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‘Explosive risk’ defused at city plant Hazardous chemical reaction causes scare at city’s East End wastewater facility BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Emergency officials say the potential for a serious situation at the East End's wastewater treatment plant was averted Tuesday after two chemicals, not meant to be combined, “If you don’t get were accidentally mixed together. burned and you’re Fire Chief standing near it, Fred LaMontagne said every- you can still breath thing was safe in these fumes and and stabilized it can cause lung at the Portland damage.” — Tom Water District's Peredy, medical waste treatment plant Tuesday director of the afternoon. His Northern New announcement England Poison came after 500 Center gallons of liquid sodium hypochlorite and sodium bisulfite were mixed in a 2,500-gallon container. Combining the chemicals used to treat wastewater generates heat and see SCARE page 3

Emergency responders consult outside the East End Wastewater Treatment Plant Tuesday after a hazardous chemical incident. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Vote expected on $1.5M Kotzschmar Organ bond BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

City councilors are expected to vote tonight on a $1.5 million bond package that would pay for improvements to Merrill Auditorium and repairs to the 99-yearold Kotzschmar Organ. Debt service on the 10-year bond would be paid for by continuing $2-per-ticket surcharge that was created in 1995 for a similar improvement project. That $2.3 million bond is due to be retired

Ugly Sea Dogs season ends with a whimper BY JEFF PETERSON SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

within a few months. The nonprofit group Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ has pledged to raise another $1.5 million through private fundraisers to cover the remaining cost of the organ repair, which is estimated at $2.5 million.

It was a predictable ending of the 2011 season for the Portland Sea Dogs. They lost and drew another big crowd. A Labor Day crowd of 4,763 saw the Sea Dogs fall behind early 5-0 and never recover in an 8-3 defeat. It ended a miserable season on the field. This edition of the Sea Dogs ended up with the worst record in franchise history at 59-83. It started promising with a 4-3 opening night win back on April 7. That would be

see ORGAN page 13 RIGHT: Kathleen Grammer, executive director of Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, stands below the 6,862-pipe organ in Merrill Auditorium. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

Man charged in pharmacy robbery

Advice to the president

See Crime Briefs on page 3

See Ray Richardson on page 4

see SEA DOGS page 9

Shedding toxic friends Ire over eatery host’s faux pas See Maggie Knowles on page 5

See the restaurant column, page 7

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TRIPOLI, Libya — Rebel negotiators pressed fighters loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in the town of Bani Walid to surrender on Tuesday amid reports of loyalists fleeing the country and confusion over the whereabouts of the former Libyan leader. In Washington, the State Department’s spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, confirmed the departure of a convoy to Niger with “some dozen or more senior members of the regime,” including senior military commanders, but not Colonel Qaddafi himself. The American ambassador, Bisa Williams, spoke to Nigerien officials and urged them to detain and return to Libya any officials wanted by international prosecutors, Ms. Nuland said. “We have strongly urged the Nigerien officials to detain those members of the regime

who may be subject to prosecution, to ensure that they confiscate any weapons that are found and to ensure that any state property of the government of Libya — money, jewels, et cetera — also be impounded so that it can be returned to the Libyan people,” she said. Some accounts said that the convoy was large, including more than 200 Libyan military vehicles; some said it was predominantly made up of Tuareg fighters who had been fighting for Colonel Qaddafi as irregulars or mercenaries. The Niger government sought to play down both the scale and composition of the convoy, and said Colonel Qaddafi was not traveling in it. In a telephone interview, Marou Amadou, Niger’s minister of justice, described the convoy as small — “three vehicles maximum” — and unarmed. Niger had allowed the group to cross into its territory for purely humanitarian reasons, he said.

The director of Radio Sahara, an independent radio station in a town where the convoy was reported to have passed through, said that nothing larger than a three-vehicle convoy had been seen since Sunday. The director, HamedAssaneh Raliou, dismissed claims of anything larger in his town, Agadez. “I’ve spoken with gendarmes, policemen, people on the side of the road,” he said. “At Agadez, nobody has seen the convoy. Outside, maybe, in the bush. Maybe. It would astonish me though, a convoy of 200 vehicles.” “The only convoy was Sunday, 10 people,” he said. “Three vehicles. That’s the only convoy. I saw that one. They came Sunday afternoon. They were in contact with the Nigerien authorities.” Moussa Ibrahim, the colonel’s spokesman, told Syrian television that Colonel Qaddafi was still in Libya, and in “excellent health, planning

and organizing for the defense of Libya.” “We are fighting and resisting for the sake of Libya and all Arabs,” The Associated Press quoted Mr. Ibrahim as saying. “We are still strong and capable of turning the tables on NATO.” Ali Tarhouni, a senior official among the rebels who have driven loyalist forces out of Tripoli, said the rebel authorities were investigating the reports about the convoy. Later, in a statement, Mr. Tarhouni said, “We’re in direct contact with officers on the ground and our friends at NATO, and we are trying to verify the facts about the convoy.” Ahmed Bani, the rebels’ military spokesman based in Benghazi, said in an interview, “We can’t confirm how many vehicles were in the convoy or who was in the convoy. They are saying that there was gold and money in the convoy, but we can’t confirm that.”

Portland mayoral candidate meet-ups Candidates for the position of mayor of Portland gathered at the Portland Club Tuesday night in one of a string of appearances this month. The election is Nov. 8. Tonight from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., is hosting a mayoral mixer and fundraiser beneﬁting Preble Street Resource Center; and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., is the site of a candidate forum by the Maine League of Young Voters. (BOB HIGGINS PHOTO)

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Beginning today and continuing through the month of September, the Maine Department of Transportation will be engaged in road repair and construction work on Forest Avenue starting at the intersection with Congress Street and continuing 0.27 miles to Park Avenue; and on Fore Street starting at the intersection with Atlantic Street and continuing half a mile to Franklin Street, the city announced. The projects include milling with a hot mix overlay to improve drain-

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Chemical reaction spurs evacuation at wastewater treatment plant The inside of the plant was not burned, and the tank's safety backups functioned correctly, LaMontagne said. The facility is responsible for treating 20 million gallons of wastewater water everyday. Operations on Tuesday did not shut down even after the building was evacuated. The chemicals were accidentally combined during a delivery of the sodium bisulfite, Portland Water District officials said. However, details on how the mix-up was allowed to occur was not immediately available. "At this point, we don't know," said Michelle Clements, a water district spokeswoman. "That's something that we definitely need to investigate once we get over this hump and make sure the plant is safe." Sodium hypochlorite, or bleach, is used to disinfect the wastewater and sodium bisulfite is then used to remove chlorine, she said. "It did not affect us treating the water," said Clements, adding

that she didn't expect the accident to hinder future operation or slow down the water treatment process. Health officials say high concentrations of the two chemicals have the potential to be extremely hazardous. "There is an explosive risk," said Tom Peredy, medical director of the Northern New England Poison Center. "If you don't get burned and you're standing near it, you can still breath in these fumes and it can cause lung damage." "The real key is to look at whether these are industrial strengths, are these high concentrations, or are they watered down?" he said. The Portland Fire Department has 55 firefighters trained specifically in hazardous material operations. RIGHT: The East End’s wastewater treatment plant is responsible for treating 20 million gallons of wastewater water everyday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Man charged with pharmacy robbery following arrest for SoPo incident BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Man arrested for backing a truck into building on Brighton Avenue BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Police arrested a man they say admitted to backing his pickup truck into a business on Brighton Avenue sometime after fighting with someone at the store. Joshua Duggan, 37, was charged with aggravated criminal mischief, and police estimated he caused about $5,000 worth of damage to the window of a RepubliCash at 1124 Brighton Ave. A witness told police Duggan was donning a football helmet when he drove the truck into the window, said Lt. Gary Rogers, a Portland police spokesman. Rogers didn’t know how fast Duggan was driving when he hit the building. “He backed his truck into the window and then stepped outside of the truck and sat down on the curb,” Rogers said. “(He) was there when the police arrived.” Duggan indicated to police that he intentionally damaged the building following a dispute with either a store employee or the business owner, Rogers said. “I don’t think it was anything that happened that day, but it was some sort of dispute,” he said. Duggan was arrested on Sunday. When contacted on the phone, a store employee said she wasn’t aware of anyone reversing a truck into a window. She said the RepubliCash was planning to remodel the building, but wasn’t aware of any incident that resulted in an arrest.

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A Westbrook man was charged with robbing a Portland pharmacy after he was arrested in connection to a similar robbery in South Portland, police said. Zachery Wildman, 36, was arrested Monday after police say he approached the pharmacy counter at a Hannaford’s in South Portland and used a note to demand prescription drugs. The incident occurred shortly after 9 a.m. and Wildman was located following a brief investigation, police said. He was arraigned at the Wildman Cumberland County Courthouse Tuesday and a Portland Police Department spokesman confirmed that he was subsequently charged for robbing a Portland Hannaford pharmacy on Aug. 31. “(The incident in South Portland) was very similar to the robbery that we had and it was kind of the next progression to start looking to see if he was responsible for ours as well,” said Lt. Gary Rogers, of the PPD. In both robberies the suspect used a note to demand the pills and no weapon was displayed. Rogers said surveillance video and other evidence helped linked Wildman to the Portland crime. Police wouldn’t say what type of pills were stolen in each case or how much Wildman is accused of taking.

