SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2018 Coming Monday ELDER ABUSE Shame on us Beginning Monday, The Item will publish a three-day series focusing on a disturbing but real phenomenon: elder abuse. As the nation ages and the number of seniors increase and live longer in their homes, physical, emotional, and nancial elder abuse are rising. In this series, we tell the stories of vic- tims of emotional abuse, reveal disturbing data on how many seniors are affected, and detail the state’s efforts to combat abuse. We detail cases of abuse and the challeng- es of prosecuting them. We also examine nancial exploitation of seniors and how to identify it. The series also offers ways for seniors to protect themselves and how you can help an elder who may be facing abuse. Marblehead sets its site Little hero for new school Lynn students By Bridget Turcotte comes up big ITEM STAFF look into MARBLEHEAD — The town may replace three aging schools with a new building in Peabody at the site of the current Malcolm L. Bell their futures By Adam Swift Jaelyn Richard- School on Baldwin Road. By Bella diGrazia Lupita the ITEM STAFF son wears a nurs- The Gerry School Building Committee on FOR THE ITEM Skeleton, from Thursday voted unanimously to recommend es hat given to the NSCC PEABODY — It’s not the kind the 6.4-acre Bell site for the new building LYNN — Juniors and seniors her by the school Science De- of thing you want to wake up to, over two other options that would have been from several Lynn high schools partment, was nurse at Welch located at the current site of the Bud Orne especially if you’re only 8 years spent Friday experiencing life as dressed up in Elementary Playground. old. School after she a North Shore Community College campus gear Early Wednesday morning, School Committee chairwoman Meredith (NSCC) student. saved her grand- Tedford said her board was attending the as a way to Jaelyn Richardson’s grand- mother with an Students from Lynn Classical, encourage stu- mother was having an allergic meeting to fully understand the decision Lynn English, Lynn Vocational Tech- EpiPen when she made by the building committee. dents to pur- reaction. The Welch Elementary nical Institute, and Fecteau-Leary was having an The School Committee will discuss the chase items School third-grader and her chi- allergic reaction proposal at a meeting on Thursday at 7 p.m. toured the college. It’s the third year during the huahua, Tony, were the only ones this past week. at the Marblehead High School Library. the school has brought Lynn high school tour on home. The town is working with the Massachu- school students in for a visit. Friday. HERO, A7 ITEM PHOTO | setts School Building Authority, a quasi-in- NSCC, A7 ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK dependent government authority that helps BELLA DIGRAZIA fund the construction of school buildings, to construct a new elementary school that would combine and replace the Elbridge Gerry, L.H. Cof n, and Bell elementary schools. At Thursday’s meeting, Architect Gene Raymond of Raymond Design Associates, Inc. presented two potential layout options for a school on the Bud Orne property, which is more than 3.5 acres in size, and one for the Bell property. The building committee narrowed 22 potential sites down to the two options at a previous meeting. The smaller Bud Orne site would have required the 86,000-square-foot school to be taller, and studies showed the proposed three-story building would have cast shad- ows on more than a dozen homes, including one that would have been blocked from sun- light all day. Committee member Ben Berman thanked Raymond for presenting an additional op- tion for the Bud Orne site. “It was very important we looked at Bud at every angle possible,” said Berman. “We exhausted every angle of Bud and the mes- sage we’ve sent is that we tried everything to make it work.” Superintendent Maryann Perry said she hoped the Bud Orne site would be a good t, but ultimately supported the Bell option. “I so wanted the school to be on the Bud Orne Classical students try site,” said Perry. “I felt it was the opportunity Vietnam vets have their hands at boxing MARBLEHEAD, A7 their day in Lynn By Gayla Cawley By Thomas Grillo ITEM STAFF INSIDE ITEM STAFF SAUGUS — Lynn Classical High Classical In Lynn LYNN — When Robert Quinn re- President of School students packed a punch for physical edu- turned home from Vietnam in 1967, the VVA Chap- their trip to Title Boxing Club this cation teacher Iconic TV show ‘Lost in Space’ there was no ticker tape parade, ter 908, Walter week. Joan Wiend- lands in Lynn. A3 welcome celebrations or thank yous Gutherie of