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Turnpike authority seeks $450K from Violette

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The Maine Turnpike Authority has filed a lawsuit against former executive director Paul Violette seeking $450,000 in restitution related to personal expenses and reimbursements he is accused of charging to the agency between 2003 through 2010.

The lawsuit, filed yesterday in Cumberland

Number of Maine DEA agents to drop

County Superior Court, alleges that Violette misused or cannot account for more than $325,000 in agency funds and falsely claimed for more than $160,000 in sick pay and vacation time between 2003 and 2010.

“There is probably about $200,000 in there we have identified as money we are owned,” said Scott Tompkins, spokesman for the turnpike authority, referring to the results of a recent forensic audit.

“Another $250,000 or so is money we can’t account for. If [Violette] can provide an accounting for that, and it was ... for legitimate purposes, then it goes away.”

Violette, a Portland resident and former state legislator, resigned from the turnpike authority in March after 23 years as executive director. see TURNPIKE page 3

Summer campers converge at Baxter Woods

BY MARGE NIBLOCK SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

In the early part of 2012, Maine's number of special agents working for the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency will drop from 54 to 47, a seven-person decrease, state officials reported.

“In the next seven months we’ll lose seven positions statewide, with the bulk at the end of the calendar year,” said Roy McKinney, Maine Drug Enforcement Agency director.

Unless last-minute money comes from somewhere this is the situation that will Michaud become an actuality, “and there will be additional pressures in the next fiscal year,” warned McKinney.

Right now Maine has 54 special agents working for MDEA. That number is going to be reduced by seven — people assigned full time to the bureau. There are also some

Aidan Maurice, 9, gingerly reaches with his net to gather specimens from the pond at Baxter Woods Tuesday, part of the weeklong Explorer Camp Plus sponsored by Christ the Redeemer Presbyterian Church. The church is based at Breakwater School. The camp is being staged out of Ocean Avenue Elementary School and features activities such as archery, orienteering, wood building and firearms safety. With Maurice is Lois Callem, 87, a retired outdoors education teacher. For more photos of the camp, see page 8. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

see DEA page 3

City task force looks at fairness in storm water fee

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A city task force charged with making a recommendation to the City Council regarding how Portland collects fees to pay for its growing waterpollution costs met Tuesday to discuss possible rate

hike options.

The group considered different options ultimately necessary to cover the costs of state and federal clean water standards.

The Sustainable Storm Water Funding Task Force was established by the council in March. Officials

agreed to have the group discuss possible funding alternatives in order to avoid having the additional charges simply tacked onto residents’ sewer bills — which would nearly triple to meet some of the necessary costs.

Cures for youthful rudeness? City extends zoning agreement for Bay House condos See Maggie Knowles’ column on page 5

See the story on page 6

see TASK FORCE page 13

Ins, outs of outing a manager See Natalie Ladd’s column, page 7

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by American Girls at First Google Science Fair As a budding inventor and scientist, Shree Bose, in second grade, tried to make blue spinach. In fourth grade she built a remote-controlled garbage can. In eighth grade she invented a railroad tie made out of recycled plastic and granite dust, an achievement that got her to the top 30 in a national science competition for middle school students. In 11th grade Ms. Bose, a 17-year-old in Fort Worth, tackled ovarian cancer, and that research won her the grand prize and $50,000 in the Google Science Fair last week.

For the winning research Ms. Bose looked at a chemotherapy drug, cisplatin, that is commonly taken by women with ovarian cancer. The problem is that the cancer cells tend to grow resistant to cisplatin over time, and Ms. Bose set out to find a way to counteract that.

She found the answer in a cellular energy protein known as AMPK, or adenosine monophosphateactivated protein kinase.

She observed that when AMPK was paired with cisplatin at the beginning of treatment the combination diminished the effectiveness of cisplatin. But added later on, when the cancer cells were growing resistant, the AMPK worked to maintain the effectiveness of cisplatin, allowing it to continue killing the malignant cells, at least in cell cultures. “That opens up a lot of new avenues for research,” Ms. Bose said. Her research was supervised by Dr. Alakananda Basu at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth.

More than 10,000 students from 91 countries entered the science fair, which was Google’s first.

Fifteen finalists presented their findings to judges at Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters last week.

Ms. Bose’s research was named best in the age 17-18 category and best of show over all. Her prize includes $50,000 for future college studies, a 10-day trip to the Galapagos Islands and a separate trip to visit the CERN particle physics laboratory in Switzerland.

Girls swept all three age categories in the competition.

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Testifying to British lawmakers, Murdochs say top execs didn’t know of phone hacking

BY ALAN COWELL AND GRAHAM BOWLEY THE NEW YORK TIMES

LONDON — In a grueling afternoon of testimony before lawmakers, Rupert Murdoch and some of the most senior figures in his family’s media empire apologized profusely on Tuesday for the phone hacking scandal that has convulsed British public life, even as they insisted they had not ordered or tried to cover up illegal newsgathering practices at their newspapers and were not directly to blame.

It was not clear whether their responses would satisfy skeptical lawmakers, who tried for nearly three hours to discover the extent of the Murdochs’ knowledge of events at the heart of the scandal. It exploded two weeks ago with the news that people working for The News of the World, a tabloid run by the Murdoch empire’s British arm, News International, had broken into the voice mail of a 13-year-old girl, Milly Dowler, who had been abducted in 2002 and was later found murdered. The firestorm that followed brought Mr. Murdoch down from the heights of influence here to what he called “the most humble day of my life.”

Adding to the drama, a protester disrupted the hearing by attempting to hit Rupert Murdoch with a paper plate full of whitish foam.

Mr. Murdoch appeared unhurt, and the hearing resumed after a 15-minute break.

The disruption happened near the end of nearly three hours of sustained questioning by lawmakers over the phone hacking scandal, which has raised questions about the behavior of the British police, politicians and the media elite in the worst crisis to confront Prime Minister David Cameron.

Mr. Murdoch, who is 80, appeared at the hearing with his son James, 38, sitting side by side facing their questioners without lawyers at their elbow. Each wore a dark suit, white shirt and tie, though Rupert Murdoch removed his jacket after the foam incident and finished his testimony in shirtsleeves.

After the Murdochs, the committee heard

Rupert Murdoch and his son James appeared before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday. (Reuters/The New York Times)

testimony from Rebekah Brooks, who resigned as head of News International last Friday and was arrested and questioned by police on Sunday.

Ms. Brooks, a former editor of the News of the World, insisted that the Murdoch company acted “quickly and decisively” against phone hacking once it saw new evidence of the extent of the practice in December 2010. She told the committee that while she was editor she employed private investigators, but only for legitimate inquiries, not for hacking or other illicit methods, and she denied paying police officers for information.

At a hearing of the same committee in 2003, Ms. Brooks said her newspaper had paid the police for information — a comment she later retracted.

In a separate development, the BBC reported the existence of previously undisclosed indirect links between figures under investigation in the scandal and Prime Minister Cameron, who has been criticized by the opposition for hiring another former editor of The News of the World, Andy Coul-

son, as his head of communications.

In a new disclosure that threatened to bring the scandal closer to Mr. Cameron, the BBC said that in the run-up to last year’s elections, Mr. Coulson sought advice from another former News of the World executive, Neil Wallis, who has since been arrested in connection with the phone hacking investigation. Mr. Wallis worked for Scotland Yard after he left The News of the World.

The Murdochs spent much of their time before the committee, both before and after the disruption, insisting that while they were deeply sorry over the revelations of widespread unethical practices at their British newspapers, they knew little or nothing about them and had not tried to cover them up. Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, the parent company of the empire, hit those themes again in a prepared statement, originally intended to open the hearing, that the committee allowed him to read aloud at the conclusion of his appearance.

Radiation-tainted beef spreads through Japan’s markets

BY HIROKO TABUCHI THE NEW YORK TIMES

MINAMISOMA, Japan — Even after explosions rocked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Kuniaki Sato, who raises cattle here about 20 miles from the crippled complex, said he had received no clear warning from the government about the possible dangers of radiation to his herd.

So six weeks after the accident, on April 23, he shipped 12 of his prized cattle from his farm to market.

Now Japanese agricultural officials say meat from more than 500 cattle that

were likely to have been contaminated with radioactive cesium has made its way to supermarkets and restaurants across Japan in recent weeks. Officials say the cattle ate hay that had been stored outside and exposed to radiation.

“I was a little worried, but we had to sell when we could,” said Mr. Sato, whose cattle were not fed hay and so were unlikely to have been contaminated.

When a precautionary order to halt all farm shipments was lifted soon after the accident, area farmers took it as a go-ahead sign, he said. “We all resumed shipments,” he said. “Of course we did.”

The revelations by the government this month that contaminated meat reached Japanese markets have intensified food safety concerns in Japan, underscoring the government’s inability to control the spread of radioactive material into the nation’s food.

Radioactive material has been detected in a range of produce, including spinach, tea leaves, milk and fish. Contaminated hay has been found at farms more than 85 miles from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, suggesting that the radioactive fallout has reached a wider area than first suspected.

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Federal stimulus money ends, leading to cuts in staff DEA from page one

agents that work as resident-agents from their own departments.

Two of the agents were grant-funded positions.

U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud, D-Maine, secured a congressional award for agents to deal predominantly with prescription drug abuse, covering three counties in the northern part of the state.

