MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2018 APPRECIATION STEVE KRAUSE For her friends, McCain gets a it will be hard cross-country to move on farewell There is a paradox connected with Kelly Mar- By Laurie Kellman tin’s death. ASSOCIATED PRESS She is mourned as a person of uncommon enthu- WASHINGTON — Two former presidents are ex- siasm and empathy. Her friends and colleagues, pected to speak at Sen. John McCain’s service and often one and the same, share their memories of he will lie in state in both the nation’s capital and her fondly. Arizona as part of a cross-country funeral proces- Yet, as Elaine White, Director of Housing at sion ending with his burial at the U.S. Naval Acade- Bridgewell also says, “she would want everyone to my, according to plans taking shape Sunday. move on. You have to move on.” McCain had long feuded with President Donald White would perhaps know that better than Trump, and two White House officials said Mc- most. As a program director for what was then Cain’s family had asked, before the senator’s death, known as Greater Lynn Mental Health, she hired that Trump not attend the funeral services. Vice Martin fresh out of her freshman year at Suffolk President Mike Pence is likely to attend, said the University. From there, Martin rose to the level of chief executive officer at Bridgewell. McCAIN, A5 “I have pretty much seen her almost every work Kelly Martin was a program director for KRAUSE REMEMBERS McCAIN: A4 KELLY, A3 Greater Lynn Mental Health/Bridgewell. PAUL HALLORAN COMMENTARY A FIELD DAY In Saugus A race to FOR FRIENDS schools: Longer but redemption fewer classes Saratoga Race Course is a cathedral of horse racing and Travers Stakes By Bridget Turcotte day has always been a holy day in my ITEM STAFF world, but what transpired over the SAUGUS — A new schedule with weekend was nothing short of divine. longer class times and fewer classes A horse named Catholic Boy ran per day will be rolled out at the middle them off their feet in the 149th Tra- and high schools at the start of 2019. vers, capturing the Midsummer Derby “We all agree that the schedule at by four lengths. His backers were re- the high school and the middle school warded with a handsome win payoff of — we’re looking for longer instruction $16.20 and telephone numbers in the blocks, we’re looking for a schedule exotic wagers. that unifies the building, we’re look- I have felt a special connection to ing for a schedule that will help move Catholic Boy since last November, instruction forward,” said Superinten- when I placed a win bet on him in the dent Dr. David DeRuosi. Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf in honor The new schedule reflects longer of my father, Paul K. Halloran Sr., the blocks. In a given day, students would best Catholic boy I have ever known. have three blocks that are each 72 Dad’s instructions the night before I minutes long and two blocks that are left for the Breeders’ Cup were to “take 60 minutes long each. The schedule $100 of my money and bet it.” would run on a seven-day rotation, He had been in the hospital and hos- dropping two blocks a day. pice with significant heart issues for The current daily schedule includes the previous two weeks, though he classes ranging from 48 minutes to was actually feeling a little better as I was preparing to leave, to the point of LYNN — The second annu- 84 minutes long at the high school virtually ordering me not to cancel the al Amigos de La Voz festival and 52-minute blocks at the Belmonte trip on his behalf. attracted more than 600 par- Middle School. The day after I arrived in San Diego ticipants Sunday at McManus “You won’t see the same teacher every I got the call. Dad may have begun All Field in Lynn. (single) day but the longer block time Saints’ Day here but he would finish The crowd surpassed last will allow more instructional time,” said it with those whose lives the holy day year’s. DeRuosi. He added that the adjustment commemorates. Dad had already beat- More than two dozen sponsor will align better with more personalized en the odds by living almost four years booths and vendors surrounded learning, which goes with the education- in my care since my mom had died un- the field as soccer games and al plan the district is shifting toward. expectedly in 2013. clinics, softball games, and musi- “We’re at the point where this meets On Friday, the first day of Breeders cal acts took place. the needs of the parties involved,” said Cup ’17 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, “We’re very proud