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Portland Pirates Managing Owner/CEO Brian Petrovek talks about a new affiliation agreement for the Portland Pirates during a Monday press conference. Formerly with the Buffalo Sabres, the Pirates are now the primary minor league affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes. The Buffalo Sabres on Friday announced that team’s purchase agreement with the Rochester Americans hockey club, effectively ending Buffalo’s affiliation with the Pirates. “I made it clear to the Sabres that I would in no way interfere with the Sabres’ desire to return to Rochester as the owner of an American League franchise, so long as we were made whole to where we could partner with a new NHL team which could provide a product on and off the ice which are fans had grown accustomed to,” Petrovek said. “We are more than whole with our new relationship,” he said. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
Barber Foods to cut 82 jobs, more layoffs expected BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
Barber Foods has announced plans to eliminate more than 80 manufacturing jobs at its Portland plant. Barber, which was sold to an Ohio-based food company late last month, said the layoffs resulted from upgrades to processing equipment at the St. John St. facility that were in development for almost a year. see BARBER page 3
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Supreme Court ruling leaves Maine elections law in doubt BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
When the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona campaignfinance law that provided public funding to state political candidates, supporters of a similar law in Maine braced for challenges. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, criticized Pingree the U.S. Supreme Court decision, stating in a press release that
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she hopes that Maine’s Clean Elections law will be amended and kept in force. “The court has ruled in favor of special-interests by throwing out a key component of a clean elections system that has been effective at leveling the playing field and reducing the influence of campaign contributions,” Pingree said Monday. “Unfortunately today’s Supreme Court decision tips the field back toward outside groups with deep pockets.” Maine Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, said legislators will cope with the ruling. see RULING page 7
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CHICAGO (NY Times) — A jury on Monday convicted Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, of trying to personally benefit from his role in selecting a replacement for President Obama in the United States Senate. Blagojevich, a Democrat whose former aides say once saw himself as a presidential contender some day, was
BEIRUT, Lebanon (NY Times) — Scores of opposition figures met publicly Monday in Damascus for the first time since Syria’s anti-government uprising began. The officially-sanctioned gathering underlined the changes the rebellion has wrought in Syria as well as the challenges ahead in breaking a cycle of protests and crackdowns that have left hundreds dead. The gathering was remarkable foremost for its rarity — a public show of dissent in a country that has long conflated opposition with treason. But it also cut across some of the most pressing questions in Syria today: whether a venerable but weak opposition can bridge its longstanding divides, whether the government is willing to engage it in real dialogue and whether it can eventually pose an alternative to President Bashar alAssad’s leadership. The meeting offered no answers, but in speech after speech, participants insisted the three-monthold revolt could only end with Mr. Assad’s surrender of absolute power.
found guilty of 17 counts of wire fraud, attempted extortion, bribery, extortion conspiracy and bribery conspiracy. He was acquitted on one charge of bribery, and the jury deadlocked on two counts of attempted extortion. The verdict appeared to be the conclusion, at last, to the spectacle of Blagojevich’s political career, which began
its spiraling descent shortly after Obama was elected president in November 2008. A month after Election Day, Mr. Blagojevich, who under state law was required to name a senator to replace Obama, was arrested, and federal agents revealed that they had secretly recorded hundreds of hours of damaging phone calls by him and his advisers.
Bachmann is in, officially WATERLOO, Iowa (NY Times) — Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota formally opened her candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday, presenting herself as a forceful conservative who will confront the party’s establishment and not compromise on principles to capture grass-roots enthusiasm that has risen up in opposition to President Obama. “I seek the presidency not for vanity, but because America is at a crucial moment,” Bachmann said.
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New Portland city manager to start July 20 BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
Mark Rees, who was hired as Portland’s city manager late last month, will begin his new post here on July 20 instead of the original September start date. Rees, the town manager in North Andover, Mass., was bound by a provision there that required him to give 90 days' notice before leaving the post. Officials in that town have released him from those terms, city spokesperson Nicole Clegg said yesterday. His last day as manager in North Andover is June 30. “I am eager to get started in Portland, and am very happy that I will be able to start earlier than anticipated,” Rees said in a statement. “I look forward to meeting with city officials, residents and employees
and to begin helping Portland continue to move forward in a positive direction.” Rees was chosen to serve in the city’s top administrative post following a national search led by the City Manager Search Committee, comprised of councilors Cheryl Leeman (chair), Jill Duson and John Anton. He replaces Joe Gray, who retired as city manager in February. “Rees brings with him a Rees wealth of experience and expertise in municipal operations,” Mayor Nick Mavodones said in a statement. “I, along with my
colleagues on the City Council, am looking forward to working with him to address the challenges and capitalize on the opportunities our community faces.” Prior to his role as town manager in North Andover, Rees served as the Chief Financial Officer for Framingham, Mass., which has an operating budget of $145 million. Rees will be paid about $143,000 per year in Portland and receive a $450 per month vehicle allowance. Gray, who served as city manager for a decade, earned about $118,000 in his last year with the city. Pat Finnigan is currently serving as the city’s interim manager. She will return to her post as assistant city manager when Rees comes on board later this summer.
Friends of Eastern Prom group gets $20,000 foundation grant DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT The group Friends of the Eastern Promenade has received a $20,000 grant from the Davis Family Foundation to help pay for the design phase of the restoration of Fort Allen Park, one of Portland’s historic landscapes, the group reported Monday. The project includes the restoration of two Civil War cannons and a wrought iron fence, lighting, landscaping and painting the bandstand that overlooks Casco Bay. Fort Allen Park, located at the southeastern edge of the Eastern Promenade, is home to the original site of Fort Allen, constructed in 1814 to protect Portland’s harbor. The original earthen gun embankments still exist today. Fort Allen Park was purchased by the city of Portland in 1890. The park’s commanding overlook of the harbor and the islands of Casco Bay soon became one of the city’s
top tourist attractions. Over time, Fort Allen Park became home to a number of historic monuments, including the Civil War Monument, the USS Maine Memorial Cannon, the USS Portland Memorial, the Arctic Campaign Memorial and the 9/11 Memorial, in addition to two Civil War cannons. “We are so thankful to the Davis Family Foundation for their support of this significant restoration project,” said Diane Davison, president of Friends of the Eastern Promenade. “Fort Allen is a treasured destination for both locals and people visiting our city and deserves the best we can provide for ensuring the enjoyment of future generations.” Friends of the Eastern Promenade has hired the design team of Martha Lyon and Regina Leonard to research and design the project. Martha Lyon Landscape Architecture specializes in the treatment of historic landscapes. Regina Leonard, in addition to her extensive experience in this field, worked with
Friends of the Eastern Promenade to design both the Fort Allen and Loring memorial trails on the Eastern Promenade. The goal is to complete work in time for Fort Allen’s bicentennial celebration in the fall of 2014. Fort Allen Park is a popular place for commemorations, including ceremonies last Septbmer to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. Friends of the Eastern Promenade is a nonprofit community organization committed to preserving the Park’s significant historic public landscape, protecting its environmental integrity, and enhancing its recreational use. For more information, visit friendsofeasternpromenade.org. The Davis Family Foundation is a public charitable foundation established by Phyllis C. Davis and H. Halsey Davis of Falmouth, Maine, to support educational, medical and cultural/arts organizations located primarily in Maine.
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“This has nothing to do with the acquisition by AdvancePierre,” Barber Foods President David Barber said yesterday in a phone interview. “This has been in the works for about a year that we were working (on) these production gains.” He added, “We expected that these layoffs would have happened whether or not they purchased us.” Barber Foods was bought by Cincinnati-based AdvancePierre Foods in a sale announced on June 1. Terms of the deal between the two privately-held companies have not been disBarber closed. “As our competitors and customers continue to get bigger, we must improve productivity, reduce costs, and enhance efficiencies,” Barber said in a news release. “Unfortunately, one of the tough consequences is letting go of associates whose contributions we greatly appreciate.”
AdvancePierre has no plans to shut down its 150,000-square-foot plant located at the intersection of Fore River Parkway and St. John St., Barber said. Improvements to processing equipment at the plant will allow one of the four processing lines to double its volume, the company said. Those efficiencies are what is resulting in the job cuts. As of yesterday, 574 people from 51 countries worked at the St. John St. facility. Another 60 or so employees work in administrative offices on Milliken Street. That administrative facility will likely be shut down early next year, resulting in job losses for some and transfers for others, Barber said. The company’s front office staff is being merged with AdvancePierre’s operations in Cincinnati and Oklahoma, he said. “What we don’t have is what positions will still be here in Portland and what positions will be transferred,” he said. “We don’t have that at this point, it’s way too early” to know. Further investment and upgrades to the St. John St. plant could result in more layoffs down the road, Barber said. “Down the road, we will always be ... looking for efficiency gains, so there may be layoffs in the future,
but we don’t have a date or a number,” he said. AdvancePierre Foods is the result of a merger in October 2010, between Pierre Foods, Advance Food Co. and Advance Brands. The combined $1.2 billion company, which is owned by Oaktree Capital Management, sells a number of products, including packaged sandwiches, beef, chicken and bakery products, although mostly under private labels. The company mainly sells to foodservice, school, retail, club, vending and convenience store markets, its website says. The merger between Pierre and Advance Cos. occurred roughly two years after Cincinnati-based Pierre Foods declared chapter 11 bankruptcy. Barber Foods, which was founded by Gus Barber in 1955, is known for its stuffed chicken entrees, including Chicken Kiev and Chicken Cordon Bleu. The company did a needs assessment and a skills assessment to determine which employees would be let go, Barber said, adding that the plant is not unionized. The layoffs will take effect 60 days from when the affected employees received notice. Employees will receive severance packages worth $1,000 for every year of service, outplacement and support service, according to a company news release.
