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Chavez tribute features granddaughter of activist, heralds proclamation by President Obama — See page 15 Presidential visit to Portland, SoPo today to snarl traffic, curb bus routes — See page 7

SMCC campus calm in face of Obama visit See page 8

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A presidential visit can cause ripple effects. Metro regional bus service announced that bus service detours and interruptions are expected today during President Obama’s afternoon visit to Portland. The Metro Pulse station at Elm Street will be open for information and connections, Metro’s website (http:// www.gpmetrobus.com) noted. Here, Jean Wakati walks past the Metro Pulse station after exiting a bus that she rode from Casco Bay High School Thursday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Apple supplier in China pledges big labor changes (NY Times) — Foxconn, which manufactures more than 40 percent of the world’s electronics for such companies as Apple, Dell, Amazon and others, has pledged to sharply curtail the number of working hours within its Chinese factories and significantly increase wages, a move that could improve working conditions across China. The shift comes after an inspection by the Fair Labor Association, a monitoring group, found widespread problems — including numerous instances where Foxconn violated Chinese law and industry codes of conduct by having employees work more than 60 hours a week, sometimes for 11 or more days in a row. The monitoring group, which in recent weeks surveyed more

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But, Malley added, “victory came at a price.” By stating clearly that containment of a nuclear-armed Iran is off the table, Obama may have committed America to military action to halt Iran if other means fail to do so, Malley said. Some White House officials acknowledge that in an election year when Republican candidates are calling for tougher action against Iran, the misgivings expressed by the Pentagon over a strike could provide the president with some political cover.

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Dispatch center: ‘There isn’t a more difficult task’ BY MARGE NIBLOCK SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The recently consolidated Portland Police Department’s dispatch center is on the third floor of headquarters at 109 Middle St. It’s shocking to walk into that room, since the only available light comes from computer screens. Because the overhead lighting creates a glare on those screens, people find it more comfortable to work at their consoles in the dark atmosphere. Each person who works in the room has a console with several monitors. Shavonne Shinay was handling calls as a 911 operator and was also the South Portland dispatcher this particular day. The word “multitasking” took on new meaning as the elements of Shinay’s job became evident. At her console were seven screens, two telephones, and a different mouse for each of three separate monitors. The 911 calls answered by Shinay are entered into the computer system, which then filters each call into the proper dispatch screen. The calls are color-coded, according to seriousness, and they appear that way onscreen, with red being highest priority and blue second. Shinay says, “You never know what you’re going to get.” “Our room is filled and there is no growth room now,” says Tom Cavanaugh, who has been director of communications for the police department since March 2010, and is in charge of the 37 dispatchers who work there. Cavanaugh stated, “There are 10 consoles and sometimes all 10 are full, now that we’re a consolidated dispatch center.” This came about after a merger with Cape Elizabeth two years ago, and the addition of South Portland last year. The South Portland dispatchers physically came to Portland to work. Everyone is being cross-trained now, so each person working in dispatch will be capable of handling any job there. When asked about the number of calls handled in a year, Cavanaugh said dispatch has received or placed approximately 202,000 calls in the last six months. This would include all calls for service, occasions where people would have to be called back for various reasons, calls trying to get locations for 911 hang-ups, or calls from the public that went to dispatch because someone calling didn’t know how to reach the person they were seeking. Cavanaugh has had 25 years in public safety. He was a deputy sheriff in California and then worked as a dispatcher in Salt Lake City, Utah, which had one of the first consolidated dispatch centers in the country. He worked for a public safety software

vendor before coming to Portland with his family, and says, “They all love it here.” And so does he. Regarding employment in the dispatch center, Cavanaugh stated, “We want to get the most qualified people for the job,” and it is not an easy job to handle. Police filling overtime shifts are sometimes assigned to the dispatch center, so they are familiar with both ends of the job. Sgt. Robert Doherty has great respect for the people in those positions. “There isn’t a more difficult task than that of our 911 operators,” he says. “It’s a challenging job that’s recorded and scrutinized.” Those applying for the job have to take a two-hour computerized test, which has to do with multitasking and retention of information. A candidate also must be able to type 35 words per minute. Training lasts three months for answering the phones before being able to work at that aspect of the job alone. Then it would be another three months for training to be a dispatcher for police or fire. There is no average length of stay for the job. Some people have been here more than 20 years. Two men working that day had been on the job for 16 years and 17 years respectively. One said of the other: “He had hair when he started working here.” Bonnie Ray has been on the job for 23 years. “I love it,” she says, “most days. It’s a tough job but you can have fun at it, and also help people.” In addition to their responsibilities for obtaining call information and dispatching the necessary resources for the specific situation, the telecommunicators are trained to give prearrival instructions when dealing with medical emergencies. They are trained to tell people how to give CPR, relay techniques to control bleeding, and even give childbirth instructions, if necessary, while reassuring those on the line that help is on the way. It is a very stressful job, as is that of a police officer. “When you come in here — like an officer — you give up certain things,” said Cavanaugh. The hours are not regular workday hours; you have to work weekends and holidays. And then there’s overtime." Many people would welcome the extra bucks in their paychecks that overtime brings, but Cavanaugh says the biggest complaint of dispatchers relates to forced overtime. There is a minimum number of people that must be working at any one time, which can cause a problem if someone is off sick and that spot has to be covered. A little over half of the people work two eighthour shifts and two twelve-hour shifts.

The word “multitasking” takes on new meaning at the very busy consolidated Portland Police Department’s dispatch center. (MARGE NIBLOCK PHOTO)

The others work five eight-hour shifts. Cheryl Brewster was in charge of the communications room that day and was also going to work an overtime shift, but she had no complaints pertaining to the extra hours. Brewster has spent 11 and a half years as a dispatcher. She was the first dispatcher invited to join the police department’s peer support team, and is now a peer counselor. There are times when a specific call may be so disturbing that counseling sessions may be called for. Stress certainly plays a role in this job. Dispatchers feel very connected to the officers and feel responsible for their safety. There are also several dispatchers married to officers. The department has a stress debriefing program, comprised of peer counseling from within, and an outside counselor might be called in under specific situations. During the summer of 2011 there was a homicide that was described

in extremely graphic terms during an upsetting phone call. Everyone involved in that call was required to engage in one counseling session. Peripheral people have a choice as to whether they want to be involved. Brewster feels that having dispatchers participate in the debriefing process with the officers who were on the scene is very important. “It helps you to completely understand the situation.” April 8-14 has been designated National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. It honors the people who work in emergency dispatch centers and are the first people the public has contact with during times of crisis when calling 911. These are the invisible heroes who keep the public safe by answering calls for service and maintaining the nervous system of the city by sending police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel to locations where their help is needed.

