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-; . -.; '. '- ~ Greater Portland's news and arts weekly . .' OCT. 25, 1990 E Laying d01Mn the law By Andy Newman Citizen group rejects Together with representatives of neighborhood and Question 2 on the Nov. 6 ballot asks Portlanders special interest groups, the council rewrote the ordi­ they favor changes to local laws governing citizen ini­ Portland's Question 2 nance. But the citizen activists still think the cards are tiati ves, the process by which citizens propose and vote stacked against them, so they're doing what they do on their own laws. best: they're going straight to the voters, asking you to But citizens who have taken the initiative to use those and redrafted by the Portland City Council, which must vote against Question 2. laws-the people who brought waterfrontdevelopment, get citizen approval for changes to citizen-initiative laws. Whether or not the activists succeed in defeating tax cap and anti-obscenity citizen initiatives to Portland Last April, dtizen activists from across Portland's Question 2, the twisted trail this question has taken - are opposed to Question 2. They say it makes getting political spectrum turned out in full force to lambast the toward the Nov. 6 ballot documents an ongOing struggle initiatives on the ballot too difficult. council for the first draft of the new rules. "My govern­ between Portland lawmakers and the citizens they were While Question 2 is about citizen initiatives, the ment was trying to stack the deck against me," said elected to represent. question itself is not a citizen initiative. It was drafted Walter Gallant, President of Portland's Concerned Tax­ payers Assodation. Continued on page 6

Canvasser Mike Roland puts his back into the campaign whenever he's not out doing footwork. I CBWjTonee Harbert ,'. Citizen-soldiers give their all for The Candidate By W.D. Cutlip consumer - "consumer," that is, as opposed to "citi­ and "civic virtue." This year, about half of the "voting public" will zen." Citizens do things; COnsumers watch. Certainly this is true of the people working in the spend election night in front of the television, having But at the heart of the American political process, Rolde-Cohen race - with some additions. These left the voting to somebody else. campaign contributions are often much more than a people are indeed worthy, high-minded, hard­ Thereafter, many of those nonvoters will spend a casual donation to the thief of choice. Whereas working citizens. significant portion of their waking hours harping on candidates often prove themselves to be tin deities They also happen to be nuts. the evils of the political system. This approximates with snake oil exteriors, campaign workers tend to the political contribution of the average American embody all those big words that seem to have died Continued on page 8 during the last 50 years, words like "honor," "duty"

NEWSBRIEFS pages 2-5 VIEWS page 12 'INSIDE -~ CLASSIFIEDS page 24 ------'._",:, LAYING DOWN THE LAW page 6 10·DAY CALENDAR page 14 CAMPAIGN GRUNTS page 8 PURE POOK page 26 SCARE AND SHARE page 17 PUZZLER page 27 HOW TO VOTE page 11 SINGING SUBMARINER page 18 Ocfober·25,1990 3 . 2 'Casco Bay Weekly

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Stirring and ourself words weave an ose inspirmg mu.sical and thea[rical Monday, epic of OUf na~ October 29, tiona} heritage. SPonsored by 7:30 p.m. 525.520.515,$10 ~~j,'ill.\t;!~ A review of the top news stories affecting Missouri Repertory Theatre Greater Portland: October 16 through 23, 1990. emocrac Shoving match and mudslinging Purtland Cum.co i\.\!>OCiation • 262 Cumberland Avenue. Ponbn<..l, M;tinc • 772-H630 mark political countdown On the evening of Oct. 22, supporters of Governor John McKernan and Congressman Joseph Brennan engaged in a shoving match outside of WGME-TV's studios in Portland as ARD-PARKS~GALLERY the candidates tried to enter for a live debate. Police were called but no arrests were made. The incident topped off a week of Ekorness "Tiara" tense campaigning for 's candidates for governor and MAKE LIFE Stressless Leather Congress, when candidates gave the issues a rest and decided Chair & Ottoman instead it was time to criticize each other's ads and the fine print WORTH regular $995. on their resumes. Here's a srorecard of the week's slog through the mud: SITTING! ' . Special In the race between McKernan and Brennan, McKernan . . charged Brennan with running an ad making fun of his han­ Purchase dling of the state budget that duplicated ad footage from the .. ... ,. $795. 1983 Louisiana race for governor. .. Brennan's supporters counterattacked, charging McKernan .. • Many other models available • with accepting a $5,000 rontribution from an Alabama company that supplied replacement workers during the strike at Interna­

tional Paper. McKernan said he would return the check. I Richard Parks Richard Parks Gallery • Portland Location McKernan then criticized Brennan for missing votes on the I '.,.. , OUTLET Fore St. House floor while he was campaigning in Maine. Brennan r • ...... , ..... "'-~~ Visil our basement for incredible bargains pOinted out that McKernan had criticized him last month for ., ...... '"'. on scratch and dent, one of a kind, Commercial SI. f • ".:''' .. ducking debates while he voted in Congress. ... ," ...... and discontinued. " , • I t .... The governor also caught Brennan with his gender gap . . PORTLAND BANGOR ELLSWORTH showing after Brennan told a reporter he didn't know "if there's ...... 288 Fore Street. 170 Park Street. High Street anything major we can do" about getting girls to do better in .. , .' , .. ~ ...... \ ~ ' . 774.1322 942·6880 667·3615 math and science. The governor organized a press ronference ., . .. , • r with his women cabinet members to criticize Brennan for his . .. ,. ... ""- "backward thinking," but Brennan countered with a press • -: 4".\ ... .. :.. .. . ", ..... F.O. BAILEY ANTIQUARIANS , • Joy Piscopo, Pres. 11482 conference at which the National Organization for Women . '.. .. ''',-' .. Franklin B. Allen #0191 AUCTIONS • APPRAISALS • SHOWROOM announced they were backing him. ... , , . Jack Piscopo 10192 In the 1st District race for Congress, Republican David Serving Maine with Expertise and Experience Since 1819 , " .. -presents- Emery charged that Democrat Tom Andrews was taking too , ... .. : . .. 9 *A Fine Antique Auction* much credit for a tax credit sought and won by Bath Iron Works . • T of the Estate of Mrs. Sally Nelson, Weld, Maine with selected last year. Andrews called on Emery to denounce a mailer by the . • · . .. additions from estates in Ogunquit & Damariscotta, Maine National Rifle Association that accused Andrews of threatening . , . .... Saturday,10:00am, November 3,1990 . : · · ~ · Inspection: 1 to Spm. Friday Nov.2 and 8 to lOam, the right to private gun ownership because he supports a seven­ . .· _ . mornlng of the sale day waiting period for the purchase of handguns. r at And in the race for U.s. Senate, Republican Sen. William The F,O, Bailey Gallery Cohen charged Democratic challenger Neil Rolde with distort­ · . 137 Middle Street, ; Portland, ME 04101 ing a Cohen national health insurance bill that Rolde said would not rover breast cancer screenings. Rolde said the Directions: From '·295 exk into Franklin Sl. At 5th sa of lights, turn right onto Middle SI. Gallery is on the right at next intersection. coverage was not on the bill, but Cohen said he had read the Featured are: A fme New England corner cupboard, maple Chippendale bracket coverage into the Congressional Record. base desk, mahogany and country tall clocks, a Hepplewhite mahogany hunt board, a marquetry lady's desk, a mahogany American bowfront Hepplewhite chest, a flame grained bracket base blanket box, other fme American furniture, from any pressure from the Oriental Rugs, American folk art and academic paintings & drawings, an important Maine National to decorated Civil War drum with family provenance, a Lincoln commission to ailing Bank of New England. ANTIQUARlANS Alexander Henderson, chief engineer of the Navy, circa 1861·1862, signed by close 13 branches, "This is a plan we would Abraham Lincoln from P.T. Barnum, American sUver christening cup, decorative 141 Middle Street layoff workers have carried out regardless of accessories and more. Portland, Maine 04101 Terms, Cub or Personal check If only ')'OU haw: Cltabllshecl c;redlt with f.O. 8a11.r:y prior 10 .ale date. Maine National Bank, the (financial rondition of Stale of Ma.ine requlrel dealers 10 provide a copy of thdr SdJ,tt" Certiflc.ate from their home stale. (207) 774·1479 or 774·1470 A Premium of 100/0 will be applied to all property sold to be paid by the buyer as part of the FAX (207) 774·7914 subSidiary of the financiall y the) parent company. This pu rchase price. struggling Bank of New sort of strategic evaluation is England Corp., announced indicative of the financial Oct. 16 tha tit will close 13 industry nationwide," said branch offices and eliminate Donaghy. In the first half of one-fifth of its workforce. 1990 Maine National showed According to Maine a profit of $4.5 million; Bank National's senior vice of New England Corp., a loss Ulhaf about adak:, Marr:J' ? president, Ann B, Donaghy, of 579.9 million. I'd t.ucar fwee4, play CD '5 as part of an overall cost­ Corporate trust services, cutting plan six branch offices payroll processing and I order ot'l/y of proven popularJ'J Instacard processing are three \\1J1it< will be closed or ronsolidated These and other questions feeds rfcn In "JoOcl" c.ha/esteroi, lines of business that will be and seven will be offered for about the democratic process and (eotn to t'Ilambo, r/-wmba, I kruxvyov'rca. CEO, Leo, aYJd y~ur sale. In addition, there will be eliminated or offered for sale Who's running? will be answered in Casco aw;i lor" tafl90 ! niP wardrobe. and !rend partlCipatlOYl arc 90 layoffs, 60 jobs eliminated in an effort to streamline the 100 'to /'l1odern! Buf your breokfast! No Hos, through attrition and another bank's operations, Donaghy Bay Weekly's Voter's Guide, 65 positions cut by selling said. Where should you vote? to be published Dtnke'5 Caker, Twil1klGJ', R/iI.9 (Jli1 aYlq r' lines of business or branch November 1,1990. ever:fhit'l9 from Lifffe Debble@. 110, I offices. The branch offices Chandler's Wharf What's on the ballot? Every vote counts; need a sttXIiJII fhat grubs teljvlarlJ at and jobs affected by the plan condos sell cheap are fairly well-distributed make yours informed. On Oct. 20, Chandler's TH£ GOOD ECz(z CAFE ! across the state, Donaghy Wharf condominiums on said. Portland's waterfront were Deadline for political advertising: Oct. 29, at noon. Donaghy added that the sold at auction for 60 to 70 initiative had come from Maine National itself, not Continued on page 4 , .. 302 where the roads cross; with a separate back en­ and an interchange at the trance, designed specifically turnpike's Falmouth spur ~~~~~~~~~-;,- for chern-free nights. Nine of with construction of a three­ the 11 complaints filed mile connector road to link THE against Zootz stemmed from Forest Avenue to the spur. noise on chem-free nights, Construction of any of the Continued from page 2 which attract a younger proposed interchanges would clientele. begin no sooner than 1993, BOUNTY Clark said he wished after appropriate state and federal permits were ob­ PORTLAND'S FUNSPOT percent off their original someone from the police 200 Riverside St., Exit 8 207/772-8033 Antiques asking prices. The Liberty department or 10 Congress tained. The interchanges Group project, begun in 1985 Square had communicated would take two years to and at the height of the real estate with him about the noise complete, said Connors. SATURDAY; OCTOBER 27 8 P.M. Accessories boom, has 90 units which problem much earlier, adding were originally listed at that he would communicate Portlander buys Halloween Party $208,000 to $386,000. At with the residents on a The Forecaster Saturday's voluntary auction, regular basis to address an y The Forecaster, a commu­ 32 condos that remained future issues. nity newspaper based in GERALDINE a letter to the ci ty fetched only $78,000 to In Falmouth, was purchased for ANTIQUE council members, Clark said WOLF $142,000. Twenty-three boat an undisclosed amount by &ESTATE JEWELRY slips were also auctioned off media coverage surrounding Tues. - SaL ]0,,0-5 Portland's Marian McCue on for $355 to 5530 per foot, the police recommendation 26 MILK STRLLT Oct. 17. The paper was sold rORTL AN n. MAl'" I:. 04 lei down from the original had hurt his business by 10777.