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Mayor’s Columnby Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, City of Boston

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Boston has made progress over theyears by thinking outside the box. Whenit comes to our children and families,innovative ideas are strengthening thesocial fabric of our city.

We are aligning our community cen-ters, our schools and our libraries sostudents experience a seamless stringof support throughout the day and intothe night. Our plan for supporting youthcan be summed up like this: Wholechild, whole day, whole year.

Powered by partnerships and driven bydetermination, Boston is making “schoolday” an outdated label. From dawn todusk, from birth through college suc-cess, we work with young people andtheir families to help all children reachtheir full potential.

Research tells us that the first fiveyears of children’s lives have a hugeimpact on the rest of their lives. So weare focusing on helping parents beforetheir child is even born. And we havebuilt a citywide coalition of health pro-fessionals, educators and non-profitsthat work with families to make sureall children enter school ready to thrive.By starting early, our goal is not onlyto close the achievement gap, but toprevent it.

The Boston Public Schools, led bySuperintendent Carol Johnson, and

overseen by a professional, appointedschool committee, were among the firstin the country to guarantee full-daykindergarten for five-year-olds, and weare now expanding full day programs forfour-year-olds. We won the Broad Prizein 2006 as the best urban school dis-trict in the country. We have launchedParents University to get our children’sparents more involved in their educa-tion. And we are now tracking andempowering our BPS graduates throughSuccess Boston to increase their collegegraduation rates.

But like many school districts acrossthe country, Boston is challenged by toomany high school dropouts. With thehelp of the Parthenon Group, schoolofficials better understand why kids areleaving school. We did the work, webroke down the data and now we areimplementing solutions.

Just look at our Re-Engagement Cen-ter. Kids who have dropped out of schoolcome here to get the resources theyneed to get back on track. I talked withsome of the 300 kids who’ve used thisservice, and they’re finding more thanjust support at the Re-EngagementCenter — they’re finding new hope andnew encouragement to get their degree.

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On Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM Ringling Bros.and Barnum & Bailey elephants walked down the streetto the North End from the TD Garden for a festive lunch.The traditional fare (Approximately 40 loaves of bread,30 “bunches” of bananas, 30 lbs of apples, 20 heads oflettuce, and 3 bushels of carrots) were provided by Mike’sPastry and F&B Produce.

Six Asian Elephants — Featuring Kelly Ann, the paintingPachyderm, members of the world famous Ringling Bros.and Barnum & Bailey Clown Alley, Aaron Morris andHischam Ballsam — Elephant Trainers, Breast CancerSurvivors and their families and representatives from theSusan G. Komen for the Cure, MA Affiliate were on hand tosupport this cause.

“This event was another great opportunity for the Massa-chusetts Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to buildbreast cancer awareness in a unique and exciting envi-ronment,” said Ronni Cohen-Boyar, Executive Director ofthe MA Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. “We sug-gested to the kids in attendance that they ask their momsif they are taking care of themselves because not only domoms need to be there for their kids and families, but alsofor themselves.”

About the Massachusetts Affiliate of Susan G. Komenfor the Cure: The Massachusetts Affiliate of Susan G.Komen for the Cure is committed to saving lives, empow-ering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizingscience to find the cures. As the lone affiliate for Massa-chusetts, we represent the entire state to provide servicesfor the underserved and uninsured throughout the Com-monwealth. 75% of net funds raised by the MassachusettsAffiliate remain in Massachusetts, and are distributed inthe form of grants to breast cancer programs throughoutthe state to provide research, education, screening andtreatment for the medically underserved. The dollars raisedin the state by the Massachusetts Affiliate directly impactand affect the state and our citizens. We are committed to100% screening, 100% access to care.

Breast cancer survivors with Komen Massachusetts representatives on Hanover Street,Boston with the painting that Kelly Ann the elephant created which was donated tothe Komen MA Affiliate.

RINGLING’S ‘LARGEST LADIES’ LUNCHwith Breast Cancer Survivors in Boston’s North End

Ringling Bros. Teams up with theMassachusetts Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for

the Cure® to Promote October asBreast Cancer Awareness Month with

an Elephant Lunch!

News Briefsby Sal Giarratani

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Boy Hit by DeerWhile Playing Football

Thank God, this doesn’t happen every game. A7-year-old Ohio boy playing football was tackled bya deer. He encountered the deer when the ballrolled into the woods. The boy said the buckcharged at him and flipped him into its antlers. Ateammate chased the deer away with a stick. Per-haps, the St. Louis Rams might want to see howhe carries a football across the end zone. He’d needa special helmet too.

Elderly Driver in Walmart CrashFaces Judge

A 93-year-old man who said he was “mad” afterbeing unable to find a parking spot at Walmart inDanvers faced the judge on October 14 at SalemDistrict Court. The old guy was behind the wheel

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Res Publicaby David Trumbull

Delving into word originscan be quite fascinating, butcombining those originswith historical fact canreally open up new worlds ofunderstanding. In the lasttwo issues we examined theword “basilica,” learned of itsGreek origin, and followed itthrough the development ofthe Roman Catholic basilicaas we know it.

Our word for today is“cathedral”, and its loosedefinition is “A large im-posing church.” More defini-tive would be, “The mainchurch of a diocese and theseat of the bishop.” Onceagain, delving into the word“bishop” we come up withits Greek root “episkopos,”meaning overseer, and wealso find that in some his-torical sketches the over-seers were not only calledbishops but presbyters aswell. It follows then, that

from the word bishop wewent to overseer, episkopos(or Episcopal), and presbyter(or Presbyterian). Now, goingfull circle, we find that theseat of the bishop is properlycalled “cathedra.”

Any Latin-English dictio-nary tells us that cathedra isa chair, cushioned seat, lit-ter, sedan, or professionalchair. History tells us thatthe word cathedra appliedparticularly to the seat thathad a backrest, but with nowell defined arms and oftenmade of wickerwork. Thiskind of seat was in commonuse during pre-Christiantimes. The back of the chairusually had a deep recessionwhich curved around andsloped downward at thesides, forming a kind of armsupport.

The ancients also useda “cathedra Longa” whichwas a luxurious easy chair,

and a “cathedra supina”which looked like ourmodern steamer or deckchair. These last twocathedras were mostly usedby women or boys, and itwas considered to be quiteeffeminate for men tostretch out on them. Thereis record of some cathedrasbeing used at the diningtables, but the “triclinia”(dining couches) seemed tobe preferred, as their usewas considered to be a markof greater distinction.

The seats of the cathedrawere not padded, but comfort-able cushions and back padswere often used. Anotherstyle of cathedra was what weknow as a sedan chair (en-closed on all sides and pro-vided with doors). This kindof conveyance was equippedwith long poles for the porters.

NEXT WEEK: The EarlyChristian Church

CATHEDRALBy now I expect you’ve all

heard about the “illegalalien” Halloween costumethat was pulled from theshelves of many stores afterimmigrants rights groupsprotested. It included anorange prison jumpsuit withthe words “Illegal Alien,” afake “Green Card,” and aspace alien mask. In thiseconomy I know many of youare looking to save money byeschewing store-bought cos-tumes in favor of inexpen-sive alternatives for thisOctober 31st. Here are eightfor 2009:

8.) ACORN Clients. I un-derstand that the youngfilm-makers who exposedthe corruption of a “commu-nity organizer” ACORN gottheir pimp and prostituteget-ups on the cheap at athrift shop.

7.) Physician. The cos-tume is free, just showup at a White House photo-op for supporters of Obama’ssocialized medicine plan andthe President’s people willgive you the white lab coatso you too can be a physicianfor health care reform.

6.) Narcissus. This char-acter from Greek mythologyfell in love with his own re-flection in a pool of water anddied of hunger rather thanleave his beloved. Onlinevendor www.halloweencostumes.com has BarackObama masks.

5.) Balloon boy. Am I theonly one who thought that“UFO” looked like a “JiffyPop” popcorn shaker?

4.) Tea Party Attendee (forreal). Whatever you’d nor-mally wear. Be prepared todiscussion rationally theruinous tax and borrow poli-cies of the national govern-ment with reference tospecific provisions of theConstitution that are beingabused.

3.) Tea Party Attendee (asportrayed by Democraticpoliticians and their cheer-leaders in the media).White sheet and hood, Naziswastika. Talk a lot aboutObama’s birth certificate.Foam at the mouth.

2.) Nancy Pelosi. Do I re-ally have to spell it out? Youknow what I mean. Andyou’ve already got a broom inthe closet, so there’s half ofthe costume.

1.) A Nobel Peace Prizewinner. Easy. You don’t haveto do anything. //Bonus.)You and a bunch of friendscould all go together as anObama death panel. Nowthat’s scary!

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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longest held POWs in all thiscountry’s wars.

Guest speaker will beCaptain Paul Galanti, USN(Ret.), a fellow Vietnam POWand also Director for the Na-tional Services Officers forthe American Ex-Prisonersof War. Larry Norton of theVietnam Combat VeteransGroup has been the drivingforce behind the memorialfor both Stratton and Brudno.As Norton, a soldier with the5th Marine Division during

Vietnam stated, “They’retrue American heroes. Theyfaced the enemy, they heldtogether and prevailed. Duty,honor and country. Northingmore. How much can we askof a human being? We can’tforget them.” Stratton spentmore than six years in the‘Hanoi Hilton’. Brudno alsostayed at the same Hiltonprison for 7.5 years and diedin June, 1973 just fourmonths after being releasedat war’s end.

Last Thursday, October 15, the EastBoston Chamber of Commerce hosted itslatest monthly Networking Night and NewMember Reception at the Bulfinch Hotel inDowntown Boston. More than 30 local

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In my August 14th editorial, Kennedy’s Reform BillNears Fruition I indicated that Obama was intent onputting millions of aliens on a path to amnesty thatwill cost trillions of dollars as they become eligiblefor Social Security and Medicare benefits.

In keeping with my assurance to keep readers in-formed on this vital issue I recently received an up-date from Newsmax that informs me that Obama hasstaked out a position that anyone in the country le-gally should be covered, this is a major break withthe 1996 welfare reform bill, which limited most fed-eral public assistance programs only to citizens andlongtime immigrants. Obama went on to state, “Ifanything, this debate underscores the necessity ofpassing comprehensive immigration reform and re-solving the issue of 12 million undocumented peopleliving and working in this country once and for all.”

Republicans said that amounts to amnesty, callingit a backdoor effort to make sure current illegal im-migrants get health care.

“It is ironic that the president told the Americanpeople that illegal immigrants should not be coveredby the health care bill, but now just days later he’stalking about letting them in the back door,” said RepLamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on theJudiciary Committee.

Lawmakers got an earful from constituents backhome during the August recess and have insisted onextra checks to make sure illegal immigrants do nothave access to taxpayer-funded programs.

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R osetta “Rose” (Catricala) Pagliuca-Varano of East Boston, Massachusetts passed away on

October 19, 2009. She is the beloved wife ofAntonio Pagliuca. She is the loving mother ofNicola “Nick” Varano and his wife Michelle ofLynnfield, Massachusetts, Rosanna, Angela andTonia Pagliuca all of East Boston, Massachusetts.Rosetta is the dear sister of Ada Luti of Lynnfieldand her many brothers. She is also survived bytwo precious grandchildren Nico and MarinaVarano of Lynnfield and her many cherished niecesand nephews. Funeral was from the RuggieroMazzarella Memorial Home in East Boston, onThursday, October 22 followed by Rosetta’sFuneral Mass, celebrating her life at the SacredHeart Church in East Boston. Interment at theMausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery. Rosetta willalways be remembered in our hearts forever. Mayshe Rest in Eternal Peace.

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After selling out last yearat the John Hancock Hall inBoston, he is returning foran intimate performance at:National Heritage Museumin Lexington, MA on Satur-day, October 24th!

Pasquale Esposito was bornand raised in Naples, Italy.He comes from a large lov-ing family that has supportedhis passion for music. He isthe youngest of five with fourolder sisters. Pasquale de-veloped his love for music ata young age singing in thechurch choir. While living inItaly, he enjoyed sharinghis vocal gifts with others atlocal piano bars. His perfor-mances at these intimatevenues created an opportu-nity for Pasquale to developand share his prodigiousvocal talents and his richemotional side with hisaudience. Indeed, he isable to penetrate right intothe emotional heart of anysong, classical or contempo-rary, with his warm tenorvoice. Pasquale transformsthe spirit of crowds of allage groups with the sheerpower of his unforgettablevoice.

Pasquale’s love of Italian

language and culture isapparent in his CDs: “MyPassion” (2000), “My Destiny”(2004), “Naples … That’sAmore!” (2005) and “IlFornaio: Authentic Italy, Vol.1” (2008). These CDs revealPasquale’s remarkable ca-pacity to perform both clas-sical and contemporary Ital-ian, English, Neapolitan andSpanish standards.

Aside from recording CDs,Pasquale has toured bothin the USA and abroad withseveral musical productionsand concerts. From 2005through 2007, Pasqualetoured with the Italian mu-sical revue: “Naples …That’s Amore!” (www.naplesthatsamore.com) Pasquale and

Ettore Squillace, an accom-plished director and chore-ographer from Naples, Italy,collaborated to write, directand produce this production.In the fall of 2007, Pasqualehad the opportunity to tourwith Gigi D’Alessio and AnnaTatangelo, two of Italy’s fin-est pop artists, during their2007 North American Tour.Aside from touring withthese artists, Pasquale intro-duced his original music tothe public for the first timein his own 2007 concert tourof “Simply Pasquale!” Mostrecently, Pasquale has final-ized his latest CD: “A BrandNew Me” consisting of origi-nal compositions in hisdistinctive pop-opera style.The making of this CD wasan international collabora-tion of many talents. Themusic and lyrics were writ-ten by Pasquale Espositoand Antonio Aprile, a com-poser and an arranger fromNaples, Italy. The recordingof the CD took place in Italyand the United States underthe supervision of AntonioAprile and Ettore Gatta. Fortickets, please log ontowww.pasqualeesposito.com orcall 1-408-528-6308.

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Alfio J. Malone has an-nounced his candidacy forAlderman in the Woburnelection, Ward 1. He is awrite in candidate for thiselection. Alfio is the son ofAdele and Charles Malone;brother of Rosalie Tashjianand brother of Joe Malone,former State Treasurer.

His experience has variedin many areas of his life. He

ALFIO J. MALONECandidate for Alderman, Ward 1 - Woburn

worked as General Managerat Malone Trucking and asan Aide for Herb Connolly,Governor‘s Council. Alfio hasvolunteered for Michael J.Sullivan, Clerk of Courts,Walter J. Sullivan for Cam-bridge City Council andMayor Edward Sullivan,Clerk of Courts, AnthonyImperioso, Woburn CityCouncil, Fernald School

Committee for the Dedica-tion for Charles Malone Me-morial Park, and raisedfunds for the Jimmy Fund.

He feels that he would be agreat voice for Ward 1 and acommunity fiscal watchdog.

Alfio J. Malone, respect-fully ask for your vote onNovember 3rd. It’s time for anew beginning and you arenever alone with Al Malone.

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THINKINGby Sal Giarratani

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As a baby boomer who wasborn and raised in Boston’sworld of neighborhoods, Iam closer in age to MayorThomas M. Menino but findhis style of politics some-what outdated. Boston isliving in a new age demo-graphically. More and moreof its residents are not likeme. Many just arrived in thecity. They are newcomers.Newcomers often don’t votebecause they distain localpolitics. Big mistake be-cause local politics is whatyou live and where you liveit 24/7 whether you like itor not.

Back on July 19, theBoston Globe put together abig piece on the campaignsof both Michael Flahertyand Sam Yoon and each’sattempts to court new vot-ers. One such new voter wasAdam Romanow, a 24 yearold management consultantfrom the South End whousually doesn’t vote in localelections. He met Yoon ata political event and waswon over. Back in the Bos-ton Globe piece over the sum-mer, he said he was tellinghis friends about Yoon.Seems many young profes-sionals never get involved inlocal politics because as agroup they can only thinkabout state and federalelections. Thanks to Yoon’sattraction to newer andyounger voters, they cameout back in September forhim. Now, Yoon is hoping totransfer his appeal over toMichael Flaherty’s bid formayor.

