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. traveling, golfing, ski- agement and special edu- that would have lifted the Excel Academy, which plications came to an end Born in Haverhill, ing, square dancing, cation. charter school enrollment has campuses in Chel- on Tuesday, with no new Jim was the son of gardening, walking Riley said the Wildflow- cap failed in 2016, with 62 sea and East Boston, has the late Spiros and and meditating. charters granted. By statute, charter ap- er proposal had strong percent of voters opposing a current enrollment of Pota Demakis. He attend- He leaves a daughter, Diane elements but did not “sub- the cap lift. 1,297 students in grades ed Lynn schools, obtained a Demakis of New Hampshire; proval requests come before the Board of Ele- stantially meet our ap- Riley said he has re- five through 12, and 1,089 bachelor of science in Busi- his siblings, William Demakis proval criteria.” ceived letters indicating students on a waiting list, ness Administration from of Swampscott, Elaine Greve- mentary and Secondary Education at its February “It’s an unusual year for some people believe the according to board docu- Northeastern University and lis of Danvers, Dorothy Pechilis us in that no new charters defeat of the ballot ques- ments. later obtained a Masters De- of Lynn and Timothy Demakis meeting. Three groups submitted prospectuses for are going forward,” Riley tion stopped the charter The board previously set gree in Education from Salem of Topsfield. He was the lov- said. process in Massachusetts a limit on Excel’s Boston State University. ing uncle of many nieces and potential charter schools to the Department of El- In a memo to the board, entirely. “That is not the enrollment at 748 stu- He enlisted in the United nephews. He leaves a long- Riley wrote that Massachu- case,” he said. dents, and the 56-seat in- States Army in 1943 and time friend, Lynda Snow of ementary and Secondary Education last August, setts has one of the stron- “The bottom line is that crease approved Tuesday proudly served his country Salem. Jim was predeceased gest charter sectors in the we want great seats at would not change that cap. during World War II. He was a by his former wife Gloria De- and two of those — Equi- ty Lab Charter School in country and that the state great schools for our kids,” “The school’s waitlist member of the 825th Tank De- makis and a brother, Louis “has earned its reputation Riley said. demonstrates sufficient stroyer Battalion and served in Demakis. Lawrence and Massachu- of holding charter appli- One of the main crit- Chelsea demand to sup- France, Belgium and Germany. Service information: Visi- setts Wildflower Montes- cants (as well as applicants icisms raised by oppo- port the proposed increase He received the American and tation will be held on Friday sori Public Charter School: European Theater Campaign morning from 9-11 a.m. at Haverhill — were invited for renewal or expansion of nents to the ballot ques- in enrollment,” Riley Ribbon, Victory and Good the MACKEY Funeral Home, to submit full applications. a charter) to a high stan- tion — that charters can wrote in his recommenda- Conduct Medal. He was hon- 128 S. Main St., Route 114, Education Commis- dard for approval.” drain resources from tion for approval. “Chelsea orably discharged in 1945. Middleton. A service will fol- sioner Jeffrey Riley told There are 82 charter district schools because residents account for 10 After the war, Jim worked low in the funeral home at the board at its Tuesday schools in Massachusetts, a student’s share of state percent, or 155 students, within the Malden School Sys- 11 a.m. Please make me- meeting that the appli- serving more than 45,000 funding follows them if and 13 percent, or 204 stu- tem for 29 years. He taught morial donations to www. cants behind Equity Lab students, according to the they leave a district for a dents, of the school’s wait- industrial arts and lat- woundedwarriorproj- withdrew their request on Department of Elementa- charter school — bubbled lists in March 2017 and er computers at both ect.org. To leave the Jan. 31, before he reached ry Education. up during Tuesday’s meet- March 2018, respectively.” the middle and high family a condolence schools. He was very kindly visit www.mack- committed to his teach- eyfuneralhome.com. Head Start seeks funding boost

Alfred R. Maloney, 87 to help young learners, families 1932-2019 By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE LYNN — Mr. Alfred all, he loved his fam- NEWS SERVICE “Al” R. Maloney, age ily and his many pets 87, of Lynn, passed who were near and BOSTON — Even with away on Feb. 8, dear to his heart. snow in the forecast for 2019. He is survived by Tuesday afternoon and a He was born in his wife of 62 years bevy of other State House Lynn in 1932 and Lucille “Tootsie” events canceled, House was the son of the (L’Heureux) Maloney Speaker Pro Tempore Pa- late Alfred J. and Ev- and their five chil- tricia Haddad said she elyn Maloney. He was dren; son Michael wasn’t at all surprised to a graduate of Classical High Maloney of Salem, daughter see the large crowd that School, Class of 1950. Jeanne (Maloney) Melanson turned out to lobby for He enlisted for service in the and her husband Mark of more funding for the Head Navy in 1952 and was honor- Lynn, son John Maloney of Start program. ably discharged in 1956. After Florida, son Andrew Maloney “When I thought of his service he went on to work and his wife Stacia of Con- that, I said, ‘not unusu- for General Electric Co. in Lynn cord, N.H., and son Alfred J al,’” Haddad said of the and for Raytheon in Andover. Maloney and his wife Tracey program that helps in- He spent the bulk of his ca- of Sanford, Maine. He also fants, toddlers and their reer working as a mechanic for leaves behind 19 grandchil- families. “They go to work Eastern Airlines and ultimately dren and several great-grand- when other people don’t go retired from the IRS in 1998. children. He is preceded in to work. They take care of He enjoyed hockey, can- death by daughter Maureen children when people get dlepin bowling, fishing, and (Maloney) O’Brien, as well as let out early, you still have spending time at Pine River his three sisters, Nancy Tabb, the children. So I guess it’s PHOTO | SHNS Pond in Wakefield, N.H. Above Sheila Lee and Janet Burns. not surprising that regard- less of what the threat of “I am a product of Head Start,” Sen. Sal DiDomenico of Everett told the weather is, you’re here members of the Massachusetts Head Start Association after receiving MASSACHUSETTS BRIEFS ... you always stand ready an award at their lobby day on Tuesday. for the children, accepting Court reverses decision to Baker was honored in them, loving them, caring Federal funding provided federal funds, and better said her daughter, who award chief candidate $1.5M Washington with the for them.” $143.82 million for Head support and expand pro- graduated from a Head American Medical Associ- The Head Start program Start and Massachusetts grams for the most vul- Start program last year, BOSTON (AP) — A ation’s Dr. Nathan Davis helps prepare children contributed another $9.6 nerable young children is now succeeding in kin- federal appeals court has Award for Outstanding under the age of 5 for million, the association and families in Massachu- dergarten. reversed a lower court Government Service school by providing early said. setts.” “Her teacher, after just education services as well jury’s decision to award for his work to fight the The Massachusetts The association said a few months, came to as programs aimed at pe- more than $1.5 million opioid addiction epidemic, Head Start Association “funding constraints” limit me and told me that she diatric health and social in damages to a rejected according to his office. said it is seeking a 56 Head Start to serving few- knew my daughter was a The award was named development. Head Start candidate for Fitchburg’s percent increase in state er than half of the three- Head Start child because after the founder of the also provides parent edu- police chief. funding — from the $9.6 to-five-year-olds who are of the level of education AMA and, according to cation and other resources The court ruled Mon- million in the fiscal 2019 eligible and fewer than 10 that she has,” Figueroa the governor’s staff, is giv- for families. Though it is day that then-Mayor Lisa budget and Gov. Charlie percent of the eligible chil- said. “My daughter is in Wong did not defame en to public officials who mostly federally funded, Baker’s FY20 proposal to dren younger than three. kindergarten reading at nominee Scott Heagney promote medicine and the Massachusetts Head $15 million for fiscal 2020. Tache Figueroa, a par- a first-grade level and when she removed his improved public health. Start Association is seek- With the increase, which ent who has had two chil- that’s because Head Start name from consideration After spending the ing a boost in its state the association framed as dren go through Head encouraged me to read to and spoke about her night in the capital, Bak- funding in the fiscal 2020 decision to local news er and First Lady Lauren budget. “less than $1 per day per Start programs and now my child every day, they publications. Baker will continue on In the 2017-2018 pro- child,” it “could better sup- serves on the associa- encouraged me to be a 1st U.S. Circuit Court to Florida to “spend time gram year, Head Start port Head Start programs tion’s board, talked about better parent and to want of Appeals Judge David with family,” an aide said. programs served 15,154 to meet their non-federal the benefits other fami- to be involved and en- Barron wrote in his rul- Baker’s in-laws live in children from 14,051 match requirement, lever- lies could see if they can gaged in my child’s edu- ing that Wong’s state- Florida. Massachusetts families. age over $140 million in get into programs. She cation.” ment that Heagney was “not forthcoming” about Lottery poised to open past criminal charges, Dorchester HQ on Feb. 19 Report: Costs of traffic congestion highest in Boston including an assault and battery allegation, was (SHNS) — The Mas- By Chris Lisinski latest edition specifically had in mind,” said Chris completed in the spring. true. sachusetts Lottery is STATE HOUSE measures time lost to con- Dempsey, director of “We didn’t really need a Heagney argued during permanently closing its NEWS SERVICE gestion — in other words, Transportation for Mas- report from INRIX to tell trial he was not required prize claim center in the travel time during rush sachusetts, in a press re- us that congestion is a to disclose that infor- McCormack Building at BOSTON — Traffic ex- hour minus what the trav- lease. “Being recognized perts have long deemed growing problem in Mas- mation because he was One Ashburton Place in el time would be off-peak. as the worst region in the sachusetts, particularly acquitted. Boston on Wednesday Los Angeles and Washing- An average Boston driv- United States for traffic is ton, where roadways are in Boston,” Pollack said. Current Fitchburg and plans to open its new er lost 164 hours to peak a tough pill to swallow.” “I think our goal is to un- Mayor Stephen DiNatale headquarters in Dorches- crowded for most of the traffic in 2018, worth Combining various fac- derstand why. Why is con- says the ruling is a “big ter on Tuesday, Feb. 19. day, as the cities with the about $2,291 in addition- tors, INRIX’s 2018 score- gestion worse? Because win for the city.” “All prizes of $50,000 or most agonizing driving de- al costs based on federal card ranked Boston eighth more must be claimed at lays. But one report that Department of Transpor- among congested cities then for every why, there’s Baker leaves for nation’s the Dorchester headquar- dug down into a specific tation estimates. Both around the world. Moscow something we can do dif- metric found that Bos- ferently.” capital, then Florida ters, which is accessible figures were the highest topped that list with an by public transportation ton might be the worst of in the country, followed average of 210 hours lost BOSTON (SHNS) — to JFK/UMass station. them all. by Washington with 155 per driver per year to traf- Boston was named the Gov. Charlie Baker left The prize claim center hours and $2,161. fic. 781-593-7700 Massachusetts for the is on the first floor of the most congested city in the “Their geography, age Transportation Secre- Publishing Daily, except Sundays rest of the week Tuesday. 150 Mount Vernon Street United States in the IN- and density create a road tary Stephanie Pollack USPS-142-820 ISSN-8750-8249 Baker traveled to building,” the Lottery RIX 2018 Global Traffic network that enters a se- said the INRIX report was Periodicals postage paid at Lynn, MA wrote in an advisory Scorecard released Mon- vere state of breakdown concerning, but that state and additional offices. Washington, D.C. to Copyright ©2017 The Daily Item receive an award before Tuesday morning. day, the first time the Hub once traffic strikes,” the officials want to use a wid- Subscriptions continuing on to Florida The Lottery said its received such a dubious INRIX report found. er scope to address traffic Prepaid by mail to all parts of the United States to visit family. office at 60 Columbian honor in decades of the On these metrics, INRIX problems. She pointed to $20.00 for 4 weeks Street in Braintree will company’s reports. ranked infamously con- a study launched by Gov. $65.00 for 13 weeks remain open as a region- The change is related to gested Los Angeles only Charlie Baker last year $130.00 for 26 weeks Thank You $260.00 for 1 year al office, and all prizes a new analytical approach. fifth, citing an average an- to examine congestion, fo- Send payment to and POSTMASTER, St. Jude under $50,000 can be INRIX’s 2017 report nual loss of 128 hours and cusing on various aspects send address changes to: claimed at that office or placed Los Angeles first $1,788 to traffic. such as vehicle speed, The Daily Item “My prayers have regional offices in New and Boston seventh based “When people chant- overall travel time and 110 Munroe St. P.O. Box 5 been answered. Bedford, Springfield, Wo- on the amount of traffic ed ‘Beat LA,’ I don’t roadway reliability. The Lynn, MA 01903 J.K. burn and Worcester. across a full day, but the think this is what they study is expected to be WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 THE DAILY ITEM A3 Philanthropist brings impeachment push McGee RAVEs about By Matt Murphy I don’t think you should fore hearing the group’s crowd in Cedar Rapids. STATE HOUSE be president of the Unit- message, and 85 percent Steyer plans to headline new alert system NEWS SERVICE ed States,” Steyer told the support impeachment af- a town hall meeting at News Service in a sitdown ter hearing the message. Cedars Banquet Facility gency updates they need, BOSTON — Billionaire RAVE interview. Steyer’s comments on in Springfield Tuesday as quickly as possible. philanthropist and polit- From A1 Steyer is spending sig- 2020 messaging came a night. Need to Impeach McGee also noted any in- ical activist Tom Steyer nificant amounts of money day after Sen. Elizabeth launched an ad campaign or as little, information as said Democrats running formation residents put in western Massachusetts Warren suggested at an in Neal’s First Congres- they want and check the in 2020 would be making into the system is privacy trying to rally constitu- event in Iowa that Trump sional District last week, boxes for specific notifica- a mistake to not talk on protected. ents of U.S. Rep. Richard might be in prison before including $109,000 on tions they want to receive. the stump about removing “It’s important we keep Neal behind impeachment voters decide the 2020 television and $100,000 The system is free of President Donald Trump residents informed,” said and the subpoenaing of election. But many Dem- on digital ads. The group charge, said Ricchi. There McGee. “There are so from office. Trump’s tax returns. The ocratic candidates, includ- is also finalizing plans to are currently 19,500 many emergencies we Steyer, who was in Bos- San Francisco Democrat ing Warren, have opted hire one full-time orga- people signed up for the have had in the city in the ton Monday as he pre- considered running for early on in the campaign nizing manager and up pared to host a town hall alerts, with a majority of last year, especially with president himself, but to focus on a vision for the to 25 part-time, paid can- the contacts having been in Springfield on Tuesday opted instead to focus his future rather than Trump. vassers. all the flooding. The more night, urged the devel- transferred over from the residents sign up, the bet- energy on the mission of Warren called the Steyer’s event Tuesday previous service. Ricchi oping 2020 field to tackle his organization “Need to Trump administration ter our ability to let ev- night is the first of three said he would like to see impeachment head on. He Impeach,” which he start- “the most corrupt in living town halls planned in eryone in the community at least 100,000 people also said he’s becoming ed in 2017. memory” in her announce- Massachusetts, New York know the things they need sign up, given that is a frustrated with the pace The group is running ment speech on Saturday and Maryland, and Stey- in emergency situations.” large majority of the city’s of Democrats who vowed ads in three Congressional in Lawrence, but stopped er said his team is also Bella diGrazia can be to investigate Trump once districts represented by there with the president, thinking about whether population. they took control of the members of House lead- who she described as a to go into districts where Mayor Thomas M. Mc- reached at bdigrazia@ House. ership — Neal, Judiciary symptom of a more insid- impeachment polls less fa- Gee said the new service itemlive.com. Follow her “We not only have a Committee Chairman Jer- ious disease in Washing- vorably than in Democrat- is a great opportunity for on Twitter @BelladiGra- reckless, lawless, dan- rold Nadler of New York ton. ic strongholds like Massa- residents to get the emer- zia. gerous president, but we and Oversight Committee It wasn’t until Warren chusetts. have a system that refus- Chairman Elijah Cum- got to Iowa on Sunday Neal chairs the powerful es to do anything about it. mings of Maryland — and that she broached the idea Ways and Means Commit- That’s a crisis. So if you considering where to go of impeachment: “Here’s tee, and Steyer says he has Lynn takes aim at gangs want to be president of the next. A poll commissioned what bothers me: By the the “absolute” authority to United States and you’re by Need to Impeach from time we get to 2020, Don- subpoena Trump’s tax re- GANGS lice have contacted their too scared to talk about Change Research found ald Trump may not even turns, which the president From A1 outreach partners to have the crisis that’s going on that 78 percent of voters be president. In fact, he has not disclosed because them reach out to high- right now in any way that in Neal’s district support may not even be a free he says they are under group comprised of kids risk men to quell some of would have impact, then Trump’s impeachment be- person,” Warren told a federal audit. in gangs who consistent- that violence, Holey said. ly mentioned they didn’t “Fortunately, we have have a place to go where not had an incident (in re- they could feel safe. sponse to that shooting), Trump on the fence on border deal There are four police but we are concerned,” officers and two civilian Holey said. staff who work at the cen- Police believe the vic- the latitude they’ve giv- BORDER ter, with police ensuring tim and shooter may have en us, they will support From A1 the safety of every kid known each other and it,” he said. “We certainly who comes through the that it doesn’t appear to to scrounge up addition- hope so.” door. Holey called it the be a random shooting. al dollars for the wall Others were less upbeat. best community policing “I’m not saying it was a by raiding other federal Sen. John Cornyn, R-Tex- the department does. planned incident,” Holey coffers to deliver on the as, who traveled with Despite the immense said. “It may have been signature promise of his the president to a rally progress that’s been made something that evolved. presidential campaign. in Cornyn’s home state in reducing gang violence, (It was) not necessarily a “I can’t say I’m happy. Monday night, said, “My Holey said the police de- targeted shooting.” I can’t say I’m thrilled,” impression flying back partment definitely still The teen center is spon- Trump said of the pro- with him from El Paso last needs a gang unit. posed deal. “But the wall night is that he thinks it’s sored by Mayor Thom- There is still occasional as M. McGee, the Lynn is getting built, regardless. pretty thin gruel.” gang graffiti in the city It doesn’t matter because A presidential rejection Police Department, the and there are concerns city’s Community Devel- we’re doing other things of the deal could plunge about MS-13 and their ri- beyond what we’re talking Congress into a new cri- opment Department and vals, the 18th Street Gang, the Parks and Recreation about here.” PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS sis, as lawmakers have no as far as gentrification in Accepting the deal, Department. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, clear Plan B. They need to Boston and Chelsea driv- worked out by congres- North Shore Community R-Ky., left, joined by Majority Whip John Thune, pass some kind of funding ing those families out and sional negotiators from College, Lynn’s research R-S.D., center, and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., bill to avoid another shut- bringing that gang activi- both parties, would be a down at midnight Friday partner, received $28,573 right, speaks to reporters Tuesday at the Cap- ty into Lynn, Holey said. disappointment for a pres- and have worked to avoid in Shannon Grant fund- itol about the bipartisan compromise worked There’s also concern ident who has repeated- turning to another short- ing. out to avert another government shutdown. that last week’s homi- ly insisted he needs $5.7 term bill that would only cide, where a former gang Gayla Cawley can be billion for a barrier along prolong the border debate. member was shot and reached at gcawley@item- the U.S.-Mexico border, government funded for islation. But Republican Speaking at a Cabinet killed on Elm Street, may live.com. Follow her on saying the project is par- the rest of the fiscal year, leaders urged Trump to meeting, Trump said of a spark further violence. Po- Twitter @GaylaCawley. amount for national secu- which ends on Sept. 30. sign on. possible shutdown: “I don’t rity. Trump turned down a The agreement would al- “I hope he signs the bill,” think it’s going to happen.” similar deal in December, low 55 miles of new fenc- said Senate Majority Lead- Still, he made clear that, forcing the 35-day par- ing — constructed using er Mitch McConnell, who if he does sign on to the Delayed reaction by schools tial shutdown that left existing designs such as joined other GOP leaders deal, he is strongly consid- hundreds of thousands of metal slats — but far less in selling it as a necessary ering supplementing it by SCHOOLS The parking ban was federal workers without than the 215 miles the compromise that repre- moving money from what From A1 expected to be lifted on paychecks and Republi- White House demanded sented a major concession he described as less import- Tuesday night, with res- cans reeling. There is little in December. The fencing from Democrats. ant areas of government. into effect at 3 p.m. on idents required to have appetite in Washington for would be built in Texas’ Appropriations Com- “We have a lot of money Tuesday. their cars out of the lots a repeat. Rio Grande Valley. mittee Chairman Richard in this country and we’re There isn’t much proto- by 6 a.m. Wednesday. The Lawmakers tentatively Full details were not ex- Shelby, R-Ala., expressed using some of that money col for a delayed opening two-hour delay is expect- agreed Monday night to pected to be released until optimism Trump would be — a small percentage of in the district, since there ed to provide enough time a deal that would provide Wednesday as lawmakers on board. that money — to build the hasn’t been one for more for lots to be cleared out nearly $1.4 billion for bor- worked to translate their “We believe from our wall, which we desperate- than 20 years, according and cars removed before der barriers and keep the verbal agreement into leg- dealings with them and ly need,” he said. to Superintendent Dr. Pat- school starts. rick Tutwiler. There are some con- Schools have either can- cerns, many centered Raising Kane’s on Route 1 in Saugus celed or stayed open in the around effectively com- past, due to scenarios that municating the delay to would make a delayed parents and students, KANE’S few years, starting his days is using is from Mrs. Fos- in to grab a few treats to opening challenging, such which was done all day on From A1 at 2 or 3 a.m. and working ter’s Doughnut Shop, which go. The baked goods are as the parking in school Tuesday, through social until lunchtime. He would was created by Peter Deli- sourced from the Lincoln lots during snow emergen- media posts, the school Shepard, who was in the sleep and wake up to have os Sr., said his son. It was Avenue shop, but will cies and transportation district website and calls third grade at the time, dinner with his family, said later altered to use locally soon be manufactured at challenges for families. home. remembers her father ex- Shepard. He eventually sourced ingredients. Many Kane’s newest location on There was also the belief The last delay at Lynn perimenting with differ- hired help on the week- of the ingredients come Route 1 in Saugus. that Lynn Public Schools Public Schools was before ent ingredients, refriger- ends, and, as the business from Peabody; the dairy is “The store on Route 1 was too big, but Tutwiler social media and robo- ation, and other methods grew, full-time employees. from Dunajski Dairy and will be a manufacturing said Worcester, a larger calls home, so many par- until he settled on the per- “Those hours were grue- the honey from Crystal Bee facility with a storefront district, has delayed open- ents didn’t know about it fect recipe. some,” said Shepard. “It Honey Company. and a drive-though,” said ings. and brought their kids to “My father was fright- started affecting him Shepard attested that Paul Delios. “The (origi- “It will be new,” Tutwiler school at the regular time ened because they put physically to the point her father’s doughnuts nal) location is approxi- said. “This is a new sce- where there was no one to all of their life savings that he started closing had a cakier consistency. mately the same size, but nario, but I think it’s one greet the students. into the shop and he was on Sundays, which would “Dunajski is run by a it’s an old building and it’s that with the right com- Although school officials afraid nobody would show have been the most suc- nice, hard working fam- the legacy store where it munication, we can pull it believe there’s been effec- up,” said Shepard. “The cessful day economically.” ily, much like ours,” said all began.” off.” tive communication this first day, the customers In 1985, he made the Paul Delios. “They work Products for the Saugus Tutwiler said adminis- time, there were still con- were lined up.” decision to retire. Family long hours like we do and store will still be manufac- trative officials have been cerns about kids showing The shop was especially members weren’t interest- they’re doing the old New tured on site, he said. researching how to safely up to school early or wait- a hit with local fishermen ed in taking over the busi- England thing just like we The newest shop will and effectively implement ing for a bus that’s on a and first shift workers at ness, so he sold to a pair do. We try to use as many be a hybrid of the classic a delayed opening. If the two-hour delay. General Electric whose of men who also operated fresh, local ingredients as style of the Lincoln Ave- district deems it safe for But Tutwiler said days started early, much a Dunkin’ Donuts. possible.” nue store and the mod- students to get to school, there’s a plan in place for like a baker’s. Peter Delios Sr., who The Lincoln Avenue ernized feel of the Boston then he believes it’s im- that, as the principal and It wasn’t just the dough- owned Mrs. Foster’s shop was renovated but store. It will be the first to portant to protect the vice-principal for each nuts that drove people Doughnut Shop in Lynn still boasts the same neon have a drive through. school day. If there wasn’t school will report to their wild, she said. The shop with a few partners, sign designed by Judy Shepard said she was a delay, school would have respective buildings on a was known for bismarcks walked into the shop for a Kane decades ago. happy to see the Delios’ likely been canceled on normal schedule to greet filled with apple, blueber- cup of coffee and noticed it In 2015, Paul Delios was business succeeding. Wednesday, because of any early arrivals and ry, or lemon jelly, and for wasn’t up to Kane’s stan- approached by one of his “And I’m happy that parking. bring them inside. its coffee rolls. dards. He looked into it, former restaurant inves- my dad’s name is still out “My brother and I would and found out that it was tors to open a Boston lo- there,” she said. LAW OFFICES OF sneak downstairs and under new ownership and cation. Before returning Kane’s Donuts will go Subscribe to JAMES J. CARRIGAN steal doughnuts,” she said. again listed on the mar- to run Kane’s Donuts with before the Board of Select- When he became a ket. his siblings Maria, Peter, men Wednesday night for • Social Security Disability grandfather, Kane started Peter Delios Sr. sold his and Stephen Delios and a Common Victualer’s Li- home delivery • Workers Compensation saving the round dough- share of the bakery in Catherine Panesis, Paul • Accidents cense. Paul Delios said it and get free access 25 years located across nut centers and dressing 1986 and purchased the Delios had a successful was too early to estimate from Lynn District Court them up for his grandchil- Lincoln Avenue store, said career as a Boston restau- to the e-edition on when the shop would open 15 Johnson St. dren. his son Paul Delios. rant owner, chef, and cook- its doors. “I remember my father “We cleaned it up,” he book author. 781-596-0100 JAMES J. CARRIGAN catching them on his said. “We tried to get it The store is a more con- Bridget Turcotte can be ANNE GUGINO CARRIGAN thumb,” said Shepard. back to what it was when temporary, faster-paced reached at bturcotte@item- LISA A. CARRIGAN, OF COUNSEL Bob Kane operated the Bob Kane had it.” doughnut and coffee live.com. Follow her on www.jamescarriganlaw.com shop on his own for the first The recipe Kane’s Donuts shop where people run Twitter @BridgetTurcotte. [email protected] A4 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 OPINION

