16 The Valley Patriot Methuen May - 2005 For Your Future Methuen News Billy Manzi, Methuen City Councilor Kathleen Corey Rahme This month I will formally business as they look to Methuen City Council, Central District announce my candidacy for relocate or expand. It is fair Youth Corps Founder the office of Mayor. I intend to say that major economic to offer a campaign that is development would be positive and focused on the significantly more difficult issues critical to building a without a first-rate Join the Club better future for Methuen. educational system. And that Are you aware that there is an eighty-five Applications are sent to local guidance That future, in my view, leads us right into economic year old club in the Valley that has money departments. Once the application is requires strong, and decisive development. to give away? Are you a female graduate of completed, and after several readings, the leadership from the Mayor a four-year college and interested in scholarship committee meets to decide the Economic development is — as the challenges facing helping to give that money away? If either winners. Students are judged based on a linchpin for our future. It Methuen in the next five of these ideas intrigues you, then you are a academic excellence, leadership, will become even more years will impact our city for many years perfect candidate for membership in the community service and financial need. important in the next few years, as to come. These challenges, while College Club of Greater Lawrence. They must also write an essay on their sometimes listed as separate subjects, are tightening budgets at the state and local career and personal goals. Students who all connected to each other in subtle (and level make walking the budget tightrope Eighty-five years ago a small group of will be enrolled in a four–year, degree- sometimes not so subtle) ways. Let’s start even more difficult. Good economic women, looking to arouse an interest in granting program and are residents of with education. development has the obvious effect of college work and to provide scholarships Lawrence, Methuen, Andover, or North lowering the tax burden on residential to students in the Greater Lawrence area, Methuen needs to address immediately Andover are eligible to apply. Winners are homeowners and reducing the demand for as well as promote sociability among acknowledged at a yearly dinner. the deficiencies of the existing High municipal resources. I will immediately college educated women, formed the School. Our future accreditation will be in look at new and better ways to promote College Club of Greater Lawrence. Where else would you be able to enjoy danger if we fail to act, and the existing economic development, and will seek Hundreds of local students have benefited the company of college educated women High School, in the years to come, will not counsel from those with vast experience from the benevolence of this club. and help students continue their education allow us to deliver the education that in the field as we look to organize this with minimal commitment? Members Methuen students deserve. Simply stating municipal function to produce the In the past the club has worked hard by meet only five times a year. The meetings a desire to build a high school, however, maximum result. We will seek, as an holding bake sales and various other fund are anything but boring. Recent programs will not make it happen. Major changes have overriding principle, to be business raisers to provide several $50 scholarships. have included motivational speakers, area occurred in the way the state dispenses friendly, and will work to reduce needless In 1942, a $100 scholarship was awarded politicians, published authors, school building assistance, with new rules paperwork and red tape. This principle will to Miss Georgia McHugh who graduated professional and student musicians, and an and regulations to be promulgated next year. not only apply to business, but to the Salutatorian from Searles High School in interior designer. Members include The City must be prepared to act when the general public as well. We will make the Methuen. She went on to the University of educators, local business women, stay-at- current moratorium expires in July of business of interacting with City Massachusetts and then became an home mothers, recent graduates, and 2007. To that end, I have filed, and City government both friendly and more executive at Fireman’s Fund Insurance retirees. Council passed, legislation creating a convenient. Company in California. She died a committee to study and report on what millionaire at age 63. To demonstrate her How much does all this fun cost, you steps must be taken to insure Methuen is Our future as a City is dependent on a appreciation of the club’s generosity, she might ask? The annual dues are only $20 properly prepared to meet this goal. Our strong public safety sector. I will work, as bequeathed a sum of money to the College and each meeting that you attend is only next Mayor needs to prepare both a I have in the past, with the chiefs of our Club of Greater Lawrence to be used $5 for which you receive dessert and workable plan and a building process that public safety departments to