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AUGUSTA — Democrats on a bipartisan committee narrowly advanced a congressional redistricting plan to the Maine Legislature, while Republicans vowed the plan would be dead on arrival.

A Congressional Reapportionment Commis-sion voted 8-7 Tuesday to recommend a Dem-ocratic plan to divide Kennebec County and move 19,192 people between the 1st Congres-sional District and the 2nd as part of a con-tentious effort to update congressional district boundaries.

The 2nd District — currently represented by Democrat Mike Michaud — would increase 75.1 square miles in size under the redistrict-ing proposal forwarded to the Maine Legisla-ture. The 2nd District would grow from 27,326 square miles to 27,401 square miles. The 1st District — currently represented by Democrat Chellie Pingree — would decrease in size from 3,535 to 3,460 square miles.

Republicans, during Tuesday’s meeting in Augusta, outlined their own proposal to include Androscoggin County and Lewiston-Auburn in the 1st Congressional District. They noted that their latest plan would keep Pingree’s hometown of North Haven in the 1st District,

GOP: Democratic proposal ‘has no chance of achieving a majority vote’ in September

BY DAVID CARKHUFFTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

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Visitors to Southern Maine Community College in South Portland last week may have encoun-tered several swastikas spray painted on school grounds. South Portland Police are investigat-ing but have announced no arrests in the case. (Photo courtesy of Adrienne Yoa)

Swastika appears at SMCC; police investigatingAdrienne Yoa and her fi ance were

walking on the campus of Southern Maine Community College last week when they stumbled across several swastikas spray painted around the sea-side campus.

Yoa, who said she and her fi ance are Jewish, had never before encountered this form of hate speech in Maine.

“It was defi nitely very upsetting,” Yoa said yesterday in a telephone interview.

South Portland police are investigat-ing the graffi ti and other vandalism reported on the campus Aug. 23. No arrests have been announced in the inci-dent.

A spokesman for the department referred questions to the investigating offi cer, who did not return a phone call yesterday.

Carolyn Cianchette, a spokeswoman for SMCC, said the graffi ti left on the Computer & Electronics Building, on a pathway leading to Fort Preble, and on the fort itself, has been removed. She said several windows were also broken at the Computer & Electronics Building.

There was no estimate given for the total cost of the damage.

Cianchette said no students were present at the college when the swastika graffi ti was left, which suggests the per-petrators may not have been students.

BY CASEY CONLEYTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

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“We’ve never had any problems like this before,” said Cianchette. “We have a great relationship with our neighbors and the community and everybody is really respectful of the area."

Cianchette said the area is not as well lit as it was in previous years, but that police have stepped up patrols in the area. She said the college is not planning any forums in response to the swastika graffi ti.

Yoa, who was touring the campus as a potential wedding site, said she noticed the swastikas on Aug. 25, at least two days after they were fi rst reported. She said there was no evidence that anyone had tried to remove them or cover them up.

She believes the swastika was not just directed at Jewish people.

“I didn’t take it as anti-Jewish, I took it as anti-people of color ... and people with handicaps,” said Yoa, 24, of Yarmouth. “It’s not something that upset me just because

of my personal background, I think it’s making a comment on diversity in South-ern Maine.”

Rachel Shapiro, executive director of Southern Maine Hillel, the Jewish stu-dent organization at fi ve local colleges — Salt, SMCC, University of Southern Maine, Maine College of Art and Univer-sity of New England — said swastikas are showing up more and more on college campuses in Maine. She said the symbols have shown up at least four other times in recent memory.

Shapiro said she couldn't say which other campuses in Southern Maine have had graffi ti show up, under orders from that school's administration.

Although swastikas are not considered anti-Semitic by the Jewish community, she said they are absolutely considered hate symbols. Even so, she says these and other instances of hate speech should be taken seriously.

“Do I take it lightly? No. I don’t take any hateful acts lightly,” she said.

Also troubling, Shapiro said, was the fact that SMCC appeared to take several days to remove the graffi ti.

“Does it concern me that SMCC is dis-playing swastikas and not doing anything about it? Greatly,” she said, adding that the college tried to keep the incident “hush hush."

"There should have been more attention brought to it," she said.

Meanwhile, Shapiro has applied for a grant that would do just that. She says the funding would help educate students, fac-ulty and staff at local universities around the topic of swastikas and other forms of hate speech.

SWASTIKA from page one

“Do I take it lightly? No. I don’t take any hateful acts lightly.” — Rachel Shapiro,

executive director of Southern Maine Hillel

‘We’ve never had any problems like this before’

Power outages persist for tens of thousands in Maine

Power remained knocked out for more than 21,000 Cumberland County residents and at least 67,000 customers statewide Tuesday, as utility crews worked to repair damaged lines in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene.

Central Maine Power, with 605,000 cus-tomers, reported restoring power to 75 percent of those affected by outages, by Tuesday afternoon. The utility hoped that by Thursday night it will have fully recov-ered from the storm that turned off the lights for almost 280,000 CMP customers.

The company said 245 poles broke in the storm.

“That’s the third highest number I’ve seen destroyed since the ice storm in 1998,” stated Tom Depeter, director of operations for CMP, referring to the number of dam-aged poles. “It’s a good indication of how

destructive this storm has been.”Also on Tuesday afternoon, Bangor

Hydro Electric Co. announced about 200 customers were still without power, but said they expected service to be restored by the end of the day to all but “a few strag-glers in remote areas,” said Susan Faloon, a spokesman for the company.

Together, the two utility companies reported service cutoff to about 310,000 customers in Maine over the course of the storm.

CMP expected that nearly all of its cus-tomers in Hancock, Knox, Penobscot and Piscataquis counties would have their power resorted by Tuesday night.

“Those counties are really being wrapped up,” said John Carroll, a spokesman for CMP. “We really think (the number of out-ages will be) closer to 50,000.”

As power made its way back to homes and businesses in the state, the Maine

Emergency Management Agency began receiving initial estimates for what the storm cost local communities.

Androscoggin County was the fi rst to submit initial estimates and reported to the state that its communities spent about $204,000. The estimate includes about $54,000 for clearing debris and $124,000 in emergency protective measures, said Lynette Miller, a MEMA spokeswoman.

Miller expected more estimates to be sent to the agency today and throughout the week, adding the next step will be reviewing the estimates with representa-tives from the Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency.

“We will be inviting FEMA in to do what’s called the joint preliminary damage assessment,” she said. “We have teams of FEMA and state folks go out and visit with the towns and go over their records,

Bennett plans write-in bid for mayorErick Bennett, who was one of the fi rst

people to announce a bid for mayor, won’t be on the ballot this fall. But, he’s still planning to run.

Bennett, who claimed to have run Gov. Paul LePage’s social media effort during that 2010 campaign (a claim that has been called into question), failed to qualify for the Nov. 8 ballot, bringing the total number of offi cial candidates down to 15.

An offi cial in the city clerk’s offi ce said yesterday that Bennett’s nominating peti-tion contained just 295 valid signatures, fi ve short of the minimum 300. Bennett claimed to have turned in 397 signatures.

Bennett, who has faced criticism over a 2003 assault conviction and for shirtless photos he posted of himself on the Inter-net, would have been one of just a few Republicans on the ballot.

However, according to a post on his candidate Facebook page, Bennett is launching a write-in campaign for mayor.

“We are going to pro-ceed and I am going to run as a write-in candidate,” Bennett wrote in the post yes-terday afternoon. “My name is still going

to be on the ballot because people are going to write in.”

Meanwhile, the city clerk’s offi ce yester-day declared Charles Bragdon and Rich-ard Dodge as candidates.

The November mayoral election will be Portland’s fi rst in 88 years.

Voters last fall approved changes to the city charter that converted the one-year, largely ceremonial mayoral post into a four-year elected position with more authority, including veto power over the budget.

The position also includes a signifi cant pay increase: The person who is elected mayor will earn about $66,000, plus ben-efi ts, up from about $7,200 now.

BY MATTHEW ARCOTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

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(NY Times) — Her spec-tacles, as round as soup tureens, lend Iris Apfel a star-tled look. If she seems sur-prised, she has good reason. Apfel, the subject of a string of museum exhibitions, a coffee table book and a fash-ion advertising campaign, has long been a magnet to afi cionados, those devotees of fashion who dote on her style — a more-is-more mix of haute couture and hippie trimmings.

At 90, she fi nds herself on the cusp of pop stardom, an unlikely celebrity whose fame has been constructed almost entirely around her look. “I’m a geriatric starlet, my dear, don’t you know,” she said. “All of a sudden, I’m hot; I’m cool; I have a ‘fan base.’ ”

Straight people, gay people, students of art and social history, tourists and chattering adolescents, “even little kids,” she noted, gravitate to her lectures, blog about her and send her mash notes. And come September, Mrs. Apfel, wearing her signa-ture owl-shaped frames and festooned in faux amber, will exert her exotic fascination on Middle America, peddling bangles, scarves and beads of her own design on the Home Shopping Network.

Apfel’s willfully disjunc-tive look, and the tart wit behind it, will be the subject of a movie as well, a docu-mentary by Albert Maysles.

Apfel’s charisma, a blend of passion, energy and deter-mination, is compelling to Bradley Kaplan, the president of products at Maysles Films. “She’s wonderfully strong-willed, opinionated and single-minded,” Kaplan said. “She’s not a waffl er.”

Her glasses, he added, “have in effect become a metaphor for her eyes, and through them we’ve found another way of looking at our own world.” Mrs. Apfel has an excess as well of what contemporary audiences seem to crave: originality, a soaring free spirit — and the cunning to turn her brand of eccentricity into a saleable commodity.

