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SMCC christens campus at Brunswick SoPo college’s new midcoast campus located at former Brunswick Naval Air Station

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Southern Maine Community College president James Ortiz speaks to a crowd of about 50 people while Sen. Stan J. Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, listens during a ceremony marking the launch of SMCC’s Maine Advanced Technology & Engineering Center at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Tracing the Fore public art destined for private parcel

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Tracing the Fore, an undulating steel sculpture in Boothby Square that has been loved, hated or ignored by city residents for the past five years, will soon be installed in a private sculpture garden in North Deering.

The piece, which until earlier this year was part of the city’s public art collection, was bought by a Portland-based holding company in an auction that ended July 15. Winning bidder PWM Land, which is owned by Bowball Invest-

ments, paid $100 for the sculpture.

The city commissioned the sculpture for $135,000 in 2006. It was created by Somerville, Mass., artist Shauna Gillies-Smith, who designed it specifically for its current location on Fore Street between Market and Pearl streets.

The stainless-steel sculpture is comprised of 15 pieces that together are 215 feet long.

Scott Cohen, the general manager of both PWM Land and Bowball Investments, said the company bid on Tracing the Fore

Three days before his retirement, Southern Maine Community College president James Ortiz stood back and marveled as he sized up the college's new midcoast campus at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.

"We've been working on this for six years, and we knew it would happen, but it's taken us so long to get the buildings, I was wondering if I was going to be here," the 10-year president of SMCC said Tuesday.

Ortiz is scheduled to retire from the college on Friday after overseeing its development over a decade from a technical school to a quickly growing community college.

On Tuesday, Ortiz and about 50 guests attended a ceremony marking the transfer of deeds from the Navy for two of the buildings at SMCC's new midcoast campus.

Based in South Portland, SMCC has seen its enrollment skyrocket from 2,800 students in 2002 to 7,010 full- and part-time students last September, Ortiz said. The midcoast campus couldn't come at a better time, he said.

"We were turning away around 4,000 students each year," Ortiz said Tuesday in a presentation.

Called the Maine Advanced Technology & Engineering Center, the campus is starting out in two buildings. Beginning this fall, classes will temporarily operate out of a space designated to see CAMPUS page 9

Station A back on USPS cut list

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Facing an $8 billion shortfall, the U.S. Postal Service says it will consider closing 34 branches in Maine, including Station A and the small facility on Cliff Island.

Tom Rizzo, a post office spokesman, stressed that no decisions have been see POST OFFICE page 3 LEFT: Brian March (left) and John Nappi load mail from Station A on Congress Street for delivery to a distribution plant. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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Jarvis and the seal pup

Mulligans for parenting?

Steaming up the kitchen: Restaurant relationships can end badly

See Bob Higgins on page 4

See Maggie Knowles on page 5 S

See Natalie Ladd’s food column on page 8

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Hard times cause rifts among mariachis LOS ANGELES (NY Times) — For generations, musicians have gathered each day in a corner of the Boyle Heights neighborhood, just east of downtown. The sprawling square has been called Mariachi Plaza for as long as anyone can remember and has served as a central band-gathering spot since the 1940s.

The players come with their violins and trumpets and guitars, like roaming minstrels offering to play their traditional ballads for anyone interested, and especially for those looking to hire a band. Mariachi Plaza is a sort of day-labor center for musicians, and the mariachis will gather around passers-by, a horde of them jostling to get business card into the hand of the wouldbe customer. The leaders encourage the customer to hire the full band, typically six musicians, and will belt out a tune or two as an enticement.

The going rate here has been about $50 an hour per musician for more than a decade, but when business began to dry up and newer musicians moved in a few years ago, competition became far more intense.

“This is our profession, our job, our passion,” Alejandro Cisneros said. “We don’t want to have it ruined by these people who do not know what they are doing.”

Now, roughly 200 mariachis have joined the United Mariachi Organization of Los Angeles, a group that formed to set a minimum price in the plaza. To join, musicians must pay $10 a month and pledge not to charge less than $50 an hour. In return, they receive a gold-colored picture identification card, which leaders hope customers will recognize as a badge of authenticity.

Many customers have come back to the plaza to complain about mediocre bands or musicians who did not show up on time, said Arturo Ramirez, the president of the organization and the leader of Mariachi Los Dorados De Villa.

“We want to have a standard,” Mr. Ramirez said.

“There are good and there are bad, and it is difficult to tell who is who when you just hear them play one song. If you buy a pair of pants for $20 and another for $80, it’s not the same quality. The same is true for music. For this to work, we need people to understand the difference.”

Mr. Ramirez, who has worked out of the plaza for more than 25 years, said he had always charged for travel and setup time, something unquestioned by customers until recently, when the lowerprice groups began undercutting by charging only for the time they played.

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Boehner debt plan faces G.O.P. resistance and veto threat

BY JENNIFER STEINHAUER AND JACKIE CALMES THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders Tuesday made increasingly frenzied pleas to their members to approve a plan to temporarily raise the nation’s debt ceiling, but passage seemed in growing doubt. The White House reiterated that it strongly opposed the bill and that President Obama’s advisers would recommend a veto should it somehow pass the House and Senate.

Scores of the House’s most conservative members pored over the details presented by the Republican leaders and concluded they did not like what they saw. And a Congressional Budget Office report casting doubt on its projected savings only increased their skepticism.

In a Tuesday morning meeting, Representative Eric Cantor,

the chamber’s majority leader, told fellow Republicans to “stop grumbling and whining and to come together as conservatives and rally behind” the House speaker John A. Boehner’s plan.

But many lawmakers complained that it lacked sufficient spending cuts. As a further blow to its prospects, the Club for Growth, which scores members on their fiscally conservative votes, came out against the plan.

The scramble for votes came as lawmakers’ phone lines and Web sites were overwhelmed in response to President Obama’s plea on Monday night for Americans to call members of Congress and push for a compromise. Across the Capitol in the Senate, the majority leader, Harry Reid, waited for the House to vote — likely on Wednesday — before bringing his own debt legislation to the

floor.

President Obama stopped just short of promising to veto the legislation if it reached his desk in the next week. In a twosentence message to Congress, the White House said that if it were presented with the measure, “the president’s senior advisors would recommend that he veto this bill.”

Jay Carney, the White House spokesman, said it was a moot point in any event, as “the speaker’s proposal can’t pass the Senate and would not reach the president’s desk.” “Speaker Boehner’s plan is not a compromise,” said Mr. Reid, after meeting with Senate Democrats. “It was written for the Tea Party and not the American people. ... It’s dead on arrival in the Senate, if they get it out of the House.”

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican

leader, expressed mounting frustration at the various twists and turns and the lobbying going on over the competing bills.

“We have to get a solution,” he said. “Regardless of how the various outside groups are reacting to this, we need to get the job done.”

Although Wall Street analysts and some Republicans expressed doubt that time would really run out on Aug. 2, leading to a possible default, the White House said that Treasury’s estimate of the looming deadline was not a charade.

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner “has exercised all the wiggle room available to him,” Mr. Carney said.

Moody’s Investor Service warned mutual fund clients that the impasse was threatening money market mutual funds.

Congressman Wu to resign Lawyer: suspect in Norway amid teen’s sex accusation terror attacks may be insane

BY STEVEN ERLANGER THE NEW YORK TIMES

BY KATHERINE Q. SEELYE AND MICHAEL SHEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES

SEATTLE — Under intense pressure, Representative David Wu, Democrat of Oregon, said Tuesday that he would resign from Congress and would challenge accusations that he had initiated a sexual encounter with a young woman who said later that his advances were aggressive and unwanted.

Mr. Wu, a seven-term member of Congress, has not publicly discussed the nature of the accusations against him. The Oregonian newspaper in Portland has reported that on Thanksgiving, while he was visiting a high school friend and political donor in Orange County, Calif., Mr. Wu, who is 56, went outside with the friend’s daughter and some sort of sexual incident occurred. The daughter was 18 at the time.

A few months later, the newspaper said, the young woman called Mr. Wu’s office and left a distraught message on the main phone line, saying Mr. Wu had forced himself on her. The newspaper wrote about the message on Friday night, setting in motion Mr. Wu’s resignation

Wu, shown here in Dec. 2010 (Getty Images/The New York Times).

Tuesday. After the newspaper report, his aides confronted him about the accusations.

He acknowledged a sexual encounter, according to The Oregonian, but insisted it had been consensual.

The newspaper has not published the young woman’s name, and neither she nor her family has come forward publicly.

Mr. Wu’s resignation marks the second time in two months that a Democratic congressman has been forced from office over accusations of sexual improprieties. Representative Anthony D. Weiner of New York resigned on June 16 after acknowledging that he had sent sexually explicit online messages to at least six women.

OSLO — The Oslo police on Tuesday evening began a gradual release of the names of the dead in the Norway massacre, as the lawyer representing the man who admitted responsibility said he thought his client was insane and would spend the rest of his life incarcerated.

The lawyer, Geir Lippestad, declined to say whether his client, Anders Behring Breivik, 32, would plead insanity as a defense when his case finally reached the trial stage. But he described Mr. Breivik as “very cold,” distanced from the real world and believing that he was a warrior destined to die for the eventual salvation of European Christian values.

“This whole case has indicated that he is insane,” Mr. Lippestad said. “I can’t describe him because he’s not like anyone.”

Mr. Breivik has admitted to fashioning and detonating a large bomb in Oslo that killed eight people, then shooting and killing 68 more, mainly youths, at a summer camp run by the Labor Party, which leads the coalition government, on the nearby island of Utoya. The attacks on Friday amounted to one of the worst massacres

in postwar Europe, and the date, July 22, has already been seared into the Norwegian consciousness.