The other five positions had been funded through federal stimulus money, which is ending. Federal

funding for state and local law enforcement is diminishing, and McKinney stated, “We knew after this two-year project things would not be good.”

This past January, a Bangor newspaper reported: “Maine tops nation in prescription drug abuse.”

McKinney is very aware of drug-related crime, stating, “Maine has a huge prescription drug abuse and diversion problem.”

Sergeant Kevin Cashman, whose official title is Supervisory Special Agent for the Cumberland District Task Force, a member of Portland’s depart-

ment, assigned to MDEA. Cashman said, “Any reduction in personnel would be unfortunate. In six months we’ll go from eight to six agents for the entire Cumberland County,” which is his area of responsibility. It’s also an area encompassing a lot of miles and a lot of crime related to drugs.

McKinney can only be philosophical when discussing the statewide cuts. “We tried to balance needs and looked at the most critical areas. We’ll make our adjustments and we’ll do what we can,” he said.

Turnpike authority seeks $450K from its former chief TURNPIKE from page one

Peter DeTroy, a Portland attorney representing Violette, declined to comment on the lawsuit yesterday because the matter is still under investigation by the Maine attorney general’s office.

Indeed, during an April hearing before a state watchdog agency, Violette declined to comment on $160,100 in gift card purchases on grounds that his answers might incriminate him.

The lawsuit claims: • That between 2003 and 2007, Violette bought more than $186,642 in gift cards to hotels and restaurants, ostensibly purchased with the intent of donating them to Maine organizations for fundraisers and other purposes. However, subsequent investigations have found that only $26,550 in gift cards were ever donated. Violette has either spent or failed to account for gift cards valued at $160,100.

• That between 2003 and 2010, Violette charged $24,819 to an agency credit card on flights,

hotels, meals and gas purchases deemed to be for personal use.

• During that same period, Violette charged to an agency credit card $143,479 in travel, hotel and meal expenses deemed “so extravagant as to constitute a deliberate abuse of the defendant's position,” according to the lawsuit. Court documents claim Violette has not provided any accounting to justify the charges, which include expenses for “lavish entertainment.”

• Upon retirement, Violette billed the agency for more than $314,000 in unused vacation time and sick leave, which would have meant he didn’t take a single sick day or vacation day in 23 years. Based on “conservative estimates” the agency believes Violette was overpaid by $161,000.

Information included in the page lawsuit was gathered during separate investigations and audits and research into the turnpike authority’s books earlier this year, according to Peter Mills, interim executive director of the agency, in a sworn affidavit.

Despite the financial irregularities discovered during that process, the turnpike authority says it received clean financial audits from two accounting firms between 2003 and 2010.

In addition to the $450,000 in damages, the lawsuit also asks that Violette provide a detailed accounting of dozens of expenses related to the gift cards and the credit card use. The agency believes such an accounting would show that some of the expenses Violette accrued were for legitimate business expenses, court documents show.

Additionally, tens of thousands of dollars in gift cards have gone unredeemed, Tomkins said. He said it’s possible Violette still has some of the gift cards and could hand them back over to the agency.

DeTroy, Violette’s attorney, said yesterday in a phone interview that he couldn’t “substantively” comment on the case because of the pending criminal investigation.

“With my client facing a potential criminal case, we are going to ask the court to stay the case until that matter gets resolved,” he said.

Panel recommends all health plans cover contraception

BY ROBERT PEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences recommended Tuesday that all health insurance plans be required to cover a wide range of preventive services, including free contraceptives for women, under President Obama’s health care overhaul.

To reduce unintended pregnancies, a 16-member panel from the academy’s Institute of Medicine said that insurers should cover the full range of contraceptive methods approved by the Food and Drug Administration, as well as sterilization procedures and “education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity.”

The panel said insurers should be forbidden to charge co-payments for these services because even small charges could deter their use. Defending its recommendation, the panel said that nearly half all pregnancies in the United States were unintended, and that about 40 percent of unintended pregnancies ended in abortion. Thus, it said, greater use of contraception would reduce the rates of unintended pregnancy, teen pregnancy and abortion.

Moreover, the panel said, “contraception is highly cost-effective,” saving far more than it costs.

The new health care law says insurers must cover ‘’preventive health services,” and cannot charge for

them. The Obama administration asked the Institute of Medicine — a nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization — to help identify the specific services that must be covered for women.

Under the law, the secretary of health and human services, Kathleen Sebelius, will decide what to include in the minimum package of essential health benefits that must be covered by all insurers.

Accepting the report Tuesday, Ms. Sebelius, said: “This report is historic. Before today, guidelines regarding women’s health and preventive care did not exist. These recommendations are based on science and existing literature.”

Ms. Sebelius said she would announce her decision on preventive services “very soon.” Administration officials said they were inclined to accept the panel’s advice. Ms. Sebelius signaled her preference in January when she said she wanted to “increase the proportion of health insurance plans that cover contraceptive supplies and services.”

Most private insurance, including employer-sponsored health plans, includes contraceptive coverage, but co-payments have increased in recent years, the panel said.

The panel’s report touched off a fierce debate.

Obstetricians, gynecologists, pediatricians, public health experts and Democratic women in Congress

hailed the recommendation.

“We are one step closer to saying goodbye to an era when simply being a woman is treated as a pre-existing condition,” Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Democrat of Maryland. “We are saying hello to an era where decisions about preventive care and screenings are made by a woman and her doctor, not by an insurance company.”

Representative Lois Capps, Democrat of California, said the recommendation would remove cost as a barrier to birth control — and in hard economic times like these, she said, cost can be a formidable barrier.

But the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and some conservative groups, including the Family Research Council, opposed the recommendation because, they said, birth control is not a preventive service in the usual sense of the term.

“Pregnancy is not a disease to be prevented, nor is fertility a pathological condition,” said Deirdre A. McQuade, a spokeswoman for the bishops’ Pro-Life Secretariat.

Jeanne Monahan, the director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council, said: “Some people have moral or ethical objections to contraceptives. They should not be forced to violate their conscience by paying premiums to health plans that cover these items.”

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The Cameron collapse NEW YORK — Peter Oborne, writing in the conservative Daily Telegraph, recently suggested that the Conservative British prime minister, David Cameron, was not merely in a mess, he “is in a sewer.”

“We should all temper our glee with a bit of a reality check here. Rupert Murdoch will emerge from this just fine.”

That seems about right.

Cameron lost it over Rupert Murdoch. He showed staggering lack of judgment in hiring Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor, as his first director of communications at Downing Street, a hubristic decision made against the best advice and apparently with a ––––– dual aim: to show he was not The New York an old Etonian “toff” and to get Times favorable treatment from the 37 percent of the British print media owned by Murdoch.

He then spent a fair chunk of time during his first year in office in 26 meetings with various News Corp. honchos, including Rebekah Brooks, who was arrested by the British police Sunday.

Brooks happened to be part of the Chipping

Roger Cohen

see COHEN page 5

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The crisis that wasn’t For weeks, the signs were flashing on every freeway in Los Angeles: 405 closed between 10 and 110/July 16-17. EXPECT BIG DELAYS. For those who don’t speak “freeway,” it meant that one of the region’s busiest freeways, the San Diego freeway, would be closed from Friday night until Monday morning in the usually jammed corridor between the Valley (the 101) and West Los Angeles (the 10). Don’t go out, we were warned.

Don’t plan on seeing friends on the other side of the great divide.

Carmageddon it was called.

It didn’t happen.

Oh, yes, the freeway did close — but only for 53 hours. And the traffic during that time was so light that the mayor took to the radio on Saturday warning people not to take the absence of traffic as a sign that they should go out. Visit with your neighbors, he advised (this in a city where many people only meet their neighbors when an earthquake forces them out of their house). Take public transportation, he advised (this in a city where there are no subways that run to or from the Westside). Ride your bike (this in a city where riding a bike is perilous, to say the least, given the absence of almost any bike lanes).

Walk. (How far?)

While Washington fretted about the debt ceiling, people here fretted about the weekend.

Susan Estrich ––––– Creators Syndicate The weekend worked out better than the debt ceiling. It was like living in a better version of Los Angeles — a Los Angeles with fewer cars. Imagine how nice this city would be with less traffic, we all told each other.

The traffic was back on Monday.

Already planners are worried that when we have to do this again in 11 months, no one will listen to their warnings, remembering how easy it was this time and thinking they’ll be the only ones who remember. And we’ll be in gridlock.

There is a lesson in this, but I’m not sure it’s one the planners want to hear.

If we can manage to live without everyone climbing into their cars 24/7, why do we only do it on designated disaster days? Imagine a city where there really were fewer cars on the road. It would be, in a word, great.

But that is not the city being built, not the reason the freeway closed. The project is to expand the freeway, and not to create a new trolley or subway or even a bus lane that would make for less

traffic. To be fair, the idea of the expansion, in addition to creating jobs (Where are all those jobs, by the way? I see the workers; there seem to be a lot of them. But the job numbers certainly don’t reflect that.), is to add more carpool lanes.

Carpool lanes are as far as we are going in trying to get people out of their cars.

I have friends who have bought banged-up Priuses with carpool lane stickers as second (or third) cars so they can move faster on their commutes. I am not sure that is the solution to the region’s future. The supposed “subway to the sea,” which everyone has been talking about for years, is not, after all, going anywhere near the sea. It will stop miles away, either because it’s too expensive, or because people and schools and others closer to the sea don’t want a subway bringing others there, or both. You take your pick. And on its way to a few miles from the sea, it won’t be going through downtown Beverly Hills, a mecca for shoppers and tourists, for all the same reasons.

