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Hyde Park BulletinVolume 18, Issue 19

Hyde Park hosts first ever Roosevelt 5K

Hundreds ran in the first annual Roosevelt 5K fundraiser to help the school pay for learning aides and other necessities. Despite therain, the race attendance still exceeded expectations.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON MAYOR'S OFFICE

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The seemingly endless rain of thepast week did not deter almost 200residents from coming out to supportthe Franklin D. Roosevelt School inHyde Park.

The race shut down several ma-jor roadways in the neighborhood, in-

cluding Fairmount Avenue. Friends ofthe Roosevelt School President AmieLuna said they used to host a field dayevent for the school, but wanted to dosomething different.

“I think I’m overexcited and happythat the community and school havecome together to support us,” she said.“It was just under three weeks that wegot all of this put together which is

absolutely amazing.”Luna said even with the rain, they

netted way more people than theywere expecting.

“My goal on Sunday was 100 andwe surpassed that, it was great,” shesaid. “Now that everyone’s on boardwith the program, I think we can ab-

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Hyde Park resident honored as firstfemale recruiter for National GuardJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

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Find yourself at a community meet-ing and you might run into a familiarface, Patricia Odom.

Easy with a smile, a story or a help-ing hand, Odom’s demeanor doesn’tnecessarily lend itself to a military mind,but as it turns out, she spent severalyears serving as the first female blackrecruiter of the United States NationalGuard in Massachusetts.

“I was in the Army about a good sixyears,” she said. “I remember comingout in ’85.”

Odom said it was a personal tragedythat motivated her to join up, and shesaid it was good to get a fresh start.

“I actually went in because I had just

FHNA discusseswelcomingJP@HomeMarMarMarMarMary Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambon

Staff Reporter

The Fairmount Hill NeighborhoodAssociation (FHNA) welcomed seniorsupport organization JP@Home to givea presentation at its monthly meeting onWednesday, April 24 at the Boston Po-lice Academy.

Elsa Bengel, a founding member andVillage to Village Volunteer of the Year,stressed that the current name is a mis-nomer, because the group is looking forways to spread its wings into surround-ing communities, especially Hyde Park.

“We are looking to change the nameand are open to suggestions,” she said.“We just didn’t think SouthwestBoston@Home sounded right.”

The mission of the organization,which has partnered with elderly servicenonprofit Ethos, is to provide social,educational and support services forpeople over age 65 regardless of theirincomes.

Hyde Park resident Pat Alvarez saidshe learned about the program last fallat a meeting.

“I’ve been to their Soup Group,where they rotate houses and share din-ner,” she said. “But they also share in-formation about all kinds of things.”

She added that it is a wonderful ex-perience for seniors who are facing thechallenges of living alone.

John Wicker, the other foundingmember, is no stranger to Hyde Park.He is the husband of Barbara Wicker,the longtime librarian of the Hyde Parkbranch, who has since retired.

Bengel explained that Beacon HillVillage was the first organization of itstype in the country when it started 16years ago. Now there are 300 across thecountry, including JP@Home.

“We had tried to partner with them,but when they said no, we thought itwould be great to start our own in JP,”Engel said.

JP@Home is unique because it hascombined with Ethos to provide socialservice expertise that the agency usu-ally offers to low-income elderly clientsto help them age in place.

“And then there’s the rest of us,”Engel said. “We can get physicaltherapy, but that’s about it.”

Engel and Wicker want to bring thesocial dynamic to Hyde Park, Roslindaleand West Roxbury that they have offeredin Jamaica Plain for almost five years.

The group, which currently has 150members, has social activities like go-ing to restaurants, tai chi and a writinggroup.

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Hyde Park resident Patricia Odom received recognition from the state last week as the firstblack woman to recruit for the U.S. Army in Massachusetts.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

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Centennial Mass held at St. Anne Church

Cardinal Sean O'Malley pre-sided at Mass for the 100thanniversary year of the parishon Sunday, May 5, 2019. Among priests attending wasretired pastor Rev. ArthurDriscoll (1976-1989) andMsgr. Peter V. Conley, a na-tive son of the parish who cel-ebrated his first Mass there inJuly, 1964. Also attendingwere several sisters and reli-gious who taught in the gram-mar school that closed in2009. Fr. Ron Coyne, currentpastor, welcomed the Cardinalfor the happy occasion andinvited all to the school hall forrefreshments after the Mass. Several other events areplanned later in the year. A re-union dinner/dance will takeplace at Moseleys' on theCharles in Dedham on Satur-day, September 14.

PHOTOS BY: PATRICK O'CONNOR

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On Saturday, May 4, theBarbara Baxter Memorial Gar-den was officially dedicated atthe Francis D. Martini Memo-rial Shell Park (1015 TrumanPkwy.) in Hyde Park.

The ceremony – which tookplace just over a year after thelongtime community activistdied – drew a crowd of about100 people on an overcast af-ternoon.

Those in attendance in-cluded members of Baxter’sfamily, friends, a number ofneighborhood activists, andseveral elected officials.

State Representative AngeloScaccia made the dedicationstanding with the bloomingmemorial garden and inscribedstone behind him and facing thegathered audience.

Scaccia had also given theeulogy at Baxter’s funeral theprior spring, and his two ad-dresses served as bookends forthe effort made to bring the gar-den into existence.

Baxter’s death – which hap-pened a couple of days after theofficial kickoff celebration forHyde Park’s 150th anniversaryyear – sent shock wavesthrough the community and,almost immediately, the ideafor a memorial garden at Mar-

tini Shell Park was hatched byfellow activists MarthaMcDonough and Rita Walsh,Baxter’s two closest friends.

The idea began to takeshape with assistance from dif-ferent sources – includingScaccia’s office, volunteers,and donations – and the foot-print for the garden was laiddown late last summer. Flowerbulbs were planted in its bedand along the bank of theNeponset last fall.

“We dedicate this memorialto a fantastic woman,” Scacciasaid of Baxter during his re-marks, as McDonough andWalsh stood beside him, theiridea now officially made real.

Scaccia then invited those inthe audience to share their ownremembrances of Barbara.

A number of people choseto speak, and in so doing re-vealed different aspects ofBaxter’s life – aspects likelyunfamiliar to those who onlyknew her in one particular ca-pacity.

For those in the crowd whocame to know Baxter as a HydePark activist, Valerie Burns ofthe Neponset Greenway Coun-cil speaking of her enthusiasmwhen heading out to a commu-nity project on cold, rainy dayswas already well known:

“Barbara would be there,really, with the kind of energy

that made us all really believethat the day was going to be ter-rific. And it always turned outwell.”

As was District E-18 Com-mander Joseph Gillespie’scomment that Baxter “was themost dedicated, selfless com-munity person I’ve ever met inall of the districts I’ve workedin.”

And the fact that Father RonCoyne – pastor of the Blue HillsCollaborative, which coversHyde Park – knew Baxter wasunsurprising, as well.

But the fact that he had firstgotten to know her when she

was, for him, the face of theDepartment of Youth Services(DYS) when he was visitingteenagers there many years be-fore he took his current postmay have been a surprise formost of those present.

