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Men: We can halt ‘vicious cycle of abuse’ Groups pledge to break cycles of family violence

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

In "outrage and response" to recent homicides over the past three weeks, groups committed to ending domestic violence gathered Thursday in Lincoln Park to pledge a renewed effort to break the cycle of violence.

On June 6 in Winslow, Nathaniel Gordon chased his wife, Sarah Gordon, 30, down the street with a handgun, shooting her several times and killing her in front of a neighbor’s house. Gordon, 32, fled in his wife’s car and later shot himself to death in Gray after a police chase, police reported.

On June 13, Steven Lake, 37, went to the Dexter home of his wife, Amy Lake, 38, and their 13-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter and shot them to death before taking his own life, Maine State Police reported.

Not all domestic violence incidents end in death, but the scars of abuse can repeat through future generations, speakers noted.

Jim Morse, superintendent of schools in Portland, offered hope based on his own experience as an abused child.

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"We are sickened by the abuse of women and children by men, and we are here to say that it has to end," said Drew Wing, executive director of Boys to Men, a group that spearheaded a press event in Lincoln Park Thursday in response to a string of domestic violence-related homicides in Maine. Boys to Men and the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence both have grants to help educate the public about domestic violence. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Byway project to link schools, neighborhoods across Deering

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Later this summer, the city will begin construction on an ambitious transportation project designed to connect several off-Peninsula neighborhoods and improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians.

The Deering Center Neighborhood Byway, a pilot project conceived by city transportation officials, charts a four-mile path along side streets between Woodford’s Corner and Nason’s Corner.

Along the way, the city is planning to add sidewalks, crosswalks, special signage and new tools for traffic calming.

At its core, the program is about connecting important destinations along a route that most pedestrians and cyclists will feel comfortable using.

“The centers of gravity are the schools,” said Bruce Hyman, the city’s bicycle and pedestrian program coordinator, who noted that the city tried to create a network with “good connectivity” between “places that people want to travel to in the first place.”

“These are the primary destinations we are trying to link with the program,” he said, referring to Deering High, Longfellow Elementary and Lincoln Middle and Hall

Midtown chase ends in arrest, injury to officer

BY MARGE NIBLOCK SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A furious foot chase over fences and through backyards in the Midtown neighborhood ended with a Portland man's arrest and injuries to a local officer.

Officer Dan Knight, the department's Senior Lead Officer for Sector 2, went into 259 Oxford St. looking for Matthew Tozier, 32, of

Portland, who was wanted by police for several outstanding warrants. According to police, Knight found him on the second floor of the building, but Tozier didn’t want to be taken into custody.

A struggle ensued at the top of a landing, with both men tumbling down the flight of stairs together. Then see CHASE page 8

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Fewer July 4 tourists expected

Our transition trifecta

Pastor embraces tour highlighting violence in the Congo

See News Briefs on page 3

See Jeffrey Spofford on page 5

Bicycle team due to arrive in Portland Saturday; see the story, page 20

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Fashion meets fishing CAPE NEDDICK, Me. (NY Times) — The most enthusiastic customers at the Eldredge Brothers Fly Shop of late are not looking to buy fly fishing reels or snag stripers. They are here to make a fashion statement.

In an improbable collision of cutting-edge chic and a hobby that requires drab waders, fly fishing shops around the country are suddenly inundated with stylish women looking to get in on the latest trend: long, colorful feathers that are bonded or clipped into hair. Demand for the feathers, before now exclusively the domain of fly fishermen, who use them to tie flies, has created a shortage, forcing up the price and causing fly shops and hairdressers to compete for the elusive plumes.

“I’ve been out for probably a month,” said Bill Thompson, the owner of North Country Angler in North Conway.

“There is that worry that next year, fishermen won’t have materials they’ll need.”

The circumstances are especially strange because a proudly stodgy and traditionbound industry content to hide from the world beyond the river is competing in this niche marketplace with a fad that may not last as long as a trout’s spawning season.

“For someone to use them as a fashion statement is just sacrilegious,” said Bob Brown, 65, a fly fisherman who lives in an recreational vehicle parked in Kennebunk, Maine.

He said he had been tying flies for 50 years and this is the first time he had ever heard of a feather shortage.

“They’ve been genetically bred for fly tying, and that’s what they should be used for,” Mr. Brown said.

Fly fishing feathers — which individually are called hackles and as a group called saddles — are harvested from roosters painstakingly bred to grow supple feathers. It takes more than a year for a rooster to grow feathers long and pliable enough for use by fly fishermen. Because no one could have predicted the fashion trend, there are not enough to go around.

Thomas Whiting, the owner of Whiting Farms, the country’s largest hackle producer, said the company stopped taking new accounts several months ago after being unable to fulfill orders for current customers. Today, about one-fifth of their feathers are used for “fashion fodder,” Mr. Whiting said.

Mr. Whiting produces about 80,000 roosters a year for feathers and owns specific genetic lines that guarantee long, strong feathers. Each bird has his own “apartment” where he is “truly pampered” before being euthanized and plucked, he said.

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Public sector workers strike in Britain over pensions

BY SARAH LYALL THE NEW YORK TIMES

LONDON —Joining a growing wave of unrest in Europe over government austerity measures, tens of thousands of British teachers and public-sector workers walked off their jobs on Thursday to protest proposed changes to their pension plans.

More than 10,000 schools were affected by the strikes, as were universities, social security offices, courtrooms, airport customs desks and other governent operations.

Union officials warned that the strike could be the first of a series of walkouts here in the next few months, reflecting growing unhappiness over layoffs, salary freezes, tax increases and a persistently sluggish economy.

Much of the workers’ anger, said Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union, has to do with a feeling of helplessness and resentment at having to suffer from the mistakes of bankers and others who caused the economic crisis. The government, Mr. Serwotka said in a statement, is “forcing some of the most vulnerable people in our society to pay for a crisis that was not of their making.”

Around Europe, workers are feeling the same way. In recent months, the Irish and Portuguese governments have been voted out of office on a tide of voter anger at their part in the financial upheavals and at the austerity measures that were imposed as a remedy. Britain has experienced waves of student protests, sometimes violent,

Teachers and public sector workers marched through London on Thursday during a one day strike over pension cuts and other austerity measures (Photo: Sang Tan, AP/The New York Times).

over the government’s decision to increase tuition and cut education spending. In the past week, Greece has been convulsed with riots as residents reacted with fury to its harsh austerity package.

In Britain, it has come down to a test of Prime Minister David Cameron’s resolve, and his political fortunes, as he tries to hold firm to his stringent budget plans in the face of public unhappiness.

The issue exercising the strikers in Britain on Thursday was the government’s proposal to change their pension plans. Public pensions currently cost Britain nearly $50 billion a year, and the government says that with an aging population, the current pension arrangement is unsustain-

U.S. to probe two detainee deaths

BY ERIC LICHTBLAU THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department, after years of criticism over its inaction in probing the C.I.A.’s interrogation tactics against terrorism suspects, announced on Thursday that it was opening a full criminal investigation into the deaths of two detainees who died in American custody.

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced that he had accepted a recommendation from a specially appointed prosecutor, John Durham, who said there was enough evidence of wrongdoing to warrant a full investigation. However, further investigation into the treatment of nearly 100 other terrorism detainees who were held overseas in American custody was “not warranted,” Mr. Holder said.

Renewed attention to the issue of C.I.A. interrogations — after the controversial issue had all but disappeared from public debate — is sure to set off a range of difficult legal and political issues for the Justice Department, the C.I.A. and politicians on both sides of the aisle.

While liberals have criticized both the Obama and Bush administrations for failing

to prosecute conduct that they say amounts to torture, conservatives have argued that intelligence officials did what was needed and lawful to protect national security.

Now under criminal investigation are the deaths of Manadel al-Jamadi, who died in C.I.A. custody in 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and whose body was later photographed packed in ice, and Gul Rahman, who died in 2002 in a secret C.I.A. prison in Afghanistan after being shackled to a cold cement wall, according to The Associated Press, which cited unidentified government officials. The Justice Department did not immediately confirm the identities of the victims.

Justice Department prosecutors and other government investigators have examined the tactics of American captors since at least 2004 to determine whether their use of rough interrogation tactics — even beyond those approved by lawyers at the time — and the deaths that resulted in some cases broke the law. Prosecutors in Alexandria, Va., were known to have looked closely at the tactics used in the interrogations of more than two dozen detainees.

But no charges have been brought in any of those cases to date.

