real partisanship exposed after Civil War FRARY from page 4

Those words were spoken in the years following the Civil War when feelings were still hot and Republicans could say with perfect accuracy that every Union soldier shot, bayoneted or blown up was wounded or killed by a Democrat. There had been no Republican Party in the South until after the war. Republicans like Lovejoy and Morton naturally ignored the anti-slavery Democrats who fought in blue uniforms, but “political license” allows them at least as much latitude as “poetic license.” Or, as Democratic Speaker Tip O’Neill, once observed: “politics ain’t bean bag.” After things had calmed down, with the Rebs and Yanks more or less reconciled, Maine’s great

Thomas Brackett Reed could still say, “We live in a world of sin and sorrow. That’s why there’s a Democratic Party.” That’s what real partisanship used to look like. Last year a Republican won a special congressional election in a New York district where registered Democrats out-number Republican five-to-one. Party registration is still a big part of political calculations, but it’s not what it used to be. (Professor John Frary of Farmington is a former congressional candidate and retired history professor, a board member of Maine Taxpayers United and an associate editor of the International Military Encyclopedia, and can be reached at: jfrary8070@ aol.com.)

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LePage on WMPG to talk about domestic violence Wednesday DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS On Wednesday, March 28 from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Maine Governor Paul LePage will appear as a guest on the WMPG show "Safe Space," according to WMPG, Community Public Radio based on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine. The interview, which was recorded on March 14, is part of the show's current focus on domestic violence, WMPG reported. "Governor LePage tells the story of his own experience with domestic violence, and how this motivates his current effort to reduce domestic violence in Maine," a press release states. Safe Space is a radio program that airs on Wednesdays at 7:30 LePage p.m. on WMPG throughout the year. "Dr. Anne," the host of Safe Space, is a board certified psychiatrist in Portland "who approaches courageous stories with a series of monthly themes including domestic violence, pediatric medical trauma, non-traditional families, mental illness, addiction, sexuality and bad mother anxiety. The show aims to reduce the shame that isolates and can endanger people, to increase understanding, and to offer hope." For details, visit www.safespaceradio.com.

King announces staff additions to U.S. Senate campaign team Candidate for the U.S. Senate, Angus King announced he has hired Marge Kilkelly, a former Democratic state legislator, and Edie Smith, a former Republican strategist to his campaign. "I am very excited about bringing these two women to the team," King said in a press release Monday. "Both have considerable background in policy and campaigns which will add strength to our efforts." Kilkelly served as deputy director of the Eastern Region of the Council of State Governments from 2009-2012. In addition to being elected to both the Maine House and Senate, she has a long history working in and developing policy around rural economic development including agriculture, conservation and fish and wildlife, the press release stated. Kilkelly, who will work as policy director, said, "I was delighted when I heard that Angus was running for the Senate. He is the right person, at the right time; I am thrilled to be part of this campaign." Smith has been named political and field director. For other 30 years, she has worked on public policy issues, statewide referendum and candidate campaigns. Smith said, "Angus King is exactly what we need right now in this country. The partisan politics have gone to extremes at a time when most Americans are in the middle. I am honored to be asked to be part of his exciting team." King is running as an independent for the seat currently held by U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, who announced recently that she is not running again.

Clean Elections group releases poll showing support for initiative Maine Citizens for Clean Elections released a poll Monday which the group says shows overwhelming support for the citizen-initiated Clean Election Act. According to the poll, 69.3 percent of likely Maine voters believe that Maine should continue to have Clean Elections, the group said. The results are being released just as a bill that strips matching funds from Clean Elections (LD 1774) awaits Gov. Paul LePage's signature. Both the

Maine House and Senate rejected alternatives to the matching funds portion of the law after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a similar provision in Arizona last spring.

Dignitary from Botswana to meet with Portland Mayor Brennan today Unity Dow, the first woman to serve on Botswana’s High Court, will receive a key to the city of Portland from Mayor Michael Brennan, and will have a conversation with Portland High School students this afternoon. Dow will also deliver the University of Maine School of Law’s annual Justice for Women Lecture in Portland. The key ceremony will be at 2:30 p.m., followed by a conversation with students, in the Portland High School library, 284 Cumberland Ave., Portland. The Justice for Women Lecture begins at 7 p.m. at the Abromson Community Education Center, 88 Bedford St., Portland. Speakers at the key ceremony will be Dow, Brennan, Dean Peter Pitegoff of the Law School, and attorney Cathy Lee, the leading financial supporter of the Justice for Women Lecture series.

Report: Paul to speak at Republican Party convention in Maine this May Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is scheduled as a keynote speaker at the Maine Republican Party convention in May, according to a report on the Maine Wire, the online news site of the conservative Maine Heritage Policy Center. “The virtual photo-finish between Paul and Mitt Romney in the state GOP straw poll means Maine’s delegates, awarded at the convention, are up for grabs, and the potential advantage derived from Paul’s speaking spot has been noted by the Romney campaign,” states the report, from www.themainewire.com. “According to sources, Ron Paul will be the featured speaker on Paul Saturday, May 5, at the Augusta Civic Center,” the report states. “The state GOP convention is a two-day affair, May 5 and 6, and will be the final accounting of an unusually contentious presidential campaign in Maine.”