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has the potential to be explosive. Firefighters from multiple departments responded to the plant following the report of a vapor cloud at about 7:30 a.m. "We were able to quickly identify the two substances that were combined," LaMontagne said. "At no time was there a risk to the general public." About 11 employees were evacuated from the plant and officials blocked off a neighboring section of the East End Trail. Some employees were permitted to gather their belongings by about 4 p.m., and LaMontagne expected the trail and surrounding area would reopen to the public sometime Tuesday evening. Neighboring businesses and the surrounding area were not evacuated as a result of the accident. City officials said that air monitors were set up outside the plant to determine if there was any risk to the public — none was found.

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Mr. President, it’s time to lead I think it would be fair to say, by any objective standard, that I am a critic of President Barack Obama’s policies. Okay, we don’t need an objective standard ... by any standard applied, I am a critic of his policies. I simply do not share his view of how government works in a free society. He believes and his actions thus far back it up that government has some sort of role in almost any activity that American citizens are engaged in. I sharply disagree with this approach, believe it is well outside of the intent of the Founders of this great country and more often than not, likely unConstitutional. That said I will give him this. The man is an excellent campaigner. Frankly it seems that is all he knows how to do. If the ––––– job he applied for was “CamDaily Sun paigner-in-Chief” I would likely Columnist support him as he is very good at that particular vocation. Unfortunately for us, the job he applied and won was to be the President of the United States, the leader of this nation and un-officially, the leader of the world as the world reacts to whatever it is we do. In that position, thus far, he has failed. Yes, there have been some successes (my Daddy used to say that even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once and a while), but overall, two and one half plus years into his administration, President Barack Obama has failed our nation by failing to lead. Oh, he sounds good. Think about it for a moment. When you have almost 20 million people in your

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How to honor the true spirit of 9/11: First, ignore Limbaugh If volunteerism is suddenly unpatriotic and even “socialist,” that will come as a nasty surprise to many of the Republicans and conservatives who always have supported such efforts, notably including both presidents named Bush. And if stepping up to help our neighbors and community on 9/11 would somehow dishonor the Americans killed in those infamous attacks — as feverish critics of President Barack Obama now scream — then what do they think actually happened on that day 10 years ago? The latest outbreak of phony outrage began when the president, following a tradition established by George W. Bush, announced that he and the first lady will mark the upcoming anniversary as a “National Day of Service and Remembrance” and urged Americans to “come together, in their communities and neighborhoods, to honor the victims of 9/11 and to reaffirm the strength of our nation with acts of service and charity.” To Rush Limbaugh and assorted lesser cogs in the rightwing noise machine, that was a deeply controversial statement and an attempt to “politicize” the event — as if the White House

Joe Conason ––––– Creators Syndicate had ordered everybody to put on blue caps, join a local Obama for America chapter and then build a solar house for the poor. Yes, according to the furious wingers, Obama’s attempt to inspire volunteerism was in fact a barely disguised appeal to “serve the state,” as well as an un-American distraction from what should be, in their minds, a more militaristic commemoration. But leaving aside their usual bizarre theories about the president and his motives, this pseudo-controversy shows how little these so-called conservatives understand what really happened on 9/11, in New York and then across the country. On that day and the days that followed, we saw a demonstration of the highest American values, which are apparently no longer comprehensible to the denizens of the right-wing swamp. Our traditions of volunteer-

ism and community have distinguished this republic ever since its earliest years — as Alexis de Tocqueville explained back in the 1830s, when he wrote the two volumes known as “Democracy in America.” In that classic work, he described the uniquely American style of voluntary association and how it made a free society possible. He was no radical, by the way, and would have ridiculed the stupid notion that a presidential call to voluntary service equals socialism. But it isn’t really necessary to consult Tocqueville, who admittedly was a Frenchman, on the American virtue of volunteerism. Just ask Tim Zagat, publisher of the famous Zagat restaurant guides and New York civic activist, who is preparing to issue a remarkable book, titled “9/11: Stories of Courage, Heroism and Generosity.” In the participants’ own words, it chronicles the outpouring of citizen action of every sort that sprang up in response to the attacks. These are the amazing true stories of the construction workers who left their work sites and marched down to ground see CONASON page 6

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How to lose a toxic friend On a date: scrutinizing dining partner’s eyebrows, fingernails, even how they hold a knife. If one little thing bothers, (how do they not realize their teeth are filled with corn?) they are a gonner. But when it comes to friends, the same picky-puss tolerates a level of discord, abuse even, that they would never accept from a romantic partner. Toxic Friends. We have all experienced them. You know whom I am talking about. You screen their calls, hide in the bathroom when they show up at a bar, and when you do hang out, they rally between needing, taking and sucking your emotions dry and basking in their self-imposed superiority; you are crap by default. Here is the short list of how people define their Toxic Friend’s habits. They: criticize my parenting; obnoxiously flirt with my husband; borrow money and never pay it back; stand me up for plans; never bring gifts to my kid’s birthday parties, even though their kids send out “wish lists” for theirs; told me my baby was fat; always “forget” their wallet; lie; make fun of mutual friends; gets sloppy drunk every time we go out. Ew. Why do we keep these energysucking, one-sided, demanding forces in our lives? If our kids brought home someone like this, we would lock them in the garage. But as adults we pave ourselves into this, “At least I have someone to call during the commute” corner. Why aren’t we good enough for good friends? Did we forget what a friend is supposed to be? “I had been friends with for this woman for over ten years,” says L.J.

Maggie Knowles ––––– Use Your Outdoor Voice “The minute someone would leave the table she would rip them apart. She was so cruel. I was na&iuml;ve, but thought she didn’t do that to me. But one day I overheard her talking about me, saying I had only married my husband for money, and it was humiliating. I had wasted so much time being friends with an immature bully, and I can never get that time back.” When someone is constantly monopolizing your time, energy, money and praise without offering anything in return, it is a form of bullying. The problem is you are bullying yourself by allowing these toxic people to stay in your life for one second more. Easy to say, hard to do. How do you dump a friend? We know how to dump a lover, but friends? Aren’t we in the contract until someone moves to Alaska? Even after an obvious “out,” it can be really hard to escape their iron clutch. “This good friend’ would often call me at two a.m. expecting me to listen to all of her men troubles. And I did. But one time I got my heart seriously broken. I called her in hysterics and she said, ‘Oh, running late for a party. Call me tomorrow.’ And it still took me two years to get up the nerve to dump her,” remembers T.R.

T.W. has a nice but ﬁrm way of ending toxic friendships. “I send them a note that says, ‘I am sorry, but I can no longer give this relationship the attention it deserves.’” T.R. finally started ignoring her friend’s calls until they ceased, but she lives in a state of anxiety that she will eventually run into her and have to deal with a confrontation. Understandably so, the passive aggressive tack is what most people favor when removing a friend from their life. But I say just be honest with them so there aren’t awkward/ angry/drunken scenes when you do run into Friend X at an engagement dinner. T.W. has a nice but firm way of ending toxic friendships. “I send them a note that says, ‘I am sorry, but I can no longer give this relationship the attention it deserves.’” Troy has an easy tip, “Just don’t hang out with annoying people.” Giselle P. hired a virtual Cupid to send off her Toxic Friend. “Getting them into relationship is the best way to get rid of someone,” she says of an acquaintance that moved in for a month and ended up staying nine. “No one had the courage to ask her to leave so we got her a Match.com account and thankfully she met someone and he took her off our hands. God bless him in whatever low circle of Hell she dragged him to.” I dug out my college philosophy books (See, Dad. I told you that major would eventually be useful)

and flipped to Aristotle. He wrote at length about friendship. The first level on his three-step friend ladder is that “of utility,” where it is based on the belief that one person gets something from the other. Think of the barista that makes your latte. You know their name and are friendly, but you wouldn’t invite them to your wedding. There is an assumed boundary. If you must keep toxic friends around, don’t let them progress beyond this level. And at least teach them how you like your coffee so when you are sitting listening to their self-aggrandizing monologues, you can be somewhat distracted by cinnamon foam. The highest form of friendship, according to Aristotle, is that of virtue. Here, a friend wants nothing but the best for the other, regardless of what the other person can do for them. These are the people you want to surround yourself with—quality people that are selfless, inspiring, kind, honest and share the same values, ideals and passions as you. A Toxic Friend says, “I am here when I need you.” A real friend says, “I am here whether you need me or not.” (Maggie Knowles is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Her column appears Wednesdays. Email her at maggie@portlanddailysun.me.)

