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Mayor: Proposal to hang artwork at Portland City Hall ‘on hold’ BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Last Friday, state Rep. Ben Chipman, I-Portland, predicted somewhat ominously that the newly controversial labor-themed mural hanging at the Department of Labor in Augusta might be gone when the building re-opened Monday. Turns out he was right. The mural depicting images from Maine’s labor history, which hung relatively unnoticed in the building’s lobby for three years before being targeted for removal by Gov. Paul LePage, was nowhere to be found Monday. Adrienne Bennett, a spokesperson for LePage,

Natural gas job to start in Old Port

confirmed that the artwork was taken down, just days after she assured this reporter that the mural would remain on display until a new home was found. “The administration feels that the action taken this weekend was appropriate, and that’s all we are releasing at this time,” Bennett said Monday afternoon. Meanwhile, LePage’s proposal Chipman to “loan” the 36-foot mural to Portland has been met with growing skepticism. At least three city councilors expressed opposition to the

plan, offered Friday as a sort of compromise to keep the artwork in public view. “I believe that the mural is the property of the state and should remain with the state,” said Councilor John Anton. “I think the city and the state together face several common economic challenges and our time would be better spent discussing those.” Councilor Dave Marshall on Monday likened the state’s loan offer to a “Trojan horse.” “The mural should stay as the property of the state and be properly displayed in the Department of Labor,” said Marshall, who attended rallies on see MURAL page 12

Commercial St. is ﬁrst stop for $64M gas-line upgrade BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Early next month, Unitil will start digging up and replacing natural gas lines on Commercial, Market and Exchange streets as it begins a 14-year, $64 million project to upgrade pipelines, officials said. In a nod to potential impact on the city's tourism industry, however, Unitil is pledging to schedule early-morning and evening work when possible and will try to wrap up this season's trenching and paving by May 30 to limit the disruption to Old Port businesses, officials said during a press briefing Monday. Also, the job, sanctioned by the state's Public Utilities Commission and funded by Unitil, will take little bites of the Old Port each year of its 14-year life as the company replaces 113 miles of cast-iron pipe with what they say is safer, sturdier plastic pipe. "In order to keep construction localized, they're going to do a little bit in the downtown area each year and that way they're not completely disrupting all of Portland," said Matt Doughty, local project administrator with the city's Department of Public Services. "The Old Port area, obviously that's one of the busiest places in Portland, there's a lot of tourism," said

During a press conference Monday, Bill Hobart, manager of gas operations in Maine for Unitil, discusses a 14-year, $64 million gas-line replacement job planned in Portland and Westbrook. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Bill Hobart, manager of gas operations for Unitil in Maine. "We have strategically sectioned that so we do a small portion of the Old Port each of the 14 years of the project so we don't cause a lot of disruption down in that area." Unitil has been operating the natural gas system since 2008, when the company bought Northern Utilities. During review of the project last summer, the

PUC anticipated a community relations and project management budget of $5.8 million out of a total cost of $64.5 million. It's what Unitil is calling one of the largest natural gas-line replacement efforts ever undertaken in the Northeast. Doughty, the city's liaison on the project, said he will be communicating with business owners as the old pipelines are dug up and replaced. see GAS page 16

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Collectors draw the line at 1950s (NY Times) — Prop designers and dealers by trade, Kenyan Lewis and Grace Kelsey are collectors of early 20th-century Americana, objects that date, roughly, from the end of the Victorian era through the machine age. The line is drawn at the 1950s: “We don’t get into that stuff,” said Mr. Lewis, 39. He and Ms. Kelsey, 33, gave up their apartment on the Lower East Side in 2008, and now rent a house in Accord, N.Y., a hamlet about two and a half hours north of Manhattan. When they moved, their belongings filled two 26-foot moving trucks; they made an additional trip with one of the trucks, plus five more trips with a minivan. The contents included stacks of Popular Mechanics magazines from the 1930s and 1940s, vintage patterns and buttons, tube radios and old fans, camp blankets, books, decanters. Throughout the house, which dates from 1890, the new is scarcely evident, except in the office, where a worn 30-foot American flag is draped along a window near three computer workstations, and in the modestly sized attic, where a 73-inch TV looms like a drive-in movie screen. (Living in Accord, they don’t get out much, they explained; Netflix provides entertainment.) Just about everything else is old and in use, like the vintage luggage that serves as storage, with labels like “pajamas” and “taxes” written in cursive, and the bench made in part from a sewing machine dating to the beginning of the 20th century, on which the enormous TV is perched. The aesthetic that Mr. Lewis and Ms. Kelsey cultivate reflects a nostalgia, but not for the Victoriana that has been so popular in recent years. As is the case with a number of other collectors they know, their fascination is not with dark rooms, ornate lines or the macabre, but with the stylistic era that followed. It is a simpler, more rustic and American-inflected style that is more general store than taxidermy-appointed lodge, and that emphasizes objects that are well-made, durable and useful: wire storage baskets, machine-age metal tools, leather couches, canvas bags, colorful woolen blankets and interiors made of barn wood. Through their prop-design business, By Kenyan, Mr. Lewis and Ms. Kelsey have had a hand in spreading this look, providing furnishings like club chairs, trunks and globes, and antique-looking signage, to restaurants like the Smile, on Bond Street, and stores like Save Khaki, which sells classic men’s wear that looks broken in.

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Gates, Clinton unite to defend Libya intervention and say it may last awhile BY MARK LANDLER AND THOM SHANKER THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates acknowledged Sunday that the unrest in Libya did not pose an immediate threat to the United States. Even so, he and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the Obama administration was justified in taking military action to avert a massacre there that could have altered the course of the popular revolts roiling the Arab world. The comments by President Obama’s two top national security officials, made on multiple political talk shows on Sunday, offered a striking illustration of the complex calculus that Mr. Obama faced in committing the military to impose a no-fly zone over Libya — one of the greatest gambles of his presidency. It was a rare joint appearance by Mr. Gates and Mrs. Clinton, improbable allies who started out with sharply different views

of what to do about Libya but have converged in the belief that the brutality of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi demanded a military response. Both officials acknowledged that the operation could drag on for months or even into next year. Practically completing each other’s sentences, Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Gates projected the kind of unified message prized by the Obama White House. But that unity came only after a fraught internal debate, in which they and other senior officials had to weigh humanitarian values against national interests. Their joint appearance laid the groundwork for a speech to the nation by Mr. Obama on Monday night, as the administration tries to answer critics in Congress and elsewhere who say that the president has failed to explain the scope, command structure and objective of the mission. And the open-ended nature of the cam-

paign drew fresh criticism from Republicans, including Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Mr. Gates and Mrs. Clinton said the allied airstrikes had scored early successes, sealing off the skies over Libya and averting a rout of the rebels by Colonel Qaddafi’s forces in the eastern city of Benghazi. Rebels are pushing Qaddafi forces back toward the capital, Tripoli, they said. On the key question of whether Libya constituted the kind of vital national interest that would normally justify military intervention, Mr. Gates offered a blunt denial — one that hinted at the debate among Mr. Obama’s advisers about whether to push for a no-fly zone. “No, I don’t think it’s a vital interest for the United States, but we clearly have interests there, and it’s a part of a region which is a vital interest for the United States,” Mr. Gates said on “This Week” on ABC.

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Margaret “Peggy” (Sprague) Meserve, 59 SOUTH PORTLAND — Margaret “Peggy” (Sprague) Meserve, beloved wife, mother, and daughter, passed away after a brief illness surrounded by her family at her home in South Portland on Friday March 25, 2011. She was born the only child to Robert and Bertha Sprague on July 6, 1951, in Portland, Maine. She attended South Portland High School where she was an avid marksman, eventually earning her diploma in 1969. She then attended Saint Francis College in Biddeford where she received her Bachelor of Arts in English and History in 1973. Later she attended the Gorham campus of the University of Maine earning her Masters

Degree in Early Childhood Education with a concentration in Special Education in 1987. She was a charter member with her husband in the Order of the Eastern Star in Scarborough, as well as a Past Worthy Advisor for the Rainbow Girls Assembly of Windham. Always giving back to the community, Peggy had over 1200 volunteer hours at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Peggy could always be found reading, writing, drawing, painting, or at camp, as her love of literature, the arts, and the outdoors permeated all aspects of her life. Over the years her love of animals led to countless pets of all kinds including an alligator, a hedgehog, a possum, a skunk, as well as numerous cats and dogs. She spent many afternoons with her family at Beech Ridge Motorspeedway, as well as racetracks across New England and Florida cheering on racers of all ages.

