News Briefs by Sal Giarratani (Continued on Page 14) $.30 A COPY VOL. 113 - NO. 19 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 8, 2009 Mayor’s Column by Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, City of Boston THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON This office will be open on Mondays and Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information How Come I Never Knew That? What do Superman and Zorro have in common? On TV back in the fifties both superheroes were played by Italian-American actors. “Superman” George Reeves was born George Bassello and Zorro’s Guy Williams was actually Armand Catalano. Info on these two guys and other Italian – Americans can be found in “Italactors: 101 years of Italian-Americans in U.S. Entertainment” by Michael Bacarella. You can contact the author at 200 North Greenwood Avenue, Park Ridge, IL 60068. Met a Trin-Italian Italian-Americans are one of the largest eth- nic groups in America. Christian Kulikoski who is planning on a race for the District 1 City Council seat this year is half-Italian. Aaron Michelwitz running for State Representative in the 3 rd Suffolk special election is one-eight Ital- ian. Talk show host Michele McPhee is half- Italian. D.A. Dan Conley is half Italian. I’m half Italian. Finally I met the first Trin-Italian the other day. Boston University Public Safety Officer Vernessa Mohammed has two grand- parents from Italy and two from Trinidad. The bunch of us could form our own sub-ethnic group but usually we just think we’re Italian. Ayers Riding to Brandeis Listening to some of those Brandeis students who invited Bill Ayers to speak on campus, one would think this guy was some sort of modern day Paul Revere. He’s not. The unrepentant ter- rorist and former fugitive member of the Weather Underground spoke on campus on April 30. One sophomore Liza Behrendt of Democracy for America, the student group that invited Ayers told the media. “Even with a past of some immoral actions, students still have something valuable to gain from interacting with him.” Hopefully, she’ll grow up before she graduates from Publisher, Pam Donnaruma and the Staff of the Post-Gazette On Sunday, May 3, 2009, Filippo Frattaroli opened his restaurant Filippo’s on Causeway Street, North End, Boston for a fundraiser to benefit the earthquake vic- ABRUZZO EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUNDRAISER Held at Filippo’s Ristorante Engine 8 Ladder 1 of Hanover Street, Boston collected money for the victims of the Abruzzo earthquake. They stopped by Filippo’s and presented a check for the fund. From left to right: Filippo Frattaroli owner of Filippo’s Ristorante, Firefighter Joe Mullen, Lieutenant Eddie White, Director of Education Consul General of Italy Boston’s office, Dr. Carlo Cipollone, Firefighters Brian Summering and Dan Considine (back), Dominic Candelieri and Alberto Mustone. tims in Abruzzo, Italy. Guests were treated to a lav- ish buffet through the gen- erosity of Filippo. Donations were made to Lions Club Sulmona and the Abruzzo Earthquake Relief Fund. Many gathered together within the Italian American community and also many political figures joined in to support this worthy cause. (More photos on Page 5) Close to 200 leaders from a spectrum of government agencies, businesses, and nonprofit organizations gathered in Boston last week for a summit to promote cross-sector communication around planning and response to un- anticipated emergencies. When my administration began meeting with leaders to plan this event, no one could have predicted that we would be grappling with an actual large-scale emergency in the midst of the sum- mit. However, for guests at last week’s conference, the swine flu crisis served as a perfect example of how important it is to establish effective partner- ships and lines of communication in order to prepare and respond to crisis situations. In Boston, over the last several years, we’ve reached out to residents and the private sector to strengthen our emer- gency preparedness efforts for crises both large and small, and our response to swine flu concerns showed this plan- ning in action. Even before news of any reported cases of the flu hit Boston, the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) was actively coordinating with health care providers, first responders, and state and national agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to monitor the situation around the clock. When it became clear that Boston would eventually be directly impacted, we made sure that residents knew the necessary precautions to take in order to avoid the illness. Since discovering probable cases in the City, the BPHC has worked with institutions to take the appropriate steps to mini- mize the potential of spreading the illness. These steps have not only helped to reduce the impact of swine (Continued on Page 15)
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Mayor’s Columnby Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, City of Boston
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How Come I Never Knew That?What do Superman and
Zorro have in common? OnTV back in the fifties bothsuperheroes were played byItalian-American actors.“Superman” George Reeveswas born George Basselloand Zorro’s Guy Williamswas actually ArmandCatalano. Info on these twoguys and other Italian –Americans can be found in “Italactors: 101 yearsof Italian-Americans in U.S. Entertainment” byMichael Bacarella. You can contact the authorat 200 North Greenwood Avenue, Park Ridge,IL 60068.
Met a Trin-ItalianItalian-Americans are one of the largest eth-
nic groups in America. Christian Kulikoski whois planning on a race for the District 1 CityCouncil seat this year is half-Italian. AaronMichelwitz running for State Representative inthe 3rd Suffolk special election is one-eight Ital-ian. Talk show host Michele McPhee is half-Italian. D.A. Dan Conley is half Italian. I’m halfItalian. Finally I met the first Trin-Italian theother day. Boston University Public SafetyOfficer Vernessa Mohammed has two grand-parents from Italy and two from Trinidad. Thebunch of us could form our own sub-ethnic groupbut usually we just think we’re Italian.
Ayers Riding to BrandeisListening to some of those Brandeis students
who invited Bill Ayers to speak on campus, onewould think this guy was some sort of modernday Paul Revere. He’s not. The unrepentant ter-rorist and former fugitive member of theWeather Underground spoke on campus on April30. One sophomore Liza Behrendt of Democracyfor America, the student group that invitedAyers told the media. “Even with a past of someimmoral actions, students still have somethingvaluable to gain from interacting with him.”Hopefully, she’ll grow up before she graduates
fromPublisher, Pam Donnaruma
and theStaff of the Post-Gazette
On Sunday, May 3, 2009,Filippo Frattaroli opened hisrestaurant Filippo’s onCauseway Street, North End,Boston for a fundraiser tobenefit the earthquake vic-
ABRUZZO EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUNDRAISERHeld at Filippo’s Ristorante
Engine 8 Ladder 1 of Hanover Street, Boston collected money for the victims of theAbruzzo earthquake. They stopped by Filippo’s and presented a check for the fund.From left to right: Filippo Frattaroli owner of Filippo’s Ristorante, Firefighter JoeMullen, Lieutenant Eddie White, Director of Education Consul General of Italy Boston’soffice, Dr. Carlo Cipollone, Firefighters Brian Summering and Dan Considine (back),Dominic Candelieri and Alberto Mustone.
tims in Abruzzo, Italy.Guests were treated to a lav-ish buffet through the gen-erosity of Filippo. Donationswere made to Lions ClubSulmona and the Abruzzo
Earthquake Relief Fund.Many gathered togetherwithin the Italian Americancommunity and also manypolitical figures joined in tosupport this worthy cause.
(More photos on Page 5)
Close to 200 leaders from a spectrumof government agencies, businesses,and nonprofit organizations gatheredin Boston last week for a summit topromote cross-sector communicationaround planning and response to un-anticipated emergencies. When myadministration began meeting withleaders to plan this event, no onecould have predicted that we wouldbe grappling with an actual large-scaleemergency in the midst of the sum-mit. However, for guests at last week’sconference, the swine flu crisis servedas a perfect example of how importantit is to establish effective partner-ships and lines of communication inorder to prepare and respond to crisissituations.
In Boston, over the last several years,we’ve reached out to residents and theprivate sector to strengthen our emer-gency preparedness efforts for crises
both large and small, and our responseto swine flu concerns showed this plan-ning in action. Even before news of anyreported cases of the flu hit Boston, theBoston Public Health Commission(BPHC) was actively coordinating withhealth care providers, first responders,and state and national agencies, suchas the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, to monitor the situationaround the clock. When it became clearthat Boston would eventually be directlyimpacted, we made sure that residentsknew the necessary precautions to takein order to avoid the illness. Sincediscovering probable cases in the City,the BPHC has worked with institutionsto take the appropriate steps to mini-mize the potential of spreading theillness. These steps have not onlyhelped to reduce the impact of swine
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We have covered the cir-cumstances surroundingthe birth of Hercules, hisearly education, physicaltraining, the events whichled to the imposition of hisfamous labors and the firsttwo of those ordeals.
The third labor requiredHercules to capture theCerynithian hind, a goldenhorned deer with hoofs ofbrass that roamed the for-ests of Attica. This beauti-ful animal had been dedi-cated to Diana, the goddessof the hunt, and was sacredto her. Consequently, it hadto be captured alive and un-harmed. Hercules pursuedthe deer for a full year be-fore running it down. Onereport states that he caughtit in nets while another saysthat he crept upon it whileit slept. Following proof ofcapture, the animal was re-leased unharmed.
The fourth labor requiredof Hercules was to capturethe Erymathian boar, a largebeast that ranged overMount Erymanthus and rav-aged the territory all aroundnorthwest Arcadia. The ani-mal was tracked into thedeep snows of its mountain-ous territory and broughtback alive to the king who
became so terrified that hehid from the hero.
The fifth labor of Herculeswas a humiliating assign-ment. He was required toclean the stables of KingAugeias in one day. Theking owned vast herds ofcattle, and the dung fromthese herds had been depos-ited so thickly on his land,that it was no longer able tobe cultivated. Herculesmade a separate deal withthe king, agreeing to cleanthe stables in return for apayment of one tenth of thecattle.
After the contract wassigned, Hercules brokethrough the walls of thestables and diverted anearby river, flushing thearea with its water. As wassuspected, Augeias refusedto honor his agreement,claiming that it was the dutyof Hercules to perform thework without pay. Threat-ening revenge, the strongman returned to Tiyrns onlyto find that he was doublyrepaid for his clevernesswhen King Eurystheus, au-thor of these labors, refusedto honor this last ordeal onthe grounds that it had beenundertaken for hire.
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Kenneally Opens Campaign in Eastieby Sal Giarratani
Revere City Councilor Anthony Zambuto, Alex Bulla, Dave Doyle, Cheryl Bulla, BostonCity Council Candidate Andrew Kenneally, Dawn Doyle, former City Councilor AttorneyDiane Modica, Neffo Cappuccio, Maggie Atanasov and Eric Carco.
Andrew Kenneally, an-other one of those GaelicGarlic politicians is winningover voters in East Boston,his adopted home. Folksstopped by Spinelli’s in DaySquare for his Kick-off event.He is gaining attentioncitywide in a crowded field ofcity council at large candi-dates running for two vacantseats. City Councilor SalLaMattina from District 1was there as was former Dis-trict 1 City Councilor DianeModica. The makers andshakers of Eastie politics aswell as many of Andrew’sfriends from his time as anaide to former City CouncilPresident Michael Flaherty.Ironically, one of the twovacant seats up for grabs isFlaherty’s who is running formayor this year.
My friend Kristen Langonewas there and is workinghard on Kenneally’s cam-paign. She grew up in theNorth End but now callsEast Boston home. In herpast campaigns, she was acampaign manager for JerryMcDermott from Allston-Brighton. She’s a member ofthe Langone family and poli-tics is second nature for her.
I hear another kick off for
the campaign is comingup in West Roxbury whereKenneally was born andraised. There are lots ofKenneallys over on that sideof the city and Kenneally hasmore than his share of policeofficers in his family tree.I’m sure that time will be justas great as this most recentone in Eastie on April 30th.It appears, Andrew hasadopted a “bookends” strat-egy. Start in opposite cor-ners of the city (East Bostonand West Roxbury) and havetoward City Hall and thecouncil chambers.
A candidate from EastBoston who appears to beuniting all the differentfactions in Eastie politicstoward his campaign makeshim instantly one of the frontrunning candidates. By theway, he also has two of thebest parade groupies inBoston politics on his side.If he’s marching in a pa-rade, you can bet that bothMichele Moore and KaileenConnelly will be there at hisside drumming up the crowd.They already know about allthe upcoming parades likeDorchester Day and BunkerHill Day and are dusting offtheir sneakers for them.
Boston City Council candi-date Andrew Kenneallywith former Boston CityCouncilor Diane Modica.
Kenneally believes he canrepresent all parts of the citywell and that his experienceworking at the City Councilprepares him well. He alsobelieves from growing up inthis city and loving it that hismessage will resonate withvoters from East Boston,West Roxbury and all theneighborhoods of Boston.
With the Special Demo-cratic Primary less than twoweeks away, the Passonicampaign says it feels confi-dent going into the finalstretch and continues togain momentum.
“I’m hearing it every daywhen I am out knocking ondoors and at communityevents,” explained Passoni.“Voters are clearly lookingfor a fresh perspective, andwe’ve been excited by theoutpouring of support.”
Susan Passoni, her cam-paign staff, and volunteerssay they have knocked onthousands of doors and iden-tified support in every neigh-borhood in the district.
Passoni has earned theendorsements of nearly ev-ery progressive organizationmaking an endorsementin the race, and two recentendorsements bring her to-tal to thirteen. Massachu-setts Clean Water Actionrounds out the environmen-tal endorsements, adding tothe backing Passoni gar-
nered from the Massachu-setts League of Environ-mental Voters and theSierra Club MassachusettsChapter. Jeff Knudsen ofMassachusetts Clean WaterAction calls Passoni “a com-mitted advocate who willwork tirelessly for publictransit and on behalf ofmeasures to combat climatechange and promote cleanpower.”
The Massachusetts Na-tional Organization forWomen PAC also endorsedPassoni this week. VickySteinberg, Chair of the Mas-sachusetts NOW PAC, said,“The Massachusetts NOWPAC is proud to support Su-san Passoni for State Rep-resentative in the ThirdSuffolk District. Her finan-cial expertise will help guidethe Commonwealth throughthis tough economic time,and we are confident thatshe will use that expertiseto ensure that we emerge
Passoni CampaignGears Up for Final Stretch
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Boston City CouncillorJohn M. Tobin, Jr., filed aHome Rule Petition with theCity Council that would giveMayoral authority to the CityClerk instead of the Coun-cil President if the Office ofMayor is vacated betweenscheduled city elections.
“It’s time to take the politi-cal jockeying out of the en-tire process,” said Council-lor Tobin, who represents
West Roxbury and JamaicaPlain. “Let’s eliminate theappearance of inside pol-itics and king making. Let’sallow the City Clerk to stepin temporarily until the vot-ers can have a chance todecide who should run theircity.”
As it stands, the Presidentof the City Council takesover the role of Mayor whenthe current Mayor is out of
Councillor Tobin ProposesHome Rule Change on Mayoral Vacancy
town or unable to performhis duties. If the Mayor va-cates the office before histerm ends, the President ofthe City Council becomes“Acting Mayor” for the re-mainder of the term.
Councillor Tobin’s HomeRule Petition proposes thatthe City Clerk, not the CityCouncil President, perform
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President Obama’s decision to release highlyclassified details of how the United States interro-gates terrorists is one of the most dangerous actsan American president has taken in a time of war.Many highly sensitive and previously unknowndetails of the program were contained in thosedocuments — information now in the hands ofOsama bin Laden and his terrorist associates.
The Wall Street Journal of 4/27 indicates; As ifdisclosing interrogation memos has not causedenough trouble, now the Obama Administrationplans to release photographs collected as part ofmilitary probes into prisoner abuse.
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OBAMA/ACLU TEAM UPAGAINST AMERICA
by Edward P. Shallow
Mothers DayHOW IT CAME TO BE
by James DiPrima
To all Mothers: - “HAPPY MOTHERS DAY”
Mothers Day is on May 10,this year. In the United Stateswe celebrate it on the secondSunday in May. This is a daywhen we honor our mothers. Itis truly fitting that we do thisfor given birth to us, nurturingus teaching us and most of allloving us unconditionally. Inreturn, on this joyous day, weshower them with flowers, jew-elry, books and other items to ex-press our love and gratitude. Surelyit’s worth the dollars spent knowinghow much they are loved by us.
Is Mothers Day a contrived holiday to en-hance business? Is it a relatively new holi-day to honor mothers? Let’s look at somebrief history about this holiday.
Mothers have been honored throughouthistory. The Egyptians favored the goddessIsis and regarded her as the mother of thePharaohs. Ancient Romans celebrated theGreat Mother, Magna Mater, through thegoddess Cybele. During the 1600 in England,by clerical decree, Mothering Day was ini-tiated. Servants and workers were allowedto travel to their home towns and visit withtheir mothers and families where sumptu-ous meals were prepared and mothers werethe honored guest. When the EnglishPilgrims came to the new world they didnot celebrate Mothering Day which was notin line with their Puritan ways. They basi-cally devoted themselves to hard work andcertainly the living conditions did not allowfor celebration, their main concern wassurvival.
