Dorchester Reporter “The News and Values Around the Neighborhood” Volume 29 Issue 2 Thursday, January 12, 2012 50¢ Old Freeport factory meets its end Foes rally against ‘three-strikes’ legislation By Pat Tarantino tact state lawmakers in hopes Reporter Staff of removing aspects of both More than 250 people crowd- bills they believe will extend ed into the Dudley Square prison time for non-violent Branch Library on Saturday offenders. to voice their concerns about a State Representative Rus- pair of bills that would imple- sell Holmes said those in ment a “three strikes” sentenc- opposition to the bill would ing policy in Massachusetts, need to move quickly and claiming the legislation will make “tactical decisions” disproportionately affect com- about which legislators the munities of color. late-arriving reform campaign Although the pair of ha- should target. bitual offender bills – Senate “These are bills that are very Bill 2504 and House Bill 3811 important to our community – are currently in conference and we want to identify people with state legislators, several with a majority of people of elected officials and criminal color in their district,” Holmes justice advocates took part in said, reminding those in at- a panel to urge those in atten- tendance that outside of the dance to educate themselves state’s 8-member Black and and their neighbors about the Latino Caucus, only four white proposed sentencing changes. lawmakers voted against the A two-story, brick building at 88 Freeport St. that was once home to a sheet metal plant and They urged opponents to con- bills in their current form. offices, is being demolished this week. Robert Susi, the owner of the property, told the Reporter (Continued on page 11) on Monday that the building had been deemed unsafe. Susi— who also owns an auto repair business across the street— said the Fire Department noted that the sprinkler system was broken and the building needed to be brought up to code. After analyzing the cost of re- pairing the 30,000-square foot building, Susi decided to demolish it instead. The land, zoned Dot author Lehane as industrial, is currently on the market, but Susi hopes to rebuild on the property and bring in new business. Photo by Bill Forry tries on BPL trustee hat By Gintautas Dumcius Two years later, Codman Square News Editor City officials, in an attempt continues to serve Haiti quake survivors to get celebrated author Den- nis Lehane onto the Boston By Manolia Charlotin “I’ve been here for a number survivors of the quake.” Public Library’s board of Reporter Staff of years and it had been dif- At the numerous Haiti Relief trustees, did a simple thing: Victims of the 2010 earth- ficult to get Haitian patients to Clinics, staff provided physical They asked. quake in Haiti continue to utilize behavioral health ser- check-ups and preliminary “I got the feeling they find solace and medical help at vices,” Appolon said. “People mental evaluations, along were circling me for a little Dorchester’s Codman Square have been more receptive with information about post- bit, but I was mostly living Health Center, which has of these services since the traumatic stress disorder out of state the last couple created a special program to quake.” (PTSD) to help them manage of years,” Lehane told the focus on the specific needs of Many patients came in dur- the symptoms. Though most Reporter on Tuesday, after his the Haitian clients still coping ing the immediate aftermath of the patient base was in first meeting of the trustees, with the after-effects of the with symptoms and somatic Boston (mainly Mattapan and where he was introduced to disaster. complaints like headaches, Dorchester) people came from staffers and his fellow board tem, board chairman Jeffrey Olivia Appolon, a social upset stomach and feeling Randolph, Brockton, Cam- members by Boston Public Rudman reveled in Lehane’s worker at Codman who has fatigued described Appolon. bridge, Malden and Everett. Library chief . “And celebrity, introducing him worked there since 2001, “They would say ‘Kò m pa These clinics lasted through I let it be known when I met to trustees and staff as the estimates that the behavioral bon’ I’m not feeling well and July 2010. Amy that should the question man behind “Shutter Is- care staff saw an increase of when testing didn’t prove any Now, the health center is ever be asked of me, I would land,” “Gone Baby Gone,” and 80 new Haitian patients in the organic causes, we realized launching a new series dubbed do anything for the library.” “,” books Lehane first few months after the Jan. the only thing they all had in the Haitian Support Program, In the basement of the Hyde wrote that eventually became 12, 2010 earthquake. common were that they were (Continued on page 20) Park branch of the library sys- (Continued on page 9) Dublin tot, family find hope at Boston hospital INSIDE THIS WEEK Khamari Barnes will By Pat Tarantino weighing less than four Esti and an outpouring be one of the featured Reporter Staff pounds and suffering of support in Ireland, singers at Monday’s After nearly a year- from esophageal atresia Elie is now at Boston’s MLK tribute concert at and-a-half spent in hos- – a rare disorder in Children’s Hospital Jordan Hall. Page 6. pitals, operating rooms, which her esophagus is where she is currently and recovery units, a too short to reach her receiving treatment that Dublin family’s lengthy stomach - and has spent could give her a chance struggle to secure a much of her young life at a normal, healthy healthy future for their dependant on machinery childhood. ailing daughter may to keep her fed and Etsi, Elie, and her finally come to a happy breathing. twin sister Emie flew end here in Boston. But thanks to a tireless to Boston in November All contents copyright Fourteen-month-old fundraising campaign after learning that Chil- © 2012 Boston Elie Madden was born by parents Eddie and Elie Madden (Continued on page 4) Neighborhood News, Inc. Page 2 THE Reporter January 12, 2012 Reporter’s Notebook On The Record Council eyes new course Water main break at on Eastie casino question By Gintautas Dumcius city and frankly it doesn’t deserve us Neponset Circle News Editor rushing to put more money in their City Council President Stephen coffers. It’s a delicate balance but I Murphy appears to be shifting course think you need to lay it out there.” on the 13-member body’s approach to the issue of siting a casino in Boston. Dorcena eyes mayoral run as In an appearance on Chris Lovett’s Sanon launches another bid for Neighborhood Network News (BNN- City Council TV) show on Tuesday, Murphy said he Two months after finishing in sixth would announce on Wednesday that place in a seven-way scrum for four he will refer the question of siting a City Council At-Large seats, Hyde casino to the Committee on Economic Park’s William Dorcena said he is Development, chaired by District campaigning for City Hall’s top job 2 Councillor Bill Linehan of South in 2013. Dorcena’s campaign launch Boston. Murphy acknowledged that is was first noted by a sympathetic blog, different from what he announced at “Marry in Massachusetts.” the first City Council meeting of the Dorcena grew up in Uphams Corner, year, when he said he would set up a like his sister, state Rep. Linda Dorcena special committee to study gambling, Forry, who has been estranged from with District Councillor Sal LaMattina him for a number of years. Rep. Forry of East Boston as its chair. is married to Reporter managing editor “The question is, where does the Bill Forry. council go with the question of a ca- Dorcena becomes the second can- sino,” Murphy told Lovett. “I originally didate to announce a mayoral bid. thought it would be better to set up a (Mayor Menino has not yet publicly special committee on the siting of a said whether he is running for a sixth casino in East Boston. The members term.) The first, Charles Clemons, Crews from Boston Water and Sewer Commission worked quickly on Wednesday since that time have been persuading co-founder of TOUCH 106.1 FM, made morning to control a water main break in Neponset Circle that nearly made me, one by one, that it is better left, the announcement at his 50th birthday a real mess of the a.m. commute in Dorchester and parts south. The rupture in their opinion, in the Committee on party in August. happened at about 4:30 a.m. in a 12 inch main under the sidewalk outside of Economic Development, which is a full He isn’t the only the Neponset Car Wash. Colin Donnelly, a spokesman for Boston Water and standing committee of the council.” one pairing his Sewer, said that the pipe was installed in the 1920s. The state law authorizing the set up birthday with poli- “There was a lot of water, but we’re fortunate that the sewer system there has of three casinos across Massachusetts tics. Jean-Claude been upgraded and is quite efficient,” Donnelly said, adding that no businesses S a n o n , w h o or residences lost water service. Thanks to the quick response, early-morning includes a provision allowing for a detours onto Neponset Ave. ended by about 6:30 a.m. Photo by Bill Forry city-wide referendum on a casino, by a unsuccessfully vote of the City Council. Otherwise, it campaigned for would be a referendum limited to the one of the four City ward the casino would be located in. Council At-Large Roxbury teen charged in Samoset St. murder Mayor Thomas Menino has said he seats in 2009, is A Roxbury man has been ordered held without bail for allegedly shooting supports a ward-only vote. Jean-Claude giving it another a St. Mark’s area man to death in his apartment last month during what “I don’t want to speak for the mayor, Sanon go. Sanon will prosecutors say was an attempted robbery. Luis Pimentel, 18, is charged with but part of the prevailing wisdom is launch another ef- shooting Victor Brookens to death in a fight over marijuana the teen thought that if you were talking about putting fort to grab one of the at-large seats this the 54-year-old man was hiding in his third-floor unit at 7 Samoset Street. it in the middle of Franklin Park, well weekend. He is holding a fundraiser Pimentel, arrested by Boston Police detectives on Friday morning at 20 Wales that’s geographically nearer to the on Jan. 15, his 53rd birthday, at the St. in Dorchester, was ordered held without bail at his arraignment today center of the city and would impact Haitian American Adult Day Care in for Brookens’s Dec. 10 murder. According to a statement by the DA’s office: a whole host,” said Murphy. “East Dorchester. “Assistant District Attorney Ursula Knight said Pimentel had planned to rob Boston is geographically isolated. You Sanon, who came in 12th place out Brookens, believing that he would find marijuana and cash at his residence. have to either go over a bridge or go of 15 candidates in the Sept. 2009 Armed with a handgun, Pimental allegedly shot Brookens during the course through a tunnel to get over there. So preliminary, has also worked as an of that robbery. the question of whether or not there’ll organizer with the left-leaning group “Knight told the court that Pimental made statements indicating that he be negative impacts, that’s going to be Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, had brought the gun for protection and acted in self-defense when Brookens borne, much like the airport is, on the and campaigned against a Wal-Mart pulled a knife.” residents of East Boston.” coming to Boston. Pimental is due back in court on Feb. 13. Murphy also reiterated his intention Suggested donations range from $15 to ratchet up the pressure on Vornado to $53 for “the years on earth.” Civic group focusing on crime watch groups Realty Trust, a company that wears The Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association (CSHCA) is ramping up its efforts two hats: one as a minority stakeholder Casting call goes out for political to restart neighborhood watch groups. Residents of up to 15 streets have signed in the proposal for an East Boston play, “Murph” up. A meeting with business owners within the area is set for early February. casino at the Suffolk Downs race track A casting call has been posted for a “I have a better connection with my neighbors than I did in my younger and another the company that created Boston-themed political drama written days,” said Anne Riley, CSHCA president and Sagamore St. resident. “I do the hole in Downtown Crossing. by Dorchester playwright —and long- think it’s effective.” The mayor has had “direct” con- time political operative— Catherine Riley said they’re also planning a meeting with all of those who signed up versations with Vornado and has O’Neill. as street contacts, in order to strategize the set-up of the watch groups, such been rebuffed, Murphy said. “And I Her play, “Murph,” is set on “the as emails and phone trees. According to the civic associations, the streets that said, ‘Well gee,’ I said, ‘here’s an op- eve of the Clinton administration,” have signed up for a neighborhood watch include Auckland, Tuttle/Hartland, portunity for us to leverage something and focused on Boston’s political scene Victoria, Grampian Way, Savin Hill Ave., Annapolis/Mayfield; Bay St.; Spring that they’re looking for, in return for and state Rep. Kevin Murphy (not to Garden St., Treadway Rd./Doris St., Carson St., Salcome St., Edward Everett something that we’re looking for. And be confused with the real-life state Square, and Greenmount/Roach. I just thought, let’s put it out there representative from Lowell). on Day One, that we’re not looking to Local theater production company City seeks input on Norfolk Ave. parcels partner with somebody who doesn’t Argos Productions is putting the play The city’s Department of Neighborhood Development is looking for feedback want to partner with us. So that was together. Auditions are set for Jan. 30 from residents about a number of city-owned vacant parcels. The agenda for the my message on opening day and it’s to Jan. 31 at the Boston Playwrights Jan. 18 meeting, at 6:30 p.m. in Codman Square’s Great Hall, includes 9 Balina having an impact. They want to come in Theater. 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A Boston teenager was earshot of Clerk Magistrate allegedly made to others led Prosecutors say that Gra- arraigned Monday morning in Gary Wilson, who presided to his arrest and subsequent ham “made statements to a Suffolk Superior courtroom at the arraignment. Police indictment on Dec. 20. When others” that he had shot for last October’s murder of and prosecutors have also Boston Police compared the Conneely in the chest near an Adams Corner man and a withheld photographs of ballistics evidence in the Oct. Adams Street while trying subsequent double-shooting Graham to date to preserve a 10 and Oct. 30 shootings— to rob him. But the real near St. Mark’s that left fair trial, according to Wilson. they found that the same gun break in the case came when another man suffering from The suspect, who was 16 at had been used at both scenes, Graham was identified as the multiple gunshot wounds. the time these crimes were Polumbaum said. alleged shooter in the attack John Graham, 17, pled not committed, will be tried as Graham is alleged to have on Monsignor Lydon Way. In guilty to all nine charges— an adult as mandated by shot Conneely during a rob- that incident, more than two including first-degree murder state law. bery attempt near the corner weeks after Conneely’s mur- in the Oct. 10 shooting death Graham does not have a of Adams Street and Nahant der, two men — ages 18 and of 36 year-old Ciaran Con- permanent legal address and Avenue on the night of Oct. 20— were accosted by a young had been living sporadically 9-10. man near the corner of Lydon neely— and will likely stand Ciaran Conneely: trial for the crimes next year. at the homes of relatives, “ N e i g h b o r s r e p o r t e d Way and Dorchester Ave. on Found shot on Oct. 10 The small courtroom in including at least one who hearing a loud ‘bang’ after the night of Oct. 30. Police said Suffolk Superior Court was lives near the scenes of these shortly after midnight,” said that Graham produced a gun to rob, an additional count packed with onlookers, in- two crimes. Polumbaum. Conneely was and demanded their money, of unlawful possession of a cluding relatives and friends Ian Polumbaum, the As- found a few yards from his but opened fire when the two firearm, armed assault with of Conneely and the father sistant District Attorney who Nahant Avenue apartment young men did not cooperate. an intent to murder, assault of the defendant Graham. spoke for the prosecution, building shortly after 1 a.m. “They thought the weapon and battery with a dangerous But the accused murderer said that ballistic evidence, by a neighbor. He died later was fake and refused,” Polum- weapon and aggravated baum said. “The defendant assault with a dangerous opened fire, striking one weapon, for the Oct. 30 double Chimney fire temporarily shuts down victim four times from behind shooting. and the other victim in the Graham’s attorney, Randy Uphams Corner library arm. The first victim suffered Gioia, asked that the two life-threatening injuries.” incidents be arraigned sepa- A small chimney fire closed oil had been delivered. The developers of St. Kev- Boston Police detectives rately and the indictments down the Uphams Corner The Columbia Road library, in’s, in documents submitted were led to Graham, in part, relating to the Oct. 30 incident branch of the Boston Public which has been housed in to the Boston Redevelopment by video surveillance in the be deferred. But Wilson Library for three days last a municipal building since Authority in 2010, called the area of the Lydon Street denied the motion, agreeing week. There was no damage 1904, reopened on Saturday. library “unsafe,” later clarify- attack. The investigation led with Polumbaum, who argued to the library, but the fire It is closed on Sundays. ing that they meant that it to Graham and “other persons that there was a credible generated a “small amount of BPL officials and develop- was poorly laid out, meaning aware of his involvement” in connection between the two smoke,” leading to its closure ers of the former St. Kevin’s parents or guardians could the crimes, Polumbaum said. incidents. on Wednesday, Thursday and school property, located lose sight of children. Sepa- Graham was charged with Graham will be held with- Friday, according to a library nearby, have expressed sup- rately, the basement of the first-degree murder, armed out bail. The presumed spokeswoman. port for relocating the library library was converted from assault with intent to rob trial date has been set for Library spokeswoman inside a new residential a swimming pool and some- and unlawful possession of a January 7, 2013, with a final Gina Perille said the fire building on the former school times leaks during storms. firearm in the Oct. 10 Nahant pre-trial hearing on December occurred because library site. Library officials disputed the Ave. murder. He was also 4, 2012. Graham is due back staffers restarted the boiler The current library has characterizations. charged with two counts of in court for a pretrial hearing on Wednesday, after discover- been called outdated by – REPORTER STAFF armed assault with intent on March 6. ing the wrong type of heating library supporters.