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‘Hate’ groups may see Obama re-elected to the White House Editor, In Yarmouth on Memorial Day, the display of American Flags on the Town Hall green, was a sobering and impressive sight. Each American Flag was donated by a family who lost someone fighting for our country. All War Veterans, the dead and those of us living today, believed we were fighting for Democracy, love of country and our flag. How unsettling it is then, to see the hate groups in our country today, who question the democratic principles so many veterans died for. The whining tea partiers, who have wrapped themselves in the American flag, vowing to make no compromises to help our government run more smoothly. So intransigent is their stand, they threaten to turn out of office any Republican legislator who dares to ignore their no compromise edict. The "birthers," another hate group, are constantly trying to prove that President Obama is not a U.S. citizen even though he recently produced the long form of his birth certificate. Finally, for want of a better name, are the "deathers," who claimed the President lied about the death of bin Laden because he could not show proof of the terrorist's demise. Whatever phony rhetoric these groups hide behind,they have one thing in common, they are racists who cannot accept the fact that aman of black heritage is now the leader of our country. The irony of this is that in all likelihood, these malcontents will be facing another four years of an Obama Presidency! Bob Roffler North Yarmouth
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No call from the governor Late Sunday night, I ran into one of those heart tugging stories. It came through a Facebook post by a friend of mine, Tanya. In the post was a picture of at least 43 cats, not from the house of a hoarder, but a collection of cats built up over a short time at a shelter in New York. It was labeled “Pets On Death Row” They were not rocking to the tunes of “Big E” Smalls. Most of those cats were scheduled to be euthanized on Monday morning. This particular organization makes a last ditch effort to find homes for them, before the morning meeting with the needle. No call from the Governor’s office would save them, no last minute reprieve. These were not dogs playing poker, but kittens and adult cats huddled unto the corner of their cages, seemingly knowing the impending fate. You could almost hear the lonesome wail of the harmonica music. According to the info posted on their page, PODR is a network of volunteers, not affiliated with the shelter, that strives to make the last minute attempt to place pets. The group, drawn from volunteers in multiple states, posts the pictures every night, hoping that at least one of the faces will tug at a potential owner. But that is just where the pro-
Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist cess begins. Most of the loose knit volunteers work for other organizations, each with different placement criteria. People are encouraged to fill out the paperwork in advance, and be registered and ready when the perfect pet of their dreams comes along. By clicking on the picture of each individual cat, you can get a veterinary background on each animal, as well as any other details the shelter might know about the cat in question. There is also a “chip-in” button, linked to a paypal account, for paying the adoption expenses of any animal that is pulled. On the group chat page, one of the viewers was heartbroken that she could not adopt, or do anything to save a particular cat, being in the UK at the time. She was pointed to the “chip-in” button, so at least whoever adopts the cat might be able to do it a bit cheaper. The easiest way to go about the adoption process is to fill out
the paperwork early. Maine has at least one volunteer in the 250 strong network that goes down to New York, and pulls the cats and kittens before they walk the last green mile. Then, with the details worked out before hand, the pet is brought here to Maine to its new adoptive family. I’ve written before about HART, the Homeless Animal Rescue Team. They also do good work in placing surrendered pets in new homes. Being a “no-kill” shelter and a local one at that, I’d rather give them my trade, but the PODR program shows the benefits of social networking in getting in that last second save. According to their website, the group “As working members of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals, Alliance Participating Organizations (APOs) take in dogs and cats (and sometimes other animals) from the public, and/or pull animals from Animal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C) as New Hope Partners. Each APO has an active adoption program to place the animals they rescue into new homes. Some APOs may also have spay/neuter programs, and some may also help stem the overpopulation of feral cats in NYC see HIGGINS page 5
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State shouldn’t be collection agency for union The legislative session that has recently come to a close was unlike any other in the last 30 plus years in Maine. From pension reform to an historic tax cut, the Maine Legislature has a lot to be proud of, thanks in large part to the leadership of Governor Paul LePage and his willingness to tackle hard issues that have been mostly kicked down the street over the last few decades. One area, however, that was not addressed and was kicked to next January is LD 309, a bill that should have been easy for a Republican-led Legislature to not only address, but also resolve. LD 309 deals with what is commonly known as the “fair share” issue regarding Maine state employees and their obligation to the state employee union, the Maine State Employee Association (MSEA). “Fair share” means that any state employee who does not belong to the union must pay a “fair share” of the administra-
Ray Richardson ––––– On the Right Track tive costs that the union incurs in order to negotiate contracts as well as other administrative issues. Let me be perfectly clear. I completely oppose the idea that a citizen who wants to work for their own government must be required to pay what amounts to a “work tax” in order to keep their job. That said, I am not going to argue the merits or lack thereof regarding “fair share.” That is a column for another day. My issue is the mandatory confiscation by our state government of “fair share” dues without the consent of the state employee. Yes, you read
that correctly. Our state government takes a payment from state employees for their “fair share” dues without the employee’s consent and gives it to the union, in effect, acting as a collection agency for the state employees’ union. This provision was created when former State Senator Ethan Strimling championed this legislation in 2007. Republican legislators, in the minority in 2007, railed against this proposal as an issue of right versus wrong. Somewhere along the line, however, this issue became not so clear. In 2011 when Republicans are in the majority and could actually do something about it, they decided to take a pass and failed to act on the issue. The bottom line is, Republicans did not want to interfere with the collective bargaining process that is currently underway. The truth is, the Republicans, with majorities in both
Chambers, did not have the votes to pass the legislation and end the taking of money from state employees without their consent. This seems like an issue tailormade for Republicans. LD 309 leads to less government in that it ends the state government’s role of acting as a collection agency for the union. More importantly, this is an issue about right and wrong. It is too bad the Republican-led Legislature, hiding behind the collective bargaining process, decided to take a pass when it came to doing what is right. We can only hope that this is an aberration and not a pattern going forward. (Ray Richardson is a political activist and the host of “The Ray and Ted Show,” weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on WLOB 95.5/1310; 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. on WPME TV. www.wlobradio. com)
Energy, educational reform are relevant issues for LePage As the 124th Maine Legislature closes, it leaves in its wake the largest tax cut in the state’s history and regulatory rationalization, along with reforms in the pension system, welfare and health care. The budget passed with bipartisan support. GOP Senate President Kevin Raye calls the budget “transformative,” GOP House Speaker Robert Nutting is delighted. House Democratic minority leader Emily is “relieved.” Governor LePage signified approval with his signature. Don’t be deceived. Maine seethes with discontent. Senator Alfond is “... frankly tired of all the slogans” and is “looking for results.” Although it’s surprising to hear of a politician who’s tired of slogans, it’s not surprising to hear that he is still looking for results. Days have gone by since the budget was passed and so far no results are visible anywhere. Justin Alfond’s discontent is far from unique. The governor views the 125th legislature’s work as an inadequate beginning. I’ve heard from Republican legislators who are distraught, even indignant, about their governor’s refusal to place laurels upon their noble brows. They’d been looking forward to congratulations today and relaxation in 2012. Let’s face it, Maine is full of people who had large and benevolent plans for ways to spend the earnings of the
John Frary ––––– Guest Columnist state’s taxpayers. Not only is the legislature allowing the greedy wretches to spend tens of millions on hair dressing, cosmetics, chewing gum, beer and ammo, but the governor proposes to divert even more money to such ignoble fripperies. Peace activist Jacqui Deveneau, for example, despairs at the governor’s agenda and his “ignorant statements.” Jacqui tells us this is not the “Maine Way.” Who can doubt that a former supporter of “Mainers for Cynthia McKinney” is a reliable helmswoman for the Maine way? And this graduate of LaSell Junior College knows ignorance like Dick Morris knows toes. An example of her learned insights: “We must stop the Corporations. They ARE the root of ALL EVIL and we owe it to the children and all caring human beings.” I happen to know that Paul LePage has hundreds of books, I’ve seen them. They are mostly histories and biographies with some volumes on economics and management. Nothing on poetry or art, I regret to report, but a number of titles by liberal writers like Maureen Dowd. I have no idea of
the contents of Justin Alfond’s library (although I’m guessing Jacqui owns a telephone book). Still, I’m certain that the Portland senator does not have any works by “trickle-down economics” theorists because no such theorists exist. He thinks there are because he’s heard of them anecdotally but he can’t actually name one. There is a large body of articles and books examining the effects of tax cuts on economic development. I can’t prove it without the help of experienced water-boarders, but I’m pretty sure he has not read any of these works. So what does he know about economic policy. All he tells us in David Carkhuff’s article is “jobs should be the focus” (which we might think was a slogan if we didn’t know he’s tired of slogans) and that tax cuts “ have done very little to create jobs.” That’s very much open to debate, but let it go. We are left to wonder exactly how he thinks jobs are created. Does he doubt that jobs are created by business and that the revenue that supports government employment comes from businesses and their employees? If we credit him with the intelligence to accept this, then we have to ask what he makes of Forbes ranking Maine dead last among the states in business friendliness. The magazine has a circulation of around
900,000 and its readers are businessmen who make decisions about where to invest. Anyone is free to dispute this rating, although it would best to examine the criteria employed before doing so. I wonder if Senator Alfond has troubled himself to do that. Forbes ranks Maine 47th in “business costs,” 48th on “regulatory environment,” and in 44th for “growth prospects.” The magazine takes account of “quality of life,” ranking Maine 16th, below New Hampshire. This is highly subjective, of course, but we are constantly faced with the need to deal with subjectivity, including our own. In sum, Paul LePage’s ambition is not simply to make Maine less unfriendly to business. It is to make it friendly. He believes this requires further progress in all the reforms made this year. Taxes are not the only the criterion, but it is the one that a state government has the most power over. Energy and educational reform are the relevant criteria that will require more attention. (John Frary is a retired history professor resident of Farmington and ran for Congress in Maine’s second district in 2008. He introduced Paul LePage when he announced his candidacy and is current chairman of the Republican Platform committee. He may be reached at jfrary8070@aol.com.)
