Sen. Markey and Rep. Kennedy address Lynn Democratic City Committee. A3 MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019 Nov. 5. No excuses. Voting is our duty BY STEVE KRAUSE The way I look at it, voting isn’t just a right. It is a duty. Presidents, senators, congressman/women, mayors, city councilors … they are not appointed positions. We elected these people. If something happens where an elected of cial cannot ful ll a term, and one is appointed, there is an election at the earliest opportunity to ll the position legally (unless a Constitutional chain of succession is followed). That’s pretty much all the Constitution dictates — and all it guarantees. It says nothing about any assurances that one of the two candidates in a nal runoff is lik- able, or whether either, by some happy miracle, mirrors your own political viewpoints. In fact, more often than not, both candidates have gaping holes in their political DNA to that point where, if you dwell only on those, you’d never vote at all. The 2016 election immediately comes to mind. If I heard it once, I heard it a thousand DUTY, A7 Time to get some Important enough civic exercise to die (or kill?) for BY THOR JOURGENSEN BY CHERYL CHARLES Voting in America is an exercise in civic responsibility and, Remember these names: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, by extension, a civic duty. Michael Schwerner. If we truly embrace that one word in the Pledge of Alle- If you don’t know them, you should. They were the three giance most of us remember stumbling over when we were young men who were brutally murdered by the Ku Klux young — “Indivisible” — it means inseparable into parts. At Klan (some of whom wore police uniforms when they weren’t rst glance, the word is a clear reference to our country’s wearing hoods) in June 1964 in Mississippi. name. The United States of America is not united unless its They were registering African-Americans to vote. states share a common purpose and are not divided. Tell me again why you don’t nd it necessary to vote, But the pledge starts with “I,” not “We,” and the person- when some people in this country believe your voice, and al identi cation we make reciting it binds us to that most your vote, are so profoundly powerful it’s worth killing (and RESPONSIBILITY, A7 IMPORTANT, A7 Why wouldn’t We can do better Your vote gets you vote? than 6 percent access and results BY BELLA DIGRAZIA BY GAYLA CAWLEY BY BELLA DIGRAZIA It took decades of ghting before women and Last month’s primary election in Lynn had a A vote isn’t a piece of paper with a name on it. people of color were granted the rights to vote. pitiful voter turnout of 6 percent. A vote is a commitment to someone you believe is So, why do some take advantage of that privi- The number of voters is consistently low in local going to get the job done. lege? elections and doesn’t fare much better statewide. What is the job exactly? I’ve been in several heated political debates Even the contentious presidential election in When your street needs paving, or you’re in the where the other party ended the conversation 2016 between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton aftermath of a snowstorm and your road wasn’t with, “That’s why I didn’t vote.” And, no matter drew just 55 percent of eligible voters nationally, plowed, you call an elected representative. When EXCUSES, A7 TURNOUT, A7 RESULTS, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 POLICE/FIRE .............................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 HIGH 56° VOL. 141, ISSUE 273 CLASSIFIED ...............................B7 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 LOW 52° HEALTH .....................................B8 $1.50 COMMUNITY CALENDAR ............A5 PAGE A8 A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019 OBITUARIES Environmentalists proposing that Joan P. Dunn Cronkhite, 87 Mainers farm quahogs to beat pests Joan Patricia Dunn By Patrick Whittle Cronkhite, 87, passed away ASSOCIATED PRESS peacefully on Oct. 25, sur- rounded by her loving family. GEORGETOWN, Maine She is remembered by — Few things are as em- her four daughters and fam- bedded in Maine’s culture ily, Judy Cronkhite and her — or its mud — as clams, husband Stefan of the San and an environmental Francisco Bay Area, the late group thinks the key to Marcia Cronkhite of Sa- saving the shell sh might lem, Janice Cronkhite of Los be growing a different Angeles, Calif., and Wendy kind of bivalve along the Cronkhite Donahue and her state’s coast. husband Michael of Salem. Manomet, based in She is also survived by her Plymouth, is proposing sister, Elizabeth Dunn of the shell sh shift as a Peobody; sister in law, Leigh way to beat predators that Dunn of