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PUBLICATION SIZE C – Full Page LIVE 10 x 16 TRIM – BLEED – Dorchester Reporter Page 6 THE Reporter January 12, 2012 Coming Up at the Boston Public Library Adams Street Arts & Entertainment 690 Adams Street • 617- 436-6900 Codman Square 690 Washington St. • 617-436-8214 Fields Corner Local singers, dancers 1520 Dorchester Ave. • 617-436-2155 Lower Mills part of city’s MLK tributes 27 Richmond Street • 617-298-7841 Uphams Corner 500 Columbia Road • 617-265-0139 Grove Hall 57 Crawford St. • 617-427-3337 Mattapan Branch 1350 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan • 617-298-9218 Martin Luther King Day is Monday, January 16 All Boston Public Library locations will be closed on Monday, January 16. The Central Library in Copley Square will be closed on Sunday, January 15. Ongoing – Homework Assistance Program (HAP). Trained mentors offer homework help when Boston Public Schools are in full session. Monday through Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30pm. Adams Street Branch Friday, January 13, 9:30a.m. – Open Winter Playgroup. Toys, puppets, big books, board books, crafts, crayons and more in our heated auditorium. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 11a.m. – Introduction to Email. Tuesday, January 17, 10:30 a.m. – Toddler Storytime – Winter Session Stories, songs, games & crafts especially chosen for children ages 2 to 4. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Wednesday, January 18, 3:30 p.m. – Kids Tech The Boston Children’s Chorus will take the stage at Jordan Hall on Monday for two performances. Time. Weekly fun with technology on laptops. Each Photo courtesy BCC week, we will focus on a different use for tech (basic computer use; drawing & cartooning; formatting By Chris Harding celebration will be on Bostic, and Khamari peace and love. documents; putting images in your projects; and Special to the Reporter the January 16 holiday Barnes will be among Using music and the basic 3D modeling.) For ages 10-14. Limited seating. Rolling around next itself at the JFK Library the vocalists at the city’s spoken word, the City Codman Square Branch Monday is the only na- and Museum. Codman highest profile event: of Boston will salute Friday, January 13, 10 a.m. – Laptop Instruc- tional holiday to honor Square’s Sean Fielder the Boston Children’s Dr. King on January tions for beginners. This is a very basic introduction a former Dorchester and his Dot-based Boston Chorus’ ninth annual 16 at 1 p.m. at Faneuil to laptop computers. Participants must have a valid resident. Dr. Martin Tap Company along with MLK tribute concert. Hall. This event will ID and library card. Registration required. Luther King, Jr. lived the Cambridge Youth This year’s concert feature a moving selec- 10:30 a.m. – Preschool storytime. here while he pursued Dance will be presenting entitled “Beloved Com- tion of classical music, Tuesday, January 17, 11 a.m. – Preschool his doctoral studies at “The History of Tap: Mo- munity” guest-stars spirituals, and freedom Storytime. Ages 3 - 5. Be sure to call in advance to BU, and in 1952 even ments in Time” at 10:30 Melinda Dolittle, third songs performed by the verify that this event has not been rescheduled or served as Interim Pastor a.m. The demonstration, place finisher on Sea- Boston Youth Symphony canceled. at Dot’s Metropolitan part of the library’s son Six of “American Orchestras’ Intensive Wednesday, January 18, 10 a.m. – Laptop Baptist Church. monthly “Celebrate!” Idol.” Dolittle, whom the Community Program. Instructions for beginners. This is a very basic Dorchester and the series, will explore the New York Times called Admission is free. introduction to laptop computers. Participants rest of Boston will host history, rhythm, and “phenomenally gifted,” Also free will be admis- must have a valid ID and library card. Registration a variety of arts com- multicultural expression blazed new trails last sion to the Museum of required. memorations of the slain of this dance form. The year voicing “Cassie Cas- Fine Arts including its Fields Corner Branch activist and Nobel Peace show is free, but pre- sava,” the first African new Linde Family Wing Wednesday, January 18, 10:30 a.m. – Preschool Prize honoree in addi- registration is required American character on for Contemporary Art Films and Fun. Preschool fun for kids ages 2 and up. tion to the usual prayer at 617-514-1644. “Veggie Tales.” on Jan. 16. Children are Grove Hall Branch breakfasts and service Dorchester residents BCC performances also invited to pick up a Thursday, January 12, 12:30 p.m. – Basic opportunities. Olivia Genesus, Abi- are at 2p.m. and 7p.m. copy of the book, “Greek Computer Skills. Learn basic computer skills using The most unusual gail Robinson, Hanifah at Jordan Hall on the Gods and Heroes” at the laptop computers. All participants must have a valid holiday; tickets range 465 Huntington Avenue picture ID and a Boston Public Library card in good from $15 to $45. entrance while supplies standing. Registration is required. On Sunday, January last. Details at website 6 p.m. – Family Game Night Get out of the cold 15, the New England at mfa.org or call 617- and into lots of fun games. Conservatory will pres- 267-9300 Friday, January 13, 10:30 a.m. – Preschool ent a free Family Folk MLK-related events Storybook Films. Join us at 10:30 a.m. for new story Song concert at 3 p.m. in will continue well past book films ideal for preschoolers. Large Format Printing NEC’s St Botolph Street next week. On Friday, Wednesday, January 18, 4 p.m. – Artsy building. Dr. Jill Trinka, January 27, Harvard Afternoon with Ms. Maija Come join Ms. Maija on Billboards • Banners a nationally known Street Neighborhood Wednesday for a fun afternoon creating artwork 1022 Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester musician-educator, who Health Center President and learning about different artists. plays guitar, autoharp, and CEO Chidi Achebe Thursday, January 19, 12:30 p.m. – Basic 617-282-2100 dulcimer, and banjo, will will be awarded Dart- Computer Skills. Learn basic computer skills using carrolladvertising.com lead sing-alongs about mouth College’s 2012 laptop computers. All participants must have a valid Martin Luther King picture ID and a Boston Public Library card in good Social Justice Award standing. Registration is required. in recognition of his Lower Mills Branch ongoing commitment Tuesday, January 24, 10:30 a.m. – Preschool to bridging health care Circle Time. Come read stories, sing songs, and disparities. make crafts. 25-33% of LGBTQ people experience abuse by a partner. Finally, on Friday, Mattapan Branch March 9 at 6 p.m. the Friday, January 13, 2:30 p.m.– Teen Movie Call to talk.... Morehouse College Night: Steamboy. In January we will be showing 617-742-4911(v) 617-227-4911(TTY) Glee Club will bring its Anime classics in the Teen Room. MLK Memorial Concert 4 p.m. – Teen Game Time. Board games for teens. featuring classical, spiri- Please call in advance to verify that this event has tual, and folk songs to not been rescheduled or canceled. Old South Church. This Wednesday, January 18, 10:25 a.m. – Fun with distinguished all-male Books. Kids up to age 3 with parents and caregivers chorus, just back from join Kate and Nicole for story-themed songs, finger a successful tour of the plays and a simple craft. Partnership with Mattapan Russia and Poland, will Branch of the Boston Public Library and Early continue the commemo- Llama para hablar... Intervention. Open to all. ration of the civil rights Uphams Corner Branch 25-33% de personas LGBTQ experimentan abuso giant into late winter. Tuesday, January 17, 10:30 a.m. – Family Story por su pareja. time. Pre-reading children and their parents or www.tnlr.org KEEP UP caregivers are invited to join us on Tuesday mornings at 10:30. Together we will read stories, sing songs, WITH THE NEWS do rhymes and fingerplays, and have fun. Story time lasts about 20 to 30 minutes and is followed AT DOTNEWS.COM by a craft and an open playtime. January 12, 2012 The Reporter Page 7 Reporter’s News about people in & around People our Neighborhoods King holiday will be observed across city this weekend

By Melissa Tabeek Annual Martin Luther the Boston Convention ing “A Day of Service Curley School in Jamaica Special to the Reporter King, Jr. Memorial and Exhibition Center and Celebration,” a free Plain. Dorchester churches Breakfast in Boston. The at 8 a.m. and hundreds tribute concert in honor There will also be a cel- and community orga- event will feature music of community, business of Dr. King at Faneuil ebration at The Second nizations are planning from The New England and religious leaders Hall at 1 p.m. on Jan. 16. Church of Dorchester a week of events to Gospel Ensemble and throughout Massachu- A mix of classical music, on Wed., Jan. 25. The celebrate the spirit of several local elected setts are expected. spirituals and freedom church will play host to Martin Luther King Jr. officials and community Mayor Menino’s Of- songs will be performed award-winning national Young people will be leader speakers, includ- fice of Arts, Tourism & by the Intensive Com- reporter and production celebrating with service ing Mayor Thomas M. Special Events, with munity Program of the editor Adelle Banks in a on Jan. 14 when over 250 Menino, United States the help of the Museum BYSO. Leaders in the presentation of “Reflec- eighth-graders from the Senator Scott Brown and of African-American community will also tions on Dr. Martin 351 cities in the Com- Massachusetts Attorney History, Boston Cares read some of Dr. King’s Luther King, Jr.” The monwealth join together General Martha Coak- and the Boston Youth speeches and writings. event will be held at for the second-annual Adelle Banks ley, among others. The Symphony Orchestra A service event is also 6:30 p.m. and is free to Service Day to pay trib- breakfast will be held at (BYSO), will be present- planned for Jan. 17 at the the public. ute to Dr. King. As part neighbor,” said founder of Project 351, Governor Beulah Providence. Deval Patrick will kick Providence received a New Psychiatry chief at Carney Hospital off the event with a scholarship in 1973 that Carney Hospital has “Carney Hospital certified in Psychiatry Youth Town Meeting had been established in hired a new doctor to run remains dedicated to and Neurology and a re- before the students head memory of Dr. King. She its Psychiatry depart- providing convenient cipient of the 2009 NAMI to service sites in Boston used the scholarship to ment: Peggy Johnson, access to top-flight be- Exemplary Psychiatrist including the Dorchester go back to school and MD, who spent that havioral health services Award. She attended Boys and Girls Club, the eventually founded The last 14 years at Boston and we are excited to Baylor College of Medi- Greater Boston Food Caribbean Foundation. Medical Center will have such a wonderful cine and completed her Bank and the Dr. Martin “This event is giving join Carney’s senior physician and leader residency in Psychiatry Luther King, Jr. Towers. back to the community staff. Dr. Johnson served take the reins here,” at Cambridge Hospital, The Caribbean Foun- and doing what Martin previously as Vice Chair commented Hospital where she served as dation of Boston, Inc. Luther King, Jr. talked of Clinical Services for President Bill Walczak. the Chief Resident of will be hosting its 28th about,” said Providence. Psychiatry and Medical “Dr. Johnson has deep Psychiatry Emergency Annual Testimonial She expects 400 to Director for Behavioral experience delivering Services and as the Chief Appreciation Awards 500 hundred people Health Services of the care to the communities Resident for the Haitian in tribute to Dr. King at the banquet at the Boston Medical Center we serve.” Mental Health Clinic. on Sunday, Jan. 15. Reed Auditorium in Health Plan. Dr. Johnson is board Peggy Johnson, MD The 2012 honorees are Dorchester’s Grove Hall. people in the community The city of Boston will who exemplify the foun- be also honoring Dr. King Rally for Grove Hall post office set for Saturday on the national holiday dation’s model, which Supporters of the U.S. rent post office boxes to residents use the office would be forced to travel is “Neighbor helping throughout the day, starting with the 42nd Postal Service plan a securely receive mail, for money orders to pay to Dudley Square or Jan. 14 rally oppos- such as Social Security bills. If the two branches Fields Corner for their ing cuts and post office checks, and low-income close, local residents post office needs. Bubbles’ Birthdays closures in Dorchester. The rally is set for 10 And Special Occasions a.m. at the Grove Hall By Barbara McDonough branch on Warren St. Fri., Jan. 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany or “LiA 7.0 The Grove Hall and Up- earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, killing two hams Corner branches hundred thousand people and leaving one million are being reviewed for homeless. “All in the Family” debuted on Jan. 12, possible closure as the 1971; “The Sopranos,” on Jan. 13, 1999. “Call For USPS struggles to close a Action” has been on WBZ for 41 years as of Jan. budget gap and adapt to 13. Those with triskaidekaphobia will not like the more people using email. fact that tomorrow is Friday, the Thirteenth. (In USPS officials have said 2012, there will be three Friday, the Thirteenths: customers have less need in January, April, and July.) The Miss America of a physical post office, Pageant will take place at Planet Hollywood in and pointed to declines Las Vegas on Sat., Jan. 14. The “Today” Show in income and business will celebrate its 60th anniversary on Jan. 14. at the two post office The Molasses Flood, which killed 21, happened branches. But opponents on Jan. 15, 1919. The first Super Bowl game was of the closures disagree, played on Jan. 15, 1967. (The Green Bay Packers noting that the elderly won the game over the Kansas City Chiefs, 35 to 10.) Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta on Jan. 15, 1929. The Pentagon was completed on Jan. 15, 1943. Congress passed a bill creating JOHN C. Civil Service on Jan. 16, 1883. Andrew Hallikie received a patent for the Cable Car System on GALLAGHER Jan. 17, 1871. Japan suffered a major earthquake Insurance Agency (7.2 on the Richter Scale) on Jan. 17, 1995. Popeye debuted as a newspaper comic strip on Jan. 17, 1929. Ben Franklin was born in Boston on Jan. HOME 17, 1706. The Brinks’ Robbery took place on Jan. & 17, 1950. The thieves absconded with 2.8 million dollars. Cary Grant was born in Bristol, England, AUTO on Jan. 18, 1904. Albert De Salvo, “The Boston INSURANCE Strangler,” was convicted on Jan. 18, 1967. Specializing in Hom- Celebrities having birthdays are: Kirstie Alley, eowners and Automobile 57 on Jan. 12; Howard Stern, 58 on Jan. 12; Faye Insurance for over a half Dunaway, 71 on Jan. 14; Margaret O’Brien, 75 on century of reliable service Jan. 15; Betty White, 89 on Jan. 17; Jim Carey, 50 to the Dorchester com- on Jan. 17; James Earl Jones, 81 on Jan. 17; First munity. Lady Michelle Obama, 48 on Jan. 17; Betty White, 90 on Jan. 17; and Kevin Costner, 57 on Jan. 18. New Accounts Those celebrating their birthdays are Kim Welcome (Larkin) Altovino, Robert Murphy, Elizabeth Skil- 1471 Dorchester Ave. lin, Mary Lyons, Hayley Johnson, Ann Donnelly, at Fields Corner MBTA Evelyn Galante, Steve Mulrey, Donna Harraghy, Eileen Fahey, Esther Roche, Betty Lou Byrne, Pat Phone: MacNeill, Mary Fallona, and Ann Walsh. Also observing their birthdays are Jack Curley, George Munroe, Mary Kate Hart, Eric Murphy, 617-265-8600 “Mossy” Harty, Tommy Burke, Eamonn Foley, “We Get Your Plates” Joe Kelly, John Vibert “Sr.,” twins Danielle and Richard Tankle, and Sean Barker. Page 8 THE Reporter January 12, 2012 Editorial Commentary Haiti on our minds Today marks the two-year anniversary of the Building the Beloved Community catastrophic earthquake that destroyed much of Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. The death toll from that By Rev. Arthur Lavoie awful day is still in dispute, but even conservative estimates are mind-blowing, in the hundreds of “Our goal is to create a beloved community and thousands. this will require a qualitative change in our souls Americans responded to our neighbors’ distress in as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” impressive ways. According to the American Red Cross, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. they received an astounding $486 million in donations here in the States for Haiti relief. A full 60 percent In the early part of the 20th century a philosopher of American households contributed to the aid drive. and theologian named Josiah Royce first coined the In Boston, doctors and nurses flew to the rescue by term, “The Beloved Community.” It was Dr. Martin the plane-load. Our hospitals and health centers — Luther King, Jr. who developed that term often where Haitian professionals are so well represented in and gave it a much deeper meaning. Dr. King’s day-to-day life— were essential to the on-the-ground “Beloved Community” is a global vision in which response. And, of course, American troops played an all people can share the wealth of the earth. It is a important role in the first weeks after the quake, community where violence, racism, poverty, hunger providing rescue and support services across the and homelessness; where all the ills that currently stricken nation. exist in our society will no longer be tolerated. Many have never stopped going back or helping out In the “Beloved Community” hatred and prejudice from here. This week, for example, Carney Hospital of all kinds will be replaced with a willingness to president Bill Walczak is in Haiti, surveying efforts transcend whatever are our differences and work to rebuild the country’s health infrastructure. As we together in a spirit of cooperation. In the Beloved report on our front page this week, Codman Square Community we are inspired to be curious about and Health Center continues to serve the victims of the accepting of the differences among us rather than earthquake and their families with a unique support looking at each other with suspicion and fear. group aimed at mental health needs triggered by the The foundation of the beloved community is love; earthquake. not the emotional, filial or erotic kind of love that Given the deep and ties between the two cities, we most often think of, but agape, a spiritual love and the large Haitian-American community here, it’s written of in the Bible, a love that approaches the fitting that we turn our attention southward to note other with dignity and respect, while continuing that there has been significant, if insufficient, progress to stand strong to one’s principles and ideals. It is made in helping those most affected by Jan. 12, 2010. a love that will carry on no matter what happens. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. shown at the lead Here are a few facts: Dr. King spoke often about withstanding all man- of an equal rights march spoke of “loving others • According to a just-released report from the Red ner of violence with love. That might seem weak or for their sake.” Cross, over 600,000 people displaced by the earthquake sappy, and appear that we are giving in to oppression. are still living in “camps” recognized by the United But he is clear, that agape is the most powerful eat. He gave her five dollars without any expectation Nations. expression of our faithfulness to our religious calling, that she would be able to pay him back. He was • The cholera epidemic that began last year has to creating the “Beloved Community,” the world happy to help her out, feeling good that he had been now claimed over 7,000 lives and has infected over that we dream of. able to repay some of the kindness that she had 150,000 people. He writes, “It is a love in which the individual seeks showed him. One day, some months later, Annie • The Haitian government and international not his/her own good, but the good of the neighbor. showed up and gave him whole bag full of change. observers say 600 classrooms for 60,000 children have Agape does not begin by discriminating between He realized that she had put aside money from her been opened and more than half of the 10 million cubic worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people panhandling to pay him back the five dollars that meters of rubble cleared. possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. he had given her. On the bright side, two projects with key Boston Agape is understanding, creative, redemptive good We all know stories of people who give something connections are making significant progress right now: will toward all.” of themselves to a stranger or friend, people who do A new, state-of-the-art teaching hospital is rising in Agape stands up to violence and oppression by not pass by someone in need. Maybe the stories are a town called Mirebalais. The hospital, at 180,000 lifting up a mirror so that all can see the brutality about us and the extra little bit we do for someone square feet, will be the country’s largest health care and cruelty. Agape, over time will wear down even else. We might do it out of our convictions and ideals. facility and is scheduled to open later this year. The the greatest hostility with its powerful presence as it We might do it as a spiritual practice, a discipline 320 bed facility will be run by Partners in Health, the gives the world a new vision of peace, understanding that keeps us from being too self-focused. Whatever Boston-based organization led by Dr. Paul Farmer. and compassion. our reasons, we soon realize that we are doing it Many Bostonians have gone to Haiti to help build the When a friend, Mark, was in college he worked as for ourselves as much as for the other person, that facility, led by local businessman Jim Ansara. More a parking lot attendant at a Los Angeles beach. The the benefit we derive from that connection offers us on that can be found online at pih.org. job entailed sitting in one of those little booths taking incredible blessings that carry us through our own And, a smaller but equally inspiring building is also in money and he often had to make bank deposits times of struggle. going up on top of a hill outside Port-au-Prince. The late at night. It was a situation that didn’t always The story of Annie and Mark may seem less Gengel family of Rutland, MA is leading the effort to feel comfortable. The people that checked in with important when we see some of the horrendous issues build a new orphanage on the site to memorialize their him, helped break his isolation and made him feel that sometimes face our lives. Living the agape of 19 year-old daughter and sister, Britney, who died in safe were the homeless folks who knew the people the Beloved Community, though, begins with the the earthquake while on a humanitarian mission. Last and the area well. One of them, Annie, was known small ways that we go beyond ourselves to open our weekend, Boston’s Haitian community honored the to sometimes break into cars parked on the street hearts to others. Annie and Mark built a bond that Gengel family at the annual Haitian Independence to sleep. She was also one of those incredibly kind transcended the barriers of race, class and gender, Day Gala in Randolph. souls who would come by to chat and make sure he a bond based on mutual respect and understanding. Sen. Kerry, also honored at the event, said in a was doing OK. One evening Annie came up to him All life would be blessed if we could do the same. statement of the Gengels: “It is hard to imagine the looking like she was messed up and asked whether Rev. Arthur Lavoie is the minister at First Parish strength and compassion that Len and Cherylann she could borrow some money to get something to Church in Dorchester. found inside themselves not just to carry on after losing Britney, but to keep alive her passion and her Letter to the Editor idealism by helping the Haitian people for the long haul. The orphanage in Grand Goave isn’t just a home for Haitian children to grow and thrive, it is life itself, Brian Leahy would’ve loved and there’s no better way imaginable to keep alive Britney’s spirit, compassion and dedication to service.” Tenean polar plunge The new orphanage will open next year. More about the project can be read online at belikebrit.org To the Editor: -Bill Forry On behalf of the entire Leahy Family, I would like to express our sincerest gratitude to all the members of the Leahy Holloran Community Center, especially Craig Galvin, for organizing such a wonderful event. The Reporter My father was an avid swimmer and spent many “The News & Values Around the Neighborhood” summers as a lifeguard at area beaches. He was a A publication of Boston Neighborhood News Inc. member of the L Street Brownies for ten years and 150 Mt. Vernon St., Suite 120, Dorchester, MA 02125 took his last polar plunge just ten days before his Worldwide at dotnews.com untimely passing. Mary Casey Forry, Publisher (1983-2004) While he loved his New Year’s ritual in South Edward W. Forry, Associate Publisher Boston, I know there is nothing he would have loved William P. Forry, Managing Editor more than to take the plunge at his beloved Tenean! Thomas F. Mulvoy, Jr., Associate Editor Gintautas Dumcius, News Editor We were so moved to see the outpouring of love Barbara Langis, Production Manager and support at Tenean on New Year’s Day. Without Jack Conboy, Advertising Manager a doubt, Brian Leahy was there in spirit! News Room Phone: 617-436-1222, ext. 17 Thank you again to all those who organized and Advertising: 617-436-2217 E-mail: [email protected] participated in this wonderful event. It is times such The Reporter is not liable for errors appearing in advertisements beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. as these that prove why my Dad loved his lifelong The right is reserved by The Reporter to edit, reject, neighborhood so very much! or cut any copy without notice. In addition to the success of the Polar Plunge, it Member: Dorchester Board of Trade, Mattapan Board of Trade is amazing to see all of the great things happening Members of the Leahy family are shown at the First Next Issue: Thursday, January 19, 2012 Annual Brian Leahy Polar Bear Plunge at Tenean at the Leahy Holleran Community Center every day Next week’s Deadline: Monday, January 16 at 4 p.m. Beach last Sunday. The event raised funds to benefit Published weekly on Thursday mornings Gratefully, the Leahy-Holloran Community Center. All contents © Copyright 2012 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. Ann Leahy McGough Photo courtesy Ann Leahy McGough January 12, 2012 The Reporter Page 9 Dot author Lehane tries on BPL trustee hat (Continued from page 1) Rushing, who also serves currently in the hands of acclaimed movies. on the library’s board the library’s foundation, Lehane, a Dorchester of trustees. “That has and some councillors native, grew up on Hin- been the warning we’ve raised conflict-of-interest kley St., in a neighbor- received.” concerns. Mayor Menino hood that, at the time, In 2010, the Lower said that he preferred was predominantly Irish Mills branch was one of to have the board stick and Polish. He spent four that library officials to policy-making and time at St. Margaret’s proposed putting on the the foundation focus on as an altar boy and chopping block, citing fundraising. frequently visited the budget cuts and an at- The council’s proposal Uphams Corner branch. tempt to modernize the eventually died, but the “Libraries mean the library system by cutting foundation has expe- world to me and in back on the number rienced a fundraising particular the Boston of branches. The BPL boom: In fiscal year Public library system,” trustees, led by Carroll, 2012 the foundation he said. voted to approve the clo- has raised $1.2 mil- He and his wife Angie sures, but later reversed lion, up from $500,000 split their time between their decision after a total raised in fiscal year Brookline and Florida, torrent of neighborhood 2011. That can largely but it’s “more Massachu- protests and threats of be attributed to David setts now,” Lehane said. further funding cuts McKay, a fundraiser who “We still have a place in from Boston’s State was hired away from the Florida and it’s pretty House delegation. Berklee College of Music. hard to tell my wife I Lehane said he didn’t “If you ask me, right want to leave to come to closely follow the neigh- off the top of my head, 20 degrees.” borhood turmoil over sure, sure. But I want to Lehane replaces James the proposed closures, make very clear that I’m Carroll, who stepped which were eventually not speaking from any down from the eight- shelved seven months position of knowledge,” member board in May. later, after lawmakers Lehane said, when asked Mayor Thomas Menino pledged an increase in about trustee fundrais- tapped Lehane for the funds. But from what he ing. “This is a man-on- post in December. could tell, Lehane said, the-street opinion. I’ve Lehane comes on board “You saw a lot of very been on the board of as a weak economy con- good-intentioned people trustees of a college and tinues to punish state who didn’t want this to we weren’t prohibited Dennis Lehane was sworn in as a trustee of the Boston Public Library by Mayor and local budgets. happen, who felt like from it. But if it were Tom Menino in his City Hall office on Dec. 1. Photo courtesy Mayor’s office “We’ve been told their hands were tied, up to me, to use, say, that the [state] budget and then they just found my quote-unquote celeb- the reason I’m here is Public Library system. due date of his second probably is going to be another way, which is all rity, to go barnstorming without libraries, I’m not At the beginning of child. less than it was this you can ask.” around the state to get here, I’m not a writer. the trustees’ meeting, “It’s a good chance I’ll year, but we are still During the battle over funding for BPL, I would, It’s as simple as that. I Lehane cautioned his be missing the next one,” comfortable that we can the library closures, a in a heartbeat.” don’t think there’s any new colleagues, saying Lehane told trustees. make a very good case” City Council proposal Lehane, who before he gray area in that. I’m a they may not see him “That’s what I call for level-funding the briefly surfaced to al- became a trustee helped writer because I became at the next meeting in a good excuse,” Rud- Boston Public Library, low library trustees to the foundation fundraise, a reader, I’m a reader March, since the date of man, the chairman, said state Rep. Byron fundraise. That job is added: “The bottom line, because of the Boston the meeting is also the responded.