List of cats posted every night, with 8 p.m. deadline for commitment HIGGINS from page 4
through Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs.” The list of cats is posted every night between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m., but the volunteers need to know if a cat is going to be adopted by 8 p.m. A very short window, to be sure, but there lies the reason for getting all the paperwork done up front. Some other considerations out there on individual cats. PODR’s site says that “Please be advised that PODR will no longer promote or help to arrange any long distance rescue and transport beyond the
Northeast area and even then only what is deemed plausibly safe outside of our local NY area for that particular cat given his circumstances.” I would adopt another cat, as the one I’ve been living with for years is getting up there in age, around 17 years old. The apartment I moved into already had one cat, and a new kitten had joined the circus shortly before I moved in. That leaves me with three cats that view me as the source of food, water, and general entertainment while the roommates are off working. It’s not uncommon for a late afternoon nap to turn into a three cat
afternoon. Apparently, Captain Obvious missed the fact that fat dudes throw off a lot of heat, and cats are attracted to same like iron filings to a magnet. There is no room for another cat, at least not yet. Mark Twain once built a house, and moved into it. After several weeks of living in it, he realized that the house didn’t feel “lived in,” so he allegedly rented some cats from a neighbor for several weeks. Does your house have room for one more? (Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)
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It has to start with them WHEN President Obama announced his decision to surge more troops into Afghanistan in 2009, I argued that it could succeed if three things happened: Pakistan became a different country, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan became a different man and we succeeded at doing exactly what we claim not to be doing, that is nation-building in Afghanistan. None of that has happened, which is why I still believe our options in Afghanistan are: lose early, lose late, lose big or lose small. I vote for early and small. My wariness about Afghanistan comes from asking these three questions: When does the Middle East make you happy? How did the cold war end? What would Ronald Reagan do? Let’s look at all three. When did the Middle East make us happiest in the last few decades? That’s easy: 1) when Anwar elSadat made his breakthrough visit to Jerusalem; 2) when the Sunni uprising in Iraq against the pro-Al Qaeda forces turned the tide there; 3) when the Taliban regime in Afghanistan was routed in 2001 by Afghan rebels, backed only by U.S. air power and a few hundred U.S. special forces; 4) when Israelis and Palestinians drafted a secret peace accord in Oslo; 5) when the Green Revolution happened in Iran; 6) when the Cedar Revolution erupted in Lebanon; 7) when the democracy uprisings in Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Syria and Egypt emerged; 8) when Israel unilaterally withdrew from South Lebanon and Gaza. And what do they all have in common? America had nothing to do with almost all of them. They were self-propelled by the people themselves; we did not see them coming; and most of them didn’t cost us a dime. And what does that tell you? The most important truth about the Middle East: It only puts a smile on your face when it starts with them. If it doesn’t start with them, if they don’t have ownership of a new peace initiative, a battle or a struggle for good governance, no amount of U.S. troops kick-starting, cajoling or doling out money can make it work. And if it does start with them, they really don’t need or want
us around for very long. When people own an initiative — as the original Afghan coalition that toppled the Taliban government did, ––––– as the Egyptians in Tahrir Square did, as the Egyptian and Israeli The New York peacemakers did — they will be selfTimes propelled and U.S. help can be an effective multiplier. When they don’t want to own it — in Afghanistan’s case, decent governance — or when they think we want some outcome more than they do, they will be happy to hold our coats, shake us down and sell us the same carpet over and over. As for how the cold war ended, that’s easy. It ended when the two governments — the Soviet Union and Maoist China, which provided the funding and ideology propelling our enemies — collapsed. China had a peaceful internal transformation from Maoist Communism to capitalism, and the Soviet Union had a messy move from Marxism to capitalism. End of cold war. Since then, we have increasingly found ourselves at war with another global movement: radical jihadist Islam. It is fed by money and ideology coming out of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Iran. The attack of 9/11 was basically a joint operation by Saudi and Pakistani nationals. The Marine and American Embassy bombings in Lebanon were believed to have been the work of Iranian agents. Yet we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, because Saudi Arabia had oil, Pakistan had nukes and Iran was too big. We hoped that this war-by-bank-shot would lead to changes in all three countries. So far, it has not. Until we break the combination of mosque, money and power in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, which fuel jihadism, all we’re doing in Afghanistan is fighting the symptoms. The true engines propelling radical jihadist violence will still be in place. But that break requires, for starters, a new U.S. energy policy. Oh, well. George Will pointed out that Senator John McCain, a hawk on Libya
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and Afghanistan, asked last Sunday, “I wonder what Ronald Reagan would be saying today?” with the clear implication that Reagan would never leave wars like Libya or Afghanistan unfinished. I actually know the answer to that question. I was there. On Feb. 25, 1984, I stood on the tarmac at the Beirut airport and watched as a parade of Marine amphibious vehicles drove right down the runway, then veered off and crossed the white sand beach, slipped into the Mediterranean and motored out of Lebanon to their mother ship. After a suicide bomber killed 241 U.S. military personnel, Reagan realized that he was in the middle of a civil war, with an undefined objective and an elusive enemy, whose defeat was not worth the sacrifice. So he cut his losses and just walked away. He was warned of dire consequences; after all, this was the middle of the cold war with a nuclear-armed Soviet Union. We would look weak. But Reagan thought we would get weak by staying. As Reagan deftly put it at the time: “We are not bugging out. We are moving to deploy into a more defensive position.” Eight years later, the Soviet Union was in the dustbin of history, America was ascendant and Lebanon, God love the place, was still trying to sort itself out — without us.
160 million and counting In 1990, the economist Amartya Sen published an essay in The New York Review of Books with a bombshell title: “More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing.” His subject was the wildly off-kilter sex ratios in India, China and elsewhere in the developing world. To explain the numbers, Sen invoked the “neglect” of third-world women, citing disparities in health care, nutrition and education. He also noted that under China’s one-child policy, “some evidence exists of female infanticide.” The essay did not mention abortion. Twenty years later, the number of “missing” women has risen to more than 160 million, and a journalist named Mara Hvistendahl has given us a much more complete picture of what’s happened. Her book is called “Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men.” As the title suggests, Hvistendahl argues that most of the missing females weren’t victims of neglect. They were selected out of existence, by ultrasound technology and second-trimester abortion. The spread of sex-selective abortion is often framed as a simple case of modern science being abused by patriarchal, misogynistic cultures. Patriarchy is certainly part of the story, but as Hvistendahl points out, the reality is more complicated — and more depressing. Thus far, female empowerment often seems to have led to more sex selection, not less. In many communities, she writes, “women use their increased autonomy to select for sons,” because male offspring bring higher social status. In countries like India, sex selection began in “the urban, well-educated stratum of society,” before spreading down the income ladder. Moreover, Western governments and philan-
thropic institutions have their fingerprints all over the story of the world’s missing women. From the 1950s onward, Asian countries that legalized and then ––––– promoted abortion did so with vocal, The New York deep-pocketed American support. Times Digging into the archives of groups like the Rockefeller Foundation and the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Hvistendahl depicts an unlikely alliance between Republican cold warriors worried that population growth would fuel the spread of Communism and left-wing scientists and activists who believed that abortion was necessary for both “the needs of women” and “the future prosperity — or maybe survival — of mankind,” as the Planned Parenthood federation’s medical director put it in 1976. For many of these antipopulation campaigners, sex selection was a feature rather than a bug, since a society with fewer girls was guaranteed to reproduce itself at lower rates. Hvistendahl’s book is filled with unsettling scenes, from abandoned female fetuses littering an Indian hospital to the signs in Chinese villages at the height of the one-child policy’s enforcement. (“You can beat it out! You can make it fall out! You can abort it! But you cannot give birth to it!”) The most disturbing passages, though, are the ones that depict self-consciously progressive Westerners persuading themselves that fewer girls might be exactly what the teeming societies of the third world needed. Over all, “Unnatural Selection” reads like a great historical detective story, and it’s written with the sense of moral urgency that usually accompanies the revelation of some enormous crime. But what kind of crime? This is the question that
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haunts Hvistendahl’s book, and the broader debate over the vanished 160 million. The scale of that number evokes the genocidal horrors of the 20th century. But notwithstanding the depredations of the Chinese politburo, most of the abortions were (and continue to be) uncoerced. The American establishment helped create the problem, but now it’s metastasizing on its own: the population-control movement is a shadow of its former self, yet sex selection has spread inexorably with access to abortion, and sex ratios are out of balance from Central Asia to the Balkans to Asian-American communities in the United States. This places many Western liberals, Hvistendahl included, in a distinctly uncomfortable position. Their own premises insist that the unborn aren’t human beings yet, and that the right to an abortion is nearly absolute. A self-proclaimed agnostic about when life begins, Hvistendahl insists that she hasn’t written “a book about death and killing.” But this leaves her struggling to define a victim for the crime that she’s uncovered. It’s society at large, she argues, citing evidence that gender-imbalanced countries tend to be violent and unstable. It’s the women in those countries, she adds, pointing out that skewed sex ratios are associated with increased prostitution and sex trafficking. These are important points. But the sense of outrage that pervades her story seems to have been inspired by the missing girls themselves, not the consequences of their absence. Here the anti-abortion side has it easier. We can say outright what’s implied on every page of “Unnatural Selection,” even if the author can’t quite bring herself around. The tragedy of the world’s 160 million missing girls isn’t that they’re “missing.” The tragedy is that they’re dead.
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Hispanic activist to announce mayoral bid BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
Ralph Carmona, a longtime political activist and former Bank of America lobbyist, is holding a press conference tomorrow announcing his candidacy for Portland mayor. The event will include speeches from Carmona and several supporters and the unveiling of his campaign theme, “Portland on the Rise.” It will be held in Room 5 in Portland Public Library at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Carmona, who moved to Portland last year from Sacramento, says he’ll focus his campaign on fostering a sustainable local economy, improving quality of life for city residents and maintaining responsive, and open government. “We need a mayor who lisCarmona tens, and who can get things done,” said Carmona, who is currently the Portland President of the League of United Latino American Citizens and vice chair of the city’s Democratic Committee. Carmona says he has a long history of bringing people together and fighting for specific causes, including civil rights issues and immigration reform. Although he hasn’t yet registered with the city as a candidate, Carmona, 60, says he will file paperwork after the press conference. According to the city, 15 people have already registered as candidates for the race, which will be decided on Nov. 8. Carmona and his wife, Vana, moved to Portland last year from California, where he worked as a
teacher, activist and an executive and lobbyist for companies like Sacremento Municipal Utility District and Bank of America. If elected as Portland’s mayor, he says he’ll become its “chief lobbyist” in Augusta and Washington, D.C. Carmona has also worked for Hispanic organizations such as the Sacremento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and served on various state boards, including the University of California Board of Regents. He has lectured in political science at various institutions, including the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at University of Southern California, his alma mater, and the Osher Center for Lifelong Learning, at University of Southern Maine. Carmona’s wife, Vana, is from the Portland area, and he said they chose to move to Portland last year because they believed they could “make a difference.” Carmona says he had no intention of running for mayor before moving here. “We chose (Portland) because we love the city and because we want to make a difference,” he said in an interview. He added, “This is our home for the rest of our lives.” Carmona notes that substantial percentage of Portland’s 66,000 residents are from away, a fact he says could help him in this fall’s election. Residency history aside, he believes his message of bringing people together will resonate equally with longtime Mainers and newcomers. “If you have been around long enough, you are able to see things and understand things and do things quickly. And people have seen that,” he said. “You will see people who have lived in Maine all their lives who will be more concerned with, ‘What is this person going to do for me?’ and ‘What is this person going to do for Portland?’” The November mayoral election will be Portland’s
Ralph Carmona’s wife, Vana, is from the Portland area, and he said they chose to move to Portland last year because they believed they could “make a difference.” Carmona said, “We chose (Portland) because we love the city and because we want to make a difference,” adding, “This is our home for the rest of our lives.” first in nearly 80 years. Voters last fall approved changes to the city charter that converted the oneyear, largely ceremonial mayoral post into a fouryear elected position with more authority, including veto power over the budget. The new position also comes with a significant pay increase: The person who is elected mayor will earn about $66,000, compared to about $7,200 now. Although he’s an officer with the city Democratic Party, Carmona says he’s getting no support from the local party establishment. Indeed, he joins a race loaded with high-profile Democrats, including Mayor Nick Mavodones, Councilor Jill Duson and former state Senate Majority Leader Mike Brennan. Others who have registered as a candidate for mayor include: Councilor Dave Marshall, Charles Bragdon, Erick Bennett, Zouhair Bouzrara, Jed Rathband, Jodie Lapchick, Christopher Vail, Peter Bryant, Markos Miller, Paul Schafer, Richard Dodge, and Hamza Haadoow. Registering with the city allows candidates to form committees and raise money. Candidate petitions, which require between 350 and 500 signatures, are available July 1.
