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Comedy timing is bad as news, film collide LOS ANGELES (NY Times) — In recent weeks executives at 20th Century Fox have been quietly scrambling to distance a summer comedy, “Neighborhood Watch,” from the shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, was killed on Feb. 26 by George Zimmerman, a community watch participant in Sanford, Fla., who has said he acted in self-defense and has not been charged with a crime.

In a phased withdrawal that began late last month Fox pre-emptively withdrew its trailers and advertising materials for the movie, which features Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade as four suburban watch members who save their neighborhood, and the world, from an invasion by space aliens. But the studio and its filmmaking team are now left to wonder whether a news-media storm and a ferocious public debate over the shooting and its possible legal consequences have spoiled the fun of a movie that cost over $50 million to make and will cost millions more to market.

In a statement following the cancellation of the trailer Fox extended sympathy to those touched by the Martin shooting, and said, “Our film is a broad alien invasion comedy and bears absolutely no relation to the tragic events in Florida.”

A Fox spokesman late last week declined to elaborate on the studio’s plans for the film.

But it is clear that Fox is quickly replacing images that might keep viewers away should the Martin case claim the nation’s attention when “Neighborhood Watch” is released, on July 27.

The image of a bulletriddled Neighborhood Watch sign — on which the caped figure of Boris the Burglar, a familiar trademark of the National Sheriffs’ Association, has almost imperceptibly turned into a lurking alien — has been pulled back where possible. On the film’s Facebook page, meanwhile, Fox is now featuring photographs of the four stars in a frontal shot that seems deliberately calculated to invoke the harmless lead characters in “Ghostbusters,” to which Fox marketers have been likening their film.

The next step, according to the person briefed on studio plans, will be to highlight the movie’s space aliens — a reveal that might have occurred late, if at all, in a normal marketing campaign.

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Death at center of Chinese scandal that tarred official BEIJING — Bo Xilai, a high-ranking Communist Party official, was stripped of his most powerful posts on Tuesday, and authorities said his wife was being held in connection with the suspected murder of a British businessman, the latest revelations in a political scandal that has rocked China’s leadership.

Bo, who last month lost his post as party chief of the metropolitan region of Chongqing, was suspended from the Politburo, the 25-member body that runs China, and the larger Central Committee, on suspicion of serious disciplinary infractions, the government announced. The move ended the political career of Mr. Bo, who as recently as February

was viewed as a serious contender for one of the top nine posts in the leadership.

China also announced that Bo’s wife, Gu Kailai, a lawyer, was strongly suspected, along with a member of their household staff, in causing the November death of Neil Heywood, a British businessman who had close ties to the Bo family. A homicide case against the two of them has been turned over to judicial authorities, the government said.

Heywood was found dead in a hotel room on Nov. 15 in Chongqinq. Officials there issued a death certificate stating the cause of death was alcohol poisoning, although Heywood rarely drank. His relatives said he died of a heart

attack, and that the body was cremated, at their request, without an autopsy. But a reexamination of the evidence now indicates that Heywood, a high-spirited 41-year old business consultant who professed to love living in China, was the victim of an “intentional homicide,” China’s official Xinhua news agency said.

The announcement appeared to surprise the British government. An hour later, William Hague, the British foreign minister, told reporters: “It’s a death that needs to be investigated, on its own terms and on its own merits, without political considerations. So I hope they will go about it in that way, and I welcome the fact that there will be an investigation.”

Obama to make case for ‘Buffett Rule’ (NY Times) — President Obama is taking his argument in favor of a 30 percent minimum tax on millionaires to Florida, where he will tell students at Florida Atlantic University on Tuesday afternoon that “in this country, prosperity has never trickled down from a wealthy few.”

In excerpts of his speech released in advance, he says that fairness demands that the richest Americans be taxed at least as much as the upper middle class normally pay, so that the money can go to programs that he says benefit society at large.

“These investments -- in things like education and research and health care — haven’t been made as part of some scheme to redistribute wealth from one group to another,” he argues.

As the White House and its Democratic allies in Congress escalated their push on a defining issue in the coming elections, Obama’s economic team released a brief report making the case for his “Buffett Rule,” a proposal that would ensure the wealthiest Americans pay at least 30 percent of their income in federal taxes.

The proposed minimum rate for those with incomes exceeding $1 million annually, which is based on an idea from the billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett, would restore some fairness to the federal tax code and reduce economically inefficient gaming of the system, according to the report from the White House National Economic Council.

Wall Street follows Europe down sharply (NY Times) — Wall Street was unable to shake off the doldrums as stocks notched their fifth consecutive decline Tuesday, fueled by concerns over the euro zone.

The Standard & Poor’s 500stock index closed off 1.6 percent, for its biggest percentage drop and longest losing streak this year. Still, it was not as deep as the day’s descent in Europe, where indexes fell 3 percent.

The Dow Jones industrial average, which fell more than

130 points on Monday in its worst drop since March 6, closed down more than 200 points, or 1.7 percent, and the Nasdaq composite index was down 1.8 percent.

Tuesday was the first opportunity for European markets, which were closed on Monday, to respond to last week’s data on the struggling United States jobs sector.

But Europe also declined on concern over Spanish credit

strength. On Tuesday, Spain’s borrowing costs rose to levels not seen since early January, raising concern that the financial crisis in Europe was heating up again after a lull.

European financial stocks took a beating, falling 4.6 percent, as the Euro Stoxx 50 index of euro zone blue chips closed down nearly 3 percent. The CAC 40 index in Paris was down 3.1 percent and the DAX in Germany closed 2.5 percent lower.

Court allows Britain to send five to U.S. on terror charges LONDON (NY Times) — The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Britain could legally extradite five suspects wanted in the United States on terrorism charges, including Abu Hamza al-Masri, an inflammatory Egyptian-born cleric incarcerated in Britain but accused in a range of unprosecuted anti-American plots that date back 14 years.

In a major precedent that appeared to greatly ease extradition of terrorism suspects — an issue that has surfaced repeatedly since Britain and the United States agreed to a new, more flexible extradition treaty after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks — the court ruled that the human rights of the defendants would not be violated by their incarceration in a maximum security American prison.

Some legal experts called the ruling stunning, considering the court’s history of wariness on the human rights standards of American justice.

How quickly any transfers might take place is uncertain.

The court, based in Strasbourg, France, said the defendants could not be sent to the United States before further legal procedures were completed, and gave them three months to seek one last hearing at the European court. But legal experts said it was far from sure that the court’s Grand Chamber, a plenary body that can overrule findings like the one handed down on Tuesday, would accept a further appeal, and Theresa May, the British home secretary, said the government would move “as soon as possible” once the last legal steps had been completed.

Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed the ruling. “It is quite right that we have proper legal processes, although sometimes one can get frustrated with how long they take,” The Press Association news agency quoted him as saying.

Based on charges filed in the United States, Hamza and the four other suspects could get life sentences without parole in maximum security.

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Brennan pleased with amendments to Gov. LePage’s budget

BY CRAIG LYONS THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

In light of the state's Appropriations Committee restoring some of the money that was cut by Gov. Paul LePage in the proposed budget, Portland Mayor Michael Brennan says it's good news.

"What the Appropriations Committee did is substantially better than what the governor proposed," Brennan said, during an interview yesterday.

"Though, it doesn't leave the program untouched."

The committee decided Monday night to reverse some of the cuts to the general assistance program the governor proposed. Brennan said under the governor's proposal, Portland would have lost $2.2 million but under the revised plan the city stands to lose roughly $300,000.

"That's a substantial improvement," he said, and the loss would have severely impacted local property taxes.

Brennan said the changes made by the committee mirror a request from the Mayors Coalition on Jobs and Economic Development — which is a group of Maine mayors that opposed some of the items in LePage's budget.

The Appropriations Committee's changes soften the blow to cities and towns that LePage initially

Mayor Michael Brennan, speaking to reporters outside Mercy Hospital, predicted more people would rely on emergency rooms if Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to eliminate MaineCare coverage for 65,000 people is enacted. A legislative committee has pared back some of LePage’s proposals. (FILE PHOTO)

sought in his budget proposal.

The committee's proposal includes a 10 percent cut to general assistance, a restriction on housing assistance, a reduction in the reimbursement rate for cities and towns and calls for the formation of a working group that would review and make recommendations regarding the general assistance program.

LePage outlines tax goals in New York City

BY MAL LEARY CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage told participants at the Bush Institute Conference on Taxes and Economic Growth in New York City that he wants to further overhaul Maine’s tax policy including plans for a flat 4 percent personal income tax and lowering the corporate income tax rate.

“In the state of Maine that is exactly what we are trying to do, to go down to a 4 percent flat tax with no exemptions for anyone,” he said.

“The problem I see is this. Until we as Americans decide whether we want to continue down the path of welfare entitlement country, or we want to revive the American dream, we are not going to get there.”

LePage told the conference that Maine started to reduce taxes in last year’s budget but that was only the beginning. He also told the group he wants to lower the top corporate income tax rate from nearly 8 percent to 4 percent.

“Hopefully, by the end of my first term, I would like to see it at 4,” he said.

Former President George W. Bush convened the conference that brought together four Republican governors and several conservative tax experts to discuss tax policy at both the state and national level.

Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, the lead Democrat on the legislature’s Taxation Committee, said both of the Governor's proposals would be bad tax policy that would likely increase the

overall taxes on middle class Mainers while reducing taxes on upper income taxpayers and out-of-state corporations that pay the largest share of the corporate income tax.

