THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011 VOL. 3 NO. 184 PORTLAND, ME PORTLAND’S DAILY NEWSPAPER 699-5801

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A homeless man calling himself “Boomer” said he’s been in Portland for 45 years and now camps in Lincoln Park. Of the nearby OccupyMaine protesters camping in the park, he said, “They’re here, they’re making their point, I guess, they’re pretty good neighbors, they don’t give us a hard time, we don’t give them a hard time, they stay to their end, we stay to ours.” (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Protesters greet LePage at jobs forum

In wake of impact, new fi re boat temporarily out of service, again

Portland's newest fi re vessel is temporarily out of service for all non-emergency calls after it sus-tained damage during a training exercise, city offi cials said Wednes-day.

The $3.2 million MV City of Port-land IV, which joined the munici-pal fl eet in 2009, was being used for training Oct. 15 when offi cials say it collided with something under the surface of the water

near Fort Gorges, causing damage to the boat's propeller and shaft. Fire offi cials were doing exercises in an area where groundings have occurred over the summer, said Nicole Clegg, a city spokeswoman.

"They were doing training out there because of that increased activity out there," she said.

The incident occurred shortly before 6 p.m. off Fort Gorges in the area of underwater ship wreckage, Portland Fire Department's fourth fi re boat in history awaits launch in early

July 2009. (Photo courtesy of Michael A. Mason, CET, Project Manager, A.F. The-riault & Son Ltd., Meteghan, Nova Scotia)

Homeless, OccupyMaine share Lincoln Park

SOUTH PORTLAND — A handful of protesters carrying signs arguing for more green jobs and the preservation of same-day voter registration greeted Gov. Paul LePage yesterday at an event intended to promote job creation.

The forum held at Southern Maine Com-

munity College was billed as a job creation round table focused on “improving the business climate and assist-ing with job creation.”

LePage was to be joined by senior members of his cabi-net, SMCC President Donald Cantor, and local business

leaders to discuss impediments to job cre-ation.

But the event had stoked controversy this week because LePage’s offi ce declined to invite representatives from the state’s nonprofi t sector — an issue not lost on the protesters.

In an update to their fellow demonstra-tors, OccupyMaine protesters said they held a “great discussion at camp of what it means to be homeless.” They wouldn’t have to go far to fi nd out fi rst hand. Home-less people share Lincoln Park with the anti-Wall Street group.

“They don’t say anything, to be honest, they stay over in their corner,” said Steve Soldan, a participant in OccupyMaine.

Soldan said the nearby homeless encampment coexists with the Occupy-Maine protesters, whose tent city sprawls across most of the park. But Soldan said the homeless are welcome in more than a fi gurative sense.

“Anyone who’s homeless is part of this movement, whether or not they realize it,” he said.

A man calling himself “Boomer” said

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Greece moves forward on new austerity bill

ATHENS — Despite one of the largest demonstrations in Athens in months, the Greek Parliament took the fi rst step Wednesday night toward push-ing a new raft of austerity measures into law and secur-ing crucial rescue funding by approving a bill in principle.

The controversial bill — which includes additional wage and pension cuts, public sector layoffs and changes to collective bargaining rules — passed with all 154 governing party legisla-tors in Greece’s 300-seat Parlia-ment voting in favor. There were 141 votes against the bill with fi ve legislators absent from the roll call. The bill cannot become law until a second vote — on the separate articles of the legisla-tion — on Thursday. The mea-sures are expected to pass.

Earlier, skirmishes between demonstrators and the police had broken out outside the Par-liament as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets at the

start of a two-day general strike called by the country’s two main labor unions. A crowd of dozens of youths took advantage of the moment to smash several store-fronts and begin looting.

The police put crowd esti-mates at around 80,000 people; some news Web sites said more than 100,000. The police would not release offi cial fi gures yet.

A spokesman for the Athens police said that 38 offi cers and three demonstrators were hurt in Wednesday’s clashes. Greek media said at least six demon-strators were injured. Police said fi ve people were arrested and another 28 detained briefl y for questioning.

The debt-ridden government must pass the austerity mea-sures to secure the next install-ment of aid from the European Union. Only that will avert a default next month that could shake the euro zone and rever-berate through the global econ-omy.

European Union leaders are preparing to meet Sunday to decide on the release of the installment, $11 billion, part

of a $150 billion bailout engi-neered last year. They will also be looking at a much broader European rescue designed to protect the bloc should Greece default.

On Wednesday, shops, bak-eries and gas stations closed. Most international travel was suspended, with many fl ights canceled, the national rail ser-vice halted and ferries moored in port. Public transporta-tion was running on a limited service to enable workers to attend protest rallies. Tax offi ces, courts and schools shut down, hospitals were operat-ing with only emergency staff and customs offi cials walked off the job.

Civil servants, who have been the most vociferous in their protests, continued sit-ins at ministries and state agencies, obliging government offi cials to meet in other venues including the Parliament building, which was the scene of violent clashes between protesters and the police in June when the last set of austerity measures was voted into law.

The skirmishes came as small groups of demonstrators wear-ing hoods and armed with clubs and fl ags began throwing rocks at the police outside Parliament. The police fi red back tear gas. Some demonstrators set fi re to a guard booth. Blocks away, dem-onstrators set fi re to garbage dumpsters, which are piled high with trash due to a recent strike by garbage collectors.

Many in the crowds said they did not normally protest, but that the situation had evolved dramatically in recent months.

“We’ve reached a certain limit,” said Vasia Retsou, 30, a public school kindergarten teacher, who said she had come to protest for the fi rst time, as she marched in a group of stu-dents.

Anastasia Dotsi, 70, a retired bank worker, said anger had driven her out to protest. “We have been crushed as a people,” she said. She said her son and daughter, who both work in the private sector, had not been paid in months and were struggling to pay their mortgages and sup-port their families.

BY RACHEL DONADIO AND NIKI KITSANTONIS

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Seeking edge, Perry pushes fl at taxLAS VEGAS – Gov. Rick

Perry of Texas said Wednes-day that he would propose a fl at tax next week as part of a tax overhaul program, signaling a new effort to separate himself from Mitt Romney and the rest of the Republican fi eld.

Mr. Perry signaled his intent in a speech to Republicans on Wednes-day morning after Tuesday night’s brawl of a Republi-can debate. He has in the past suggested support for some form of a fl at tax, but has backed off from endors-ing one. Mr. Perry recently recruited as an adviser Steve Forbes, who ran for president in 1996 on a

pledge of implementing a single fl at tax on income, without any deductions.

Mr. Perry did not offer details of how his plan would work. He said he wanted to scrap “the three million words of the cur-rent tax code and start with something simple: a fl at tax.”

Mr. Perry said his plan would also advocate a “seri-ous” round of spending cuts and endorse a balanced budget amendment.

His remarks come after one of his opponents for the nomination, Herman Cain, has gained traction with his 9-9-9 plan, which seeks to tax personal and corpo-

rate income at 9 percent, while imposing a 9 percent national sales tax.

In his remarks, Mr. Perry picked up where he left off Tuesday night in trying to differentiate himself from Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts gover-nor, telling an audience of Republicans that he was not a candidate “of the establishment.”

Mr. Perry’s appearance also comes as his standing in many polls has fallen after a rough start to his campaign. He suggested that the establishment was writing him off too soon.

— The New York Times

Obama unveils plan to employ veterans

HAMPTON, Va. — Trying to help veter-ans fi nd work when they return home from war, and bolster his appeal to that constitu-ency, President Obama announced a part-nership with companies on Wednesday that aims to employ 25,000 veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and military spouses within two years.

Speaking to 2,400 Army and Air Force troops, the president said: “We ask our men and women in uniform to leave their fami-lies, our guardsmen and reservists to leave their jobs. We ask you to fi ght, to sacrifi ce, to risk your lives for your country. The last thing you should have to do is fi ght for a job when you come home.”

Mr. Obama has challenged American companies to hire or train 100,000 veterans by the end of 2013.

— The New York Times

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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (Ny Times) — Law enforcement offi cials in Ohio on Wednes-day said they believed that they had captured or killed all but three of the ani-mals that escaped from an exotic animal preserve after the owner of the property released the animals, then fatally shot himself.

At least 25 animals — including lions, wolves, bears and at least one tiger — were shot and killed by deputies and other law enforcement personnel armed with assault rifl es to prevent the animals from attacking humans, said Sheriff Matt Lutz of Muskingum County.

At least one of the fl ee-ing animals — it was unclear which species — was struck by a vehicle on a highway adjacent to the 46-acre preserve, and one of the monkeys kept at the compound was killed by a lion, offi cials said. Sheriff Lutz said in a news confer-ence on Wednesday that the authorities had sought to shoot one of the fl eeing Bengal tigers with a tran-quilizer dart, but that the dart had either missed or served only to enrage the 300-pound tiger.

“It just went crazy,” Sher-iff Lutz said. “We had to put it down.”

Offi cials said that either 48 to 51 animals were kept at the compound, based on two confl icting lists kept by caretakers, and that only a mountain lion, a grizzly bear and a monkey remained unaccounted for.

Various species of mon-keys found inside a house on the property were not harmed. They had been left inside their cages.

The sheriff described some of the animals that had been killed as “mature, very big, aggressive” with “high potential” for being danger-ous to humans.

