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University of Southern Maine students Megan Giossi and Casey Moore install a “community mural” on the campus along Bedford Street Thursday with the words, “Try Compassion and Civility,” an answer to the nearby Genocide Awareness Project, a traveling photo-mural exhibit that compares abortion to genocide. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

USM students urge ‘compassion, civility’ in face of anti-abortion installation — Page 8

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LePage says he ‘won’t be held hostage’ by general assistance plan — See page 3

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WASHINGTON (NY Times) — For more than three decades, David M. Roeder has watched as successive American presidents have struggled to engage Iran and, in his view, completely failed to hold it accountable.

Now 72 and a retired Air Force colonel, Roeder was among the 52 Americans held hostage for 444 days after Iranian radicals seized the American Embassy in Tehran in 1979, an event that he believes estab-lished Iran’s ability to get away with bad behavior ever since.

Roeder and other former hostages say that the Ira-nian government never paid for what was done to them. Their longstanding grievance in many ways frames the quandary that the Obama administra-tion faces in balancing the impulse to punish Iran with the hope of normalizing relations.

On Jan. 20, 1981, the hostages were freed under an agreement called the Algiers Accords that was negotiated by President Jimmy Carter but not implemented until the day he left offi ce. The agree-ment allowed companies to recover billions of dollars in Iranian government funds that the United States had frozen after Shah Moham-med Reza Pahlavi, an ally, was forced from power. But it barred the former hos-tages from seeking dam-ages for their imprisonment during which some were subjected to mock fi ring squads and months of soli-tary confi nement.

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SANFORD, Fla. (NY Times) — George Zim-merman, a former neighborhood watch vol-unteer arrested on murder charges in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old, returned to protective custody at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility after his fi rst court appearance on Thursday afternoon.

Zimmerman, 28, who was charged by a spe-cial prosecutor on Wednesday evening with second-degree murder, stood silently during the brief proceeding, dressed in a gray jumpsuit, next to a new lawyer, Mark M. O’Mara. Zimmer-man said only “Yes, sir” to the judge’s questions about the charges and about his lawyer.

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Suspect in Trayvon Martin shooting appears in court

BEIRUT, Lebanon (NY Times) — After months of intensifying bloodshed, an uncertain cease-fi re backed by the United Nations and brokered by the special envoy Kofi Annan went into effect in Syria early on Thursday with mutual accusations of scattered infractions by the antagonists but none of the by-now-familiar reports of shelling by government forces and mayhem in major cities.

“I am encouraged by reports that the situation in Syria is

relatively quiet and that the cessation of hostilities appears to be holding,” Annan said in a statement from his Geneva offi ce. “Syria is apparently experiencing a rare moment of calm on the ground.”

Annan asked the Secu-rity Council to authorize the deployment of United Nations monitors in Syria, assuming the cease-fi re holds. Susan E. Rice, the American ambassa-dor to the United Nations and the current president of the Security Council, said mem-

bers would be meeting later to negotiate the terms. “It is our interest and shared aim to negotiate that text as swiftly as possible,” Rice said.

Despite the lull in violence, many diplomats remained skeptical about its duration. Both Annan and Rice empha-sized that his entire six-point plan had yet to be implemented and that Syria had not fully complied with a key provision — the withdrawal of troops and heavy weapons from major population centers.

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WASHINGTON (NY Times) — With North Korea poised to launch a long-range missile despite a widespread interna-tional protest, the Obama admin-istration is trying to play down the propaganda value for North Korea’s leaders and head off criti-cism of its abortive diplomatic opening to Pyongyang in late February.

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Governor Paul LePage said yes-terday he wouldn’t sign legislation that “largely ignores welfare reform,” taking aim at a legislative budget pro-posal that stopped short of a 50 per-cent state cap to general assistance funding for towns and cities.

“We must be forward thinking and look to how we can afford these types of programs in the future,” LePage said in a statement issued after he learned more details of the General Fund Second Supplemental Budget proposal from the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs. This budget pro-posal seeks to balance the state budget through June 30, 2013. It passed out of the House to the Senate last night.

The governor’s own general assis-tance proposal sought to reduce the level of general assistance for towns and cities to 50 percent, and also sought to limit the availability of hous-ing assistance to a 90-day time period and prevent people who get benefi ts through the federal Temporary Assis-tance for Needy Families from receiv-ing general assistance benefi ts.

Portland Mayor Brennan has opposed LePage’s proposal. He said under the governor’s proposal, Port-land would lose $2.2 million but under the revised plan embraced by legisla-tors, the city stands to lose roughly $300,000.

But LePage said he can’t support spending that he called unsustain-able.

“I cannot put my signature on a bill that largely ignores welfare reform,” LePage said Thursday. “I have major concerns about the overspending in the General Assistance welfare program. Spending in this welfare program has grown from nearly $7 million in 2008 to a projected $14.3 million in 2013. I am looking at a way to sustain our welfare programs. This budget keeps Maine on the same path it’s been on for 40 years and I will not be held hostage and forced to sign a

budget that is irresponsible.”Adrienne Bennett, the gover-

nor’s spokesman, said Thursday, “At this point, the welfare reform that’s addressed in this budget does not address our long-term problems.”

Rep. David Webster, D-Freeport, a member of the joint appropriations committee, said a number of amend-ments were considered in the House last night but indefi nitely postponed. Legislators passed the budget out of the House into the Senate by a 120-vote passage, Webster reported.

“There was good support for the budget,” he said.

The budget proposal has gone down to the Senate, where they will vote on it, and they like the House must pass it by two thirds. Then it goes back to the House.

The governor can let it pass without his signature, sign it or veto it.

“If he vetoes it, then we would have to come back and address that veto,” Webster said, but noted that the bill already has passed in the House with

the two-thirds votes that would suc-cessfully override a veto.

“I think the governor has put his fi n-gerprints and his mark on state gov-ernment, and there’s a process of give and take that takes place between the different branches of government, and if he’s not pleased, then he can come back next year and continue to work to try to convince Republicans and Democrats that drastic change is nec-essary,” Webster said.

Webster said he was concerned about economic development and the state’s public safety, education and other areas that he said would have been hard hit by LePage’s original cuts.

“The GA proposals would have hurt people and would have hurt the major cities and would have created home-lessness,” he said.

But Bennett said the current appro-priations bill simply delays budget problems.

“We wanted the standardization of the reimbursement rate to towns and cities at 50 percent,” Bennett said, noting the committee developed a pro-posal for 85 percent reimbursement.

“That’s not the way this governor thinks, that’s not the way he feels this government should be operating and paying its bills,” she said.

Brennan came out against the gov-ernor’s budget proposal in March, stating in a city press release, “I believe these proposals are not good for Maine and its most vulnerable citizens, and more directly related to my role as Mayor, these changes will

result in an increased tax burden for the local property tax payer by both shifting direct costs and tearing holes in the fabric of the state’s safety net.”