insure that specifically for scholarships. With wise coffee. The annual dinner is an additional produces the best bang for the taxpayer’s they have the necessary tools to provide the investments of those funds, the club’s $25 if you choose to attend. Having been buck. The future success of this project public with the very best in public safety. I ability to promote college work and at many of these dinners, I can tell you that will rely on the Mayor’s ability to build will undertake a review of operating provide scholarships has increased over the scholarship winners show the promise consensus locally, to work strongly and methods at both the Police and Fire time. of a bright future. The students have effectively with our State House Departments, in conjunction with the expressed interests in career paths as varied With fluctuations in the market, the delegation, and to have the management management staffs as well as the rank-and- as pediatric thoracic surgeons, National awards have varied. Several years ago, expertise necessary to insure that the file officers and firefighters, to insure that Geographic photojournalists, and twenty-two $2000 scholarships were project is completed on time and on we are as efficient as we can be while educators. Their academic awarded to worthy students. Last year, budget. My public and private experience delivering premium service. accomplishments are impressive and their fifteen $1000 scholarships were won by provides me with the tools to reach those hard work is evident. Methuen is a great city, brimming with local students. This year the club will award goals. energy and populated by people with a real fourteen $1500 scholarships. Fifty-eight President of the club, Jane Shawcross of A successful educational future for sense of community. In the areas of completed applications were received for Methuen, says, “One of my goals is to Methuen students entails more than a new providing further recreational review from eight schools: Andover High promote the club and increase high school. As a father of two Tenney opportunities for our kids, to managing the School, Central Catholic High School, membership.” She may be reached at (978) School students, I realize that the Mayor critical functions of our D.P.W, to Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational 794-8681. chairing our School Committee is amongst providing needed services to our seniors, Technical High School, Lawrence High Kathleen Corey Rahme is the Mayor’s biggest responsibilities. I will as well as our veterans community, I pledge School, Methuen High School, Nashoba work tirelessly with teachers, to you to be a Mayor who looks to use the Valley Technical High School, North the Central District Coun- administrators, and our school building blocks provided by the people of Andover High School, and Presentation of cilor in Methuen. You can superintendent to insure that our students this great community to build a better future Mary Academy. are adequately prepared to compete in this for all of our citizens. email her at The process begins with the efforts of a global economy. A first-rate educational We have done much, but there is still dedicated group of volunteer club members. [email protected] system provides for more than just our much to be done. Working together we can students. 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I Jim didn’t quite know what to make of you’re talking about? even quit. was in film school at the me: a short, shy, skinny (as I was then) In Okemos, Mich., a 71-year- But the four workers who time, dreaming of pasty-faced white kid in his mid-twenties, old health nut named Howard didn’t quit were fired, and they become the next I didn’t seem the type of person who would Weyers runs a health-care are furious. Spielberg or have known much about football, much less benefits company called Weyco. Scorsese (some things never change). As a be an expert about his own era of play. But Weyers thinks his employees “I’m just thrown out because way of helping to pay for my cinematic I would surprise the old fullback. should be healthy, too, so years ago, he this person decided, one day, this is what schooling, I took a job as a security guard hired an in-house private trainer. Any he wanted to do,” said Epolito. The names shot out of my mouth, a at a small office building in Lexington. I employee who works with her and then response not unlike that resulting from a Virg Bernero, a Michigan state senator, was told that on my first night there, I would meets certain exercise goals earns a $110 hypnotically-induced recovery of a wants to make such firings illegal. He be trained by Lieutenant Nance. repressed memory. “, Gino bonus per month. helped publicize the fired Weyco workers’ Lt. Nance came as promised: a stocky, Cappelletti, , , So far, so good. But then, in November complaint — in the process publicizing barrel-chested black man of average height , , Ross 2003, Weyers made an announcement that himself; he’s expected to run for mayor of with a deep voice. I figured that, like so O’Hanley, , , Larry shocked his staff: “I’m introducing a Lansing this year — and now he’s many other security guards, he was Garron….” Nance’s eyes widened, with no smoking