The Portland Daily Sun, Wednesday, April 27, 2011

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011

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Infini-T’s offers upcycled shirts See Business on page 8

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Drivers honked their horns, police cars drifted past, and Seamus Maguire of Portland lit a pipe on Franklin Street and puffed out what he said was real marijuana smoke.

"It really blows their mind when they find out it's legal," Maguire said of passersby who meandered by his oneman rally.

Tuesday afternoon, Maguire kept his pipe See the story, page 6 nearby, apparently partly as a prop. Armed with a bullhorn, he hoisted signs and made his case to motorists, campaigning for LD 1453, Portland Rep. Diane Russell's bill to legalize pot in Maine.

Seamus Maguire of Portland puffs on what he said is "Legalize it and tax it, folks! It's on the table," legally prescribed marijuana Tuesday while standing on a street corner pushing for passage of a bill to legalize Seamus bellowed to the passing drivers.

Hearing set for marijuana legalization bill

pot in Maine. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Daily Sun changes 'Flintstone Car' will use sun, wind, its editorial pedal power for x-country journey management bank storing additional B M D Y

DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT The Portland Daily Sun is announcing several management changes at the free daily newspaper, including promoting longtime reporter David Carkhuff to editor and Maine native Casey Conley to city editor.

“For any young business, the transition from an entrepreneurial phase to professional management is a milestone,” said Curtis Robinson, a Daily Sun owner and founding editor of the newspaper. see SUN page 9

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As the old maxim of the road goes, no one rides for free.

But the toll to trek across the country with the Flintstone Car Team isn’t measured in dollars, gallons or gas station snacks, but rather sweat, calories and elbow (er, knee) grease.

“The concept of the Flintstone Car Team is to incorporate bicycle power with renewable energy resources,” said Scott Guzman, the lead engineer behind the project to turn a converted 10-passenger van into a bike, sun, grease and wind-powered green machine.

Started during Guzman’s sophomore year at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the van will be powered by a bio-diesel engine with a lithium polymer battery

energy from solar panels, a retractable wind turbine, an innovative braking system and the pedal power from up to nine passengers.

“All of this will help to power the electric drive train,” said Guzman. “We’re turning a bio-diesel veggie oil van into a veggie-electric hybrid.” see CAR page 8 RIGHT: Scott Guzman and Ryan Walker sit outside the Flintstone Car last Friday during the Urban Earth Day event at Monument Square.

First conceived by Guzman during his undergraduate engineering studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the Flintstone Car combines solar, wind, and pedal power along with a bio-diesel engine to power the 10-passenger van. The Flintstone Car Team hopes to take the van on a cross-country awareness raising trip this summer, as well as a East Coast movie tour this spring to promote the film Ciclovida (Lifecycle). (MATT DODGE PHOTO)

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Baby’s father in jail; police continue hunt for Dittmeyer

BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY, N.H. — The father of Krista Dittmeyer’s baby has not been ruled out as a suspect in her disappearance, but police know he wasn’t in Conway. He is currently serving a four-year Dittmeyer prison sentence in Maine for selling drugs. see HUNT page 9

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Study: HIV patients can accept infected organs (NY Times) — David Aldridge of Los Angeles had a kidney transplant in 2006, but he will soon need another.

Like many people living with HIV, he suffers from kidney damage, either from the virus or from the life-saving medications that keep it at bay.

Until recently, such patients did not receive transplants at all because doctors worried that their health was too compromised. Now they can get transplants, but organdonor waiting lists are long.

And for Mr. Aldridge, 45, and other HIV patients, a potential source of kidneys and livers is off limits, because it is illegal to transplant organs from donors who test positive for the virus — even to others who test positive. But federal health officials and other experts are calling for repeal of the provision that bans such transplants, a 23-year-old amendment to the National Organ Transplant Act. “The clock is ticking more quickly for those who are HIV-positive,” said Dr. Dorry Segev, transplant surgery director of clinical research at Johns Hopkins and a co-author of a new study indicating that 500 to 600 HIV-infected livers and kidneys would become available each year if the law were changed.

The ban on transplanting organs from people with the virus that causes AIDS was passed at the height of the AIDS scare in 1988, when infection with the virus was considered a death sentence. But now many people with H.I.V. are living long enough to suffer kidney and liver problems, adding to the demand for organs.

This has led some health authorities to say that HIVinfected organs should be available for transplant, primarily for patients infected with the virus but also potentially for some who are not.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health agencies are about to issue new guidelines that will encourage a first step: research involving transplanting HIVpositive organs into HIVpositive people. That would require the transplant ban to be lifted.

“We would like to see as many safe transplants occurring as possible, and there’s no reason why HIV-positive recipients shouldn’t get transplants and that HIV-positive donors can’t be used,” said Dr. Matthew Kuehnert, who directs the C.D.C.’s Office of Blood, Organ and Other Tissue Safety.

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Afghan officials try to limit damage from prison break

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Government officials struggled on Tuesday, but with limited effect, to contain the damage from a spectacular jailbreak that freed 475 inmates, most presumed to be Taliban fighters, from southern Afghanistan’s largest prison.

Tooryalai Wesa, the governor of Kandahar Province, where the prison break occurred, announced that security forces had detained steadily mounting numbers of escaped detainees throughout the day. By day’s end, however, he conceded that while 71 people had been detained, the descriptions of only 41 men matched those of escapees.

The effort to reassure people with the captures failed to instill much confidence, and the most immediate fallout of the jailbreak was a mounting sense among Afghans that government corruption, incompetence and complacency were as

much to blame as the Taliban.

In comments on a Facebook page linked to an interview program on Tolo, a major television network here, viewers expressed anger and a complete lack of faith in the government.

“The escape of 500 Taliban from prison?” Jahanbakhash Ahmadi wrote. “This is impossible that it can happen without the help of the government.”

It did not help that the prison escapes came after a month of security lapses, which have left people feeling insecure and distrustful of the government, even though assassinations and attacks in Kandahar have fallen sharply this year.

In early April, Kandahar security forces fired on crowds, killing nine people, during protests over the burning of the Koran by a pastor in the United States. On April 15, the security forces were unable to protect the Kandahar police chief (or were bribed not to), allowing

a suicide bomber to enter the police headquarters and reach an area near his office where the bomber killed him and two other police officers.

Then, early Monday, despite the presence of dozens of prison guards and police officers, nearly 500 prisoners escaped, leaving many Kandahar civilians fearful that the escaped prisoners will soon launch attacks in Kandahar.

“We don’t know what the security forces are doing,” said Hajji Khairullah, a shopkeeper in central Kandahar. “If you look at the prison, it is fortified with berms and T-walls all around — you can’t imagine that an ant could get in there — but now we heard the huge and shocking news that hundreds of inmates have managed to escape through an underground tunnel.”

“This escape will affect the civilians,” he added. “I blame these security forces for not taking action. This is not the first time.”

The provincial governor, who has been critical of the security forces after each of the recent breaches, has seemed powerless to improve the situation, leaving people unsure whom to turn to.

“How do prisoners break locks in jail?” asked a Kandahari who has watched the security forces closely over the years, but asked not to be identified for fear of retribution. He was referring to prisoners’ ability to leave their cells in order to go to the cell with the tunnel entry.

“How can it be that no one noticed: what was the National Directorate of Security doing?” he said, referring to Afghanistan’s intelligence service. “Why weren’t they watching?”

A memorandum from the Justice Ministry to President Hamid Karzai’s senior aides, if anything, appeared to confirm people’s fears that there was no one who could be trusted — a point that the Taliban have been eager to make in carrying out their attacks.

Obama: end tax breaks for oil fims

BY HELENE COOPER THE NEW YORK TIMES

With gasoline at the pump costing well over $4 a gallon, President Obama on Tuesday urged congressional leaders to repeal tax breaks for oil and gas companies, and to use the money to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil.

In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, Republican of Ohio, and Senator Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader of Kentucky, as well as their Democratic counterparts, Mr. Obama dusted off the proposal he has made in each of his annual budget requests.

“We need to get to work immediately on the longer term goal of reducing our dependence on foreign oil and our vulnerability to price fluctuations this dependence creates,” he

said in the letter.

“High oil and gasoline prices are weighing on the minds and pocketbooks of every American family,” he wrote.

His proposal would eliminate a number of tax breaks for oil companies that would generate, administration officials said, around $4 billion a year in additional revenue.

Brendan Buck, a spokesman for Mr. Boehner, dismissed the president’s proposal, saying that it would “simply raise taxes and increase the price at the pump.”

In a statement e-mailed to reporters, Mr. Buck said Mr. Boehner “wants to increase the supply of American energy and reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and he is only interested in reforms that actually lower energy costs and create American jobs.”

Journalists were given a guided government tour on Monday of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s damaged offices in Tripoli (Joseph Eid/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images/New York Times).

NATO stepping up targets in Lybia WASHINGTON — NATO planners say the allies are stepping up attacks on palaces, headquarters, communications centers and other prominent institutions supporting the Libyan government in a further attempt to weaken Col. Muammar elQaddafi’s grip on power and frustrate his forces in the field.

Officials in Europe and in Washington said that the strikes were meant to reduce the government’s ability to harm civilians by eliminating, link by link, the command, communications and supply chains required for sustaining military operations.

The broadening of what the alliance views as legitimate targets in recent days comes at a time when the rebels and the government in Libya

have been consolidating their positions along more static front lines, raising concerns of a prolonged stalemate. Although it is too soon to assess the results of the shift, a NATO official said on Tuesday that the alliance was watching closely for early signs, like the recent reports of desertions from the Libyan Army.

NATO war planes pounded targets east of the port city of Misurata on Tuesday, lifting mushroom-shaped clouds of dust hundreds of feet into the air. On the ground, Colonel Qaddafi’s forces fired missiles and mortars in heavy, though intermittent, barrages on rebels defending the port area, a last lifeline into and out of the besieged city, news agencies reported.

— The New York Times

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Craig still in contention for Brewery owner wants Cincinnati chief job convention center Portland Police Chief James Craig has made the first cut for a for a vacant police chief job in Cincinnati, the Portland Press Herald is reporting. Craig, who was hired in Portland less than two years ago after rising to the rank of captain in Los Angeles, told the paper he had already completed a telephone interview for the position.

If Craig makes the second round, he will be interviewed in person by a search committee, the paper said.

Finalists for the position would then be interviewed by the Cincinnati city manager, the Press Herald is reporting.