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As a result, it has proposed raising the working age to 66 by 2020, increasing the monthly amount that public-sector employees are required to contribute toward their pensions and changing the way pensions are calculated. Under the current system, pensions are based on workers’ final salaries; the new plan would base them instead on an average career salary.

“Basically, it means we pay 50 percent more each month and get less when we retire,” said Olayinka Williams, 27, a middle manager at a secondary school in Camden, who took part in a large demonstration in central London.

Their turn: NBA girds for shutdown Eighteen days after celebrating an electric championship series and a revitalizing season, the N.B.A. is shutting down — perhaps for a very long time.

Negotiators for the owners and the players union made a final attempt to broker a new labor deal Thursday afternoon, but they separated after three hours without an agreement to bridge a gap of several billion dollars.

Commissioner David Stern told union officials that he would urge owners to impose a lockout at midnight Thursday, when the current collective bargaining agreement expires, said Derek Fisher, the president of the players association.

Players and teams will be barred from contact with each other. Paychecks and health care will be suspended indefinitely.

And all league business will cease until the owners and players find the means to overcome their philosophical and economic differences.

N.F.L. players have also been locked out, though talks continue with owners on a new contract.

— The New York Times

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Despite a 20-cent drop in gas prices since Memorial Day, Maine Turnpike traffic over the July 4th holiday weekend is predicted to be down about 5.4% at the York Toll Plaza compared to last year’s volume, according to turnpike officials.

That means approximately 19,000 fewer vehicles will enter and exit the state via I-95 from Friday, July 1 through Monday, July 4.

The Maine Center for Business & Economic Research at the University of Southern Maine provided the Maine Turnpike Authority with the data, noting the projected traffic decline is a continuing trend. In May the Center predicted a 6% decline during Memorial Day Weekend; the final tally indicated a 5.1% dip.

According to the Center’s researchers, northbound traffic on Friday and Saturday will drop by 5.3% compared with 2010. Because Independence Day falls on Monday this year, the Center predicts southbound traffic on Sunday and Monday will decrease by nearly 15% as weekend visitors delay their departures until Tuesday. Additionally, the Monday holiday may also mean more people will be taking the entire week for vacation and may not leave until the following weekend, further skewing the year-to-year comparison.

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Despite the anticipated decline in volume, traffic at the Turnpike’s southern end will still be heavy at times, particularly between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday (northbound) and from noon to 7 p.m. Monday (southbound).

For traffic alerts, traffic cams or to sign up for e-mail alerts, visit MaineTurnpike.com.

State police plan heightened enforcement over July 4 weekend AUGUSTA — Additional State Troopers will be patrolling Maine’s highways starting today as the start to the July 4th week begins. In addition to troopers on patrol, the State Police plane will be augmenting the increased enforcement from the air, according to a press release.

Maine State Police Colonel Robert Williams said the week around July 4th is one of the busiest times on Maine roads with vacationers on the move, so additional State Police patrols will be monitoring the increased traffic.

He advised motorists to be well rested, avoid drinking and driving and expect some delays because of road construction projects and the increased traffic.

“July 4th is the one of the most heavily traveled weeks on Maine roads and the State Police goal is to make it a safe week. Troopers will be looking for impaired and aggressive drivers, and occupants not wearing

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Williams also said troopers will be reminding motorists of the upcoming ban on texting in Maine while driving, which goes into effect on September 28. The chief said, “ The texting ban will be one less distraction for motorists and a significant improvement for safety on Maine roads.”

The holiday enforcement efforts coincide with a 23 per cent drop in highway deaths in Maine for the first half of the year. As of today, 45 people have died on Maine roads this year compared to 59 deaths for the same period in 2010 .

Family gets $3M payment for botched birth LEWISTON — A jury in Androscoggin County Superior Court yesterday awarded $3 million to the family of a 10-year disabled girl at the center of a medical malpractice case involving a midwife who helped deliver the girl, according to the Associated Press.

The jury found that midwife Irene Meyers didn’t adhere to standards of care during the birth of Hannah Tilton, AP reported. Tilton was born at Central Maine Medical Center with severe mental retardation and is blind and cannot eat or speak.

AP reported that Tilton was diagnosed with Kabuki Syndrome, a genetic disorder that effects about one in 32,000 people. An attorney for the family claimed Tilton’s symptoms go beyond those associated with Kabuki Syndrome.

Meyers’ attorney argued that she adhered to standard medical practices, AP reported.

Groups trying to launch marriage referendum LEWISTON —Less than a week after New York legalized gay marriage, some in Maine are preparing to launch a new referendum here to legalize the practice, less than two years after voters overturned Maine’s gay marriage law, according to The Associated Press.

Supporters of the referendum are in the process of gathering the 57,000 signatures needed to be on the November 2012 ballot. AP reports that many people involved in the project believe people’s opinions have changed since the marriage equality law was repealed in 2009 by a 53-47 margin.

One group says a new poll shows 53 percent of Mainers now support gay marriage — although roughly the same number professed to support the law in 2009 before it was repealed.

A spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Portland, which fought hard last time to overturn Maine’s marriage equality law in 2009, told AP he was disappointed at the prospect of another referendum, which he predicted would be divisive.

In the past two weeks, gay marriage has been legalized in New York, while a law allowing civil unions was passed in Rhode Island that is expected to be signed by Gov. Lincoln Chafee. If it becomes law, Maine would be the only state in New England that doesn’t allow either civil unions or gay marriage, AP reported

Judge: Bulger gets public defender BOSTON — James (Whitey) Bulger will receive a taxpayer-funded defense attorney, a federal magistrate judge ruled on Thursday.

Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler appointed J.W. Carney Jr. to represent the 81-year-old crime boss, who is charged with 19 murders. Prosecutors had argued that Mr. Bulger had family members who could help him pay for his attorney. Judge Bowler determined Mr. Bulger is indigent.

In another hearing on Thursday, a federal judge granted a request from prosecutors to dismiss a racketeering case against Mr. Bulger, saying it was more important to focus on the separate murder case.

The judge, Mark L. Wolf of Federal District Court, denied Mr. Bulger’s request to consolidate the two cases, saying that they were too different and that it made no sense. Judge

Wolf also dismissed an assertion by Mr. Bulger’s temporary lawyer that federal prosecutors were “forum shopping” by trying to get the 1995 racketeering case dismissed.

“Mr. Bulger did not appear to object based on alleged judge shopping in 2000,” the judge said, referring to when the second indictment, with the murder charges, was issued against him, more than five years after Mr. Bulger disappeared. “He could have.”

In seeking to drop the racketeering case against Mr. Bulger, federal prosecutors had said they wanted to focus on getting justice for the murder victims. The evidence against Mr. Bulger is stronger in the murder case, they said, and the penalties are steeper if convicted. A conviction on a single murder charge could send Mr. Bulger, 81, to prison for the rest of his life.

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Criminal sentences reflect more than what’s in the newspaper Editor, Mr. Higgins’ column regarding William Googins’ sentence (“Only 15 months left to go,” Thursday, June 30), while declaring that justice had failed, is perhaps an indication that justice succeeded. At the very least, the column is an example of why individual members of the public, who are uninformed of a crime’s details, let alone those whose blood is easily boiled, are not responsible for sentencing. Justice is based on context — information and circumstances — and careful, unbiased, unimpassioned deliberation.

Further, Mr. Higgins’ statement that he might ask his associates in prison to make Googins’ stay there more unpleasant than it already would be is inappropriate and unproductive. What would otherwise be a very silly and immature threat should have no place in a respectable publication like The Portland Daily Sun. Colin Howard Portland

Graffiti likely to adorn fancy new Bayside Trail benches Editor, Rarely I have I seen a bench in any American city (many) in which I’ve lived which has not been a graffitist-magnet. This month, the City of Portland has revised its graffiti ordinance in an attempt to reduce graffiti, and the Portland Public Arts Committee has narrowed a reopened search for artistic benches to be CLUSTERED around three plazas of the newly opened Bayside Trail to three finalists. The Bayside Trail itself warrants the moniker “Graffiti Alley.”

Not to suggest that furniture cannot be an object d’art, but the primary purpose of a bench is utilitarian, providing a place to park one’s carcass. The benches on the SMCC campus and ALONG the Greenbelt Walkway in South Portland, which are not unpleasing to the eye, do this just fine with three square timbers for a back, three for a seat, and curved piping for support. Perhaps similar benches, now available in recycled plastic form, might be located ALONG the Bayside Trail, whether artistic benches make it to the plazas or not. Locating the PPAC’s benches at the plaza may bring some immunity from graffiti, but I have my doubts. Perhaps PPAC’s funds might better support a different public art project entirely.

