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‘Lowest priority’ pot measure could resurface City council votes down proposal that would have given group 10 more days to gather signatures

BY CASEY CONLEY

November 2012.

Sensible Portland members led a petition drive this summer in support of a referendum that would add language to city code making possession-level marijuana offenses the lowest enforcement priority for police. Though nonbinding, the group hoped passage would send a message to police.

The group submitted its petitions in July, but were 93 short of the 1,500 valid signatures needed to advance the referendum question. Unlike state law, city code does not allow petition takers to gather more signatures if the initial effort falls short.

Up until this week, there was still a chance the measure could have made the Nov. 8 ballot.

But on Monday, the city council voted down a proposal that would have given Sensible Portland 10 more days to gather signatures. However, councilors voted to have a city council committee examine its

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With their campaign to make marijuana enforcement the lowest police priority stalled for now, members of the group Sensible Portland say they intend to revisit the issue, possibly as soon as next year.

“I think that there is a strong possibility that you will see it again, probably next year,” said Tony Zeli, an organizer for the group. “At this point, if we were to collect the signatures now, it would be hard for the timing to work out to not cause a special election.”

Zeli Zeli said the group could try to time the measure with elections in June or

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rules around petitions and report back to the full council in October.

“We definitely had hoped that (the council) would accept (the 10-day extension),” said Zeli. “We knew that there were a lot of councilors that don’t agree with our particular petition effort, who don’t agree with the lowest priority ordinance, but this issue (before the council Monday) was not about that.”

Despite the setback, Zeli said this exercise could have a silver lining, especially if the city council ends up adopting new rules for citizen initiatives that more closely mirror state law.

It’s also possible the group may aim higher with a future referendum campaign.

“This is an opportunity to take feedback we got from the community during this process. A lot of people, their biggest complaint was that we weren’t pushing for more, such as legalization,” he said.

A trim around the hedges

‘Eventually I will revive it,’ says Cacoulidis of waterfront project

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Talk about your bigger fish to fry. A developer who owns a Maine island and hopes to bring new tenants to an iconic building in the city's downtown holds out hope for reviving a rebuffed multi-million-dollar waterfront development on property he owns in South Portland.

New York developer John Cacoulidis anticipates he will need another six to nine months to finish renovating the former Portland Press Herald building so it can be rented out as office space. Meanwhile, he still has his eye on the South Portland waterfront and an ambitious convention center development that was rejected a decade ago.

"I like Maine, it's a beautiful waterfront, but right now nobody creates any jobs," Cacoulidis said in a telephone interview Tuesday.

Russ Brookes with Portland Public Services tends to flower beds at Longfellow Square Monday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Sarkozy, Merkel call for fiscal unity

BY NICOLA CLARK THE NEW YORK TIMES

PARIS — Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, on Tuesday called for closer coordination of economic policy among the 17 countries that share the euro currency and proposed that they enshrine in their constitutions an obligation to balance their national budgets.

Amid a backdrop of official figures showing that economic growth in the heart of Europe is slowing and investors growing wary of a deepening debt crisis across the region, the two announced a series of proposals that they said were aimed at defending economic growth and strengthening the competitiveness of euro zone countries.

Ms. Merkel and Mr. Sarkozy vowed to set an example for other euro zone members by harmonizing their national policies on corporate income taxes and to establish a common tax on financial transactions by 2013. In addition, they said, French and German finance ministry officials would meet quarterly to share economic forecasts and coordinate policy.

“We want to express our absolute will to defend the euro and assume Germany

and France’s particular responsibilities in Europe and to have on all of these subjects a complete unity of views,” Mr. Sarkozy said at a news conference alongside Mrs. Merkel at the Élysée Palace following two hours of closed-door meetings.

The proposals came as the leaders of the euro zone’s two largest economies faced mounting pressure to forge a joint approach to a widening economic crisis that has already engulfed Ireland, Greece and Portugal and threatens to pull in Spain and Italy as well.

In the United States, where stocks were still trading, the Standard & Poor’s index of 500-stocks and other major indexes fell steeply as the two leaders held a news conference announcing the results of their meeting.

In what may likely be the most ambitious proposal, Mr. Sarkozy and Mrs. Merkel outlined a plan for each of the euro zone governments to enact legislation that would constitutionally bind their governments to balancing their budgets. This “golden rule” would be expected to be enshrined in the constitutions of all euro members by the middle of next year, the leaders said.

France and Germany also proposed the creation of what Mr. Sarkozy called “a true

economic government for the euro zone” that would be made up of heads of state of all of the 17 nations that share the European currency. This council, he said, would meet at least twice a year and would be led by a president who would serve for a term of two and a half years. He said he and Mrs. Merkel would jointly propose that Herman van Rompuy, a Belgian and the current president of the European Union, be the first to take on this role.

“Germany and France feel absolutely obliged to strengthen the euro as our common currency and further develop it,” Mrs. Merkel said. “It is entirely clear that for this to happen, we need a stronger interplay of financial and economic policy in the euro zone.”

The summit meeting came as European stock markets were in retreat Tuesday for the first time in four days and the euro slid against the dollar following fresh economic data that showed growth in the euro area fell more than expected in the three months through June as growth in Germany came almost to a standstill. Gross domestic product in the 17-nation euro area rose 0.2 percent in the second quarter of 2011 compared with the previous quarter, according to Eurostat, the E.U. statistics agency.

Court sides with trustee over Madoff payouts

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A federal appeals court has approved the method being used to calculate the losses incurred by the victims of Bernard L. Madoff’s global Ponzi scheme, saying the approach used by the trustee in the case is “legally sound in light of the circumstances of this case and the relevant statutory language.”

The ruling, by the United States Court of

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(NY Times) — Hand gestures can be vulgar, but recently a demure, loving one has risen to popularity.

To make it, curl the index fingers on both hands with the thumbs pointing down and join them to make a heart shape. Two people can make it together: a human version of those best-friends-forever lockets that break apart to be shared.

The “hand heart,” as it is known, has been flashed by young stars galore, including Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Victoria Justice, Blake Lively, Jordin Sparks and an “American Idol” contestant vying for votes.

Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Steven Tyler, Jennie Garth, Wynonna Judd, Channing Tatum, Usher, Kylie Minogue and Janet Jackson have all been photographed making the gesture.

Advertisers have taken note: it has appeared in campaigns for LensCrafters and the clothing line Miss Me. A hand heart with the top fingers splayed apart like wings, however, was removed from a Virginia tourism ad after revelations that it was a symbol of the Gangster Disciples.

An intact hand heart is displayed during the credits of the reality show “Ice Loves Coco” and described (“you held you hands up / and they formed a heart in the air”) in a song, “I Corinthians 13:810,” by the indie rock band the Mountain Goats.

The hand heart is popular in the rave scene where tiggerlovesyou.com chronicles young people enthusiastically hand-hearting. Armin van Buuren, the popular Dutch D.J., has been known to do it during his live sets.

“The heart-hand symbol means something between ‘I love you’ and ‘thank you,’ ” the country singer Taylor Swift said in an e-mail from her “Speak Now” tour. “It’s just a sweet, simple message that you can deliver without saying a word.” She added that she started doing it in pictures and out car windows during high school.

“At the end of my sophomore year, I left school and went out on a radio tour to play free show after free show,” Ms. Swift wrote. “I was an unknown act playing shows night after night, and I was constantly trying out all kinds of different moves to try and get a response from the audience.”

One day during a festival, she said, she was in the middle of a song and decided to put her hands above her head in the heart shape. The crowd started doing it back and cheering.

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Police seeking suspect in New Gloucester store robbery

City Council: Keep Station A, Cliff Island branches open

Police are searching for a man they say ambushed a New Gloucester convenience store clerk and robbed the employee of a bank deposit Tuesday morning.

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said a female employee was pushed to the ground by a man demanding money outside of Cloutier’s Market at 1026 Lewiston Road. The robbery put a nearby daycare in “lock down” as police used a K-9 unit to search the area, according to police.

Surveillance video showed the man waited near a dumpster behind the store and walked up behind the woman as she left Cloutier’s Market to make a bank deposit, police said. The man pushed her to the ground and demanded the money.

No weapons were displayed. The employee gave the man the money, police said. She was not hurt.

The suspect was described as a white male between 5’7” and 5’9” tall and weighing 170 to 190 pounds, police said.

Sheriff deputies wouldn’t say how much money the man took. They asked that anyone with information on the robbery call police at 774-1444 ext. 2173.

— Matt Arco

City councilors on Monday approved a resolution supporting two Portland post office branches that might be shut down.

Station A on Congress Street and the Cliff Island Post Office are listed among 34 Maine branches being considered for closure by the U.S. Postal Service. Nationwide, the USPS could close up to 3,400 branches and lay off up to 120,000 employees in an attempt to close an $8 billion budget gap.

The council’s nonbinding resolution recognizes the Cliff Island branch as a “vital” island center, and says losing the location would create a hardship for island residents.

If the branch closes, Cliff Island residents would likely have to ride the ferry to another island or the mainland to get their mail. Currently, the post office it does not offer home delivery on Cliff.

The council’s resolution also notes that Station A serves some of the city’s most “vulnerable” populations, including the elderly, low-income residents and immigrants, many of whom don’t have access to a car, phone or a bank account.

Elected officials around the country are fighting back against USPS plans to close branches, although it’s too soon to know if these respective campaigns will bear fruit. That said, a coordinated local response involving residents and Maine’s U.S. Congressional delegation in 2009 helped keep Station A open after it appeared on a previous closure list.

The USPS is expected to announce which branches will be closed in the coming months.

Previously, a local spokesman said none of the affected branches would be shut until next year at the earliest.

— Casey Conley

Man accused of kicking store clerk in six-pack dispute A 35-year-old Portland man was arrested Monday after he kicked a store clerk during a dispute about purchasing only a portion of a six-pack, police said.

