the portland daily sun, wednesday, july 13, 2011

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011 VOL. 3 NO. 114 PORTLAND, ME PORTLAND’S DAILY NEWSPAPER 699-5801

Chernobyl’s lingering scars

See Joe Nocera’s column

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Outdoor dining options

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Traffi c navigates north on Interstate 295 at Portland Tuesday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

This weekend, Interstate 295 commuters will fi nd out what happens when you mix freeway construction with 100,000 festival-goers all converging on a town near the heart of the work zone.

From Friday through Sunday, July 15 to July 17, the Yarmouth Clam Festival will draw an estimated 100,000 visitors to Yar-mouth over the festival’s three-day run. Typically, without a major festi-val, over 50,000 vehicles per day travel I-295 near the Yarmouth-Freeport town line, the Maine Department of Transportation estimates — and that same section is now part of a swath of I-295 northbound that’s being repaved and retrofi tted with guardrails and drainage.

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Idexx plans $60M expansion, 700 jobsWESTBROOK — Idexx Laboratories is

planning to begin construction later this year on a new $60 million corporate head-quarters that will ultimately lead to 700 new jobs, company offi cials said yesterday.

Idexx will break ground this fall on a $30 million, 107,000-square-foot offi ce build-ing adjacent to its existing space on Eisen-hower Drive. The three-story building is

expected to be fi nished in 2013.Another 100,000-square-foot offi ce build-

ing is planned for the site sometime after the fi rst phase of the project is completed.

“The timing (for the second building) will be dependent on our continued growth, and we will have to plan accordingly so the new building is available when we need it,” Dick Daigle, director of facilities for Idexx, said in a telephone interview.

Idexx, a $4.5 billion company that spe-

cializes in veterinary products, employs about 4,800 people worldwide. About 1,700 of those employees are based in Westbrook.

About 1,400 people currently work at the company's 575,000-square-foot facility on Eisenhower Drive, and another 300 work-ers are based in an administrative facility on Thomas Drive.

“We are proud to grow our operations in

Idexx Laboratories, Inc. announced Tuesday that it will continue its expansion in Westbrook this fall with the construction of a new corporate administrative facility, shown here in an artist's rendering. (COURTESY IMAGE)

— THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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SAYWHAT...The cars we drive say a lot

about us.”—Alexandra Paul

ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The only subcom-pact car being built on Ameri-can soil will soon roll out of an assembly plant here in suburban Detroit that is as unusual as the car itself.

The production line has been squeezed into half the space of a traditional plant. Welding robots are concen-trated in effi cient clusters, instead of being spaced along the line, while many of the workers earn half the typical union wage. Even the fi rst coat of rust-proofi ng has been reformulated so that it is one-hundredth as thick as — and thereby cheaper than — the coating on other cars.

One of the oldest axioms in the auto industry is that no company can build a sub-compact car in the United States and make money because they are priced too low. The Ford Fiesta is built in Mexico. The Honda Fit is made in several places, including China and Brazil. But with Americans — and Detroit — rediscovering small cars because of high gasoline prices, General Motors is intent on shatter-ing that notion with its new Chevrolet Sonic. A car with a base price of $14,500 would give G.M. a new entry in the lowest tier of the market when it goes on sale this fall, and the Sonic is expected to be a breakthrough in establishing a new level of cooperation between Detroit and the United Automobile Workers.

The radically revamped factory here operates with fewer and cheaper workers, many of whom are paid $14 an hour rather than the full U.A.W. wage of $28 an hour.

The plant itself is smaller and reconfi gured to save money, with company exec-utives modeling some of the changes after G.M.’s most effi cient factories in Ger-many and Korea. The pro-duction line’s footprint alone was reduced from 1 million square feet to 500,000 — the equivalent of losing the space of more than two Wal-Mart Super Stores. The energy bill was cut by pow-ering some operations with methane gas from neighbor-ing landfi lls.

The Sonic will be G.M.’s littlest, and most fuel-effi cient, conventionally powered vehicle. It was con-ceived in 2008 before the federal government’s bailout of the bankrupt automaker, when negotiators from the company and the union began brainstorming about what it would take to make a profi table subcompact car in the United States rather than in low-wage countries.

“We wanted to prove we could do it,” said Diana D. Tremblay, G.M.’s head of labor relations , “and we went into it with an open mind.”

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Half brother of Afghan President Karzai is killed

KABUL, Afghanistan — Ahmed Wali Karzai, the pow-erful half brother of the Afghan president and the linchpin of the security and power struc-ture in southern Afghanistan, was shot twice in the head and killed Tuesday by a close family associate, according to Karzai family friends who were nearby.

The killing took place as Mr. Karzai was receiving petition-ers, provincial colleagues and friends at his house in central Kandahar that was the city’s political center of gravity. More than 60 people were there at the time of the shooting, wit-nesses said.

His assailant was Sardar Mohammed, a regular visitor to the residence, and he was killed almost immediately by bodyguards, said people close to Mr. Karzai who declined to be named. Mr. Mohammed was a commander of security posts

near Karz just south of the city of Kandahar, Mr. Karzai’s driver said.

His motivations were not immediately clear. But whether they were personal or political, the killing amounts to a direct blow to the power of President Hamid Karzai, who depended on his half brother’s unchal-lenged infl uence in southern Afghanistan to maintain the Karzai family’s nexus of con-nections to power brokers across the region, including tribal leaders, elected offi cials, narcotics smugglers and insur-gents.

Scores of people visited Ahmed Wali Karzai every day to seek his advice and support on business matters, political dealings and tribal disputes. The killing immediately cre-ated a vacuum of authority in Afghanistan’s important Pashtun region, the heartland of the Taliban insurgency, and it appeared likely to set off a struggle for control as mem-bers of the Karzai family and

leaders from other infl uential clans jockey for power.

Some Western offi cials said they anticipated the possibility of more bloodletting, an expec-tation that underscored the country’s persistent volatility as coalition forces prepare to hand over full responsibility for the security of some areas to Afghans and as the United States begins drawing down its forces.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the killing, but several leaders in Kan-dahar said they doubted the claims.

President Karzai held a news conference in Kabul with President Nicolas Sarkozy of France barely two hours after the shooting and, speaking in a steady voice, confi rmed the death of his half brother, who was about 48.

BY ALISSA J. RUBINTHE NEW YORK TIMES

Afghan elders met with Ahmed Wali Karzai, second from right, the brother of Presi-dent Hamid Karzai and the head of the Provincial Council in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2009 (Lynsey Addario for The New York Times).

LONDON — Rupert Mur-doch’s once-commanding infl u-ence in British politics seemed to dwindle to a new low on Tuesday, when all three major parties in Parliament joined in support of a sharp rebuke to his ambitions and a par-liamentary committee said it would call him, along with two other top executives, to testify publicly next week about the growing scandal enveloping his media empire.

Mr. Murdoch has been struggling to complete a huge, contentious takeover deal that still needs regula-tory approval, the $12 billion acquisition of the shares in British Sky Broadcasting that his company does not already own. In an effort to save that deal from the scandal’s fallout, Mr. Murdoch has already shut down the tabloid at the heart of the scandal, The News of the World. But the accusations have spread to other papers in his News International group, and have taken in an ever wider and more outrage-pro-voking list of victims.

The House of Commons is scheduled to vote on Wednes-

day on a motion declaring that “it is in the public inter-est for Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation to with-draw their bid for BSkyB,” a motion pushed by the opposi-tion Labour Party that Con-servatives decided on Tuesday to support. With the three par-ties holding more than 600 of the 650 seats in the house, the motion is expected to be approved overwhelmingly.

Though it would have little direct effect, the motion rep-resents a powerful political headwind blowing against the deal and against Mr. Murdoch, a fi gure so powerful in Britain

that until the current scandal politicians and others in public life have rarely risked invok-ing his ire. And it threatened to undercut a last-ditch step that the News Corporation took on Monday, when it with-drew promises it had made to satisfy antitrust concerns about the deal, most notably that Sky News, the target company’s 24-hour news chan-nel, would be spun off.

Before the scandal fl ared up, the Conservative government had shown readiness to waive a formal antitrust review of the deal, based on those prom-ises. A regulatory review would now not just delay the deal for months, but may kill it.

A parliamentary committee said Tuesday that it would call Mr. Murdoch, his son James and Rebekah Brooks, the chief executive of News Interna-tional, to testify next week about accusations of phone hacking and corruption at the News International papers. James Whittington, chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, said it would seek to determine “how high up the chain” knowledge of the newsroom malpractices in the Murdoch newspapers went.

BY JOHN F. BURNSTHE NEW YORK TIMES

Murdoch called to testify in hacking case

Rupert Murdoch arrived at his apart-ment in London on Monday (Andrew Winning/Reuters/The New York Times).

Proposal would let Obama raise debt ceiling

The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said Tuesday that a biparti-san budget deal with President Obama was probably out of reach, and he proposed a plan under which the president could increase the federal debt limit without Congressional approval for offsetting spending cuts.

Mr. McConnell’s proposal refl ected a growing sense of pes-simism on Capitol Hill about the prospects that Mr. Obama and Congressional leaders could come to terms on a budget deal before the government’s borrow-ing authority hits its limit on Aug. 2. The negotiators sat down for another round of talks at the White House on Tuesday after-noon.

In an interview with CBS News, Mr. Obama said he “cannot guarantee” that the gov-ernment can pay benefi ts next month to Social Security recipi-ents, veterans and the disabled if Congress does not increase the federal debt limit, raising the political stakes even as Repub-licans hardened their opposition to him.

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Three teens charged in Westbrook car burglaries

WESTBROOK — Police here have charged three juveniles in connection with a string of car break-ins reported last weekend.

In all, the teens face 12 counts of burglary to a motor vehicle and two counts of illegal possession of alcohol by a minor. Police didn’t release their identities.

The break-ins, which were reported at about 2 a.m. on July 9, occurred in the vicinity of Constitution Drive and Pioneer Road. Neighbors in the area saw a group of juveniles rummaging through cars and alerted police, Capt. Tom Roth said in a news release.

Police “blanketed” the area and ulti-mately arrested three teenagers alleg-edly responsible for the burglaries. All of the merchandise stolen from the break-ins was recovered, Roth said.

Westbrook police have investigated numerous car burglaries this year, and that almost all of them involved unlocked vehicles, Roth said. He urged residents to lock their vehicles at all times.

Four more cruise ships to arrive this week

Four cruise ships carrying more than 3,300 passengers and crew will arrive in Portland this week, poten-tially giving downtown retailers and restaurants a boost heading into the weekend.

The Grande Caribe, an Ameri-can Canadian Caribbean Line ship, arrived yesterday and will depart

Thursday, carrying one hundred pas-sengers. The 183 feet long luxury cruise ship will embark on a week-long tour of the Maine coast.