Just as Pastor BethWyman’s commentary onBaxter’s lifelong and deepcommitment to the Hyde ParkPresbyterian Church may haveshed more light on just whoBarbara was.

Shortly after Baxter’s death,Wyman spoke of her differentroles in the Church: serving asa Session member, establishing

the Baby Basics program thatprovides baby diapers to moth-ers in financial need, support-ing the Church tutoring pro-gram, fund raising, and just“holding court” on Sundays asmembers of the congregationwould stop by the church officeto say hello as Baxter – a trea-surer – helped to count theday’s collection money.

“She really liked to see theChurch involved in the commu-nity,” Wyman said of Baxterthat day. “That’s what reallymattered to her because her

State Rep. Angelo Scaccia (red shirt in the back) spoke during the ceremony and looked back fondly onBaxter's contributions to the neighborhood.

PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD


CLEAN AND GREEN

Letters to the Editor

Editorial When is a drop-off not a drop-off?As MassPort—the same

semi-public agency that wasrecently disclosed as havingpaid 300 of its employees morethan $100,000 annually—triesto relieve vehicular congestionat Logan, it has relegated Uberand Lyft drop-offs to inconve-nient central parking. Thegood news is that luggage han-dling will be available there. Thus a family with young onesin tow will have baggage helpreaching their airline. Hope-fully, passengers with legiti-mate disabilities will bedropped off at curbside, sav-ing them from having to navi-gate walking to their airlines.

As a former cab driver fora few months a number ofyears ago—Town Taxi, I’mproud to say—I have a loyaltyto taxi drivers. Therefore, it iswith no small amount of plea-sure that I am aware of cabsstill having access to curbsidedrop-offs, unlike Uber and

Lyft. But I’m perplexed aboutlimousines having the same, ifnot more than, the “privileges”offered to cabs.

Limos are allowed whereonly taxis can venture. Thisseems to favor the very richwho can afford such transpor-tation to East Boston’s primarydestination. Thus highly paidathletes, entertainers, and poli-ticians who arrange to be trans-ported by limos do not have tosuffer what a family of fourheading to Disney has to en-dure with their central parkingdisembarking.

True, not every group head-ing to Logan in a limo is fromthe upper tax brackets: some-times people heading to vaca-tion want to start off in an el-egant style by hiring a limo andtoasting their upcoming get-away with champagne. But forthe most part parties headingto Logan in limos are privi-leged: why should their pas-

sengers have preferred getting-out-of-the-vehicle status, pre-ferred over those from theirUber and Lyft counterparts? Itis almost as disingenuous aspurchasing tickets that allowyou to cut to the front of theline at Disney.

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WISHES ROXBURY PREPHIGH WASAROUND SOONER

To the Editor:As a Roslindale resident and

teacher at Roxbury Prep, aswell as alum of Roxbury Prep,I’m so excited about the possi-bility of Roxbury Prep buildinga high school in my neighbor-hood.

After graduating from theUniversity of Massachusetts atAmherst, I landed my first jobin the banking and finance in-dustry. But after working for afew months, I realized it wasn’twhat I wanted to do. I decidedto visit an old eighth-grade En-glish teacher at Roxbury Prep,where I attended middle school.My former teacher, ShradhaPatel, had been promoted toprincipal of Roxbury Prep’snew high school. After talkingwith her, she convinced me thatteaching may be my calling.She was right.

The reason why I loveteaching is the fact that I’vebeen in the same spot as thesestudents. Not only am I ateacher, but I’m also a mentorto these kids. I am able to re-late to them, they know mybackground. They know that ifI went through this, then theycan do it, too.

Unfortunately, I didn’t

have the opportunity to go toRoxbury Prep High School be-cause it didn’t yet exist. Luck-ily, I had teachers at RoxburyPrep who helped me apply toprivate high schools. I was ac-cepted to several and decidedto attend the Rivers School, aprestigious prep school inWeston, on a full scholarship.In order to attend Rivers, I rodea bus 40 minutes each way frommy home. I wish Roxbury PrepHigh School had existed so thatI could have continued my edu-cation closer to home.

I am excited for our stu-dents that they have the chanceto attend a free public highschool that I did not have thechance to attend. They deservea true high school experiencein a single building and I am ex-cited to one day walk throughthe doors of Roxbury Prep HighSchool’s permanent home.

Kevin MejiaRoslindale

DUDLEY STATION NODIFFERENT THANDOWNTOWN CROSSING

To the Editor:I grew up in lower Roxbury

and the South End back whenneighborhoods had strong retaildistricts. I remember FieldsCorner in Dorchester and I re-member Uphams Corner in

Dorchester . However, I livednearly the Dudley Station retaildistrict where you had manystores to shop with so manyproducts for sale.

Shoppers traveled intoDowntown Boston for largeritems. However, a lot changedover the decades. Dudley,Uphams Corner and Fields Cor-ner are never coming back tothe way it was in 1959 or 1970and this reality must be recog-nized by community leaderswho are looking for some falserenaissance that most likelywill never return.

We all shop differently to-day. Many younger folks shoponline. Rarely do they go shop-ping at brick and mortar stores.Even the malls, which killeddowntown business areas, arefailing in this current state ofshopping we live in.

I recently read that manyfolks in my oldneighborhood are sounding thealarm that 8 storefronts haveshuttered their doors up byDudley Station in under a year.Advocates are signaling thealarm that an ‘economic crisis’is at hand and must be takenseriously.

When the City of Bostontook over the site ofFerdinand’s Furniture store andleased most of the space in thebuilding as the new BostonSchool Department HQs, it washoped by local politicians andcommunity leaders that thismove would restore life to thisonce business center of com-merce. It hasn’t and probablynever will do the trick.

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My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

Let us now praise muddy men.Last week, the Bulletin reported on how members

of the Neponset River Watershed Association, KeepHyde Park Beautiful and other residents joined forcesto help clean the banks of the Neponset River.

Such displays of neighborhood pride are not entirelyuncommon, but they are no less commendable.

We quote from the story itself: “A few dozen resi-dents spread out along the river and Truman Highwayand collected dozens of bags of trash that included theusual suspects; bottles, cans and plastic, and some othernot so usual items, like car doors, TVs and toilet seats.”

It adds: “Resident Edward Berry said he comes outwith KHPB for most of the group’s cleanup activities,and he said it’s an ongoing battle to makethe group’snamesake a reality.“Every little bit helps, even thoughit does seem like a monumental task sometimes,” Berrysaid. “No matter how much you pick up, it’s alwaysback there in a couple of months, but we just want tokeep the waterway clear.”

That quote encapsulates why all this is so impor-tant and commendable an effort. Hard work may, asthey say, its own reward, but this is inevitably-thwartedwork. Pull the trash away, more will eventually takeits place.

There is, at least, a temporary result. One can alsohope that, slowly but surely, a message of deterrenceis sent to those polluters.

Too often, talk of climate damage and pollution ismet with a dumb shrug: “What can I possibly do aboutit.” That is wrong-headed thinking. The truth is we canheal Mother Nature. Elbow grease is the magic for-mula.

Bit by bit, average people have been at the groundfloor of environmental remissions. Waterways, big andsmall, do recover. Depleted forests do regrow. Air qual-ity does improve. It is no miracle. Just the result oflabor and dedication.