Kary Wells is accused of getting into an argument with a Walgreens clerk after the employee refused to sell him only two beers from the six-pack. Wells allegedly kicked the clerk in the leg during the argument before leaving the store.

He was located by police a short time later about a block away while. Police said he was drinking a beer.

The incident happened in the 100 block of Marginal Way at about 5:20 p.m.

Wells was charged with assault and drinking in public.

— Matt Arco

Carmona, Rathband submit candidate petitions Ralph Carmona, one of 19 candidates running for elected mayor, was the seventh candidate to submit nominating papers to the city clerk this week.

Jed Rathband is the eighth.

Carmona turned in his paperwork on Monday, the first day candidates could officially file. Jed Rathband was the only candidate to submit nominating papers yesterday.

Other candidates who have submitted nominating papers are: Mayor Nick Mavodones, Councilor Jill Duson, Councilor Dave Marshall, Peter Bryant, Hamza Haadoow and John Eder.

City officials have already certified Duson and Marshall as candidates, and found that Haadoow was 46 signatures short of the required 300 from registered city voters. He will have until Aug. 29 to collect the remaining signatures.

To appear on the Nov. 8 ballot, candidates must submit between 300 and 500 valid signaturesto the city clerk between now and Aug. 29.

— Casey Conley

Police seek clues in Munjoy Hill burglary spree Portland Police are looking for the person responsible for a string of night burglaries that have occurred on Munjoy Hill over the past five weeks.

Six homes have been broken into between July 7 and August 15, and police say the burglaries have been similar in nature, and have occurred at night while residents were home sleeping.

In each case, entry has been gained through unlocked doors, police said. The burglars are targeting items that have proven easily accessible, including purses and prescription drugs.

On two occasions, the suspect was scared off after someone inside the home woke up, police said.

The suspect is described as white male in his early twenties, with a thin build and short blond hair.

Sgt. Dean Goodale urges residents to lock their

doors and report anything suspicious to police.

Anyone with information on the burglaries is asked call police at 874-8584.

— Marge Niblock

Councilors defer action on heavyitem pickup proposal City councilors on Monday tabled a measure until next month that would have reinstated heavy-item pickup in Portland.

The delay will allow the Solid Waste Task Force a chance release its full report to the council next month.

As proposed, residents would be able to place unwanted items on the curb on trash day. The city expects to roll out the program in two phases over the next eight months. The first phase would cover items weighing less than 30 pounds and cost $7.50 per item. The second phase, which would handle items up to 100 pounds, is expected to begin next spring. The fee each large item would likely be $15.

Residents would buy special stickers from the city and affix them to the unwanted item. Crews would then remove them on the resident’s normal trash day.

A past version of the heavy item pickup program was popular with city residents when it was eliminated three years ago due to budget cuts.

— Casey Conley

Council approves $25M bond re-financing plan Councilors on Monday gave city finance officials authority to refinance nearly $25 million in existing debt, which could save taxpayers up to $1.3 million over the next decade.

City finance director Ellen Sanborn has said that the existing $24.9 million bonds are all about 10 years old, have a 20-year term and carry interest rates between 4 and 5 percent. She plans to sell the same amount in new bonds to pay off the existing debt, but at a much lower interest rate.

She predicted the new interest rate would be about 2.5 percent.

Depending on the actual interest rate the savings over a decade are estimated at nearly $1.3 million. The bond sale was planned for yesterday, but attempts to reach Sanborn after hours were not successful.

The city has about $260 million in outstanding debt, but has been able to reduce interest payments in recent years by refinancing millions in bonds.

Moody’s gives Portland a bond rating of Aa1, which is one notch below the top rating of Aaa. — Casey Conley

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Candidates run on public’s dime Is it just me, or are you tired of the Presidential race already? Here we are, 17 months in advance of the November election and already there have been two or three Presidential debates. Even worse, no one has yet clearly articulated a plan to move our nation forward, not the man who currently has the job or those who are vying for it.

Think about it. Is there any other profession where you currently have a job, are not doing it very well, openly pursue another position and still get paid full salary while you are campaigning for your new job? It is crazy and yet somehow we Americans not only accept it, we enable it.

President Obama may be the worst offender of this ––––– practice in our nation’s hisDaily Sun tory, but he has some very Columnist close competition for that title. Since he announced that he was running for President in 2007, the man has never stopped campaigning. Even though he was elected to serve in the United States Senate, he only showed up for 175 days of work out of over 400.

Maybe if he had hung around to do his job in the Senate and figured out how things work, he might be doing a better job than he is today. Of course, when you are a borrow-and-spend liberal who believes government has a role in everything we do, it is not likely that things would be any different if he had shown up for work.

Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann is another example of an overzealous politician who currently has a job, but seems to see no issue with aggressively pursuing a new one on the public stage while being compensated by the taxpayers for the job she has. (The Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, is in the same position.) I actually like her, but for all of her talk about being different than the rest, she is following the same, familiar path so many before her have followed. She is using, as is Governor Perry, the power and the security of her current position. If she was really different, she would have resigned her Congressional seat and pursued the presidency as a private citizen.

I know many will disagree with me on this one, but that only proves how outlandish the American

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Freshman feasting can pack on the pounds Like it or not, fall is in the air in subtle and stealthy ways. The weather may be holding out with sunny yet shorter days turning to cooler nights, but the Portland Public school calendar waits for no kid and pre-season fall sports are underway, along with backto-school circulars and those few long weeks when camps have ended and younger kids are home with mantras of, “I’m bored!” and “Why can’t we watch the ‘South Park’ marathon? It’s a cartoon, isn’t it?”

Yes, it’s a time of transition and growth, anticipation and the inevitable bittersweet passing of time. For parents, the easy living is soon to become an annual thing of the past, replaced by super hero lunch boxes, new Bean boots, stocking up on dineand-dash snacks, hosting team dinners (last year 16 Deering High School field hockey girls ate seven pounds of hamburger in a taco-eating contest), and other food related expenses that mark the season.

Personally, I’m a big fan of the at home, back-to-school dining routine. Some of my best, “Damn!

I’m a Great Mom…” moments of the past four years

Natalie Ladd ––––– What It’s Like revolve around getting up twenty minutes earlier than Number One and Carlyladd and making a homemade breakfast each morning. Cinnamon rolls on Mondays, breakfast sandwiches on Tuesdays, an occasional lox and bagel Wednesday, corned “beast” hash on Thursday and T.G.I.F. chocolate chip pancakes to kick off the weekend. Our sacred, special “WR3CHIX” time consisted of minimal conversation and comfortable moments where the three of us were simply just together.

The girls may have a different reality as I was occasionally accused of ruining the day before sunrise by asking about a long ignored household chore or pending homework assignment. But regardless of the perspective, the coffee flowed freely and we had a standard routine all our own

which ended with the girls scampering out the door and a rushed, “I love you. Have a great day. Call if anything comes up.”

This fall, the breakfast ritual will be replaced by a solo Vitamix smoothie for me as Carlyladd is a kitchen maven in her own right and prefers to craft breakfast based upon one of her many possible moods. And Number One? What about her breakfast?

She’ll be at college navigating the food choices and hopefully remembering how important it is for her to eat a healthy breakfast. Like every college freshman, it will be very tempting for her to skip breakfast and sleep in. I need to put my faith in the experienced food service professionals and hope the choices are not too overwhelming or too limited. And what about the dreaded Freshman 15?

Just by watching friends come home from college this summer, Number One is aware of the dark abyss most nutritious, common sense food choices can disappear into, contributing to the Freshman 15. According to David Levitsky, a professor of nutritional see LADD page 5

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Tips for parents on TV viewing, alcohol use Hey Maggie, I became the parent that let the TV raise the kids this summer. How can I start to wean them off before school starts in two weeks?

Signed, PBS is my Nanny Dear TV Mom, Tsk, Tsk. If you were writing this in February, I may let you off with a tar and feathering, but summer? Really, no good excuse for your kids to be sacrificing fresh air and sun for “Dinosaur Train.” Sure, most moms have plopped the kids down so they can start dinner or to lock themselves in the closet and cry for a few. It sounds like you got on the Lazy Bus. But you are correct in wanting to wean the Droids off the tube so their poor teacher isn’t forced to take commercial breaks every six minutes.

If you had lived in my house last week, when lightning struck and blew the cable box, you would be all set.

Barring another quite specific Act of God in your neck of the woods, you are going to be the All Mighty in this task.

Your first option is to pull the plug.

But in going from all-to-nothing, you will have to step up and be as “entertaining” as non-stop TV or your kids could actually implode from a lack of stimulation. And when would the bathrooms get cleaned?

It may work better to set times when TV is permissible. Come up with a daily agenda (which will also prepare them for their school schedule) and stick with it. Expect the kids to throw huge fits. Hide the remotes or lock the

Maggie Knowles ––––– Use Your Outdoor Voice settings. You cannot be weak. Play up all the fun they will have without TV. Write the day’s agenda and post on fridge daily. If they ask when it is time to watch TV, just point at the sign. You can set specific times or have them pick their must-have show and work around that.

Example: 7:30-8 “Curious George”; 8-9 family breakfast; 9-10 back yard scavenger hunt; 10-11 reading; 11-12 picnic lunch; 12-1 TV time; 1-2 art time etc. Shorten the TV time by ten minutes each day down to nothing or a few minutes during the witching hour. When the “TV is Done” timer goes off, walk in and turn it off. “Five more minutes!” doesn’t exist.

Make playlists of their favorite music to play during activity times.

One night a week do a family movie night with popcorn and other special snacks. Make TV a special, limited, event rather than a common expectation, or worse, a second mom.

