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CRIME Carjacking story a hoax
By Ka ren Elowltt driving down Lincoln Street, on STAFF WRITER her way to make a bank deposit woman who claimed to for her employer, when a man have been the victim of an walked up to her car and yelled A Allston crujacking last "Get Ollt of the truck." ' week ended up under arres~ after She reportedly got out of the police discovered that she had in car aftel' the suspect maneuvered vented the incident to hide the his hand in his pocket as if he had fact that she stole money from her a gun, and the suspect took off employer. with the vehicle down Lincoln Susan Shea, 42, of 184 N. Har Street, heading towards Leo vard St. in Allston, called 'police Birmingham Pru:kway. around 12:49 p.rn. on March 7 A short time later, officers from a phone booth at 204 N. began to doubt Shea's story after Harvard St. and said that she had the WOman 's employer, Ad just been the victim of a crujack vanced Auto Parts, told them that ing, according to a police report. they h&d spotted Shea's vehicle She told officers she had been HOAX, page 6
HEALTH 'Gardner school K1 student Edmllson Ferreira sings al!lf1l: wtth the rast Norovirus Starting off on bettern strikes By Julie Masls more children. CORRESPONDENT Pilot schoo IlJrings Prior to the recent iditiati ve. On a recent Monday morning, 20 boys back musi class did not offer and girls between the ag of 4 and 5 at ~'i'ar school, ~":~..,.J ~~:' ~':!;.~' i' ~esldent~, staff Thomas Gardner Elementaryt School - tJons;a!ihougl1 , in a circle around their favorite stop. taught during the aft.:r-sli:hc)()1 n"nO'",\'; By Julie Masls She explained that doctors did teacher, Mr. H, who never comes to class Thes ki ndergarteners do not realize those students whose CORRE SPONDENT some tests and told her that it was without his guitar. They have been learn how lueky they are to have Mr. H - Chris tional fee. When Jewish Community a virus. I ing about music for four weeks and they Hersch - and his guitar in their school. Although she adrni~*!d Housing for the Elderly resident Asushkina and her neighbor already remember the words to many Mr. The lasl time that children at the Gardner music class when she Judith Asushkina, 90, arrived at are. just two of dozens of elderly H's songs: about the cat who came back, were taught to sing was in 2004, wben the said literacy and math the hospital with severe vomiting reSidents and staff at JCHE in the duck with the feathers on his back music ptogram was funded by a grant. the priority in Rn,,'nn,'b last Saturday night, she was sur Brighton who have been recently w 0 lead the others with the quack, The (Jardner launcbed a music program while the arts are prised to find her neighbor, an el sickened by what experts suspect q ack, quack, and Miss Mousey who in its Idtldergarten and special needs class hit when budget cuts derly Jewish woman from is a new, particularly powerful wouldn't even marry the president with rooms lifter the winter vaC;ltion, giving 42 When the budget Ukraine, also hospitalized with strain of norovirus responsible out her Uncle Rat's consent. children an opportunity to learn about faces this dilemma: the same symptoms. for hundreds of stomach flu cases They also know abou,t Mr. H's special music on a weekJy basi", according to tional teacher to "First my daughter and I in New England and across the laoder, that has eight steps: do, re, mi, fa, Julie Bot\, the director Oi' extended ser hire a music ,poche• • ?!' vices at the school. adding that she does last thought it was food poisoning, country this winter. so, la, ti, and how to go up and down this but I was vomiting too much," JCRE is not the only facility to ladder in different directions. Plus, they This has been made pol,sible through a time the Gardner had dur- partnership with the Community Music ing the regular school Asushkina said, speaking in be hit by the viral-borne illness, are learning to keep singing while they Russian. tap, clap and sway to the rhythm, and end Center of Boston. Next year, Bott said, the But music teacher He'rs c~, said NOROVIRUS, page 6 the song when Mr. H says it's time to schooliJ hoping to bring music classes to 5 PEDDLE TO THE MEDAL INSIDE LARKIN Be footlball star s with E ~ righton ki_t.J
By Karen EIOiVltt STAFF WRITE A Nick Larkin's efi'{.rts always seem to show results. His hard work on the football field has helped lead Boston College to victory. His seriousn s about his studies has resulted in a near straight-A GPA and ",uious acad emic honors. And w/1en he does volunteer work, it ~hows in the Alert: Watch out faces of those he helptl. At 6 feet 4 inch" and 250 for this chronic pounds, Larkin is a d4:fensive end for the BC Eagles, and was a key prankster player in their recellt successful season. A human development ~SEEPAGE 13 and psychology double major at BC's Lynch School of' Education, 8ostl'" Collage football star and ace student he was one of six DC football visit. wtth Jeremy Stadelmann at Brighton's Fr.""liSC'tn Hos"ltal Children. players named to the ACC All Academic team for his outstand nurnFrous volunteer activities
ing classroom achievements. Stu around Brighton. Through the PliOTO BY MATTHEW HEALEY 1IIoiInteI.1IaI 9 dents must maintain at least a B HEAR program (Help Educate David Paterson of Newton (right) and Beth Rummier of Watertown take part In the Oak Square YMCA spln-a-thon c:on.n.nty Notes 7 average to eam this distinction. thro'Jgh Athletic Responsibility), When he is not playing football LarI:in and his teammates visit el fundralser on Saurday, March 10, 2007. Crime 4 or studying, Larkin participates in ementary and middle school stu- Travel 18 :\I.\EL Call For a Free UIII8ry Notes 19 Market Analysisl [HlRO"H \4:TH: Mlrlgage Loans 0bItIaIas 10 Local knowledge. Ontu~ HIstory 2 Sports Experienced answers. --r21. I..etteIS 8 Auto • Expert Cleaning Shawmut Properties 134 Tremont Street· Brighton Work Ifljuries Peoples • Shirt Service federal Savings Bank All wo rk do'ne on premises. • You,. Neighborhood Realtor® Allston 229 Nonh Harvard Street 535 Washington Street 20 Franklin St., Brighton Brighton 4)5 Market su"" Tel. 617·787·2121
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By Bill Marchione months) enhanced the appear BRIGHTOf'MLLSTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ance of these buildings. Here's the answer to this The introduction of streetcar week's contest (we gave you service along Commonwealth extlweek's contest Avenue in 1909 stimulated the hint last week): The Edge Hint: This photograph of an i'lnp<)Iil~illt houses survives. you leave a message, please spell yonr rapid development of the av wood, Norwood & Wellesley North Brighton thoroughfare dates Can rou identify the street on which name slowly and clearly and include enue as a ILIXury apartment Apartments, 1387-1395 Com 1949. these houses were located as well as the yonr first and last name. Also, leave building zone, monwealth Ave., Allston. In the foreground, a major CO ln <1T1IC housing development under construc yonr telephone number in case we need The parcel 011 which these This handsome block of ele tion project is under way that will tion in the foreground? to contact you with questions about yonr gant Renaissance Revival style apartments w built had once vide honsing for World War n veter.\tns Plea~ email yonr answer to allston answer. apartment houses, situated at been part of the cow pasture of and their faruilies. ighltofl'8>cllc.com, fax it to 781-433- All answers must be received by noon 1387-1395 Commonwealth wealthy Allston landowner and Only one of this handsome call it in to 781-433-8365. If on Thesday, March 20. Ave., on the northwest comer businessman Jobo Warren Hol of Allston Street, were built in lis, the man after whom nearby the 1912 to 1913 period. Hollis Place was named. ,. , They were designed by Fred The owner of the land just erick A. Norcross, a prominent prior to construction of the architect of the day, who de buildings was E. Chase. In signed at least 17 other Com 1916, the most easterly of the monwealth Avenue apartment three buildinilH, the Wellesley, structures in the years just be belonged to Frederick Howard. fore and after World War l. The Edgewood and Norwood The thr!:e buildings bore the buildings w re owned by names the Edgewood, Nor Thomas H. and Ella J. Russel. wood and Wellesley Apart ments. Notice how the awnings Bill Marchione can be (which served to cool the apart reached at wpmarchione@ ments in the hot summer rcn.com. Winners Congratulations to this week's winners:
Phyllis Harrington PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BRIOKToN-AllSTON HISTORICAl SOCIETY Pam Tindall Charlie Denison Kate Brasco historical society If you have photos of So<: ie~Y I to copy them for p See what's new POLITICAL NOTES Allston-Bright on CDC In Arroyo investigates with Disabilities andlor the Boston Transp<>rtation Commis city's handicapped sion a comprehensive list of parking program street addresses at which handi Boston City Councilor At capped parking spaces have WEEKLY SPECIALS Large Felix D. Arroyo filed an been designated, sorted ;py m m official request for information neighoorhood. lUlU MARCH 13 T MARCH 18 about the city's handicapped parking progrann under the pro LHI honors Banios , visions of Section l7F of Chap Latin American Health Instl.' ter 376 the Acts of 1951. tute's second fund-raising e'tent The City of Boston Commis in its 20th Aluuversary A~ sion for Persons with Disabili and Lecture Series will featore ties and the Boston Transp<>rta State Sen. Jarrett Tomas Barnos\ t r- tion Commission jointly on Wednesday, March 28, at e administer a program designed Moakley Federal Conrthouse• on ...... , ...... :.3ge lb. to accommodate the needs of Boston's harbor and includen{ Boston residents whose disabili catered reception with the h9~ ...... , $3.98 quart ties substantially impair their oree. , ", mobility. Those who obtain a Representing Saugus, Revere;' doctor's affidavit certifying that Everett, Chelsea, Somervil'tii: their transp<>rtation needs can be Charlestown, Cambridge «n'1l aided by the use of designated Allston-Brighton, Barrios' tc5p1~ handicapped parking spaces will be "lnlmigrants: Love' to near the places of residence are Hate Us. Can't Live Without provided with such a space. Us." LID will honor the senato( Arroyo is concerned that some with its 20th anniversary aYo/'ard of those utilizing this progrann for his legislative contributions may be committing fraud. Some to alleviating health care dispar of those obtaining handicapped ities in the commonwealth /lDd One Day Installation parking spaces may not be dis for his leadership in helping to No Mess ... abled or otherwise entitled to expand health care for all unqer- No Stress ... those spaces and may be abusing served groups. • the progrann in order to create re LHI is a community-b~~ - Over 1.3 Million Installed Since 1979 served parking spaces at their professional public health orga - Manufacturer's lifetime Guarantee residence. nization whose ' progrj!D's '''This official request for in reached 25,000 Latin Amen,can Exclusive Colors and Styles for your formation is a preliminary step and wainscot... Subway nie, Beadboard, fanlilies and individuals in necessary to the conduct of a 2006. " 6" lile, 5" Diamond lile, Gran~es & Marbles more in-depth investigation of Robert Pomales, LID's execu So easy 10 clean ... ND MORE MOLDY the city's handicap parking tive diTector for health p<>licy Professional Service ... find us on Angie 's list spaces," Arroyo said. "It is es and partnerships, said, "We look IAPMO , H.U.D., UL, NAHB, ASTM & ANSI sential that the city ensures that forward to a stimulating presen this imp<>rtant progrann remains tation by Sen. Barrios on co'lfrD Visil One of Our Showrooms: available to Boston's disabled versial issues that affect onr -Framingha m: residents at the same time we en clients, onr staff and the huger 419 Worcester Rd . sure that it is not subject to fraud society. The proceeds from·'the (West of Shoppers Workt Near Ate. 30) or abuse." event will allow us to reach Or @ www.rebalh.com Arroyo has requested from the more families and individuals Boston Commission for Persons more effectively." Store Hours: Mon - Sat 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. • Sun 8 a.trI. - 6 p.m. • Visit our website: www.russo.!.com Subscribe to the AlB TAB Ca":~1960 • 3 Make this Winter Really Warm Convert To Clean Dependable Natural Gas Heating ..II- ..... as~ force votes to support _wED GET A DISCOUNTED BURNHAM BOIL'ER' By Karen Elowltt than just taking aId not giving back," saidAr ouorelK:h programs, better marketing SPECIAL GAS CONVERSION BONUSES :. STAFF WRITER turo Vasques of SAS, landscape design con •• program, ·Call 1611) 964·9600 for detail•• ultants. Based 011 work done over the last ad;::, ~gsc:O~~f)l! th~~eti ls~~ECAP • In a 7-1 vote, the St Elizabeth's Task Force 10 and an employ- Serving Newton For More Than 30 Years! <1ecided Thursday to officially support the few weeks, Vasques was able to present de at the street level of the aospital's plans to build a new Emergency tailed plans for the new road and landscaping. WE WILL BEAT OR MEET ANY COMP E!T1TOR'S PRICE ON WATER HEATERS. C>epartment at the comer of Washington and For example, al though 12 trees will have to audiencelmember wondered Cambridge streets in Brighton. be removed toma1:e way for the road, 15 new of these plans really constitut Free Appointment· Free HOme Survey· Free Estimate : The vote came at the end of the task force's ones will be planted throughout the grounds. benefits, or were they simply Water Heater Replacement· Same Day Service 12th meeting on March S, and marked the In addition, the new road will include a buffer should normally be en- ~u1mination of one year of planning, collabo LO provide privacy for those visiting the adja I)tion and negotiation between the hospital cent shrine, and the,footpaths around it, which the ~ office is really ifnd the community. ~" ~ , ~" ~ ! ,~,, ~" U.! are currently buckled, will be retained and im- aae~o~~' ~IU:nn~~~;: said task force mem Gq, t 19 Chapel Street. Newton .. ICI1IINN : Though the vote was near-unanimous, the proved. b.'It just seems like common --. ~me "no" vote reflects the fact that there is Both Vasques aIKl Mark Tarlton, VP of fa- sense." also questioned the .amounts Fully Insured: Master lie. No. 10719 A KeySPin VPI Value Plus Installer VIlE PIa IatIIer '!till dissent among task force members and cilities at St. E's, talked about ways to soften nursing scholarships, noting Q'sidents opposed to all or part of the project. thef~adeof thelKw Emergency Department not go veliY far at today's tu- : Task force member Dick Marques, who by using attractively textured rock and land- toted against the expansion plans, is particu ping, as well as ways the hospital can im that the issue of community Walter's frly )lllhappy about the new road that will cut prove the appearance of the adjacent road a subject of ongoing discus tfrrough the monastery grounds around the way. sion between and the task force, fatima shrine. Some trees will have to be cut 'The strategy from the beginning has been even after begins. 'The task Jewel ~o wn to make way for the road, which will be /'lOw can we create a better streetscape?" said force will to meet for the life of the 40 years experience F. to access the old ED while the new one Vasques. 