Julia Ward Howe’s proclamation of 1870led to the first Mothers Day in NorthAmerica.
Twelve years prior she wrote The BattleHymn of the Republic and was so moved bythe death of many during the Civil War that
she began to get mothers tocome together to protest the warand the killing of sons of moth-ers and called for an interna-tional Mothers Day celebration ofpeace and motherhood. She triedto change July 4th to Mothers Daybut was unsuccessful and June 2was set aside as the day of cel-ebration. In 1873 as many as 18cities in North America observed
this new holiday which was mainlyfinanced by Howe. When she could nolonger afford them they eventually pe-tered out. For ten more years Boston
continued to celebrate June 2 as MothersDay.
Though her dream of a holiday for moth-ers was a failure she nonetheless hadplanted the idea into what would becomeMothers Day. Anna Reeves Jarvis fromWest Virginia led a woman’s group in cel-ebrating Howe’s holiday to unite familiesthat had been separated during the war andto re-unite them in what she referred to asMothers Friendship Day.
Anna Reeves Jarvis died on May 9, 1905her daughter Anna M. Jarvis carried on thefight to establish an official Mothers Day inhonor of her mother. In 1908 the church,Andrews Methodist Church, where hermother had taught Sunday school for 20years celebrated the first Mother’s Day onMay 10, 1908, two carnations were given toattendees, white for deceased mothers andred for mothers still alive. The church wasincorporated into the International Moth-ers Day Shrine in 1972.
The first state to officially recognize Moth-ers Day was West Virginia in 1912 and in1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared thesecond Sunday in May as Mothers Day.
We should remember our Mothers everyday.
Frank J. DePintoMay He Rest in Peace
Frank J. DePinto ofStoneham, formerly ofSomerville, passed awayon May 2, 2009. Frankwas the beloved hus-band of Anna (Polvere)DePinto. Loving son of thelate Frances (Gesmundo)and John DePinto. He wasthe devoted father of JohnDePinto, Frances Carinoand her husband John,Donato DePinto, AnnetteSlattery and her hus-band Christopher, Frank DePinto, Jr. andhis wife Jackie, and Anthony DePinto.Cherished grandfather of ten, and greatgrandfather of two. Frank was a veteran of
the United States Navy,Korean War and theowner of DePinto Fuel ofSomerville. Funeral wasfrom the Barile FamilyFuneral Home, 482 MainStreet, Stoneham, MAfollowed by a FuneralMass CelebratingFrank’s Life in St.Patrick Church inStoneham. Interment atSt. Patrick’s Cemetery,Stoneham. Donations
may be made in memory of Frank to VNAHospice Care, 100 Sylvan Road, G-500Woburn, MA, 01801. Frank will be missedand fondly remembered.
Derby Day Celebratedat Lucia’s Ristorante
Anne Devlin-Tagliaferro, Richard and VirginiaKimball of the North End and Bobbi Clark of Weston,Massachusetts enjoy the Derby Day Party held at Lucia’sRestaurant on Hanover Street, Boston.
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About 15 years ago, I wentover to Harvard Universityas a guest lecturer in anEnglish Literature class. AsI walked from HarvardSquare through HarvardYard, I tried to piece togethermy lecture as I walked alongthe way. When I arrived atthe classroom, the studentsgreeted me nicely. The classprofessor told them I wasborn a police officer and ajournalist. Some of the stu-dents thought what an oddcombination of talents.Some thought it was coolthat a cop could write as ifit seemed impossible todo both things. I spent fortyminutes talking from thetop of my head about the skillof writing. The most impor-tant thing I expressed wasthe skill in ending some-thing. Unless you can enda point, you could write onforever.
Lately, I thought aboutendings after a recent trip toSt. Michael’s Cemetery inRoslindale off AmericanLegion Highway. First, I paida visit to my brother’s graveand then traveled over to thegrave of my grandparents.Praying there too. And Ithought about endings andbeginnings. At Easter Mass,the priest gave a homilyabout the bridge that con-nects the land of the livingwith the land of the dead.He sermonized that thebridge that connects bothworlds is love. It binds alltogether.
About a week before mybrother passed, I dreamedthat my parents were stand-ing at the edge of a bridge.My brother and I in thedream looked to them. Thenmy brother walked towardthem and the three walkedacross the bridge away fromme. I woke up puzzled by thedream. Then two weekslater my brother died and Irecalled the dream. It was asif I was being prepared forhis passing.
Since then, my life haspassed by rather quickly. Itwas turned upside down
when he died in 2007 and Iwas turned upside downagain when my married fellapart. Time passed. I wenton with life. My world keptmoving and I kept busy. Iam both happier and nothappy at all at times. I havemoved on and grown. Under-standing that the road tolife gets detoured from timeto time. I didn’t come to adead end. I keep moving andchallenging life. Obstacleswere overcome. There waslife after my marriage de-railed. I met new friends.Did new things. I challengelife everyday. I wake upready for every day. Endingsdon’t have to come with end-ing. Sometimes, endingscan be new beginnings.Everyday can be a newday and a new start. We getborn once but every day wecan wake up a new person.Reborn.
Just as I taught thoseHarvard students that youhave to know when to endsomething, you also have toknow how to begin again.Failing isn’t failure unlessyou surrender to it. You know,eventually life does pass. Weare after all terminal cases,right? However, while welive we live.
Growing up Italian andIrish is not crazy as it mightsound to someone either allIrish or all Italian. We get topick the best traits from bothsides. When it comes totaking wrong turns in lifewhich end your dreams, youcan move forward againlooking for the next road tohop on. I credit my Irish withand Sicilian determinationfor allowing me to see begin-nings after endings over andover again.
In that dream I had, Isaw my bridge way downthe horizon which tells meI’ll be around through goodtimes and bad, survivingboth for a while longer.The story doesn’t end herebecause life continues onfor me. My happily everafter dream ended but Ididn’t!
Endings, Endings, Endings, EndingsCitigroup will need up to
$10 billion in new capital asthe government continuesnegotiations of its stresstest. The bank in negotiat-ing with the Federal Re-serve about its financialhealth could end up with a$500 million cushion abovewhat the government is re-quiring. The Fed is workingwith the nation’s 19 biggestbanks and will predict eachbank’s potential loss underdire economic conditions.For certain banks who can’traise new funds the govern-ment will take a stake intheir common equity. TheObama administration willoutline the role they willplay in each bank where ithas a stake. The goal is toget out of the investmentsas soon as possible, andminimize government’s in-tervention in their opera-tions. The outcome of thestress tests will shape whatrole the government willplay. The banks will have 30days to come up with a planand six months to put it intoeffect. The government saidit will not allow any of these19 banks to fail. GoldmanSachs and JP MorganChase, two of the strongestbanks aren’t expected toboost capital. Citigroup saidit is selling its Japanesebrokerage business forabout $7.9 billion in a dealthat will boost capital by $2.5billion. The Fed should giveCitigroup credit for thistransaction along withother sales it makes to boostits capital. Under an earlieragreement Citigroup set up
a conversion of its preferredstock into common withthe U.S. Government endingup with 36% of Citigroup’sstock. Some banks are hag-gling with the Fed overcalculating its 2009-10revenues based on their1st quarter earnings andannualize their earningsbased on that figure but ac-knowledge that the figurescould be low. The bankshave 30 days to come upwith a plan. Some banks willneed more money from thegovernment, and on May 7th
they all will come up with aplan.
U.S. auto sales fell 34% inApril, dampening hopes thatdemand would pick up de-spite the uncertainty sur-rounding GM and Chrysler.Chrysler sought bankruptcyprotection by declaring Chap-ter 11, last week. April salesfell to 819,540 car and lighttrucks, a decline of 34%from a year earlier. FordMotors sales fell 32% andGM sales fell 33%. HondaMotor saw its U.S. sales fall25% and Nissan fell 38%,and Toyota sales are off 38%year to date. Obama officialssay there is no reason todoubt getting paid fromChrysler as the company willcontinue to pay suppliers asChrysler is given access to$1.3 billion in federal finan-cial and they are prepared tooffer $4.7 billion in addi-tional loans. GMAC is pre-pared to handle businessfrom Chrysler. CerberusCapital, Chrysler’s formerparent, has sizeable sales inGMAC and Chrysler Finan-
cial. Brian Kelly of Kelly JeepChrysler in Lynnfield, Mas-sachusetts said he plans onusing local banks to financethe loans. He is advertising“new cars @ used car prices”to make it a buyer’s market.Chrysler’s plan call for pay-ing Fiat $6.9 billion, and giv-ing the company at least20% of the company.
Energy stocks pushed mar-kets higher for their 7th gainin eight weeks. Crude rose4.1% to $53.02/bll., a sixweek high. Manufacturingdata contracted in April, butat a slow pace as consumersoutlook brightened. Con-sumer attitudes brightenedin April by the University ofMichigan. Their index fin-ished @ 65 the highest ratesince September. Chevron’searnings fell 64% on loweroil and natural gas pricesprompting a move to con-serve cash. MasterCard’snet fell 18% in the 1st quar-ter amid currency fluctua-tions, lower investment in-come, and a slowdown incard use. U.S. Treasuryprices fell for the 4th day,with the 10-year hitting ahigh of 3.174%.
Regulators closed downSilverton Bank in Georgia,and Citizens CommunityBank in New Jersey, mak-ing it 31 banks to fail thisyear in the U.S. Regulatorsare trying to limit the impactof the closures on the 1,400banks it did business with inthe U.S.
It’s time to call yourfinancial advisor or call meat 617-261-7777.
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In 2007 Mayor Thomas M.Menino instated the SeniorCitizen Property Tax Work-Off Program. The programgives qualifying applicants,who must be 60 years of ageor older the opportunity tooffset their property taxthrough part-time employ-ment. This program is agreat opportunity for Bostonseniors, most of which areon a fixed income to receiveassistance in payment oftheir property taxes. Last
Senior Citizen Property TaxWork Off Program
year we increased the pro-gram from 6 accepted appli-cants to 16 accepted appli-cants. This year we are look-ing to fulfill the 50 slotsavailable. The accepted ap-plicants will have the oppor-tunity to work at City Hall orcity departments and agen-cies in the Boston neighbor-hoods.
The program is a collabo-ration of Assessing, the Eld-erly Commission and Inter-Governmental Relations. In
order to apply, applicantsmust own and occupy resi-dential property in the Cityof Boston for at least 3 years.Income restrictions are$30,000 for single applicantsand $45,000 for married ap-plicants including gross in-come from all sources.There is no home valuelimit and there is no assetlimit for the program. Thedeadline for applications isJune 30, 2009. Under theseguidelines, the Mayor andhis staff are hoping to help arapidly growing population ofsenior citizens who arehouse rich and cash poor.
For more information onthe Senior Citizen PropertyTax Work-off Program pleasecall Tula Mahl, Elderly Com-mission Project liaison, at617-635-1922.
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Joe Maurosupports theAbruzzo EarthquakeFundraiserat Filippo’s Ristorantein Boston’sNorth End.
From left to right, Antonietta Mustone and CharleneNavarro volunteer at check in, collecting donations forthe Abruzzo Earthquake Victims.
Left to Right: Angelo Tamburello, Joseph Tamburello, Filippo Frattaroli, ElizabethTamburello, Joseph Tamburello and Mario DiMeo, pose for a photo at the AbruzzoEarthquake Fundraiser held at Filippo’s Ristorante to benefit the earthquakevictims.
Lynne O’Connor, Filippo Frattaroli and Brian O’Connor,Chairman of the Board of Selectmen in Winchester,Massachusetts.
Filippo Frattaroli (left) thanks members of various Italian American organizationssuch as Italia Unita, Festa Calabrese among many more who supported his efforts inraising funds for the Abruzzo Earthquake victims.
This summer don’t forgetthe New England Ride forFreedom VI. Run to the Viet-nam Veterans Memorial inWorcester on Sunday, Au-gust 16. The ride will startin Framingham and all pro-ceeds to support POW-MIAAwareness and VeteransCare. The ceremony will beheld at the Worcester me-morial site. The ride is pre-sented by Rolling thunder,Massachusetts Chapter #1.Keep August 16 open. Formore information call 617-371-8399 or 617-838-1255.
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Mayor Thomas M. Meninohas appointed Ellen Rooney,former Republican StateCommittee member for theSecond Suffolk District, tothe city’s Board of ElectionCommissioners. In mak-ing the announcementMr. Menino said —
“Ellen brings a strong anddistinguished backgroundin politics and I am certainthat she will provide an ob-jective voice to the board,”said Mayor Menino. “Ellenwill be a great asset to theElection Department and Iam extremely happy shedecided to take this veryimportant post to help en-sure fairness in our city’selections system.”
As a member of the Repub-lican State Committee,Ms. Rooney, recruited fellowRepublicans to run for localand state elections andworked on many local cam-paigns. Indeed, one of herlast acts as a GOP Commit-teewoman was to recruit meto run in the special electionto fill the vacancy in theThird Suffolk District of theMassachusetts House ofRepresentatives — the va-cancy caused by the resig-nation of Sal DiMasi. Theelection will be June 16th.
As a City Election Com-missioner Ms. Rooney will nolonger get actively engagedin Republican politics, which
is a loss to the RepublicanCity Committee and StateCommittee. However, shewill be fulfilling an importantrole overseeing elections toensure that they are con-ducted impartially and withprotection for the rights ofthe minority party.
Prior to her role as aState Committee member,Ms. Rooney held variouspositions including chair ofthe Boston Licensing Board,Executive Director of theAccess Scholarship programand the Executive Directorof the Beacon Hill BusinessAssociation.
“I am very happy to bejoining this strong Board ofElection Commissionersand I have a deep respectfor the responsibility I nowhave to help ensure asmooth elections process forthe City of Boston,” said Ms.Rooney in an official City ofBoston release. “As a strongbeliever in exercising theright to vote I am deeply hon-ored to be appointed to theBoard and thank MayorMenino for the opportunity.”
David Trumbull is thechairman of the Boston WardThree Republican Committee.Boston’s Ward Three includesthe North End, West End, partof Beacon Hill, downtown,waterfront, Chinatown, andpart of the South End.
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ALL THAALL THAALL THAALL THAALL THAT ZAZZT ZAZZT ZAZZT ZAZZT ZAZZby Mary N. DiZazzo
The Shape of Eyebrows —Design or Disaster?
Ciao bella,Your hair is your crowning
glory, but your eyebrows arethe crowning jewels of yourface.
Many women just don’t getit! The importance of a well-shaped brow with your facestructure, coloring, andlifestyle in mind. Here is acolumn with some intereston the subject of eyebrows.
When it comes to eyebrowsone size does not fit most.From as far back as Twiggy(for those of us with memo-ries that long) to the BrookeShields merely groomedbrows we know that thetrends come and go. It’s beensaid that the eyebrows arethe signature of the face. Wealso know that no two signa-tures are the same. Whythen would anyone choose tofollow a trend or want so andso’s brows? Probably becausewe want to follow what themovie stars are doing and wewant to appear in style.That’s all well and good ex-cept for the fact that no oneI know is in the movies.
When considering an eye-brow shape it’s always bestto remain close to our Godgiven design and refinewhat’s there. Not only is itusually the best for theshape of the face, as well asthe facial features, but youcan be sure your brows will
never be in or out of style.They will remain your per-sonal signature.
The mistake most com-monly seen is a brow wherethe body (the part of the browclosest to the nose) is toolarge, the arch has beenover exaggerated and theend is almost nonexistent.This happens as a result ofan unskilled operator or issometimes self inflicted.Regardless, whoever, how-ever it happened the indi-vidual clearly got “lost” in theservice. What people don’trealize is one wrong hairremoved can leave a hole.Then they begin to “chase”the mistake. This is wheredesign turns to disaster.
Most clients are in the pro-cess of growing out theireyebrows. This is almost asmuch fun as letting yourhair or your roots grow out!Not a party but well worth theeffort and a lot less time.Unfortunately not all of thehair grows back. When ahair is removed from thehair follicle over and oversometimes the hair follicledies. Then the eyebrow pen-cil becomes our friend, yetanother reason not to overwax/pluck.
Waxing is the most com-monly used method forshaping the brows. A greatchoice but buyer beware. Not
only should an operatorbe skilled in the “art” ofeyebrow design but theybetter be a master in wax-ing. One wrong move andyour eyebrow is ruined or isgone! Wax is not forgiving.It should only be used toremove the bulk of hair andnot to create a brow shape.After the bulk is removedthe operator needs to go backand pluck in order to design.
To conclude I would like tosay if you’re putting yourhead in a shampoo bowl orletting the girl who does yournails do your brows than restassure someone can copyyour signature!