Michael Flaherty’s cam-paign over the summer bothfocused on the same newerand younger voters as Yoon,but he also has been able toget traditional Boston votersto support him. By virtue ofhis age, he is attractingyounger neighborhood typeslike Joe Wells in Roslin-dale. Joe has been on theFlaherty team since earlysummer. Wells, a 3-year-oldcommunity/political activistfrom Roslindale is also a partof the all-important newBoston voter base.

On paper, Romanow of theSouth End and Joe Wells whorecently got himself elected“Mayor of Roslindale” appearmiles apart from each otherbut that observation would beinaccurate.

After the mayor picked upa little over 50 percent of thepreliminary vote, Flahertyand Yoon did something rarein Boston politics. They puttheir egos aside and joinedtogether as a team to leadBoston into the future of the21st century. The last timeanything like this happenedwas 1959 and at that timethe joint venture actuallyworked.

The dynamics of theFlaherty-Yoon team goesbeyond pure political mo-tives. It goes beyond addingYoon’s name to the bumperstickers, house signs andother campaign material.It goes beyond changingthe shade of blue to Yoon’scampaign blue. This isabout reaching out toyounger voters who havethe big-gest stake in whobecomes mayor. Where wego from here is importantto all Bostonians of allages. Younger voters arenot tied to old political alli-ances. They have a freshapproach to life and wantthat in their elected officialstoo.

Long-time elected officialsdepend on the elderly votewhich is why they milk thisdemographic group so well.

They also depend on folkslike me, baby boomers whopay all the bills for everyoneelse.

Michael F. Flaherty comesacross as someone who couldrepresent my issues eventhough I’m not an AdamRomanow or Joe Wells. Ev-eryone is concerned aboutbasic things like saferneighborhoods, good publicschools and housing you canafford.

Many think the Flaherty-Yoon ticket is desperationpolitics, but I think it is asmart political move. Itshakes up local politicsand makes people actuallythink about their choices atelections.

The focus should not beon the demographics in-volved but upon the goalof the strategy which is toimprove city services andmake Boston better for all.It is about all of us or noneat all.

Boston needs a newerapproach with the vision ofa younger generation andthe wisdom of the older.

Flaherty, Yoon, New Voters and Winning

The “Floon” team was recently interviewed by RAITelevision (Italian Television) at the Columbus DayParade. (Photo by Sal Giarratani)

JP Morgan, Citigroup andother financials smash es-timates. JP Morgan shareshit their highest point in ayear and closed up 3% at$47.16. Other banks alsorallied as Citigroup, WellsFargo, and Bank Americaclimbed 4%. All averageswere up led by Intel whichled the market. The Dowfinished above 10,000 forthe fourth time in a year.JP Morgan added $2 billionto its reserves against fu-ture losses on consumerloans bringing its total re-serves to $31.5 billion. Italso reported a $7 billion netcharge off, on consumerloans, up from $3.3 billionlast year. Business unitssuch as the investmentbank, corporate and privateequity, asset management,commercial banking, andTreasury also made positivecontributions, Wells Fargowill log a 27% decline andCiti, and Bank of Americalost money. JP Morgan is theonly bank to fully repay gov-ernment TARP funds, andhave outperformed all theother banks. Goldman Sachsand Wells Fargo will reportthis week. Goldman is theonly one to log a high profit.Citi and Bank America re-

BANKS LEADING THE WAYported losses. Credit cardlosses move with unemploy-ment which grew to 9.8%this week and should tip 10%this month. Better than ex-pected losses from Citibankand Goldman Sachs couldn’tcalm Wall Street’s nervesover bad loans. Citigrouplost .27¢/share versus aloss of .61¢/share last year.Citi said loan losses camein at $8 billion, down from$8.4 billion last quarter.Citigroup added $800 millionreserves in the third quar-ter, down $3.1 billion fromthe last quarter. GoldmanSachs earned $3.19 billionor $5.25/share, versus aprofit of $1.81/share. Citi-group has fallen behind theother banks and has reportedcredit losses of $100 billionof consumer credit losses inthe past year. Goldman wasseeing improved results inthe 3rd quarter, which bodeswell for the next few months.

Google declared the Reces-sion over and hinted at alarge acquisition in the nearfuture, and reported $5.89/share in profits, 20% abovelast year and 9% over fore-casts. The fees Google paysothers to carry its ads rose8% over last year to $4.38billion, 3% over estimates.

Eric Schmidt, CEO, said asits shares recovered fromthe loss of $2.47/share itslowest point in four years.Total sales rose 7% to $5.94/share the best this year.There is a feeling that thecompany is re-emergingeconomically. It is far aheadof Yahoo and Microsoft. Salesof $3.96 billion for the quar-ter versus $3.67 billion lastyear, Google-owned sites ac-counts for 67% of its totalsales. Revenue from Googlepartner sites, reached $1.80billion an increase of 7%versus a year ago. Sales intechnical markets totaledwas 57%, up 10% from lastyear. Google is trying tocrack online display ads bothvideo and mobile. Google isgetting traction with displayvideo and mobile, whichwould be a growth area forthe company, and a reasonto buy the stock.

IBM’s CEO, Sam Palmi-sano said IBM earned $2.40/share in the latest quarter,up 18% from the $2.04/share it earned last year.Analysts were expecting$2.38/share. IBM’s stockfell in trading on the news.IBM expects to earn $9.85/share for the year upfrom $9.70/share estimated.Mr. Palmisano has raisedearnings guidance fourtimes this year by at least.15¢. IBM’s strength in thelucrative services field hasbecome a model for rivalhardware makers. Last yearHewlett Packard boughtEDS. In September Dellbought Perot Systems whileXerox bought Affiliated Com-puter Services for $6.4 bil-lion. IBM looks to be in thebest position in the marketfor corporate computer sys-tems. IBM has invested inBrazil, India, China, andEastern Europe. These in-vestments have paid offwell for IBM. Bank ofAmerica reported its 2nd

quarter loss unable to shakeoff consumer credit woes.Bank of America lost .26¢/share versus a .15¢/shareloss last year. The bankwrote down $9.8 million. GEshares fell 4%. Its profitslid 49% to .22¢ in the thirdquarter, 20% worse thanforecast. GE Capital reportedan 87% drop in profit amida 30% revenue fall. Thestock market fell on theseresults as the S&P sank .8%.Bank of America whichhas 53 million customersand a huge portfolio of creditcard loans is particularlyexposed to consumer woes.Unemployment does nothelp @ 9.8% going to 10%soon. The bank set aside$11.7 billion to cover badloans, $5.3 billion more thanlast year. The bank has yetto repay $45 billion in tax-payer bailouts. CEO Lewiswill retire this year andwill give up his 2009 salaryand bonus.

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On Thursday, November 19, 2009 inthe Topsider Room at Suffolk Downs,the East Boston Chamber of Commerceis hosting its first-ever Comedy Caba-ret Night. Open to the public, comeenjoy a warm and entertainingevening, headlined by a performanceof unparalleled celebrity impersonatorand singer Joey Canzano, who capturesthe likes of Frank Sinatra, DeanMartin, Tom Jones, and Elvis Presley,among others. The night also featuresone-of-a-kind comedian Paul Gilligan

and a buffet dinner. You’ll feel like you’re in Las Vegas!The evening starts at 7:00pm, with abuffet dinner beginning promptly at7:30pm. The comedy cabaret begins at8:00pm.

To purchase tickets, please contactmembers of the Chamber Board ofDirectors or call the Chamber dir-ectly at 617-569-5000. For informationand audio samples of Joey Canzano,visit www.JoeyCanzano.com. For infor-mation on the Chamber, please visitwww.EastBostonChamber.com.

EAST BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO HOST

Comedy Cabaret withJOEY CANZANO

Thousands of walkers —including individuals withautism, their families andfriends — joined together atSuffolk Downs on Sunday,October 18 to raise much-needed funds for criticalscientific research and toincrease autism awarenessat the 9th Annual Greater

WALK NOW FOR AUTISMAT SUFFOLK DOWNS

Boston Walk Now For Autism.Walkers braved cold tem-

peratures, strong winds anda driving rain as theycircled the one-mile thor-oughbred racetrack thatsurely would have beenclassified as sloppy if itwere a racing day. The eventalso included a family re-

source fair and variousforms of family entertain-ment, including live music,games and other activitiesfor kids.

All proceeds from theevent benefit Autism Speaks,the nation’s leading autismadvocacy organization. Es-tablished in 2000, the Au-tism Speaks Walk Now forAutism events are the sig-nature fundraising eventsfor Autism Speaks and haveattracted hundreds of thou-sands of walkers worldwidewho have raised tens of mil-lions of dollars for autismresearch. Suffolk Downs hashosted the Greater Bostonwalk since 2007.

Autism is a complex braindisorder that inhibits a per-son’s ability to communicateand develop social relation-ships, and is often accom-panied by behavioral chal-lenges. Another child is di-agnosed every 20 minutes.

The North End Music andPerforming Arts Center(NEMPAC) will host its firstannual Short Film Festivalon Thursday, October 22nd

at 7:00pm at the Hard RockCafé Boston located on 22-24Clinton Street. This uniqueevent seeks to attract Bos-ton residents, local artists,filmmakers and students.

The NEMPAC Short FilmFestival’s Selection Com-mittee reviewed over 50films and chose the follow-ing seven films as the offi-cial film selections for theNEMPAC Short Film Festi-val: In the Tradition of MyFamily by Director Todd

The North End Music & Performing Arts CenterInvites Bostonians to Attend its First Annual Short Film Festival

Davis; Motherly Instinct byDirector Selena Coppock; BigDay of Fishing by DirectorTim Cawley; Jack & Jill byDirector Tim Svenson; ISlept with Cookie Monster byDirector Kara Nasdor Jones;Dear Mr. President by Direc-tor Rene Dongo; The Auditionby Director Arnon Shorr andWitness Protection Program byDirector Kevin Anderton.Along with the film screen-ings, the event will includequestion and answer ses-sions with the filmmakers,cast and crew. There willbe a special guest appear-ances from local filmmakersand there will be musical

performances.Tickets for the event can

be purchased at the door orthey can be purchased inadvance by calling NEMPACat (617) 227-2270. All pro-ceeds from tickets sales willgo directly toward supportingNEMPAC’s mission of provid-ing affordable arts-relatedprogramming to residents ofthe North End/Waterfrontand the surrounding neigh-borhoods. There will also bea cash bar and full food menuavailable for purchase. Foradditional information aboutthe event, contact JonathanSproul at (617) 519-3106 orjonathansproul@gmail.com.

Most Hollywood films glo-rify stereotypes of ItalianAmericans and it is not of-ten that you find films thatproject the real story of Ital-ian Americans. The Post-Gazette has had the opportu-nity to meet Mr. RobertoScarsella, a screenwriterand director from Italy whohas written the screenplay“O’America” a film in prepa-

ration dedicated to the Ital-ian-Americans of yesterdaywhose hard work and endur-ance have allowed their chil-dren to become a part of theelite of America today.

The film is an adapta-tion for the screen for thebook by Luigi Barzini, thebestseller author of “TheItalians”

The screenwriter and di-

O AMERICA!A Positive Italian American Film

rector Roberto Scarsella willsoon be arriving in Bostonand will be available foran exchange of ideas withItalian-Americans and theirgroups in Boston.

In order to have the filmreach the mainstreamaudiences it is crucial thatthere is involvement byevery American household,whose “engaging promise”is to go and watch thepicture — once it is releasedwhich will ensure itssuccess.

If you are interested insupporting this film, we canarrange for you to meet thedirector personally duringhis visit to Boston at theend of October and earlyNovember. Please contactthe Post-Gazette at 617-227-8929 or by email atpostgazette@aol.com.

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On November 5th, 6:30 P.M., a meeting of the School LifeCommittee, of Saint John School, North End, Boston, for-merly known as Home School Organization Committee willtake place at the school hall.

The agenda will include:• The acquisition of a school defibrillator.• Hand sanitizers to be installed at key locations of school.• CPR volunteers for training.All are welcome. For further information concerning this

meeting and other school activities you may call Saint JohnSchool at 617-227-3143.

School-Life Committee MeetingSaint John School

Joey Canzano

Paul Gilligan

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ALL THAALL THAALL THAALL THAALL THAT ZAZZT ZAZZT ZAZZT ZAZZT ZAZZby Mary N. DiZazzo

Aging Hands —Try SCLEROTHERAPYby Attorney David Saliba

1. China2. Social Security3. Health Insurance4. The war effort in Iraq, Pakistan and

Afghanistan5. Foreign Aid1. CHINA

China has loaned us somewhere betweenone and two trillion dollars the value of thedollar is dropping regularly. We must payChina in dollars. We borrowed when the dol-lar was worth a dollar. 5 or 10 years fromnow the dollar may be worth less than 50¢.This means that China is being shortchanged. When China realizes the loan isbeing paid at 50¢ to the dollar, China won’tloan us anymore money.

How can China have such a surplus thatwe have to borrow from them?COMMUNISM IS SOCIALISM

Both mean its people have equal owner-ship of the public assets.

We were pure capitalists. China andRussia were pure socialists.

We now are more socialistic; China andRussia have become more capitalistic. Thisis a simplistic analysis. We urged China andRussia to avoid communism, even to thepoint of fighting them. They did. They noware enjoying the fruits of capitalism.2. SOCIAL SECURITY

Our elder retirees depend on their socialsecurity checks. Social Security was cre-ated to provide our elder retirees with acrutch to help them out when they can nolonger work. When Social Security was cre-ated life expectancy was about 68 years ofage. Life expectancy now is 70 to 75 yearsof age. This means that Social Securitywill not be able to continue the payments.The system will run out of money. SocialSecurity not only provides payments to theretirees it provides payments also to familymembers. One does not have to be a rocketscientist to know this can’t continue.3. HEALTH INSURANCE

The cost of our health insurance is surg-ing. The cost of Hospitals, Nursing Homes,Doctors, Surgeons, and Rehabs are deplet-ing our assets. The sick and disabled are liv-ing longer and require more care. The hos-pitals and doctors are overly cautious in treat-ing the patients. They pursue preventativemedication by prescribing tests that are notnecessarily required out of fear of being sued.The cost of liability insurance is astronomi-cal. We need a public health insurance sys-

tem. Law suits should be restricted to pre-vent awards that divert the public cost of pro-viding universal health care to our people.4. THE WAR IN IRAQ, PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN

The President is now having secondthoughts about sending our kids to fight overthere. Why can’t we walk away now — returnall our military home? One more disabledor dying kid is not worth fighting in thosecountries. They hate us no matter what wedo for or against them. As a matter of factpolicing the world is not appreciated by anycountry. Bring our personnel home fromevery country where they are. We can takecare of ourselves. We have the militarypower and ability to overcome anyone try-ing to terrorize us.5. FOREIGN AID 2006

We give Foreign Aid as follows;1. Israel ............................ $2,520,000,0002. Egypt ............................... 1,795,000,0003. Columbia .......................... 558,000,0004. Jordan ............................... 461,000,0005. Pakistan ........................... 698,000,0006. Peru ................................... 133,000,0007. Indonesia .......................... 158,000,0008. Kenya ................................ 213,000,0009. Bolivia ............................... 122,000,00010. Ukraine ............................ 115,000,00011. India .................................... 94,000,00012. Haiti .................................. 163,000,00013. Russia ................................. 52,000,00014. Ethiopia ............................. 145,000,00015. West Bank-Gaza ............... 150,000,00016. Liberia ................................ 89,000,00017. Bangladesh ......................... 49,000,00018. Bosnia ................................. 51,000,000

This says it all!!!Do I have to say anything more about

foreign aid?We are the biggest suckers in the world.The money we give away in foreign aid

can provide free health care for our peoplefor a long time.CONCLUSION

We are broke. We have to borrow to supportthe war and foreign aid. President JamesMonroe on December 2, 1823 announcedthe Monroe Doctrine. This declaration said“we will not interfere with foreign countriesand foreign countries are not to interferewith the United States or the WesternHemisphere.”

What’s wrong with that?Bring everybody home and mind our own

business.

