VOL. 117 - NO. 13 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MARCH 29, 2013 $.30 A COPY L’Anno Bello: A Year in Italian Folklore Buona Pasqua An Appreciation of Easter by Ally Di Censo Purple crocuses have like a back-to-basics holiday bring home an enormous HAPPY EASTER opened on my front lawn, for me, where tradition chocolate Easter egg, or Uovo resembling delicate china rules. I am proud to incorpo- di Pasqua, from a specialty teacups. Robins hop from rate these Italian customs shop in the North End. An Pamela Donnaruma branch to branch across my into my Easter celebrations. Italian tradition, we would neighborhood shrubs. Small In Italy, Easter celebra- often have to wait until Publisher and Editor buds peek out from trees, a tions begin the week before, Easter to find out what trin- slight hint of green that Holy Week, which starts kets were hidden inside the grows brighter every day. on Palm Sunday. My father egg — usually sour candies. and the Staff When I am surrounded by remembers gathering olive The tone of an Italian Holy such sights of spring, my branches on this day with his Week, therefore, is one of of the thoughts always turn to friends all along the Abruzzi excitement and preparation, Easter, the ultimate holi- countryside. The priest would filled with the symbols of Post Gazette day of rebirth and renewal. then bless the olive branches spring. As a young girl, Easter al- at church. This rite screams Then, of course, dawns Wish a Happy Easter ways meant pretty flowered spring to me, a festivity Easter, or Pasqua as it is dresses, painting eggs with marking the growth of plants called in Italian. I remem- my family, jelly beans, and and the abundance of green- ber waking up on mornings to All Our lots of candy. I am not going ery during this season. Good that always seemed a little to lie — I still crave a good Friday, the day Jesus died on sunnier than other morn- Advertisers and Readers caramel-filled Cadbury egg the Cross, was marked by ings, devouring the treats in every time this holiday rolls solemn processions in my my Easter basket, and then around. However, I am now father’s town, where the dressing up to go to church. more attuned to the deeper church was draped in black In my family, Easter calls meaning of Easter. I know and people sought to depict for wearing new clothes, that the name of Easter may the sorrow of the Virgin indicative of the newness of News Briefs derive from the Germanic Mary. Holy Week in Italy spring all around us. Every- pagan goddess Eostre, who begins in triumph and ends where in Italy, I am told, tra- by Sal Giarratani represented dawn and the in tragedy, all in anticipa- ditions emphasize the un- spring and was associated tion for the joy that is Eas- bridled happiness of the day. with rabbits, thus explaining ter. Holy Week in my family My father is particularly Bobby Smith R.I.P. the Easter Bunny. I know is marked by preparations fond of a custom practiced in I just read somewhere that former lead singer that the Christian roots of for the Easter festivities. his region called la Madonna of “The Spinners” recently passed away in Easter, the Resurrection of When I was little, I enjoyed che scappa in piazza, or “the Orlando at age 76. He was the R&B group’s first Jesus, offer the same prom- coloring eggs in bright bursts Madonna who runs in the lead singer and was the voice on the group’s first ises of hope and light that of purple, blue and pink. piazza,” where a procession hit “That’s What Girls Are Made For.” A few years the arrival of spring does. Eggs, like rabbits, symbol- races towards the church back down at Twin Rivers in Rhode Island, I at- Finally, Easter allows me to ized fertility since ancient while holding a statue of tended a concert put on by the latest version of explore my Italian heritage. times, thus appropriate for a the Virgin Mary, re-enacting “The Spinners” and they have that great sound Christmas has become too holiday honoring the rebirth her joy at seeing the risen still to this very day. commercialized in our soci- of nature. Sometime around CPAC Gets the Truth from Allan West ety, but Easter still feels Holy Week, my father would (Continued on Page 13) Former U.S. Rep. Allan West, R-Florida, who was beaten up in last November’s election by the en- tire Democratic Party machinery has not gone st away quietly. He recently spoke at the CPAC gath- Neighborhood Street Cleaning Begins April 1 ering in Washington, DC where he stood up for City Continues to Implement Changes enduring principles. He called on the Republican Party to stand up for something other than not to Better Coincide Sweeping with Trash and Recycling Pickup being Democratic. Jeff Kuhner was quite im- Mayor Thomas M. Menino pressed with West’s speech at the CPAC and today reminded residents called it a call to arms to GOP conservatives to that Boston’s Daytime get its act together and stand up for something. Neighborhood Street Clean- Kuhner said there was a “civil war” inside the ing Program will officially GOP rank and file. On one side is Jeb Bush and kick-off for the season on Chris Christie and on the other side Marco Rubio, April 1st. This year, the Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. By the way Kuhner would Neighborhood Street Clean- love to see Rand Paul run for president in 2016. ing Program has updated The Republicans, he says, need a positive re- street sweeping days in branding and far better communication skills. many neighborhoods to They also need to take the word “FAIR” back from better align the sweeping the Democrats. schedule with trash and A number of Republicans are trying to also take recycling days in an effort back some positive ownership over the immigra- to boost the impact of the tion issue as Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Texas City’s cleanup services and Gov. Rick Perry have tried doing. I certainly hope reduce neighborhood trash though that any civil war between the old guard and litter. The new sweep- establishment and the anti-establishment Tea ing schedule and enforce- Partiers doesn’t nuke the entire party off the ment will begin citywide on South End and Beacon Hill ority of mine, as well as our (Continued on Page 6) April 1st. Weather permit- on March 1st. residents,” Mayor Menino ting, extended street sweep- “Keeping Boston’s neigh- ing began for the North End, borhoods clean is a top pri- (Continued on Page 3)

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Also, running is Mayor Raymond F. Flynn resigned office for JOHN ADAMS William Dorcena, brother of state Rep. Linda an appointment as the U.S. Ambassador to Dorcena Forry who is currently running for the Holy See in the Clinton Administration BIRTH DATE: state senate in a special election. on a 7-6 City Council vote as acting mayor October 30, 1735 Helping to spread the rumors is some in March 1993. DEATH DATE: July 4, 1826 ongoing fundraising by state Rep. Marty I don’t see Mayor Menino running if he is PLACE OF BIRTH: Walsh, D-Dorchester and his House seat not 100 percent ready to do so. If he does Quincy, MA isn’t up until 2014. Many think he is trying decide to retire, it will open up the flood- PLACE OF DEATH: to keep his campaign chest growing gates not unlike 1983 when Mayor Kevin Quincy, MA just in case lightening strikes. Connolly H. White did not seek a fifth term. It has WIFE: Abigail already is adding more cash to his cam- been three decades since there has been PRESIDENT: 1797-1801 paign funds. an open seat for mayor. The mayor is keeping everyone wonder- Of course, Mayor Menino could surprise ing. I believe he personally hasn’t made up his announced opponents this year and the Number two was John Adams, from where Quincy, Mass. is, his mind yet. rest of the wannabes out there waiting to Went to Harvard College and attended their classes; I believe as we move out of March into see what transpires before committing time Helped others to write that great declaration, April, his deadline is coming up. Nomina- and money to a heated mayoral race. Right That established our status as a free nation. tion papers come out in April and he will now, I still see it 50-50 on Menino’s deci- have to decide in the next three to four sion. He might resign or he might just run As Ambassador to France he was less than spectacular, weeks one way or another. After more than again. Stay tuned as April approaches. Laissez Faire is the phrase, if we use the vernacular; He was not our best leader, I tell you no lie But guess what? He died on the fourth of July. th There was a young lady named Abigail Smith, 26 Annual Way of the Cross for Life She’s the one John Adams went housekeeping with; On Good Friday, March 29, They tell us she really had no formal schooling, 2013 the 26th Annual “Way Just a love story reader who did lots of drooling. of the Cross for Life” proces- sion will take place begin- When discussing the schooling this girl did not get, ning at The Most Holy Re- Officials claimed that her books were always too wet; deemer Church, 72 Maver- She was shrewd, witty and a warm hearted wife, ick Street at 9:00 am. Helped husband and son in their political life. The procession will proceed She was the first First Lady to live in the White House, to Our Lady of Assumption There were no aides or press corps, not even a mouse; Church, 404 Sumner Street. What is now the front lawn at that time was a thicket, Next stop will be Sacred And Lafayette Park housed not one lousy picket. Heart Church, 303 Paris Street, then to St. Joseph/ Most of the rooms were still being built, St. Lazarus Church, 59 Ash- With no heating system they slept under a quilt; ley Street. The procession Their living conditions were anything put posh, will end at the Madonna Had to use the new East Room to hang up the wash. Queen National Shrine lo- cated at 110 Orient Avenue Buona Pasqua In just a few years the White House was complete, at 12:45 pm. Come join the When Jefferson walked in, John was out in the street; peaceful processon for the LAW OFFICE OF Then back to old Boston and their four-poster bed, Stations of the Cross. 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• Street Cleaning (Continued from Page 1) said. “These schedule request of the neighborhood. are typically swept during Pamela Donnaruma, Publisher and Editor changes will allow us to By moving the sweeping day the day program. Main arte- 5 Prince Street, P.O. Box 130135, Boston, MA 02113 clean streets in a way that to follow trash collection rials and the downtown 617-227-8929 617-227-8928 FAX 617-227-5307 improves our operations and more closely, the new sched- areas are swept in the night maximizes the benefits of ule will alleviate litter gen- program. e-mail: [email protected] sweeping. I look forward to erated from this collection • PWD has changed the Website: www.BostonPostGazette.com seeing our neighborhoods in a more timely and effec- 2013 posted days/hours for shine once again this tive manner. many residential streets Subscriptions in the United States $30.00 yearly spring.” The Daytime Neighbor- to provide more effective st Published weekly by Effective April 1 , the Pub- hood Street Cleaning Pro- street sweeping. It is impor- Post-Gazette, 5 Prince St., P.O. Box 130135, lic Works Department will gram is a cooperative effort tant to note the posted Boston, MA 02113 implement a new schedule of the Mayor’s Office, the signs in your immediate USPS 1538 – Second-Class Postage paid at Boston, MA of street sweeping days to Public Works Department, neighborhood since they POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the align with trash collection the Transportation Depart- may have changed since POST-GAZETTE - P.O. Box 130135, Boston, MA 02113 for some portions of Jamaica ment, and the Department last season. Plain and most of the of Innovation and Technol- • The night posted restric- James V. Donnaruma Caesar L. Donnaruma Phyllis F. Donnaruma Dorchester and Mission Hill ogy. Neighborhood streets tions in all neighborhoods 1896 to 1953 1953 to 1971 1971 to 1990 neighborhoods. This effort throughout the city will are in effect year round with Vol. 117 - No. 13 Friday, March 29, 2013 will provide cleaner streets be swept clean on a rotating the exceptions of weather- and a reduction in rodent schedule each week through related cancellations. th OUR POLICY: To help preserve the ideals and sacred traditions food sources. The Boston November 30 . Vehicles are • The Daytime Neighbor- of this our adopted country the United States of America: Transportation Department required to be moved in ac- hood Street Cleaning Pro- st To revere its laws and inspire others to respect and obey them: has replaced or added ap- cordance with the posted gram runs from April 1 th To strive unceasingly to quicken the public’s sense of civic