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From South Sudan to Yale NEW HAVEN — Paul Lorem epitomizes a blunt truth about the world: talent is universal, but opportunity is not. Lorem, 21, is an orphan from a South Sudanese village with no electricity. His parents never went to school, and he grew up without adult supervision in a refugee camp. Now he’s a freshman at Yale University. All around the world, remarkable young men and women are on edge because today they finally hear of admissions decisions from Yale and a number of other highly competitive universities. So a word of encouragement: No one ever faced longer odds than Paul Lorem, and he made it. “How I got to Yale was pure luck, combined with lots of people helping me,” Lorem told me as we sat in a book-lined ––––– study on the Yale campus. “I The New York had a lot of friends who maybe Times had almost the same ability as me, but, due to reasons I don’t really understand, they just couldn’t make it through. If there’s one thing I wish, it’s that they had more opportunity to get education.” Lorem’s family comes from a line of cattle-herders in the southeastern part of South Sudan. The area is remote. Villagers live in thatch-roof huts, and there is no functioning school or health clinic. The nearest paved road is several days’ walk away. As Lorem was growing up, the region was engulfed in civil war, and, at age 5, he nearly died of tuberculosis. In hope of saving his life, his parents dropped him off at the Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya. They returned to their village and later died, and Lorem was raised in the camp by other refugee boys who were only a bit older. Boys raising boys might seem a recipe for Lordof-the-Flies chaos, but these teenagers forced Lorem to go to school, seeing education as an escalator to a better life. And Lorem began to soar. His class sometimes consisted of 300 pupils meeting under a tree, and Lorem didn’t have his own notebooks or pencils or schoolbooks, but he practiced letters by writing in the dust. His friends died of war, disease and banditry, but he devoured the contents of a tiny refugee camp library set up by a Lutheran aid group.

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Bars of Portland Take a stroll through the Old Port at closing time some weekend night and it seems unlikely, but Maine was “dry” for a longer period of time than any other state, from 1846 to the end of national prohibition in 1933. That, of course, doesn’t mean that Mainers got their hands on less liquor than anyone else did, it just means that the government didn’t get to collect taxes on it. In any event, the driving force behind all the zealotry was Neal Dow, who was the mayor of Portland when the town went dry in 1846, and who was to become known as the Father of National Prohibition. A zealot Neal Dow was, for sure. In his autobiography, which is fascinating for the information it contains about life in Portland throughout the nineteenth century, Dow writes about an incident from his boyhood that was the genesis of his lifetime crusade against the use of alcohol. Seems that he had wandered down to the waterfront from his Congress Street home and was spotted by a group of “known imbibers” who got their jollies by making sport of the aristocratic looking young man. All sorts of exotic animals could be seen down around the waterfront in those days, as sea-

Cliff Gallant ––––– Daily Sun Columnist farers were fond of bringing them home from far away places to impress the homefolk, and the good ol’ boys forced young Neal to wrestle a monkey for their amusement. He was a spunky lad and got the best of the primate, but went home covered with scratches and gouges and was thoroughly humiliated by the experience. So much so that even in his old age a seething anger welled up in him whenever he thought about it. Little did those long-ago drunkos know how farreaching the effects of their little game would be. Yes, Dow and his minions were successful in at least keeping the liquor traffic underground for almost a century, but when the way was cleared things changed in a big way. Bars sprouted up like crocus in early spring. When the North Atlantic fleet was stationed in Portland during the war there were so many bars in the city that a well-known social club

offered a $1000 prize to anyone who could drink a short draft in each one. Many tried, all failed. There were over a hundred bars on the stretch from High Street down to India Street alone. Many a big-talkin’ man ended up in the gutter before he could make the rounds of even half of the drinking establishments in the city. Portland is very tame today compared to what it was like in that era. The streets were virtually teeming with servicemen looking for a good time. In addition to the hordes of sailors there were also the soldiers from Ft. Williams in Cape Elizabeth. Soldiers, sailors, and alcohol was a volatile mix in itself, but add to it that the supply of female company was not adequate to the needs of these young men and the situation becomes perilous. Fights were so common and so violent that the Portland police were really nothing more than a fighting corps. The department enthusiastically recruited graduating football players from the local high schools to join them on the front lines. Fighting was so much the order of the day that there was a bar located where One City Center is now that was named The Bucket of Blood. see GALLANT page 5

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More guns, fewer hoodies The debate over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin seems to be devolving into an argument about the right to wear hoodies, but it really does not appear to be a promising development. Congress, which never draws any serious conclusions from terrible tragedies involving gunplay, did have time on Wednesday to fight about whether Representative Bobby Rush of Chicago violated the House dress code when he took off his suit jacket, revealing a gray sweater he was wearing underneath, and pulled the hood up over his head. You may remember that Geraldo Rivera took measure of the Martin case and determined that the moral was: young men, throw out your hoodies. Even Rivera’s son said he was embarrassed. But, hey, we’re talking about it. Mission accomplished. “Just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum,” Congressman Rush said, before he was hustled off for violating the rule against wearing hats on the House floor. This is pretty much par for the course. Whenever there is a terrible shooting incident somewhere in America, our politicians talk about everything except whether the tragedy could have been avoided if the gunman had not been allowed to carry a firearm. You would think that this would be a great time to address the question of handgun proliferation, but it has hardly come up in Washington at all. This is because most politicians are

Gail Collins ––––– The New York Times terrified of the National Rifle Association. Also, the small band of gun control advocates are busy with slightly less sweeping issues, such as their ongoing but still utterly futile effort to make it illegal to sell a weapon to anyone on the terror watch list. The only serious debate Congress is likely to have this year on the subject of guns involves whether to allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry their handguns into other states. Say you were from — oh, maybe Florida, where George Zimmerman was carrying a legal, loaded pistol while he was driving around his gated community, looking for suspicious characters. In Florida, even nonFloridians can get a concealed carry permit. You can get the application online. From the Department of Agriculture. (“Fresh from Florida.”) Under a bill sponsored by Senator Mark Begich, Democrat of Alaska, you could take your Florida permit and your Florida loaded handgun and travel anyplace in the country, including the states where the police investigate every permit application, and say yes to relatively few. “If this law existed today, George Zimmerman

There is a serious trend toward states letting their residents carry concealed weapons with no more background check than you need to carry a concealed nutcracker. could carry a loaded hidden handgun in Times Square. Today,” said Dan Gross, the president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. And that would be the moderate version. Senators John Thune of South Dakota and David Vitter of Louisiana have a competing bill that would relieve residents of states like Vermont and Arizona — which don’t require concealed weapons permits at all — from the cumbersome process of actually putting in some paperwork before they tote their handguns to, say, California or New Jersey. Under this one, Jared Loughner, who shot Representative Gabrielle Giffords, a judge, a small child and four other innocent Arizonans, could have brought his loaded handgun to Times Square. There is a serious trend toward states letting their residents carry concealed weapons with no more background check than you need to carry a concealed nutcracker. All of this is based on the gun rights lobby’s argument that the more armed law-abiding people we have on our streets, the safer everybody will be. Under this line of thinking, George Zimmerman’s gated community was safer because Zimmerman was driving around with his legal gun. You can

bet that future Trayvon Martins who go to the store to buy Skittles after dark will seriously consider increasing their own safety by packing heat. The next confrontation along these lines may well involve a pair of legally armed individuals, legally responding to perceived, albeit nonexistent, threats by sending a bullet through somebody’s living room window and hitting a senior citizen watching the evening weather report. The Violence Policy Center has a list of 11 police officers and 391 private citizens who have been killed over the last five years by people carrying concealed weapons for which they had a permit. That includes a man in Florida who killed four women, including his estranged wife, in a restaurant in 2010 and another Floridian who opened fire at Thanksgiving, killing four relatives. You would think all of this would cause states to stop and rethink. But no. And, personally, I’m worn down from arguing. Florida, follow your own star. Arizona, arm your kindergarteners. Just stop trying to impose your values on places where the thinking is dramatically different. Really, just leave us alone. If you don’t like our rules, don’t come here. Is that too much to ask?