Psychiatrists have yet to evaluate Mr. Breivik, but the police said they were holding him in isolation under a suicide watch.

Mr. Lippestad said that Mr. Breivik asked him how many people he had killed but that he did not tell him. The lawyer also said Mr. Breivik was high on drugs as he shot the people on the island, one bullet at a time.

There were extraordinary outpourings of solidarity for the victims and mass mourning all over Norway, with more than 200,000 people pouring into the streets on Monday evening. The enormous blanket of flowers and candles in front of the Oslo Cathedral is still growing.

On Tuesday evening, after visiting wounded young victims in the hospital, Jonas Gahr Store, Norway’s foreign minister and a senior member of the Labor Party, went to a large Oslo mosque of the World Islamic Mission to express solidarity with the country’s Muslim population.

In an interview, Mr. Store said Mr. Breivik’s young victims on the island were “Christians, Muslims, atheists — they were everything.”

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Station A back on the chopping block; Cliff Island, too POST OFFICE from page one

made on which branches would close, and that the public would have a chance to weigh in. He said affected branches wouldn’t be shuttered until 2012 at the earliest.

Even so, talk of closing Station A — located on Congress Street in the city’s Arts District — less than two years after a similar plan was scrapped, caught many in the neighborhood by surprise.

“It would be a major hardship for senior citizens, and there are a lot of them that live around here,” said Steve Daly, of Anna’s Used Furniture and Collectibles, located a few doors down from the branch on Congress.

Daly described the branch as a neighborhood landmark that offers residents access to money orders, mail box rentals and other basic services.

Larry Moore, a West End resident who doesn’t own a car, said losing the branch would be a major inconvenience. But for people who aren’t physically able to travel to other branches, the closure would be something else entirely.

“Without the branch here, you would have to walk down to Park Avenue or to the courthouse,” said Moore, referring to other nearby branches at 400 Congress and 125 Forest Ave. These and other changes proposed by federal postal officials in Washington are intended to address the roughly $8 billion shortfall projected for the agency this year. Some 3,700 branches nationwide, mainly in rural communities, are under review by the postal service. It’s not clear how many will actually be shut down.

Other plans to shore up the 236-year-old agency include reducing mail delivery to five days a week, according to published reports.

“The Postal Service of the future will be smaller, leaner and more competitive and it will continue to drive commerce, serve communities and deliver value,” Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe told CNN yesterday. He said closing the branches would derive about $200 million in annual savings.

Beyond declining mail volumes, which fell from 213 billion pieces in 2006 to the 170 billion projected for this year, Rizzo notes that the post office is also grappling with a recent law requiring the agency set aside $5.5 billion each year to fund employee pensions.

He said there will be several gauges used to determine whether any of the 34 Maine branches will be kept open. Stores in jeopardy include those with average sales of less than $50 a day, irregular foot traffic and less than two hours of work per day, he said.

Overall impact that a branch has on the community, as well as impacts on the branch’s employees, will be considered as well, Rizzo said.

Postal employees at Station A and Cliff Island declined to comment yesterday, instead referring inquiries to Rizzo.

On Cliff Island, with a year-round community of about 60 people, residents have long contemplated the loss of the local post office branch, which is located near the ferry landing.

The website cliffisland.com notes that “because island post offices in Maine see little circulation, they are often in danger of being shut down.” The

site also urges residents to “do [their] part” by buying stamps from the island branch.

The Island Institute, an advocacy group, has long urged residents to support smaller island branches in the Gulf of Maine by buying stamps from these facilities by mail.

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, who fought alongside other members from Maine’s congressional delegation to preserve Station A in 2009, criticized the USPS plan potentially targeting dozens of Maine branches.

“The Post Office in a small town is more than just a place for people to get their mail. It’s a place to gather, exchange information and plays a critical role in keeping small communities going,” said Pingree, in a statement. “I live in an island town with less than 400 year-round residents and I know how important the post office is to our community.”

Other than Station A and a branch in Augusta, most of the post office branches under review in Maine are located in small towns. (The full list can be viewed at: http://about.usps.com/news/electronic-press-kits/expandedaccess/states/maine. htm).

Norman Millette, owner of the Senior Citizen Barber Shop, on Congress Street, said that while his mail gets delivered right to the front door, others in the neighborhood aren’t so lucky.

Even so, he noted that “they have been talking about shutting (Station A) down for a long time,” adding that this time the effort might succeed.

And if that happens?

“We’ll miss it,” he said.

Cohen expects to have the sculpture out of the Old Port by October ART from page one

to make sure it wasn’t sold for scrap.

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” said Cohen, who described Tracing the Fore as “beautiful.” “I just think it was located in the wrong location.”

He’s not the only one.

Beginning last summer, nearly 60 people who live or work near the sculpture asked the city to immediately remove it. The letter described the piece as an eyesore and a safety hazard.

At the time, one businessman said the jagged steel “waves” designed to evoke currents in the nearby Fore River reminded him of razor blades.

Others complained that a special grass planted around the sculpture never took.

Soon after, the city’s Public Art Committee began a process considering whether to relocate the piece or get rid of it altogether. Ultimately, the city decided to sell it at auction.

It’s not immediately clear when the piece will be taken away.

The sale contract with the city stipulates the piece be removed within two weeks after signing, although both Cohen and city spokesperson Nicole Clegg predicted some flex-

ibility on that provision.

Cohen, who says he will “play ball” with the city, expects to have the sculpture out by October.

Clegg said that sale contract is still being finalized.

Once it's out of Boothby Square, Cohen is planning to take it to a private property near the city’s old landfill in North Deering that he hopes will one day house nine sculptures.

Thus far, the only piece installed in the garden is a “kinetic sculpture” created by Falmouth artist Jim Galante. Cohen said The Tracing the Fore sculpture in the Old Port. (FILE PHOTO) that piece, made from recycled materials, is in action will cost much more than the the shape of a bird. $100 sale price. He estimates moving “Personally, the piece speaks to me. costs will be about $5,000, while I happen to like it, so it was easy for installation could range from $5,000 me to recommend to the company to to $10,000. There is also the "ongoing" put a bid in, even with all the liabilicost of maintaining the piece. ties that went with it,” Cohen said of “Because it is artwork, there is Tracing the Fore. no guarantee it is actually worth He was quick to note that the trans$135,000. It is only worth what some-

one is willing to pay for it,” Cohen said.

Although the sculpture was bought by PWM Land, that company is owned by Bowball Investments, which Cohen said “does other investments” other that buying public art. He did not elaborate.

Even so, he said the art purchase was not related to those businesses. “I wouldn’t call it a business venture,” he said, “this is a personal love of mine.”

Cohen said he’s begun trading emails with the Gillies-Smith to discuss installation of the sculpture. He expects it will be in place sometime next spring.

Meanwhile, as for the grassy medians in Boothby Square, Cohen will be required to re-grade and plant new grass in the area where the sculpture once sat. Once that's done, there should be no evidence that a piece of artwork was ever there.

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Breivik and his enablers LONDON — On one level Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian responsible for the biggest massacre by a single gunman in modern times, is just a particularly murderous psychotic loner: the 32-year-old mama’s boy with no contact with his father, obsessed by video games (Dragon Age II) as he preens himself (“There was a relatively hot girl on [sic] the restaurant today checking me out”) and dedicates his time in asexual isolation to the cultivation of hatred and the assembly of a bomb from crushed aspirin and fertilizer.

No doubt, that is how Islamophobic right-wingers in Europe and the United States who share his views but not his methods will seek to portray Breivik.

––––– We’ve seen the movie. When The New York Jared Loughner shot RepresenTimes tative Gabrielle Giffords this year in Tuscon, Arizona — after Sarah Palin placed rifle sights over Giffords’ constituency and Giffords herself predicted that “there are consequences to that” — the right went into overdrive to portray Loughner as a schizophrenic loner whose crazed universe owed nothing to those fanning hatred under the slogan of “Take America Back.” (That nonspecific taking-back would of course be from Muslims and the likes of the liberal and Jewish Giffords.)

Breivik is no loner. His violence was brewed in a specific European environment that shares characteristics with the specific American environment of Loughner: relative economic decline, a jobless recovery, middle-class anxiety and high levels of immigration serving as the backdrop for racist Islamophobia and use of the spurious specter of a “Muslim takeover” as a wedge political issue to channel frustrations rightward.

In a June 11 entry from his 1,500-page online manifesto, Breivik wrote: “I prayed for the first time in a very long time today. I explained to God that unless he wanted the Marxist-Islamic alliance and the certain Islamic takeover of Europe to completely annihilate European Christendom within the next hundred years he must ensure that the warriors fighting for the preservation of European Christendom prevail.”

Two days later, he tests his homemade bomb: “BOOM! The detonation was successful.”

European Christendom in this context is a mirror image of the idealized caliphate of Osama bin Laden.

It is a dream-world cause through which to enlist the

Roger Cohen

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ABOVE AND AT BOTTOM: An attempted rescue of a seal pup in Cape Elizabeth involved Jason Jarvis of Portland. (COURTESY PHOTOS)

Jarvis and the seal pup After getting the story from one of my buddies, Jason Jarvis, it was kind of hard not to pass it on.

Every year, baby seals wash up on the beaches in Maine. People are usually warned not to try to pick them up, or rescue them, since mama seal is probably just a short distance away, rustling up some food. Once “touched” or interfered with by people, the common refrain is that the mother seal will abandon the pup.

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist So here is Jarvis, wandering down on the beach at Two Lights State Park. He has always had this weird thing with animals.