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Think twice about Smart Meters As stewards of the environment, we often find ourselves in conflict with man-made technologies that outpace safety standards. “Smart” electric meters, the devices that Central Maine Power is currently installing, are one such technology.

FOMB members should be concerned with CMP’s smart meter program and seriously consider opting out regardless of Maine’s Public Utility Commission decision allowing CMP to extort a fee from us to protect our own health, safety and privacy. The problem is that CMP’s meters communicate by wireless radio-frequency nonionizing radiation (man-made RF radiation). Many organisms such as birds, fish, marine mammals, bees, ants and butterflies use naturally occurring electromagnetic fields to guide their migrations, give them a sense of direction or find food. But these fields can and are being disrupted.

Recent studies on the effects of man-made radiation on plants and animals have been alarming.

(Kumar, Girish, Prof. Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 2010) The unusual signaling characteristics and higher power intensities of radio-

Suzanne A. FoleyFerguson ––––– Guest Columnist frequency (RF) radiation are very different than naturally occurring radiation. It’s well documented, for example, that RF radiation from cell phone towers can adversely affect wildlife.

Studies show animals abandon areas where cell phone towers are installed. Cows have increased cancers and lower milk production, and birds have increased birth defects and failed nests.

(Manville, Albert, M. Senior Wildlife Biologist, USFWS, 2007 ) Alarmingly, data increasingly show RF radiation from our beloved cell phones cause all sorts of adverse health effects in humans, including cancer (www. emrpolicy.org/www.ewg.org). As recent as November 2010, the Karolinska Institute, the organization that yearly selects the Nobel peace prize in medicine, issued a warning against wireless technologies. They urged governments to halt wireless deploy-

ments pending further study.

In May 2011, The World Health Organization classified RF radiation as a “possible carcinogen,” placing it in the same category as DDT and gasoline exhaust. This is the same radiation CMP says is “safe” and will use to transfer your personal data all over Maine.

Haven’t we all experienced in our lifetimes, the assurances of industry telling us everything is fine, only to find out later they weren’t telling us the truth (tobacco, mercury, asbestos, etc.)?

I’ve been pondering why so many well intentioned conservationists have fallen in love with the huge tragedy known as the Smart Grid.

I suppose that many of them hope a smart grid, with components such as smart meters will (in and of themselves) conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gases. But that is not how the grid will function. Only if consumer behavior is changed, will “the grid” save energy and reduce our CO2 output.

The component of the grid that is supposed to regulate energy usage is not the infrastructure, or the meter; it is you. So it’s really you who needs to be smart, not “the see METERS page 6

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Changes at the top: Portland’s transition trifecta In the movie “Back to the Future, Part 2,” my favorite of the trilogy, after travelling forward to the year 2015 and then returning to 1985, Marty McFly discovered a very different place than the one from which he left. To find out what happened to turn his sedate suburb into the chaotic place it had become, he sought out Doc Brown who dusted off his chalkboard to illustrate what had happened.

Doc drew a straight line to illustrate the timeline of events that served to create the world which Marty had always known, then drew another line that took off from the same starting point and went up at an angle to display the alternate, less savory timeline in which they found themselves.

With the large-scale changes in the upper management of our city this year at city hall with the new city manager, at the police department with the exit of Chief Craig and the upcoming mayoral election, I feel like we’re at a starting point in the timeline of Portland’s future.

The exciting (and occasionally wor-

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risome) part is that the outcome could go either way.

It’s really too bad for the city that Chief Craig is departing. Craig brought a level of professionalism and leadership to the position that was sorely needed. The neighborhood policing program, improving relations with folks who have moved here from away and a drop in crime are all held securely in his belt. Looking to the future, while I understand Councilor Donaghue’s concerns about hiring from within, to not do so would be to squander the great results we got from a big city professional the likes of which we may never see again in our humble abode. A new person coming in from away would naturally want to shake things up and

do it his or her own way. Going with someone currently on our force who has a long term commitment to Portland and has worked under Craig is the way to go to grow on his successes.

Mark Rees is starting soon as our new city manager. The city manager position is an example of one that needed the same treatment with regard to hiring that the police chief position received two years ago. Instead of an automatic internal promotion our council actually did the right thing and conducted a nationwide search to find the right fit. I feel really good about Rees.

Typically, online posts or editorial responses to news stories lean toward the negative. In the Eagle Tribune, the hometown newspaper of Rees’ current town, North Andover, Massachusetts, reactions to his departure were those of sadness and well wishes. One comment that stuck with me in particular was along the lines of “We lost the only person in town hall with any common sense.” That’s exactly what the ‘doc’ ordered here.

As to our future mayor, it’s still too early to tell at what angle the future timeline will pencil out to be. Two percent of the population seems to be running, and although they’re all out with their various slogans and position statements, no one is yet leading the pack for me.

But in this case, no matter the outcome, having an elected mayor promises to be a good thing for Portland that, due to the lack of power the mayor will have, at the very least shouldn’t create the nightmare version of 1985 from the movie.

So, no matter what horrible things happen around the world or in our country in the future, Portland’s timeline, courtesy of this transition trifecta, is looking bright. It could still go either way, of course, but that is what is making these times in which we live exciting ones to be a Portlander.

(Jeffrey S. Spofford is circulation manager for the Portland Daily Sun).

The G.O.P. versus The World

BY DAVID GREENBERG THE NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

AFTER Barack Obama announced new troop withdrawals from Afghanistan last week, it was no surprise to hear rebukes from the mushrooming field of Republican presidential candidates. The surprise came in what they said: although some predictably implied that he was looking to cut and run, several others declared the move too little, too late.

That break from the usual Republican hawkishness has also been on view in the House, where Republican leaders have faulted the president for using force in Libya without Congressional authorization, especially now that he has run afoul of the War Powers Act. And balancedbudget mania has enabled talk of scaling back defense spending of a sort that Republicans would once have never dared broach.

Suddenly, after the aggressive, militaristic foreign policy of the Bush years, isolationism — a stance that rejects America’s leadership role in the world — is on the rise among Republicans. But if this comes as an abrupt break, it is also a return to form: the impulse to retreat from the world stage has a long and hardy pedigree within Republican ranks. And while a dose of caution among conservatives can be refreshing, a Tea Party-led reversion to a dogmatic America First stance could damage both the party and the country.

Modern Republican isolationism began with the 1919 battle

over joining the League of Nations, when Senate Republicans, led by so-called Irreconcilables like William Borah of Idaho, killed the deal — even though without American guidance, European affairs were doomed to explode again. A pattern emerged, as liberal Democrats, along with Northeastern Republicans, wanted America to actively manage world affairs, while the Republicans’ powerful Midwestern and Western factions viewed cooperative international ventures as dangerously entangling alliances.

The isolationists had complex motives: Congressional vigilance against presidential encroachments on their constitutional powers; a small-town obsession with balanced budgets; and conspiratorial suspicions of foreigners, financiers and — in the case of anti-Semites like Charles A. Lindbergh — Jews. Naturally, isolationism thrived among Congressional Republicans when a Democrat held the White House — as it does again today — but it continued through the Coolidge and Hoover years, too.

Later, Republicans resisted Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to gird the nation for war, passing legislation that limited rearmament and support for European allies. Only the bombing of Pearl Harbor banished the isolationists to the margins.

Some thought World War II, which proved the need for American leadership, would kill off isolationism. Yet with Harry S. Truman as president and the Republicans running Congress after 1946, members of the party’s Midwestern faction

— led by Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio — vainly fought efforts to promote collective security, including NATO and the Marshall Plan.

Right-wing isolationism seemed to die again after 1952, when Dwight D. Eisenhower, an interna-

Given the Republican chest-thumping after 9/11, it was easy to assume that the party had finally and completely jettisoned its isolationist tendencies.

But a decade later, with fear of Islamist terrorism subsiding, they are again in evidence, at a moment when the world needs America to play a stabilizing role.

And this time, the G.O.P.’s old Eastern wing, which used to provide internationalist ballast, is almost nonexistent. tionalist, vanquished Taft in an epic battle for the presidential nomination. As vigorous a cold warrior as Truman, Eisenhower articulated a staunch anti-Communism behind which most of his party could unite.

Yet the G.O.P.’s isolationist strain, though submerged, remained alive.