duty: proximately 6,500 signs in Street Cleaning regulations. through November 30 , In all ways to aid in making this country greater and better the three neighborhoods. Since parked vehicles pro- except in Beacon Hill, North than we found it. Residents are encouraged hibit the equipment from End and South End which to sign up for the City of getting to the curb, the have been extended into GUEST EDITORIAL Boston’s No-Tow automated street cleaning parking December and March by alert system that emails regulations are strictly en- neighborhood request. users a reminder to move forced. Vehicles parked in • Both the night and day GET FEDERAL BENEFIT CHECK? their cars the night before violation of the posted regu- sweeping programs will be by Sal Giarratani their street is swept so they lations are subject to a $40 enforced, which includes are not towed. No-Tow regis- ticket as well as towing. All fines for illegal parking as Recently, I was inside a government building and tration and comprehensive towing for street cleaning well as towing. noticed a poster on the wall from the U.S. Department street sweeping schedule violations is conducted by • Comprehensive street of the Treasury wanting to know if you are getting a information is available at: private tow operators at the sweeping information can federal benefit check. It seems the U.S. Treasury has www.cityofboston.gov/ sole expense of the vehicle obtained by logging on to st gone all electronic as of March 1 . If you have a bank or publicworks/sweeping. Resi- owner. www.cityofboston.gov/ credit union account, you are advised to go direct de- dents can also call the ADDITIONAL TIPS publicworks/sweeping. You posit or if you prefer, how about a pre-paid debit card? Mayor’s Hotline at 617-635- FOR RESIDENTS: can also register for posted Better sign up for your debit “MasterCard” card today, 4500 for more street sweep- • Signs for both day and street sweeping electronic huh? Remember what Karl Malden always said, “Don’t ing information. night sweeping are posted reminders and cancellations leave home without it.” The extended program in in your neighborhood, a by accessing the NO-TOW Between all the benefits one can receive, how do you Beacon Hill includes an minimum of one per block, link at that web site. Inquir- keep track of all your EBT cards? The liberal media and expansion into March and and indicate the days and ies can also be directed to Democrats all ragged on Mitt Romney talking about the December and into the fifth hours that parking is not al- the Mayor’s 24-Hour Service “47 percent.” However, he was more right than not. When week of each month, at the lowed. Residential streets at 61-635-4500. people have free money from the government, who are they going to vote for, the guy who promises more or the guy who says enough is enough. We have created a na- tion of serfs. One set of serfs must work from dawn to Auguri di dusk in order to fork over our tax dollars so that the Buona Buona Pasqua other set of serfs can sponge off the rest of us. We have slowly and incrementally turned into a Euro- Pasqua from pean-style socialist country, one that eventually must sink into a sea of red ink. You can’t keep taking from the productive and handing it off to those waiting for from The Pirandello Lyceum their benefit checks or use EBT cards. Eventually, the Rosario Cascio, President well dries up for all. Frank Ciano, Esq., First Vice-President Getting paid to do nothing creates a welfare state of Maria Capogreco, Second Vice-President and Treasurer entitlement. It isn’t coming, it is already here. The War Dorothy Maio, Corresponding Secretary on Poverty is over. We have stripped dignity from mil- Maria Luisa Saraceni, Recording Secretary lions of Americans. Transfer of wealth leaves everyone Lino Rullo, Scholarship Fund Executive the poorer. Remember Tennessee Ernie Ford singing Vincent Fazzolari, Scholarship Chairman “16 Tons,” well, we now have millions who owe their Al Dr. Stephen F. Maio, Chairman of the Board souls to the government company store. www.pirandello.com Our country was once built on hard work and opportu- nity but now all we seem to have is an entitlement men- Natale tality. Ask not what you can do for your country but what your country can do for you. & The Classic Meanwhile don’t forget to order your brand new pre- paid debit card courtesy of the rest of us suckers! Swing Orchestra Easter Blessings from

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Send letter to: Pamela Donnaruma, Editor, SOCIAL The Post-Gazette, P.O. Box 130135, Boston, MA 02113 CENTERS Yolanda & Dan The opinions expressed by our columnists and contributors JOHN F. KELLY, are not necessarily the same as those of the Post-Gazette, its Executive Director publisher or editor. Photo submissions are accepted by the Post-Gazette provided they are clear, original photos. There is 68 Central Square Cellucci a $5 charge for each photo submitted. Photos can be submitted East Boston, MA 02128 via e-mail: [email protected]. If you want your photos returned, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. 617-569-3221 & Family Page 4 POST-GAZETTE, MARCH 29, 2013 Saint Hugh Bishop of Grenoble by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari Saint Hugh was born at ries back to the Grenoble THINKING Chateauneuf-sur-Isere, in diocese. OUT LOUD the territory of Valence, Hugh was also instrumen- France in the Dauphine tal in the foundation of the by Sal Giarratani Alps, in 1053. Hugh, who Carthusian Order. He re- showed piety and theological ceived Bruno of Cologne, per- Anybody Remember The TV Series aptitude from a young age, haps his own teacher, and was made a canon (member six of his companions in “Alien Nation”? of the clergy) of the cathe- 1084, after seeing them un- Does anyone out there in tered the country illegally? dral of Valence. der a banner of seven stars TV Land remember a short- This number continues to In 1080, while attending in a dream. Hugh situated lived series called Alien grow as inaction serves lots synod a in Avignon, Hugh the seven in a snowy and Nation? The show’s whole of politicians on election day, bishop was named of rocky Alpine location called premise was the introduc- with great fodder for political Grenoble. He attempted a Chartreuse. They founded a tion into human society of campaigns on either side of massive reform of the dio- monastery (the Grand Char- aliens from another planet the question. This issue can- cese, which had fallen into treuse) and devoted their that end up living with us not be solved as either a lib- very poor condition. After two lives to prayer and study, side by side. They all have eral or conservative dynamic. years of trying to reform his often being visited by Hugh, bald heads and are covered The issue is now a crisis Bishopric and becoming ut- who was reported to adopt with giraffe spots. There is because we haven’t secured terly discouraged, Hugh at- conflict with Guigues III, much of their way of life. an uneasy relationship be- our borders, nor seem an- tempted to retire to Chaise Count of Albon over confis- Hugh remained Bishop of tween the two life forms, guished to do so, for many Dieu Abbey, and became cated ecclesiastic lands; Grenoble for 52 years, living them and us. These aliens reasons. We can not deal Benedictine. Pope St. Gre- Hugh alleged that the Count a penitential life; he passed have one bad habit, they get with who is here until we gory VII ordered him back to had usurped the lands from away on April 1, 1132 after a grossly drunk on milk and deal with securing all of our Grenoble to complete his the bishopric of Grenoble. lingering illness. Hugh was send the price of milk sky borders. Stopping illegal en- work. Hugh returned to That was the object of the canonized April 22, 1134 by high. Tension never disap- try may be difficult, but not Grenoble and was reason- preamble to a series of doc- Pope Innocent II, only two pears as humankind doesn’t completely impossible. Most ably effective in the role of uments designed to estab- years after his death. His take too kindly to them. illegals are coming here for reformer — surely because lish the right of the diocese feast day is on April 1. I thought about this old TV a new life with their fami- of his devotion to the Church, over those lands, documents Hugh was eloquent as a show when thinking about lies, leaving the misery of but also because of his strong known as the “Cartularies of preacher. He restored his the very real concern of un- the past across the border. character. In conflicts be- Saint Hugh.” An accord was own cathedral, made civic documented aliens living It is pretty difficult, if not tween Church and state, he finally reached between improvements in Grenoble among us uncounted. They impossible to separate fami- was an unflinching defender Hugh and Guigues in 1099 and weathered a brief exile. use our streets, send their lies without looking like “the of the Church. He fearlessly in which Guigues agreed kids to our schools and are bad guys.” Once we secure supported the papacy in a to cede the disputed territo- locating services that tax- our borders then we can start Happy Easter payers are subsidizing. In slowly but surely dealing East Boston, it is said that the with all those who made it Happy Easter DIAMONDS Latino community is now 52 here without telling us. ROLEX percent of the total popula- We are a nation of immi- ESTATE JEWELRY tion. In reality, we all know grants, which makes us dif- Emanuel “Gus” Bought & Sold that there are vast numbers ferent from the rest of the Jewelers Exch. Bldg. of Latinos in this country world. We have come from Jim (617) 263-7766 illegally, who are never everywhere in the world. We Serra counted in official stats. don’t necessarily look the The same thing is happen- same or different. Illegals ing in communities across don’t have bald heads, giraffe Happy Easter Massachusetts. Quincy for spots or get drunk on whole instance has a very large milk. Illegals are not enemy Asian population, mostly people, but they have broken Chinese. Many joke that a law that we set up and by North Quincy is now China- the lack of enforcement, we Buona Pasqua town South. Here too the il- tell them to keep sneaking legal population goes under into our house. the radar. There is much We cannot have a civiliza- culture clash taking place. tion to call home if we have EAST BOSTON Sides seem at times to be visible and invisible people ADULT ED. CENTER drawn. When bad things hap- among us. Having folks who 119 London Street pen, somebody has to be have no respect for the rule blamed for it. of law creates chaos for a East Boston, MA 02128 Recently, the subject of society. A nation is a con- (617) 567-7873 immigration in general and tract citizens make with one Prof. Avellani, Director specifically illegal immigra- another through our repre- tion has been growing as a sentatives. All of us are the English, GED Classes, government concern which government. 