These opinions are basedfrom a Registered Estheti-cian, Paula Pirrello, whose30-years’ experience haskept a 24-year private prac-tice, European Skincare, inReading, Mass.
Buona giornata and Godbless the United States ofAmerica!
— Mary N.DiZazzo-Trumbull
Read prior weeks’ “All ThatZazz” columns at www.mary4nails.com. Mary is a third-generation cosmetologist anda Massachusetts distributor ofKosmea brand rose hip oilproducts. She may be con-tacted at (978) 470-8183 [email protected]
On Friday, we set the Mayshrine at Sacred HeartChurch. It never varies, asimple pedestal covered inblue fabric, a statue of Maryand flowers set around thestatue. The ladies of the ro-sary group added the finish-ing touches making certainthat all was in order; theshrine will remain on dis-play for veneration through-out the month of May. As weassembled the shrine,
memories of May Crowningswe experienced long agowhile at Saint John Schoolcame flooding back; lovelymemories of children in pro-cession leading to thecrowning of Our Lady punc-tuated by the excitement ofthe little girl chosen to do thehonors. Invariably thechurch was filled to capac-ity with parents and rela-tives of the children takingpart in the ceremony as well
as parishioners who simplylooked forward to the re-en-actment of this annualevent.
The May Crowning of Maryis a traditional Catholicritual and one of the mostpopular religious ceremo-nies that takes place duringthe year. The ritual occursin the month of May of ev-ery year. In some countries,it takes place on or aboutMay 1st; however in theUnited States it takes placegenerally on Mother’s Day.An image or likeness of theBlessed Virgin Mary is cer-emonially crowned to signifyMary as Queen of Heavenand the Mother of God. Thecrowning is often followed bya procession in her honor. Inits simplest form, the Maycrowning involves putting astatue of Mary on a pedes-tal, singing some hymns,and placing a garland of flow-ers on her head; as themonth of May is dedicated toMary, the shrine is main-tained throughout themonth with fresh flowersregularly laid at her feet.The tradition of honoringMary in a month-long Maydevotion is believed to haveoriginated in Italy, butspread eventually through-out the Catholic world. Othermonthly devotions includethe Sacred Heart of Jesus inJune and the Rosary in Oc-tober.
By tradition, blue is Mary’scolor, the girls taking part in
May Crowningby Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari
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I want to wish all Moms outthere a “Happy Mother’s Day”and to all the dog mother’sthat take care of my poochfriends. Mother’s Day is spe-cial for everyone out thereand for those of you thatknow of someone that livesalone even an elderly friendplease drop by and say helloand just maybe bring a boxof candy or flowers thethought will always be re-membered. Holidays andspecial occasions come andgo and we are so busy withour own family and friendsthat we forget those that areleft alone.
May is a beautiful time ofthe year to take a walk, en-joy yourselves and don’t for-get my pooch friends. If weget weather like we did lastweek in the 90’s make surethey get clean fresh waterwhen they get home. Alsowhen you take my poochfriends home get a clean
cloth or a piece of bounty andwipe their paws becausethey are sensitive to the hotpavement they walk on.Keep this thought in mind;as much as we love our petsif it is really hot take themout early in the morning orwhen the sun sets. My poochfriends can be left alone fora while. Leave the air con-ditioner on and the televi-sion tuned into the FoodChannel. That should work.It works for me. I love theFood Network.
Enjoy the weekend anddon’t let me forget my co-workers at the Post-Gazette.Have a wonderful Mother’sDay because they take verygood care of me. My humancompanion there could be nobetter (owner) in the wholewide world other than you …I love you “Re” Be kind, begenerous and be loved.
That’s all for now … Life isgood!!!
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Head to 80 Border StreetMay 21 to see East Boston’sFirst Annual Sculpture, 3DInstallation, Out Door Artand Gardening Contest. Theevent is geared to enhancepublic space by showcas-ing the creativity of arearesidents through art andgardening.
All mediums accepted likesculptures, site specific in-stallation, mixed media, artworks in wood, metal, stone,pottery, fabric, tile ceramics.Outdoor paint and photogra-phy even, as long as it canwithstand the elements oryou don’t mind the weather-ing process. Come showoff your gardening skills, ifyou dare, with flowers, plants,topiaries, etc…
Judging will take placeMay 21, 2009 at the AtlanticWorks Gallery’s Third Thurs-
day reception, by People’sChoice Votes by thoseattending reception andfor participating pieces. Somake sure to come ondown and vote (but remem-
East Boston’s First AnnualSCULPTURE, 3D INSTALLATION, OUTDOOR ART
AND GARDENING CONTEST
Two-time Academy Award-winner (1999) for Best Actorand Best Foreign Film andnominee for Best Directorand Best Writer, for Life isBeautiful Roberto Benigniis coming to Boston onSaturday, June 6, 2009with his one-man show“TuttoDante.” Roberto’sunique creation is a fasci-nating journey that extendsfrom current and dailyevents to the Divine Com-edy. From moments of purehumor to moments of breath-taking poetry — in particular Canto V fromThe Inferno, Dante’s medieval, cosmos-be-striding epic of sin, salvation and eternity.
Benigni has been perfecting his one-manshow in his native Italy for the past 3 years,where more than one million passionatefans cheered in delight. Now, after spectacu-lar appearances to sold out theatres in Parisand London, Benigni performs his show inEnglish, peppered with Italian and for thefinale, he will recite the Fifth Canto in itsoriginal medieval Italian.
The Canto V describes the tragic love storybetween Paolo and Francesca, condemnedfor the sin of lust to pass eternity on thefirst of the descending rings of hell.
“TuttoDante” has received rave reviewsall across Italy, as well as in England for hisrecent London performance.
“Benigni has long been a national hero inItaly,” notes the UK’s Telegraph. “Climbingover the seats to collect his two Oscars forthe 1997 tragicomedy La Vita è Bella (Life isBeautiful) was only the most conspicuous ofhis acts of iconoclasm. Since the 1970s hehas been adored as a satirist of Italy’s poli-ticians. But, over the past three years, hehas added to his hero status through histouring show dedicated to Italy’s medievalliterary giant, Dante Alighieri, author of theDivine Comedy … By the time he reached
the final section — a recita-tion of the poem itself…Herecited the words so animat-edly, but with such rever-ence for the 11 syllablelines, that it was like listen-ing to great music. Millionsof Italians have so far risento their feet to cheer at theend of this show; thisevening was no exception.”
“By the time it came to theDivine Comedy’s FifthCanto…There was pin-dropsilence as Benigni switchedfrom passionate … to con-
trolled, near operatic delivery. Even for fanswith minimal grasp of Italian the beauty ofthe poetry was apparent.” Evening Standard
Of the Italian show, critics declared:“Benigni has been able to enchant…the
audience, leaving it in ecstasy, speechless,perhaps, surprised by such emotion.” LaRepubblica
“Climbing through the ages, he miracu-lously combines yesterday with today, cur-rent events with poetry, anger with laugh-ter.” Corriere della Sera
“A small miracle, considering the amountof people Benigni has brought to the DivineComedy.” Variety (US edition)
And, judging from the sold-out box officesfor every stage on the tour, from the longapplause and standing ovations that con-clude each evening, “a small miracle” mayhave actually occurred, as Roberto Benignisays, “The poetry is not only in who writes,but especially in the ear of who listens.”
“TuttoDante” starring Roberto Benigniis a majestic life-affirming evening per-formed in English, peppered with Italian,while the finale of the Fifth Canto will bein Italian.
Tickets on sale – Ticketmaster.com(1-800-745-3000) For more informationlog onto www.bostonconcepts.net orwww.massimogallotta.com.
Roberto Benigni — One Show Only in Boston!
Gianna Pergola, 2 ½ and Ezio Salimbeni,2 ¾, both of Fulton Street in the North End,enjoy their Dunkin’ Donuts donuts atMayor Menino’s Neighborhood CoffeeHour at Christopher Columbus Park onApril 29. Residents at the event wereeligible to win a “Day on the Town” raffleprize package including a Dunkin’ Donutsgift basket, Macy’s and Legal Sea Foodsgift certificates, Swan Boat rides, and freeparking downtown for the day complimentsof the Massachusetts Convention CenterAuthority.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS COFFEE HOUR
(Photo by Lauren Patrick)
9:30 – INTRODUCTIONOPENING REMARKS
Liborio Stellino, Consul General of ItalyRobert A. De Leo, Speaker of the House of Representatives
of MassachusettsSusan Wheltle, Director of the Office of Humanities, History
and Social Science of the Department of Elementary andSecondary Education
Carolyn Henderson, Member of the Global EducationAdvisory Council Board of the Department of Education, andDirector of the China Exchange Initiative
Carlo Cipollone, Director of the Education Office,Consulate General of Italy
10:45 – COFFEE BREAKSPEAKERS
Elvira Di Fabio, Senior Perceptor, Course Head,Undergraduate Studies, Romance Languages andLiteratures, Harvard University
Anthony A. Pino (Harvard, Class of 2010) andChristopher Magliozzi (Harvard, Class of 2011)
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM PRESENTED BYKatherine Lopez Natale, President of C.A.S.IT. Inc., and
Former President of the Massachusetts Foreign LanguagesAssociation; Rosemarie Grasso and Sonia Marrone,Italian Elementary School Teachers
MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM PRESENTED BYElisa Pancheri, Dawn Passarella, and MariaStella
Cocchiara, Italian Middle School TeachersHIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM PRESENTED BY
Emilio Mazzola, President of the Massachusetts ItalianTeachers Association; Maria T. Figueroa, Rita Di Carlo,Matthew Papino, Italian High School Teachers
VIDEO CONFERENCESAnthony Tamburri, President of the American Association
of Teachers of ItalianBruna Boyle, Italian Instructor at Univeristy of Rhode IslandCristina Loglio, RAI, Radiotelevisione Italiana
(Italian Public Service Broadcaster)Carmela Pesca, Professor and Director of the Italian
Resource Center at Central Connecticut State University
Symposium “A sequential k-12 Curriculum for anAdvanced and Updated Approach to the Teaching of Italian Language
and Culture”
Moderator: Professor Carlo Cipollone,Director of the Education Office, Consulate General of Italy
The Consulate General of Italy in Boston
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The Italian Trade Commission and the fash-ion design program at Massachusetts Collegeof Art and Design conducted a collaborativeproject in partnership with a group of Italianfabric and yarn mills. In spring 2009, seniorfashion design students at MassArt worked ona project to design garments made form someof the most innovative textiles and yarns avail-able in the world. Thirty-three seniors formeddesigned teams to produce sixteen unique en-sembles that explored these materials, madeavailable thanks to the generosity of the Ital-
ian mills. The project made it possible forstudents to experience the complete” mill todesigner” link that is inherent in the globalproduction of fashion today.
The Italian textiles and yards arrived directfrom the mills in early 2009, giving the de-sign teams one month to work through a cre-ating process that was similar to well-knownbrands famous for their “Made in Italy” labels.The project brief entitled DNA: Design NeedsAll challenged the MassArt students to addressthe complex system of cultural values and ide-
DNADNADNADNADNA “Design Needs All”
From left to right: Marco Gallotta, Marketing and Promotion Manager Fashion Center forthe Italian Trade Commission, New York, Simonluca Dettori, Deputy Trade CommissionerFashion Center, Italian Trade Commission, New York, Rosemarie Avaro, Teresa AbbundoStellino and Consul General of Italy Boston, Liborio Stellino pose in front of the MassArtstudents’ creations at Neiman Marcus in Boston, Massachusetts.
Gail Bossi with her son Alex Aaron Bossi ofEast Boston who is a MassArt senior is oneof the designers in the Italian Trade Com-mission and MassArt collaboration exhibitat Neiman Marcus, Boston, Massachusetts.
als that underlie the design, manufacture andretailing of fashion as a global industry.
By becoming familiar with these top-tier ma-terials, MassArt students connected to the rootof fashion design-the fiber in the fabric andspurn yarns. They also learned about the eco-friendly values of the mills and aligned themwith their own. Many of the designs were con-structed with no waste by engineering cuts sothat all scraps were utilized in the garments.
The results of the project were presented onMay 1, 2009 at MassArt and Neiman Marcusin Boston. On May 2, 2009 the collection wasofficially presented to a selected audience offashion experts and media. The garments willbe exhibited in the store windows for a total oftwo weeks.
Italian Trade Commission and Massachusetts College of Art and Design Spring 2009 -Apparel/Textile/Yarns Collaborative Project
Nearly 200 guests helped“keep hope ever green” atthe American CancerSociety’s “Key Gala” recentlyheld at the Fairmont CopleyPlaza Hotel in Boston.
About $200,000 wasraised, with all proceedsbenefiting the operationalcosts of the AstraZeneca
Hope Lodge Center in Bos-ton, a program of the Soci-ety. The elegant affair pro-vided guests the opportunityto celebrate the recent open-ing of the Center, which pro-vides free, temporary lodgingfor cancer patients and theircaregivers needing to travelto Boston for treatment.
Special guests includedgala emcee, Joyce Kul-hawik, noted arts and enter-tainment critic and three-time cancer survivor, as wellas the event’s honorarychair, cancer survivor andfounder of The Shade Foun-dation, Shonda Schilling.
The evening featured acocktail reception and horsd’oeuvres followed by dinner,a super silent auction, a liveauction and dancing tothe sounds of one of NewEngland’s premier bands,Mystique.
Highlights of the evening’slive auction included aset of pottery planters hand-painted by MassachusettsGeneral Hospital forChildren’s pediatric oncologypatients. The super silentauction was also a big suc-
cess with a one week stayat Casa Sophia in Tulum,Mexico including airfare;a five-night stay at BlackRock Lodge in Belize; and aMonday Night FootballPackage for eight includingeight tickets in the ClubSeat Level at a Patriotshome game. In addition, the“Emerald Raffle” featureddiamond and emerald clus-ter earrings valued at $1600donated by Firestone & Par-son Jewelers of Boston.
The AstraZeneca HopeLodge Center in Boston,located at 125 South Hun-tington Avenue, annuallyprovides free lodging and sup-port services to more than1,500 cancer outpatientsand their caregivers whomust travel far from homefor treatment in Boston.
The new facility reusesand adds to the site of theformer Vincent MemorialHospital originally built in1907; and the Society hasapplied for Gold level certifi-cation for Leadership inEnergy and Environmental(LEED) design.
With 40 private guestsuites, a library, commondining areas, and transpor-tation services, the Lodgewill enable more patientsthan ever before to takeadvantage of the state-of-the-art cancer treatmentsoffered in the city’s premiermedical institutions. ACommunity Resource Cen-ter in the AstraZeneca HopeLodge Center in Boston alsoprovides outreach to thecommunity with cancer in-formation and resources.
Mistress of Ceremonies Joyce Kulhawik, left, withDon Gudaitis, American Cancer Society N.E. DivisionCEO, and Shonda Schilling, the “Key Gala” HonoraryChairperson. (Photo by Roger Farrington)
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For more information,please call 1-800-ACS-2345or visit www.cancer.org/newenglandgalas.
……. On Sunday, May 17the Concord Museum pre-sents “Behind the Scenes of PBS’s American Experi-ence,” beginning at 2 p.m.
How does one set a presi-dential table for a filmabout an American Presi-dent?
Using video clips as
background, Emmy award-winning production designerKatha Seidman shares herexperiences working onPBS’s acclaimed AmericanExperience series, “ThePresidents.”
From searching an an-tiques warehouse for just-the-right glassware to choos-ing the color of the FirstLady’s dress, “Ms. Seidman’sresearch and set design con-vey the look and feel of theperiod, making the scenesbelievable.”
The program is offeredin association with theConcord Museum’s specialexhibition, “Setting thePresident’s Table: AmericanPresidential China from
Nancy Craven, left, with Jean and Jay Driscoll at the“Key Gala.” (Photo by Roger Farrington)
Melanie Kaplan, center, with Red Sox Hall of Famepitcher Dennis Eckersley and his wife Jennifer at the“Key Gala.” (Photo by Roger Farrington)
the McNeil Americana Col-lection at the PhiladelphiaMuseum of Art.”
For tickets and moreinformation, call 978-369-9763 or visit www.concordmuseum.org.
……. On Sunday, May 31 at3 p.m., Chorus pro Musica,led by guest conductorJeffrey Rink, celebratesGiacomo Puccini’s 150th
anniversary with a concertperformance of his grandopera “Turandot” at NEC’sJordan Hall, starring so-prano Othalie Graham asTurandot, tenor Kip Wilbornas Calaf, and soprano EleniCalenos as Liu.
