SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 2019 2019 A year in the rear-view mirror Swampscott and quarry reach a dynamite plan By Steve Krause The agreement came as the re- impacted significantly over the ITEM STAFF sult of three months worth of com- years and we want to see some ef- plaints from Swampscott residents forts made to address those con- SWAMPSCOTT — After three about the noise, the public health cerns. We have a responsibility to months of listening to abutters the citizens of this town and we are articulate their concerns about risk from the dust, and structural damage to houses. hopeful that this will be a formative Aggregate Industry’s quarry blast- discussion. We’re looking to strike a ing, a solution to the situation was “We’ve had some very construc- tive discussions with Aggregate balance that is long overdue.” reached in October. Kurt Hines, AI operations man- Industries over the restriction of Town Administrator Sean Fitz- ager, along with members of both blasts per week and the power of gerald announced that AI had the Earth Removal Advisory agree to limit quarry blasts to two those blasts,” said Fitzgerald. “The per week. residents of Swampscott have been QUARRY, A3 Murder on a hot August night in Lynn By Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF LYNN — It was like something out of a nightmare when a friendly youth basket- TECHNICAL ball tournament in Lynn turned into a mass shooting in August. Ward 6 Councilor Fred Hogan said he heard 15-20 shots ring out as he was walk- KNOW-HOW ing up to Warren Street Playground that Saturday night. Chaos ensued as more than Calnan helps build path 100 people at the tournament took off run- ning in every direction to avoid the gunfire for vocational students from two active shooters. “We got everybody to safety,” said Hogan, By Steve Krause Adolph a founding member of Lynn’s Stop the Vi- ITEM STAFF Graciale, the olence initiative. “I saw a kid lying on the AD at Lynn ground. I wanted to make sure he was all LYNN — Earlier this year, Vocational right and it wasn’t good at all. I took his Adolph Graciale became Lynn Technical pulse and (I thought) he wasn’t alive.” Tech’s athletic director. One of the Institute, was many congratulatory messages When all was said and done, a man and a instrumental dog were dead, and three other people were he received was from his lifelong friend, Ed Calnan Jr. in bringing shot, but later recovered from their injuries. his friend Ed Authorities said Brandon Jesurum, 34, The two grew up together and went to the same schools, grad- Calnan Jr., died after being shot in the head at close right, who runs range. Witnesses told WCVB-TV that a uating from St. Mary’s. They a computer man wearing a white mask stood over Je- went their separate ways educa- surum and shot him three times. tionally after that, but stayed in software The victim’s fiancée, Faye Bowdre, was touch. Graciale went into educa- business called left devastated. The couple were childhood tion. Calnan went into business. Seismic, into sweethearts and shared a young son. She And four years ago, he co-found- the school to told The Item Jesurum was at the basket- ed a computer software company talk to students ball court for an anti-violence rally that had called Seismic, which, today, has about jobs in taken place earlier in the evening and she offices in 11 cities throughout the the tech eld. later received a phone call that he had been world. shot in the head and didn’t make it. “We’ve been friends for the lon- ITEM PHOTO | “(It was) heartbreaking,” Bowdre said at gest time,” said Graciale. “He sent SPENSER HASAK Lynn District Court in August. “It’s so sad me a text congratulating me, and and unfortunate that this has happened then said what he’d been doing. and I’m here to have a voice for him because “He said he really wanted to this was an unjust act. I just want the world give back to the community,” said ITEM FILE PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK to know that it’s a great loss that he’s gone.” Graciale. “And the way to do that Bowdre was attending arraignments for was to get kids opposed to the The sixth annual Stop the Violence Lynn Peace Walk, held Tech world.” two weeks after the shooting, ended on Warren Street . WARREN, A3 One way to that, they both agreed, was to go to the place where there would be the high- est concentration of kids learn- Saugus ready to open ing technical trades: a vocational school. “It used to be you had to go to the book on a new school college,” said Calnan, a former football player for the Spartans By Elyse Carmosino slated to move in by April. among numerous other amenities. and a graduate of St. Michael’s ITEM STAFF Construction crews first broke In an interview he gave in Novem- College. “But that’s not necessari- ground at the site in July 2018, ber, then newly-appointed school ly true anymore. There are plenty SAUGUS — The year 2020 looks and, a year-and-a-half later, the board committee member John of jobs in the Tech field for kids bright for Saugus public schools. new building towers over the old Hatch said he thought the facilities who might not want to attend col- With only an estimated five were “amazing,” and added that he lege, or be college material.” months away from move-in day, the high school campus as an almost symbolic nod to what lies ahead. felt the school building committee Graciale teaches history to se- town is gearing up to welcome the had done an excellent job planning niors and juniors, and also does new decade with a brand-new school. In addition to updated science and technology labs, the combined mid- for the new space. a document-based questions pro- The $150 million project, built to “They’ve made the school into a gram too. And even though he, dle-high school will also include a combine grades six through 12, will point of pride, not just for the town, too, is college educated, he has 12,000-square-foot gym, a 750-seat be equipped with state-of-the-art fa- but for the state,” he said. “There’s the same questions and feelings cilities and more than enough space auditorium, outdoor classrooms, to house the nearly 1,400 students and student walkways and gardens, SCHOOL, A3 CALNAN, A3 INSIDE Lynn eld schools map an escape route Opinion By Anne Marie Tobin during their joint presentation drills this past year,” said Breen. Wakefield had. We can use this An America wrapped ITEM STAFF on school safety and security to “The plan is still evolving but plan for other times when we in red tape. A4 the Board of Selectmen. the results of the plan give every- need to evacuate schools. LYNNFIELD — In response LOOK! The duo assured the board that one a lot more comfort knowing Breen began the presentation to the harsh realities of school by saying that the plan in place, Lights, camera, and gun violence, the Lynnfield Lynnfield’s schools have a plan in a system is in place,” said Davis. newspapers – Boston 25 place to keep Lynnfield students “This is not just about hostile en- which should be credited to out- School district has taken a huge going Superintendent of Schools lms in the Item. A8 step toward ensuring the safety and staff safe and free from harm vironments. I know this is what in the event of an emergency. everyone is talking about, ac- Jane Tremblay. and well-being of its students “It all began when Jane Trem- Sports and staff in the event of a crisis. “We came up with a compre- tive shooters, but one of the big KIPP boys, English girls, St. blay was appointed superinten- That’s the message Lynnfield hensive evacuation plan and are things we learned is there are Mary’s (both) in Boverini dent,” said Breen. “We sat down very pleased with the way all of other emergencies in the schools basketball nals. B1 Police Chief David Breen and Lynnfield Fire Chief Glenn Davis the schools responded during like carbon monoxide leaks like ESCAPE, A3

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Chester G. Baker, 79 Award winning composer

LYNN — Chester “Chet” G. cal Jewish community. Jerry Herman dies at 88 Baker, of Lynn, formerly of Service information: A Swampscott, entered into graveside funeral service for in 1984 for “La Cage Aux rest December 26, 2019 at Chet will be held on Sun- By Mark Kennedy ASSOCIATED PRESS Folles,” Herman said, the age of 79. He was the be- day, December 29, 2019 at “This award forever shat- loved husband of the late Gail 11:30AM at Temple Ema- Tony Award-winning ters a myth about the mu- (Talcofsky) Baker who passed nu-El Memorial Park, 16 composer Jerry Herman, sical theater. There’s been away on November 24, 2019 Buxton Road, Danvers, MA who wrote the cheerful, a rumor around for a cou- after sharing 56 wonderful 01923. good-natured music and ple of years that the sim- years of marriage. Cherished Shiva will be held follow- lyrics for such classic ple, hummable show tune father of Marla Levy (Mark) ing services until 7:00PM shows as “Mame,” “Hello, was no longer welcome on and Stephanie Baker Smith. at Chet’s late residence at Dolly!” and “La Cage aux Broadway. Well, it’s alive Devoted grandfather of Dylan Lynn Shore Towers, 295 Lynn Folles,” died Thursday. He Mitchell-Levy (Helene) and Shore Drive, Apt. 107, Lynn, and well at the Palace” was 88. Theatre. Rachel Kidd Levy. Treasured MA. His goddaughter Jane great-grandfather of Abigail In lieu of flowers, expres- Some saw that phrase Dorian confirmed his — “the simple, hummable Mitchell-Levy. Loving broth- sions of sympathy may be death to The Associated er of the late Carol Simons. made in Chet’s memory to show tune” — as a subtle Press early Friday. He dig at Stephen Sondheim, Dear son of the late Abraham The Jewish Journal, P.O. Box died of pulmonary compli- and Rose (Finklestein) Baker. 2089, Salem, MA 01970 or known for challenging and cations in Miami, where complex songs and whose Chet also leaves loving niec- to a charity of your choice. he had been living with es, nephews and dear friends The staff at Stanetsky-Hy- “Sunday in the Park with his partner, real estate George” Herman had as well as his precious dog manson Memorial Chapel, broker Terry Marler. FILE PHOTO | ASSSOCIATED PRESS Freda. Chet was the longtime 10 Vinnin Street, Salem, MA just bested. But Herman The creator of 10 Broad- Composer Jerry Herman displays his book rejected any tension be- Office Manager for The Jewish 01970 is honored to care for way shows and contributor Journal until his retirement Chet and his family. “Showtune,” in New York. tween the two musical to several more, Herman theater giants. last month. Both he and his For more information or to won two Tony Awards for wife Gail were very active register in the online guest- of the greats,” Fierstein hope: “I’ll Be Here Tomor- “Only a small group of best musical: “Hello, Dol- members of Temple Emanu-El book, please visit www.sta- tweeted. “A collaborator row,” “The Best of Times,” ‘showbiz gossips’ have ly!” in 1964 and “La Cage in Marblehead and in the lo- netskyhymansonsalem.com. and friend for almost 40 “Tap Your Troubles Away,” constantly tried to create aux Folles” in 1983. He years. I cannot thank him “It’s Today,” “We Need a a feud between Mr. Sond- also won two Grammys — enough for his love, trust, Little Christmas” and heim and myself. I am as for the “Mame” cast album encouragement, support “Before the Parade Passes much of a Sondheim fan and “Hello, Dolly!” as song and laughter.” Writer and By.” Even the title song to as you and everybody else of the year — and was a host Seth Rudetsky hon- “Hello, Dolly!” is an adver- in the world, and I believe Kennedy Center honor- ored Herman for writing tisement to enjoy life. that my comments upon ee. He had three original “quintessential Broadway Herman also had a di- winning the Tony for ‘La Broadway productions songs. Beautiful melodies rect, simple sense of mel- Cage’ clearly came from playing at the same time and fantastic lyrics.” ody and his lyrics had a my delight with the show from February 1969 to Herman wrote in the natural, unforced quality. business community’s en- May 1969. Rodgers and Hammer- Over the years, he told the dorsement of the simple Tributes poured in Fri- stein tradition, an opti- AP in 1995, “critics have melodic showtune which day from Broadway roy- mistic composer at a time sort of tossed me off as the had been criticized by a alty, including from Har- when others in his profes- popular and not the cere- few hard-nosed critics vey Fierstein, who wrote sion were exploring dark- bral writer, and that was as being old fashioned,” the book of “La Cage aux er feelings and material. fine with me. That was ex- he said in a 2004 Q&A Folles” alongside Her- Just a few of his song ti- actly what I aimed at.” session with readers of man’s songs. “We lost one tles revealed his depth of In accepting the Tony Broadway.com.

FILE PHOTO | ASSSOCIATED PRESS Don Imus, made and betrayed Deep-sea spiral coral, an inhabitant of the New England Seamount chain. by his mouth, dead at age 79 Federal court upholds By David Bauder must-listen in the media AP MEDIA WRITER and political corridors of New York and Washing- creation of national NEW YORK — Radio ton. Ten years earlier, Time personality Don Imus, magazine had named him monument in Atlantic whose career was made and then undone by his one of the 25 most influ- PORTLAND, Maine (AP) only to land, not oceans; acid tongue during a de- ential Americans. But — A federal appeals court that the area of the ocean cades-long rise to star- the remark made him an on Friday upheld former is not “controlled” by the dom and an abrupt public immediate pariah and he President Barack Obama’s federal government; that plunge after a nationally was dropped by CBS Ra- designation of a federal- it is not compatible with broadcast racial slur, has dio and MSNBC. ly protected conservation National Marine Sanc- died. He was 79. Imus apologized repeat- area in the Atlantic Ocean, tuaries Act; and that it Imus died Friday morn- edly, calling his remark a move that commercial is not the “smallest area ing at Baylor Scott and “completely inappropriate fishermen oppose. compatible” with manage- White Medical Center in ... thoughtless and stupid,” Fishing groups sued over ment goals. College Station, Texas, and met with the team to the creation of Northeast “Like one of America’s after being hospitalized hear how his comment hurt Canyons and Seamounts very first national monu- since Christmas Eve, ac- them. Although he returned Marine National Monu- ments, the Grand Canyon, cording to a statement to radio, and the Fox Busi- ment, a 5,000-square-mile the Northeast Canyons FILE PHOTO | ASSSOCIATED PRESS issued by his family. Deir- ness Network simulcast his area that contains fragile and Seamounts is a nat- dre, his wife of 25 years, Don Imus interviews Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., show for a number of years, deep sea corals and vul- ural treasure. It provides and his son Wyatt, 21, by telephone during his debut show on the Fox he never approached the nerable species of marine habitat for a wide range of were at his side, with his Business Network in New York. same influence before retir- life. The monument was species, from endangered son Zachary Don Cates re- ing in 2018. established in 2016. whales to Atlantic puffins turning from military ser- and eventually fired after rants catapulted him to A federal judge dis- to centuries-old deep-sea vice overseas. describing a women’s col- prominence. The remark A February 2006 profile missed the lawsuit last corals,” said Kate De- He died of complications lege basketball team as was heard coast to coast in Vanity Fair contained year, and the Court of Ap- sormeau, senior attorney from lung disease. “nappy headed hos.” on 60 radio stations and the quote that might best peals for the District of for the Natural Resources Imus survived drug and His April 2007 racist and on a simulcast aired each serve as Imus’ epitaph. Columbia Circuit upheld Defense Council. alcohol woes, a raunchy misogynist crack about morning on MSNBC. “I talk to millions of the decision Friday. The area is the only ma- appearance before Pres- the mostly black Rutgers At the time, his “Imus people every day,” he said The appeals panel rine monument in the At- ident Clinton and sever- squad, an oft-replayed in the Morning” show was while riding home in a brushed aside arguments lantic Ocean and is one of al firings during his long 10-second snippet, crossed home to presidential hope- limousine after one show. that federal law govern- five marine monuments career behind the micro- a line that Imus had long fuls, political pundits and “I just like it when they ing monuments applies nationwide. phone. But he was vilified straddled as his irascible his favorite musicians, a can’t talk back.” Naked fireman, binky-binging bulldog: New England’s odd 2019