On Friday, two American Cruise Line ships, the American Glory and the Independence, will come to Port-land for the beginning of their Maine Coast and Harbors itinerary. The American Glory and Independence will disembark with approximately fi fty and one hundred passengers, respectively, for an eight-day cruise along the Maine coast on Saturday. Both ships home port in Portland.

On Saturday, the Enchantment of the Seas, will visit the port carrying approximately 2,250 passengers and 870 crew members. The Royal Carib-bean International ship will head north for Bar Harbor at the end of her visit and will conclude her nine-day itinerary in Baltimore.

Sixty-three ships carrying 86,393 passengers are expected to call to the Port of Portland from June to Octo-ber this year. The berthing schedule includes a number of maiden visits including Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth, the Caribbean Princess and Norwe-gian Jewel.

Construction is also underway for the Ocean Gateway Pier II, which is expected to be complete later this summer.

Local man charged in credit union robbery

Portland Police have charged a 40-year-old city man in connection with the July 11 robbery at TruChoice Federal Credit Union on Park Ave.

Sean Dolstad was arrested at about

3:30 p.m. yesterday on Mellen Street after police received a tip that he was walking in the area, Lt. Gary Rogers said in a press release. Dolstad was arrested without incident while talking on the pay phone outside Mellen Street Market.

He is charged with robbery, burglary and probation viola-tion.

Police say Dol-stad walked into the TruChoice credit union branch across from Hadlock Field and handed the teller a note demanding money. He was given an undisclosed amount of cash before fleeing.

No weapon was shown during the robbery, and no customers were inside the branch when the robbery occurred, at about 9:30 a.m. There were no injuries.

Dolstad is also accused of stealing a safe from the YMCA at 70 Forest Ave. on July 11, which Rogers said accounts for the burglary charge.

Dolstad is being held without bail at Cumberland County Jail.

Police calling Lewiston death ‘suspicious’

LEWISTON — The decomposing remains of a woman were found in a basement apartment late Monday, and state and local police are calling the death “suspicious.”

In a short press release, Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland said yesterday that the

State Medical Examiner’s Offi ce had been called to the scene to bring body to Augusta for autopsy and identifi -cation. As of press time, the woman’s name had not been released.

McCausland said investigators planned to spend the day Tuesday at the building, at 417 Main St., col-lecting evidence. He said the build-ing houses a business and several apartments.

The Associated Press reports that police were notified about the body on Monday. Investigators believe she has been dead for several weeks.

Meanwhile, State police have arrested 20-year-old Robert Ryder, who also lived in the building, on a probation violation, according to AP. Ryder is being held at Androscoggin County jail.

Teacher gets six months for ‘touching’ student

AUGUSTA — A former teacher at Winslow High School pleaded guilty yesterday in Kennebec County Superior Court to one count of unlawful sexual touching in a plea deal that will include six months in jail and $2,000 in resti-tution, according to the Associated Press.

Scott Wood, 38, was also forced to surrender his teaching license after admitting to sexually touching a former student. Wood has apolo-gized for his actions, AP reported.

Wood, a former girls soccer and boys basketball coach at Winslow High, was arrested in June after he inappropriately touched a female student at the school.

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Much has been made of the debt ceiling talks going on in Washington, D.C. A lot of rheto-ric is fl ying, signifi cant posturing is taking place and the deadline for the debt ceiling to be raised is just weeks away.

Many have characterized the current Congress as the most polarized and most partisan in history. Of course, much like many of the comments coming from both political parties, the concept that Washington, D.C. is more polarized today than it ever has been is nonsense. The truth is, we have dozens of 24/7 cable news channels and countless websites that cover every breath and step the folks in Washington, D.C. make and this makes us all more aware of the squabbling.

Think about it for a moment. Think about the ten years, from 1850 to 1860, in our nation’s his-tory as we moved toward a war between the states. The Compro-mise of 1850, cobbled together by Henry Clay, was supposed to hold off the threat of secession and cool the tensions over the issue of slavery. What it really did was hold off secession and war for a decade. During the decade lead-ing up to the Civil War, America

Congress no more polarized today than in 1800s

was at a fevered-pitch over the issue of slavery, on the street corner, in Church, in the Court-room and in the halls of Congress.

Especially Congress, as it was a hotbed of tension and polariza-tion. Members endured under genuine threats, from their con-stituents and from other mem-bers of Congress. One member, Charles Sumner of Massachu-setts, was attacked with a cane with such a severity that many have speculated it was a factor in his early death.

You may be asking yourself, what does this romp through his-tory of a 160 plus years ago have to do with the debt ceiling talks now going on in Washington, D.C.? Not much, other than to make a point about the rhetoric of today’s political parties and many of our congressional lead-ers.

The tension and polarization

that exists in Congress today is really not much different than it has been for most of our nation’s history. Contrary to popular belief, members of Congress have historically sniped at each other. The two major political parties have long gone over-the-top in their efforts to paint their oppo-nents as out-of-touch and outside of the mainstream when it comes to ideas. The fact that we the people are more aware of it does not mean that this tension is more elevated than in previous decades or debates.

Let’s face it. There should be tension in Congress. The people

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Oddly enough, the 25th anniversary of the worst nuclear accident in history has been marked by jour-nalism about animals. Two magazines, Wired and Harper’s, have published lengthy articles about the rebirth of animal life in the so-called exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine.

All well and good, but given the recent Japanese nuclear accident, wouldn’t you rather know what

Chernobyl’s lingering scars

has happened to the, er, people who were affected by Cher-nobyl?

I know such a person. Her name is Maria Gawronska. Thirty years old, smart and attractive, Maria is a native of Poland who moved to New York in 2004. I met her through my fi ancée maybe four years ago. She always wore a turtleneck, even on the hottest of days.

Maria’s hometown, Olsztyn, in northern Poland, is more than 400 miles from Chernobyl. She was 5 years old in April 1986 when the reactor melted down, spewing immense amounts of radio-activity upwind, where it spread across Ukraine, Belarus and, yes, northern Poland.

“At fi rst,” Maria said, “they said it was an explo-sion but it wasn’t dangerous.” But within a few days, the Soviet Union grudgingly acknowledged the acci-dent. Maria recalls that everyone was given iodine tablets, and told to remain indoors. She stayed in the house for the next two weeks.

She also remembers hearing people say that it would be years before Poles knew the health

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I am looking at a marble bust of an ancient woman. Her profi le looks like the “before” picture at a plastic surgeon’s offi ce prior to a nose job, lip fi llers and chin implant. Nothing strikingly attractive about her, yet this is Cleopatra, oft assumed to be the most beautiful woman the world has ever known.

Her beauty is a historical, if not accurate, theme. Shakespeare wrote of her in “Antony and Cleopatra,” “For her own person/it beggar’d all descrip-tion: she did lie in her pavilion-cloth of gold, of tissue-O’er/picturing that Venus where we see/The fancy out-work of nature.”

Paintings of her likeness created in the 18th century depict her as a lus-cious blond with a curling mane and blue eyes (rather impossible given her Macedonian genes). Elizabeth Taylor played her and Angelina Jolie is slated to in an upcoming fi lm as well. The Queen of Egypt represents beauty du jour.

There is nothing specifi cally docu-mented about her physical allure in Roman writings and artistic depic-tions of her are rather masculine and homely. Plutarch, the Greek historian, wrote that Cleopatra’s beauty was not “the sort that would astound those that saw her.”

How did we, then, even come to assume she was this gorgeous crea-

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ture fl oating the Nile on nothing but her golden looks?

I understand canning Jolie and throwing a wig on John Cleese would leave a weird taste in moviegoers’ pop-corn coated mouths, but does Cleopatra need to be “beautiful” for us to believe she was not only a powerful ruler but also captivated the hearts of the pow-erful Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?

While poets who knew her did not mention her physical beauty (or lack thereof), they did give high accolades for her wit, intelligence and melodic voice. It was her character, her actual beauty, that captivated her kingdom. She didn’t need to rely on her physical appearance because she had so much more to offer.

Are you seeing the lesson here, ladies? Here is a woman who was a troll and had enough je ne sais quoi to seduce the world for over 2,000 years. She captivates us not because of her face, there are plenty of forgot-ten pretty faces, but because even in the fi rst century she was a modern

woman. She was powerful, brilliant, charming, charismatic, witty and by all accounts, not shy about her sexu-ality. Yet for all of her competence as a ruler, Cleopatra identifi ed her-self most with Isis, the goddess of life and magic — a goddess revered for her utter femininity.

No matter your generation or how much you spend on perfecting your facade, you need to reconnect with your inner Cleopatra. It is cliche, but looks do fade (or at least become buried under a maze of wrinkles and sun damage). It is cruel, but it is nature.

Who are you going to be when you are Age X? The person that says, “I used to look so good in a bikini before I had three kids — I used to ... hey, where did everyone go?”

Or are you the Cleopatra of your circle, the one at the top of every party invite list, the one people fi ght to sit next to at dinner, the one people come to for advice because you are so wise — not because you have smooth thighs and pouty lips?

We all know stunning women that become as vapid and unappealing as stale Chinese food because all of their focus is on the external. On the con-trary, haven’t you ever fallen in love with someone who wasn’t “your type” but once you got to know them became the person you couldn’t imagine a breath without?

Make your goal for the rest of the summer to boost up your Cleopatrian beauty. Put less focus on what you see in the mirror. Don’t cement over the inner radiance that comes from being delightful, clever and confi dent. I have been (trying!) to wean myself off of slathering on make-up before leav-ing the house, which makes me feel incredibly vulnerable and insecure; I have yet to take off my sunglasses when I don’t have mascara on. But it’s a step.

Instead of watching whatever crap is stored on your DVR, do something relevant. Buy a book featured on the NYT best-seller list, go see a lec-ture at a local school, study art at a gallery. Get in touch your feminine mystique: Take a belly dancing class, walk through a labyrinth, get a henna tattoo all over your tummy, the center of your life-wielding force.

When we sacrifi ce the powerful beauty we hold in our wit, charm and brains for surface beauty, we pull away from what it means to be a real woman. And to that, Cleopatra was indeed one of the most beautiful women the world has ever known. So are you.

(Maggie Knowles is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Her column appears Wednesdays. See her blog at http://sexynaptime.blogspot.com.)

