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<strong>Dorchester</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong><br />
“The News and Values Around the Neighborhood”<br />
Volume 29 Issue 27 Thursday, <strong>July</strong> 5, 2012 50¢<br />
Dr. Rev. Bill Loesch stands at the entrance of the newly renovated<br />
park named for him. The park will be re-dedicated on<br />
Saturday. Photo by Elizabeth Murray<br />
New name, amenities<br />
at Loesch Family Park<br />
Re-opening set for Saturday<br />
By ElizaBEth Murray<br />
SpEcial to thE rEportEr<br />
For 27 years while living<br />
across the street from the<br />
Cronin/Wainwright Park on<br />
Brent Street, Dr. Rev. Bill<br />
Loesch spent time planting<br />
flowers and trying to make it<br />
more attractive for visitors.<br />
Now, the newly renovated<br />
park he worked so hard to<br />
beautify will bear his name, as<br />
it will officially be unveiled as<br />
‘Dr. Loesch Family Park’ this<br />
Saturday.<br />
Rev. Loesch founded the<br />
Park Partners group to rally<br />
the neighborhood for improvements<br />
to the grounds and<br />
later called for city support to<br />
make the park a safe place for<br />
neighbors to meet. Rev. Loesch<br />
and his neighbors held twiceweekly<br />
meetings in his house<br />
for years to brainstorm ways<br />
to improve the neighborhood.<br />
Meetings usually averaged<br />
about five people unless a<br />
more serious topic was to be<br />
discussed.<br />
“The major concern was<br />
always, ‘This is here, what<br />
can we do to improve it?’” Rev.<br />
Loesch said.<br />
Rev. Loesch has always<br />
been a very active member<br />
of his community, helping<br />
form the Codman Square<br />
Neighborhood Council and<br />
the Breath of Life <strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
(BOLD) teen group. He was<br />
very active in civil rights<br />
issues in Boston, marching<br />
side-by-side with Dr. Martin<br />
Luther King Jr. and riding to<br />
school with students during<br />
the 1970’s busing crisis in<br />
Boston. Rev. Loesch and his<br />
daughter Cynthia have most<br />
recently been outspoken civic<br />
leaders in the Codman Square<br />
area.<br />
“I’ve always been a person<br />
that was raised to be very<br />
active in my family and very<br />
active in whatever church or<br />
group I’m involved with,” Rev.<br />
Loesch said. “Be very active<br />
with those right around you<br />
because that’s what counts<br />
is getting to know people and<br />
work with them. I’ve sort of<br />
lived that way.”<br />
(Continued on page 12)<br />
By ElizaBEth Murray<br />
SpEcial to thE rEportEr<br />
In one of the largest gatherings<br />
of residents and stakeholders<br />
in Codman Square<br />
and Four Corners, over 130<br />
people filled the Great Hall<br />
in Codman Square on June<br />
19 to participate in planning<br />
processes for the neighborhood.<br />
“I haven’t seen this much<br />
energy or resident involvement<br />
on a large scale in over 20<br />
years,” said Candice Gartley, a<br />
long time resident who works<br />
at Codman Square Health<br />
Center, in a statement.<br />
This was the first of three<br />
planning groups that would<br />
be held over the summer in<br />
order to develop a 10-year<br />
plan for the neighborhood.<br />
The event in Codman Square<br />
was put on by a collaboration<br />
of organizations, residents<br />
and businesses all under the<br />
banner of the Millennium Ten<br />
Initiative. The next event will<br />
be held on <strong>July</strong> 24 at Second<br />
Church in Codman Square.<br />
Millennium Ten is the third<br />
planning process like this in<br />
Codman Square and Four Corners<br />
in the last three decades,<br />
and it has been encouraging<br />
residents and stakeholders<br />
to come together and discuss<br />
the neighborhood’s future<br />
since 2010. Since the Millennium<br />
Ten neighborhoods<br />
(Continued on page 9)<br />
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Funding for Dot sidewalks<br />
falls short in roads bill<br />
By GintautaS DuMciuS<br />
nEwS EDitor<br />
State Rep. Marty Walsh<br />
had pushed for the funding<br />
of $3.5 million for <strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
sidewalks in transportation<br />
legislation that was on the<br />
move on Beacon Hill, but<br />
the version of the bill that<br />
reached Gov. Deval Patrick’s<br />
desk last week did not include<br />
the money, and the matter of<br />
the sidewalk repairs remains<br />
under discussion.<br />
The proposed replacement<br />
of sidewalks would start at<br />
the intersection of Gallivan<br />
Boulevard and Granite Avenue<br />
and end at 100 Morrissey<br />
Boulevard, at UMass Boston.<br />
The deteriorated condition of<br />
the sidewalks has prompted<br />
frequent complaints from<br />
neighborhood activists.<br />
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Patchwork repairs mark the<br />
sidewalk outside St. Brendan’s<br />
church. Ed Forry photo<br />
“The sidewalk has been a<br />
disgrace for 20 years,” said<br />
Sean Weir, president of the<br />
Cedar Grove Civic Association.<br />
Residents find Mattapan<br />
a fair/good neighborhood<br />
By tayla holMan<br />
SpEcial to thE rEportEr<br />
After a year of reaching out<br />
to the community, Mattapan<br />
United revealed the results of<br />
resident feedback at its “give<br />
back” meeting Wednesday<br />
evening at the Young Achievers<br />
School.<br />
$32.5b budget seen ‘positive’<br />
for Dot, Mattapan. Page 5<br />
Temporary patches, like asphalt<br />
in front of St. Brendan’s<br />
Church, are not the solution,<br />
Weir said. He also said city and<br />
state agencies had spent years<br />
pointing fingers over who is<br />
responsible for maintenance<br />
of the sidewalks, before the<br />
state Department of Transportation’s<br />
acknowledgement<br />
of responsibility for Gallivan<br />
Boulevard.<br />
Walsh called the sidewalks’<br />
condition “terrible” and a<br />
“disaster,” adding that the<br />
money would go towards new<br />
curb cuts.<br />
But the Senate did not agree<br />
to the inclusion of the funds,<br />
(Continued on page 5)<br />
Over 130 people attended a working group meeting at the Great<br />
Hall in Codman Square last month to help develop a 10 year<br />
plan for the neighborhood. Photo courtesy Millennium Ten<br />
Most respondents said the<br />
quality of life in Mattapan was<br />
fair to good, with few responses<br />
for poor or excellent. “People<br />
like living here,” said Donna<br />
Haig Freidman, director for<br />
the Center for Social Policy at<br />
UMass Boston’s McCormack<br />
(Continued on page 13)<br />
INSIDE THIS WEEK<br />
New York Giants head<br />
coach Tom Coughlin,<br />
left, has not forgotten his<br />
Brockton “scrapper” of 20<br />
years ago. Page 15.<br />
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Page 2 THE REPORTER <strong>July</strong> 5, 2012<br />
<strong>Reporter</strong>’s Notebook On The Record<br />
Council okays budget<br />
with unaccustomed ease<br />
By GintautaS DuMciuS<br />
nEwS EDitor<br />
City councillors last week signed<br />
off on Mayor Thomas Menino’s $2.5<br />
billion fiscal 2013 budget. The budget<br />
vote, which usually draws criticism<br />
from District 4 Councillor Charles<br />
Yancey, was unanimous and uncharacteristically<br />
matter of fact. Menino’s<br />
press office, in a press release hours<br />
after the 13-0 tally, re-used some of the<br />
quotes by the mayor that were deployed<br />
in the April release announcing the<br />
budget and its highlights.<br />
The budget, for the fiscal year that<br />
began on Sunday, shows an increase<br />
of 3 percent – or $72 million – over last<br />
year’s bill. The five-year $1.8 billion<br />
capital budget, which includes funding<br />
for a number of projects in <strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
and Mattapan as well as money for the<br />
redevelopment of Dudley Square and<br />
its long-neglected Ferdinand building<br />
and for 40 miles of rebuilt roadways,<br />
was also approved in the unanimous<br />
vote.<br />
The public schools budget received<br />
a separate vote, with a lone “no” from<br />
District 8 Councillor Michael Ross,<br />
who emerged as a vigorous critic of<br />
the school department’s proposal to<br />
relocate a Mission Hill school out of<br />
his district and into Jamaica Plain.<br />
The Menino administration pointed<br />
out that five teen centers will be<br />
undergoing a redesign effort and noted<br />
an increase in funds for the Boston<br />
Police Department’s Neighborhood<br />
Watch Unit.<br />
Harvard institute offers<br />
report on three strikes bill<br />
As a six-member committee of<br />
legislators worked on an overhaul of<br />
the state’s sentencing laws, a Harvard<br />
Law institute issued a report saying<br />
there is “no need” for the legislation.<br />
The Charles Hamilton Houston<br />
Institute for Race and Justice, run by<br />
Prof. Charles Ogletree, an opponent<br />
of the legislation, released the 26-page<br />
report.<br />
“It will further burden our severely<br />
overcrowded prisons, and risk the<br />
safety of employees and prisoners,”<br />
Ogletree said in a statement accompanying<br />
the report. “Our communities<br />
of color will suffer the most from these<br />
changes.”<br />
The bills (S 2080 and H 3818), known<br />
together as “three strikes” legislation,<br />
tackle changes to the habitual offender<br />
laws. The bills passed the Senate<br />
unanimously, and overwhelmingly in<br />
the House, with the exception of “no”<br />
votes from the caucus of black and<br />
Latino legislators.<br />
The report claims the bills will cost<br />
the state an additional $125 million<br />
a year. “It is not too late,” the report<br />
says. “The bills can be stopped by the<br />
Conference Committee or amended<br />
to target the most serious repeat<br />
offenders, while preserving resources<br />
for programs that actually improve<br />
public safety and strengthen our<br />
communities.”<br />
Crimes listed as “strikes” in the<br />
bills should be narrowed to “only the<br />
most serious offenses,” and habitual<br />
offenders with life sentences should<br />
be eligible for parole after serving 25<br />
years, the report says.<br />
“By properly limiting the applicability<br />
of the habitual offender provisions,<br />
Massachusetts will be able to reinvest<br />
in its people through education,<br />
treatment, training, and community<br />
development programs,” the report<br />
concludes. “Unlike mandatory prison<br />
sentences, these programs have a<br />
proven effect on reducing recidivism<br />
and, better still, strengthening our<br />
communities to prevent the creation<br />
of future offenders.”<br />
With the conference committee<br />
working on a compromise – state<br />
Rep. Russell Holmes, a Mattapan<br />
Democrat is keeping an eye on the<br />
negotiations – the content of the<br />
legislation has shifted in the last few<br />
months, and potentially shortened the<br />
shelf-life of the report.<br />
The State House News Service<br />
asked the head of the House half of the<br />
conference committee, Rep. Eugene<br />
O’Flaherty, about the request from<br />
groups to postpone action on the bills.<br />
O’Flaherty noted that the Judiciary<br />
Committee has considered similar bills<br />
over the years. “In terms of delaying<br />
an issue because of further study,<br />
respectfully I would suggest that’s not<br />
where we are at this point,” he said.<br />
Lawmakers are working under a<br />
<strong>July</strong> 31 deadline for controversial and<br />
complex bills since they adjourn formal<br />
sessions after that day and turn their<br />
focus onto the campaign trail.<br />
It’s another girl for the Forrys<br />
On Sunday night, state Rep. Linda<br />
Dorcena Forry gave birth to a baby<br />
girl, Norah Marianne, who joins John<br />
Patrick (8), Conor Joseph (5), Madeline<br />
Casey (2), and Dad Bill at the Forry<br />
homestead. Mother and baby, who was<br />
born at St. Elizabeth’s at 9:17 p.m., are<br />
said to be doing well.<br />
Rep. Forry, a <strong>Dorchester</strong> Democrat<br />
who has served in the House since<br />
2005, is married to <strong>Reporter</strong> managing<br />
editor Bill Forry.<br />
Quote of Note: Gov. Patrick on<br />
whether the individual mandate<br />
is a tax<br />
With policy dealt with – the Supreme<br />
Court deciding to uphold President<br />
Obama’s health care reform effort –<br />
talk inside and outside the Beltway<br />
quickly turned to politics last week:<br />
What does Chief Justice John Roberts’<br />
designation of the individual mandate<br />
requiring people to buy health<br />
insurance as a tax mean for the 2012<br />
presidential election.<br />
Republicans immediately seized on<br />
the development as a weapon to batter<br />
Democrats. All Republicans except the<br />
de facto party leader, Mitt Romney. If<br />
the Affordable Care Act’s mandate is<br />
a tax, then so is the mandate in the<br />
similar health reform effort Romney<br />
championed in Massachusetts while<br />
governor (and, to be fair, was also<br />
approved by an overwhelmingly<br />
Democratic Legislature). A Romney<br />
surrogate told NBC’s Chuck Todd<br />
on Monday that the former governor<br />
believes the mandate is a “penalty.”<br />
It’s worth checking in on what<br />
Romney’s Democratic successor, who<br />
has spent some of his time in office<br />
implementing and seeking to tweak<br />
the Massachusetts health care reform<br />
law, is saying: “I don’t care what it’s<br />
called,” Gov. Deval Patrick told reporters.<br />
“What it is is a solution and it’s<br />
an important one. It’s one we’ve tried<br />
here in Massachusetts. It’s working<br />
very well and it’s done a lot of good<br />
for a lot of people.”<br />
Patrick, a former assistant attorney<br />
general under President Clinton,<br />
added: “I’m not the Constitutional<br />
scholar on this. Look, I’m not afraid of<br />
the word tax. I know that you like to<br />
ask people in elective office and watch<br />
them squirm when the word is used.<br />
That’s not my issue. That’s not my<br />
concern. And I think it doesn’t help to<br />
quibble over whether the penalty is a<br />
penalty or whether it’s something else<br />
masquerading as a penalty.”<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE: Check out<br />
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The Lit Drop, located at dotnews.com/<br />
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Adams Corner plaudits<br />
The Adams Corner Merchants Association presented honors to two local men<br />
for their efforts in supporting the local business and residential area. Pictured<br />
at the June 28 ceremony are (l-r): Association president Mary Kelly, BPD Area<br />
C-11 Captain Richard Sexton, Gerard Adomunes, owner of Gerard’s Adams<br />
Corner, and State Rep. Martin Walsh. Ed Forry photo<br />
Woman attacked by knife-wielder at Ashmont<br />
A woman in her 20’s was attacked by a man with a knife on Tuesday morning<br />
near the south entrance of the Ashmont MBTA station shortly after arriving at<br />
the station on a Brockton Area Transit bus. The victim was rushed to Boston<br />
Emergency Medical Services and is said to be recovering after being stabbed in<br />
the upper right shoulder and chest. The woman was conscious after the attack,<br />
and police reported her wounds were not considered life-threatening. Police<br />
say the suspect was a black man, 35-40, with a full beard, wearing blue jeans,<br />
black sneakers and possibly a burgundy shirt, last seen walking north on Dot.<br />
Ave. carrying a jacket in a plastic bag. The incident is still under investigation.<br />
More meetings set on assignment overhaul<br />
Boston Public Schools officials are hosting more community meetings this<br />
month as they work to overhaul the much-maligned student assignment process.<br />
A <strong>July</strong> 12 meeting is scheduled in Mattapan at the Mildred Ave. K-8 School.<br />
The Thursday meeting starts at 6 p.m. Haitian Creole interpreters will be<br />
available.<br />
Suffolk University will host a separate meeting on Wed., <strong>July</strong> 11, at 6 p.m.<br />
in its ninth floor conference room at 73 Tremont St.<br />
Other meetings are set for East Boston (<strong>July</strong> 17, 6 p.m., at Mario Umana<br />
Academy on Border St.); Roxbury (<strong>July</strong> 18, 5 p.m., at the O’Bryant School of<br />
Mathematics and Science); Charlestown (<strong>July</strong> 19 at 6 p.m. in the Warren-<br />
Prescott K-8 School on School St.); Chinatown (<strong>July</strong> 21 at 10 a.m. at the Boston<br />
Chinatown Neighborhood Association on Ash St.); and Allston-Brighton (<strong>July</strong><br />
24, 6 p.m. in the Edison K-8 School on Glenmont Rd. in Brighton).<br />
Mayor Thomas Menino and Superintendent Carol Johnson attended a previous<br />
meeting in <strong>Dorchester</strong> on June 24 at the St. Peter’s Teen Center. At the<br />
meeting, Mayor Menino and Dr. Johnson visited with parents and students.<br />
A plan revamping the school assignment process is expected to be released<br />
in the fall, with a School Committee vote likely during the coming winter.<br />
– REPORTER STAFF<br />
Networking breakfast with Menino <strong>July</strong> 12<br />
The Ashmont Grill, at 555 Talbot Ave. in Peabody Square, will be hosting a<br />
free networking breakfast with Mayor Thomas Menino on <strong>July</strong> 12. The session<br />
is scheduled to start at 7:30 a.m. and run until 9 a.m. The agenda includes a<br />
safety update for businesses from local police officials.<br />
Mass. business confidence index drops<br />
An index that measures business confidence among Massachusetts employers<br />
last month took its second biggest tumble in its 21-year history. The Associated<br />
Industries of Massachusetts Business Confidence Index fell 8.5 points in June<br />
to 48.3 - readings below 50 are considered in negative territory.<br />
- STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE<br />
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<strong>July</strong> 5, 2012 THE REPORTER Page 3<br />
Top-flight chef brings food passion to non-profit<br />
By ElizaBEth Murray<br />
SpEcial to thE rEportEr<br />
After spending 11 years as<br />
a chef at Legal Seafoods, Tim<br />
Williams is starting anew<br />
at Community Servings, a<br />
non-profit food service based in<br />
Jamaica Plain. Williams, who<br />
was the regional executive chef<br />
for six Legal Seafood restaurants<br />
between Philadelphia<br />
and Washington D.C., decided<br />
to make a change when his<br />
wife’s job was transferred back<br />
to Boston.<br />
Community Servings was<br />
founded in 1989 in <strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
by a group of AIDS activists,<br />
faith groups and community<br />
organizers to provide home<br />
delivered meals to individuals<br />
living with HIV/AIDS. Now,<br />
according to David Waters,<br />
CEO of Community Servings,<br />
the non-profit serves<br />
about 1300 people per year<br />
across 250 square miles in<br />
Massachusetts, offering 25<br />
different medically tailored<br />
diets. In the past year, 168<br />
clients in <strong>Dorchester</strong> and 56<br />
Mattapan clients were served<br />
by the non-profit. Community<br />
Servings serves people unable<br />
to cook or shop for themselves<br />
because of critical illnesses<br />
like HIV/AIDS, cancer, MS<br />
and Lou Gehrig’s disease as<br />
well as their family members<br />
and caregivers.<br />
A former resident of Jamaica<br />
Plain, Williams’ passion for<br />
cooking comes from spending<br />
time in the kitchen with his<br />
mother when he was young.<br />
His father was a naval officer<br />
stationed in Asia where his<br />
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mother would visit and bring<br />
back new recipes to try. Williams<br />
later spent five years<br />
in the army as a Food Service<br />
Specialist to receive his GI<br />
Bill and then moved onto the<br />
Culinary Institute of America<br />
to pursue a culinary degree.<br />
Williams worked in several<br />
different restaurants<br />
and hotels around the world,<br />
including Perry Restaurant<br />
Group in Vermont, Riversong<br />
Lodge in Alaska and the Marco<br />
Polo Hotel Group in Russia<br />
and the Republic of Georgia<br />
before joining Legal Seafoods.<br />
Williams said his area of<br />
expertise is seafood since he<br />
worked at another seafood<br />
restaurant right before joining<br />
Legal Seafoods. While at Legal,<br />
Williams helped the chef<br />
open nine new restaurants<br />
within the chain and managed<br />
the entire process of opening<br />
and training the kitchen team.<br />
The decision to leave the<br />
corporation was huge for Williams,<br />
he said, since he would<br />
basically have to start all over<br />
with building new relationships<br />
and finding a place in the<br />
company. Williams still has a<br />
good relationship with Legal<br />
Seafoods, he said, since there<br />
were no hard feelings when he<br />
left the company.<br />
“It took a lot of soul searching<br />
to make the decision, but<br />
I’m very happy that I made<br />
[it],” Williams said.<br />
Williams began his job<br />
search on the alumni website<br />
job board of Culinary Institute<br />
of America, where he saw the<br />
listing for a position as execu-<br />
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tive chef in Jamaica Plains at<br />
Community Servings.<br />
“I’d never really seen a job<br />
listing with that scope of a<br />
job that I’m qualified for at<br />
this point of my profession,”<br />
Williams said. “It popped right<br />
out so I started doing some<br />
investigating.”<br />
As executive chef, Williams<br />
oversees all kitchen operations<br />
and works with volunteers<br />
and trainees in the job training<br />
program. Waters said<br />
he is very excited to have<br />
Williams as the executive<br />
chef as Williams’ professional<br />