100year Masler Plan," Tarlton If being built at the comer of Washington and Tarlton suggested that the hospital adopt said in watch repair including: €ambridge streets. the entire length of Cambridge Street from Although BRA has Dot formally made Rolex, Movado, Omega, • Representatives from SAS Design, the Warren Street to the intersection of Washing its reoolllmellcjation yet, the BRA is expected Cartier & Tag Heurer kmdscape design firm handling the grounds, ton Street for the ",!Xl I 0 years, and pay to re to approve after the final public Batteries, Watch Bands Said that though the loss of trees and green place all the dead and diseased trees and make comment on March 27. Gold, Platinum, Silver jewelry from Italy, Canada & Brazil other improvements as well. iPace on the comer and in the monastery Members public ,Jho wish to submit Jewelry remodeling & appraisal for insurance p>unds is regrettable, measures would be In addition to bewtifying the street, Tarlton against the new ED should tftken to mitigate it. enumerated a long list of further community jay.rourke.bra@cityojboston. All work done on premises ! 'The intention is to add 'in-kind,' rather benefits that the hospital plans to offer, such gov. I 236 Harvard Street. Braoklll". ' Coolidge Corner (C-Traln) 617 .277 .9495 U, acJ-<:son Mann celebrates 30 years of recall':1I in a recent interview that By Judy Wassennan was a small school in COORESPONOENT mid 1970 , it wanted to ex- :• Jackson Mann Community Center has int,:.rrate deaf education with reg ~bosen to celebrate its 30th anniversary by edIJCatiOl~. Coincidentally, said DiNa ijonoring four women who have helped Boston was also lOOking to !pake it a vibrant partner in the Allsron ""rllle,l, for students and families in frighton community. Their similar goals 12-Month CD , Patrice DiNatale, Diane Joyce, Ellen Mc brought ~ ~o.~~:~~e~ she said, and Jack 9-Month CD ~arthy and Joanne Russell will be feted at son Mann ( CJnter was the re- ~Celebrating 30 Years, Honoring Collabora sult. 5.25!~ lion" on March 29 at Harvard University's DiNatale, served as Horace Mann 5.25t~ $pangler Center. J'roceeds from the fund principal for years until she retired in l'aising event will benefit Jackson Mann 2005, and is a senior research associate ~ommunity Center programs for all ages, at BO Sl{to:~nm~de~:~~'1 said r ne of her best with emphasis on summer activities. JMCC IT aDle to take a very : The four women represent, respectively, small and Iso l;~ted for the deaf and o ~e Horace Mann School for the Deaf & "a beautiful new complex o liard of Hearing; the JMCC; the North Zone our ability to work with the Q trrly Learning Center; and Jackson Mann Mann was able to dou ~chool. Today, all but the ELC are housed in ble its and lIlF,t the growing needs of Decision. Decision. ~e Union Square complex. STAR' PHOTO 8 '1' K[J1H E. ~ students j d families, she The choice is YOlll1i. You'll earn a great rate of return no ~ 'These four women have truly set the pat DI Natate, former ptlnclpat of the said. matter what term you select. For more information, call1-S77-668-2265 ldard for successful collaboration," said J/iCJ ;"iJheAllston-Brighton TAB (USPS 14-706) is published by lAS ('.omrrunity New 254 Second Ave., Needham. MA 02494, weekly. Periodicals postage paid at Boston, MA. 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Page 4 Allston-Brighton TAB March 16, 2007 www.allstonbrightontab.com- COMMUNITY SAFETY ~ School bomb threat Drug arrests got home from a night of club 8 1 bing, several personal items were SA On March 7, the principal of Henry Hess, 43, of 400 0 1 missing fro m their apartment, A , 1 the Brighton High School 5 Washington St., Somerville, O ~ including a laptop, a digital canl called police to report that he and Noel Kedain, 36, of 58 , P era, credit cards and cash. The vic found a note taped to a wall near a Willow St" Cambridge, were tims suspected that two male classroom that read "On March arrested on March 5 at the comer house guests were responsible for 20, you will suffer ... you will feel of Empire and Harvard streets and the theft. Police are investigating. my heat melting your skin when I charged with possession of a class go kaboom!" Further investiga B substance and intent to distril> tion revealed that the note was ute, according to a report. Offioors Drinking arrest placed by Jose Charez Alvarado, observed the two men engaged in Robert E. Bamberg, 49, 17, of 122 Heath St., Jamaica a drug trans.'IClion, and upon stop 1 0 of 445 Adams St., Plain. The suspect is a former stu ping them, I(.und a small quaiJt ity Boston, was arrested on March 10 dent at the school. Police arrested of white powder in Hess' posses in front of 10 Glenville Ave., the suspect and charged hi m with sion. Allston, and charged with public threats to commit a crime and dis drinking, according to a report. lulbing public assembly. Drug and Officers reportedly observed Bamberg wi th an open bonle of Vehicle damaged by warrant arrest beer on the sidewalk. beer-wielding suspect Byron Montgomery, 44, of 6 23 Colburn St., Dedham, Drugs found On March 5, a man reported was arrested on March 5 at 2 U 2 to police that his vehicle had Harvard Ave. and charged .wi th in dorm room been attacked by a pedesoian at possession of marijuana, accood on March 10, a resident 47 Brackett St., Brighton. The vic ing to a report. Officers stopped li assIstant at the EF tim said that while he was stopped the suspect nL the rear of the build Language School at 200 Lake St., at a stop sign, he honked to get the ing after they observed him acti ng Brighton, reported that a foreign driver in front of him to move, at suspiciously An inquiry and student carne to her with a large which time the suspect, who was search turned up a bag of marijua bag of white powder and told her, crossing the street on foot, staned na. 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From "Comedy Central Presents" and "Premium Blend" and CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" MIKE alGLIA lea.,her Chris Hersch leads a Gardner School K1 music class Monday morning. March 5. - - Gardner makes nlllsic a pri ·ty MUSIC, from page 1 to tell a story through a song, he tiOD. as a pilot school, we can ••; ). , ,h .. her o)anization, teaching music to children is es said. When they learn notes, they thir.k. about what our priorities funded~y grants, sen.t;jal . - learn about fractions, and some are" instruction to 22 "It uses a whole other part of times they even leatl1 social stud John Eskew, member of the schools, 14 of their rrain that is untapped," he Gardner's governing board, offer any other ies, in songs that deal with r.------~ said, adding that it's important to places, such as 'ThJs land is your whose son attends kindergarten nrc)"nlm'ni r' ~ .. The princi- teach b usic at elementary school land, this land is my land." at lbe school, said the board re :1 ~ I§'I'I ~ ~ m,!, ~ III :1 I). a: I #!, 11: .: th~ I~~~~~::~ _ fery inter- bec!luse at a young age children's Bringing back music is one celltly decided to pull the funds n artd expand- ~ CIIP 'N' Sa.. : -100;' - ~ Replace that rotted I b~s can pick things up faster, . progran) next year, thing the Gardner is doing differ from the intramural sports pro I For ARain, Da,1 SENIOR: leaking prOblem, I . the 'same way that that children enty after it acquiJ'Cd pilot status grltm, which the school was not back tn kinder- I ) now for Spring, I .. learn foreign languages much this year, which has given the using anyway, in hopes of offer sOi~~~+~' ~: : I~IS~~U_N!: We can fit any size: : ' qui~er than adults. school's parents and faculty more ing music and art classes in the is imp~ssed with ri's much harder to get fifth flexibility in maki ng decisions. fwure. voices in 1$ chorus. I flat or sloped I ' gniaers to sing in tune if they did "A pilot school cun be in a p0- So far, the elementary school '''1'1ho",''o already singing in I foundations. I . n 'i " ~ave music in elementary sition to have more autonomy has spent $2,400 for the l6-week only my fourth time : We do full digouts! : : school, he said. over the budget, [nod make I de mus ic program, said Lucy Joan nFlsam. "They!re learning Mhsic also helps children cisions over how to speM the Sollogub, the director of school even IJnow it." I FREE ESTIMATES· 781-820-7381 I " excel in other subjects. When money you have," Bott said. outreach at the Community ~------~ " chlIClren leam songs, they leam "Now that we have more discre- M.usic Center of Boston. Sol- new. vocabulary words and how _.j ., 5 Spring. time to call for Snow! ." .. ~ r all rour exterior home improvement needs . ;'f Making a difference LARKIN, from page 1 he said. the football team members do schOOls. 'We talk about athletics, As for what drives him to do Slme sort of community service, ~@oITiJUo 0 but we also talk about things like volunteer work, Larkin mentions and that senior players often in overcoming adversity, tife priori a sermon he heard recently on spire the younger ones to partici ties and goal setting." campus. 'The priest said you pate. ~ !~N~!!~ DITl@o ije also schedules monthly vis should identify what you're good Larkin originally started volun I its'li> Brighton's Franciscan Hos at, and use that to help other pe0- teering as a freshman, when a piclT for Children, where he and ple. I think I work. well with pe0- teammate who was working with otl't~ players put on their jerseys ple and kids. I' m trying to use that disabled kids at the campus and hang out with sick and di s to help people." ,;cbool convinced him to partici r!t~!m~~~h~m~siPn~o9s~ (minimum 1200 s.f. full coverage jobs only. Good through March 31 st.) abled kids, doing crafts and play Mostly, Larkin does what he !;J3te, too. Now he is encouraging intg ames with them. does because he loves the way it the next generation of volunteers. Vinyl "It's cool, especially for the makes him and the kids feel. ''The younger guys look up to Vinyl 0100r kids, when these huge ath "You get a lot out of it, and the us," Larkin said. Replacement Siding leth come in," he said. ''The kids kids get a lot out of it," he said. Tbough he is set to graduate in m Windows ALCOA really tight up when we go there." Though he gelS a lot of atten May, Larkin will likely be back at trnd to cap it all off, Larkin also tion and accolades for his work, BC in the fall since he is still eti voltmteers as a teaching assistant including a nomination for the gible for one more year of foot Put Your at '13C's campus school for se Coca-Cola Community All ball. He said he will try to take verely disabled children, where America Award, an honor which football as far as it will take him, he often can be found reading sto recognizes student-athletes who but he will also likely apply to Tax Refund ries, singing songs and interact make a difference in their com doctoral programs in ctinical psy Shingles to Good Use! in~ with the youngsters. munities, Larkin feels somewhat chology. He also plans (0 contin Year warranties Available "I have really been able to see uncomfortable being singled out. ue working with local kids as some incredible development in He said that about 70 percent of much as possible. the children," he said. "It started 971 Main street. Waltham • (781) 893-4546 with just an hour a week, but I am aWe to get there twice a week in oUr off-season." AI)~ULT SPORTS Richard Maloney, assistant di ~ (eCtor of the Boston College LEAGUES • Neighborhood Center in Softball, Basketball - Brighton, who helps coorctinate - the HEAR program, can't say Dodgeball enpugh good things about Larkin. ~ 'He's tremendous working with kids," Maloney said. ''He COME Pl'..AY! gires them a great message. Nick www.TsLeague"com presented by biogen ideo FOUNDATION is:a great credit to Boston Col 508-498-7845 l e~e, not just the athletic depart ment. He's one of these kids who is :aJways there when he is need- SEPTEMBER 7 • 8 9 . a~07 ed." t :n.e 21-year-old Larkin, who is CAPE COD, MASS. onginally from the Cincinnati area, is modest about his achieve mlmts, crediting his family, team The MS Challenge Walk is a three·day, 50-mile experience mates and the kids he helps with that makes an extraordinary dlf erence in the lives of st I t:hoose CoriOI! for 0' one pin:e, St'Qmless, • no chip, repairable 4ur!ace that d~s nOi A National Multiple Sclerosis ociety tundralslng event fUPpon ooclerW and wi/I {We you yeon of troIWle lfU pleasure. Page 6 AJlston-llrlghton TAB Friday, March 16,2007 WWW.allstonbrightontab.com FROM PA GE ONE Many sickatJCHE IS YOUR HO E EQUITY NOROVI us, from page 1 there've been some people sick, there've been ~ , to whicp the elderly are particularly susceptible. Ac staff sick," she said, adding that sick employees have THIS FLEXIBLI:? cordinll 0 a report 1n the Boston Globe, approxi been encouraged to stay home. '. , mately residents and 119 staff members became Goodman said she had no reason to think the illl!eSs sick at I e Hebrew Rfhabilitation Center in Roslin was affecting primarily the Russian-speaking commo dale ov the last two eeks. nity, but said that a large proportion of JCHE residdits 1tl £' BLUE Flex EqUh'y Upo returning m the hospital, Asushkina come from the fonner SOviet Union. U learned therdaugh 'sfa!her-in-Iaw, NaumZaret JCHE has not taken any further measures to pre skiy, 90,. ho resides· the same housing complex, vent the spread of the iUness, aod residents have oot lIE.CIIIIf -....,.... also fe~· Saturday ght. He had vomiting, diarrhea been wamed that the illness is going around in their aodfev buildings. A geriatric nurse, who generally visits the 15-YEAR FIXED PRIME '')I y I didn't tall day, aod today I don't feel housing complex two times per week, was not avail like eatin anything. 111 I do is drink tea, four cups of able for comment. She had a scheduled day off1\Jjls- %: 50% tea a day 'Zaretskiy said, adding that he has a friend day, Goodman said. " 6•89 A~R' : - • ;R'" named gOl)' who lives on the seventh floor who is ''Many people in our house are sick," said JQHE also sick. I resident Sulamif Belenkiy, whose husband, Simon, tillllOSl all Russian~g residents who got the 79, started to feel unwell Sunday morning, while at stomacq u at the JCHE senior housing complex at 30 tending a cultural event for Russian speakers at a near Wa1Iingli Road in Brighton said they know of at by synagogue. She explained that the three buildings least a pie of nei!!hborS who are also ill. that are part of the JCHE housing complex in Estim ting the totth numher of cases at JCHE is Brighton are connected through haJ.lways and ~a hard, ~ t houses mi re than 900 people in three cafeteria. She said that she would like to have m~ in multist9 apartment blocks, but a few phone calls formation on how the illness spreads so she coljld It has the convenie nce of a line of credit and the securit/ of a loan. confirnj that at Ie st 10 residents have caught avoid catching it from her husband. • ....' Lock-in a portion of your line at any time, and any principal you payoff the sas intestinal b g, and at least two have been Tom Lyons, spokesman for the Boston Public hospi · and relCjlsed. is immediately credited back to your lin e. You get the flexibility of a line Health Commission, was not aware that JCHE was S an, director of communications for experiencing an outbreak of gastrointestina1 iJ.IneSS, and a loan, with the freedom of never having to reapply. JCHE, nfinned thai some residents at the JCHE but he said independent living facilities such as JCHE housing mplex have been getting sick with the gas do not have the same reporting requirements as nurs trointes flu since last week, but said she did not ing homes and hospitals. have an timate on the total number of cases. "We don't know if it 's a norovirus that's causItlg _-, 1-800-EASTERN "We not a medical facility," she said, explaining it," Lyons said, "[Butl it's likely caused by ' a @ Eastern BankL1 t ru e 1.IR.tot=- easlembank.com that J buildings are independent apartments. norovirus." He said that the commission will aSk "People ve independently. There aren't staff that are someone to talk to the management of the housirlg in charge f people like in a nursing home." complex to hetter assess the situation. ," ~=~said that ~ JCHE staff members also To prevent the spread of the illness, Lyons said pe0- (~ flu, but Shedid notknow how many. Not ple should wash their hands with soap aod pay careful 10 percent of the 60 staff members in Brighton attention to the cleaning of common areas, including out sick at an~ one time, she estimated. bathrooms. He also said that people who are slok tally, we Iave definitely heard [tha~ should avoid cooking for others. , . I Wpman SpInS a tall tale ,. I HOAX, fr m page 1 fact that she had been attempting to steal her em parked u attended near the comer of Empire and ployer's bank deposit money. It took the officers' a Lincoln ts. while to figure out where the money was, however, Once 1f.lice anived at that location, they were ap because Shea changed her story a few times. Pitst, proach"':ll by a witnets who reportedly told them she said she hid the money on Empire Street. Later, that she ad recently observed a white female park she said she hid it in her apartment. .", the car, n rvously look around several times, before When Shea finally led officers to her apartment, walking way. The ~escription the witness gave they found $602 in cash in her dresser drawer. She matched hea's ap~ce. said that she had given the remainder of the ~, Anotl), r witness dlllle forward a few minutes $390, to the man in the white vehicle, to whom, ~e later and said that he ihad seen a woman matching owed a debt. The three checks and the deposit sflp, Shea's d cription aprroach a white vehicle in the which had also been in Shea's possession, had been vicinity, d hand an object to the driver who then cut up and thrown by Shea over the North Harvard sped a Street bridge. Officers confinned with Advanced Dete to get to the hottom of the mystery, Auto Parts that no additional items were missing. detectiv questioned Shea further, eventually get Shea was arrested and charged providing a fiiIse ting her t admit that the carjacking never happened. report of a crime and larceny over $250, according App ntly she invented the story to disguise the to the report. " " BEACON HILL ROLL CALL , ------~I !l By Bob Katzen ALSO UP ON BEACON HILL .