Responding to the mayor’s con-cerns, Bennett said yesterday that the money simply isn’t there to continue the current general assistance fund-ing level.

“In a time when the state needs to tighten its belt, towns and cities across our state are going to be asked to do the same thing,” she said. “We no longer have the federal funding that comes down for this program, and we need to ask ourselves, ‘What can we afford?’ To standardize the reimburse-ment rate would be putting the cities and towns on a level playing fi eld.”

Brennan has said the changes made by the appropriations commit-tee mirror a request from the Mayors Coalition on Jobs and Economic Development — which is a group of Maine mayors that opposed some of the items in LePage’s budget.

Webster said legislators still need to grapple with a fi rst supplemen-tal budget for next fi scal year, which concerns Health and Human Services funding. Those deliberations should begin in May, he said.

LePage says he ‘won’t be held hostage’ by budgetBY DAVID CARKHUFF

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

But amendments rebuffed in Maine House vote that sends general assistance legislation to Senate

Gov. Paul LePage gestures during an event in the Greater Portland area. The governor has sig-naled his opposition to a budget proposal now before the Maine Senate which affects general assistance funding. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

“The (general assistance) proposals would have hurt people and would

have hurt the major cities and would have created homelessness.” — Rep. David Webster, D-Freeport


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Well, I guess President Obama’s recent visit was more of a foray than a visit, but he was here. Campaign fund raising is what running for public offi ce is about today so you can’t really blame him. Wouldn’t you travel a distance to make nice with a roomful of people who are will-ing come across with $10K each just to eat lobster and have their picture taken with you? So what that you’re the leader of the western world and you could be making better use of your time, you do what you gotta do.

Would be inspiring, though, to have a candidate say that they’re not going to play the game the way it’s been played. No obliga-tions to special interests. No big

Presidential visits

bucks spent on propagandizing. No sloganeering. No belittling of your opponent. No wide-eyed blustering and no unseemly panting over “got’cha” moments. Just respectful and reasonable discussion on the substantive issues of the day publicized in the most effective and least costly ways possible. All other things being equal, you’d be inclined to

vote for that candidate, right?Yeah, sure. Now let’s get to the

interesting stuff.We’ve had some notable presi-

dential visits to Maine. There’s that great shot taken in 1902 of Teddy Roosevelt and Thomas Brackett Reed walking down the stone steps of Reed’s still incred-ibly beautiful three story brick house on the corner of Deering and State Streets. Reed had been the most powerful Speaker of the House in history and a good man to have on your side. They called him “Czar Reed.” Congress is still run by Reed’s Rules of Order. There was a reason that Presi-dent Roosevelt traveled all the

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A while ago I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen for a long while, and she was distressed. She’s been trying to sell her N.Y. home to move closer to her grandchildren in Portland, with little success. Her frustration boiled over when revealing a plan to make drastic life changes and force the issue.

A lesson in kite fl ying

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I shook my head and said: “Go fl y a kite.” My apparent fl ip-pancy seemed out of place until I explained.

As it was, the day we had spoken was a holiday in my ancestral Greece. Known there as “Clean Monday,” it’s the fi rst day of Orthodox Lent. The day is marked by the custom of kite fl ying, and is meant to herald the start of spring. To get an idea of this airborne menagerie, think Bug Light on Memorial Day or the Fourth of July, then multiply by 1000.

On one Clean Monday in the 1970s, after my family had moved to Greece from the U.S., I tried to fl y a kite and failed miserably. I vowed never to do it again.

The next year, my father offered some kite fl ying lessons to me and a group of friends. I don’t recall our exact ages — we were in elementary school — but that day remains etched in my memory for the grand spectacle of an Athenian horizon buzzing with kites, and my reluctance to join in.

Nevertheless, Dad made me tag along.He had taken us to an undeveloped area at the

foot of Mount Hymettus. Other revelers already had

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launched their vessels, forming a rainbow above us. As in the previous year, my initial attempts to fl y the kite were ugly. Then Dad stepped in.

Greek kites were tough to manage. Far from the simple diamond composite American design with tail attached, they had large hexagonal wood frames draped with paper. The tail was symmetrically mounted from a hanger rope. I wanted no part of it.

My father ignored me. He showed the boys how to attach the tail, and that a smooth launch needed some coordination between two holders and one runner. Then he discussed the fi ner points of letting out string while tugging to gain altitude.

With me watching, the guys did well. Our kite went far and high — so much so that after awhile it looked like a spec above us, not the low-altitude Ben Franklin thunderstorm image from my school books.

While secretly admiring the day’s handiwork, I had resisted Dad and never showed any outward enjoyment. But our kite turned in quite the perfor-mance: We were Mission Control in Houston, and it was an Apollo space capsule.

In subsequent years, on Clean Monday, the gang and I gave it a shot without my father, but we couldn’t replicate that one glorious day. Our kites never sailed as well, and by the time high school rolled around, we had given up.

Yet even then I rode my bike to the Hymettus foot-hills to watch the kite fl yers. Later, I’d return home and admire the Lenten menagerie from my bedroom window, through binoculars. The next time I fl ew a kite was some 20 years later in the Boston suburbs, when I took my son Jason out at age 8 – or was it 9?

That’s how fast it all went. When Jason fl ew a kite for the fi rst time, my father wasn’t there. He was wracked with leukemia and dying. Neither of us

would ever see him again.So for me, it’s too late, though I still sit for hours

at Bug Light dreaming of one more chance. But my friend, even at age 70, still can look back with no regrets. I told her to slow down, be grateful for all she has — like her grandchildren — and eventually she’d realize her dreams without burning bridges.

I only wish I knew the fi rst time I fl ew a kite with Dad would be my last. I still see him there with the guys, his white dress shirt open at the collar and cig-arette in hand. His typically slicked-back hair was a mess as he laughed and shouted encouragement to a group of schoolboys not much taller than his waist.

On that Clean Monday, our kite rocketed into the Greek sky, a canvas so blue it hurt to watch for long.

(Telly Halkias is an award-winning freelance jour-nalist from Portland’s West End. You may contact him at [email protected].)

We were Mission Control in Houston, and the kite was an Apollo space capsuleHALKIAS from page 4

Personality trumps character — sheen over substanceGALLANT from page 4

way from Washington to Portland to call on a man who was already out of offi ce.

There have been lots of presidential visits to Maine, of course. They all probably came here at one time or another. Calvin Coolidge donned a Native American headdress and sat unsmiling and ramrod straight in a canoe fl oating around the duck pond in Deering Oaks with some Native American chiefs. And, oh yes, speaking of Deering Oaks, I saw Rich-ard Nixon there once. His big line, shouted through a bull horn, was:

“You don’t boil a Maine lobster, you broil it!” Huh, Richard? Broil? That’s supposed to mean something to us? The crowd kind of sighed. He was such a sad guy. So much wanted to be liked, but ended up saying odd things.