WHAWHAWHAWHAWHAT HAPPENS TT HAPPENS TT HAPPENS TT HAPPENS TT HAPPENS TO THEHE U.SO THEHE U.SO THEHE U.SO THEHE U.SO THEHE U.S.....WHEN IT RUNS OUT OF BORROWED MONEY?WHEN IT RUNS OUT OF BORROWED MONEY?WHEN IT RUNS OUT OF BORROWED MONEY?WHEN IT RUNS OUT OF BORROWED MONEY?WHEN IT RUNS OUT OF BORROWED MONEY?

Thomas M. Menino, Mayor

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CollectionBoston Public Works will collect and compost residents’ yard waste

Six weeks: October 26 - December 4 on your recycling day

Place leaves in large paper leaf bags or open barrels marked “yard waste.” For free “yard waste” stickers, call 617-635-4959 (up to 2 stickers available per household).

Cut branches to 3’ maximum length and 1” maximum diameter. Tie branches with string.

Place leaves and yard waste at the curb by 7am on your recycling day.

Leaf and yard waste will not be collected during the two weeks before the Oct 26 start date. Please hold onto your leaves until collection begins.

Ciao bella,Dermatologists have al-

ways concentrated on ourskin and improving it. In-creasingly we are all awareof our age and how old welook. It’s a sign of the times.But other visible areas of thebody where Mother Naturehas daunted our world isgetting noticed and frownedupon (oh no-more wrinkles)!Those areas are thedécolleté, neck and hands.So importantly and some-times often neglected areour hands. I tell all my cli-ents that “magic” Mary’smanicures for one sessionare not enough! Hands re-veal one’s age second to theface and, as in facial aging,discoloration of the skin,fine lines and loss of plump-ness can make hands lookolder.

A dermatologist can rec-ommend “Sclerotherapy” toimprove hands increasingtheir volume. It is a treat-ment that can help mini-mize thick hand veins andthat alone will improve theappearance of the hands.This treatment is a non-sur-gical procedure that will per-manently remove unwantedveins. It is the number one

practice for the treatment ofspider veins. It is relativelyinexpensive with far betterresults compared to priceylaser treatment.

Sclerotherapy is also usedon the body other than legsfor the breasts and face.

To help prevent or slow theprogression of aging hands,daily use of a broad-spec-trum sunscreen with anSPF of 15 or higher, avoidexcessive sun, tanning sa-lons and using retinoids.

So as I wave goodbye toall my old habits I realizethat Mother Nature hasnot taken over yet and Istill have a fighting chanceto save myself from it all.Cheers to the dermatolo-gists!

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 ormary@mary4nails.com

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Full siblings Mount Wiltonand East Coaster won con-secutive races at SuffolkDowns on Wednesday. Bothhorses are by Graeme Hall

FULL SIBLINGSWins Consecutive Races at Suffolk Downs

out of the Our Emblem mareEastlynne and were bred inFlorida by Eugene Melnyk.

In the sixth race, MountWilton earned his first local

victory with a two-and-three-quarter length tri-umph. Ridden by CarlosQuinones and trained byJohn Rigattieri, the five-year-old gelding returned$9.80, 4.80 and 3.80.

East Coaster followed thatup in the seventh race witha two-length score underYamil Rosario. It was thefour-year-old filly’s seventhlocal victory for New EnglandHall of Fame trainer GeorgeHandy. East Coaster paid$9.40, 4.20 and 3.40.

The Graeme Hall victoryparade continued in theeighth when Gramatic ($5.40)rolled to an authoritativewin. Gramatic is a three-year-old daughter of Formaticand was ridden by OrlandoBocachica for trainer CharlesAssimakopoulos.

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My interest in boxingwas something that hadpassed me by. My previousattraction was with heavy-weights like Joe Louis, JoeFrazier, Rocky Marcianoand Muhammed Ali. I also fol-lowed middleweights andlightweights like Sugar RayRobinson, Graziano, LaMottaand dozens of others. Ithought that superb level offighting was in the past andwould never return until Iread Tommy Jon Caduto’sbook, Fight or Die.

Warwick, Rhode Island pro-duced ultra champion,Vincent Paz, Tommy Martand writer Tommy JonCaduto, three tough andgritty guys who remainedlifelong friends.

Vinny Paz knew early inhis life that his destiny wasin boxing. He also knew hehad to convince his dad,Angelo, that he was commit-ted to the long haul as re-quired to be a true presencein the tough, wildand brutal sport ofboxing.

To the dismay ofmany Vinny Pazlost his first ama-teur fight duringthe spring of 1977.Nonetheless, his dad Angelowas not discouraged. His in-tuitive powers were working.He foresaw that his son wasdestined for great heightsand fortune in the boxinggame. He pledged himself toevery aspect of his son’s life,sports wise and otherwise.Many friends and sports en-thusiasts felt the same wayabout Vinny Paz whether hewon or lost. Apparently, VinnyPaz’s style did not suit Olym-pic style or amateur stylefighting. Granted his stylewasn’t pretty, it was wild andoutrageous, but successful.

In 1985 Vinny’s third fightwas with Melvin Paul a re-lentless fighter. “Thanks toMelvin (Paul), the new namefor Vinny’s sweeping righthand, the Pazmanian Devilentered the den of big-timeboxing.”

On June 7, 1987, VinnyPaz was to fight his first fif-teen round bout against theauspicious Greg Haugen. Henow faced a terrible ordeal.He had to trim down from 160pounds to the required 134

pounds. No one believed hecould to it. This drasticweight reduction left Vinnywith 103 degrees tempera-ture plus diarrhea and vom-iting the night of the fight.Meanwhile in the Provi-dence Civic Center ten thou-sand ecstatic people werewaiting impatiently to seethe fight of their life. By thethirteenth round Vinny Pazappeared to be dragging. Canhe manage to stay upright?

He made it, though he col-lected two black eyes, a bro-ken nose and a soft cast onhis right hand for his efforts.Now Vinny Paz was Light-weight Champion of theWorld.

I must admit I neverthought I would get so excitedreading Tommy Caduto’s un-believable accounts of VinnyPaz’s outlandish training andferocious fighting. AuthorCaduto’s narration of thefisticuffs between Vinny Pazand his various opponents isoverwhelming. He writes dra-matically, consequential andwith ferocity that hads mecontinuously on the edge ofmy seat. He writes in a mea-sured manner, usually an-swering any foreseeablequestions a reader may have.

Vinny Paz was at a defin-ing moment in his life. It wasJuly 2, 1991 and he enteredthe ring to box a highly ratedfighter, Ron Amundson. “...he weighed 166 pounds, fullyhydrated and feeling likethe fighter he use to be.”Vinny Paz fought Amundson

like Willie Pep would, one ofthe greatest lightweightfighters of all time. He wonby a unanimous decision. Hewon every round. He hitAmundson with everythinghe had and was barely hit inreturn.

Fate began to play a dan-gerous hand in Vinny Paz’slife. On November 15, 1991,he was in a horrible auto-mobile accident. TommyCaduto’s description of theaccident is mind boggling;“The car (Camaro) smashedthe Lincoln (Vince was ridingin), spun in the air, andlanded broadside a quarter ofthe way up a telephone polebefore it crashed to theground.”

Vinny Paz’s prognosis wasnot accepted by him. Whenhe was told by the neurosur-geon, Dr. Cotter, he would notfight again, Vinny Paz’s re-sponse was, “You don’t knowme! You don’t know the kindof man I am!” Caduto’s emo-

tional descriptionof the forlornVinny Paz and hisdad is heartwrenching andb r e a t h - t a k i n g .Dr. Cotter recom-mended that Paz

be fitted for a halo vest, hop-ing his broken bones, on hisneck, would mend naturallywithout needing surgery.

Although he was wearing ahalo he managed to have alove confrontation with ayoung attractive nurse in hishospital room. A sure sign hewas improving. Unknown tohis father Vinny Paz beganhis incredible and sensa-tional comeback still dressedin his halo. This early train-ing was accomplished withhis friend, Tony Cipolla.

Vinny Paz was in intensetraining and doing well, butnow he had to pass the scru-tiny of Dr. Richard Calvobefore he could ever fightagain. He passed the testwith flying colors.

“He finally found his weightclass, he found his style, andhe found his trainer in KevinRooney. Of course, the oneand most important constantin his life remained by hisside-Angelo.” With this win-ning combination Vinny Pazwas able to fight for morethan three years.

This fast and furious docu-mentary is honestly por-trayed by author Tommy JonCaduto. He captures the es-sence of an unbelievablefrenzied fighter who hasmore courage and staminathan most fighters I haveever heard of. To remainsane while reading this bookone needs to halt and digestfrom time to time what theyhave read.

This sensational bookshould be read by all regard-less of their level of interestin boxing. The reader isbound to learn about courage,commitment and respect.

“Thanks to Melvin (Paul), the newname for Vinny’s sweeping right

hand, the Pazmanian Devil enteredthe den of big-time boxing.”

FIGHT OR DIE THE VINNY PAZ STORYby Tommy Jon Caduto

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Vinny Paz (right) with Dad Angelo.

Author Tommy Jon Caduto

The phone lines are burning up at ZUMIX RADIO as fansflock to ON THE FLY, the only teen-operated weekly broad-cast sports show in the US. The program is produced andhosted by 16-year old East Boston resident Chris Frangolini,Chris’ on air crew includes Nick Hines, Anthony Ohmansand other guests.

“The depth of knowledge these guys have is incredible,”says Zumix Radio Coordinator Steve Provizer. “I knew peoplewould like the intensity of the show and listener responseproves that.”

The show airs every Tuesday from 6-7 PM on ZUMIXRADIO, which is in its 5th year. The station can be heard24-7 locally at 1630 AM East Boston and by accessing theaudio stream at the website Zumix.org.

Zumix is in the final stages of renovating an East Bostonfirehouse and will be moving at the end of the year. However,ZUMIX RADIO will continue to operate throughout the mov-ing process and will start broadcasting from its new studioin winter 2010.

Hot Teen-Run Sports ShowDebuts on Radio Station

On Saturday, 24 October from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m., the BurlingtonSons of Italy will host a complete Pasta Dinner atSt. Margaret’s Parish Hall. Accomplished cooks and staff willrecreate all the ambiance of an Italian family meal. Theyhave rehearsed and carefully prepared a meal to excite yourtaste buds. This “Pasta Abbondanza” is another celebrationin an intended series of culinary extravaganzas by the Sonsof Italy. Please visit our website for information and surpris-ing links at www.burlingtonsonsofitaly.org

Plan to join us for a satisfying meal of pasta with allthe trimmings.

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Halloween is the time ofyear some of us love to partyand dress up our pets in cutecostumes. Most dogs love theattention of dressing up.Here are a few suggestions:Please be careful that thecostume does not bind; doesnot obstruct breathing,movement, sight or hearing.Make sure it does not haveitems that can choke or poi-son a dog if he or she swal-lows them; has reflectors ifyour dog accidentally es-capes, it may save him orher from being hit by a car.Rubber bands should be re-moved right away as they

can quickly cut into ananimal’s skin. Make sureyour pet is wearing ID justin case. Pumpkins, choco-late, and alcohol can be dan-gerous. These precautionswill help keep your pet safe.Halloween is special to all ofus especially our humancompanions and I want ev-eryone to have a great timeand a safe Halloween soplease be cautions with yourpet and keep them safe. Toall my readers and friends atthe Post-Gazette have a“Happy Halloween” and en-joy. That’s all for now … Lifeis good!

THOUGHT FROM HEAVENby Judean Langone

Mary loved useven when she was a dream in God’s mind.

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Justinian Law Society Honors Honorable Joseph V. Ferrino

On Friday, October 9,2009, the Justinian LawSociety honored, Joseph V.Ferrino (Ret.) at Lombardo’sFunction Facility in Ran-dolph, Massachusetts. Fam-ily, friends and many col-leagues joined him in cel-ebrating this wonderfulachievement.

Joseph V. Ferrino joinedthe Justinian Law Societyof Massachusetts in the

1950’s. Fondly referred as“Judge Joe”, he served asleader, organizer, and friendto the Justinian Law Soci-ety, establishing it as one ofthe most respected ItalianAmerican organizations inthe United States. JudgeFerrino served as PresidingJustice of the East BostonDistrict Court for over 22years. He has served onmany boards and commit-

tees such as the BostonCouncil of the Boys Scoutsof America, the East BostonKiwanis Club, the East Bos-ton Chamber of Commerce,the Boston BicentennialBostons’ 350 Jubilee andEast Boston’s and Winthrop’sBicentennial. Most recentlyhe serves as the State Co-ordinator for the Italian

American Committee for theQuincentennial Commis-sion celebrating the discov-ery of America.

Judge Ferrino has beenthe recipient of numerousawards and honors which in-clude: the “Commendatoredell Ordine della Stella delSoldiarieta Italiana”, con-ferred by the President of the

Republic of Italy. The Post-Gazette congratulates JudgeFerrino on this outstandingachievement.

L to R: Revere Chief of Police Terrence Reardon, Mayor of the City ofRevere Tom G. Ambrosino, Judge Ferrino, former Revere DetectiveMickey Casoli and Buddy Mangini.

Left to Right: Joseph Ferrino, Jr., Paula Fosa, Judge Ferrino, JeanetteFerrino, Richard Ferrino and Joni Zahrobski.

Judge Ferrino acceptinghistorical print of theAmerican Revolutionpresented by Judge PeterAgnes representing theMassachusetts JudgesConference.

Left to Right: Enjoying the evening is EdColetta, Brenda White, Dr. Matthew Mallenand Buddy Marino Cuozzo.

Judge Ferrino (center) receivingthe Lifetime Achievement Awardfrom Carmen Frattaroli (left) andMario Capano (right), Presidentof the Justinian Law Society.

Judge Ferrino (center) receiving acitation from State RepresentativeRobert DeLeo, Speaker of the Houseof Representative (left) and StateRepresentative Eugene O’Flaherty.

The Augusta Boston Club honored Philip J. Privitera Atit’s Annual Anniversary Dinner Dance with it’s “2009 HighAchievement Award”. Philip was recognized as a person ofAugustanese heritage who has achieved outstanding suc-cess in his Real Estate ventures. Upon his graduation witha Law Degree, Philip joined his father, Francis D. Privitera,in the family business.

Through hard work and perseverance, he was able to in-crease their business holdings. He has been very active incommunity affairs. Philip is married to Toni-Ann with twowonderful children, Payton and Presley. His involvementwith the Privitera Family Charitable Trust has providedmany students with scholarships to further their education.His support of organizations such as Augusta Boston Clubhas been much appreciated.

Philip recently journeyed to his grand-parent’s homeland,Augusta, Sicily. Combining business with pleasure, he wasable to enjoy the full meaning of his Augustanese heri-tage. The Augustanese community is proud to have thePrivitera family as a staunch supporter of its ideals andtraditions and wishes continued success to Philip and thePrivitera family.

Left to Right: Giovanni Noe’, Francesco Daniele, Francesco Silvestro, PresidentSalvatore Pustizzi, Recipient Philip J. Privitera, Joseph Morello and Past PresidentAndrea Costa.

AUGUSTA BOSTON CLUB HONORS PHILIP J. PRIVITERA

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Your Safety is Our Business.

This Firehouse was temporarily closed on July 12th. Luckily for this little girl, this fire did not happen on July 12th.

Did you know that Mayor Menino closed firehouses throughout Boston neighborhoods 27 times this past July?

According to the Menino campaign, the city’s bond rating has never been higher. Why then did he close your firehouse?

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The Cartier boutique onNewbury Street recently heldan elegant cocktail party cel-ebrating its “100th Anniver-sary in America.”

To mark the tres specialoccasion, Cartier designed acollection of limited-editionjewelry, watches and acces-sories based on the theme ofAmerica. The commemora-tive pieces are part of the“Precious Jewelry & Time-piece Collection.”

The exclusive viewingwas hosted by Cedric Tonello,Director of Cartier Boston,and Josh Kraft, President &CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubsof Boston.

Among the unique itemswas a Cartier watch adornedwith an American eaglemotif. As was noted in the pre-liminary announcement,“The freedom of expressionand spirit that characterizethis alliance of creativity andexchanges, initiated by PierreCartier in his time, havebeen perpetuated by Cartierthrough its great classics,reinterpreted for the occasionto create a stylistic and sym-bolic bridge between Parisand America.”