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Ashmont Grill Savin Bar & Kitchen 555 Talbot Ave., Dorchester 112 Savin Hill Ave., Dorchester January 15 - 30, 2012 Tavolo 1918 DorchesterAve., Dorchester Page 10 THE Reporter January 12, 2012 Reporter’s Neighborhood Notables civic associations • clubs • arts & entertainment • churches • upcoming events Police District C-11 News The Police/Community meeting is usually the second Thurs. of each month, 7 p.m., at a place TBA. Call the Community Service officers at 617- 343-4524. The Detective Unit will be checking all premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages to make sure they check the I Ds of persons attempting to purchase alcohol and to prevent the sale of persons under the age of 21. Non-emergency line for seniors: 617-343-5649. Police District B-3 News For info, call B-3’s Community Service Office at 617-343-4717. Ashmont-Adams Assn. Meeting on the first Thursday of each month at the Plasterers’ Hall, 7 Fredericka St., at 7 p.m. Ashmont Hill Assn. Meetings are generally held the last Thursday of the month, at 7:30 p.m. For info, see ashmonthill. org or call Message Line: 617-822-8178. Cedar Grove Civic Assn. The monthly meeting, usually the second Tues. of each month, 7 p.m., in Fr. Lane Hall at St. Brendan’s Church. Info: cedargrovecivic.org or 617-825-1402. Clam Point Civic Assn. The meetings are usually held on the second Monday of each month (unless it’s a holiday) at the Boynton/Bay Cove Building on Victory Rd., at 6:30 p.m. The upcoming dates are: Feb. 13, Mar. 12, Apr. A large crowd turned out for Sunday’s festive launch of a winter farmer’s market at the Great Hall in 9, May 14, and June 11. Info: clampoint.org. Codman Square. Organized by the recently-formed Dorchester Community Food Cooperative, the winter Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Assn. farmer’s market will be open from noon to 3 p.m. each Sunday through March. Codman Square vendors Meetings the first Mon. of each month, 7 p.m., are the first to take part in the city’s Boston Bounty Bucks program, which doubles the buying power of customers using EBT or SNAP cards to make their purchases. at the Little House, 275 East Cottage St. For info: Photo by Scotland Huber/Codman Square Health Center columbiasavinhillcivic.org. Eastman-Elder Assn. canned goods to the meeting for a local food bank. Port Norfolk Civic Assn. The association meets the third Thurs. of each The following meeting will be held on Tues., Feb. Meetings usually the third Thurs. of each month month, 7 p.m., at the Uphams Corner Health Center, 21. Info: McCormackCivic.com or 617-710-3793. at the Port Norfolk Yacht Club. Info: 617-265-5780. across from the fire station. Meetinghouse Hill Civic Assn St. Mark’s Area Civic Assn Freeport-Adams Assn. The monthly meeting on the third Wednesday of Meetings held the last Tues. of each month in Meeting the second Wed. of each month, 6:30 the month, 7 p.m., at the First Parish Church. Info: the lower hall of St. Mark’s Church, at 7 p.m. Info: p.m., at the Fields Corner CDC office (the old Dist. 617-265-0749 or civic@firstparish,com. stmarkscivic.com. 11 police station), 1 Arcadia St. Melville Park Assn. Dorchester Historical Society Hancock St. Civic Assn. Clean-up of the MBTA Tunnel Cap (garden at The headquarters of the DHS is the William Clapp The next meetings are Jan. 19, Feb. 16, and Mar. Shawmut Station), the first Sat. of each month, House, 195 Boston St., near Edward Everett Square. 15. Info: [email protected]. from 10 a.m. to noon. The meetings are held: at 6:30 “Dark Tide: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919,” with Lower Mills Civic Assn. p.m., at the Epiphany School, 154 Centre St., Dor. the author Stephen Puleo, on Sun., Jan 29, at the The monthly meetings are held the third Tuesday Pope’s Hill Neighborhood Assn William Clapp House, 195 Boston St. of the month in St. Gregory’s Auditorium, 7 p.m. To Neighborhood E-Mail Alert system; sign up at Dorchester Board of Trade become a member, send a $7 check to DLMCA, 15 [email protected], giving your name, The address for the Dorchester Board of Trade, P. Becket St., Dor., 02124-4803. Please include name, address, and e-mail address. PH meetings, usually O. Box 220452. Dor., MA 02122. Contact the Board address, phone, and e-mail address. the fourth Wed. of each month at the Leahy/Holloran at 617-398-DBOT (3268). McCormack Civic Assn Community Center at 7 p.m. The next meeting is Kennedy Library Meetings the third Tues. of each month (Jan. 17), Wed., Jan. 25, 2012. The following meetings are: Celebrate! Series for children: “Assessing Obama’s at 7 p.m., in Blessed Mother Teresa Parish Hall, Feb. 29 (a week later than usual because of school Presidency,” at the library on Sun., Jan. 15, from 2 to with an update on Kan Man Foods. Please bring vacation week), Mar. 28, Apr. 25, and May 23. 3:30 p.m. “The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,” at the library • Now accepting new patients on Mon., Jan. 23, 5:30 to 7 p.m. For reservations • Open seven days a week to the free programs and forums: 617/514-1643 to • Extended evening hours available be sure of a seat or visit the web page: jfklibrary. org. Flower Show Fundraiser A kick-off fundraiser, sponsored by the Boston Where Exceptional Primary Care Meets Convenience. Parks Dept. will be held at the Seaport World Trade Center on Tues. evening, Mar. 13, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The pro- ceeds will help restore the greenhouses of the Boston Parks’ Dept. Dis- counted tickets @$100 may be purchased by Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, for the reception, which has an Open Bar and complimentary hors d’oeuvres. After that, the Our Obstetricians do local deliveries | Our Pharmacy is right in your mail box | Our Providers are close to your heart purchase price is $125. The Flower Show will run from Mar. 14 to 18. • Adult & Family Medicine • OB/GYN • Specialty Care Guests at the fundraiser will have a preview of • Pediatrics • Pharmacy Services • And More... the Flower Show, plus a ticket to see the Flower Show any time during the next four days. Call 617-635-4032 for info and 398 Neponset Ave, Dorchester, MA | (617) 282∙3200 | www.hhsi.us tickets.