“If I’m not selected, I’m going to continue to work hard to continue to move this department forward,” Craig told the Press Herald.

Forum will explore transit issues on Congress St. The city is hosting a public meeting tonight from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Maine College of Art that will discuss ways to improve mobility on Congress Street between State Street and Franklin Street.

The event will focus on the feasibility of a creating a bus priority corridor from High Street to Elm Street.

A bus priority corridor would allow buses to remain in the traffic lane at stops rather than pulling to the side of the road. An upcoming study will determine how such a corridor would affect transportation, pedestrian and bicycle access and on-street parking along that stretch of Congress.

The public can join city planners and local transportation officials today for one of two guided walks along the corridor from Longfellow Square to Lincoln Park. Walking tours of the corridor will be leave at noon from Longfellow Square and 1 p.m. from Lincoln Park. The night session will be held at the Institute for Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, at 522 Congress.

For more information, visit portlandmaine.gov/planning/congressstreetbus. asp

The owner of Shipyard Brewing is proposing a new development along the city’s Eastern Waterfront that would include a convention center, up to 300 hotel rooms, condos, and even a four-year cooking school, the Portland Press Herald is reporting.

Shipyard co-owner Fred Forsley tells the paper he’s interested in building the project on more than two undeveloped acres it owns near the Brewery on Newbury Street.

“As a Portland resident and someone in the business community for 30 years, I feel we need a convention center, and it needs to be on the peninsula, within walking distance to the major downtown areas,” Forsley told the Press Herald.

The paper reports that preliminary discussions the project have already begun with city officials.

Peaks Island secession proposal killed AUGUSTA — A legislative committee in Augusta has voted unanimously to kill a bill that would have let Peaks Island and other Casco Bay islands secede from Portland to form a new municipality, the Associated Press is reporting. Four years ago, a similar bill was also defeated but the vote was much closer, AP reports.

The bill, which was reviewed by the State and Local Government Committee, would have let Peaks, as well as House, Pumpkin Knob and Catnip islands, leave the city of Portland.

About 1,000 people live on Peaks year round, but the population swells to at least five times that figure during the summer months.

Many Peaks residents have long complained that they pay much more in property taxes to the city than they receive in city services.

The city has tried to respond to islanders’ concerns over the years by subsidizing transportation to and from the island and reserving parking spaces for island residents on the mainland, among other concessions.

Gas prices up 5 cents over last week The price tracking website Mainegasprices.com is reporting that regular unleaded has risen 5 cents over the past week, to an average $3.88 per gallon. Nationally, a gallon of regular costs $3.85. Gas prices in Maine are up exactly $1 from a year ago.

Several Portland-area gas stations are charging $3.79 per gallon, while a Mobil station on Lincoln Street in Bath has the lowest reported gas in Maine at $3.75 per gallon.

Unlike some recent surveys, the most expensive gas in Maine is located in Belfast, instead of Aroostook County.

A Shell station in Belfast is charging $4.08 per gallon, while stations in Cumberland, Gray and Presque Isle are charging $4.06 per gallon.

Crude oil prices were basically flat yesterday in commodities trading. Benchmark crude fell 7 cents to $112.21 per barrel.

Fires kill two Mainers in last four days The State Fire Marshal’s Office says an elderly Presque Isle woman died Monday in a fire inside her apartment.

Investigators said 78-year-old Eleanor Gould died while smoking on oxygen, state police spokesperson Steve McCausland said in a statement.

The fire was reported about 2:30 p.m. inside her apartment at 53 DuPont Drive by a care giver who had stopped by to see her. Gould’s body was found in the living room of the apartment and there was fire and smoke damage to Gould’s apartment and to a second apartment above hers.

That is the second fire death in Maine in three days, authorities say.

A Topsham man set himself on fire and died in Brunswick on Saturday morning. Fire Marshals said 59-yearold Donald Conkling doused himself in gasoline and set himself on fire. His body was found in a vacant lot off the Bath Road, in the Cook’s Corner section of Brunswick about 8 a.m. Saturday. A suicide note was found nearby in his car, McCausland said.

Lewiston casino backers hoping to avoid referendum LEWISTON — Supporters of a casino proposed for a former mill in Lewiston are hoping to receive legislative approval for the project that would allow them to avoid a statewide referendum on the issue, the Sun Journal is reporting.

In June, Lewiston voters approved a plan to sell the 345,000-square-foot former Bates Mill No. 5 to an investor group seeking to build a gambling parlor with up to 1,500 slot machines, the paper reported. Since then, bills have been introduced in Augusta that would allow the Legislature to approve the casino without a state referendum.

However, officials tell the Sun Journal that Gov. Paul LePage believes voters should decide whether to allow gambling. Supporters of the casino tell the paper it could create up to 500 jobs.

Input sought on Riverton, Portland High principal searches Portland Public Schools is seeking input from parents, students and the community on the skills and attributes they’d like in prospective candidates for open principal positions at Portland High School and Riverton Elementary School. Online responses will be accepted through May 6.

The district has posted a survey on its website that includes questions like: What is the most important quality you are looking for in a principal? What is one question you would want to ask candidates for this position? How would you describe the ideal principal for the school?

The school district is advertising nationwide this month for the Portland High and Riverton positions. A committee including parents and staff will be appointed to help with each search.

The survey can be found at: www2. portlandschools.org

S.&P. closes at highest level since 2008 (NEW YORK TIMES) Shares on Wall Street are closing at their highest levels in nearly three years because of stronger corporate earnings and a lift in consumer confidence. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, the benchmark for most mutual funds, closed at its highest level since June 2008.

Better-than-expected earnings reports from companies ranging from airlines to office products manufacturers helped drive a broad stock market rally that included all 10 company groups that make up the Standard & Poor’s index. Industrial companies gained nearly 2 percent, the most of any group.

The Ford Motor Company reported its best first-quarter earnings since 1998. The carmaker topped Wall Street’s earnings estimates with stronger sales of new vehicles. Ford shares rose 0.77 percent.

The 3M Company, which makes Post-

Its and Scotch Tape, said quarterly profit jumped 16 percent from a year ago, also topping analysts’ estimates.

Delta Air Lines said rising fuel prices played a large role in pushing its quarterly loss to 38 cents a share. Analysts expected worse. Delta shares jumped 11 percent.

Shares of United Parcel Service rose 0.9 percent after it also raised its earnings estimate for the year after its quarterly results topped analysts’ expectations.

At the close, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 115.49 points, or 0.93 percent, at 12,595.37, while the broader Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index added 11.99 points, or 0.9 percent, to close at 1,347.24. The technology heavy Nasdaq gained 21.66 points, or 0.77 percent to 2,847.54.

The Dow is up 8.8 percent for the year, while the S.&P. and the Nasdaq are up more than 7 percent.

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The big disconnect On one level, American politics looks amazingly stable. President Obama’s approval rating is about 47 percent, and it hasn’t changed much in well over a year. Health care reform is mildly unpopular, and the public’s view hasn’t shifted much since before it was passed.

According to Pew Research Center polls, the public is evenly divided over which party can do a better job of handling foreign policy, the job situation, Social Security reform, health care reform and many other issues. It looks as if we’re back to the 50-50 stasis that has been the norm for the past few decades.

Moreover, the two parties are about to run utterly familiar political campaigns. The Democrats are going to promise to raise taxes on the rich to preserve the welfare state, just as they have since 1980.

The Republicans are going to vow to cut taxes and introduce market mechanisms to reform the welfare state, just as they have since 1980.

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The country is about to be offered the same two products: one from Soviet Production Facility A (the Republicans), and the other from Soviet Production Facility B (the ––––– The New Democrats). It will react just as it has.

York Times always From this you could easily get the impression that American politics are trundling along as usual. But this stability is misleading. The current arrangements are stagnant but also fragile. American politics is like a boxing match atop a platform. Once you’re on the platform, everything looks normal. But when you step back, you see that the beams and pillars supporting the platform are cracking and rotting.

This cracking and rotting is originally caused by a series of structural problems that transcend any economic cycle: There are structural problems in the economy as growth slows and middle-class incomes stagnate. There are structural problems in the welfare state as baby boomers spend lavishly on themselves and impose horrendous costs on future generations. There are structural problems in energy markets as the rise of China and chronic instability in the Middle East leads to volatile gas prices. There are structural problems with immigration policy and tax policy and on and on.

As these problems have gone unaddressed, Americans have lost faith in the credibility of their political system, which is the one resource the entire regime is predicated upon. This loss of faith has contributed to a complex but dark national mood. The country is anxious, pessimistic, ashamed, helpless and defensive.

The share of Americans who say they trust government to do the right thing most of the time is

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Americans have lost faith in the credibility of their political system, which is the one resource the entire regime is predicated upon. This loss of faith has contributed to a complex but dark national mood. The country is anxious, pessimistic, ashamed, helpless and defensive.

scuttling along at historic lows. Approval of Congress and most other institutions has slid. Seventy percent of Americans think the country is on the wrong track, according to The New York Times/CBS News poll. Nearly two-thirds believe the nation is in decline, according to a variety of surveys.

Over the past months, we’ve seen a fascinating phenomenon. The public mood has detached from the economic cycle. In normal times, economic recoveries produce psychological recoveries. At least at the moment, that seems not to be happening.

The U.S. has experienced nine straight months of slow economic growth. The unemployment rate has fallen, and, in March, the U.S. economy added a robust 216,000 jobs. Yet the public mood is darkening, not brightening. The New York Times/CBS News poll showed a 13 percentage point increase in the number of Americans who believe things are getting worse. The Gallup Economic Confidence Index is now as low as it has been since the height of the recession.

Public opinion is not behaving the way it did after other recent recessions.

If you dive deeper into the polling, you see the see BROOKS page 5

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Examples of dangerous diner behavior Did we do the right thing when the voodoo unfolded?

A good friend of mine has been hovering over me as I am slowly emerging from the purple funk (not to be confused with the purple haze or yellow sunshine allegedly associated with my dubious youth) that I have been in as of late. He correctly fancies himself as my biggest literary cheerleader and texts every Wednesday, without fail, to offer his frustrated inner-high school English teacher thumbs-up or down on my most recent work.

Last week he said, “Why don’t you write about something juicy that happened where you work? Something that no one else except you servers would know about ... it’s been a while.

In fact, have you ever done that?”

