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Three years ago, the city used funds from a Maine Forest Service grant to study forest conditions in Pine Grove Park, in North Deering.

Data from that exercise showed that old-growth pine trees were preventing sunlight from reach-ing the ground, preventing new growth, said city arborist Jeff Tar-ling. Eventually, that information was used to create a new forest management plan for the 6.5-acre park that includes removal of some older trees.

“We looked at that (data) and said, ‘We need to do some thinning,’” Tarling recalled, or run the risk that many of the trees would fall over on their own.

This week, the city received another sustainable for-estry grant through the state’s Project Canopy program for $2,400 (with another in $2,400 local match). This time around, the city plans to survey about 200 acres of city-owned forest land along the Presumpscot River.

City launches anti-graffi ti websiteThe Portland Police Department launched a

new website for residents to report graffi ti.Portland's neighborhood prosecutor, Trish

McAllister, says the website gives people an easy way to notify city offi cials of vandalism against public or private property. It's also a resource for ideas on how to prevent graffi ti or remove a tag after the fact.

"This has been part of the enormous anti-graf-fi ti campaign," said McAllister, adding that the site went live Wednesday.

"Reporting has been part of the problem," she

said. "Everybody sees the graffi ti sprouting up but they don't know what to do about it."

The site asks residents to identify the location of the graffi ti and give a description of it. Per-sonal information is optional.

McAllister says offi cials will then be able to direct notices to the proper departments for cleanup, and police can keep a database on the

RIGHT: In this fi le photo, David Ginsberg with LearningWorks preps a wall on Park Street for graffi ti removal with the help of Youth Building Alternative students Mike Kimball (left) and Josh Link. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

Forests along Presumpscot River focus of city analysis

A groundhog wanders out of the weeds at Gilsland Farm, Maine Audubon’s sanctuary in Falmouth, Thursday afternoon. Also known as a marmot or woodchuck, the groundhog eats mainly wild grasses and other vegetation. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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LONDON (NY Times) — Seeking to rees-tablish his authority after England’s worst rioting in decades, Prime Minister David Cameron told an emergency session of Parliament on Thursday that the authori-ties would consider curfews, constraining smartphones and social networking sites, and fi lling some police functions with sol-diers to keep more offi cers on the street.

He also said that he would consult a former New York City police commissioner, William J. Bratton, who presided over a

record drop in crime there in the 1990’s, on ways to counter criminal gangs.

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the night. The police said that over 1,200 people had been arrested, most in London, since the frenzy of violence broke out on Saturday. The situation eased only after thousands of police reinforcements fl ooded the streets of London and major cities.

The convulsions of violence prompted widespread criticism of the police for an ineffective initial response and deeper fail-ures including corruption and collusion exposed by the broadening phone hacking scandal.

Cameron pledges swift reaction to rioters

NEW YORK (NY Times) — Once again, Wall Street went to extremes.

Stocks surged on Thursday, with the broader market rising more than 4 percent. It was the fourth day this week of major swings in stocks, following a drop on Monday, a sharp rise on Tuesday and steep declines on Wednesday.

Stocks have zigzagged to an extent that has not been seen for years. Thursday’s close was the fi rst time that the S.& P. 500 had a change of at least 4 percent for four straight trading sessions since

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WASHINGTON (NY Times) — On May 6, a Central Intelli-gence Agency drone fi red a volley of missiles at a pickup truck carrying nine militants and bomb materials through a desolate stretch of Pakistan near the Afghan border. It killed all the mili-tants — a clean strike with no civilian casualties, extending what is now a yearlong perfect record of avoiding collateral deaths.

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A New York City man was arrested in Scarborough after a Wednesday evening raid on a home where offi cials found drugs and ammunition, police said.

Rahman Williams, 29, of Brooklyn was arrested and charged with traf-fi cking scheduled drugs and possession of crack cocaine. Offi cers found heroin, crack cocaine, drug paraphernalia, ammunition and a bullet proof vest in the residence at 129 Sawyer Rd.

Police said a regional SWAT team and Drug Enforcement Administra-tion agents were used to secure the residence.

Alert neighbors led offi cials to search the home, police said.

Further charges may be pending as the investigation continues.

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No curbside trash/recycling in Portland on Labor Day

The Portland Department of Public Services Solid Waste crews will not col-lect trash or recycling on Labor Day, Sept. 5, the city reminded the public.

Residents who normally receive col-lection services on Monday will have their trash and recycling collected the Saturday before, Sept. 3. Residents of Peaks Island, Great Diamond Island, Little Diamond Island and Cliff Island will have their recycling and trash collection the following day, Tuesday, Sept. 6. All items should be out by 6:30 a.m. to ensure collection.

For details, contact the Recycling Hotline at 756-8189.

Breana Bryant fi nishes cleaning up her mother’s shop hours after a truck smashed through the front of the business at 3 Deering Ave. (MAT-THEW ARCO PHOTO)

Truck drives into Deering Ave. sandwich shop

A Portland man was arrested after he jumped a sidewalk in a pickup truck and smashed into the front of a Deering Avenue store, police said.

Charles Knox, 43, attempted to fl ee on foot after offi cials say he hit a parked car at about 4 a.m. and then lodged the 1993 Ford truck he was driving into the front of Mr. Sandwich & Mrs. Muffi n Sandwich Shop.

"You couldn't have predicted this one to happen," said Susan Denyer, the store's owner. "Considering the distance we are from the road ... I was shocked."

Knox had a blood alcohol level of .03 and was not cited for driving under the infl uence, police said. Offi cials couldn't say what caused him to veer off the road.

"(He) struck a parked car on the corner of Con-gress Street and Deering Avenue and then con-tinued into the building," said Sgt. Troy Bowden, of the Portland Police Department.

"It was a good mess," said Breana Bryant, who works at the shop for her mother.

Bryant was the fi rst to see the damage. Her sister was driving her to the store at about 8 a.m. when they saw the shattered windows. She said the truck had already been removed.

"He took out about fi ve windows," she said. "There was glass all the way to the (back of the shop)."

Police said Knox may have also hit a parked car nearly two hours before the incident, near 200 Riverside Street.

"That same truck was suspect in a hit and run," Bowden said. "That case is still under investiga-tion."

Knox was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, he said.

Denyer said she hopes to have her shop reopened by Tuesday.

BY MATTHEW ARCOTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Same truck that crashed into Mr. Sandwich was suspect vehicle in a hit and run on Riverside, police say

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Middle of the evening, the horrible awesome idea occurred. My face broke with that ever familiar evil Grinch grin, but first, you need the details.

