MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2019 STEVE KRAUSE COMMENTARY Schools Playoffs at 4-16? There’s a better way. want The Massachusetts high school I want to focus on one particularly similarity to the elevated strato- tournament pairings in hockey and potential gross mismatch to prove my sphere of the Dukes and Villanovas. basketball are out, and, once again, point about basketball. They are basically cannon fodder for students the ridiculous things about them just A 4-16 Saugus basketball team the big boys to loosen up and make jump out at you. sneaked in with the 16th seed in Divi- sure their shoes are in working or- There’s nothing so astonishingly sion 3 North, and will play at No. 1 St. der (have to say that now after the to PASS stupid as a zero-win football team go- Mary’s Tuesday. Zion Williamson asco last week). ing to the postseason playoffs while Now, we’ve seen some pretty But when the pairings come out next a 4-3 Classical team is left out. That one-sided 1-16 games in the NCAAs, month, notice the records of those happened in the fall, and it illustrates but I can assure you the 16s are the play-in schools and the 16 seeds. All on vaping how futile it is to give everybody a tro- big sh in little ponds. They are al- of them are worthy. phy in a sport that just isn’t set up for most always 20-win teams that play By Gayla Cawley that kind of a tournament. in Division 1 leagues that bear no PLAYOFFS, A3 ITEM STAFF LYNN — Students suspended for sub- stance-use infractions will be sent off campus to Beverly for educational and therapeutic in- Peabody tervention, part of a new program in Lynn Pub- lic Schools. Administrative of cials believe the interven- looks to ease tion alternative is more bene cial for kids than simply missing school days. The main reason students are being sent to $1.25M pain that day program is vaping, also a leading rea- son for suspension in the district. Halfway through the school year, 80 students By Thomas Grillo have been suspended for vaping in 75 inci- ITEM STAFF dents, which has resulted in 128 total days of PEABODY — Three months after a court suspension at the middle and high school level, ght over the historic O’Shea mansion cost according to Superintendent Dr. Patrick Tut- taxpayers nearly $1 million, the city is sell- wiler. ing the landmark. “That’s a lot of incidents for essentially half Mayor Edward A. Bettencourt Jr. is seek- the year,” said Tutwiler, explaining the major- ing a buyer for the 10,000-square-foot Colo- ity of vaping suspensions are for use, but also nial and its 3,000-square-foot carriage house include possession of paraphernalia. “It is a on Washington Street. signi cant concern.” “We’re looking to recoup a large portion of Lynn Public Schools started participating in the money we spent in the lawsuit to protect the program, Positive Alternatives to Student the building,” he said. Suspension (PASS) in January, offered through The saga began in 2015 when Empire De- the Northshore Consortium. As a partner dis- trict, Lynn is paying $10,000 to participate this sign & Development bought the property for school year, according to Tutwiler. $350,000, according to the South Essex Reg- The program, a partnership between the istry of Deeds. Greater Beverly YMCA and Northshore Recov- Owner Michael Corsetti planned to raze ery High School, which provides an education the antique home and replace it with apart- for teens affected by substance abuse and is an ments and shops. arm of Northshore Consortium, was offered as But the city seized the 124-year-old man- a pilot last year with four schools participating, sion by eminent domain the following year Peabody, Beverly, Ipswich and Gloucester, ac- to prevent its demolition and sought a buyer cording to the Salem News. who would preserve the multi-story home Students sent to the day program receive and transform it into a centerpiece with of- time for homework, therapy, or counseling with ce space, restaurant, and a police substa- certi ed clinicians around vaping or substance tion. use and education around the topic. The city paid Corsetti $425,000 for taking “I’m all for any solution to keeping our stu- the property, $75,000 more than he paid for it. dents in school to learn toward their education But the Gloucester developer led suit in and to learn what acceptable behavior is,” said Essex Superior Court seeking $1.8 million School Committee member Michael Satter- in damages, alleging the city underpaid him. white. “Whether our students are preparing for His attorney, Peter E. Flynn