Kids audition for spots on 'ZOOM' cast •PAGE26 mCommunity Newspaper Company www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2003 Vol. 4, No. 27 48 Pages 3 Sections 7 5¢ Dancing with grace BU goes on defensive Reps, consultants clarify 10-year master plan By Phoebe Sweet to BU sources. STMFWRITER These plans, which include de­ team of Boston Uni­ velopment of the Allston freight versity reps and con­ yards and control of Ma'ls. Pike air A sultants defended a re­ right<>, were included in the master cently-relea<;ed master plan lac;t plan, according to BU reps, so that week, saying that most of the po­ the neighborhood wouldn't think tential develop- the university ment illustrated wm; "holding in the plan "'is Whats next: back" on future highly unlike­ plans. Richard ly," to be under­ The next BU Task Force meeting is Towle, a BU taken over the scheduled tor Thursday, Jan 30, consultant, said next I0 years. at 7 p.m. The meeting will be that the univer­ The Institu­ held at BU's 121 Bay State Road sity can only af­ administration building and BU's tional Master consultants will dsicuss traffic ford $660 mil­ Plan, released concerns. lion worth of Dec. 23, in­ development cludes two def- over the next inite project.<; - a graduate student I 0 ye<U'S, a sum that could never housing development and a Life !>TArf ~ tfO BY I~ WALKER pay for all of the projects included Anya Smith, left, and Tanya Smeyan, center, go through a ballet warm-up routine under the direction of Instructor Vladlmlr Foygelman, Sciences building - and several in the IMP. right, In the basement dance studio of the Temple B'nai Moshe In Brighton on Tuesday evening. The dancers and their teacher, all likely project'i, as well a<; several Project<; listed ac; definite and Immigrants from the former Soviet Union, get together twice a week to practice for fun and exercise. long-term goals that may not likely amount to just under 2 mil­ take place for decades, according BU, page 9 Troubled girls flee a Brighton hospital Local man struck By Kit Kadlec and Phoebe Sweet in..,tance. although this is the STMF WRITERS longest disappearanc.-e for either Two area teens remained mi'is­ rid- ing yesterday after escaping last A \\0111.Ul nding an l\1BTA bus by u~iHty pele ~1..-ek from a B1ighton children\ 1 We) mouth reported ~"'t!ing the By Phoebe Sweet head. hospital. Sightings of the girls in ; rls \\ednexkt). and a tipster in - w, IER Although Ca-.taneda was we..... twood and \\cymouth on the !Xdh<un Co1porme Office After spending a week in in­ coveri.:d with blood and sus­ Wednesday. The Cape early thi-. Building also contacted police tensive care, a B1ighton man tained injuries to hi<; head and week and Hull last weekend have Wednesday to say he had seen the who wa., <;truck on the head by left foot. he was up and walk­ their parent<; optimi '>tic they will girls near a set of railroad tracks in a falling light pole near the cor­ ing around at the scene imme­ be found .'iOOn. West\\ood. ner of Commonwealth Avenue diately after the accident, ac­ 2.elia Begin, 15, of Norwood Begin and Deshiro were able to and Gorham Street Ja1,t cording to Police Captain and Jessica Deshiro, 16, who had escape the locked facility during Wednesday was fo.,ted in Wi II iam Evans. Castaneda's recently moved in with her aunt an e\ening exercise program at an "good condition" at Beth brae! condition took a tum for the and uncle in Dedham. escaped to­ unlocked gymna<;ium when an­ Deaconess Hospital yesterday. worse, and he stayed in the in­ gether on Jan. 13 from the Francis­ other patient faked a seizure to Police report that an out-of­ tensive crn·e unit at Beth Israel can Children's Hospital on Wan-en help them by drawing the attention control car struck the pole, for almost a week after the ac­ Street in B1ighton. Both girls have of the -.upen isors, according Lo which in turn struck 32-year­ cident. depression disorders, and had his­ Begin\ parent'>, Bob and Patty old Rubin Castaneda in the ACCIDENT, page 27 tories of running away p1ior to this Zella Begin, 15 Jessica Deshiro, 16 RUNAWAYS, page 27 Keeping At the line Temps King's drop and dream oil prices alive shoot up By Christine Moyer Many residents CORRESPONDENT can '1 afford heat The sun swept the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, By Phoebe Sweet I %3, when the Rev. Dr. Mrutin STAFF WRITER Luther King Jr. disclosed his ch-earn As Allston-Brighton and the rest to the nation. of New England has watched the "We cannot walk alone. And a'i mercury drop over the last two we walk, we must make the pledge months, many residents strapped that we shall march ahead. We can­ for ca~h have felt the ache of winter not tum back." chill in their bank account~ as well Thirty-five years have passed a~ their bones. since the civil 1ights activist's tragic With fuel oil prices up 30 or 40 death, yet his words still reverber­ cents over last year, soaring to ate in people's minds and heruts. $ 1.35 to $ 1.45 this winter, and Proving this was the animated temps that have hovered below gathering at the Bishop Peterson freezing for weeks, many families Chapel this past Sunday for the in the greater Boston ru-ea are being 12th annual Martin Luther King Jr. forced to make tough choices, ac­ prayer service. cording to Fuel Assistance Pro­ Tucked away in Brighton's St. gram administrators. John Seminaiy, the chapel of blue­ "What it really comes down to ... STAFF PHOTO BY JI M WAI.KER is that they have to make tragic gray marble walls offe1-ed relief Ida Lee Moore, 12, of Brighton, shoots a free throw during the Elks Club's annual National Hoop Shoot Contest at the Jackson-Mann from the bitter cold and a joyous Elementary School In Allston on Thursday. See story on page 15. choices," said Kathy Tobin of Ac­ celebration of the message and tion for Boston Community Devel- MLK, page 27 HEAT, page 9 'IAEL INSIDE SIMPLY FREE <:,~\~~() \<' · ~~-,,. 1£, ~:;,~=! AroUrid the CitY 28 ClllHOPH \CflC ~~ ,-:.~.:. < ':'). • Nt1> FaU a.,.., ~0,,«" ' for Kids and Tttnaim COfnmentary 12 CHECKING I 25 \1,;.U\ CX('CTll.:nll.: CommuriffY NOtes 3 Sports Call Cu~tomer Service Learn to dance Crime 4 for more details Private and group lessons wrth or without Erit8itilnment .17 Auto partner • weekly dances • low rates ~21. 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