There was no LOL after that sentence and I started leaning toward ignoring my tidy future-column research folder yet one more week, and sharing a few, “No way!” moments that have freshly occurred.

Something seems to happen to human behavior and social graces (or lack thereof) when people go out to eat and drink. I suspect there is a serotonin rush of pleasure, or some other scientifically proven trigger, which is why many of us almost crave hitting a comfortable haunt, or dining someplace special for a milestone occasion.

At the same time, there can be darkness around it all. Wanting to get out of the house to procrastinate dealing with an unpleasant issue or task, or falling back on the theory that you should fire someone, or give them bad news in public to avoid a scene seems to hold true as well. Either way, there are many undercurrents that swirl around each individual party in a restaurant at any given meal period.

On some nights, the voodoo is significantly stronger than others and bizarre things happen that make “participating bystanders” (aka staff) question the morality, common sense and sanity of others, as well as their own better judgment and appropriate call to duty.

Take last Saturday night for example. The eve of any holiday is a crap

Natalie Ladd ––––– What It’s Like shoot in terms of volume and profit, but it is a safe bet that weary travelers and clusters of folks reuniting after a distanced separation will be present and accounted for. Such was the case with the party of six at table ten who had a 5:30 reservation. What unfolded was surreal.

The six diners were three couples in their early 60s and were stylishly dressed, well-coifed and apparently just returned north after snow birding it in Florida and the Carolinas. I know this because I was eves dropping (It’s a perk and any server or bartender who says they do not eves drop is a liar.) and this gang was none too quiet. Cocktails ensued, followed by wine, and one of the women (not the one with the ceramic Channel watch) got up and went to the ladies room.

Here’s part of the rub. ... The ladies room is prime real estate these days as it is a one-seater and my coworkers and I are having a Biggest Looser competition; and are drinking copious amounts of water to facilitate weight loss without actually having to give up eating the chicken marsala. We all needed to get in there, to say nothing of our other guests.

After several minutes, it dawned on me that the woman from table ten was still in the bathroom and no one in her party seemed to notice or care.

As a mom, I started thinking, “What if she’s fallen and can’t get up?” or “Who’s going to clean up if she pukes in there?” After several more minutes, I approached Mrs. Ceramic Channel Watch (primarily out of concern and to confirm my suspicion that the watch was not a knock off) and whispered, “I think your friend has been in

I approached the table a third time and one of the guys got up and started pounding on the door. The woman came out quite wobbly, sat for a few minutes and then proceeded to walk back to rest room area and lock herself in again. Only this time, it was the men’s room. The rest of her group acted as if she did not exist and nothing happened. the rest room for a long time...do you think she’s OK?” To which she loudly replied, “Yeah, she’s OK, she’s just sick.” REALLY??

More time passed and I approached the table again and firmly said, “Someone really needs to check on her...now.”

I got looks and attitude as if I asked for a kidney, and my coworkers and I were growing increasingly uncomfortable with what might really be taking place. We all agreed that we didn’t serve her THAT much to drink (such a slippery slope) and that her condition appeared to be pharmaceutically enhanced. I approached the table a third time and one of the guys got up and started pounding on the door. The woman came out quite wobbly, sat for a few minutes and then proceeded to walk back to rest room area and lock herself in again. Only this time, it was the men’s room. The rest of her group acted as if she did not exist and nothing happened.

What followed was more vigorous door pounding, astonishment by the guy that we did not have a key to get her out (she dead bolted herself in), some R-rated swearing at the “sick” woman, a small restaurant full of uneasy patrons, a subtle suggestion to the group that we may need to call the police and overall weirdness. The entire fiasco took over an hour and when they finally left, it was with a full insinuation that we were responsible for a less than wonderful time.

As if that wasn’t enough for one night, we also had a young, hipster couple with an older toddler request to sit in a large table by the window so they could, “Pull the curtain back

and keep their eye on their two year old, who was inside sleeping.” Yes, the infant was alone, sleeping inside the running van with tinted windows!

REALLY?? My mom-o-meter was really going off here and I got that sick feeling I get in the pit of my stomach when I see somebody really smacking a kid hard in line at the grocery store.

Is it my business? Where do I step in?

Once again, we discussed calling the police and tried to figure out the difference between being judgmental and being prudent and responsible.

While we stressed out, they enjoyed a leisurely bottle of wine as their toddler fidgeted and finally dozed off.

They were the last patrons to leave the restaurant, having checked on the sleeping infant once in a two hour time frame.

NO WAY! moments like this happen in other arenas of life as well, and I wonder if I have ever been the cause of such an utterance. All restaurant stories are not funny or amusing, but still have a story to tell or need to be shared.

Did we do the right thing when the voodoo unfolded? One person’s yea is another person’s nay and all I can do is fall back on what I tell Number One and Carlyladd. From the poor actions and uncomfortable, potentially harmful actions of others, we can all learn how NOT to behave and hopefully, the next NO WAY! moments will be ordered from the Light Side of the menu.

(Natalie Ladd and her “What’s It Like” column take a weekly look at the culinary business in and around Portland.)

We could see changes that are unimaginable today BROOKS from page 4

country is not mobilized by this sense of crisis but immobilized by it. Raising taxes on the rich is popular, but nearly every other measure that might be taken to address the fiscal crisis is deeply unpopular. Sixty-three percent of Americans oppose raising the debt ceiling; similar majorities oppose measures to make that sort of thing unnecessary.

There is a negativity bias in the country, especially

among political independents and people earning between $30,000 and $75,000 (who have become extremely gloomy). It is hard to rally majorities behind immigration, energy or tax reform.

At some point something is going to happen to topple the political platform — maybe a debt crisis, maybe when China passes the United States as the world’s largest economy, perhaps as early as 2016.

At that point, we could see changes that are unimaginable today.

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New political forces will emerge from the outside or the inside. A semi-crackpot outsider like Donald Trump could storm the gates and achieve astonishing political stature. Alternatively, insiders like the Simpson-Bowles commission or the Senate’s bipartisan “Gang of Six” could assert authority and recreate a strong centrist political establishment, such as the nation enjoyed in the 1950s.

Neither seems likely now. But in these circumstances, rule out nothing.

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Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, sponsor of LD 1453, "An Act To Legalize and Tax Marijuana," said she was thrilled to learn yesterday about the hearing that has been scheduled before the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. The hearing will be in Room 436 at the State House.

"It looks like I have a May 10 public hearing," Russell exclaimed.

Russell's Facebook page has become an ongoing conversation almost exclusively about her bill to legalize marijuana. Russell said she's encouraged after talking to other lawmakers, although she admitted the legislation is meeting resistance.

Seamus Maguire of Portland pushes for passage of a bill to legalize marijuana in Maine during a one-man rally on Franklin Street Tuesday.

(DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Protester hauls out bullhorn, signs PROTEST from page one

Tuesday's push for legalization of marijuana in Maine caused many drivers to honk their approval; others just stared.

One driver who was idling at a red light on Somerset Street shouted to Maguire, letting him know that police were in the area. Maguire, puffing on his pipe, yelled back to the driver that he had medical approval to use marijuana.

"I'm legal," Maguire said.

"I wish I were," the driver retorted.

Maguire said he's been a medical user of marijuana for 10 years in his treatment for lymphoma.

"I'll be here, I'll be at the State House, I'm a cancer survivor and this is my passion," he said.

Maguire began waving signs in the traffic island on Franklin Street Tuesday morning and promised to continue his campaign while Russell's bill moves through the Maine Legislature. The bill is scheduled for a May 10 committee hearing in Augusta.

"I am a firm believer that it is time for it to be legalized and taxed, and I believe that our police officers should be able to pursue pedophiles and not potheads," Maguire said. "It's a waste of time when

“I’ll be here, I’ll be at the State House, I’m a cancer survivor and this is my passion.” — Seamus Maguire, advocate for legalization of marijuana someone can injure or hurt someone so badly and only do five years in a state mental hospital, and a marijuana user gets five years in prison. It's silly."

Maguire has made his presence known in the marijuana legalization debate.

"Seamus, I love Seamus," Russell said Tuesday in a telephone interview. "He is a diehard loyalist, he is perennially out there supporting me, and he is very interested in seeing this bill pass."

Maguire is "a good guy," Russell added, "he's got a big heart, and he's such a sweet man. ... He's actually been impacted by cancer."

Asked what he thought of Republican support for Russell's bill (Naples Republican Rep. Richard Cebra is a co-sponsor of Russell's legislation), Maguire declined to be drawn into a political argument.

Instead, he simply said, "It's not about party lines, it's about helping the people of the state."

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According to the group, cultural sentiments are changing in regard to marijuana use. "When MPP was founded in 1995, medical marijuana was illegal in every state and favorable legislation had not been introduced in Congress in a decade," the group writes. "Since then, the federal penalties for marijuana cultivation have been changed to provide for the early release of hundreds of prisoners; medical marijuana bills have been introduced in seven consecutive Congresses [and] medical marijuana is now legal in 13 states."

Maine is one of the states where medical marijuana is legal, and Russell's bill would adjust that system to one where marijuana is allowed for those 21 and over.

Cosponsored by Rep. Richard Cebra of Naples, LD 1453 "reforms state marijuana laws by establishing a special tax rate for marijuana, legalizing the personal use and cultivation of marijuana, legalizing and licensing certain commercial marijuana-related activities, while providing provisions to protect minors, employers and schools, and removing the registry system from the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act," according to its legislative summary.

Part A of the bill establishes a tax rate of 7 percent, beginning Jan. 1, 2012, for marijuana that is sold for commercial or medical purposes.

An online petition is pushing the legislation, and a variety of supporters are arguing that legalizing pot would free up funding diverted to enforcing laws against use of marijuana by adults.

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Cosponsored by Rep. Richard Cebra of Naples, LD 1453 “reforms state marijuana laws by establishing a special tax rate for marijuana, legalizing the personal use and cultivation of marijuana, legalizing and licensing certain commercial marijuanarelated activities, while providing provisions to protect minors, employers and schools, and removing the registry system from the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act,” according to its legislative summary. petition, there's been I can't even tell you how many emails and phone calls and Facebook messages on this," Russell said.

Russell said her correspondence has come from people as diverse as a firefighter, a retired superintendent and a 38-year-old financial professional who admitted to smoking pot.

"I think this is an issue where mainstream people are there, I just think the politicians are afraid of it," Russell said.