Way back in time in the year 2009, the legislature passed same sex marriage. A lame duck governor, hoping to curry a bit of favor among the rem-nants of his party, grudgingly signed it into law. He had been against it before, but somehow now that he wasn’t running for anything other than the door of the Blaine House, the timing seemed right.

The new law was scheduled to go into effect 90 days after the last regular session day of the legislature. Overnight, “Stand For Marriage Maine” organized a people’s veto peti-tion drive to get the issue on the ballot.

Anyone remember what hap-pened next?

Much to the chagrin of wed-ding planners, function halls and divorce lawyers all chomp-ing at the bit for a newly opened market, the law going into effect was “put on hold.”

2011 voting and the ‘elegant hack’

City clerks were instructed not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, at least until the issue was finally decided in November.

Anyone want to take any bets on whether that is going to happen with same-day voter registration? C’mon, bet with me. You know you want to.

A loose coalition of groups has turned in 68,064 signa-tures, a bit more than the 57,000 needed, currently being validated by clerks all over the state. If they make the cut, the question will end up on the ballot.

But here is where that grin came into the story. Something had occurred to me, which should have occurred to every other political writer, jour-nalist, political operative and party hack in the entire state.

The two cases are equal. Same day voter registration SHOULD be allowed for THIS November, at least until the issue is decided by the voter.

Way off in the distance, you can hear a whistling sound. That is the pressure building in Charlie Webster’s head. As head of the Maine GOP, he was hoping nobody would notice that the two cases are equal.

Webster has been on a tirade as of late regarding 206 cases of out-of-state students reg-istering to vote in Maine elec-tions. Though he has passed his research onto the Secretary Of State’s office for prosecution and investigation (in that order, mind you), not much has hap-pened since the initial blovia-tion of a few weeks back.

Grin, meet readers of the Daily Sun. An opportunity arises here. The entirely legal aspect of students registering to vote in Maine while attend-ing school here just became the most elegant hack — the ver-nacular for a beautiful, easy

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Imagine for a minute that our country was filled with people who went their entire lives without knowing how their own government operated. During each election cycle, voters made up their minds based upon 30-second sound bites on TV promising grandiose ideas and mudsling-ing their opponents. High school students learn

Civic education key to democratic future

Justin Chenette

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about history, but not about how to register to vote.

The issue is you don’t have to imagine because it’s already a sad reality.

The LePage Administra-tion signed LD 1211, “An Act To Require That a Student Satisfactorily Complete a Course in Civics and Gov-ernment to Receive a High School Diploma.” Representa-tive Mary Nelson of Falmouth sponsored this piece of legis-lation that is now law. While critics cite problems with such an educational mandate, this is something that should have been a no brainer from day one.

I graduated high school at Thornton Academy in 2009 without any civics requirement. I did however take a political science course due to my high level of interest in the subject as a senior. It was not mandatory for students to take and

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as a result only about 40 students out of a class of 350 took the class. This meant 300 plus young people were going out into the real world without a solid foundation of how a bill is passed and more importantly how politics can affect every single aspect of our lives. These 300 plus graduating seniors would go on to represent the majority of Ameri-cans that feel a similar disinter-est and disconnect in our political system and with government func-tions.

When young people turn the magic number of 18 to become legal voting citizens, there isn’t a manual of life. How is one sup-posed to automatically know about our government and political pro-cess not to mention how to register to vote?

I knew at this point that civics education needed to be a top prior-ity for the sanctity of a surviving democracy. It wasn’t about demo-crats or republicans; it was about doing what is right for the future generation; my generation.

It just so happened I had been appointed to serve on the State Board of Education by then Gov-ernor John Baldacci. Here was the opening; the opportunity to let the flow of information trickle to the people with the power to make a difference. But alas the politi-cal beings at work, fought to keep the status quo over creating the kind of positive change students needed. Instead of incorporating my plea for mandatory civics edu-cation into the new curriculum set to go into place by 2014, a common sense oriented idea fell on deaf ears. The State Board of Education should be the entity spearheading ideas like this to the Commissioner of Education and subsequently the

Education and Cultural Affairs Committee of the Legislature. While it’s not explicitly spelled out in the statute, what little to no power the State Board of Edu-cation has should be wielded with more might or at least should take a more active role in educational reforms. Simply listening, without a political filter, to what is happen-ing with students in the classroom could be a start.

No matter how this came to be, the key is now that civics educa-tion is mandated how will it be implemented as critics like to so profusely proclaim? The fear is that the kind of civics taught through-out schools in Maine will be guided with a heavy hand of political ideol-ogy. Given the controversial figure Gov. LePage has become, good or bad, during his tenure, this fear is recognizable. It is reminiscent of the constant debate over national textbook content control by way of Texas’ checkbook.

Local districts should ultimately decide how to best implement civics education at their level with the guidance of the Commissioner of Education and the State Board of Education. An unbiased, indepen-dent source should verify that the content being developed is in fact focused on the full political spec-trum and not just through a narrow prism of indoctrination.

(Justin Chenette is a TV host of “Youth in Politics” airing on WPME Sundays at 7 a.m. and WPXT at 8:30 a.m. He is a former member of the Maine State Board of Education and is currently attending Lyndon State College majoring in broad-cast news. Follow him on Twitter @justinchenette, like him on Face-book.com/JustinChenetteOfficial, and visit his website at justinchen-ette.com.)

CHENETTE from page 4

solution — of voting history since dead people voted in Chicago.

Since it might still be legal, why NOT bus in tons of folks to register and vote on election day, assuming they are not going to vote in their home district?

Everyone is saying that this isn’t about the student vote (wink wink, nudge nudge) but somehow, the focus of Webster’s investigation was on students.

Funny that.So here are a few quick questions

for students in Maine who might want to flex their franchise muscle along with their other ones. Did you file a Maine Resident Income tax form last year? Does your Federal Tax Return have a Maine address? Do you have a state of Maine Driv-

ers License?If those are true, congratulations,

you’re a resident. You might want to go back and

change the address on your fed-eral student aid forms, since all of the above not only qualify you to vote here, but also give you the discounted in-state resident rate of tuition.

Seems to me something like that happened down in Florida with the children of some major Maine polit-ical figure, but the details escape me.

The most elegant hack of democ-racy is making the other guy play by the same rules he played by just a few years back.

Are you grinning yet?

(Bob Higgins is a regular contrib-utor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

HIGGINS from page 4

Fewer students mastering civics, putting our democracy at risk

Webster frothing about ‘voter fraud’

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The Portland Sea Dogs remain mired in last place, after one of the team’s top play-ers was traded to Seattle.