Supreme Court overturned parts of Arizona elections law RULING from page one
“When we look at all the things that we’re spend"The SCOTUS (Supreme Court) majority opining money on ... if we can’t cut this, how can we ion upholds public financing, something very imporever dream of cutting anything else?” — Rep. tant to the people of Maine," Russell wrote to the Sun. "The close opinion on matching funds will Aaron Libby, R-North Waterboro, opponent of the require Maine to modify our Clean Elections system Maine Clean Elections Act before the 2012 elections are underway. Fortunately, our committee (Veterans and Legal Affairs) had the R-North Waterboro, sponsored LD 659, an attempted foresight to carry over legislation specifically so we repeal of the Maine Clean Elections Act. The bill can address whatever outcome the court came back died on the floor of the House. Libby on Monday said with. We are in a great position to ensure legislative the Clean Elections fund was a waste of taxpayer candidates will continue using the public financing money. system instituted by the people of Maine through "When we look at all the things that we're spendreferendum." ing money on ... if we can't cut this, how can we ever The Supreme Court overturned parts of an Arizona dream of cutting anything else?" he said. system for public financing of campaigns, a system in Repealing the MCEA will result in $6.07 million itself based on Maine’s Clean Elections law. in savings, money the Legislature could redirect to Maine's matching fund system provides money to other priorities, he argued. enrolled candidates when their opponents receive "To me I looked at that as welfare for politicians, private contributions. The law is the result of a 1996 to me that should be the first thing cut out of the citizen initiative. budget," Libby said. Pingree said she’s hopeful the Maine system can "I think it also drives up the cost; in 2010 alone $6 be preserved. million in taxpayer money was spent" on campaigns “The Legislature is moving in the right direction through Maine's Clean Elections Act, Libby said. to at least consider any changes necessary to make "I don't believe it's actually keeping any money the Maine law comply with the Supreme Court decisions. We’ve had clean elections for a decade. Maine people know it works and they don’t want to give it up,” Pingree said. Others cheered the Supreme Court decision, calling the Clean ElecRt. 16 • Tamworth • 603-323-9375 tions fund little more than an unfair taxpayer Check with your local fire department if subsidy to candidates. Rep. Aaron Libby, permissible fireworks are allowed in your area.
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out, I think it's increasing the money," he said. The Maine Legislature is considering a bill this year that would require a legislative committee to study any necessary changes to keep Maine’s Clean Elections system in compliance with Supreme Court decisions, Pingree reported. The bill has won preliminary approval in both the House and Senate.
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Phoenix fourth NHL affiliate in Pirates history COYOTES from page one
"Folks, the faint of heart need not apply," Petrovek said. "The day of the jackal has arrived in Portland, and I couldn't be happier for our fans and the history of our franchise." The Buffalo Sabres on Friday announced the team's purchase agreement with the Rochester Americans hockey club, effectively ending Buffalo's affiliation with ABOVE: Portland Pirates CEO Brian Petrovek said Florida bowed out of contention as the Pirates’ afflilate; another candidate NHL team — the Vancouver Canucks — the Pirates. announced a new affiliation agreement with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hoffman said he Hockey League. RIGHT: Fan Mike Hoffman stands outside the Cumberland County would have wel- Civic Center where the Pirates play. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS) comed the howling both the 2005-06 and 2007-08 wolf emblem in lieu of seasons, the team reported. Salty Pete, the Pirates mascot. The first 12 seasons of Pirates "Actually, I was kind of hoping that we would go hockey were played under an from the Portland Pirates to the Portland Coyotes, I affiliation with the Washington would have liked the change of emblem and a differCapitals, the team reported. ent name," Hoffman said. Petrovek said fans can expect Petrovek said there are no plans to change the a different look on the ice. mascot, only the parent team that draws its players "I think you're going to see from local ranks. perhaps a different style of Fans may not see a new mascot or emblem on play. ... (Coyotes coach Dave) the uniform, but they can expect a flurry of other Tippett is a more defensive changes. oriented coach, I think you're As part of the transition, Ray Edwards will become going to see a bigger team, the seventh coach in the 17-year history of the Portprobably a more gritty team," land Pirates. he said. The Pirates also plan to establish a year-round On June 1, Kevin Dineen, training and practice facility in Saco, something formerly the Pirates head that Petrovek said was a draw for NHL teams when coach, was named the 11th considering an affiliation. Florida Panthers' head coach "It was very attractive to all four teams," he said in the history. Terms of the of those involved in negotiations. He called the Saco contract were not disclosed. facility something that will become "the best yearHoffman said, "Coach round high-performance training and practice facilDineen was a great coach, but ity in the league." it was time for him to make his "For the NHL partner, the quality of the training move, which was a great move facility on a year-round basis is more important to for him as well." them than the building that we're playing in," PetroPetrovek said he has nothing but best wishes for vek said. "So Saco hit a sweet spot for every single Dineen and his new NHL team, the Panthers — one of them. We hope to occupy that site by this next even as Florida was one of the NHL partners contime, perhaps a little bit later in the summer, next templated as a partner with Portland. year." Petrovek said Florida bowed out of contention, Phoenix becomes the fourth NHL affiliate in and another candidate NHL team — the Vancouver Pirates history. The Pirates were affiliated with the Canucks — announced recently its new affiliation Buffalo Sabres for the past three seasons (2008agreement with the Chicago Wolves of the American 2011) and posted a 131-79-17-13 record. From 2005Hockey League. 2008 Portland was affiliated with the Anaheim "For me it was more about: Why Phoenix? Ducks (2005-2008), compiling a .563 regular-season then it was about: Why not Vancouver or Florwinning percentage and making two Eastern Conida?" Petrovek said. "Clearly with the hiring of ference Finals appearances, losing in Game 7 in Kevin Dineen, the Florida situation changed, the dynamic changed dramatically, but they like others had every opportunity to be here, and they chose not to. Their reasons no longer matter to me, they shouldn't matter to us, and we wish Kevin and the Panthers well in their future, and I'm sure Kevin will have a successful career at the NHL Join us from 5 - 9 level, and I'm confident that the Panthers will find th a home for their development team." The personnel of the Coyotes — among them, $3.50 will be donated for Don Maloney, Phoenix general manager, and Brad every pizza sold. Treliving, Phoenix assistant general manager — have track records that suggest a successful Benefit: future, he said. "These are people who have been there, they've done it," Petrovek said, "they're paid the price. They understand what it takes to be successful under many different circumstances, and let us not forget, they're the team that wanted to be here 72 Commercial St., Portland, ME the most." Open Sun. thru Thurs 11:30am–9:00pm, Fri. & Sat. 11:30am–10:00pm Meanwhile, speculation is afoot that the Coy-
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otes, seeking new ownership, may relocate from Phoenix to Quebec City. "I want to make it clear that we did not choose to affiliate with Phoenix because we assumed Phoenix was going to move to Quebec City," Petrovek said. "Our assumption is that there will be a new owner in Phoenix, and that could happen sooner than later, and if there's a move out of that state at some point in time, it will be one that will surprise us and it will be one that we will respond to and I'm sure it will be a good move. But we do not expect the Coyotes to move from Arizona. If that happens, it happens, but it was not a part of the process we went through to choose a relationship with the Phoenix Coyotes." Hoffman, the stalwart fan, said he wouldn't be surprised by a Quebec City move. "I like the five-year deal, it's very rare in the NHL that anyone gets over a three-year (deal) ... we're looking at least the next five to 10 years with one solid team. The Coyotes, I know he said they're not moving to Quebec, but I've been watching it, and I've got a feeling that's where they're going, and that's fine, too," he said. Petrovek said that a new affliliation agreement won't affect the caliber of play in Portland, arguing "the consistency on the ice is the one I'm focused on." "The rebranding, the new relationships, the negotiating of a new affiliation agreement, that's behind the scenes, that's business; I don't look at these changes as hiccups. I look at it as each and every time we make a change, we've come out of it better than we were before," Petrovek said.
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Peaks Island vista The sun is about to set in this view from Back Shore on Peaks Island. Peaks Island offers a variety of summer events. On Saturday July 9 at 7:30 p.m., Ronda Dale, Doug Swift and Sheila McKinley will perform at the Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island. They comprise the popular trio, Truth About Daisies. Their music draws on many traditions including urban folk, country and melodic pop. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
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Portland Sea Dogs poised to greet 7 millionth fan The Portland Sea Dogs, Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, are nearing an attendance milestone, the team reported Monday. The Sea Dogs expect to welcome the 7 millionth fan in franchise history sometime during the next homestand which runs now through July 3. The Sea Dogs are 20,572 fans away from the milestone. The 7 millionth fan will receive a Sea Dogs prize package consisting of gift certificates to L.L. Bean, Buffalo Wild Wings, and an hour massage from SOMA Massage and Wellness in South Portland. Additionally, the 7 millionth fan will receive season tickets to the Sea Dogs and throw out a ceremonial first-pitch prior to the game. The 2011 season is the 18th season of play for the Sea Dogs. In the team’s first season in 1994, the Sea Dogs established a new Eastern League record in attendance as 375,197 fans made their way to Hadlock Field. Since that time the Sea Dogs have consistently drawn around 400,000 fans annually and rank among the attendance leaders in Double-A baseball, the team reported. Last season the Sea Dogs ranked third in attendance in the 12-team Eastern League, sixth out of the 30 Double-A teams, and 30th out of the 176 Minor League Baseball teams.