The state representative for Munjoy Hill and the Old Port areas of Portland said she has heard this message from colleagues in the Legislature: "We're with you but we're just terrified to vote for it."

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Infini-T’s

Tim Othy Goldkin is the man behind the Infini-T’s empire. Printing on “upcycled” thrift store or castoff shirts, Goldkin does frequent live printing sessions where customers are encouraged to bring in their own t-shirt, sweatshirt or dress to be screen printed. A Portland native, Goldkin hopes his designs can represent Portland in a way distinct from souvenir shop standards. (MATT DODGE PHOTO)

LOCATION: Streets, art fairs and farmer’s markets of Portland Infini-T’s is the one-man screen printing empire of Portland native Tim Othy Goldkin Often found at farmer’s markets and crafts fairs or haunting the streets on sunny days and First Friday Art Walks, Goldkin’s mobile operation follows the customers and offers recycled t-shirts and custom print jobs.

The business was born two years ago with a single design that caught Goldkin’s eye and begged for transfer to fabric.

“I started with one design that was the infinity symbol to the infinite power — I’ve just been pretty obsessed with idea of infinity for a long time — and it’s a catchy name,” said Goldkin.

After a few early commission jobs, Goldkin realized he could make some money in the screen printing business. He started selling on sunny days and during art walks, from a blanket on the ground somewhere between Monument and Congress squares. Eventually, he expanded into biweekly farmer’s markets.

Starting small, and trying to save money, Goldkin opted to “upcycle” thrift store t-shirts and castoffs. Cheaper still, Infini-T’s encourages customers to bring their own shirt, dress or sweatshirt in for “live printing” during some events.

“People can choose what designs they want and also the placement. I print in water-based inks so it dries right there,” said Goldkin, who ran a live-printing session last Friday during the Urban Earth Day Event in Monument Square (See Page 1 story on Urban Earth Day and The Flintstone Car Team).

Customers can have their own clothes screened for $5 a print, or buy one of Goldkin’s own designs for $10.

The Infini-T’s brand has quickly expanded, with Goldkin offering contract work to artistic friends to expand on his own photography and stencil designs.

“I made a few designs that were more geared toward the local scene and some that were geared more towards tourists,” who might appreciate live, a hand-screened memento from their trip to Portland, he said.

“I love this city, I’m from this city. I can make a design that represents the city that’s a lot more interesting than the words ‘Portland, Maine’ printed in Helvetica across the chest,” Goldkin added.

Working out of Bayside screen printing collective The Arm Factory for a per-day fee, Goldkin prints between 20 and 100 shirts in a run, though never less than 15. He can usually get the job done in a single afternoon.

For now, Goldkin is content to keep his overhead low and his business strictly to the fairs, markets and streets of Portland, where he is a familiar face.

“I would like to start do more printing on-site, that way people just expect it and know that they can bring their own clothes,” he said.

“I’m content where I am, on the streets, but I would definitely like to get into more shops,” an aspiration made more difficult by the upcycled nature of his clothes.

“A lot of shops wont take my work on consignment because it’s recycled and they want uniform clothing.

I don’t really do that right now. A few places have taken my clothes, but I realized I can actually sell them quicker myself on the street,” he said.

These days, that’s where you can find him (or contact infiniteegoldkin@gmail.com for commission or event work).

— Matt Dodge

Guzman: People can become ‘well-oiled machines’ with the right fuel CAR from page one

Inspired by the cartoon from which the team takes its name, Guzman extols the green leanings of Bedrock’s first family on the group’s website, flintstonecar.com.

“Back in the cartoon caveman days, the primary energy source of most vehicles was human power.

They got back and forth to work ever day without the assistance of any fossil fuels. The aim of the Flintstone Car project is to get back to human powered transit while improving efficiency and adding additional sources of power for the vehicle,” writes Guzman.

For Guzman, the Flintstone Car was a chance to merge his engineering savvy and love of cycling to demonstrate the viability of alternative energy.

“I went to school for engineering and focused in bio fuels and alternative energy. I’m very into bicycles, and I think bicycles are the best way to get around, but the question was how do you incorporate bicycles with large road transport?” Guzman said.

Guzman ran down the van’s specs and the team’s cross-country aspirations during the Urban Earth Day event held in Monument Square last Friday, an Earth Day fair that popped up in no small part thanks to the Flintstone Car and the efforts of another Guzman, Scott’s sister, Maggie.

“I’m also involved with the Flintstone car, and we wanted to go to an event for Earth Day but there was nothing going on yet, so I decided, let’s plan something,” said Maggie Guzman, former USM student body president and Urban Earth Day orga-

nizer, who teamed up with nonprofit community building umbrella organization MENSK to plan the event.

The event brought together 44 environmentally and socially conscious organizations last Friday in Monument Square, and gave Maggie a chance to promote the Flintstone van, which also happens to be her ticket across the county.

“I’m actually moving to Seattle on the trip, so my moving trip is the Flintstone car journey out West,” said Guzman. “My brother and I are really close and have been talking about working together on projects all our lives, so this is kind of coming to fruition for us now,” she said.

Still in the construction stages and turning to crowd-funding website Kickstarter.com to sponsor the final push, Guzman hopes to install pedal generators in the floor of the van, allowing passengers to crank watts into the central battery pack.

“Anytime you don't want to work out, we’ll have a block with foam that you can put your feet up on to sleep or just recline,” he said.

But just how many granola-powered human engines does it take to power a 10-person van?

“The average person working out is about 100 watts, Lance Armstrong could do 250 watts, so to push this along, you would need 30 people working out,” said Guzman.

“It’s one small piece to the puzzle,” said Flintstone Car Team member Ryan Walker.

Realistically, pedal-power will be just one small component to the van’s overall power, but Guzman said a motivated load of passengers could contrib-

ute up to a fifth of the power needed to run the vehicle.

The van will have it’s first real test this spring as the support vehicle for a pedal-powered movie tour of the East Coast in support of the movie Ciclovida (Lifecycle).

The documentary film follows a group of landless farmers and musicians from northeast Brazil as they traverse the entire South American continent by bike in search of natural seeds and to expose the devastating effects of industrial agriculture destined for biofuel.

The Flintstone Car Team also built the unique projection system that will be used the screen the film, one that uses pedal-power and solar energy to both transport and power the mobile movie theater.

Ciclovida (Lifecycle) will make its Portland debut on May 14, according to Guzman.

But the East Coast movie tour is only a warm-up for the main event, in the eyes of the Flintstone Car Team, who will set out this summer for a Maine-toWashington cross-country tour with stops at music festivals, sustainability groups and bike shops.

The tour will also serve as a lesson on the human machine, who will be relied on to stay healthy and well-fueled if the van is to make it all the way to the Pacific.

“We’re really promoting healthy practices in all areas of life, transportation, what you eat, the way that you exercise,” said Guzman. “If you’re like a well-oiled machine and you put good fuel into you and you’re consistently burning that fuel, you’ll be much healthier.”

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Wednesday, April 27, 2011— Page 9

Baby's father not ruled out as suspect in disappearance HUNT from page one

Police were unwilling to comment on whether Dittmeyer’s disappearance is drug-related.

Her infant’s father, Kyle Acker, 26, of Portland, was arrested in July of last year for two counts of aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs. He pleaded guilty in November to one count of trafficking in scheduled drugs, possession with intent to distribute. He was sentenced in January to four years in the State Prison in Warren, Maine, where he is now.

Documents from the Cumberland County Sheriff Department from as recent as four months ago list Acker’s home address as 80 Tamara Lane in Portland, Dittmeyer’s address.

Acker attended Kennett High and was the son of a former Kennett teacher, the late Bruce Acker. His photograph was in the 2001 Kennett yearbook, and he was listed as a member of the Class of 2003, but his photo did not appear in the 2003 yearbook.

Dittmeyer’s family has avoided questions about the baby’s father, and police have been unwilling to make a statement about Dittmeyer’s personal life. The police were again unwilling to discuss Acker when asked about him directly, and Dittmeyer’s family did not return a call for comment.

The police have not ruled Acker out as a suspect, Lt. Chris Perley said at a press conference Tuesday without mentioning him by name. “The only commentary we have said about the father of the child is that we know for certain he was not in Conway on the 23rd or the 22nd.”

The Conway police are The case has continued further grow the reward. staying tight lipped, but to generate media attenA candlelight vigil for "hope and Carroll County Shertion. National programs encouragement" is planned for Thursiff Chris Conley told from NBC, CNN and day at 8 p.m. at Stevens School in the Manchester Union ABC continue to carry Bridgton.

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Dittmeyer's family What the police really need, he said, Dittmeyer's car was is offering a $3,000 is information about when and where found in the Cranmore reward for information Dittmeyer was in the time leading up parking lot early Satthat leads to locating to Saturday morning.

Dittmeyer urday morning. The her, and an account has “With an event like this somebody engine was running, been opened at TD Bank knows something,” he said. “We need the emergency flashers were on, and where people can donate money to that information.”

Dittmeyer's 14-month-old daughter was in the vehicle unharmed.

Dittmeyer is originally from Bridgton, Maine, and has been living in Portland. She works as a waitress in South Portland.

Conway police have some “substantial leads,” Perley said at the press conference, generated “through both phone calls and the investigation.”

Dittmeyer's cell phone records are helping to generate a timeline of her activities leading up to her disappearance. The information is “directing us finally with some clarity,” Perley said.

Three special agents from the FBI also joined the investigation Tuesday, Perley said. The agents will help fill a “manpower issue.” FBI contacted the Conway police and offered its services, he said; Conway did not request A N.H. Fish and Game officer investigates the area around the car of Krista Dittmeyer in North Conway, the FBI. The FBI addition puts the N.H. Officials are looking for Dittmeyer after this Nissan Sentra was found running with the door open, the emergency flasher on and her 14-month-old daughter inside. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO) number of investigators at 11.

Police recover new evidence in Lozada death inquiry

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

NORTHPORT — Portland police detectives investigating the death of Elena Lozada collected new evidence Monday during a thorough search of the wooded area where her remains were found, according to a department spokesman.

“We did a search, and we did make additional discoveries,” Lt. Gary Rogers said Tuesday, adding that he couldn’t discuss what those discoveries were.

Lozada Monday’s search was conducted by several law enforcement agencies, including State Police, Maine Warden Service and Portland police.

It was the second time authorities have combed the multi-acre lot since skeletal remains later deter-

mined to be Lozada’s were found there April 17.

