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Perry Supporters Testing the Water?Governor Rick Perry may not be running for

president yet but his Texas supporters are outthere in various places that are important forCampaign 2012 in early nominating states.Reportedly, the governor continues to thinkabout a potential 2012 run. He has operativesreportedly on the ground in South Carolina,where a GOP primary is scheduled to be heldright after the Iowa caucuses and the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary.

To date, the Republican candidates for presi-dent have yet to inspire major donors from mak-ing major campaign funding contributions. Thecrowd as far as the money people or campaignoperatives still appears weak. Former GovernorMitt Romney is the perceived front runner, buteven he’s not generating the kind of support nec-essary to take on President Obama.

Texas Governor Rick Perry is both a GOPestablishment and Tea Party candidate. He isriding that thin line like a great cowboy on abronco. He, in my estimation, is the biggestthreat to Romney or even Michele Bachmann.Time will see whether the GOP is ready foranother Texan, eh?

Why I Don’t Watch MSNBC“We don’t have a tax problem, we have a rev-

enue problem. We’ve told American workersthey’re not valuable anymore, that it’s better to

Public Hearings will be held by MassDOT, as the staterouting agency, to discuss the I-93/I-95 Non-RadioactiveHazardous Material through routing designation proposedby the City of Boston.

The four hearings are scheduled as follows:BOSTON - Tuesday, August 23, 6:30PM–8:30PM, State

Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza, 2nd Floor, BostonQUINCY - Wednesday, August 24, 6:30PM–8:30PM,

Thomas Crane Public Library, 40 Washington St., QuincyWALTHAM - Tuesday, August 30, 6:30PM–8:30PM, Clark

Government Center, Main Auditorium, 119 School St.,Waltham

STONEHAM - Thursday, September 1, 6:30PM–8:30PM,Stoneham Town Hall Auditorium, 35 Central St., Stoneham

The purpose of these hearings is to provide the publicwith the opportunity to provide testimony and commentsregarding the City of Boston’s routing analysis and proposedNon-Radioactive Hazardous Material through routing des-ignation along I-93/I-95. All views and comments made atthe hearing will be reviewed and considered to the maxi-mum extent possible. MassDOT and City of Boston repre-sentatives will be present to discuss the proposed routeand answer questions. Additional information, includingthe City of Boston routing evaluation, is available on theMassDOT website, http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/high-way/hazmat_study.aspx.

Under the proposed routing designation, the City of Bos-ton would prohibit the use of City streets for the “through”transportation of Non-Radioactive Hazardous Material wherethere is neither a point of origin nor destination within the

PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE:City of Boston’s Proposed Non-Radioactive

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Recently, the debt ceilingdebate is front and center.However, the average per-son isn’t obsessing over it.This is a Beltway crisis.Americans have lots more toworry about, like those con-sistent high unemploymentnumbers that remain steadyaround 9 percent. Did youknow that unemploymenthits several groups such asBlacks and Latinos, espe-cially young people who haveall but given up to this job-less fate? Meanwhile, thechronically unemployed re-main white males. One infive of them have lost theirjobs with no new leads outthere.

Getting back to the debtceiling issue, we talk abouttrillions like it’s a gallon ofmilk. No sense of realurgency from most of us.Both President Obama andSpeaker John Boehner have

DEBT CEILING MASK DEBT ISSUEby Sal Giarratani

spoken on national TV twicein recent days. The presidentblames resistant Republi-cans and the Tea party Cau-cus on Capitol Hill for the cri-sis. As much as Obamamoves his jaw at these na-tional addresses, the more Iunderstand him. Twice now,as I listened to the words ofBoehner shortly after thepresident left the podium, Iagreed with Boehner.

In reality the “spendingcuts” are really nothing butcapping additional spendingto address the ongoing debtnow in the trillions. Whatthe president fails to addressis the issue that forty centsof every dollar spent byWashington is borrowed. Howlong can we keep doing thatwithout breaking the bank?Actually, the bank brokeyears ago, especially forSocial Security when theoutflow of funds outnum-

bered the money coming infrom payroll checks.

I still have a good laughthinking back to Al Gore in2000 when he talked aboutthe locked box for Social Se-curity funds. Seems goingback to at least 1982 andprobably nearly two decadespreviously, the box lost itslock. It quite possibly hasmore dust than anything ofvalue within it.

Boehner is hoping leadersin both Houses up on CapitolHill can avert this loomingAugust 2nd crisis. It is unfairto throw all the blame ontoRepublicans and Tea Partyfolks elected last fall on cre-ating a smaller government.Instead of blasting them, weshould be applauding themfor doing what they said theywould do when they were onthe 2010 campaign trail.

On Tuesday, July 26th,2011, Mayor Thomas M.Menino joined the Commis-sion for Persons with Dis-abilities and members ofBoston’s disabled commu-nity on City Hall Plaza to cel-ebrate the 21st anniversaryof the Americans with Dis-abilities Act. The Disabili-ties Commission, created byMayor Menino in 1995 aspart of the Office of CivilRights, is dedicated to pro-moting inclusion for indi-viduals with disabilities inBoston in every facet of life.

Mayor Menino Celebrates 21st Anniversary ofAmericans with Disabilities Act

The event was the first ADAcelebration hosted by theCity of Boston.

“The City of Boston is di-verse in many ways and wel-comes people of all abilities,”Mayor Thomas M. Meninosaid. “Over the past severalyears, we have taken greatsteps towards making Bos-ton a friendlier city for all ofour residents and visitors.While I recognize how far westill have to go, today pro-vides a great opportunity forfamilies to come and cel-ebrate how far we’ve comeover the past 21 years.”

Disabilities CommissionerKristen McCosh, appointedin October 2010, has been

Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advances Work to Improve Access for All

Mayor Menino presented aproclamation to Ken Myer,a Disability Commissionstaff member who is blind.Ken will be inducted intothe NE Broadcaster’s Hall ofFame in September. (Continued on Page 13)


working to make the Com-mission more collaborativeand interactive, within theneighborhoods and in CityHall. An active Disability Ad-visory Board was estab-lished, consisting of nineresidents who serve as theeyes and ears of the neigh-borhoods. The DisabilitiesCommission also hosted areception this past spring forresidents, advocates and dis-ability agencies to gatherinput and ideas on how toimprove accessibility and in-clusion priorities in Boston.

Over the past two years theCity of Boston has aggres-

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Aulus Vitellius was bornon September 24, 15 A.D.During those ancient timesit was the custom to preparea horoscope for male chil-dren. His parents were sohorrified at his signs thateven in later years every-thing possible was done toprevent his assignment toany high office. We are toldthat Vitellius spent hisboyhood on the island ofCapri among the lewd andimmoral youths at the Villaof Tiberius. History alsoimplies that he was brandedwith the nickname “Spintra”which translates into “maleprostitute,” and this stainupon his moral characterstayed with him for the restof his life. He was on veryfriendly terms with Caligula,Claudius, and Nero, andbecause of this closeness hewas honored with manypolitical appointments in-cluding proconsul in Africa.Although he served withgreat integrity there aresome reports of, his stealing

gold ornaments from thetemples and substitutingbrass in their places.

Galba surprised everyoneby, sending Vitellius to gov-ern in Lower Germany. Thatemperor felt that no onecould be feared less than aperson who thought of noth-ing but eating, and it be-came clear that the new gov-ernor was chosen throughcontempt rather than favor.It was also fairly commonknowledge that Vitelliuslacked even the funds to pro-vide transportation to hisnew assignment, conse-quently, he moved his wifeand children into a rentedgarret, leased his house, andpawned some of his mother’sjewelry in order to defray histravel expenses. Even as heprepared to embark upon hisjourney a throng of creditorsdetained him but he man-aged to forestall any actionon their part.

When Vitellius eventuallyarrived in Germany hefound that there was an

intense dislike for thisemperor, Galba, and thetroops were on the verge ofmutiny. They receivedVitellius with open arms be-cause of his past consulates,favorable age, and easy-go-ing disposition. He grantedall requests that were madeof him and even freed someof the prisoners. Within thefirst month on the job hemade such a favorable im-pression on his, troops thatthey took him from his quar-ters, carried him throughsome heavily populated ar-eas, and hailed him as em-peror. The news spreadthroughout the provincewith great speed and withina few days he was also ac-cepted by the forces in thenorth. He approved their giftof the name Germanicusbut refused that of Caesar.

As soon as the news ofGalba’s murder and Otho’sseizure of the governmentwas received, Vitellius com-

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“Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America from border toborder and coast to coast and all the ships at sea.”

For those too young to remember, thequotation above was the “catchphrase” of Walter Winchell, one ofthe most popular radio entertainersof the 1930s through the 1950s.

I’ve got radio on the brain. First,the other night I was re-readinga chapter from Only Yesterday,Boston native Frederick Lewis

Allen’s informal history of the1920s. According to Allen, “Thefirst broadcasting station had

been opened in East Pittsburghon November 2, 1920 — a date which

school children may someday have tolearn.” School is out on whether Allen was correct in cred-iting KDKA as the first — there are several contenders forthat honor — but he correctly predicted the future; I clearlyremember that in school “KDKA in Pittsburgh in 1920” wasone of the “facts” of American history we had to memorize.

I also was thinking about radio on a recent automobilingexcursion to Provincetown. If you know the Lower Cape,you have probably visited, or at least seen the signs for,Marconi Beach in Wellfleet. Yes, indeed, it is named forItalian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. In 1903, the firsttransatlantic wireless communication originating in theUnited States was successfully transmitted from nearbyMarconi Station, a message from U.S. President TheodoreRoosevelt to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.

The story of Marconi’s invention of radio has been welldocumented by other Post-Gazette writers. What struck mewas how quickly, according to Mr. Allen’s book, radio tookoff. “In 1922,” he informs us, “the sales of radio sets, parts,and accessories amounted to $60,000,000.” By 1929 theannual expenditure of Americans on radios had grown 1,400percent to $843 million!

In his column last week John Christoforo wrote of the— now sadly past — golden age of radio and the programsof old — the names of which live on fifty years after theyleft the airwaves. Today, Boston radio offers sports, manymusical styles. Most importantly, Boston has local talkradio, which, along with the Post-Gazette, is one of the fewlocal outlets for news and views not sanctioned by an in-creasingly authoritarian and intolerant liberal establish-ment — mille grazie, signor Marconi!

WINTHROP ART VIEWING PARTY

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Center in Winthrop is pleased to host a

very special Art Show and reception on

September 15th from 4:00-7:00 PM.

The Art Connection has brought 27

original and unique art pieces to the Elder

Service Plan’s Winthrop PACE Center.

The pieces include traditional landscapes,

seascapes and abstracts. Each piece has

been personally dedicated by the artist or

a trust for the artist.

The Art Show is free of charge. Please join

us in this special community celebration.

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Congratulations, JustinCoppola Jr., son of AddieCoppola formerly of the NorthEnd, for all your accomplish-ments including recentlygraduating from U-MassBoston with a B.S. inManagement.

When he was a student,he had surgery and the fol-lowing days he took hisexams so he would not getan incomplete. He hasapproached life’s difficultiesand his dreams all focused,with gusto and persever-ance. He was a tenacious student with aknack for turning negatives into positiveswith adversaries.

As a high school student he was an advo-cate for the reform of working elevators. Incollege he advocated for wheel chair acces-sible buildings.

Justin Coppola, Jr.Graduates from UMass Boston

Being an Andover resi-dent, he is on the AndoverCommission on Disabilitywhich has improved thesidewalks by making themmore accessible and easierto cross the streets withcanes, walkers and wheel-chairs.

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Contact Justin at [email protected] ifyou can help or would like his résumé.

The stakes just went up in the National Labor Rela-tions Board’s (NLRB) attack on Right to Work.

The Acting General Counsel of the NLRB is persecut-ing Boeing for creating thousands of new jobs in SouthCarolina, where International Association of Machinists(IAM) union bosses cannot force workers into dues-pay-ing ranks.

Late last week, an Administration Law Judge deniedBoeing’s motion to dismiss the case, a signal to the NLRBto go full steam ahead in its assault on job providers andindependent-minded workers.

China will provide stiff competition for Americanconstruction jobs, and you will find it interesting thatChina won the contract for the San Francisco Bridgeand the project is almost complete. Surprised main-stream media has not kept you informed, I am not.

First China made cut-price clothes and knick-knacks.Then it learned how to make mobile phones and iPads.Now it is making a 2,050 foot-long bridge spanning theSan Francisco bay.

Next month, four enormous steel skeletons, the last ofthe 12 segments of the bridge, will be shipped 6,500 milesfrom Shanghai to San Francisco before being assembledon site.

The bridge, which will connect San Francisco toOakland on the other side of the bay, is a sign ofhow China has moved on from building roads andports in Africa and the developing world and is nowaggressively bidding for and winning major constructionand engineering projects in the United States andEurope.

According to Engineering News Record, five of theworld’s top 10 contractors, in terms of revenue, are nowChinese, with the likes of China State ConstructionEngineering Group overtaking established American gi-ants like Bechtel.

CSCEG has already built seven schools in the UnitedStates; apartment blocks in Washington D.C. and NewYork and is in the middle of building a 4,000-room ca-sino in Atlantic City. In New York, it has won contractsto renovate the subway system, build a new metro plat-form near Yankee Stadium, and refurbish the Alexander

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The Friends of the Public Garden with thesupport of the Boston Parks and RecreationDepartment is pleased to re-introduce awonderful Boston tradition on the Common.This endeavor was underwritten by a grantfrom the M. Holt Massey Charitable Trust.It is an exciting new and free children’s pro-gram called Puppets on the Common that willtake place at the Parkman bandstand onThursday, August 18th at 2:30 PM and Thurs-day, August 25th at 2:30 PM. Children of allages will be delighted by the artistry of mas-ter puppeteer, Charlotte Dore, of Rosalita’sPuppets. The performance on August 18th

will be “Rosalita and the Giant Bugs,” and“Aesop’s Fables” is scheduled for the 25th.

The Parkman Bandstand is located nearthe Boylston Street Subway Station off ofTremont Street near the tennis courts. Ifthe weather is fair, bring a blanket or chair;

if the weather is rainy, up to 30 childrencan be accommodated under the Parkmandome on a first-come, first-served basis. Allchildren must be accompanied by an adult.

Although it is being touted as a new pilotproject, Puppets on the Common is really areturn to the time honored tradition of pup-pet shows on Boston Common that took placeas early as 1883. Puppet theaters grace fa-mous parks around the world such as thefamous Guignole Puppets in Paris, the feistyPunch and Judy shows of London, as well asa variety of puppet shows in nearby CentralPark in NYC (which boasts its own puppettheater imported from Sweden). Puppets arepopular in China and India, as well, and whowill ever forget Julie Andrew’s puppet yodel-ing the “Song of the Lonely Goatherd” set inwar-torn Austria in the film, Sound of Music?

For more information, contact the Friendsof the Public Garden at 617-723-8144 or [email protected].

The Friends of the Public Garden is a non-profit citizen’s advocacy group formed in1970 to preserve and enhance Boston’s firstpublic parks: the Boston Common, PublicGarden and Commonwealth Avenue Mallin collaboration with the Mayor and theParks Department of the City of Boston. TheFriends number over 2,500 members andmany volunteers.

Bringing Back a Tradition:Free Puppet Shows on Boston Common

Jennie “Jean” PriviteraIn Loving Memory of

Love, Husband Frank, Daughter Jeannine, Son Frank Jr., and his wife Andrea,Son Philip and his wife Toni-Ann, and Grandchildren

Anthony, Olivia, Payton, Presley, Angelique and Vanessa

Missing You on the Second Anniversary of Your DemiseAugust 11, 2009 - August 11, 2011

God Looked Around His Garden

And Found An Empty Place.

He Looked Down Upon The Earth

And Saw Your Smiling Face.