-.004 by Falmouth Forecaster, Inc., asking price of 5900 per foot. creating "the impression that a corporation conSisting of Chandler's Wharf Invest­ Zootz is not a safe place for Falmouth Police Chief Craig • A trip to NYC & tickets to "Phantom of the ment Associates, which parents to send their kids. Hall, Mark Rajotte, Jane FRED WARD People associate a bar losing Opera" purchased the unsold LeShane, and William Lund. condominiums and boat slips its license wi th figh ts, The paper is free and 12,000 • 1V/VCR & Video of the Costume Contest from the Liberty Group in rowdiness, serving minors... copies are mailed bi-weekly ALEC BALDWIN 1988, directed that 16 of the and yet Zootz has never had to residents of Yarmouth, any liquor violations." • CD Player and 98 CDs 32 condo units and 11 of the North Yarmouth, 23 slips were to be sold with Cumberland and Fal~outh. JENNIFER JASON LEIGH no minimum bid. They ...Angie's license McCue is a Yarmouth reserved the right not to sell native who recently worked the remaining units and slips. renewed, too USTEN TO G-98 OR STOP BY THE BOUN7Y UUIT The Portland City Council as a reporter for the Ameri­ GEORGE ARMITAGE As the auction progressed can Journal in Westbrook. FOR FREE, NO COVER INVITATIONS! they added the remaining voted Oct. 15 to renew the liquor license of Angie's Pub McCue said that she will act GREGG LIPTON units and slips to the sale. PlUUUCED If on Commercial Street after as publisher and do some CHERRY ROCKER "Apparently they were owner Stephen Angelone reporting for The Forecaster, JONmlAN DEMME willing to take what was adding that the staff will _G98'FM • being offered," said Susan decided to do away with rock GARY GOETZMAN AVAILABLE AT remain intact. The editor of Mason of CSM Real Estate, a bands, close the doors to '-12 Hits in a ROw/ further customers at 12:15 the Forecaster is James ONON' partnership of Keenan HOME VIDEO DI~ Saunders, Jr., who worked as Auction Co. a.m. and to make himself the 26 ExCHANGE STREET PORTLAND MAINE 0410] bar manager. a reporter with the Portland [R].~;c .. 207-775-7049 The city council voted last Press Herald and Evening Zootz liquor December to deny Angie's a Express for 25 years before license renewed liquor license because leaving in '87. The Portland City Council Portland police had re­ Reported by Joan lvmtro, Randy voted 9-0 at its Oct. 15 sponded to 15 calls in a six­ meeting to renew the liquor month period and had caught Wilson and Andy Newman YOU'VE WORKED LIKE A DOG ... ANNOUNCES: license of Zootz Dance Club minors being served in the on Forest Avenue. The bar three times. The state Kick back and let Us wait on You! Portland Police Department, overruled the city's decision citing a number of noise and the city then appealed Three New the overruling. According to complaints from residents of 5to a nearby elderly housing Mayor Peter O'Donnell, the WEIRD NEWS: HOSPITALITY NIGHT 10pm facility, had recommended to city dropped its appeal once "'Police in Opelousas, La., Iten~s the council at its Sept. 17 it learned of Angelone's y spotted Jack Pleasent, wanted session that it deny Zootz a changes. 'The guy's shown on burglary and attempted liquor license. The council he's responsible," said Show your restaurant auto theft charges, and gave <: unanimously voted at that O'Donnell. or hotel pay stub and chase, but he managed to meeting to table the license Angelone said he was recieve the following: elude them. They arrested renewal to allow time for Kris "elated" at being granted the him a few hours later, D :;. Clark, owner of the club, to license. .;. however, when he showed meet with his neighbors and a FREE DINNER ' up at the police station to see address their concerns (CBW with the purchase of any entree at the MTA studies four if anyone had turned in his 9/20/90). MARKET STREET GRILLE new Portland wallet, which he dropped Clark met with residents (lesser priced entree free) B while fleeing. of 10 Congress Square Plaza Turnpike exits -Louisiana's racing on Sept. 26. At that meeting Four possible interchange commission banned jockey .'. Clark detailed two policy sites between Exits 6A and 10 "-: Sylvester Carmouche from a FREE MENU ITEM changes he had alread y in the Portland area will be with the purchase of any other racing in the state for 10 a 774-1489 implemented during the the subject of a study com­ menu item at years. The panel said Portland summer. One change, missioned by the Maine SALUTES Carmouche took ad vantage (lesser priced item free) Suburban requiring patrons who left Turnpike Authority (MTA), :-: of a dense fog at Delta Downs Zootz to pay a second cover according to MTA director 772-5200 on Jan. 11 to drop out of the ~ charge before coming back in, Paul Violette. The proposed Portland mile race near the starting was to discourage patrons interchanges are part of a Downtown gate, hide in the fog, then MA~KEl ....,." ~" from hanging around outside long-range turnpike expan­ ... rejoin the other eigh t horses 799-8131 Zootz. The other, hiring a sion program set up by the in time to make a dash for the S. Portland & security guard during peak Department of Transporta­ finish line. Carmouche <§!If Cape Elizabeth ~.-<..-l\. hours Friday and Saturday tion (DOT) in 1983. explained the horse doesn't nights, was to prevent noise The study will examine appear on Videotapes of the and rowdy behavior. He impacts of the following four race in progress beca usc : t WotJt-qiJ~9tP'Zt- proposals: an outer Congress noted that only one com­ broke wide out of the gate ~11l~~~ FREE FREE FREE plaint had been filed since Street interchange to connect and was all alone on the Lower Lobby those changes had been the turnpike directly to the TOPPING OF TOPPING OF TOPPING OF outside in the fog. He added 151 Middle St. Portland Jetport and the SPINACH SLICED made. that Landing Officer, a 23-1 Portland, Maine GARLIC Clark agreed to construct Maine Mall; an interchange, long shot which won by 24 S\LUTES probably south of Brighton TOMATO an acoustic baffle door to lengths, 1.2 seconds off the Drink Specials II" IE tj·1 773-1999 minimize the amount of noise A venue, to connect the track record, simply ran the all night in AT THE PORTLAND REGENCY leaving the club. He also turnpike to the Westbrook OPEN EVERY DAY em, race of its life. SALUTES Corner of Milk & Market Streets discu~sed plans for a new Arterial; an interchange to 774-4200 10 TO 10 'AW.~ ...... ,NeI'fIIIII_ .. "''''''~ =--:=:.-:.~c.nr-=~n:Io~ room next door to the club, connect the turnpike to Rte...... M,...~fIr_--.... LAYING DOWN THE LAW would have given the dty council the power to decide whether almost slipped through, had been restored. Continued from front page initiatives should be retroactive. Surprises at the one-yard line Sanford sent copies of a letter to a dozen people involved in neighborhood groups and state government. "We cannot let our But that trust proved short-Ii ved for many at the Sept. 17 Initiative questions that appear on state and local ballots are rights to take issues to the people be trampled on," she began, council meeting where the full council revisited the initiative "initiated" by the voting public. The initiative process gives and detailed the proposed changes. On March 28, Sanford sent rules. The Big Deal citizens the chance to be lawmakers: a group of citizens pitches a letter to the city council concerning the "initiative-gutting Gallant, like several members of the ad hoc committee, a law, shows the idea for the law has merit by getting a bunch package" that would "squeeze the life and logic from the citizen watched the hearing at home on TV. He didn't go to city hall to of like-minded citizens to sign a petition, and then approve or comment on the proposals because he expected the Legislative Free 2nd set of prints pJus reject the law as voters. initiative process." . The city's rationale for revising the local law was to make It Committee's recommendations - which he helped shape - to fly Citizen initiatives function as a check against politicians, jibe with the state law Berube had supported. But instead of with the full council. ensuring that special interest groups or their personal biases Free film every day of ihe week! merely amending the law to say that initiative petitions could And those recommendations did fly - at first. The full council don't obscure the will of the people. be freely circulated, the city council chose instead to make the passed the ordinance 5-4. The referendum heard 'round the county law much more difficult. But as is customary, councilors had an opportunity to offer More than 70 citizens crowded the council chambers on amendments to the ordinance after it was passed. As he had in Pictures bring it home. The will of Portlanders was heard in 1987, when a controver­ April 2, when the council was scheduled to vote on the mea­ the Legislative Committee, Councilor Allen made a motion that sial ban on waterfront development was passed. After three sure. But before one of the many angry citizens stepped up to the number of signatures required on the citizen petition should major condominium and office building projects on Portland Two convenient /ocatioll\: the podium that night, then-Chair of the Legislative Committee not be 1,500 but should instead be 10 percent of the Portlanders J() Ci/Y Cell/t'f. POrlllll/{1 • 7T2-72Yr, piers were approved by the City of Portland in the mid-80s, Linda Abramson admitted, "We made a mistake ... we thought who voted in the last gubernatorial election. Allen's motion was 71 US ROIlle I. S('lIrhomugh • 11113·7363 some Portland citizens began to wonder whether upscale we were dealing wi th something very minor." seconded by Councilor Anne Pringle, requiring the council to development was right for the Portland waterfront. Some Councilor Tom Allen added, "It turns out issues were not vote on the amendment. The council passed the amendment citizens began to murmur that Portland might be better served thoroughly thought through ... It turns out we were on track of with a 5-4 vote. by a strong marine industry. doing something we didn't mean to do." . The amendment touched a raw nerve among the citizens In the fall of 1986, a group that included Karen Sanford, Jim Sanford and Alan Caron - former president of the MunJoy who had worked through the summer helping to shape the Oliver, the late Larry Connolly, and Anne Rand began meeting Hill Neighborhood Association - blamed the city attorney for ordinance. Kathy Mclnnis said citizens didn't speak out about about the waterfront. But when the group brought their con­ leading Allen and other council members off track. Since Lourie the number of signatures before the council because Allen had ONE BUSINESS CARDS ~l<·::·.:·:.:~:.:.:::.:·:.'.::.:.:·::·.::. cerns to the Portland City Council, they found councilors were drafted the measures and advised the council. Caron and not indicated he was going to offer the amendment. unreceptive to limiting development on the waterfront during ~·•. ·:.:.:::·.:::·.:::·.·:::·"':::·.:·:!::·:.'.:·I SERVICE DIRECTORY Sanford said Lourie had not been forthright with the councilors "There's a classy way to make a motion and there's a real those boom years. So the group decided to take the issue to the about the extent of the changes. They said Lourie pushed lousy, tacky way to make a motion," began Mcinnis. "And that DOZEN voters through the initiative process, asking citizens to approve through the anti-initiative measures because of his lingering was a real tacky way. It was a real slap in the face to citizens a law that restricts piers on the waterfront to marine-related disdain for the working waterfront ordinance. that have busted their rear all summer to give input into that Computerized Accounting Systems uses. When Caron addressed the council, he said, "I don't believe subcommittee and expected some give and take once it got to ROSES Consulting, Training, Support The "working waterfront referendum" was bitterly opposed the problem resides in the council - it resides in the staff. I. the council. And he did that after when there was no comment by the Portland City Council, which voted against the initiative believe the time has come - and the city deserves - a new CIty period and there was no way to counteract his argument." 99 by a margin of 8-1. Portland City Attorney David Lourie, who $14. attorney." . "We carried the ball down to the one-yard line and then we Cash & Carry advised the council, said the initiative question was misguided. went home," said Gallant. "And Tom Allen kept going to the UNTERHALTER & CO.. 773-8010 After the heated meeting, the council voted unanimously to (babies not included) send the item back to committee for more work. And three months later, Lourie resigned, just hours before a 761 .. 1580 dozen local activists planned to go before the council to demand ihe his reSignation. He had served as Portland's attorney for 10 "Regardless of years. "We were able to what your topic Strange bedfellows put aside our The council's Legislative Committee was charged with is, the issue really writing a new proposal. differences. .. which free parking ~- Concerned Taxpayer Gallant was one of about a dozen 130 St. John St.· is the political citizens from Portland neighborhood and special interest is something this