Then I saw LBJ in Lewiston when he came to dedi-cate Kennedy Park up there. His motorcade took the shore route back to the airport and he stopped at a Dairy Queen in Topsham and bought some ice cream for a couple of kids who happened to be there. There was a big picture on the front pages of all the news-papers the next day of him with that big ol’ Texas

grin on his face as he was handing the ice cream to the kids. A good guy, really. Got pretty ground up by the system before it was all over though. Makes you wonder why these guys want it so badly.

Now for my Bill Clinton story. A personal interac-tion no less. Remember that incident when he went to Japan and kept the Premier of Japan waiting for a couple of hours while he sat on the tarmac in Air Force One getting a $300 haircut? Well, he visited Portland shortly afterwards, when the issue of the haircut was still raging, and I was in a crowd of people on the sidewalk across the street from the Eastland Hotel greeting him as he walked by smil-ing and waving. Just after he passed by me I yelled out to him:

“Well, it is a nice haircut!” It cracked him up. The crowd applauded like mad and he fell all over him-self laughing. Even did a sort of half pirouette for us before he moved on. Oh, Bubba.

So I talk about the need for a more substantive approach to how we go about electing people to offi ce then I immediately start talking about various poli-ticians’ personalities and relate amusing anecdotes about their visits to Maine. Hey, maybe that’s the sort of thing we want from our politicians after all.

Personality trumps character. Sheen over substance. Politics is big-time entertainment, whether we want to acknowledge it or not, and for that you need big money, so get over it.

But maybe not. There’s the Clean Elections people, for instance. They’re out to change things, at least locally. They want to take the hoopla out of it all and see that all the candidates are on an even footing fi nancially. Clean Election candidates need to get a certain number of people to donate $5 and sign their petition so that they can qualify for campaign fund-ing and avoid being indebted to special interests. What a concept.

A Clean Elections candidate told me that a newly arrived immigrant woman came up to him in Bay-side and gave him $5 because, she said, the warlords in her native country never allowed her family to vote so she knows how precious the right is and how important it is to keep everything about it as clean as possible.

Now that’s what you’d call a special interest.

(Cliff Gallant of Portland is a regular columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Email him at [email protected].)

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County fi nalizing plan for federal CDBG fundsIn the coming year, Cumberland County plans

to focus federal grant funds on affordable housing, infrastructure improvements, economic develop-ment and social services using more than $1 million in federal grant money.

Cumberland County recently published a copy of its draft action plan — which is a document that's required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development since the county receives fed-eral funds through the Community Development Block Grant program. The plan outlines the proj-ects county offi cials tentatively hope to fund in 2012. The action plan will be submitted to HUD follow-ing a second public hearing in May and following approval from the Cumberland County Commis-sioners, according to the report.

The plan outlines the use of the $1.439 million in CDGB funds that are available for the county in 2012.

The action plan's jurisdiction covers South Port-land, Westbrook, Yarmouth, Windham, Standish, Sebago, Scarborough, Raymond, Pownal, North Yar-mouth, NEw Glouster, Naples, Long Island, Harri-

son, Harpswell, Gray, Gorham, Freeport, Falmouth, Cumberland, Chebeague Island, Casco, Cape Eliza-beth, Bridgton and Baldwin, according to the draft report.

County Manager Peter Crichton said the coun-ty's priorities for the CDBG funding are similar to last year though there's a new economic develop-ment project on this year's list. All the projects were vetted by a committee that reviewed and ranked all the applications that were submitted.

The county plans up to 52 percent of the CDBG funds for infrastructure and improvement projects, 13 percent for social and public services, 10 percent for housing, 3 percent for economic development and 2 percent for planning activities, according to the draft plan.

Some of the CDBG projects on the county's list that would use the 2012 money include:

• $127,061 for improvements to South Portland's Mill Creek Park.

• $125,000 for sidewalks in the area of Knightville and Mill Creek.

• $183,665 for a new water system in New Gloucester. Another $49,500 is being carried over from 2011 for the project.

• $100,000 for new fl oors at the Westbrook Com-munity Center.

• $45,450 for county-wide homelessness programs.• $34,739 for elder services in Westbrook and

Gorham.The goals and objectives of the projects address

affordable housing, public sewer service, public infrastructure, community facilities, public services, economic opportunities and accessibility for people with disabilities, according to the draft report.

Cumberland County is considered an "entitlement county" by HUD, according to Crichton, and allows some of the smaller communities to have better access to CDBG funds. He said the HUD designa-tion has probably brought in an additional $12 mil-lion in grant funding to the county.

"I think everyone has benefi ted," he said.Crichton said the county has been able to fund a

lot of infrastructure improvements and make signif-icant gains in the area of affordable housing.

"It's been very positive for the communities and for the region," he said.

More more information on the CDBG list, visit the county website at www.cumberlandcounty.org/CD/index.htm.

Unitil gas-main replacement project affecting Westbrook’s Brown Street

NEUCO, the contractor for Unitil's SURE project, began the 2012 construction season Thursday with the replacement of a gas main under Brown Street in Westbrook, starting at the intersection with Cum-berland Street, the contractor reported.

During the week of April 16, construction will proceed up Brown Street to Cottage Place and then up Cottage Place, the company reported. On-street parking will be affected by the construction, but two-way traffi c will be maintained and residents and businesses will have access to their property and driveway at all times, NEUCO said. This work is being done in conjunction with the bridge replace-ment on Cumberland Street.

Unitil (www.unitil.com), a provider of natural gas and electricity to customers throughout New Eng-

land, is in the second year of a multi-year project to replace or upgrade more than 100 miles of pipeline throughout Portland and Westbrook. Much of the SURE project will involve replacing cast iron pipes with state-of-the art plastic pipe.

Crews last year embarked on the fi rst stage of the $64 million, 14-year natural gas pipe replacement effort.

More information about the SURE project is avail-able at www.ngupgrade.com.

City to lead tour today of federal CDBG grant projects in Portland

Today at 10 a.m., the public is invited to join a walking tour that starts at the Rotunda of City Hall and continues through Bayside

The tour is a culmination of a week's worth of events devoted to the Community Development Block Grant program, which has funded play-

grounds at Fox Street, Stone Street, Deering Oaks, Reiche and East End Community Schools; trees throughout the peninsula; Community Policing; numerous sidewalks to improve walk ability within the city, plus landmarks such as the St. Lawrence Church, Abyssinian Meeting House and the Maine Irish Heritage Center.

The guided CDBG and HOME walking tour will touch on funded projects and discuss what is planned for the future.

“These programs make a real tangible difference in the lives of Portland residents and the prosper-ity for many local businesses,” stated Mayor Michael Brennan. “From the construction of affordable hous-ing to programs that provide basic necessities to our most vulnerable populations to helping a family buy their fi rst home, these funds are critical for the development of our neighborhoods. "

For more information about these programs, visit www.hud.gov and www.portlandmaine.gov/plan-ning/commdev.asp.