Outfi elder Chih-Hsien Chiang earned back-to-back designations as Eastern League Player of the Month for both June and July.

But he was traded away by the Boston Red Sox on July 31 when the team acquired left-handed pitcher Erik Bedard and right-hander Josh Fields from the Seattle Mariners. The club fi rst sent minor league right-handers Stephen Fife and Juan Rodriguez and catcher Tim Federowicz to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for outfi elder Tray-von Robinson and then traded Robinson to Seattle with Chiang in exchange for Bedard and Fields.

The Eastern League of Professional Baseball Clubs selected the Portland Sea Dogs’ outfi elder as the Eastern League Player of the Month for July, repeating an honor that he earned for June as well.

Chiang batted .430 (43-for-100) with 16 doubles, fi ve home runs, 27 runs scored, 25 RBI,

seven walks, three stolen bases and a .740 slugging percentage in 26 games to earn the honor, the Sea Dogs reported earlier this month.

A native of Taitung, Taiwan, Chiang was signed by the Red Sox as an international free agent on Oct. 20, 2005. Chiang became the eighth different Sea Dog to earn an Eastern League Player of the Month selection in franchise history and the fi rst to win

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sat sixth and last in the East-ern Conference, with a record of 49 and 68 (.419).

The Akron Aeros defeated the Sea Dogs 13-5 Thursday afternoon before a crowd of 6,584 at Hadlock Field, win-ning the series by taking two of the three games while the two teams split the season series with three wins apiece. Aeros left-fi elder John Dren-

nen homered and drove in fi ve runs.Akron made the most of their nine hits, scoring 13 runs. Drennen led the Aeros offen-sive attack with a 2-for-4 per-formance with a double, home run and fi ve RBI.

Will Middlebrooks was the offensive stand-out for the Sea Dogs who only managed fi ve runs despite 13 hits. Middle-brooks was 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI for the Sea Dogs. Middlebrooks now has 73 RBI on the season, ranking third in the Eastern League.

The Sea Dogs will continue the homestand tonight at 7 p.m. as the Erie Sea Wolves (Tigers) come to town for a three-game series. The Sea Dogs have not yet announced a starter. Erie will send righty L.J. Gagnier (3-5, 5.35) to the mound. Tickets are available and can be ordered by calling the Sea Dogs Ticket Offi ce at 879-9500 or order online at www.seadogs.com. Tonight is “Green Night” at the ballpark. Fans who ride their bike to the game are eligible for a buy one get one free ticket offer. The fi rst 1,000 fans will also receive a reusable shopping bag, courtesy of Hannaford Supermarkets.

DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT

Papi’s late heroics not enough to sweep Twins

MINNEAPOLIS (Ian Browne/MLB.com) — David Ortiz had already authored the go-ahead hits in the fi rst two games of this three-game set before clubbing a game-tying solo shot to center in the top of the eighth inning on Wednesday night.

This time, how-ever, the late-game dramatics from Big Papi were not enough for the Red Sox, who suffered a 5-2 loss to the Twins in the fi nale of a three-game series at Target Field.

The Red Sox were idle Thursday; tonight, they play a 10:10 p.m. game at Safeco Field against the Seattle Mariners.

The 72-44 Sox were leading the Yankees by 1 1/2 games in the Amer-ican League East at presstime.

In Wednesday’s loss, Jon Lester had done a nice job keep-ing the Red Sox in the game, but the lefty was the fi rst to acknowledge that this was not one of his better nights.

And it showed in the bottom of the eighth, when the Twins took the momentum — and the game — right back from him.

“I felt like I had pretty good stuff — I just wasn’t able to locate,” Lester said. “I gave them too many opportuni-ties, and when you do that, that’s what happens.”

Boston’s ace lefty went 7 1/3 innings, giving up eight hits and four runs, walk-ing fi ve and striking out four.

Ortiz brought the visitors into a tie with his monster shot against lefty Glen Perkins that was estimated at 419 feet.

“David had a big swing to get us tied,” manager Terry Francona said.

Outfi elder Chih-Hsien Chiang talks about his hitting with the Portland Sea Dogs during an interview with The Portland Daily Sun earlier this season. Chiang, who has been traded to the Seattle Mariners, became the eighth different Sea Dog to earn an Eastern League Player of the Month selec-tion in franchise history and the fi rst to win the award twice. He was honored for his performance in June and July. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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The Yankees continued to thrive off the long ball Thursday afternoon as Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson hit home runs for the second consecu-tive game.

Granderson hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the sixth inning and Cano hit a two-out grand slam in the seventh to break a 2-2 tie, and the Yan-kees went on to beat the Los Angeles Angels, 6-5, at Yankee Stadium.

Despite the victory, there was continuing concern about closer Mariano Rivera, who surrendered a three-run home run to the left-handed pinch-hitter Russell Branyan on the fi rst pitch he threw in the ninth inning, creating a nerve-racking ending.

Rivera nailed down the fi nal two outs for his 30th

save of the season.In his previous two appearances Rivera blew

a save against the Red Sox on Sunday night and took a loss on Tuesday night when Bobby Abreu hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning of a tied game. Abreu was on deck when Thursday’s game ended, on Alberto Callaspo’s foul ball, which Brett Gradner caught down the left-fi eld line.

Cano’s slam followed an error by Angels second baseman Maicer Izturis with two out in the seventh. A bouncing ball off the bat of Mark Teixeira hit off his glove, allowing Cano to bat against Scott Downs with the bases loaded.

Cano hit a line drive off the facing of the fi rst deck in right fi eld on an 0-1 pitch. Because of the error, the four runs were unearned. But Cano received credit for four runs batted in, giving him 81, and after he rounded the bases he was summoned from

the dugout for a curtain call.On Wednesday Cano hit a solo home run, a triple

and a double, missing the cycle by a single. He belat-edly got that single in his fi rst at-bat in the second inning Thursday, and added another in the fourth before he drilled the slam, his 20th home run of the season, in the seventh.

Granderson, who hit a home run on Tuesday, also hit two home runs on Wednesday: a three-run blast in the fi rst inning, then one in the fi fth, which set a new career high for him with 31. With Thursday’s shot he tied Teixeira for the team lead with 32.

Both starting pitchers, Bartolo Colon for the Yan-kees and Tyler Chatwood for the Angels, pitched into the sixth inning and allowed two-run home runs. Rafael Soriano (2-1) earned the victory with another scoreless inning, and Fernando Rodney (2-4), who preceded Downs, took the loss.