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For Red Sox fans, offseason consumed by chicken and beer

The World Series started Wednesday night and with it began a news black-out of sorts imposed by Major League Baseball so as not to distract from the sport’s showcase event.

Perhaps the Red Sox have not received the memo. With all due respect to the Rangers and the Cardinals, the baseball talk in Boston continues to focus on the dubious shenanigans of the Red Sox. It has been more than three weeks since the fi nal game of the regular season and the team’s epic Sep-tember collapse, yet it is the Red Sox, not the 5-1 New England Patriots nor the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins, who remain the over-whelming topic du jour in the city.

“Let’s put it this way,” said John Dennis, a host of a popular morning sports talk-radio show on WEEI in Boston. “This team had an historic col-lapse in September. They went 7-20 and blew a nine-game lead. Who ever would have thought that October could be worse? But it has been.”

It seems as if a day does not go by without some revelation of misbehavior on the part of someone connected to the team. Or, if not that, then there is an explanation by someone involved who, in the end, only makes things worse. Perhaps the team should be reaching out to Eli Gold, the oily crisis manage-ment expert from “The Good Wife.”

After The Boston Globe published an article last week that described start-ing pitchers drinking beer and eating fried chicken in the clubhouse during games, the identifi ed miscreants — Jon Lester, John Lackey and Josh Beckett — remained mum. In Boston, the main reaction to the article was disgust over the antics of the players and revul-sion that the newspaper suggested that Manager Terry Francona might have been distracted by marital issues and the use of pain-killers. Francona emerged — and has remained — a

sympathetic fi gure. He may be the only one.

The team owner John Henry, who normally corresponds by e-mail and Twitter, became so upset on Friday while listening to the Sports Hub, another talk-radio station in the city, that he pulled into the station and demanded to be heard, live, on the air. The delighted hosts complied and Henry then told them, among other things, that the hosts were “mislead-ing the public” and, by the way, that he opposed the now-belittled $142 million deal for Carl Crawford.

Then Lester decided to make the news media rounds this week, admit-ting to enjoying an occasional “rally beer” in the clubhouse while his team-mates were on the fi eld and in the dugout. That, he concluded, was bad form. But he also suggested that the departed Francona was too soft and had lost the team.

The team captain, Jason Varitek, who had chastised a Globe reporter for calling him at home seeking comment for last week’s article, did a U-turn and entertained another Globe reporter at his house on Tuesday. He insisted that the Red Sox blew their lead because of injuries, an overworked bullpen and

overall poor play, not because pitchers were partying in the clubhouse during games.

Then, many awoke Wednesday morning to read about a television station report that said the aforemen-tioned Red Sox pitchers also drank beer in the dugout during games. The Red Sox reacted quickly to that accu-sation, producing a statement from the team president, Larry Lucchino, along with supporting remarks from Lester, Lackey, Beckett and Francona that said that while things may not have always been kosher, there was absolutely, posi-tively, no beer-drinking in the dugout during games.

“There are things that went on this season that shouldn’t have happened,” Lackey was quoted as saying, “but this latest rumor is not true, and I felt that it was important to try to stop this from going any further.”

On the back burner, for now, anyway, is the unresolved situation of Gen-eral Manager Theo Epstein. He has reached an agreement to go to the Chi-cago Cubs. But the teams have yet to agree on compensation, so no offi cial announcement has been made and one may not be forthcoming until Friday, which is the fi rst day off in the World

Series. The holdup appears to stem over which players the Cubs will send to the Red Sox and which front-offi ce people, if any, Epstein can take with him to Chicago.

For Dennis and his cohorts in sports-talk radio, it just doesn’t get any better than this. He said he wakes up every morning, scans the sports sections and instantly knows what his programming will be for the next four hours.

“I feel like I am stealing money at this point,” Dennis said. “The fans now are angrier than they were when the team was blowing all those games. This gets more play, more passion, more interest than if they were in the World Series. I really believe that.

“If they were in the World Series, we’d be talking about starting pitching, matchups, things like that,” he went on. “This is better. It has everything: hatred, drama, fi rings. Everything.”

And it certainly appears to have legs. Dennis said the only times his station offers non-Red Sox dialogue these days is for mandated appearances by indi-viduals like Tom Brady, the Patriots quarterback, or the Bruins announcer Andy Brickley.

It was that way again Wednesday morning, as Stephen Ailinger, 10, of Norwood, Mass., was listening to WEEI while being driven to school by his mother, Amy. It was all Red Sox, all the time, and Stephen had hit his limit.

He was tired of “all this chicken and beer,” he told his mother. “The season is over. Let’s talk about next season.”

If only that could be the case. His mother, a longtime Red Sox fan hard-ened by years of disappointments and meltdowns, said she just shook her head and offered some experienced, motherly advice to her son.

“I don’t know if we’re ever going to fi nd out the truth,” she said later. “I feel as if enough is enough, but I also know it’s not going away. It’s all anyone is talking about.”

There have been accusations about what went on in the Boston dugout this season. Winning often in September wasn’t one of them (New York Times photo).

BY PETER MAYTHE NEW YORK TIMES

Turkish forces in ‘hot pursuit’ after attack kills 24 soldiers near Iraq borderISTANBUL — Kurdish militants

killed at least 24 Turkish soldiers in an attack near the Iraq border on Wednes-day, one of the deadliest strikes in years, and Turkey’s military responded by sending hundreds of troops into north-ern Iraq in a counterattack on Kurdish insurgent hide-outs.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo-gan said that Turkish forces were pur-suing the attackers, making it clear that his military was crossing the Iraq border, which the Turks have done numerous times in their protracted effort to crush a resilient Kurdish insurgency movement.

“As of now, wide-reaching operations, including hot pursuit operations, are continuing in the region within the framework of international law,” Mr. Erdogan said at a news conference in Ankara. “We will combat terror on one front and, on another front, we will con-tinue our path to destroy the grounds that terror manipulates.”

He spoke after having conferred with senior government offi cials at an emergency meeting about the deadly Kurdish militant attack, which the prime minister’s offi ce said had also left at least 18 Turkish soldiers wounded.

NTV, a private television network, said 600 Turkish ground troops chas-ing the attackers pushed 2.5 miles into northern Iraq, where the Kurdish Worker’s Party, a militant separatist group known as the P.K.K., is based. The group has long battled the Turkish government for autonomy in the pre-dominantly Kurdish southeast.

Local media also reported Turkish air deployments and artillery fi re in the mountainous border area.

The militant strike, which started in the early hours of Wednesday, mainly in Hakkari Province, lasted for about four hours. It came a day after a blast

in Bitlis, another southeastern prov-ince, that killed fi ve policemen and three civilians.

Using unusually harsh language, President Abdullah Gul in an earlier speech vowed that the country would strike back against the Kurdish mili-tants. He had visited military bases in the region only days before.

“They will see that the revenge for these attacks will be massive and much stronger,” he said.

President Obama also condemned the Kurdish attack in a statement issued by the White House.

— The New York Times

Page 4 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Thursday, October 20, 2011

She stands 4 foot, 8 inches, feisty, and funny – I’ll call her Midge. I remember the fi rst time I met her. It was Novem-ber of 2005. I was working at Scarborough Downs in commu-nity relations. Senior citizens in Scarborough were up in arms because the senior center refer-endum had been defeated. There was a senior group that met at the track regularly. They’d met for years, and were happy to have the meeting space.

The talk among us at the track was: Could we do more for Scar-borough’s seniors? Track owner, Sharon Terry, decided to open up the Winner’s Circle as a drop-in center for seniors to come and socialize. We would serve lunch, and host some events. So, on this cool autumn day, we decided to bring the various senior groups together to better understand what they would want.

It didn’t go as we expected! Among wobbly statures, waving canes, crooked fi nger pointing, rage about town funding, and concern that money budgeted for seniors was being diverted to our youth spilled out. There was division: we had the group that liked coming to the track, and then there were those who made it very clear the crusty old place was not for them. That would be my fi rst encounter with Midge,

Ageless wisdom

and she was not in the happy camp!

At the end of the meeting, we realized that the track wasn’t for everyone, but for those who enjoyed it, we opened it up. Jose Duddy came and entertained the crowd, people danced, sang, and had a fun time. At the same time, the town decided to head up a senior advisory committee. The strong willed woman, in the senior group at the track, leaned on my shoulder demanding I join the committee. I dutifully obeyed.

Uncertain of what I had gotten myself into, I wondered if I would be the only non-senior on the com-mittee. I was delighted a high school student had volunteered to be on the committee, too. The committee assembled, and there was Midge. The raging emotions that occurred at the track spilled into our fi rst meeting. There were mixed ideas about the purpose of the committee. One camp wanted to understand what Scarborough seniors wanted. The other camp

wanted a town-funded senior center. One of the most outspoken and enraged seniors in the senior center camp nominated himself to chair the committee! Fortunately, a fellow member nominated a church minister to be the chair instead. Good choice!

The town funded a study. Work-ing with a market research fi rm, the committee came up with the questions that would be asked of seniors. Our goal was to see what Scarborough seniors wanted for services, which ultimately identi-fi ed why the senior center referen-dum had failed twice. We met for several months, and Midge and I didn’t speak to each other.

