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FINDING A LAWYERIf you need a lawyer, the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Service can help. The Lawyer Referral Service will put you in touch with a professional qualified to handle your case.

Call: (617) 654-0400; or toll free at (866) MASS LRS When: Weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For info: Online, www.massbar.org Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of monthly columns that addresses readers’ questions on legal topics. Please send your questions to Ask the Experts, Plus Papers, The Republican, P.O. Box 2350, Springfield, MA 01102-2350, or e-mail to pluspapers@repub.com with “Ask the Experts” in the subject line.

Q:I’m in the process of getting a divorce and need a lawyer to help me file a complaint and get temporary child support. But, I can’t afford to pay for an entire divorce.

The United Phoenix Firefighters Association and the Phoenix Fire Department honored seven attorneys and a law firm for their services to the State Bar’s Wills for Heroes program. The attorneys are Trisha L. Baggs of Phoenix, Nicole Seder-Cantelme of Phoenix, Jeffrey H. Jacobson of Tucson, Denise E. McClain of Scottsdale, Angela C. Moore of Tucson, Patti J. Shelton of Sun City and Susan Brichler Trujillo of Phoenix. Kent W. Stevens, managing partner of Quarles & Brady in Phoenix, also received an award on behalf of his firm. The seven attorneys donated over 100 hours of pro-bono service to Wills for Heroes, a statewide program organized by the Bar’s Young Lawyers Division, through which volunteer attorneys help Arizona’s first responders create wills and other estate-planning documents. To date the program has completed 2,726 wills, held 54 events in 11 counties and donated over 3,300 hours of free legal services.

Four more states have joined California and others to ask a federal judge that she hold Microsoft to its antitrust settlement for another five years.

New York, Maryland, Louisiana and Florida filed papers with US District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly late last Thursday asking her to continue monitoring Microsoft’s compliance with the consent decree that the company struck with federal and state regulators in 2002. The four states added their voices to those raised by a California-led group of six states and the District of Columbia earlier in the week in asking for a five-year extension to the decree oversight.

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MS. PERINO: It’s Friday; I have two announcements and then will take your questions.

Later this afternoon, the President will announce additional sanctions against the leaders and cronies of Burma’s dictatorial regime. He is taking this action because Burma has failed to show progress towards easing restrictions against the peaceful people of Burma who long for freedom and democracy. Additional details will be available after his statement that detail out those sanctions and other actions.

And then tomorrow, the President will be heading to the beautiful Eastern Shore of Maryland. He will focus on a conservation message tomorrow in taking two actions – let me detail them just a little bit, and then I’ll turn you over to Jim Connaughton; at 3:45 p.m. he’ll have a conference call to give you more information.

Firefighters battled stubborn wildfires across Southern California on Saturday, but scattered showers brought a welcome improvement in conditions.Tropical moisture flowing from the south replaced the hot, dry Santa Ana winds that roared in a week earlier and spread fires over more than a half-million acres, destroying more than 2,300 structures, including 1,700 homes.The number of deaths directly attributed to the fires officially rose to seven. Officials confirmed that the flames killed four suspected illegal immigrants whose charred bodies were found near the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday, said Jose Alvarez, a public information officer for San Diego County emergency services. Identification of the victims was continuing.Although more than a dozen blazes were surrounded, containment of nine other blazes ranged from 97 percent to just 25 percent.

BORA-BORA, French Polynesia - A dream landscape emerged as our dinghy sped through turquoise waters toward the uninhabited South Seas islet of Tapu. On a triangular speck of sand and coconut palms, blossoms of red hibiscus, white gardenia and yellow plumeria bobbed on the water at land’s edge.

As we stepped from the boat, a sommelier offered flutes bubbling with Dom Perignon. Behind him, china and crystal sparkled on a dining table positioned in shallow water at the edge of the lagoon. A French sous-chef worked nearby, his grill partly hidden by palm fronds.

It was just another day in paradise for the staff of the St. Regis Resort, Bora-Bora, where producing dream scenarios is part of the job. On this April afternoon, staffers were helping a couple celebrate an anniversary, and I had tagged along.

The neighborhood grocery store in the East Village is closing after a short six-month stint.

�It�s a very sad day,� said Brian Borchardt, of the Village Market at 325 E. Fifth St. �There�s just not enough traffic coming into the store. We�re probably ahead of our time here.�

The 2,000-square-foot grocery store opened in early April, but failed to catch on with neighboring residents and workers in the area, he said.

�We had a very loyal client base, but just not enough of them,� Borchardt said.

The store is holding a closing sale likely through the next two weeks or until inventories are depleted, he said.

ST Howard and restaurateur Steve Logsdon, who owns Basil Prosper�s Lucca in the East Village, were co-owners of the Village Market.

– Record third quarter revenues of $302.2 million. – Consolidated net income of $13.3 million for the third quarter of 2007 compared with $13.5 million for the third quarter of 2006. — Diluted earnings per share of $0.44 for the third quarter of 2007 compared with $0.45 for the third quarter of 2006. Announcements: — On November 1, 2007 the Board of Directors declared a quarterly common stock dividend of 29.25 cents per share, payable December 10. The Board also declared quarterly dividends on the corporation’s four series of preferred stock, payable December 1. Dividends are payable to shareholders of record as of November 15. — The corporation reaffirms its 2007 diluted earnings per share guidance from continuing operations to be in the range of $1.60 to $1.80.

“Our third quarter financial results were in line with our expectations,” said John Erickson, president and chief executive officer of Otter Tail Corporation.

You can customize your sneakers, your M&M’s and your ring tone, so why not your love life? You can personalize your partner search with niche online dating.

Several hundred niche dating sites now exist including:

AnimalAttraction.com

No, it’s not that kind of site. It’s for pet lovers? No, not those kind of pet lovers. Think of AnimalAttraction.com as an online dog park, but here you pick up people, not dog deposits.

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I know that many of you have been waiting anxiously, so here’s the update: VegiTerranean has a target opening date of Nov. 5.

Crews are putting the finishing touches on the vegetarian restaurant and coffee shop owned by rock and roll hall of famer Chrissie Hynde and Canton restaurateur Dan Duplain.

Executive Chef Scot Jones said staff for the kitchen and the front of the house has been hired and he hopes to begin training in the last week of October.

Jones said there had been talk of a soft opening simply opening the doors without any fanfare and then holding a grand opening at a later date. However, much of what happens will depend on Hynde’s schedule and when she will be back in her hometown of Akron.

He stressed that the Nov.