“You are essentially taking money from the middle class and giving it to the top," he said. “Because there is no other way to pay for it than to shift it on to local property taxes, you cut the schools, you cut the aid to towns and cities and the middle class picks that up in higher property taxes.”

Berry said an analysis done recently

by Maine Revenue Services indicates that for a 4 percent top tax rate the average Mainer, would see their income taxes decrease by $241. He said the top 1 percent has the lowest overall tax burden and their income tax would decrease by $21,638.

But, the MRS study is based on the top tax rate at 4 percent with the current provisions allowing various exemptions, deductions and credits.

LePage said he wants a flat tax.

The Governor told the conference that Maine’s current top income tax rate affects nearly all taxpayers because it starts at $18,000. He said his proposal would benefit all taxpayers by lowering the top tax rate to a flat rate.

Rep. Gary Knight, R- Livermore Falls, the House co-chairman of the committee said he was hearing about the Governor’s comments for the first time. He agrees with Berry’s assessment that lowering the corporate tax would mostly benefit large out-ofstate corporations.

The governor's proposal sought to reduce the level of assistance to 50 percent, limit the availability of housing assistance to a 90-day time period and prevent people who get benefits through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families from receiving general assistance benefits.

Even with the committee's changes, Brennan said there will still be an impact.

Brennan said people who receive assistance will feel some impact from the 10 percent cut to services and even with a nine-month window for housing assistance, there still could be some difficulty. The upside of the changes, he said, is that they'll only stay in place for one year and the Legislature will need to revisit the program funding in 2013.

Aside from adjusting the funding mechanisms, the committee asked that a working group be established to look at the future funding of the general assistance program.

Brennan said the idea of reforming the general assistance program has been talked about for many years, and having a group that takes in different perspectives is an opportunity to make progress on that front.

"I think it will be a good opportunity," he said.

LePage's press secretary, Adrienne Bennett, was unavailable for comment yesterday.

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President Obama failed to take oath as written in the U.S. Constitution Editor, Having failed to take the Constitutionally mandated oath of office for the President, Barack Obama is illegally carrying out the office of President.

Referring to the President, Article II, Section I, Clause 8 of the Constitution reads as follows: “Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation: ‘I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

The oath taken by Obama ended with the unconstitutional add-on, “so help me God,” instead of ending with, “United States,” as required.

Biographies of George Washington, the first President to take the oath, all agree that he took the oath in the wording prescribed by the Constitution.

Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, where the Constitution’s oath was formulated.

Lee Kemble Portland

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Dog days of summer and dodging the law With summer creeping in, many restaurants are gearing up for a tourist infusion that will pump up lunch traffic and add a few zeros worth of bottom-line revenue to a limited late night food or bar menu. It’s a short lived, welcome bit of hospitality frenziness, but for restaurants on the fringe of the Old Port, or in the hinterlands, the opposite often happens and tumbleweeds can be seen blowing through the dining room during lunch on a warm and sunny Maine summer day.

Unless a diminishing point of no cash-flow return is reached, most places can’t simply stop serving lunch altogether as working folks in Maine have to eat, too, and there are no guarantees the fickle will return when the leaves drop. Business lunches, out of town clients, and match. com dates not quite appealing enough to make the Happy Hour cut, all need to be considered and catered to. Lucrative or not, someone needs to work these dud lunch shifts, and that’s the background information for the true story you are about to read.

The steady decline in the number of parties walking

Natalie Ladd ––––– What It’s Like through the door and lunch entrees sold, along with tepid tips reflecting the lack of activity, was taking its toll on the manager doing the server scheduling at a popular restaurant just outside of Portland. As the days got longer, it seemed no one was available to work the Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift (the restaurant had already closed the doors for lunch on Saturdays once Memorial Day hit), as on some days, it cost more in rising gas prices to get there then one would walk out the door with.

Nights were slower, too, but the tight-knit, experienced waitstaff were working together to cover vacations and make sure no one was starving. Still, serving lunch was a necessary evil and nobody wanted to be part of the voodoo.

Around mid-June, the manager found herself in the unusual position of needing to place a help

wanted ad, knowing full well the pool of candidates willing to take on lunches, and perhaps an occasional host shift, would not bring forth the cream of Portland’s serving crop. However, the economy being what it was, a multitude of people filled out applications, sent resumes, and most said they were willing to put in the time in hopes of better shifts becoming available. And that’s how we got “Tiffany.”

On paper, a mid-twenties something Tiffany looked really good.

She had traveled a bit, knew how to make a Surfer on Acid, and had corporate, mall restaurant type job history which meant we could load her up with hours of mundane cleaning and side work, and she wouldn’t be miffed by a three or four table section (most of us rock five or six tables). She could indeed pay her dues and if all went well, which it didn’t, she’d not only be employed, but would be gainfully employed by midSeptember.

In real life, we found soon out Tiffany, a bombshell of unnatural proportions, was more Jersey Shore/Sons of Anarchy bikersee LADD page 6

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Santorum suspends presidential campaign

BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND JIM RUTENBERG THE NEW YORK TIMES

Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign on Tuesday, bowing to the inevitability of Mitt Romney’s nomination and ending his improbable, come-from-behind quest to become the party’s conservative standard-bearer in the fall.

“We made a decision over the weekend, that while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will suspend our campaign today, we are not done fighting,” Mr. Santorum said.

Mr. Santorum made the announcement at a stop in his home state of Pennsylvania after a weekend in which he tended to his 3-year-old daughter, Bella, who had been hospitalized with pneumonia.

Mr. Santorum, who was holding back tears, did not exactly specify why he was ending his presidential bid. He referred to his daughter’s illness, but said she was making great progress and was back home after being hospitalized over the weekend.

Mr. Santorum called Mr. Romney earlier in the day to tell him of his plans to suspend his campaign. Mr. Santorum told Mr. Romney that he is committed to defeating President Obama, but that he is not going to endorse immediately, said a source familiar with the call.

Mr. Santorum made no mention of Mr. Romney in a 12-minute speech in which he extolled the people he had met during the campaign and said he was inspired by their stories of struggle and faith.

After spending months accusing Mr. Romney of being a weak challenger for President Obama, Mr. Santorum said only that he would continue to fight to elect a Republican president and to ensure Republican control of Congress.

“This game is a long, long, long way from over,” he said.

Mr. Romney issued a statement moments after Mr. Santorum concluded his remarks.

“Senator Santorum is an able and worthy competitor, and I congratulate him on the campaign he ran,” Mr. Romney said. “He has proven himself to be an important voice in our party and in the nation. We both recognize that what is most important is putting the failures of the last three years behind us and setting America back on the path to prosperity.”

As recently as December, Mr. Santorum was operating a shoestring campaign in Iowa, traveling with just a handful of aides in a pickup truck. But his brand of conservative populism caught fire in Iowa, where he defeated Mr. Romney. And then it caught fire again in several Midwest primaries in which he surprised Mr. Romney.

But ultimately, Mr. Santorum’s campaign struggled under a nearly constant barrage of negative ads paid for

by Mr. Romney and the “super PAC” supporting him, Restore Our Future, which has spent millions in an effort to ensure that Mr. Romney captures

the nomination in his second attempt.

Mr. Santorum’s withdrawal abruptly upends not only the political calculus for Mr. Romney and his campaign team, but also their financial picture.

Both candidates had faced fundraising challenges in the coming weeks, with Mr. Santorum limping by on fumes and Mr. Romney rapidly tapping his top contributors for the maximum contribution, challenging him to seek out new sources of cash. Mr. Romney had committed $2.9 million to the Pennsylvania primary, hoping to deliver Mr. Santorum a knockout blow, and Restore Our Future had begun spending there as well.

Mr. Santorum’s withdrawal will allow both Mr. Romney and the super PAC to redirect that money to other states, either to head off any lingering challenge from Newt Gingrich and Representative Ron Paul of Texas, or to begin preparing for what seems to be an increasingly likely general election matchup against Mr. Obama.

A former congressman and senator from Pennsylvania, Mr. Santorum had built a reputation as an unwavering social conservative whose opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage helped catapult him into national office.

Among the people who had been publicly encouraging Mr. Santorum to reconsider a drawn-out challenge to Mr. Romney were some evangelical leaders who had been suspicious of Mr. Romney’s commitment to their most important causes.

Richard Land, the president of the ethics commission at the Southern Baptist Convention, said as much an hour before word of Mr. Santorum’s decision reached the press.

“As his friend, I would say, you know you’ve done an incredible job resurrecting your career. You’ve done better than anybody thought you could,” Mr. Land told reporters and editors of The New York Times.

Mr. Land said that if Mr. Santorum pressed ahead, he would jeopardize that success. And he said that Mr. Santorum had a good future if he acknowledged Mr. Romney’s claim to the nomination this year.

“In eight years, Rick Santorum will be three years younger than Romney is now. He’s only 53 years old,” Mr. Land said. “He’ll be a significant player. I would think he could have a significant role in a Romney administration if he wanted to. Maybe H.H.S. secretary?”

Ralph Reed, a leading social conservative who oversees the Faith and Freedom Coalition, said Mr. Santorum had proved himself as the strongest insurgent conservative candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1976.

“It was an impressive performance and it leaves him with an elevated status and a prominent role as a leader for evangelicals and conservatives,” Mr. Reed said on Tuesday. “No one can know what the future holds, but my guess is we haven’t heard the last from Rick Santorum.”

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A tale from the dark side of the Maine restaurant industry LADD from page 4

chick-gone-bad than model part-time waitstaff.