The non-seniors in the group, led by the confi dent high school student, were of the camp that wanted, needed, and valued the wisdom of seniors in our commu-nity. We had witnessed them in the workplace, civic and religious organizations; we appreciated and admired them, we saw in them our parents, and grandparents; they weren’t old, they seemed ageless. For us, a senior center was not the solution. Those who wanted the center sent threatening e-mails telling us we didn’t understand seniors; meetings were fi lled with raw emotion and drama. The results of the study revealed

see VACHON page 5

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Earlier this week, Natalie Conn published her por-traits of all 15 mayoral candidates on her documen-tary photography website, thesundaybest.net. In the course of this project, she struggled to get her sub-jects to choose a location that was special and unique for them. This was a bit of a struggle, because nearly half of the candidates wanted to be photographed at

Sights from Fort Allen Park that won’t show up in a brochure

the same place: on the bluff of Fort Allen Park, with Casco Bay behind them.

The view from Fort Allen Park is iconic for Portland, which is probably why it makes such a cliched choice for politicians to use as their backdrop. From the easternmost point of the Portland peninsula, you have an excellent view of Portland Harbor, with its quaint islands and sailboats.

But there are three promi-nent sights from Fort Allen Park that rarely appear on tour-ist brochures or political ads. One is the huge smokestack on Cousins Island on the eastern horizon: the Wyman Station power plant, which burns thousands of gal-lons of fuel oil every year to keep Greater Portland’s lights on, and is one of the state’s biggest polluters.

Closer by, huge trans-Atlantic oil tankers fre-quently dominate the view of the harbor from where they unload their cargo at the Portland Pipe Line pier near Spring Point.

And just to the right of the tankers are a dozen hulking oil storage tanks monopolizing South Port-land’s valuable harborfront real estate.

These less-scenic aspects of the view from Fort Allen all have one thing in common: they’re all infra-structure that delivers massive amounts of oil from exotic locations like Venezuela and the North Sea in exchange for massive amounts of money from the citizens of Maine and northern New England. They

see MILNEIL page 5

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Our goal was to see what Scarborough seniors wanted for servicesVACHON from page 4

that the age 50-74 group voted against the senior center. This group comprised 21 percent of Scarbor-ough’s population – which is huge! The sentiment of the study showed a denial in aging; this group, felt young and active, and didn’t want a designated senior center. They chose to live in Scarborough for its easy access to medical facilities, and proximity to the greater Portland region for its recreation and culture.

In reconciliation, I reached out to the most out-spoken, angry member — in poor health, and dying — who would stop at nothing less than a full fl edged Senior Center. His needs were very different from the active, ageless senior set. He reminded me that someday, they may have their turn at what he was going through. I saw his point. It bothered me that he may die an angry man. But passionate he was, for seeing that seniors in his situation were cared for. He passed away in 2008.

It would be Midge who would reach out to me. The

senior picnic was planned at the town park. I ended up sitting next to Midge. Huddled under a tent; a cool autumn day, we weren’t having fun. Midge turned to me and said: How about you and I go out to lunch right now!

This turn of events opened up a wonderful friend-ship. To my surprise, Midge wasn’t in the senior center camp. She saw it as a town nursing home, where seniors are corralled in for bingo, birthday parties, cakes, and balloons, talked down upon, and discounted as old and worn out. Midge is not with-out life challenges, but as she says: she wants to live, not be put out to pasture. She’s an advocate for infrastructure that allows seniors to age-in-place, with dignity and grace, and believes that better communication and transportation systems are what Maine communities need to focus on.

Last week, Scarborough’s Town Manager pre-sented the new town census: Scarborough’s seniors represent 24 percent of the population. Nationally, seniors make up 12 percent of the population, and in Maine 15 percent. We all know that Maine is an old

state. Scarborough is a very old town.Midge and my fellow deceased committee member

are/were at different stages in their life. I can’t fully grasp what each are going through, because I haven’t experienced loss of hearing, vision, mobility, disease, trauma, loss of loved ones, poverty, and the challenging things that life serves up when you’ve been on this earth for a long while. Midge may be small, but she has big ideas. I’m listening, and advocate on her behalf. And I hope others will too. From the moment we are born, we begin to age! Let’s see each other through from beginning to end.

As I open up this column, the purpose is to have positive dialog toward transforming our commu-nities, making them better with age. This will be accomplished through education, insight, storytell-ing and vision — coming from the young, and the well seasoned. Welcome to Better With Age!

(Karen Vachon is a resident of Scarborough. She is a licensed insurance agent, and an active volunteer in her community.)

On our revered working waterfront, importing oil is kingMILNEIL from page 4

are the physical manifestation of Maine’s petro-addictions.

Portland likes to take some pride in its presumed local self-reliance — in how, for instance, we still have a remnant fi shing industry that delivers us a token amount of food from our Gulf of Maine, or how we ship our state’s sustainably-managed forest products from places like Merrill’s Marine Terminal near the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

But on our revered working waterfront, importing oil is king. Oil constitutes the overwhelming bulk of freight that comes into and out of Portland harbor. About half of it comes from Europe’s North Sea oil fi elds, to which Portland is the closest American port. So unlike the fi shing, tourist, and cargo indus-tries, which generate marine traffi c from local natu-ral resources, these oil terminals are here because

of Portland’s geographic position between global oil reserves and the North American petro-addicts who burn them.

From the pipeline terminal near Spring Point, oil feeds into a network of pipelines that extend to refi neries near Montreal. The storage tanks of South Portland store extra oil to ensure a constant fl ow into the pipeline. Another pier at Wyman Sta-tion gives foreign oil a slightly shorter trip to go up in smoke.

Those acres of South Portland waterfront might be worth tens of millions of dollars to a developer who desired to build luxury waterfront high-rises with dramatic views of downtown Portland and Casco Bay.

But they’re even more valuable to the enablers of our oil addictions. Once the Montreal refi neries bake the crude oil into gasoline and fuel oil, some of it comes back to us overland in trucks so that we can

burn it for $3.80 a gallon.Almost no one actually sees the oil pass through

here: from the time it comes out of the ground to the moment it gets burned, it is hidden away in tanks and pipelines. That makes it easier for politicians to talk about “quality of life” while they stand in front of the infrastructure that’s ruining our atmosphere, fueling brutal global confl icts, and bankrupting our nation.

Nevertheless, the unusual grace of a huge super-tanker looming over tugboats as it docks at the South Portland pier offers a rare opportunity to contemplate how much oil we use, where it comes from, and the consequences of the global market that brings it here.

(Christian MilNeil is a blogger at “The Vigorous North: A fi eld guide to the wilderness areas of Amer-ican cities,” www.vigorousnorth.com.)

Chevy Chase would vote for Maine’s Question 2 on Nov. 8

Editor,Many of us in the “Baby-boomer” generation

remember the scene in the movie “Caddyshack” where Chevy Chase instructs the young golfer Danny to: “see your future, be your future.” On Nov. 8 I hope a majority of Mainers follow that advice and vote yes on Question 2.

Approving Question 2 will allow two well-estab-lished companies with strong Maine connections — Scarborough Downs and Ocean Properties — to expand their investment in Maine and create hun-

dreds of good-paying jobs.The success of Hollywood Slots in Bangor demon-

strates the fi nancial benefi ts available to Mainers in all walks of life; either as employees, harness-racing supporters, contractors, vendors, players and each Maine taxpayer or resident of Bangor that collects revenues from this enterprise.

More than 100,000 Mainers are unemployed or under-employed. Scarborough Downs and Ocean Properties are ready to invest in training your unem-ployed neighbors, hiring your construction companies, ordering supplies from local vendors and offering high paying jobs to the local citizens ready to “see their future and be their future” here in Maine.

Look around your community and see what eco-nomic development is underway today. We are in the

worst recession since the Great Depression. Manu-facturing continues its slide and supplier stores are laying off hundreds, like the Lowe’s store that’s closing in Biddeford. It’s rare to fi nd entrepreneurs who are ready to invest in our communities. They deserve our support and our votes.

I urge everyone to vote yes on Question 2 so these jobs are created here in Maine. Too many “Danny’s” leave our state each year after we have raised them and educated them here. The “Way Life Should Be” requires that we provide good paying jobs that sup-port a trend where neighbors help neighbors move IN not OUT of their homes.

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John Eder, a student at SMCC and a candidate for Portland mayor, held a sign that read “a job is a job, invite Maine’s nonprofi ts.”

Becca Dodge’s sign indicated how she’s been unemployed for 259 days and cannot qualify for food stamps because she is a full-time student. “I am the 99 percent,” her sign said.

Other protesters carried handmade signs promot-

ing the preservation of same-day voter registration and the creation of green jobs. (Question 1 on the Nov. 8 ballot asks voters if they want to repeal a Republican-backed law passed by the Maine Legislature that prohibited new voter registrations within two business days of an election).

Standing outside the H.U.B Gym at SMCC about an hour before the governor arrived, the protesters said they hoped LePage and other attendees would take notice.

LePage’s decision not to invite nonprofi ts to the job creation event was a “distraction” that drew the state’s collective attention away from the issues, Eder said.

He added that the new law ending same-day voter registration would disenfran-chise many young people, a group Eder says are the future employees and CEOs in Maine. By “dis-including” these people in the political process, Eder said more young people could decide to leave Maine after college.

though Clegg could not comment on whether the vessel struck the charted wreck. The boat was able to make it back to shore without being towed and can still respond to emergency calls, Clegg said.