The folks who stepped up to aid the Neponset Riverdeserve any and all praise they receive. What they didis indicative of how we reclaim our neighborhoodsfrom the overwhelming drag of pollution and illegaldumping.

“The Neponset is just such an untapped resource,”said resident Scott Kriscenski. “If we could just cleanit up it would be a boon to the neighborhood. If you gojust a few hundred yards that away in Milton and lookat it, it’s pristine, there’s a bunch of wild- life and it’sjust beautiful,here and come close to any roadway, it’sjust littered with everything, there’ no regard for na-ture.”

The end of his quote may be heartbreaking, but theoptimism in that quote to the Bulletin sums up this,and similar efforts, brilliantly.

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“When you’re in a crisis,you don’t know where to go,”Wicker said. “This group andthe support of Ethos provide asafety net.”

Members choose the socialactivities, according to Wicker.

Dues of $25 pays for a pro-gram coordinator at Ethos toanswer specific questions andlink members to services.

“It’s not just about medicalstuff,” Wicker said. “It’s aboutshoveling snow, gardening andgetting help at the house. Any-thing to help someone age inplace.”

For more information,people can call JenniferQuinlan at 6, and I just love thearea,” he said17-477-6934 oremail [email protected].

David Johnson, a Hyde Parkresident, spoke about a grouphe started called the Friends ofTruman Parkway.

“I moved from Quincythree years ago,” he said. “Ilove it, but it is not maintained.”

Johnson “rode up and downTruman Parkway,” describinglitter and conditions where itwas not accessible. He detailedhis findings in a report, whichhe presented to the Departmentof Conservation and Recre-ation.

“The state allocated 1.5 mil-lion to put up speed signs and

make some improvements,”Johnson said. “But once (cars)come up Fairmount Ave., theybelt up towards Mattapan.”

He encouraged FHNA to“band together” with his asso-ciation.

Chair Joe Smith encouragedthis, and also mentioned theefforts of Keep Hyde ParkBeautiful in environmentaleducation and combatting litter.

Smith announced a numberof upcoming communityevents, the most important be-ing the dedication of a commu-nity garden in memory of com-munity and environmental ac-tivist Barbara Baxter, whopassed away a year ago lastweek.

Baxter’s two closest friendsand helpers, MarthaMcDonough and Rita Walsh,described Baxter and the gar-den planted in her honor. Theceremony took place on Sat-urday, May 4 at the MartiniShell at 1015 Truman Park-way.

“The two of you and Bar-bara were the Three Muske-teers,” Smith said.

“We wanted to do some-thing so that Barbara’s legacylives on,” McDonough said,noting the granite stone in hermemory. “There are a lot ofdaisies and roses, her favor-

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Resident David Johnson speaks about his newly-formed group the Friends of Truman Highway, and what hewants to do to help reduce litter and beautify the highway.

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ite flowers, as well as peren-nials, so flowers will bloomfrom spring through the fall.”

She added that Baxter wasthe founder of the NeponsetRiver Cleanup, a co-founderof the Factory Hill commu-nity garden and involved “inalmost everything else inHyde Park.”

“Barbara was such a fan-tastic person,” added Walsh.“There will be a lot of speak-ers there.”

In other positive news,Officer Paul Broderick re-ported virtually no crime thismonth. There were zero rob-beries, larcenies, breakingand enterings, drugs or autothef ts . There were twovandalisms and a domesticdispute.

The next meeting of theFHNA wil l be held onWednesday, May 22. The lo-cation is to be announced.


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Residents packed it in recently at the Hyde Park Police Station to discuss what they might be able to do tohave their concerns heard on 11 Dana Ave.

PHOTO BY SUSAN KRYCZKA

The Hyde Park Neighbor-hood Association (HPNA) meton Thursday, May 2 with at-tendees showing keen interestin any follow-upfrom MayorMarty Walsh after his visit tothe April 4 meeting.

During that meeting, Walshpromised to look into the spe-cifics raised over the 11 DanaAve. project. Many in the com-munity are angry over whatthey believe is the improperzoning of the development andthe mayor said he would checkwith the Boston Planning andDevelopment Agency (BPDA)and get back to HPNA Presi-dent Jim Kirker.

“The mayor did not get backto me,”said Kirker. “I sent himan email, thanking him for com-ing. I told him I thought it wasvery successful.” Kirker wenton to describe the Dana Ave.building as literally not havinga first floor and that the designneeded to be reevaluated.“What’s going on, in my opin-ion and others’ opinions, I callit a gerrymandering...this is agerrymandered building. Theyare doing it to skirt their respon-sibilities to put in affordablehousing in this building.”Kirker added that the buildingneeds variances which theyshould not get. “I wrote anotheremail to the mayor about 10days after that asking if I couldget a response before this meet-ing. I did not get a response",said Kirker. "That’s where thatstands as far as what I havedone.”

Craig Martin said that hespoke to the mayor at the cof-fee hour hosted by the city inHyde Park on Wednesday, May1. Martin said he arranged it sohe “bumped” into the mayorand reminded him that a monthago he said he would reportback to the HPNA on his find-ings. Martin said the mayor’schief of staff is supposed to getback to the group with informa-tion. “So, this is an on-goingthing,” added Kirker.

Concern continued over thecity’s development process asGeorge Perry also asked tospeak and expressed his dissat-isfaction with the zoning orga-nizations in Boston. “TheBoard of Appeals in Boston isa corrupt organization. The

BPDA is rogue. Don’t trustthem. The Board of Appealsshould not pass another vari-ance.” Perry argued that HydePark was being torn apart. JoeSmith from the Fairmont HillNeighborhood Associationagreed that a lot of what is go-ing on in zoning is outrageousand that Hyde Park was luckyto have Craig representing it.

Other business at the meet-ing included the results of theelection of officers for theHPNA. “You can say that ev-eryone who was unopposedwas re-elected,” Kirker joked,indicating that incumbent offic-ers will retain their current po-sitions for another year: JimKirker as president, RalphCostellesso as vice president,and Denise Dodds as secretary.Val Mayo is the new treasurer.

Under new business, ElliotBeale, the owner of Only OneJamaican Restaurant inDorchester and Brockton spoketo the group about his plans toopen a third restaurant in HydePark at 1345 Hyde Park Av-enue. “Since 2003 we’ve beenoperating take-out, breakfast,lunch, and dinner,” he said, re-ferring to his Dorchestersite.“In 2017, we went on toBrockton, operating in a secondlocation.”Beale said that a res-taurant in Hyde Park was some-thing he wanted to do, thoughit is hard with two other restau-rants, but his son, Rick Beale,is “young and ready” so hewants to move forward. Therewill be 49 seats in theproposedfamily restaurant thatwill serve lunch and dinner.

Beale noted that he asked tospeak at the meeting so he couldtell the community first. Themayor’s appearance at the lastmeeting precluded him fromannouncing it earlier. He origi-nally hoped to open in earlyJune, but the city is saying sixweeks, so the grand openingmight be delayed to late June.

Smith advised, “The city isvery slow on getting the ap-provals together, regarding aliquor license.” The audienceapplauded the opening of a newrestaurant. Some offered toadvocate on Beale’s behalf ifthere are any delays. “If the citytries to stiff you, come to thisgroup,” said Perry.