Dear Maggie, My 18-year-old daughter leaves for school next week and I have not talked to her about drinking yet. I haven’t seen evidence of her having done so in high school but I don’t want to be

naïve and think she won’t and I want her to be safe. I am a single dad who drinks beer most nights but not really the hard stuff.

Thanks, Len from Naples.

Dear Len, There was a mother who took her sugar-obsessed son to see the spiritual leader of their community.

“Please,” she begged of the man.

“Tell my son to stop eating sugar.”

The holy man looked at her pleading eyes and said, “Bring your son back in a month.”

Frustrated, she went back home where her son locked himself in the pantry with the jellybeans.

After a month, the woman dragged her boy back.

“Please, please,” she fell to her knees.

“Tell my son to stop eating sugar.”

The man looked at the boy, and said, “Stop eating sugar.”

The mother thanked him and asked, “When we first came, why did you tell us to come back in a month?”

He replied, “Because a month ago, I, too, was eating sugar.”

It is confusing for a child to hear a parent say, “Don’t drink” when they see their parent doing just that “most nights.” Even if it is beer and not whiskey, it is still alcohol. Don’t fool yourself, or her, that beer is a safer choice.

Talking to her about drinking must happen today and everyday before she leaves and even when she is at school.

Go for a walk and ask her what her views are on teenage drinking at college. Then listen. Remind her that not

only is it illegal but that school can kick her out if they catch her drinking. (My cousin got expelled for a year.) Ask her about her vision for her future. Does partying support that?

As a female, she has to worry about her reputation and safety. It is beyond common for scumbags to hand girls tainted drinks so they can take advantage of them. She is not immune to that.

Alcohol related car accidents are among the leading cause for teen deaths. Make her sign in blood that she will never get into a car with a drunk, including herself. Research her college’s policy on what do it if she is stranded somewhere. Many have designated drivers on-call to pick up a student.

Even if she is levelheaded when sober, help her understand that when she is buzzed all common sense is suspect.

Consult resources such as www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov or a counselor at her high school for more tips.

Ask yourself why you need to drink nightly. Could you stop if you wanted to or is your habitual beer something you can’t live without? Is your daughter watching you pass out on the couch rather than spending quality time with her? You say you are a single dad. I am sure that is a challenge for you. I hope you aren’t medicating your stress with booze.

(Maggie Knowles is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Her column appears Wednesdays. Email her at Maggie@portlanddailysun.me.)

Why are we paying while candidates wage campaigns?

RICHARDSON from page 4

political system has become. Instead of insisting that those we have placed into elective office actually do the job we sent them there to do; we reward them and their ambition by actively supporting their efforts.

We do this while ignoring the irony before us.

While so many Americans are out of work and seem to have few job prospects on the horizon, we enrich the elected leaders who fail to do their job and who

are largely responsible for the mess we are in.

I realize that running for the office of the President of the United States of America is a daunting task. I know that it takes a lot of money, a massive organizational effort and a time commitment beyond almost any other. With that said, it does not make it right.

It is no wonder we have an issue with welfare abuse in America. Our elected people are setting the example of how to do it. In Maine, we give politicians welfare money to run their political campaigns. In

Washington, D.C., we pay elected people to do a job they are not doing so they can run for a job they currently do not have.

Only in America, my friends, only in America would this be accepted as normal.

(Ray Richardson is a political activist and the host of “The Ray and Ted Show,” weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on WLOB 95.5/1310; 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. on WPME TV, www.wlobradio.com. He is a regular columnist for The Daily Sun.)

Weight gain in college stems from rich cafeteria plans LADD from page 4

sciences and psychology at Cornell University, “the Freshman 15 is a real phenomenon: College freshman gain an average of 4.2 pounds during their first 12 weeks on campus and that breakfast and lunch at all-you-can-eat dining facilities account for 20 percent of the weight gain.”

Levitsky’s studies point a finger at larger portions overall and concludes that the increase in portion size we see in restaurants and social settings is a major cause of the epidemic of obesity in mainstream American society. He states, “It should be possible to stop and possibly reverse this trend toward increased body weight by taking control of size of portions served to the American people.”

Number One’s meal plan at college is the generic University Way Level II assigned to all incoming residential freshman. She gets 10 all-you-care-to-eat

meals per week, 2 guest meals, plus 300 Meal Plan dollars per semester (credits to be used at snack bars and anyplace campus food is offered away from the dining halls) for $2,154.50. The math is obvious and 10 meals per week doesn’t cover the traditional three squares a day, so perhaps the structure of the meal plans themselves contributes to the weight gain we see in our new collegiates.

In addition to larger portions, Levitsky cites the culture shock of college as a secondary contributing factor to the Freshman 15. Newbies have to navigate dorm living, classes, different time schedules, social drinking, stress induced eating, exposure to new and different foods, homesickness and a multitude of different social and cultural factors that can send anyone for a second helping of fries and banana cream pie.

So, in all fairness to university food service personnel and contracted feeders such as ARAMARK

and Sodexho, there are several meal plans to choose from accompanied by steadily increasing prices. The truth is these young adults (Number One included) are responsible for their food choices and intake amounts, regardless of social pressure and the inexperience of college life.

Back on the home front, I can only hope Number One starts her day with a blood sugar-lifting breakfast and makes smart choices in the impressive food court-like dining hall located next door to her dorm.

I also hope she dresses warmly, sleeps well at night, studies wisely, makes friends; and in the back of her mind, can hear me saying, “I love you. Have a great day...” as she scampers out the door in her new Bean boots, headed off to life.

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

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Wednesday, Aug. 17 Encore Music Creations jazz recital 7 p.m. “Encore Music Creations presents a young and ambitious trio of musicians from the prestigious Eastman School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music in an exciting concert at the beautiful Cathedral Church of Saint Luke in Portland. ... Encore Music Creations has moved audiences at venues ranging from cathedrals and country churches to private homes in the United States and abroad, sharing music from classical, sacred, and jazz traditions. ...

There is no charge for admission to the recital. A free will offering will be received to help offset expenses for the artists. The program is sponsored by the Cathedral Church of Saint Luke and will take place in their beautiful sanctuary at 143 State St., Portland, Maine.For more information about Encore, please visit www.EncoreMusicCreations.com. To read about the Cathedral Church of Saint Luke, please see www.cathedralofstluke.episcopalmaine.org.

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper/The Dogs/Henry Jamison 8 p.m. Aly Spaltro’s alter ego at The Oak & The Ax, 140 Main St., Biddeford. “…That conflux of dreams and streams of consciousness put to paper is at the heart of what makes Lady Lamb’s playful, pensive music so arresting. Just as striking are the tools by which she delivers it--with expressively elemental acoustic or electric guitar (and occasionally, banjo) and a direct, unvarnished voice that can sound simultaneously wise and full of wonder.” — The Boston Globe. http://theoakandtheax.blogspot.com

Thursday, Aug. 18

Tedeschi and Trucks launched a tour of the U.S. and Europe on the heels of the release of “Revelator,” and they are performing the music from the album as well as old favorites. The group comes to Ocean Gateway, courtesy of Port City Music Hall, with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, on Friday evening, Aug. 19. (Photo courtesy of Michael Weintrob/Tedeschi and Trucks)

Saturday, Aug. 20

Concert by municipal band from Nepi, Italy

Friday, Aug. 19 The Tedeschi Trucks Band live 6 p.m. “Port City Music Hall is proud to welcome back two of music’s most influential roots-rock and blues artists of our time, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, as The Tedeschi Trucks Band live at the Ocean Gateway Terminal.”

Gates open at 6 p.m. $1 from every ticket will be donated to the Maine Academy of Modern Music.

Kindling Stone Concert in New Gloucester 7 p.m. Kindling Stone Concert will return to the 1794 Shaker Meetinghouse in late summer with their unique combination of musical styles and original compositions. New this year will be the addition of vocalist Charlotte Avant with instrumentalists/vocalists Chris Moore and Mark Wingate.

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Portland Music & Arts Festival 2 p.m. The second annual Portland Music & Arts Festival on Free Street. A day-long festival on Free Street, featuring the work and performances of Maine artists, local and national musicians and appropriate food and drink concessions. Proceeds from ticket sales, sponsor contributions, donations and vendor rentals will be donated to The Maine Children’s Cancer Program. www.theportlandmusicandartsfestival.com/schedule

Sparks the Rescue 7 p.m. Sparks the Rescue at Port City Music Hall. “Channeling modern rock influences into anthemic choruses and themes of lust, loss and embracing your inner demons, Sparks The Rescue return with 12 impressive edgy poprock tracks on new album Worst Thing I’ve Been Cursed With. The band’s second full-length is a step forward for the band, blending sassy lyrics and the dynamic, unique vocals of frontman Alex Roy into the melodic, infectious songs the five-piece have become known for. Emerging from Portland, Maine with debut album Eyes To The Sun in 2009, Sparks The Rescue’s playful pop rock made them a fan favorite as they toured with the likes of Mayday Parade and The All-American Rejects.”

Waterfront Concerts in Bangor presents Bob Dylan 7:30 p.m. With Special Guest Leon Russell at the Bangor Waterfront. Bangor Waterfront Pavilion. http://waterfrontconcerts.com

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Beatles for Sale: The Tribute 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Casablanca Cruises (Portland Harbor), 18 Custom House Wharf, Portland. Time: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

(Boarding at 1:30 p.m.) Tickets: $15 each; through www. casablancamaine.com or by calling Dan at (508) 662-5471.

Thursday, Aug. 25 Songwriters by the Sea 7:30 p.m. Acoustic folk concert by Danielle Miraglia and

Paddy Mills, Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island. $10 per person. “Hosted by local singer/songwriter Phil Daligan, Songwriters by the Sea is a six part concert series featuring up and coming artists from around New England and beyond. This concert features Danielle Miraglia whose acoustic blues guitar style, classic rock tunes and catchy melodies are sure to please along with Maine native Paddy Mills playing his unique style of rural contemporary folk. Come and enjoy a pleasant ferry ride across the harbor and night out on Peaks Island.”