Maine Red Claws to kick off summer clinic series The Maine Red Claws today announced the return of the basket-
ball team’s Summer Clinic Series, which is once again sponsored by local Dunkin’ Donuts business owners. The series will be kicked off with a free clinic in Monument Square in Portland, on Thursday, June 30, from noon to 2 p.m. The clinic will be hosted by members of the Maine Red Claws staff and is open to kids of all ages. This event will mark the first stop on the Red Claws’ caravan to 13 select Dunkin’ Donuts locations across Maine, the organization reported. Throughout July and August, the Red Claws will travel as far south as Kittery and as far north as Presque Isle holding 90-minute clinics that will teach the fundamentals of basketball. “We are thrilled to have the support of Dunkin’ Donuts local business owners and to be able to offer the Summer Clinic Series to kids of all ages,” said Red Claws President and General Manger Jon Jennings. “We received overwhelming positive feedback from last year’s events and were blown away with the number of participants. This is a great way to bring a community together and get kids active.” The Red Claws and Dunkin’ Donuts will be handing out giveaways throughout the event with mascots, Crusher and Cuppy, cheering participants on as they complete the drills. “Working with the Red Claws to offer these clinics has been a great opportunity for the local Dunkin’ Donuts business owners,” said Dana Reid, Dunkin’ Donuts Field marketing manager. “We are always looking for ways to give back to the communities that we serve and the Red Claws are great partners.” No preregistration is necessary for this event. Additional information can be found on the Red Claws website www.maineredclaws.com.
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By Holiday Mathis what makes you happy. When your heart sings, everything else in your life sways to the rhythm. Nothing beats the feeling. It’s like you suddenly know why you were born. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You check in with people and let them know that you care about their happiness. If there’s anything you can do to increase the satisfaction of those around you, you do it, and it doesn’t feel like work to you at all. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll notice the needs and contributions of others, so mention what you see. Your comments will foster a mood of involvement and connection. There’s a culture of caring that is building all around you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Fear is quite often self-preserving and lifesaving. So don’t berate yourself for feeling afraid, even if others are not afraid of the same thing. Perhaps your wariness shows greater intelligence. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Most people are too focused on themselves to give you the praise and encouragement you so deserve now. It will boost your self-esteem to imagine what others would be saying if they were more perceptive and tuned in to you. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 28). You achieve a heroic level of maturity. You forgive the past and rewrite it to support the success story of your future. Through wisdom and discipline, you attain a goal in July. Romance is alive in August. Your social schedule is packed with fun in September. Invest in yourself in October. Financial gain comes in April. Aries and Pisces people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 50, 25, 2, 15 and 1.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You care a great deal -- perhaps even more than is healthy for you or effective for the situation. Consider dialing it back. What would happen if you let go just a little? Trust in life’s process. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You may not be entirely happy with the way you come across when the pressure is on. Give yourself credit anyway. You’re being much too hard on yourself these days. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). At this point, it would be nice to have a friend to help you understand your life -- someone with objectivity, wisdom, emotional intelligence and a gift for gentle communication. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Some jobs take only a matter of seconds, and yet you still can’t be bothered. That’s because you’re so focused on what matters to you now. You can always clean up the rough edges later. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your sense of self-worth will improve when you consciously decide to raise it up. Write down 10 things you like about yourself, and carry the list in your wallet. It’s more valuable than money. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You are genuinely interested in others -- where they are coming from, their stories and what they know. So you don’t think first about how it all applies to you; you just listen. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You will be somewhat disappointed in the actions of those around you. They can’t help that their perceptions are so different from yours, and they are only acting on what they know. Still, you feel the need to educate them. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Do
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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, June 28, the 179th day of 2010. There are 186 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo (sah-ruh-YAY’voh) by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip — the event which sparked World War I. On this date: In 1778, the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth (MAHN’-muth) took place in New Jersey; it was from this battle that the legend of “Molly Pitcher” arose. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles (vehr-SY’) was signed in France, ending the First World War. In Independence, Mo., future president Harry S. Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace. In 1939, Pan American Airways began regular trans-Atlantic air service with a flight that departed New York for Marseilles (mahrSAY’), France. In 1950, North Korean forces captured Seoul (sohl), the capital of South Korea. In 1951, a TV version of the radio comedy program “Amos ‘N’ Andy” premiered on CBS. (While criticized for racial stereotyping, it was the first network TV series to feature an all-black cast.) In 1978, the Supreme Court ordered the University of California-Davis Medical School to admit Allan Bakke (BAHK’-ee), a white man who argued he’d been a victim of reverse racial discrimination. In 1991, Joanne Was, a white woman, was attacked by a group of black women at a Detroit fireworks display in an incident captured on amateur video. (Five women later pleaded no contest to charges stemming from the incident.) In 2000, seven months after he was cast adrift in the Florida Straits, Elian Gonzalez was returned to his native Cuba. One year ago: The Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live. Today’s Birthdays: Blues singer-musician David “Honeyboy” Edwards is 96. Comedian-movie director Mel Brooks is 85. Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., is 77. Comedian-impressionist John Byner is 74. CIA Director Leon Panetta is 73. Rock musician Dave Knights (Procul Harum) is 66. Actor Bruce Davison is 65. Actress Kathy Bates is 63. Actress Alice Krige is 57. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer John Elway is 51. Record company chief executive Tony Mercedes is 49. Actress Jessica Hecht is 46. Rock musician Saul Davies (James) is 46. Actress Mary Stuart Masterson is 45. Actor John Cusack is 45. Actor Gil Bellows is 44. Actress-singer Danielle Brisebois is 42. Jazz musician Jimmy Sommers is 42. Actress Tichina Arnold is 42. Actor Alessandro Nivola (nih-VOH’-luh) is 39. Actress Camille Guaty is 35.
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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I’m a young woman who is living at home for the summer before moving away in the fall. Here’s my dilemma: Several months ago, I excitedly arranged for my long-distance boyfriend to live with my family and get work nearby. Unfortunately, now that he’s here, I find that I simply don’t want to be in a relationship with him anymore. He hasn’t done anything wrong. I’m just a different person from who I was a couple of years ago when we began dating. Now his little flaws that I so desperately convinced myself to overlook seem increasingly like deal breakers. I’m planning to give the relationship a few more weeks to make sure this isn’t simply a phase, but frankly, I don’t expect my feelings to change. How do I handle this? I realize that hurting him is inevitable, but breaking up with him in the middle of the summer and making him move out of my parents’ home could seriously undermine his efforts to pay for his own education. What’s even worse is that my friends and family are putting serious effort into accepting him into the family because they expect us to get married. I hate that they may form an attachment to someone I am now planning to break up with. I want to do the right thing and cause the least possible amount of hurt. Please help me, Annie. -- Hearts Don’t Break Even Dear Hearts: Don’t worry about your friends and relatives. They will manage. But you do need to talk to your boyfriend as soon as possible and explain that the relationship isn’t going to work out. Some pain cannot be avoided, so better now than later. Be as gentle as possible. Apologize for uprooting him. And, since his livelihood is currently dependent on his living arrangements, it would be gracious if your parents would allow him to stay temporarily while he looks for a
place of his own. Offer to help him search. The fact that you are moving away in the fall will make this easier on both of you. Dear Annie: I hope you will print my pet peeve so retailers will take notice. No matter where I shop, no one knows how to properly give change. If I pay $20 for a $15.95 purchase, the change is handed to me in a pile of coins, bills and a receipt. I have to fumble to count it. I cashiered many years ago. I would give the customer the nickel, saying, “And five cents makes 16,” and then count out the remaining four dollars, saying, “Seventeen, 18, 19, 20.” Most cashiers today can’t add or subtract without the register to do the thinking for them. In addition, when the transaction is complete, I am told cheerfully, “Have a good one.” Have a good what? Whatever happened to a simple, “Thank you, and please come again”? And last but not least, why is the receipt so long? Imagine how much paper could be saved if they skipped the surveys and advertising. -- Inger from N.H. who Hates To Shop Dear Inger: One function of this column is to allow the readers to let off a little steam now and then. Hope you feel better. Dear Annie: The letter from “Disappointed Grandmother” reminded me of a story I heard many years ago. Two elderly ladies were talking about gifts given to the grandchildren. Esther lamented that she had sent money to each of her grandchildren for Christmas and didn’t get a single thank-you note. Paula proudly said, “Every one of my grandchildren came personally to thank me for their gift.” At the look on Esther’s face, Paula simply smiled and said, “I didn’t sign the checks.” -- Michigan Grandma
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
Prickly City
by Scott Stantis
Whitey Bulger made several trips to Boston as armed fugitive (The New York Times/AP) Notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger told agents who arrested him last week that he returned to Boston in disguise and “armed to the teeth” several times during his 16 years on the run, prosecutors said Monday. The revelations about Bulger’s description of life on the lam were included in a memo filed Monday by federal prosecutors who are objecting to Bulger’s request for a taxpayer-funded attorney. Bulger, 81, the former leader of the Winter Hill Gang who is charged in connection with 19 murders, was arrested in Santa Monica, Calif., last week, after spending years on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list. Bulger, who was also a top-echelon FBI informant, fled Boston after he was tipped by his former FBI handler that he was about to be indicted. Bulger, while being brought back to Boston by federal agents, waived his Miranda rights and “admitted that he had been a frequent traveler as a fugitive,” Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brian Kelly and Fred Wyshak Jr. said in their memo. They said Bulger admitted traveling to Boston several times “armed to the teeth” because he “had to take care of some unfinished business.” “Bulger refused to elaborate on whom he visited, when exactly he visited, and who was with him on these trips to Boston,” Kelly and Wyshak wrote. “While Bulger also admitted that he had previously stashed money with people he trusted, he did not identify anyone who might be currently hiding his assets.” Bulger also said he visited Las Vegas to play the slots on numerous occasions and “claimed he won more than he lost.” He also said he traveled to San Diego, then crossed the Mexican border into Tijuana to buy medications, according to the memo. “The foregoing facts are of course significant because they indicate Bulger may have additional assets and/ or allies willing to assist him in his current predicament,” Kelley and Wyshak wrote in the memo. The prosecutors also said Bulger told the U.S. Pretrial Services office in Los Angeles that his brother, former Massachusetts Senate President William Bulger, may be willing to help post bail for Catherine Greig, Bulger’s longtime girlfriend who was arrested with him after the couple was found in California. Greig is charged with harboring a fugitive. “Of course, if that is true, William Bulger might also be willing to pay for an attorney to represent his brother, James Bulger,” prosecutors say in their memo. William Bulger could not immediately be reached for comment. Messages were left with his attorney, Thomas R. Kiley, and a spokesperson. Kelly and Wyshak said the court should require an affidavit from William Bulger and another Bulger brother, John, before deciding whether Whitey Bulger is entitled to a public defender. Peter Krupp, an attorney who represented Whitey Bulger at his initial appearance in court last week, said no one in Bulger’s family has offered to help him pay for his defense. “Mr. Bulger has not and will not request any members of his extended family to pay anything for his defense, nor can he control any family member’s assets to pay anything for his defense,” Krupp wrote in a memo arguing that Bulger does not have the money to pay for a private attorney. “His family has not come forward to hire counsel, and there is no evidence to support the government’s surmise that extended family members might be willing and able to hire counsel or make some contribution toward the cost of hiring counsel,” Krupp wrote. In their memo, prosecutors say that during his 16 years on the run, Bulger “financed a relatively comfortable lifestyle” for himself and Greig. After he was arrested, agents found $822,198 in cash in his apartment, much of it in packages containing $100 bills that were hidden inside a wall, prosecutors said. U.S. District Court Judge Mark Wolf will hold a hearing Tuesday on Bulger’s request for a public defender. Bulger’s girlfriend, who originally asked for a public defender, withdrew that request and hired Kevin Reddington, a high-profile criminal defense lawyer from Brockton.