COMMENTARY HOW TO REACH US SUSAN J. CONTI E¦§¦ M. G DIRECTORS President and Publisher Edward L. Cahill M£Ÿ H. SŸŸ Chief Executive O cer John M. Gilberg Edward M. Grant E C J. CŸ¡ CŸ Advertising Director News Editor Gordon R. Hall Local newspapers 110 Munroe St. W J. K R ¢ S£ Monica Connell Healey P.O. Box 5 Chief Financial O cer News Editor J. Patrick Norton Lynn, MA 01903 J N. W  TŸ  J ¤¥ Michael H. Shanahan Chief Operating O cer Editorial Page Editor Chairman Customer Service lead communities Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. PUBLISHERS This year will mark the sex, Norfolk, Plymouth, pate in a national pastime. Connecting Horace N. Hastings, 1877-1904 All Departments: Charles H. Hastings and Wilmot R. Hastings, 1904-1922 34th year that The Daily Suffolk (not Boston) and In addition, without you, 781-593-7700 Charles H. Hastings, 1922-1940 Item has sponsored the Worcester. In 2010, there we would not have the re- Ernest W. Lawson, 1940-1960 Ext. 2 Charles H. Gamage and Peter Gamage, 1960-1982 Scripps Regional Spelling were 18 students in The sources for the collection Peter Gamage, 1982-1991 Bee and I find two worlds Item’s Regional Spelling of funds for The Item San- Classifi ed/Legal Advertising Peter H. Gamage, 1991-1996 colliding. State Rep. Lori Bee. This year there are classi [email protected] Brian C. šayer, 1996-1999 ta. Who will choose the A. Ehrlich and state Sen. 110 students. We have Subscriptions Bernard W. Frazier Jr., 1999-2005 Persons of The Year and [email protected] Peter H. Gamage, 2005-2014 Brendan P. Crighton have made some changes to the organize Amigos De La Circulation John S. Moran, Executive Editor, 1975-1990 filed a bill that would au- process and are trying to Voz if we don’t have your thorize a commission to accommodate the increase [email protected] support? There would be Ext. 3 study the problem of the in participation. (It is ac- no football banquet host- demise of local newspa- tually very exciting that Newsroom ed by The Item. And, gone pers. At the same time, I Lynn will play such an im- [email protected] would be the discounted [email protected] have been organizing this portant role in the Spell- year’s Regional Spelling ing Bee.) Topsfield Fair tickets. Ext. 4 Bee that will take place The heart of the mat- Perhaps if a commission Sports in March. But something ter is that another local is authorized, they will [email protected] has drastically changed newspaper (or two) could discover that all that is Ext. 5 EDITORIAL for The Item’s sponsorship no longer sponsor their needed is a simple remind- Retail and Online this year. We were asked local spelling bee, most er that we are not just a Advertising [email protected] by Scripps to take on the likely due to lack of read- local newspaper with local sponsorship of additional ership and funds. With articles and photos. We ADVERTISING counties in Massachusetts. that harsh reality of the are a willing participant Ernie Carpenter Jr. Ignorance can’t Director of Advertising Knowing that schools and news industry in mind, I in the community — your and Business Development, ext. 1355 their students would not say this: As a subscriber community. So, feel free [email protected] be an excuse have access to the Scripps you are not just buying a to give us a call and start Ralph Mitchell National Spelling Bee if newspaper, you are an im- your subscription. Sales Representative, ext. 1313 they did not find a sponsor, portant part of supporting [email protected] for racist behavior we agreed. your community. Without Susan J. Conti is The Patricia Whalen The Item (along with you, we could not sponsor Item’s controller and the Sales Representative, ext. 1310 When perpetrators of racist incidents are caught in [email protected] Joel and Mary Abramson) schools in our communi- 34th Daily Item Regional the act, too often they hide behind ignorance. Otherwise now sponsors the counties Spelling Bee coordinator. BUSINESS OFFICE intelligent people suddenly don’t know that what they ty (and now the state) to of Bristol, Essex, Middle- allow students to partici- She lives in Lynn. Maria Alvaracin did was offensive or insensitive. ext. 1205 Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam used the argument to [email protected] explain away why, as a young man, he darkened his face Susan J. Conti with black shoe polish as part of a Michael Jackson cos- Controller, ext. 1288 tume: “I look back now and regret that I did not under- [email protected] stand the harmful legacy of an action like that,” he said Ted Grant during a press conference. That state’s attorney general, Publisher, ext. 1234 [email protected] Mark R. Herring, blamed “ignorance and glib attitudes” for his decision to wear blackface during his college days Marian Kinney ext. 1212 as part of a costume depicting rapper Kurtis Blow. And [email protected] it’s not just Virginia: A Twitter user took it upon her- Will Kraft self to see if there were racist or blackface images in Chief Financial Of cer, ext. 1296 old University of Maryland yearbooks, and it only took [email protected] “5 minutes” to find them, she wrote, prompting a quick Mike Shanahan apology from university President Wallace Loh. Chief Executive Of cer, ext. 1956 You would think that people would know by now not [email protected] to dress in blackface, a form of costume worn by white Carolina Trujillo performers in the 19th century (and, sadly, well beyond) Community Relations Director, ext. 1226 [email protected] that depicted offensive caricatures of African Americans. Painting swastikas on any wall is also not OK. Neither Jim Wilson Chief Operating Of cer, ext. 1200 is any depiction of nooses. Using racial epithets, a huge [email protected] no-no. But as the number of hate incidents continue to ITEM FILE PHOTO CIRCULATION grow, it has become apparent the message hasn’t gotten around to everyone. On Thursday, Gucci stopped sell- Kids gather at Lynn City Hall before The Daily Item Regional Spelling Lisa Mahmoud Bee in 2018. Manager, ext. 1239 ing a black turtleneck sweater that reminded people [email protected] of blackface. The sweater pulls up over the bottom half CLASSIFIED of the face with a cut out and large, exaggerated lips LETTER TO THE EDITOR around the mouth. Seriously. Abbe Young Smith Manager, ext. 1276 The company apologized and said they would use the [email protected] incident as a learning moment. Apparently, there are GRAPHICS plenty of other people around the country in need of Swampscott firefighters answered the call such a moment. Trevor Andreozzi Designer Anne Arundel County officials, to their great credit, are Last week, my husband they were busy with “seri- for the sick have lost their [email protected] doing something about it. Spurred by a racial incident had to call 911 due to ex- ous things.” sensitivity empathy, two Zachary Cotto that occurred at one of its schools last year, it is seek- treme stomach pain I was I have been an RN for of the most important Designer ing to start conversations about race that it hopes will experiencing. The Swamp- almost 10 years and was traits of providing care [email protected] enlighten their students and make them better people. scott Fire Department appalled at how this was to others. How are those Mohamed Diop Beginning next school year, all ninth-graders will be re- came and did a phenome- handled. I understand seeking care able to do Designer [email protected] quired to take a diversity seminar in order to graduate. nal job assessing me and that the opiate epidemic so with prejudice on the As Lauren Lumpkin reported in The Annapolis Capital, putting me at ease with is a reality, but I can not other side? I know from Mark Sutherland adoption of such a rule came two days after a Broadneck Creative Director the ongoing situation. understand how emer- experience that there are [email protected] High School student used a racist slur in a Snapchat They suggested I go to the gency medical workers many professional EMTs message targeted at Annapolis High School’s mostly Af- NEWSROOM hospital with the EMTs to are so hardened to those in our area, but perhaps rican-American basketball team, which had just beaten some could benefit from Mike Alongi the Broadneck team. The genesis of the half-credit sem- be evaluated. seeking care. Medical Sports Reporter ext. 1228 One of the EMTs was professionals with the stepping back and seeing [email protected] inar, which was taught as a pilot before full adoption, a patient as a whole came after a petition called “Kool Kids Klan” circulated absolutely unprofessional. attitude and outlook that Bill Brotherton He told me I would not be most patients are seeking person. Features Editor ext. 1338 around Anne Arundel High School in 2017 urging stu- [email protected] dents to join a white supremacy movement. receiving any narcotics drugs is a very large part Brittany Lawrence, RN Gayla Cawley During the seminar students explore how cultural and that I should’ve seen of the stigma of all those Editor’s Note: Swamp- Reporter, ext. 1236 interactions influence situations and how people from my primary care doctor affected by the opiate cri- scott Fire Chief Kevin [email protected] different backgrounds may interpret the same situation first. He made other sis. I believe breaking this Breen said he is in contact Cheryl Charles differently, according to the curriculum. It is hard to comments that made me stigma is a large piece of with Atlantic Ambulance. News Editor, ext. 1278 tell how candid the discussions will be and if the class appear as a substance fighting this. “The Swampscott Fire [email protected] will directly take on issues such as blackface, white su- abuser, and invalidated That day I was diag- Department views this as Bella diGrazia premacy and Confederate flags. Teachers aren’t allowed Reporter, ext. 1317 the pain and issue I was nosed with kidney stones, a total community service. [email protected] to show political views, which gives some reason for experiencing. Once I got a diagnosis that carries a As such, we are investi- pause given the racial politics of the day. But hopefully Thomas Grillo to the emergency room reputation for some of the gating the matter and will Reporter, ext. 1264 they can spur robust conversations without specifically they brought me to the highest pain levels. It is a communicate with the [email protected] choosing a side and make the class more than a feel- waiting room because shame that those caring letter writer,” Breen said. Spenser Hasak good activity. Photographer, ext. 1332 At any rate, adopting such a curriculum is at least a [email protected] first step in reaching the next generation before racist Thor Jourgensen attitudes are imprinted on them for a lifetime. Every Editorial Page Editor, ext. 1267 school in the state should adopt some kind of racial sen- [email protected] sitivity training. If they’re not sure where to start, the Daniel Kane Anti-Defamation League has developed curricula and is Sports Reporter, ext. 1228 eager to help. We need to find ways for adults to have [email protected] such uncomfortable conversations about race, too. Steve Krause Writer-at-Large, ext. 1229 Perhaps if Howard County had such a course require- [email protected] ment, four teens wearing hoods and masks would not Owen O’Rourke have spray-painted racial epithets and swastikas at Photographer, ext. 1224 Glenelg High School last May. The last of the teens was [email protected] ordered to serve weekends in jail under a plea deal an- Emma LeBlanc Pérez nounced Wednesday. Copy Editor It may be too late for others to be enlightened, but we [email protected] should at least work to get to a place where no one can Harold Rivera use the ignorance defense anymore. Sports Editor, ext. 1238 It is hard to believe in Virginia that two highly educat- [email protected] ed men did not know the meaning of what they were do- Roberto Scalese News Editor, ext. 1211 ing in a state whose racist legacy and practices run deep. [email protected] In North Carolina, the college yearbook of Charlotte Anne Marie Tobin Mayor Roy Cooper shows two members of a fraternity in Sports Reporter, ext. 1307 white robes depicting a lynching of a man in blackface. [email protected] Mr. Cooper is not shown in any racist photo, and the Bridget Turcotte University of North Carolina denounced the photos and Reporter, ext. 1269 said racism is not tolerated on their campus. But why [email protected] did it take until now for them to say something? If that’s Ryan York not racially offensive, we don’t know what is. Copy Editor, ext. 1220 [email protected] By The Baltimore Sun Editorial Board. TECHNOLOGY Tim Noyes Director ext. 1247 TO SUBMIT YOUR LETTERS, PLEASE MAIL TO THE DAILY ITEM, P.O. BOX 5, LYNN, MA 01903 OR EMAIL TO [email protected] [email protected] WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 THE DAILY ITEM A5 NATION U.S. job openings jump to record high of 7.3 million