background was exactly what<br />
Community Servings was<br />
looking for. It helped that<br />
the expectations in the Legal<br />
Seafoods kitchens were very<br />
similar to those of Community<br />
servings as far as cleanliness,<br />
safety and quality of food goes,<br />
Waters added.<br />
For Waters, Williams brings<br />
the “perfect personality” to<br />
the job.<br />
“He has a great sense<br />
of beautiful food and the<br />
rigor of running a professional<br />
kitchen,” Waters said. “We<br />
produce 2,000 meals a day<br />
out of our kitchen, and he’s<br />
got a great training for that.<br />
He’s also very excited about<br />
the mission – the opportunity<br />
to give back and serve people<br />
is what I think drew him to<br />
the job.”<br />
Williams said the toughest<br />
part of his transition was going<br />
from a menu and food inventory<br />
that was so defined to one<br />
that was defined by the donations<br />
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getting all the food processed<br />
and cooked quickly since the<br />
donations are sometimes<br />
overwhelming. Williams has<br />
a passion for incorporating<br />
freshness and brightness into<br />
the meals, and he said his job<br />
also demands organization as<br />
well as efficiency.<br />
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on the spot,” Williams said.<br />
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any job, but I’ve jumped right<br />
in with both feet and I’m really<br />
starting to enjoy it.”<br />
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humanity every day,” added<br />
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my career, it’s not about me,<br />
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Boston College<br />
High School<br />
Ainsley M. Bowen,<br />
Anilson J. Lopes, Deontae<br />
E. Ramey-Doe, Edgar<br />
E. Martinez, Johann<br />
A. Williams, John C.<br />
Flaherty, Maghayevbosa<br />
S. Nosamiefan, Matthew<br />
D. Doyle, Patrick J.<br />
O’Sullivan, and Tyler<br />
A. Jones.<br />
Pope John Paul II<br />
Catholic Academy<br />
Neponset<br />
Grace Patricia Cadogan,<br />
Anthony Cao, Isaiah<br />
Ignatius Christian,<br />
Makayla Marie Coleman,<br />
Julie Collins, Grant<br />
James Godding, Gregory<br />
John Godding, Jr., Grant<br />
Joachim Hamilton,<br />
Wayne Michael Harper,<br />
Michael James Henderson,<br />
Matthew Michael<br />
Hernon, Meghan Mary<br />
Lescinskas, Gabriele<br />
Lomba, Lexie Ange<br />
Louis, Kayla A. E. Martin,<br />
Thomas John Moran,<br />
Taylor Christina Nickerson,<br />
Katherine Ann<br />
Nolan, Stephanie Bao-<br />
Tran Nguyen, Douana<br />
Shanice Offre, Jeanette<br />
Nneka Orji, Richelene<br />
Pierre, Anthony Vu, Eric<br />
Christopher Watts and<br />
Maeve Ellen Williams.<br />
Columbia<br />
Richard A. Andujar,<br />
A Nadia Timas Barbosa,<br />
Brendan Patrick<br />
Brock, Tariel Angelique<br />
Brown, Loyanni D. Carvalho-Mendes,<br />
Nerissa<br />
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A v e l i n o D a m o u r a ,<br />
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Ashley Angelina Gomes,<br />
Alyxianne Alejandro<br />
G u z m a n , X a n i q u e<br />
Brianna Jahdaisha-<br />
Giraudel, Osarume I.<br />
Idahor, Joshua Lopes,<br />
Isaiah J. Mathieu, Brianda<br />
Glenisa Mendez,<br />
Belarmino Monteiro, Jr.,<br />
Kiet Nguyen, Triet Minh<br />
Nguyen, Trevon Damien<br />
Niles, David Pelczar,<br />
Bianca Liz Perillaarias,<br />
Mariel Elena Rojas, Yasmel<br />
Martinez Rosado,<br />
Andrew John Schmitz,<br />
Christine Teixeira, Johanna<br />
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Kerranda Sarah Vicente.<br />
Lower Mills<br />
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CONGRATULATIONS,<br />
GRADUATES!<br />
izy Goncalves Andrade,<br />
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A. Hobson, Daniel Jean-<br />
Louis, Imran Khan,<br />
Valorie Leo, Andrew<br />
A. Royes, Matthew<br />
Samuels, Derek Anthony<br />
Tyler, Jonathan Villard,<br />
Cindy Vo and Charles L.<br />
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Mattapan<br />
Kaylan A. Austin,<br />
Neissa Kristy Casseus,<br />
DeAndra Clarke, Frederick<br />
Alexandre Dauphin,<br />
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Barreiros, Tachise<br />
Bastien, Shekeria Beale,<br />
Maria Bekhtereva, Carine<br />
Belizaire, Stephen<br />
Bickerton, Taronna Billingslea,<br />
Shanika Birkett,<br />
Julia Burgess, Anastasia<br />
Burns, Winifred Campbell,<br />
Steven Campbell,<br />
Elizabeth Casso, Janice<br />
Chicha, Amy Chin,<br />
Tobias Conn, Allison<br />
Costello, Charlyn Cuffy,<br />
Aline Da Fonseca, Maria<br />
Deoliveira, Mary Dever,<br />
Trinh Dinh, Bao Dinh,<br />
Huong Duong, Amanda<br />
Dzengeleski,Joe-Ann<br />
Fergus, Eric Fernald,<br />
Matthew Flynn, Lauren<br />
Forsythe, Angela<br />
Francis, Luc Francois,<br />
Midori Gleason, Deidre<br />
Griffiths, Alicia<br />
Grimaldi, Justin Halton,<br />
Cassandra Hanneman,<br />
Danielle Hawk, Jessica<br />
Hayes, Chanel Hughes-<br />
Shearer, Sequita Hunt,<br />
Petrina Jacob, Michael<br />
Kerin, Maria Knight,<br />
Kristopher Kranzky,<br />
Ferenkeh Kumalah,<br />
Ieva Laucyte, Thu Le,<br />
Roshanda Leak, Katherine<br />
Lee, Tariana Little,<br />
Jessica Lopez, Timothy<br />
Malloy, Elizabeth Manning,<br />
Kathleen Marc, Aristoteles<br />
Martins, Keisha<br />
Mateo, Shauntelle McK-<br />
ain, Severin McKenzie,<br />
Matthew McKinnon,<br />
Nicholi McLaughlin,<br />
Chantal Medley, Opal<br />
Mitchell, Temitope<br />
Mokuolu, Michael Molinari,<br />
Ashley Montgomery,<br />
Fariyda Mulrain,<br />
Kiara Munir,Ken Ngo,<br />
Tai Nguyen, Mylinh<br />
N g u y e n , D a n n h i<br />
Nguyen, Dung Nguyen,<br />
Oliver O’Brien, Keelia<br />
O’Donnell, Owen Oboite,<br />
Henry Ozulumba, Ronak<br />
Patel, Frantzley Paul,<br />
Gwendolyn Perry, Mark<br />
Peters, Quiana Philogene,<br />
Octavio Pinto,<br />
Marlene Pontes, Lorna<br />
Riach, Elizabeth Smith,<br />
Jarvis Smith, Jimmy<br />
Smith, Timothy Smith,<br />
Steeve St Leger, Andrei<br />
Stanchik, Undrea Steele,<br />
Jeremy Steinbruck, Milo<br />
Stella, Denice Stewart,<br />
Sonja Styblo, Courtney<br />
Sullivan, Marleny<br />
Suriel, Katherine Talbot,<br />
Michelle Tanney,<br />
Maria Jose Teixeira,<br />
Danny Tieu, Ivan Timas,<br />
Shantae Toole, Jessica<br />
Townsend, Duong Tran,<br />
ThuyDuong Tran, Phuong<br />
Trinh, Xi Wang,<br />
Patricia Wasiolek,<br />
Nathan Weaver, Amber<br />
Whitner, Rahama<br />
Wood-Davidson, Tiffani<br />
Yolanda, Amani Yousif,<br />
Qing Zeng.<br />
Newton Country<br />
Day School<br />
Sister Barbara Rogers,<br />
Headmistress of Newton<br />
Country Day School of the<br />
Sacred Heart, honored<br />
outstanding <strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
residents at the 132nd<br />
Prize Day ceremonies.<br />
Red Ribbons, denoting<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong>’s Myjah Snape ’12 receives her diploma from Rachel Friis Stettler,<br />
director of the Winsor School, on June 7, 2012. Talia Weingarten ’12, also of<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong>, at the Winsor School’s ceremony. Photos by Gustav Freedman<br />
Members of the Class of 2012 thank their families and teachers for their support<br />
during their time at Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy<br />
an average of a B+ or<br />
above with no grade<br />
below a B- were awarded<br />
to senior Jolivia Barros,<br />
freshman D’Jonita<br />
Cottrell, eighth grader<br />
Monet Eugene, seventh<br />
grader Ghiana Guzman,<br />
and sixth grader<br />
Vinou Val. Academic<br />
Prizes were awarded to<br />
Barros for Gospel Choir,<br />
Cottrell for Spanish I,<br />
Eugene for Dance, and<br />
Val in English.<br />
Boston College<br />
The following local<br />
residents graduated from<br />
Boston College: Amancio<br />
Lopes of <strong>Dorchester</strong> has<br />
graduated with a Bachelor<br />
of Arts degree from<br />
the University’s Carolyn<br />
A. and Peter S. Lynch<br />
School of Education with<br />
a major in Human Development<br />
and History.<br />
Tram Nguyen earned<br />
a Bachelor of Science<br />
degree from the<br />
University’s William<br />
F. Connell School of<br />
Nursing) Nicole Joseph<br />
earned a Bachelor of<br />
Science degree from the<br />
University’s William<br />
F. Connell School of<br />
Nursing. Gerald Matthews<br />
graduated with<br />
Boston College High<br />
School Honors<br />
High Honors: Brendan<br />
Liam Caulfield<br />
’13, Xhonatan Mezini<br />
’14, Sean Michael<br />
Broderick ’15, Anthony<br />
Pina Do Canto<br />
’15, Ryan Matthew<br />
Sweeney ’15.<br />
H o n o r s : A u s t i n<br />
Llewellyn Guiney ’13,<br />
Nathaniel Zeh Guevin<br />
’14.<br />
Lawrence Academy<br />
High Honors: Sharon<br />
Centeno, junior.<br />
Newton Country Day<br />
Sister Barbara Rogers,<br />
Headmistress of Newton<br />
Country Day School<br />
of the Sacred Heart,<br />
honored outstanding<br />
Mattapan residents at<br />
the 132nd Prize Day ceremonies.<br />
Red Ribbons,<br />
denoting an average<br />
of a B+ or above with<br />
no grade below a B-<br />
a Bachelor of Science<br />
degree from the University’s<br />
Wallace E. Carroll<br />
School of Management<br />
with a major<br />
in Marketing. Mayra<br />
Cardoso graduated with<br />
a Bachelor of Science<br />
degree from the University’s<br />
Wallace E. Carroll<br />
School of Management<br />
with a major in Finance.<br />
Jacqueline Durant<br />
graduated with a Bachelor<br />
of Arts degree from<br />
the University’s College<br />
of Arts & Sciences,<br />
majoring in Psychology.<br />
Commencement was<br />
held on May 21 in Alumni<br />
Stadium on the Boston<br />
College campus in<br />
Chestnut Hill, Mass.<br />
There were more than<br />
4,400 undergraduate<br />
and graduate degree<br />
recipients in the Boston<br />
College Class of 2012.<br />
Mass Bay<br />
Community College<br />
Corey Dominic Chapman,<br />
Associate in Arts,<br />
Liberal Arts; Jakeen<br />
Clovis Cobb, Associate<br />
in Arts, Liberal Arts;<br />
Jorge Alejandro Diaz,<br />
Associate in Science,<br />
Criminal Justice; Dolsie<br />
May Harding, Certifi-<br />
were awarded to junior<br />
Yasmin Francis and<br />
seventh grader Mariane<br />
St. Juste. Francis received<br />
the Headmistress’<br />
Award and St. Juste was<br />
presented an academic<br />
award in French.<br />
Red Ribbons, denoting<br />
an average of a B+ or<br />
above with no grade<br />
below a B- were awarded<br />
to senior Jolivia Barros,<br />
freshman D’Jonita<br />
Cottrell, eighth grader<br />
Monet Eugene, seventh<br />
grader Ghiana Guzman,<br />
and sixth grader<br />
Vinou Val. Academic<br />
Prizes were awarded to<br />
Barros for Gospel Choir,<br />
Cottrell for Spanish I,<br />
Eugene for Dance, and<br />
Val in English.<br />
Brimmer and May<br />
Mattapan resident<br />
and Brimmer and May<br />
student Genevieve<br />
Lefevre ’15, daughter<br />
of Elizabeth Lefevre,<br />
Mattapan Campus Valedictorian<br />
Frederick<br />
Dauphin addresses his<br />
fellow members of the<br />
Class of 2012<br />
cate, Practical Nursing;<br />
Vanessa Sade Haynes,<br />
Associate in Arts, Liberal<br />
Arts - Psychology/<br />
Sociology/Anthropology;<br />
Justin Allen Holliday,<br />
Associate in Science,<br />
Business Administration;<br />
Junior Laurent,<br />
Certificate, Surgical<br />
Technology; Matthew<br />
Michael MacNeil, Associate<br />
in Arts, Liberal<br />
Arts - Psychology/Sociology/Anthropology;Shanice<br />
Lynette Marshall,<br />
Associate in Science,<br />
Criminal Justice; Endry<br />
Marte Santana, Associate<br />
in Science, Criminal<br />
Justice; Theresa Chinwe<br />
Okey-Igwe, Certificate,<br />
Practical Nursing; Gandhy<br />
Yasmari Sanchez,<br />
Associate in Science,<br />
Criminal Justice; Zachary<br />
Allen Steinbruck,<br />
Certificate, Paralegal<br />
Studies; Duckenson<br />
Theragene, Associate<br />
in Science, Criminal<br />
Justice; Clarie Marjorie<br />
LaBeach, Certificate,<br />
Practical Nursing; Phuong<br />
Kim Tran, Associate<br />
in Science, General<br />
Studies.<br />
Genevieve Lefevre<br />
made High Honor Roll<br />
for the 2011-2012 year.<br />
To earn High Honors<br />
in the Upper School, a<br />
student must have at<br />
least an A-average (the<br />
equivalent of 3.67 GPA<br />
for a term) with no mark<br />
lower than a B+.<br />
Brimmer and May is a<br />
Pre-K-12, coeducational,<br />
independent day schoo<br />
which serves a student<br />
body from over fifty<br />
communities in Greater<br />
Boston and fourteen<br />
foreign countries.
<strong>July</strong> 5, 2012 THE REPORTER Page 5<br />
$32.5b state budget called ‘positive’ for Dot, Mattapan<br />
By GintautaS DuMciuS<br />
nEwS EDitor<br />
The state budget under<br />
review by Gov. Deval Patrick<br />
this week contains<br />
additional funding for<br />
statewide food pantries<br />
and State Police patrols<br />
on roads and recreation<br />
areas in <strong>Dorchester</strong> and<br />
Mattapan. It does not<br />
contain new taxes or fees.<br />
Lawmakers, in largely<br />
bipartisan fashion,<br />
agreed to the $32.5 billion<br />
budget for fiscal year<br />
2013 last week, sending<br />
it to the governor’s desk<br />
after a unanimous vote<br />
in the state Senate and<br />
just three dissenting<br />
votes from freshman Republicans<br />
in the House.<br />
(Continued from page 1)<br />
Rep. Walsh’s office said<br />
Monday, which pushes<br />
the money to be debated<br />
down the road.<br />
“This project is very<br />
important to my district<br />
because this area is home<br />
to churches, schools, and<br />
Legislators passed a<br />
temporary budget as<br />
they continued to deliberate<br />
on the final spending<br />
plan and provided<br />
time for Patrick, who has<br />
the option of vetoing or<br />
amending various items,<br />
to review the final bill<br />
once it reached his desk.<br />
The budget increased<br />
by $58.7 million while in<br />
a six-member negotiating<br />
committee and drew<br />
on $350 million from the<br />
state’s rainy day fund.<br />
Lawmakers included<br />
$10.9 million for community<br />
colleges to use<br />
for matching the state’s<br />
workforce development<br />
with its students. Patrick<br />
first pushed that<br />
shopping districts; it<br />
is frequented by many<br />
families with young children<br />
and senior citizens,<br />
who use wheelchairs<br />
and walkers,” Walsh, a<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> Democrat,<br />
said in a statement.<br />
“Repairs on this stretch<br />
issue in his state of the<br />
commonwealth address<br />
earlier this year.<br />
The budget also includes<br />
$6.25 million for<br />
a popular youth violence<br />
prevention program<br />
known as the Shannon<br />
Grant.<br />
The Louis D. Brown<br />
Peace Institute received<br />
its own line item, pegged<br />
at $125,000.<br />
School aid for cities and<br />
towns rose 5.3 percent, to<br />
$4.2 billion.<br />
“Positive things happened<br />
in this year’s<br />
budget particularly for<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> and Mattapan,<br />
despite difficult<br />
times,” Sen. Jack Hart, a<br />
South Boston Democrat<br />
Funding to fix sidewalks fails to make state road bill<br />
“The sidewalks along Gallivan Blvd. are a disgrace,” according to one civic<br />
leader. Ed Forry photo<br />
of sidewalk are badly<br />
needed.”<br />
The bill, without the<br />
sidewalks but with<br />
$200 million for road<br />
and bridge repairs, was<br />
signed by Patrick on<br />
Friday. A separate bill<br />
signed by Patrick sent<br />
Bankers warn against<br />
foreclosure mediation plan<br />
A required mediation<br />
program for all mortgage<br />
loans in Massachusetts,<br />
included in a Senate bill<br />
intended to curb foreclosures,<br />
will lengthen<br />
the foreclosure process,<br />
increase costs and hurt<br />
home values “without<br />
any measurable benefit<br />
for delinquent borrowers,”<br />
according to the<br />
president of the Massachusetts<br />
Bankers<br />
Association.<br />
If the provision survives<br />
conference committee<br />
talks between the<br />
House and Senate, access<br />
to credit could tighten<br />
since banks would have<br />
to weigh additional risk,<br />
Daniel Forte, president<br />
association, wrote in a<br />
June 27 “opinion” post<br />
on the group’s website.<br />
Forte noted the Massachusetts<br />
already<br />
grants a borrower a<br />
150-day period to “cure<br />
the default” and allow for<br />
ongoing talks with lenders<br />
to resolve potential<br />
foreclosures.<br />
“Ironically, most of the<br />
problems with lenders<br />
and foreclosures do not<br />
apply to our local banking<br />
industry, but this<br />
legislation surely will,”<br />
Forte wrote. “It has the<br />
potential to slow down<br />
the entire real estate<br />
market, something no<br />
one wants to see.”<br />
During Senate debate<br />
on the mediation provision,<br />
Sen. Karen Spilka<br />
said individuals could<br />
voluntarily opt in to the<br />
program, which would<br />
be administered by the<br />
Massachusetts Office<br />
of Public Collaboration<br />
at UMass, and called<br />
mediation “another tool<br />
to try to get the parties<br />
to the table to resolve<br />
more of the renegotiation<br />
prospects of keeping<br />
people in their homes.”<br />
Spilka said, “The<br />
beauty of mediation<br />
is you get a neutral<br />
third party who meets<br />
with both parties and<br />
helps them to come to a<br />
resolution.”<br />
S e n . H a r r i e t t e<br />
Chandler of Worcester<br />
also spoke in favor of<br />
the mediation effort,<br />
saying such programs<br />
were in place in other<br />
New England states.<br />
Chandler said Worcester<br />
County leads the state in<br />
foreclosures.<br />
In addition to hurting<br />
families, Chandler said,<br />
foreclosures are eroding<br />
property values and<br />
lowering property tax<br />
collections.<br />
“This issue is much<br />
broader than simply<br />
mortgages,” Chandler<br />
said. The mediation<br />
provision was approved<br />
by a 31-2 Senate vote.<br />
Sen. Bruce Tarr said<br />
the mediation provision<br />
departed “radically”<br />
from the tradition of<br />
needing to be agreed to<br />
by both parties and from<br />
the principle of sharing<br />
the costs involved.<br />
– STATE HOUSE<br />
NEWS SERVICE<br />
and assistant majority<br />
leader, said in a statement.<br />
“I am pleased that<br />
I along with members of<br />
the <strong>Dorchester</strong> delegation<br />
was able to preserve<br />
district priorities.”<br />
The all-Democratic<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> delegation<br />
includes Sen. Sonia<br />
Chang-Diaz and state<br />
Reps. Martin Walsh,<br />
Linda Dorcena Forry,<br />
Carlos Henriquez, Russell<br />
Holmes, and Nick<br />
Collins.<br />
According to Hart’s<br />
office, the budget also<br />
includes $125,000 for the<br />
Massachusetts Beaches<br />
Commission. Other line<br />
items include funds for<br />
community mediation at<br />
$49 million to the perennially<br />
cash-strapped<br />
MBTA. Fares rose on<br />
Sunday, the start of the<br />
new fiscal year, as part<br />
of the MBTA’s efforts to<br />
close a massive deficit.<br />
In Washington, federal<br />
lawmakers passed their<br />
own transportation bill,<br />
which included a tunnel<br />
inspection program<br />
championed by US Rep.<br />
Michael Capuano, a<br />
Somerville Democrat<br />
who represents parts<br />
of <strong>Dorchester</strong> and Mattapan.<br />
The bill offers up<br />
$105 billion in funding<br />
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UMass Boston, restoration<br />
of funding for the<br />
Boston Home, and additional<br />
money for homeless<br />
elder programs at<br />
Boston Medical Center.<br />
The Department of<br />
Public Health would also<br />
receive level-funding<br />
for substance abuse<br />
programs.<br />
The budget includes<br />
electronic benefit transfer<br />
card reform and a<br />
requirement for motor<br />
vehicle registration applicants<br />
to have “proof<br />
of legal residence.”<br />
“While if left to the<br />
devices of House Republicans<br />
this budget<br />
might look different,<br />
this document demon-<br />
for transportation programs,<br />
and $1.9 billion<br />
will be heading to the<br />
Bay State.<br />
The tunnel inspection<br />
program was sparked by<br />
the <strong>July</strong> 2006 death of<br />
Milena Del Valle, who<br />
was crushed by a Big Dig<br />
tunnel’s ceiling panel.<br />
According to Capuano’s<br />
office, the bill calls on the<br />
federal Department of<br />
Transportation to create<br />
minimum requirements<br />
for tunnel inspections<br />
and a certification program<br />
for inspectors.<br />
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and local aid,”<br />
House Minority Leader<br />
Brad Jones said in a<br />
statement.<br />
The spending plan is<br />
among a flurry of bills<br />
lawmakers are ripping<br />
through as they look to<br />
<strong>July</strong> 31, the end of formal<br />
sessions.<br />
Material from State<br />
House News Service was<br />
used in this report.<br />
written, due to the current<br />
fiscal climate and<br />
Republican resistance to<br />
seeking increased funding<br />
for transportation, I<br />
think it’s an acceptable<br />
compromise that will<br />
bring millions of dollars<br />
into Massachusetts over<br />
the next two years,”<br />
Capuano, a member of<br />
the House Committee on<br />
Transportation, said in a<br />
statement.<br />
President Obama is<br />
expected to sign the bill<br />
later this week.<br />
Material from State<br />
House News Service was<br />
used in this report.<br />
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Arts & Entertainment<br />
Historical Society showcases<br />
Dot artists past and present<br />
Last Friday at “<strong>Dorchester</strong> Artists: Past and Present,” Kyara Andrade, at left, a contemporary Dot artist,<br />