Cartier donated 10% of theevening’s sales to Boys & GirlsClubs of Boston.

Congratulations and BestWishes to all!

……. “Harry Potter: The Ex-hibition,” a temporary exhibitat the Museum of Science inBoston opens this Sunday,October 25. Harry Potter is acultural phenomenon, inspir-ing the imaginations of mil-lions of people of all agesacross the globe.

Now it’s your chance to peerinto the wizard’s world in thenew exhibit featuring morethan 200 authentic props andcostumes from the HarryPotter films, all displayed insettings inspired by the filmsets — including the GreatHall, Hagrid’s hut and theGryffindor common room.

Visitors will get to see

iconic film artifacts suchas Harry’s glasses, the Ma-rauder’s Map, and Hermione’sYule Ball gown, and pause topull a screeching Mandrakefrom its pot, or try their handat tossing a “Quaffle.”

Showcasing the supremeartistry and craftsmanshipthat went into the makingof the ever-popular film se-ries, “Harry Potter: The Exhi-bition” is sure to sparkcurious minds and foster anexcitement of discoveryamong visitors of all ages.

For more information, visitwww.mos.org.

……. Rogerson Communi-ties will celebrate the 11thAnniversary of its annualfundraiser gala, “WelcomeHome!” at the MandarinOriental, Boston on Thursday,October 29 beginning at6:30 p.m.

Event co-chairs are JayL. Hooley, President andChief Operating Officer, StateStreet Corporation and MikeSheehan, CEO of Hill Holliday.

Rogerson Communities willhonor Karen Kaplan, Presi-dent of Hill Holliday, with the“2009 Charles E. RogersonAward for Community Ser-vice.”

The gala — styled by SouthEnd’s Devi Home with Indianinspired décor and dancers —will feature culinary displaysof exotic delicacies and gour-met favorites, must-have sur-prise-filled “Wonder Boxes,”and a sumptuous live auctionemceed by NECN’s TV Dinerstar Billy Costa.

Rogerson Communities,one of Boston’s oldest non-profits, builds and managesaffordable housing for Bos-ton’s working poor and low-income elders, creatinghomes where elders can livewith dignity.

For ticket and sponsor in-formation, please log ontow w w . r o g e r s o n . o r g /welcomehome2009.

……. Boston Lyric Opera(BLO) kicks off its exciting

2009-2010 Season with afresh take on an audiencefavorite: Bizet’s passionate“Carmen,” which opens onNovember 6 at the CitiShubert Theatre in Boston.

“By re-introducing dialogueoriginally specified by thecomposer (the recitativessometimes used were com-posed posthumously and notsanctioned by Bizet), and bystreamlining the libretto andthe scenery to showcase thecentral themes of the story,BLO intends to pay tributeto, and offer a unique inter-pretation of the composer’soriginal vision,” notes Gen-eral & Artistic Director EstherNelson. The Company an-ticipates this approach willcatch the attention of both“Carmen” traditionalists andfirst-time audiences.

BLO’s new production isdirected by Nicholas Muni,designed by the Company’sArtistic Advisor JohnConklin, and conducted byKeith Lockhart.

A souvenir from the recentrun of “Jersey Boys” at theShubert will also influencedimension in the BLO’s pro-duction. The large black por-tal that completely coversthe ornate white and goldcolumns that make up thefamiliar proscenium has avery compelling effect inbreaking down the visualand psychological divide be-tween the performers and theaudience.

“Carmen” opens a seasonthat is bursting with inspira-tion. New programming in-cludes the “Signature Se-ries,” a partnership with theMuseum of Fine Arts, Bostonthat offers a lively one-hourexploration of the operas inBLO’s 2009-2010 Season.

On Saturday, November 7,BLO hosts its first free “OpenHouse” at the Shubert forall ages, which includesbackstage tours of the set of“Carmen,” demonstrations,and performances by finalistsfor the aria contest for teens.

In February 2010, the Com-

Boys & Girls Club of Boston President & CEO Josh Kraft,right, is pictured with Alex Wayman of the North End,left, and Peter Creighton at the Cartier Anniversarycocktail party. (Photo by Roger Farrington)

pany presents its first “OperaAnnex,” Britten’s “The Turnof the Screw” at The Castleat Boston Park Plaza Hotel &Towers in Boston.

BLO then returns to theShubert in March for theNorth American premiere ofWelsh National Opera’s“Ariadne auf Naxos,” followedby a new production ofMozart’s “Idomeneo.”

In addition, school childrenand families will also enjoyBLO’s annual “Opera forYoung Audiences,” whichthis year will be a one-hour English production ofRossini’s “The Barber ofSeville” that will travelthroughout New England.

For more information andupdates on Boston LyricOpera’s 2009-2010 Season,

adult education programs andspecial events, please visitblo.org.

……. Looking ahead: Besure to mark your calendars!We hear from Lucille Giovinothat the anniversary dinnercelebration of Les Damesd’Escoffier will take placenext year on Sunday, April 11,2010. We will be sure to keepour readers informed whenwe receive all the details.

Enjoy!

(Be sure to visit HildaMorrill’s gardening Web site,www.bostongardens.com. Inaddition to events covered andreported by the columnist, “TheSocially Set” is compiled fromvarious other sources such asnews and press releases,PRNewswire services, etc.)

Cedric Tonello, Director of Cartier Boston, and ThanhTonello (couple on right), welcome Jeff and Nicole Bellowsto the festive Cartier Anniversary cocktail party.

(Photo by Roger Farrington)

Kay Lyons, left, andDarlene Jordan smile forthe camera at the CartierAnniversary cocktail party.

(Photo byRoger Farrington)

Erin McAvoy, Boston Bruin Marco Sturm, Dan Ronan andLori DiGiacomo, left to right, at the Cartier Anniversarycocktail party. (Photo by Roger Farrington)

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Bob D ’s Beatby Bob DeCristoforo

AN OLD FASHIONEDTHANKSGIVING (DVD)

Sony Pictures Home Ent.An Old Fashioned Thanks-

giving is based on a shortstory by the author of LittleWomen. A heartwarmingholiday story of family andforgiveness from Louisa MayAlcott. Recently widowedMary Bassett (Helene Joy)and her three childrenhave hit difficult times ontheir farm. Things are sobad; they can’t even afforda turkey for their Thanks-giving dinner. Suddenly,Mary’s wealthy and es-tranged mother Isabella(Jacqueline Bisset) comesto visit. Although she findsa kindred spirit in Mary’seldest daughter Tilly(Tatiana Maslany), Mary re-sents her mother’s attemptsto help them out of theirfinancial difficulties. In theend, more than money willbe needed to heal the emo-tional wounds betweenmother and daughter inthis moving and inspira-tional period drama. (1 hr.28 mins.).

WUBB IDOL (DVD)Anchor Bay Ent.

Wubb IDOL, the animatedpreschool movie hit from theNick Jr. TV show, Wow! Wow!Wubbzy takes center stagein stores nationwide onDVD. Wubbzy is the cute andquirky character whoseunique brand of heart, hu-mor and huggability is win-ning over preschoolers andtheir families nationwide.When the most awesome girlgroup, the WubbGirlz, featur-ing Beyoncé Knowles asShine, hosts the ‘Wuzzle-burg Idol’ talent show, every-body in town wants to winthe contest. If Wubbzy canwow the judges, he’ll getthe chance to perform withSparkle, Shimmer andShine at their big concert inWuzzlewood and maybe be-come a big movie star. JoinWubb-Z, Walden, Widget andDaizy on the coolest road tripever, featuring singing,dancing, best friends andmore! (1 hr. 33 mins.).

THE SAMUEL FULLERCOLLECTION (7-DVD)

Sony Pictures Home Ent.In a career spanning more

than 60 years, SamuelFuller never stopped lookingfor the truth and never shiedaway from controversy. Hisfilms were as rough andgritty as the stories he told,combining incisive, intelli-gent storytelling with pas-sionate, two-fisted direction,creating a singularly uniquebody of work. Sony Picturesand The Film Foundationhave gathered all seven

Columbia Pictures in whichhe participated as writer ordirector into an electrifyingset of black and white films— all restored, remasteredand new to DVD. Fullerdirected both The CrimsonKimono (1959) and Under-world U.S.A. (1961). The fivefilms written by Fuller in-clude, It Happened in Holly-wood (1937), Adventure inSahara (1938), Power of thePress (1943), Shockproof(1949) and Scandal Sheet(1952). In addition, SamuelFuller Storyteller exploresFuller’s life and filmmak-ing through the eyes of hisfamily — wife Christa anddaughter Samantha Fuller,and filmmakers MartinScorsese, Wim Wenders,Tim Robbins, and CurtisHanson. (8 hrs. 49 mins.).IT’S GARRY SHANDLING’SSHOW: THE COMPLETE

SERIES (16-DVD)Shout! Factory

Before the Internet, beforereality TV, no one saw whattelevision could be morehumorously and with morevision than GarryShandling. In 1986 Shand-ling was poised to become apermanent guest host onJohnny Carson’s The TonightShow. Instead, he took achance on an offer fromfledgling cable networkShowtime to create his owntelevision series. No ques-tions asked. A surreal lookat the daily life of a youngsingle man who is a come-dian, It’s Garry Shandling’sShow was not a typicalsitcom. Experimenting withthe sitcom form meant in-viting the audience onto theset, playing with the pas-sage of time and generallyexploring the genre andmaking art of the debris.Teaming up with SaturdayNight Live’s Alan Zweibel,Shandling “put on a fourth-grade play” every week forfour seasons. With a crew oftalented young writers, tele-vision history was made.Over the years, guest starsincluded Tom Petty, RobReiner, Vanna White, RedButtons, Dan Aykroyd, Mar-tin Mull, Gilda Radner, CarlReiner, Chevy Chase, JeffGoldblum, Don Cornelius,The Turtles, Los AngelesMayor Tom Bradley andmore. This spectacular newDVD collector’s edition will becomprised of 16 DVDs, fea-turing all 72 episodes fromthe series’ four seasons anda wide range of in -depth bo-nus content including ex-tensive featurettes, com-mentaries, outtakes andmuch more. (Approximately31 hrs.)

WIN A COPY OF ‘WUBB IDOL’ DVDEnter to win a copy of the DVD, Wubb IDOL, just

email your answer to the following question, to:ireview2@comcast.net. Wubb IDOL features a popularfemale singer in the role of Shine. Identify thatsinger’s name to be eligible to win. Winners selectedfrom correct entries and notified by ‘VideoViews’.Entry deadline is October 28th.

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STILL OUR SOX!It wasn’t fun clearing my locker out at

Fenway Park last week. Year 42 came to anabruptly, unexpected ending. Like for mostit was a shocker, as the Angels swept theRed Sox three straight! Give the Angelscredit, they have been waiting for this for along time. They deserved it, their big gunscame up strong, our bigs guns didn’t. Win-ning the World Series is the goal and wedidn’t, so it wasn’t a successful season. I’mnot happy, WINTER has arrived, but no mat-ter what they’re still our Red Sox. Year 43 isright around the corner!

CIRCUS! CIRCUS!You might say, it was over the top! North

End Against Drugs Annual Family Nightat the Ringling Brothers took placelast Friday night, and as always it was agreat success. 266 of our closest friends tookpart, and we have to give big ‘Shoutouts’ tothe TD Garden Neighborhood Charities, inparticular, Courtney M., Joyce Amoroso,Marilyn Frissora, Karen D’Amico, ChristineVraibel (Charlestown), John Romano, andthe NEAD Board of Directors for helping toput it all together.

MADONNA DELLA CAVAHALLOWEEN PARTY

The 58th Annual Madonna Della CavaSociety Halloween Party takes place onSaturday (October 24) from 1pm-3pm. Thisyear’s party is dedicated to the Memory ofJoseph Ciampa. The parade is held inconjunction with the Mayor’s Office of Arts,Tourism and Special Events. Be sure todress in your Halloween best, and join theParade that starts at 1pm from Hanover andBattery Street.

NORTH END/WEST END ABCDFUNDRAISER

Be sure to drop in, and spend some moneyat the North End/Neighborhood ServiceCenter on Monday, October 26th. MaryRomano and her staff will be serving up oneof Mary’s famous Italian feasts from 11amto 3pm. All proceeds will benefit the elderlyprograms and English classes held at theCenter. It’s all part of Italian HeritageMonth.

HIGH SCHOOL PREP NOTEBOOKGood to hear that the ‘Play Ball’ Founda-

tion is helping to fund the newly createdBoston Middle School Football League.Schools participating this year are Edwardsin Charlestown, the Gavin in South Boston,Irving in Roslindale and the Rogers inHyde Park. This is another big step forwardin the remake of Boston City Athletics, andeven more important this school year. Wemust make Boston schools sports importantagain! A championship game will be playedon Thanksgiving.

WEEKEND ROUNDUPBrandon Amadeo had three touchdowns

as Eastie rolled over Blue Hills 42-6.The Jets are 5-1. Latin Academy shutoutCharlestown 30-0. Justin Miles threw a pairTD passes to Edbiko Elysee in the win.Madison Park tipped Brighton 12-8. O’Bryantshutout Boston English 14-0. South Bostonpounded Hyde Park 46-6. Robert Ofoeduhad five touchdowns, but it still wasn’tenough as Cathedral tipped St. Clement44-42. Quinn McDonough was the Lanceroffense again, but Reading whipped MaldenCatholic 42-14. BC High pounded Cambridge56-28. Austin Prep shutout Medford 32-0.CM made a road trip to Bishop Guertin inNH, but came home empty handed losing52-13. Boston Latin was shutdown by Westin19-0, and Arlington Catholic shutoutSt. Mary’s of Lynn 12-0. Winthrop sankSaugus 44-0, and in a matchup of heavy-weights Xaverain stopped Everett 19-13. Inthe ISL Lawrence Academy stormed pastGovernor’s Academy 47-0.

EDUCATION PLUSOn October 22 Roxbury Latin will have an

Open House from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Sunday,October 25 Elizabeth Seton Academyfor Girls will have an Open House from 12noon to 2pm and North Cambridge CatholicOpen from 1pm to 3:30pm. On Thursday,October 29th St. Sebastian’s School willhold their Open House from 5:30pm-7:30pm.Check out www.stsebastiansschool.org or call781-449-5200.

COLLEGE BOARDOn the football field Montel Harris had 5

touchdowns to lead BC to a 52-20 win overACC North Carolina State, and in a big IvyLeague game Lafayette toppled Harvard 35-18. On the ice Hockey East is just a week-end old, and we already have an upset. Mas-sachusetts defeated #2 BU 3-2. Will Ortizhad the game winner! Out in South BendProvidence defeated Notre Dame 3-2, but therematch was all Irish, a 2-0 win. Northeast-ern held off gutty Bentley 3-2. Nate Newtonhad the winner! Merrimack is on a roll de-feating Holy Cross 3-1, and Army 6-3. Fresh-man Stephane Da Costa had five goals forthe Warriors. Michigan State and Mainesplit their weekend series at Orono by 5-3scores, and UNH could only muster up onepoint as #1 visiting Miami won 6-3, and thenbattled the Wildcats to a 5-5 tie.

ST. JAMES SOCIETY ANNUAL AWARDBANQUET

The Missionary Society of St. Jamesthe Apostle 22nd Annual Cardinal CushingAward Banquet will take place on Sunday,November 8 at 5pm at BC High. A Mass willtake place at 4pm. Honorees will be BishopRobert Hennessey, Mr. & Mrs. Robert B.Crimmons and the Honorable James T.Brett. For ticket information call 617-742-4715. The priests who staff St. Stephen’sChurch in the North End are members ofthe St. James Society.

TIDBITS- On October 22 NEMPAC’s 1st Annual Film

Festival at the Hard Rock Cafe.- Special Hello to Ferris Maloof.- NEAD Community Award Nominations

are due by 6pm Monday (October 26) at theNazzaro Center.

- Debbie D., and Mr. & Mrs. Mavalrosasay “It better in the Bahamas” ... Tempera-ture 90 plus!