BY DAVID WALDSTEINTHE NEW YORK TIMES

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The city is planning to use the funds to create similar management plans for Oatnuts Park, Riverton Trolley Park, Presumpscot River Preserve and roughly 90 acres of forest land along Riverside Golf Course.

“This will be the fi rst time these woods have been looked at from a forest perspective,” said Tarling, who expects to hire a consultant to assist with the effort.

That’s not to say Tarling and other city staff are clueless about these woods.

They know Riverton Trolley Park, in the early 1900s a getaway spot for city residents complete with a casino, amphitheater and dance hall, is expe-riencing erosion along the river banks and becoming overrun with invasive species.

“What happens in a forest situa-tion, is that they will come in and take over,” he said of the Norway maples, Japanese honeysuckles and other non-native species that are crowding out native plants.

The city is planning to hire a for-estry consultant to actually do most of the surveys, which will include tree counts and inventories of vari-ous species and architectural ele-ments within each forest. The survey is expected to begin this fall and wrap up next spring.

“We are hoping that through the development of forest management

plans, the city will be able to manage not only for recreation and species, but also create some revenue through timber harvesting,” said Jan Santerre, the Project Canopy coordinator with Maine Forest Service.

Although it may sound counter-intuitive, she said the removal of trees actually improves overall forest health and can prevent spread of inva-sive plant species, insects and lessen damage during storms.

“A lot of people ... don't realize that to really keep those forest lands aes-thetically the way they are today that some management does have to take place,” she said.

If past surveys are any indication, the consultant will likely uncover some hidden gems in the city's forest lands.

For instance, the 2008 study that covered about 140 acres led to the dis-covery in Evergreen Cemetery of “one of the nicest oak stands” the forester had ever been in.

“There is all of those interesting little gems” that are there to be dis-covered, Santerre said.

The creation of forestry manage-ment plans can also impact nearby waterways — in this case the Pre-sumpscot River.

The areas to be studied by the grant “are all part of this watershed that feeds the river, and one of the lowest cost an most effective ways to keep the river clean is to keep the forest as forest," Santerre said.

FORESTS from page one

City targets non-native species

ABOVE and LEFT: Presumpscot River woodlands are shown in different seasons. The Presump-scot River is considered “a real success story” of the Clean Water Act, changing from being one of the most polluted rivers in New England to a much improved riparian habitat today, the city reports. (Photos courtesy of Jeff Tarling) RIGHT: A map of the Presumpscot River watershed. The city is planning to use grant funds to create management plans for Oatnuts Park, Riverton Trolley Park, Presumpscot River Preserve and roughly 90 acres of forest land along Riverside Golf Course. (COURTESY IMAGE)

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, August 12, 2011— Page 9

vandalism. The information could be used to link taggers caught in the act to other cases of vandalism.

"We want to know what tags are where," she said. "(We'll) keep a data-base on specifi c tags."

The graffi ti reporting site can be accessed from the PPD's main website, police.portlandmaine.gov, by clicking on "graffi ti."

It comes less than a month after a new graffi ti ordinance went into effect that offi cials say gives the city an edge in prosecuting vandals.

Violators of the new rule face a fi ne of at least $500, plus additional clean-ing costs, and no less than 25 hours of community service. Possession of graf-fi ti paraphernalia is an additional fi ne.

Police arrested the fi rst people to be charged under the new graffi ti crimes on Monday.

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Graffi ti reporting site can be accessed from city’s police.portlandmaine.gov

Offi cials responded Thursday to a video that conservative groups said showed evidence of the potential for welfare fraud and abuse in Maine.

The Maine Heritage Policy Center and Americans for Prosperity-Maine held a joint press conference in Augusta, where the groups showed footage from a video-recorded inter-action earlier this year between a Department of Health and Human Services employee at the Biddeford offi ce, and an individual posing as a “pharmaceutical” importer seeking free, taxpayer-funded Medicaid health coverage.

“The explosive details in the video demonstrate the vulnerability of the welfare system to fraud and abuse, which may contribute to the growth in enrollment and cost for Maine’s welfare programs,” the groups said, noting that the DHHS employee advised the alleged customer to keep his income hidden. “Today, almost

one in three Mainers is on some form of welfare, and the state spent more than $2.5 billion on its welfare system in 2008 alone,” the groups said.

“Our system is clearly vulnerable to fraud and abuse, and we can no longer pretend these things only happen in other states,” said MHPC chief execu-tive offi cer Lance Dutson.

Gov. Paul LePage said, “The video in its entirety does not show a person willfully helping someone de-fraud the welfare system. It does show a need for further job knowledge and continuous and improved staff train-ing. ... Although I do not believe the video shows an employee willfully allowing abuse of the welfare system, I do believe it is an example of how poor training can open the door to fraud and abuse. We must protect the limited resources for those who are truly in need and shutdown the benefi ts for those abusing the system.” He vowed to have the inci-dent investigated immediately “and to take the necessary steps to correct

this problem.”Assistant Senate Democratic

Leader Justin Alfond of Portland released a statement in response to the American’s for Prosperity and the Maine Heritage Policy Center’s press conference Thursday, stating, “This was a sting operation without the sting. No fraud was committed. I commend Governor LePage and Com-missioner Mayhew for honing in on the real issues,” said Alfond. “At best, it’s an example of how more training

can always be helpful but at the end of the day, the supervisor caught the red fl ags. This is a radical group pitting Mainer against Mainer and spreading distrust of government and hatred of public servants.”

The groups said the video points out potential for unethical practices in the welfare system. “Maine spends billions on its welfare system. Is this poten-tially illegal behavior what those bil-lions are funding?” asked AFP-Maine State Director Carol Weston.

DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT

Groups see potential for fraud within Maine’s welfare systemGov. LePage, Sen. Alfond offer responses to joint press conference highlighting video at DHHS

Rush hour into FalmouthVehicles queue up on the

Interstate 295 off-ramp leading to Veranda Street Thursday afternoon. The

freeway also was backed up in the northbound

lanes. This line of traf-fi c was heading into Falmouth from I-295

northbound. Road con-struction on the freeway

creates occasional traffi c back-ups. The Maine

Department of Transpor-tation urges travelers to avoid I-295 during peak travel times, if possible.

