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aCommunity Newspaper Company www.allstonbrightontab.corr FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2006 Vol. 10, No. 30 40 Pages 3 Sections 75¢ Past haunts activist Crime Watch leader is a convicted sex offender
By Auditi Guha STAFF WAITER onathan Ralton has a past not everyone knows about. J The 26-year-old community activist has been a leader with the Ringer Park Crime Watch group - a volunteer organization rec ognized by Boston Police as one of the city's · best. Ralton has also been an advocate for building a public dog park at Ringer and is ac tive in the local Beagle Rescue. He's also a vol unteer at the Historic Wmslow House Associa tion in his hometown of Marshfield. Ralton is also a convicted child rapist. STAff PHOTOS BY KEITH E. JACOBSON As a teenage Scout leader in Marshfield, Ral City Council or at-large Felix Arroyo speaks to fired janitors outside the WBZ building on their last day during a protest mare", ton admitted to raping a 13-year-old Boy Scout Bottom: Anclre Mendes carries a sign outside WBZ to show his support for janitorial workers fired by the company. over a three-year period. He was convicted of stattitory rape and assault and battery of a child ' under 14 in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. He is currently serving a 10- year probation. Janitors fired Ralton admits he did a terrible thing. But he iosic:tc; e is not a danger to the. community. He points to his work as a parks advocate in Unit-Jn"' ·orkers replaced by non-union company Allston as a sign he is committed to public ser By Audltl Guha and plans to replace them with a Holding upa sign thatread "Justi vice. Ralton has many supporters, including STAFF WRITER non-union company. Tuesday was ceia Ahora" (Justice Now), the Ser fellow Crime Watch members who believe even longtime union janitors their last working day. vice Employees International their friend and neighbor is not a threat to any and other union representa Working in the WBZ and CBS Union Local 615 employee one and who say he has been a model citizen in Stives protested outside the building for about 10 years, Maria marcheu in a circle and chanted slo the area. WBZ building at 1170 Soldiers Cardoso said she has never received gans with her fellow workers who Others are not convinced. Field Road Tuesday evening, de any complaints about her work. would l\oon be collecting their last "It's not appropriate for him to be connected manding explanations from the sta Officials said the union was being payche •k for cleaning the building to a neighborhood park," said parent and long· tion. WBZ had just fired the janitors fired because of poor performance. PROTEST, page 5 time resident Helena Rocha. "It's like an alco holic getting a job tending a bar. Why tempt fate?" Some residents wonder why a convicted child rapist would volunteer to patrol the 12.5 acre Ringer Park, one of the only open green Senior day care closing delayed spaces in a dense neighborhood that houses a tot lot, a ball park and tennis courts, and is bor By Audlti Guha 'The neighborhood is not interested in dered by a elementary school and boys and SfAFFWRrER Elderly, advocates scramble for solutions a temporary solution. We want it to be girls club. Following community opposition, but it will still eventually close. 'That's an unsatisfactory solution," available to those who are using this "I don't understand why anyone would be the senior d2y-care center at St. That's not good enough, said upset said Theresa Hynes from the Brighton excellent center and we want other CRIME WATCH, page 7 Gabriel's may be open a little longer, residents. Allston improvement Association. CENTER, Rage 6 Planning for a Turning exercise on its head grfeener future
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STAFF PHOTOS BY KEmi E. JACOBSON Above, ·Allston resident Kevin Zhu, 10, Allston, takes batting practice at Fenway Park In the visiting teams batting cages. Below left, Brighton resident Ariel Richman, 14, takes batting practice at Fenway Park In: the visiting teams batting cages. Right, Brighton resident Ray Martin, a coac11 fOf the AllstorH!rlghton Uttle League, feeds balls Into the pitching machines at Fenway Park In the visiting tealll's batting cages. .J Members of the Allston Brighton Little League were Invited to use the facility on Feb. 23.
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By Judy Wasserman week the program's major goals classes will be held, providing in He added that both the interac CORRESPONDENT include im reasing the Engli >h struction in topics such as disci tive literacy classes and the home Life can be hard for those who speaking c;~ills of parents, mik pline and literacy skills at home. visits are designed to help parents have come to America from an ing sure the children are read.ng There will also be interactive lit create literacy environments at other country, wanting a better at or above grade level, and help eracy creativity classes where home and better connect with life for themselves and their fam ing parenL"i help their children. parents and children will learn to their children. ilies. Even Start also focuses on pro gether. The two family support When parents are in class, their .. Often, these immigrants don't viding instruction for parents Speed and drugs Bo~ ton College official. In the railyard, spilling fuel, according fled, he reportedly threw the keys apartment, they repor:edly found Benjamin Chen, 19, of 519 to a report. Officers responded to towards the victim. many cups contairung beer and a Hamson Ave., Apt. D219, a fire alarm at 170 Cambridge St. ,. 1 flex r that was very sticky. The .... Boston, was arrested Feb. 24 on at about 9 p.m. They found a kiti;..hen was repo~lly full of Anned robbery charges of drug possession, locomotive engine partially empty beer cans and alcohol bot Two 21-year-old al:cording to a report. At about derailed and the 4,000-gallon fuel tle· All three residents were Cambridge residents 2!17 p.m., police reportedly saw tank leaking. Responding crew 14 found to be BC sophomores and reported an armed robbery on a:black Mercedes Benz speeding plugged the hole and fixed the pla<.:ed under arrest. damage. About 172 gallons of Feb. 23. At about 1:30 a.m., offi abd stopped it at Harvard and cers responded to 65 North Commonwealth avenues. A rou fuel was spilt and a service crew BC kids party organized a cleanup. Several Harvard St. and found the vic tille check revealed that the dri tilns. They said they were walk vfr's license was revoked due to Griffin R. Bach, 20, Seren Boston Fire Department ladders and engines responded as well. ing when they realized they were u,tee speeding tickets. Chen was 4 N. Ozcan. 20, Ian W. Watt, being followed by an unknown pJaced under arrest on charges of 21 all of 41 Orkney Road, Apt. 2, suspect, reports state. The suspect dtiving on a revoked license, were arrested on charges of keep Gas station robbery allegedly pulled a small black aC.Cording to the report. During a ins a disorderly house on Feb. 26, The Market Street Gulf gun and robbed them of their search, officers followed a strong according to a report. About 4:04 11 station was robbed by wallets containing credit cards, sQiell and found two packages of p.m , officers responded to 41 two unknown men on Feb. 22, $150 and a cell phone. The sus Orl ney Road for a loud party. On rdlling paper and a multicolored according to a report. Al about pects reportedly fled in the direc ceramic pipe in a black velvet arrt val, they reportedly heard 7:49 p.m., officers responded to tion of the soccer field opposite bag and a plastic bag of a sub loutl music corning from the 195 Market St. for an armed rob the Harvard stadium. sfhnce believed to be marijuana, baciement. Inside we1e about 30 bery in progress. An employee at aCcording to reports. Chen was people wtth a stereo and four the register said two suspects Stores broken into ~o charged with drug posses kegs of beer, accord.in~ to reports. came in to rob the gas station sttm. Many were drinking beer and store. One them went around the An Allston retail busi • looked under 21, poli<;e reported. counter with a 12-inch kitchen 15 ness was broken into Pol ce identified fom who were Feb. 22 and some cash stolen, l[C pair caught drinking reportedly twned into a one-way employee. On arrival, store knife and demanded money underage. The residents were while the other stood at the door according to a report. Police William B. Pulito, 19, and found and identified. All three of street and crashed into a parked employees refused to let them in. responded to 252 Brighton Ave. David R. Pulito, 19, of 33 car. Reports state that as the dri Officers finally got the store clerk as l ~kout. They took $200 and 2 th~m were Boston College stu be~d and spoke to the proprietor of ~mont Road, Apt. 3, were ver put the car into reverse gear to to open the door. When told that fled the gas station dents. towards the projects. Dove Cleaners and landlord of afrested Feb. 25 on charges of escape again, police ordered him a customer reported being the retail building complex. He uflderage drinking, according to a Loud music out of the car, but he did not com slapped, employees said they said he left the property intact at ~ice report. Police responded to ply. He allegedly had to be phys didn't know anything about it, Store robbery 6 p.m. the previous day and a!party at Egremont Road at Matthew X. K.me, 31, of ically dragged out and hand though officers believed they A convenience store returned at 6:45 a.m. to find the about 2:18 a.m. and reportedly 5 276 Corey Road, Apt. 22, cuffed in a violent struggle. were aware of the incident, 12 was robbed by rear ·door pried open and $200- h~ard loud voices coming from wa.• arrested Feb. 25 on charges Officers reportedly found an reports state. The manager unknown suspects on Feb. 26, $250 missing from the cash till. A ad apartment. They met the resi of disturbing the pe2ce, accord empty beer can on the floor and reportedly came and said he did according to a report. At about square hole with sawed edges, dent of the apartment in the sec ing to a report. At about 1:04 plastic bag with two full beer have a problem with an unruly 7:06 p.m., police responded to large enough for a person to ohd-floor hallway and told him to a.m., officers responded to loud cans. The suspect's speech was patron who refused to leave, but 241 Market St. for an armed rob climb through, was cut into the stop the party and have guests mu-;1c at a Corey Roa:! apartment slurred, eyes glassy and he was denied hitting him. Asked why he bery. A store employee told them store from the adjacent leave, according to reports. and asked the suspec. to turn the unsteady on his feet as he yelled did not report the problem to the that two suspects came in to buy Mediterranean Gourmet, reports William Pulito appeared intoxi mu ic down, according to obscenities at the officers, reports police, he said he didn't know. A a bottle of water. After they came state. Another hole was reported cated biy agreed, police said. repvrts. 1bey returned a second state. Due to the violent nature of witness who called 911 said the to the counter to pay for it, the ly also cut into the next store, La Police reportedly heard the door and third time and reportedly the suspect, he had to be placed in victim was an Irish male of aver suspect reportedly lunged at the Serenita Music. A smaller hole being locked and people saying found the music still blaring. A a cell at which time he tried to age size in his 20s. employee with a large kitchen was cut into the rear wall of La they didn't have to leave. Police resident who called the cops said punch officers, according to the knife and said, "Gimme the Serenita Music to allow an exten knocked several times until the sbt had asked him to mn it down report. Wind damage money." The suspect allegedly sion device to reach the rear-alley door was opened. They said they earner. A little later, the suspect grabbed two cash drawers and exterior door handle, accessing came and banged on her door and The siding from a Brighton saw several people drinking from Tonic door shattered about $200 in cash. On his way stairs to a basement common to red plastic cups. David Pulito said, "Call the cops. Let them 9 building came off during out, he reportedly knocked a gal all three stores, reports state, also reportedly appeared drunk deal with 1t," repo11s state. He Jairo Antonio Barros, 22, of the strong winds on Feb. 24, lon of milk out of the hands of a Proprietors of the other two a.Gd said he lived there. Both reportedly continued to bang on 7 24 Rolling Green, Milford, according to a report. At 4:17 customer. Both reportedly fled stores were not available to ~re found to be under 21 and her door and called her a bitch. was arrested Feb. 24 on charges p.m., officers responded to a towards Gardena Street. assess losses. a4ending Boston College, After police came the first time, of willful and malicious destruc building hazard at 15 Fordham a&ording to the report. ili4' uspect allegedly came back tion of property, according to a Road and found the siding hang . to her door and banged on it, call report. At 1:33 a.m., police ing loosely in the wind. Anned robbery Fraud .I . A 21-year-old Allston kids arrested in!' her names. responded to a vandalism in Witnesses said a piece of the A Brighton resident was ~BC progress at 1316 Commonwealth building flew across the street 13 resident was robbed at 16 victim of a fraud on • Jameson W. Lyons, 20, Alleged drunken Ave. A bouncer at Tonic Bar said and damaged their cars. Both cars gunpoint on Feb. 23, according to Feb. 21, according to a report. At ~ Benjamin J. Yun, 20, and that while he was trying to close had dents and scratches on them, a report. At about 1 :51 a.m., about 1:30 p.m., officers 1\latthew Z. Ginsberg, 19, all of driver violent the bar, a suspect was still drink police noted, but it looked like police responded to 31 Brainerd responded to a larceny by scheme 1099 Commonwealth Ave., Apt. Je se J. Brevard 25, of 541 ing beer and refused to leave, they were more from age that Road and met the victim. He said reported at 15 Bronsdon St The' 3l, were arrested Feb. 26 on 6 Washington St., Apt 3, was reports state. When the bouncer from any recent damage. 1be he was \\alking home 'fthen a 51-year-old re~1dent aid he cSarges of being minors in pos arrested Feb. 26 on charges of tried to escort the suspect out, be building inspector responded to suspect began following him responded to an ad in the Phoenix. session of alcohol and keepers of driving drunk, according to a reportedly kicked the front door, assess the damage and the owner from the comer of Royce antl newspaper to star in an adult aliisorderly house, according to a report. At about l :36 a.m., breaking the glass. of the building also responded to Brainerd roads. At the victim's entertainment movie. When he pglice report. At about 12:50 parrolling officers i.aw a gray remove unsecured sections of the front door, the suspect pointed a called the number, he reportedl)' aln., officers responded to a loud Sa.1b speeding and trying to cut siding. black handgun at him and said, reached Worldwide Productions phty at 1999 Commonwealth through Cumberland Farms at Assault in Rednecks "Give me everything in your and was told he could star in his /ilre. They said they saw stream 148 Chestnut Hill A"e., crashing A fight broke out in a pockets." He passed over his own movie and triple his profits. of people coming and going in iilto the storefront ard damaging 8 Brighton eatery on Feb. 25, Hazmat spill Gucci wallet with license and if he sent over the money. The b~thing suit tops and short skirts th ~ bnck wall, according to according to a report. At about A hazardous situation personal papers but no cash. The victim told police sent $5,000 of shorts. Very few were wearing rerorts. As officers ·ried to stop 3: 12 a.m., police responded to 10 was created Feb. 19 suspect also took his cell phone through Western Union and has ~ter jackets despite the cold. tht driver, the car allegedly Rednecks at 140 Brighton Ave. when a tank was derailed and and jacket containing car keys, not heard from the company Cl1. the sixth floor, officers met a b You could be a candidate for this Phase II Clinical Trial. The procedure, implant, testing and follow-up are provided at no cost if you qualify. To find out if you are a candidate, please contact us: Toll Free (866)-950-HEAR . [email protected] Envoy Medical Corp.,5301 E!ast River Road Minneapolis, MN 55421 . "' ------lllllE""-=-~-=--::--~~~':'"~~-::-":"~~~:-~---;;--~EarlV Buver... 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"When I told -· at 1170 Soldiers Field Road. him that there is a process, and if About 15 protestors met build the work is not adequate there ing manager Peter Sloan in the should be records, he got very lobby of the television and radio angry." station. A visibly ruffled Sloan Arroyo pointed out that he was said he would not speak to them only received because be was a as be had been shouted at earlier city councilor, and that t}1'; com by union representatives, and pany had made up its mind to fire c~tised them for not having the the union janitors anyway. cpurtesy to make an appointment 'They believe they did things with the director if they wanted to righr and are pro-union, even if speak with him. they have hired a non-union com 'They weren't just let go. The pany," he added. process has been ongoing since Dooley-Webster spoke to the October and money is not the TAB in the lobby, and said Sloan issue," he told City Councilor had notified the custodians about at-large Felix Arroyo, who was the company's decision and had present and demanding answers. given various examples of staff "[Earlier] he told me it was not neglecting their duties - from ir about the work but about the regular cleaning to procedural money and $3,000 less," said standards not being followed. Adriano Alves, the janitorial su There is no documentation of pervisor who said he has been these incidents, as it is a union conversing with Sloan for a company, but Sloan dtd notify month on this issue. "Now he's custodians daily of any prot>- changed his story." ~ms . Alves said the union was upset ..From the information I have, that the multimillion-dollar station all of the procedures were fol decided to replace the OneSource lowed," she said. UJ)ion workers with a non-union The bid for a new contractor cJ~g contractor, Enterprise, for was sent out in September and a s)tlary about $3 less per hour than four bids came in, including what the present janitors were OneSource's. Enterprise was being paid, and clearly below the picked for being the "most com STAFF PHOTO BY KEITH E. JAC0850N • legal working wage. Peter moan, WBZ facilltles manager, left, discusses the janitor situation with Russ Davis, right, executive director of Jobs for Justice. Looking" petitive" bid. on are Rich Rogers, Greater Boston Labor Council, and Angela Dileo, Commercial Division director, Local 615. ''It is not a financial issue," said While Dooley-Webster said Dooley-Webster, spokesper Ro she could not disclose financial fied that Feb. 28 would be their Union workers continued their Labor Council. "A profitable or them hold that one job and that son for WBZ. ''It is true we have information, Local 61 5 represen last day unless their work was protest outside with posters read ganization like this one can do she is very upset. selected a less expensive compa tatives said OneSour"'e janitors brought up to par, Dooley-Wet> ing "Clean Up Your Act" better than throwing people out 'They tried to convince me ny, but the initial inquiry took were being paid a standard of ster said. "Sweeping up Injustice" and on the street." that I was on the wrong side, but; place because of the quality of $11.85 per hour while Enterprise A1 11es denied any complaints "We Demand a Living Wage." Bundled up in a green parka, my concern is the jobs for these~ WQrk." workers will be paid $8.50 per aoou· the work the janitors did. "We're here to speak out Francisca Cabral, one of the fired workers," Arroyo said. "I still be.r• A handful of the representatives hour. "If the work was bad, why wait against injustice," said Rich janitors, said it is a very difficult lieve they should be allowed to followed Sloan up to the direc OneSource worker, were noti- 20 years to fire them?" he aid. Rogers of the Greater Boston decision for them since many of work for this company." tor~s office. They remarked on how clean the facility was. Arroyo was the only one allowed to go in ariCI speak with the director while the! others were escorted out · ~'He said the work was not satis factory, so they went with a cheaper company," Arroyo said later, b_9efing the janitors group f BRIEFS Homebuying 101 class in Brighton The Allston-Brighton Commu nity Development Corp. offers clUSses covering all aspects of beying a first home. Registration iS'liow open for the upcoming ses sions in English and Spanish. ' The class in English will take place March 8, 15, 22 and 29, 6 to &45 p.m. This class will be co sponsored by Bank of America. The class in Spanish will meet Saturdays, March 25, April 1 and 8, Don 't tell him- 9 am. to 12:30 p.m. This class will be co-sponsored by Citiz.ens Bank. your most exciting date Graduates will have access to for the prom is with free individual home-buying Filene's Basement! c0pnseling, reduced interest rate and low down-payment loans and closing cost and down-payment a8sistance fro'm the city of Boston . and other participating municipal . itJes. The Allston-Brighton COC's homeownership program has been awarded the Seal of Approval by die Massachusetts Homeowner ship Collaborative, and satisfies die homebuyer education require . ments of HUD, Fannie Mae, FHA, .