Happy Birthday Grampsie.

Anthea Butler, a theologian whose forthcoming book explores the connection between Sarah Palin’s politics and her religion, gives the keynote address, Martin Luther King Jr. and America’s Bad Check: America’s Poor in the 21st Century, inside a packed Gomes Chapel at Bates College in Lewiston. It is part of a day filled with speakers and activities in honor of the civil rights activist.

Since 1963, Leopold Soucy has been shoveling out the front of his apartment on Walnut Street in Lewiston. Ten of them with Leopold, his chihuahua poodle mix. He was not happy with having to reshovel after the city sidewalk cleaner came by and "made a mess!"