Mary R. Ives, 99, of South Portland, died peacefully, March 25, 2011, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House with her loving family by her side. She was born Sept. 23, 1911 in Portland, a daughter of Patrick and Margaret Agnes (Foley) Reilly. Mary’s family moved to South Portland when she was seven and she was educated in local schools. She was a 1929 graduate of South Portland High School. Following high school, Mary worked for A & P for 12 years. She married the love of her life, Frederick D. Ives, at Holy Cross Church in 1935 and began raising her family. She worked as a dental assistant for Dr. Sidney Jacobson until her loss of

sight in 1970. Mary was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church where she taught Sunday school. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband Fred on June 11, 1996, two sisters, Margaret A. Whitmore, Sarah J. Coffield; two brothers, Andrew M. Reilly and Edward J. McGeehan. Surviving are: her daughter, Pamela Ives of Scarborough; a brother, Lawrence F. McGeehan and his wife Kathleen of Zephyr Hills, Fla.; a sister Kathryn Llewelyn of Scarborough, and a grandson, Alexander V. Stevoich of Scarborough. Many nieces and nephews Visiting hours were held on Monday,

In addition to her devoted husband of 38 years, Barry E. Meserve Sr., she is survived by her parents, Robert and Bertha Sprague of Scarborough; her daughter, Catherine King and husband Anthony with their children Richard and Robyn of Berwick; son, Barry Meserve Jr. and wife Jennifer with their children Kaylee and Ian of Millinocket; son, Jay Meserve and wife Stephanie with their son Dawson of Scarborough; daughter, Bobbi Coffin and husband Corey of Dover, N.H. She was predeceased by her loving Aunt Eva Taylor and father-in-law Edward Meserve. Calling hours were Monday, March 28 at Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 29 at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with interment to follow at Riverside Cemetery in Yarmouth. Condolences to the family may be expressed online at www.hobbsfuneralhome.com.

Mary R. Ives, 99 March 28 at Conroy-Tully Crawford South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, South Portland. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, March 29, At Conroy-Tully Crawford South Portland Chapel at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery, South Portland. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.ctcrawford.com. Those who wish may make memorial contributions in Mary’s memory to the Beacon Club for the Visually Impaired, 7 Salt Spray Lane, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107. It was Mary’s wish that something extraordinary be experienced in her memory.

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Henrietta Hagen, 88 CAPE ELIZABETH — Henrietta Helen Hagen, 88, of Cape Elizabeth, surrounded by her three children, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Henrietta was born on September 11, 1922 in Springfield, Mass., the youngest daughter of Herman and Leonora Handy of Longmeadow, Mass. She graduated from Classical High School and then with her two sisters moved to New York City to study music and dance. Upon returning to Springfield, she worked at the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. With the onset of World War II, Henrietta enlisted in the WAVES. She was sent to Georgia for U.S. Naval Training where she became a company commander and was commended "for her outstanding qualities of leadership, initiative, competence, poise and sound judgment." While in the service, Henrietta was stationed at NAS Alameda, Calif. She returned to the East Coast, following an Honorable Discharge in May of 1946, to marry Walter Ellsworth Hagen, who had been a Bombardier Navigator in the Army Air Corps. Walter was her soul-mate. They loved each other for nearly 59 years, sharing a great sense of humor and a love of adventure, learning and the outdoors. Henrietta was a rare beauty all her life with her sparkling blue eyes and engaging smile. She enjoyed

and brought joy to the many people she encountered during her life's journey. She understood the importance of a healthy lifestyle which included eating healthy, fresh foods and exercise way before the slow food movement. Henrietta enjoyed making her own yogurt and tomato juice which she shared generously with others. She embraced life's adventures, enjoying swimming in the ocean, hiking, skiing, river rafting and sailing. In demonstrating her belief, "you're never too old to learn," at the age of 61, she enrolled in Diablo Valley College, in California and graduated with a Degree in Liberal Arts. Henrietta was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was very proud of

and enjoyed being with her family. Henrietta's and Walter's move to Maine was precipitated by their love of Maine, being near the ocean and closer to family. Henrietta is survived by a brother, William Handy of Duxbury, Mass.; a sister, Leonora Arneson of Harwich, Mass.; a son, Mark Hagen of Cape Elizabeth, Maine; two daughters, Kristin Garner of Great Barrington, Mass., and Susan Hagen of Cape Elizabeth, Maine; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Walter and her sister, Eudora Pemberton of Manchester by the Sea, Mass. Henrietta will be remembered as a woman whose sweet disposition, grace, strength and loving nature remained to the end. The family would like to express deep gratitude for the extraordinary care and compassion provided Henrietta and her family by the staffs at Village Crossings at Cape Elizabeth, Mercy Hospital and The Sam L. Cohen Rehabilitation Center at The Cedars. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are by the Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland, Maine. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in her memory be made to: Fort Williams Charitable Foundation, Attention: Arboretum Project, PO Box 6260, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107.

Portland actor to perform one-man show on labor activist in Madison, Wis.

Madison Wis., Baker DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT announced Monday. Portland actor Harlan The performance will Baker will appear as Jimmy follow the dedication of Higgins in a one-man show the history mural at the he has written about the Madison Labor Temple. legendary labor and social“There is bit of irony ist activist “Jimmy Higthat while the Maine Baker gins” at the dedication of Labor History mural the Madison Labor History Mural in is being removed from the Depart-

ment of Labor a similar mural is being dedicated in Madison, Wisconsin,” said Baker, referring to a controversy over Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s order that a mural about labor history in Maine be removed. Baker is a member of the Part Time Faculty Association, Local 4593 of The American Federation of Teachers AFLCIO. As an actor he has performed with

numerous professional theater companies throughout New England. This performance is sponsored by The South Central Labor Council of Wisconsin. Baker said he is planning a performance of the play in support of the Maine Labor History mural later this spring. For more information, go to www.harlanbaker.com.

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In 2008, Democratic voters had their pick of many candidates for president — from Hillary Clinton to John Edwards to Joe Biden. Why did they choose Barack Obama? After all, he had less experience in office than many of his rivals. He was not as well-known. He had the potential electoral liability of being black. No one knew if he was tough enough to stand up to Republican assaults in a nasty campaign. So what accounts for his success? More than any other reason, he won because he had opposed the invasion of Iraq — which Clinton and others had endorsed. Obama was the peace candidate of 2008. As the long and costly war dragged on, that was a priceless asset. ––––– Where are those voters now? Creators The majority is probably still in Obama’s camp. Most Democrats Syndicate in Congress have defended the president’s attack on Libya. Most have given him the benefit of the doubt in his slow withdrawal from Iraq. Most have gone along with his dramatic escalation in Afghanistan. But the mood of Democrats may be changing. The liberal magazine The Nation decried the intervention in Libya as “flagrant hypocrisy.” John

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Canada’s government falls and didn’t have a Life Alert On Friday, just about 10 a.m., history happened just a little bit to the north of Augusta. The government of Canada fell. Actually, it didn’t fall, it was voted out with a vote of no confidence, one of those sneaky parliamentary moves often seen in other governments of the world. Future Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, one of those who is described as a conservative, was tossed out like a dwarf from a bar to be replaced with the Liberal leader, Michael Ignatief. But did anyone in Maine, the state that cuddles up against Canada like a drunken promdate, even notice? Nah, we were embroiled in a debate about a mural at the Department Of Labor in Augusta. Hey, what happens on the northern border can have HUGE effects here in Maine. They buy a lot of stuff from us, and we from them. Since 9/11/01, the relatively open border policy has tightened a bit. You used to be able to go between Maine and Canada with a simple drivers license, but now you must show a passport or a passport card.

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Daily Sun Columnist Now, all we have to worry about is those sneaky refugee conservatives, sneaking over the border into what they might perceive as a conservative paradise to the south. LePage is in power, and if they are following the news, the temptation might come to sneak across the border in the dead of night. Who knows, we might even get back some of the expatriates who moved to Canada in the 1970’s to avoid the draft, or ones who moved to Canada for other reasons. What is the worst that could happen? It isn’t like they are going to move back here and run for gubernatorial office. Oops, sorry about that. Our quiet neighbor to the north, at the same time, agreed to post one of their military generals to command the NATO mis-

sion in Libya. My guess is, there was a room full of generals, and he was the last one to shout out “NOT IT!” and got stuck with the job. Sorry buddy, musical chairs is a bad game for generals, as it runs by “concert rules.” You shuffle your feet, you lose your seat. What will this mean for Maine? I suspect we might hear a bit of mumbling from Augusta, as the Governor might find himself hemmed in. After all, those sneaky granola heads over in Vermont have just a single state separating us from them, and Canada is right there, bumping up against us on a crowded bus. I wouldn’t be surprised if they get leered at from Augusta like a hobo on a bus. LePage and Co. are right smack dab in the middle of trying to “paint Maine Red” and THIS happens,a liberal takeover as subtle as a new next door neighbor with out-of-state plates. Any from one of those funny states too, that believes in all the stuff you hate. Elections are planned for May, so you might see a bit of cross-border arm twisting and making nice see HIGGINS page 5

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He dreamed he saw Kim Jong-il As Republican governors vie to become the most anti-union executive in the land, Gov. Paul LePage of Maine has stooped to behavior worthy of the pharaohs’ chiseling historic truth from Egyptian monuments. Mr. LePage has ordered that a 36-foot-wide mural depicting workers’ history in Maine be removed from the lobby of the state’s Labor Department. The reason? His office cited some complaints from offended business leaders and an anonymous fax declaring that the mural smacked of official brainwashing by North Korea’s dictator. This is what’s passing for democratic

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––––– The New York Times governance in a state with a noble workers’ history. The mural honors such groups as the state’s shoemakers and the women riveters who kept the ironworks going in World War II. Key workplace moments depicted include a paper mill strike against harsh working conditions and a tribute to pioneer lumberjacks.