At 2 p.m. in the hall, priorto the performance, operaexpert Michael Sims willdiscuss the history anddevelopment of Puccini’sopera. The lecture and per-formance are sponsored byConcert Opera Boston.
Considered Puccini’s mas-terpiece, “Turandot” re-mains as popular today as atits premiere in 1926. Set inChina in “legendary times,”it tells the story of PrinceCalaf’s courtship of the icyprincess Turandot, whosesuitors must successfullyanswer three riddles or facecertain death. The princesucceeds and then poses hisown riddle to Turandot: shemust discover his name.The opera is full of fiery, ex-otic music and soaringmelodies, including thesublime tenor aria “Nessundorma.”
Reserved seats may beselected and tickets pur-chased at www.choruspromusica.org, or by phone at1-800-658-4276.
……. Looking ahead:Boston’s “First Lady,” Mrs.Angela Menino, invites us tosave the date of Thursday,June 18 for Boston’s annual“Rose Garden Party,” whichwill be held in the spectacu-lar Rose Garden, located inthe Back Bay Fens (not farfrom the Museum of FineArts), from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The event includes thefun-and-festive “Hats Ga-lore!” Contest. For tickets,sponsorship, and more infor-mation, call 617-961-3039.
Enjoy!(Be sure to visit HildaMorrill’s gardening Web site,www.bostongardens.com.In addition to events coveredand reported by the columnist,“The Socially Set” is compiledfrom various other sourcessuch as news and press re-leases, PRNewswire services,etc.)
Tom and Jennifer Sleeper, left, enjoy the “Key Gala” withAllison Scheier and Craig Levy.
(Photo by Roger Farrington)
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NOTHING BUT THETRUTH (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Ent.Inspired by true events,
Kate Beckinsale and MattDillon lead an all-star cast inthis explosive story about aWashington, D.C. reporterwho writes an explosive storyabout a government scandalin which she reveals thesource of a covert C.I.A.agent. Upon finding herselfbehind bars, she struggles tomaintain her principles andrelationship with her familywhen she refuses to divulgeher source. The all-star castincludes Alan Alda, AngelaBassett, David Schwimmer,Noah Wyle and Vera Farmiga.(1 hr. 47 mins.).MASK OF THE NINJA (DVD)
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Detective Jack Barrett(Casper Van Dien) hastaken down the toughestcriminals in Los Angeles …but is he ready to face thedeadliest order of assassinsthe world has ever known?A murder case plunges Jackinto a mysterious war ofshadows where no one canbe trusted and the ultimateprize is a biological weaponthat could let its ownerdecide the fate of the world.Only Jack can protect Miko(Kristy Wu), the mysteriousyoung woman who holdsthe crucial key, from a silentand unseen enemy thatcan strike at any time. (1 hr.30 mins.).
THE SPECTACULARSPIDER-MAN:
VOLUME 4 (DVD)Sony Pictures Home Ent.This adventure finds
our hero tackling moreSuper Villains both old andnew. Including Chameleon,Venom and the SinisterSix: Electro, Doctor Octopus,Vulture, Sandman, Rhinoand Shocker. While thesecriminals are almost morethan Spidey can handle, hisreal struggle becomes aninternal one. The stress isenough to drive a high schoolSuper Hero over the edge,but making mistakes andlearning lessons is all in adays work for the Spectacu-lar Spider-Man. Four excit-ing episodes from the hit TVSeries! (1 hr. 32 mins.).STREET WARRIOR (DVD)
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Iraq War veteran JackCampbell heads back home,searching for peace andfamily. When he arrives, hefinds his only brother in acoma after falling victim toa brutal and corrupt fightclub. Deciding that the onlyway to avenge his brother isfrom the inside. Jack joinsthe fight club, determined tobring the enterprise down
with his bare hands. Fistflies against fist in thispumped-up action-packedride of determination, gutsand glory. (1 hr. 28 mins.).
WHAT DOESN’TKILL YOU (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Ent.Brian (Mark Ruffalo) and
Paulie (Ethan Hawke) aretwo lifelong friends whogrew up like brothers onthe gritty streets of SouthBoston. They started earlyas street thugs living by thecriminal code, doing pettycrimes and misdemeanorsthat grew increasingly moreserious. Eventually they fallunder the sway of organizedcrime boss Pat Kelly (BrianGoodman). As Brian be-comes increasingly lost in ahaze of drugs and ‘jobs,’ heconstantly disappoints hisloyal wife (Amanda Peet) andtheir two sons. Torn be-tween the desire to be a goodhusband and the lure of easymoney, Brian must makethe hardest choice of his life.(1 hr. 40 mins.).
LOST IN AUSTEN (DVD)Image Entertainment
The British miniseriesputs an ingenious spin onJane Austen’s novel Prideand Prejudice. In the star-studded series, a very mod-ern heroine, Amanda Price,a bored and frustrated mod-ern-day Londoner who longsfor the old-fashioned world ofcourtship, throws the clas-sic story off track, longing forthe romance, bonnets andballrooms brought to life inAusten’s masterwork. Whena mysterious time portalappears in her apartment,Amanda suddenly swapsplaces with the novel’s cen-tral character, ElizabethBennet, and finds herselfcenter stage in the cel-ebrated romance. How canshe keep one of literature’sgreatest love stories on trackwhen the real ElizabethBennet is stuck in the mod-ern world? (2 hrs. 56 mins.).
THE LAST WORD (DVD)Image Entertainment
An odd but gifted poet, EvanMerck (Wes Bentley) makeshis living writing suicidenotes for the soon-to-be-departed. In this dark ro-mantic comedy, when hemeets Charlotte (WinonaRyder), the free-spirited sis-ter of this latest client, Evanhas no choice but to lie abouthis relationship to her late,lamented brother. Curiouslyattracted by his evasivecharms, a smitten Charlottebegins her pursuit, forcingEvan to juggle an amorousnew girlfriend, a sarcasticnew client (Ray Romano) andan ever-increasing moun-tain of lies. Also starringKatherine Boecher. (1 hr. 34mins.).
MOTHER’S DAYIS SUNDAY MAY 10th
“May Mary stand besideyou and May God Bless youfor the endless hours of loveyou’ve shown in so manyways”... from a Mother’sDay Remembrance Card.This is her Official Day,her Special Day to be hon-ored and/or remembered.Happy Mother’s Day.
REJOICE AND BE GLADSunday, May 3, Michael
Bennett, John (Jack) Brun-trager, Alex Damiano,Hayleigh Duggan, JacobGunderson-Crowley, MiaRanson, Francesco Santan-ielo, Francis Shea, IsabellaViar, Nevaeh Boucher,Ashley DiForte, MarieleDiPrizio, Declan Dywer,Anabela Norbis, CheyenneReyes, Michelle Sheehanand Michael Troiano cel-ebrated their First Com-munion Day at St. Leonard’sChurch in the North End.
MRS. ANGELA MENINOCongratulations to Mrs.
Angela Menino, the wife ofMayor Tom Menino, on re-ceiving an Honorary Degreefrom Northeastern Univer-sity at their Commence-ment on Friday morning atthe TD Banknorth Garden.Boston’s ‘First Lady’ is abeautiful person, and therecognition is well deserved.
ABRUZZO EARTHQUAKERELIEF FUNDRAISER
A good part of my Sundayafternoon was spent at theAbruzzo Earthquake ReliefFundraiser hosted by theFilippo Fratarolli Family attheir North End Filippo’sRistorante. It was a beauti-ful event and what weall know about Filippoand his family is absolutelytrue; they are magnificent
people. The love and friend-ship I saw Sunday wasgenuine.
DR. NARDONECongratulations to Dr.
Ottavio Nardone, a memberof St. Leonard’s Parish, whowas awarded the InspirationAward by the Order of theSons of Italy in America.EVENING FOR EDUCATION
The Eliot School ‘EVENINGFOR EDUCATION’ hosted byMr. and Mrs. Jorge Mendozaat Monica’s Restaurant wasa tremendous success.Once again this beautifulNorth End Family hasstepped up to help ouryoung people. We are mostfortunate to have them,and their businesses ‘home’in the North End. This iswhat this true neighbor-hood continues to be allabout.
HIGH SCHOOL PREPNOTEBOOK
Former Dom Savio andcurrent Austin Prep FootbalCoach Bill Maradei was in-ducted into the Massachu-setts High School FootballAssociation Hall of Fame, awell deserved honor for avery good human being.Eastie’s Ron Jordan is theHead Baseball Coach atNewton South.
NEAA BASEBALLSALUTE
NEAA Baseball is under-way, so its time to salute theteams, and their Coaches!This week the TOMASONECLUB TIGERS: Coach RalphMartinetti, Players: RobertPagliuca, Max Nunci,Victoria DiCenso, BenFreeland, Derek LaBellaZach Knopf, JimmyO’Connor, Anthony Serino,Julia Wells, Eli Swab, Will-iam Parsons, Ben Ringose.SAN ANTONIO RED SOX:Coach Paul Luongo, PlayersJordyn Amoroso, JamesPerez, Michael Perez,Mikayla Romano, Tim Mar-tin, Anthony Ruzzo, JoeSeliba, Lorenzo Pantaleo,Mike Rauseo, MorganFranklin, Jonathan Hall.
NORTH END AGAINSTDRUGS INDIANS: Coach AlVilar, Players Guarin Vilar,TJ Shea, Nicole Cerulli,Chris Romano, MarkMalone, Jase Cherchi, NickShea, Paul Szulc, SolomonTaieb, Jackson McDermott,and Max Agin.
COLLEGE BOARDDanny D’Elia and his Suf-
folk Baseball Team won theirleague GNAC Tournament,and will now advance to theNCAA Regional’s beginning
May 12 in Connecticut.Harvard Football star ChrisPizzotti signed with the NewYork Jets. BC football star BJRaji was drafted by the GreenBay Packers and his team-mate Ron Brace was draftedby the New England Patriots.Eagles Brandon Robinsonsigned with the PhiladelphiaEagles and Robert Francoissigned with the MinnesotaVikings. BU Hockey Cap-tains next’s season will beBrian Strait and KevinShattenkirk, and BostonCollege Hockey will be led byMatt Price, Matt Lombardi,and Ben Smith.
NEW SAINTSPope Benedict XVI canon-
ized five new Saints onApril 26 in a ceremony atSt. Peter’s Square. Theyare St. Arcangelo Tadini,St. Bernardo Tolomei,St. Nuno de Santa MariaAlvares Pereira, St. GeltrudeComensoli, and St. CaterinaVolpicelli.
TIDBITS- Happy Mother’s Day,
Mrs. D, We love you, and wemiss you!
- Birthday Best to NovinaSaitta
- Ward 3 DemocraticCommittee has endorsedAaron Michlewitz for theThird Suffolk State Repre-sentative Seat.
- Keep in your Thoughtsand Prayers GeraldineGiacalone, John Romano(Sr.) and Francis ‘Dasher’Tirella.
- Celeb Sightings: SisterEileen and Ms. Betsy onthe Garden Scoreboard atthe Celtics/Bulls game, thePeter Renda Family, thePasto Family, the youngFratarolli boys and theForiziati brothers at Celtics/Bulls Game 7. Danny D’Eliaand Mother Anna’s chefAllen Caparella at theBruins/Carolina game andformer Northeastern hockeyand current Carolina NHLerMatt Ryan.
- NEAD Costa ScholarshipsDeadline is Friday May 8th.
- Annual ‘Make Way Forthe Ducklings’ Parade Sun-day, May 10th, 12 noon startat Boston Common.
SMILE!
from this trying period stron-ger and more united thanever. Susan is undoubtedlythe progressive candidate inthis race-and she is also thefeminist candidate. Fromwomen’s health to educa-tion to economic equality,Susan is a true champion of
issues affecting women andgirls in the Commonwealth.The Massachusetts NOWPAC looks forward to work-ing with her in the Legisla-ture.”
For more information onPassoni’s campaign visitwww.susanpassoni.com.
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THE REGENT THEATRE 7 Medford Street, Arlington, MA
LONG LIVE THE BEATLES - May17, 2009 at 2:00 PM. Whether per-forming an intimate, private perfor-mance of Long Live The Beatles or afull production multi-media tribute,The Mahoney Brothers still take greatpleasure in recreating the look, soundand timeless music of John, Paul,George, and Ringo. Relive the magic... For tickets and further information,please call 781-646-4849 or visit:www.regenttheatre.com.
THE STANFORD CALDERWOODPAVILION BOSTON CENTER FORTHE ARTS527 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
THE CORONATION OF POPPEA –June 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 14, 2009.This is Monteverdi’s final opera thatwas first performed at the TeatroSanti Giovanni e Paolo in Venice in1642 and its theme is the abuse ofpower, the strength of lust and thetriumph of love. For times of the per-formances and tickets, please call:617-661-1812 or visit: www.bemf.org.
NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORYOF MUSIC, JORDAN HALL30 Gainsborough St., Boston MA
PATTI LABELLE IN SINGINGFOR A CURE™ - June 20, 2009 7PM-10PM. Singing for a Cure™ beginswith two very special performances.The night begins with Boston’s Rock& Roll royalty, Ernie & the Automat-ics, led by car czar-by-day/rocker-by-night, Ernie Boch Jr. The six currentmembers of the band have sold a com-bined 30 million records worldwideand boast two former original mem-bers of the multi-platinum sellingband Boston, Barry Goudreau on gui-tar and Sib Hashian on drums. Sing-ing for a Cure™ continues with ElliottYamin, who rose to fame with his in-
TORY – Every Friday from 8:30 -10:00 PM – FREE – Enjoy the Museum’srooftop observatory equipped with acomputer-controlled 12-inch MeadeLX200 telescope – you’ll be amazedand astounded by it all. Call 617-723-2500 or visit: www.mos.org.
ISABELLA STEWART GARDNERMUSEUM280 The Fenway, Boston, MA
AFTER HOURS – Every third Thurs-day of each month from 5:00-9:00 PM.After Hours is art, music, cocktails,contemporary performances, galleryexplorations and more. For more in-formation please call: 617-278-5156or visit: www.gardnermuseum.org.
NORTH END PUBLIC LIBRARY25 Parmenter Street, Boston, MA
ANNUAL BOOK SALE - Saturday,May 30, 2009. We are currently ac-cepting donations at the library ofgently used books, cd’s and dvd’s.Volunteers are needed for sortingand day of. Contact the Friends [email protected].
GREEN THUMBS - Library GardenGroup looking for helpers for indoorand outdoor gardens. Very flexible,light work and committment. Find outmore at the library on Friday morn-ing, April 3 and 17 at 10am.
CLARION BEACH RESORT HOTELRAFFAEL’S NANTASKET ROOMHull, MA
STRICTLY SINATRA MUSICAMERICAN DANCE PARTY – Friday,June 19th starting at 8:00 PM. RonDella Chiesa will host this awesomeevening. Tickets are now on sale socall Paul at: 617-633-5100. Come andenjoy this evening of music anddancing.
3 SWINGIN’ TENORS – Friday, July10th at 8:00 PM. Dance to the 3Swingin’ Tenors, Jack Alessi, SteveMarvin & Jim Porcella as they saluteFrank Sinatra, Dean Martin, the RatPack, Bobby Darin and others. Forticket call at: 617-633-5100. Enjoythis evening of music and dancing.
JUMP ‘N’ JIVE REVIEW – Friday,August 14th at 8:00 PM. Dance to RicoBarr and New England’s premieredance band as they pay tribute to theRat Pack, Louis Prima, Tony Bennett,Harry Connick, Jr and others. Ticketsare now on sale so call Paul at: 617-633-5100. Come and enjoy thisevening of music and dancing.
BOSTON COLLEGE140 Commonwealth AvenueChestnut Hill, MA
THE BOOK AS ART: Artists’Books from the National Museumof Women in the Arts – Now throughMay 31, 2009. This is a landmark ex-hibition that is perceived nationallyand internationally as one of the mostoutstanding collections of this inter-disciplinary art medium in the world.For more information and times of thisexhibit, please call: 617-552-8100 orvisit: www.bc.edu/arts.
ITALIAN RADIO“The Sicilian Corner” 11:00 AM
to 1:00 PM every Friday with host TomZappala and Mike Lomazzo and “TheItalian Show” w/Nunzio DiMarcaevery Sunday from 10AM to 1PMwww.1110wccmam.com
“Italia Oggi”(Italy Today) Sundays1PM to 2 PM with host Andrea Urdi1460 AM www.1460WXBR.com
“Dolce Vita Radio” DJ RoccoMesiti 11 AM-1 PM Sundays. 90.7 FMor online www.djrocco.com
“The Nick Franciosa Show” -Every Sunday at 12 Noon to 3:00 PMon radio stations WLYN 1360 AM andWAZN 1470 AM.
