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At Macy’s Boston, 7-year-old twins Athena and Alexa of Roxbury mail their letters to Santa and receive new Samsonite luggage and clothing for their Wish trip to St. Lucia to visit family. The event was held on National Believe Day on Dec. 14, part of the Macy’s Believe Campaign to benefit Make-A-Wish of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. For every Santa letter dropped off at any local Macy’s store before Dec. 24, Macy’s will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish up to $1M. (Photo courtesy of Macy’s)
William H. Lewis: Eloquent orator and lauded lawyer Anthony W. Neal The New York Times called African American attorney William Henry Lewis “one of the most eloquent pleaders before the Massachusetts Bar.” He was born in Berkley, Va., on Nov. 28, 1868, the son of former slaves Ashley Henry Lewis and Josephine Baker. He received his early education in the public schools in Portsmouth. After sitting for days in the county courthouse in Berkley, impressed by the oratory of Southern lawyers, he wanted to become an attorney. At the age of 15, Lewis attended the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute (VNCI) in Petersburg. He paid his tuition by working as an errand boy in the
U.S. Congress and performing odd jobs at local hotels. Abolitionist and attorney John Mercer Langston, president of the institute, introduced Lewis to U.S. Senator George F. Hoar of Massachusetts, with whom his connection enabled him in the fall of 1888 to enroll at Amherst College with African Americans William Tecumseh Sherman Jackson, his VNCI classmate, and George Washington Forbes. Lewis distinguished himself as an exemplary scholar and, in his senior year, served as captain of the school’s football team. In fact, he and Jackson became the first two black college football players at a predominantly white college or university. Lewis was chosen senior class orator, and he won the Hardy Prize
debate and Hyde Prize exhibition in oratory during commencement week. W. E. B. Du Bois, William Monroe Trotter, Maud Cuney and Elizabeth Baker, his future wife, traveled to Amherst to attend his graduation ceremony. In 1892, Lewis enrolled at Harvard Law School. At 5 feet 11 inches tall and just 175 pounds, he played the center rush position on Harvard’s football team, becoming a two-time All-American and one of the best center rushes to ever play on the squad. After his graduation, he authored a 205-page book titled, “A Primer of College Football,” published by Harper & Bros in 1896. Lewis served for 12 years on Harvard’s football coachLewis, continued to page 13
Menino’s new proposal would afford this flexibility in the Level Mayor Thomas M. Menino 3 schools that make up about 50 proposed state legislation to boost percent of the District’s total. student achievement by stream- Many of these schools have lining bureaucracy and limiting the same challenges as Level 4 teacher’s union veto power. schools, Menino stated, but lack The proposal comes at a time the tools and flexibility to rapidly when the Boston Public School improve instruction. system is revamping its compliAs proof, Menino argued, cated school assignment policies Boston’s 11 Turnaround Schools, to improve student achievement identified as underperformthroughout the city. It also comes ing in 2010, have successfully at time when Menino is under- shown dramatic improvement going rehabilitation for recent and higher-than-average growth. medical problems. With longer school days, qual“I’m not done fighting for qual- ity school teachers and leadity schools,” ers, as well as Mayor Menino extra time for stated in a re- “I’m not done fighting teacher trainlease. “Above for quality schools. Above ing and supa l l , p a r e n t s all, parents want quality port, the rewant quality for lease stated, their children, for their children, and 44 percent and the District the District should more families should have are selecting have the power to make the power to these schools make improve- improvements in every as a top choice ments in every single school, for every than just three single school, years ago. single child.” for every single “When it — Mayor Thomas comes to qualchild.” For years, M. Menino i t y s c h o o l s , Menino has we know what proclaimed works,” Superhimself the “Education Mayor,” intendent Carol R. Johnson said. and has offered numerous legis- “BPS has the proven tools to imlative proposals to close the city’s prove our schools and help chilachievement gap. Just two years dren achieve -- but we only have ago, the Boston School depart- these tools in a handful of our ment focused on improving edu- schools. The Mayor’s legislation cation in a “Circle of Promise,” would make these advantages an area in Roxbury, Dorchester, available to every Boston child.” Jamaica Plain and the South End Menino has also proposed where 11 of the city’s 12 underper- eliminating the cap on In-Disforming schools are concentrated. trict charter schools, as well as Under current state law, a the union’s veto power on these school must be designated as a schools’ renewals in order to prolowest-performing, or Level 4, vide charters with the utmost school before being given ex- flexibility in boosting student panded tools and flexibility to achievement and promoting inMenino, continued to page 3 improve quality.