"It's in limited service now," she said, adding that she expects it to be back in service by the end of the month.

Clegg explained that an internal investigation will determine exactly where and what the boat struck, as well as whether any disciplinary actions will be

taken against the boat's pilot.She said the boat sustained "minimal damage,"

but could cost the city up to $25,000 — the amount of the insurance deductible.

This is not the fi rst time the Portland Fire Depart-ment's new vessel has been temporarily knocked out of service. In November 2009, the boat ran aground on a submerged ledge near Cushing Island, which caused an estimated $90,000 worth of damage. The accident occurred a month after the fi re boat began service.

The fi re offi cial piloting the boat during that inci-dent retired prior to the investigation concluding,

Clegg said.Fire Chief Fred LaMontagne didn't respond to a

message for comment on the accident or an expla-nation of the type of training exercises MV City of Portland IV undergoes.

Clegg said the internal investigation should be concluded by the end of the month.

The Portland Fire Department has two fi re boats and a smaller skiff. The MV Joseph Cavallaro entered service into service in 1993 and is primarily used for water rescues. The MV City of Portland IV is used to battle fi res.

Protesters pushing for more green jobs and the preservation of same-day voter registration waited for Gov. Paul LePage to arrive at a jobs round table yesterday at Southern Maine Community College. From left are Justin Melton, John Eder, Becca Dodge and Deena Metzler.

LEPAGE from page one

One sign in protest reads, ‘A job is a job, invite Maine’s nonprofi ts’

BOAT from page one

City: An internal investigation will determine what the boat struck

York County delivery men linked to attempted robbery

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Police say two men were preparing to rob a Bald-win home Monday after they got a look inside. The men had delivered furniture to the residence some-time prior, according to police.

Jonathan Gough, of Arundel, and Michael Hatch, of Springvale, both 26, were arrested by the Cumber-land County Sheriff ’s Offi ce and each charged with a single count of burglary. Police say the men ran off after a woman spotted the pair approaching her home Monday wearing dark clothes and ski masks.

“She saw these two people coming out from the

wood line and she immediately knew something was wrong,” said Capt. Shawn O’Leary, of the sher-iff ’s offi ce. “She started yelling and screaming at them and banging on the window, telling them to go away — at the same time she was dialing 911.”

The men fl ed into the woods near the Baldwin home on Pequawket Trail and later escaped from the

area in a maroon van, police said.While fl eeing the scene, however, O’Leary said the

men left the ski masks and addi-tional evidence that linked them to a delivery company used by a South Portland furniture store. The hom-eowner reportedly had furniture delivered to her home a year ago.

O’Leary said the men were return-ing to take items they spotted.

He said the investigation is ongo-ing and will determine whether the men are responsible for any other

home burglaries. The men were being held at the Cumberland County Jail on $560 bail.

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OccupyMaine plans Friday protest at local Bank of America offi ce

Friday at noon, OccupyMaine protesters will gather in front of Bank of America in Monument Square, in a demonstration that one member of the protest movement said should be a natural for Portlanders.

"Bank of America is one of the worst corpo-rate tax evaders," said Christopher Patrick Coyne, a Portland resident studying media at University of Southern Maine, according to his Facebook page. In a Facebook communication, he said, "Especially in a town that so values buying local, I see no reason that everyone isn't a member of a local credit union. On Friday some folks affi liated with the occupation will be passing out information on credit unions."

OccupyMaine promised a non-violent demon-stration in front of the Bank of America branch at One City Center. The movement wants the government to break up monopolies among fi nancial institutions; force the companies to pay for their own bailouts with a tax of 0.1 per-cent on all trades of stocks and bonds and a 0.01 percent tax on all trades of derivatives; a halt to public money for private lobbying; congres-sional repeal of a carried-interest tax break for hedge-fund managers; and changes to the way bank executives get paid.

Efforts to contact Bank of America for com-ment were unsuccessful, but last year, the bank pointed to its investments in businesses. "In 2009, despite the downturn, we extended approximately $310 billion in credit to larger commercial, corporate and other relationships, including companies, nonprofi t institutions and governments," Bank of America reported. In recent weeks, Bank of America has become a lightning rod for criticism of its banking fees and other practices.

Friday at noon, the spinoff of Occupy Wall Street will stage its "OccupyMaine Rally to hold Banks Accountable and for Lawmakers to Start Representing 99% of their Constituents!" Coyne said he isn't ending his involvement with Friday's protest.

"I am also hoping to start screening docu-mentaries on this and related issues (such as 'Money As Debt') soon," he wrote, and he said he hopes to have a member of Hour Exchange Portland "speak to the occupation about time banking," a method of trading services.

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he’s been in Portland for 45 years but now fi nds himself homeless and living under a tarpaulin in Lincoln Park.

“I’ve got a tarp, I’m OK, I’m warm at night,” he said.

When it grows cold, “I fi nd cover somewhere. Like a building, parking garage.”

As to the OccupyMaine camp on the other end of Lincoln Park, Boomer said, “They’re here, they’re making their point, I guess. They’re pretty good neighbors, they don’t give us a hard time, we don’t give them a hard time, they stay to their end, we stay to ours.”

Although not eager to expound on the Occupy-Maine movement, Boomer said he understands some of the general grievances underlying the cause.

“There used to be three classes in this country, poor, middle class and rich. And now there’s only two classes, forget the middle class, now there’s only rich and poor. That’s why people are losing their houses,” he said.

“All my grandchildren were born and raised here,” Boomer said, describing a past where he worked on the waterfront before growing ill.

“I fi shed, I worked on the waterfront back when it was a waterfront, there weren’t no hotels, neither. The old Jordan’s Meats used to be there,” he said, referring to a meat plant that recently burned while under demolition for a hotel.

A fi rearms conviction hangs over him, Boomer said, preventing him from receiving housing assis-tance.

“I’m a convicted felon, but my felony was over 20 years ago,” he said.

Boomer described Portland before waterfront development reshaped its harbor.

“Portland used to be a very, very, very historical city. Where the hotel is (a new Hampton Inn) was Jordan’s Meats. Beyond that was the pipe factory where they used to stack pipe. Commercial Street was in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most screwed up street in the world. It’s the truth, you had railroad track coming right up the middle of her, they were unloading boxcars on one end, and when trucks were ready to unload, you just pulled up in the middle ... you’d unload the load right there.”

Other homeless men in Lincoln Park were willing to chat and share their stories. One man camped near the Franklin Street end delved into world poli-tics, talking about current events and the economic problems stemming from Wall Street. But the home-less in the park didn’t seem inclined to join Occu-pyMaine, keeping a respectful distance. Meanwhile, nobody expected police to target any of the tents scattered in the green space in front of the Cumber-land County Courthouse.

“Unless the police tell us to leave, then we honor that. They respect us, we respect them,” Boomer said.

City spokesperson Nicole Clegg said the city is waiving a nighttime prohibition at Lincoln Park, which ordinarily would close to the public at 10 p.m. The exception was made as a result of OccupyMaine, a spinoff of Occupy Wall Street which took Portland by storm at the beginning of October.

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Reiche fundraiser brings monsters to the West End

Monsters descended on the West End shortly after dawn Sunday morning. Dragons fl oated over Clark Street, ghouls hung signs on Brackett Street, and zombies roamed Reiche playground. And they kept coming ... to participate in the Reiche School West End 5K.

“It’s to raise funds for the Reiche School enrichment programs,” explained zombie-lke Reiche art teacher Allison Villani, made up with colorful face paint. Co-owner of popu-lar neighborhood hangout Local 188, she and husband Jay were one of a dozen sponsors.

“The theme is ‘Monsters,’ so people are racing with makeup on and in cos-tumes if they want,” said race director and Reiche parent Kevin Butterfi eld. “It goes to help the swimming pro-gram, the arts … the goal is $10,000.”

“'5K for 10K!’" Villani said, “That can be our new slogan.”

By 9:30, over 285 monsters and humans were ready to go. The fi eld included a gorilla towering over zom-bies, assorted monsters, clowns, and even a wolfman thanks to the recent

full moon. A couple Grim Reapers raised motivation to keep moving.

West End resident and avid runner Joann Bisson, one of the few humans in the 5K, smiled with enjoyment at the unusual and creative fellow entrants surrounding her.

City councilor John Anton, brightly bewigged, supported his neighborhood school’s fund raiser by running with his constituents while other area politicos Jon Hinck and Ethan Strimling cheered from the sidelines.

The race began by the Reiche play-ground at Brackett Street, continued up to Maine Medical Center, loop-ing by the Western Promenade and, fi ttingly, trailed near the cemetery, before returning to fi nish at the start-ing point.

“There’s a lot of great costumes,” said regional bank offi cer Jack Lufkin, who arranged offi cial race sponsor-ship of Gorham Saving Bank, run-ning with several co-workers; his two sons, Jacob and Sam; and dog, Maggie. Lufkin led Team Gorham from the backfi eld. “It’s Sam’s fi rst 5K so we took it easy, and he did really well. We kept fi nding tufts of hair from the wolfman. This was a really fun day.”