He Saw The Road Was Getting Rough,

And The Hills Were Hard To Climb.

So He Closed Your Weary Eyelids

And Whispered “Peace Be Thine”

He Put His Arms Around You

And Lifted You To Rest.

God’s Garden Must Be Beautiful

He Only Takes The Best.

It Broke Our Hearts To Lose You

But You Didn’t Go Alone,

For Part Of Us Went With You

The Day God Called You Home


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The so-called Austin-Bos-ton connection began out inLos Angeles back in 1960 atthe Democratic NationalConvention where then-U.S.Senator Jack Kennedy wonhis party’s presidentialnomination in a very tightrace with a number of U.S.senators all wanting to re-place the retiring PresidentDwight David Eisenhower, astrong Republican and au-thentic World War II militaryhero. Democrat Adlai Steven-son tried twice in the fiftiesand failed to beat him. Lead-ing candidates besides Ken-nedy included U.S. SenatorHubert H. Humphrey, whostarted his career in politicsas the young mayor of Min-neapolis in 1948 and SenateMajority Leader LyndonBaines Johnson, D-Texas.

Most Democrats opposedKennedy’s choice of John-son, but Kennedy knew heneeded Johnson on the tic-ket in order to beat the VicePresident Richard Nixon thatNovember. Matching Texasand Massachusetts got Ken-nedy just enough votes towin. Without Johnson, Ken-nedy would have surely lostin 1960. Thus was born theAustin-Boston connection.

For the Giarratani family,the Austin-Boston connec-tion was personalized whenmy nephew, Dominic F.Giarratani III, graduatedfrom Boston Latin School in1988 and headed to Austin,Texas that fall to the Univer-sity of Texas/Austin, wherehe eventually graduated tothe LBJ School of Diplomacyin 1992 where he earned hismaster’s degree.

He fell in love with Texasand is now for all intents andpurposes a Texan by choice.He got married and has aTexas family now living in

Austin since age 18. Hecurrently is an educationallobbyist at the state capitol.I’ve been down to see himfrom time to time and alsolove Texas and the Cityof Austin. Next to Boston,Austin is tops with me. Theclimate is nice. The peopleare nice. The politics arenice. I enjoy being a part-time Texan.

There’s a great pool at mynephew’s country club. Uphere, I have the MirabellaPool over in the North End.Down there, the women arefine. Up here, they are too.Downtown Austin is greatto walk around and thesame thing up here. Downthere, the locals have astrong accent. Up here, wedo too. Down there, theyhave a growing Hispanicpopulation. Up here, takea short walk around EastBoston.

Austin is the capital ofTexas. Up here, Boston isthe capital of Massachu-setts. Down there, they havea great governor in RickPerry. Up here, oh nevermind, that’s not a good com-parison, is it? I get my news-paper commentaries printedall the time up here. On va-cation, the same thing hap-pens down there, too. Downthere, I drink at Starbucks.Up here, ditto. Up here, I’ma conservative. Down there,the place is so conservative,they call me a liberal.

Austin and Boston shouldbe sister cities. Austin hasthe Texas Longhorns, andwe have the New EnglandPatriots. Up here, we havethe Boston Red Sox. Downthere, they have the AustinExpress. Down there theweather is always nice. Uphere, we wish that were truefor us too.

THE AUSTIN-BOSTON CONNECTIONContinues

THOUGHTby Judean Langone

There are no absolutes — except God.

Standard & Poor’s madenoises of a possible down-grade of the U.S. debt whenit warned of a 50% chanceof a downgrade within threemonths, S&P said that it willlikely affirm the AAA ratingif Congress and the WhiteHouse arrive at a deficit re-duction package of $4 trilliondollars. If the agency is con-fident that the deal would beimplemented. S&P notedthat it has U.S. debt reach-ing 84% by 2013. S&PP hasa growing concern about po-litical gridlock “an inabilityto reach an agreement forseveral more years. AAA im-plies that the borrower canpay their debts, come hell orhard water. A downgrade forthe U.S. might raise inter-est by 25-50 basis points andslow GDF growth by a simi-lar amount. Back in 2009S&P threatened a downgradeof the UK debt later affirm-ing the AAA rating after thecountry began implement-ing an austerity package.Moody’s has said, based onthe U.S.’s economic strengthincluding its reserve statusit would give the U.S. a bitmore wiggle room than otherAAA rated countries likeFrance and the UK. StillMoody’s said last week thatit would likely put a negativeoutlook on the U.S. creditrating unless the deal to liftthe debt ceiling includes sub-stantial long-term debt re-duction. Borrowing has showno signs of tracking a lowerpath and spending remainselevated. Still Moody’s said

last week unless the deal tolift the debt ceiling includessubstantial debt reduction,they would need substantialtax hikes. The UK undertooktoo much fiscal austerity toretain their rating as com-parison. Sean Egan of EganJones recently removed anF from its U.S. credit rat-ing due to current debtlevels and challenging de-mographics in the UnitedStates.

Specialty metal-makerCarpenter Technology isbenefiting from new aircraftorders and it means morebusiness for specialty com-panies such as CarpenterTechnology which sells spe-cialty metal, alloys, stainlesssteel, and titanium for jetengines and specialty airframe structures used in jetengines and air framestructures. On 40% of itsbusiness and is growing ata rapid rate off a cyclicallow said Carpenter’s CEOWulfson. Soaring orders fromChina and other Asian mar-kets. The new planes arelarger and need to conservemore. AMR Corp., AmericanAirways announced a recordbreaking order for 460 singleaisle planes from Boeing forthe airbus. The $38 billiondeal will boost deliveries15% next year, and to 1191after rising from 1034 thisyear. Carpenter producersnickel alloys used in jetengines, landing gears, andwings. The Boeing Dream-liner, which has beendelayed is now on stream

to be produced and will rollout soon. The plane useseight times more titaniumfastenings than the 737.Carpenter signed a 10-yearagreement with Goodrichfor its landing gear compo-nents for the F-85 JointStrike Fighter and the F-35Lightning II Joint StrikeFighter. To boost its capac-ity it agreed to buy LatrobeSpecialty Metals. The valuewas $558 million will bol-ster its business in nickelalloys. Energy related salesrose 136% in the last quar-ter to $ 53.9 million. Othersectors Carpenter sees areautomotive and medicalequipment (knee and hip re-placements) and consumerproducts for golf clubs andbicycles, which is 10% ofsales.

NASDAQ rose .9% for theweek, the rest of the mar-ket was flat. The Philadel-phia Index rose 2.4%. TheS&P 500 added .1%, while theNYSE composite slipped frac-tionally. Volume was downsharply on both exchanges.Earnings were the catalystfor most of the action. TravelZoo fell 23%. Fortinent slid21%. Riverband Technologydived 19%. Three stocks thatbeat the estimates rose.Gardiner Surgery Co., rose13%. Alexion Pharmaceuti-cal rose 13% and RoboticTechnology rose 9%, volumewas strong for each. Govern-ment debt problems in theU.S. and Europe continueto inject uncertainty inthe market. The 2nd quarterearnings will be announcednext week and will play a keyrole. Compromise is neededas August 2nd is D-DAY. ThePresident and Congressmust come together for thesake of our nation. The billin Congress cuts spendingand is fair. The 2002 tax billwas enacted to come intoeffect in 2011 cutting hugebenefits from the top earn-ers and those that get big taxright-offs.

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On August 12, 13 and 14,the Saint Rocco’s FeastAssociation will celebrate82 years of tradition duringtheir annual “GrandeFesta.” Saint Rocco’s Feasthas been an integral part ofMalden’s community. Theevent gathers residents andvisitors alike to celebrateeverything Italian in thestreets of Malden.

The Saint Rocco Societybegan 82 years ago inMalden, Massachusetts.One of the oldest societiesin Massachusetts, it hasbecome one of Malden’s pre-miere summer events.

A lifelong resident ofMalden and President of theAssociation, Dr. Steven

Ultrino describes this festi-val as a neighborhood eventwhich has grown immenselyas one of north of Boston’sbest events. “People from allover attend the feast whichhas become a great weekendfor all to enjoy.”

Festivities begin on FridayAugust 12 at 6:30 PM, witha procession led by thestatue of Saint Rocco, fol-lowed by musical entertain-ment by “Keep it Real” (for-merly the New Life Band).

Saturday night starts at7:00 PM with “Beatle Juice,”a tribute to the greatestband of all time, The Beatles.Children will enjoy “Rollothe Clown” as he entertainswith his crazy antics!

Saint Rocco’s 82nd Annual FeastItalian Fun, Food and Entertainment

The Consul General of Italy, GiuseppePastorelli, wife Lilla together with theirson, Andrea, recently paid a visit to the CasaMonte Cassino on Tileston Street in theNorth End of Boston. They were welcomedby Signori Guido Vittiglio, President of theBoard and board members Tino Valdesolo andBruno Palumbo. During their visit, they metwith the new director of the Casa Monte

Left to Right: Tino Valdesolo, Guido Vittiglio, the Consul General Giuseppe Pastorelli,with infant son Andrea, Mrs. Lilla Pastorelli and Bruno Palumbo.

Cassino, Dr. Alpha Paradela and supporterof the Casa, Dr. Maurizio V. Cattaneo, Presi-dent and CEO of Biovolutions Inc. The Con-sul General met with the Gashi family fromKosovo, whose children are one of severalrecipients of the charitable work of the CasaMonte Cassino.

For information on the Casa Monte Cassinoand how you can help, call 617-227-1613.

Consul General of Italy and FamilyVisit Casa Monte Cassino

On Sunday the festi-val honors Saint Rocco witha full procession in thestreets of Malden startingat 2:00 PM. The eveningcontinues with perfor-mances by “BCapp” followedby “Ambrosiani” who willsing Italian songs from yes-teryear and today.

Special guest this year is“Wally the Green Monster”who will stroll the feast onSunday.

Don’t forget the outstand-ing food all weekend by localItalian vendors!

A weekend full of fun for allages! Saint Rocco’s Feasthas something to pleaseeveryone.

For more information, call617-733-7552 or log ontowww.saintroccosfeast.org.

The 82nd Annual Feast ofSaint Rocco is held onPearl and Thacher Streets,Malden, MA. Festival Hours:Friday 7–11PM; Saturday7–11PM; Sunday 2–10PM.Parking is available aroundthe streets of the Feast.Free/residential parking.Located on T Route: MaldenCenter - Orange Line.

ABOUT SAINT ROCCOSaint Rocco was born of

noble parentage about 1340A.D. in Montpellier, France.At birth it was noted thathe had a red cross-shapedbirthmark on the left sideof his chest. As a youngchild, San Rocco showedgreat devotion to God andthe Blessed Mother. At anearly age, his parents diedleaving him an orphanunder the care of his uncle,the Duke of Montpellier.Soon after, San Rocco dis-tributed his wealth amongthe poor and took a vow ofpoverty.

Lovethatdirtywater, New England’s champion three-year-old in 2010, was named the recipient of the 2010 James B.Moseley Horse of the Year Award by the New England TurfWriters Association at its 69th Annual Awards Dinner heldat the Danversport Yacht Club in Danvers, MA.

Owned and trained by John Botty, Lovethatdirtywater hadpreviously earned champion juvenile honors in 2009.

Lovethatdirtywater returned to Suffolk Downs to kick offhis sophomore campaign and was fourth in his first startback. He quickly returned to championship form with threeconsecutive victories against strong fields and capped offhis season with a gallant runner-up finish behind an up-set winner after dueling through blistering fractions. Theaptly-named Boston-based runner thrilled local fans fromJuly to November and ended his season with three winsand one second from five starts.

Other divisional winners honored at the awards dinnerwere: 2-year-old filly – Sociano’s Legacy; 2-year-oldmale – Miscoe Gray; 3-year-old filly – Winning Image;Robert M. O’Malley Memorial Award – 3-year-old colt –Lovethatdirtywater; Older female – Technically Wicked; JamesR. Bishop Memorial Award - Older male – Western Tease;Joseph E. Carney Memorial Award – Turf male – NationalHero; Turf female - Battingstar; Sprinter – Western Tease;Cliff Sundberg Memorial Award - New England-bred – Mr.Meso; Special Achievement – Jacqueline Davis, HectorRamos, Hi Time Scott, Glenridge Stable & Joe Signore, Jr. andNick Zito; Eli Chiat Memorial Award – Outstanding Jockey –Tammi Piermarini; Gerry Sullivan Memorial Award – Out-standing Trainer – Charles Assimakopoulos; Lou SmithMemorial Award – Yearly Achievement – Ask Queenie; SamMcCracken Memorial Award – Lifetime Achievement –Michael Blowen.

The New England Turf Writers Association also inductedits Hall of Fame Class of 2011, which consists of trainerRonald Dandy, jockey Henry Wajda, Francis “Skip” McDonnell,James “Judge” Dooley and reporter and Handicapper BobWaldo. A plaque bearing the names of all of the inducteesis on permanent display at the Sports Museum located inthe TD Garden.

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We provide and coordinate the many differentservices an older adult may require, such as: • Primary and specialty medical care• Home nursing and personal care• Rehabilitation• Social interaction• Medications without co-pays and

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The Elder Service Plan is available to individuals 55 years of age or older who live in East Boston, Winthrop, Everett, Chelsea, or Revere, qualify for nursing facility level of care as determined by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and have the ability to live safely in the community with services provided by the Elder Service Plan. You may request disenrollment at any time. Your effective date of disenrollment will be the first day of the month following receipt of your request. Please be aware that you cannot disenroll from theElder Service Plan at a Social Security office. All services must be provided by or authorized by the PACE Interdisciplinary Team (except emergency services). PACE participants maybe held liable for costs for unauthorized or out of PACE program agreement services.

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We Joyfully Welcome

Jake Nicholas LaRosa

We wish to congratulate proud parents Patty andNicholas LaRosa of Boston, Massachusetts on thebirth of their son Jake, born June 23rd, 2011, weigh-ing in at 5 pounds, 11 ounces. Grandparents are:Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. LaRosa of the North End,Boston, Kaye and Randy Daniel of Marble Falls, TX,Bob and Barbara Warford of Hot Springs, AR.

Ciao Bella,“Beauty Culture” can be viewed in

many ways. Especially, accordingto All That Zazz, Beauty is every-where!

I’ve brought you trips, muse-ums, theatre and of course thecare of oneself to beautify andmaintain. All in the name ofBeauty, I bring you my latest ad-venture to Provincetown, CapeCod. There, just coming into town,passing the curvaceous dunes,cruising down narrow CommercialStreet filled with walking people,music blasting my 80s Best of Rick AstleyCD. Our baby blue Zip Car “Muffet” Mini Coo-per with top down and sunshine warmingour faces.

Here are the sights and smells of ocean,flower bushes of beach roses and hyacinth.The Portuguese Bakery also fills the airwith its fresh sweet goods! The senses ofsmell are extravagantly rich as we continueour travel in this artful culture of art galler-ies, clothing stores, restaurants of seafoodand pride! My trips to P’town are outnum-bered by a span of over 30 years. Every visitnever disappoints with all its kitschy glory.

This year the gardens spoketo me in immense color and

abundance. “See you old man win-ter. We’re back, we’re here and

we’re staying!”A new adventure this year was un-

expected, most exhilarating and quitebreath taking! Our friend, Rich J.,took us out dune-buggying inhis jeep. There we were drivingthrough the warm sands of RacePoint and its lighthouse. As wekept plowing through the softsand, Rich pulled right up to theseashore, waves and foam wait-

ing to cool our feet! Truly amazing! I’vebarely recovered!

Beauty lies in the soul of a new adven-ture. It tantalizes your inner being with acalming verve. Choose one wisely.

— Mary DiZazzo-TrumbullP.S. Big Happy Anniversary wishes to The

Post-Gazette — molti baci!!!Read prior weeks’ “All That Zazz” columns

at www.allthatzazz.com. Mary is a third-generation cosmetologist and a Massachusettsdistributor of Kosmea brand rose hip oil prod-ucts. She may be contacted at (978) 470-8183or [email protected].