Shattering the cold war consensus, the Vietnam War not only spawned a new “Come Home, America” sentiment on the left but also brought out the old-fashioned isolationism of Midwestern reactionaries like the activist Phyllis Schlafly and the radio host Paul Harvey. In a 1976 vice presidential debate, Senator Bob Dole, the Republican nominee, seethed over the century’s four

“Democrat wars.”

A string of internationalist G.O.P. presidents, from Richard M. Nixon to the first George Bush, helped recast the Republicans on foreign policy, but isolationism emerged once more in the 1990s. Several events — the fall of the Soviet Union, the perception that Mr. Bush’s foreign affairs focus blinded him to economic suffering at home — led Republican congressmen to oppose President Bill Clinton’s myriad global initiatives, from the Balkan campaigns to United Nations financing to arms control treaties.

Given the Republican chestthumping after 9/11, it was easy to assume that the party had finally and completely jettisoned its isolationist tendencies. But a decade later, with fear of Islamist terrorism subsiding, they are again in evidence, at a moment when the world needs America to play a stabilizing role. And this time, the G.O.P.’s old Eastern wing, which used to provide internationalist ballast, is almost nonexistent.

A healthy democracy needs critics, particularly when it engages in risky overseas adventures. But the doctrinaire call to drastically scale back our global leadership role has usually led us into error, making the world a more chaotic and dangerous place. Following the path of isolationism today won’t serve America well. Nor will it help the Republicans.

(David Greenberg, a historian at Rutgers, is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.)

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Fire up the grill this holiday weekend, not the atmosphere

BY BRIAN PALMER THE NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

FOOD is responsible for 10 to 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. By many estimates, cooking represents more of a meal’s carbon footprint than transport. For certain vegetables, it accounts for more emissions than agriculture, transport and disposal combined.

Fourth of July, the national celebration of combustion, presents an opportunity for atonement.

I’m not advising you to forsake grilling this holiday and join the ranks of raw-foodists. Nor do I believe that we can reverse climate change by eating burgers rare instead of well done. But a little creative thinking can reduce this year’s Fourth of July carbon emissions without gustatory sacrifice.

And maybe that awareness will carry into other days and other parts of our lives.

Consider potato salad: a pale mixture of boiled potatoes and mayonnaise that is sometimes appetizing but always wasteful. An overwhelming majority of the energy in boiling goes into heating the water rather than cooking the potatoes.

Direct-heat methods are more efficient and usually tastier. Cubed and pan-fried potatoes take just 10 minutes to cook and require less than one-third the energy of boiling. (According to my math, microwaving potatoes is about 40 percent more efficient than pan-frying them on an electric stove, but when I do it the potatoes come out rubbery, and that is too much sacrifice for a holiday.)

If you insist on boiling, lower the heat once bubbles appear. Keeping the burner on high only speeds evaporation; it doesn’t make the water any hotter or shorten cooking time. And cut the pieces small, because cooking time decreases as surface area increases.

Now for the burgers and dogs. First, a green disclaimer. Beef is an environmental disaster, no matter how you cook it. However, if you can’t resist grilled cow, your big decision is between charcoal and propane.

Charcoal is made of wood, so the carbon it releases upon combustion is approximately equal to the carbon the tree it came from once removed from the atmosphere. In theory, charcoal should be less damaging than propane, which releases carbon that has been sequestered harmlessly underground for hundreds of millions of years.

It’s far more complicated in practice, though. We get most lump charcoal from cutting down mesquite trees, and in addition to the deforestation effect, it takes more fuel to produce and transport charcoal than it does propane. As a result, according to a 2009 study in the journal Environmental Impact Assessment Review, propane is nearly three times as efficient as lump charcoal.

Charcoal briquettes, however, are a different story.

The compressed round briquettes are made from scrap wood that would otherwise go to waste. The better manufacturers build their plants near construction centers and use recycled heat from those

centers to power their briquette kilns. If you take that into account, charcoal briquettes are ahead of lump charcoal and propane as the best option in terms of climate change. (Any kind of charcoal, however, releases more particulate matter than propane, which makes charcoal a greater contributor to air pollution. There are few easy choices in environmental analysis.)

And finally we come to dessert. Skip the pie.

Baking is so energy profligate that the government hasn’t yet figured out a way to reward any residential ovens with the Energy Star label.

Here’s where you can really make use of your briquettes. One problem with charcoal is that you can’t turn it off when the burgers are done. In most backyards that means lots of heat — and carbon dioxide — goes to waste. Not in your yard, though.

Use that leftover charcoal glow to grill up dessert.

Apples, pears, peaches and nectarines grill beautifully, and are even better à la mode. Or you can prepare a cobbler in a foil pan and grill it on the dying coals. From an environmental perspective, that’s free energy.

Maybe an Independence Day meal of pan-fried potatoes and grilled peaches seems un-American. But the tradition of backyard grilling isn’t exactly Jeffersonian in pedigree. Independence Day feasts in the early 1800s featured such classic American fare as turtle soup. By midcentury, revelers were gathering en masse to buy parts of whole roast pigs from street vendors. (A British visitor pondered, “What association can there be between roast pig and independence?”) Backyard grilling didn’t become popular until the interwar period at the earliest, and accelerated with the baby boom and suburbanization that followed World War II. In other words, there’s nothing so very sacred about the Fourth of July cookout. So this year, why not experiment?

(Brian Palmer writes for Slate and The Washington Post.)

Why have so many conservationists fallen in love with the Smart Grid?

METERS from page 4

grid”. Unless utilities are able to turn our appliances on and off, which is a major privacy concern, they will not conserve energy except in miles driven by meter readers. Ironically, enabling wind and solar is touted as another grid benefit, but smart meters installed by CMP don’t provide for energy generated by home customers to feed the grid.

While smart grids may sound green, it’s the wireless industry and utilities benefiting, not the environment or consumers. Very little data support consumers using less energy as a result of this billion dollar taxpayer funded program. Connecticut’s Attorney General rallied against the costs of his state’s smart grid after a pilot project showed no energy savings at all (www. dpuc.state.ct.us). Similar results have been reported all over the country (www.drrc.lbl.gov/Peters, S. Lutzenhiser, et. al Behavioral Economics, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, 2009).

Consumers can only get their real time energy usage if they buy all new grid-enabled appliances.

Conservationists should ask where will we put all of our “dumb” appliances, and how much will that cost?

Smart appliances will connect wirelessly to smart meters so even “off” they will be “on.” Many people reasonably question whether more energy consumed as a result of these “vampire” (always on) appliances.

One thing is certain, our homes will become loaded with RF radiation from our neighbor’s meters, and our own 15-25 appliances, enabled or not. CMP (and their third party vendors) will know when we use our dryers, when we cook, turn on the TV or shower, whether we have a hot tub, and when we leave the house. In the old days, one needed probable cause and a search warrant. This is not good news for conserva-

tion or privacy; and certainly not smart.

Most worrisome to me are the radiofrequency radiation effects. Over 2,000 smart meter health complaints have been registered at California’s PUC so far. People are complaining about headaches, tinnitus, heart palpitations, insomnia, nausea and exhaustion (www.stopsmartmeters.org). Dr. Martin Blank, a professor at Columbia that studies bioelectromagnetics, is not surprised. When exposed to RF radiation, cells respond as if they are stressed, he says. These stress responses occur at all levels in our bodies, and any wireless device that uses RF radiation has the potential to create negative biological responses (www.electromagnetichealth.org).

Smart meters CMP and many utilities all over the country are deploying are a part of a new wireless technology known as an RF “mesh,” which is like a web. The mesh uses RF radiation to send data to and from people’s homes by using antennae in the smart meters. The meters receive and transmit, not only your electrical data, but as many as 15,000 other people’s data every day via the “best route” in the web.

Thus RF radiation, similar to cell phones, will be constantly transmitted to, from, and into homes all over Maine 24/7 [spiking every few seconds at orders of magnitude higher than your phone]. One should know cumulative effects of non-ionizing radiation are not regulated. In fact, FCC regulations are extremely outdated, covering solely the “thermal” effects of microwave radiation on large males. This despite the fact scientific studies regarding this “possible carcinogen” have shown adverse effects for nearly three decades.

As early as 1970, the Naval Medical Research Institute compiled over 2,000 studies dating back to the 1930s showing adverse biological effects from lowlevel non-ionizing radiation. Friends, we just don’t

want to know the truth. Even the EPA has said FCC radiation limits do not protect the public from longterm non-thermal radiation exposure and do not take into account vulnerable citizens with electrosensitivities or children whose developing brains are at risk.