- Celeb Sight-ings: Paul Luongochecking out theTD Garden PressRoom, and JustinAmoroso checkingout the food in thePress Room, RalphMartignetti tak-ing in the Circus,young StephenLaColla ‘chowing’down at Mangia,Mangia, as was our fine RepresentativeAaron Michlewitz, and we spotted the AlanCaparella Family at Umberto’s on HanoverStreet.

- NEAD Annual Christmas Trip to NewYork City is scheduled to take placeDecember 12th.

SMILE!

Circus! Circus!

Bob D. and Los Angeles Angels starChone Figgins

Paul Luongo

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NOWPLAYING

UPTOWN & DOWNTOWN

MUSICEMERSON COLLEGECutler Majestic Theatre219 Tremont Street, Boston, MA

CARMEN – Friday, November 6 at7:30 pm, Sunday, November 8 at3:00 pm. Wednesday, November 11 at7:30 pm. Friday, November 13 at7:30 pm. Sunday, November 15 at3:00 pm. Tuesday, November 17 at7:30 pm. Music by Georges Bizet. Sungin French with French dialogue andprojected English translation. Carmenand Don José crash into each otherwith a passion that’s as much aboutwill as it is about desire. At its pre-miere, Bizet’s opera shocked andthrilled audiences. For tickets call 1-800-432-7250 or visitwww.telecharge.com.

ZERO ARROW THEATRE2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA

THE DONKEY SHOW – Nowthrough January 2, 2010. The intoxi-cating international sensationthat takes you behind the velvetropes into a glittered wonderlandof decadence, divas, and disco,inspired by Shakespeare’s “A Mid-summer Night Dream.” For ticketsor more info, you may call 617-547-8300 or log on to the webiste at:www.AmericanRepertoryTheater.org.

TUFTS UNIVERSITYThe Tufts Balch Arena TheatreMedford, MA

KISS ME KATE – Thursdaythrough Saturday, October 29th toOctober 31st at 8:00 PM; November 5& 6th at 8:00 PM and Saturday, No-vember 7th at 2:00 PM and again at8:00 PM. This is a musical version ofThe Taming of the Shrew. This is thefirst production of the theater’s 2009-2010. Come and be completely enter-tained. For more information and topurchase tickets, call: 617-627-3493.

THE WILBUR THEATRE246 Tremont Street, Boston, MA

COMEDIAN HEADLINER BillMaher will perform on Thursday,October 22nd at 8:00 PM and on Fri-day, October 23rd at 10:00 PM. Bill’shas sent the boundaries of wherefunny, political talk can go on Ameri-can television.

COMEDIAN HEADLINER HarlandWilliams – Saturday, October 24th at9:45 PM. Williams is seen regularly onlate Night with David Letterman, TheTonight Show with Jay Leno and LateNight with Conan O’Brien. Come andenjoy this very funny evening.

COMEDIANS HEADLINERSMichael Ian Black and MichaelShowalter – Friday, October 30th at9:00 PM. This show is comprised ofsketch comedies that feature thelong-time comedic partners as thehosts of their own fictitious sketchshow. Come and laugh your heads off.To purchase tickets log on towww.thewilburtheatre.com or callTicketmaster 1-800-745-3000.

THEATERBERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER136 Massachusetts Avenue,Boston, MA

DIANNE REEVES – Friday, Octo-ber 23rd at 8:00 PM. Recognized as oneof the premier vocalists in the world,four time Grammy Winner, DianneReeves is among the most prominentand influential singers in jazz.

MILTON NASCIMENTO – Sunday,November 15th at 8:00 PM. Milton’sdeeply moving music and rich,remarkable voice have made him aninternational legend and one ofBrazil’s biggest stars. His sound is aharmonious mix of African rhythms,Brazilian folk melodies, bossa novaand diverse undercurrents from acrossthe globe. For tickets and furtherinformation, please call: 617-876-4275or visit: www.WorldMusic.org.

FIRST CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE,CONGREGATIONAL11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

THE MUSIC OF DOWLAND ANDPURCELL – Friday, October 23rd at8:00 PM. The program consists ofMusic and Sweet Poetrie: Orpheusin England. For more info, please call:617-661-1812 or visit: www.bemf.org.

SYMPHONY HALL301 Massachusetts AvenueBoston, MA

BEETHOVEN: THE COMPLETESYMPHONIES, PROGRAM 2 –Thursday, October 27th at 8:00 PM andThursday, October 29th at 8:00 PM.James Levine is the conductor.

BEETHOVEN: THE COMPLETESYMPHONIES, PROGRAM 3 – Fri-day, October 30th at 8:00 PM and Sat-urday, October 31st at 8:00 PM.

BEETHOVEN: THE COMPLETESYMPHONIES, PROGRAM 4 –Thursday, November 5th at 8:00 PMand Saturday, November 7th at 8:00PM. To purchase tickets, please call:617-266-1200; TDD/TTY 617-638-9289 and in other areas: 888-266-1200or visit the BSO website at:www.bso.org.

FIRST CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE,CONGREGATIONAL11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

THE MUSIC OF DOWLAND ANDPURCELL – Friday, October 23rd at8:00 PM. The program consists ofMusic and Sweet Poetrie: Orpheusin England—music of Dowland andPurcell. For more information and tick-ets, please call: 617-661-1812 or visit:www.bemf.org.

ST. PAUL CHURCHCorner of Bow and ArrowStreets, Cambridge, MA.

GERMAN CHORAL MASTER-WORKS – Sunday, November 8th at3:00 PM. Works of Schutz, Bach,Distler & Heiller.

THE TALLIS SCHOLARS – Satur-day, March 27, 2010 at 8:00 PM. TheTallis Scholars will present a program

ITALIAN EVENTS & PROGRAMS

The legendary “Spinners” will headline the KowloonRestaurant’s 59th Anniversary gala to benefit the JoeyFun and the Massachusetts Restaurant Association’sEducation Foundation. The Spinners will be performingtheir greatest hits live in concert. The blockbuster songlist includes, “I’ll Be Around,” “One Of A Kind,” “GamesPeople Play,” “Working My Way Back To You,” “Cupid,”“Mighty Love,” “Then Came You,” “Could It Be I’m Fall-ing In Love,” “Rubberband Man,” and “It’s A Shame.”For more details check out Music section.

Special Events

ARTSof works by Loyset Compere, JeanMouton, Nicholas Gombert and theincomparable Josquin des Pres.

ISABELLA STEWART GARDNERMUSEUM280 The Fenway, Boston, MA

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OFLINCOLN CENTER – Sunday, Octo-ber 25th at 1:30 PM. Works of Mozart;Ives; Webern and Brahms will be pre-sented by this international stringgroup.

WORKS OF SCHUBERT – Sunday,November 1st at 1:30 PM. Performedby renowned pianist Seymour Lipkin.Presenting the Late Great Sonatas,Part I. Come and listen to this greatpianist. For more information and tick-ets, please call: 617-278-5156 or visit:www.MuseumTix.com.

NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY’SJORDAN HALL30 Gainsborough St., Boston, MA

ACIS AND GALATEA – Saturday,November 28th at 8:00 PM. The operadepicts the love between the nymphGalatea and the shepherd Acis, andthe jealous rage of Polyphemus whowants Galatea for his own. For tick-ets and more information, please call:617-661-1812 or visit: www.bemf.org.

KOWLOON’S RESTAURANTRoute 1 North, 948 Broadway,Saugus

THE SPINNERS - November 18 and19 at 7:00PM. The two shows are thegroup’s only New England Appearance.Tickets include light buffet, admission& entertainment. A portion of allticket sales to benefit the Joey Fundfor Cystic Fibrosis and The Massachu-setts Restaurant Association’s Edu-cation Foundation. Also performingwill be Bobby Valli with a salute to hisbrother Frankie Valli & The JerseyBoys, playing their hottest songs in-cluding, “Oh, What A Night (December’63),” “Grease,” “Rag Doll,” “Sherry,”and “Big Girls Don’t Cry.” Special guestperformance by Pat Benti’s -”InDreams” with a tribute to RoyOrbison. The Spinners two concerts(November 18 and 19) will have twodifferent opening acts including: No-vember 18th - “The Pulse of Boston.”November 19th -“The Captain WolfBand.” For tickets and more informa-tion, please call: 781-233-0077 or logonto www.kowloons.com.

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARYCopley Square – Boylston StreetBoston, MA

BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL – Oc-tober 24, 2009 from 6-9:00 M. This isa special event celebrating the launchof Boston Noir, a collection of new sto-ries set in Boston’s neighborhoods andedited by Dennis Lehane. This eventwill feature presentations, panels ofinternationally-known writers, schol-ars, critics and more. For more info.visit: www.bostonbookfest.org.

REGGIE LEWIS ATHLETICCENTER1350 Tremont St., Boston, MA

14TH ANNUAL BOSTON VEG-ETARIAN FOOD FESTIVAL – Satur-day, October 31st from 10:00 AM until6:00 PM and Sunday, November 1st

from 10:00 AM until 4:00 M. This istwo full days of fun, good food andlearning! It is a chance to explore andtaste free samples of a great variety ofdelicious and natural vegetarian foodsand talk to food exhibitors. For moreinformation call: 617-424-8846 or visit:www.BostonVeg.org/foodfest.

SEAPORT WORLD TRADECENTER200 Seaport Blvd, Boston, MA

THE 23RD ANNUAL CHRISTMASFESTIVAL – Friday, November 6th fromnoontime to 5:00 PM; Saturday, No-vember 7th from 10:00 AM until 7:00PM; and Sunday, November 8th from10:00 AM until 5:00 PM. This Christ-mas Festival will feature the work ofmore than 350 American mastercraftsmen and will highlight the 16th

Annual Gingerbread House Competi-tion. Revenues from the sale of Gin-gerbread Houses will benefit the Boysand Girls Clubs of Boston. Come toBoston for this premier event. Tick-ets are available at the door. For in-formation, call: 617-385-5000 or visit:www.BostonChristmasFestival.com.

MARINER’S HOUSE11 North Square, Boston, MA

REIKI CLINIC AND SHARE -Wednesday, November 11 and Decem-ber 9 from 6-8PM. Reiki is translatedfrom Japanese as “Universal LightForce Energy. Reiki energy is the en-ergy of life itself. Reiki is a gentle heal-ing practice that uses very light touch

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”8:00 AM - 9:00 AM every Sunday

on WSRO 650AM Framinghamand online at www.wsro.com.

NATIONAL HERITAGE MUSEUMMAXWELL AUDITORIUM33 Marrett Road Lexington, MA

PASQUALE ESPOSITO - Saturday,October 24, 2009 at 8:00 PM.Pasquale’s love of Italian language andculture is apparent in his CDs: “MyPassion” (2000), “My Destiny” (2004),“Naples … That’s Amore!” (2005) and“Il Fornaio: Authentic Italy, Vol.1”(2008). Most recently, Pasquale hasfinalized his latest CD: “A Brand NewMe” consisting of original composi-tions in his distinctive pop-operastyle. The making of this CD wasan international collaboration ofmany talents. The music and lyricswere written by Pasquale Esposito

PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUMEast India Square, Salem, MA

FISH, SILK, TEA, and BAMBOO:Cultivating an Image of China –Ongoing. Through delicate works onpaper and other select objects, ex-plore the four essential motifs Euro-peans associated with China—fish,silk, tea, and bamboo. Each was culti-vated in China for artistic expressionas well as profit.

REVISIONS: Indian Artists Engag-ing Traditions – Now through Springof 2010. Come see how some of today’sleading artists reinterpret traditionaluse of color, composition and subject.This unique exhibition pairs some ofthe finest works from PEM’s world re-nowned contemporary Indian Art col-lection with rare works from theHarvard Art Museum.

TRASH MENAGERIE – Nowthrough May, 2010. This exhibit pre-sents over 30 whimsical animals cre-ated from things most of us simplythrow away. For example: A luminousmoth made from piano keys and pot-tery shards. For more information, call866-745-1876 or go online towww.pem.org.

PEABODY MUSEUM OF ARCHAE-OLOGY11 Divinity Ave., HarvardUniversity – Cambridge, MA

A GOOD TYPE – TOURISM ANDSCIENCE IN EARLY JAPANESEPHOTOGRAPHS – Ongoing. Thisnew photographic exhibition pre-sents 46 compelling images of Japa-nese photographic prints, many hand-colored, that were produced for thetourist trade in the late nineteenthcentury.

DIGGING VERITAS: THE AR-CHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OFTHE INDIAN COLLEGE AND STU-DENT 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.

SACRED SPACES: REFLECTIONSON A SUFI PATH – Now through April30, 2010. This exhibition is imagina-tive, vibrant, and saturated with therich colors of South Asia. SaminaQuraeshi’s photographs, calligraphicworks, and montages reflect the di-versity of Islamic expressions of faith.The images evoke the music, dance,and acts of faith that animate thesesacred spaces. For more information,please call 617-496-1027 orvisit their website atwww.peabody.harvard.edu.

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARYART100 Northern Ave, Boston, MA

CHARLES LEDRAY – Now throughJanuary, 2010. Often intimate in

and Antonio Aprile, a composerand an arranger from Naples, Italy.The recording of the CD took place inItaly and the United States under thesupervision of Antonio Aprile andEttore Gatta. For tickets log ontowww.ticketfusion.com or call 1-408-528-6308.

ATLANTIC WORKS GALLERY80 Border Street, East Boston

PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBIT BYVALENTINA OPPEZZO - Thursday,October 29, 2009 from 6:30- 8:30PM.Sponsored by Italia Unita as part ofOctober Italian Heritage Month, theexhibit includes photographic worksabout toys and food, and landscapephotos taken in Trieste, Italia, whereshe lived for eight years. The eventincludes light refreshments.Valentina Oppezzo is a young Italianphotographer now living in Cambridge(MA). After a training of a couple ofyears as a drawer, she has decided towork in the medium of the Fine ArtsPhotography. Her photographic workreflects both her previous experienceas illustrator and her Master studiesin Cinema. She’s specialized, in fact,in creating tiny photographic “sets”using as subjects everyday objects (likeher toys, or things bought at the su-permarket, or food), that become the“protagonists” of indefinite, magical,ambiguous stories. Her works as beenfeatured in many exhibits in Boston.Please RSVP to 617-561-3201 or logonto www.italiaunita.org for more in-formation.

scale, LeDray’s sculptures of clothing,toys and domestic objects are createdby hand with extraordinary detail.

KRZYSZTOK WODICZKO –November 4, 2009 through March 7,2010. In a new projection-based work,Krzysztok focuses on the experienceof veterans returning from Iraq andAfghanistan. His politically-chargedworks explore the relationship be-tween art, democracy, trauma andhealing.

MOMENTUM 15: R.H. Quaytman– November 18, 2009 through March28, 2010. This is a new series of paint-ings by this Boston-born artist in herfirst solo museum exhibition. Her daz-zling works incorporate silk screenedphotographs and abstract patterns,diamond dust layers, and hand-painted elements.

RONI HORN AKA RONI HORN –February 19, 2010 through June 13,2010. Using a variety of materials in-cluding pure pigment, 24 carat gold,color photographs, and cast glass,Horn crates immensely beautiful andsensuous works that evoke the mys-tery inherent to even the most famil-iar subjects, the weather, the depthsof water even our sense of place andidentity.

MOMENTUM 14: RODNEYMCMILLIAN _ Now through Novem-ber 1, 2009. Deeply interested in so-cial history and culture, McMillian of-ten combines different forms—suchas painting, found photographs and acast-off carpet and chair—in dynamicinstallations that reveal how pastideas relate to the present. The ICUhas many events and programs em-bodying contemporary feelings. Formore information please call 617-478-3100 or visit their website at:www.icaboston.org

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STEPS OFF THE BEATEN PATH:NINETEENTH CENTURY PHOTO-GRAPHS OF ROME AND ITS ENVI-RONS: Now through January 3, 2010.This is a loaned exhibition of photo-graphic images from the collection ofW. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg.Views today can step into a Rome thatwas about to step out of the pre-in-dustrial age. For more information,you may call 413-458-2303 or visitwww.clarkart.edu

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Recipes from theHomelandHomelandHomelandHomelandHomeland

by Vita Orlando Sinopoli

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NONNA MARY’S RICE AND PEASin Tomato Sauce

1st Generation

Italian-American

Vita Orlando SinopoliShares with us

a delightful recollection

of her memories as a child

growing up in

Boston’s “Little Italy”

and a collection of

Italian family recipes

from the homeland.