The short answer is simply this: We got out of our cars for two days so we could get right back in them on Monday, with an extra lane in the future.

Is this really the future we should be building?

(Visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.)

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What are the cures for youthful rudeness?

This week’s column has a different format. I receive parenting and relationship questions from readers and every now and then will answer one publicly. Other than experience, I make no claims to be an expert, but will answer as I would to a friend.

Hi Maggie, I am 24 and work at a summer camp with tweens and teens. I am having a hard time b/c they are so rude. NO manners, everything is about them and they throw tantrums like babies if they don’t get their way. Is there anything I can do to teach them how to be polite?

Jessica, via email.

Tweens think everything is about them? Shocker!

There are probably two groups of kids here: One that is actually somewhat polite but being away from the iron rule of their parents has them testing how far they can survive in the other direction. Think of your freshman year at college. I bet if you got one of these kids one-on-one they would revert to their Miss Manners upbringing.

The intrinsically rude other group may be doomed. Can we teach a rude teen polite tricks?

First, ask your 24-year-old self: Am I seen more as a peer or an authority figure? At your age, it could go either way, especially if you are trying to be

Maggie Knowles ––––– Use Your Outdoor Voice their buddy one minute and scolding them the next. They may be rude to you, as they are to even their BFF’s, because they group you as one of them.

But if they look up to you as a cool, older gal there is hope. The best way to teach manners is for them to watch you demonstrate what good manners are. Just like parents model good behavior for their toddlers, you need to become the golden pillar of etiquette. Social graces are vital for success in the world and since you are in a leadership position, it is your duty to model what that looks like.

(If you aren’t sure yourself, parenting coach Dr. Ferrara has a short video at livestrong.com/video/3014-teachteens-good-manners/).

Some of these kids may honestly not know that they are being rude since their parents aren’t correcting, or worse, are modeling, that icky behavior.

And camp, where I assume you don’t permit hours on Twitter, may be

the first time in a while where these kids are forced to be around each other on such an intimate level. It is easy to communicate behind a computer, much harder face-to-face, or in a canoe, when it is already quite unnatural for them.

When you interact with them and fellow counselors use good eye contact, complete sentences, respectful listening, good sportsmanship and apologize if you are wrong about something.

Some of these kids probably rarely sit down at a family dinner and don’t know proper table etiquette. Think about what your grandparents would tell you. During meals you should: sit with good posture, keep elbows off the table, only talk with an empty mouth, only leave the table when everyone is finished or with permission, don’t take more food that you plan to eat.

“PLEASE pass the pepper,” is your mantra.

Have a no-tolerance rule for outright rudeness. If they are pounding the table yelling, “Give me s’mores, now!” Just stare at them, silently, until one of them realizes the magic word must be said.

The big criticism of Gen Xer’s as parents is that we don’t want to squish our kids’ egos so we never criticize their behavior. We lead them to believe that their feelings are more important than everyone else’s. Thus

the spoiled, rude Gens Y and Z. I, too, have had a poor experience with this age group’s low manner aptitude. I had five interviews set up with potential babysitters. Two no-showed, one was over an hour late because she “decided to get her hair colored first” and one 17-year-old smoked a cigarette by the front door then flicked the butt into the flowers. Only one of the girls was even close to hirable. That is 20 percent.

Jessica, you are honorable for taking a step to teach these kiddos how to be polite members of society. Granted you only have them for a short few weeks, but I think you can make a difference in their behavior if you stay consistent and firm in your own. And to that end, I thank you.

To thank my readers, I am going all Oprah and giving away two copies— hard or to your e-reader — of my current favorite book, “The Tragedy of Arthur” by Arthur Phillips. Send me a question or comment at Maggie@portlanddailysun.me or LIKE my blog, Sexy Naptime, on FB. The randomly selected winners (one from each paper, so please specify which one you read) will be announced in next week’s column.

(Maggie Knowles is a weekly columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Her column appears Wednesdays.)

The Murdoch story is a cautionary tale for our times nal activity. only thought in their heads seems to be: How will all COHEN from page 4 Certainly he had a significant role. The police and this play next year in the election and how can we Norton set, well described by Oborne as “an incestumembers of Parliament were compromised. But hurt President Obama without being blamed for it? ous collection of louche, affluent, power-hungry and would Western societies, including the United States, Is the calculation of these Republicans that difamoral Londoners, located in and around the prime be betraying these same characteristics — obsession ferent from Cameron’s? It’s all about the next news minister’s Oxfordshire constituency.” with celebrities (and especially their sex lives); blurcycle, and spin, and ego, and where the money for When I was at Oxford University many decades ring of the lines between news and entertainment; political campaigns is, and a total absence of judgago, the surrounding countryside was still just that extreme self-indulgence (I am my Facebook Wall); a ment. What it’s not about is responsibility and the — countryside and a delight. That was before the dearth of political principle and a surfeit of political commonweal. masters of the universe starting acquiring their attraction to money — without Murdoch?

Murdoch is a flawed genius whose very ruthlessCotswold gems as weekend homes and gentrificaI suspect they would. ness has now led him to his comeuppance. He knew, tion went into overdrive, complete with helipads, The Murdoch story is a cautionary tale for our more viscerally than anyone, what postmodern sociof course. Brooks and her husband live a few miles times that goes well beyond the now-compromised eties wanted to satisfy their twisted appetites and from Cameron’s constituency home. Matthew Freud, fortunes of News Corp. he provided that material in all its gaudiness. I don’t the PR guru married to Elisabeth Murdoch, also has The United States, after all, has been doing its think he created those appetites. But he sure fed a weekend home in the area. own good impression of life in the political sewers them.

Chipping Norton was the limestone British recently. Republican ideologues with no notion of the Something deeply insidious and corrupt is at work Camelot. Who would have dreamt it? national interest do their brinkmanship number as that has been on view in both Britain and the United Cameron’s judgment is in serious question. His the country hovers near an unthinkable default. The States. It involves the takeover of politics by money coalition’s earlier green light for News Corp.’s and spin and massaged images and privileged acquisition of the 61 percent of British Sky coteries. It is the death of statesmanship.

Broadcasting that it does not own — a deal now Murdoch’s Fox News has played a big role. aborted — demands further scrutiny. It is hard But all the major technological and other to resist the impression that Cameron was comforces in Western societies are pushing toward pletely in the thrall of Brooks, Murdoch and his polarization. Google is profiling you through son James Murdoch. I had thought there was your searches and directs you to the material more to the prime minister than slickness. most likely to reinforce your worldview and But it is not only Cameron who is in the sewer. ideology. Increasingly, we live in our political The culture of the United Kingdom as a whole comfort zone. Debate and dialogue die. has been reeking pungently of late — its venal, The sordid dance of Cameron and Murdoch voyeuristic, reality-show-obsessed, me-me-me has ended up revealing deep flaws in British nature thrust under the magnifying glass by revsociety that are also deep problems in Westelations about what the tabloid press would do to ern societies as a whole. Will the two men satisfy the prurience of its readers, hacking into recover? Cameron is much younger and so in phones at any price, even the phone of a 13-yeartheory he should be able to claw his way out old murdered girl. of the sewer. But I’m not sure he will get over It may be debated to what degree Murdoch this. Murdoch has more backbone and so a created this culture, or reinforced it, through Rupert Murdoch (left) and Tom Perkins, an independent member of the board of better chance, even at this late stage. his ruthless, no-holds-barred approach to jour- directors who supports the top management. (Jemal Countess/WireImage, via Getty (You can follow Roger Cohen on Twitter at nalism — and its ultimate deviation into crimi- Images/New York Times) twitter.com/nytimescohen.)

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Developers of a stalled condo project in the city’s India Street neighborhood now have until September 2012 to begin construction under a new agreement approved Monday by the city council.

However, the one-year extension comes at a cost, as councilors voted to eliminate a second phase from the $30 million to $40 million project planned for 112-113 Newbury St. The so-called Bay House project is being developed by a Boston-based company doing business in Maine as The Village at Ocean Gate, LLC. Under the new agreement, which extends the conditional zoning agreement until Sept. 22, 2012, the project has been pared down to 82 units. In 2006, when the project was first approved, developers planned to have more than 170 units The agreement also requires the developer to provide regular upkeep on the site, improve sidewalks and curbs and take steps to prevent erosion, among other things, as requested by city officials and some neighbors.

Nathan Smith, a former Portland mayor and local attorney who is representing the developers, said his clients are anxious to move forward. He predicted the new time line would hold “everybody’s feet to the fire.”

He blamed the ongoing lack of progress at the site on the recession, which has hammered the housing industry and led to tighter lending restrictions on many condo projects.

A website for the Bay House describes the neighborhood as “The New Port,” a play on the city’s adjacent Old Port neighborhood. The name, like the condo project, has been slow to catch on amid sustained pressure on the city’s condo market.

According to the Bay House website, the “metropolitan style” condo units start at about $170,000 for studios and run to $550,000 for three-bedrooms.

Councilor Kevin Donoghue, whose district includes the proposed condo site, said he was generally supportive of adding new housing to the neighborhood. However, he called upkeep at the site “disappointing” and led the effort to eliminate the project’s second phase — which will allow just two buildings at the site.

Of the proposed second phase, Donoghue said there was “Not a lot of investment, not a lot of sunk cost [and] not a lot of fans.”