All too “one-sided,” decreed the governor, who also ordered that the agency’s seven meeting rooms no longer be named after figures from workers’ history. The nation’s first woman cabinet member — Labor Secretary Frances Perkins — is buried in her beloved Maine, but her room name won’t survive. Nor will state residents be reminded of William Looney, a 19thcentury Republican legislator who fought for state child labor reforms. Mr. LePage’s acting labor commissioner suggests replacing the mural with neutral paint and naming the conference rooms after

Maine mountains. To be fair, Mr. LePage does retain a sense of workplace opportunity. After his election last November, he named Lauren, his 22-year-old, fresh-fromcollege daughter, to what was termed an entry-level job as assistant to the governor’s chief of staff. At $41,000 a year, the post offers $10,000 more than the pay for workers who pass the teacher and police tests. That’s on top of Ms. LePage’s free room and board at the governor’s mansion. (Reprinted from The New York Times, Sunday, March 27)

Base may be turning against President Obama CHAPMAN from page 4

Larson, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, upbraided Obama for not consulting Congress. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, called the war “another disaster.” If our involvement lasts weeks or months instead of days, Obama could lose many Democratic members. He has already lost a lot of them on Afghanistan. Recently, 85 House Democrats voted for Kucinich’s resolution demanding withdrawal of U.S. forces by Dec. 31, with 99 voting no. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, says both he and “a lot of my colleagues” in the Senate will also push for a speedy and complete departure. Obama has promised to withdraw some troops beginning in July, but he is committed to staying around till 2014. An unnamed senior official told ABC News this month “a substantial reduction is now ‘unlikely.’” Barring unexpectedly quick gains in security, most of our troops will still be there when the Iowa caucuses are held. The combination of Afghanistan and Libya could bring a bitter end to the romance between Democratic liberals and Obama. Many of them were already disappointed with him for extending the Bush tax cuts, bailing out Wall Street, omitting a public option from the health care overhaul, offering to freeze domestic discretionary spending and generally declining to go after Republicans hammer and tong. Had he rejected demands to use military force against Moammar Gadhafi, they would have had the solace of seeing the hawks finally put in their place. Instead, Obama did in Libya about what Clinton or John McCain probably would have done. Liberal doves are feeling a deep sense of betrayal after watching their champion of peace drop bombs on an Arab country. If the war drags on inconclusively, or if Obama feels compelled to expand our involvement, their discontent will grow. Then what? Then he could face what Lyndon Johnson faced in 1968: a Democratic primary challenger appealing to those tired of war and mistrustful of their president. Whom might that be? Maybe former Sen. Russ

Libyan rebels on the outskirts of the town of Bin Jawwad on Sunday, as they continued to recapture territory that they had lost. (Aris Messinis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

Feingold of Wisconsin, who opposed the Iraq war and provided the sole vote against the original Patriot Act. Maybe Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia, who is not running for re-election and has criticized the Libya attack. Or maybe someone else. It isn’t important whether the challenger is plausible as president. What’s important is that alienated Democrats have some way to express their anger and disenchantment. No liberal insurgent is likely to beat Obama. But Obama can lose even if he wins. Eugene McCarthy, after all, came in second to Johnson in the 1968 New Hampshire primary. Ted Kennedy couldn’t unseat Jimmy Carter in 1980. Pat Buchanan lost every primary against George H.W. Bush in 1992. None of those presidents, however, got

a second term in office. A Democratic challenge could be fatal to Obama’s re-election bid, for several reasons. It would highlight the ways in which he has failed liberals. It would make him look beleaguered and vulnerable. It would drain resources that could be used against Republicans. And the fight could embitter many Democrats, inducing them to stay home on Election Day. In 1968, McCarthy’s campaign posters said, “He stood up alone and something happened.” It could happen again.

Both countries right now are as broke as a commission-only toothbrush salesman whose only client is a professional hockey team. Both are scrambling to find any competitive advantage over the other, all the while maintaining that close relationship we have shared for so long. Though the rest of the national and Maine media was embroiled in “Mural-Gate,” somebody has to keep an eye on those Canadians. They are friendly, want to be good neighbors, but when pressed the

new team coming in might have heard of a few of the issues we’ve been looking at over the past few months, and suspect we’re acting a bit like a douche. The next few months will be interesting. I wonder if the Governor has made a congratulatory phone call to liberal party head Ignatief yet.

(Steve Chapman blogs daily at newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/steve_chapman. To find out more about Chapman, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.)

While ‘Mural-Gate’ plays out, someone should keep an eye on Canada HIGGINS from page 4

between now and then. Those sneaky types in the U.S. State Department might just send a little team up this way, urging us to play nice and not upset the delicate apple-cart. But with all the verbal faux pas in the past few months, all the hullabaloo, all the dozens of column inches dedicated to the gaffes, I seriously doubt we are going to escape this one unscathed.

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

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Learning to trust and enjoy at the Asian markets In recent years I’ve had a bad case of cognitive dissonance regarding Asian supermarket products. My head yells at me to be steer clear of products manufactured in countries where problems with food safety have been so bad that plant managers receive the death penalty. My taste buds scream for me to ignore those scaredycat voices in my head and to just buy that bag of wontons already! It’s a screaming match that happens whenever I’m in Hong Kong Market, Sun Oriental Market and Trader Joe’s. Fortunately, Jyang-Lee’s Authentic Chinese Treats have returned to Portland to put both my mind and belly at ease. Jyang-Lee “Angela” Fagin has been handcrafting dim sum with mostly Maine ingredients since 1995, when she and her husband Fred Fagin moved to Coopers Mills in Lincoln County. She has also been among the food stars at the oranically focused Common Ground Fair since 1997, sharing the specialties of her childhood in China with people who expect their food to be organic, locally grown and healthful. Growing up in Nanjing, Angela used to eat dumplings made with whole wheat flour. It’s what her mother could afford; “dark flour” was much cheaper and not rationed like refined white flour. Naturally when her mother came to visit her at her new home in Maine, she was astonished that the dumplings

that were the core of her daughter’s successful American business were not only made of whole wheat but that they sold at a pre––––– mium because of it. Angela met Fred in Nanjing, Daily Sun where he was working as a trade Columnist representative for American business interests. She was impressed with his Mandarin and called him by his Chinese name Lao Fan. In 1995, when the two decided to marry and relocate to the United States, Jyang-Lee began introducing herself as Angela, easier for her Maine neighbors to remember. Almost immediately, she became a fixture at local farmers markets, selling ready-to-eat spring rolls and frozen dumplings and wontons. For 16 years she’s been a one woman show. Fred helps out with the marketing, labeling and as chief taste tester. “My husband is my guinea pig to make sure that what I make translates to American tastes. Authentic Chinese food is too salty and too greasy for Westerners,” Angela observes. She sells sesame noodles, Mongolian pork barbecue and fresh Thai spring rolls with herbs from her own garden at farmers markets in Damariscotta, Boothbay and Bath. Her product line has expanded to include a line of bottled sauces and meat and vegetarian dumplings, eggrolls, wontons and crab rangoons, which she freezes for distribution to coops and natural food stores throughout Maine, includ-

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ing Greengrocer, Whole Grocer and Wild Oats before each of them exited the Portland scene. Angela uses unbleached white flour from King Arthur and organic whole wheat flour from the Webb Family Farm in Pittston, Maine. The turkey is from Mainely Poultry in Warren and the crab and surimi for the rangoons are from a local fish co-op. Her only concession on local ingredients is for soy sauce and water chestnuts, which she gets from a Boston distributor of Chinese restaurant supplies. She currently offers seven sauces: Dim Sum Dumpling Dipping Sauce, Thai Peanut Sauce, Garlic Lovers Sauce, OranGinger Sauce, Five Fruit Sweet-n-Sour Duck Sauce, Murder by Mustard and Szechuan Suicide Chili Sauce. I avoid sauces that promise a flamethrower, brimstone or a woman’s fury so I find the names of these last two sauces a little misleading. They are indeed hot but not the napalm bombs you’d expect from names that suggest an untimely death. They’re well-balanced and flavorful, sweetened with local honey and Maine apple cider vinegar. For more information about Jyang-Lee’s Authentic Chinese Treats contact ajfagin@gmail.com or call 207.549.4507. Rosemont on Brighton is currently carrying Jyang-Lee’s Authentic Chinese Treats. (Margo Mallar chops, stirs, bakes and writes in the East End. Her Locavore column appears each Tuesday in the Portland Daily Sun.)