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1 twenty-eight ounce can of crushed tomatoes1 medium onion chopped1 garlic clove chopped (optional)1/3 cup vegetable, canola or olive oil1 teaspoon dried basil1 cup uncooked rice1 cup frozen, fresh, or canned green peas

Heat oil in a saucepan. Add chopped onion, garlic, andbasil. Simmer until onion is opaque. Garlic should not brown.Add crushed tomatoes and stir thoroughly. Add half a cup ofwater if mixture appears to be too thick. Cover and bring toa slow boil. Simmer for about twenty to thirty minutes overmedium/low heat. Check frequently.

Two cups of tomato sauce will be needed to cook one cupof uncooked rice. Set remaining tomato sauce aside.

In a separate saucepan, add rice to two cups of simmeredsauce and stir. Cover and cook slowly for ten minutes. Allthe liquid will be absorbed in cooking the rice. Check fre-quently. Add more sauce or a little water to the rice if needed.Add frozen, fresh or canned peas. Stir and cover. Allow cook-ing until rice and peas are tender to your liking. Servewith a tablespoon of remaining heated sauce. Serves two.

Optional: Instant rice can be used in this recipe bysubstituting tomato sauce for water in preparing the rice.Stir, cover and cook the Instant Rice in the sauce the lengthof time directed on the package. When using Instant rice,allow peas to cook in the tomato sauce for about ten minutesprior to adding the rice. Remove from burner and set aside.Heat before serving.

NOTE: This is a meatless meal served frequently during TheDepression. Enough was prepared for family members to havesecond helpings. Nonna Mary’s favorite saying to our childrenwas “Rice is nice.” It always was when she prepared this recipefor the family, though our children sometimes balked abouteating rice. When requested, she regularly had extra sauceavailable to add to her servings.

Heads up! The frozen head of baseballlegend Ted Williams has not been treatedwell, according to a new tell-all book onthe cryogenics industry. Author LarryJohnson says that at one point Williams’head, which the slugger ordered frozenin hopes of one day being brought back tolife, was propped up by an empty tuna-fishcan and became stuck to it. To detach thecan, says Johnson, staff whacked it repeat-edly with a monkey wrench, sending “tinypieces of frozen head” flying around theroom.

Pigging out! A young British vegetarianwith a heart condition reluctantly agreedto be fitted with a dead pig’s heart valve.Robyn Cairney, 18, says that when thedoctors told her she would die without thepig-organ transplant, it came as “a bit of ashock, being a vegetarian.” But after suc-cessful surgery, Cairney says she is atpeace with her decision. “Obviously, every-one is going to pick life,” said Cairney.“So now I’m a vegetarian being kept aliveby a pig.”

Fishy news! An angry Texan woman friedand ate her boyfriend’s goldfish, police said.A man called police after an argument endedwith his girlfriend storming out of his apart-ment with seven of his fish. When policearrived at the woman’s apartment, she said,‘They’re in there, and pointed to the kitchen.Officers found four fried fish on a plate and,when they inquired as to the whereaboutsof the other three, were told, “I already atethose.”

Speaking of fish, Tom Analetto of Medford,says, “The only opportunity a fish has to takea shower bath is to jump when it rains.”

The attractive and astute Rosalie Cunioof Waltham claims only a fisherman thinksit’s worth spending one hundred dollars fora fishing outfit to catch one dollar’s worth offish.

Lisa Cappuccio, of East Boston, says,“Learning to drive is easy: go when it’sgreen, stop when it turns red, and slow downwhen your instructor turns white.”

Carlo Scostumato wonders why does awoman buy shoes at a shop where the onlycomfortable ones are worn by the salesmen.

Bella Culo of Chesnut Hill, says, “Women’staste in shoes differ, but they all like to buyshoes that are larger inside than they areoutside.”

Good news: The recent Recession mayhave added years to your life. A newUniversity of Michigan study of life expect-ancy during the Great Depression found thatthe health of Americans was actually bet-ter then that it was during the periods ofprosperity before and after. In the 1930s, theleading causes of death included heart andkidney disease, flu and pneumonia, cancer,and traffic accidents. But mortality rates fellduring the Depression, and life expectancyincreased by six years (and by eight yearsfor nonwhites); the pattern held true for theRecessions of 1921 and 1938, and reversedduring economic upswings. “In some senseit is good news,” study author Jose’ A. TapiaGranados tells CNN.com. “The usual view ofa period of Recession is that everything isbad.” The findings align with other studiesshowing that mortality drops and life expect-ancy rise during hard economic times. Whataccounts for it? Tapia Granados speculatesthat when people are feeling flush withmoney, they tend to eat more, drink more,smoke more, drive more, and party more —all of which can lead to earlier deaths.During Recessions, on the other hand,people eat and drink less, sleep more, andspend less time working — making themless prone to industrial accidents. Duringhard times, people also tend to seek solacefrom friends and family members, TapiaGranados says, “and social support couldhave a protective effect on health.”

Ouch! Spanking your kids might solve animmediate behavior problem, but it couldstunt their long-term intellectual growth.Researcher tested the IQs of two largegroups of kids, ages 2 to 4 and ages 5 to 9,then retested them four years later. Theyounger children who had been spanked

had IQs thatwere fivepoints loweron averagethan thoseof the kidswho hadn’t; the older spanked children’s IQsaveraged about three points lower. The studyscreened out other variables, such as par-ents’ education levels. “Spanking does causea slowdown in a child’s development of men-tal abilities,” longtime punishment re-searcher Murray Straus tells LiveScience.The stress and fear caused by frequentphysical discipline may interfere with braindevelopment, researchers said. And re-cently, the American Psychological Associa-tion, after a five-year review of multiple stud-ies, concluded that parents “should reduceand potentially eliminate their use of anyphysical punishment” as a means of disci-pline, because it leads to more aggressivebehavior among teens, as well as other emo-tional problems. “I spanked my kids whenthey were little,” Straus says. “I wish I hadn’tnow that I know all this.”

Sweet news! Artificial sweeteners canmake you gain weight. A new study discov-ered that artificial sweeteners actually trig-ger sensors in the stomach that causesMORE sugar to be absorbed into the systemand eventually converted into fat. “You drinkdiet cola to stay slim, but the reverse is truebecause the artificial sweeteners can acti-vate the sensor so you’re taking moreglucose from your diet,” says study headProfessor Soraya Shirazi Beechey. And sincethe artificial sweeteners actually spur thebody into processing more sugar caloriesinto the system, the end result could actu-ally be that dieters will pack on pounds byusing them. “If someone wants to loseweight, I don’t think artificial sweetenersare going to help,” says the scientist atEngland’s Liverpool University. “My recom-mendation is to eat natural foods — but eatless of them”

Dirty news! How hygienic is your home?Not very! That’s the finding of a new sur-vey. In brief, some 60 percent of people ad-mit they aren’t laundering sheets weekly.Nearly half of the responders wash dishesimmediately and 37 percent wait a day. Amere 7 percent say they wash their produce.Says the expert: “E. coli and salmonella havebeen found on fruits as well as veggies.Cleaning out the refrigerator: Only a quar-ter perform the task every two weeks asadvised, while 15 percent do it weekly.Scrubbing the shower tub: Your tub orshower should be given its own bath everyweek to get rid of grungy “biofilm.” Clean-ing the toilet: This is a chore best done oncea week. And toss out old pillows! In five years,10 percent of the weight of the pillow is dustmites and dust mite debris. Washing tow-els: The experts say towels can be used twoto three times, four max, before they’ll needlaundering. Time for us to do the laundry.

Time for some reminiscing with the notedmaestro and musicologist Albert NataleSinger/musician Red Foley was one ofthe first country singers to have his ownnetwork show; “Avalon Time” with co-starcomic Red Skelton. The Four Lads werethe backing singing group behind JohnnyRay in his two-sided mega-hit “Cry” and“Little White Cloud That Cried” in1951.Composer George Gershwin had nointerest in music until his family acquireda piano when he was 12 years old. His firsthit was “Swannee,” with lyrics by IrvingCaesar, in 1919. Jazz musician Stan Getzplayed tenor sax with Jack Teagarden,Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and StanKenton, while still a teenager. From 1947-49, he was a member of the “Four Brothers”sax section of Woody Herman’s band. SingerGeorgia Gibbs real name is Freda Gibson.Because of food allergies, Carol Channingtakes organic food with her whenever she’stravelling. In their youth, both Bob Hope andMilton Berle won prizes in Charlie Chaplinimitation contests.

AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN NAME

• Mayor’s Column (Continued from Page 1)However, the schools can’t

educate our children alone.Even though we’ve doubledthe number of kids in afterschool programs throughBoston After School and Be-yond, we can do more. Aroundevery corner must be a placethat helps prepare them forcollege and beyond. This isCommunity Learning.

I encourage you to checkout the Burke School inDorchester. It is the firstphysical manifestation of thecoordination and collabora-tion we want to achieveacross our city. The Burkeincludes a new school, a stateof the art library, and greatnew community center allconnected to each other tocreate a hub of learning. Chil-dren learn wherever they go.It’s up to us to make sure theyare learning the right things.

We’re also working on moreafter school programs for chil-dren with special needs. Acouple of years ago, I met awoman named Marie, whoseson is autistic. At the time, Ididn’t know much about thisissue at all. But Marie helpedme learn about autism — weeven had an autism summitin Boston. As a result of thatconference, we realized thecity needed more programswith for special needs stu-dents. So we are once againworking together by gather-ing the data and devising aplan to help more kids andfamilies.

We must work with asense of urgency — time isof the essence. All childrenand families dream, and weare committed to helping thefamilies we serve realizethose dreams.

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I celebrated my (Oh myGod) 71st birthday this week.I can’t believe that I’m thatold. I don’t feel like I’m inmy 70s, and thanks to goodinherited genes, I don’tthink I look it. When I wasyounger, people in their 70swere ancient, long retiredand many under someone’scare. Well, I’m one of thelucky ones. I’m over 70 anddown to three jobs. I teachat two colleges and writemy weekly column for thePost-Gazette. Since my pia-nist, Marty Goldman, passedaway, I haven’t played muchmusic and I haven’t done anyacting in quite a while, so asI said, only three jobs.

I had spent 42 years teach-ing in the Boston Schools, 20at Hyde Park High, 10 atBoston Tech and the rest atthe Barron Center and theMcCormack School. While inmy 43rd year with Boston,Mayor Menino came outwith a retirement incentivefor people in the police, fireand school departments thatwas too sweet to refuse. I re-tired that June.

Like most people who re-tire, I had a daily routinecome to an end and I didn’tknow what to do, so I headedfor a local Dunkin Donut shopwhere a few guys I knewgathered each morning forcoffee. I had frequented thisparticular coffee shop onmany occasions as many oldcar enthusiasts gatheredthere several evenings aweek and discussed engineperformance, new paintjobs, faulty carburetors, etc… but this was different. Theold timers gathering for cof-fee in the same place earlyin the morning, discussedpacemakers, clogged arter-ies, high blood pressure, dia-betes and joint replacement.After a half hour of listeningto them, the place soundedlike God’s waiting room. Mysilent comment was, “Getme the Hell out of here!” Inever went back.

Well, that was six yearsago. My wife, Loretta, who ismore than 12 years youngerthan me won’t let me get old.Neither will my closestfriends like Dean Saluti whois ten years younger. Lis-tening to them makes merealize that getting old is astate of mind especially whenyou experience good healthand stay active.

There was another cel-ebration that happened ev-ery October the 25th, my folksanniversary. They cel-ebrated their 55th year to-gether in 1991, just a month

before Dad passed away.Mom lived for another 16years, leaving us at age 99.

I will remember them onthe 25th and reminisce. Mymind will wander from de-cade to decade and remem-ber the happy times we spenttogether through thoseyears. I guess I was blessed.I had a great relationshipwith my parents and knowthat my successes in life area result of adopting the val-ues they displayed through-out their lives.

My first attempt at pay backhappened in 1961. That Oc-tober they would be celebrat-ing their 25th anniversary. Ihad graduated college in1960 and had been teachingfor a year. At the same time,I was playing music almostevery night of the week andoccasionally did a bit of mod-eling or did bit parts in com-mercials filmed in Bostonand New York. As a result,money wasn’t a problem.

I contacted Uncle Nick, mymother’s middle brother andmy Godfather, to ask if hecould help in setting up asurprise party for my folks.Uncle Nick was the vicepresident of the musicians’union back then and kneweveryone who owned the res-taurants, lounges and sup-per clubs in and around thecity. He brought me to meetwith Stanley Blinstrub, theman who owned one of thecountry’s most famous sup-per clubs. Together, weplanned a surprise party thatwas to take place on the 25th.The menu was selectedalong with the wines to beserved and the cost wasworked out. I looked thingsover and could afford to haveabout 25 people attend.

Uncle Nick and I sat downand put together a list of ourclosest relatives and Momand Dad’s closest friends. Icontacted them and all ac-cepted. I told them what timeto be at Blinstrubs whichwould be a half hour before Ibrought my parents there.They all agreed. The nextstep was to convince my folksthat we had to go to Blin-strub’s on their anniversary.They agreed when I told themthat I had already made thereservations for three andcouldn’t get my deposit backbecause Sammy Davis Jr.was appearing and it was asell out.

Everything went asplanned and when I broughtmy folks to the table thecrowd all stood and yelled,“Surprise!” Mom and Dadwere speechless. As family

and friends hugged andkissed my folks and shooktheir hands, I happened tonotice the location of thetable. It was the first onecoming out from the centerof the stage. I thought tomyself, “Not bad!”

Once everyone was seated,several people from the waitstaff came to the table to takethe drink and dinner orders.I didn’t understand as I hadarranged for a fixed meal anda few bottles of red and whitewine, an attempt to staywithin my budget. When oneof the waiters approachedme, I asked what was goingon and his comment was,“Sir, don’t worry about it.” Ilooked at Uncle Nick and heput his index finger acrosshis lips to tell me to shut up.I did.

Well, the show was fantas-tic. Sammy Davis saluted myfolks on their 25th anniver-sary and they stood up wav-ing to the applauding audi-ence. He next sang a song tomy mother with the audi-ence applauding once againfor his rendition on (I think)Spanish Eyes. That was thesong my mother alwaysidentified my father with,and I couldn’t be happier asto how the event continued.

At the end of the show,Mr. Davis came to the tableand Uncle Nick introducedhim to everyone. He knewUncle Nick as a musician’sunion official and Dad as aBoston musician. After heleft, I asked Uncle Nick totake me to see Stanley Blin-strub so I could pay the tab.The owner was sitting ona couch in the kitchen andwe were re-introduced. Ithanked the man and askedfor the bill. His responsewas, “Don’t forget to takegood care of my wait staff.” Iasked again for the bill andhe repeated himself. UncleNick thanked him and liter-ally dragged me out of thekitchen. The whole thingwas on the house, somethingI never expected.

I had another surpriseanniversary party for myfolks 40th and then again fortheir 50th, but the one thatcommemorated their 25th

was the best. Even Babbo-nonno gave it “thumbs up.”GOD BLESS AMERICA

One of the most welcomedand inviting events of theyear that takes place in theNorth End is the opening ofSaint John’s and the begin-ning of a new school year.Saint John School, now inits 114th year of service hasbecome a vital centerpieceto the North End and sur-rounding communities.

As part of Saint John’s on-going program of school im-provement, a new rubberroof was installed during thesummer vacation. State-of-the-art Smart Boards arescheduled to be in operationshortly. The SMART Board isan interactive, electronicwhiteboard which can en-hance instruction andlearning.

Fall baseball is back at St.John School, returning for asecond season. This year,baseball is being held onSundays from 9:00AM to 12noon. All students in K2through grade three are wel-come. The baseball seasonkicked off on October 4th andwill end on November 1,2009.

The baseball program isinstructional with a focus onfundamentals such as field-ing ground balls, runningthe bases and batting. Thisyear, over 30 students are inthe fall baseball program, aprogram that teaches thechildren not just the funda-mentals of baseball but alsolife lessons, such as team-work and sacrifice. Thepopular program promises tobe another fun filled season

for children and parentsalike.