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Each side should fi ght for their beliefs and not merely give inRICHARDSON from page 4

we send to Washington are sent there to debate, dis-cuss and solve the great issues of our time. Hope-fully, each member brings a set of foundational beliefs which guide the principles they are fi ght-ing for. If these principles matter, and they should, then each side should fi ght for their beliefs and not merely give in because the politics of the moment

seems to dictate such action.That said, let’s look at reality. The nation’s debt

ceiling will be raised and our government’s obli-gations will be met. In other words, a deal will be struck. Neither side is willing to take a chance that they would be blamed if our nation were to default on its obligations. Republicans want the White House and believe they can take the Senate in 2012. President Obama wants to win re-election and the

Democrats do not want to suffer any further losses in the Congress. Neither side wants to be blamed if a deal is not struck and not wanting to be blamed is motivation enough to see that a deal gets done.

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

There has been an explosion of thyroid problems in OlsztynNOCERA from page 4

consequences of the accident. Among other things, radiation can wreak havoc on the thyroid gland; that is why people take iodine tablets, to minimize the amount of radioactive iodine that their thyroids absorb.

Sure enough, over the course of the last quarter-century, there has been an explosion of thyroid prob-lems in Olsztyn. Maria told me that entire hospital wings are now devoted to thyroid disease. This is no exaggeration. Dr. Artur Zalewski, an Olsztyn thy-roid surgeon, confi rmed that his practice had seen a huge increase in thyroid operations since the early 1990s. Some people have cancerous thyroids, but many more have enlarged thyroids, or thyroids that have stopped functioning properly.

Dr. Zalewski also cautioned me, though, that there was no scientifi c proof connecting thyroid disease to Chernobyl. Partly because of Soviet intransi-gence, and partly because of what The Lancet would describe as “considerable logistical challenges,” epi-demiological studies were never begun that might have helped link the disaster to Poland’s thyroid problems.

The studies that have been done have focused on

cancer. According to The Lancet, it is possible that increases in childhood leukemia and breast cancer in Belarus and Ukraine can be attributed to Cher-nobyl. But because of “fl awed study design,” these studies are not defi nitive.

When I e-mailed Maria’s mother, Barbara Gawron-ska-Kozak, however, she was adamant: “I am con-vinced that Chernobyl increased thyroid problems.” Barbara, a scientist herself (though not an epide-miologist), told me that this was what the “average citizen of Poland” believed. She herself required a thyroid operation a decade after the accident. Her mother had two thyroid operations. Her best friend had a thyroid operation. An old high school friend recently had a goiter removed. Maria told me that her father was the only family member who had not had a thyroid problem.

Around fi ve years ago, it was Maria’s turn. Gradu-ally, her thyroid had become so enlarged that it impinged on her trachea, making it hard to breathe in certain positions. The unsightly growth, of course, was why she always wore a turtleneck. A specialist in New York told her that he had never seen any-thing quite like it, and that the operation to cor-rect it was high risk and could possibly damage her vocal cords. So Maria decided to return to Poland

and have the operation in her hometown. She did so earlier this year.

Just as in Chernobyl’s case, it will be years before we know how the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station will affect the health of those who lived nearby. Although much less radia-tion escaped, it did leak into the water, and traces have been found in the food supply. It makes one wonder how to deal with nuclear power, which offers the tantalizing prospect of clean energy — along with the ever-present risk of disaster should some-thing go wrong. These are not simple questions — as we are reminded whenever there is an accident like Fukushima Daiichi. Or Chernobyl.

For Maria, at least, the story ends happily. Dr. Zalewski, who operated on her, didn’t fl inch when he saw the size of her thyroid. The operation was a success. Her vocal cords are just fi ne. She has more energy than she has had in years.

Maria told me that while she was in Olsztyn, she sought out old friends. As soon as they heard why she had returned, she said, “They all laughed and pointed to their own scars.”

When I saw her not long after she returned to New York, I couldn’t help noticing her own small scar. She wasn’t wearing a turtleneck.


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Wednesday, July 13

The Kids Are Alright: Theodore Treehousenoon. SPACE and the Maine Academy of Modern Music debut The Kids Are Alright, a new series of Wednesday lunchtime performances by local musicians for the whole family can dig! Stop by for a break after the Farmer’s Market, or before you hit the beach for a cool hour of music by great live acts tailored for the kids. Parents and kids will be able to meet the musicians, ask them questions, and even experience an “instrument petting zoo”! Kicking off the summertime fun is Theodore Treehouse, local rock boys extraordinaire, whose album Mercury: Closest to the Sun, has fast become a favorite around here. The quartet’s jaunty, infectious rhythms and brash energy will get every-body’s feet moving. $3 adults/ $2 kids, all ages.

Maine Songwriters Association Showcase at One Longfellow Square7 p.m. A new monthly series from OLS and MSA featuring a great lineup of local talent every second Wednesday at One Longfellow Square. Maine Songwriters Association is a statewide, nonprofi t, member organization dedicated to the support of songwriters and their art. The MSA mission is to encourage, recognize, educate, support and promote developing songwriters. ($5 at the door only. 7 p.m. start, doors at 6:30 p.m.) www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Thursday, July 14

Will Gattis and Dirigo in Alive at Five5 p.m. This summer’s Alive at Five Concert series in Monu-ment Square continues with the sounds of Will Gattis and Dirigo featuring members of Strangefolk. Music begins at 5 p.m. and bands play through 7:30 p.m., free to all. Sebago Brewing Company hosts the beer garden for Portlanders and out of town visitors to enjoy a cold drink while listening to Indie Pop and Folk music. A Portland native, Will Gattis describes himself as “the hypothetical result of Ben Folds sitting next to Freddie Mercury in a philosophy class taught by Paul McCartney.” Known for engaging his audience with humorous anecdotes and stories, his sincerity and show-manship will be a great performance in Monument Square for people of all ages. Strangefolk members Erik Glockler and Luke Patchen Montgomery joined forces with Stevie Jones on the guitar and Ginger Cote on the drums to create Dirigo — aptly named after the state’s motto. The folk/alt-country/jam band has established their own solid following but will be quenching the thirst of many Strangefolk fans on Thursday as well. They plan to launch a new CD late July — perfect timing for this week’s Alive at Five concert. Upcom-ing Alive at Five Bands: July 21 — The Fogcutters Big Band (Big Band/Swing) and Sly-Chi (Funk/Soul/Jazz); July 28 — Marion Grace (Singer-Songwriters) and Gypsy Tail-wind (Americana /Roots); Aug. 4 — The Modest Proposal (MAMM SLAM High School Band Winners) and The Kenya Hall Band (Rhythm and Blues). Brought by WBLM, WCYY, WJBQ, WHOM, WGME13, Portland Phoenix, Mainetoday.com, & Sebago Brewing Company.

Vishten at One Longfellow Square8 p.m. One Longfellow Square. Made up of seventh gen-eration Acadians living separate but parallel musical experi-ences, twin sisters Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc from Prince Edward Island, Canada have teamed up with Pascal Miousse from the nearby Magdelen Islands to create a sound that incorporates elements of the new ways while retaining and staying true to the essential Acadian spirit of

their roots. The sound is essentially Celtic but with a difference. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Mid-Summer Mega Dance Party9 p.m. SPACE Gallery. Mid-Summer Mega Dance Party. Calling all Gemi-nis, Cancers and Leos to come cel-ebrate your summer birthdays with former Portland hip hop guru Gabe FM. Gabe FM combines an obscure mix of glitched out hip hop with latin and reggae styles. This will be his fi rst DJ appearance in Portland in over 3 years! Maine’s own Lord of the Dance, Nan’l Meiklejohn, takes turns on the decks to give Gabe some time to bask in the glow of his return to Portland. Admis-sion is $3, 21 plus. http://www.space538.org/events.php

Friday, July 15

Tricky Britches album release at SPACE Gallery8 p.m. Tricky Britches Album Release with Papadello, Maisie Newell & Eric Dayan at SPACE Gallery. Fresh off a Southern tour, the Tricky Britches bring their high-energy blend of old-time, bluegrass, coun-try and folk to SPACE for the release of their new album, Hard Fought Day. Portland, ME-based trio Papadello’s music is steeped in the sounds of traditional folk and blues with a modern pop sensibility. With fi ddler Maisie Newell and Eric Dayan. Come party down with rollicking music, free food and a cornhole tournament! $8, 18 plus.

Cindy Bullens & Greg Trooper8 p.m. One Longfellow Square presents. Cindy Bullens has perfected the tough-tender, country-rock hybrid sound, she’s a rocker who has grown up and managed to incor-porate adult concerns into her work without sacrifi cing the passion and energy of youth, Cindy Bullens deserves to be mentioned alongside such peers as Bruce Springsteen, John Hiatt, Bonnie Raitt and Steve Earle. Rarely has there been a more aptly named singer/songwriter than Greg Trooper. Over three decades, the New Jersey native has sol-diered on through the victories and setbacks unique to a career dedicated to music, proving through gestures large and small that he’s one of our best. www.onelong-fellowsquare.com

G Love and the Special Sauce9:15 p.m. G Love and the Special Sauce, Maine State Pier Portland. $29.50. Gates open at 7 p.m. The Maine State Pier Concert Series. Rising to prominence in the early ‘90s with the critically acclaimed “Coast to Coast Motel,” and the self-titled “G. Love and Special Sauce,” G. Love and Special Sauce have recorded and toured relentlessly pro-moting their signature style of “laid back” blues infused with R&B and hip-hop sounds. Since 1993, G. Love and Special Sauce have released seven albums with combined sales of over a million worldwide, and boast collaborations with Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, and most recently The Avett Brothers. G. Love’s most recent album “Fixin’ to Die” was produced by The Avett Brothers, and showcases the band’s love for “back road blues.” http://www.facebook.com/StatePier#!/StatePier?sk=info

Saturday, July 16

An evening with Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen8 p.m. Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen at One Longfellow Square. Arguably the pioneer of the genre known as “Coun-try Rock”, Chris Hillman has carved a permanent niche in the history of Contemporary American music through his work with such notable bands as the Byrds, the Flying Bur-rito Brothers, and the Desert Rose Band. In 1991 Chris Hill-man was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Byrds, and has received numerous acco-lades for his songwriting. Ticket price: $30 adv/$35 door. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Thursday, July 21

Enter The Haggis, Carbon Leaf come The Landing at Pine Point in Scarborough7 p.m. Enter The Haggis comes to Scarborough, The Land-ing at Pine Point (all ages, $17.50-$22.50) w/ Carbon Leaf opening. “After spending much of April and May in the

studio working on a new album, Toronto-based Celtic rock outfi t Enter The Haggis kicked off the festival season this month with performances at the annual Boston Irish Fest and Celtic Fling. Club and festival performances continue throughout the summer, where fans can expect the band to play some new material that it will be testing out on audi-ences.” www.thelandingatpinepoint.com

Thursday, July 28

Wiz Khalifa at the Maine State Pier7 p.m. “Being out in front of people and just being ‘The Man’” might sound like a vague and ridiculous dream to have, but for Cameron Thomaz it might be the most appropriate thought to cross any mind. Better known as Wiz Khalifa, the son of two military parents has always had his eye on being a new standard by which cool is measured. Rapping since the third grade and starting to record music at 14 was pr.obably a step in the right direction. The next best move? Inking a deal to Rostrum Records after a meeting with Benjy Grinberg. ... He and his Rostrum team hit the ground running in 2009 and released three highly acclaimed mixtapes: “Flight School,” “How Fly,” a collaborative mixtape with New Orleans rapper Curren$y, and “Burn After Rolling.” The album “Deal Or No Deal” followed in the Fall and debuted at the top of the iTunes “Hip-Hop” chart, and has remained in the top 50 to date.” Special Guests Big Sean & Chevy Woods. Commercial St./Franklin Arterial. $32 advance and day of show.