There are dozens of pictures of squirrels, ducks, seagulls, and all other form of wildlife just wandering up to him. This pup seal was no exception.

“I was walking along the beach, and I could see the seal swimming around in the shallow water. he was obviously struggling a lot, getting knocked around by the waves. He sort of flopped up on the beach near me, and then I saw what the problem was, he had a broken flipper.”

Unsure of what to do, Jarvis tried to call in the pros. Several calls to the Cape Elizabeth police department by him and other passers-by were met with a “we’ll pass the information on” response, but no real suggestion as to what to do.

One other local asked Cape PD to call South Portland animal control, but was again met with the brush-off.

Jarvis tried other resources, such as the marine patrol. Most of the calls ended up getting forwarded to voicemail or answering machines.

One helpful local suggested calling UNE in Biddeford. They told him they would send somebody to see HIGGINS page 5

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Mulligans can help us reset in parenting Know that poster that pediatrician offices have in the bathroom, “All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten?” It lists simple rules for life such as “flush” and “goldfish, hamsters and mice all die.” (Is there an implied bonus rule: Flush said critters after they die?)

Snapshot philosophy while your kids get vaccinated. Cute? Perhaps.

Practical? Eh. As much as “take a nap every afternoon” and “cookies are good for you,” sound like heavenly mantras, I came up with a realistic poster: “All I Need to Know About Parenting I Learned from the Guy at the Driving Range.”

I hope it will be an extra helpful tool for the man in your life whose “handicap” is parenting.

I haven’t played golf since before I was pregnant. Prior to my stomach making anything resembling athletics look like a whale watch, I had fallen in love with golf — or at least the idea of it. Spiky shoes? Pink shirts? Zippy carts? Sold.

This spring the hankering returned.

I even taught Baby Boy to scream, “Don’t talk in my back swing!” when we drive past a course. That is always funny — especially when the windows are down.

I went to the driving range last week to see how much I had forgotten.

After a few slices gone bad, a man

Maggie Knowles ––––– Use Your Outdoor Voice walked over and asked, “Are you working on your Nancy Pelosi?”

Blank stare.

“You know, because your balls are too far to the left.”

Insert rim shot.

He must have been sitting in his car for a week waiting to use that one.

I had to stop after that because I became distracted with coming up with my own golf slang, like when your balls keep ending up in different bunkers you could say, “Man, I am totally bin Laden-ing those.”

According to PGA pro Lucas Cohen, the four things you have control over in your game are: grip, posture, alignment and ball position. You do your best with that and then leave it up to the golf fairies and hope for the best.

It is the same with parenting. You can only control so much. You pray everything lines up and the kids stay out of the sand trap. I can’t narrow it down to four, but I put my energy into fostering curiosity, respect, independence, empathy and integrity.

Getting a do-over in golf is called a Mulligan. Use this technique for parenting.

If your kid is having a meltdown and your verbal balls are slamming into the trees, walk away. Go into a different room and visualize being the calm, rational authority figure you are. Then go back and try again for a hole-in-one.

Cohen also says that the mind can’t wrap around negative statements, as in “Maggie, don’t pop up when you hit the ball.” Replace that with a positive statement, “Maggie, follow all the way through after hitting the ball.”

It is easier for your brain to say, “Oh, here is an actual point I can focus on.”

Rather than trying to figure, “They said, ‘Don’t do this,’ but what should I do instead?”

I tried this technique with Baby Boy over the past week. It took some practice but I found it very effective. “Don’t put your paint covered hands on the cat!” Became, “Let’s wash your hands and then you can pat her.” “Don’t eat that cookie for breakfast!” Became, “You can eat that cookie after naptime.”

I really saw a difference in the amount of times I had to tell him something. The positive statements were a direct message he could hear, understand and follow through upon.

If you watch a good golfer at the range, they often walk away from the practice tee between shots. This allows the mind to reset itself. This is

especially important if you are having a run of horrible shots. The physical break allows you to come back with a new perspective and attitude.

Getting a do-over in golf is called a Mulligan. Use this technique for parenting. If your kid is having a meltdown and your verbal balls are slamming into the trees, walk away.

Go into a different room and visualize being the calm, rational authority figure you are. Then go back and try again for a hole-in-one.

Who knew golf had all the tips we need to become fabulous parents?

Plus, you gotta love a sport where it is socially acceptable for women over 35 to wear mini-skirts.

What character traits do you feel are most important to teach your kids?

Share your thoughts at Maggie@portlanddailysun.me.

And congrats to the summer book contest winners! K. I. from Seattle, Wash., and K.T. from North Conway, N.H. (Maggie Knowles is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Her column appears Wednesdays.)

Jarvis on an injured seal pup: ‘I felt sorry for the little guy’ HIGGINS from page 4

check the pup out, but the best thing to do was to put him back in the water. Jarvis tried to explain the whole broken flipper thing, but was given the brush-off.

The park ranger arrived, only to find out that Jarvis had done just what was asked, by putting the seal pup back in the water. Now, the ranger is irritated since his time has been wasted, the seal already being released.

On getting home, Jarvis found that the advice given to him by the experts was all wrong.

After hitting several websites, and finally getting in touch with the Maine Fish and Wildlife Rescue, he finally got the straight poop. “I was told that,

common sense says, if the pup had a broken flipper, he should have been kept in the area until someone arrived to come and get him, not pushed back into the water.”

He called UNE and “gave them holy hell.”

“They wanted to argue with me about whether his flipper was broken. They said it looks that way a lot of times, that it is natural for a seal to hold a flipper in to one side like that. I saw it, trust me, it was broken.”

Jarvis was planning on returning to that beach for the next few days, as his schedule permits. “The thing that I was most irritated about was getting no information, and then bad information. I felt sorry for the little guy.”

Most of the research I did this afternoon confirms,

DO NOT touch a baby seal. It is common for the mother to be off foraging. Leave them be. IF you happen to see that they are injured, call the marine rescue folks, but keep yourself and other two- and four-legged friends away from the pups.

“I was lucky when handling the seal. I found out after the fact that if you get bitten, it can cause a really nasty infection, one that you would have to take antibiotics five to six weeks for,” Jarvis said.

‘Tis the season for finding wild seal pups on the beaches of Maine. Leave them be, or if injured, call in the pros.

That is, if they ever show up.

(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

Breivik has many ideological fellow travelers on both sides of the Atlantic COHEN from page 4

masses in apocalyptical warfare against an “infidel” enemy supposedly threatening the territory, morals and culture of an imagined community of devout believers.

This particular Christian Europe — the Continent is overwhelmingly secular for reasons that have nothing to do with a growing Muslim presence — is just as fantastical as a restored 7th-century dominion of the caliph. Bin Laden inveighed against “crusaders.” Breivik attended a 2002 meeting to reconstitute the Knights Templar, a Crusader military order. This is the stuff of video games — except that it kills real teenagers of all faiths.

What has become clear in Oslo and on Utoya Island is that delusional anti-Muslim rightist hatred aimed at “multiculturalist” liberals can be just as dangerous as Al Qaeda’s anti-infidel poison: Breivik alone killed many more people than the four Islamist suicide bombers in the 7/7 London attack of 2005.

Breivik has many ideological fellow travelers on both sides of the Atlantic. Theirs is the poison in which he refined his murderous resentment. The enablers include Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, who compared the Koran to “Mein Kampf” on his way to 15.5 percent of the vote in the 2010 election; the surging Marine Le Pen in France, who uses Nazi analogies as she pours scorn on devout Muslims; farrightist parties in Sweden and Denmark and Britain equating every problem with Muslim immigration; Republicans like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Representative Peter King, who have found it politically opportune to target “creeping Shariah in the United States” at a time when the middle name of the president is Hussein; U.S. church pastors using their bully pulpits week after week to say America is a Christian nation under imminent threat from Islam.

Muslims over the past decade have not done enough to denounce those who deformed their religion in the name of jihadist murder. Will the European and U.S. anti-immigrant Islamophobic crowd

now denounce what Breivik has done under their ideological banner? I doubt it. We’ll be hearing a lot about what a loner he was.

Huge social problems have accompanied Muslim immigration in Europe in recent decades, much greater than in the more open United States. There is plenty of blame to go around. Immigrants have often faced racism and exclusion. The values of Islam on women, on marriage and on homosexuality, as well as the very vitality of the religion, have grated on a secular Europe. The picture is not uniform — successful integration exists — but it is troubling.

Nothing, however, can excuse the widespread condoning of an anti-Muslim racism once reserved for the Jews of Europe. Not on the weekend when Amy Winehouse, a Jewish girl from East London whose artistry would once have been dismissed by a racist and murderous European right as degenerate “cosmopolitan” trash, died. A good way to remember her is finally to confront the latest iteration of a European bigotry that kills.

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New Gloucester woman dies from Monday shooting

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A Maine women and mother of four died Tuesday after being gunned down by her children's father almost a day earlier, police said.

Joel Hayden, 29, is accused of shooting 27-year-old Renee Sandora outside her New Gloucester home at about 6:30 p.m. Monday. Police said he also shot and critically injured 28-year-old Trevor Mills, of New Bedford, Mass., during the incident.

Hayden, also of New Bedford, led police on about a 20-minute car chase with Mill's mother's vehicle before crashing and surrendering to officials, authorities reported. Hayden was being treated at the Maine Medical Center in Portland for back inju-

ries, police reported yesterday.

"He will be charged but charges have not been filed against him at this point," said Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine State Police.

McCausland announced Sandora's death late Tuesday afternoon. Her children, including 3-month-old twins, were placed in the custody of grandparents, he said.