• t-aassHousing, the Massachusetts .. Housing Partnership Fund's Soft - Slcond Mortgage Program and the city of Boston, as well as first-time hornebuyer products available through banks and municipalities. The registration fee is $35 per ~rson. All classes take place at ~e Allston-Brighton CDC office ~Brighton. Participants must reg i ter in advance. For more infor mation and to register, call Ircania or Elizabeth at 617-787-3874, ext 35, or e-mail valera@allston brightoncdc.org. Ha1Vard invitational ballroom competition The Harvard University Ball t'OOm Dance Team will present the 15th annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom competition Saturday abI1 Sunday, March 11 and 12. The H3nlon-Ford Wmter Ball will be hosted Saturday, March 11, at 6 p.m., in the Malkin Athletic Cen ~r. 39 Holyoke St, Cambridge. This event features more than 6CX> competitors. The Harvard Invitational is one of the largest collegiate competi tions in the country, attracting more ~llil 6(X) competitors and features up to 19 different dances in levels ranging from newcomer to cham ~on. More than $6,CXX> in scholar Sfups and prizes will be awarded. Admission is: Wmter Ball, $10 for students, $25 general admis sion, $100 VIP. Competition ad • mission is: $5 spectator fee. . • ; Page 6 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, March 3, 2006 www.nllstonbrightontab.com Send us your school FROM PAGE ONE events for our education listing :Request to keep center open denied al/[email protected] CENTER, from page 1 or fax 781-433-8202 'This is something that is needed take away a valuable community support the community it is in. people, as they grow old, to be in the area, and the closure will resource. Serving about 28 seniors, the able to use this very important be very hurtful to families." He said the number of patients center wa scheduled to close in commmity re~ource." At last month's BAJA meeting, at the center has gone down from April. The move would hurt After announcing in January several residents voicM their dis 50 to 28, and they are unable to fewer than 10 employees, includ they v. ould be closing the center, appointment and protested St. maintain it due to increasing ing temps who cover vacations, a Canlas St. Elizabeth"s Medical Elizabeth's decision to close a se costs as well. said Melanie Franco, communi TAKE YEARS Cente1 spokesperson said this nior day-care center that pro He said they have identified cations director, and the hospital week hey would keep the Adult vides excellent service to seniors. six alternative day-care centers was working with the clients to OFF YOUR FACE Day Health Center open" a little "What's more important than within 6 miles, and that the staff help place them in other suitable longer," but could not provide a our seniors?" said Terri Weida will work with current day-care centers. timeline or further details. last month, whose 90-year-old patrons to place them in these al This week, Franco told the IN HOURS. Thi!; announcement comes mother has been attending the ternate programs on a case-by TAB that they plan to keep the after much community opposi center for a year. "Why are they case basis. center open until everyone is tion to the 20-year-old center always the first to face cuts?" Weida said she called three suitably placed. While none of closing. especiall) with the lack Michael Kneeland, vice presi local centers, and was told they the alternate centers they are of an.t suitable options in the dent of medical affairs at the hos are not aware of the Brighton one looking at are in Allston neighborhood. pital who was invited to the closing, or of any patients mov Brighton, she said there are many "Fust the schools, now the el BAJA meeting, was unable to an ing to theirs. in the surrounding neighbor derly. What services are we swer many concerns - from BAJA board member Charlie hoods and Boston area. going to lose next?" said Allston why the center was closing when Vasiliades said at the meeting last "We are slowing down the resident Joan Pasquale who was the hospital shows a $26 million month that he finds the move process and working in tandem .. swpri ;ed to see brochures adver profit, to how can the hospital ex "offensive" and does not plan to with clients and continue to place .. tising the center at the Brighton . pect community support in ex support the hospital in its ven them on an individual basis," ~he . Marire Hospital clinic this week. panding their building when they tures when it does not care to said . .. A-B to start openspace master planning process Mother Nature gave you beautiful skin, don't OPEN SPACE, from page 1 the process. let Father Time take it away. With a vegetablt at the meeting. Jannie Huey, 12, displayed a .. enzyme peel, microdermabrasion, or an age Harry Mattison gave an update Web site built as part of a Tech • defense treatment, you'll rediscover a youthf1 of the Lincoln Street green strip, Goes Green summer program for at the east end of Lincoln Street in . strength, firmness and clarity. And undo the students where she had put up of • Allston, that is scheduled for a McKinn y Park and Chandlers • damage that winter has wrought. For time l e~ major facelift thanks to his efforts Pond. beauty, schedule an appointment. .. this minvte. at securing grants to fund im ''We teamed how important provements and artist designs. A open space is," she said. team of three artists is expected to Call 1-800-FACIALS or visit www.elizabethgrady.com Pallavi Mandi from the Charles visit the site in March to continue for nearest location, services, products & gift certific es Residents collect Information at open space meeting. River Watershed Association s:aid ·--...... their interest is in the river, and that access to the riverfront should be a part of the open space Master Plan. INTERNATIO AL WAREHOUSE SHOWROOM Fri., Sat., & Mon. 10-5 "Every person who is Sun. 12-5 concerned needs to know how their .: ; 3p· piece relates to th~ Sofa iece Leather Set larger system and how 'Ls99 and Chair I to improve the public realm" Avadable in Ch 6 Wirb cou ocolate or Khaki L . Pallavi Mandi Coupon must k" ooly. Expires 3/12f20"~a ther Charles River Watershed Ex presented . vo eludes Prior and ~t i;une of Purchase. I Association Quantities "- . ding orders. UJDJted. "Every person who is con cerned needs to know how their piece relates to the larger system and how to improve the public realm," she said. Charlie Tracy from The Na tional Park Service spoke about the importance of protecting rivers and trails. Bob Pessek from the Parks De 3 Pieces As Shown $775 partment suggested residents Audio Pier Tower $277 ea. TV Base $272 check out an open space maI?:for the area that the Parks De~ menthas. Residents suggested many way of improving streets and islands within the dense neighborhood_ - from partnering with garoen shops and local universiti~ to creating more pocket parks and trees. Black or Putty Leather 3 Pc. Set Black Leather 3 Pc. Set planting (Sofa, Loveseat & Chair) $1396 (Sofa, Loveseat, Chair) $1225 Involved in green space efforts since 1995, Allston Brighton Green Space Advocates member Gene Gobby asked people to keep abreast of green and open space issues in the city by sug Cherry, Maple, Teak, gesting a community calendar to or Espresso keep track of meetings and events. ''We are trying to work with all Dozens of Floor the neighborhood groups . . . to Models Reduced preserve, maintain and improve our natural green spaces in the for Clearance neighborhood," he said. Tamara Daly, a member ofJhe CDC's Green Space Advocates, who introduced the Green Space Advocates at the start of the meet ing, and said they were impressed to see so many different efforts in Leather Swivel Rocker Microfiber Swivel Chair $292 Recliner $617 Leather Swivel Chair $382 the community and hope to launch an open space initiative that everyone will participate in. The Allston-Brighton Green Space Advocates meet every third Wednesday of the month at 7: 30 p.m. at the ABCDC. u Leather 2 Piece Wedge Sofa $1342 Microfiber 3 Piece Sectional $951 VHOWARD Catch up on ~ www.allstonbrightontab.com Friday, March 3, 2006 Allsto.Brlghton TAB, page 7 f ROM PAGE ONE Activist past raises concerns CRIME WATCH, from page 1 danger this could cause me." .r able to be on Crime Watch if "It happens that the park I care about, that Fellow Crime Watch members - they have a crime behind them," is located closest to where I live, is bordered who have worked with Ralton • said resident and parent Ninette also feel he poses no danger to Marzouki. ''I don't think he by a school, and a boy.s and girls club. It the community and many would should be put on an island, but he would be impossible to locate myself trust him with their kids. shouldn't be around kids." ''I have personally never seen Ralton said it would be impos somewhere in the city that would be in a any reason to be concerned," sible for him to live in a city and said member Valarie Lima. not be near a park, school or vacuum of children." 1\vo other Ringer Park group community association where Jonathan Ralton and Crime Watch members, children may go. Anne Frenning Kossuth and "It happens that the park I care James Kossuth, are among about about, that is located closest to a half-doren people who called of committing J similar crime Ralton's past began circulating the TAB to say that they did not where I live, is bordered by a again. (see sid bar oo sex of among residents, he was report school, and a boys and girls club. believe Ralton is a threat to any fenders) edly asked to leave a community one and to say he has been a It would be impossible to locate His probation terms include meeting being held at the West model citiren. Anodyne Corporation myself somewhere in the city Heart Center of counseling, comrnunity service, End House Boys and Girls Club "He is an incredibly involved Metro West - that would be in a vacuum of no contact with the victim and in Allston. Ralton insisted he left and thoughtful person who has Alternative Supports, Inc. children," he said. family, and no contact with chil the meeting voluntarily as soon worked hard to make Ringer Beacon Hospice Inflexxion dren under 17. Transportation Mayor Menino: Who's in charge?" Genesis 2:4- 4545, or e-mail ti.m@schofield 3:24; Job, Psahn 10; John 3:19- lawfirm.com. visioning session 'Claim your credit!' 21; and Romans 7:18-25, 8:35- A coalition of Allston Brighton Boston MayorThQJllas Menino 39. Run of the Charles groups wants to hear your ideas and the citywide Earned Income March 30 - ''What's being on local transportation issues and Tax Credit Campaign have good good for? What is a good coming up problems. opened a new, free tax preparation person? Does reli&ion have any Professional and amateur canoe DAVID ROOT, CPA To Achutisc A community-wide visioning - Former IRS Revenue Agent - site in Allston-Brighton for low- thing to do with being good? If and kayak races, which include tn this Directory session will take place Saturday, to moderate-income workers. I'm good, can I expect rewards? international, national and local Tax Preparation & IRS Audit Representation PleaseCall March 11, 10 am.-1 p.m., at the Taxes can be prepared for free by Are there any absolutes for behav entries for ages 12 and older, will 15 Years Experience Honan-Allston Library. Everyone trained volunteers and e-filed to ior?" Micah 6:8; Mark 10: 18; He take place Sunday, April 30. . 617-335-2988 800.721.1823 is invited. The main focus of the the IRS and Massachusetts De- brews 12:2; Matthew 19:16-19; More than 1,500 participants workshop is to ask residents to partinent of Revenue. Generally, Luke 10:25-37; I John 4. are expected to take part in ther share their thoughts on all modes someone qualifies if earning less April 13 - Maundy Thursday race that will wind along the, of travel in Allston-Brighton. For than $37,000 per year; income . Tenebrae Service, Brighton. Charles River through Dedham, more information, please call guidelines apply. Eligible workers April 20 - ''Who needs orga Needham, Newton, Wellesley and Heather Knopsnyder at 617-787- can claim up to $4,900 and can nized religion anyway? What Waltham, to the day-long Finish 3874, ext 215, or Knopsnyder@ also receive information on credit good is organized religion? How Line Festival for the whole family allstonbrightoncdc.org. repair, asset building, banking and do you deal with religious differ at Herter Park, Soldiers Field Allston Brighton Transporta emergency services such as fuel ences?" Luke 4: 1-13; Luke 23:34, Road, Brighton. Races include the tion Visioning is a project of a assistance or food stamps, as well 43. . $5,000 professional flatwater 26- coalition of local organizations, as register to vote. April 27 - ''What matters, mile canoe marathon; 24-mifo including Brighton Allston Im The site is at the new Allston- anyway? What gives your life canoe relay race for teams of 10; provement Association, Allston Brighton Resource Center, 367 meaning? What does it mean to 19-, 9- and 6-mile canoe and Village Main Streets, Allston Western Ave., across from the be fully human?" Genesis 1:27; kayak races; and a 6-mile outrig Brighton CDC and residents who Brighton Mills Shopping Plaza. It Ecclesiastes, I John 4. ger race. want to find out about transporta is a division of the Mayor's Office For more information, call Rev. The event benefits the Charles' tion issues in the area. of Jobs and Conununity Services Karen Fritz at 617-254-7841 ore River Watershed Associatio~ The goal of this project is to and the Boston Redevelopment mail [email protected]. which has been working to prQ find out from residents and em Authority, and will offer free tax tect the health and beauty of thd" ployers about transportation is preparation services for moder- Building a Blue Allston-2 Charles River since 1965. Enti:y sues in the area; identify problems ate-income and low-income fees are $35 to $55 per paddler; and opportunities; and build sup working families. The Charles River Watershed spectators are free. Finish Line port for a transportation study of The EITC is a federal tax credit Association will conduct its sec Festival features a rock-climbing the entire Allston-Brighton neigh available to many low- to moder ond community meeting and wall, live music, a giant slide, re borhood. ate-income workers, but many forum Monday, March 6, 6 p.m., freshments and exhibits. An online survey is one of sev people don't realize they are eligi at the Honan-Allston Branch Li To race or volunteer, call 508- eral activities Allston Brighton ble and don't claim the credit they brary, 300 North Harvard St., All 698-6810, e-mail [email protected] Transportation Visioning is taking are entitled to. ''When working ston. The discussion will center or visit www.charlesriver.org. on to find out what residents, cy families do not claim the EITC, on the planning for water, green clists, business owners and others which they have worked hard for space and infras1ructure redevel Mayor announces think about transportation condi and are entitled to, money is lost opment in North Allston and the One Day Installation tions in Allston and Brighton. The to the entire community," said ways landscape design strategies Medicare Part D No Mess ... link to the survey is www.survey Menino. can be implemented for urban en enrollment No Stress ... monkey.com/s.asp?u=765631751 Clinic hours at the center are vironmental restoration within Mayor Thomas M. Menino and and outside Harvard University's • Over 1.3 Million Installed $Ince 1979 26. Thursdays from 4 t0-8-fr.m., and commissioner Eliza Greenberg of All respondents will be entered Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., new campus. the Commission on Affairs of the • Manufecturw's Lifetime Guttrant.ee into a raffie for a $25 gift certifi first-come, first-served. The cen For directions to the library, call Elderly announces that the city of cate to Dunkin' Donuts. Anyone ter is handicapped accessible, and 617-787-6313. For information Boston has begun a Medicare Part ~ CUstom Moldsd ACl'yflc Products who already filled out a copy of there is plenty of free off-street about CRWA or its Environmen D enrollment program that will the survey should disregard this parking. Translation services are tally Sensitive Urban Develop soon be at 12 community centers. EXCLUSIVE Colors and Styf8s for your bathtub, walls end message. available. ment project, visit www. The event took place at City Hall walnscot...... Subwsy nle, Besdbosrd, Moselc, 12x12. TRe, 6" Tilt Individuals who cannot attend charlesriver.org. where area seniors were invited to 5• Olsmond Tit~, Grttnltss & Marbles thst OHL Y th offlfllll An evening of one of these clinics may try an ap meet with trained counselors and poinunent, depending upon vol Allston Brighton Family enroll in the program. So easy to clesn ..... NO MORE MOLDY GROUT LJNES! political satire unteer availability. 'The enrollment for this new. + Jewish Community Housing Networil offers programs Menino also urged Allston Medicare Part D program is ex-, Profosslonst St!Yict.. .nnd us on .Angle's List end Cralg'i Usfltt for the Elderly, 30 Wallingford Brighton employers and business The Allston Brighton Family tremely complicated," Menino IAPMO, H.Up., UL., NAHB, ASTM &ANS/ to1h>d and epproved Road, Brighton, will host the es to inform their workers and Network offers free programs for said. "We have heard from hun Capitol Steps Thursday, May 11. customers about the free service families in Allston-Brighton with dreds of seniors that they are hav f Vl•lt our P•mbrolce Showroom The Capitol Steps are musical po and tax site. 'They best way to get children birth to age 3. All the fol ing a difficult time understanding Or@ www.reb11th.com litical satirists who will provide an this money into the hands of the lowing programs are free and the process and they need help. A 1 evening of laughs in an exclusive people who earned it is by getting open to families in the Allston nwnber of our staff has been s-1oo:o'irc;;;1 benefit performance. the word out," said the mayor. Brighton community: trained to work with seniors and ·':,.~,.::....,.~-~: For more information, call For more information or to Welcome Baby brings a one help them make informed deci •••w•••••••••••• Susan Goodman at 617-912-8488 check qualification status, call the time celebratbry home visit to sions about their health-care op "'811 ft.g." M0011 S.S::.@! or visit www.jche.org. EITC campaign at 617-918-5275, families with newborns birth to 3 tions." log onto www.bostontaxhelp.org months. The visit celebrates the Counselors knowledgeable in or call the Allston-Brighton Re birth ofa new baby in the commu the enrollment process and the source Center at 617-562-5734. nity, promotes early childhood new Medicare Part D will be and family literacy, and connects available for seniors at 12 city Theological questions families with community re community centers. Advocates- sources. For referrals, call 617- and volunteers will give individ of faith discussions 474-1143, ext. 224. ual attention to seniors to help Brighton Allston Congi-ega A Parent & Baby Group meets them choose the best Medicare tional Church, United Church of every Friday, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., discount plan for their individual Christ invites the public for at Commonville Tenants Com needs. Thursdays discussions about munity R90m, 1285B Common For more ·information on this questions of faith. The sessions wealth Ave., Allston. Register by and other programs available to take place at 7 p.m. in the meeting calling Randi at 617-474-1143, senior citizens living in Boston, room at the church, 410 Washing ext. 228. call the Elderly Commission at ton St Parent & Child Playgroups 617-635-4366 or visit the We'r! This series presents a variety of meet weekly at the Wmship site at www.cityofboston.gov/el contemporary thinkers each an School, 54 Dighton St., Brighton. derly. swering attendants' questions. In To register, call 617-474-1143, The schedule through May 19 the six 17- to 26-minute videos, ext. 250. is: one opening each discussion, at Play groups are: Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at tendants will hear responses from Tuesdays - 2-year-olds, 10:30 the Veronica. B. Smith Center in 14 contemporary American a.m. fo 12:30 p.m. Brighton; and Thursday, 11 a.m. Protestant, Roman Catholic and Wednesdays - 1- to 2-month to 4 p.m., at Veronica B. Smith Jewish thinkers to a series of six olds, 10 to 11 :30 a.m. Center. questions. Bible references are Thursdays - 3- to 4-year-olds, Seniors who would like to meet suggested to provide starting 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with counselors at the area com points for further exploration of Siblings younger than 6 months munity centers should call 617- these issues. are welcome. 635-MEDD (6333) to make an Questions and scriptures are as appointment. .... follows: Help celebrate 1 March 9 -''What good is bicentennial Allston-Brighton joins prayer? What is prayer? What of citysquares.com . . happens when you pray? Does Join in planning a series prayer change God's mind?" events, activities and projects to Citysquares.com., and starting Genesis 32:9-12, Psahn 23, 150; celebrate the 200th birthday of the soon, the local businesses that Mark 14:32-36; Matthew 6:5-15, community. The planning meet make Allston and Brighton 7:7-8, 27:46; and Luke 18:9-14. ing will be Tuesday, March 14, at unique, will have a partner that is March 23 - ''What's God got 7 p.m. at the Green Briar, 304 committed to their success. to do with evil? How can a good Washington St., Brighton. Citysquares.com went online in God permit evil? Why doesn't For more information, call OCtober 2005, providing visitors a God stop innocent suffering? Is Theresa Hynes at 617-782-1718 local way to connect with some of God all powerful, all loving? or Tun Schofield at 617-557- NOTES, page 9 MARCH MADNESS SALE!! WEDNESDAY. SUNDAY SAVE$$$$$ ON THE BES www.allstonbrightontab.com Friday, March 3, 2006 Allston-Brighton TAB, page 9 COMMU NITY NOTES NOTES, from page 8 Star Markets in G .iter Bo ton, long time and the best way to 617-338-1700. For more · information, call The men and women who the most diverse neighborhoods are volunteering tht>LT associates keep it that way will be for to take For more information on the Joan Pasquale, Parents Commu serve as Lions Club members in greater Boston. and the company's resources at parl in a monthly cleanup. Presentation School Foundation, nity Build Group coordinator at worldwide are committed to Citysquares.com chief executive St. Francis House in Boston in They have been scheduled for visit www.psf-inc.org. 617-254-0632, or Joe Krol ill, eradicating preventable blind otpcer Ben Saren said he expects March. St. Franci!i House is a the first ~aturday of each month Citizens Bank. 617-278-5811 or ness, ending human suffering, ililf new Allston and Brighton sites shelter and rehabilitative program at 9:30 a.m. Meet at the bottom of Allston Brighton fax 617-731-0836. and helping in their individual for the poor and homeless in the stairs pn Lincoln Street. tq be up and running in March. Family Network communities. One-hundred per Citysquares.com contains a downtown Boston, 1be volun Green Space cent of the funds raised are used teering event will pan over two complete directory of neighbor PS1f receives support The Allston Brighton Family . seeks volunteers to help support the programs of hood businesses as well as re weeks. Boston Foundation Network offers free program for Lions Clubs International, Mass sources such as community news, Each day, more than 400 meals mm families in Allston-Brighton with The Allston-Brighton Green achusetts Lions and local com public services, events, local artist are prepared, cookJ d and will be 1be Presentation School children age birth to 3 years old. Space Advocates invite commu munities.· galleries, classifieds and more. served by many Shaw's/Star Mar Foundation has received a grant All the following programs are nity residents to get 'involved in To learn more about Lions According to Saren, "Our goal is ket associates. From paghetti and of $25,000 from the Boston free and open to families in the protecting, improving and creat worldwide, visit the Lions Clubs to enhance local neighborhoods hot dogs to Salisbury steaks, Fo1mdation, one of the nation's Allston-Brighton community: ing open space. International Web site at www.li by strengthening small business meals are served to the needy of old.est and largest community Welcome Baby brings a one Anyone who is concerned onsclubs.org, or Massachusetts es. So far, the retailers, service Boston. Many associates will also foundations. The grant will help time celebratory home visit to about the trees in the neighbor District 33K Lions Web site at firms and others who have signed help in the thrift store sorting do support the Presentation School families with newborns birth to 3 hood or lives near a park, urban www.lions-33k.org. on' have received tremendous re nated items and helping men and Foundation's effort to establish a months. The visit celebrates the wild or green way and thinks the For additional information, call sponse. We are thrilled." women pick out items that they multi-service community center birth of a new baby in the com neighborhood could benefit from Lion Bob Garrity at 781-648- 'Other neighborhoods that have need. at the former Presentation munity, promotes early childhood improved open space has an op 6558. School building. jomed Citysquares.com include Along with the two-week asso and family literacy, and connects portunity to get involved in 'The Boston Foundation's Coolidge Comer, Central Square, ciates volunteering !!Vent, several families with community re change. Our Lady of f atima's Davis Square and Brookline Vil Shaw's/Star Markt ts including grant represents a igni:ficant en sources. To refer oneself or some The Allston-Brighton Green lage. the Allston and Bri hton Mills lo dorsement of our vision for the one else, call 617-474-1143, ext. Space Advocates were formed Shrine schedule cations are hosti ng a back fu1:ure of the Presentation School 224. more than a year and a half ago to The Shrine of Our Lady of Fa building," said Kevin M. Car Granada House pack/book bag drive in the store A Parent & Baby Group meets address neighborhood concerns tima, 139 Washington St., for two months. ustomers are ra. ~~. chairman of the Presenta every Friday, from 10:30 to 11 :30 about open space. Brighton, is open every day from tion School Foundation. 