Saturday, Aug. 27 Picnic Music+Arts Festival 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The fourth annual Picnic Music+Arts Festival will take place on Saturday, Aug. 27. This juried indie craft fair will be held outdoors at Lincoln Park on Congress Street and Franklin Arterial, in Portland. The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., rain or shine. The Picnic Music+Arts Festival will feature clothing, jewelry, prints, accessories, bags, plush, stationery, photography, housewares, fine art, vintage goods and more. There will be live music and tasty food to enjoy all day. http://www.picnicportland.com/

Tuesday, Aug. 30 American Idol Live! in Portland 7 p.m. American Idols Live! reveals its touring agenda, bringing you this season’s top 11 finalists in a 40-plus city trek beginning the first week of July. Tickets: $65 and $45 All Seats Reserved.

Friday, Sept. 9 Paranoid Social Club 8 p.m. Paranoid Social Club at Port City Music Hall.

“Paranoid Social Club is the bastard brainchild of Dave Gutter and Jon Roods of the Rustic Overtones. Hailing from Portland, the band has received international accolades for its high energy style. Equally inspired by punk, soul, psychedelic rock, and the human psyche; PSC is a musical movement like no other. Picture Jimi Hendrix smashing a keyboard or The Clash backing Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival.” www.portcitymusichall.com/ events

Tuesday, Sept. 13 The Moody Blues at Merrill 8 p.m. Steve Litman Presents, The Moody Blues in concert. Tickets $109.50, $77, $67 (includes service fee).

“The Moody Blues are an English Rock band that have sold 70 million albums worldwide and have been awarded 14 platinum and gold discs. With hits such as ‘Nights in White Satin,’ ‘Just a Singer in a Rock n Roll Band,’ ‘Ride My See-Saw,’ and ‘Question of Balance,’ Moody Blues have been around since 1964!” Merrill Auditorium. https://tickets.porttix.com/public/show.asp

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In Vietnamese village, stitching the wounds of human trafficking

BY JULIE COHN THE NEW YORK TIMES

HOP TIEN, Vietnam — Rare visitors to Hop Tien often catch a first glimpse of this sleepy village in a blur as they career, white-knuckled, around a hairpin turn high in the mountains above.

What they do not see as they glance over the ruggedly beautiful territories of northern Vietnam is the ostracism of many women in this region, and the enterprising determination of one woman who has begun to fight against it.

Over a decade ago, human traffickers descended on this seemingly forgotten slice of soaring limestone crags and lush valleys to snatch up women and children and sell them over the border in China, less than four miles away.

The first predators arrived in Hop Tien in 2003, offering in seemingly innocent tones to buy some young women new shoes. Then the women disappeared. Soon others vanished too, all between the ages of 16 and 22, to be sold as wives, forced laborers or sex workers.

They were victims of a relatively widespread problem in Vietnam that included the abduction and trafficking of children as young as 5 or 6 years old, according to Matthew Friedman, the regional project manager for the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking.

Between 2001 and 2005, the Chinese police say they rescued more than 1,800 trafficking victims on the Vietnam border, according to a 2005 State Department report on human rights. Since then, particularly over the last three years, Vietnam “has waged a significant and successful anti-trafficking campaign,” Mr. Friedman said. But it still faces challenges, and trafficking in people remains a problem.

Not least is the stigma attached to the victims once they have been rescued. After villagers here reported the abductions, the Vietnamese authorities collaborated with Chinese officials to find the women and, remarkably, bring them home.

But residents’ elation lurched to horror at the realization that two of the women were pregnant. News quickly spread that the others, too, had been made sex workers, and even those who did not bear the signs of the trade paid its price.

Fearful that a fallen woman would cast shame on the whole family, several households quickly disowned their kidnapped daughters. Some of the girls built makeshift tents, blue specks that can still be seen tucked high into the mountainside, a wide distance from town. They were outcasts, without food, income or hope. That is when Vang Thi Mai, a short woman with work-worn hands and a round, beaming face, took them in, and changed their lives and the fortunes of the entire village.

Even today villagers are reluctant to discuss the abductions and defer to Mrs. Mai. By her account, at least seven women were taken, and after they were shunned upon their return, she invited them into her home and eventually brought them into a small textile cooperative founded by her and her husband. She taught them how to separate hemp stems into strands, spin the strands into thread, weave the thread into fabric and dye the fabric for clothes and other items.

“When I began working with the victims, the town ostracized and criticized me for being associated with the women,” Mrs. Mai, 49, recounted in an interview.

“They said the women were unpure and I should not befriend such unpure women. I told them what happened was not their fault, as they were the victims of others’ wrongdoings.”

Mrs. Mai, who had worked as a nurse and had been president of the district’s Women’s Association, told the women who had returned to ignore the village’s scorn.

“I said to them that when they would be able to earn money, to live on their own and to care for others with their earned money, the town would have to change their thinking,” she said.

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Carolyn Jones Gallupe, 86 GORHAM — Carolyn Jones Gallupe, 86, of School Street, died peacefully on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 with her loving family by her side.

She was born in South Portland, Maine on May 10, 1925, the daughter of Frank H. Sr. and Alva Bartlett Studley Jones. She attended local schools and graduated from South Portland High School in the class of 1942.

Carolyn married Donald E. Gallupe and together they made their home and raised their family in Portland. Her family commented that her entire life revolved around

the providing and caring for family, she was completely committed to her job. In her spare time she enjoyed basketball, playing all through high school where she earned the knickname Sharp Shooter Jonesy. She enjoyed knitting and crotcheting, doing crossword puzzles in pen and gardening. She also enjoyed summer trips with her husband visiting family and friends from Maine to Virginia.

Carolyn was predeceased by her husband Donald on March 15, 2009. She is survived by two sons Dean R. Gallupe of Seabring, Fla., Glen E. and his

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Tenants sought for old PPH office DEVELOPER from page one

Crews dispose of debris from inside the former Portland Press Herald offices at 390 Congress St. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

"Right now, it's a little bit rough with the economy the way it goes, but if they give me the OK, I can do something," he said, referring to the 41-story hotel towers and convention center that he tried to build on 22 acres of South Portland's Spring Point waterfront.

"That's my business. I'm a builder. I build all over the country," he said.

Cacoulidis withdrew his plans after twice failing to win local permits, according to news reports. But the project remains on his mind.

"I will put Portland, Maine on the map," he vowed Tuesday.

Cacoulidis — who raised eyebrows with his sweeping and some say unrealistic plans for constructing two 640-foot towers on the South Portland waterfront, as well as for his lingering tax dispute over the island he owns off Cumberland — said he still needs to return a call to Gov. Paul LePage about job creation in Maine.

Right now, he's putting out feelers for new tenants in the former Portland Press Herald building located across from Portland City Hall.

Today at 5 p.m., the Historic Preservation Board will resume reviewing proposed outside alterations to the building, located at 390 Congress St. Architect David Lloyd, representing Cacoulidis's company, Metro Media LLC, is returning to the historic preservation board following an initial review on June 15, bringing proposed exterior alterations of the seven-story building to the board.

Lloyd said renovations include installation of new elevators, bathrooms, added windows and a new entry and lobby space.

"Right now the owner is just cleaning it out and repairing it, adding some windows where there are no windows, and then he's basically looking for tenants. He does not have a tenant right now," Lloyd said.

The building will be suited for office space, although the first floor could work as retail space as well, he said.

Tom Moulton, broker on the property and one of the owners of Dunham Group realty, acknowledged the market remains sluggish, with more supply of commercial properties than demand, but he said the old Portland Press Herald building's location and clean conversion into fully renovated offices should attract a renter.

"I feel pretty confident we'll be able to get it leased out by next spring and occupied by next summer," he said.

Cacoulidis said he bought the old newspaper office because he owns a neighboring commercial office building near Monument Square and because of the old newspaper office's prime location in the downtown.

"I bought it because I own 2 Monument Square, it's very close by, and it's a good address, and the location is good," he said.

But Cacoulidis agreed that the economy is deterring job creation ("politicians need to do something," he said).

The new governor, Republican Gov. Paul LePage, called his office "to see what he wanted to do," Cacoulidis said. On Tuesday, he said he had yet to return the governor's call.

Cacoulidis said he's staying busy, with people bringing him development projects, even as he envisions retirement to the home where he and his wife reside on Hope Island. But a superior court case is pending over his property tax bill of $80,000 a year for his island home, he said. Cacoulidis said the case is about exorbitant taxation for an island lacking basic services.

"They say the guy is from New York, he has money, let's get his money," Cacoulidis said.

"They estimated I have 40 lots," he said, so the tax bill is the equivalent of 40 families paying taxes, Cacoulidis said. The case may go to federal court, he said.

While the tax case moves through the court system, Cacoulidis said his property in South Portland could still harbor a jobcreating resort development.

"Eventually I will revive it," he said.

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Modern Vegan, personal chef, no longer lonely

BY NATALIE LADD THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

CONTACT: Chris McClay, owner and chef Phone: 409-7888; www.modern-vegan.com Serving the Greater Portland area

According to Chris McClay, "Being a 2011 Modern Vegan is very different than it used to be. Twenty years ago, being a plant-based foodist wasn't something many people could relate to. No meat? No fish?

No dairy? It was seen as sort of freaky and all about weird food combinations. Today, the whole concept is more encompassing and holistic. Even though I knew I was committed to this lifestyle (it's a spiritual and environmental thing, as well as animal welfare, naturally), I used to feel like I was missing out on things ... it was sort of a lonely way to eat."