Obama campaign issues media credentials for president’s visit The Obama for America presidential campaign issued a notification to media this week about President Obama’s fundraiser at Southern Maine Community College on Friday. A “fundraising reception with President Obama” will take place at Southern Maine Community College’s Hutchinson Union Building Athletic Center, 119 Fort Road, South Portland. Media credentials were offered to a limited number of news organizations, according to an email circulated Monday. Media access is at 4 p.m. Doors open at 3 p.m. for supporters. Tickets are $100 Obama General Admission; $250 Friend; $500 Preferred Section; $10,000 Co-Host, according to https://donate.barackobama. com. “The first $5,000 of a contribution to OVF 2012 will be allocated to Obama for America (with the first $2,500 designated for the primary election, and the next $2,500 for the general election),” the website reports. “The next $30,800 of a contribution will be allocated to the Democratic National Committee.”

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Consultant to brief school board about superintendent search Details of interview process, community input before board tonight BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Portland's school board will decide details about interviewing candidates for the job of superintendent, meeting tonight with a consulting firm hired to find a replacement for James Morse Sr., who is leaving the school district in June. The board is holding its business meeting at 7 p.m. tonight, and after the business meeting, two workshops will take place — one on the proposed fiscal year 2013 budget, and the other on the superintendent search, with a recruiting update by Steve Kupfer of consultant Proact. The meeting will be held in Room 250, Casco Bay High School. In a $24,750 contract with Proact, the school board launched a nationwide search for a new superintendent. "We are looking around the first week of May to have the semifinalists come through, and then the finalists the third week of May," said Sarah J. Thompson, at large member of the board who is chair of the Superintendent Search Subcommittee. The school board hopes to have an offer extended by June, with the goal of the new superintendent starting July 1, Thompson said. But she added the school board doesn't want to rush any decisions, and that the format for interviewing may involve multiple nights of meetings with candidates. "The scenario is to look potentially more toward evening to interview. We haven't had that discussion either, but everyone on the board works," Thompson said. Morse joined the school district in July 2009. He is credited with rebuilding the district's finances, helping the school system through what Thompson described as a "crisis." Morse notified the public of his intention to resign last October. Last time around, with the hiring of Morse, the board tried to handle all of the interviewing in

a day, but many board members were forced to take vacations to handle the workload, Thompson recalled. A variety of details will be discussed tonight, including the composition of a community panel to review candidates. "We've had interest from various people in the community who want to be on a panel, we haven't had that conversation yet as a board," Thompson said. During the last superintendent search, a 40-person panel was used, when the process was handled by the school board. A smaller group of community members may be assembled this time around, Thompson said. According to Proact's feedback, hypothetically, three semifinalist candidates could come to Portland, and members of the school board could interview them, one candidate at a time. Again, the forum likely would be evening meetings, perhaps involving a light dinner, followed by a sitdown with select stakeholders after dinner, Thompson said. Names of candidates may be withheld, depending on requests for confidentiality, Thompson said. "It all depends on the candidates and the circumstances of their current jobs," she said. In the past, the hiring process was handled through closed executive sessions, she noted.

Feedback from a recent string of community forums about the superintendent search suggested candidates should know how to grapple with big-city education issues, Thompson said. "They want somebody that can work in an urban environment with big-city issues, that Portland is not a lot different from Boston," Thompson said. "We'll certainly consider everybody equally," she added, noting that the board is open to exploring non-traditional candidates as well as anyone who applies from a rural area as well as from larger cities. Morse came from Unity, Thompson noted. "Jim came to us from a rural district and he has done a very good job. So we would not rule out, or I would not rule out anybody from rural Maine," Thompson said. The consultant reports that inquiries have come across the country from as far away as California, she said. "They feel as thought the candidate pool that we have coming forward is pretty strong," Thompson said. For more details on the superintendent search, and future meetings (including a workshop on Wednesday), visit www. portlandsuperintendent.com or www2.portlandschools.org/ superintendent-search.

Portland Schools Superintendant James Morse (at left) is shown with school board chair Kathleen Snyder during the announcement last year that he would retire in June when his three-year contract expired. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

Portland High student runner-up in Maine poetry competition DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS Kiana Sawyer, a sophomore at Portland High School, was named runner-up in the Maine Poetry Out Loud competition at Bates College on Friday, March 23. MPBN televised the competition live. Sawyer came in second out of the 10 students competing in the finals, the school district reported. She won $100, and the Portland High School library will receive $200 to purchase poetry books. About 8,000 Maine students began the competition in December.

MAMM SLAM finalists announced The Maine Academy of Modern Music announced the finalists of the 2012 MAMM SLAM — Maine’s High School Rock Off. Beware of Pedestrians, Saint Monday, The Stolen Mural, The Twisted Truth and The Veayo Twins were voted in by the judges, and False Consensus was voted in as the wild card winner by consumers on MaineToday.com, according to the academy. The remaining six bands will battle for the prize of $1000 in cash, recording time, gigs, studio tours and TV and radio appearances on April 28th at Asylum (121 Center St., Portland) with Herb Ivy, “The Captain” from WBLM, as host.