“MaineDOT reminds motorists that shifting

travel lanes and tempo-rary on- and off-ramp

closures associated with repair work on Interstate 295 continue to demand

that travelers pay special attention to informational signs when approaching

work zones — especially signs indicating reduced

speed zones.” (DAVID CARKHUFF

PHOTO)

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). There will be an adjustment to your domestic life. It will happen slowly over the next seven days. You’ll be more comfortable at the end of it, but it will be a process. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You will fi nd yourself in a position to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. You’ll do an excellent job at this, especially if you don’t give it too much thought. Shoot from the hip, and do what’s right. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When is there going to be a time to explore the interest that captured your imagination so thoroughly when you were a child? You may just fi nd the time today. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You know better than to be annoyed by the skeptics. Indeed, you are grateful for them because they spur you on to do and become more. You will be highly motivated now, eager to prove the skeptics wrong. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be in a wild and exploratory mood. Ask ques-tions, and you’ll fi nd good answers. Are they the right answers? Probably not. But they are good enough to keep you interested and asking more. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Make it easy for people to fi nd you, and prepare to be surprised. Though you don’t nec-essarily want to talk to everyone from your past, there are a few people you will happily get to know all over again. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You will be in a position to either hear or give a confession. The admission could lead to redemption or condemnation. Much hangs in the balance here. Be compas-sionate with yourself and others.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). An unobtainable person has a magnetic appeal to you. Perhaps this is some-one who is in no position to return your affection. The situation allows you to explore the complexities of emotion. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Family will hold a mirror up to you whether or not you are in the mood to look at yourself. Their way of refl ecting you is a gift, though it may not feel that way just now. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). People enjoy exchanging stories about misfortune. Stay out of the conversa-tion. It’s a kind of competition, though there is no real benefi t to winning. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It is easy to get caught up in your own thinking. Thoughts can double back on themselves and drag you inside them like a powerful riptide. To avoid getting carried away, stop the thought process early on. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There’s a hero in your midst -- some-one who will gallantly slay the dragon for you. It may not be the one you think it is. Note that some of the best knights don’t wear armor. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (August 12). Make it a point to be around people who are as goal-oriented as you are. A change to your domestic life will be introduced in September. November brings fi nancial improvement. You’ll be helped by family members who want you to succeed. Your personal life spar-kles with new friendships in February. Aquarius and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 47, 3, 22, 15 and 4.

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7 WPFONFL Preseason Football Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Kansas City Chiefs. From Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. (N) (In Stereo Live) Å

Frasier (In Stereo) Å

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News 8 WMTW at 11 (N)

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10 MPBNWashing-ton Week (N) Å

Maine Watch with Jennifer

McLaughlin Group (N)

Inside Washing-ton Å

Need to Know (N) (In Stereo) Å

Charlie Rose (N) (In Stereo) Å

11 WENHAndré Rieu Presents: Live in Dublin Johann Strauss Orchestra performs. (In Stereo) Å

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Live Band performs. (In Stereo) Å

Younger Next Year

12 WPXTNikita “Into the Dark” Ni-kita goes to London with Owen. Å

Supernatural “Frontier-land” Looking for a way to defeat Eve.

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13 WGMEFlashpoint “A Day in the Life” The team gains a new recruit. (N)

CSI: NY “Sangre Por Sangre” A powerful gang’s leader is killed.

Blue Bloods “After Hours” A doorman at a nightclub is murdered.

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25 FAM Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos The 700 Club (N) Å

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47 AMC Movie: ››› “Top Gun” (1986) Tom Cruise. Movie: ›› “The Peacemaker” (1997) Premiere.

48 HGTV Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters

49 TRAV Paranormal Challenge Paranormal Challenge Ghost Adventures Ghost Adventures

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Today is Friday, Aug. 12, the 224th day of 2011. There are 141 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Aug. 12, 1981, IBM introduced its

fi rst personal computer, the model 5150, at a press conference in New York. The 5150 that was presented had an Intel 8088 micro-processor running at 4.77 MHz (megahertz), 16 kB (kilobytes) of random-access memory (RAM), no disk drives, and a pricetag of $1,565 (allowing for infl ation, that would be nearly $4,000 today).

On this date:In 1867, President Andrew Johnson

sparked a move to impeach him as he defi ed Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.

In 1898, fi ghting in the Spanish-American War came to an end.

In 1941, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, head of the government of Vichy France, called on his countrymen to give full support to Nazi Germany.

In 1944, during World War II, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., eldest son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, was killed with his co-pilot when their explosives-laden Navy plane blew up over England.

In 1953, the Soviet Union conducted a secret test of its fi rst hydrogen bomb.

In 1960, the fi rst balloon communications satellite — the Echo 1 — was launched by the United States from Cape Canaveral.

In 1962, one day after launching Andrian Nikolayev into orbit, the Soviet Union also sent up cosmonaut Pavel Popovich; both men landed safely Aug. 15.

In 1985, the world’s worst single-aircraft disaster occurred as a crippled Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 on a domestic fl ight crashed into a mountain, killing 520 people. (Four people survived.)

One year ago: General Motors Co. chief Ed Whitacre announced he was stepping down as CEO on Sept. 1, 2010, saying his mission was accomplished as the company reported its second straight quarterly profi t.

Today’s Birthdays: Former Senator Dale Bumpers, D-Ark., is 86. Actor George Hamilton is 72. Actress Dana Ivey is 70. Actress Jennifer Warren is 70. Rock singer-musician Mark Knopfl er (Dire Straits) is 62. Actor Jim Beaver is 61. Singer Kid Creole is 61. Jazz musician Pat Metheny is 57. Actor Sam J. Jones is 57. Actor Bruce Greenwood is 55. Country singer Danny Shirley is 55. Pop musician Roy Hay (Culture Club) is 50. Rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot is 48. Actor Peter Krause (KROW’-zuh) is 46. International Tennis Hall of Famer Pete Sampras is 40. Actor-comedian Michael Ian Black is 40. Actress Yvette Nicole Brown is 40. Actress Rebecca Gayheart is 40. Actor Casey Affl eck is 36. Rock musician Bill Uechi (Save Ferris) is 36. Actress Maggie Lawson is 31. Actress Dominique Swain is 31. Actress Imani Hakim (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 18.