Police have declined to say how they found the 24-year-old woman’s remains, or what led them to the wooded spot near Route 52. Northport, population 1,500, is a coastal community located between Camden and Belfast.

Authorities are still classifying the case as an unattended death investigation, but police say Lozada’s death suspicious.

After Monday’s search, police have likely finished gathering evidence in the area, Rogers said.

“We searched the area thoroughly. We had a good idea where we wanted to check and we were able to check it,” Rogers said. “We searched an area of several acres in there. It’s undeveloped, and it’s all woods. It’s pretty thick stuff.”

Lozada was reported missing by her mother last July, according to the Associated Press. The victim’s

mother, Carrie Cronkite, told AP that Lozada had struggled with addiction and depression since her teenage years.

“It’s been pure, crazy, nerve-wracking stress,” Cronkite told the news agency. “I haven’t been sleeping, my emotions are just going haywire. Every night, I would be on the Internet, searching for missing people, seeing if any bodies were found.”

Rogers said detectives are hoping interviews with Lozada’s friends and family will generate some leads.

“In a case like this, we talk to people who knew Elena and you talk to family and people she associated with and try to work and derive information from those interviews and see where that takes you,” he said.

Portland police are asking anyone with information about Lozada’s disappearance to call them at 874.8533.

Portland Daily Sun announces management changes SUN from page one

“David actually makes that transition easy, because you just won’t find many journalists as consistent and professional as he’s been year in and year out."

Robinson along with partners Adam Hirshan and Mark Guerringue launched the Daily Sun in February Robinson of 2009. Hirshan and Guerringue are familiar figures in the New England newspaper community as operators of a trio of Daily Sun papers in the New Hampshire towns of North

Conway, Laconia and Berlin.

Carkhuff, a University of Montana graduate in journalism and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, native, has also been with The Portland Daily Sun since its first issue and brings 19 years of experience to the post.

"Helping to launch a free daily in Portland has been one of the highlights of my career, and I hope to continue the high standards that Curtis and the team here have set," Carkhuff Carkhuff said. "I mostly appreciate the readers who pick us up day in and day out."

Conley was also part of the launch team and recently returned to the City Hall beat after stints in New Hampshire and Vermont.

"I feel fortunate to return to the Daily Sun at such an exciting time for both the city and the newspaper," Conley said. "It is our goal to make the paper a must-read for those who live or work in Portland."

Robinson will continue at the Daily Sun with both his weekly “Usually Conley Reserved” column and a focus on special projects ranging from investigative reporting to new product development.

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By Holiday Mathis both worlds today.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are a superstar when it comes to debating, especially when you are arguing with yourself. Once you come to a conclusion, stick to your decision. Stand behind it or risk losing credibility.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You might state what you want, and very clearly. It won’t be enough today, though. You’ll need to make an extra effort to make sure that your needs are understood, believed and remembered.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

The day will be productive as you follow up on your progress on all fronts. You’ll be accountable to others and yourself.

You’ll determine what has been done, make course corrections and plan for the next checkpoint.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

You’ve been too busy to worry about whether or not a certain person has called you back. You’re in a much stronger and more active place than you were two months ago.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You are amassing a large body of work.

Keep honing your style. Also, keep track of all you’ve done. Stay organized. It will help you to see the totality of your work thus far in list form.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 27).

Your personal life blossoms as you exercise greater amounts of emotional control and yet are still as passionate and persuasive as ever. In May, your sunny disposition will change the emotional weather for all around you. The next four weeks will introduce new friends and a better support system.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll exercise greater control over your personal life by playing your cards close to the vest. Be very cautious about making suggestions or issuing casual invitations. Show only the emotions you want to show.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There’s a package or card you need to send. It will require great organizational skills to pull this off -- not because it’s difficult but because it’s so easy that its importance could go overlooked.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You get to call all the shots today. Meetings will begin when you say they begin, and they will end when you say they’re over.

You will only tend to the things you deem important. It will feel good to be all-powerful for a while.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You have more charisma than you know what to do with today. Loved ones may gauge their social or family status by how much attention and affection they get with you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Sometimes you have to lose control to realize what control really is. So if you experience a lapse in self-discipline, take a lesson from it. Ultimately, the mistake could be what keeps you faithful to your healthy routine.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You benefit from being slightly less available to others. You need time to yourself and also time for doing absolutely nothing.

The latter is essential to your health, creativity and well-being.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You benefit from spending time with different personalities, strengths, voices and mindsets. But at the end of the day, you want to talk with someone who sees things your way. You’ll have the best of

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, April 27, the 117th day of 2011. There are 248 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 27, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln, citing public safety concerns amid the Civil War, suspended the writ of habeas corpus in an area between Philadelphia and Washington.

On this date: In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines.

In 1777, the only land battle in Connecticut during the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Ridgefield, took place, resulting in a limited British victory.

In 1805, during the First Barbary War, an American-led force of Marines and mercenaries captured the city of Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.

In 1822, the 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.

In 1865, the steamer Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tenn., killing more than 1,400 people, mostly freed Union prisoners of war.

In 1967, Expo ‘67 was officially opened in Montreal by Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.

In 1973, Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray resigned after it was revealed that he’d destroyed files removed from the safe of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt.

In 1981, the Xerox Star computer workstation, featuring the first commercially available mouse, made its debut.

In 1986, a video pirate calling himself “Captain Midnight” interrupted a movie on HBO with a printed message protesting descrambling fees.

One year ago: Defending his company against blistering criticism, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, told a Senate hearing that clients who’d bought subprime mortgage securities from the Wall Street powerhouse in 2006 and 2007 came looking for risk “and that’s what they got.”

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Jack Klugman is 89. Actress Anouk Aimee is 79. Announcer Casey Kasem is 79. Actress Judy Carne is 72. Rhythm-and-blues singer Cuba Gooding is 67. Singer Ann Peebles is 64. Rock singer Kate Pierson (The B-52’s) is 63. Rhythmand-blues singer Herbie Murrell (The Stylistics) is 62. Actor Douglas Sheehan is 62. Rock musician Ace Frehley is 60. Pop singer Sheena Easton is 52. Actor James Le Gros (groh) is 49. Rock musician Rob Squires (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 46. Singer Mica (MEE’-shah) Paris is 42.

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Katie Couric confirms departure as anchor of CBS Evening News (New York Times) In a profile posted Tuesday on the Web site for People Magazine, Katie Couric confirms what has been widely reported for weeks: that she will leave her job as the anchor of the CBS Evening News.

“In making the decision to move on, I know the Evening News will be in great hands, but I am excited about the future,” she told the magazine. Her five-year contract ends in June.

CBS issued a terse statement Tuesday afternoon that said, “There’s a lot to be proud of during Katie Couric’s time at Evening News. CBS News, like Katie herself, is looking forward to the next chapter.”

CBS is expected to name Scott Pelley

the new anchor of the “CBS Evening News” next week.

The profile in People does not include details about Ms. Couric’s future plans, but they too have been the subject of considerable informed comment in recent months. Several people close to Ms. Couric have confirmed that she intends to accept an offer to start up a daily syndicated talk show, most likely to start in the fall of 2012.

Those plans seem to be shifting away from either CBS or NBC and toward a suitor that had been earlier been considered a dark horse: ABC. A deal for a syndicated show is expected be accompanied by regular work for a network news organization,

which is why only CBS, NBC, and ABC have been among the serious suitors to land the syndicated show. The syndication divisions of all three networks have held negotiations with Ms. Couric and her representatives and for some time the speculation centered on her remaining at CBS, with a part-time role on that network’s newsmagazine “60 Minutes.”

NBC was also known to be bidding to land the show, which potentially could have included that network’s most valuable news employee, Matt Lauer, the anchor of the “Today” show.

ABC had been on the fringes of the talks earlier. But circumstances have changed in recent days, according to

representatives of Ms. Couric. The Web site of TV Guide Magazine reported Tuesday that CBS sources predicted she would now land at ABC. One representative of Ms. Couric said Tuesday that no deal has been agreed to with any network but acknowledged a shift toward ABC, saying, “ABC is a contender.”

CBS, meanwhile, seems to be trying to distance itself from the situation in case Ms. Couric moves in a different direction. One of Ms. Couric’s friends said that CBS was beginning to be concerned that despite what that network considers a very strong offer, she might decide on one of the other possibilities offered to her.

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The troupe kicks off its spring activities with two performances at the St. Lawrence Arts Center in late April. On Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m., the Young Actors Shakespeare Conservatory will present a showcase of sonnets, soliloquies and scenes from their training program. All members of the public are welcome on Thursday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. to witness the last performance of Acorn’s high school touring version of “Macbeth,” which has been seen by over 5,000 students in Southern Maine over the past four years.

Both of these St. Lawrence shows are free with a $5 suggested donation. During the first three weeks of May, Acorn brings the first outdoor Shakespeare of the season to life with the company’s Riverbank Shakespeare Festival in Westbrook, which this year features three shows in rotating repertory: Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, and The Comedy of Errors. All three shows have been abridged to various extents and will be offered free of charge with a suggested donation of $10. May and June will also bring new editions of the popular “Sonnets and Soliloquies” at the Wine Bar on Wharf Street, with selections from the company’s upcoming Riverbank Park shows on Monday, May 2 at 8 p.m. and the seasons “Greatest Hits” on Monday, June 6 at 8 p.m. Both shows are free with an $8 suggested donation. The season concludes with a unique perfomance installation on Peaks Island entitled “Cymbeline Underground” on Saturday, June 25 at Sunday, June 26th at 2 p.m. These shows are free with a $10 suggested donation.

Wednesday, April 27 Walking tours about mobility on Congress Street noon. The city of Portland in collaboration with Greater Portland Metro Bus, the Portland Downtown District, the Greater Portland Council of Governments and the Portland Area Comprehensive Transit System will host a public meeting to discuss ways to improve mobility on Congress Street between State Street and Franklin Street including the feasibility of establishing a bus priority corridor from High Street to Elm Street. Prior to the meeting, the public is invited to participate in one of two guided walks along the corridor from Longfellow Square to Lincoln Park. For more information about the meeting and the Portland Mobility Project, visit the city’s website at http://www.portlandmaine.gov/planning/congressstreetbus.asp. To RSVP for the tour or public meeting or to submit questions, email WBN@portlandmaine.gov. Noon: Guided walking tour of the corridor from Longfellow Square; 1 p.m.: Guided walking tour of the corridor from Lincoln Park; 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Public Meeting, Institute for Contemporary Art Maine College of Art, 552 Congress St.