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City manager shakes up federal grant process BY CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A $249,000 Cumberland Avenue street lighting project emerged as a key issue Monday as Portland city councilors evaluated local allocations from a $1.6 million federal grant fund. In the first of two public hearings on the proposals, Portland City Manager Mark Rees proposed shifting

the Cumberland Avenue street lighting project — stretching from Preble Street to Forest Avenue — to the city’s capital improvement fund, clearing up other projects to receive the CDBG money. The challenge is that the capital improvement funding plan is not approved and the list of more than 200 applicants will not be public

until Monday. The project would receive full funding under the city’s scoring system that helps allocate CDBG money. The city manager was clear that “there’s no guarantee” that the project would actually be funded, but added that the list would be public before city council makes a final decision on CDBG allocations April 9. That shift would create more “winners” in the CDBG process, but Rees explained that it might also mean some capital projects that would have been funded without the Cumberland Ave. project City Manager Mark Rees discusses his recommendations for federal Community Development Block Grant funding with the city would not be approved. board handling CDBG scoring and distribution, the CDBG Annual The immediate win- Allocation Committee. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) ners under the manager’s ghue, who represents the Cumberland proposal include buildAve. area under consideration for the ing improvements at the Catherine lighting project, said the manager’s Morrill Day Nursery, the Maine Irish proposal has to be evaluated in conHeritage Center’s effort to improve text, noting that nobody yet knows handicapped access and about what that funding might mean to $118,000 for continuing restoration of other capital projects. the Abyssinian Meeting House. District One Councilor Kevin Donosee FUNDING page 16

Councilor vows to oppose community policing cut BY CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

District One Councilor Kevin Donoghue is vowing to fight plans to eliminate an East Bayside community policing position. The plan to eliminate one of the city’s six civilian “community policing coordinators” emerged during a public hearing on the federal Community Development Block Grant program Monday evening. Donoghue Police Chief Michael Sauschuck explained that reductions to the department’s CDBG funding could be absorbed by the general budget and spread over five remaining community positions. The chief explained that the East Bayside position, which served the Kennedy Park neighborhood, is a grant-funded position and the funding expires in June. “It is not funded going forward,” the

chief told city councilors. That brought an immediate response from Donoghue, who had led an effort to create the position. “That’s something I should have known,” he told the chief. After the city meeting, Donoghue said he intended to fight the plan, but acknowledged that his task would be made more difficult by any community policing cuts in the CDBG budget. That’s because making up any reductions would also limit the department’s ability to replace the East Bayside grant funding. The chief, also speaking after the meeting, explained that the move would actually be a return to the way things were before the position was created. The area will be served by existing areas along with assistance from the city’s housing authority. The civilian positions are community service jobs and should not be confused with the city’s “senior lead officer” community policing program which the chief said will remain unchanged by the move.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, March 27, the 87th day of 2012. There are 279 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 27, 1912, first lady Helen Herron Taft and the wife of Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Viscountess Chinda, planted the first two of 3,000 cherry trees given as a gift by the mayor of Tokyo on the north bank of Washington, D.C.’s Tidal Basin. On this date: In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon (hwahn pahns duh LEE’-ohn) sighted present-day Florida. In 1625, Charles I acceded to the English throne upon the death of James I. In 1794, Congress approved “An Act to provide a Naval Armament” of six armed ships. In 1836, the first Mormon temple was dedicated in Kirtland, Ohio. In 1911, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was incorporated. In 1942, American servicemen were granted free mailing privileges. In 1958, Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier in addition to First Secretary of the Communist Party. In 1964, Alaska was hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunamis that killed about 130 people. In 1968, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth, died in a plane crash. In 1977, 583 people were killed when a KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off, crashed into a Pan Am 747 on the Canary Island of Tenerife. In 1980, 123 workers died when a North Sea floating oil field platform, the Alexander Kielland, capsized during a storm. In 1992, more than a month after winning the Olympic gold medal in men’s figure skating, Viktor Petrenko of the former Soviet Union won his first world title in Oakland, Calif. One year ago: International air raids targeted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte (SURT) for the first time as rebels quickly closed in on the regime stronghold. Miami’s LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh accomplished something that hadn’t been done in more than 50 years: Each had 30-10 nights — James with 33 points and 10 rebounds, Bosh with 31 points and 12 rebounds, and Wade with 30 points and 11 boards — as the Heat beat the Houston Rockets 125-119. Today’s Birthdays: Former newspaper columnist Anthony Lewis is 85. Dance company director Arthur Mitchell is 78. Actor Julian Glover is 77. Actor Jerry Lacy is 76. Actor Austin Pendleton is 72. Actor Michael York is 70. Rock musician Tony Banks (Genesis) is 62. Rock musician Andrew Farriss (INXS) is 53. Jazz musician Dave Koz (kahz) is 49. Movie director Quentin Tarantino is 49. Rock musician Derrick McKenzie (Jamiroquai) is 48. Rock musician Johnny April (Staind) is 47. Actress Talisa Soto is 45. Actress Pauley Perrette is 43. Singer Mariah Carey is 42. Rock musician Brendan Hill (Blues Traveler) is 42. Actress Elizabeth Mitchell is 42. Actor Nathan Fillion is 41. Hiphop singer Fergie (Black Eyed Peas) is 37. Actress Megan Hilty is 31. Actress Emily Ann Lloyd is 28. Actress Brenda Song is 24. Actress Taylor Atelian is 17.