Angel Galiotzakis, 15, a sophomore, czak, left, and for his service. Lynn, looks and Noah Corbishley, 17, a senior, Jennelly Ma- In Revere Instead, he was met by a public who on during the were among 30 Classical students tos learn how Flying high with bond rating. A4 had grown weary of the con ict and honoring of to box during Vietnam vet- and three students from Classical’s In Sports wanted the U.S. to end its involve- Creating Opportunities for Autis- a school trip ment in the Southeast Asia nation. erans at Lynn Tech baseball optimistic tic Children (COACh) program who to Title “The day after I came back from City Hall on were introduced to boxing during a Boxing. as new era begins. B1 Vietnam, there was an anti-war ral- Friday. visit to Title Boxing this week. • ly in Wake eld which I attended in ITEM PHOTO | Saugus native Vitukevitch to run ITEM PHOTO | BOXING, A7 GAYLA CAWLEY Marathon for Mass General. B1 VETERANS, A7 SPENSER HASAK OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 HIGH 47° VOL. 140, ISSUE 102 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 REAL ESTATE .............................B8 LOW 32° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2018 OBITUARIES Mary Barbara Vienneau, 91 Warren calls for new federal 1927-2018 ORMOND BEACH, 1946. She worked approach to opioid crisis Fla. — Mary Barbara for the U.S. State (Steeves) Vienneau, Department, Office By Steve LeBlanc ment to spend a record 91, entered into eter- of German Affairs in ASSOCIATED PRESS $4.6 billion this year to nal life on March 22 Washington, D.C., pri- fight the crisis, which surrounded by her or to marrying Lau- BOSTON — U.S. Sen. killed 42,000 Americans loving children at her rence Vienneau on Elizabeth Warren is call- in 2016. daughter’s home in June 27, 1953. Mary ing for the federal gov- Some advocates said the Ormond Beach, Fla. and Larry moved to ernment to confront the funding isn’t enough to opioid addiction crisis She is predeceased Marshfield in 1954 create the kind of treat- like it ultimately attacked by seven months by her late and then moved to Duxbury ment system needed to the AIDS epidemic in the husband of 64 years, Lau- where they raised their chil- reverse the crisis. A White 1980s. rence E. Vienneau. dren. They also lived in Monu- House report last fall said The Massachusetts Mary was born on Jan. 17, ment Beach and Plymouth be- the overdose epidemic Democrat said Friday that 1927. Her birth name was fore moving to Ormond Beach, costs the country more Mary Barbara (O’Brien) John- Fla., in 2014. she will be unveiling leg- islation next week with than $500 billion a year. son. Her early childhood was Mary was a devoted wife Warren said her bill is spent in Boston. She was and mother. She loved to sing, Democratic U.S. Rep. Eli- jah Cummings, of Mary- modeled after the Ryan adopted at the age of 12 by to speak with an “Irish Brogue” White CARE Act, which Reginald and Obeline Steeves and make others laugh. She land, that would pump $100 billion in federal targeted federal funds to of Lynn. was a lifelong devout Cath- areas of the country most She is survived by her sis- olic. She enjoyed reading, funding over the next 10 years to help communi- impacted by the HIV virus. ter, Joanne Brady of Hayden, discussing politics, spending White, an Indiana teen- Idaho and her sister-in-law, time with her extended family ties battle the crisis that claims tens of thousands ager, became a global ad- Barbara Doyle of Wakefield. and following Boston sports FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS vocate for AIDS patients Mary is also survived by her teams, especially the Red of lives each year. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at a ral- after he contracted the dis- seven children and spous- Sox and Celtics. Mary loved to Warren said the goal ly outside the Consumer Financial Protection ease through a blood trans- es, Laurence Jr. (Suhtling) of travel and traveled extensively is to make sure funding Lake Mary, Fla., Michael (Bar- with her husband. Her favorite goes directly to the hard- Bureau headquarters in Washington. fusion. He died in 1990. bara Condon) of Nantucket, place to visit was Ireland; she est-hit counties where There are parallels be- Suzanne (Terry) of Ormond felt a strong affinity to Irish the most people are dying pace, Warren said sources necessary to root tween the early years of Beach, Fla., Carol of Plymouth, Culture. from drug overdoses. The “Empty rhetoric and half it out.” the AIDS epidemic and the Mary-Alyce (Phil Eberhardt) of The most important influ- bill also would ensure a measures won’t get the job Warren made the an- opioid crisis, Warren said.