Smith spoke about the KeepHyde Park Beautifulinitiative.He asked for volun-teers to help plant flowers in thecommunity.“This is a terrificway to meet people. They areall like-minded. If you are in-terested, look online, and wecan always use the help. I en-courage you to join us if youcan.”

Smith went on to say he isalso hoping to help organize aDistrict 5 candidates’ night. Hewill coordinate this with otherneighborhood associations andthe public library. More infor-mation will be forthcoming.

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FUN FOR ALL: 16THANNUAL HALEY HOUSEBLOCK PARTY!

Mark your calendarsfor Haley House’s 16th AnnualBlock Party and Fundraiser! OnSaturday, June 1, 4-7pm, all areinvited to a day of fun with thewhole family on MontgomeryStreet (between DartmouthStreet and Union Park Street)in the South End.

REGISTRATION NOWOPEN FOR BOSTONNEIGHBORHOODBASKETBALL LEAGUE

The Boston Parks and Rec-reation Department has an-nounced that registration is nowopen for the 50th annual sea-son of Boston’s favorite sum-mer basketball league, the Bos-ton Neighborhood BasketballLeague (BNBL), kicking off onMonday, July 8.

BNBL is the oldest munici-pal basketball league in thecountry serving young men andwomen in three divisions eachfor boys and girls: 13 and un-der; 15 and under; and 18 andunder.

Encompassing recreation,sports, and community engage-ment, BNBL’s real value is in

helping make Boston happierand safer in the summer monthsby providing a physical outletfor youngsters throughout thecity. Over 1,500 players on 150teams will participate in thisyear ’s league at 20 sitesthroughout the city. BNBL isplayed at Boston Centers forYouth & Families (BCYF)community centers and se-lected city parks. The 2019BNBL season ends with thechampionship games played inmid-August.

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For more information,please email Charlie Connersat [email protected] orcall (617) 961-3093.

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THE TRUTH BE DAMNEDJanet Uhlar: Juror in the

Whitey Bulger Trial and authorof The Truth Be Damned. Sheinterviewed Whitey Bulger/Thursday May 9th at 6:30 pm/Brighton Library/40 AcademyHill Road/(617) 782-6032.

Janet Uhlar was a juror inthe high profile criminal trial of

James “Whitey” Bulger. Shewas transformed by what shesaw as corruption within theJudiciary and the failure of themedia to take notice.

Her novel, The Truth BeDamned, is based not only onher experience as juror #12 buther extensive research follow-ing that trial including two faceto face private conversationswith Bulger himself.

Uhlar’s regular correspon-dence and visits with Bulgerbegan weeks after the trialended 10 days before his or-chestrated murder. He hadmuch to say. Within their 5years of communication,Bulger came to accept thatwithin him was a monster —and realize how it was created. Is that why he was murdered? Dead men don’t talk..Or dothey...?

All are welcome.

BOOKDISCUSSION GROUP

A book discussion groupmeets at the Brighton Library/40 Academy Hill Road (617)782-6032 on the last Wednes-day of each month at 11:15 am.

The featured selection forMay 29th will be PereGoriot by Honore de Balzac.Copies of the book are availableat the branch. Everyone is in-vited and new members arewelcome.

BEGINNINGINTERNET CLASS

Mystified by the net? Don’tknow how to surf? Help isavailable on a one on one basisto get you started. Call foran appointment and ask forAlan. Brighton Branch Library/

40 Academy Hill Road/ (617)782-6032

ESL CONVERSATIONGROUPS

Two ESL conversationgroups meet at the BrightonLibrary: One onMonday evening at 6:15pm; The other on Tuesday af-ternoon at 1 pm. Comeand practice your languageskills in an informal andfriendly setting with other newEnglish speakers. BrightonBranch Library/40 AcademyHill Road/(617) 782-6032.

JAMAICA PLAIN

LILAC SUNDAYMay 12, 2019, A spring tra-

dition since 1908 For morethan a century, the Arnold Ar-boretum has welcomed springto Boston by highlighting thepeak bloom period of our ex-tensive, beloved collection oflilacs (Syringa spp.) on BusseyHill.

Join us for the111th daylong celebration ofLilac Sunday on May 12 from10am to 3pm, and enjoy freetours, family activities, and (onthis special day only) picnick-ing in our spectacular Olmsted-designed landscape! A varietyof music will be playedthroughout the day (visit thestage near the Centre StreetGate.) Become a Contributinglevel member ($50) on LilacSunday and receive a lilac seed-ling while supplies last. Can’tvisit on Lilac Sunday? Checkout lilac-themed tours on May8 and May 13, and special Li-lac Therapy Walks forrelaxation on May 14 and May16. Learn more about ourpremier lilac collection, con-taining 397 plants representing181 different taxa (kinds),which provides a season ofcolor and aroma. Read ablogpost about our 2019 LilacSunday design contest winnerSara Castellucci, and purchasea T-shirt at the event!

HYDE PARK

URSULINE ACADEMYINFO SESSION AND TOUR

A morning info session andtour of Ursuline Academy willbe held on Thursday, May 9,from 8:30 - 10 a.m. at theschool’s campus at 85 LowderStreet in Dedham. All prospec-tive parents are invited toattend, whether interested inadmission for this coming Sep-tember, or to get an early starton a school search for anotheryear. Ursuline Academy is anindependent Catholic schoolfor young women in grades 7-

12 that fosters respect, compas-sion, intellectual curiosity, anda commitment to service.Please RSVPto [email protected] toattend or to schedule a privatetour at another time. We can’twait to meet you!

THE GREAT GRILLEDCHEESE FESTIVAL

The Great Grilled CheeseFestival takes place at The Tho-mas M. Menino YMCA gym-nasium in Hyde Park on Sun-day May 19 from 11:30am-2pm. Enjoy “all you can eat”classic grilled cheese sand-wiches, chips and dessert.There will be fun kid activitieswith Davey the Clown, raffles,live music by Luis Avila andNatalia Popovska, leader ofsong at St. Anne’s Church,Hyde Park. Located at 1137River Street, Hyde Park, MA02136.

This foodie-familyfundraiser benefits the ChefsTable Foundation, a 501(C) 3non-profit organization thatprovides scholarships to veter-ans and youths in need whohave a passion for the culinaryarts.

Tickets: $8 per child (12years and younger). Babies un-der one-years old – complimen-tary admission. $10 per adult

Thank you to our sponsors:YMCA, Commonwealth Bank,Tierney Realty Group andCarroll-Thomas Funeral.T i c k e t s : h t t p : / /www.chefstablefoundation.org

BOSTON WARD 18 TOELECT DELEGATES TODEMOCRATIC STATECONVENTION

Registered Democrats inBoston’s Ward 18 will hold acaucus on Saturday, May 11,2019 at 10:00am at the HydePark Municipal Building, 1179River Street, Hyde Park, MA toelect delegates and alternates tothe 2019 Massachusetts Demo-cratic State Convention.

This year’s state conventionwill be held September 14,2019 at the MassMutual Cen-ter in Springfield, where thou-sands of Democrats from acrossthe state will come together todiscuss party business and cel-ebrate our successes as we pre-pare for upcoming elections.