We’ve gone 800 days without a federal budget RICHARDSON from page 4

country un-employed or under-employed, they are looking for someone to blame and the mirror is not a place they would think to look. So, when the President tells you that we must have shared sacrifice, that the millionaires and billionaires and the corporate jet owners must do their patriotic duty by paying more in taxes, he is giving those 20 million plus people someone to blame for their lot in life. It doesn’t matter that the truth is, if you took all the money the millionaires, billionaires and corporate jet owners makes in the form of taxation (yes, 100% of their income in taxes) it would not make a dent in our national debt and would not quite make up the annual budget deficit. These details, however, don’t really matter because if they did the American people would demand more than just fancy words from our President while on a campaign stump designed to look like an official Presidential visit. Look, I want our country to succeed; I simply do not share this President’s vision for what success looks like. I believe we empower our citizens by demanding self-reliance from them with the exception of those who are incapable of being self-reliant due to a physical or mental ailment. This President believes we enable people to be government dependent so that they can be taken care of. It is simply a difference of beliefs about this great nation and the role our government is supposed to play. I have an idea for President Obama. Stop talking about these platitudes and actually do something about it. No, I do not want him to violate the Constitution, but he can enact his view of how America

Present a budget, Mr. President, that clearly announces your values and your beliefs. Raise taxes, cut programs, do a combination of both, but for the sake of the future of this country, please, sir, stop talking and actually take a stand. works without doing that. Mr. President: If you believe so strongly, as you continue to tell us, that the millionaires and billionaires and corporate jet owners are not paying their patriotic share of taxes, then forward, in writing, a proposal to do just that. Go get ’em, Sir. No, wait ... even better Mr. President ... why don’t you propose a budget that is actually balanced and do it with the “shared sacrifice” you keep talking about? I realize, Sir, that our nation’s government has operated without a budget for over 800 days during your administration, so maybe it is time you submitted a budget for the Congress to consider. You can make the deep cutbacks in the military budget you so desperately want. You can go after the banks and those evil “Wall Street guys” who are making all the money while the rest of the country suffers. Mr. President, please think about it. First off, this would be actual leadership, you putting a stake in the ground and announcing that these are your defining principles. Second, instead of merely telling us how greedy the well-to-do are, you could actually do something about it by raising their taxes to a level you believe they ought to be paying. Heck, Warren Buffet, the oracle of Omaha, will actually be your entire trumpet section on the issue of rais-

ing taxes on the wealthy (funny, when Warren was making his money, I don’t recall him advocating for higher taxes for the well-to-do ... I guess he has made his now and that should be enough). Mr. President, by finally presenting a balanced budget that proposes the share sacrifice you believe is necessary for America to move forward, you actually put your opponents on the defensive, another great campaigning move. Mr. President, isn’t it time for you to actually lead? Even if I do not agree with your direction, it would be a welcome change from all of your campaigning rhetoric that has essentially been your mantra since you announced your bid for President in the winter of 2007. Present a budget, Mr. President, that clearly announces your values and your beliefs. Raise taxes, cut programs, do a combination of both, but for the sake of the future of this country, please, sir, stop talking and actually take a stand. Put it on paper and then submit it to the Congress for their consideration. We don’t need another speech. The time for talking is over and the time for action is now. (Ray Richardson is a political activist and the host of “The Ray Richardson 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.)

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Where the jobs aren’t With the economy stagnating and unemployment high, where are the jobs of the future going to come from? A few years ago, it seemed as though the Green Economy could be a big part of the answer. New clean-energy sources could address environmental, economic and national security problems all at once. In his 2008 convention speech, Barack Obama promised to create five million green economy jobs. The U.S. Conference of Mayors estimated in April 2009 that green jobs could account for 10 percent of new job growth over the next 30 years. Alas, it was not to be. The gigantic public investments in green energy may be stimulating innovation and helping the environment. But they are not evidence that the government knows how to create private-sector jobs. Recently, Aaron Glantz reported in The Times on some of the disappointments. California was awarded $186 million in federal stimulus money to weatherize homes. So far, the program has created the equivalent of only 538 full-time jobs. A $59 million effort to train people for green jobs in California produced only 719 job placements. SolFocus designs solar panels in the United States, but the bulk of its employment is in China where the panels are actually made. As the company spokesman told Glantz, “Taxes and labor rates” are cheaper there. There’s a wealth of other evidence to suggest that the green economy will not be a short-term jobs machine. According to Investor’s Business Daily, executives at Johnson Controls turned $300 million in green technology grants into 150 jobs — that’s $2 million per job. Sunil Sharan, a former director of The Smart Grid

Initiative at General Electric, wrote in The Washington Post that the Smart Grid, while efficient and environmentally ben––––– eficial, will be a net job destroyer. The New York For example, 28,000 meter-reading jobs will be replaced by the Times Smart Grid’s automatic transmitters. A study by McKinsey suggests that clean energy may produce jobs for highly skilled engineers, but it will not produce many jobs for U.S. manufacturing workers. Gordon Hughes, formerly of the World Bank and now an economist at the University of Edinburgh, surveyed the landscape and concluded: “There are no sound economic arguments to support an assertion that green energy policies will increase the total level of employment in the medium or longer term when we hold macroeconomic conditions constant.” Many of the most celebrated green tech companies are foundering despite lavish public support. Evergreen Solar, the recipient of tens of millions of dollars in state support, moved its manufacturing facility to China before filing for bankruptcy protection. The U.S. Department of Energy poured $535 million in loans into Solyndra, a solar panel maker backed by George Kaiser, a major Democratic donor. The Government Accountability Office discovered that Solyndra had been permitted to bypass required steps in the government loan guarantee process. The Energy Department’s inspector general criticized the department for not maintaining e-mails that discussed how the loan guarantee winners were chosen. Late last month, Solyndra announced that it was ceasing operations, laying off its 1,100 employees.

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The Department of Energy placed the wrong bet, potentially losing the taxpayers half-a-billion dollars. All of this is not to say that the government shouldn’t be doing what it can to promote clean energy. It is to say that the government isn’t very good when it tries to directly create private-sector jobs. In 2009, Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School published a useful book called “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” He found that for each instance in which the government has successfully promoted entrepreneurial activity, there is a pile of instances in which it failed. Lerner details case after case where public investments produced little or nothing. But he also makes an important distinction between government efforts to set the table for entrepreneurial activity and government efforts to create jobs directly. Setting the table means building an underlying context for innovation: funding academic research, establishing clear laws, improving immigration policies, building infrastructure and keeping capital gains tax rates low. Lerner notes that one of the most important government initiatives to encourage innovation was the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which gave universities automatic title to research paid by the federal government. These table-setting efforts work. The problem is the results are indirect, the jobs take a long time to emerge and the market may end up favoring oldenergy sources instead of shiny new ones. So politicians invariably go for the instant rush. They try to use taxpayer money to create private jobs now. But they end up wasting billions. We should pursue green innovation. We just shouldn’t imagine these efforts will create the jobs we need.

Limbaugh decries Obama’s call to inspire volunteerism CONASON from page 4

zero, unbidden and en masse, to join the search and rescue effort; of the restaurateurs who emptied their refrigerators, brought tons of food down to the site and fed everyone working there; of the sanitation workers, teachers, phone technicians and thousands of others who stepped forward to help the city revive itself; and of Americans from across the country who joined them. There was the guy in a wheelchair who rolled himself miles from his home in Harlem to bring down a bag of sandwiches. There was the urban search and rescue team that came up from San Juan, Puerto Rico, with their dogs to spend hour upon hour hunting through the piles of debris. And there were those who had lost loved ones in earlier disasters coming to help the bereaved of 9/11 cope with tragedy. So many thousands showed up from everywhere to help that the authorities had to turn the city’s main convention venue, the Javits Center, into a special site dedicated to organizing the volunteers according to skills and capabilities. Recalling that enormous outpouring of support from “people of all persuasions, backgrounds and beliefs,” former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani says, “I saw it; I lived it; and

Recalling that enormous outpouring of support from “people of all persuasions, backgrounds and beliefs,” former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani says, “I saw it; I lived it; and am humbled by the heartwarming, remarkable response that demonstrated the resilience of America.” am humbled by the heartwarming, remarkable response that demonstrated the resilience of America.” That resilient spirit is perhaps what the president hopes to summon, at a time of trouble that should evoke the cooperation, sacrifice and wisdom we saw in New York after that awful autumn morning in 2001. What a disgrace that his political opponents would reject that call, seeking instead to poison the occasion with ideological ranting and partisan rancor. This is how they dishonor the memory of the dead — and they have the gall to call it patriotism. (Joe Conason is the editor in chief of NationalMemo.com. To find out more about Conason, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.)