Lonely no more, 27-year-old McClay is following her passion and sharing her love, knowledge and cooking expertise to create fresh, complete, in-home meals for people who, "seek and understand a certain level of awareness and fitness," but may not like to shop or cook, or simply don't have the time.

Non-judgementally stating that a vegan lifestyle isn't for everyone, Chris is pleased to offer flexible

plans including breakfast, lunch and dinner (most personal chef services only offer dinner) and focuses on client likes and dislikes, food allergies, activity levels and lifestyle, and ultimately, "what tastes really satisfying."

While always keeping a vegan-base, McClay has been known to mix it up and go raw or macrobiotic, and leans heavily toward spicy flavors. As far as being a personal chef, she especially savors the end result of her in-home consults when she tidily leaves a five to seven days worth of prepared meals for like-minded clients who request favorite items week after week.

With a healthy, energetic glow, McClay smiles when looking back at the last 20 years and thoughtfully said, "Modern Vegan is like a religious experience for me. When I first learned about being vegan, everything I thought I knew about nutrition was challenged. I was actually sort of angry. Then from a health and fitness perspective, it all made sense and I felt very empowered."

Call for an in-home consultation and be sure to visit the Modern Vegan Facebook page for more information.

Modern Vegan offers catering services. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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Wednesday, Aug. 17 Linda McConnell in Falmouth via Skype 7 p.m. Linda McConnell, the beloved librarian from Australia, will make a come-back appearance at the Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth via Skype. “As part of the Library’s summer travelogue series, Linda will be coming to us live from Melbourne, Australia to talk to us about living and traveling in her native land.” 781-2351.

Thursday, Aug. 18 Summer Reading Ice Cream Social Blast 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St., Westbrook. “Join us for a Summer Reading Ice Cream Social Blast! You’ve been reading this summer; Walker will provide you an opportunity to share your reading excitement. Walker Memorial Library will have lots of ice cream and toppings on hand. ... You come with enthusiasm and a willingness to share your reading thoughts. Book lovers unite! This is a family friendly event. Kids programs with stories, music, gaming and an Adult reading discussion group will be available. Ample parking. Handicapped accessible.

Inspirations in Color 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Inspirations in Color: a new exhibit by artist Beth Westra is coming to the Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, beginning Aug. 18 and running through the end of September. Come meet the artist at the reception on Aug. 31 from 5-7. 781-2351.

Concert at Fort Allen Park: Banda di Nepi 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.

Banda di Nepi (Community Band from Italy). Sponsored by the Italian Heritage Center.

Portland Chamber Music Festival 7 p.m. Beethoven: String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3; Melinda Wagner: Scritch for Oboe + String Quartet; Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and Winds. The concert will be preceded by an informal pre-concert lecture by composer Elliott Schwartz at 7 p.m. Abromson Community Education Center, University of Southern Maine (Portland Campus).

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Crash Barry at Bull Moose in Scarborough 7 p.m. Maine author Crash Barry will read from and sign copies of his new book “Tough Island: True Stories From Matinicus, Maine” at Bull Moose in Scarborough, 456 Payne Rd. Tough Island will be available for the reduced price of $11.70 as a first edition hardcover. “The gritty memoir provides a guided tour of a unique society inhabited by resourceful individuals and scoundrels. Barry tells stories of danger and drugs, sex and violence, death and sorrow, all unfolding in a landscape of breathtaking beauty.”

More information about Crash Barry and his work can be found at http://crashbarry.com.

‘Passion of the Hausfrau’ in Freeport 7:30 p.m. A one-woman show that combines comedy, innovative projections, and music in portraying the hilarious misadventures of a Portland mom who discovers that the rollercoaster ride of raising young kids is actually the path to creating her own masterpiece; “comedic genius” declares the Portland Phoenix. Freeport Factory Stage, 5 Depot St. Freeport. Aug. 18-Aug. 27. 7:30 p.m. Thurs. through Sat., and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

‘Welcome to Homo Hollow’ 8 p.m. Lucid Stage. “Welcome to Homo Hollow: 17 Years of Queer Country Living Celebrated through Music, Satire, Juggling and Drag” by the Eggplant Faerie Players (featuring TomFooloery, MaxZine Weinstein, and Maya Jensen).

“Welcome to Homo Hollow is an extravaganza of unbelievable and true stories of seventeen years of life in Ida, a queer commune in rural Tennessee. Juggling, satire, unicycling, mandolin and cello music, outrageous costumes, and stiltwalking! Consider drag queens with chainsaws, nuclear madness (both the radioactive kind and the family kind), animal husbandry, and how unique communities become sources of strength. The Eggplant Faerie Players is a vaudeville circus troupe based at the queer community of Ida in the buckle of the Bible belt in Tennessee.” Lucid Stage is a nonprofit arts organization and a multi-use venue for the many arts organizations in the Greater Portland area.” http://www.lucidstage.com/

Friday, Aug. 19 A Walk Around the East End 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. A Walk Around the East End with Friends of the Eastern Prom. “Sometimes Portland Trails’ biggest accomplishments are wrapped in small pack-

Patricia Smyers (front), Kathleen Kapparis and Stephen Lawson admire a fog bank enveloping Casco Bay from the Eastern Promenade. On Friday, Aug. 19, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., the public is invited on a Walk Around the East End with Friends of the Eastern Prom. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) ages. Join Friends of the Eastern Promenade to discover how making a few connections within the trail network has helped create access and linkage across the peninsula.

Meet at the Gazebo on the Eastern Prom at Ft. Allen Park.” http://www.trails.org/events.htm

quilts, period kitchenware, vintage glassware and nursing artifacts. Supporting Memberships to The Falmouth Historical Society receive a Ceramic Wall Plaque and all members receive discounts on books, maps, coverlets and other gift shop items.

Gallery Talk on John Marin

Slit tapestry workshop

6 p.m. Portland Museum of Art. John Marin: Pioneer of American Modernism by Susan Rudy. “John Marin sought Maine as a subject — its islands, mountains, beaches, and rocky shores — from 1917 onward. However, when he landed on Cape Split in 1933, he knew this remote and untamed northern locale would imprint his work, foregrounding the abstract properties that had always been a feature of his painting. Featuring 54 works, this exhibition concentrates on the late period of John Marin’s (1870– 1953) career.” http://www.portlandmuseum.org

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Perfect for children and beginning weavers! Weave A Wachumacallit is the title of a slit tapestry workshop to be held at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester. What you will create from a variety of materials can be a bookmark, doll house furnishings, bracelet or a wachumacallit! Just bring scissors.

Fee: $30 (pre-registration required). 926-4597.

Saturday 20th

‘The Wiz’ by Maine State Music Theatre 7:30 p.m. Maine State Music Theatre presents “The Wiz,” a Tony Award-winning musical that follows the well-known tale of Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Lion as they travel through the Land of Oz, “but it adds a dazzling and lively mixture of rock, gospel and soul music made popular in the 1970s. This show is a mysterious, opulent and fancily journey that follows a beloved story of courage, brains, heart and home.” Pickard Theatre, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. August 10 to Aug. 27. www.msmt.org, 725-8769.

Saturday, Aug. 20 Snowy Egret Day at Scarborough Marsh 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center features Snowy Egret Day, including a bird walk, canoe tours, a used book sale, nature crafts and more. Special programs for children. No registration necessary. 883-5100. http:// www.maineaudubon.org/explore/centers/marsh2.shtml

Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Arts Festival on the streets of Brunswick.

Over 90 artists and artisans line Maine Street and the mall.

Live music, children’s activities, theater performances, and more! FMI, www.brunswickdowntown.org

R & R Spinners at Sabbathday Lake 10 a.m. The R & R Spinners will show their extensive traditional skills at a demonstration to be held at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester. The demonstation is free and open to the public.

A Stitch In Time: Quilts — The Fabric Of Our History 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Falmouth Heritage Museum, 60 Woods Road, Falmouth. What makes a quilt a quilt? How much is my quilt worth? When was my quilt made? Bring your quilts for show and tell! Watch quilting demonstrations.

Quilt appraisals to benefit the museum are $10 each/two for $17. The museum is open Saturdays through Sept. 10 (closed Labor Day weekend) with its continuing display of

Art & Fine Craft Show at Gilsland Farm 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gilsland Farm in Falmouth presents the 15th annual juried art and craft show featuring 60 vendors selling jewelry, pottery, sculpture and other high-end handmade work. Gourmet lunch will be offered by Belle Fete Caterer and in the afternoon Island Cow Ice Cream will be selling a delicious cold treat. Saturday, Aug. 20, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All entry donations benefit Maine Audubon. http://habitat.maineaudubon.org

First Annual Shoreside Festival 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Shoreside Festival, part of the MS Society’s 30th Annual Harborfest, is hosted by Friends of the Eastern Promenade and takes place at Fort Allen Park and portions of the Eastern Promenade. The grassy slopes of the Eastern Prom provide the perfect venue for watching the sailboats in the MS Regatta. The festival features great food, kids activities, artists and live music, including Chandler’s Band, sea chanty singer Dave Peloquin and the bluesy rhythms of The Blue Band. Kids’ activities include knot tying & rope throwing, a touch tank, face painting, a scavenger hunt, coloring station, hula hoops, and rowing with the Compass Project in the afternoon.