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USM students urge ‘compassion, civility’ in face of anti-abortion photo installation

An installation of graphic images of genocide and abortion on large panels at University of Southern Maine were meant, organizers said, to "awaken the consciousness" of viewers, but students chose a dif-ferent path — literally.

The Genocide Awareness Project, a traveling photo-mural exhibit "which compares the contempo-rary genocide of abortion to historically recognized forms of genocide," completed its two-day showing at USM behind Luther Bonney Hall yesterday.

But the installation, instead of inciting an uproar, spurred a large group of students to take a different tack — they ignored it.

The "Student Response to the Genocide Aware-ness Project organized by Mea Tavares chose delib-erate disinterest to confrontation, he said.

"I was deeply moved and extremely proud of the response of the USM students on campus today," Tavares said in a message to The Portland Daily Sun. "The campaign our group, The Student Response to the Genocide Awareness Project, promoted was one of taking a different path — both emotionally and physically — than one normally would when faced with such violence. We asked people to disengage, to ignore the provocations of the GAP staff, and to walk a different way across campus if at all possible and avoid the GAP exhibit all together. Students were incredible in their response. I saw very few people talk with the GAP staff, and many students walked

a different way to class that made foot traffi c across the green where the GAP was set up far less than it normally would be. We had a carnival on the other side of campus to provide students with a fun, safe space to fi nd community and distraction from the GAP display."

Tavares wrote in a press release on the USM website, "A group of students across faith and politi-

cal lines has come together to say that, while our opinions about abortion are varied, we agree that the GAP’s tactics of exploiting others’ experiences and causing undue emotional trauma are unacceptable."

For Megan Giossi, the unsettling images on the oval exhibit demanded some kind of response. She and other students hung a painted sheet, what she called a "community mural" containing the words, "Try Com-passion and Civility."

"Any student who wanted to join in was allowed to add paint to it, do anything they wanted," Giossi said.

Students hung the sheet on trees along Bedford Street, offering a different point of focus for motor-ists than the GAP exhibit.

"We're a really diverse campus, it's not about abor-tion, it's not about pro-life or pro-choice, it's about the tactics they're using," she said. "It's traumatiz-ing (people) unnecessarily, so we're doing this, trying to add some positive messages to the green today. We go to school here, and we don't appreciate that at all," Giossi said, gesturing to the larger exhibit.

"We live in a community where many people from many different areas of the world have relocated as refugees and asylum seekers from places where they expericed the effects of genocide. We feel that it is amoral, unethical and extremely distasteful for the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (the organization responsible for the creation and implentation of the "GAP") to co-opt and capitalize on the painful expe-riences of so many people for their own gain," Tava-res told The Sun.

"The students at USM give me hope. I am proud to be in a community of such individuals and feel that our student response to the GAP project has, so far, been a complete success," he said.

University of South-ern Maine students Megan Giossi and Casey Moore install a “community mural” on the campus along Bed-ford Street Thurs-day. Other students became involved in blunting the effect of a nearby anti-abortion instal-lation. “Students painted the heart and upward spiral emblem that we designed for this action on their faces and wore it on patches that showed their solidarity with our effort,” said orga-nizer Mea Tavares, who described the reaction. “We organized an action to block the GAP display from street traffi c with a 20-foot by 260-foot tarp barricade. ... Each and every person on the volunteer teams held their compo-sure and worked as an effi cient unit, informing students, directing foot traf-fi c and creating a climate of civility, compassion and love.” (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Catholic Bishops urge campaign for religious freedom

The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops issued a proc-lamation on Thursday calling for every priest, parish and layperson to participate in a “great national cam-paign” to defend religious liberty, which they said is “under attack, both at home and abroad.”

In particular they urged every diocese to hold a “Fortnight for Freedom” during the two weeks lead-ing up to the Fourth of July, for parishioners to study, pray and take public action to fi ght what they see as the government’s attempts to curtail religious free-dom.

“To be Catholic and American should mean not having to choose one over the other,” said the state-ment, issued by the bishops’ ad hoc committee on reli-gious freedom.

For more than half a year, the bishops have put the religious liberty issue front and center, but it has not yet galvanized the Catholic laity and has even further polarized the church’s liberal and conserva-tive fl anks. In an election year, liberal Catholics have accused the bishops of making the church an arm of the Republican Party in the drive to defeat President Obama, an accusation the bishops reject.

“This ought not to be a partisan issue,” the bishops say in their statement in a section addressed to politi-cal leaders. “The Constitution is not for Democrats or Republicans or Independents. It is for all of us, and a great nonpartisan effort should be led by our elected representatives to ensure that it remains so.”

In the document, the bishops seek to explain that their alarm is not only about the mandate in the health reform act that requires even Cath-olic colleges and hospi-tals to have insurance plans that cover birth control. They cite seven examples of what they say are violations of reli-gious freedom, including immigration laws in sev-eral states that they say make it illegal to minis-ter to illegal immigrants.

They also assert that the government has violated the religious freedom of Catholics by cutting off contracts to Catholic agencies.

Several states have denied fi nancing to Cath-olic agencies that refused to place foster children with gay parents. And the federal government refused to reauthorize a grant to a Catholic immigration organiza-tion that served victims of sex traffi cking because, as a Catholic group, it would not provide or refer women to services for abortion and birth control.

Quoting from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Bir-mingham Jail,” the bish-ops say that unjust laws should be either changed or resisted.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Today, you are like the glittering jewels of Messier 9. Your energy is vibrant and exciting, even though it is also ancient wisdom that stretches back through the ages. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It’s hard to relate to perfection. Trying to hook onto it, one easily could slip down its glossy fi nish. So don’t worry about it. Your quirks, fl aws and mistakes will make you interesting. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Be careful of whom you let speak for you or work on your behalf. As well meaning as a person may be, no one is you. No one else knows the words inscribed on the walls of your heart. CANCER (June 22-July 22). As much as you’d like to see a special event come together, you’ll also realize that sometimes the expense and trou-ble outweigh the glamour and excite-ment. You’ll make a decision regarding this today. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Balance, beauty and harmony aren’t just for painters and dancers. Apply these prin-ciples to anything you do today, and you’ll raise the endeavor to the status of “art form.” VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The trains, planes and automobiles speed by you, towing your imagination along. Where are they going, and who is on board for the ride? Soon a full-blown case of wanderlust will set in. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). People will be quite attentive to your needs now. You appreciate this and could even spend an hour writing out thank-you notes, making gracious calls or simply holding a space of gratitude in your heart.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your best is all you can do, and that’s a good thing. You’re learning that “your best” is getting better and better and actually doing quite a lot. The difference you make will be readily apparent. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). A friend is going through something diffi -cult. You may not want to bring up what happened, but it would be a disservice to all involved if you didn’t. So speak up, and be available to what happens next. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll ride a harmonious wave with your loved ones. You’ll be quick to forgive, and so will they. This tone of mutual care and respect will make life easier for all. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can’t always be around your favorite people, which makes the times when you are around them more meaning-ful. Someone you enjoy immensely will become available to you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll feel like the biggest fi sh in the pond. You may wonder whether it’s time to jump into a lake and take your chances. That time is coming three weeks from now. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 13). Your creative powers will be as strong as your more analytical assets, which is the right combination for making excel-lent decisions. You’ll have the good kind of stress in May, the kind that makes you want to work harder and get things done. In June, love graces your life in ways that make you want to take pictures and tell the world. Taurus and Cancer people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 2, 3, 9, 30 and 17.