By Christopher ber, while the number of cember’s figure of 3.3 per- Rugaber people who quit remained cent, which matched the ASSOCIATED PRESS unchanged at a healthy best pay gain in almost level of about 3.5 million. a decade. Still, wage in- WASHINGTON — U.S. Higher quits are typically creases typically top 4 employers posted the most sign of a dynamic job mar- percent when the unem- open jobs in December in ket, as most people quit to ployment rate is this low. the nearly two decades take a new job. Many industries with that records have been The number of unem- kept, evidence that the job the biggest increases in job ployed typically runs far openings include mostly market is strong despite ahead of job openings, but several challenges facing lower-paying jobs. Restau- that switched early last rants and hotels adver- the economy. year. The Labor Department tised more than 1 million That could mean poten- jobs, 84,000 more than in said Tuesday that job tially stronger wage gains November. Health care job openings jumped 2.4 per- are in store in the months postings rose 79,000 to 1.2 cent in December to 7.3 ahead. With job postings million. That is the most so high at a time that the million. FILE PHOTO |ASSOCIATED PRESS since records began in Some higher-paying unemployment rate is at a Acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan said he did not raise the pos- December 2000. It is also very low 4 percent, busi- industries also did well. far greater than the num- Professional and business sibility of moving additional U.S. troops into Iraq to offset the coming nesses may be forced to withdrawal of American forces from Syria. ber of unemployed, which pay more to attract the services, which include stood at 6.3 million that workers they need. jobs in fields such as ar- month. Paychecks are already chitecture and engineer- Businesses have increasing, though at a ing, rose 82,000 to 1.34 Pentagon official assures Iraqis shrugged off a variety of modest pace. Average million. potential troubles for the hourly pay rose 3.2 per- Available jobs in manu- economy in the past two cent in January from a facturing, meanwhile, fell of limited military role by U.S. months and kept on hir- year earlier, the govern- 67,000 to 428,000. They ing. The 35-day partial ment said earlier this also dropped in retail and By Robert Burns of moving additional U.S. have said Trump’s propos- government shutdown be- month. That’s near De- financial services. ASSOCIATED PRESS troops into Iraq to offset al would violate the Iraqi gan Dec. 22, and growth in the coming withdrawal constitution. BAGHDAD — The top China, Europe and Japan of American forces from Trump also has angered has weakened, threat- Pentagon official assured Syria. The U.S. has about Iraqi politicians by argu- ening U.S. exports. Still, Iraqi leaders Tuesday 5,200 troops in Iraq as ing that he would keep employers added 304,000 that the U.S. will stick to trainers and advisers to U.S. troops in Iraq and use jobs in January, the gov- its limited military role in Iraqi security forces in the country as a base from ernment said earlier this Iraq, a message aimed at their battle against in- which to strike extremists month, the most in nearly recent talk by some Iraqi surgent elements of the in Syria if necessary, af- a year. politicians of forcing a U.S. Islamic State group that ter the 2,000 troops now troop withdrawal. The jump in openings in once controlled large in Syria depart in coming Pat Shanahan, the act- December suggests hiring swaths of Iraqi territory. weeks. ing secretary of defense, will likely remain robust. He said they discussed Curbing foreign influ- said that in talks with Openings are typically “how we can generate ence has become a prom- Prime Minister Adel Ab- filled within 1 to 2 months. more capacity and capa- inent topic in Iraq after dul-Mahdi, he stressed The surge in available jobs bility in the Iraqi security parliamentary elections indicates that businesses U.S. respect for Iraqi sov- forces.” ereignty, an issue that last year in which Shiite expect demand to remain Shanahan, who had not politicians backed by Iran has become a hot-button previously been to Iraq healthy and that they will made significant gains. topic among Iraqis since and is on the second leg of need more employees to Meanwhile, Shiite militias President Donald Trump his first international trip meet it. that fought alongside U.S.- FILE PHOTO |ASSOCIATED PRESS suggested using Iraq as as the acting Pentagon Tuesday’s data also backed Iraqi government a base for monitoring chief, said he was mind- showed that employers Employers added 304,000 jobs in January, the troops against IS in recent boosted hiring in Decem- government said, the most in nearly a year. neighboring Iran and for ful of Iraqi parliamentary potential attacks against proposals to “restrict the years, gained outsized in- remaining elements of number of U.S. forces in fluence along the way. the Islamic State group in Iraq.” He said he also em- U.S. forces withdrew Ex-astronaut Mark Kelly makes Syria. phasized to Abdul-Madhi from Iraq in 2011, but “I wanted to make clear the role security plays in they returned in 2014 at Democratic bid for Senate seat to him (Abdul-Mahdi) that Iraq’s economic future. the invitation of the gov- we recognize our role,” “We really talked about ernment to help battle the By Jonathan J. fix it. Arizonans value in- tial level in 2020, where Shanahan told reporters that economic security,” Islamic State group af- Cooper dependence.” Trump won in 2016. later after he flew to Brus- Shanahan said. ter it seized vast areas in ASSOCIATED PRESS If Kelly is nominated the Kelly has never held sels, Belgium. “We under- Trump upset Iraqis by the north and west of the race would pit the Navy elected office. He flew stand that we’re there by saying earlier this month country, including Iraq’s PHOENIX — Retired veteran and astronaut combat missions during invitation, and that we that U.S. forces should second largest city, Mosul. astronaut Mark Kelly, against McSally, a trail- the first Gulf War before jointly share the resources use their Iraqi positions A U.S.-led coalition pro- who became a prominent blazing Air Force pilot, in becoming an astronaut and that we clearly recog- to keep an eye on neigh- vided crucial air support gun-control advocate after the contest to replace Mc- along with his twin broth- nize their sovereignty.” boring Iran. That is not as Iraqi forces regrouped his wife, former U.S. Rep. Cain, a legendary Navy er, Scott Kelly. He flew Shanahan said he did the stated U.S. mission and drove IS out in a cost- Gabrielle Giffords, was flyer who was famously four space missions over not raise the possibility in Iraq, and Iraqi officials ly three-year campaign. shot in a failed assassina- shot down and held cap- 10 years and commanded tion attempt, announced tive in North Vietnam. the Space Shuttle Endeav- Tuesday he will run to McSally is a former Re- finish John McCain’s last or in 2011. At some big colleges, sexual publican congresswom- Kelly and Giffords have term in the U.S. Senate. an who was appointed to If he wins the Demo- pushed Congress to en- McCain’s seat after she act gun control measures assaults most likely off-campus cratic nomination, Kelly narrowly lost to Demo- would take on Republican with little success. They crat Kyrsten Sinema last shifted their focus to state By Collin Binkley only about 18 percent live beyond campus since 2014 Martha McSally in what November in the race legislatures in recent ASSOCIATED PRESS in campus housing. is twice the number on is expected to be one of for outgoing Republican years, helping to strength- For now, federal guide- school property. the most closely contested Jeff Flake’s seat. McSally WASHINGTON — At en background checks and lines urge colleges to take Leaders of some schools Senate races of the 2020 leaned heavily on her re- some of the nation’s larg- domestic violence protec- action against any sexual say the proposal appears election. cord as the first woman to est universities, the vast tions. misconduct that disrupts to let them decide wheth- Kelly described himself fly a combat mission, but majority of sexual as- as an independent-mind- Giffords was severely a student’s education, re- er to handle cases beyond she was hurt by her em- saults take place not in gardless of where it took ed centrist who will take wounded in a mass shoot- their borders, but conflict- brace of President Donald dorm rooms or anywhere place. a scientist’s data-driv- ing on Jan. 8, 2011. The ing language has led some Trump. else on school property but But in its proposed en approach to solving shooting at a Giffords to believe they would ac- The 2020 election will in the neighborhoods be- rule, the department says problems such as climate meet-and-greet event in tually be barred from it. decide who finishes the yond campus boundaries, schools should be required change, wage stagnation Tucson left six dead and One section says schools last two years of McCain’s according to data obtained to address sexual mis- and health care afford- 13 injured. would be permitted to ad- term. The winner would by The Associated Press. conduct only if it occurs ability. Giffords played a promi- dress cases outside their have to run again for a full But the schools’ obliga- within their “programs or “You see a lot of parti- nent role in the four-min- property, while another six-year term in 2022. tion to investigate and re- activities,” a designation sanship in Washington ute video Tuesday launch- says schools would have Democrats are eagerly spond to those off-campus that would exclude many and a lot of polarization, ing Kelly’s campaign. to dismiss all complaints watching the Arizona con- attacks could be dramati- cases off campus. and to some extent we’ve “I thought then that I from outside their pro- test, having already de- cally reduced by the Edu- The proposal is includ- had the risky job,” Kelly grams. Dozens of schools created that,” Kelly told feated McSally. The party cation Department’s pro- ed in Education Secretary The Associated Press. “It’s is also gauging whether says to Giffords. “Turned posed overhaul of campus have asked the depart- Betsy DeVos’ revision of ment for clarification. going to take people who Arizona could be com- out, you were the one that sexual assault rules. And Obama-era guidance on are more independent to petitive at the presiden- had the risky job.” that’s alarmed advocacy “There is a concern that campus sexual assault, these regulations might groups and school officials which officials say is un- strictly limit the jurisdic- who say it would strip stu- fairly skewed against tion of the university to dents of important protec- those accused of assault conduct which occurs on tions in the areas where and goes beyond the in- campus,” said David Bu- most of them live. tended scope of Title IX, nis, general counsel for At the University of the federal law barring Texas in Austin, officials sex discrimination in ed- Worcester Polytechnic In- have received 58 reports ucation. Some colleges stitute, a private school in of sexual assaults on cam- had complained that the Massachusetts. pus grounds since the fall Obama rules were too Department spokes- of 2014 while fielding 237 complex and could be woman Liz Hill said involving private apart- overly burdensome. schools would be able to ments, houses and other The AP asked the na- investigate cases outside areas outside campus, tion’s 10 largest public their programs “at their according to the data ob- universities for several discretion” but did not tained through public re- years of data on the top- clarify the discrepancy. cords requests. Another ic. Out of eight that pro- Unless the conflicting lan- 160 reports didn’t include vided data, five had more guage is changed, legal locations. reports from off campus experts say, it could give “The majority of our stu- than on school property: accused students legal dents are just not in prox- The University of Tex- grounds to get their cases imity to campus, and a lot as, Texas A&M, Arizona dismissed. of things happen when Since the proposal was FILE PHOTO |ASSOCIATED PRESS State, Michigan State and they’re not on campus,” the University of Central issued in November, it has Mark Kelly and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords have pushed Congress to said Krista Anderson, the Florida. generated a flood of feed- enact gun control measures with little success. They shifted their focus university’s Title IX co- At Texas A&M, for ex- back from students, par- to state legislatures to strengthen background checks and domestic vi- ordinator. Of the school’s ample, the number of sex- ents, schools, politicians olence protections. 51,000 students, she said, ual assaults reported from and activists on both sides. A6 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 POLICE/FIRE Sinaloa cartel marches on after All address information, particu- MARBLEHEAD p.m. for operating a motor ve- larly arrests, reflect police records. In hicle with a suspended license the event of a perceived inaccuracy, Accidents following a report of a woman El Chapo arrest and conviction asleep at the wheel at Perfec- it is the sole responsibility of the con- An employee from the town’s to’s Cafe at 515 Lowell St. By Maria Verza That doesn’t even count the table,” Glaspy said. cerned party to contact the relevant Parks & Recreations Depart- and Mark Stevenson the armies of hitmen and A succession fight that police department and have the de- ment called to report they Accident ASSOCIATED PRESS enforcers who moonlight broke out after Guzman’s partment issue a notice of correction clipped a boat at Commercial in extortion and kidnap- third detention, in 2016, MEXICO CITY — De- ping, plus the money laun- was ultimately resolved to the Daily Item. Corrections or clar- and Cliff streets at 8:18 a.m. A report of a hit and run on Monday. crash on Monday at 10:57 spite the arrest, extradi- derers, front corporations by the arrest of Damaso tion and now conviction ifications will not be made without A report of a minor motor ve- a.m. at 39 Cross St. Caller and political contacts. Lopez Nunez and his son of narco-lord Joaquin express notice of change from the hicle crash at Washington and said their car was struck by an There’s also a world of Damaso Lopez Serrano, arresting police department. State streets at 12:03 p.m. on “El Chapo” Guzman, his professionals such as ar- who led a rival faction. unknown vehicle but the build- Sinaloa cartel marches on Monday; on Washington Street ing has a camera. Officer will chitects, jewelers and even Today the cartel is seen at 6:40 p.m. on Monday. — and the proof is in huge, musical groups, who pro- as firmly under the com- LYNN contact the suspect vehicle’s multi-drug shipments de- owner. vide entertainment and mand of Zambada in part- Complaints tected on the border in re- launder money. nership with Guzman’s Accidents cent weeks. Perhaps most import- sons Ivan, Archivaldo and A staff member from the Vil- Animal Control Those heaping bags of A report of a motor vehicle ant, Sinaloa continues to Alfredo, known collective- lage School on Village Street Caller from 1 Travis Terrace is fentanyl and plastic tubs control what’s referred to ly as “los Chapitos,” or “the crash at 9:02 p.m. Monday of crystal meth, heroin called to report a student left disputing a citation warning re- as the “last mile” in the little Chapos.” at 26 S. Common St.; at 5:28 school grounds on foot at 9:05 and cocaine offer no sign a.m. Tuesday at 18 Rockaway ceived from the Animal Control United States, using its Ismael Bojorquez, direc- a.m. on Monday. At 9:09 a.m., that the cartel has been wholesale distribution tor of the Riodoce news- Court. responding officers found the officer on Monday at 8:32 a.m. weakened, lost sway over Message was left for the network to get drugs into paper in the Sinaloa state student on Jersey Street. its traditional territory the hands of local gangs capital of Culiacan, said Breaking and Entering A caller reported at 11:14 Animal Control officer saying in northwestern Mexico she wants to get rid of a family and street dealers. the Chapitos “control a.m. on Monday that she was or seen its international “All 23 of our divisions street-level drug dealing, A report of a motor vehicle member’s cat on Monday at missing jewelry from Mansion reach curtailed by the loss have an investigation at especially in Culiacan, breaking and entering at 6:59 9:40 a.m. Officer reports there Road. Responding officers of its notorious leader. least at the local level that and the defense opera- p.m. Monday at 21 Beach spoke with the caller’s hus- was no answer on call back. A “It’s still a major, major ties back to the Sinaloa tions, the weapons,” while Circle; at 9:24 p.m. Monday band and he stated he moved voice mail was left requesting force in the Mexican crim- cartel,” said Will Glaspy, “El Mayo takes care of the at 40 Broad St.; at 9:36 p.m. it and it was not stolen. more information. inal underworld,” Mexican a U.S. Drug Enforcement big deals.” Monday at 2 Brookline Ave.; A caller reported at 11:44 security analyst Alejandro Administration agent in Guzman, whose convic- at 10:48 p.m. Monday at 49 a.m. on Monday that there was Complaints Hope said. charge of the Houston di- tion Tuesday in New York Nicholson St. a vehicle with a young male The cartel still controls a vision who has held posts Caller reported two teenag- likely means he will spend A report of a breaking and operator who was holding two worldwide web of contacts along the U.S.-Mexico decades behind bars in ers went under the fence be- entering at 8:01 p.m. Mon- drumsticks and was “banging that can move Colombi- border from California to the United States, is fa- day at 31 Reservoir Road; at them on the steering wheel” hind the old electric light plant an cocaine to Cameroon Texas. “Their distribution mous for twice pulling off 11:54 p.m. Monday at Boston at Maple and Lafayette streets. at 50 Endicott St. while a third and Mexican meth cooks network is that well es- brazen escapes from max- and Myrtle streets; at 1:49 The caller stated they felt it teen in a gray hoodie is out to Malaysia. It also con- tablished in the United imum-security prisons, a.m. Tuesday at 15 Carnes St.; was not safe and an officer front and appears to be pacing trols seaports to get drugs States.” earning him international at 9:53 a.m. Tuesday at 2 Fos- should speak with the driver. nervously on Sunday at 5:18 and precursor chemicals So at the cartel’s strong- notoriety perhaps rivaled Responding officers found the p.m. Officer spoke with juve- dick Terrace. shipped in from around hold in the mountains of only by the late Colom- vehicle gone on arrival. niles and all is in order and the globe; employs labs Sinaloa state, it’s business bian drug kingpin Pablo Complaint A staff member from a they were sent on their way. and chemists to process as usual for Ismael “El Escobar. He is said to have school on Baldwin Road called A 911 caller reported a por- them; bribes corrupt cops Mayo” Zambada, who has a voracious appetite for A report of a gunshot at at 1:46 p.m. on Monday to re- table DVD player and DVDs to ensure the drugs can helped run the cartel since luxury goods and women, 11:32 p.m. Monday at 89 Eu- port a first-grade student took stolen from his cart outside of be moved to the border; it was founded over three marrying multiple times, taw Ave. off. Responding officers found New Life Cuts at 150 Main St. has engineered multi- decades ago. He has a rep- including to an 18-year- the student at 1:57 p.m. on on Sunday at 4:16 p.m. million-dollar tunnels to utation as a level-headed, old beauty queen in 2007. Theft Cliff Road. Suspicious older gray Honda smuggle tons of marijua- old-style capo known more Zambada has prov- A walk-in reported a Wash- Civic reported at 691 Lowell St. na and cocaine under the for negotiating than for en more elusive, simply A report of a larceny at 3:48 ington Street neighbor dispute on Sunday at 7:54 p.m. Officer frontier; and pays “mules” bloodshed. by staying in his rural at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. a.m. Tuesday at 104 Laighton reports the unoccupied vehicle to ferry shipments in cars “El Mayo is still consid- stronghold where the car- St. A caller reported a drunk and trucks. ered the main player at tel holds sway. male on Washington Street is parked and all is in order. at 7:32 p.m. on Monday. They Disabled motor vehicle re- LYNNFIELD stated the male was having a ported at 243 Washington St. POLICE BRIEFS hard time walking. Responding at 1 Allens Lane on Monday at 12:53 a.m. Officer reports par- Alarms officers checked the area and Man pleads guilty to bank needed to haul it out of Man gets prison for were unable to find anyone ty sent on its way. the trees. Accidental burglar alarm matching that description. Low hanging wire reported ATM skimming scheme attempt at sex with teen reported at 3 Ashley Court on at Whispering Meadows at BOSTON (AP) — A Bra- Four juveniles charged QUINCY (AP) — A Monday at 9:53 a.m. Officer 278 Newbury St. on Monday NAHANT zilian man has pleaded man has been convicted confirms it was an accident. at 12:55 p.m. Officer reports in armed carjacking guilty to installing debit of trying to buy sex from Front door burglar alarm Arrest it was a cable wire, it was re- and credit card skimming REVERE (AP) — Police someone he believed was tripped accidentally by the moved from the street and devices on ATMs in sev- have arrested four juve- a 16-year-old girl. homeowner at 17 Yorkshire Lenny Alvarez, 44, of 35 rolled up. eral Boston-area commu- niles allegedly involved Anthony McCaffrey was Tudor St., Apt. 16, Lynn, was Drive on Monday at 5:20 p.m. nities. in what authorities called sentenced to five years in arrested and charged with op- Officer confirmed it was an ac- SAUGUS Federal prosecutors a “brazen, violent and prison on Monday after erating a motor vehicle with a cident. say 43-year-old Alexan- unprovoked” armed car- being convicted of hu- Accidental burglar alarm on suspended license and a mo- Arrests dre Kawamura pleaded jacking. tor vehicle lights violation. man trafficking of a child Monday at 10:34 p.m. at the guilty Monday to using Burlington Chief Mi- under 18 and engaging in front door of American Eagle Carlos A. Flores, 25, of 11 counterfeit access devices, chael Kent in a statement Complaints sexual conduct for a fee Outfitters at 740 Market St. Of- Sheridan St., Lynn, was arrest- possessing device-making said the victim had just with a minor. pulled into his parking ficer reports all exterior doors A report of a dog on the ed on warrant charges of pos- equipment, and aggravat- Police say the 59-year- spot at an apartment and windows are secure and causeway at 4:40 p.m. Mon- session of Class B and Class ed identity theft. old Quincy man arranged complex after returning all appears in order. day. E substances. Prosecutors say he to meet a 16-year-old girl home from work at about A report of a loud noise com- Brian J. Murray, 38, of 16 placed skimming devices who agreed to perform a 7:30 p.m. Monday and ing from the area of 116 Cas- Oak Hill Road, was arrested on and pinhole cameras in sexual act for $50. The Complaints was checking email on tle Road at 5:41 p.m. Monday. warrant charges of operating bank ATMs in Saugus, person McCaffrey was his phone when someone Caller from 15 Olde Towne under the influence of drugs Stoneham, Medford and communicating with was opened the driver’s side Road reported she received a and other charges. Everett in February and actually an undercover PEABODY door, put a gun to his call on Monday at 11:03 a.m. March last year. The police officer. from someone who claimed Accidents skimming devices record- chest, and forced him Summons from the vehicle. District Attorney Tim- to be her grandson, he was in ed bank account informa- othy Cruz says the case A report of a motor vehicle tion while the cameras Police say the victim trouble and needed cash. She Edward Daniel Connor, 33, was not hurt but was was the first time his hung up the phone. Report of 2 Fountain St., was sum- accident at 2 Essex St. at 7:47 captured PINs entered on office successfully pros- a.m. Monday; at 953 Broad- ATM keypads. “visibly shaken.” taken. moned on Sunday at 9:29 p.m. Revere police reported ecuted someone under Report of a suspicious ve- for breaking and entering after way at 12:59 p.m. Monday; at He was arrested when the state’s 2011 human someone noticed a that the victim’s 2018 hicle parked in the middle of a 911 caller from 88 Aborn St., Saugus High School at 2:18 trafficking law. skimming device on an Audi sedan had crashed the street at 7 Westover Drive Apt. 4, reported someone who p.m. Monday; at 239 Walnut The law signed by St. at 3:34 p.m. Monday; at ATM and alerted police. on Route 1A early Tues- on Monday at 6:07 p.m. Offi- identified himself as a police day morning. then-Gov. Deval Patrick officer was trying to kick in 180 Main St. at 8:38 p.m. Officers staked out the increased penalties for cer reports operator is visiting ATM until Kawamura Four juvenile males her back door. Caller said she Monday; at Hooters on Broad- people who buy sex and resident at 8 Westover Drive showed up to retrieve his were taken into custody knows the man from down the way at 10:38 p.m. Monday. treats those who sell it as and will move the vehicle to equipment. and two BB guns were re- street and he is not a police covered at the crash site. victims. the side of the road. officer. Police escorted the am- Complaint Sentencing is scheduled for April 17. Kawamura, No ages or names were bulance to Salem Hospital for released. First suspect in Medical Aid an evaluation. A report of a large, deceased who entered the U.S. bird in the road at Ballard and legally on a tourist visa, Vermont-Boston Request for an ambulance Tori M. Lucreziano, 25, of 84 Woods Ave., Somerville, Dudley streets at 10:10 a.m. faces deportation after his Woman charged with setting at 1 Cooks Farm Lane on Mon- gun case pleads not guilty was summoned on Monday Monday. sentence. dorm fires found competent day at 7:56 a.m. Patient taken at 10:43 a.m. for operating a BURLINGTON, Vt. to Lahey Hospital & Medical motor vehicle with a suspend- Man who dumped tuna ATTLEBORO (AP) — A (AP) — One of two men Theft college student charged Center in Burlington. ed license following a motor in woods pleads guilty, charged with bringing Resident from 972 Main St. vehicle crash at Walgreens at A caller at 15 Myrtle St. re- with setting a series of drugs to Vermont in requested assistance on Mon- 229 Andover St. ported someone kicked in the gets probation fires in her dormitory has exchange for guns they been found competent to day at 9:49 a.m. Patient taken Annette A. Cote-Rawley, 47, basement window while his PEABODY (AP) — A took back to Boston has to the Lahey Medical Center in of 1 Esquire Circle, Apt. 4, was son was home at 12:59 p.m. stand trial. pleaded not guilty to fed- man authorities say The Sun Chronicle Peabody. summoned on Monday at 1:54 Monday. caught a tuna out of eral charges. reports that 22-year-old Thirty-four-year-old season and then dumped Janelys Pimentel, of Darwin Medina entered the headless, 400-pound Boston, remained jailed the plea Tuesday during carcass in the woods has without bail after a hear- an appearance before been placed on probation ing Monday. a federal magistrate in after pleading guilty to Authorities say the Burlington. related charges. Wheaton College senior Lynn Drug Task Force The Salem News reports was captured on security Prosecutors say Medi- that Harold Wentworth, cameras setting a fire in na and 26-year-old John of Gloucester, pleaded a hallway water fountain Guerrero told people in Hotline guilty on Monday to at the Norton school on northwestern Vermont littering from a vehicle, Jan. 7. they were members of the improper disposal of Police say she then Latin Kings street gang. waste and driving after knocked on doors to wake They allegedly brought 781-477-4444 license suspension. He up other students. No one drugs to Vermont and was sentenced to a year of was injured. gave them to people who probation and ordered to Authorities say she has bought guns on their pay a $1,000 fine. set several other fires behalf. CALL 24 HOURS A DAY During the hearing, dating to November. She Court documents say Wentworth’s attorney is charged with arson and five of the guns were or text the word tiplynn and your tip to “tip411” (847411) disclosed that federal burning personal prop- recovered by police in fisheries regulators have erty. the Boston area, and already fined his client A forensic psychologist some have been matched Spanish menu available $15,000. says Pimentel suffers to shootings in South The bluefin tuna worth post-traumatic stress from Boston. an estimated $10,000 a break-in at her family’s In court, Medina an- All reports of neighborhood activity will be investigated. was found in the woods home last fall but there swered the judge’s ques- of Gloucester in October is no evidence she has a tions but didn’t address Callers may remain anonymous. 2017. A tow truck was mental disease or defect. the underlying charges. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 THE DAILY ITEM A7 ENTERTAINMENT