SAVE THE DATE ... North End ReunionJoin us on Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 6–10 PM at Spinelli’s, Route One South,

Lynnfield, MA for dinner and dancing. Music from the ’50s and ’60s. Limited to 250 people.Call early, deadline to purchase tickets is September 2, 2011. Contact Lolly Ciampa at781-938-9254 or Ro-Ro DeMarco at 781-284-5945.

Boston, compact and var-ied, is a city made for walk-ers, making this one moreaspect of the many that con-tribute to our enjoyment ofthe city, helping to make it,at least for us, an ideal placeto live. Because we love towalk, we are always lookingfor new routes; two at thetop of our list for sheer en-joyment are the walks alongthe Greenway and SouthBoston’s Sugar Bowl.

As you walk along theGreenway, that stretch ofpark that begins at NorthStation and ends at SouthStation, it is hard to believethat just a few years agoan overhead expresswayoccupied the same stretchof land creating a dark andforbidding corridor as a con-sequence. We begin ourGreenway walk at the top ofHanover Street and gradu-ally make our way past thecarousel and the new HarborIslands Pavilion. As you walkthrough the connectingparks that make up theGreenway, with their mani-cured lawns and thick shrub-

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bery, you become aware oftheir subtle differences andinteresting plantings thataccompany you along yourway. You pass the Mothers’Walk and the fountainwhere children dart excit-edly through jets of waterthat seem to constantlycatch them by surprise andare next greeted by HarborFog, the interactive sculp-ture by Ross Miller.

As we cross CongressStreet and enter the UrbanPark the terrain suddenlychanges and we find our-selves walking along agravel path flanked by BlackEyed Susans, Yellow Liliesand Hydrangeas; of coursethere are benches along theentire Greenway, but it ishere that we usually stopand sit, just for a couple ofmoments simply to enjoythis beautiful section of theGreenway.

Our walk takes us throughthe wonderful little park inChinatown with its bambootrees, waterfall and stream.


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MADONNA DELLA CAVA August 12, 13, 14 Hanover & Battery Sts. Sunday Procession 1 pm

MADONNA del SOCCORSO August 18,19, 20, 21 North, Fleet & Lewis Sts. (Fisherman’s) Sunday Procession 1 pm

ST. ANTHONY August 26, 27, 28 Endicott & Thacher Sts. Sunday Procession 12 pm

ST. LUCY August 29 Monday Procession - Endicott St. 5 pm

Malden, MASAINT ROCCO FESTIVAL August 12, 13, 14Pearl Street Sunday Procession 1 pm

Franklin, MASAINT ROCCO FESTIVAL August 12, 13, 14Corner of Main and Pleasant Sts. Healing Mass and Sacrament of the Sick Saturday 10 am

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The dog days of summer:Ten tips on how to keep yourpet safe from summer heat.With summer in full gear, dogowners are anxious to gettheir pets and themselves offthe sofa and out into the glo-rious land of blue skies,fresh air and endless sun-shine. I know my humancompanion is sitting at theNorth End Pool soaking herbuns, but as far as my poochfriends are concerned, Ihave to worry about themand this is why I have con-sidered extending this infor-mation to all my readers es-pecially with pets. As tempt-ing as it may be to want totake Charlie (Fido) with youeverywhere you go, remem-ber that the sweltering heatcan take its toll on your dog.Here are a few importantthings to remember as youand your dog prepare for funin the sun this summer.

(1) Dogs suffer from heatstroke like humans. Dogscan quickly come down witha bad case of heat stroke,however, unlike people, ourcanine counterparts havelimited ability to cool off bysweating. Dogs have sweatglands on their foot padsonly. Their main mecha-nism for cooling down ispanting and it can be insuf-ficient to lower body tem-perature on a very hot day.

(2) Whether your dog isplaying in the back yard oryou’re exercising with yourdog in the park, make sureyou always have an amplesupply of water on hand. Athome make sure his or herwater bowl is in the shadeso the water stays as cool aspossible and so your petdoesn’t run the risk of burn-ing its tongue on an over-heated bowl. An easy way todo this is to use half ice andhalf cold water. If you’re outand about with your pet carryan extra bottle of water withyou and bring along a smallcontainer from which theycan drink.

(3) Walk your dog duringcooler hours in the hot sum-mer months. Consider walk-ing your dog either in theearly morning or late after-noon when the sun is leastharsh. Additionally, be sureto walk your dog on grass ordirt to avoid burning their

paws on the hot pavementand provide access to shadeat all times.

(4) Protect your dog fromticks, fleas and other pests.As summer nears, it’s im-portant to provide your petwith proper treatment forthe prevention of heart-worms, ticks, and fleas. De-pending upon the climate inwhich you live there arevarying guidelines. Checkwith your pet’s vet to ensureyou’re doing everything pos-sible to protect your pet.Make sure your vet knowsall of the products you areusing as well as all the medi-cations your pet is on to pre-vent any drug interactions.If your pet spends a lot oftime outdoors, also look intopurchasing a pet-safe bugrepellent to prevent annoy-ing insect bites.

(5) Avoid crowded summerevents. While it might seemlike a good idea to bring yourpooch to the local festival orparade, your dog is almostalways better off at home.The heat, noise, crowds andgeneral excitement can bephysically and emotionallytaxing for your pet causinga great deal of anxiety andstress. (I find this one funnybecause living in the NorthEnd there are no quietevents. Now with the feastsand the music and the fire-works I am going to have toleave town until this is allover).

(6) Do your homework be-fore shaving your dog in theheat of the summer. Manypet owners believe it’s bestto shave their dogs and insome cases it is. In others,it’s not such a good idea. Ifyour dog is a swimmer, getseasily matted, tends to sheda lot or spends a lot of timeoutdoors, you might want toconsider a summer shave.Reasons not to shave yourdog include that their furprovides protection from thesun, biting flies and mosqui-toes. Believe it or not, manydogs feel naked and vulner-able without their coats. Al-ways check with your vetbefore shaving your dog inthe summer.

(7) Dogs need protectionfrom the sun as do people.Overexposure to UV rays cangive your dog a nasty case ofsunburn, peeling skin, pain-ful inflammation and alsoincrease the risk of skincancer. Because dogs havefur, people often assumethey are not in danger ofgetting sunburned. Thisisn’t true. While fur does pro-vide some level of sun pro-tection, the bridge of thenose, ear tips, skins aroundthe lips and other areas lack-ing pigmentation are highlysusceptible to sun damage.There are specially formu-lated sunscreens availablefor dogs, but check with yourvet to find the best solutionfor your pet.

(8) Not all dogs are bornswimmers. Swimming withyour dog is great exerciseand can also provide relieffrom summer heat. Despitepopular belief, not all dogswere born to swim. Theoreti-cally all dogs can swim, how-ever, some breeds such asBulldogs, Basset hounds andPugs have more difficultythan others. When encour-aging your dog to swim it’simportant to know its physi-cal ability, stamina, bodyshape, condition and breath-ing ability. Fit your dog withPFD (personal flotation de-vice) if you are not sureabout his swimming abilityor if you plan on taking himboating. Life jackets madefor dogs keep the head abovewater and have a handle onthe back to make it easierto grab them out of the wa-ter. The most importantthing is to remember tonever force the dog, take itslow, have reasonable ex-pectations and have fun.

(9) Exercise good watersafety. For your dog thereare many safety precautionsyou should take when yourdog is around water. Firstand foremost, make sureyour dog can swim. Otherdangers are less about thedog and more about the placethey are swimming. The keyto water safety is to be aware



Wine enthusiast andwriter Robert Camuto de-cided to visit and study asmany wineries he could inSicily and take time to visithis ancestral home of hisgrandfather in the slopes ofMount Etna.

He arrives in Scoglitti hun-gry. The restaurant he se-lects proves to be superb.Lacking menus he selectshis wine with a connois-seur’s pitch. Assisted by ablewaitresses Camuto beginshis many-coursed meatlessmeal that consisted of a pairof raw marinated langous-

tines, a few prawns in lemonand oil, seasoned merluzzo,grilled squid and swordfish,drizzled octopus and steamedmussels. I almost forgot thatCamuto was served, in ad-dition, two bowls of pasta,which he ate sleepily butjoyfully. Camuto describeseach morsel withheavenly bliss.

Camuto beginshis narrative byexplaining howthe vineyards inSicily were de-stroyed by thephylloxera para-site during thelatter part of the nineteenthcentury. Nonetheless, thecomeback of Sicily’s promi-nent wine makers is well on

its way, assisted by the richred Nero d’Avola and theelegant Nerello Mascalesewines to name a few.

Camuto’s highly descrip-tive wording of the wines hetastes can only be rivaled byhis lip-smacking descrip-tions of the varied tasty food

he indulges in. Camuto’sundisputed description ofwine tasting is featuredwhen he writes the follow-

ing, “We stuck our noses inour glasses. It smelled aswarm and complex as a vil-lage bakery on a springmorning. It tasted sweet butat the same time ancient asan old church missal, and itseemed it could last in themouth for hours.”

As Camutotravels throughSicily he en-counters a vari-ety of person-alities, somewere quite so-p h i s t i c a t e d .One in particu-lar is Marco de

Grazia who was born inWashington DC. His motherwas a painter-sculptor andhis father, Sebastian, a his-

torian and political philoso-pher. Obviously, Camuto isimpressed by De Grazia’spresence, accentuated by aRoman nose and curly brownhair. De Grazia tells Camuto,“The Golden period endedwith the double blow of phyl-loxera and the unification ofItaly.”

On the edge of Etna in thesmall town of Solicchiata,Camuto meets Belgian bornFrank Cornelissen whospoke perfect Italian andAmerican English without aEuropean accent. He storedhis wine in amphorae urnssunken to their necks inlava sand. Also, he does notadd any sulfur to his winesbecause Etna produces sul-phurous volcanic gasses.Camuto declares, after hisdiscussions with FrankCornilissen that Frank hadbecome Sicilian.

Another foremost winemaker and producer of alarge range of vegetables isDiego Planeta who declaresforthright that Sicily hadthousands of grape varietiesthat need to be tested andselected leading to Sicily’senormous potential. Headds, “Sicily has a lot tooffer the world.”

As you read Camuto’sreflections of a variety ofwine producers in Sicily,one senses the ebb and flowof the progress in wine mak-ing. His stops in Marsala andthe capital city of Palermoare exciting but disturb-ing when Camuto describesthe ancient structures sur-rounded by squalor.

Camuto writes aboutAlberto Tasca who reflects,“a generation of youngSicilians who came of agearound the time of theFalcone and Borsellino as-sassinations and vowed notto leave.” Tasca is the CEOof a company with vast hold-ings of productive land. Tohis delight Camuto is takenby helicopter to visit Tasca’svineyards.

Camuto’s discovery ofwomen managing wine-making facilities I foundsomewhat surprising as wellas fascinating. Read this:“Francesca, a mother of twoinfant daughters who is mar-ried to a dentist, runs andoversees the family’s wineoperations.”

Camuto says he is not awine expert. This extraordi-nary book proves he is ahumble connoisseur. I foundthis book to be knowledge-able and interesting and toonce again increase mydesire to visit Sicily andmingle with what I considerthe most remarkable peopleI have ever met.

The fascinating photos ofthe Sicilian wine-makersand their land adds color anddepth to this remarkablebook. Read it and you will seewhat I mean.

Palmento: A Sicilian Wine Odysseyby Robert V. Camuto

Hard Cover • 250 Pages • Published by University of Nebraska Press

Camuto begins his narrative byexplaining how the vineyards in Sicily

were destroyed by the phylloxeraparasite during the latter part of

the nineteenth century.

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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.

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We all have until Sunday,August 7 to visit, or revisit,what has been called “amagical wonderland to de-light Alice herself” via theMuseum of Fine Arts’ cur-rent exhibition of “Chihuly:Through the Looking Glass.”

The highly popular exhibitpresents new and earlyworks created over the lastfour decades by DaleChihuly, one of the world’sforemost artists working inglass. “Chihuly: Through theLooking Glass” features 12boldly hued installations.

Nine of these glass instal-lations are on view in theMFA’s Ann and GrahamGund Gallery, which servesas the main stage for theexhibition.

Three additional artworksare displayed within andoutside of the Museum’ssoaring, glass-enclosed Ruthand Carl J. Shapiro FamilyCourtyard, including the42-foot-tall “Lime GreenIcicle Tower.”

For more information,please call 617-267-9300 orvisit www.mfa.org.

……. On Wednesday, Au-gust 3, at 12:30 p.m., alfresco lunch goers at theHarvard Longwood Campuswill enjoy a free midday con-cert from harmonica playerand guitarist Noé Socha.

The blues musician whohails from Italy will joina list of talented artistsperforming for free everyWednesday at 12:30 p.m.through September 7,weather permitting.

Hailing from Carpi, asmall town in NorthernItaly, Socha is anything buta typical blues musician.Originally a classical musi-cian, Socha discovered bluesafter he began studyingwith Enrico Zanella, Socha’steacher at Musicology, asmall music school inModena, Italy.

In 2008, Socha attended a“Berklee in Italy” program atthe Umbria Jazz Festival,

where he was awarded a fullscholarship to attend theBerklee College of MusicFive-Week Summer Perfor-mance Program after per-forming for a panel of Berkleerepresentatives.

During his summer atBerklee, Socha won manyaccolades including a full-tuition scholarship to con-tinue his studies at Berkleeas a full-time college stu-dent. Socha’s influences in-clude Mississippi John Hurt,Muddy Waters, B.B. King, andLightening Hopkins.

Through more than 65years, Berklee College ofMusic has evolved to supportthe belief that the best wayto prepare students for ca-reers in music is throughcontemporary music educa-tion. The college was thefirst in the U.S. to teach jazz,the popular music of the time.

It incorporated rock n’ rollin the 1960s; created theworld’s first degree programsin film scoring, music syn-thesis and songwriting; and,in recent years, added worldmusic, hip-hop, electronica,and video-game music to itscurriculum.

With a diverse studentbody representing more than

80 countries, and a musicindustry “who’s who” ofalumni who have received200 Grammy Awards, Berk-lee is considered by manyto be the world’s premierlearning lab for the music oftoday — and tomorrow.

For more information onBerklee concerts in neigh-borhoods all over Boston thissummer, visit Berklee.edu/events/summer.

……. The Forbes HouseMuseum in Milton will cel-ebrate the departure of itsearly Milton Hill resident,Governor Thomas Hutchin-son, on Sunday, Septem-ber 25 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the88 Wharf Street Restaurant.

The irreverent, but not his-torically accurate, re-enact-ment and cocktail receptionwill be held in conjunctionwith Hutchinson’s departureand will include a fife anddrum procession down toMilton Wharf, where theGovernor’s neighbors andfriends will have gathered togreet him.

“The Governor” will also beaccompanied to the wharfby a colonial regiment (TheGardner Regiment of Char-lestown) that will fire a mus-ket salute upon his arrival.After mingling with hisfriends and neighbors on theterrace of 88 Wharf Street,he will be introduced and de-liver his farewell remarks.

At the conclusion of his“historically inaccurate re-marks,” he will be escortedto the water’s edge by the

Noted Boston artist Barbara Gerber, right, welcomes herfriend and Wellington, Florida resident Joan Sellman tothe Chihuly exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

(Photo by Hilda M. Morrill)

Since its installation inMarch, Chihuly’s “LimeGreen Icicle Tower” hasmade such a resoundingimpact on members andvisitors alike that the MFAhas launched a campaign toraise more than $1 millionto purchase the 42-foot-tallwork of art.(Photo by Hilda M. Morrill)

Available at the MFA gift shop, the beautiful book “MilleFiori” is a play on the Italian word millefiori (onethousand flowers). The Chihuly “Fiori” Series sculpturesare considered by many to be “magical gardens” full offloral forms and designs. (Photo by Hilda M. Morrill)

fife and drummers and theGardner Regiment andboard an open vessel to betransported down theNeponset River towardDorchester Point “to sailback to England” aboard theMinerva. As his vessel be-gins to pass from view, theregiment will fire a finalmusket volley as guestsdrink a “colonial grog” toastto their departing Miltonneighbor.