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FRIDAY PRIME TIME APRIL 13, 2012 Dial 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 5 CTN 5 S. Katsos Outlook Comedy Midnight Mausoleum Dungeon

6 WCSHWho Do You Think You Are? Lionel Richie re-searches his ancestry.

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7 WPFOThe Finder “The Last Meal” Willa is arrested. (N) (In Stereo) Å

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8 WMTWShark Tank An entre-preneur seeks a second chance. (N) Å

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20/20 (N) (In Stereo) Å WMTW News 8 at 11 (N)

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9 TWC TV Sports Classic Arts

10 MPBNWashing-ton Week (N) Å

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Charlie Rose (N) (In Stereo) Å

11 WENHPriceless Antiques Roadshow

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DAILY CROSSWORDBY WAYNE ROBERT WILLIAMS

Today is Friday, April 13, the 104th day of 2012. There are 262 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On April 13, 1861, at the start of the Civil War,

Fort Sumter in South Carolina fell to Confeder-ate forces as the Union commander, Maj. Robert Anderson, agreed to surrender in the face of relentless bombardment.

On this date:In 1598, King Henry IV of France endorsed

the Edict of Nantes, which granted rights to the Protestant Huguenots. (The edict was abrogated in 1685 by King Louis XIV, who declared France entirely Catholic again.)

In 1742, Handel’s “Messiah” had its fi rst public performance in Dublin, Ireland.

In 1743, the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, was born in Shadwell in the Virginia Colony.

In 1860, the Pony Express completed its inau-gural run from St. Joseph, Mo. to Sacramento, Calif. in 10 days.

In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedi-cated the Jefferson Memorial.

In 1958, Van Cliburn of the United States won the fi rst International Tchaikovsky Competition for piano in Moscow; Russian Valery Klimov won the violin competition.

In 1960, the U.S. Navy’s Transit 1B navigational satellite was successfully launched into orbit.

In 1964, Sidney Poitier became the fi rst black performer in a leading role to win an Academy Award for “Lilies of the Field.”

In 1970, Apollo 13, four-fi fths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst.

In 1986, Pope John Paul II visited the Great Synagogue of Rome in the fi rst recorded papal visit of its kind to a Jewish house of worship.

In 1992, the Great Chicago Flood took place as the city’s century-old tunnel system and adja-cent basements fi lled with water from the Chicago River.

One year ago: Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were detained for investigation of corruption, abuse of power and killings of protesters.

Today’s Birthdays: Movie director Stanley Donen is 88. Actor Lyle Waggoner is 77. Actor Edward Fox is 75. Actor Paul Sorvino is 73. Poet Seamus Heaney is 73. Movie-TV composer Bill Conti is 70. Rock musician Jack Casady is 68. Actor Tony Dow is 67. Singer Al Green is 66. Actor Ron Perlman is 62. Actor William Sadler is 62. Singer Peabo Bryson is 61. Bandleader/rock musician Max Weinberg is 61. Bluegrass singer-musician Sam Bush is 60. Rock musician Jimmy Destri is 58. Singer-musician Louis Johnson (The Brothers Johnson) is 57. Comedian Gary Kroeger is 55. Actress Saundra Santiago is 55. Rock musician Joey Mazzola (Sponge) is 51. Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov is 49. Actress Page Hannah is 48. Actress-comedian Caroline Rhea is 48. Rock musician Lisa Umbarger is 47. Rock musician Marc Ford is 46. Reggae singer Caple-ton is 45. Actor Ricky Schroder is 42. Rock singer Aaron Lewis (Staind) is 40. Actor Bokeem Wood-bine is 39. Singer Lou Bega is 37. Actor-producer Glenn Howerton is 36. Actor Kyle Howard is 34. Actress Courtney Peldon is 31. Pop singer Nellie McKay is 30. Actress Hannah Marks is 19.


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States seek curb on patient bills for costly drugs

The hemophilia drug that saves 7-year-old William Addison from uncontrolled bleeding costs $100,000 a year. His family’s insurance pays virtually all of it.

But his mother, Victoria Kuhn, says she is terri-fi ed that the insurance company may start requir-ing patients to pay as much as a third of the cost of the drug. “I don’t know where we’d fi nd $30,000,” said Ms. Kuhn, who lives in Falmouth, Me.

Spurred by patients and patient advocates like Ms. Kuhn, lawmakers in at least 20 states, from Maine to Hawaii, have introduced bills that would limit out-of-pocket payments by consumers for expensive drugs used to treat diseases like cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and inherited disorders.

Pharmaceutical companies would also benefi t from such legislation because high co-payments dis-courage patients from taking their medicines. The pharmaceutical giant Pfi zer has been helping the legislative drive behind the scenes, even drafting some of the bills, according to legislators and patient advocates.

The bills aim to counter efforts by health plans to reduce the amount they pay for expensive medicines by making the patients pay a percentage, typically 20 to 35 percent, of the cost.

While some insurers have said the laws are unnecessary because of the federal health care law, backers say the state bills would supplement the federal law and take effect before 2014, when most of the federal law is to become operative. They say too much uncertainty remains about how the fed-eral law will work and whether it will survive the challenge before the Supreme Court.

New York State passed the fi rst law prohibit-ing such high patient payments in 2010. Vermont enacted a one-year moratorium that lasts until July 1. Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, signed a bill into law on Monday that would set a yearly cap on patient pay-ments for such expensive drugs. Hearings on similar bills were held last month in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Delaware’s Health Care Commission just fi n-ished a study on the matter. And a bill that would cover all states was recently introduced in the House by David McKinley, a West Virginia Republican.

Insurance companies are pushing back, so some bills are dying, as in Washington State, or being watered down, as was the one in Maine. The insurers argue that reducing payments by users of the expensive drugs would raise premiums for everyone else.

“There’s no free dollars in the mix here,” Melvin N. Sorensen, a lobbyist for insurers, said at a hearing in the Washington State Senate in late January.

The controversy centers on so-called specialty drugs, a somewhat imprecise term that generally encom-passes products that can cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Such drugs account for only 1 percent of total drug use, but 17 percent of drug spending by private insur-ers, according to IMS Health.