REVIEWS WWE dreams turn real in ‘Fighting With My Family’ By Jake Coyle it can put on family dy- ASSOCIATED PRESS namics. When a wisecrack- ing trainer named Hutch Even the most eccentric (Vince Vaughn) at a Lon- passions of working-class don tryout picks Saraya- England — long a favored Jade, who renames her- reservoir of feel-good un- self Paige, Zak is told he derdog tales — have sel- doesn't have the "it" factor dom featured as much his sister exudes. spandex as "Fighting With But Paige, dark-haired, My Family." lip-pierced and heavily ac- Patrick "Rowdy Ricky cented, isn't so sure of her- Knight" Bevis (Nick Frost) self, either. PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS and Julia "Sweet Saraya" It's a compelling and lik- Bevis (Lena Headey) are Young Thug performs his song “Havana” at the able cast and Merchant 61st annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los your average parents, keeps the film, for all its PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Angeles. raising a couple of tykes sports-movie clichés, most- in Norwich, England, to Florence Pugh, left, and Jack Lowden, right, ly lively, good-hearted and stand up for themselves, star in “Fighting with My Family.” consistently funny. That's work together, and, you aided in part by the charm Young Thug almost know, maintain a firm WWE-obsessed parents ed heavyweight status. explosions that happen choke hold. Collectively to leg-drop and pile-drive. "Fighting With My Fam- whenever The Rock steps they worship at the altar They each aspire to the ily" was made with the in. But the movie is most- didn’t win Grammy of "Macho Man" Randy big time while ardently blessing and the branding ly on Pugh's shoulders. Savage; they believe in participating in their fam- of the WWE, and it in- The young actress broke body slams the way other ily's far more regional and cludes plenty of pro wres- through, terrifically, in for song of the year families preach a heathy ragtag wrestling business. tler cameos, most notably 2017's "Lady Macbeth," breakfast. In a sport/entertainment The Rock, who's a produc- which, ironically, was a By Mesfin Fekadu The song of the year "Fighting With My Fam- full of skeptics, they're er on the film. It's a little far more rock-'em-sock'em ASSOCIATED PRESS Grammy is only awarded ily," the solo writing-di- true believers. like if Barry Bonds turned showcase for her consid- to the writers of a song; NEW YORK — Young artists only win if they recting debut of Stephen The twist in "Fighting up in "The Sandlot." erable talent. Pugh never Thug, a co-writer of "This Merchant ("The Office"), With My Family" is not Yet "Fighting With looks quite at ease in the have writing credit on the Is America," made history track. is based on a true story only that Saraya-Jade ac- My Family" isn't just ring in "Fighting With My alongside Childish Gam- and a colorful documenta- tually succeeds, winning about the quixotic small- Family," but her perfor- "This is America" also bino when the social-po- became the first rap song ry. Saraya-Jade (Florence a tryout with the WWE in town dreams of some mance is so layered with litical hit became the first to win record of the year, Pugh) and her older broth- Florida, but that this mod- hard-scrabble devotees, ambition and self-doubt hip-hop track to win the an honor awarded to the er, Zak (Jack Lowden), est and formulaic sports but the leap into mega- that the film exceeds its song of the year Grammy, performing artists, pro- have been bred by their movie takes on unexpect- watt fame, and the strain familiar framework. but Young Thug almost ducers and engineers of didn't make the history a song. Like Young Thug, books. Shaan Singh was not orig- Learning to love the rom-com in ‘Isn’t It Romantic’ When the Recording inally listed an engineer/ Academy first announced By Lindsey Bahr clean and looks like a mag- the nominees for its 2019 mixer on the song but was ASSOCIATED PRESS azine spread, a handsome show last December, later added on. billionaire named Blake Young Thug was not list- In addition to Gambino, Even when done well, (Liam Hemsworth) wants ed as a co-writer of "This record of the year was also the romantic comedy is to date her and everyone Is America" along with awarded to co-producer easy to pick on. They're is very, very nice. Gambino and Ludwig Go- Goransson, mastering so earnest and full of cli- It's an enjoyable sur- ransson. engineer Mike Bozzi and chés and unrealistic fairy face-level experience that His name, however, was engineers/mixers Derek tale standards. Intelligent hones in on all the generic later added to the song's "MixedByAli" Ali and Ri- women have been taught rom-com tropes you love credits. It wasn't clear ley Mackin. that there should be a to hate. Natalie now falls if his name appeared on Gambino, also known healthy serving of self-ha- down all the time, but it's the ballot during the fi- outside of rap as Donald tred with whatever en- adorable! She wakes up nal-round voting period, Glover, didn't attend Sun- joyment you might glean with full hair and makeup. which took place between day's Grammys, where he from a well-done make- The man down the hall- Dec. 13, 2018, and Jan. 9, was tied for most wins (4) over montage. You don't way in her building has 2019. along with country singer have to look much further PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS turned into a magical gay Young Thug, born Jef- Kacey Musgraves. "This than the phrase "rom- Rebel Wilson, left, and Liam Hemsworth star in best friend who is always, fery Lamar Williams, Is America" also won best com" to know that. “Isn’t It Romantic.” inexplicably there to freak is one of many rappers rap/sung performance and This is the world we and out over minor develop- whose vocals are heard in best music video. Natalie, the heroine at the herself. It's written by Ka- hair is a little frizzy. Her ments in her love life. the background of "This is Goransson, who has heart of "Isn't It Roman- tie Silberman, Erin Car- clothes are ill-fitting. Her "Isn't It Romantic" stays America" — the track also collaborated closely with tic ," live in, where these dillo and rom-com veteran co-workers at the very pretty surface level, which includes 21 Savage, Qua- Gambino since they both addictively appealing and Dana Fox and directed by ordinary looking architec- makes for a fine and plea- vo, BlocBoy JB and Slim worked on the TV series occasionally great films Todd Strauss-Schulson. ture firm where she works surable viewing experi- Jxmmi of the duo Rae "Community," also won come our way that we Natalie is introduced treat her like an assistant ence, but doesn't exactly Sremmurd. the best score soundtrack have to relegate to guilty as a young girl glued to and she can't seem to see do anything to show that None of those perform- for visual media Grammy pleasures or couch with the television in a run- that her friend with the rom-coms would be bet- ers were listed as co-writ- for "Black Panther." Go- disclaimers. And it can get down apartment where 90s Jim Carrey haircut, ter if the best friends had ers or featured artists on ransson also earned an rather exhausting that the her mother is off to the Josh (Adam Devine), is in more of an inner life, for the song. Young Thug is Oscar nomination for best justification always has to side making an ice cream love with her. example. In fact, it just also not listed as a fea- original score for "Black come back to a comparison and boxed wine float. On Much like Amy Schum- kind of redeems the for- tured artist on the track. Panther." to Nora Ephron, the only the screen is a young Ju- er's underappreciated mula in some ways. purveyor of rom-coms who lia Roberts in a bubble and thematically similar I suppose if there is a has undeniable crossover bath in "Pretty Woman." "I Feel Pretty," it takes a message to be minded New Jersey becomes film snob appeal. Natalie's mother tells her traumatic head injury for from "Isn't It Romantic" And that's kind of the not to expect anything like her to wake up in rom-com it's that perhaps in all of premise of "Isn't It Ro- that out of life. land, where Manhattan our skepticism and jaded- first state in U.S. to mantic" in which a rom- Cut to adulthood and smells like lavender, cup- ness about rom-coms, we com hating woman played Natalie is a normal, messy cake and wedding shops became ashamed to want take legal Oscars bets by Rebel Wilson bonks her adult. Her apartment adorn her city street, her nice things, both in enter- head and ends up in one is small and dirty. Her apartment is palatial and tainment and life. By Regina chief operating officer of Garcia Cano Rush Street Interactive, ASSOCIATED PRESS which operates Play- Memoir of Northern Appalachia tackles regional myths SugarHouse.com in New LAS VEGAS — Perhaps Jersey. "We believe a new By Russell Contreras at its history, its contra- Ferrence fight a brain you weren't sure — or audience may be fans of ASSOCIATED PRESS dictions and repeated at- tumor. Whenever he has didn't care — if Gisele the Oscars and want to tempts to redefine itself. lived in places like Arizo- Bundchen's husband and make their viewing expe- "Appalachia North: A Using his personal story, na or Paris, Ferrence real- the New England Patriots Memoir" (West Virginia rience even more exciting Ferrence takes us into a ized he was in exile, even won the Super Bowl this University Press), by placing a bet on their world defined by its bod- though he never thought month. But you know why by Matthew Ferrence favorite movie." ies of water, its hills and of himself as from Appa- "The Favourite" is a fa- SugarHouse has "Roma" its defunct coal mining lachia growing up. No, vorite to win an Oscar for ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. as a big favorite to win industry. The closed mines Ferrence didn't grow up best costume design and — Since the 2016 elec- best picture at the cere- have polluted creeks and smoking a corncob pipe or you're willing to bet on tion of President Donald mony scheduled for Feb. destroyed the economies hearing stories of moon- Trump and the publica- Lady Gaga snagging some 24. Some casinos are ac- tion of J. D. Vance's mem- of numerous communities. shining. But that's not all hardware for her perfor- cepting bets only on best oir "Hillbilly Elegy" that Squatters and long-time that defines Appalachia. mance in "A Star is Born." picture nominees, while same year, Appalachia residents remain in dilapi- An English professor Now, for the first time in others are offering more has returned to the na- dated homes others would at Allegheny College in the United States, you can options, like best director, tional spotlight as media have given up on. "But Meadville, Pa., Ferrence legally bet on one of pop best actress and best ac- and academia struggle to either because they can't doesn't shy away from his culture's biggest nights. tor. make sense of the region or because they refuse to middle-class upbringing PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS New Jersey is the first While sportsbooks some- and its people. Who are leave, people tack new lay- that sheltered him from state in the U.S. to allow times accept six- and the residents of an area ers of tarpaper to the sid- poverty and family dys- In “Appalachia North” sportsbooks to accept wa- seven-figure wagers on that stretches from north- ing, or they duct-tape the function Vance cited in his Matthew Ferrence gers on the Oscars, taking football games and other ern Alabama and Georgia, broken windows, or slide memoir. Ferrence's father joins the debate on after a common practice in sports, the limits for the through Kentucky and concrete blocks under was a biologist and his which states the res- Europe and giving Amer- Oscars are much smaller. West Virginia, all the way the worst sags, and stay," mother was a well-read idents of Appalachia ican fans another option Some set the limit for the to southern New York? Ferrence writes. Such re- private-school trained reside in. besides informal office amount wagered at $500 Matthew Ferrence joins alities aren't signs of a woman from Indiana. pools. a bet. the debate with his new culture in crisis, according Still, Ferrence refuses to "Appalachia North" is a Casinos see it as a way Sportsbooks in New Jer- book, "Appalachia North: to Ferrence, but examples pass judgment as others lyrical homage to a region to attract more customers sey began opening last A Memoir," but he's here of perseverance amid a have on the struggle of often misunderstood and to the sportsbook, even spring, when the U.S. Su- to clear up a few things: changing economy. Appalachia residents and overlooked. Ferrence's en- with limited bets. preme Court struck down Pennsylvania is part of Yet, it's also a place of appears to be in awe of gulfing prose brings to life "We have customers who a federal ban on sports Appalachia and the area is plateaus older than the how residents carry their an Appalachia north of the aren't huge sports fans, wagering. The ruling put more than its stereotypes. American Southwest des- struggles. To him, those Mason-Dixon line and he but enjoy playing games an end to Nevada's ef- In fact, to understand Ap- ert. It's a place of animals struggles have also de- does it with the eye of an like bingo or roulette with fective monopoly on that palachia, one must look and solitude that helped fined him. honest poet. us," said Mattias Stetz, form of gambling. A8 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 LOOK! PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS Oh, man, some Valentine’s suggestions By Bill Brotherton ITEM FEATURES EDITOR

