WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 Lynn McGee RAVEs takes about new aim at alert system By Bella diGrazia gangs ITEM STAFF Delayed By Gayla Cawley LYNN — In the event of ITEM STAFF an emergency, Lynn will text you. reaction LYNN — The Lynn Po- Ahead of Tuesday’s snow lice Department has been squalls, the city announced awarded a $222,133 state the use of a new emergen- by schools grant for initiatives aimed cy alert system. Weather By Gayla Cawley at preventing gang vio- alerts, school cancellations, ITEM STAFF lence in the city. signi cant traf c delays The funding was award- and road closures, missing LYNN — Lynn Public ed by the Gov. Charlie person information, emer- Schools will have a delayed Baker administration gency declarations, and opening for the rst time in through the Shannon emergency parking bans about 20 years on Wednes- Community Safety Ini- will be texted, emailed, or day. tiative (Shannon CSI) addressed by phone call for Schools and bus pick-up Grant Program, which is residents who sign up. time will be delayed by two a multi-pronged approach “We were looking at a hours, but the regular dis- to addressing a communi- more modern option in missal time will not be af- ty’s gang and youth vio- tune with how people get fected. The delay was due lence problem. their info, which is usually to the snowstorm and the The majority of the over text,” said Paul Ricchi, need for residents to use funding will go to the emergency management di- school lots during the city’s city’s free Teen Drop-in rector for Lynn. “The last 10 parking ban, which went Center at Lynn Vocational to 15 years, our old system Technical Institute, a pop- was very landline-based SCHOOLS, A3 ular safe haven for kids to and many people don’t have go to on Saturday nights, those any more.” according to Lynn Police Rapid Notify was the Lt. Peter Holey, head of city’s prior system and it vy, you can sign them up,” the department’s youth was acquired by RAVE, said Ricchi. “Even if you services unit. Lynn’s new system, accord- live outside the city and The grant will also fund ing to Ricchi. Residents can want to know about a snow case management for sign up for the immediate ban, you can do that.” some at-risk youth with emergency alert system at The system is tailor-made Catholic Charities and www.smart911.com and to suit the interests of peo- Family & Children’s Ser- download the Smart911 ple who sign up, he said. ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE vices of Lynn, along with mobile device app. People can input as much, the salary of a Lynn Police A pedestrian crosses Washington Street in Lynn during Tuesday’s “If you have an elderly Gang Unit detective. snowstorm. parent that is not tech sav- RAVE, A3 Some of the funds go toward the outreach com- ponent of the Shannon Grant, or for the work of Antonio Gutierrez, who Trump Raising Kane’s works with at-risk youth through Lynn Youth Street Outreach Advoca- on the on Route 1 cy and Stop the Violence Lynn, Holey said. fence on in Saugus “When the teen center rst opened, gang violence By Bridget Turcotte was at an epidemic level border ITEM STAFF in the city of Lynn,” Hol- ey said. “I can’t emphasize SAUGUS — As a mom-and-pop neigh- enough that Lynn is a deal borhood doughnut shop prepares to open different city than it was its third location on Route 1, we thought 12 years ago in regards to WASHINGTON (AP) we’d delve in the history of the business gang violence. We are de - — Under mounting pres- many doughnut already know. nitely a Shannon Grant sure from his own party, Kane’s Donuts was started by a 29-year- success story.” President Donald Trump old Bob Kane in 1955. Holey said gang violence appeared to be grudging- Kane, who died at the age of 90 in 2017, and juvenile delinquen- ly leaning toward accept- had a long-standing love for baking. cy is way down. Juvenile ing an agreement Tues- On any given day, the smell of sweet arrests were down 43 day that would head off treats would permeate the family’s kitch- percent last year. He said a threatened second gov- en on Johnson Street in Lynn, said his there were 48 juvenile ar- ernment shutdown but daughter, Judy Shepard. rests last year, with only provide just a fraction of “I don’t know how he learned to make four at schools, which he the money he’s been de- doughnuts, to tell you the truth,” said called amazing for a city