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when I told my mom the results, she seemed disappointed. She said in order to be considered for a National Merit Scholarship, my score has to be over 215. She shows no pride in my accomplishment. I’ve expressed to her how disheartening this is, but she simply restates that I need a higher score for the scholarship. Annie, my family is not financially needy. I am more than capable of getting into a good school and finding other ways to get scholarships. Is she right to be so unenthusiastic? -- Feeling Unappreciated Dear Feeling: We’re not sure why your mother is so convinced you didn’t qualify. The PSAT score required to be a National Merit Scholarship finalist varies from year to year, state to state. Last year’s winning score may not be this year’s, and the results won’t be out until September. We think she may be afraid of jinxing you, and that’s why she has put a damper on her excitement. So from us: Way to go! Dear Annie: We love your column. But why would you tell “Hurt and Confused in Wisconsin” to make nice with her malicious, cruel stepmother-in-law? It’s OK to try to mend family rifts if the offenders will meet you halfway. But if the abuse is going to continue, the only good route is to turn both cheeks and walk away. Life can be sweeter without rotten in-laws, parents, children and stepparents. Keep the good ones, and toss the toxic trash. I tell ‘em: “Have a nice life,” and I truly wish them well. But we owe it to ourselves to have mostly positive people in our lives. -- The Villages, Fla. Dear Fla.: A good point, but we didn’t tell her to “make nice.” We said her husband can try a last-ditch effort to mend things by asking his father and stepmother to go with him for counseling. We’ll stand by that.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to create a new Office of Policy and Management, with expanded investigatory powers, is generating bipartisan concern among lawmakers. “This is a big difference and maybe there should be, “said Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta. “Very few entities or individuals are allowed to issue subpoenas without court permission.” The new OPM would take over some of the responsibilities of the State Planning Office that would be abolished under the Governor’s proposal. It has the authority to seek a subpoena to get information it needs, but only with the approval of a judge. The OPM proposal would allow that new agency to issue subpoenas, and if a person or entity failed to respond to the subpoena, the OPM would have to go to a judge to enforce it. “That is a pretty sweeping authority, “Katz said, “I am not sure I want to give that authority to someone without a judge being involved.” Rep. Ken Fredette, R-Newport, agreed with Katz and said he first raised his concerns about the investigatory powers of the new agency in January when he saw a draft of the legislation. He agrees a judge should be involved before a subpoena can be issued. “In terms of protecting state government and individuals, I think it makes more sense,” he said. Fredette said if the subpoena request is reasonable, he does not foresee a judge not approving a request from the OPM. He said there needs to be a proper balance to protect from improper use of a powerful tool to investigate something. “This is really a fundamental change in the process that is being proposed,” he said. Gubernatorial aide Jonathan Nass is the principal architect of the OPM legislation and he defended the subpoena proposal in the legislation. “It seems logical that if we are asking this entity to have an ability to look across government and look at a broad spectrum of issues, if you have an uncooperative element you have the ability to investigate,” he said. But, he said, the subpoena issue is “not a big part of the bill” and that the administration is willing to work with lawmakers to draft acceptable legislation. Rep. David Webster, D-Freeport, said he sees the bill as proposed to be “overreaching” and hopes the administration can work out language with members of the Judiciary Committee that is acceptable to the legislature. The State Planning Office can subpoena information and testimony on a question now, but only with the approval of a judge. Nass said there are several types of subpoenas in state law used by various agencies. “There are a number of different breeds of subpoenas,” he said, “in civil litigation as part of discovery a subpoena can be issued by an attorney, there are a number of subpoenas in use. “ Nass said the Governor’s vision for the new office is one that can look at issues and problems across that state government and provide him with an analysis of how to address those problems. He said it would be similar to the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President, except it would focus on the management aspects of government with budget issues left to the Budget Office in the Department of Finance and Administration. Rep. Joan Nass, R-Acton, the co-chair of the Judiciary Committee said Friday her committee spent time last week discussing the issue at the request of the Appropriations Committee. She said committee staff found 122 instances in state law where agencies are given the right to issue subpoenas.

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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

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’ 7 p.m. “The Hon. Unity Dow, an acclaimed author, human rights activist and former judge who was the first woman to serve on Botswana’s High Court, will deliver the University of Maine School of Law’s annual Justice for Women Lecture in Portland. This marks the inaugural year for this new lecture series. During her visit to Maine, Dow will meet with Law School faculty and students, community leaders, high school students and other groups, including the Mitchell Institute and CIEE, an international exchange organization based in Portland. The Law School established the Justice for Women Lecture series with support from attorney and civic leader Catherine Lee and other donors. Dow is one of the world’s foremost advocates for the rights of women and indigenous groups. In 1998 Dow became the first female judge appointed to the High Court of Botswana, and she served on the court until 2009. One landmark case during her tenure involved a group of Botswana’s Bushmen who won the right to live and hunt on ancestral lands in the Kalahari. The author of four novels and a non-fiction book, Dow published her latest book, ‘Saturday is for Funerals,’ in 2010. The book examines recent successes that Botswana has had in the fight against HIV/AIDS.” Portland Mayor Michael Brennan will present Dow with a key to the city. Brennan, Dow, Lee and Dean Peter Pitegoff of the Law School will speak briefly. The Justice for Women Lecture is scheduled at the Abromson Community Education Center, 88 Bedford St., Portland. Dow’s lecture is titled “Juggling Truths – When Justice is a Moving Target.” The event is free and open to the public. Due to limited space, however, RSVPs are encouraged. Please contact Lexie Moras at amoras@ usm.maine.edu or 780-4344.