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Dominic Avellani Buona Pasqua Honored by La Semana Newspaper by Wilson Peña Writer and Reporter for La Semana newspaper Dominic Avellani and his GED, Mr. Avellani would hit educational center, the East them on the hand with the Boston Adult Ed. Center, diploma and told them that were recently honored by all was forgiven and that La Semana newspaper for they should enroll in a col- being the leading Commu- lege or a vocational school. nity Educational Center in Many of the GED gradu- Boston for helping Massa- ates are today teachers, chusetts area immigrants, policemen, bankers, hair- refugees and American dressers, real estate agents, school drop-outs without plumbers, electricians, law- any assistance from the yers and engineers. Thou- government. sands of others have become The award was given U.S. citizens and will be vot- to Mr. Dominic Avellani for ing in upcoming elections. assisting over 50,000 of Mr. Dominic Avellani, Over 50,000 Italian, His- these deserving people Director and Founder of the panic, Asian, Brazilian, Mo- since 1972. Mr. Avellani East Boston Adult Ed. roccan, Vietnamese and came from the mountains Center. Cambodian immigrants of Tione Degli Abruzzi, Italy, (people from over 40 differ- where there was no indoor Spanish and English) in the ent countries) and U.S. born plumbing or running water daytime, he was chosen as school dropouts have been and little food. In 1958, he a recipient of the La Semana assisted by Dominic and his and his family arrived in newspaper award for the out- educational center. The cen- the North End of Boston standing services he pro- ter assists over 300 adults and he began to hear words vided to the Boston-area per week and over 3,000 like greaseball, guinea and youths and adults through people per year at no cost to wop from local boys and the evening educational cen- the city, state or federal gov- from boys from Charlestown. ter he founded and has di- ernment. He and his five This did not deter Dominic rected for over 40 years. professional staff offer adult from graduating from En- He and his 5 professional by a college or university, glish High, attend college for staff have assisted over the ecstasy of graduating 10 years, obtain his B.A. and 50,000 immigrants, refugees with honors and the reward M.A. (both in the U.S. and in and U.S. school drop-outs. and fulfillment you feel when Mexico) and become a Mas- Mr. Avellani loves to tell you see your students obtain sachusetts certified teacher people about the young men his/her GED, learn English, in five academic areas (En- who mistreated him (when enter a college and/or pass glish, Spanish, History, Guid- he came to America) and the U.S. Citizenship Exam ance Counseling and Ad- then they came to study for (Interview).” ministration). Although he their GED in his school over As writer and a reporter of worked for the Boston public the North End Post Office on La Semana newspaper (Bos- school system as a Bilingual Hanover Street in 1972- ton and New England), I am Guidance Counselor (Italian, 1973. Upon passing their honored to bestow the La Semana Award to a man who has dedicated his life in im- proving the lives of 50,000 Buona Pasqua immigrants, refugees and American school drop-outs. ALBERT A. DENAPOLI, ESQ. Some of the students. Signor Avellani, may you educational classes every ousy of many people you live 100 years and remem- Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, P.C. day, evening and all day on thought were your friends, ber that the immigrants of 101 Huntington Avenue Saturday. Mr. Avellani has the fear of not being accepted Boston need you and love you. received many accolades Prudential Center • Boston, MA 02199 from the city, state and (617) 218-2024 Direct • (617) 218-2000 Main federal government, as well (617) 261-7673 Fax as from the Caring Institute in Washington, D.C. Immi- E-Mail: [email protected] • Web Address: http://www.tbhr-law.com grants from the Boston The law firm of Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, P.C. provides individuals, businesses area cherish and respect and municipalities with sophisticated and cost-effective legal counsel in the areas of Mr. Avellani for as he says: estate planning, taxation, real estate, corporate law, executive benefits, business litigation, environmental law, and insolvency law. The firm is unique in its ability to “I have been there. I know provide comprehensive and high quality legal services normally associated with what it means to load the significantly larger firms but in a more cost effective manner. cow manure in a barrel on a donkey and then spread it with your hands on a small farm field in Abruzzi, Italy at Buona Pasqua 4:00 in the morning. I know what it means not to be able School staff, L-R: Mr. Avellani, Antonia, Marcella and from the to speak the language of Tony. your new country, the jeal-

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Due to his increasing popularity and several suggestions from readers (and after much negotiating on our part with his huge salary demands), our friend Freeway has consented to try to answer readers’ questions concerning him or any of our little four-legged friends. You can email your questions to [email protected] to the attention of Freeway. Don’t forget folks, Freeway is not a vet, so please keep the questions light-hearted! Thanks. Freeway says keep my treatment is not always ible and can get tangled in ing, become lethargic and ing. Consumption of these pooch friends safe by avoid- successful. Lilies as beauti- your animal’s intestines. have difficulty standing or items can cause intestinal ing the seven deadly sins of ful as they are … are life- This can lead to a blockage walking. Some may have disturbances and even an Easter. Easter is just around threatening to cats and and potential perforation. seizures, develop internal intestinal obstruction in your the bend and while it typi- the two should be kept far If ingested, the grass can hemorrhaging and lesions animal. cally means tons of fun for apart. cause choking or become and suffer liver failure. 7. A Real Live Easter the kids: Easter egg hunts, 2. Chocolate lodged inside the stomach or 5. Rotten Easter Eggs Bunny colorful Easter baskets While chocolate might intestines, creating an ob- Easter egg hunts are tra- What’s more tempting on stuffed to the brim with taste good to the kids and struction. Signs of obstruc- dition for most families, an Easter than to bring home chocolate bunnies, marsh- parents it can be quite dan- tion are loss of appetite and event children always look the “real thing,” a real live mallow chicks and jelly gerous for dogs and cats. vomiting. Animals showing forward to. So may your dogs, Easter Bunny? If this is beans galore, it could mean Chocolate contains caffeine these symptoms should be which is why it’s important something you’re thinking real trouble for some of our and a compound called theo- taken to the veterinarian for to keep track of where all about, think again. Rabbits other family members: our bromine, which stimulates an abdominal x-ray. This the hard-boiled eggs are hid- are not toys, nor are they animals. So while the rest the nervous system and can problem is treated with sur- den when planning your low-maintenance pets. They of the family is celebrating be toxic to animals. If enough gical removal of the foreign backyard Easter egg hunt. require the same level of this joyous holiday, make is ingested, your pet can suf- material and is considered Many animals have become care as a dog or cat and sure your dogs and cats stay fer from vomiting, diarrhea, a true emergency. sick after sniffing out and need plenty of room to play happy and healthy with a abnormal heart rhythms, 4. Other Candy consuming a rotten Easter and hop. While they can few tips on the potential pet tremors, seizures, and worst- Chocolate is not the only egg that was likely forgotten be cuddly and affectionate, perils of Easter. case scenario, death. While candy finding its way into from a previous hunt. If pos- they can also become easily all forms of chocolate can the Easter baskets that of- sible, use plastic eggs in- frightened when held or con- 1. Easter Lilies be toxic to cats and dogs, ten sit at eye-level to your stead of real eggs. However, fronted by other animals. Easter lilies are beautiful white chocolate has the dog or cat. There are jelly if you do use plastic eggs, Unfortunately, most rabbits and symbolic of many of the least amount of stimulants. beans, puffy marshmallow make sure your dog can’t purchased as Easter gifts virtues of the holiday; how- Dark and baking chocolate chicks, candied eggs and get inside them and eat the end up either abandoned ever, they and all lily flow- have the highest. more, all of which can cause contents or worse yet, try to on the streets, which is a ers are deadly poison to cats 3. Plastic Easter Basket gastrointestinal disturbance swallow the plastic egg and sure death sentence, or in if any part of the plant is in- Grass in animals. Most threaten- choke on it, or get it lodged shelters. gested. Families with house Easter grass may serve as ing though are products con- in his intestine. cats simply should not risk a nice cushy nest for all the taining Xylitol, an artificial 6. 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and illuminating, this show draws on screwball films of Vera Stark and her first husband Larry Barksdale. The the 1930s and uses today’s production of her story hits the Lyric Stage Boston on fascination with celebrity and controversy to get to March 29th. (Photo courtesy of BlogSpot.com) the truth behind the legend Vera Stark Lights up the ing and controversial legacy — which may never have Lyric Stage .… Debuting on scholars will debate for years existed in the first place. March 29th the story of one to come in this inventive Following the show on of the most controversial trans-media piece. Sunday, April 7th the Lyric Hollywood ladies comes to Set in Hollywood over a Stage Company will be Boston. 70-year period, the pseudo- screening the film that in- By the Way, Meet Vera Stark biographical comedy charts spired Lynn Nottage’s search Wine Riot in Boston .… Second Glass at the Park Plaza tells the story of the life and fictional African-American for Vera Stark, Baby Face, Castle. Opening day is Friday, April 5th. career of Vera Stark, an Af- actress and activist Vera starring Barbara Stanwyck rican-American maid and Stark’s journey from maid to and Theresa Harris. Admis- life of this Hollywood legend access pass to hundreds of budding actress and her ’30s film star. Written by sion is free and reservations at www.meetverastark.com. new wines. With two parts tangled relationship with Pulitzer Prize-winning play- are recommended but not The production By the Way, education and one part revo- her boss, a white Hollywood wright Lynn Nottage — required. Meet Vera Stark highlighting lution, Wine Riot has rein- star desperately grasping to whose recent works Ruined Vera Stark the actress, the her fantastic story will vented “wine tasting” for the hold on to her career. When and Intimate Apparel gar- singer, the lover, the civil be at the Lyric Stage located thirsty and curious. Grab a circumstances collide and nered her an Obie Award and rights activist, the maid, the at 140 Clarendon Street, glass and hit the floor as both women land roles in the a New York Drama Critics’ housewife, the teacher, the Boston, March 29th through you’re unleashed against same Southern epic, the Circle Award respectively — femme fatale, the comic, the April 27th. For tickets you can 250 wines from across the story behind the cameras Vera’s part comedy and part tragedienne, the murderer, call 617-585-5678 or for globe. Travel the world of leaves Vera with a surpris- social commentary. Clever the murdered, the missing. further information, please wine all under one roof and the performer, the legend, visit www.lyricstage.com. tackle things you’ve never Vera Stark wore a cascade of Wine Riot in Boston .… tried before. They’ve rallied faces on and off the silver Second Glass is bringing the up a team of die-hard ex- Buona Pasqua screen and was eventually Wine Riot to Boston at the perts to bring you the brain buried under their weight. Park Plaza Castle. Opening juice: interactive booths and From America’s Oldest Restaurant Or perhaps she wasn’t. Per- day is Friday, April 5th from crash courses loaded with 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Riot 1 tips and tricks for conquer- In The Historic Quincy Market Area, Boston haps she just needed to retreat from the limelight to Saturday, April 6th 1:00 pm ing the wine world. Fueling Delicious fresh seafood prepared to your discerning live in the shadows behind to 5:00 pm and Riot 2 Sat- your night of conquest is a taste. Boston’s favorite restaurant since 1826. the curtain, anonymous and urday, April 6th 7:00 pm to tireless DJ, photo booth, beyond scrutiny. You can 11:00 pm. temporary tattoos and a few access the full story on the Wine Riot is your all thousand of your closest UNION OYSTER HOUSE est. 1826 Buona Pasqua