“Guido Oliva Italian Hour” 8:00AM - 9:00 AM every Sunday on WSRO650AM Framingham and online atwww.wsro.com.
BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER136 Mass Ave., Boston, MA
ROBERTO BENIGNI IN “TUTTODANTE” - June 6, 2009 at 8:00 PM.In his first U.S. tour, Roberto Benigniwill perform the internationallyacclaimed one man show “TUTTODANTE” inspired by Dante’s Divine
Comedy. In his latest endeavor, thesolo show Tutto Dante, BENIGNIhas swept audiences across Italy.The show based on Dante’s DivineComedy begins with current eventsincluding Benigni’s memoirs andtransforms from moments of purecomedy into a literary masterpiece inpoetry of the Divine Comedy. To pur-chase tickets call Ticketmaster at1-800-745-3000 or you may log ontowww.ticketmaster.com.
RASSEGNA DELLA NUOVACOMMEDIA ITALIANA
Presented by Il Comites e laFederazione delle Associazioni Incollaborazione con il ConsolatoGenerale d’Italia in Boston. Italianfilms: JOHNNY STECCHINO (withsubtitles). Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at7:30 PM at ASSOCIAZIONE GIZIO -NATALE a MIAMI. Friday, May 22,2009 at JUVENTUS CLUB, 270Broadway, Revere - FICARRA &PICONE il 7 e l’8. Tuesday, May 26,2009 at 7:30 PM at The COMITES,11 Tileston Street, Boston -MANUALE D’AMORE.
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Special EventsCOMEDY CONNECTION WILBURTHEATRE246 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
THE COMEDY CONNECTION ATTHE WILBUR PRESENTS JoyBehar on Friday, July 24th at 8:00 PM.Come and enjoy this line-up ofvery funny people for your evening’sentertainment. For tickets or furtherinformation call 1-800-745-3000 orlog onto: www.thewilburtheatre.com.
WEST END COMMUNITYCENTER150 Staniford St., Boston, MA
WEST END POETRY CLUB haveopen readings on the second andfourth Tuesday of every month start-ing at 7:00 PM in the Center by areapoets. Enjoy this relaxind evening.For more information call Duane at:617-416-0718.
DIBURRO’S887 Boston Road, Ward HillHaverhill, MA
MOTHER’S DAY BLOW-OUT –Sunday, May 10th starting at 3:00 PMwith cocktail hour. This is a Mother’sDay show featuring the music ofFrank Sinatra, Dean Martinand Sammy Davis Jr. For tickets, call:888-224-4272.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCEScience Park, Boston, MA
FRIDAY EVENING STARGAZINGAT THE GILLILAND OBSERVA-
SHUBERT THEATER265 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
JERSEY BOYS – July 23-August 30,2009. JERSEY BOYS, winner of the2006 Grammy® Award for Best Musi-cal Show Album, features hit songs“Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “RagDoll,” “Oh What a Night” and “Can’tTake My Eyes Off You.” “IT WILL RUNFOR CENTURIES!” proclaims TimeMagazine. For more information call617-482-9393. For tickets you maylog onto www.telecharge.com or call1-800-432-7250.
THE COLONIAL THEATRE106 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
SPRING AWAKENING – Nowthrough May 24, 2009. This new mu-sical is the groundbreaking fusion ofmorality, sexuality and rock and rollthat has awakened Broadway like noother musical in years. This is a pow-erful coming of age story, which dealswith mature themes, sexual situa-tions and contains strong language.For tickets and times of the perfor-mances, call Ticketmaster at: 617-931-2787.
THE FOOTHILLS THEATRE100 Front Street, Worcester, MA
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIEBROWN – May 16th through June 7th,2009. This is a lively musical com-edy for the entire family – come andenjoy it! For more information, tick-ets and times of the performances,please call: 508-754-4018 or log on towww.foothillstheatre.com.
EMERSON COLLEGECutler Majestic Theatre219 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
“MY MOTHER’S ITALIAN, MYFATHER’S JEWISH & I’M INTHERAPY”- July 23 through August3, 2009 at 7:30 PM and Saturdays at3PM and 7:30 PM and Sunday at 3PM.Steve’s Solomon’s one man showis filled with hilarious stories abouthis wacky family and the crazy char-acters he meets on the road whosesole purpose is to drive him intotherapy ... and they have succeeded.Steve creates voices, dialects andsound effects which make the storiesand jokes come. For tickets callTelecharge: 1-800/233-3123 or logonto www.maj.org.
REAGLE PLAYERS617 Lexington St. Waltham, MA
HELLO DOLLY - June 18-26, 2009.Broadway star and Drama Desk Awardwinner Rachel York leads the parade
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spiring performances on the fifth sea-son of American Idol. Diagnosed withtype 1 diabetes at an early age, hehas refused to let the disease standin the way of his dreams. For moreinformation log onto www.joslin.org/Giving_to_Joslin_Calendar.asp or call617-732-2531. For tickets call 617-585-1260 or visit the box office.
AGGANIS ARENA925 Commonwealth AvenueBoston, MA
IL DIVO - Thursday, May 14, 2009at 7:30 PM. The world’s most popularoperatic quartet, Il Divo, has returnedwith its richest, most dynamic anddiverse album yet, “The Promise.”Legendary for two sold out worldtours performed before over 1.5 mil-lion people in thirty countries, Il Divois taking flight once again on a 2009World Tour that is sure to be theconcert event of the year.
EARTH, WIND AND FIRE &CHICAGO - June 16, 2009 at 7:30 PM.To this day, Earth, Wind & Fireremain one of the top globally popu-lar touring attractions. Influencingtop artists including Prince, Mary JBlige, Outkast and many more,Earth, Wind & Fire’s signature soundand distinctive musical styles fusepop, soul, jazz, rock n’ roll, psyche-delic, African roots music and discowith a base in funk. Chicago haswritten, recorded and performedsome of the most popular and musi-cally innovative songs in rock history.Billboard Magazine positioned theband at #13 on their Hot 100 chart’sAll-Time Top 100 — a byproduct ofhaving sold more than 100,000,000records and having earned 20 tophits, 5 number one albums, 5 num-ber one singles and 5 gold singles.Don’t miss these two great perform-ers under one roof. For tickets logonto www.ticketmaster.com or call1-800-745-3000.
THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVA-TORY JORDAN HALL30 Gainsborough St., Boston, MA
TURANDOT – Sunday, May 31st at3:00 PM. This is Puccini’s final mas-terpiece—the story of an icy Chineseprincess whose suitors must answerthree riddles to win her hand.
THE FLANDERS RECORDERQUARTET – The Amorous Flute –Sunday, June 14th at 12:30 PM. In the16th century, recorders were oftenpraised as being divine instruments.The remarkable Flanders Recordertravel the world with more than 150instruments in tow. Come and enjoythis remarkable afternoon of music.
AN EVENING OF CHAMBER OP-ERA – Saturday, June 13th at 8:00 PM.Two operas will be presented—JohnBlow’s Venus and Adonis; and Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Acteon. Theyportray the fates of two unfortunatehunters who encounter powerful fe-male deities. Come and be entranced.
BEETHOVEN IN BERLIN – Friday,June 12th at 5:00 PM. The music pre-sentation will be Sonatas for Violon-cello, Opus 5 with KristianBezuidenhout on fortepiano andPieter Wispelwey on cello For ticketsand more information, please call:617-868-BEMF or visit: www.bemf.org.
PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUMEast India Square, Salem, MA
MAHJONG: Contemporary Chi-nese Art from the Sigg CollectionNow through May 17, 2009. This isan exhibition of 100 works from thefamed Uli Sigg Collection. It encom-passes a range of media, paintings,drawings, photographs and videoinstallations.
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41st Summer Season at the Reagle Players in Waltham,Massachusetts. Hello, Dolly! Mame, La Cage aux FollesSalute to Jerry Herman! “Tap, tap, tap your troublesaway!” Composer-lyricist Jerry Herman will get your toestapping as we revive three of his blockbuster Broadwayhits. Leave your cares behind and escape to the comfortand convenience of the Robinson Theatre to lift yourspirits with Jerry’s Girls, Girls, Girls! Check out Theatersection for more details.
as Dolly to “Make the music weave aspell, and whirl away your worry!”
MAME - July 16-25, 2009. Film andTV star — and former Miss America —Lee Meriwether stars as the irrepress-ible Mame, who reminds us that “Weneed a little snappy, happy ever af-ter!”
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES - August13-22, 2009. Based on the same playas the hit movie “The Birdcage”, origi-nal Broadway cast members Engel andRoss will have you rolling in the aisles,and feeling like “The best of times isnow!” For tickets call 781-891-5600or log onto www.reagleplayers.org.
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POLAR ATTRACTIONS – Nowthrough June 7, 2009. The Arctic andAntarctic inspired contemporary art-ists to capture the expansive panora-mas, sculptural ice formations andresilient life thriving at the ends ofthe earth. This exhibit encouragesfamilies to experience the Polar Re-gions through artwork and activitiesFor more info., call 866-745-1876 orvisit www.pem.org.
PEABODY MUSEUM OFARCHAEOLOGY11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA
A GOOD TYPE – TOURISM ANDSCIENCE IN EARLY JAPANESEPHOTOGRAPHS – Ongoing. This ex-hibition presents 46 compelling im-ages of Japanese photographic prints.For tickets call: 617-496-1027 or visitwww.peabody.harvard.edu.
DIGGING VERITAS: THEARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OFTHE INDIAN COLLEGE ANDSTUDENT LIFE AT COLONIALHARVARD – Now through January2010. Through archaeological findsfrom Harvard Yard, historical docu-ments and more, this exhibitionshows how today’s Harvard studentcan make sense of student life as itwas in Colonial Harvard.
AVENUE PATRICE LUMUMBA:PHOTOGRAPHS BY GUY TILLIMANNow through September 8, 2009.Guy’s large photographs reveal thedecay and detritus of colonialism inWestern and South Africa on a scaleboth monumental and slight. For moreinformation, call: 617-496-1027 orvisit: www.peabody.harvard.edu.
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARYART100 Northern Ave., Boston, MA
DAMIAN ORTEGA – May 22, 2009through September 7, 2009. Damianis one of the leading Mexican artiststhat draws on his former experienceas a political cartoonist to bring hu-mor and animation to the sculpturalform.
CHARLES LEDRAY – October,2009 through January, 2010. Oftenintimate in scale, LeDray’s sculpturesof clothing, toys and domestic objectsare created by hand with extraordi-nary detail. For more informationplease call: 617-478-3100 or visitwww.icaboston.org.
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARYART100 Northern Avenue, Boston,M A
PROMETHEUS DANCE – Friday,May 15th at 7:30 PM and Saturday,May 16th at 8:00 PM. Known for itshighly charged and theatrical choreo-graphic style Prometheus Dance hasbecome one of the most outstandingand enduring modern dance compa-nies. Come and enjoy the many offer-ings on these evenings. For ticketsand more information, call: 617-876-4275 or visit: www.WorldMusic.org.
THE GREEK CLUB288 Green Street, Cambridge, MA
FRIDAY NIGHT SALSA – Every Fri-day at 8:30 PM are Rueda Lessons,9:30 PM are Salsa lessons; and 10:30PM – 2 AM is the Salsa Dance Party!Beginners are very welcome and theparty is in a safe environment whereeveryone dances with – and respects– everyone else. Call 617-312-5550 formore information.
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Rome’s parking problems has gone fromannoying to tragic, said Peter Popham.During an argument over a parking space,an irate driver stabbed another driver todeath. The victim, Aldo Murgia, 44, was thedrummer in a popular Deep Purple tributeband, and he was about to fulfill his life’sdream playing a concert with Deep Purple’soriginal drummer. It’s a senseless loss,and it wasn’t the first time someone waskilled in Rome for a parking spot. Well,tourists in Rome consistently report chaoson the roads is one of the worst thingsabout the city. Every legitimate spot andmany illegal spaces, are “occupied all thetime.” Drivers circle the block again andagain and finally double-park in despair.The most familiar sound in Rome isthe cacophony of horns from cars that can’tpull out because the double-parkers arehemming them in. “It’s a wonder they don’tkill each other, too.”
Order in the court, after an Idaho judgehad bailiffs use duct tape to cover the mouthof an unruly defendant.
Carlo Scostumato says it seems that somepeople turn their tongues on and leave themrunning.
Giuseppina, la coscia storta, claims somewomen talk so much that others actuallyget hoarse listening to them.
And Mother Superior Frances Fitzgerald,says, “If God had intended that we shouldtalk more than we hear, He would havegiven us two mouths and one ear.”
It is reported that a certain politician inMassachusetts is so windy that he can givemouth-to-mouth resuscitation by telephone.
An affair to remember! A New York womansued a guest at her wedding for loudlyannouncing that she’d had an affair withthe groom, causing a huge uproar. SandrinaPurdum is seeking damages for emotionaldistress, saying her wedding was ruined andshe no longer trusted her husband.
Moron of the week! Daniel Duran, aHouston man who allegedly robbed a bankand stuffed the bundles of cash down hispants as he raced from the bank. Duran wastaken to the hospital with second-degreeburns in a sensitive area after the dye-packsexploded.
Wow! Sales of wine, beer, and otheralcoholic products are on pace to rise 4.8percent this year, to $79 billion. Manydrinkers are doing their drinking at home,to save money on bars and restaurants.
Tom Analetto of Medford, says, “Remem-ber, if you must drive after drinking, trydriving a nail; the worst thing you’ll hit willbe your thumb.”
Joey Antonelli of Somerville, says,” Withsome men it’s love at first drink.”
Baby talk! Illegal immigrants have givenbirth to about 4 million children on U.S. soil,a Pew study found. These children are U.S.citizens by right of birth, making about8.8 million people members of “mixed status”families, in which some members are cit-izens and some face potential deportation.
The astute and alluring Rosalie Cunio ofWaltham, says, “A baby sitter is someoneyou pay to watch television while your childcries itself to sleep.
The informative Lisa Cappuccio of EastBoston, reports, for the first time thisdecade, a majority of non-retired Americans,52 percent, doubt they will have enoughmoney to live comfortably when they stopworking.
Be aware, smokers who eat a lot of fruitsand vegetables should, in theory, reducetheir chances of getting cancer. Right?Wrong. A new study of 500,000 Europeanshas found that smokers who eat lots offruit and vegetables are actually at higherrisk of one kind of cancer, colon cancer.For nonsmokers, the numbers arepredictable: Those who eat plenty of fruitsand veggies reduce their risk for bowelcancer by as much as 25 percent. Butfor smokers, frequent consumption offruits and veggies increase the risk ofcolon cancer by a small percentage. The
researcherss u r m i s ethat certainc h e m i c a l sin fruits andveggies canaugment the effects of the poisons incigarette smoke. Hans Verhagen, an officialwith the Dutch public health institute thatconducted the study, says that cigarettesmokers certainly shouldn’t take this studyas a cue to quit eating broccoli and berries.“On the contrary,” he tells Agence France-Presse, “the conclusion is to please stopsmoking.”
Smile! Kids who smile a lot are more likelyto grow up to have happy marriages, saysa new study. Psychologists at DePauwUniversity in Indiana looked over pages andpages of childhood photo albums frommore than 600 adults, and then asked abouttheir marital histories. They found that ofthose frequently photographed smilingin childhood; only 11 percent had ever beendivorced. But of people often photographedfrowning or looking somber, 31 percenthad a failed marriage. Overall, people whorarely smiled in their childhood photos werefive times more likely to get divorced thanthose who appeared happy. Study authorMatthew Hertenstein says that frequentsmiling probably indicates a happy, upbeatdisposition, and such “positive emotionality”repeatedly has been proved to producehappier lives. It may also be that “smilingpeople attract other happier people ,” he says,leading “to a greater likelihood of a long-lasting marriage.”
Bella Culo of Chestnut Hill, says, “Somegirls can’t even wear a smile without lookingin the mirror to see if it fits.”
The personable Gus Lombardi of Nahant,thinks you are not fully dressed until youwear a smile.
We just learned eight of the 20 best citiesfor jobs-measured by annual employmentgrowth-are in Texas. Oil-drilling centerOdessa, Texas leads the list. Five cities inMichigan and Ohio bring up the rear, withJackson, Mich., the worst for job growth.
Come on down! Automobile dealers inChina sold 1.1 million vehicles in March,solidifying China’s position as the worlds’largest car market.
Steven Sebestyen claims cars are con-stantly being improved with more horse-power under the hood instead of more horsesense behind the wheel.