And costs are soaring as more such drugs come to market and as manufacturers raise prices. In 2010, spending on specialty drugs jumped 17.4 percent, com-pared with only 1.1 percent for other drugs, according to Medco Health Solutions, a pharmacy benefi ts man-ager that merged this month with Express Scripts.

Insurers typically encourage patients to use less expensive drugs by classifying products into tiers with successively higher co-payments, like $10, $30 and $50. Generic drugs are usually in the lowest tier, pre-ferred brand-name drugs in the second tier and other brand-name drugs in the third.

But some insurers are now putting specialty drugs into a fourth tier of their own with extra high co-payments, or even co-insurance, in which the patient pays a percentage of the drug cost.


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Friday, April 13

22nd Annual Patriots Day Celebration in Ogunquit9 a.m. Used book sale, with proceeds to fund the Ogunquit Memorial Library, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; historical re-enactment of the Second Continental Congress (downstairs at the Ogunquit Baptist Church, 157 Shore Road), 7:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.; Fife and Drum Concert (upstairs at the Ogunquit Baptist Church, 157 Shore Road), 8 p.m.; historical re-enactment of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (upstairs at the Ogunquit Baptist Church, 157 Shore Road), 9 p.m. Continues through Sunday, April 15. www.visitogunquit.org

Wayside Food Programs food drive9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wayside Food Programs will hold a three-day food drive hosted by Whole Foods Market in Portland from April 12-14. Running from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day at Whole Foods’ 2 Somerset St. location, the drive will col-lect food that will be distributed to families and individuals through Wayside’s network of mobile food pantries, free community meals, kids’ healthy snacks program, and among its 43 partner agencies across Cumberland County. For more information, or to volunteer or donate, please call Carly Milkowski at 712-4928 or email her at [email protected].

Citizenship Ceremony in South Portland10 a.m. Fifty-fi ve new Americans will swear the Oath of Allegiance to the United States at a Citizenship Ceremony held before United States Magistrate Judge John H. Rich III of the United States District Court for the District of Maine. The ceremony will be held at the Hutchinson Union Build-ing (gymnasium) at Southern Maine Community College. “First, I would like to congratulate all of the new citizens and their families. Swearing the oath marks not the end of a long legal process, but the beginning of their lives as Ameri-cans,” said SMCC President Ron Cantor. “The citizenship ceremony fi ts very well with SMCC’s efforts to foster diver-sity, encourage civic engagement and teach the respon-sibilities of citizenship. It is a great opportunity for our students to see the real world application of what they learn in the classroom.” “In addition to taking the oath, the cere-mony will include patriotic music performed by members of the SMCC Chorus and Pihcintu, a well-known choral group from Portland. Color of Community, a multicultural group of young men and women who work to counter bias and prejudice, will perform the invocation. The South Portland Veterans of Foreign War Post 832 Honor Guard will lead the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance along with Judge Rich and Color of Community. Distinguished guests include Ronald Cantor, President of SMCC, Patti Smith, Mayor of South Portland, Rosemarie De Anglis, former Mayor of South Portland, Richard Bastow, The Mayfl ower Society, Deborah Jolly-Schofi eld, Elizabeth Wordsworth Chapter and Virginia Cookey of the Daughters of the American Rev-olution, and Polly Ferguson and Betsy Ruff of the League of Women Voters.”

Children’s Puppet Workshop, ‘River of Time’1 p.m. “Offi cer Beth Murphy came to Mayo Street Arts Center to help neighborhood kids work on the show with their puppets.” “River of Time”: A musical puppet and dance show created by neighborhood kids. “A moose, a cheetah, a phoenix, a tri-corn, a cat, and a lion take a trip down the Nile in search of the Pharoah, whom they believe needs a special space ship to transport him to outer space. Live Cuban Drumming and African dancing are woven throughout the piece to create a varied and colorful perfor-mance for audiences of all ages.” Doors open at 12:45 p.m. $8 adults, $4 kids. www.mayostreetarts.org

2012 Portland Spring Home and Better Living Show 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. 2012 Portland Spring Home and Better Living Show, at the Portland Expo. Annually, 300 booths and more than 12,000 in attendance. Also Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.homeshows.com/2012_portland.htm

MAMM Adult Rock Camp 6 p.m. Maine Academy of Modern Music’s Adult Rock Camp on April 13, 14 and 15. “Adult Rock Camp packs everything an aspiring rock star needs to know to get rockin’ in one weekend, including studio tours, master classes, live performances, song writing workshops, meet and greets with local professionals, instrument clinics and jam sessions.” www.maineacademyofmodernmusic.org/camps

Author Russell Warnberg book signing6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Windham Christian Academy’s Annual Auction, 1054 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. Russell Warnberg, a resident of Windham, will be available to sign copies of his book, “Edge of Redemption.” “Finding the old man was a shock but nothing compared to the madness that was to follow. An experienced detective in Augusta, Maine, Cole Sullivan begins investigating the death of a schoolmate’s father, Joe Winslow. But when suspicion is cast on Win-slow’s children, John and Kate, Cole cannot protect John

from the evidence stacking up against him.” www.wind-hamchristian.org

Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibit 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The University of Southern Maine Art Department Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibit will be open to the public Friday, April 13-Friday, May 4 in the Art Gallery on USM’s Gorham campus. An opening reception will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 13. This senior thesis exhibit represents the culminating work of 12 BFA candidates with studio concentrations in ceramics, digi-tal art, drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays-Fri-days, 1-5 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, and by appoint-ment. Admission is free. For more information, call Carolyn Eyler at 780-5008 or visit www.usm.maine.edu/gallery. Visit USM’s Art Gallery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/USMArtGallery.

‘Meek’s Cutoff’ at the PMA6:30 p.m. Portland Museum of Art presents Movies at the Museum. “Meeks Cutoff” screened Friday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 14, 2 p.m.; Sunday, April 15, 2 p.m. NR. “The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Moun-tains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger, thirst, and their own lack of faith in each other’s instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as the natural enemy.” www.portlandmuseum.org

ILAP’s eighth annual CeleSoirée6:30 p.m. Annual silent and live auction, hors d’oeuvres and international cuisine, and live world music. There will be a special preview hour from 5:30 to 6:30. General admis-sion starts at 6:30 p.m. For more information, and to buy tickets, please visit www.ilapmaine.org. Tickets will also be available at the door on event night. The Portland Com-pany, 58 Fore St. “The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP) provides free and low-cost immigration information and legal assistance to low-income Maine residents. ILAP helps Maine’s immigrants keep their families together, gain protection from persecution and domestic violence, attain residency and work authorization, and become proud U.S. citizens. ILAP builds stable families and improved oppor-tunities, allowing Maine’s immigrants to contribute to their communities for generations to come.” www.ilapmaine.org

Lowry’s Lodge, monthly poetry series7 p.m. Poetry series hosted by Anna Wrobel and Jim Don-nelly; featured poets: Marty Pottinger and Michael Macklin,

at Acorn Studios, Dana Warp Mills, 90 Bridge St., down-town Westbrook. 856-0065. Free, suggested donation, $5. Intermission with refreshments.