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At 11:45 a.m. Saturday, April 2, Congregation Bet Ha’am, 81 Westbrook Street, South Portland, will host Mystery of Matzah: Jewish teachings on farming, food and community. Scholar, organic farmer, artisan baker Eli Rogosa will lead discussions on “Ancient Grain Celebrations through the Jewish Seasons, Liberation and Food Systems” and “How to Grow Heritage Grains — Restoring Maine’s Heritage of Wheat and Bread Traditions.” Rogosa is the founder of the Heritage Wheat Conservancy (www. growseed.org). She works in the U.S., Israel and Eastern Europe to restore Heritage grains made nearly extinct by current industrial farming practices, according to a press release about the event. In a U.S. Department of Agriculture-sponsored project at the UMass Crop Research Farm in Amherst, she is testing the viability of farming some 96 varieties of heritage wheat in New England. Among these are biblical species including Einkorn and Emmer — the wheat used to make the original matzah. “The southern Fertile Crescent is the ancient center of origin for wild wheat, the mother of all cultivated wheats,” the Heritage Grain Conservancy reports at its website (www. growseed.org). “Wild wheat still grows

in undisturbed meadows and field edges. Indigenous Fertile Crescent wheats have been selected by generations of traditional farmers have richer flavor and complex disease resistances than the modern wheat bred for yield and uniformity. However today about 90 percent of the wheat eaten in Israel, Palestine and Jordan is imported from the US. Mideast traditional wild foods, vegetables and wheats, many of which date back to Biblical times, are in critical danger. In a creative response, regional seed curators, artisan bakers and farmers are pooling our resources together to restore our ancient wheats for the common good.” The website adds, “The Heritage Wheat Conservancy is a grass-roots initiative by and for traditional farmers to conserve the heritage wheats best adapted to our organic fields. All profits from the sale of our wheats support our conservation farms in Maine, Palestine and Greece. Heritage wheats are well adapted to the organic fields of traditional farmers, have the highest capacity for stable yields in weather extremes of climate change and are rich in flavor and nutrition.” A lunch will take place prior to the two classes in South Portland. To RSVP or for more information call 879-0028 or email office@bethaam. org.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, March 29, the 88th day of 2011. There are 277 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 29, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln ordered plans for a relief expedition to sail to South Carolina’s Fort Sumter, which was still in the hands of Union forces despite repeated demands by the Confederacy that it be turned over. On this date: In 1638, Swedish colonists settled in present-day Delaware. In 1790, the tenth president of the United States, John Tyler, was born in Charles City County, Va. In 1867, Britain’s Parliament passed the British North America Act to create the Dominion of Canada. In 1882, the Knights of Columbus was chartered in Connecticut. In 1943, World War II rationing of meat, fats and cheese began. In 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. (They were executed in June 1953.) The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The King and I” opened on Broadway. In 1961, the 23rd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing citizens in the District of Columbia to vote in presidential elections, was ratified. In 1971, Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was convicted of murdering 22 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai (mee ly) massacre. (Calley ended up serving three years under house arrest.) In 1973, the last United States combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War. One year ago: Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in twin attacks on Moscow subway stations jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 40 people and wounding more than 100. Today’s Birthdays: Political commentator John McLaughlin is 84. Author Judith Guest is 75. Former British Prime Minister Sir John Major is 68. Comedian Eric Idle is 68. Composer Vangelis is 68. Basketball Hall of Famer Walt Frazier is 66. Singer Bobby Kimball (Toto) is 64. Actor Brendan Gleeson is 56. Actor Christopher Lawford is 56. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Earl Campbell is 56. International Gymnastics Hall of Famer Kurt Thomas is 55. Actor Christopher Lambert is 54. Rock singer Perry Farrell (Porno for Pyros; Jane’s Addiction) is 52. Comedian-actress Amy Sedaris is 50. Model Elle Macpherson is 48. Rock singermusician John Popper (Blues Traveler) is 44. Actress Lucy Lawless is 43. Country singer Regina Leigh (Regina Regina) is 43. Country singer Brady Seals is 42. Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is 40. Tennis player Jennifer Capriati is 35.

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Labor mural taken down, despite assurances MURAL from page one

Friday in Augusta by artists and workers in support of the artwork. Councilor Kevin Donoghue said he will “resist the impulse to accept the mural” without “prior assurance that its home is at the Department of Labor.” “I would prefer that Governor LePage find the humility to reconsider what was clearly an impulsive decision. We all get to make mistakes,” Donoghue added. Mayor Nick Mavodones on Monday said there was no space on the April 4 council agenda to hold a public hearing on the mural offer. And with the budget review set to dominate council time for the next eight weeks, he wasn’t sure when the matter would come up, or if any councilor would even sponsor it. “I think now it’s all on hold,” the Mayor said. LePage made international headlines for his deci-

sion last week to remove the mural, which in 11 panels portrays noteworthy images from Maine’s labor history. It was created three years ago by Judy Taylor, of Tremont, after she won a $60,000 federal grant. Taylor told the New York Times last week that the mural represents historical fact and is not intended to be political. Slides include images of former U.S. Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, women shipbuilders during World War II, the first Labor Day celebration, and a 1986 strike at the International Paper plant in Jay. Bennett, the LePage press secretary, said state workers placed the mural in a “secure storage location” this weekend, but wouldn’t say where that was. “We are not disclosing that location for the protection of the mural,” she said. Ben Chipman, the first-term state representative who was helping develop the deal to bring the artwork to Portland late last week, said he was “upset

and frustrated” that LePage took it down so soon. “I feared this might happen,” he said yesterday. “I hoped it wouldn’t, but I am upset that it has.” He said the mural’s whereabouts was a mystery, even to him and other state legislators. “Nobody seems to know were it is, and the history of labor in Maine, as depicted in the mural, has been hidden from us.” Marshall, as an artist who has painted numerous murals over the years, said he was offended that Taylor’s art had become a political football. He noted that the piece did not engender opposition when it was commissioned three years ago by the previous administration, and worried its removal would set a bad precedent in Augusta. Still, he predicted all the media attention on the piece could bring a silver lining. LePage’s actions “have only made the artwork far more powerful and have made the artwork famous,” Marshall said.

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Dear Annie: I’ve been with my husband for 14 years. I have a career and make good money with excellent benefits. But “Ben” hasn’t found himself quite yet. He is now in his early 30s and has studied architecture, business, machining, personal training, mechanics, computers and more. He has started a few businesses, all of which fizzled. He has trouble making decisions about a career, and whenever he gets close to finishing what he starts, he second guesses himself and starts a new path. None of the men in his family are particularly confident. I believe he is afraid to fail. Ben’s mother has always been the family leader and is extremely critical of her husband and children. Anytime he begins a new endeavor, she shoots him down. I try to give him praise to counteract her, but it isn’t enough. While I don’t mind bearing the load financially, I really want to see Ben come into his own. I think it would help our marriage and set a good example for our children. We recently had a baby, and it’s looking as if Ben will be a stay-at-home dad. This is fine with me, but I wonder if he will ever find a career and thrive in it. Is there anything I can do to help him along, or should I just accept the way things are? Am I crippling him because of my success? Everything else about him is perfect. -- Married to Undecided Dear Married: You are not crippling him. Ben’s problems may stem from attention deficit disorder, his parents or some combination of psychological issues. It would probably take a bit of therapy to unravel the causes and work on changing the way he approaches his life. If the two of you are willing to invest the time and money, suggest he talk to a psychologist. Dear Annie: A few years ago, I had my first name legally changed. I never liked the one I was given at birth. Had I known how easy the process is, I would have done it when I

was 18 instead of waiting until age 29. All of my friends call me by my new name, as do my coworkers and in-laws. However, in my immediate family, only my sister acknowledges the change. It would mean a great deal to me if my parents and aunts and uncles would call me by my chosen name instead of my birth name, but they refuse, saying, “We have been calling you this for almost 30 years. Don’t expect us to switch now.” They read your column every day. Perhaps if they see this they will understand and change. -- Kentucky Dear Kentucky: Don’t count on it. We suspect it is a bit hurtful to your parents that you changed your name from the one they gave you. For them, we’d recommend tolerance, pretending your old name is a “family nickname.” But if that isn’t possible for you, try helping them out. Pretend you don’t hear your old name. Give them a minute to remember the new one. Remind them gently when they forget or refuse to use it. Dear Annie: I chuckled when I read the letter from “Won’t Lose My Job for Her,” whose co-worker sells makeup out of her desk. I used to work at a bank, and a co-worker sold snacks and soda out of an unused filing cabinet. Granted, she never asked anyone to handle sales while she was busy (that would be irritating), but everyone was quite happy with the arrangement. We had snacks and drinks for a cheaper price than the often-broken vending machines, she made a little pocket money, and a couple of times a year she’d take some of her profits and throw the office a lunch party. -- Arcata, Calif. Dear Arcata: We can see how you would put up with this, since it didn’t inconvenience you. But we cannot imagine any business owners would approve.