The Wailin’ Jennys in Brownfi eld8 p.m. Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfi eld presents The Wailin’ Jennys in concert in support of their highly anticipated new studio album “Bright Morning Stars.” Tick-ets: $55. 935-7292 http://www.stonemountainartscenter.com/ArtsCenter/Wailin-Jennys.html.

Saturday, July 30

Emmylou Harris at the State8 p.m. The Civil Wars. State Theatre. “Born in Alabama, raised in Virginia, a longtime resident of California and then of Nashville, Ms. Harris has transformed her music repeat-edly. During the 1970s and ‘80s, through a string of gold albums, she sang honky-tonk, rockabilly, bluegrass and country-folk as a sly traditionalist; she could illuminate coun-try standards, yet also make a pop song from the Beatles or Donna Summer seem to sprout Southern roots. When she shared harmonies with two other country-rooted, pop-savvy women — Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton — on the 1987 album ‘Trio,’ it sold a million copies.” $61/$51/$41 reserved seating. www.statetheatreportland.com

Sunday, July 31

Saltwater Celtic Music Festivalnoon. The Saltwater Celtic Music Festival will occur on, at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick, and at satellite locations on the days prior to July 31. 1 p.m. — The Maine Celtic Scene. 2 p.m. — The Screaming Orphans. 3 p.m. — Karan Casey, John Doyle, Buille. 4 p.m. — The Prodigals. 5p.m. — The Dublin City Ramblers. 6 p.m. —Eileen Ivers and Immi-grant Soul. SATELLITE EVENTS, Separate Ticket Required. The Bb Sisters, July 29, Gritty’s, Portland. http://www.salt-waterfest.com/info.html

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Westbrook and to contribute to the quality of life in this community and the state by creating good jobs and continuing to seek opportunities for stewardship,” Idexx Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ayers said in a state-ment.

By consolidating administrative staff in one area, the company hopes to open up space for new uses in the current facility.

“What we are doing is building a new administrative building to move our administrative functions to the new building to allow us to continue to expand research and development in the current site,” Daigle explained.

All told, the $60 million expansion will lead to 700 new hires, the com-pany said. Roughly 300 people will be hired when the fi rst building is fi n-ished, while completion of the second building will lead to about 400 new jobs.

Daigle said all areas of the com-pany are growing, so that all areas of the company — including manufac-turing, administrative and research and development — will need more workers.

Idexx estimates the fi rst phase of the project would create 300 new con-struction jobs, with almost all of the work to be done by Maine contractors.

“Westbrook takes great pride in being the home of Idexx Laboratories corporate headquarters. Their growth represents an important part of our economic development strategy as we've looked to have technology based companies locate and grow their busi-nesses in Westbrook,” Mayor Colleen Hilton said in a statement.

The announcement of the new com-pany headquarters comes amid fresh tensions in Westbrook over blasting at a nearby stone quarry owned by Pike Industries.

Pike, the city and Idexx have oper-ated for less than a year under a con-sent agreement that regulates various aspects of Pike’s quarry business, including when blasting is allowed and how loud it can be. Earlier this year, Pike was fi ned $3,000 for violat-ing that agreement on two occasions, according to published reports.

Recent activity at the quarry, located near the intersection of Spring Street and Eisenhower Drive, has not impacted Idexx, Daigle said. He added that the blasts cannot be heard inside the company’s existing facility, which is about a quarter-mile away.

Idexx must receive planning board approval before it can break ground on the new building. The project is set for discussion at next Tuesday’s plan-ning board meeting. If all goes well, construction could begin this fall.

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Idexx offi cial says all areas of the company are growing

Portland Housing Authority received $1,515,613 through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which awarded more than $5.6 million to public hous-ing authorities in Maine, the agency announced Tuesday.

South Portland Housing Author-ity received $405,146; and Westbrook Housing Authority was allocated $86,706, according to a HUD press release.

The funds will allow these agencies to make major large-scale improve-ments to their public housing units. HUD’s Capital Fund Program pro-

vides annual funding to all public housing authorities to build, repair, renovate and/or modernize the public housing in their communities, accord-ing to HUD Secretary Shaun Dono-van. This funding can be used to make large-scale improvements such as new roofs and to make energy-effi cient upgrades to replace old plumbing and electrical systems.

“While this funding will certainly help housing authorities address long-standing capital improvements, it only scratches the surface in addressing the deep backlog we’re seeing across the country,” said Donovan. “Housing Authorities need nearly $26 billion to keep these homes safe and decent for

families, but given our budget reali-ties, we must fi nd other, innovative ways to confront the decline of our public housing stock. That’s why we introduced our new Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) as part of our comprehensive strategy to keep these homes on fi rm fi nancial footing.”

Sandra B. Henriquez, HUD Assis-tant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, added, “Unless we transform the way we fund our public housing authorities, local managers will be increasingly forced to choose between repairing roofs, replacing plumbing, or worst of all, demolishing or sell-ing their properties. We simply can’t afford to let that happen.”

Earlier this month, HUD released Capital Needs in the Public Housing Program, a study that updated the national estimate of capital needs in the public housing stock in the United States. The study found the nation’s 1.2 million public housing units are facing an estimated $25.6 billion in much-needed large scale repairs, HUD announced. Unlike routine maintenance, capital needs are the large-scale improvements required to make the housing decent and eco-nomically sustainable, such as replac-ing roofs or updating plumbing and electrical systems to increase energy effi ciency, according to the HUD press release.

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HUD awards Portland Housing $1.5 million

Greater Portland Landmarks announced Tues-day a lecture this fall titled, “Preserving Ancient Trades,” featuring Dennis Carr, assistant curator of decorative arts and sculpture of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and Robin Neely, a stained glass con-servator from Westbrook; Aaron Strugis, a timber framer from Berwick; and Ben Coombs, a glass blower from Portland.

Neely, Sturgis and Coombs will present an illus-

trated presentation and discussion of their restora-tion work for Boston MFA’s Colonial era, Brown-Pearl Hall and Manning Gallery, Greater Portland Land-marks reported. Neely, Sturgis and Coombs represent three of the four Maine artisans who worked on the new $504 million wing at the museum.

Carr commissioned Neely, a stained glass conser-vator based in Westbrook, to recreate historically accurate leaded glass windows for the 18th century Brown-Pearl Hall. After much research Neely found that commercially available glass was not appropri-

ate for the restoration and she commissioned Port-land glassblower, Coombs, to create the large spun glass platters, which she then cut into diamond shapes to fabricate the windows accurately. Stur-gis used his expertise in the Brown-Pearl Hall to rebuild the antique timber frame to exemplify the heavy mortise-and-tenon construction. Sturgis also rebuilt the adjoining Manning Gallery.

The lecture will be given at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland. For details, visit www.portlandlandmarks.org.


Maine artisans to be featured as presenters with Boston Museum rep.


A year ago or so, I wrote a column about some of the unique places to eat outside in and around Port-land. As last summer progressed, more al fresco opportunities popped up and our sidewalks, parking lots and grassy-knolled areas became chained off extensions of restau-rants, adding an even brighter hue to the local color.

Nonetheless, when faced with the delightfully agonizing choice of where to go this past glorious Sat-urday morning, I knew instantly that I wanted to sit outside at The Porthole. Located on Custom House Wharf next to the Comedy Club and kitty corner to Fisherman's Net, it's a classic in food and atmo-sphere.

I wanted a Bloody Mary served in a mason jar. I wanted to sit with my face to the sun and jump back into a fat Oprah-endorsed novel everyone else I know fi nished two years ago. I wanted a killer version of an interesting Eggs Benedict, but most importantly, I wanted to do it alone.

Number One is still stuck in the swamps of Jersey interning at a quirky music and arts camp and Carlyladd hasn't seen the early side of noon since school got out. Ever the workaholic, New Guy was slaving over a prized reclaimed wood door and a meticulously hand drawn-to-scale graph paper sketch of a kitchen island, and nothing was going

to pull him away from this rocking good time. My bff was in Boston with my attorney sans kids, and with no oppos-able thumbs, Bad Dog and her miserable table manners (which consist primarily of passive aggressive begging and swallowing everything whole) was out of the ques-tion for this excursion. Like the perfect day itself, it was a rare and precious opportu-

nity and I was fi lled with gratitude before I even got there.

Keep in mind that I had other options and it was astonishing to me that I not only knew where I wanted to go, but what I wanted to eat as well. I could have hit up the Tree House at Bintliff's or waited for one of those great little tables at The Front Room, thus changing my dining selection to a half-sized portion of the best cabonara in the city.

Yes, typically I lament over too many choices, not enough choices, what I had there last time and a plethora of other decision making stressors that may partially explain the true reason I found myself dining alone. But it didn't matter, I was on a very specifi c pleasure seeking mission and nothing was going to keep me from it. Nothing except the restau-rant itself.

LOCATION: 18 Imperial St., Old Orchard BeachCONTACT: 934-5398

Located just two blocks (a.k.a. three minutes) away from the beach, pier and amusement park, Imperial Waters is a 17-room, family-oriented hotel in Old Orchard Beach.

Built in 1878, the remodeled two-story prop-erty has kept the charm and appeal of its original purpose as a box offi ce for Seacoast Amusement Park. Immaculate, cozy and no-frills beyond com-fort, the hotel does not have a computer system or take on-line reservations. It's owned and oper-ated old-school style by Cheryl Waters who says, "Although I had a few other things in mind, it's pretty obvious how the place got its name. We're located on Impe-rial Street and my last name is Waters. Imperial Waters ... it just works."

Hospitality is in Waters' blood as her mother owned a campground in New Hampshire and she learned fi rst hand how important it is to be on site and available for all guests (Cheryl and her husband Marty live on the property 24/7 during the summer and most of the shoulder seasons). Initially owning the property next door, Waters says, "I used to sit on the porch over there and

look at this place and think how badly I wanted to own it. Next door was more like a rooming house and I just loved the way this place looked. I said, 'Someday I'm really going to own it. ...' In 2005, I sold that place and tried to buy this one a few times, but it kept falling through. Finally I gave up and bought a house in Gorham, only to have a real shot at it two weeks later. I knew I had to fi gure out a way to make it happen."

