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DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020 DEALS STEVE KRAUSE OF THE Lynn eld COMMENTARY Highrock$DA Y$ planning a A hare-razing tale Church hasPG. 3 busy summer in Marblehead Salem coveredDEALS There are a few ways we can go with this. Last By Anne Marie Tobin week, in Marblehead (where else?) there was an inci- By Elyse CarmosinoOF THE ITEM STAFF dent where someone shot a turtle and a rabbit with ITEM STAFF $ $ LYNNFIELD — With the summer season rapidly a bow and arrow. SALEM — Highrock North ShoreDA ChurchY will be approaching, there is good news on the horizon for the The matter was being investigated, which is ne. It giving away free face masks to Salem PGresidents. 3 every Lynn eld Recreation Commission, which announced takes a special kind of miscreant to go around shoot- Sunday throughout the month of June. this week that it will be open for business this summer. ing defenseless turtles and rabbits. And usually, or so Parish member and Nurse Practitioner Hillary Lini- Recreation Chairman Rich Sjoberg said the response I’ve heard, at least, one of the earliest signs of devel- han said she organized the giveaway after she realized from residents has been overwhelming. oping sociopathy or psychopathy is wanton cruelty a persistent need for face coverings in some communi- “Registration is open and presently, the response to animals. ties, even months after Massachusetts declared a state has been incredible,” he said. “When the news got out, So to start this off seriously, there’s a good reason of emergency due to the coronavirusDEALS pandemic. Julie’s phone (Recreation Director Julie Mallett) just why police should investigate something like this. “It appears there’s still a large OFneed THout thereE for exploded so we couldn’t be happier with the response. And in Marblehead, the cultural capital of the North any type of mask,” she said. “You still see people with It’s great for the town and great for the kids and their Shore, of all places. scarves and socks and all kinds of things,$DA soY we$ wanted families.” But you see something like this, and after you con- to provide masks for people simply soPG they. 3 have pro- Plans call for the Lynn eld Recreation Station sev- template the larger implications, you’re left with tre- tection to even go to the grocery store and not have to en-week program for grades 1-8 at Lynn eld Middle mendous curiosity. What were Myrtle the Turtle or use something ineffective.” School to start June 22 and run through Aug. 7. The Peter Rabbit doing to deserve such a fate? In whose Residents can pick up the masks between 12 and 2 Rec Jr. seven-week program for incoming kindergart- yard was Peter burrowing? Where was Myrtle doing p.m. on June 14, 21, and 28 in the city parking lot lo- ners begins June 24 and runs through Aug. 6. Rec. Jr. her handiwork? And just exactly what constitutes cated at 297 Bridge Street, Salem. There will also be a has been moved from its normal Central Of ce loca- turtle handiwork, anyway? giveaway on Wednesday, June 17, DEALS5 - 7 p.m. tion to Summer Street School to allow for more activ- It’s easy enough to gure out what the rabbit may “We’re doing a drive-through where people stay in ity space. Both programs will have full access to the have been doing. We have rabbits in our yard too. And their cars and we distribute the masksOF toTH them,”E said LYNNFIELD, A7 MARBLEHEAD, A3 $DASALEMY$ , A3 PG. 3 NSCC Lynn president school looks back targets with pride COVID By Steve Krause slide ITEM STAFF By Gayla Cawley LYNN — Dr. Patricia Gentile is a Jer- ITEM STAFF sey girl. She hails from Cape May County, which is actually closer to Delaware than LYNN — It’s education it is to Philadelphia, even if she wears her slang for a drop-off in stu- Philly colors proudly. dents’ acquired academic And she’ll be going back to Cape May skills and Lynn Public sometime next month with her husband of Schools (LPS) plan to 14 years, George Ditzel, after she retires ght the “covid slide” with July 6 as the fourth president of North help from the state and Shore Community College. an education foundation. “Right now, life is pretty frantic,” says Dr. Superintendent Dr. Pat- Gentile, sitting at a small conference table rick Tutwiler announced with a cardboard-cutout mask on her face during Thursday’s School (“it’s amazing how creative some people Committee meeting are with these,” she says). “There are a lot that the district plans to of things that I have to wrap up. And right launch a new enrichment now, the work is hectic. It was certainly not and remediation resource part of my plan to have a global pandemic later this month for all thrown at us, but we’ve had to deal with all Kindergarten-Grade 5 of that, too.” students through the When she took over as president of the col- use of an online program lege in 2013, she didn’t have much experience called Spatial-Temporal in Massachusetts, and certainly not Lynn. ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK (ST) Math. Dr. Pat Gentile, president of North Shore Community College, will retire in July. ST Math is a visual in- NSCC, A3 structional program that leverages the brain’s in- nate spatial-temporal In Lynn reasoning ability to solve Lynn School Committee mathematical problems. passes Black Lives Black Lives Matter in Saugus The program’s unique ap- Matter resolution. A2 proach provides students By Elyse Carmosino of Saugus,” Jones said of her reason for hosting the with equitable access to In Swampscott ITEM STAFF rally. “It’s clear many residents don’t understand that learning the state’s math A look back people of color experience discrimination on a daily standards through chal- SAUGUS — Another protest in support of the Black at the basis. You’ll hear the masses say that’s not true, but lenging puzzles, non-rou- Lives Matter movement will take place Saturday at Class of 2020. A8 that’s due to lack of knowledge or simply choosing to tine problem solving, and noon in Saugus Center. turn a blind eye.” informative feedback. Organized by Saugus selectman Anthony Cogli- In Marblehead Cogliano and Jones originally planned to host a The city’s school district A look back ano and resident Danielle Jones, the event comes “unity rally” in collaboration with the young orga- was awarded a grant to at the two days after a group of local youths held their own nizers of Thursday’s protest, but ultimately called fund its use of the pro- Class of 2020. B1 demonstration — controversial for some of its partic- off their involvement because the two did not agree gram, which was made ipants’ views regarding police — in front of Saugus with what they referred to as “anti-police” sentiments available through a part- Sports Town Hall. shared online by some af liated with the Black Lives nership between The Salem State hires “It’s extremely important that we recognize the ra- Matter demonstration. Mind Institute, the state Nicolle Wood as new cial tensions and social injustices that have been hap- athletic director. B2 pening around the world and right here in the town BLM, A3 SLIDE, A7 Dining out in Peabody . literally By Anne Marie Tobin ITEM STAFF PEABODY — Now that Phase 2 of the state’s re- opening plan is underway, a couple of popular Pea- body restaurants were among the rst to reopen in the city this week, taking advantage of a streamlined city permitting process that allows eateries to open ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK with as little red tape as possible. From left, April Moore, Dayna LeBel, Denise Boris, and Anissa Catinazzo, all of West Peabody, enjoy DINING, A7 a meal at Toscana’s Ristorante in Peabody. OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 66° VOL. 141, ISSUE 155 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B2-3 CLASSIFIED ...............................B6 LOW 53° REAL ESTATE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 LOOK! .......................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020 OBITUARIES Lynn School John R. Weideman, 79 Sr. Marie Dugas, 99 1941-2020 1921-2020 Committee passes John R. Weideman, 79, of Sr. Marie Dugas (Sr. M. Fran- Lynnfield, beloved husband of cis) (99) a Sister of St. Anne, 51 years to Alice (Serwatka) died of natural causes on Black Lives Weideman and son of the late June 11 in Beaumont Health Clarence and Elin (Granquist) and Rehabilitation Center in Weideman, died June 11th Worcester. She was a resident Matter resolution after a brief illness. Born in at Alliance Health at Marie Es- Lynn, and he was raised and ther Center in Marlboro. Born By Gayla Cawley Ford said his intention educated in Saugus. John was in Lynn, MA, she was the sec- ITEM STAFF was to bring up the topic a 2d Lieutenant of the United ond child of six born to Albert for discussion purposes States Army during the Viet- and Marie (Bonin) Dugas. She LYNN — The Lynn and voiced his support for nam war. He was employed by completed elementary school School Committee unan- the Black Lives Matter National Grid for 40 years as at the former St. Jean the Bap- imously passed a resolu- movement. an Assistant Engineer. tist parish school in Lynn and tion in support of eradicat- “You all know I have John was a parishioner of graduated from high school at ing racism on Thursday a black grandson,” said Our Lady of the Assumption the former St.