policy,” he said. introduced a bill to prohibit employers probably an ex- or would-be cop. small amount of amazement. “I couldn’t from firing anyone for anything legal they remember all of those guys—and I played ”You’re not going to smoke if you work do at home. He “trained” (which is to say, he showed with them!” Clearly, meeting Jim Nance here. Period.” “What’s it going to be tomorrow? That me around the building, or at least the parts that night brought forth something deep No smoking at work. No smoking at you[‘ve] got to lose a certain number of of it I was to make my rounds in), I listened. inside of me: my Patriots-obsessed home. No nicotine patch or nicotine gum. pounds . . . in order to keep your job?” Just For most of the night, we just sat and talked. inner child. The company would do random tests and as the law restricts discrimination on the At first, it was just friendly banter. Then, And boy, was I obsessed. In December, fire anyone with nicotine in his system. basis of race or sex, he said, “we’ll have an for some reason, he mentioned that he 1964, just passed my eighth birthday, I amendment for legal activities, for privacy “Two hundred people in a room,” Weyers played football in college. When I asked practically ordered my father to do outside the workplace. Because this goes recalls, “and they went at me.” him which college, he replied that it was something to try to bring in The Big Game too far.” Syracuse. That piqued my interest; between the Boston Patriots and the “I yelled out,” said Anita Epolito, “‘You Bernero’s thinking is muddled. I think Syracuse was and is a big-time football ; blacked out in Boston on that can’t do that to me, it’s against the law.’” whether you smoke, get fat or go skydiving school, at least by Eastern standards. snowy day, it was on Channel 8 in both New That’s not true. In Michigan and 19 other should be your choice. I say “Give Me a Haven and Mount Washington…I can’t And then, it hit me: an actual Sixties remember which one we were able to tune states, employers have the legal right to Break” to busybody politicians in New York flashback. Lt. Nance was none other than fire anyone, as long as they don’t violate and California who’ve banned smoking in in. Somehow, he and our old black and white Jim Nance, one of the idols of my single- Zenith pulled it off…only to have the Pats discrimination laws (for age, gender, race, every bar and restaurant. But there’s a big digit youth. He was the star fullback of the religion, disabilities, etc.). difference between government banning lose, 24 to 14. I cried that day, the first of then-Boston Patriots, one of the stars of many tears cried on behalf of the Boston/ things . . . and Howard Weyers doing it. We the then- League. At Weyers gave his employees 15 months have only one government. When . to quit smoking, and he offered assistance once, and with no small amount of to help. Continued on Page 18 embarrassment, I apologized to him for my Continued on Page 19

Mayor Re-Elect MIKE SULLIVAN Lawrence

Pictured from left to right are Odeta Pocoli, Sagrario Vargas, Selma Efe, Proven Arzu Karahacioglu, Rima Wazen, Belkis Okyar and Salvadora Garcia. Help Methuen Even Start Leadership... This past winter, the participants of Methuen Even Start during their "Over the last three years parenting group made a patchwork quilt in the American colors of red, white and blue. The project was a fun team building endeavor that brought look what we have been together local women who have emigrated from the following countries: able to accomplish while Albania, Turkey, Lebanon, Guatemala, El Salvador and Dominican working together..." Republic.

These women attend Methuen Even Start with their preschoolers because * Regained Lawrence High School Accreditation they want to improve their English skills and their child’s. Greater Lawrence Community Action Council is the lead agency and the program * Renovation of the Veterans Memorial Stadium is funded through the Massachusetts Department of Education. While making the quilt, the participants learned sewing vocabulary, the historical * New Water Treatment Facility significance of “quilting bees”, immigration and discussed the American dream. * New Transportation Center When the quilt was completed, they decided to raffle the quilt and donate the proceeds in support of the program that has helped them and their * Lawrence High School Construction Project children so much. The winning ticket will be chosen during Family Night, ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET! and open house, at Methuen Even Start on Tuesday, May 24, 2004 from 5:30-7 PM. The tickets are $2.00 a piece or 3 for $5.00 and can be * Created Auto Fraud Task Force to Reduce purchased at Methuen Even Start or through Emily Hoffman, program Car Theft and Decrease Insurance Rates coordinator, 978-681-4907. On Tuesday, May 24th from 5:30 – 7 PM at YMCA. This event is open to ....Proven Results anyone interested in learning more about the program, and in particular, families who are interested in joining in order to improve their English skills. Besides the quilt raffle, there will be a power point presentation MIKE SULLIVAN and the children will give a short performance. A light buffet