Today, the hotel employs four people and is brimming with guests who return year after year. Each room features a kitchenette and off-street

parking. The tidy property is maintained by Marty, and guests who bring Cheryl syrup, wine and pate upon arrival uti-lize the screened-in gazebo and

community grills.Waters says the biggest challenge is the upkeep

of the old property which is in constant need of TLC. That, and simply trying to build the busi-ness while keeping the room rates competitive are deciding factors in any of the marketing strate-gies. Acknowledging the bulk of repeat business is French Canadian families and people "from away," Waters wonders why more Mainers who buy local don't stay local. "Everything's here. Seven miles of beach, inexpensive places to eat and all you need for a relaxing vacation."

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BY NATALIE LADDTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, yester-day convened lumber industry representatives and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to address con-cerns over enforcement of the U.S.–Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement, which was originally negotiated in 2006 to address unfair Canadian lumber subsi-dies undercutting American industry, Snowe’s offi ce reported.

“Since we implemented this agreement in 2006, the Canadian government has continued to heav-ily subsidize its forestry industry, undercutting U.S. softwood lumber products and slowing production at mills around the nation,” said Senator Snowe. “Despite some recent steps to hold Canada account-able to the Agreement, our government absolutely must do more to ensure that enforcement occurs promptly once allegations of trade violations are reported and USTR conducts its legal review. Swift enforcement of the Agreement will do much to level the playing fi eld for forestry and logging industry employees in Maine, and the vital communities these jobs support.”

Snowe convened the meeting to provide indus-try representatives an opportunity to discuss their concerns over ongoing enforcement issues with the administration’s top trade representative.

“The terms and enforcement of the Softwood Lumber Agreement have been in question for sev-eral years now,” Snowe said. “As part of the effort to improve our government’s response to this trade dispute, it is crucial that key offi cials like Ambassa-dor Kirk hear the concerns of those directly affected by these unfair trade practices and I was glad to be joined today by several industry representatives, including Luke Brochu of Pleasant River Lumber Company in Dover-Foxcroft. If U.S. industry is to continue its support for this agreement, it must have every confi dence that Canadian violations will be addressed by our government in a timely and effec-tive manner.”

Snowe cited the cost discrepancy between Cana-dian and American timber used in home construction as evidence of Canada’s continued SLA violations.

“In one key example, British Columbia’s trade violations have meant that some of the province’s government-owned timber used in home construc-tion has sold for 25 cents per cubic meter, while equivalent quality logs cost an estimated $20 per cubic meter in the open U.S. market. This disparity has put Maine mills at a severe disadvantage during especially trying economic times.”

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe intro-duces Luke Brochu of Pleas-ant River Lumber Company in Dover-Foxcroft to U.S. Trade Repre-sentative Ron Kirk. (COUR-TESY PHOTO)


Snowe challenges Canadian softwood timber subsidies

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What It’s Like

Outdoor dining options offer pluses, minuses

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Stephan Woods, Bangor Savings Bank VP and area sales manager (left), presents a check for $5,000 to Preble Street’s Executive Director Mark Swann. Preble Street focuses on homeless-ness, housing, hunger and poverty in the Greater Portland area. They are one of eight $5,000 Community Matters More recipients, Bangor Savings Bank reported. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Many people who dine alone are vic-tims of the Spotlight Effect, which is a fear that people are staring at them because of some socially awkward cir-cumstance when in reality, they are only garnering half the amount of attention they think is bestowed upon them. The whole concept is tried and true, with my favorite piece of research being conducted at Cornell University when students were sent into differ-ent classes wearing t-shirts sporting the likeness of Barry Manilow. Aside from a few mid-life crisis aged profes-sors inexplicably having "Mandy" on the brain, no one noticed them any more or any less than anyone else, regardless of what they were wearing.

Although I was hoping not to run into anyone I know (I just wasn't up for the, "Hey! How are you ... blah, blah, blah ..."), I am not affected by the Spotlight because I am painfully aware most people in a restaurant don't really care about anything except the person/people they're with, their near-empty mimosa and the status of where their food is in the cooking process; or how it tastes if it has arrived and not always in that order. That's how I knew no one would mind if I was seated at the end of one of the several ten-seater picnic tables on large outdoor deck at my des-tination.

By now, I'm sure you can see where this is going. The place smelled deli-cious and was busy as expected, with a few counter seats open and nobody waiting to sit inside. I was ignored for several moments while obeying a sign that asked me to wait for a host-ess who didn't appear before taking it upon myself to wander outside. A few parties were waiting, and I asked the outside host to please put my name on the list to share one of the huge tables that were being occupied by parties of

two or three. The sheer nature of large picnic tables (think Durgan Park in Faneuil Hall) and the festive atmo-sphere lends itself to the more-the-merrier mentality, and as fate would have it, I saw people I knew anyway and easily could have joined them but was told, "I'm sorry ... we can't let you share a table. It confuses our kitchen because of two orders with the same table number."

The host was just the messenger and I'm sure he felt like HE was wearing a Barry Manilow t-shirt by the way I incredulously stared at him. Believe it or not I was at a loss for words (it was a day of many fi rsts). I stood there for a minute and thought to myself, "OK, well there's table eleven ... and the second party or joiner could be table eleven-A. How hard is that? And what happens if people order separate checks? That's like two parties at one table." It wouldn't have mattered ... I didn't want to be noticed aside from requesting a second Bloody Mary and it goes against the unwritten restau-rant code of ethics for one person to wait for a table that seats ten.

So I left. He didn't chase after me and true to the research, no one else cared. I guess it goes back to the Golden Rule, common sense and the reminder that you never, ever know who's in your audience. But all the rationalization in the world couldn't help me fi nd my lost appetite so I went home and grabbed Bad Dog for a long overdue stroll around the boule-vard. Shortly thereafter I was not only hungry again, but both thankful and grateful that in spite of her poor table manners and disregard for social con-ventions, she never fails to keep me in the Spotlight.

(Natalie Ladd is a Daily Sun con-tributor. Her column appears on Wednesday.)

OUTDOOR from page 8

Kate Sullivan-Jones (left) and Audrey Hotchkiss set up a photography display in front of Mer-chant Co. Handmade and Vintage Goods, an emporium at 656 Congress St. They were setting up prior to a recent First Friday Art Walk. From Tuesday through Sunday, the collection of arti-san booths is open, the duo said. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

A couple enjoys outdoor dining on Middle Street in this scene Tuesday afternoon. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You are so creative now because you are not afraid to look foolish. You will experi-ment and investigate. You will go where most adults wouldn’t think to go. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are complex. Simplistic black-and-white notions don’t apply to you and could actually cause psychological pain. So make an effort to see all the shades of gray. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your list of abilities is quite long, and it’s about to get longer. Effortless learning is your specialty now. You’re a sponge, picking up new skills by simply being near the people who possess them. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re headed toward sudden and acute disil-lusionment. This is quite positive, as it will bring you to what’s real and make you more powerful than ever. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your dis-cretion will be needed, and it won’t be entirely clear how much you should say. Telling the truth is never the wrong thing to do. But you won’t be a liar if you keep your mouth shut. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You always have a choice about how curi-ous to be, and you usually choose to be absolutely fascinated. You recognize boredom as a state of mind that cannot be imposed on you by anything outside of yourself. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Instead of dreaming impossible dreams, you focus closer to real life. You imagine what you can do to make the best of your time today, and you fully engage in life. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You will consider making a big change. Think it over for a long while. And you

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6 WCSHMinute to Win It “Sibling Rivalry” Two teams of sisters compete. (N)

America’s Got Talent Four acts advance to the top 24. (N) Å

Love in the Wild Travel-ing to Snake Island. (N) (In Stereo) Å

News Tonight Show With Jay Leno

7 WPFOSo You Think You Can Dance “Top 12 Perform” The remaining 12 contestants perform. (N) (In Stereo Live) Å

News 13 on FOX (N) Fra-sier “Mary Christmas”

According to Jim Å

8 WMTWLucy Must Be Traded

The Middle “Royal Wed-ding”

Modern Family Å

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Primetime Nightline: Beyond Belief “The Miracle Mysteries” (N)

News 8 WMTW at 11PM (N)

Nightline (N) Å

10 MPBNNature Monterey Bay Aquarium. (In Stereo) Å

NOVA Cuttlefish change skin color and shape. Å (DVS)

Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures “Sea Ghosts” Å

Charlie Rose (N) (In Stereo) Å

11 WENHAntiques Roadshow Tennessee hunting horn; cellarette. Å

Antiques Roadshow Silver statue of St. Cath-erine. Å

Abraham and Mary Lin-coln: A House Divided (N) Å (DVS)

The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (In Stereo) Å (DVS)

12 WPXTAmerica’s Next Top Model Meeting with Vogue Italia Editor.

America’s Next Top Model Catching up on cycle 15. Å

Entourage “Crash and Burn”

TMZ (N) (In Stereo) Å

Extra (N) (In Stereo) Å

Punk’d (In Stereo) Å

13 WGMEBig Brother The veto competition takes place. (N) Å

Criminal Minds “The Stranger” A stalker tar-gets college students.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation “The Two Mrs. Grissoms”

WGME News 13 at 11:00

Late Show With David Letterman

17 WPME Burn Notice Å Burn Notice Å Curb Local Star Trek: Next

24 DISC Sons Sons Sons of Guns (N) Å One Man Army (N) Sons of Guns Å

25 FAM Melissa Georgia Movie: ››‡ “Two Weeks Notice” (2002) The 700 Club Å

26 USA NCIS “Dog Tags” Å Royal Pains (N) Å Necessary Roughness Burn Notice Å

27 NESN Red Sox in Two From June 4, 2011. Daily Dennis Daily Daily

28 CSNE Boys in Boys in Boys in Boys in Sports SportsNet Sports SportsNet

30 ESPN Countdown 2011 ESPY’s (N) (Live) Å SportsCtr

31 ESPN2 Soccer Baseball Tonight (N) SportsCtr Baseball

33 ION Without a Trace Å Without a Trace Å Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å

34 DISN ANT Farm Shake It Movie: “Lemonade Mouth” (2011, Musical) Å Vampire Vampire

35 TOON Dude Destroy King of Hill King of Hill Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Fam. Guy Fam. Guy

36 NICK My Wife My Wife Lopez Lopez ’70s Show ’70s Show Married Married

37 MSNBC The Last Word Rachel Maddow Show The Ed Show (N) The Last Word

38 CNN In the Arena Piers Morgan Tonight Anderson Cooper 360 (N) Å

40 CNBC The Facebook BMW: A Driving Obs. Dangerous Lia. Mad Money

41 FNC The O’Reilly Factor (N) Hannity (N) Greta Van Susteren The O’Reilly Factor

43 TNT The Mentalist Å Franklin & Bash (N) Bones Block party. Franklin & Bash Å

44 LIFE Pawn Pawn Roseanne Roseanne Dance Moms (N) Å How I Met How I Met

46 TLC Hoarding: Buried Alive Pregnant Pregnant Toddlers & Tiaras (N) Pregnant Pregnant

47 AMC Movie: ››› “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” (2003) Uma Thurman. Å Movie: ››› “Kill Bill: Vol. 2” Å

48 HGTV Property Income Income Property Brothers Hunters House Property

49 TRAV Man, Food Man, Food Man v Fd Man v Fd Conqueror Conqueror Man, Food Man, Food

50 A&E Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Family Jewels

52 BRAVO Housewives/NJ Flipping Out Å Rocco’s Dinner Party Rocco’s Dinner Party

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56 SYFY Ghost Hunters Å Ghost Hunters Inter. Legend Quest (N) Ghost Hunters Inter.