Most of us tried to be amused and sympathetic, rather than judgmental and condescending about her snippets of conversation involving her boyfriend, then ex-boyfriend, then boyfriend’s suspect interstate activities, her mystery child who lived with her parents, the time she fell asleep on the bar during a shift, covering shifts and disappearing for days with no explanation, her lengthy camping trips sprinkled with her lunch shifts in between, and most alarmingly, the bruises that were a result of a “car accident.” Half of me wanted to reach out, hug and help her, but her own mother seemed sane and was a prevalent part of her life. Any attempts to get beneath the surface were rebutted. The girl was a hot mess and everyone who has ever worked in the business knows and learns how not to behave from someone just like her.

As the days passed, it was hard not to gossip and speculate about Tiffany. She was the fast tracked conductor of her own train wreck, and as she started missing shifts and being jittery and secretive, we all knew we were going to have to suck it up and figure out how to cover those lunch shifts before it got out of hand. It didn’t take long as one day, toward the end of July, the manager was placing a liquor order when a well dressed woman came into the restaurant asking for Tiffany.

She owed Tiffany money, she said, and was anxious to pay her back. The manager said she’d give

As the days passed, it was hard not to gossip and speculate about Tiffany. She was the fast tracked conductor of her own train wreck, and as she started missing shifts and being jittery and secretive, we all knew we were going to have to suck it up and figure out how to cover those lunch shifts before it got out of hand.

Tiffany a message but was unable to give out her contact information as is restaurant and common sense policy. Later that same day, as Tiffany was coming on duty for a rare evening shift, the manager told her of the woman who strangely stopped in to “repay a debt” and it became apparent by Tiffany’s behavior and paranoid questions that something was very wrong.

Hoping for the best, the manager left and as she pulled into her driveway and was ready to have a glass of wine and a relaxing evening, her phone rang and it was Tiffany saying the police had literally surrounded the restaurant and she was being arrested.

The owner was waiting tables in his flip flops and golf shorts, and “maybe the manager better come back.”

Arrest Tiffany they did and that was the last any of us saw or heard of her. The scuttlebutt was

drugs, harboring her fugitive boyfriend, violating her own parole (it’s amazing what they don’t ask on a job application), theft and more. Her mother came by the restaurant shortly thereafter to collect her things and asked if she was correct in assuming Tiffany no longer had a job. She was correct.

It isn’t the time of year that brings this story to light, and none of us blame the manager for the smoke and mirror show Tiffany pulled on her. After all, she hired most of us. Hiring, reference checks, and stated experience may mean nothing from one restaurant setting to another.

Instead it was a very recent phone call from the labor board saying Tiffany was disputing the, “Are You F---ing Kidding? You Want Us To Pay You Unemployment?!” decision made by the owner. The manager has a phone date with someone from the state, and Tiffany is a household name around the restaurant again bringing to light all the craziness, surreal behavior and life lessons learned, simply by saying, “Enjoy your meal.”

The Down Low: Referencing last week’s column on the 10 best ways to get fired from your restaurant job, I forgot to mention being arrested while working.

(Natalie Ladd is a columnist for the Portland Daily Sun. She has over 30 continuous years of corporate and fine-dining experience in all front-of-the-house management, hourly and under-the-table positions.

She can be reached at natalie@portlanddailysun. me.)

Telling stories out of school at the Telling Room

BY TIMOTHY GILLIS SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Don’t look in a classroom. Young writers take to the streets at the Telling Room.

A glimpse into Young Author’s Camp, a summer program at the Telling Room, sponsored by the Southern Maine Writing Project, shows a world where aspiring, young writers can learn to write through direct observation.

Students who are entering grades three to nine in the coming fall hunker around tables and talk about character and setting. Some sit off by themselves, plotting their story’s next event. Others again look out the Commercial Street windows and become inspired by Portland’s maritime bustle. Though all of these students seem to be doing different things, the common component is that they are all writing.

The camp offers themed sessions

that kids can pick and choose based on their interests. Last summer, kids “Reviewed Portland,” explored “Fantasy Fiction” or got to experiment with “Audio, Video and Photography” as writers. Jon York, a writing counselor for the session “Reviewed Portland,” found his first experience at the Telling Room rich with possibility.

“The advantage is that there are no grades, hence, no evaluation,” York said. “Kids feel free to just write. I struggle to get kids to take risks in class, but with the specter of ‘grades’ and ‘school’ looming over their heads, rational kids simply don’t take (many) risks. At the Young Author’s Camp, it’s a whole different game — it’s about writing, not grades or standards. It’s a fundamentally creative place, which is not like the traditional school at all.”

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While there are not an abundance of rules to a session of YAC’s, a few requirements do exist. One is that each camp session have a “writing marathon,” which takes writers into the surrounding environment to write and gather direct experiential writing.

Authors in the YAC’s at the Telling Room’s beautiful Commercial Street location have the bustling, seacoast energy of Portland’s famous waterfront. Young writers wander (accompanied by adult volunteers) down cobblestone streets, taking in the briny smells of the fishing industry, the delicious aromas of restaurants, and the other smells and sights and sounds of summertime New England.

Each camp kicks off with the writing marathon.

This is just one of the free programs the the Telling Room, a writing center for local youth, offers to young, aspiring writers. An event called

“Glitterati” helps fund this Portland nonprofit.

Maine writers got together last Thursday night to raise money for the Telling Room, as scores of fans joined the writers in a fancy fete at the Masonic Temple on Congress Street.

Participants in Glitterati enjoyed live music from “This Way” and more than 15 different hors d’oeuvre catered by Blue Elephant.

The second annual fundraiser allowed locals to meet and chat with their favorite authors, who were distinguished by a glitter bead necklace.

The main event of the evening was an auction featuring fine art, photography, ski vacations, jewelry, and a cooking class. All money raised went to support programs offered by the Commercial Street writing center.

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publish bestselling anthologies of student work; and carry out communitywide storytelling projects and events.”

Such an array of rich, rewarding programs are free for the young writers who go there, but obviously cost the center quite a pretty penny to provide. Glitterati is an attempt to help fund them, while offering a fun night out with “local literary luminaries.”

Three writers spoke about their recent works, their love of literature, and the way Maine has (or has not) found its way into their writing.

Caitlin Shetterly, author of “Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home,” found solace back here in Maine after a tumultuous trip West. Shetterly and her husband, Daniel Davis, started their journey in 2008. Her memoir chronicles the economic struggles they endured on the trip to California, where Daniel worked as a photographer.

“The memoir started out as emails home to family and friends, but became something bigger,” she said.

“By the time we reached Texas, I realized there was a large group of people reading along.” Audio reports from the road for National Public Radio followed that, and the work culminated in her memoir.

Victoria Foley and Laura Minnis mingle at Glitterati, a major fundraiser for the Telling Room nonprofit writing center. (JASON BERTHIAUME PHOTO)

They had thought the sour economy was a regional thing, she said, and they expected their luck to get better. They had a son, whom she calls Matthew in the book, and soon after realized the money slump was not particular to New England. Eventually, the situation grew dire enough to force them back to Maine to stay with

family. Though troubling times, to be sure, the experience gave her material for her break-through work.

Shetterly came to the Glitterati event Thursday from Colby College, where she teaches a class on Radio.

She also teaches creative non-fiction at Salt Institute. “It’s really intense.

I have six students, and I get to give

them luxurious amounts of individual time, something rare in this age of Facebook and Twitter.”

Shetterly graduated from Brown University, started the state-wide book club called Maine Women Write, and is founder and artistic director of Winter Harbor Theatre Company.

She joined a local book club recently, and is happy for the opportunity it affords her to read things she normally wouldn’t. “It’s quite the variety. We read Julian Barnes ‘Sense of an Ending’ and ‘Bossy Pants’ by Tina Fey.” Jaed Coffin’s running a bit behind deadline. But he knows the wait will be worth it. His new book, “Roughhouse Friday,” is supposed to be out now, he said, but it’s turned into a pretty big project. “I’m writing about characters who will read the book, and I want to get things right.”

In his first work, “A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants,” Coffin recounted his trip to Thailand to be ordained a Buddhist monk in his mother’s native village of Panomsarakram. He is halfThai and half-American, so the work was one wherein he immersed himself in a culture that was somewhat familiar to him. For his second book, he did win a middleweight title at a barroom boxing show in Juneau, Alaska, see AUTHORS page 8

Serenity House, York County Shelter Programs Inc. merge DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT Portland-based Serenity House and York County Shelter Programs Inc. have merged, effective April 1, the boards of both announced yesterday.

"The merger allows both agencies to dramatically increase the number and variety of services available to the substance abuse, mental health and homeless clients they serve in both Cumberland and York counties, while working to reduce costs based on the combined efficiencies of such a merger," the groups announced.

The combined agency’s name is York County Shelter Programs Inc.. Serenity House will remain intact and continue to serve persons suffering from alcoholism and drug abuse, most of whom are also homeless, the boards announced.

No immediate changes are planned for the veteran substance abuse agency, while both agencies will develop plans for funding in anticipation of dramatic changes to traditional state and federal funding programs, a press release stated.

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but the experience still feels a bit foreign. “I have an opportunity to say something on a large scale, but I’m writing about a culture that’s not my own,” he said.

Coffin said growing up in Maine influenced his work. He went to Brunswick High School, where he played soccer for coach Peter Gardiner, losing just seven games in four years. “Brunswick one of the places that offered old Maine and new Maine. I was lucky to grow up there and see both of those worlds. You have the college (Bowdoin), which is a world unto itself. It’s also a former mill town. It’s a place where class is a complex subject. Half of my friends were professors’ kids, the other half worked in the shipyard,” he said.

