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Those hokey old traditions endure for decades because they’re more than hokey--they’re fun.

The Department of Recreation and Park’s Doll Show, which will celebrate 75 years next Tuesday, is no exception.

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“It brings people to the park, and that’s the most important thing,” said Bob Wall, recreation chief of Rec and Parks.

The Doll Show, scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 30, with registration beginning at 11:15 a.m. and the show starting at noon, is at

Patterson Park’s Dominic “Mimi” DiPietro Family Skating Center, located in the park at 200 S. Linwood Ave.

Wall, who grew up near Patterson Park and launched his career volunteering in it as a teenager, noted that the park is home to three

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Friends and family remember Leto’s love for lifeBy ERIK ZyGMOnT [email protected]“We didn’t think we’d need all this space, but obviously we did,” said Diane Posko to a couple hundred friends and family mem-bers gathered at Fell’s Point’s Polish Home Club last Friday to celebrate the life of Kimberly Leto.

Posko, Leto’s sister, said that Leto would not have wanted the event to be sad. “She would love for us to all focus on how much we all loved her and her smile and laugh,” Posko said. She also mentioned her sister’s “abso-lutely wicked” sense of humor and deep affinity for the spiritual.“Although Kim was not associated with a specific religion, she was very spiritual,” said Posko. “She had an uncanny ability to understand these ancient texts.” Jan Dietrich, a spiritual mentor for Leto, said that she “really valued the presence of God in her life.”

St. to the east, Fairmount Ave. to the south, with Haven St. as the nearest western street boundary. It has a basketball court, playground equipment and an open field where Gentry says three generations of her family played.“I thought the meeting was about fixing the park up,” she says. “Not taking it away.”

Janney Street Park has no obvious signage indicating that it is a city park, save for a weathered rusty sign hanging from the park’s chain-linked fence with the acronym POS—indicating that the park is or was affiliated with Program Open Space, a program that conserves natural

Cathy Gentry didn’t think that neighborhood parks could disappear, but she may find out otherwise.Last November she and some of her Janney St.-area neighbors attended a meeting of the city and the Baltimore Development Corporation informing them that the nearby Pompeian Olive Oil Company was interested in expanding and would like to buy Janney Street Park from the city—and the city was considering selling it to them.

Janney Street Park, at 140 Janney St., is a 1.5 acre park in a heavily industrial area. It is bordered broadly by Fayette St. to the north, Janney

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Fire guts Highlandtown home; neighbors step in to help

On Monday morning, a fire severely damaged a Highlandtown home and also caused damages to the homes on either side.

According to Fire Department spokesman Capt. Roman Clark, the department received the call to 307 S. East Ave. at 8:06 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 22. Clark said that the first arriving units found “heavy fire” on the first and second floors of the two-story dwelling.

“They tried to advance hose lines to the second floor, but couldn’t do so,” due to the severe flames, Clark said.

Crews got the blaze “under control” by 8:56 a.m., Clark reported. A woman, approximately 68 years of age, was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital and treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation, he added.

“There were no injuries to any firefighters,” Clark said.

The cause of the two-alarm fire is under investigation. Clark said that 307 S. East Ave. sustained an estimated $75,000 in structure damages and about $25,000 in losses for the contents of the home. The neighboring structures, 305 and 309 S. East Ave., were also damaged, Clark said.

The state’s website for the Department of Assessments and Taxation, dat.state.md.us, lists the owners of 307 and 305 S. East Ave. as Noah Rhoades Jr. and Carol Rhoades, with 307 designated as the primary residence for the pair. Travis Rhoades is listed as the owner of 309 S. East Ave.

Before the flames were extinguished, community members were discussing ways to help those affected by the fire. Church of the Harbor, a new church that started meeting at Canton Baptist Church at 3302 Toone St., is accepting donations through its website, churchoftheharbor.org. Place the mouse over the “Contact Info” button, click “Partner with us,” and a link for PayPal donations is at the bottom of the page. Church staff ask that those wishing to donate in connection with the fire to put a note on their donation that says so. On Facebook yesterday, the day of the fire, church staff reported that over $1,000 had been donated online.

Pastor Mark Parker of Highlandtown’s Breath of God Lutheran Church, at Clinton and Pratt streets, said that those wishing to donate cash or gift cards can put them in “appropriately-labeled envelopes” and drop them off at the Church of the Harbor Office, 282 S. Robinson St., or in the mail slot at the Breath of God office, 141 S. Clinton St.