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58 HIST American Pickers Å American Pickers Å American Pawn How the States

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Today is Wednesday, July 13, the 194th day of 2011. There are 171 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On July 13, 1923, a sign consisting of

50-foot-tall letters spelling out “HOLLY-WOODLAND” was dedicated in the Holly-wood Hills to promote a subdivision (the last four letters were removed in 1949; the sign itself was replaced in 1978).

On this date:In 1787, Congress enacted an ordinance

governing the Northwest Territory.In 1793, French revolutionary writer Jean-

Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, who was executed four days later.

In 1863, deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City.

In 1886, Father Edward Joseph Flana-gan, the founder of Boys Town, was born in County Roscommon, Ireland.

In 1939, Frank Sinatra made his fi rst com-mercial recording, “From the Bottom of My Heart” and “Melancholy Mood,” with Harry James and his Orchestra in New York for the Brunswick label.

In 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Demo-cratic presidential nomination on the fi rst ballot at his party’s convention in Los Ange-les.

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Thurgood Marshall to be U.S. Solicitor General.

In 1972, George McGovern claimed the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Miami Beach.

In 1977, a blackout lasting 25 hours hit the New York City area.

In 1985, “Live Aid,” an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, took place to raise money for Africa’s starving people.

One year ago: New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died in Tampa, Fla., nine days after turning 80. The National League won the All-Star Game, defeating the American League 3-1 in Anaheim, Calif., to capture its fi rst Midsummer Classic since 1996.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Patrick Stew-art is 71. Actor Robert Forster is 70. Actor Harrison Ford is 69. Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn (The Byrds) is 69. Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 65. Actress Daphne Max-well Reid is 63. Actress Didi Conn is 60. Singer Louise Mandrell is 57. Actor-director Cameron Crowe is 54. Tennis player Anders Jarryd is 50. Rock musician Gonzalo Mar-tinez De La Cotera is 49. Country singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw is 49. Bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent is 49. Actor Kenny Johnson is 48. Actor Michael Jace is 46. Country singer Neil Thrasher is 46. Singer Deborah Cox is 38. Actress Ashley Scott is 34. Rock musician Will Champion is 33. Actor Steven R. McQueen is 23.

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Wednesday, July 13

Lobsterman’s Park kids’ activities10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Free activities with the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine every week, Wednesdays, July 13, 20, 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Lobsterman’s Park (corner of Union and Middle Streets). July 6 — Whale Wonders. Lean the difference between toothed and baleen whales, touch real whale baleen and make a whale tail craft. July 13 — Beaver Business. Take a look at a beaver skull and fur, then take part in a craft to learn about beaver adap-tations. July 20 — Dino Discovery. Investigate a life size T-Rex jawbone and make a dough dino fossil to take home. July 27 — Understanding Owls. Lean about an owl’s silent fl ight and other hunting techniques by exploring artifacts and making a craft. www.portlandmaine.com or www.chil-drensmuseumofme.org

The Kids Are Alright: Headstart at SPACEnoon. “SPACE and the Maine Academy of Modern Music debut The Kids Are Alright, a new series of Wednesday lunchtime performances by local musicians for the whole family can dig! Stop by for a break after the Farmer’s Market, or before you hit the beach for a cool hour of music by great live acts tailored for the kids. Parents and kids will be able to meet the musicians, ask them ques-tions, and even experience an ‘instrument petting zoo’! Kicking off the summertime fun is Theodore Treehouse, local rock boys extraordinaire, whose album Mercury: Closest to the Sun, has fast become a favorite around here. The quartet’s jaunty, infectious rhythms and brash energy will get everybody’s feet moving.” $3 adults/$2 kids. www.space538.org

Meeting on replacement of Martin Point Bridge6 p.m. Representatives of the Maine Department of Trans-portation will be present to listen to concerns, receive com-ments, and answer questions from anyone with an interest in the project, replacement of the Martin Point Bridge, located on the Portland-Falmouth line, which carries U.S. Route 1 over Presumpscot River. MaineDOT is particularly interested in learning local views relative to project consistency with local comprehensive plans, discovering local resources, and identifying local concerns and issues. Anyone with an interest is invited to attend and participate in the meeting. Accommodations will be made for persons with disabili-ties. Auxiliary aids will be provided upon advance request. The meeting is In The Green Room at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Any inquiries regarding this project may be directed to the attention of Leanne Timberlake, PE, Proj-ect Manager, Maine Department of Transportation, Bridge Program, 624-3422. Email: [email protected]. www.maine.gov/mdot/projects.htm.

Maine Songwriters Association Showcase7 p.m. A new monthly series from One Longfellow Square and Maine Songwriters Association featuring a lineup of local talent every second Wednesday. Maine Songwriters Association is a state-wide, nonprofi t, member organiza-tion dedicated to the support of songwriters and their art. The MSA mission is to encourage, recognize, educate, support and promote developing songwriters. ($5 at the door only; doors at 6:30 p.m.) Sponsored by Port Media Studios and Crooked Cove Records. www.onelongfel-lowsquare.com

2011 Eastern League All-Star Game7:05 p.m. The Eastern League in conjunction with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats announced the rosters for the 2011 Eastern League All-Star Game. The Portland Sea Dogs will send fi ve players to the midsummer classic: pitchers Stephen Fife and Alex Wilson, outfi elders Chih-Hsien Chiang and Alex Hassan, and infi elder Will Middle-brooks. The All Star Game will be played on Wednesday, July 13 at the home of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, N.H., at 7:05 p.m. The All-Star Game will feature the Eastern Division All-Stars against the Western Division All-Stars. Each team will consist of 24 players. The All-Star teams were selected through fan voting along with selections from media personnel, club fi eld personnel, and East-ern League administrators. Each Eastern League team has at least three players, including at least one pitcher and one position player. One position player and one pitcher from each team are selected through fan voting. Will Middlebrooks and Alex Wilson were fan selections from Portland.

Free summer concerts in Portland7:45 p.m. Bring a chair or blanket, sit back and enjoy the music throughout the summer months. Portland Recre-ation, Families of the Western Prom Neighborhood, West End Neighborhood Association, Maine Red Claws, Quirk Chevrolet, Friends of Eastern Promenade, Kemp Goldberg Partners, Betty Winterhalder Fund, Trevor & Joe, Coyne Piergrossi Associates, Keller Williams Realty, SMRT, the Italian Heritage Center Concert Band and the Willey Trust sponsor these free outdoor concerts. FMI: 756-8275; Infor-mation and cancellation hotline: 756-8130.Sunset Folk Series At The Western Prom Park: Spon-sored by Families of the Western Prom Neighborhood and WENA. Concerts last approximately 40 minutes. (During inclement weather, concert canceled.) Held Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. (or as announced) at Western Prom Park. July 13, 7:45 p.m., Darien Brahms http://www.myspace.com/darienbrahms; July 20, 7:45 p.m., Mark Farrington; Wednes-

day, July 27, 7:30 p.m., Sorcha http://www.myspace.com/sorchasongs; Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m., Phantom Buffalo http://www.myspace.com/phantombuffalo; Aug. 10, 7:30 p.m., Will Gattis http://www.myspace.com/gattistheband.Crusher’s Kids Concerts in the Park: Concerts last approximately 40 minutes. Concerts held Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Bandstand, Deering Oaks Park. (During inclement weather concert relocated to Reiche Commu-nity Center, 166 Brackett Street). July 14, Delilah & Chan-dra (Singing Hands); July 21, Tangletoons (Maine Songs); July 28, Sparks Ark (Wild Animals); Aug. 4, Sammie Haynes (Singer Songstress). Friends Of Eastern Promenade Concert Series: Sponsored by the Friends of the Eastern Promenade. Concerts last approximately one hour. Concerts held Thursdays at 7 p.m. at Bandstand, Fort Allen Park. July 14, Don Roy Band (Fiddlers); sponsored by a Friend of the Eastern Prom; July 21, Chandler’s Band (Marches & Big Band Era) sponsored by the Willey Trust; July 28, Sean Mencher and his Rhythm Kings (Rockabilly) sponsorship in Memory of Betty Winterhalder; Aug. 4, Big Chief (Rhythm & Roots Music) sponsored by Trevor & Joe Coyne Piergrossi Associates and Keller Williams Realty; Aug. 11, The McCarthys (Country Rock) sponsored by Kemp Goldberg Partners; Aug. 18, Banda di Nepi (Community Band from Italy) sponsored by the Italian Heritage Center (rain date at center). www.portlandmaine.gov/rec/summer.htm

Maine poets, musicians and dancers8 p.m. Poet Super Stars Joy Harjo and Patricia Smith will headline a unique performance night, co-starring a constel-lation of Maine poets, musicians and dancers, at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, (doors open 7:30). Admission is $10; SPACE Gallery members $8. The eve-ning also features The 86 Ensemble of Ben Noyes, Gil Hel-mick and Jesse Lynch and a constellation of local Poets, Musicians and Dancers. Chicago-native Patricia Smith has performed around the world, including Carnegie Hall, the PoetsStage in Stockholm, Rotterdam’s Poetry Inter-national, the Aran IslandsInternational Poetry and Prose Festival, the Bahia Festival, the Schomburg Center, the Sor-bonne in Paris and toured in Germany, Austria and Holland. Joy Harjo performs nationally and internationally solo and with her band, the Arrow Dynamics. She has appeared on HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam,” in venues in every major U.S. city and internationally in Italy, Columbia, Germany, Belgium, England, Egypt, South Africa, India, Mexico, Canada and others as well as reservations and indigenous communities from Hawai’i to New York State.