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York County Shelter yard sale donationsTBA. The donation of items (household goods, tools, books, toys, antiques and collectibles , etc.) are now being accepted for the gigantic yard sale, silent auction, and book sale, that will be held at the Shaker Hill Apple Festival in Alfred, on Sept. 24 and Sept. 25. The donation of services and gift certifi -cates from area businesses will be especially appre-ciated for the silent auction. Proceeds from the yard sale, book sale, and silent auction will benefi t the homeless children residing at the York County Shel-ter Programs. The Shelter asks that donated items be in good condition. Large appliances and cloth-ing can not be accepted. To make arrangements to drop off donations at the Shelter contact Joan Syl-vester or Mary Doyle at 324-1137 or email: joans@ycspi.org or mqdoyle@gmail.com. York County Shelter Programs is a homeless shelter in Alfred, which offers emergency, transitional and perma-nent housing for previously homeless children and adults. They also offer substance abuse and mental health treatment, educational classes, case man-agement, vocational training, and help with medical care and legal assistance. They operate a working farm, catering business, two bakeries, a shared-use community kitchen, housing assistance, and a cafe. For additional information, visit their website at: www.yorkcountyshelterprograms.org

Free-form Improv workshop with Will Luera 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. “This workshop explores the mak-ings of the unique style of the ImprovBoston Main-stage. The format of our show follows the concept that every moment in a show can be deconstructed and can lead to another scene all while following the funny and where the show wants to take you. We’ll review the tools that will enable to create a unique free-form performing experience every time you hit the stage. We will review ideas of listening to what the show wants, what can be funny, when are the best times to edit and how to edit the scene. Will Luera is the Artistic Director of ImprovBos-ton, former Artistic Director of the Lowell Comedy Festival, former Mainstage Director at ImprovAsylum, and Artistic Associate of the Chicago Improv Festival.” www.lucidstage.com

Portland High School — Fall 2011 Sailing Team5:30 p.m. Registration is now open. Friday, Aug. 12: Reg-istration deadline at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29: Practice begins for all sailors. Tuesday, Sept. 6: Tryout period. Sailing is a varsity, co-ed Portland HS sport open to Portland and Casco Bay High School students from grades 9 -12. For more information about registration, practice, cost, scholar-ships, call PHS at 874-8250. Visit SailMaine website: http://sailmaine.org/ for High School Sailing Program information.

St. Peter’s Four-Mile Road Race7 p.m. Annual four-mile Road Race. Register online at www.baystateevents.com. Also the Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress St., Portland, 2.7 miles from the start, is offering rooms for $150 for up to four people for a “runner’s spe-cial.” 774-5611

‘Tough Island: True Stories from Matinicus’7 p.m. Crash Barry will read from his novel, “Tough Island: True Stories from Matinicus, Maine” at Longellow Books. “The new collection of gritty true stories by Crash Barry, Bol-lard columnist and author of “Sex, Drugs & Blueberries” details his stint as a lobsterman on Matinicus, a fi shing community off the coast of Maine notorious for its hard-living, big-hearted characters. During his two years on the island, Crash discov-ered that despite being 20 miles out to sea, Matinicus was a microcosm of modern American society. In ‘Tough Island,’ Crash tells true stories from his time there, tales of love, sex, hate, violence and death in a place of idyllic and breathtaking beauty.” http://longfellow.indiebound.com

Open Mic/Poetry Slam in Auburn7:15 p.m. Open Mic/Poetry Slam. First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant St. Free. FMI 783-0461 or www.auburnuu.org.

‘The Wiz’ by Maine State Music Theatre7:30 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 jour-ney 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. 13

Tour de Merrymeeting Bay8 a.m. The Rotary Clubs of Brunswick and Topsham present the ninth annual Tour de Merrymeeting Bay. Noncompetitive bicycle rides featuring rides of 25 and 50 miles around scenic Merrymeeting Bay in the Midcoast of Maine. Free post ride BBQ for all participants. Proceeds of the event benefi t the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust’s Head of the Tide Park in Topsham. For more information or to register, contact Town of Topsham Parks & Recreation, 100 Main St., Topsham, 725-1726 or online at www.topshammaine.com/pnr.

‘March Back to School in Style’9 a.m. A Walk and Fashion Show to Benefi t the March of Dimes takes place at the Maine Mall. The March of Dimes, Maine Chapter announces a premiere event, “March Back to School in Style,” hosted by the Maine Mall. Participants are invited to register at www.marchforbabies.org to join the morning festivities in support of healthy babies. Follow-ing a loop at the Maine Mall, guests will be treated to a back-to-school fashion show in Garden Court. Hosted by

Mrs. Maine, Tina Hendricks, the Mall March is sponsored by Newick’s Restaurant and Key Bank. The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofi t organization for pregnancy and baby health. For latest resources and information, visit mar-chofdimes.com or nacersano.org. “Find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.”

‘Support Our Own’ Motorcycle Run10 a.m. The Dirigo Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 618 of Lewiston will host the fi rst annual “Support Our Own” Motorcycle Run at the New Auburn Social Club located at 7 Second St. in Auburn. The event is open to the public. Cost for the ride is a donation of one item to the cause. Break-fast will be held at the Social Club from 10-11 a.m. Riders will depart at 11:30 a.m. with stops at the New Gloucester Eagles, the Windham Eagles, the Gray American Legion and the Past Time Club. The ride ends at the Lewiston Eagles at 5 p.m. where there will be a pig roast free to the riders and $5 for non-riders with music from the live band 4Play. Items acceptable for donation include disposable razors, shaving cream, toothpaste, tooth brushes, deodorant, soap, tam-pons, etc. No Aerosol cans are permitted. Any cash dona-tions for the project will be used to buy additional supplies. The Dirigo Eagles has maintained a presence in the Lewis-ton community since 1904 and currently hosts nearly 500 Aerie members. For information, contact David Veinott at 713-2484 or call Gail Pelletier at 212-2905.

Eighth annual Southern Maine Pagan Pride Day10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The eighth annual Southern Maine Pagan Pride Day will celebrate Southern Maine’s Pagan Community at a new location at The Unitarian Universalist Church of Saco & Biddeford in Saco. Admission: One non-perishable food item to benefi t Saco/Biddeford UU Food Pantry. The Unitarian Universalist Church of Saco & Bid-deford is located at 60 School St., Saco. FMI: www.maine-paganprideday.org.

Native American Pow Wow in Graynoon. On Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 13 and 14, the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray will be the extremely popular “‘Honor The Animals’ Native American Pow Wow.” Rep-resentatives from several Maine and New England tribes will be at the park for two full days with native dancers, drummers, craft vendors, singers and traditional food booths. Special events will be presented throughout each day. The Friends of the Maine Wildlife Park will be staffi ng a B-B-Q lunch on both days, with all proceeds to ben-efi t the wildlife park. Music will include performances by Black Thunder, Hard Times (from Canada) and Mountain Spirit. A traditional Wikki travel shelter, with numerous Native American and Colonial artifacts, will be avail-able for viewing each day with Ken Hamilton, a Maine 17th and 18th century woodland living historian, inter-preter and blacksmith. For more information about any of these programs, please call the Maine Wildlife Park at 657-4977; or visit online at www.mainewildlifepark.com, www.mefi shwildlife.com or on Facebook.