“I loved it. There were woods around, so we could go off and cause trouble. There was the quarry in Topsham, kind of dangerous areas, sinister in a way, now not so much. The land trusts have done great work to save these natural areas, but it’s less of a place to go off on your own,” he said.

When asked if he ever dabbles in fiction or poetry, Coffin said he was too compelled by real life to make stories up. He sees the Telling Room as a great place to help kids learn to tell their own stories.

“I’m very grateful to be invited in, to do workshops with students. It gets me out of my studio, makes me think about writing in more dimensions,” he said.

Writing for him has always been a way to learn, to discover more about something while he is writing about it.

“I love that it gives kids a medium to work some things out,” he said.

With the publication of his first book, Coffin was praised for writing in a clean, crisp style, and compared to Ernest Hemingway.

Telling Room authors perform one of their pieces. The students are Chrispo Niyokwizerwa, Ali Aljubyly and Michee Runyambo. (JASON BERTHIAUME PHOTO)

“I think I overdid it a bit, though. I didn’t delve into characters as I am in this new book.”

Coffin agreed that this work is more like Faulkner than Hemingway.

Ron Currie Jr. is also a fan of Faulkner. He said the original model for his latest work, “Everything Matters!” was Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying.” Both are told from multiple points-of-view, and feature grim people who often say poignant things. Currie has also been compared to Carolyn Chute, another Maine writer. “There is a deep Appalachia there, and some of my characters definitely share that DNA,” he said.

In terms of region in his writing, Currie doesn’t think Maine has had too big an influence. “I’ve always wanted to write about the people I grew up with. I haven’t done that yet, and it doesn’t look like I will,” he said.

Currie was bought up in Waterville, home of the Purple Panthers. He graduated in 1993, and remembers playing basketball.

“It’s different now. The school dropped to class B when Scott Paper closed. Now there’s talk of consolidating the four area high schools — Messalonskee, Winslow, Lawrence, and Waterville — to save money,” he said.

Like the other Maine authors, Currie’s work has received ample national praise, and been compared to Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver.

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the tone is similar,” he said.

The link to Vonnegut troubles him, however, and is something of a backhanded compliment.

“I loved Vonnegut. He was one of my favorites, but I get nervous with the comparisons,” he noted.

Pigeon-holed as a science fiction writer, or someone for young kids only, Currie said the popular belief is that “after age 22, Vonnegut supposedly doesn’t speak to you anymore.”

The critical reception for his first book, “God is Dead” was glowing, and fans weren’t too torn up over the subject matter.

“I was surprised, actually. A good portion of my fan mail was from people of faith. My first fan letter ever was from a Presbyterian minister from Connecticut who said he liked the book,” he said.

“Religion means different things to different people. In part, that’s what you’re trying to do as a writer: To make the particular universal.”

Currie is involved in the Telling Room through workshops he has held in the central Maine area, and he may be teaching a workshop for adults in the fall.

“Had this resource been available to me when I was a kid, writing stories in my bedroom, and I’d been able to make what I was doing public, that would have been important,” he said.

“I’m not overstating it to say the work they are doing is vital. It’s becoming all-too common that young people can’t put together a coherent sentence. The Telling Room counteracts that.”

Currie says the book he is finishing up now is hard to classify, that “it exists in the demilitarized zone between memoir and novel.” The book, called “Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles” is due out next year.

“The best analogy I can make for the genre is ‘Executioner’s Song,’ by Norman Mailer,” he said.

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Creative juices flowing at arts agency In time for July 1 merger, Creative Portland tapping pots of money, setting agenda

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The arts community in Portland is seeing green these days. Grant money from the federal government will help train and fund low-income artists, while tax revenue from a local, first-of-its-kind tax increment financing district will put significant cash behind a newly merged Creative Portland Corporation arts nonprofit.

The City Council Monday night approved federal grant funding for local training assistance targeting low-income artists, in the form of the Assets for Artists program.

"We’re excited to roll out this partnership," wrote Blair Benjamin, project director with Assets for Artists at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, or Mass Moca, in North Adams, Mass., in an email message to The Sun yesterday.

Creative Portland applied for a $24,500 Community Development Block Grant to participate in Assets for Artists. On Monday, the City Council approved its CDBG application list, including the Assets for Artists allocation, which was cited as an "economic development set-aside" in the $1.8 million U.S. Housing and Urban Development grant allocation for Portland.

The CDBG funds, according to Benjamin, will allow 10 low-income Portland-based artists, eligible in any artistic discipline, to enroll in Mass Moca's collaborative matched savings program, called an “Individual Development Account" — participants save $2,000 of their own funds into an account, earning them a $2,000 matching grant, with all $4,000 to be invested in their artistic enterprise as working capital for business growth, he explained.

"In addition to the savings match, the CDBG funds will help cover the cost of financial and business training that is provided at no charge to the

Creative Portland Corporation Executive Director Jennifer Hutchins says the group’s recently cityapproved merger officially takes effect July 1. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

participants, along with the staff time to conduct enrollment and to work with the participating artists one-onone as they strive to meet their savings goals and complete a business plan for use of the funds," Benjamin explained.

"It’s an intensive support structure for those 10 artist-entrepreneurs — not just your typical artist grant," he continued, "but a system of capitalization and training that can help the artists achieve greater long-term financial success. We’re so pleased that Creative Portland is eager to partner with Assets for Artists to bring this innovative model to Portland. It’s a strong sign of Portland’s commitment to sustaining and building its creative economy."

"If all goes as planned," wrote Creative Portland Executive Director Jennifer Hutchins in a March report, "I will start working with reps from Mass Moca this spring and we will offer 10 artists/creative entrepreneurs a chance to participate in this matched savings account program in the fall."

Hutchins heralded the aid to local low-income artists and creative entrepreneurs. But business and financial literacy training and the savings account matching grant are only the tip of the easel for local artists.

Official date of the merger of Creative Portland and the Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance is July 1, for the start of the fiscal year, Hutchins explained in an April report to the

Creative Portland board. A merger allows Creative Portland to become the Creative Portland Corporation, the local arts agency, a designation which is important when pursuing grants, officials noted.

One goal of the newly merged arts agency is to "stimulate creative enterprise development, job growth and attraction of consumers and audiences who frequent and support artists, cultural institutions and creative enterprises," according to a set of bylaws approved by the city on March 19.

Thomas Blackburn, board member of Creative Portland, said the arts agency will receive more funding from a local tax district.

"Last year the amount of money that came out of the Arts District TIF (tax increment financing district) was right around $75,000, give or take," Blackburn reported.

"This year because of increased value and activity, that number is up to about $140,000. Part of that is a credit enhancement that goes to the Baxter Building, which left about $108,000 available. So we maxed out our TIF," Blackburn told the board on April 4.

Andy Graham, board president, said Creative Portland's $117,000 operating budget will rely heavily on the TIF funding.

Mayor Michael Brennan has emphasized Portland's creative economy, even citing it in a budget presentation to the city council.

"It's very exciting that the mayor's message to the city council specifically points to the fact that he was fully funding the creative economy TIF, and as a side note we were fully funded to the extent that the city is able to fund us with the TIF. This is just what we have been aiming for and trying to achieve," Graham said. see ARTS page 16

Residents concerned about UNE’s parking plans

BY CRAIG LYONS THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Residents in the area of the University of New England's Portland campus were leery of the college's plans to alleviate some of its parking issues, especially in light of another planned expansion.

Many of the people who live around the UNE campus voiced some concern last night that the college's attempts to fix the parking issues have amounted to little and adding another school would only make things worse.

"It's still a mess," said resident Scott Dalton.

The Portland Planning Board began reviewing a number of plans that were submitted by the University of New England for its Stevens Avenue campus that will mark the end of the College of Pharmacy project and outline the college's plans for future growth. The college has asked the board to review and approve its master plan, storm water management plan, long-term parking strategy and traffic demand management plan so that it can finalize the College of Pharmacy project, according to a staff memo to the board.

The board will vote on the plans in the coming weeks, and last night's meeting, a workshop held to review the university’s proposal, was strictly informational.

Alan Thibeault, UNE's vice president of planning, said the campus has taken a look at a number of options that could deal with the college's parking needs in Portland. He said some of those needs were met this past school year when the college was able to rent parking spaces from the armory, the congregational church and some private lots.

For the current school year, Thibeault said there was a parking deficit of about 122 spaces. He said the college ought to have parking available for 589 cars.

With the addition of the spaces at the armory, Thibeault said, the parking deficit was dropped to about 7 spaces.

Looking ahead to the 2016-2017 school year, Thibeault said, the college ought to have about 828 parking spaces — which accounts for a population growth at the college — but will potentially wind up with a deficit of 272 spaces.

To deal with the looming parking deficit, Thibeault said, the university has bought the former Pike Industries land with the intention of converting the lot into parking. He said that's currently prohibited since the lot isn't zoned as a parking lot.

At the same time, the college has planned to open a dentistry college in the fall of 2013.

Dalton said the college and any future expansion have a huge impact on the neighborhood. He said even though the college has talked about fixing the parking issues, he doesn't think they've done much at all.

"The neighborhood is saturated," he said.

Resident Fred Kilfoil said he's in favor of the college adding a new dentistry program but is concerned about its impact on the neighborhood.

Looking at the numbers, Kilfoil said, it's clear that the college's attempts to deal with parking haven't worked. He said it sounded like a new school is in the works, so UNE ought to look at a solution that can handle a high volume of cars like a parking garage or a large lot.