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Tuesday, June 28 Bartending class at SMCC 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Southern Maine Community College is offering classes this summer in Continuing Studies for a variety of interests. Opportunities include courses for job skills and certification preparation as well as fun topics for personal enrichment. This course consists of instructions on how to set up a bar, purchase equipment, use of different types and sizes of glasses, how to order spirits, keep count of inventory and general costs, plus control of a bar/ lounge and the proper way of mixing drinks. TIPS Certification included in price of course. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, June 28 to July 27, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. www.smccme. edu/continuingstudies
Bomb Diggity Arts Program ‘TV SHOW’ 7 p.m. “Presenting episode two and three of TV SHOW followed by The Kidnap — a 1930s era spy movie. TV SHOW is a television variety show produced by Bomb Diggity Arts, a program of Momentum and Shoot Media Project, a program of Creative Trails. Using video cameras from the Community Television Network, artists in these two media programs create short documentaries, comedies, interviews, animations, music videos, etc. for the show. ... Anna Schechter, a staffer at Bomb Diggity Arts Program, and Natalie Conn, a staffer of Shoot Media are two SALT Alumni who started this innovative multi-media program with the adults with intellectual disabilities with whom they work. This project morphed into ‘TV SHOW.’” SPACE Gallery. www.space538.org
‘Summer of Love’ at Ogunquit Playhouse 8 p.m. The Ogunquit Playhouse, Route 1, Ogunquit. Box Office 1-800-982-2787 or go online ogunquitplayhouse.org for online ticketing and more information. June 22 through July 16, “Summer of Love.” “When a runaway bride discovers the countercultural revolution of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, with a little help from the hippies and dropouts of Golden Gate Park, she comes to realize she has to make her own kind of music! This hippie, trippy musical features the powerful music of the late 1960s, by some of the most influential artists of the love generation: The Mamas and the Papas, Donovan, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and many more.” Next on stage: “The Music Man,” July 20-Aug. 20; “Legally Blonde” starring Sally Struthers, Aug.24-Sept. 17; and “Miss Saigon,” Sept. 21-Oct. 23.
2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “Annie” springs to life on June 29, complete with The Orphans, Annie’s dog Sandy, Daddy Warbucks, and Miss Hannigan at Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick. Through July 16. http://msmt.org
Asylum Nightclub & Sports Bar 15th anniversary
Music rights workshop
8 p.m. “Asylum Nightclub & Sports Bar will open its doors to host a week full of special events to celebrate its 15-year legacy as a notable hotspot on the Portland and Maine music scenes as well as to showcase the extensive cosmetic and technical renovations. Owners Krista Newman, Valerie Levy and Laurie Willey will thank the Portland community with a series of events; Tuesday, June 28, guests will have the chance to sample the talent at Asylum’s regular weekly event nights. The talented DJs from Wednesday Karaoke, Thursday Retro, Friday Plague, and Saturday Nice Action nights will each perform for an hour and share their unique twists on the musical genres. Thursday, June 30, will focus on local musicians with a Taste of the Local in the upstairs room. And Friday, July 1, will feature the return of SixGig, kicking off their reunion tour and WCYY’s Summer Camp.” http://portlandasylum.com/15th-anniversary-week
6:30 p.m. A workshop, led by attorney Valerie Lovely of The Music Law Firm, “is designed to give performers, producers and dance instructors an overview of music rights as it pertains to performing and how to obtain permission to use a piece of music in a production or show.” Presented at SPACE Gallery by Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and Dark Follies in collaboration with Portland Music Foundation and Lucid Stage. www.space538.org/events.php
PORTopera, Portland’s only opera company, has been producing fully-staged operas since 1995. Summer 2011 marks its 17th season, in which the company will produce Gaetano Donizetti’s “La Fille du Regiment.” Performances begin Thursday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. Here, a scene from “Romeo et Juliette,” 2008. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Wednesday, June 29 ‘Annie’ at MSMT
Property Assessed Clean Energy loan program
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. How local homeowners can finance and move ahead on energy-saving projects for their homes, using Efficiency Maine’s new low-interest loan program, will be the focus of a community forum at Ocean Avenue Elementary School. The event is hosted by the Maine Chapter of Sierra Club, Efficiency Maine and Maine Partners for Cool Communities and its signature Green Sneakers Project. The program at Ocean Avenue Elementary School, 150 Ocean Ave., is open to the public. Homeowners and community leaders are encouraged to attend. Forum presenters include Efficiency Maine residential program specialist Dana Fischer, who will provide an overview of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loan program, already adopted by more than 70 communities including Portland, South Portland, Falmouth, and other neighboring communities. Dave Marshall, City Councilor, and Chair of the Energy and Environmental Sustainability Committee will provide background on the city’s adoption of the PACE program and share success stories of various initiatives undertaken by the Energy and Environmental Sustainability Committee. For more information, please contact Green Sneakers-Portland Team at 774Elliot Brackett Lyons with Portland Improv Experience. Since 2010, Portland Improv Experience 7989 or Sierra Club at 761-5616 (PIE) has brought long form improvisational theater to audiences across southern Maine. The or visit the MPCC website at www. troupe performs at Lucid Stage this week. (COURTESY PHOTO) coolmaine.org.
‘Ida’s Having a Yard Sale’ 7:30 p.m. Ida Leclair, “the funniest woman in Maine,” is having a yard sale. From crocheted toilet paper covers to the complete Box Car Willy record collection and plenty of gossip going around Mahoosuc Mills. Performances are June 22 through July 2, Wednesday through Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 5 p.m. Tickets are $22.50/ $17.50 for seniors and students, and are available through Brown Paper Tickets, www.freeportfactory.com 865-5505. The Freeport Factory Stage is located at 5 Depot St., downtown Freeport, one block east of L.L. Bean.
Thursday, June 30 ‘Effective Networking’ seminar noon to 1 p.m. “What Everyone Does, But Few Do Well: Effective Networking,” part of the Wisdom at Work series at the Portland Public Library, Rines Auditorium. Free and open to the public. Featuring Barbara Babkirk of Heart At Work Career Counseling.
Build Your Network with the Sea Dogs 5:30 p.m. The Portland Sea Dogs, Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, are offering a summer networking series titled “Build Your Network.” The series, which gets underway on June 30th, is designed to give professionals in the business community an opportunity for professional development, creating contacts and to network in a casual social setting at the ballpark. The summer networking series will consist of three events over the course of the summer. The first event is on June 30 with the remaining events taking place on July 14, and Aug. 23. Each event will include a featured local business leader speaking, networking opportunities in the Coca-Cola Picnic Grove at Hadlock Field, and a Portland Sea Dogs baseball game. The speaking portion of the series will take place at 5:45 p.m. in the Portland Room and will conclude at approximately at 6:15 p.m. Following the speaking portions, all attendees are welcome to continue networking in the Coca Cola picnic area, where you will be able to enjoy a ballpark style dinner consisting of hamburgers, hot dogs, BBQ chicken sandwiches, Sea Dog biscuits, and much more. After dinner enjoy watching the Sea Dogs in action, game time is set for 7 p.m. Tickets to each event cost $20, and include the speaking portion as well as your ticket to the game in the Coca Cola Picnic Area with food. Tickets are limited and can be purchased by contacting Liz Riley at the Sea Dogs office at 874-9300 or email at lriley@ seadogs.com. The series will kick off on Thursday, June 30 at 5:30 p.m. and will feature Eastern League President Joe McEacharn as the speaker prior to that evenings’ 7 p.m. game against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays). see next page
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Portland Improv Experience at Lucid Stage 7:30 p.m. “Since 2010, Portland Improv Experience (PIE) has brought long form improvisational theater to audiences across southern Maine. Each show features PIE’s ensemble cast working together to create uncommon stories driven by audience inspiration. ... Portland Improv Experience brings a different kind of improv to Maine’s theater scene. In addition to live performances, PIE is committed to expanding theater and arts education across Maine through classes and workshops. Most recently PIE worked with Yarmouth High School to produce student programming for the state’s One Act Festival and was a featured company in the first annual Portland Improv Festival.” $10. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland. 899-3993. www. LucidStage.com
Friday, July 1 Peaks Island photographer Arthur Fink exhibit kicks off Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Bates Dance Festival based in Lewiston announces its 29th season of public events, taking place July 1 through Aug. 13 on the Bates College campus. The six-week festival showcases contemporary performance works by Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Nicholas Leichter Dance, Zoe | Juniper, The Equus Projects and Black Label Movement, and David Dorfman Dance. Performances, panel discussions and lectures by more than 40 internationally recognized dancers from across the United States and abroad. Performance times and locations appear on the festival website: www.batesdancefestival.org. Images from the Festival: Dance Photo Exhibit — “Peaks Island photographer, Arthur Fink, has a passion for dance. For the last four summers he has spent several weeks photographing dancers at the Festival. These stunning and provocative images capture the dancers at work — warming up, taking class and rehearsing. Included are images of the acclaimed artistsin-residence.” July 1 to Aug. 14, Chase Hall Gallery, Open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Also featured: Monday, July 11, Schaeffer Theatre, 7:30 p.m., a sneak preview: Camille Brown and her dancers share snippets and talk about the stories behind the work. Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Friday and Saturday, July 15 and 16, Schaeffer Theatre, 8 p.m., the vivid and versatile Camille A. Brown is a pixy-ish performer who packs a punch. Festival Finale, Saturday, Aug. 13, Alumni Gym, 7:30 p.m., discover and celebrate the next generation of dance luminaries.