She expects to have a little help, of course. “I never thought that in my dotage,” she said, in a tone as dry as rice paper, “that I’d have to fi nd an entertainment lawyer.”

She requires no such guidance in matters closer to her heart. Mrs. Apfel is the discerning curator of her own wardrobe. Sorted and stowed in a vast nearby warehouse, that wardrobe incorporates pieces commemorating high points in her life. “She’s a great storyteller,” said Mindy Gross-man, the chief executive of HSN. “Every single thing she wears, she remembers a story behind it.”

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Police searching for man who robbed Portland pharmacy

Police are searching for a man they say robbed a Portland pharmacy of prescription drugs Monday night.

The suspect, described as a white male in his late twenties to early thirties, entered a CVS at 1096 Brighton Ave. at about 8 p.m. and demanded narcot-ics from the pharmacist, police said. He was given an undisclosed amount of prescription pills and fl ed on foot.

No weapon was displayed or mentioned, but offi -cials are categorizing it as a strong-armed robbery — indicating the man made threats to the employee, police said.

The suspect was described as being about 6 feet tall and wearing faded baggy jeans, a dark hoodie, and dirty brown leather work boots.

The Portland Police Department released still shots from surveillance video and are asking people with information to connect them at 874-8533 or text an anonymous tip from a mobile phone using keyword “GOTCHA” plus their message to 274637 (CRIMES).

Saint Joseph’s College president announces immediate resignation

The president of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine announced his resignation Tuesday, less than a week before classes are slated to begin.

Joseph Lee, who served as president of the Standish school beginning in 2007, said he contem-plated the move over the last few months and after “a summer of soul searching.”

“I have come to the conclusion that the time is right for me to step down before a new academic year,” he said in a statement issued by the college. “This will afford me more time to be with family and

friends, especially my three sons.”He joined the staff as vice president of enrollment

in 2005.A spokesman for the college said it’s likely the

Board of Saint Joseph’s College was aware of Lee’s intentions to step down, but couldn’t say for long they may have known.

“I think the board has anticipated it for a particu-lar time,” said William McCarthy, a school spokes-man.

“He decided he wanted to do it before classes began,” McCarthy said. “I know he was very con-cerned with spending a lot more time with his three sons.”

College enrollment is a little more than 1,000 students with an additional 1,000-2,000 online stu-dents, McCarthy said.

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Police released this image of a suspect they say robbed a Portland pharmacy of prescription drugs Monday night. (Image courtesy of the Portland Police Department)

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MILLINOCKET — A New Hampshire fi rm that specializes in green energy investments has emerged as a potential buyer for two shuttered paper mills in Northern Maine, Gov. Paul LePage announced yesterday.

Cate Street Capital, of Ports-mouth, N.H., has signed an asset purchase agreement for the Milli-nocket and East Millinocket mills, which are owned by Toronto-based Brookfi eld Asset Manage-ment. The move is considered a fi rst step toward restarting the facilities that together employed nearly 700 people.

“This is a signifi cant milestone in our efforts to not only restore

papermaking in the Katahdin region, but to create job opportu-nities for Mainers,” LePage said in a statement. “I want to com-mend the hard work and com-mitment of Brookfi eld and Cate Street. We look forward to con-tinuing to work toward a closing.”

Although the announcement was touted as a major break-through for the state and the region, a spokesman for Cate Street Capital said in a state-ment that yesterday’s agreement does not necessarily mean the sale will go through.

“We will work diligently to resolve all outstanding issues over the next few weeks so this project may proceed,” said Rich-ard Cyr, Cate Street Capital’s

senior vice president. “There are several parties to this agreement, and numerous conditions which must be met before the deal can be closed.”

Earlier this year, another com-pany, Meriturn Partners, signed a similar agreement earlier this year only to walk away several weeks later. Meriturn, which proposed major wage cuts for new workers, walked away after local offi cials balked at a request for $48 million in property tax breaks.

When that deal fell apart, Brookfi eld shut down the East Millinocket mill, putting 450 people out of work. The Mil-linocket facility has been shut down since 2008.

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Recently I did a little reporting from Kenya and Tanzania before taking a safari with my family. We stayed in seven camps. Some were relatively simple, with-out electricity or running water. Some were relatively luxurious, with regular showers and even pools.

The simple camps were friendly, warm and familial. We got to know the other guests at big, communal dinner tables. At one camp we got to play soccer with the staff on a vast fi eld in the Serengeti before an audience of wildebeests. At another camp, we had impromptu spear-throw-ing and archery competitions with the kitchen staff. Two of the Maasai guides led my youngest son and me on spontaneous mock hunts — stalking our “prey” on foot through ravines and across streams. I can tell you that this is the defi nition of heaven for a 12-year-old boy, and for someone with the emotional maturity of one.

The more elegant camps felt colder. At one, each family had its own dinner table, so we didn’t get to know the other guests. The tents were spread farther apart. We also didn’t get to know the staff, who served us mostly as waiters, the way they would at a nice hotel.

The Haimish Line

I know only one word to describe what the simpler camps had and the more luxurious camps lacked: haimish. It’s a Yiddish word that suggests warmth, domesticity and unpretentious conviviality.

It occurred to me that when we moved from a simple camp to a more luxurious camp, we crossed an invisible Haimish Line. The simpler camps had it, the more comfortable ones did not.

This is a generalized phenom-enon, which applies to other aspects of life. Often, as we spend more on something, what we gain in privacy and elegance we lose in spontaneous sociability.

I once visited a university that had a large, lavishly fi nanced Hillel House to serve as a Jewish center on campus. But the stu-dents told me they preferred the Chabad House nearby, which was run by the orthodox Lubavitch-ers. At the Chabad house, the sofas were tattered and the rooms cramped, but, the students said, it was more haimish.

Restaurants and bars can exist on either side of the Haimish Line. At some diners and family restau-rants, people are more comfort-able leaning back, laughing loud, interrupting more and sweeping one another up in a collective euphoria. They talk more to the servers, and even across tables. At nicer restaurants, the food is better, the atmosphere is more refi ned, but there is a tighter code about what is permissible.

Hotels can exist on either side of the Haimish Line. You’ll fi nd multiple generations at a Comfort Inn breakfast area, and people are likely to exchange pleasant-ries over the waffl e machine. At a four-star hotel’s breakfast dining room, people are quietly answer-ing e-mail on their phones.

Whole neighborhoods can exist on either side of the Haimish Line. Alan Ehrenhalt once wrote a great book called “The Lost City,” about the old densely packed Chi-cago neighborhoods where kids ran from home to home, where people hung out on their stoops. When the people in those neigh-borhoods made more money, they moved out to more thinly spaced suburbs with bigger homes where they were much less likely to know their neighbors.

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Why the special media treatment for Olympia Snowe?

Editor,Why does Maine’s media treat Olympia Snowe

like a sacred cow? Recently the senator told a fawn-ing MaineToday Media editorial board Washington is paralyzed by politics. That’s about as newsworthy as reporting Labor Day falls on a Monday this year.

Snowe further reported she misses the days when conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans worked to build coalitions.

What she should be mourning is the utter dearth of present-day GOP lawmakers willing to stand up to the anti-tax zealots, high-decibel right-wing pundits, and wealthy, self-serving enablers who bankroll groups like the Tea Party. These people are working hard to keep Americans ignorant and polarized, and are profi t-ing handsomely from it.

Prominent, principled Republicans ought to pub-licly refute these high-visibility, infl uential extremists who’ve hijacked the national GOP, but given America’s current political atmosphere only a few extremely pop-ular elected offi cials from small states could realisti-cally attempt to do so.

Olympia Snowe’s term expires next year. She’s never garnered less than 60 percent of the vote in three previous senatorial runs. But Senator Snowe shilled for the re-election of an inarticulate and ineffective George W. Bush in 2004, and four years later led the cheers during the divisive Sarah Palin’s brief Maine campaign stop.

In 1950 Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith cou-rageously condemned her Republican colleague Joseph McCarthy for his shameless bullying and unscrupu-lous behavior, the sort that’s now standard for many high-profi le right-wingers. Senator Snowe should clearly, vocally and authoritatively distance herself from charlatans like Rush Limbaugh, Grover Norquist and others currently playing the tune most GOP law-makers are dancing in lock-step to. But history indi-cates Maine’s senior senator is far more concerned with remaining in offi ce than she is in helping to end Congressional gridlock. She and her fellow cowering “moderates” exhibit backbone about as frequently as the Senate demonstrates true bipartisanship.

Andy YoungCumberland

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“Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalist System was to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of infl ation, governments can confi scate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.”

“Lenin was certainly right,” John Maynard Keynes continued in his 1919 classic, “The Economic Conse-quences of the Peace.”

“There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose.”

Keynes warned that terrible hatreds would be unleashed against “profi teers” who enriched themselves through infl ation as the middle class was wiped out. And he pointed with alarm to Germany, where the mark had lost most of its international value.

By November 1923, the German currency was worthless, hauled about in wheelbarrows to buy groceries. The middle class had been destroyed. German housewives were prostituting them-selves to feed their fami-lies. That same month, Adolf Hitler attempted his Munich Beer Hall Putsch.

Today a coterie of econ-omists is prodding Fed-eral Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to induce infl ation into the Ameri-can economy.

Fearing falling prices, professor Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist for the Inter-national Monetary Fund, is pushing for an infl a-tion rate of 5 to 6 percent while conceding that his proposal is rife with peril and “we could end up with 200 percent infl a-tion.”

Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner and colum-nist for The New York Times, is pushing Ber-nanke in the same direc-tion.

Bernanke, writes

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Krugman, should take the advice he gave Japan in 2000, when he urged the Bank of Japan to stimulate the economy with “an announcement that the bank was seeking moder-ate infl ation, ‘setting a target in the 3-4 percent range for infl ation, to be maintained for a number of years.’”

And who inspired Bernanke to urge Tokyo to infl ate? Krugman modestly credits himself.

“Was Mr. Bernanke on the right track? I think so — as well I should, since his paper was partly based on my own earlier work.”

But Krugman is not optimistic about Bernanke’s injecting the U.S. economy with a suffi cient dose of infl ation.

Why is Ben hesitant? Two words,

says Krugman: “Rick Perry.”Krugman believes Bernanke has

been intimidated by Perry’s populist threat in Iowa after his fi rst day of campaigning:

“If this guy (Bernanke) prints more money between now and the election, I don’t know what y’all would do to him in Iowa, but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas.

Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treasonous.”

Perry was indulging in Texas hyper-bole, and the press came down hard on him for language unbefi tting a presi-dential candidate.

Yet Perry has raised a legitimate series of questions.

What should be done to high offi -cials of the U.S. government who con-sciously set out to dilute and destroy the savings and income of working Americans? What should be done to those who have sworn an oath to defend the Constitution and then steal the wealth of citizens by secretly manipulating the value of the cur-rency, the store of wealth upon which

those people depend?Is inducing infl ation — debauch-

ing the currency, the systematic and secret theft of the savings of citi-zens — a legitimate policy option for the Federal Reserve? Has Congress authorized offi cial thievery?

Who do these economists think they are?

Infl ation rewards debt — and erodes savings. It is legalized counterfeiting, the deliberate creation of money with nothing to back it up.

If a citizen printed dollars bills, he would be tracked by the Secret Ser-vice, prosecuted and imprisoned. Why, then, is the Fed’s clandestine printing of money with nothing to back it up a legitimate exercise and, according to Krugman & Co., a desirable policy for Bernanke and the Fed?

Schooled economists such as Rogoff, Krugman and Bernanke know how to shelter their wealth from the ravages of infl ation — and even to get rich. But what about widows whose husbands leave a nest egg of savings in cash and bonds? What are they supposed to do as the value of their savings is wiped out

at 4, 5 or 6 percent a year — or whatever annual rate of ruin the Rogoffs and the Krugmans decide upon?

This is not only an eco-nomic issue but a moral issue.

To infl ate a currency is to steal the money citizens have earned and saved and entrusted their gov-ernment to protect. Any government that betrays that trust and steals that wealth is not only unwor-thy of support. It is worthy of being overthrown.

On this one, as Keynes said, Lenin was right.

Perry and Ron Paul deserve the nation’s grati-tude for putting this issue of the unfettered power and the amorality of our unelected Federal Reserve on the political docket.

(To fi nd out more about Patrick Buchanan, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writ-ers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.)

What we gain in privacy, elegance we lose in spontaneous sociabilityBROOKS from page 4

In the 1990s, millions of Americans moved out-ward so they could have bigger houses and bigger lots, even if it meant long commutes. Research by Robert Frank of Cornell suggests this is usually a bad trade-off.

People are often bad at knowing how to spend their money — I’ve been at least as bad as everybody else in this regard. Lottery winners, for example, barely benefi t from their new fortunes. When we get some extra income, we spend it on privacy, space and

refi nement. This has some obvious benefi ts: let’s not forget the nights at the Comfort Inn when we were trying to fall asleep while lacrosse teams partied in the hallways and the rooms next door. But suddenly we look around and we’re on the wrong side of the Haimish Line.

We also live in a highly individualistic culture. When we’re shopping for a vacation we’re primarily thinking about Where. The travel companies offer brochures showing private beaches and phenom-enal sights. But when you come back from vacation, you primarily treasure the memories of Who — the

people you met from faraway places, and the lives you came in contact with.

I can’t resist concluding this column with some kernels of consumption advice accumulated by the prominent scholars Elizabeth W. Dunn, Daniel T. Gilbert and Timothy D. Wilson. Surveying the vast literature of happiness research, they suggest: Buy experiences instead of things; buy many small plea-sures instead of a few big ones; pay now for things you can look forward to and enjoy later.

To which I’d only add: Sometimes it’s best to spend carefully so you can stay south of the Haimish Line.

Pat Buchanan

–––––Creators Syndicate

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ABOVE: Sen. Debra Plowman, R-Hampden, presents a Republican plan for redistricting in Maine Tuesday at the State Capitol. AT TOP: The Congressional Reapportionment Commission wraps up its business Tuesday after its 8-7 vote. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

answering criticism of an earlier proposal that pushed her hometown into District 2.

Republicans urged a change that would increase the size of the 1st District from 3,471 square miles to 4,809 square miles and reduce the 2nd District from 27,326 square miles to 25,768 square miles.

Republicans said they continue to believe their original map, which draws a north-south line between the two congressional districts, comes the closest to meeting the criteria established by a fed-eral court.

“This simply is a more compact and reasonable way to draw the districts. ...” said Sen. Debra Plow-man, R-Hampden.

Republicans said the Democrats’ plan, forwarded narrowly on a party-line vote, will not pass in the full legislature.

“The endorsement of the Democratic plan is the recommendation of the commission,” said Rep. Ken Fredette, who serves on the commission, in a state-ment. “The vote that counts will be the one taken by the Maine House of Representatives and Senate

during the special legislative session which is sched-uled for Sept. 27,” he was quoted in a statement from the Offi ce of Senate President.

“I would rather the legislature, not the courts, resolve this,” Fredette added in the statement.

The Maine State Supreme Court drew the current congressional district lines in 2003, after a legislative deadlock. Reapportionment this year was prompted by a census-refl ected change of 8,000 people.

“There’s no question that the two sides were a great distance apart,” said Sen. Phil Bartlett, a Dem-ocrat on the commission who represents Gorham, Scarborough and Westbrook.

Bartlett called the Democratic plan a true compro-mise. He said the fi rst Republican plan purported to eliminate the “two Maines” political divide by mixing urban and rural areas, but he said another GOP proposal “did exactly the opposite; by moving Androscoggin County and Lewiston-Auburn, the second most urban area in the state, into the 1st (Congressional District), you’re exacerbating the ‘two Maine’ phenomenon.”

The only link between the two Republican plans, Bartlett said, was to “move a whole lot of Republi-cans into the 2nd Congressional District.”

Others disagreed. “We are too small to have repre-sentatives to Congress whose approach would be so parochial that they would advocate one district over the other,” argued Plowman.

Democrats’ Vassalboro-Gardiner plan, as explained by Sen. Seth Goodall, D-Richmond, would divide Kennebec County and move several commu-nities across district lines.

“The 2nd District is the largest district east of the

Mississippi in Congress, and we want to minimize the travel burden to the greatest extent possible and make sure the representative today and well into the future has access to their constituencies,” he said.

“We’ve always focused on trying to have only one county split, recognizing the historic and traditional Maine congressional districts since the 1960s,” Goodall said.

But the Democratic plan, the third one offered by party leaders, was the lowest impact proposal on the table, according to chairman and Independent Mike Friedman, who cast the deciding vote in the 8-7 rec-ommendation.

“I remain the eternal optimist, because I know whatever happens here today, it’s not the end of the road,” Friedman said. “I have seen a great willing-ness on both sides to offer different proposals. ...”

The Democratic proposal “has no chance of achiev-ing a majority vote in either legislative chamber,” Republicans said in a statement, but added that the majority party hopes to continue working in a bipar-tisan fashion.

“Senator Seth Goodall and I, as friends and col-leagues, have agreed to meet again in a couple of days,” Plowman said in the statement. “We will start with points of agreement and work towards a Con-gressional redistricting plan that makes sense for all of Maine, not two Maines, and not for one part of Maine at the expense of another.”

A two-thirds vote is needed for a plan to move through the full legislature.

In 1961, the state went from having three to two congressional districts.

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What It’s Like

Refusing to pay full-boat retail for just about anything seems to be the way of the world, and most of Greater Portland is either Grouponing, Daily Dealing, Living Social, Half-Offi ng, advanced coupon clipping, and other-wise searching all forms of media to get and/or offer a bargain.

I've been studying this phenomenon since the fi rst buy-ten-get-one-free coffee club hit the ground, and it's reaching the breaking point where I fi nd I can't afford not to buy some-thing. Not only do I feel remiss when I don't make a 50 percent off purchase that I may (but most likely won't) "need" in the future, but I almost feel cheated when I do have to pay full price for something I've gotten a "deal" on in the past.

Launched in 2008, Groupon is a fast-growing company, having rewrit-ten the marketing rules for online shopping. As of August 2011, Groupon has boosted the number of markets where it operates to over 500 and has 70 million subscribers. It has a staff of 1,500 working at locations in cities throughout the U.S. and across 29 markets. Inc. Magazine says the com-pany was rumored to have generated $760 million in revenue in 2010, up from $22 million in 2009.

According to a study by Rice Uni-versity's Jesse H. Jones Graduate

School of Business, consumers love the social marketing wave, but mer-chants are not faring as well. Find-ings showed that just 66 percent of a cross-sampling of 150 small to mid-size businesses in 19 cities, with 13 product categories found the promo-tions profi table while 32 percent did not. A whopping 40 percent said they wouldn't run the offer again.