The caucus is open to allregistered and pre-registeredDemocrats in Boston’s Ward18. Pre-registered Democratswho will be 16 by May 11, 2019will be allowed to participateand run as a delegate or alter-nate. Boston’s Ward 18 canelect 53 delegates and 8 alter-

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Boston’s own Junior Damato, “The Auto Doctor” has agreed to field auto repairquestions from Bulletin and Record readers. Please forward your questions to

[email protected] and we will do our best to get your questions answered.

Junior Damato began servicing vehicles in 1969. He owns a 10-bay auto repairservice center in Hyde Park and an 8-bay center in Middleboro. Junior is anASE-certified Master Technician, ASE-certified L-1 and ASE-certified Natural Gas.

Ask The DoctorTo the Doctor: I recently purchased a 2018 Toyota RAV4, and am very pleased with it. But one issue I haveis that the headlights don’t do a good job lighting up the road ahead. Personally, I think part of the problemcould be the body design with the headlights placed too far back. I’m thinking that I have three options:adjust the headlights to a lower point; install an LED headlight kit with brighter bulbs; or install fog lights.What would you advise?

From the Doctor: I get a lot of complaints from drivers who are not satisfied with their headlight illumina-tion. There are a couple of options that are not very expensive. You can buy LED or Sylvania high-outputreplacement lights. There are also small additional driving lights that can be mounted on the front fascia. Ifyour vehicle has fog lights, or a cutout for fog lights, this can make a great mounting area. If equipped, youcan sometimes replace the fog lightbulbs with the LED style. Whatever you choose, the bulb you purchaseshould be a direct plug in, not the older style LED that requires additional wiring. LED bulbs are very brightin color and very cool in temperature. In some cases they are so cool the snow will not melt off the lenses.

To the Doctor: I currently own a full-size pickup truck with 4WD, but I am looking to downsize to acompact truck. Is AWD comparable to 4WD? I like the 4WD for driving in snow. Would AWD react the samein snow and slippery ice-covered roads?

From the Doctor: AWD systems do not require any driver input. Some AWD systems have a button to lockin the AWD system while others do not. Some AWD systems have a center differential that splits the tractionfrom front to rear and others have smart AWD that will send power to wheels with the most traction. I havethree AWD vehicles with no problems. The AWD systems of today do not wear the tires as much as oldersystems and the gas mileage difference is minimal.

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Blood Drive at BethShalom – Blue Hills

Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills will again joinwith the Red Crossto sponsor its Third Thursday CommunityMitzvah Program Blood Drive on Thursday, May 16th, from 2 –7 PM.

There is always a shortage of blood in the warmer weather, soBeth Shalom-Blue Hills is partnering with the Red Cross to con-duct the blood drive at the synagogue at 18 Shoolman Way (offCross Street) in Milton. Appointments are required to donate,and the public is invited to participate.

There are two ways to make an appointment: Online by visit-ing redcrossblood.org/donating-blood, and entering the sponsorcode SHALOM; or by calling the Red Cross at 1-800-RED-CROSS and selecting option 1 for blood donation. then provid-ing the date and location and your information.Donors are askedto arrive 15 minutes prior to their appointment time. There areonly 34 appointment slots available between 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.,the whole process takes about one hour, and refreshments will beavailable

As a blood donor, you will be someone’s hero – one pint ofblood can save up to three lives! You will help ensure blood is onthe shelf when needed – most people think they’ll never needblood, but many do. And you will be fulfilling the purpose of theThird Thursday Community Mitzvah Program of Beth Shalom-Blue Hills, which is “doing good deeds for others,” an importanttenet of Judaism.

For more information about the Blood Drive, the Third Thurs-day Mitzvah Program, or Congregation Beth Shalom of the BlueHills, call 617-698-3394 or visit www.BethShalomBlueHills.org.There is parking at the synagogue, with overflow parking onnearby Pleasant Street. Parking is prohibited on Lodge orMaitland Streets.

Prayer to OurLady of Lourdes

Blessed, most pure Virgin,you chose to manifest yourself

shining with life, sweetnessand beauty, in the Grotto of

Lourdes. Obtain for me,O loving Mother, this special

request… Our Lady ofLourdes, Mother of Christ,

pray for me. Obtain from yourDivine Son my special

request if it be God’s will.Amen.

—S.C.A.

St. Jude’s NovenaMay the Sacred Heart of Jesusbe adored, glorified, loved andpreserved throughout theworld, now and forever. Sa-cred Heart of Jesus pray for us.St. Jude, worker of miracles,pray for us. St. Jude, helper ofthe hopeless, pray for us. Saythis prayer 9 times a day. Bythe 9th day your prayer will beanswered. It has never beenknown to fail. Publicationmust be promised. Thank youSt. Jude. My Prayers were an-swered.

In gratitude for helping me.—N.D.

Barbara Baxter continued from page 3heart and soul was Hyde Park.”

And with that, Wyman mayhave pulled on a commonthread.

After the dedication, as thecrowd milled about the garden– the location of which waschosen because Martini ShellPark was one of Baxter’s favor-ite places – her youngest sib-ling, Carol Vance spoke ofthese different facets of her el-der sister’s life:

“We had no idea.” When wewent to her wake, we were, like,‘What?’ It was hard to digest –we still haven’t digested – all ofthe things she was involved in.”

Neither she nor her sisterJanetta Mohler could pinpointexactly how, why, or whenBaxter had become so commu-nity oriented, although Vancedid mention that their eldest sis-ter Corinne had shared a similarinterest, and that Baxter hadbeen in the International Orderof the Rainbow for Girls: a Ma-sonic youth community serviceorganization.

And with that, Vance madean educated guess based on thatRainbow Girl experience:

“I think she just kept going.”Others commented on their

own relationships with Baxter.P.O.H.W.E.R. (People Of

Hyde Park Wanting Equal Rep-resentation) member JaneanMuhammad – who first metBaxter when she had been presi-dent of the Hyde Park Neighbor-hood Association – spoke of“her passion for Hyde Park andthe environment.”

Vivine Morris – who knewBaxter from Church – spoke of

“her love for the children in theChurch,” before expanding onthat. “She was always providingand preparing things for all ofus,” before concluding “I neverforget how she encouraged meto sing.”

Which Morris did – for anenthusiastic audience that in-cluded Baxter – at the most re-cent Hyde Park InterfaithThanksgiving Celebration heldback in November of 2017.

Fellow activist Craig Martin– commenting on his own rela-tionship with Baxter – couldhave been speaking about all ofher facets, as well as the gen-eral feeling at the dedication:

“She was concerned aboutmatters in every area of HydePark, and there was no one elsethat had these same concerns. Ido miss her. I truly do.”

After the greetings had beenshared, the small gift flowershad been given, and everyonehad gone, Martha McDonoughreflected on what had been ac-complished for her friend:

“I’m just so glad we gotthrough all of the roadblocksbecause we needed somethinglike this to honor her and – atthe same time we’re honoringher – it’s giving people a beau-tiful garden to enjoy.”

After pausing for a moment,she continued:

It was designed so that ev-ery season there will be certainperennials… straight throughlate fall. And they’ll all comeback.”