Governor Hutchinson wasthe last civilian Royal Gov-ernor of the MassachusettsColony and lived for severalyears at his Milton summerhome on Adams Street, af-ter angry colonists who weremembers of the Sons ofLiberty burned down hisBoston residence.

The large ReenactmentEvent Committee includesPeggy and Dick Dray, Sandyand Gregory Downes, NancyGallagher, Shelley Gallagher,Jim and Maggie Hayes, TrishKarter, Lucinda and RichardLarson, Susan Mann, PamLazares, Carolyn Burke,Annie Sullivan, OtileMcManus, Sara Harnish,Charlie Truslow, Liz Dier-nan, Tony Will, Craig Dolan,Meredith Hall, CandaceAiello, Maria Karagianis,Isabel Perkins, Ben andBarbara Phinney, BradRichardson, Adam and JoanSholley, Linda Weld, Janeand Richard Howe, KaiArmstrong, Pat Dowling,


May an Insurance Company share commission feeswith an unlicensed broker?

ANAWAN INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., & another1

vs. DIVISION OF INSURANCE1Stephen G. Michaels

SJC-10715SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS

2011 Mass. LEXIS 250January 6, 2011, Argued • April 29, 2011, Decided

The division received twoanonymous letters in 1999stating, among other allega-tions, that Anawan, in addi-tion to its principal place ofbusiness in West Roxbury,had improperly begun oper-ating out of a second locationat 76 Shirley Avenue inRevere; one of the lettersalleged that the name of theagency operating from thataddress was “Handel Ins.”The division assigned aninvestigator to investigatethe facts alleged in the anon-ymous letters. The investi-gation took a very long time,for reasons not explained inthe record. During its course,the investigator learned thatKuntthy Prum was doing

business as Handel Insur-ance Agency at 76 ShirleyAvenue in Revere, thatPrum had been licensed asan insurance broker fromMay 27, 1994, for three years(i.e., until May, 1997), buthad not renewed his licensethereafter.

On June 23, 2004, Ana-wan, through Michaels, re-sponded, informing the divi-sion that Prum had brokeredinsurance business throughAnawan from January 7,1997, through December 31,2001, and listing all the com-missions paid to Prum. OnOctober 25, 2004, the divi-sion commenced its enforce-ment action. Specifically, thedivision issued an order to

show cause alleging thatAnawan had violated bothG.L.C. 175, § 177, by payingcommissions to Prum ata time when he was notlicensed to transact insur-ance business in the Com-monwealth. The divisionsought imposition of a fine orcivil penalty against Anawanfor every separate violationof these two statutes.

The Supreme Court up-held the fine.

The Court said:The decision upholding

the fine imposed by theSupreme Court is affirmed.

This case says an Insur-ance Company may not paybroker’s commissions if thebroker is not licensed.

PITBULL - PLANET PITJ Records/Mr. 305

Message alert! NASA hasended their “Space Program”— but if you want to con-tinue in orbit you only needto tune in to Pitbull’s new-est release — Planet Pit.Born of first-generationCuban parents, Pitbull deliv-ers raw energy in his partymusic collection of a dozentracks of excitement. Pitbullfans can revel in the briefintro “Mr. Worldwide,” theglobal smash single “GiveMe Everything” featuringNe-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer,the single “Rain Over Me”with Marc Anthony, the clubanthem and album’s firstsingle “Hey Baby (Drop It ToThe Floor) with T-Pain, thehalting “Pause,” and EnriqueInglesias joins in with “ComeN Go.” That’s just the half ofit, as T-Pain & Sean Paullend rhythm to “Shake Se-nora,” while Chris Brownhelps to serve up “Interna-tional Love,” the talentedKelly Rowland is featured on“Castle Made Of Sand,” andworking with Pit on “TookMy Love” are Red Foo, Vein& David Rush. Jamie Foxxjoins team Pit for “Where DoWe Go,” and ends with thecreative “Something For TheDJs.” Pitbull had a hand inpenning each of the dozen“potential” hits!

WINNIE THE POOHWalt Disney Records

This latest Disney creationWinnie the Pooh, has anoriginal score by Henry Jack-man. Original songs com-posed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Alsoincluded are vocal perfor-mances by Zooey Deschanelon “Winnie The Pooh,” “AVery Important Thing ToDo,” “Everything Is Honey,”“Pooh’s Finale” and “So Long.”Additional highlights have“Winner Song” performed bythe “The Tummy Song” per-formed by Jim Cummingsand Robert Lopez, withCraig Ferguson and the Castcontributing “The BacksonSong.” Jackman’s score ispunctuated with the sweetflowing sounds of success asit follows Winnie on his in-teresting adventure to Hun-dred Acre Wood, that makesone hope will never end!

JOHNNY BOY WOULDLOVE THIS … A TRIBUTE

TO JOHN MARTYN(2-CD)

Hole in the RainJohn Martyn was a British

musician in the late ’60swho crafted evocative andmusically complex songs,with a following that in-cluded Eric Clapton, TheBand’s Levon Helm, Lee“Scratch” Perry, the Cure’sRobert Smith, Beck andMorcheeba. Thirty artists —some young and new, somebig guns, and old friends,breathe new life intoMartyn’s music with thisdouble-CD. Disc One has,“Let The Good ThingsCome,” (David Gray), “SmallHours” (Smith), the intense“Stormbringer” (Beck), theacoustic gem “Go Easy”(Vetiver), the soaring “Solid

Air” (Skye Edwards), andPaolo Nutini covers “OneWorld.” Immense beauty onDisc Two surfaces with SnowPatrol’s “May You Never,” theclean and clear “Go DownEasy” (Beth Orton), “FineLines” (Syd Kitchen), “RunHoney Run” (Morcheeba),the tender strains of “Angel-ine” (Nicholas Barron),the beautiful “Hurt InYour Heart” from JudieTzuke, plus “Back To Stay”(Ultan Conlon), and PhilCollins caps off this superbalbum with “Tearing AndBreaking.”

MICHAEL MARTINMURPHEY — TALL GRASS

& COOL WATERRural Rhythm

Michael Martin Murpheyhas been labeled —“America’s #1 Cowboy Singer& Bluegrass Grammy nomi-nated artist. Murphey fillsthe need of those who desiretrue country sounds, com-bining classics with hisown compositions to fill a12-song CD. Sample slicesas, “Texas Cowboy,” the clas-sic “Cool Water” and “WayOut There” both written byBob Nolan (Sons of the Pio-neers), followed by Murphey’s“The Santa Fe Trail,” “TheRailroad Corral,” and theromantic tale “Partner ToThe Wind.” Roping youin with “Trusty Lariat,”Murphey serves up ‘TheJames Gang Trilogy’ a 3-partmedley of — “The Ballad ofCole Younger,” “The Ballad ofJesse James” and “FrankJames Farewell,” putting thefinishing touches on the oldWest via “Blue Prairie” andthe “riding-tall-in-the-saddle” sound of “Springtimein the Rockies.” Tall Grass& Cool Water is a marriagemade in heaven!SUBLIME WITH ROME —

YOURS TRULYFueled By Ramen

Sublime with Rome is aCalifornia-based ska punkband originally performingunder the name Sublime.The loss of vocalist BradleyNorwell to a drug overdose in1996 resulted in a legalbattle over name rights,prompting a new name, andthe addition of front man‘Rome’ Ramirez. Rome joinsSublime survivors BudGaugh and Eric Wilson. Thealbum’s lead single is theenergetic “Panic,” trailed bythe easy flow “Only,” a pairof reggae dancehall gems —“Lover’s Rock” and “Murdera,”along with the punk-flavored“My World” and “Paper Cuts.”Currently on tour with 311,their highly anticipated al-bum continues with therock-pop sound of “PCH,”switching to the reggae beatfor “Same Old Situation,”“Take It Or Leave It,” andthe warning — “You BetterListen.” A bit more rock-popwith “Spun,” and their finaleis in the form of “Can YouFeel It” on which Sublimewith Rome is joined byAmerican rapper Wiz Khalifa.New name, great sound, gladto hear that Sublime withRome never went from ‘thesublime to the ridiculous!’

NSTAR, North End Against Drugs, Inc. and The Nazzaro Center Present

22nd Annual North EndFamily Pride Week

IN MEMORY OF ROBERT “BOBBY D” DeCRISTOFOROPRIDE WEEK EVENTS

MONDAY, AUGUST 1ST

6:30 PMN.E.W.N.C. - Emilie Pugliano/Bobby D., Neighbor-

hood Family Boat Cruise - Long Wharf. Space is limited!To sign up call JR at 617-880-9901. Pre-registrationrequired. All ages (under 16 with parent) welcome.6:00 pm boarding time.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2ND

6:00 PM - 9:00 PMNational Night Out — Paul Revere Mall (Prado)

Hanover Street. BBQ, DJ, Candle Ceremony, Face Paint-ing, Balloon Art, NEMPAC, Boston Police, Church Bells,Kids Krafts, Suffolk County DA, MBTA Police, Suffolk CountySheriff’s Dept., Registry of Motor Vehicles, N.E. Kids KarateDemo.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3RD

7:00 PMR.O.C. Teen Saturday Family Movie Night - Movie -

TBD. DeFillipo Playground - Gassy Park: Presented byPizzeria Regina.

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM8th Annual N.E.A.A. Old-timers Softball All-Star

Game, Puopolo Park.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4TH

10:30 AM - 11:15 AMN.E.M.P.A.C. Interactive Vocal Performance Work-

shop, Paul Revere Mall. All ages welcome.2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

North End Jamboree — “A Drug Prevention and Edu-cation Program” for parents and children. Sponsored byThe North End Health Center, Polcari Playground. Aplay written and acted by Nazzaro Center Summer CampKids. Also, music by the Nazzaro Center Band.

5:30 PM - 8:00 PMSenior Citizens Bbq & Big Band Concert - Nazzaro

Center, 30 N. Bennet Street. Good food and great music.Enjoy the sounds of Al Natale’s Big Band Orchestra.

7:30 PMNorth End Women’s Softball All-Star Game —

Langone Park, Commercial Street.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH

11:00 AMPuppet Show — Sponsored by City Councilor Salvatore

LaMattina — “One World — Many Stories,” North EndBranch Public Library, 25 Parmenter Street: Kids of allages welcome!! Light refreshments provided by S.T.E.P.,Inc.

10:00 AM - 3:00 PMBake Sale & Eggplant Sandwiches - ABCD North

End/West End Service Center, 1 Michelangelo Street. CallMary Romano for more information 617-523-8125. Rain

or shine. All proceeds to benefits NEAD Programs. Deliciousbaked goods and eggplant sandwiches.

6:00 PM - 9:00 PMBoston R.O.C.K.S. Sports Night - Polcari Playground.

Sports fun with Al and Mikey Fud — refreshments, ages8-16.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6TH

1:00 PMAnnual Little League Family Game, Langone Park.

Parents vs. The Kids. Sponsored by TD Garden and TheBoston Bruins.

5:00 PM21st Annual Lafesta Baseball Tournament, Puopolo

Park, Commercial Street. North End vs. North Adams All-Stars. Game #1.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7TH

12:00 NOON - 4:30 PMNorth End Family Pride Day - Langone Park, Com-

mercial Street. North End Health Center, Face Painting,Kiddie Rides, Museum of Science, Magic by World ClassMagicienne Sandra Shields, Substance Abuse Info S.T.E.P.,North End Jamboree Play, Save the Harbor Save the Bay,Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, U.S. Coast Guard,MWRA, NEMPAC Fun Table.

TOURNAMENTS10:00 AM

21st Annual LaFesta Baseball Tournament: Game 212:00 NOON

Johnny Paolo Bocce Tournament, Register fee $5.00.ART CONTEST

Sponsored by Public Action for Arts and Education —All ages — Prizes awarded.

LIVE PERFORMANCES12:15 PM Crosstown1:00 PM Street Magic2 PM TO 4 PM Nazzaro Center Kids Talent Show.

MAJOR SPONSORSMAYOR THOMAS M. MENINO

“My Summer in the City Grant Program”City Councillor Salvatore LaMattina,Congressman Michael E. Capuano,

Senator Anthony Petrucelli, Representative Aaron MichlewitzAusonia Council Knights of Columbus #1513, NSTAR, BostonPolice Area A-1 (G.R.E.A.T. Program), Citizens Bank, MassportAuthority, “A Taste of the North End”, TD Garden, NazzaroCenter, North End Athletic Association, Boston Harbor Cruises,North End Music and Performing Arts Center, Regional ReviewNewspaper, Boston R.O.C.K.S., Joe Pace & Son, Post-GazetteNewspaper, Mike’s Pastry, Artu Restaurant, North End HealthCenter, Public Action for Arts and Education, St. Anthony’s Feast,Polcari’s Coffee, Lavanderia, Terrence Kennedy, Governor’sCouncil, Boston Foundation, Halftime Pizza, Anonymous


NOWPLAYING

UPTOWN & DOWNTOWN

ITALIAN EVENTS & PROGRAMS

THEATER

Special Events

NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE 62 Dunham Road, Beverly, MA

2011 SEASON - Footloose!August 16–28, The King & I Sep-tember 27–October 9, LegallyBlonde November 1–13, A Christ-mas Carol December 2–23, HarveyRobbins’ Royalty of Doo-WoppAugust 6, Marie Osmond August 29,B.B. King September 1, Steve TyrellSeptember 10, Harvey Robbins’Royaly of Rock ‘N Roll October 22,Snow White July 29, Cinderella’sWedding August 5, Little Red RidingHood August 26, 2011. NSMT willcontinue to add concerts and specialevents throughout the season. Forfurther information, please visitwww.nsmt.org, contact the BoxOffice at 978-232-7200, or visit inperson at 62 Dunham Road, Beverly,MA 01915. Gift certificates are alsoon sale through the box office.

LOEB DRAMA CENTER64 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA

THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY ANDBESS - August 17, 2011–October 2,2011 by George Gershwin, Duboseand Dorothy Heyward, and IraGershwin, adapted by Suzan-LoriParks and Diedre Murray; directed byDiane Paulus; choreographed by RonK. Brown. In 1935, Porgy and Besspremiered at the Colonial Theater inBoston. Now, 76 years later, theA.R.T. brings back Porgy and Bessin a new production featuring inter-nationally renowned stars AudraMcDonald as Bess, Norm Lewis asPorgy and David Alan Grier as Sport-ing Life. A.R.T. Artistic Directorand Tony Award nominee DianePaulus directs this revival adapted byPulitzer Prize-winning playwrightSuzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog,The America Play, Venus) and OBIE-winning composer Diedre Murray(Running Man, Best of Both Worlds).This classic American tale is set inthe 1930s in Catfish Row, a neigh-borhood in Charleston, South Caro-lina. Bess, beautiful and troubled,turns to Porgy, the crippled beggar,

ITALIAN RADIO PROGRAMS“The Sicilian Corner” 11:00AM to

1:00PM every Friday with host TomZappala and Mike Lomazzo and “TheItalian Show” w/Nunzio DiMarcaevery Sunday from 10AM to 1PMwww.1110wccmam.com.

“Italia Oggi” Sundays 1PM to 2PMwith host Andrea Urdi 1460 AMwww.1460WXBR.com.

“Dolce Vita Radio” DJ RoccoMesiti 11AM-1PM Sundays 90.7 FMor online www.djrocco.com.

“The Nick Franciosa Show” EverySunday at 12 Noon to 3PM on radiostations WLYN 1360 AM and WAZN1470 AM.