By William J. Kole hatchet. the store nude because ASSOCIATED PRESS BINKY-BINGING he said it was legal in the Ocean State. BOSTON — New En- BULLDOG glanders fired up the No wonder this hound WAS IT A ‘409’ weirdness machine again wasn’t hungry. A family IN PROGRESS? in 2019, and it cranked in Wellesley, Massachu- These were two clean ca- A naturally out oddities pretty much setts, brought its 3-year- pers — or maybe just two occurring, nonstop. old bulldog, Mortimer, to a cases of mistaken identity. slowly There was a giant spin- Boston veterinary hospital In mid-May, Nate Roman, spinning ning ice disk in Maine, a after he suddenly stopped of Marlborough, Massa- ice disk the naked firefighter in Rhode eating. An X-ray revealed chusetts, came home from width of a Island, and twin myster- why: His stomach was work and knew instantly football field ies in Massachusetts and packed with 19 baby pac- someone had been inside. floats in the Vermont, where people re- ifiers he had apparently Nothing was taken, but Presumpscot ported that intruders had taken from his owners’ the house was spotless: River in entered their homes — two children. The pooch beds made, rugs vacu- Westbrook, only to vacuum and scrub made a full recovery after umed, toilets scrubbed — Maine. them clean. the binkies were removed even origami roses crafted A sampling of some using a medical scope that on the toilet paper rolls. FILE PHOTO | of the region’s stranger didn’t require surgery. Police think a housekeep- ASSSOCIATED PRESS stories from the past 12 HE EXTINGUISHED ing service may have come months: HIS CLOTHES to his house by mistake. Hampshire’s White Moun- ing five miles out to sea. Roman called the experi- COSMIC CAROUSEL A veteran firefighter tains. He put out a plea Ren Dorr and his crew ence “weird and creepy.” A slowly rotating ice disk who police say walked for help, and fellow hikers managed to rescue the Three weeks later, a Ver- 781-593-7700 the width of a football field naked into a Rhode Is- Tom Gately and Brendan mont man came home 100-pound deer, which Publishing Daily, except Sundays formed in the Presump- land convenience store on Cheever managed to lo- USPS-142-820 ISSN-8750-8249 to find a strange woman had given up swimming. scot River in Westbrook, a dare retired early after cate the ring in the snow Periodicals postage paid at Lynn, MA cleaning his house. Dorr was a little worried Maine, outside Portland, being placed on leave. Au- with a metal detector. “It and additional offices. that sharing the cramped Copyright ©2017 The Daily Item mesmerizing crowds and thorities in Middletown LIKE A NEEDLE beeped and he’s, like, ‘I Subscriptions entertaining ducks who, charged 60-year-old John IN A HAYSTACK think I found it,’ and ev- deck of a lobster boat with Prepaid by mail to all parts of the United States one observer said, were Walsh, of Lynnfield, Mas- Imagine being reunited erybody’s like, ‘What?’” a wild animal would be $20.00 for 4 weeks rotating on the big Lazy sachusetts, with disorder- with your wedding ring tricky, but the deer was so $65.00 for 13 weeks Cheever told WMUR-TV. $130.00 for 26 weeks Susan. The alien-like disk ly conduct after he shed his after losing it on a snowy exhausted, “he laid right BAD LUCK BUCK $260.00 for 1 year spun slowly counter-clock- clothing and wore nothing mountaintop. That unlike- down like a dog.” The buck Send payment to and POSTMASTER, wise for days, grinding to but a “smile on his face” as ly outcome happened to Whitetail deer and send address changes to: was set free on shore. Dorr a halt only after an at- he purchased a soda at a Bill Giguere, who lost the whitecaps don’t usually The Daily Item tention-seeker from New 7-Eleven. A woman pas- gold band on a snow-cov- mix, so a Maine lobster- said the deer would have 110 Munroe St. been “a goner” if the lobs- P.O. Box 5 Jersey tried to hack a gi- senger in his car told po- ered trail up 4,000-foot man was astonished to Lynn, MA 01903 ant peace sign on it with a lice she dared him to enter Mount Hancock in New find a young buck drift- termen hadn’t intervened. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 THE DAILY ITEM A3 Calnan helps build path for vocational students

CALNAN Seismic. Montano worked You can even wear a hood- From A1 in the finance industry, ie. You don’t have to wear but was enticed into the that professional attire. as Calnan, especially in Tech field by a friend who “The tech fields are light of the cost. worked at Seismic and, he changing the face of what “Is college worth it?” he said, changing jobs helped you look like, where you asks. “To get exposed to his career take off. work, and how you’re com- different jobs, and talk “I’d never sold anything pensated,” he said. about different job, you in my life,” Montano said. “The biggest thing is to don’t always need the col- “Within a year, I was man- give kids exposure,” Gra- lege experience,” he said. aging the team my friend ciale said. “There are certain jobs had recruited me into.” Calnan, who lives in you can do, and there are “We got the junior class Marblehead now, says it’s different things about the in the cafeteria, and Mar- even more basic. Tech industry, and you can co gave a presentation “There are a lot of jobs make money … these were about Eddie’s company, things (Ed) was talking to Seismic,” Graciale said. in the tech field that don’t me about. He said he was “He also talked about the really require the type of sure there were kids in tech industry itself, how skills you’d learn in col- the Lynn area who hadn’t many jobs and opportuni- lege,” he said. “There are heard much about that.” ties are out there.” a lot of sales jobs in my Graciale was sure Cal- “I told them how you company. You need some nan was right. So, they set can work in a really cool expertise, but you have up a session in October environment,” Montano to want to hustle. That in the Tech cafeteria with said in a podcast about makes the difference.” ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Calnan and Marco Mon- the experience. “You don’t And, said Calnan, you tano, who is the senior have to wear a suit, tie or don’t have to go to college Adolph Graciale, left, and Ed Calnan Jr. walk down the halls of Lynn manager of inside sales at carry around a briefcase. to learn how to do that. Vocational Technical Institute. Lynnfield schools map an escape route

ESCAPE been installed and are the DPW whose staff may From A1 available in the communi- serve as bus drivers (pro- cations room at the police vided they hold CDL li- and talked about securi- station. censes) if regular bus driv- ty issues and it was clear “We are hoping to have ers are off-duty at crisis she thought the safety and them in the cruisers as time. security of the students well,” Breen said. “Lynnfield is not like and staff was paramount. The committee came other towns that have The cooperation from her up with a comprehensive schools next to each other since then has been unbe- evacuation plan for all and students can walk to lievable and I am excited four Lynnfield schools. the evacuation locations,” about the approach we are The first drill involved said Fire Chief Glen Da- taking.” police only but later drills vis. “It’s a much bigger Breen said that after his conducted in mid to late task for us because of that, initial discussions with October were conducted so having the DPW assis- Tremblay, a Safety and on a full scale with stu- tance is key.” Security committee was dents, staff, police and fire There will be four more formed. The committee departments, as well as evacuation drills in April came to the conclusion cooperating abuttors, who that, when schools are permitted access to their according to Davis. under fire or other threat, properties. Selectman Chris Bar- evacuation may be the “We were very pleased rett, who has two young better response. with the times of all of children attending Lynn- “It doesn’t mean that the schools to get to the field schools, said “where we exclude lockdown as unification locations,” said we are right now in terms ITEM FILE PHOTO | JIM WILSON an option, but evacuation Breen. “We had only two of safety is beyond impres- Aggregate Industries quarry, located on Danvers Road at the Swamp- could save more lives,” students who did not par- sive in terms of safety of scott-Salem line, was the site of some controversy in 2019. said Breen. ticipate and they are ele- our schools.” Breen said since Trem- mentary school students blay became superinten- with medical issues.” Anne Marie Tobin can dent, 160 web-based sur- The plan also includes be reached at atobin@ Swampscott and quarry veillance cameras have enlisting the services of itemlive.com. reach a dynamite plan