Parker posted on Facebook that staff from Church of the Harbor would be making immediate clothing purchases from the funds received.

“It’s much easier to handle the specific requests (sizes/items) that way than for all of us to root through our closets or go shopping ourselves,” wrote Parker. “Thanks, as always, for being a generous and compassionate community.”

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“[The apartments] will all be very high-end,” he said. “All we do are very nice projects.”

He added that his company does most work “in-house,” the only “sub-outs” being HVAC, plumbing and electrical work.

Resident David Marcozzi said that “there’s a lot of pomp and hype about picking up the Highlandtown Community.” “My concern is what this building is going to bring back into the community,” he said. “I can stand up here and tell you a lot of things, but my record speaks for itself,” replied Taylor.

The developer also extended an open invitation to residents to go and tour any of the other projects he has done in the city.

Nick Kirley, who clarified that he was speaking as a resident rather than as vice president of the Highlandtown Community Association, said that his neighbors should consider giving Taylor a chance.

“We currently have four vacant buildings on this corner, and nothing’s ever going to get better unless something happens with these [Our Lady of Pompei] buildings,” he said.

“Very rarely does somebody come into Highlandtown and want to drop a couple of million bucks on anything,” he added. “I’m willing to give it a chance, and I live across the street.”

As for the parking, Kirley said that there are a lot of obsolete loading zones and “no stopping” zones in the neighborhood.

“On any given block you can add one or two spaces,” he said.

Resident Leonora “Peachy” Dixon, who works evenings in Little Italy, said that she often has to park a couple blocks from her Claremont St. home, near Conkling St.

Sweeney told residents that he had recently performed an admittedly “very crude,” informal parking study on the nights of Wednesday, Dec. 3; Saturday, Dec. 6; and Thursday, Dec. 11. He said he surveyed parking in the vicinity, on Conkling St. from Mt. Pleasant Ave. to Gough St.; on Claremont and Pratt streets from Highland Ave. to Eaton St.; and on the 200 block of Eaton St. Of the 246 total street parking spaces in that area, there were 33 vacant on Dec. 3; 19 vacant on Dec. 6; and 22 vacant on Dec. 11.

“I like to think we’re going to be okay,” said Sweeney.

Taylor’s project includes the school building only and not the gymnasium. Should the project move forward, and Taylor purchases the school, then he would have the right of first refusal should the gymnasium ever be put up for sale.

Taylor’s company, Urban Space Developers, has a website at greenurbanluxury.com.

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Speaking to residents who live near his proposed 28-apartment renovation of Our Lady of Pompei School, developer Chris Taylor laid his cards on the table.

“We don’t fight communities, so if everyone in the community was against this project, we would just walk away,” he said.

The special meeting, held last Wednesday in the Pompei School building, was called by Highlandtown Community Association President Brian Sweeney. Residents living nearby the proposed project had expressed concerns about the parking impact, given that Taylor’s plan--which he distributed to all attendees last Wednesday--has 10 off-street spaces for 28 apartment units, including 22 one-bedroom units, two two-bedroom units and two studios.

Taylor said that, his own assessments aside, he didn’t want to tell residents that his project wouldn’t cause an adverse impact to parking, or that the neighborhood could handle more cars on the street.

“Me telling you that is almost insulting,” he said. “Anything I bring here tonight...You’re going to have your own entrenched beliefs of what’s good for the community and what’s not good for the community.”

He did explain to residents why he planned 28 apartments with 10 parking spaces. For one, Taylor said that “the plan only works if we can get 28 units out of the building.” “This neighborhood is still ‘catch-as-catch-can,’ just like my neighborhood,” he said, noting that there is substantial risk involved with his project.

“The surface parking spaces are what they are; I can’t really find any other spaces.”

A few residents suggested that, instead of putting apartments unit on the bottom, underground level, Taylor could consider putting in a single-level garage.

Taylor said that any kind of “structured parking,” including the garage idea, would cost around $35,000-$40,000 for each parking space.

“I would lose everything I have to do this project,” he said.

As it is, Taylor said that the 28-apartment renovation, which will re-purpose the school building while keeping it intact, will cost “over $3 million.”

He said that there are no bank loans involved in the project, and, once started, there won’t be any long pauses “while we’re waiting for a big bank draw” or similar delays.