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Friday, April 5th at 7:30 pm and Saturday, April 6th begin- ning at 8:00 pm. This is the U.S. debut tour for Spellbound Dance Company, Italy’s lead- ing contemporary dance Mistral is located at 223 Columbus Avenue, Boston. ensemble. The program will include Lost for Words, Down- an experimental, short-term fect. It’s not even like dic- shifting and She Is On The collaboration. Mauro Astolfi, tating to someone. It’s less Ground by Mauro Astolfi. a former gymnast, had re- than that.” Watchful as In the spring of 1910, a cently returned to Italy after wolves, the dancers confront group of Italian radicals pub- eight years living in New each other and the audience lished a manifesto for new York where he trained with under wedges of light de- visual art suited to the emerg- Merce Cunningham and signed by Marco Policastro, ing industrial century. Sepa- Paul Taylor and freelancing who began working with rated by more than a century as a dancer in the United Astolfi a decade ago and is from Futurist authors Carlo States, Italy and London. In now the company’s technical Carrà, Umberto Boccioni, 1994, the ad hoc group es- director. Astolfi’s recently Luigi Russolo, Giacomo Balla tablished itself as a going premiered She Is On The and Gino Severini, choreog- concern. Astolfi found him- Ground takes a lighter rapher Mauro Astolfi contin- self choreographing in both look at miscommunication, ues to endorse a distinctly opera houses and indepen- where women respond to the Italian enthusiasm for mo- dent venues, as well as pre- intrusive scrutiny of a group bility as a signal of creative senting work as part of art of clueless louts with a cer- freedom. exhibitions such as a Venice tain degree of female com- Italy’s dance scene has Biennale. His most cel- plicity. Astolfi’s intricate trio roots in 18th century court ebrated work to date is a ver- partnering is showcased in The Celebrity Series of Boston is hosting Italia’s finest pageants and enlarged its sion of Carmina Burana he style that undercuts the the Spellbound Dance Company. reputation by way of peda- created for the International dancers’ technical prowess (Photo courtesy of Celebrity Series Productions) gogue Enrico Cecchetti and Festival of Maiori in 2006. with a casual sheen. the more recent glamour of For this inaugural U.S. Finally, in Downshifting friends. The best part is an eries, incredibly knowledge- Carla Fracci, the dramatic tour, Spellbound Dance Com- (2009), the performers make app that tracks your favorite able experts and put on an ballerina who presided over pany presents a trio of recent space for shared impulses wines and shows you where absolutely amazing show. La Scala for four decades. Yet works. Lost for Words, sub- and unison dancing. to buy them later, arming The Wine Riot Boston hits as much as today’s Italian titled The Invasion of Empty Streaked with light, as if you with all the tools needed the Hub April 5th and 6th at choreographers revere the Words was created in two moving behind venetian for total wine domination. the Park Plaza Castle, 130 classical tradition, they have sections, a year apart in blinds on a summer after- The concept was simple: Columbus Avenue, Boston. also been influenced by 2011 and 2012. Marked by a noon, they sway against a Second Glass wanted to cre- For more information and American modern dance and steady intensity, Astolfi’s violin-and-piano pendulum ate a fun, non-intimidating tickets to the show visit physical theatre. Like Ater- choreography deploys his and the soothing vocal place where people could www.secondglass.com. balletto’s Mauro Bigonzetti, dancers’ extreme flexibility ribbons of the acappella learn about wine. So in 2008, Celebrity Series Boston whose work Boston audi- in knotty pairings and can- Norwegian vocal sextet Morgan and Tyler maxed out …. The celebrity Series is ences have seen in the rep- tilevered poses that cannot Pust/Breath. As the connec- their credit cards, called in nearing the end of their sea- ertory of Canadian troupe cohere. The score addresses tions between the dancers every favor they had and son and has brought in an BJM, choreographer Mauro the bewildering limits of lan- in Downshifting grow less made Wine Riot a reality. It amazing act from Italy. Astolfi of Spellbound Dance guage as an 18th century vio- fleeting and more trusting, was an instant hit. They Spellbound Dance Com- Company is both a proud son lin passacaglia overlaps with Mauro Astolfi’s choreography have grown since those days pany with artistic direction of Italy and a citizen of the Vancouver-based electronic seems to counsel us that the but their dedicated team from Mauro Astolfi will make global contemporary dance musician Scott Morgan’s as- time we invest in sustained continues to work around their way to the Citi Shubert world. sertion: “I should only make human connection is always the clock to find the best win- Theatre for performances on Based in Rome, Spellbound things I understand. I should time well spent. Dance Company aims to only make things I know how evolve with a society that to construct, however imper- (Continued on Page 13) Happy Easter communicates at a speed Still Here . . . the Italian Futurists could have only imagined. 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The time has come, the walrus said, TO TALK OF MANY THINGS of shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings by Sal Giarratani HAPPY EASTER TO ALL been rising from the smoke over that duty. His show KACEY MUSGRAVES – (Nor Words).” The Duke I wish one and all a stack down at the power taught great values to kids SAME TRAILER is back on board with the Happy Easter. Recently, I plant on L Street marking while entertaining them DIFFERENT PARK super-sized “A Little Max read a news story over the new pope. with skits, visits from zoo Mercury (Parfait),” the edgy “Switch in Medford that showcased MISS MICHAEL GRAHAM animals and cartoons like Texas-born singer/song- Blade” and his final contri- what Easter is really all ON 96.9 FM Pow Wow the Indian Boy. I writer Kacey Musgraves re- bution “Rem Blues/Music,” about. Two Medford congre- With the demise of Talk last spoke with Rex at last leased her debut album, and this excellent CD ends gations Grace Episcopal 96.9, Boston now only has year’s Columbus Day Parade ‘Same Trailer Different Park’ with keyboardist Gerald Church and St. Joseph’s one conservative talk radio and we talked about Boom- and it has received critical Clayton’s “Cut Off.” Catholic Church joined to- station. WRKO is the origi- town and the positive effect acclaim in publications such S.O.S. TITANIC – gether to re-enact the pro- nal talk radio station going it had on the lives of so many as the New York Times Maga- ORIGINAL cession remembered on back to the days of the iconic kids, myself included. He zine, Rolling Stone, Washing- FILM SOUNDTRACK Palm Sunday when Jesus Jerry Williams who ended was glad to hear that from ton Post and even Entertain- Silva Screen was welcomed into Jerusa- doing a talk show on WROL- me and smiled. Once I at- ment Weekly. Their kudos English composer/conduc- lem as king and messiah AM 950 for a brief period. I tended a broadcaster’s lun- confirmed that the 24-year- tor Howard Blake is the days before his crucifixion, also remember meeting the cheon and sat at the same old is a ‘rising star.’ Kacey co- author of the 30 tracks of death and resurrection. legendary Jerry Williams table with him and Sgt. Billy. wrote the dozen tracks on symphonic score heard on Members of both churches one day years ago over at the I remember telling the ser- the album, including the hit what is considered to be the proceeded down High Street WROL studios in Marina geant I always liked Pablo “Merry Go ‘Round,” along with most historically correct to St. Joseph’s for a joint Bay, Quincy. By that time, better. He said, “I replaced tasty gems as, “Silver Lin- music played, in the Titanic’s blessing of the palms. In the he was wheelchair-bound Pablo after he died” and I ing,” the comfortable “My final hours. The three-hour old days, this kind of service and looked frail. However, he said, ‘How convenient.” House,” the fragile “Dande- film premiered on ABC, Sep- would never been held. I was glad to see me acknowl- The first time I met Rex I lion,” the puffy “Blowin’ tember 23, 1979 and was the found it a positive procession edge him and his career was about 10 and he arrived Smoke” and hits the halfway costliest TV film ever made. showing Christian unity even if I often disagreed with on Ladder 4 from Dudley mark with the reality check The cast featured David and that is always a blessed many of his opines. Thank Street in the Tiller’s seat in “I Miss You.” Kacey earned Janssen, Helen Mirren, Ian thing. Hopefully, more God I’m getting up to speed front of St. Rita’s School on three nominations from the Holm, David Warner, Harry churches will start doing here, huh? Getting back to Thorndike Street in Rox- Academy of Country Music Andrews and Cloris Leach- likewise and break down Graham, you can still read bury. It was fire prevention Awards (April 7), including man and was based on walls between each other. him in the Boston Herald sev- week and he was there to tell ‘New Female Vocalist,’ ‘Fe- Titanic passenger-survivor HARVEST ON VINE eral times a week and he is us safety tips to prevent male Vocalist of the Year’ and Lawrence Beesley’s first- FUNDRAISER hosting a weekday talk fires. Rex was big in Boston. ‘Video of the Year.’ Not miss- hand account. From the Tables are still available show from noon to 3:00 pm President Eisenhower may ing a step, Kacey continues opening “S.O.S. Titanic Main for the Harvest on Vine on the New England Talk have been in the White via “Step Off,” marking her Theme” to “S.O.S. Titanic fundraiser hosted by the Network. Follow him on House but THIS was Rex spot with “Back On the Map,” End Titles,” the music gives Knights of Columbus over on Twitter @IAMMGraham or Trailer from Boomtown. shielding her feelings on one the true feeling of Medford Street in Charle- www.michaelgraham.com. I cried a little when I heard “Keep It To Yourself,” the in- being on board the ill-fated stown for April 25th starting TROOP 7 BOY SCOUTS the news he passed. He was telligence questioning “Stu- ship. at 6:30 pm. This popular SPAGHETTI SUPPER a real person who could com- pid,” the encouraging “Follow ANDY GRIGGS - NAKED event is emceed by Karson Join Troop 7 Boy Scouts for municate so easily with so Your Arrow” and resigns her- Little Hannel Records of Karson and Kennedy on salad, spaghetti, meatballs, many on many different lev- self to “It Is What It Is!” Andy Griggs left nothing Mix 104.1 FM, with stand up rolls and dessert. This sup- els. Kids loved him and dur- See Kacey on tour with to chance, as he recorded guy Tony V and DJ Jackie per will take place at Holy ing his teaching career at Kenny Chesney at Gillette and produced his own acous- Kelly. There will be catered Name Parish School Hall at Emerson, college students Stadium on August 24th. tic album titled ‘Naked.’ food, raffles and auction Centre Street and West did too. TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON His ‘baker’s dozen’ of songs items. Last year’s event was Roxbury Parkway on April 6th Emerson College put on – MONEY JUNGLE includes a pair of covers attended by 300 folks and from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm. this kind of Irish wake for Concord Jazz of country music giants, raised $20,000 for Charles- The Scouts are raising Rex and I had to be there to Local (Medford) Grammy Waylon Jennings’ “Old town’s emergency food pan- money to fund camper schol- say goodbye to him. Many Winner, jazz drummer Timer” and Willie Nelson’s try. Tickets are available at arships and to acquire new spoke kindly of him and the Terri Lyne Carrington pays “Angel Flying Too Close To St. Mary’s Parish Center. No camping equipment for Rex Effect that affected their homage to Duke Ellington, The Ground,” making them tickets sold at the door. For the growing troop. Limited lives. He really was what he Charles Mingus and Max his own. In between are origi- more information contact, tickets will be sold at the seemed like. A genuine per- Roach’s 1963 album, ‘Money nals as, “Understanding Tom MacDonald at 617-337- door. For further informa- son who understood what Jungle,’ with the release of Hank” with Williams’ song 3545 or at www.tmacdonald tion, please contact Julie at really was important in our her ‘Money Jungle: Provoca- titles interspersed, the hurt @stmarystcatherine.org. 617-633-2612. lives. tive in Blue.’ Terri surrounds of “Heart Hush,” the addic- A HOLY SEE IN SOUTHIE REMEMBERING I was interviewed outside herself with an impressive tive “You And Cocaine,” the While marching up East REX TRAILER the theatre before the event list of guest artists and de- high-flying “Superman,” a Broadway in the Stephen On March 12, I went over began by a young journal- livers outstanding work on Keith Whitley song from the Lynch contingent, I passed to the Emerson Cutler Ma- ism student who was with drums. Check out efforts as past “I Wonder Do You Think by St. Monica’s only to see jestic Theatre on Tremont Rex Trailer Productions, the Ellington’s “Money Jungle” of Me,” and reminisces with two good friends, Father Jim Street to attend a celebra- company he started years with spoken-word inserts, “D’em Boyz.” Griggs contin- DiPerri and Bishop Bob tion of the life of Rex Trailer ago. A Rex Trailer Memorial trailed by “Fleurette Afri- ues with the emotional drain Hennessy enjoying them- who passed away in the re- Foundation has been estab- cain” highlighted with jazz of “Thrown Away,” the relief selves with everyone around cent past at 84 years of age. lished to carry on Rex’s trumpeter Clark Terry’s scat- of “Long Time Coming,” the them as the parade passed He had been a professor of memory and his archives ting, the mysterious “Back- haunting “Between An Old by. Two great Southie guys communication skills at and to support the causes ward Country Boy Blues,” the Memory and Me,” a Johnny loved by the community! If Emerson College for over 37 he championed in life. For energetic “Very Special” and Cash flashback titled “Blue South Boston had its way, years. To most baby boomers more information, go to Duke’s song streak ends Train” and Andy puts the fin- white smoke would have and many were in atten- RexTrailer.com. with the hairy “Wig Wise.” A ishing touches on his album dance, he will always be Rex THE PHOENIX HAS LEFT pair of Carrington’s composi- with a song his late brother Trailer from Boomtown on THE PRESS ROOM tions changes the tone, the Mason penned, “Me On His WBZ-TV. His children’s TV Last year when the Boston melodic “Grass Roots” will Mind.” The beauty of Andy’s Happy show began in Boston back Phoenix newspaper was grow on you instantly and the album is how the music is in 1956 and ran for 19 years turned into magazine format haunting piece, “No Boxes stripped down – ‘Naked!’ Easter every Saturday and Sunday as The Phoenix, I stopped morning at the crack of reading it. All it seemed to dawn. At first, he was part- be was an advertiser like nered with Pablo and after Buona Pasqua he passed, Sgt. Billy took (Continued on Page 11) Order Sons of Italy in America Buona Pasqua Grand Lodge of Massachusetts EAST BOSTON RUGGIERO COMMUNITY FAMILY DEVELOPMENT MEMORIAL HOME CORPORATION Joseph L. 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Recipes from the Homeland by Vita Orlando Sinopoli