QUARRY the goal of keeping neigh- continually improve our From A1 bors in mind, and start business model.” a dust study that would Among those concerned Committee (ERAC) and determine how the films was Nichols Street res- the town administration, form and what the con- ident Ana Lanzilli and met three times after a Se- tents of the dust include. while she was happy that lect Board meeting where Over the long haul, AI AI was going to address these grievances were ar- agreed to look at noise the problem, she still had ticulated, and they agreed models to reduce the noise issues with the plant be- to both interim and long- impact, adding or moving ing in operation until 9 term conditions in an at- the blast warning sirens, p.m., which she considers tempt to alleviate the sit- holding a community unreasonable. uation. meeting at the beginning “I am happy they are Interim conditions in- making changes,” she said. cluded the limit of two of the year, and studying quarry blasts per week, no the contamination and ef- “It seems like Aggregate more ground blasts that fects of the blasts on Fos- definitely has good faith, go deeper than 80 feet, ter’s Pond. but we can’t just base this and adding a third seis- “We have been looking on good faith. They have to mograph that gets blast at our other permits in make changes, which they data from the areas sur- our other municipalities are starting to, but there ITEM FILE PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK where we blast in order to is still a lot of work that rounding Essex Street. Josiah Morales, 6, of Lynn, center, leads the 6th annual Stop the Vio- Aggregate also said it improve the one we have needs to be done.” lence Lynn Peace Walk down Warren Street on Saturday. would stop plant opera- in Swampscott,” Hines tions by 9 p.m., hire a con- said at the meeting. “We’re Steve Krause can be sultant to carry out blast going to keep working reached at skrause@item- Murder on a hot August night in Lynn recommendations with through these items and live.com. WARREN ly served as the getaway parks in Lynn and it had From A1 driver. All three suspects been revamped a month Saugus ready to open are facing murder charges. before the shooting. Iron- Rogelleo Morrison, 43, of The shooting opened ically, the city’s $120,000 Lynn, and Luis Falcon, 25, up a larger conversation investment was aimed at of Dorchester, who were about violence in the city. making the park, which the book on a new school arrested in connection Stop the Violence’s sixth had developed a reputa- SCHOOL to fix. From lower MCAS ministrators seem to be in with the shooting a day af- annual peace walk was tion for gang activity, safer ter the incident. for kids. From A1 scores, to high adminis- agreement that regardless held three weeks after trative turnover, to low of other issues their town The third suspect, Ken- the shooting and ended “We are tired of violence in our city,” Hogan said at not going to be a single old student attendance, DeRu- may have, this new school neil Hammond, 31, who at Warren Street Play- the march. “We wanted to thing. Everything will be osi made it clear the new is something the kids need prosecutors allege was the ground. masked shooter, remained take back our park. We turnkey.” building wouldn’t solve the — and deserve. The quadruple shooting at large for nearly a month at the playground was the wanted to send a message It hasn’t all been smooth district’s problems. In an interview she did sailing this year for Sau- before he was arrested in event’s major focus, with that this can’t happen in “We want to build the with the Daily Item last gus education, however. New Jersey. Hogan saying there was our city anymore.” education to match the February, former school At the new school board’s Prosecutors said there no other place that orga- first meeting earlier last building,” he said at that board committee chair were two active shooters nizers wanted to end the Gayla Cawley can be month, superintendent Da- meeting. Jeannie Meredith said of that night and allege Mor- walk. reached at gcawley@item- vid DeRuosi aired his griev- Despite the controver- the new school’s impact: rison was the unmasked Warren Street Play- live.com. Follow her on ances that the town’s edu- sy, several Saugus stu- “It’s so much more than a shooter. Falcon alleged- ground is one of the busier Twitter @GaylaCawley. cational system has many dents and school faculty building. Our kids are go- underlying issues — issues say they look forward to ing to be on an even play- he believes a new build- the chance to turn over a ing field with all these LAW OFFICES OF ing alone would be unable new leaf. Teachers and ad- other districts.” JAMES J. 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Gamage, 1991-1996 cluding substantial state the offshore wind industry America’s vast mineral re- Classifi ed/Legal Advertising Brian C. šayer, 1996-1999 and federal backing to de- are faced by many oth- classi [email protected] Bernard W. Frazier Jr., 1999-2005 velop onshore wind pow- ers, including electricity serves. The United States Peter H. Gamage, 2005-2014 er, just a single offshore transmission developers, is now at least 50 percent Subscriptions [email protected] John S. Moran, Executive Editor, 1975-1990 project with five wind tur- natural gas pipeline com- import-reliant on 48 min- bines has been sited and panies and the nation’s in- eral commodities. Circulation installed in U.S. coastal creasingly vital hardrock The crux of the problem [email protected] waters. mining sector. is an adversarial approach Ext. 3 to mining, perhaps best While interest in off- The regulatory overlap Newsroom shore wind’s potential has endemic to these indus- personified in our broken [email protected] increased considerably in tries and projects often re- permitting process. It now [email protected] takes on average seven to the U.S., we continue to quire forced coordination Ext. 4 EDITORIAL lag far behind the Unit- among two dozen or more 10 years, and often lon- ger, to permit a new mine Sports ed Kingdom, Denmark, public agencies, complet- [email protected] Germany, China and oth- ing redundant reviews in the United States. In er countries that already for local, state and fed- Canada and Australia, Ext. 5 generate considerable eral approvals, and even nations with comparably Retail and Online power using offshore wind reconciling conflicting re- stringent environmental Advertising It is up to all standards, the permitting [email protected] farms. So, what’s the hold- quirements between com- up America? An important peting federal agencies. process just takes two to ADVERTISING part of the answer is good Managing through such three years. Reducing redundancy Ernie Carpenter Jr. old-fashioned government duplication increases proj- Director of Advertising of us to bring in permitting by deploy- and Business Development, ext. 1355 red tape. ect complexity, elongates In a recent interview, timelines, adds enormous ing obvious efficiencies is [email protected] just the kind of reform we Thomas Brostrom, the expense and can kill the Ralph Mitchell U.S.-based CEO of the competitiveness of entire need to unleash increased Sales Representative, ext. 1313 in the light world’s largest wind farm industries. private sector invest- [email protected] ment and modernize the developer, explained one If the U.S. is going to Patricia Whalen major reason offshore compete in the clean ener- nation’s electricity grid, Sales Representative, ext. 1310 An editorial from the Philadelphia Inquirer wind projects have been so gy race, rebuild our failing jumpstart offshore wind [email protected] energy production and editorial board slow to take off here. His national infrastructure BUSINESS OFFICE rebuild the nation’s min- company, Orsted, must and remain economically It’s a dark time in America. erals and metals supply Susan J. Conti deal with as many as 20 competitive, we must sim- chain. Cumbersome bu- Controller, ext. 1288 This year, the holiday season comes at a time federal, state and local plify and streamline these [email protected] reaucracy and mountains when our country is in distress. The federal regulatory agencies to se- burdensome practices. of red tape are problems Ted Grant government faces a constitutional crisis follow- cure the permits required Consider the hardrock crying out to be fixed. Publisher, ext. 1234 ing the impeachment of the president. Though, for U.S. wind farm proj- mining sector. Hardrock [email protected] This isn’t a debate about ects. mines face near-crippling at least the government is not shut down, un- bigger or smaller govern- Marian Kinney By contrast, Orsted and permitting delays even as ext. 1212 like last Christmas. ment. This is about smart- other wind energy devel- demand skyrockets for the [email protected] But our leaders have failed to provide er and better government opers work with just a sin- crucially important min- and the future of Ameri- Will Kraft much-needed relief to the far too many families Chief Financial Of cer, ext. 1296 gle permitting agency in erals they produce. can competitiveness. who are struggling with poverty, low incomes Europe. The comparative The urgent need for [email protected] and a rising cost of living. How many kids did inefficiency is appalling, materials used in the ad- Thomas J. Madison Jr. Paula Villacreses not receive a holiday present this year because but not surprising. vanced clean energy space is an infrastructure con- A/R Specialist, ext. 1205 of the recent roll back of food stamps and Social While Europeans are and in other emergent sultant and executive di- [email protected] hardly known for their technologies vital to our Security disability benefits? rector of Capital District Mike Shanahan American despair is so pronounced that after light touch on environ- economy is simply not Chief Executive Of cer, ext. 1956 mental approvals, they’ve being met. Of additional Gondola in Albany, N.Y. [email protected] six decades of increase, life expectancy of Amer- apparently figured out concern, the industries He wrote this for Inside- icans has declined for three consecutive years. Carolina Trujillo something our govern- using copper, rare earth Sources.com. Community Relations Director, ext. 1226 Behind the trend is the increase in drug over- [email protected] dose, suicides and alcoholic liver disease. Jim Wilson Our region is not immune to despair. Phil- Chief Operating Of cer, ext. 1200 adelphia lost more than 1,100 people to drug [email protected] overdose in 2018 and, according to preliminary CIRCULATION estimates, is on track to lose as many in 2019. Lisa Mahmoud Both Pennsylvania and New Jersey have ex- Manager, ext. 1239 [email protected] perienced an increase in suicides in 2019, in- cluding high-profile student suicides on college CLASSIFIED campuses. Abbe Young Smith Manager, ext. 1276 For the region, added to suicides and drug [email protected] overdoses is the trauma of gun violence. In GRAPHICS Philadelphia, a child or teenager was shot on Trevor Andreozzi average every four days throughout this year. Designer Across the river in New Jersey, a month after [email protected] a 10-year-old was shot and killed in a crowded Frederick Higgins football game, gunmen opened fire in a Jewish Designer market in Jersey City killing four — a massa- [email protected] cre motivated by hate. Mark Sutherland Creative Director It’s a dark time in America. [email protected] We must find a way to bring in the light. NEWSROOM In a time of hate, divisiveness and vulnera- Mike Alongi bility for many Americans, turning the tide re- Sports Reporter ext. 1228 quires a commitment from as many individu- [email protected] als as possible to push back against these dark Bill Brotherton forces in their daily actions — and to share a Features Editor ext. 1338 sense of responsibility for one another. [email protected] The term “personal responsibility” has gotten Elyse Carmosino Reporter, ext. 1264 a bad reputation. For decades, it has been used [email protected] politically to maintain an image of an American READERS’ FORUM Gayla Cawley dream in which every American has a chance to Reporter, ext. 1236 grow wealthy and climb on the ladder of socio- [email protected] economic mobility if only they work hard. We More thoughts on privatization Cheryl Charles know that that’s not true. News Editor, ext. 1278 [email protected] The personal responsibility that will outshine I want to thank Stephen services. turned on by the sound of the darkness of these bleak days is the one that Crabtree for his letter As far as payment is a smoke alarm and auto- Olivia Falcigno (Item, Dec. 21) sharing his concerned, that would matically call the home- Photographer, ext.1224 President John F. Kennedy was referring to in views regarding privat- depend on a mutually owner, fire department or [email protected] his inaugural address when he implored Amer- izing protection services. agreed-upon contract. I service, and anyone else Spenser Hasak icans to ask not what their country can do for His main concern is that assume that some service who wanted to be notified. Photographer, ext. 1332 them, but what they can do for their country. a private firefighting ser- providers would want an It could prevent a lot of [email protected] Then, and now, the focus needs to be a commit- vice would not have any- up-front payment just like damage if no one was Thor Jourgensen one available to answer a homeowners insurance home when a fire start- Editorial Page Editor, ext. 1267 ment to community. [email protected] “Tolerance and acceptance are among our any calls for service and policy. I also assume that ed. Many other people would subject all callers to some companies would have probably had the Daniel Kane founding values, and diversity is one of Phila- an annoying phone tree. offer emergency services same idea because it is so Sports Reporter, ext. 1228 delphia’s greatest strengths,” Mayor Jim Ken- I do not understand to anyone who called just simple. [email protected] ney said in a statement accompanying a letter why anyone would as- like an ambulance service. I claim no expertise Steve Krause to the Trump administration expressing the sume that an emergency On a related matter, it about fire fighting or pre- Writer-at-Large, ext. 1229 [email protected] city’s consent to accept refugees. service provider would be once occurred to me that vention. What I do know Tolerance and acceptance are not substitutes that dumb. Private service an entrepreneur could is that free markets give Harold Rivera providers must satisfy take advantage of the fact people what they want at Sports Editor, ext. 1238 to good policy and investment by government, [email protected] their customers or go out that just about everyone competitive prices. but these two types of actions — by individuals of business and lose their owns a mobile phone and It levels the playing field Anne Marie Tobin and by institutions — are not mutually exclu- income. Unlike a govern- most have smoke alarms for everyone. Sports Reporter, ext. 1307 sive. If everyone works to embody the values ment monopoly, private in their home. [email protected] that Philadelphia expresses publicly, we can businessmen and women As a former electronics Richard G. Eramian, Ryan York do not have a guaranteed technician, I can say that Lynn Copy Editor, ext. 1220 together be the light that pierces through the [email protected] darkness — not only during the holiday season income, pension, or supply it would be easy and in- of customers. They cannot expensive to have a home Freedom—First@ TECHNOLOGY but throughout the year. force anyone to buy their phone which could be verizon.net 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] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 THE DAILY ITEM A5 NATION US adds detail on how soldier died in Afghanistan this week By Lolita C. Baldor ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A U.S. Special Forces soldier An army carry who died in Afghanistan team moves a this week was seizing a transfer case Taliban weapons cache containing when he was killed, the the remains U.S. military said Friday. of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Sgt. 1st Class PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Goble was with his unit Michael Goble, when its members dis- at Dover Air A Coast Guard search and rescue team looks covered an undisclosed Force Base, over Napali Coast State Wilderness Park for amount of Taliban weap- Del. a tour helicopter that disappeared in Hawaii ons in Kunduz Province, with seven people aboard on Friday. said Eric Pahon, a spokes- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED man for the U.S. forces in PRESS Afghanistan. Pahon said Search expands for Goble and others were service members were in ton Township in Bergen talion, 7th Special Forc- clearing out the cache a convoy and targeted by County, New Jersey, was es Group. when an explosion hap- killed Monday and an Details about what type missing Hawaii tour pened. a roadside bomb during a Afghan service mem- of weapon or ammunition Pahon said the Taliban raid. ber was wounded. Goble exploded are still under chopper carrying 7 wrongly claimed that the Goble, 33, of Washing- served with the 1st Bat- investigation. By Caleb Jones Guard. ASSOCIATED PRESS The chopper was carry- Newseum hailed free press, but ing a pilot and six passen- HONOLULU — Res- gers, two of whom were cuers resumed searching believed to be minors, the Friday for a tour helicop- Coast Guard said. got beaten by free museums ter carrying seven people Clouds and rain at the that disappeared during a scene limited visibility trip to one of the most rug- By Ashraf Khalil to 4 miles, with winds at ged and remote coastlines ASSOCIATED PRESS 28 mph. Friday’s forecast in Hawaii. predicted winds were at WASHINGTON — In A search that began about 23 mph. 2008, the Newseum — a Thursday night was ex- A rescue helicopter and private museum dedicated panded Friday morning, crew was launched from to exploring modern histo- but the steep terrain, low ry as told through the eyes visibility, choppy seas and Coast Guard Air Station of journalists — opened on rain made the effort chal- Barbers Point, and addi- prime Washington real es- lenging, the Coast Guard tional support was provid- tate. said. ed by the Navy Helicopter Sitting almost equidis- “Those conditions are Maritime Strike Squad- tant between the White not ideal,” Coast Guard ron 37 at Kaneohe Bay. A House and the Capitol Chief Petty Officer Sara Coast Guard cutter and on Pennsylvania Avenue, Muir said. Rescue teams crew were also launched the glass-walled building were “looking for any sign from Honolulu. became instantly recog- of the helicopter both on “We’re looking forward nizable for its multi-story land and in the water and to first light when our exterior rendition of the along the coastline.” visibility improves sim- First Amendment. The helicopter company, ply because we have day- Eleven years later that identified as Safari He- light,” Muir said. experiment is coming to PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS licopters, contacted the Local fire officials an end. After years of fi- The Newseum attracted millions of visitors, but lacked a solid financial Coast Guard about 45 planned to launch their nancial difficulties, the plan to stay afloat. minutes after the aircraft own search efforts. Com- Newseum will close its was due back from a tour mercial helicopter compa- doors Tuesday. cession, which hit newspa- ganizers said, is that the “I do think part of the rea- of Kauai’s Na Pali Coast on nies and ATV crews were “We’re proud of how we pers particularly hard and Newseum struggled to son was because it’s a paid Thursday evening, a Coast also being deployed. did our storytelling,” said caused mass layoffs and attract local residents, museum,” she said. “Why Guard statement said. Towering mountains Sonya Gavankar, the out- closures across the industry. instead depending on a go out of my way to do this The Eurocopter AS350 and steep, deep ravines going director of public She also acknowledged steady diet of tourists and when I could just go to any helicopter took off from the and cliffs line the coast. relations. “We changed the that the Newseum’s status local school groups. Actu- other free museum?” town of Lihue, Federal Avia- “There are beaches along model of how museums as a for-pay private institu- al Washington-area res- The $25 price tag, Myers tion Administration spokes- the Na Pali coastline, but did their work.” tion was a harder sell in a idents, who do frequent said, creates a pressure to man Ian Gregor said. we are experiencing peri- The building was sold city full of free museums. A the Smithsonian and set aside the whole day The helicopter has an ods of very high water, so for $372.5 million to Johns Newseum ticket costs $25 elsewhere, mostly came and take in every exhibit, electronic locator, but no exactly how much beach Hopkins University, which for adults, and the building on school trips and rarely whereas at one of the free signals had been received, may be available I couldn’t intends to consolidate is right across the street returned as adults. Smithsonian museums, according to the Coast tell you,” Muir said. its scattered Washing- from the National Gallery Claire Myers fits that she knows she can come ton-based graduate studies of Art and within blocks of profile. The D.C. resi- back another time to catch programs under one roof. multiple Smithsonian mu- dent recalls coming to the whatever she missed. But US stocks mixed; S&P Gavankar attributed the seums. Newseum in high school in Myers said she was deeply failure to a “mosaic of fac- “Competing with free in- a senior-year class trip. She impressed by the exhibits, tors” but one of them was stitutions in Washington only returned in late De- particularly the Newse- 500 heads for fifth certainly unfortunate tim- was difficult,” Gavankar cember for a final visit be- um’s signature gallery of ing. The opening coincided said. cause she heard it was clos- Pulitzer Prize-winning straight weekly gain with the 2008 economic re- Another problem, or- ing at the end of the year. photographs. By Alex Veiga solve remaining differenc- AP BUSINESS WRITER es not addressed by the initial pact. Next year also Powerful storm pounds Southern Major U.S. stock indexes has the added complica- were mixed in afternoon tion of the U.S. presiden- trading Friday as the tial election. California with rain and snow market retreated slightly The S&P 500 was up from its latest highs. By Stefanie Dazio Thursday when a car 0.1 percent as of 2:40 p.m. Retailers and other com- Eastern time. The index and John Antczak veered off a snowy road panies that rely on con- has finished with a week- ASSOCIATED PRESS near Warner Springs and sumer spending led the ly gain in 10 out of the crashed into an embank- gainers. Technology stocks LOS ANGELES — A cold past 11 weeks. The Dow also rose. Those gains and blustery winter storm ment. The woman passen- Jones Industrial Average were checked by losses in unleashed downpours ger wasn’t wearing a seat- rose 59 points, or 0.2 per- financial, energy and com- and extensive snowfall belt and the driver was cent, to 28,680. The Nas- munication services com- on Southern California, going too fast to control daq composite slipped 0.1 panies. triggering a tornado and the car, California High- Even so, the S&P 500 percent, while the Rus- snarling post-Christmas way Patrol Officer Jeff was on pace for its fifth- sell 2000 index of smaller travel on major routes Christy told KSWB-TV. straight weekly gain. company stocks dropped Thursday. On Wednesday night, With less than three 0.4 percent. Snow shut down vital a small tornado brief- trading days left in 2019, Several airlines fell. Interstate 5 in Tejon Pass ly hopped across Ventu- the benchmark index is American Airlines Group through the mountains ra Harbor, the National on track for its best year was the biggest decliner in north of Los Angeles and Weather Service reported. since 2013 and within the S&P 500, shedding 4.4 stopped traffic on Inter- percent. Southwest Air- Gusts downed five trees, striking distance of its state 15 over Cajon Pass lines dropped 1.4 percent PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS according to the Ventura biggest annual gain since in the inland region to the 1997. and Delta Air Lines lost east. I-15 finally reopened A snow-covered northbound I-15 in the Cajon County Star. Winds up to 1.1 percent. 65 to 85 mph also caused A truce in the 17-month in both directions in the Pass between the San Bernardino Mountains U.S.-China trade war and Several retailers rose minor damage to nearby afternoon but then author- and the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern positive signs for the econ- as the sectorcontinued ities later shut down about California on Thursday. buildings, forecasters said. omy have helped keep in- to rally a day after a re- 45 miles of the freeway Localized flooding inun- vestors in a buying mood. port showed a surge in from Baker, California, to hours in Cajon Pass, mo- Cajon Pass rises to more dated roads and freeway Fears about a possible last-minute online holi- Primm, Nevada, on the torist Johnny Lim wasn’t than 3,700 feet between lanes while snow fell to recession have also faded day shopping. Ulta Beau- way to Las Vegas because sure he could reach Las the San Gabriel and San low elevations, leading to since the summer after ty gained 1 percent and of snow and ice. Vegas, where he hoped to Bernardino Mountains on numerous traffic accidents. the Federal Reserve cut Dollar General rose 0.8 A truck driver was found spend time after Christ- I-15, the major connector The town of Wrightwood interest rates three times. percent. unresponsive in a rig mas. He worried about between Southern Califor- at the eastern end of the The central bank appears Shares in Michaels Cos. stopped along I-5 in Tejon driving his car through nia and Las Vegas. San Gabriel Mountains set to keep them low for a vaulted 33.6 percent after Pass. Kern County fire- the arts and crafts retail- the pass when it reopens. Snow also stopped or had received 25 inches of long time. fighters pronounced him “The freeway is full of slowed traffic on other Still, as the market pre- er hired an executive from snow by midday. dead, according to the Cal- snow and ice,” he said, add- California roads, includ- pares to close out a strong Walmart to be CEO. ifornia Highway Patrol’s ing that his car “is not built ing heavily traveled Inter- Famed Palomar Obser- year of gains next week, Flexion Therapeutics online incident log. for conditions like this.” state 8 in eastern San Di- vatory in the San Diego uncertainty remains over jumped 7.5 percent after It was not immediately I-5 rises to more than ego County, and numerous County mountains said it the final details of the the FDA approved its ap- known if the death was 4,100 feet in Tejon Pass trees were toppled. would be closed at least “Phase 1” trade deal and plication to update the la- weather-related. between Los Angeles and In San Diego County, a through the weekend be- whether Washington and bel of its Zilretta osteoar- After being stuck for five the San Joaquin Valley. 60-year-old woman died cause of heavy snowfall. Beijing will be able to re- thritis knee pain drug. A6 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 POLICE/FIRE