The harmful effects on animals and wildlife are currently being tested in court (www.emrpolicy.org) Our electricity provider has now joined an industry denying mounting evidence that RF radiation damages DNA strands. CMP and our own PUC could have selected a non-wireless shielded fiber optic system for Maine’s “smart grid” but it would have affected their bottom line. They had a choice, and now you have a [false] choice to keep your own meter. For those whose analog meters have not already been replaced, the PUC has ordered CMP to communicate the “benefits” [no drawbacks] of smart meters. Unfortunately the Commission is also requiring you to pay CMP [via the “Opt Out”] “protection money,” if you don’t want a smart meter, to avoid possible health risks and to ensure your constitutional right to privacy. This despite months of testimony to the PUC by Complainants and over 8,000 people requesting opt outs.

Visit Maine’s Smart Meter Safety Coalition website at www.smartmetersafety.com for more information.

You can be quiet, or you can assert your rights.

(Suzanne A. Foley-Ferguson, owner of Beal’s Ice Cream in Portland, is one of five complainants before the Public Utilities Commission on the issue of smart meters. She has worked on environmental issues for over 25 years including a three-year stint at the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust and founding the Friends of Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. She served as a Scarborough town councilor for six years and currently chairs the Parks and Conservation Land Board in Scarborough.)

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City plans sidewalks, crosswalks, signs, traffic calming BYWAYS from page one this week, adding that the group believes it’s Elementary schools, all of “critical” that all age which can be accessed from groups feel safe travelthe route. ing in Deering Center Over the past decade, the on bike or on foot. city has focused much of The byway projits bike-pedestrian efforts ect was unanimously on creating bike lanes on endorzed by the city major roads like Forest and council’s TransportaBrighton avenues. From tion Committee this those efforts are 15 miles month. of bike lanes used by hunCouncilor Dory dreds of people per day.

Waxman, who lives in But Hyman says only the neighborhood, said “10 or 20 percent of people the byway would give are comfortable biking on residents a chance to those streets.” "meet new people and “We are looking at grow (their) neighborenhancing biking and hood into a strong, walking for that middle 50 healthy and happy percent who will never be place to live." comfortable on the major "Having lived in the arterials,” he said.

Deering/Rosemont area To that end, the city for nearly 25 years and is planning to improve watching all of my (now sidewalks along Warwick grown) children learn Street and build a new to ride their bikes and sidewalk on Starlight use as primary transRoad. The city will also build Here is one example of the improvements planned as part of the Deering Center byway project. (COURTESY IMAGE) portation when they new curb extensions and were young, I see this as the city.

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“Change the dynamics,” Morse said.

"We can make a difference on this issue, we can be positive role models and we can break the cycle of domestic violence," he said.

Assistant Police Chief Mike Sauschuck said, "There's no question that every year we find that our domestic violence-related homicides hover over 50 percent in the state of Maine, we have certainly hit that mark in Portland in years past."

A family crisis outreach center and prosecutors dedicated to domestic abuse cases underscore the special focus in Portland, Sauschuck said.

"Domestic violence has no demographic, it has no specific neighborhood. And it's happening in all our neighborhoods all of the time," he said. "The city of Portland had over 1,200 domestic disturbances last year, we had over 700 domestic related assaults; we take it seriously enough to have a detective who focuses all of her time on domestic violence incidents."

Sauschuck's final word to perpetrators: "We will act, we will watch and we will catch you. You will lose, period."

Drew Wing, executive director of Boys to Men, the group spearheading Thursday's press event, said, "We are sickened by the abuse of women and children by men, and we are here to say that it has to end. Men do not just arrive and decide to beat up and even kill their families. It's learned behavior reinforced by role models and social values that teach men a sense of entitlement and control."

Wing agreed that people can "change this vicious cycle of abuse."

Maine Boys to Men (www.maineboystomen.org) has been awarded a $300,000 grant to engage men in preventing sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking from the Office of Violence Against Women. The grant will allow the group to train teams of young adults in the Reducing Sexism and Violence Program curriculum, "an evidence-based train-thetrainers violence prevention project." Maine Boys to Men will partner with several organizations to deliver programs and training, including Family Crisis Services, Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine, Add Verb Productions, a program of the University of New England and the USM Campus Violence Intervention Safety Program, the group reported.

The Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence (http://mcedv.org) plans to roll out new training materials with the support of Gov. Paul LePage and the Maine Department of Labor this fall. The materials will include a workplace training video, the coalition announced. Also, the coalition plans a statewide public awareness campaign this fall with the University of Maine Orono Black Bears to combat dating violence.

Funding is from an Office of Violence Against Women Engaging Men Grant.

Wing said Thursday's press event was "in response to a call for action from community leaders in Waterville on June 17," in the wake of the Dexter tragedy.

"We're essentially responding to Waterville leaders and saying, 'We're here, we're men, we're leaders, we've been doing this work, and we're going to continue doing this work and we're going to engage more men in doing this work. ... We all have a role to play in ending this," he said.

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By Holiday Mathis And you’re right about that.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It truly is a lucky day. You can drop a fear and identify yourself as brave and strong.

This is true even if you’ve been afraid and struggled with feelings of inferiority all of your life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You have the kind of hands-on experience that can’t be bought; it must be earned. It happened because you learned the necessary steps and took them. Repeat the process with your new goal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Even the most popular performers spend a very small percentage of their life onstage. But they are in the public eye from the moment they walk outside. You also have the public’s attention whenever you want it now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You made an agreement long ago and were gung-ho to do it. Now the excitement wanes, but your commitment stands fast. Your efforts to drum up more excitement will be laced with luck.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Make only empowering assumptions. For instance, assume someone likes you, and treat that person as though they already have a friendship with you -that friendship will develop quickly.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 1).

You’re headed for the top. Once you get there, stay awhile. There are always taller peaks to climb, but unless you stop and enjoy your current elevation, life will be filled with struggle and strife.

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Pisces and Scorpio people adore you.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Sometimes it seems unfair that the other guy gets to pick the fruit from the tree you planted. Today fortune favors you, and you wonder how you got so lucky as to eat the fruit from a tree you didn’t plant.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You hate to ask people for anything you think you could provide for yourself.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Raise your expectations. If you accept your loved ones as they are, they will relax and become less than they could be.

If you treat them as though they have already reached their potential, they just might do it.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). If you’re going to make an assumption, let it be one that will enhance your life. It does you no good to assume that when bad things happen, it’s “just your luck.”

Assume that fortune is smiling on you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You have so many more freedoms than you ever had before. Your life is filled with creative tools and flexible arrangements.

You can truly design your time the way you always wanted to.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You notice when someone needs your encouragement, and you readily give it. Your sign mate Mother Teresa said, “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are hesitant to engage those who have obvious and multiple problems because you realize that becoming involved will reduce your resistance and you’ll somehow be sucked into finding a solution.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2011. There are 183 days left in the year.

This is Canada Day. Today’s Highlights in History: On July 1, 1971, the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18, was ratified.

On this date: In 1861, the first issue of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano was published in Rome.

In 1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania.

In 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect.

In 1910, Chicago’s original Comiskey Park held its opening day under the name White Sox Park.

In 1943, “pay-as-you-go” income tax withholding began.

In 1946, the United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

In 1961, Diana, the princess of Wales, was born in Sandringham, England.

In 1980, “O Canada” was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada.

In 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, beginning an ultimately successful confirmation process marked by allegations of sexual harassment.

In 2004, actor Marlon Brando died in Los Angeles at age 80.

One year ago: California lawmakers approved a $20 million settlement with the family of Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped as a girl and held captive in a secret backyard for 18 years by a paroled sex offender.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Olivia de Havilland is 95. Actress-Dancer Leslie Caron is 80. Actress Jean Marsh is 77. Actor Jamie Farr is 77. Bluesman James Cotton is 76. Actor David Prowse is 76. Actress Karen Black is 72. Dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is 70. Actress Genevieve Bujold is 69.

Rock singer-actress Deborah Harry is 66.

Movie-TV producer-director Michael Pressman is 61. Actor Daryl Anderson is 60. Actor Trevor Eve is 60. Actor Terrence Mann is 60.

Rock singer Fred Schneider is 60. Pop singer Victor Willis is 60. Actor-comedian Dan Aykroyd is 59. Actress Lorna Patterson is 55.

Actor Alan Ruck is 55. Olympic gold medal track star Carl Lewis is 50. Country singer Michelle Wright is 50. Actor Andre Braugher is 49. Actress Pamela Anderson is 44. Rock musician Mark Pirro is 41. Actor Henry Simmons is 41. Actress Julianne Nicholson is 40. Actress Liv Tyler is 34. Actress Hilarie Burton is 29. Actress Lynsey Bartilson is 28.