The zoning extension was approved unanimously.

Councilors vote to let city employees seek public office City councilors this week revised the city’s existing personnel policy allowing municipal employees to run for city council, school board or elected mayor.

Prior to Monday’s change, the personnel policy prohibited city employees from running, an issue that came to light earlier this month when Christopher Vail, a city firemen, was initially barred from running for mayor.

In that case, city attorney Gary Wood determined that the policy couldn’t legally prevent a city employee for running for local office.

City spokesperson Nicole Clegg described the change approved by city councilors Monday night as “the formality of fixing the personnel policy.”

The new policy expressly allows city employees to run for office and work on political campaigns, but prohibits any employee from those activities during work time, or with city facilities, resources or equipment.

Municipal employees who are elected to city office are not allowed to keep their municipal jobs, Clegg said.

New city manager to start today Mark Rees will officially take the reins today as Portland’s new city manager.

Rees, the former town manager in North Andover, Mass., was confirmed by the city council in June, after being selected from a field of more than 60 candidates during a nationwide search. Rees succeeds Joe Gray, who retired in February after 10 years as city manager and nearly 40 years with the city.

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Finnigan has served as acting city manager since Gray retired. With Rees on board, she will return to her former post.

Prior to his role as Town Manager in North Andover, Rees served as the Chief Financial Officer for Framingham, Mass., which has an operating budget of $145 million, compared to Portland, which has a $201 million budget.

During his five-year tenure in Framingham, Rees developed the town’s first five-year capital budget plan and financial forecast and is credited with reversing three straight years of deficits.

SWAT team called to arrest South Portland robbery suspect SOUTH PORTLAND — A Scarborough man accused of robbing a South Portland gas station Friday night was arrested Monday evening by local police with help from a regional SWAT team, authorities said.

South Portland police say Joshua Nisbet, 34, failed to leave a residence at 191 Highland Ave. Monday at about 6 p.m. when ordered to do so.

A brief standoff ensued, and members of the Southern Maine Regional Swat Team Nisbet were deployed, police said.

Nisbet “eventually exited the apartment and turned himself in to waiting officers,” South Portland police Sgt. Steve Webster said in a news release.

Nisbet is accused of robbing the Mobil station on Main Street in South Portland Friday night at knifepoint. Officials said the suspect, wearing a bright orange shirt and a ski mask, fled on foot.

Nisbet is charged with one count of class A robbery and is currently at the Cumberland County Jail being held on $100,000 cash bail.

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BY NATALIE LADD THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

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Balloon Magic is owned and operated by a certified balloon artist, Robyn Allen, who lives in Topsham, but works extensively in the Greater Portland area bringing special event decorating to all kinds of private parties, life events, corporate functions and holiday gatherings. The name came from the “magical feeling” Allen got whenever she had the opportunity to do something ”really creative and different for a bride,” a corporate mural for companies such as L.L. Bean or something as simple, yet meaningful, as an in-home, custom balloon-bouquet delivery.

“Everything is unique and geared to what the client wants. Each job is custom and personal for me ... creating ‘Balloon Magic’ all the way around,” she said.

In the summer of 1986 Allen owned Party Planners, a party supply store in downtown Brunswick when she heard about a weeklong balloon design class being held in Atlanta. Fascinated by the balloon art she saw in a trade magazines, she took the class and has since taken and taught dozens of others. Keeping up with decorating trends, Allen recently earned a certification in fabric draping, which is popular with brides and another outlet for her creative design talents.

As her children got older, Allen sold the retail store to focus exclusively on Balloon Magic and currently decorates for major road races, fundraisers, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, weddings, trade shows and corporate banquets from Bangor to Portsmouth. “I encourage people to look at my website for an idea of what balloon art really is. I’m always available and ready to talk about ideas and things we can do to make special events even more exciting.”

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Weighing the risks, rewards of outing a poor manager A tight-knit group of twentyto-life restaurant people I know are plotting the downfall of their worse than stereotypically bad manager. He makes their working hours miserable and in some cases their precious non-working hours as well via friendly texts that are thinly disguised demands for them to pick up shifts on their only full weekend off all summer. Saying no has ramifications felt only in industries where strategic scheduling is everything and your financial fate is in the hands of the person with the Excel spreadsheet.

Bad management and revolutionary co-ops aren't exclusive to the restaurant/hospitality industry, but this is not a column about nine-to-five office cube life, or construction site-life. It's typically about what goes on in restaurants and because I've been on both sides of these overthrow attempts, I've encouraged the dissidents to make a coherent list of grievances and separate out the legit from the ego.

According to Steve Dublanica, genius writer of, "Waiter Rant" and "Keep the Change," one of the most difficult things to do is transition from one restaurant job to another. He discusses it at length and gives several examples of how horrible it is for a lifer to start over in an industry that places value on incompetent seniority over fair-and-equal treatment for all. The goal of serving good food to happy guests remains the same from place to place, but I reminded the aforementioned downtrodden of the probability that the parsley is not greener anywhere else.

However, their indignities and subsequent list continued to grow and the reluctant ringleaders had illusions that they were going to present it to the owners and they were actually going to care and take action. They hoped, "They'll talk to the manager

and straighten him out! They'll make sure we are all treated with respect and dignity"!

Oh, the naivete of the believers ... Owners who are not present physically working in the kitchen ––––– or out front greeting guests are What It’s absent for the obvious reason that Like they simply do not want to be there. This why they have a manager, good or bad in the first place, and anything short of the manager stealing cases of wine or voiding out guest checks and pocketing the cash (I've seen both these things happen) isn't going to motivate an owner to rock his own boat. As Springsteen says, "You have to learn to live with what you can't rise above. ..." and I'm afraid this is the case with the unhappy group of list makers.

Their efforts took me back to my prized, Lydia's Liner Notes and a particular little pile of the random paper scraps I titled, Bad Management Voodoo. Here are a few of her observations that eerily echoed the list my friends were working on: "Why am I being asked to train the new girl? Isn't that your job and the reason why you get a salary?"

March 4, 2009 "Why is it OK for you to cover your weekend shifts, but when I do it you assume I don't care about my job or am not committed?" August 12, 2010 "You're also the bartender and are making a good hourly wage. Why do we have to tip you out 10 percent when I had to get all my own drinks anyway so you could flirt with the Lolita at the bar?" October 6, 2009 "Why is the seating chart and head count done one way when you're waiting tables and another way when you aren't?" April 21, 2009 "Did you really just bribe someone to close the drawer for you so you could leave early?" March 22, 2008

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"I'm really sick and you still want me to work?

'Hello, my name is Typhoid Mary and I'll be your server tonight...'" December 12, 2010 "How is it OK to belittle someone when they make an honest mistake? Just help fix it so the guest experience is rectified and that new server isn't afraid to ask for help." July 9, 2010 "Why don't you ask the rest of us what we think about an operational way to do something before you go making changes that suit just you?" January 3, 2008 "Why do you get to give away drinks and bolster just your tips? Didn't someone else recently get fired for that very same thing?" July 22, 2009 Hopefully just writing the list will give my friends see LADD page 8

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Lydia’s Liner Notes revisited LADD from page 7

a chance to release their frustrations like a breath of toxic air. They will need to take a look at the reality that even if they do gather up the chutzpa to present their document, the owners probably won't think anything is broken, and their worst fears of retaliations are likely. They will also have to look inward and realize that perhaps they are the ones that may need to move on in the middle of this financially less than stellar summer season, or scariest of all, see some of their managers' poor behavior in their own actions and thoughts.

I'm sure cubical life and job site politics have their own unique circumstances, but luckily for the people employed in those professions, they don't involve tipping out the managing offender.

The Down Low: One Sunday brunch about a year ago a young server named Lydia gave me a crumbled brown paper bag full of hundreds of small, dated pieces of paper, each with an observation or comment about her shift that day.

I have categorized them and refer to them often in this column. Lydia is currently camping her way west and the last I heard had taken a temporary position in a resort area near Yellowstone National Park.

(Natalie Ladd is a Daily Sun contributor.

Her column appears on Wednesday.)

ABOVE: A frog peers out from the hands of Thomas Schaffeld during a weeklong Explorer Camp Plus. About 90 youngsters, grades one through nine, converged on Baxter Woods and its pond to study water exploration. The camp, in its second year, is sponsored by Christ the Redeemer Presbyterian Church, based at Breakwater School. The amphibian was returned to the pond at Baxter Woods after brief observation by campers. RIGHT: Schaffeld demonstrates how to view water fauna close up for campers (from left) Harrison Kepler, 10; Aidan Maurice, 9; and Andrew Pillsbury, 10, all participating in The camp is staged out of Ocean Avenue Elementary School and features activities such as archery, orienteering, wood building and firearms safety. In its first year, the camp drew about 50 children. This year, the number nearly doubled, church officials noted. BELOW: Kepler (left) and Pillsbury inspect water specimens at Baxter Woods.

BOTTOM RIGHT: A salamander is among the specimens found by summer campers.

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Anonymous buyer purchases ‘disorderly’ units

BY MARGE NIBLOCK

In an auction Tuesday, 17 units comprising two troubled properties on Oxford Street brought a price of $375,000, and went to Marc Fishman of Fishman Realty Group.

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Two houses that have the reputation of being among the most infamous addresses in Bayside were sold at an auction held Tuesday afternoon outside of 255/259 Oxford St. The 17 units comprising the two buildings brought a price of $375,000, and went to Marc Fishman of Fishman Realty Group.