< THE OUSE AND SENATE. Beacon Hill Roll REPUBLICANS FILE EIHICS COMPLAINT Call reco local representatives' votes on two roll AGAINST GOY - The Massachusetts Republican TIre Code Tire Code calls I prior legislbtive sessions. Both roll calls Party asked the Ethics Commission to investigate the 165/80R13 8267 195175R14 8274 are fro", ate on the set of rules that the House will circumstances surrounding Governor Deval 175180R13 8268 155/BOR13 8138 follow d . g the 2001-2008 session. There were no Patrick's February 20th phone call to fonner Trea 185180R13 8269 $3!' 195/55R15 8802 roll call v tes in the House or Senate last week. swy Secretary Robert Rubin of Citigroup on be~ of ACC Capital Holdings - the parent compan r.~of RE W LEGIS' iATION PRIOR TO FINAL Ameriquest. Patrick previously woIi AllstonlBrighton During the 15-minute hunt, Neighborhood Also in '" WIBI:' neighborhood children and their paper, ...... families will search for more than ~ blytomeet 16,000 trinket-filled eggs. Stuffed , "1,he AIIstonlBrighton Neigh new at .. . animals will be raftled, and light refreshments will be served. The bOrhood Assembly will meet The ~ Square YMCA, M9nday, March 26, from 6 to 8 annual Gerry McCarthy Memori page 23 ••••••••••"V and not Iorger thon 8)(lO~. Available [pm, in the auditoriwn of the al Easter Egg Hunt is free to area . "-'"',",''' . numerically. Scons ore done 300d)?i at abnan-Allston Library. residents, and is made possible II be enfo(eoo. Originals must be in fair The Joseph M. SmIIb C through the generosity of area 10m or stickIng to each other and cannot !J.he AIIstonlBrighton Neigh munity Center, page 22 as .IS, If thoy contain fingerprints scrotches, .b u • POLITICAL N!O~T!!~i~C====J : 'Deadline for Online their students ill discussions must be a part of that process. I ( . about what citizen must do to in am honored that Speaker Pelosi .,Stydent Essay Contest sure our democracy is responsi has asked me to chair this Spe ·- approaching ble and responsive: to the people," c:ial Task Force on Ethics En , The League of Women Voters said Sridhar. furcement, and I am eager to get "bf Massachusetts Citizen Educa to work," said Capuano. , fion Fund has announced that Committee When Capuano was mayor of Somerville, he authored the -:d.itJ.y two weeks remain for enter assignments :'in~ its eighth annual Online Stu Slate's first locally based ethics , dent Essay Contest. Democratic House Speaker o.rdinance, requiring the city's I " Sponsored by Stop & Shop, the Salvatore DiMasi announced his e:.ected officials and certain ap :theme for the League's essay appointment of J)cmocratic rep pointed officials to complete de " contest is ''Making Democracy resentatives to leHdership posi uiled statements of financial in ;,')Vork: Citizens' Rights and Re tions and committees: urest. In November, Pelosi ) ppnsibilities." This essay contest Michael Morlln: Ways and appointed Capuano to head the · is open to all Massachusetts stu Means, Telecommunications, transition as Democrats pre dents in grades four to 12 in pub- Utilities and Energy. pared to become the majority in Kevin Honan: Housing. Congress. He is also chairman of ·u. ~ and private schools including , those who are home-schooled .. Democratic Senate President tbe Democratic Caucus' Com .. 'r,I\el contest deadline is Friday, Robert TravaglinJ has announced n:~rtee on Organization, Study " March16. the assignment of senators to and Review which is charged 0' I" I · I. COl ntest rules, essay questions leadership posts and committees with interpreting and updating • iind instructions for submitting for the 2007-2008 J;esSion. tbe rules of the Democratic Cau the essay can be found only on Jarrett Barri08: Public Safety CIIS. '\ line at www.lwvrna.org. (chairman), Public Health, Hous :b~ 'The strength and health of our ing, Conswner Protection, Mu Trial Court completes nicipalities, Transportation. : ,democracy can be measured by mllout of MassCOURTS , ,!Ii~ active participation of citizens Steven lObnan: Senate Ways : in the electoral and political and Means (assis[jll1t vioe chair Lite ,• processes., I I hope that this essay man), Rules and Ethics (chair Chief Justice for Administra "fdntbst will provide an opportu man), Health Care Financing tion and Management Robert A. ,,!lity to the next generation to (vice chairman), Public Service Mulligan has announced that the ~,I\l= about their rights and re- (vice chairman), State Adminis Trial Court has completed its sponsibilities, as they become fu tration and Regulatory Oversight, rcllout of MassCOURTS Lite to ture voters and leaders," said Labor, Mental Health and Sub 63 divisions of the District and · Ma'lllU Sridhar, president of thll s[jll1ce Abuse. Boston Municipal Court depart .. League of Women Voters of ments. MassCOURTS Lite has ,M!ISSlIchusetts. As the corporate Pelosi appoints 1><",n deployed in Brighton. sponsor for this event, Stop & Capuano chalnnan of MassCOURTS is the Trial Shop has demonstrated their C~urt 's Web-based electronic _,p pmmitroent to the ideals of good Special Task Force au management system. Mass , -government and the importance House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ODURTS Lite is the core of the , .qf ci,,!~ engagement among our recently appointed U.S. Rep. system's criminal case manage ,,·)(outh. Mike Capuano, I).8th, chairman ment component, which im ,.~ In addition to receiving U.S. of the Special Task Force on proves public safety through bet l. ~avings Bonds, contest winners Ethics Enforcement This bipar ter information sharing and !I.will read their essays at a special tisan task force, which will re identity of defendants in crimi :,event at Faneuil Hall on Sunday, port back to the House by May I , m~ cases and provides many , April 29, joining the line of patri- is charged with exploring the c(lSt efficiencies in court opera otic Ispeakers who have passion creation of an outs ide ethics en tiuns. ately proclaimed their view from forcement entity. As part of this The rollout was accomplished ,,,that historic podiwn. The League process, the task (oree will study in approximately one year with »also lacimowledges the vital ·role ethics enforcement models the support and assistance of · ,·played by educators by awarding found in state legi, latures and in hundreds of Trial Court employ '.' the teacher or adviser of the win private entities. ees across the commonwealth I ners ~ classroom education grant. "TIns month, the House WilO attended to their regular ,{, :'11hope teachers all across passed important ethics reform case management responsibili •, Massachusetts will use this con- measures. Strong and consistent titS as they were adapting to the [ . test as an opporturuty to engage enforcement of those measures new system. I Page 8 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, March I (J, 2007 www.alIstonbrightontab.com . •••••••••••••• ••••••• I >. EDITORIAL Give Patrick a break t has been obvious that the first two months on the job have been rough for Gov. Deval Patrick. Apparently things have I been more difficult than we knew. Last weekend's news that his wife Diane Patrick is being treated for exhaustion and depres sion comes as a shock. First, the Patricks have our sympathy and, more importan~ the respect due all those whose families are hit wi th serious ill ness. Because they are public people, and because mental illness is deemed somehow different, some people in and out of the media feel free to speculate about causes and effects in a case like this in ways that violate their privacy and reflect ignorance and poor taste. On this page, we won't indulge in such speculation. We sug gest others who are quick with their opinions to pause and con sider wheti1e! they would express the same sentiments if Diane Patrick was sick with, say, acute kidney failure in,tead of mental illness. Would they have a different attitude? Bias against people dealing with mental illn is so ubiqui- tous as to be taken for granted. We applaud the Plltricks' candor, and wish Mrs. Patrick the best as she works to r gain her health. We wish Gov. Patrick the best as well, as he deals with chal lenges on both the home and work fronts . His wife's illness doesn't excuse the missteps that have marred the first two months of his term, nor does it adequately explaiJ'l them. But it reminds us that even our most capable leaders are human, and LETTERS I that means they make mistakes for reasons we on the outside can't always see. Patrick's mistakes in judgment have been sm II, but political Help buy the OI.P buiding market distortions for high-end ' ly potent. He overpaid for a car lease, for office redecorating and I encourage Allston-Brighton want to hear from you in-town houses and condos, · for an aide for the first lady. He made a phone call for a former residents and businesses to con about a particular issue in the community or m(my Boston housing costs are business associate that was inappropriate, unnecessary and possi- tribute to the current fund-raising read in the paper, or even if you just want to less "staggering" than many sub organization, write US a letter to the editor. You urbs, as shown in your limited bly unethical. , drive of the Presentation School Foundation. By making a dona Allston-Brighton TAB 254 Second Ave., Need- range weekly real estate transac Patrick has also staffed an administration, proposed a budge~ tion we can help PSF buy the Our tion listings. negotiated more reasonable rates for the mandatory iJ'Isurance re Lady of the Presentation School them to 781-433-8202 or e-mail them to all Last November the Boston · quired under the state's new health care law, and responded ag building and build programs for st'lrtt>ngllto[l@(lnc .. com. Please include a daytime phone number Globe reported that Boston real ' gressively to last week's immigration raid in New Bedford. In our children and families back into it. wrote the letter. estate taxes on houses have near- J book, he gets decent grades for the most substanti ve part of his The Presentation Schodl build jle,OJ.l!itonl-Biigb,ton TAB is also looking for guest columnists Iy doubled since 2000. Much of work so far. ing holds a special place in my of issues in the Allston-Brighton commu this money goes to salaries and His political performance, however, needs improvement He memory because my father, my them to the addresses above. benefits for city employees. The I has staffed his administration with brigh~ well-qualified individu three children, and myself attend unions press to keep benefits like als, but if he can't avoid stepping into obvious potholes, he'd bet ed Our Lady Of the Presentation tion path. These people are solid health care and pensions at a level ter bring in some experienced political help. School. I appreciate the fact that ing~and.e Boston, along with and citizens who raise their families now being seriously degraded for many homeowners working in · It is unfortunate, if not surprising, that some people can more many people not linked directly to espef ally New York, Chicago here and usually live for decades OLP have supported these efforts. and S Franciscq, has rebound in the same neighborhood. Con th private sector. Residency re easily form an opinion about $12,()()() drapes than a $26 billion By contributing to the cam ed to degree undreamed of not versely, much of the condo con quirements have city employees budget proposal. It's also not surprising that the people who sup paign, we can ensure that future so m y years ago, this can !Je version of city houses is fueled by share these cost burdens with ported Patrick's opponents are using his political blunders to de generations of Allston-Brighton come a cycle. Unlike the other people who plan to move on after other taxpayers, so they make a fine him. Bay State politics can be brutal, and Patrick's enemies families will have special memo cities, there has been an ominous a while. great deal of sense. won't cut him a break. ries of a building that means so trend f Boston-based companies I feel that pressure against resi Lastly, as for residency require But he should get a break from those who elected him. We must much to many in our community. being bought up by others head dency requirements has very little ments hurting attraction of quali not let the Deval Patrick whose intelligence and c()Olpassion earned JirnPrince quart elsewh~re , ultimately to do with "staggering" housing fi ed workers, Boston has a very a resounding mandate from the electorate a few n1 nths ago be re Brighton . . shing em~loyment and costs, and much more to do with large and diverse population ' p/aced by a caricature painted by his opponents. We must not let weak ning housing demand. the lure of suburbs like Needham, within its borders. I doubt very P Ie not wanting to live in Patrick's temporary weakness allow power to flow from him to the Residency-requirement Belmont and the like. In average much that there is any shortage of Bostop can very easily look for terms, all housing in Eastern qualified applicants for almost pblitical bosses and special interests that control the Legislature. is important empl9Y!?ent elsewhere. People Massachusetts is expensive. any position. In the rare cases that Two months into a four-year term, it is far too early to write I take issue with your "Dump are h y trapped, and requiring Yet lots of poor people obvi may exist from time to time, it off our new governor. Fair-minded citizens should forgive him the residency requirements" edi taxpa er-paid peoole to live with ously can afford to live in Boston, should be possible to publish I . ~ his rough start and give him the chance to succeed. torial of March 2. I am old the e taxpaye~ is hardly un- so those having middle-class city such openings and negotiate with enough to recall seeing the re fair, f en if there lare exceptions union jobs should also be able to unions to engage in nationwide mains of undamaged abandoned to the e. I afford to live here. Anything mar searches for applicants who houses in several parts of the city M ·cipal emp oyees tend to ginally cheaper would generally would not be bound by inunedi Tell US what you II1II*1 being loaded into dump trucks for look employmerlt as jobs virtu lie in a very distant suburb, neces ate residency requirements, but landfill. This depressing abnOS ally teed for life, some sitating the expense of up to $250 would be required to move into We want to hear from you. 1..etIen or guest phere created the successful push thing that has disappeared in a month in commuter rail passes the city within a specified reason columns should be typewrittcD 8Dd signed; for residency requirements for much of the pri vate sector. Most and a need for every family mem able amount of time. a daytime phone nwnber is required b ver many taxpayer-funded public positi ns provide a good middle ber to have a car. Frederick J. Maloney ification. Letter length should DO be _1bao employees. It strengthened hous- classl· come, often with a promo- But setting aside the housing Brighton 300 words. By mail: TheTABConmnmityNt.lll.Sp8plft.lA- 1ers to the Editor, p.o. Box 9112, Needham, MA 02A92. By &x: PERSPECTIVE (781) 433-8202. By e-mail: [email protected]. Among our fa~orite cousins and friends .: .A mong the many rela put in new rings and bearings and Don Mansker and his brother, ers: tives we have who had the w ole works, pgbt out in the David, and mom Netti moved "I was born in Boston, on Feb. ~ come from the Fraser fron ard. Later, the engine purred down to Homestead, Ha., near the 17, 1935. We lived on Empire clan on Mansfield and Linden like a ·tten. I base where he was originally sta Street in Allston in a second-story PuBLlSILER, KIRK DAVIS ASSOCIATE PuBLISHER, GREGORY R. RUllI! Street, Allston, is Don Mansker. ng the many people we tioned. They purchased property at apartment My mother was a wait EOITOR IN CHIEF, GREG REIBMAN, GRElBMAN@ .COM He was a naturally talented person ununed wifh during those the end of the Homestead Air ress at my grandmother's restau allslOIl-brighton.com ere George Swan, who also Force base at the time. On July24, rant - the Bridge Cafe-just past" 254 Second Ave., P.O. Box 9113, N•• dh.m , MA 02412(117) 8Ho034O work with us at Nbany Carpet. 