Steven’s brilliant and attractive wifeTheresa, says, cars come in threedimensions: height, width and debt.
Time to do some reminiscing with thenoted musicologist, Albert Natale. MervGriffin remembers his band-singing dayswith Freddy Martin recalling, in particular,July 4, 1949, when he and the band appearedbefore 150-thousand people over thatweekend at Resorts International inAtlantic City. Singer bandleader VaughnMonroe appeared in two western movies,“Singing Guns” (1950) and “Toughest Manin Arizona” (1952). Actor Jon Voight madehis Broadway debut in the play “The Soundof Music,” in which he introduced the song“I Am Sixteen.” Pianist Errol Garner wasself-taught. He never learned how to readmusic, yet his swing and gift of melody madehim one of the most popular jazz artists. Whocan ever forget his recording of his owncomposition, “Misty,” which he wrote in1954. In their youth, both Bob Hope andMilton Berle won prizes in Charlie Chaplinimitation contests. The Rodgers and Hartsong “There’s a Small Hotel” originated inthe Broadway show “On Your Toes” and wassung by Frank Sinatra in the musical film“Pal Joey.” With the word of HumphreyBogart’s death, January 14, 1957, FrankSinatra was so emotionally upset, SammyDavis Jr. and Jerry Lewis had to substituteat Frank’s engagement at the Copacabana.And one of actor Spencer Tracy’s Oscars wasmistakenly engraved “Dick Tracy.” AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN NAME
1 jar Sicilian green olives*2 stalks celery chopped1 large onion chopped1 large garlic clove minced1 tablespoon oregano2 tablespoons olive, canola, or vegetable oil2 tablespoons cider vinegarSalt
*Sicilian green olives are not usually found pitted. To pitolives, use a paring knife to cut olive meat from olive pit.Another method is to place each olive, one by one, on acutting board. Using a wooden mallet, hit the olive so thatthe meat separates and exposes the olive pit. Place olivemeat in a large bowl.
Add chopped celery, onion and minced garlic to the olivesand mix. Sprinkle oregano, oil and cider vinegar over themixture and mix thoroughly. Additional oregano, oil, vin-egar or salt may be added. When kept in a clean coveredjar or bowl this salad stores well for a lengthy time inrefrigerator. This salad is ready for serving within thirtyminutes of preparation.
NOTE: In my childhood, I remember my father buying a largewooden box of shiny light green olives from the produce market.The large quantity was to be shared with aunts who livednearby. The women knew how much water and salt wereneeded to soak the olives and how long before they could beready for this special Sicilian salad.
In 1931, when my parents took the family to Sicily to meetour paternal grandmother, my brother Peter and I had the privi-lege of going to the olive groves with our relatives to harvestolives. As a six-year-old, I thought of it as a picnic day underthe beautiful but old craggy-looking olive trees. We ate lunchand stayed most of the day before returning in the horse-drawncarts. Another day, Papa and his brother-in-law, Uncle Nino,took us to a processing plant near their hometown. There wesaw olives that had been crushed, processed and stored inhuge containers. The scent of olive oil was so strong in thatsmall, cold processing plant that it made my eyes tear. I wantedto rush out into the fresh air. My love for the green olives andthe olive oil extracted from them grew from that experience.
SICILIAN GREEN OLIVE SALAD
the duties of Mayor if theMayor vacates the officebefore the end of his term.The City Clerk would as-sume those responsibilitiesuntil an election could beheld to choose a newMayor. The Council Presi-dent would still assumethe Mayor’s during a shortterm absence.
“Each year there is a raceamong the Councillors tobecome City Council Presi-dent,” explained CouncillorTobin. “One of the advan-tages to being president isbeing in the position to be-come ‘acting mayor’ if theMayor’s Office is suddenlyvacated. This change would
allow the Council Presidentto focus on the issues facingthe Council and the resi-dents of Boston.”
Councillor Tobin filed thepetition, which requires achange to the City Charter,at the City Council’s weeklymeeting on Wednesday,April 29. The legislationwill then be assigned to aCity Council Committeeand a public hearing will bescheduled. The City Councilwill vote on the petitionfollowing the public hearing.If approved the petition mustbe signed by the Mayor.Once signed, it will be sentto the State Legislature forconsideration.
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This Sunday is Mother’sDay and while thinkingabout this week’s column, Ibegan thinking about myown mother who passedaway on November 10 in2007. She was six monthsshort of her 98th birthday. Asa matter of fact, she wasborn in May. The 17th of thismonth marks the 100th an-niversary of her birth.
My mother was christenedwith the name of AngelinaContini, the first daughterof Michele and GiovanninaContini, Nanna and Babbo-nonno. She came from afamily that, in spite of theirhumble beginnings, taughther about the arts and musicof Italy. Her father came toAmerica as a musician andbrought his sons up to bemusicians, two of which(Uncles Paul and Nick)would play professionallytheir entire lives. Mymother, who loved to sing,was not as lucky as herbrothers. The 19th centurymentality of her parents rel-egated her to the position ofhelping to serve the malesin the family and prepare forthe day she would marry.
My mother, by Nanna’sside, learned how to cook,clean and take care of ahousehold as part of thatpreparation. Nanna taughtMom how to cook the dishesshe, herself, had learned toprepare watching hermother back in Avellinowhen she was a child.Nanna, couldn’t give Momexact measurements whenpreparing dishes as she wasilliterate, never having goneto school as a child. Shetaught my mother by addingin ingredients saying, “Unopoco di questo, uno poco diquello.” (A little bit of this, alittle bit of that) A generationlater, Nanna taught me howto cook the same way. Momlearned how to prepare tra-ditional southern Italianfood and stayed by Nanna’sside helping her in thekitchen until she had herown kitchen to run.
Mom loved school, buteducation for females wasnot part of a 19th centurypeasant Italian culture. Shewas good with math andwanted to pursue her stud-ies in that direction, but wasforced, by Babbononno, toquit school and go to work tohelp support the family andalso to put a little somethingaway for when she was mar-ried. Years later, I saw mymother’s prowess with math.She was calculating some-
thing for my father and hada column of figures that wasfive across and ten down.She glanced at it and imme-diately wrote the answer. Iasked her how she did it andshe couldn’t explain it be-yond, “I see the numbers andthen I see the answer.”
After she left school, Momwent to work at Golden-berg’s, a dry goods store thatexisted on Meridian Streetright near Central Square inEast Boston. She was wel-comed to the store’s workforce because she spoke flu-ent Italian. At home my fam-ily spoke Avellinese, but mymother’s ear for dialects ledher to be able to speak sev-eral others, including Sicil-ian. She was an asset tostore’s management andbecame one of the most pro-ductive of the sales staff.
One late afternoon, herbrothers, Paul and Nick,brought home the bassplayer from the band theywere both with. The bandhad a double header that dayand my uncles invited himfor dinner between the twojobs. His name was JohnChristoforo, he was fromEast Boston, an Italian anda musician. That meantthat Babbononno put hismark of approval on himimmediately. I guess mymother did, too. They beganto date in the early 1930s,but Dad was on the road quitea bit as this was the day ofthe big swing bands and nocommitments were madeuntil my mother gave himan ultimatum. He took thehint and they were marriedin October of 1936.
Dad did well even thoughthere was a Depression go-ing on. He played with a so-ciety band at one of Boston’shotels until midnight andthen headed for an “afterhours” place in Roxbury toplay with a jazz group untilabout 4:00 a.m. As a result,money wasn’t a problemand Mom had a pot of gravyon the stove at their apart-ment day and night. Whenan out of work musiciandidn’t have the money forfood, my mother boiled somepasta, added in the gravyand a meatball or two, andthe man and maybe hisfamily, too, had somethingto eat.
When I was born, theymoved back to East Boston,taking up residence withNanna and Babbononno, andthat was the environmentI grew up in. Mom followedin Nanna’s footsteps. If
Babbononno was the head ofthe house, Nanna was thecenter of it. This became theway my folks lived, too.Nanna had always had alevel head and an intuitivedisposition in spite of herlack of education. As a re-sult, family members withproblems consulted her foradvice. My mother took onthis role as time progressed,as she had inherited manyof Nanna’s qualities andtalents.
In the late 1950s, Nanna,who had survived pneumo-nia and a heart attackduring World War II, camedown with breast cancer.Mom was by her side caringfor her until the end camejust before Christmasin 1958. By the early 1960s,we moved to Belmont andBabbononno joined us andMom cared for him as heaged. This lasted until heneeded custodial care andwound up in a nursing home.Mom was there just aboutevery day to help out andcheck on her father.
By the late 1980s, myfather’s health started to fail.Mom was by his side day andnight but he succumbed toan abdominal aneurism andpassed away in November of1991.
Mom then turned her at-tentions on her two grand-children, my sons, John andMichael. This role made herthe matriarch of the familyand the stories of her par-ents coming to America andhow she and her brotherssucceeded gave them part ofthe foundation they use inlife today. She was theirNanna until she could nolonger function in that ca-pacity, but always main-tained that title, having ac-cepted it from her mother.
When Mom reached hermid 90s, she needed morehelp than we could give herand she went into a nursinghome. One day, I received acall from the head nurse atthe home who candidly saidthat, at night, Mom was talk-ing to the spirit of my father.I knew from this that theend was near, and it was.
We couldn’t cry at thefuneral. The family rejoicedat the life my mother ledand the influence she hadon the family, all four gen-erations of us in this coun-try. So, I would like to con-clude with, “Happy Mother’sDay, Mom.” In part, we arewho we are today, thanks toyou.
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ARIETE 21 MARZO - 20 APRILELavoro. Prima di impegnare i vostri risparmi, leggete bene ognisingola clausola del contratto e chiedete il parere di un esperto inmateria.
Amore. Non è il caso di scaricare sul partner la delusione per un progettosfumato; cercate, piuttosto, il suo appoggio e la sua comprensione.Salute. Per perdere i chili di troppo causati da ritenzione idrica, bevete moltaacqua, specie al mattino; servirà a drenare i liquidi in eccesso.
TORO 21 APRILE - 20 MAGGIOLavoro. Benché siate dotati di buon senso, potreste incorrere in unerrore di valutazione accettando frettolosamente di aderire adun’iniziativa.
Amore. Non è il momento dei fuochi d’artificio in amore, ma ad un caratterequieto come il vostro, tranquillità e stabilità potrebbero bastare.Salute. Basta con la pizza e i fast food. Farete un bel regalo alla vostra lineainiziando una dieta ricca di vegetali e di frutta di stagione.
GEMELLI 21 MAGGIO - 21 GIUGNOLavoro. Frequentare un corso di formazione professionale, oltread ampliare le vostre competenze, vi permetterà di farvi conoscereed apprezzare.
Amore. Le faccende di cuore promettono particolarmente bene: se avete datoinizio da poco ad una storia d’amore, state certi che continuerà.Salute. Vi sentite in forma e siete belli come il sole! Ma se pretendete di più,sappiate che oggi anche la dea bendata è dalla vostra parte.
CANCRO 22 GIUGNO - 22 LUGLIOLavoro. Non accantonate i vostri progetti lavorativi assumendo unatteggiamento vittimistico. Datevi da fare per superare i contrattempi.Amore. Qualche discussione finisce con l’appesantire l’atmosfera
nella coppia, ma basterà poco a farvi ritrovare la sintonia di sempre.Salute. Ritagliatevi degli spazi di distensione. Uscite, incontrate gli amici, maevitate di parlare di lavoro: avete bisogno di staccare.
LEONE 23 LUGLIO - 23 AGOSTOLavoro. Porterete a termine un impegno o concluderete una trattativad’affari. Prospettive di lavoro interessanti anche per i giovani del segno.Amore. Grazie alle giuste dosi di dolcezza e sensualità, avete in
mano la ricetta azzeccata per ottenere ciò che volete in amore.Salute. Avete voglia di rinnovare il look e il guardaroba? Dopo un allegro giroper i negozi, il risultato sarà eccellente: farete un figurone!
VERGINE 24 AGOSTO - 22 SETTEMBRELavoro. La concentrazione dei pianeti in segni d’aria non è di grande
aiuto a chi, come voi, ha bisogno di certezze molto più “terrene”.Amore. Provate a salvare il salvabile. Prima di chiudere una volta
per tutte con una storia ormai stanca, scegliete di fare un ultimo tentativo.Salute. Per far quadrare i conti, in amore come nel lavoro, vi sottoporrete a ritmip i u t t o s t o faticosi, lesinando tempo alle attività ricreative.
BILANCIA 23 SETTEMBRE - 22 OTTOBRELavoro. Sembra arrivato il momento della rivincita. Diplomazia e
tempestività vi consentiranno di mettere a segno un colpo da vericampioni.
Amore. L’armonia e la comunione di interessi col partner rafforzano l’intesa evi spingono a considerare l’eventualità di impegnarvi seriamente.Salute. La giornata vi vede intraprendenti. Sì all’attività fisica e allo shopping,ma senza esagerare né con gli sforzi né con le spese.
SCORPIONE 23 OTTOBRE - 22 NOVEMBRELavoro. Sarete completamente assorbiti da un’attività che vi daràmodo di apprendere nuove nozioni, uti l i per la vostra crescitaprofessionale.
Amore. Contrariamente al lavoro, per le questioni di cuore sarebbe meglio cheevitaste di avventurarvi in situazioni dall’epilogo incerto.Salute. Buona la forma fisica, ma non dimenticate di mettere in programma unaserie di controlli preventivi, vista e denti in primo luogo.
SAGITTARIO 23 NOVEMBRE - 21 DICEMBRELavoro. Dare il meglio di voi sarà il vostro obiettivo, soprattutto quandoin gioco ci sono realizzazione professionale e benessere economico.Amore. Che aspiriate ad avventure “mordi e fuggi” o che siate alla
ricerca del grande amore, Venere promette di esaudire i vostri desideri.Salute. Asseconderete fin troppo il vostro bisogno di movimento, dedicandomolto tempo all’attività fisica o al vostro sport preferito.
CAPRICORNO 22 DICEMBRE - 20 GENNAIOLavoro. Avete tutte le carte in regola perché i vostri progetti vadanoa buon fine, ma non è questo il momento di mettere nero su bianco.
Amore. Una malcelata irritabilità dovuta ai pensieri di lavoro avrà effetti negativinella vita di coppia. Provate a confidarvi con il partner.Salute. Bevete solo acqua a temperatura ambiente. Qualsiasi altra bevandagassata o troppo fredda potrebbe procurarvi disturbi digestivi.
ACQUARIO 21 GENNAIO - 19 FEBBRAIOLavoro. La vita sociale procederà a passo spedito, così come gliaffari e i progetti di lavoro. Tenetevi pronti a tagliare il traguardo!Amore. Il doppio trigono lunare dona grande slancio alle vostre vicende
amorose; attenti però a non trascurare chi veramente conta.Salute. Una sana attività fisica, possibilmente all’aria aperta, vi sarà utile peralleviare gli eventuali disturbi della circolazione.
PESCI 20 FEBBRAIO - 20 MARZOLavoro. Anziché rivoluzionare la vostra attività, ricercando nuovipunti di approdo, fareste meglio ad investire su ciò che già possedete.Amore. Finché vi perderete dietro ai sogni irrealizzabili, sarà difficileriuscire a costruire qualcosa di concreto con chi vi è accanto.
Salute. Le temperature miti della bella stagione vi aiuteranno a seguire unadieta leggera, ricca di liquidi, per ritrovare la linea di un tempo.
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TO TALK OF MANY THINGSof shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings
by Sal Giarratani
LO SAPEVATE CHE …Nei primi otto mesi del 2008, la Guardia di Finanza ha
scoperto poco meno di 20 miliardi di euro ,piu’ esattamente19.5 miliardi, di reddito sottratto al Fisco, con un incre-mento del 44% rispetto all’analogo periodo dello scorso anno,individuando 5.100 evasori, cioe’ delle vere e proprie miniaziende del tutto sconosciute al fisco. Sono alcuni dei datidel bilancio delle ‘Fiamme Gialle’ resi noti recentementedurante la cerimonia di insediamento del nuovocomandante in seconda del Corpo: il Generale Mino di Paoloche e’ subentrato al Generale Angelo Ferraro. Nei primiotto mesi dell’anno (2008) sono stati eseguiti in tutto oltre71,000 controlli e verifiche, che hanno permesso diindividuare, oltre ai redditi sottratti alla tassazione, oltreall’IVA evasa per 3.3miliardi di euro. In questo contesto siconferma il peso dell’economia sommersa e dellosfruttamento del lavoro nero in ragione di 25.000 posizionilavorative non in regola. In crescita risulta l’evasionefiscale internazionale. Le ‘Fiamme Gialle’ hanno individu-ate redditi sottratti al fisco in ragione di 3.5 miliardi dieuro, piu’ del doppio di quelli scoperti nel 2007. Sono statidenunciati 5.750 individui come pure altre 3.300 personecoinvolte nella scmparsa di fondi europei per finanziamentipubblici in ragione di 668 milioni di euro. Sono staticonfiscati beni per 1.5 miliardi di euro per riciclaggio,usura, illeciti fallimenti e la denuncia di oltre 3.126 persone.Il totale delle persone denunciate per reati commessiall’industria del falso sono circa 11.000, 250 delle quali sonostate arrestate per contrabbando di sigarette, e sono staticancellati siti web utilizzati per la vendita ‘on line’ di mercecontraffatta. Questo e’ tutto, per ora!