Community organizing paid dividends for Suzanne Lee Kenneth J. Cooper Suzanne Lee shocked Boston’s political establishment last year by nearly snatching a district City Council seat away from incumbent Bill Linehan. Pundits were stunned that Lee, from her base in Chinatown, drew enough votes from Linehan’s South Boston home turf to come within less than 100 votes of defeating him in the general election. She had actually beaten him in the three-way preliminary.
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But anyone who knows her life story would not be as surprised. Lee has been skillfully navigating across cultures since arriving in Boston from Hong Kong as an 11-year-old. Her first home in America was on Blue Hill Avenue in Grove Hall, at a time when Roxbury was undergoing a demographic transition from mostly Jewish to mostly black. She went to college at Brandeis University. Her first year of teaching in Lee, continued to page 12
The Melnea Cass Recreation Complex in Roxbury was the site of the “We Love The Kids” holiday celebration last Thursday. The event, hosted by Score4More, Inc. & Friends, featured music, entertainment, activities, Santa and Christmas gifts for over 500 children. See story on page 11. (Eric Esteves photo)
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Elizabeth Warren: Time for common sense gun control Elizabeth Warren One of the country’s largest billboards is next to Fenway Park, facing the Massachusetts Turnpike. It has a giant number counter. When I was running for the
Senate, I passed that billboard nearly every week, sometimes three or four times in a single day. I always looked at the counter to see how it had changed since the last trip, counting the change — up two, six more, another one.
The counter is from Stop Handgun Violence, and it shows the number of children killed by guns in the United States. Every time I saw it I thought about another small coffin. Over the past two years, more
than 6,000 children have been killed by guns. The number jumped by 20 little children on Friday, Dec. 14, and then it climbed on that Saturday, on that Sunday, and kept on climbing as other children died. Like millions of people across this country, I was heartbroken by the news of Sandy Hook Elementary School. I don’t know how to explain their deaths, or to explain why six heroic teachers and staff members needed to make the ultimate sacrifice for their kids. And I don’t know how any of us explain what happened to our children and our grandchildren. The ultimate causes of such tragedy are impossible to understand fully, but the difficulty of un-
But no one needs military-grade assault weapons to hunt, and no one needs Rambo-style, high-capacity magazines to protect their family from intruders. The facts are simple: 83 Americans die every day from gun violence in America. Eight of those people are children or teenagers. Eight a day, every day — thousands a year, tens of thousands in the last decade. If eight children were dying every day from a mysterious virus, our country would mobilize to put a stop to it. Gun violence is an epidemic that is taking our children’s lives in our schools, on our streets and in our neighborhoods. As with other epidemics, we must do everything we can to make
No one needs military-grade assault weapons to hunt, and no one needs Rambo-style, high-capacity magazines to protect their family from intruders. — Senator-Elect Elizabeth Warren
The Yawkey Club of Roxbury hosted the three-day 2012 Northeast Regional Keystone Conference at its facility in Roxbury, the Westin Hotel in Copley Square and Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. Pictured (L to R): Shiona Botts, Mistress of Ceremony; Josh Kraft, Nicholas President and CEO of Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston; Chris Herren, former Boston Celtics guard; Ed Morata, MD, Head of Corporate Banking at Sovereign Bank; Andrea Swain, Executive Director, Yawkey Club of Roxbury. (Tony Irving photo)
tangling all the elements is not an excuse for failing to do what we can to make our children safer. We have a responsibility to ourselves and to our children to take the steps we can to stop the violence. There may be no foolproof solution, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do better. As Mayor Tom Menino — cofounder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns — said, “Now is the time for a national policy on guns that takes the loopholes out of the laws, the automatic weapons out of our neighborhoods and the tragedies like today out of our future.” That’s why, when I get to the Senate, I will sign onto Senator Feinstein’s bill to re-instate a ban on assault weapons and other commonsense gun control measures. I grew up in family that used guns. My older brothers hunted, and I learned to shoot when I was in grade school. I understand the role that hunting and guns play in many communities across the country. There can be a place for responsible gun ownership in our society.