Remembering a brief encounter with Olympia Snowe at Popeye’s GALLANT from page 4

Not all the bars were of that ilk though. There were some that were more taverns or restaurants more than they were bars, places that were family owned and operated and where a certain decorum was upheld. Get out of hand at all and you were shown the door. Places like the Hollywood Cafe, Donahues and Sangillos. Yes, Sangillos Tavern, the same one that’s now located on Hampshire Street, just off Middle. Mr. Sangillo started in business many years ago on the corner of Middle and India. It was a place to go to meet friends, act respectable, and have a good time, same as it is now. Senator Olympia Snowe and her party dropped

by for a quick one a few weeks ago. Had a green beer with the lady myself one St Patrick’s Day at another famous Portland bar, now gone the way of many before it, Popeye’s Ice House, overlooking Harborview Park, the place that had the airplane embedded in the roof. It was after she spoke at the ceremonies outside. Well, the place was filled, and we were both there and I think we made eye contact once. Back to famous bars, though. One of my favorite bar stories is one I was told about Ricky’s, on Portland Street, across from the post office. It seems that when Italy changed sides in the Second World War an Italian submarine navigated into Portland Harbor and turned itself in, and because Italy was

in dire straits at the end of the war some of the Italian crewmen decided to stay in this country. They were each given a stake by the federal government to establish themselves in their new country and the story goes that a man named Ricci used his cash to start a tavern on Portland Street, which he named after himself, and over time Ricci’s became anglicized to Ricky’s. Rockin’ Ricky’s Tavern, who would’a thought. Neal Dow certainly wouldn’t have approved of all this monkey business. (Cliff Gallant of Portland is a regular columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Email him at gallant. cliff555@yahoo.com.)

Lorem loves Yale, but, academically, it has been a tough transition KRISTOF from page 4

Teachers took increasing pride in their brilliant student and arranged for Lorem to leave the refugee camp and transfer to a Kenyan school for seventh and eighth grades. That way he could compete in nationwide exams and perhaps get into high school. Just one problem: those exams were partly in Swahili, a language that Lorem did not speak. But he poured himself into his schoolwork, and classmates helped him. Lorem ended up earning the second highest mark in that entire region of Kenya. That led to a scholarship to a top boarding school near the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and then to the African Leadership Academy in South Africa. On his school vacation between junior and senior year of high school, Lorem undertook an epic journey across Africa to his native village. Then he guided

his younger brother and sister to the refugee camp where he grew up so that they, too, could get an education. Lorem loves Yale, but, academically, it has been a tough transition, partly because English is Lorem’s fifth language (he also speaks Didinga, Toposa, Arabic and Swahili). Jeffrey Brenzel, the Yale admissions director, puts it this way: “On the one hand, these adjustments are greater for him than for many, but, on the other hand, he has already overcome far greater challenges than other students have just to get here.” The vast majority of children in poor countries never enjoy such opportunities. The United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal of all children completing primary school by 2015 will almost certainly be missed. Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain is calling for the creation of a Global Fund

for Education to help meet the goal, and I hope the United States backs the initiative. Lorem plans to return to South Sudan after graduation to help rebuild his country. As I interviewed him in the tranquility of Yale, he choked with tears as he recalled the many people who had helped him: the boys in the camp who looked after him; the German nun, Sister Luise Radleimer Agonia, who enveloped him in love and helped pay his school fees; the bus driver in Juba, South Sudan, who put Lorem up in his shack for weeks while he struggled to get a passport to travel to Yale. Education is the grandest accelerant for human potential. So congratulations to Lorem as well as to college applicants who receive great news today — and let’s work to help all those other Paul Lorems out there, at home and abroad, step onto the education escalator.

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DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS “A Rejection of Money in Politics,” a demonstration by the anti-Wall Street group, OccupyMaine, will take place during President Obama’s visit to Portland today, the group announced. Protesters will gather at 5 p.m. at Congress Square, across Congress Street from the Portland Museum of Art, where the President is scheduled to stop during a fundraising visit. “At the Portland Museum of Art, the President and 1% will be dining at a $5,000 dollar a plate dinner (plus another $7,500 thousand for a photo with the President). Meanwhile, we will be offering a stone soup line absolutely free of charge,” the protesters announced in a press release. “OccupyMaine will be serving dinnah with a side of free speech that must be loud to be heard over the sound of hundreds of thousands of dollars piling into the register of the President’s Super-PAC. Bring your soup pots and ladles to make some noise.” Rachel Lyn Rumson, an organizer for Occupy Maine and for this event, said an estimated $6 billion will be spent on this presidential election, while families are going hungry. “Money has corrupted our political and economic system,” she said.

Brunswick dislocated worker to introduce President Obama When President Barack Obama visits Portland and South Portland today, he will be introduced by a former dislocated worker who, with the help of Coastal Counties Workforce Inc. of Brunswick, received federally funded training for a new position he’s held for the past nine months, CCWI reported.

Richard Schwartz, 48, of Woolwich will introduce President Obama at a reception this afternoon at Southern Maine Community College. Schwartz was out of work for two years after being laid off from his job in the boatbuilding industry in 2009, CCWI reported. Schwartz, a native New Englander who has an engineering background, came to Maine in 2002 to work in the boatbuilding industry, which like many manufacturing industries was hard hit by the recession. “After he was laid off, Schwartz saw an article in the local newspaper about a training program for IT certification aimed at dislocated workers. CCWI had contracted with the University of Maine to put the class in place in the Brunswick area,” the organization reported. In 2011, over 2,000 individuals received job training through CCWI and its programs, and despite the poor economy 75 percent of them found work, CCWI stated. “Richard’s story is a good example of the important role that federal job training plays in our economic recovery, and why we, at CCWI, take our work overseeing these programs and obtaining more funding for worker retraining very seriously” said Michael Bourret, director of CCWI.

Maine Supreme Court declines to weigh in on Poliquin issue The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has declined to weigh in on Treasurer Bruce Poliquin's business dealings, and whether they violated the Maine Constitution. On Thursday, the court issued an opinion stating the "propounded questions do not present a matter of live gravity or unusual exigency." “I am not surprised by the Maine Supreme Court’s ruling on the

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President’s visit will snarl this Dogg show BY CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

“They’re closing a bunch of streets with Snoop Dogg in town? That’s never going to work,” predicted a skeptical Spring Point Tavern patron in South Portland around noon Thursday. Portland police and the U.S. Secret Service are no doubt hoping that two major Friday evenings events — rap icon Snoop Dogg with two big shows at the State Theatre and President Barack Obama visitObama ing the relatively nearby Portland Museum of Art — can actually mesh along with Port-

land’s bustling downtown scene. Patrons of either event, along with anyone else traversing downtown Friday evening, are advised to “allow for extra travel time.” In a statement Thursday, the Portland Police Department said that motorists and pedestrians should be aware that streets surrounding the museum will be closed from approximately 6 p.m. until approximately 10 p.m. Those include: • High Street between Danforth Street and Congress Street. Snoop Dogg • Spring Street between Park Street and Oak Street.