:;', ,":: groups who formed an ad hoc committee to help shape the new process - who ~ ordinance. He noted that many members of the citizen commit­ council found elcometo tee strongly opposed his group's 1989 tax cap referendum, and Casco Bay had been opposed to the conservative group on many other pretty goddamn •.• ~Weekly defining the rules BODY issues. But Gallant added that differences were put aside for the hard to do. " ;~. These new and Think of the game. II ad hoc committee: "Regardless of what your topic is, the issue returning advertisers really is the political process - who's defining the rules of the ;;. help support us in our MIND Kathy Mcinnis :';: endeavor to provide of it as Walter Gallant game. " you with an alternative Kathy McInnis, President of the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood :. to the daily news. Association, agreed. McInnis is a sclf-described Socialist and SPIRIT Morning civil rights activist who for the first time worked side by side : : with the conservative Gallant. The citizen initiative issue was goal. He did it right, we did it wrong." Hard Cider Radio But when Portland voters went to the polls in May of 1987, one that "those of us that are more radical and those that arc "You listen to other people's views," Allen said, "But you TREAT THEM Farms, they favored the ordinance by a margin of 2-1. Developers and more conservative can unite around - because one thing we all can't have your finger in the wind all the time. You have to do ALL TOA city councilors lamented as they watched their years of water­ Portland for believe is citizens have a right to participate in government/' what you think is right." 1/Z.DAY OF fron t planning sink. she said. But when Allen did what he thought was right, he and the • But the activists celebrated a hard-won victory. The water­ As chair of the committee, Councilor Esther Clenott said she councilors who voted with him effectively had the last word on WELLNESS grownups. front referendum was a landmark effort, provoking citizen Magic Garden, encouraged "plenty of public input" at meetings. Rather than citizens. And citizens who first entered this battle because they .. Float Tank Portland groups as far away as the West Coast to call Sanford and other giving members of the public a few minutes and then turning felt the cards had been stacked against them felt as if they'd organizers for advice on how to fight development on their own the floor over to the committee, Clenott said there was more been dealt a blow by the council. .. Polarity Therapy : ; • shores. "give and take" between the councilors and the citizens who "Trust is the coin of the realm and in this case the city council .. Light and Sound . : Phoenix And in Maine, citizen groups for other causes were empow­ : : attended the meetings. has spent theirs very cheaply," said Parkside neighborhood : 1iiI}:iinmiliIlIiIiIliiI?i Jim Crock er Machine with Hair Design, : ered to work toward their own initiatives. In 1989, Portland's The councilors backed away from many of the proposals that activist and state Rep. Herb Adams. : : .. Portland and Bruce Campbell are Port­ Concerned Taxpayers Association launched a citizen initiative had riled the activists. The proposal to allow the council to Adams and others on the ad hoc committee are digging in to Relaxation Tapes • land's favorite morning radio team. effort to enact a tax cap in Portland, which was not approved by amend citizen-initiated laws in just three instead of five years oppose the question, which appears as Question 2 on the expi res 1/1/91 voters. after their passage was dropped. The proposal to give the city Portland ballot. They are mounting a leaflet campaign urging Mystery Cale, Why? Because they put an adult That same year, Sen. Georgette Berube of Lewiston spon­ council the power to decide whether initiatives should be citizens to vote "No" on Question 2. Old Port perspective on the events and issues sored a state law that aimed to make the citizen initiative retroactive to before their passage was also dropped. of the day. And because their sup­ If Portlanders vote against the question, the law will remain process easier. In Lewiston and Portland, citizens were required The most debated of the proposals was how many signatures unchanged. In that case the state law that became effective a • porting cast includes Maine's best to go to city hall to sign petitions for initiative questions. But the Elm Street citizens would be required to gather to get an initiative on the year ago will hold: the 750 signatures that once were gathered radio news staff, award-winning new law permitted signatures to be gathered outside of city ballot. Clenott made a strong case for requiring 1,500 signatures, in city hall can now be gathered anywhere. Dry Cleaning, sportscasts, the most accurate hall. Berube thought requiring the ballots to be signed in city and many citizens who had wanted the figure to be much lower Working together with Gallant on the project, McInnis notes: Portland weather forecasts, the country's only hall discriminated against handicapped and elderly people who compromised and went along with that number. "Probably there's going to be something next week or next • Australian astrological prognosti­ couldn't go to city hall, and against others whose schedules But Legislative Committee member Allen had his own month or a year from now where Wal ter is technicall y going to Chroma, cator and a guest list that reads like a wouldn't permit it. formula and wouldn't compromise. He proposed using the be on the other side and we're going to be fighting each other. 'Who's Who in Maine." Try us for a Raining on referendum rules same formula at the local level that is used at the state level - But 1 think we will always remember that we were able to put $49.95 Portland requiring 10 percent of the turnout for the last gubernatorial aside our differences and we were able to work in the best month-we're sure it will change the ($100.00 value) • While attending a Waterfront Task Force meeting at Portland election. In Portland, that now equals 2,300 Signatures, since interest of the people - which is something this council found way you start your day! •. Wilma's Antiques, City Hall in March of this year, Karen Sanford noticed an item only 23,000 of Porthmd's 48,000 registered voters went to the pretty goddamn hard to do." Portland on the city council agenda concerning a new citizen initiative polls in 1986. But with 30,000 or more Portlanders expected to ordinance. Picture Yourself: vote in the upcoming election, more than 3,000 Portlanders may Image & Relaxation Center • Sanford got a draft of the ordinance, and learned that the be required to sign ballots over the next four years. 854-1365 Brackett Street council was to vote on measures that would have required The Legislative Committee finally voted 2-1 to forward an Andy Newman can often be found Call fo< a foe:e brochure citizens to gather more than six times the number of Signatures ordinance to the council that required 1,500 signatures on the Market, questioning peaple's initiatives. I 2 Westbrook (orTman required to get an issue on the ballot. The proposed ordinance petition. McInnis said there was a "unified front" among the Portland Westbrook, ME 04092 would also have allowed the council to amend citizen-initiated citizens and councilors who would present the compromIse to Portland's NewsfTalk Station laws in just three instead of five years after their passage, and the full city council. She added that the citizens' trust in the city Gift certiflCate~ always available. council, which had been lost when the initiative ordinance was visa/mclamex welcome. • Glsco Boy "'-'tidy October 25, 1990 11 'VEGOT'

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How to register In advance: your city or town hall. Registering to vote is easy and takes just a If you live in Gorham, Portland, South few minutes. Portland, Westbrook or Windham, you need To register in person, just go to your city to register with your city or town clerk before or town hall during business hours and ask to you go to the polls. You can still register on see the clerk. The address and phone number election day, and the people who register you of Portland-area city and town halls are listed will tell you where to vote. Cohen staffer Phil Calvert is dwarfed by The Candidate. below. Either way, you still need a valid piece of You'll need to bring one piece of identifica­ identification and something that shows your workers of Mr. Cohen and Mr. Rolde. While there is consider­ tion - a driver's license, social security card, current address (see above). CAMPAIGN GRUNTS able difference between their respective campaigns in terms 0 state 10, birth certificate or passport are all Continued from page one strategies and dominant philosophies, their workers seem to I fine. If your 10 doesn't show your current How to vote from away: interchangeable units of intelligence, youth and energy. street address, you'll also need something If you can't make it to the polls, you can bearing your current street address - a lease, a ask your town clerk to mail you a ballot. A The cornerstone of democracy is the principal of cultural Headquarters under seige relativism, which (loosely defined) is the theory that everyone is bill, or any letter that has been deli vered (and blood relative can also apply for you and equally full of crap - at least from everyone else's point of view­ Consider the Rolde campaign. The Rolde apparatus is cancelled) by the post office will work. bring you the ballot. Or a friend can bring and therefore deserves to be heard. sqUirreled away in the plush interior of 75 Market St., one of If you're a naturalized citizen, you'll need you the ballot, if a notary is there to ensure Michael Jackson fans tolerate Madonna fans because they those historical Old Port artifacts bedecked with track Iightin to know the date, the city and the court where that you mark it. All clerks' offices in the state recognize the civil rights of persons born without critical and wall-to-wall carpeting, a stylishly refurbished and tcchm you were naturalized. are required to open for four hours on faculties. logically up-to-date brick nest. If you can't get to the town hall, you can Saturday, Nov. 3 for voting by absentee Madonna fans tolerate Michael Jackson fans because they Up on the fourth floor, finding the Rolde campaign is simi register by mail. Call your town clerk and ask ballot. Check with your town clerk to deter­ realize the possibility that such persons may in fact be develop­ a matter of training your peripheral vision to pick up red, w~ to have a registration form mailed. Make sure mine the hours in your town. All clerks will mentally disabled, lacking only a glimpse of their idol before and blue images. The foyer is packed with Neil Rolde pam­ you ask the town clerk what the cut-off date accept absentee ballots until 8 p.m. on Nov 6. their stunted appreciation springs into full-blown adoration. phlets, signs and electoral inscrutabelia, all of which bear au is for registra tions recei ved in the mail. But there is little objective difference between the two camps. Nation's favorite colors. The people who register you will tell you How to vote: The same lack of critical faculties that makes a good Madonna Inside the suite, the chaotic, caffeinated atmosphere of the where to vote. Just show up at your polling place be­ fan recommends itself in a Michael Jackson fan. Generally Rolde campaign transforms the staid confines of 75 Market S tween 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6. speaking, they are coequal cultural idiots. into a white-collar, workaholic bazaar. Barbara Holt, Neil How to register on Nov. 6: If you need a ride to register, to vote at the Again this Similar observations can be made concerning the campaign Rolde's campaign manager, leads me deftly through the You can register to vote on Nov. 6, but you polls or by absentee ballot, call the Demo­ maelstrom and into a comer office, an island of relative quie may have to do a bit of running around. cratic party at 772-4100 or the Republican this sea of cacophony. If you live in Brunswick, Buxton, Cape party at 828-1990. year, "I'm not a politico," says Barbara. "I'm just fascinated by Elizabeth, Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, If you need to know more about who you political system. I got interested in the political process as a Gray, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Raymond, will vote for, be sure to check out next week's teenager back in the 70s, watching Nixon and Watergate un Saco, Scarborough, or Yarmouth, you can VOTER'S GUIDE issue of Casco Bay Weekly, we're on TV. People had a sense back then that you couldn't make register to vote at the polls on Election Day. available Nov. 1. difference by yourself, because the apathy in this country w, To find out where your polling place is, call even greater than it is now. suffering "But I've always believed that one person can get involve and make and change things. That's what makes me tick. [ \ to make a difference in this campaign." Brunswick Freeport Scarborough from Holt was the first person Neil Rolde hired back in Augus 725-6658 865-4743 883-4301 • '89. Tucked away in an unused part of George Mitchell's 28 Federal St. 30 Main St. 259 Route One exceSS1ve campaign headquarters, Barbara began to build the Rolde campaign stick by stick, block by block - the primary ingrcd Buxton Portland South Portland being personnel, of course. 