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Tuesday, March 29 KinderKonzerts (Brass)

9:30 a.m. The last week of March will be ﬁlled with the sounds of brass buzzing thanks to Portland Symphony Orchestra’s “KinderKonzerts (Brass): Brought to You By the Letter “B”.” Concerts will take place in Brunswick, Saco, Lewiston, Portland, Oxford and Poland. “In the KinderKonzert Brass program, the PSO Brass Ensemble plays their instruments by buzzing and blowing, and blends these sounds to make beautiful, brilliant music.” Concertgoers will bop to the beat of Bach and Beethoven, and will leave shouting “Bravo!” This year’s PSO Brass Ensemble is made up of Betty Rines and Dana Oakes (trumpet), John Boden and Nina Miller (french horn), Tom Otto (trombone) and Don Rankin (tuba). Designed for children ages 3-7, KinderKonzerts are an entertaining, interactive musical experience. Attendees are encouraged to sing, dance, wiggle, clap and have fun listening and learning about music and instruments. KinderKonzert tickets are $4 per person. Tuesday, March 29, East End Community School, Portland at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Reiche School, Portland at 1 p.m.; Thursday, March 31, at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston; Wednesday, April 13, at 9:15 and 10:15 a.m. at Poland Regional High School, Poland. For reservations or additional information, email education@portlandsymphony.org or call 773-6128. KinderKonzerts have been a regular event at the Portland Symphony Orchestra since 1976. KinderKonzerts are sponsored by Time Warner Cable with additional support from Acadia Insurance, Target and Macy’s. The PSO’s 2010-2011 season is sponsored by IDEXX Laboratories and Wright Express. www.portlandsymphony.org.

The DownEast Pride Alliance ‘Business After Hours’

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Delicious appetizers, cash bar & media table will be provided. Havana South features a great atmosphere, extensive wine list, knowledgeable staff and a sophisticated Latin-inspired menu. See you at Havana South for cocktails and conversation! FMI: www.depabusiness.com. The DownEast Pride Alliance (DEPA) is a GLBTQ business networking group in Southern Maine meeting monthly at local establishments for ‘Business After Hours’ events that provide a safe forum for, and help strengthen, the local gay and gay-friendly business community. Bring business cards to share on our Media Table. No fees or RSVP to attend. All in the community are welcome to come for ‘cocktails & conversation.’”

‘Spirit in Matter’ art exhibit at COA

4 p.m. Shoshana Wish, a senior at College of the Atlantic, has spent the past nine months exploring ceramics as an apprentice to Bar Harbor potter Rocky Mann. The results of her work, “Spirit in Matter: Clay as a Medium for Chinese Calligraphy,” will be exhibited at the college’s Ethel H. Blum Gallery from March 28 through April 2. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Opening reception on March 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. For information contact nwish@coa.edu, cclinger@ coa.edu, 288-5105 or 801-5733. Free.

‘Invisible Children’ screening at COA

8 p.m. “Invisible Children” presents stories of the child soldiers of Africa with a video and speakers. “Tony” is the story of an energetic boy from Uganda who each night had to leave his parents’ home, joining thousands of other children to sleep in shelters in the city, so as not to be abducted by the members of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA. After the screening, another northern Ugandan, Robert Anywar, will talk about his life in Uganda, his work as a teacher in the region, and the Legacy Scholarship Program that Invisible Children has created. Gates Community Center, College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. afuillard@coa.edu, tkittelson@coa.edu or 288-5015. Free; donations requested.

Wednesday, March 30 The Current State of the Economy in Portland

noon to 1:15 p.m. Greg Mitchell of the City of Portland presents: The Current State of the Economy in Portland. Mitchell will be kicking off the Portland Regional Chamber’s spring lunch series on March 30. “He will discuss the current state of the economy in Portland. More speciﬁcally he will talk about the details of the Portland Economic Development Plan. The plan focuses on Portland’s strengths and economic diversity which include the creative economy, waterfront, industrial, commercial and retail sectors. The goal of this single plan is to enable the private and public sectors of Portland to be on the same page regarding how best to support Portland ’s economic growth.” $5 for PROPEL and Chamber Members, $10 for nonmembers. www.portlandregion.com

Rooftop Energy course

12:30 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. University of Southern Maine’s

As part of a continuing Metropolitan Opera Live! in HD Series, the opera “Le Comte Ory” will be broadcast at Fryeburg Academy’s Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Saturday, April 9, at 1p.m. (COURTESY PHOTO) Department of Environmental Science will be offering a new Rooftop Energy course. Students will learn about rooftop solar and wind energy systems and how sites are evaluated for potential installation. Using solar and wind measurement tools, students will work in teams to estimate solar and wind resource data on USM rooftops. The course will meet once per week for six weeks (Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. to 2:10 p.m., March 30 through May 4) at the Gorham Campus. The course will be part a new Certiﬁcate in Applied Energy. FMI: contact Daniel M. Martinez, email: daniel.m.martinez@ maine.edu, phone: 780-5444

USM Graduate Studies open house

4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. University of Southern Maine Graduate Studies will be hosting an open house for prospective graduate students in Room 102, Wishcamper Center, Portland. Attendees will get a chance to meet the faculty and staff who teach and work in USM’s graduate programs. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call 780-4386 or email at graduatestudies@usm. maine.edu. USM currently offers over 50 graduate degree programs, certificates of advanced study and certificates of graduate study. Graduate Studies will be introducing new certificates of graduate study this coming fall. To see the full list of USM’s graduate degree programs, please visit: http:// www.usm.maine.edu/grad/degreeprograms/.

Ballet dancer Jacques d’Amboise at Bates

4:15 p.m. Acclaimed ballet dancer Jacques d’Amboise visit Bates College in Lewiston to discuss his work. A renowned dancer for the New York City Ballet, a choreographer and the founder of the National Dance Institute, d’Amboise reads from his new book, “I Was a Dancer,” and discusses his career in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 56 Campus Ave. The d’Amboise appearance is sponsored by the Bates dance program, the college’s humanities division and the Lewiston Public Library. Open to the public free of charge. For more information, please call 786-8294.

‘Billy Jack’ screening

4:30 p.m. The Portland Public Library and Videoport are joining forces to present a six-month long ﬁlm series titled “Teens Through Time.” This program will consist of a monthlong exploration of movies made through the decades that possess a positively “teencentric” view. This installment, “Billy Jack,” at the Portland Public Libary, Rines Auditorium.

Rosemont Neighborhood issues meeting

5:30 p.m. City Councilor Ed Suslovic and members of the Portland Police Department and Department of Public Services will host a meeting to discuss the Rosemont Neighborhood Watch program as well as the proposed removal of the Woodfords Street trafﬁc island. Earlier this year, the neighborhood met to establish a crime watch and this meeting will follow-up on the neighborhood’s efforts to make their community a safer place to live. Following the crime watch discussion, community members will have the opportunity to discuss city plans to remove the Woodfords Street trafﬁc island located between Stevens Avenue and

Brighton Avenue. 5:30 p.m. – Crime Watch; 6:30 p.m. – Woodford Trafﬁc Island. At the Deering High School cafeteria, 370 Stevens Ave. www.portlandmaine.gov

Stations of the Cross at OOB church

6 p.m. St. Augustine of Canterbury Church will hold traditional Stations of the Cross during the Lenten Season, each Wednesday at 6 p.m. “Also known as the Way of the Cross, the prayers and readings recall the ﬁnal journey of Christ to His cruciﬁxion. St. Augustine’s is a Sarum Rite Catholic Community and part of the worldwide Traditional Anglican Communion, with members in 44 countries. The Church seeks to uphold the Catholic Faith, Apostolic Order, Orthodox Worship and Evangelical Witness of the Anglican tradition within the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ. The Communion holds Holy Scripture and the ancient Creeds of the Undivided Church as authentic and authoritative, and worships according to the traditional Liturgies of the Church.” St. Augustine of Canterbury Church worships at 4 p.m. on Sunday at Cathedral Pines Chapel at 156 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach. Father Jeffrey W. Monroe is Vicar. For additional information, contact 799-5141.