All address information, par- Vandalism Transit system warns of delays ticularly arrests, reflect police records. In the event of a per- Police received a call at 7:10 a.m. Friday from ceived inaccuracy, it is the sole a man reporting his tires following a minor derailment responsibility of the concerned were slashed overnight. party to contact the relevant The officer dispatched to BOSTON (AP) — Mas- line may experience delays which serves the Fenway board another train, and police department and have the Roundhouse Road reported sachusetts' transit agency up to 30 minutes during Park area. train service was replaced department issue a notice of cor- multiple tires punctured on is warning of delays Fri- the morning commute and The train had been trav- by buses in places. No in- rection to the Daily Item. Correc- multiple vehicles. day on one of its commut- up to 20 minutes in the af- eling under 30 miles per juries were reported. tions or clarifications will not be er lines because of a “slow ternoon. It's urging riders hour and remained upright Keolis, the company that speed” derailment. to plan accordingly. as it derailed and made operates the commuter rail made without express notice of Complaints The Massachusetts Bay A train heading into Bos- contact with the ground. system, said the derail- change from the arresting police A caller at 10:17 p.m. Transportation Authority ton on the line derailed at Passengers had to exit ment appears to have been department. Thursday reported people said riders on the Fram- about 4 p.m. Thursday the train and walk along caused by a train operator's yelling in a neighboring apart- ingham/Worcester rail near Landsdowne station, the tracks in order to error when switching lines. LYNN ment on Creesy Street. An officer was dispatched and Arrests determined a mother and daughter had been fighting Flames consume mansion as crews Steve Almonor, 27, of 23 and that all was now calm. Mall St., was arrested and Police received a call at charged with attempting to 3:34 p.m. Thursday from a struggle to get enough water on it commit a crime, knife pos- woman who had crossed session and trespassing on Pleasant street not at a CONCORD (AP) — Fire- 1897, has five bedrooms Friday at 8:45 a.m. crosswalk while walking her fighters battled a huge and five bathrooms, and Shannon Doherty, 27, dog. She reported an on- blaze at a stately mansion is valued at nearly $3 mil- was arrested on a warrant coming car had not slowed in the Boston suburbs Fri- lion, town records show. with charges of operating down and she was frightened day but struggled to get Concord was the site of a motor vehicle with a sus- about almost being hit. enough water to it and lost Revolutionary War bat- pended registration and un- A resident called the sta- the fight when the roof tles and a 19th-century insured motor vehicle/trailer tion at 3:16 p.m. Thursday caved in. literary community that on Thursday at 10 p.m. inquiring about laws regard- Flames shot out of the included Louisa May Al- Widmark Duval of Salem, ing engine idling. The man roof of the 6,500-square- cott, Ralph Waldo Em- was arrested on warrant with reported his neighbor sits in foot home in Concord. erson and Henry David charges of assault with a the car all day with the en- Other fire departments Thoreau. Elsewhere in dangerous weapon, armed gine running and sometimes were called in to help. Massachusetts, firefight- robbery, kidnapping, assault honks th e horn. He added he The homeowners were ers also responded to a and battery and receiving didn’t think it was healthy and away, and no injuries fire at a four-unit home stolen property on Thursday wanted more information on were reported, Assistant in Hull, south of Boston, at 9:34 p.m. the rules. He was directed to Fire Chief Walter Latta around 4 a.m. Friday. Gary Lundy, 31, was ar- look up information on Mass told WCVB-TV. Four people were hos- The fire response was pitalized and about 16 rested and charged with at- General Laws online. tempting to commit a crime, complicated by the re- residents were affected, breaking and entering night- mote location, he said. officials said. time, burglarious instrument PEABODY Firefighters requested The cause of that fire is possession, Class B drug that other departments being investigated, but Motor Vehicle Incidents provide water tankers so officials say it appears to possession and trespassing PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS on Friday at 8:44 a.m. they could spray water on have begun on the first Police received a call at the house. floor and quickly reached Firefighters are battling a blaze at the mansion 12:08 p.m. Friday of a hit The home was built in the attic. in the Boston suburbs. Assault and run on Foster Street. Police responded to a re- Police received a call at port of an assault at a Bay 10:03 a.m. Friday of a mo- View Avenue address on Fri- tor vehicle accident with R.I. Community mourns victim day at 8:21 a.m. and a report airbag deployment on Bar- of an assault at 100 Willow tholomew Street. St. on Thursday at 12:04 p.m. Shoplifting of housing complex shooting Accidents Macy’s Department Store WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — but didn’t disclose a pos- Police responded to a re- on Andover Street reported A Rhode Island community sible motive, saying the port of a motor vehicle hit at 5:53 p.m. Thursday that were remembering on Fri- shooting remains under and run accident at Boston they had two detained shop- day a woman gunned down investigation. and Cottage streets on Friday lifters and a third shoplifter in a shooting that wound- Caswell Cooke Jr., ex- at 6:40 a.m.; an accident had fled. The suspect was ed two others as a loving ecutive director of the with injury on Circle Avenue taken into custody. mother and active member Misquamicut Business on Friday at 5:58 a.m.; an of her seaside town. Association, told The accident with injury at Forest Larceny Christ Church in Wester- Providence Journal that and New Park streets on Fri- ly is hosting a candlelight Cardinal had been among day at 5:16 a.m.; a report of A caller at 5:42 p.m. service for Julie Cardinal those who volunteered to a motor vehicle hit and run at Thursday reported their bike and the other victims of help restore the town after Lewis Street and Stone Place was stolen from the Wal- the shooting in the eve- Superstorm Sandy devas- on Friday at 12:15 a.m.; an greens on Main Street. The ning. Rev. Sunil Chandy tated it in 2012. She later accident at Eastern Avenue bike was located and re- said Cardinal had been a served as the association’s and Elvir Street on Thursday turned to the owner. member of the church. membership director. at 10:17 p.m. and an acci- “She was a hard-working Gene Arganese, owner dent at Franklin Street and Complaints woman, a mother — a de- of the Sandy Shore Ho- voted mother — and a de- tel, where Cardinal had Western Avenue on Thursday A caller at 1:19 a.m. Friday at 8:18 p.m. voted member of this com- worked part time, said reported a loud disturbance munity that did a lot of of she began working the upstairs above him. An offi- work for the community,” daytime shift at Babcock Vandalism cer was dispatched to Main Chandy told WJAR-TV. Village about two months Police received a vandal- Street and determined all The 47-year-old was ago and had been training PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS was in order. killed Thursday in a to become a manager. ism report at a Newcastle Julie Cardinal, 47, was killed in a shooting on Court address on Thursday Police received a call at shooting at the Babcock “She was just the wrong Thursday, Dec. 19 at the Babcock Village assist- at 3:38 p.m. and a report of 6:43 p.m. Thursday about Village housing complex person,” he told the Jour- ed living facility where she worked in Westerly. motor vehicle vandalism on a neighbor dispute over the in Westerly near the nal. “I’m just sick about Connecticut state line, it. It should have never Melvin Avenue on Thursday smell of food being cooked. Rhode Island Gov. Gina at the housing complex according to Westerly Po- happened to her. She’s at 10:54 a.m. Officers were dispatched to Raimondo went to Westerly Thursday, police said. lice. They said Friday that a sweetheart, there’s no the location on Shore Drive on Thursday to speak with Legislative leaders, who and determined a single par- Joseph Giachello, 66, shot words to say. She’s got a Overdose first responders and offer are also Democrats, have ty was complaining about the her and two other women big heart. A hard worker, support for the victims’ said they’re not convinced Police received a report of smell of food being cooked before killing himself. And honest. All she’d talk families. She told them: the changes proposed by a drug overdose at a Raddin in an unknown apartment. Police identified Cardi- about were her kids.” Grove Avenue address on nal, of Westerly, as a man- Cardinal was also a vo- “Rhode Island is with you.” Raimondo are necessary. Thursday at 12:55 p.m. Disturbances ager at Babcock Village. cal critic of the Westerly Raimondo, a Democrat, Similar proposals stalled The two other women who Yacht Club after its mem- wants the state to have this year. Larceny Police reported a distur- were wounded are Rob- bers voted in 2016 to up- stronger gun control laws. But Democratic Senate bance at 8:52 p.m. in the in Moss, 38, of Cranston, hold its men-only policy. She has said she will try President Dominick Rug- Police received a report parking lot of the police also a manager, and Donna And she co-hosted two in 2020 to convince the gerio said this week that he of a motor vehicle theft on department. Officers deter- Thornley, 66, a resident, po- local radio shows in recent General Assembly to ban would support proposals in Lily Street on Thursday at mined it was a disagree- lice said. Moss was in criti- years, The Westerly Sun military-style assault 2020 to prohibit 3D-printed 2:03 p.m. ment between friends and cal condition, and Thornley reported. Cardinal’s friends weapons and high-capac- guns and so-called “ ghost all parties were dispersed was stable on Friday. launched a campaign on ity magazines and ban guns ” that are untraceable, MARBLEHEAD without incident. Police said Giachello social media to help pay for guns in schools. A single easy to make and becoming lived at Babcock Village her funeral expenses. handgun was recovered more prevalent. POLICE BRIEFS

Store staff thwarts Employees attempted to duty following exposure to police arrested 32-year- she was able to breathe on from 2001 to 2003. bold attempt to steal block the door and tear the the dangerous opioid fen- old resident Adriny Ber- her own for the first time Former Journal reporter jackets away from the sus- tanyl during a recent drug nard, on intent to deliver since being admitted to Tracy Breton, who taught Canada Goose coats pects, who dropped most bust in Rhode Island. cocaine, possession of co- Yale New Haven Hospital. Pascal at Brown and kept of them as they jumped Smithfield Police say caine and heroin, and oth- Moss sustained three in touch with her for some DANVERS (AP) — A into a getaway car. in a Facebook post that er charges. gunshot wounds during a years after, recalled her as group of thieves attempt- The suspects were lo- officers were executing a Dec. 19 shooting at Bab- a “serious” and “intense” ed to steal thousands of cated a few hours later in search warrant at a home Victim in Westerly shooting cock Village, a Westerly reporter who loved inter- dollars worth of high- Lynn, and an unknown on Dec. 20 when Ajax be- complex where she works viewing people. end Canada Goose jack- improving in hospital number of jackets were re- gan experiencing symp- as an assistant manager. Former Journal reporter ets from a men's clothing covered from their car. toms of fentanyl exposure. WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) Jennifer Jordan, who had store in Massachusetts Store owner Alan A K9 officer quickly ad- — A woman who was criti- kept in touch with Pascal during a brazen, daylight Woman reporter who killed Gibeley said it was the ministered the opioid over- cally injured in a shooting over the years, said Pas- heist that was thwarted two children remembered third time in recent dose reversal drug Narcan at a Rhode Island apart- cal seemed to enjoy her by store employees and months the store's Canada and took Ajax to Ocean ment complex that left two by former colleagues current company, where captured on surveillance Goose jackets haves been State Veterinary Special- dead and one other person she had moved up rapidly video. BOSTON (AP) — A targeted by organized ists in East Greenwich.’ wounded is steadily im- through the ranks. The Salem News reports mother who killed her two shoplifting crews. Officials there determined proving at a Connecticut The 40-year-old Boston a man and four women en- young children and then Thursday’s suspects the K9 had an extremely hospital. resident was named com- tered Giblees in Danvers herself in Boston on Christ- were expected to be ar- low heart rate and gave him Westerly Police Chief pany’s director of corpo- around 11:30 a.m. Thurs- mas Day had worked as raigned Friday in Salem another dose of Narcan. Shawn Lacey tells The rate social responsibility day. reporter at a Rhode Island District Court. Police say Ajax returned to Westerly Sun that Robin and community relations Workers say the group work the next day. Moss could make a full re- newspaper before working in October, according to at a Massachusetts biotech marched directly to the Police dog treated The search was part of covery after emergency re- her LinkedIn profile. parkas near the back of “Operation Mouse Trap,” a sponders feared she might company. Authorities say Pascal the store. While one at- for fentanyl exposure months-long investigation not survive at all. The Providence Journal and her children — Allison, tempted to create a diver- during drug bust into drug trafficking in East He told the paper that the reports that Erin Pascal 4 , and Andrew, 15 months sion, the others grabbed as Providence and Fall River 38-year-old Cranston resi- was a two-year reporting — fell from the top of a many coats as they could SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) that’s netted 16 people. dent’s breathing tube was intern in the newspaper’s parking garage near the and dashed for the door. — A police dog is back on Following the search, removed on Christmas and South County bureau MBTA Ruggles Station. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 THE DAILY ITEM A7 ENTERTAINMENT

REVIEW Rating the ‘dignity factor’ in ‘Cats’ actors By Christi Carras tween them, Dench and her ability to capture a TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE McKellen arguably had near-constant state of fear the most collective dignity and confusion as new girl The felines of “Cats” are going into “Cats.” And they in town Victoria makes so focused on what “Jelli- have the most coming out her easily the most relat- cles can and Jellicles do,” of it too, thanks to their able. they never paws to wonder subtle and nuanced turns But of course, it’s Hay- if Jellicles should — and as Old Deuteronomy and ward’s ballet skills that re- apparently neither did the Gus the Theatre Cat, re- ally steal the show, mirac- actors who play them. spectively. ulously breaking through Tom Hooper’s cataton- As usual, Dench com- all the digital fur tech- ic movie musical based mands respect in every nology to reveal gorgeous, on Andrew Lloyd Web- frame she fills as the bea- purr-fect lines. A principal ber’s long-running stage con of reason in this cha- dancer in the Royal Bal- production spurred quite otic mess of a narrative(?), let company, Hayward’s a few questions when it allowing her feline sub- decades of classical train- clawed its way into the- jects — and the audience ing shine as she glides aters over the weekend: — to depend on her for through the bumpy film Why do the cats have hu- PHOTO | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE much-needed answers as with unmatched grace, man hands? Why do the the grand jury of the Jel- establishing herself as a Judi Dench commands respect in every frame she fills as the beacon of cockroaches have human licle Ball. Her trademark true triple threat. reason, according to the reviewer. faces? Why do only some stoicism is such a welcome Laurie Davidson cats wear human clothes? And perhaps the most relief by the second half of and Robbie Fairchild cringey call-outs. dies’ cat Rum Tum Tugger watching a grown man-cat burning question of all: the movie, it’s almost easy Two more pleasant sur- Her dance moves ar- doesn’t stray too far from hiss — even if he is self- Why, in Heaviside Layer’s to forget the disturbing prises in crowded cast of en’t quite as fluid as Hay- his pop persona, wooing aware about it ... name, did so many global fact that she’s wearing a players, Davidson and ward’s, but they’re certain- the females with practiced Idris Elba superstars and Oscar-win- coat made from the same Fairchild flank Hayward ly no more embarrassing winks and smooth vocal The digital fur technol- ners sign on for this epic type of fur on her body valiantly as Victoria’s fur- than what we’ve seen from riffs. Honestly, if he’d pref- ogy strikes again! Like catastrophe? Only the (like, if a human were to ry friends Mr. Mistoffelees the “Lover” singer in music aced Rum Tum’s song with many of his costars, the Jellicle moon knows, as wear a jacket of human and Munkustrap, serving videos and at award shows. “JAsoOon DerUloOo,” it second-hand embarrass- review after cruel review skin) — almost. as guides to the strange Plus, Swift gets some ex- would have felt right. No ment that comes with rolls in, sparing no one Another late but appre- and magical world of the tra points in the dignity net dignity loss here. watching Elba’s sinister — not even “Dreamgirls” ciated appearance in the Jellicles. department for penning James Corden turn as the magical Ma- darling Jennifer Hudson “Cats” story, McKellen’s Strip away the ghastly Victoria’s new solo, “Beau- Similarly to Derulo, Cord- cavity really isn’t his fault. — from rampant scrutiny Gus the Theatre Cat gives digital fur and strap on tiful Ghosts,” with Web- en’s entrance as the snarky As usual, Elba does his and snide cat puns. the film one of its most some point shoes, and one ber, which — despite be- yet insecure Bustopher best with what he’s given: Yet, despite Hooper and moving musical perfor- could watch Fairchild and ing shut out of the Oscars Jones doesn’t feel too far another character that in- the visual-effects team’s mances — not with overly Hayward dance around shortlist — serves as a soft off from his go-to persona explicably wears a trench best efforts, a few in the dramatic pauses or weepy each other all day. With and sweet counterpart to during “Late Late Show” coat of what appears to be film’s star-studded litter key changes (cough cough, any luck, maybe that’s Hudson’s resounding ren- skits. And while there are his brethren’s fur, only to still managed to land on Hudson), but with sheer what Hooper’s promised dition of “Memory.” few acts less dignified than take it off in the second their, uh, weirdly anthro- heart. Despite meeting re-edit will look like. Jason Derulo diving headfirst into a gar- half of the film, revealing pomorphic feet. Gus only a handful of min- Taylor Swift OK — hear meowt on bage can (coincidentally, his shimmering, naked From Taylor Swift and utes before his Jellicle Ball If anyone has the ability this one. Yes, Derulo’s an apt metaphor for enter- cat body. This wouldn’t be Judi Dench to Jason Deru- debut, his capture by Idris to shake this off, it’s Swift, casting might take the ing a “Cats” screening), it’s a big deal, since half the lo and Rebel Wilson, here’s Elba’s nefarious Macavity whose showstopping mu- cake as the randomest se- worth noting that the vet- felines in this nonsensical a ranking of “Cats” perfor- is the one that hits hardest. sical number as the fun lection in this already ex- eran TV host’s superbly de- land are already nude to mances, in order of least to Francesca Hayward and flirty Bombalurina tremely random ensemble, livered one-liners earned begin with. most embarrassing. Though it’s impossible to appropriately plays much and yes, his fake cockney some of the only genuine The problem is, Macav- Judi Dench make heads or tails of just like the catwalk portion of accent rivals Dick Van laughs from the audience ity starts fully clothed, and Ian McKellen about anything in “Cats,” a concert set — strutting Dyke’s in painfulness. at the screening I attend- making his stripped-down With a knighthood, a one thing is absolutely cer- downstage with mini-me But, really, what is “Cats” ed. transformation feel some- damehood, one Oscar win tain: Ballerina Hayward backup dancers and enp- if not random and painful? Still, there’s something how more degrading and and nine nominations be- is the breakout star. Plus, gaging the audience with Derulo’s suave turn as la- innately unsettling about wrong. Disney characters claim that tourists have inappropriately touched them