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Host faux pas sours dining experience To the unindoctrinated, it’s hard to explain why the host position is so difficult to execute and so vitally important to the operational flow of a busy restaurant. There’s the reservation book or list that’s been building, with the names and times often incorrect due to hasty human error that can set off a domino effect of disaster. There’s an intricate seat map of the footprint floor plan's nooks and crannies with little numbered circles and diamonds representing each table; there’s the phone ringing off the hook with people looking for a table for six in as many minutes; there’s the lovebirds who decide to camp out at their table well beyond the estimated hour and a half time frame; and there’s the party of five who says, “Oh, sorry we’re down to three," or “Hey, hope it’s OK, but we’re up to seven now.” There are the people who ask to switch to another table that has been specifically requested; there’s the people who are told their table will be ready in 10 minutes but insist on checking every two minutes to see if it’s been cleared and set yet; there are the people who ask to sit near (or away from) the kitchen, the bar, the restrooms or the front door; and there are people who simply don’t show up while their prime real estate of a table sits vacant. It isn’t just the patrons that make this challenging job so, well, challenging. Restaurant servers will circle the host stand trying to guesstimate where and when the next high rollers will be seated. They’ll be eyeballing the per person head count and number of tables other servers have had and it typically takes a mathematical act of God for the numbers and average check amounts to balance equally amongst the waitstaff. For a multitude of reasons, some sections in a restaurant are more popular than

Natalie Ladd ––––– What It’s Like others and are easier to navigate and provide better service by being closer to the kitchen or bar, or have fewer steps and stairs to deal with. So important is this job that it was always my practice to have all servers learn how to do it as part of their initial training. The host position usually earns an hourly rate and a percentage of tips, and after learning the ropes, most servers understood that 10 percent of their tips for this extra set of eyes and hands (did I mention the host often helps run food, bus tables and grab that extra fork?) is truly a bargain. The host is typically the first person a patron sees upon walking in the door, thus making that crucial first impression as diplomat, PR representative and overall face of the establishment a lasting one. They are usually the person who responds most quickly to a potential problem and can alert the manager when a server is falling behind or all is not well on a consistent basis in one section or another. There is no way to emphasize enough how important I think this position is and how much respect I have for those who do it with style, grace and expertise. For these reasons and more, I cannot shake the negative and unnecessary hosting experience I had with the manager at The Grille Room on Monday night. Let me start out by saying I Love The Grille Room and think Chef Harding is a genius. They have the best

PMA deputy director leaving for Vermont DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT Thomas Denenberg, deputy director, chief curator, and William E. and Helen E. Thon Curator of American Art at the Portland Museum of Art, has accepted the position of director at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vt., the Portland Museum of Art reported. Denenberg will start his new job on Nov. 1. “From Backstage Denenberg Pass: Rock & Roll Photography to Winslow Homer and the Poetics of Place, Tom has given our community extraordinary art experi-

ences,” said PMA Director Mark H. C. Bessire. “We will miss Tom, but are thrilled for him and his family as he takes on this wonderful position.” Denenberg was hired by the Portland Museum of Art in 2006 as chief curator and William E. and Helen E. Thon Curator of American Art. He added deputy director to his list of duties in 2008. During the last five years at the museum, Denenberg curated a multitude of exhibitions including the popular and recordbreaking “Backstage Pass: Rock & Roll Photography,” as well as Winslow Homer and the Poetics of Place, Moods of Nature: Jay Connaway and the Landscape of New England, and Call of the Coast: Art Colonies of New England. He also launched Circa, a successful series of exhibitions featuring the work of living artists from Maine and beyond.

The host is typically the ﬁrst person a patron sees upon walking in the door, thus making that crucial ﬁrst impression as diplomat, PR representative and overall face of the establishment a lasting one. They are usually the person who responds most quickly to a potential problem and can alert the manager when a server is falling behind or all is not well on a consistent basis in one section or another. tuna tartar in town, have accommodated me with a cheese plate for one, never messed up a steak temperature, mix a damn good cosmo, have three size choices for ordering wine, give you tasty tidbits to sample when you sit at the Chef’s Counter, have perfected the art of menu selection options with a fine balance of entrees, ala carte, and evening specials, do seasonal desserts and classic favorites right, have a mature, professional waitstaff, and a great everything-a-Portland-restaurant-should-be atmosphere. So, here’s what happened. In an attempt to drag out the holiday weekend, New Guy and I called ahead while we were driving to see how packed they were. The hostess told us the bar was half empty, and it would

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Personal, professional life coach inspired by the ocean’s lure BY NATALIE LADD THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

CONTACT: Deborah Bergeron, CPCC, ACC LOCATION: The Meadow Wind Institute, 100 Grey Road, Falmouth CONTACT: 797-9007; debcoaches@ aol.com; on the Web at www.oceanofpossibilities.com

The name Ocean of Possibilities in and of itself doesn’t spell out the fact that owner Deb Bergeron is a certified life coach who was on the cutting edge of the industry in Maine when she opened her practice in 2004. The name does reflect Bergeron’s deep respect and connection with the ocean and her philosophy that (like the ocean), we are all, “limitless, powerful and abundant.” She says, “The ocean gives people inner peace and is so much like life itself with high and low tides. No matter what’s happening, the ocean in its’ vastness is full of possibilities and is someDeb Bergeron, with Ocean of Possibilities — Personal and thing everyone can relate to.” Unlike traditional therapy, Professional Life Coaching, said, “We all have the ability to reclaim our power and our gifts.” (COURTESY PHOTO) coaching doesn’t focus on the past,

but is about moving forward when you don’t exactly know what you want; or want to be doing or being something different. According to Bergeron, “Coaching helps people achieve results and sustain lifechanging behaviors in their lives and careers.” Bergeron works with clients to refine their vision and set goals along the way while helping hold them accountable She works closely with people in private coaching sessions and in various workshops offered in corporate settings, or in her soothing office space at the Meadow Wind in Falmouth. Looking back at the days of her own transition, Bergeron says, “No one even knew what life coaching was at the time. I wanted to leave the corporate world and knew I wanted to do something else, but I wasn’t sure what. It sounds funny, but I didn’t really find coaching, coaching found me. I started researching it and it all fell into place so easily that I knew it was meant to be. My experience in

the corporate world gave me an understanding that people have a tough time with work-life balance, and I do a lot of work around that in various ways.” Smiling at how far she has come since 2004, Bergeron added, “We all have the ability to reclaim our power and our gifts. We have the power to choose, but we limit ourselves by reinforcing those same old negative stories we somehow took on in our childhood. Things like, ‘I’m too old, too stupid, too fat.’ These are just old stories that we can choose to ignore and coaching can provide the tools and skills to do so.” Acknowledging that fall is a season of change and potentially increased stress, Ocean of Possibilities is preparing for fall workshops, individual coaching packages, corporate offerings and seminars. For more information on Bergeron’s credentials, testimonials and services, see the website, or contact Deb via email or phone.

‘They’re four people and you’re two, so we gave them the table’ LADD from page 7

and anticipating a potential problem, she wisely scurried for the manager. When I repeated my question, the manager said, “They’re four people and you’re two, so we gave them the table.” Keep in mind that in this situation confirmed reservations take priority, but walk-ins (unless they are large parties) are created equal. We were next and we were intentionally skipped. I can understand and relate to the premise of saving a four top table for four people, but unless an unreserved two top is opening up shortly, it’s wrong in practice under these circumstances. Working to calm myself (New Guy gets embarrassed when I get on my restaurant high horse) I softly asked her why it was acceptable to discount our business and she said, “That’s how we make our money.” That’s how we make our money?! What’s wrong with MY money? How did she know we weren’t going to order a fat bottle of wine and three courses each? In reality, what’s being ordered is irrelevant, it was the principle. What made that walk-in four top more important than us? When I asked her that question, she grabbed the reservation list and shook it at me and said, “And I have all these reservations coming in.” So? What does

that have to do with the fact that we were intentionally snubbed. At this point, far too long after the fact, she was scrambling to find us a table and I said, “Forget it, we’ll just wait for the bar.” Which we did, and when two seats opened up, we had a lovely dinner in spite of the incident. Upon thinking it through, the manager should have offered us dessert or an after dinner drink for the “misunderstanding,” which we would have declined anyway as we were full and happy. We left without an apology or any sign that our business was appreciated after all. We were at the bar quite a while and every opportunity was available to offer the olive branch and even though it was never extended, New Guy and I will go back because as I said, we really enjoy it there. Balancing the reservation book along with everything else that goes into good hosting and management practice is indeed difficult and there have been many times when I have looked back and wished I had handled a situation differently. I can only hope the manager at The Grille Room feels the same. (Natalie Ladd is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun who writes about hospitality and other business topics. Her column appears Wednesdays.)