'We ap will honor Tolman asked to bring in any new or used a.m., at the Commonville Tenants The community is invited to 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays at 3 preciate the Boston Foundation's Sen. Steven A. Tolman will re backpacks to help the homeless of Community Room, 1285B Com get involved with the AB Green p.m., recitation of the rosary. support and its recognition that ceive an award recognizing his St. Francis House. A donation dis monwealth Ave., Allston. Regis Space Advocates at one of the First Friday - Exposition of our proposed uses of the site will service to the recovering citizens play is in the front of the stores as monthly meetings. The group the Blessed Sacrament is from . benefit working parents, chil ter with Randi at 617-474-1143, of the Commonwealth of Massa a dropoff center. The displays ext. 228. meets every third Wednesday of 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Benediction is c:hen, immigrants and the poor in chusetts Wednesday, March 8, at have had to be mptie.d several the month at 7:30 p.m., at the All at 6 p.m. (watch one hour.) Allston-Brighton." Parent & Child Playgroups 5 :~0 p.m. at the Granada House in times a week as ilie box was fill ston Brighton CDC. First Saturday - 8:30 a.m., The Presentation School meet weekly at the Winship Allston. Granada House is a sub ing up quickly. ABGSA welcomes new mem con£ ssion. Mass is at 9 a.m., fol Fo:>undation has advanced a mar School, 54 Dighton St., Brighton. stance abuse treatment facility for For informatiofl about volun To attend, register at 617-474- bers. People who attend will be lowed by a rosary procession and men and women in recovery. Tol teering or donating clothes, e-mail k~!t rate offer of $2 million to aided in finding a neighborhood p·JIChase the former Presenta 1143, ext 250. The playgroups a full breakfast in the school hall. man is the chairman of the Sub St. Francis House at info@stfran group to get involved in or start a Cost for adults is $5; children are tion School building from the are: Tuesdays, for 2-year-olds, stance Abuse and Mental Health cishouse.org. new group at a site in need. free. All are welcome. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Committee, which has been piv For more information about For more information, call St. Hoston. Wednesdays, for 1 to 2-month otal in improving treatment for the Brighton Old Tymes existing groups or projects the Gabriel's Rectory at 617-254- The foundation has proposed olds, 10 to 11 :30 a.m.; and Thurs commonwealth's recovering pop ABGSA is working on, call 6582 or Richard Marques at 617- Reunion on March 17 multiple uses of the building, in days, for 3- to 4-year-olds, 10:30 ulation. Tolman has also been an Heather Knopsnyder, Open 254-4392. Brighton Old 'fyrnes Reunion's cluding an affordable preschool, a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Siblings active member of the Allston younger than 6 months are wel Space community organizer at organizers invite individuals who YMCA after-school programs, the Allston Brighton CDC, at Brighton Substance Abuse Task come. Force, which has been tackling the grew up in Bright 10 in the 1%0s, student enhancement programs, 617-787-3874, ext. 215, ore-mail Brighton HS reunion OxyContin problem among the '70s and '80s to •10 event Friday, professional development pro knopsndyer@allstonbrighton Brighton High School Alumni youth of Allston-Brighton. March 17, St. P trick's Day, at grams for teachers and adult ed Cash reward for cdc.org. Association has a new Web site: 'I am pleased with what I have Brighton Elks Lodge, 326 Wash ucation services. arsonist information www.brightonhighschoolalum heard today from Lt. Gov. Healey ington St., Brighton. 1be reunion The Presentation School Brighton Lions Club ni.org. includes a com d beef and cab Foundation received a $5,000 Cash reward is available for in A planning committee is now and the administration's commit formation leading to the arrest ment to address the substance bage dinner serv I from 5 to 8:30 Vision Grant from the Boston The Lions Club invites being formed for the 50th reunion and conviction of the arsonist abuse crisis confronting the com p.m., and karaok , dancing, a raf Foundation in September 2005. Brighton residents who can spare for the classes of 1959 and 1960, who destroyed the playground monwealth," said Tolman. 'We fle and a snack from 9 p.m. to I 'Ibe foundation has an endow a few extra hours a month to help and volunteers are needed. equipment for the newly con are facing an epidemic in Massa a.m. ment of close to $686 million. develop a new Lions ·Club in For more information, contact structed tot lot playground at chusett8> particularly with regard Fee is $6 per plate, plus $10 do 'Last year, it made grants of $63 Brighton and join in the service to Diane McGrath Elliott, Class of to.Oxycontin and heroin abuse, nation. million to nonprofit organiza Ringer Park in Allston. the community and hwnanity. 1960, at [email protected]. and we must work together to get For tickets • d information, tions and received gifts of $53 To provide any information, There are nearly 1.4 million call Arson Squad, Inspector the message out and to stem the call Jay Shippie t 617-254-0834 million. Lions Oubs worldwide in 193 Drug Tip Hot Line tide." or Pat Galvin at 617-782-2171. The Boston Foundation also Sloane at 617-343-3324, fax 617- countries and geographical areas. serves a civic leader and sponsor 343-2206; or Detective Moreno Nearly 9,000 of these Lions live District 14 Drug Tip Hot Line Green Strip cleanup of special initiatives designed to at 617-343-2202, fax 617-343- in Massachusetts, and nearly for the Allston Brighton area has Shaw's to help build community. For more in 2206. 2,000 of them live in Boston and a new phone number. The nwn St. Francis House starting Sa rday formation about the Boston Donations to the Ringer Park its surrounding communities ber is 617-343-4822. The officer Shaw's Supermarket in Allston, The Lincoln treet Green Strip Foundation and its grant mak Project Arson Reward Fund can making up the Lions Oubs of in charge is Sergeant Detective along with several Shaw's and is cleaner than 1t has been in a ing, visit www.tbf.org or call be made at any Citizen's Bank. District 33K, the home district. Elton Grice. •( N OTES Boston Early Music church services n the organ in his or by calling the BEMF office at native city of Kobe and soon 617- 661-1812. Festival presents began conducting the church choir The 2005-2006 Boston Early Bach Collegium Japan as well. After graduating from Music Festival Concerts acknowl Boston Early Music Festival Tokyo Universi1y ofFmeArtsand e.dges support from 89.7 FM Concerts announces its second Music with de rees in composi WGBH Radio Boston; the Massa cpllaboration with the Japan Soci tion and organ, he continued his chusetts Cultural Council, a state ety of Boston Inc. to present a con studies of harp~ tchord, organ and agency that supports public pro q!rt by Bach Collegium Japan di European music of the 17th and grams in the arts, humanities and rected by Masaaki Suzuki, 18th centuries at Sweelink Con sciences; Boston Private Bank & Saturday, March 25, 8 p.m., at Jor servatory in Amsterdam Since Trust Co.; Vugin Megastore; dan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St. 1990, while continuing his inter Harpsichord Gearing House; and Boston. Bach Collegium Japan's national performances on the ARUP Acoustics. City Cat s Medical and present will highlight Suzuki's in organ and harpsichord, Suzuki has sights into the Instrumental Music devoted his principal energies to Jason Roberts Dental Cent er is Expanding! of J.S. Bach, including the ensem the creation and development of ,, Challenger Program bJe'sinterpretations of the B minor the Bach Collegiwn Japan orches Medidne, Surgery, Dentistry, Ultra ound, Radiology, Sµite for Flute and Strings, Con tra and chorus. The Jason Roberts Challenger certo in D minor for Harpsichord, Tickets rang from $25 to $59, Program is accepting registration Boarding, and Groonling Concerto for Two Violins and with a $5 per tkket discount avail by mail for its 2006 season. The Btandenburg Concerto No. 5. able for students, seniors and Jason Roberts Challenger Pro Convenient Early Morning, Evening and Founded in 1990 by Bach spe groups of 10 r more. Individual gram is a Little League program cialist and harpsichord virtuoso tickets can be purchased through for special needs children in Saturday Appointments. Suzuki, the Bach Collegium Japan BEMF by calling 617-661-1812 Boston and surrounding towns. is one of the world's leading or online at www.bemf.org. Sub The season starts May 1, at the Baroque ensembles. It consists of scription packages to the 2005·· Ohrenberger School in West Rox 68 instrumentalists and chorus 2006 BEMF oncerts start at $5'i' bury. Each team plays two games Dr. Kathleen Leavey members and is based in both for three concerts. Parking is avail·· a week from Monday through Tokyo and Kobe. able at the ainsborough Street Thursday. Registration fee is $50 Interests include preventative Suzuki has made a lifelong garage or the Westland Avenue per child or $75 per family. medicine, geriatrics and internal study of the music of J.S. Bach garage. More information is avail For more information and a reg and his contemporaries. At the age able at the 13 on Early Musk istration fonn, call Bill Hubbard at medicine. ofr 12, he began accompanying Festival Web ite, www.bemf.org 617-364-9249. •••• /, Dr. Ch ris Ulrich COOL HEAT Interests include surgery and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. w Nor YouR AVERAGE RADIATOR COVERS 50o;0 OFF 1st Physical Exam TOTALLY CUSTOM TO MATCH ANYTHING New Clients Only • E1._P· 4/30/06 • Code: AKL I L I S AND •••••••••••••••••••••• -·· EDITORIAL 'i No right to discriminate in adoptions ov. Mitt Romney got it right the first time. G His initial reaction to the suggestion from Massachusetts' Catholic bishops that Catholic Charities should be exempted from the re quirement that qualified same-sex c uples must be considered by state-licensed adoption agencies was that the governor cann0t "exempt" anyone from the state's anti-discrimination statutes . . But Romney seems to be changing his tune. ll -0 Romney's spokesman said this wee K the governor ;J looks forward to discussing the exemption option t with a representative of the bishops, but he didn't ., say why the switch. Maybe some pol I results came in from Iowa indicating there was some political LETTERS advantage in standing against gay adoptions. Politics must not trump the law, h wever, and ~ Busing no longer useful their confidence that public schools can ge~the the Legislature has shown no interest in rewriting j Forced busing of kids has outlived its useful Tell us what 'you job done; however, oftentimes big govemn}ent bureaucracy and the teacher's union can some With g?S prices at an high, it is think! the law - if such is even possible ~ to give an ex - l ~ess. all-~ times get in lhe way of reforms, results and-ac • • • • 1 btne to abolish forced school busmg of our We want to hear'from countability. ln any case it's time to do away empt10n to Catholic CharttI.es. 1 children and let parents have more choices to you. Letters or guest with forced busing of children across town and schools. columns should be The bishops have a problem with he law and l neighbo~ood type offer parents nnd their children more choices of . . . . ' . l The c1ty of Boston could save property tax- written and signed; a daytime phone going to schools closer to their neighbomood . alw wtth therr own orgamzatI.on. Th Catholic j payers money if it would slowly get rid of the number is required for verification. Let . ·'Charities board largely made up of lay people ofchildren across town from where they could walk to school instead of l b~g ~way ~eir ter.length should be no more 1hafi 300 ' bused across town. , ' . ' l ne1ghbomood schools. To contmue the policy words. voted 42-0 last December to keep placmg adopted l of forced busing when gas prices are at an all- Forced bu ing is too costly to property tax By mail: The TAB Community Newspa payers, and it's time to do something about the children with gay couples. Several members have ~ time high doesn't make very much sense. pers, Letters to the Eclitor, P.O. Box 9112, exorbitant p perty taxes that small homeo\Vn . . • . . l When peop1 who own property are socked Needham, 1A02492. Byfax <7 lJ4 3-· "ith high tax bills, the) need property tax relief ers are fi to pa) because of forced busing. reportedly resigned to protest the bishop po 1tion. l By 8202. ..,..0: Why not do the unthinkable and cut pro~rty Since Catholic Charities is an arm of the churc~ 1 noNwot. nl uld ab d . fi __;i bus. [email protected]. • • • • • j o y wo an orung 01u::u mg taxes on struggling small homeowners? strrughtemng out therr disagreement lS up to them. j save money, it would also cut down on the pol- With small homeowners' property taxes ris supposed to give parents more choices for their The bishops certainly have a right to their own j lutions these old school ~uses spew into the at- ing so exorbitantly, it's unconscionable ~ta . . . . . l mosphere, thereby causmg asthma and other children if a school was under-performing and former at-large Boston city councilor would op1Illons about the morality or practicality of adop- j health problems. The educational system is in need of improvements. Low-income fami call for an inctease in salaries of the mayor, city lies and other children would be able to move tions by gay couples. l da~ting, and ~ need to ~ gi~en more councilors and bureaucrats when in fact these . : chmces and altemabves for therr children. If to a school outside of their home district; how official are overpaid. If they are unhappy with But no organization has a right to a state con- 1 the school system shut parents out of the deci- ever, the NCLB has been implemented very their current alaries, let them go into the pri slowly, and many parents are still not aware of tractor which is what Catholic Charities is when it l sion-makin~ process, parents of children be- vate sector and they will get paid less than what . . ' . . l come less mvolved and also may become the choices they can make if their children are their current salaries are today. 1 facilitates the adoptI.on of foster children who are j alienated. They may stop participating in their trapped in an under-performing public school. Small homeowners are catching hell not wards of the state. No organization has a right to be j children's education ~use of an tmyielding The power of unlimited school choice i.s an in only on their exorbitant property tax increase, . . , l school system. and this can frustrate parents. centive for public schools to improve because but also property insurance is also exorbitant a state-licensed adoption agency, partJcularly an or- j Thatiswhyit'sbetterforthepublicschoolsys- if they don't, public schools stand to lose stu on small hon:1eowners and also needs to be ~ ganizati6n that refuses to follow the law that pro- l tern to have _more competition than less be dents to other schools that are up to par in im rolled back, · ccording to many small home : ...... l cause they will perform better and be held ac- proving education. owners that I have talked with. •· hib1ts discnmmatI.on based on sexual nentation. 1 countable. At public schools, accountability is essential Althea Garrison Catholic Charities has placed 720 children in ! Under the No Child Left Behind Act, it was if taxpayers, parents and students are to regain Boston new homes in the last two decades, 13 of them with ! ______P_E_R_S_P_E_C_T_l_V_E ______same-sex couples. That's a valuable s rvice to j those children, some of them older, disabled or oth- 1 erwise difficult to place. But there are other agen- ! Blackberry this.· no more telegrams cies and organizations that can do the ·ob. ! . . . . If th C th Ii Ch h d .d . t, . ood : A histoncally Slgnificant ic Fleet read: AIR RAID ON considered it a brilliant anti-war grave? That could be the subject ~ e a o c urc ec1 es 1t canno Ill g j death occurred this PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NO move in part because it would pit of a parlor game, if we still had • conscience treat same-sex families with the same l winter without anyone DRILL. a Republican governor against pnrlors. One that has swprised : . ' h al l . h uldn' j shedding tears. On Jan. 27, the Telegrams were not always the Republican President Nixon. me in its recent decline is the fax : respect 1t grants eterosexu coup es, it s o t l last telegram was sent Western terse; in February 1946, George Ultimately nothing came of the machine. After only a few • ask to be exempted from the law. It should get out ! Union has annotmced the demise Kennan, a diplomat based at the plan, but the telegram still occu decades of common use, it seems American embassy in Moscow, pies a place in my files. I suppose to have been supplanted in large of the adoption business altogether. !GROWING sent his classic "Long Telegram" it might have been entered in evi part by various computerized de to the State Department, provid dence against me if the federal vices. jOLDER ing a scholarly and wise analysis government had brought charges These devices encourage an of the threats that the Soviet against our delegation, as a abbreviated language that often IRlcHARo~ Union then posed. lawyer friend suggested it could e hoes that of telegrams. Balti Movies of my growing-up have done. more Sun reporter Stephen Kiehl l of this technology, once such a years often featured dramatic As an institution, the telegram recently noted the use of l significant part of American life. scenes of people receiving the has now fallen victim to other de telegraphese by text messaging characteristic yellow envelope vices, faster and more direct. 254 Second Ave., P.O. Box 9112, Needham, MA 024 617/254-7530 l The telegraph machine has t enagers and Blackberry i tapped its last with news, sometimes joyful, Morse's invention was always equipped executives. (In the jar EDITOR - VALENTINA ZIC, (78 J ) 433-8333 1 Invented by Bostonian Samuel often devastating. In the latter cat only half a technology, anyway, gon of the day, Blackberry is de [email protected] ...... l F. B. Morse, the telegraph re- egory, were ranked the telegrams since it depended on human legs s ribed as "a wireless e-mail • REPORTER - AUDITI GuHA, (781) 433- 333 • 1 placed the Pony Express as a delivered by military personnel to deliver the message to its in s lution for mobile profession • [email protected] ·································································•··••········•·····•··········· ··········•····•·············· j means of coast-to-coast commu- and received by families of tended recipient. By contrast with als.") EoIToR IN CHIEF - GREG REIBMAN, (781) 433-8345 : l nication. On May 24, 1844, WWII casualties: WE REGRET e-mail, for example, it did not But in a hundred years or so, ...... ~.1'.'.'.".'.~~~~~:?"'.:'~ ...... ······························ 1 Morse sent the first public mes- 1D INFORM YOU ..." come directly to you unless you when our current technologies · ····················~-~~:.'.:.~.~'.~~~~-~. ::::.?..?.'.".'.".~.~~~-~-~~:.~?.~.~~-~~?.:~~!~...... 1 sage from Washington, D.C., to Unlike many of my age peers, I were operating a machine to re have expired, will journalists PHOToEmToR -J•M WALKER,(78 1)433-8348 1 his assistant in Baltimore, remember receiving a telegram ceive it. write articles about famous text ······························································································································· l ''WHXI' HA11I GOD only once. Mine came to me in Like e-mail, the telegram gave messages, or the Blackberry that 1 ••••••••••••••• ~~-~~:. .~!.~.~-~~~~~-~.. :::.: .~~-~~-~:.~?.~!!..~~~~-~-~- ~~·········· ·· ··· · · j WROUGHT?" From that memo 1971 from a staff person in the of rise to a special language, one changed history? Will our instant SALES REPRESENTATIVE -r HARRIET STEINBERG, ( 781) 433-7865 fice of the governor of Massachu feature of which was the word " ...... l rableits place moment as a basicon, the institution device took in c mmunications have a place in setts. I was in Pam with a delega "SWP." Senders used this word our family files, or in the archives r• ...... ~~~~-~-~~~:.~ .~~~~~--T..~.~--~:-~~~~~-~-~~:.~.?.~.~-~ -~~~:~.~~---···· .! American life. tion of anti-war Americans who often because, unlike punctuation of our great institutions? 1 were meeting with Vietnamese of marks, it did not cost money. t' ...... ~~~~~:.:. .~~-~~~~-~-~-= -~~~~~.. ?.?.~.~~: .. ~?.~~.?. ~.~~:.~.'..~~-...... 