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ment. “We provide multi- — Walt Disney World em- ple resources to protect our ployees who portray Mick- Cast Members’ well-being, ey Mouse, Minnie Mouse including on-site law en- and Donald Duck each forcement officers who re- filed police reports this spond, and are available to month claiming they were them, if needed.” inappropriately touched A 36-year-old woman PHOTO | NEWSDAY by tourists. who plays Mickey Mouse Former fashion designer Wayne Diamond, sec- The woman inside the at the Magic Kingdom told ond row, fifth from the left, portrays a sleazy Mickey Mouse costume investigators a woman operator who helps a young woman ferry bags went to the hospital with patted the head of her cos- of cash to a hotel in the movie “Uncut Gems”. neck injuries caused by a tume five times, causing it grandmother patting the to slide down and strain character's head, while her neck, the Orlando the employees wearing Sentinel reported. In ‘Uncut Gems,’ the Minnie Mouse and The employee told inves- Donald Duck costumes tigators she didn't believe were groped by tourists, the woman intentionally FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Wayne Diamond according to Orange Coun- hurt her, and the sheriff’s ty Sheriff's Office reports. office ruled the Dec. 4 inci- Cars travel on one of the roads leading to Walt The incidents come after dent a civil matter, not a Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. really sparkles a 51-year-old man was ar- criminal one. rested in November after an The tourist's family said the giant rodent. they give high-fives and words, it just doesn’t work,” employee portraying a Dis- they weren’t aware the By Rafer Guzmán “She barely touched hugs to visitors, he said. NEWSDAY says “Uncut Gems” produc- ney Princess told investiga- employee had been taken er Sebastian Bear-McClard. tors he groped her breast to the hospital until they him,” said Scheer, add- Scheer said no one at He appears out of no- “What you see in the movie while getting a photo taken. were contacted by the ing his mother-in-law the park said anything where at the tail end of is actually a dialed-down “Everyone should feel newspaper Thursday. wouldn’t intentionally to them after until hours the Safdie brothers’ ac- version of Wayne.” safe at work, and we en- Boone Scheer told the hurt Mickey Mouse. “It later, when they tried to claimed crime drama A natural raconteur with courage Cast Members Sentinel his mother-in- was very minimal.” check into their Disney ho- “Uncut Gems,” playing a a zigzagging mind and a to come forward in any law patted Mickey to The family was con- tel. Disney interviewed his sleazy operator who helps tendency toward blue hu- uncomfortable situation,” prove to her nearly 2-year- fused whether Disney has wife, and “they definitely a young woman ferry bags mor, Diamond can be a col- said Disney spokeswoman old nervous grandson that a no-touching rule for the tried to insinuate it was on of cash to the Mohegan orful if challenging inter- Andrea Finger in a state- he shouldn't be scared of costumed characters, since purpose,” said Scheer. Sun. He makes quite an view. (His conversation has impression _ the feathered been cleaned up for print hair of a 1970s rock star, a purposes; if this were tele- Controversy hits Romance Writers of America dazzling white smile and vision, the bleeps would be the come-hither body lan- plentiful.) During a recent By Mark Kennedy course, rescinding its vote lan “appallingly and pro- guage of a man who has visit to his Upper East ASSOCIATED PRESS ”pending a legal opinion." foundly wrongheaded.” seen his share of hot tubs. Side apartment, where he Now its entire leadership Added writer Racheline NEW YORK — There's He’s Wayne Diamond, lives with his wife, Helen, has changed. Maltese: “Speaking out not a lot of love at the Ro- a former fashion designer and an excitable Cockapoo The controversy was against racism is not an mance Writers of America who hails from Oceans- named Sable, Diamond sparked this summer when ethics violation." ide, N.Y. And if he has his ping-ponged between two this holiday season. Lots Milan in a tweet called A letter from 28 orga- way, you’ll be seeing a lot personalities: a classic of passion, but not too Kathryn Lynn Davis' 1999 nization leaders in var- more of him. Manhattan swinger (he much love. book “Somewhere Lies the ious regional positions In a movie that fea- still remembers all the The organization, which Moon” an “(expletive) rac- on Thursday asked for tures many an interest- old street names for quaa- bills itself as the voice of ist mess.” Davis and fellow the resignation of the ing face in an unexpected ludes) and your technolo- romance writers and cites writer Suzan Tisdale filed Romance Writers of role _ Adam Sandler as gy-challenged grandfather 9,000 members, has been complaints. Milan was sus- America's president, the a gambling addict, pro (“Alexa, turn off big bulb!” upended over the way it pended Monday, sparking president-elect and the basketball player Kevin he bellows, to no effect). has treated one of its au- an outcry from fellow Ro- executive director, calling Garnett as himself _ Di- thors, Courtney Milan, a Diamond describes him- mance Writers of Ameri- “the handling of this sit- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS amond stands out. It’s self as a nice Jewish kid Chinese American writer ca members and making uation is shameful.” The easy to see why the Safdie who attended Oceanside and a former chair of its #IStandWithCourtney dissenting writers said a Writer Courtney Mi- brothers (“Good Time”), High School, where his Ethics Committee. trend. so-called ”failure of lead- lan’s treatment by the an audacious filmmaking father taught accounting. The Texas-based trade as- Author Felicia Grossman ership" made them “won- group has come in for duo with an affinity for He worked a series of odd sociation initially accepted announced on Twitter that der if there is anywhere to some criticism. the glamorous-gritty New jobs that he still takes the vote of its Ethics Com- she had resigned her po- go from here.” York of yore, would be at- pride in _ cabdriver, pizza mittee that Milan had vio- sition at the association, The outreach group turned the 2008 trophy she tracted to Diamond: He delivery boy, sprinkler in- lated the group's code with saying it had “proven itself Bookstore Romance Day won from the organization lived through the era and staller, clam shucker _ un- negative online comments inconsistent with my val- parted ways with the Ro- for penning the Best Novel has the stories to prove it. til his father suggested he about other writers and ues.” mance Writers of America With Strong Romantic El- “If you try to describe seek employment in Man- their work. Then, just be- Author Alyssa Day called and best-selling author ements, saying “I want no Wayne Diamond with hattan’s Garment Center. fore Christmas, it reversed the decision to punish Mi- Deanna Raybourn re- honors from them.” A8 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 LOOK! National Card-Playing Day, National Chocolate Candy Day, Call a Friend Day

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ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO English’s Kelsey McNeil scored eight points in a win over Tech in the St. Mary’s guard Yirsy Queliz takes the ball up the court during a game opening round of the Walter J. Boverini Tournament Friday. against Classical in the opening round of the Boverini Tournament. English girls roll to win over Tech Spartans sink 11 threes in rout By Daniel Kane English coach Mackenzie lead, the Bulldogs played By Harold Rivera (Bergdorf), Alyssa (Gros- via 3-pointers. Avelino ITEM STAFF Charles said. “We’ve had so their second unit for a ma- ITEM SPORTS EDITOR si) and Jannise (Avelino),” scored 10 off the bench, many days in between jority of the second half St. Mary’s coach Jeff Ne- while Nicolette D’Itria LYNN — After several games but I thought they with many having career LYNN — The outside whall said. “With the ex- and freshman Kellyn Pre- days off to prepare for the were just really excited. games. Jaivalize Soto shots fell in bunches for ception of our rst game ira each scored eight Walter J. Boverini Tourna- Every girl played hard. We scored 14 points while the St. Mary’s girls bas- (loss to Archbishop Wil- points. ment, the English girls played defense like we Kelsey McNeil added eight ketball team in Friday’s liams), we’ve played well. “No matter when you basketball team was itch- were supposed to do. That’s points, each knocking 90-41 win over Classical We hit 12 3’s against Hoo- get in the game, whether ing to get back on the court. all I can ask from them.” down a pair of 3-pointers. in the opening round of sac. We’re hitting enough you start the game, come And it showed. Mashayla Johnson (18 “Jaivalize played really the Boverini Tournament and it’s become a threat in at the end or in the The Bulldogs got solid points, three rebounds, six well,” Charles said. “I think at Tony Conigliaro Gym- where opponents have to second quarter, we want performances up and down steals), Juliana Perry (11 Kelsey did a really good job nasium. come out and cover it. you to play the way you the roster in a 75-15 win points, ve steals) and Ky- of being a leader of that The Spartans swished Then we go to the post practice,” Newhall, whose over Tech at Tony Coniglia- lia Reynoso (10 points, four second group, making sure 11 3-pointers with 12 dif- and it’s one-and-one.” Spartans shot 11-of 27 we were getting good shots ro Gymnasium Friday. rebounds, eight steals) led ferent players nding the Bergdorf led all scorers from beyond the arc Fri- and having good posses- “The girls are just excited the way on both sides of scoresheet. with 17 points. Olivia day, said. “I think they all sions.” did that for the most part.” to play again with the way the court. “We have a good inside Matela nished with 16 the schedule works out,” After getting out to a big ENGLISH, B2 presence with Maiya points, 12 of which came ST. MARY’S, B2

ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO KIPP’s Winfred Sanchez (right) scored a game-high 15 points in a win St. Mary’s Sammy Batista led all scorers with 25 points in a win over over Tech in the opening round of the Boverini Tournament Friday. Classical in the opening round of the Boverini Tournament. KIPP shines in rst Boverini game St. Mary’s ghts off Classical rally By Daniel Kane Tony Conigliaro Gymnasi- way for the Panthers with By Harold Rivera 68-56 win over Classical. 20s before Classical cut it ITEM STAFF um. a game-high 15 points and ITEM SPORTS EDITOR “Sammy had a great to single-digits in the clos- “We played early with a eight rebounds. Algha night,” Brown said. “He ing stretch. LYNN — The KIPP lot of energy and when we Barry (12 points, ve re- LYNN — St. Mary’s boys hadn’t been shooting well Simply put, it was too Academy boys basketball do that we’re a pretty good bounds) had a big fourth basketball coach Dave since the rst game of the little too late. team made its debut in Brown feels any of the top team,” KIPP coach David quarter and Joel Aguero year. He knocked down his “We didn’t quit,” Classi- Lynn’s Walter J. Boverini six players in his rotation White said. “As the game added 10 points. rst one and got it going so cal coach Jasper Grassa Tournament Friday, and can take command on any went on we did lose some The loss stings for Tech that was nice to see. He said. “I was happy with the Panthers made sure to given night. energy. Our bench lost en- and head coach Stevie had a very good game. He that. We just have to keep leave their mark right Friday in the opening ergy and we kind of let Patrick, who noted a lack got after it defensively as looking for each other on from the jump. round of the Boverini (Tech) hang around. There of effort as the most disap- well.” offense. We took too many KIPP came out playing were de nitely some nega- Tournament, it was Sam- To Classical’s credit, the pointing part of the Tiger’s contested shots in the its best basketball in the tives and positives but my Batista’s turn to shine. Rams were resilient. St. performance. middle.” rst half and never trailed overall we’ll take the win.” The junior guard led all Mary’s built an early lead in a 52-41 win over Tech at Winfred Sanchez led the KIPP, B2 scorers with 25 points in a and mounted it into the SPARTANS, B2 St. Mary’s hockey knocks off Austin Prep in Serino Christmas Classic for league purposes. It was a year and has done a great Bettencourt scored one goal Tyler Seller, Chris Barnes Christmas Tournament. SCHOOL ROUNDUP battle right until the end, as job.” each. and Liam Locke each had Nick Muzi had one goal By Mike Alongi we expected. We didn’t have Maguire and Kyle LoNigro Cam Anderson scored his one assist. and one assist, while Ian ITEM STAFF the energy we thought we’d assisted Magliozzi’s third-pe- rst career varsity goal for Swampscott (4-2-0) is back Worthley scored one goal. have at the start but our riod tally. Maguire sealed the the Sachems (0-4). in action in a road game Cam Martin added one as- Behind a goal each from guys weathered the storm.” deal on an empty-netter. Saugus travels to Win- against Essex Tech Wednes- sist in the win. Colby Magliozzi and Owen Sal Caruso, a senior goalie St. Mary’s (3-0-1) will take throp Tuesday (1:30). day (6:30). Fenwick (3-1-0) takes on Maguire, the St. Mary’s who transferred in from Aus- on Malden Catholic in the Peabody travels to Do- BC High 2, Valor Christian (Colo.) Sat- boys hockey team blanked tin Prep, earned the shutout Serino Christmas Classic ti- ver-Sherborn Saturday St. John’s Prep 1 (F/SO) urday afternoon (4). Catholic Central League ri- win with 19 saves. tle game Saturday (7) back (7:40). Ned Malolepszy scored the Lynn eld 6, val Austin Prep, 2-0, Friday “Sal’s very well-schooled at Valley Forum. Swampscott 4, lone goal in the shootout loss Boston Latin 2 in the opening round of the and very dedicated to his po- BOYS HOCKEY Amesbury 1 for the Prep. The Pioneers took home Christie Serino Tournament sition,” Lee said. “We’re very Peabody 5, Saugus 1 Conor Donovan netted two St. John’s Prep (1-1-1) the Michael Giordano at Malden’s Valley Forum. lucky to have him. You’re The Tanners (2-2) snapped goals while Drew Olivieri takes on Pope Francis Satur- Christmas Classic champi- “For the last several years, only as good as your goalten- a 2-game losing streak in had one goal and two assists day afternoon (12). onship with the win at Mur- Austin has had the edge over der and we’re very good at the consolation round of the as the Big Blue captured the Regis Jesuit (Colo.) 5, phy Rink Friday. us,” Spartans coach Mark that position. He was really Kasabuski Christmas Tour- Lynn Jets Christmas Tour- Fenwick 2 Lynn eld (3-1-1) travels to Lee said. “This is a big win solid. I’m really happy for nament. James Guiry, Brian nament title. The Crusaders came up Med eld Monday (2:30). for us as a program, espe- him. It wasn’t easy to change Swaczyk, Andrew Phillips, Ronan Locke added one short in the opening round cially this early in the season schools but he came over this Cam Silva and Anthony goal and one assist, while of the Catholic Memorial ROUNDUP, B2 B2 SPORTS THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 English girls earn big win over Tech ENGLISH English had a big quarter From B1 as well. McNeil and Jarie- lis Perez each hit a 3-point- “Stacy Abrue (four er before the half and En- points) played well too,” glish led 44-9 going into said Charles. “All those the break. girls put a lot of work in at Soto was the star of the practice so it was good to second half, particularly see them get on the court the fourth quarter. The and show that off.” freshman forward scored Tech struggled against 12 of her points in the final English’s defense, but it frame to cap off the win. wasn’t for a lack of effort. The Bulldogs move on to Alondra Sanchez led the the championship where way with 12 points and they’ll take on St. Mary’s seven rebounds. Sunday (4). Tech plays “(English) is a very tal- Classical in the consolation ented team,” Tigers coach game (1). Kaitlyn Wechsler said. “We “It’s special,” Charles talked about that before said of his Bulldogs getting ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO the game. English is Divi- to the championship. “This sion 1, so we talked about English’s Jarielis Perez (right) plays defense is an important tourna- just getting better with us during the opening round of the Boverini Tour- ment for the city. A lot of being Division 4. It’s good nament Friday. history in this tournament. ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO for us to see that kind of Whoever we get doesn’t KIPP boys basketball coach David White calls talent and get better from time. We did that so I’m knocking down three matter much, we’re going out a play during a game against Tech in the it. proud of the team.” 3-pointers and English to go out there and com- opening round of the Boverini Tournament. “We worked until the last The Bulldogs started the ended the frame with a pete. I think if we go out quarter and until the very game off with four straight 21-2 lead. and play hard, compete last second. We talked steals and took advantage Sanchez helped the Ti- and play good defense we about that, just giving a to grab a 7-0 lead. Johnson gers score seven more can play with anybody. KIPP boys grab win in complete effort the whole had a big first quarter, points before the half but That’s the challenge.” first Boverini game St. Mary’s to meet English in Boverini final KIPP point for point and took a From B1 32-20 lead into the half. ST. MARY’S la’s 3-pointer and lay-up, “We’ve played four games From B1 put the Spartans ahead 35- “I believe (KIPP) wanted so far and in all four we 12 and forced Classical to it more,” Patrick said. “A had bad starts,” Patrick Despite the loss, Rams take a timeout. Matela lot of 50-50 balls we didn’t said. “So the emphasis coach Tom Sawyer saw pos- closed the half with back- get that we should have (Friday) was to have a bad itive signs from his team. to-back 3’s, the latter a had. I didn’t see the effort start. I told them, if we “I thought my kids played buzzer beater, and St. I thought I should’ve seen. have a bad start, we’re go- hard,” Sawyer said. “I’m Mary’s led 52-22 at recess. Kudos to KIPP, they played ing to lose this game.” very proud of how hard “Olivia, at the end of the hard, were ready and pre- Tech never did recover they played. second quarter, I think any pared for everything. completely, but to the Ti- “That’s who we are. We chance that Classical “This is a tough one for gers credit they did win talk about it, right from day might’ve had mentally, that us to be honest. It really the second half. Mateo one. I have a lot of kids was it,” Newhall said. hasn’t sunk in yet. This scored six third-quarter who’ve been with us for a With a hefty lead, the was very important for me, points and Tech looked to long time. That’s who we Spartans coasted through I haven’t won a (Boverini) gain some momentum are, we play hard. I’d be the second half. St. Mary’s game yet. I felt like if I was when it went on a 6-point disappointed in anything emptied its bench during ever going to be a chance run in the fourth to cut else and I’m not disappoint- the closing stretch and the we had one (Friday). I KIPP’s lead to 43-34. ed because we did play reserves didn’t skip a beat. don’t think (KIPP) was But Barry helped the hard.” St. Mary’s (6-1) will play that much better than us Panthers take back control Jean Gupton-Morrison English for the tourna- man for man but the effort in the final frame, scoring led Classical with 12 points. ment’s championship Sun- on their end, they wanted seven points to cap off the Sajada Jean poured in sev- day (4). The Spartans will it more than we did.” win. en points. aim for the sixth consecu- Carlos Mateo led the Ti- The Rams kept pace with tive Boverini title. gers with a double-double, KIPP (2-0) moves on to the tournament champion- St. Mary’s through the ear- “They’re going to present scoring 10 points and ly minutes. Amber Crayton some problems for us de- ship were they will play St. grabbing 11 rebounds. scored five points in the fensively, there’s no ques- Mary’s Sunday (5:45). Tech Aguero got the Panthers opening period but the tion about it,” Newhall said (1-3) plays Classical in the off to a fast start, knocking Spartans found their foot- of the Bulldogs. “If we can consolation game Sunday down a pair of 3-pointers ing as the quarter closed. continue to move the ball (2:30). to help KIPP build an 8-2 Gabby Torres netted a on offense, I think we’ll be lead. From there, some ag- “It’s a shout out to our 3-pointer midway through fine. It looks better when gressive defense helped guys,” White said. “They the quarter and Bergdorf the shots are falling in the KIPP take a 13-6 lead into work hard, they’re doing beat the buzzer with a way they did but we were the second quarter. the things that we ask to layup, pacing the Spartans making the extra pass to ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO The shooting kept com- help them be successful. to a 19-7 advantage. get the easier shot.” ing in the second. After a It’s a great opportunity, I Olivia Matela scored 16 points for St. Mary’s in St. Mary’s took full con- Classical (2-1) will battle quick Tech basket Barry told them we get to play a win over Classical in the opening round of trol in the second quarter. A Tech in the consolation and Sanchez knocked for a championship our the Boverini Tournament. 16-5 run, capped by Mate- round Sunday (1). down 3-pointers to give the third game of the year. Panthers a 19-8 lead. That’s special and we have Then, 3’s from Luis Pinero to embrace that. It’s a cul- and Julian Peralta helped ture we’re trying to build. Spartans top Classical in cross-town battle the Tigers chip at the lead It’s good for the young but KIPP matched Tech guys to see.” SPARTANS A 7-0 Spartans run, capped Consecutive baskets from pressure.” From B1 by Ali Barry’s lay-up, Garcia cut St. Mary’s lead Classical (3-1) will play stretched the lead to 18-9. to 12 at 60-48 with 2:30 re- Tech Sunday (2:30) in the “They took away the paint St. Mary’s led 20-12 at the maining. The Rams pro- consolation game. Read the iTem on your iPhone and we were just forcing up end of the first quarter. ceeded to whittle their gap “We’re going to have a shots half the time,” said Both teams lost their down to eight points but St. good practice Saturday and Grassa. “We have to find rhythm in the second quar- Mary’s didn’t allow them to hopefully we’ll be ready for open shots. I thought we ter, but the Spartans did get any closer. Sunday,” Grassa said. did a better job in the fourth just enough to lead 31-19 at “We knew Classical has St. Mary’s (5-0) will play quarter.” recess. some good offensive play- KIPP Academy for the tour- Joey Abate-Walsh added Back-and-forth they went ers,” Brown said. “Jeffrey nament title Sunday (5:45). 10 points for the Spartans, while David Brown and Lee in the third quarter. St. Hill, Jeff Barbosa, Jayden “KIPP played us tough Pacheco scored nine apiece. Mary’s held on to its dou- Thornton. We knew they last year,” Brown said. Reaching double-figures ble-digit lead but Classical could knock down shots “Coach (David White) does for Classical were Jeff Bar- did its part to stay within and they’re city kids too. a tremendous job on the bosa (12 points), Jeff Hill reaching distance. Batista They’re not going to back defensive side. They went (11) and Angel Garcia (10). hit a 3-pointer with 2:27 down. They’re not going to to the Division 4 North fi- Batista had the hot hand left in the period, giving the give up. We knew they’d nal last year. Their football from the start. He swished Spartans a 44-29 lead. They keep on fighting. I didn’t team just had a great year. a 3-pointer to start the remained in front, 51-33, at call any timeouts at the end They’re used to winning game and helped the Spar- the end of three. of the game because I want- there. We’re expecting a tans to an early 11-9 edge. Not so fast, said the Rams. ed our kids to learn under battle.” Fenwick girls hockey remains undefeated ROUNDUP could’ve thrown out the BOYS BASKETBALL a double-double, notching From B1 third quarter and hit our St. John’s Prep 77, 15 points and 12 rebounds. free throws it might have North Andover 53 Myles Manalaysay added Hamilton-Wenham 8, been a different game. The Eagles earned a win 13 points and four steals. Lynn 2 We were 8-of-18 on free to move on in the Com- Saugus (1-4) travels to The Jets (0-5-0) host throws.” monwealth Motors Christ- Medford Monday (7). Somerville Wednesday Amber Kiricoples (13 mas Classic. Fenwick 68, evening (5). points, 17 rebounds) and Rollie Castineyra had Marblehead 46 GIRLS HOCKEY Emily Carney (10) reached a massive game with 27 Jason Romans led the Fenwick 5, Oakmont 0 double-figures. Georgiapoints, while Aidan Cal- way for the Crusaders, Emma Perry, Gabby Leon poured in seven lahan added 11 points. nearly notching a tri- Davern, Abbey Millman, points. Michael O’Brien scored ple-double with 26 points, Lauren Diranian and Peabody hosts Swamp- 10 points and Matt Duche- nine steals and seven as- Shannon Nagy each scored scott next Friday (7). min scored eight points. sists. Alex Gonzalez added one goal. Goalie Daphne Marblehead 62, The Prep (3-1) travels to 15 points. Jalbert earned her first Salem Academy 32 Methuen Sunday evening Fenwick (2-1) travels to shutout win on the season. Maddy Lowy and Leila (5:30). Forwards Grace Reardon Walton scored 12 points Peabody 46, Danvers Monday night (7). and Mackenzie Curtis also apiece. Masconomet 39 Marblehead (2-3) is played well. “It was a good, compet- The Tanners got 20 back in action Monday (5) Fenwick (4-0-1) travels itive game at the begin- points and five steals from against Masconomet. to Wilmington Saturday ning,” said Marblehead Joangel Lugo, while Chio- Yankton (S.D.) 63, Download the Itemlive App today (12). coach Paul Moran. “Their ke Onwuogo nearly had a English 42 Scan with your camera GIRLS BASKETBALL coach (former Lynn Tech double-double with eight Senior center Muke- Everett 41, Peabody 36 guard Tony Gallo) is do- points and 11 rebounds. ba Jean-Baptiste led the Peabody (1-3) slides into ing a great job over there.” Peabody (3-1) hosts Bulldogs with 14 points. a 3-game losing streak. Marblehead (4-0) hosts Whittier Tech Monday af- English (4-1) will play “I thought we played KIPP for a non-confer- ternoon (2). Harrisburg (S.D.) Satur- them well,” Tanners coach ence bout Sunday morn- Beverly 67, Saugus 56 day (12:30) at South Dako- Stan McKeen said. “If we ing (11). Christian Correia put up ta’s Pentagon Arena. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 THE DAILY ITEM SPORTS B3

HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE SATURDAY Wrestling Celtics roll to fifth straight victory Boys Hockey St. John’s at Marshfield (10) Portland (Maine) at Winthrop (3) Track BOSTON (AP) — The 3s from the left wing 25 Fenwick vs. Valor Christian (Colo.) (4) St. John’s at Varsity Open (TBA) Boston Celtics have quite seconds apart that made St. Mary’s at Malden Catholic (at SUNDAY a young pair of stars de- it 108-90 with just over Valley Forum, 7) veloping in Jaylen Brown seven minutes to play. Peabody at Dover-Sherborn (7:40) Boys Basketball Boverini Tournament and Jayson Tatum. TIP-INS Girls Hockey At St. Mary’s Brown matched his ca- Cavaliers: Guard Dan- Fenwick at Wilmington (12) Consolation: Tech vs. Classical (2:30) reer high with 34 points, te Exum, acquired with St. Mary’s at Peabody (4) Final: KIPP vs. St. Mary’s (5:45) Tatum had 24 of his 30 two second round-picks Marblehead at Danvers (5:30) Girls Basketball Winthrop at Masconomet (6:30) points in the opening half from Utah for guard Jor- Boverini Tournament Boys Basketball At St. Mary’s and the Celtics cruised to dan Clarkson, made his English at Harrisburg (S.D.) (12:30) Consolation: Tech vs. Classical (1) their fifth straight victory, debut with Cleveland. Girls Basketball Final: English vs. St. Mary’s (4) 129-117 over the Cleve- He wore No. 1 and scored Christmas Tournament at Fenwick (7) KIPP at Marblehead (11) land Cavaliers on Friday. nine points in 15 minutes. Swimming Boys Hockey “They both have been “Obviously trying to learn St. Mary’s at Lowell Catholic (12) Fenwick at Feehan (at Warrior Arena, 6) able to do a lot and have a new system in two days consistently grown and is tough,” he said. … Sex- NFL gotten better,” Boston ton has scored at least 20 AMERICAN CONFERENCE NATIONAL CONFERENCE coach Brad Stevens said. points in five of the last East East “But I don’t think we saw seven games. … Cleve- W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 12 3 0 .800 396 198 Philadelphia 8 7 0 .533 351 337 anything today that we land came in averaging x-Buffalo 10 5 0 .667 308 246 Dallas 7 8 0 .467 387 305 haven’t seen out of both 111.9 points per game in N.Y. Jets 6 9 0 .400 263 353 N.Y. Giants 4 11 0 .267 324 417 those guys in the last cou- its last seven. Miami 4 11 0 .267 279 470 Washington 3 12 0 .200 250 388 South South ple weeks, the last cou- Celtics: Marcus Smart W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA ple months. They’ve been missed his eighth straight y-Houston 10 5 0 .667 364 350 y-New Orleans 12 3 0 .800 416 331 Tennessee 8 7 0 .533 367 317 Tampa Bay 7 8 0 .467 436 421 playing well, and they ob- game with an eye infec- Indianapolis 7 8 0 .467 341 335 Atlanta 6 9 0 .400 353 377 viously are playing confi- tion. Stevens said before Jacksonville 5 10 0 .333 262 377 Carolina 5 10 0 .333 330 428 dently and feel good.” the game that Smart North North PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Brown posted the first hasn’t been ruled out for y-Baltimore 13 2 0 .867 503 272 x-Green Bay 11 3 0 .786 330 283 consecutive 30-point Saturday yet. … Gordon Pittsburgh 8 7 0 .533 279 275 x-Minnesota 10 4 0 .714 378 259 Jaylen Brown scored 30 points for the second Cleveland 6 9 0 .400 312 360 Chicago 7 8 0 .467 259 279 games of his career. He straight game in a win over the Cleveland Hayward tied his ca- Cincinnati 1 14 0 .067 246 397 Detroit 3 11 1 .233 321 400 had 30 in a Christmas Cavaliers Friday afternoon. reer high with 39 points West West W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Day win at Toronto. He in Cleveland on Nov. 5. y-Kansas City 11 4 0 .733 420 287 x-San Francisco 12 3 0 .800 453 289 also scored 34 points in a Boston, I’m very envious 26 on Tatum’s step-back 3 On Friday, he had seven Oakland 7 8 0 .467 298 403 x-Seattle 11 4 0 .733 384 372 playoff loss at Milwaukee points and eight assists Denver 6 9 0 .400 266 301 L.A. Rams 8 7 0 .533 363 340 of what they have out from the right wing. L.A. Chargers 5 10 0 .333 316 314 Arizona 5 9 1 .367 337 411 on April 22, 2018. there, and remind myself “Yeah, you see progres- in his second game back Sunday’s Games Oakland at Denver, 4:25 p.m. “I think that the both they were much like us sion from both of those after missing three with a Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Houston, 4:25 p.m. of us together, it’s hard to five years ago,” Cleveland guys, and they’re going sore left foot. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. Miami at New England, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 4:25 p.m. scheme and stop us both,” coach John Beilein said. to continue to get better STRONG START Green Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m. Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Brown said. “We just come “They just have so many, because they’re so young Tatum went 9 of 13 from L.A. Chargers at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m. out and try to be aggres- four guys out there that and hungry to get bet- the floor and connected on N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Seattle, 8:20 p.m. sive. Days like today they are explosive, can score at ter,” Love said of Boston’s 4 of 6 from 3-point range couldn’t stop either of us.” any time.” emerging pair. in the opening half. Enes Kanter added 14 The Celtics only trailed After intermission, Bos- TRY AGAIN NHL points and Kemba Walker in the opening minutes ton maintained a dou- The Celtics improved to EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE had 13 for Boston, which and led 62-47 at halftime. ble-digit lead for the entire 3-0 against the Cavaliers Atlantic Division Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA improved to 13-1 at home. Boston closed the first third quarter, building it this season. The teams’ Boston 39 23 7 9 55 133 100 St. Louis 38 24 8 6 54 118 99 Kevin Love equaled quarter by scoring the fi- to 84-62 on Kanter’s layup final regular-season meet- Toronto 39 21 14 4 46 138 126 Colorado 37 23 11 3 49 134 103 his season high with 30 midway in before Love ing is March 4 in Cleve- Montreal 37 18 13 6 42 121 117 Winnipeg 37 21 14 2 44 113 107 nal seven points, taking a Florida 36 18 13 5 41 127 121 Dallas 38 20 14 4 44 100 97 points and had seven re- 33-22 lead into the break helped the Cavs slice it to land. Buffalo 39 17 15 7 41 115 122 Nashville 36 18 12 6 42 126 116 bounds for the Cavaliers, after Tatum’s 3-pointer 92-81 after three. UP NEXT Tampa Bay 35 18 13 4 40 124 111 Minnesota 38 18 15 5 41 118 126 Ottawa 38 16 18 4 36 106 123 Chicago 38 15 17 6 36 105 125 who had won their last with 4.9 seconds left. Cleveland finally got its Celtics: Host the Toron- Detroit 38 9 26 3 21 82 150 Pacific Division three games and four of The Celtics then had deficit into single digits to Raptors on Saturday. Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Arizona 39 21 14 4 46 112 99 six. Collin Sexton added a 10-0 spree midway early in the fourth, but Cavaliers: At the Min- Washington 39 27 7 5 59 139 112 Vegas 40 20 14 6 46 122 118 21 points. through the second, turn- Boston put it away when nesota Timberwolves on N.Y. Islanders 35 23 9 3 49 105 91 Edmonton 40 20 16 4 44 117 124 “Every time I watch ing a 12-point lead to 48- Brown nailed consecutive Saturday. Philadelphia 37 21 11 5 47 121 106 Calgary 39 19 15 5 43 104 116 Pittsburgh 36 21 11 4 46 120 96 Vancouver 38 19 15 4 42 124 115 Carolina 38 22 14 2 46 127 107 Anaheim 37 15 18 4 34 96 114 Columbus 38 17 14 7 41 99 108 San Jose 38 16 20 2 34 101 133 N.Y. Rangers 37 18 15 4 40 119 121 Los Angeles 39 15 20 4 34 99 124 Bruins notch road shutout over Buffalo New Jersey 37 12 19 6 30 95 133 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for OT loss.