Fishman stated that he was representing a buyer whose name he was not at liberty to identify. That person was not present at the auction.

Fishman said the buyer is an experienced property owner who has professional property management experience.

The closing is expected to occur within 30 days and once the new owner has taken possession, Trish McAllister, Portland’s Neighborhood Prosecutor, will be contacted so that all of the requirements that were imposed by a consent judgment can be discussed.

The properties auctioned Tuesday

were the subject of a legal proceeding that required changes to tenancy and management of the rentals.

More broadly, revisions to a city ordinance, which were approved by the

The address of 259 Oxford St. is where a recent scuffle with a suspect led to Portland Police Officer Dan Knight, the department’s Senior Lead Officer for Sector 2, suffering an injury to his leg. Knight went into the unit 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, and a struggle ensued at the top of a landing, with both men tumbling down the flight of stairs together. Then Tozier ran out the front door with Knight in pursuit. Tozier was captured on Elm Street, arrested and charged with assault on an officer and resisting arrest.

city council in April, made it easier for the city to classify a property as a “disorderly house” in an effort to curb trouble spots that required a frequent police presence.

Event to launch tech, ed center at old naval station DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT After five years of planning Southern Maine Community College will officially announce the transfer of deeds from the Navy for two of the buildings at its new Midcoast Campus at Brunswick Landing (formerly the Brunswick Naval Air Station) and will commemorate the occasion with a demolition ceremony on Tuesday, July 26 at 11 a.m. at the site of the new campus, the college announced Tuesday.

The event will launch the renovation of the Maine Advanced Technology & Engineering Center (MATEC).

Swinging the first sledge hammer to begin demolition will be James Ortiz, president of SMCC, Sen. Stan Gerzofsky of District 10 and Steve Levesque from Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority.

MATEC will be renovated for classrooms and labs, and will be made ADA compliant with construction beginning next month, the college reported.

The first classes at the Midcoast Campus will be offered this fall and will be held in the second building, the future residence hall, temporarily until renovations of MATEC are completed and the remaining three buildings are conveyed to the college later this fall, according to an SMCC press release.

Sen. Gerzofsky sponsored the legis-

lation that established the Midcoast Campus and worked to pass the bond package and economic development incentives that are helping to fund the needed renovations.

“Without Senator Gerzofsky this project would not have happened,” said Ortiz. “He worked tirelessly in the Legislature to make this campus a reality and to drive economic recovery for the region when the naval air station closed.”

SMCC is also planning a grand opening of the Midcoast Campus in the fall of 2012 when all five buildings are renovated and two thousands students will have complete access to the new campus.

The kick-off event on Tuesday, July 26 will take place at the SMCC Midcoast Campus site at the former BNAS. Ortiz, who is retiring on July 29, became president of what was then Southern Maine Technical College in February of 2002. Under his leadership, the college transitioned to a comprehensive community college and became the fastest growing community college in New England, tripling its growth between 2002 and the fall of 2010, according to a college press release. Over the past several years, Ortiz has laid the groundwork for SMCC’s new Midcoast Campus at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 20).

You will follow your interests with new passion and, in the process, bond with loyal friends. Your tremendous selfcontrol and persistence are rewarded when you reach a personal goal in September. Autumn brings romantic adventures and diplomatic maneuvers.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). While some areas of life are developing nicely, a very important goal has slipped out of reach and will continue to drift away from you unless you make an action plan and commit to it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You won’t believe what some people charge for their services. Seeing what’s out there could make you feel like you’ve been settling for less than you deserve.

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CANCER (June 22-July 22). A nagging thought will keep cropping up until you do something about it. Go straight to the root of it, and yank it like the weed it is. Handle this so you can get quickly back to the main event.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). What’s important is that you eventually figure out what you’re supposed to do and do it. The confusion, false starts and missteps that happen prior to that won’t really count in the end.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Whatever state you’re going for -- happier, thinner, richer, whatever -- the “act as if” exercise will help you achieve it. And you’ll probably learn that you’re a better thespian than you thought.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Save the Internet and other distractions for after you do your work. Otherwise, your thoughts and energy will spin out in all kinds of directions, and it will be difficult to reel them back in.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, July 20, the 201st day of 2011. There are 164 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after landing their lunar module.

On this date: In 1861, the Congress of the Confederate States convened in Richmond, Va. In 1917, the draft lottery in World War I went into operation.

In 1944, an attempt by a group of German officials to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a bomb failed as the explosion at Hitler’s Rastenburg headquarters only wounded the Nazi leader. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for an unprecedented fourth term of office at the Democratic convention in Chicago.

In 1954, the Geneva Accords divided Vietnam into northern and southern entities.

In 1960, a pair of Polaris missiles were fired from the submerged USS George Washington off Cape Canaveral, Fla., at a target more than 1,100 miles away.

In 1976, America’s Viking 1 robot spacecraft made a successful, first-ever landing on Mars.

In 1988, Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis received the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Atlanta.

In 1990, Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, one of the court’s most liberal voices, announced he was stepping down.

One year ago: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted almost totally along party lines, 13-6, to approve Elena Kagan to be the Supreme Court’s fourth female justice.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress-singer Sally Ann Howes is 81. Rockabilly singer Sleepy LaBeef is 76. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., is 75. Actress Diana Rigg is 73. Rock musician John Lodge (The Moody Blues) is 68. Country singer T.G. Sheppard is 67.

Singer Kim Carnes is 66. Rock musician Carlos Santana is 64. Rock musician Paul Cook (The Sex Pistols, Man Raze) is 55.

Actress Donna Dixon is 54. Rock musician Mick McNeil (Simple Minds) is 53. Country singer Radney Foster is 52. Actor Frank Whaley is 48. Rock singer Chris Cornell is 47. Rock musician Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) is 45. Actor Reed Diamond is 44. Actor Josh Holloway is 42. Singer Vitamin C is 42.

Actor Omar Epps is 38. Actor Simon Rex is 37. Actress Judy Greer is 36. Actor Charlie Korsmo is 33. Singer Elliott Yamin (yahMEEN’) (American Idol) is 33. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is 31. Rock musician Mike Kennerty (The All-American Rejects) is 31.

Actor Percy Daggs III is 29. Actor John Francis Daley is 26. Country singer-ballroom dancer Julianne Hough is 23. Actress Billi Bruno is 15.

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The problem is my younger sister, who went through a difficult divorce several years ago. “Donna” hasn’t worked much since then, and Mom and Dad are paying nearly all of her expenses. If my parents were to need assisted living, I worry it could be a major hardship.

Donna shows no signs of looking for full-time work. When Mom recently told me that vacuuming hurts her arms, I asked Donna to pitch in with the heavy housework. She agreed to do so, but when I later asked Mom about it, she said Donna told her she didn’t have time because she was so busy applying for jobs and was afraid she might miss a phone call if she left home. (As if cell phones don’t travel.)

I understand that jobs aren’t easy to come by, but couldn’t Donna spend one day a week doing housework and running errands for my parents? I would do it myself, but there have been layoffs and pay cuts at work, and my hours have increased substantially. I get home late, and I’m exhausted. It annoys me that Donna is living a life of leisure at my parents’ expense, and when I say anything, they make excuses for her.

Any advice for me? -- Emma in Texas Dear Texas: You cannot force Donna to be a better daughter, nor are your parents likely to insist on it. Since they could use some extra assistance, however, it wouldn’t hurt to talk to Donna again and remind her gently that she currently is the one with the most flexible schedule. Ask her how she thinks she can be of help. Then suggest to your parents that they discuss their future financial needs with their banker, lawyer or other impartial intermediary.

Dear Annie: I belong to an organization that supports women who wish to go to college. We recently presented a sizable scholarship check, in person, to a very needy young high school graduate. We have had no response from her.

We would like to send her a note about this. There is a possibility she could get additional grants in the future, but we feel a response is both courteous and necessary. Is there proper wording for such a letter from us? It seems shameful that our young generation is not taught this proper etiquette.

-- Midge Dear Midge: When you presented the scholarship, did the girl thank you in person? If so, she may not realize that it is good form to also express her appreciation in writing. Send her a note saying, “We were delighted to award you the Women’s Scholarship last spring. We would very much like to be kept informed of your progress, so please let us know how you are doing.”

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Wondering,” who was asked to return her parents’ nativity set to her brother.

Both of my parents have passed, and we adult children all enjoy the memories of Christmases with Mom and Dad. We, too, have a special nativity set that has sentimental value to all of us. Our solution is to share it. Each year, a different sibling gets to use the set as part of their Christmas decorations.

When it comes time to take down the tree, we pack up the nativity set and send it along to the next person, and so on.

This is a nice way for each of us to have the special display in our own homes and then share the memories when we visit each other. -- Remembering in New York Dear New York: This is a lovely idea. Thank you for suggesting it.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

Prickly City

by Scott Stantis

Sewer fees on tap TASK FORCE from page one

“These are expenses that the city is compelled to make,” said Councilor Ed Suslovic, chairman of the task force.

“We’re not talking about growing the pie, we’re talking about fixed expenses,” he said. “The only questions is what’s the most fair and most equitable way?”

A major challenge confronting the city is its $170 million Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Project. "Combined sewer overflow" refers to the problem of sewage flowing into Casco Bay during heavy rains, due to the linkage of storm water and sewage systems.