1 One hundred forty-five years The telegram - which must Ci.RcuLAT•oN - (888) 343-1960 i ago this month. Jefferson Davis ficials. The terse message simply The rapid pace at which tech have seemed impersonal and ...... t received a telegram informing said: ''PLEASE PROCEED." nologies come and go in contem ephemeral to the contemporaries GENERAL E-MAIL - ALLSTON·BRIGHTON@CNC r0M • ! him that he bad been chosen pres- That meant I could continue trying porary America-bO!ltinues to as of Samuel Morse - proved itself Si'ORTS E-MAIL - ALLSTON-BRJGHlON.SPOKI gp.c.COM to sound out the North Vietnamese tound me and my age peers. New • ! ident of the Confederacy of to be an extraordinary source of • EVENTS E-MAlL - AI.LSTON-BRIGHlON.EVENfll<@c:M:.COM ! Southern states that had broken on a plan that would dramatire op communication devices, in par private and public drama. We are .,J ! with the federal government On position to the Vietnam War. ticular, enter the market in bewil still waiting for similar possibili ~ GENERAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS i reading the message, the reluctant The then-governor of the com dering profusion. I feel at a loss to ti s in our current technologies. f Clrculatlon lnlormatlon-1-(888)-343-1899 Sales Fax NO. - (781) 433-8201 i official turned ashen with fear for monwealth, Frank Sargent, was evaluate what is worth purchas Richard Griffin of Cambridge Main Telephone NO. - (781) 433-8359 Editorial Fax NO. - (781) 433-8202 f the future. open to this plan whereby North ing among the gizmos that is a regularly featured columnist Classilled NO. - 1-800-624-7355 Photo reprints-( ) 746-8003 ! A telegram from Orville Vietnam would agree to release promise to take photos, show you in Community Newspaper Com Wright to his father carried news Massachusetts prisoners of war in movies and play your favorite pqny publications. He can be GiUALlfY AUOITIP'>G Copyright 2002 Ci)fJWTIJnily ~Co. of the first airplane flight in 1903. return for the governor's promise music, all at the touch of a button. reached by e-mail at rb - COMMUNITY Inc. All rights reS<> rved ReproclJCllon by !:it INEWSPAPER any means withou1 ~JS prohibited. In December 1941, a telegram not to allow residents of the state Which current technologies grljfl [email protected] or by calling • ;' : COMPANY ~ from the commander of the Pacif- to be sent to fight in Vietnam. I will follow telegrams to the 617-661-0710. • •lt{>:www. all stonb n "gh tontab.com Friday, March 3, 2006 Allston-Brighton TU, page 11 PERSPECTIVE City launches winter jobs program ecently, I announced a winter The winter jobs program aims to help with community service during the Feb Fund. The fund is partnered with more jobs program to provide com GUEST youth develop positive attitudes and ruary school vacation, and all eligible than 200 nonprofit organizations where R munity-based, bands-on work COLU N work etiquette while positively re-en participants will be registered for the Hopeline applicants are placed for their experience for at-risk youths. Partici gaging them in the community. Partici Mayor's Hope Line, to assist with sum summer job. pants will learn the fundamentals of job THOMA.ts M MENiNo pants will also gain self-confidence and mer employment. Teens who are employed through the readiness while supervisors double as develop a resume for future employment The Mayor's Hopeline, which helps Hopeline are offered the opportunity to mentors. through the various community service conbect Boston's young people with discover new skills, form new relation Our young people need hope, and this lems in our communities - the police performed. summer jobs, wrapped up its most suc ships and gain an understanding of the program will give them the skills and can't do it alone. Programs such as this More than 113 youths have registered cessful sign-up ever last week with the workforce they will encounter in the fu mentoring they need to accomplish what one get the community involved in the for the program; all participants are con highest number of applicants ever, more ture. they are capable of achieving. We need a solution and po itively affoct our young sidered at-risk youths. All youths will re than 6,880 students, registering for swn Thomas M. Menino is mayor of multifaceted approach to solve the prob- people. ceive three days ofjob readiness t:rainµig mer jobs through the Boston Youth Boston. Oscar night always earns a one-star rating e're allowed to do it these flicks, bot I cling to my be wearing!" shirt, I wouldn't hang around To an extent, one has to credit each year at this time for Oscar in elections, so I'd lief that their nominations Oh my. long. Wake me from my nap the winners for coming up with parties, which I would find only W like the Academy would shake things up and final Yes, that's so important. I pre when they announce the Best something to say when they de a smidge more interesting than a dudes to explain why they're re ly make the scars more grip tend to be interested in football Picture winner, and escort me to liver acceptance speeches, be living-room soiree for the De jecting my write-in campaign to ping to watch than ''Elephant and beer, but what I really want the nearest Burger King before I cause I know if I stepped up on mocratic National Convention. award Best Picture to "Deuce Diaries" on Animal Planet is to see what kind of dress Katie suffer through nominations for stage to collect an Oscar, it The potato skins, Chinese It may well be that I'm in the Holmes is wearing to the Os Best Lighting, Best Use of Hair~ would go something like this: food and beer may distract me minority on this one because I c-ars. Or the Emmys. Or the spray or Most Fluorescent Col- "Wow, man. Cool," followed, for a while, but sooner or later GUEST hear oh-so many devotees ea Golden Globes. Whatever. ors in a Musical Adaptation of a of course, by thunderous ap- I'm going to realize we're not COLUMN gerly count down the days to the Sorry, but no, I am not a red l 940s Romantic Comedy. plause. watching the Super Bowl, and Hollywood spectacle in all its carpet junkie. I don't yearn to This goes on throughout the But this isn't what usually then it's right back to "Elephant DAVE GRADDAN glitzy glory. l can't seem to sur live the glittery lifestyle or even year. True glitz diehards tune in happens. More likely, you'll get Diaries" for this kid, thank you vive more than 10 minutes of experience it vicariously. to the Grarnmys, American something a tad longer: very much. Bigalow: European Gigolo." the ho-hum speeche before Once I calculated - fairly ac Music Awards, Golden Globes, "I'd like to thank my second For anyone who religiously Oh sure, those haughty Oscar flipping over to "Scary Movie curately, I do believe - that I Emmys, Country Music Awards, grade teacher, my neighbor who tunes in, I can easily think of folk can promote "Munich" and 3." strap on a necktie an average of People's Choice Awards, Bill- lived across the street from 1981 one thing that would be far bet "Brokeback Mountain" all they The irony, I suppose, is that 1.6 times per calendar year. It board Music Awards, MTV to '86, my pool boy, my hedge t r than yet another Oscar riight: want, but true experts know in I'm a big-time film fanatic would take me four to six weeks Music Video Awards, and on and trimmer, my gastroenterologist, watching a movie. their hearts that the real honor who's most curious to hear to figure out how to put on the on. ("And the Grammy for Best the gang at Mighty Subs, my pet Just remember you have a belongs to my boy Deuce, or at about the winners, while others tuxedo, so please, don't bother Spanish Version of a German aardvark Bubba, my Internet choice. And with that, I wish least to "Miss Congeniality 2: who take in a movie once every keeping a seat warm for me. Hip-Hop Duet goes to ... ") service provider, the inventor of you good night, and good luck. Armed and Fabulous." leap year get all ga-ga over the Truth be told, even if I were All of them, of course, would the Slush Puppie ... " Dave Gradijan is a former edi OK, in the interest of full dis Oscars because, well, "I jus1 allowed inside wearing tattered be a whole lot better if nobody Despite all this, Academy afi- tor for Community Newspaper closure, I haven't seen either of want to see what everybody's jeans and a "Yankees Suck" T- attempted to speak. cionados everywhere assemble Company. Boston's staircase to heaven? Thirty-seven years ago, Dr. Mar ecently, I was talking thanks to our familie . chanic to being the urban archi pathology of violence and death. opers to build higher and higher ":l·R tin Luther King Jr. said social m~ with someone who Our roots are found in the: tect. What about being the urban Things don't happen overnight. isn't going to help with the per -:. grew up in the same commtlnities that we grew up in crime fighter? Looking down What spills out on our streets justice could not be achieved sistent hopelessness out there. -·)Roxbury neighborhood as me. No matter where we go, our be-· town and away from the neigh takes years in the making. without economic justice, or as When you live day to day '{!:WP near Orchard Park. We both ginnings can .till affect us. My borhoods makes little sense. The Building a taller downtown Dr. King put it, "It is a crime to wondering what will come next, brJooked back with many good old neighborhood down by City foundation of this city's great won't help working families live in this rich nation and re all the beautiful skyline struc ness is found in its strong neigh struggling every day to survive. ceive starvation wages." tures that make up our downtown tn ....."~------Hospital and up the street in St. Philip's Parish made me who ;; borhoods. For folks living with a daily dose If we want to take a bite out of skyline are useless. Put it on a ~i.tHINKING OUT LOUD am today and how I view life. There are many areas of con of hopelessness, the lure of the crime and violence, it should billboard. Make a TV tourist ad. Recent new. that Mayor Tom cern needing the attention of City streets hits closer to home. Tall start with good jobs. That can't Hordes will come for a weekend SAL GIARRATANI Menino want<> to see Boston'i; Hall. Several times this past year buildings mean little to folks happen until people get better ed or two. However, life goes on for En-· ...... ;;..!• tallest skyscraper built i trangc I drove home past recent crime caught in a wasteland of deferred ucated. I believe dysfunction is families struggling to survive ,j,rµemories _of growing up there news to me. The mayor talk:; scenes. dreams. created when opportunity is de against the odds. -~ ~d the lasting friendships made. -about this re ch for the sky a:; Holding on to your roots is irii The mayor needs to be stand nied. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow "{• "Bie streets could be very mean at symbolizing "the city's great· portant, but what needs to be ad ing with hard-working families Mayor Menino needs to get his is yet to be. All we have is now. times. Dysfunction existed, but ness." Appw ntly, Hizzoner ha:; dressed are the root causes that struggling to make ends meet. priorities straight. 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Wayland Natick 608) 358-7355 (508) 653-4633 Page 12 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, March 3, 2006 www.allstonbrightontab.COf!l . ; FROM PAGE ONE Crime W:a~~~ volunteer faces questions about past crime- CRIME WATCH, from page 7 . 0 ~~gH~~~~al~e . ;:ad~ :;::~ ~· : 1:1 ¥ ,MStatement 1from Jonathan RaHon , Police cannot act would not be involved in activi- t. ·.. ·.··.· '.".;.. ~.P.. pro .. ·... · xun . •.· • a.t~l 1 five years am not a~ t~ anyone in the involvement in civic groups is without complaint :n~volvingunsupervisedchil- t .:1.•·.·.. : .;~.. ·. ·~;} . ·. .·~ ...·..·..... ~. r."'.o··. /rta~t~~ar~~~ ~~;::::i 7~~~e ~o=~ ~e~~:ti:;~r g~~~~ Police and city authorities "We have not had that hap- .~ r He also said, "It's been years . 1fe,psc;s ifo~ . wh ·11 I was a ~cliv1dua1 ~d organizations eluding historical preserva- said their hands are tied in pen in our community. I find _., - since those incidents occurred, ' 1 teen!!igt!r antf at cepted us- m both Marshfield and Boston tion, animal rescue, prohibiting a convicted child it a bit unusual," he said. and I am not the same person ~r ~ndedi1 sentooc ' and proba- of ~y status ~hen prudent community safety, and rapist from participating in a According to Tavares, the any more. I am very responsible, ~onat?',.~~- l took. full re- I . appreciate the under- park/open space improvement. local Crime Watch or at com last they heard about Ralton · r and I continue to follow my pro- spons16ility f?r my act10ns and standing of t_he many who tell "It is my belief that my ef- . munity activities in and was in April 2002 in regards bation terms." r,pake i:io ~:xctise I or my severe m(i they re~lize I have worked forts and accomplishments to around a park and elementary to noise complaints. They Coria Holland, spokesperson }u ~p-<;>rs l.OJudgment. toward building a stronger date speak to my true cbarac- school. have no criminal incidents on for the state's Commission of %. "~s l move ort \~th m~ life! I community, overcoming the ter. I am grateful for the endur 'We've have no complaints him except for the sex assault · · . Probation, said Ralton's proba- Wt . co~tin1:1e~ to. ..rero.~n. active m bu~en l bear. . . ing support of friends, family, about him. If we had, we incident in 1999. 1' tion has not been violated. I#' •filY oo.mmuruty within the pro- At the same time I am dis- and peers. These events in my would have made people District 14 Police are "It's obvious bis condition is ;f1,yisions impo~ upon f!le. I appointed that anyone would past do not define me as a per aware of it," said Capt. aware ofRalton's history, but notto be in contact with children h~ve stayed JJl compliance use eve~ts from ~y past or un- son, and I intend to continue 1 1 William Evans from District said th y cannot discriminate , under 17," she said. "These con- t r.\Wl!h tne···*·...laws.of tile Co~on- SU :>stanuate? ~laims to llll:der- working actively with others 14. "From the administrative against him nor stop him ,... ditions were set by a judge and •· ,weal~ of ¥ass.1chuse~ and ne ~e .nuss1on of any local who share my goals." perspective, we always think from participating in a park meanswhatitsays. Mybeliefis -' .coitditions of my probation. I o ~aruzatJonlamapartof.My -Februatv2006 there are not enough restric or a Crime Watch, a fact that ·-· that he's not to have unsuper- , :®r • tions [regarding sex offenders] upsets many area parents vised contact with children." • ·· but as individuals, they also whose children use the A request by the TAB to speak "I didn't want to reau: a prob- in 1999. "If he believes he's learned a Regarding his crime, Ralton lesson and wants to help other have a right to be protected." school, the club and the park. . , with his probation officer was · lem, so I left voluntarily," he Lt. Phil Tavares from the declined. said. He did not report the inci- said, "This relationship was con people, he's entitled to," said "Deciding to become in- · Marshfield Police Depart volved in the community is , , According to Ralton, his pro- dent beca~se he ~id not ~ant to sensual, and was initiated at dif Tavares "But I can see why it fen:nt times by each of us. By no would be a concern." ment was surprised to hear who I am," Ralton said. "l bation officer is aware of the create an issue of 1t1 he_ a.td. Ralton is participating in live near a park, so I wanted community work he does in All- Morlok said th ·y also in means though do I make any ex Some locals argue that Ral cuses for my actions. I have ton's past needs to be publicized community groups at a park to do omething to improve ston, though it does not count to- formed the Jackson-Mann el~ where children play. the park." wards his community service mentary school 1f Ralton s taki~n full responsibility and ac in the interest of the communi cepted the consequences." I' hours out of choice, and thinks it background. ty's safety and well-being. He said be knew the victim be "Pedophilia is very resistant to ""C" is commendable and appropriate . An after-school program offi ganization, of his sex offender "Sex offenders do not wear,.a. fon~ be became assistant Scout treatment, and the rate of rescis as long as the groups are not di- c1al at the Jackson-Mann who status. It is unclear why no one ma ter as he turned 18. sion is very high as a rule," said card around their necks saying fJ rectly related to children. asked to remain anonymous said else at the CDC, including Exec "I cannot defend and did not Rocha, who is also a clinician am a sex offender'," he sai~ Capt. William Evans from Dis- sex offenders in the neighbor utive Director Bob Van Meter, "They are good at what they defend what I was convicted of. I working with abused children. c;1!r knew of his criminal background trict 14 said the police cannot dis- hood are a safety concern for their pied guilty because I broke the "Of course he is entitled to a life, ~d g t away with it by bein& if until after the TAB called. ruce and sweet." 1 criminate against him, but peo- kids using the park very day, and law. It was µltimately my re but what about the kid he offend A few days later, Van Meter ple are concerned they could deny school officials do k ep an eye on sprnsibility being the person of ed who bas to live with this?" De~bie Savoia, vice preside~J' called in support of Ralton and of V01ces, an advocacy group in him access, especially as there are the local registry that lists Level 1 m~ jority age." "People think sex offenders his outstanding community work. young children around and it is a and Level 2 sex offe nders living Pleading guilty to child rape in look like monsters, but they are Massachusetts raising awarene~s Boston Parks Department offi regardi ng sexual assault membership-only facility. or working in the ar a M~.ssachusetts cases in 2000, generally very classy, engaging aria· cials who have helped fund and That's what happened about The local sex ofti ·nder registry RaJton received suspended jail and ingratiating individuals. I child nbuse, said people have run events at Ringer Park said . three weeks ago. Following a at the police station, available to ser:1ences of two years and 10 feel for him, but I really wish every right to be concerned arid· they did not know about Ral TAB query into their policies re- residents on request, lists Ralton years of probation. he'd find some other way to be that sex offenders should be kept_ ton's background and don't have away from parks and children. ·) garding sex offenders, officials a~ being charged with four Ralton was also required to involved in the community," she any precedent of a Level 2 sex at the West End House Boys and cpunts of rape and abuse of a pe1form community service. He Ralton stresses that he hti~ added. offenders working for a commu Girls Club in Allston that bor- child under 14, and three counts fulfills the requirement by serv Ralton said he has informed been undergoing counseling nity park in recent years. since his sentence and is not 1 ders Ringer Park said they of indecent assault and battery ing on the Board of Governors of people he has worked with in the '1i threat to anyone in the comm.uni'!' turned Ralton away from a on a child under 14. the Historic Wrnslow House As community when he thought it Served his tiine ty. He showed the TAB what he Ringer Park community meeting sociation in his hometown of appropriate to do so. he came to attend. Teenager at tiin of incident Marshfield. Officials there also But Allston Brighton Commu James Shield, executive direc said were psychiatric and med tor of Justice For Children, a na ical records, which state he "He was part of a committee Ralton was the .enior patrol ca1led the TAB to speak in bis nity Development Corporation ·i~ · neither a stalker nor a pedophile) · meeting.at the club, but not any leader of Marshfield Troop 101 defense. officials, who have organized tional nonprofit organization of citizens concerned about chil "I understand that a registerea mok," said Development Asso and earned an Eagl Scout badge Ralton said he i not counting past Ringer Park meetings and ciate Kristin Morlok. "It's defi hi work on Ringer Park as com have worked with Ralton, were dren's rights and their protection sex offender offends a lot of pe0r. in 1997. from abuse, said the most com ple . . . but I have friends and nitely an issue that concerns us. Prosecutors said Ralton, then munity service, although he felt taken aback with the information mon argument sex offenders neighbors who are in complete Our kids walk through the park an 18-year-old coutmaster, he could choose to do so. that Ralton is a registered sex of have for anonymity is that they support of me," Ralton sai~ raped a 13-year-old Boy Scout Phil Tavares from the Marsh fender and convicted child rapi t e ery day from the Jackson have paid their debt to society adding that he has not been neat Millfn to the West End House." for the first time during a Rhode field Police Department said he when the TAB called for com and will be victimized·while the unsupervised children under L7• Island trip in October 1997. He was .surprised to bear Ralton is ments three weeks ago. Ralton said this is the second community concern is that they during his community activitiefi;. time in five years that be went to was also convicted for incidents pai1icipating in community Ralton said he informed CDC have a right to know who Ii ves in "I am not the kind of peop~e. occurring during scout trips to groups at a park where children open space organizer Christina the West End House for a meet their neighborhood so they can you see on TV who prey q_n. ing. He said he left when he saw Wildcat Mountain in New play while on probation, but was Miller, who recently left the or- keep an eye out. kids," he said. '- , ~I there were still kids in the club at Hampshire and during camping willing to give him the benefit of about7p.m. trips in Bourne a11d Marsh.field the doubt. AFFORDABLE BRACES ,...,,,u •• •c J.t11C11;lct.- l>-..c.•c. ... :i. NO MONEY DOWN '•· TIE tllllUl ~ ~ HARLEM , , .·. t· s147 Interestr::nth*Free COUNTERTOPS-~ / lnstaUed the same day we \ " 11.0BEmOTTERS 1.... 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The Massachusetts Sex Offend WHO WHAT CONVICTED er Registry Board classifies and Allston lists the number of sex offenders Tnnothy J. Arena, 46 ...... Rape child ...... 1986 c ory according to the degree on danger Gregory W. LeBlanc, 50 ...... ~:ault with rape intent+rape ...... 1980, 1983 ousness they pose to the public and their likelihood for repeat of Brighton fence, and provides detailed infor Darrell W. Hill, 32 ...... Indecent assault and battery on child ...... 19% mation on Level 3 offenders. William A. Houle, 65 ...... Numerous child assault+rape attempt ...... 1962 to 1975 SsndiJlf; Low-risk offenders who are *Clemmy Gooden Jr., 50 ...... Inc.ecent assault on child+ rape ...... 1982, 1989 least dangerous to society are *Theron Lee McMillan, 42 ...... Rape and abuse of child ...... 1997 Customs classified Level 1; moderate-risk *Dean Edward RobinsOn, 42 ...... Indecent assault on child+intent to rape ..... 1985, 1991 offenders who are somewhat like *Dale J. Sestito, 24 ...... Indecent assault and battery on child ...... 1997 ly to re-offend are classified Level to roar 2; and high-risk offenders who are * These offenders are in violation most likely to continue to. offend Source: Massachusetts 'ex Offender Registry Board: http://ma-sorb.gis.net, 978-740-6400. Ws/Jlite are classed Level 3. The classification is not given according to the crime, but ac QANK$ cording a decision made by the board, said Charles McDonald, spokesperson for the board. ''We don't just look at the crime, we look at 25 other factors in an administrative hearing," he said Eastern Refinishing www.easter~refinishing.net What is Megan's Law? ew England ... After a 7-year-old child in New Jersey was lured into her neigh ~HC>MESHOW bor's home and brutally raped and Presented by. @om cast murdered by a two-time convict ed sex offender in 1994, New Jer sey passed its own Megan's Law. 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But in addition to bemginflu ple, too, but Hoffman's Capote is more mes sunset with the Best Picture Oscar enced by hype and popularity, Hollywood merizing and multi-layered. in their saddlebags? O sees itself as a catalyst for social reform and Reese Witherspoon, America's sweet Answer: Do sheep bleat on will eagerly award the message of tolerance heart, will win the Best Actress race for her Brokeback Mountain? in "Brokeback Mountain." justly acclaimed performance as June Carter The Best Actor race is another sure thing, Cash in ''Walk the Llne," a role requir- .ACADEMY AWARDS but in this cas~ my predicted winner is also ing her to sing. JAMES VERNIERE the person I would have chosen, Philip Sey I admit, however, my heart belongs mour Hoffman. His uncanny performance to Keira Knightley ~this category. in the title role in "Capote" is the stuff of Her performance as the immortal The 78th Annual Academy Awards may 19th-century "singleton" Lizzie be the gayest Oscar race ever, unless you Hollywood legend. .. Traditionally, members of the Academy Bennet in the film adaptation of count the year "Chicago" won. of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, espe Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice" is But it's also on schedule to be the dullest cially members of the acting branch, favor a timely reminder t:Qat a radiant, with the fewest surprises since the triumph actors playing real people in this category young star might also be immensely of, ugh, "Forrest Gump." -think Jamie Foxx ("Ray"), Charlize talented. While some believe Paul Haggis' ., Theron ("Monster''), Adrien Brody ('The Judi Dench is the screen's grand -- "Crash," a powerful if manipulative ensem Pianist'') and Julia Roberts ("Erin Brock dame, but "Mrs. Henderson Pre ble drama about race in present-day Los An sents" is a piffle. As a distraught geles, will pull a last-minute upset over ovich"). The other actors in this year's race - Ter transgendered person in "Brokeback," the oddsmakers aren't im rence Howard ("Hustle & Flow"), Heath "Transamerica," Felicity Huff pressed. Nor am I. Ledger ("Bmkeback Mountain"), Joaquin man ("Desperate House "Capote," Bennett Miller's chilling, rev - Phoenix (''\Valk the Line") and David wives"), a gifted Mr latory depiction of the writing of Truman Strathairn ("Good Night, and Good Luck'') OSCARS, page 17 Capote's true-crime classic "In Cold Everett McGill in "O Brother, Where - Art Thou?" (2000). I But as a director, his previous ef I fort, "Confessions of a Dangerous :",. '\ Mind," the pointless 2002 biography ' Qosell it on of former "Gong Show" host Chuck ' Barris, left a lot to be desired. Clooney also produced and ap tl1e 'Mountain' peared in 2000 in a live TV re-enact ment of the landmark atomic age thriller "Fail Safe," a better indication . '!