929-6171 874-8484 767-3201 plaque "[ hired the first staffer in November of 1989," she says. Long Plains Road 389 Congress St. 25 Cottage Rd. "Every person [ hired [ thought of in terms of building a senatorial staff. All of the people in this office qualify to wo Cape Elizabeth Pownal Westbrook buildup. with Neil in Washington or Maine." 799-0881 688-4784 854-0624 320 Ocean House Rd. Edna Menchen 790 Main St. • Station of the Year She built well. The Rolde campaign staff consists of 30 0 • Best Same-day Newscast salaried staffers statewide, with two dozen staffers attache< Cumberland Raymond • Best Election Coverage the campaign headquarters. Windham • Best Sports Special Of these 3D-odd staffers, most have been in public in tere 829-5559 655-4742 892-2511 campaigns and a few have worked in similar political cam· 12 Drowne Rd. Rte. 85, E. Raymond 8 School Rd. paigns, with varying degrees of success. Tom Glerenger stuffs envelopes Aside from the usual mailings and other, less civic-mine Falmouth Saco Yarmouth f1·5'''l1!' ~ I Portland's NewslTalk Station and thinks globally. activities of the average campaign crew, the Rolde people! 781-5466 284-4831 846-9036 271 Falmouth Rd. 300 Main St. out to build something that would last beyond the Novem Main St. \~"."II1\ .1 ... \'''.UJ\,II'Ip. election. '''.Int- ! •• 'M! ..... ' '1"~" .,,~I 'I .... OJI ..... ""' ••• ,1 .• ", October 25,1990 13 1 2 usa> Bory l<'kekly Nails by Mary ~CHROMA~ Owner of two Evans' campaign: we already have? 3) City Hall is so far wonders how long old men For the perfect gift In the midst of an eco­ disconnected from what we of this country will continue Be a lady right down to putrid politicking nomic recession, what we consider reality, they would to send young men and your fingertips ... need a guide to find their women to die to protect the In a year when even the have is a local government 538 CongreS5 street Unique framed prints Ortober 25,1990 standard of living of the men most thick-skinned of us that thinks it is responding to way back. Rare and Used Books Come to the nail technician Volume 3, Number 43 who sent them. with 10 years experience for 1700's .... 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BROWSERS AIYiAYS WElCOME • pedicures race between two republicans held accountable for his • nail wraps Monti! Paulsen When the mall opened a 101m 10 5 :30 pm Mon.·Sol. (Robin Lambert and Karen number of years back and R: Steve Harris actions: using chemical ...... , 305 Commercial Street Antquorion 800k ....1'1 Astoc:lation of Ameonc:o call today for your apppointment News Editor Evans), turned into a last­ radically hurt the downtown Falmouth weapons against his people, 9-5:30 Monday -Friday· 10-5 Saturday Andy NewTrum minute sprint of dirty merchants, the city realized other possible killings and 1-800-228-1398 ----781-7203 Plenty of Parking politicking rarely seen at the the invasion of Kuwait. But 761-2150 646·8785 Arts Editor that it had a problem: people Media 538 Congress st. Roul. 1, Wen, 170 U.S. ROUTE 1 • SUITE 190 • FALMOUTH W.D. Cutlip local level. were leaving Congress Street assumptions that is why diplomacy, y/////-~//////.ij////////-Y///////////////////////////////////////- Here's a woman whose in droves for the convenience seemingl y a lost art in Photojournalist I recently attended a panel slogan is "Karen Cares About America, is so desperately . Tonee Harbert of the mall. The mall had discussion, "The Media's You," heading up a campaign what everybody wanted: all needed in the Middle East. Listings Editor Role in World Affairs: Can designed to win at any cost Why did Mr. Bush look Ellen Liburt sorts of parking and easy the Media Advocate Peace?" OUR and to ensure her mandate of access to the stores. Basically, the other way when Saddam News Intern It was sponsored by USM's bigoted neanderthalism a it was convenience at its best. Hussein used chemical Joan /(antra Honor Students' Association, niche in the state legislature. But the scenario continues. weapons? Why did Mr. Bush AMILY in which Casco Bay Weekly's Evans preached caring and City Hall still hasn't figured support Saddam Hussein up F SUNDAY BRUNCH Produrtlon Manager news editor, Andy Newman, PRACTICE concern and then attempted out that in order to have a to a few months before the Elissa Conger was a panel member among GWENDOLYN L. O'GUIN, D.O. Produrtion Artist to discredit her opponent profitable business commu­ invasion of Kuwait? various mainstream and MARKET BUFFET (Lambert) with an eleventh­ nity, you have to address the Saddam Hussein needs to Mutt/PediAtric Medicin • • Office Gymcolom Laurie Spugnardi alternative media representa­ M,.nifJ1lu.tion • 1'rePentJ

Karaoke (interactive entertainment) Horsefeathers. 193 Middle S~ Portland. 773-3501 . ~~~ MAINE ~~~ Treehouse (rock) Spring Point Cafe. 175 ENVIRONMENTAL Pickell SI, S. Portland. 767-4627. 111 PRICE SILVER SWift Icecubes (rock) Moose Alley. 46 PRODUCTS Hair Cuts ClSIAlBUTons. WCOQPODAlEO Market St, Portland. 774-5246. Active Culture (rock) Dry Dock. 84 Com­ & Perms With thi..d "Recycled products that mercial St, Portland. 774-3550. Expire. 11/lOJ90 make a difference" ~",;"~~'_~DAR Moo Goo and the Guy Pans (rock) Old SCREEN Port Tavern, 11 Moulton St, Poruand. __ NAILS INTRODUCTORY 774-0444. OFFER: (end. 10/31/90) Futu Futu (world beat) Raoul's,865 Forest __ SKIN CARE Ave. Portland. 773-6886. HAIR DESIGN ·100% Recycled Unbleached Copy 743 Congr.... St. SI /zx 1 I , $3.60 ream, $35 case WHAT'S .. 773-6988 HAIR CARE ·50%·70% Recycled White Copy Pacific Heights Matthew Modine and SI/zx 1 I, $3.Z0 ream, $31 co,. Melanie Griffith playa young couple who Meet our COLOR ANALYSIS experienced ·50% Recycled Fax paper buy an old house and. after lots of hard SUNDAY 10.28 81/zx 98ft.-hi-sensitivity, worll, rent an apartment In their newly and friendly staff. renovated home to a psychopath MAKEUP ART $Z4 for 6 rolls We're open WHERE (Michael Keaton). The plot synopsis and Sonny Paul Blue. Jam Sessfon (byo the cast might lead you 10 believe this is M· Sat. 9·5; WAXING FREE DELIVERY IN Nickelodeon blues) Geno's 13 Brown St, PorUand. going to be funny. Don't be fooled. The 772-7891 . Evenings PORTLAND AREA Temple and Middle, Portland. coming attractions indicate thatthis movie Open Mike Night Uncle Billy's, 60 Ocean by appointment. 772-9751 takes itself seriously (Modine in overalls P.O. BOX 3322 St. S. PorUand. 767-7119. °No 3 p.m. (3:30, 3:05 etc.) and all). Walk.Ins Welcome! PORTLAND, ME 04104 Cafe No Jazz Jam, open Jam _.Ion 774-0203 ~ 772·4408 ~ shows Mon-Fri. with rhythm section (byo jazz) Cafe 14 Foresl Ave. Por1land, ME 04101 Postcards from the Edge (R) j1 No, 20 Danforth St, Portfand. 772-8114. 1:10,3:15,7:15,9:20 Avalon Director Barry Levinson returns to Crazy S'. (rock) Raoul's, 865 Forest Ave, (lhrough Oct 24) Baltimore, where he filmed 'Diner' and PorUand. 773-6866. Pump Up the Volume (R) "Tin Men: after making the geographi· Nobody'. Faun (rock) Old Port Tavem, 1 :15,3:40,7:15,9:45 cally diverse "Good Moming, Vietnam' 11 Moulton St, Portland. 774-0444...... Danny Or..,i. (piano) Griny McDuff's, 396 . . (lhrough Oct 24) and "Rain Man: Levinson's latest movie Fore St, Portland. 772-2739. Community Night of the Living Dead (PG) is an aUlobiographicaJ account of three ,THE MOVIES, Tom Burgin (acoustiC) Squire Morgan's. , ' generations of an immigrant Jewish Cable Network 1 :30, 3:20, 7:30,9:30 family living in Baltimore. 46 Market St, Portland. 774-5246. (lhrough Oct 24) WlIIIk of 10/26/90 OCT 24-28 WED-FRI 7:15, Fanta.la Walt Disney's animated master­ Headliner Comedy~ Vinnie Favarlto, SAT-SUN 3, Living Tapestries: I R) 1 :15, 3 :40 (from Oc125) piece, digitally remaslered for better Julie Barr (comedy) T-Bird's, 126 N. Live Call In Program Qulgly Down Under (PG) sound and enhanced color. One of the Boyd St. Portland. 773-6040. (1 hour) 1 :15,3:40, 7:10,9:35 finest examples of animated film ever to (lhrough Oct 24) have been produced. Highly recom­ City Arts: mended. An Update of Local Area Events 7:10, 9 :35 (from Oct 25) (1/2 hour) Miller's Crossing (R) MONDAY 10.29 Postcards from the Edge Mike Nichols' Sebago Magazine: OCT 27,30 SAT-SUN1, 9 1 :05, 3:30, 6:50, 9:15 MON-TUES 7, 9 ("The Graduate' and 'Silkwood') directs Dirty Campaigns & Current Sibling Rivalry (PG) Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine in a Monday Night Football Wide Screen Elections (1/2 hour) 1 :30, 3:45, 7:30, 9:20 (from Oct 25) comedy about the relationship between Scare and share TV (culture) Moose Alley, 46 Marllet St, Gourmet Cooking Made Heallhy: Graveyard Shift (R) a celebrily mom and her drug-addicted Poruand. 774-5246 Vegetarian Vibes (1 hour) 1:10,3:15,7:15,9:30 (from Oct 25) daughter, based on Ihe novel by Carrie Halloween is traditionally an opportunity to dress up and be Monday Night Footb.1I Wide Screen TV (culture) Spring Point Cafe, 175 Power &. Steele On Theater: Reversal of Fortune (R) Fisher. Irs a movie about nothing, al­ someone (or something) that you are not. It has also become an though lots of people seem to think it's Pickell St, S. Portland. 767-4627. A Review of Local Area Theater 1 :20, 3:35, 7:25, 9:40 (from Oc125) Productions (1/2 hour) about drug addiction and recovery, family opportunity to get out and jerk to the music, to get down heavy Nobody'. Fault (rock) Old Port Tavern, Avalon (PG) strifeandreconciliation. Streep can't save with your bad self while costumed persons of every description 11 Moulton St, Portland. 774-0444. Programs premiere Fri. 7-1 Opm, 1,3:25, 7.9:25 it although she does the best she can quiver and shake around you. This can be a whole lot of fun. and are repealed Sat. - Mon. with Jhe lack of material. MacLaine does This Halloween, you have an opportunity to have big. big fun 1-4 & 7-10pm and Tues ., Wed., an admirable job as Debbie Reynolds. ALL & Thurs. 9am-noon. but a song does not make a movie any­ and show someone special just how good you - the people of TUESDAY 10.30 General Cinemas more. The movie doesn't even reach the Portland - can be. Zootz. (31 Forest Ave, Portland) is hosting a cable Channel 37 in PorHand, So. Port­ Maine Mall COSTUMES land, Cape Elizabeth , Falmoulh, & Scar­ saccharine level of most of Hollywood's Masquerade Dance Party on Halloween night, Oct_31, to benefit 30% OFF borough. Channel varies in Gorham. Maine Mall Road Goodfellas Martin Scorsese's gangster blather about mothers and daughters. the Helen Johnson Children Fund. Boom Shanka, Active Culture Open Mike Night with Peter Gleason, Spring Point Cafe, 175 Pickett St. S. 774-1022 film has been generally acclaimed lor its Pump Up The Votume tackles too much: and Milk of Amnesia will take the stage starting at 8 p.m. (Not at Ooodfellas (R) realistic depiction of the mob and its highschool, fove, rrusiccensorship, FCC PorUand. 767-4627. regulations and rebellion. The tenuous the same time. That would be truly scary.) Tickets are $5. Siaid Cleves (rock) Gritty McDuff's, 396 I, 4, 7, 10 (lhrough Oct 25) graphic lliolence_ The killing and the bone cracking are certainly graphic, but plot and bland direction of this movie The Johnson Children Fund was formed by friends of Helen Fore S~ Portland. 772-2739. White Palace (R) hardly gratuitous. As far as being realistic, about a teenager who broadcasts from Johnson, a black South African woman forced by the South The Walters (rock) Old Port Tavern, 11 1,3:15,5:30, 7:40, 10 (from Oct 26) who knows? Most people's impression an underground radio station in his African government to leave her children behind in Moulton St, Portland. 774-0444. Mr, Destiny (PG) of the mob has been entirely fashioned suburban home take away from what DlrtyRottenScoundrel.