Grave matters! The widow of an Indiana Be aware, COPYRIGHT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED man is suing a Catholic church that wouldn’t the poorest SICILIAN GREEN OLIVE SALAD allow his couch-shaped headstone in its 25 percent of graveyard. Shannon Carr says her husband Americans 1 jar Sicilian green olives* 2 tablespoons olive, canola, or loved nothing more than to sit on his couch spend 16.1 2 stalks celery chopped vegetable oil watching NASCAR and football. The Rev. percent of 1 large onion chopped 2 tablespoons cider vinegar Jonathan Meyer, however, said the granite their income on food, while the wealthiest 1 large garlic clove minced Salt couch was not “an appropriate monument 25 percent spend just 11.6 percent. The 1 tablespoon oregano in our historic cemetery.” wealthiest however, spend five times as *Sicilian green olives are not usually found pitted. To pit Weird! A Wisconsin man tried to bring back much money as the poorest on dining out. olives, use a paring knife to cut olive meat from olive pit. a faulty printer to Walmart, where store A recent poll showed 52% of American Another method is to place each olive, one by one, on a workers found the device jammed with a Catholics think the church is out of touch cutting board. Using a wooden mallet, hit the olive so that sheet of counterfeit $100 bills. Police were with them. 62% want the Pope to change the meat separates and exposes the olive pit. Place olive called and allegedly found another $300 in the church’s stance on celibacy for priests meat in a large bowl. homemade money on Jarad Carr, 37. and the ordination of women and 64% want Add chopped celery, onion and minced garlic to the olives Not a good week for Taylor Swift, after hun- the ban on contraception lifted. 81% want and mix. Sprinkle oregano, oil and cider vinegar over the dreds of pieces of her fan mail were found the Pope to do more to combat sexual abuse. mixture and mix thoroughly. Additional oregano, oil, vin- unopened in a dumpster near her office in The poll was taken by Quinnipiac Univer- egar or salt may be added. When kept in a clean covered jar Nashville. A spokesman said that mail the sity. or bowl this salad stores well for a lengthy time in refrig- singer’s managers had intended to give her Another poll showed 64% of American erator. This salad is ready for serving within thirty min- “was accidentally put with letters headed for adults say sports figures have a greater in- utes of preparation. the recycling center.” fluence on society than clergy or other faith NOTE: In my childhood, I remember my father buying a large Moron! “Cannibal Cop” Gilberto Valle was leaders. 19% say religious leaders have more wooden box of shiny light green olives from the produce mar- convicted by a federal jury in Manhattan of influence than athletes. ket. The large quantity was to be shared with aunts who lived plotting to kidnap, cook and eat women in a Shame! Women still earn more than nearby. The women knew how much water and salt were case that centered on the line between fan- $10,000 a year less than their male coun- needed to soak the olives and how long before they could be tasy and crime. The former New York City terparts, according to U.S. Census data. The ready for this special Sicilian salad. police officer was also found guilty of using a disparity is greatest in Provo, Utah, where In 1931, when my parents took the family to Sicily to meet department database to access information women’s pay in 2011 was just 61.6 percent our paternal grandmother, my brother Peter and I had the privi- on his targets. Valle, 28, faces up to life in of men’s, and the median income for women lege of going to the olive groves with our relatives to harvest prison for his gruesome plans, was discov- was nearly $20,000 less. olives. As a six-year-old, I thought of it as a picnic day under ered on his laptop by his now-estranged wife. Huh? Americans are less active than ever. the beautiful but old craggy-looking olive trees. We ate lunch The computer was loaded with pictures A new government study found that people’s and stayed most of the day before returning in the horse-drawn of dead, mutilated and sexually assaulted sedentary time outside of work increased by carts. Another day, Papa and his brother-in-law, Uncle Nino, women, as well as Google searches for “how about 40 percent between 1965 and 2009. took us to a processing plant near their hometown. There we to kidnap a woman” and “human meat reci- On average, Americans take 5,117 steps a saw olives that had been crushed, processed and stored in pes.” The defense argued that Valle never day — far fewer than the 10,000 recom- huge containers. The scent of olive oil was so strong in that intended to act on his cannibal fetish. “These mended by the American Heart Association. small, cold processing plant that it made my eyes tear. I wanted are thoughts, very ugly thoughts, but we don’t Get walking! to rush out into the fresh air. My love for the green olives and prosecute people for their thoughts,” said What’s new? Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos the olive oil extracted from them grew from that experience. Valle’s lawyer, Julia Gastto, who cried along Tacos are a huge hit. The fast-food chain with her client after the verdict was sold 372 million last year or more than 1 aannounced. million a day, boosting store sales by 8 per- Vita can be reached at [email protected] Not for individuals with weak stomachs! A cent; the company had to add 15,000 jobs to Polish man impaled his head on a screw- handle the growth. driver, but only realized it later, when he Carlo Scostumato says he doubts if Italian saw himself in his rearview mirror. “I don’t Americans go for Tacos. “We eat pizza, pizza, “Auguri — remember what happened that day,” said the pizza!” 25-year-old, who doesn’t want to be named. Giuseppina, Cosce Storte says, she would Santa Pasqua “At some point when I was working in my enjoy a trip to Mars only if Bella Culo of garden I slipped and fell down.” Only later, Chestnut Hill would accompany her. “Bella after feeling some pain, did the man notice Culo is a good cook!” Per Tutti” he had a screwdriver in his forehead. Sur- Hand salute! Ed Bray is a World War II vet- from geons removed the tool, which went in eran with two Purple Hearts and a dozen Vita Orlando Sinopoli two inches deep but somehow missed his other medals, but the toughest battle he ever brain. fought has been with illiteracy. The war Unbelievable! Online bidding has topped hero, 89, kept his inability to read or write $100,000 for the rights to spend a night with secret for eight decades. But since his wife Happy Easter a new, hyper-realistic sex doll in Brazil. died in 2009, Bray has been learning and “Valentina,” her manufacturers say, is cov- last week he read his first-ever book, a third- Fully Insured ered in a high-tech fabric that closely mim- grade-level biography of George Washington. Lic #017936 ics the feel of human skin and also features He hopes his story will encourage other se- “green eyes, fleshy lips, full breasts and a cret illiterates to get help. “Get in there and body that inspires envy in all women.” The learn baby — now!” he said. “You ain’t going winning bidder will be flown to Brazil, spend to learn in that pine box.” a night with Valentina in the Presidential One of our buddies in World War II was an Heating & Air Conditioning Suite of a Sao Paulo hotel after a candle- illiterate from Mississippi who bluffed his Sales, Service & Installation light dinner and be given a digital camera way into the Army. We wound up reading so the lucky man can show to his friends. his letters to him from his family and writ- Ken Shallow No horsing around! The sale of horsemeat ing his letters to them. 617.593.6211 [email protected] in France has jumped about 15 percent in Reminder! The Bank of America, the larg- recent weeks, as news about horse being est bank in America was established in 1904 found in frozen prepared meals rekindles by Amadeo Pietro (“A.P.”) Giannini in San 1st Generation interest among French men and women who Francisco. It was originally called the Bank ate horse in their childhoods. There are of Italy. Giannini financed the Golden Gate Italian-American about 700 remaining horse butcher shops Bridge and also Cecil B. DeMille’s “Ten Com- in France, so reports The Wall Street Journal. mandments” and Disney’s “Snow White.” Vita Orlando Sinopoli Inside story. Up to 6,000 patients a year Show biz reminiscing with the stately mu- Shares with us leave U.S. operating rooms with surgical sicologist Albert Natale. Gian Carlo Menotti sponges, forceps and other surgical tools mis- is the first composer to write American op- a delightful recollection takenly left inside them. The error is usu- eras that have become part of the interna- of her memories as a child ally not detected until the patient develops tional repertory. Among his famous works a life-threatening infection. Ouch! are “The Consul” (1950); “The Medium” and growing up in Uncanny wedding vows! Every day around “The Telephone” (1947). “Amahl and the Boston’s “Little Italy” the world, some 39,000 girls under the age Night Visitors” (1951) and “The Saint of of 18 are forced into marriage, with their Bleeker Street” won him Pulitzer prizes. and a collection of families often selling them off for dowries — “Amahl” was the first opera ever televised Italian family recipes often to much older men. while “The Consulm” “The Medium” and from the homeland. “They’re rolling up the welcome mat at the “The Telephone” were produced on Broad- White House,” said Joseph Straw in the New way. Menotti also founded the Festival of Two York Daily News. As part of the $85 billion in Worlds in Spoleto (1958) and its American Great as Gifts mandatory cuts called “sequestration,” the counterpart in Charleston (1977) which cel- FROM MY BAKERY PERCH available on AMAZON.COM Obama administration has canceled all pub- ebrates western music. Though he was born and in local bookstores — ask for lic tours of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The in Italy in 1911, he came to the U.S. when Hard cover #1-4010-9805-3 ISBN move, said the White House, would save he was only 17 and made his career here. Soft Cover #1-4010-9804-5 ISBN $74,000 a week on Secret Service staffing. AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN NAME POST-GAZETTE, MARCH 29, 2013 Page 13