chatted with Karen MacNutt, daughter of deceased Dot artist Glenn Macnutt, whose “Mother and<br />
Child” canvas is seen behind them. The painting depicts Ms. MacNutt as a baby. Photo by Andrea Kunst<br />
Note: Father and daughter have different capitalization of surname.<br />
By chriS harDinG<br />
SpEcial to thE rEportEr<br />
As part of its second<br />
annual <strong>Dorchester</strong> Descendants<br />
festivities last<br />
weekend, the <strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
Historical Society (DHS)<br />
threw open its doors<br />
for a double-barreled,<br />
century-spanning art<br />
display at the William<br />
Clapp House, the DHS<br />
headquarters at 195<br />
Boston Street.<br />
T h e t h r e e - d a y<br />
“<strong>Dorchester</strong> Artists:<br />
Past & Present” featured<br />
works by painters,<br />
photographers, sculptors,<br />
ceramicists and<br />
cartoonists who lived at<br />
some point in their lives<br />
in the neighborhood.<br />
Works by artists largely<br />
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“We Get Your Plates”<br />
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by DHS President Earl<br />
Taylor and hung in the<br />
“second best parlor”<br />
while an unjuried show<br />
of contemporary pieces<br />
was coordinated by<br />
Andrea Kunst, Chair<br />
of the Board of the<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> Arts Collaborative<br />
(DAC), in the<br />
“best parlor.”<br />
Taylor printed up an illustrated<br />
mini-catalogue<br />
full of fascinating facts<br />
about 23 bygone local<br />
visual artists. In addition<br />
to the well-known<br />
Impressionists F. Childe<br />
Hassam and Edmund<br />
Charles Tarbell, Taylor<br />
spotlighted eminent<br />
book illustrator Frank<br />
Merrill, represented by<br />
his images for Dumas’<br />
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Cristo” and for “The<br />
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by popular Dot author,<br />
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Many visitors indicated<br />
as their favorites<br />
in this section the breezy<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> street scenes<br />
by Canadian born Glenn<br />
Macnutt (1905-1987),<br />
an early pioneer in the<br />
use of acrylic and a<br />
practitioner of the motto<br />
“You have to learn to<br />
paint what you see.”<br />
Kunst pulled together<br />
the display of 32 pieces<br />
by such present-day<br />
locals as Gary Gartley,<br />
Barbara Ward, Martha<br />
Kempe, Jennifer<br />
Johnson, Marcia Sewell,<br />
Howie Green, Kyara Andrade,<br />
Vincent Crotty,<br />
Bob Tobio, Elaine Croce-<br />
Happnie, David Stokle,<br />
Ina Nenortas, James<br />
Hobin and Joe Bagley.<br />
Compared with the<br />
relative sameness of the<br />
landscapes, portraits and<br />
sketches of the earlier<br />
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eras, the modern pieces<br />
evinced a much wider<br />
variety of themes, media<br />
and techniques ranging<br />
from Jim Hobin’s<br />
familiar color lithograph<br />
of “Sledding Down Savin<br />
Hill” to Howie Green’s<br />
pop impressionist rendering<br />
of the “Clapp<br />
Pear” statute in Edward<br />
Everett Square.<br />
Joe Bagley, who just<br />
became the caretaker<br />
of the William Clapp<br />
House, impressed visitors<br />
with his amazingly<br />
intricate hand cut black<br />
paper art, some pieces<br />
being valued at $6000.<br />
Another crowd-pleaser<br />
was Ina Nenortas’ irregularly<br />
shaped quilt<br />
of photo transfer fabric<br />
images of 100 different<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> houses, one<br />
of the few pieces not for<br />
sale.<br />
By all accounts the<br />
opening reception on<br />
Friday night was a<br />
tremendous success<br />
with a crowd of more<br />
than 70. According to<br />
Kunst the evening was<br />
“a wonderful bridging<br />
of the historic with the<br />
present. No one was tied<br />
to just one room or the<br />
other.”<br />
Though more visitors<br />
streamed through<br />
this “pop-up” show on<br />
Saturday and Sunday,<br />
many expressed the<br />
wish that it could have<br />
been up for a longer<br />
period. There was talk of<br />
remounting the exhibit<br />
in some form for the<br />
2012 October <strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
Open Studios.<br />
In any case, Taylor and<br />
Kunst both said their<br />
organizations would be<br />
happy to do something<br />
like this again next year.<br />
Coming Up at the Boston Public Library<br />
Adams Street<br />
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Codman Square<br />
690 Washington Street • 617-436-8214<br />
Fields Corner<br />
1520 <strong>Dorchester</strong> Avenue • 617-436-2155<br />
Lower Mills<br />
27 Richmond Street • 617-298-7841<br />
Uphams Corner<br />
500 Columbia Road • 617-265-0139<br />
Grove Hall<br />
41 Geneva Avenue • 617-427-3337<br />
Mattapan Branch<br />
1350 Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan • 617-298-9218<br />
ADAMS STREET BRANCH<br />
Monday, <strong>July</strong> 9, 2 p.m. – Dream Catcher Craft.<br />
Native Americans believe that the night air is filled<br />
with dreams. Beginning in <strong>July</strong>, all Boston Public<br />
Library locations will be hosting six weeks of summer<br />
reading programming for young people. Pick up a<br />
complete list of events at your neighborhood library<br />
location or visit bpl.org/summer.<br />
Tuesday, <strong>July</strong> 10, 10:30 a.m. Dream Big —READ!<br />
Preschool Story Time.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>July</strong> 11, 6:30 p.m. – Stuffed Animal<br />
Library Sleepover. What happens when the library<br />
lights go out? Visit your local library to find out.<br />
Children and stuffed animals are invited to enjoy<br />
a bedtime-themed story. After the story, children<br />
will “tuck in” their stuffed animal and kiss them<br />
goodnight. Children will come back the following day<br />
to pick up their stuffed friends and learn all about<br />
their library night-time adventure.<br />
CODMAN SQUARE BRANCH<br />
Thursday, <strong>July</strong> 5 4:15 p.m. – Boy Scouts.<br />
Friday, <strong>July</strong> 6, 10:30 a.m. – Preschool Story Time.<br />
Tuesday, <strong>July</strong> 10, 11 a.m. – Preschool Story Time.<br />
Thursday, <strong>July</strong> 12, 4:15 p.m. – Boy Scouts.<br />
FIELDS CORNER BRANCH<br />
Thursday, <strong>July</strong> 5, 11 a.m. –Dream Big — READ!<br />
Drop-in Craft program.<br />
Tuesday, <strong>July</strong> 10, 6:30 p.m. – Stuffed Animal<br />
Library Sleepover. Children will come back the<br />
following day to pick up their stuffed friends and<br />
learn all about their library night-time adventure.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>July</strong> 11, 10:30 a.m. – Preschool<br />
Films and Fun.<br />
Thursday, <strong>July</strong> 12, 11 a.m. – Dream Big — READ!<br />
Drop-in Craft program.<br />
GROVE HALL BRANCH<br />
Thursday, <strong>July</strong> 5, 12:30 p.m. – Computer Class.<br />
Geared toward the beginner, these classes explore<br />
basic computer skills, the Internet, email, and<br />
Microsoft Word.<br />
1 p.m. – Gaming Afternoon.<br />
5 p.m. – Pizza Party for Teens.<br />
Friday, <strong>July</strong> 6, 10:30 a.m. – Pre-School Storybook<br />
Films.<br />
Monday, <strong>July</strong> 9, 6 p.m. – Superhero Movies.<br />
Tuesday, <strong>July</strong> 10, 2:30 p.m. – Teens Make Stuff<br />
at the Library.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>July</strong> 11, 11:15 a.m. – ReadBoston<br />
Storymobile.<br />
4:30 p.m. – Nerds Geeks and Gamers Discussion<br />
Group.<br />
Thursday, <strong>July</strong> 12, 12:30 p.m. – Computer Class.<br />
Geared toward the beginner<br />
1p.m. – Gaming Afternoon.<br />
LOWER MILLS BRANCH<br />
Thursday, <strong>July</strong> 5, 6:30 p.m. – Romance & Mystery<br />
Book Club.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>July</strong> 11, 10 a.m. – New England<br />
Aquarium. Conversations about tide pools, sharks,<br />
and penguins are on the schedule when educators<br />
from the New England Aquarium visit.<br />
MATTAPAN BRANCH<br />
Thursday, <strong>July</strong> 5 6 p.m. – Summer Laptop<br />
Classes.<br />
Friday, <strong>July</strong> 6, 2:30 p.m. – Scary Movie Night.<br />
Films for kids in grades 7-12.<br />
Monday, <strong>July</strong> 9, 1:15 p.m. – ReadBoston<br />
Storymobile.<br />
Tuesday, <strong>July</strong> 10, 1 p.m. – Monsters Under the<br />
Bed Craft.<br />
6 p.m. – Stuffed Animal Library Sleepover.<br />
Thursday, <strong>July</strong> 12, 1 p.m. – Monsters under the<br />
Bed Craft. Visit the library and make a monster<br />
using felt. Summer reading for students in grades<br />
7-12 is listed at bpl.org/summer.<br />
6 p.m. – Summer Laptop Classes.<br />
UPHAMS CORNER BRANCH<br />
Tuesday, <strong>July</strong> 10, 10:30 a.m. – Family Story<br />
Time. Pre-reading children and their parents or<br />
caregivers are invited to join us as we read stories,<br />
sing songs, do rhymes and fingerplays, and have<br />
fun. Story time lasts about 20 to 30 minutes and is<br />
followed by a craft and an open play time.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>July</strong> 11, 2 p.m. – Dream Catcher<br />
Craft. Native Americans believe that the night air<br />
is filled with dreams. To ensure you catch your<br />
wonderful dreams, visit your local library to make<br />
a traditional dream catcher.
<strong>Reporter</strong>’s<br />
Sister Peggy Sullivan greets guests during before<br />
the liturgy.<br />
On June 24, the Sisters<br />
of St. Joseph of Boston<br />
participated in the<br />
Transition of Leadership<br />
for their congregation.<br />
Over 500 sisters, associates,<br />
colleagues, friends,<br />
and family members<br />
were present at Our<br />
Lady Help of Christians<br />
Church, Newton, for the<br />
Mass of Celebration. The<br />
women who have been<br />
elected by the Congregation<br />
to serve in the<br />
ministry of leadership<br />
for the next six years<br />
are: Rosemary Bren-<br />
nan, CSJ, Marylou<br />
Cassidy, CSJ, Maureen<br />
Doherty, CSJ,<br />
Margaret L. Sullivan,<br />
CSJ, Roseann Amico,<br />
CSJ, Gail Donahue,<br />
CSJ, and Patricia E.<br />
McCarthy, CSJ.<br />
Rosemary Brennan,<br />
CSJ, moves into her<br />
position as president<br />
of the Sisters of St.<br />
Joseph from her current<br />
position as a General<br />
Councilor. Other members<br />
of the Leadership<br />
Team completing their<br />
six-year term are: Mary<br />
Bubbles’s Birthdays<br />
And Special Occasions<br />
By BarBara McDonouGh<br />
Congress approved the Panama Canal on June<br />
2. The Museum of Fine Arts opened on <strong>July</strong> 4,<br />
1876. <strong>July</strong> 4 will be the 39th annual Boston Pops’<br />
Fourth of <strong>July</strong> Concert. “Yankee Doodle” was<br />
composed on <strong>July</strong> 4, 254 years ago. John Adams<br />
and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day, <strong>July</strong><br />
4, 1826. Katherine Lee Bates published “America<br />
the Beautiful” on <strong>July</strong> 4, 1895. The bikini was<br />
introduced on <strong>July</strong> 5, 1946.The Calgary Stampede<br />
runs from <strong>July</strong> 6 to 15. The Republican Party was<br />
formed on <strong>July</strong> 6, 1854. Mother Frances Cabrini<br />
became the first American to be canonized on <strong>July</strong><br />
7, 1946. Construction began on the Hoover Dam<br />
on <strong>July</strong> 7, 1930. Col. John Nixon was the first<br />
person to read the Declaration of Independence<br />
in public, on <strong>July</strong> 8, 1776.<br />
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the first<br />
successful open-heart surgery on <strong>July</strong> 9, 1893.<br />
The 83rd annual All Star Game will be played in<br />
Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO, on <strong>July</strong><br />
10 this year. John Quincy Adams, who became the<br />
sixth president, was born in Braintree on <strong>July</strong> 11,<br />
1767. Babe Ruth made his Major League debut<br />
on <strong>July</strong> 11, 1914, pitching for the Boston Red<br />
Sox. “The Newlywed Game” premiered on <strong>July</strong><br />
11, 1966. The US spacecraft Skylab fell to earth<br />
on <strong>July</strong> 11, 1979. The first Boston Pops Concert<br />
was held on <strong>July</strong> 11, 1895.<br />
Celebrities having birthdays are: Gina Lollobrigida,<br />
85 on <strong>July</strong> 4; Eva Marie Saint, 88 on<br />
<strong>July</strong> 4; Huey Lewis, 62 on <strong>July</strong> 5; Nancy Reagan,<br />
91 on <strong>July</strong> 6; Sylvester Stallone, 66 on <strong>July</strong> 6;<br />
Ringo Starr, 72 on <strong>July</strong> 7; Kevin Bacon, 54 on<br />
<strong>July</strong> 8; and Brian Dennehy, 74 on <strong>July</strong> 9.<br />
Those celebrating their birthdays are Fr. Jim<br />
Hickey, meteorologist Mark Rosenthal, Joe<br />
Mazzone, Bill Shaughnessy, Irene Roman, Lisa<br />
Nutley, Pat (Finnegan) Collins, Kevin James<br />
Doherty, Joe Madden, Debra (Cook) Wilson, Mary<br />
Jepsen, and Mary Beth Harden.<br />
Also observing their birthdays are Sean<br />
Sweeney, Patricia O’Neill, Kaitlyn Cote, WBZ’s<br />
Dan Rea, William Leahy, Erica Brugman, Lou<br />
Pasquale (86 years young), Charles Maneikis,<br />
Marcia (Coleman) O’Brien, Bill Mulroy, Alexandra<br />
Larkin, Dom Roche, Bill Mulroy, and Dave Benoit.<br />
Special birthday greetings are sent to Catherine<br />
Riva.<br />
Those celebrating their anniversaries are<br />
Thomas and Mary Scalight, Jim and Ellen Wyse,<br />
and Bill and Barbara Guerard (their 62nd). Best<br />
wishes are sent to Tom and Kay Walsh on their<br />
50th wedding anniversary.<br />
People<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> residents<br />
and Brimmer and May<br />
students Shalise De-<br />
Pina ’13 and Paul Lafferty<br />
’16 received awards<br />
at the School’s Honors<br />
Convocation.<br />
DePina, daughter of<br />
Antonio and Maria<br />
DePina, was awarded<br />
the Barbara Shoolman<br />
Scholarship, which is<br />
given to the Upper School<br />
student who shares former<br />
Director of Admissions<br />
Mrs. Schoolman’s<br />
commitment to Brimmer<br />
and May and best exemplifies<br />
the school’s core<br />
values. Lafferty, son of<br />
Joseph and Christina<br />
Lafferty, received the<br />
Citizenship Award for<br />
eighth grade. This award<br />
is presented to a boy and<br />
girl in each of the middle<br />
school grades who are<br />
considered by classmates<br />
and teachers to possess<br />
the qualities of honesty,<br />
responsibility, reliability,<br />
and a strong sense of<br />
community.<br />
Nick Correira ’17,<br />
son of Ana Correira,<br />
made High Honor Roll<br />
for the 2011-2012 year<br />
at Brimmer and May.<br />
To earn High Honors<br />
in the Middle School, a<br />
student must have at<br />
least an A- average (the<br />
equivalent of 3.67 GPA<br />
<strong>July</strong> 5, 2012 THE REPORTER Page 7<br />
Sister Ellen Powers, CSJ, former Area Councilor,<br />
presents a candle to Sister Gail Donahue, CSJ, as<br />
symbol of the transition of leadership.<br />
L. Murphy, CSJ, President;<br />
Lee Hogan, CSJ,<br />
Assistant President;<br />
and Marilyn McGoldrick,<br />
CSJ, General<br />
Councilor; Brenda<br />
Forry, CSJ, Helen<br />
Sullivan, CSJ, and<br />
Ellen Powers, CSJ,<br />
Area Councilors.<br />
Sister Gail Donohue,<br />
who will serve as Area<br />
Councilor, has spent<br />
many years in leadership<br />
roles within Catholic<br />
schools in the Archdiocese<br />
of Boston. Sister<br />
Gail served as principal<br />
at St. Angela’s, Mattapan,<br />
from 1991. When<br />
for a term) with no mark<br />
lower than a B+.<br />
•••<br />
IBEW Local 103, held<br />
their 35th Annual Pin<br />
Night at their <strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
hall on June 26 to<br />
recognize the years of<br />
service of its member<br />
and present scholarships<br />
to 10 students. John<br />
P. Dumas, President<br />
of IBEW, Local 103,<br />
Chuck Monahan, Financial<br />
Secretary, IBEW,<br />
Local 103, and Michael<br />
P. Monahan, Business<br />
Manager of IBEW, Local<br />
News about people<br />
in & around<br />
our Neighborhoods<br />
Sister Gail greets Sister Dionetta McCarthy during<br />
the reception following the liturgy.<br />
the school became part of<br />
the newly formed Pope<br />
John Paul II Catholic<br />
Academy in 2008, she<br />
became Director of Guidance<br />
and worked from<br />
the <strong>Dorchester</strong>-based<br />
office of the academy.<br />
Another member of<br />
the new team is Sister<br />
Robert W. Baker of Chelsea was presented with a 70-Year Pin at IBEW Local<br />
103 annual ceremony on June 26. Shown above are Chuck Monahan, Financial<br />
Secretary, IBEW, Local 103, Robert Baker, and Michael P. Monahan, Business<br />
Manager of IBEW, Local 103.<br />
103, presented 319 members<br />
with pins ranging<br />
from 20 years of service to<br />
70 years of service to the<br />
IBEW. Robert W. Baker<br />
of Chelsea was presented<br />
with a 70-Year Pin. A pin<br />
is given starting at 20<br />
years and then every 5<br />
years up until 50 years<br />
of service and then every<br />
year after 50 years. Scholarships<br />
were presented<br />
to 10 students who each<br />
received $10,000. A total<br />
of $100,000 in scholarships<br />
was awarded to the<br />
students.<br />
EXCEPTIONAL CARE CLOSE TO HOME<br />
Margaret L. [Peggy]<br />
Sullivan, who grew<br />
up in Mattapan and<br />
attended St. Angela<br />
School. For the past six<br />
years Sister Peggy has<br />
served as a canon lawyer<br />
in the Metropolitan Tribunal<br />
of the Archdiocese<br />
of Boston.<br />
“I want to thank all<br />
the hardworking men<br />
and women of IBEW,<br />
Local 103, for their involvement,<br />
vision and<br />
sacrifices and making<br />
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safest, most productive<br />
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on the job site and<br />
developers see the IBEW<br />
Local 103, as an asset<br />
because of the hard work<br />
of our members.”<br />
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Editorial<br />
Mappers tackle<br />
boundary disputes<br />
Point of View<br />
Voters deserve better than debates<br />
over debates in Senate campaigns<br />
The ongoing confusion around the boundaries of<br />
the city’s neighborhoods has been largely caused<br />
by decades of indifference by city officials who<br />
callously shifted lines and blurred boundaries to<br />
reflect political and demographic changes in the<br />
last century. This chaotic, cartographic tug-of-war<br />
has resulted in large sections of <strong>Dorchester</strong> and<br />
Mattapan being shifted back and forth to the point<br />
where boundaries on many present-day maps bear<br />
little resemblance to the realities on the ground in<br />
disputed areas.<br />
Officials at the Boston Redevelopment Authority<br />
are sympathetic to local protests about these<br />
changes— including repeated ones from the<br />
<strong>Reporter</strong>. And technology has made it possible for<br />
the city to allow anyone to create maps based on<br />
individual notions about neighborhood lines. This<br />
is much appreciated.<br />
Still, this approach fails to build the consensus<br />
necessary to create a broader understanding of the<br />
actual neighborhood lines— especially among policy<br />
makers who need to make important decisions but<br />
don’t necessarily understand the city the way the<br />
people who live here do. Then there’s the matter of<br />
historical accuracy, which should be reason enough<br />
to try to get things right.<br />
This week, we learned of an emerging effort by a<br />
pair of professional mapmakers to resolve the issue<br />
of Boston’s neighborhood boundaries using a new<br />
website, Bostonography.com. The site is run by two<br />
self-described “cartography geeks” — Tim Wallace<br />
and Andy Woodruff— who have roots in Boston.<br />
Bostonography allows individual users to draw<br />
their own boundaries and submit them to the site.<br />
They then generate maps that reflect the boundaries<br />
of the city that are more accurate, ideally, because<br />
“they include the input of those who know the city<br />
well.”<br />
“This map is a tool for drawing top-level<br />
neighborhood boundaries… as you see them, and<br />
submitting them to a database that will be used<br />
to map the areas of agreement and disagreement<br />
among participants,” Wallace and Woodruff write.<br />
Currently, there are relatively few submissions<br />
to the site for Mattapan and <strong>Dorchester</strong>, but over<br />
time— with participation from our readers— we<br />
think this will be a productive exercise to help<br />
officials, community development corporations,<br />
developers, and the media better understand the<br />
“lay of the land.” Thankfully, the Bostonography<br />
team has dropped the archaic approach of applying<br />
a “north-south” division to <strong>Dorchester</strong>, which<br />
continues to be a divisive and unnecessary tool at<br />
the city level.<br />
We encourage everyone to visit the site and<br />
spend a few minutes to create (if we can do it, it’s<br />
not too hard) your own map of the neighborhood.<br />
But, the Bostonography team cautions, “You can<br />
submit as many or as few neighborhoods as you’d<br />
like, but please only draw a neighborhood if you<br />
think you have a decent idea of where it is.” Now,<br />
that’s a novel idea.<br />
– Bill Forry<br />
Special delivery<br />
The <strong>Reporter</strong> is pleased to announce the birth of<br />
a new member of its family: Norah Marianne Forry<br />
was born on Sunday, <strong>July</strong> 1 to Rep. Linda Dorcena<br />
Forry and <strong>Reporter</strong> managing editor Bill Forry. It<br />
is the couple’s fourth child. Norah joins younger<br />
siblings John, 8, Conor, 5 and Madeline, who turns<br />
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By pEtEr F. StEvEnS<br />
rEportEr StaFF<br />