Police would not say what Hayden led up to the shooting, though McCausland said that the couple had a history of

domestic violence.

"There have been protection for abuse orders issued in the past, but none were current," he said.

"All three knew each other, (but) I don't have the dynamics of the relationship."

Police were searching the Sandora's home and combing the scene for evidence Tuesday, McCausland said.

Hayden has a criminal history and spent time in the Androscoggin County Jail in May for failure to pay fines related to 2008 convictions for operating under the influence and for trafficking in dangerous knives, according to jail records.

Mills is being treated at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

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Bodies of two Portland women found in apartment; autopsy today

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The state’s Medical Examiner Office is expected to conduct an autopsy today on two women who were found dead in a Portland apartment building Monday.

The Portland Police Department declined to release the names of the women, both 61, who they say were found inside a Longfellow Commons apartment building, police said.

Police declined to give details on the case, including the names of the victims, pending an autopsy report.

“There’s two victims so that in itself is suspicious,” said Lt. Gary Rogers, a Portland police spokesman. “(But) there’s nothing there to believe that foul play was involved.”

Rogers declined to say how the two women knew one another, only adding that each had their own apartment in the building.

Portland Police Department officer honored for outstanding service

Officer Kevin Haley with the Portland Police Department accepts the 2010 Robert B. Ganley Public Service Award In a ceremony Tuesday.

Here, Portland City Manager Mark Rees presents the award and publicly thanks Haley for his service to the city of Portland. (MATTHEW ARCO PHOTO)

A city police officer was recognized Tuesday for his commitment to public service, which officials say often goes above and beyond the call of duty.

Officer Kevin Haley, a 13-year veteran of the Portland Police Department, was presented the Robert B. Ganley Public Service Award during a brief City

Hall ceremony among family, friends and colleagues.

“Portland is lucky to have so many caring and committed people,” said City Manager Mark Rees, characterizing Haley as “passionate, thoughtful and caring.”

“The city is lucky to have someone like Kevin (Haley),” he said.

Haley thanked the new city manager for the award and described how he is lucky to live in Portland “with the best job.”

“I’m one of the chosen few who wake up everyday and can’t wait to get to work,” he said. “I’m very honored. ... It’s very humbling.”

Rees named a few of the reasons why Haley was selected as this year’s recipient, recounting how Haley helped a homeless family find temporary shelter or when he commandeered a fishing boat to rescue a woman who jumped from the Casco Bay Bridge.

“Whether it’s going the extra mile to comfort and support a victim of domestic violence or helping stranded tourists get their car repaired, (he) is the ideal public servant and there is a good reason why his friends and co-workers call him the ‘unofficial mayor of Portland,’” Rees said.

The award was established in 2002 in honor of Ganley, Portand’s former city manager.

Rees said Haley was nominated by members of his department, residents and even tourists. They spoke of Officer Haley’s willingness to help. “From organizing fundraisers to support the city’s self defense class to arranging an escort from Portland to Windham for a soldier killed in Afghanistan, Haley adheres to the familiar maxim of Robert Ganley that good public service is recognized by the substance of the performance, the ability to respond genuinely to the concerns of individual citizens, and attend to voices not usually heard,” the city reported in a press release.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Wednesday, July 27, 2011— Page 7

Bull Moose to bid on region’s Borders leases

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Bull Moose announced plans Tuesday to bid on the leases of several New England Borders locations, as the bankrupt Ann Arbor, Mich.-based chain closes its remaining 399 stores.

Two Bull Moose stores that carry books in Scarborough and Bangor are near Borders stores, and Bull Moose stated on its Facebook page, “We feel sort of a responsibility to make sure that former Borders customers have somewhere local to shop.”

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the soon-to-be-vacant store locations would extend Bull Moose’s reach in the region.

“We added books to our Scarborough and Bangor locations and sales have been great,” said Bull Moose’s owner Brett Wickard in a press release. “The physical book is far from dead. People just want to buy them for a price as low as they can find online. So, by bidding on some of Borders’ leases, we look to bring our 35% off books price model to larger locations to reach even more people.”

Bull Moose, the 10-store regional music and movie merchant, expanded

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CVC Catering takes pride in community involvement

BY NATALIE LADD THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

LOCATION: 500 Southborough Drive, South Portland CONTACT: 756-7599 www.cvccateringgroup.com

Celebrating 10 years in business, CVC Catering Group is sizzling this summer as they are gearing up to feed all the volunteers, over a weeklong span, at the TD Beach-To-Beacon 10K Road Race.

The journey to this point has been something of a race all their own for Chuck and Nancy Cerney, the chefs and owners of CVC Catering Group.

Derived from Chuck’s initials (Charles Victor Cerney), CVC has also become the acronym for Creative Versatile Cuisine, and the company's success indicates the moniker is fitting.

Moving to Maine from the Philadelphia area, Nancy believes their work speaks for itself now that they have been here long enough “from away” to be deemed credible, employing up to 60 part-timers at once for larger events. Both Chuck and Nancy are intensely proud of the many awards they’ve won for community involvement and business growth, including the Portland Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year.

While being appointed contracts such as the Mercy Hospital Grand Opening, doing a cocktail party for 2,500 people at Cabala’s in Scarborough, and hosting two afternoon teas for Maine’s First Lady at the Blaine House, nothing makes the couple happier than helping brides plan the perfect wedding.

Nancy relishes any opportunity to use her extensive collection of fine

its Scarborough “warehouse store” last fall to create what was described as the biggest store of its kind in Northern New England. The store added books to its inventory, building on an experiment started in Wickard Bangor.

“We dipped our toe in the water in Bangor and we added a good number there, larger than probably your average bookstore, a little over 10,000; here we’re going to go over 20,000 and get really aggressive and have a ton of books of all kinds,” Wickard said at the time.

Both the Bangor and Scarborough stores are reporting double-digit year-over-year sales growth, Wickard reported Tuesday.

A review of the comments posted to Bull Moose’s Facebook wall (www. facebook.com/BullMooseStores) shows much enthusiasm for Bull

Moose taking over Borders locations, the Bull Moose press release stated. A July 20 post on the site read: “Borders fans: What did you love about Borders that Bull Moose should do? We would love your input. Thanks.” This post spurred 118 comments, including: • “I really love BullMoose. But I do sometimes go to Borders. Here’s what I like about them: the cafe, the ability to sit for hours and read and people watch without feeling like you’re bothering anyone, the truly tremendous magazine and periodical section.”

• “Please please get a bigger horror book section. And more zombie graphic books. I am good for a couple buys a week. And wifi. Thanks.”

• “Borders was the best place in town for sheet music books and scores, music theatre/opera... — there will be a hole in the market there for you to fill...”

• “Awesome periodicals section, especially for music. Both popular styles and classical.”

• “Free wifi, good coffee and a comfy sitting section!”

Bull Moose was started in 1989 in Brunswick, by Wickard, a Bowdoin College junior. For details on the company, visit www.bullmoose.com.

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When asked about working together as a married couple, Nancy smiles and says, “Oh, there are times when it can be challenging, but everything always comes together. At the end of the day we sit down and enjoy a martini by toasting each other and being grateful all our hard work is paying off."

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Snowe: Navy contracts for BIW destroyers U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, has announced the U.S. Department of the Navy will award contracts for the DDG-1000 program at Bath Iron Works, building destroyers.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, Sean Stackley, called Snowe to confirm an agreement has been reached with Bath to construct the second and third DDG-1000 ships at the shipyard, the senator’s office reported. “It’s been a long, hard road and I could not be more pleased to announce that Bath Iron Works will build the DDG-1001 and DDG-1002 destroyers,” Snowe said in the press release. “I appreciate the Navy’s careful attention to this matter and am delighted that the Navy has decided to entrust the completion of the DDG-1000 program to the first-class workforce at Bath Iron Works. The finalization of these contracts will ensure good paying jobs for Mainers and quality ships for the Navy.”

A former member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and now a senior member of the Senate Intelligence Committee,

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Snowe has held numerous meetings with both Navy officials and BIW regarding the completion of the DDG-1000 program. An earlier series, the DDG-1000, is currently under contract and is being constructed at Bath.

Alzheimer’s Association in Maine notes new hires The Maine Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association has noted new hires that occurred in July at its Scarborough headquarters, as well as a recent promotion.

Faith Gillman has joined the chapter as operations manager.

Gillman holds a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Southern Maine.

Jill Conover has also joined the chapter in the role of director of communications and advocacy.

Conover brings over 18 years of leadership experience in marketing communications, public relations and advocacy. A native of Waterville, Maine, Conover earned her bachelor of arts degree at Hood College in Maryland.

In February, Sarah Stepp was promoted to the position of development director. She joined the Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter in 2009 as manager, development/special events.

Simon Frost of Thirty Acre Farm in Whitefield arranges parsley, chard and garlic scapes at the farm’s stand at the Wednesday farmer’s market in Monument Square. On Monday, the farmer’s market announced that starting next week, on Aug. 3, the market will accept food stamps. “You will be able to start using SNAP (food stamp) benefits, Credit and Debit cards at (almost) every farm’s booth at the market on both Wednesdays and Saturdays, and even at our Winter Farmers’ Market!” the market’s Facebook page stated.

Details are available at www.portlandmainefarmersmarket.org.

(DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Dining hookups: Too many looks in the kitchen?

Relationships in restaurants can become strained Back in February, a server in a popular downtown Toledo, Ohio restaurant was stabbed in the face by a co-worker.

Police say the incident occurred in the backroom of the Spaghetti Warehouse, when the two women started fighting in the middle of a busy evening rush. The suspect told police she forgot she was holding a knife when she swung at the victim. The result was a cut cheek and lip for the victim, termination for the suspect and lots of juicy restaurant gossip for the rest of the crew.