School board meeting 7 p.m. Business Meeting, Portland Public Schools board of trustees, Room 250, Casco Bay High School.

‘Uncle Bob’ by Mad Horse Theatre Company 7:30 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company’s Dark Night Series returns with Austin Pendleton’s “Uncle Bob.” “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.

On Thursday, April 5 at 7 p.m., the Natural Resources Council of Maine is sponsoring an evening with Chuck Keeney, a West Virginia activist and labor and environmental justice historian, who will talk about the impacts of mountaintop removal mining. The event is at Bowdoin College in Brunswick. (COURTESY IMAGE)

Wednesday March 28 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.

Putting a record out on vinyl webinar 6:30 p.m. The next installment in the Portland Music Foundation’s “Music as a Profession” Series. “Maybe you’ve heard about the analog renaissance’ or the ‘return of vinyl.’ While CD sales have been falling steadily, vinyl sales have seen increases of 33 percent (2009), 14 percent (2010), and a whopping 39 percent in 2011. Some 3.9 million vinyl LPs were sold last year, which Nielsen claims is the most vinyl albums ever sold in a single year.” If you’re considering going the vinyl route with your next record, you absolutely need to be in on this Portland Music Foundation webinar. Participants include Jay Millar from United Record Pressing, based in Nashville; Billy Fields, Senior Director of Sales and Account Management at Warner/Elektra/Atlantic; William Etheridge, head of Eternal Otter Records; and Chris Brown, head of marketing at Bull Moose Music. For more information, email info@portlandmusicfoundation.org.

‘Not Just Chickens Cross Roads’ 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gilsland Farm, free program at Maine Audubon. “Not Just Chickens Cross Roads: The Maine Audubon Wildlife Road Watch Roads are an integral part of our lives, getting us to all the places we need to go for work and play. But roads have an enormous impact on wildlife and habitat, affecting up to 20 percent of the landscape, fragmenting habitat, creating barriers to wildlife travel and collision risks for wildlife, especially worrisome for some endangered species. With changes to habitats due to climate change these problems for wildlife are even more significant. Maine Audubon, in partnership with UC Davis, MaineDOT, and Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, created the Maine Audubon Wildlife Road Watch website in 2010 to engage citizen scientists throughout Maine. Volunteers from around the state participate by adding any observations to the website. www.maineaudubon.org/wildliferoadwatch. The Maine Audubon Speaker Series is a free monthly program at the Gilsland Farm Center in Falmouth. Contact Mike Windsor, staff naturalist, at 781-2330, ext 237.

‘Little Me’ at St. Lawrence 7 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 three-

piece 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 Truth of All Things’ 7 p.m. University of Maine Law Alumnus Kieran Shields ‘96 will be giving a talk about his new book, “The Truth of All Things” in the University of Southern Maine Portland Bookstore. Copies of the book will be on sale after the talk. This event is free and open to the public. “The Truth of All Things” follows newly appointed Deputy Marshal Archie Lean, who is called in to investigate a prostitute’s murder in Portland, Maine. Lean soon discovers the murder is just one in a series of ritualized killings that are reminiscent of the Salem witch trials. Lean must decipher the patterns and rituals of these murders before the killer can close in on his final victim. Kieran Shields grew up in Portland. He graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Maine School of Law. He currently lives on the coast of Maine with his family. “The Truth of All Things” is Shields’ first novel. For more information, contact USM Tradebook Manager Barbara Kelly, at 780-4072.

Thursday, March 29 Falmouth Memorial Library fundraiser ends 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Falmouth Memorial Library’s monthlong silent auction and annual fundraiser, “Beauty and the Books,” will end on Thursday, March 29. Dozens of art and craft items are available for bidding. On Thursday, March 29, a Grand Finale Reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the library’s Russell Room. Refreshments from local vendors will be served. FMI call 781-2351.

WHS Girls Basketball Boosters meeting 6:30 p.m. Jm Richards, Westbrook High School Girls Basketball Booster president, announced that the WHS Girls Basketball Boosters will be holding an annual “Election of Officers” meeting in March. All residents of Westbrook are welcome to attend and participate, at the WHS Cafe. A partial agenda includes year in review; finances; upcoming fundraisers, elections. see next page

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The Reverend Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou 7 p.m. The Reverend Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou in Portland. “Considered one of the foremost religious leaders of his generation, Reverend Sekou is an author, documentary filmmaker, public intellectual, organizer, pastor and theologian. Reverend Sekou will read from his collection ‘Gods, Gays, and Guns: Essays on Religion and the future of Democracy’ at Longfellow Books at 7 p.m. Longfellow Books events are open to the public and always free to attend.

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 Scarborough-based 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.