The Institute for Financial Literacy

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. “The Institute for Financial Literacy has launched a new interactive personal finance seminar series. Taught by certified educators and open to the general public, the seminars are designed to improve financial literacy in Maine. In this session, you will learn everything you always wanted to know about successful money management and more including budgeting, net worth, financial planning and goal setting. All seminars are being held at the Institute’s new campus conveniently located near the Maine Mall at 260 Western Ave. in South Portland. Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple.” Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. To register, please call 221-3601 or email help@financiallit.org. www.financiallit.org

Caitlin Shetterly at Longfellow Books

7 p.m. Caitlin Shetterly will read from her debut memoir, “Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home” at Longfellow Books. A writer and actor, Shetterly began blogging in 2009 during her and her husband’s return to Maine after the recession took the last of the young couple’s savings they’d put away for their California dreams. “A year after heading West, going broke and a surprising and difﬁcult pregnancy, they were driving back East, with a new baby in tow, to move in with Caitlin’s mother. Caitlin quickly found her way into hearts across America turning her blog into an audio diary for NPR’s Weekend Edition. The response from listeners was immediate and astounding to Caitlin and her husband, Dan, as virtual strangers offered help, opening their hearts and their homes. Through the challenge of moving back into her mother’s small house in rural Maine, Caitlin learned to expand her vision of “the American dream,” to embrace the role of family in that vision and live in the present as much as the future.” see next page

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Activist, educator William Ayers to speak at University of Maine at Farmington

7 p.m. University of Maine at Farmington will host a presentation by educator, author and activist William Ayers titled: “Lesson One: I Would Sing. (Re)Framing Education for Democracy and Liberation.” This event is sponsored by two UMF student organizations: UMF’s Student Education Association of Maine (SEAM) and Peace Activists in Training (PAinT). It is free and open-to-the-public and will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, in Lincoln Auditorium, in UMF Roberts Learning Center. According to Wikipedia, “William Charles “Bill” Ayers (born December 26, 1944) is an American elementary education theorist and a former leader in the movement that opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. In 1969 he co-founded the Weather Underground, a self-described communist revolutionary group that conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings during the 1960s and 1970s, in response to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He is a retired professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, formerly holding the titles of Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar. During the 2008 US presidential campaign, a controversy arose over his contacts with candidate Barack Obama. He is married to Bernardine Dohrn, who was also a leader in the Weather organization.” UMF reports, “Ayers is a proponent of social justice, democracy and education, and the political and cultural aspects of schooling. In his presentation, he will talk about creating schools where democracy is lived and not merely talked about, practiced rather than ritualized. He will discuss creating schools and classrooms that assist in the formation of public citizens; where students and teachers alike can ﬁnd socially meaningful work to do; and where children can read critically, speak openly, think freely and where everyone can ﬁnd ways to make a difference. Ayers is currently the vice-president of the curriculum division of the American Educational Research Association. He is formerly a distinguished professor of education and senior university scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago and founder of both the Small Schools Workshop and the Center for Youth and Society.”

Thursday, March 31 Cesar Chavez remembered

9 a.m. Maine League of United Latin American Citizens will honor Cesar Chavez (March 31, 1931-April 23, 1993) in an event at historic First Parish in Portland, 425 Congress St. For more information, contact Dr. Ralph Carmona at rccarmona@mainelulac.org.

Falmouth Historical Society’s Card Party

noon to 4 p.m. “Do you play cards? Join us at the Falmouth Historical Society’s Biannual Fundraising Card Party and enjoy a light luncheon as you try to beat your table. With door prizes and a 50-50 opportunity, you increase your chances of going home happy. All proceeds help us continue the mission of the Falmouth Historical Society including providing genealogical services and maintaining the Falmouth Heritage Museum.” Holy Martyrs Church, 266 Foreside Road (Route 88), Falmouth. Reservations: Mary Honan 781-2705 or Beverley Knudsen 781-4988.

VentiCordi at First Parish

12:15 p.m. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., Portland. Concerts are free and open to the public. For information call the Portland Conservatory of Music at 775-3356. VentiCordi (Winds and Strings) is a musical collaboration between oboist Kathleen McNerney and violinist Dean Stein, combining their love of chamber music with innovative programming that blends wind and string instruments. “Both Ms. McNerney and Mr. Stein performed nationally and internationally as members of professional chamber ensembles. Ms. McNerney played oboe with two woodwind quintets in Los Angeles; Imbroglio and Calico Winds, and Mr. Stein was a violinist with the DaPonte String Quartet. Their respective musical journeys prepared them to explore creative frontiers beyond the usual constraints of either format. This summer will mark their third season of summer concerts in Kennebunk and they are planning to add concerts in Harpswell. ... Kathleen and Dean are delighted to have the wonderful bassoonist Wren Saunders joining them for this program.” www.venticordi.com

Portland Public Schools Student Art Show

3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Portland Public Schools Student Art Show will be held from March 31 through April 14 at Portland City Hall. An opening reception with cookies and punch will take place on March 31 from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The show features work by students from kindergarten through 12th grade. All of the Portland Public Schools are represented. The exhibit includes more than 400 drawings, paintings, sculptures

and other pieces. The exhibit will be open during City Hall’s regular business hours. Admission is free.

Casco Bay High School naturalization ceremony

3:15 p.m. Students at Casco Bay High School in Portland will host a naturalization ceremony for about 40 new citizens in Room 250 of the high school, located at 196 Allen Ave. Students in three classes and an after-school program have helped plan the event. Two juniors, Alice Lala and Hellen Otto, will read original poems about what it means to be an American. Hido Abdulleh, a Casco Bay sophomore, will be one of the featured speakers; her mother will be naturalized in the ceremony. Students in the Spanish 3 and French 3 classes are completing an expedition about citizenship. Each student interviewed someone who had gone through naturalization. A gallery of their interviews and photos will line the hall leading into the ceremony. Casco Bay High School Principal Derek Pierce will greet guests. Kurt Pelletier, an immigration ofﬁcer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will ofﬁciate. Sydney Kucine, a Casco Bay sophomore, will sing the National Anthem. Several students will participate in a choral reading of the Walt Whitman poem, “I Sing America.” They will translate the poem into Somali, Acholi, Spanish, French, Arabic and Swahili. Casco Bay held a week-long, intensive class earlier this year titled “Ceremony Across Cultures.” As part of that class, students planned the naturalization ceremony. They will host a dessert reception after the ceremony. Each new citizen will receive a mug specially designed for the occasion.

‘Filmmaking for Social Change’

4:10 p.m. Cecily Pingree of Pull-Start Pictures on “Filmmaking for Social Change” for College of the Atlantic’s Marine Policy Speaker Series. McCormick Lecture Hall, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor, ME. CHRISP@coa.edu, 207-801-5715, or 288-5015. Free.

Perkins Olson, P.A., Attorneys at Law open house

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Perkins Olson, P.A., Attorneys at Law and Maine Coast Title, Inc. have moved their ofﬁces to 30-32 Pleasant Street in Portland. They have just completed a renovation at the “Joseph How House,” which was built in 1818 and is on the National Historic Register. They are celebrating with an Open House; public welcome.

‘Logging in the Maine Woods Today’ photo exhibit

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. University of Southern Maine’s Glickman Family Library in Portland will host a Maine Museum of Photographic Arts exhibition, “Logging in the Maine Woods Today,” from Thursday, March 31 through Sunday, August 21 on the fifth floor of the library. The exhibition features the photographs of award-winning photographer Tonee Harbert. A free reception will be held Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the University Events Room of the library. The exhibit is free and open to the public during library hours: 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday; 7:45 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 7:45 a.m.- 8 p.m. Friday; and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday. See http://library.usm.maine.edu/about/hours.php to confirm hours.

‘I Shall Not Hate’ public lecture

6 p.m. Public Lecture, preceded by a reception, with Middle Eastern food and music, and book-signing, and an exhibit of drawings by Gazan children following the Gaza War. “I Shall Not Hate” by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, author of “I Shall Not Hate” and Gazan doctor who lost three daughters and a niece when an Israeli tank ﬁred two shells into his home during the Gaza War of winter 2008-09. Reception 6 p.m. Lecture, 7 p.m.. Hannaford Hall/Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine/Portland. Convenient free parking available. Sponsored by Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights. For more info, contact Bob Schaible, 239-8060.