"That's just a no-brainer in my book," he said.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A meeting goes other than planned. Could you have played the situation another way in order to get the response of your dreams? Likely not. So don’t take it personally. Think of what you learned as neutral information.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Someone is thinking of you and trying to figure out how to get to you. Maybe this person is already in contact with you, technically speaking, but is far from being able to reach your heart and soul.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A super-smart someone will help you with a problem you’ve been having. Finally, you’ll be able to move past this and on to a project that’s been on the back burner for what has felt like an eternity.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 11). You’ll explore your talents and make money with them this year. Attractions develop through the next six weeks. There’s something you dearly desire, which leads you to approach life with a more passionate level of intensity in August and September. November is your chance to heal a family relationship. Virgo and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 2, 35, 49 and 19.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Whether it’s a casual connection or a solid friendship, it would be unwise to base the relationship on what you want to happen. If what is already happening isn’t so great, this is a good time to chalk it up to experience and move on.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You are so imaginative that it will be important not to let your imagination roam into dark places. Why scare yourself? Breathing techniques, music and humor can all be used to keep your mind reaching for the light.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Trust your free associations, first impressions and immediate gut responses. People will try to override those initial feelings.

Take note of what you thought before you thought what they wanted you to think.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Fear of travel, or hodophobia, is so common that even the most adventurous have experienced it to some degree. Fearful or not, you have much to gain by leaving the safety of familiar faces.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re not the same person you were. However, the seeds of who you are now were always inside you; you grew them. And different seeds are inside you now. It’s an ideal time to add water and stand back to see what happens.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, April 11, the 102nd day of 2012. There are 264 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 11, 1862, the Civil War Battle of Fort Pulaski in Chatham County, Ga., ended a day after it began as the fort fell to Union forces.

On this date: In 1689, William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.

In 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as Emperor of the French and was banished to the island of Elba.

In 1899, the treaty ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect.

In 1912, Crosley Field, the longtime home of the Cincinnati Reds, had its opening day under its original name, Redland Field. (The Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs 10-6.)

In 1921, Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax, at 2 cents a package.

In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the notorious Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany.

In 1951, President Harry S. Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East.

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy held a press conference in which he angrily denounced plans by United States Steel and other steel producers to raise prices (the companies ended up backing down). The New York Mets played their first game, losing to the host St. Louis Cardinals 11-4.

In 1970, Apollo 13, with astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert, blasted off on its ill-fated mission to the moon.

In 1979, Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian (tan-zuh-NEE’-uhn) forces seized control.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan returned to the White House from the hospital, 12 days after he was wounded in an assassination attempt.

Race-related rioting erupted in the Brixton district of south London.

In 2009, Susan Boyle, a middle-aged volunteer church worker, wowed judges and audiences alike with her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” on the British TV show “Britain’s Got Talent.”

One year ago: A bloody, four-month standoff in the West African nation of Ivory Coast ended when troops loyal to the elected president routed and captured his rival, Laurent Gbagbo, the longtime strongman who’d lost the vote but refused to give up power. A subway bombing in Minsk, Belarus, claimed 15 lives.

Today’s Birthdays: Ethel Kennedy is 84.

Actor Joel Grey is 80. Actress Louise Lasser is 73.

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman is 71. Movie writer-director John Milius is 68. Actor Peter Riegert is 65. Actor Meshach Taylor is 65.

Movie director Carl Franklin is 63. Actor Bill Irwin is 62. Country singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale is 55. Songwriter-producer Daryl Simmons is 55.

Rock musician Nigel Pulsford is 51. Actor Lucky Vanous is 51. Country singer Steve Azar is 48.

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Rapper David Banner is 38. Actress Tricia Helfer is 38. Rock musician Chris Gaylor is 33. Actress Kelli Garner is 28. Singer Joss Stone is 25.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I am a 22-year-old senior in college and will graduate in May. There is a growing riff in my family, and most of it is due to my stepmother. She says horrible things about my family (and others) when she thinks no one is listening. But we’ve heard her. In fact, my grandmother and I recently overheard some awful remarks on the way to a family member’s funeral.

When anything she says or does gets back to my dad, he claims we blame her for everything and blows up at us. I can barely speak to him anymore without accidentally starting a fight. Last year, these tiffs ruined my birthday and our family celebrations. Dad refused to come to Christmas Eve dinner and really upset my elderly grandmother.

My stepmom ran up a massive credit card debt, and my father had to stop helping me pay for tuition halfway through the school year. It has gotten to the point where I’m considering medication for stress in order to handle coming home during spring break. I really don’t want to become one of those people who loses contact with her family, but this has been building for a long time. It’s harder and harder to forgive and forget and behave as if nothing is wrong.

What can I do to alleviate this situation? -- Too Much Drama in Virginia Dear Virginia: You need to step back from the drama and understand that your father will always defend his wife. He isn’t going to leave her because of your criticisms, nor is he willing to make her behavior an issue within his marriage.

We recommend you spend as little time as possible around your stepmother, don’t bring up her faults to your father and, when you graduate, move into your own place.

Dear Annie: I have eight grandchildren from high-school age on up. None lives nearby, although I see them several times a year at family events. I truly love them all. Long ago,

not knowing sizes or preferences, I stopped sending gifts and now send $100 checks for their birthdays and at Christmas.

Some of them respond immediately with thank-you notes, emails or phone calls. A few grandchildren respond most of the time. But there is one I never hear from at all. What should a grandmother do? I enjoy being able to give them each a check and don’t want to stop, but I admit that I’m getting more and more annoyed when I don’t get a response, especially with the one granddaughter in her early 20s who never says thank you.

If I send a card acknowledging her birthday, but without the expected check, do you think she would figure out the reason? -- Schenectady, N.Y. Dear N.Y.: Maybe, but even if she does, it doesn’t guarantee a change in her response. We suggest being more direct and then giving her one more opportunity to show her gratitude for your generosity. Call or email your errant granddaughter, and tell her you are never sure your gifts arrive because she doesn’t acknowledge them, and it makes you wonder if perhaps she’d rather not receive them. Say that even a brief email would be much appreciated. Consider it a teachable moment.

Dear Annie: This is for “Steve in Ohio.” My father-in-law was Frank, my sister’s husband was Frank, and another brother-in-law was Frank. When our son was born, we named him Frank after my father-in-law. My sister named her son Frank. So did my sister-in-law. We also had two cousins named Frank. When we were together, things could get quite confusing and funny, but when someone called Frank Paul or Frank Peter, they knew they were in trouble.

They are all grown now and just fine. The next generation is carrying on the tradition of naming their first son Frank.

-- Pennsylvania

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.

Prickly City

by Scott Stantis

Portland men arrested for inflicting beating with a bat and crowbar DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS Two Portland men were arrested for aggravated assault after a beating in Standish left two Standish men hospitalized with serious head injuries Friday, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office reported.

Arrested and booked into the Cumberland County Jail for aggravated assault were Peter M. Tracy, 22, of Portland, and Nicholas Richards, 23, also of Portland. Bail has been set at $25,000 cash each for Tracy and Nichols.

Arrested on a separate and unrelated warrant for failure to appear for OUI was Colleen N. McMullin, 22, of Standish, who was also in a vehicle that officers stopped, according to the sheriff’s office.

The victims were Shane T. Wescott, 26; his brother, Ryan A. Wescott, 28, both of Standish; and Nathan E. Huff, 22, of Limington. The Wescott brothers were transported to the Maine MediTracy cal Center with serious head injuries.

Ryan A. Wescott was reported to be in critical condition.

Witnesses at the crime scene reported that two males in a red Ford Explorer beat the Wescott brothers with a baseball bat and a crowbar. The witnesses knew the identity of the one of the suspects, Tracy, according to the sheriff’s office.

Richards A third victim, Huff, advised deputies that he tried to intervene to help his friends when he was also assaulted by Tracy with an aluminum baseball bat, according to the sheriff’s office. The alleged reason for the attack, according to Huff, was because one of the victims is dating Tracy’s exgirlfriend.

McMullin In its report, the sheriff’s office said deputies responded to a 911 call from 8 Holiday Lane in Standish, due to a report of a serious assault, around 10:30 p.m. Friday. Upon arrival, the deputies established that three persons had been the victim of aggravated assault, the sheriff’s office reported. A “be on the lookout” alert was broadcast for the suspect vehicle, and Lt. Thomas Williams spotted the vehicle in Buxton shortly after 11 p.m.

Friday night, the sheriff’s office reported. The vehicle was stopped with the assistance of CCSO Sergeant Hovey and the Gorham Police Department.

Police: Man accused of juror tampering in Houlton murder trial Albert Gaudet, 52, has been arrested for juror tampering after allegedly telling a juror in a triple murder trial in Houlton, “I hope you hang the bastard.”

State Police on Tuesday charged Gaudet, of Standish, with juror tampering after he made a comment to one of the jurors at the triple murder trial underway at the Aroostook County Court House in Houlton, police reported in a press release.

The male juror then reported the incident to a court official and the trial was delayed for a time Tuesday morning as attorneys for both sides questioned the juror. The juror told the court that the man held the door open for him as he entered the courthouse and said, “I hope you hang the bastard,” according to state police. The charge is relatively rare, police said.