As I read this blotter babble, I instinctively knew it wasn’t a fight over a big tipping table or one woman getting better shifts than another.

No, this type of thing could only have been a crime of passion and there is no doubt in my mind that the tearstreaked, knife-wielding assailant was a victim in her own right, suffering a battered ego and broken heart as yet another restaurant romance went stale.

The hospitality industry as a whole is infamous for incestuous relationships between employees and it really isn’t so difficult to see why. Schedules are like no other business with nights and weekends being the norm. The

Natalie Ladd ––––– What It’s Like atmosphere is socially oriented, and working conditions call for close quarters with lots of “bumping” into each other and chance walk-in refrigerator meetings. Add shift drinks to the mix, along with vulnerable people (many in the midst of a life transition) and it becomes a sexually charged, romantic melting pot.

In most industries, there are HR departments and policies in place about “fraternizing,” which is such a corporate concept. In the restaurant industry, we call it “hooking up” and the stories extend up and down all levels of the workplace food chain, from the owner/manager to the dishwasher/maintenance guy. Class and caste are irrelevant in these relationships as it’s more about present, shared experiences and living day-today on tips and sleep deprivation.

SmartPulse, which is a weekly reader poll in Restaurant SmartBrief (part of smartblogs.com), tracks feedback from restaurant owners and managers about current trends and issues. Recently the poll question was: Are you dating/married to someone you work with and the results are not

surprising.

31.75 % — Yes, I’m dating/married to someone I work with.

42.85 % — I have dated/been married to someone I work with.

25.4 % — I have never dated/married someone I work with.

In contrast is a CareerBuilder survey focusing on romance in more structured corporate office settings.

Less than 34 percent of those polled said they have ever dated/been married to someone they work with, opening questions about fear-based truthfulness, and acceptability of looking for love in all the wrong places.

On the pragmatic side, most of the restaurant relationships can be placed in three categories: The One Night Stand: This is a classic where the flirting has become unbearable to watch for fellow employees. Someone suggests pooling 15 percent of all tips so the drooling couple can get a room. Once the deal has been done, the flirting is replaced with tension and avoidance.

These have the dangerous potential to impact service and overall performance until another unlikely couple starts heating things up.

The Love Affair: This is the one that is often responsible for outside breakups and cause the most problems. By all accounts to observers, this couple does not appear to have much in common outside the workplace, but they jump in feet first and abandon all else, become inseparable. They too are major PDA’ers and a source of annoy-

ance to co-workers. These relationships often have a three-to-six month shelf life and are the most likely to result in one of the partners leaving the establishment upon the inevitable break-up.

The Long and Lasting: There are countless tales of people who met their life partners in restaurants and hotels. These people just seem to belong together and while they may have characteristics of The Love Affair, they manage to grow and change together adjusting to life when one or both of the partners leave the restaurant or the industry.

As statistics state, practically everyone who has ever worked in the industry has been party to at least one of categories above and I am especially thrilled to know many couples who fall in the last one. Most recently a wedding has been planned, and someone on my Restaurant Creative Consulting Team just had a baby with her Long and Lasting that she met while working at a chain in South Portland.

Taking it a step further, I’m willing to bet the whole romance thing is actually why some people get in and/or stay in the business, and it’s edu-taining to watch and witness as human nature knows no bounds.

Just ask the servers at the Spaghetti Warehouse in Toledo.

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

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

Maine senator: ‘We started (planning the campus) on a napkin in a local restaurant’ CAMPUS from page one

ABOVE: Sen. Stan J. Gerzofsky (left), D-Brunswick, and Southern Maine Community College president James Ortiz symbolically knock holes in a wall to depict pending renovations to SMCC’s Maine Advanced Technology & Engineering Center at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.

LEFT: Gerzofsky and Rep. Charlie Priest, D-Brunswick listen as Ortiz describes the new campus.

INSET AT LEFT: Gerzofsky accepts a gift plaque from Ortiz during theceremony Tuesday marking the launch of SMCC’s the Maine Advanced Technology & Engineering Center. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

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become a residence hall. Next month, construction will start on classrooms and labs in a second building, a training center for the Navy that's being converted into classroom space. Three other buildings will be conveyed to the college later this fall, SMCC announced.

"There's two reasons why we're here, one is our enrollment went up so high, that we ran out of space in South Portland, we were looking for someplace else," Ortiz explained in an interview. "The base closed and we saw that opportunity.

But also the situation is that this particular campus is going to be something different, it's going to be focused on economic development. We're already working with several companies, so it's already taken off."

The classroom space at the former naval station, a site now called Brunswick Landing, will feature a variety of technical courses on topics such as pre-engineering and composites, a form of aircraft construction.

Rep. Charlie Priest, D-Brunswick, himself a Navy veteran, said the campus conversion makes sense.

"This is a wonderful opportunity for the state of Maine. It was brought about because the legislature passed bonds in the past which the people approved for the renovation of these buildings. This junior college is going to teach composites and engineering, which is going to be useful for kids all over the state," Priest said.

Sen. Stan J. Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, remembered the first tour he took on the naval base and thinking about the training opportunities there. Gerzofsky, who represents Senate District 10, which comprises Freeport, Brunswick, Harpswell and Pownal, went on to sponsor the legislation that established the midcoast campus. He also pushed for a bond package and economic development incentives that are helping to pay for the renovations.

"From the very beginning from day one, I've been trying to put this together," Gerzofsky said. "Poor Charlie (Priest) had to listen to me going around saying, 'How do you create a college when you don't have anybody?' 'How do you get the Navy to give you $75 million worth of property and get the state to do a bond for you to help get the buildings ready?'"

Ortiz was part of this conversation.

"He and I have been working on this for five years.

We started it on a napkin in a local restaurant, that's really how it started," Gerzofsky said, referring to notes they jotted at the Little Dog Coffee Shop in Brunswick.

Whether Southern New Hampshire University will join the campus remains to be seen, but SMCC will become the second college presence in Brunswick, joining Bowdoin College.

"The beauty of this is kids will be able to get educated here and then go on to the rest of the university system and get their bachelor degrees if they want to," Priest said, alluding to a partnership between the new campus and University of Maine.

"If they're happy with the training they've gotten and their associate degrees, they can go back into their businesses and to their employers."

SMCC is planning a grand opening of the midcoast campus in the fall of 2012 when all five buildings are renovated, the college reported.

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by Lynn Johnston

By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There are those who believe that crying is a form of weakness and is to be avoided at all costs. They are forgetting that there is a healing balm inside every tear. Tolerate the tears of others, and of course, accept your own.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Be on the lookout for new treasures.

There is an item very near you that would fit in perfectly with a collection or special interest of yours. Ask specific questions, and you’ll find your way to it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You didn’t sign up to be a role model, but that is what you have become.

So embrace your position, and show everyone the way. It is one of your many purposes on the planet.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You feel wronged by someone. This person meant you no harm, but his or her selfishness has caused you extra work.

Consider that on some level you may have agreed to this inconvenience.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A ritual can help you release what is old and let in new light. This doesn’t have to be a practice laid out for you by religion or tradition. You are free to create your own steps for releasing the past.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 27). Your easygoing way will attract good fortune to your personal life in August. Just don’t brag, or loved ones will get jealous. You’ll negotiate and strike a pretty deal in September. The improvements to your routine have you looking fantastic in November. Expect family additions in January. Invest in May. Taurus and Capricorn people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 1, 6, 36 and 39.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Do not try to parent other people’s children, even if you’re paid to oversee them.

Knowing the boundaries will save you from trouble. The principle will also apply today to adults who act like children.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You will witness inspiring examples of sharing and caring. Indeed, you may be the instigator of these acts, as you will be moved to express the deep affection you feel for loved ones.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You will praise good behavior in others. You’ll do this subtly, so as not to come across as overbearing. You are practiced in the art of leading from behind.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You have poise, presence and a clear voice.

You will ask for what you want, and you will get it. You have no need of qualifiers, such as, “I hate to bother you, but...” You have the confidence of a leader.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Someone is not who he says he is. The situation is a little like Dorothy and her friends visiting the Wizard of Oz. The one in power has to posture and pretend because that is what he thinks the citizens expect.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your apprehensions will keep you from taking a risk that’s not worth taking.

However, when you see an opportunity that is right for you but scary because it’s new, you will courageously seize the moment.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You believe it’s rude to ramble on to a captive audience. And yet, you will listen patiently to the one who has trouble getting to the point. That’s how kind you are.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, July 27, the 208th day of 2011. There are 157 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 27, 1861, Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan took command of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. On this date: In 1789, President George Washington signed a measure establishing the Department of Foreign Affairs, forerunner of the Department of State.

In 1866, Cyrus W. Field finished laying out the first successful underwater telegraph cable between North America and Europe (a previous cable in 1858 burned out after only a few weeks’ use).

In 1909, during the first official test of the U.S. Army’s first airplane, Orville Wright flew himself and a passenger, Lt. Frank Lahm, above Fort Myer, Va., for one hour and 12 minutes.

In 1921, Canadian researcher Frederick Banting and his assistant, Charles Best, succeeded in isolating the hormone insulin at the University of Toronto.

In 1940, Bugs Bunny made his “official” debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon “A Wild Hare.”

In 1960, Vice President Richard M. Nixon was nominated for president on the first ballot at the Republican national convention in Chicago.

In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 to adopt the first of three articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon, charging he had personally engaged in a course of conduct designed to obstruct justice in the Watergate case.