(movie) Moose $5000 1 :30,4:15, 7, 9:30 by Hollywood anyway. The blatanl rac­ really works: Christian Slater's per1or­ Johannesburg. Helen needs to raise to bring her children, Alley, 46 MarketSt, Portland. 774-5246. Memphis Belle (PG) ism and sexism along with the stereo­ mance and the way he interacts w~h the Rene and Reme, to America. fabulous soundtrack. Slater plays the 1,3:15,5:30,7:45,10 typing of Italian Americans is disturbing. If she doesn't raise the money, she may never see her children but there seems to be rhyme to shy. frightened and confused teenager Marked For Death (R) again. The South African government has refused to allow her Scorsese's reason . What is surprising as well as he plays the loquacious Harry WEDNESDAY 10.31 1,3:05,5:10,7:15, 9 :20 and riveting about the movie is the humor Hard-On. Listening to Harry describe back into the country. Fantasia (G) and warmth that permeate a story of what ails the world and walching him So dress your scariest, round up all your scary friends and get 1:15,4,7,9 :30 violence and betrayal. thrash around to banned songs is a on down to Zootz. As you dance, remember to be angry. The Improv with the Mad Hor.e Pacific Heights (R) Marked for Death Steven Seagal plays movie in itself. world's biggest aggregation of ghouls is down in Johannesburg Commedl ..... (comedy) Little Willie's, Qufgl, Down Under Tom Selleck stars 1, 3:15, 5:30,7:45,10 a retired drug enforcement officer who just daring you to disapprove of them. 36 Marllet St, Portland. 773-4500. returns home to find his old neighborhood as a 1900's American cowboy hired by Ohost(PG) Acou.tlc Cla ••lc: Brenda Moore, destroyed by drugs. Wanllo wager a bet Australian rancher Alan Rickman as a Do it. Darien Brahm., Mlch.el Danahy 1 :30,4:15, 7, 9:50 that he won't return 10 work? sharpshooter. (acoustic) Horsefealhers, t93 Midcle St, Stagecoach John Ford's weslern "Grand W.D. Cutlip Portland. 773-3501 . Evening Star Hotel' is a line first vehicle for John The Waiters (rock) Old Port Tavern, t t Tontine Mall, Brunswick Wayne and a clinic for character actors. If you would like to contribute to the fund or hear more about Moulton S~ Portland. 774-0444. Mr. Wayne, appearing here as the mys­ 729-5466 it, call Kathy at 773-0682 TDD /voice or write to the Johnson Halloween Party: The Brood, Boom terious "Ringo Kid, 'rides the stagecoach Shank., George Gordon Band, Memphis Belle (PG) Children Fund, 120 Park Ave., Apt. #5, Portland ME, 04101. withagroupof strangers through the Old Portland Rockers (rock) Geno's, 13 7, 9:05 West. Yee, hal Brown St, Portland. 772-8760. Tong Tana A European gone native Red Light Revue Holloween Party The Movies among the Penans of Borneo struggles (scary music, rock. rhythm and blues) to han the Jogging of the rainforest. Treehouse (rock) Spring Point Cafe, 175 10 Exchange Street, Portland Raoul's,865 Forest Ave, Portland. 773- Pickett St. S. Portland. 767-4627. 6886. Tong Tana The Stephen Bfum Trio (jazz) Cafe No, Jimmy Lydon and Carl Dlmow Gazz) Oct 24-28 20 Danforth St. Portland. 772-8t 14. Cafe No. 20 Danforth St. Portland. 772- Wed-Fri 7: 15, 9 CLUBS The Sense (rock) Moose Alley, 46 Market 8114. Sat-Sun 3,7 St, PorIland. 774-5246. Bachelor night (xxxxx) Moose Alley, 46 The Navigator Moo Goo and the Guy Pans (rock) Old Market SI. PorUand. 774-5246. Port Tavern, 11 MoulJon SI, PorUand. Oct 27-30 Digital D.J. Dave (you name it) Spring 774-0444. Sat-Sun 1,9 Memphl. Belle Matthew Mocline stars in THURSDAY 10.25 Point Cafe, 175 Pickett St. S. PorUand. Who Knows? (rock) Horsefeathers, 193 767-4627. Mon-Tue 7, 9 this movie about a World War II bomber crew on ils final mission. Middle St. Portland. 773-350t . Rewlnder (rock) Gritly McDuffs, 396 Fore Henry Wednesday, Oct. 31-8 PM V Fla.h Allen (piano) Linle Willie's, 36 Mar­ Scott Oakley Trio ijazz) LitUe Willies, 36 St, Portland. 772-2739. SONESTA HOTEL PORTLAND GRAND BALLROOM Oct 31-Nov 4 ket St, Portland. 773-4500. Market SI, PorUand. 773-4500. Wed-Sat 6:45, 9:15 Panfc station (rock) Old Port Tavern, 11 Darien Brahms and the Soul miners , .. ~ ..~-.'~ FEATURING Sat-Sun Mat 1 Moulton St, Portland. 774-0444. (rock) Dry Dock. 84 Commercial St, o-~..c:s Chronic Invalids, Bobhous .. (rock) Portland. 774-3550. DANCING ,~ Geno's, 13 Brown SI, PorUand. 772- Ghandi's Lunchboll, steel Cow (rock) Special Series: 7891. Geno's, 13 Brown St, Por~and . 772- An Introduction to Film A Mexican Restaurant with Charlie Brown Treehouse (rock) Spring Point Cafe, 175 7891. Zootz, 31 Foresl St, PorJland. Wed: The Movies Pickell St, S. Portland. 767-4627. Greg Powers OJ, Laser Karaoke (en­ Progressives. Thu : Live Music. Fri : Posl & FIRST PRIZE 10 Exchange St., Portland Charlie Kohfhase Quintette Gazz) Cafe tertainment) T-B"d's, 126 N. Boyd St, Modern - Chem Free: Sal: Cutting Edge Watering Hole 772-9600 No. 20 Danforth St, Portland. 772-8t 14. PorUand. 773-8040. Dance: Sun: Request Night. 773·8187. The Moon, 425 Fore St, Portland. Open stagecoach The Sense (rOCk) Moose Alley, 46 Market BEST COSTUME $500 nightly, 8 pm on ... Fri-Satuntil3 am. No Union Station Plaza Oct 27-28 St. Portland. 774-5246. and other great prizes Who Knows? (rock) Horsefeathers. 193 cover. 871-0663. Sat-Sun 5 p.m . Middle St, Portland. 773-3501. Salutes. 20 MilkSt. Portland. Open nightly TICKETS SATURDAY 10.27 until 1 am. No cover. 774-4200. Fabulous Food • $10 in advance, $15 at the door Bowdoin College Bounty, 200 RiverSIde St, Portland. Fri­ Brunswick days, 18+. Open Fri-satunliI3am.Opens Tickets may be purchased at: Raffles' Bad Habits' Limelight Scott Oakley Trio Gazz) Little Willie's, 36 Sun-Thu at 8 pm. 772-8033. 725-3151 Mr, Destiny Jim Belushi piaysa man who FRIDAY 10.28 The Sonesta 'Blackstones 0 Whip & Spoons' Drop Me A Line Market St, PorUand 773-4500. T-Blrd'., 126 N. Boyd St, Portland. Fr~ Tin Drum wonders what his life might have been if he hadn't struck out In a high school flamingo'. Smile, Marvin Boone (rock) Sat Dancing '50s & '60s. Wed Contem­ SPONSORS : Maine Health Foundation' Sonesta Hotel' Portland Oct 26, Visual Arts Center baseball game. Papa Loves Mambo (tropical boogie) Geno's,13 Brown St. Portland. 772-7891 . poraries. 773-8040. School of Art, Humboldt National Graphics 0 Casco Bay Weekly 3 :30 p.m. Kresge Auditorium Raoul's, 865 Forest Ave, Portland. 773- The stephen Blum Trio Gazz) Cafe No, Magic 93 WMGXl56 WGAN ,Art Directors Club of Greater Portland Continued on page 18 7 p.m. Beam Classroom 6886. 20 Danforth St, Por1land. 772-8114. October 25, 1990 ,.

DarkT.... The Celebration Bam Theater The Center for the Arb at thl Choco­ ~ w ...... , _WI M .••: .\..... U . .JI - .' Once in a Blue presents LIght Theatre's Halloween late Chun:h, Bath. An exhibition of il­ T H E ~WILLOWS~ presentation, a connection to the arche­ lustrations by artist Doug las Alvord for OUT OF TOWN Moon something typal past of pagan belief and supersti­ Sarah Orne Jewett's classic New En­ Bowdoin College Museum of Art, tion, including mime, magic, dance, fire, gland short story, -A White Heron: ~~::a7'~/P~·, Brunswick. An exhibit of color seri­ special happensl '-f' ,r'_pAJ\' .. . juggling, shadow play, special effects, Through Oct 28. Gallery hours: Tue-Fri BLUE graphs by S. Harpswell artist John scary stories, ghosts, dark humor and 9 am-4 pm, Sat 12-4 pm. 442-8627. Homemade Spaghetti • Carman will be on display through Oct in And it's happening now: visitors from the other world. Thu·Sat, Congress Square Gallery, 42 Ex­ YI Eggplant Parmesan • LancasterLounge, Moulton Union. Also, Our new Blues Club ~ Oct 25, 26, 27 and 31 . Show time is 8 change St, Portland. Works of Werfel, From Durer to Picasso: Five Centuries ~ • Ravioli • Lasagna pm. The theatre located on Stockfarm Gutekunst, Kline and Holmquist in oil , is open is of Master Prints from a Private Collec­ Rd, just off Rte "7 N. in S. Paris. watercolor and pastel. Other gallery ~I • Pizza • Steak Be , FOOD tion, a wide selection of European prints Tickets are $7 for adults, $S for kids. To artists wi" also be on view. Through mid­ -- dating from , 500 to the middle of this ~ Cheese • Hot Be Cold ~ make reservations, call 743-8452. November. Gallery hours: Mon-Fri, ,,- '31 L.L'IS century. Highlights include Dutch prints Italian Subs • Salads_ Fefd BIolletThe Twenty virtuoso dancers 6 pm; Sat-Sun, 12-6 pm; Fri & Sat eves, > of the Mannerist and Baroque periods. 7·9 pm. 774·3369. D~LlVE:r~5 of the highly acclaimed Feld Ballet In conjunction with the exhibH, Donald ~ ~~' IJ{I Danforth Gallery, 34 Danforth St, Port­ combine classical ballet with modem A. Rosenthal, assoc. dir. and curator 01 land. Second Annual Senior Citizen Art PiZzA! CON dance. They'll perform at 8 pm on Oct 27 collections, will present a lecture at 3 at Lewiston Jr. High School. Tickets are Show: Route " '990 Kittery to pm, Oct 28. Free. Museum hours: Tue­ Brunswick. Through Oct 27. Gallery ANt> W(l!- b~1 1'1" 10 reserved seating, $'6, $'4 and $'2. Sat, '0 am-5 pm, Sun 2-5 pm. 725- hours: Tue·Sat, 11 am-5 pm. n~245 . •••• .A. Presented by LA Arts. For more infor­ 3254. Fri & Sat Nights 'YO\) ND MA.~ mation, call 782-7228. Dean Valentga. Gallery, 60 Hampshire Gold/Smith Gallery, 7 McKown St, No Cover • Proper Dress Required St, Portland. Frederick Lynch: an exhibit The Ken Pierce Baroque Dance Boothbay Harbor. Collage and Ab· L.a'l31111\~! of paintings (oil on panel). Through Nov J9!:L CERTS Company Bowdoin Arts presents the stractions by Helen St. Clair, figurative Sat & Sun, Oct, 27 & 28 4. Gallery hours: Thu , 2 noon-8 pm, Fri company in a program of reconstructions drawings by Abinas Elskus, drawings by 77'l-03bO and original choreographies of Baroque & Sat' 2 noon-5 pm, Sun' 2 noon-4 pm, Fraas-Slade, acrylics by John Vander Marty's Oktoberfest and byappt. n2-2042. 772-0360 dances of the '7th and early 18th cen· and mixed media on paper by John 425 Fore 51.871-0663 Outdoor Music and Food THURSDAY 10.25 turies. Nov 2at8 pm, the Dance Studio, Dlmorl, 26 Exchange St, Portland. Re­ Kimball. Through Nov24.Galleryhours: 147 CUmber­ Sargent Gymnasium, Bowdoin College, cent works by Cheryl Boykin Bryant, In Portland's Old Port. 12 to 4PM land Ave. Wed-Sat, , 0 am-5 pm, or by appl. 633- Brunswick. Free and open to the public. through Oct 31. Hours: Mon-Wed '0 6252. Portland ZOI'II Young lind Blond (blues) 9 pm, 725·3003. arn-6 pm, Thu·Sat 10 am-8 pm, Sun' 0 Hobe Sound Galleries North .nd Ele­ :.", '. : Raoul's, 865 Forest Ave, Portland. am-5 pm. For more information call 775- Loot by Joe Orton Black comedy about men.. Gallery, Brunswick. Haystack Tickels: $5, $. for So.M.B.S. members. stolen loot produced by Portland Stage 7049. Faculty 90, an overview of works of the n3-6886. Company Oct 3O-Nov '8 at Portland Frost Gully Gallery, 25 Forest Ave, faculty at Haystack Mountain School of Performing Arts Center, 2M Forest Ave ., Portland. New paintings by Thomas Crafts, induding Wayne Higby, Seth Portland. Preview performances Oct 30- Crony and EricGreen presented through Stem, Christine Frederighi, Bob 3' , 7:30 pm. Performances are Tue­ Nov 24. '2-5 pm, Mon-Fri. 773-2555. Trotman, Dennis Gilbert, Susan Groce, Thu at 7 :30 pm; Fri at8; Sat at 5 and 9 ; Greenhut Gallerl.. , '46 Middle St, Marjorie Moore and 27 others. Through FRIDAY 10.28 and Sun at 2. For ticket information, call Portland. Original work by Jane Dahmen, Nov 24. For more information, call Lynn 774-0465. Connie Hayes, Glenn Renell, Duncan Hendry a' Hobe Sound Galleries North, Sexual Perve,.lty In Chicago, by Slade, Anne Greshinger, Thomas 725·4'9' ; or Bill Robertson at Elements o.v-qu.re (rock) 8:30 pm, Unity Col­ David Mamet, will be presented by Connolly, Mark McKenzie and many Gallery, 729-" 08. lege gymnasium, Quaker Hill Road, USM 's Student Performing Artists at 7 others. Through Nov 12. Gallery Hours: Lewl.ton-Auburn College, 51 -55 Unity. General admission $5, $4 w~h pmOct26&27,and5pmOct28. USM's Mon-Sat, , 0:30 am-5:3O pm. 772-2693. Westminster St, Lewiston. Photography college 10. 948-3131. Lab Theatre, Russell Hall, Gorham. $3 Maine Potte,. Market, 376 Fore St, exhibit, Quebec Joyau du Patrimoine Tal Mahal (blues folk) 8:30 pm, in Pickard public, $2 students. 780-5483. PorHand. Porcelain by Nancy Bunon. Modial, by Eugen Ked. Through Nov Theater, Memorial Hall, Bowdoin Col­ Singing submariner SI_I Magnolias The Center for the Arts Through Oct 29. Hours: 10 am-6 pm, 7 16. Hours: Mon-Fri, 8 am-7pm. 783- lege, Brunswick. Tickels $7 for public, althe Chocolate Church presents Robert days a week. n4-'633. 