Portland Music & Arts Festival 2 p.m. The second annual Portland Music & Arts Festival on Free Street. A day-long festival on Free Street, featuring the work and performances of Maine artists, local and national musicians and appropriate food and drink concessions. Proceeds from ticket sales, sponsor contributions, donations and vendor rentals will be donated to The Maine Children’s Cancer Program. www.theportlandmusicandartsfestival.com/schedule

Barb Truex performs with August Ensemble 8 p.m. Barb Truex performs with August Ensemble in Portland. The house concert, hosted by Jay York at 58 Wilmot St. begins at 8 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door for a suggested donation of $10. For more information or to reserve seats contact Barb Truex via phone (892-7578) or email (babstruex@gmail.com). see EVENTS page 14

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By Holiday Mathis rently enjoy about the person.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll feel a new sense of freedom. It’s as though you can’t make a mistake because there are no mistakes -- there is just you finding out what will happen if you do it this way as opposed to that way.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You don’t have to toil away at making a living today. Rather, you’ll have a blast and see what comes. Something is being given to you, and all you have to do is practice receiving it graciously.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You will truly feel like you are a spirit living in a material world. For instance, you realize that the ultimate security can only be found within, and yet you still lock your doors and keep your wallet close.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Expectation is a powerfully magnetic force that you will wield well now. So anticipate a beneficial opportunity coming your way, and look forward to magnificent surprises.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You avoid confrontations with aggressive people. It’s not because you think you won’t win the argument, but because you know there will be no satisfaction or purpose in winning.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 17).

You will invent and reinvent. One of your past creations will be used in a new way in September, and you’ll make more money this time around. Friendships form over October business ventures. You will be the recipient of much amorous attention in November.

Loved ones blossom under your tutelage in the new year. Pisces and Gemini people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 11, 28, 17 and 42.

by Paul Gilligan

ARIES (March 21-April 19). A dispute will be settled because you’ll take the time to understand not only what the other person wants, but why. Being understood feels so satisfying to the other person that he or she could stop fighting and accept what you offer.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Though you love security, if the odds look favorable, you’ll take a risk. You need time to build up your nerve. Encouraging people -- like Capricorn and Aries -- will speed your process along.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The promise of excitement is in the air, though this is no free ticket to ride.

This is the kind of thrill at which you’ll have to work. For now, the work has to do with reading, exploring and staying open to the possibilities.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). The current state of things is merely a passing circumstance. Give the unsatisfactory bits very little attention -- it would be a waste of time to dwell on the situation. Today’s reality will not be tomorrow’s reality.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Reconsider the way your workspace is organized.

You’ve changed things around several times, but it’s still not quite optimum.

There is a noise or lighting issue to be addressed, and it may be time to call in the professionals.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s as though the more you do to ensure a relationship is going well the worse it becomes. Relax. This is just a case of trying too hard. Don’t try at all, and you’ll love how things develop.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Wanting someone to be different is the opposite of love. It is rejection of the person he or she is right now. Let go of desire for change, and focus on what you cur-

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2011. There are 136 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 17, 1807, Robert Fulton’s North River Steamboat began heading up the Hudson River on its successful round trip between New York and Albany.

On this date: In 1863, Federal batteries and ships began bombarding Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor during the Civil War, but the Confederates managed to hold on despite several days of pounding.

In 1915, a mob in Cobb County, Ga., lynched Jewish businessman Leo Frank, whose death sentence for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan had been commuted to life imprisonment.

In 1942, during World War II, U.S. 8th Air Force bombers attacked Rouen, France.

In 1943, the Allied conquest of Sicily was completed as U.S. and British forces entered Messina.

In 1960, the newly renamed Beatles (formerly the Silver Beetles) began their first gig in Hamburg, West Germany, at the Indra Club.

In 1969, Hurricane Camille slammed into the Mississippi coast as a Category 5 storm that was blamed for 256 U.S. deaths, three in Cuba.

In 1978, the first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight ended as Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman landed their Double Eagle II outside Paris.

In 1985, more than 1,400 meatpackers walked off the job at the Geo. A. Hormel and Co.’s main plant in Austin, Minn., in a bitter strike that lasted just over a year.

In 1987, Rudolf Hess, the last member of Adolf Hitler’s inner circle, died at Spandau Prison at age 93, an apparent suicide.

One year ago: A mistrial was declared on 23 corruption charges against ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was accused of trying to sell President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat; the jury convicted him on one charge, that of lying to the FBI. Blagojevich was convicted of 17 counts of corruption in a retrial.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Maureen O’Hara is 91. Actor Robert DeNiro is 68.

Movie director Martha Coolidge is 65. Rock musician Sib Hashian is 62. Actor Robert Joy is 60. Rock singer Kevin Rowland is 58.

Rock musician Colin Moulding (XTC) is 56.

Country singer Kevin Welch is 56. Olympic gold medal figure skater Robin Cousins is 54. Singer Belinda Carlisle is 53. Actor Sean Penn is 51. Singer Maria McKee is 47. Rock musician Steve Gorman is 46. Rock musician Jill Cunniff is 45. Actor David Conrad is 44. Singer Donnie Wahlberg is 42. International Tennis Hall of Famer Jim Courier is 41.

MLB player Jorge Posada is 40. Actor Mark Salling is 29. Actor Bryton James is 25.

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When they married, we welcomed Elaine with open arms, but she made it clear that we were never good enough. When I was a teenager, she tried to plant seeds of doubt in my mind, saying my parents didn’t love me. When Elaine went back to college later in life, she became worse. She analyzed everything we said or did at family gatherings, making all events stressful. When confronted about her attitude, she blamed others because, of course, she is never wrong.

I now realize Elaine lacks self-confidence and trashed our family in order to eliminate competition for the affection of her husband and children. She has no respect for others. After my parents died, Elaine told my daughter that her grandparents didn’t love her, and that their lives were one bitter feud that only Elaine was smart enough to notice. My confused daughter asked me about these comments, which fortunately gave me the opportunity to set the record straight.

I wish my brother would speak up, but he has been dominated too long. It won’t do any good to tell Elaine what I think of her. She can’t see that she has alienated everyone with her abrasive personality. But she is now spreading her vile, delusional untruths to the next generation. How do I nip that in the bud? -- Sick of the Shrew Dear Sick: We’re impressed that you’ve tolerated this woman for 45 years. If Elaine tells a lie in your presence, say sweetly, “Now, Elaine, dear, you know that isn’t true. You simply must stop making things up.” Unfortunately, you have little control over what she says to her children behind your back.

When you see the kids, be sure to emphasize the good things -- how much the family loves them, and how they should come to you if they ever have any questions.

Dear Annie: I am an elderly woman with fragile bones.

Often, when I meet someone new, they expect me to shake hands. In my day, the woman always extended her hand if she wanted to shake, but this custom has changed. I have experienced excruciating pain and, once, a broken bone that didn’t heal properly. How can I avoid shaking hands? -- Crushed in Florida Dear Florida: We have actually covered this topic before.

Here are some of our readers’ suggestions: bowing instead, wearing a wrist brace, or holding the person’s outstretched hand with both of yours and saying, “I’d love to shake your hand, but it’s too painful for me.”

Dear Annie: I read with interest the letter from “Worried in California,” whose 13-year-old twin sister has wild mood swings.

I am the mother of twin girls. At the same age, one of my girls developed the same attitude. Although we tried various doctors, counseling, etc., nothing changed. At the age of 47, she was diagnosed with Graves disease, which is a thyroid condition. It took a long time to diagnose even though there is a history of thyroid problems, including Graves disease, in my family.

Through all those years, my daughter’s moods were out of control. Now that she is receiving the proper care, she is a totally different and quite happy person. Would you please tell “Worried” to ask her parents to get her sister tested for a thyroid problem? Even if she tests only slightly above or below normal, the difference can be unbelievable. -- Canadian Mother

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

Prickly City

by Scott Stantis

THE NEW YORK TIMES

LONDON — A high-profile parliamentary panel investigating phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World tabloid released embarrassing new evidence Tuesday that the practice of intercepting voice mail had been widely discussed at the newspaper, contradicting assertions by its owners and editors.

The panel also announced that it was summoning at least four former News of the World figures for questioning at a hearing next month and could possibly ask Mr. Murdoch’s son James, the head of the Murdoch conglomerate’s European operations, back for more testimony as well.

The disclosures threatened to push the scandal back to the forefront of public concern, raising worrying questions for Mr. Murdoch and for the British prime minister, David Cameron, who hired Andy Coulson, a former News of the World editor, as his director of communications and has been taunted by the opposition for poor judgment in doing so.

The newest allegations are contained in a fouryear-old letter released for the first time from Clive Goodman, the News of the World’s former royal correspondent who served a jail term for hacking the mobile phones of three members of the royal household, to a senior human resources executive who had informed him that he was being dismissed.

The scandal has already spread through Britain’s public life and media world. Mr. Coulson quit his job with the prime minister in January as the hacking scandal spread.

Mr. Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, who edited the News of the World until 2003, were arrested in connection with allegations of phone hacking and paying police officers for information last month.

They were released on bail but will have to answer further police questions later this year, as three Scotland Yard investigations into phone hacking, computer hacking and bribery continue.

Rupert Murdoch closed down the 168-year-old News of the World after the scandal exploded last month with reports that the newspaper had ordered the hacking of the cellphone of an abducted 13-yearold schoolgirl, Milly Dowler, who was found murdered in 2002.

The correspondence released Tuesday, made public by the House of Commons select committee on culture, media and sport, is likely to embarrass former senior officials in the Murdoch empire who denied that phone hacking was widely practiced.

When both Rupert and James Murdoch testified at the committee hearing last month they said they were appalled by the hacking, in dramatic appearances punctuated by a bizarre episode when a prankster attacked the older Mr. Murdoch with a foam pie.

In Mr. Goodman’s letter, dated March 2, 2007, Mr. Goodman challenged his dismissal, saying that his actions “were carried out with the full knowledge and support” of other senior journalists. He also said another senior journalist arranged for payments to a private investigator who carried out the hacking.

Mr. Goodman also asserted in his letter that the practice of phone hacking was “widely discussed in the daily editorial conference” at the newspaper until “explicit reference to it was banned by the editor.”