In 1981, 6-year-old Adam Walsh was abducted from a department store in Hollywood, Fla., and was later murdered. His father, John Walsh, became a well-known crime victims’ advocate.

One year ago: BP announced that its much-criticized chief executive, Tony Hayward, would be replaced by Robert Dudley as the company reported a record quarterly loss and set aside $32.2 billion to cover the costs of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Canadian character actor Maury Chaykin died in Toronto on his 61st birthday.

Today’s Birthdays: TV producer Norman Lear is 89. Actor Jerry Van Dyke is 80. Actor John Pleshette is 69. Singer Bobbie Gentry is 67. Actress-director Betty Thomas is 63.

Olympic gold medal figure skater Peggy Fleming is 63. Singer Maureen McGovern is 62. Actress Janet Eilber is 60. Actress Roxanne Hart is 57. Comedian Bill Engvall is 54. Country singer Stacy Dean Campbell is 44. Rock singer Juliana Hatfield is 44. Actor Julian McMahon is 43. Singer-songwriter Pete Yorn is 37. MLB player Alex Rodriguez is 36. Actor Seamus Dever is 35. Actor Jonathan Rhys (rees) Meyers is 34. Singer Cheyenne Kimball is 21.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: My granddaughter, “Tammi,” graduated high school at the end of May. She has been working at a pet store since last fall. This was her first real job, and she was both elated and proud.

When I visited over the Christmas holidays, she took me to the store to meet her boss and the other teen employees.

Tammi told me the boss had discussed the store’s finances with her, that he didn’t love his wife any longer, that he was getting a divorce, and on and on. I told her this is not something a 34-year-old employer would be sharing with an 18-year-old female employee unless he had an ulterior motive.

The day after her 19th birthday, Tammi left home and moved in with her boss, who is now divorced and shares custody of his 4-year-old child. She is absolutely enthralled with this guy, who is four years younger than her father. Our family is just sick over this. We’ve all tried talking to her, but she won’t listen. She said we should lighten up and that her friends are all OK with it. I know for a fact that her best friend doesn’t like this fellow and says he’s mean to Tammi.

My granddaughter says she’s an adult and can do whatever she wants. How can we make her realize that this is a huge mistake? -- Worried Sick in Illinois Dear Worried: Unfortunately, Tammi is right -- she is an adult and can make as many lousy decisions as she wants.

Often, kids are attracted to what seems most outrageous to their families. Perhaps if you stop fighting her, Tammi will have less to rebel against. Welcome this man into your family as best you can, and let Tammi see him in context. She may decide he’s not so outrageous after all. Or you might decide he’s not as terrible a choice as you originally feared.

Dear Annie: Our son divorced after almost 21 years of marriage. The marriage was never particularly happy. As

the mother of our two wonderful grandchildren, we want our former daughter-in-law to remain part of our lives.

Our son is engaged and is planning to marry next year.

We are not close to “Mary,” but if she makes our son happy, that’s good enough for us. When Mary asked us to remove our son’s wedding photo from the wall, we did so. The problem is, she now wants us to remove all photographs that include our former daughter-in-law, including ones with the grandchildren and other family members.

Annie, there are memories that go along with these photos. We replaced all the photographs that included our son with his ex-wife, but we left the others. My husband and I feel this is our home and we should be able to display what we choose. What is the proper thing to do? -- Confused InLaws Dear Confused: Some second wives are insecure about their position in the family and try to control their environment -- and yours. While you are under no obligation to remove any photos from your home, we also know that you don’t want to create a rift with your son and his new bride.

We suggest you take the contentious pictures and place them in your bedroom or in storage, or transfer them to a CD. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Married to Edward Scissorfeet,” who flails in his sleep and tears the sheets with his toenails.

I’m a Vietnam vet who, in recent years, had become more and more violent at night. After kicking my wife a couple of times, punching the walls and waking up on my knees swinging at ghosts standing by the bed, I saw a doctor who prescribed an anti-anxiety medication. I’m happy to report that I haven’t had any violent episodes since I started taking it. -- Sleeping Better in Florida

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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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Biking Through Bhutan 6:30 p.m. Biking Through Bhutan will be the topic of the Falmouth Memorial Library’s next travelogue to be held in the meeting room of the Library. This will be a slide presentation of a mountain biking adventure through the ultimate mountains: the Himalayas, presented by Cliff Krolick of Back Country Excursions. The Library is located at 5 Lunt Road in Falmouth just off Route 1 behind Staples and the Shops at Falmouth Village. Free and open to the public.

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140 Years of Skiing in Maine 7:30 p.m. Fireside chat with Scott Andrews, curator, Ski Museum of Maine. Down-Mountain & Cross Country: 140 Years of Skiing in Maine, lecture at the Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island. $5. “Did you know that Maine’s skiing history dates back to 1870?

Mainers have led the way in developing this sport, having built the world’s tallest ski jump and the first chairlift in the East. Maine was the leading producer of skis in the midtwentieth century. And a Mainer wrote America’s first book about skiing.” The Fifth Maine Regiment Museum is a nonprofit museum and cultural center housed in the 1888 Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall. Its mission is the preservation of Civil War and local history. For more information, call 766-3330 or email fifthmaine@juno.com.

Thursday, July 28 Jeannie Brett at library book reading 10:30 a.m. Jeannie Brett, illustrator of the newly released children’s book “My Cat, Coon Cat,” will read from and sign copies of the book at the Portland Public Library. Children will also have the opportunity to create their own cat masks with the artist. The library is located at 5 Monument Square. “The charming children’s book, written by Sandy Ferguson Fuller, published by Islandport Press, uses verse to tell the story of a young girl who moves into a new house and slowly wins the affection of a classic Maine coon cat.

Through the course of a day, the girl and the cat share experiences which bring them closer. As the shy cat meets the girl’s kitten, chases dragonflies and explores the neighborhood, he realizes he has a safe new home. The gentle rhymes and appealing watercolors will delight early readers as they learn how to make a new friend with patience, humor and kindness.” For more information, contact the library at 871-1700. For more information about the book, please contact Islandport Press at books@islandportpress. com or 207-846-3344, or visit www.islandportpress.com.

Islandport Press, an award-winning Maine-based publishing company, is dedicated to producing quality books about Maine and Northern New England.

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.

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.

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 28 — Marion Grace (Singer-Songwriters) and Gypsy Tailwind (Americana /

On Saturday, Aug. 6, the 14th annual TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race will host a race day field of 6,000, including many of the top world-class runners as well as the best in Maine and New England. (COURTESY PHOTO) 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.

Bark in the Park to raise funds for the Portland Police Department’s K-9 Unit 6:15 p.m. Dogs and their families are invited to enjoy an evening of baseball while raising valuable funds to support the Canine Unit of the Portland Police Department. Bark in the Park ticket holders sit in the third base bleacher section with all access to the “birthday section” behind the bleachers. There will be dogs up for adoption, a grassy relief area, wading pool, canine watering station, dog treats and games for pups and their families. Dog valets will also be on hand to care for pets so people can visit the concessions. At 6:15 p.m. is pre-game parade for pups and people led by Slugger, the Seadog’s mascot, and the Portland Police K-9 Units around Hadlock Field; game starts at 7 p.m. Hadlock Field. Tickets cost $7 (children under 2 free). They can be purchased at the Planet Dog Company Store at 211 Marginal Way, Portland (346-8606) or by calling Planet Dog at 800-381-1516.

Free Lakescaping Demonstration Event 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Lakescaping for Clean Water: Buffers, Rain Barrels, Rain Gardens ... How to capture and control Maine’s rain to protect Maine’s clean lakes. Did you know that soil is the No. 1 pollutant in Maine’s lakes? Want to learn how to do your part to keep soil and other substances out of our water and on the ground where they belong? Join us as Master Gardener-trained Kirsten Ness describes Lakescaping: easy, inexpensive, and attractive methods each of us can use to help protect clean water in Maine. We’ll show you around the Ecology Center demonstrations of lake-friendly plantings and installations and offer advice for your own property. (Free, limit 20). Sebago Lake Ecology Center, Intersection of Routes 237 and 35 in Standish. Reserve a seat: 774-5961, ext 3324 or email sebagolake@pwd.org.

Fenix Theatre Company 6:30 p.m. “Fenix Theatre Company exists to provide the southern Maine community access to free classical theater in the beauty of Deering Oaks. We thrive on the unique collaboration between audience and performer found in outdoor theater.” Bring your own seat and some food, drink, etc.” “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett, running Thursday and Saturday evenings Aug. 4 and Aug. 6 and Friday nights July 29 and Aug. 12 at 6:30 p.m. by the bridge in Deering Oaks.

“Love’s Labour’s Lost,” by William Shakespeare, one of Shakespeare’s early comedies, running Thursday and Saturday evenings July 28 but not July 30; Aug. 11 and Aug. 13 and Friday nights, Aug. 5 at 6:30 p.m. by the reflecting pool in Deering Oaks. www.fenixtheatre.com

Concert at Fort Allen Park: Sean Mencher 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. Sean Mencher and his Rhythm Kings (Rockabilly), sponsorship in memory of Betty Winterhalder.

Other concerts: 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.

‘The Daughter of the Regiment’ 7:30 p.m. PORTopera’s 2011 mainstage production, “The Daughter of the Regiment,” stars Bangor native and University of Southern Maine graduate Ashley Emerson in the lead role, supported by a cast of seasoned performers and another up-and-coming young artist. PORTopera presents the opera comique “The Daughter of the Regiment” (La Fille du Régiment) in two performances on Thursday, July 28 and Saturday, July 30 at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. Both performances begin at 7:30 p.m.