State Police Lt. Christopher Coleman interviewed Gaudet following the court proceedings. Gaudet is a relative of one of the victims, state police said. He was taken to the county jail. Tampering with a juror is a class B crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

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Wednesday, April 11 Living Well for Better Health workshops 9:30 a.m. to noon. “Southern Maine Agency on Aging and MaineHealth will be offering two six-week Living Well for Better Health workshops for people with ongoing health conditions and their care partners. Learn practical ways to feel better, take charge of your life and keep doing the things you want to do.” Choose from Wednesdays at the MaineHealth LRC in Scarborough, from April 11 to May 16, 9:30 a.m. to noon or Fridays at the MaineHealth LRC in Falmouth, from April 13 to May 18, 9:30 a.m. to noon.

To register (required) or to receive more information, call Jessica LeBlanc at 396-6583 or 1-800-400-6325, ext.

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

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

East Bayside Basketball Court event 3:30 p.m. Portland Mayor Michael Brennan will join the Maine Red Claws Crusher, staff from the city’s Housing and Neighborhood Services and Recreation Divisions and members of the neighborhood to cut the ribbon and officially open two new full-sized basketball courts in East Bayside. Following the ceremony, the public is invited to participate in a basketball skills event and test their shooting and dribbling skills on the new courts. At the East Bayside Basketball Courts, 90 Anderson St., Portland.

Historian Michael Kazin 5:30-6 p.m. The Machiah Center will host a talk by noted historian Michael Kazin on the topic of his new book, “American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation.”

5:30-6 p.m. Reception; 6-7:30 p.m. Talk and Q&A; About the Book, “American Dreamers: How the Left Changed A Nation.” “A panoramic yet intimate history of the reformers, radicals, and idealists who have fought for a more just and humane society — from the abolitionists to Michael Moore and Noam Chomsky — and how their efforts and action give us a revelatory new way of looking at two centuries of American politics and culture.” Kazin is a professor of history at Georgetown University and co-editor of Dissent Magazine. Shep Lee Community Room, Wishcamper Center, University of Southern Maine, 34 Bedford St., Portland. www.usm.maine.edu/cmhs/book-talk-michael-kazinamerican-dreamers

South Portland Running Hill Road project meeting 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Representatives of the Maine Department of Transportation will be present to listen to concerns, receive comments, and answer questions from anyone with an interest in highway improvements beginning at Running Hill Road and continuing northerly for 0.73 mile to the Westbrook City Line, with a project to rebuild the existing travel lanes and add paved shoulders. Meeting at the Memorial Middle School cafeteria, 120 Wescott Road, South Portland. Any inquiries regarding this project may be directed to the attention of Ernie Martin, Project Manager II , Maine Department of Transportation, Highway Program, Child Street, 16 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0016. Telephone: 624-3381. Email: Ernest.Martin@maine.gov.

10th annual Maine Deaf Film Festival 7 p.m. The University of Southern Maine’s American Sign Language Club announces its 10th annual Maine Deaf Film Festival, to be held on Wednesday, April 11, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 pm.; Thursday, April 12, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm.; Friday, April 13, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm.; and Saturday, April 14, from 1 p.m. to 10:30 pm. “This student-run event showcases innovation and creative talent within the realm of film and video, by and for the Deaf Community, in America and beyond. Our mission is simple: Provide a platform for people to learn about, appreciate, and celebrate Deaf culture, issues and art. All selected films are written, produced, created and performed by deaf and hard of hearing individuals and film production companies. This year boasts, for the first time ever, a four-day event: Wednesday, where we showcase local and global filmmakers’ work.

Thursday, we feature the best of our previous years’ films.

Friday night, we share a blockbuster hit, ‘The Hammer.’

Finally, on Saturday, we host an all day event showing variety of films, including several featured films and guest speakers.” Wednesday, University of Southern Maine Portland campus, Evening Session (PG-13 selections), Payson Smith Hall, Room 303. Admission: Free. www.mainedeaffilmfest.com

“Lifelike,” screening Tuesday, April 17 at SPACE Gallery, views the life of a taxidermist. It’s part of an evening of films about animation/ reanimation. (COURTESY IMAGE)

Thursday, April 12 ‘Stormwater & Sewer Separation Infrastructure Upgrades: What It All Means for Portland Taxpayers’ 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. “Stormwater & Sewer Separation Infrastructure Upgrades: What It All Means for Portland Taxpayers,” at The Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland.

“The city of Portland is considering implementing a new fee system to pay for $170 million in storm water/sewer separation infrastructure upgrades — some of it built when Abraham Lincoln was President. Find out first-hand what the infrastructure upgrades are, who is compelling the City to implement them, how the taskforce charged with addressing this matter grappled with different funding approaches, what fee assessment methodology they recommended to the Portland City Council, and what it means to every property owner in Portland.” Presenters include Seth Garrison, vice president of utility management with Woodard and Curran; Ian Houseal, Portland’s sustainability coordinator; Vin Veroneau, president of J.B. Brown & Sons; John True, engineering services manager at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection; and Don Witherill, director of the division of watershed management at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Continental Breakfast – 7:30. Program – 8-9 a.m. $15 for Chamber and Maine Real Estate and Development Association. Members; $20 for Non-Members.

Wayside Food Programs food drive 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wayside Food Programs will hold a threeday food drive hosted by Whole Foods Market in Portland from April 12-14. Running from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day at Whole Foods’ 2 Somerset St. location, the drive will collect food that will be distributed to families and individuals through Wayside’s network of mobile food pantries, free community meals, kids’ healthy snacks program, and among its 43 partner agencies across Cumberland County.

Wayside staff and volunteers will be at the store to distribute copies of Wayside’s food drive “wish list” and to collect donations. This food drive comes at an important time of year for the hunger relief agency. In agriculture, the spring months are often referred to as the “hunger gap,” the time between harvests when fall’s root vegetables have been exhausted, and early spring crops have yet to come to maturity. Food pantries face a similar phenomenon in the spring, when the bounty of the holiday food drives has dwindled, and there are still several months before donations of local produce start to come in. Wayside Food Rescue collects and distributes food to 43 agencies, including soup kitchens, food pantries and other social service providers across Cumberland County. Wayside Food Programs also runs free community meals at five host sites in Portland and Westbrook each week, four of its own mobile food pantries, and supplies healthy snacks for kids through a program with Portland Community Policing. For more information, or to volunteer or donate, please call Carly Milkowski at 7124928 or email her at cmilkowski@waysidemaine.org.

Basic Computer Training workshops 12:30 pm. to 3:30 p.m. The Portland Public Library will

host Basic Computer Training workshops, Thursday, April 12 and 26 from 12:30 pm. to 3:30 p.m. Registration is required The Portland Public Library will one-session workshops for computer beginners who would like to learn computer basics. The Workshop will be led by Raminta Moore, Library Technical Aid at the Portland Public Library and will cover topics such as the components of a computer, mousing exercises, how to scroll, and how to navigate the web.

This class is made possible because of a Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) grant awarded to the Maine State Library in July 2010.

International Night of Networking 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The city of Portland along with Portland Adult Education, Catholic Charities, Coastal Enterprises Inc., and New Mainers-Refugee Workforce Development Project will hold its second annual International Night of Networking: Unpacking Transferable Skills at Council on International Educational Exchange, 300 Fore St., Portland. “The region’s top employers including health care providers and financial institutions will be assembled to network with foreign educated and credentialed immigrants who come to their adopted country ready to work and transfer their professional skills and expertise.

The event presents an excellent opportunity for local businesses to meet a vast untapped pool of global professionals, ready and eager to work in the community. Last year, more than fifty community members met with fifteen different local businesses to discuss employment opportunities. Admission is free.” For more information, contact rlp@ portlandmaine.gov. This event is possible thanks in part to contributions by the Council on International Educational Exchange, Coastal Enterprises Inc., PowerPay and the Diversity Hiring Coalition of Maine.

Portland Sea Dogs home opener 6 p.m. The Sea Dogs will return home for their home opener against the Binghamton Mets. Tickets are available for all Sea Dogs’ home games. Tickets can be ordered by calling the Sea Dogs Ticket Office at 879-9500, www.seadogs.com

Digital Photography Class at Walker Memorial 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Artist James A. Murray will be offering an Introductory Digital Photography Class at Walker Memorial Library. Murray will provide students with the opportunity to learn basics in camera operation and picture composition. This one-session class will present the elements and principles of design that are the fundamentals to all branches of art. Each student will have opportunity to ask questions and share their work with group members.

Murray studied visual arts at SUNY Potsdam, BA Studio Art, and Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, MFA. He has newly moved to the area and is excited to share his knowledge acquired during his studies. The class is open for anyone with a digital camera and the desire to take pictures. Attendees are encouraged to bring their camera and sample photos to class. Registration encouraged. Call 8540630, ext. 256. see next page

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10th annual Maine Deaf Film Festival 7:30 p.m. The University of Southern Maine’s American Sign Language Club announces its 10th annual Maine Deaf Film Festival, to be held on Wednesday, April 11, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 pm.; Thursday, April 12, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm.; Friday, April 13, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm.; and Saturday, April 14, from 1 p.m. to 10:30 pm. Thursday, Talbot/Luther Bonney Auditorium, a retrospective of past years’ festival films. General Admission: $5. USM students free with USM ID. www.mainedeaffilmfest.com

‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’ 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.