·. . · If 'Brokeback' is so good, of where his real interests lay. 1 Now Clooney has made a name for ~ why don't more people like it? himself as an actor, writer, director and producer thoroughly engaged in . ave you seen the ''Brokehack Mountain" Face American politics and its history. Scrunch? "Good Night, and Good Luck," a bi .H It goes like this: . ,, ographical film directed and co-writ You:. Hey, have you seen ''Brokebw.. k Mountam ? ten by Clooney, who also appears in a Your Friend: Yeah. supporting role, earned six[ Oscar You: E>id you like it? nominations this year. Your Friend· does the ''Broketuck Mountain" Face "Good Night, and Good Luck" Scrum h (BMFS) - 1 ~yes tells the true-life story of the famous squint. nose wrinkles, and the Curious George televised confrontation between leg mouth becomes a jagged line endary TV newsman Edward R. .. ALEXANDER STEVENS like rhe pattern on Charlie l~ Murrow (Best Actor nominee David Brow11 s shirt. All in aJ, it goes to tile Oscars Strathairn) ru1d Sen. Joe McCarthy, looks lik,e your friend just bit into afl apple and found half a who appears as himself in archival wonn. * · . footage. Clooney was nominated for ot long ago, George Clooney viled "Batman & Robin") is a triple · The BMFS isn't exactly a "no," but it's also far from a Academy Award nominee and has directing and co-writing the film. ringing endoraement for the movie that's ~ categorici~ fa- was best known as a televi But his nomination for Best Sup N sion doctor and the actor joined the ranks of Hollywood's .vorite to win the Academy Award for Best Picture on Sw1day. porting Actor for his turn as a rogue ' who wore that Bat-suit with nipples. j most famous actor-directors. . . Jt seems the bighe8t Oscar honor should go to a movie that What happened? Clooney, a col- CIA agent in the Middle East-set generates moreexc~tement, more applause. thriller "Syriana," which Clooney VOTES OF CONFIDENCE .lege dropout and son of Cincinnati ' ' But that's not "Brokeback Mountam." Has there ever been news anchor and TV host Nick also produc d, is the record-breaker. I' a movie tbathas generated more ucket sales, not because J AMES V ERNIERE Clooney, was always more than a It's the first time someone has been ... pe.ople want to s~ it, but because they think it's their duty to ______.,.. __ !~ pretty face. As an actor, his versatility nominated for directing and acting in seeit? Today, the former ''ER" cast meml has been impressive, including· his separate films. Previous double COMMENTARY' Paire 17 CLOONEY, page 17 ... ber and one-time Batman (in the re- comic turn as escaped con lITysses ...,.,' ·'il...t ' .- Page 16 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, March 3, 200 www.allstonbrightontab.co'fn . . -•. . .. 000 & DINING . f ) ; •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ., ..• ., l .• " I • l k., • .-....-- This lasagJna ,,_..- Charge into Toro -,,_-- -...... require ski[let fortapas -,-,·s killet lasagna is a dish with packed in juice was fine with the pushed down on them so they were I'"' the basic ingredients and fla- addition of a qmuter-cup of water. submerged. Once the pasta was ! vors of lasagna that is put to- This allowed the noodles ufficient moistened, we covered the skillet friend and I walked into Toro at i gether and cooked in a skillet on the liquid to cook properly. and let the pasta cook over low heat 8:15 one recent Monday night A and were seated in minutes. 'J ' stovetop in under an hour. The· Once the sauce had simmered for for eight minutes for tender TORO :. rocipe begins with a meaty tomato several minutes, we added pasta. lasagna. At this point, we were Two nights later, we walked in at 6: 15 (GRADE: 8) We tried using tr ditional lasagna ready to finish the dish with cheese p.m. and had to cool our heels for an pasta, no-cook pasta and even and herbs. hour until a table opened up. 1704 Washington St. (South End) : THEKRalEN Boston : DEIEC11VE much smaller P' '>ta such as bow Ricotta is traditionally used in . ~es. We quickly l~ted the bow l~gna and we used a cup for our RESTAURANT REVIEW 617-536-4300 : CHRISTOPHER ttes as we wanted the dish to resem- . skillet version. We also added four MAT S CHAFFER Price: $20-$40 ble lasagna in some. way, and the ounces of mozzarella - one cup • KIMBALL Hours: Sun.-Wed ., 5:30 p.m.-midnight; small pasta shape • did not work to grated. We also mixed in a quarter Thu.-Sat. 5:30 p.m.-1 a.m. that end. 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Directed by The odds on Oscar Daniel Aukin OSCARS, from page 15 reer boost of the Oscar year, was also nominat former often relegated to second-tier film ed for Best Director and Best Original Screen roles, is brilliant. Ditto for Charlize Theron play for "Good Night, anj Good Luck." If "Brokeback Mountain" doesn't win ("North Country"), who lends validity to her Paul Giamatti ("Cinderella Man"), who Best Picture, the award will probably go win for "Monster." But it's Witherspoon's wasn't even nominated for "Sideways" to "Crash" (above). year. (2004 ), is a strong competitor. Jake Gyllen The Supporting Actor category is more of haal (''Brokeback Momtain") will win if plexity to the role of a heroic but racist Los BOSTON. BALLET· a horse race, and I believe this is where the ''Brokeback'' weeps. William Hurt ("AHis Angeles cop in the Best Picture nominee MIKKO NISSINEN Artistic Directcu:- Academy will honor triple-nominee George tory (If Violence'1 is dso worthy, but his "Crash." Oooney for his work as a rogue CIA agent in seen tealing performarce is a virtual cameo. Rachel Weisz is my predicted winner for Sir Frederick Ashton's "Syriana." My preference is fOJmer teen hearthrob Best Supporting Actress. 'The Constant Clooney, who has received the biggest ca- Matt Dillon, who brings enormous com- Gardener," a dazzling adaptation of a geopo litically charged, African-set novel by John La fiLLe Le Carre, should have been a Best Picture nominee, and Weisz, along with costar Ralph Fiennes, provides much of its emo mal ·· ~ tional power. Of course, the voters also love beautiful, . %~ ·'1~ ~ · fr: g. :ii \ talented, young newcomers, and Michelle gar dee ongtjrg.e ,~,acJtrrs of this section . with David. And it's hard to imagme a Williams ("Brokeback Mountain") and ,,, know that this'is the tinie of year bettc• fit than this year ·-David dressed Amy Adams ("Junebug") are hot on L as a yay cowboy for "Erokeback Moun MARCH 9-1-2 ., when· the late CNC ·film critic Weisz's trail. THE WANG THEATRE wo'aVid 'Brudndy used to make his Oscar tain.' (Incidentally, we also miss his re My preference for Supporting Actress is tr pietlictidM. His Oscar preview $tory,was ' view of the movie - as that rare, gay Catherine Keener ("Capote?'). Her self-ef always accompanied by a photo of David, Libertarian who was highly opinionated facing, soft-spoken Harper Lee is the perfect w "dressed in garb appropnate to the film he about the way gays were portrayed in counterpoint to Hoffman's flamboyant ." ;clmd pictced for~~stgicture. .for yxample, Hollywood, his take on the film would Capote. ,he . was dresSed as ~ Bill Mutiay in .the hav been fascinating.) The Best Screenplay categories, Original Japanese photO'shoot in "Ustfulffransla- ·But most of all, we rhiss the photo op and Adapted; always beg the same questions: - ''Brokeback'' Bruch:.oy, perhaps Pho ·tion," 1>horoshopped into ·· a dancemse Will the voters attempt to spread the wealth ·rnE MOST ENCHANTING . ifgu~ce f0r !'Chicago," and;' most memo toshopped into a till from the movie, or will a film sweep? The answer is both. BALLET IN EXISTENCE» making eyes at Jake Gyllenhaal. And it's , ,f'ably of all, dressed as a gladiator - Larry McMurtry and Diana Os.sana will -THE NEW YORK TIMES, 2003 Maxi.mus Brudnus, we dubbed him - a cn·dit to Da,id that as much as we win for adapting ''Brokeback Mountain.," ! wolJld have enjoyed ~eeing that cover, 1 !·· 11fQr ;~Gladiator." . while "Crash" will pick up the Original I • • It's impssible to work on an Oscar Davrd would have embraced making it Screenplay statuette. ~ % preview section now without thinking of · Me? I'm looking forward to the musical f!1e co11cept •we would. hav(f prodqced " - illexander Stevens rendition of '1t's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," one of only three nominated songs this year - and the day after the Oscars. :George CLOONEY, from page 15 headers have been nominated for acting and directing, but for the same movie. Still, that double-hit puts Clooney on a level with such multitalented artists as Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, Warren Beatty, Woody Allen, Kevin Costner, Roberto Be nigni and Clint Eastwood. The legendary Welles, of course, was Hol lywood's first Oscar triple threat, an artist who wrote, acted in and directed his films. Welles was nominated in four categories in the 1942 race for "Citizen Kane": Best Screenplay (co-writer), Best Actor, Best Di rector ahd Best Picture (as producer). That feat was matched by Beatty, who was nomi nated in the same categories for ''Reds," his sprawling 1981 historical epic. Olivier was nominated for director, actor and Question: When did G:t0rge Clooney join the ranks of Orson Welles and Clint Eastwood? An wer: This year. producer of his acclaimed 1948 adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet." Allen snagged nomi B t Director and Hcture awards for the er. He won the Director and Best Picture nations for director and actor in 1977 for 1990 revisionist w!Stern ''Dances With prizes. "Annie Hall." (The film also won Best Picture, Wi Ives." Oscar oddsmakers are saying "Brokeback but Allen wasn't a producer on "Annie Hall.") I ~twood won Best Director and Best Pic Mountain" has a lock on Best Director, the More recently, Benigni received nomina ture prizes in 1993 for ''Unforgiven." He also Original Screenplay award is likely to go to tions for acting and directing for "Life Is w - nominated for Best Actor for his stun "Crash" and Clooney only has a serious shot Beautiful" (1997), winning Best Actor. m11g perfonnance as .1 repentant killer. at the Best Supporting Actor prize. What they Actor, director and producer Costner, of Amazingly, Eastwood did it again last year might fail to appreciate is that he has won al course, scandalously defeated "GoodFellas" with ''Million Dollar Baby," for which he ready, and won big, by joining Hollywood's and Martin Scorsese when he took home the was nominated as act or, director and produc- most exclusive, legendary club. So tell me when you saw the film, and thrilled by a little sleeper film that you saw I 11 predict your reaction. If you were in the with almost no advance publicity, no gaga f 11-st wave of viewers, you probably liked reviews from friends and critics? BMFS it. In another tepid year for films, its sub So how should we feel if - as everyone tlety and its evocative mood touched you. predicts - ''Brokeback Mountain" wins COMMENTARY, from page 15 1hen came the wave of praise, and if you Best Picture on Sunday? Personally, I think That was me. I trudged into the theater lw the film then, you probably walked it's always a good thing when a movie that's because it seemed like part of the job de~ out of the theater doing the Brvws - the essentially an "art film" wins Best Picture-: scription for an arts editor, but I emerged r.J.m felt long, uneventful, ~~oid of Big it sends a healthy message to film studios: two hours later quite surprised - genuine- Ideas, and, on top of all that, a aowner. (Pa Art films, movies by auteurs such as Ang ly moved by the story. And, the best testi trons who saw the film in wa e two often Lee, can be recogniz.ed, rewarded, and even mony of all, I was still thinking about it, felt like they had to ay something po itive make lots of money. It's a good lesson for an still having good discussions about it, days, ..bout the film, so tb.ey praised the scenery industry that still thinks the Next Big Movie, even weeks, later. - never a good sign for a movie.) But if requires Tom Cruise, no plot, and a special I'm convinced that my reaction to the you - like me-were in the lflird wave, a effects budget the sire of Brazil's GNP. movie had a lot to do with when I saw it kind of positive backlash was ~g place. But, on the other hand, an Academy ''Brokeback'' was a triumph of marketing When you asked fiiends who had seen the Award implies a level of popularity, and - its initial limited release aimed at areas movie, you got a :.ot of BMFSs, and you that's not necessarily a bad thing. The Os of the country that would be receptive to the ere dubious whm you entered the the cars doesn't want to get out of step with its movie's gay relationship. Those urban com ater, but instead, you found lots to like. movie-going constituency. And, in light of munities responded not only by seeing it, It's all part of a theory abbut film that that, it's too bad that this year's Best Pic but also talking about it. And the entertain I've had for a long time - an audience's ture will probably be a movie that left so ment media, suffering through a slump of reaction to a movie has a lot to do with our many people with nothing to praise except bad movies that left nothing to hype, expectations when we walk into the the the cinematography. Something tells me jumped on the provocative subject of gay ater. How often have you~ disappoint that if ''Brokeback" wins Best Picture, cowboys. And that wave of publicity ed by a movie that everyollf was raving we're going to see a lot more face scrunch pushed the film into the heartland. about? And how often haye you been ing on Monday. - Page.. 18 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, March 3, 2006 www.allstonbrightontab.com THIS FRIDAY YOU'RE INVITI TO THE PARn OF THE DECIDE! ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Ruining 'Scared' Mobster wannabe Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) finds himself in yet another life.threatening jam. Running Scared (F) tage Mustang convertible. He is deeply in His gangsters and dirty cops - Dey tawkl love with his gorgeous wife (Vera Fanniga), like dis - Spit when they open their pieholes ast week's Paul Walker movie is and in one scene pleasures her in the laundry and drop F~bombs every other word. (So, I L about dogs. 1his week's Paul Walker room. Of course, when Joey, his wife and 10- suppose it's fitting I gave this movie a big F). , movie is a dog. year-old son (Alex Neuberger) settle down to In the thong-wearing, madonna/ whore role "Running Scared," hopefully the worst dinner, it's Prince spaghetti time. . of Mrs. Gazelle, Fanniga, who earned the sort movie of2006, starts with a bang and is pret Trouble is, the Gazelles' next-door neigh of reviews an actor would kill for in "Down to ' ty much all bang-bang-bang. bor in their New Jersey suburb is Russian the Bone" and who will soon be seen in ': ONLY IN THEATRES STARTING ARCH 3rd! An egregious glorifica gangster scum Ivan Yugorsky (John Noble), Scorsese's iTue Departed," takes a step back li°Mc BURllNGTON 10 AMC LOEWS · AMC LOEWS REOAL CJOfllAS SHOWCASE CUIEllAS tion of gun violence, the a stubble-faced wack-job hooked on meth ward. In one memorable scene, her character , Ille 128-Exlf32B BOSTON COMMON 19 METHUEN 20 WESTllO- w.ICVll 1811229-9200 175 Tremont St 90 PIOOsonl Volley Sf STADIUM t 2 .. 139. fJI 20A ~Ill 2• film, which should not be and John Wayne movies and beating his son - whose name is Teresa, of course - 31- 11MC fENWAY 13 BOO/FANDANGO #730 9761738-9850 Rio 9 fJ9(f .. 13:5 71111913-5800 ~1 Bro<*tlne Ave AMC LOEWS REGAL CINEMAS 800IFANO"M;i0145J SHOWCASI: aJClMAS confused with the merely Oleg (Cameron Bright of "Birth") and weep sures her beloved husband that he's not evil::' , &171424-6266 HARVARD SQUARf 5 IEWNGHAM STADIUM 14 SHOWC/41 CIEIAS 11'411 forgettable 1986 thriller ily submissive wife Mila (Ivana Milicevic) tlMCFIAMINGHAM 19 10CtlUrchS1, ~~~~9.~43 ~H~..m ~~s.r:,1111 "Shady llnd sleazy, but not evil." Thanks7 ~~~4:~ World ~~~ANGO 1733 REGAL CINEMAS JBlfJ2t-tlS5 co-starring Gregory Hines half to death. . hon. IMC LOEWS AMC LOEWS SOLOMON POND MSEMILY SQUARE 12 LllHTYTRH MALL 20 STADIUM 15 and Bill) Crystal, is al o Mien little Oleg gets his hands on a "gat'' In case ou don't find the film unpleasant - 00 ~Jo=M~ '" ~g&:,~~n ~Uo%~o2:!'.a s18!5ll1 ·~ misogyni tic, racist, mo- Joey has been assigned to dispose of, he tries .Jl'ECIAl ENGAGHl:NfS HO PASSI$ Oii: DISCOUNT COUPONS ACCEPTED CttECl THEATRE DllECTOllES Oii: CM-l ,_ - ----.t.llt ....,_ enough, Kramer has a sequence involving se B J ~ . ronic and completely to blow daddy Ivan the terrible away, al rial-killin child pornographers. · Y ames ermere over-the-top. though he just wings him and then flees with The CWayne Kramer's previous pimp (D vid Warshofsky), who viciously ther and husband trying to retrieve a gun used effort was the well-acted but overrated 'The beats his Hho" because she's studying for her at a shooting in which "dirty cops" were Cooler" (in between, Kramer wrote 2005's GED, m y be worth the pri~ of admission, killed. lt.1ridly ridiculous "Mindhunters"). What but only if you're trying to get into multiplex Joey beat his abusive father into a coma Kramer knows about gangsters he apparently hell. with a baseball bat when he was 14 (this learned watching Martin Scorsese and Rated R. "Running Scared" contains sex, film's version of a _heartwarming family Quentin Tarantino movies. But he is not a nudity, profanity, endangered children and memory) and drives an inconspicuous vin- good learner. graphic gun violence. · · · · ············································· ·· ·· · · · ·· · · ····· · ······· ··· · ··· · ·~·························~·· Stylish 'Watch' run slow Nightwatch (C+) n Tlffiur Bekmambetov's ''Nightwatch," I vampires and shape-sJµfters live among the humans in present-day Moscow. It's "Underworld: The Red Square Varia tions." A phenomenon at home that's spawn ing a blockbuster sequel, with a third install ment in the works, the film combines post-Soviet malaise, post-9/11 apocalyptic jitters with images and themes from such genre films as ''Underworld" and, believe it or not, "Ghostbusters." Occasionally uplifted by striking visual lyricism, such as a spellbound boy with crim son moke pouring out of his eyes, ''Night watch" is also long-winded and narratively clotted Its protagonists are "Others," non-human beings who run the gamut from vampires to seers engaged in an eternal standoff between good and evil, a standoff that will soon be tipped in evil's favor, as if anyone needed to tell us, by the appearance of an anti-Christ figure and world-shattering final battle. Anton Gorodetsky (Konstantin Khaben sky) is a seer whose job is to track vampires into a netherworld known as the Gloom, derrated 2005 hit "Constantine" featuring a lowski ('The Decalogue") might have armed with a vampire-scorching flashlight, particularly grimy, dysfunctional Moscow. achieved had he lent his hand to this sort of and fine them for unlawful behavior. In the But the film's characters either lack charis~ thing. I Elli ma or are not given a chance to make an im IT course of a day's work, he encounters a But Bekmambetov overdoes the heavy- ' I weinlly familiar-looking boy (Dmitry Mar pression, something we are especially re metal music, MTV-style editing and optical :·1~11.000-llOTl)llPICJlffC!QEWf'fflillES~Ql!till! Dl.~lnlN.IM.l~C.:ft 16blocks.c;om tynov) and a mysterious blonde (Mariya minded of when Bekmambetov shows us a i tricks. Let's just say that the light-saber refer; Poro hina) in the city's labyrinthine subway clip of Sarah Michelle Gellar's Buffy. ence is a dead dog, even if it gets the fanboys :• AJ CHEYEnJldill 'f DO ERS r.w.Dlllffil'rn'tD.. system. ''Nightwatch" is like "Constantine" with hot fill.d bothered. Bekmambetov is also fat ~ /~ ~ ~' ' L ... f.~.~ •• !.Y _._...... "'\IV The blonde is cursed (aren't they all?), and Shia La.Beouf in the lead instead of Keanu too fond of bodily fluids and bugs and has a the boy is the one prophesied to give evil the Reeves. bad case of voice-over logorrhea. 1his film's advantage. Anton's co-workers include Bear But the Kazakhstan-born writer-director, plot could have compressed into a film half I STARTS fRIDAY, ARCH :1 and Tiger Cub, vampire-busting shape- who adapted the novel by Sergei Lukya its two-hour length. 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When its large, hairy .ab HONDURAS I stayed in this quaint town domen quickly moved towtrrd near the Guatemala border for my hand, I instinctively jumped TAN1AME1ER two nights. The major tourist back. But it was cool to see ihe draw is the nearby ancient spider nonetheless. 1 towns speckled the route. Mayan ruins. My base here was From the temple top we had a A small landslide caused by the Hotel Marina Copan, located good view of the ruins, which some heavy rains made part of by the town's central plaza. included numerous statues and our drive difficult, but my local From here (or just about any intricately carved art pieces un guide, Eli, told me this was noth where in the small town of common to other Mayan citjes ing - there had been times Copan Ruinas), the ruins are just - Copanians were considered when he was unable to bring a few minutes' drive or short the most artistically advanced of tourists to Copan because labor walkaway. ' the Mayan world. A highlight strikes blockaded this road. At the ruins, I was surprised here is the largest hieroglyp,hic I'm in my mid-20s, and this when the ancient city seemed stairway in the Mayan wofld, was my first solo trip. And to a smaller than it appeared on the which dates to the year 749. ,~ country where I didn't speak the map. Hard to believe this city Besides the view al:J9ve language. once housed 20,000. ground, tourists also can a~ss Anthony's Key Resort In Roatan attracts divers and norklers. HONDURAS, page ?1 i' Ill 11 ~ (J NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE" l ~ l·Day 6- & 1-D~ IS~ 1·Day Caribbean Fforida !529* ,~599* !479.* •' I . 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After the brightly c lored coral and Spanish. 1 lunch, I wandered along the cob schools of fish are highly visible. ' 1b1estone streets of Copan Ru For those who prefer their Ifyou go: J'J inas, which I had to share with sightseeing abc)ve ground, there When to go: Though climate ' tnumerous toylike taxis - they is an optional c nopy tour, which varies in different regions of Visitors will enjoy the serenity of Tabyana Beach In Roatan. 