dinner will be served. Mayor of Lawrence 18 The Valley Patriot May - 2005 From Page 4; Skills USA From Page 9 Sullivan: It's an Election Year horse handlers for disabled children. SkillsUSA provides opportunities for mediating complaints by local business Public Library. This meeting, which could Coreen Carter will compete in Customer students in leadership, teamwork, owners in the name of the United States have brought a resolution to all concerned, Service, while Anthony Waite, Shirley citizenship and character development. Department of Justice. Her own instead served as a springboard for more Pizarro, and Raiffi Castillo will serve as Among other things, it emphasizes high department and regional director, Frank dirty campaign tactics and false cries of voting delegates. ethical standards and superior work skills, Amarosso has told me that Ms. Carabello discrimination. and promotes understanding of the free- Raiffi will also submit a graphics piece enterprise system and involvement in has no business and no authority to be for the Techspo display of student career acting on their behalf for any of these The people of Lawrence deserve elected community service. leaders who strive for true equality and and technical artwork. Marcia Castillo will bogus and politically-motivated claims of display a metal fabrication piece, and About 500 students from ten schools discrimination. work towards keeping city government free from discrimination and racism. My door Vincent Guzman, Yenitza Hernandez, compete at four district events across the Ms. Carabello has been making is always open to anyone who wants to help Alexandra Guzman, Steven Espaillat, and Commonwealth. The district competition inflammatory remarks regarding this us achieve that goal. For those who try only Wanda Rosa will also submit artwork. consists of two written tests: one assessing situation and has been critical of the time to exploit racial tension for political gain, knowledge in a student’s career major and At the state conference, students from the other assessing SkillsUSA I have dedicated to the issue. The fact is, however, the business of the people of career and technical education programs not only have I met with former City Lawrence is far too important to be organizational knowledge. The top three throughout the Commonwealth participate students in each category qualify for the Councilor Julio Silverio and many of the sidetracked by such foolishness. in hands-on competition in more than 60 business owners who have complained, but state competition. Lawrence Mayor Michael Sullivan is categories. The winners will be announced I have personally visited these businesses seeking reelection in November. You at Olympic-style ceremonies on Saturday, The top students at the state competition myself. I also met with all parties involved can email him at M_Sullivan April 30, at 10:30 a.m. at the Best Western advance to the national SkillsUSA for more than three hours at the Lawrence @cityoflawrence.com Royal Plaza in Marlboro. Championships. Greater Lawrence has advanced to the nationals three times in the Ormsby: Tribal Warfare: The winners at the state conference will Community Service event. Last year’s represent Massachusetts at the SkillsUSA team, consisting of Yessica Cruz, Emily Continued from 3 National Leadership and Skills Conference Marte, and Gloriluz Rosario, brought home in Kansas City, Missouri, June 20-24. their little tribes people (who can’t then they scream, “If those other people a silver medal. More than 12,000 people nationwide, vote), what are you going to do? really cared, they would be here!” including competitors, advisors and 1000 Linda Cote and Ilene Karnow serve as Now, as the tribal elders gather, a few But most tribesmen stay in their huts. or more industry sponsors participated. co-advisors of the GLTS SkillsUSA chapter. tribesmen join them to help their favorite Why? Because they are exhausted from all tribal department get more loot. It could the efforts needed to raise the loot already be because they (or a relative) works for a demanded by the tribe and its various Vincent A.J. Errichetti department or because they want more of departments. the department’s “free” services. Either There is one more reason they stay away. way, they want more loot … and they want Around twenty-five years ago the Regional Marketing Consultant it now! Tribes People demanded a Munga [email protected] As the battle rages, one feisty tribal Ordinance that requires tribes to get their member who believes the world is coming consent before raising the amount of loot 300 Salem Street Tel: 781.932.8885 to an end gets a brilliant (but far from they extract each year at spear-point. Woburn, MA 01801 Fax:781.932.8544 novel) idea. “Let’s stop fighting over this Thank you CLT and thank you Barbara Cell:617.922.1824 pile of loot. Clearly the least able among www.simardprinting.com Anderson! us are about to suffer and the world is Serving the Political Communities of New England coming to an end … Let’s get more loot!” Dr. Ormsby is a member of the North Specializing in Mailing, Printing, Design, Signs, Banners & Stickers While a few protest that the tribes- Andover School Committee. He is a people already have too