10th annual Maine Deaf Film Festival7:30 p.m. The University of Southern Maine’s American Sign Language Club announces its 10th annual Maine Deaf Film Festival, to be held on Wednesday, April 11, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 pm.; Thursday, April 12, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm.; Friday, April 13, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm.; and Saturday, April 14, from 1 p.m. to 10:30 pm. Evening Session (PG-13 selections), Talbot/Luther Bonney Auditorium. Featured Film: “The Hammer” will be screened. General Admission: $10. USM Students free with USM ID. www.mainedeaffi lmfest.com

‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’ at Freeport Factory Stage7:30 p.m. The Freeport Factory Stage features the “soulful and shattering production” of “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.” “This production features the incomparable jazz singer, Mardra Thomas as Billie Holiday, with local musician Flash Allen at the piano. Directed by Julie George-Carlson, ‘Lady Day’ is a fi ctional account of the fi nal appearance by Billie Holiday at a seedy night club in Philadelphia, only four months before her death at the age of 44. The play, writ-ten by Lainie Robertson, was originally produced in 1989 and has enjoyed great success in regional theaters for the past 20 years.” ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’ runs from March 29-April 14, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets: $19 general admission and $15 seniors and students with ID. Group discounts and subscription tickets are available. For reser-vations call the box offi ce at 865-5505 or visit the website, www.freeportfactory.com.

Saturday, April 14

Patriots Day trash, recycling pickup6:30 a.m. The Department of Public Services Solid Waste crews will not collect trash or recycling on Patriots Day, April 16, the city of Portland reported. Residents who nor-mally receive collection services on Monday will have their trash and recycling collected the Saturday before, April 14. Residents of Peaks Island, Great Diamond Island, and Cliff Island will have their recycling and trash collection the fol-lowing day, Tuesday, April 17. All items should be out by 6:30 a.m. to ensure collection. If residents have further questions about their trash/recycling collection, they can contact the Recycling Hotline at 756-8189. The Riverside Recycling Facility will be closed on Patriots Day as well, and will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, April 17, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

At 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, in the University of Southern Maine Wishcamper Center, Room 102, District 2 City Councilor David Marshall and District 3 City Councilor Ed Suslovic, joined by representatives of the City of Portland and the Portland Area Comprehensive Transpor-tation System, will host a second public meeting for the Brighton Avenue-Deering Avenue-Falmouth Street Intersection Study. Here, traffi c is shown at this busy intersection near the USM campus. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)


22nd Annual Patriots Day Celebration in Ogunquit9 a.m. Beach Bazaar (at the Kennebunk Savings Bank tents on the Main Beach parking lot); Ogunquit Parks & Recre-ation will serve a variety of refreshments and snacks as a fundraiser for new tennis courts, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; other events include Colonial Children’s Games at the Dunaway Center Ogunquit Memorial Library Book Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; activities at the Main Beach parking lot; and the fundraiser gala (Ramsdell-Rogers Function Facility - Ameri-can Legion Post 56), 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.: Fun-fi lled evening to help support the Youth Enrichment center at Hilton-Winn Farm. Hors d’oeuvres, food stations, desserts, silent auc-tion, live auction, raffl es. Live music and dancing. Tickets are $40 per person. FMI or RSVP to 361-1385. Continues through Sunday, April 15. www.visitogunquit.org

Wabanaki Arts Festival at Bowdoin College10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Smith Union, free and open to the public. “Bowdoin College is once again pleased to be hosting the Wabanaki Arts Fes-tival, which brings Native American artists and musicians from Maine and across New England to campus for the day. The music will include two Native American drum groups and special performances by Hawk Henries, an internation-ally known fl ute performer and crafter. Hand-drum and tra-ditional singing and Wabanaki story-telling will also be part of the day’s events.”

Portland Flea-for-All grand opening10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 14 and 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Portland Flea-for-All will host two fl oors full of dozens of vendors selling vintage, antique and handmade goods every weekend. “We’re located at 125 Kennebec St., one block east of Bayside Bowl and four blocks north of Monu-ment Square, with parking available in the lot across the street. For more information contact us at 370-7570 or info@portlandfl eaforall.com. To be a vendor check out our website: portlandfl eaforall.com.”

2012 Portland Spring Home and Better Living Show 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 2012 Portland Spring Home and Better Living Show, at the Portland Expo. Annually, 300 booths and more than 12,000 in attendance. Also Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.homeshows.com/2012_portland.htm

Titanic: A Century of Myth and Memory1 p.m. The Falmouth Memorial Library presents. “Com-memorate the 100th anniversary of the date the ocean liner, Titanic struck an iceberg and sank into the cold Atlantic. Join Falmouth resident, Erin I. Bishop, PhD for a 90 minute exploration of the myths surrounding the Titanic disaster.” FMI 781-2351 or www.falmouth.lib.me.us

10th annual Maine Deaf Film Festival1 p.m. The University of Southern Maine’s American Sign Language Club announces its 10th annual Maine Deaf Film Festival, to be held on Wednesday, April 11, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 pm.; Thursday, April 12, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm.; Friday, April 13, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm.; and Saturday, April 14, from 1 p.m. to 10:30 pm. Afternoon Session (Fam-ily-friendly selections) Talbot/Luther Bonney Auditorium, selected fi lms. Film “Signing On” will be screened. Guest Speakers: Anita and Tim Buel; 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., open reception for all ticket holders, refreshments served. Sev-enth fl oor Glickman Library, 314 Forest Ave., Portland. Eve-ning Session (PG-13/+ selections) Talbot/Luther Bonney Auditorium, USM. General Admission — $8 half-day or $14 full-day admission. www.mainedeaffi lmfest.com

100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic5:30 p.m. The Titanic Centennial Remembrance Commit-tee will hold a commemorative service, dinner and pre-sentation to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912; at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., in Portland. “April 14th marks the day the ship hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic before sink-ing the following morning.” Proceeds from the event will benefi t the Irish Heritage Center and the St. Augustine’s Church Community Assistance Fund. The highlight of the evening will be a presentation by David Brennan, Police Chaplain, whose grandmother and great uncle were on the ship on its last voyage. There will also be a talk about the building of the ship and the maritime perspective by one of the Port of Portland’s Maritime Chaplains and maritime historian, the Rev. Capt. Jeffrey Monroe, USMM who will also lead the memorial service. The dinner will feature American style foods served aboard White Star Line ships and there will be an exhibit on the ship featur-ing photographs, drawings and an actual piece of steel recovered from the ship. For further information and tick-ets, contact the Irish Heritage Center at 780-0118 or visit their website at www.maineirish.com.