“I was fortunate enough to get a very wealthy investor who believes in Baltimore, and is very involved in Catholic Charities,” Taylor added.

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Liquor Board approves El Bufalo transferby Erik [email protected]

Per the Liquor Board, Dominic Lascola, manager of the bar at 2921 O’Donnell St., currently El Bufalo, is now owner and liquor licensee of the establishment, the operation of which is now subject to a memorandum of understanding signed by Lascola and representatives of the surrounding community.

“There’s been some letters of opposition to this; there’s been some letters of support,” commented Atty. Leanne Schrecengost, counsel for Lascola, as last Thursday’s hearing on the matter began.

“There’s a lot of complaints about the operation of this license,” observed Thomas Ward, chair of the three-commissioner board that eventually voted to allow the transfer.

“That is correct,” concurred Schrecengost. “What the board should be considering is

just the fitness of the applicant,” she added, noting that Lascola had been in “extensive meetings with neighbors and with the CCA [Canton Community Association].”

A few residents who live near El Bufalo turned out to express some concerns with the Liquor Board. Sara Berman, who lives near the bar, noted that there had been several safety issues with the property, and she questioned Lascola’s responsiveness to residents’ concerns.

“It wasn’t until I engaged the Liquor Board that something was done,” she said.

“I will always try to make myself available,” replied Lascola, also reiterating throughout the hearing that he had given his personal contact information to neighbors.

He said that anything brought directly to him would be “resolved immediately.”

Schrecengost noted that, in the past, there had been “some constraints to his making improvements due to his not being the property owner.”

Commissioner Dana Moore inquired of Lascola how he had responded to community complaints thus far, including “public drunkenness, noise, loud bass.”

“How have you resolved these issues?” she asked.

Lascola responded that he had upgraded El Bufalo’s sound system, allowing for a higher-quality sound unreliant on heavy bass, and he had “projected the speakers away from homes.”

Lascola said that he had other improvements planned, including getting the bar’s kitchen up and running so that the establishment could serve food. Commissioner Harvey Jones asked him how soon those improvements would be made, should the Liquor Board approve the transfer. Lascola said that he planned to

complete the upgrades within 120 days. “That’s the ambition,” he said. Close resident Dustin Ritter testified that

neighbors have had “continued issues” with El Bufalo’s licensee prior to last Thursday, Maura Smith. He said that he would like to see the liquor license either revoked altogether or transferred to Lascola, but he didn’t want it to remain with Smith.

“These issues have stemmed since her...since her...prior to Dominic,” Ritter said.

Based on her own prior experience with the establishment, Nancy Longo, also a resident of S. Curley St., questioned Lascola’s continued assurances that he would be responsive to community complaints and feedback.

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commissioners in approval of the transfer, Lascola received a final warning from Moore.

“If they have concerns, they need to call and you need to answer, and you need to return those calls, and return those emails,” she said.

“Don’t come back for the wrong reason,” was Ward’s final farewell to the new licensee.

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With letters of support from the Canton Community Association, the Canton Square Homeowners Association and the O’Donnell Square Business District Association, the board quickly and unanimously approved a request from Steve Roop, primary licensee for the Portside Tavern, 2821 O’Donnell St., to expand his BD-7 tavern license to the adjoining property, 2823 O’Donnell St.

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of rec and parks matriarch Virginia S. Baker’s original activities, including the Doll Show. The other two are the Frog Hop and the Chesapeake Turtle Derby.

Wall said that the Doll Show was recently made a wintertime event so that participants could also take advantage of free skating.

“We moved it into winter to kind of tie it into a free ice-skating session,” said Wall.

Recreation and Park’s John Kirk, who runs programming at the DiPietro Skating Center, said that it’s also a chance for school kids to see each other during winter break.

“A lot of these children wanted to interact around Christmas and New Year’s and sort of show off that new doll,” he said. “They can see each other and say, ‘What did you get for Christmas?’”

Each child participating in the doll show are invited to show-off their miniature person in a short show-and-tell session.

“The real fascinating thing about some of the children is they would come to life in their narration of their doll,” he said.

Like a dog show, the Doll Show is a competition with multiple categories, including “antique,” “character,” “best-dressed,” “best-stuffed,” “foreign” and more. Wall remembered, with a laugh, that he had

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If your child is not a dyed-in-the-wool American Girl aficionado, the Doll Show also has an “action figure” category, added a few years ago.