Mr. Watson said the committee had seen two versions of the letter, one more heavily redacted than the other. One version sent to the committee by News International, the British newspaper subsidiary of the Murdoch family’s News Corporation, had been redacted to black out references to “editorial conference” and “the editor.”

The News of the World had long insisted that the phone hacking was restricted to Mr. Goodman, a single rogue reporter.

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Sunday, Aug. 21 Tri for Preservation Sprint Triathlon and Aquabike 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The Tri for Preservation triathlon consists of a 500-yard ocean swim along the well-protected cove of Crescent Beach. (Wetsuits are strongly recommended, and may be required on race day at the discretion of the race director in the interest of athlete safety). Participants then transition to a 14-mile, rolling bike course past the scenic farmlands and marshlands of Cape Elizabeth.

The course concludes with a well-marked 3.1-mile run along the shore of Crescent Beach (on a well-maintained fire road) towards Kettle Cove and back along Route 77. capelandtrust.org/triathlon/2011/

First Annual Shoreside Festival 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Day two of the Shoreside Festival, part of the MS Society’s 30th Annual Harborfest. Hosted by Friends of the Eastern Promenade at Fort Allen Park on the Eastern Prom, the Shoreside Festival provides the perfect vantage point for watching all the action of the Lobster Boat Races and Tug Boat Muster on Casco Bay. The races will be broadcast live from the bandstand, with great food, art and activities for the kids.

Maine Maritime Museum commemoration 4 p.m. “On April 11, 1986, Dodge Morgan, who had chosen to become a resident of Maine, sailed his 60-foot boat American Promise into the harbor of St. George’s, Bermuda, 150 days from the date he had set out from the same port. The event marked the first time that an American had sailed solo around the world nonstop. Most remarkably, Morgan had accomplished the feat in only 150 days, almost slashing in half the previous record of 292 days, and even besting his optimistic goal of a 220-day voyage. On Aug. 21, Maine Maritime Museum will commemorate the 25th anniversary of that significant event and pay tribute to the remarkable individual whose dream it was to accomplish it. Sadly, Dodge Morgan passed away on Sept. 14 last year, following complications from cancer. The tribute will be held at the Portland Company complex on Fore Street in Portland.

It will begin at 4 p.m. with a screening of ‘Around Alone,’ the documentary film that followed Morgan during his epic journey and was a featured program on the PBS program, ‘Adventure.’ The 57-minute film was produced from more than nine hours of film that had been shot by six cameras mounted on the boat, three topside and three below decks.

Following the screening, members of the circumnavigation team and those whom Dodge Morgan inspired will share their reflections of both the man and his voyage. Morgan’s only companion on the voyage, his boat American Promise, will be dockside for tours. Following the epic voyage, the boat spent twenty years as a sail training vessel for the United States Naval Academy before becoming the mother ship for the Rozalia Project focused on ridding the oceans of plastic debris.” Tickets for the tribute are available online at www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org.

Tuesday, Aug. 23 Chelsea Chen on the Kotzschmar Organ 7:30 p.m. Chelsea Chen on the Kotzschmar Organ. “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” by J.S. Bach; “Three Taiwanese Songs” by Chelsea Chen; “Children’s Corner”

by C. Debussy; “Super Mario Fantasia” by Koji Kondo; “Moto Ostinato” by Petr Eben; “Three Jazz Standards” by Rod Gorby; “Satin Doll’ by Duke Ellington; “Sweet Georgia Brown” by Ben Bernie; “I Got Rhythm” by George Gershwin; “Miroir” by Ad Wammes; “Toccata from Suite” by Maurice Durufle. www.foko.org

Peace in Sudan Rally and Candle Light Vigil 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) presents a Peace in Sudan Rally and Candle Light Vigil at Monument Square on Congress Street in Portland. This event is free, and the public is encouraged to attend. “In observation of Ramadan, this event will be held after the Break of Fast. Speakers will include El-Fadel Arbab, as well as local activists, members of the Sudanese refugee communities, and survivors of Genocide worldwide. If it rains, the rally will be held at The Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St. in Portland, Maine at 9 p.m. Please note the change of time and location in the event of bad weather. Since 2003, more than 400,000 people have been killed in Darfur, Sudan. More than 2.7 million people have been displaced. Currently, there is also an ongoing crisis in the Abyei region of Sudan. Thousands of citizens have been displaced in the South Kurdofan, Nuba Mountain, and Blue Nile regions. Southern Maine now boasts the largest organized Sudanese refugee community in the United States. Although Sudanese President Al-Bashir is now wanted by The International Criminal Court

The third annual Maine Open Lighthouse Day will take place Saturday, Sept. 17. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) for war crimes in Darfur, the genocide continues. July 23 is the anniversary of the U. S. Congress’ 2004 declaration of Darfur as Genocide. On July 23, 2012 Fur Cultural Revival will host the second Peace in Sudan Rally at The White House in Washington, D.C.”

Wednesday, Aug. 24 Fermented Root Vegetables 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Class on Fermented Root Vegetables (Carrots, Beets) at Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson St., Portland. Cost: $20 ($10 scholarships are available).

Instructor: Kate McCarty, Program Aide, and Master Food Preserver Volunteers. To register: call 653.7406 or visit www.urbanfarmfermentory.com/skills-classes.

Thursday, August 25 The Maine Event: Children’s Book Celebration!

2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine.

“Maine is special for many reasons, from lobsters to pine trees to children’s book authors! Join Maine author Jan West Schrock as she reads from her children’s book ‘Give a Goat,’ then stay to read some Maine children’s book classics. ‘Hear The Circus Ship’ by Chris Van Dusen and have an animal parade, read ‘Fairy Houses’ by Tracy Kane and make fairy houses of your own and listen to ‘Burt Dow, Deep Water Man’ by Robert McCloskey while inside a lifesized inflatable whale!” www.kitetails.org

‘Medication Management in the Home’ 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. “Medication Management in the Home” presented by Home Instead Senior Care. Pharmacist Angela McGarrigle, owner of Good For All Pharmacy will speak as part of a monthly Community Education Series at the Baxter Memorial Library, 71 South St., Gorham. Free and open to the public.

Cultivating Community Twilight Dinner 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Turkey Hill Farm, 120 Old Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth. “Cultivating Community is holding a series of Twilight Dinners at their farm in Cape Elizabeth.

The three-course meals will be cooked by local chefs to highlight the local and seasonal. The cost is $25 per person (BYOB).” www.cultivatingcommunity.org

Friday, Aug. 26 GOP presidential candidate Gary E. Johnson 5 p.m. GOP presidential candidate Gary E. Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, will be the guest speaker at the annual Maine Republican Liberty Caucus Calvin Coolidge Clambake at Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park.

“The purpose of our annual clambake is to celebrate the legacy of our great Laissez Faire President Calvin Coolidge ,who is said to have once remarked that the business of America is business. While he cleaned up corruption in government he left individuals and businesses alone leading to

the great economic prosperity of the 1920s,” said Maine RLC Chair Ken Lindell, a former member of the Maine legislature. The public is welcome to attend. Tickets are $25 at the door. The menu includes full-belly Maine clams and mussels. From Route One in downtown Freeport, take Bow Street to Wolfe’s Neck Road and follow it to the park gate.

Johnson, a Republican presidential candidate, will be the keynote speaker at the event.

History on the Eastern Promenade 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. A bit of history on the Eastern Promenade. “Enjoy a fascinating evening walk with former State Representative Herb Adams and learn about historically significant events that have happened at places seen from the Eastern Promenade. Herb’s walk will take you along the Eastern Promenade and through hundreds of years of history. This event is RSVP only as space is limited. Please RSVP for information on where to meet.” http://www.trails. org/events.html

SPACE Gallery Weekend at The Saco Drive-In 7 p.m. SPACE Gallery Weekend at The Saco Drive-In featuring “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial” and “Aliens.” Friday, Aug. 26 through Sunday, Aug. 28 at the Saco Drive-In, 969 Portland Road (US1), Saco. Gates open at 7 p.m.: First feature (“E.T.”) begins at dusk. Admission: $15 per carload. Saco Drive-In website: www.facebook.com/home.php#!/sacodrivein. 799.6649. SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 828.5600. “SPACE Gallery has brought hundreds of original film programs to downtown Portland over the years and the Saco Drive-In has been hosting outdoor screenings of films since 1939. This weekend we join forces to bring you a doublefeature of classic blockbuster ‘alien’ films to close out your summer in the warm Maine night air, Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic ‘E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial’ followed by James Cameron’s 1986 sequel in the Alien trilogy, ‘Aliens.’ Before and between films, SPACE will curate a mix of music by local musicians to be played over the Drive-In’s broadcast system. A portion of the gate proceeds will go to support SPACE Gallery’s programming.”