Maine Festival of the Book

7:30 p.m. This year’s Maine Festival of the Book, to be held in Portland from March 29 to April 1, once again boasts a full schedule not just for adults, but for younger ages, too. Children and youth programming will be featured on Saturday, March 31 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Abromson Center, University of SouthMaine Festival of the Book ern Maine, Portland. Programming includes 7 p.m. This year’s Maine Festival of the readings and book-related, hands-on activities Book, to be held in Portland from March 29 with children’s authors and illustrators Brenda to April 1, once again boasts a full schedule Reeves Sturgis, Lynn Plourde, Rebekah Raye, not just for adults, but for younger ages, too. Jeannie Brett, Barbara Walsh, Anne Sibley Children and youth programming will be feaO’Brien, Reza Jalali, Maria Testa, and Nathan tured on Saturday, March 31 from 10 a.m. to Walker, along with programs featuring young 2:30 p.m. at the Abromson Center, Univeradult authors Amalie Howard, Elizabeth Miles, sity of Southern Maine, Portland. Programand Sarah L. Thomson, graphic novelist Ben ming includes readings and book-related, Bishop, and the professional writers of The Tellhands-on activities with children’s authors ing Room. Program topics include family pets, and illustrators Brenda Reeves Sturgis, Lynn multicultural stories, and mountain adventures, Plourde, Rebekah Raye, Jeannie Brett, Baralong with vampires, turkeys, cows, squirrels, bara Walsh, Anne Sibley O’Brien, Reza Jalali, and other creatures, too. Additional children Maria Testa, and Nathan Walker, along with and youth authors will be at the festival sellprograms featuring young adult authors ing books and signing them from noon to 2 Amalie Howard, Elizabeth Miles, and Sarah p.m. on Saturday. Friday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. L. Thomson, graphic novelist Ben Bishop, — Opening Night: Tony Horwitz, Abromson and the professional writers of The Telling The University of Maine School of Law’s inaugural Justice for Women Lecture, featuring the Honorable Center, University of Southern Maine. PulitRoom. Program topics include family pets, Unity Dow of Botswana, will take place tonight at 7 p.m. at the Abromson Community Education Center zer Prize-winner Tony Horwitz, author of the multicultural stories, and mountain adven- in Portland. (COURTESY PHOTO) historical narratives Midnight Rising and Contures, along with vampires, turkeys, cows, federates in the Attic gives an illustrated talk. You-Can” — ticket prices for all other performances are squirrels, and other creatures, too. Additional children and (Tickets to benefit Maine Reads at www.mainereads.org $19 general admission and $15 seniors and students with youth authors will be at the festival selling books and signstarting in February.). For a complete festival schedule go ID. Group discounts and subscription tickets are available. ing them from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Thursday, March to www.mainereads.org. For reservations call the box office at 865-5505 or visit the 29, 7 p.m. — An Evening with John Cole, Glickman Family website, www.freeportfactory.com. Stache Pag Library, University of Southern Maine, Free. A lecture by 9:30 p.m. Mustaches will tickle the fancy of Portlanders, with ‘The Effect of Gamma Rays on John Cole, founding director of the Center for the Book, the fifth annual Stache Pag, to be held Friday, March 30, at Library of Congress (presented in conjunction with Maine Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds’ at Lucid Stage Port City Music Hall, and “The International Moustache Film Humanities Council and the Katech Cheney Chappell ’83 8 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents the American Festival brought to you by Progressive” Saturday, March Center for Book Arts at USM.) Friday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. classic with the tongue twisting title, “The Effect of Gamma 31, at the Deering Grange Hall, Portland. The Stache Pag is — Opening Night: Tony Horwitz, Abromson Center, UniRays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,” by Paul Zindel. The when dozens of moustachioed men from across Maine, and versity of Southern Maine. Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Horplay opens March 15, and runs Thursday to Sunday through the world, will compete for trophies in four moustache catwitz, author of the historical narratives Midnight Rising and April 1, at Lucid Stage in Portland. “Zindel’s masterpiece, egories: The Uncle Rico, The Magnum PI, The 1899 Maine Confederates in the Attic gives an illustrated talk. (Tickets which won an Obie Award, a New York Drama Critics Circle Legislature and The Thigh Tickler. After several rounds of to benefit Maine Reads at www.mainereads.org starting in Award, and the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Drama, tells the rigorous judging, crowd applause determines the winner February.). For a complete festival schedule go to www. story of single mother Beatrice Hunsdorfer, and her teenage of each category. The March 30 event will be held at Port mainereads.org. daughters, Ruth and Matilda. Abandoned by her husband City Music Hall. 7:30 p.m. — Special Advance World Preand saddled with two children, Beatrice hates the world. Portland Children’s Film Festival miere screening of inaugural Stache Film Fest exclusively She thinks she just needs the right opportunity, and every7 p.m. East End Community School is sponsoring the first for Stache Pag contestants and VIP’s. 9:30 p.m. — Doors thing will get better. Older sister Ruth knows the reputation her Portland Children’s Film Festival on Thursday, March 29 open to public. A portion of the proceeds from the event go mother has around town, but she seems sadly fated to repeat through Sunday, April 1 at several locations throughout the to benefit MENSK and MyStacheFightsCancer. Visit www. her mother’s mistakes in her own life. Shy Matilda, or Tillie, is city. The festival will feature local, national and international stachepag.com. “The International Moustache Film Festithe joke of her school and her family, until a teacher opens children’s films and workshops, the school district reported. val brought to you by Progressive” will be Saturday, March her eyes to the wonders of science. When Tilllie’s project on Local films will include a premiere of short films produced 31, at the Deering Grange Hall, Portland, with screenings the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigold seeds by Portland children ages four to 11. Elementary schoolat 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. The film festival proceeds are going to is chosen for the school science fair, the dysfunctional family children in Portland submitted films as part of the festival’s benefit the non-profit film archive Northeast Historic Film in dynamic comes to a head.” www.lucidstage.com Young Filmmakers Contest. The winning films will be shown Bucksport. Visit www.stachefilmfest.com at the Red Carpet Premiere at the Nickelodeon Cinemas on Thursday, March 29 at 7 p.m. and at the Portland Public Friday, March 30 Saturday, March 31 Library on Saturday, March 31 at 12:45 p.m. The festival will take place at Nickelodeon Cinemas, St. Lawrence Arts and Falmouth Historical Society table games Cultural Center, Zero Station, East End Community School, Adoptable Dogs in Sanford 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. At Holy Martyrs Church, 266 Forethe University of Southern Maine’s Masterton Hall at 71 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Animal Welfare Society Mobile Adopside Road, Falmouth. “Did you register for The Falmouth Bedford Street, the Portland Public Library and the Portland tion Team will visit Tractor Supply, 1170 Main St., Sanford Historical Society’s biannual fundraiser table games on Museum of Art. See a complete schedule of events at www. with adoptable dogs. For more information, call Animal WelMarch 30 from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm. Call your friends who portlandchildrensfilmfestival.com. fare Society (www.animalwelfaresociety.org) at 985-3244 or play bridge or other table games. Put a foursome together Tractor Supply at 490-0034. ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’ and enjoy a light lunch and beverages. $12/person and all see next page premieres at Freeport Factory Stage proceeds benefit The Fal7:30 p.m. The Freeport Factory Stage will premiere the mouth Historical Society. “It’s not a hotdog if it’s not a Chicago Dog” “soulful and shattering production” of “Lady Day at EmerFor reservations call Mary son’s Bar & Grill,” on Thursday, March 29. “This production Honan at 781-2705 or The features the incomparable jazz singer, Mardra Thomas as Society at 781-4727.” TUESDAY SPECIAL Billie Holiday, with local musician Flash Allen at the piano. Peter Bebergal at the only Directed by Julie George-Carlson, ‘Lady Day’ is a fictional Portland Public Library account of the final appearance by Billie Holiday at a seedy noon to 1 p.m. Peter Bebernight club in Philadelphia, only four months before her gal, author of “Too Much to death at the age of 44. The play, written by Lainie RobertDream.” The Friday Local son, was originally produced in 1989 and has enjoyed great Author Series is held from success in regional theaters for the past 20 years.” ‘Lady includes French Fries and 16 oz. Fountain Soda noon to 1 p.m. in the Main Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’ runs from March 29-April 14,