1992, they survived that horrible the railroad train maintenance • Homestead Hurricane, as well as EDITOR - VALENTINA ZIC, (781 ) 433-8333 MEMORIES He w a helper~' the truck for Round House on River Street at Joe retta, So rville Mayor many others that had occurred in the entrance over the bridge on .• ...... ;.~~.~ ...... R.F. CAlLAHAN La nce Bretta's rother. the past years - the price many Cambridge Street in Allston. My , RI':PORTER - KAREN ELOWITT. (781 ) 4 3 3-8333 GtrIrge finally settled in Horida pay for living in that part of the grandroother lived at 81 Linden St ...... ~.~:~ ...... as a haolc and !las since passed "tropical paradise." "My dad was the salad chef at ...... CREATIVE D.I.....RECTOR...... - DoNNA...... HANDEL. (781....) ...... 433-8370 . who we all agreed was a mechani on. During the time of the 1938 the Waldorf Astoria Hotel down . cal his Hurricane, I had been living in PHOTO EDITOR - J IM W A LKER, (781) 433-8348 genius like grandfather, Ed K y Wentworth, originally town in Boston. He made the fa ...... ward Fraser, who had moved back from rdon Streel began 'Went Springfield and my father had m us 'Waldorf Salads.' As I grew ...... ADVERTISING...... DIR...... ECTOR - C RIS WARREN,...... (781....) ....<433-8313...... to Prince Edward Island . worth and Sons," ~ heating and air started a trucking business that was older;he taugbt me the art as well. He led a colorful life. I had made condi oning comIf."'Y' for many destroyed in the hurricane. No ·'It was the hurricane of 1938. I SALES REpRESENTATIVE - H ARRIET STEINBERO, (181) 43 3-7865 ...... an attempt to get him to join up in years. As he hall planned to, warning had been given at the was 4 years old, and I suppose it REAL ESTATE SALES - K EN L EDWAK, (781) <4~3-8262 DO Instead, Keno placed his kn in the busi time, and many people went to ...... ,...... the Guard, but to avail. was my very first hurricane. The his talents eventually took him to ness ·th him and Is DOW the pro work and went about doing their wind was blowing, and my PRODUCTION MANAGER - B ARBARA GORSKI, (781) "33~784 ...... ; ...... the U.S. Air Force as a fligbt chief priet of "American Fuels" in Sc everyday activities. cousins · Mary Jane and Thelma GENERAL E-MAIL - ALl.STON -DRIG HTON@cNl ~ of a bomber group during and after ituate We then moved to Hartford and were babysitting...... the Korean War. He .ginally began his business finally back here in Allston in "Mom was outside waiting in ...... : ...... He was also involved in other out 0 a store on III Franklin St., 1944. the wind for a ride to the Bridge EVENTS E-MAIL - AI.J..SfON- DRJGHTON . EVEN' I"~ activities in which be was success Alls and has left the business to After many years, Don and 1 re Cafe and while she was waiting, ful. Back in the very early' 50s we his 00 . He has rus9 settled in Hori cently began corresponding. He the back porch of the apartmen~ GENERAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS worked together for Albany Car da I we communicate often. suffered a similar fate as myself, bltilding just blew off. No on", Clrwladon Information - 1-(88G)-333-1960 Sales Fax NO . - (181) 433-8201 pe~ and traveled about to and from Prl r to our settiing into set ca having just had a pacemaker in knew much about hurricanes then. I Main Telephone NO . - (781) 433-8359 Editorial Fax NO . - (781) 433-3202 the Cape. He fixed cars and drove reers, enoy and I worked togetb stalled. Having had triple bypass "In my memories, my dad made Classllled NO . - 1-800-624-7355 Photo reprints - (866) 746-8603 motorcycles, worked on rebuild . bing trees for New England surgery, he is now forced to take it root beer in the bathtub and my ing engines, in anyone's back yard North Beacon Street in easy, but it has gotten him stan bmther, Dave, cried all the time. COMMUNITY COpyright 2007 QDINTlUI'IlY ...... ,.. Co. if need be. When be was 15, be re and for Bardett on Memo some writing of his own. He re "Over the years, I have returned 1111 I NEWSPAPER Inc.Allrightsr~ . ~t:¥ 11 COM PANY any means wtthotll petn-...on is proNbitIId. built an engine for my father wben .ve, Cambrifige, but that is cently sent me this note via the in to the Empire Street area for remi I •••• 1 • •• • • 11 • • • 1 •• we lived on Coleman Place. He r story. I ternet, which I share with our read- niscing visits." www.allstonbrightontab.com Friday, March 16, 2oo7 Allston-ilrighton TAB, page 9 AllSTON-BRIGHT BICENTENNIAL j\nnexatio embraced: Brighton.'s 1873 A~~~--rw-,,_...... ce of Boston n Oct. 7,1873, the voters of the indiscriminately dumped profit-making potential. control of town meetings for private independent towns of Brookline int its watercourst:5. In The economic and politicalla~scape of At this point, a group of profit, frequently selling the town O and Brighton made sharply con 1866, public health , ~xpert Brighton was quite suddenly in Brighton businessmen took parcels of land at greatly inflated prices. trasting decisions on ilie question of an Dr. Henry Clark, de9;ribed the initiative by establishing The impact of this orgy of spending nexation to the city of Boston. While the waste disposal p".ctices the 1870 to 1873 - the four years the Butcher's Slaughtering on Ihe town's finances was, I would sug two-thirds of the voters of Brookline re of the market town' s 40- that led up to the vote _ by two and Melting Association, gest, intentionally staggering. jected merger wiih the metropolis, fully plUK slaughterhouses as the corporation that, in Brighton's income in the fo ur years "pr lific" and "provoking factors. One of th~lse was a major 1872, built the sprawling under consideration totaled only GUEST causes of disease." Brighton Abattoir on the $438,000, but it level of spending For these reasons, 1Iosto technological bn~,lrthrol~gb that edge of the Charles River in reached an incredible $1,560,000, four COMMENTARY niallS looking for suburban revolutionized the me'~Jlackinlg industry _ North Brighton. tim s what it received. The difference loe tions in which to build The business leaders who BIlLMARGlIONE could be made up only one way - by bomes were inclined b) give the introduction of ~rig:ellilte~ cars on masterminded the transfor heavy borrowing. In the 1870 to 1873 Brighton a wide berth. Of mation of Brighton in the period, Brighton's town debt increased 81 percent of Brighton's voters eagerly all ilie towns around 1870 to 1873 period - be by 8oo percent! If Brighton had re embraced the opportunity to join the Boston, it bad ilie hWest ginning wiih ilie abattoir mained an independeni town after 1873, city. population of commuters. scheme - were weU-to-do its residents would have been obliged to Why did iliese neighboring towns Another barrier to residential devel of Brighton was traJls{()mled quite sud men who had made their fortunes, eiiher pay substantially higher taxes. react so differently wben presented with opment were the lage numbers of denly in the 1870 to ) period - the directly or indirectly, from the town's Members of 'The Ring" meanwhile, this momentous choice? drovers, cattle dealers, country farmers four years that led up the annexation cattle and slaughtering trades - Ben filed the legislation that authorized The contrasting decisions stemmed and itinerant merchants who poured into jamin Franklin Ricker, Horace Jordan Brighton's annexation to Boston. In from the very different economic and the town each week to attend the Cattle avo majorte - ~y~'tw50:~~~~E:~ih~~e~se~~w~asthat and Horace Baxter - all slaughterhouse building the town's huge indebtedness, social character of these adjacent com Markel. 1be town cOlltained a score of revolutionized proprietors, state Sen. William Wirt they laid the groundwork for the annex munities. Though once very similar hot Is for ilie accommodation of this - the introduction refrigerated cars Warren, the favorite lawyer and politico ation decision of Oct. 7, 1873. Allow (both had been farnning towns before the trail ient element, howls equipped with on American rail Once refrigerat of the slaughterhouse proprietors, and Boston to annex Brighton, they advised American Revolution), by the early bars that dispensed as much liquor as ilie ed cars came into cattle could be George Wilson, a hotel keeper and spec Brighton's electors, and the metropoli s years of the 19ih century, Brookline had patn lns cared to pay :'or, that tolerated slaughtered nearer the of s I ply. ulator. All of them owned substantial would automatically absorb the town's become Boston's premier elite suburh, disorderly and drunlmn bebavior, and With the introduction this techn::fogy, real estate which they expected would potentially crippling debt. while Brighton had developed into one iliat furnished a haven for high-stake the eastern industry of the appreciate in value as a result of the As the debt rose in the 1870 to 1873 of the city's key industrial satellites. gambling. United States began slow but relent- measures they supported. period, the opposition to annexation, The cornerstone of Brighton's indus 'The poor condition of Brighton's less decline. Prior to filing the legislation that cre whiCh had been fairly strong in 1870, trial edifice was its livestock trade. This roads, its lack of street lighting, and an Another factor thaI seriously threat- ated the abattoir corporation, this same stead ily eroded. As early as December town at the western gateway to Boston alnl I complete absence of sewers also ened Brighton's sla ught~ring group of businessmen - later referred 1872, nearly a year before the annexa was the principal cattle and slaughtering mi UlJIled against suburban develop industries was the of a powerful to as 'The Brighton Ring" - managed tion vote, a majority of those attending a center of 19ih-century New England. ment. Believing that there was little public healili in Massachu- to seize control of Brighton's Board of town meeting approved instructing Thousands of head of livestock reached point in investing the town's resources setts. In 1869, Selectmen and Board of Health. In the Brighton's representatives in the state its stockyards and slaughtering facilities in rpads over which droves of cattle Massachusetts State four years that followed, they dominated legislature to "use their utmost efforts in each week from distant points, some dri we regularly driven, ilie town fathers cused the Brighton ~*,ghl:erhouses the political life of the town. behalf of annexation." A rising tax rate, ven overland, some arriving by rail. In spent very little money on highways. sending tainred meat Boston, and The transformation of Brighton from coupled with a prospect of further sharp 1869 alone, 53,000 head of cattle, They also declined to invest in sewers demanded stricter regl)laltion of the in- an industrial town to commuter suburb increUses, had reconciled the great ma 144,000 hogs and 342,000 sheep arrived whl~ h might tend to undermine the free dustry. The state also pointed to was accomplished in three broad steps jority of Brighton's voters to union with in Brighton. wh -ling dumping practices upon Brighton's high rate as evi- between 1870 and 1873: Boston. Brighton also contained the largest wbJeh the slaughterhouse proprietors re dence of the disposal prac- First, the town's slaughterhouses were Thus when the question was fmally cOl'centration of slaughterhouses in lied. tices - a mortality to th3t of closed down and its butchers were put to the voters of Brighton in the fall of . New England - more than 40 of them 'fIlough a relatively prosperous town, most crowded of forced into the abattoir, thereby opening 1873. they embraced annexation by an in 1866. Other Brighton manufacturing rather than endeavor t(1 regulate its nui Boston, and higher iliose of the 19 previously fouled acreage to suburban overwhelming vote of 622 to 133. establishments produced a wide range sance industries and t ~ereby endanger largest cities and of the common- development. of ,animal by-products, including var its commercial and inc.ustrial economy, wealih. I Then a massive program public works nish, lampblack, bone fertilizer, soap, Brighton preferred to irlVest in public fa To solve this ihe state bbard program was inaugurated with the ob In light ofthe celebration ofAllston oil, . tallow, lard, whips, buttons and cilities - in a handsome Greek Revival urged the of a s i~gle, ject of making Brighton more attractive Brighton s bicentennial year, we are COtset bones. Livestock-related enter town hall, a new brick granlDlar school, modern slaughtering somew/lere to would-be commuters. In the four publishing over the course ofseveral pri~~s served as the engine of ihe local stat f-the-art fireho",,,,,, and firelight near Boston - an whic~ all years leading up to the annexation refer weeks, columns by Brighton-Allston ec(momy. ing equipment, and an elaborate 14-acre the butchers within . radi~s of endum, Brighton spent some $5oo,000 HI.!