PHOTOS | SHUTTERSTOCK A romantic dinner at a candlelit ta- en might heat things up later, if you ble in a trendy restaurant is wonder- catch my drift. No meat alternative ful, but not on busy Valentine’s Day. or cauli ower rice allowed. A nice Togetherness! Take a class. Go to a Tip: The best mixed drink on plan- Opt for a home-cooked meal instead. steak or salmon with mashed pota- wine tasting. Try Hot Yoga. Spend a et Earth is at Mission on the Bay in You and your beloved can sip wine toes is the way to go. And, put that day at a museum, then, on the way Swampscott: Sneaky Rye, a Manhat- and prepare it together. Heating darn phone away for one night, why home stop somewhere on the spur of tan-like concoction, will knock your things up side-by-side in the kitch- don’tcha. the moment, for a cocktail and apps. socks off.

Candy is dandy! Men are hap- py with a bag of Peanut M&Ms or Hershey Kisses. A bar of dark chocolate with bacon bits is about as fancy as you need to get.

Kind words and compliments will much he’s appreciated. Thank him for  x- put boyfriend in a happy place. Trust ing that clocked garbage disposal or for me. Dimwits like me who aren’t handy clearing the front walk of snow. More im- around the house crave words of praise portantly, we should all  nd time in our and encouragement. Let him know how busy schedules to say “I love you.”

Many of my male pals for some reason refuse to throw out their old, ratty underwear. La- dies, take control and buy your guy a couple of pairs of good quality boxer But liquor is quicker! A shorts. While you’re slip- swanky packy stocks an awesome ping into something a selection of obscure craft beers. little more comfortable, Whether hubby is an IPA a cio- he can do the same. nado or prefers milk stouts, seek But, please, skip the the salesperson’s advice to cre- cheesy boxers ate your own six-pack of differ- emblazoned ent suds. A bottle of 12-year-old with hearts. Scotch or a good bourbon are also smooth gifts.

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By Harold Rivera her presence felt in the paint. During ITEM SPORTS EDITOR last Friday’s 57-41 win at Beverly, Zaiter grabbed 20 rebounds to help keep Pea- PEABODY — Perhaps there weren’t body undefeated (13-0) against confer- many who penciled in the Peabody girls ence opponents. basketball team for a 17-1 mark through “I think I’m a big piece to our success,” the rst 18 games of the regular sea- Zaiter said. “If one of us is missing, it’s son. But now that they’re at the top of not the same. I control the boards a lot, the Northeastern Conference and well same with (senior forward) Catherine on their way to a state tournament run, Manning. I’m there for the putbacks and senior forward/center Liz Zaiter and the layups. If I’m not there, they have to rely Tanners are hungry to make the most of on the 3-point shooting and outside shots. it. I’m there mainly for work inside the A three-year varsity player, Zaiter said paint.” this year’s success has come as a bit of Zaiter’s averaging 8.9 points and 7.9 a surprise. The Tanners fell short of the rebounds per game, nearly logging a dou- state tournament last year and wanted to ble-double on a nightly basis. She’s shoot- make sure they corrected their mistakes ing 54 percent from the free throw line this time around. and has been a defensive force with 38 “The seniors knew there wasn’t going blocked shots this season. Her goal com- to be a ‘next year,’” Zaiter said. “We’re all ing into the season was to leave it all on playing our hearts out. I honestly didn’t the line in her nal high school basket- think we’d be as successful as we are now. ball campaign. We’re still playing with each other, it’s the “I de nitely wanted to take this year same team. The only difference is two se- way more seriously than any other year,” niors left (from last year’s team) and we Zaiter said. “Sophomore year I was a bit have a new freshman (Oluchi Okanan- immature and I missed some games. Last wa). This year, right from tryouts, every- year I got injured. I had to step it up and one started getting along. We were happy take it seriously. These are the last games to go to practice, we were happy to go to I have. I’m honestly impressed with the team dinners. The bond we developed as way I’ve been playing these past few ITEM FILE PHOTO teammates and friends has helped us games.” play way better on the court.” Peabody senior forward/center Liz Zaiter is averaging 8.9 points and 7.9 At 5’9, Zaiter has the height to make ZAITER, B2 rebounds this season. Pelkey named new St. John’s Prep AD By Daniel Kane ITEM STAFF DANVERS — Jameson Pelkey still remembers reaching out to St. John’s Prep Athletic Director Jim O’Leary during his senior year at Endicott College while looking for an intern- ship opportunity. “I gave Jim a call when I was a senior at Endicott looking for an op- portunity and a chance to meet and talk about the program,” Pelkey said. “Sure enough we met and at the end of our conversation I started out in- terning with them. I never looked back from there.” Pelkey has since served in many roles at St. John’s since then. Now, 12 years later, he’s set to take over as the school’s new athletic director. The an- COURTESY PHOTO nouncement was made by St. John’s Principal and Associate Head of St. John’s Prep announced the appointment of Jameson Pelkey as School Keith Crowley Tuesday morn- the school’s new athletic director with (left to right) headmaster ing at Mahoney Wellness Center. Edward Hardiman, Pelkey, retiring athletic director Jim O’Leary “I’m thrilled for the opportunity,” and principal Keith Crowley marking the occasion Tuesday. Pelkey said. “Every sport and every ed. “I’m committed to upholding the ilies, our coaches, staff and the entire team is important and valued here. Prep community.” We’re all about providing a wide strong standard of excellence and pro- viding our student athletes with the While St. John’s looked at many range of opportunities for students to candidates in its search for a new engage in athletics and build commu- tools they need to succeed in competi- tion, in the classroom and in life after athletic director, Crowley said it was nity around movement. clear Pelkey was the best t. “In many ways the strength of this graduation. I look forward to partner- program is in its scope,” Pelkey add- ing with our students and their fam- PELKEY, B2 NEC wrestling awards and all-stars announced