(Continued on page 14) January 12, 2012 The Reporter Page 11 Foes rally against ‘three-strikes’ legislation

State Rep. Byron Rushing (D-Roxbury/South End) spoke during a public forum on Saturday at the Dudley Square branch of the Boston Public Library. Like other members of the local political delegation who attended, Rushing spoke in opposition to so-called “three strikes” legislation that has been passed by the House of Representatives. Shown at right are State Reps. Gloria Fox (D-Roxbury), Russell Holmes (D-Mattapan/Dorchester) and Carlos Henriquez (D- Dorchester/Roxbury). Photo by Pat Tarantino (Continued from page 1) career criminal who had any of these offenses a ing laws so any felony would benefit communi- awareness about the One of those no votes, been paroled despite a first or second time to convictions out of the ties most impacted by habitual offender laws State Representative lengthy criminal record. serve two-thirds of their state’s 688 possible long-term incarceration. was a valuable effort, William Brownsberger, A revised bill could be sentence before being felony charges that re- “You have to under- people in opposition to was in attendance and completed and ready eligible for parole. sult in time served in a stand the Senate bill the bill will need to put received a standing ova- for a vote as early as Additionally, the Sen- state penitentiary would is very different from actions to their words tion from the crowd and Thursday, Jan. 12. ate bill would double the count towards the first the House bill,” Dugan if they hope to effect accolades from State The current Senate bill amount of drugs needed two “strikes”, with any said. “The House bill is any change on the final Representative Gloria was met with a warmer to trigger low-level traf- third felony conviction only looking at habitual product. Fox for recognizing that reception by those in ficking offenses from four resulting in a maximum offender reforms but the “The way you win this the bill “isn’t a black and attendance. Under the to eight grams and would sentence. Senate is a very different game is you bring the Latino issue, [the bill] is proposed bill, adults cut down the distance of Barbra Dugan, an situation. [The Senate numbers,” Curry said. a human issue.” convicted of three out school zone laws from advocate for Families bill] has some good stuff “It’s one thing to talk Legislators began of a list of sixty violent 1,000 to 500 feet from Against Mandatory in it. It has some bad about this issue, but I calling for a revised or dangerous offenses school property. Under Minimums, urged people stuff in it, but you need am asking you to go to approach to habitual would receive the maxi- current school zone laws, to fully understand the to know exactly where the State House and offenders following the mum prison sentence for drug offenses within differences between the the problems are when oppose the parts of this December 2010 murder the third offense with no 1,000 feet carry a manda- two bills before contact- you choose to speak up.” bill that will impact the of Woburn Police Officer opportunities for parole. tory two-year sentence. ing policymakers in order Boston NAACP chapter community. You need to John Maguire during That bill would require Conversely, the House to avoid canceling some president Michael Curry be heard.” an armed robbery by a anyone charged with bill would change exist- of the reforms she felt said that while creating

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I have even of the court. The Celtics May I be kinder, wiser, Lord, to her seat, she spotted seeing her on the big thrown out some of the were playing the Indiana me and came over to give overhead screens at the clippings that I thought Pacers that evening. In all I say and do.” me a big hug, Our escort Garden. What a wonder- I would keep forever. A As we were sitting decided to take Dad and ful evening, one that we year of two after I cut in our seats, we could “New Year’s Prayer” me out of the lower level will never forget. them out, they don’t seem see the Celtic players by another exit, which Eileen Collins has let so important so out they warming up for the game. by Kay Hoffman had us walking right us know that she is plan- have gone. I also want to Almost to game time, by the family. I told her ning an overnight trip to clean or reorganize even there were not that many who Jeanne, David, and the Turning Stone Resort a small place each day. people in their seats. Brendan were. We got Casino in the Mohawk I also must take better Then, everyone came in Pacers, Danny Granger. the scorekeepers’ table. to stop and chat with Valley region of New care of our house plants. and filled in the seats, Now I will copy the The team let her watch them for a minute, We York on Mar. 25/26,Sun. I should repot all of just as 7:30 p.m. ap- e-mail that daughter the warm-ups “up close.” were all hugging, raving, to Mon., with overnight them with fresh potting proached. Our area was Sue sent to son Paul and Just before the game and totally enjoying the accommodations at the soil over the next few filled. We kept scanning daughter-in-law Alex: started, she walked back moment. Our escort Turning Stone Resort weeks. I will give them the audience on the “The recognition was and sat with the family. then led Dad and me Casino. The trip includes some Neptune’s Harvest floor with our binoculars actually held during one I had talked with one off the floor. It was just a $10 meal credit plus Fertilizer so that they to see if we could find of the time-outs during of our neighbors Joan too cool and we thanked either a $40 Freeplay or will get off to a good start daughter Jeanne, son-in- the second quarter. Mom, who is an usher at the the woman profusely for $30 in Bingo Dollars and for the new year. law David, and grandson Dad, Terri and I got tick- Garden. She told me bringing us in to share in $10 Bingo Matchplay on Hubby, daughter Sue, Brendan. We knew that ets for the game but we to see her pal, another the moment. We never the first day. On Day 2, niece Terri, and I did get they had been brought were way up inside the usher, about getting did ask the woman’s we will receive a free in to the TD Garden to into Boston by a limo, Garden. The four of us closer during the rec- name but Dad and I took breakfast buffet coupon see the World’s Greatest furnished by the Celt- looked all over the floor ognition ceremony. He a couple of photos of her. and $25 in Freeplay or Granddaughter Erin ics. Sue finally spotted for our family. I spotted said that two of us could After we got back to our $20 in Bingo dollars. receive her honor from David and began waving David and Brendan. come down during the seats, we just watched Cost: $169 double oc- the Boston Celtics on her arms. David finally Their seats were directly second quarter and he the rest of the game cupancy, $165 for Triple Fri., evening, Jan. 6. looked up and recognized in front of us. would let us get closer to and were deeply disap- occupancy, or $249 for We knew that parking Sue. They all waved back I walked down to the take photos. That would pointed at how bad the single occupancy. There would be at a premium to us, all except Erin. front of our section and be O.K. but I wanted Celtics were playing. Yet is also a $10 pp cancel- anywhere near the Gar- Erin was off with a man waited for one of them something better. it was a great evening. lation insurance fee. Call den because of the game from the Celtics for a to look up. David finally When the second quar- When I actually get out Eileen at 617-929-1176 so we drove to Broadway photo-taking session. We did so I started waving. ter started, I told Dad of bed and go downstairs, for further info. in South Boston. We saw her with two very He told Brendan where to come with me. We I will get my camera and I was sorry to read parked there although tall basketball players. we were. When Jeanne actually were heading upload the photos I took. of the death of Frances it was very had to find We recognized that one returned to her seat, they down to Joan’s pal when I will send you what I (McGowan) Cawley on an empty parking spot was the Celtics’ Captain showed her where we I spotted the entrance to have.” Jan. 5. She was the wife that evening. We hailed Paul Pierce. Erin told us were. We kept looking for a section that was just So you have just read of James “Jim” Cawley, a cab and were let off that the other player was Erin. She was actually about mid-court. We Sue’s account of this who died on June 14, right outside the Garden. the captain of the Indiana on the floor in front of walked in and told the special evening. It was 2011. I know that Fran usher who we were and wonderful. When we got enjoyed Bingo and of- asked if there was any outside the Garden, we ten went to local Bingo way we could stand in his crossed the street and games with her friends section to take photos. were easily able to grab and to the Connecticut He told us to wait. Also a cab back to Broadway casinoes . When her kids standing in this entrance Station in South Boston. were younger, she was was a woman who actu- Thank goodness we have active in St. Ann’s Band. ally works for the Celtics. some great photos of the I send my sympathy to She said that she’d bring evening. We did hear, on her children: Jim Jr., us down to the edge of the WBZ radio the following Patricia, Kathleen Con- floor to get good photos. morning, that some of nolly, Geraldine McGee, She didn’t know who the the people at the game Michael, and Marianne “Hero Among Us” was for were asking for their Pick. At Fran’s wake, that evening so she asked ticket money back be- pals Eileen Burke, and what Erin had done to cause the Celtics played Paul and Eileen Fahey earn the recognition. so poorly that evening. were commenting on the She was impressed. As We had taped the game beautiful photo of Fran soon as the time-out was while we were at the that the children have called, she brought us Garden. We discovered to remember her. It was to the edge of the floor that Erin’s ceremony was gorgeous! Fran will be while the announcer not shown because it was missed by many. related Erin’s story. at the time to play some As I look through a Everyone in the Garden commercials. I am sure little book called “Live got up and gave Erin a that Erin will receive and Learn and Pass It “Standing Ovation.” Erin a tape of the ceremony On,” there are many say- was given a statuette and along with some photos ings that I’d like to share. had her photo taken on from the Celtics in the This is one of them, next few weeks. given to the author by a I was really surprised 59-year-old: ”I’ve learned Earn Your Degree that a person with a that success is more often From Home! camera scanned mem- the result of hard work bers of the audience than of talent.” 'MFYJCMFt$POWFOJFOU quite often during the "GGPSEBCMF t-1/UP"4/ t-1/UP#4/ 20% OFF t3/UP#4/ PRESCRIPTION t3/UP.4/ EYE WEAR t.4/ Eye & Eye optics Downtown is now Uptown at Eye & Eye Optics. &BSOZPVS/-/"$BDDSFEJUFE EFHSFFXJUIUIFIFMQPG BONUS PAIR OF SINGLE VISION GLASSES 5IF$PMMFHF/FUXPSL5.BOE IF YOU USE FLEX SPENDING PLAN JUTQBSUOFSVOJWFSTJUJFT Promotion valid thru February. 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The second Legislature to strip tens ance exchange that offers judgment in favor of the “Our expectation is the Connector, which admin- leg of the two-year session of thousands of legal completely or heavily plaintiff, Dorothy Ann legislature will provide isters Commonwealth kicked off Wednesday immigrants from a tax- subsidized insurance to Finch, who brought the the funding to enable Care. Assistant Attorney after a seven-week recess payer-subsidized state- low-income residents. suit along with several them to enroll in Com- General Kenneth Sa- but the State House was run insurance program Gov. Deval Patrick other residents and is monwealth Care.” linger represented the largely void of legislators in 2009 violated their opposed removing im- backed by immigrant Selig noted that the commonwealth. on Thursday. constitutional rights, the migrants from coverage advocates, civil liberties ruling would impact more Aliens with special Officials in the Execu- Supreme Judicial Court but eventually worked groups and health care than those residents who status were initially able tive Office of Health and ruled last Thursday. with lawmakers to craft consumer groups. remain enrolled in the to take advantage of the Human Services were “The discrimination a whittled down health Although lawyers for Bridge Program. Rather, Commonwealth Care also not immediately against legal immigrants care program at a budget the state argued that the tens of thousands of ad- program established available for comment. … violates their rights to of $40 million, less than policy was also meant ditional immigrants who under the 2006 health Officials from the Mas- equal protection under a third of what full to further national im- had been barred from care reform law signed sachusetts Immigrant the Massachusetts Con- coverage was expected migration policies that Commonwealth Care by Gov. Mitt Romney, and Refugee Advocacy stitution,” Justice Robert to cost. That program, discourage illegal im- and the Bridge Program but in the face of a Coalition, which fought to Cordy wrote for the court managed by CeltiCare migration and promote – forced to accept limited budget crunch they were restore Commonwealth in a unanimous ruling. Health Plan, includes “self-sufficiency among emergency coverage in targeted by lawmak- Care access for all legal “We recognize that our basic levels of coverage aliens,” the court ruled the state’s Health care ers because the federal immigrants, were not im- decision will impose a sig- but eliminated certain that those arguments are Safety Net – could be government refuses to mediately available for nificant financial burden services and charges “at best, equivocal.” allowed back into Com- reimburse states for their comment. MIRA joined on the Commonwealth … sharply higher co-pays “The appropriation monwealth Care. He health care coverage. The the Massachusetts Law If the plaintiffs’ right to for others. Currently arose directly out of estimated that as many issue may become moot Reform Institute in fil- equal protection of the about 14,000 immigrants an unforeseen revenue as 40,000 immigrants in 2014, when the federal ing a friend-of-the-court laws has been violated are enrolled in the pro- shortfall in the wake of could be eligible for the Affordable Care Act will brief in the case, and the by the enactment of [the gram, down from a peak the 2008 financial crisis. program as a result of provide subsidies for le- American Civil Liberties law], then it is our duty of just over 26,000 last The proponents of [the the ruling. gal immigrant coverage. Union filed a separate to say so.” year. program] repeatedly The case was filed Lawmakers were still brief. An estimated 30,000 The program, known as invoked fiscal concerns, directly with the SJC, digesting the ruling legal immigrants in the Commonwealth Care while failing to articulate and the court heard Massachusetts were Bridge Program, unfairly any interest whatsoever arguments in October. stripped of their health discriminates against in national immigration The case was argued 617-288-2680 617-288-2681 care coverage in 2009, legal immigrants, the policy,” Cordy wrote. on behalf of the im- as lawmakers sought to court ruled. Proponents of restor- migrants by Wendy balance the state budget “Fiscal considerations ing access to Common- Parmet, a Northeastern WILLIAM LEE, D.D.S. during a sharp economic alone cannot justify a wealth Care for legal University School of downturn. Those im- State’s invidious dis- immigrants hailed the Law professor. Other FAMILY DENTISTRY migrants – designated by crimination against ruling. lawyers on behalf of the the federal government aliens,” Cordy wrote, “This is a major victory immigrants included Lo- as “aliens with special arguing that lawmakers for legal immigrants in rianne Sainsbury-Wong Office Hours status” because they’ve had presented limited the commonwealth, no of Health Law Advocates By Appointment 383 NEPONSET AVE. been permanent legal other justification for question about it. It and John Cushman of evening Hours Available DORCHESTER, MA 02122 residents for fewer than their action. vindicates their consti- Stern, Shapiro, Weiss- When youNEED F R E E G E D & E S L C L A S S E S care, just walk right in. Higher Walk-in Care Education Urgent days Development & now 7 a week! Upliftment Hope for a brighter future Illness doesn’t keep www.hedup.org Program business hours which is why our Urgent Care is open for you 7 days a week. 