/orical Society President Bill While the great majority of the town's town cemetery. Such I ~xpendi tures ad the city would be to use. .I on improved roads, curbs, sidewalks, Marchione. The following column residents were dependent on ilie cattle verti~ the town's Ml"perity and pro Brighton's more busi- sewers and street lighting. Additional will also appear in Man;JJiolle b and slaughtering trades - either direct tected its property witllOut in any way nessmen were quick the di- sums were spent on public facilities, in soon-to-be released book, "Allston ly of indirectly - for their livelihoods, threatening the weU-bliing of the cattle minished prospects cluding a new public library, a new Brighton in Transition: From Callie these industries also emitted foul odors and laughtering trades . trade-quick to granlDlar school and a new firehouse. Town to Streetcar Suburb. " and generated waste products that were 'The economic and politicallanciscape tial development The ''Brighton Ring" also used its SPECIAL EVENTS Friday, March 16 Saturday. March 17 Tuesday, March Friday, March 23 PREVIEW PARTY BOSTON GLOBE PASSION FOR PLANTAPALOOZA: TICKETS & INFO: , t OPENINe. DAY ASKTHE EXPIERTS CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL 6 - 8 PM Cocktail Reception 5-9 PM AND EDUCATORS NIGHT www.masshort.org TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE Sunday, March 18 4:30-8PM DIG IN: Wednesday, 8 - 10 PM Gala Dinner NEW HOMEOWNERS DAY Saturday, March 24 SOLD OUT Noon - 5 PM GREATfNEWEl ~~~~~it~~ BRIDES N' BLOOMS 10AM-4PM 1 -4 PM Monday, March 19 ROBINSON & COLE", GARDEN-TO-GOURMET Thursday, March Sunday, March 25 FESTIVAJ_ GIRLS NIGHT MUSIC IN lOAM -9PM 5 - 9 PM THE GARDENS Proud Sponsors Media Partners Horti ulture WBZ OldieJ) BARTLETT [Ire ~o.ston Bridges and his wife, Patricia,'of> Benjamin Obituary policy Nantucket; his daughters, Mau- ' 'Doug' Bridges TAB publishes obituaries of Allston and reen of Brighton; Michele 'of residents and close relatives of resi Newton, Mairead and her hus Brighton resident; service, free of charge. Obituaries must band, David Van Heest, ''of WWlJ veteran home, or list the name and contact of the Brighton, and Marcia and tiel'" dba.roe of arrangements. husband, Robert Horton, 'of' publication in current week's edition Brighton; a sister, Mary Pelrine"' .~ Benjamin D. ''Doug'' of Brewster; grandchil~ri :' IS Bridges of Brighton died information via fax to: 781433-7836. E-mail: Crislin, Cara and Daniel Van Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, at Cari Heest of Brighton; and twit ta:; St. Elizabeth's Medical Cen photos may be e-mailed in jpeg format. mailed to Allston-Brighton TAB, 254 Sec nephews, James and TimothY: · ter iI) Brighton. He was 81. Robinson of West Roxbury. - '. Mr. Bridges was born in All Needh1arrl. MA 02492. Obituaries are not accepted by telep~(lne His funeral Mass was cel,,-" stlln. He graduated from Thomas brated Saturday, March 3, in OUi' &lison School in Brighton and Lady Help of Christians ChurCh, Mechanical Arts High School in 1958. Mr. Bridges had been a long Newton. The Rev. John · E . ~ Bilston before joining the U.S. time parishioner of Our Lady of Maclnnis, former curate of Our : :Ivy in 1943 . Presentation Church in Lady of the Presentation' Brand New 19' x 31 ' Family Size Oval Pool He served in the Pacific The Brighton, which was closed in Church, was the celebrant. ' FREE BACKYARD SURVEY - ab'e during World War II. Mr. August 2004. Burial with military honorS Blidges was a plank owner of He leaves his wife of more and taps was at the family lot' fIi" 800-752-9000 tho USS Salem and served than 56 years, Margaret "Ita" Newton Cemetery. ' ambassadorpools.com acoard the ship from 1949 to (Moran) Bridges; hi s son, Brian Memorial donations. may 00" made to the USS Salem Muse um, 739 Washington St., QuiIk cy,MA02169. Arrangements were made. oy. Sullivan Funeral Home, Brighton .• _7 ...... :. C OMMUNITY NOTES COMMUNITY NOTES, from page 7 :. PSF presents Spring Fling The Presentation School FoU(l~ dation invites the community,lp, its Spring Fling on Wednesday. , March 21, from 6-10 p.m. at ; Devilin's, 332 Washing!on St,; Brighton Center. The event will kick off PSF's community fw)d-~ raising campaign with the goal;"'f~ purchnsing and renovating the former OLP school building , \Q convert it into an educatiolll!l ' community center serving you!ll, and fl1milies in Allston-Bright"",. There will be a cash bar and hors: d' oeUvres. Suggested donatio!) is~ $25. . '. For more infonnation, visit· www.psf-inc.orglevents. ' , .. " Harvard Allston '. ~ ., Task Force meets , - -.~ Th members of the Harv3\'G-v Allston Task force invite the pub lic to attend its upcoming ~k j mgs On Monday, March ll, atj~ Wednesday, March 28. All meet:J ings will be held from 6:30-8:30< p.m. at the Honan-Allston Li: brary, 300 North Harvard St. . , , Bea West End .:; House Neighbor , , Th West End House Boys &' Girls Club of Allston-Brightbn' invit s you to be a good neighllbi' by volunteering at the club. We~ offer n variety of opportunities, to; make a real difference in the lives of the many children and teens ~ . Volunteers help with hom~~' work or participate in prognu\)Ji ' ranging from rock climbing 'm the gym to science experiments' in the Education Center and from' ceramics in the Art Center, -to; cooking in the Kids Cafe. 1j{e' West End House needs caring and Capable neighbors on botIl ··.. short term and ongoing basl~ :t The club is at 105 Allston St. be tween . Brighton Avenue alld~ Commonwealth Avenue. Plan:io ' attend a volunteer orientatiOn;' held at the club every TuesdaY: and Thursday at 6 p.m., or con: ' tact Katie Healey at 617-787-, 4004, ext. 13. Calling all local artists" , Cafe Nation on WashingtolY Stre t in Brighton is seeking, artist.s, new and experienced. We, display artwork on our walls aneL are continually looking for new pieces , to keep our "gallery1 ~ fresh . A great oppof'tu1!ity to show and potentially sell youfl work. All interested artists should> contact Suanne at the cafe, 617" 7834514. ' ,'1 Brighton Elks bicentennial ",' ."" COme celebrate 200 years 'of the founding of Brighton on Sat urday, March 17, St. Patrick:s Day, at Brighton Elks Lodge' 2199, 326 Washington St,' Brighton Center. Parking is in the' rear on Winship Street. Admis-' sion is free for everyone until 6' p.m. After 6 p.m., it is adults only. Admission is $10. Corned beef, and cabbage will be served fram; noon until it's gone. Adults payo \If} Quick click! 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OOMMUNITY NOTES, page'1.g W).VW.allstonbrightontab.com Friday, March 16, 2007 Allston-Brighton TAB, page II PE OPLE Local player wins bridge tournament Allston teen a semifinalist at rlr:alnt:a pavid Kelman of Brighton re ceJ)t1y finished first at an Eastem M¥Sachusetts Bridge Association tOJlfllament He won the 29gers ev,;ot at Wmter Sectional in Water to.\VO. ,hMBA's next tournament is . M;arch 30 to April I, at the Annen ian Cultural Center, 47 Nichols Ave., Watertown. Players will co!1'pete at all levels, fiom hegin n<;r,to expert. 1he tournament hegins Friday, March 30, 7:30 p.rn. Other ses sions are Saturday, March 31, at 1 anq 7 p.m., and Sunday, April 1 at 10:30 am. There is a free lesson S;$Jrday at 12:15 p.m .. Players IlliIY compete in one or more events for trophies and other pQzes. The ~t is $8 per session. For more information, visit W}VW.acblemba.org. Rachel left, playod Osric Dane In Edith Wharton '~s';;·Xxkln~gu~· ~U:;;'M;;~~;;~H~lgh;;---..J School Drama FestIVal. Four-time Grand Slam Allston resident and ~wton Country Day the production. Winner Courier plays School of the Sacred HeaJt sophomore Rachel The team en~,.-ed its production in the March 3 Davidson starred in the 76th annual Massachusetts festival round at High School, one of 14 Tenacity tennis students High School Drama Festival Preliminary Compe festival fiom Bourne, Photo caption: Tennis Hall of tition. West Sharon, P;1bodY Veterans Famer Jim Courier, left, was atAg DavidllOll, a member of It.e drama team, played Memorial, Catholic, 'Iton and Stone- ganis Arena to officially announce the lead f the dour and cel,mted novelist Osric ham the l09sch Isthatcompet- ~EB the second Champions Cup Dane in Edith Wharton's '~Kingu," a short story ed in theDrarna preliminary event, 39 will Directo r Boston and give Tenacity tennis the t.eaJ!l adapted for the !:tage. 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PAGE 16 ,Needham 's John Hargrave says a really good jif~nk often carries a deeper message. One of his biggest pranks~ raised qu"s~II>ns • ness ks unless he's pranking us) am' of professiOnal prankster 10hn ' 1r"'1~,f~ . necklace. have been clamoring for him to H~ve made the hundreds of DDSUSpect pwlch line of his greatest prank: What did pra\iksters spell something else (the answer is re "secret message" say on Super Bowl Sllloda,vV l recently uploaded video on his Web site "It didn't frustrate me that people cmilclnl'/ With $40,000 invested, real media creden really read the message," says H~ve. suit and a smile, H~ve infiltrated one been fun m:ing people trying to figwre it out." secure events in the United States. And This prolession1l1 was funny, the prank quietly raised questions BOOKS prankster and national security. ham resident, entertainer:' says Hargrave who just pub- EDDIE SHOEBANG with his team ~,._, •• ..u book "Prank the Monkey" which highlights welll-lenovVD pranks. "I just want to make people 2,350 packets, which includedCODlh~~O:rts~'~-oper:~g~~ b at the end of the day, I did hope that there necklaces (Laser Light Coasters), into lower message in the Super Bowl prank." section of the game at Dolphin Stadium. The idea essential difference between a practical for the fans to wear the necklaces dUJring the a professional prankster, according to Har John Hargrave proves you can sign any half-time show and spell out the pop star's name. joker is just trying to get a laugh at all costs name you want on a credit card receipt That's, at least, what the pamphlet said that PRANKS, page 15 " Altlazing .p.• 1 .1 ~ ~ ,1J;; , ~Grace She has a new CD, her .. ~.. " ~ .. :.. . - own band and a Scullers -, - gig. Oh, and she S 14 Duffln t akes a break at The Burren In Somerville. He plays Brendan Behan, the race Kelly has come a very long trlsh' playwright who was almoat as well way IO a very short time. Two known for his drinking as his writing. G years ago, the jazz saxophonist and singer had j ust released her first CD and was starting out her performance career at ,, St. Paul's Church. ext week, the Brookline I Being Behan resident will be head • •, Shay Duffin grew up in the same Dublin MUSIC lining at Scullers Jazz I Club to celebrate the I neighborhood as the legendary Irish poet EDSYMKUS I release of her new - I playwright-celebrity-drinker Brendan ! Behan, so their paths crossed more than - third - CD "Every • once. Road I Walkee:' a collection of jazz and • pop standards, as well as four tUJoes she • •, STAGE wrote and one she co-wrote. Before you grab a copy of the CD or buy • ALEXANDER STEVENS • tickets to the snJW, know this: She's 14. But • lest that tender age give you pause, know • One of the most memorable times was • vrhen Duffin was just a kid, and he came this, too: She is, in the parlance of jazz across Behan, passed out and "propped up fans, a monster - an alto saxophonist who a~ainst a lanop pOsf' outside a pub, remem can blow up a storm or play with a soft, bers Duffin. "If he'd fallen over, he'd have soothing breathiness, and a singer whose • bben in the gutter." phrasing and way with a scatted verse •I I Duffin couldn't leave him there. Not like could easily fo)l you into thinking you're I listening to a vl)calist who's had audiences ! that. So he grabbed Behan by the scruff of his neck, and dragged him across the side in the palms of her hands for years. i : ~ to prop him up against the pub. It was "Music by Stan Getz was always playing I around the house. My mom is a big fan," • ~ bit more dignified a bed for one of the , ost successful playwrights of the 20th says Kelly of ber choice of saxophone as • ontury. "But," Duffin observes, ''he was her main instrument. " I just loved his • ill on his arse." sound. It's quintessentially beautiful." , DUFFIN, page 15 Although the,.e was a time - she believes Kelliv ilertom,ed recently with the James Montgomery Band at the , GRAC E, page 15 Hard ROC:K.IIHer Seulle .. on March 21. Page 14 Allston-BrIghton TAB Friday, March 16, 007 www.allstonbrightontab.cgm KEEPING TABS THINGS TO DO THIS VVEEK ock Star: Somelimes Lodz. Poland through the their take on what it means cially art Iove~rs. short Ws good not to be rare Jewish street and folk to have and be a mother. att,enlion spans speciflc Ran American Idol. music that was created at Aftel'MJrds, get mom back TClSTeSJtOU, erville Daughtry. the band trant the time. The Intemationa~ for years of therapy by rvi r,tM.,~",,,, will 3'featu red ed by AI-castaway Chris Iy-known group Brave Old going through her faults, tWIj) iarE)(J stud in Daughtry; has seen Its se~-tI World performs "Song 01 one-by-one.lhursday. "Scml4iwvlllle Prin !' So ~ the fled debut album reach the Lodz Ghetto: along Morch 22. at 7 p.m. at Lesley . of Rbndy Gar- plalinum status, which helps with a genrs of music they Urlversity. Porter Exchange ber;,o.· ;'h.~ cup bf tea, erase the memory of him have deemed "New Jewish Building in Cambridge. Free. try the injerpretive singing "Have You Ever Re Music: The show journeys Call 617-W-a544. draWirjlgs of Nina WiShnok. ally Loved A Woman- on from the post to the present I ~e rallyso television. His current single and inc orpOrates the use of Go, Diego, Go Uve!: Say ott's Not Over: is another Ilghling a nd staging for a that to your preschooler addition to the already dramalic, emotional effect. a nd watch as their eyes c rowded field of Nickel Heads up: the enflre pro widen a nd their arms flap back-sscue bands. Daugh gram is in YIddish (English up a nd down with glee.The try plays Sunday, March 18, sublifles on stage). Satur successful Nickelodeon 8 p.m. at Paradise Rock day, Marc h 17 at 8 p .m . and show comes to the stage Club in Boston. Tickets: $20. Sunday, March 18 at 2 p.m. with "The Great Jaguar Call 617-562-8800. at the Leventhol-Sidman Rescue-and features Jewish Community Center Diego, a bilingual boy who .. Old and N_: Exper~ in Newton. Tickets: $24-$26. ta lks to animals and helps ence the Nazi Ghetto of Call 617-96&5226. them with various tasks like digging holes and singing. Delta Blu~ : You Because I said so: Moth That's right. prepare to hear have to be heart-bro Correction ers can be the cause of. your child sing Diego's to qppreciate and solution to, an of ite's catchy and repetitive of Keb'r"0'. All An incorrect box office problems. For artists, mothers songs over and over agein. telephone number for is a g~Uine love ,. c an very well be the great March 21-25, various times and his oft, lald- "Go, Diego, Go Uvel The Great Jaguar Rescue," at the Opera House SpeakEasy Stage SpIV at The Opera House in March 21-25. duction o/uFatPig" was est source of 1'lspiatIon. Poet ba'::j Food & .... Ilfl " II ~I , ..." :Holy guacamole, grE~at fajitas! ajitas , Prepare th guacamole and sa1sa and hold them in the refrigerator until the fajitas are ready to ;} ajitas started out as a marinades. Lime juice and olive ed and cored the peppers and then If yo prefer, you can cook the ingredients simultaneousIy in separate skillets but this ' a bitm re planning. Remember to warm the tortillas in the oven as you do so. .;:;,. : quick meal prepared by oil served as a pleasant base and cut them into half-inch slices. It ...!.~ [P turned out they benefited from I migrant workers. They we most preferred equa1 parts, folded skirt steak and vegetables two tablespoons, of each. Garlic the same cooking method as the For the e . eken: 5 tabiespofllS olive oil jnto flour tortillas. To most Arner added depth. We used one IaIge OIl onion; adding one tablespoon leans, they are presented as a de> two mediwn cloves that were olive oil, a generous pinch of salt 2 tablespoons fiesh lime juice.fivm 1 or 2 limes , pressed or minced We loved the and an occasional stir. They took 1 large or ~ medium cloves garlic, pressed or minced • mild heat ofthc jalape-o. We """t eight minutes to cook. 112 ja la~ pepper. seeded and finely minced t 1HEKnCHEN with a half of one mediwn-sized There is absolutely no reason to 112 teas n salt, plus additional salt for the vegetables ,,, PEIECIIVE pepper that wa.q seeded and finely make your own tortillas. We .. I 3 bonel skinless chicken breasts about 8 ounces each, tenders removed, and pounded into I chopped, although you can add it found many brands at the local su CHRISTOPHER even 112-1nch thickness to taste. The chicken definitely permarket and most of them are I large onion, halved and cut into ll2-inch slices / s J lllnghBm Cambridge N. Attleboro Newton Swampscott soil 966-2200 Memorfal Drive 508 399-6822 617 527·9330 781 581-6655 Bralnt,.. 