Friday, April 13 22nd Annual Patriots Day Celebration in Ogunquit 9 a.m. Used book sale, with proceeds to fund the Ogunquit Memorial Library, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; historical re-enactment of the Second Continental Congress (downstairs at the Ogunquit Baptist Church, 157 Shore Road), 7:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.; Fife and Drum Concert (upstairs at the Ogunquit Baptist Church, 157 Shore Road), 8 p.m.; historical re-enactment of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (upstairs at the Ogunquit Baptist Church, 157 Shore Road), 9 p.m. Continues through Sunday, April 15. www.visitogunquit.org

Children’s Puppet Workshop, ‘River of Time’ 1 p.m. “Officer Beth Murphy came to Mayo Street Arts Center to help neighborhood kids work on the show with their puppets.” “River of Time”: A musical puppet and dance show created by neighborhood kids. “A moose, a cheetah, a phoenix, a tri-corn, a cat, and a lion take a trip down the Nile in search of the Pharoah, whom they believe needs a special space ship to transport him to outer space.

Live Cuban Drumming and African dancing are woven throughout the piece to create a varied and colorful performance for audiences of all ages.” Doors open at 12:45 p.m. $8 adults, $4 kids. www.mayostreetarts.org

2012 Portland Spring Home and Better Living Show 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. 2012 Portland Spring Home and Better Living Show, at the Portland Expo. Annually, 300 booths and more than 12,000 in attendance. Also Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.homeshows. com/2012_portland.htm

MAMM Adult Rock Camp 6 p.m. Maine Academy of Modern Music’s Adult Rock Camp on April 13, 14 and 15. “Adult Rock Camp packs everything an aspiring rock star needs to know to get rockin’ in one weekend, including studio tours, master classes, live performances, song writing workshops, meet and greets with local professionals, instrument clinics and jam sessions.” www.maineacademyofmodernmusic.org/camps

Author Russell Warnberg book signing 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Windham Christian Academy’s Annual Auction, 1054 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. Warnberg, a resident of Windham, will be available to sign copies of his book, “Edge of Redemption.” “Finding the old man was a shock but nothing compared to the madness that was to follow. An experienced detective in Augusta, Maine, Cole Sullivan begins investigating the death of a schoolmate’s father, Joe Winslow. But when suspicion is cast on Winslow’s children, John and Kate, Cole cannot protect John from the evidence stacking up against him. Soon the homicide investigation Sullivan leads becomes even more complicated when Kate’s husband is murdered and a rash of seemingly unrelated killings breaks out.”

on USM’s Gorham campus. An opening reception will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 13. This senior thesis exhibit represents the culminating work of 12 BFA candidates with studio concentrations in ceramics, digital art, drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays-Fridays, 1-5 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, and by appointment. Admission is free. For more information, call Carolyn Eyler at 780-5008 or visit www.usm.maine.edu/gallery. Visit USM’s Art Gallery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ USMArtGallery.

ILAP’s eighth annual CeleSoirée 6:30 p.m. Annual silent and live auction, hors d’oeuvres and international cuisine, and live world music. There will be a special preview hour from 5:30 to 6:30. General admission starts at 6:30 p.m. For more information, and to buy tickets, please visit www.ilapmaine.org. Tickets will also be available at the door on event night. The Portland Company, 58 Fore St. “The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP) provides free and low-cost immigration information and legal assistance to low-income Maine residents. ILAP helps Maine’s immigrants keep their families together, gain protection from persecution and domestic violence, attain residency and work authorization, and become proud U.S. citizens. ILAP builds stable families and improved opportunities, allowing Maine’s immigrants to contribute to their communities for generations to come.” www.ilapmaine.org

Lowry’s Lodge, monthly poetry series 7 p.m. Poetry series hosted by Anna Wrobel and Jim Donnelly; featured poets: Marty Pottinger and Michael Macklin, at Acorn Studios, Dana Warp Mills, 90 Bridge St., downtown Westbrook. 856-0065. Free, suggested donation, $5.

Intermission with refreshments.

10th annual Maine Deaf Film Festival 7:30 p.m. The University of Southern Maine’s American Sign Language Club announces its 10th annual Maine Deaf Film Festival, to be held on Wednesday, April 11, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 pm.; Thursday, April 12, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm.; Friday, April 13, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm.; and Saturday, April 14, from 1 p.m. to 10:30 pm. Evening Session (PG-13 selections), Talbot/Luther Bonney Auditorium. Featured Film: “The Hammer” will be screened. General Admission: $10. USM Students free with USM ID. www.mainedeaffilmfest.com

Saturday, April 14 Patriots Day trash, recycling pickup 6:30 a.m. The Department of Public Services Solid Waste crews will not collect trash or recycling on Patriots Day, April 16, the city of Portland reported. Residents who normally receive collection services on Monday will have their trash and recycling collected the Saturday before, April 14.

Residents of Peaks Island, Great Diamond Island, and Cliff Island will have their recycling and trash collection the following day, Tuesday, April 17. All items should be out by 6:30 a.m. to ensure collection. If residents have further questions about their trash/recycling collection, they can contact the Recycling Hotline at 756-8189. The Riverside Recycling Facility will be closed on Patriots Day as well, and will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, April 17, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

22nd Annual Patriots Day Celebration in Ogunquit 9 a.m. Beach Bazaar (at the Kennebunk Savings Bank tents on the Main Beach parking lot); Ogunquit Parks & Recreation will serve a variety of refreshments and snacks as a fundraiser for new tennis courts, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; other events include Colonial Children’s Games at the Dunaway Center Ogunquit Memorial Library Book Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; activities at the Main Beach parking lot; and the fundraiser gala (Ramsdell-Rogers Function Facility - American Legion Post 56), 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.: Fun-filled evening to help support the Youth Enrichment center at Hilton-Winn Farm. Hors d’oeuvres, food stations, desserts, silent auction, live auction, raffles. Live music and dancing. Tickets are $40 per person. FMI or RSVP to 361-1385. Continues through Sunday, April 15. www.visitogunquit.org

Wabanaki Arts Festival at Bowdoin College

Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibit

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Smith Union, free and open to the public. “Bowdoin College is once again pleased to be hosting the Wabanaki Arts Festival, which brings Native American artists and musicians from Maine and across New England to campus for the day.

The music will include two Native American drum groups and special performances by Hawk Henries, an internationally known flute performer and crafter. Hand-drum and traditional singing and Wabanaki story-telling will also be part of the day’s events.”

6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The University of Southern Maine Art Department Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibit will be open to the public Friday, April 13-Friday, May 4 in the Art Gallery

10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 2012 Portland Spring Home and Better Living Show, at the Portland Expo. Annually, 300 booths

2012 Portland Spring Home and Better Living Show

and more than 12,000 in attendance. Also Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.homeshows.com/2012_portland.htm

Titanic: A Century of Myth and Memory 1 p.m. The Falmouth Memorial Library presents. “Commemorate the 100th anniversary of the date the ocean liner, Titanic struck an iceberg and sank into the cold Atlantic.

Join Falmouth resident, Erin I. Bishop, PhD for a 90 minute exploration of the myths surrounding the Titanic disaster.”

FMI 781-2351 or www.falmouth.lib.me.us

10th annual Maine Deaf Film Festival 1 p.m. The University of Southern Maine’s American Sign Language Club announces its 10th annual Maine Deaf Film Festival, to be held on Wednesday, April 11, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 pm.; Thursday, April 12, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm.; Friday, April 13, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm.; and Saturday, April 14, from 1 p.m. to 10:30 pm. Afternoon Session (Family-friendly selections) Talbot/Luther Bonney Auditorium, selected films. Film “Signing On” will be screened. Guest Speakers: Anita and Tim Buel; 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., open reception for all ticket holders, refreshments served. Seventh floor Glickman Library, 314 Forest Ave., Portland. Evening Session (PG-13/+ selections) Talbot/Luther Bonney Auditorium, USM. General Admission — $8 half-day or $14 full-day admission. www.mainedeaffilmfest.com

100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic 5:30 p.m. The Titanic Centennial Remembrance Committee will hold a commemorative service, dinner and presentation to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912; at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., in Portland. “April 14th marks the day the ship hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic before sinking the following morning.” Proceeds from the event will benefit the Irish Heritage Center and the St. Augustine’s Church Community Assistance Fund. The highlight of the evening will be a presentation by David Brennan, Police Chaplain, whose grandmother and great uncle were on the ship on its last voyage. There will also be a talk about the building of the ship and the maritime perspective by one of the Port of Portland’s Maritime Chaplains and maritime historian, the Rev. Capt.

Jeffrey Monroe, USMM who will also lead the memorial service. The dinner will feature American style foods served aboard White Star Line ships and there will be an exhibit on the ship featuring photographs, drawings and an actual piece of steel recovered from the ship. For further information and tickets, contact the Irish Heritage Center at 780-0118 or visit their website at www.maineirish.com.

59th Anniversary of the Italian Heritage Center 6 p.m. 59th Anniversary of the Italian Heritage Center, Elvis Will Be In The Building, Along With His Band, Back

By Popular Demand, Roy Leblanc, Dennis Labbe Magician (Show Opener); 5:45 Happy Hour, 6:30 Dinner.

Caesar Salad, Garden Salad, Roasted Red Pepper Salad, Eggplant Parmigiana, Meatballs, Sausage/Onions/Peppers, Shrimp Scampi Alfredo, Baked Ziti, Italian Bread, Cannoli. $40 members/$50 non-members. Call Cammy at 939-8570 to reserve your table. http://italianheritagecenter.com/events

Dudefest 2012 8 p.m. One Longfellow Square will host Dudefest 2012.