Community Development Block Grants week continues with retirement party for Dwight Gailey 3 p.m. As of April 25, the City of Portland is commemorating National Community Development Week with a series of events highlighting “projects that have helped make Portland a livable community. National Community Development week provides the city an opportunity to draw attention to the many positive impacts generated by both CDBG funds and the HOME Investment Partnership program from the construction of the Bayside trail, to community policing efforts, to the rehabilitation and first time homebuyer programs. All events are free and open to the public where one lucky attendee will receive a gift card from Hot Suppa!. Light refreshments provided by Local Sprouts will be served. Both Hot Suppa! and Local Sprouts are small local businesses that have received CDBG funding. On Friday at 10 a.m., residents are invited to join staff for a walk along the Bayside Trail. The trail was designed to re-imagine the area, stimulate economic development and build a welcoming and safe neighborhood for residents and local businesses. The one-mile trail has transformed a 13.2acre corridor that runs parallel to Marginal Way through the Bayside Neighborhood into a ribbon of green that will connect the Eastern Prom with Deering Oaks Park. The $2.3 million trail was funded in part by a $100,000 CDBG grant and helped the city reclaim and decontaminate a prominent brownfield for recreational use in the downtown.” Events: Wednesday, April 27, 3 p.m., retirement party for Dwight Gailey, Room 209, City Hall; Friday, April 29, 10 a.m., walk the Bayside Trail, see a number of CDBG projects along the way, meet at front steps, City Hall.

‘The future of coastal management in Nova Scotia’ 4:10 p.m. Nova Scotia is considering a new management focus for its waters, and one of the key figures in developing the policy is a College of the Atlantic graduate. Justin Huston, chair of Nova Scotia’s Provincial Oceans Network, will be returning to COA to discuss his work. The talk, “Our Coast: The future of coastal management in Nova Scotia,” will be in the college’s McCormick Lecture Hall. It is part of the college’s spring Marine Policy Speaker Series. Huston is the chair of Nova Scotia’s Provincial Oceans Network, an interdepartmental body responsible for the development and implementation of the province’s new 10-year coastal strategy program, the first of its kind in Canada. Unlike the United States, where federally supported state coastal management programs have been in place since the 1970s, Canadian provinces are only now beginning to develop their own coastal management programs. CHRISP@coa.edu or 288-5015, 801-5715. Free.

Business After 5/Online Auction 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Each year the Falmouth/Cumberland Community Chamber awards scholarships to seniors of Falmouth and Greely high schools to further their education. This year we are hosting an online auction to benefit the scholarship fund which can be found at www.biddingforgood.com/fccc. The site may be visited at anytime and bidding will be held from April 14 through April 28, 2011.

In addition, we will be hosting a social event at OceanView Retirement Community where we will also have web access to encourage last minute bidding. To donate for the auction, contact Jim Barns, 781-7677, jbarns@barns-law.com or Ann Armstrong, 347-2355, aarmstrong@gorhamsavingsbank.com). Register by April 26.

Portland Pirates in the Atlantic Division Finals 7 p.m. The Portland Pirates scored a 6-4 win over the Connecticut Whale in Game 6 of their Atlantic Division Semifinal Series played Saturday night, April 23, in front of 4,514 at the XL Center in Connecticut. By beating the Connecticut Whale in six games in the Atlantic Division Semifinals, the Portland Pirates now have advanced to the Atlantic Divi-

Thursday, April 28 Bates College’s fourth Presidential Symposium Karen Ball and Paul Haley appear in “Macbeth.” The Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble, presenters of the “Naked Shakespeare” series, concludes its 2010/2011 season with a series of free public shows during the months of April, May and June. The troupe kicks off its spring activities with two performances at the St. Lawrence Arts Center in late April. Tonight at 7:30 p.m., the Young Actors Shakespeare Conservatory will present a showcase of sonnets, soliloquies and scenes from their training program. All members of the public are welcome on Thursday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. to witness the last performance of Acorn’s high school touring version of “Macbeth,” which has been seen by over 5,000 students in Southern Maine over the past four years. (COURTESY PHOTO) sion Finals. The Pirates will meet the Binghamton Senators in the Atlantic Division Finals. The slogan is Portland Pirates Playoff Hockey MISSION: 16W, powered by Time Warner Cable. Following is the Pirates Atlantic Division Finals Schedule, Best of Seven Series: Game 1: Wednesday, April 27 at Cumberland County Civic Center, 7 p.m.; Game 2: Thursday, April 28 at Cumberland County Civic Center, 7 p.m.; Game 3: Saturday, April 30 at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, 7:05 p.m.; Game 4: Monday, May 2 at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, 7:05 p.m.; Game 5 (if necessary): Tuesday, May 3 at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, 7:05 p.m.; Game 6 (if necessary): Friday, May 6 at Cumberland County Civic Center, 7 p.m.; Game 7 (if necessary): Saturday, May 7 at Cumberland County Civic Center, 7 p.m. http://www.portlandpirates.com/splash1.asp

UMF Peace Corps 50th Anniversary 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. In celebration of the Peace Corps 50th Anniversary, University of Maine at Farmington Career Services and Ferro Alumni Center are joining together to sponsor “Serving America and Around the World: A Forum Exploring Opportunities in Service.” This event is free and open to the public and will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., North Dining Hall A, UMF Olsen Student Center.

Film: ‘American; The Bill Hicks Story’ 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery screening. $7/$5 for SPACE members, all ages. “Much more than a comedian, Bill Hicks was and still is an inspiration to millions. His timeless comedy tackled the contradictions of America and modern life head on. But his unique gift was to tease apart the essence of religion, the dangers of unbridled government power and the double standards inherent in much of modern society, using nothing but his hilarious ideas and the uncompromising observational style that continues to resonate with successive generations.”

Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble finales 7:30 p.m. The Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble, presenters of the “Naked Shakespeare” series, concludes its 2010/2011 season with a series of free public shows

noon to 5:30 p.m. The connections between diversity and learning will be explored in Bates College’s fourth Presidential Symposium at Chase Hall, 56 College Ave., Lewiston. Admission to the symposium, “ Recognizing Change, Preparing for the Future: Developing Partnerships for Academic Success” is free and open to the public. The keynote speech will be given at noon by Alma R. Clayton-Pedersen, former vice president for education and institutional renewal and now senior scholar with the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

The title of her talk is: “Making Excellence Inclusive Is an Educational Imperative.”

Public hearings on budgets 5:30 p.m. The public will have one of several opportunities to voice their opinion on the Portland Public School system and the City of Portland’s municipal budget. Monday, May 2, the City Council will hold a public hearing for the municipal budget only and will vote on the school budget. The school budget will then be sent to the voters for a citywide vote Tuesday, May 10. The City Council will vote on the municipal budget May 16. Thursday, April 28, 5:30 p.m., Room 209: Finance Committee Public Hearing, public comment taken on city budget. Monday, May 2, 7 p.m., City Council Chambers: City Council Public Hearing for city budget only. Tuesday, May 10: Citywide vote on school budget. Visit the city’s website for the latest information on the budget process, www.portlandmaine.gov/financialreports.htm#FY12_Budget_Process.

‘Work It Up’ celebration 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Second Anniversary Celebration of Moving Maine Forward, One Business at a Time by “Work It Up” Organization: This nonprofit economic development organization is inviting owners, managers and human resources executives of Maine companies to join “Work It Up” members at this celebration of the more than 100,000 hours of volunteer professional services delivered to Maine businesses and nonprofit groups. There is no charge for attending. “Work It Up” will highlight the results experienced by the 15 firms that were selected as recipients of the organization’s $3 million Economic Stimulus Program.

New recipients of assistance from the Economic Stimulus Program will be announced. “Work It Up” is Maine’s fastest growing organization for working, non-working and underemployed professionals who volunteer to deliver business solutions and project-management services to small businesses, individual entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations. Portland Harbor Hotel, 468 Fore St., Portland. see next page

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Catherynne Valente at Longfellow Books 7 p.m. Catherynne Valente will share her newly released novel, “Deathless,” at Longfellow Books.

“In her own words, Catherynne Valente is ‘drawn to feminine archetypes that previous generations have found threatening or dangerous: crones, oracles, madwomen, Amazons, virgins who aren’t helpless, bad mothers.’ Her new novel, ‘Deathless,’ brings to life Koschei the Deathless, the devilish villain representing the evils of the world through generations of Russian folklore. Valente transforms this traditional Russian fable with her modernized take, creating a story accessible to today’s readers. Joining actual twentieth century Russian history with her own version of Russia’s rich mythology, Deathless is a magical tale of love, death and revolution.”

“The Big Lebowski.” “The Dude abides over One Longfellow Square for a night of mayhem featuring a screening of the Coen Brothers’ ‘The Big Lebowski.’”

With live music from the film performed by The Little Lebowski Under Achievers around 10 p.m. and a Costume Contest! The Little Lebowski Under Achievers features Matt Shipman and Steve Roy of The Stowaways! Sign up for the Costume Contest at the show —ticket required to participate. Judges will be chosen ahead from a selection of local “Dudes.” White Russians on special all night, and wear a bathrobe for $3 tickets at the door! “Half-price tickets if you come in a bathrobe but only if there are any tickets left!” http://www. onelongfellowsquare.com/Details. asp?ProdID=1111

Saturday, April 30 Feathers over Freeport

7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feathers over Freeport: A Birdwatching Weekend, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, April 30-May 1, Bradbury Mountain State Park, Pownal, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport; park admission: $3, adults; $1.50, children, 7 p.m. Professor Ed Collom, Chair ages 5-11; all others free. “Feathers of Sociology at USM will be presenting “Equal Time, Equal Value: The Bayside Trail is shown in this file photo. Portland Trails’ Happy Trails Big Bash and Silent Auction is at 5:30 p.m. on over Freeport: A Birdwatching WeekBuilding Healthier Communities Friday, April 29, at The Portland Club, 156 State St. That morning, the city plans a tour of the Bayside Trail as one of the end” will highlight special birding opportunities in the greater Freeport through Time Banking” at the Han- National Community Development Week events. Visit http://www.ci.portland.me.us. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) area, featuring top Maine experts, plus naford Auditorium. “Across the hikes, workshops and other activities globe, activists are creating their York art scene.” ” http://www.portlandmuseum.org/events/ for people of all abilities and interests at two locations – own local currencies or non-cash exchanges to complemovies.php Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal and Wolfe’s Neck ment national currencies. Community currency networks The Journey Within at Mayo Street Woods State Park in Freeport, according to event organizare ‘do-it-yourself’ groups, established with the intention 7 p.m. The Journey Within: A performance by Anca Gooje ers. Sponsored by the Maine Department of Conservaof building social capital and making goods and services at Mayo Street Arts. “Discover the fascinating world of tion’s Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) and the Freeport more accessible. This presentation will provide an overBharata Natyam, the most ancient style of Indian classical Wild Bird Supply, organizers hope it will become an annual view of local currencies and an in-depth investigation of dance in a unique experience of self discovery. The perevent showcasing the special natural resources of the area, Time Banking. ... Light refreshments will be served and the formance is presented by Anca Gooje who choreographed including the annual Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch and event is free and open to the public at the USM Portland and performed in India and Europe. Come and experience the annual return of nesting osprey at Wolfe’s Neck Woods.

