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AMIGOS DE LA VOZ SUNDAY, 11 - 5, McMANUS FIELD, LYNN. JOIN IN CELEBRATING COMMUNITY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2018 NE Metro Tech’s rst win comes at My Brother’s Table By Bridget Turcotte said Petzke. “It’s about teaching life lessons ITEM STAFF and making each one of us a better person. My coach, who works a lot and has a son SAUGUS — Northeast Metro Tech foot- with autism, (still) spends time with us. It ball captain Andrew Petzke of Saugus nev- er volunteered before his coach announced is a great thing because it shows how much the team would be lending a hand at My we all mean to each other.” Brother’s Table in Lynn. Coach Don Hemes said he’s teaching the “I haven’t done any volunteering before high schoolers that being a part of the team but I am going to do it again because it isn’t about wins and losses. makes me a better person and helps some- “Football is a great game but it’s not just one else who is in need,” said Petzke, who about playing football,” said Hemes. “We joined his team in preparing, serving, and bring them together, we play football, but Northeast Metro Tech football players Shane Meredith and Manny cleaning up dinner at the soup kitchen. Portel prepare dessert to be served at My Brother’s Table. “(Football) is not just about the sport,” VOLUNTEERING, A3 Sweet sport of pickleball Lynn man netting fans in Lynn charged in domestic assault By Bella diGrazia ITEM STAFF LYNN — A Lynn man faces armed as- sault with intent to murder and a host of other charges after police say he tried to kill his ex-girlfriend and himself. Luis Rijio, 26, of Lynn, was arrested Friday evening by Boston Police after he broke into the victim’s apartment and held her at gunpoint, according to documents provided by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s of ce. He was arraigned yester- day at Roxbury Municipal Court. At 10:58 p.m., of cers responded to a ra- dio call for a person screaming for help in- side an apartment near Fenway Park, ac- cording to the report. Witnesses said they heard the female victim yelling “Don’t kill me” several times. Of cers reportedly kicked in the door of the woman’s apart- ment and saw Rijio standing over her and holding her down in a reclining chair while pointing a gun at her head. According to the report, Rijio saw the of cers, tucked his rearm away and es- caped the apartment through a back door. After chasing him through an alley, Rijio was arrested by the of cers, who said they found a Smith & Wesson .38 revolver in his possession. After being handcuffed, Rijio said, “I just want to die; you should just shoot me and blow my head off.” After taking the suspect into custody, of- By Thor Jourgensen Fellow player Diane Jordan said the Diane Jordan plays cers went back and spoke with the wom- ITEM EDITORIAL DIRECTOR casual fun atmosphere around a pickle- a game of pickleball an, according to the report. She said Rijio ball court brought her back to the game with Gary Webber started banging on her front door before Pickleball has taken hold in East Lynn after initially trying it. A tennis player, and Norm White breaking it open with a re extinguisher, and, if Lauren James and her fellow play- she likes the quick back-and-forth pace at the Clark Street which is when she noticed the gun in his ers have any say in the matter, it’s a sport of pickleball mixed with the come-one- playground. back pocket. The woman said Rijio told that is here to stay. come-all attitude. her he wanted her to watch as he killed On Mondays and Saturdays at 9 a.m. Newcomers to the game are encour- ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE himself. and Thursday at 4 p.m., James and fellow aged to pick up a paddle, and play rotates She suggested to Rijio that they take pickleballers converge on the two courts between players who assemble on the their conversation outside but after ini- inside the Lance Cpl. Bradley J. Campus courts on any given day. tially agreeing to do so, he changed his Playground at the end of Clark Street to Jordan described games as “a friendly mind and wouldn’t let her leave, according play a sport that boasts a national follow- feud” while Joe Skeadas called pickleball to the report. The suspect then said he was ing and its own association providing in- a cross between badminton, ping pong going to kill her and then himself. She also formation on the game and tournaments. and tennis. told of cers that Rijio bit her neck and With a court much smaller than a ten- “It’s