In June, the council voted to set a 15-year completion time line for the project aimed at reducing the amount of untreated sewage and rainwater that enters Casco Bay. Annual sewer bills for the average household will increase from about $460 in 2011 to about $1,350 when the project is complete, in 2028, according to city documents.

The CSO project is necessary under federal mandates, officials noted. Task force members consented during last month’s meeting to look into different options to present to the City Council, agreeing that adding to the sewer rate or property taxes would not be the best method of collecting the funds.

“A big pressure, of course, is our combined sewer overflows,” said Mike Bobinsky, director of Portland’s Public Works department. “How do we pay for that?”

The 14-member task force — comprised of a wide range of residents, business leaders, conservationists and different property owners — is currently looking at different options for a storm water fee.

“In a nutshell, the task force is looking at alternatives to paying for the costs that we have in another way other than the sewer rate,” said Ian Houseal, coordinator of the task force. The task force is not a decision making body but will present a recommendation to the council.

Houseal explained that sewer rates are based largely on water usage and that much of the additional costs the task force is charged with considering are incurred by storm water runoff and the CSO abatement plan.

If no other funding option is adopted by the City Council to cover the costs associated with storm water, not only would average sewer bills nearly triple, but, as Houseal points out, different residents and businesses would be disproportionally affected by the new charges.

For example, apartments, hotels and health care facilities are relatively large water users. A high sewer bill for usage would mean those users would be billed larger amounts.

At the same time, roadways, parking lots and shopping centers use less water, but they contribute to storm water run off in a big way, Houseal said.

A flat rate would charge each parcel of property a set amount. Tiered impervious rates would take into account the amount of area a property has that doesn't allow water to be absorbed into the ground.

The rates discussed ranged from charging property units about $850 annually for a flat rate or about $472 per year for every 2,500 square feet of impervious surface.

Both of those models include 100 percent of the CSO allocation to storm water and an additional $3.49 per 100 cubic feet per in year in sewer rate costs.

Other models were given which took into account a smaller proportion of the CSO allocation and larger amounts of the sewer rates.

"It's very conceptual at this point," Bobinsky said.

The task force will meet again in August to discuss which, if any, of the proposals they would like to pursue. After a decision is made on what storm water fee would suit Portland best, the task force plans to host a city forum to discuss the draft proposal with residents.

The group will meet once a month until the end of the year, at which time it is slated to make a proposal to the council.

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Wednesday, July 20 Launch of Patriots license plate 10 a.m. During a special ceremony at the Maine Mall in South Portland, New England Patriots representatives, including Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Tippett and Patriots Cheerleaders, along with Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles representatives, will officially announce the opening of preorders of state of Maine Patriots license plates as part of the Patriots Charitable Foundation’s charitable license plate program. At the ceremony, the public is invited to be one of the first to place a preorder and be part of the necessary 2,000 preorders needed to successfully bring the license plate law to the Maine legislature. The event will feature a Patriots plate unveiling ceremony and autographs with Patriots Cheerleaders from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. To celebrate the launch of preorders, the first 50 people to place an order at Wednesday’s event will receive a Patriots Charitable Foundation commemorative mini-football. Maine Patriots license plates cost $35 on top of regular registration fees, with $25 going to the state for start-up costs of producing the plate, and $10 going to the Patriots Charitable Foundation, earmarked for Maine nonprofits. The Maine license plate program marks the third Patriots license plate offered in the New England region, with existing programs in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Once the plate is approved and in production, which may take up to a year, each of the 2,000 pre-sale registrants will receive a BMV voucher, which they can take to their municipal office or BMV branch to redeem for their plate. If the law is not successfully passed, refunds will be issued to each individual that placed a preorder. Vouchers will be mailed to the address provided when the order is placed, and vouchers are transferable. Vehicles must be under 10,000 pounds to be eligible. To place an online order or for more information visit www.patriots.com/community. Today’s event will take place at Center Court in the Maine Mall located at 364 Maine Mall Road in South Portland.

Hands-Only CPR training 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The American Heart Association and Hannaford Supermarkets in Maine are partnering to help people learn basic CPR skills by providing free “HandsOnly CPR” mini-trainings. Hands-Only CPR is CPR without mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths. It involves two easy steps: Call 911 and push hard and fast on the center of the chest.

This technique is easy to remember and results in delivery of more, uninterrupted chest compressions until more advanced care arrives on the scene. The mini-trainings will held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the following dates: Monday, July 11 — 77 Western Ave., Hampden; Monday, July 18 — 692 Sabattus St., Lewiston; Wednesday, July 20 — Forest Ave., Portland; Monday, Aug. 1 — 31 Hannaford Drive, Scarborough. Participants will receive educational information and those who practice chest compressions will be entered to win free CPR Anytime kits and $50 Hannaford gift cards. The AHA hopes to increase CPR awareness so that more people will know the simple steps to save a life if someone suddenly collapses from cardiac arrest. If people are unable to attend one of the mini-trainings above, they can watch the Hands-Only CPR video at www.handsonlycpr.org.

The Psychic/Paranormal Faire kicks off Saturday and Sunday, July 23 and 24, at Fort Knox. The Faire will feature renowned cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, TV personality and author of “Mysterious America” and curator of Portland’s International Cryptozoology Museum.

(FILE PHOTO) can Henry, the searching French artist Rebecca, and British archaeologist Henry.”

The Kids Are Alright: In The Audience noon. “SPACE and the Maine Academy of Modern Music debut The Kids Are Alright, a new series of Wednesday lunchtime performances by local musicians for the whole family can dig! Stop by for a break after the Farmer’s Market, or before you hit the beach for a cool hour of music by great live acts tailored for the kids. Parents and kids will be able to meet the musicians, ask them questions, and even experience an ‘instrument petting zoo’! In this installment of this series, rising indie band In The Audience step up to the plate.” $3 adults/ $2 kids. http://www.space538. org/events.php

Kid’s Activity Day with Dino Discovery 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Kid’s Activity Day — Wednesdays in Lobsterman’s Park, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Presented by the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. Bring the kids to Lobsterman’s Park to enjoy a different activity each week and learn interesting facts! July 20, Dino Discovery.

Investigate a life size t-rex jawbone and make a dough dino fossil to take home. July 27, Understanding Owls. Learn about an owl’s silent flight and other hunting techniques by exploring artifacts and making a craft. Brought to you by WPXT, WPME, WHOM, mainetoday.com, raisingmaine.com

Author Simon Van Booy visits Maine

Come see a proposed Patriots license plate today at 10 a.m. in the Center Court in the Maine Mall located at 364 Maine Mall Road in South Portland. Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Tippett will be in attendance. (COURTESY IMAGE)

noon and 7 p.m. Van Booy will read at noon at Portland Public Library’s Rines Auditorium as part of the celebrated Brown Bag series.

Later that same evening, Van Booy will give a 7 p.m. reading at SPACE Gallery.

“Acclaimed author Simon Van Booy will visit Maine for only the second time ever and give two readings in Portland hosted by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance (MWPA), the Portland Public Library, SPACE Gallery, and Longfellow Books. In 2009, Van Booy won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award — the largest short story prize in the world — for his collection ‘Love Begins in Winter.’ Now, in the elegant, seemingly Old World prose he has become revered for, Van Booy’s debut novel ‘Every- Rutger Hauer in “Hobo With A Shotgun” a Magnet Release. The product of a trailer thing Beautiful Began After’ traces three competition held by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez for the making of their lives set against the Mediterranean heat of collaborative film “Grindhouse,” this film is screening at SPACE Gallery Friday night.

Athens, Greece: drunken but brilliant Ameri- (Photo courtesy of Magnet Releasing/Karim Hussain)

Money Works series at Curtis Memorial Library 5:30 p.m. “Investing: How Do I Know What’s Right For Me?” talk by Bowdoin’s Sherry Mason and Sarah Paul, followed by a meeting of the Women’s Investment Club in Morrell Meeting Room. Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. Public invited. FMI 725-5242 ext. 216 or ehawkins@ curtislibrary.com. www.curtislibrary.com

Free summer concerts in Portland 7:45 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 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 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 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 see next page

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Thursday, July 21 ‘Recession to Recovery’ noon to 1:30 p.m. The Maine Heritage Policy Center presents “Recession to Recovery: A Budget That Gets Maine Working” presented by Richard Rosen, member of the Maine Senate. DiMillo’s On the Water, 25 Long Wharf, Portland. MHPC Member: $17 per person. Non-member: $22 per person. For additional information, please contact Amanda Clark at 321-2550 or aclark@mainepolicy.org.

Hot Water Bath Canning 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County is offering workshops locally on (Pickling and Freezing), (Drying Fruits, Herbs and Vegetables) and (Fermenting pickles). Also, a workshop on low sugar blueberry jam workshop in Lisbon Falls. Next up: Falmouth workshop on Hot Water Bath Canning Pickles and Freezing Fruit and Vegetables. UMaine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Dr., Falmouth. Time: Cost: $10 (Scholarships are available). Instructor is Kate McCarty, Food Preservation Program Aide, and Master Food Preserver Volunteers. For more information: call 781.6099 or email Lois at lois.elwell@maine.edu. “If you are looking for ways to preserve your food from the garden, now is the time to sign up for one of these workshops. For more classes go to: www.extension.umaine.edu.

Little Red Riding Hood reimagined 4 p.m. This summer, Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother find themselves facing not just one wolf, but two!