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(Continued from page 10) Advance reservations get free popcorn or water. Call C will hold the annual Free Throw Contest on Sun., Murphy/Leahy-Holloran 617-698-3394. The temple has relocated; the office, Jan. 15, from 1 to 3 p.m., at Blessed Mother Teresa Community Center 38 Truro Lane, Milton; the mailing address, P.O. Hall on Columbia Rd. (All boys and girls, ages 10 to Youth Beginner 1, on Tues. and Thurs., 4:20 to Box 870275, Milton, MA 02187; and the sanctuary, 14 are eligible.) Please join the Holy Hour for Life, 4:50 p.m. @$25 pp. For info, check with the Aquatic The Great Hall, 495 Canton Ave., Milton. The phone Sun., Jan. 22, at 3 p.m. Staff at 617-635-5150. Membership is just $20 per number remains the same: 617-698-3394 or e-mail: St. Gregory’s Boy Scouts family. Irish step dancing classes on Thurs. evenings [email protected] for info. Meetings each Tues., 7 p.m., in the white building from 7 to 8:45 p.m. Project D.E.E.P. needs tutors. Divine Mercy Celebration in the rear of the Grammar School, for boys ages Call 617-635-5027. The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy celebrate the 7 to 14. Carney Hospital’s Programs Eucharist in honor of Divine Mercy on the third K Club A Breast-Cancer Support Group, the second Friday of each month (Jan. 20), at St. Ann’s in The meetings are held every other Monday (Jan. Wednesday (only) of each month, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Dorchester, with Exposition at 6 p.m., Chaplet of 23) in Florian Hall, 12:30 p.m. The club welcomes The Carney’s adult/child/infant CPR and First Aid Mercy at 6:30 p.m., and Mass at 7 p.m. For further new members. instructions every week for only $30. Call 617-296- info: call the Sisters at 617-288-1202, ext. 114. St. Gregory’s 60 & Over Club 4012, X2093 for schedule. The next Senior Supper First Parish Church The club meets on Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m. for is Mar. 14. The church welcomes donations of food and clothing refreshments and 1 p.m. for Bingo, in St. Gregory’s Franklin Park Zoo for the needy each Sunday. Pot-Luck-Family-Fun- Auditorium. 2012 The next meetings are on Jan. 17 Winter Volunteer Day, Sat., Jan. 21, 10 a.m. to Night, the first Fri. of each month, 6 p.m., in the and 31 and Feb. 7 and 21. noon. Wear layers; bring leather gloves. Meet at parish hall. The church is located at 10 Parish St., Dot House Senior Guys & Gals the Valley Gates Parking Lot. Snow Festival (sled, Meetinghouse Hill. Bingo each Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the snowshoe, build snow people, and track animal St. Ambrose Church Dorchester House, 1353 Dorchester Ave.; also offer- prints), Sat., Feb. 4, 1 to 4 p.m. Fr. Paul Cloherty is now in residence at Mar- ing many trips. All are welcome. Info: 617-288-3230. Adams Village Business Assn. ian Manor in South Boston. Fr. Richard Conway Blessed Mother Teresa Seniors For info on the AVBA, call Mary at 617-697-3019. underwent triple bypass surgery on Dec. 16 and is Lunch each Wed. at noon, followed by Bingo, Christmas Tree Collection recovering at this brother’s home. Sovereign Bank dominoes, and cards, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. All are is allowing parishioners attending Sunday Mass to welcome. You may recycle your Christmas tree until Jan. park in their parking lot while at Mass. 13 by putting it out by 7 a.m. on your regular trash/ Young Black Women’s Society recycling collection day. Remove all ornaments, St. Ann Church Sixth annual networking event, with light hors decorations, and stands. St. Ann’s Lucky Thousand Drawing, the second d’oeuvres, at the Bell in Hand Tavern, Thurs., Feb. Monday of each month in the school cafeteria, at 9, 6 to 9 p.m.; $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Kit Clark Senior Services 7 p.m. The adult, teen, and youth choirs welcome Kit Clark Senior Services for those over 60: new members. Upham’s Corner Main Streets health care, socialization, adult day health, memory All committee meetings are held at the UCMS respite, homemakers, personal care attendants, St. Brendan Church office, 594 Columbia Rd., #302, buzzer #6, Dor., mental health and substance abuse counseling, Men’s clothing for the Long Island Shelter is still and are open to the public. Info: 617-265-0363 or and transportation. The Kit Clark’s Senior Home needed: shirts, pants, sweatshirts, sweaters, coats, uphamscorner.org. Improvement Program for eligible homeowners with jackets, rainwear, footwear, belts, hats, and white sox. The Food Pantry needs non-perishable food. Field’s Corner Main Street home rehabilitation and low-cost home repairs. Info: The Board meets the first Wed. of the month, at 617-825-5000. Please be generous. The Color Guard is selling $10 worth of scratch tickets for $20, with chances of 1452 Dot. Ave., 6:30 p.m. Info or to apply: 617-474- Adams St. Library winning $1,000. Only 300 tickets will be sold. The 1432. Become a member by sending dues to Friends of Guild’s Trivia Night will be held on Jan. 14 or 21 Four Corners Main Street the Adams St. Library, c/o M. Cahill, 67 Oakton in the parish hall. St. Brendan’s Voyagers Club will Four Corners Main Street, located at 420 Wash- Ave., Dorchester, 02122. Family membership is hold its dinner celebration on Fri., Feb. 17, at Florian ington St., Dorchester, 02121; mailing address: $5; individuals, $3; seniors, $1; businesses, $10; Hall. Only 200 tickets (at $150) will be sold, including P.O. Box 240877, 02124; phone: 617-287-1651; fax and lifetime, $50. Monday Matinees at 2 p.m. with a full course dinner and a chance to win $10,000. It number, 617-265-2761. popcorn: Jan. 23, “Chocolat,” and Jan. 30, “Eat will be $50 for those who just want the dinner. The Dorchester Park Pray Love.” parish will join 200 other parishes throughout the See: dotpark.org. Open House at the MFA archdiocese in a Holy Hour for Life on Sun., Jan. Friends of Ronan Park Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts will hold an Open 22, from 3 to 4 p.m. Stump Trivia Night, Sat., Jan. Mailing address: Friends of Ronan Park, P.O. Box House, with free admission, on Mon., Jan. 16, Martin 24, 7 p.m., in the parish hall. 220252, Dor., 02122. See: info@friendsofronanpark. Luther King Day, from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., with St. Gregory Parish org. music, film, and art activities for all. The Legion of Mary meets each Fri. at 5:30 p.m., College Bound Dorchester Irish Pastoral Centre in the lower church (prayer room). The Prayer Group College Bound Dorchester (formerly Federated The IPC, now located in St. Brendan Rectory, 15 meets each Wed., 7:30 p.m.; enter by the side door Dorchester Neighborhood Houses) offers a range Rita Road, welcomes seniors to a coffee hour each across from the rectory garages. The parish will of educational programs at multiple locations in Wed. morning, from 10 a.m. to noon. There will be join tihers in a Holy Hour for Life in Sun., Jan. Dorchester including early education for infants to a speaker each week. Call 617-265-5300 for info. 22. 3 p.m., in the church. Eucharistic Adoration six-year-olds, out of school time programs for six The IPC has a “Music for Memory” program, with resumed on Jan. 8 to13-year-olds, adolescent development programs, Maureen McNally. It meets once a month (for Jan., St. Mark Parish and alternative and adult education. The site loca- Feb., and Mar.), on Thurs, Jan. 12, (change in date). A small Food Pantry has been set up by the St. tions include the Little House, Log School, Ruth Welcome and refreshments at 4 p.m., and singing Vincent de Paul Society; come to the rectory on Darling, and Dorchester Place. from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Call the IPC for additional dates the third Monday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 Mattapan Adult Day Care and further info. The singing is free; donations for p.m. to receive a bag of groceries. A Holy Hour each refreshments are welcomed.) The Mattapan Adult Day Care Program is held Monday, from 6 to 7 p.m., in the church. each weekday from 8 am to 4 pm, 229 River St., Mat- Blood Drive Knights of Columbus tapan. Services included: nursing, social services, St. Brendan’s St. Vincent de Paul Society will Redberry Council #107, Columbus Council #116, arts & crafts, games, breakfast/lunch/snack, and sponsor a Blood Drive in the parish hall on Wed., and Lower Mills Council #180 merged into a new transportation. Call 617-298-7970 to schedule a visit. Jan. 18, from 2 to 7 p.m. Dorchester Council #107, with meetings held the Patch Council Temple Shalom second Wed. of each month at the V.F.W. Post, The Patch Council, advocating the needs of “Waiting for Superman,” shown on Sat., Jan. 21, Neponset Ave., at 7 p.m. (earlier starting time). Dorchester families, meets the third Tuesday of each 7 p.m. Donations is $3 per person or $5 for two. Info: contact Mike Flynn at 617-288-7663. The K of month at Dorchester Cares, 200 Bowdoin St., from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Info: 617-474-1256, X222. (Continued on page 18)

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Analyze who way the game used to notorious indifference So we arrive at an- the gravest threat to the eventually wins or loses be were stirred among with grace and dignity, other post-season frolic Patriots keen hopes for every year and it always those of us privileged to while playing for mere with more money on a return to eminence. comes down to which of Clark Booth have been around when pennies compared with the table in a single But that was before the the few front-runners as terrifying as anything the American Football the immense bucks the weekend than was up Steelers got ravaged by remains healthiest. So the Patriots can mount League was winning the grunts make nowadays. for grabs over any single injury late in the regular far, the Patriots have and perhaps greater, struggle to gain a toehold But there wasn’t a shard entire season in those season, then had the been lucky, although it given that both have in skeptical towns like of pretense in a one of formative AFL years misfortune to lose a ain’t over yet. better ground games. Boston thanks entirely them. They were the sort we wistfully recall. It all coin-flip. So, who remains an ob- The team we know the to guys like ‘Twine’. The of fellows you’d want to leads to the Republic’s Does anyone in his stacle? Houston’s Texans least about — the 49ers tributes were touching. go to war with, should most revered secular right mind think Den- also won their playoff — could be the wild-card For Houston Antwine the need arise. And that holyday —Super Sunday ver and their divinely opener, ridding us of the in this discussion. was a prototypical, early is their lasting identity, — wherein a single half- inspired Q.B. would loathsome Bengals and For my money, how- AFL stalwart; more than at least with me. minute’s commercial still have won had their lineup dotted with ever, the team to be most good enough to excel in Twine’s passing — too time costs $1.5 million the Steelers fielded a felons which can only wary of is the Giants, an the rigidly established young at 72 — reminds just to plug hideously healthy Ben Roethlis- be regarded as a service unpredictable collection NFL replete with its us how much has over-priced products berger, not hobbled by to society. Houston--- of skittish characters superior airs but denied changed and how far we don’t even need. It’s an ankle injury, handing another badly nicked piloted by a quirky coach. the chance because he this team, this franchise, a great country. And the ball off to premier team --- proved plucky, They lost seven games lacked what the oli- this game, the entire this, deservedly, is our running back Rashard but they are being piloted this season and barely garchs of the senior sporting culture has national game. Mendenhall, who got by their third-string made the wild card. But league then considered come. In the life-span So what might we kayoed the week before, quarterback. How would for the first time in many a sufficient pedigree. of an original Patriots’ expect, come the tran- while being protected you like the Patriots’ weeks they had a healthy No doubt an even bigger warrior, the dime-store scendental moment? by the fallen Maurice chances if they were defense and the effort factor were the league’s operation that poor Billy Odds are the answer to Pouncey, arguably the being led by their third- that defense summoned de facto racial quotas Sullivan scratched and that is, ‘much’! game’s best offensive string Q.B? Assuming to crunch the Falcons in which conveniently got clawed desperately to Even if — as of the lineman? Pittsburgh Baltimore eliminates the playoff-opener was little attention in those hold together has blos- writing — they haven’t also had four key opera- Houston, Belichick gets little short of awesome. It days but were no less somed into a mighty, won a playoff game in tives on defense playing his much coveted chance may have been this NFL a harsh reality. For all multi-billion dollar, four years your dear badly beat-up, including to avenge the humilia- season’s best display of such reasons, the AFL multi-national in the Patriots loom as heavy ferocious linebacker, tion the Ravens visited superb defense. was a breath of fresh air hands of Clan Kraft. favorites to at least make James Harrison (from upon him two years ago. In a game that’s sud- where personable chaps The crime of it is that it to the end-game. In a whom you heard very It should be sufficient denly become giddy like the Twine could Twine and his three season in which events little in that game) and motivation. For the local about offense to the thrive. distinguished linemates consistently unfolded the incomparable Troy pets, the road to Soupey- point of near heresy, the He anchored the de- didn’t collectively get in snappy ways that in- Polamalu. is clean, Giants have the best de- fensive line that gave the paid half as much a creasingly favored their Granted, Tebow was clear, and wide open. fense. Coming from the Patriots their earliest season as the single cause, the first playoff terrific. But Denver was But if it all goes old school, that means a identity. His buddy, lowliest special teams round was ridiculously nonetheless very lucky; thusly who do they get lot to this observer. My the large and equally scrub makes on today’s fortuitous. especially when the for a dance partner at the old friend Twine would likeable Jim Lee Hunt, team. Nor do today’s How elated do you flip of a coin awarded Big Sock Hop? All four certainly agree. was the other tackle with players bother to ponder think Boss Belichick them the ball to start of the remaining NFC So they bear on. To the that estimable pair of that irony let alone do was when St. Timothy the overtime. Eleven contenders are highly eventual winner, may Jesuit-trained scholars, anything about it. of Tebow miraculously seconds later, it was worthy and — most seri- I tip my hat and say, Larry ‘Ike’ Eisenhower In last summer’s epic delivered the Broncos over. A coin-flip should ous NFL pundits would ‘Congratulations on hav- out of Boston College labor negotiations, the over the Steelers? The have nothing to do with argue — every bit the ing remained healthy’! and the late and greatly owners and players Fox of Foxborough will the outcome of a big Pats equal. The offensive And to the Steelers may missed Bob ‘Bubba’ Dee combined once again never let on but one game. How does the NFL capacities of the Saints I further advise, ‘Next of Holy Cross, serving as to stiff the old-timers suspects his joy was continue to get away and Packers are easily time call ‘Heads’! granite pillars at either on health and pension boundless. end. Maybe some time issues. What would That there is some- somewhere four better it take to reward the thing very special about football players have men who created the young Mr. Tebow, no rea- Choosing a High School? CHOOSE SUCCESS! been strung together to bonanza that the NFL sonable and fair-minded form a first-class front- opus has become? Not person should deny. But four, but never four much, really; just a nobody in this game City on a Hill better or more solid guys. slice of the immense is better equipped to We tend to forget that profits the owners revel stunt Tebow’s magic and those Patriots teams in and a modest share short-circuit his obvious Charter Public School of the AFL’s formative in the rich benefits the communion with the era were so fine. Those players wallow in. The football gods than Bill lads contended regu- treatment of the game’s Belichick. The Boss has Now accepting applications for the larly, came close a couple elders is criminal. But already established as of times, weathered one suspects that old much the first time they Class of 2016