By Harold Rivera ITEM SPORTS EDITOR The Northeastern Conference wrestling awards and all-stars were announced Tuesday morn- ing and the Marblehead/Swamp- ITEM FILE PHOTO scott co-op team was well-repre- sented. The Black and Blue took Swampscott’s Jackson Byrne is averaging home the sportsmanship award 15.6 points per game this season. and coach Alex Carew was named NEC Coach of the Year. “I think this is our 15th year Byrne helping in a row winning the sportsman- ship award,” Carew, who started coaching the team in 2000 and push Big Blue to returned in 2015 after a hia- tus, said. “It does mean a lot. It shows our boys are respectful tournament berth of other coaches and athletes. By Harold Rivera COURTESY PHOTO That’s something we try to culti- vate on our team. ITEM SPORTS EDITOR The Marblehead/Swampscott wrestling team had a successful 2018- “It’s very important that they SWAMPSCOTT — The past two seasons haven’t 2019 season. Front row (left to right) are coach Igor Babushkin, show respect to the sport and re- Connor O’Brien, Jorge Maldonado Rios, Noah Faverman, Ned Fitz- gone the way the Swampscott boys basketball team spect for others in the sport,” he hoped they would. Swampscott nished with sub-.500 gerald. Back row (left to right) are head coach Alex Carew, Caden added. Dubiel, Nick Sirota, Michael Hopkins, Erik Bazarov, Creed Carrol, records each year and struggled to stay a oat in a Trey Rochford, and coach Mike Stamison. WRESTLING, B2 competitive Northeastern Conference. This year, however, the Big Blue are eager to stop that trend and turn things around. With senior shoot- ing guard Jackson Byrne leading the charge, Swamp- scott’s well on its way toward getting back to being a St. Mary’s golf to receive state title rings competitive (and winning) team. “Jackson has come a long way since I took over the By Mike Alongi rector Jeff Newhall. “But to win varsity job during his sophomore season,” Swampscott ITEM STAFF the state championship by one coach Justin Fucile said. “I was a fan even when he shot, there’s a lot of things that was playing and I wasn’t coaching. I sent him and The St. Mary’s golf team won need to go right as a team and a Max Pegnato to junior varsity and told them I want- its second consecutive state lot of guys who need to play well. ed them to improve as leaders and in their defensive championship this past fall, and It’s a great group of kids and skills. Last year he took strides and got better but Thursday night the Spartans will we’re happy to honor them in this wasn’t in the basketball shape we thought he could be honored for their accomplish- way.” be in. ments at Tony Conigliaro Gym- After winning the 2017 state “He was always last in the 16’s,” Fucile said. “He ran nasium. During halftime of the championship, the St. Mary’s golf every day and cut a lot of weight. This year, he’s quick- St. Mary’s-Bishop Fenwick boys team came into the 2018 season er and in better shape. The work he put in on his own basketball game, the golfers will with high expectations. Those ex- ITEM FILE PHOTO is really impressive. He does it all on his own.” receive their championship rings pectations were surpassed, as the Byrne has posted averages of 15.6 points and 6.0 and trophies. Spartans rolled through the reg- Brothers Christian Emmerich rebounds per game. His efforts have helped Swamp- “They truly played a team ular season behind the efforts of (right) and Aiden Emmerich (left) scott to an 8-9 mark with three regular season games game, even though a lot of people the full team. nished in rst and second place, remaining. consider golf to be an individual respectively, in the Division 3 state sport,” said St. Mary’s athletic di- GOLF, B2 championship in October. BYRNE, B2 B2 SPORTS THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 Peabody’s Zaiter aiming for title run ZAITER “I want to stay local,” From B1 Zaiter said. “Salem State’s where I’m leaning but I’m Peabody coach Stan going to wait until I decide McKeen has also been im- where I’m going to continue pressed with Zaiter’s play my basketball career.” as of late. McKeen’s confident that “It’s taken her this year Zaiter will fit in well at Sa- to evolve like we thought lem State. she might evolve last year,” “We actually went to McKeen said. “She’s become their game against West- much more physical play- field State (last Saturday),” ing than she did last year. McKeen said. “They’re It’s shown in her stats the graduating Kia Fernandes, last five, six games. She’s their big post player. That using her size to her advan- would be a good fit or her. tage. We’ve been waiting She could step in and con- ITEM FILE PHOTO for that since last year. She tribute.” Luke Sargent was a key contributor for the St. has come of age this season. But before Zaiter can Mary’s golf team in the 2018 season. She has a nice shot around map out her future en- the basket but she’s using deavors, she has unfinished her size and strength to go business at Peabody. The to the basket.” Tanners have two regular St. Mary’s to honor With Manning and Zait- season games remaining er dominating the post, (at Swampscott Thursday, the Tanners have an ex- ITEM FILE PHOTO at Gloucester Friday) and golf team’s state title perienced duo to rely on. Liz Zaiter (right) has helped the Peabody girls would like to jump into the Their post-play has helped basketball team to a 17-1 record this season. state tournament on a pos- GOLF shore up Peabody’s defense, itive note. From B1 which McKeen points to as The other night in Bever- She and Catherine make a “I’m looking to leave my the key to the team’s suc- ly, when they got off a shot formidable duo under the mark at Peabody,” Zaiter Led by the brotherly duo of Christian and Aiden Em- cess. it was one-and-done. The basket and they feed off said. “This is my last year merich, St. Mary’s went unbeaten in conference play, “The defense, as a whole, to do that. I want the un- big thing with Liz is she’s each other, which is good.” won the Catholic Central League title and went into the is the reason we’re 17-1,” derclassmen to remember, Division 3 North tournament as the top seed. McKeen said. “They’re im- become more aggressive Zaiter’s hoping to contin- ‘Wow, she left an example At Far Corner Golf Club in Boxford, St. Mary’s earned proving steadfast as the around the basket this sea- ue her basketball career for us. We have to meet her a one-stroke victory in the sectional championship, beat- season has gone on. The 3-2 son. in college. She has drawn expectations or more.’ ing Weston after shooting a total score of 332. Christian defense we play has been “She’s worked very hard interest from Bunker Hill, “(The seniors) want to Emmerich finished the day with a 5-over 77 to lead the incredible. Colleen (Crotty), to make her game stron- Plymouth State and Salem make it further than any of pack, while Aiden Emmerich came in with a 9-over 81. Kristina (Rossignoll) and ger,” McKeen said. “It took State. Hoping to stay close us have been. It’s definitely Luke Smith and Luke Sargent each shot a 15-over 87 to Brooke (Hodas) do a great part of the season to get to home, Zaiter’s leaning our time to shine. We have round out the qualifying scores for St. Mary’s. job up top. Catherine’s going but over the last few toward joining the Division a target on our backs and The following week, the Spartans traveled to George- an animal on the boards. games she has stepped up. III Vikings. we don’t want to lose it.” town’s Black Swan Country Club to compete in the Di- vision 3 state championship. For the second week in a row, St. Mary’s (323) earned a one-stroke win, this time over Dover-Sherborn (324), to repeat as state cham- Byrne hopes to lead Swampscott to tournament run pion. Christian and Aiden Emmerich once again led St. Mary’s with the best individual performances, as BYRNE ing the Big Blue win. “Jackson’s grown as a basketball Christian shot a 72 and won the Division 3 individu- From B1 “Cam O’Brien has played fan- player,” Fucile said. “He creates his al championship for the second consecutive year. Aiden tastic,” Byrne said. “He came into own shots and creates shots for oth- shot a 73 and earned runner-up honors. Rounding out “I didn’t expect as much as we’ve the season and we thought he’d be ers. People focus on him as a jump the Spartans’ individual scores were Luke Smith (86), already accomplished, based on the a 3-point shooter. He’s a great de- shooter but they’ll find out he’s more Owen Maguire (92), Peter Pagliuca (93) and Luke Sar- seasons in the past,” Byrne said. “I fensive player. He has wicked fast than that.” gent (96). thought we’d double our wins from hands. He gets a lot of steals. An- The Big Blue hit a rough patch With the golf team’s victory, St. Mary’s athletics has last year, maybe get five or seven drew Augustin brings the ball up in January but have bounced back won at least one state championship for 12 years in a wins. We’ve had a lot of kids come in and slows the pace down. That’s smoothly since then. Swampscott row. and step up. We’ve become a much important for us when we run our has won four of its last five as it “This has been a great run going back some years now, better team than I anticipated we offense. We have some juniors. Fred aims to close the regular season on we’ve had at least one every year,” Newhall said. “All would this season.” Juden, it’s only his second season a high note. The Big Blue have al- the kids in every sport deserve a lot of credit for what Defense, Byrne said, has been the playing organized basketball. He ready qualified for the Division 3 they’ve done over the years and we’re certainly proud of name of Swampscott’s game this put in a lot of work during the off- North state tournament under the everything they’ve accomplished.” winter. season. He’s helped a lot offensively.” Sullivan Rule (as they did last sea- “Our 2-3 zone is our money maker,” Offensively, Byrne has made it a son) but they’re aiming for wins to Byrne said. “We stay in that 90 per- point to work on his outside shot. improve their seeding and maintain Black and Blue clean up cent of the time. We communicate He swished three 3-pointers and led momentum. very well. Our starting lineup com- all scorers with 22 points in last Fri- “Going into the tournament hot municates very well, especially on day’s 63-51 come-from-behind win would be nice,” Byrne said. “Last NEC wrestling awards defense. We have each other’s backs over Saugus. year qualified under the Sullivan and we know where we are. We’re “It’s a huge part of my game,” By- Rule as the last seed. We had to WRESTLING loud and people don’t like that. That rne said. “I work on my 3-point shot play Lynnfield on the road and they From B1 translates into our offense when we every day when I’m playing bas- had a 1,000-point scorer. That was a get fastbreak buckets. That’s been ketball. Coach Jay Knowles taught tough game. We’re looking for home As for being named coach of the year, Carew said he was our bread and butter so far.” me how to shoot in the third grade. court advantage. humbled by the honor and appreciates the recognition. Swampscott’s reserves, including I took his principles and applied “We’re looking for a strong finish,” “Winning that meant a lot,” Carew said. “It’s nice to be a solid core of underclassmen, have them. My shot has gotten a lot faster Byrne said. “We want to end the sea- recognized in that fashion, as coach of the year. It’s great made key contributions during the since then. That has really taken my son on a good streak. We have some that other coaches in the conference recognized how season. Byrne said he has come game to the next level.” tough games coming up. We’re look- much the team has moved forward the past few years. away impressed with the efforts the He can also help guide his team- ing to close the season on a positive It’s nice to me. newcomers have put forth in help- mates for good looks at the basket. note.” “It’s a humbling honor,” he added. “I was humbled to receive it, especially because there are so many great coaches in the conference. Any coach could have easily Jameson Pelkey named AD at St. John’s Prep won it.” Marblehead/Swampscott landed three of its members PELKEY really special here. We needed to keep throughout. Not only the people I on the all-star team. Carew said the team has progressed From B1 Jameson on campus. We found a role work closely with everyday. It’s the over recent seasons. This winter, Marblehead/Swamp- for him and he got through multiple teachers, coaches and staff, student scott set the bar high with a 10-win campaign and six of “It’s an honor to introduce James- levels. He has the experience and he’s athletes, it really is a community. its members will compete in the Division 3 state tourna- on as the next director of athletics to worked with the coaches. All those lit- Kids that we coach and work with ment Saturday at Wakefield High. begin here on July 1,” Crowley said. tle things that need to be done, he has on a daily basis they come back. The “As a team, we’ve really grown,” Carew said. “We’ve had “One of the things that we had done dedicated himself to the student ath- relationships built with young and a good group of young kids. This is our first year winning in this search is look at many candi- letes here. He is more than capable.” older alumni, it’s very welcoming and 10 matches. It’s great, especially coming off a great year dates. Starting in September, looking Being familiar with the school, a great feeling to have. It’s a great last year when we won our first tournament, we had our at all the candidates and evaluating Pelkey’s excited to have a reliable feeling to have knowing that they’re first state champion. We brought 11 kids to sectionals, their credentials it was very clear group of coaches, trainers and staff going to be supportive in what we’re nine reached podium and six qualified for the Division that Jameson by far was the person that put in the time to make St. John’s going to try to accomplish here.” 3 state tournament this weekend. I’m very pleased with that was going to fulfill this role the athletics a successful community. Pelkey, who lives in Georgetown, that.” best due to knowing him and his work “The commitment of the staff and is excited for his next chapter with The list of conference all-stars includes Connor O’Brien ethic, knowing his commitment to the the time we put in on nights and the Eagles. He’s looking forward to (106 pounds, Marblehead/Swampscott), Calvin Dalton mission of this school and student de- weekends, holidays, vacations, with- helping St. John’s student athletes (113, Salem), Luis Rodriguez (120, Beverly), Maximil- velopment.” out having all these people around succeed in both athletics and in the lian Leete (126, Danvers), Jack Rivers (132, Beverly), O’Leary, who served as athletic di- a lot of this wouldn’t be possible,” classroom. Michael Hopkins (138, Marblehead/Swampscott), Nick rector for two decades, will stay at Pelkey said. “Having over 130 coach- “I’m just excited for the opportu- Sirota (145, Marblehead/Swampscott), Liam Donahue St. John’s, transitioning to a role as a es on staff now, over 70 teams, we’re nity,” Pelkey said. “I’ve been here for (152, Gloucester), Richard Canova (160, Danvers), Rus- Special Assistant to the Principal for at 22 varsity and scholastic sports, over 12 years now and have been sell Canova (170, Danvers), Alexi Echevarria (170, Bev- Athletics which includes remaining so those numbers alone tell you the heavily involved with athletics since erly), Tyrese Elmidor (170, Salem), Dominick Clark (182, as the school’s main representative sheer volume of what we deal with on the beginning. It’s exciting to get into Saugus/Peabody), Jonas Pavia (195, Beverly), Raphael with the MIAA and continuing to act a regular basis. Having those people this new leadership role and continu- Ribeiro (195, Everett), Chad Abboud (220, Danvers), Phil as a game administrator. with me involved everyday is a huge ing to work with student athletes and Makoci (220, Saugus/Peabody), Edan Piedad (285, Bever- “He came here 12 years ago,” help for us. coaching staff and having continued ly) and Doug Clark (285, Saugus/Peabody). O’Leary said of Pelkey. “I told the prin- “It’s been unbelievable,” Pelkey success in playing elite competition at Danvers’ Leete was named Wrestler of the Year. cipal at the time that we had someone added. “It’s a huge support system the highest level in the state.” Celtics beats Sixers in back-and-forth divisional battle PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gordon Hayward’s 3 from the corner put The Celtics answered the call in Hayward scored 26 points, includ- Boston up 105-103 and Marcus their first game since Marcus Mor- ing a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:50 Smart added a free throw. The Six- ris questioned the team’s tough- remaining, and the Boston Celtics ers had a chance to tie when Jim- ness after they surrendered leads beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112- my Butler went to the line for three of 28 points to the Clippers and 18 109 on Tuesday night. free throws but he missed two. Af- points to the Lakers on their home Al Horford had 23 and Jayson ter a turnover, Embiid lost the ball court. Tatum scored 20 and grabbed 10 with under a minute left. Smart Both teams are tied for the fourth rebounds to help the Celtics con- then blew past Ben Simmons for a spot in the East with a 36-21 re- tinued their dominance over the dunk to extend the lead to 108-104 cord. Sixers. with 24 seconds left. Butler made After trailing for nearly the en- Playing without All-Star point a driving layup and a free throw to tire first half, the Sixers opened the guard Kyrie Irving, who sprained cut it to 108-107. third quarter on a 9-0 run to take his right knee Saturday night, the After Horford sank two free a 55-52 lead. JJ Redick’s 3-point- Celtics beat Philadelphia for the throws, Tobias Harris missed a 3 er capped the run. Minutes later, third straight meeting this season and Embiid put it back in with only Ben Simmons thrilled the crowd by after defeating Philadelphia in five 2.4 seconds left. Butler couldn’t get driving around Tatum and throw- games in the Eastern Conference a desperation 3 off in time before ing down a thunderous right-hand- semifinals last season. the buzzer sounded as the Sixers ed jam. But Tatum answered at PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Joel Embiid had 23 points and 14 dropped their first game in three the opposite end with a spin move Jayson Tatum had 23 points and 10 rebounds in a rebounds and Jimmy Butler scored since acquiring Harris in a flurry of around Embiid and dunk over Sim- win over the Philadelphia 76ers Tuesday night. 22 for Philadelphia. moves last week. mons. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 THE DAILY ITEM SPORTS B3

HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY Track Boys Hockey Varsity States (at Reggie Lewis, TBA) BC High at St. Mary’s (5) THURSDAY Hudson at Peabody (5:15) Girls Basketball Swampscott at Saugus (6) Newburyport at Lynnfield (6) St. John’s at Catholic Memorial (7) Everett at Classical (7) Fenwick at Williams (7:10) English at Medford (7) North Reading at Lynnfield (8:15) Beverly at Marblehead (7) Girls Hockey Peabody at Swampscott (7) Peabody at Medford (5) Revere at Danvers (7) Marblehead at Beverly (6:20) Winthrop at Saugus (7) Fenwick at Shawsheen (7) Boys Basketball Winthrop at Masconomet (8:15) Fenwick at St. Mary’s (6:30) Girls Basketball Lynnfield at Newburyport (7) Classical at Everett (7) Classical at English (7) Medford at English (7) Revere at Beverly (7) Marblehead at Beverly (7) Boys Basketball Swampscott at Peabody (7) Beverly at Revere (7) Danvers at Revere (7) Tech at Pope John (7) Saugus at Winthrop (7) Skiing Track St. John’s at Interscholastic Race (TBA) State Meet (at Reggie Lewis, 4:30)