Poet superstars Joy Harjo and Patricia Smith will headline a unique performance night, co-starring a constellation of Maine poets, musicians and dancers, at SPACE Gallery tonight. Harjo, a saxophone player, performs nationally and internationally solo and with her band, the Arrow Dynamics. She has appeared on HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam,” in venues in every major U.S. city and internationally in Italy, Columbia, Germany, Belgium, England, Egypt, South Africa, India, Mexico, Canada and others as well as reservations and indigenous communities from Hawai’i to New York State. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Martin Truex Jr., driver of the No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, will be at NAPA Auto Parts located at 180 Larrabee Road in Westbrook on Thursday afternoon. (COURTESY PHOTO)


Thursday, July 14

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Martin Truex Jr.10 a.m. This week, through July 14, NAPA Auto Parts located at 180 Larrabee Road in Westbrook (Exit 48 off the Maine Turnpike) will be having a 3 Day Super Tool Tent Sale. Thursday, July 14 will be Race Day at NAPA in Westbrook with special events which include: • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Meet Westbrook Fire Fighters and their trucks, offering fi re preven-tion tips. • noon to 3 p.m.: Meet Kelly Moore, local race car favorite, with his race car. • 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Meet NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing. Martin will be taking pictures and signing autographs while visiting the Westbrook location. The Westbrook store will have a limited supply of Truex collectables for purchase. WBLM’s Morning Show DJ, Celeste, will be hosting a live remote broadcast from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more informa-tion, 464-3653.

John Calvin Stevens and the Art of Bicycling4 p.m. Illustrated talk at Maine Historical Society followed by bike tour of the West End. “I Am An Old Wheelman”: John Calvin Stevens and the Art of Bicycling in Maine 1880-1900. Presenter and Ride Leader: Sam Shupe. “Join us to learn about a signifi cant yet largely unknown aspect of John Calvin Stevens’ life. During the last decades of the 19th century, the prominent architect was a passionate cyclist who was instrumental in creating and sustaining bicycle culture in Portland. In this photographic presentation, Sam Shupe will discuss 19th century bicycle culture in Maine, and explore the similarities between Stevens’ approach to bicycling and his other cultural and artistic gifts to the state. Following his talk, Shupe will lead a leisurely bike tour of several Stevens-related sites in Portland’s West End. Bike tour will depart MHS at 5pm and conclude at approximately 6:30. Bring your bike! Program and bike ride are free but registration for bike ride is required. Please call 774-1822 to register.”

Portland author George Dalphin at Bull Moose5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Portland author George Dalphin, will visit the Bull Moose Scarborough Store, 456 Payne Road to sign copies of his new book, “Bob Wacszowski, Necro-mancer.” “‘Bob Wacszowski, Necromancer,’ which is to be the fi rst in a series, follows the tale of the title character as he stumbles upon an ancient book of death magic. After bringing the dead back to life to make a living and do good in the world (as well as to try to win back his ex-girlfriend), Waczowski discovers the rest of the world is not as open-minded and optimistic about his growing army of skel-etons.” Bull Moose will have copies of Bob Wacszowski, Necromancer in stock for $9.75. Nearly all of the 20,000 books in Bull Moose’s Scarborough and Bangor locations are 35 percent off list price.

Alive at Five free outdoor concert5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The much anticipated Alive at Five free outdoor concerts kick is taking place each Thursday in Monument Square. “What better way to spend a summer night than to kick back, listen to free music in the summer sun and enjoy a cold drink in the beer garden, presented by Sebago Brewing Company.” July 14 — Will Gattis (Indie Pop) and Dirigo-Featuring members of Strangefolk (Folk/alt-country/Jam Band); July 21 — The Fogcutters Big Band (Big Band/Swing) and Sly-Chi (Funk/Soul/Jazz); July 28 — Marion Grace (Singer-Songwriters) and Gypsy Tail-wind (Americana /Roots); Aug. 4 — The Modest Proposal (MAMM SLAM High School Band Winners) and The Kenya Hall Band (Rhythm and Blues). For more information and a full schedule of free summer events, visit portlandmaine.com or call 772.6828.

Author Marty Dobrow at Hadlock Field5:30 p.m. Author Marty Dobrow will attend a book read-ing and signing of “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Six Minor Leaguers in Search of the Baseball Dream,” at Hadlock Field. The novel features the journeys of minor leaguers including Charlie Zink and Manny Delcarmen throughout their careers here at the Portland Sea Dogs and beyond. The event is on the Portland Patio from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. A game ticket provides admission. Books will be available for purchase from Longfellow Books. Appetizers. For anyone interested in attending, email [email protected].

Milfoil: Maine’s Mucky Monster6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. What is milfoil? Why do we care about milfoil? Where on or around Sebago Lake can we fi nd mil-foil? What can we do about milfoil? What shouldn’t we do about milfoil? Peter Lowell, executive director of Lakes Environmental Association will answer these questions and more. Learn about the successes and failures of a variety of methods used to control the spread of this alien invader plant, and learn what each of us can do to help keep Maine’s lakes clear of plant pests. Visit the Sebago Lake Ecology

Center at the intersection of Routes 237 and 35 in Standish for this free presentation. To register, call 774-5961 ext 3324 or email [email protected].

Peter Neill of the World Ocean Observatory7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Gulf of Maine Research Institute lecture. “Peter Neill of the World Ocean Observatory will discuss the signifi cance of the ocean as an integrated, global, social system and how we frame local issues and problems in this context. He will also explore how a healthy ocean will affect our lives, natural species, habitats, and the fi shing industry. His presentation will touch on fi sheries and other examples of how new perspectives, unconventional approaches, changing values, and transformed behaviors combine to build a new strategy for a sustainable ocean.” Doors open at 6:30 p.m. GMRI, 350 Commercial St. Please RSVP to Patty Collins, [email protected], 228-1625.

Friday, July 15

Yarmouth Clam Festival7 a.m. to 10 p.m. “Mark your calendar for Friday through Sunday, July 15 through 17, and come to the 46th annual Yarmouth Clam Festival! You can look forward to all the fun events that make this festival Maine’s summer favorite: A long, hilarious parade; spectacular fi reworks; clam shuck-ing contests; a fi refi ghter’s muster; road, kayak, and bike races; a pancake breakfast; concerts; and, of course, a delicious array of food. Admission to the Festival and its events is free.” To learn more about this year’s Yarmouth Clam Festival and see a complete schedule of events, visit www.clamfestival.com or call the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce at 846-3984. July 15 to 17. 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. www.clamfestival.com

U.S. Cellular smartphone workshop in SoPonoon to 2 p.m. (Rescheduled from July 2) With a recent study showing a nearly 80 percent increase in smartphone shipments from a year ago, there are plenty of fi rst-time smartphone users who may want a little help fi guring out everything their advanced phones have to offer. U.S. Cel-lular is hosting a free workshop at 198 Maine Mall Road, South Portland, to guide attendees through all of the func-tions and features of Android-powered devices, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile smartphones. The Device Workshops are open to current smartphone owners, as well as those interested in upgrading to a smartphone. Attendees do not have to be a U.S. Cellular customer. All smartphone acces-sories will be 25 percent off.

Maine State Music Theatre’s ‘Annie’7:30 p.m. Maine State Music Theatre’s “Annie” plays through July 16. MSMT’s 2011 summer season continues July 20 with “Xanadu,” and closes out the season with “The Wiz.” Maine State Music Theatre is located at the air condi-tioned Pickard Theatre located at 1 Bath Road in Brunswick on the campus of Bowdoin College. For tickets and more information, please call 725-8769 or go to msmt.org.

‘Summer of Love’ continues at Ogunquit Playhouse8 p.m. The Ogunquit Playhouse, Route 1, Ogunquit. Box Offi ce 1-800-982-2787 or go online ogunquitplayhouse.org for online ticketing and more information. June 22 through July 16, “Summer of Love.” Next on stage: “The Music Man,” July 20-Aug. 20; “Legally Blonde” starring Sally Struthers, Aug.24-Sept. 17; and “Miss Saigon,” Sept. 21-Oct. 23.

Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston8 p.m. The Bates Dance Festival based in Lewiston announces its 29th season of public events, taking place July 1 through Aug. 13 on the Bates College campus. The six-week festival showcases contemporary perfor-mance works by Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Nicholas Leichter Dance, Zoe | Juniper, The Equus Projects and Black Label Movement, and David Dorfman Dance. Performances, panel discussions and lectures by more than 40 internationally recognized dancers from across the United States and abroad. Performance times and locations appear on the festival website: www.bates-dancefestival.org. July 1 to Aug. 14, Chase Hall Gallery, open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 15 and 16, Schaeffer Theatre, 8 p.m., the vivid and versa-tile Camille A. Brown. Brown is a pixy-ish performer who packs a punch. Festival Finale, Saturday, Aug. 13, Alumni Gym, 7:30 p.m., discover and celebrate the next genera-tion of dance luminaries.

Saturday, July 16

28th annual Loon Count 7 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Maine Audubon will conduct its 28th annual Loon Count, bringing together hundreds of Main-ers to survey lakes and ponds across the state and pro-vide valuable scientifi c data for lake conservation efforts. This year’s count takes place between 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.

Counters are given areas to count from shore or by boat, and regional coordinators will compile the results and send them to Maine Audubon for analysis. A more complete list of things Mainers can do to help loons is available on www.maineaudubon.org.

Library Book Sale on Peaks Island8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friends of the Peaks Island Branch Library annual sale and membership drive. MacVane Center. www.peaksisland.info/calendar_2011.htm#July

Peaks to Portland swim 8:30 a.m. “Starting on Peaks Island and fi nishing 2.4 miles later on at Portland’s East End Beach, the Peaks to Port-land swim is one of the highlights of the New England open water swim calendar. The Peaks to Portland swim provides an opportunity for swimmers to challenge their physical and mental abilities, while at the same time raising money for the Cumberland County YMCA’s Annual Support Cam-paign, providing needed scholarships for youth, adults and families.” 6:45 a.m. to 7 a.m.: Arrive at Casco Bay Ferry, unload kayaks; 7 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.: Packet Pick Up & Buy Ferry Tickets & Body Marking; 7:30 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.: Board Ferry; 7:45 a.m.: Ferry Leaves for Peaks Island; 8 a.m. to 8:20 a.m.: Swim Warm Up; 8:20 a.m.: Opening Ceremonies; 8:30 a.m.: Race Start; 11 a.m.: Award Ceremony. Break-water Rotary Club (South Portland-Cape Elizabeth) will be serving breakfast on race day at East End beach from 8:30 a.m. until noon. The menu includes buttermilk pancakes with a choice of either peanut butter & jelly or maple syrup & butter, juice, coffee, chocolate milk, yogurt & bananas. Pre-order four 4-inch pancakes and choice of drink for $5 by visiting their web page at www.breakwater-rotary.org. For more information: 874-1111 or visit www.cumberland-countyymca.org/p2p#raceinfo.