• L’Anno Bello (Continued from Page 1) Christ. In Florence, a cart is love incorporating these loaded with fireworks and Italian traditions into my then exploded in a brilliant Easter festivities because display, a custom which they are so rustic, simple reminds me of the folkloric and gleeful, reminiscent of Easter Fires in northern ancient times when the Europe, relics of pagan cus- coming of spring meant the toms where bonfires wel- renewal of life for agricul- Well, it’s Easter and I would Holy Week, we kids had to be and sole. They were called comed in spring. As is typi- tural communities. like to wish you Buona on our best behavior. Each spades back then and I cal in Italy, food forms the Easter in Italy is a resplen- Pasqua. For Italians, Easter day, Mom or Nanna would thought they would look benchmark of many Easter dent holiday, filled with old has its traditions, just like have the radio on set to great. Mr. Aiello gave me a celebrations. My grand- folk customs and wonderful Christmas, Saint’s Days, the station that broadcast suede brush for my shoes. mother fondly remembers food. Central to these tradi- Baptisms, First Communion, Cardinal Cushing saying He said it really cost 59 the traditional Neapolitan tions are its promises of the Confirmation, Matrimony and the Rosary. Of course, from cents but it was free to me. I Easter pie, or pastiera. It rebirth of spring, evident in God forbid, deaths. Growing Ash Wednesday on, when think I still have the brush can be made with rice, its use of eggs and rabbits up, Easter was like a Sun- we received ashes at Sacred mixed in with my shoe shin- wheat berries or ricotta, and and flowers. This Easter, I day dinner, three genera- Heart Church, we kids would ing materials … after all this year I plan to make the urge everyone to be thank- tions around Nanna and discuss what we were going these years. ricotta version with chunks ful for the second chances Babbo-nonno’s table. Only to give up for Easter. The old A couple of days later, of bittersweet chocolate that spring gives to the this time, Nanna would have tradition had us sacrificing Danny Gallo brought the mixed inside. Also typical, world, to nature and to our baked a few treats that were something for the next 40 suit to our apartment and I is the colomba pasquale or selves. I wish everyone a specifically for Easter. days of Lent. I would stop eat- tried it on and it was perfect. “Easter dove,” a sweet bread very happy Easter, or, as the Back when my mother and ing candy or ice cream and Easter Sunday finally ar- of candied peels and al- Italians would say: Buona uncles were kids, Babbo- when Holy Week arrived, rived and my friends and I monds. Italians do not stop Pasqua! nonno moved the family from would attend the Stations of headed down the Brooks their food traditions on Ally Di Censo is a Graduate Orleans Street to Eutaw the Cross at church. If I Street hill and attended the Easter Sunday, however. Student in History at the Uni- Street. According to the story remember correctly, on Good 10:00 o’clock Mass at the The next day, Easter Monday, versity of Massachusetts Bos- I had heard, one day, when Friday, we had to visit sev- Sacred Heart. Since all of us is known as Pasquetta or ton. She appreciates any com- everyone was out, the apart- eral churches and keep si- had gone to confession the “Little Easter,” in Italy and ments and suggestions about ment was robbed. Nanna told lent for three hours. That day before, we were ready for is celebrated with outdoor Italian holidays and folklore Babbononno that there were was the hardest thing for me two things: Communion and excursions and picnics. I at [email protected]. people in the neighborhood to do as I could never be to show off our new clothes. that were jealous of Babbo- quiet. On Holy Saturday, we Back then Easter was a holi- nonno’s successes and what would head back to church day when everyone dressed the family owned as a result. and go to confession to pre- in their finest. Ladies wore • Socially Scene (Continued from Page 9) Babbononno agreed with her pare for Communion at the dresses, high heels, hats and This innovative yet classic through the south of France, and decided to move his wife kids Easter Mass the next gloves. Men dressed in suits group from the homeland is the restaurant’s decor is and kids to an American morning. and ties and before and af- hitting the Hub April 5th reminiscent of Provence neighborhood and he bought After Mass, I would stop ter we received Commun- and 6th at the Citi Shubert with handpicked French the house at 70 Eutaw Street at Nanna and Babbononno’s ion, we would check out what Theatre located at 270 pottery, high ceilings and on the Eagle Hill part of for my allowance. 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Dress For Sox-cess Fenway before he was traded The A’s, even with his run Support The Jimmy Fund for a Broadway play. production were a terrible on April 8th at the Rally I recently came upon a team and they decided to cut Against Cancer. For further magazine about a year old in costs by trading some of their information, please visit a hospital waiting room. Old big stars including Foxx. Two JUSTINE YANDLE RallyAgainstCancer.org/ magazines live on forever at years before getting Foxx, signup. places like this. What better they got Hall of Famer Lefty PHOTOGRAPHY 2013 thing to do than read Red Sox Grove from Philadelphia. In Run-Walk to Home Base Magazine right before they Foxx’s first season with the 781.589.7347 [email protected] Presented by New Balance draw blood to check out your Sox, he hit 41 homers, WWW.JUSTINEYANDLEPHOTOGRAPHY.COM They served us and now latest blood sugar numbers, knocked in 143 RBIs and hit we can serve them. Cross eh? Or is that, et tu? Well, I .338. home plate at Fenway to help picked it up and found a His third season was his LEGAL NOTICE our veterans and their fami- great piece about the leg- best when he hit 50 homers, MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY lies. Register now for the endary slugger Jimmie knocked in 175 RBIs and hit NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS 2013 Run-Walk to Home Base Foxx. They also printed sev- .349. He missed the Triple Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L892-C1, TERMINAL B SUBSTATION REPLACEMENT, presented by New Balance eral old photos of him and a Crown as Detroit’s Hank LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MA., will be received by the Massachusetts on Sunday, May 5th. The 9K couple of reproduced news- Greenberg walloped 58 hom- Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Offi ce, Suite 209S - Logan Offi ce Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on run or 3-mile walk starts and paper stories. ers that 1938 season to lead WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013 immediately after which, in a designated room, the proposal will be ends crossing Fenway Park’s Last season on May 2nd the league in that depart- opened and read publicly. home plate. Funds raised against the Oakland Athlet- ment. He once amazingly Sealed fi led sub-bids for the same contract will be received at the same offi ce until 11:00 A.M. local provide clinical care for vet- ics, the Red Sox wore the knocked in 7 RBIs in one time on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013, immediately after which, in a designated room, the fi led sub-bids will be opened and read publicly. erans with traumatic brain 1936 throwback uniforms in game and 8 RBIs in another. NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT injury or combat stress and memory of slugger Jimmie His 175 single season RBI (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 1:00 PM LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013. their families. Participation Foxx’s first season in Bos- mark is a club record prob- The work includes the removal of four (4) single ended electrical substations and replacement is limited and advanced ton. The Philadelphia Athlet- ably never to be broken. He with four (4) double ended stations. To accommodate the double ended stations, the work also includes expansion of the existing substation rooms with steel framed, metal panel registration required. For ics had traded Foxx to Bos- was an amazing athlete who clad additions at each of the four (4) substations. The project also includes the provision further information, visit ton following the 1935 sea- of preconditioned air units, ground power units and the associated infrastructure at various www.runtohomebase.org. son and even Foxx’s daugh- (Continued on Page 15) Terminal B, Pier A aircraft passenger loading bridges. Growing Up in ter Nanci Foxx Canaday Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013. Pre-Red Sox Nation showed up with family mem- Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Offi ce, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may Back in the fifties into the bers of Joe Cronin, who was LEGAL NOTICE issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. sixties the Red Sox stunk Foxx’s new Red Sox manager In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with more than the nearest land- in 1936. David Ortiz who in Commonwealth of Massachusetts their bid a current Certifi cate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and fill. All the glory was years 2006 broke Foxx’s single The Trial Court Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certifi ed in the category of Middlesex Probate and Family Court GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. The estimated contract cost is $12,000,000. past. The last time we made season HR record presented 208 Cambridge Street In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract, fi led Sub-bidders must submit with their the World Series was in Nanci Foxx Canaday with a Cambridge, MA 02141 bid a current Sub-bidder Certifi cate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management 1946 which of course we replica of the 1936 Red Sox (617) 768-5800 and Maintenance and an Update Statement. The fi led Sub-bidder must be certifi ed in the sub-bid Docket No. MI13D0711DR lost. By then, Ted Williams uniform. category of work for which the Sub-bidder is submitting a bid proposal. DIVORCE SUMMONS BY Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub-contracts shall be in accordance with was our bridge to the past. By the time he made it to PUBLICATION AND MAILING the provisions of Sections 44A through 44H inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the After him, we had slim pick- Fenway, he was already a BARBARA LADNY Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ings, Pumpsie Green, Don legendary superstar in the VS A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for fi ve (5) Buddin and of course, the making. He came up to the ROBERT TARLACH percent of the value of the bid; when sub-bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit great Ike Delock. As a kid Majors at 17 years old with To the Defendant: equal to fi ve (5) percent of the sub-bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certifi ed check, The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the we all remembered Ted the old Athletics and by his requesting that the Court grant a divorce for Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The Williams hitting .406 and early 20s he was off and run- Irretrievable Breakdown of the Marriage 1B. bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualifi ed to do Jimmie Fox hitting 58 ning. At age 24, he hit 58 The Complaint is on file at the Court. business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful An Automatic Restraining Order has been performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. homers but the rest was a homeruns and knocked in entered in this matter preventing you from The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials blur going straight back to 169 RBIs. The following sea- taking any action which would negatively payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety Babe Ruth pitching at son he knocked in 163 RBIs. impact the current financial status of either party. company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General You are hereby summoned and required to Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum serve upon: Barbara Ladny, 112 Gardner St., wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifi cations, LEGAL NOTICE Arlington, MA 02474 your answer, if any, on which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and /or the Commissioner or before April 22, 2013. If you fail to do so, the of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $10,000,000. Said policy Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1318-C1 FY13-15 AUTHORITY-WIDE required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See TERM WELDING & METAL FABRICATION, BOSTON, BEDFORD AND WORCESTER, the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI, complete details. First Justice of this Court. Department Offi ce, Suite 209S, Logan Offi ce Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Filed sub-bids will be required and taken on the following classes of work: Massachusetts 02128, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013 immediately after Date: March 11, 2013 HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR-CONDITIONING which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate WATERPROOFING, DAMP PROOFING, AND CAULKING NOTE: PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT Run date: 3/29/13 MISCELLANEOUS AND ORNAMENTAL IRON (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013. ROOFING AND FLASHING The work includes PROVISION OF ALL EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, LABOR AND SUPERVISION PAINTING NECESSARY TO MAKE STEEL REPAIRS AND TO FABRICATE IRON TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT LEGAL NOTICE PLUMBING ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS OVER A TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD. WORK UNDER THIS CONTRACT ELECTRICAL WILL BE LIMITED TO NON-BUILDING RELATED REPAIRS. Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Authority reserves the right to reject any sub-bid of any sub-trade where permitted by Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013. The Trial Court Section 44E of the above-referenced General Laws. The right is also reserved to waive any informality Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Probate and Family Court in or to reject any or all proposals and General Bids. Programs Department Offi ce, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may Suffolk Probate and Family Court This contract is subject to a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation provision requiring issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. 24 New Chardon Street that not less than TEN PERCENT 10% of the Contract be performed by disadvantaged business The estimated contract cost is FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, ($450,000). Boston, MA 02114 enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for fi ve (5) (617) 788-8300 thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible. percent of the value of the bid; when sub-bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit Docket No. SU95P2341 equal to fi ve (5) percent of the sub-bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certifi ed check, This Contract is also subject to Affi rmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Estate of contained in the Non-Discrimination and Affi rmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The ANTHONY F. MAZZIO and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affi rmative Action to Ensure Equal bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualifi ed to do Date of Death August 4, 1995 Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifi cations business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful CITATION ON PETITION (Executive Order 11246). performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. FOR REMOVAL The General Contractor is required to submit a Certifi cation of Non-Segregated Facilities prior The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials To all interested persons: to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety A Petition has been filed by Dominic Mazzio certifi cation where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages of Peabody, MA requesting that Rose Cadden A Contractor having fi fty (50) or more employees and his subcontractors having fi fty (50) or more to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General of Winthrop, MA be removed as Personal employees who may be awarded a subcontract of $50,000 or more will, within one hundred twenty Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum Representative(s) of said estate. Also request- (120) days from the contract commencement, be required to develop a written affi rmative action wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifi cations, ing that Dominic Mazzio of Peabody, MA be compliance program for each of its establishments. which wage rates have been predetermined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner appointed as Successor Personal Repre- Compliance Reports - Within thirty (30) days of the award of this Contract the Contractor shall fi le a of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. sentative(s) of said estate to serve Without compliance report (Standard Form [SF 100]) if: The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance Surety on the bond. You have the right to obtain a copy of the (a) The Contractor has not submitted a complete compliance report within twelve (12) and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of TEN MILLION DOLLARS, months preceding the date of award, and ($10,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and You have a right to object to this proceeding. (b) The Contractor is within the defi nition of “employer” in Paragraph 2c(3) of the Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written instructions included in SF100. appearance and objection at this Court before This Contract is also subject to Affi rmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority The contractor shall require the subcontractor on any fi rst tier subcontracts, irrespective of the dollar 10:00 a.m. on April 25, 2013. contained in the Non-Discrimination and Affi rmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements amount, to fi le SF 100 within thirty (30) days after the award of the subcontracts, if the above two This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline conditions apply. SF 100 will be furnished upon request. SF 100 is normally furnished Contractors and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affi rmative Action to Ensure Equal by which you must file a written appearance Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifi cations annually, based on a mailing list currently maintained by the Joint Reporting Committee. In the event and objection if you object to this proceeding. a contractor has not received the form, he may obtain it by writing to the following address: (Executive Order 11246). If you fail to file a timely written appearance The General Contractor is required to submit a Certifi cation of Non-Segregated Facilities prior Joint Reporting Committee and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objec- 1800 G Street to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such tions within thirty (30) days of the return date, Washington, DC 20506 certifi cation where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. action may be taken without further notice to Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs you. Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Offi ce at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality Department Offi ce at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, in or reject any or all proposals. in or reject any or all proposals. First Justice of this Court. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY Date: March 22, 2013 MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN Patricia M. Campatelli, Register of Probate THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Run date: 03/29/13 CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Run date: 03/29/13 Run date: 3/29/13 POST-GAZETTE, MARCH 29, 2013 Page 15

• Extra Innings (Continued from Page 14) always gave 150 percent of Monument after he put up neither came close to get- loser. She said the judges converted starter winning himself in every game he the best rookie season by a ting in. Griffey in his long were “obviously drinking 21 games. He helped the Red played. player under 20 years old in career had never been Yankee Kool-Aid.” She’s Sox break the World Series Swimsuit 2013 baseball history. What can linked to drugs even though thinking of appealing. It curse with a great post-sea- Edition is Out he do for an encore? they he played in the Steroids seems hard to feel sorry for son. When his sinker ball is I just finished reading and asked. Can he repeat? What Era. He will be eligible for her. She had to know her working, he is Cy Young, looking at Sports IIlustrated’s about the sophomore jinx? Cooperstown in 2015. design would end up in when it is not, just another swimsuit edition and like Last season he hit 22 home Manuel Wants to court. so-so pitcher. At 39 years of every year, it is a sight to runs, most by a 19-year-old Stay Put in Philly Rivera is Calling it Quits age, Lowe is a survivor and see from front cover to back. rookie since 19-year-old This is Charlie Manuel’s The great Mariano Rivera it is often difficult to dislike Speaking of the back cover Tony Conigliaro hit 24 hom- final season of his contract has finally decided to close him. both inside and out, it is an ers for the Red Sox in 1964. and he’s made it really clear his career. The NY Yankees Chisox Sign Up Sale advertising gem. If you love Harper also scored 98 rounds that he wants to continue at closer will retire after this The Chicago White Sox M&Ms, you’ll love it. There and had 57 extra base hits. the helm of this team. As the coming season. The 43- have signed up left-hander is Ms. Green on the inside Meanwhile, Mike Trout won 69-year-old manager stated, year-old is baseball’s saves Chris Sale for a 5-year, cover taking off her green AL Rookie of the Year hon- “I am not ready for somebody leader with 608. He is con- $32.5 million contract. Last shell down-under at Lake ors with the LA Angels by to tell me to go home.” It sidered a great clutch season, the 23-year-old went Tekado, New Zealand with hitting 30 home runs and is pretty evident that Hall pitcher with 42 saves in 17-8 with a 3.05 ERA with her captivating brown eyes stealing 40 bases. of Famer Ryne Sandberg post-season play with a 0.70 192 strikeouts as a rookie and golden tan. Turn to the Griffey Talks is the heir apparent to the ERA. While relieving for the pitcher. Last season, he back of the magazine and Hall of a Game manager’s position when Yankees, he helped them made the American League Ms. Green is seen unzipping Ken Griffey, Jr., recently Manuel does retire. capture five World Series All-Star team and finished in her green shine, standing opined he “was not shocked” The Judge has Ruled championships. No one has 6th place for the Cy Young seductively in the snow in when baseball writers de- They are the Evil Empire lasted as long as he has or Award. her white snow shoes. Look cided no player should go When it comes to baseball, is as great as he is. He is Former Sox Tom Borland out Kate Upton, Ms. Green into the Hall of Fame this the Yankees really are the truly one of a kind. Passes Away can go polar too. year. He does think, how- Evil Empire, according to Derek Lowe Signs Up Tommy Borland, the MVP Speaking of ever, that Craig Biggio got U.S. Patent and Trademark with the Rangers of the 1955 College World Sports Illustrated a raw deal. Without men- Office judge’s ruling last The best sinkerball pitcher Series and pitched briefly for Back in the February 25th tioning PEDs, he did state month. The decision is a in baseball has reached an the Boston Red Sox has issue, Bryce Harper from the that “sometimes a state- setback for a Long Island agreement with the Texas passed away at 80 years of Washington Nationals made ment needs to be made.” woman who tried to trade- Rangers. The 39-year-old age. He was a lefty at Okla- the front cover story. Accord- This year both Barry Bonds mark “Baseball’s Evil Em- went a combined 9-11 with homa A&M during both the ing to the magazine, the and Sammy Sosa were over- pire” to sell sports clothing. one save and a 5.11 ERA for 1954 and 1955 College World 2012 NL Rookie of the Year looked in their first chance The woman started selling the Indians and NY Yankees Series. He pitched 27 games is now the Washington on the Hall’s ballots and stuff that had the famous last season. He is 175-157 with the Red Sox in 1960 and interlocked NY logo with a with 86 saves and a 4.00 ERA was 0-4 with a 6.75 ERA in devil’s face and the words, in a 16-year career with the 1961. In his very first Major LEGAL NOTICE “Baseball’s Evil Empire.” The Mariners, Red Sox, Dodgers, League appearance he MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NY Yankees threatened to Braves, Indians and Yan- pitched in both games of a NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS take her to Federal Court. kees. In 2000, Lowe led the doubleheader which probably Sealed General Bids for MPA CONTRACT NO. H219-C1 REHABILITATE OLD T-HANGAR She took on the real Evil AL with 42 saves for the Red was the highlight of a short TAXILANES, RELOCATE RUNWAY 29 END PERIMETER ROAD L.G. HANSCOM FIELD, BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Empire and came out the Sox. Then, in 2002 he was a career. Capital Programs Department Offi ce, Suite 209S, Logan Offi ce Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013, immediately after which, in a designated room, the proposal will be opened and read publicly. • Hoops & Hockey (Continued from Page 16) NOTE: PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT L.G. HANSCOM FIELD, 200 HANSCOM DRIVE, CIVIL AIR TERMINAL, SUITE 315 AT 1:00 PM LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, March 23rd when the final the game’s lone tally via and a coach, finishing with APRIL 11, 2013. The work includes PAVEMENT REMOVAL, FINE GRADING, REPAVING OF APPROXIMATELY curtain was lowered on a shot by Foxboro’s Derek a record of 897-472-116. 