“Now it’s probably the biggest category,” said Wall.

Wall said that the Doll Show has been a constant of Patterson Park.

“It used to draw 100-150 kids back when I was a kid,” he said.

Though its popularity waned somewhat, the Doll Show became “something people could latch onto and feel good about” through Patterson Park’s “transitional” years and into the present, Wall added.

Like many long-running children’s events, it attracts nostalgic adults who wish to communicate their own childhood experiences to their offspring.

“Sometimes we get three generations, or four generations [participating in the Doll Show],” said Wall.

For more information, or for a registration form, please call 410-396-9392 or email [email protected].

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Wednesday, December 24Mass schedule, Sacred Heart of Mary: On Christmas Eve, Mass is at 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and at midnight. Children’s Christmas carols are at 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.; there will also be Christmas carols at 11:30 a.m., prior to Midnight Mass. On Christmas Day, Dec. 25, Mass is at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. There will be a service for the Feast of Mary Mother of God, Dec. 31, at 4:30 p.m. On Jan. 1, Masses will be held at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Canton Baptist Church Adult Bible Study: Every Wednesday 6:30-7:30 p.m. Classes for youth and children. Info: 410.563.1177.

Thursday, December 25Mitzvah Day: On Thursday, Dec. 25, starting at 10 a.m., the Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd St., is participating in Mitzvah Day with a family program, “Putting the Pieces Together,” with Baltimore historian Gilbert Sandler. The program, free with museum admission, includes both a community service project and conversation with Sandler. On Mitzvah Day, celebrated in Baltimore on Dec. 25 and coordinated by the Jewish Volunteer Connection, everyone is invited to do a “Mitzvah,” or good deed, to give back to their local community. At “Putting the Pieces Together,” participants will make puzzles for children spending the holidays at the Herman and Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai Hospital. At 1 p.m., Sandler will tell the story about the genesis of Jewish Baltimore. Info: jewishmuseummd.org.

Mass schedule, Sacred Heart of Mary: On Christmas Eve, Mass is at 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and at midnight. Children’s Christmas carols are at 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.; there will also be Christmas carols at 11:30 a.m., prior to Midnight Mass. On Christmas Day, Dec. 25, Mass is at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. There will be a service for the Feast of Mary Mother of God, Dec. 31, at 4:30 p.m. On Jan. 1, Masses will be held at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Friday, December 26Highlandtown Train Garden: Throughout the holidays, the Highlandtown Train Garden, a rendering of southeast Baltimore in miniature with trains, is open to the public Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., through December 21. From Dec. 22 through Jan. 3, the garden is open every day--with the exception of Christmas Day--11 a.m.-5 p.m. The Train Garden is located at Firehouse #41, 520 S.

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Saturday, December 27Highlandtown Train Garden: Throughout the holidays, the Highlandtown Train Garden, a rendering of southeast Baltimore in miniature with trains, is open to the public Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., through December 21. From Dec. 22 through Jan. 3, the garden is open every day--with the exception of Christmas Day--11 a.m.-5 p.m. The Train Garden is located at Firehouse #41, 520 S. Conkling St. Info: highlandtowntraingarden.blogspot.com.

Sunday, December 28Highlandtown Train Garden: Throughout the holidays, the Highlandtown Train Garden, a rendering of southeast Baltimore in miniature with trains, is open to the public Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., through December 21. From Dec. 22 through Jan. 3, the garden is open every day--with the exception of Christmas Day--11 a.m.-5 p.m. The Train Garden is located at Firehouse #41, 520 S. Conkling St. Info: highlandtowntraingarden.blogspot.com.

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Dear Santa,How are you doing? Have I been good this

year? Which beach did you and the elves go to this summer?

For Christmas, I would like a camera (not a film camera), a puppy, and a pogo stick. Thank you for all of the presents last year and for reading my letter.

Your friend, Katerina, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Thank you so much for your thoughtful, funny and cute letters to Santa Claus! Rest assured - they are well on their way to the North Pole, and will be received by the Jolly Old Elf in time for Christmas.

Letters to Santa

Hi Santa and Mrs. Santa,My name is Kenya. My cousin and I will not

be getting anything for Christmas, because my Aunt Precious and grandmother don’t have anything for us. I am 10 years old; my cousin Mekhi is 4 years old. My grandmother has breast cancer. She is sick and I hope she gets well. Her name is Cora. Pray for her, Santa, that she gets better. My cousin Mekhi is a boy, and he said, “Hi.”