South Portland warns of changes in bus service, ‘rolling’ street closures due to presidential visit DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT President Obama’s arrival at the Portland Jetport, a 4 p.m. visit to Southern Maine Community College, and subsequent event at the Portland Museum of Art will affect all of South Portland bus routes and schedules in the afternoon and evening today, the city of South Portland reported. Metro bus line issued a similar warning, noting that “bus service detours and interruptions are anticipated,” and cautioning that “re-routed service along Congress will most likely use Cumberland Ave.” No specific

detours were given. "It will not be possible to keep to the bus schedule or routes,” South Portland officials warned. “Buses may be restricted from access to your bus stop, even if other vehicles are going by," the city warned on its website (http:// www.southportland.org). “Rolling” street closures and blocked intersections will affect all schedules prior to the President’s arrival at the Jetport in the afternoon until his departure late in the evening, the city warned. In downtown Portland, between approximately 5 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., all bus stops will be on York Street

or Fore Street. "Regardless of time of day or evening, get to one of these stops and you will get a bus," the city of South Portland reported. These stops include: Fore Street at Union Street, temporary bus stop in front of Portland Harbor Hotel; York Street at regular marked bus stops; Route 21 Willard Square and SMCC, between approximately 2 p.m. until after 6 p.m.; near SMCC, primary bus stop will be on Preble Street at Fort Road and Preble before turn on to Broadway; Routes 24A and 24B to the Mall Area, anticipate delays due to rolling closures throughout the afternoon and evening.

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SMCC campus calm in face of Obama visit BY CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

You might think that a presidential visit to Southern Maine Community College, total enrollment 7,500 according to its website, would have the campus community buzzing. You might want to re-think that. The most high-profile, sign-producing issue on Thursday was the closure of Parking Lot A behind the HUB, or Hutchinson Union Building, gymnasium. Arguably the most popular of the campus lots, Lot A was posted no-parking for Friday with instruction to use “overflow lots.” That was met with dismay by at least four students who had no idea where those lots were. President Barack Obama’s fundraising visit was moved to the South Portland campus after earlier venues were deemed too small. The HUB will host the first of two scheduled Obama fundraisers today, the SMCC afternoon event is followed by an evening gathering at the Portland Museum of Art. Both are sold-out events. “It’s a non-school event,” explained Christian Farnsworth, an adjunct professor manning the campus information booth. He noted that “more could have been done” to tie the event to the campus, but the Obama event is private. The parking lot closing, he said, "is going to be a surprise for a lot of people." He was trying to organize a last-minute photography field trip for some of his students. “My class tomorrow might just take advantage of all the public fanfare,” he added. At the campus bookstore, a clerk said two people had called to inquire if there would be “mugs or t-shirts” to commemorate the visit, but none are available. Instead, the shelves were well-stocked for the big open house planned for Saturday, one of two the school hosts each year. Down at the nearby 158 Pickett Street Cafe, barista Ashley McComish said the only real presidential action so far was when police came in asking about some cars parked nearby — to see if anyone could identify the owners before they were towed away. “It is kind of exciting to have him coming to SMCC,” she said of Obama, adding that she had heard that the Secret Service had been around. “They’re in plain clothes, and one was across the street at the bar ... checking things out,” she said.

At 158 Pickett Street Cafe, barista Ashley McComish said yesterday that the only real presidential action so far was when police came in asking about some cars parked nearby. Today, officials expected traffic snarls from President Obama’s arrival. (CURTIS ROBINSON PHOTO)

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Friday, March 30 Snoop Dogg at the State 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. The State Theatre presents Snoop Dogg. Two shows. Tha Doggfather is continuing to enhance his connection with his fans through his music. Not only is Snoop utilizing his unrivaled digital presence to offer his fans inside access to the creative process behind the Doggumentary, but the album itself acts a memoir of sorts — both chronicling his journey in the game thus far and plotting where his path will lead him in the future. The latest collection reflects everything that the world has come to embrace about the man born Calvin Broadus. While delivering several of the bombastic street raps that initially propelled Snoop to stardom, his new album, Doggumentary, also boasts the sort of unpredictable collaborations that have made him a pop culture phenomenon. Portland. $40 advance/$45 day of show. www.statetheatreportland.com

Movie, Johnny Cremains and Dementia Five live 8:30 p.m. Geno’s Rock Club brings a feature-length movie of musical performances by By Blood Alone, Johnny Cremains, BirdOrgan, Hessian, Sunrunner and Dementia Five, along with Smoke and Mirror Circus, filmed on location at Geno’s on Sept. 2, 2011, will be shown at 8:30 p.m., then followed by live sets by Johnny Cremains and Dementia Five, starting at 10. Cover charge is $8 for the whole night, $6 after 10. All shows at Geno’s are 21 plus, proper ID is required. Come early to make sure you get a good seat! There will be popcorn! Venue: Geno’s Rock Club, 627 Congress St.

Saturday, March 31 Reunion Weekend!: Strangefolk at the State 8 p.m. The State Theatre in Portland and Higher Ground in Burlington, Vt. announce a reunion weekend with Strangefolk, including original members Jon Trafton, Reid Genauer, Erik Glockler and Luke Smith. This special event marks the first time the band has played together formally onstage since their farewell Garden of Eden concert in New Haven, Vt. in September 2000. www.statetheatreportland. com/event/88381

Jonny Corndawg at Empire 9:30 p.m. Jonny Corndawg, Shovels and Rope, Robert Ellis at Empire Dine and Dance. Jonny Corndawg is a country singer, not a singer-songwriter. Born in Montana, raised in rural Virginia, Corndawg has been touring on his motorcycle since he dropped out of school in 2001. He’s played shows in every U.S. state, Canada and eleven European countries, Australia, Argentina and India. But you won’t find him on CMT. His music is more in the vein of that obscure ‘70s gay country that housewives would discover on a Bear Family reissue in twenty years. In addition to pursuing the lost art of the Real Deal, Corndawg is an airbrushing, leather-working, marathon-running, truck-driving American. Born and Bred.