“Guido Oliva Italian Hour”8AM–9AM every Sunday on WSRO650 AM in Framingham and online atwww.wsro.com.

“Don Giovanni Show” Saturdaymornings from 6AM–8AM and Sundayevenings 5PM–7PM on 950 AM WROL.www.dongiovannishow.com.

“Tony’s Place” on MusicAmericaWPLM FM 99.1 - Every Sunday nightfrom 9 to 10pm on MusicAmerica hostRon Della Chiesa presents Tony'sPlace on WPLM FM Easy 99.1. Duringthe hour, Ron will feature recordingsby his good friend Tony Bennett.You'll hear all your Bennett favoritesfrom his early hits to his latest Grammywinners. www.MusicNotNoise.com.

“Radio Italia Unita” - Thursdaysfrom 2PM–3PM on www.zumix.org/radio or Itunes, college radio click onZumix. For more information log ontowww.italiaunita.org

ARTIST’S BOSTON STUDIO450 Harrison Ave, #223B, Boston MA

MARIAN DIOGUARDI PRESENTSTEN NEW PAINTINGS - Every firstFriday of the month, artist Marian

Dioguardi invites people to visither Boston studio at 450 HarrisonAve, Studio 223B, from 5 to 9 PM.Ten new ‘Laundry Line’ paintingsbased on Burano, Venezia, willbe showcased. Marian Dioguardiwas born and raised in the Italian-American neighborhood of urbanEast Boston. She pursued her child-hood ambition, art, only after a moretraditional career in education gaveway to more colorful careersincluding undercover investigationsand gem stone buying. For furtherinformation, please visit her websiteat www.mariandioguardi.com.

BRATTLE THEATRE40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA

MUSIC FOR MOVIES: NINOROTA CENTENNIAL - Thursdays,through September 1, 2011 - TheBrattle Theatre is pleased to presentthe work of frequent Federico Fellinicollaborator and giant of cinema mu-sic, Nino Rota, who also happens tocelebrate his 100th birthday this year!Rota’s music appears in many re-nowned films including: Fellini’s 8½,La Dolce Vita, Amarcord, and TheClowns, as well as Death On The Nile,Taming of the Shrew and many more.

Thursday, August 4, 2011 – Roccoand his Brothers 4:00 and 7:30PM.

Thursday, August 11, 2011 – Deathon the Nile 2:00, 5:00 and 8:00PM.

Thursday, August 18, 2011 –Romeo and Juliet 3:15 and 8:30PM

Thursday, August 18, 2011 – Tam-ing of the Shrew 6:00PM.

Thursday, August 25, 2011 –Amarcord 2:30 and 7:00PM

Thursday, August 25, 2011 – TheClowns 5:00 and 9:30PM.

Thursday, September 1, 2011 – 8½2:30, 5:15 and 8:00PM.

in search of safety after her posses-sive lover, Crown, commits murder. AsPorgy and Bess’s love grows, their fu-ture is threatened by Crown and theconniving Sporting Life. This heart-breaking love story boasts some of themost famous and beloved works fromthe Great American Songbook, includ-ing: “Summertime,” “Bess, You Is MyWoman,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So” and“I Loves You, Porgy.”

AS YOU LIKE IT - December 7,2011–January 8, 2012. By WilliamShakespeare featuring members ofthe A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Ad-vanced Theater Training, Class of 2012,“All the world’s a stage, and allthe men and women merely players,”in Shakespeare’s beloved pastoralcomedy As You Like It. This classic talefollows Rosalind and her friend Celia’sescape from a deadly conspiracyinto nature’s wild, liberating arms.What follows is an unconventionalromance with everything from wres-tling matches to cross-dressing shep-herds culminating in a joyful finale.Building on the success of the 2010–2011 Season’s sold-out Alice vs. Won-derland on the Loeb Mainstage, AsYou Like It will feature members of thegraduating Institute Class of 2012. Forinfo, call 617-547-8300 or log ontowww.americanrepertorytheater.org.Join as a subscriber to receive dis-counts and special promotions. TheA.R.T. Institute was establishedin 1987 by the American RepertoryTheater (A.R.T.) as a training groundfor professional American theater. Itis a two-year training program foryoung theater professionals, in asso-ciation with the Moscow Art TheaterSchool.

BOSTON OPERA HOUSE539 Washington St., Boston, MA

SOUTH PACIFIC - September 27–October 2, 2011. Nellie, a nurse on aPacific Island during WWII, falls in lovewith de Becque, a local planter. How-ever, when she learns he is a widowerwith two half-caste children, she can-not accept the situation. Meanwhile,Cable falls in love with a Polynesiangirl named Liat. Cable and de Bacquego off together on a spy mission andthe two women wait in hope of their

THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

TALK AND WALK, HISTORICGARDENS - IN YOUR OWN BACK-YARD - Friday, August 5, 2011. Gar-den historian John Forti, of Straw-berry Banke Museum, explains howto source and choose plants, plant-ing patterns, structures and furnish-ings that bring elements of the pastto life. Made possible by the RopesBotanical Garden Lecture Fund.

SPECIAL EVENTS - BEER TAST-ING, A PINT OF THE PAST AN-CIENT AND HISTORIC BEER -Thursday, August 11, 7:30–9:30 PM.Sample modern beers based onarchaeological evidence or historicrecipes - including a beer brewedspecially for this program by SalemBeer Works - paired with appropri-ately themed food.

For further information on theseand upcoming exhibits, please logonto www.pem.org or call 1-978-745-9500, 866 745-1876. For the HearingImpaired please call 1-978-740-3649.

ARTS

MUSICTHE REGATTABARCharles Hotel, Cambridge, MA

NICK GRONDIN GROUP:THE ELECTRIC EXPERIENCE -Wednesday, August 10, 7:30 PM - TheNick Grondin Group: The ElectricExperience performs original compo-sitions by Grondin and jazz arrange-ments of hip material from historicrock groups like the Beatles, Muse,Radiohead, U2 and others. For Nick,it’s a perfect concept as it combinesthe openness of jazz with the energyof rock, plus Nick’s exciting vocals.Tickets can be purchased online atwww.regattabarjazz.com or by calling617-395-7757. For more information,call: 617-395-7757. The Regattabar iswheelchair accessible.

DCR’S HATCH SHELL ON THEESPLANADE

BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHES-TRA presents free concerts at 7 pmat the DCR’s Hatch Shell everyWednesday night through August31st. There will also be free concertsin the neighborhoods of Boston. Thisis the Orchestra’s 11th season and its5th with the Hatch Shell as its home.Rain location: The Church of theCovenant, 67 Newbury Street, #2,Boston, MA 02116-3090. For weatheralerts: Text Landmarks to 27138.

BANK OF AMERICA PAVILION290 Northern Ave., Boston, MA

STEVIE NICKS - August 29, 2011at 8:00 pm. Stevie Nicks, an Americansinger-songwrite, best known for herwork with Fleetwood Mac and her ex-tensive solo career, which collectivelyhave produced over forty Top 50 hitsand sold over 140 million albums, willbe performing at the Bank of AmericaPavilion. She has been noted forher ethereal visual style and symboliclyrics. Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac onDecember 31, 1974, along with herthen-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham.Fleetwood Mac’s second album afterthe incorporation of Nicks andBuckingham, 1977’s Rumours, pro-duced four U.S. Top 10 singles (in-cluding Nicks’ song “Dreams,” whichwas the band’s first and only U.S.number one) and remained at No.1on the American albums chart for 31weeks, as well as reaching the topspot in various countries around theworld. To date, the album has soldover 40 million copies worldwide, mak-ing it the tenth highest selling albumof all time. Nicks began her solo ca-reer in 1981 with the 8 million sellingalbum Bella Donna, and she has pro-duced six more solo studio albums todate. Her seventh solo studio albumentitled In Your Dreams, and her firstin ten years, has completed produc-tion with Dave Stewart of Eurythmicsfame at the helm and was releasedon May 3, 2011. After the release ofher first solo album, Rolling Stonedeemed her “The Reigning Queen ofRock and Roll.” Nicks remains a popu-lar solo performer. As a solo artist, shehas garnered eight Grammy Awardnominations and, with FleetwoodMac, has a further five nominations(one of her nominations withFleetwood Mac won the 1977/1978award for Album of the Year forRumours). As a member of FleetwoodMac, she was inducted into the Rockand Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

SPINELLI’S FUNCTION FACILITYRoute One South, Lynnfield, MA

NORTH END REUNION - Thurs-day, September 22, 2011 at 6PM. Enjoy music from the ’50s and ’60s.Join your friends who grew up inthe North End for fun times andmemories. Contact Lolly Ciampaat 781-938-9254 or RoRo DeMarco at781-284-5945.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS PARKCOMMERCIAL ST., NORTH END

EVENTS - Sunday Night Movies inthe Park. The movie begins at dusk(around 8:00 pm) on the follow-ing evenings. July 31st: UP PG,August 7th: The Blind Side PG-13,August 14th: Fever Pitch PG-13.

TD GARDENCauseway St., Boston, MA

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - September22, 2011 - 7:00 PM. Enrique Iglesiasstormed the charts this year withhit songs heard on radio airwavesand in dance clubs across the coun-try. And Iglesias announced thathe will now blaze a trail into U.S. are-nas with Pitbull and special guestPrince Royce for the hottest tour ofthe Fall, starting September 22 inBoston. With his signature vocals,driving pop and dance beats and purepassion, Iglesias will have arenaaudiences on their feet all night. Theshow will feature the artist’s mostrecent hits from his chart-toppingalbum Euphoria such as “I Like It” and“Tonight” along with fan favorites fromhis many platinum-selling albums.“It’s going to be a great show and wehope to see all of you out there. Thistour will be unforgettable!” saidIglesias.

SOUTH SHORE MUSIC CIRCUS130 Sohier St., Cohasset, MA

CHRIS BOTTI - Saturday, August20, 2011 at 8:00 PM. Since the re-lease of his 2004 critically acclaimedCD, When I Fall In Love, ChrisBotti has become the best-sellingAmerican jazz instrumental artist.His success has crossed over toaudiences usually reserved forpop music, and his ongoing associa-tion with PBS has led to four No. 1jazz albums, as well as multiple goldand platinum records and GrammyAwards.

MIRANDA COSGROVE - August 3,2011 at 7:00 PM.

MARTINA MCBRIDE - August 6and 7, 2011.

LINDA EDER - August 12, 2011 at8PM.

THE BEACH BOYS - August 13,2011.

CHICAGO - August 19, 2011 at 8PM.To purchase tickets log ontowww.ticketmaster.com.

INDIAN RANCH200 Gore Road, Webster, MA

The Summer Concert Series at In-dian Ranch offers our music audiencean opportunity to see their favoriteartist in an intimate setting. Everyseat nestled between the scent of pinetrees has a premier view of thestunning amphitheatre stage withthe backdrop of the portrait cove ofscenic Webster Lake.

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD - Sat-urday, July 30, at 8:00 pm.

GEORGE JONES - Sunday, July 31,at 2:00 pm.

BLUE OYSTER CULT - Saturday,August 6, at 1:00 pm.

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tober 29 at 7:00 pm. - Night of Stars, aspectacular showcase of BostonBallet’s exciting repertoire, featuresthe talents of the entire company,including principal dancers and ris-ing stars. This unique evening pro-vides audiences with a taste of theupcoming season.

Escape to Verona with JohnCranko’s ROMEO AND JULIET - No-vember 3–13, 2011 - Masterfully toldthrough Cranko’s choreography andProkofiev’s score, Romeo and Juliet isa triumphant must-see.

Don’t miss the final season of thecurrent Boston Ballet’s THE NUT-CRACKER - November 25 throughDecember 31, 2011 - Experience themagic of this beloved production onelast time. The perfect holiday gift!PLEASE NOTE: The Box Office isclosed for the summer months andwill open in the Fall for South Pacific.For tickets, please go to the ColonialTheatre, 106 Boylston Street. Hoursof operation are 10am–6pm Mondaythrough Saturday. On the web, visitwww.broadwayacrossamerica.com/Boston or Ticketmaster.com. Byphone call Ticketmaster at 800-982-2787. The Ticketmaster phone linehours of operation are Mondaythrough Saturday, 9am–9pm andSunday, 9am–8pm.

Stevie Nicks, an American singer-songwrite, best knownfor her work with Fleetwood Mac and her extensive solocareer, which collectively have produced over forty Top50 hits and sold over 140 million albums, will beperforming at the Bank of America Pavilion. See MusicSection for further details.

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by Vita Orlando Sinopoli

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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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There she was! The captivating SarahPalin on the cover of Newsweek! Sarahproudly says, “I believe that I can win anational election.” So do not rule her out asthe first woman to be elected as presidentof the United States. Well, we will sooner orlater learn if she will definitely run for office.We hope she does! To quote her, “The peopleof America are desperate for positive change,and deserving of positive change, to get usoff this wrong track. I’m not so egotisticalas to believe that it has to be me, or it canonly be me, to turn things around,” she said.“But I do believe that I can win.” Go for it,Sarah!

Grave news! Two sisters are suing a NewJersey cemetery for $25 million becausetheir mother was buried in the wrong grave.Evelyn and Hortense Edwards were dis-tressed to learn that their mother was notin grave 103, which they’ve visited for 20years, and are seeking damages to ensurethat the cemetery “would not be inclined todo that again.”

Speaking of graves, one of Dean Martin’sfamous lyrics Everybody Loves SomebodySometime is immortalized on his marker atWestwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles,where he was laid to rest after dying in 1995at age 78 from acute respiratory failureresulting from emphysema. Dean Martin’strue name is Dino Paul Crocetti. ’70s sexsymbol and Charlie’s Angels icon FarrahFawcett, 62, was laid to rest next to MervGriffin in Westwood Memorial Park. LosAngeles, after losing her battle with analcancer in 2009. A heart attack took roman-tic swashbuckler Errol Flynn in 1959 at age50, after which the star of classics includ-ing The Adventures of Robin Hood made For-est Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Ca-lif., his final resting place. Westwood Me-morial Park in L.A. is home to BertLancaster’s grave. Taken by a heart attackat age 80 in 1994, the Oscar winner gainediconic status for his love scene withDeborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity. Iconicflame-haired Rita Hayworth — one of thehottest pin-ups of World War I was only 68when Alzheimer’s stole her life in 1987.She’s buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery inCulver City. Her tombstone reads: RitaHayworth Beloved Mother October 17, 1918 -May 14, 1987. To yesterday’s companionshipand tomorrow’s reunion. Rita Hayworth’s truename is Margarita Carmen Cansino.

How timely! Dr. William Phillips halted hislecture at a Maine hospital about coronaryheart disease when an audience membercomplained of chest pains and collapsed.Phillips and nurses restarted the man’sheart. “I think people will remember thelecture,” Phillips said.

At last, Rupert Murdoch is reaping whathe sowed, said Carl Bernstein in Newsweek.The global media empire of the man whomade billions on “cutthroat tabloid journal-ism” in Britain, Australia and the U.S. hasbeen shaken to its foundation by revelationsof widespread phone hacking by his tabloidnewspapers in Britain. More than 4,000people had phone messages stolen byMurdoch’s reporters, including a murderedgirl, soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan,and terrorist victims; to feed the scandalmachine, his News of the World and othernewspapers hired private detectives andbribed cops to dig up dirt. To think, onceupon a time, Rupert Murdoch owned TheBoston Herald. It was when I was writing aweekly column for the Boston Herald, Rupertcame to Boston to meet and greet all of us.Gee, when I was introduced to him by theHerald’s publisher Pat Purcell, Rupert shookmy hand and stated, “Keep up the goodwork.” Wow!

Shame! Shame! Meaghan Blanchard, acountry singer who called Prince William a“douche” when performing for him and hiswife in Prince Edward Island. “I mixed up‘duke’ and ‘duchess,’ and it came out‘douche,’” Blanchard explained. “It’ll besomething to tell the kids, that’s for sure.”