4860. $3 with a Bowdoin ID. 72~3201 . Harling's Fri and Sat eves at 8 pm (Oct The Joan Whitney Payson Gallery, Maine Audubon Soc:iety Anne Kilham Portland String Quartet (chamber P. T. Barnum's favorite circus exhibit was one of his own 26 , 27) and Sun aft at 3 pm (Oct 28). Westbrook College, 716 Stevens Ave, of Rockport will exhibit her silkscreened music) Travel Joumal by Alan LeVines, inventions, a honey of a snipe hunt called "This Way to the Tickets are $10 and $8. For more infor­ PorHand."Porkopolis,' Sue Coo's multi· note cards, advent calendars and wa­ Quartet in 0 Major by Mozart and Egress." A lurid poster promised the sight of a half-naked, half­ mation, call 442-8627. media works on paper examining the tercolors through Oct 31 at the MAS Schubert's Quartet In 0 minor. 8 pm at meat industry and, by implication, headquarters, Gilsland Farm, "8 Rte. Immanuel Baptist Church, High St, Port­ bird woman " .. ,just inside." humanity's cruelty to humanity as re­ , in Falmouth. Hours: 9 am-5 pm Mon­ land (across from the Sonesta). Tickets Once inside the exhibit, the rubes who paid to see this bird­ flected in humanity's cruelty to -lower' Sat, noon·5 pm Sun's and holidays. $'2 general admission, $6 lor those woman were herded through a fiendishly convoluted funhouse, forms of lile. Through Oct 28. Hours: 78 '-2330. under '2 and over 65. 761 -'522. only to arrive at a door that led back outside. Above the door Tue·Fri '0 am-4 pm (Thu until 9 pm), Thomas Memorial LIbrary, 6 Scott Dyer was a sign bearing the legend "Egress (e' -gres) n. 1. the act of Sat·Su n , -5 pm. 797-9546. Rd, Cape Elizabeth. Bernice Madinek going out or forth, emergence .. ," Portland Museum of Art, Seven Con­ Glixman will display a selection of her gress Square, Portland. Rellections of sculpture through Dec 8. 799-'720. Persons victimized by such puns tend to live very cautiously the Built EnVIronment, an exhibition of thereafter, always afraid to be the butt of another joke, They 31 paintings, drawing s, SCulpture and SATURDAY 10.27 miss a lot of good things. Believe me: I know. ceramics on loan from the permanent The upcoming Tom Lewis concert is, on the surface at least, collection. Exhibitiondemonstrateshow, OTHER another impending snipe hunt. In the first place, I happen to over the past century, architecture has The Bobs (new wave a cappella) 8:30 pm continued to playa diverse role in art, Congress Square Park at the corner of If ordered befo... in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall, know that there is no Irish Navy, and that there are in fact no both as imagery and as a physical pres­ Highand Congress streets. Forthe fourth Thanksgiving Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Tickets Irish submarines, Therefore there are no Irish submariners, ence assuming a sculptural form. year in a row, Uptown & Co. and Port­ are $8 for the public, $4 with a Bowdoin Through Jan 20, '99' . Tue- Sat, 10-5; land School of Art have joined forces to right? ART Sun, 12-5; free on Thu eves, ~9 . 775· ID.~3201. Aha: there's one, anyway, and that's Tom Lewis. Tom served sponsor the annual Art in the Park MI.. ouri Repertory T1>elllre (musical 6'48. competition which places a temporary f?FNFI3ATFP..lMAG~MA.!Ng revue) Woody Guthrie'sAmerican Song, in the British Royal Navy for 24 years before becoming a full­ The Spirited Gourmet. 142 SI. John St, sculpture in the Congress Square Park 8 pm at Maine Center for the Arts, Uni­ time shantey singer and storyteller. Portland. Mixed media art show through area. This year's winning entry is de­ 774-4455 versity of Maine at Orono. 581-'755. This also is a little hard to believe in some ways. I've seen OPENING Oct 31 , with works by Randall Harris, Signed by Jeanne Simmons, and con· Rubeary J.mm (traditional & contem­ "Run Silent, Run Deep" at least a hundred times, and the The Center for the Art. et the Paul Hollingsworth, Terry McKelvey, sists of a nine-foot -image of woman" Alayne & Julianne Reed and Paul porary songs esp. for kids) 3 pm at the thought of some singing submariner throwing open a porthole Choc:olate Chun:h, 804 Washington which literally springs from the ground. swedenborgian Church, 302 Stevens St, Bath. The President's Show, works Rodrigue. Hours: Mon· Fri '0 am. 773- Go take a look! Ave, PorUand. Admission $3 althe dOOf. and bursting into song fills me with doubt. Can this be? by David Brooks, Maury Colton, Lynne 2919. Opening the Doo,. to C,..tlvity - A 766-2805 or 773-9549. Well, in all candor, I haven't heard him myself, so I can't say. Harwood, Carlo Pittore, Abby Shahn Sleln Contemporary Glass, 20 Milk St, Multl-Medl. Workshop Six sessions But people whom I respect very much tell me that he is one hell and Pam Smith. Opening reception 5-7 Portland. Abstractvase forms in abstract designed to help empower you with the of a good performer. Melody Maker's Stan Hugill says that pm, Nov 2. 442-8455. "fruit' shapes by James Holmes Oct essence of your unique creativity. For through Nov 30. Hours: Mon-Sat, 1 arn- Lewis gives " ...a wickedly accurate portrait of life in the modern The Seamen'. Club Restaurlnt, One people who have never owned their change St, Portland and The Baker's 6 pm, Sun' -4 pm. n2-9072. creativity, want to reclaim it, or who own Royal Navy." Karen Matthews, of Festival of Friends, says his Table Restaurant, 437 Fore St, PorHand Portland M ....um of Art, Seven Con­ itbutwanttoenhanceit Theexperiences SUNDAY 10.28 voice " .., could stop a train, or chann birds from trees." present Spirited Works by Maine Artists gress Square, Portland. Hours: Tue­ are process-oriented. No previous art Really? And can it float a submarine? Find out on Nov, 3 at 8 Artists appearing in this show are as Sat, '0-5; Sun, '2-5: free on Thursday train ing or "talent' necessary. Beginning p,m. Luther Bonney Auditorium, USM, Portland, Tickets are $6 follows (artists with· by their names are evenings, 5-9. "The Boat Show: Fantastic Tue eves Oct 3O-Dec 4, 6 :30-9:30 pm. Allm.n Brothe,. BlInd (rock) 7 :30 pm at showing at The Baker's Table: B.J. Vessels, Fictional Voyages,' an exhibit Cost: $'SO - includes all materials. 247 the Cumberland County Civic Center, in advance and $8 at the door. Bateman: Samrith Chap, Diane featuring artists' interpretations of boats Blanchard Rd, Cumberland. For more Portland. Tickets $17.50 in advance, Don't forget your water wings. Cothern,' Wolcon Dodge, Mimi Feld, in a variety of media induding glass, information call 829-5750. wood, hay and fiber. Through Oct 28. $18.50 day of show. For tickets, call box Denise Frohlick, Eilleen Gillespie, Ken "The PerlOnal Book," taught by artist SUNDAY OCTOBER 28 office or Ticketron, 1-800-382-8080. W.D. Cutlip Hendrickson , Donna Hodgkins: n~6'48 . and papermaker Richard Lee, will allow THURSDAY OCTOBER 25 Portlend'. Chorll Art Socfety (choral) LawrenceKeUey,lverLofuing, Tim Mack. University of Southern Maine, Cam­ participants to make a book out of hand­ HEADLINER COMEDY Pieces to be performed indude Echoes Tom Mavrais, Christina Moulen, Bonny pus Center, Portland. -Pars Orientalis: made paper using a creative bookform THRILLER East Asia in Old Maps,' an exhibit illus­ HEADLINERS: Between the Silent Peaks by contem­ Nason, Jamie Salmon, Kathleen of Iheir choosing. Sponsored by Maine THURSDAY Vinnie Favorito porary composer Stephen Paulus and Sweeney, Andres A. Verzosa and trating the development of cartographic Writers & Publishers Alliance, Two-day GREG POWERS DJ­ Mozart's Solemn Vespers. 2:30 pm, Oct Lauren Zust. Show runs through Dec. representations of China, Japan, Korea crafts workshop, '0 am-3 pm Oct 27 and Also Appearina : Julie Barr , -4 pm Oct 28 at Richard Lee's studio, Introducing Laser Doors open at 7.Showtime 8:30 28, at the cathedral of the Immaculate 3' . Opening reception Oct 31 from 5·7 and other parts of East Asia from the Karaoke Conception in Portland. Tickets are $, 2, pm at The Seamen's Club. 767-5978 for , 5th- to the 19th-centuries. Through Oct 76 Maine St (3rd lloor). Cost is $55 for TUESDAY OCTOBER 30 30. Hours: 7am-l0pm, Mon-Fri, 'Oam­ MWPA members, $65 for others. Pre­ Video-Sing-A-Long, You can be a star! $8 for seniors and students. 781 -3567. UPCOMING more information. DOORS OPEN AT 7· NO COVER !!! RESTAURANT & TAVERN Fall Folk Festlv81 (folk) Traditional Mu- '0 pm Sat·Sun. 780-5492 or 780-4090. registration is required. Send payment Ropl River Chorus with guest quartets $1 Bud Light Drafts all night long! sic/Dance Festival, 2-6 pm, Chase and Zootz, 29 Forest Ave, Portland. -Homel to MWPA, 19 Mason St, Brunswick Homemade Soups, Chowder, Desserts, Burgers, (four-part harmony, barbershop style, Skelton Lounges, Bates College, Homeless' Art Show - 100 works in the 040'1 . For more information, call 72'- FRIDAY OCTOBER 26 Sandwiches and Much More! for women) Harmony Under the Big 0678. . Lewiston. Admission $3. 786-6327. AROUND TOWN show, hall of which are done by the Top, Nov 3 at 2:30 and 8 pm, Catherine La Melodle FrincaIH (lecture/recital on homeless. Through Nov 3. Hours: Tue Wildlife Art Photo Competition spon­ THANKWMGX {~, OUTSIDE DECK McAuley High School Auditorium, Port­ STAGE Frenchartson9) WorksbyLiszt, Duparc, The Art Gallery At Six Deering Slr.. t , '2-3 pm, Wed '2-5 pm, Thu '2-8 pm, sored by Maine Arts Commission and Country Dance land. Tickets $81$6 . 846-4726. Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife: IT'S FRIDAY The October SWl. is still warm __ Hahn, Faure, Debussy and others. 3 Anything Goes The City Theater ~ PorHand. -Like Father, Like Son,' an Frl-Sat 12·5 pm. Admission is free. 77~ Tom L.wl. (sea chanteys) 8 pm, Nov 3, Fantastic Free Lessons pm, Corthell Concert Hall, USM Gorham ciates presents this amusing story exhibition 01 oil paintings, watercolors 0105 or 549-75'6. emphasis this yearison photos of Maine -- and our Deck is still Open! USM's Luther Bonney Auditorium, wrapped around the score by Cole and pastels by T.M. Nicholas and Caleb wildlife species. To be eligible, Maine Happy Hour Buffet 7:30-8:30 campus. Admission $51$3. 780-5275. by a professional Portland. Tickets: $6 in advance, $8 at Porter. Nov 2-'8, Frl and Sat eves at 8 Stone. Show continues through Oct 27. photographers, 18 years of age and 93~ Bud Light Drafts the door. 773-9549. instructor pm _tickets $'0; Sun matinee at 2 pm ­ Gallery hours: Tue-Sat " am-5 pm the older, must deliver up to 2 original 35 $1.93 Well Drinks 4·7 Continued dancing to AIDS BIoneflt: The Great Pumpklm $7 .SO. 205 Main St, Biddeford. For res­ first 2 weeks of the month ; thereafter, by mm slides of their photographs by the 1st 200 people Masquerade Ball, sponsored by a COUNTRY MUSIC ervations or information, call 282-0849. chance or by appt. n2-9605. deadine. No prints will be accepted for i. for FREE almr 7 p.m. Doors open al 7 group of community businesses and Arsenic and Old Lace Windham Stage The Baxter Gallery, PorUand School 01 judging. Winning entries win be displayed MONDAY 10.29 prolessional organizations, will be held WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31 Theatre presents this classic about two Art, 6'9 Congress St, Portland. 'The in the Govemor's Gallery Space in the SATURDAY OCTOBER 27 on Oct 3' from 8 pm on at the Sonesta endearing maiden aunts who routinely Swiss School: Late to Post modern State House in Augusta from Jan 3'­ WBLM Hotel's Grand Ballroom in PorUand. A Graphic Design: Through Nov 9. Gal­ March 20, , 991 . For a copy of the con­ Missouri Repertory Thelllre (musical poisen lonely old men. Show times: Nov DANCING TO THE $500 cash prize will be among the prizes lery hours: Tue-Sun, 11 am-4 pm, Thu test guidelines, contact the Maine Arts HAllOWEEN BASH revue) Woody Guthrie's American Song, 3,9, '0,16 & 17 at 7:30 pm and Nov4,11 offered for best costume. Local band eves till 9. n5-3052. Conmission, State House Station 1125, 50's & 60's & 70's 7:30 pm at Portland City Hall Audito­ at2 pm. Tickets are $7 adults, S5seniors $200. Prize lor Best Costume Papa Loves Mambo with Charlie Brown Augusta 04333, or call 289-2724. 1st 200 people rium. Tickets are $25, $20, $'5 and $'0. and studenls. For information and res­ BayyI_ Gallery, 75 Market St, Portland. $100. For Runner-up prize wil be the featured music, playing hot ervations, call 892-33'5 or n4-7926. J. PhHip Richards: a comprehensive in tor FREE! On the Waterfront .1 n2-8630. calypso and Latin swing. Tickets are Cinderella The communityLinle Theatre exhibit of oils, watercolors and caseins UPCOMING EVENT: $'0 in advance and $15 at the door. DoolS open at 7 [n the Old Port ~ of Auburn presents the musical fairy tale through Oct 3' . Exhibils by gallery art­ Wed Nov. 7, NRBQ They are available at Raffles, Bad Ha~ , -Cinderella,' on Oct 26 & 27 at 8 pm at ists indude works by David Unle, Orrin Blackstones, both Whip and Spoon Tix : $8 advance, $10 day of the show 84 Commercial St. 10- the Performing Arts Center, Great Faits Tubbs, Carol Hayes, Carol Sebord and cations, Limelight, Drop Me a Line and School, Auburn. Tickets are $8.SO and Helen St. Clair. Hours: 10 am-6 pm Available at T-Birds & The Record Exchange Portland, Maine the Sonesta Hotel. For more informa­ Mon-Sat. For more information, cal 773- $6. For reservationS, call 79~5853 . eo"tinUl!d 0" P'lge 20 126 North ME • 773-8040 774-3550 tion, call Kim Burch at 76'-2582. 