Campus inside the Abromson building with free parking in this mystical art form!” Tickets online and at the door: $10. the garage attached to Abromson. The event is being preMeeting of the Friends of Baxter State Park http:nirananda.ticketleap.com/indiandance sented by the University of Southern Maine Office of the 7:30 a.m. The 11th annual meeting of the Friends of Baxter Benefit for Brunswick fire victims Provost, Research Administration and the Office of SponState Park will be held at the Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital 7 p.m. The Theater Project’s Young Company has orgasored Programs and is the First Annual Provost’s Research Street in Augusta. Prior to the meeting, there will be a birdnized a benefit for the victims of the recent fire at 45 Maine Fellowship Presentation.” walk led by expert birders Jay Adams and Ted Allen at 7:30 St. in Brunswick.Local teens from Brunswick and Topsham a.m. At 8:30 a.m., coffee and muffins will be available and will perform at The Theater Project (14 School St.) to help books and art pertaining to Baxter State Park and KatahFriday, April 29 raise money. Tickets will be $5, general admission, availdin will be on display. The meeting will run from 9 a.m. to able at the door. All proceeds will be donated. The Theater 12:30 p.m. The keynote speaker is Earle G. Shuttleworth Jr., Happy Trails Big Bash and Silent Auction Project is a 501(c)(3). For more information, contact the box Maine State Historian, who will talk about his personal rec5:30 p.m. Portland Trails, a nonprofit urban land trust dedioffice at 729-8584. ollections of former Governor Percival P. Baxter. The meetcated to building a network of multi-use trails in the Greater Maine Playwrights Festival marathon evening ing also includes a report on the “State of the Park” by Park Portland area, will hold its silent auction at The Portland 7:30 p.m. Acorn Productions, a nonprofit art presented Director Jensen Bissell, the election of new directors to the Club. http://www.trails.org located in the Dana Warp Mill, announces the complete Friends of Baxter State Park board, and a musical perforWords & Images 2011: Resurgam Book Release Party line-up for the 10th annual Maine Playwrights Festival mance by Rosalea Kimball of the rare “Katahdin Waltz,” 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The launch for the forty-first publication (MPF), the company’s annual celebration of the work of composed in 1855. After lunch, participants may choose Words & Images will feature Kate Cheney Chappell, Adrian local theater artists. The month-long festival begins in to go on a guided hike at the Bond Brook Recreation Area Blevins, and an exclusive reading by bestselling author early April with staged readings of two full-length plays. in Augusta or on a Woods Walk at Wilson Pond in Wayne.

Andre Dubus III from his recent release Townie: A Memoir.

Later in the month, the MPF moves to the St. Lawrence For more information, contact Barbara Bentley, 763-3014, There will be a cash bar, free hors d’ouerves, and live music Arts Center, where 10 short plays will be presented in barbarabentley@tidewater.net. from 8-9 p.m. by Olas, a Portland-based flamenco-inspired two evenings of rotating repertory between April 14 to Drug Take-Back program at ecomaine band. The event is free and open to the public. Words & 29. Each evening of plays will be presented four times, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Regional waste manager ecomaine will Images 2011:Resurgam is the latest issue from Words and along with a special marathon evening on Friday, April 29 be a host site for the U..S Drug Enforcement AdministraImages, a student-produced publication from the University on which all 10 plays will be performed beginning at 7:30 tion’s free Drug Take-Back program. DEA’s Maine Resiof Southern Maine. Talbot Lecture Hall in Luther Bonney p.m. Tickets to the 10th annual Maine Playwrights Festident Agent in Charge Michael Wardrop said the program is Hall, USM Portland Campus, 92 Bedford St. val are $16 for adults, $14 for students and seniors. The offered, “so that everyone can rid their medicine cabinets MPF culminates with the second annual 24-Hour Port‘The Woodmans’ and care facilities of those potentially harmful medications land Theater Project, which features directors from five 6:30 p.m. “The Woodmans” screens at Movies at the which impact our public safety, personal well being and different area companies.

The 24-Hour Portland Theater Museum at the Portland Museum of Art. Friday, April 29, clean environment.” The ecomaine site is in Portland at 64 Project will have two performances at 5:30 and 8 p.m. on 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 30, 2 p.m.; Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m.

Blueberry Road, just on the other side of the Maine Turnpike the St. Lawrence Stage on Saturday, April 30. Entrance to NR. “Francesca Woodman’s haunting black-and-white from UNUM. Troop G of the Maine State Police will be at the 24-Hour Portland Theater Project festival is $8. The images, many of them nude self-portraits, now reside in the ecomaine as individuals drive up to drop them off any quan10 playwrights whose short plays have been selected pantheon of great photography from the late 20th century. tity of unwanted drugs. Large quantities from institutional for the MPF are all Maine residents hailing from a variety The daughter of artists Betty and George Woodman (she a use are welcome, as well as small quantities from individuof communities throughout the state: Marie Coyle (Portceramicist and he a painter/photographer), Francesca was als. Last year’s Drug Take-Back Day in Maine netted 7,820 land), Larry Crane (Southport), Lynne Cullen (Yarmouth), a precocious RISD graduate, who came to New York with pounds of prescription drugs. Also at the Public Works Shannara Gillman (Seal Harbor), Kathy Hooke (Portland), the intention of setting the art world on fire. But in 1981, Recycling Center at 271 Hill St., Biddeford; Community Michael Kimball (Cape Neddick), Cullen McGough (Portas a despondent 22-year-old, she committed suicide. The Center on Franklin Street in Saco; new police station at 16 land), Jefferson Navicky (Portland), Isabel Sterne (Cape Woodmans beautifully interweaves the young artist’s work E. Emerson Cummings Blvd., Old Orchard; Goodwin Mills Elizabeth), Michael Tooher (Portland).

This year’s short (including experimental videos and diary passages) with Fire Station, Lyman; Kennebunk High School; Kennebunkplays will be directed by Karen Ball, Laura Graham, interviews with the parents who have nurtured her profesport Police Station on Route 9; and the Rite-Aid and HanMichael Levine, Stephanie Ross, and Tess Van Horn. sional reputation these past 30 years, while continuing to naford in Buxton. www.ecomaine.org or www.deadiversion. www.acorn-productions.org or 854-0065 make art of their own in the face of tragedy. The film grapusdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html ples with disturbing issues, among them: parent-child comDudeFest 2011 see next page petition and the toxic level of ambition that fuels the New 8 p.m. One Longfellow Square welcomes fans of the movie,

Equal Time, Equal Value: Building Healthier Communities through Time Banking

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A group of runners enjoys Deering Oaks. Maine Divas For The Cure takes place tonight from 7 p.m. to 9 pl.m. at Maine Running Club in Portland. Maine Running Company will host “Maine Divas For The Cure,” a girls’ night out to support the Maine Cancer Foundation and its fight against breast cancer. The event includes a Spring Running/Triathlon Fashion Show on the MRC Saucony Track Runway to showcase the 2011 Spring Running & Tri Gear. Visit www.mainerunning.com for details. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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Drug take-back day in Portland 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Drug Enforcement Administration and Portland Police Department’s Drug Take Back Initiative will occur this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The three Portland PD sites will be at 290 Congress St., 713 Congress St., and University of New England’s College of Pharmacy on Steven’s Ave. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Portland-Maine-Police-Department/121900037821056?

Drug take-back day in South Portland 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “The South Portland Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to the South Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Road, or the Community Partnership for Protecting Children (CPPC) HUB trailer, 580 Westbrook Street. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. Last September, Americans turned in 242,000 pounds — 121 tons — of prescription drugs at nearly 4,100 sites operated by the DEA and more than 3,000 state and local law enforcement partners. The South Portland Police Department hosted two drug takeback dates in 2010; one in conjunction with the DEA, and a second in concert with the Cape Elizabeth Police Department and the South Portland Community Advocates for Social Action (SPCASA). Those local events netted over 280 pounds of prescription drugs.”

Meet the Artists: The Family Gallery Talk 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. “Enjoy a very special time in the 2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial for families with exhibiting artists Alisha Gould, Carly Glovinski, and Alicia Eggert. We love to talk as families and invite artists to join in our conversation. The artists will share tools and experiments and other parts of the art-making process that are usually left behind in the artists’ studio! The art on the wall will ‘speak to you’ with your help! All children must be accompanied by an adult.”

Community Dog Show at The Woods at Canco 11 a.m. The Woods at Canco retirement community, located at 257 Canco Road in Portland, is hosting its fourth annual Community Dog Show. Prizes will be awarded in a variety of categories such as “Best Dressed,” “Best Trick” and “Mirror Image Award.” Light refreshments will be provided for people and pups. The public is invited to attend and donations will be collected for the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, in honor of Animal Cruelty Prevention Month. For their current wish list, visit www.arlgp.org. To learn more about the fourth annual Community Dog Show, please call The Woods at Canco at 772-4777.