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N.Y. gains as Red Sox lose Beckett to injury Yankees’ top prospect helps build lead over struggling Red Sox BY MARK VIERA THE NEW YORK TIMES

Portland Sea Dogs fans Samantha Witkowski and Ava Farrar attend the team’s last game during the ﬁnal out. (Photo courtesy of Robert Witkowski)

Sea Dogs end grueling season SEA DOGS from page one

the only time Portland would have a winning record though. After going 8-11 in April, the Sea Dogs had their worst month ever, ending up 6-25 in May. They improved during the months of June and July finishing a combined 31-26, but it would not be enough to turn the season around. "It was a tough year for us," admitted Assistant General Manager Chris Cameron. "This was even worse than our first season back in 1994. We can't really control the the wins and losses, we just concentrate on entertaining the fans." Just like every season in Portland, there were plenty of fans to entertain. Nearly 370,000 fans came through the turnstiles in 2011. That included the seven millionth fan in the 18-year history of the team back on July 1. "We are one of the quickest AA teams to reach that milestone," said Cameron. "We are blessed to have what we think are the best fans in minor league baseball. To draw around 400,000 fans every season is simply remarkable." The fans come to be entertained and watch tomorrow's major leaguers today. Two Sea Dogs players actually made it to Boston to play with the Red Sox this season. Left-handed relief pitcher Tommy Hottovy and catcher Ryan Lavarnway both played with the big club. "That is what we are all about," said Cameron. "Our job in Portland is to get players ready to play with the Red Sox and help them make the playoffs and win another championship. That

is the ultimate goal. Actually when all was said and done, we developed more talent this season than during our Eastern League championship season of 2006." That goal does come with some pain though. Besides being promoted to the big club, the players can also help the franchise by being used in trades. The Sea Dogs saw that up close and personal. Catcher Tim Federwicz, pitcher Stephen Fife and Chih-Hsien Chiang were part of a deal with Seattle that brought pitcher Erik Bedard to the Red Sox. "That happened at the trade deadline on July 31," said Cameron. "We lost three of our best guys, including the guy who ended up second in the MVP voting (Chiang). It happened when were were playing our best baseball of the season. That was difficult, but we know it is part of being a minor league team." Before the final pitch on Monday, preparations were already well underway for the 2012 season. "I can't believe it is over," exclaimed Cameron. "I will miss the players and fans, but opening day is just over 200 days away. It will be here before you know it." Mark it on your calender, the Sea Dogs home opener at Hadlock Field will take place on April 12, 2012 against the Binghamton Mets. The Sea Dogs handed out their team awards on Monday. The MVP was Chih-Hsien Chiang, the pitcher of the year was Alex Wilson, the 10th player award went to John Hee and Jeremy Kehrk was the citizen of the year.

The Yankees unleashed another onslaught on Monday afternoon as the stars of their relentless offense pounded the overmatched Baltimore Orioles. There was Mark Teixeira hitting another home run. There was Robinson Cano blasting his third grand slam of the season. There was Curtis Granderson smacking a tworun double. There were all three adding to their triple-digit runs-batted-in statistics. But the heart of the Yankees’ lineup, intimidating as it is, was suddenly pushed aside in the middle of the game when the team’s top prospect, the imposing-looking Jesus Montero, emphatically announced his arrival in the major leagues with a loud swing of the bat, a trot around the bases and a curtain call from the roaring crowd. And then, having swatted his first major league home run, the

21-year-old rookie Montero did it all over again two innings later, hitting another opposite-field blast into the right-field stands that landed almost exactly where the first drive did and led to an encore wave to the crowd from the dugout steps. The display of power by the 6-foot3, 235-pound Montero gave the Yankees the three extra runs they needed to hold off the Orioles, 11-10, and widen their division lead over the suddenly struggling Boston Red Sox to two and a half games. Meanwhile, a day into Boston’s seven-game trip, Josh Beckett is packing his bags and heading home. Beckett will return to Boston to see a doctor about the sore right ankle that forced him out of Monday’s 1-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Beckett left in the fourth inning after feeling pain in his ankle on consecutive pitches to the Blue Jays rookie Brett Lawrie, whose 11th-inning home run provided the only run of the game. “It’s always concerning,” Beckett said. “That’s my power leg.” — The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2011. There are 115 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 7, 1964, the controversial “Daisy” commercial, an ad for President Lyndon B. Johnson’s election campaign, aired on NBC-TV. (In the spot, footage of a little girl in a meadow plucking the petals of a flower is overtaken by a countdown leading to a nuclear explosion.) On this date: In 1533, England’s Queen Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich. In 1892, James J. Corbett knocked out John L. Sullivan to win the world heavyweight crown in New Orleans in a fight conducted under the Marquess of Queensberry rules. In 1907, the British liner RMS Lusitania set out from Liverpool, England, on its maiden voyage, arriving six days later in New York. In 1936, rock legend Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas. In 1940, Nazi Germany began its eightmonth blitz of Britain during World War II with the first air attack on London. In 1977, the Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S. to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington by President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos (tohREE’-hohs). In 1986, Desmond Tutu was installed as the first black to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa. In 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and mortally wounded on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later. One year ago: A Chinese fishing trawler and two Japanese patrol boats collided near disputed islands in the East China Sea, further straining relations between Beijing and Tokyo. Lucius Walker, 80, who’d led an annual pilgrimage of aid volunteers to Cuba in defiance of the nearly half century U.S. trade embargo, died in New York. Today’s Birthdays: Sen. Daniel Inouye (in-OH’-way), D-Hawaii, is 87. Jazz musician Sonny Rollins is 81. Actor Bruce Gray is 75. Singer Alfa Anderson (Chic) is 65. Actress Susan Blakely is 63. Singer Gloria Gaynor is 62. Rock singer Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) is 60. Actress Julie Kavner is 60. Rock musician Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 58. Actor Corbin Bernsen is 57. Actor Michael Emerson (TV: “Lost”) is 57. Pianist Michael Feinstein is 55. Singer Margot Chapman is 54. Actor W. Earl Brown is 48. Actor Toby Jones is 45. Model-actress Angie Everhart is 42. Actress Diane Farr is 42. Actress Monique Gabriela Curnen is 41. Actor Tom Everett Scott is 41. Rock musician Chad Sexton (311) is 41. Actress Shannon Elizabeth is 38. Actor Oliver Hudson is 35. Actor Devon Sawa is 33.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I have been married for 19 years, and my husband is a flirt. Early on, he would openly say teasing things to other women. After complaining repeatedly that he was being disrespectful to me, he stopped. Now I find him staring at other women until they pay attention. It’s almost as if he is trying to make a connection. He’s an attractive man, and when he acts like that, some women believe he is interested in them, and they behave seductively toward him. I find this humiliating. I have tried to talk to him about it. At first, he told me I was jealous and insecure. Now he simply denies that he does it. I get the noticing part, because I notice attractive men, but I don’t flirt or try to make a connection with them. I am beginning to resent my husband. When other men make eyes at me, I do not encourage them. Now I am reconsidering. My husband will not go to counseling. Is this really normal male behavior? -- Second Best Dear Second: It is normal to look. It is not normal to respond in so exaggerated a manner that your spouse feels humiliated. More importantly, when you ask him to stop, he should make every effort to do so. Otherwise, he is being inconsiderate and disrespectful. Tell your husband you are going to see a counselor on your own so you can best determine how to deal with his behavior because it is seriously damaging your marriage. We hope that gets his attention. Dear Annie: In a few months, I will be having a milestone birthday. I’d like to ignore it, but my friends keep talking about what we should do to celebrate. I sincerely do not want to do anything at all. My friends think they are pleasing me, but they are making me miserable. The last time they did this, I went along with it, but I was quite resentful that they didn’t take me at my word. How can I politely convince them to not do anything? -- No

Celebrations Dear No Celebrations: Not everyone enjoys birthday celebrations. Tell your friends that the best gift they could give you is to make a donation in your name to your favorite charity. Unfortunately, that doesn’t guarantee they won’t try to surprise you anyway, so we suggest you make other plans on that day and be unavailable. Dear Annie: This is the other side of “Numb in Nevada,” whose daughter-in-law cut them off from seeing the grandchild. My husband and his mother were very close. To honor that bond, I allowed her into the delivery room for the birth of our son. She repaid me for that kindness by taking photos without permission, and now there are digital pictures of me in labor floating around the Internet. When I came home from the hospital, she proceeded to criticize my housekeeping, insisted that my older children stay with a relative for another week and, despite the fact that I was breastfeeding, repeatedly tried to bottle feed the baby. I agreed to a baptism to make her happy, and she got into a fight with my mother and told her to leave. Since she lived six hours away, we allowed my motherin-law to stay with us frequently. I ignored her criticisms of my appearance, my children’s clothes, their behavior and my views on childrearing. I continued to be polite and respectful. I had to take antianxiety medication to make it through those weekends. Now, I’m divorced, and the most enduring benefit is that I never, ever have to deal with her again. -- It’s Not Always the Daughter-in-Law’s Fault Dear Not Always: You sound like you made every effort to be kind and respectful toward a real barracuda. We salute you.