On Saturday, the public can attend the Bayside Neighborhood Block Party, taking place from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Portland Street. Pictured is the Bayside Community Garden. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

This 1833 Shaker Barn has become the home of the Healthy Habits Center and Food Pantry of the York County Shelter Programs, Inc. The shelter is seeking yard sale donations. Visit www.yorkcoun-tyshelterprograms.org for details. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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Portland Community Health Center open house1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Portland Community Health Center is marking National Health Center Week 2011 with an open house, as part of the weeklong effort to raise awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s com-munity health centers as local solutions. Portland Commu-nity Health Center, 180 Park Ave. The open house gives the community an opportunity to meet the doctors, nurses, social workers and staff. PCHC will be providing free blood pressure checks, activities for kids, prize, health promo-tion materials and tours of the center along with music and refreshments. “The theme of this year’s NHCW Cel-ebrating America’s Health Centers: Serving Locally, Lead-ing Nationally underscores how federally-qualifi ed health centers deliver a unique approach that targets the health needs of the community and saves taxpayer dollars. One of the bright spots in America’s health care system, these centers provide health care homes to more than 175,000 people in Maine and 23 million nationally saving the health care system between $10 and $17.6 million a year. The White House Offi ce of Management and Budget has ranked community health centers as one of the ten most effective government programs in the U.S.” The Portland Commu-nity Health Center is a nonprofi t federally qualifi ed health center that operates in partnership with the City of Port-land, Health and Human Services Department, Public Health Division. Care is provided at two sites, the Com-munity Health Center at 180 Park Ave., and the Health Care for the Homeless clinic at 20 Portland St. The center is governed by a Board of Directors composed of a major-ity of patient members. To fi nd out more about National Health Center Week, visit www.healthcenterweek.org.

Western Cemetery walk2 p.m. Matt Barker, historian at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland, will lead a Western Ceme-tery walk; meet at the MIHC library at 1:30 p.m. Suggested donation: $10.

Bayside Neighborhood Block Party2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Bring your lawn chair to the Bayside Neighborhood Block Party, in the parking lot next to Dyer’s Variety, Portland Street. Music, food and more! Sponsored by Bayside Neighborhood Assoc., Preble Street, Wayside Soup Kitchen, Goodwill, Lost Coin Café, G&R DiMillo’s, the city of Portland and Rickey’s Tavern.

86th Annual St. Peter’s Bazaar/Street Festival5 p.m. to 10 p.m. August 13 and 14, Annual Italian Street Festival, 72 Federal St. Saturday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Annual raffl e, win up to $2,000. Games for the entire family! 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, pasta dinner w/salad and beverage ($8 Adult/ $5 children under 16). http://stpetersbazaar.eventbrite.com

Sunday, Aug. 14

Unity features Peter Canova, Quantum Spirituality12:15 p.m. to 2 p.m. “Are we living in a giant hologram? Guest speaker Peter Canova will explore this and many other haunting possibilities at Unity of Greater Portland, 54 River Road in Windham. This exciting workshop, Quantum Spiri-tuality, will explore such topics as: The suppressed story of early Christianity; the secret teachings of Jesus; Mary Magda-lene and the lost women of the Church; the ancient Mystery Schools; Gnosticism; quantum physics; the illusory nature of our universe as a holographic play of light; the meaning of consciousness; Jungian psychology and Gnostic parallels. At the end of WWII, the Gnostic Gospels were unearthed in the Egyptian desert. These scrolls are not only revising our Judeo-Christian history, they are slowly transforming our entire spiri-tual perspective. The recovered texts portray the origins of Judaism and Christianity as the Western branches of a radi-cally feminine oriented Universal spiritual tradition that links our religious history to the mystical core of every major faith in the world. Peter Canova’s talk examines how the writings of the ancient mystics foreshadowed quantum physics and Einstein’s theory of relativity in describing the creation of the universe, the origins of humanity, and the nature of our real-ity. ... A love offering is requested. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to explore new paradigms in religious thought.” For more information about Unity or Peter Canova, call 893-1233 or visit www.unitygreaterportland.org.

Memorial mass in the Western Cemetery1 p.m. The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 1, Port-land, will celebrate a memorial mass in the Western Cem-etery. This will be the 12th anniversary of the dedication of the Memorial Stone, originally dedicated Aug. 15, 1999. The Memorial Stone is in memory of the early Catholics, pre-dominantly Irish, who are buried in the “Catholic Ground.” The Hibernians placed the Memorial Stone to honor the 1,000 individuals, most of whom were in unmarked graves, and many of whom came from Ireland during and after the

Great Hunger in Ireland in the 1840s, resulting from the potato crop failure. The annual mass will be followed by a reception at St. Patrick’s Church on Congress Street. All are welcome. In case of rain, the mass will be held at St. Patrick’s. The Western Cemetery is located at the corner of Danforth and Vaughan streets.

Kalever Rebbe, Holocaust Survivor, in Portland4 p.m. The public is invited to Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue “for the exciting, upcoming visit of the Kalever Rebbe to Portland. The Kalever Rebbe is a Holocaust Survivor, world renowned for his inspiration, wisdom, advice and blessings. The rebbe is a direct descendant from the great sages who studied under the Baal Shem Tov, the Master of the Great Name — centuries ago. For 30 years the Rebbe has met with people of all ages and denominations in over 50 coun-tries. Hundreds of thousands have been uplifted and moti-vated by his advice and words of inspiration. The Kalever Rebbe will be visiting Portland accompanied by some of his Chassidim. The students of the Kalever Rebbe have been quietly helping our community beautify our local mikvah. The Mikvah — Mikvat Shalom — is run by an incredible group of people who dedicate their time and efforts to promoting the important mitzvah of mikvah in Maine.” The synagogue adds, “A mikvah is considered an essential ele-ment of a Jewish community. Mikvat Shalom’s vision is to make it possible for all Jews to learn about the tradition of ritual immersion and the ways individuals can use the mikvah to enrich their lives. We are committed to maintain-ing a kosher mikvah that is welcoming, as well as being a vital local resource that strengthens our community.” Shaarey Tphiloh, 76 Noyes St. http://www.mikvatshalom.org/photogallery.php or http://www.mainesynagogue.org/drupal/?q=news

Tuesday, Aug. 16

Free seminar, ‘Outlook and Opportunities’10 a.m. Free seminar, “Outlook and Opportunities: Eco-nomic Recovery — Progress, Not Perfection,” hosted by Seth Cheikin, AAMS, Financial Advisor. “Why high defi cits should not prevent you from making investment decisions; how to choose municipal bonds; where to look for stock market opportunities. Edward Jones, 251 U.S. Route 1, Fal-mouth Shopping Center, second fl oor, Falmouth on Aug. 16 at 10 a.m., Aug. 17 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Aug. 18 at 10 a.m. To reserve your place, call Carole Vreeland at 781-5057.