Bow wow! A Canadian dog that went miss-ing a year ago has been found on the otherside of the continent, about 2,800 miles from

home. Pol-lux, 9, ablack Labra-dor, disap-peared fromher Montrealhome in June 2010, and was found lastweek in British Columbia, drinking from ariver. An animal shelter identified Polluxby means of an implanted microchip. “Ohmy god. Are you kidding me?” said ownerIsabelle Robitaille when she heard the news.As to how Pollux got so far, one shelter offi-cial said, “I guess only she knows.”

Remember, a dog is the only thing onearth that loves you more than he loves him-self. And the astute Mona-Lisa Cappuccioof East Boston, says, “If dogs could talk, per-haps we’d find it just as hard to get alongwith them as we do with people.”

Robyn Waters of Swampscott, says, “A dogis smarter than some people. It wags its tailand not its tongue.”

To think, only 24 percent of teens ages 16to 19 had summer jobs last year — the low-est rate since the government began keep-ing records, in 1948. In 2001, 42 percent ofteens in that age group held summer jobs.

Shark populations have plummeted world-wide, largely because of China’s appetite forshark-fin soup. More than 70 million sharksare killed every year by fishermen who cutoff their fins, leading to bans on shark“finning” by several nations, includingChile, the Bahamas, and Honduras.

The great Tom Analetto of Medford, says,“Nothing improves a man’s luck like a fishthat are in a biting mood.”

Bella Culo of Chestnut Hill, says, “A modelwife is one who, when she spades the gar-den, picks up the fish worms for her hus-band.”

Mother Superior Frances Fitzgerald claimsreligious freedom is the right of each indi-vidual to attend the church of his choice, orgo fishing.

Great book! Now available, “Lady BlueEyes, My Life with Frank Sinatra,” by Bar-bara Sinatra. Barbara reveals a life withpassion, conviction and grace. Coupled withrevealing insights about many of Frank’scelebrated song, this is much more than thestory of a showbiz marriage. Barbara, Frank’sfourth wife, describes where Frank is bur-ied, Desert Memorial Park and his simplegranite grave marker inscribed, FRANCISALBERT SINATRA, 1915-1998. BELOVEDHUSBAND AND FATHER. Engraved along thetop was the song title “THE BEST IS YET TOCOME.” The deeply emotional widow hadprinted cards to send to many individualswho sent her condolence letters, prayercards and messages of sympathy fromaround the world. What follows is what shecreated for the response cards printed andedged in navy blue, each she signed per-sonally.

Your thoughtful condolence has helped methrough this difficult time. Frank was my love,my friend, and my knight in shining armor. Myhusband was a vital and dynamic part of hisfamily as well as for people throughout theworld. He has left a deep void in so many lives.Through his music Frank will live forever. Maygod bless you and hold you dear and as Frankwould say, Sleep Warm.

For the record, our noted musicologistAlbert Natale did have the opportunity tomeet Sinatra when he was appearing inBoston. Natale, who was an official of theBoston’s Musician’s Union, Local 9-535, pre-sented to Sinatra an honorary life member-ship to the union. A photo was taken andpublished showing Natale proudly present-ing the membership document to a beam-ing Frank Sinatra.

Ah, Frank Sinatra! He had many thingsgoing for him. He could sing, he was goodlooking, he was famous, plus he had thatone thing which women want more thananything else in a man: Money. He wasmarried four times. His wives were: NancyBarbato 1939, Ava Gardner 1951, Mia Far-row 1966 and Barbara Sinatra 1976.

AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN NAME

Peel skins from potatoes. Cut into one and a half or two-inch portions. Wash potatoes and set aside. Heat enoughwater in a saucepan to a boil. Add potato portions. Coversaucepan. Boil potato portions until tender (about fifteen totwenty minutes). Do not overcook.

While potatoes are cooking, remove outer skin from onion.Cut onion in half, lengthwise, and then into one-quarter-inch strips. Set aside.

Strain potatoes from water when fork tender and place ina bowl. While potato portions are hot, add the onion, oliveoil, oregano, cider vinegar, salt and pepper to taste. Mix thecontents thoroughly. Cover bowl and place in refrigeratorto chill before serving.

Additional vinegar may be added for a more vinegary taste.

OPTIONAL: Potatoes may be washed and placed whole inheated water to boil until skin separates slightly (approxi-mately thirty minutes). Place potatoes in a bowl. Removeskin and then cut and follow directions given above. I findadditional flavor from potatoes when boiled whole with skin.

Serves four.

NOTE: As a youngster, I helped Mama many times as sheprepared large portions of this salad for summer cookouts inWilmington. This popular potato salad also traveled frequentlywith us to the numerous family picnics. Aunts, uncles, andcousins gathered in one or two of Papa’s trucks and followedus to north or south shore beaches.

This is not only simple to make but can be prepared the pre-vious day. Allowing the potatoes, oil, vinegar and oregano toblend overnight in the refrigerator enhances the flavor of thissalad.

4 potatoes1 large onion (Vidalia

preferred in season)3 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon oregano3 tablespoons cider vinegarSalt and pepper

of your surroundings, makesure your pet is wearing afloatation device, never letyour pet drink the water inwhich it is swimming, andalways hose off your pet af-ter swimming. If boatingwith your pet remember thefollowing: dogs get seasicktoo so be prepared, makesure your pet has properidentification or is microchipped in case it falls over-board and is picked up byanother boater or swims toland, and remember, dogsdon’t know how to use “thehead” so have a potty plan inmind.

(10) Never leave your dogin the car. You shouldNEVER leave your dog in thecar no matter how brief atime. A car can heat upquickly even when it’s

relatively mild outside,even with the windowscracked. On a summer daytemperatures inside avehicle can climb in min-utes and can spike morethan 40 degrees in justan hour. While you thinkyou’re making your doghappy by bringing it along forthe ride, you could very wellbe jeopardizing its safety.And you know the old adage:better safe than sorry.

P.S. Before I forget I wouldlike to thank Sal Giarratanifor wishing my pal Dom andme Happy Birthday and mostimportantly, Sal, I am gladyou didn’t mention my age.Everyone knows Dom isOLD!!!!

That’s all for now! PLEASEpick up after your pet andkeep our streets clean.

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Last week, on two or threeoccasions, I thought abouthow my family moved fromthe cellar kitchen to theback yard for dinner whenthe temperature was oppres-sive. Well, last week, we hadoppressive temperatures,and although the cellarbased kitchen doesn’t existfor us, I decided to cook andeat dinner in the back yard.Today, we call this a barbe-cue. I told Loretta that Iwanted to have just a fewpeople over and fire up somesteak tips which could beconsumed along with acouple of cold beers. Ofcourse, she refined mymenu to meet the tastebuds of the ladies that wouldbe present. As a result, mysteak tips became shishkabob, skewered chunksof meat interspersed withonions and peppers. Mycouple of beers becamebottles of room temperaturered and chilled white wines.Just plain chips evolved intolittle scoop shaped objectsthat could hold salsa andguacamole. After she addedin the fixin’s for a gardensalad, ears of fresh corn,slices of watermelon and as-sorted fruit, I lost out on myprimitive barbecue. All of theingredients for this restruc-tured menu came aboutwhen we went shopping forthe things we needed for thecookout.

I didn’t want to have a largecrowd, just my closestfriends joining me in theback yard, so I invited DeanSaluti, John Silva and BillStrachman, and all were freeon last Friday night. Ofcourse, I didn’t exclude theladies, but we had a segre-gated crowd. Their signifi-cant others, the ladies,stayed in the kitchen withLoretta and the guys joinedme in the back yard. So,Margie, Stephanie and Janesat around the table in an airconditioned kitchen and weguys sat around one of thetables in the back yard sip-ping drinks and smokingcigars. When all of the foodwas ready, we guys chowed-down in the back yard andtold war stories. The ladiesdined in the kitchen and toldwar stories. It was a funevening until dusk and theunwanted neighborhoodmosquitoes joined us. Whenwe all lit our after-dinnercigars, the mosquito squad-ron flew away and we weresaved from a night ofscratching their bites.

Later, when everyone left,I returned to the back yardwith a cup of coffee andfinished my cigar. As I lookedaround, I reflected backon the back yard at 70 EutawStreet in East Boston andhow Nanna and Babbononnohad it arranged. Their yardwas rectangular in shape asare the yards behind most ofBoston’s three deckers.Babbononno had built a tinypicket fence about three feetin from the fence that sur-rounded the yard. Within

the sectioned off area, heand Nanna grew their veg-etables. To get into the yard,we had to walk under anarch shaped trellis inter-laced with grape vines. Oncein the middle of the yard,there were flowers thatNanna had planted thatBabbononno thought wereuseless. His comment was,“If you grow it and can’t eatit, it ain’t worth it,” but shegrew flowers anyway.

Our back yard is a bit dif-ferent than the one designedby Babbononno. The mainarea has sidewalk brickas the base. As a matter offact, they are the bricks thatused to be part of NorthSquare in Boston’s NorthEnd. When North Squarewas done over about 25 or30 years ago, I bought thebricks from the contractorthat excavated the square.

Beyond the brick-linedpart of the back yard is a lowwall, about a foot or so high,and above this is a rockgarden that ascends upwardin several tiers. Inter-spersed among the rocks areobjects that reflect differentcultures on the planet. Inone corner, Loretta has astatue of Buddha and acouple of brass Chinese lan-terns. In another area is aworking Roman fountainwith a lion’s head that spitswater into a small shellshaped bowl that spills intoa lower large shell shapedbowl. This is surroundedby ancient Mediterraneanstatues and relics that bringout the glory days of ancientRome. In yet another areashe has a bird bath and adish that she fills with birdseed every morning so theneighborhood critters won’tstarve. Interspersed with allof these things are flowersof all different types thatbring her designs to life. Ilove the atmosphere andhave my morning coffee alfresco when the weatherpermits. In a way, this is themodern version of the cellarkitchen and back yard livingthat I remember as a childin East Boston. Sometimes,it’s so comfortable out there,I hate to come in. During themorning hours, several dif-ferent animals come to thedish with the bird seed andtake their turn havingbreakfast. First are thesquirrels, next the chip-munks, and then the birds.First in the bird category areblue jays, then cardinals,black birds, mourning dovesand then starlings or spar-rows. They take their turnsin twos or threes, and whenone group is done, the nextgroup takes over. Thismorning activity of oursmight sound strange, but itis actually quite interestingand relaxing.

Growing up in the city, youdon’t see many animals inthe back yards. They areoften kept away by stray catsthat roam the neighborhoodsat night. With the windowsopen in the summer, the

only animal noises I couldhear at night might be thesquealing of a couple of catsthat got into a fight. Otherthan that, the night-timenoises might be the planeslanding at Logan, an occa-sional dog barking and thewhine of either police car orfire truck sirens. Witheveryone’s windows open inthe summer, these noisesmight be joined by loud con-versations or family argu-ments in English, Italian orIngliano.

When we moved toBelmont in 1961, we couldn’tsleep for the first couple ofnights, due to the silence.No jets flying overhead, nosirens, no loud families andno cat fights. I guess fami-lies are quieter and catsdon’t fight in the suburbs.As a matter of fact, therewas a brook running throughthe back yard when we firstbought the house, and atnight, when all of wereasleep, the wild animals ofthe neighborhood wouldcome to the brook to drink.It was fascinating, espe-cially for a city kid like me.Unfortunately, as the neigh-borhood became more devel-oped, the town covered thebrook with a culvert and thatrustic atmosphere came toan end. Civilization hadattacked.

Earlier this morning, as Isat in my back yard sip-ping my morning coffee,I wondered if the backyards and summer cellarkitchens from Nanna andBabbononno’s day still ex-isted. The reason I wonderedwas the various phases myback yard had gone through.When the kids were infants,we had a playpen out there,along with a sandbox, a kiddypool and a child-sized picnicbench. These were alwayssurrounded by toys. Later, Iput up a metal pole with bas-ketball net. I built a smallskating rink for winter skat-ing, added in a putting greennearby and an area for base-ball. My back yard becamethe catch-all for neighbor-hood kids and I was happywith this because my housewas where all the neighbor-hood kids gravitated to whenI was young. Recently, sonsJohn and Mike came hometo be groomsmen in a wed-ding party. Before they left,my back yard was filled withthe same kids they grew upwith. Only now, they aremen of the world. I just satoff to the side and observedand listened, knowing thatall of them, my sons includedwould be in other parts of thecountry within 24 hours. Iwas happy and sad at thesame time, but that’s theway life is … GOD BLESSAMERICA

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mitted half of his troopsto the engagement againstOtho.

Following Otho’s defeat,Vitellius ordered punish-ment for Galba’s murderersand started his journey backto Rome, riding through cit-ies as a triumphant general.

He was wined everywhereat public expense, he grantedfreedom to slaves at hispersonal whim, and he se-verely chastised anyone whoobjected to his actions, how-ever, it was said in truththat the pillaging and wan-tonness of his troops wasscandalous.

The returning troops held

an all night festival on thehills to the north of Rome,and on the following dayVitellius entered the city tothe sound of trumpets. Hewore the “Palaudamentum,”(short red cape) over his ar-mor, his staff wore their mili-tary cloaks, and the troopsmarched with drawn swords.

His first act was to assumethe office of high priest,and he then appointed him-self consul for life. Later, heconducted a memorial cer-emony to Nero in the middleof the Campus Martius.

NEXT WEEK:The Voracious and

Vicious Vitellius

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As promised last week, we share a photo from the ribboncutting at The New England Historic GenealogicalSociety’s opening of the newly designed and constructedfront garden entrance at its Newbury Street researchcenter. Pictured (center) are Mayor Thomas Menino andNEHGS Garden Committee chair Carolyn Lynch, with (leftto right) Garden Committee member Kelly McCoulf,NEHGS Board of Trustees chairman Eric Schultz, andNEHGS president & CEO Brenton Simons.

(Photo by Roger Farrington)

June Robinson, MaryWendell, Martha ReardonBerwick, John Collings,Linda Foehl, and Mary RiffeHiss.

The “Hutchinson Retreatat 88 Wharf Street Restau-rant” will include compli-mentary beer and wineand passed hors d’oeuvres.Tickets are limited andare available by callingBecky Wright at the ForbesHouse Museum, 617-696-

1815, or via e-mail [email protected].

Enjoy!

(Be sure to visit HildaMorrill’s gardening Website,www.bostongardens.com.In addition to events coveredand reported by the columnist,“The Socially Set” is compiledfrom various other sourcessuch as news and pressreleases, PRNewswire ser-vices, etc.)

sively worked to make sig-nificant improvements tomake its infrastructure moreaccessible and address vari-ous concerns of the disabil-ity community including:

• A program allocating $15million to increase pedes-trian access to bring curbcuts into ADA compliance

• Changes to city contractsand approvals to ensure ADAcompliance on the construc-tion of streets and side-walks;

• The training of all cityinspectors on rules andregulations for maintain-ing access to those withdisabilities during anyconstruction;

• The establishment ofthe nine-member volunteerDisability Commission toadvise the City of Boston on

policies concerning thedisabled;

• Increasing access atapproximately 100 pollingplaces throughout the City;

• The Disability Commis-sion’s “Accessible Path toCity Hall” to reconstruct theramp to City Hall;

• A program between advo-cates and the Boston PoliceDepartment to retrain taxidrivers on how they dealwith disabled passengerscomprising a sting operationto check compliance.

• Currently developing anaccessible component to theHubway bike share systemto launch in the fall.

For more information onthe Commission for Personswith Disabilities, pleasevisit www.cityofboston.gov/disability/.