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by Scott Stantis

‘It’s not like we were paying for it with taxpayer dollars’ ORGAN from page one

The organ, which has been moved twice since it was donated to the city in 1912 by publishing magnate and Portland native Cyrus Curtis, has been maintained over the years but never truly renovated, said Kathleen Grammer, executive director of the Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, in a recent interview. "We're going to renovate it," she said. "The organ has been moved twice in its lifetime, and it's going to be 100 years old in 2012." Councilors have spent several meetings considering the group’s request for a new bond. Last month, the council debated the issue but was unable to vote because there were not seven councilors present, which is the minimum needed to approve a bond sale. The bond measure is not considered controversial. “I think now that we have shown that it will be paid for with that revenue stream (from the ticket surcharge), that is what most people were concerned about. It’s not like we were paying for it with taxpayer dollars,” said Councilor Dave Marshall. “We are backing up the cost of it with the surcharge.” Indeed, since 1999, the ticket surcharge has generated more than $3 million in revenues, averaging about $263,000 annually. However, the surcharge revenue has declined for the past four years and is on track for a fifth straight decline. The Kotzschmar Organ — named for Hermann Kotzschmar, a Portland organist and music teacher who died in 1908 — is exhibiting "metal fatigue" in its pipes, and some of the leather components of the organ's "wind chests" are degraded, Grammer has said. The instrument has more than 6,800 pipes and weighs about 50 tons. The $1.5 million bond would cover about half of the $2.5 million repair, as well as about $250,000 in lighting and sound upgrades at Merrill Auditorium. “Currently, Merrill has a very limited sound system and limited lighting. Enhancing these systems will make Merrill more attractive to many promoters,” Assistant City Manager Anita Lachance wrote in a memo to city councilors. Other improvements planned for Merrill Auditorium, including a new coat of paint for the celing, purchase of a video screen and projector and installation of a dimmer feature on the house lights system are projected to cost $175,000. These would be paid for in 2012 with the ticket surcharge because payments on the new debt wouldn't start until 2013. City councilors are also expected to consider whether to establish a fee for a revamped heavyitem pick up program and hold a first reading on a proposed ordinance to ban consumer-grade fireworks in Portland. Ordinances must be read twice before a vote can be held. The heavy-item pick up measure, which has been created by the Public Services division staff, would allow residents to put unwanted items on the curb during regular trash day for crews to remove. A special sticker would need to be affixed to the side for crews to remove it. The proposed sticker fee is $7.50 each, with larger items needing two stickers. Although the city had initially wanted to get the program up and running this fall, it’s now being pushed back until next spring. The program is similar to the popular heavy-item pick up plan that was canceled four years ago due to budget cuts. It’s not clear if the council will vote on the sticker fee at tonight’s meeting. Staff has asked that the discussion be tabled until February. The Portland City Council holds its regular meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall.

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Wednesday, Sept. 7 Mayoral Mixer and Fundraiser at Bayside Bowl 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Bayside Bowl 58 Alder St., Portland is hosting a mayoral mixer and fundraiser beneﬁting Preble Street Resource Center. Twelve of Portland’s mayoral candidates will be on hand, along with their bowling teams, to compete in the ﬁrst Mayoral Mixer Bowling Tournament. Supporters of the candidates are encouraged to show their team spirit by making a donation to Preble Street. Additionally, Bayside Bowl has pledged 5 percent of all food and dining sales to Preble Street.

Southern Maine Children’s Chorus auditions 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Southern Maine Children’s Chorus is auditioning new members for its fall performance. Auditions will be held at Corthell Hall, University of Southern Maine, Gorham. Auditioning singers grades 12 and younger have the option of singing a prepared song or a familiar song, such as “Happy Birthday.” The audition will also include singing back pitch patterns and a range check. The audition will take approximately 5-10 minutes. Some previous choral group experience is recommended. Rehearsals will be held on Wednesday evenings in Gorham. The University of Southern Maine School of Music administers this program, with support from Macy’s. Find more information on the School of Music and its community programs at www.usm.maine.edu/music. To schedule an audition time, or for more information, contact Marshunda Smith at marshunda.smith@maine.edu.

Twilight Dinner 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 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). Turkey Hill Farm, 120 Old Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth.

Unity of Greater Portland Hosts World Day of Prayer 7 p.m. “Prayer is the most powerful instrument for change available in our world today. On Sept. 7 and 8, Unity of Greater Portland, 54 River Road in Windham, will host a series of special activities that will focus the consciousness of our community on the Annual World Day of Prayer (www.worlddayofprayer.org), a world-wide celebration affirming peace, abundance, and love on an individual and global level. This 18th annual event will involve people from 160 countries in a world-wide effort to uplift our world in shared prayer consciousness. This year’s theme is ‘Together We Shine, we are channels through which Spirit illumines the world.’” On Wednesday Sept. 7 at 7 p.m., Unity of Greater Portland will hold a service focused on Forgiveness, followed by a 24-hour prayer vigil. “The prayer vigil will end at 6 p.m. on Thursday followed by an hour of silence. At 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8 will be the World Day of Prayer service which will feature prayers from many of the world’s religions. This service prepares the way for moving into a space of open heartedness so we can be the channel through which Spirit illuminates the world. After this service, we will conduct a spirit-filled candlelight walk of the Unity labyrinth.” For more information about Unity of Greater Portland or World Day of Prayer please contact our church office at 893-1233 or visit www.unitygreaterportland.org.

Thursday, Sept. 8 So You Think You Can Mayor? 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland is the site of this candidate forum. “The Maine League of Young Voters is corralling the city’s mayoral candidates, putting them on stage in front of you and demanding: so you think you can mayor?! Join us for an evening of audience participation, civic engagement, political discourse…and, oh yeah, food and fun! So bring a friend, bring a neighbor, bring a question, bring an ear to listen with (preferably your own), but be there for this ﬁrst-in-adog’s-age, not-to-be-missed, once-in-a-lifetime (or more accurately, every four years) event to help you determine who is best suited to steer Portland headlong into the future!” www.lucidstage.com

Film: ‘Page One: Inside The New York Times’ 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery screening. “In the tradition of great ﬂy-on-the-wall documentaries, ‘Page One: Inside The New York Times’ deftly gains unprecedented access to The New York Times newsroom and the inner workings of the Media Desk. With the Internet surpassing print as our main news source and newspapers all over the country going bankrupt, ‘Page One’ chronicles the transformation of the media industry at its time of greatest turmoil. Writers like Brian Stelter, Tim Arango and the salty but brilliant David Carr track print journalism’s metamorphosis even as their own paper struggles to stay vital and solvent. Meanwhile,

As contractors complete this summer’s Interstate-295 and Tukeys Bridge reconstruction, work crews have begun the re-paving process, milling the highway’s northbound passing lane from Franklin Street to just north of the Veranda Street exit. Maine Department of Transportation cautions motorists, especially motorcyclists, that they will encounter an uneven, milled surface in the passing lane during the day today. Construction crews plan to complete paving of the passing lane tonight, weather permitting. Crews will mill and ﬁll the travel lane along the same stretch of I-295 starting at 7 p.m. Thursday through 7 a.m. Friday morning, weather permitting. In case of wet weather, crews will pave the passing lane between 7 p.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday, and the travel lane between 7 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday. For more information, maps, and to sign up for email alerts, please go to mainedot.gov. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) their editors and publishers grapple with existential challenges from players like WikiLeaks, new platforms ranging from Twitter to tablet computers, and readers’ expectations that news online should be free. Followed by Q&A with Justin Ellis from the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard. www.space538.org/events.php

Friday, Sept. 9 The Black Frame Art Sale 5 p.m. The Black Frame Art Sale returns to Merrill Auditorium Rehearsal Hall in Portland for its eighth annual show, which features more than 150 works from 34 Maine artists all priced at $200. Doors open and sales begin at exactly 5 p.m. and continue until 8 p.m. Art collectors appreciate this show for its value and regularly form a line outside the door (even in the rain) ahead of the 5 p.m. opening in order to get first dibs on the artwork. The show features wellknown and emerging Maine artists selected to participate in the show by a curatorial committee. Artists in this year’s show include Marsha Donahue, Lindsay Hancock, Daniel Minter, Caren-Marie Michel, and Matt Welch. All the works in the show measure 10-inches by 10-inches, are custom framed in identical black wooden frames and sell for $200. Work is sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. The nonprofit Bayside Neighborhood Association hosts the event and splits all sales with the artists. The money raised by the Bayside Neighborhood Association is used to support children’s art programs, neighborhood clean-ups, the community garden, an annual health fair and other community activities in this diverse downtown neighborhood. For more information visit www.blackframeartsale.com or call 332-0253.