The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine kicks off its 2011-2012 theatre season with Little Red Riding Hood (or Grandmother Slyboots), a twist on the well-worn tale of a flighty girl and conniving wolf. In this story, Little Red’s nemesis, the wolf, is an arrogant young prankster. A sage older wolf advises him to give up his foolish impersonations of humans and just be the best wolf he can be. The Children’s Museum & Theatre’s Dress Up Theatre has been home to more than a dozen productions since 2008, but the staging for Little Red Riding Hood will offer audiences a uniquely immersive experience: the show will take place in the center of the room, with rows of seating (some elevated) along two opposite walls. A troupe of nine young actors ages 8 to 16 have spent the not-so-lazy days of summer rehearsing almost daily. The cast features newcomers in the roles of Little Red Riding Hood (Phoebe Little, 13, of South Portland) and Young Wolf (Even Laukli, 13 of Yarmouth).

The show runs for two weekends, July 21-31: Thursdays and Fridays at 4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tickets are $9 each ($8 for members) and can be reserved at the front desk (142 Free St.), at kitetails.org or by calling 828-1234, ext. 231. Advance reservations are encouraged.

Alive at Five free outdoor concert 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The much anticipated Alive at Five free outdoor concerts kick is taking place each Thursday in Monument Square. “What better way to spend a summer night than to kick back, listen to free music in the summer sun and enjoy a cold drink in the beer garden, presented by Sebago Brewing Company.” July 21 — The Fogcutters Big Band (Big Band/Swing) and Sly-Chi (Funk/Soul/Jazz); July 28 — Marion Grace (Singer-Songwriters) and Gypsy Tailwind (Americana /Roots); Aug. 4 — The Modest Proposal (MAMM SLAM High School Band Winners) and The Kenya Hall Band (Rhythm and Blues). For more information and a full schedule of free summer events, visit portlandmaine. com or call 772.6828.

Capisic Pond Park discussion 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Portland Department of Public Services and City Councilor Ed Suslovic will host an informational meeting to discuss next steps for Capisic Pond Park following the completion of work for the West Side Sewer Interceptor project. The public will get an overview of the sewer separation project, learn about the Capisic Brook Watershed Study, currently underway, and park restoration work completed to date. Following presentations, a discussion of potential next steps for the wetlands and pond will be led by a panel of city staff and officials, consultants, and experts on natural spaces. Deering High School Cafeteria, 370 Stevens Ave.

Concert at Fort Allen Park: Chandler’s Band 7 p.m. “We’re putting the band back in the bandstand at Fort Allen Park!” In July and August, Friends of the Eastern Promenade scheduled seven Thursday evening concerts. Chandler’s Band (Big Band Era), sponsored by the Willey Trust. Other concerts: Thursday, July 28 — Sean Mencher and his Rhythm Kings (Rockabilly), sponsorship in memory of Betty Winterhalder. Thursday, Aug. 4 — Big Chief (Rhythm & Roots Music). Sponsored by Coyne Piergrossi Associates, Keller Williams Realty. Thursday, Aug. 11

— The McCarthys (Country Rock). Sponsored by Kemp Goldberg Partners. Thursday, Aug. 18 — Banda di Nepi (Community Band from Italy). Sponsored by the Italian Heritage Center.

Friday, July 22 Jimmy Fund/Deering High School Classic 10:30 a.m. 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.

The Jimmy Fund Golf Program is one of the oldest and largest charity golf programs in the country. Now in its 29th year, The Jimmy Fund Golf Program has raised more than $80 million for life-saving cancer research and treatment for adults and children at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The 2011 presenting sponsors for this year’s program include American Airlines, Callaway Golf, Dunkin’ Donuts, Forty Seven Brand, HomeGoods, the International Golf Club, and GateHouse Media New England. Registration Time: 10:30 a.m. Shotgun Time: noon. Registration Fee: $100 per golfer.

For more information, visit www.jimmyfundgolf.org or call 866-521-4653.

Little Red Riding Hood reimagined 4 p.m. This summer, Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother find themselves facing not just one wolf, but two!

The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine kicks off its 2011-2012 theatre season with Little Red Riding Hood (or Grandmother Slyboots), a twist on the well-worn tale of a flighty girl and conniving wolf. In this story, Little Red’s nemesis, the wolf, is an arrogant young prankster. A sage older wolf advises him to give up his foolish impersonations of humans and just be the best wolf he can be. The Children’s Museum & Theatre’s Dress Up Theatre has been home to more than a dozen productions since 2008, but the staging for Little Red Riding Hood will offer audiences a uniquely immersive experience: the show will take place in the center of the room, with rows of seating (some elevated) along two opposite walls. A troupe of nine young actors ages 8 to 16 have spent the not-so-lazy days of summer rehearsing almost daily. The cast features newcomers in the roles of Little Red Riding Hood (Phoebe Little, 13, of South Portland) and Young Wolf (Even Laukli, 13 of Yarmouth).

The show runs for two weekends, July 21-31: Thursdays and Fridays at 4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tickets are $9 each ($8 for members) and can be reserved at the front desk (142 Free St.), at kitetails.org or by calling 828-1234, ext. 231. Advance reservations are encouraged.

‘Yoga and Walking Meditation on the Fore River’ 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. “Yoga and Walking Meditation on the Fore River.” Rebecca Stephans leads a yoga walk on the Fore River Trail. Beginning with gentle stretches, breathing exercises, and yoga postures the walk will continue with a walking meditation. The walk will end with a closing meditation and check-in. No yoga experience necessary, and all levels of fitness are welcome. Meet at the Fore River Trail head on Hobart Street off outer Congress Street. Parking is available along Hobart Street. Free for Portland Trails members, $5 suggested donation for nonmembers ($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

SPACE screens ‘Hobo With A Shotgun’ 10 p.m. “Celebrating the classic American ‘Grindhouse’ genre, ‘Hobo With A Shotgun’ is the product of a trailer competition held by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez for the making of their collaborative film ‘Grindhouse.’ A hobo (played by Rutger Hauer) rolls into town hoping for a fresh start but instead finds himself trapped in an urban hell ruled by a murderous crime boss and his sadistic sons. As the brutality rages around him, the hobo realizes the only way to make a difference in this town is with a pawnshop shotgun in his hands. Viewer discretion is strongly advised.” $7/$5 for SPACE Gallery Members, 18 plus.

Saturday, July 23 Philosophy at the Edge conference in Camden 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Camden Philosophical Society will hold its fifth annual Philosophy at the Edge conference in Camden, “on one of the hottest new topics in the field — Experimental Philosophy — and will be featuring some of the stars of the new movement, while also questioning whether this is the best way of tackling all the age-old issues that constitute philosophy. The regular meetings of the society are hosted by the Camden Public Library throughout the year, but the Experimental Philosophy Conference will be at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Camden.” www.librarycamden.org/

Psychic/Paranormal Faire 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A popular event returns to Fort Knox when the second Psychic/Paranormal Faire kicks off Saturday and Sunday, July 23 and 24. The Faire will feature renowned cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, TV personality and author of “Mysterious America.” Joining Coleman will be author of “Ghosts of Acadia,” Marcus LiBrizzi, East Coast Ghost Trackers paranormal investigation group, UFOologists, and psychic, Sky Taylor. Visitors to the Faire will also be able to consult various psychics that will be on site for the event.

The Friends work in partnership with the Maine Department of Conservation’s Bureau of Parks and Lands for the benefit of Fort Knox. fortknox.maineguide.com.

What About Whales? on Peaks Island 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. What About Whales? presented by the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine at Brackett Memorial United Methodist Church, 9 Church St., Peaks Island.

“Istar, the life-size inflatable whale model that lives in the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, wows thousands of visitors each year when they climb inside her and discover just how massive humpbacks are. On July 23, Istar will visit Peaks Island to wow islanders and travelers alike. Guided trips inside the whale will take place on the hour from 1-3 p.m.” Istar’s voyage is part of Science at Sea, a program created by the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine and funded by the Peaks Island Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. The program was created to increase islanders’ access to science programming and educate Casco Bay residents about their ocean-dwelling neighbors. This event is the concluding celebration of a series of educational science programs in Peaks Island schools and preschools. The Brackett Memorial United Methodist Church is located at 9 Church Street, a half-mile walk from the ferry.

Breakwater Creative Arts camp film screening 12:30 p.m. “Tova Kemmerer is not your typical eight-yearold summer camper. Sure, she can weave a friendship bracelet and play a mean game of Duck Duck Goose, but at Breakwater Creative Arts (BCA) summer camp, Tova also gets to make movies. In fact, three films that she and her Cinematic Storytelling class made last summer at BCA have been selected for viewing at the 34th Maine Student Film and Video Festival, held in conjunction with the Maine International Film Festival, in Waterville,” the arts program announced. The three narrative works — “Rhonda’s Pillow Adventure,” “The Pencil Dilemma” and “Mystery Shack” — will be screened on July 23 at 12:30 p.m. at the Railroad Cinema in Waterville. The films were conceived, developed, acted, filmed and directed entirely by students in grades K-6. Located in Portland, Breakwater is an independent day school and after-school enrichment center for students, pre-K through grade 8.

Little Red Riding Hood reimagined 1 p.m. This summer, Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother find themselves facing not just one wolf, but two!

