NORTH SHORE SALUTES VETERANS Sobs and ‘Cherish Cheers Your Mark Freedom,’ Lynn Urges Tribute Veteran
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016 NORTH SHORE SALUTES VETERANS Sobs and ‘Cherish cheers your mark freedom,’ Lynn urges tribute veteran By Bill Brotherton By Thomas Grillo ITEM FEATURES EDITOR and Adam Swift ITEM STAFF LYNN — The city’s Veterans Day ceremony MARBLEHEAD — John Friday morning was an Katsaros joined the U.S. emotionally powerful trib- Army Air Corps with ute to the men and wom- his best friend on Dec. 9, en who have served our 1941, two days after the country and protected our Japanese bombed Pearl freedoms. Harbor. One by one, Lynn veter- He ew in a Boeing ans, old and young, walked ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE B-17 Flying Fortress, a on stage at the City Hall four-engine heavy bomber, auditorium, received a and was shot down over commemorative pin from Frankfurt, Germany as he Mayor Judith Flanagan attacked an aircraft fac- Kennedy, stood at the po- tory. He parachuted from dium, recited their name, 27,000 feet and was held branch of service and captive until members of when they served. One the Resistance helped him gentleman survived the escape. Battle of Iwo Jima, anoth- “The most important er fought at the Battle of thing is cherish your free- the Bulge. Many veterans dom,” said Katsaros, 93. tearfully thanked family More than 200 people members who have passed packed Abbot Hall on Vet- away. A mother spoke to erans Day to hear Katsa- honor her son, who didn’t ros and other veterans make it home. share their stories about Sobs could be heard over service to the nation. the loud applause. It was “When I came home incredibly moving. from the war, this commu- Mike Sweeney, the city’s nity welcomed me back director of Veterans Ser- and had a lot of respect vices and a veteran of for the service I gave, even the Afghanistan war, es- if they didn’t respect the timated more than 400 war I was in, and like me, veterans, family members PHOTO | PAULA MULLER PHOTO | MARK LORENZ disagreed with our policy,” and friends attended the said U.S. Rep. Seth Moul- 11 a.m. ceremony. A Boy Clockwise from top, members of the unarmed drill team from the Lynn English High School Ju- ton (D-Mass.). Scout/Cub Scout troop was nior ROTC, from left, Mirelys Feliciano, Yoselin Lopez, Leslie Chinchilla, Kaela Pangilinan and Moulton, a veteran who on hand to thank veterans Diana Lopez perform at the Veterans Day ceremony at Lynn City Hall; Vietnam veteran Bill Ven- served four tours in Iraq and learn a bit of history tura, his wife, Joyce, and Bill’s service dog, Mayzee, along with Peabody veterans enjoy a citywide as an infantry of cer for in the process. Some vets Veterans Day Breakfast at Peabody City Hall on Friday; John Katsaros, who fought in World War the U.S. Marine Corps, II and has written a book, “Code Burgundy-The Long Escape,” recounts some of his experiences TRIBUTE, A7 during the Veterans Day service at Abbot Hall in Marblehead. VETERANS, A7 Business budding for Peabody grower By Adam Swift ITEM CITY EDITOR PEABODY — Legalize it, and I will advertise it, reggae legend Peter Tosh sang in the 1970s. For at least one local business, the passage of Question 4 Tuesday, legalizing the use and sale of recreational marijuana in the state, should be a boon for business. “I’m proud of the way the bill was put together, the way it stands now,” said Anthony Eugenio, director and co-founder of Green Harvest Hydroponics on YOU CAN’T GET Newbury Street in Peabody. “This is a huge step, not just for recreational marijuana, but for medical THERE FROM HERE marijuana. We are getting something that is truly a medicine in the forefront of popular culture, which Getting to Boston from the North Shore is where I believe it should be.” each morning is a challenge no matter how Green Harvest Hydroponics provides supplies for you travel. Morning commuters on Route 1 ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE inside and outside growing. And while the store offers are guaranteed a 5- or 6-mile backup just Alex Jones waters an aloe vera plant under a grow light at to reach the Tobin Bridge. Traveling by MARIJUANA, A7 Green Harvest Hydroponics in Peabody. commuter rail to North Station is no pic- nic, either, as riders face a decrepit park- ing garage and packed trains at MBTA stations in Salem, Swampscott and Lynn’s Central Square. Prefer the ferry? Not this INSIDE An alliance year and maybe never unless of cials give it time to reach its potential and come up against hunger with $700,000 to offset annual operating In Opinion expenses. Shribman: The answer, say Lynn of cials, is extend- President By Gayla Cawley ing the Blue Line to Lynn, more commut- Donald Trump. A4 ITEM STAFF er-rail cars and the so-called North-South