Great Gatsby Jazz Age Lawn Party 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The 2011 Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) Designers’ Show House, 149 Western Promenade, will be held in a stunning 1920s stone and slate Tudor. In the spirit of the era, the PSO will host a Great Gatsby Jazz Age Lawn Party as its preview event on Friday, Sept. 9, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets to attend are $100 per person and are available through the PSO office at 773-6128 ext. 311 or by email, events@portlandsymphony.org. For more information, visit the PSO Designers’ Show House page. The PSO also offers Patron Tickets for $250, which include the Gala Party and unlimited access to the Show House and all special events. Seventeen area designers have been working on the Designers’ Show House for nearly five weeks to completely redesign this historic and architecturally significant Portland-area home. The Gatsby Jazz Age Party is the only opportunity to see the completed house before it opens to the public with tours on Sept. 10. Admission to the Show House from Sept. 10-Oct. 2 is $25 per person or $20 if purchased by Sept. 8. Tickets are available through Port-

TIX, 842-0800 or porttix.com. Tickets will also be available at the door for $25. For tickets to the special events, visit portlandsymphony.org.

Art Opening: Moths 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., presents a special opening reception for “Moths,” a show of photography by Erica Burkhart. “Burkhart is a photographer, writer and musician living in Portland and working as a nurse. She studied photography at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio and at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Most recently she took a trip with a friend to Marbiel, a rural village in Haiti, to volunteer holding medical clinics. While there she had the opportunity to re-explore documentary photography with the gracious people of Marbiel.” www. lucidstage.com

10th Anniversary of 9-11 Memorial in Freeport 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Candlelight Vigil: Soldiers Memorial Park, Bow Street, honoring Maine soldiers lost in the War against Terror. Guest speaker MG Libby, Chaplain COL Vigue, ending with echoing Taps. 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Photo documentary presented by a responder to the Twin Tower site with music from the Ladies of Notes and the Freeport High School Chamber Choir at the Hilton Garden Hotel. www.FreeportFlagLadies.com

‘Life, Above All’ at the PMA 6:30 p.m. “‘Life, Above All’ is an emotional and universal drama about a young girl (stunningly performed by firsttime-actress Khomotso Manyaka) who fights the fear and shame that have poisoned her community. The film captures the enduring strength of loyalty and a courage powered by the heart. The film is based on the international award winning novel Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton.” Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art. Also Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. http://www.portlandmuseum. org/events/movies.php

Irish Language Class 7 p.m. The Irish American Club’s Irish Language class resumes in the Library of The Maine Irish Heritage Center at the corner of State and Gray streets in Portland. The series will last for 10 classes. Cost for the course is $20 for Irish American Club members and $40 for non-members. For information, please contact Kathy Reilly at 712-5191 (anytime) or email kath.reilly@hotmail.com or club@irishofmaine.org.

Yogi Mixer at The Awake Collective 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Awake Collective at 509 Forest Ave., Portland is hosting a “Yogi Mixer.” “A Yogi Mixer is a national event that Brad Newman created so people around the world who are interested in yoga have a better chance of meeting and developing profound relationships that beneﬁt society.” 841-6510 see next page

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– EVENTS CALENDAR––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– temporary arts and crafts featuring herbs and everlastings, jewelry, pottery, graphics, folk art, photography, stained glass and more. You will meet 70 of New Englands ﬁnest artisans. Musical entertainment by John Tercyak. Gourmet food available. Look for our tall ﬂags and come enjoy the day.” Wells Elementary School. Also Sunday. www.wellschamber.org

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

United Maine Craftsmen’s Fall Festival of Arts & Crafts in Westbrook

‘Unnecessary Farce!!’ 7:30 p.m. The comedy “Unnecessary Farce!!” Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road (Route 114), in Standish, 7.5 miles north of Gorham center. The show will only run for 3 weekends starting on Friday, Sept. 9. Friday and Saturday performances will rock the stage at 7:30 p.m. Sunday shows will be at 2 p.m. But tickets will go fast for this one, so make your reservations early. Ticket prices are $10 for students and seniors — $12 for adults. Make your reservations soon by calling 642-3743 or online at www.schoolhousearts.org. “Unnecessary Farce” is directed by Keith Halliburton (Limerick). It stars Rebecca Cole (Windham), Ted Tocci (Standish), Steve Morin (Gorham), Karyn Diamond (Standish), Mike Reardon (Biddeford), Charlie Cole (Windham), and Terri Plummer (Limington). Schoolhouse Arts Center is a nonproﬁt, community-driven organization dedicated to arts education and the presentation of the arts. Our mission is to encourage individual growth and a spirit of community through participation in the arts. We seek to foster a fun, creative, educational, and supportive arts environment where people can grow, develop skills, and involve themselves in the arts. The Schoolhouse Art Center is located at 16 Richville Road Route 114 just west of the intersection with Route 35, 7.5 miles north of Gorham center. For directions, ticket purchases, more information about the Schoolhouse Arts Center or Unnecessary Farce, please contact our ofﬁce at 642-3743 or visit www.schoolhousearts.org.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A show and sale of unique handcrafted products made by 100 Maine Artisans, on the grounds of Smiling Hill Farm. Ample Free Parking, Food Vendors, Rain or Shine. Admission $2. Smiling Hill Farm, 781 County Road, Westbrook. www.unitedmainecraftsmen.com

York Antiques Week 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Antiques Show will feature 18-20 of America’s top antiques dealers. Remick Barn, Rte 1A & Lindsey Road, York. Sept. 10-11. The $10 admission includes a two-day ticket to experience the Museums of Old York. Free parking is available on-site. Old York Historical Society. www.oldyork.org

SoPo Portland Nutrition Corner grand opening 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Portland Nutrition Corner will be hosting a grand opening celebration. Visitors will meet special guest Rich Gaspari, the owner and creator of Gaspari Nutrition and International Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (IFBB) Hall of Fame pro-bodybuilder. The celebration will include product and T-shirt giveaways, product deals and the opportunity to talk with the industry’s top nutrition experts. 85 Western Ave., South Portland. www.portlandnutritioncorner.com

Heart of America Quilt coming to Freeport

Saturday, Sept. 10 Bonny Eagle Flea Market 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rain date 9/17, at B E Middle School parking lot, corner of Rt. 22 & Rt. 35, Buxton. Tablespaces $10 or 5 for $40. New school clothes and shoes $1-$2, antiques, toys, books, etc. Baked goods, drinks, snacks & lunch available. Call Karen at 692-2989 FMI or to reserve tablespace. (83 tables in 2010) BEHS scholarship fundraiser.

Craft and vendor fair in Portland 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Craft and vendor fair. Northﬁeld Green, 147 Allen Ave., Portland. Crafters and many vendors, Avon, Pampered Chef, tupperware, Scentsy Stanley Products, bake sale. Breakfast sandwiches and lunch. For more information, call 797-2509.

Haiti Project yard sale in front of Deering High 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Haiti Project yard sale, in front of Deering High School, 370 Stevens Ave. Bring something, buy something! Sponsored by Sacred Heart/St. Dominic. 7736562 or 929-3088. Rain date: Sept. 17.

Lucid Stage Autumnal Arts & Crafts Show 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland. Stop by Lucid Stage this weekend and enjoy local artists and artisans work. They will be selling everything from painting and sculpture to knitwear and t-shirts. We’ll also have caricatures by Ed King, chair massage, and live music!

Community Garden Collective work party 10 a.m. The Community Garden Collective (CGC) will begin construction of the new community garden on the former Hamlin School property the weekend of Sept. 10. The CGC is seeking volunteers to help with garden construction. Volunteers can choose to either assist with the construction of the wood garden bed frames or can be part of the team that will be laying cardboard in the walkways. Work will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 and will continue throughout the day and possibly into Sunday, Sept. 11. The community garden is located behind the former school building (currently the location of the South Portland Planning Department) at 496 Ocean Street and will be opening in the spring of 2012. The garden design includes 39 garden plots located within a fenced area. Three plots will be set aside for the University of Maine Harvest for Hunger food pantry program, two plots will be handicap accessible, and one plot will be reserved for use as a Children’s Garden. Volunteers are being asked to bring a water bottle, snack and work gloves, and wear sturdy shoes. Individuals and groups who would like to work on this project can email CGC at communitygardencollective@gmail.com or call Crystal Goodrich at 671-6393.

Portland’s second annual Walk For Recovery 10 a.m. “Join to celebrate the power of recovery. Groups and individuals concerned with the continuing incidents of alcohol and drug abuse in the community are being encouraged to take part in the walk which is being organized and hosted by Catholic Charities Maine’s Counseling Services in partnership with Milestone Foundation, Crossroads for Women, Day One, Milestone, and Serenity House in celebration of National Alco-

Jon Reiner won the 2010 James Beard Foundation Award for Magazine Feature Writing with Recipes for the collaborative Esquire article “How Men Eat.” Reiner will visit Rabelais on Saturday. (COURTESY PHOTO) hol and Drug Recovery Month. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. The ﬁrst 250 people who register on the day of event will receive a free T-Shirt. Walk begins at 10 a.m. at Catholic Charities Maine Counseling Services, 250 Anderson St., and follows a route around the Eastern Promenade trail to the Ocean Gateway Terminal (3.2 mile round trip). There will be fun activities for kids of all ages. Light refreshments will be available.” For more information about the Walk for Recovery, volunteer or donation opportunities, or to register on-line, visit www.ccmaine.org/recovery or contact Kristen Wells at 3217806 or kwells@ccmaine.org.