Saturday, Aug. 27 Childrens Theatre: Pippi Longstocking’s Musical Adventure in Ogunquit 10 a.m. and noon. John Lane’s Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St., Ogunquit, Aug. 27-28. “Dressed in strange clothes and living with her horse and pet monkey, Pippi is the high spirited, warm hearted girl of supernatural strength and untold wealth. With new friends Tommy and Annika, Pippi questions the world in which she lives and the expectations placed upon her; all the while longing to be reunited with her father, Captain Longstocking, and his band of pirates aboard the ‘Hoptoad.’” Ogunquit Playhouse, Route 1, Ogunquit. All Tickets $10, call the Box Office Direct at646.5511, Ticketmaster at 800-982-2787 or www.ogunquitplayhouse.org. see next page

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Picnic Music+Arts Festival 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The fourth annual Picnic Music+Arts Festival will take place on Saturday, Aug. 27. “This juried indie craft fair will be held outdoors at Lincoln Park on Congress Street and Franklin Arterial, in Portland. The festival will run in the park, rain or shine. The Picnic Music+Arts Festival will feature clothing, jewelry, prints, accessories, bags, plush, stationery, photography, housewares, fine art, vintage goods and more. There will be live music and tasty food to enjoy all day. Spindleworks of Brunswick will have a booth among over 50 other crafters. www.picnicportland.com

Juried Arts and Craft Show 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On the Green, Kennebunkport; sponsored by the Society of Southern Maine Craftsmen. Concessions provided by the Animal Welfare Society of Kennebunk. Free admission and free parking. (Rain Date: Aug. 28)

Annual ChiliFest in Wells 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Maine State Contests and Peoples Choice. Join the competition or judge for yourself. Music, vendors, crafters, and more. Tasting kits available. Free parking and admission. Wells Jr. High School, (1470 Post Road) Wells. www.wellschilifest.com

‘Dave Astor Show Visits Jordan’s Meats’ 2 p.m. Join Maine Historical Society for a screening of the only remaining episode of “The Dave Astor Show,” one of Maine’s best-loved homegrown television shows. The program, which aired on Saturday afternoons from 1956-1971, featured students from area high schools performing dance routines and other productions. “The Dave Astor Show, Maine’s own American Bandstand, quickly became a teenage phenomenon, a fixture in numerous homes, and provided invaluable training and experiences for the students who participated. In this episode, recorded in 1962, Dave and his students help celebrate the opening of the new Jordan’s Meats plant in Portland with song, dance, and lots of fun. (60 minutes).” Saturdays at 2 p.m. in July and August, remaining screenings, Aug. 6 and Sept. 3. Included with Museum admission: $8 Adult, $7 Students and Seniors, $2 Children, Members free.

Birdie Googins at Lucid Stage 8 p.m. Birdie Googins: Maine’s Only Supermodel and Possible Future Queen at Lucid Stage. “Birdie is also a well known and respected television personality who has received rave reviews from outdoor sportsmen who marvel at the rugged outdoor skills of such a glamorous and famous model. In addition to being wildly popular, Ms. Googins has wicked funny sense of humor.”

Sunday, Aug. 28 Free Family Play Time at Children’s Museum 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. This admission-free play time is open to the public and brought to you by the National Children’s Study in partnership with PROP’s Parkside Neighborhood Center, the

Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine and Catholic Charities of Maine. For more information about this event or the National Children’s Study call 662-1675. www.kitetails.org

Storytelling Celebration: Ramadan 2 p.m. Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. “Do you know the story of Ramadan? Join us for a special program in which we’ll explore this Muslim holiday through storytelling, costumes, food tasting and more! Funding for this program generously provided by the Sam L. Cohen Foundation.” Also Aug. 31. Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. www.kitetails.org

‘Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington’ 4 p.m. A special performance in Southern Maine of the play “Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington” will be held at University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Center in Portland to benefit the American Heart Association. “This one-woman show provides an intimate look into the life and times of Margaret Chase Smith. It tells of her journey from humble beginnings in Skowhegan, Maine, to a position of power and respect as the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate.”

Rooftop Film: ‘The Karate Kid’ 9 p.m. Spring Street Parking Garage, 45 Spring St., Portland. MENSK is pleased to announce a rooftop screening of ‘The Karate Kid.’ The public is invited to the top level of the Spring Street parking garage in Portland for a screening of ‘The Karate Kid.’ The film begins around sunset, (or by 9 p.m.) Bring your own lawn chair, blankets and snacks.

Enter at 45 Spring Street. A free event, hosted by MENSK. Sponsored by Coffee By Design.” For more information, visit www.menskmaine.org

Monday, Aug. 29 Mostly Maine acrylic paintings on canvas 10 a.m. Mostly Maine acrylic paintings on canvas by Betsy Elliman, Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, Aug. 29 – Sept. 30. Hours: Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat. 10-5; Tues & Wed 10 – 8 p.m. “Portland painter, Betsy Elliman, captures charming glimpses of Maine in richly textured, vibrantly colored canvases. Her paintings of seascapes and flowers, landscapes and barns, cityscapes and houses will be on view at Yarmouth’s Merrill Memorial Library during the month of September.” Ann Jordan, 846-9768; Betsy Elliman, 400-6871; ellimanb@gmail.com; Merrill Memorial Library, 846-4763; info@yarmouthlibrary.org.

Thursday, Sept. 1 USM Welcome Husky Fest 2011 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lawn between Payson Smith and Luther Bonney Halls, Portland campus, University of Southern Maine. “Follow the paws to Husky Fest! USM’s largest event ... the 11th annual welcome kick-off party! FREE BBQ for all students! Live Music and activities! Campus departments, student organizations, and community vendors will all be present to help you get connected to the USM community! Rain location: Sullivan Gym, Portland Campus.” 228-8200

Friday, Sept. 2 ‘Curtain Up!’ in Congress Square.

4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Curtain Up!” showcases Portland’s theater community.

Part of Sept. 2 Art Walk. The vitality and diversity of Portland’s theater community will be on display at “Curtain Up!,” an exciting preview of what Portland’s many theater companies will be offering during the 2011-12 theater season. The event will take place in Congress Square (at the corner of Congress and High Streets) on Friday, September 2, from 4:30om to 7:30pm p.m. as part of the First Friday Art Walk.

Theaters will perform brief excerpts from their shows to introduce themselves to Artwalkers, who will receive a Theater Sampler card including information about Sebago Brewing Co. bartender Julie Taft pours Hefeweizen wheat beer for customers. Pick your favor- each company and ticket disite drafts: Portland Brew Festival comes to the Portland Company Complex Saturday, Sept. 3. (DAVID counts. Curtain Up!” is being CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) sponsored by the Portland

Arts and Cultural Alliance (PACA) and produced by Acorn Productions, AIRE (American Irish Repertory Ensemble) and Lucid Stage. “This is a great opportunity for people attending Art Walk to sample the terrific work that Portland theaters are doing,” said Michael Levine, Producing Director of Acorn Productions and lead producer of the event.

“And it gives us, as a community, a chance to present a unified presence as a vital part of the arts scene in Portland.”

Susan Reilly, Managing Director of AIRE, added, “We hope to reach out to different kinds of people interested in the arts who may not be regular theatergoers. And the Theater Sampler will be a handy take-away that prospective audience members can hold on to and use throughout the season. If all goes well this year, we hope to make this an annual event.” Participating theaters include Acorn, AIRE, Children’s Museum and Theater of Maine, Fenix Theater Company, Good Theater, Lucid Stage, New Edge Productions, Portland Playback Theater, Portland Stage Company, Snowlion Repertory Company and more!

First Friday Art Walk 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Join PACA for a free self-guided tour of local art galleries, art studios, museums, and alternative art venues on the First Friday of every month from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance (PACA) is a nonprofit organization with a mission of “Strengthening Portland by strengthening the Arts.” www.firstfridayartwalk.com

Indian Trail in the Peaks Island Land Preserve 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Indian Trail in the Peaks Island Land Preserve. “Join Ellen Mahoney, Island Institute Community Leadership Fellow, for a hike along the Indian Trail which weaves its way through the Parker Preserve on Peaks Island. Catch the 5:35 p.m. Ferry at Casco Bay Lines Ferry Terminal, the tour starts right when you get to the dock at Peaks Island.” http://www.trails.org/events.html

Southworth Planetarium full dome shows 7 p.m. The Southworth Planetarium is offering full dome video planetarium shows starting on Sept. 2. “On Friday nights in September, we will have a Full Dome Double Feature at 7 p.m. and at 8:30 p.m. ‘Two Small Pieces of Glass’ is a program about the history and science of telescopes.

How have telescopes enabled astronomers discover the outer Universe? From Galileo’s little scope to the Hubble Space Telescope, we’ve used optical equipment to study the cosmos and its myriad wonders. ‘IBEX’ is a new show about the probe which surveys the solar system’s outer edge. Where does the solar system end? What exotic objects lurk around its periphery? Join us as we explore the nether edge of our own planetary system. A full dome show is an total immersion experience. Both shows encompass the entire dome. As opposed to traditional programs in which both static and moving images appear at various locations, the Full Dome show is entirely digital video that covers all 360 degrees above the audience.” www.usm. maine.edu/planet

Saturday, Sept. 3 Ride in memory of 9/11 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Two Wisconsin men on a motorcycle ride to honor military personnel and those affected by 9/11.

“Despite a recent diagnosis of a brain aneuresym, Woody West of Wisconsin has organized a 17-state, 15-day ride to honor rescue workers and those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. During the ride, organized and joined by Terry Werdewitz, they will be stopping at the Pentagon, Ground Zero and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, as well as visiting 19 local fire stations along the route as a part of the Remember Rally patch exchange. Woody is a Viet Nam Vet. They are inviting anyone along the way to join them in their Ride To Remember, whether for one mile or a hundred.” The ride will stop at the Portland Fire Department at 380 Congress St. in Portland. www.rememberrally.com

Portland Brew Festival noon to 8:30 p.m. Portland Brew Festival at the Portland Company Complex. “2011 is the inaugural year for the Portland Brew Festival, what promises to become one of the jewels of summer in Maine. With three buildings for exhibitors, over 75 varieties of regional craft brews, homebrewing supplies and demonstrations, the best in food, local music how could it really get better? But we realize after 3 1/2 hours of tasting-sized samples and a whole head-load of beer education, you’ll likely want to get out and get friendly with a full-sized pint or two and see how some of your new favorites stand up to your favorite dishes.

So we’re putting this whole craft beer-stravaganza right on the edges of Munjoy Hill and the Old Port where you can meander into town after the fact and get feel for these beers in a real-world context.” Organizers are partnering with Sail Maine, a local nonprofit supporting sailing in Maine at the grass-roots, community level. A portion of the proceeds of the event go to benefit community boating through Sail Maine. Also Sunday. www.portlandbrewfestival.com

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