Scenes of Life in Portland, 1940s at MHS 2 p.m. “Innocent Interlude: Scenes of Life in Portland, Maine, 1940-41 (2004),” Daily Screenings: Monday-Friday in July and August at the Maine Historical Society. “Take an amazing tour of Portland in the early 1940s. City officials made this remarkable series of color films that document life around Portland, capturing: longshoremen unloading ships on the waterfront; regattas; a soap box derby on Park Avenue; baseball, swan boats, and ice skating at Deering Oaks Park; aerial views of the city; snow plows; the removal of trolley tracks from Congress Street, and many other subjects. Film narrated by Historian Joel Eastman. (60 minutes).” www.mainehistory.org
Bath Heritage Days 5 p.m. Celebrate the Fourth of July during Bath Heritage Days. “Join us for a citywide festival featuring live music, a carnival on the waterfront, art and craft shows in Library Park, a fireman’s muster, and annual Heritage Days Parade. There will be a fireworks finale on the 4th on the Kennebec River.” Events start with Smokey’s Greatest Show and Carnival, 5-11 p.m. at Waterfront Park. Downtown Bath/Waterfront/Library Park. July 1-July 4. www.visitbath.com
Images of the Longfellow Garden 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Images of the Longfellow Garden, First Friday Art Walk. “Enjoy Portland’s vibrant First Friday Art Walk and come see the current show in the Shettleworth Gallery, Images of the Longfellow Garden (May 6-Aug. 30). The historical images in this exhibit trace the evolution of the garden — one of Maine Historical Society and Portland’s great treasures — through the years. The Longfellow Garden will be open late for art walk patrons.
First Friday Art Walk at Meg Perry 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Meg Perry Center at 644 Congress St. presents: The Refugee Women’s Craft Collective, featuring work from Columbia, Rwanda and Japan. “Imagine arriving in a country where everything, from language to social customs, is different from everything you have ever known. To a refugee, our country is another world. Many refugee women arrive uneducated and illiterate and have difficulty in adjusting to their new lives in America. It is difficult to find work because they are unable to afford childcare for their
children. ... A group of refugee women have come together to form the Refugee Women’s Craft Collective as a way to support their families, eliminating the language barrier that they all face. The women in the group originate from areas such as, Burma, Iraq, Somalia, and Sudan. Please help us support the women as they work to rebuild their lives.” Call 523-2737 or email abullard@ccmaine.org.
Sonia Anne-Cook Broen at the St. Lawrence
Follow the Cassini probe 8:30 p.m. “The Southworth Planetarium is the one place where you can go under the ground to discover the wonders above the sky.” The Southworth Planetarium is in the Science Building on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland Campus. The building’s physical address is 70 Falmouth St. “Follow the Cassini probe as it travels to the Saturn system. See close-up views of this fantastic world.” Admission: $6, adults; $5, children. http://www.usm.maine. edu/planet/
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. First Friday Open Artist Reception: “Transitions” New Works by Sonia Anne-Cook Broen. Free open-house reception. “‘Transitions’ is Sonia’s first solo-show here in Portland since moving to the city a year ago after the Deep Water Horizon oil spill forced her to consider a new place to live. Sonia moved to Portland to be closer to family and because the city embraces an environmental consciousness that she felt was lacking in her southerly home.” For more information on this artist please visit her site at: http://soniacookbroen.com. A portion of proceeds will benefit the St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center. For more information: www. stlawrencearts.org.
Open Gates Equine Rescue yard sale
First Friday Art Walk at SPACE
Bath Heritage Days continues
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. New York based artists Elia Bettaglio, Selena Kimball and Tatiana Simonova present drawings in various media. This is SPACE Gallery’s first show in a new annex space. www.space538.org
Dressing Up: First Friday Art Walk 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dressing Up: First Friday Art Walk at Maine Historical Society. “Spend a wonderful summer evening at MHS. See the amazing accessories, costumes, and other accoutrement on display in Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In: Adornment & Identity in Maine, 1750-1950, our brand new exhibit, and then take a stroll through the magnificent, serene Longfellow Garden. Visitors are invited to take and email us photographs of themselves in front the Dressing Up studio backdrop, and to contribute their own audio stories to our exhibit cell phone tour. Refreshments will be served.”
One Longfellow Square’s First Friday Free Concert 6 p.m. “Celebrate summer with some live outdoor music at One Longfellow Square. This Friday, July 1, between 6-7:30, the band Truth About Daisies, http://www.truthaboutdaisies. com, will be playing in Longfellow Square. Truth About Daisies is not some far flung zen meditation practice but rather is an original folk flower power trio of Portland musicians wielding acoustic guitars, harps, mando, banjo, and bass. They even fire up the electric guitar from time to time. The band is known for their vocal harmonies and quirky introspective songs that range from ballads to blues, folk to reggae.”
‘Octubre’ at the PMA 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 1, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, July 2, 2 p.m.; Sunday, July 3, 2 p.m. NR. Portland Museum of Art presents “Octubre” as part of its Movies at the Museum series. “October is the ‘purple month’ in Lima, when the grey city’s somber tones give way to processions celebrating the Lord of Miracles. Hope is reborn among the throngs of devotees who light candles and follow the processions, each in search of their own miracle. Tucked away in one of the Lima’s modest flats lives Clemente, a small time loan shark with a penchant for reckless hookers, grave solitude, money lending, and nothing else. Stuck in a shallow routine, Clemente lacks any real emotional connection to anyone. People, in turn, refer to him not by name, but as ‘the pawnbroker’s son.’ Whether it’s a slippery counterfeiter, an amiable thief or a desperate neighbor, Clemente is sensitive only to what their business might bring him.” http://www.portlandmuseum.org/ events/movies.php
Comedian Bob Marley at The Landing 6:30 p.m. Comedian Bob Marley at The Landing at Pine Point in Scarborough. “Bob Marley is back at it again at The Landing at Pine Point!!! We are really excited about the funny man’s return. In fact, due to popular demand and the fact that he has sold out 4 consecutive times here, we are excited to have him back in September also. Get your tickets now and don’t wait.” Doors at 6:30 p.m., dinner served until 9 p.m., curtain at 8 p.m. A 21-plus event. www.thelandingatpinepoint.com
Portland Playback Theater ‘Bloopers’ 7:30 p.m. “Join us this month as we visit those moments that didn’t go exactly as planned. In life, control and predictability are illusions, and every once in a while we are reminded of that. Sometimes it’s for the better, and sometimes not, but as Lennon said, ‘Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans.’ Also for this month’s performance, Playback is moving to a new location, Community Television at 516 Congress St. in Portland (the performance will not be recorded). Show starts at 7:30 p.m. sharp, $7 at the door. Every month, Portland Playback Theater Company puts five actors at your disposal to honor the stories of your life, unrehearsed and on the spot.” Learn more at www.portlandplayback.com.
Saturday, July 2 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Open Gates Equine Rescue is sponsoring a multi-family yard sale at the First Congregational Church Parish House, 8 Brown Street, Gray (right behind McDonald’s). If raining, yard sale will be held inside the Parish House. Many household items, some estate items and some horse tack. FMI, please call 926-5570. 8:30 a.m. Celebrate the Fourth of July during Bath Heritage Days. “Join us for a citywide festival featuring live music, a carnival on the waterfront, art and craft shows in Library Park, a fireman’s muster, and annual Heritage Days Parade. There will be a fireworks finale on the Fourth on the Kennebec River.” Events continue with Farmer’s Market. Downtown Bath/ Waterfront/Library Park. Bath Municipal Band Pre-fireworks Concert 8 p.m. Monday; fireworks over the Kennebec River 9 p.m. Monday. July 1-July 4. www.visitbath.com
LucidFest at Lucid Stage 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd, presents LucidFest. “Stop by Lucid Stage this weekend for an outdoor fair! We’ll have arts & crafts vendors, caricatures by Ed King, massage therapy, a yard sale, live music, performances and children’s activities! If it rains, we’ll move inside. Performers scheduled: The Humble Farmer, Herb Adams, Chuck Muldoon, Harlan Baker, Daniel Noel and friends, Cliff Gallant, Peter Mezoian, Deena R. Weinstein, Britta Pejic, The Magic of The Steelgraves, and many more!” Also Sunday. 899-3993
Herb Cooking Workshop 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A hands-on Herb Cooking Workshop will be held at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester. Harvesting and drying of herbs, herb blend recipes and prepared foods will be part of this workshop as well as attendees making their own herb blends. Fee: $40 (pre-registration required).
New Gloucester History Barn Open House 10 a.m. The Declaration of Independence will be read aloud at the monthly New Gloucester History Barn Open House, Route 231, behind the Town Hall. The complete History Barn open hours on that day are 9 a.m. to noon. The event is sponsored by the New Gloucester Historical Society.
Floorcloth Workshop 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A Floorcloth Workshop will be held on, 2011 at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester. Participants will make a 2-foot by 3-foot canvas floorcloth using traditional designs or designs of their own making. Betsy Grecoe who sells her floorcloths at the Shaker Store will be the instructor. Fee: $55 (includes all materials) (pre-registration required).
The Dave Astor Show Visits Jordan’s Meats 2 p.m. The Dave Astor Show Visits Jordan’s Meats, at Maine Historical Society. Weekly Screenings: Saturdays at 2 p.m. in July and August. “Join us for a screening of the only remaining episode of The Dave Astor Show, one of Maine’s best-loved homegrown television shows. The program, which aired on Saturday afternoons from 19561971, featured students from area high schools performing dance routines and other productions. The Dave Astor Show, Maine’s own American Bandstand, quickly became a teenage phenomenon, a fixture in numerous homes, and provided invaluable training and experiences for the students who participated. In this episode, recorded in 1962, Dave and his students help celebrate the opening of the new Jordan’s Meats plant in Portland with song, dance, and lots of fun. (60 minutes).” www.mainehistory.org
The Chebeague Chebang! 3 p.m. “A New Traditions Festival, it’s a summer jubilee, replete with Pig Roast, Live Music, Games and huge fireworks. Play some badminton, have a cocktail out on the porch or cut a rug out on the lawn. It’s going to be a splendid afternoon of activities for young and old.” Children’s Art Activities: Oak Street Studios, Yard Games: Port Sports. Musical performances throughout the day: Jose Ayerve, Emilia Dahlin, Turn Pollock, South Bound & Grand Hotel. Rain Date: Sunday, July 3. Departure: 3 pm Casco Bay Lines to Chebeague Island. www.chebeagueislandinn.com/ see next page
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Independence Day Fireworks Display in Ogunquit 7:30 p.m. Musical entertainment at 7 p.m. Fireworks display at 9:30 p.m. “DJ Jaz will spin tunes 7 p.m. to 9:10 p.m. as we settle in to watch the show!” Ogunquit Beach. www. ogunquit.org
‘IndepenDance — Rage Against LePage’ 9 p.m. Club Evolution (Racks), 272 St John St. (downstairs below Maine Hardware) formerly The Station. A Raging Benefit Dance Party for the Portland Democratic City Committee, created by Greg Silverchild Gould, Jill Barkley, Bryan Bonesaw Kessler, Joel Turgo. “IndepenDance — Rage Against LePage raises funds and heart rate for Portland Dems.”