Actor Evan Ellingson is 23.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Readers: We recently printed a letter from “Problem Still Here,” who asked our readers if counseling was worth it. We were inundated with replies from readers sharing their stories, and the vast majority found counseling tremendously helpful. We cannot possibly print all the letters we received, but the response was so overwhelming that we have decided to devote two days to the subject. Read on: Dear Annie: I started counseling a few weeks after my father died. It was recommended by my faculty’s office. I went in for grief counseling, but walked out with papers telling me how to properly take multiple-choice tests. A year later, I had a major breakdown and sought counseling at my new school.

After our first meeting, I knew we’d have a productive relationship, and I kept seeing this counselor even after I graduated. Talking to a counselor is a lot like talking confidentially with a really intelligent, impartial friend. Your secrets are safe, your fears are heard, and eventually -- with your help and dedication -- solutions can be discovered. -- No Name Dear Annie: I am a 22-year-old woman who has been in counseling since I was 7. I dealt with divorced parents, abuse and being socially rejected, and counseling helped me overcome these things. I found my current counselor through a Google search. What is so important is to know that you don’t need to stick with the first counselor you find. I scheduled several consultations in one day so I could compare them until I found someone I liked. -- N.N. Dear Annie: I was at a crossroads and needed help. I went to the Human Resources person at work and requested help from their Employee Assistance Program. I was referred to a counselor who helped me wade through all the muck so I was able to make clear, well thought-out decisions. And my employer paid for these sessions. -- M. Dear Annie: I was no longer happy in my marriage of 34

years and told my wife I wanted out. She suggested marriage counseling. We went to several sessions together and separately. Halfway through my first private session, the counselor asked, “What would you miss most if you no longer had your wife?” I instantly said, “Her cooking.” He considered that and said, “I think you should get a divorce.” That was 12 years ago, and I only regret not doing it sooner. -- Happy Guy Dear Annie: I had been diagnosed with a progressive medical condition that triggered an anxiety disorder. My primarycare doctor recommended counseling. The first one blamed everything on my family. Four years later, I saw a psychologist who started sharing some sordid details of her past. I tried to be supportive and kind, but I wasn’t paying to hear her life story. She also answered her cellphone all the time during our sessions. She needed a therapist more than I did.

I am sure many counselors out there are great, but I haven’t found one. -- Tired of the Games Dear Annie: Things to look for in a counselor: 1. Choose one who shares your core beliefs. A marriage counselor who stresses the personal rights of each spouse rather than the marriage as a whole is off track. If an addiction is involved, that must be treated first. 2. Your counselor should not take sides. 3. Expect change. It’s hard. It hurts. But you wouldn’t be sitting in that office if your present system were working.

-- Mom of Rebellious Teen and Wife of Retired Husband Dear Annie: Through therapy, I gained confidence, learned to take responsibility for my own actions and became empowered not to engage in anything verbally, physically or mentally with which I feel uncomfortable. I learned that we cannot change anyone by being critical. Today, I am a very happy person because I know I am in control of my own life.

-- Most Fortunate To all our Canadian readers: Happy Canada Day!

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.

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by Scott Stantis

Heather Davis has been chosen to be the next executive director of the Telling Room starting in mid-July, the writing center reported.

Davis brings “an amazing skill set as a teacher, leader, and fundraiser to the position — skills that she honed over the last eight years during her time as a senior development staff member at both The Telling Room and Theatre Action Project, a teacher at the Harlem Children’s Zone, and as co-founder of Austin Bat Cave, a nonprofit writing center in Austin, Texas,” the center stated.

Davis will take the helm at a “key moment” in the Telling Room’s six-year history, the center reported.

During the 2010-11 school year, Telling Room teachers and writers worked with more than 2,000 students from Wells to Calais, building their literacy skills and confidence while giving them the time, space, and support to tell their stories. The Telling Room also published its fifth anthology of student writing, expanded its partnership with the Portland Public Library, debuted a new live storytelling series at SPACE Gallery, and began a new year-long program that provides literacy skills, mentoring, and leadership training for immigrant and refugee students in Portland.

The Telling Room is a nonprofit writing center in Portland dedicated to supporting the creativity, confidence and literacy of children and young adults ages 6-18. For more information, go to www.tellingroom.org or call 774-6064.

Peter J. Feeney Golf tournament deemed success, raised over $2,000 The annual Peter J. Feeney Golf tournament, held at Spring Meadows in Gray, was deemed “another huge success” by Cumberland County officials.

The tournament, in honor of the late County Commissioner, and son of current Commissioner, Richard Feeney, raised over $2,000 for Gary’s House.

Each year, the proceeds go to a selected charity, determined by Commissioner Feeney.

“This tournament is a great time for a great cause.

I look forward to working with all the folks to make this happen, but just as importantly, for all the participants to enjoy themselves and give help to a great cause,” said Commissioner Dick Feeney.

This year’s Championship “Commissioners Cup” went to the Penobscot County Bombers, consisting of Penobscot County Commissioners Peter Baldacci and Steve Stanley, Bob Baldacci and Nick Carparelli. Their names will be engraved on the cup and placed on display in the Rotunda of the Cumberland County Courthouse.

The first-place net team consisted of Cumberland County employees Bruce Tarbox, Dave O’Brien, Mark Toothaker and Pete Plummer.

The commissioners would like to thank all who participated and the county staff who gave of their free time to make this another successful event.

For more information, contact Commissioner Feeney at 871-8380 or by email at Feeney@Cumberland County.org.

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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

Robert Moran photos at Trinket & Fern 5 p.m. First Friday July Art Opening features running with scissors studios artist Robert Moran, Opening Reception 5-8 p.m. at Trinket & Fern, 172 Middle St. 699-4030. http:// trinketandfern.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.

The Jimmy Fund/Deering High School Classic to benefit the Deering High School Golf Team and the Jimmy Fund will be held July 22, at Riverside Golf Club in Portland. This tournament is part of the Jimmy Fund Golf Program. Jimmy Fund Golf Tournaments have collectively raised over $79 million to date in support of cancer research and care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. (COURTESY PHOTO) 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.

Art Walk opening of Mushrooms 5 p.m. First Friday Art Walk opening of Mushrooms, soft sculpture by Loren Leahy. “Mushrooms: Fresh from the woods of northern Vermont —are those mushrooms with faces or pixies in disguise? This series of delectable textile concoctions hand-crafted by Loren Leahy will enchant viewers. Each one has its own charming personality!”

The Green Hand Bookshop, 661 Congress St. (on display through the month of July). Contact Michelle Souliere at 450-6695 or michelle.souliere@gmail.com.

First Friday Art Walk at SPACE 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

Sonia Anne-Cook Broen at the St. Lawrence

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.”

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

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

‘Octubre’ at the PMA

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

‘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.

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. see next page

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‘Summer of Love’ continues 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.

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. www.usm.maine.edu/planet

Saturday, July 2 Open Gates Equine Rescue yard sale 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.

Bath Heritage Days continues 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

Annual Fair at St. Christopher Parish 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Christopher’s Parish, Peaks Island.

Games, food, lobster rolls. http://www.cluster21portland. org/stchristopher

Herb Cooking Workshop

Monday, July 4

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/

‘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.”

Sunday, July 3 Lions Club Breakfast on Peaks 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Lions Club Breakfast, Greenwood Gardens, Peaks Island.

Pancakes, eggs, sauage, hashbrowns, coffee, milk, orange juice. Adult: $6; child: $4. Peaks Island Lions Club, Dan Doane, 766.2100.

Book signing with Pam (P.I.) Hersey at the Fifth Maine Museum on Peaks Island 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Book signing with Pam (P.I.) Hersey, author of “The Takedown Series,” a trilogy of murder mysteries, who also has written “The Dangling Wire,” a romance adventure.

Hersey’s books feature Portland and Peaks Island locales.

