Asian-Americans face serious heqlth risk from diabetes •·P 5 www.allstonbrightontab.com FRIDAY, JULY 22, 29os Vol. 9, No . 50 3 Sections 75¢ IT V i ' Bubble, bubble, toil & rouble Bedbug blitzkri~g By Audlti Guha STArF_ WRITER hey are tiny, itchy and T practically indest:ruc­ tible, and they are everywhere. With moving season around the corner and stu­ dents corning ba.::k in the fall , community activists are trying to control Lrie bedbug infestation in Allston­ Brighton this summer and hope people do not pick up The common bed bug. used furni ture and bedding off the sidewalk. The Allston Brighton Community Development Corp. has received four new reports of apartments with bedbugs this month and have identified more than 70 sites in the neighborhood. STAFF PHOTO BY KEITH E. JACOBSON 'There have been many places witha bedbug problem," The crazy crew at the Faneull Branch Library had a celebration of the release of the opening of "Charlie of the fs hocolate Factory," that featured said Juan Gonzalez from the CDC, who has personally all sorts of book- and movie-related games, Including this bubble gum-blowing contest between Emmett Greal h, ~. of Brighton and Jack Reilly, visited sites and captured or photographed bedbugs this 9, of Brighton, right. month. BED BUGS, page 13 Bnazilians show no signs f slowing sam atoA-B By Audit! Guha Center assisting new arrival with come without proper documents, and a Some lucky STAFF WRITER eve!) thing from tran lati g to finding fair number come to Allston-Brighton." Miry was lucky she located friends of Miry came from Brazil three years ago them job . Galvin has been acting as a general friends in Boston from home who helped to learn English. She had a valid visa, but With the wave of new immigrants from troubleshooter for newcomers for more er fi nd jobs and get settled. that was the least of her problems. Brazil increasing eve!) year, and Allston­ than 13 years. Many of the new arrivals She went to English as a Second Lan­ Friendly and talkative, Mi1y (la~t name Brighton home to many Portuguese and have little or no knowledge of English. guage classes at Harvard and is currently withheld) said her biggest problem was Spanish peakers, the neighborhood hold there are between 150,0<l> and 230,000. From the moment they land, they try taking social work courses. communication. a natural attraction for newcomers, said Fresh faces daily to find a job, find a home, find a place to "I like to help people who come here, 'The barrier of language is the hardest local community member-. While local authoritie cannot hazard study. But first they come to church. because I know [what they face]," she barrier of all," sh.e said. "I studied English While the 2000 U.S. Census said there a gues at the total num rs, many being Muy said the church and community said. in my country, too, but when l came here, are 212,000 Brazilians in the country, illegal, on any given Su day St. Antho­ center are always open to new Brazil­ The best advice she can give new ar­ it wasn't easy because phonetics were unofficial e timate b) leading scholars ny's Church is packed ith new faces ians, with no questions asked. rivals is "Learn English!" different. So I didn't understand anything range from 00,000 to 1.2 million. The and introductions. Mo ing Mass can "Some are documented, some are un­ "If you know English, you can go and people didn't understand me." disparity of numbers nationwide is re­ have as many as 500 to churchgoers, documented, but we don't ask," she said. everywhere on your own." Knowing firsthand . the difficulties flected in las achusetts. where, accord­ while the evening Mas sees about 300 "We are a Catholic church, but we are She points people to ESL classes and Brazilian immigrants face, Miry works ing to 2000 Cen us. there are 36,000 to 350, aid Brother Mi ael Galvin. helping everyone. We don't ask about free courses in the area. at the St. Anthony's Parish Gornrnunity Brazi lian . while unofficial estimates say "It's a huge number," he said. "Many their religion." BRAZILIAN, page 12 B D would Ile · proud City swipes Allston ENTERTAINMENT legend By Audltl Guha Walk the STAFF WRITER It was once a beloved community bulletin board for 'Boston noti ces but it' now a Plexiglas ad panel - but no one knows why. Movie Mile' Allston resident who mi thei r board at the comer of Harvard and Brighton avenues, outside Store 24, ~SEE PAGE 15 not to be outdone, are still pasting their notices for community meeting or band tryouts over the ads in­ stead. INSIDE Allston resident Jonah Livingston play in a band, organizes book how and has used the board exten­ Comrmmtary 10 sively for Ii ting events. Community Notes 27 "It was great to have a legal place to post events," he said. "It's pretty depressing. We lo t a community Crime 9 space and it' been replaced with more adverti ement, STAFF PHOTO BY KATE FLOCK which is the last thing we ne din this city." What do you do if you want to pray, but the weather's nice? If you're Temp1e Bnai Moshe in Destinations 20 Neither local re idents nor the All ton Village Main Brighto , you hold your Sabbath outside, under the stars. The frst one was July 15, and the temple Streets, which paid for the community board to be put hopes it becomes an annual tradition. Ubrary Notes 23 BOARD, page 12 ~uarles 22 \I \El. The Finest Call For a Free People 24 . ClllHOPH \CTIC m Mortgage Loans Market An alysis! Polltlcal Notebook . 8 Swiss Watch Repair Local knowledge. 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SOCIETY Golf Club was ~ of the most popular courses near Boston, but Its days were clearly numbered owing to This was one of our toughest contests yet. Even many of our regular winners did not know this was the rapidly a~pprecng land values along Commonwealth Avenue. In 1903, one of the Allston Golf Club's Allston Golf Club. As hard as It may be to believe, early 20tb<:entury Allston contained two, nine-hole golf members, Arth r G. Lockwood, made golfing history by defeating 37 other playe 'S to win the first courses. Here we see the headquarters of the Allston Golf Club, a 35-acre course that sat on the north side Massach Amateur tiUe, a feat he repeated on two other occasions. The Newton-Commonwealth of Commonwealth Avenue from 1897 to 1914, on the land now occupied by BU's new athletic complex Country Club, a organized In 1897, Is said to have been a spin-Off of the Allston Golf Club. The other (formerly the site of the Commonwealth Armory). 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