There’s no question that US Sen. Scott Brown<br />
and his Democratic challenger, Elizabeth Warren,<br />
are “debating.” The televised debate proposed by<br />
Vickie Kennedy, widow of the late senator Edward<br />
M. Kennedy, to be moderated by heavyweight Tom<br />
Brokaw fell apart after Brown’s conditions – that<br />
she not endorse either candidate and that MSNBC<br />
not be a sponsor – were not met.<br />
Brown showed political savvy in ducking what he<br />
and his team viewed as a “Kennedy/NBC/Liberal<br />
Media” set-up, but one can’t help but ask if his real<br />
concern was having to field questions from Brokaw,<br />
not Vickie Kennedy’s certain endorsement of Warren.<br />
But while Brokaw would surely have made<br />
Brown own up to and defend his record of so-called<br />
bipartisanship, the veteran newsman would also<br />
have pressed Warren about the “Cherokee heritage”<br />
issue.<br />
After stepping away from what he saw as a<br />
Democratic ambush, Brown turned around and<br />
blasted Warren for backing out of a WBZ-AM radio<br />
debate hosted by conservative/libertarian Dan Rea.<br />
Rea’s show is often entertaining and almost always<br />
provocative; he is also an unabashed supporter and<br />
self-avowed friend of Scott Brown. So…it’s fine for<br />
Senator Brown to slip out of a debate sponsored by<br />
Vickie Kennedy, but shocking for Warren to nix a<br />
sit-down with Dan Rea as an “impartial” moderator?<br />
To the media, Brown expressed his “disappointment”<br />
at Warren’s decision to “duck the first debate.”<br />
He contended that Warren “is saying one thing<br />
but doing another.” Actually, both candidates are<br />
debating about avoiding debates that each feels is<br />
biased. Warren has agreed to venues hosted by<br />
the Boston Herald, which is deep in Brown’s camp,<br />
and by a WBZ television debate moderated by Jon<br />
Keller, who can hardly be deemed partial to Warren,<br />
given his commentary on the “Cherokee identity”<br />
as a “big issue.”<br />
Warren has certainly blundered in her handling<br />
of her ancestry, providing both Brown and the<br />
media the chance to zero in on this sole topic and<br />
to give secondary coverage of the candidates’ sharp<br />
differences on taxes, banking and Wall Street reform,<br />
the national debt, and all aspects of the economy.<br />
Unless actual proof that Elizabeth Warren used her<br />
claim of Native American ancestry to advance her<br />
career surfaces, it’s high time that a Senate race<br />
about genuine issues begin. My suggestion: Let Scott<br />
Brown’s “misstatements” about his secret meetings<br />
with royalty and Elizabeth Warren’s mentioning<br />
of her Native American heritage cancel each other<br />
out, and the real debate, the one we all deserve,<br />
commence.<br />
Don’t Hold Your Breath Until<br />
Clerics Leave the Political Fray<br />
Another ongoing debate boils on between America’s<br />
cardinals and bishops and the Obama health-care<br />
bill. By the time this article goes to press, the argu-<br />
To the Editor:<br />
(The following letter was delivered to the <strong>Reporter</strong><br />
this week. It was titled, “A message from The Lord<br />
Deputy Mayor, and Arch Duke, of <strong>Dorchester</strong> to<br />
his people.”)<br />
Let me begin by thanking all of you who joined<br />
in our celebration of <strong>Dorchester</strong> Day a few weeks<br />
ago. It was an incredible experience to see so many<br />
people line <strong>Dorchester</strong> Ave and cheer me on as I<br />
walked in the parade. <strong>Dorchester</strong> Day 2012 was an<br />
unforgettable experience because of all of you. I also<br />
want to thank my family, friends, and supporters<br />
for being a major part of my journey to the Parade,<br />
although you were not physically walking with me,<br />
you were there in spirit.<br />
I want to also say that I look forward to spending<br />
the next year alongside our Mayor [Katie Hurley]<br />
in fundraising for the parade and applaud her<br />
unprecedented efforts in doing so. Her dedication<br />
and unwavering commitment to our community is<br />
amazing.<br />
That being said, come 2013, I look forward to seeing<br />
her support my efforts in being crowned Mayor.<br />
I know what you are thinking: Can the kingmaker<br />
really become king? The obvious answer<br />
is, of course. I saw, in last week’s <strong>Reporter</strong>, “Her<br />
Highness”announced her candidacy for re-election.<br />
Kinda jumped the gun a little, didn’t ya girl? But<br />
Elizabeth Warren Scott Brown<br />
ment might well be a moot point if, as expected, the<br />
US Supreme Courts rules 5-4 that the health-care<br />
mandate is unconstitutional. If so, the prelates<br />
will have their chance to prove that their objections<br />
truly were based on religious beliefs and not at all<br />
in politics – specifically, support for the Republican<br />
Party over the Democrats.<br />
On June 13, in preparation for Fortnight for Freedom,<br />
the Catholic Church’s initiative on religious<br />
liberty that ends on <strong>July</strong> 4, Archbishop William E.<br />
Lori delivered a speech in which he asserted that<br />
the “Fortnight is strictly about the issue of religious<br />
freedom, at all levels of government here in the US,<br />
as well as abroad—it is not about parties, candidates,<br />
or elections, as some others have suggested.”<br />
So it’s not about parties when the prelates and<br />
arch-conservatives have tightly lined hands on the<br />
issue of “Obamacare.” It might not be about politics,<br />
but the archbishop himself raised the specter of the<br />
IRS taking a hard look at the church’s role in the<br />
debate. While skeptical of the prelates’ claims that<br />
none of this is political, this writer does not think<br />
that the church should have its tax status challenged<br />
by the government. Still, Archbishop Lori contended<br />
that the Obama health-care bill showed no concern<br />
for “the consciences not only of employers, but also<br />
of the various other stakeholders in the health<br />
insurance process, such as insurers and employees.”<br />
These are highly charged political words, whether<br />
he admits it or realizes it. By not specifying “religious<br />
employers,” such as the church or Catholic universities,<br />
Lori seems to be asserting the right of any<br />
employer to deny coverage for any medical treatment<br />
on religious grounds. It’s even more troubling to listen<br />
to the archbishop trumpet insurers’ rights to deny<br />
coverage on moral grounds. Not political? Sounds<br />
like the very ideas embraced by Congressman Paul<br />
Ryan and other conservative Republican/Tea Party<br />
politicians.<br />
Again, all of this becomes a passing storm if the<br />
Supreme Court tosses out the health-care bill and<br />
the Catholic church steps out of the political fray.<br />
I hope it does, but something tells me that the<br />
cardinals and bishops will keep on finding ways to<br />
let their political preferences show.<br />
Letter to the Editor<br />
Royal overkill: ‘Deputy mayor’<br />
breaks with boss over re-election<br />
seriously, it didn’t cross your mind to consult your<br />
Deputy? How about your Communications Director,<br />
Joint Chiefs of Flamingos, or Deputy Chief of Staff<br />
for Strategic Communications? They all would have<br />
advised you to step aside and allow some fresh blood<br />
to take over. It is okay, though, we know you will<br />
see the light after reading this message.<br />
I have directed my office to ensure victory in 2013<br />
at all costs. I have also put them on permanent<br />
stand-by should Mayor Hurley, for whatever reason,<br />
be unable to fulfill her duties.<br />
My campaign is going to be a positive one. I<br />
understand, however, that some of those who don’t<br />
support a brighter future for <strong>Dorchester</strong> have been<br />
spreading malicious rumors. These include that I<br />
am running a shadow government, I am trying to<br />
turn the position of Mayor into King of <strong>Dorchester</strong>,<br />
or that I am on the short list for a couple presidential<br />
candidates to be their Vice Presidential Nominee.<br />
These, as well as the rumor that I was voted<br />
“<strong>Dorchester</strong> Day’s Best Dressed”, are unsubstantiated<br />
and unworthy of a comment from my office.<br />
In closing, I would just like to say, flock to me. Be<br />
a part of the Pat O’Brien Generation.<br />
2013! 2013! 2013! 2013!<br />
- Patrick A. O’Brien<br />
“Lord Deputy Mayor of <strong>Dorchester</strong>”
Letter to the Editor<br />
Following are excerpts from a letter sent last week<br />
to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney<br />
by the organization “Mothers Vote Too,” which<br />
espouses, among other things, the need for the issue<br />
of violence against children to be part of the national<br />
conversation during this election campaign.<br />
Mitt Romney<br />
P.O. Box 149756<br />
Boston, MA. 02114-9756<br />
Dear Mr. Romney,<br />
Mothers for Justice and Equality (MJE) was<br />
founded with the dream that our children will no<br />
longer fall victim to violence because of the color of<br />
their skin or the neighborhood they live in.<br />
In the fall of 2010, mothers, clergy, and nonprofit<br />
leaders came together determined to no longer mourn<br />
silently and watch hopelessly as our children<br />
continued to be murdered at an alarming rate.<br />
Instead, MJE works at the grassroots level to identify<br />
and support motivated community members, particularly<br />
mothers, since we believe that empowered<br />
and engaged mothers, working together, are key to<br />
ending neighborhood violence.<br />
MJE is developing community leaders by providing<br />
civic education and engagement opportunities.<br />
We believe that the general lack of response to the<br />
growing epidemic of violence against our children is<br />
related to disparities in social wealth and economic<br />
means. We hope you will help us to raise the national<br />
attention needed to properly address this issue and<br />
join us in September for a conversation with mothers<br />
and fathers who have lost children to violence.<br />
The goal of our Monthly Empowerment Meetings<br />
is for our members to be inspired, informed, and<br />
educated about the issues affecting our lives.<br />
It is important for our membership to know that<br />
they can bring their concerns to their elected representatives<br />
in Washington. It is equally important<br />
that our representatives are aware of the crisis of<br />
violence in our cities and its impact on families.<br />
Children are dying. The Center for Disease Control<br />
noted that youth violence is a national crisis: 16<br />
youths per day between the ages of 10 and 24 are<br />
dying from homicide and/or suicide in this country.<br />
In Chicago, 43 people were hurt in shootings over<br />
Memorial Day weekend; 11 of them died. One of<br />
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are at the hub of new<br />
transit in Boston, with<br />
MBTA stops being added<br />
on Talbot Avenue and<br />
Washington Street, coordinator<br />
Jenna Tourje<br />
said the meetings are<br />
necessary so community<br />
members’ priorities<br />
would not be forgotten.<br />
“The working groups<br />
are where we’re engaging<br />
people,” Tourje said.<br />
“For the past year we’ve<br />
been collecting data<br />
from the community...<br />
to get what people find<br />
as valuable from their<br />
community.”<br />
From the data collected<br />
from 690 people<br />
in the neighborhood, five<br />
key priority areas were<br />
discovered: connectivity/<br />
communication, safety,<br />
physical environment,<br />
youth and economic development.<br />
The people<br />
who came to the meeting<br />
have been separated<br />
into five groups to each<br />
address a priority area,<br />
Tourje said. This way,<br />
they are committed to<br />
the working groups in<br />
the future. Tourje said<br />
it was important that<br />
different stakeholders<br />
and businesspeople<br />
came out as well to try<br />
to get businesses more<br />
involved with the plan<br />
that will develop.<br />
The event began with<br />
a dinner buffet provided<br />
by Merengue Restaurant<br />
in Roxbury. This was<br />
followed by an introduction<br />
to the engagement<br />
efforts of Millennium<br />
Ten and the priorities<br />
the groups would be<br />
discussing. Tourje said<br />
she put sticky notes<br />
on the tables so people<br />
could write down goals<br />
and priorities, and she<br />
collected them after the<br />
meeting to organize and<br />
present them at the next<br />
meeting.<br />
“I have thousands of<br />
sticky notes in my office<br />
of things that people said<br />
during the meeting,”<br />
Tourje said.<br />
Tourje said she was<br />
very impressed with<br />
the turnout. The mood<br />
during the event was<br />
very “high-energy” as<br />
she said she noticed<br />
people were very excited<br />
and motivated to help<br />
their community.<br />
“I’m excited about the<br />
opportunity for stronger<br />
relationships between<br />
neighbors and<br />
stakeholders and the<br />
real change, I believe,<br />
this action planning<br />
initiative will bring”,<br />
said Paul Malkemes, a<br />
resident leader of the<br />
Talbot-Norfolk Triangle<br />
Neighbors United, in a<br />
statement.<br />
Tourje thinks next<br />
meeting’s turnout will<br />
be even larger. She<br />
does not think that<br />
having so many people<br />
working on a plan will<br />
be a detriment to the<br />
planning process at all.<br />
“Residents are definitely<br />
a positive,” Tourje<br />
said. “There’s no doubt<br />
about that. People live<br />
in a community. They<br />
should have the opportunity<br />
to see what they<br />
want to see happen in<br />
it, and we help to make<br />
that happen.”<br />
<strong>July</strong> 5, 2012 THE REPORTER Page 9<br />
Plea to Romney: Join us in fighting violence against children<br />
Stakeholders plan ahead in<br />
Codman Sq./Four Corners<br />
A working group organized by Millennium Ten is shown at work in the Great<br />
Hall in Codman Square last month.<br />
those shot was a 7-year-old girl. Five boys, ages 14<br />
to 19, were killed (chicago.cbslocal.com).<br />
In one week during the summer of 2011, seven<br />
people were shot on four different Boston streets.<br />
Six of the victims were men; one victim was a<br />
4-year-old boy playing in a park. One year earlier,<br />
Boston witnessed the killings of a 2-year-old boy,<br />
his mother, and two young men in their 20s in a<br />
single, horrific incident (Boston.com). There were 72<br />
murders in the city of Boston in 2010; 63 murders<br />
in 2011; and thus far in 2012, 16 murders in 2012.<br />
More than 50 percent of the victims of these crimes<br />
were young men between the ages of 14 and 25<br />
(Boston Police Department, Suffolk County District<br />
Attorney’s Office, and The Boston Globe, as cited on<br />
Boston.com).<br />
These numbers are mirrored nationally, as<br />
well as in other Massachusetts cities. Somehow,<br />
this violence and loss of young lives has become<br />
unsurprising. We hear the news, and if it does<br />
not impact us directly, we go on with our day. In<br />
American society, violence has become normalized.<br />
It is time for that mindset to change.<br />
In the year and a half since our founding, we have:<br />
• Impressed upon Massachusetts Gov. Deval<br />
Patrick the urgency of addressing neighborhood<br />
violence. After meeting with our mothers, the<br />
governor announced in his 2012 State of the State<br />
Address that ending youth violence will be a priority<br />
for his administration. We believe he is the only<br />
governor in the country to do so.<br />
• Humanized homicide statistics by telling the<br />
stories of our children who were killed by knife<br />
violence prompting the passage of the City of Boston<br />
Knife Ordinance.<br />
• Partnered with the City of Boston Public Health<br />
Commission to create our first Parent-to-Parent<br />
Circle, which is charged with advising the Defending<br />
Childhood Initiative on the implementation of their<br />
strategies.<br />
• Raised awareness of the impact of violence<br />
on our communities through multiple newspaper<br />
articles, television and radio appearances, a public<br />
service announcement, meetings with the police<br />
commissioner, the mayor, the Department of Health<br />
and Human Services, private foundations and<br />
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pool! We have open pool hours,<br />
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exercise programs for all ages.<br />
Open 6 days/week!<br />
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Questions?<br />
Email: nate.caverly@dotwell.org<br />
Call: 6177402234<br />
Visit: 1353 <strong>Dorchester</strong> Avenue<br />
corporations, and through billboards.<br />
• We were recognized by the Boston Globe<br />
100 as one of the most innovative initiatives in<br />
Massachusetts. We received the Boston Business<br />
Journal’s Extraordinary Leadership Award, the<br />
Codman Square Neighborhood Development<br />
Corporation’s Community Leadership Award, and<br />
the Asian American Civic Association’s Community<br />
Leadership Award.<br />
• We established Monthly Empowerment Meetings<br />
to motivate, inspire, educate, and engage our<br />
membership on issues affecting our communities,<br />
the importance of their voice on these issues, and<br />
the skills needed to affect change. Our speakers<br />
and workshop leaders have included US Sen. Scott<br />
Brown of Massachusetts, Democratic Senatorial<br />
candidate Elizabeth Warren, Boston Mayor Thomas<br />
menino, Youth Build Vice President for Public Policy,<br />
Advocacy, and Government Relations, Charlotte<br />
Golar-Richie, and Massachusetts NAACP President<br />
Michael Curry.<br />
We have a dream that our children will live in<br />
a world where they will not fall victim to violence<br />
because of the color of their skin or the neighborhood<br />
they live in. We believe that if this injustice was<br />
happening in affluent communities, we would see<br />
more of an urgency of Now.<br />
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Injustice<br />
anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere; we are<br />
caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied<br />
in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one<br />
directly affects all indirectly.” It is too easy to become<br />
desensitized to loss and this lack of sensitivity<br />
dehumanizes us all.<br />
We will continue to fight the fight for life and<br />
continue to believe in Reverend Dr. King’s dream<br />
of a world in which justice and equality exist for all<br />
of God’s children. We hope you can join us.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Monalisa Smith<br />
President, Mothers for Justice and Equality<br />
Monalisasmith41@aol.com<br />
For more information on “Mothers Vote Too” visit<br />
the organization’s website: mothersforjusticeandequality.org.<br />
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reporter’s Neighborhood Notables<br />
civic associations • clubs • arts & entertainment • churches • upcoming events<br />
DISTrIcT c-11 NEWS<br />
Non-emergency line for seniors: 617-343-5649.<br />
The “Party Line” phone number, to report loud<br />
gatherings, is 617-343-5500.<br />
PolIcE DISTrIcT B-3 NEWS<br />
For info, call B-3’s Community Service Office at<br />
617-343-4717.<br />
ASHmoNT-ADAmS<br />
ASSN.<br />
Meeting on the first<br />
Thursday of each month<br />
at the Plasterers’ Hall, 7<br />
Fredericka St., at 7 p.m.<br />
ASHmoNT HIll<br />
ASSN.<br />
Meetings are generally<br />
held the last Thursday<br />
of the month. For info,<br />
see ashmonthill.org or<br />
call Message Line: 617-<br />
822-8178.<br />
cEDAr GrovE<br />
cIvIc ASSN.<br />
The monthly meeting,<br />
usually the second Tues.<br />
of each month, 7 p.m.,<br />
in Fr. Lane Hall at<br />
St. Brendan’s Church.<br />
Meetings, however, have<br />
been suspended for the<br />
summer. Info: cedargrovecivic@gmail.com<br />
or<br />
617-825-1402.<br />
clAm PoINT cIvIc<br />
ASSN.<br />
The meetings are usually<br />
held on the second<br />
Monday of each month<br />
(unless it’s a holiday) at<br />
WORK, Inc. 25 Beach<br />
St., at the corner of<br />
Freeport (new meeting<br />
place); on street parking<br />
available; at 6:30 p.m.<br />
Info: clampoint.org.<br />
columBIA-SAvIN<br />
HIll cIvIc ASSN.<br />
Meetings the first Mon.<br />
of each month, 7 p.m.,<br />
at the Little House, 275<br />
East Cottage St. For info:<br />
columbiasavinhillcivic.<br />
org.<br />
cummINS vAllEy<br />
ASSN.<br />
C u m m i n s V a l l e y<br />
Assn, meeting at the<br />
• Now accepting new patients<br />
• Open seven days a week<br />
• Extended evening hours available<br />
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• Pharmacy Services<br />
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Mattahunt Community Center, 100 Hebron St.,<br />
Mattapan, on Mondays 6:30 p.m., for those living<br />
on and near Cummins Highway. For info on dates,<br />
call 617-791-7359 or 617-202-1021.<br />
EASTmAN-ElDEr ASSN.<br />
The association meets the third Thurs. of each<br />
month, 7 p.m., at the Uphams Corner Health Center,<br />
636 Columbia Rd, across from the fire station. The<br />
meeting dates are: <strong>July</strong> 21, Aug. 18, Sept. 15. Oct.<br />
20, Nov. 17, and Dec. 15.<br />
FrEEPorT-ADAmS ASSN.<br />
The meetings will be held the second Wed. of the<br />
month, 6:30 p.m., at the Fields Corner CDC office<br />
(the old Dist. 11 police station), 1 Acadia St.<br />
Groom/HumPHrEyS<br />
NEIGHBorHooD ASSN.<br />
The GHNA meets on the third Wed. of each month,<br />
7 p.m., in the Kroc Salvation Army Community<br />
Center, 650 Dudley St., Dor., 02125. For info, call<br />
857-891-1072 or maxboxer@aol.com.<br />
HANcocK ST. cIvIc ASSN.<br />
The next meetings are <strong>July</strong> 19, Aug. 16, and Sept.<br />