In Lynn LYNN — The Lynn Youth Health Alli- Rail Link to connect North and South sta- Brush re ance and Stop & Shop customers teamed tions, so passengers from north of Boston burns through up to mount a food drive lling 16 boxes would not have to take other MBTA trains Lynn Woods. A7 with donations for hungry families. to get to their downtown destination. But Counting city high school students as all of these improvements cost money, In Saugus members, the Alliance partnered with easily more than $3 billion, this at a time Crews battle Move for Hunger, a national nonpro t when there’s an anti-tax Republican gov- three-alarm organization, and Two Men and a Truck, ernor on Beacon Hill and voters rejected house re. A7 a moving company, to hold the “Fill-A- an increase in the gas tax to help pay for ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE infrastructure improvements. In Sports Truck” food drive at the Super Stop & Lynn English’s Juan Fernandez receives Shop in Lynn on Wednesday. Starting Monday, The Item analyzes St. Mary’s, supplies from Classical’s Aya Dabash at the Marblehead are Students encouraged shoppers to do- transportation problems while some elect- Super Stop & Shop in Lynn where the Lynn ed leaders offer solutions. Super Bowl-bound. B1 nate non-perishable food, such as peanut Youth Health Alliance is collecting food for the needy. ALLIANCE, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 49° VOL. 138, ISSUE 291 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 39° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 REAL ESTATE .............................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016 OBITUARIES John H. Bavin Jr., 65 Charter school supporters LYNN — John H. nephews, Michael regroup after stinging setback Bavin Jr., 65, died and his wife Katie peacefully on Friday, Giello of Beverly By Bob Salsberg but also around the coun- stinging for the state’s stalled. Nov. 4, 2016 at the and Albert Giello of ASSOCIATED PRESS try. They blamed the set- popular Republican Gov. “We still have an Kaplan Family Hos- Peabody; some of back on the intransigence Charlie Baker, who ap- achievement gap problem, pice House in Dan- his lifelong friends BOSTON — Charter of teachers unions, which peared in radio and TV and we still have fund- vers, following an include Russell Lac- school proponents are contributed the bulk of the ads and even campaigned ing problems in public extended illness. erda, Ron Simon and regrouping after the lop- $14 million spent oppos- door-to-door in support of schools,” said Rosenberg, Born in Salem, he George Grilli. sided defeat in Massachu- ing the measure. the question. an Amherst Democrat. was the son of the Service informa- setts of Question 2, a bal- “The unions will con- Baker avoid pointing The vote on Question 2 late John H. and Helen F. (Mul- tion: A private family funer- lot initiative that would tinue to fight for the sta- fingers after the vote, in- makes it unlikely existing doon) Bavin Sr. He grew up al service was held in the have allowed the schools tus quo, locking kids in stead focusing on other state caps on Common- in Lynn and graduated from CONWAY, CAHILL-BRODEUR to expand their presence schools that aren’t meet- ways the state might low- wealth charters will be Lynn English High School and Funeral Home, with burial beyond existing state ing their needs,” said Til- er a stubborn academic lifted anytime soon, but earned a degree from North in Cedar Grove Cemetery, caps. lie Elvrum, president of achievement gap between Rosenberg said there are Shore Community College. Peabody. Memorial dona- More than 6 in 10 vot- Washington, D.C.-based students in urban schools other alternative public Mr. Bavin worked as an as- tions may be made to the ers rejected the proposal, PublicSchoolOptions.org. and those in more affluent schools that can play a sistant sales manager with Special Olympics, Attn: Me- according to unofficial re- “But we will be ready to suburbs. greater role in the future. Hotwatt Electric Heating Spe- morial Gifts, 1133 19th St. turns from Tuesday’s elec- mobilize in state houses “We need to pursue oth- Horace Mann charters, cialists in Danvers for several NW, 12th Floor, Washington, tion. And some of the wid- across the country to ad- er alternatives,” Baker for example, differ from years. D.C. 20036-3604. Please est margins of defeat came vocate for our children’s said. “In a state where so Commonwealth schools He is survived by a sister visit www.ccbfuneral.com for in the very cities where education because we many of our schools and because they operate with and brother-in-law, June and online obituary or sign con- supporters had hoped to know them best.” so many of our school dis- the blessing of local school Albert Giello of Peabody; two dolences.