The Debutante Hour 8 p.m. Mayo Street Arts features Brooklyn sweethearts The Debutante Hour, ukelele duo Dos Eckies, juggler Matiss Duhon, and Vintage 35mm Shorts from the underground collection of Blinky McGee. See New York’s cabaret acoustic act The Debutante Hour, “a cross between the Roches, Tiger Lillies, and your deep, dirty subconscious.” The trio consists of multi-instrumentalists Susan Hwang, Mia Pixley, and Maria Sonevytsky. Their music has been described as “antifolk songs with the occasional waltz, warming up the audience to clap along and cheer” and “songs about lost love, weird love and the devil.” http:// mayostreetarts.org/calendar

Friday, July 29 Weeks Act celebration at White Mountain NF 9:30 a.m. The White Mountain National Forest along with several partner organizations is hosting a family-friendly festival at the base of the Mt. Washington Auto Road in New Hampshire’s Pinkham Notch. “The Weeks Act, passed in 1911, is marking its 100th Anniversary. ... This free, public event is part of a coordinated New Hampshire effort celebrating the Weeks Act Centennial. The Weeks Act made the creation of the National Forests east of the Mississippi River possible. This landmark piece of conservation legislation helped to create 41 National Forests in the Eastern United States, including the White Mountain National Forest. Additional information about the Weeks Act Centennial Festival and a list of other events are available at www.weekslegacy.org or www.fs.fed.us/ r9/forests/white_mountain. see next page

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Eighth Maine Annual Art Show and Sale 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Annual art show at the Eighth Maine Museum on Peaks Island. “See the artwork, meet the artists and take home some treasures. ... The Eighth Maine Regiment Memorial Association, Inc. perpetuates the memory and preserves the history of the Eighth Maine Volunteer Regiment including the real and personal property of the Association.” http://eighthmaine.com/aboutus.aspx

Law Enforcement Explorer Academy deadline 4 p.m. The Portland Police Department is receiving applications for its third annual Law Enforcement Explorer Academy until 4 p.m. Friday, July 29. The Academy will begin Monday, Aug. 8 at 8 a.m. and will conclude with a graduation ceremony, where cadets will earn their Portland Police Explorer Badge Friday, Aug. 12 at 4 p.m., at the Portland Police Station. For more information about the program or to apply to be an explorer, contact Senior Lead Officer Tim Farris at timf@portlandmaine.gov, 756-9405, or Senior Lead Officer Ray Ruby at raymondr@portlandmaine.gov, 233-1151.

Saturday, July 30 Sgt. Johnsey/Sgt. Betters Memorial Benefit Ride 11 a.m. The third annual Sgt. Johnsey/Sgt. Betters Memorial Benefit Motorcycle Ride is scheduled. Registration and start location will be Parker’s Restaurant, 1349 Washington Ave. Ride will start at 11 a.m. and will end at Bray’s Brew Pub in Naples around 12:30 p.m. Route will be different from last year. Registration fee is $20 / $5 for passenger.

We’ll have several raffle prizes again this year. All proceeds go to the four children of Sgt. Richard “Rick” Betters and Sgt. Rob Johnsey from the Portland Police Department. www.maineassociationofpolice.com/in_memoriam.htm

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.

Greater Portland Festival of Nations 2 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The ninth annual Greater Portland Festival of Nations returns to Deering Oaks Park “as Maine’s largest and most authentic multi-cultural festival.” The event is free and open to the public. “The ninth annual Greater Portland Festival of Nations aims to celebrate and embrace the cultural diversity of our community by encouraging understanding, appreciation and respect of the cultures of the State of Maine diverse community through a fun-filled day of music, dance, food, children’s activities and marketplace. Some of these ethnic and diverse vendors from different nations participating in 2010 included African America, Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia, Caribbean, Congo, French, Finnish, Greek, Hispanic Nations, Irish, East India, Italy, Native America, Nigeria, Polish, Romania, Somalia, Sudan, Thai, Uganda and Vietnam. The festival offers guests great opportunity and a unique start on holiday shopping.”

Fair Farm Bill Road Trip kickoff at Portland’s Urban Farm Fermentory, Falmouth’s Winslow Farms 4 p.m. Food & Water Watch, in partnership with the Winter Cache Project, Urban Farm Fermentory, Arm Factory, and Maine Indoor Plant Kingdom will be holding a weekend of activities on July 30 and 31. “The events will kick off the Fair Farm Bill Road Trip — a month of activities across 20 states to educate consumers about how the federal Farm Bill impacts us all. From low-income families who need food stamps to survive, to midsized family farmers struggling to stay in business, to shoppers who deserve healthier food choices, everyone has the right to safe, healthy, affordable food that supports independent farmers and producers, but to restore this balance, ‘voting with our forks’ is not enough.

We need a fair Farm Bill. July 30 events will be held at 200 Anderson St. in Portland and the July 31 event will be held at Winslow Farms in Falmouth at 291 New Gray Road. July

At Mackworth Island in Falmouth, Steve King (right), security guard for the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, chats with John Woodcock, the school’s facilities manager, at the toll booth on the island. On Sunday, July 31, the eighth annual Mackworth Island Show & Shine will be held (rain or shine) at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf on Mackworth Island. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) 30 — 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Urban Farmers Market: Experience the Local Food Movement, eat local food, meet local farmers, and hear local music; 4:30 p.m. What the Fair Farm Bill Means for Maine by Nisha Swinton, Food & Water Watch and Canning Demonstration by Jeremy Bloom, Internet Farm; 7 p.m. Fair and Local Food Panel Discussion — Panelists: Adam Burke from PROP, Jeremy Bloom from Internet Farmer, Lisa Ferandaz from Eat Maine Foods and Portland Permaculture, Stowell Watters from Rippling Waters Farm, Nisha Swinton from Food & Water Watch, and Gretchen Voight from Winter Cache Project; 8 p.m. A Free Film Screening of “FRESH!” (outdoor projected screening) Bring a blanket! Free show: Dance the Night away after the film with Pump the Pump featuring Theodore Tree House. July 31 — 11 a.m. Learn about sustainable agriculture right from the source. Bring a dish to share for the potluck afterwards.

“Congress works on the Farm Bill every 5 years and the bill presents a crucial opportunity to create a fairer, safer and more sustainable food system.” For more information about the Farm Bill, visit http://www.foodandwaterwatch. org/food/farm-bill-2012/. Please RSVP to: Nisha Swinton, 619-5845 nswinton@fwwatch.org.

Backyard BBQ by Deux Cochons, show at Mayo St. 6:30 p.m. Barbecue before a show. “Mayo Street Arts has a great backyard and we’re excited to spend some time before the show filling up on BBQ back there. Vegetarian options will be available.” Then, HillyTown Presents: if and it/Beat Radio (NYC)/The Farthest Forests; backyard BBQ

by Deux Cochons. “Why: Because it’s summer and we must barbecue and hear live bands.” BBQ by Deux Cochon 6:30-8 p.m. in the backyard. Bands at 8, 9 and 10 p.m.

Admission: $4/$8 in advance. www.brownpapertickets. com/event/187823 or $5/$10 the day of. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland.

‘The Daughter of the Regiment’ 7:30 p.m. PORTopera’s 2011 mainstage production, “The Daughter of the Regiment,” stars Bangor native and University of Southern Maine graduate Ashley Emerson in the lead role, supported by a cast of seasoned performers and another up-and-coming young artist. PORTopera presents the opera comique “The Daughter of the Regiment” (La Fille du Régiment) in two performances on Thursday, July 28 and Saturday, July 30 at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. Both performances begin at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, July 31 Pancake breakfast at the Fifth Maine 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Pancake breakfast at the Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, $7 Adult $4 Child under 10. Enjoy a delicious breakfast by the sea in seaside dining room.

Menu: two kinds of pancakes, eggs, ham, baked beans, watermelon, juice, coffee and tea. FMI: 766-3330 or fifthmaine@juno.com.

Tri for a Cure 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fourth annual Tri for a Cure will be taking place on, on and around the campus of Southern

Maine Community College. The All- Women’s Triathlon draws nearly 1,000 participants and thousands of spectators. The Tri for a Cure is an event sponsored by Maine Cancer Foundation that raises funds for cancer research, education and patient support programs. All of the funds raised remain in Maine. For more information about this event or ways to avoid the traffic delays, call Maine Cancer Foundation at 773-2533 or visit the website for specific maps and details. www.mainetriforacure.org

Mackworth Island Show & Shine 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The eighth annual Mackworth Island Show & Shine will be held (rain or shine) at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf on Mackworth Island in Falmouth. The proceeds of this car show, which is open to and features all types of show cars, will benefit The Foundation for Maine’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children. Beautiful Mackworth Island, just off the coast of Falmouth, once again beckons for one of the Southern Maine’s premier summer family fun events. “With easy access via the Andrews Avenue causeway (off of Route 1), come spend an enjoyable day strolling the rolling greens, relaxing under the shade trees and taking in ocean views while experiencing the exciting sights and sounds of some of Maine’s top show cars. Featured will be show cars of all makes, models and types and awards will be given in many categories, including Best in Show and People’s Choice. DJ Stan Manning of 107.5 Frank FM will be on hand to spin the music and the Falmouth Rotary Club will sponsor the food and beverage booth. For the last several years, the Down East Porsche Club of America has sponsored the Show & Shine event. The proceeds from these events have been used to provide thousands of dollars in scholarships to deaf and hard of hearing children all over the state of Maine. “We are pleased and proud to be part of such an important effort on behalf of a worthy cause,” said Jerry Giordano, President of the Down East Region PCA. “It is important to us to be a leader and made a contribution in the community.” Car registration begins at 8:30 am and the $10 donation admits one show car and up to two people. The spectator gates open at 10 am, with car judging at 11 a.m. and awards at 1 p.m. General admission is a $5 donation for adults and $3 for kids age six to 15. Kids under six get in free.”