'have only one wheel in the front, I also checked o it Honduras, your best bet is to go ~ 1and it was fun to see them barrel With a hartl strapped on during dry season, roughly No 1- 1aown the uneven streets packed and a camera around my neck, I vember through May on the Marina Copan (www.hotelmari meals, airport transfers, snorkel $675-$1,075, depending on the ~ 1 with so many people it looked jumped up to clamped onto i:nainland, January to August on nacopan.com) are from $75 per ing/diving and other resort activ season. All prices are per person, t {.ik;e they would topple over. the zip line and literally zipped Roatan. night. Seven-night packages at ities. Snorkeling packages are based on double occupancy. Go ~ ' In this town, I was surrounded through the rain forest. From Staying there: Rates at Hotel Anthony's Key Resort include $675-$975; diving packages to www.anthonyskey.com by locals and Guatemalan tourists; above, I saw an iguana in a tree, < ·' I• even ate dinner (and attempted, and a small monkey came right ro -somewhat successfully, some up to me on oJle of the zip line • "very basic conversation) with a platforms. -''few Guatemalan men when the Surprisingly1 the guides didn't ~:dnly open spot at a restaurant was point out flor and fauna; for t at their outdoor table. them it was Ill re about getting ' Next morning at the airport the group from one platform to r 1where t1iere was no ID required the next. " %id the schedule was "whenev Another day, I set out to ex ' &'' - I caught the hour flight plore on foot, wandering across (with a stop in between) to the road from Anthony's to the !:"Roatan, one of the Bay Islands Carambola B ·cal Garden. f;'_ off the Caribbean coast of Hon The circular paths of the garden .,.duras, an area that draws divers have dozens of well-labeled in from around the world. digenous plan , but the real fun On Roatan, I headed to Antho was hiking up a trail to the top of ny's Key Resort, a spot well Carambola M untain (parts are known to divers and snorkelers. steep and hik:iJlg boots are rec - Talk about a change of pace ommended), where the view is and culture. The Bay Islands, spectacular. If you walk quietly though Honduran, are culturally and carefully when you bear more Caribbean, and most of the rustling in th trees, you just people I met at Anthony's were might spot some monkeys on the Americans - the wealthy kind. I way up. I saw them along with actually felt a little out of place, lizards (which dart around the but that was remedied over path with every step you take) ehi6ks and conversation with and mosquitoc (which bite re l some of the other resort guests gardless of bow much insect re - even rich divers can be pellent you u ). friendly. After the bike, I needed a rest · The resort offers dive and snor Luckily, on the deck of my An keling excursions daily (you also thony's cabana, right above the ciin shore dive). Be aware the re water, I was able to curl up on the sQrt does not hl!ve much of a hammock with some Gabriel V.AC~TION SALE 0 EWEEK VACATIONS: AIR AND HOTEL Loi C8bos C sta Real Tesoro Resort Located on the boardwalk in the bustling marina, just a short walk from shopping and nightlife. Punta cana Ocean VIiiage Bavaro Beach Resort Popular resort, located on beautiful beach with soft white sand - relax and enjoy! Aruba · Cabana All~Su · Be ch Resort •799 The only beachfront, all-suite resort with fully equipped kitchens. Great for families. cancun Gran Costa Real 1849 Located on the sheltered side of Cancun Bay, close to shopping and nightlife. Jamaica H II y Inn Sunsp Montago Bay •899 This lively beachfront resort offers pools with swim-up bars and even an off-shore island. Puerto Plata Round-trip air from Boston I~ lberostar Costa Dorada '899 ' Calling all Deluxe beachfront resort with array of activities, 7-Nights hotel entertainment and fun . Round-trip airport/hotel transfers RED SOX fan St. Maartan Local taJ includes: • Round-trip airfare from Boston to Tampa via JetBlue AlrWa'll • Hotel accommodations by The TradeWlnds I land Resorts ·""'"...... PLUS Tickets to the March 16th pre·season game Point. Click. Pack. between the Boston Red Sox vs. the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Sponsored by: jet Blue ·:::o= ST. PETERSBURG/CLEARWATEll • $499 based on Dos PlayaslCancoo for select April departure(s). Prices are per person based on double occupany for select Mar· May departure(s), irielude air/hotel, transfers and exclude ~ AIRWAYS ~ Flondas8each.com departtn.lanival taxes/fees, currently up to $110.90. plus $2.50 Sept 11th Security Fee, $4.50 Boston PFC, $20 late booking fee for reservations made Within 14 days of departure and possible fuel 05 Everyday low fares. s ' - ... ---.. - Page 22 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, March 3, 2006 www.allstonbrightontab.com V OLUNT EER OPP ORTUNITIES will have a rewarding experience. Volunteers wanted to right volunteer opportunity. Call 617-482-1510, ext. 25 or vts1t cancalltheAmericanCancerSo hoods. Medical escorts make sure Volunteers honor a servi ·e com Nancy or Marilyn at 617-558- www.matchelder.org for infor- ciety at 800-ACS-2345. folks get to health-related appoiqt , tutor Boston students mitment of at least one four-hour 11 6585, or e-mail [email protected]. mation. ments (no car needed). Boston Partners in Education is shift per week. Hours are flexible, looking for volunteers to tutor Volunteer tutors Anyone interested should call and some weekend assitznments 1 VistaC:are Hospice 617-482-1510, or log on t& and mentor Boston Public School are available. Volunteer benefits Family support needed for ESOL www.matchelder.org and e-mail ) students. Opportunities are avail include free parking, fr · meals seeks volunteers Parents Helping Parents, a The Adult Learning Program [email protected]. · '·' able in all grades, kindergarten to and on-the-job training. Volun child abuse prevention agency, is VistaCare Hospice invites car of Jamaica Plain needs volunteer 1... 12, in the areas of math and/or lit looking for volunteers with good teers are welcome to participate ing individuals to provide friend tutors one evening a week to help eracy. interpersonal skills and a com Volunteer l t1 in various events and educational ly visits emotional support or er adults learn basic skills, ESOL or Boston Partners in Education is mitment to strengthening fami l.J programs throughout the year. rands fer patients and families in pass the citizenship test. opportunities a leader in Boston school volun lies to facilitate support groups in For more information, call the All;ton/Brighton area or a I For more information, call teerism, having partnered with the the Allston-Brighton area. Volun Substance Abuse HELPLINE Susan Frost, volunteer coordina nearby community. Flexible Susan at 617-635-5201 or visit Boston Public Schools for 40 teers must commit to spending seeks volunteers for 24-hour, tor, at 617-983-7424 or e-mail training schedule and hours and [email protected]. seven-days per week information ' years. Training and placement will [email protected]. ongoing support is available. several hours a week for a period 1 be provided by Boston Partners. of one year as a facilitator. Train and education phone service for Bilingual volunteers are especial people affected by alcoholism ' Call Barbara Hanis at 617-451- ly needed. ing and ongoing supervision and Extra Hands for Volunteers needed and substance abuse. Informa 6145, ext 620. For more information, call support are provided by Parents ALS seeks volunteers Parents Helping Parents, a net Helping Parents. Call 1-800-882- tional orientations take place thtr· Mary Shea Daly at 781-407- Extra Hands for ALS, a group work of support group for par 1250 to request application mate fourth Monday evening of every. Volunteers 9900. dedicated to helping ALS fami ents who want to impiove rela rials or for more information vtSit month. Close proximity to the T. .1 lies, is seeking volunteers. ALS, needed to play with tioµships with their children, www.parentshelpingparents.org. For more information on becom~ Volunteer training also known as Lou Gehrig's dis homeless children needs volunteers to acl as group ing a HELPLINE volunteer, c~f facilitators. Volunteers rnust com The Hospice of the Good Shep ease, is a rapidly progressive, in 617-536-0501, ext. 201 or visit i Horizons for Homeless Chil The Cat Connection mit one and one-half to two hours herd is seeking volunteers to make variably fatal neurological dis www.helpline-online.com. dren is seeking volunteers to inter per week for at least one year. home visits and to help in the of The Cat Connection needs help ease that strikes men and women act and play with children Iiving in Training and ongoing s pervision fice. Home visit volunteers pro feeding its Colonial Kitties by of all ages. In the later stages of Samaritans need · family and neighborhood domes feeding them one day a week. ALS, a patient is no longer able to will be provided. vide comfort and support to peo teen volunteers tic violence shelters. A commit For more information, call ple with life-limiting illnesses and Volunteers are needed in care for himself or herself and re ment oftwo hours per week for six 800-882-1250. to their families. Brighton Mondays and Wednes quires 24-hour attention. Often The Samaritans of Boston .is months is required, and daytime Care is provided to individuals days at the feral cat colonies. times, the caregiver is a close rel look;ing for teen volunteers 15 and and evening shifts are offered. in the!r own homes and in nursing Anyone who lives or works in the ative - a spouse, child or parent. older to staff their peer-support With more than 52 shelters in the Research study homes. A comprehensive Volun Newton Street or Atkins Street The disease quickly affects the hotline, the Samariteens, on after network there is likely to be one to anorexia nervo teer Training Program for home areas and wants to get involved is life of the caregiver, too, as re noons and weekends. This free fit all schedules. Female volunteenl who are visit volunteers will begin this fall. encouraged to called 781-899- sponsibilities mount and every and confidential hotline serves The next training session will be currently anorexic or .have recov Vo:.unteers also are needed to 0004. day chores such as mowing the teens in despair. Right now, an lawn, grocery shopping or spend Saturday, March 25, 9:30 a.m. to ered from past symptoms of help ill the office, on fund-raising The Cat Connection has been adolescent is struggling with lone 4:30p.m. anorexia nervosa, ages 18 proje::ts and with community edu rescuing, neutering and feeding ing time with youngsters in the liness, depression or suicidal feel For more information, call through 45, in stable medical catio:1. cats in the Allston-Brighton area home become more taxing. ings and needs to talk with some Tiffany at 617-445-1480, ext. 314, health and not taking medica For infonnation or to request an for two years. Their work is just Extra Hands is dedicated to one who will really listen. connecting volunteers with ALS or visit wWw.horizonsforhome tions, with the exception of oral application, call Jennifer at 617- part of the nationwide movement Suicide is the second leadin lesschildren.org. contraceptives, are sought for a 969-5130. The training program to reduce the feral (homeless) cat families. Specifically, high school cause of death for people 14 to 2 problem which goes by the name and college students volunteer to in Massachusetts. : study of behavioral ratings and takei; place at the hospice office, ''TNRF," - trap, neuter, return spend time with ALS families, Boston By Foot blood hormone lev ls. Eligible 2042 Beacon St., Newton. All volunteer training is fr001 and feed. It is the only method helping them to manage life's participants will r ·eive up to For more information, call 611- spring training that is successful. everyday necessities and provid $550 for a total of four outpatient 536-2460 or visit the Web at Volunteers sought To make this work, Cat Con ing a smile and friendly manner. For those who love Boston, an visits and two oven11ght stays at www.samaritansofboston.org. , Boston Partners in Education is nection needs volunteers to feed Mentors are adults who guide the opportunity is available to train as the clinical research unit at Beth lool::ing for vo1witeers to tutor and monitor cat colonies in their students through the volunteer a future volunteer guide for Israel Deaconess M •dical Center. Phone service help Boston Public Elementary own neighborhood. Once cats are process and help )hem deal with Boston By Foot. The 30th annual For more information, call Spring Lecture and Field Trip Se School students in the areas of neutered, the colony settles down issues that arise in each situation. The ubstance Abuse Helplin4 Laurie Flanagan at Bo ton Col seeks volunteeFS for 24-houd ries begins April 15 at the Boston malh and literacy, particularly - no more kittens, no more Both student volunteers and lege at 617-552-2758. seven days per week information Architectural Center. grade 4 math. fighting, and the people who care mentors are needed in the area. and education phone service ~ For more information and a BPE is also seeking tutors to for them are rewarded with Participation in the program not people affected by alcoholism and free brochure, call Boston By Volunteers ne ed prepare high school students for healthy, tamer cats who are grate only offers joy to the patients and substance abuse. Location is with Foot at 617-367-2345 or visit VistaCare Hospi i.: invites indi the fall MCAS exams. Training ful for the care. families but also provides the vol in close proximity to the T. For viduals to provide friendly visits, and placement will be provided unteer with insight and perspec www.bostonbyfoot.com. more information on becoming a emotional support, or errands for by Boston Partners. Call Barbara tive. Deliver meals to Helpline volunteer, call 617-536; its patients and families in Water Harris at 617-451-6145, ext. 620 To learn more about Extra Sh,r.e time with elders 0501, xt. 201. Visit the Web s· r , town or a nearby community. for more information. homebound people Hands for ALS, visit www.extra Combined Jewish Philan- www.helpline-online.com. Flexible training ~hedule and Community Servings in East hands.org or call Kati Cawley at thropies invites the public to hours and ongoing upport avail B1»ston Area ern Massachusetts announces 617-331-3014. share some time with residents in Listeners needed able. Bilingual volunteers espe Rape Crisis Center volunteer opportunities for indi an elder care facility by having a cially needed. viduals or families by dedicating Share your sight -The Home for Little WanderL conversation, leading a music or Boston Area Rape Crisis Cen one Saturday a month to deliver ers' Parental Stress Line is look For more information, call MAB Community Services, current events group, or sharing a Mary Shea Dal.> at 781-407- ter, educating, empowering and meal to individuals and farnilie in ~ volunteers to be telephone cup of tea. · healing individuals and commu homebound with life threatening formed) the Massachusetts As counselors. 9900. sociation for the Blind, needs vol The Jewish Comniunity Volun nities since 1973. Seeking volun illnesses. Volunteer shifts are Volunteers get comprehensive unteers to read or shop with a teer Program makes finding the teers to be hotline counselors, from 9 a.m. to noon. training to get the skills needed t¢ right volunteer opportunity easy Boston Minstrel medical advocates, and public Community Servings delivers blind neighbor, to help that per provide support to callers. Shifts and fun. For more information, Company se ks educators. Fifty-hour training re meals to individuals and families son maintain independence. Two are available through the day and or three hours per week and a de call Nancy at 617-558-6585 ore quired and provided free of with life threatening illnesses, night, weekdays or weekends that volunteer singers sire to help is all you need; hours mail [email protected]. charge. Positions also available in such HIV/AIDS, cancer, and will.fit into everyone's schedule. The nonprofit Hoston Minstrel f undraising and administration. multiple sclerosis. The need for are flexible. MAB will provide Company seeks ingers, musi For more information, call For more information contact meals continues to grow. the training and support. Oppor 617-2.67-3700. Volunteers sought cians and song I aders to facili tunities are available ·throughout [email protected], 617-492- For more information, call Jen For more information about The Substance Abuse Helpline tate sing-along songfests at 8306, ext. 25 or www.barcc.org. nifer at 617-445-7777, or e-mail most of Massachusetts. To get The liome call 888-Home-321 or is seeking volunteers for 24-hour, Boston-Cambridge homeless [email protected]. started in your community, call visit www.thehome.org seven days per week information shelters year round. No prior Donna Bailey at 1-800-852- ' ~ol u nteer and education phone service to singing experience is required. 3029, or visit the volunteer page· VistaCare Hospice people affected by alcoholism Repertoire . includes Motown, opportunities Needed at Mount at www.mabc<;>mmunity.org. and substance abuse. Informa oldies, rock, folk, pop, blues and The Massachusetts Substance Auburn Hospital needs volunteers tional orientations will take place I spirituals. Monthly rehearsals are Abuse Information and Educa Mount Auburn Hospital cur Become a SHINE VistaCare Hospice patients in t the fourth Monday evening of the at the United Parish of Auburn tion Helpline seeks volunteers for rently provides more than 40 vol volunteer counselor Allston and Brighton are in need month and is in close proximity dale, 64 Hancock St., Newton. phone service to persons affected unteer activities, from staffing the of volunteers to provide visits, totheT. For more details, e-mail The city of Boston Commission 1 by alcoholism and substance hospital's reception area, coffee emotional support or erranc:IS1 For more information on be [email protected] or call abuse. and gift shops, to serving an ad on Affairs of the Elderly is seeking Flexible training schedule anll, I coming a volunteer, call 617-536- 617-787-2122. for a schedule or The Helpline provides training, vocacy role as a patient represen volunteers to become certified hours, and ongoing support ate I 0501, ext. 301, or visit the Web more informati n, visit www. supervision, flexible scheduling tative and assisting in many of the Serving the Health Information available. I site at www.helpline-online.com. bostonrninstrel.com. and is T accessible. Volunteers medical departments in various Needs of Elders counselors. For more information, caJ} must have computer experience; roles. Patients rely on the extra SIBNE counselors provide free Mary Shea Daly at 781-407 r Someone to play Big Brothers/Big in recovery from addiction help measure of care that Mount one-on-one counseling to assist 9900 11 Medicare beneficiaries in under • • • with homeless kids Sisters ava lable ful but not necessary. Auburn Hospital's volunteers For more information to be a provide. standing their health insurance op Volunteers needed I Horizons for Homeless Chil Big Brother and Big Sisters volunteer, call 617-536-0501, To volunteer time at one of tions, and may save beneficiaries I! dren is seeking volunteers to in can provide children with a posi ext 201, or visit the Web site at Mount Auburn Hospital's many money and prevent duplication of to read books on tape '! j teract and play with children liv tive adult in th If live . "Bigs" are www.helplineonline.com. volunteer programs, call 617- coverage. The Recording Studio at MAB : ing in family and domestic mature individuals who are will 499-5016 for a complete list of The SIBNE Program began in Community Services, (formerly I violence shelters in local neigh ing to share irl a consi tent one opportunities. 1985 through the Massachusetts the Massachusetts Association Franciscan Hospital 1 borhoods. A commitment of two to-one relation hip with a ''Lit Executive Office of Elder Affairs for the Blind), needs volunteer seeks volunteers 1 hours a week for six months is re tle." American Cancer to assist Medicare beneficiaries in narrators to read books and mag-1 quired. Horizons offers daytime Bigs and Little can visit a park Franciscan Hospital for Chil Massachusetts to understand and azines in its Watertown Record and evening shifts, with more or museum; ride bikes; pla) dren, 30 Warren St., Boston, is Society is looking navigate the continually changing ing Studio. Good speaking voicq than 52 shelters in its network. video or board games; go place!; seeking volunteers for a variety Tue American Cancer Society health-care system. The Massa and some computer skill re The next training is Saturday, or just hang out; swap CDs; make of positions. Current opportuni is looking for people to become chusetts program was one of the quired. Daytime hours, Mon March 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 dinner; catch a movie or tell ties are available on the medical volunteer coordinators or drivers model programs the federal gov days-Wednesdays are available1 p.m. jokes. Call 88 -412-BIGS or log and behavioral units, in Medical for its Road to Recovery program. ernment utilized in 1992 when it Training and support will be prot I For more information, call on to www.bigbrothersbigsis Day Care and in the Kennedy The ACS Road to Recovery established a nationwide insur vided. Call Donna Bailey at 1! Tiffany at 617-287-1900, ext. 314 ters.org. Day School. Oerical positions program provides transportation ance counseling program called 800-852-3029 or 617-972-9119 or visit www.horizonsforhome are also available. Placement is for cancer patients to and from re SHIP - Senior Health Insurance for more info. lesschildren.org. VNA Care Hospice determined by the needs of the lated medica.Vtreatment appoint counseling and assistance Pro department and the schedule, ex ments. Access to transportation is gram through the Centers for Jewish Coalition Opportunities at needs volunteers perience and qualifications of the a major factor in good cancer Medicare & Medicaid Services. VNA Care Hospice, an affiliate applicant. Applicants must be 18 treatment. Road to Recovery is of There are 53 SHIP programs na for Literacy seeks Faulkner Hospital of VNA Care Network, needs or older. For an application, call fered to cancer patients who have tionally. ~olunteer tutors Residents are asked to consider volunteers to provide practical 617-779-1520. no means of transportation and/or Anyone interested in becoming .The Greater Boston Jewish joining the Faulkner Hospital Vol and emotional upport to tenni Franciscan Hospital for Chil who are too ill to drive themselves. a counselor or who would like Coalition for Literacy is see:J· unteer Program. There are many nally ill patients and their families dren is the largest pediatric reha It offers assistance to patients who more information on the program volunteers from throughou ways one can be of service. Prefer in eastern and central Massad.u bilitation facility in New Eng might otherwise not be able to should call the SIBNE director at greater Boston to tutor yo ence may be to contribute time in setts. Training, upervision and land, providing the most keep their treatment appoint Boston's Commission on Affairs children in public schools in public areas, such as the informa support are provided. Call Narcy comprehensive continuum of ser ments. of the Elderly at 617-635-3120, Boston, Cambridge, Framing tion desks, gift shop or the Pa Barcelo, volunteer coordinator, at vice for children with special 1be volunteer coordinator coor Monday through Friday, from 9 ham and Brockton. Join mo!l a.m. to 5 p.m. tient/Family Resource Center. 