Love you all, Kenya(Editor’s note: Contact the Guide if you

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Dear Santa,I have been a good boy this year for my

mommy and daddy. All I want for Christmas is a lot of race cars, big trucks, fire truck, and books for my mommy to read to me. Dump trucks. I promise to stay being a good boy,

Love, Jordan

Dear Santa,My name is Telis Johnson. I’ve been good.

This year, I will be one year old, on December

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Telis Johnson

Dear Santa, Could I see Rudolf in person? How many

people get on the naughty list? Could I ride on one of your reindeer? For Christmas, I would like a mini electric car, a skateboard, and an iPhone. Thanks.

Your friend, Mady, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, Could you leave a present for my family?

Would you take a selfie with me? Could you ho-ho-ho really loudly for me? For Christmas I would like Skylanders Trap Team, an iPhone mini, and a Kurio Extreme tablet.

Love, Nicholas, Saint Casimir Catholic School

BALTIMORE GUIDE 9WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2014Dear Santa,

Who trims your beard? How many cookies do you eat on Christmas Day? For Christmas I would like 2014 football stickers, a Lego remote control train set, and a Zoomer Dino. Thank you for bringing gifts to us.

Your friend, Palmer, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How many cookies do you eat on Christmas

Eve? How long is your beard? How many elves do you have? For Christmas I would like Barbie dolls, a violin, and an

American doll, Isabelle. Thank you,

Your friend, Milana, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How many elves do you have? I would like an

X-Box and a Minecraft game. Thank you.

Your friend, James, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How do you know everyone? How many elves

do you have? How big is your coat? I would like a Minecraft toy, a Nintendo DS2, and an Angry Bird toy. Thank you for bringing me presents every Christmas.

Your friend, Daniel, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How many cookies do you eat for

Christmas? How old are you? Why do you have a beard? For Christmas I would like Mip the Robot and a Halo Plants vs. Zombies game. Thank you for bringing gifts to us.

Your friend, Vincent, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How is Mrs. Claus? Why do you have elves

to help you? Do you love cookies and milk? I would like a Barbie Dream House, an iPod, and an iPhone 5. Thank you, Santa.

Your friend, Gari, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How is Mrs. Claus? How cold is it there?

How do you make so many toys? For Christmas I would like a Mip robot, some Pokemon toys, and a Zoomer Dino.

Thanks.

Your friend, Lucy, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How many cookies do you eat at a time?

How did you grow such a long beard? How is Mrs. Claus? For Christmas I would like an iPod, a Jumbo Minecraft cat, and a Lego set. Thank you for bringing gifts to me.

Your friend, Maureen, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How are the reindeer? How is Mrs. Claus?

How many cookies do you eat every year? I would like a new Barbie doll, a new Cabbage Patch Kid (a girl), and a new iPhone, Kindle, or iPod, please! Thank you.

Your friend, Sierra, Saint Casimir Catholic School

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Dear Santa, How old are you? How many cookies do you

eat? How tall are you? I would like an X-Box computer and a Skylanders Trap Team. Thank you.

Your friend, Patrick, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How are you doing? Could we give you a

break? Would you and your reindeer like a snack? For Christmas I would like some Darn Yarn, a Cool Baker, and a baby puppy. Thank you a lot!

Your friend, Kalista, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, We will leave out cookies for you. How are

you doing? Will you leave my whole family a prize, please?

For Christmas I would like a scooter, a real puppy, and a Captain Toad Treasure Tracker. Thank you for bringing gifts to us.

Your friend, Yianni, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, What do you do at the North Pole in the

summer time? What do the elves do in the summer? What do you do when kids are bad? For Christmas I would like a laptop, a cell phone, and an iPhone. Thank you for reading my letter.

Your friend, Maggie, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, What do you do the rest of the year? Have

I been naughty? Do you like the North Pole? For Christmas I would like a Thomas Muller soccer jersey, a new soccer ball, and a soft basketball to play with in the house.

Thanks.

Your friend, Ryan, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, Why do you give us elves for our shelves?

How many cookies do you eat? What does Mrs. Claus do? For Christmas, I would like Skylanders Trap Team, a Cabbage Patch Kid, and a cat playing the piano toy. Thank you for bringing gifts for us.

Your friend, Pavlos Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa,How do you get the things you need for

gifts? How do you travel very far away on ordinary days? How many elves do you have? For Christmas I want a new Barbie doll, a violin, and some more Little Critters. I hope you bring them. Thank you.