It's no surprise that while being the most sought after of all offers, restau-rant deals fared the worst (profi t-and-loss-wise) among service businesses, while spas and salons were the most successful. The general public isn't aware and is not concerned with the fact that Groupon, and most deep dis-count programs keep 50 percent of the revenues, while most businesses are built on margins of 75 percent. The common perception is any excess inventory is fair game, but with high food, payroll and other overhead mar-gins to begin with, it's a diffi cult path

to justify for many restaurants unless the offer is a marketing-leader intend-ing to boost the average check rather than cover the cost of it.

Utpal Dholakia, the study's author and Jones School associate market-ing professor, says most restaurants go into a promotion without a good understanding of what they want to accomplish. Such a promotion has to be part of the overall marketing plan along with Facebook, Google, radio, print media and so on.

As far as other types of businesses, Dholakia suggests that instead of promoting a particular service such as an oil change or hang-gliding lesson, a merchant should offer a specifi c dollar amount. He says, "This increases the chance the con-sumer will come in and buy more than just one item. A newbie might come in to get a massage but then decide to get a facial as well. You have to take advantage of an oppor-tunity to cross-sale other products and services. You have to prepare you staff to engage customers. You have to be careful how you structure the promotion."

Inc. offers the following pros and cons to merchants:

Pros1) It attracts a lot of consumers.2) It advertises your business.

3) It help move inventory.4) It builds relationships.

5) It generates incremental revenue.Cons

1) Deals attract low-end bargain seekers.

2) Deals don't necessarily result in brand loyalty.

3) Deals don't generate repeat customers.

4) Deals are not profi table.5) There may be better deals out there.

As a consumer, the benefi ts are obvious, but I am reminded of the saying, "It's not a deal unless you need it." New avenues of creating need are being reinforced every time we check Facebook and listen to the radio, but, hey, the good news is I saved 50 per-cent on a pedicure for my dog.

(Natalie Ladd is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun who writes about hospitality and other business topics. Her column appears Wednesdays.)

New England Kiwanis host annual convention

The New England District of Kiwanis International recently hosted its 93rd Annual New England District Convention.

Offi cials say more than 300 people attended the convention in Warwick, Rhode Island, which brought together Kiwanis members from six New Eng-land states and Bermuda. It repre-sented 73 different Kiwanis clubs, the group reported.

Delegates David Bouffard and Angela Wright, both of the Kiwanis Club of Portland, represented the Portland area.

The convention offered educational seminars, leadership training and related activities.

The Kiwanis Club of Portland was presented with the Kiwanis Interna-tional’s Distinguished Club Award for 2009-2010. The local chapter, which serves Greater Portland, provides fundraising support and other service for local schools and such agencies as The Salvation Army and the YMCA.

Kiwanis International and its ser-vice leadership programs has more than 600,000 members in more than 80 countries. Approximately 150,000 service projects are sponsored each year.

The Kiwanis Club of Portland meets every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at 28 Foden Rd in South Portland.

For more information visit Port-landKiwanis.com.

TD Bank announces promotion in Portland

TD Bank announced the promotion of Robin Worden as the company’s new vice president and portfolio man-ager in Portland.

Worden will administer and manage commer-cial real estate loans and iden-tify key risks and strengths in real estate loans, the bank announced.

She has 11 years of experi-ence in banking and joined TD Bank in 1999 as a commercial loan administrator. She joined the Commercial Real Estate Division in 2010, where she served as an analyst.

She is a resident of Saco and a 1987 graduate of the University of South-ern Maine in Portland.

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A Stamping Good Time bridges kids, adult divideLOCATION: 9 Promenade Ave., Saco

CONTACT: Tara Travis282-6280

www.stampingoodtime.stampinup.net

Stampin’ Up franchise manager and demonstrator, Tara Travis, found a way to make some extra pocket money and spend hands-on time with her young daughters by capitalizing on her artistic talents. When her oldest daughter turned one, Travis decided to make birth-day cards by hand. Fast forward eight years later and Travis’ home project turned into a lucra-tive, “Stamping Good Time” as she now does several workshops, classes and children’s camps, as well as in-home parties and week-end-get-aways for serious adult rubber stamping afi cionados and dedicated scrap bookers who have turned this craft into an art.

The name for her home based business evolved when “I was working as a company demonstrator showing adults, mostly women, how to do cards and pro-

fessional looking gift products and I realized this was something I wanted to do for kids, such as birthday parties and vacation camps. The

name A Stamping Good Time is something both adults and kids can relate to.”

As a teacher in the Kennebunk RSU21 school system for 19 years, the transition from projects for children to workshops and par-ties for adults is a welcome one. Travis says, “My heart is really with the kids, but I enjoys teach-ing new stamping techniques and ideas and am moving toward making handcrafted, personal-ized holiday and greeting cards, corporate gifts (Travis is cur-rently hand stamping 500 custom designed t-shirts), and other bulk items. I’m doing corporate team building stuff and then shifting back to the kids with on-going classes through January.”

Travis is well known for her unique handmade Bar and Bat Mitzvah and wedding invitations and is quick to point out that stamping and scrapbooking don’t need to be costly, and require little skill. For more information

about A Stamping Good Time, visit the website or call Tara Travis.

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Tara Travis, owner of A Stamping Good Time, poses with happy Stamp Campers. (COURTESY PHOTO)

BY NATALIE LADDTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Maintenance Coordinator Terence Donahue cuts a large tree on Tuesday at a handicapped-accessible picnic site at Sebago Lake State Park, Casco. Sebago Lake State Park, known for its sandy, lake-front beaches and extensive campground — a tra-ditional favorite with Maine residents and visitors alike — will remain closed until Friday, Sept. 2, because of the amount of tree damage at the park and the lack of power caused by Tropical Storm Irene, according to Will Harris, BPL director. (COURTESY PHOTO)

High-wire logging

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Wednesday, Aug. 31

Heptunes Presents Richard Thompson7 p.m. Richard Thompson w/special guest: Robin Lane, The Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St., Westbrook. Richard Thompson is a critically acclaimed, prolifi c songwriter (Ivor Novello Award), recip-ient of BBC’s Lifetime Achievement Award and was named one of Rolling Stone Mag-azine’s Top 20 Guitarists of All Time for his acoustic and electric virtuosity. Robert Plant, REM, Elvis Costello, Los Lobos, David Byrne, Del McCoury, Bonnie Raitt, and many others have recorded his work. Thompson’s live-tour CD Dream Attic received a 2011 Grammy nod. Online: www.HeptunesConcerts.com

Led Zeppelin vs. The Who9 p.m. The Clash, Main Event where cover bands compete on stage at Port City Music Hall. The Clash, Main Event sponsored by Geary’s Brewing Co.; Led Zeppelin vs. The Who. www.portcitymusichall.com

Friday, Sept. 2

One Longfellow’s First Friday Free Concert6 p.m. Celebrate summer with some live outdoor music at One Longfellow Square. Between 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Tricky Britches will be playing in Longfellow Square. Tricky Britches is a high-energy string band hailing from Portland. http://www.onelongfel-lowsquare.com

Wednesday, Sept. 7

Secret Chiefs 3 at SPACE9 p.m. Secret Chiefs 3 return to SPACE Gal-lery for a another visionary evening of music. Led by com-poser and producer Trey Spruance, former guitarist of Mr. Bungle and Faith No More, the group is touring in support of their long-awaited new album, Book of Souls, out this fall. French drum & synth duo FAT32 bring their breakcore-freejazz-polka madness to open the night. www.space538.org/events.php

Friday, Sept. 9

Artist Talk: What Cheer? Brigade7 p.m. SPACE Gallery. “Since their early days in Provi-dence circa 2005, What Cheer? Brigade has played with Dan Deacon, Man Man, Japanther, Dengue Fever, Okkervil River, Lightning Bolt, Ninjasonik, Mika Miko, Wolf Parade, Matt and Kim, Slavic Soul Party, Javelin, Sage Francis, and Chain and the Gang. They’ve appeared at Lollapalooza, Sziget (Hungary), and Guca (Serbia). They’ve played in just about every crazy place you can imagine. How do they make it all work and hold down day-jobs to boot? What’s it like making travel arrangements for 20-plus people? What’s the whole DIY marching band thing about? Come meet the musicians, hang out, hear funny stories and gain some insight into how these guys have sustained their artistic pursuits. Co-presented with Portland Music Foundation. Made possible in part through a grant from New England Foundation for the Arts.”

Ramblin’ Red at Mayo Street8 p.m. Ramblin’ Red at Mayo Street Arts. :”Inspired by the crashing of the ocean, the creak of the back porch, the crunch of homemade tacos, and the wonders of wine, Port-land Maine based quartet Ramblin’ Red takes you down original folk roads with old-time twists and bluegrass turns, in funky dance-off shoes. And they always bring you home satisfi ed. They’re fun-loving gals with serious soul and unrivaled harmonies.” Doors open 30 minutes prior to the show. Tickets $8 in advance/$10 door.