Snoop Dogg will perform two shows at the State Theatre tonight. (COURTESY PHOTO) Milkman’s Union, will be releasing a new album and holding a record release party on April 6 at Empire Dine & Dance, 575 Congress St. Jeff Beam & Friends (record release show) w/ Tan Vampires & Phantom Buffalo. $6, 21 plus. http://jeffbeam.bandcamp.com/album/now-single-ep

Saturday, April 7 Ben Vida and Artie Appleseed 8 p.m. A synthesized Saturday to welcome spring. Composer, improviser and sound artist Ben Vida (one half of Soft Circle) has a impressive slew of collaborations and releases under a host of names. Currently he is exploring automatic self-generating compositions utilizing a modular hybrid analog/digital synthesizer. Tea First Records’ and Selbyville member Artie Appleseed makes blissful forays into the ambient electronic.SPACE Gallery. $5 suggested donation, all ages. www.space538.org/events.php

Tuesday, April 10 Lost In The Trees with Poor Moon

Wednesday, April 4 Omara ‘Bombino’ Moctar 7:30 p.m. Portland Ovations brings the young North African guitarist and songwriter Omara “Bombino” Moctar and his four-piece band to Hannaford Hall, University of Southern Maine in Portland for an evening concert. “Omara ‘Bombino’ Moctar is from the Tuareg region of North Africa and during his nomadic lifestyle of avoiding the politically charged rebellion in Niger, Bombino taught himself how to play guitar by watching videos of Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits and others in an effort to master their playing styles. He has recorded a desert blues version of the Rolling Stones classic ‘Hey Negrita’ alongside Keith Richards and Charlie Watts and has served as Angelina Jolie’s guide to the Niger desert region. His electrifying jams capture the spirit of the Sahara with enduring notes of nostalgia, resilience and peace.”

Mastodon at the State 7:30 p.m. Mastodon will be kicking off their Spring 2012 coheadlining tour in Portland on April 4 at the State Theatre. The tour features a dream bill with Swedish metal band Opeth as co-headliners and Ghost providing support on all dates. Mastodon have just returned to the states after extensive touring throughout Europe and Australia over the past few months in support of their latest album, The Hunter. Released in Sept 2011, The Hunter entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart in the Top 10 and it’s first single, “Curl of the Burl” was nominated for a 2012 Grammy Award for “Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance.” www.statetheatreportland.com

Friday, April 6 Jeff Beam & Friends 9 p.m. Jeff Beam, a musician in Portland, bassist for The

8 p.m. “A Church That Fits Our Needs,” the second album by North Carolina chamber-pop group Lost In The Trees, is a work of vaulting ambition, a cathedral built on loss and transformation. Writer, composer and architect of the band Ari Picker began work on the album after his mother took her own life in 2009. Classically-trained, but drawing on the lushness of Phil Spector and old film scores as well, Picker creates a musical journey that winds its way through devastation, joy and wonder. Seattle’s Poor Moon, a new project from Christian Wargo (Fleet Foxes), recently signed to Sub Pop. Their breezy, straightforward approach to songwriting will win you over with its gently catchy hooks. Buy tickets at SPACE or at all Bull Moose locations. SPACE Gallery. $10, 18 plus. www.space538.org/events.php

Thursday, April 12

Brahms’ Piano Quartet in A Major. LARK Society for Chamber Music, 761-1522, lark@larksociety.org, www.larksociety.org.

Bruckner, Beethoven and More 2:30 p.m. The Portland Symphony Orchestra presents Bruckner, Beethoven and More at Merrill Auditorium in downtown Portland. Music Director Robert Moody will conduct the afternoon program, which includes pieces by renowned composers Anton Bruckner, Osvaldo Golijov, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Ludwig Van Beethoven. A Concert Conversation with Robert Moody will precede the concert at 1:15 p.m., and a PostConcert Q&A with the artists follows at the end on the stage. For program notes and an interview with Robert Moody about this concert, visit portlandsymphony.org.

Monday, April 16 WCLZ presents: Needtobreathe, Ben Rector 7 p.m. The State Theatre. WhenNeedtobreathe’s Bear and Bo Rinehart set out to write the songs that appear on the band’s new album, “The Reckoning,” they felt something bigger awaited them. It wasn’t just commercial success either. The band’s last album “The Outsiders” hit No. 9 on Billboard’s Rock Albums chart, went Top 20 on the Top 200, saw the band sell out venues such as Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and Chicago’s House of Blues, and score an impressive number of placements in blockbuster films and numerous prime time television-shows. Bear explains “There was always this creeping reminder that we needed to show what the last ten years on the road had taught us. If we couldn’t do that, everything we had worked for was meaningless.” Rock/Pop/Southern Rock. Ben Rector cut his musical teeth while a student at the University of Arkansas and used them over the next four years to devour the music scene in Fayetteville and floss with the surrounding states.

Thursday, April 19

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9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. This composition for narrator and the PSO String Quintet tells the true story of Abbie Burgess, painting an exciting musical portrait of a raging storm and the brave young woman who kept the lighthouse burning against all odds. East End Community School, 195 North Road, Portland. www.portlandsymphony.org

7:30 p.m. From classic big band to modern jazz, the University of Southern Maine School of Music Jazz Ensembles will get you grooving at their spring concert, in Corthell Concert Hall, College Avenue, USM Gorham. The Jazz Ensemble, directed by School of Music faculty member Chris Oberholtzer, will perform jazz favorites like Miles Davis’ Seven Steps To Heaven and Gillespie & Coots’ You Go to My Head, plus other memorable examples of big band literature like Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla, Flight of the Foo Birds by Neal Hefti, Moten Swing, by Buster & Benny Moten, and more. Tickets cost $6 general public; $3 students, seniors, USM employees and alumni. For reservations, contact the Music Box Office at www.usm.maine.edu/music/boxoffice or 780-5555. For more information on the USM School of Music’s spring concert season and programs of study, visit www.usm.maine.edu/music. Sign up for e-notices, or on Facebook as USM School of Music, www.facebook.com/ Music.USM.

Sunday, April 15 Portland String Quartet, Laura Kargul 2 p.m. Pianist Laura Kargul joins the Portland String Quartet in concert at Immanuel-Williston Church, 156 High St., Portland. The PSQ and Laura Kargul will open this final concert in the 2012-13 Concert Series with Mozart’s Piano Quartet in E Flat Major. This will be followed by Jacques de la Presle’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, performed by PSQ Violinist Ron Lantz. Closing the program is Johannes