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LEFT: Gorham Bank’s Jack Lufkin, his son, Sam, and their dog, Maggie enjoy the Reiche School West End 5K.Lufkin led Team Gorham from the back-fi eld. “It’s Sam’s fi rst 5K so we took it easy, and he did really well,” Lufkin said. “We kept fi nding tufts of hair from the wolfman. This was a really fun day.” (ROBERT WIT-KOWSKY PHOTO)

“They stayed in Monument Square overnight, and then we explained that our ordinances pro-hibit that, but we were willing to let them use Lincoln Park for their assembly,” Clegg said.

City manager Mark Rees made an administrative decision to permit the park’s continued around-the-clock use by the pro-testers, she explained.

“I think we’re open-ended,” Clegg said, noting the permitted use is under a group arrangement of 25 or more using the park at night. This blanket allowance extends to others in the park, including the homeless, so the police won’t roust

anyone, she said.Once an event is planned at Lin-

coln Park, however, the city will ask OccupyMaine to restrict its occupancy to one side of the park, where practical.

“I think that what’s important to us is if there’s a permitted use for the park or Monument Square they need to respect that,” Clegg said.

Boomer said he didn’t expect the homeless in Lincoln Park to be treated any differently than the protesters.

“There’s no sense in not allow-ing one while not allowing another. We were here before they were, but that’s OK, too, there’s no hard feel-ings. God bless them,” he said.

PARK from page 7

A homeless camp on the far end of Lincoln Park near Franklin Street is detached from the larger, separate OccupyMaine encampment. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

‘I think we’re open-ended,’ Clegg says

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Thursday, October 20, 2011— Page 9

ABOVE: The Reiche School West End 5K included several cos-tumed participants who brought chills to the weekend benefi t. LEFT: Costumes and make-up of all stripes appeared in the West End over the weekend. MIDDLE: City councilor John Anton clowns around with other participants in the event. FAR LEFT: Ghoulish costumes give a foretaste of another Hal-loween event on the West End. Shoestring Theater’s annual Hal-loween parade will take place Monday, Oct. 31 at 6 p.m., when participants will meet at 155 Brackett St. “This annual parade is Portland’s howling, dancing, and drumming reminder of what Halloween is,” organizers said. “Everyone is invited, all ages arewelcome.” The parade leaves the Shoestring Theater’s home, across from Reiche School, and winds its way through theshadows of the West End. (ROBERT WITKOWSKY PHOTOS)

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American Dad Å

It’s Always Sunny in Phila.

That ’70s Show Å

13 WGMEThe Big Bang Theory (N)

Rules of Engage-ment (N)

Person of Interest A judge known for his tough sentences. (N)

The Mentalist A body washes up on an island. (N) Å

WGME News 13 at 11:00

Late Show With David Letterman

17 WPME Without a Trace Å Without a Trace Å Law Order: CI Our Homes Cops Å

24 DISC Sons of Guns Å American Chopper Auction D. Money American Chopper

25 FAM Movie: “The Goonies” Movie: ››‡ “Hocus Pocus” (1993, Comedy) The 700 Club (N) Å

26 USA Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Burn Notice Å

27 NESN NHL Hockey: Maple Leafs at Bruins Bruins Daily Stanley Daily Dennis

28 CSNE Tailgate Quick Patriots Tailgate Sports SportsNet Sports SportsNet

30 ESPN College Football Live College Football UCLA at Arizona. (N) (Live)

31 ESPN2 MLS Soccer: Union at Red Bulls NFL Live (N) Å SportsCenter (N) Å

33 ION Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å

34 DISN Good Luck Movie: “Return to Halloweentown” Random Shake It Good Luck Vampire

35 TOON Regular Problem King of Hill King of Hill Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Fam. Guy Fam. Guy

36 NICK Sponge. Sponge. ’70s Show ’70s Show George George Friends Friends

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

38 CNN Anderson Cooper 360 Piers Morgan Tonight Anderson Cooper 360 Erin Burnett OutFront

40 CNBC The Coffee Addiction Millions Millions American Greed Mad Money

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

43 TNT Bones Block party. Bones (In Stereo) Å Bones (In Stereo) Å CSI: NY “The Ride-In”

44 LIFE Project Runway Å Project Runway “Finale Part One” Runway Dance Moms Å

46 TLC Hoarding: Buried Alive Undercover Boss Å Sister Wives Å Undercover Boss Å

47 AMC Movie: ››› “Slither” (2006) Nathan Fillion. Å Movie: ›‡ “Lake Placid” (1999) Bill Pullman.

48 HGTV House First Place House Hunters Selling LA Selling NY House Hunters

49 TRAV Man, Food Man, Food Truck Stp Truck Stp Man, Food Man, Food Man, Food Man, Food

50 A&E The First 48 Å The First 48 (N) Å Border Border The First 48 Å

52 BRAVO Matchmaker Matchmaker Matchmaker Matchmaker

55 HALL Little House on Prairie Frasier Frasier Frasier Frasier Frasier Frasier

56 SYFY Movie: “Hostel Part II” Movie: ›‡ “Resident Evil” (2002, Horror) Å “Meat Train”

57 ANIM Rat Busters NYC (N) Hillbilly Handfishin’ Swamp Wars Å Hillbilly Handfishin’

58 HIST Harvest Å Swamp People Å Harvest “Scorched” (N) IRT Deadliest Roads

60 BET Re.- Lines Re.- Lines The Game Together Movie: “Half Past Dead 2” (2007) Bill Goldberg.

61 COM Futurama Futurama Kevin Hart: Little Man Stand-Up Tosh.0 Daily Show Colbert

62 FX Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Sunny League Sunny League

67 TVLND Married Married Married Married Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond

68 TBS Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Conan (N)

76 SPIKE King King iMPACT Wrestling (N) (In Stereo) Å MANswers MANswers

78 OXY Law Order: CI Law Order: CI Law Order: CI Law Order: CI

146 TCM Movie: “The Mask of Dimitrios” Movie: ›››› “The Southerner” (1945) Å Colt .45

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Today is Thursday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2011. There are 72 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 20, 1944, during World War II,

Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore at Leyte in the Philippines, 2 1/2 years after saying, “I shall return.”

On this date: In 1740, Maria Theresa became ruler of

Austria, Hungary and Bohemia upon the death of her father, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI.

In 1803, the U.S. Senate ratifi ed the Loui-siana Purchase.

In 1936, Helen Keller’s teacher, Anne Sul-livan, died in Forest Hills, N.Y., at age 70.

In 1947, the House Un-American Activi-ties Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist infl uence and infi ltration in the U.S. motion picture industry.

In 1964, the 31st president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, died in New York at age 90.

In 1967, seven men were convicted in Meridian, Miss., of violating the civil rights of three slain civil rights workers.

In 1968, former fi rst lady Jacqueline Ken-nedy married Greek shipping magnate Aris-totle Onassis.

In 1981, a bungled armored truck robbery carried out by members of radical groups in Nanuet, N.Y., left a guard and two police offi -cers dead.

In 1986, the government of Nicaragua formally charged captured American merce-nary Eugene Hasenfus with several crimes, including terrorism. (Although convicted and sentenced to prison, Hasenfus was par-doned and released by Nicaraguan Presi-dent Daniel Ortega.)

One year ago: Iranian President Mah-moud Ahmadinejad and visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hailed what they called their strong strategic relationship, saying they were united in efforts to estab-lish a “new world order” that would eliminate Western dominance over global affairs.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor William Chris-topher is 79. Japan’s Empress Michiko is 77. Rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson is 74. Singer Tom Petty is 61. Actor William “Rusty” Russ is 61. Actress Melanie Mayron is 59. Retired MLB All-Star Keith Hernandez is 58. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., is 56. Movie director Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Mil-lionaire”) is 55. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is 54. Actor Viggo Mortensen is 53. Rock musi-cian Jim Sonefeld (Hootie & The Blowfi sh) is 47. Rock musician David Ryan is 47. Rock musician Doug Eldridge (Oleander) is 44. Political commentator and blogger Michelle Malkin is 41. Rapper Snoop Dogg is 40. Singer Dannii Minogue is 40. Country musi-cian Jeff Loberg is 35. Actor Sam Witwer is 34. Actor John Krasinski is 32. Actress Katie Featherston is 29.

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dreamboat 5 Of the Holy See 10 Pound into a pulp 14 S-shaped molding 15 Muse of lyric

poetry 16 Capri, for one 17 Quarter 18 Explosive word 19 Recipe instruction 20 See 1A 23 Somewhat shifty 24 Even now 25 Mom’s mate 28 Rough handler 32 Like one prone to

backtalk 36 Mother of the fl ock 37 Noisy sleeper 39 Casual farewell 40 “Othello” role 42 Hackneyed 43 Kuwait’s leader 44 Fairway hazard

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cards 51 Bonehead 52 Swig of

moonshine 54 Deli hero 56 With 73A, like a

dreamboat 65 Fit as a fi ddle 66 Midway alternative 67 On the waves 68 Cookbook author

Rombauer 69 Smaller versions 70 Computer clutter 71 Loch for monsters 72 Daytime TV shows 73 See 56A

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3 Lecherous gander 4 Plumbing

problems 5 Like a cheap

poker game 6 Dry 7 Trail through

woodlands 8 Shaving blade

brand 9 Wacko 10 Word wrongly 11 Regarding 12 Slender 13 Present! 21 Yodelersí peaks 22 Some: Fr. 25 Godhood 26 In the know 27 Painter of

ballerinas 29 Supremely bad 30 “Fear of Flying”

writer Jong 31 Patch roads 33 Brazilian dance in

duple time 34 Porkers’ hangouts 35 Fireside stories 38 Take back 41 Oceans 46 Ornamental

needle case 49 Pose for shots 53 Teens’ big nights 55 Explosion

56 Like a wafer 57 Aesopian also-ran 58 Shade trees 59 State on Lake Erie 60 Dog in “Peter

Pan” 61 Handhold 62 Spot in a crowd 63 Type of tide 64 Domesticate

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Thursday, Oct. 20

AARP Driver Safety Class9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. An AARP Driver Safety Class for drivers age 50 and older will be presented at the AARP Maine State Offi ce, 1685 Congress St., Portland. The registration fee is $12 for AARP members, $14 for others. To register, phone Phil Chin, AARP volunteer instructor, at 846-0858. Because class size is limited, early registration is advised.