McDonough paused oncemore, before finishing:

“It’s Barbara continuing togive back to the community.”

Janetta Mohler (Barbara's sister) spoke during the dedication andthanked residents for coming out to honor her memory.

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lost my husband,” she said.“We had just had our son, andwe got married July of ’74, ourson was born in July of ’75 andI went in at June of 76'. It wasmy way of getting out of Bos-ton. It was like, I’ve just gonethrough such tragedy and theonly thing I want to do now isget out of Boston and start anew life.”

Odom said she trained withthe regular U.S. Army in Co-lumbia, South Carolina in Janu-ary of 1977. She said she cameback home and felt like goingfull-time.

“I really liked the militarylife, and it just so happened thatsomeone in the recruiting officesaw me and said, ‘you knowyou’re just coming home, andyou should think about us, wehave a full-time army positionavailable and you should ap-ply.”

But as one might expect, shedidn’t have the job right off thebat.

“And so I went for the in-terview, and it was probablyabout 15 high ranking peoplein the room, all men, and Iwalked in well-dressed with myuniform on and heels – thewhole nine yards – and the firstthing that came out of theirmouths was ‘a lady?’” she said.“‘You need to be home havingbabies, this is not a job for you.’I said hire me, I guarantee youI know what I’m doing.’”

After about a month, theyhired her. She said she shippedout to Indiana for training andthen the next thing she knewshe was heading out to highschools and colleges to recruityoung soldiers.

“I was jumping out of heli-copters and doing all sorts ofthings to impress students,” shesaid, adding that it wasn’t aparachute jump, the helicopterwould almost land and shewould jump out. “You go to re-cruit students anywhere wherethere’s a big area to constantlytalk to get people to join themilitary. So the helicopterwould fly into the school andthere I’d be and kids would belike, ‘wow that’s impressive!’”

These tours constituted themajority of her outreach to stu-dents.

“You got to remember dur-ing that time they did not havesocial media or the internet orcell phones and all of that so alot of things they had to do tobring people in would try to getpeople’s attention,” she said.

Odom said a lot of times shegot some push back fromschools, but not because shewas a woman, but because ofthe anti-military sentiment ofthe time after the Kent StateShooting.

“They were like ‘we don’twant that here’ and I wouldhave to convince them that itwasn’t like that,” she said.“And so, after six months on thejob, they thought I was the bestperson for the job they couldhave ever hired.”

Odom said she had beenfeatured in newspapers and theStars and Stripes – the U.S.Armed Forces Newspaper – asone of the nation’s top recruit-ers.

“One thing I did was I washonest about the military, andthat was very important,” shesaid. “Some people would lieabout the military, they’d tellpeople you can do this or thatand you really can’t. You haveto take an exam to get in andthat will inform your careerpath while you’re in the mili-tary. I would tell them the truthand explain to them the ben-efits. If you qualify, these willbe your benefits, but not onlythat they would see how I hadgrown in the military, my looksand achievements and peoplewould say ‘I want to be like

her.’” She said she regularly filled

her eight person a month quota,and during that time she re-ceived a lot of rewards, certifi-cates and trophies. She said shelater got remarried and decidedto leave the Army to raise herfamily, but not after attainingthe rank of an E-7 SergeantFirst Class.

She said last week, the Stateof Massachusetts sent her a cer-tificate of recognition of thatfact.

“That’s how I was broughtup, you do something right oryou don’t do it all,” she said.

However, mistakes happen,even in the military, and thecertificate she originally re-ceived said she had only at-tained the rank of an E-6 StaffSergeant. She said she had tosend the State of Massachusettsher discharge papers to proveher actual rank at the time ofher discharge.

“When I saw this, I was like‘oh no, they’re going to haveto do this over,’” she said. “Ifyou’ve never been in the mili-tary I’ll tell you, rank means alot. It means money, it meansauthority and it’s who youare...“I earned that rank and Iworked very hard, it’s very hardto get rank in the military andto go in at Sergeant status?That’s not easy. I worked veryhard for Sergeant First Class,and you have to respect peopleand get respect to do that.That’s what the military is allabout, respect. You’re in aleadership position, and sotherefore, I asked them toredo the whole thing.”

Odom said she then wentto work in the Boston PublicSchool system as a teacherand is now retired from thatas well. She said her militaryexperience definitely gaveher an air of authority andhelped her in her classes.She’s now a community ac-tivist and organizer, workingwith several community or-ganizations throughout HydePark, most especially the EastRiver Street NeighborhoodWatch.

Patricia Odom continued from page 1

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solutely make it an annualevent.”

Luna said the funds wouldbe used to procure new com-puter/mobile applications forthe kids to use when they’reaway from school to hone upon their skills.

“One of the learning ac-tivities they do is an online ap-plication for reading and mathprograms,” she said. “All ofour kids, grade K through 8will have access to that.”

Race Director MacyDonaway, who runs a racetiming company with her hus-band on the weekends, saidthey’ve helped coordinatehundreds of races thorughoutNew England, but being HydeParkers themselves, she saidthey felt it was weird that theirneighborhood didn’t haveanything, until now. She saidneighborhood organizer PatTierney connected them withthe Roosevelt Friends Group.

“We always wanted to dosomething in Hyde Park, andshe sent them our way,” shesaid.

Donaway said they arestill waiting on several dona-tions, but as of the date ofpublication they have raisedmore than $3,000 from theevent for those learning ap-plications for the kids.

“It should be close to$4,000 with those donationscoming in,” she said.

Donaway said the area ofHyde Park presented a uniquechallenge in setting up therace. She said they wanted itto be local, but also acces-sible. She said in order to dothat they had to work with theMassachusetts State Police,the Massachusetts Depart-ment of Conservation andRecreation and the BostonPolice Department. Sheadded that the BPD DistrictE-18 officers helped out es-pecially.

“Sgt. Dan MacDonald un-derstood the value of the 5krace and had been involved inraces elsewhere, and he wasinstrumental in getting the po-lice detail donated for therace as part of the BPD Com-munity Service Initiative,”she said. “Just to see that theyvalued the event and wantedto have something in HydePark and were willing to dothat was really outstanding.We were really lucky to haveSgt. MacDonald.”

Residents from all overthe area came out, and notjust parents either. ResidentAnthony Haley, and chef atBacaro, said he came out be-cause he believed in theschool and his community.

“So people who work atthe restaurant had a team andI thought I’d support thecommunity,” he said. “We’rereally t ightly-knit here,

everybody’s coming togetherand I thought it would be agood one. I mean it’s the firstone ever. The race was goodand the weather kept me coolwhen we were going too.”

Residents Kevin Jamesand Jua Robinson said theyhave kids going to the schooland they wanted to make surethey did what they could toimprove their experience.

“I mean, we made i tthrough so it was definitely agood race,” said Robinson.

District 5 City CouncilCandidate Maria EsdaleFarrell (and current educa-tion adviser for current Dis-

trict 5 City Councilor TimMcCarthy) said the schoolcreates a community arounditself. She said she came tosupport the race even throughher kids aged out of theschool.

“You know how onceyou’re a Marine you’re al-ways a Marine? Well onceyou’re a part of theRoosevelt, you’re always apart of the Roosevelt,” shesaid. “I don’t even have kidsthere anymore but it’s beenlike 13 years here and itmeans everything to be partof that community.”