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, March 30, the 90th day of 2012. There are 276 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured in an assassination attempt outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr. Wounded along with Reagan were his press secretary, James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, and District of Columbia police officer Thomas Delahanty. On this date: In 1135, the Jewish philosopher Maimonides was born in Cordoba in present-day Spain. In 1822, Florida became a United States territory. In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million. In 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited denying citizens the right to vote and hold office on the basis of race, was declared in effect by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. Texas was readmitted to the Union. In 1909, the Queensboro Bridge, linking the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Queens, opened. In 1923, the Cunard liner RMS Laconia became the first passenger ship to circle the globe as it arrived in New York. In 1959, a narrowly divided U.S. Supreme Court, in Bartkus v. Illinois, ruled that a conviction in state court following an acquittal in federal court for the same crime did not constitute double jeopardy. In 1964, John Glenn withdrew from the Ohio race for the U.S. Senate because of injuries suffered in a fall. The original version of the TV game show “Jeopardy!,” hosted by Art Fleming, premiered on NBC. In 1972, North Vietnamese forces launched their three-pronged Easter Offensive against South Vietnam; the fighting lasted until the following October. In 1986, actor James Cagney died at his farm in Stanfordville, N.Y., at age 86. In 1991, Patricia Bowman of Jupiter, Fla., told authorities she’d been raped hours earlier by William Kennedy Smith, the nephew of Sen. Edward Kennedy, at the family’s Palm Beach estate. (Smith was acquitted at trial.) One year ago: A top Libyan official, Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, defected to Britain, dealing a blow to leader Moammar Gadhafi. Tilikum, the killer whale that drowned trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010 at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla., resumed performing for the first time since the woman’s death. Today’s Birthdays: Game show host Peter Marshall is 86. Actor Richard Dysart is 83. Actor John Astin is 82. Entertainer Rolf Harris is 82. Actor-director Warren Beatty is 75. Rock musician Graeme Edge is 71. Rock musician Eric Clapton is 67. Actor Justin Deas is 64. Actor Robbie Coltrane is 62. Actor Paul Reiser is 55. Rap artist MC Hammer is 49. Singer Tracy Chapman is 48. Actor Ian Ziering is 48. Singer Celine Dion is 44. Actor Mark Consuelos is 41. Actress Bahar Soomekh is 37. Actress Jessica Cauffiel is 36. Singer Norah Jones is 33. Actress Fiona Gubelmann is 32. Actress Katy Mixon is 31. Country singer Justin Moore is 28.

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to the time we are separated. Life is challenging. We often encounter people who want to thank my husband for his service. I thank them for their support. But if you know of a military spouse who is alone, here are a few suggestions: Offer to babysit for free. Older children often miss out on evening events because younger siblings need to be in bed or it’s too difficult to take them all to the event. Offer to drive the children to practices or games and supervise them. Include their children in your family outings, and give the military spouse an afternoon off. Take a meal to the family. A frozen casserole is a treat on a hectic day. Or treat them to a meal out. Anywhere. Offer to mow the lawn, wash the car, check under the hood or take a pet to the vet. Check on them when the weather is extreme. Send their spouse a letter. Call and ask what you can do to help. Please help the military by helping out military families. A little kindness goes a long way. -- A Soldier’s Spouse Anywhere Dear Soldier’s Spouse: Thank you for reminding our readers of the simple things they can do to help out our servicemen and women and the families that stand behind them. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Old in Indiana,” the 90-year-old woman who wondered how to divide her possessions among her daughters and daughters-in-law. Several years before my lovely mother passed away, she had all her valuables appraised. Then, in her own handwriting, she wrote who got what next to each piece. I encourage everyone to do the same. It made a difficult time so much easier when we knew we were honoring her wishes. I consider it her final gift to us. -- Missing Mom in Maryland

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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Hinck criticizes Schneider for attending health care arguments DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS Attorney General William J. Schneider’s trip to Washington, D.C. to attend oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case challenging the federal government’s Affordable Health Care Act sparked criticism from Jon Hinck of Portland. Schneider is running for Olympia Snowe’s U.S. Senate seat as a Republican. Hinck is a Democratic candidate for the seat. “A.G. & Candidate Schneider: Your trip to D.C. on our tax $$ involves no legal work and should be covered by your political campaign,” Hinck wrote on Facebook. Schneider on Sunday announced that he and 25 other attorneys general, the National Federation of Independent Business and four Hinck individual plaintiffs would begin “an unprecedented six hours of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the Federal Government’s Health Care Act.” The court is expected to issue a decision by the end of June.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I’m 20 and attending college near my parents’ home. Despite what my Catholic family wants, I’ve been exploring other religions for the past five years and have decided that Judaism is the right road for me. I want to let my family in on this process, but I’m afraid they’ll react badly and insist that my Jewish fiance is swaying my decision. My mother is starting to pick up on the fact that I haven’t been going to church with her. She has informed me that she would be greatly insulted if I became Jewish, because all those years of putting me through Catholic school would be for naught. She recently hoped loudly that eventually I would “do the right thing and come back.” I’m tired of lying when they ask where I go on Friday evenings. Help? -- At the Crossroads Dear Crossroads: There is some validity to the claim that your fiance may be influencing your decision, but that is to be expected. Even if he isn’t making a concerted effort to convert you, his preferences and beliefs would be persuasive on their own. We respect the fact that you have spent five years considering your decision, which indicates you’ve done a great deal of thinking. But we also recognize that most of this five-year period took place while you were a teenager and quite young for such a life-changing decision. Regardless, please stop lying to your parents. If this is the path you have chosen, you must be able to stand up for your beliefs in the face of their disappointment. The sooner you start the more time they will have to reconcile themselves to the situation. You also can enlist the help of your rabbi. Dear Annie: I am writing this to help military families who are at home while their spouses are deployed. As a military spouse for 20 years, I am sometimes overwhelmed, exhausted and isolated. Deployments are lengthy, and training adds

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Poliquin announces endorsement from Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee Maine State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin announced Thursday that he received the endorsement of Utah Senator Mike Lee, “a leader of the national conservative movement,” for Poliquin’s race in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. Poliquin said he set records for the amount of money raised in the 2010 gubernatorial primary race in addition to contributing over $700,000 of his own money. “He is expected to be the best funded candidate during the short Republican primary race ending on June 12th,” he said. Lee wrote, “Bruce is a true fiscal conservative with a strong record of accomplishments as Maine’s fiscal watchdog. He was instrumental in reducing the State’s public pension debt by $1.7 billion, and has been exposing millions of dollars of wasteful government spending since the first day he took office.”

U.S. Senate candidate to speak at Libertarian Party conference Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate, Andrew Ian Dodge will address the Libertarian Party of Maine’s 2012 conference at the Ramada Hotel in Saco Saturday, he announced “I think the people of Maine are sick and tired of the tit for tat politics of the two major parties,” Dodge said in a statement. “Maine and the country are not going to be fixed by partisan pandering. It is time for Dodge practical ideas and actual solutions.” Dodge is scheduled to speak at 3 p.m. For more information, visit http://dodgeforsenate.com.

Stein blasts federal health care law Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party presidential candidate, said Thursday that whatever the U.S. Supreme Court decides on the constitutionality of the federal health care act, “Americans will still be stuck with an expensive, ineffective health care system that fails to provide quality health care to all Americans.” “The mandate that every American buy expensive, inadequate health insurance is a scheme developed by Republicans and foisted on the nation by Democrats,” she said. For more information, visit www.JillStein.org.

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Friday, March 30 Victoria’s Wonderama 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This spring, Victoria Mansion will host an exhibit titled, Victoria’s Wonderama, a collection of artwork inspired by the Steampunk Movement. “A combination of science fiction and the post-industrial era, the Steampunk Movement envisions an alternate world in which steam is widely used to power technology. Followers of the movement examine both contemporary technology as well as Victorian-era innovations within the context of steam power. The end result? Artwork that is both retro and futuristic with a distinctly Victorian tinge. The exhibit will open March 30 and run through April 21. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday-Saturday. All admissions are only $10. Free croquet on the lawn Saturdays April 7, 14 and 21, weather and turf conditions permitting. The Carriage House Museum Shop is closed during this exhibit. Regular season tours of the Mansion will resume May 1. www.victoriamansion.org/events_rentals/events.aspx

Falmouth Historical Society table games 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. At Holy Martyrs Church, 266 Foreside Road, Falmouth. “Did you register for The Falmouth Historical Society’s biannual fundraiser table games on March 30 from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm. Call your friends who play bridge or other table games. Put a foursome together and enjoy a light lunch and beverages. $12/person and all proceeds benefit The Falmouth Historical Society. For reservations call Mary Honan at 781-2705 or The Society at 781-4727.”