Rockport; her neph- plague Maine’s clam dig- ews, John Dunn of Ypsilanti, gers. Seafood lovers have Service information: Fu- sought Maine’s softshell Mich., and Robert Dunn of neral services will be held clams in chowders and Lawrenceville, N.J. She is pre- at Our Lady Star of the Sea clam rolls for decades, ceded in death by her brother Church, 85 Atlantic Ave., but wild harvesters are John Dunn of Rockport. Marblehead, on Wednesday, collecting fewer of those Joan, fondly known as Oct. 30, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. clams, in part because of “Contessa,” was a resident of The family wishes to thank the spread of crabs and Marblehead. She graduated Care Dimensions Danvers worms that prey on them. from Swampscott High School and all those who cared for Manomet thinks the and attended Salem Nurs- her in her last days. For more answer might lie in the ing School. She worked as a information or online guest- aquaculture of quahogs, nurse at Salem Hospital, Dan- book, please visit www.Mur- which are a harder spe- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS vers State Hospital and Mass phyFuneralHome.com or call cies of clam associated Marissa McMahan, marine sheries director for environmental group General. 978-744-0497. more with Rhode Island Manomet, measures young quahogs at the site of an aquaculture farm and Massachusetts. The in Georgetown, Maine. group is working with four shell sh farmers along more than 90 shell sh ment’s National Oceanic or to joining the Manomet Charles F. Murphy, 85 the Maine coast to grow leases in Maine totaling and Atmospheric Admin- project, and the rst bunch quahogs, study the results more than 700 acres last istration’s Sea Grant pro- has reached maturity. and bring the bivalves to year, but the industry is gram has taken notice of “It’s a new option — a market. dominated by oyster and Manomet’s idea and pro- local option for an aqua- DANVERS — Mr. Charles F. “Wouldn’t it make sense mussel farming. vided $65,000 to give the culture product,” Kramer Murphy, 85, of Danvers, for- to branch out and do this Quahog farming is mak- project a boost. McMahan said. merly of Saugus, beloved hus- new species? One of the ing money in Massachu- said the group provid- Quahogs are still vul- band of the late Jeanne Ley- things that attracted us to setts, where state records ed the farmers with seed nerable to predators, such don Murphy, died Friday, Oct. quahogs was they seem to show the value of farmed quahogs last month, and as green crabs, especially 25, 2019. be less susceptible to pre- quahogs topped $1 mil- the shell sh are growing when they are young and Born in Saugus, he was dation from green crabs lion in 2017. Quahogs are in Harpswell, Georgetown small, said Brian Beal, a the son of the late Daniel B. and marine worms,” said also harvested wild in and West Bath farms. The professor marine ecology and Helen (Snow) Murphy. A Marissa McMahan, ma- the ocean and tidal areas rst market-size quahogs at the University of Maine longtime resident of Saugus, rine sheries division di- off the East Coast, and are expected in 2021. at Machias. he was a graduate of Saugus rector for Manomet, refer- they’re popular stuffed, Jordan Kramer, opera- So farmers are growing High School, Class of 1952. encing a pair of pests that steamed and in chowders. tor of the West Bath farm, the quahogs in bags locat- An outstanding athlete and eat softshell clams. The shell sh also lends said the growth of quahog ed in 10 to 30 feet of water, proud Saugus Sachem, he Shell sh farming is al- its name to a ctional aquaculture could help McMahan said. That will excelled on the football grid- ready common along the Rhode Island town on the the state’s farmers diver- help protect them from iron and was inducted in the Maine coast, but quahog animated series “Family sify. His farm, Winnegance the crabs, which prey on Saugus High School Hall of farming isn’t practiced Guy.” Oyster Farm, was already wild shell sh when they Fame for his athletic prowess. extensively. There were The federal govern- raising some quahogs pri- settle in mud. He continued his education at the University of Connecticut Lynch, Sean, Justin and Mea- and at Boston University. gan Leydon, Danielle and John MASSACHUSETTS BRIEFS Michael Leydon, Liam, Colin An honorably discharged Dedham reaches Palestine, South Korea the population, nor would rent tests, including ultra- veteran, he served his coun- and Owen Harvey, and Tommy and Jonathan Leydon; and tentative agreement to and the United Kingdom. hunting have an apprecia- sounds and biopsies. try as a member of the Unit- The exhibit opened ble impact on coyote pop- Zhang tells The Tele- ed States Army and was very his great-grandson, Aedan end teachers strike Leydon.