59th Anniversary of the Italian Heritage Center6 p.m. 59th Anniversary of the Italian Heritage Center, Elvis Will Be In The Building, Along With His Band, Back

By Popular Demand, Roy Leblanc, Dennis Labbe Magi-cian (Show Opener); 5:45 Happy Hour, 6:30 Dinner. Caesar Salad, Garden Salad, Roasted Red Pepper Salad, Eggplant Parmigiana, Meatballs, Sausage/Onions/Pep-pers, Shrimp Scampi Alfredo, Baked Ziti, Italian Bread, Cannoli. $40 members/$50 non-members. Call Cammy at 939-8570 to reserve your table. http://italianheritage-center.com/events

Dudefest 20128 p.m. One Longfellow Square will host Dudefest 2012. The Dude abides over One Longfellow Square for a night of mayhem featuring a screening of the Coen Brothers’ “The Big Lebowski.” Costume contest; The Little Lebowski Under Achievers features Matt Shipman and Steve Roy of The Stowaways. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Sunday, April 15

22nd Annual Patriots Day Celebration in Ogunquit10 a.m. Beach Bazaar (at the Kennebunk Savings Bank tents on the Main Beach parking lot); Duck Race (at the Beach Street Bridge) Proceeds fund Wells/Ogunquit Cub Scout Pack No. 356, 10 a.m.; Book signing (Animal Instinct, 232 Main Street) local author and illustrator Matt Tavares will be signing his new book, “There Goes Ted Williams,” Books can be ordered in advance at 646-7728, 10:30 a.m. to noon; Patriotic Pooch Pageant and Fashion Show (Ange-lina’s Ristorante Parking Lot, 655 Main St. Weather permit-ting.) Dress your dog in costume, or just come to watch the show! Two costume categories: Patriotic (red, white, and blue) and Favorite American (any Abe Lincoln wannabe’s out there?), noon to 3 p.m. Sunday is the fi nal day. www.visitogunquit.org

2012 Portland Spring Home and Better Living Show 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 2012 Portland Spring Home and Better Living Show, at the Portland Expo. Annually, 300 booths and more than 12,000 in attendance. Also Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.homeshows.com/2012_portland.htm

83rd annual Patriots Day Road Racenoon. Run for a good cause in this 5-miler in Portland. Reg-istration: $15 in advance, $20 day of race. Free shirt for fi rst 500 who register. Free pizza for all runners. Free kids fun run at 11 a.m, for children 12 and under (may be accompanied by adult). All kids must register. Medals awarded to all kids who fi nish the Fun Run. Benefi t for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine.

U.S. Senate Primary candidate forum6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Maine League of Young Voters will be hosting a community forum for the U.S. Senate Primary candidates in Portland. “This event features a “help wanted” format and questions will be framed in an interviewer/inter-viewee style. Candidates will answer questions as follow-ups to questionnaires and interviews conducted by the League of Young Voter’s Elections Committee. Candidates will also have an opportunity to ask each other questions.

Audience members will be invited to submit questions for consideration at www.maine.theleague.com/mesen and at the beginning of the event. Questions may also be sub-mitted during the forum by tweeting to @MaineLeague as follow-ups to previously discussed topics. WMPG 90.9 and Community Television Network will be recording and broad-casting the forum.” Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard.

Monday, April 16

Film screenings: ‘A Sense of Wonder’11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. University of Southern Maine, Monday, April 16, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lee Hall, Wishcamper Center, Portland; Tuesday, April 17, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Brooks Fac-ulty Dining, Gorham; Thursday, April 19, 1:00-2:30 p.m., LAC Room 287, LAC. This documentary-style fi lm (55 min-utes) is a one-actress play in which Rachel Carson recounts - with humor and anger — the challenge of getting her mes-sage to Congress and the public amidst widespread per-sonal attack. More information about the fi lm can be found at asenseofwonderfi lm.com. Discussion will follow the screening. For more information, see Rachel Carson: A Life in Perspective at http://www.usm.maine.edu/environmen-tal-science/rachel-carson or 228-8450.

59th annual Kora Temple Shrine Circus2 p.m. The 59th annual Kora Temple Shrine Circus comes to the Cumberland County Civic Center, Monday, April 16, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Tuesday, April 17 at 9:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, April 18, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tick-ets: $12 reserved seats, $10 adult general admission and $5 children genera admission.

‘Rachel Carson in My Life’5:30 p.m. “In 1962, Rachel Carson published her ground-breaking book, ‘Silent Spring,’ the book credited with launching the environmental movement. This April, the University of Southern Maine Department of Environmental Science will present a series of events celebrating Carson’s strong ties to Maine and her impact on contemporary soci-ety. The fi rst talk, ‘Rachel Carson in My Life: Memories and Meaning,’ by USM’s Martha Freeman will take place at 5:30 p.m., Monday April 16, in the Wishcamper Center, Portland. Freeman is the author of the book, ‘Always Rachel: The Let-ters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964,’ which presents a collection of letters exchanged between Carson and her Maine summer neighbor Dorothy Freeman, who was Martha’s grandmother. This event is free and open to the public.

Free artist talk at Constellation7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Liz Bieber will discuss her black and white documentary portraits of the Roma, (also known as Gypsy) villages of Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo. She will talk about the process of this long term documentary project and show prints from this series. light refreshments served. Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St. www.con-stellationart.com

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The Titanic Centennial Remembrance Committee will hold a commemorative service, dinner and presentation Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912; it’s at the Maine Irish Heritage Center (pictured above), located at 34 Gray St., along State Street in Portland. (FILE PHOTO)


Santorum: Suspending campaign was fi nancial decision

Rick Santorum says that when push came to shove, what shoved him out of the race was his dwindling bank account.

In an interview with Tony Perkins, the Family Research Coun-cil Action president, Mr. Santorum said: “Someone — one of the old politicos when I got involved in this race said the same thing, which is: ‘Every presi-dential campaign ends for the same reason: You run out of money.’ And we didn’t have a lot of money to begin with, but we were at a point where we simply had in the last couple of races — really worked hard and spent money and particularly in Wiscon-sin — we felt we had to win Wisconsin in order to do well in Penn-sylvania, and it was a situation where we simply didn’t have the resources to compete going forward.”

Most important, he said:

“We had for the fi rst time in the campaign had a debt. The debt was — from my per-spective — a little more substantial than I was comfortable with. And I’ll be honest with you, Tony. In the last week after Wisconsin, we basically raised almost no money. We had solicitations going out, and people were just e-mailing back, saying the race was over, and you’ve got to join the crew. And there were others saying not, but it was a very, very small trickle of funds that were coming in. And we just realized, you know, it’s one thing to go out and compete in Penn-sylvania, Romney had already laid down $4 million of advertising, and we were looking at probably not being able to spend a penny on advertising.”

He added, “You reach a point where you want to compete, but you have to be able to com-pete, and we felt we couldn’t.”

BY JIM RUTENBERGTHE NEW YORK TIMES

the portland daily sun, friday, april 13, 2012

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