YardScaping Gardens at Back Cove postponed10 a.m. Due to weather forecasts for rain, the Maine Yard-Scaping Partnership has postponed until spring a ribbon-cutting ceremony to announce the completion and offi cial opening of the YardScaping Gardens at Back Cove.

The Ultimate Seafood Splash noon to 2:30 p.m. The Ultimate Seafood Splash, Maine’s top chefs and fi shermen prepare seafood sensations from coastal Maine waters at The Ultimate Seafood Splash, Ocean View Room. “There is truly something for everyone at this year’s Harvest on the Harbor. Whether a full-fl edged foodie or an emerging gourmand this year’s events will offer tastes and temptations at every turn. From the Grand Tast-ing on the Harbor, to celebrity chefs and cooking demon-strations, to the Savory Samplings at the Marketplace fi lled with delectable food and wine samples. Fall Food & Wine Festival, Oct. 20-22. www.harvestontheharbor.com

Labyrinth Walk 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Trinity Episcopal at 580 Forest Ave. (entrance in rear) is offering its indoor Chartre-style labyrinth for meditative walks. Allow about 30 minutes. FMI 772-7421.

Sampson Center Catalyst for Change Award5:30 p.m. “Howard M. Solomon of Bowdoinham, who has spent decades advocating for LGBT communities, will be the recipient of the 2011 Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine Catalyst for Change Award. The Sampson Center Catalyst for Change Award acknowledges an individual who has been in the forefront for change regarding diver-sity, equality, and human and civil rights in Maine.” Past recipients include Rabbi Harry Sky (2007), Dale McCor-mick (2008), Sallie Chandler (2009), and Allen Sockaba-sin (2010). A retired professor of history at Tufts and later the University of Southern Maine, Solomon was scholar-in-residence for the Sampson Center’s LGBT Collection. In his latter role, he was invaluable to the development of the collection. His scholarship and contribution to exhibi-tions and public programming empowered LGBT com-munities and other underrepresented groups in Maine. His work with EqualityMaine and Maine Initiatives refl ects his wish to improve the lives of all. Solomon will be hon-ored at an awards dinner at the Keeley Banquet Center, 178 Warren Ave., Portland. For tickets and further informa-tion please contact Susie R. Bock, 780-4269, bocks@usm.maine.edu.

Halloween: Walk Among the Shadows6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. October 20-22 and Oct. 27-29, $10 per person, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., tours run every 15 minutes, by Spirits Alive at Eastern Cemetery. First-come, fi rst-served In cooperation with Portland Playback & Acorn Productions. “Our annual fundraiser encourages attendees to feel the presence of those buried within on an evening tour of a spooky colonial graveyard. This year’s theme focuses on the spirits’ connection to the sea. These fam-ily-friendly tours are led by shrouded specters through the cemetery in groups. Tours depart about every 15 minutes and last up to 1 hour. The group stops at various points along Funeral Lane to hear the cemetery residents come to life and voice their strange tales against the eerie, dimly-lit, gravestone-fi lled background.” www.spiritsalive.org

Jonathan Lash presents Annual Coffi n Lecture7 p.m. Jonathan Lash, president of Hampshire College, will present the University of Maine School of Law’s 19th Annual Frank M. Coffi n Lecture on Law and Public Service. Lash’s lecture, “Community, Rights and Climate: A Challenge for a Clever Species,” will take place in USM’s Hannaford Lecture Hall located in the Abromson Community Education Center at 88 Bedford St. in Portland. The annual Coffi n lecture is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the USM park-ing garage on Bedford St. To attend, RSVP to Lexie Moras by calling 780-4344 or amoras@usm.maine.edu.

New Gloucester Historical Society7 p.m. The next monthly meeting of the New Gloucester Historical Society will be held at the New Gloucester Meet-inghouse, 389 Intervale Rd. (Rte. 231) (next to the Town Hall). The program will be about Moses Greenleaf, New Gloucester native and famous Maine geographer, pre-sented by Holly Hurd. Members and the public are invited. Refreshments served. Members’ business meeting follows.

Damnationland 20117 p.m. “Damnationland 2011 will premiere at The Nickel-odeon with a 9:15 show to follow, because the 7 p.m. show will defi nitely sell out. ... This year, six fi lmmakers from

Maine strut their stuff, hoping to make you quiver, shiver, and shake!” Also, there will be a screening in the follow-ing theaters following the premiere in Portland. Waterville — Railroad Square Cinema; Belfast — The Colonial; Bruns-wick — The Frontier; Bridgton — The Magic Lantern, Friday, Oct. 28 and Saturday, Oct. 29. Rockland — The Strand, Saturday, Oct. 29, 10 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 30, 3 p.m.; Auburn — Flagship Cinemas, Thursday, Oct 27 at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. www.damnationland.com

Shakespeare’s ‘MacBeth’7:30 p.m. Join Freeport Factory Stage for Shakespeare’s “MacBeth” Halloween production. Three witches defi ne the future for MacBeth, whose bloody rise to power results in catastrophe. This is Shakespeare at the height of his cre-ative power. October 20 through Nov. 6, Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m. Special Halloween performance Monday, Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. No performance on Thursday, Nov. 3. Tickets are $19 general/$15 students and seniors. Special group rates available by calling the box offi ce, 865-5505. www.Freeportfactory.com.

‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’8 p.m. “Monty Python’s Spamalot” National Broadway Tour, also Friday. Presented by Portland Ovations. “Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ is the outrageous musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the fi lm classic ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail.’ Based on the Tony Award-winning direction of Mike Nichol, with a book by Eric Idle and music and lyrics by the Grammy Award-winning team of Idle and John du Prez, ‘Spamalot’ tells the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. Flying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchman and show-stopping musical numbers are just a few of the rea-sons audiences everywhere are galloping to ‘Spamalot.’” https://tickets.porttix.com/public/default.asp

Friday, Oct. 21

Red Ribbon Campaign event in Freeport8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Freeport Middle School students will show their support of the national Red Ribbon Campaign and take a public pledge to remain drug free. Red Ribbon Campaign is the oldest and largest drug prevention pro-gram in the nation. It was inspired to honor the death of undercover DEA agent Enrique Camarena who was tortured to death in Mexico while investigating a major drug cartel. Freeport Middle School students in collab-oration with Casco Bay CAN took on this initiative and planned with their school advisor a Red Ribbon Day to honor Enrique Camarena by taking the pledge. The Free-

port Police and Fire Department will also join in and take a photo from atop the 80 foot ladder truck down on the fi eld where students will be wearing red and lined up in the shape of a ribbon.Friday, Oct. 21, 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Freeport Middle School, 19 Kendall Lane, Freeport, Free-port Middle School, Freeport Police and Fire Department and Casco Bay CAN.

Portland Expo Ski & Snowboard Tent Sale10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Portland Expo Ski & Snowboard Tent Sale begins Friday, Oct. 21, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 23, located at the Portland Expo Building, 239 Park Ave., Portland, and is presented by the Ski & Snowboard Liqui-dation Center in North Conway and Sport Thoma.

Maine Lobster Chef of the Yearnoon to 2:30 p.m. Three lucky fi nalists have been selected to compete in this years Maine Lobster Chef of the Year competition. Kristian Burrin, Ryan Campbell, and Tom Regan will compete before a live audience of lobster enthusiasts, journalists and industry representatives to try to win the title of Lobster Chef of the Year. The audience will watch each fi nalist create their recipes featuring Maine Lobster and get a chance to taste a sample of each dish. Audience members, after being treated to three delicious dishes, will submit their votes for their favorite recipe and crown the 2011 Lobster Chef of the Year. Presented by the Maine Lobster Promotion Council, the annual Maine Lobster Chef of the Year cook-off competition helps celebrate and showcase Maine’s peak lobster harvest season by allowing the opportunity for esteemed Maine chefs to vie for the prestigious title. The Lobster Chef of the Year competition is a part of the larger Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau’s culinary event Harvest on the Harbor at Ocean Gateway in Portland. /www.harvestontheharbor.com for full schedule

Portland Democratic City Committee mayoral candidate forum at the Portland Public Library5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Democratic mayoral candidates Michael Brennan, Peter Bryant, Ralph Carmona, Jill Duson, Hamza Haadoow, Jodie Lapchick, Nick Mavodones, Jed Rathband and Ethan Strimling will participate in a discussion on key issues of the campaign, moderated by Jill Barkley, chair of the Portland Democratic City Committee at the main branch of the Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. The candidates will be asked about issues ranging from economic development and affordable housing to public transportation, non-citizen voting and the Portland school system. In addition, attendees will be able to submit their own questions for the candidates. Following the discussion, the PDCC will host a meet-and-greet with the candidates at Gogi, 653 Congress St.