20, in the Upham’s Corner Library (for the summer,<br />
through Sept.), 500 Columbia Rd., from 6:30 to 8<br />
p.m. Info: hancockcivic@yahoo.com.<br />
loWEr mIllS cIvIc ASSN.<br />
The monthly meetings are held the third Tuesday<br />
of the month in St. Gregory’s Auditorium, 7 p.m.<br />
(Please bring bottles and cans and any used sports<br />
equipment to the meeting for Officer Ruiz.) Now is<br />
the time to become a member: send a $7 check to<br />
DLMCA, 15 Becket St., Dor., 02124-4803. Please<br />
include name, address, phone, and e-mail address.<br />
mccormAcK cIvIc ASSN.<br />
Meetings, the third Tues. of each month, at 7<br />
p.m., in Blessed Mother Teresa Parish Hall. Please<br />
bring canned goods to the meeting for a local food<br />
bank. Info: McCormackCivic.com or 617-710-3793.<br />
Membership is only $5.<br />
mEETINGHouSE HIll cIvIc ASSN.<br />
The monthly meeting usually on the third<br />
Wednesday of the month, 7 p.m., at the First Parish<br />
Church. Info: 617-265-0749 or civic@firstparish,com.<br />
mElvIllE PArK ASSN.<br />
Clean-up of the MBTA Tunnel Cap (garden at<br />
Shawmut Station), the first Sat. of each month,<br />
from 10 a.m. to noon. The meetings are held at 6:30<br />
p.m., at the Epiphany School, 154 Centre St., Dor.<br />
PEABoDy SloPE ASSN.<br />
The Peabody Slope Neighborhood Assn’s next<br />
meeting, the first Mon. of each month, at <strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
Academy, 18 Croftland Ave., 7 p.m. For info:<br />
peabodyslope.org or 617-533-8123.<br />
PoPE’S HIll NEIGHBorHooD ASSN.<br />
Neighborhood E-Mail<br />
Alert system; sign up at<br />
philip.carver@popeshill.<br />
com, giving your name,<br />
address, and e-mail address.<br />
PHNA meetings,<br />
usually the fourth Wed. of<br />
each month at the Leahy/<br />
Holloran Community<br />
Center at 7 p.m. The next<br />
meeting will be in Sept.<br />
PorT NorFolK<br />
cIvIc ASSN.<br />
Meetings the third<br />
Thurs. of every month at<br />
the Port Norfolk Yacht<br />
Club, 7 p.m. Info: 617-<br />
825-5225.<br />
ST. mArK’S ArEA<br />
cIvIc ASSN.<br />
Meetings held the last<br />
Tues. of each month in the<br />
lower hall of St. Mark’s<br />
Church, at 7 p.m. Info:<br />
stmarkscivic.com.<br />
DorcHESTEr<br />
HISTorIcAl<br />
SocIETy<br />
The headquarters of<br />
the DHS is the William<br />
Clapp House, 195 Boston<br />
St., 02125, near Edward<br />
Everett Square. The DHS<br />
seeks volunteers and donations<br />
to help preserve<br />
the society’s artifacts.<br />
Contact ERMMWWT@<br />
aol.com.<br />
• Specialty Care<br />
• And More...<br />
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The Friends of Savin Hill organization has been awarded a $2,500 grant from the non-profit organization<br />
Save the Harbor / Save the Bay to support two <strong>Dorchester</strong> Beach Festival Family Movie Nights this<br />
summer. (Dates are still being finalized for the movie nights in August.) Above, families relax at the<br />
Friends of Savin Hill Shores’ Family Movie Night last summer. At right, representatives of Friends of<br />
Savin Hill Shores accepted the grant from representatives of Save the Harbor / Save the Bay, Harpoon<br />
Brewery and JetBlue Airways. Shown from left to right are Donnie Todd, Paul Nutting, Bruce Berman,<br />
Maureen McQuillen, and Charlie Storey.<br />
Photos courtesy SH/SB<br />
Uphams<br />
Corner’s<br />
Mendez<br />
recognized<br />
as leading<br />
dentist<br />
Zuzana Mendez, DMD<br />
Zuzana Mendez, DMD,<br />
was recently recognized<br />
as one of the “Ten Under<br />
10” by the Massachusetts<br />
Dental Society<br />
(MDS). Dr. Mendez is the<br />
Dental Director at the<br />
Upham’s Corner Health<br />
Center and also resides<br />
in <strong>Dorchester</strong>.<br />
In an effort to highlight<br />
the impact that new<br />
dentists are having on<br />
the dental profession,<br />
the MDS Standing<br />
Committee on the New<br />
Dentist created the Ten<br />
Under 10 award program<br />
in 2005. To qualify for<br />
this recognition, dentists<br />
must have graduated<br />
from dental school within<br />
the past 10 years; be an<br />
MDS member; and have<br />
made significant contributions<br />
to the profession,<br />
their community, and/or<br />
organized dentistry.<br />
“In the community<br />
health center, I have a<br />
great team,” says Dr.<br />
Mendez. “Our mission is<br />
to promote oral health,<br />
education, and awareness<br />
to our patients to<br />
have better oral health.”<br />
Dr. Mendez received<br />
a dental degree from<br />
both the Universidad<br />
Autonoma de Santo Domingo<br />
in the Dominican<br />
Republic and Tufts University<br />
School of Dental<br />
Medicine.<br />
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Page 12 THE REPORTER <strong>July</strong> 5, 2012<br />
New name, added amenities at Loesch Family Park<br />
(Continued from page 1)<br />
More than $1,000,000<br />
in improvements to the<br />
park were funded by<br />
Mayor Menino’s Capital<br />
Improvement Program<br />
and by a Parkland Acquisitions<br />
and Renovations<br />
for Communities<br />
(PARC) grant from the<br />
Massachusetts Executive<br />
Office of Energy and<br />
Renovations for Communities.<br />
The 2.24 acre park,<br />
popularly known as<br />
Wainwright Park for<br />
the street that defined<br />
its western edge, was<br />
originally named in 1922<br />
for James L. Cronin, a<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> man killed in<br />
action during World War<br />
I. A memorial to another<br />
war hero, 20-year-old<br />
Navy Corpsman James<br />
F. Keenan, who was<br />
killed in action in Korea,<br />
has been moved to a<br />
more prominent place<br />
in front of the entrance<br />
from Melbourne Avenue.<br />
Rev. Loesch said he had<br />
suggested the park’s<br />
name be changed to<br />
‘Peace Park’ or ‘President<br />
Barack Obama<br />
Peace Park.’<br />
“Then the next thing<br />
I know, they didn’t take<br />
my suggestion,” Rev.<br />
Loesch said. “But it’s<br />
very humbling. They<br />
don’t name parks after<br />
living people, so that’s<br />
even a bigger honor.<br />
I’m very honored to<br />
have been active with<br />
the park and have the<br />
park named after me,<br />
and then to be part of<br />
watching all these folks<br />
use the park and enjoy<br />
[it]. My goal is to make<br />
it a happier park, a<br />
friendlier park.”<br />
On a tour around<br />
the newly renovated<br />
park, Rev. Loesch told<br />
the <strong>Reporter</strong>, “It was<br />
terrible [before the renovations].”<br />
Rev. Loesch said the<br />
process of renovation<br />
was a result of talking<br />
A walkway that now stretches around the perimeter of the newly renovated Dr. Loesch Family Park is meant for<br />
families who want to get some exercise in the park. Rev. Dr. Bill Loesch is also known for planting flowers in the park<br />
during his time living across the street from the grounds. A memorial dedicated to war hero Joseph F. Keenan, a Navy<br />
Corpsman killed in action in Korea, has been moved to a more visible area. The children’s playground can be seen in<br />
the background. Photo by Elizabeth Murray<br />
to different individuals<br />
and groups in the community,<br />
like children,<br />
basketball players, and<br />
parents, to put together<br />
a list of things that<br />
needed improvement.<br />
He stressed that all the<br />
things may just seem<br />
like little pieces, but they<br />
all matter.<br />
The renovations will<br />
increase opportunities<br />
for active recreational<br />
activities and will provide<br />
respite for park<br />
users. The basketball<br />
court has been expanded<br />
to meet National Basketball<br />
Association (NBA)<br />
regulations, and a second<br />
smaller multi-sport court<br />
has been added as well.<br />
Rev. Loesch said this will<br />
prevent younger players<br />
from having to wait for<br />
the bigger hoops and<br />
from being exposed to<br />
profanity from the older<br />
players. Both courts are<br />
fully illuminated until<br />
10 p.m. each night, and<br />
a set of bleachers has<br />
been installed next to the<br />
NBA-sized court.<br />
“The point is physical<br />
exercise, more opportunities<br />
to get physically<br />
fit, and more opportunities<br />
to get out of the house<br />
instead of just sitting in<br />
the house and watching<br />
TV,” Rev. Loesch said.<br />
“The whole point is<br />
encouraging more people<br />
to get out of the house<br />
and enjoy nature, enjoy<br />
getting to know your<br />
neighbors.”<br />
The former tennis court<br />
has been eliminated<br />
completely to redesign<br />
circulation paths and<br />
better reflect existing<br />
foot traffic patterns.<br />
New lighting along the<br />
pathways will enhance<br />
public safety at night<br />
and the former chain link<br />
perimeter fence has been<br />
removed and replaced to<br />
make the park look more<br />
welcoming, Rev. Loesch<br />
said.<br />
The path loops around<br />
the park to encourage<br />
walking and jogging<br />
groups to exercise in the<br />
park. Rev. Loesch said a<br />
The newly renovated children’s playground features jungle gym equipment for both younger<br />
and older children, a seating area for parents and a water sprinkler. The floor of the playground<br />
is a much safer foam material to replace wood chips. Photo by Elizabeth Murray<br />
path also stretches from<br />
the corner of Wainwright<br />
Avenue and Brent Street<br />
diagonally across the<br />
park since people cross<br />
through the park to get to<br />
the Shawmut T station.<br />
“People for 20 years<br />
would cut through here,<br />
so there was a little dirt<br />
path in the outfield of<br />
the baseball field,” Rev.<br />
Loesch said.<br />
The existing Little<br />
League field has been<br />
converted into a multipurpose<br />
field, and the<br />
playground has been<br />
expanded to accommodate<br />
older and younger<br />
children. It also has a<br />
seating area for parents<br />
and a water spray feature,<br />
which Rev. Loesch<br />
said has been very<br />
popular lately because<br />
of the heat wave. He<br />
further pointed out that<br />
the park is now home to<br />
13 benches as opposed to<br />
the two it had before the<br />
renovation, making it<br />
easier for neighborhood<br />
families to meet.<br />
Other features — like<br />
groundwater infiltration<br />
of water from the<br />
spray feature, remotecontrolled<br />
court lights,<br />
bike racks at every park<br />
entrance, and 20 new<br />
shade trees— are aimed<br />
at making the park more<br />
eco-friendly. The play<br />
equipment was supplied<br />
by a certified manufacturer<br />
that used a rubber<br />
surfacing consisting of 67<br />
percent recycled material.<br />
More trash barrels<br />
have been added to the<br />
park to encourage people<br />
to keep the park clean<br />
and more flowers were<br />
planted.<br />
Rev. Loesch said the<br />
rubber surfacing for<br />
the playground was an<br />
especially good invest-<br />
ment since it was much<br />
safer than wood chips<br />
or mulch where things<br />
like pieces of glass could<br />
easily be hidden.<br />
“It’s expensive, but<br />
we’ve been guaranteed<br />
it will last for a long<br />
time,” he said. “You can<br />
see everything that’s<br />
on the surface and then<br />
can remove anything<br />
that shouldn’t be on the<br />
surface.”<br />
Rev. Loesch said he is<br />
pleased with the renovations<br />
made, but not all of<br />
the requests were met.<br />
These needs, like more<br />
trees and picnic tables,<br />
are not as urgent as the<br />
renovations that were<br />
made and can be met<br />
over time, he said. He<br />
has also encouraged<br />
members of his BOLD<br />
teen group to spend time<br />
in the park talking to<br />
visitors to see what else<br />
could be improved.<br />
During the park tour,<br />
Rev. Loesch did just that,<br />
greeting neighbors and<br />
strangers alike, asking<br />
them what they thought<br />
of the park and inviting<br />
them to Saturday’s<br />
grand opening at 2 p.m.<br />
The reopening celebration<br />
will include face<br />
painting, a community<br />
string quartet and refreshments<br />
provided by<br />
H.P. Hood LLC as well<br />
as a visit from Mayor<br />
Menino. In the case of<br />
rain, the opening’s rain<br />
date is set for <strong>July</strong> 21.<br />
“I’m extremely happy<br />
with what I’ve seen happen<br />
because everyone got<br />
involved with designing<br />
it,” Rev. Loesch said.<br />
“The Parks Department<br />
did a super job getting<br />
the job done with quality<br />
work. I’m looking<br />
forward to having more<br />
families [visit].”
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<strong>July</strong> 5, 2012 THE REPORTER Page 13<br />
Community Health News<br />
Fireworks demand safety: Enjoy but please be safe!<br />
Mattapan coMMunity<br />
hEalth cEntEr<br />
Many people celebrate<br />
the Fourth of <strong>July</strong> and<br />
the days following with a<br />
bang, literally. Fireworks<br />
are a staple to summer<br />
holiday barbeques and<br />
celebrations throughout<br />
America. With<br />
the Fourth this week,<br />
Mattapan Community<br />
Health Center would<br />
like to reiterate the<br />
importance of firework<br />
safety. In 2010, 8,600<br />
people were treated with<br />
firework-related injuries<br />
last. Over the past ten<br />
years, thirty to thirtythree<br />
percent of these<br />
types of injuries were<br />
due to illegal fireworks.<br />
In Massachusetts, it<br />
is illegal for private<br />
citizens to use, possess,<br />
or sell fireworks,<br />
or to purchase them<br />
legally elsewhere and<br />
then transport them into<br />
the state. There are designated<br />
places around<br />
the city where people<br />
can view fireworks such<br />
as on the Esplanade by<br />
the Charles River and at<br />
the Brockton Fair off of<br />
Route 123. Nonetheless,<br />
the following safety<br />
tips must be taken into<br />
consideration whenever<br />
fireworks are being used,<br />
especially if you plan on<br />
visiting states where<br />
fireworks are permitted.<br />
The most important<br />
thing to remember when<br />
using fireworks is that<br />
Residents find Mattapan<br />
a fair/good neighborhood<br />
(Continued from page 1)<br />
Graduate School, who<br />
gave a presentation<br />
of the main themes<br />
from the questionnaires,<br />
one-on-one interviews,<br />
and a recent “visioning”<br />
meeting.<br />
Mattapan United is a<br />
grassroots organization,<br />
funded by the Local<br />
Initiatives Support Corporation<br />
(LISC), whose<br />
goal is to create sustainable<br />
improvements in<br />
the community. It is<br />
one of three Resilient<br />
Communities/Resilient<br />
Families grants in<br />
Boston, the other two<br />
being Roxbury/Warren<br />
Gardens and Codman<br />
Square.<br />
The agenda included<br />
slideshow presentations<br />
of the organization’s<br />
purpose and goals and<br />
the data collected in<br />
the last year, as well<br />
as introductions for the<br />
chairs of the seven action<br />
groups that were created<br />
in response to residents’<br />
main concerns.<br />
Milly Arbaje-Thomas,<br />
director of ABCD Mattapan<br />
Family Service<br />
Center, and Karleen<br />
Porcena, lead organizer<br />
for Mattapan United,<br />
presided over the meeting.<br />
The survey found that<br />
48 percent of Mattapan<br />
residents were homeowners,<br />
and that there<br />
was very little turnover.<br />
“Mattapan, in contrast<br />
to some of the other<br />
neighborhoods, has a<br />
very high level of people<br />
being here for a very long<br />
time, which is a sign of<br />
neighborhood stability,”<br />
Friedman said.<br />
One resident pointed<br />
out that one of the slides<br />
showed that Mattapan<br />
had a lower homicide<br />
rate than other areas<br />
in Boston, although it<br />
was higher than the<br />
city as a whole, which<br />
was contrary to the<br />
media’s perception of the<br />
neighborhood.<br />
On the challenges side,<br />
the surveys showed only<br />
21 percent of the labor<br />
force is able to work in<br />
the community, and<br />
that residents typically<br />
have a longer commute<br />
to work than people in<br />
other neighborhoods.<br />
There was also a significant<br />
health challenge,<br />
with a 37 percent obesity<br />
rate in the community,<br />
compared to 22 percent<br />
for Boston as a whole.<br />
Although the intention<br />
was to keep the meeting<br />
light and focus on the<br />
positive, Arbaje-Thomas<br />
had troubling news to<br />
share with attendees.<br />
“[On June 27] The<br />
Department of Elementary<br />
and Secondary<br />
Education cut all of the<br />
Mattapan funding for<br />
adult-based education,”<br />
she said.<br />
Seven GED and ESOL<br />
(English for speakers of<br />
other languages) classes<br />
held at the Church of<br />
the Holy Spirit and<br />
the Haitian American<br />
Public Health Initiative<br />
(HAPHI) were cut,<br />
and ABCD’s Mattapan<br />
center lost $155,666 in<br />
grants.<br />
Arbaje-Thomas said<br />
that back in February<br />
when the list of programs<br />
was being put together,<br />
ABCD was “so 100 percent<br />
sure that Mattapan<br />
was not going to lose its<br />
funding.”<br />
“They actually said<br />
they were going to real-<br />
locate the funds outside<br />
of Boston because it was<br />
getting too much,” she<br />
said, “but at no time did<br />
they say that were we<br />
even remotely at risk.”<br />
The meeting ended<br />
with a call to action and<br />
attendees were urged<br />
to contact the commissioner<br />
of DESE, Mitchell<br />
D. Chester, to ask him to<br />
reconsider the decision.<br />
As part of Mattapan<br />
United’s “Summer of Action,”<br />
the action groups<br />
will meet twice a month<br />
from <strong>July</strong> to September.<br />
The groups are business<br />
development, community<br />
fabric, jobs, safety,<br />
open/clean spaces, housing<br />
and health. Meetings<br />
will be held from 5:30<br />
to 7:30 the second and<br />
fourth Wednesday of<br />
each month at the ABCD<br />
Mattapan Family Service<br />
Center, 535 River<br />
St., Mattapan.<br />
To get involved with<br />
an action group, contact<br />
Karleen Porcena<br />
at karleen.porcena@<br />
bostonabcd.org or 617-<br />
298-2045, ext. 245.<br />
To learn more about<br />
Mattapan United, visit<br />
their website mattapanunited.org.<br />
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they are dangerous<br />
and must be treated<br />
with respect. They<br />
are basically controlled<br />
explosives that may<br />
lead to lacerations,<br />
burns, and even death<br />
if not used properly and<br />
under adult supervision.<br />
Firecrackers, sparklers,<br />
and skyrockets account<br />
for over 50 percent of<br />
injuries accumulated<br />
due to fireworks and<br />
must be handled with<br />
special consideration<br />
and care.<br />
The National Council<br />
on Fireworks Safety offers<br />
these common sense<br />
safety tips for using<br />
consumer fireworks in<br />
the hopes that injuries<br />
to consumers can be<br />
greatly reduced this<br />
season:<br />
• Parents and caretakers<br />
should always closely<br />
supervise teens if they<br />
are using fireworks.<br />
• Parents should not<br />
allow young children to<br />
handle or use fireworks.<br />
• Fireworks should<br />
only be used outdoors.<br />
• Always have water<br />
ready if you are shooting<br />
fireworks.<br />
• Know your fireworks.<br />
Read the caution label<br />
before igniting.<br />
• Obey local laws. If<br />
fireworks are not legal<br />
where you live, do not<br />
use them.<br />
• Alcohol and fireworks<br />
do not mix.<br />
• Wear safety glasses<br />
whenever using fireworks.<br />
• Never relight a “dud”<br />
firework. Wait 20 minutes<br />
and then soak it in<br />
a bucket of water.<br />
• Soak spent fireworks<br />
with water before placing<br />
them in an outdoor<br />
garbage can.<br />
• Avoid using homemade<br />
fireworks or illegal<br />
explosives: They can kill<br />
you!<br />
• Report illegal explosives,<br />
like M-80s and<br />
quarter sticks, to the<br />
fire or police department<br />
And note these special<br />
safety tips, if using<br />
sparklers:<br />
• Always remain<br />
standing while using<br />
sparklers.<br />
• Never hold a child in<br />
your arms while using<br />
sparklers.<br />
• Never hold, or light,<br />
more than one sparkler<br />
at a time.<br />
• Never throw sparklers.<br />
• Sparkler wire and<br />
stick remain hot long<br />
after the flame has gone<br />
out. Be sure to drop spent<br />
sparklers in a bucket of<br />
water.<br />
• Teach children not to<br />
wave sparklers, or run,<br />
while holding sparklers.<br />
The National Council<br />
on Fireworks Safety<br />
urges Americans to follow<br />
these common sense<br />
safety rules this Fourth<br />
of <strong>July</strong> and through the<br />
weeknd in their holiday<br />
celebrations.<br />
The National Council<br />
on Fireworks Safety is<br />
a 501(c) (3) charitable<br />
organization whose sole<br />
mission is to educate<br />
the public on the safe<br />
and responsible use of<br />
consumer fireworks.<br />
Mattapan Community<br />
Health Center would<br />
like to wish everyone<br />
a safe and blissful Independence<br />
Day week!<br />
Please enjoy the firework<br />
displays happening<br />
throughout the Boston<br />
area, where professionals<br />
with licenses<br />
are permitted to use<br />
them. Leave the hard<br />
work up to the experts.<br />
Just remember, there<br />
are better places to<br />
spend the Fourth of <strong>July</strong><br />
holiday week than in the<br />
emergency room.<br />
S t a t i s t i c a l d a t a<br />
taken from The National<br />
Council on Fireworks<br />
Safety. Please visit fireworksafety.com<br />
for more<br />
information concerning<br />
safe use of fireworks<br />
and specific state laws<br />
concerning them.