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Maine Festival of the Book noon. This year’s Maine Festival of the Book, to be held in Portland from March 29 to April 1, once again boasts a full schedule not just for adults, but for younger ages, too. Children and youth programming will be featured on Saturday, March 31 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland. Programming includes readings and book-related, hands-on activities with children’s authors and illustrators Brenda Reeves Sturgis, Lynn Plourde, Rebekah Raye, Jeannie Brett, Barbara Walsh, Anne Sibley O’Brien, Reza Jalali, Maria Testa, and Nathan Walker, along with programs featuring young adult authors Amalie Howard, Elizabeth Miles, and Sarah L. Thomson, graphic novelist Ben Bishop, and the professional writers of The Telling Room. Program topics include family pets, multicultural stories, and mountain adventures, along with vampires, turkeys, cows, squirrels, and other creatures, too. Additional children and youth authors will be at the festival selling books and signing them from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday. For a complete festival schedule go to www.mainereads.org.

‘Swan Lake’ 2 p.m. Performances of “Swan Lake” are scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 31, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 1. Tickets are on sale through Porttix at 842-0800, online at www.porttix.com, or at the Merrill Auditorium box office: noon to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Tickets are priced at $20-$40, and discounts are available for groups, seniors and children. “Maine State Ballet is one of the state’s leading performing arts institutions. Its two major components are the School for the Performing Arts, offering instruction in several dance styles to more than 500 children and adults; and the Maine State Ballet Company, comprised of more than 25 professional dancers who train and perform at many venues throughout the year. Two local foundations, the Sam L. Cohen Foundation and the Davis Family Foundation, each contributed $7,500 to the production. The funds will be used to offset technical costs of the ambitious production, including special lighting.” For more information, call Maine State Ballet at 781-7672, or visit www.mainestateballet.org.

Portland Women’s Rugby Football Club 2:30 p.m. “With the announcement of USA Rugby’s plan to create more women’s teams, the Portland Women’s Rugby Football Club is ready to train hard, play harder, and defend their championship title this spring. This past fall, the Portland Women’s Rugby team won the Northeastern Rugby Union Champions title in New Jersey, earning them the number one seed in the country and a place at the USA Rugby Nationals in Virginia Beach in November. After a loss to the Sacramento Amazons and then two consecutive wins against Memphis and Burlington, the team finished fifth place in the nation for DII Women’s Rugby.” On Saturday, March 31, PWRFC will host their home opener with a 2:30 p.m. kickoff against Norwich University at their home field, 120 Fox St. in Portland. For more information about PWRFC, or questions about joining, contact President Brittney Braasch (brittney.braasch@gmail.com) or visit www.MaineWomensRugby.com.