Jay Whittemore, site superintendent on the Veterans Memorial Bridge job site for Reed and Reed of Woolwich, is dwarfed by the bridge under construction across the Fore River. Due to construction of the new Veterans Memorial Bridge which began in July 2010, the existing Veterans Memorial Bridge which connects Portland’s West End to South Portland over the Fore River will be closed 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. from Sunday through Thursday night. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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A Dash of Diva: Girls’ Night Out5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. “An evening of food, fashion, and fun! Enjoy performances by The Awesome, Sidecar Heroes, and Naya’s Trance. Laugh with celebrity host Karen Morgan. Learn how to “Zumba” with Ashley-Lynn Marble. Every guest will receive a pink lei and a gift bag fi lled with goodies from local businesses. VID Tickets: $30 General Admission: $20. Holiday Inn By The Bay, 88 Spring St.” www.adashofdiva.com

The Ghosts of Freeport’s Past walking tours6 p.m. Meet at the “haunted” Harrington House at 45 Main St. in Freeport “where our resident specter and psychic medium, Eddita Felt will escort you on a lantern-lit, hour-long walking tour of the Freeport Village. Experience tantalizing true tales and eerie stories of the unknown and unexplained.” This is the fi nal year of this particular tour. Tours are available on Friday, Oct. 21, Saturday, Oct. 22, Thursday, Oct. 27, Friday, Oct. 28 and on Saturday, Oct. 29. All tours start at Harrington House and leave at 6 p.m. and at 7:15 p.m. each evening. Reservations are required. Tickets are $10. Reserve at 865-3170. Sponsored by Freeport Historical Society and underwriters, Norway Savings and the Jameson Tavern. www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org

Tales of Terror at Victoria Mansion6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Noted storyteller Lynne Cullen shares spine-tingling stories from 19th century writers as Victoria Mansion’s lights are dimmed to gaslight levels. This year’s selection includes “The Telltale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and “Dracula’s Guest” by Bram Stoker; on Oct. 21 and 22 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. On Sunday, Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. the Mansion will host its fi rst Family Fright Night which features “King o’ the Cats” by Joseph Jacobs and other spooky folktales for kids 10 and under. Admission: Adults $20; Museum Mem-bers $15; 17 and under $10. www.victoriamansion.org

Top of the Crop: Best Farm to Table Chef6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The best Maine chefs will bring the farm fresh fl avors of Maine to the cooking stage as they vie for the coveted title of Best Farm to Table Chef. Price: $75. Ocean View Room. Harvest on the Harbor.

2011 Halloween-Fest at Maine Wildlife Park6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21 and Oct. 22, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Maine Wildlife Park’s ever growing and very popular eighth annual “Halloween-Fest” will run on both Friday and Saturday nights, Oct. 21 and Oct. 22 under the light of the waning moon. Adults and kids alike wear their costumes to give them a trial run before the actual Trick or Treat Night; and get into the spirit of Halloween, while enjoying a crisp fall evening with our wildlife. New this year is a Haunted Wood-chuck Tunnel for the smaller kids to wriggle through. Parents will be able to watch their kids go through at all times. For more information, call the Maine Wildlife Park at 657-4977; or visit online at www.mainewildlifepark.com.

‘Sholem Aleichem’6:30 p.m. “Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness,” Friday, Oct. 21, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 22, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 23, 2 p.m. Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: $7 and available on the day of the show. For a complete list of movies, visit moviesatthemuseum.org.

First annual Portland Early Music Festival7:30 p.m. An Age of Ayres: Song in 17th-century England and France. Fifteen Early Music Specialists come together to play the lute, harpsichord, cello, viola da gamba and violin will reverberate as they did centuries ago. Tenors, bass and sopranos will tell you the stories of the Baroque Age in song. Bach, Biber, Frescobaldi, Pachelbel and Purcell are just a few of the composers you will hear and enjoy. The audience can learn about early music instruments from some of the fi nest early music practitioners of the area. They can attend workshops on the lute and harpsichord, or listen to a lecture on violin and bow construction.lute, harpsichord, or listen to a lecture on violin and bow construction. Friday, Oct. 21 to Sunday, Oct. 23; Memorial Hall at Woodford’s Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Call 775-3356 FMI. Schedule of Events at www.portlandconservatory.net.

‘Race to Nowhere’ screening in Lewiston7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Rated: PG-13, “Race to Nowhere” will be shown from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets: Free, $5 suggested donation. A Film and Grassroots Movement to Transform Education at Callahan Hall, Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St., Lewiston. 782-7228

Congregation Bet Ha’am Service focuses on educating Maine’s recent immigrants7:30 p.m. Congregation Bet Ha’am in South Portland will hold a special Shabbat service about the educa-tional needs of Maine’s recent immigrants. An immigrant who is enrolled in adult education classes and working toward her GED will give the sermon. The service will provide information about how volunteers can tutor Eng-

lish language learners, help prepare people for the U.S. citizenship test and assist in adult education classes. The service will include performance of a song by Bet Ha’am member Rita Kissen about her immigrant grand-mother’s long-held desire to learn how to write her own name. Congregation Bet Ha’am is a Reform Jewish con-gregation with more than 350 household members. The synagogue is located at 81 Westbrook Street. For more information, call 879-0028.

Hellenic Society of Maine lectures7:30 p.m. Here’s a chance to learn more about Ancient Greece and its infl uences! Two presenters are scheduled to speak as part of the Fall 2011 Hellenic Society of Maine Lecture Series. Topics include “Delphi and What it Meant to be Greek” about the oracle at Delphi on Oct. 20 by Sarah Harrell Ph.D. of Portland; and “Carl Jung and the Greeks” on Nov. 17 by Christos Gianopoulos MA, MPA, of Greene. Kicking off the series Sarah Harrell, Ph.D., will present her fascinating talk on Oct. 20 – “Delphi and What it Meant to be Greek.” On Nov. 17 Christos Gianopoulos, MA, MPA, will speak on “Carl Jung and the Greeks.” C.G. Jung (1875-1961) is one of the tower-ing intellectual fi gures of the 20th century, and his work focused on the central task of the individual to achieve self-understanding. The two lectures begin Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in Room 207, Payson Smith Hall on the University of Southern Maine Portland campus and are free and open to the public. Call 892-9831 for more information.

The Alash Ensemble of Tuva8 p.m. “Central Asia is coming to Maine. The Alash Ensemble of Tuva will be performing in Portland Oct. 21 and offering a school workshop in Yarmouth Oct. 19. Alash will perform at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. in Portland at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21. Earlier in the week, on Oct. 19, the Tuvan throat singing group will offer a workshop to students at the North Yarmouth Academy. Alash, based in the Republic of Tuva in Central Asia, has won numerous international awards in Tuvan throat singing, a technique which allows vocalists to sing multiple pitches at one time. Ensemble members also play a variety of Tuvan traditional instruments, contribut-ing to an overall musical experience that a Washington Post review described as ‘absolutely stunning.’”

A benefi t concert for Casa8 p.m. The Rat Pack is Back! for Casa. Doors: 7 p.m. Show: 8 p.m. State Theatre, Portland. $45 and $35/Reserved Seating, All Ages. “For the past 30 years Casa has been assuring that people with disabilities have safe, healthy and secure homes that promote growth and independence. Please join us for what will be a very special evening of entertainment and thanks. The purpose of this event is to raise funds for a new Casa nursing home for adults and children with disabilities.” Call 879.6165 to sponsor this event or purchase VIP tickets. www.casamaine.org/ratpacknews.html

Saturday, Oct. 22

Flu vaccinations for spouses of veterans7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The University of New England College of Pharmacy and Hannaford Supermarkets are partnering with the Maine Veterans Affairs Healthcare System to offer infl u-enza vaccinations for spouses of veterans. The VA system already provides fl u shots for veterans, but does not have the staff or vaccine supply to offer this service to spouses. UNE faculty and more than 20 students have volunteered to administer the vaccine. Maine has more veterans per capita than any other state in the nation. The fl u shots will be administered on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Togus VA in Augusta; and on Wednesday, Oct. 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Portland Veterans Center. For more information, visit www.une.edu.

Woodard & Curran fun run8:30 a.m. “Enjoy a beautiful fall day on this 3.14-mile course — with pie for all runners and walkers at the end! Festivi-ties include a Fun Run for kids, disk jockey and music, and emceed by WMTW News 8.” 8:30 a.m. Fun Run for Kids 10 and Under; 9 a.m. Race Start. Woodard & Curran, 41 Hutchins Drive, Portland. The course begins on Hutchins Drive, proceeds left on Outer Congress Street, turns onto the Unum campus, connects with Portland Trails’ Stroud-water Trail, and concludes on Hutchins Drive. Pre-regis-tration: $15 thru Oct. 20. Race Day registration: $20. Free T-shirts while supplies last. Prizes for top runners. Register at www.woodardcurranfoundation.org.

Brunch to benefi t Outward Bound for Veterans 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Woods at Canco retirement com-munity, located at 257 Canco Road in Portland, will host a brunch to support the Outward Bound for Veterans pro-gram, a nonprofi t. The public is invited. “Outward Bound for Veterans helps returning service members and recent vet-erans readjust to life at home through powerful wilderness courses that draw on the teamwork and challenge through use of the natural world.” To RSVP, or to learn more, please call The Woods at Canco at 772-4777. Donations can also be made online at www.holidaytouch.com/outwardbound.