Friday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 7 p.m. BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — ty-net goal for Boston Boston 3, Buffalo 0 Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Patrice Bergeron scored with 1:54 remaining. N.Y. Rangers 5, Carolina 3 Arizona at Vegas, 10 p.m. Toronto at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. two goals for the third NOTES Columbus at Washington, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games consecutive game, and Sabres RW Jeff Skin- Minnesota at Colorado, 8 p.m. Winnipeg at St. Louis, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Nashville, 8 p.m. Chicago at Columbus, 5 p.m. the Boston Bruins beat ner played in his 700th St. Louis at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Ottawa, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 on career game but left four N.Y. Islanders at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Friday night. minutes into the third Vegas at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 10 p.m. Montreal at Florida, 7 p.m. Bergeron became the with an injury and did Saturday’s Games Detroit at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. fifth player in Bruins his- not return. Skinner was Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m. Dallas at Arizona, 8 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m. tory to score two goals in attempting to check Pas- Detroit at Florida, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. at least three games and Nashville at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Monday’s Games trnak but clearly took the Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. the first Bruin since Cam worst of the collision. ... Neely in 1988-89 to ac- Bruins D Torey Krug was NBA complish the feat. placed on injured reserve Brandon Carlo also earlier Friday with an EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE scored and Jaroslav Hal- upper-body injury. Krug Atlantic Division Southwest Division ak made 26 saves for Bos- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB was injured in the second Boston 22 7 .759 — Houston 21 10 .677 — ton. It was Halak’s third period of Boston’s 7-3 win Philadelphia 23 11 .676 1½ Dallas 20 10 .667 ½ shutout of the season. Toronto 21 10 .677 2 San Antonio 12 18 .400 8½ over the Washington Cap- Linus Ullmark made 22 Brooklyn 16 14 .533 6½ Memphis 12 20 .375 9½ itals on Monday following New York 8 24 .250 15½ New Orleans 9 23 .281 12½ saves for Buffalo, which Southeast Division Northwest Division a hard hit by Tom Wilson. has lost five of its last six W L Pct GB W L Pct GB ... Buffalo recalled C Cur- Miami 22 8 .733 — Denver 21 9 .700 — games. tis Lazar from the AHL’s Orlando 14 17 .452 8½ Utah 19 12 .613 2½ Bergeron opened the Charlotte 13 21 .382 11 Oklahoma City 16 15 .516 5½ Rochester Americans Washington 9 21 .300 13 Portland 14 18 .438 8 scoring with 21.3 sec- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Atlanta 6 26 .188 17 Minnesota 11 19 .367 10 onds left in the first. With before the game. It was Central Division Pacific Division his fourth recall of the W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Marcus Johansson in the Goalie Jaroslav Halak earned the shutout in Milwaukee 28 5 .848 — L.A. Lakers 24 7 .774 — penalty box for holding, net for the Bruins in a win over the Buffalo season. ... Sabres D Mar- Indiana 21 10 .677 6 L.A. Clippers 23 10 .697 2 co Scandella missed the Chicago 12 20 .375 15½ Sacramento 12 19 .387 12 Bergeron finished a tic- Sabres Friday night. Detroit 12 20 .375 15½ Phoenix 11 19 .367 12½ tac-toe sequence from game with an illness. D Cleveland 9 22 .290 18 Golden State 8 24 .250 16½ David Pastrnak and Brad in close on a 2-on-1 with cover up a potential loose Zach Bogosian and LW Jo- Friday’s Games Orlando at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Marchand, scoring on a Bergeron, and Bergeron puck with several Sabres han Larsson (lower body) Boston 129, Cleveland 117 Phoenix at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Orlando 98, Philadelphia 97 L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10 p.m. low one-timer from the had an easy finish. buzzing nearby five min- were also scratched. ... Milwaukee 112, Atlanta 86 Utah at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. slot. Both goalies made their utes into the third. RW Brett Ritchie, RW Da- Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games vid Backes and D Charlie Indiana at Miami, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Toronto, 6 p.m. That line connected in share of big saves. Ull- Buffalo had some posi- Phoenix at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Charlotte at Memphis, 8 p.m. McAvoy were scratched Saturday’s Games similar fashion on Bos- mark stretched wide with tive moments in the third Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Memphis at Denver, 5 p.m. for Boston. Sacramento at Denver, 8 p.m. ton’s second goal with his glove to stop Danton while attempting to get Indiana at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. UP NEXT Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. 1:34 left in the second. Heinen 1:40 into the game, back in the game but was Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m. Monday’s Games This time, it began with and Halak had a big glove repeatedly thwarted by The teams have one day Brooklyn at Houston, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m. off before meeting again Cleveland at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Miami at Washington, 7 p.m. Pastrnak picking up the save of his own on Johans- Halak and the Bruins. New York at Washington, 8 p.m. Brooklyn at Minnesota, 8 p.m. puck after a turnover by son with 3:35 left in the Buffalo outshot Boston to close their home-and- Philadelphia at Miami, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Detroit at Utah, 9 p.m. Jimmy Vesey. Pastrnak first. Halak also did a fine 10-5 in the final period. home series Sunday night Detroit at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 10 p.m. fed Marchand, who was job of laying on the ice to Carlo added an emp- in Boston.

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

ROSE IS ROSE / PAT BRADY

GARFIELD / JIM DAVIS BIG NATE / LINCOLN PEIRCE

ARLO AND JANIS / JIMMY JOHNSON

HERMAN / JIM UNGER ZIGGY / TOM WILSON

THE BORN LOSER / ART AND CHIP SANSOM

CROSSWORD DEAR ABBY Behavior of groom’s mother at reception creates drama DEAR ABBY: My sis- large amount each month ter was married recently. Dear Abby is written by Abigail and I see it bothers my At the reception, her new Van Buren, also known as Jeanne father. mother-in-law was seen I have told him many by multiple guests ges- Phillips, and was founded by her times how grateful I am turing with her two mid- mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact for his sacrifices and that dle fingers while the fa- Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. I manage to pay my stu- ther of the bride was Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. dent loans each month. giving his toast. It was a However, I know it still very formal event, and it bothers him. He keeps was shocking to see an saying, “When I die, I’ll adult act like this. Our care about building a ten on an intimate basis. take care of you.” I don’t family feels embarrassed good relationship with That burden falls upon want him to carry around and insulted because we my sister. your sister, who has my this burden, especially hosted the wedding, but My sister was brought sympathy because it ap- since he’s already done so our biggest concern is up to take responsibility pears her M-I-L is going much so we can live com- how can the bride move for her actions. It’s hard to be a handful. Please fortably. How can I erase forward? for her to move on when allow me to offer you the guilt he feels about When the groom polite- her mother-in-law refus- some advice: Stay out of my school loans? ly approached his mom es to speak of it. Should this and let your sister CONCERNED about a week after the she really just act like and her husband handle DAUGHTER wedding, she refused to nothing happened? it. acknowledge it, insisted SISTER OF THE DEAR CONCERNED: DEAR ABBY: I am a it was an “inside joke,” BRIDE For your own sake, it’s and then gave him a long daughter of a blue-collar time to realize you cannot list of complaints about DEAR SISTER: The father. I admire him wave a magic wand and our family. (I suppose groom’s mother’s inhibi- greatly and am beyond change the way your fa- they were her justifica- tions may have been low- grateful for all his sacri- ther feels. From your de- tions for her behavior.) ered because she was in- fices. He worked more scription, he seems like a She refuses to apolo- toxicated when she did than six days a week for wonderful man. Continue gize. I feel she should ex- what she did, and that 30 years to give us a nice to express gratitude and tend an olive branch and may also be the reason life. respect for what he has apologize to my sister she won’t speak of it, even When I went to college done for you. Stop dis- and our parents, but at to her son. It’s an embar- more than 10 years ago, I cussing your ongoing the very least make rassment for THEIR fam- took out student loans loan payments, and let amends with her new ily, not yours. The woman because my parents your successful life be the daughter-in-law. It up- isn’t someone you will be couldn’t afford to help me proof of your father’s dili- sets me that she doesn’t forced to interact with of- financially. I still pay a gent efforts. BRIDGE