275,000 SF OF APRON AND TAXILANE PAVEMENT AT THE OLD T-HANGARS, RELOCATION the Jack Parker era at Arnold. On a television slow Parker indicated that he OF THE PERIMETER ROAD AT THE RUNWAY 29 END INCLUDING EXCAVATION, GRADING BU. In truth there was an motion replay, it looked was proud of his final team. AND SELECT MATERIALS PLACEMENT, APPROXIMATELY 3,300 LF, 12 FT WIDE. encore. Parker and his team as if the puck glanced off “Ordinarily we would have Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013. remained on the ice during BU freshman goalie Sean won and gone on to the Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Offi ce, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may the post-game ceremonies. Maguire’s stick as he made national tournament but it issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. Then came the press con- a sweeping motion in an was not to be. I’m happy with The estimated contract cost is ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ference during which the attempt to gather it in. That these guys and proud to be ($1,500,000). coach revealed that although motion appeared to help carry their coach this year. I had a A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for fi ve (5) he spent his entire career in the puck further into the lot of fun with them all year percent of the value of the bid; when sub-bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to fi ve (5) percent of the sub-bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certifi ed check, hockey, he was really a crease and eventually over long.” or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Celtics fan. the line. And then he was gone. Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The In the moments before Whatever, hockey is, as so Out of the Garden and on bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualifi ed to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful what proved to be his final many sports also are, a game to prepare for his team’s performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. game, he took a brief tour of of inches and in that game annual banquet — his final The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials the Garden, gazing at all the Parker excelled for more act before calling it a career payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety Celtics banners that adorned than four decades as a player on Commonwealth Avenue. company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General the rafters. Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum He called his final game “a wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifi cations, great college hockey game, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor and /or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. perhaps the best we’ve Buona Pasqua The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and played this year.” Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $5,000,000. Said policy shall be on Indeed, it was memorable — FOR YOU WHO APPRECIATE THE FINEST — an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance THE sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. contest, scoreless into the This contract is subject to a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that third period when the River not less than TEN PERCENT (10.0%) of the Contract be performed by disadvantaged business Hawks managed to produce Johnny Christy enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible. 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JOSEPH A Contractor having fi fty (50) or more employees and his subcontractors having fi fty (50) or more employees who may be awarded a subcontract of $50,000 or more will, within one hundred twenty RUSSO (120) days from the contract commencement, be required to develop a written affi rmative action compliance program for each of its establishments. FUNERAL HOME INC. Compliance Reports - Within thirty (30) days of the award of this Contract the Contractor shall fi le a Happy Easter compliance report (Standard Form [SF 100]) if: (a) The Contractor has not submitted a complete compliance report within twelve (12) months preceding the date of award, and (b) The Contractor is within the defi nition of “employer” in Paragraph 2c(3) of the instructions included in SF100. 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HOOPS and HOCKEY in the HUB ORNER ALK by Reinaldo Oliveira, Jr. C T by Richard Preiss FIGHT CITY LOWELL PRESENTS CFC FIGHT NIGHT Congratulations, Erin Go BraghBragh, Hope You Had a Happy St. Patrick’s Day, th “Irish Joey McCreedy!” and All Other Battlers For the 1,484 time he put tournament semifinals, the his hand on the latch, opened Terriers dispatched no. 4 JIM LAMPLEY COMPARES WORLD CHAMPION GREATS the door and stepped out onto Boston College 6-3 to advance “Bernard Hopkins & Archie Moore.” I say? “Moore Had Moore!” the ice. to the title game against fifth It was a common man- ranked Lowell. The loss to “Pug’s Luncheon!” euver for the living legend, Lowell eliminated the Terri- Farewell and Rest in Peace. Al DuarteDuarte, a/k/a Albert P.P. Cosme, Sr. one that all college hockey ers from consideration — coaches make as the game only 16 teams make the tour- Happy St. Patrick’s Day, own record of 46 years of age Oscar De La Hoya, Felix concludes. But what made nament field. 14-6-2, 6 KO’s Irish Joey set May 2011, which had Trinidad. End result? Archie this uncommon was the Perhaps what made coach McCreedy wins an 8-round broke the previous record of Moore has 32 Moore deci- hand of the one who unfas- Parker so singularly Boston- decision over Michael 45 years of age set by George sion wins. 176 Moore bouts tened the mechanism. ian was that he was indeed Walchuk 9-9, 2 KO’s, for the Foreman in November of and 109 Moore kayo wins. And then there he was, out one of us. He didn’t come vacant UBF Northeast Light- 1994. George Foreman broke “Moore has Moore!” Archie on that slippery surface, one from far away. Born in heavyweight title. Erin go the record set by Archie Moore has a greater and that the average person Somerville, later living in Bragh and “keep punching” Moore of 44 years of age on Moore impressive record in might be wary of but as fa- Melrose and then near BU Irish Joey McCreedy. In June of 1961 for the World a greater era of fighters. miliar to the coach as walk- itself, Parker was always other bouts: Osumanu Adama Light-Heavyweight title. Old In no way does this diminish ing up the driveway. here, never leaving, always 21-3, 15 KO’s wins a 10-round Mongoose Archie Moore re- the accomplishments and Wasn’t this the surface on the scene. split decision over 30-15, 16 tired with a 229 bout record, achievements of Bernard upon which he had excelled Through all those 40 years KO’s Grady Brewer. Former 53 decision wins, “141” kayo Hopkins. Both World Cham- — first at Catholic Memorial, so many had come and gone World Champion Vicious wins, 8 draws, 17 losses by pion records are great and then as a player at Boston — coaches at the Bruins, Vivian Harris 30-9-2, 19 decision, 2 losses by foul, highly-respected. Records University and finally behind Celtics and Patriots plus KO’s, wins by decision over 7 losses by kayos and 1 NC. speak for themselves. Moore the bench as the mentor of numerous Red Sox manag- Shakka Moore 11-19-3, 2 Amongst Archie Moore oppo- achieved and accomplished his beloved Terriers? ers. Those teams would have Kayo’s. Chris Traietti 11-3, 7 nents were seasoned Fight- “Moore!” Yes, it was. And coach their ups and downs, faces Kayos, wins by kayo over ers and World Champion Jack Parker, the person who would change but one thing Tyler Seever 13-13-1, 11 greats: Charley Burley, At Florian Hall in in his own words had “been would remain the same. Kayos. Russell Lamour 3-0, Jimmy Bivins, Holman Dorchester, “Ding!” “Ding!” reporting for duty for BU Every October that man 1 KO defeats Eddie Caminero Williams, Tiger Ted Lowry, We’re here with Pug Ring hockey” for nearly half a cen- on Commonwealth Avenue 7-8, 7 KO’s by a 6-round deci- Ezzard Charles, Bob Satter- Leader Tom Martini and tury, was in the one place would re-emerge from a sion. Chicago Heavyweight field, Harold Johnson, Pug’s: Ed Quigley, Don where he was as steady as a summer’s silence ready to Boban Simic 2-0, 2 KO’s stops Jimmy Slade, Bob Dunlap, Green, Art Boyson, Dan rock — on the surface of a lead his storied program once Tyler King in 2. Josh Crespo Joey Maxim, Nino Valdes, Cuoco, Jimmy Connors, Joe hockey rink. again. 1-1-1, 1 Kayo stops Mike Bobo Olson, Rocky Marci- Marques, Paul Barry, He was moving now, his Not even his arch rival, Martin in two. This was a ano, Floyd Patterson, Eddie Charles P. Dwyer, Ted Sares, hand outstretched, ready Jerry York at Boston College, very good fight card pre- Cotton, Willi Besmanoff, Edd Bernard, Bob Benoit, to offer congratulations to has quite the hold that Parker sented to entertain fight Yvon Durelle, Giulio Rin- Kenny Butler, Jr., Tony UMass Lowell head coach has on this town. The coach- fans. Experienced good aldi, Pete Rademacher, DeMarco and Dorothy Norm Bazin for the River ing profession would initially fighters versus other good Willie Pastrano and Cassius DeMarco, Doug Keefe, Hawks 1-0 victory in this take York quite a distance fighters with good fight Clay (Muhammad Ali). Anthony Petronelli, Jimbo Hockey East Championship from his alma mater, first records. Legitimate oppo- Archie Moore battled many Curran, Mary L. Nelson, game at the Garden. to Clarkson in upstate nents. Upcoming future of these great opponents on Bobby Franklin, Paul Doyle, Maybe if things had gone a New York and later to Bowl- champions. The only fighters many occasions: Jimmy Jack Kelly, Al Meuse, little more this way or that ing Green University near with less than five fights, are Bivins 5, Harold Johnson 4, Mickey Finn, Shirley way Parker and BU would Toledo, Ohio. Only after those potential future stars. Many Joey Maxim 3, etc., etc., etc. Adams, Tommy Dargin, Joe have advanced to the NCAA stints would he return to compliments to Chicago Both are indeed seasoned and Karen O’Leary, Pop Regionals once again. But The Height where he would Fight Clubs Promotions, great fighters with great Lynch, Rick Rudolph, Leo they didn’t and the coach lead the Eagles to greatness they seem to be good quality records. As they say in Box- Gerstel, Joey DeGrandis and knew the reason why. It — winning four National promoters. ing. “Don’t look at a fighters I’m here too. Another great wasn’t that they came up a Championships. record, look at who they time with the Pug’s. bit short in the Hockey East As memorable as those Jim Lampley compares fought.” Bernard Hopkins Championship game, where were, Coach Parker could The Executioner Bernard has an impressive record — R.I.P. Al Duarte, a/k/a a victory would have provided even top them. With his team Hopkins to Old Mongoose 21 decision wins, 32 kayo Albert P.P. “Duarte” Cosme the Terriers with a guaran- down by not one but two goals Archie Moore 1935-1963. At wins, 6 decision loses and 2 Sr. Al Duarte fought many teed NCAA berth. entering the final minute of 48 years of age Bernard draws. Amongst Bernard great fighters from a great It was actually during the play in the 2009 National Hopkins defeated Tavoris Hopkins opponents: Tavoris era: Dick French, Doyle season when BU lost five con- Championship game against Cloud to win the IBF Light- Cloud, Chad Dawson, Jean Baird, Matt Donovan, Johnny tests in an eight-game span Miami of Ohio in Washing- heavyweight title making Pascal, Roy Jones, Jr., Bizzaro, Manuel Burgo, in January and February, ton, D.C. his Terriers would Bernard Hopkins the oldest to Kelly Pavlik, Joe Calzaghe, George Maddox, Willie Pep, centered around a fourth electrify our nation’s capital win a major World Title. Ronald Wright, Antonio Billy Wallace, Eddie Con- place finish in the Beanpot, by scoring two tallies in the Bernard Hopkins broke his Tarver, Jermain Taylor, nors, Tony Veranis, Bobby only the fifth time that has final 60 seconds to tie the Murphy, Rocky Sullivan, happened in the history of BU game before going on to claim Mickey Dwyer, Carlos Ortiz, hockey. the victory in overtime. Walter Byars, Orlando The team recovered and It was 9:27 pm on the Zulueta, Tommy Tibbs, Nero was nationally ranked at Garden clock on Saturday, NORTH END Ferry, Harold Chubby Gomes. no. 17 as the Hockey East As they say? Don’t look at a semifinals began. In the (Continued on Page 15) fighter’s record, look at who ATHLETIC they fought. Al Duarte is known by all as a tough fighter who came to fight. Buona Pasqua ASSOCIATION Fear was not a word in his “vocabulary.” Many looking Wishes You a at the list of fighters he fought recognize that there A Classic Cigar Parlor are great fighters listed. 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