Spectacular Gardens of Scarborough9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets on the day of the tour are $20, sold at the Hunnewell House on Blackpoint Road in Scarbor-ough at 8:30. Advanced tickets are available for $15. e-mail [email protected] or call 839-4033.

DAV Mobile Service Offi ce in Portland10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “So many veterans feel confused about benefi ts and services they’ve earned. There’s so much to know ... and so many changes from one year to the next. That’s why the nonprofi t D-A-V and the Harley-Davidson Foundation have teamed up to offer help.” The DAV Mobile Service Offi ce will be at the Big Moose Harley-Davidson, 375 Riverside St., Portland to personally provide the best counseling and claim fi ling assistance available. This event is part of the nationwide Harley’s Heroes tour and is free to all veterans and members of their families. For further infor-mation concerning this event, please contact D. Brandon McKinney at 623-5725.

‘Every Excuse in the Book’ author in Freeport1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sue Brennan, a resident of Manchester, will be available to sign copies of her book, “Every Excuse in the Book: An Interactive Workbook to Address All the Rea-sons You Can’t Stop Eating Long Enough to Lose Weight.” Sherman’s Book and Stationary, 128 Main St., Freeport. “By focusing on the triggers that cause you to eat, it gets to the root problem — things like depression, boredom, anxi-ety, and unattainable goals — helping you to acknowledge these factors and deal with them head on. ‘Every Excuse in the Book’ is a quick and applicable read that gives you more than just ways to fi nd out why you’re stuffi ng your face. It provides honest insight and solutions to help you fi nally quit making excuses and stop eating long enough to lose weight.” For more information, contact James Brans-cum at 888-361-9473 or [email protected]

‘Teen Fun Fest’6 p.m. There will be a “Teen Fun Fest” held at the Boys and Girls Clubs on Cumberland Avenue. “This is an outreach event focused on teens ages 13-17 in Portland. There’ll be food, games, DJ Music and Raffl e Giveaways! Everything is free so come and have some fun!”

Maine Gay Men’s Chorus7 p.m. The July Touring Ensemble concerts in Orono and Portland conclude the Maine Gay Men’s Chorus 2010-2011 tour of Maine with the premiere performances of new music. Portrait of Peter, by Tom Wallace. “‘The White Rose, a new musical work about tragedy, hope, and redemp-tion. ... ‘The White Rose’ is inspired by the story of Char-lie Howard, a young gay man murdered in 1984 by three drunken teenagers in Bangor: words by Bruce Spang, Poet Laureate of Portland, music by Maine composer Tom Wal-lace, and featuring Shane Brewster (Tenor, USM School of Music) as Charlie.” Admission by donation will be split between the Touring Ensemble and the church (suggested donation $10). The ensemble will also hold a 50/50 raffl e for those who wish to participate, and MGMC’s Music CDs will be available for purchase. Immanuel/Williston West Church of Portland.

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Mark Primeau, director of the Yar-mouth Clam Festival, which raises money for Yarmouth’s nonprofi t orga-nizations, school groups and churches, said there’s no effort to ward people away from I-295. Rather, it would just cause more confusion to try to direct visitors to detours, he said. And, anyway, road construction is a given in any Maine summer, he reasoned.

“I don’t think it’s any different than it is any year between May and Sep-tember because that’s the paving season,” Primeau said.

The reaction of the public to ongo-

ing construction zones on the heavily traveled I-295 seems equally ho-hum and equanimous. Even as peak travel times bring bottlenecks, and traffi c stalls especially in the area of Tukeys Bridge, where 85,000 vehicles can col-lect on any given day, it seems to be business as usual for motorists.

“We get more complaints about all the work that’s going on in the city,” said Jan Beitzer, Portland Downtown District executive director.

The state’s efforts to educate about the road work on the freeway appear to be paying off.

“We designed a pretty extensive outreach campaign because we know

this is one of the busiest areas of the state and it’s certainly an area that sees a lot of tourist traffi c,” said Meg Lane, communications project man-ager with Maine DOT.

“Thankfully it appears the public is cooperating and planning ahead, we can’t deny that there are delays and inconveniences. ... (But) compared to some other projects, we haven’t been swamped with emails and phone calls,” Lane said.

This job, priced at nearly $24 mil-lion in the Greater Portland area, involves “rehabilitation” of Tukeys Bridge. That means crews are remov-ing the top layer and the deck down to the support beams and rebuilding the bridge surface.

MaineDOT offi cials warned motor-ists this week that shifting travel lanes and temporary on- and off-ramp closures in the work zone will require drivers to pay attention and plan ahead for making exits.

Crews will be shifting the closed lane on Tukeys Bridge southbound to the center lane, affecting drivers who want to take the Exit 9 offramp. As a safety precaution, the contractor will install fi xed, centerline delineators which will split I-295 into two sepa-rate lanes starting about one mile before the bridge.

Similar freeway work last year seemed to have a more dramatic impact on traffi c. Indeed, there were three motor vehicle crashes in the span of a week last summer on 1-295 southbound.

Beitzer said the freeway construc-tion this year hasn’t ruffl ed too many feathers, based on feedback to her offi ce.

“When they shut it down last year and they reopened it, we got a ton of calls, but we haven’t this year,” Beitzer said.

Further proof: A Facebook page from 2009 called “I Hate I-295 (Maine)” has gone dormant, leaving little sense of dissatisfaction in the commuting public.

Lane said Maine DOT tries to use social media to explain changes in the work schedule.

“We use Facebook for certain updates since we know that there are things like the closure of the Washing-ton Avenue exit or decisions that will impact a lot of people, we put it on our Facebook page,” Lane said.

“The feedback that we have had is more, ‘Hey, how long is this going on?’ ‘Where can I look at a map that has alternate routes?’” she said.

Through speed zones and one-lane corridors, freeway users aren’t seeing many abrupt changes in their path of travel, Lane said.

“The engineering staff has done a very good job of designing traffi c patterns that work better, this year we’ve tried to make it a lot more predictable than it was last year, especially folks moving northbound on Tukeys Bridge don’t have a lot of decision points,” Lane said.

The freeway job consists of several separate contracts, including repair of Tukeys Bridge northbound, a $3.1 million job by CPM Constructors that is expected to last from mid-May to October; I-295 southbound bridge improvements by Lane Construc-tion Corp., a $12.5 million job that also extends into the fall; and I-295 north of Portland, an $8.3 million job by Pike Industries, which includes nighttime paving and bridge repair work as far as Brunswick.

Meanwhile, night work is set to begin on I-295’s Franklin Street, Preble Street and Forest Avenue overpasses, Maine DOT warned this week.

When night work is under way, the following ramps will close from 7 p.m. until 6 a.m. and detours established: I-295 southbound on-ramp from Franklin Street (detour left onto Marginal Way, right onto Forest Avenue, and right onto the I-295 southbound on-ramp); Exit 6A (Forest Avenue) off-ramp from I-295 southbound (detour to Exit 6B, turn right onto Forest Avenue, right onto Baxter Boulevard, left onto Preble Street, and left onto Forest Avenue); and the I-295 southbound on-ramp from Forest Avenue outbound (detour right on Baxter Boulevard, left on Preble Street, left onto Forest Avenue, and right onto the I-295 southbound on-ramp).

Lane said Maine DOT urges drivers to slow down and pay attention and avoid peak traffi c times.

“We certainly said from the very beginning, the only way the project could succeed was with the help of motorists,” she noted.

For details on the freeway work, visit www.maine.gov/mdot/i295portland.

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July 15 & 16

Maine State Music Theatre’s ‘Annie’7:30 p.m. Maine State Music Theatre’s “Annie” plays through July 16. MSMT’s 2011 summer season continues July 20 with “Xanadu,” and closes out the season with “The Wiz.” Maine State Music Theatre is located at the air condi-tioned Pickard Theatre located at 1 Bath Road in Brunswick on the campus of Bowdoin College. For tickets and more information, please call 725-8769 or go to msmt.org.

‘Summer of Love’ continues at Ogunquit Playhouse8 p.m. The Ogunquit Playhouse, Route 1, Ogunquit. Box Offi ce 1-800-982-2787 or go online ogunquitplayhouse.org for online ticketing and more information. June 22 through July 16, “Summer of Love.” “When a runaway bride discovers the countercultural revolution of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, with a little help from the hippies and dropouts of Golden Gate Park, she comes to realize she has to make her own kind of music! This hippie, trippy musical features the power-ful music of the late 1960s, by some of the most infl uen-

tial artists of the love generation: The Mamas and the Papas, Donovan, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and many more.” Next on stage: “The Music Man,” July 20-Aug. 20; “Legally Blonde” starring Sally Struthers, Aug.24-Sept. 17; and “Miss Saigon,” Sept. 21-Oct. 23.

Monday, July 18

MECA Master of Fine Arts lectures6:30 p.m. Each summer, the Master of Fine Arts program at Maine College of Art invites guest artists, curators and scholars to participate in the curriculum. All visiting artists deliver a free public lecture in Osher Hall at 6:30 p.m. July 18: Anne West; West is a writer, theorist, and independent curator. She teaches in the graduate program at RISD. July 25: Lee Boroson; Boroson’s airy sculptures give viewers the chance to experience the ineffable impossibilities of the world. Aug. 1: Hamish Fulton; Since the early 1970s, Fulton has been labeled as a sculptor, photographer, conceptual artist and artist. Fulton, however, characterises himself as a “walking artist.” Aug. 8: Lisi Raskin; Raskin handcrafts whimsical recreations of military command centers. This

summer the MFA’s Moth Press is also releasing Mapping the Intelligence of Artistic Work; An Explorative Guide to Making, Thinking, and Writing by Anne West. Her lecture on July 18 will be followed by a book signing. West is an educator, writer, and independent curator. She teaches in the Division of Graduate Studies at Rhode Island School of Design, where she supports students across disciplines in conceptualizing and writing their master’s thesis. www.meca.edu/mfa

‘Lion in Winter’ auditions in Bath7 p.m. The Studio Theatre of Bath announces auditions for an upcoming production, “Lion in Winter.” Directed by Studio Theatre of Bath President Bob Reed, “Lion in Winter” will be performed at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath and runs two weekends, Oct. 14-16 and 21-23. Audi-tions will be held on Monday, July 18 in the Curtis Room of the CCAC at 804 Washington Street in Bath and will begin promptly at 7 p.m. The director is auditioning for two roles to be portrayed by two males ranging in age from their late teens to 30s. Additional audition information will be avail-able on the Studio Theatre of Bath’s website: www.studio-theatreofbath.com or on their Facebook page.

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the portland daily sun, wednesday, july 13, 2011

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