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Education Program re-registering) on this To Host Financial night. We welcome all Aid Night members of the com- The Education pro- munity to stop by and gram at the Boys and learn about the programs Girls Club is pleased to available. In addition to announce that we will these special events, be holding a special Fi- some of our ongoing nancial Aid Seminar on programs include the Tuesday, January 17th Keystone Club (ages in the Homework Center. 14-18) and Torch Club The seminar will be open (ages 10-13) Leadership to all High School Juniors programs, Patriot’s Kids and Seniors along with Café Dinner program, their parents. We will McCormack Gym, U- review the Financial Aid Mass Tutoring Program, application for College, Art Classes, Philosophy and the documentation Club, the Girls Group, you will need to have in Creative Writing, the order to complete your Career Launch Jobs application properly. program and more. For The Financial Aid Night more information on the is one of many activities programs at our Denney offered to High School Center Unit, or our members as part of the upcoming Open House, College Bound series please contact Queenette 13 members of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester pictured on the ice at the TD Banknorth Garden which also includes: the Santos at 617-822-3701. for the Boston Bruins “Slice the Ice” event held this past Sunday. In addition to skating on the ice, our members toured the locker room and had the opportunity to meet several Boston Bruins players. Special Wilson Daily Prep on- Fine Arts Program thanks to Mr. Don Rodman who made this opportunity available to our members. line S.A.T Course, Col- to Host Exhibit at lege Tours, Application U-Mass Boston Workshop, assistance Congratulations to the with College Essays and following members who one-to-one guidance. For will be recognized next more information on week by seeing their the upcoming Financial artwork entered into Aid Night, or any other Boys and Girls Clubs aspects of the College of America’s National Bound Series, please Fine Arts competition: contact Education Direc- Abbey Aiguier, Aja tor, Emily Capurso at Credle, Alyssa Lopes, ext 2320. Ashalise Turpin, Ayanna Walter Denney Bragg, Barry Pritchard, Center News Brittney Buchanan, The Boys and Girls Erica Correia, Jaelynn Clubs of Dorchester’s Leggett, Maia Duarte, Denney Center Unit, Micha Smith, Michana located in the Harbor Smith, Michelle Beaz- Point section, is planning ley, Tyhlon Cromartie, a busy schedule of up- Noni Louisma, Ivanildo coming activities. Some DaMoura, Nahla Foiz, of these special events Najwa Nelson, Nicholas include: a Roller Skating Clements, Patrick Kelly, 14 teen members of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester were the guests of Patriots Lineman, Nate trip (1/13), an Outing Sean Kelly, Sydney Den- Solder at the Capital Grille for the Annual Rookie Dinner. Thanks to Nate, and the New England Pa- to Wahlburgers and a ver, Briana Bazile, Kyla triots Foundation, our members enjoyed dinner, received gift bags and met many of the team players Movie with the Under Sneed, Emily Espinal, in attendance, including Tom Brady, during the night for pictures and autographs. Our thanks to Nate Solder for inviting and hosting our members at this special event. the Tree Foundation Lady Autumn Lewis, (1/14), the M.L.K. Day Karla Santana, Stacy Ex- from our local exhibit more information on any visit bostonyouthzone. the funding available. of Service and Luncheon archos, A’Zhane George, will then be entered into of our Fine Art programs com/byf and click on Currently, the Career with U-Mass Boston Sorry Bah, Jamira Ma- the Northeast regional please contact Donna the summer jobs link. Prep program is working (1/16), Parent Game lave, Praize Johnson and exhibit being held in Seery at ext. 1320. For those unable to with the Boston Youth Night (1/19), and the Stacy Exarchos. The first Southport, CT during Career Prep register on-line phone-in Fund’s After School Jobs Teen Munch & Mingle part of the competition the month of February. Program registrations will be program, and other pri- (1/20). On 1/27 we will will see our members Winning entries from Members of the Club accepted on Tuesday, vate sources, to employ host our Annual Winter works, both in Fine the Regional exhibit will age 15 to 17 are reminded February 21st (10:00 35 teen members. All of Open House for residents Arts and Photography, be sent to the National that the City of Boston’s to 2:00), Wednesday, the current participants of the community. There on display at U-Mass exhibit being held in HOPELine for Summer February 22nd (10:00 will be taking part in will be food, games, tours Boston on Wednesday, May in San Diego, CA. Jobs will soon be ac- to 2:00) and Thursday, a full-day training on and free memberships for January 18th which is Good luck to all of our cepting registrations. February 23rd (10:00 to 1/16. For more informa- Harbor Point residents the local portion of the members on their out- Beginning on 2/1 the 2:00) at (617) 635-HOPE. tion on the Career Prep who are registering (and exhibit. Selected pieces standing entries. For web-based portion of the Candidates registered program, or the Summer registration will begin on the HOPEline are Job registration process, and remain in effect 24 eligible for a position but please contact VP of Pro- hours a day through 3/2. not guaranteed. Spots gramming, Mike Joyce at Byrne & Interested members can will be offered based on 617-288-7120, ext. 2110. Drechsler, L.L.P. Limited Edition Attorneys at Law Reproduction Eastern Harbor Office Park Dorchester Pottery Plate 50 Redfield Street, Neponset Circle Dorchester, Massachusetts 02122 Size is sandwich plate: about 7 inches in diam- eter. Each is hand-made, so there will be some variation. Plate is priced at $60. Combine the REPRESENTING SERIOUSLY INJURED INDIVIDUALS plate with the $25 book Dorchester’s Collec- tions or the $25 Dorchester Seal medal for a auto/motorcycle accidents, construction accidents, discounted total of $75. workplace injuries, slip and fall accidents, defective products, Order by emailing Earl Taylor ERMMWWT@ medical malpractice, head and burn injuries, aol.com or by calling him at 617 293-3052. liquor liability and premises liability Dorchester Historical Society Telephone (617) 265-3900 • Telefax (617) 265-3627 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, MA 02125 • 617-265-7802 January 12, 2012 The Reporter Page 17

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Page 18 THE Reporter January 12, 2012 RECENT OBITUARIES Milton and the late Bet- his wife Patricia, Lillian wife Kathleen Mia of Susan Harrigan of MULLIN, Patrick J. tina Calapa, Melvina Hartigan and her hus- Doyle-Reeves of Norwell, Centerville, MA. Father of Dorchester, formerly Cammorata, Domenic band Joseph, and Charles Justin Doyle and his wife is also survived by several of Charlestown. Husband Grossi and Helen Aber- McGowan. Also survived Jeanne of Hull, Maura nieces and nephews as of Patricia M. (Lydon). nathy. Also survived by 9 by 11 grandchildren Pittman and her husband well as his many Jesuit Father of Patrick and loving grandchildren and and many nieces and Spencer of Lawrenceville brothers. Donations may his wife Susan Mullin 7 great-grandchildren. nephews. Remembrances GA, Terrence Doyle of be made to the Jesuit of South Weymouth, CAWLEY, Frances R. may be made in memory Weymouth, and Tracy Community, Campion Michael and his wife Su- (McGowan) of Dorches- of Frances to the Juve- Doyle and her husband Center, 319 Concord Rd., sanne Mullin of Foxboro, ter, died peacefully, sur- nile Diabetes Research John Hill of Braintree. Weston MA. 02493 to Stephen Mullin B.F.D. rounded by her loving Foundation, 60 Walnut Brother of Mary The- support its ministry of Dorchester and his family. Wife of the late St., Wellesley Hills, MA resa (Terry) Bailey of of care for elderly and late wife Jeanne, James James P. Cawley. Mother 02481. Quincy. Also survived infirm Jesuits. and his wife Rose Mullin Lucy Gentile of James P. Cawley, Jr. CRONIN, Dorothy by 11 grandchildren MANNA, Grace M. of South Weymouth, GENTILE, L ucy and Elisa Birdseye of A. (Sinclair) of Ridge- and 2 great grandsons (Kain) age 93, of Kings- Kathleen and her hus- (Grossi) of Dorchester. Hyde Park, Patricia A. field, CT, formerly of and many nieces and ton, formerly of Dorches- band Mark McCarron of Wife of the late Anthony Cawley of Miami, FL., Dorchester. Wife of the nephews, grand nieces ter and Quincy. Wife of Holbrook, Daniel Mullin R. Gentile. Mother of Kathleen M. and her hus- late Timothy Cronin. and grandnephews. Joe 62 years of Anthony T. of Dorchester and the late Domenic P. and his wife band Patrick Connolly of Daughter of the late was a Combat Veteran Mother of Robert and his William Mullin. Brother Geraldine Gentile of Quincy, Geraldine T. and John and Margaret (Sul- in the United States wife Lynn of Peabody, of Gregory of Easton, Brockton, Anthony C. her husband John McGee livan) Sinclair. Sister Navy WWll, Suffolk Michelle and her husband John of South Boston, and his wife Norma of Braintree, Michael of Louise Randall and University, 30 years Dan McNicol of FL and James of TX and the late Gentile of Dorchester, J. and his wife Ellen her husband, Scott, of Boston Fire Department, Paul Manna and his wife Luke, Thomas, Daniel Angela M. Gentile-Abell Cawley of Dorchester, Portland, ME. Aunt of past Vice President Lo- Louise of Dorchester, Mullin and Mary Kane. of Norwood and the late and Marianne and her Ellen Farnsworth, Eliza- cal 718, Life Member Patricia Canniff and her Also survived by 9 loving John A. Gentile. Sister of husband Ted Pick of beth Ramsey, and Kathy DAV, volunteer in the husband Bill of Milton grandchildren and 1 great Americo Grossi of Milton, Quincy. Sister of the Randall. Also survived by VA’s Normative Aging and Janice Abbott and grandchild. Vet. Korean Michelina McManus of late John McGowan and her cousin, Gordon Walsh Study, and American her husband Dwight of War, U.S. Navy. Former and his wife, Joan, of Red Cross-10 gallon blood Duxbury. Sister of Joseph employee of the Marr Ridgefield, CT, and their donor. Donations may be of Dorchester and Robert Companies. Member of seven children. Retired made in Joe’s memory to Kain and Arlene Willis St. Brendan’s Holy Name Executive Secretary, TILL, Inc. 20 Eastbrook both of Braintree and Society. Remembrances Mass. Financial Services. Road Suite 201 Dedham, the late Marjorie Mulrey may be made in memory TEVNAN TEVNAN DOYLE, Joseph C. MA 02026-2056. and Francis Kain. Grand- of Patrick to the Jimmy 100 City Hall Plaza 299653 Gallivan Boulevard of Quincy, formerly of HARRIGAN, Rev. mother of Christopher, Fund. Boston, MA 02108 Dorchester, MA 02124 Dorchester. Retired BFD. Philip K., SJ of Weston, Courtney and Michaela SLIWINSKI, Jo - 617-423-4100 617-265-4100 Husband of the late formerly of Boston Col- Abbott, Katie, Kristen hanna (Woetcel) of Kathryn (Kitty Sheehan) lege High School. Son of and Michelle Canniff, Dorchester. Wife of the Doyle. Father of Kath- the late Eugene J. and Robbie and the late Karen late Anthony. Step- Attorneys at Law leen Keating and her Mary M. (Krim) Har- Manna and 4 great grand- mother of Sophie Capone www.tevnan.com husband Ronald (Retired rigan. Brother of Robert children. Expressions of of Weymouth and the late BFD) of Quincy, Lynda Harrigan and his wife sympathy may be made Zenon “Ski” Sliwinski. Mitchell and her husband Patricia of Silver Spring, to Alzheimer’s Research Also survived by 6 grand- Richard of Braintree, MD and the late Eugene Assn., 311 Arsenal St., children and 14 great “Close to Home” Francis Doyle and his Harrigan. Brother in law Watertown 02472. grandchildren. Neighborhood Notables

(Continued from page 14) play with 200 children living in family shelters. Dorchester Multi-Service Center Commitment: two hours per week for six months. DotWell’s Mommy/Daddy & Me fitness classes Info: call 617-445-1480. at the Dorchester Multi-Service Center, 1353 Volunteers Needed Dorchester Ave., on Mondays from 9:30 a.m. to VITA, the Volunteer Income Tax, Assistance Cedar Grove Cemetery 10:30 a.m., and Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 Program needs volunteers throughout the state CONSECRATED IN 1868 a.m., in the gym, for children two years and older. to work three to five hours helping low-income On Tuesdays, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., a “water tax payers to prepare their tax returns. In Boston On the banks of the Neponset babies” class for children six months to 2.9 years. call 617-918-5259. Friendship Works needs caring Excellent “Pre-Need” Plan Available Info: 617-740-2235. people to offer help and support to isolated seniors and to drive elders to and from medical app’ts. Inquiries on gravesites are invited. Dorchester People for Peace For info call 617-482-1510 or visit fw4elders.org. Non-Sectarian. The group usually meets the second Monday of each month, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Vietnamese-American Volunteer residents needed to conduct a community Cemetery Office open daily at Community Center (wheelchair-accessible), 42 knowledge pilot in communities of color that have 920 Adams St. Charles St. Info: call 617-282-3783. the highest incidence rate of HIV/AIDS. This will Dorchester, MA 02124 bring more awareness, education, prevention, and Hope for Troubled Families intervention to those communities. Contact HCC Telephone: 617-825-1360 Families Anonymous: a self-help support program at 617-445-8979. Helping Communities in Crisis for parents, grandparents, other relatives, and seeks volunteers with office skills (typing, filing, and friends, concerned by the substance abuse of a loved computer and telephone skills) for a multi-tasking, one; meetings at the Tynan School, 650 East Fourth fast-paced organization; contact: 617-759-2437 or “Caring for your life’s journey...” St., South Boston, Mondays, 7:30 p.m. [email protected]. Volunteers needed for Jumpstart Horizons for Homeless Children Community Corps’s kindergarten reading readiness Horizons is seeking volunteers to interact and classes. Six hours per week during the school year for a $100 monthly stipend. LEGAL NOTICES Call 857-413-4631. Local COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS COMMONWEALTH OF COMMONWEALTH OF residents, with their own JUVENILE COURT DEPARTMENT MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS HOLYOKE DIVISION cars, needed to drive THE TRIAL COURT THE TRIAL COURT 121 Elm Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 PROBATE AND FAMILYCOURT cancer patients to and Docket No. CP10H0003 PROBATE & FAMILY COURT SUFFOLK DIVISION Docket No. SU11P2617EA from their chemo and ra- CARE AND PROTECTION NOTICE OF PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS Docket No. SU11D2712DR SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION PROBATE OF WILL diation treatments. Call DIVORCE SUMMONS IN THE ESTATE OF To SAULID DIAZ AKA SAUL DIAZ OR BY PUBLICATION and MAILING 1-800-227-2345 or visit ANY UNKNOWN OR UNNAMED FATHER OF NORA T. EGAN JAYLEEN ARIANA SANCHEZ, DOB 4/24/09, CHRISTOPHER O. SHARPE LATE OF cancer.org. VNA Hospice BORN IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS vs. DORCHESTER, MA 02122-1223 TO DAMARIS SANCHEZ MICHEALIA BEAL-SHARPE DATE OF DEATH: 03/31/2010 Care needs men and A petition has been presented to this court To the Defendant: To all persons interested above cap- women to provide com- by DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN FAMILIES, The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for tioned estate, a petition has been presented seeking, as to the subject child(ren), JAYLEEN Divorce requesting that the Court grant a requesting that a document purporting to panionship to patients, to ARIANA SANCHEZ, that said child(ren) be found divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the be the last will of said decedent be proved give respite time for care- in need of care and protection and committed to and allowed and that Marguerite M. Egan the Department of Children and Families. The marriage pursuant to G.L. c. 208, Sec. giving family members. 