DID YOU KNOW THAT …Over the first 8 months of 2008, the Treasury Police have
uncovered $27 billion, exactly $26.5 billion of revenuesliterally stolen from the Fiscal Authority, with an increaseof 44% vis-à-vis the same period of 2007, and identifying atotal of 5,100 of tax evaders, authentic mini-firms totallyunknown to the Treasury. These are some of the data ofthe budget of the ‘Fiamme Gialle’ (Red Flames, as the trea-sury police are known), announced recently during theinstallation ceremony of the new Second-in-Command ofthe Corp: General Mino di Paolo, in place of the retiringGeneral Angelo Ferraro. In the first 8 months of 2008, therehave been a total of 71,000 controls and identification whichhave made possible to identify, in addition to the revenuesnever reported to the ‘tax man’, and the IVA (the added goodsvalue) evaded for a whopping $4 billion. In this operationthere is the reality of the underground economy and alsoevading workers’ insurance and labor laws with 25.000workers never reported to the authorities. Internationalfiscal evasion is also on the increase. The ‘Yellow Flames’have discovered unreported revenues for $4 billion, morethan double the ones uncovered in 2007. A whopping 5,750individuals have been charged, as well as other 3.300 peopleinvolved in the disappearance of European funds for publicworks, in the amount of $750 million. Goods valued about$1.85 billion have been confiscated because of recycling,usury, fraudulent bankruptcy, while another 3.126 indi-viduals have been charged. The total of people charged forcrimes connected with smuggling falsified goods are 11,000,250 of whom already arrested for contraband of cigarette,while 17 web sites used for ‘on line’ sales of falsified goodshave been eliminated. And that is all for now, folks!
RONALD TO WORKERS:WE DON’T PAY HEROES HERE
The multi-national corporation McDonaldsis denying a heroic employee workmen’scomp after the guy got shot several timescoming to the aid of a female customer. BigMac fans are disgusted by the way the com-pany has treated the hero employee. Lastsummer in Little Rock, Arkansas, theworker jumped over the counter to take downa man abusing a woman at the restaurant.During the fight, the employee was shotmultiple times. He is recovering but sev-eral operations have left the guy with bigmedical bills. He was called a hero becausehe stood his ground rather than run forcover during the incident. However,McDonald’s maybe even Ronald himself,disagrees. They say no worker’s comp. Thelawyer for the restaurant chain says the“injuries did not arise out of or within thecourse and scope of his employment.”
The message to all McDonald’s employeesis clear; If a woman is being attacked, keepmaking those 12 piece McNuggets and flipa few more burgers. Mickey D’s employeeshave been warned. Put on a mask like theHamburgler, see nothing and do nothing too.
WHEN I RULED THE WORLD?Last Friday while driving along the South-
east Expressway in Dorchester, my radio wastuned into one of my favorite spots on theFM dial and the music station was playinga song in which the lyrics go, “When I ruledthe world … I could feel the fear in myenemy’s eyes.” Often, I give songs the mean-ing I need at that very moment of listening.Is this a song about a world leader or abouthow when we’re young we think we’re incharge of our life and things are endless?Today, I think unlike, say 1970 when I was22 years old, I know I rule very little andthe only fear I feel is my own mortality. Aftera while, we can only hope to rule day by day.
Along with my hair graying is the thoughtthat my energy level has dropped somewhat.I can still power walk but not as long or asfar. We compensate and compromise moreand more. The only good thing going is ourintellect, our brains, our common sense andour ability to laugh often. I’m smarter todaythat I was at 22 years old.
My Uncle Nealy believed he was youngforever. Being forever young is not easy tobe but if you can do it, do it. Stand up to life.Challenge it. Take risks. Speak up andspeak up loud and clear. My uncle’s birth-day is on Mother’s Day this year just like itwas on the day of his birth. Remembering
his life and how he lived it has become aninspiration for me. He passed away in hissleep after an active day of living. His deathwas a shock to us. I’m sure as he left thisworld for the next, he was in shock too. Hisface is still clear to me. It was the face ofsomeone not afraid to live life. His memorylives on in me. I carry on my life like he didhis. Hey, you can be young forever. If younever tire of life’s roadblocks. Don’t surren-der to them, keep on keeping on!
PERSONALLY, I THINKREVERSE DISCRIMINATIONIS ALSO AGAINST TITLE 7
When it comes to politics, I often find my-self a Red Voter in a Blue State. However,when I leave Boston for say, Austin, I get awhole different view. Texas is just a bit too“Red” for me but the City of Austin is a “Blue”city I can live with. No where close to BostonBlue. Down there I sound like a Democrat.A moderate cowboy if you please. However,when it comes to the Civil Rights Act of1964, I believe liberals have misused itstenants. Back during the busing I was anopponent of Judge Garrity’s desegregationcourt order. I remain an opponent of theMETCO program as a race based educationalprogram where color trumps all. I am op-posed to affirmative hiring which dividespeople along racial lines. Sounds prettyconservative but I always just saw the wholething as an issue of fairness to individualrights. Group rights always sounds goodon paper but when the tire meets theroad, it is a source of division for Ameri-cans. Either all people are equal or they arenot. I have a feeling my views wouldfit quite well with the state of Texas andwith Texas Democrats even in an area likeAustin.
Get out of the crowded Northeast andtravel to Texas and the Southwest and youget a whole different perspective on havingAmerican values like equality and indi-vidual rights. They died at the Alamo so thatAmericans could be free to decide things forthemselves. Freedom is valued down thereas are individuals seeking to advance. Thecolor of your skin is secondary to your con-stitutional rights as an individual Ameri-can. If you’re trying out for a job, looking fora new place to live, seeking to go to collegeor looking for a promotion, you shouldn’t beimpacted being the wrong color or gender.Or having the wrong lifestyle. If you take atest, the highest score should win. Gettingturned down should be a fair process.
but the choice of Ayers isjust so dumb. He still comesacross like a user of thesystem.
North End GroupHits Double Towers
Many North Enders arevery fearful of the disruptionand after effects of the $2.3billion mega developmentplans at the edge of Govern-ment Center which is one ofthe biggest reasons why theNorth End Waterfront Resi-dents’ Association opposesthe Raymond PropertyCompany’s plans near theJohn F. Kennedy FederalBuilding. The group also wasconcerned with both theproject’s height and density.Raymond is seeking to teardown the Government Cen-ter Garage and replace itwith two buildings; one 42stories and the second, 52stories tall. This proposalalso would include condo-miniums, hotel and retailspace.
WJIB 740“The Memories Station”It appears the $98,000
goal to keep WJIB on the air
for the rest of 2009 is aboutto be met. Thanks to viewerdonations, the non-commer-cial great music station willlive on providing some of thenicest music in Boston tooldies like me.
Jay LenoComing to Channel 7
WHDH-TV, the NBC affili-ate in Boston on Channel 7tried to dump the upcomingJay Leno 10 PM show butNBC told them run Leno orelse. Channel 7 reconsid-ered and now Channel 7 iswelcoming Jay’s arrival. ThePeacock Network held allthe cards in this poker bluffand Channel 7 knew whento fold ‘em.
Somerville anAll-American City Again?Somerville has had a re-
naissance of late as thecity’s image has improvedgreatly since the bad olddays when the place wasridiculed as “Slumerville”and a hub of political cor-ruption. Somerville is oncea gain in line for top civichonors and is in the run-ning for “All American City”
• News Briefs (Continued from Page 1)status. Somerville haspretty much rid itself of thatbad rap which turned thecity into a running joke. Thelast time Somerville won All-American City honors, it was1972 when most Somervillepeople even thought the ideawas a joke. Howie Carr stilluses that 1972 honor to jok-ingly speak of Somerville.
John Marchi, RIPFormer State Senator
John Marchi a longtimestate senator and politicalleader for the RepublicanParty of New York recentlypassed away at 87 years old.In 1969 then Senator JohnMarchi defeated incumbentMayor John V. Lindsay in theGOP primary for mayor onlyto lose to Lindsay in Novem-ber that year when Lindsayran as the Liberal Party can-didate. Marchi from StatenIsland once tried to organizea campaign for Staten Islandto secede from New YorkCity. He was a great politi-cian, Republican leader andstrong conservative. NewYork City will long remem-ber him.
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the crowning ceremonies —usually the year’s FirstCommunicants — worewhite veils edged with blue.The crown was carried on acushion by the youngest girlin the school, and placed onthe head of the statue by theoldest.
Laying flowers beforeMary’s statue is deeply em-bedded in Christian tradi-tion: often brides lay theirwedding bouquets before ashrine of Mary after thewedding ceremony, andpray there for a blessing ontheir marriage.
The May Crowning of Maryby the children of SaintJohn School will take place
at 12 noon on May 21st atSaint Leonard Church. OnMay 22nd a May Fair will takeplace at Saint John’s from9:15-11:15 that is open to thepublic.
Since medieval times Mayhas been considered thetime of new life with May 1stbelieved to be the beginningof growth. In dedicating themonth of May to Mary, wewelcome, greet and celebrateMary as we celebrate themonth dedicated to her, andwe honor all mothers for allthat they have done for usthrough the years.
Wishing allMothers a
Happy Mother’s Day.
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LEGAL NOTICEThe following vehicles have been
towed toTODISCO TOWING94 Condor Street
East Boston, MA 02128In the event that these vehicles arenot claimed they will be sold atauction on May 9, 2009.
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To the above named Defendant: A Complaint has been presented to this
Court by the Plaintiff, Annet Nassiwa,seeking a DIVORCE.
An Automatic Restraining Order has beenentered in this matter preventing you fromtaking any action which would negativelyimpact the current financial status of eitherparty. Please refer to the Supplemental Pro-bate Court Rule 411 for more information.
You are required to serve upon John J.Loscocco, Esq - attorney for plaintiff - whoseaddress is Barker, Epstein & Loscocco, 10Winthrop Square, Boston, MA 02110 youranswer on or before June 29, 2009. If youfail to do so, the court will proceed to thehearing and the adjudication of this action.You are also required to file a copy of youranswer in the office of this Court at CAM-BRIDGE.
Witness, Peter C. DiGangi, Esquire, FirstJustice of said Court at CAMBRIDGE this17 day of April, 2009.
Tara E. DeCristofaroRegister of Probate Court
Run dates: 5/8, 5/15, 5/22/09
Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court
Probate and Family Court DepartmentMIDDLESEX Division
Docket No. MI09D1321DRDIVORCE SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
ANNET NASSIWA,Plaintiff
v.CHARLES L. LUTAAYA,
Defendant
LEGAL NOTICE
To the above named Defendant: A Complaint has been presented to this
Court by the Plaintiff, Renildes Miranda,seeking a DIVORCE.
An Automatic Restraining Order has beenentered in this matter preventing you fromtaking any action which would negativelyimpact the current financial status of eitherparty. Please refer to the Supplemental Pro-bate Court Rule 411 for more information.
You are required to serve upon Ilene Klein, Esq., attorney for plaintiff -whose address is 46 Church Streeet, Bos-ton, MA 02116 your answer on or beforeJune 29, 2009. If you fail to do so, the courtwill proceed to the hearing and adjudica-tion of this action. You are also required tofile a copy of your answer in the office of thisCourt at CAMBRIDGE.
Witness, Peter C. DiGangi, Esquire, FirstJustice of said Court at CAMBRIDGE this14th day of April, 2009.
Tara E. DeCristofaroRegister of Probate Court
Run Dates: 5/8/09, 5/15/09, 5/22/09
Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court
Probate and Family Court DepartmentMIDDLESEX Division
Docket No. 08D4203DV1DIVORCE SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
RENILDES MIRANDA,Plaintiff
v.JEFFREY MITCHELL STONE,
Defendant
LEGAL NOTICE
ST. JUDE AND ST. ANTHONY NOVENAMay the Sacred Heart of Jesus beadored, glorified, loved and preservedthroughout the world now and for-ever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray forus. St. Jude, worker of miracles, prayfor us. St. Jude, help of the hopeless,pray for us. St. Anthony, most lovingprotector and wonder worker, prayfor us. Say this prayer 9 times a dayand by the 8th day your prayer will beanswered. It has never been known tofail. Publication must be promised.My prayers have been answered.Favor received. P.G.A.T.P.
Still on FirstAfter All These Years
Last season I played softballin the West End SoftballLeague. Played every gameand mostly at first base. Ithink I’m the oldest player inthe league and in recentyears no matter what leagueI’m in, I’m the oldest guyaround first or any position onthe field. Two years ago, Iplayed for the Shattuck Hos-pital team sponsored by theGriffins Bar in Forest Hills. Ididn’t play much in ’06, but Ialways looked good. My jersey#25, in honor of Tony Conig-liaro. I played two games in’07 before finding myselfagain last year at Teddy Eber-sol’s Red Sox Fields on thebanks of the Charles River.
Ebersol Field is like a fieldof dreams compared to theBlair’s Foodland parkinglot on Sundays back in theearly ‘60s over in Roxbury.That parking lot had a greenmonster wall we loved toaim for pretending it wasFenway Park. If we didn’tplay there, it might be theFellows Playground or theCarter Playground.
I tried baseball for a shorttime and played for theSt. Phillip Phillies in 1964-65over at the “Prairie” acrossfrom Old Mr. Boston. I stunkbig time. Went to bat 12 timesand reached base nine timeswithout ever hitting the ball.One time the ball hit me,smack in the face. I reachedfirst on that play. That was itfor sports as they say.
In 1978, I played first basefor the Fenwood Flyers in theGreater Boston Labor League.I was getting old then havingreached the Big Three-O. Hitthe ball well. Never hit ahomer. Mostly a singles guy.Slow runner too. Over theyears I played lots of pick upsoftball. One summer landedup on Mission Hill where Ionce made two “Willie Mays”catches in a single game.Shocked even me. I was aninfielder and there I was wayout in left and catching flyballs to mine and everyoneelse’s surprise.
When I came out in 2006, I
was a lark. I knew I wasslower than slow. My powerrange never that great evenless. I loved my uniform andstill carried my two glovesfrom way back when. The “old”glove came from 1965 and my“new” glove, I bought in 1982.Last season my teammatesstarted calling me an old manuntil I made an astoundingplay at first stretching myselfoff the bag and catching a lowthrow from third. After thatplay, I wasn’t called an oldanything anymore. Of course,after the game, I ached muchmore than years ago. I amplaying against players muchyounger than my old gloveand about the age of my newglove. I can still compete, Istill use a wooden bat and Istill can hit to the oppositefield. I wish I could run fasterbut whether I was chubby orskinny, running isn’t mygame. I am now hitting thelongest singles in softball his-tory. Making it to first is anachievement. Sometimes, Ifeel like I need a little CPRbetween the innings but Idon’t call it quits.
In a couple of months I’llbe back at Ebersol Field an-other year older and readyto whack some more fly-balls over the heads of thatright fielder. I still look goodin my team jersey. Thistime sponsored by the GrandCanal. If I’m lucky I’ll surviveyet another season at first.I still do look good in my base-ball cap and Ray Liotta sun-glasses. Kind of look some saylike Tony LaRussa. How dothese youngsters know who
Back in 1978, he was“Super Sal” Giarrataniwhen he played 1st base forthe Fenwood Flyers. Todayhe’s still Sal, but not thatsuper anymore.
LaRussa is? After all, when Istarted playing first base, myhero was Dick Stuart, akaDr. Stonefingers.
Little League Players,“BIG” League Friends
NEAA Opening Day cer-emonies and barbeque wereheld in memory of Richie“Biffo” Coppola who passedaway on January 8 from abattle with cancer. Hisbrother and friends wanted tohonor him and rememberthose good old days whenthese guys all played NorthEnd baseball too. Mike “Fud”Giannasoli was there tellingme about the old days whenhe and Richie played on theold Savino Oilers and thenthe Babe Ruth’s Yankeeteam. Eric Etienne was there,along with Eddie Coffin,Johnny “Mangia” Pagliucawas there cooking up the dogsand burgers. Richie, aka“Gizzy” Coppola, Dominic’sbrother remembered hisbrother as a great person andgreat baseball teammate.