Sunday sessions are heldat Langone Field on Com-mercial Street. There is nocost to participate in the pro-gram. The program is freedue to the generous supportof Saint John students’ par-ents past and present whohave donated equipmentand uniforms. A specialthank you goes out to BillCantin who donated theshirts, helmets and ballsand another thank you toTeddy Pasto who donated thehats. Without parental sup-port we would not be able tosucceed.

The baseball program isheaded by Peter Pagliucawith the support of MichaelRomano and Eddie Pistorinoand fostered by the manyparents who come to thePark on Sundays with coffeeand donuts to cheer on thekids.

The season is capped offwith a banquet held at St.John School at which timetrophies will be awarded toall participating children.

Fall Baseball is a wonder-ful addition to Saint John’sSchool made possible by thegenerous donation of time,talent and resources of par-ents working together withlong time School Principal,Sister Eileen Harvey C.S.J.for the betterment of the stu-dent body.

A special thank you to Pe-ter Pagliuca for his invalu-able help in the gathering offacts for this article.

Baseball Returnsto Saint John School for Second Season

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Lo sapevate che …L’investimento delle energie rinnovabili raggiungera’ per

l’Italia un valore di 100miliardi di euro (@ $146 billion) neipossimi 12 anni con una media di oltre 8 miliardi l’anno.In questo campo si ipotizza un impiego di 250,000 posti dilavoro entro il 2020. I dati sono stati resi pubblici da IEFE,dell’Universita’ Bocconi di Milano, basata su “Prospettivedi Sviluppo delle Energie Rinnovabili per la Produzione diEnergia Elettrica”, presentati recentemente a Roma. Se losfruttamento sara’ ‘medio’ nei prossimi 12 anni e per 50%del mercato, si potra’ raggiungere un fatturato di 50 miliardidi euro, con uma media annua di 4 miliardi (euro) eun’occupazione di 150,000 persone. Se lo sfruttamento sara’alto, l’industria nazionale puo’ realizzare un fatturato di 70miliardi di euro (70% del mercato) con un valore medioannuo di 5.6 miliardi di euro, e reggiungere 175,000 postidi lavoro (75,000 occupati all’estero). Su 250,000 posti dilavoro, l’eolico ne occuperebbe 77,500 (31%), le biomasse65,000 (26%), il solare fotovoltaico 27,500 (11%), 10,000 (4%)nell’incererimento dei rifiuti solidi urbani. Nel mondo, gliinvestimenti in energie rinnovabili sono piu’ cheraddoppiati nel trienio 2005-2007, arriiando a 160 $ miliardinel 2007. Nel frattempo, l’eolico e’ cresciuto di tre volte, edil solare di oltre 12 volte in tre anni. L’eolico occupa 200,000lavoratori nel mondo con corca 100,000 turbine installatein oltre 70 Paesi. L’Italia ha raggiunto nel 2008 la sestaposizione mondiale con 3,750MW di potenza eolica,superando la Francia (by 350MW). Nel 2009 si stima che cisaranno 70,000 nuovi impianti nel campo dei solarifotovoltaici.

Did you know that …Investments in renewable energy will reach in Italy 100

billion euro ($146 billion) in the next 12 years, with ayearly average of more than 8 billion euro. It is anticipatedthat 250,000 jobs will be created by the year 2020. The abovedata was announced by IEFE (Center for research on energyand environmental economics and policy) by the BocconiUniversity, in Milan on ‘Developmental Projections ofRenewable Energy, for the production of electricity, recentlypresented in Rome. If the output in the next 12 years, (bythe Italian industry) will be average, the goal is for a 50%of the market and 4 billion euro in billing average, and aworkforce of 150,000 people. If the output will be high,the national industry can reach 70 billion euro in billing,and a 70% of the market, with an average annual value of5.6 billion euro and with a workforce of 175,000, 75,000 ofwhom will be working abroad. Out of a workforce of 250,000,the wind power will get 77,000 (31%), the biomass 65,000(26%), the solar photovoltaic 27,500 (11%), and recycling10,000 (4%). The investments in renewable energy world-wide have more than doubled during the three years 2005-2007, reaching $100 billion in 2007. At the same time,the wind power has tripled while the solar power hasgrown 12 times in three years. The wind power has now aworkforce of 200,000 worldwide, and 100,000 turbinesinstalled in more than 70 Countries. In 2008 Italy hasreached the sixth place in the world with a power output of3,750MW, surpassing France by 350MW. In 2009 there willbe 70,000 new solar photo-voltaic installations.

AYANNA PRESSLEY IS MY KINDOF CANDIDATE THIS YEAR

As a political activist going back to child-hood in 1960 when as a 12 year old, I cam-paigned for Jack Kennedy for President, Ilove doing politics. My Irish uncles loved ittoo and I apparently contracted it from them.

This year I found a candidate that I couldtruly support. She is Ayanna Pressley whois running for one of the four seats avail-able as a City Councilor at Large. She fin-ished fourth in the preliminary and is hop-ing with the support of Boston voters towin one of those four at-large seats comeElection Day 2009.

I’ve watched her on the campaign trailsince early June when I first met her. I’veseen her hold up well at all those candidatesforums. She answers questions directly.She doesn’t soft pedal anything thrown herway. She comes across real. You can senseit just by watching her and listening to whatshe says. I am reminded of another femalecandidate for City Council named DianeModica. Back in the Eighties, she was mykind of candidate. I supported her and oftenmarched with her in any parade she neededme. I see an awful lot of Diane Modica’sspunk in Ayanna Pressley. People don’t wantphonies grabbing your hand in a parade.They want and need elected officials will-ing to stand up for their best interests.

I marched with Ayanna in the ColumbusDay parade. This is a person who lovesparades and the energy it generates. Herpositive looking affect attracts folks to hercandidacy. She came to Boston from collegeyears ago and never left. Boston has becomeher home. Boston is in her future. If youlook into her face, you can see a candidatethat wants to build a Better Boston for all.

US SUPREME COURT 1 -BRIDGEPORT DIOCESE 0

The US Supreme Court refused on Octo-ber 5 to block the release of documents gen-erated by lawsuits against priests in theDiocese of Bridgeport for alleged sexualabuse. A number of newspapers are seek-ing the release of more than 12 thousandpages from 23 lawsuits against six priests.These pages have been under seal sincethe diocese settled cases in 2001.

The Supreme Court decision ends the long

legal battle and could show how CardinalEdward Egan, the retired Archbishop of NewYork handled the cases when he wasBridgeport’s bishop. The Bridgeport Diocesehad argued that the documents were subjectto religious privileges under the 1st Amend-ment and said this latest court decision wasdisappointing.

An official statement from the diocesestated, “For now, however, the seriousthreat to the 1st Amendment rights of allchurches and the rightful privacy of all liti-gants remain in jeopardy ... This, indeed, isregrettable.”

Barbara Blaine, founder of the SurvivorsNetwork of Those Abused by Priests, wel-comed the news. Said Blaine, “This deci-sion sends a clear message to those whowould endanger kids:

Eventually, you’ll have to face the musicand reveal your callousness, recklessnessand deceit. We hope that this ruling willdeter every pedophile’s supervisor andco-workers from protecting a predator.”

GOP ZERO-ING IN ON ACORNConservative Republicans are going after

ACORN. This time against a US law thatgrades banks on their investments intourban areas. The 1977 Community Re-investment Act was intended to end red lin-ing which was when banks walled off manyinner-city neighborhoods from mortgages.Many GOP House members think the Acthas outlived its purpose and is being usedby ACORN to shake down banks for cash.Conservatives want to see the Act repealed,scaled back or to prevent expansion of it.

US Representative Ed Royce, R-Californiawho serves on the House Financial ServicesCommittee has described ACORN’s actionsunder the 1977 law as “legalized extortion,”contending the law gave ACORN the powerto stall or prevent bank mergers or expan-sions by filing CRA complaints with regula-tors. Said Royce, “In order to avoid thesefilings, financial institutions would eitherlower their lending requirements to meetthe needs of ACORN associates or theywould simply pay out funds to one of manyACORN affiliated organizations.” ACORN hasresponded by saying nearly all the money itgets from banks is used to provide advice tofirst-time home buyers or homeowners atrisk of losing homes to foreclosures.

PRAYER TO ST. JUDEMay the Sacred Heart of Jesus beadored, glorified, loved and pre-served throughout the world nowand forever. Sacred Heart ofJesus pray for us. St. Jude,worker of miracles, pray for us.St. Jude, help of the hopeless,pray for us.

Say this prayer 9 times a day andby the 8th day your prayers will beanswered. It has never beenknown to fail. Publication must bepromised. My prayers have beenanswered. L.M.D.A.T.P.

• Editorial (Continued from Page 3)

I would be remiss if I didnot allude to the fact com-rade Obama has committedthe United States to $3 tril-lion in government spendingand the National Debt is ap-proaching $12 trillion dol-lars. This translates to morethan $160,000 per person.

In summation, The U.S.currency is collapsing andthe greenback has lost itsstatus in world currency. Nocountry can recover fromsuch a massive debt.

This just in from BusinessNews, The Independent:

In the most profound fi-nancial change in recentMiddle East history, Gulf Ar-abs are planning - along withChina, Russia, Japan andFrance - to end dollar deal-ings for oil, moving insteadto a basket of currencies in-cluding the Japanese yenand Chinese Yuan, the Euro,

gold and a new unified cur-rency planned for nations inthe Gulf Co-operation Coun-cil, including Saudi Arabia,Abu Dhabi, Kuwait andQatar.

Finance ministers havealready held secret meet-ings and central bank gov-ernors in Russia, China,Japan and Brazil to work onthe scheme, which willmean that oil, will no longerbe priced in dollars.

The plans, confirmed toThe Independent by both GulfArab and Chinese bankingsources in Hong Kong, may

help to explain the suddenrise in gold prices, but it alsoaugurs an extraordinarytransition from dollar mar-kets within nine years.

“These plans will changethe face of international fi-nancial transactions,” oneChinese banker said.“America and Britain mustbe very worried. You willknow how worried by thethunder of denials this newswill generate.”

The report indicates,China will overtake Amer-ica, the only question iswhen.

The Federal Trade Commissionworks for the consumer to prevent fraud and deception.

Call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357) or log on to www.ftc.gov.

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EXTRA InningsInningsInningsInningsInningsby Sal Giarratani

THE ITALIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THE NY YANKEESIn many Boston neighbor-

hoods, the sight of a NY Yan-kee baseball jacket or capcould literally make one sickbut if you were to go toBoston’s North End, the sightof such sportswear does not,it seems to lend itself to themedicine cabinet. Yes,many Italian Americanshave come to believe in theexistence of the Evil Empirebut many still haven’t. Uponfurther investigation I havedetected that this syndromehas a name which is spelledD-I-M-A-G-G-I-O. Latinos inChelsea and elsewhere havea near exact syndromespelled A-R-O-D. However, Idigress, back to ItalianAmericans. It would seemthat the pre-WWII genera-tion has forever tied its alle-giance to the Yankees for thepresence in center field ofone Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio.Members of the post WWIIbaby boomer generationheard about Joe but we likethe Yankees because theyhad Hall of Famer Yogi Berrabehind home plate. However,for me and many otherbaby boomers, we liked theYanks because they werewinners. When I think backto the late 50s and ’60s,my DiMaggio was sluggerMickey Mantle. I would go toRed Sox-Yankee game atFenway just to see him play.He was the All Americanbaseball hero and an icon fora whole generation of kids.

Think back if you’re aboomer, the Red Sox werehorrible when we were kids.They constantly had losingseasons. It wasn’t until 1964that I started cheering forthe Sox. As an Italian Ameri-can kid, we had FrankMalzone at third whichmade many of us happy butit was the arrival of a youngslugger from around the cor-ner named Tony Conigliarothat led many Italian Ameri-cans to switch over to thehometown team. I stillcheered for Mantle but felt akinship with Tony C.

However, all this Evil Em-

pire stuff didn’t begin untilfollowing that 163rd game in1978 when the Sox blewtheir large lead as usual andwere forced into meeting theYanks in THAT playoff gameand that infamous at-bat byBucky Dent and the EvilEmpire was born. In the suc-ceeding years, all 31 of them,the legend of the Evil Empiregrew and grew and we alwaysseemed victims of it. We didget them big-time in 2004but that now seems an ab-erration no matter ourethnicity.

Or yeah, how about TerryFrancona? How many ItalianAmericans speak highly ofhim? Go to the North End ofBoston and you’d be shockedwhat you hear. Lately all thetalk has been about howTerry Francona belongs inthe Hall of Fame for his man-aging but he’d better hopefewer Italian Americans getto vote on his nomination.Ask me if he is a potentialHall of Famer and I’d sayprobably not. Once again, thisis a generational thing. Istill think the best Red Soxmanager of my lifetime isDick Williams who managedthe Sox for only two and a halfyears (1967-69). His tenurewas all too short and it led tomore years of Fenway frus-tration. We will forever honorhim for the ImpossibleDream team of 1967 when hemolded a ragtag team all theway to the World Series. Theprior year, the Sox had fin-ished in ninth place ina 10-team American League.Last place belonged to thehapless NY Yankees, theworse Bronx Bombers of mylifetime.

Younger fans includingItalians Americans havebought into this Evil Empirestuff just like they boughtinto the Curse of theBambino which by the waywas born following Game Sixof the 1986 World Serieswhen that baseball rolledthrough the legs of Red Soxfirst baseman Bill Buckner.

I finished off my marching

LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtMiddlesex Probate and Family Court

208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI09P4357EAIn the Estate of

JEANETTE A. FRONTEROLate of READING, MA 01867

Date of Death January 28, 2004NOTICE OF PETITION

FOR PROBATE OF WILLTo all persons interested in the above

captioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of said decedentbe proved and allowed and that JAMESS. FRONTERO of Salem, MA be appointedexecutor, named in the will to serve WithoutSurety.

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) ONNovember 6, 2009.

In addition, you must file a written affidavitof objections to the petition, stating specificfacts and grounds upon which the objectionis based, within thirty (30) days after thereturn day (or such other time as the Court,on motion with notice to the petitioner, mayallow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16.

WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI,First Justice of this Court.

Date: October 9, 2009Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

Run date: 10/23/09

LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtMiddlesex Probate and Family Court

208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI09P3763EAIn the Estate ofALICE L. PEPE

Late of WOBURN, MA 01801Date of Death July 28, 2009

NOTICE OF PETITIONFOR PROBATE OF WILL

To all persons interested in the abovecaptioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of said decedentbe proved and allowed and that JANET E.DOHERTY of Woburn, MA be appointedexecutrix, named in the will to serve WithoutSurety.

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) ONNovember 4, 2009.

In addition, you must file a written affidavitof objections to the petition, stating specificfacts and grounds upon which the objectionis based, within thirty (30) days after thereturn day (or such other time as the Court,on motion with notice to the petitioner, mayallow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16.

WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI,First Justice of this Court.

Date: October 7, 2009Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

Run date: 10/23/09

LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtMiddlesex Probate and Family Court

208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI09P4419EAIn the Estate of

MILDRED J. McDONALDLate of BILLERICA, MA 01821

Date of Death September 12, 2009NOTICE OF PETITION

FOR PROBATE OF WILLTo all persons interested in the above

captioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of said decedentbe proved and allowed and that WENDYMOSS of Shrewsbury, MA be appointedexecutrix, named in the will to serve WithoutSurety.

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) ONNovember 4, 2009.

In addition, you must file a written affidavitof objections to the petition, stating specificfacts and grounds upon which the objectionis based, within thirty (30) days after thereturn day (or such other time as the Court,on motion with notice to the petitioner, mayallow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16.

WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI,First Justice of this Court.

Date: October 7, 2009Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

Run date: 10/23/09

LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtMiddlesex Probate and Family Court

208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI09P4495EAIn the Estate of

LOUISE R. NARDELLALate of SOMERVILLE, MA 02143

Date of Death September 29, 2009NOTICE OF PETITION

FOR PROBATE OF WILLTo all persons interested in the above

captioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of said decedentbe proved and allowed and that ROBERTS. NARDELLA of Burlington, MA andJOSEPHINE E. DeGUGLIELMO of Medford,MA be appointed executors, named in thewill to serve Without Surety.