The event is at the Fifth Maine Museum, and also will feature framed and unframed photographs by Paul Legere. The Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall was built in 1888 as This Sunday, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., the public is invited to a book signing with Pam (P.I.) Hersey, author the “Headquarters” of the Fifth of “The Takedown Series,” a trilogy of murder mysteries, who also has written”The Dangling Wire,” a Regiment Maine Volunteer romance adventure. Hersey’s books feature Portland and Peaks Island locales. The event is at the Fifth Infantry 1861-1864. www.fifthMaine Regiment Museum on Peaks Island. (COURTESY PHOTO) mainemuseum.org

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

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 7568130 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. 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. see next page

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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

Independence Day Fireworks Display in Ogunquit 7:30 p.m. Musical entertainment at 7:30 p.m. Fireworks dis-

MCU Portland Phoenix and SZ Phoenix is holding free tryouts for its 2011/2012 premier soccer and junior academy programs. Tryout dates run from July 6th to the 15th. For specific dates and times by age and gender, and to register, please visit www.mainepremiersoccer.com.

For more information, email tryouts@mainepremiersoccer.com

play at 9:30 p.m. Ogunquit Beach. www.ogunquit.org

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

LearningWorks hosts Gov. Paul LePage 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. “In keeping the Community Conversations focus on generational poverty, the Governor will share his personal story of overcoming adversity: the combination of personal fortitude, adult role models, and community supports needed to help him succeed. At LearningWorks we work with at-risk youth who come from very similar circumstances to the Governor’s: broken homes, domestic abuse, and homelessness. The Governor’s willingness to share his story will be an inspiration to our students as well as program LePage attendees. A distinguished panel will join the Governor, reacting to and asking questions about his story.” Maine Medical Center, Dana Health Education Center, 22 Bramhall St., Portland. The event is free and open to the public.

Pre-registration is required. To register, email the name and full contact information of all attendees to register@learningworks.me or call 775-0105. Sponsors: Wright Express, Maine Medical Center, and Bangor Savings Bank.

Free summer concerts in Portland 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.”

Thursday, July 7 Opera at the Mansion 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. PORTopera and Victoria Mansion partner for the first time to present Opera at the Mansion. This benefit will be at the Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St. in Portland. The Opera at the Mansion event will feature soloists Claire Coolen, soprano, and Robert E. Mellon, baritone, from PORTopera’s Young Artists program, and includes hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Tickets are $50 and can be reserved by calling Victoria Mansion at 772-4841. The funds raised from this event will benefit PORTopera and the Victoria Mansion. PORTopera Young Artists are selected through national auditions. They are young singers on the cusps of major operatic careers. The Young Artists Program was created to support PORTopera’s mission to bring opera to Maine’s communities and to foster operatic talent from Maine and elsewhere. PORTopera is Maine’s only opera company performing fully staged operas with nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. The company will present “The Daughter of the Regiment” on July 28 and 30 at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. For more information, visit www.portopera.org.

Hypnotist Paul Ramsay at Lucid Stage 7:30 p.m. Lucid Stage presents hypnotist Paul Ramsay.

“The days of clucking like a chicken are over. Hypnotist Paul Ramsay’s ‘Mind Games’ show breaks the mold of stage hypnotism. Using interactive polling software and remote controls, audience members steer the course of the show by voting on what they want to see happen on stage.”

29 Baxter Boulevard. $12/$10 students and seniors, 8993993.

Friday, July 8 Portland Trails 10K: Trail to Ale Preview 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Portland Trails 10K: Trail to Ale Preview.

Mark Goettel and Andy Abrams, Portland Trails Board Members and experienced runners, will be offering a preview of the Portland Trails 10K: Trail to Ale as part of the Portland Trails Discovery Trek Series. Runners of all abilities are invited to meet at Ocean Gateway and run the 10K course. The 10 kilometer (6.2 mile) race course is run exclusively off-road and allows beautiful views of the Casco Bay as runners enjoy the Eastern Prom and Back Cove Trails. This will give runners an idea of what to expect the day of the Trail to Ale 10K race which will be held on Sept. 18 this year. Folks training for the run are encouraged to come. Bring running shoes. Meet at Ocean Gateway Terminal on the Eastern Prom Trail just after the intersection of India and Commercial streets.

Free for Portland Trails members, $5 suggested donation for non-members ($5 can go toward new or renewed membership.) Reservations suggested. Call Portland Trails: 775-2411. For a full schedule of Portland Trails Discovery Treks, visit http://trails.org/events.html

East Bayside Neighborhood Organization talent show at Mayo Street Arts Center 7:30 p.m. Support the East Bayside Neighborhood Organization by coming out to a night of great local talent! MC ALex Endy! A Bake Sale too! Mayo Street Arts. Break dancing, Taiko drumming, bake sale and much more! Proceeds benefit East Bayside Neighborhood Organization and Mayo Street Arts. Contact Alex Endy to sign up for a performance slot! http://www.eastbayside.org/ see next page

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Open Mic/Poetry Slam in Auburn 7:15 p.m. Open Mic/Poetry Slam. First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant St. Free. FMI 783-0461 or www.auburnuu. org.

A Theater Tasting 8 p.m. A Theater Tasting is a twist on the traditional wine tasting, and a fundraiser for Lucid Stage (www.lucidstage. com). A roster of performers will present, and between the acts the audience will be invited into the lobby for a wine and appetizer pairing that is chosen to go with each performance. Performers will include: Carolyn Gage (excerpt from her play The Parmachene Belle); stand-up comedy from Mike Sylvester; Michael Lane Trautman; Dark Follies (burlesque); Jake Brooks (musician); Naya’s Trance (bellydancing); The Green Room musical, produced by New Edge. $25.

Tom Clark at Freeport Factory Stage 8 p.m. Freeport Factory Stage features Tom Clark. “Tom Clark has been called the ‘Mel Tillis of stand-up comedy,’ his slight stutter disappears when his comedic voices hit the stage. He has appeared on A&E’s “An Evening at the Improv.” Performances are Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $15/$12 seniors and students, and are available through Brown Paper Tickets; www.freeportfactory.com or 8655505. Freeport Factory Stage is located at 5 Depot St., downtown Freeport, one block east of L.L. Bean.

Saturday, July 9 Kids First Program in Topsham 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Woodside Elementary School, 42 Barrows Drive, Topsham.

“This four-hour co-parenting education workshop for parents is designed to help address problems and reduce the negative effects of separation and divorce. ...

Participants are encouraged to attend the program as early in the separation and divorce as possible. But it’s never too late to break old bad habits and learn healthy new ones!” Fee: $60 per person.

Raising the flag in Southern Sudan 9 a.m. The day for raising the flag in Southern Sudan. Festivities start at 9 a.m. in Monument Square in downtown Portland.

At noon everyone will march to the Portland Expo where there will be celebration including continuous music, dancing and food.

Skyline Farm’s ninth annual Summer Celebration 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Pony rides, bargain hunting, lobster, dessert, live music and more are featured during Skyline Farm’s ninth annual Summer Celebration fundraiser. A Barn Sale under the tent will offer shoppers an assortment of items, including antiques, collectibles, and horse-drawn carriages. If you have items to sell, rent your own table for $20, or have Skyline sell your items for a commission. Contact Greg at 239-5782 or Lisa at 829-6899. A silent auction of fascinating items will be held inside the Visitor Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5:30-8 p.m. Anyone willing to donate items worth $25 or more should call Diana at 252-9352. Pony rides ($5/child), face-painting, and old-fashioned children’s activities will run from 10 a.m. to noon.

From 5:30-7 p.m. enjoy an authentic Maine lobster bake catered by North Yarmouth’s Young’s Clambakes, while overlooking Skyline’s beautiful fields. By July 1 please reserve a lobster, steak or chicken dinner ($50 pp includes a tax deductible donation to Skyline) with Pam at 829-5708. From 7-8 p.m. enjoy free admission to the museum featuring the ‘Summer Delivery Vehicles’ exhibit, a truly unique venue. Enjoy complimentary dessert while listening to live acoustic music from Yarmouth’s own Diana

Hansen, Bill Hansen, and George Maxwell.

See who takes home the hotly-contested silent auction items. All proceeds benefit Skyline Farm’s operational expenses. Skyline Farm, a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization, is located at 95 The Lane in North Yarmouth (near the junction of Routes 9 and 115). See www.skylinefarm.org for more information and directions.

‘Knit A Bunny’ workshop 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Knitters from all skill levels are welcomed to enroll in a “Knit A Bunny” workshop that will create a crouching bunny with floppy ears at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester. Fee: $30. For details call 9264597 or www.shaker.lib.me.us.