61 7 492-0733 Norwood S.ulua w_ 78~ 356·2220 Porter Square 781 278·9760 781 231-1199 617 924·7706 Brookline 617 661-8661 N ..hua Shrewsbury 'UMlEaMART Danv.,.. 613891-0210 508 842-3334 WntRoxbury 61469-54°O 617 323-3500 B rllngton 978 762-6222 Natick Stoneham 781 270-5333 Framingham 5086~5000 781279-1990 508 879-8502 FRAMING · . MIRRO.,.... ~ EXPIRES "3/24/07 March 16, 2007 15 13eing Behan " QUFFlN," from page 13 W8 ~ Duffin and Behan have a new comedy by !Carita Mattila, soprano (Leonore); Usa Milne, sopr.iIllO (Ma",elllne): Johan Botha, tenor (FIorostan): Matthew He's even pranked Ashton evate hin1""lf to the level of Polenzanl, tenor (Jaqul no): Albert Dohmen, bass- Kutcher who sent Hargrave a prarlkst':q urltil he meU group of baritone (Don Pizarro);James Morris, bass-baritone 'Monkey' business signed fax saying, students. I (Don Fernando); Robert lloyd, bass (Rocco) Tanglewood Festtval Chorus,John Oliver, conductor ''Okay, okay .. .1 got punk'd. his first . "organized" BEETHOVEN Fidelio PRANKS, from page 13 much of a "smart- " to the p0- p.,.. Watch your back!" convmcmg everyone and doesn't care who gets hurt in lice, he still dislikes the coove But Hargrave's famed credit that he was dead Tickets: $17 - $111 OPEN .EHf.uS"LS "U NOTE O IN LICHT TYP E. the process. A prankster pulls a nience store chain. card prank probably deserves to memo,ri.! ooncert was joke for the benefit of all, and ''You know whal CVS stands be at the top of his resume. He held in hi~ honor. (617) 266-1200 e www.bso.or9 may, at times, have a message at for? Crappy Value IIIld Service," decided to see how ridiculous of a real eye-opener," There Is a $5 per tkket handling fee for t ickets ordered by phone/Internet. the end. says Hargrave. "I loathe them. a lignature he could make until HaJillmlve. "I leamed you 6. .1 ToolTTl' (617) 638""9289. My life's mission i8 to speak ill of For K'l"'itces, tkketin.. al"ldinformatlonfor ~ UBS It's a philosophy Hargrave people started noticing. He got , prartJ( too far." pmons with disabilities ~II (617) 638""9431. S.il5on Sponsor: • learned from the pranksters at CVS." away with using fake names like divides his time with MIT while he was a student at Hargrave discus~ that expe "Marial> Carey" and stick-figure and his day job, work NI PIOftDIm InrJ «tim ndIjfrt tel ~ Berklee College of Music. rience and other pranks he's pi':tures. ICre:att',e director at the "'... "'NII .1I(If0CU0P1:l't: .tOo.. " U/TCO! ''Those guys really know how pulled over the yeurs in his new As he says in his book, the HO!ltoDI-bIlse<1 t.dvertising to do pranks," says Hargrave. book "Prank the Monkey" cn:dit card prank was done to Worldwide, an (Citadel), where he gives fans "They had this code of ethics on show how signing your name on o~:~JI~~ that bncourages the wall and it said things like 'al insight on how he onceived and tl>! receipt doesn't give the con H pranking F" ways be creative' and 'brute implemented IJj s various sumer any level of security. It hopinpto get the force is a last resort.' There's al schemes. to)k a while for Hargrave to this IfOfessionaJ ways a more elegant solution." The book higl!llghts all his learn how to pull these sophisti prankste~- :sohasncy, ~~o=::: This philosophy has led Har major pranks, WIling readers cated pranks laced with social grave to prank Wal-Mart, U.S. how the idea caille about and C(mmentaries, though it 's some in grand style. senators, celebrities and the how he executed it, He got Wal thing he's been practicing since "Sc)ll1 ~pne hacked into my Queen of IOngland (he nominat Mart to sell him b(jOks they had biM. Literally. my birthday and put ed himself for knighthood). It's previously banned. he created a '1 was born on April Fools' a messalle on there didn't come also led him into trouble with media frenzy Wltll a fake D1)':' says Hargrave with a up on computer, 'but did on f the law on more than one occa Michael Jackson (it was wildly "ugh. "TIle secret to that one anyone says flitrgrave. ''It sion. reported in the n ) and even W)S tickling the ovaries at the told to call larea pizza He was arrested and detained personally called an e-mail right time." places order pizzas to my Returns to the heart OF' while trying to prank CVS. And spammer to tell hlIfl he wasn't in In grade school, he pulled var house. I 400 pizzas that day though he admits he was too terested in his ge",rich scbeme. ious practical jokes, but didn't el- and had for them all." . toric downtolVn 80 lttS '8to" Jazz~ notes , 6R4CE, from page 13 ~e was 7 - when she was more interested in being a Broadway singer than a jazz musician. t "I was listening to a lot of the to get all the music ~erican Songbook and people \Ike Bernadette Peters when 1 :!~;o~g~~e~~: f;as younger," she says, sitting saV!,1of her duti~A lot of )'lith her legs crossed on her par spent thinking about "nts' living room couch. ''I re happen in the tune. But member the first time I heard Bil is all tO~ l ass musi te Holiday, I didn't get ber. I you get there, give !bought she had a really scratchy music, c the tempo, what my Idea of the ~o i ce. And now I can't get Grace Kelly I, off to a fast start In her )a:a career, but she admits ~nough of her, or of Sarah ,he stili has lots to leam. from there it's just a yaughan and Ella. lim jOlll'j1ey." \\11(1)' Prep School. When she~ this attention, it's I While Kelly sings often - she and all the little details that go into a show. nil! in town, she might be perform imlpres$' ~' 'ethat she's remained so ~oes, a gorgeous version of "East I "f the Sun (West of the Moon)" ''It's teamwork," says the ing at a festival - most recently 0n the new album - she's known young musician. she played at the Lionel Hampton is a never-ending more as an instrumentalist. The J:12Z Festival in Idaho, and at the Inurn"" .] she says, leaning for :ilto is her main horn, but she also Northern Lights Festival in Trom- the couch. l'There's al The Grace Kelly QUintet 9),Norway. plays a hot soprano saxophone. Scullers Jazz Cluh 'n Boslon to discorer. There's £he can hold her own as a blues March 21,18 Dm But she's also very much more to thq whole lan down-to-Earth. 6assist, and she plays the piano to Tickets 0'" 518 gwage,*ret,:hi.Jlg out into differ '1 IcM: hanging out with my ompose dinner and s110:/ 558 going into a world of t . . 6:ieOO;," she says. '1'm a w:ry and more difficult , ''I also picked up a little drum Call 617-50;'.'" 6iend-needing persoo. Aoy ofthem what I'm good at ~g:' she says, ')ust to help with v.oold tell you that I talk forever." i1y time on saxophone." what I'F not good And, she adds, smiling, "I also Kelly'S parents, Bob and Irene, When Kelly's ndl at scboo~ she's at, and know I have a lot to Uke sleeping." upport her music ambitions in playing in the Hon{l!'S FnsembIe at /m/a./S call reached at lore ways than one. They help Brookline Music School or m an But she ~ also :;c:nous about her I~ .'..,'\ J nusic. When she takes the stage at " with bookings, promotion ensemble at New England Conser- __-'+- __ L ____ 16 TAB 2007 T THf MOVlfS •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• -y k marriage ;;" OPENS AMCLOEWS Nl traditional Indian makeup, even though she's trying to be a modern American. , ,':'i land, then returns to his Calcutta neighbor 1 ... " The Naules.3J¥.e son) he met. when they were adolescents. 00 hood to find a wife. Before you know it, he A central thread in the film is Gogo!'s c\'l§~_, emo to movie and Ashima, virtual strangers to one another, sic short story "The Overcoat." To his son; . discontent just are trying to survive a New Yolk City winter Ashoke repeats the phrase attributed to the· ·I M Based upon in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge. (Nair groat Russian authors who followed Gogo"!: :"' winning 2003 bestseller transplanted the action from the novel's "We all came out of Gogol's 'overeoaE""' Mira Nair's marvelous Boston.) But how does he mean it? " '" "The Namesake" is rrtb,,, ejfidence The characters in ''The Namesake" are on Perhaps, for Ashoke and his family, ' more specific a fictional the homs of a dilemma. Do they follow the "overeoaf' is India itself, its traditions, culv' universal its story traditions of the Old World or become as tllre, religion and history, and he means thl!l:: ~ Meet the U""llLW'. similated by the new culture they have he and his family have all sprung from th~m , .. scent, they include Ashol[(j adopted? Nair ("Salaam Bombay," "Monsoon Wed. benevolent patriarch, his hl>1.. ,';fi,1 The answer appears to be relative and in ding") repeatedly cuts to an effigy 9f ii'" wife Ashima (former volve compromise. For example, to raise her Hindu goddess, a reminder of the power Cit'" lious son Gogol (Kal children and be a wi fe to Ashoke, Ashima the feminine, a recurring motif in her work.' Kumar Go to White r.,. •, .·O\ gives up a budding career back home as a Of course, the goddess in the Ganguli storf untraditional daughter singer-musician. is Ashima herself, and Tabu, in her Ame;, :~ Their story begins in I Western literature is a motif in the tale of Clm film debut, makes her unfOrgettable.1 .~,: survives a nightmarish the Gangulis. Ashima wins Ashoke's heart by Boasting beautiful polychromatic ini~ :. as a young man. While ontl Instead, the musical "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" remains faMlful - perhaps disappoint ingly so - to the 1988 comic moyie that inspired it. So ironi cal lY, when it comes to surpris es, the musical may be best-suit FREE ed tt> those who never saw the ADMISSION moVie. FAVORS - VI DEO - CATE~E RS - You may start to recall the PHOTOGRAPHERS - INVITATIONS film as you watch the musical, PARTY ENTERTAINMENT - CENTERPIECES _ now at the Opera House in FLORISTS - PARTY PLAN NERS - CALLIGRAP~ERS ~ Boston through March 18. SllUIISOI'l'd In (, :lsll'llI 'Ia,sachuwll, \\OIlIl'II ' , \ml'l k .1II ()J{ 1 We're in the French Riviera, Two con men (played by Tom Hewttt illld O.B. Bonds) square off against each \ll'mhl' r Ilf OJ{ I \llIl'lllll where Lawrence Jameson (Tom Scoundrels. " .. or information. l'all 7HI_"''''''' _ ~()~''' Heritt in the musical, Michael I Ill' ad\ ann' Il'gisll':llion. \ i,it \\ \\ \\ , 1111"011111 LUI g 'hel\\ l',I\l' - Came in the movie) has carved which Freddy plll)'s the part of steals. In a score that's other be gooseq once more. - out a nice ~r for himself Ruprecht, Lawrence's misfit wise rather humdrum, Freddy the film know where • seFting wealthy women from brother who's as horny as he is gets the best number - "Great we 'rePleaded when "the Ameri 0 M' JEFFREY RINK •· their money, posing as royalty addled. Trying to help Big Stuff," a kind of hick rap in Queen'r arrives in Chorus UStCt1 MUSIC DtRECTOR ana telling tales of his country's Lawrence avoid a marriage be which he fetishizes wealth, the two con men " • turrnoil - problems that can be dreaming about all the junk he off agains\ each other. solved, surprisingly, by cash. can buy when he gets rich. BACH ST. JOHN PASSIffiN : "Dirty Ronen Swundrels" trap of these musicals FRI, MARCH D AT 8 PM, CATHEDRAL OF ST. PAUL, 138 TREMONT, B6sTON - Lawrence has cornered the The Opera Hrliise B:Jstcll The rest of the score is like the movies ~ yes, they m:trket on cons in this small Through MJrch 18 entire show - benignly pleas . . audience (every Highly emotional and powerfuUy meditative, J.S. Bach's se&ide community until two-bit Tickets '30·S90 ing. In a way, the low ambitions was a fad of the film), St. lohn Passion is a moving, thought-provoking work. It +n crook Freddy Benson (D.B. Call: 611" 931·2,87 of the musical subvert any criti are t1je surprises? be performed two weeks before Easter with a period-instruJnent Bonds in the musical, Steve cism. To complain about the Wt,ehlwe eventually get the mu- orchestra. With Mark Sprinkle as the Evangelist, Aaron Martin in the film) wanders into lack of depth in the characters, lver.,,·()J1 of ''The Sixth Engebreth as Jesus, and Mark McSw eney as Pilate. toWil. As in the movie, Freddy doesn't want, Jtt.precht mounts for example, is ridiculous - it's (don't laugh, someone's nckets: www.choruspromusica.org or 800.658.4276 rill : fun. steals - pardon the pun - the and ogles Lawrence's fiancee, in aUjust silly p~~:~~~wn::·~ting It right now), • s c:N;. Even if your memories of hopes of scarin her all the way And there's nothing wrong h. . is it going to be dl~ 'movie are only vague, you back to Oklahoma with that. 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George Hobica is the crea(o~ ofaiifarewatchdog .com, an miL fare listing and advice m.b .;: site. Send your questions to George at [email protected] ;:,~l 'II' MOVIES, from page 17 ',fi vast Persian army in 480 B.C., the fill1\ i~ remarkably faithful to Miller's visuals~11\I worth seeing for that reason alone. "aoo' is a complete glorification of combat, and its most exciting scenes depict wholesale slaughter and an ecstasy of ~lIing . Some viewers, however, may find its 9Ung-!\O j message -the idea this band of bro\h-., ers must stay the course against ~ less odds - troubling and out of tou¢' with the times. (Rated R) "WILD HOGS" (F) .. h I 'Wild Hogs' is one road trip to skip. JQ.a sad act of rebellion, a group of suburlJaij - men decide to take their weekend motot cycle gang on a road trip to reclaim It"$ freedom they lost when they decided to, settle down. Woody's (John Travolta) supennodel wife just left him; Doug (T1i1i Allen), a dentist wants his son to think ' he's cool; Bobby's (Martin Lawrence) .'; overbeMng wife won~ leave him aloljlli and Dudley (William H. Macy), a comput er programmer, is lonely and looking fo/ love. This attempt at showing how ~n , too, can gel lost in the shuffle of hum drum domestic life fails miserably. ~ ir1 There is no charge for this ser- lLap-sit Story TIme Brighton Branch vice. Children 4 and younger and a 40 Academy HiU Road, • caregiver are welcome to join in Brighton, 61 7-782·6032 Tax·preparatlOn for stories and a craft on Mondays For ,d 10:30 am. No registration is re and assistance (JUired. Beneath the Tax -preparation assistance, streets of Boston sponsored by AARP, is offered JWult Programs Based on his hook, ''Beneath weekly, 10 a.m.·3 p.m., on Fri the Streets of Boston: Building days at the Brighton Branch Li brary. The program runs through I~OL conversation group Anierica's First Subway," author No registration, no charge, just ' iOlt McKendry discusses why April 13. The assistance is free all skill and open to the public on a first a useful period for improving anfI how America's first subway your comfort with the English meets wljS built His PowerPoint presen· come, first-served basis. For every '1'1"="y, p.m. more information. caD 617-782- ~ mguage . Group meets every I~on features many photos from 6032. lbursday from 10:30 a.m.-noon. that bygone era. Co-sponsored by For~ullts the Allston-Brighton Historical Cel,! b r\l,~ e Play the ~ecordler .1\ociety, this free event is March Faneuil Branch Honan-Allston ~fi at 7 p.m. Branch plal,ers I from the 419 Faneuil St., Brighton, will 617·782·6705 M." p for beginning 3fJO North Harvard St., All· $1'011, 617·787·6313 Internet users Programs for children: Help is available at the library for those who are mystified by Story Time - Monday and Buster bas Asthma "tI\e Internet. For an appointment, Wednesday, 10:30- 11 : 15 am. For Marc Brown's "Arthur" char- call Alan at 617-782-6032. 3(:ters help spread the word about _.