Your friend, Lily, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How is Mrs. Claus? How many miles do you

travel on Christmas Eve? I would like Legos and Minecraft for Christmas. Thank you, Santa.

Love, Roy, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How do you have so many children? For

Christmas I would like a Magic Hat Game, and a Nutcracker ballerina.

Thank you.

Your friend, Claudia, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How long is your moustache and beard? Is

my elf, Snowy, a boy or a girl? How old is my elf, Snowy? May I have a Mip the Robot and a Kindle Fire?

Love, Clare, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How many elves do you have? What are your

elves’ names? How old are you? Please bring me an American Girl doll, Samantha, some P.J.’s for my doll and me, and some accessories for my doll. Thank you.

Your friend, Abby, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, I want to know how tall you are. How many

cookies do you eat? How many elves do you have? For Christmas I would like a Minecraft Giant Steve, an X-Box, and a helicopter. Thank you.

Your friend, Gavin, Saint Casimir Catholic School



Conkling StreetChristmas

By Rafael Alvarez

1973


The last Christmas gift Basilio received from his mother was a Transfi guration High School jacket from Louis J. Smith Sporting Goods, 510 South Conkling Street at the twinkling crossroads of the Holy Land. Corduroy: jet black with snow white

stitching.Two months pregnant with less than fi ve

months to live, Audrey Boullosa drove into the city from a cul-de-sac carved out of 19th century strawberry fi elds, her mission too important to trust to the suburbs.Fretfully: What name to be sewn above her

son’s heart? His given one - a thick cape of

Iberia chosen by his father?[The infant had been

named for his father, no discussion, no debate.]Or the one his friends

had called him – “Ringo” – the honor bestowed in the fi rst grade when he was admonished by Sister Pamphelia (the nun who kept a parrot in the classroom) for drumming on his desk with No. 2 pencils.Basilio was many a Beatles albums

down the road from that now – “No one will be watching us,” soon to be part of his catechism; a 14-year-old freshman at the Xaverian School on the west side of town, 10 miles from the corner of Conkling and Eastern and the one-eyed Santa in the tiny North Pole house of candy canes.It was 1973 and, for a few more years – the

briefest of calendars, ghosts walking the Avenue with a shopping bag in each hand -Highlandtown was still Highlandtown.The greatest place in the world to feel – a

sensation of the blood confi rming faith you weren’t even sure you possessed - that Christmas was in you.David Bowie had just released “Aladdin

Sane” and Basilio had a date for the Christmas dance with a freckled bookworm from IND. He wore bangle bracelets when he knew his father wasn’t around and did his best to avoid the barber.At Transfi guration, instead of paying

attention as Brother Declan told jokes the boys would not have thought funny even if

they’d understood them, Basilio endlessly

copied album covers, in exacting detail that would have put him on the honor roll, on pages of loose leaf.

These were his fi rst commissions: Nils Lofgren and the Fat Man, twins glimmering under miles of moonlight, the Pontiff of Dirty Love of whom a statue would one day stand where the blind man sold pencils and a guy from Jersey almost nobody had heard of; illustrations traded in the cafeteria for plates of French fries with gravy. A year later - his mother in the breeze,

father working as much overtime on the waterfront as he could get – Basilio would be good enough to trade his work for other things.And no – no thank you, Brother Peter; I’m

fi ne Father Fajardo, it’s my allergies acting up – did not want to

illustrate the year book or draw cartoons for the school paper.

None of which had come to pass as his mother sat at the counter of the Little Tavern alongside the Grand

Theater, eating them by the bag in the hunger of

her fi rst trimester, believing that the one thing to make her

fi rst-born happiest was a jacket that hadn’t been popular since the Joe

College boys were foolish enough to rumble with the Drapes in the alley behind G&A Coney Island Hot Dogs.

-o-

Audrey Paplauskas, a girl from Poppleton Street, was wearing a Transfi guration High letter jacket the night she met Basilio’s father on a hayride in the distant farmlands of Harford County. She came with a girlfriend and Henry had

a jug of his father’s homemade wine that stained her white blouse in the shape of a birthmark when the vino came her way. Henry’s cousin Benny brought his accordion – you haven’t heard the “The Tennessee Waltz” until you’ve heard it played on an Italian squeeze box - and the name over the left breast of Audrey’s jacket said JOE in block letters.Joe was Audrey’s guy, a boy from her

neighborhood on a baseball scholarship to Transfi guration. He was big and strong and he was a star – a lefty with more mustard on his fastball than Jimmy Farantos put on his G&A wieners. Scouts were coming around. The kid was going places.But foolishly – even though Audrey had

begged him – did not go on the harvest hayride that fi rst Saturday in October of 1950.