Wednesday, July 6 Lobsterman’s Park kids’ activities 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Free activities with the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine every week, Wednesdays, July 6, 13, 20, 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Lobsterman’s Park (corner of Union and Middle Streets). July 6 — Whale Wonders. Lean the difference between toothed and baleen whales, touch real whale baleen and make a whale tail craft. July 13 — Beaver Business. Take a look at a beaver skull and fur, then take part in a craft to learn about beaver adaptations. July 20 — Dino Discovery. Investigate a life size T-Rex jawbone and make a dough dino fossil to take home. July 27 — Understanding Owls. Lean about an owl’s silent flight and other hunting techniques by exploring artifacts and making a craft. www.portlandmaine.com or www.childrensmuseumofme.org
Monday, July 4 Blueberry Pancake & Sausage Breakfast 7 a.m. Twentieth annual breakfast will be celebrated by serving free meals to “active-duty military personnel.” Local parade down Main Street follows at 10 a.m. St. Jude Church, 134 Main St., Freeport. 865-6624
Bath Heritage Days continues 7:45 a.m. Celebrate the Fourth of July during Bath Heritage Days. “Join us for a citywide festival featuring live music, a carnival on the waterfront, art and craft shows in Library Park, a fireman’s muster, and annual Heritage Days Parade. There will be a fireworks finale on the Fourth on the Kennebec River.” Events continue with One-Mile Fun Run. Downtown Bath/Waterfront/Library Park. Bath Municipal Band Pre-fireworks Concert 8 p.m. Monday; fireworks over the Kennebec River 9 p.m. Monday. July 1-July 4. www.visitbath.com
Free summer concerts in Portland
Celebrate the Fourth of July noon. A Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence by former state representative Herb Adams. Join the Maine Historical Society to celebrate the Fourth of July with a public reading of the Declaration of Independence in front of the Longfellow House at 489 Congress St. MHS owns one of only 25 surviving copies of the rare 1776 Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration. http://www.mainehistory.org/ programs_events.shtml#event_206
Fourth of July celebration in Portland noon. Portland’s annual Fourth of July celebration, The Stars and Stripes Spectacular, will be held at the Eastern Promenade Park. Vendors will be open at noon. The celebration will feature a free Patriotic Pops concert by the Portland Symphony Orchestra with performances of Sousa, Copland, and Tchaikovsky. The concert is scheduled to begin at 7:40 p.m. and will run throughout the fireworks display, which will begin at 9:20 p.m. Prior to the pops concert, spectators can enjoy a special performance by “Maine’s funniest comedian,” Bob Marley, presented by the Bangor Savings Bank and starting at 6 p.m. A rain date for the Fourth of July event is scheduled for Tuesday, July 5. Call the city’s hotline at 756-8130 if a change seems likely. The Stars and Stripes Spectacular is entirely privately funded including support from Founding Partners of the July 4th Portland Foundation, The Portland Press Herald/ Maine Sunday Telegram, Quirk Chevrolet, Wright Express and the Maine Red Claws. Additional support for this year’s event was provided by Major Sponsor — Bath Savings Bank; Gold Sponsors — Time Warner Cable, Unum and Cross Insurance; Silver Sponsors — PowerPay, Woodard & Curran, Famous Dave’s BBQ, and Citadel Broadcasting; Contributing Sponsors — Proprietors of Union Wharf, MEMIC, Creative Office Pavilion, KeyBank and countless donations from area business and individuals. “It is estimated that 50,000 people will watch the program throughout the city and to accommodate spectators that want to ride their bikes to Munjoy Hill, the city’s first ever Valet Bicycle Parking area, located near the cannon at Fort Allen Park, will be open allowing cyclists to park their bicycle for free. Sponsored by the Bicycle Coalition of Maine and the Portland Bicycle Community Meetup, people will be able to leave their bike in a staffed parking area, no lock required. Bicycle lights will be available for sale from Gorham Bike & Ski, to ensure that spectators can ride home legally after dark. Valet Bike Parking will be available from 6 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. Attendees are reminded to throw their trash away or take it with them when they leave the park. In an effort to make recycling easier for spectators, recycling bins will be widely available throughout the area for bottles, cans and other recyclables. Staff will be walking through the park to answer questions or direct the public to the nearest recycling bin or trash container. Public restrooms will be open at the East End Beach, Turner Street and the top of Cutter Street. Due to the crowds and loud noises, spectators are asked to leave their pets at home. A variety of vendors offering 4th of July souvenirs, food and drink will be located along the Eastern Promenade. Per the State Fire Marshal, the tennis courts, playground and ball fields on the Eastern Promenade, are within the fireworks shoot zone and will be closed as of 7 a.m. on July 4. The East End Boat launch as well as Cutter Street and all the parking lots at Cutter Street will be closed from 10 p.m. July 3 to 6:30 a.m. July 5.
Portland’s annual Fourth of July celebration, The Stars and Stripes Spectacular, will be held at the Eastern Promenade Park, Monday, July 4. (FILE PHOTO) Boaters can access alternate launches nearby including the Falmouth Town Landing on Route 88 ($10 for non-resident, 781-7371), Bug Light Boat Launch in South Portland ($5 for resident, $6 for non esident) and Portland Yacht Services ($50 includes parking, $35 no parking, 774-167). For information about the events scheduled for the day, visit www. july4thportland.org.
Simply Tsfat in Portland 4 p.m. On Independence Day, the Simply Tsfat are on tour in the U.S. and will be performing at Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue, 76 Noyes St. in Portland. “This is a band of musicians from Tsfat, Israel, who perform Breslov Chassidic music, which is full of joy and mystical magic. This will be a great event, with music, singing, dancing, storytelling. Don’t miss it! Free event, sponsored by Beth Israel of Old Orchard Beach, and generous donations of a number of individuals.” Call 934-2928 or visit www.simplytsfat.com
MECA Master of Fine Arts lectures 6:30 p.m. Each summer, the Master of Fine Arts program at Maine College of Art invites guest artists, curators and scholars to participate in the curriculum. All visiting artists deliver a free public lecture in Osher Hall at 6:30 p.m. July 5: Juan Logan; Logan’s paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations and videos address the interconnections of race, place and power. July 11: Sina Najafi; Najafi is the Editor of Cabinet Magazine. July 18: Anne West; West is a writer, theorist, and independent curator. She teaches in the graduate program at RISD. July 25: Lee Boroson; Boroson’s airy sculptures give viewers the chance to experience the ineffable impossibilities of the world. Aug. 1: Hamish Fulton; Since the early 1970s, Fulton has been labeled as a sculptor, photographer, conceptual artist andland artist. Fulton, however, characterises himself as a “walking artist.” Aug. 8: Lisi Raskin; Raskin handcrafts whimsical recreations of military command centers. This summer the MFA’s Moth Press is also releasing Mapping the Intelligence of Artistic Work; An Explorative Guide to Making, Thinking, and Writing by Anne West. Her lecture on July 18 will be followed by a book signing. West is an educator, writer, and independent curator. She teaches in the Division of Graduate Studies at Rhode Island School of Design, where she supports students across disciplines in conceptualizing and writing their master’s thesis. http://www.meca.edu/mfa
8 p.m. Bring a chair or blanket, sit back and enjoy the music throughout the summer months. Portland Recreation, Families of the Western Prom Neighborhood, West End Neighborhood Association, Maine Red Claws, Quirk Chevrolet, Friends of Eastern Promenade, Kemp Goldberg Partners, Betty Winterhalder Fund, Trevor & Joe, Coyne Piergrossi Associates, Keller Williams Realty, SMRT, the Italian Heritage Center Concert Band and the Willey Trust sponsor these free outdoor concerts. FMI: 756-8275; Information and cancellation hotline: 756-8130. Sunset Folk Series At The Western Prom Park: Sponsored by Families of the Western Prom Neighborhood and WENA. Concerts last approximately 40 minutes. (During inclement weather, concert canceled.) Held Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. (or as announced) at Western Prom Park. July 6, 8 p.m. Rob Simpson http://www.myspace.com/ robysimpson; July 13, 7:45 p.m., Darien Brahms http:// www.myspace.com/darienbrahms; July 20, 7:45 p.m., Mark Farrington; Wednesday, July 27, 7:30 p.m., Sorcha http://www.myspace.com/sorchasongs; Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m., Phantom Buffalo http://www.myspace.com/phantombuffalo; Aug. 10, 7:30 p.m., Will Gattis http://www.myspace. com/gattistheband. Crusher’s Kids Concerts in the Park: Concerts last approximately 40 minutes. Concerts held Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Bandstand, Deering Oaks Park. (During inclement weather concert relocated to Reiche Community Center, 166 Brackett Street). July 7, Jon Call (Camp Songs); July 14, Delilah & Chandra (Singing Hands); July 21, Tangletoons (Maine Songs); July 28, Sparks Ark (Wild Animals); Aug. 4, Sammie Haynes (Singer Songstress). Friends Of Eastern Promenade Concert Series: Sponsored by the Friends of the Eastern Promenade. Concerts last approximately one hour. Concerts held Thursdays at 7 p.m. at Bandstand, Fort Allen Park. July 7, Delta Knights (Rock ‘n’ Roll) sponsored by SMRT; July 14, Don Roy Band (Fiddlers); sponsored by a Friend of the Eastern Prom; July 21, Chandler’s Band (Marches & Big Band Era) sponsored by the Willey Trust; July 28, Sean Mencher and his Rhythm Kings (Rockabilly) sponsorship in Memory of Betty Winterhalder; Aug. 4, Big Chief (Rhythm & Roots Music) sponsored by Trevor & Joe Coyne Piergrossi Associates and Keller Williams Realty; Aug. 11, The McCarthys (Country Rock) sponsored by Kemp Goldberg Partners; Aug. 18, Banda di Nepi (Community Band from Italy) sponsored by the Italian Heritage Center (rain date at center). www.portlandmaine.gov/rec/summer.htm
Maine Festival of American Music 7 p.m. The Sixth Annual Maine Festival of American Music: Its Roots and Traditions will be held from July 6-9 at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, New Gloucester. The festival’s free program flyer is now available by contacting 9264597 or usshakers@aol.com.
‘Trollhunter’ at SPACE Gallery 7:30 p.m. “The government says there’s nothing to worry about – it’s just a problem with bears making trouble in the mountains and forests of Norway. But local hunters don’t believe it — and neither do a trio of college students who want to find out the truth. Armed with a video camera, they trail a mysterious ‘poacher,’ who wants nothing to do with them. But their persistence lands them straight in the path of the objects of his pursuits: Trolls. They soon find themselves documenting every move of this grizzled, unlikely hero — The Troll Hunter — risking their lives to uncover the secrets of creatures only thought to exist in fairy tales. Talk on trolls to follow with Loren Coleman, cryptozoologist, author and director of the International Cryptozoology Museum.”