\ children age 2 to .s and their care givers; stories and a paper craft. good asthma management in a 2(~minute participatory play. For ESL, conversation No registrntion required . Reading Readiness - Satur ages 4 to 6. Thursday, March No registration is required for 2:!, 10:30 am. the group, and admission is free. days, 9:30-10:30 a. on., March 10 The group meets Mondays and and 24. For ages 3 to 5. Explore STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 16 concepts necessar)' before a child R ead Aloud Book Club ANt:. L0EW5 - SHOWCAS£ CIHEMAS Thursdays at 6 p.m., and Thes BOSTON COMMON 19 IUIU./HGTOH'"" 10 "'"FRAMlHGkAM 16 RANDOlPH will ,,5 TIIfMOt« STUff lITE. til EXIT liS FWTIE PAil-~';: sHOftl'£RS ITt. 139, EXlT!!Oi learns to read. Ever other Satur At each meeting, members aoo.fAHDAHGO '730 (181 ) WMVOO WOtilI • (lOt) 6118-4404 days, Wednesdays and Fridays at (OfFmV4781 ) 963·!60!) :.l fiI'I(! educa discuss hooks and ideas and do ...... SHOWCASt CINEMAS EHTUTAlHlro\(tfr CIHEMAS day, share stories play F£HWAY STADIUM 13 CIRCLI FRESH POND SHOWCASE ( . 10 a.m. For more information, 901 IROOKUH( AvtNUE fun hands-on activities. See the ClEVUNlO CJItCu: FRESH ~!'lAtA REVill tional puzzles or welcome per (611) 4!i4-6t66 call 617-782-6032. (611)566-4040 800-FAMDAHGo'7li IIOIJTt (, • children's librarian to register. No N4C (611)661.t900 SQUIU ROAD former Su Eaton. Parents are (78' ) !!86-1660 IIWHTRU 10 om:w: CIHEMAS N4C lOfWl required reading beforehand. For SHO'W(A$( ClNOMS encouraged to participate with ~~~, IIOIJTt 1 • Iii EXIT lSA UIER1Y TaU IM.U. to WOIURH II, (781 ) ....1070 (781) n6-49SS =~;;f "Stories, and films preschoolers and will receive take ages 7 to Wednesdays at 4:30 IIOUTf: '28 EXIT 15 . Stories and films for children home activity sheets to reinforce p.m., through April 11. I SORR'I', HO PASSES ACC£PTm FOR THIS EHGAGfMlHT. I ''0''''''(lll) 933-5330 ,\'jlfe place Thesdays, 10:30 a.m. the concepts at home. Preschool AN D AT A TH EATER N EAR YOU This is a free program; all are in ers will also recei VO a commemo Lupslt Story Thne vi~ . rative T-shirt and iJI!'ee books to For babies age 6 to 18 months; read stories, sing songs and have I~r L. keep. No registration required. · Russian collection Call the library fot more informa fun with your baby for 20-30 tion. minutes per session. Space is takes glace every The Brighton Branch Library very limited, so see children's Ii M0I1dalllt)-clm 6:30-7:30 p.m. for received a gift from the estate of older. Join instructor Book Discussion Groups bl'1lrian to register. Wednesdays at Jennie Levey to benefit the Russ The OK Gub -1be Only Kids 12:30 p.m., through April 11. for an hoUr of relax- ian coUection at the library. The Club is a monthly boOk discussion insbruction., No regis- Bilbo Baggins Fund has been cre group for children In grades four Preschool Story Thne ated. Materials include Russian and higher. Books ;lie chosen each For children age 3 to 5 and their 'ffc\ion, nonfiction, classics and month by club members and will caJegivers: stories, songs, finger best-seUers; Russian DVOs; be available one!llOfllh in advance plays and a craft. See children's I",nnl ~rlnn in and Russian videos; and Russian of meeting at the Faneuil Branch. lill:arian to register. Every Friday advanced lehess for ages 10 and hooks on CD. A snack will be provided. Prereg at :1 0:30 am., through May 4. Richard TYree takes 'The library invites all Russian istration is required. Saturday from II reacters and community members Cover to Cover. 'Then book club BlImework Helper Program All skill ~evels are to sign up for library cards and - A monthly discussion group for A Boston Public Schools wel,eorr, t1. Chess sets lare avail view the existing coUection. teenagers in grades seven ~ tea:her will be in the children's in the Iibf1l;'1' at any For more information, call older. Books are available one room to help with homework , n-~ neces-- 6'! '7 -782-6032. eVfry Monday and Wednesday, -', \ month in advance at the Faneuil Branch library. Preregistrntion re Homework assistance quired. and homework The Faneuil Pageturners - a monthly hook discussion group KNOW IS STRUGGLING WITH · helper programs for children age 10 lind up with a The Homework Assistance parent Books will be available MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY! PJ:ogram has begun for the year one month in advance at the Fa at the Brighton Branch Library. neuil Branch. Preregistration re High school tutors assist quired. yolmger children Monday through Thursday, 3-5 p.m. The Bedtime Stories Homework Helper Program has An evening edition of "Story Boston Public School teachers in Tlffie," foUowed by u craft, takes tlie children's area of the place Thesdays from 6-6:30 p.rn. 4highton Branch Library Mon Free and open to the public; no days and Thursdays, 4-6 p.m. registrntion is required. COMMUNITY NOTES ., , t,llM, MUNITY NOlB, from page 10 BRA hosting workshops PCBG extends The Boston Redevelopment illYitation to community Authority is hostina a series of • community workshops and meet The Parents & Community Build Group Inc. invites all AIl ings for the Allston-Brighton 'ston-Brighton residents to join Neighborhood PlaMing Initia iIl"its "Adopt a Spof' program. tive. The initiative is a planning -Membership is free. There are effort that will address various no meetings to attend, and the planning issues south of the Thro pike. It will not duplicate efforts ~uirements are simple. The PCBG is promoting an anti-litter related to other institutional mas sampaign. ter plans currently UIIdec review. Whether or not participants The initiative will result in a re Mass Audiology will have State 'i)::e,nSE~d aid specialists available to perform comprehensive hearing reside in a house, an apartment port prioritizing shOlt-term and evaluations at no charge for first 30 quwified callers to determine if you are a candidate C r this new building, or own or manage a long-term recommendations and ultra-modern, open-ear solution. Applicants selected will be asked to give their Opil1ion on this guide business in the Allston-Brighton serve as a for the city of remarkable new hearing aid 2 weeks. ~his state of the art instrument solves a really big problem by Boston. Meeting datcll, times and cbmmunity, they can "Adopt a amplifying high frequencies pluggi~W up the ear canal as in traditional hearing aids and is virtually locations are: SPof' directly in front of their invisible when worn. This will be fit and digitally programmed on the spot in one of our offices. entry door. Meeting 2 - Focus Group If everyone took the time to Working Session I. Tuesday, Participants who wish to keep instruments can do so at a tremendous savings, due to their participation. March 27, 6-9 p.m. Location to pick up litter and dispose of it However, if you feel hearing aibs do not improve your hearing. simply return them. properly, or swept the area in be decided. Meeting 3 - Wod -~ - 20 TAB Spinning for cash ! David Paterson of Newton (rlgJrt) and Beth Runvnler of Weterf:own take pert In the Oak Square YMCA .Plt..... than fundralser on Saturday, March 10. . I Jackson Mann CeIlter celebr' tes 30 years of servic JACKSON MANN, from page 3 Diane Joyce families together," sbe said. cleanliness of the building," said programs, found solutions to chal Diane Joyce, who was JMCC admin called the spaghetti dinners, Joyce. "We sat at the table together, lenges and kept their eye on their goal istrative coordinator for 13 years, shows and the flea markets, and we all had the same goal: the best - to serve students, their families and smiled when be remembered her first those events brought smiles for the !dds and their families. If you the c0rnm.unity. "It was four women experience al Jackson Mann. one's faces . She remembered put aside competitiveness and petti collabOrating, sharing their best think Her daughter, Jen, was in firs! grade, cess of JMCC's adult edllcatJqn neSs, it will work," and it has at Jack ing and supporting each other," she and Joyce had some extra time. Her gram. '1t was sucb a div.,rse son Mann, she said. said. friend, Janice Hamilton, who was people, different cultures, dill"'r~lot The women also worked together to Besides "the many joys" at JMCC, JMCC coordinator at the time (and is guages, but all wanting the write grants, and to build partnerships there were challenges, too; meeting currently president of the JMCC Coun - getting a job and belping with community agencies, including those challenges seemed easier, DiNa cil), invited her to help out at the center. dren succeed. That's mallClIlg JerrY Quinn and The Kells Restaurant, tale said, because of collaboration. "I "I handed out cheese and powdered ence and addressing mill VI(lUal thel West End House Boys & Girls always knew I could walk across the milk to families from the neighbor needs of our particular nei.ght,qrflOOd, House and the Hamilton Elementary hall to Joanne [Russell] or down the hood, and before I knew it, I was she said. School. hall to Diane; I had a community to hooked!" Sbe also remembered, with What's next for JMCC? Joyce said help me work things out." JMCC is Since those first days 17 years ago, collaborating with the I sh~ would like ''to see Boston Centers special, she said, because of "the peo Joyce has served as JMCC's office women, and "working to help lIlarents for Youth & Families use Jackson ple, both in the building and in the manager, proaram supervisor, ru:sistant help their !dds." Joyce said, 1 Mann as a model throughout the city." community." Allston-Brighton, she administrati ve coordinator and admin warding to see parents read She would also like to see the relation said, His the warmest, embracing com istrative coordinator. She is currently child, or to know that a ship between the community center munity." director of programming for 130ston learned how to advocate and the Boston Public Schools grow. DiNatale said, "I always wanted to Centers for Youth & Families, and con in school. Programs at Jackse'I' IIl1ruID "After all," she said, "it's all about STAfF PttOTO BY KEITH E. JACOBSON Diane Joyce, who was the Jackson-Mann provide that support." partnerships, isn't it?" be at Jackson Mann; it's a nurturing en tinues ber connection with hckson Community Center administrative vironment. And, we always continued Mann. The women's partnership Editor's note: Ellen McCarthy and coordinator for 13 years, was recently to grow. We never got stuck where we Her best JMCC memories rue "the We respected each other," Jodnne Russell will be profiled in the honored at the school's 30th were; we always looked to be better." feel-good times," wben ''we brought on all !dnds of situations, March 23 issue ojThe TAB. anniversary celebration. • Luck needed to get into city's opular charter schools ·• , CHARlBI SCHOOL, from page 3 While those schools fare well in test did get into theil-second choice of the Pa cred Heart in Roslindale. tended hours, instead of getting out at scores as Boston public schools go, the "I liked that Brooke cific Rim Charter School. But Stuart wus very happy after her , 2:30, they go to 4:30," said Gracia, who lottery selection process showed how '1 was so psyched," said Stuart, whose son got into the second choice. I' attended the Brooke's lottery process in a baclly parents want their students to at extended hours, inste.d sonlPlaced 87th on Brooke's waiting list Patricia Gil, an academic recruiter cold gym at noon. '''They focus on read tend charter schOOls instead of other pul> of getting out at ";~4', to attend fifth grade. who helps Spanish-speaIcing students get ing, which is a huge factor in society. My lic school options. stuart explained why she wanted her into schools, spoke about the Brooke daughter is into reading." ''It's really hard because the I"""nts they go to 4:30. son to attend the Brooke Charter School charter school. Little Valentina's lottery selection [who] apply really want their kjds to focus on reading, which so baclly: ''I'm loo!dng for a school that ''When you leave here, you rarely ~ number ended up being - 175. come here," said Lee Koh, director of gocl up to the eighth grade. I like a 'C'. They foclls on leanoing and realty ''Not that good. That is terrible," said development for the Brooke school. '1t's is a huge factor Brooke's scores in the MCAS, EPL, prepare !dds. It's hard to get into a gobct the disheartened mother. "We applied to so hard to tum them away." society. My daulglttle ~ mat\! and reading." high school," said Gil, who tutors stu other scbools, but we really, really, really The school'S necutive directer, Jon Sluart added that she doesn't like the dents and advocates for special educa wanted to come here." Clark, summed up many parents' feel into reading." "attitude" of students in other noncharter tion. "Having K through eighth [grades] Valentina's number was also too high ings about the Boston public ~:hools schqols. is the best thing they did. It's not regular to get into her second choice. So the right before pulling the first names: ''Un Natalie Gracia "If he didn't get into a charter school, kindergarten - they leam to read and youngster will be likely attending either fortunately in Boston, we don't have he ,\,ould've gone to private school," she write. It's an excellent school. I recom the Sunmer or the Beethoven school in enough good schools ... " son, Marcus, did not get into theii'j flIll1fl said. mend many, many students to it over the Parkway next year. While Jacqueline Stuart's lO-year-old ber-one choice of the Brooke he Previously, Marcus had attended Sa- METCO." Kerry to offer keynote at Be Law School BOSTO CITY COUNCIL TELEVISION With the prospect of a Republican White House alld a newly empowered Democratic Congress prompting 01> Cameast Channel 5 1 p.m. - Public Utilities and Cable Hear- Budget Hearing - Family and Community servers to expect sparks, showdowns or stalemates, six cur IOa.m.105p.n< satellite dish placement Oct. 20 (\:10) Engagement May 22 (I :37) rent and former members of the U.S. Congress, each an www.ciryojboston.govlcitycounciVlive.asp alunmus of Boston COllege Law School, will gather al their tllie!iday, March 20 Thursday, March 15 alma mater on March 19 to address the pressing need for bi Weekly programming schedule for 10 a.m. -l1ublic Safety Hearing on LNG 10 a.m. - Public Safety Hearing on partisanship. March 16 to March 22, 2007 in Bostbn Harbor Nov. 14 (3:02) City's emergency preparedness June 5 The public forum on the topic "Achieving Bi-PartisattRhip: - planning and Eco Development (5:01) The Challenge for National Leadership," will fea ture a Friiay, March i6 -Evacuation Day Hol- Hearirl~ on t/uerilla marketing March 6 3 p.m. - Public Safety Hearing on poten- t· keynote address by U.S. Senator Jobn Kerry, followed by a iday tial upgrade to City'S 911, system March 15. panel discussion among Kerry and four Democratic Con -;s~~';:~~n~H~earm~· g on open gressmen, moderated by a former Republican senator. No City Council Programming Scheduled. B Feb. 26 (l :37) Programming schedule is subject to Participants include former Sen. Warren B. Rudman f change based on the scheduling and length New Hampshire, and congressmen Robert C. Scott, D-Va. , Monday, March 19 ~eclnesliay~ iMlll1ch 21 live hearings and meetings, which will be car Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Michael E. Capuano, D-M,ISS., 10 l,m. - Environment Hearing on City's & Means Hearing on res ried in their entirety. Paul Hodes, D-N.H., and Stephen Lynch, D-Mass. green roofiog efforts Nov. 8 (2:40) ratljandexelrnption Dec. 11 (l: 11 ) For more injormlltion, on Boston City The event will take place Monday, 9:30-11:15 a.m .. in 1 p.m. - Public Safety Hearing on Boston . Council Meet- Council Television, call Tom Cohan at 617- Room 115 of the Boston College Law School East Wing, $14.5111 grant from Homeland Security 635-2208 or e-mail TomCohan@ciryof 885 Centre St., Newton. Marcll12. boston.gov. The event is sponsored by Boston College Law School as part of its 75th anniversary celebration. Currently rattked among the nation's top 30 law schools by US News & World Report, BC Law's students·are drawn from more than 230 colleges and universities from across the United States and abroad. su ...... ",~. -be to the AlB TAB Nearly 6,000 applicants competed for 250 seats in the eo tering class this year. www.allstonbrightontab.com Friday, March 16,2007 Aliston-8righton TAB, 21 A-B CDC HAPPE INGS Here's a list of what is happen Brighton CDC. - Continue to address substan nm~ee:t:;~~~ The next meeting is 617-787-3874, ext. 216. their saVings matched each month ing at the Allston-Brighton Com For more informatiOn, e-mail dard housing onnditions including V March 21 , at 7 p.m., as they make plans for higher edu mWlity Development Corp., 320 [email protected]. bed bugs, mold, lead paint and as Brighton CDC. The Other COIllllUnily cation, small business develop Washington St., Thini Floor, besOlS. next di,t,uss fur- ment or homeownership. The pr0- Brighton, MA 02135. Phane 617- - Fight housing discrimination. announcements Latinos en Accion SJl'IC'f Connec- gram is made possible with the 787-3874 for more information. - Iocrease Latino participation sin~L~~~= 1 process. The public is invited to the fifth suppon of the United Way of sets Iong-tenn pIa1s regarding institutional expansion open annual Boston Shines citywide Massachusetts Bay's Funding Fu Allston Brighloo CDC The Latinos en Accion Latino in Allston-Brighton, with empha hapl>enIDlg lin March neighborhood cleanup. Mayor tures initiative. leadership committee met twice in sis on Harvard University and Menino is once again spearhead There will be an information 011 offets WOIilshop February to discusS open space BaSion College. ing the citywide spring deanup ef session On Saving For Success on tenants' rights and long-term planning. Latino -Organize frequent informative fort, Boston Shines, Friday, April Tuesday, March 20, 6 to 7 :30 p.m., A workshop on tenants rights residents of Allston-Brighton onn sess,ons about immigration law 27, and Saturday, April 28. at the ABCDC. takes place Monday, March 19, at sider open spaces \0 be very im and procedures. Boston Children's Chorus will Allston Brighton CDC and the the Wmship School, presented to portant to personal and onmrnuni - Explore options to belp young host auditions for its 2007-2008 Allston Brighton Resource Center the Allston Brighton Family Net ty development They would like Latinos increase their adjustment Fri"n<\';iof Rogers Park meets performance season during the are working to get the word out to wQrk. The workshop will include to see more stable progrnms that to li:'e in the United States. 