The Bombers were in the World Series against Philadelphia – the last all-white championship in the history of the game – and both teams had sent scouts to Baltimore that year to fi le reports on the Hollins Street Heater. Believing (because he had reason to) that

he might take the fi eld in the majors the following spring and believing (because he had reason to) that Audrey would say “I do” on the day he signed, Joe spent the afternoon by the radio in his mother’s kitchen, dipping cookies into milk as New York beat the Phillies 5-to-2 in the Bronx for the crown.When Audrey stopped by just before

heading east – “are you sure you don’t want to go?” – Joe kissed his best girl and told her to have a good time.Many hours later, after the long streetcar

ride home without a lot to say to her girlfriend, Audrey put the jacket she’d worn every day for two years in a hall closet and that’s where it stayed - from the Korean War beyond the sale of her parents’ home after the King Riots - fraying into dust.

-o-

“Will it be ready by Christmas Eve?” asked Audrey, a bit of hamburger onion on her chin that the woman behind the counter gently wiped with a tissue.“Oh, yes indeedy,” said Miss Madeleine,

whose father – Louis J. Smith - founded the store in 1927. “Spell the name again.”“B-A-S-I-L-I-O.”“That’s what I thought.”“Do you need a deposit?”“Haven’t had a Transfi guration customer

run out on a bill yet,” laughed Madeleine. “Now Patterson, that’s a different story.”Touching the cuff of Audrey’s dark green

coat she said, “I’m just kidding hon. It’ll be ready in plenty of time for Sanny Claus.”Time enough to cross the street for caramel

popcorn at Kramer’s (a bag to eat now, one to hide for later), buy a chemistry set for Basilio’s little brother at Epstein’s (a curious child, Jose Pepper would blow up his goldfi sh on Christmas morning and, in a few short years, be expelled from Transfi guration for stealing balance beam scales from the science lab); enough time and loose change from the popcorn for the 50 cents ride through the Harbor Tunnel to make breaded pork chops and mashed potatoes for Henry and the boys.

-o-

As best as Basilio could remember (so much time had passed that he had decided to remember it this way) he’d only worn the jacket twice.Out of respect for his mother: to midnight

Mass at Our Lady of Pompeii after dinner on Christmas Eve, the IND girl on the other side of the church with her parents and a copy of “The Princess Bride.”Out of respect for his mother: to her funeral

at St. Peter the Apostle, around the corner from where he grew up and not far from his alma mater.Long after that mild Spring day, when

Basilio met a profoundly bereaved warehouse laborer named Joe for the fi rst and only time – the artist moved into the East Baltimore rowhouse where Christmas Eve endured in pots and pans, a 1948 Westinghouse refrigerator and pale green Depression glass his grandmother used to serve deviled eggs.Seeking succor and solace, he’d washed-up

there after his divorce only to argue with his father’s father about the cost of electricity, the rights of minorities and, above all: How much longer did he expect to live there?Basilio never had a good answer and it

wasn’t long before Grandpop joined his wife and the other ghosts on the Avenue. When the house became Basilio’s, he began putting a live tree in the front window even though the one from childhood was small and artifi cial, perched on an end table, the bottom of the stand swaddled in red felt.Atop the tree, an angelus from Lithuania to

honor the Hollins Market heritage of Audrey Paplauskas. Next to it, hung in the window so the name

could be easily read by people out on the sidewalk, a jacket that hadn’t fi t him for decades.Jet black corduroy, snow white stitching.Transfi guration High School.Baltimore.

THE END

1973


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Dear Santa, Could we take a ride on your sled? How

many cookies do you eat per night? This is what I would like for Christmas: a computer, Legos, and a new winter jacket. Thank you.

Your friend, Audrey, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, I would like to ask you a question. How are

you doing? Could I have a real puppy, an

iPhone, and a stuffed reindeer? Thanks for everything.

Your friend, Eva, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, When you deliver presents, do you take

selfies? Do you have an iPhone? How big is your workshop? For Christmas, I would like a pile of gold, slippers, and Minecraft for my X-Box 1. Thanks for everything, Santa.