The Dude abides over One Longfellow Square for a night of mayhem featuring a screening of the Coen Brothers’ “The Big Lebowski.” Costume contest; The Little Lebowski Under Achievers features Matt Shipman and Steve Roy of The Stowaways. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Sunday, April 15 22nd Annual Patriots Day Celebration in Ogunquit 10 a.m. Beach Bazaar (at the Kennebunk Savings Bank tents on the Main Beach parking lot); Duck Race (at the Beach Street Bridge) Proceeds fund Wells/Ogunquit Cub Scout Pack No. 356, 10 a.m.; Book signing (Animal Instinct, 232 Main Street) local author and illustrator Matt Tavares will be signing his new book, “There Goes Ted Williams,” Books can be ordered in advance at 646-7728, 10:30 a.m. to noon; Patriotic Pooch Pageant and Fashion Show (Angelina’s Ristorante Parking Lot, 655 Main St. Weather permitting.) Dress your dog in costume, or just come to watch the show! Two costume categories: Patriotic (red, white, and blue) and Favorite American (any Abe Lincoln wannabe’s out there?), noon to 3 p.m. Sunday is the final day. www. visitogunquit.org

2012 Portland Spring Home and Better Living Show 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 2012 Portland Spring Home and Better Living Show, at the Portland Expo. Annually, 300 booths and more than 12,000 in attendance. Also Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.homeshows.com/2012_portland.htm see next page

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Hutchins: ‘There will be food trucks at some point in the city’ ARTS from page 9

Councilor David Marshall added, "I think there will be support on the council for that, the creative economy TIF district has actually produced in a way that we hoped it would produce before the recession, so instead of being still at $30,000 in less than two years it's stepping up."

In 2010, Harvard's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government recognized Portland’s firstin-the-nation Creative Economy Tax Increment Financing district and hoped to share the idea with other government agencies. Established in 2008, the TIF district sets aside a portion of property tax revenues from the downtown zone between Longfellow Square and City Hall to be dedicated to arts and culture in Portland. This system allows the city to finance the arts with the future tax revenues that the enhanced Arts District will generate. Developers must come up with $18 for every TIF dollar.

The City Council established the creative economy TIF district for 10 years. Each year the council must vote on all TIFs, and each year has the option

to fund the TIF, Marshall has explained.

Hutchins said TIFs are designed typically to restore blighted areas, but the application has been broadened.

"TIFs are being used in a variety of new ways these days," she said in an interview this week.

"At their core, they're about reinvesting money back into a district," she said.

Graham said Creative Portland is ready to broaden its mission, from finding ways to discreetly improve the appearance of signs around Portland to spearheading branding initiatives and leading an effort to bring food trucks to Portland.

"I would ask all of you to look around your community and say, 'What's wrong here? What should get fixed?' And in terms of who we are as Creative Portland, can we stretch our mission to try to fix what needs fixing?" Graham asked the board at its April 4 meeting.

Hutchins gave updates this week on a couple of arts initiatives: A street artist vendor committee, launched by Councilor Ed Suslovic and chaired in his absence by Hutchins, has " started to raise the issues" surrounding possible city regulation of street

artist vendors, particularly in the area of Commercial Street where cruise ship passengers disembark.

Hutchins said the goal is to develop a proposal by May, in time for cruise ship season.

A food trucks task force, chaired by Councilor Jill Duson, is researching the possible of food trucks in a city renowned for its restaurants.

This task force was "quite heavily laden toward the food industry," Graham said, so he requested participation by people who eat from food carts.

Hutchins said, "Right now, they're very much in the details, OK, so 65 feet from every restaurant, we have so many restaurants in downtown Portland, you couldn't go anywhere on the Peninsula."

From 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, the food cart task force is scheduled to meet in Room 209 at City Hall.

"There will be food trucks at some point in the city," Hutchins predicted.

Graham said he would like to see the First Friday Art Walk, an event hugely popular with the public, become more beneficial to artists.

"The challenge we're going to have in the next year is how to intelligently allow the Art Walk to grow," he said.

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83rd annual Patriots Day Road Race noon. Run for a good cause in this 5-miler in Portland. Registration: $15 in advance, $20 day of race. Free shirt for first 500 who register. Free pizza for all runners. Free kids fun run at 11 a.m, for children 12 and under (may be accompanied by adult). All kids must register. Medals awarded to all kids who finish the Fun Run. Benefit for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine.

U.S. Senate Primary candidate forum 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Maine League of Young Voters will be hosting a community forum for the U.S. Senate Primary candidates in Portland. “This event features a “help wanted” format and questions will be framed in an interviewer/interviewee style. Candidates will answer questions as followups to questionnaires and interviews conducted by the League of Young Voter’s Elections Committee. Candidates will also have an opportunity to ask each other questions.

Audience members will be invited to submit questions for consideration at www.maine.theleague.com/mesen and at the beginning of the event. Questions may also be submitted during the forum by tweeting to @MaineLeague as follow-ups to previously discussed topics. WMPG 90.9 and Community Television Network will be recording and broadcasting the forum.” Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard.

Monday, April 16 Film screenings: ‘A Sense of Wonder’ 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. University of Southern Maine, Monday, April 16, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lee Hall, Wishcamper Center, Portland; Tuesday, April 17, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Brooks Faculty Dining, Gorham; Thursday, April 19, 1:00-2:30 p.m., LAC Room 287, LAC. This documentary-

style film (55 minutes) is a one-actress play in which Rachel Carson recounts - with humor and anger — the challenge of getting her message to Congress and the public amidst widespread personal attack. More information about the film can be found at asenseofwonderfilm.com. Discussion will follow the screening. For more information, see Rachel Carson: A Life in Perspective at http://www.usm.maine.edu/environmental-science/ rachel-carson or 228-8450.

59th annual Kora Temple Shrine Circus 2 p.m. The 59th annual Kora Temple Shrine Circus comes to the Cumberland County Civic Center, Monday, April 16, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Tuesday, April 17 at 9:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, April 18, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets: $12 reserved seats, $10 adult general admission and $5 children genera admission.

‘Rachel Carson in My Life’ 5:30 p.m. “In 1962, Rachel Carson published her groundbreaking book, ‘Silent Spring,’ the book credited with launching the environmental movement. This April, the University of Southern Maine Department of Environmental Science will present a series of events celebrating Carson’s strong ties to Maine and her impact on contemporary society. The first talk, ‘Rachel Carson in My Life: Memories and Meaning,’ by USM’s Martha Freeman will take place at 5:30 p.m., Monday April 16, in the Wishcamper Center, Portland.

Freeman is the author of the book, ‘Always Rachel: The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964,’ which presents a collection of letters exchanged between Carson and her Maine summer neighbor Dorothy Freeman, who was Martha’s grandmother. This event is free and open to the public.

Free artist talk at Constellation Gallery 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Liz Bieber will discuss her black and white documentary portraits of the Roma, (also known as Gypsy) villages of Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo. She will talk about the process of this long term documentary project and show prints from this series. light refreshments served. Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St. www.constellationart.com

Tuesday, April 17 April Vacation Camp: Shaking up Shakespeare 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 17, 18 and 19, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Grades 6-9, $150. “The curtain is going up ... on a mini camp filled with the excitement and magic of theater!

Portland Stage Affiliate Artists will lead students in fun, challenging and enriching activities, through which students learn to use their bodies, voices, minds and

imaginations. Theme-based explorations help develop your child’s ability to work as part of an ensemble, improve focus and concentration, and learn active listening skills while also reveling in spontaneity and creativity. This three-day theater intensives will cover the basics and then some, plus end with an open studio for families to see what we’ve learned. Call 774-1043, ext. 117, or email theaterforkids@portlandstage.org.

Last minute tax help in Portland noon to 6 p.m. Last minute tax help at the Forest Ave. Post Office. “IRS certified volunteer income tax preparers will be at the Forest Ave. Post office to prepare and file tax returns for individuals still needing to file their federal and state income tax returns for 2011. In fact, they can help with the filing or amending of returns for 2009 and 2010 as well. And, if necessary, explain the proper procedures for requesting an extension or if taxes are owed of the various options for payment. Volunteers preparing tax returns are trained and tested each year and designed by the IRS as Certified Volunteer Income Tax Preparers. The training these volunteers receive enables them to complete all but the most complex individual income tax returns. To make an appointment, call 329-6911.”

Employment Resources Workshop 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Portland Public Library is hosting an Employment Resources Workshop to cover topics such as: The value of networking and how to use it to open doors of opportunity; the latest social media in building connections; LearningExpress Library to help you with job searching; latest interviewing skills and tactics and what transferable skills are and how to display on your resumé. Meeting Room No. 5 at the Portland Public Library. To register visit: www.maine.gov/msl/commons.

Films about animation/reanimation 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery presents an evening of films about animation/reanimation. “Convento,” with “Lifelike” and “The Meaning of Robots,” SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. Doors open at 7 p.m., film screening begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission $7/$5 for SPACE Members and students with ID. www.space538.org

UMF one-act play festival 7:30 p.m. A student-directed, one-act play festival will be presented by the University of Maine at Farmington from Tuesday, April 17, through Sunday, April 22, at the UMF Alumni Theater. Featuring student casts and crews, UMF’s one-acts are directed by the students in the Directing II class and involve numerous other UMF Theatre students as well as students in all majors across campus. Performances are open to the public. Tickets prices are $7 for adults, $6 for students and $5 for seniors and are available at the time of the performance.

Food Coma TV Season 2 Premiere Party 9 p.m. Food Coma TV, based on Joe Ricchio’s exceedingly popular blog Portland Food Coma, is a series of short films that reports on the oft-overlooked food culture of Maine that exists outside of Portland’s city limits. Join the Food Coma TV crew for the launch of their second season, with the all-girl garage punk of The Outfits and a DJ’ed set by Nathaniel Meiklejohn. SPACE Gallery. $10, 21-plus. www. space538.org/events.php