3007. ')0 ' blscn'Say weekly ' bciOb~ ~S, 1990 '. 'This staff volunteered to recycle all of the waste paper from vasser get in return for his or her 60 hours? Patricia Nick, founder and director of the the 1990 Maine Democratic ronvention," says Barbara. '1t was a "One earns a great deal of satisfaction," says canvasser Todd Vinatlaven Press, will discuss herwork. 4 pm, Oct 25, USM's Hastings lounge, gigantic undertaking and a big success. It was our program Chretien, tongue-in-cheek, "and about $375 a week." Gorham. Free and open to the public. director's (Bob Stein's) idea." If this sounds like a lot of money, consider that the job only 780-5460. Bob Stein has been on one telephone or another for six lasts seven months, and that most will be looking for work this The People'. Republic Today li Xiaolin, OFF THE if November whether Neil Rolde wins or not. First Secretary ,Embassyofthe People's months and is not quite sure the recycling effort was his idea, Republic of China, will speak. 8 pm, Oct but he remembers the spirit in which it was made. 'There was Michael Pajak hopes that he, at least, won't have that 30, USM's luther Bonney Hall, Port­ initial agreement early on to do things like recycle paper. We problem. "Where will I be a month from now? Hopefully Continued from page 19 land. Free and open to the public. 780- 4200. weren't after symbolism. We wanted to do something that was working for Neil Rolde in Washington. I think I'm going to be Poet Deborah Ward DeNicola will read CLOCK real. This was the first major recycling effort at any convention there." from her work as part of The Cafe Re­ The Community leadership Program in history, so it was a sort of a milestone." view Readings Series Oct 30 at 8 pm in is for people who are or want to be Across the lines the Cafe No, 20 Danforth St, Portland. actively involved in their communities Other "Rolde Crew" efforts have been to build Tim Foret, a Admission is $2. 772-8114. and who want their actions to make a "Castlemania," a community playground at Mallett School in Three things indicated that my visit to the Cohen campaign SENSE Political Campaign Strategy and difference. The program runs from Jan­ Farmington, and to organize an uproming statewide, free, one­ headquarters would be significantly different from my visit to Tactics will be featured by Sebago April and provides participants the op­ volunteer Community leadership Program The Magazine, a community TV show pro­ portunity to develop their leadership day medical clinic in Maine. the Rolde campaign headquarters, all of which proved to be Community leadership Institute at USM duced by SI. Joseph's College. The skills, broaden their understanding 01 "We haven't lined up all the doctors yet," says Bob, "but if it false. canvasser for the is designed to help individuals and or­ show will consist 01 a 3-member panel community issues, leam from commu­ happens, it's going to be a really big event. I'm really excited," The first indicator came in the mail. In his rush to get back to ganizations develop their capacity to discussing modern campaign strategies nity leaders and meet other individuals become effective and well-inlormed and tactics, campaign ethics and "the with similar interests. Call the U SM Dept. me on some issue or other, Cohen campaign press secretary Rolde Campaign, BLACK TIE community leaders. The next short good, the bad and the ugly· of current 01 Community Programs for more infor­ The price of victory Doug Jones sent me a message printed on stationary from a • distinctive catering course being olfered in the Cli program campaigns in Maine. Thehall-hourshow mation at 874-6500. What is unusual about the "Rolde Crew's" extracurricular couple of campaigns ago. is "Media: Paid, Eamed and Antagonis­ is schedured to air on Public Cable Donate Blood! The Portland Red Cross prevented the tic: beginning Nov 1,4:30-6:45 pm. The (Channel 37 for most viewers in Greater is looking for donors. Magicians aren't activities is not so much their willingness to do something for When I tried to call Doug back, I discovered that one of the I. Book us now for all of your class will meet on 3 Thu eves. Tuition is Portiand) as follows: Oct 26, 8:30 pm; the only ones who can perform wonders. the state or the local rommunity, but that they find time to do telephone numbers listed on the stationery had been disron­ loss of his left HolidilY Catering $65. For more inlormation, call 874- Oct 27, 2:30 and 8:30 pm; Oct 28, 2:30 For more information, call n5-2367. t and 8:30 0cI29, 2:30 and 8:30 pm; anything else at all. nected. The other belonged to a private residence somewhere in I f needs 6500. pm; Healing Apprentices are now being ac­ Dr. Helen Calclcott w~1 speak on Envi­ Oct 30, 10:30 am; Oct 31, 10:30 am; cepted for an innovative program creat­ After seven to 10 months of 65-hour work weeks, the average Portland - people not likely to vote for the senator, as they have thigh by ttY ronmentalism, Global Harmony and Nov " 10:30 am. 892~766, ext 771. ing healing environments. Volunteers campaign worker is ready for a gold watch and a rent-ron­ grown weary with taking Mr. Cohen's urgent calls. I thought: Is 870 Broad • So. Portland • 799-7119 Citizen Action at 7:30 pm, 0cI25, M uskie wil gain hands-on experience. For more trolled condo in Horida. As it is, most canvassers and staffers this some sort of dimly veiled message of political rancor? Are Archives, Bates College, l_iston. Free. inlormation,caJIMayboSomedayatn3- sacrificing his don't have time to scratch, let alone build some kid a castle. they avoiding me? Why would a group of solid Republicans not , . 3275. Refugee R.. ettlement Program is 'This is a great job for single ," says Barbara want to speak to someone from Casco Bay Weekly? clipboard to the I I opening a second "transit house" Holt. "But we have a lot of married people on staff here. You The second harbinger of new experiences was the appear­ apartment to help provide temporary ance of the Cohen headquarters itself. Unlike the posh high-rise housing for the large number of new have to live a campaign, and most marriages do not flourish canines of a 120 arrivals. Donations of the following ur­ under these condi tions." grandeur of the Rolde campaign headquarters, the Cohen gently requested: beds, Unens, silver­ Bob Stein and his wife have two kids, whom Bob sees campaign is situated in a duplex on outer Congress Street. From A boUstic approacb to ware, dishes and cook ware. Also lb. German tberapeutic massage by a needed: people to provide 2 weeks occasionally, but seldom when they're awake. 'This has always across the street, it resembles nothing so much as a cut-rate temporary housing to new arrivals. To been a time-consuming job," he says, "but since Labor Day it's insurance firm, the kind of business that would run a newspa­ professional experienced in I shepherd" conventional medicine. donate goods or volunteer, call 871- all been 60- to 7O-hour weeks. It's been hard on the kids and per ad beginning with the words, "Have You Lost Your Kllq . 7437. , , School Vofunteers The Adams Com­ hard on me. But I guess it's been hardest on my wife." Driver's License?" Kathie D" McGonagle, LPN, CMT I roonity School, a kindergarlen through And it may get harder. Like half a dozen or so other Rolde The third sign of electoral otherness hangs ponderously 3rd grade facility in Portland, needs staffers, Bob faces the peculiar pain of victory. If Rolde wins, inside the first floor office. After relinquishing my jacket to a TherapeutiC Massage volunteers and, more important, a Vol· unteer Coordinator to get their program then Bob and his family may be asked to pull up stakes in helpful staffer, I found myself face-to-face with a larger-than­ 207-846-3306 or 781-5540 £L \ \ going. The Coordinator will assist beautiful Southern Maine and head for the urban desolation of life - perhaps even larger-than-God - portrait of the candidate teachers, parents and administrators in Washington, D.C. himself, the Honorable Sir Senator William Cohen: poet, encouraging parents, community members and businesses to participate 'That would be the big question. If Neil wins, I would like to congressman and power forward. (Which is a position on a in school altairs and in enriching stu­ stay in Maine, but I think that my wife would want to go to basketball team, in case you don't follow such things.) dents' experiences. The right person It's an incredible, not to say frightening, sight. His teeth are will be organized, able to motivate Washington. She just happens to like big cities. We'll see." people, possess good communication Most of the canvassers, the Energy Conservation Classes The Sea Ducks: Hunting the Offshore skills and a good imagination, pleasant door-to-door "campaign Energy Conservation Division of the Dept Ledge l.l. Bean oilers this public clinic disposition, an interest in education and 01 Economic and Community Develop­ on Oct 251rom 7:30-8:30 pm, at the L.l. a commItment to improving the lives of grunts" upon whom success­ ment will conduct a series 01 workshops Bean Retail Store on Rte 1 In Freeport. children. For more information. call the ful campaigns are built, don't on energy conservation this lall. Upon Call 1-800-341-4341 , ext. 7800 or (207) Center for Voluntary Actionat874-1015. have to worry about going to completion of the workshop, participants 865-4761, ext. 7800. will receive a certificate for a 50 percent Shambhala Training level One: Ordi­ Washington. "We're going to rebate up to $200 lor weatherization nary Magic, the Art of Being Human. be Rolde supporters," says materials, energy efficient lighting Weekend seminar 01 talks, interviews, Sandra Gilbert, part-owner of products and heating system mainte­ discussions and meditation practices. nance. The REAP workshops will be Friday night Introductory talk free and The Mind's Eye frame shop conducted through area adult education open to the public at 8 pm, Nov 2. in Freeport. "We're going to programs. Contact your local Adult Scholarships and studentlsenior dis­ - stay here and vote." Education Dirctor or the Energy Con­ counts available. Nov 2-4,123 Main S1. servation Division at 289-6000 lor Yarmouth (North Yarroouth Academy). Sandra and three of her ro­ workshop times and places nearest you. For more information, call 761 -1548. grunts sit at a table in the An exploration of Selluallty and Film Special Needs The Employment Coor­ center of the Rolde headquar­ A year-long series 01 films focusing on dinating Council of Southern Maine is various issuesol sexuality will be shown sponsoring seminars on transilion ters stuffing envelopes and at Bowdoin College on Mon eves. Films geared towards special needs youth talking quieti y while the will be shown in the Language Media and their families. Seminars: Oct 25, HELP campaign rages around them. Center, Sills Hal, at 7:30 pm. These "Community Providers·; Nov 15, "Fam­ screenings are open to the public. Films ily Advocacy." Child care and transpor­ A..R. T .s. Anonymous is a group ollocaJ istening to them compare to be shown include Rosemary's Baby! tation will be avaIlable for each seminar artists recovering through the Twelve notes, it becomes apparent Nosferatu Oct 29 and Swept Away Nov by prior reservation. The building is fully Steps, who have come together to form that canvassers have the most 5. 725-3003. accessible and interpretors will be on a support group that meets every Mon GhOllts and Haunted Hau... Revis­ hand. For more information or reserva­ eve at 7 pm at SI. luke's Cathedral, interesting and the most Ited Norm Gauthier, director 01 the So­ tions, call 1-800-564-9696. Admission State St, Portland. For more informa­ boring jobs in the campaign. ciety for Psychic Research of New is free. Each of the seminars will be held tion, call 846-6911. Many of the canvasser's Hampshire and Massachusetts, will in Room 250 from 7-9 pm, at PRVTC, Biracial Famlll.. ' Support Group The explore tales of ghosts and haunted 196 Allen Ave, Portland. YWCA Racial Justice Conmittee has day-to-day tasks, like stuffing houses, relating his research on over Too Good for Her Own Good: Break­ organized asupportgroup for parents of envelopes, are not interesting 200 buildings and interviews with over Ing Free from Female Responsibil­ children in biracial familes. The winter enough even to be properly 1,000 people. 7-9 pm, Oct 30, USM's Ity Claudia Bepko and Jo-ann Krestan, schedule of meetings is as lollows: Nov luther Bonney Hall, Portland. Admis­ the authors of this new book in exploring 7,14,28 & Dec 12, from 6:30-8 pm, at boring. But others, like going sion: $18. 