Your friend, Brenner, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, Could you take a selfie for me and leave it

on the table? Could you wake me up? Am I on the naughty list?

For Christmas I would like an Extreme tablet, a puppy, and a picture of my mom.

Your friend, Naloni, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, Could I ride on a reindeer? How fast can you

run? Do you have a snowboard? For Christmas I would like Star Wars Legos, Halo Legos, and a Nerf gun.

Your friend, Marciano, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, How have you been? Do you have summer

at the North Pole? Feel free to let the reindeer drink out of my dog’s bowl. I hope you have a good Christmas. What do you do for Christmas? What type of cookies do you like? Do you like hot chocolate? Will you celebrate Halloween at the North Pole? If you do, what will you be? I think you should be an elf! What do you think of that? If you want a vacation, I will be your understudy. Is that okay with you?

For Christmas, I would like a laptop, a Sew Cool, and a Buddy the Elf stuffed animal.

Your friend, Sophia, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, I would like to ask you a few questions.

Could I pet Rudolf? How many elves work at your shop? Could you send me a selfie? For Christmas I would like a Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, a Samsung Galaxy tablet, and an X-Box 360. Thank you.

Your friend, Matteo, Saint Casimir Catholic School

Dear Santa, Is it hard to be Santa? How fast do you

run? Do you like your job? For Christmas I would like my own bike and some diamonds, please. Thank you.

Your friend, Slade, Saint Casimir Catholic School

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Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith has been a standout football player since his high school days, but he hasn’t always been a wide receiver; Smith started the game doing a little bit of everything.

A 2004 article in the “Free-Lance Star” of Fredericksburg, Va., notes that Torrey Smith, then a student at Stafford High School and member of the school’s Indians football squad, returned a kickoff for 52 yards at the beginning of the game, then returned a punt for 63 yards and a touchdown, while also playing as quarterback.

“Torrey can do those types of things for us,” the Free-Lance Star quotes Smith’s coach, Roger Pierce, as saying. “We expect him to do those things.”

While Smith now has his position--wide receiver--nailed down, things haven’t really changed in the sense that Ravens fans still expect him to ”do those things.”

A Raven since the start of his NFL career, Smith has delivered, making 209 receptions, scoring 29 touchdowns, and gaining 3,508 yards since the Ravens selected him as the 58th pick in 2011. He has started all but two

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as well. The Torrey Smith Foundation, according to Smith’s website, torreysmith.org, plans to “have touched the lives of 35,000 children by 2016.” The foundation has a wide array of programs, including Torrey’s Reading Oasis, an initiative to place reading rooms in Baltimore City Public Schools next fall; Torrey’s Back to School Program, in which 600 underprivileged kids are given the supplies they need to start the school year; and Torrey’s Turkey Day, in which underprivileged kids and their families receive Thanksgiving dinners.

Earlier this month, through his Teaming Up with Torrey program, Smith, with help from partners, fulfilled the Christmas wish lists of eight families, collected 1000 stuffed animals for needy children, and donated blankets to homeless veterans, according to torreysmith.org.

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Posko, Leto’s sister, said that Leto would not have wanted the event to be sad. “She would love for us to all focus on how much we all loved her and her smile and laugh,” Posko said. She also mentioned her sister’s “abso-lutely wicked” sense of humor and deep affinity for the spiritual.“Although Kim was not associated with a specific religion, she was very spiritual,” said Posko. “She had an uncanny ability to understand these ancient texts.” Jan Dietrich, a spiritual mentor for Leto, said that she “really valued the presence of God in her life.”

St. to the east, Fairmount Ave. to the south, with Haven St. as the nearest western street boundary. It has a basketball court, playground equipment and an open field where Gentry says three generations of her family played.“I thought the meeting was about fixing the park up,” she says. “Not taking it away.”

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Cathy Gentry didn’t think that neighborhood parks could disappear, but she may find out otherwise.Last November she and some of her Janney St.-area neighbors attended a meeting of the city and the Baltimore Development Corporation informing them that the nearby Pompeian Olive Oil Company was interested in expanding and would like to buy Janney Street Park from the city—and the city was considering selling it to them.

Janney Street Park, at 140 Janney St., is a 1.5 acre park in a heavily industrial area. It is bordered broadly by Fayette St. to the north, Janney

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