Residents John and Karen

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May Sarno said they tooktheir time on the course, andwere happy to support the lo-cal school.

“We live right up the hilland she’s a runner, but shedidn’t run today, she walkedso I could keep up,” said JohnSarno. “We were at my pacetoday. That’s the only schoolup there and it looks likethey’re a very active schooland a nice place for kids.”

Karen Sarno said it was agood course.

“It was also really nicethat it was blocked off andthere wasn’t any traffic,” shesaid.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh kicked off the first ever 5K in recent memory in Hyde Park. Organizers said theresponse from this first race was so great they will try to make it an annual event.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON MAYOR'S OFFICE


nates to the Convention.Youth, minorities, people

with disabilities, and LGBTQindividuals who are not electedas a delegate or alternate mayapply to be an add-on delegateat the caucus or atwww.massdems.org.

Those interested in gettinginvolved with Boston’s Ward18 Democratic Town Commit-tee should contact RobConsalvo, Ward CommitteeC h a i r ,[email protected].

BCYF PROGRAMS -SUMMER CAMP 2019

The BCYF Hyde Park Com-munity Center is currently ac-cepting applications for oursummer camp. Our summercamp is for 7 – 12 year olds andruns from July 8th through Au-gust 16th. Hours are 8:30-am-4:30pm with extended hoursavailable. Stop by the commu-nity center to pick up your ap-plication!

The programs are being of-fered at the BCYF Hyde ParkCommunity Center, 1179 RiverStreet, Hyde Park, MA 02136.Call for more information 617-635-5178.

WEST ROXBURY /ROSLINDALE

CORRIB 5K ROAD RACEThe 26th Annual Corrib

Classic 5k Road Race/WalkSunday, June 2, 2019 Start time12:00pm sharp. Registration isnow OPEN!!!

Race is Sunday June 2,2019! The Best Day in WestRoxbury/Parkway Area! To-gether, we have raised over$1M for local youth programsand charities! Come show your#WestRoxburyPride! ngs Field• Lagrange Street WestRoxbury, MA 0213 First 500Pre-registered race entrants re-ceive T-shirts. Post-race cook-out and celebration. Trophiesand gifts to top division finish-ers.

FREE KID’S CYCLING &SAFETY WORKSHOP

Sunday May 19th @ Mil-lennium Park in West Roxburyat 3pm.

Ages 2 to 18, tricycles up totwo wheelers. Learn the joys& pointers of safe group ridingin a positive environment.

Sponsored by Parkway Cy-cling Club, Parkway In Motion& Parkway YMCA. For moreinfo call 978-265-9017

SOUNDS OF SPRINGCONCERT

The Sly Voxes PresentSounds of Spring Concert fea-turing musical guests TarcisoAlves and Forro Roots.Boston’s popular all-male vo-cal group is joined by tradi-tional Brazilian folk musiciansfor one night only.

Thursday, May 9, at 7:30p.m. The Roxbury LatinSchool, 101 St. Theresa Ave.,West Roxbury. All are wel-come! Parking & admission arefree.

THE WEST ROXBURYHISTORICAL SOCIETY -WEST ROXBURYBRANCH LIBRARY

Anthony Sammarco: Mo-lasses: From the Slave Trade tothe Great Flood Monday, May20 @6:30

* Historic maps of WestRoxbury by Keith Davison

* Help with title searches byAttorney Martin Keogh

* Business Meeting withTreasurer John Di Napoli

Come one, Come all! Bringa friend or two. Free and opento the public Please like us onFacebook: facebook/WestRoxbury Historical SocietyQUESTIONS? COMMENTS?RSVP Sandi [email protected]

WARD 20DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS

Boston’s Ward 20 Demo-cratic Caucus will be Saturday,May 11th, at the Irish Social

Club. 119 Park Street, WestRoxbury. Doors for the caucusopen at 8:30 AM, the caucusstarts at 9:30 AM

The purpose for the caucusis to elect delegates to theDemocratic State Conventionon September 14th in Spring-field

The caucus is open to allregistered Democratic residingin Ward 20

ROSLINDALE GARDENTOUR 2019

A tour of six privateRoslindale Gardens presentedby Roslindale Green & Clean.Saturday June 22, 2019 at11AM-4PM. Tickets $15 be-fore June 16, $20 week of theevent.

To purchase tickets or moreinformation, visitwww.roslindalegreenandclean.org

Tickets may also be pur-chased in person at theRoslindale Farmers’ Market onJune 8,15,22, and at JoanneRossman-Purveyor of the un-necessary & the irresistible, 6Birch St, Rosindale

Tour begins at Adams Park,Farmers’ Market (WashingtonStreet at Cummins Highway,Roslindale Village). The Gar-den Tour benefits the continuedimprovements to the publicgreen space in Roslindale.

Current Sponsors:GoldenOak Sponsor: Linda Burnett,Realtor/Insight Realty Group,Copper Beech Sponsor:Christie Dustman & Company,Inc. For Information about be-coming a Roslindale GardenTour Sponsor and the benefits,please contact: Joan Linden,[email protected]

ROSLINDALE HIGHSCHOOL REUNION

A reunion for all who at-tended Roslindale High Schooland the Class of 1969 takesplace on Saturday, June 22 atthe West Roxbury Elks Club, 1Morrell Street from 7 to 11:30p.m. Send a check for $40. To

Roslindale High School Re-union c/o Maria Bennett P.O.Box 365858 Hyde Park, MA02136. Include an e-mail ad-dress and year of graduation.Updates can be found atroslindalehighschool.com.

MARK YOURCALENDARS

Anna’s Pals 2nd AnnualCharity Golf Tournament isright around thecorner. Monday June 24th atGeorge Wright Golf Course.8am Shotgun Start. Raffles~ Closest to the Pin ~ Fun.Register now atwww.annaspals.org/events

TASTE OFWEST ROXBURY

Our 8th Annual Taste ofWest Roxbury will be on Thurs-day, May 16th 2019 from 6-9pm at the Irish Social Club.

Buy Tickets - $30 each(Opens new window). Actually,why not buy a whole table! -$240 for Table of 8 (Also opensa new window). Sign Up forFree Childcare at the ParkwayYMCA (Available 6-9pm onMay 16th; must show ticket orpayment receipt).

Become a Sponsor (Down-load Sponsorship Form for ad-ditional information)

Meet your neighbors andlocal business owners for anight of delicious food fromover 20 local restaurants as wellas cocktails, raffles, music, anddancing. It’s the event of theyear!

Other great reasons to at-tend:

* Help WRMS build ourcommunity. Proceeds benefitour work in supporting smallbusinesses and improving theeconomic vitality and physicalappearance of the district.

* Free designated driver.Thanks to event sponsor, Lyft,you can get a free ride to orfrom the event. Have a greattime and get home safely. De-tails in our next newsletter.

* Free Childcare! Make it adate night—drop the little onesoff at the YMCA for their ownpizza party during the event.Sign up here or at the YMCA(ticket receipt required).

Please reach out to us [email protected] if you are

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LOVE YOUR BLOCK -SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER

This year ’s Love YourBlock spring cleanup in WestRoxbury will be held on Satur-day, May 11th, for residents.