874-6500. female responsibility and behavior, will the YWCA. 87 Spring St, Portland. door-to-door and meeting the Gone WIth the Wlnd: Film and Novel is discuss theirworkat 7 pm, Oct 29 at the Participation is Iree and open to the Common Folk, can be a lecture and disaJssion series spon­ Curtis Memorial library ,23 Pleasant St, public. For more inlormation, call the sored by the Cape Elizabeth Historic Brunswick. 725-5242. YWCA at 874-1130. extremely interesting. Preservation Society and the Thomas Us.,.' Group The Downeast 9gers, a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support Too interesting, maybe. Memorial library. Film: Oct 30, 7 pm; group of owners of Texas Instruments Group meets the first and third Sun of "Look at this," says canvas "Specials" Discussion of novel: Nov 8, 7 pm. In the home computer and related hard- and every month from 4-5 pm in the Mercy ANJON'S Lunch 11:30-5-7 Days COI1'1IOOnity Room of the Thomas Me­ software, are interested in helping any­ Hospital basement auditorium For more director Michael Pajak. He morial library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape one owning a TI99!4A find what s/he information, call n5-2219 or 625-8412. hands me a clipboard that o Fish and Chips yOW' Cbo/ce ltaliall Re.taurallt Elizabelh.799-1720. needs to make the system more pro­ Individuals with Disabllltl.. (sponsored has suffered some sort of Leslie Merrll connects with the electorate near the end of a long, long day" -UverAOnJoWl $2 Introduction to Screenwrltlng, Part oJ!aplaftt .....mlaiana .95 ductive. Monthly meetings held every by Alpha One, Center for Independent anel Lounle II, a workshop, is a nuls-and-bolts intro second Mon at Maine Specialty Foods, living) holds meetings the 3rd Mon of trauma. One rorner of the 10 the lonnat and devices of screen­ bigger than wallets. The pores on his nose are the size of .lllce 1957 - Broiled. Salmon yOW' Cboke 184 Read St, Portland. For more info or each month, 7-8:30 pm, in the Corrvnu­ clipboard is bent and has been punctured by what looks to have plays. Taught by screenwriter and nov­ directions, call Tom Berman at n4- nity Room, landry Village, Westbrook teacups. The adjective that romes to the mind is "obscene." I :~~$3"95 elist Mike Kimball, author of Firewater 5048 or Patrick Powell at 934-2952. St, S. PorUand. For more information, been a ,38 caliber slug, Stuck in the clip is a piece of paper that wonder: isn't this the sort of thing that we send people like Pond. 10 am-3 pm, Oct 27. Cost is $30 Yarmouth Wate Audit During the 1st call Cress at 767-2189. bears this caveat: -Tortdllnl Seafood Alfredo Cohen to Washington to make laws against in the first place? for members of MWPA, $35 for others. two weeks in Nov, the Yarroouth Waste Infant Parenting classes are now being "To those who dare to canvas! On Saturday, August 18, 1990, - Lobstet- RoD "'- Cbo/ce Preregistration required; nowalk-inswill Reduction and Recycling Committee will offered by Portland Public Health for But after a few minutes of casual chitchat with Bob Tayrer, oFisherman's Platte~4 95 be admitted. Send payment to MWPA, be conducting a Waste Audit with town PorUand residents. Meet other parents. Tim Foret, a volunteer canvasser for the Rolde Campaign, (. i1oddod< • o.hrimp • dama) " Cohen's campaign manager, I find that I am once again at ease, 521 U,S, 19 Mason SL Brunswick 04011. To re­ businesses and 50 participating house­ share ideas, frustrations and joys 01 prevented the loss of his left thigh by sacrificing his clipboard to serve a space call 729-6333. the memory of Cohen's cavernous nostrils already fading. Photos by Route 1, holds. The purpose is to determine the parenting. Class begins Nov 2. For more the canines of a 120 lb. German shepherd. Asked afterward if he Scarborough, DINNER SPEOALS Opera On Film A series of six opera vid­ type and amounts of waste generated in information or to register, call 874-8300 "We look for three things when we hire staffers," says Mr. Maine eos wil be shown at Bowdoin CoNege in Yarmouth. This exercise affords the ext. 8784. wanted to canvas the following week, Tim replied, 'Sure, but Tayrer, "FITst, they have to be rommitted to Bill Cohen. We see Tonee Harbert Tel: (207) Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. opportunity for Yarmouth households Ingraham Volunt_rs Help available by can I have a new clipboard?'" -One Pound Sirloin a lot of browsers and current-events types that are pretty bright 883·9562 All six will be shown on Suns at 7 pm. and businesses to examine their waste phone 24 hours a day. Call n4-HElP. Pajak, himself an old campaigner, has seen his share of -Two Boiled Lobsters Your Screenings are free and open to the generation and disposal habits. If you Injured Workers Meeting for workers and know how to talk issues, but that's not what we need here. public. "La Boheme" (Zeffirelli version) are interested in participating in this having diffICUlty with workman's compo action, of rourse. "Second, we look for someone who is willing to get his or her • All major credit cards accepted ·seafoocl Fettuccine $Choice on Oct 28, ·The Threepenny Opera" on project lor all types and sizes of house­ system 7:30 pm every Wed at Goodall "I was nipped in the ankle by a Pekinese in Westbrook this hands dirty. A lot of people tell you in advance that they don't Cafbooara 9"95 Nov 11, and "The Rake's Progress· on holds from single person to roolti-family Hall next to Sanford Unitarian Church, • Happy Hour Mon.-Pri. 4-8 Nov 25. For more information, call 725- households, contactT om Plante at n5- summer. He didn't break the skin, though." ( • LoIloIet - Shrimp • Satllof> comer of lebanon and Maine streets, • Plenty of Free Parking 3254'. 5401 (w), 846-0718(h), or Amy Soule at Sanford. Still, it was well that Pajak had a job, what with all the talk -Otk:keo A Shrimp PIcatta 846-9369. Respond by Oct 25. • Free Appetizers in our Lounge about the high rost of health care. What does a salaried can- Continued on page 10 Oc:tober 25, 1990 - 21

Flu Clinics The Heaith Promotion Pro­ 1 0 01= Bay v,ukly gram of Comrrunity Heaith Services will sponsor an Adult Flu Clinic for $8, at the following tirnes and locations: Oct 31 CAMPAIGN GRUNTS from 9:30-11 :30 am. St. Anne's Church, Gorham. For more information. call 775- Continued from page 9 7231, ext 551 or 1-800-479-4331 . Health.hare Arcade at Portland Public Por Library has computer programs. Health on Risk Appraisal and more to help you want to canvas or whatever. leam about your health. Call 871 -1700 for hours. Come for "Third, you have to believe that the experience itself is A Healthy Day for Women Mercy Hos­ meritorious. We want peaple with some enthusiasm." pital and University of Southern Maine lunch at They've got 'em. The Cohen campaign staff is considerably sponsor a day-long conference. includ­ ing various workshops. with the follow­ the Port smaller than the Rolde staff: 10 salaried staffers, most of whom ing goals: a look at both traditional and BakeHouse work primarily in the main office. Anyone of the Cohen people non-traditionai approaches to healing could fill in at the Rolde campaign, and in fact most of them and well-being; new information and resources for common heaith concerns look, dress, walk and talk like people on the Rolde campaign to women; tips for staying fit. managing staff. stress. and healthy eating ; an opportu· Expecting to find a relaxed, Cohen's-tortoise-to-Rolde's-~are nity to grow 10 higher levels of spiritual and emotional growth; mutual support campaign, I am surprised to learn that the Cohen staff has hved and leaming from each other. Nov 3. the same grueling schedule as the Rolde peaple - for almost as 8 :30 am-4 :15 pm, USM. Portland Campus. Fee: $55. includes lunch. Early For long. "I started working on this campaign back in February," registration encouraged. For more in­ 205 Commercial Street says Doug Jones. "Most of us work about twelve hours a day, fonnation or to make registrations, cali Also 263 St.John St. - 773-5466 six days a week. It's a long week." 874-6500. But not everyone works those hours. Christina Mclaughlin H,O.P.E. Self-help support groups with facilitators meet weekly to help heal the works in data entry for the Cohen campaign a mere 40 hours a emotional pain associated with serious For Your Adventure of the Senses ••• week. What does she do in her spare time? "I'm a student at diseases. Meetingsareat Unity Church, USM," she says. "I'm taking three classes this term. If I'm lucky, 16 Columbia Rd. Portland. Tuesdays 2- TRY YOU'LL LIKE USI 4 pm, 5-7:30 pm and Thursdays 1 0 am- I sleep." 12 noon. There are also support groups • FNO Mo.. ltenhip -\!llil l\ ( ~ml I(I I for the family and friends of the ill that wi moio' c.edlt co.d - Mo.. Now Rolo ••o. Citizens in the land of the cynical meet Thu's, 7·9 pm. For more informa­ CORPORATE f tion call1-BOO-339-HOPE. lhan anyone in the area Downstairs in Cohen campaign headquarters, away from the Innerlight Well ness offers Kripalu yoga - $3 for 3 Nights telephones and computers, two volunteers sit stuffing enve­ classes. individual yoga therapy ses­ (50¢ credil if returned early) Mental Health Forum The Maine Dep't Back Injury Prevention The American lopes. One, a pleasant man named James Duclos, works 10 to 15 01 Mental Health and Mental Retarda· Red Cross. PorUand Chapler, is offering sions and hoiistic well ness consultalion MEMBERSHIPS - 24 Hour Tapo aotum services. Fall yoga classes are ongoing hours a week on the Cohen cause in various capacities. "I used tion is sponsoring a public forum on certification in back injury prevenlion. 1- as low as mental health issues statewide. These 3 pm. Oct 29 (2 hours). $25. Advance in Porliand. Introductory offer available 1041 Brighton Ave., Portland to be a Democrat," he says. "Now I'm doing everything I can forums are held annually to provide registration is required; walk-in students for individual yoga therapy session. Fall workshops: Oct 27. 9 :30 am-4 pm. 773-2045 for the Republican effort. It's one way to see that what you care Maine citizens the opportunity to e~ ­ nol accepted. 524 Forest Ave. Portland. MONTH-FULL press their ideas and concems about Call 874-1192 for further information. Kripalu Yoga Introductory Intensive - 825 about in this society comes to pass. mental health and special services in Breast Cancer Screening During Oct. the five stages of meditation-in-motion, MEMBERSHIP $60: Dec 1. 9 :3Oam-4pm. Kripalu Yoga "Working on a campaign like this is the next best thing to Ma.ne. The forum will concentrate on many facilities throughoul Maine which . per perSO'l paid n full children'sservlces from 3 :30-5 pm. Adult perform mammograms are offering and the Chakras - home practice lor the ENDLESS VIDEO ...... -...... - running for office yourself. This is the best way to see your holidays and beyond, $60. Call 874- mental health Issues will be the focus of mammograms at reduced prices to oAerobics/Step Aerobics -Massage Therapy ideas converted into actions." 2341 for informationlregistrationlloca­ the 5 :30 through 7 pm sessions. Oct 29. women who are over 40 years of age. -NautilUS oFreeze Policy Sitting next to James at the back table is Torn Gieringer, a Payson Smith Hall, USM, Portland. Call who have not had one in the past two tion. oSauna & Steam Rooms youth of some 50 years, who has corne, he says, to do som~thing 289-4200 for further information. years. who are not pregnant or nursing. Medicinal Herba for Senior Health A oFree Weights Rape Crisis Center Annual Meeting and who do not have symploms of breast 1-day workshop will focus on the pattems oTanning o12'x12' Jacuzzi about the state the world's in. How long has he been workmg Family. Friends and Others: ReactIons cancer. Women may cali 1 -800-4- and problems of aging. and will cover on this campaign? to Sexual Assault, leaturing keynote CANCER during Oct between 9 am and medicinal herbs useful for the various "About 45 years," he says. "I've been escorting people to the speaker Dr. Ellen Brockman of the Victim 4:30 pm to determine their eligibility to body systems as they undergo this Services Agency. NYC. 7·9 pm, Oct 25. part.cipate in the program. process. We wili discuss osteoporosis! polls, going to hospitals so that peaple can sign sick ballots, Woodfords Congregatoonal Church. 774- Community CPR American Red Cross arthritis, cardiovascular disturbances. things like that. I'm a warden at the Portland Vocational School 3613 offers cerllfication in adult. child and d.gesbve function. cancer. allergies and more. Participants wili also make an on election day. I'm definitely involved." Senior Outreach Services In response inlanlCPR skrlls (8 hours). 6 pm-10 pm. to the needs ot older people, Southern Nov 16 & 23. Portland Chapter. 524 herbal preparation 10 lake home. Worl