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(FROM ITALIANNEWSPAPERS AND

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The time has come, the walrus said,

TO TALK OF MANY THINGSof shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings

by Sal Giarratani

WHAT HAPPENS NEXTAT MT. CARMELANYONE’S GUESS

Cardinal Sean O’Malleyand the Archdiocese of Bos-ton have decided to declarea number of churches stillin vigil such as Our Lady ofMt. Carmel in East Bostonand St. Frances Cabrini inScituate no longer churches.Here in East Boston, thegroup has appealed to theVatican to overturn theArchdiocese’s decision. Thishas the possibility of puttingthese former churches onthe real estate market. PeterBore from the Council ofChurches organizing the vig-ils thinks the Vatican mightnot decide what to do for afew more years. The Arch-diocese of Boston is sayingthe closings are comingmuch sooner and the vigilsare ticking down the clock.

However, while I think themanner in which CardinalO’Malley decided to shutterlong established church par-ishes was unfortunate, thechurch buildings are legallythe property of the Archdio-cese. While the chancerymay not evict those in vigil,the closings are realisticallygetting closer. Vigilers arehoping against hope thatOur Lady of Mt. Carmel willintercede and that there willbe a miracle over on GoveStreet.

HAYMARKET SQUARETOWER COMING?

A development team isseeking to replace the verylarge concrete GovernmentCenter Garage with a 45-footstory high-rise. The devel-oper, HYM InvestmentGroup, LLC, wants to build aseven building complex thatincludes offices, retailers,rentals and a hotel.

According to Thomas N.O’Brien, former B.R.A. direc-tor and lead developer forthis project, says currentlythe area is “a place thatpeople travel through butnot a place that people travelto, especially after 5:00 PM.”The developer foresees an

“active retail and pedestriancorridor.”

CONDOLENCES TOAYANNA PRESSLEY

Lately, many people havenoticed City CouncilorAyanna Pressley’s absenceon the campaign trail. Fewknew the reason behind thisabsence. Her mother hadbeen gravely ill at Brighamand Women’s Hospital andAyanna was constantly ather bedside and as an onlychild, making importantmedical decisions on hermom’s behalf. Two weeksago her mother passed away.

The ordeal of watching aloved one pass away is diffi-cult for anyone. I still remem-ber when each of my parentspassed away years ago. I wasconstantly trying to be therefor them and watching help-lessly as they made theirway to that better place.Ayanna did the right thing,and now there is the pain ofseparation. However, if youbelieve in God, you knowthose who go before us are nolonger in pain and are withGod in eternal happiness.

Ayanna will now push her-self onward with lovingmemories of her motherwho took care of her whenshe was younger and of her-self taking care of hermother when that wasneeded too. We always feelalone in our pain, but we re-ally never are alone, are we?

ST. THERESA VIGILERSVOW CONTINUED

RESISTANCEThe Archdiocese of Boston

has decided to turn St.Theresa’s Church on Broad-way in Everett into a chapelfor Brazilian Catholics calledSt. Theresa’s Oratory. How-ever, many of those there invigil since 2004 are upsetwith this newly announcedreuse for the church build-ing. One of the vigil leaders,Joan Shepard, said, “We arestill in vigil, and we willmaintain our vigil. We feelthis decision is a mistake ...it’s very disrespectful.”Added Gloria Young, “We’vebeen sitting here for sevenyears and for what? So thatsomeone else can use it?”

CONNOLLY SEENEVERYWHERE

City Councilor-At-LargeJohn Connolly is a young,but not that young, politicalleader for the City of Boston.He’s been out in the forefronton a number of issues con-cerning quality of life issueslike healthy food for our pub-lic school kids. Recently, Ihave seen him numeroustimes over in East Bostonand elsewhere as he travelsthe city’s neighborhoodstalking with folks aboutwhat they view as issues af-

fecting their lives. He isn’tafraid to listen and takethose concerns back to CityHall. He constantly is seek-ing solutions to make Bos-ton a great place to callhome. He may live in WestRoxbury, but his vision iscitywide.

He’s taking nothing forgranted and has been cam-paigning to get re-elected asan at-large City Councilor.He takes nothing forgranted, and you will be see-ing more and more of himout in your neighborhoodover the months before theNovember election.MORE BICYCLES IS LIKEMORE PIGEONS TO MEI’ll probably get another let-

ter from my cousin Karenfrom Maine over this piecebut here it goes anyway. TheCity of Boston has launchedit’s highly touted bicyclesharing program, Hubway,this week. Nicole Freedman,director of the city’s BostonBikes program says, “I thinkit’s going to be very, verysuccessful.”

Soon there will be an ad-ditional 600 bikes riding onthe streets of Boston. Boy,am I looking forward to that… NOT. According to MarcDraison, the director of theMetro Area Planning Coun-cil, which has been workingon the bike sharing pro-gram, “The great thing isthat everyone seems to wantto do this.”

Hubway will launch 61docking stations and 600bikes in an area coveringAllston, Brighton, Downtown,the South End and parts ofRoxbury and South Boston.Thousands more bicyclescould be added if the programproves successful. Just whatwe need, huh? More bicy-clists racing by us and goingthrough red lights.

I don’t have problems withmost folks riding their bikes,but there are far too manywho ride them like outlawson the road. Hopefully, theBoston Police will hand outbike citations to those ridingbikes who endanger others.BEAWOLFE BACK SOONI caught up with Dominic

Petrosino recently at theElite in Day Square, and hesays if you liked Beawolfeopening for Tavares at theSacred Heart Festival onJuly 16, don’t forget theBoston Harbor cruise onAugust 6, when the East Bos-ton rock band will be caus-ing some serious musicalwaves in the harbor. Thisband isn’t called Still Water.

When Dominic isn’t order-ing his bacon and eggs fromJane at the counter, he’splaying serious guitar withthose classic rock tunes.

THE “CHARGING BULL” SCULPTURE OF WALL STREETREAPPEARS IN SHANGAY. Arturo Di Modica, a sculptor ofSicilian heritage, once created a giant statue, a chargingbull, which was placed in front of the Wall Street StockExchange in New York City in 1989. Subsequently Di Modicacame up with another unique idea, a Wild Stallion statue,8 feet tall, which ended up in front of the Cipriani restau-rant in New York’s downtown Soho district. We have nowlearned that another sculpture, like a bull, showed up inthe Exposition Complex in Shangay, China, in 2010. Whatis in store for the future, we have no idea at the presentt ime!

BERLUSCONI’S INDICTMENT FOLLOWS THE FASTRACK. We have recently been reading, even in the Ameri-can press and seen on U.S. television, that Berlusconi willbe a “guest” of the Superior Court in Milan early in April,2011. Of course, as we all know, the Italian Premier hasbeen complaining often over the Judges’ “behavior,” whichhe defines as a “gang of communists” who are bent todestroy him at any cost. In short, the investigative judgechose the judicial “short cut” not only to speed up the over-all process, but ironically to follow an old idea Berlusconioften expressed: a quick trial instead of the trials that rou-tinely start several years after the investigations are over.Of course, the Premier often forgets what he says. Thistime he “has” to show up at the “Tribunale;” (Superior Court)to answer the charges. Let’s assume for a moment thatthe Premier is found guilty, not necessarily on all charges,even on a couple of them. Would he resign from his posi-tion? So far he has continued to say that he could not, forhe is convinced that no other person can be an effectivePremier as he! Is he really the only person who can governin Italy, as he keeps saying, ad nauseam, on Italian TV(RAI CORP.) as he continues to blast everybody, even Presi-dent Giorgio Napolitano, accusing him of interfering withhis new laws, showing disrespect to the Constitution! Weare now left with the results of the trial. When? That’s agood question!

Hamilton Bridge over theHarlem River.

Since 1977, the union hasgone on strike five timesat Boeing, the last one in2008 that shut down theplant for eight weeks result-ing in the delay of three

years in the production ofthe 787-jet liner.

In Right to Work, the cor-porations in states likeSouth Carolina do not haveto contend with unionstrikes resulting in on-timedeliveries of the product and

• Editorial (Continued from Page 3)at profits projected.

With China as a majorcompetitor, Boeing maydetermine to close pro-duction in the UnitedStates and call on Chinafor relief from the unionmobsters.

Information:businessinsider.com, lone rangersilver.wordpress.com, National Right to Work Committee

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It is at this point that wemake our return walk butnot before we stop off at ourfavorite Chinese bakerywhere they serve a widevariety of cakes and sand-wiches, the perfect breakbefore our return. It is herethat we make the all-impor-tant decision to our returnroute. Do we retrace ourwalk along the Greenway ordo we take the Harbor Walkalong the ocean edge? Nomatter the route, it allmakes for a delightful way tospend an hour or two, it isrewarding and healthy andmost of all fun.

The Sugar Bowl at SouthBoston is a two mile circu-lar path that you can beginat any point along the board-walk that fronts it but wetend to begin at Pleasure Is-land where we park our carand then take off in the di-rection of Castle Island. It is

there that we stop for icecream at Sullivan’s and thencontinue through a lovelypark usually filled with chil-dren and onto the causewaywhere you are rewardedwith a wonderful view of theHarbor Islands on the oceanside and a dramatic view ofBoston on the lagoon side. Atthe bend in the causeway,where it turns back towardland, there is a great restarea where you can sit andwatch the marine traffic andsimply enjoy the ocean air.Our walk ends up rightwhere it began, at PleasureIsland, completing a twomile course that is thor-oughly enjoyable.

If you are spending thesummer in the city, we couldnot recommend a better wayto pass a couple of hoursthan by taking one of thesewalks, two getaways that arevirtually at your doorstep.

I support the Republicancut, cap and balance ap-proach. Anything else is justpolitical hocus-pocus. Weneed to cut future spending,we need to cap how much wewill spend and we need tocreate a mandatory balancedbudget amendment so thatthe debt problem is actuallyaddressed.

I am not opposed to raisingthe debt ceiling a few morefloors. President Reagan didit 18 times in his 8 years atthe White House. PresidentGeorge W. Bush did it 8 times.

The on-going increasingdebt is far more importantthan the height of the debtceiling. The president doesnot seem to get this and still

likes pandering to fears. Along term fix has to includeSpeaker Boehner’s “cut, capand balanced” approach togovernment spending. Thedays of a blank check for thepresident, any president, areover.

In the current debate, it isHouse Speaker John Boeh-ner who truly understandsthe gigantic scope of thisissue and now what Wash-ington does really matters.

We cannot solve the debtceiling crisis by panderingto a political base or by put-ting fear into the heart of oldpeople on social security.Action always speaks louderthan words. It is time formore action and less words.

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To the Defendant:The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for

Divorce requesting that the Court grant adivorce for Irretrievable Breakdown of theMarriage. The Complaint is on file at theCourt.

An Automatic Restraining Order hasbeen entered in this matter preventingyou from taking any action which wouldnegatively impact the current financial statusof either party. SEE Supplemental ProbateCourt Rule 411.

You are hereby summoned and requiredto serve upon: Njoroge Kamau, Esquire,P.O. Box 60251, Worcester, MA 01606 youranswer, if any, on or before August 22, 2011.If you fail to do so, the court will proceed tothe hearing and adjudication of this action.You are also required to file a copy of youranswer, if any, in the office of the Register ofthis Court.

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

Date: July 11, 2011

Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court

Middlesex Probate and Family Court208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI11D1587DRDIVORCE SUMMONS BY

PUBLICATION AND MAILINGSOPHIA NAMUYOMA LUTAAYA

a/k/a SOPHIA N. BROWNvs.

GREGORY MILTON BROWN

LEGAL NOTICE

Run date: 7/29/11

A Baby Boomer LamentsThe Passing of Dick

Williams“Players had great respect

for him. He worked hard andhe wanted everybody to workhard. He was the right guy atthe right time.”

— Carl YastrzemskiAs a baby boomer growing

up in the ’50s and ’60s, theBoston Red Sox were pa-thetic, losing game aftergame and season after sea-son. Older fans would oftentell us about the glory daysin the late ’40s and early’50s when we were prepar-ing for kindergarten. Theywould tell us about Ted Will-iams and the 1946 WorldSeries against the St. LouisCardinals. They would tell usabout the one game playoffbetween Satchel Paige andthe Cleveland Indians in1948, when we almost metup with the Boston Braves inthe World Series. However,for most of us growing up, wesaw the Sox struggle. From1959 through 1966, theteam played under .500 ball.I often went to Fenway tosee the stars of other teamslike Mickey Mantle, AlKaline, Harmon Killerbrew,Dean Chance, Brooks Rob-inson, Luis Aparicio, BobbyRichardson, Rocky Colavitoand company.

Of course, the Red Sox hadsome great players too likePete Runnels, Bob Tillman,George Scott, Chuck Shil-ling, Dick Stuart, Yaz, TonyC., Frank Malzone, Earl Wil-son and Billy Monbouquettefrom Medford. We also hadDick “The Monster” Radatz,the greatest relief pitcherever to play in the majorleagues. Not even MirianoRivera can match up againsthis career from 1962–64.The Red Sox also had someseemingly terrible playerslike Pumpsie Green, RomanMejias and Don Gile who wasthe third string catcher be-hind Tillman and Jim Pag-liaroni in the early ’60s.Gile struggled for everysingle hit. One double hitter,he whacked, like, five hitsand he probably only had five

more the rest of the season.Don Buddin, who just passedaway a couple of weeks be-fore Williams, always hadmore errors at shortstopthan he had hits. He evenmade Dick “Stonefingers”Stuart look like a GoldenGlove winner.

Everything changed dra-matically in 1967, whenTom Yawkey hired DickWilliams as skipper. Whenhis name was announced,the rookie manager withthe crew cut predicted, “We’llwin more than we lose.”They did in 1967 when theRed Sox won the pennanton the last day of the seasonby passing both the Minne-sota Twins and DetroitTigers taking first placewith a 92-70 record. Theyindeed did win more thanthey lost.

Williams was old school.He didn’t communicate withhis players. When Williamstalked to a player he treatedthe player as if he were talk-ing to cement. He didn’t careabout hurting feelings. Heonly cared about winning.Mike Andrews said playerscould go months withouttalking to him. He didn’tcare, but he knew the gameinside out and upside down.

Most people forget thatDick Williams was also abaseball player before hiscareer as a manager. Hesigned with the BrooklynDodgers the same year

(1947) that Jackie Robinsonbroke the color barrier andplayed parts of 13 seasonswith five teams includingthe Red Sox. He hit .260 with70 home runs playing bothinfield and outfield.

As a manager in 21 sea-sons, he won 1,571 games,four pennants with threedifferent teams and threeWorld Series. During the’70s, he won two WorldSeries in his three sea-sons with the Oakland A’s.He also led the Padres tothe 1984 World Series. Hisfinal season as managerwas in 1988 with the SeattleMariners. When he wasfired by the Red Sox duringthe 1969 season reportedlyin a baseball turf battle withYawkey, his relationshipwith Boston soured. He waselected to the Baseball Hallof Fame in Cooperstown in2008. The Red Sox inductedhim into Boston’s Hall ofFame in 2006.

Said Ken “Hawk” Harrel-son (who played on theRed Sox between late 1967through 1969), “He was atough guy but a smartguy. He wasn’t a good man-ager. He was a great man-ager. He had great instinctson and off the baseball field.You always knew where youstood.”

Whenever I think of the1967 Red Sox, I start sing-ing the “Impossible Dream”and belt out the lyrics whichsymbolized that whole sea-son. This was a team withthe odds stacked againstthem at season’s start (Theywere 100-1 odds in Vegas).When Tony Conigliaro wentdown with that August beam-ing, Hawk Harrelson steppedin. When Mike Andrews gothurt, Jerry Adair steppedin. The Sox had some greatutility players like NormSiebern and Dalton Jones, agreat pinch hitter. They hadplayers like Jose Tarabull,Reggie Smith and JimLonborg. They picked up aguy named Gary Bell wholooked just awesome onthe mound after comingover from Cleveland. Whocan forget Gary Waslewskiwho pitched great in Game6 or 19-year-old KennyBrett? Or Sparky Lyle, thebest relief pitcher next toRadatz.