PARKWAY IN MOTIONSCHOLARSHIPS - MAY 15DEADLINE TO APPLY

Providing academic schol-arships to students in the Park-way area has been a long-termgoal of Parkway In Motionsince their inception in 1998.Thanks to the generosity of thecommunity, they have distrib-uted $70,000 in scholarshipssince 2014.

On March 30th, Parkway InMotion will award the 5th An-nual Michael Kennedy Memo-rial Scholarship valued at$5,000 for students in grade 6-8 and Parkway pride scholar-ships for K-5 grade students,valued at $1,0000 each. If youare interested in sponsoring aParkway Pride scholarship for2019-2029 academic year,please [email protected].

In 2019, Parkway In Motionis introducing their SummerEnrichment Scholarship Pro-gram. This program providesfinancial resources to studentsentering grades 3-8 in the Park-way community so that theycan participate in the summerenrichment learning experienceof their choice. Students mayapply for funding for camps inthe areas of music, art, math-ematics, dance, language, ro-botics, sports, science, andmore. Learn more atwww.parkwayinmotion.org/scholarships.

WRCIA VOTING ON NEWPRESIDENT AND VICEPRESIDENT

The West Roxbury CivicImprovement Association(WRCIA) will be meeting at St.Stephen’s Church at 5160Washington St., West Roxbury,at 7 p.m. on May 13th. Therewill be a presentation from theBoston Community Preserva-tion Committee representativeThadine Brown regarding op-portunities procurement offunds for community projects.The group will be nominatingpresident and vice president atthe end of the meeting.

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Many local businesses havesprung up in the street-level ar-eas of this restored buildingand in the surrounding area,but many have failed and manymore still face the same de-mise. Small business was oncethe anchor of this retail districtand there is still hope it cansurvive there. I am sure thehigh-cost leases are probablynot helping matters when littlefolks in business have such anarrow line of profit. You can’tstay in business if you’re los-ing money.

A local developer has sug-gested building somethingcalled Teachers Place, a devel-opment priced for workingfamilies, city workers andsuch, and this sounds good. Itwould be built upon the parcelof land that once held the oldBoston Police B-2 station.Bringing in folks to live nearbycan only help with bringingback the prospects of restoringthe Dudley Area to some of itspast glory. It would be a goodstep.

The problem for Roxburyremains that City Hall doesn’tseem to know what to do aboutcreating a long term vision.There is a Roxbury Masterplan but, to date, it seems justa piece of paper with wordsprinted on it.

Rev. Theodore Hesburgh ,president emeritus of the Uni-versity of Notre Dame said, “A

vision without resources is ahallucination.” I’m thinkingthe Roxbury Master planmight qualify as a hallucina-tion too.

If we wish to rebuild neigh-borhood centers of commerceand rebuild Downtown Cross-ing, we need a vision and thewill to do something about thestatus quo.

More meetings aren’t theanswer. More will from CityHall is needed. That only hap-pens when citizens demandreal action and not more piecesof paper with nothing on it butthe same old same old things.

Sal GiarrataniBoston

ROXBURY PREPSTUDENT RECOGNIZESVALUE OF NEW SCHOOL

To the Editor:I am currently a junior at

Roxbury Prep High School andhave been a part of theRoxbury Prep family since Iwas in 5th grade. I loveRoxbury Prep for many rea-sons. First, in my time atRoxbury Prep, I have learnedthe value of hard work and theimportance of investing in myfuture, knowing that my aca-demics play a big role in mysuccess. Second, the teachersat RPHS are really supportive.My teachers work incrediblyhard to go above and beyondfor me, my classmates, and our

school. Third, I also recognizethat what I am learning isharder than most schools,which helps me be more pre-pared for my journey to andthrough college.

I have lived in Roslindalefor most of my life.I want togo to school close to my home.It currently takes me 35 min-utes to get to school with acarefully timed bus route, butthis proposed new building isright down the road. Thisbuilding would not only beconvenient, but it would giveus so many things. It is veryimportant for us to be able tobuild a single high schoolbuilding because having ahome would give us studentsa sense of community, whichis infectious for teachers aswell.

I also want a space to learn.Our current classrooms work,but the hallways are crowdedand we are in a space that isn’tdesigned to be a school.We donot have a cafeteria, gym, orspace we can come together asa whole school. Our teachersand leaders do an incrediblejob of making it work, but itwould be so refreshing to bein a nice building that is meantto be a school.Having thismakes everyone want to stay.

Although I will, unfortu-nately, graduate before the newfacility is built, I hope that myyounger peers will get to ex-

perience this brand new highschool facility in my neighbor-hood. I know that RoxburyPrep will be a great neighborto the people of Roslindale andWest Roxbury and I can’t waitto see my peers flourish here.

Savion Allen-HardingJunior, Roxbury Prep

High School

NO KIDS, BUT STILL SUPPORT NEWSCHOOL PLAN

To the Editor:Of the many fine arguments

to be made in support ofRoxbury Prep’s relocation tothe former Clay Motors site inWest Roxbury, Bridget Mar-quis’ letter of April 25 is an es-pecially clear and eloquent ex-pression. In particular, herpoints regarding

(1) the need for develop-ment geared around public tran-sit, which this project explicitlyis,

(2) schools as resources thatbenefit entire communities be-yond the school-day popula-tion,

(3) “diversity and inclusion

Letters continued from page 4benefit the entire city” and“cars don’t build community,people do” are spot on.

I would underscore thesepoints and simply add that as aresident without school-agechildren, and thus not a directbeneficiary of Roxbury Prep (atleast during school hours), I un-derstand the need inRoslindale-West Roxbury forsuch a school given the closingof West Roxbury High and theunavailability of that location.Project developers have lis-tened, compromised, and comeup with a redesign that will ar-chitecturally enhance the neigh-borhood, and thus I support theproject unreservedly.

Communities should beabout finding ways to say “yes”to the needs of their residents,perhaps especially with regardto public education – and nevermore so than now. The chal-lenge of meeting significantcommunity need is rarely risk-free, yet this is a case in whichany potential risks are, I be-lieve, substantially outweighedby the benefits.

John BarbourWest Roxbury

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has announced that the Cityof Boston’s two municipalgolf courses are now open forthe 2019 season.

The City owns and oper-ates the William J. DevineGolf Course in Dorchesterand the George Wright GolfCourse in Hyde Park de-signed by Donald Ross. Bothhave received national acco-lades as must-play courseswhen golfing in the Bostonarea. Golfers can access in-formation on rates, seasonpermits, monthly specialsand tournaments and book teetimes atwww.cityofbostongolf.com.

For updates, the City’sgolf courses can be followedon Twitter @FranklinParkGCand @GeorgeWrightGC.

In 2018 the City of Bos-ton courses were recognizedwith the 110th playing of theMassachusetts AmateurChampionship contested overfive days at both the GeorgeWright and the William J.Devine and the Massachu-setts Women’s AmateurChampionship andPresident’s Cup held overfour days at the GeorgeWright. The unprecedentedmove was the first time instate history that either amen’s or women’s amateurgolf championship was heldat a public municipal course.

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