Paranoid Social Club8 p.m. Paranoid Social Club at Port City Music Hall. “Para-noid Social Club is the bastard brainchild of Dave Gutter and Jon Roods of the Rustic Overtones. Hailing from Port-land, the band has received international accolades for its high energy style. Equally inspired by punk, soul, psy-chedelic rock, and the human psyche; PSC is a musical movement like no other. Picture Jimi Hendrix smashing a keyboard or The Clash backing Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival.” www.portcitymusichall.com/events

Lauren Rioux CD Release8 p.m. One Longfellow Square. Lauren Rioux fi ddles from

the heart with soul and joy. This, in combination with her warm tone, elegant and expressive phrasing, and play-ful style, leads her to create music that artfully explores themes of both heartache and hope. With her debut album, All the Brighter, Rioux presents a beautiful collection of mel-odies that embrace and celebrate the richness of life. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Tuesday, Sept. 13

The Moody Blues8 p.m. Steve Litman Presents, The Moody Blues in concert. Tickets $109.50, $77, $67 (includes service fee). “The Moody Blues are an English Rock band that have sold 70 million albums worldwide and have been awarded 14 platinum and gold discs. With hits such as ‘Nights in White Satin,’ ‘Just a Singer in a Rock n Roll Band,’ ‘Ride My See-Saw,’ and ‘Question of Balance,’ Moody Blues have been around since 1964!” Merrill Auditorium. https://tickets.porttix.com/public/show.asp

Thursday, Sept. 15

Gabriel Kahane at One Longfellow8 p.m. One Longfellow Square presents Gabriel Kahane. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times earlier this year for “an all around dazzling performance,” Gabriel Kahane is not part of a scene. He writes string quartets and musicals and pop songs, and his heart is fully in all of those endeavors. But what unites all of his musical efforts is the desire to com-municate honestly and without pretense.

JJ Grey and Mofro at Port City8 p.m. Port City Music Hall presents Adam Ezra Group and JJ Grey and Mofro. Adam Ezra Group is a dynamic acous-tic roots/rock band rising to the top of the Boston music scene. A mixture of old school rhythm & blues and down-home roots rock ‘n’ roll, has carried JJ Grey & Mofro from the backwoods of Florida to hundreds of concert stages across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia. www.portcitymusichall.com/events

Friday, Sept. 16

The Edith Jones Project8 p.m. One Longfellow Square presents the Edith Jones Project. Maine’s All Women Big Band (86 percent less tes-tosterone ... 200 percent of the swing) plays modern big band jazz made famous by Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, the Count Basie Orchestra and others. Members of the band

include some of the most talented perform-ing and teaching musicians in Maine. Band members include faculty from Bates Col-lege, USM, UNH, and high schools, middle schools and elementary schools throughout southern Maine.

USM Spotlight Concert Series8 p.m. Broadway performer Mark Jacoby joins a collection of USM faculty and visiting guest artists gathered by School of Music faculty member Betty Rines to perform two extraordinary instrumental/narrative works, Stravinsky’s L’histoire du soldat and Wal-ton’s Façade, in the fi rst in the University of Southern Maine School of Music’s Fall 2011 Spotlight Concert Series. Join Betty Rines and Friends in Hannaford Hall, Abromson Community Education Center (Bedford Street), USM Portland. Spotlight Concert tickets cost $15 general public; $10 seniors/USM employees; $5 students/children. Tick-ets may be purchased at the door. For addi-tional information, contact the USM Music Box Offi ce at 780-5555. Sponsored by the School of Music Advisory Board.

Saturday, Sept. 17

Catie Curtis at One Longfellow8 p.m. One Longfellow Square presents Catie Curtis. Curtis has recorded 10 critically acclaimed solo albums and has had songs featured in numerous TV shows including “Dawson’s Creek,” “Felicity,” “Grey’s Anat-omy” and “Alias,” as well as in fi lms such as “500 Miles to Graceland” and “A Slipping Down Life.”

Sunday, Sept. 18

Laura Darrell CD Release8 p.m. Laura Darrell at One Longfellow Square. Laura Dar-rell began singing professionally at age 9 in the classical genre before she transitioned into musical theatre and pop in her adolescence. She sang with the Portland Symphony Orchestra when she was 13 and was discovered by Pro-ducer Con Fullam who produced her Christmas Album which earned her a N.E. Emmy nomination after her concert debuted on PBS. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Friday, Sept. 23

Dirty White Hats9 p.m. Portland hip hop act Dirty White Hats at Port City Music Hall. “We’re brewing up new songs for our next show; Dirty White Hats and Whitcomb @ PCMH,” the group reports.

Thursday, Sept. 29

Chris Botti at Merrill7:30 p.m. Merrill Auditorium, Portland. “Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD ‘When I Fall In Love,’ Chris Botti (pronounced boat-tee) has become the largest selling American instrumental artist. His success has crossed over to audiences usually reserved for pop music and his ongo-ing association with PBS has led to four No. 1 Jazz Albums, as well as multiple Gold, Platinum & Grammy Awards. Over the past three decades, he has recorded and performed with the best in music; including Frank Sinatra, Sting, Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Joshua Bell and Aerosmith’s own Steven Tyler.” http://portlandovations.org

Wednesday, Sept. 28

Keb’ Mo’ at the State7:30 p.m. WCLZ Presents Grammy Award winner Keb’ Mo’ at the State Theatre. American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter from Nashville. www.statetheatreportland.com

Thursday, Sept. 29

Rubblebucket at Port City7 p.m. Rubblebucket’s second studio album, Omega La La produced by Eric Broucek (LCD Soundsystem, !!!, Holy Ghost) @ DFA Studios & mastered by Joe Lambert (Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Herbie Hancock) was released on June 21. Port City Music Hall.

Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD “When I Fall In Love,” Chris Botti (pronounced boat-tee) has become the largest selling American jazz instrumental artist. Here, Botti (right) is pictured with pop star Sting. Botti is coming to Merrill Auditorium on Thursday, Sept. 29. (Photo by LeAnn Mueller)

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WEDNESDAY PRIME TIME AUGUST 31, 2011 Dial 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 5 CTN 5 The Humble Farmer Portland Water District Thom Hartmann Show Grit TV Update

6 WCSHMinute to Win It A woman and her daughter compete. (N) Å

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10 MPBNNOVA “Becoming Hu-man: First Steps” Å (DVS)

NOVA How ancestors survived predators. Å (DVS)

NOVA How humans became creative and modern. Å (DVS)

Charlie Rose (N) (In Stereo) Å

11 WENHAntiques Roadshow “Hartford, CT” Custom-made table. Å

Antiques Roadshow Drawings by Woody Guthrie; tavern clock.

Objects and Memory People preserve the past. Å (DVS)

American Masters “Woodstock” signals a new era. Å

12 WPXTAmerica’s Next Top Model The models arrive in Morocco. Å

America’s Next Top Model Tea-tray-balancing dance. Å

Entourage “Running on E”

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25 FAM Melissa Melissa Movie: “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” The 700 Club (N) Å

26 USA NCIS (In Stereo) Å Royal Pains (N) Å Necessary Roughness Burn Notice Å

27 NESN MLB Baseball: Yankees at Red Sox Innings Red Sox Daily Telethon

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58 HIST American Pickers Å Gettysburg A new look at the Civil War. Å Brad Meltzer’s Dec.

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62 FX Movie: ›› “Dragonball: Evolution” (2009) Rescue Me “Vows” (N) Rescue Me “Vows”

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DAILY CROSSWORDBY WAYNE ROBERT WILLIAMS

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 31, the 243rd day of 2011. There are 122 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Aug. 31, 1886, at 9:51 p.m., an earth-

quake with an estimated magnitude of 7.3 devastated Charleston, S.C., killing at least 60 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

On this date:In 1688, preacher and novelist John

Bunyan, author of “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” died in London.

In 1888, Mary Ann Nichols, the apparent fi rst victim of “Jack the Ripper,” was found slain in London’s East End.

In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act prohibiting the export of U.S. arms to belligerents.

In 1941, the radio program “The Great Gildersleeve,” a spinoff from “Fibber McGee and Molly” starring Harold Peary, debuted on NBC.

In 1954, Hurricane Carol hit the north-eastern Atlantic states; Connecticut, Rhode Island and part of Massachusetts bore the brunt of the storm, which resulted in nearly 70 deaths.

In 1969, boxer Rocky Marciano died in a light airplane crash in Iowa, a day before his 46th birthday.

In 1986, 82 people were killed when an Aeromexico jetliner and a small private plane collided over Cerritos, Calif.

In 1988, 14 people were killed when a Delta Boeing 727 crashed during takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.

In 1991, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan declared their independence, raising to ten the number of republics seeking to secede from the Soviet Union.

One year ago: President Barack Obama ended the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, declaring no victory after seven years of bloodshed and telling those divided over the war in his country and around the world: “It is time to turn the page.”

Today’s Birthdays: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Frank Robinson is 76. Actor Warren Berlinger is 74. Rock musician Jerry Allison is 72. Actor Jack Thompson is 71. Violinist Itzhak Perlman is 66. Singer Van Morrison is 66. Rock musician Rudolf Schenker (The Scorpions) is 63. Actor Richard Gere is 62. Olympic gold medal track and fi eld athlete Edwin Moses is 56. Rock singer Glenn Til-brook is 54. Rock musician Gina Schock (The Go-Go’s) is 54. Singer Tony DeFranco is 52. Rhythm-and-blues musician Larry Waddell (Mint Condition) is 48. Actor Jaime P. Gomez is 46. Baseball pitcher Hideo Nomo is 43. Rock musician Jeff Russo (Tonic) is 42. Singer-composer Deborah Gibson is 41. Rock musician Greg Richling is 41. Actor Zack Ward is 41. Golfer Padraig Harrington is 40. Actor Chris Tucker is 39. Actress Sara Ramirez is 36.