1B. The Complaint is on file at the Court. of Dorchester, MA be appointed executrix court may dispense the rights of the person named in the will to serve Without Surety. named herein to receive notice of or to consent An Automatic Restraining Order has Call 1-866-279-7103 or to any legal proceeding affecting the adoption, been entered in this matter preventing If you desire to object there- to, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST 781-569-2888. Interfaith custody, or guardianship or any other disposition you from taking any action which would  Funerals of the child(ren) named herein, if it finds that the FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN Volunteers needs vol- negatively impact the current financial SAID COURT AT Boston, SUFFOLK child(ren) is/are in need of care and protection and status of either party. SEE Supplemental  that the best interests of the child(ren) would be PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT, 24 NEW unteers to help with Cremations served by said disposition. Probate Court Rule 411. CHARDON STREET, P.O. BOX 9667, frail elders and adults You are hereby ORDERED to appear in You are hereby summoned and BOSTON, MA 02114, ON OR BEFORE  this court, at the court address set forth above, required to serve upon: Christopher O. ten o’clock in the MORNING (10:00 with disabilities. Spend Pre-Arrangements on 1/27/12, at 9:00 a.m. for a PRE-TRIAL Sharpe, 72 Elm Hill Avenue, #4, Boston, AM) on February 9, 2012, the return day CONFERENCE. MA 02121 your answer, if any, on or of this citation. as little as one hour 1140 WASHINGTON STREET 460 GRANITE AVENUE You may bring an attorney with you. If you have before 02/09/2012. If you fail to do so, In addition, you must file a written af- or 10 or more. Contact a right to an attorney and if the court determines the court will proceed to the hearing and fidavid of objections to the petition, stating DORCHESTER, MA 02124 MILTON, MA 02186 that you are indigent, the court will appoint an specific facts and grounds upon which the 617-482-1510. Boston attorney to represent you. adjudication of this action. You are also If you fail to appear, the court may proceed required to file a copy of your answer, objection is based, within (30) days after the Partners in Education 617~298~8011 617~698~6264 on that date and any date thereafter with a trial if any, in the office of the Register of return day (or such other time as the court, needs volunteers to help on the merits of the petition and an adjudication this Court. on motion with notice to the petitioiner, may allow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16. of this matter. Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARM- in math and English For further information call the Office of the Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARMSTRONG, Service times and directions at: Clerk-Magistrate at 413-533-1482 STRONG, First Justice of this Court. First Justice of this Court. Language Arts in grades Donald P. Whitney, Clerk Magistrate Date: December 16, 2011 Date: January 3, 2012 K to 12. Call 617-451- www.dolanfuneral.com DATE ISSUED: 12/16/11 Sandra Giovannucci Sandra Giovannucci Witness: Daniel J. Swords, First Justice #2 Register of Probate Register of Probate 6145 for info. January 12, 2012 The Reporter Page 19 Reporter’s Calendar Sunday, January 15 • JFK Library Forum on the Obama Presidency, 2 p.m. features Jonathan Alter, author of The Promise: President Obama, Year One, and Hendrik Hertzberg, columnist for The New Yorker, analyze the Obama presidency as the 2012 presidential race begins with former Boston Globe Editorial Page Editor Renee Loth. All forums are free and open to the public. Reservations for forums are strongly recommended. Call 617-514-1643. • The Caribbean Foundation of Boston, Inc. hosts the 28th Annual Testimonial Appreciation Awards Banquet in tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the William E. Reed Auditorium, 18 Washington Street, Grove Hall, Dorchester, noon-3p.m. Contact for tickets: Beulah Providence and Mary McDonald – 617-445-1228. Monday, January 16 • The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive at Saint Catherine Drexel Church, 517 Blue Hill Ave., 12-5 p.m. All presenting donors will receive a coupon for a free pound of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee; prizes are non-transferrable and not redeemable for cash. To make an appointment to donate blood, please call 1-800-RED CROSS or log onto redcrossblood.org. • Codman Square’s Sean Fielder and his Dot-based Boston Tap Company along with the Cambridge Youth Dance will be presenting “The History of Tap: Moments in Time” at the John F. Kennedy Library Cambridge Youth Dance program will perform at the “History of Tap: Moments in Time” program at and Museum, 10:30 a.m.. The demonstration, part the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum at 10:30 a.m.. on Monday. The demonstration, part of the of the library’s monthly “Celebrate!” series, will library’s monthly “Celebrate!” series, will explore the history, rhythm, and multicultural expression of explore the history, rhythm, and multicultural this dance form. The show is free, but pre-registration is required at 617-514-1644. expression of this dance form. The show is free, Hospital Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) will be Production Editor and National Reporter, Religion but pre-registration is required at 617-514-1644. held from 6-8 p.m. at the Foley Building, 249 River News Service, Washington, D.C. at 6:30p.m. at • Dorchester residents – Olivia Genesus, Abigail Street, Mattapan, MA. Members of the public are Second Church, 44 Moultrie St, Dorchester. All are Robinson, Hanifah Bostic, and Khamari Barnes invited to attend. welcome to attend. For more information contact Rev. – will be among the vocalists at the city’s highest Monday, January 23 Dr. Cliff Hersey at 617-825-2797 or secondchnaz@ profile MLK event: the Boston Children’s Chorus’ • JFK Library Forum on the Literary Life of gmail.com. ninth annual MLK tribute concert. This year’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 5:30 p.m., includes • Jim Lehrer, former host of PBS Newshour, dis- concert entitled “Beloved Community” guest-stars colleagues and writers Joe Armstrong, Betty Sue cusses his book, Tension City: Inside the Presidential Melinda Dolittle, third place finisher on Season Flowers, Harriet Rubin and David Stenn, who Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain, Six of “American Idol.” Dolittle, whom the New share their memories of working with the First with PBS Newshour senior correspondent Ray York Times called “phenomenally gifted,” blazed Lady during her time as an editor in New York Suarez at a special JFK Library forum, 5:30 p.m. new trails last year voicing “Cassie Cassava,” the City. Greg Lawrence, author of Jackie as Editor, All forums are free and open to the public. Reserva- first African American character on “Veggie Tales.” moderates. All forums are free and open to the public. tions for forums are strongly recommended. Call BCC performances are at 2pm and 7pm at Jordan Reservations for forums are strongly recommended. 617-514-1643. Hall on the holiday; tickets range from $15 to $45. Call 617-514-1643. Wednesday, January 18 Tuesday, January 24 • The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive • The Boston Urban Forest Council will meet at St. Brendan Church, 595 Gallivan Blvd., 2-7 at the office of Boston Natural Areas Network, p.m. All presenting donors will receive a coupon for 62 Summer Street, Boston, at 6:30 p.m. You are a free pound of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee; prizes are invited to join the effort and the fun of improving non-transferrable and not redeemable for cash. To and expanding Boston’s Urban Forest. To reserve make an appointment to donate blood, please call your spot please call 617-542-7696 ext 20 or email 1-800-RED CROSS or log onto redcrossblood.org. [email protected]. Thursday, January 19 Wednesday, January 25 • The next monthly meeting of the Boston State • As part of the Conversations Series, Second Church in Dorchester presents “Reflections HELP WANTED on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Adelle Banks,

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dr 2x Page 20 THE Reporter January 12, 2012 Advocates worry T cuts will hurt long-term transit plans By Alex Owens the commuter rail and nullify months of their made, however. due to be formally re- trip times, and other Special to the Reporter the Mattapan trolley work on the study. “It’s awkward that we leased in a written report considerations. After a rigorous to Ashmont Station. The “The MBTA can’t tell are nearing the finish next month— are based The RDM group plans 15-month bout of surveys, proposed cuts and fare this community about line just as the T is an- on some 1,400 surveys, to release its findings brainstorming sessions hikes will be discussed fairness...that it’s fair nouncing these service as well as suggestions to the MBTA and the and meetings, a state-led in a series of public because the same thing changes, but I think this generated through the public in late February. review of the public meetings starting this is happening across the study will still do some regular meetings of the Tuesday’s meeting at transportation needs in month, including one set board, because this com- good,” Hamwey said. “I advisory group. The ideas the Mattapan library for Roxbury, Dorches- for Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 6 munity is already coming want to stress that there were separated into five branch was scheduled to t e r a n d M a t t a - p.m. in Mattapan’s Mil- from a deficit,” said is no funding tied to this model scenarios, ranging be the last of the process. pan (RDM) is finally dred Ave. Community City Councillor Charles study...that it’s meant to from short-term, low cost However, due to the drawing to a close. The Center. Yancey, who attended be used as a kind of road improvements, like bus increased fare proposals process has generated “Our concern is that the meeting. map for when funding stop consolidation, to from the MBTA, several several new ideas about these cuts will under- Scott Hamwey, Mass- becomes available. I longer-term solutions, members of the advisory how to improve transit mine much of the work DOT’s project director think that we should like extending the Green group rallied around a in the three neighbor- that we have done over for the RDM study, be able to keep moving Line through Dorches- separate effort to draft a hoods, but its resolution the past 15 months, and was confident that the forward with some of our ter and Mattapan. The statement of concerns to also coincides with the that they will dispropor- T’s financial setbacks shorter-term improve- scenarios were then be shared at several pub- latest bad news from tionately hurt minority would not destroy all ments, in spite of this simulated and compared lic hearings scheduled by the MBTA. Pending communities,” said Bob of the progress that rough period.” against the current the T through the end of system-wide fare hikes Terrell, a member of the RDM study has The study’s findings— service, for emissions, March. and service cuts will the Washington Street likely keep many of Corridor Coalition dur- the study’s ideas from ing the RDM advisory Codman Sq. continues to serve Haiti becoming reality in the group meeting at Mat- near future. tapan Library, held on In addition to fare Tuesday evening. quake survivors increases of 35 to 50 Terrell’s com - (Continued from page 1) and food,” said France get an eval and join the cal first-aid. percent for most ser- ment echoed those which will gather survi- Belizaire, another so- group.” The program is funded vices, MBTA riders are of many members of vors in a group setting cial worker who was “There wasn’t a lot of by a federal grant from facing scenarios which the RDM study advisory every other Saturday part of Codman’s initial therapy,” adds Appolon. the Substance Abuse and would totally eliminate group, consisting of local beginning Jan. 15. response team. “People “If [patients] needed Mental Health Service some weekend or week- residents of the three “In the beginning, that would come from therapy we would refer Administration and is day service on nearly neighborhoods, who the focus was to help Haiti, would get all them on an individual locally administered by all bus lines, and cancel worry that the proposed with basic needs like their shots, a full check basis. We provided what the state’s Department weekend service to both cuts would effectively immigration, housing up, then see a clinician, can be called psychologi- of Public Health (DPH). Patients received com- prehensive care free of charge, which included medical, dental, eye health and behavioral services. I take care of my diabetes Staff track patient care and status in monthly reports on various issues that they discuss in ses- and blood pressure... sions, including housing, immigration and nutri- tion. Currently, 10-12 (in addition to 6-8 children) are consistent clients every other Saturday. Two years after the quake, many survivors are confronting chal- lenges with getting jobs, access to limited benefits and immigration. “This year, some of the clients are taking ESL courses and have jobs,” said Belizaire. “We call clients to see if they will come to the group and many cannot.” For those who have yet to find work, learning English is important for them says Belizaire. “The process can be stressful. They say ‘al- right, I’ve been here for a year, and I applied for a job but haven’t [gotten] a job.” Outreach manager Beatrice Martin helps many clients get ac- cess to resources. She refers clients to training programs along with Codman Square’s Health Leads program – which helps low-income resi- dents with food stamps so I can keep doing the things I want to do. and bill payment. “While many are I know if I take care of my diabetes and blood pressure, I have a better chance of dealing with this tough enjoying life into my senior years. So I eat right, exercise moderately, and take economy, they are still coping with grief and my medications. Taking care of myself is easy compared to what I could face if loss,” said Belizaire. I don’t—complications like kidney failure, heart attack, and stroke. Talk to your Two years after the health care provider to nd out how to live well with your diabetes. earthquake that led these survivors to Boston, to Dorchester, Learn more at www.nhp.org/diabetes the providers say their patients have served as inspiration. “Many Haitians pick nhp.org up the pieces and keep pressing forward.”