Work Day at Fort Preble9 a.m. to 1 p.m. “The Fort Preble Preservation Commit-tee will hold a Work Day (Rain Date: Saturday, Oct. 29). The FPPC will be scraping, painting, weeding, clearing out brush and more in the most exposed area of the Fort. The public is invited to participate. The FPPC asks that volun-teers wear appropriate clothing (suitable for outdoors in October in Maine, including work boots, long sleeves and long pants) and bring safety glasses and hand tools (clip-pers, pruners, saws, etc.) if they have them. Refreshments will be provided as well as a tour of some interior sections of the Fort. The FPPC is a collaboration by the City of South Portland and the Southern Maine Community College to bring attention to the importance of the Fort in the com-munity’s place in history. Part of the working mission of the committee is to protect the surviving grounds, structures and buildings of Fort Preble and to interpret the various uses of the grounds, structures and buildings of the Fort to the public.” For more information, please contact Leslie Barteaux at lbarteaux@smccme.edu or 741.5975

Maine Artisan Craft Fair9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Celebrate the start of the season with this select group of local artists and craftsmen, exhibiting hand-crafted jewelry, apparel, watercolors and so much more.” Falmouth American Legion Hall, 65 Depot Road, Falmouth.

We Love Munjoy Hill Festival10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The We Love Munjoy Hill Festival will offer a chance to meet, mingle and celebrate the spirit of this eclectic neighborhood. The festival features live music, food, art and craft vendors, community groups, prize raffl es, kids’ activities, games and demonstrations. The event is presented by the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization in collabora-tion with the Munjoy Hill Community Policing Center and Port-land Recreation. East End Community School, 195 North St., Portland. Live music, food, art and craft vendors, community groups, prize raffl es, kids’ activities, games and demonstra-tions. munjoyhill.org, festival@munjoyhill.org or 775-3050

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On Sunday at noon, volunteers with a Bigfoot fascination are invited to meet at the current location of the International Cryptozoology Museum, 661 Congress St., Portland, to help the museum move. Loren Coleman, curator, extended the invitation on his blog, http://cryptozoologymuseum.com. (FILE PHOTO)

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Fall Family Day at the Museum10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Portland Museum of Art features a special family cost: Half-off admission to participating fami-lies. All children must be accompanied by an adult. “Dis-cover your family in the Museum! Join us as we welcome families to experiment with activities for the entire family to enjoy; from stroller kits and interactive gallery games to Family Voices cell phone tours and Child’s Play, a family space in the McLellan House. Look and learn as you invite the great art masters, such as Winslow Homer and Picasso, into your family! A children’s lunch special will be on the menu in the Museum Café.”

‘Fall into Books’ celebration for children11 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Fall into Books” — A Downeast Chil-dren’s Book Celebration with seven children’s book authors and illustrators. Book readings and signings. Rines Audito-rium, Portland Public Library.

Savory Samplings at the Marketplacenoon. Join 160 food artisans, wineries, breweries, distill-eries and epicurean purveyors for a viewing of Maine-made products at the Savory Samplings Marketplace. Session I, noon to 2:30 p.m. Price is $45 at Oceanside Pavilion at the Ocean Gateway. Savory Samplings at the Marketplace — Session II is from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Part of Harvest on the Harbor. www.harvestontheharbor.com

Madeleine de Sinéty Gallery Talk1 p.m. Gallery Talks, Saturdays at 1 p.m., Portland Museum of Art. Circa 2011: Madeleine de Sinéty by Jaqueline Bucar. 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., Great Hall. “Madeleine de Sinéty cap-tures daily life that no longer exists. More than an historical account of a life-long disappeared, de Sinéty portrays the joy, dignity, and independent spirit of people with a creative perspective. Her creative eye reaches across to other cul-tures, applying the same perspective to present a creative documentary of another people, another time.” The exhibit

is on display through Dec. 31. De Sinéty has been a resi-dent of Rangeley, Maine for the past 30 years. This exhibi-tion is the fourth in a series of exhibitions called Circa that explores compelling aspects of contemporary art in the state of Maine and beyond. www.portlandmuseum.org

Benefi t for WMPG’s Power Up! campaign4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. At Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., WMPG will record two half-hour episodes of “Watch Your Language!” for later rebroadcast. “Watch Your Language!” is a game show celebrating the complexity, beauty and down-right weirdness of the English language, written and played by local wordsmiths, wits and raconteurs. The show is hosted by Suzanne Murphy of WMPG’s public affairs program, Big Talk, written by Kate O’Halloran and Joanne Fedorocko, and played by Josh Bodwell, Alan Brewer, Margaret Cleveland, Mary Beth Davidson, Marcia Goldenberg, John Spritz, and Caroline Teschke. The show is open to the public with a sug-gested donation of $5, with all proceeds to benefi t WMPG’s Power Up! signal improvement campaign. The new stronger transmitter is expected be in operation by November.

Hospice of Southern Maine event5:30 p.m. At Deering Oaks, Southern Maine’s only com-prehensive hospice program celebrates the lives of Maine’s military and other loved ones at a public memorial candle ceremony. “Candles within the luminaria will be lit at twi-light. Following the ceremony, the public is invited to wander through the wonderland of lights refl ecting on those who have brought love and light into their lives. In addition, a special tribute to Maine’s military will be incorporated into the ceremony. The press is invited to learn more about the positive impact of Hospice of Southern Maine in the com-munity.” Footbridge at Deering Oaks.

Fright at the Fort 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fright at the Fort returns the last two Friday and Saturday nights this October, at the Fort Knox State Historic site, in Prospect, where the 19th Century gran-ite bastion is transformed into a bad nightmare designed to

put a chill into the bravest of living souls. Visitors are guided through the dark, fog fi lled, twists and turns of the massive granite fortifi cation where the senses are bombarded by sights, sounds and lights that may as well have crawled out of the scariest horror movie. Friday, Oct. 21, is being called “crew night” because groups attending Fright with four or more people will receive a free pumpkin (while they last). Saturday, Oct. 22, will feature fi reworks, at the conclusion of Fright, at 9:15 p.m. (the fi reworks may be viewed from the Bucksport waterfront and not the Fort). Ghostport activities in neighboring Bucksport will be taking place all day Saturday, Oct. 22, and will include a coffi n race, trebuchet pumpkin chucking, pumpkin carv-ing, chili cook off, concluding with the original George Romero,” Night of the Living Dead” movie (go to fortknox.maineguide.com/fright for Ghostport details). Friday, Oct. 28, the Pirates of the Dark Rose (dead pirates that is) will be joining the other zombies, monsters and ghouls to ratchet up the scare factor. Saturday, Oct. 29, is come in costume night as a warm-up for Halloween the fol-lowing day. Cap off your Fright evening with a trip to see “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the Alamo Theater, in Bucksport. Fright takes place Friday/Saturday, Octo-ber 22, 23, 29 and 30, from 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. (visitors should arrive by 8:30 p.m.). Tickets for Fright are $5 per person and advanced express line tickets are available for $7 per person. Fright express tickets allow people to avoid waiting in line and may be obtained by calling the Friends of Fort Knox at 469-6553.

Zombie movie crew at Bull Moose in Sanford6 p.m. “Maine fi lmmaker Andy Davis’s Biddeford-made zombie fi lm ‘2’ was recently released on DVD and to celebrate, the cast and crew will be at the Sanford Bull Moose at 1364 Main St. on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. In honor of the release and Halloween, they will judge a zombie costume contest held at Bull Moose, sign copies of the DVD and meet fans.” For more information, call 324-5786.

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Pingree: Greater Portland to get federal transportation funding

The garage that houses Portland's public trans-portation buses is poised to receive a $1.1 mil-lion federal grant for roof, lift and overall facility improvements.

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, announced Tuesday that the Maine Department of Trans-portation is slated to get more than $3 million in federal grants that help fund public transit in Portland, South Portland and Sanford. The announcement came after federal Department of Transportation offi cials toured the area's public

transportation sites in November.In addition to funding for Portland's main garage,

a $640,000 grant will be used to replace two buses in South Portland, according to Pingree's offi ce. Both buses slated to be replaced operated at more than 450,000 miles, she said.

Kiwanis club inducts new membersAngela Wright of Auburn and Mary Fasulo of Port-

land were inducted as new members of the Kiwanis Club of Portland during the club’s meeting on Tues-day, Oct. 11, at STRIVE in South Portland, the club reported. The induction ceremony was conducted by

Club President Elizabeth Richards of Westbrook.Wright is married to club secretary/treasurer and

her sponsor David Bouffard and teaches at Leavitt Area High School in Turner. She is the branch man-ager of cPort Credit Union in Portland and was sponsored by Richards.

Recent club service activities include a Kake Walk featuring service leadership program members from the Aktion Club at STRIVE, Circle K Club at University of Southern Maine-Gorham, and High School Key Clubs at Brunswick, Catherine McAu-ley, Cheverus, Deering, Falmouth, Gorham and Port-land to raise funds for the Kiwanis Club’s service activities, including support of the Portland Public Schools Eyeglasses Fund for schoolchildren.

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