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My daughter was hurt, but said nothing. We both thought it meant Alia wanted out of the wedding, so my daughter told her cousin that she could bow out if it was causing money problems. Apparently, Alia was offended by that. Worse, her mother got involved and started calling my daughter and giving her hell. My daughter told Alia’s mother to mind her own business. I have stayed out of it. Now there are hard feelings within the family, and I feel ter-rible for my daughter. Any suggestions? -- New York Mother Dear N.Y.: We assume the goal is to patch this up before the wedding, so someone needs to apologize. Unfortunately, it’s not likely to be Alia or her mother. Your daughter should call her cousin and tell her she is sorry there has been ill will and misunderstanding on both sides. She should then say, sincerely, that she would still like Alia to be in her wedding party if it isn’t too great a hardship for her. If Alia gets nasty, however, your daughter should calmly tell her that, under the circumstances, it would be best if she stepped down from her bridesmaid responsibilities. Dear Annie: I disagree with your answer to “Danged if I Do and Danged if I Don’t,” whose son and his new wife don’t want her to stay in touch with the ex-wife. They have no business telling Mom whom she can and can-not contact. The ex is the mother of the grandchildren and still part of the family. You don’t know that the new wife won’t change her views. She should be making peace with the fam-ily she married into, not dictating terms -- J.S. Dear J.S.: Of course she should, but it’s naive and unrealis-tic to think the new wife is going to be more accepting of the ex anytime soon. Insecure people are not necessarily intro-spective about their motives. Mom needs to tread carefully if she wishes to maintain a relationship with her son.

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An elderly couple found dead in a town of Ray-mond home Tuesday may have succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning, police said.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Offi ce reported fi nding a running generator and extremely high levels of carbon monoxide in a residence at 76 Musson Rd. They were called to the house by a neighbor who discovered the unconscious man and woman in the home, offi cials said.

Police said the generator was in the basement and that the residence was without power as result of Tropical Storm Irene. The neighbor was checking on the couple at about 1:30 p.m. after not hearing from them all day, police said.

The couple's names were being withheld pending the notifi cation of family.

"We are early in our investigation and we suspect at this time that the high levels of (carbon monox-ide) may have been a contributing factor in the two deaths," stated Capt. Jeff Davis, a police spokesman, in a news release.

The news came as state health offi cials reported at least two other incidents of carbon monoxide poi-soning in Maine.

The state's toxicologist, Dr. Andrew Smith, said the improper use of gas-powered generators was to blame for sending two separate couples to the hos-pital in Penobscot and Androscoggin counties. The four people were all treated and released for their injuries.

"People need to recognize that these portable generators produce enormous amounts of carbon monoxide," said Smith, explaining that a single gen-erator can emit the equivalent of 100 idling cars.

"This is happening up and down the Atlantic Coast and is well-known to happen in the aftermath of any major power outage," he said. "It's really important that people know how to place these properly."

Smith said generators should be in fresh air and at least 15 feet from a house or building. They should not be turned on in an attached garage.

Carbon monoxide binds to the same molecules that transport oxygen to tissues in the body and starve organs of oxygen. It is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that infl icts fl u-like symptoms such as headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness and confusion.

Smith said all homeowners should purchase carbon monoxide detectors that have the ability to work on batteries during power outages.

People who think they are being exposed to the gas should fi nd fresh air before calling for help, he said.

then come up with a joint agreed upon estimate and that’s what we use to determine if the state might be eligible for disaster assistance.”

She said the reports will then be delivered to the governor, who can then ask for a formal declaration for assistance.

Gov. Paul LaPage issued a statement Tuesday saying his offi ce was working closely with the Maine Department of Transportation to expedite the replacement of two bridges in Carrabassett Valley that collapsed from the storm.

“Getting the Route 27 corridor back in action is essential to Maine’s economic relationship with Canada, as well as the Western Maine tourism industry and the way of life for area residents,” he stated. “My administration will be doing everything we can to get this important road back open.”

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Two bridges in Carrabassett Valley collapsed from storm

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Wednesday, Aug. 31

Free Seminar, Annuities and Your Retirement10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Free seminar hosted by Seth Cheikin, AAMS, Financial Advisor. “You’ll learn about the different types of annuities and how the right one can help alleviate the impact of some retirement-related uncertainties. Join us at Edward Jones, 251 U.S. Rte. 1, Falmouth Shop-ping Center, second fl oor, Falmouth,” Aug. 31 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Sept. 1 at 10 a.m., and Sept. 6 at 10 a.m. To reserve your place, call Carole Vreeland at 781-5057.

A Call to Remember, A Call to Actionnoon. The Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, Family Crisis Ser-vices and other local domestic violence programs across the state are coming together at noon Wednesday, Aug. 31, to honor the memory of Maine’s recent domestic violence homicide victims. A Call to Remember, A Call to Action is a statewide effort by domestic violence projects to mourn the continued loss of lives and to raise awareness that together we can stop domestic vio-lence. Throughout the state, people will gather at noon for an observance com-prising tolling bells, interfaith prayers, a moment of silence and remarks from community leaders speaking about the actions we all can take to end domes-tic violence. Family Crisis Services, the local domestic violence project, will be holding its main event at noon Aug. 31 in Brunswick at the gazebo on the town green. Family Crisis Services has asked many faith-based communities and community buildings in the area to join in ringing their bells, including the First Parish Church in Brunswick, The Brunswick Area Interfaith Counsel and Bowdoin College. Churches in the Lakes Region are participating, includ-ing the First Congregational Church and St Peter’s Catholic Church in Bridgton, and Fryeburg’s First Congregational Church. In greater Portland, the Irish Heritage Center, Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church and others are coming together to help support this event. Call 1-866-834-4357 or visit the Family Crisis Services website at www.familycrisis.org.

Cumberland County Regional Communications Board5 p.m. Cumberland County Regional Communications Board of Directors meeting on Long island. Agenda includes: Welcome aboard to the Town of Bridgton; ATV/Snowmobile call type addition; Cell Phone/Electronic Device Policy; CCRCC 2012 Budget

‘Remembering Union Station’5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The 50th anniversary of the demoli-tion of the clock tower at Union Station will be remembered. Greater Portland Landmarks will host a “Remembering Union Station” event at 93 High St. “Portland’s historic Union Station Clock Tower was demolished on August 31, 1961 to make way for a strip shopping center. This dra-matic loss was a turning point in inspiring Portland’s his-toric preservation movement and the founding of Greater Portland Landmarks, which was incorporated in 1964. The clock face from the tower was saved, and is now located in Congress Square,” reports PreserveNet (www.preservenet.cornell.edu/eventdetail.cfm?EVENTID=352).

Thursday, Sept. 1

United Way of Greater Portland food drive7 a.m. to 2 p.m. United Way of Greater Portland is kick-ing off its annual fundraising campaign with a food drive designed to help re-stock food pantries in Cumberland County. The food drive will take place at One Canal Plaza, on Middle Street, Portland. “United Way is appealing to community residents to stop by and donate items of food, which local pantries have indicated they need, including: healthy snacks for kids, pasta, rice, canned vegetables and fruit, spaghetti sauce, canned meat and fi sh, cooking oil and pancake mixes. A recent report by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) showed that one in fi ve fami-

lies in Maine does not have enough money to purchase the food their family needs. This food drive is one of the ways in which United Way is responding to the recent loss of $143,000 to the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) for Cumberland County. ”

USM Welcome Husky Fest 201111 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lawn between Payson Smith and Luther Bonney Halls, Portland campus, University of Southern Maine. “Follow the paws to Husky Fest! USM’s largest event ... the 11th annual welcome kick-off party! FREE BBQ for all students! Live Music and activities! Campus departments, student organizations, and com-munity vendors will all be present to help you get con-nected to the USM community! Rain location: Sullivan Gym, Portland Campus.” 228-8200

Ocean Avenue Elementary School holds grand opening ceremony4:30 p.m. A ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Ocean Avenue Elementary School will take place at the school, located at 150 Ocean Ave., Port-land. The ceremony will include brief remarks by Mayor Nick Mavodones, Portland Superintendent James C. Morse, Sr., Portland School Board Chair Kate Snyder and Portland City Councilor Cheryl Leeman. Students, families, staff and community members are invited to attend. For more information, please call 874-8180. Students from the former Clifford Elementary School moved into Ocean Avenue Elementary School last February. Beginning in September, the school will fully open to students from the Back Cove neighborhood. www2.portlandschools.org

Portland Food Co-op open house5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Portland Food Co-op will host its fi rst open house event at their new location at 56 Hampshire St. on the East End of Portland. The event is free and open

to the public. Community members and current member-owners are invited for an opportunity to see the new space, learn about the benefi ts of becoming a member-owner and learn about the PFC’s goals for its new space. Food, refreshments and live music will be pro-vided. The PFC received a donation of a fi ve-year lease on the building this past September from Maine businessman and philanthropist, Donald Sussman. Sussman’s gift also included additional resources to design and renovate the building specifi cally for use by the PFC. Over the past several months, PFC mem-ber-owners, community volunteers and local business owners came together to complete the fi rst phase of renovations in the former tobacco distribution company. Sussman, a longtime supporter of farm-ing and fi shing communities, expressed enthusiasm for the new use of the prop-erty and lauded the volunteer renovation efforts by PFC member-owners and the community. “At their roots, co-ops are about communities working together to grow and prosper,” stated Sussman. “This space has been transformed from an unused warehouse into a vibrant com-munity resource, and that’s good for all of us. Let’s face it, local food is healthy food. I’m proud to support the Portland Food Co-op and its efforts to bring the best of Maine farmers, fi sherman, and foragers to the tables of Portland families.”

Friday, Sept. 2

Library of Congress traveling exhibition in Portlandnoon to 8 p.m. A special Library of Con-gress traveling exhibition — mounted in a customized 18-wheel truck — will visit Portland. “Gateway to Knowledge” will be in Portland on Friday, Sept. 2, and Saturday, Sept. 3, and will be parked at Monument Square. The exhibit is free and open to the public from noon to 8 p.m. both days. For further information about the exhibit, visit www.loc.gov/gateway/.