MAMM SLAM Finals noon to 6 p.m. After two days worth of high energy performances at Empire Dine & Dance over the April 2 week-

end, the Maine Academy of Modern Music and the Portland Music Foundation announced the MAMM SLAM Finalists: The Modest Proposal (Freeport HS); Finding Perfection (Scarborough HS); The Twisted Truth (Portland HS, Casco Bay HS, South Portland HS); Dusty Grooves (Cheverus High School HS); Crossed Out (Gorham HS); Wildcard Band: Midnite Haze (Telstar High School/Bethel HS). Five of the bands were selected to move on to the Final Round by a panel of judges that was comprised of professionals recruited from the local music community by the Portland Music Foundation. A sixth Wildcard Band was selected by an online poll held by MaineToday.com. The Port City Music Hall will play host to the MAMM SLAM Finals on Saturday, April 30, where the six bands will compete for the title of Best High School Band in Maine.

Cheverus High School auction 6 p.m. The 25th annual Cheverus High School auction, Guys and Molls, will be held at Cheverus High School, 267 Ocean Ave. “We are turning back the clock to the excitement of the Roaring 20’s: jazz, flappers, the Charleston, gangsters and G-men … Rumor has it that Cheverus now has a speakeasy, and that the ‘Holy Moly Club’ will be hopping with our famous live auction! Come and join in the merry mayhem and see for yourself!” 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., The Speakeasy: Silent Auction; 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Club Holy Moly: Dinner and Dessert; 8:30 p.m., Live Auction Mayhem! Tickets are $50 per person and will benefit the Cheverus Scholarship Fund. For more information visit the Cheverus website at www.cheverus.org.

‘Dancing with the Community’ 6:30 p.m. South Portland Recreation teamed up with local dance studios to put on a benefit dinner/dance similar to “Dancing with the Stars.” The benefit dance will feature local celebrities dancing with local area dance instructors for a competition like the popular show, “Dancing with the Stars.” Participants are Kevin Scott, 2010 gubernatorial candidate, with Ann Smith; Jill Duson, former mayor, with Sergei Slussky; Robert Lynch, a local chiropractor, with Johanna Welch; Barbara Joyce, Italian Heritage Center first lady, with John Davis; and Verne Weisberg with Elizabeth Richards. Special showcase presentations by Christian Clayton and Polina Kirillova, professional ballroom dancers, and Joe Cupo and Patty Medina, last year’s “Dancing with the Community” winners. Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland; doors open at 6 p.m. No tickets will be sold at the door. Call 767-2650 or go to the South Portland Recreation Department at 21 Nelson Road, South Portland.

Salt River benefits Peace Action Maine 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Salt River will thrill the audience with their folk music and much more.” At the Sacred Heart Catholic Church located at 80 Sherman St. in Portland. Donations benefit Peace Action Maine. Suggested donations at the door $15 [sliding scale]. For more information, call Sally Breen at 892-8391 or e-mail sallybreen@roadrunner.com see next page

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WMPG’s seventh annual Fashion Show Benefit 7:30 p.m. WMPG announces the seventh annual Fashion Show Benefit at PULSE on Spring Street in Westbrook. WMPG’s celebration of local fashion designers, A Night of Fashion, Entertainment and Community Fashion Show Highlights, opens its doors at 7 p.m., with 7:30 p.m. pre-show entertainment with Dark Follies; 8 p.m. The 2011 WMPG Fashion Show; music by DJ Corbin; 9 p.m. Meet & Greet Designers and Models; 9:30 p.m. Dance Party — closing. Music by DJ (Stuck in the 80’s) Ron. Tickets available online at www.WMPG.org. VIP reserved seating $20; general admission $10; students with ID $5.

Lewiston! Cabaret 7:30 p.m. Lewiston! Cabaret illuminates the stage of the Franco-American Heritage Center’s beautiful new Heritage Hall, featuring a wide array of stage performers young and old assembled for one night of great entertainment by Lewiston’s everpopular Cabaret host Louis Philippe. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by calling 689-2000 or in person.

Contra Dance at COA 7:30 p.m. Contra Dance with Big Moose Contra Dance Band and caller Chrissy Fowler in College of the Atlantic’s Gates Center, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. Lessons at 7:30 p.m., Dance begins at 8 p.m. $6.

Children free. www.coa.edu or 288-5015.

Spring Music Fling by Relay For Life 8 p.m. Celebrating three decades of music and hits, the Relay For Life of Greater Portland will be hosting a Spring Music Fling in partnership with The Gold Room in Portland, featuring Motor Booty Affair, Time Pilots and Sly-Chi. “Since the theme of this year’s Relay For Life of Greater Portland

event is ‘A World With Less Cancer Is A World With More Birthdays’ it seemed appropriate to celebrate as many birthdays as we could in one night,” said event co-chair Susan Towle. “We were fortunate to partner with The Gold Room and these three popular bands to feature music from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.” In addition to the dance parties that will be breaking out around The Gold Room, Relay For Life of Greater Portland Youth Outreach Chair Andrea Levinsky, a senior at Deering High School, is organizing a silent auction featuring donations from area businesses and Relay For Life of Greater Portland teams. Items to include four floor seats to any Red Claws game in the 2011-2012 season, live theater tickets, local restaurant gift certificates, hand-crafted pottery items and much more. The Spring Music Fling will take place on th at The Gold Room on Warren Avenue in Portland. Gates open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. and will end at 1 a.m. Show is ages 21 plus. Tickets are $20 per person and proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Greater Portland. To purchase tickets please email greaterportlandrelay@gmail.com. www.facebook. com/relayforlifegreaterportland

Sunday, May 1 Maine Green Independent Party convention in Brunswick

The Maine Irish and their Labor Union

Discover the fascinating world of Bharata Natyam, the most ancient style 2 p.m. Maine Irish Heritage 9 a.m. The Maine Green Indepen- of Indian classical dance, at Mayo Street Arts, Friday, April 29. (COURTESY Center presents: The Maine Irish and their Labor Union dent Party will be holding its annual Starting at 9 a.m. the gathering will elect Granite Cutters International Union of North statewide convention at Curtis Memorial steering committee members and will America. Lecture and movie by Dorothea Library in Brunswick. All registered Greens discuss Party platform and bylaws. After J. McKenzie at the Maine Irish Heritage in Maine are encouraged to participate. lunch, provided at noon, candidates for Center, 34 Gray St., Portland. “According Portland’s Mayoral race will speak as will to Charles A. Scontras in his 1994 study Independent Legislator Ben Chipman and of Maine Labor Unions, Collective Efforts a representative of Maine’s labor commuAmong Maine Workers: Beginnings and nity. Interested non-Greens are welcome to Foundations, 1820-1880, ‘The Maine granite attend as non-voting guests. The public is cutters, through their formation of the Graninvited to join the gathering at 6 p.m. on the ite Cutters National Union, made a major Brunswick Mall for a celebration of Bringcontribution to the national labor movement, ing in the May, a tradition that goes back and for many years served as in inspirational to the 12th century. The convention closes model for workers throughout the state.’” with some drumming and dancing and www.stonecuttersonline.org ancient ritual, from the Library to the Mall Portland Symphony Orchestra finale to the beat of “The Different Drummers” 2:30 p.m. The Portland Symphony Orches(a Yarmouth Drumming circle), followed tra will close its 2010-2011 season with by a May Pole dance to the tunes of Doug music of Wagner and Mozart, and featurProtsik and Friends. The May Pole Dance ing Ravel’s luminously beautiful “Daphnis will be a weaving together of our intentions et Chloé.” Music Director Robert Moody for building community and sustainability in will conduct two performances on Sunday, the year ahead. In case of rain, the drumMay 1, at 2:30 p.m. and Tuesday, May 3, ming will take place in the Morrill Commuat 7:30 p.m. at Portland’s Merrill Auditonity Room at 6 pm. The May Pole dance rium. The PSO’s season finale concerts are can be held only in dry weather. For regsponsored by KeyBank, with media supistration and more information visit www. port from MPBN. Ticket prices range from mainegreens.org $17-$70 and are available at porttix.com Sacred Living Gatherings and by phone at 842-0800 or in person 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Unity Center for Sacred at PortTIX (20 Myrtle St., Portland). SpeLiving, an open, interfaith, Oneness oricial pricing may be available for students, ented Spiritual Community, is “here to seniors, and groups of 10 or more. evolve consciousness through what we ‘The Thinking Heart’ in Portland call The New Spirituality. We know that the 7 p.m. Four performances of “The Thinking essence of Spirit is within each and every Heart: the Life and Loves of Etty Hillesum,” one of us, and our aim is to create a safe and will be presented in the Portland area during sacred space for each person to explore April, May and June. Conversation contheir own perception of Spirituality. UCSL cerning the work will follow performances. offers weekly gatherings that are informaFirst Parish Portland, 425 Congress St., tive, creative, interactive, and sometimes Portland, on Sunday, May 1, at 7 p.m. Conceremonial followed by fellowship.” Sacred tact: 773-5747. Allen Avenue Unitarian UniLiving Gatherings on Sundays from 10 a.m. versalist Church, 524 Allen Ave., Portland, to 11 a.m. at the Williston-West Church, on May 22, at 3 p.m. Contact: Caroline Memorial Hall (2nd fl), 32 Thomas St. PortLoupe, cmloupe@maine.rr.com, 926-5983. land. For more information call 221-0727 or Admission: Donation requested. Glickman email centerforsacredliving@gmail.com.

Family Library at the University of Southern ‘Food is Hope benefit Maine, 314 Forest Ave., seventh floor, Portfor Wayside Food Programs land, on June 2, at 7 p.m. This performance 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Truly Chillemi, a second is sponsored by Maine Writers and Pubgrader at Pond Cove Elementary School lishers Alliance. Contact: Joshua Bodwell, in Cape Elizabeth, has helped organize a Executive Director, director@mainewriters. information 207-699-5805 musical event and food drive called “Food org, 228-8263.

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is Hope” to benefit Wayside Food Programs of Portland.

The event will be held at the Local Buzz, 327 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth. Scheduled artists include jazz trumpeter Marc Chillemi and the SoPo Trio, singer songwriter Chris James, and traditional Cuban group Primo Cubano.

Donations of non-perishable food will be collected at the event. “After learning about Martin Luther King Jr. at school in January, Truly was inspired to do something to help people in her community. She hopes to use music as a medium for bringing people together and raising awareness about hunger.

With the help of her father, jazz musician Marc Chillemi, Truly has organized this event to benefit Wayside Food Programs. ‘Truly’s idea to use music to teach people about the social condition of hunger is quite remarkable,’ says Susan Violet, Wayside’s Executive Director. ‘We are very grateful to her. I want to thank everyone who is supporting her effort.’” The event will benefit Wayside’s Food Programs and help the many families and individuals who lack adequate access to food.