and excited DeRuosi. “This schedule might not be about the community where we here 10 years from now, but it does CATHOLIC BOY, A7 live,” said Carolina Trujillo, the meet the criteria of what we’re looking editor of La Voz, a Spanish-lan- for (now).” guage newspaper published by The new middle-high school is ex- Essex Media Group. pected to be completed in 2020. Once Sponsors included: AFLAC, all students are under one roof, it’s Cafe Colombia, DCF, Eastern important to keep scheduling and poli- Bank, El Gran Jaguar Restau- cies consistent, he said. rant, Equitable Bank, KIPP “This is teacher-generated, which I Academy, Latino Support Net- think makes a difference,” he said. work, Lynn Community Televi- School Committee chairwoman sion, Lynn Economic Opportu- Jeannie Meredith said she wished the nity, Lynn Shoe Walking Tour, new schedule could be rolled out at the Lynn United, MARIAS, Met- start of the school year. ro Credit Union, Metro North “I don’t want to see the can be kicked YMCA, My Guatemala Bakery, down the road,” she said. “I really do New England Donor Services, feel like these block time changes are New York Life Insurance, North going to be the key to — or at least a Shore Community College, Re/ big component (in) — closing that aca- Max, Salem Five Bank, St. ITEM PHOTOS | OWEN O’ROURKE demic achievement gap that we keep Jeans Credit Union, St. Mary’s Top, sponsors manned tables at the sec- talking about.” High School, Union Travel, Up- ond annual Amigos de La Voz festival in side Media, and La Vida Schol- Bridget Turcotte can be reached at Lynn. Above, Debra Lee Surface, left, Ka- ars, Inversant and Hildred In- [email protected]. Follow her on Olivia Perkins-Mackey, the stitute. tie Stauropoulous, and Marcia Narvaez of horse’s groom, had Catholic Boy St. Jean’s Credit Union got into the spirit Twitter @BridgetTurcotte. looking good. LA VOZ, B8 of the event. SCHOOL, A3 INSIDE La Vida Scholars will celebrate literacy in Lynn Opinion By Bella diGrazia reception on Wednesday. “What we are trying to do as manager at St. Jean’s Credit How Michael Cohen ITEM STAFF La Vida Scholars will be the a committee, and for the whole Union in Lynn, has been on the may shake up US honored beneficiary during the spirit of the event itself, is create committee since the organiza- LYNN — The Excellence in Lit- foreign policy. A4 event, receiving a scholarship a group of financial institutions tion’s inception six years ago. eracy Leadership Awards (ELLA) raised by a group of volunteers. that come together to help non- “As a credit union, we felt this Sports will be given to Cary Schuman, of Schuman and Bessom will re- profits in Lynn doing phenom- was a great cause, being able Senior Classical captain the Lynn Journal, and Sister Lin- ceive proceeds to be given to their enal things with literacy in the to promote awareness of great would like to pick up da Bessom, who recently retired charity of choice. They were cho- city,” said Debra Lee Surface, Ex- things happening in the city and where the Rams left from Massachusetts Coalition sen for the award for their consis- ecutive Committee member for to help organizations that really off last season. B1 for the Homeless, at the sixth tent efforts in promoting literacy Celebrate Literacy Day. annual Celebrate Literacy Day’s throughout Lynn. Surface, also the marketing LITERACY, A3 OBITUARIES ........................A2, A3 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 88° VOL. 140, ISSUE 220 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 73° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2018 OBITUARIES Joan M. Henri, 68 Katherine R. Giordani, 70 Jack P. Dodge Co-owner of North Shore Heating Supply READING — Mrs. cée Kristen Colella of DERRY, N.H. — be told as the family Jack P. Dodge, of Revere, Revere. Joan M. (Atkinson) Lynn; her aunts and Katherine R. Gior- grows. Katherine was Swampscott, and Amherst, He was also a contract pi- Henri, 68, of Read- uncles James Atkin- dani, 70, of Derry, most proud of her 3 N.H., passed away peacefully lot for Revere Aviation, ying ing, died August 24, son of Peabody, Bob N.H., peacefully Daughters and al- in his sleep on July 30, 2018. charters and checking out 2018 at home, sur- Atkinson of North- passed Wednesday ways doted over her Jack was the widower of Helen pilots in different airplanes, rounded by her loving boro, Irene and Dave August 22, 2018 in Grandchildren and Dodge, of Chelsea, and signif- formerly based in Revere. family, after a long Lee of Lynn, Dick her home surround- Great Grandchildren.