‘Curtain Up!’ in Congress Square.4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Curtain Up!” showcases Portland’s theater commu-nity. Part of Sept. 2 Art Walk. The vital-ity and diversity of Portland’s theater community will be on display at “Curtain Up!,” an exciting preview of what Port-

land’s many theater companies will be offering during the 2011-12 theater season. The event will take place in Con-gress Square (at the corner of Congress and High Streets) on Friday, September 2, from 4:30om to 7:30pm p.m. as part of the First Friday Art Walk. Theaters will perform brief excerpts from their shows to introduce themselves to Art-walkers, who will receive a Theater Sampler card including information about each company and ticket discounts. Cur-tain Up!” is being sponsored by the Portland Arts and Cul-tural Alliance (PACA) and produced by Acorn Productions, AIRE (American Irish Repertory Ensemble) and Lucid Stage. “This is a great opportunity for people attending Art Walk to sample the terrifi c work that Portland theaters are doing,” said Michael Levine, Producing Director of Acorn Produc-tions and lead producer of the event. “And it gives us, as a community, a chance to present a unifi ed presence as a vital part of the arts scene in Portland.” Susan Reilly, Managing Director of AIRE, added, “We hope to reach out to different kinds of people interested in the arts who may not be regular theatergoers. And the Theater Sampler will be a handy take-away that prospective audience members can hold on to and use throughout the season. If all goes well this year, we hope to make this an annual event.” Participating theaters include Acorn, AIRE, Children’s Museum and Theater of Maine, Fenix Theater Company, Good Theater, Lucid Stage, New Edge Productions, Portland Playback Theater, Portland Stage Company, Snowlion Repertory Company and more!

First Friday Art Walk5 p.m. Join Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance for a free self-guided tour of local art galleries, art studios, museums, and alternative art venues on the First Friday of every month from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. PACA is a nonprofi t organization with a mission of “strengthening Portland by strengthening the Arts.” www.fi rstfridayartwalk.com

On Sunday, Sept. 11 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., the public is invited to a lecture by geneaologist Matt Barker about the Portland Irish’s contributions during the Civil War. The event will take place at the Maine Irish Heritage Center. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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First Friday Art Walk at Peek-A-Boo Tattoo5 p.m. to 7 p.m. 574 Congress St. (upstairs), Portland. Live music with When Particles Collide. A guitar and drum duo steeped in mid -’90s indie rock, late ‘70s art pop-punk with a hint of folk. Simultaneously strong willed and vulnerable vocals supported tightly locked rhythms. Free beverages, free tattoo give away, and oil paintings on display by BelouCall 899-6001 for more information or look for the business on Facebook. This is an 18-plus event.

Oliver at Maine Charitable Mechanic Association5 p.m. For First Friday Art Walk, the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association library will be hosting local artist Jef-fery Oliver, with drawings and underwater photography. The MCMA library is starting a book club that will meet on the fi rst Tuesday of each month at noon; bring a sandwich, des-sert coffee and tea provided. Bring a list of what books you would like to read and discuss. First Book Club meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 4 in the library. Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, started in 1815 with 65 members, in 1859 built a landmark building on Congress Street where the mem-bership library still exists today and is open to many public events.Library is open Tues., Wed. and Thurs, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., phone 773-8396

Mariah K. Brinton at the St. Lawrence5 p.m. First Friday Art Walk opening at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. The St. Lawrence Arts Center is owned and operated by the nonprofi t corporation Friends of the St. Law-rence. Parish Hall Theater, see the newest installation; Photo-graphs by Mariah K. Brinton. Complimentary snacks and wine on hand. “Photographic exhibits range from San Francisco in 2004-2005, with her fi rst solo show in December 2004, to the Netherlands, New York and Brooklyn. With a style formed by the time she spent as a teenager exploring the NYC streets with a 35mm Pentax in hand and her love of fashion, the com-bination is an aesthetic reminiscent of William Klein’s New York street work.” www.stlawrencearts.org

First Friday Exhibit at Mayo Street5 p.m. to 8 p.m. First Friday Exhibit at Mayo Street Arts. Portraits, group show curated by MSA artist in residence Heidi Powell. Jim McGinley, Daniel Meiklejohn, Hillary White, Sonia Cook Broen, Baxter Long, Heidi Powell, Zoe Ryan-Humphrey, Jessica Beebe and Russell Ouellett. The opening is immediately followed by LIT. More info on all events at www.mayostreetarts.org.

Susan Elliot’s ‘Trees: In a Different Light’5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Artists’ Social for First Friday Art Walk at The Gallery at Harmon’s & Barton’s. Exhibition through September. Gallery hours: Mon thru Fri, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sat 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., 584 Congress St. 774 5948. “With a background in Natural Resources, a wellspring of humor, and rampant, joyous imagination, Maine tree artist Susan Elliot’s subjects are always the embodiment of one or more of these qualities. Narrowing her focus in 2008 to simply drawing trees, Elliot discovered that choosing a subject matter close to her heart immeasurably widened the range of her creativity.”

Prison Inmates Art Exhibit5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meg Perry, 644 Congress St., Portland. A First Friday Art Walk exhibit at Meg Perry Center will feature both visual and musical art produced by inmates from within correctional facilities throughout the state of Maine. “There will be visual arts items submitted by both adult prisoners from Maine Correctional Center, Two Bridges Regional Jail, and Maine State Prison, as well as from juveniles housed at Long Creek Youth Development Center. Items will range from sketches and paintings to wood crafts and quilts. Also on hand will be Guitar Doors — Instruments of Change, a local nonprofi t dedicated to bringing music and music pro-gramming to those incarcerated. There will be CDs avail-able and playing that are the original compositions and recordings from inmates at the same facilities and more.”

First Friday Art Walk at SPACE Gallery5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Zone by Maya Hayuk and Pulled by Mike Perry. “Come celebrate the re-opening of our main space and the opening of Maya Hayuk’s installation, Zone. Take in the large scale mulit-colored bullseye, the fl oor to ceiling drippy woven wall textile, the paper peice that trails onto the wall and the glow-in-the-blacklight neon mural on our newly constructed wall. In the annex, soak up the beauti-ful variance of techniques and styles in the screen-printing exhibition, Pulled, by Mike Perry.” www.space538.org/events.php

Two Fabulous Fashion Exhibits5 p.m. to 8 p.m. New show: “Having in Paris a Great Suc-cess”: French Fashion, 1928-1936, Maine Historical Soci-ety. “Join us during Portland’s First Friday Art Walks (9/2, 10/7, 11/4, 12/2) to see two fabulous fashion-themed shows, “Having in Paris a Great Success”: French Fashion, 1928-1936 on display in the Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Lec-

ture Hall and Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In: Adorn-ment & Identity in Maine, on display in the museum. Mingle with friends, enjoy refreshments and music, and discover Maine history.” www.mainehistory.org/programs_events.shtml#event_233

Indian Trail in the Peaks Island Land Preserve5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Indian Trail in the Peaks Island Land Preserve. “Join Ellen Mahoney, Island Institute Community Leadership Fellow, for a hike along the Indian Trail which weaves its way through the Parker Preserve on Peaks Island. Catch the 5:35 p.m. Ferry at Casco Bay Lines Ferry Terminal, the tour starts right when you get to the dock at Peaks Island.” http://www.trails.org/events.html

Forgotten Wars at Sanctuary Tattoo6 p.m. First Friday Art Walk opening, at Sanctuary Tattoo. “The collected crypto-historical works of Graham Meyer, Sarah Tarling Matzke and Christian Matzke chronicling the parallel antiquities of Forgotten Wars... The 1905 Invasion of Mars, and the 1913 Lantern Annexation of the Industrial Empire of the East. Featuring portraiture, artifacts and illus-tration curated in a museum-style exhibit. History is crafted; Speculation is an Art.” 31 Forest Ave.

Southworth Planetarium full dome shows7 p.m. The Southworth Planetarium is offering full dome video planetarium shows starting on Sept. 2. “On Friday nights in September, we will have a Full Dome Double Fea-ture at 7 p.m. and at 8:30 p.m. ‘Two Small Pieces of Glass’ is a program about the history and science of telescopes. How have telescopes enabled astronomers discover the outer Universe? From Galileo’s little scope to the Hubble Space Telescope, we’ve used optical equipment to study the cosmos and its myriad wonders. ‘IBEX’ is a new show about the probe which surveys the solar system’s outer edge. Where does the solar system end? What exotic objects lurk around its periphery? Join us as we explore the nether edge of our own planetary system. A full dome show is an total immersion experience. Both shows encom-pass the entire dome. As opposed to traditional programs in which both static and moving images appear at various locations, the Full Dome show is entirely digital video that covers all 360 degrees above the audience.” www.usm.maine.edu/planet

Portland Playback Theatre in the workplace7:30 p.m. CTN5, 516 Congress St., right next to MECA, $5 at the door. Theme: What happened at work. “The work-place is an epicenter of everything from ego-ridden chains of command to secret, perilous offi ce romances. It can be a playground of imagination and purpose, or a wasteland of meaningless drudgery. And after work, we let loose and tell stories - of what happened at work. Tell us a story from your workplace life and watch our team of improvisors immedi-ately play it back! Or just come to watch! Now in its sixth year, Portland Playback Theatre puts fi ve talented actors at

your disposal to replay the stories of your life. Learn more at www.portlandplayback.com.”