a difference for people through prevention and treatment. We must renew our commitment to mental health care — to ensure that children and adults can receive both the physical and psychological health care they need in America. And we must put in place commonsense gun laws and enforce those laws. Right now, 40 percent of gun sales are not subject to a federal background check because they are purchased privately at gun shows, online or person-to-person. The Fix Gun Checks Act would close this huge loophole. We must look for other reasonable measures like this to protect our kids as we move forward. Re-authorizing the assault weapons ban is a responsible first step that we can take now. Is that all we can do? Of course not. Is it a full solution that will stop all gun violence? No, but it is a start. It is not possible to explain to our children what happened in Sandy Hook, but it is possible to make changes that will help keep them safer. We owe this to all our children.
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novative curriculum. The administrative process for the application, approval and management of in-district charter
schools would also be streamlined. To level the playing field for charter schools and District schools, the Mayor has proposed setting aside enrollment in charter schools for students with disabilities and English Language Learners (ELLs).
In addition, the proposed legislation would allow for single-sex schools, classes and educational programs; support the growth of Innovation schools by clarifying the voting process and union approval requirements; and allow charter schools to enroll students
based on geographical preferences rather than automatic citywide lotteries. “The combination of student assignment reform and this new legislation will offer families better school choices by expanding the tools we already know will
raise student achievement — by the start of the 2014 school year,” Menino said in a statement. Avoid jealousy; it can only harm you. Don’t burn in anger, lust, or greed. Conquer your mind and senses. Always protect your health. — Swami Muktananda
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A business plan for 2013 Yuletide festivities are enjoyable, but they are also a distraction from the serious effort of developing a plan for the new year. The American Dream is not usually attained by accident. There has to be a plan for progress to guide one’s efforts toward success. Such plans are very personal, so it is not possible to review them as though the issues are common. However, one concern of importance to African Americans is the extent to which the status of the race in society is an impediment. Past generations of blacks had to focus primarily on improving their legal status as citizens. Residents of slave states were constantly subjected to persecution if they were deemed to be runaways. As recently as 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Plessy v. Ferguson that “separate but equal,” racial segregation, was constitutionally sanctioned. That was the law of the land until it was overruled in 1954 by Brown v. Board of Education. The success in that case invigorated a massive effort to end racial discrimination. After a hard fought, 10-year battle, the nation passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This made racial discrimination unlawful everywhere in employment, education and places of public accommodation. Then the next year, in 1965, the Voting Rights Act made it more difficult to discriminate in elections. The civil rights activists were clearly victorious. Unfortunately, 48 years later, many blacks now minimize the magnitude of what was accomplished. They do not believe that blacks won the civil rights war. And even worse, they disrespect the heroism of their elders who had to put their lives in the line of fire to win this war. Now they introduce any trivial racial slight as evidence that the civil rights war is not over. Those younger than 60 have little memory of the time when there was no legal recourse for racial discrimination when you applied for a job, admis-
sion to college or a hotel reservation. While some ill-advised manager might choose to violate the law, his conduct after 1964 could subject his employer to answer in court. The offenses complained of by the young today do not rise to the level of combat endured in the civil rights campaigns of the 1950s. Blacks have to acknowledge that wars do end. For three years from 1950 to 1953, the U.S. committed 300,000 soldiers to the Korean War that ended in an armistice. However, the U.S. claimed victory and has continued since then to aid a military presence in South Korea. Diplomatic confrontations with North Korea periodically erupt, but who would insist that the Korean War is not over? African Americans must let their lawyers handle the recalcitrant bigots while they focus on issues to advance the cause. The recent election shows that blacks, Asians, Hispanics and enlightened whites can form a significant political power bloc in America. It is time to strengthen the coalition that resulted in victory in the civil rights war and the election of Barack Obama. The growth of the minority population in coming years provides a demographic boost to success. At the same time, blacks have to increase business development. The number of black firms increased by 61 percent between 2002 and 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2007 survey. However, total gross receipts were only $135.7 billion. Walmart’s sales for 2011 were $419 billion, so it is clear that black firms need dynamic growth. One of the most important efforts is for African Americans to encourage and enable their children to excel academically. The future belongs to the well-educated. Blacks have to revive the commitment to education that they once had. Now is the time to worry less about white interference and focus more on what African Americans can achieve with their own talents and effort.