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) ONNovember 12, 2009.

In addition, you must file a written affidavitof objections to the petition, stating specificfacts and grounds upon which the objectionis based, within thirty (30) days after thereturn day (or such other time as the Court,on motion with notice to the petitioner, mayallow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16.

WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI,First Justice of this Court.

Date: October 14, 2009Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

Run date: 10/23/09

LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtMiddlesex Probate and Family Court

208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI09P4451EAIn the Estate ofDELIA KEARNS

Late of WINCHESTER, MA 01890Date of Death August 15, 2009

NOTICE OF PETITIONFOR PROBATE OF WILL

To all persons interested in the abovecaptioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of said decedentbe proved and allowed and that JANET K.O’LEARY of Winchester, MA be appointedexecutrix, named in the will to serve WithoutSurety.

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) ONNovember 6, 2009.

In addition, you must file a written affidavitof objections to the petition, stating specificfacts and grounds upon which the objectionis based, within thirty (30) days after thereturn day (or such other time as the Court,on motion with notice to the petitioner, mayallow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16.

WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI,First Justice of this Court.

Date: October 9, 2009Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

Run date: 10/23/09

LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtMiddlesex Probate and Family Court

208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI09P4443EAIn the Estate of

CHESTER ANTHONY BUKOWSKIA/K/A CHESTER A. BUKOWSKILate of WILMINGTON, MA 01887Date of Death August 11, 2008

NOTICE OF PETITIONFOR PROBATE OF WILL

To all persons interested in the abovecaptioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of said decedentbe proved and allowed and that DIANE F.BUKOWSKI of Wilmington, MA be appointedexecutrix, named in the will to serve WithoutSurety.

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) ONNovember 6, 2009.

In addition, you must file a written affidavitof objections to the petition, stating specificfacts and grounds upon which the objectionis based, within thirty (30) days after thereturn day (or such other time as the Court,on motion with notice to the petitioner, mayallow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16.

WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI,First Justice of this Court.

Date: October 9, 2009Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

Run date: 10/23/09

LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtMiddlesex Probate and Family Court

208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI09P4409EAIn the Estate of

MARIE T. CERSOSIMOLate of WAKEFIELD, MA 01880Date of Death March 13, 2009

NOTICE OF PETITIONFOR PROBATE OF WILL

To all persons interested in the abovecaptioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of said decedentbe proved and allowed and that CAROL E.DUCEY of Tewksbury, MA and JOHN J.CERSOSIMO of Wakefield, MA be appointedexecutors, named in the will to serve WithoutSurety.

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) ONNovember 5, 2009.

In addition, you must file a written affidavitof objections to the petition, stating specificfacts and grounds upon which the objectionis based, within thirty (30) days after thereturn day (or such other time as the Court,on motion with notice to the petitioner, mayallow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16.

WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI,First Justice of this Court.

Date: October 8, 2009Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

Run date: 10/23/09

in the Columbus Day paradewith some great food at DolceVita on Hanover Streetwhere I mixed my pasta withbaseball watching, the Sox-Angels game. When I leftthe place for home, the Soxwere up 6-4 in the eighthinning. Victory seemedassured or so I thought. How-ever, a funny thing hap-pened, the Sox blew it in theninth and went down 7-6 kill-ing the rest of their seasonand us. Some might call thisproof of the Bambino’s Cursebut not I. It was just anothernosedive for a team whosehistory is loaded with such.

Then, later that evening, Iended up at the new King’sBowling Alley at Legacy Placein Dedham. While eatingdinner, I watched the Yan-kee-Twins game and feltmyself rooting for thedreaded NY Yankees like Idid back in 1961 as a 13-year-old Yankee fan fromLower Roxbury. Some thingschange and some thingsstay the same. I even foundmyself clapping for NO.13Alex Rodriguez. Is this be-cause I hate losers or is thisbecause I’m a baby boomerItalian American whoremembers when it wasokay for Boston baseball fansto root for the NY Yankees?Hey, I do wear Red Sox geartoday.

But I can understand whymany Italian Americansthink it is acceptable to wearYankee stuff. The statue oflimitations has expired. Inow admit that in 1961I would wear a NY Yankeebaseball cap. In closing,I would say this year’s NYYankee team is right upthere with the 1998 Yan-kees that won 114 gamesand the 1961 Mantle-MarisNY Yankees that whacked240 home runs. The Red Soxare my team but when theyshut down, I have no troubleswitching over to the Yan-kees, the team of my youththat showed winning felt bet-ter than losing.

of his Toyota that slammedthrough the front of aWalmart on June 2. He toldpolice he was upset that allthe handicapped spaces werefull and that he must havestepped on the gas instead ofTHE brakes and ended upinside the store. The crashleft a mother and her 1-year-old child injured.

Singing Obama PraisesSparks Discord

Protesters showed up atan elementary school inBurlington Township, NewJersey, where students havesung in praise of PresidentObama bringing criticismfrom conservative sourceswho said the kids were be-ing indoctrinated. Protestersshowed up across from theschool waving flags and sing-ing among other songs, “GodBless America” and chanting“No Indoctrination.”

The public school landed inthe national spotlight in Sep-tember when a video sur-faced showing second graderssinging, “Mmmm, mmm,mmmm, Barack HusseinObama. He said that all mustlend a hand to make thiscountry strong again.” It is

one thing to praise yourpresident but quite anotherto act as you just drank a cupof purple Kool-Aid in a Dixiecup, eh?

• News Briefs (Continued from Page 1)

LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtMiddlesex Probate and Family Court

208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI09P4405EAIn the Estate of

MARY ALICE McNAMARALate of WALTHAM, MA 02453

Date of Death September 11, 2009NOTICE OF PETITION

FOR PROBATE OF WILLTo all persons interested in the above

captioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of said decedentbe proved and allowed and that JANEMcNAMARA of Waltham, MA be appointedexecutor/trix, named in the will to serveWithout Surety.

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) ONNovember 4, 2009.

In addition, you must file a written affidavitof objections to the petition, stating specificfacts and grounds upon which the objectionis based, within thirty (30) days after thereturn day (or such other time as the Court,on motion with notice to the petitioner, mayallow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16.

WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI,First Justice of this Court.

Date: October 9, 2009Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

Run date: 10/23/09

Page 16 BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, OCTOBER 23, 2009

by Richard Preiss

HOOPS and HOCKEY in the HUBCORNER TALK by Reinaldo Oliveira, Jr.

Massachusetts State Au-ditor, Joseph A. DeNucci, on“Italian Heritage Month!”

Italian Heritage Monthcommenced on October 1,2009 at the MassachusettsState House. Auditor JosephA. DeNucci spoke with theseeloquent words, saying to allItalian Americans, an Ora-tion that should echo toevery American. Mr. Audi-tor Joseph A DeNucci, says,“Thank you ... Good morning... and welcome to the StateHouse. It is a pleasure for meto join you this morning. ... Tokick off Italian Heritage Month... I am very proud of my Ital-ian-American Heritage. I come... as most of you do ... fromItalian working people. My fa-ther was a maintenance manat the Newton YMCA ... and healways worked second andthird jobs to make ends meet... and I helped him a lot. Mymother was born in Italy ...When I had the pleasure to visitItaly ... I saw where she wasborn ... In the town of Bellona... In the Providence of Caserta... That’s where my father’sfamily is also from. I had thechance to meet some relativesthere ... it was very emotional.I hope to go back again someday ... I appreciate my family’ssacrifices and character. Ilearned from my parents... thevirtues of working Hard ...Honesty ... Commitment ... and

Dedication ... Italian immi-grants were courageouspeople. When they came here... They did not speak the lan-guage. They didn’t have jobs... and they were not alwayswelcome.... But they overcamethese barriers ... our ancestorsprovided skilled trades ... andhelped build ... The infrastruc-ture of this country.” The sec-ond half of these great words,I will share with you nextweek. Mr. Auditor, thesemagnificent words mean somuch to all Americans.Thank you, for all you havedone for US. Auditor JoesphA. DeNucci. You are theBest. Fellow Americans re-spond and say; Mr. PaulBiagini of Marsh-field,owner of Biagini Inc., “My fa-ther, came to the United Statesfrom Lucca, Italy in 1917.”“Through hard work, and dedi-

cation he established a suc-cessful construction Company(Biagini Inc.), still run by ourfamily today. Mrs. Karen“Wood” Biagini, says; I amprivileged, to have marriedinto a wonderful Italian-Ameri-can Family, who exemplifiedthe sentiments expressed, byAuditor Joe DeNucci. ThenJohn Vena of Methuen says,“Auditor Joe DeNucci is agreat example of why anAmerican of Italian Decent,would be proud of his or herheritage, as is the case withmost immigrants. He and hisfamily had to overcome suchneeded assimilations, aslearning the English language.Only perseverance, and hardwork, made him a Boxingcontender, and an honorablepublic servant. “Chris Gabrielof Mr. Chris Hair Design,Wareham, says “These arethe same ideals, I havelived by. We need to live byAuditor DeNucci’s ideas.”Mrs. Maureen Gabriel says,“I have worked for a thirdGeneration Italian familybusiness, for 30 years. Theywould not be where they aretoday, without hard work,honesty, commitment, anddedication. Maureen Gabrielworks for, Hi-way Concrete,in Wareham. Owned by theVicino Family. StephenFratalia of Norwood says,“Joe DeNucci is the quintes-sential consummate example,of what an Italian American isall about. As a Boxer, he wasa warrior. And as a humanbeing, he is a gentlemen. Mas-sachusetts is very lucky, tohave a man of his characterand personality.

“Fight Night for Recov-ery!”, for the Edwina MartinHouse. On November 10,2009. “Come one, Come allto Lombardo’s in Randolph.Entertainment by renownedComedian Jimmy Tingle.Let’s participate in thisgreat event, to raise money.This project is where 21women live. An immaculatehome, where these womenstay for up to six months. Thesaying on their brochure;“A Chance to Change YourLife.” Many needed servicesare offered. We salute theEdwina Martin House,Edwina Martin, their greatstaff, Officers, and Directors.These women are all truefighters in life. We from theBoxing Family admire theircommitment, and strength.We offer our support to thesestrong battlers. As we say inthe Boxing World? “You cannever tell a great fighter, till(s)he has got knocked down!”It’s all about having the cour-age, and ability to get backup after a knockdown. Thenit’s what you do, after you getback up? Come on down, andoffer your support. Mr.Jimmy Melvin, you con-tinue to help society, helpmake the lives of others bet-ter. A special thank you forall you do for so many. It’sgood hearing you say that,Massachusetts Auditor JoeDeNucci, Vinny Marino,Tom McNeeley, Iron MikePusateri, continue theirsupport as they have done inthe past.

Photo taken at Edwina Martin House in Brockton,Massachusetts. Back, L to R: Maurice Hancock, StephenPike and Charlie Yetmar. Front, L to R: Kathy Cheney,Jeanne Meluin, Diane Chisholm, Suzanne Bump, DonnaMcDade, Judy McDonough, Jim Melvin, Irene Reed.

Joseph A DeNucci

He was Koby to his team-mates while he played inBoston. He wasn’t as famousas the other athlete whoshared the same soundingname but who ended thespelling of it with an e.

No, Chuck Kobasew, calledKoby by those he shared theice with as he skated for theBruins, will never be aswidely known as Kobe Bryant— the star of the Los Ange-les Lakers basketball team.

But in his own way he waspopular with his fellow play-ers, the coaching staff andthe passionate fans thatpopulate Bruins Nation.

He was introduced withfanfare on Opening Night atthe Garden as he began whateveryone thought would behis third full season onCauseway Street. But lessthan three weeks later hewas gone to Minnesota, af-ter the B’s slow start thatsaw them plodding along atabout a .500 clip through thefirst half month of the sea-son.

You knew as the ratherpedestrian start dragged intoa third week that somethinghad to give and unfortunatelyit was Kobasew who paid theprice, being sent west to theMinnesota Wild after havingnot scored a goal and havingbeen credited with just onelonely assist through thefirst seven games.

Chuck Kobasew was bornabout as far west of Bostonas you can get without wind-ing up in the Pacific Ocean— in Vancouver, BritishColumbia, which nearly 28years later will serve as thehost city for the 2010 WinterOlympic Games.

For Boston fans there wasa lot to like about Kobasew.A star with Boston Collegeduring the one year (2000-2001) he played at TheHeights, all the Eagles didthat season was win the na-tional championship as themuscular winger was namedRookie of the Year in HockeyEast and MVP of the NationalChampionship Frozen FourTournament.

He was drafted by Calgarya couple of months later andmaybe, just maybe that ledto destiny. After a season inthe Western Hockey Leaguewhere he amassed 62 pointson 41 goals and 21 assists injust 55 games, he was calledup by the Flames for the startof the 2002-2003 season.

During the lockout year(2004-2005) he joined theLowell Lock Monsters of theAHL where he proceeded tohave a banner season, scor-ing a team record 38 goals togo with 37 assists for 75points in 79 games. He alsotied for the AHL lead in theimportant plus/minus cat-egory with a +37 and led theleague in game-winninggoals with 12.

As the years go by Kobasewwill always have memoriesof Columbus Day Weekend.North of the border, on theday the U.S. honors theAdmiral of the Ocean, it’sCanadian Thanksgiving sothere will surely be recollec-

tions of family gatherings.When it comes to hockey,

the weekend will be memo-rable because on Oct. 10,2002 Kobasew played in hisfirst NHL game — not againstjust any team, mind you, butagainst Vancouver, hishome town team. And fournights later, on October 14,he scored his first NHL goal,a game-winning tally againstthose very same Canucks.

Fast forward to October 12of this season (12 also beingthe number Kobasew worewhile with the B’s) — a scant11 days after opening night— and he would play whatturned out to be his finalhome game in a Bruins uni-form — a 4-3 loss to Colorado.

Six days later, on October18, with the team havingjust returned from a disap-pointing setback in Phoenix,the axe would fall during asnowy Sunday afternoon inthe Boston suburbs. Whilemany fans were watchingthe Patriots clobber the Ten-nessee Titans in Foxboro,Kobasew was packing up hisgear and preparing to join hisnew team — the third NHLteam of his pro career. As heleft the Hub, he had playedin 158 games for the B’s,scoring 44 goals and adding40 assists for 84 points. HisNHL career totals on depar-ture day were 78-77-155 over368 games.

The next Chuck Kobasewsighting in Boston will notcome until sometime nextseason. Minnesota does notplay at the Garden this year,the only meeting betweenthe two teams coming on No-vember 25 at the Xcel En-ergy Center in St. Paul.

Kobasew came to Bostonjust over 2 ½ years ago — onFebruary 10, 2007 — as partof a trade that saw he andCalgary teammate AndrewFerence come to CausewayStreet in exchange for BradStuart, Wayne Primeau anda 2008 draft pick that turnedout to be T. J. Brodie.

During his two completeseasons with the B’s heproved to be a stalwart atright wing, playing 73 gamesduring 2007-2008 and in 68during 2008-2009. He scoredmore than 20 goals each year— 22 in the first season, 21in the second) — surpassinga time-honored hockey stan-dard that many can only hopeto attain. He was one of onlytwo players (the other wasMarco Sturm) to score morethan 20 goals during 2007-2008 and was one of sevento accomplish the feat dur-ing last season’s superlative116-point total year.

Finally, as for people whomight have a tendency tostart thinking about writingoff the Bruins during theirslow start reflect on this:through seven games lastseason (the one in which theBruins finished with 116points), the B’s had won onlytwo games, lost two others inregulation and lost threemore in overtime.

So, just like last year,things most definitely canget better — and they will.

Come Celebrate the Induction of

DAVID BAVAROFormer National League Football Player

into the

National Italian AmericanSports Hall of Fame

New England Chapter

and

2009 Man of the Year

SAL LUPOLIOwner, President & CEO of Sal’s Pizza & the Lupoli Companies

at the

Induction and Scholarship Award Dinner-Dance

Saturday, November 21, 2009Danversport Yacht Club, Danvers, Massachusetts

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Cocktail Reception - 7:00 p.m. Dinner - 8:00 p.m.Dancing to the music of “Imagine” Donation $100.00 per person

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