Urban Epic Challenge 10 a.m. “The Urban Epic Challenge presented by Oxford Networks offers a course that rivals any existing race in terms of variety of terrain, unique elements, and stunning views. The run starts near the East End Beach and winds from one end of the prom to the other and back There are two times when you will be able to sign in and get your packet: Friday, July 8 at Maine Running Company in Portland from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, July 9 at the Eastern Prom (near the Beach) from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Participants will line up at the start line at approximately 10 a.m., which is located on the paved trail near East End Beach.” www.urbanepic.com/urbanepicchallenge

‘The Other Dickens’ at Boothbay 12:30 p.m. Lillian Nayder, a Bates College professor whose biography “The Other Dickens” is the first comprehensive portrait of the woman whom novelist Charles Dickens married and then repudiated, discusses the book at Books in Boothbay: Maine’s Summer Book Fair at Boothbay Railway Village, Route 27 South, Boothbay. Nayder is one of 40 Maine authors who will discuss and sign their books at the fair. A reception with the authors begins at 3:30. The event is open to the public at no cost. Learn more at http:// booksinboothbay.blogspot.com/.

Nine Nation Animation 2 p.m. The World According to Shorts presents Nine Nation Animation, a selection of recent award-winning animated short films from the world’s most renowned festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand and others. Portland Museum of Art. Saturday, July 9, 2 p.m.; Sunday, July 10, 2 p.m. NR. http://www.portlandmuseum. org/events/movies.php

Truth About Daisies on Peaks 7:30 p.m. Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island. $8 adult; $5 seniors and students. “Popular trio, Truth About Daisies, features original songwriting and beautiful harmonies of Sheila McKinley, Doug Swift and Ronda Dale. Their music draws on many traditions including urban folk, country, and melodic pop.” The Fifth Maine Regiment Museum is a nonprofit museum and cultural center housed in the 1888 Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall. Its mission is the preservation of Civil War and local history. To that end the museum offers a wide variety of lectures, concerts, tours, youth education programs, and community activities. Membership is open to the public. For more information call 766-3330 or email fifthmainemuseum@maine.rr.com.

Jimmy Higgins: A Life in the Labor Movement 8 p.m. “Harlan Baker will appear as Jimmy Higgins in a one-man show he has written, ‘Jimmy Higgins: A Life in the Labor Movement.’ The play is set on the eve of the 1960 presidential race. A rank and file union activist is being interviewed by a college student about his life. Higgins recounts his days as a newspaper

boy in Sandusky Ohio during the First World War, his meeting with Eugene Debs and other radicals opposed to American participation in the First World War, his experiences in the Lafollette campaign for president in 1924 and his experience covering the union organizing drives of tenant farmers and auto workers in the 1930s.

Harlan Baker is an adjunct professor in the Theatre department at the University of Southern Maine, an actor, a former member of the Maine legislature, a union activist, and democratic socialist. ‘Jimmy Higgins’ has long stood for the name of the rank-and-file union and socialist activist.”

The July 9 show is a fundraiser to restore Maine’s Labor Mural. $15 at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland. 899-3993.

Sunday, July 10 Hidden studios of Portland’s East End Artists 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Get a peek into one of Portland’s most vibrant arts communities by joining the Society For East End Artists, seventh annual Open Studios Tour and Art Sale. On this one day, the artists of Portland’s East End open their working studios to the public. Experience the source point for some of Portland’s most eclectic creators and qualify to win prizes from East End vendors just by participating. Connect to community, expand your horizons and/or add to your art collection all on a summer day! The tour is a free self-guided walk through the Munjoy Hill neighborhood. It is held in conjunction with the Munjoy Hill Garden Club tour.

Maps of the Open Studios will be available the day of the event at 81 Congress St. and in participating artists’ studios.

Open studios will be marked with green, blue and white balloons. Don’t miss this opportunity to see the many and unusual

ways artists make it work: hallways, extra bedrooms, garden sheds — you name it, some artist on Portland’s East End is using it to spin their creative vision! Tour will be held rain or shine. For more information, please call Colleen Bedard at 233-7273 or visit the website http://www.

SEAportland.org

The Hidden Gardens of Munjoy Hill 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Hidden Gardens of Munjoy Hill offers an opportunity to explore a dozen lush city gardens tucked away in this charming Portland neighborhood. The self-guided garden tour will feature a dozen unique urban retreats scattered throughout Munjoy Hill. Members of the Society for East End Arts (SEA) will also open their studios for visitors. The tour is presented by Friends of the Eastern Promenade. “Visitors can stroll through a delightful English Victorian garden, a tranquil Japanese garden and a “wild” flower garden that attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Some gardens are brand new, with others tended by gardeners for several generations. All of the gardens highlight the creativity of gardening in the city.” Advance tickets are available for $15 online at hiddengardensofmunjoyhill.org or at Skillin’s Greenhouse, O’Donal’s Nurseries, Allen, Sterling & Lothrup, Broadway Gardens, Rosemont Market and Coffee by Design.

On the day of event, tickets will be sold for $20 at the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization’s Hill House at 92 Congress St., where the tour begins. For more information, visit hiddengardensofmunjoyhill.org.

Defenders of the Funny 7:30 p.m. Defenders of the Funny is a new improv group in Portland. Expect new games, sketches, music, and audience participation. Special guest: Comic Stephanie Doyle. Tickets $7. Defenders of the Funny will also be participating in the second annual Portland Improv Festival, held at Lucid Stage Aug. 11-13.

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Pastor embraces bike tour highlighting violence in the Congo

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A local pastor says he believes God had a hand in the decision by a bicycling tour group to extend their trip to Portland as part of an education effort about violence toward women in the Congo.

The Rev. Jim Duran, executive director of the Bible Society of Maine, expects to greet the She's My Sister Bike Tour Saturday night. The riders are pedaling 2,000 miles from Florida to Maine in an effort to raise awareness of and support for the women of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

"Led by American Bible Society, She's My Sister is a collaborative effort of organizations from around the globe dedicated to providing Scripture-based trauma healing programs and practical aid to the women of the DRC and the surrounding region," according to the American Bible Society, a Manhattan-based 195-year-old ministry.

"For decades, paramilitary groups in the Great Lakes region of Africa — and the Congo in particular — have used rape as a weapon of war to terrorize women even as they murder the men of the region

302, 1051 Roosevelt Trail in Windham; and at 10:45 a.m. at North Deering Alliance Church on Washington Avenue in Portland.

The group should arrive around 7 p.m. Saturday and stay overnight in Portland churches, according to the Rev. Duran.

The Bible Society of Maine, which started in 1809, interacts with the American Bible Society but was not originally involved in the bicycling tour, the Rev. Duran explained. Then, the Rev. Thomas J. Trageser with the American Bible Society in New York City contacted Duran, posing an ABOVE: “She’s My Sister” bicycle tour “is an American Bible Society signature initiative "unusual request." He explained responding to vicious acts of war that have left women broken and children orphaned in the the request for the bicyclists to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.” The riders will arrive in Portland on Saturday continue their trek from Boston to and speak in area churches on Sunday morning. LEFT: Lewie Briggs. (COURTESY PHOTOS) Portland and find churches to host and abduct its children." them here.

"The Congo has been called the rape capital of the At the time of the telephone call, Duran was sitworld," lead rider Lewie Briggs, a recent graduate of ting across from a friend whose family came from the Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Penn., Congo last fall. said in a press release. "After meeting these remark"The person that was talking to me is one of my able women who have survived the unimaginable, friends that I happen to know, and his family came I knew I had to do something to help them reclaim here from Congo in September," Duran recalled. their lives. This bike tour has been a thrilling journey "So I get the phone call, and it's like, 'Of course, God and I'm thankful we were able to advocate for them." wouldn't let them stop in Boston.'"

On Sunday at 9:30 a.m., members of the bicycling The original intent of the tour was to only go to team will speak at Windham Assembly of God, Route Boston, he noted. But then there was a change of plans that seemed divinely inspired. "They said, 'We feel as though we can't stop here, we need to go to Portland, Maine.' They've decided to go an extra 120 miles to come to Portland," Duran said.

The visit is especially meaningful because the Bible Society of Maine and other Portland churches are in the midst of ministering to refugees and asylum seekers from African countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo; right now, "the pastors in the African community here want to work to start to reconcile," Duran said.

"There are people here who now call Portland their home who lived in the Congo for generations, they suffered the war and violence over there. we hear from the local African community how much reconciliation needs to be done," he said.

The effort to bring healing to people from different tribes and countries is underway. "They're starting to meet and try to heal," Duran said.

Many African refugees are from a Christian background so they seek out help and Bible translations from local ministries. The She's My Sister Bike Tour should bring broader education and information about Scripture-based trauma healing, Duran said.

Ultimately, Duran said he believes God led the bicycling team to Portland: "We see His hand in it," he said.