Who would find the difficult defense? Niels Bohr, who won the Nobel suming East was 5-5 in the red suits, Prize in physics in 1922 and was presumably South’s hand distribu- part of the British mission for the tion was 7-2-0-4 (or maybe 6-2-0- Manhattan Project, popularized the 5). If so, declarer would want to ruff Danish quip, “Prediction is very diffi- clubs on the board (unless he had cult, especially about the future.” the club king and queen). The killing defense in this deal Trusting his reading of the deal, would be very difficult to find at the West shifted to a trump at trick two. table. How can East-West defeat four Declarer led a club to the ace, and spades after West leads the heart now East played his part, unblocking king? his queen. Then West won the third East made a two-spade Michaels round of clubs and played another Cue-Bid, showing at least 5-5 in trump. South had to lose two hearts hearts and either minor. West won- and two clubs. dered about going to the five-level, Perhaps you thought that East did but was dissuaded by the unfavor- not need to unblock his club queen, able vulnerability. (Note that five because he could cross to his part- hearts doubled costs 500 if North- ner’s hand with a heart. South take one spade, two clubs and Not so fast! At trick four, declarer a diamond ruff.) leads dummy’s diamond queen and West paused to analyze the deal discards his remaining heart, which after the dummy came down. As- cuts the defense’s communications. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 THE DAILY ITEM B5 TV BEST BETS EVENING TV LISTINGS SATURDAY’S TV DECEMBER 28, 2019 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 Saturday, Dec. 28 The Real Housewives of Atlanta: “A BROADCAST STATIONS Whine of a Time” Victoria on Master- Victoria on Master- Vicious Special Antiques Roadshow Basic Stories- 3 Steps to Incredible Health! 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By Vladimir The Associated Press. Tretyakov and Daria Government officials Litvinova said the jet underwent ASSOCIATED PRESS de-icing before the flight, but Nazaraliyev recalled ALMATY, Kazakhstan that its wings were cov- — A jetliner with 98 peo- ered in ice, and passengers ple aboard struggled to get airborne and crashed who used emergency exits shortly after takeoff Fri- over the wings slipped and fell. The weather in PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS day in Kazakhstan, kill- ing at least 12 people, Almaty was clear, with Civilians flee a Syrian military offensive in authorities said. temperatures just below Idlib province, near Hazano, Syria, Tuesday. The Bek Air jet, iden- freezing. The plane was tified as a 23-year-old flying to Nur-Sultan, the Fokker 100, hit a con- capital formerly known as Syrian opposition crete wall and a two-sto- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Astana. Video footage showed ry building soon after Police and rescuers work on the side of a plane departing from Almaty, the front of the broken-up calls on the world crash near Almaty International Airport, outside fuselage rammed against Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday. and former capital, air- a building and the rear of the plane lying in a field to aid rebel-held Idlib port officials said. 10 of them in critical con- plane started shaking next to the airport. The aircraft's tail also dition, officials said. less than two minutes BEIRUT (AP) — A Syri- the High Negotiations struck the runway twice Passengers who sur- The cause of the pre- after takeoff. an opposition leader called Committee. He said work during takeoff, indicat- vived may have been Friday on the interna- should be done to reach ing that it struggled to dawn crash was unclear. “At first, the left wing saved by the fact that the tional community to help a permanent cease-fire get off the ground, Depu- Authorities quickly sus- jolted really hard, then plane crashed at a lower millions of civilians in the in Idlib, not a truce that ty Prime Minister Roman pended all Bek Air and the right. The plane con- speed and from a lower country's last rebel-held would crumble later. Sklyar said. Fokker 100 flights in Ka- tinued to gain altitude, altitude because it was stronghold amid a crush- Hariri said if the in- Fifty-four people people zakhstan while the inves- shaking quite severely, taking off, and it came ing government offensive, ternational community were reported hospital- tigation got underway. and then went down,” down in terrain that may calling it a "disaster area." cannot protect those ci- ized with injuries, at least One survivor said the Aslan Nazaraliyev told have eased the impact. After weeks of intense vilians, they should send bombardment, Syrian gov- them humanitarian as- ernment forces launched sistance "so that they a ground offensive on the will be able to survive in Venezuela's poorest people struggle southern and eastern parts this cold weather and dif- of Idlib province in the ficult circumstances." northwest last week. It has The U.N. Office for the to take care of their dead loved ones forced tens of thousands of Coordination of Human- people to flee their homes. itarian Affairs said that By Rodrigo Abd, nearby Lake Maracaibo. Idlib, which is dominated as a result of hostilities Scott Smith and There, she found him shot by al-Qaida-linked mili- more than 235,000 peo- Sheyla Urdaneta between the eyes and float- tants, is also home to 3 mil- ple have been displaced ASSOCIATED PRESS ing in the water. “I'm desperate,” Castillo lion civilians. The United between Dec. 12 and Dec. MARACAIBO, Venezuela Nations has warned of the 25. It said many of those — The last time anybody in told The Associated Press, growing risk of a human- who fled moved out of the Nerio García’s family heard while with her son's body itarian catastrophe along town of Maaret al-Nu- his voice was on a crackly at a morgue near the jail. “I the Turkish border. man, toward which Syri- call from jail outside Mara- want to take my son home Opposition leader Nasr an troops have been ad- caibo, Venezuela’s second to bury him near me.” Hariri told reporters vancing since Thursday. city. He called from a bor- While the family may in Istanbul that the in- Mercy Corps, a global rowed cellphone, pleading never know the truth of his ternational community humanitarian aid group, to his brother for help. death, the grisly discovery "should turn on the red said aid workers were “Tell Mother to bring me set the grief-stricken moth- lights because there is a rapidly scaling up oper- some food,” García, 29, er on a scramble to rescue PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS humanitarian catastro- ations to respond to the said in the 2 a.m. call, rel- her son's body from the Zaida Bravo, who suffers Parkinson's disease phe inside Syria." He massive influx of newly atives later recounted. water and to find enough and is malnourished, waits for dinner on her added that large num- displaced people. In just Another call from a fel- money to bury him. dirty mattress in her one room living quarters bers of people are fleeing the past three days, Mer- low inmate said García had Death has become an in Maracaibo, Venezuela. toward the Turkish bor- cy Corps has handed out stolen a gun and escaped, overwhelming financial der in what could trigger new arrival kits contain- drawing his mother, Juana burden for many of Venezu- relative's death can become the hundreds of dollars, a new refugee crisis. ing essentials for cooking Castillo, to the overcrowd- ela’s poorest, who already the breaking point. or more. In Venezuela, "We declare this area a and hygiene to more than ed jail in Cabimas. She struggle to find dignity in The cost of transport- most earn the minimum disaster area and it should 3,000 people and reached was desperate for answers, life. They scrape together ing a body and buying wage of roughly $3 a be dealt with according- an additional 2,500 with but was instead told to go food and shelter needed to a casket and burial plot month as hyperinflation ly," said Hariri, who heads fresh water, it said. looking on the shoreline of get through each day, and a for a funeral can run into devours pay. Netanyahu shores up base but obstacles remain By Joseph Krauss after the elections. ASSOCIATED PRESS “They understand that if he wins big tonight and JERUSALEM — Israe- they turn around and say li Prime Minister Benja- he cannot be prime minis- min Netanyahu shored ter, then although they’ve up his base with a land- done their job, which is to slide primary victory make the right legal de- announced early Friday, cision, that they will be but he will need a big win in political turmoil that in national elections in could rip the elections March if he hopes to stay apart," Hazan said Thurs- in office and gain immu- day, before the primary nity from prosecution on results were announced. PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS corruption charges. Netanyahu is already The Russian military said the Avangard hyper- Netanyahu handily de- Israel's longest-serving sonic weapon entered combat duty on Friday. feated Gideon Saar, a prime minister and has former aide and Cabinet cultivated the image of a minister, in a Likud par- veteran statesman with ty primary held Thurs- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS close personal ties to New Russian weapon goes day, winning 72 percent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu President Donald Trump, of the vote. deliverers a statement at the airport city in Russian President Vlad- 27 times the speed of sound “This is the time to Lod Israel, Friday. imir Putin and other unite, to bring a sweeping world leaders. By Vladimir maneuvers in the at- victory to the Likud and His refusal over the last ecution is to gain a 61-seat Isachenkov mosphere en route to the right in the Knesset uncertainty in which Net- decade to make any con- majority in parliament ASSOCIATED PRESS target, making it much elections,” Netanyahu told anyahu has led a caretaker cessions to the Palestin- that is willing to grant harder to intercept. reporters Friday. “The fi- government. ians was rewarded after MOSCOW — A new Defense Minister Sergei nal and sweeping prima- him immunity. “It appears that the de- Trump took office, as the intercontinental weapon Shoigu informed Putin ry decision was a huge “A candidate for prime fendant Netanyahu, who U.S. began openly siding that can fly 27 times the that the first missile unit expression of trust in my minister who is under is leading the State of Is- with Israel on several speed of sound became equipped with the Avan- way, in our way.” indictment and requests rael down a path of cor- key issues. operational Friday, Rus- gard hypersonic glide ve- Only around half the immunity for himself is ruption, will continue to Netanyahu's hard-line sia's defense minister party's 116,000 registered something we’ve never lead Likud,” Gantz said stance on Iran has also reported to President hicle entered combat duty. members turned out to had,” Yossi Verter wrote in a statement. “Blue and proved popular. He was a Vladimir Putin, bolster- “I congratulate you on vote, in part because of in the Haaretz newspaper. White must achieve a de- staunch opponent of the ing the country's nuclear this landmark event for stormy weather. They “It’s hard to see how he, cisive outcome that will 2015 Iran nuclear deal, strike capability. the military and the entire represent the most faith- with all his sophisticated extricate us from both po- which has unraveled since Putin has described nation,” Shoigu said later ful members of a party campaigning abilities, can litical deadlock and a path Trump withdrew from the Avangard hyper- during a conference call defined by fierce loyalty, make this situation work of corruption.” the agreement. A wave sonic glide vehicle as with top military leaders. which has only had four in his favor.” The Supreme Court is of Israeli strikes on Iran- a technological break- The Strategic Missile leaders since it was found- The September vote left meanwhile set to meet linked targets in Syria, through comparable to Forces chief, Gen. Sergei ed in the 1970s. Netanyahu's Likud in a next week to consider Lebanon and Iraq in re- the 1957 Soviet launch Karakayev, said during Netanyahu faces a virtual tie with the cen- whether an indicted mem- cent years has burnished of the first satellite. The the call that the Avan- much greater challenge trist Blue and White party ber of parliament is eligi- Netanyahu's claims to new Russian weapon gard was put on duty in March — the third led by former army chief of ble to become prime min- having protected Israel and a similar system be- with a unit in the Oren- vote in less than a year staff Benny Gantz. Neither ister. It's unclear when a from its enemies. ing developed by China burg region in the south- — after failing to form a was able to form a majori- ruling would be handed His fortunes have nev- have troubled the United ern Ural Mountains. government in the last ty with their natural allies, down, but if the court ertheless waned over the States, which has pon- Putin unveiled the two elections, held in and they were unable to finds Netanyahu ineligible past year. His party came dered defense strategies. Avangard among oth- April and September. form a national unity gov- it could precipitate a con- in second place in Sep- The Avangard is er prospective weapons This time around the ernment in part because stitutional crisis. tember's elections, and launched atop an in- systems in his state-of- stakes are much higher. Blue and White refused to Reuven Hazan, a polit- two months later he was tercontinental ballistic the-nation address in Netanyahu was indict- accept an indicted prime ical science professor at indicted on allegations of missile, but unlike a March 2018, noting that ed last month on serious minister. Polls indicate the the Hebrew University of trading legislative and regular missile warhead its ability to make sharp charges of bribery, fraud March vote would produce Jerusalem, said the court regulatory favors for lav- that follows a predict- maneuvers on its way to and breach of trust. His a similar outcome, round- is likely to defer any rul- ish gifts and favorable able path after separa- a target will render mis- best hope of escaping pros- ing out more than a year of ing, potentially even until media coverage. tion it can make sharp sile defense useless. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019 THE DAILY ITEM CLASSIFIED B7 'Tough year' for measles and other infectious diseases in the country By Mike Strobbe travelers infected over- to shelters and the streets equine encephalitis and a ASSOCIATED PRESS seas who spread it to peo- to reach the homeless. Gup- few other diseases spread ple who hadn't gotten a ta said he's optimistic that by bites from mosquitoes NEW YORK — This measles vaccine. cases may drop in 2020. or ticks. Some also ebb and year, the germs roared Vaccination rates in New flow in cycles. But research- back. Measles tripled. York are good, overall. EASTERN EQUINE ers say larger increases also Hepatitis A mushroomed. But it was a shock to learn ENCEPHALITIS may be related to climate PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS A rare but deadly mos- how low they had dipped change, as warmer weather quito-borne disease in- in some places, said Dr. This rare and deadly Greg Zanis prepares crosses to place at a make- can contribute to booms in shift memorial for victims of a mass shooting creased. That was just the Patricia Schnabel Rup- illness saw a small but insects and a northward ex- at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas. United States, mind you. pert, health commissioner worrisome increase last pansion of where they live. Globally, there was an ex- in Rockland County, north summer. Eastern equine plosion of measles in many of New York City. Distrust encephalitis got its name THE GOOD NEWS countries, an unrelenting of vaccines had taken root because it was first seen in Man who made 27,000 Ebola outbreak in Africa in segments of the Ortho- horses in Massachusetts. This year, some infec- and a surge in dengue fever dox community. The coun- The virus is spread to tious diseases did trend in Asia. There were also crosses for shooting ty took the unusual step of people through mosqui- down. Preliminary reports backslides in some diseas- barring thousands of un- toes that mostly feed on show Legionnaires’ disease es, like polio, that the world vaccinated children from infected birds but some- down by about 20 percent. was close to wiping out. victims is retiring dozens of schools. times bite humans. Few West Nile virus cases fell "It’s been a tough year people who are infected two-thirds, compared to AURORA, Ill. (AP) — An igan Avenue in Chicago for infectious diseases,” HEPATITIS A get sick but those who do said Dr. Jonathan Mer- 2018. And some other in- Illinois man who made to honor each person who can develop a dangerous more than 27,000 crosses min of the U.S. Centers fectious terrors of the past, had been killed that year. Hepatitis A tends to be infection of the brain, spi- to commemorate victims for Disease Control and including tuberculosis, Earlier this year, Zanis thought of as a kind of food nal cord or surrounding continued to recede. of mass shootings across found himself making Prevention. poisoning, often traced tissues. There is a vaccine And the nation is a far the country is retiring. crosses for his very own A look back at some U.S. to an infected restaurant for horses, not people. cry from where it was at Greg Zanis came to re- hometown of Aurora, Illi- disease trends in 2019: worker with poor hygiene. The numbers remain the beginning of the 20th alize, after 23 years, his nois, after a Henry Pratt But the latest wave be- very low — just 38 cas- century, when roughly Crosses for Losses minis- Co. employee opened fire MEASLES gan in San Diego among es this year. But that’s 50 percent of U.S. deaths try was beginning to take on his coworkers. homeless people and peo- more than double the an- were attributed to infec- a personal and financial “After Orlando, it nev- There were nearly 1,300 ple who use illicit drugs. nual number in the past tious diseases. Today, it’s toll on him, according to cases of measles in the U.S. In 2017, there were 1,500 decade, and it included er stopped,” Zanis said more like 5 percent. The Beacon-News. of the mass shootings. through November, That’s cases in four states tied to 15 deaths. That prompt- “I had a breaking point the largest number in 27 the outbreak. This year, ed health warnings in Improvements in sani- “The country had me on tation and nutrition, and in El Paso,” he said, refer- the road for a while ev- years. There were no deaths it boomed to 17,000 in 30 some places and even ring to the mass shooting but about 120 people ended states, with Florida and calls to cancel outdoor medical advances like ery week. I have driv- antibiotics and vaccines, outside of a Walmart in en 850,000 miles to put up in the hospital. Tennessee the hardest hit. events scheduled for El Paso, Texas. “I hadn't are credited with driving up crosses. I slept in my This from a disease that Hepatitis A usually is dusk, when mosquitoes slept for two days, it was down deaths from infec- truck and never had the vaccines had essentially not considered a fatal are most active. 106 degrees and I col- tious diseases over the money to cover what I purged from the country disease, but it can be for Among those who died lapsed from the pressure last century or so. But for a decade. people whose livers are al- was Scott Mosman, an out- when I heard there were was doing.” sometimes new threats “How can we have gone ready damaged by hepati- doors-loving mechanical two more victims of the With donations from from eliminating the dis- tis C or longtime drinking. engineer in Taunton, Ma. emerge as others wane. mass shooting.” time to time, Zanis mainly ease to reviving a disease? Nearly 200 died this year. It’s not clear when Mosman “There may have been Zanis has set up cross- relied on his own resourc- It’s mind-shattering that A vaccine for hepatitis A was bitten by a mosqui- a real surge of optimism es after the school shoot- es to build the crosses. we would go in that direc- is now included in routine to, but it likely happened after the eradication of ings at Columbine, Sandy “At one point last year I tion,” said U.S. Rep. Rosa childhood vaccines, but while working in his yard, smallpox in 1980," but Hook and Parkland. He was $10,000 in debt and DeLauro, D-Conn., who most adults are too old to said Sami Fam, a friend then a few years later also placed crosses after somebody covered that for heads a congressional sub- have gotten it as children. and former colleague. AIDS came in, said Ste- the Las Vegas music fes- me,” he said. “Now I am committee that oversees Attempts to give the vac- ”He’s kind of a big kid phen Morse, a Columbia tival shooting and the Or- $14,000 in debt.” public health spending. cine to vulnerable adults who always thought he University expert on the lando nightclub shooting. Zanis hopes to pass on Three-quarters of this met resistance, said the was invincible," said Fam. spread of diseases. “I leave a piece of my his ministry to the non- year's cases were in Or- CDC's Dr. Neil Gupta, The 58-year-old Mosman Today's growing resis- heart behind each time I profit Lutheran Church thodox Jewish communi- who tracks the outbreaks. died in October. tance to vaccines and oth- go,” he said. Charities of Northbrook. ties in or near New York Public health workers Better diagnosing may er prevention efforts is a In 2016 he made more “I feel is is not the end of City. As do most U.S. took the shots out to people be a contributor to the in- "very worrisome trend,” than 700 crosses that the ministry. It is the end outbreaks, it started with in drug rehab centers and crease in reports of eastern he said. were carried along Mich- of me doing it,” he said. CLASSIFIED

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By Louis Hansen was driven by racism dur- voters in a city or county THE MERCURY NEWS ing “a very, very ugly epi- to approve most publicly- sode in California history.” funded, affordable hous- The repeal of a constitu- The state assembly is ing developments. tional amendment discour- expected to consider the Affordable housing ad- aging public housing — a measure early next year. vocates say it has, over de- vestige of pro-segregation The proposal, SCA 1, cades, made it more com- sentiment from the 1950s passed the state senate plicated and expensive to — could go before Califor- without opposition last build subsidized housing nia voters next year. year. If it passes the as- for the poor. State lawmakers, backed sembly by a June dead- “It’s very discriminatory by a coalition of develop- line, it will appear on the and racist in its intent,” ers, affordable housing November ballot. said Rob Wiener, executive advocates and cities, are But California voters director of the California considering approval of a have been reluctant to Coalition for Rural Hous- ballot measure that would change the housing policy. ing. Over the years, cities strike Article 34 from the Voters have been asked have found ways to work California constitution. three times to repeal Arti- around the referendum Advocates say repealing cle 34 — in 1974, 1980 and requirement. For example, the article, which requires 1993 — and have rejected some include the appro- a local ballot measure to the effort each time. priate language in bond develop public housing, The proposal comes as proposals and other ballot would make it easier for housing advocates search measures. cities and counties to pro- for ways to overhaul state PHOTO | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE But the extra steps — in vide housing for the poor. laws regulating housing A proposal to repeal a section of the California constitution requiring addition to the panoply of “We have a desperate and address a state-wide referenda on public housing could go to voters in November. state regulations govern- need for housing of every shortage of as many as 3.5 ing construction — add kind, including subsidized million homes. nity members hardest, with to 1950, shortly after the Californians added Ar- costs and complexity to housing or public hous- A December study by as many as 8 in 10 very low establishment of the fed- ticle 34 to the state’s con- projects, advocates say. ing,” said state Sen. Scott the California Housing and extremely low income eral Housing Act of 1949. stitution to make it easier Affordable housing proj- Wiener, D-San Francisco, Partnership estimated the residents struggling to The federal law banned to derail public housing ects can fail to get off the co-author of the ballot pro- Bay Area has a shortfall of make rent every month, ac- explicit racial segregation projects and preserve seg- ground because of the posal with Sen. Ben Allen, about 235,000 affordable cording to the study. in public housing — a pro- regated neighborhoods, time, cost and added polit- D-Redondo Beach. Wiener rentals. The housing deficit The constitutional vision that set many white according to the bill’s au- ical uncertainty of putting added that the amendment has hit the poorest commu- amendment dates back communities on edge. thors. The article requires a project before voters.

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WASHINGTON ST U:1 B: Joseph L Medeiros & Carla A S: Wellington Gonzalez S: Tony Siharath Tr, Tr for Souk RT $405,000 $168,500 Medeiros B: Morze Zee LLC B: Peter C Cornet & Ryan E MARBLEHEAD S: Michael A Dipesa Sr & Joan 548 EASTERN AVE 46 OAKLAND AVE U:46 S: Jixing Man Hanley $489,650 $320,000 S: Diomaris Ramirez F Dipesa B: David J Travis 39 FRONT ST U:39 B: Meglena Petrova 29 WEST ST S: Kathy G Smith $450,000 S: Nancy L Wood Tr, Tr for Nancy $609,000 11 ROYCROFT RD 11 STONECREST DR I Wood RET B: Helen L Fontinel & Isaiah $605,000 $685,000 37 OCEAN AVE U:37 B: Page Harrington & Patrick D Moskowitz Harrington B: Burbuqe Zagradi & Selman B: Joan Dipesa & Michael 37 ESTES ST $349,000 Zagradi S: Kimberly I Montour Tr, Tr for S: Kari A Cushing & Alexander J Dipesa $610,000 B: Danna E Gobel S: Jose C Marques & Antonio J Kimerly I Montour T Nary S: Darlene M Perrone B: Adriana Al-Mayahi & Sabah S: Allison Keating Tr, Tr for 1159 RT Marques Al-Mayahi S: William Vaquerano 16 PRESCOTT RD 23 HALEY RD NAHANT 1 SQUANTO RD 18 SUNNYSIDE AVE $618,900 $670,000 $610,000 $526,000 4 EUTAW AVE B: Derek M Grace & Robin E Grace B: Margarete A Thompson & 150 BASS POINT RD U:2 B: Marcella S Rosada & David B: Eileen Neal & Richard Neal S: Walter F Chick & Janet Parson $445,000 Camille A Motta $373,000 Rosado S: Jomar V Torres B: Rubenia Alvarenga-Lopez & S: Lisa A Maloney B: Philomena Asante S: Diana Malalrd Tr, Tr for 1 Ana Moscoso 3 WALLACE RD S: Remade LLC Squanto Road RT SWAMPSCOTT S: R&J Investments LLC $685,000 B: Amy E Butterworth & Timothy 212 HUMPHREY ST U:209 2 NAUTICAL LN 21 TSITSINOS DR R Deihl 176 ASPEN RD 35 EUTAW AVE $398,900 $915,000 $625,000 S: Camille A Motta & Margaret A $505,000 $140,000 B: Daniel P Finkelman & Nancy B: John Hawko & Karen Hawko B: Lisa M Clarke & Thomas A Thompson B: Donald G Thompson & Noriko B: Constitution Properties A Tentindo S: Elena P Drislane Tr, Tr for JMR Clarke S: Darlene A Giello S: Michael D Solimine Tr, Tr for Thompson 374 WESTERN AVE S: 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