Turning to the field, I beganwatching this year’s baseballplayers show their skills incatching, throwing and hit-ting the ball.
Years from now, hopefully,these kids will still be hang-ing together as friends likeDominic, Johnny Mangia,Eric, Michael Fud and Eddie,the Gaelic-Garlic guy. Base-ball is part of growing up likemom, apple pie, the flag andfirst base.
George Carlin once said thatbaseball was a great gamebecause the goal was alwaysto get home safe.
One personal note. The onething I remembered playingbaseball for the St. PhillipPhillies back in the Sixtieswas never crowd the plate,you can get whacked. I did butonly once. Life is like a longnine inning game. You win,you lose, you have fun and yousurvive. We all get bad in-nings in life. We learn fromthem. Big hits are always bet-ter than errors. Looking goodis good too.
Good luck to all the playersthis year on all six teams.Thank you North End AthleticAssociation. Thank you to allof Rich “Biffo” Coppola forshowing us the true mean-ing of living.
(never known to fail) O most beautiful flowerof Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Son ofGod, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity.O Star of the Sea, help me and show me here Youare my mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queenof Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech You fromthe bottom of my heart to secure me in my necessity(make request). There are none who can withstandyour power. O Mary, conceived without sin, prayfor us who have recourse to Thee (3 times). HolyMary, I place this cause in your hands (3 times).Say this prayer 3 consecutive days and then publish,and it will be granted to you.
T.M.S.
PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN:
• Mayor’s Column (Continued from Page 1)flu on Boston; they havealso helped to calm pub-lic anxiety by providingaccurate and up-to-dateinformation.
As I shared with guestsat last week’s summit,the real strength of Bostonis in its residents. That’swhy last fall we launchedReadyBoston, a comprehen-sive campaign targetingindividuals and families toimprove residential pre-paredness. As part of thisprogram, the City of Bostonconducted community pre-paredness workshops acrossthe City, providing over10,000 low-income familieswith emergency kits. Wehave expanded this resi-dential outreach throughthe Community EmergencyResponse Team (CERT)program, first piloted inCharlestown last year. Theprogram trains residentsin emergency response inpartnership with criticalagencies such as BostonPolice, Fire, and EmergencyMedical Services, the BPHC,and the American RedCross. In fact, CharlestownCERT graduates saw theirfirst action last week whenthey helped to distributeinformation about swineflu precautions in theircommunity. In the comingmonths, we’ll expand theCERT program to JamaicaPlain and Dorchester, withthe goal of eventually goingcitywide.
Preparing for emergenciesis about effectively sharinginformation and resourcesacross the board. Reachingout to residents is an impor-tant first step, but on a dailybasis, Boston’s populationgrows tremendously withhundreds of thousands ofcommuters coming into theCity for work. We’ve takenrecent steps to further im-prove our readiness by col-laborating with the privatesector on initiates like theCorporate Emergency Ac-cess System, which can beutilized during emergenciesto authenticate critical bus-iness employees for accessto restricted areas followinga crisis. Based on the suc-cess of the neighborhoodCERT program, the City’s Of-fice of Emergency Prepared-ness is working to launch aCorporate CERT pilot pro-gram with State Street.Similar to the neighborhoodprogram, the company’s em-ployees will be trained inskills and concepts to pre-pare them to assist victimsand organize volunteers inthe event of an emergency.
Government plays an im-portant role in facilitatingemergency preparedness,but in the end, we’re all onthe frontlines of ensuringour security. We have to lookbeyond the walls of our ownhomes and workplaces sothat we work together to re-alize our shared goals andresponsibilities.
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• Editorial (Continued from Page 3)way to indict all Americanpurposes.
This may do particularharm in Pakistan, whichis under siege from terror-ist violence and growingTaliban control in the north.U.S. officials have been try-ing to get Pakistan’s militaryand civilian government toresist the radicals moreforcefully, but they say itis unpopular to be seenassisting U.S. policy. An-other Abu Ghraib-type photo
spread would make thatcooperation even harder toobtain.
The ACLU requested re-leasing the photographsunder the freedom of infor-mation act.
The ACLU may think thathumiliating the U.S. andindicting the Bush Adminis-tration are more importantthan protecting Americaninterests. American soldiersand diplomats may have adifferent view.
To the above named ward, his/herspouse, and heirs apparent or presumptive,a petition has been filed in the above cap-tioned matter alleging that said ward ofWaltham, MA is a mentally retarded personto the degree that he/she is incapable ofmaking informed decisions with respect tothe conduct of his/her personal and/or finan-cial affairs and requesting that CatherineCampbell of Waltham, MA and Jason ACampbell of Waltham, MA or some othersuitable person be apponted full guardianof the person: and property to serve WithSurety.
IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO,YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILEA WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURTAT CAMBRIDGE ON OR BEFORE TENO’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ONMAY 15, 2009.
WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DIGANGI,ESQUIRE, First Justice of said Court atCAMBRIDGE this day, April 17, 2009.
Tara E. DeCristofaro Register of Probate
Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court
Probate and Family CourtDepartment
MIDDLESEX DivisionDocket No. MI09P1629GD
In the Matter of:JAMES M VINCUILLA
Of: WALTHAM, MAIn the County of MIDDLESEX
NOTICE OF PETITIONFOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIANOF MENTALLY RETARDED PERSON
LEGAL NOTICE
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Page 16 BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, MAY 8, 2009
by Richard Preiss
HOOPS and HOCKEY in the HUBCORNER TALK by Reinaldo Oliveira, Jr.
A “Blockbuster Time!”where the New RockyMarciano Post Office islocated. The “BrocktonBlockbuster,” World Heavy-weight Champion “Great”Rocky Marciano, was hon-ored here by many ofRocky’s Family; PeterMarciano, Sonny Marciano,Rocky Marciano, RoccoMarciano, Peter MarcianoJr., Peter Marciano III, BobLangway, Rich Cappiello,Mike “Little Rock” Cap-piello, Barbara McDermott,Friends & Fans; WorldChampion Great TonyDeMarco, Janet Silvano,Iron Mike Pusateri, GoodyPetronelli, Tony Petronelli,Nicky Sylvester, SteveAcunto of New York, TomMartini, Dennis Marrese,State Representative & CityCouncilor Michael Brady,Roger “Pit” Perron, CityCouncilor Todd Petti,Photographer Richard Hand,Joe Angelo, Ben, andVenetia Venuti, TonyO’Brien, Ronnie Gerstel,Johnny Cirigliano, JimmyBurchfield, Nick Barbato,Frank Lombardi, Vincent &Alice Pereira, Hank Tartag-lia, Michael Matondi, sonMichael Matondi II, andcountless others.
Rocky was born RoccoFrancis Marchegiano onSeptember 1, 1923 toPierino and PasquelinaMarchegiano, and the rest(49-0, 43 KO’s) is whathero’s and legends are allabout.
This dedication all startedat Georges Cafe’ inBrockton, with CharlieTartaglia. Charlie Tartagliacalled Brockton MayorJames Harrington, whothen called CongressmanStephen Lynch. The rest ishistory.
American Hero RockyMarciano, is survived bydaughter Maryanne and sonRocky. Brothers Peter, andSonny, who represent theirfamily well. A large greatfamily. Many great speakerscontributed to this greattime; Brockton Mayor, theHonorable James Harring-ton, U.S. CongressmanStephen F. Lynch, Master of
Ceremonies Robert Cin-tron USPS SENE DistrictManager, Brockton Police& Fire Color Guard, YaraCardoso, Invocation byFather Larry Wetterholm,Tim Haney, Peter Marci-ano (Brother), Rocky Mar-ciano (Son), Bob Langway(Nephew), Goody Petronelli(Friend), Steve Lachapelle,Lawrence Siskind, CharlieTartaglia and all.
A great comment I heardby one of the speakers, theonly time Rocky Marcianoever got licked, was on astamp. “49-0, 43 KO’s”You’re absolutely right. “Heonly got licked, on astamp!” After this greatevent, we went Back towhere this dedication plan-ning started. “George’sCafe!”
“Rage at the River!” AtTwin Rivers, Lincoln RhodeIsland. This CES, JimmyBurchfield Fight Card hasin its Main Event, the 24-1-1, 17 KO Joey “KO Kid”Spina, the #12 WBC Middle-weight contender. He dukesit out with Tiwon Taylor 26-14-1, 19 KO’s in an eightround Knockout LikelyFight. In six rounds, famil-iar name James McGirt Jr,with his father James“Buddy” McGirt in his cor-ner, (19-2-1, 9 KO) of Florida,battles TBA. Then IrishJoey McCreedy of Fight CityLowell, the EBU Super-middleweight Champion, at10-2-1, 5 KO’s brawlswith Victor Paz who’s 9-7-1,with 1 KO. Then, Sandy“Lil Tyson” Tsagouris 9-1,4 KO’s battles TBA. SeanEklund, 6-3, 1 KO who istrained by Uncle IrishMicky Ward (another toughfamily), takes on JoseGuzman 3-4-1. Cruiser-weight Jay Holland 1-0versus TBA. Diego Periera2-0, 2 KO’s Battles withPablo Tejada 2-9-1, 0 KO’s,Omar Pena versus RamonSantos. For tickets call CESat (401)724-2253.
Watching Freddie Roachon Pacquiao/Hatton 24/7.The person that I am pay-ing most attention to is thegreat trainer Freddy Roach(Originally of Dedham). What
a magnificent trainer/fighter. Again on television.Freddy Roach is workingthe corner of Gerry Penalosa54-6-2, 36 KO’s, fightingthe undefeated ManuelLopez 24-0, 22 KO’s. A greatfight between the two.Manuel Lopez stoppedGerry Penalosa, a fighterthat has never been stoppedbefore. Stopping him by wayof a TKO, at the end of the9th round. Again, FreddieRoach is to be complimentedfor his great work, and mind.The winner Manuel Lopezis from Puerto Rico, and isnow 25-0, with 23 KO’s.
Boston Crowd favoriteIrish John Duddy, was inNew Jersey and didn’t winversus 19-7, 3 KO BillyLyell in ten rounds. Helost by scores of 96-94, and98-92 to Lyell on twoscorecards, with Duddy win-ning 97-93, on the thirdscore card. I did not see thissplit win for Billy Lyell, andthe now 26-1, 17 KO JohnDuddy. Either fighter couldhave won, by the scoring in-dications! If a fighter wins bydifferent scores of 6, 8, and2 rounds, I believe one wouldassume that, eight of thoserounds were questionable.Leaving the judgment, ofwho won to interpretation.These scores did varywidely. Again! I realize thatinterpretation is what eachindividual is entitled to.Equating to the logic, thatpossibly the person who lost,of possibly having won?Hmmm. What do you think?
Say our prayers for JimmyConnors, and his lady friendTerry, and for Chris Sarno,and his Mother BarbaraSarno.
“Boxer Family”, HappyBirthdays; May 16th
Veronica Hagler, 17th EdConnolly, 23rd World Cham-pion Marvelous MarvinHagler, and RIP World Cham-pion Lou Brouillard, 27Lenny Conete, June 4thMark Dias, 6th MarkDeLuca, 8th Paul Cardoza,and Randy Luongo, 10th Ri-chard Torsney, 12th AustinKilleen, 20th RIP WorldChampion Paul Pender, 23rd
Iron Mike Pusateri.
The Tough. Great Marciano Family, Rocco Marciano, Stephen Marciano, RockyMarciano Jr., Richie Cappiello and Peter Marciano. What a great family.
It’s Stanley Cup playoff timebut some years before theycompeted for the Big Cup insome of the largest cities inNorth America, the vastmajority of National HockeyLeague players also sawaction in another league.
That would be the Ameri-can Hockey League, a circuitbased in Springfield whichhas post season playoffs for acup all its own — the CalderCup — a trophy named forFrank Calder, who served asthe National Hockey League’sfirst president from 1917 to1943.
And now, as the Bruins andthe Carolina Hurricanestangle in the second round ofthe Stanley Cup Playoffs, itjust might be good to reviewthe affiliations a number ofthe players and coaches hadwith the AHL before they ad-vanced to the Big Stage.
The NHL’s ties to theAmerican Hockey league arevery strong, with nearly 85%of current NHL players hav-ing competed in the juniorcircuit. In fact, 18 of the cur-rent players on the Bruinsand 25 of those on the Hurri-canes once played in theAmerican Hockey League.The league currently boastssome 29 franchises, only oneless than the NHL.
Providence is the AHL affili-ate of the Bruins and it wasin Rhode Island’s capital citythat one Patrice Bergeron ledthe Providence team to theCalder Cup finals back in2005, garnering 12 points (5-7-12) in 16 Calder Cup games.
More recently David Krejciled Providence with 16 points(3-13-16) and a plus 6 ratingin 13 Calder Cup games in2007 while Steve Montadorreached the Calder finals asa rookie with the Saint JohnFlames back in 2001.
The man behind the benchin Boston also found successin the AHL. Yes, ClaudeJulien once coached theHamilton Bulldogs before be-ing promoted to the parentMontreal Canadiens in themiddle of 2002-2003 season.Assistant Geoff Ward tookover in Hamilton, the verysame man who is now behindthe bench with Julien inBoston. Both were namedCo-Coach of the Year by theAHL for their efforts.
The Bulldogs went on toreach the Calder Cup finalsthat season, with anothercurrent Bruin—MichaelRyder — making his markalong the way. Ryder, ofcourse, is no stranger toJulien-coached teams, hav-ing played for the coach witha variety of clubs since hewas 16 years old.
This year the Providenceteam compiled a 43-29-2-6record in the AHL’s AtlanticDivision, good enough for 94points, a second place divi-sion finish and a berth in theCalder playoffs. Rookie BradMarchand, Boston’s thirdround draft pick in 2006, fin-ished second in scoringamong AHL rookies with 59points (18-41-59) in 79 regu-lar season games.
That mark propelled Provi-dence to its 11th consecutive
post season appearance. TheP-Bruins won their firstround series against Portlandand are currently facingthe Worcester Sharks, theaffiliate of the San JoseSharks, in the Atlantic Divi-sion finals.
Over on the Carolina sideof the ledger, coach PaulMaurice, who took Carolinato the Stanley Cup Finals in2002, also made the post sea-son with the AHL’s TorontoMarlies in 2006. He was be-hind the bench as Torontocompiled a 41-29-6-4 mark(92 points) that year. But theteam’s appearance in theCalder Cup playoffs was afleeting one, the Marlies bow-ing out in the first round.
Perhaps a more familiarname to hockey fans in East-ern Massachusetts might beCarolina assistant Tom Rowe.He was the head coach ofLowell — Carolina’s AHLaffiliate — from 2004 to 2006before moving on to Albany fortwo additional seasons.
Rowe coached currentCarolina starting goalie CamWard in Lowell during the2004-2005 season whenWard set Lowell single sea-son records for wins (27),shutouts (6), goals againstaverage (1.99) and savepercentage (.931) en route tologging a 27-17-3 recordbetween the pipes.
In addition, MichaelLeighton — Cam Ward’s back-up — was Rowe’s goaltenderin Albany last year wherehe had a magnificent sea-son, being named the AHLGoaltender of the year byposting a 28-25-4 record, re-cording a fine 2.10 goalsagainst average and havinga .931 save percentage in58 games.
He made a league-record98 saves on 101 shots inthe longest game in AHL his-tory — a five-overtime con-test played on April 24, 2008that saw Albany lose 3-2 tothe Philadelphia Phantoms.He finished the 2008 playoffswith a stellar 1.18 goalsagainst average.
CALDER CUP COMMENTS— Some 27 members of theHockey Hall of fame have wonthe Calder Cup during theircareers while more than 100players have experiencedwinning both the StanleyCup and the Calder Cup.Springfield has won seventimes while Providence hascaptured the Calder on fiveoccasions.
Because rosters changeoften so dramatically fromyear to year based on theneeds of the parent club, itis extremely hard for a teamto repeat as Calder Cupchampion.
The old Springfield Indianswere the last team to repeat,winning the title both in1989-1990 and 1990-1991.Only one team has ever wonthe Calder Cup in three con-secutive seasons. Again, itwas the Springfield Indians,who were able to three-peatin 1961, 1962 and 1963.
The Chicago Wolves are thedefending champions. Whowill win this spring. Only timewill tell.