For more information, contact Jerry Giordano at 207 781 4904 or ggiordan@maine.rr.com.

Rooftop Film: ‘PeeWee’s Big Adventure’ 9 p.m. MENSK is pleased to announce a rooftop screening of “PeeWee’s Big Adventure.” Free Street Parking Garage, Portland. Movie starts at sunset, 9 p.m. The public is invited to the top level of the Free Street parking garage in Portland to screen segments from local No Umbrella Media and Sap Pail productions film “Now We’re Cooking” followed

by Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Tim Burton starring Paul Reubens).

The films begin around sunset, (or by 9pm) Bring your own lawn chair, blankets and snacks. Enter at 45 Spring Street.

A free event, hosted by MENSK. Parking is available. For more information, visit www.noumbrella.com and www. menskmaine.org. Free. Contact: info@menskmaine.org see next page

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Monday, Aug. 1 Tim Thomas Hockey Camps 8:30 a.m. Tim Thomas Hockey Camp. Aug. 1-5. Family Ice Center, Falmouth. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Forwards and Defense).

North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

(Goalies). Hockey great Tim Thomas said he created the Tim Thomas Hockey Camp four years ago “to work with Forwards, Defense and Goalies in my youth and adult summer hockey camps. I understand what it takes to succeed as an athlete and my passion is to share my knowledge and put a smile on our players’ faces.”www.timthomashockey.com

Innocent Interlude: Scenes of Life in Portland 2 p.m. Innocent Interlude: Scenes of Life in Portland, Maine, 1940-41 (2004). “Take an amazing tour of Portland in the early 1940’s. City officials made this remarkable series of color films that document life around Portland, capturing: longshoremen unloading ships on the waterfront; regattas; a soap box derby on Park Avenue; baseball, swan boats, and ice skating at Deering Oaks Park; aerial views of the city; snow plows; the removal of trolley tracks from Congress Street, and many other subjects. Film narrated by Historian Joel Eastman. Daily Screenings: Monday-Friday in July and August (60 minutes).” Maine Historical Society.

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. 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

Tuesday, Aug. 2 Music from the Andes 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! 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, sweatpouring 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! Brought to you by WPXT, WPME, WHOM, mainetoday.com, raisingmaine.com. For more information and a full schedule of free summer events visit portlandmaine.com or call772.6828.

posal (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.

The 1866 Fire Disaster

Concert at Fort Allen Park: Big Chief

noon. Book Talk: Portland’s Greatest Conflagration: The 1866 Fire Disaster. Speakers: Michael Daicy and Don Whitney, Authors. “On the Fourth of July in 1866, joy turned to tragedy in Portland, Maine. A boy threw a firecracker onto a pile of wood shavings and it erupted in a blaze as residents prepared to celebrate the 90th anniversary of American independence in the momentous time following the Civil War. The violent conflagration killed two people and destroyed 1500 structures on nearly thirty streets. Authors Michael Daicy and Don Whitney, both retired firefighters, chronicle the day’s catastrophic events, as well as the bravery of those who fought the ferocious fire, dispelling the myth that ill-trained firefighting contributed to the devastation. The book is based on records, documents and reports, as well eyewitness accounts from firefighters and citizens.” Maine Historical Society.

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.

Big Chief (Rhythm & Roots Music). Sponsored by Coyne Piergrossi Associates, Keller Williams Realty. Other concerts: 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.

Wednesday, Aug. 3 Meeting of the Committee to Restore the Abyssinian Meeting House 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The next meeting of the Committee to Restore the Abyssinian Meeting House will be an open house from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting of the Board of Directors. concluding by 6 pm. and including final plans for the Excavation Project. Estimated to begin Aug. 20 and completion hoped to conclude by Dec. 1. The program and times will be sent out that are associated with the events of the day. The Open House will feature “Meet the Author” Christopher L. Webber: hear the story of the Rev. James W.C. Pennington, the fugutive slave who was a national leader in the pre-Civil War abolition movement and also Pastor of the Abyssinian Church in Portland.

‘Breaking Ground’ author at library noon. William D. Andrews will read from and sign copies of his new novel, “Breaking Ground,” at the Portland Public Library’s Brown Bag Lunch at noon. The library is located at 5 Monument Square.“Breaking Ground” is Andrews’ second novel. The first, the highly acclaimed “Stealing History,” introduced readers to Julie Williamson, the inquisitive director of an historical society in a western Maine mountain town. For more about the event, contact the library at 871-1700. For more information about the book, contact Islandport Press at 846-3344 or at info@islandportpress. com, or visit www.islandportpress.com. Islandport Press is a Maine-based publisher of books about Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Discover Girl Scouts 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Girl Scouts of Maine is hosting an event for girls aged 5-9, entering grades k-3 in the fall, and who are not yet in a troop. First Congregational Church in Scarborough. This fun event will allow new girls and their parent or guardian to sample a variety of activities and discover what Girl Scouting is all about! Girls must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Registration is required in advance and a fee of $6 will help cover supplies. To register, please call 772-1177, by July 28.

‘L. L. Bean: The Man and His Company’ 6 p.m. Bull Moose Scarborough (456 Payne Road) will host James Witherell, author of the biographical “L. L. Bean: The Man and His Company,” for a book signing. The book was released on May 2. “Witherell’s book tells the story of the L. L. Bean Company, from its modest beginnings when Leon Leonwood Bean developed the now famous ‘boot’ because his feet got wet and sore on a hunting trip, to its growth into a company with its own zip code. It follows the ups and downs of the company, a family business that has held onto its core principles and has become an icon nearly synonymous with the state of Maine, lighthouses and lobster. Witherell is a Master Maine guide and creator of hiking maps for Acadia National Park and Baxter State Park. He is also the author of Bicycle History and is currently working on a book about the Tour de France. He is an avid cyclist.”

Bull Moose will have copies in stock for $13. Nearly all of the 20,000 books in Bull Moose’s Scarborough and Bangor locations are 35 percent off list price.

Thursday, Aug. 4 Alive at Five free outdoor concert

Mayo Street Arts features Brooklyn sweethearts The Debutante Hour at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 28. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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.” Aug. 4 — The Modest Pro-

Friday, Aug. 5 Photographs by Michael McAllister at Nosh 5 p.m. Photographs by Michael McAllister will be exhibited at Nosh, 551 Congress St., Portland, during the month of August. Deer Isle, Maine is the focus and he brings to life a current documentation of these rural islands. From a four panel Stonington waterfront, that stretches over 7 feet to a single shot of a sun-drenched trail with everything in between. A total of about 28 photos measuring 17 X 22 inches will be on display in time for the First Friday Art Walk Aug. 5.

First Friday Art Walk at the Meg Perry Center 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Meg Perry Center presents artist Matthew Wetherby, 644 Congress St. “Matthew Wetherby, the artist, has lived on the streets or in homeless shelters for eleven of his thirty-eight years. A victim of typical street trauma, Matthew learned to channel his personal demons through his art. Matthew’s paintings carry with them the style of his heroes, Picasso, Marchand and Rivera. Learning his art while on the streets, his tools remain the same: brown paper canvas, markers, oils and pastels. The artist currently lives in transitional housing, working on his art, and improving the quality of his life.

First Friday Art Walk at SPACE 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Elia Bettaglio, Selena Kimball and Tatiana Simonova: Drawings at SPACE Gallery. New York based artists Elia Bettaglio, Selena Kimball and Tatiana Simonova present drawings in various media. This show is in a new annex space. www.space538.org

Kids Fun Run 6 p.m. The Kids Fun Run will take place at the Soccer Field at Fort Williams. The races will be run in heats, according to age. If it rains, check the website at www.beach2beacon. org for updates and a decision will be made by 4 p.m. Registration and packet pick up for the kid’s race will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. during race registration at Cape Elizabeth High School and also on Friday, Aug. 5 near the Soccer Field at Fort Williams.

Saturday, Aug. 6 TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race 7:30 a.m. The 14th annual TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race will host a race day field of 6,000, including many of the top world-class runners as well as the best in Maine and New England. TD Bank is the title sponsor of the race founded by Joan Benoit Samuelson, the 1984 Olympic gold medalist and Maine’s most recognizable athlete. In addition to TD Bank, the title sponsor, other major corporate partners this year include Hannaford, Poland Spring, MaineHealth, Fairchild Semiconductor, Nike, Northeast Delta Dental, Wright Express and WCSH6. Runner drop-off is at the Gull Crest Fields parking lot a half mile from the intersection of Spurwink Road and Route 77. Look for flaggers to direct you. Runners are required to be at the start line by 7:30 a.m.

This year’s race beneficiary is Day One (www.day-one.org), a non-profit agency providing substance abuse prevention, intervention, treatment, and aftercare programs for Maine youth. The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, will provide a cash donation of $30,000 to the organization, which will also benefit from fundraising activities and publicity through its association with the race.

For additional information about the race, visit www.beach2beacon.org or call the race hotline at (888) 480-6940.

Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army sale 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army will hold a large indoor sale at The Salvation Army Tabernacle on the corner of Union Avenue and Sixth Street in Old Orchard Beach. Items for sale include home-made baked goods, handcrafted items, books, household goods, jewelry, miscellaneous items, as well as a coffee break and lunch menu items.

Proceeds of the sale will be used to assist with various projects and programs which will benefit many individuals located in the community, as well as funds will support the World Mission Program. For further information, call 934-4381.