manding for his Mexican Shepard. “He always made cakes and of Lynn’s size with its de- border wall. pies. Anything hot was my favorite. The mographics. Trump said he would hot honey dip — you can’t believe what it The teen drop-in center need more time to study tastes like.” started a dozen years ago the plan, but he also de- Her best guess is that he learned to bake with the inception of the clared he was not expect- doughnuts while working at New York Shannon Grant. Holey, a ing another shutdown this Model Bakery in Lynn, but his experience sergeant in the gang unit weekend when funding for in the kitchen far predates that, she said. at the time, said the idea parts of the government His mother was an avid baker, and he came about through po- would run out. He strong- would create his own confections when his lice talking with a youth ly signaled he planned parents were out on the weekends. Later, Kane was a cook while serving in the U.S. GANGS, A3 BORDER, A3 Navy in 1945 and 1946. Kane and his wife, June, risked it all by investing their savings into creating a doughnut shop in 1955. They took over INSIDE a space on Lincoln Avenue that had pre- viously been used as a variety store and Opinion Sports ITEM FILE PHOTO Local newspapers moved into the upstairs apartment with Prep names Zaiter looking Although Kane’s Donuts’ Lincoln Avenue shop was their two children. lead local Pelkey new to go out on top communities. A4 renovated, it still boasts the same neon sign designed AD. B1 with Tanners. B1 by Judy Kane decades ago. KANE’S, A3 What do men really want for ating memories and sharing become my wife, neither of us and poking through shops on Valentine’s Day? experiences that you’ll talk had much money. Didn’t mat- Bearskin Neck, she retrieved Women have been asking about years later when you ter. She spent an entire Valen- a second picnic basket and we that question for ages. I bet are old and gray. tine’s Saturday in the kitchen, had a cookout near the ocean. Abigail Adams and her BFFs It’s a day of giving, rather preparing for us a special meal Seems like yesterday … Oh, man in 18th century America spent than receiving. Valentine’s from her grammy’s handwrit- Gift cards might be practi- Are you ready for wakeless hours pondering Day is a celebration of the re- ten recipe. I recall that meal to cal, but they’re not romantic. whether to splurge on an Ol- lationship you have with the this day. Once, she called my A vacuum cleaner is a gift that Valentine’s Day? ive Garden gift card or a nice most important person in your boss and told him I’d be play- really sucks. We’re both happy jug of Ye Olde Captain Mor- life. ing hooky a week from Tues- with a card, a kiss and a hug. gan rum for their olde men. Experiences, adventures day, my birthday. She kid- For a few creative sugges- Anyway, Valentine’s Day, and memories, that’s what napped me for a day, packed tions on how to please your which is tomorrow, is not Valentine’s Day means to this a picnic lunch, which we ate special valentine of the male about spending a lot of money. man. When I was dating the on the rocks at Halibut Point persuasion, please turn to It’s about spending time with woman who 33 years ago in in Rockport. After a hike, vis- Page A8. the person(s) you love, cre- a lapse of judgment agreed to iting galleries on Rocky Neck, — Bill Brotherton OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 44° VOL. 141, ISSUE 57 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 27° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 FOOD ........................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 OBITUARIES Education board opts against James S. Demakis, 97 approving new charter schools SALEM — Mr. ing and always stat- James Spiros De- ed: “It’s what you can By Katie Lannan his final decision, and that Charter schools are ing, as board members makis, age 97, of do for students that STATE HOUSE he was not recommending publicly funded and oper- approved a 56-seat ex- Salem, died Sunday really matters.” NEWS SERVICE Wildflower Montessori for ate with more autonomy pansion request for Excel evening, Feb. 10, Post-retirement he approval, citing concerns than traditional district Academy Charter School BOSTON — This year’s 2019 with his family enjoyed life daily by around governance, man- schools. A ballot question in Chelsea. round of charter school ap- by his side.