much of their hard- graduate of Cornell and has a earned resources taken from them each doctorate from MIT. If you have a question or comment you can contact year, they are drowned out by the loot- Dr. Ormsby via email at: For Sale $3,500 seekers. “More, More, More,” they yell and [email protected] Stossel: From Page 17 government bans something, it bans it for There was a relationship, that’s true. To everybody in its jurisdiction. That’s why put it simply, the relationship was that the Bill of Rights limits government Weyers thought employing Epolito was a power. But Weyco is just one company. Its good thing and Epolito thought working for employees have other choices. There are Weyco was a good thing. Weyers doesn’t 1984 Marathon 19' Inboard / Outboard Boat, other jobs available in Michigan. own Epolito; she’s entitled to pursue her happiness, not his, and if that means smok- 140 hp (4cyl) Merc Cruiser engine, 8 Cara Stiffler has already found a “better” ing, that’s her right. But Epolito doesn’t passenger, includes easy load trailer and job but still told me it should have been own Weyers; he’s entitled to live by his spare prop. Color is green/white. No time illegal for Weyers to fire her. “I want my values, not hers, and if that means not children to see that I stood up for my rights employing smokers, that’s his right. Gov- anymore. Boat's been in heated storage for as an American. That’s what . . . the men ernment smoking bans take away our free- a few years, needs good tune up. For more are over fighting in Iraq for, is my dom. But all Weyers did was exercise his. freedom.” information call - John Stossel is co-anchor of ABC News’ Give Me a Break. Freedom includes the “20/20” and the author of “Give Me a Days (978) 975 - 5657 right to quit your job, but freedom also Break,” just released in paperback. To find includes the right not to employ someone out more about John Stossel and read you don’t want to employ. No one forced features by other Creators Syndicate Stiffler and Epolito to work for Weyco. writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Office Space But now, they want to force Howard Syndicate web page at www.creators.com Weyers to employ smokers. He built the For Rent company. He owns the company. What Answer to Puzzle on Page 13 about his freedom? 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In 1966, the Pats Duane Thomas, eloping Carleens/South Broadway Balli’s/ Essex St. /Essex appeared headed for the first NFL-AFL with the University of Colorado, the Lisa Donovan’s Liquor/ S. Broadway Brunswick House/Essex Championship Game (Lamar Hunt’s Olson scandal….I remember it, all too Edna’s Beauty Salon/ 61 Genesee St. Catalano’s Market/E. Haverhill St. young son had yet to play with the toy Evergreen/S. Union St. City Hall/ 200 Common St. well. If the Red Sox were merely cursed, Golden Bowl Restaurant/S. Union St. Chamber of Commerce/Essex St called the “super ball”, which would the Patriots were damned. Hair Design/Rt. 114 Plaza) Cmty. Partnership for Children/Essex St inspire the name for the Colossal Event HEE BIN Restaurant/S. Union St. Community Development/Haverhill St. to come), only to be beaten by But that was then. The club that now calls Hess Gas Station/S. Union St. Firefighters Credit Union/Methuen St. and the Jets on the last game of the regular itself the New England Patriots reigns Jilly’s Pub/S. Union St. Gun & Sport North/Broadway supreme as a veritable football dynasty, the Jim’s Subs/South Broadway Head Start/ Essex St. season. Julie & Wendy’s/S. Broadway Hess/Broadway greatest team in professional football. All Knights of Columbus /Market St Italian Kitchen/Common St. From there, it was all downhill: the those years of defeat, frustration and L.Lawrence Store/S. Union St. JJ MGuire’s/Essex “home” game played in Birmingham, buffoonery have vanished—but not the Leo’s Auto/South Broadway Lawrence General Hospital/General Street Alabama, the trade of to memories of a small boy, and his favorite Lightship Liquors/S. Union St. Lawrence Police Station/Lowell St. Miami (the worst transaction in football Lydick Photography/Parker St. L&R Market/Howard St. team, the Boston Patriots. Mt. Vernon Liquors/South Broadway M. V. Hair Design/East Haverhill St. history), the drafting of Dennis Byrd over Mt. Vernon Variety/Beacon St. North End Deli/Common St. Greg Landry, the near-electrocution of I never met or spoke to Jim Nance again. Packard Pharmacy/Parker St. Northern Essex/Franklin St. new coach Clive Rush at his introductory He died a few years after our one meeting. Police Substation/Parker St. Perotta’s Drug Store/Prospect St. press conference, Rush’s sanity- Gone, too, is the glorious institution he Post Office/S. Union St. Pronto Pizza/ Broadway ennobled, the . Saint Patricks Parish Center/E. Kingston St. School Department/Essex challenged behavior (he once greeted a Silva’s Package Store/Winthrop Ave/Rt. 114 Senior Center/Haverhill St. sportswriter for an interview stark naked), (It still makes me cringe to hear the Patriots Sunshine Laundry/Parker St. Sons of Italy/Marston St. the half-time fire at Boston College, the called an “NFL” team.) But I hope that, The Cell Phone Store/523 S. 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