10th Annual Medieval Tournament 10 a.m. The Fort Knox State Historic site will transform into a medieval castle as reenactors from around New England assemble for the 10th Annual Medieval Tournament. The Tournament offers something for everyone including battling knights, a fashion show, not so distressed damsels and weaponry of the Middle Ages. Sponsored by the Friends of Fort Knox as one of their many special events throughout the operating season. This event is organized by the Society for Creative Anachronism, whose members are dedicated to researching and recreating the arts and skills of Europe before the 17th Century, the tournament features a full day of fencing, music, full-contact ﬁghting, and more. Founded decades ago by students at the University of California, the Society for Creative Anachronism today is an international organization of more than 30,000 members. The society consists of 18 “kingdoms,” with Maine represented in the Shire of Endewearde, East Kingdom. Regular Fort admission fees apply ($1 ages 5-11, $3 12-64), plus a suggested donation of $3 per person is requested. The Medieval Tournament is sponsored by the Society for Creative Anachronism and the Friends of Fort Knox. Fort Knox Historic Site is administered by the Maine Department of Conservation and managed by its Bureau of Parks and Lands.

Auditions for ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Roles for ages 10-90; also need a drummer and a bass player. Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road, Standish.

Falmouth Heritage Museum exhibit 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Falmouth Heritage Museum presents a display of antique quilts, nursing memorabilia, vintage kitchenware and antique glassware. www.falmouthmehistory.org/Museum.htm

23rd annual Summer Solstice Craft Show in Wells 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “The best of Traditional, Country and Con-

10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The world’s largest quilted United States flag is coming to Freeport. On the fifth anniversary of 9/11 this giant quilt was at the U.S. Capitol, “{now Freeport is blessed to have it this year.” Pictures of the Fallen Soldiers at Thomas Moser lot, corner of Main & West Street; military displays on the Key Bank lawn; Heart of America Quilt on display at the Freeport High School baseball field.

Walk to Defeat ALS in Portland 10:30 a.m. The public is invited to register for the Walk to Defeat ALS. “The Northern New England Chapter was founded on August 20, 1999 to serve the needs of those living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and their caregivers. The ALS Association is the only national not-for-proﬁt health organization dedicated solely to the ﬁght against ALS. ALSA covers all the bases — research, patient and community services, public education, and advocacy — in providing help and hope to those facing the disease.” Walk Check-in: 9 a.m.; walk starts: 10:30 a.m. at Portland’s Payson Park; 3 miles. http://web.alsa. org/site/TR?px=2704967&fr_id=7425&pg=personal

Walking Tour of Historic Stroudwater 10:30 a.m. to noon. Greater Portland Landmarks presents: A Special Walking Tour of Historic Stroudwater. “Visit what was once a thriving town, a city almost. See what remains, the beautiful river, the bank of the once famous waterfront, the sites of some of the businesses, homes of the leaders, graves of a few, and hear the stories of the pine mast trade.” Rain date: Saturday, Sept. 17. Meet outside the Means House (at the Tate House Museum), 1267 Westbrook St., Portland. Ticket price: Advance ticket purchase only. Members $10, non-members: $15. For more information and reservations please call: 774-5561, ext. 104; e-mail: jpollick@portlandlandmarks.org; online ticket sales at www.portlandlandmarks.org.

Sandsations Sand Sculpting Contest noon to 3 p.m. Support a local nonproﬁt (www.ourbirthroots.org) by creating a masterpiece in the sand at the third annual Sandsations Sand Sculpting Contest. Come join the fun as Scarborough’s Pine Point Beach is transformed into a menagerie of imaginative sculptures. Birth Roots hosts this relaxed, family-friendly event every September where sand-sculptors of any skill level come together for some friendly competition and outdoor fun. “If you can dig, you can sculpt...” The event is both a community-builder and a fundraiser, with proceeds beneﬁting Birth Roots Perinatal Resource Center of Portland.

Rabelais book event with Jon Reiner 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Rabelais, 86 Middle St., Portland, welcomes Jon Reiner, author of “The Man Who Couldn’t Eat,” for a book signing. “What are the consequences when one has to stop eating? Jon Reiner knows and has written about it in his gripping new book, ‘The Man Who Couldn’t Eat.’ Jon discovered that eating is not just a matter of nutrition, but rather a whole group of physical, emotional, and social pieces of our worlds which depend on the act of eating. Join us to hear Jon speak brieﬂy and answer questions. He’ll also be available to sign copies of his new book.” http://www.rabelaisbooks.com/eventDetail.php?event_id=69 see next page

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Chris Van Dusen reads at USM 2 p.m. University of Southern Maine Portland Bookstore, Woodbury Campus Centerwelcomes Chris Van Dusen, who will be reading from his new book, “King Hugo’s Huge Ego,” about a tiny king with a very large ego. But when he mistreats the wrong villager — a sorceress — the spell she casts literally causes his head to swell. The more he boasts, the bigger it gets, ﬁnally toppling the mini monarch right off his castle. Van Dusen’s hilarious story is matched only by his outrageous illustrations. Together they make for a picture book that is sometimes fairy tale, sometimes cautionary, and always laugh-out-loud funny. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Barbara Kelly at 780-4072.

‘Life, Above All’ at the PMA 2 p.m. “‘Life, Above All’ is an emotional and universal drama about a young girl (stunningly performed by firsttime-actress Khomotso Manyaka) who fights the fear and shame that have poisoned her community. The film captures the enduring strength of loyalty and a courage powered by the heart. The film is based on the international award winning novel Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton.” Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art. Also Sunday at 2 p.m.

Elizabeth Miles at Scarborough Bull Moose store 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Port- “Life, Above All” screens this weekland author Eliza- end at the Portland Museum of Art. beth Miles will be at (COURTESY IMAGE) the Scarborough Bull Moose to sign her first Young Adult novel, “Fury.” “Fury” will be released on Aug. 30 and is the first in a trilogy about a small Maine town that has been targeted by the mythical Furies: beautiful, mysterious, and sometimes deadly agents of revenge. “Miles sets the stage for a page-turning Young Adult saga; a girl has a crush on her best friend’s boyfriend, a seemingly perfect boy has done something cruel. Set in the small fictional town of Ascension, Maine, in the dead of winter, the furies will rise, and as the series tagline says, ‘sometimes sorry isn’t enough.’ Early reviewers have called ‘Fury’ ‘achingly gorgeous,’ ‘a fresh dark twist on paranormal,’ and Kirkus Reviews wrote, ‘The furies are reinvented in eerie modern form, wreaking havoc in the lives of a group of teens … in this spine-prickling debut….’” Miles is a resident of Portland and writes for the Portland Phoenix. She has won several awards from the New England Press Association and was nominated for an Association of Alternative Newsweek-

The Freeport Flag Ladies — JoAnn Miller, Elaine Greene and Carmen Footer — meet ﬂights heading to Iraq and Afghanistan as they stop to refuel in Bangor and at Pease Airport in New Hampshire; photos are taken and put on a website for the families; packages are sent to the troops; and help is given whenever asked for American veterans. They invite the public to a commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of 9-11 Memorial, in Freeport, starting Friday night and running through Sunday. (COURTESY PHOTO) lies Award. Miles serves on the board of trustees of Portland Players, a community theater. More about the author and the planned series can be found at http://thefuryseries.com. The next two books are titled “Envy” and “Eternity.”

Block Party in Portland 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Block Party returns. “This collaborative celebration of the arts will transform Congress St. from Casco to Forest once again into an immersive arts environment complete with interactive installations, performances and more! Featuring Providence Rhode Island’s What Cheer? Brigade marching band, installations by Greta Bank, Kimberly Convery and Sean O’Brien, a traveling street theater performance by Lorem Ipsum, surprises from Pickwick Independent Press, Shoot Media Project, The ICA @ MECA, The Portland Children’s Museum and Theatreof Maine and Portland Ovations.” SPACE Gallery. www.space538.org/ events.php

Harbor Cruise for HART 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Homeless Animal Rescue Team (HART), an adoption center and shelter for cats and kittens located in Cumberland on the corner of Route 100 and Range Road, has announced a fundraising event, The Harbor Cruise for HART. The cruise will be aboard the Casco Bay Lines Bay Mist from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. “The Harbor Cruise for HART will be a fun event with great music, door prizes, and a cash bar,” said Marcia Carr, volunteer. “HART is looking for fun, new ways to raise money for the all-volunteer, no-kill cat shelter. What could be better than spending a fun evening out on beautiful Casco Bay with friends, while at the same time helping the cats and kittens that HART takes such good care of?” Information can be found at www.hartofme.com. Tickets are available on the HART website, as well as by e-mailing Jackie Broaddus at: catlova73@aol.com.