Bottom line: According toDick Williams, “There’s onlyone chief and the rest ofyou are indians.” Except,I guess, for Gary Bell wholeft the Indians for Bostonthat 1967 season. JimLonborg won the Cy Youngthat season with 22 winsand Yastrzemski wonthe Triple Crown, but itwas Dick Williams whomade the team legendaryto this day because hedreamed the impossibledream and fought the un-beatable foe.

In 2004 we destroyed theCurse of the Bambino, butfor baby boomers who suf-fered through those leanyears, nothing beats theteam molded together byDick Williams who wonmore games than werelost.

do it overseas than it is righthere. That’s wrong. We needto reinvest in people, rein-vest in manufacturing.That’s how we’re going toturn our economy around.”So simple, isn’t it EdSchultz. Why didn’t we thinkof that? We can fix things ifwe just raise “revenue” fromall of us. Just don’t call itwhat it is: ahem, taxes.

Atheists VersusSeven in Heaven Way

NYC Atheists are all bentout of shape over a 9/11street sign. Some folksnever found the remains oftheir loved ones after 9/11.For some like Ralph Gullick-son, all he has is a streetsign honoring him, but agroup of atheists are out totake it away from him andothers. The Manhattan-based NYC Atheists are de-manding the Big Apple tochange the name of a Brook-lyn block christened “Sevenin Heaven Way” in honor ofseven firefighters killed atthe September attacks. SaidGullickson in reaction tothat move, “We weren’t evenable to recover my brother’sremains. These things likea sign (are) all we have left.How dare these people try totake it away from us.

Richard Street was offi-cially changed in June tosalute the seven fallen fire-fighters from Ladder Com-pany 101/Engine Company202. Both a communityboard and the NY City Coun-cil signed off on the namechange.

However, Ken Bronstein,head NYC Atheist, doesn’tlike the sign. “We see reli-gion imprinted in our cul-ture from the time we’reyoung enough to remem-ber.” He’s planning a law-suit. Who isn’t filing alawsuit these days?

Lean Forward MSNBCRecently, there was a full

page ad in The Nation fromMSNBC. It contained a quotefrom Lawrence O’Donnell,

one of this cable network’stalking heads. “This countrywas built on a very simpleidea: WE ALL AREN’T HEREYET. With more people andmore ways of looking at theworld, we will have betterideas. Immigration is anadded value to this country.It always has been.”

Actually, who can disagreewith Larry? Of course, immi-gration made this countrywhat it is today. I am a sec-ond generation Americanwith grandparents from bothSciacca in west Sicily andBere Island in West Cork.However, the issue of illegalimmigration is economi-cally killing America. Theliberals don’t see flood-gates crashing down andhordes sneaking into thiscountry, mainly from Mexicobut many other countriestoo.

America has always beena nation of immigrants, butillegal immigration is notpart of that Americanlegacy that O’Donnell isromanticizing.

Brown VersusWhich Warren

It appears the DemocraticParty is obsessing over thepossibility of U.S. SenatorScott Brown getting re-elected. Liberal Democratsseem to be pushing some-one or two named Warren.First, there’s Setti Warren,mayor of Newton, thenthere’s Elizabeth Warren, aliberal Democrat and collegeprofessor. Liberals love topander to their constitu-ency. Setti is African-Ameri-can. Elizabeth is “I amwoman hear me roar.” Atthis point in time, I don’t seeBrown getting defeated. He’sdefined himself quite well.No one running or thinkingabout running against himis a viable alternative tohim. Brown isn’t perfect inmy eyes, but it is good get-ting at least one Republicanvoice up on Capitol Hill forMassachusetts.

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City of Boston. The proposalwould designate I-93/I-95 asthe prescribed through routeover which such Non-Radio-active Hazardous Materialapproaching the City of Bos-ton is to be transported.Within Boston, only ship-ments to destinations/pointsof origin located within theCity would be permissible,provided the motor carrierapplies for and receives apermit from the City.

Written views received byMassDOT subsequent to thedate of this notice and up tofive (5) days prior to a respec-tive hearing date shall bedisplayed for public inspec-tion and copying at the ap-plicable hearings listedabove.

Written statements andother exhibits in place of, orin addition to, oral state-ments made at the PublicHearings regarding the pro-posed undertaking are to besubmitted to: Thomas F.Broderick, P.E., Acting ChiefEngineer, MassDOT, 10 ParkPlaza, Suite 4160, Boston,MA 02116, ATTN: BOSTONHAZMAT ROUTE.

Such submissions will alsobe accepted at the public

hearings. Mailed statementsand exhibits intended for in-clusion in the public hear-ing and comment recordmust be postmarked withinten (10) business days ofSeptember 23, 2011. Com-ments may be emailed [email protected].

For news and updates, visitwww.mass .gov/massdot ,www.mass.gov/blog/trans-portation or www.twitter.com/massdot.

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To the Defendant:The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for

Divorce requesting that the Court grant adivorce for cruel and abusive treatment. TheComplaint is on file at the Court.

An Automatic Restraining Order hasbeen entered in this matter preventingyou from taking any action which wouldnegatively impact the current financial statusof either party. SEE Supplemental ProbateCourt Rule 411.

You are hereby summoned and requiredto serve upon: Rachel Valerie DeOliveira,135 A Powell Street, Lowell, MA 01851 youranswer, if any, on or before August 26, 2011.If you fail to do so, the court will proceed tothe hearing and adjudication of this action.You are also required to file a copy of youranswer, if any, in the office of the Register ofthis Court.

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

Date: July 15, 2011

Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court

Middlesex Probate and Family Court208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI10D3348DRDIVORCE SUMMONS BY

PUBLICATION AND MAILINGRACHEL VALERIE DeOLIVEIRA

vs.WEGNER LOPES DeOLIVEIRA

LEGAL NOTICE

Run date: 7/29/11

BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, JULY 29, 2011

by Richard Preiss

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

We went “Overthe Top!” at theDorchester Ar-mory. A very en-tertaining fightcard by “South-side Promotions.”Chris Traiettiand Mark Vazwent over the topand gave fightfans a show offisticuff warriors.An entertainingfight. Fight favor-ite Tim Flamos

did not fight. “Injury.” Fight favorite ChrisTraietti 10-2, 6 KO’s of Quincy came outbanging and performed a “Blitzkrieg” on op-ponent Scott Domenech 1-1 of Worcester.Stopping Scott in the first round, ChrisTraietti fought like a possessed fighter on amission. Congratulations in your victory.Looking good also is Alexandra MagdziakLopes 5-1, 1 KO, defeated Kate Aversa byunanimous decision in four. Her opponentKate Aversa has guts. I could see very earlyin this match that Alexandra Lopes was thebetter of the two and would win. OpponentKate Aversa fought with courage anddisplayed bravado. She lacked the experi-ence to fight a well-rounded fighter likeAlexandra, who’s very good. She displayeddrive and will. Derek Silveira, 5-0,2 KO’s of Byfield, defeated Noel Garcia 2-9-1in six rounds. Referee Leo Gerstel adminis-tered to the bout between Dan Powers 3-0,2 KO’s who defeated James Owens by a fourround decision. Louis Felix lost to ChrisGilbert of Lowell by a TKO in two. He did notrecover in the five minutes allotted timefrom a low blow. I viewed this fight in thisway. I have been hit with low blows in mycareer. I know they were “Accidental.” Ihave “Accidentally” hit opponents with lowblows too. How did that happen? “Excuseme!” “Ding!” I just feel that he did not thinkhe could win by fighting and hoped he’d getthe victory by disqualification. Boxing Rulingbody is to be congratulated on its ruling. Hedidn’t get hit with a devastating low blow.Heavyweights Keith Bianchini and RandySmith battled for four rounds. Randy Smithcame away with the victory. HoustonCrayton of Dorchester 1-5, defeated PaddyThompson by decision. I enjoyed this fightshow.

Fighter who displayed the most Bravado,Chris Traietti. Fighter with no quit, KateAversa. The fighter displaying “Yo Adrian Idid it,” Chris Traietti. Gentleman Jim Boxeris, Alexandra Magdziak Lopes. Many fightbuddies were there in attendance.

August 9th Pugs Luncheon, at the FlorianHall. Tommy Martini has arranged anotherexquisite time for all. Also, Richard Handhas made a great Donation to Ring 4. Hisdearly departed recently deceased father has

left a large amount of clothes that willbe brought to the next Pugs’ Luncheon.Richard Hand will be honored if memberswill take them, in behalf of his great father.Richard Hand Sr. Richard Hand says “Don’tbe shy. Take them, and wear them withpride!” Most clothing is as good as new. Manypairs of pants, shirts, and other clothing. Hisfather was about 180 lbs. and about 5 foot 8".

Too many World Champions. I looked inFightnews.com. Listed are World championsin five different ruling bodies. WBC, WBA,IBF, WBO and Fightnews.com. Seventeendivisions. That equals 85 world champions.By the way Antonio Tarver just won the IBOWorld title. That equals 102 Worldchampions. I believe that’s one fifth of thefighters there were in the hay-day of boxingin the ’40s, ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Where andwhen does it “Stop?” What other champi-ons are there?????? When does it stop? I likewhat Great World Champion Tony DeMarcosays? “A Champion is a Champion!” TonyDeMarco is a man of class. He is right. AChampion is a champion. I see many greatfighters and champions now. Fighters thatcould have fought in any era and done well.I just would like to see these fighters fightone another and show just who the best is. Ibelieve the fighters of now would like to bethe only world champion in their weight classtoo. As it stands now. The Ring’s November1949 issue lists eight weight divisions:Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight, Middle-weight, Welterweight, Lightweight, Feath-erweight, Bantamweight and Flyweight. Top10 fighters in each division and eight cham-pions equals 88 fighters. 2011 with seven-teen weight divisions and six or more rul-ing bodies, equates to 102 world champions.That’s more world champions now than alltop ten and world champions of before 1949.The fighters of now are very tough too. I knowthat they’d prefer to have only one WorldChampion in each division. I do like the ideaof having 17 divisions.

Many compliments to “The Young Ladiesof the Fight Family”. Jennifer Cobis, a greatyoung lady and animal lover. She loves dogs.She is to be complimented on the wonderfulwork she does. Check her out on Facebookand thank you Jennifer for all of the won-derful work you do for Boxing. Thanks toEmily Harney, who is expecting a son inNovember. God Bless you, the baby’s won-derful father Shaun Hawkins and yourfuture wonderful son. Then there’sAlexandra Magdziak Lopes, a young lady,loaded with skill, beauty and class. Who canalso hit you with a left hook. “Pow!”

On Thursday, August 18 at 8:30 PM formerWorld Welterweight Champion TonyDeMarco will receive this year’s Italian-American of the Year Award at the Madonnadel Soccorso, (Fisherman’s Feast) in theNorth End of Boston.

I have been made aware of the passing ofEuropean light heavyweight championGiulio Rinaldi. 44-16-5, 13 KO’s. 1960Progress of the year fighter.

We Went “Over the Top!” at Dorchester ArmoryAntonio Tarver defeats Danny Green in World Title Fight“Can the Way of Establishing World Champions Improve?

Rising Boxing Star Anthony Narsella Jr.Great Young Ladies of Our Fight World: Cobis, Harney and Lopes.

Rich Torzney, and Richie “The Mountain”LaMontagne.

Welterweights Aleksandra MagdziakLopes vs. Kate Versa.

Fight announcerJohn Vena

He’ll have five years toprove himself, a rathergenerous span consideringthat it took him only four towrite a memorable recordat Northeastern Universitysome three decades ago.

For all Jim Madigan did dur-ing his undergraduate dayson Huntington Avenue wasplay on consecutive BeanpotChampionship teams andhave a significant role on theHuskies 1982 squad — theonly one in school history tomake it to the NCAA FrozenFour.

And now he’s back.Jim Madigan, NU alumnus,former administrator andhockey scout, is back wherehe belongs — in charge atthe rink and ready to give itall he has.

“This is where it began,”recalled Madigan at hisintroductory press confer-ence. “This is where Iwanted to come back to. Thiswas a job that I’ve truly cov-eted for many years. Fromwhen I was 18 or 19 to whenI graduated, I wanted to beour next head hockey coach.

But he had to wait — nearlythree decades — before hisdream would come true.During that span he workedin administrative positionsat NU and scouted hockeyon the side, first for the NewYork Islanders and later forthe Pittsburgh Penguins. Healso got a taste of coachingat his alma mater, servingas an assistant from 1986 to1993.

Then came stints onNortheastern’s administra-tive side and finally the callhe’s always waited for — theone that informed him thathe had been selected as theHuskies’ 10th head hockeycoach in school history atage 48.

Standing in Mathews Arenawhere it all began for JimMadigan in the fall of 1981,a flood of memories keptcoming back.

“It was 30 years ago thisAugust that my mom anddad drove me down fromToronto and dropped meoff just down the road infront of White Hall. My room-mate Tim Marshall was fromHull, Massachusetts. Wemet each other and our fami-lies for the first time. It wassomething new for JimMadigan. It was a new coun-try, new city, new team-mates, new coaches andnew classmates.”

Former Bruins captainFerny Flaman was Madigan’scoach and under his men-toring it didn’t take long forMadigan to experience suc-cess. As a freshman on ateam that featured sevenseniors, NU went all theway to the Frozen Four, atrip that has never beenrepeated by a HuntingtonAvenue squad.

But Madigan, a new addi-tion, more than held his ownon the veteran dominatedteam by scoring 32 points on13 goals and 19 assists for ateam that won 25 gamesthat year. His junior andsenior seasons would be

highlighted by back-to-backBeanpot championships in1984 and 1985.

The Milton resident indi-cated that interim headcoach Sebastien LaPlante“will remain with the pro-gram. “I had the opportunityto coach Sebastien andrecruit him. I know he’s gota lot of pride for NU and he’sa good hockey person andmore importantly a good per-son overall.”

The new coach, who willcelebrate his 25th weddinganniversary in August withhis wife Kim, indicated thathe hopes to build on the mo-mentum that former coachGreg Cronin initiated beforeleaving to become an assis-tant coach with the TorontoMaple Leafs.

Madigan said that he“looks forward to ratchetingup to another level so we canhave competitive success inHockey East. Hockey East ina premier League in thiscountry. You take care ofyour business in HockeyEast and that will take careof your national picture. Wehave aspirations to continueto play at the national levelthat Greg established twoyears ago. We want to winBeanpots, we want to winHockey East Championshipsand we want to get to na-tional tournaments. I’m nothere to promise anything.I’m just saying that’s ourgoal, that’s our aspiration.”

The Madigan era for NUHockey will begin on Octo-ber 2 when the Huskies hostSt. Francis Xavier Universityof Nova Scotia in an exhibi-tion game. Things will startto count on October 7 whenNU hosts UMass-Amherst.Other highlights of theschedule include home andaway games against BostonCollege (at Matthews Arenaon October 22, at BC onNovember 11) and a pair ofcontests at Notre Dame onDecember 2–3 to be followedby a trip to the MariucciClassic at the University ofMinnesota on December 30–31.

After New Year’s, there’stwo more games with BC (atThe Heights on January 14and in the first round ofthe Beanpot on February 6).The Beanpot Finals night isFebruary 13.

The regular season willclose March 2-3 with roadand home games againstBoston University. North-eastern does not have aregular season game withHarvard but could face theCrimson in the secondround of the Beanpot.

The Hockey East Tourna-ment takes up the first por-tion of March with the NCAAregionals to follow. If theHuskies do manage to gaina berth in the Frozen Four,they will be rewarded with atrip to Tampa to compete forthe National Championship.

Thus a new era in North-eastern hockey commences.If Madigan’s enthusiasm isany indication, look forNortheastern to continue toimprove as the years go on.

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