Page 14 THE REPORTER <strong>July</strong> 5, 2012<br />
Boys & Girls Club<br />
Holds Member Recognition<br />
Night<br />
Last Thursday night<br />
the Club closed out the<br />
school year program<br />
with our 38th Annual<br />
Member Recognition<br />
Night Dinner. Over 300<br />
club members, parents,<br />
elected officials, staff and<br />
board members were in<br />
attendance as members<br />
were recognized for their<br />
participation throughout<br />
the various program<br />
areas. After a dinner<br />
created by Patriot’s Kids<br />
Café Director, Maureen<br />
Cooper and her staff,<br />
followed by a beautiful<br />
rendition of the National<br />
Anthem by Club Member,<br />
Michelle Beazley,<br />
Maureen Peterson, Past<br />
President of the Board<br />
of Directors, presented<br />
the Youth of the Year<br />
finalist Awards to: Sean<br />
O’Donnell, David Barry,<br />
Bernard Barbosa, and<br />
Marissa Sneed (Youth<br />
of the Year). Marissa<br />
also represented her<br />
fellow award winners<br />
at the Statewide Youth<br />
of the Year judging held<br />
in Fall River in May.<br />
Next up were the Program<br />
Director Awards,<br />
the top award in each<br />
program area. These<br />
award winners were:<br />
Social Recreation – Jocelyn<br />
Sammy; Aquatics<br />
– Ciara Murphy; Athletics<br />
– Bernard Barbosa;<br />
Walter Denney Youth<br />
Center – Nora Hernandez;<br />
Art – Najwah<br />
Nelson; Education – Jessica<br />
Batista & Ismael<br />
Balde; Music – Manny<br />
Brandao and; Teen Center<br />
– Karim Harris.<br />
We then launched into<br />
program awards for<br />
Athletics (Summer &<br />
Fall), Education, Fine<br />
Arts, Music, and Social<br />
Recreation followed by<br />
the Club’s Band – The<br />
Era, performing two<br />
songs. We then closed<br />
the night with awards<br />
for Athletics (Winter<br />
& Spring), our Walter<br />
Denney Youth Center<br />
Unit, The Teen program,<br />
Aquatics and a salute<br />
to all of our graduating<br />
Senior Class members.<br />
Congratulations to all of<br />
the members recognized<br />
on this night for their<br />
leadership, participation<br />
and sportsmanship.<br />
We would also like to<br />
thank our friends at<br />
The Greater Boston<br />
Food Bank for their<br />
help providing dinner,<br />
as well as the following<br />
members of the Club’s<br />
Band, The Era, who provided<br />
the entertainment<br />
for the evening: Sachi<br />
Vicente, Joshua Phillips,<br />
Dashawn Borden,<br />
Manny Brandao, Patrick<br />
Connolly, Shane Kelly,<br />
and Emily Carvalho.<br />
Jr. Police Academy<br />
The Social Recreation<br />
program will be offering<br />
a special opportunity<br />
for club members ages<br />
8 to 12 to participate in<br />
the Jr. Police Academy<br />
program. In collaboration<br />
with the Boston<br />
Police Department, the<br />
Academy will be held<br />
the week of August 6th<br />
and will run on a 9:00<br />
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. schedule.<br />
The Academy offers<br />
participants a chance to<br />
visit sites related to the<br />
field of law including a<br />
courthouse, a jail and<br />
police headquarters as<br />
well as offering fun activities<br />
such as a Duck<br />
Tour, bowling and the<br />
movies. The Academy<br />
also gives members a<br />
chance to see what it is<br />
like to be a Police Officer<br />
and to meet officers from<br />
the local station. The<br />
week-long Academy will<br />
be open to the first 10 invited<br />
members returning<br />
a signed permission slip<br />
and please note, there is<br />
no cost to participate. For<br />
information, please contact<br />
Social Recreation<br />
Director, Zack Solomon<br />
at ext. 2121.<br />
Senior Class<br />
Night Event<br />
On Wednesday, <strong>July</strong><br />
25th, as part of the<br />
Safe Summer Streets<br />
program, we will hold<br />
a special event for our<br />
Boys and Girls Clubs of <strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
incoming Senior Class.<br />
This group of members<br />
will be invited to a<br />
workshop with Tania<br />
Glinski, an Admissions<br />
Representative from U-<br />
Mass Boston to be held<br />
on the Campus. The<br />
workshop will help the<br />
members of the Senior<br />
Class prepare for this<br />
very important year,<br />
ensuring they are aware<br />
of all the steps needed to<br />
move their educational<br />
goals forward. We will<br />
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Award winners in the Music program gathered with Music Director Ayeisha Mathis at the Boys and<br />
Girls Clubs of <strong>Dorchester</strong>’s Annual Member Recognition Night. The ceremony closed out the school-year<br />
program and helped launch the summer program that began this week.<br />
Joining Bob Scannell, President & CEO, and State Rep. Martin Walsh, are the Boys and Girls Clubs<br />
of <strong>Dorchester</strong>’s Youth of the Year finalists. Marissa Sneed, David Barry, Sean O’Donnell, and Bernard<br />
Barbosa were recognized at the Club’s Annual Member Recognition Night last week.<br />
review the college application<br />
process, discuss<br />
the S.A.T. exams,<br />
financial aid, scholarships,<br />
visiting schools<br />
and more. The workshop<br />
will be followed<br />
by an ice cream social<br />
for all participants. In<br />
September, this group<br />
will be invited back to<br />
the Club to meet with<br />
the Club’s Education<br />
Director. At this meting<br />
participants will learn of<br />
the activities being offered<br />
within the College<br />
Bound program during<br />
the upcoming school<br />
year designed to assist<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
Historical<br />
Society<br />
them throughout the<br />
admissions process. For<br />
more information please<br />
contact Education Director,<br />
Emily Capurso at<br />
617-288-7120, ext. 2320.<br />
Walter Denney<br />
Youth Center News<br />
Our Walter Denney<br />
Clubhouse, located in<br />
the Harbor Point community<br />
has also kicked<br />
off the summer program<br />
this week. The on-site<br />
program for ages 5-12<br />
will operate on a Monday<br />
to Friday schedule<br />
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00<br />
p.m. through August<br />
15th. Meanwhile, our<br />
teen members will be<br />
provided nightly transportation<br />
to take part<br />
in the Safe Summer<br />
Streets program which<br />
will take place in our<br />
Marr Clubhouse from<br />
5:00-11:00 p.m. on a<br />
Monday to Saturday<br />
schedule. Special events<br />
include bus trips to<br />
the Museum of Science<br />
(7/11), the Hanover<br />
Movie Theater (7/18)<br />
and the Carousel Family<br />
Fun Center (7/25). For<br />
more information please<br />
contact Unit Director,<br />
Queenette Santos at<br />
ext. 3120.<br />
Join the google group to receive the<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> Illustration of the Day.<br />
Go to groups.google.com and search for <strong>Dorchester</strong> Historical<br />
Society<br />
The first entry shows groups with that name (only one)<br />
On the right hand side, join the group<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> Historical Society<br />
195 Boston Street, <strong>Dorchester</strong>, MA 02125<br />
wwwdorchesterhistoricalsociety.org
<strong>July</strong> 5, 2012 THE REPORTER Page 15<br />
Coach Coughlin keeps faith with his Brockton scrapper<br />
Most football fans<br />
know New York Giants<br />
Coach Tom Coughlin,<br />
the winner of two Super<br />
Bowl games against the<br />
New England Patriots<br />
of Bill Belichick, as an<br />
intense, no-nonsense<br />
guy who brooks no dissent<br />
from his autocratic,<br />
perfectionist ways of<br />
running his team. He’s<br />
the man who is known<br />
for fining his players<br />
when they arrive for a<br />
9 a.m. meeting at 9 a.m.<br />
To him, 9 a.m. meetings<br />
apparently begin no later<br />
than 8:50 a.m.<br />
Coughlin has used his<br />
intensity to fashion a<br />
very productive record<br />
as an NFL coach: After<br />
leaving Boston College in<br />
1983 after three years at<br />
the Heights as receivers<br />
coach during the Doug<br />
Flutie era, he became<br />
an assistant with the<br />
Philadelphia Eagles and<br />
the Green Bay Packers<br />
before joining the<br />
New York Giants where<br />
he was a colleague of<br />
Belichick’s under Bill<br />
Parcells when the team<br />
won the Super Bowl in<br />
1990; as an effective head<br />
coach at Boston College<br />
for three season (1991-<br />
1993) where, in short<br />
order, he transformed a<br />
bedraggled outfit into a<br />
winning machine; as the<br />
first head coach of the<br />
Jaguars of Jacksonville,<br />
where he made a start-up<br />
team a winner right out<br />
of the gate: and now with<br />
the Giants, the reigning<br />
NFL champions, as the<br />
head coach. You could<br />
look it up.<br />
But away from the<br />
sidelines and the clubhouse<br />
and the glare of<br />
cameras, the hard-nosed<br />
“Iron General,” as some<br />
staffers have been known<br />
to call him, carries a<br />
torch for one of his BC<br />
boys from the ’90s, a<br />
scrapper from Brockton,<br />
home of the real “Rocky”<br />
of boxing, named Jay Mc-<br />
Gillis, whose untimely<br />
death from a fast-track<br />
leukemia left all who<br />
knew and loved him<br />
bereft and questioning.<br />
Last weekend, as the<br />
Sports/Tom Mulvoy<br />
McGillis family waited<br />
on the 20th anniversary<br />
of Jay’s passing, the<br />
Daily News of New York<br />
published a 3,000-word,<br />
four-page account of the<br />
continuing Coughlin-<br />
McGillis relationship.<br />
Written by Daily News<br />
sportswriter Kevin<br />
Armstrong, himself a<br />
BC graduate, it is a<br />
story about football,<br />
constancy, loyalty, life<br />
and death – and about<br />
Tom Coughlin’s commitment<br />
to the memory of an<br />
athlete whose very being<br />
seemingly touched the<br />
inner heart of this austere,<br />
demanding man.<br />
Herewith a few excerpts<br />
from Armstrong’s<br />
article:<br />
“ T h e s u n s h o n e<br />
brightly on the morning<br />
of <strong>July</strong> 7, 1992, as<br />
mourners emerged from<br />
cars outside Our Lady of<br />
Lourdes Church, a red<br />
brick, one-story building<br />
with a pitched roof 20<br />
miles south of Boston.<br />
It was a Tuesday following<br />
a tortuous holiday<br />
weekend. Family and<br />
friends, dressed in dark<br />
suits and black dresses,<br />
negotiated their way into<br />
narrow wooden pews.<br />
They genuflected and<br />
folded hands in prayer<br />
as Boston College safety<br />
Jay McGillis’s funeral<br />
Mass commenced.<br />
“McGillis, diagnosed<br />
with leukemia the previous<br />
November, had died<br />
four days earlier. In<br />
seven months, he had<br />
lost 75 pounds, his red<br />
hair and, finally, his<br />
life. Resigned to death<br />
after his body rejected a<br />
bone marrow transplant<br />
from his oldest brother<br />
Michael, Jay McGillis<br />
returned home for his<br />
final 48 hours, lying in<br />
bed, not speaking or<br />
communicating.<br />
Kathy, his oldest sister,<br />
sat to the left of his bed<br />
on the second floor of the<br />
family’s two-story house,<br />
holding his hand as he<br />
inhaled, then let out his<br />
last breath. Fireworks<br />
went off outside. She ran<br />
down the hall, opened<br />
her calendar book and<br />
penned an entry: ‘I will<br />
never let him leave my<br />
heart. Please stay with<br />
me forever Jay — I need<br />
you.’<br />
***<br />
“Supporters, including<br />
his coach, Tom Coughlin,<br />
then 45 and fresh off<br />
his first season at BC,<br />
a 4-7 campaign, had<br />
offered around-the-clock<br />
support. Now more than<br />
3,000 gathered to remember<br />
the 21-year-old<br />
McGillis. From the 15th<br />
row, to the right of the<br />
altar, Fran Foley, BC’s<br />
director of operations,<br />
looked at Coughlin, a<br />
rigid, red-faced disciplinarian<br />
whose staff<br />
referred to him as “The<br />
Iron General.” When the<br />
mahogany casket was<br />
rolled down the center<br />
aisle, Foley’s eyes met<br />
Coughlin’s. ‘It was the<br />
first time I realized Tom<br />
was human,’ Foley says.<br />
***<br />
“Twenty years on, Mc-<br />
Gillis’s memory remains<br />
intertwined in countless<br />
lives, most notably Tom<br />
Coughlin’s. Kathy keeps<br />
the worn, sweat-stained<br />
baseball hat her brother<br />
donned during chemotherapy,<br />
replete with the<br />
red hair he lost to the<br />
treatment. The No. 31<br />
he wore at BC is quietly<br />
retired, worn only on senior<br />
day, and his wooden<br />
stall is still preserved<br />
in the locker room. In<br />
his name, Coughlin has<br />
established The Jay<br />
Fund. It has allotted $3.5<br />
million in grants to families<br />
suffering through<br />
cancer’s financial costs. ‘I<br />
pray to Saint Jay because<br />
I believe he’s a saint,<br />
Coughlin says.’<br />
***<br />
“Following the funeral,<br />
Coughlin joined the<br />
procession to Calvary<br />
Cemetery. Once the casket<br />
was lowered into<br />
the grave, he returned<br />
to the family’s home<br />
on Harwich Street in<br />
With the help of the many teen coaches and Coach Jeff Tobin, the Garvey Park<br />
Prep League completed another terrific session of baseball skills for neighborhood<br />
children in memory of Dick Duchaney at Garvey Park. The Prep League,<br />
held June 27-29, was sponsored by St Ann’s Parish and organized by Corrine<br />
Ball. This early summer classic, featuring fundamental baseball skills as well<br />
as a few competitive baseball games on the baseball diamond, has been enjoyed<br />
by generations of local children. The league was started by Dick Duchaney,<br />
a local teacher, policeman, veteran and coach. Photo courtesy Tom Leahy<br />
Brockton, a leafy dead<br />
end. Pat McGillis, who<br />
is also known as Sis, received<br />
Coughlin warmly.<br />
He asked to see her<br />
son’s deathbed. ‘Tom, it’s<br />
nothing special up there,<br />
just a modest house,’ she<br />
said. She took his hand,<br />
walked up 12 carpeted<br />
steps and turned left.<br />
Together they stood<br />
rooted in the doorway.<br />
The walls were stripped<br />
of picture frames and<br />
sanitized with liquid<br />
disinfectant. There was<br />
a twin bed in the middle,<br />
a golden crucifix affixed<br />
to a wall. ‘It was just<br />
something I wanted to<br />
do,’ says Coughlin, his<br />
eyes reddening with<br />
tears behind rimless<br />
glasses. I just wanted to<br />
see where he grew up,<br />
where he slept.’ ”<br />
***<br />
“Jay McGillis lost<br />
strength as he underwent<br />
aggressive chemo.<br />
… Support pulsed<br />
during visiting hours.<br />
Most mornings, Kathy<br />
McGillis, who left her<br />
pre-law school internship<br />
at Skadden, Arps<br />
in Washington, slept<br />
in her brother’s room<br />
and awoke to the phone<br />
ringing. Jay looked at<br />
her. It was Coughlin….<br />
He exhorted McGillis to<br />
the end, lifting weights<br />
with the team for charity<br />
and raising awareness.<br />
The last phone call was<br />
from McGillis. He was<br />
going home to die. ‘Don’t<br />
give up,’ Coughlin told<br />
him. ‘I won’t, coach,’<br />
McGillis said.”<br />
***<br />
JAY MCGILLIS<br />
The “scrapper”<br />
“[The number] 31 is a<br />
thread that binds them<br />
all. Coughlin was born<br />
on August 31. When<br />
David McGillis entered<br />
the Masschusetts Firefighting<br />
Academy, he<br />
was assigned No. 31.<br />
Butch’s locker at the golf<br />
club is No. 31. Michael’s<br />
daughter, Emma, had<br />
“J31” tattooed into the<br />
back of her neck. [Serrano,<br />
who dated McGillis<br />
until he died and has<br />
since married, grabs<br />
No. 31 uniforms for<br />
each of her four children<br />
in youth leagues. His<br />
varsity jacket hangs in a<br />
basement closet. “I think<br />
about him every day,”<br />
she says.<br />
***<br />
“Nine a.m. on May<br />
29, the Tuesday after<br />
Memorial Day, and Sis<br />
McGillis, dressed in<br />
white from cardigan<br />
to dress shoes, wipes<br />
the pollen off the black<br />
granite headstone that<br />
marks her son’s grave.<br />
It lies beneath a maple<br />
tree in the cemetery’s<br />
south end. “It’s tough to<br />
keep clean this time of<br />
year,” she says.<br />
Boston Water and Sewer Is<br />
Coming to Your Neighborhood<br />
A Boston Water and Sewer Commission<br />
Community Services Department<br />
representative will be in your<br />
neighborhood at the places, dates,<br />
and times listed here.<br />
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TOM COUGHLIN<br />
The “Iron General”<br />
“Friends and family<br />
find different ways to<br />
honor Jay McGillis in<br />
his final resting place.<br />
His brother David left<br />
a Bull’s Eye putter the<br />
year that Jay died, and<br />
it still rests against the<br />
headstone. There are<br />
typically 31 cents — one<br />
quarter, one nickel and a<br />
penny — sitting in a row<br />
next to an American flag.<br />
His parents do not know<br />
who leaves the exact<br />
change. …<br />
“Coughlin once sent<br />
flowers to the grave in<br />
order to commemorate<br />
his first big win at BC. It<br />
was on Oct. 17, 1992, the<br />
day McGillis would have<br />
turned 22. It was also<br />
the second anniversary<br />
of the day Coughlin’s father,<br />
Lou, died. Coughlin<br />
remembered both men as<br />
he walked out of Happy<br />
Valley with a 35-32 win<br />
over No. 9 Penn State.<br />
“The parents stand<br />
together, their images<br />
reflected in granite. Pat<br />
reads the epitaph:<br />
‘The quality of a man’s<br />
life is measured by how<br />
deeply he has touched<br />
the lives of others.’ ”<br />
MARK THE DATES!<br />
DORCHESTER<br />
Uphams Corner<br />
Municipal Building<br />
500 Columbia Road<br />
Fridays, 10 AM–12 PM<br />
<strong>July</strong> 15<br />
August 12<br />
FIELDS CORNER<br />
Our representative will be available to:<br />
Kit Clark Senior Center<br />
Accept payments. (Check or money order 1500 <strong>Dorchester</strong> Avenue<br />
only–no cash, please.)<br />
Mondays, 10 AM–1 PM<br />
Process discount forms for senior citizens<br />
<strong>July</strong> 18<br />
August 22<br />
and disabled people.<br />
Resolve billing or service complaints.<br />
Review water consumption data for your property.<br />
Arrange payment plans for delinquent accounts. MATTAPAN<br />
Mattapan Public Library<br />
Need more information? Call the Community 1350 Blue Hill Avenue<br />
Services Department at 617-989-7000.<br />
Fridays, 10 AM–12 PM<br />
<strong>July</strong> 8<br />
August 5
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(Continued from page 10)<br />
DorcHESTEr BoArD oF TrADE<br />
It’s time to pay DBOT dues: $75 for 10 or fewer<br />
employees, or $125 for 11 or more employees. Send<br />
check to the DBOT, P.O. Box 220452, Dor., 02122.<br />
Contact the Board at 617-398-DBOT (3268) for info.<br />
Friends and Family Fun Bowling, hosted by the<br />
DBOT, on Sat., Sept. 15, 2 to 5 p.m., at Boston Bowl,<br />
Morr. Blvd. Cost, $20 pp. which includes bowling,<br />
shoe rental, soda, and pizza; raffles also. Proceeds<br />
to benefit DBOT Scholarship Fund. New website is<br />
coming; call 617-398-DBOT for info.<br />
murPHy/lEAHy-HollorAN<br />
commuNITy cENTEr<br />
Youth Beginner 1, on Tues. and Thurs., 4:20 to<br />
4:50 p.m. @$25 pp. For info, check with the Aquatic<br />
Staff at 617-635-5150. Membership is just $20 per<br />
family. Irish step dancing classes on Thurs. evenings<br />
from 7 to 8:45 p.m. handicapped<br />
KIT clArK SENIor SErvIcES<br />
Kit Clark Senior Services for those over 60:<br />
health care, socialization, adult day health, memory<br />
respite, homemakers, personal care attendants,<br />
mental health and substance abuse counseling,<br />
and transportation. The Kit Clark’s Senior Home<br />
Improvement Program for eligible homeowners with<br />
home rehabilitation and low-cost home repairs. Info:<br />
617-825-5000.<br />
KNIGHTS oF columBuS<br />
Redberry Council #107, Columbus Council #116,<br />
and Lower Mills Council #180 merged into a new<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> Council #107, with meetings held the<br />
second Wed. of each month at the V.F.W. Post,<br />
Neponset Ave., at 7 p.m. (earlier starting time). Info:<br />
contact Mike Flynn at 617-288-7663.<br />
KENNEDy lIBrAry<br />
For reservations for the free programs and forums:<br />
617/514-1643 to be sure of a seat or visit the web<br />
page: jfklibrary.org.<br />
cArNEy HoSPITAl’S ProGrAmS<br />
A Breast-Cancer Support Group, the second<br />
Wednesday (only) of each month, 6:30 to 8 p.m.<br />
The Carney’s adult/child/infant CPR and First Aid:<br />
instructions every week for only $30. Call 617-296-<br />
HANDY HANDS<br />
Based in Ashmont Hill, <strong>Dorchester</strong>, MA<br />
MAINTENANCE & GENERAL SERVICES<br />
Telephone: (617) 212-5341<br />
Grass Cutting, Hedge Trimming<br />
& Weed Wacking<br />
Spring Gutter & Downspout<br />
Cleaning & Repair<br />
Minor Interior & Exterior Painting<br />
Trash Removal & House Cleanout<br />
Minor Tree Work – Branches & Limbs<br />
Minor Carpentry & Plumbing<br />
Odd Jobs<br />
DrIvEWAyS<br />
MATHIAS ASPHALT PAVING<br />
Commercial • Residential • Industrial<br />
Bonded • Fully Insured<br />
Driveways • Parking Lots<br />
Roadways • Athletic Courts<br />
Serving the Commonwealth<br />
617-524-4372<br />
BOSTON<br />
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Interior & Exterior<br />
Exterior Lifetime Guarantee<br />
FREE ESTIMATES<br />
Power Washing/Deck Staining<br />
Light Carpentry<br />
617-459-7093<br />
www.DILLONPAINTING.cOm<br />
AUTO BODY REPAIRS (617) 825-1760<br />
(617) 825-2594<br />
FAX (617) 825-7937<br />
150 Centre Street<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong>, MA 02124<br />
WINDOW A/C<br />
INSTALLATION<br />
Free Pick-Up & Delivery Service<br />
Free Estimates<br />
• 24 Hour Voicemail<br />
• Friendly Service<br />
We aim to work<br />
within your budget<br />
• No job too small<br />
Neighborhood Notables<br />
4012, X2093 for schedule. The next Senior Supper<br />
will be held on Wed., Sept. 12.<br />
yANcEy BooK FAIr<br />
Charles Yancey’s 26th annual Book Fair, at the<br />
Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, 1350<br />
Tremont St., Boston, on Sat., <strong>July</strong> 7, noon to 3 p.m.,<br />
with free books, entertainment, and fun. To make a<br />
donation of new books, call 617-635-3131.<br />
ADAmS ST. lIBrAry<br />
Become a member by sending dues to Friends of<br />
the Adams St. Library, c/o M. Cahill, 67 Oakton<br />
Ave., <strong>Dorchester</strong>, 02122. Family membership is $5;<br />
individuals, $3; seniors, $1; businesses, $10; and<br />
lifetime, $50.<br />
WEDNESDAy EvENING coNcErTS<br />
The dates for the Wednesday Evening Concerts<br />
on City Hall Plaza are: <strong>July</strong> 18, Motown; Aug. 1,<br />
Disco Night; and Aug. 8, Air Force Band.<br />
IrISH PASTorAl cENTrE<br />
The IPC, now located in St. Brendan Rectory, 15<br />
Rita Road, welcomes seniors to a coffee hour each<br />
Wed. morning, from 10 a.m. to noon. There will be<br />
a speaker each week. Call 617-265-5300 for info.<br />
The IPC has a “Music for Memory” Program, with<br />
Maureen McNally, with welcome and refreshments<br />
at 4 p.m., and singing from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Call the<br />
IPC for dates and further info. The singing session<br />
is free; donations for refreshments are welcomed.<br />
IrISH SocIAl cluB<br />
ISC dates: Sat, <strong>July</strong> 7, Fintan Stanley; <strong>July</strong><br />
14, Andy Healy Band; and <strong>July</strong> 21, Noel Henry’s<br />
Showband; Fri., <strong>July</strong> 27, Sean Wilson, at a fundraiser<br />