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OPINION Why Obama must stand firm on taxing the wealthy Earl Ofari Hutchinson President Obama has heard every argument from the GOP, a gaggle of conservative economists and financial analysts on why it’s foolhardy to press for a tax hike on the wealthy. They say the hike won’t come close to raising the revenue needed to avert the fiscal cliff. They further argue that the hike would stunt business growth and drive the economy into another recession. And if those reasons weren’t enough, they assert that the wealthy already pay more than their fair of taxes while millions of Americans on the bottom income rung pay nothing. These arguments serve only to hopelessly poison the political well and insure virtual warfare with the GOP on other legislative initiatives. Countless studies and political history show this to be a toxic mix of economic falsehoods and political bluster. The Bush tax cuts were in effect during every minute of Obama’s first term. Yet for every month except one in his first term, unemployment never dipped below the breaking point of 8 percent. Meanwhile, corporations and financial industry magnates hoarded tens of billions of cash. Their stockpiled cash total now stands at a near-record $1.7 trillion. This could have bankrolled thousands of small- and medium-sized businesses, expanded production and sales, created thousands of new jobs and generated millions in tax revenues. This would have been the major boost that rejuvenated the economy. In truth, Obama’s relatively modest hikes on the wealthy violate two premises that the GOP has based much of its political existence on. One is that government is too big, wasteful and intrusive. The other is that those who appear to benefit most from government should pay the most for it. The wasteful-intrusive-government line spans nearly a century of GOP politics. It has been used as a political ram to batter Democratic presidents. It was used against FDR’s New Deal, The real aim in the Truman’s Fair Deal Program that GOP’s mania to shield included a push for national health the rich from higher care, LBJ’s Great Society jobs and education spending programs, and taxes is to further bulk to pressure JFK and Clinton into tax up the private sector cuts that directly benefited corpora- and radically chop tions and the wealthy. down government. The real aim in the GOP’s mania to shield the rich from higher taxes is Taxes have always to further bulk up the private sector been its convenient and and radically chop down govern- crowd-pleasing weapon ment. Taxes have always been its con- to accomplish that. venient and crowd-pleasing weapon to accomplish that. This tracks directly to the GOP’s other sacred belief that the lower-end workers and the poor are in essence leeches that feed at the government trough at the expense of upper-income earners and the wealthy. This is just as bogus. A study by the nonprofit Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Corporation for Enterprise Development found that the top 5 percent of taxpayers got the overwhelming lion’s share of the nearly $400 billion that the federal government spent on tax breaks and other wealth building strategies in 2009. The major corporations have fared even better. The Tax Foundation in a 2010 report found that corporations will be showered with more than $600 billion in government entitlements spread over the next five years in the form of an array of tax breaks and loopholes. The partial checklist of those breaks include Graduated Corporate Income Credit, Inventory Property Sales, Research and Experimentation Tax Credit, Deferred Taxes for Financial, Firms on Certain Income Earned Overseas, Alcohol Fuel Credit, Credit for Low-Income Housing Investments, Accelerated Depreciation of Machinery and Equipment, the Deduction for Domestic Manufacturing, Exclusion of Interest on State and Local Bonds and Deferral of Income from Controlled Foreign Corporations. How much of the tens of billions they’ll receive from these government entitlements will actually go toward business expansion and job creation is subject to question. One thing that is not open to debate is that few GOP leaders will seek to slash these entitlements that drain the federal budget of vast revenues. Yet they’ll continue to rail against expenditures on food stamps as a prime government revenue drain. The GOP figured that waging a fierce political, media and public relations campaign against Obama’s tax hikes for the wealthy would be a can’t-miss tactic to rally conservatives, the business community and a significant number of Americans who genuinely believe government spending and power is way out of control. They also thought it could take some of the luster off of Obama’s decisive presidential win by tarring him as an autocratic, power-grabbing, taxand-spend business and budget buster. It hasn’t worked. Polls show that a majority of Americans favor hiking taxes on the rich and preserving entitlement programs that benefit the middle and working class, and even the poor. This won’t stop the GOP, though, from waging its age-old battle to protect the rich and batter a Democratic president on its straw man issue of no tax increases for the rich. That in itself is more than reason enough why President Obama must stand firm on taxing the wealthy. 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INthe news Benjamin Todd Jealous The Nation Institute and The Puffin Foundation recently announced that Benjamin Todd Jealous, NAACP president and CEO, will receive the annual $100,000 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. Over the past two decades, Jealous has helped organize successful campaigns to abolish the death penalty for minors, stop Mississippi’s governor from turning a historically black university into a prison and pass federal legislation against prison rape. Before joining the NAACP, his investigative journalism at the Jackson Advocate was credited with helping save the life of a white inmate who was being threatened for helping convict corrupt prison guards, free a black small farmer who was being framed for arson and spur official investigations into law enforcement corruption. As president of the NAACP, Jealous has opened national pro-