‘Legally Blonde the Musical’8 p.m. “Legally Blonde the Musical,” on stage at John Lane’s Ogunquit Playhouse. “This award-winning Broad-way musical sensation is based on the hit movie of the same name and follows college sweetheart and homecom-ing queen Elle Woods as she puts down the credit card, hits the books and heads for Harvard Law School in pursuit of her boyfriend Warner, who just dumped her for someone more serious.” www.ogunquitplayhouse.org

LIT at Mayo Street Arts8 p.m. A literary happening curated by Portland poet and theater reviewer Megan Grumbling. This month’s theme for LIT is an exploration of the works of Brecht, and dovetails with Lorem Ipsum’s upcoming production of The Three Penny Opera at Apohadion Theater later in the month. $5-10 suggested donation. www.mayostreetarts.org.

Comedian Bob Marley at the Landing at Pine Point8 p.m. “Our Labor day Weekend kickoff show is here again with the fabulous comic antics of Bob Marley. The Land-ing at Pine Point is recognized as kicking off the Labor Day weekend with a bang and what better way to do it than with the hilarious work of Mr. Marley.” The Landing at Pine Point, 353 Pine Point Road, Scarborough.

Saturday, Sept. 3

Ride in memory of 9/119 a.m. to 10 a.m. Two Wisconsin men on a motorcycle ride to honor military personnel and those affected by 9/11. “Despite a recent diagnosis of a brain aneuresym, Woody West of Wisconsin has organized a 17-state, 15-day ride to honor rescue workers and those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. During the ride, organized and joined by Terry Werdewitz, they will be stopping at the Pentagon, Ground Zero and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, as well as visiting 19 local fi re stations along the route as a part of the Remember Rally patch exchange. Woody is a Viet Nam Vet. They are inviting anyone along the way to join them in their Ride To Remember, whether for one mile or a hundred.” The ride will stop at the Portland Fire Department at 380 Congress St. in Portland. www.rememberrally.com

Open House at the New Gloucester History Barn9 a.m. to noon. The September Open House at the New Gloucester History Barn, Route 231 (behind the Town Hall), New Gloucester, will be held from 9 a.m. to noon. The spe-cial exhibit this month will be photos and artifacts related to New Gloucester schools. The exhibit of historic vehicles remains on display. Admission is free.

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Each year since 1931, Portland Ovations, formerly known as the PCA Great Performances, has brought performing artists to Portland. The organization’s 15th annual Epicurean Auction Benefi t in 2010 is shown. This year’s event is Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Merrill Auditorium. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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Unity hosts dog show9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Unity of Greater Portland, 54 River Road in Windham, will host the Second Annual Scoop Robbins Dog Show with Craft and Book Sale. If last year’s event was any example, there should be fun for the whole family and plenty of prizes for the family dog. Lots of ribbons will be awarded for such unusual categories as “Dog with the Longest Ears” and “Saddest Eyes.” Maggie the Beagle has already announced her intention to attend and defend last year’s title for “Waggingest Tail.” Entry fee $5 per dog, humans free. You do not need a dog to participate. For more info go to the dog show webpage at www.adeva-designs.com/dogshow/dogshow.htm or visit the church website, www.unitygreaterportland.org.

Irish genealogy/history roundtable10 a.m. Irish genealogy/history roundtable at the Maine Irish Heritage Center. “Bring your lunch, genealogy, old photos, questions, etc. This is the center’s third monthly meeting of its kind. The MIHC will host a roundtable the fi rst Saturday of every month.”

Portland Brew Festivalnoon to 8:30 p.m. Portland Brew Festival at the Portland Company Complex. “2011 is the inaugural year for the Portland Brew Festival, what promises to become one of the jewels of summer in Maine. With three buildings for exhibitors, over 75 varieties of regional craft brews, home-brewing supplies and demonstrations, the best in food, local music how could it really get better? But we realize after 3 1/2 hours of tasting-sized samples and a whole head-load of beer education, you’ll likely want to get out and get friendly with a full-sized pint or two and see how some of your new favorites stand up to your favorite dishes. So we’re putting this whole craft beer-stravaganza right on the edges of Munjoy Hill and the Old Port where you can meander into town after the fact and get feel for these beers in a real-world context.” Organiz-ers are partnering with Sail Maine, a local nonprofi t sup-porting sailing in Maine at the grass-roots, community level. A portion of the proceeds of the event go to ben-efi t community boating through Sail Maine. Also Sunday. www.portlandbrewfestival.com

‘Up Up, Down Down’ screening7 p.m. A part of the St. Lawrence Arts Center’s Local Monthly Film Series. $5. “Don’t miss the premier screen-ing of Portland fi lmmaker Allen Baldwin’s much anticipated premier of ‘Up Up, Down Down’. This will be Portland’s only screening and DVD release of the fi nal theatrical ver-sion so we hope that you come on down. In the works since 2009, ‘Up Up, Down Down’ is Baldwin’s most recent fea-ture length fi lm; a coming of age story that tells the tale of a young couple of underachievers eating cereal, play-ing video games and facing the trials and tribulations of an unforeseen pregnancy. Featuring lead performances by Erik Moody and Kristina Balbo. Written by Jeremy Stover and Allen Baldwin. Shot by Luke Pola.” Following the screening on September 3rd will be a open table Q&A session with the director and actors involved in the feature. Tix and informa-tion: www.stlawrencearts.org

‘Legally Blonde the Musical’8:30 p.m. “Legally Blonde the Musical,” on stage at John Lane’s Ogunquit Playhouse. “This award-winning Broad-way musical sensation is based on the hit movie of the same name and follows college sweetheart and homecom-ing queen Elle Woods as she puts down the credit card, hits the books and heads for Harvard Law School in pursuit of her boyfriend Warner, who just dumped her for someone more serious.” www.ogunquitplayhouse.org

Sunday, Sept. 4

Lions Club breakfast on Peaks8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Lions Club breakfast at Greenwood Gar-dens, Peaks Island. Pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee, milk, orange juice. Adult: $6 Child: $4. http://www.peaksisland.info/calendar_2011.htm#September

Paws in the Park at Payson Park10 a.m. The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland’s annual fundraiser, Paws in the Park, is scheduled in a brand new location, Portland’s Payson Park. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and the dog walk at 11 a.m. Each registrant will receive a gift for participating. There will be lots of fun

festivities beginning at 10 am. There will be agility demon-strations, pet items for sale, raffl es, rescue groups, adopt-able dogs, animal communicators Sara Moore and Jailene Fontaine, Reiki demonstrations, micro-chipping and a host of other activities. Erin Ovalle from WMTW 8 is honorary MC and WGAN’s Dynamic Duo Ken and Mike will serve as judges for the Cool Canine Contest held after the walk. Prizes will be awarded to the team, child and adult with the highest dollar value in pledges. The proceeds will help pro-vide food, shelter, emergency, and preventative veterinary care, as well as provide new beginnings for the more than 4,000 animals who come through the shelter’s doors each year. To celebrate the ARL’s 100th Anniversary, this year there will also be a 5K run which will precede the dog walk. The Furry Friends 5K will begin at 9 a.m. (registration at 7 a.m.) and also be in Payson Park. To register and collect pledges for Paws in the Park or The Furry Friends 5K visit the ARL website at www.arlgp.org. To sponsor, become a vendor or ask a question contact the ARL Community Relations Director at lmcghee@arlgp.org or call 854-9771, ext. 115.

New Gloucester Community Market11 a.m. Filled with a diverse selection of local products, the New Gloucester Community Market will be premier-ing on Sunday, Sept. 4. Music, a barbecue and raffl e will add to the festivities on opening day. The Market will set up shop at Thompson’s Orchard, 276 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester. There you will fi nd products such as veg-etables, bread, jams and preserves, eggs and dairy, meat, plants, berries, herbs, soaps, alpaca yarn and wears, and more. The Market will be held Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Thursdays from 2 to 6 p.m. and is slated to run through the end of October. For more information, contact Noah Fralich, 232-1304, or norumbegafarm@gmail.com.

Portland Brew Festival, day twonoon to 3:30 p.m. Portland Brew Festival at the Portland Company Complex. “2011 is the inaugural year for the Portland Brew Festival, what promises to become one of the jewels of summer in Maine. With three buildings for exhibitors, over 75 varieties of regional craft brews, home-brewing supplies and demonstrations, the best in food, local music how could it really get better? But we realize after 3 1/2 hours of tasting-sized samples and a whole head-load of beer education, you’ll likely want to get out and get friendly with a full-sized pint or two and see how some of your new favorites stand up to your favorite dishes. So we’re putting this whole craft beer-stravaganza right on the edges of Munjoy Hill and the Old Port where you can meander into town after the fact and get feel for these beers in a real-world context.” Organizers are partnering with Sail Maine, a local nonprofi t supporting sailing in Maine at the grass-roots, community level. A portion of the proceeds of the event go to benefi t community boating through Sail Maine. www.portlandbrewfestival.com

Handmade Puppet Dreams Volume I7 p.m. Film screening with intro/talk by fi lmmaker Tim LaGasse $7, Mayo Street Arts. “Tim LaGasse is a renowned puppeteer and fi lmmaker and we are thrilled to have him join us for the fi rst screening in the four-volume HMPD series produced by Heather Henson’s Ibex Puppetry.” www.mayostreetarts.org

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Champ, a pug and Shih Tzu mix, enjoys a cool morning in front of Pierre’s of Exchange Street at 104 Exchange St. The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland’s annual fundraiser, Paws in the Park, is scheduled in a brand new location, Portland’s Payson Park, on Sunday, Sept. 4. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)