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NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 56 41 11 4 86 217 156 Winnipeg 56 35 18 3 73 194 160 Boston 57 32 17 8 72 168 148 Nashville 58 33 20 5 71 180 151 Toronto 55 34 18 3 71 195 157 Dallas 56 29 22 5 63 145 140 Montreal 56 31 18 7 69 172 162 St. Louis 54 27 22 5 59 155 159 Buffalo 56 28 21 7 63 165 171 Minnesota 56 27 24 5 59 156 162 Florida 55 23 24 8 54 168 192 Colorado 55 22 22 11 55 180 183 Detroit 56 21 28 7 49 156 186 Chicago 57 23 25 9 55 185 209 Ottawa 55 21 29 5 47 172 201 Pacific Division Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA FILE PHOTOS | ASSOCIATED PRESS GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 57 34 16 7 75 210 177 N.Y. Islanders 56 33 17 6 72 161 136 Calgary 55 34 15 6 74 202 161 Tiger Woods (left) and Phil Mickelson (right) are both in the field for this week’s Genesis Open at the Washington 57 31 19 7 69 192 183 Vegas 57 31 22 4 66 170 157 Columbus 55 32 20 3 67 180 167 Vancouver 57 25 25 7 57 164 181 famed Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. Pittsburgh 56 29 20 7 65 193 173 Arizona 55 24 26 5 53 145 161 Carolina 56 28 22 6 62 163 163 Edmonton 55 24 26 5 53 159 184 Philadelphia 56 25 24 7 57 162 186 Los Angeles 56 23 28 5 51 136 171 N.Y. Rangers 55 24 23 8 56 156 182 Anaheim 56 21 26 9 51 127 182 New Jersey 55 21 26 8 50 159 186 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for OT loss. Woods, Mickelson still going strong Tuesday’s Games Toronto at Colorado, 9 p.m. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 144- easy on the weekend at the AT&T He was at his best that week, and Columbus 3, Washington 0 Arizona at Vegas, 10 p.m. Buffalo 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 Wednesday’s Games man field at Riviera has 88 players Pebble Beach Pro-Am. he had to be. Dallas 3, Florida 0 Edmonton at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. who have combined to win 496 times He recovered from consecutive With the meat of the season about Boston 6, Chicago 3 Vancouver at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. Calgary at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games on the PGA Tour. bogeys along the ocean, when the to begin, the question is how often Carolina at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Calgary at Florida, 7 p.m. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson wind and rain were at their worst, they can be at their best against N.Y. Rangers at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Ottawa at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. account for 25 percent of those vic- by playing the final 26 holes without deeper and younger competition. New Jersey at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Dallas at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m. Colorado at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. tories. a bogey. Mickelson made an 8-foot He seems to be doing just fine. No one should be surprised. par putt on the 17th hole Saturday. Mickelson was poised to win the While too one-sided to be a rivalry, Otherwise, his longest putt for par Desert Classic until he lost on a NBA they have been a powerful one-two during that stretch was 4 feet. birdie at the last hole to Adam Long, EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE punch in golf. The same day Woods But it’s harder than it looks. who was No. 417 in the world rank- Atlantic Division Southwest Division won his third straight U.S. Amateur Mickelson turns 49 this summer, ing. He overcame a three-shot deficit W L Pct GB W L Pct GB right before he turned pro, Mickel- and one of the most underrated against Paul Casey by closing with a Toronto 42 16 .724 — Houston 33 23 .589 — Boston 36 21 .632 5½ San Antonio 33 26 .559 1½ son won the World Series of Golf at qualities has been his health. He re- 65 at Pebble Beach. In between was Philadelphia 36 21 .632 5½ Dallas 26 30 .464 7 Firestone. Woods picked up his 80th vealed in the summer of 2010 that a missed cut at the Phoenix Open, Brooklyn 29 29 .500 13 New Orleans 25 33 .431 9 New York 10 46 .179 31 Memphis 23 35 .397 11 career victory at the Tour Champi- he was dealing with psoriatic arthri- where he changed driver in search Southeast Division Northwest Division onship to end last season. Mickelson tis. Otherwise, his injuries have been of a few extra yards. Mickelson is al- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB won his 44th at Pebble Beach on either minor (left wrist from Oak- ways chasing distance. Charlotte 27 29 .482 — Denver 38 18 .679 — Miami 25 30 .455 1½ Oklahoma City 37 19 .661 1 Monday. mont’s rough in 2007) or temporary His optimism comes from picking Orlando 26 32 .448 2 Portland 33 23 .589 5 If anything raises eyebrows, it’s (broken leg from skiing in 1994). up 6 mph of swing speed for his driv- Washington 24 33 .421 3½ Utah 32 24 .571 6 Atlanta 19 38 .333 8½ Minnesota 26 30 .464 12 that Mickelson believes their trophy “The challenge is getting myself to er, which he says rarely happens to Central Division Pacific Division collection will keep growing. play my best,” Mickelson said. anybody, let alone someone in his W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Milwaukee 42 14 .750 — Golden State 40 15 .727 — “I just believe that, even today, if I Woods is 43 with eight surgeries late 40s. Indiana 38 19 .667 4½ Sacramento 30 26 .536 10½ play my best, if Tiger plays his best, behind him — four on his left knee, There was no secret involved. Detroit 26 29 .473 15½ L.A. Clippers 31 27 .534 10½ it’s good enough to win on any week,” four on his lower back. “It’s not really a secret. It was Chicago 13 44 .228 29½ L.A. Lakers 28 29 .491 13 Cleveland 12 45 .211 30½ Phoenix 11 47 .190 30½ Mickelson said. “And the challenge is His comeback last year is why ex- nine months of hard work,” Mickel- there are so many great young play- pectations are so high now. Woods son said. “And then overnight I was Tuesday’s Games Washington at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta 117, L.A. Lakers 113 Houston at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ers, and so many great players in the played well in Florida last year, took swinging 6 mph fast. It was biomet- Boston 112, Philadelphia 109 Memphis at Chicago, 8 p.m. game today, that it takes our best to a dip in the late spring and then ric swing studies, taking weakness- Orlando 118, New Orleans 88 Miami at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. San Antonio 108, Memphis 107 Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m. win. I just think that both myself kept getting better until winning the es and making them strengths. It Utah at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Golden State at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Tour Championship the way he won Wednesday’s Games Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. and Tiger are going to have a really, was time in the gym. It was a whole Brooklyn at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Thursday’s Games really good year this year.” so many other tournaments. He built workout process. It’s been a lot of Milwaukee at Indiana, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Orlando, 7 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m. New York at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Nothing changes the outlook like a lead over 54 holes and played the work, but days like this make it Philadelphia at New York, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m. winning, and Mickelson made it look kind of golf that was tough to beat. worthwhile.” B4 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 COMICS

OFF THE MARK / MARK PARISI MODERATELY CONFUSED / JEFF STAHLER DILBERT / SCOTT ADAMS

LIO / MATT TATULLI

GARFIELD / JIM DAVIS ROSE IS ROSE / PAT BRADY

ARLO AND JANIS / JIMMY JOHNSON CUL DE SAC / RICHARD THOMPSON

FRANK AND ERNEST / BOB THAVES BIG NATE / LINCOLN PEIRCE

THE GRIZZWELLS / BILL SCHORR THE BORN LOSER / ART AND CHIP SANSOM

OVERBOARD / CHIP DUNHAM THATABABY / PAUL TRAP

ALLEY OOP / GRAUE AND BENDER MONTY / MEDDICK

REALITY CHECK / DAVE WHAMOND HERMAN / JIM UNGER ZIGGY / TOM WILSON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 THE DAILY ITEM B5 DIVERSIONS

HOROSCOPE

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) ARIES (March 21-April 19) GEMINI (May 21-June 20) LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Listen carefully and do your Pay more attention to your An emotional matter will af- Be the one to initiate change. If something is getting you Change begins with you. Set own fact-checking. Someone personal finances and ideas fect your productivity if you If you wait for someone else down, do something about a high standard and make will exaggerate an offer or sit- that could bring in more cash. to make a move, you may not it. Putting up with unfair arrangements to start a strict uation that could end up cost- A personal change should be can’t focus. Don’t fall short at like the outcome. Look for an work, or it could cost you down treatment or demands will routine that will leave you feel- ing you emotionally as well as made carefully and for the right opportunity and seize the mo- lower your self-esteem. Step ing healthy and ready to con- financially. Be on guard. reasons. the line. ment. up and do what needs to be quer the world. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) TAURUS (April 20-May 20) CANCER (June 21-July 22) VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) done. Don’t let an emotional incident You’ll crave knowledge, change Get in the game. Don’t let CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Put everything you’ve got into SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Let others do as they please, spin out of control. Walk away and novelty. The experience you your relationships. How you anyone throw you off guard by if it will stop you from saying or pick up will help map out how trash talking or shortchanging Make travel plans or lifestyle but don’t feel obligated to take doing something you may re- you plan to move forward. Trust treat others will determine your you. Believe in your ability to changes. You’ll feel rejuvenat- part. If you focus on activities gret. Focus on helping, not on in your intuition, judgment and future. A judicious compromise win, and don’t stop until you ed if you try something new. you enjoy, you will connect with creating chaos. ability. will be a game-changer. reach your goal. Romance is in the stars. inspirational people.

DEAR ABBY BRIDGE

Romance trips on question of having kids Why be faced with the problem? DEAR ABBY: I’m a aged her professional and Hannah More, an English to his partner’s ace, received 67-year-old single white Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van personal relationships poet, playwright and philan- a club ruff and cashed the man. My girlfriend is 21 and Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and essentially clipped thropist who died in 1833, spade ace to defeat the con- said, “Goals help you over- tract. But, of course, declarer, and was founded by her mother, her wings. African-American. We have come short-term problems.” anticipating the ruff, probably been together a year and a Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at She was a bright, kind In bridge, one deal is a would have played a heart to half and are deeply in love. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los and ambitious person with short-term problem lasting the ace and another heart to We have lots of fun together Angeles, CA 90069. wonderful dreams before 13 tricks. You also know your get home. and go out and do things. she settled for him. She goal — making or breaking In reality, though, East un- has lost herself in this re- the contract. Occasionally, derstandably took the first When we are out togeth- DEAR UNCERTAIN: first real relationship. though, you have a goal you trick and tried to give his part- er, people often stare at us. People may stare because They moved in together lationship, and we don’t never should have faced. For ner an immediate ruff. South She’s very attractive and of the large discrepancy in and got a dog within six know what to say to her, if example, in today’s deal, what played two rounds of trumps turns heads. I tell her ev- your ages or because they months. we should say anything at do you think of the auction? to achieve his goal. How does South get on in four At double-dummy, there eryone is looking at her all. Help! aren’t used to seeing inter- He’s a lot older than she hearts after West leads the was no defense to four hearts. because she is so beauti- racial couples. Because is, emotionally manipula- NERVOUS IN THE club queen? What would have Four spades ought to go down ful, but that’s probably not you are concerned about tive and abusive. Before NORTHWEST happened in four spades by one, West losing one heart, totally true. how things will play out if they got together — a cou- West? two diamonds and one club DEAR NERVOUS: While South was very light to over- — an excellent sacrifice. We want to be together, the two of you decide to ple of months after his it may be tempting, resist call three hearts. Still, that but I’m reluctant. The love start a family, it would be previous fiancee broke should have made West feel the urge to drift away from feels good and true, but wise to get genetic counsel- their engagement — she happy about his heart king. her because of him. Rather the rest is scary. We would ing because of your age. talked constantly about He should have jumped to than remain silent, you four spades. like to have children, but While 67 isn’t over the hill, how desperate she was for and the others should Against four hearts, I would she wonders if there is any the decision to embark on a boyfriend. Long story point out the impact her have led the spade ace to see risk in having a child with starting a family at that short, she was looking for the dummy, hoping a vital shift me. We have tried to break fiance has had on her pro- age may depend upon your love, and he appeared. would not then be coming too up, but we missed each fessional relationships. If late. After the dangerous-look- overall health and the life We’re not the only ones other so much we got back he is as you describe, she ing club-queen lead, declarer expectancy in your family. worried for her. We have together. We have a very may eventually learn for covered with dummy’s king, spoken with several mutu- of course. Here, East would active sex life. Do you have herself why his previous DEAR ABBY: Our al friends. We all have the fiancee didn’t marry him. have done best to encourage any advice? friend recently got en- same concerns but are with the eight. Then, if declar- And when that happens, er took the heart finesse, West UNCERTAIN IN gaged to someone who is, afraid to approach her she may need all the sup- could have won, played a club OHIO well, terrible! This is her about them. He has dam- port you all can give her.

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS CITY OF LYNN LEGAL NOTICE THE TRIAL COURT MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT The City of Lynn is accepting Proposals for: CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Docket No. ES19P0223EA THE DEVELOPMENT OF 19 PORTER STREET, LYNN, MA 01902 (FORMER mortgage given by Anthony LaBella to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated Essex Probate and Family Court THURGOOD MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL September 18, 2006 and recorded in Essex County (Southern District) Registry of 36 Federal Street Deeds in Book 26107, Page 252 (the "Mortgage") of which mortgage Wells Fargo Salem, MA 01970 The City of Lynn, through the Lynn City Council and Request for Proposals Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-CP1, (978)744-1020 Subcommittee, is seeking qualified developers to submit proposals to develop the Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-CP1 is the present holder by assignment City-owned parcel at 19 Porter Street in the City of Lynn. The project involves the from Sand Canyon Corporation f/k/a Option One Mortgage Corporation to Wells development of the site into a senior (over 55) housing development with Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-CP1, Estate of: unlimited number of rental units as long as this number complies with the Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-CP1 dated October 23, 2012 recorded in James Leo Geller provisions of the City of Lynn Zone Ordinance and all other applicable municipal, Essex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds in Book 32005, Page 539, for Also Known as: James L. Geller state and federal laws and regulations. breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, Date of Death: 11/02/2018 the mortgaged premises located at 15 Pine Grove Avenue, Lynn, MA 01905 will be To all interested persons: The purpose of this RFP is to select a developer with demonstrated experience, sold at a Public Auction at 3:00 PM on March 11, 2019, at the mortgaged A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal capacity and capability to carry out a development project that best addresses the premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises Representative has been filed by: needs and goals of the City as described in this RFP. The most advantageous described in said mortgage, to wit: William Geller of Sarasota FL proposal from a responsive and responsible proposer, taking into consideration all requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief evaluation criteria set forth in the RFP and proposed purchase price will be A certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon in Lynn, Essex County, as requested in the Petition. selected. The Lynn City Council intends to enter into a development agreement Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being known as and numbered 15 Pine Grove The Petitioner requests that: with the selected developer and convey the property to the developer, with deed Avenue bounded and described as follows: William Geller of Sarasota FL restrictions. be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety Northerly: by Pine Grove Avenue, by two courses, fifty-four and 34/100 (54.34) on the bond in an unsupervised administration. A full Request for Proposal package will be available starting Wednesday, February feet and forty-six and 32/100 (46.32) feet; IMPORTANT NOTICE 6, 2019, by contacting Timothy D. Leonard, Purchasing Agent, Purchasing Easterly: by land now or formerly of John J. LeColst, ninety-three and 54/100 You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Department, Lynn City Hall, Lynn, MA 01901 at 781-586-6924 or by email to (93.54) feet; Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney [email protected] Southeasterly: by land now or formerly of Eldridge Watson, Trustee, eighty-seven must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on and 92/100 (87.92) feet; and the return day of 03/11/2019. Southwesterly: by land now or formerly of J.P. and N.F. Maney, seventy-seven and This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written A Pre-Submit Conference will be held Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 10:00 55/100 (77.55) feet. appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a A.M. at 19 Porter Street, Lynn, MA 01902 timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections Containing 8,100 square feet, more or less, and being Lot "B" on a plan of land within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice Proposals must be submitted to the OFFICE OF THE PURCHASING AGENT, Room situated in Lynn, MA, January 16, 1924, and recorded at the Essex County to you. 205, LYNN CITY HALL, 3 CITY HALL SQUARE, LYNN, MA 01901 prior to 12:00 P.M., (Southern District) Registry of Deeds however otherwise bounded and described. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM Friday, March 22, 2019. Proposal must be clearly marked "03-291 Former PROBATE CODE (MUPC) Thurgood Marshall School Reuse Proposal" For title see deed recorded at Book 24572, Page 176. A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Proposal security in the form of a certified check or bid bond payable to the "City For mortgagor's title see deed recorded with the Essex County (Southern Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the of Lynn" in the amount of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars must accompany District) Registry of Deeds in Book 25742, Page 176. administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the the proposal package. Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other expenses of administration. The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals as may appear in the municipal assessments and liens, and subject to prior liens or other enforceable WITNESS, Jennifer M.R. Ulwick, First Justice of this Court. best interest of the City of Lynn. encumbrances of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and subject to Date: January 28, 2019 and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of Pamela Casey O'Brien The Lynn City Council and the Lynn School Committee are responsible for the final record and subject to all tenancies and/or rights of parties in possession. Register of Probate selection. Item: February 13, 2019 Terms of the Sale: Cash, cashier's or certified check in the sum of The Lynn City Council and the Lynn School Committee in its sole discretion reserve $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS the right to reject all applicants and rebid the project as may appear in the best to qualify as a bidder (the mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from THE TRIAL COURT interest of the City of Lynn. this requirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of Sale upon PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT acceptance of bid; balance of purchase price payable in cash or by certified check CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION This is bid under M.G.L. Chapter 30B §16 in thirty (30) days from the date of the sale at the offices of mortgagee's attorney, Docket No. ES18P3039EA Korde & Associates, P.C., 900 Chelmsford Street, Suite 3102, Lowell, MA 01851 Essex Probate and Family Court Timothy Leonard or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee. The description for the 36 Federal Street Purchasing Agent premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical Salem, MA 01970 Item: February 6, 13, 2019 error in this publication. (978)744-1020 CITY OF LYNN Other terms to be announced at the sale.