for the Irish Social Club. On Sun., <strong>July</strong> 29, a Blood<br />
Drive, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., sponsored by the ISC of<br />
Boston, the Boston Irish Music Club, the Norwood<br />
Irish Music Club, the Donegal Association of Greater<br />
Boston, and the Knights and Ladies of St Finbar-<br />
Cork Club. at the club, 119 Park St., West Roxbury.<br />
Donation is $10 at the dances. Music begins at 8 p.m.<br />
FrANKlIN PArK<br />
Enrichment Day, Sat., <strong>July</strong> 7, with presents given<br />
to many of the animals. Gigi, the Gorilla’s 40th<br />
birthday celebration on Sun., <strong>July</strong> 15.<br />
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321 Adams St., <strong>Dorchester</strong> 02122<br />
Corner of Gibson Street<br />
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Plumbing • Heating • Gas Fitting<br />
• Water Heaters • Boilers<br />
• Drain Cleaning • Faucets, Toilets, Disposals<br />
• Dependable Service • Repairs/Installs<br />
Call Dan @ 617-293-1086<br />
Lic. #15914 / Insured<br />
• Free Estimates • Emergencies • Senior Discounts<br />
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617.698.4698<br />
Licensed<br />
Fully Insured<br />
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mArTIN ToT loT<br />
Parkarts’ Marionette Puppet Show, at the Martin<br />
Tot Lot, Hilltop St. and Myrtlebank Ave., on Tues.,<br />
Aug. 14, at 11 a.m., with free admission.<br />
TEmPlE SHAlom<br />
The temple has relocated; the office, 38 Truro<br />
Lane, Milton; the mailing address, P.O. Box 870275,<br />
Milton, MA 02187; and the sanctuary, The Great<br />
Hall, 495 Canton Ave., Milton. The phone number<br />
remains the same: 617-698-3394 or e-mail: office@<br />
TempleShalomOnline.org for info.<br />
DIvINE mErcy cElEBrATIoN<br />
The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy celebrate the<br />
Eucharist in honor of Divine Mercy on the third<br />
Friday of each month, at St. Ann’s in <strong>Dorchester</strong>,<br />
with Exposition at 6 p.m., Chaplet of Mercy at 6:30<br />
p.m., and Mass at 7 p.m. For further info: call the<br />
Sisters at 617-288-1202, ext. 114.<br />
FIrST PArISH cHurcH<br />
The church welcomes donations of food and<br />
clothing for the needy each Sunday. Pot-Luck-<br />
Family-Fun-Night, the first Fri. of each month, 6<br />
p.m., in the parish hall. The church is located at 10<br />
Parish St., Meetinghouse Hill.<br />
ST. AmBroSE cHurcH<br />
Fr. Paul Cloherty is now in residence at Marian<br />
Manor in South Boston. Sovereign Bank is allowing<br />
parishioners attending Sunday Mass to park in their<br />
parking lot while at Mass. The church roof is in need<br />
of repair; the estimate is $128,600.<br />
ST. cHrISToPHEr cHurcH<br />
Small faith groups, on Thurs., 2 to 3:30 p.m., in<br />
English, and at 11 a.m. on Sun., in Spanish.<br />
ST. ANN cHurcH<br />
Lucky Thousand Drawing, the second Monday<br />
of each month in the school cafeteria, at 7 p.m.<br />
Voice, piano, guitar, violin, and viola lessons are<br />
now available. See the flyers at the rear door of the<br />
church. Vacation Bible School will be held with two<br />
one-week sessions: <strong>July</strong> 9 to 13 (for those K to Gr.<br />
3) and <strong>July</strong> 16 to 20 (for those Gr. 4 to 6). Further<br />
info: saintannreled@gmail.com.<br />
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On June 9, the CSO<br />
office had our annual<br />
Bike Safety Rodeo in the<br />
parking lot of the McKeon<br />
Post. The weather was<br />
perfect, my cooking didn’t<br />
kill anybody, and 100<br />
kids/parents enjoyed<br />
themselves. We also gave<br />
out 40 bike helmets and<br />
three brand new bikes,<br />
courtesy of Jeff Brewster,<br />
owner of McDonald’s on<br />
Gallivan Boulevard. and<br />
Chris English from the<br />
mayor’s office.<br />
During the free raffle<br />
for the first bike given<br />
away, an extraordinary<br />
act of kindness took<br />
place. The winner of the<br />
brand new boy’s bike<br />
was already sitting on a<br />
replica of the bike he had<br />
just won. It was then that<br />
the young man (around<br />
10 years of age), noticed<br />
a little girl standing<br />
there with her mother.<br />
The little girl (about 5<br />
years of age) was telling<br />
C.S.I. - C-11<br />
her mother how she had<br />
hoped to win the raffle<br />
so that she would be able<br />
to pedal around with<br />
her friends because she<br />
didn’t own a bike.<br />
The little guy then<br />
asked us if he could give<br />
back the bike he had<br />
just won in exchange for<br />
a much smaller bike we<br />
had with training wheels<br />
on it. He then walked the<br />
bike over to the little girl<br />
and gave it to the stunned<br />
child.<br />
This act of unselfish<br />
kindness truly represents<br />
the youth of <strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
and I thought it was<br />
something that should be<br />
reported. Unfortunately,<br />
the boy and his dad left<br />
the event before we could<br />
get his name, which is<br />
a shame, because he<br />
certainly deserves some<br />
type of recognition. A<br />
very fine young man,<br />
indeed.<br />
In addition to Mr.<br />
Brewster and Mr. English<br />
I would also like to<br />
thank the McKeon Post,<br />
Vivian Giraud, Sheriff<br />
Cabral’s office, retired<br />
Detective Frank Olbreys<br />
and the Kaitlyn Keaney<br />
Scholarship Fund for<br />
helping out at the Bike<br />
Rodeo.<br />
If the people in these<br />
next few stories had half<br />
the character of our little<br />
philanthropist, then they<br />
wouldn’t find themselves<br />
in the crap they are in<br />
right now.<br />
April 2, 6 p.m.<br />
A South Boston woman<br />
parked her vehicle on<br />
Westville Street, leaving<br />
her leather purse containing<br />
$300 on the front<br />
seat, and was “shocked”<br />
to find it missing an<br />
hour later. While driving<br />
her vehicle to C-11 to<br />
report the theft, she<br />
heard a ringing sound<br />
coming from between<br />
the seat cushions. It was<br />
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a cell phone, with the<br />
owner’s picture on the<br />
screen saver. The woman<br />
answered the phone and<br />
it was the cell phone’s<br />
owner attempting to<br />
negotiate the return of<br />
his property. He was told<br />
he could pick it up at C-11<br />
if he returned the purse<br />
he took. To date, he hasn’t<br />
shown up. A warrant for<br />
the 46-year-old-South<br />
End man for B&E motor<br />
vehicle is pending.<br />
May 31, 12:08 p.m.<br />
A man walked into a<br />
Stoughton Street grocery<br />
store and asked<br />
the woman behind the<br />
counter how much a loaf<br />
of bread was and she<br />
replied $2.50. The man<br />
took out his wallet and<br />
handed the woman $3.<br />
When she opened the<br />
register, the man lunged<br />
across the counter while<br />
brandishing a knife and<br />
attempted to grab the<br />
cash tray, which the<br />
By Officer Mike Keaney, C.S.O.<br />
Boston Police, Area C-11<br />
A little girl has a bike because a boy has the right stuff<br />
woman suddenly and<br />
with much force closed<br />
on the man’s fingers. The<br />
man accepted his failure<br />
as a thief and asked<br />
the woman to give him<br />
change for the bread, and<br />
the woman handed him<br />
two quarters. The man<br />
took his change and fled<br />
in a gold colored SUV,<br />
but the moron left his<br />
wallet atop the counter.<br />
Detectives are searching<br />
for the 34-year-old<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> boob whose<br />
license was in the wallet.<br />
June 3, 9:02 p.m.<br />
Officers responded to<br />
the rear of Lopez Florist<br />
on Saranac Street for a<br />
report of a man breaking<br />
into vehicles. On arrival<br />
they spoke to a woman<br />
who stated that she heard<br />
loud screeching outside<br />
her home followed by a<br />
bang. When she went to<br />
investigate she noticed<br />
that her vehicle had<br />
been broken into and<br />
Patrick signs teacher bill that enhances evaluations<br />
By MichaEl norton<br />
StatE houSE<br />
nEwS SErvicE<br />
Legislation that gives<br />
teacher performance<br />
and evaluations greater<br />
weight in public school<br />
personnel decisions was<br />
signed into law last Friday<br />
by Gov. Deval Patrick.<br />
With minimal debate,<br />
lawmakers last month<br />
sped the bill to the governor’s<br />
desk in an effort<br />
to see a more sweeping<br />
initiative petition<br />
dropped from consideration<br />
for the fall ballot.<br />
A spokesman for Stand<br />
for Children, backers<br />
of the ballot question,<br />
said on Friday that the<br />
organization would not<br />
file signatures next week<br />
to secure a ballot spot,<br />
effectively ending their<br />
campaign. The group<br />
negotiated the legislative<br />
alternative to its<br />
ballot question with the<br />
Massachusetts Teachers<br />
Association.<br />
“Today, Massachusetts<br />
made state history when<br />
the governor signed into<br />
law legislation to put<br />
teacher effectiveness<br />
first,” Stand for Children<br />
Executive Director Jason<br />
HELP WANTED<br />
Community Organizer<br />
Boston Alliance for Community Health (BACH)<br />
Health Resources in Action is a non-profit, public health<br />
and medical research funding organization based in Boston,<br />
Massachusetts whose mission is to help people live healthier<br />
lives through prevention, health promotion and support of<br />
medical research. Be part of an exciting organization that<br />
works with communities in the Boston area, New England,<br />
and across the country to identify and address health issues<br />
in innovative ways. Boston Alliance for Community Health<br />
(BACH) is an independent community alliance for which<br />
HRiA is the fiscal sponsor.<br />
The Boston Alliance for Community Health brings<br />
together neighborhood coalitions and other public health<br />
and community partners to create a healthy Boston through<br />
data-driven, evidence-based health planning and improvement<br />
initiatives on the neighborhood and city-wide levels. Our goal<br />
is to reduce health disparities and improve the health status<br />
of Boston’s residents.<br />
We are currently engaged in a neighborhood-based, citywide<br />
health planning process: Mobilizing for Action through<br />
Planning and Partnerships (MAPP). MAPP is a phased<br />
community organizing and planning process using community<br />
health as its central theme.<br />
Position Summary:<br />
The Community Organizer reports to the Director of<br />
the Boston Alliance for Community Health (BACH) and is<br />
responsible for leading community engagement efforts with<br />
neighborhoods and communities not currently affiliated with<br />
BACH and providing membership development services to<br />
BACH’s current members. This is an exempt, full-time position.<br />
Duties & Responsibilities:<br />
Community Engagement<br />
• Reach out to neighborhoods and communities not currently<br />
affiliated with BACH to build and strengthen BACH in order<br />
to increase their capacity to engage in community health<br />
planning and improvement activities<br />
• Develop relationships with community and organizational<br />
leaders in targeted neighborhoods<br />
• Collaborate with Director to engage community members<br />
and BACH volunteers in advocacy campaigns and activities<br />
• Create systems and training for integrating new participants<br />
into BACH’s structure in collaboration with the Director and<br />
Manager of Health Planning<br />
• Assist in organizing Annual Meeting and other gatherings<br />
Technical Assistance and Training<br />
• Provide staff support to the Education and Training Team<br />
as it develops and implements a training calendar<br />
• Work with existing coalitions to strengthen their presence<br />
in their communities.<br />
• Ensure that all constituencies (e.g. youth, elders, etc.) are<br />
actively involved in BACH neighborhood planning activities<br />
and implementation initiatives.<br />
Williams said in a statement.<br />
“This legislation,<br />
which ensures that performance<br />
comes before<br />
seniority in teacher<br />
staffing decisions, is<br />
a win for teachers,<br />
parents, children, and<br />
all of Massachusetts.”<br />
The bill (S 2315) passed<br />
the Senate and the House<br />
without recorded votes.<br />
According to the new law,<br />
its purpose is to assure<br />
effective implementation<br />
of education evaluation<br />
systems adopted by the<br />
Board of Education, provide<br />
training for teachers<br />
and administrators in<br />
• Assist in organizing training to support existing BACH<br />
neighborhood coalitions in addressing health disparities<br />
through activities including accessing and utilizing health data;<br />
needs and resource assessment; community health planning<br />
and evaluation; outreach and inclusion; cultural competency;<br />
and other aspects of coalition sustainability.<br />
• Assist in organizing training and education on advocacy<br />
skills and key public health issues and campaigns.<br />
Communication<br />
• Work with BACH’s Director to communicate with BACH<br />
members, partners, funders and other stakeholders.<br />
Qualifications:<br />
• This position requires at least 4 years experience in the<br />
field of community organizing or equivalent life experience.<br />
Bachelor’s degree a plus.<br />
• It requires a self-motivated individual who is able to engage<br />
with a range of community activists, organizations and public<br />
policy decision-makers.<br />
• Knowledge of and experience working in Boston’s<br />
neighborhoods and with communities of color is strongly<br />
desired.<br />
• Understanding of public health, social determinants of health<br />
and approaches to community organizing is a plus.<br />
• This individual must possess strong volunteer and community<br />
engagement skills<br />
• Must be well organized and experienced in organizing events<br />
• This position also requires strong verbal and written skills<br />
This description is intended to indicate the kinds of work<br />
duties that will be required in this position. It is not intended<br />
to limit, or in any way modify, the rights of any supervisor<br />
to assign, direct, and contract work of staff under his/her<br />
supervision. The use of a particular illustration describing<br />
duties shall not be held to exclude other duties, not mentioned,<br />
that are of a similar level or difficulty.<br />
HRiA is seeking to hire a staff that represents the racial and<br />
ethnic diversity of its constituents. Specifically, we are seeking<br />
people of color with expertise and dedication to public health.<br />
Diversity and inclusion is an ongoing organizational practice<br />
and a core value of HRiA with the goal of having culturally<br />
competent services, materials, resources and programs. Our<br />
hiring practices are informed by an appreciation of the strengths<br />
offered by differing cultures, races, religions, ethnicities,<br />
classes, sexual orientation, physical capacities, and age groups.<br />
HRiA offers an attractive benefits package, including medical,<br />
dental and life insurance, retirement plan, tax-deferred annuity,<br />
and generous vacation.<br />
Send resume, cover letter and salary requirements to:<br />
Health Resources in Action<br />
Attn: Human Resources<br />
95 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116<br />
Or jobs@hria.org<br />
evaluation and training,<br />
and ensure that “indicators<br />
of job performance as<br />
evidenced by evaluation<br />
and other factors are<br />
the primary factors in<br />
school staff decisions.”<br />
The law also calls for a<br />
data collection system to<br />
assess the effectiveness<br />
of the evaluation system.<br />
Patrick previously called<br />
the ballot question “illtimed<br />
and unnecessary,”<br />
while congratulating<br />
Stand for Children and<br />
the MTA for striking<br />
a deal that led to the<br />
that someone had also<br />
taken the Florist van<br />
and driven it through the<br />
back fence. The thief also<br />
left his Blackberry phone<br />
inside the woman’s vehicle.<br />
The stupidity of the<br />
local criminal element is<br />
of epidemic proportions.<br />
Minutes later, an officer<br />
spotted the van parked<br />
on Semont Road and a<br />
young male with long<br />
sideburns breaking into<br />
another car. After a short<br />
foot chase the 19-year-old<br />
South Boston man was<br />
arrested with the keys to<br />
the van in his pocket. He<br />
faces a series of charges<br />
in <strong>Dorchester</strong> District<br />
Court.<br />
While at the booking<br />
desk, the suspect asked<br />
if the officers had found<br />
his Blackberry. Oh, we<br />
did, and he can get it back<br />
after the trial.<br />
See you in two weeks.<br />
Alert to Laconia: Here<br />
come the Keaneys.<br />
alternative plan. The<br />
governor added that the<br />
bill advances “by a couple<br />
of years something we’ve<br />
been working with the<br />
teachers and other professionals<br />
in education<br />
on already.”
Page 18 THE REPORTER <strong>July</strong> 5, 2012<br />
(Continued from page 16)<br />
ST. BrENDAN cHurcH<br />
Men’s clothing for the Long Island Shelter is still<br />
needed for the Long Island Shelter for the Homeless:<br />
shirts, pants, sweatshirts, sweaters, coats, jackets,<br />
rainwear, footwear, belts, hats, and white sox. The<br />
Food Pantry is in great need for non-perishable food.<br />
Please be generous. Bible Camp, <strong>July</strong> 23 to Aug. 3, 10<br />
a.m. to 2 p.m. Call Mrs. Çonnolly. Wrestling camp,<br />
<strong>July</strong> 9 to 13 (boys entering grades 6 and 7): <strong>July</strong> 16<br />
to 20, (grades 4 and 5). St. Brendan’s Blood Drive,<br />
Wed., Aug. 15, 2 to 7 p.m., in St. Brendan Hall.<br />
ST. GrEGory PArISH<br />
The Prayer Group meets each Wed., 7:30 p.m.;<br />
enter by the side door across from the rectory garages.<br />
There will be no Eucharistic Adoration for <strong>July</strong> and<br />
August. 150th Anniversary Celebration of the parish,<br />
on Sat., Oct. 20; mark your calendar. Legion of Mary,<br />
each Sunday following the 9 a.m. Mass.<br />
ST. mArK PArISH<br />
A small Food Pantry has been set up by the St.<br />
Vincent de Paul Society; come to the rectory on the<br />
third Monday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
to receive a bag of groceries. Items needed are toilet<br />
RECENT OBITUARIES<br />
McDONALD, Paul<br />
F. of East Falmouth,<br />
formerly of <strong>Dorchester</strong>.<br />
Beloved husband of<br />
Alice “Theresa” (Lyons).<br />
Father of Eileen of<br />
Falmouth, and the late<br />
Michael J. Grandfather<br />
of Leah, James, and Rachael<br />
McDonald. Brother<br />
of Claire Gallagher of<br />
100 City Hall Plaza<br />
Boston, MA 02108<br />
617-423-4100<br />
Attorneys at Law<br />
www.tevnan.com<br />
Hull, and the late Marie<br />
Parella, John McDonald,<br />
Hazel Gallagher, and<br />
Phyllis Godek. Brotherin-law<br />
of Francis Lyons,<br />
Ann Reardon, and Eileen<br />
Crowley. Also survived<br />
by many nieces and<br />
nephews. Paul was a 50<br />
year member of the Local<br />
#2168<br />
TEVNAN TEVNAN<br />
299 653 Gallivan Boulevard<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong>, MA 02124<br />
617-265-4100<br />
“Close to Home”<br />
Cedar Grove Cemetery<br />
CONSECRATED IN 1868<br />
On the banks of the Neponset<br />
Excellent “Pre-Need” Plan Available<br />
Inquiries on gravesites and above-ground<br />
garden crypts are invited. Non-Sectarian.<br />
GREENHOUSE NOW OPEN<br />
for your home gardening and cemetery needs<br />
Cemetery Office open daily at<br />
920 Adams St.<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong>, MA 02124<br />
Telephone: 617-825-1360<br />
Neighborhood Notables<br />
tissue, paper towels, cleaners (Ajax, SOS, etc.,) and<br />
shampoos, soaps, etc. A Holy Hour, each Monday,<br />
from 6 to 7 p.m., in honor of Our Lady of Fatima,<br />
in the church.<br />
ADAmS vIllAGE BuSINESS ASSN<br />
For info on the AVBA, call Mary at 617-697-3019.<br />
ST. GrEGory’S Boy ScouTS<br />
Meetings each Tues., 7 p.m., in the white building<br />
in the rear of the Grammar School, for boys ages 7<br />
to 14.<br />
K cluB<br />
The meetings are held every other Monday (<strong>July</strong><br />
9) in Florian Hall, 12:30 p.m.<br />
ST. GrEGory’S 60 & ovEr cluB<br />
The club meets on Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m. for<br />
refreshments and 1 p.m. for Bingo, in St. Gregory’s<br />
Auditorium. Meetings are suspended for the summer<br />
but will resume Tues., Sept. 4, at noon.<br />
DoT HouSE SENIor GuyS & GAlS<br />
Bingo each Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> House, 1353 <strong>Dorchester</strong> Ave.; also offering<br />
many trips. All are welcome. Info: 617-288-3230.<br />
BlESSED moTHEr TErESA SENIorS<br />
Lunch each Wed. at noon, followed by Bingo,<br />
dominoes, and cards, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. All are<br />
welcome.<br />
BoyS AND GIrlS cluB NEWS<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> Boys and Girls Club need tutors for<br />
those in grades K to 12 who need homework assistance<br />
after school one to 2 hours per week. Volunteers need<br />
not be teachers or experts on the subject. High school<br />
students can fulfill their community-service hours.<br />
Call Emily at 617-288-7120, to volunteer.<br />
uPHAm’S corNEr mAIN STrEETS<br />
All committee meetings are held at the UCMS<br />
office, 594 Columbia Rd., #302, buzzer #6, Dor.,<br />
and are open to the public. Info: 617-265-0363 or<br />
uphamscorner.org.<br />
FIElD’S corNEr mAIN STrEET<br />
The Board meets the first Wed. of the month, at 1452<br />
Dot. Ave., 6:30 p.m. Info or to apply: 617-474-1432.<br />
Four corNErS mAIN STrEET<br />
“Groovin’ to Motown,” Fri., <strong>July</strong> 20, 7 p.m. to<br />
midnight, at the IBEW Hall. 256 Freeport St. Four<br />
Corners Main Street, located at 420 Washington<br />
St., <strong>Dorchester</strong>, 02121; mailing address: P.O. Box<br />
240877, 02124; phone: 617-287-1651; fax number,<br />
LEGAL NOTICE<br />
COMMONWEALTH OF<br />
MASSACHUSETTS<br />
THE TRIAL COURT<br />
PROBATE & FAMILY COURT<br />
SUFFOLK DIVISION<br />
Docket No. SU12D0969DR<br />
DIVORCE SUMMONS<br />
BY PUBLICATION and MAILING<br />
CYNTHIA FLOORD<br />
vs.<br />
ARTHUR L. FLOOD<br />
To the Defendant:<br />
The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for<br />
Divorce requesting that the Court grant a<br />
divorceforirretrievablebreakdownofthe<br />
marriage pursuant to G.L. c. 208, Sec.<br />
1B. The Complaint is on file at the Court.<br />
An Automatic Restraining Order has<br />
been entered in this matter preventing<br />
you from taking any action which would<br />
negatively impact the current financial<br />
status of either party. SEE Supplemental<br />
Probate Court Rule 411.<br />
You are hereby summoned and<br />
required to serve upon: Cynthia Floord,<br />
32 Nelson St.,Apt. 1, <strong>Dorchester</strong> Center,<br />
MA 02124, your answer, if any, on or<br />
before 08/23/2012. If you fail to do so,<br />
the court will proceed to the hearing and<br />
adjudication of this action. You are also<br />
required to file a copy of your answer,<br />
if any, in the office of the Register of<br />
this Court.<br />
Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARM-<br />
STRONG, First Justice of this Court.<br />
Date: June 21, 2012<br />
Sandra Giovannucci<br />
Register of Probate<br />
617-265-2761.<br />
WomEN’S<br />
BASKETBAll<br />
Women’s basketball,<br />
at Hemenway Park, each<br />
Wed. Call 617-640-0338<br />
for info.<br />
DorcHESTEr<br />
PArK<br />
Meetings held the third<br />
Wed. of each month, 6:30<br />
to 8 p.m., in the Board<br />