grams on education, health and environmental justice. He has also greatly increased the organization’s capacity to work on issues related to the economy and register and mobilize voters. The Puffin Foundation and The Nation Institute co-sponsor this annual award, given to an individual who has challenged the status quo through distinctive, cou-
rageous, imaginative and socially responsible work of significance. “From the ballot box to the classroom, death row to the Supreme Court, Jealous is a frontline fighter of justice and equality, and a visionary who sees the interconnected nature of all kinds of human rights struggles,” said Perry Rosenstein, president of The Puffin Foundation Ltd.
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Beyond 2012: Are voter ID laws here to stay? Suevon Lee Voter ID laws were one of the most contentious issues of the past election season. Proponents insisted IDs should be required at polling places in order to thwart fraud. But there has been little evidence of such fraud and Democrats argued that the laws were meant to suppress voters. The impact of the laws on this past election isn’t clear. But one thing is clear: There are still pushes for the laws in many states. So what happens next? We’ve rounded up the places that could see voter ID in future elections, the status of laws still pending and what effect, if any, this year’s pushback against voter ID will have going forward.
Just to refresh, which states actually have photo ID laws? Four states require voters to present a valid form of photo identification in order to cast a regular, not provisional, ballot: Indiana, Georgia, Kansas, and Tennessee. The latter two phased in the law just this year; Indiana has had it since 2006 and Georgia since 2008. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania, battleground for one of the fieriest disputes over the issue this year, required poll workers to request ID from voters — though voters had no obligation to present one. And New Hampshire permitted voters without photo ID to
still cast a regular ballot, as long as they signed a form affirming they were who they said they were.
So, there weren’t actually many places in the country where photo IDs were required to vote? Correct. Due largely to court rulings and robust opposition from the Justice Department, newly passed voter ID laws didn’t play
set to take effect in time for the state’s May 2013 local primaries. In other states, it isn’t so clear. After its voter ID law was rejected by federal judges in August, Texas pledged to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. That appeal may have to wait, though, until the Court rules on the constitutional merits of a special provision of the Voting Rights Act next June. Voter ID laws in Mississippi
Due largely to court rulings and robust opposition from the Justice Department, newly passed voter ID laws didn’t play nearly as big a role in the election this year as they otherwise might have. nearly as big a role in the election this year as they otherwise might have. (In Minnesota, a ballot proposing voter ID was defeated after failing to get majority support.)
and Alabama are also on hold, awaiting federal review.
Could that change next year?
In lots of states. A Montana state representative has proposed a bill that would restrict valid voter ID to Montana driver’s licenses, state ID cards for nondrivers and tribal ID cards. (Not even passports would qualify.) Wisconsin’s incoming state assembly leader and Missouri Republicans want to push through voter ID laws via constitutional
Yes. South Carolina and Pennsylvania have both passed voter ID laws. Judges suspended them for the past election, ruling there was too little time to implement the new law without the risk of disenfranchising voters. But the laws will be in effect next time around. Pennsylvania’s voter ID law is
Where else have lawmakers expressed interest in voter ID laws?
amendment. Iowa’s secretary of state, who’s been aggressive about targeting voter fraud, is also still pushing for an ID law. In North Carolina, the newly elected Republican governor has voiced support for a voter ID law to “protect the integrity of the voting system.” “I don’t want Chicago politics to come to North Carolina,” incoming Gov. Pat McCrory told the Charlotte Observer shortly before the election. In Nevada, Democratic Secretary of State Ross Miller doesn’t want to actually require voters to bring photo identification to the polls, but proposes connecting the state’s voter rolls with photos from the state Department of Motor Vehicles so a poll worker can compare a voter name with an image.