The International Moustache Film Festival 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. “The International Moustache Film Festival brought to you by Progressive” will be Saturday, March 31, at the Deering Grange Hall, Portland, with screenings at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. The film festival proceeds are going to benefit the non-profit film archive Northeast Historic Film in Bucksport. Visit www.stachefilmfest.com

Wade Zahares’ larger-than-life pastel paintings will highlight a Tuesday, April 10 event. Zahares will conduct a demonstration of his technique and speak about his work at Maine College of Art’s Osher Lecture Hall, from noon to 2 p.m. This lecture is sponsored by the Pastel Painters of Maine. (COURTESY IMAGE)

Cesar Chavez Observance

Owl Prowl

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Maine Global Institute presents a Cesar Chavez observance at the First Parish of Portland, 425 Congress St. in observance of Chavez’s birthday and the 50th anniversary of his founding of the United Farm Workers of America. “The growing importance of Chavez going into this century is much more than that of being a union and Latino civil rights leader. Over 65 percent of the New England supported Chavez boycott efforts during the 1970s because he sought to address the basic human needs of America’s poorest working people. Last year, we celebrated the first ever observance ever held at First Parish with presentations on the universality and diversity of Chavez. This March 31 promises to be a discussion on what the values of Chavez mean for this American century.” 518-9177

6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Take part in a unique nighttime adventure — calling in owls during breeding season. $35/$45. www. maineaudubon.org

Haiti Empty Bowl Supper

Illuminating The Beauty and Tragedy of Darfur

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The annual Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Church Empty Bowl Supper to support Christ the King School in Morne Rouge, Haiti, will take place in the church hall at the corner of Mellen and Sherman streets (parking on the street and in the PROP LOT at Cumberland and Mellen). All proceeds go to teacher salaries and children’s nutrition for the six-grade school. Guests receive a bowl, soup, and bread. All are welcome. The suggested donation is $10. Haiti crafts will be for sale. Haitian folk music. 773-6562

Country Western Night at Anthony’s 7 p.m. Anthony’s Dinner Theater and Cabaret. March 31. Starring Gloria Jean from Maine Country Music Hall of Fame along with her group Timeless and Paul Andrulli and Jim Cavallaro. Call 221-2267 for reservations. Free Parking, Handicap Accessible, Beer & Wine, www.anthonysdinnertheater.com

Monday, April 2 ‘The Faces of Legal Aid in Maine’ 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. “The often invisible faces of Mainers in need of legal assistance will be brought to light in a new exhibit by photographer Martha Mickles at the Portland Public Library.” The show, “Justice for All: The Faces of Legal Aid in Maine,” will be held from Monday, April 2 through mid-July in the lower level of the Portland Public Library. It is sponsored by the Maine Bar Foundation. 6 p.m. “In November 2011 students from Falmouth High School participated in an extraordinary event as part of First Friday Art Walk that brought awareness to the genocide in Darfur, Sudan through their magnificent works of art. Once again, you have the opportunity to view these inspiring and breathtaking works of art created by Falmouth student artists representing Darfur’s beauty contrasted with the tragic genocide.” Illuminating The Beauty and Tragedy of Darfur will be the new “beautifully lit” gallery’s first opening in the theater lobby at Falmouth High School. The Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus, directed by Con Fullam, who were recently featured on the Today Show, will be lending their voices to this occasion. “I am touched to the heart each time I hear them sing,” said Reza Jalali, head of Multi-Cultural Affairs at the University of Southern Maine. The Malika Sudanese dancers will be back on the theater stage in Falmouth.

Street lighting deemed a safety issue and an economic development opportunity FUNDING from page 8

Alex Landry, president of the Bayside Neighborhood Association, testified in favor of the lighting project and said its importance “could not be overestimated.” He noted that the lighting on Cumberland Ave. is both an enormous safety issue and an economic development opportunity. Other residents echoed those concerns, complaining of graffiti and other issues with the area. The manager’s proposal gave some last-minute twists to the annual grant-awarding process. It was good news for Lori Moses, executive director of the Catherine Morrill Day Nursery, who received notice of potential grant funding Monday morning. The group had already qualified for social-service funding, but had not made the cut for its capital improvement request. That request was one of those included after the

manager’s idea of shifting the Cumberland Ave. money. Asked if the process was making sense to her, Moses said she “... doesn’t know if it makes sense, but it is what it is.” She also noted that any questions in the annual funding process makes budgeting difficult and any cuts naturally impact who can be helped. The city manager’s recommendation is one of the final steps in an evaluation process that takes months. His proposal comes after the city-appointed volunteer “CDBG Annual Scoring Committee” reviews each application and gives it a score based on a variety of goals. The process can create close outcomes. For example, the Cultivating Community farm-related program was eliminated from the funded groups after an appeals officer noted two math errors in the pro-

posal; each such mistake can cost a group a pont on the scoring. That elimination was noted in the city manager's written report but was not otherwise addressed at the hearing. Starting last year, councilors also impose a 45 percent “cap” on municipal funding which this year limited the city’s possible award to $261,734. The city manager’s recommendation is also suggesting a shift in that process, which would normally fully fund the top-scoring proposals while allowing those last in line to receive only partial funding. That would have left the city's Behavioral Health Program facing a $55,000 reduction, but under the manager’s proportional program that cut would be less dramatic. Councilors did not comment following the initial public comment period. Next meeting on the grant proposals is April 9.