West African rhythms with Annegret Baiernoon to 1 p.m. Post Offi ce Park, Congress Square and Lobsterman’s Park provide perfect venues for live music, talented local performers and activities for kids. Whether during a lunch break or with the kids, downtown Portland’s free events are not to be missed. Weekday Performance Series — Tuesdays, noon to 1 p.m. Enjoy your lunch out-side and be entertained by Portland’s best talented per-formers! Congress Square: Aug. 16, West African rhythms with Annegret Baier. Baier will present West African rhythms and songs on authentic drums and percussion instruments! Brought to you by WPXT, WPME, WHOM, mainetoday.com, raisingmaine.com

‘Meet Your Farmer’ fi lm event6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust is partnering with Maine Farmland Trust to show eight short fi lms in an event titled “Meet Your Farmer” at the Topsham Public Library. Free and open to the public, this fi lm series will begin with a short meet and greet with local farmers including Seth Kroeck of Crystal Spring Farm, and several varieties of locally grown foods to sample. Following the fi lm screenings, there will be a brief discussion Q & A. Maine fi lmmakers Cecily Pingree and Jason Mann, have created fi lms that tell the diverse stories of eight Maine farms: from Aroostook to York; potatoes to dairy, from large commercial operations to small farmers who sell directly to local people.The fi lms have traveled to over 50 locations throughout the state, telling the important story of farming in Maine and have been hailed as “moving portraits” and “incredible fi lm work” by observers. For more information www.btlt.com

Dave Wickerham on the Kotzschmar7:30 p.m. “Great Movie Music and More!” Organist-in-Res-idence at the Milhous Museum in Baco Raton, Fla., where he commands three different organs, “Wickerham brings his enthusiastic musicianship and vast repertoire to the historic Kotzschmar organ in a program called, Great Movie Music and More! We’ll travel from the early Hollywood years, and beyond, with this grand event on the World’s most versatile concert organ. Defi nitely Oscar worthy!” www.foko.org

Wednesday, Aug. 17

Linda McConnell in Falmouth via Skype7 p.m. Linda McConnell, the beloved librarian from Aus-tralia, 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 Blast5 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 excite-ment. 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 sto-ries, music, gaming and an Adult reading discussion group will be available. Ample parking. Handicapped accessible.

Inspirations in Color9:30 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 Nepi7 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 Festival7 p.m. Beethoven: String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3; Melinda Wagner: Scritch for Oboe + String Quartet; Pou-lenc: Sextet for Piano and Winds. The concert will be pre-ceded by an informal pre-concert lecture by composer Elliott Schwartz at 7 p.m. Abromson Community Education Center, University of Southern Maine (Portland Campus). 88 Bedford St., Portland.

Crash Barry at Bull Moose in Scarborough7 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 fi rst edition hardcover. “The gritty memoir provides a guided tour of a unique society inhab-ited 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 Freeport7:30 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.

Friday, Aug. 19

A Walk Around the East End5:30 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-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.html

A Prairie Home Companion8 p.m. A Prairie Home Companion: Summer Love Tour 2011 at the State Theatre. SOLD OUT. http://www.statethe-atreportland.com/

Saturday, Aug. 20

Snowy Egret Day at Scarborough Marsh7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center fea-tures 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 Festival9 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

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R & R Spinners at Sabbathday Lake10 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.

Slit tapestry workshop10 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 furnish-ings, bracelet or a wachumacal-lit! Just bring scissors. Fee: $30 (pre-registration required). 926-4597.

First annual MS Harborfest Shoreside Festival10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event is a fundraiser for the MS Society. The festival will feature local musicians, food vendors, artists, crafters and kids games/activi-ties. It will be held in Fort Allen Park and portions of the Eastern

Promenade Park on Aug. 20 and 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival areas will also be used as vantage points for the Lobster Boat Races and Tug Boat Muster on Casco Bay.

Art & Fine Craft Show at Gilsland Farm10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gilsland Farm in Falmouth presents the 15th annual juried art and craft show featuring 60 ven-dors selling jewelry, pottery, sculpture and other high-end handmade work. Gourmet lunch will be offered by Belle Fete Caterer and in the after-noon 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 benefi t Maine Audubon. http://habitat.mai-neaudubon.org

Portland Music & Arts Festival2 p.m. The second annual Portland Music & Arts Festi-val on Free Street. A day-long festival on Free Street, fea-turing the work and perfor-mances of Maine artists, local

and national musicians and appropriate food and drink concessions. Proceeds from ticket sales, sponsor contribu-tions, donations and vendor rentals will be donated to The Maine Children’s Cancer Program. www.theportlandmusi-candartsfestival.com/schedule

Barb Truex performs with August Ensemble8 p.m. Barb Truex performs with August Ensemble in Port-land. 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).

Sunday, Aug. 21

Tri for Preservation Sprint Triathlon and Aquabike7:30 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 recom-mended, and may be required on race day at the discretion of the race director in the interest of athlete safety). Partici-pants 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 fi re road) towards Kettle Cove and back along Route 77. capelandtrust.org/triathlon/2011/

Maine Maritime Museum commemoration4 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 fi rst 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 previ-ous record of 292 days, and even besting his opti-mistic goal of a 220-day voyage. On Aug. 21, Maine Maritime Museum will commemorate the 25th anniversary of that signifi -cant event and pay tribute to the remarkable indi-vidual 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 Port-land Company complex on Fore Street in Portland. It will begin at 4 p.m. with a screening of ‘Around Alone,’ the documentary fi lm that followed Morgan during his epic journey and was a featured program on the PBS program, ‘Adven-ture.’ The 57-minute fi lm was produced from more than nine hours of fi lm that had been shot by six cam-eras 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 refl ections of both the man and his voyage. Morgan’s only companion on the voyage, his boat American Promise, will be dockside for tours. Follow-ing the epic voyage, the boat spent twenty years as a sail training vessel for the United States Naval Academy before becom-ing the mother ship for the Rozalia Project focused on ridding the oceans of plas-tic debris.” Tickets for the tribute are available online at www.MaineMaritimeMu-seum.org.

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Carnival rides are just part of the fun at the 157th Topsham Fair. Agricultural and farm exhibits, rides, harness racing, horse and oxen pulling, pig scrambles, stunt cars, truck pull-ing, demolition derby, bands, great food and more are offered at the Topsham Fair, continuing through Sunday. Gates open at 8 am. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)