of Saugus, ar- a career or to further their education, behavior gued the assessed value of the property was ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE is a key component.” closer to $1 million. A second lawsuit, in U.S. Peabody is selling the O’Shea Mansion after a legal battle Tutwiler said there are a lot of stones that PEABODY, A3 over the building cost taxpayers nearly $1 million. LYNN, A2 Art Love works and war for RAW play out students for Lynn director BY BILL BROTHERTON By Bella diGrazia ITEM STAFF BEVERLY — Eleven LYNN — Benny Sato graduates of Lynn-based Ambush is set to direct the Raw Art Works have re- New England premiere of ceived full scholarships to “Cardboard Piano” at the Montserrat College of Art, New Repertory Theatre. expanding their creative skills and pursuing their While the Lynn resi- dreams of a artistic career. dent’s passion for theater The two organizations did not begin until college, have a long history of he has a 40-year career collaborations, said Kurt that has taken him across T. Steinberg, president of the country. “Cardboard Montserrat, and Kathe Piano,” written by Han- Swaback, program direc- sol Jung, is a riveting new tor at RAW. drama that follows an “There has been a long- interracial love story be- time collaboration be- tween two young women, tween Montserrat and set against an escalating Raw Arts,” said Steinberg, civil war in Uganda. who came to Montserrat DIRECTOR, A2 last July after 12 years PHOTO COURTESY OF RAW ART WORKS at the Massachusetts This group of Raw Art Works students participated in a Figure Drawing class at Montserrat RAW, A3 College of Art. Jon Bolles, far left, of the Montserrat staff led the session. Opinion Oscars LOOK! Sports North Shore native Cheap Trick brings its Quests for state INSIDE Editorial: Tackling wins big at Oscars classics and covers to championship Route 1 traf c. A4 with ‘Green Book.’ A5 Lynn Auditorium. A8 begin. B1 Benny Sato Ambush OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 36° VOL. 141, ISSUE 67 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 20° COMMUNITY CALENDAR ............A5 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2019 OBITUARIES Roger F. White, 79 John H. Pellegrino, 92 Richard W. Campbell, 52 LYNN — Retired be fondly remem- SAUGUS — John H. Pellegri- his great grandchild; Dean, LYNN — Richard When he wasn’t play- Lynn Police Of cer bered for his great no, age 92, died on Wednes- and siblings Joseph Pellegrino Warren Campbell, ing golf, he enjoyed Roger F. “Whitey” sense of humor. day morning at Sunrise As- and Mary Morrione. age 52, of Lynn, watching it, and all White, age 79 and In addition to his sisted Living in Lynn eld. He Donations in his memo- passed away sud- sports, on TV. lifelong resident of wife Cynthia, Roger is was the husband of the late ry may be made to TAPS, a denly February 21, He is survived by Lynn, died on Thurs- survived by his loving Frances R. (Pione) Pellegrino. military family survivors as- 2019. Born and his wife, Carol (Mira- day, February 21, children John White Born in Boston and raised in sistance program (www.taps. raised in Lynn, he solo) Campbell of 2019 at North Shore and his wife Sandra East Boston, he was the son org/donate). was the son of the Wake eld; his two Medical Center, Sa- of Rowley and Linda of the late Joseph and Fran- Service information: Vis- late Richard and Joan children Billy and lem Hospital follow- Hoffmann and her ces (Tiano) Pellegrino. A Unit- iting hours will be held at Campbell. Annie Campbell of ing a brief illness. He was the husband Joseph of Phoenix, ed States Army Korean War Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Richard graduated from St. Marblehead and two step- loving and devoted husband Md. and his beloved grand- veteran, John worked for many Home, 549 Lincoln Ave., Mary’s, Lynn in 1984; earned children, Michael Barker and of Cynthia A. (Richard) White children, Kristen, Sean, Ashlyn, years as a draftsman and lat- Saugus, Tuesday Feb. 26, a degree in psychology at Jaime Jenard of Wake eld. He with whom he shared over Tara and Brayden. In addition er as a computer engineer for 4-8 p.m. Funeral services Salem State in 1988 and was the brother-in-law of Chris 57 years of marriage. Born to his parents, he was prede- Digital Equipment Corp. He to be held at Bisbee-Porcel- in 2001, he graduated from and Diana Mirasolo, Phil and in Lynn in 1939, Roger was ceased by his son Brian White enjoyed bee keeping, wood la on Wednesday at 9 a.m. NSCC with a degree in nurs- Cindy Currant all of Wake eld.