Peter Bebergal at the Portland Public Library noon to 1 p.m. Peter Bebergal, author of “Too Much to Dream.” The Friday Local Author Series is held from noon to 1 p.m. in the Main Library’s Meeting Room 5. Portland Public Library.

April Fools Weekend events at The Woods 2 p.m. The Woods at Canco, an independent senior living community located at 257 Canco Road in Portland, invites area seniors to its free April Fools Weekend events March 30 through April 1. Events include a women’s Tripoli challenge on March 30 at 2 p.m., a singing performance with Dave on March 31 at 3 p.m., and Name That Tune on April 1 at 3 p.m. To RSVP, or to learn more, please call The Woods at Canco at 772-4777.

Birdie Googins at Emerald City 6 p.m. Maine Queen of Comedy is releasing a DVD of her stand up comedy show: “Birdie Googins: Accidentally Maine’s Only Supermodel & Possible Future Queen.” “Fabulously popular, superbly glamorous, always making a cutting edge fashion statement that only a super model can make. Ms. Googins will be making her appearance at Emerald City in Portland on Friday, March 30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. promoting her DVD and signing autographs. DVD’s will be available for purchase, with autograph … priceless!!” 564 Congress St.

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.

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

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 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

Patrick Chung, AFC Champion New England Patriots’ safety, addresses the media during a press conference at Gillette Stadium. Chung will make an appearance at Hadlock Field on Tuesday, May 1 when the Portland Sea Dogs take on the Trenton Thunder at 6 p.m. For details, visit www.seadogs.com. (COURTESY PHOTO) 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. Friday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. — Opening Night: Tony Horwitz, Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine. Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Horwitz, author of the historical narratives Midnight Rising and Confederates in the Attic gives an illustrated talk. (Tickets to benefit Maine Reads at www.mainereads.org starting in February.). For a complete festival schedule go to www.mainereads.org.

‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’ premieres at Freeport Factory Stage 7:30 p.m. The Freeport Factory Stage features the “soulful and shattering production” of “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.” “This production features the incomparable jazz singer, Mardra Thomas as Billie Holiday, with local musician Flash Allen at the piano. Directed by Julie George-Carlson, ‘Lady Day’ is a fictional account of the final appearance by Billie Holiday at a seedy night club in Philadelphia, only four months before her death at the age of 44. The play, written by Lainie Robertson, was originally produced in 1989 and has enjoyed great success in regional theaters for the past 20 years.” ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’ runs from March 29-April 14, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. All Thursday performances are “Pay-What-You-Can” — ticket prices for all other performances are $19 general admission and $15 seniors and students with ID. Group discounts and subscription tickets are available. For reservations call the box office at 8655505 or visit the website, www.freeportfactory.com.

‘Ghosts’ at SPACE 7:30 p.m. “What happens when we cannot bring ourselves to leave? Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen staged the answer in 1881 with Ghosts, portraying a world of sexual repression, religious hypocrisy, and the inescapable influence of our parents’ choices. Local theater company Lorem Ipsum (The Threepenny Opera, Blood Wedding, Ubu Roi) revisits this piece of classical theater with the help of Last House Productions and Budget Fabulous Films, giving an immersive theater experience to Ibsen’s timeless examination of duty and deceit.” $10, all ages. Also Friday through Sunday, SPACE Gallery. www.space538.org/events.php

‘The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds’ at Lucid Stage 8 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents the American classic with the tongue twisting title, “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,” by Paul

Zindel. The play opened March 15, and runs Thursday to Sunday through April 1, at Lucid Stage in Portland. “Zindel’s masterpiece, which won an Obie Award, a New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Drama, tells the story of single mother Beatrice Hunsdorfer, and her teenage daughters, Ruth and Matilda. Abandoned by her husband and saddled with two children, Beatrice hates the world. She thinks she just needs the right opportunity, and everything will get better. Older sister Ruth knows the reputation her mother has around town, but she seems sadly fated to repeat her mother’s mistakes in her own life. Shy Matilda, or Tillie, is the joke of her school and her family, until a teacher opens her eyes to the wonders of science. When Tilllie’s project on the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigold seeds is chosen for the school science fair, the dysfunctional family dynamic comes to a head.” www.lucidstage.com

Stache Pag 9:30 p.m. Mustaches will tickle the fancy of Portlanders, with the fifth annual Stache Pag, to be held Friday, March 30, at Port City Music Hall, and “The International Moustache Film Festival brought to you by Progressive” Saturday, March 31, at the Deering Grange Hall, Portland. The Stache Pag is when dozens of moustachioed men from across Maine, and the world, will compete for trophies in four moustache categories: The Uncle Rico, The Magnum PI, The 1899 Maine Legislature and The Thigh Tickler. After several rounds of rigorous judging, crowd applause determines the winner of each category. The March 30 event will be held at Port City Music Hall. 7:30 p.m. — Special Advance World Premiere screening of inaugural Stache Film Fest exclusively for Stache Pag contestants and VIP’s. 9:30 p.m. — Doors open to public. A portion of the proceeds from the event go to benefit MENSK and MyStacheFightsCancer. Visit www.stachepag.com. “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

Saturday, March 31 Adoptable Dogs in Sanford 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Animal Welfare Society Mobile Adoption Team will visit Tractor Supply, 1170 Main St., Sanford with adoptable dogs. For more information, call Animal Welfare Society (www.animalwelfaresociety.org) at 985-3244 or Tractor Supply at 490-0034. see EVENTS page 16