The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine kicks off its 2011-2012 theatre season with Little Red Riding Hood (or Grandmother Slyboots), a twist on the well-worn tale of a flighty girl and conniving wolf. In this story, Little Red’s nemesis, the wolf, is an arrogant young prankster. A sage older wolf advises him to give up his foolish impersonations of humans and just be the best wolf he can be. The Children’s Museum & Theatre’s Dress Up Theatre has been home to more than a dozen productions since 2008, but the staging for Little Red Riding Hood will offer audiences a uniquely immersive experience: the show will take place in the center of the room, with rows of seating (some elevated) along two opposite walls.

The show runs for two weekends, July 21-31: Thursdays and Fridays at 4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Tickets are $9 each ($8 for members) and can be reserved at the front desk (142 Free St.), at kitetails.org or by calling 8281234, ext. 231. Advance reservations are encouraged.

A Tribute to the Music of Kermit Goell 8 p.m. Maine Singers Atelier (MSA), directed by Julie Goell, will present “My Love Serenade: A Tribute to the Music of Kermit Goell,” at the 5th Maine Regiment Center (http:// www.fifthmainemuseum.org/). Between 1940 and 1980, Kermit Goell wrote the lyrics to over 200 songs, including the hit, “Near You.” His songs have been recorded by a wide range of artists from Johnny Cash, Andy Williams and Frank Sinatra to the Andrews Sisters, Sarah Vaughan and Barbara Streisand. Some have appeared in the soundtracks of movies, including “Mask” and “Practical Magic,” and on TV shows, including “Six Feet Under” and “The Sopranos.”

Kermit Goell also happens to be the father of MSA director Julie Goell. Tickets to the event are available at the door for $10. Maine Singers Atelier (www.juliegoell.com/singing. php) is a lab-style workshop held in Portland, for singers in any genre of music to hone skills in performance, presentation and expressive power, in an atmosphere of support and collegiality. The workshop is directed by performer, singer and director Julie Goell (http://www.juliegoell.com/). see next page

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Sunday July 24 Old Port Half Marathon & 5K Road Race 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. In its first year, this event is organized by GiddyUp Productions. The expected number of runners overall this year is 700, according to a city agenda item.

Proceeds from the races benefit Habitat for Humanity and Independent Transportation Network. The race will start on the Eastern Prom and finish at the Maine State Pier. The half marathon starts first at 8 a.m. The 5K race starts at 8:15 a.m. www.oldporthalfmarathon.com

Sunday Shindig on the Bay. 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Diamond’s Edge Restaurant, Great Diamond Island. A large group of land conservation practitioners, supporters and families will gather at Diamond’s Edge Restaurant to celebrate 25 years of land conservation in the Casco Bay region at the Sunday Shindig on the Bay. The event, which is a fundraiser and to which all are invited, is family friendly and as such will feature games, activities and a juggler for the young kids. Additionally for the kids of all ages, there will be lawn games like badminton and croquet, and a great band called Local Circus. Tours of the Fort will also be offered during the event. Food, beer, wine, soft drinks and juice will be served and there will be a raffle drawing featuring one-of-a-kind gifts with great value.

The tickets are $40 with 12 and under Free, and can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/181685.

The hosts of the event are three local land trusts: Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust, Falmouth Land Trust and Oceanside Conservation Trust of Casco Bay. Each of these land trusts has worked diligently over the past 25 years or more to protect and steward many places in and around Casco Bay. Some of the protected properties of these land trusts include Basket Island, Daveis Cove on Peaks, Rines Forest in Cumberland, Blackstrap Hill Preserve in Falmouth, Higgins Farm on Chebeague Island, The Bluffs on Cliff Island, Wreck Cove on Long Island and many more.

The board members of the three land trusts are coordinating inter-island transport enabling islanders to travel from Long, Cliff, Chebeague, Peaks and Cushing Island directly.

Names and numbers can be found by calling 699-2989 for more information. Portlanders can take the 1:15 ferry from Casco Bay Lines to arrive at Diamond’s Edge at 1:35. Charter sponsors are Bayside Print Services, Diamond’s Edge Restaurant, JWA Holdings, Casco Bay Island Development Association, and the David Banks Team of Remax by the Bay. Silver Level sponsors include Handy Boat, Dummond Woodsum, Warren Currier & Buchanan LLC, Wright-Ryan, Lionel Plante Associates and Horny Toad/Nau.

Monday, July 25 Learn from the Pros Summer Basketball Camp 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn from the Pros Summer Basketball Camp by the Maine Red Claws, July 25-29, Portland Expo.

Boys and girls ages 7-12; all skill levels are welcome. Camp features: Camp to be held at Portland Expo, home of the Maine Red Claws; expert instruction from Red Claws staff; special guest lecturers; stations, drills, skills contests and live games; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily, 8:30 a.m. dropoff welcome; camp t-shirt; ticket to a 2011-12 Red Claws game; pizza party; award ceremony; $185 for the weeklong camp. www.nba.com/dleague/maine/jrredclawscamp.html

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 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 and 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. 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. www. meca.edu/mfa

Presentation on Complete Streets 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Portland’s Department of Public Services and Planning and Urban Development will host a public presentation on Complete Streets facilitated by experts from the National Complete Streets Coalition.

Complete Streets is a transportation policy that calls for the

Young filmmakers (from left to right) Emma Hindall, Katie McCabe, Connor Dearborn-Boulay, Carli Bliss, Tova Kemmerer and Sumual Kemmerer are part of the Breakwater Creative Arts summer camp program. Their works have been selected for viewing at the Maine Student Film and Video Festival, held in conjunction with the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville, on Saturday. (COURTESY PHOTO) construction, maintenance and operation of roads that are accessible to all users, including motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders. The event will include a presentation on the fundamentals of Complete Streets, as well as strategies utilized in other cities with an opportunity for the public to discuss and provide feedback on the policy.

For information about this month’s presentation, contact Bruce Hyman, Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Coordinator at the City of Portland Public Services Department (email bhyman@portlandmaine.gov or phone 874-8833). Portland Public Library, Rines Auditorium, 5 Monument Square.

Tuesday, July 26 Rapid River Races, 1940. noon. Screening: Rapid River Races, 1940. Zip Kellogg, Author and Paddler. Join the Maine Historical Society for a special screening and story. This 17 minute silent color film provides a treasure trove of images, incidents (yes!), and windows into canoe and kayak racing equipment and techniques of another era. It documents the 1940 National Whitewater Canoe & Kayak Championships which were held on the Rapid River in western Maine. The film had been thought lost since it was produced 70 years ago; Maine paddler Zip Kellogg had been on the lookout for it for thirty years, holding out little hope that it had survived.

And only by utter chance and a twist of fate did it turn up!

Zip will share this wonderful story of historical serendipity.

Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St.

Free events in the parks of Portland noon to 1 p.m. With a full schedule of diverse free events, there is something for everyone to enjoy each week in downtown Portland. Post Office Park, Congress Square and Lobsterman’s Park provide perfect venues for live music, talented local performers and activities for kids.

Whether during a lunch break or with the kids, downtown Portland’s free events are not to be missed.

Weekday Performance Series — Tuesdays, noon to 1 p.m.

Enjoy your lunch outside and be entertained by Portland’s best talented performers! Post Office Park: July 26, Fire dancing with Melle. Come and see a variety of fire dance and fire arts. Poi, fans, hoop and fire breathing as well as regular hoop routines. Take part in a few hands on activities with us! Congress Square: Aug. 2, Music from the Andes with Inca Sun. The richness of Peruvian folk lore comes alive with Inca Son. Haunting melodies that will transport the listener clear to the Andes Mountains. Aug. 9, Samuel James acoustic blues. A roots troubadour of the highest order, James will sing you a song with raw, sweat-pouring

soul, all the while playing the guitar with such commanding virtuosity you’ll swear he’s reinventing it. Then he’ll tell you a story enrapturing you to the point where you’ll almost forget he’s a musician. Aug. 16, West African rhythms with Annegret Baier. Annegret Baier will present West African rhythms and songs on authentic drums and percussion instruments!

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DEPA ‘Business After Hours’ 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The DownEast Pride Alliance “Business After Hours” Networking Event at Harbour’s Edge Room, 6 Custom House Wharf, Portland. Cash bar, lite food & media table provided. Bring business cards to share.

Free. See you there for “cocktails and conversation!” The DownEast Pride Alliance (DEPA) is a GLBTQ business networking group in Southern Maine meeting monthly at local establishments for “Business After Hours” events that provide a safe forum for, and help strengthen, the local gay & gay-friendly business community. Bring business cards to share on our Media Table. No fees or RSVP to attend. www. depabusiness.com

Friends of Evergreen Docent Training 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Introductory Meeting for docent training. “Become a Docent for Evergreen Cemetery! If you would enjoy learning more about Evergreen Cemetery and working with the Friends of Evergreen in developing this new program please join us! An evening discussion and introduction to our new Docent Training program will include a slide show and walking tour of Evergreen Cemetery led by Janet Morelli. Light refreshments will be provided.” This event will take place at Wilde Memorial Chapel in Evergreen Cemetery, 672 Stevens Ave., Portland. Parking is available on Stevens Avenue. www.friendsofevergreen.org

Wednesday, July 27 Kid’s Activity Day with Owls 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Kid’s Activity Day — Wednesdays in Lobsterman’s Park, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Presented by the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. Bring the kids to Lobsterman’s Park to enjoy a different activity each week and learn interesting facts! July 27, Understanding Owls. Learn about an owl’s silent flight and other hunting techniques by exploring artifacts and making a craft.

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