Estate of: Notice: The Lynn City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 26, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-CP1, Joseph Dirusso 2019 at 8:00 P.M. in Council Chambers on the Petition of Matthew Huron of Good Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-CP1 Date of Death: 09/04/2018 Chemistry of MA Inc, to open a Marijuana Retailer business at 696 Western Ave Korde & Associates, P.C. To all interested persons: M-Sat 8am -11pm and Sun 10am - 11pm. 900 Chelmsford Street A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Suite 3102 Representative has been filed by: Per Order: Lowell, MA 01851 Patricia Burns of Hopedale MA Janet L. Rowe (978) 256-1500 requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief City Clerk Labella, Anthony, 18-032487 as requested in the Petition. Item: Feb 13, 19, 2019 Item: February 13, 20, 27, 2019 The Petitioner requests that: Patricia Burns of Hopedale MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration. Selling a house? Buying a house? IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney Find out what properties recently sold in your area. must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 03/11/2019. Check out the Real Estate page in Saturday’s paper. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. 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Prime Minister Theresa “The talks are at a cru- May urged restive law- cial stage,” May added. makers Tuesday to hold “We now all need to hold their nerve and give her our nerve to get the chang- more time to rework a di- es this House requires and vorce agreement with the deliver Brexit on time.” European Union, height- The opposition was hav- ening concerns that Brexit ing none of this. uncertainty will continue “Our country is fac- right up to the edge of the ing the biggest crisis in U.K.’s departure on March a generation and yet the 29. prime minister continues With Britain’s EU exit PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS to recklessly run down the just 45 days away, May clock,” said Corbyn. Nearly three weeks after the Trump administration backed an all-out ef- tried to avert a rebellion Theresa May signaled Parliament last month fort to force out President Nicolas Maduro, the embattled socialist leader when Parliament votes she might delay Parlia- rejected May’s Brexit deal is holding strong and defying predictions of an imminent demise. again Thursday on Brex- ment’s vote on whether with the EU, in part over a it by promising another to approve the divorce contentious plan to keep a series of votes two weeks deal even further. seamless border between later. the U.K.’s Northern Ire- Maduro challenger plans caravans Some lawmakers want changes to the Brexit deal land and EU member Ire- to use Thursday’s votes by then. land after Brexit. for United States aid to Venezuela to impose conditions on May signaled she might The measure, known as May’s Conservative gov- delay Parliament’s vote the backstop, is a safe- By Scott Smith “Right now, I’m going collection point for aid to ernment in an attempt to on whether to approve the guard that would keep the and Christine to give this order to the be brought in from Brazil. rule out a cliff-edge “no divorce deal even further, U.K. in a customs union Armario armed forces,” Guaido told Using such popular mo- deal” Brexit that would potentially holding it after with the EU and removes ASSOCIATED PRESS the mass of people gath- bilizations carries the risk see Britain crash out of a March 21-22 EU summit the need for checks along ered in Caracas. “Allow of more violent confronta- CARACAS, Venezuela in the humanitarian aid. tion with the armed forc- the EU without a frame- — just days before Britain the border until a perma- — Opposition leader Juan work for smooth future is due to leave the bloc. nent new trading relation- That’s an order.” es, a fact that opposition Guaido called Tuesday Despite that authorita- leaders acknowledged on relations. She would not rule that ship is in place. The free for mobilizing caravans May sought to buy time, out when questioned by flow of people and goods tive assertion, there has Tuesday. of Venezuelans to bring been little evidence that Jose Manuel Olivares, telling lawmakers they opposition Labour Party across the frontier has emergency food and med- would get another chance leader Jeremy Corbyn. been an important mea- the allegiances of the secu- Guiado’s representative in icine across the border rity forces — the country’s helping lead the aid mis- to alter her course on Feb. “We must agree a deal sure upholding Northern from Colombia in a daring 27 if she had not secured that this House can sup- Ireland’s peace deal. key powerbroker — have sion from Colombia, said plan to outmaneuver Pres- swung behind Guaido, a he and other lawmakers ident Nicolas Maduro. virtually unknown law- plan to be at the front of INTERNATIONAL BRIEF With thousands of cheer- maker until last month, the Feb. 23 push to get the ing supporters surround- when he took the helm of aid in, even if it means ing him, Guaido set Feb. build monuments like ings challenge previous the opposition-controlled risking their lives. Study: Ancient European 23 as the date for bringing Stonehenge in England. theories that claimed National Assembly. “We have never told peo- stone monuments in the badly needed U.S. Using thousands of megaliths originated The 35-year-old law- ple to do something we are assistance, but provided spread from Brittany radiocarbon measure- in the Middle East or maker has rallied masses not willing to do,” he said. no details. of Venezuelans into street “We’re going to be there ments, Bettina Schulz developed independent- BERLIN (AP) — A That means another 11- demonstrations that have with people taking the ly in different parts of new study suggests Paulsson of the Uni- day wait for the aid, which left at least 40 dead since risk.” the practice of building versity of Gothenburg Europe. has been warehoused on he declared himself inter- Maduro backers, mean- huge stone monuments in Sweden performed Mike Parker Pear- the Colombian border im president on Jan. 23. while, gathered Tuesday spread throughout a statistical analysis of son, an archaeologist since last week — and a On Tuesday, he told sup- in a square in the capital, ancient Europe from European monuments, at University College full month since Guaido porters that thousands of cheering and waving flags. northwestern France. concluding that the London, called it a declared himself Venezue- volunteers he’s recruited They spoke out on state So-called megaliths earliest sites were built “great exercise in big la’s rightful president —a online will help organize TV against intervention have long fascinated in Brittany between data analysis” but timeline that threatens to the food and medical sup- from what they called the archaeologists because 4,500 and 4,100 BC. urged further research deflate momentum toward plies and help get them “U.S. empire,” saying that of the immense skill In an email Tuesday, to determine how the unseating the entrenched across from Colombia. He Maduro is Venezuela’s and effort required to Paulsson said the find- practice spread. socialist leader. also announced a second rightful president. Blackface scandal prompts others to confront their memories

By Jeffrey Collins a man in blackface stand- this with our children.” ter that he and three of his this performance entirely language, ideas and ste- and Jennifer ing with a person dressed Like Acosta, others who friends in Ottawa, Can- differently from how we reotypes more often with McDermott in Ku Klux Klan robes on once donned blackface ada, painted their faces had intended. Someone other white students and ASSOCIATED PRESS the page of Virginia Gov. have been re-examining black and dressed as The should have told us. In say they don’t realize how Ralph Northam. old memories amid the up- Four Tops in high school. fact someone did try, but destructive they can be. Mark Acosta remembers Acosta wrote about his roar over Virginia’s black- Rowswell said he re- didn’t get through. It was “Whites don’t think rac- so many of the details. He experiences on Facebook. face scandal. membered a teacher qui- a lost opportunity,” Row- ist actions or stereotypes was in fourth grade in a He said he did so because The Associated Press etly asking his drama swell wrote on Twitter. are a big deal because rac- predominantly Hispanic he feels many people today reached out to more than teacher if it was racist and He did not respond to an ism doesn’t appear to be mining town in Arizona still don’t know the pain- a half-dozen people who the drama teacher em- email from the AP. a big problem anymore,” and his teachers painted ful history of blackface. have been mentioned in phatically disagreeing. A glimpse into the en- Picca said. “They are just his face black for a play “I don’t believe the peo- news reports about wear- At the time, Rowswell during practice of black- playing around with it where he portrayed come- ple putting makeup on ing blackface over the said he thought the ques- face can be found in the without understanding dian Flip Wilson and his me were saying, ‘We don’t past 15 years. They either tion was bizarre too. He research of Leslie Picca, the context and depth of character Geraldine. like black people, this is didn’t return messages or and his friends weren’t in a University of Dayton it.” Acosta, now 57, thought degrading. They thought didn’t want to speak about Ku Klux Klan robes or rec- sociologist who has been A Virginia plastic sur- nothing of it at the time. it was a cute, humorous the experience. reating a lynching. They asking white and minority geon has said he wasn’t But several years later thing to do. It was igno- But some have posted were dancing and singing students to keep journals aware of the potential he said he realized it was rant on their part,” the co- about it on social media. to what they thought was recording their interac- problems when he was ignorant and wrong. And median from Tempe, Ariz., Canadian-born comedi- one of the coolest musical tions with students of shown in blackface in those feelings came flood- told The Associated Press. an Mark Rowswell, who groups of the 1960s. their own races and stu- a yearbook photo from ing back again after a He added, “I’m angry at works mostly in China “We didn’t understand dents of different races. the same medical school medical school yearbook the educational system under the stage name the context or the history, Picca has found that where Northam’s black- photo recently surfaced of and the way we deal with “Dashan,” posted on Twit- or how others might see white students use racist face photo surfaced.

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Season chicken with pepper ing nicely, while canned ja- and nestle into slow cooker. Cover and cook until chicken is Sweet Valentine's Day lapenos and fresh cilantro tender, 4 to 5 hours on low. rounded out the flavors and — Transfer chicken to cutting board, let cool slightly, then provided tang and bright- shred into bite-size pieces using 2 forks. Combine chicken, 3/4 with red roses on top and childhoods with nostal- By Ann Steriti ness. When it came time for cup sauce, 1 1/2 cups Monterey Jack, cilantro, jalapenos, and PERIWINKLES fill your home with the gic affection and grati- assembly, we brushed the lime juice in bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste. FOOD SHOPPE aroma of a home-cooked tude for the fun we had tortillas with oil and micro- — Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 450 meal, including dessert. with all those cards. The waved them to make them Valentine's Day is an degrees. Spread 3/4 cup sauce over bottom of 13-by-9-inch Then laugh and love with chocolates weren't bad pliable. opportunity to have some baking dish. Brush both sides of tortillas with remaining 2 those you love and who either. As we grow old- After experimenting with fun, and bring joy and a tablespoons oil. Stack tortillas, wrap in damp dish towel, and love you. er, we won't be creating oven temperatures and smile to everyone you en- place on plate; microwave until warm and pliable, about 1 One of my treasured cardboard mailboxes and times, we found that bak- counter. Do all that and minute. childhood memories was sending love messages to ing the assembled enchila- — Working with 1 warm tortilla at a time, spread 1/3 cup send that special person watching my mother cre- random people. We can, das covered for 15 minutes two valentine cards: The chicken filling across center of tortilla. Roll tortilla tightly ate a valentine mailbox however, put down our in a 450 degrees oven re- around filling and place seam side down in baking dish; ar- first has to be serious be- while I wrote out individ- phones, look people in the sulted in perfectly melted cause love and relation- range enchiladas in 2 columns across width of dish. ual valentines for all my eye, hold their hand and cheese, and the edges of the — Pour remaining sauce over enchiladas to cover complete- ships really are import- school friends. I loved col- tell them we appreciate tortillas did not dry out in ant, but make the second ly and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup Monterey Jack. Cover lecting the red envelopes their friendship. the process. dish tightly with greased aluminum foil. Bake until enchiladas one really funny and and treats, and taking This is the one day Serve with sour cream, dumb. Lighten it up. are heated through and cheese is melted, 15 to 20 minutes. them home in my very we are allowed to tell diced avocado, sliced rad- Let cool for 5 minutes before serving. As adults, we spend so own valentine mailbox. I friends … P.S., I LOVE ishes, shredded romaine much time being seri- would spill them out and YOU! lettuce, and lime wedges. ous. I don't know about read the scribbles of all Here's the recipe for my you, but I could use a day my friends as well as the husband's favorite choc- filled with nothing but messages on the heart- olate cake. I will bake it Valentine's vibes. It's a shaped candies as my sis- for dessert with our Val- time to fan out a beautiful ters joined in. entine's Day dinner. It's tablecloth, place a vase We remember our simple but delicious!

Simply delicious chocolate cake

— 1 3/4 cups flour — 1 tsp. vanilla — 2 cups sugar — 1 cup hot coffee — 3/4 cup cocoa powder — Preheat oven to 350 degrees. — 2 tsp. baking soda — Mix dry ingredients first, — 1 tsp. baking powder then add wet ingredients. After — 1 tsp. salt ingredients are well mixed, add — 1 tsp. espresso powder (op- hot coffee. tional) — Bake 20-25 minutes. Makes — 1 cup buttermilk three 9-inch round cakes. — 1/2 cup oil — Serve with a dusting of pow- — 2 eggs dered sugar. PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS This recipe for chicken enchiladas appears in the cookbook “The Com- plete Slow Cooker.” Retool the classic pound cake to make it ultra-chocolatey

By America's classic pound cake to coa and the bar chocolate Test Kitchen make it ultra-chocolatey in hot water to maximize We love pound cake and without compromising their impact. For an ac- we love chocolate, but the its hallmark velvety-soft curate measurement of combination is often a crumb. For deep choco- boiling water, bring a full disappointment. That's late flavor we used most- kettle of water to a boil because most recipes ly Dutch-processed cocoa and then measure out the simply add chocolate to a powder, which incorpo- desired amount. The test standard pound cake rec- rated seamlessly into the kitchen's preferred loaf ipe, which mars its finely batter; a couple ounces of pan measures 8 1/2-by- tuned texture and usually milk chocolate added rich- 4 1/2 inches; if you use a produces lackluster choco- ness without interfering 9-by-5-inch loaf pan, start This recipe for choc- late flavor. with the cake's texture. checking for doneness 5 olate pound cake We wanted to retool We bloomed both the co- minutes early. appears in the cook- book “The Perfect Cake.” For deep chocolate flavor use Cornering cancer Ɣ Our house mostly Dutch-pro- Do Swampscott GAS cessed cocoa powder, explosion which incorporates seamlessly into the and Nahant PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS batter. matter to your business? Chocolate pound cake Servings: 8 streaks of cocoa remain. Let mixture cool Send your message to WINTER 2018-19 Start to finish: 1 hour, 45 minutes for 5 minutes. — 1 cup (5 ounces) all-purpose flour — Using stand mixer fitted with paddle, beat every household in town. — 1 teaspoon salt butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, — 3/4 cup (2 1/4 ounces) Dutch-processed and cocoa mixture on medium-high speed until 01907 Magazine is the only cocoa powder fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, — 2 ounces milk chocolate, chopped fine and beat until combined. Reduce speed to low publication that is delivered to all — 1/3 cup boiling water and add flour mixture in 3 additions, scraping — 16 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into down bowl as needed, until just combined (bat- 8,200 households in Swampscott and Nahant. 16 pieces and softened ter may look slightly curdled). Give batter final — 1 cup (7 ounces) granulated sugar stir by hand. For information please contact: — 1/4 cup packed (1 3/4 ounces) light — Transfer batter to prepared pan and gen- brown sugar tly tap pan on counter to release air bubbles. Ernie Carpenter — 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes Director of Sales — 5 large eggs, room temperature out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, rotat- [email protected] — Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position ing pan halfway through baking. Let cake cool 781-593-7700 ext. 1355 and heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove flour 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan. Whisk flour cake from pan and let cool completely on rack, and salt together in bowl. about 2 hours. Serve. (Cake can be stored at — Place cocoa and chocolate in bowl. room temperature for up to 3 days or frozen Pour boiling water over cocoa mixture and for up to 1 month; defrost cake at room tem- ESSEX MEDIA GROUP stir until chocolate is melted and no dry perature.)