Gym Dandies Children’s Circus

6:30 p.m. The Gym Dandies Children’s Circus will hold its annual Community Performances at the Scarborough High School Gymnasium on Thursday, March 31 and Friday, April 1, beginning at 6:30 p.m. “This is a special occasion, as The Gym Dandies are celebrating their 30th anniversary! They plan to WOW audiences once again with more than 80 six-foot high ‘giraffe’ unicycle riders, over one hundred smaller unicycle riders, seventeen globe walkers, hundreds of jugglers, yo-yo artists and Chinese stilt walkers plus specialized stunt unicycle demonstrations. The Gym Dandies is the only performing group in the world that features 80 or more Giraffe unicycles in one routine.” 653-3740

‘Life Your Way’ author at Longfellow Books

7 p.m. Maine psychologist, Amy Wood will celebrate the release of her self-help book, “Life Your Way: Refresh Your Approach to Success and Breathe Easier in a FastPaced World,” at Longfellow Books. As someone who has personally picked up and left one home for another, changed a career path and created a new life by following her own intuition, Amy Wood uses her personal experience with transformation to help countless adults develop, and achieve, their own vision of success in today’s modern world. ‘My book is really about slowing down and being more discerning about all that information and knowing

yourself well enough so that you know what resonates with you,’ says Amy. ‘You don’t have to do it all. You get to make those decisions and live at a rhythm that you feel is right.’ With a ﬁrm conviction that every individual holds the ability to wade through the overwhelm of the information age and discover the path to happiness and success, Amy strives to assist others in removing life’s clutter that stands in the way of moving forward.”

Friday, April 1 World Affairs Council of Maine health summit

8 a.m. The World Affairs Council of Maine, in partnership with the University of New England, is pleased to present a Maine Summit on Citizen Diplomacy: Mainers Engaged in Health Care Development Abroad. The event will take place on April 1 at the Holiday Inn By the Bay. The Summit will feature two workshop sessions, a luncheon, and a talk by keynote speaker Mary Jean Eisenhower, president, People to People International. For more information, please visit the Facebook page or contact Amy Holland at aholland@ wacmaine.org and 221.4386. The Summit on Citizen Diplomacy was initiated through a seed grant from the National Council for International Visitors as part of its 50th Anniversary celebration. Registration Fee: $45 WAC members and students; $60 Non-members. Goals of the Summit: 1. To increase public awareness in Maine of the citizen diplomacy movement within the health care sector. 2. To build the capacity of Maine’s international health care organizations to become more globally engaged. 3. To strengthen cooperation among these organizations. A limited number of full scholarships are available for students. Please e-mail aholland@wacmaine.org or call 221.4386 for more information. Also, Monday, March 28, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Moot Court Room, University of Maine Law School, 246 Deering St., Portland, the World Affairs Council of Maine will present, “Egypt in Transition: What does it mean for the Arab World and for U.S. Policy?”

Mindfulness strategies into counseling

8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. For counselors wanting to bring more Mindfulness Strategies for self as counselor and for client into the Counseling relationship. Center for Studying Mindfulness, Living Well, 836 Main St., Westbrook. Also Couples Connecting: A Friday Night Date at 7 p.m. Saturday and Opening the Heart: from Empathy to Compassion on Sunday at 9 a.m. www.NancyHathaway.com

Steven Langerman photo exhibit

5 p.m. “Steven Langerman experiences photography as a relief for the eyes, a release from dissonance and disorganization. With it, he distills the world into just the bits and pieces that thrill, excite or fascinate him. Having photographed for most of his life in both a commercial capasity as well as avocation; a collection of Steven’s work comes together bridging the years of inspiration. Langermans photographs will be on display throughout the month of April here at the St. Lawrence.” The St. Lawrence Arts Center will host an artist reception celebrating this new exhibition. www.stlawrencearts.org

‘Mysterious Waters’ at The Green Hand

5 p.m. First Friday Art Walk opening of “Mysterious Waters,” a series of ink and watercolor drawings by Brandon Kawashima, inspired by themes from Japanese Maritime Folklore and images of environmental pollution. The exhibit will be featured at The Green Hand bookstore, 661 Congress St., Portland (on display through the month of April). Contact Michelle Souliere at450-6695 or michelle.souliere@ gmail.com. “This suite of drawings, crawling with labyrinthine lines but colored with delicate simplicity, attempts to grapple with the mystery of our relationship with the natural world, which we adore and abuse simultaneously.”

The Edible Book Festival

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Portland Public Library announces an Edible Book Festival where community members and library patrons are invited to create a piece of edible art referencing a book. “Edible art submissions can look like a book, pun on a title of a book, resemble a character or scene or just have something to do with a book. The only major criteria are that all submissions must be edible and based on a book!”: The Edible Book Festival will be held during the First Friday Art Walk in the Rines Auditorium at the Portland Public Library. People can register for the Edible Book Festival by emailing weyand@portland.lib.me.us or by calling Sandy at 871-1700 ext. 758. Registration is free and participants are asked to drop off their work of art between 3 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

Puppet show at Mayo Street

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Exhibit of puppets built by East Bayside Youths, and professional puppeteers from Portland and beyond. “Join us for the First Friday opening.” Mayo Street Arts. http://mayostreetarts.org see next page

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5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Refugee Women’s Craft Collective will show their textiles goods at the Meg Perry Center located at 644 Congress St. in Portland. All of their products will be available for purchase at the event. “Imagine arriving in Portland, Maine from a refugee camp in Somalia or Burma and not knowing the language or the customs of America. To a refugee our country is another world. The refugee women are often illiterate and uneducated and find it very difficult to adjust to life in a new land. It is diffi cult to find employment because they are unable to afford child care for their small children. A refugee is, ‘a person who is unable to return his or her country of origin because of a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.’ A refugee legally resides in the country of resettlement and is eligible for federally funded assistance up to eight months. Refugees are resettled in the United States by the U.S. federal government and afforded specific refugee assistance to help them rebuild their lives in America. Although this funding is specific to serving refugees, it is limited in both duration and amount. It is important to note that most refugees arrive with very little in terms of possessions, beside a few bags of luggage, and if they are lucky, all of their family members. A group of refugee women have come together to form the Refugee Women’s Craft Collective as a way to support their families, eliminating the language barrier that they all face. The women in the group originate from Sudan, Somalia, China, Burma and Iraq. Please help us support the women as they work to rebuild their lives.” Contact Aimee Vlachos-Bullard, Voluntee

Arts, Artists, and Personalities in 1930s Maine

5 p.m. to 8 p.m. First Friday Art Walk. Reception: Arts, Artists, and Personalities in 1930s Maine. Join the Maine Historical Society to see the show “Arts, Artists and Personalities in 1930s Maine” and the ongoing exhibit, “Zoom In: New Approaches to Maine History.” Mingle with friends, enjoy refreshments and music, and discover Maine history. “During the Depression Era, photographer G. Herbert Whitney and his wife, a newspaper writer, documented a unique view of life in Maine. Between 1933 and 1940, the Whitneys visited artists, writers and others connected to the arts in Maine. The stories and photos celebrated both the artists and the inspiration of Maine in their works and left a record of the 1930s version of Maine’s ‘creative economy.’” www. mainehistory.org

‘Portland In Focus’

5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Portland High School’s Photo Club, will hold “Portland In Focus,” its annual show and sale, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 2, noon to 6 p.m., at 3ﬁshgallery, 377 Cumberland Ave., Portland. Refreshments served. For more information contact Club President Quinn Lavigne qyylavigne@gmail.com

‘Classic Monsters’ art show

6 p.m. Running through May 6 at 6 p.m., Sanctuary Tattoo and Gallery at 31 Forest Ave. presents “Classic Monsters.” “What’s that there in the mist, that strange lurking ﬁgure?? SHHHH..... did you hear that?? A low moan from an unearthly throat.....no, it must simply be the wind........ Careful my dears, the Portland Art Horde has called forth the most experienced of all the spine tinglers, Classic Monsters.”http://www.sanctuarytattoo.com

Imago Theatre: ZooZoo

7 p.m. Portland Ovations presents Imago Theatre: ZooZoo at Merrill Auditorium at a special family-friendly time of 7 p.m. “This truly unique spectacle combines Mummenschanz-style puppetry with Cirque-like acrobatics that ﬁll the stage with wit, wonder and mesmerizing Felliniesque mayhem. Imago Theatre is internationally acclaimed for its special brand of vaudeville, comedy, acrobatics, and illusions. ZooZoo is fun for all ages with a cast including introverted frogs, tricky penguins, hungry anteaters, bug eyes, cantankerous polar bears, and more. ZooZoo combines mime, dance, music, and special effects into a wordless production hailed by critics and audiences world-wide. Founded in 1979 by Carol Trifﬂe and Jerry Mouawad, Imago Theatre’s original productions have toured internationally for over two decades. Imago Theatre draws inspiration from the teachings of Jazques Lecoq, who was renowned for his physical theatre, movement and mime methodology.” On April 1 at 6 p.m., immediately preceding the Imago Theatre performance, performance artist/educator Davis Robinson from Bowdoin College presents a lecture discussing the Maine connection to mime, mask, and physical theatre. Portland Ovations is also presenting Imago Theatre: ZooZoo as a School-Time Performance on Friday, April 1 at 10:30 a.m. School groups or Home-Schoolers interested in purchasing tickets to the School-Time Performance should call Portland Ovations at 773-3150.