quick, there’s a lot of hand-eye co- showed them the marks. nis court and an underhand serve rule, ordination involved,” Skeadas said. Rijio reportedly told the woman, “The pickleball sets the stage for a fast-paced The paddles resemble those for ping gun was loaded and it was the best $500 racquet game offering minimal wear and pong, only bigger. Beginners bat the Wif- that he ever spent.” tear on middle-aged bodies. e ball-size pickleball back and forth The incident came a week after Rijio al- “It’s a great way to keep t and every- across the net like ping pong players legedly violated a temporary restraining one is so nice,” said James, a Marblehead resident. PICKLEBALL, A3 ASSAULT, A3 Warm welcome in Swampscott INSIDE MISSING Saugus with CommUNITY bon res Belden Bly Bridge lowered. A2 FROM REVERE By Bella diGrazia many of the community’s organiza- ITEM STAFF tions. Water Street Bridge “This woman felt alienated in the replaced. A2 By Gayla Cawley al Center for Missing & SWAMPSCOTT — After a Facebook community, but it was all the com- ITEM STAFF Exploited Children since post where a variety of residents talk- ments that came after of all the people Food July 23. ed about the dif culties of meeting REVERE — A Lynn saying they felt the same way, some of Try some of Rosalie’s Jennifer Tanner, of Lynn, people, a “CommUNITY” bon re was which having lived in the community quiche with bacon and mother hasn’t heard from said her daughter came organized. for a very long time,” said Danielle Swiss cheese. A7 her 17-year-old daughter back from South Carolina Earlier this year, a woman posted Strauss, director of the Swampscott in a week and is fearing to live with her in Lynn in on the For the Love of Swampscott Recreation Department. LOOK! the worst. 2015 and got mixed up in (FLOS) Facebook page about her dis- Strauss, who grew up in the east “The Empresses of Haley Driggers has been the wrong crowd. She said appointment in not being able to make end of Long Island, N.Y., and moved China’s Forbidden City” reported missing to Re- Driggers was abused by friends in the town. The post prompt- to Swampscott 27 years ago, said she comes to PEM. A8 vere Police and has been ed comments from a slew of residents listed with the Nation- REVERE, A3 agreeing with her, which surprised SWAMPSCOTT, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 FOOD ........................................A7 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 82° VOL. 140, ISSUE 216 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 63° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2018 OBITUARIES Gay (Hutchinson) Kemp, 76 Belden Bly Bridge lowered SAUGUS — Massa- conduct repairs. spokesperson. detour routes with the as- PT. CHARLOTTE, cal nursing homes in chusetts Department of The drawbridge crosses With the bridge now sistance of local communi- Fla. — Our dearest the Lynn community. Transportation (Mass- the Saugus River between lowered into the closed ties to be used during the mother passed away She retired from the DOT) crews successfully Saugus and Lynn and car- position, the channel is hours of closure. unexpectedly but former J.B. Thomas lowered the Belden Bly ries traf c on Route 107. closed to marine traf c Those routes include peacefully in her Hospital in Peabody, Bridge, also called Fox MassDOT crews and con- that would normally re- Summer Street, Lincoln sleep on Aug. 16, as an ER secretary. Hill Bridge, Tuesday at 4 tractors continue to work quire the bridge to open in Avenue, Ballard Street, 2018 at Consolate of She was a member p.m., allowing for mechan- to repair a mechanical is- order to pass. The channel and Boston Street. ical repairs to start Tues- sue with one of the steel restriction will remain in Port Charlotte Nurs- of the Native Ameri- MassDOT has conduct- day evening. ropes used to operate this place until normal bridge ing Care Facility in cans Cultural Center ed maintenance on this Florida. She graduat- in Devens. She loved The drawbridge will be drawbridge. A malfunc- operations are restored. available for vehicle trav- tion occurred Sunday eve- Several MBTA bus bridge on a regular basis ed from Classical High School. pow-wows and highly sup- and has plans to replace A lifelong Lynn resident until ported Native American rights el from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. on ning, in which the bridge routes use the bridge and Wednesday and Thursday. was stuck open. The chan- buses will have access to it. The design of that esti- she and our father moved to and beliefs.