888-663-3688, ext. 4271. needs in the nation. For informa dinates requests for transportation than 600 volunteers fro~ Volunteers may also provide ad tion and directions, VISit with a network of volunteer dri throughout the Jewish communi ministrative help or support an Jewish Community www.franciscanhospital.org. vers in local communities. This MATCH-UP interfaith ty who are already involved. area such as food services. There volunteer position can be per Volunteer Program seeks volunteers Volunteers are asked to co~ may be those who wish to have di Dog owners formed from home or from ACS's one hour each week during rect patient contact, volunteering Combined Jewish Ph.l.an- wanted to visit homes Weston office. Candidates should MATCH-UP Interfaith ·Volun school hours to work one-on-one time assisting patients in a clinical thropies invites all moms and be detail oriented, dependable, teers Inc., a Boston nonprofit or" with kindergarten through third ganization serving isolated elders department or on an inpatient unit. dads to share their child/chilclren MPJCH-UP Interfaith Volun computer literate, compassionate, grade children who need help with some lonely but friendly se teers Inc. needs volunteers with respectful of patient confidentiali and disabled adults, seeks mor 3 The new Dana-Farber Cancer In bringing their reading skills t stitute at Faulkner Hospital will niors. Together, introduce the dogs to visit nursing home resi ty, and have excellent communi volunteers to serve as "friendly grade level. No previous teachin need volunteers to provide staff child to the joys and rewares of dents in the Boston area for two cation skills and work well inde visitors," or "medical escorts." experience is .necessary. All vol support and assistance to patients. volunteering through tories and to four hours a month. Training pendently. Friendly visitors are matched unteers will receive training be The hospital's goal is to match laughter and make a new fii.end. and asses ment will take place Individuals interested in becom one-on-one with an elder, spend~ fore working with their reading its positions to volunteers' inter The Jewi h Community V<>lun July 22. A minimum of six ing a volunteer driver for the pro ing, an hour or two each week vi t1· partners. ests and skills so that volunteers teer Pro www.allstonbrightontab.com Friday, March 3, 2006 Allsto•Brlghton TAB, page 23 TEER OPPORTUNITIES VOLUNTEER, from page 22 ible daytime hours are available. ren Sllret stop o the Boston Col .so in several areas, including a new pet visitation pilot program members on various committees. Jbe Greater Boston Jewish For more inform tion, call lege/Commonwqalth Green Line aquatics, sports, programming for entitled PetPals. For more information, call C. do,alition for Literacy is a program Match-Up Interfaith VQlunteers at and several bus lines. people with disabilities, child Volunteers with dogs are need Curtiss Carter at 617-626-8726. of,the Jewish Community Rela 617-536-3557 or visit the Web at care, fitness, gymnastics, dance, ed to visit nursing homes and as tions Council of Greater Boston, www.matchelder.org. technology, special events, and sisted-care facilities in communi Help needed at general/administrative. ties in Boston and Brookline. an agency of Combined Jewish WGBH is king volunteers Alzheimer's office Philanthropies, and a beneficiary Spend time with ill The YMCA offers volunteer Volunteers visit nursing home to assist with c mputer projects assignments that can be either on residents for two to four hours a The Alzheimer's Association, of United Way of Mas8achusetts children at hospital and office sup rt during week Bay. For information, call Carol going or short term. The Oak month, and training and assess Mass. Chapter's office in North Franciscan Hospital for Chil day business ours, Mondays ment will be provided. A mini Cambridge is looking for volun Rubin at 617-457-8669. Square YMCA is at 615 Whsh dren needs volunteers for the through Fridays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ington St. at the intersection of mum of six months is required. teers for their community tele days, evenings and weekends to Positions are available year Rmeuil Street. To volunteer, or For more information, call phone Helpline service. Volun Medical escort play, visit and work wllh the chil r, call Liz Hag for more information, -call Tali 617-536-3557 or visit www. teers should be available for two volunteers needed dren in a medical of education yard at 617-3 5715 or e-mail Rausch at 617-787-8665. matchelder.org. 4-hour shifts per month to answer setting. The hospital pecializes [email protected]. caregiver calls. Make a difference in an elder's in services for children with Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., life by escorting him or her to and physical and emotional needs. Help with PetPals Mental health center weekdays. Training provided. No from medical appointments. Vol Call 617-779-1520 to inquire Volunteer a the YMCA MATCH-UP Interfaith Volun- seeks volunteers previous experience needed. Call unteers may make the difference and obtain an applicauon for ser The Oak sJ~ YMCA is teers, a nonprofit organization The Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Erin Whalen, Helpline coordina i.Q whether an elder can get to the vice. The hospital is in Brighton seeking volun~rs. Individuals serving greater Boston seniors Mental Health Center in Boston tor, at 617-868-6718 or email doctor. No car is needed, and flex- and is a short walk from the War- intemsted in vo unteering may do and disabled adults, is launching is seeking volunteers to sit as [email protected]. ADDRESSING YOUR HANDLING HOMESICKNESS cbiJdfen up to succeed; plan how PACKIN POINTERS I CHILD'S CONCERNS & • Feeling homesick is completely you 11 ill support their ability to • Pack exac y what's on the list (EXPECTATIONS normal; most campers (and many over ;:me homesickness and thri"e !he camp pr ides. They know •• Remind yourselves about why adults) miss home when they are at t!!ldp. what you o to have on hand to you chose your camp. Something away. Camp directors are experts 3. C icier pacbng something~> be comfo le in their neck of the ;special must have caught your in recognizing and "treating' remind !he camper of home-a llOOds. W ther and activity attention. Discuss what's exciting homesickness. Follow their advice favgfl tc photo or stuffed toy. requirement impact the packing ' and/or potentially intimidating. Set after you arrive at camp. Rcrtund campers that they alway; list more than anything. some goals together, being honest • Before you get to camp, the hav their memories of home an! • If your c~ takes medications, about your expectations. A.CA, New England offers these lov ~ ones with them at all time;. send the m ·cine in the original • Take a look at the camp's Web tips to minimize homesickness: 4. pp:-ad~ and send mail to bottle, alon 11ith dosage instructions. site, video, & print materials again I. Practice sleeping away from carn1 m advance of opening day • For techo logy like beepers, cell with your cbild. Npw that you've home. Visit friends and/or relatives or t>rmg a couple oflettm to dnp phones, la ops, radios, televisions, selected the camp, you can view for progressively longer periods of off hen you deb\·er your child. portable C playrn, waJkmans, these differently. They can be use time- first one night, then two or En ~ urage campers to write a cou check with your Camp Director for ful springboards for discussion. three nights. Having a recent ple pf 11onls of encouragement .o specific rul and recommendations. •Attend the camp's Open House. memory of a successful time away thG h·es. Meet the camp director and key from home can help a child get 5. Jj.: positi\e in your letter.;. Bad -:700./ ..... , •• I staff members. Ask any questions through the fU'St few days of camp! new> and sad ~'S are tough to ~~ you have. Be up-front about your 2. Discuss what will happen if re d at camp. } ~ ouoc:iafion _ (concerns and your child's. homesickness hits at camp. Set ewEngland CAMP FRANK A. DAY t • "Where lifelong friendships are built" Located on beautiful Lake Quacumquasit about 1 hour west of Boston, Camp Frank A. Day is an overnight camp / owned and operated by the West Suburban YMCA in Newton, MA. BELMONT HILL SCHOO Activities to meet SUMMER FENN every interest! SUMMER PROGRAMS j J Basketball DAY CAMP Climbing Tower We offer a co-educatiohal environment for Arts and Crafts ~ Water -Skiing ~ ages 6 to 18, in th following areas: Kayaking OPENbiiOUSE 2:00 TO 4:00 P.M. CAMPus TOURS and much more ... • Academics • Art • _ 3:00 P.M. DIRECTOR'S PlrnsENTATION , For more information contact Scott Elliott at 617-244-2130, ext 3456 • Sports • Music ~I or via e-mail at [email protected]. Please contact 617-993-5215 or visit our website at www.belmont-hill.org/summer y \i'kst Suburban YMCA for information and r gistration. www.YMCAinNewton.org 11IE FENN SCHOOL TEEN PROGRAM 516 Monument Street 'Patriqt1' Jrail STAR CAMPS CONCORD MA • 24th Year •Co-Ed ages 7-15 STAR Soccer Camp July 17-21 •Aug.14-18 • Aug . 21 -25 • Profess ional Instruction - 1:5 ratio • Lunch &Swim includ ed STAR Baseball, Basketball, Lacrosse, •Multi-session discounts r Softball, Field Hockey Camps •Limited Enrollment r July 10-14 •July 31 -Aug.4 ~lo~ Support your child's growth! Contact Camp Office at 508.497 .8862 ,1 Flag Football - July 17-21 or register at www.allseasonstennis.com j -r/ ouoc iot ~ Call or log on today. ' II Girl Soccer & Volleyball Week r ~England t July 17-21 June 20-23 (4-day camp) • Aug. 21-25 .r Call for Brochure Boys ond Girls 6-1 A All camps operated in Massachusetts must comply with regulations of ean MKhoel o 978-562-5603 the Massachusetts Department of Pub lic Health and be licensed by the y( 978-266-1114 www.acane-camps.org (781) 541-6080 board of health of the city or town in which they are located. ., www.starcamps.com www!.elowlhea i 11.cam '0£ To Adver - <'. Page 24 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, March 3, 2()06 www.allstonbrightontab.c9m AT THE LIBRARY Brighton Branch ext.228. days through Thursdays, 3:30 to 5:30 3 and a caregiver. There will be stories Adult and teen programs Parent & Child Playgroups meet week p.m.., excluding holidays. and a paper craft. Free and open to the i. 40 Academy Hill Road, Brighton, 617- ly at the Winship School, 54 Dighton St public, no registration is required. 1 I 782-6032 Brighton. 'lb attend, call 617-474-1143 Boost your energy • Lap-sit Story Tune, Mondays, 10:30 Piano music of ext. 250. The playgroups are a11 follows: a.m. Children age 4 and younger and a , I Do you want to boost your energy? Mozart and Schumann Tuesday : for2-year-olds, 10:30 a.m. to: caregiver are welcome to join in for sto Books needed for friends Would you like to add more pep to your Pianist huann Chai will pertbrm' 12:30 p.m., Wednesdays: for l -year-olds, ries and a craft. ~o registration is re- life? Angela Su, certified holistic health music by Mozart and Schumann Satur ) spring book sale in April 10 to 11 :30 a.m. quired. counselor and registered pharmacist, tells day, March 4, at 2 p.m. Thursdays: for 3- to 4-year-olds, 10:30 • Preschool Story Tune, Wednesdays, Books are currently being accepted for you how. Learn how a few adjustments in a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; siblings younger than fr?m 10:30 to 11: 15 a.m. For preschoolers the spring book sale in April, sponsored your diet and lifestyle can make all the 6 months are welcome. ages 3 to 5 and a caregiver. There will be Photo exhibit by the Friends of the Brighton Branch Li difference. The event takes place Mon stories and a craft. Free. No registration is There is a photo exhibit featuring pho brary. Please do not include outdated day, March 20, 7 p.m. medical, travel and textbooks. Books will Book discussion group required. tography by Fran Gardino through Friday, be accepted only ifthey are in good condi • The Faneuil Bookworms, A monthly March31. ' A book discus.sion group mtets the firs~ 'Senior Sing-along Cabaret' tion. The books must be brought to the li Wednesday of the month at 11 a.rn., book discussion group for children 4 to 8. I• brary, preferably in boxes. There is no de Copies of the book are available at the li David Poansky's Senior Sing-along After reading each book (a mix of picture Yoga for teens livery service. For further information, brary. New rnei;n!Jers are \Velcome. Cabaret is a fun-filled hour in which the bOoks, nonfiction and/or poetry) aloud, There will be a yoga class for teens F.ri call 617-782..fi032. audience is taken on a musical trip there is a discussion followed by an art day, March 3, 4 p.m. Help for beginning through the past 100 years. The cabaret project or activity based on the theme. 'The Phantom Pirate' takes place Thursday, March 23, 7 p.m. Free and open to the public, no registra Internet user tion is required. ESL conversation group · , David Kales, author of 'The Phantom Mystifi I by the Internet? Don't Imo • The Faneuil Pageturners is a English for Speakers of other L1i Pirate: Tales of the Irish Mafia and the Faneuil Branch parent/child book discussion group ap guages conversation group. Practice con Boston Harbor Islands," will speak about how to surf? Help is availabte at the li brary for patrons to get them started Fo propriate for children 10 and older, and versation skills with an English-spealqng his book Thursday, March 30, 7 p.m., at 419 Faneuil St., Brighton, 617-782•6705 those who enjoy children's literature. Join volunteer Mondays, at 6:30 p.m., Tues the Brighton Library. Kale's work tells the an appoin[ment, call Alan at 617-782 6032. in for conversation and a snack. Registra days, at 11 a.m., and Wednesdays, at 6:'.30 story of a modem-day pirate, the' most Kids' programs tion is required. Books are available at the p.m. Participants can join other adult ian ruthless gangster and feared crime boss in library a month in advance . guage learners to practice conversation Boston. .ESL conversation • Homework Help and Cool Crafts skills in English. The program is free; no • • • • t No registration is requimd for the takes place Wednesdays, from 3:30 to registratlon ts required. · A-B family Network sponsors group, and admission is free. The group 5:30 p.m. School-age children are invited Honan-Allston Branch I) meets Mo day and Thursdays, at 6 p.fill to come craft with the library and take ad Tai Chi class 1' free kids' music event and Wednesdays, Fridays and. Saturdays vantage of the Homework Assistance 300 North Harvard St., Allston, 617-787- Brighton resident and fellow mother Ja Program. Tai Chi class takes place every Mon at 10 a.m. or more information, call 617 6313 day, at 6:30 p.m., for residents 10 1and nine de Souza will lead a one-hour Kin 782-6032. • Afternoon Story Tl.Ille takes place dermusik event Wednesday, March 15, Mondays and Wednesdays, 2 to 2:45 older. Join instructor Shuzhi Teng for ian from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Brighton Branch p.m., where children of all ages and their Kids' programs hour of relaxing tai chi instruction. No Library, 40 Academy Hill Road near Storie and films caregivers are welcome for stories and a Reading Readiness, a seven-week pro registration is required. Brighton Center. The introduction to the Stories and films for children take P5 paper craft. No registration is required. gram, explores the fun·concepts that lead Kindermusik "Sign and Sing" program is Tuesdays, 10:30 am. This is a free pw •Reading Readiness takes place Satur to reading through stories, songs, fiuger Saturday Knitting Circle for ages 6 months to 3 years. This demon gram; all are invited. days, 9:30 to 10:30 am., for children 3 to plays, crafts and educational toys and The Saturday Knitting Circle meets at stration is free. 5. The group explores concepts necessary games. For childrep. 3 to 5 years old. Reg the library every Saturday, 2 to 4 p.m. Ex The Allston-Brighton Family Network Russian collection I before a child learns to read, shares stories ister with the children's librarian. The pro pert knitter Lilian Sharpe will help partici and plays education puzzles. No registra gram is Fridays, March 31 to May 26, at offers free ongoing programs for families The Brl :hton Branch Librnry received pants with their knitting, crocheting or tion is required. The six-session program 10:30a.m.. 1 in Allston-Brighton with children birth to a gift fro the estate of Jennie Levey t9 quilting projects. Stop by for help and is free and open to all. The schedule is: Lapsit Story Tune takes place Thurs 3 years old. All the following programs benefit the Russian collection at the li guidance, or drop in to keep company March 11, Reasoning & Directions; and days, March 9, 16 and 30, and April 6, at are free ~d open to families in the All brary. ~ Bilbo Baggins Fund has been with other knitters. Ages 8 and older are March 25, Sing Along with a Book. 10:30 am., featuring reading aloud and ston-Brighton community: created. Materials include Rmsian fictio4 welcome. No registration is required. ' • The Only Kids Oub is a monthly sharing board books with one's baby 6 to J Welcome Baby brings a one-time cele nonfiction, classics and best-sellers; R~ book discussion group at Faneuil for chil 18 months plus interactive games and bratory home visit to families with new ian DVDs· Russian videos; and Rus.sd· Book di cussion group · ' borns birth to 3 months. The visit cele dren in grades three and older. There will singing. Register with the children's li bookson D. A book discussion group meets the J,ast brates the birth of a new baby in the be conversation and a snack. Books are brarian. The libr;uy invites all Rus>ian rea Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. community, promotes early childhood and conuflunity members to s:1gn up for li} available a month in advance at the li Toddler Story Tune for ages 1 1/2 to 3 brary, and registration is required. The 1/2 and their caregivers takes place every and family literacy and connects families brary cards and view the exi:rting collecr next meeting is Tuesday, March 14, 4 to Tuesdays, at 10:30 a.m. There will be sto Chess instruction \J) with community resources. To refer self ti on. or someone else, call 617-474-1143, ext For more information, call 617-782- 4:45p.m. ries, songs, fingerplays and crafts. To reg Free instruction in basic and adv~ed • Bedtime Stories take place Tuesdays, ister, call the children's librarian. 224. 6032. chess for ages 10 and older with Richard A Parent & Baby Group meets every 6 to 6:30 p.m., an evening edition of Story Preschool Story Tune for ages 3 to 5 Tyree takes place every Saturday fr9m t The Joseph M. Smith Commu Free English class For more information about the Reporting to her in position of To make an app<>intment in tent native speakers wax and wane Women's Health Network pro grants manager is Rebecca Kush Allston, call 617-783-0500; in as ethnic groups come and go in nity Health Center, 287 Western The Joseph M. Smith Commu gram, call 617-208-1660. ner, a newcomer to the center with Waltham, call 781-693-3800. Ave., Allston, is a nonprofit orga nity Health Center is offering a the community. As more B~ a background in nonprofit consult Translation services are available ian and Thai have sought services nization that offers comprehen free English clas. ·. The class will ing. at both sites, as is assistance in at the center, for example, the sive medical, dental, counseling take place Fridays, 10 to 11 am., New deyelopment Browne, who goes by Liz, ap navigating insurance require and vision services to all individ at 287 Western ve. in Allston. Brazilian and Thai-speaking director appointed proaches her new responsibilities ments. staffing has been increased pro uals and families regardless of For more information, call Sonia Elizabeth Browne, former prac as a veteran of both the profit and portionately. By contrast, where circumstance. Below are commu at 617-208-1580. ----- nity events offered by the Health tice director of the Joseph M. nonprofit health care scenes. In Health center offers 10 years ago the need for Bosnian Smith CofilJilunity Health Cen Center. For more information 1989. she began her career at the translation services and Ethiopian was strong, those ' about the events or health center Women's H Ith Network ter's facilio/ in Waltham, has been center as director of operations sub-communities no longer re services, call Sonia Mee at 617- Free health services are avail appointed as the new director of and, after a three-year stint in the The staff of the Joseph M. quire native-language support for . 208-1580 or visit www.jmschc. able through the Joseph M. Smith developm~nt, replacing Victoria private sector, returned in 2003 to Smith Community Health Center their primary care, and the center's org. Community Health Center B. Taiwo, former grants manager. assume responsibility for oversee currently offers translation ser staffing has changed with them. Women's Health Network pro The appointment of this newly ing the opening of a satellite site in vices in 22 languages in addition The chances are good, there gram. Residen may be eligible created position was announced the Main Street space in Waltham. to English. Providers and support fo , that the prospective patient Free health screenings if they are wornen older than 40 by Kathleen P. Phenix, executive Prior to working at the center, she staff speak Armenian, Cantonese, will find at least one person on Free glucose, cholesterol and with a low inc me and have no director, on the departure of Taiwo was a member of the Health Care Finnish, French, German, Haitian staff who will be able to help him blood pressure screenings take insurance or insurance that does for a new career in Washington. Technical Assistance Team at Creole, Hindi, Italian, Kannada, or her should the need arise. Ifthe · place monthly throughout the not cover the following services: "As the health center has Neighborhood Health Plan. She Mandarin, Nepalese, Polish, Por language that a person speaks is community. Below is a schedule physical ·exams. mammograms grown, financial development has holds undergraduate and graduate tuguese, Romanian, Russian, not offered, the center subscribes for the month of March: and Pap tests. The program also taken on increasing importance," degrees from Boston University. Swedish, Telgue, Thai, Urdu and to the AT&T Language Line that Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. to 1 covers cholest rol and glucose said Phenix. Describing the struc The center is at 287 Western Vietnamese. More than 60 per provides access to translators in p.m., at Brazilian Immigrant testing and nutrition counseling. ture of the newly enlarged devel Ave. in Allston and 564 Main St., cent of the staff is proficient in 140 languages. In addition, all Center, 139 Brighton Ave., All- opment department, she said, ''We Waltham. The center provides af Spanish, the largest language outreach materials and signage • ston. Call Kristin for more infor Upcoming Mai1111ography really havF two separate tracks in fordable health services to all resi group currently served. aro provided in Spanish, Por : mation at 781-693-3884. the develo,imient area, one to keep dents of Allston, Brighton, The health center has a demon tu uese, Thai and Vietnamese, as March 7, 9 a.m. to noon, at Vandates: the grants pipeline full, the other to Waltham and surrounding com strated ability to respond quickly well as English. Joseph M. Smith Community Wednesday, March 8; Monday, cultivate income opportunities in munities, insured and uninsurOO, to unanticipated influxes of new To make an appointment re Health Center, 287 Western Ave., March 27; Saturday, April 29; the corporate and private sectors." employed and unemployed, long immigrants looking for both pri quhing language assistance, call Allston. Call Kim for more infor Wednesday, May 24; and Though Browne will oversee timers and newly arrived immi mary care and outreach services. 61 7-783-0500 and request a mation at 617-208-158 1. Wednesday, June 14. both, she will focus on the latter. grants. The numbers of culturally-compe- translator. HOSPITAL HAPPENINGS Kidney stones lecture um, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Med tend the event. The Community Health series Surgery support for those curious about, sched ical Center, Brighton. Individu The workshop will also fea is designed to connect people ul d for, and in the post-operative Dr. Orfeas Liangos, a The Center for Weight Control als who experience a burning ture a complimentary dinner and with the medical professionals stage of gastric bypass and ad nephrologist, will discuss the at St. Elizabeth's is a multidisci sensation during urination, no parking and offer the opportuni working right in the community. plinary program dedicated to ed justable gastric banding. Meeting medical and therapeutic treat For more information or di tice blood in their urine or have ty to ask; questions and discuss ucating patients about the disease take place the third Tuesday of ment optioll$ for kidney stones rections, log on to www.caritas a family history of kidney stones health care needs with special of obesity and the medical prob every month in the St. Margaret's , Wednesday, March 22, from are among tho e invited to at- ists from Caritas St. Elizabeth's. semc.org or call 800-488-5959. C nference Rooms. 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Seton Auditori- lems associates with excess weight. Call Michelle Gurel at 617- I ::r:: The center provides a monthly 789-7474 for information or to Would you invest in a furnace bariatric surgery support group register. To advertise your Retail or Real Estate ' . that pays for itself? business in the Allston-Brighton TAB or one ofth e other award-winning THE BEST IN ICE ENTERTAINM ENT! Of course! Who wouldn't? Eastern Massachusetts Community Contact us Now for a FREE ESTIMATE on a new Newspaper Company papers: High Efficiency Carrier· Furnace for your home or office. 1.888.636.HVAC CONTACT www.excehnechanical.com Retail Advertisers Ha"iet Steinberg 7811433-7865 . ~ Real Estate Advertisers •H .. Tum to the Expem Mark Macrelli 4 7811433-8204 ~ COMMUNllY · ~WER l l l11ali •141• ta•,••1 1 •r· \Vww.a11stonbrightontab.com Friday, March 3, 2006 Allston-Brlll"ton TAB, page 25 ALLSTON-BRIGHTON CDC HAPPENINGS Here '.s' a list of what is happen Allston Brighton COC office in A.