27, 7 t~ 8 p.m., at weeks of April 30 to May 4, and working families in the neighbor an :overview of tenants' rights in are accessible to youth, such as Rx more information, e-mail Intl:!national Language June 11 to 15. Auditions take only hood about wealth-building op Massachusetts and an introduction sports teams and indoor activities Juan at gonzalez@allstonbrighton 10 minutes, and no prepared mate portunities. Allston Brighton CDC to 'the Massachusetts affordable wben the weather is onld They cdc.arg. rial is required. Singers 7 to 17 will is helping people build wealth by housing system. would also like to see these pr0- be placed into one of nine begin providing information, counseling This workshop will explain grams offer parents education. Groen GaUlCiing ning, intermediate or performance and matched savings through the people's rights as tenants with re Latinos en Accion feels that level choruses. To schedule an au Saving For Success program so spect to issues such as evictions, there is a need to increase safety in IDIlSgreat dition, call Boston Children's that people may return to scoool, rent increases, sanitary code viola parks and other open space areas Tbe Allston Brighton Green Chorus at 617-778-2242, ext. 225. grow a small business ·or buy a tions, lead paint and discrimina and that organizatiOIlll and institu Space Advocates convened their home. Allston Brighton Resource tion. This workshop will also pro tions should provide more effec thin! Green Gathering on Feb. 27. Seeking Saving Center is malcing sure neighbor vide an overview of subsidized tive information about open space Green Space advocates from All I"U>'-U}.I offers funding for bed hood ",sidents receive the full housing: public housing, private activities and opportunities. stoI~Brigbton and beyond joined era£lic*l~on .. It pro~des up to ForSuccess? benefit of the tax system through ly.Qwned subsidized housing and In the long term, besides open tog"ther to celebrate another year to tenants to re- The Allston Brighton CDC of the Earned Income Tax Credit by how to apply. space, Latino residents feel that it of progress towan! preserving, or up to $200 per fers an innovative program, Sav offering free tax return services. The program will last approxi is important to: protecting and expanding Allston owners to defray ing For Success, that helps to build Leah Krieger, financial literacy mately an hour, wil/l 40 minutes - Work together with the Massa Brighton's network of open space. costs. wealth. Through individual devel program coordinator, may be devoted to tenant rights and 20 chusetts Association of CDCs and An article on the event appeared information, e-mail opment accounts, income-eligible reached with any questions or to minutes devoted to affordable other housing campaigns to secure recently in the Allston-Brighton gonza!ez@allston- residents of Allston-Brighton and sign up for an information session. housing. It will be presented by funds to create !IIOIe affordable 11\B: 'Tree fans gather to make brilli'te,nccj;:.olrg or call 617-787- adjoining communities (all of E-mail krieger@allstonbrighton AYfJ. Chan and Kate Jordan, com housing and to continue address A-B greener." or Kate at jor- Boston, Brookline, Newton, Wa cdc.org or call 617-787-3874, ext. ml!Ility organi7;ers at Allston ing substandard housmg. l1le Green Space Advocate or tertown and Cambridge) can have 220. GIVE THEM THE BEST I. KNOW whether your child is Use wri llen messages around yOUT there is 10 look forward 10 doing leady for a separ2tioo from home. home !SO the child can practice and experiencing there. SUMMER EVER! ()UCliS. lII is lopie with your child. respondmg 10 a lelltr. Write a lunch 9. tlAVE your child mark off each llealiz.e thJI your child may be 10 box n~e with a question and ask day of the camp session on a calen- " MOUNT IDA learly before you are! If you are [he c1" ld to respond in writing. dar. Children like to see how many unsure, get advice from your child's Rem~"'1llber. Il()(es are fine and they days [hey will be away. This helps .Ioctor-bul not in front of your are better than nothing; long letters them to undentand how going to DAY CAMP .... uld Just may not arrive from camp! camp fits mlo the summer plan for 'Give your children 0 summer to play, learn, and grow. JP'!!Y the: ~ This a mail-- 10. CONTINUE with medications A day camp experience --- -,-.- - !:!.enielS\'OL.VE of CXII1troI thechi~~"~~~~~f:~~~~~~~ and ~ ~"~"<}~''''~~~m~'''~''~''''''~~1",""~~",,,[;eing p~y to get usedlhe fam throughoutily. the school year. that's out of this worldl For children ages 4-13 !eding of being sent away. and stamped. If you are not in the Medicine for attention. behavior or .1. L[AR.,'" IDO('C about the camp habit of sending a lot of Idters, get psychological conditions is as ,M ."haI to expect. Anend Open going! Write some ahead of tmlC importanl at camp as II is at school. June 25 thru August 17, 2007 iouseI Of camp gatherings lD your and post them before the camper Don'l use camp as an excuse to take IfCa. 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Identify specirlC activities or the cl1ild with v.urnes about home ness hilS! ~ 0/ rnditioas the child looks forv.'Ud to \\hilc away could sabotage Ihe ~7 o~ ••• lcon • Lou of choice J Lunch is provided daily. expenencing. Make I list of these e: 978 !18 301~ Of .... WN SJ'Tl~er~enn org r WATb.~PORT6 swimming, canoeing, I kayaking, sailing, windsurfing, waterskiing and LEAP SCHOOL & SUMMER wakeboarding. LAND6PORT6 horseback riding, mini-gotf, dimbing wall, tenniS. I..EXJNGfON, CONCORD, SUDBURY l!< BIBDF4PRD archery, soccer and many team sports. t AQ.T6 candle making, woodshop, animal care, arts & crafts, basket weaving, pottery and dance. 4 & 8 Week Sessions for Boys and Girls .. ·14 T"lnspol1atlon from Newton, Weston Bwll...... c.. 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Sniitlf offers comprehensive med To advertise your Retail or Real Estate other edical venues to see spe patient who listens, learns and Community Health Cente~ ica~ dental, cOllnseling and business in the Allston-Brighton TAB cialists, at the center, patients are then acts appropriately will have Women's Health Network Pro:: vision seIVices to all individ or one ofthe other award-winning treated n site. On staff are regis· the greatest comfort level." gram. " uals and families regardless tered ". titians, a ctjrtified podia The center is committed to pro Eastern Massachusetts Community of cirCllmstance. Below are A woman older than 40 with' a trist, an entire vision and dental viding high·quality, affordable, low income who has no insur- II commllllity events offered by ~ Newspaper Company papers: dep ents. An endocrinologist primary health care to residents ance or insurance that does n'o~ the Health Center. For more from e Joslin Clinic sees pa of AUston-Brighton, Waltham infomlOtion abollltlJe events cover physical exams, mamrnll<: ce a month f t the center. and surrounding communities, or IJealtll center seIVices, grams and pap tests may be eligi CONTACT e ultimate ~ n "one·stop regardless of their ability to pay. ble. ',' call Sonia Mee at 617·208- ," the cent~r had its first 1580 or visit lVIVlv.jmscllc. The center's facilities are at 287 The program also covers chq-: Day in N?,vember. On Western Ave., Allston; and at 564 lesterol and glucose testing, aIjd, org. that da: all interestcil diabetic pa Retail Advertisers Main St., Waltham. Appoint· nutrition counseling. tients ~ w as many specialists as ments can be made by calling For more information about t1je Harriet Steinberg their onal schedules permit· Jloseph Smith Center 6 17·783-0500 for AUston and Women's Health Network Rro, 7811433·7865 ted. other Dia~tes Day is I)iabetes Collaborative 78 1·693-3800 for Waltham. gram, call 617·208·1660. being ~ ed for May, date to be , , Real Estate Advertise,. "It is weU documented that annol1lj' ed. I African-Americans and Hi span Ano er anractiorl to the cen Free health screenings Bird/pandemic . " . Mark Macre/Ii i::s and Latinos suffer dispropor ter's di tic patien~ is the group Free glucose, cholesterol and flu presentation 7811433·8204 tionately high rates of death and weigh ss clinic. Open to all pa blood pressure screenings are I!!COMMUNI1Y illness from diabetes," said Smith tients .th weight qoncerns, the conducted monthly throughout Through funding from the ,., INIWSPAPER , YMCA publslles new The YM A has raised a total of and Float parties, watdliJ>g movie s""runer c:arr,p and programs. At the Oak tion, contact Ihe welcome center at 617- mission $440,000 toward the $601,000 project. while fl oating in the pool. out the YMCA, the program is buil! on 787-3535 or tdun;[email protected]. statement While the YMCA continues to raise the Y's Weh site for future dates times core values of caring, honesty, re- The YMCA of Greater Boston is ded required money, the project is moving at www.ymcaboston. org. spect and responsibility. Campers and Volunteers needed ictted to improving the health of mind, forward. Permitting has commenced fami li es will fi nd tradi tional activities, tiody and spirit of individuals and fami and demolition has begun. The goal is New teen center positive staff role models and diverse en- Have a special skill to share with chil li·e's: in our commurtities. We welcome to have the project completed by this to be buill at the Y rollmenl to be complemented by the dren or adults? Want to try coaching? men and women, boys and girls of all summer to begin to serve youth at this CA ' Regisler by March 16 and re- How about becoming a YMCA greeter incomes,, , faiths and cultures. critical time of year. In response to the need c ive extended day services. Registra- and welcome mends and neighbors as To donate 10 the Teen Center Capital safe and constructive ti n information is available at the wel- they enter the fac ility? Those with exper yieceives grant Fund, call Jack Fucci, executive direc time activities for young aUULJ~ ,1 u le Oak me center or by contacting Heather tise in business. art, dance, music, educa forteen center tor, at 617-787-8668. Square YMCA is building rr.mg~ at 617-787-8669 or htwing@ym- tion or other areas are sought. For more teen center on its property. caboslon.org. Financial assistance is information or share an idea, call Linda . The Oak Square YMCA announces Summer camp regisb alion will be completed by the at'lable to those who qualify. Si lvestri at 6 17-787-8665 or e-maillsil that it has received another endorse Thank you to the suo,oort vestri @ymcaboslon.org. Summer camp registration has al ment of its new Teen Center projeci. nations from the New BaI'mc~ ready started and spots are fi lling up /thy Kids Da The AllstonlBrighton Boston College tion, the Children's Fund, the y Birthday Commurtity Fund has awarded the Oak fast. There are a limited nu:nber of Commonwealth of and Join the Y on Saturday, April 14, fro m parties Square YMCA a $50,000 capital grant openings per age group, so ~!Serve a other individuals. To learn ~a . m.-2 p.m., in the gymnasium for at the YMCA for othe Teen Center. Mayor Thomas M. spot now by calling Hea!ber ~ :wing at donate, call Jack Fucci at 617- thy Kids Day. This event is free for Children's birthday parties may be Menino and Boston College set up this 617-787 -866Q. Informational Camp and will incl ude games and activities hosted at the YMCA. Thi.s may be a fund years ago to help support the com Open Houses will be n,ursday, ~ r individuals of all ages. This is a farni pool, sports or gymnastics party and will murtity. The ''fund'' had a competitive March 15, turday, March 24 and I -mendly event, and will be a day to include a designated room for cake and application process, and the YMCA Thursday, ,\pril 19. For a brochure, Visit !be 37 c'Tlebrate health and wellness for chil- presents. For more information or to Teen Center program resonated as an call the Y or go to www.ymcaboston. and see what the Oak clten within the communi ty. For more in- book an event, call Heather Twi ng at important investment in the commurti org. to offer. The YMCA's ~1rmation , call the welcome center at 617-787-8669 or e-mail htwing@ ymca ty,. Boston College joins the New Bal All program provides 6 7-787-3535. boston.org. ance Foundation, the Facilities lnitia Oak Square YMCA pricing to those who qualify. ti-:e, a funding collaboration of the ber fi tness packages are avaii'~ble ear. new t: 011 Children's Investment Fund and Build recetieS grant: y the Web the-Out-School-Tune Network, the The Allston-Brighton Boston College odinsco meuntmedberships rate. For~m~o~re~~~:;:~or call neey, for fiIness Check OUI ymcaboston.org and click Commonwealth of Massachusetts Ex Community Fund bas awarded the the welcome center al or tMembershiPs for children and adults on Find a Y and choose Oak Square. ecutive Office of Health and Human YMCA a grllnt to purchase a movie pro- visit www.ymcaboston.org. 0 all ages are available for the Oak Find out whal is going on in the facility Services Youth at Risk grant, sponsored jector and j\lmbo screen. Thll equip S uare YMCA. Get a jump on the new and get schedules, updates and more. by Rep. Moran, Rep. Honan and Sen. ment will be used to conduct C( lmmurti Camp Connolly yfar and stop by the facility for member Newsletters covering topics such as fam Toiman, as the lead funders on the pro tY movie nights througbout the year. s!lip and program information. Confi ily programs, fi tness, aquatics, sports and ject,that are helping make this project a The urtit can be used outdOOr!, and in Summer Programs ~ntial scholarships are available to volunleering are now available. To sign reality. doors. The Y has a plan to hold Flick Registration is going on for annual lose who qualify. For more informa- up, visit www.ymcaboston.org. 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