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Chavez tribute features granddaughter of activist BY TIMOTHY GILLIS SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Christine Chavez will speak Saturday at the First Parish Church on Congress Street, at the second annual celebration that honors her grandfather, Cesar Chavez. President Barack Obama is in town this weekend as well, and as a longtime supporter of Chavez's work, it was no surprise when the White House this week proclaimed Saturday a day to remember the labor activist and hunger striker who formed United Farm Workers 50 years ago. Chavez would have been 85, and his granddaughter, who works for Obama in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will speak of his legacy in the 21st century. She was first arrested for protesting when she was four years old, and has since lived a life devoted to civil rights. "Beyond her work with the UFW, Chavez has closely worked with Service Employee International Union 1877, United Food and Commercial Workers, and the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees," a press release for the event read. "She has engaged in numerous personal projects, including involvement with the Latino and African American Leadership Alliance and the Gen II Project, which involved a peace delegation of children and grandchildren of notable world peacemakers to meet with foreign leaders on human rights violations." Chavez will address locals assembled for the event from a variety of political and commercial persuasions. Michael Brennan, mayor of Portland, the Rev. Christina Sillari, and Gerald Talbot, NAACP founder and former state legislator, will all speak. Ralph Carmona, executive director of the Maine Global Institute, which is hosting, will give opening and closing comments. "Christine Chavez grew up in her grandfather’s non-violent civil rights movement of pickets and protests. She faced the first of many arrests for civil disobedience at four years of age. Taking to heart her grandfather’s legacy, she has come to master the art of modern day campaigning and community organizing," according to the press release. "She previously worked for the California Legislature and as UFW director on pubic campaigns aimed at protecting farm worker and immigrant civil rights." The First Parish celebration began locally last year when Carmona initiated it. He had moved from Sacramento, Calif., in February 2010, where he'd been teaching political science at American River College. In 2004, he and Vana Smith, a native Mainer, were married, and six years later they switched coasts. "We'd visited Maine before, and had always loved it," he said. When first arriving to Maine, he worked on fundraisers for a Portland immigrant initiative ballot measure and the local Democrat Party, and taught a course called "Portland's Future" for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of Southern Maine. These experiences coalesced into a decision to run for mayor of Portland. That bid was unsuccessful, but since that time he has remained active in civic affairs. He met with Gov. Paul LePage regarding general assistance, and they discussed the Cesar Chavez conference room, whose name-plate had been removed. "I'm disappointed in the court ruling," Carmona said of the recent decision supporting LePage's acts. Though that disappointment doesn't sap his energy to keep highlighting Maine's population changes. "It's an inevitable demography," Carmona said. "Portland High School is 35 percent immigrant. But Maine is the most elderly state, the most homogenous state. We need young people with skills. Without the Sudanese and other African immigrants, we'd have zero population increase." In dealing with what he described as a "gray tsunami," a dangerous storm of only elderly, Carmona said the purpose of Maine Global Institute is to tackle different forms of migration, high and low end immigrants, Africans, young people, and retirees. "People come and form niches. The Irish did it, the Jews did it. The African immigrants are doing it

now," Carmona said. the nation, the state's provinThe next step for MGI is to forcial nature will come back to malize an advisory group. "We haunt Mainers. "Our American don't want a board-of-directors economy is concentrating in type of group," Carmona said. an unprecedented fashion and "We want to help assist the people are making less than 30 state in creatively integrating years ago, often less than their increased diversity, through ecoparents," he said. "Public sector nomic and sustainable growth." unions are struggling and priThese changes won't come vate sector unions have been easily, he asserted, and will in major decline for more than require a wide variety of people 30 years. Laboring people are to work well together. Evidence suffering because respect for of that mixed group will be on the economic value they add hand Saturday, as two panel is diminishing and destroying discussions explore the many the middle class." facets of Chavez's life. Members of OccupyMaine Christopher Hall, senior are intent on making Presivice-president of the Portland dent Obama make good on Regional Chamber of Com- President Barack Obama proclaimed March 31, 2012 the Chavez promise when he's merce, will moderate a discus- as Cesar Chavez Day: “Decades after his struggle in town this weekend, memsion called "Cesar’s Values and began, Cesar Chavez’s legacy lives on in all who draw bers announced. They want to Human Capital." The panel will inspiration from the values of service, determination, dedicate a plaque to Chavez in include Abdifatah Ahmed, exec- and community that ignited his movement,” the Presi- Lincoln Park, to commemorate utive director of Atlantic Global dent wrote. “On the 85th anniversary of Cesar Chavez’s where he spoke in 1974, and Aid; Shawn Moody, president birth, we are reminded of what we can accomplish where the Occupy movement when we recognize our common humanity” Here, the and CEO of Moody’s Collision President is pictured with Christine Chavez, the activ- was stationed for much of the Centers; Jennifer Hutchins, the ist’s granddaughter. (COURTESY PHOTO) past year. "Friends of Lincoln executive director of Creative Park" is mainly made up of Portland Corporation; Charles Scontras, labor hisOccupiers, according to Heather Curtis, "and people torian at the University of Maine; and Juan Perezwho want the park to become a civic center where Febles, monitor advocate at the Maine Department you can engage in public discourse." of Labor. Curtis, one of four individual plaintiffs in a lawRonald G. Cantor, president of Southern Maine suit brought by OccupyMaine against Portland, said Community College, will moderate a discussion it's fitting that Obama sought to honor Chavez, but called "Cesar’s Values and Human Rights." The wants to hold the President's "feet to the fire." panel will include Robert Talbot, of the Greater "There are a lot of billionaires in town this weekBangor Area NAACP; Ricardo Cabezas, president of end. He's having an expensive party at the Portland Centro Latino; the Rev. Sillari of First Parish; ElMuseum of Art, and so we're serving soup on ConFadel Arbab, Darfur genocide survivor and educagress Square. We think he's the best man for the job, tor; and Marc Mutty, director of the Roman Catholic but we want the big money out of politics," Curtis Diocese of Portland. said. This type of dialogue is an important first step, If anyone's message could unite such disparate Carmona said. "I'm willing to bet that, in two to four parties, perhaps it is the lesson taught by Chavez. years, we'll be dying for more migration. This is a "Equality Maine and the Roman Catholic Diocese real opportunity for us to embrace the challenge, of Portland are both sponsoring the event. Only make Maine more receptive to these immigrants. someone like Cesar Chavez could bring those two People must realize that migration as human capitogether," Carmona said. "He was the only civil tal matters, regardless of income or color," he said. rights leader in the 1970s to support gay rights. His If Maine fails to opens its arms to a growing granddaughter supports gay marriage. Like her diversity, Carmona is concerned that, like much of grandfather, they were both committed Catholics."

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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. www.mainereads.org.

Portland Children’s Film Festival 12:45 p.m. East End Community School is sponsoring the first Portland Children’s Film Festival on Thursday, March 29 through Sunday, April 1 at several locations throughout the city. The festival will feature local, national and international children’s films and workshops, the school district reported. Local films will include a premiere of short films produced by Portland children ages four to 11. Elementary schoolchildren in Portland submitted films as part of the festival’s Young Filmmakers Contest. The winning films will be shown at the Portland Public Library on Saturday, March 31 at 12:45 p.m. The festival will take place at Nickelodeon Cinemas, St. Lawrence Arts and Cultural Center, Zero Station, East End Community School, the University of Southern Maine’s Masterton Hall at 71 Bedford St., the Portland Public Library and the Portland Museum of Art. See a complete schedule of events at www.portlandchildrensfilmfestival.com.

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, now at Fitzpatrick Stadium, 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

‘Swan Lake’

Cesar Chavez Observance

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

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Maine Global Institute will present 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

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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

Haiti Empty Bowl Supper 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

Democratic primary candidates debate 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Portland Club will be hosting a debate between the Democratic primary candidates for the U.S. Senate. All four candidates who will be on the Democratic primary ballot have communicated their attention to take part in the debate. The Democratic primary candidates are: Cynthia Dill, current State Senator from Cape Elizabeth; Matt Dunlap, of Old Town, a former State legislator and Secretary of State; Jon Hinck, current State senator from Portland; and Benjamin Pollard, a Portland businessman and educator.

Owl Prowl 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

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