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7 p.m. to 9 p.m. An evening working bringing lessons learned from Tibetan, Zen, Vipassana, and non-violent communication into playful exercises to bring home to life as couple. Center for Studying Mindfulness, Living Well, 836 Main St., Westbrook. www.NancyHathaway.com

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‘A Celebration of the Music of Liszt’

8 p.m. The University of Southern Maine School of Music continues its bicentennial celebration of great composers when USM faculty member Anastasia Antonacos performs “A Celebration of the Music of Liszt 200 Years After His Birth,” part of the Spotlight Concert Series at Corthell Concert Hall, USM Gorham. Antonacos will perform a wide variety of Liszt originals as well as a selection of his transcriptions. Tickets cost $15 general public, $10 seniors/USM employees, and $5 students/children, and can be purchased by calling the USM Box Ofﬁce at 780-5555. Sponsored by H. M. Payson & Co.

7:30 p.m. University of Maine at Farmington is proud to present a concert featuring The Muellers family band to benefit Japanese earthquake relief efforts. Sponsored by the UMF Department of Sound, Performance and Visual Inquiry, the concert will take place in Nordica Auditorium, UMF Merrill Hall. Admission is by donation (suggested donation: $3 students, $10 adults) and is open to the public. “A Maine-based family band, The Muellers bring their highenergy blend of traditional, contemporary and original bluegrass music to audiences across the country. The group consists of five of the seven Mueller siblings: Tom, 25, on guitar; Laurah, 18, on mandolin; Sarah, 15, on fiddle; John, 12, on fiddle; and George, 9, on fiddle—and parents Curt, on banjo and Karen, on bass. The other Muellers are Annah, 23, and Bob, 20, both former members of the traveling music group. Annah currently studies art at the University of Maine Farmington and produces all of the group’s promotional art as well as maintaining their website at www. MuellerFamilyMusic.com. The band has four albums to their credit and is the subject of a 2008 documentary film, ‘Talent to Burn,’ which explored the early development of the band and the effect that their musical career has had on their family life.” 7:30 p.m. April 1-3 and April 8-10 at Gorham High School. Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. “An all-time favorite, ‘The Music Man’ is a musical tale of a con artist who strolls into a small Iowa town expecting easy pickin’s, and, of course, falls in love with the standoffish librarian he woos as a lark. This entertaining tale will also have you humming any one of the famous tunes: ‘Seventy-Six Trombones,’ ‘Wells Fargo Wagon,’ ‘Marian The Librarian,’ ‘Ya Got Trouble,’ ‘Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little’ ... the list goes on. Director: Bruce Avery; Musical Director: Matt Murray; Choreographer: Deb Lombard. www.gorham. k12.me.us/

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The Maine Festival of the Book

7:30 p.m. The Maine Festival of the Book runs April 1-3 at venues in Portland, with a full day of free literary discourse on April 2 at USM’s Abromson Center. With the exception of Opening Night: An Evening with Stewart O’Nan and Julia Glass on Friday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Abromson Center, events are free and unticketed. Tickets for Opening Night are available at www.mainereads.org or at the door. From the historical to the philosophical, psychological and sociological, to gardening and fly fishing, nonfiction will be well represented the Maine Festival of the Book Free programs will be held on Saturday, April 2 at the Abromson Center at the University of Southern Maine, where all genres of literature will be celebrated. On Saturday evening at 7 pm the Annual Poetry Party will be held at Local Sprouts, 649 Congress Street, presented by Port Veritas. A Book Arts Bazaar will be held from 10 am to 3 pm on Sunday, April 3 at the Wishcamper Center at USM, Portland featuring book artists, bookbinders and all things related to the book. On Sunday evening, April 3 at 7 pm, Portland Stage Company at 25A Forest Avenue will present a dramatic reading of selections from Everything Matters!, a new novel by Ron Currie Jr.

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"There will be quality control and oversight of the construction work with the goal of getting out before Memorial Day in the downtown area," he said Monday in an interview following a press conference by Unitil officials and their contractor, New England Utility Contractors, or NEUCO. Intermediate pressure lines downtown will be replaced by high-pressure lines to allow an expansion of work and new service, Doughty said. "It will start down on Commercial Street and it will move up into the areas surrounding Market Street and Exchange and some of the connected streets," Doughty explained. "There will be minor disruptions and traffic delays and accommodating some of the businesses, so there will be some late hours and early mornings." The project will fan out from the trunk lines. "Year 2 ends up hitting some of the other streets outside that, so if you view the construction work as a spiderweb, they're starting in the core of it, which is in the immediate heart of the downtown area. From there, it will branch out," Doughty said. "Once the downtown area is done, then they're going to concentrate on the Washington (Avenue) and Veranda (Street) area. So each year thereafter

Planet Dog display wins Best In Show DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT

Planet Dog announced Monday that the new OrbeeTuff Counter-Top Display it launched at the Global Pet Show recently won the Best In Show Award. Created in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the popular Orbee-Tuff Orbee Ball, the new Point of Purchase Display was voted on by pet product buyers and other industry members who cast hundreds of ballots for their favorite new “must have” products previewed in the event’s New Product Showcase, the Portland-based company announced in a press release. “We are thrilled to be awarded this honor,” said Kristen Smith, Planet Dog’s brand ambassador. “What a great way to help us celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Best Dog Ball on the Planet.” Planet Dog donates 2 percent of every purchase to the Planet Dog Foundation to provide cash grants to nonprofit programs nationwide. Planet Dog is based at 49 York St., Portland.

we'll just keep working off these high-pressure lines into the lowpressure areas. You have to start on the major trunk lines first before you can hit the capillaries," he said. Memorial Day, May 30, marks Portland's transition into summer, so Unitil hopes to avoid working beyond that date, and there are no plans to trench and pave in the winter, Doughty said. "We don't really get into the winter work here because there's a whole mess of construction issues that go along with winter work, so to thread that needle we're starting earlier with the goal of getting out before Memorial Day," he said. Officials cautioned that they expect changes. "Whenever possible we try to cooperate with other projects, be it a water main replacement or a road resurfacing. In fact, our capital improvement projects will be paving Exchange Street this year from Congress to Middle, so that was a catalyst for a lot of this work in the very beginning," Doughty said. "This plan is very subject to change," he added, noting that the goal is to tie in to other work, such as water-main replacement by the Portland Water District or Portland's ongoing effort to replace its combined sewer overflow system, a source of sewage runoff into Casco Bay. Alec O'Meara, spokesman for

Unitil, said a "rate case" will be brought before the PUC later this summer that will in part look at paying for the cast iron replacement project. O'Meara said this summer's rate filing would be the system's first rate case in 28 years and that ratepayers would see little impact on their bills because of offsetting savings from the dropping price of natural gas. "Thanks to the abundance of supply of natural gas as a domestic fuel source, the cost of natural gas has been steadily dropping since Unitil acquired Northern Utilities in 2008," he said Monday. "Your average bill is approximately 20 percent less now than it was two years ago, and with that decrease, thanks to abundant supply, there's no indication that that's going to change; it certainly would be offsetting to the cost." Unitil serves 28,000 customers in Maine and 17,000 customers in the work area in Portland and Westbrook, Hobart estimated. Hobart said the increased efficiency of new lines will help bring in more customers. "With the replacement of these lines, we're going to increase the volume of gas, and we will be able to take on additional customers," he said. For more about the cast-iron pipe project, visit http://www.unitil. com/energy-for-residents/castiron-replacement-project.

You talkin’ to me? A pug named “Rugby” seems to be thinking the famous line from the movie “Taxi Driver” as he checks out a stranger on Oxford Street Monday morning. Rugby was out for a stroll with owner Stefan Cerino. It’s dogwalking weather until Friday, when the National Weather Service predicts snow. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)