Now that the election is over, how many instances of voter fraud have we actually seen? There have been a handful of reports, most of which have arisen from a basic misunderstanding or a deliberate attempt to commit an infraction to prove a point.
Is there any evidence that voter ID laws suppress minority turnout as critics charge? It’s still not clear. “We don’t know any more than we did before,” said Charles Stewart III, a political science professor at MIT who specializes in elections. “It’s too early to put the data together even. Any change in requirements relating to voter registration and access typically has a change by one or two percentage points. When you’re talking about that size, it’s very hard to tease out the data.” Reuters reports that in states that have had the law on the books for a few years — Indiana and Georgia — turnout and registration actually increased after the laws took effect. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also notes that turnout among black and Hispanic voters in Georgia increased from 2006 to 2010.)
But there are important variables to consider: 2008 was also a historic presidential election that drove up voter turnout around the country. Furthermore, Georgia, unlike other strict photo ID law states, issues a free photo ID for those who don’t have one. (Reuters reports that about 28,648 such voter cards were distributed since 2006.) Justin Levitt, associate professor of law at Loyola Law School, said it will still take several more election cycles before the impact of voter ID laws can be discerned, just “to sort the turnout effect of ID laws from all of the other factors” — like campaign spending, the weather and choice of candidates. “There’s very little that we can learn about the effect from the election results or turnout figures this cycle, because the strictest laws weren’t generally in effect,” he told ProPublica.
Can we expect to see another wave of legislation over voter ID laws? Perhaps, but it’s too early to tell. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, more than 30 states introduced some form of voter ID legislation in both 2011 and 2012. “What we don’t know is if from 2013 to 2014, we’re going to see that same phenomenon at that same level,” said Ned Foley, a professor of election law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Election Day concerns that affect larger swathes of voters may eventually eclipse the push for such laws. “Other issues of election administration are likely to reemerge as becoming more critical, such as long lines, or voting machines that are about to fail,” said MIT’s Stewart. Those are issues “felt by a great number of voters, regardless of race or party.” Still, voter ID laws are going to be an ongoing issue. “In the short term, these ID bills might be submerged,” said Stewart. “But I don’t think they’re going to go away forever.” ProPublica
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Cancer and the holidays: Tips for a less stressful season Banner Staff The holidays can be a festive and joyful time. But for those who have been affected by cancer, it can be stressful and full of anxiety. Treatments, like chemotherapy and radiation, can be time-consuming and exhausting. For those who have recently lost someone to cancer, the thought of preparing for the season may be more than they can handle. “There is no right or wrong way to celebrate the holidays,” says Sarah Reed, a member of the LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence Network at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Adult Survivorship Program. “Dealing with illness, or grieving a loss, can make tasks such as shopping, baking and decorating overwhelming or impossible.” Reed says it’s important to slow down and not worry about getting everything done: “It’s important to find what works and is comfortable for you.” Reed stresses that communication
is key to getting through the holidays and enjoying them. She reminds people not to be afraid to ask for help, and in some cases, just say ‘no.’ If you or a loved one is struggling, realize that this holiday season may need to be spent a little differently. Reed offers the following advice, which may help anyone find hope this holiday.
1. Keep it simple
be filled with holiday cheer, but they can be overwhelming. Shopping online lets people browse from the comfort of their couch. Invite friends over for gift wrapping or a cookie swap. Simple homemade gifts and cards, or even a phone call, can be just as special. The Internet is full of holiday e-card options and even grocery delivery services.