Room on the second floor<br />
of Carney Hospital. See:<br />
dotpark.org.<br />
FrIENDS oF<br />
roNAN PArK<br />
The meetings are on<br />
the first Tuesday of<br />
each month. 6:30 to 7:30<br />
p.m., at the Bowdoin St.<br />
Health Center. Mailing<br />
COMMONWEALTH OF<br />
MASSACHUSETTS<br />
PROBATE COURT<br />
SUFFOLK, ss.<br />
Docket No. SU12E0054QP<br />
To The Keeper of Records of Births,<br />
Deaths and Marriages of Boston in the<br />
County of Suffolk and to the Unknown<br />
Father of Parts Unknown, in the matter<br />
of Emelyn Lisbeth Yaque Damian born on<br />
June 11, 2010, of Boston in the County of<br />
Suffolk, a minor child.<br />
A petition has been presented to said<br />
Court by Sonia Yaque of Boston in the<br />
County of Suffolk and is the mother of<br />
said minor child. Praying that this Honorable<br />
Court grant the Keeper of Records to<br />
correct her middle name on her daughter’s<br />
birth certificate #045979 lists her as Sonia<br />
Lizabeth Yaque Damian and should<br />
be corrected to Sonia Elizabeth Yaque<br />
Damian, and for such further relief as<br />
this Honorable Court may deem just and<br />
properfor thereasonsmorefully described<br />
in said petition.<br />
IFYOU DESIRETO OBJECTTHERE-<br />
TO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST<br />
FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN<br />
SAID COURT AT BOSTON, SUFFOLK<br />
PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT, 24<br />
NEW CHARDON STREET, P.O. BOx<br />
9667, BOSTON, MA 02114, BEFORE<br />
TEN O’CLOCK IN THE FORENOON ON<br />
the 30th day of August, 2012, the return<br />
day of this citation.<br />
Witness, JOAN P. ARMSTRONG,<br />
Esquire, First Judge of said Court this<br />
20th day of June, 2012.<br />
Sandra Giovannucci<br />
Register of Probate<br />
address: Friends of Ronan Park, P.O. Box 220252,<br />
Dor., 02122. See: info@friendsofronanpark.org.<br />
collEGE BouND DorcHESTEr<br />
College Bound <strong>Dorchester</strong> (formerly Federated<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> Neighborhood Houses) offers a range<br />
of educational programs at multiple locations in<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> including early education for infants to<br />
six-year-olds, out of school time programs for six to13year-olds,<br />
adolescent development programs, and<br />
alternative and adult education. The site locations<br />
include the Little House, Log School, Ruth Darling,<br />
and <strong>Dorchester</strong> Place.<br />
mATTAPAN uNITED<br />
Mattapan United is a grass roots community organizing<br />
initiative that connects residents and other<br />
leaders to define the future of their neighborhood<br />
and improve the quality of life in Mattapan. Info:<br />
Karleen at ABCD, 617-298-2045, X245 or Karleen.<br />
porcena@bostonabcd.org.<br />
DorcHESTEr mulTI-SErvIcE cENTEr<br />
DotWell’s Mommy/Daddy & Me fitness classes<br />
at the <strong>Dorchester</strong> Multi-Service Center, 1353<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> Ave., on Mondays from 9:30 a.m. to<br />
10:30 a.m., and Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30<br />
a.m., in the gym, for children two years and older.<br />
On Tuesdays, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., a “water<br />
babies” class for children six months to 2.9 years.<br />
Info: 617-740-2235.<br />
PATcH couNcIl<br />
The Patch Council, advocating the needs of<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong> families, meets the third Tuesday of<br />
each month at <strong>Dorchester</strong> Cares, 200 Bowdoin St.,<br />
at English H.S., 144c McBride St., J.P., from 6 to<br />
7:30 p.m. Info: 617-474-1256, X222.<br />
DorcHESTEr PEoPlE For PEAcE<br />
The group usually meets the second Monday of<br />
each month, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Vietnamese-American<br />
Community Center (wheelchair-accessible), 42<br />
Charles St. Info: call 617-282-3783.<br />
HorIzoNS For HomElESS cHIlDrEN<br />
Horizons is seeking volunteers to interact and<br />
play with 200 children living in family shelters.<br />
Commitment: two hours per week for six months.<br />
Info: call 617-445-1480.<br />
HoPE For TrouBlED FAmIlIES<br />
Families Anonymous: a self-help support program<br />
for parents, grandparents, other relatives, and<br />
friends, concerned by the substance abuse of a loved<br />
one; meetings at the Tynan School, 650 East Fourth<br />
St., South Boston, Mondays, 7:30 p.m.<br />
mATTAPAN ADulT DAy cArE<br />
The Mattapan Adult Day Care Program is held<br />
each weekday from 8 am to 4 pm, 229 River St.,<br />
Mattapan. Services included: nursing, social services,<br />
arts & crafts, games, breakfast/lunch/snack, and<br />
transportation. Call 617-298-7970 to schedule a visit.<br />
voluNTEErS NEEDED<br />
Friendship Works, visits elderly and disabled<br />
adults in our area. Call 617-482-1510 for further<br />
info. VITA, the Volunteer Income Tax, Assistance<br />
Program needs volunteers throughout the state to<br />
work helping low-income tax payers to prepare their<br />
tax returns. In Boston call 617-918-5259. Friendship<br />
Works needs caring people to offer help and support<br />
to isolated seniors and to drive elders to and from<br />
medical app’ts. For info call 617-482-1510 or visit<br />
fw4elders,org. Volunteer residents needed to conduct<br />
a community knowledge pilot in communities of color<br />
that have the highest incidence rate of HIV/AIDS.<br />
Contact HCC at 617-445-8979.<br />
LEGAL NOTICES<br />
COMMONWEALTH OF<br />
MASSACHUSETTS<br />
THE TRIAL COURT<br />
PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT<br />
24 New Chardon St., Boston 02114<br />
(617) 788-8300<br />
CITATION ON PETITION FOR ORDER<br />
OF COMPLETE SETTLEMENT<br />
OF ESTATE<br />
Docket No. SU12P0394EA<br />
IN THE ESTATE OF<br />
RUBY MAE PAYTON<br />
LATE OF BOSTON, MA 02122<br />
DATE OF DEATH: 10/19/2005<br />
To all interested persons:<br />
A petition has been filed by: Wakil R.<br />
Hakim of <strong>Dorchester</strong>, MA requesting<br />
that an Order of Complete Settlement of<br />
the estate issue including to approve an<br />
accounting and other such relief as may<br />
be requested by the Petition.<br />
You have the right to obtain a copy of<br />
the Petition from the Petitioner or at<br />
the Court. You have a right to object to<br />
this proceeding. To do so, you or your<br />
attorney must file a written appearance<br />
and objection at this Court before 10:00<br />
a.m. on 07/12/2012.<br />
ThisisNOTa hearingdate,butadeadline<br />
by which you must file a written appearance<br />
and objection if you object to this<br />
proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written<br />
appearance and objection followed<br />
by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty<br />
(30) days of the return date, action may<br />
be taken without further notice to you.<br />
Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARM-<br />
STRONG First Justice of this Court.<br />
Date: June 11. 2012<br />
Sandra Giovannucci<br />
Register of Probate<br />
COMMONWEALTH OF<br />
MASSACHUSETTS<br />
SUFFOLK, ss.<br />
THE TRIAL COURT<br />
PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT<br />
NOTICE AND ORDER:<br />
PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT<br />
OF GUARDIAN OF A MINOR<br />
Docket No. SU12P0563GD<br />
IN THE INTERESTS OF<br />
JEFFREY JEAN-JACQUES JR.<br />
OF DORCHESTER, MA<br />
MINOR<br />
Notice to all Interested Parties<br />
1. Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a<br />
Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a<br />
MInor filed on 03/20/2012 by Laurianne M.<br />
Trzcilnski of <strong>Dorchester</strong>, MA will be held<br />
07/25/2012 09:00 AM Guardianship of Minor<br />
Hearing. Located at 24 New Chardon Street,<br />
Boston, MA 02114.<br />
2. Response to Petition: You may respondbyfilingawrittenresponsetothePetition<br />
or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you<br />
choose to file a written response, you need to:<br />
File the original with the Court; and<br />
Mail a copy to all interested parties at least<br />
five (5) business days before the hearing.<br />
3. Counsel for the Minor: the Minor<br />
(or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the<br />
right to request that counsel be appointed<br />
for the minor.<br />
4. Presence of the Minor at hearing: A<br />
minor over age 14 has the right to be present<br />
at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it<br />
is not in the minor’s best interests.<br />
THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important<br />
courtproceedingthatmayaffectyourrightshas<br />
been scheduled. If you do not understand this<br />
notice or other court papers, please contact<br />
an attorney for legal advice.<br />
May 24, 2012<br />
Sandra Giovannucci<br />
Register of Probate
Tuesday, <strong>July</strong> 10<br />
• Friends of Ronan Park monthly meeting from<br />
6:30-8 p.m. at the Bowdoin Street Health Center.<br />
• Boston Public Library Compass Roundtable will<br />
take place at 12:30 p.m. in the Orientation Room<br />
at the Central Library in Copley Square. Join in a<br />
discussion about the Fun principle with Exhibitions<br />
Manager Beth Prindle. Those not able to attend are<br />
welcome to leave a comment at bpl.org/compass or<br />
send an email to compass@bpl.org.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>July</strong> 11<br />
• Neponset River Greenway Council meeting,<br />
7 p.m., St. Brendan Church, 589 Gallivan Blvd.,<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong>.<br />
Thursday, <strong>July</strong> 12<br />
• Boston Public Schools (BPS) will host a community<br />
meeting at the Mildred Ave. K-8 School,<br />
6 p.m. to talk about ‘what we are hearing’ in our<br />
analysis of community feedback and the next steps<br />
in the student assignment redesign process. Haitian<br />
Creole interpretation provided.<br />
• St. Mark’s Area Main Street hosts a free networking<br />
Breakfast with Mayor Menino at Ashmont Grill,<br />
555 Talbot Ave. 7:30 a.m. Call to RSVP: 617-825-3846<br />
or email at office@smams.org<br />
Saturday, <strong>July</strong> 14<br />
• Living Better with Arthritis event at Umass-<br />
Boston campus center. Free, starts at 10 a.m.<br />
Sponsored by the Arthritis Foundation. Expert<br />
seminars on research, treatments, pain management.<br />
Interactive demonstrations: simple things<br />
YOU can do to live better with arthritis. Free shuttle<br />
from the JFK/UMass MBTA station and is ADA<br />
accessible. Contact: 617-244-1800 or sgauthier@<br />
arthritis.org.<br />
• Kite, Bike and Frisbee Festival at Ronan Park,<br />
<strong>Dorchester</strong>,10 a.m.-2 p.m. Fly a kite, ride a bike,<br />
and learn to play frisbee! Fun for the whole family.<br />
Free food and drinks!<br />
• Bowdoin Geneva first annual Multicultural<br />
Festival, 2 p.m., 200 Bowdoin St. Performances will<br />
include representations of creativity with heritages<br />
that are Cape Verdean, Caribbean, Irish, Latino<br />
and Vietnamese. Resource tables will proffer health<br />
screening for adults and recommend healthy life<br />
styles practices for all ages.<br />
• Mattapan Farmers’ Market opens for season<br />
at the Church of the Holy Spirit, 525 River Street,<br />
Mattapan. For more info contact 617-696-2900 or<br />
info@mattapanfoodandfitness.org<br />
COMMONWEALTH OF<br />
MASSACHUSETTS<br />
THE TRIAL COURT<br />
PROBATE & FAMILY COURT<br />
SUFFOLK DIVISION<br />
Docket No. SU12P1058PM<br />
IN THE MATTER OF<br />
ANDREW SHERMAN<br />
of DORCHESTER, MA<br />
CITATION GIVING NOTICE<br />
OF PETITION FOR<br />
APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR<br />
OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER<br />
PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B,<br />
§5-304 & §5-405<br />
RESPONDENT<br />
(Person to be Protected/Minor)<br />
To the named Respondent and all<br />
other interested persons, a petition has<br />
been filed by Ethos Inc. of in the above<br />
captioned matter alleging that Andrew<br />
Sherman is in need of a Conservator or<br />
other protective order and requesting that<br />
Jewish Family & Children’s Services of (or<br />
some other suitable person) be appointed<br />
as Conservator to serve Without Surety<br />
on the bond.<br />
The petition asks the Court to determine<br />
that the Respondent is disabled,<br />
that a protective order or appointment<br />
of a Conservator is necessary, and that<br />
the proposed Conservator is appropriate.<br />
The petition is on file with this court and<br />
may contain a request for certain specific<br />
authority.<br />
You have the right to object to this<br />
proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or<br />
yourattorneymustfileawrittenappearance<br />
at this court on or before 10:00A.M. on the<br />
return date of 07/12/2012. This day is NOT<br />
ahearingdate,butadeadlinedatebywhich<br />
you have to file the written appearance if<br />
you object to the petition. If you fail to file<br />
the written appearance by the return date,<br />
action may be taken in this matter without<br />
further notice to you. In addition to filing the<br />
written appearance, you or your attorney<br />
must file a written affidavit stating the<br />
specific facts and grounds of your objection<br />
within 30 days after the return date.<br />
IMPORTANT NOTICE<br />
The outcome of this proceeding may<br />
limit or completely take away the abovenamed<br />
person’s right to make decisions<br />
about personal affairs or financial affairs<br />
or both. The above-named person has the<br />
right to ask for a lawyer.Anyone may make<br />
this request on behalf of the above-named<br />
person. If the above-named person cannot<br />
afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at<br />
State expense.<br />
Witness, Hon. Joan P.Armstrong, First<br />
Justice of this Court.<br />
Sandra Giovannucci<br />
Register of Probate<br />
Date: June 7, 2012<br />
LEGAL NOTICES<br />
<strong>July</strong> 5, 2012 THE REPORTER Page 19<br />
RepoRteR’s CalendaR<br />
COMMONWEALTH OF<br />
MASSACHUSETTS<br />
THE TRIAL COURT<br />
PROBATE & FAMILY COURT<br />
SUFFOLK DIVISION<br />
Docket No. SU12P1057GD<br />
IN THE MATTER OF<br />
ANDREW SHERMAN<br />
of DORCHESTER, MA<br />
CITATION GIVING NOTICE<br />
OF PETITION FOR<br />
APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN<br />
FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON<br />
PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B, §5-304<br />
RESPONDENT<br />
Alleged Incapacitated Person<br />
To the named Respondent and all<br />
other interested persons, a petition has<br />
been filed by Ethos Inc. of in the above<br />
captioned matter alleging that Andrew<br />
Sherman is in need of a Guardian and<br />
requestingthatJewishFamily&Children’s<br />
Services of (or some other suitable person)<br />
be appointed as Guardian to serve<br />
on the bond.<br />
The petition asks the Court to determine<br />
that the Respondent is incapacitated,<br />
that the appointment of a Guardian<br />
is necessary, and that the proposed<br />
Guardian is appropriate. The petition is<br />
on file with this court and may contain<br />
a request for certain specific authority.<br />
You have the right to object to this<br />
proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or<br />
your attorney must file a written appearance<br />
at this court on or before 10:00A.M.<br />
on the return date of 07/12/2011. This day<br />
is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline<br />
date by which you have to file the written<br />
appearance if you object to the petition. If<br />
you fail to file the written appearance by<br />
the return date, action may be taken in<br />
this matter without further notice to you. In<br />
addition to filing the written appearance,<br />
you or your attorney must file a written<br />
affidavit stating the specific facts and<br />
grounds of your objection within 30 days<br />
after the return date.<br />
IMPORTANT NOTICE<br />
The outcome of this proceeding may<br />
limit or completely take away the abovenamed<br />
person’s right to make decisions<br />
about personal affairs or financial affairs<br />
or both. The above-named person has<br />
the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone<br />
may make this request on behalf of the<br />
above-namedperson.Iftheabove-named<br />
person cannot afford a lawyer, one may<br />
be appointed at State expense.<br />
Witness,Hon.JoanP.Armstrong,First<br />
Justice of this Court.<br />
Sandra Giovannucci<br />
Register of Probate<br />
Date: June 7, 2012<br />
GospelFest returns to City Hall Plaza on Sunday, <strong>July</strong> 15 from 5– 8 p.m. The headliner of this year’s<br />
festival is Kim Burrell. Photo courtesy City of Boston<br />
Sunday, <strong>July</strong> 15<br />
• GospelFest from 5-8 p.m. on City Hall Plaza<br />
features vocalist Kim Burrell. Call 617-635-3911<br />
or visit cityofboston.gov/arts<br />
Tuesday, <strong>July</strong> 17<br />
• Solarize Mass - Boston workshop at the Mattapan<br />
Public Library starts at 6 p.m. Learn how to save<br />
money with Boston’s solar program.<br />
Friday, <strong>July</strong> 20<br />
• Movie night at Ronan Park, <strong>Dorchester</strong> 8-10<br />
p.m. Watch a family-friendly movie under the stars.<br />
Bring a blanket to sit on, and enjoy free snacks and<br />
entertainment! Sponsored by Friends of Ronan Park,<br />
friendsofronanpark.org.<br />
Monday, <strong>July</strong> 30<br />
• The Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s<br />
ParkARTS brings its free photography workshop to<br />
Schoolmaster Hill, Franklin Park, <strong>Dorchester</strong> at 6<br />
p.m. Free.<br />
Wednesday, August 1<br />
• Neponset River Greenway Council meets at 7 p.m.,<br />
The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is a powerful tool that only Realtors<br />
have access to. When listing agents market a home for sale, they typically<br />
allow any Realtor to present the home to potential buyers, and to present<br />
contracts for purchase. The MLS is a database of all homes listed by<br />
Realtors, and represents roughly 99% of the homes for sale in any given<br />
market. As technology advances, so does the MLS. It has evolved into<br />
an extremely powerful search engine that allows your buyer’s agent to<br />
enter in search criteria, and returns only homes that match those specific<br />
parameters. Buyers can find a lot of this information online through IDX<br />
feeds available on many websites, but this information is a “watered<br />
down” version of the MLS because the IDX search engines aren’t quite<br />
as powerful, and don’t return as detailed profiles as the MLS.<br />
2) Maximize Your Time<br />
While driving neighborhoods is an excellent idea to help you decide<br />
which locations you prefer, it’s not a very efficient way to find your new<br />
home. Gas is expensive, and your time is valuable. Your Buyer’s Agent<br />
will listen to your needs, make fantastic suggestions based on your likes<br />
& dislikes, and provide you with a list of homes that ALL match your<br />
wants & needs. Your Buyer’s Agent has helped MANY new homebuyers<br />
through MANY purchases, and will help you better organize your search<br />
& decision making process – saving you valuable time.<br />
3) Representation<br />
Listing Agents enter into legally binding agreements that require them to<br />
always act in the best interest of the seller. They are the seller’s “coach”<br />
and will make sure that their clients’ best interests are looked after.<br />
Luckily, your Buyer’s Agent is there to make sure YOUR best interests<br />
are accounted for. With your expert Buyer’s Agent in your corner, you<br />
can rest assured that you’re on, at least, even ground with the home seller.<br />
A football team would be at a pretty significant disadvantage without a<br />
coach – just as you would be without a Buyer’s Agent.<br />
4) Negotiating Power<br />
The MLS maintains a record of, not only all homes listed by Realtors<br />
in a given market, but also the sales price of those homes. Your Buyer’s<br />
Agent will run a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) to determine a<br />
Foley Senior Residences, 249 River St., Mattapan.<br />
Wednesday, September 5<br />
• Neponset River Greenway Council meets at 7<br />
p.m., Milton Yacht Club, 25 Wharf St., Milton.<br />
Friday, October 5<br />
• The All <strong>Dorchester</strong> Sports League (ADSL) hosts<br />
its annual fundraiser at Florian Hall. This year’s<br />
event will honor Coach Jim Collyer, who has been<br />
the backbone of the ADSL baseball program for 23<br />
years. Jim is an 83 year-old resident of <strong>Dorchester</strong><br />
who played for five decades in the Boston Park<br />
League. Tickets are $50 each, $500 for table of<br />
ten. Sponsorship packages available. Contact<br />
alldotsports@verizon.net or call 617-287-1913.<br />
Friday, November 2<br />
• Grammy Award winner Queen Latifah headlines<br />
the 50th Anniversary celebration of Boston<br />
antipoverty agency Action for Boston Community<br />
Development (ABCD) at the Boston Marriott Copley<br />
Place. For information about the Gala, Ticket<br />
Sales, or Sponsorship Opportunities, call 617-426-<br />
ABCD (2223) or visit bostonabcd.org.<br />
FINNEGAN ASSOCIATES REALTORS<br />
793 Adams Street, Adams Corner, <strong>Dorchester</strong>, MA<br />
(617) 282-8189 www.finneganrealtors.com<br />
7 reasons to consider a Buyer(s) Agent<br />
prospective home’s Fair Market Value (FMV). In simpler terms, your<br />
Realtor will look at similar homes in the same neighborhood that have<br />
sold recently. This way, you will know whether or not the seller has<br />
their home priced fairly. If the home is priced over Fair Market Value,<br />
your Buyer’s Agent can present your “under asking price” offer with<br />
plenty of firepower – and a greater chance that the offer will be accepted.<br />
5) Experience<br />
The average person buys 3-5 homes in their lifetime. A good Buyer’s<br />
Agent will assist in 3-5 home purchases every month. What might seem<br />
complicated and intimidating to you is fairly common and familiar to<br />
your Realtor. Your Buyer’s Agent will know what to expect, and will<br />
know when to alert you if anything out of the ordinary occurs.<br />
6) Industry Contacts<br />
It takes a lot of people to close a real estate transaction – Buyer’s Agent,<br />
Listing Agent, Loan Officer, Inspector, Appraiser, Insurance Agent,<br />
General Contractors, and sometimes more! A good agent will come with<br />
a strong closing team that has performed in the past, and will continue to<br />
perform. A transaction is only as strong as its weakest link – with your<br />
strong Buyer’s Agent & their closing team, you can rest assured that you<br />
will have plenty of support.<br />
7) Piece of Mind<br />
If you are like most people, your home is the largest purchase you will<br />
ever make. The average person spends around 1/3 of their total monthly<br />
income on their home. This is a big decision and you don’t want to go at<br />
it alone. When you use a trusted Buyer’s Agent, you know that your best<br />
interests are accounted for, and that you can feel confident in your purchase.<br />
Purchasing a home can be a fun and exciting process. However, the<br />
home buying process can be intimidating, and mistakes are possible. A<br />
Real Estate Professional who specializes in working with Buyers can<br />
help alleviate the fears & possibilities for mistakes. Make sure and use<br />
a Buyer’s Agent on any real estate transaction and you will help ensure<br />
that you are making the right decisions.<br />
Call us when considering buying your home. With our years of experience,<br />
we will be happy to assist you in the process.
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