-B Bedbug .Building a stronger fi· mation technology? Thinking ing to go to college.or gain specif ing at the Allston-Brighton Com Brighton. Registratton is required. Eradication Initiative nancial luture about going back to college or ic employment training. Partici munity Development Corpora For more informatJon or to regis A series of workshops on build- starting for the first time? ABCDC pants attend workshops about fi The Allston Brighton Bedbug tion, 320 Washington St., 3rd ter, call Ircania e>r Elizabeth at ing a strong financial future have is bringing free community col nancial management, saving for Eradication Initiative provides as Floor; Brighton, MA 02135. 617-787-3874 e-xt.35 or email been scheduled: lege classes to the neighborhood education, accessing financial aid, ,.Phone 617-787-3874 for more in [email protected]. sistance to Allston-Brighton ten Talking Dollars, Making Sense: through the Technology F.duca career planning, talking with chil ~ .formation. ao.ts who have been affected by This four-session money manage- ti.on and Training Opportunity dren about money aii.d more. Con bedbug infestation. Allston ment class helps participants man- Program. Participants can earn up A-BGreen tact Michelle at 617-787-3874, E:righton tenants can receive up to age money and develop a budget to nine college credits through this Homebuying 101 ext. 218, or e-mail meiser@all Space Advoc tes $500 per family to replace bed to reach goals. The class meets 24-week, two-night a week pro- class in Brighton The Allston Brighton Green bug-infested mattresses. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Allston- gram. Classes began in May. Con stonbrightoncdc.Org for more in ' ·r., The Allston-Brighton Commu Space Advocates meet every third To qualify, tenants provide the Brighton CDC. For upcoming tact Joanne McKenna at 617-787- fonnation. \ irlty Development Corporation Wednesday ofthe month at 7 p.m, following documentation: dates, contact Michelle at ext. 218, 3874, ext. 211, or e-mail • Documentation of bedbug in · offers classes covering all aspects at the Allston Bri ton Communi 0 r [email protected] CDC has a Web site of buying your first home. Regis ty Development orp., 320 Wash festation. This can be an ISD re [email protected]. for more information. Check out the Allston-Brighton lration is now open for the up ington St. All c mmunity resi port, a letter from the landlord or Saving for Success orientation •..coming sessions in English and dents are welcom . The advocates other written documentation or re CDC's updated Web site at sessions: Learn about the Allston Tenant www.allstonbrightoncdc.org. Spanish. work toward the preservation and ports of infestation. Brighton CDC program that helps counseling available Now listed are upcoming events The class in English will meet accessibility of open space in the • Proof that you are a tenant in people save up to $6,000 for col on March 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 6- community and support grassroots Allston Brighton. This can be a lege or job training. Monthly Tenants that are facing eviction, and classes. utili- i • ~:45 p.m. This class will be co- organizing eff011s at specific copy of an apartment lease, a workshops cover every thing from looking for housing or have an The Allston Brighton Commu 1foponsored with Bank ofAmerica. neighborhood parks and urban 1y bill or driver's license with cur career planning to talking with issue with a landlord that can't be nity Development Corporation en ' The class in Spanish will meet wilds. For more infonnation, call rent address. resolved, the Allston Brighton gages neighborhood residents in ~ fl kids about money to retirement gp Saturday, March 25, 1 and 8, Heather Knopsnyder at 617-787- •Receipts for the new mattress. planning. Contact Michelle at CDC might be able to help. Con an ongoing process of shaping and ; from 9-12:30 p.m. This class will 3874, ext. 215, ore-mail knopsny Receipts must be dated Oct. 1, 617-787-3874, ext. 218, or meis tact Juan Gonzalez at 617-787- carrying out a common vision of a ·UX)4, or later. ' r be co-sponsored with Citizens [email protected]. er@allstonbrighton cdc.org for 3874, ext. 217, or e-mail gonza diverse and stable community ill ·'oank. Applications to this fund will be [email protected]. ,,, ,!'f . more information. the face of sus~ed economic ~pted through June, or until Graduates will have access to Affordable housing More workshops are being pressures. That vision is evident in funds nm out. State funds for this '' free individual home-buying planned. Upcoming topics will in Saving for Success community-led projects that pro counseling, reduced interest rate rental opportunities initiative were obtained with the clude financial aid for college, ca for Education here tect and create affordable housing, and low-down payment 'loans, The Allston-Brighton CDC assistance of state Rep. Kevin G. reer planning for the rest of your closing cost and down payment owns several buildings with va Honan and state Sen. Steven Tol In this 18-month program, par create green space, foster a healthy life, insurance coverage to protect local economy, provide avenues ·f•raSsistance from the city of Boston cancies for income-eligible appli man. your family and taxes. ticipants save $50 per month, 1J,1and other participating municipal cants. To find out about vacancies, To apply for funds, call Juan which will be matched four-to for economic self-sufficiency, and 'Lities. prequalify or obtain an applica Gonzalez for an intake form at one, for a total of $6,000 saved increase understanding among o 'i The regislration fee is $35 per tion, call Maloney Properties at 617-787-3874, ext. 217, e-mail Earn college credits over the course of the program, and between our neighborhood's person. All classes are held at the 617-782-8644. [email protected] Interested in the field of infor- which is for adults who are look- diverse residents. .JACKSf)N MANN COMMUNITY CENTER 1\le'Wa ... ®.. ...' ...... '"""""" ; t~ Jackson Mann Comm.unity riching environment for students, ages 18 and older include adult Jackson Mann Community years old. ston-Brighton. . basic education, external diploma, Center, 500 Cambridge St., is one Starting in January 2006, the 0 )Center; 500 Cambridge St., is one and also includes programming The program, open to students , GED and ESOL. The program is of 46 facilities under the jurisdic Even Start program's goals are: to 1 Jf( 46 facilities under the jurisdic- for deaf or hard-of-hearing stu attending the Jackson Mann Ele ,, .(l{Jn of Boston Centers for Youth dents. Tutors from Boston Univer funded by the Massachusetts De tion of Boston Centers for Youth mentary School, runs Tuesdays improve children's literacy skills ~;:Ona Families, the city of Bostons sity and Harvard University work partment of Education. and Families, the city of Boston's and Thursdays from 1:30 to 4 p.m. and academic performance; assist 1.argest youth and human service with the children every year. Recreation for all ages. Activi largest youth and human service Each afternoon includes a nutri piu:ents to improve their English agency. Besides JMCC, the com- · For more information, call ties include teen basketball, base agency. Besides the .JMCC, the tional snack, a learning activity re literacy skills; educate parents plex in Uni.on Square' houses the After-School Director Sacha ball and soccer clinics, and basket complex in Union Square houses lated to healthy life choices and a about healthy child development and home environinents con Jackson Mann Elementary School Mcintosh at JMCC at 617-635- ball, soccer and volleyball leagues. the Jackson Mann Elementary physical activity. ducive to literacy development; ~?."and the Horace Mann School for 5153. Community Learning Centers School, and the Horace Mann JMCC recreation assistant Dave assist families in accessing com the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. for all ages at two sites: Hamilton School for the Deaf and Hard of Cyr and after-school staff-are over munity resources to improve their For infonnation about programs Ongoing p grams School and St. Anthony's School. Hearing. seeing the fitness club. For more and activities, call the JMCC of- educational, economic and social Full-day pre!!Chool, for 2.9 to 6 information, call Jackson Mann opportunities; and help parents be i df~e, at617-635-5153. years old. Enrichment activities Organ lessons After School Director Sacha come effective advocates for in£!1 After-school programs for 5- to Activities include Weight Jackson Mann Community Mcintosh at 617-635-5153. th mselves, their children and ~JMCC News Line 12-year-olds at three sites: Jackson Watchers, Alcoholics Anony Center is looking for someone in tl1eir community. - 1 .~'" The ~r-School Program at Mann complex in Union Square, mous, the Allston-Brighton Com the Allston-Brighton community Family Nurturing The Family Nurturing Center, 11! tne Jackson Mann Community Hamilton Sch I on Strathmore munity Theater, tae kwon do and who would be interested in teach Center wins grant through its Allston-Brighton Fam :.i Center currently has openings for Road and Faneuil Gardens Devel martial arts, and computer classes. ing organ lessons at the center. In ily Network, has provided family The Family Nurturing Center, the school year 2005-06. The opment on Noi:th Beacon Street. Jackson Mann encourages resi dividuals who would be interested support and activities for families after-school program, which is The program is funded, in part. by dents to suggest additional enrich in teaching, or taking, lessons, call the Jackson/Mann Community with young children sin,ce 1997. OCCS licensed, runs from the end the After School for All Partner ment activities they would like to Louise Sowers at617-635-5153. Center and Jackson Mann Ele Jackson/Mann Community Cen of the school day until 6 p.m., ship. see available at the community mentary School were recently ter, the lead agency for this Even awarded a Massachusetts Depart Monday through Friday. It also Boston Youth Connection for center, and will strive to provide Getting Start program, is the . largest .Jrprovides services on early release teens at two si : West End House new programs whenever possible. fit ment of F.ducation Even Start provider of English for Speakers fl' days, snow days, school vacation and Faneuil Gardens Develop For infonnation about programs The Jackson Mann Community grant to develop a comprehensive of Other Languages in Allston '·weeks and during the summer. ment. and activities, call the JMCC of Center has begun an after-school family literacy program for 20 Brighton and provides preschool ::· ,: ·· It offers a safe, creative and en- Adult educ tion programs for fice at 617-635-5153. fitness club for students 7 to 12 families, the first of its kind in All- !llld after school programs. ')illi------~------·------~-, COMING THE WEEK OF MARCH 20! 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For in- ·Programming Camp Connolly Day camp that Bay recently ann unced the ex tems as well as the muscles of the formation or to register, call The Oak Square YMCA offers takes place in Oak Square. The pansion of its Math, Science & hrnnan body. As part of the hands- ~o~ Mann at 617-787-8669 or day- and week-long programs new Hardiman Park will make an Technology initiative to 11 new 011 approach to learning, the chil VlSlt www.ymcaboston.org. during school vacations. Activities already great program even better. agencies including the Oak chen in the program will conduct led by certified and experienced Camp for preschool up to teens in Square YMCA in Brighton. The eJ.periments, perform dissections Birthday parties staff include swimming, arts, cludes specialty sports camp, partnership with the science in and go on field trips. crafts, sports, games · and field rumce and gymnastics and more. atthe YMCA dustry aims to foster a lifelong cu "Our children really love the trips. Call Tommi at 617-787- Go to www.ymcaboston.org, click Children's birthday parties may riosity in the sciences and prepare curriculum," said Vmcent W. 8669 for more details or log onto ''Fmd a Y" and choose Oak Caristo, Community Leaming be hosted at the Y. This may be a young people for rewarding ca www.ymcaboston.org and click Square for a brochure and registra Center site coordinator t'6r the pool, sports or gymnastics party reers in the math science and "Find a Y" and choose Oak tion form. Or call the camp hotline technology fields. YMCA "After many hours of and will include a designated Square. at 617-787-8669 for materials to "Innovation and discovery be classroom work, it is a distinct room for cake and presents. For be mailed. The camp is licensed gins with a passion for science," pleasure for the children to be able information, call Tommi Mann at by the state, employees are said Milton J. Little Jr., president to work in small groups using a 617-787-8669. trained, and the YMCA accepts and chief execull ve officer at hands-on approach to learning sci EEC and vouchers and offer fi United Way of Massachusetts ence." Adult leagues nancial assistance. Bay. "Through this effort, we The expansion is in line with expanding want to open heart.·· and minds to WMB 's efforts to make the pro YMCA needs help science at a young age. It is our gram available to 300 children by Basketball and indoor soccer collective responsibility - espe 2(X)6 and to have a statewide pres leagues are forming. Coed and during fund-raiser cially in a region where science is ence for grades four to 12 by gender-only options are available. The Oak Square YMCAis kick a driving economic force - to 21X>&. For league information, visit ing off its annual Reach Out Cam show young people that scientific For more information, visit www.ymcaboston.org. paign, a fund-raiser to support the careers are realistic options." Y.ww.uwmb.orglmst. YMCA scholarship program. This United Way's M th, Science & New Website year's goal is $67,000. In 2005, Technology initiative was ~lewsletters available Check out www.ymca the YMCA provided assistance to launched as a pilot effort in 2004 boston.org and click on ''Find a Y'' E-newsletters covering topics more than 1,000 families who at three after-school sites serving and choose Oak Square. Fmd out could not afford the full price of 50 youth in grades four to eight in such as family programs, fitness, what is going on, get schedules aquatics, sports and volunteering child-care, summer camp, pro Cambridge and Somerville. Part and updates and much more. grams or membership. The fund ners in the pilot effort were East a::e now available. To sign up, visit also supports youth leadership End House and Cambridge Com www.ymcaboston.org. programs. Supporters can help by munity Center, both in Cambrid~ YMCA expands hours donating and/or volunteering to and Elizabeth Peabody House in ~lew holiday and New winter hours are now in ef help during an activity or event Somerville. Founding sponsors of fect Monday through Thursday, sometime during the three month the initiative include EPIX Phar vacation camps from 5:45 am. to 10:30 p.m.; Fri campaign. Call Linda Silvestri at maceuticals, Houghton Mifilin Programs to keep children ac day until 10 p.m.; Saturday, from 7 617-787-8668 or Lsilvestri@ym Co., Alexandria Real Estate and tive and engaged during the up am. to 7 p.m.;: and Sunday, from caboston.org. Grace Construction Products. coming school vacations will in 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more informa Young people at the Oak clude art, dance, crafts, tion, visit www.ymcaboston.org WS FROM WGBH WGBH auditions ago when the auction first pre radio began in Milwaukee, where en work in radio, television and miered," Tulenk<> said "Viewers he worked on the production team online media. WGBH is seeking high school today are used to fast-paced online for the talk shows of Wisconsin In order to better serve its audi Bringing the World students in grades nine to 12 to au and TV shopping experiences, so Public Radio's Ideas Network. ences through the convergence of dition for a new reality competi we challenged ourselves to come .After moving to Boston, he re its radio, television and online tion television show to be pro Closer to Home up with ways of treamlining the turned to public radio in 2004 as media efforts, WGBH Radio has duced this summer. This new auction experience to make it easi ti'le online content producer for promoted several senior staff In this issue of Parents and Kids, we're taking you around the world. show will test the skills of two er for viewers to bid on the items WGBH. members, Vice President for Tele But there's no need to pack. From hosting an exchange student to teaipS -of'players who compete by of most interest to them while still ''Classical Weekend" can be vision and Radio Stations Marita learning another language, you can indulg11 your child's natural curiosi designing solutions to engineering keeping auction fun and vibrant" heard Saturday and Sundays, 6 to Rivero recently announced. ty by giving them an intriguing taStl! of another culture. problems such as building an auto To that end, t111 > year' seven 10 am., on WGBH 89.7. matic scrambled egg maker or de day WGBH AucUon will air June If you are interested in leaving the h@use in the near future, signing a fingernail polisher. Women's HistOly Month we also have some great suggestions for summer travel. · Students don't need to have ex 4 through 10, on WGBH 2, from 7 tMGBH to air diverse WGBH commemorates - tensive experience with engineer to 11 p.m., with the exception of Women's History Month with a music programming To view our current issue, visit www.towno11tine.com/parentsandkids or ing to audition, although some Sunday, June 4, when it will air selection of films and programs to from 3 to 11 p.m. In addition, each pick up a copy at CVS, Stop & Shop and Other family friendly locations. prior knowledge is helpful. Audi during March air on television, radio and the evening will be organized solely tions are by appointment S1Jilday, WGBH presents a variety of Web that celebrate the achieve by theme, including fine art, March 12, and Saturday, March new music programs during its ments of women around the parentsandkids 18. sports, travel, wine and dining, March p1edge drive and welcomes world For more information, visit shift Call 617-300-3833 or e-mail and the auction will to an all to its studio several special guests. www.wgbh.org/womenshistory. charge/all-ship fi with limit [email protected]. Great Pe:ifonnances: Andrea ed in-person pick-up available for Bocelli: "Amore" will be present I items such as fine art and wine. Create something special wit h photo reprints! 'Rich Dad's Guide to. t:d Saturday, March 4, 4 to 6 p.m., One of WGBH's most popular on WGBH 2, and Monday, March Wealth' community events, the WGBH 6, 8 p.m., on WGBH 44. The Tus How does a person get ahead fi Auction debuted the Channel 2 can-born Bocelli continues to se nancially? Investor, educator and Auction in 1966. It was an instant duce audiences everywhere with author Robert Kiyosaki has the an hit, raising $130,CXX> and attract lhe melodies and performances swer: people should raise their fi ing thousands of viewers who lhat · first enthralled American nancial IQ to make their money called in to bid on a quirky collec ,Ii.ewers in his 1997 PBS special For the easiest tion of items that mcluded a don fastest, work for them. "Andrea Bocelli: Romanza in Kiyosaki has changed millions key donated by U. . Sen. Leverett Concert." This new special was of lives all over the world. His Saltonstall. Over the years, the recorded in Lake Las Vegas from a way to order your photo reprints, order online! book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" has WGBH Auction has offered up for concert venue that literally floats been on the New York Ttmes best bid everything f1om a Model T in the resort's 320-acre lake. With seller list for more than five years. Ford to lunch with artist Andrew views of the area's Ponte Vecchio Now, "Rich Dad's Guide to Wyeth at the Museum of Fine i:tyle bridge and Mediterranean- Wealth with Robert Kiyosaki," Arts. The event also has attracted 1hemed village as a backdrop, Bo airing on PBS as part of the March an enthusiastic army of 5,CXX> vol celli performs songs from his pledge drive Thursday, March 9, unteers while raising more than $1 forthcoming album "Amore" such 7:30 to 9 p.m., on WGBH 44, million a year to upport WGBH's as "Autumn Leaves" and "It's Im builds on the ''Rich Dad, Poor educational programs and ser possible." Also featured will be Dad" real-life financial lessons vices. duets with 2001 Tony Award-win Kiyosaki learned from two men 'Tue auction ' ontinues to be ner Heather Headley ("Aida") and about money: his father, the ''poor WGBH's most unportant, high David Foster, am ng others. dad," a high-paid government of profile comrnooity fund-rai ing ''Roy Orbison & Friends: A event," Tulenko .i.id ''We're con ficial who died broke; and his Black & White Night," will take I "tich dad," who started with noth fident that these modifications will place Saturday, March 4, 6 to 8 I ing and became one of the richest enable us to stay competitive and p.m., on WGBH 2 ! men in Hawaii. continue to be the best auction in WBOS on-air personality John I Kiyosaki retired at the age of 47 town." Laurenti will be in the WGBH stu l, by following the advice of his dio to present ''Roy Orbison & ''rich dad." ''Rich Dad's Guide to McCreath named host JFriends: A Black & White Night" Wealth" empowers viewers with of 'Classical Weekend' Recorded at the Cocoanut Grove I advice to set them on a similar .n Los Angeles in 1988, this con- r I path. In a presentation before a WGBH has named Brian Mc 1;ert features Roy Orbison, who studio audience, Kiyosaki begins Creath as host and producer of died in December of that year, per by explaining the key difference "Classical Week nd" McCreath forming with gue ts Bruce Spring between wealth and being rich, joined WGBH' music projects ,>teen, Elvis Costello, k.d lang, exploring the changes in the finan department in December 2004, .Jackson Browne and Bonnie cial landscape since the 1974 Em where he helped f'I'Oduce live per Raitt. ployee Retirement Security Act formances and c ncert recordings. ''Moments to Remember: My and the development of 401(k) In December 2005, he became a Music" will be presented Satur pepsion plans that turned many substitute host for "Classical ::lay, March 11, 7 to 9:30 p.m., on people into investors but without Weekend." WGBH 2. Producer TJ. Lubinsky Photo't-shil't £ the education to do it right. In this McCreath cam to WGBH with 1vill be in the WGBH studio to wogram, Kiyosaki gives viewers a diverse background in music. present his latest ''My Music" spe tl;le financial education they never After graduating from the ew cial. Following up on the pledge got in school. England Conservatory, he worked smash ''Magic Moments," this all You must use a credit card as an orchestral and chamber mu new follow-up special titled ''Mo when ordering online. WGBH revamps WGBH sician with the Symphony Orches ments to Remember," is the latest tra of the State of Mexico, and as production in the ''My Music" se Please allow I -2 weeks for delivery. Auction principal trumpet of the Milwau ries. Patti Page returns to co-host The WGBH Auction is getting a kee Ballet Orchestra. He grew up all new performances and archival makeover, as the community insti- in Fort Worth, Texas, and it was classics from the vault with co tution undergoes its most signifi- his experience towing eastern Eu hosts Nick Clooney, Peter Mar cant format changes since it de- rope with the Youth Orchestra of shall, Wmk Martindale and the IIC OMMUNITY buted 40 years ago. Greater Fort Worth that led to a ''Lawrence Welk Show's" Mary ~~~~PER According to auction manager Jove of orchestral music. While in l!Jl Lou Metzger. 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