3. Express yourself As the song says, this is the happiest time of the year. But if you or a family member is not feeling that way, it’s okay. Don’t feel obligated to be festive. Remember that it’s okay to show emotion — tears can bring a sense of relief. Pay attention to feelings and signs of stress. Joy can be side-by-side with other emotions like sadness or frustration, and it can help to talk these through with a loved one or a professional counselor.
4. Listen to your body Fatigue due to cancer treatment is a common problem, so try to balance activity with rest. Conserving energy this time of year is important for most everyone.
It’s important for people going through treatment to plan activities when they typically feel at their best and be sure to set aside time to relax and recover. Also stick to healthy activities. Take a walk with family or friends.
5. Plan a little “me” time Do something enjoyable for yourself. This can provide a break from worries and renew a sense of hope and satisfaction with life. Watching a favorite movie, talking to friends, playing seasonal music or getting some fresh air can give a sense of peace and hopefulness. Try to focus on things to be thankful for to help enjoy — and let go of — what you can. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Don’t worry about doing it all. Baking cookies or entertaining might have been easy in the past, but may seem overwhelming this year. Pick one or two special traditions and then ask family and friends for help. Make a list of what is most meaningful and prioritize. Some families even create new traditions when a loved one is going through treatment. Instead of a big holiday party, this year, plan a small potluck dinner and have everyone pitch in.
2. Go online Skip the long lines and mall mayhem this time of year. Crowded shopping centers may
Al McClain (holding the microphone), had his Hyde Park High School basketball number, 41, retired last week in honor of his stellar career there. Hyde Park High School is now New Mission High School. McClain played college basketball at The University of New Hampshire and was drafted by the San Diego Rockets, where he spent part of one season. Honoring McClain are New Mission High School basketball Coach Cory McCarthy, Greg Berry (yellow tie) and members of the New Mission High School basketball team. (Richard Johnson photo)
Angela Hofmann credits yoga for her ability to manage stress. Here, she practices the cobra pose along the Charles River. (Photo courtesy of BeHealthy archives)
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Elder Living Central Boston Elder Services honors legacy of legendary residents Nestled in the family home in Jamaica Plain, Señora Julia Vega waits patiently in the sitting room for a man who is coming to photograph her. There have been many milestones in her life, but today is definitely one to remember. Upon the arrival of the gentleman and his crew, the family and their guests gather in the salon to hear stories about her, the great Puerto Rican matriarch who they lovingly call “La Mafiosa” or The Mafia Lady. They tell of her strength and old ways, how she still washes her clothes by hand with a washboard and plunger because, as she says, washing machines don’t get the clothes clean. Julia still cooks family meals from scratch, and she has done so for her more than 95 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for the past century. Remarkably, she uses fresh vegetables from her garden that she toils in on good days. Proudly, she gazes upon the men as they realize they sit before a living legend. According to the family, Señora Vega may be as old as 104 because
of discrepancies on the birth certificates from the island. However, at 100 years old, she is one of nine new inductees into the 2012 Freshman Class of the Centenarian Society of Boston. Honoring the legacies of these legendary Boston residents is Central Boston Elder Services, a local non-profit agency that provides daily in-home care services to the centenarians and supports them living independently. The Society hopes to highlight the success of growing older in Boston and the amazing feat accomplished by these seniors. Senora Vega attributes her longevity to her faith in God and being positive. Her advice to young people? “[They] should be careful [and] live their lives right,” she said. Don’t give anyone a reason to say anything bad about you.” Just 20 minutes northwest of her home lives a Russian man whose smile has the ability to disarm even the most stubborn of characters. But beware: his affinity for a good joke will have you either in uncontrollable laughter or won-
dering if he truly is who he claims to be. At 100 years old, Mr. Leonid Savoyev is one of the oldest living members of the first Russian Parliament. His humble beginnings as a young cab driver in Moscow quickly became his ticket to more responsibility when his fellow cab drivers elected him to parliament to put an end to high taxes against the drivers. Little did they know he would become one of the most influential parliamentarians in Russian history. He’s used to being the subject of noteworthy discourse; he sat proudly in his living room in Brighton with the book written about him resting on his mantle. In all, nine elders joined the ranks of nearly 22 inductees in 2011. As each one was photographed for their induction, all confessed individual stories and reasons for their longevity in life. Some turned down having their pictures taken because of health reasons. Yet one by one, the centenarians were thankful for the home care services that have helped
them maintain their health and well-being in their homes. Mr. Yee used to be a chef in many of Boston’s best Chinese restaurants and still eats well today. He exercises regularly by walking the local streets of his neighborhood in the South End. Another inductee is Ruth Chavis. She is of Indian descent and quickly corrected the gentleman who spoke Spanish to her during her photo shoot. “I am an evangelist and have been one for 50 years,” she said. “This has been my job working for the Lord.” Living in Mission Hill, Ms. Chavis admitted that she never thought she would live this long. After getting her first driver’s license at age 80, she says that she started giving away all her belongings anticipating the Good Lord taking her home in a few years, she laughed. Across from her sat her nieces and nephews wearing her jewelry, thankful they received their gifts
ahead of schedule. As it is now, members of the society come from neighborhoods served by Central Boston Elder Services (CBES). “The centenarians epitomize the work of Central Boston Elder Services,” said Executive Director Catherine Hardaway. “They represent the success of our programs and services and what’s possible with the help of donations from donors for the most vulnerable. We were able to support these seniors to remain home independently with their loved ones and avoid expensive institutional care.” CBES is one of 27 Aging Service Access Points funded by the state’s Executive Office of Elder Affairs. It originally started in the basement of Ebenezer Baptist Church in the South End and recently celebrated 38 years of connecting elders to care in the neighborhoods of Roxbury, South End, Fenway, Back Bay, Allston, Brighton, North Dorchester, North Jamaica Plain and Mission Hill.
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G. Valentino Ball Eddy Morency is full of jokes. Considering the outfit he’s wearing, it only seems right. Dressed in a top hat, bathrobe, sunglasses and long underwear, the husband and father of two is filming a WWE style promo in his home for what he believes will be the last party he will ever DJ. Morency, known internationally in house music circles as DJ Bruno, is walking away from a 25-year career. Faced with a progressing case of diabetes, Bruno made the difficult decision to retire from what has made him a fixture in Boston’s music scene for more than two decades. The Boston native was scheduled to take his place behind the turntables at Machine last Saturday night as a farewell to fans. “I don’t want people feeling bad,” he said. “I want to go out having fun.” Bruno said he has been surprised by the outpouring of love and support since the news of his retirement broke. “I can’t believe the response,” he said. “I was getting calls and people were crying. It was shocking.” In his various roles as a promoter, a record store owner at the now closed Biscuithead Records and a DJ, he touched a lot of lives. For Bruno, making the people move on the dance floor is an art, one he discovered at 18 years old on the fifth floor of the old Strawberries record store in downtown Boston. “I used to play music for the
customers; I had to play some of everything because we had so many different people coming in,” he said. “I wasn’t trying to mix or anything. This dude came in. A DJ. And the guy was like ‘You suck. Why are you even working here?’ And I got pissed. I practiced mixing day and night at work. One night I was there so long they shut down the store and locked me in.” Though he is known as the “Godfather Of Boston House Music,” it wasn’t one genre that created his style. The Latin, jazz, disco and Haitian music of his childhood met with the rock, hip hop and R&B of his teenage years and melded together. Then came house. Though it wasn’t love at first sight. “At Strawberries, we sold house. I heard it for the first time and said ‘This is garbage. What is this crap?’” he recalls. “Then this girl took me to this club Axis. I saw a bunch of blacks, whites, Asians, Latins and gays too. Everyone was jumping up and down. And having a good time. I was like, ‘These people are crazy.’ But it was just people having fun. It was a friendly, relaxed environment. I was like, ‘Wow this is what I need in my life.’ Everyone just felt free.” On that same records store sales floor, Bruno also discovered his DJ name. “This girl at work asked me my name, and I was reading a wrestling magazine at the time,” he said. “I was trying to say ‘Eddy.’
And I couldn’t say it. So I said ‘Bruno,’ like Bruno Samartino. Within a few hours the whole store knew my name was Bruno. And it just stuck.” It’s not a lack of love that is driving Bruno to retire, but an understanding of how the late nights and constant grind of the DJ lifestyle is not conducive to battling diabetes. After a few health scares that included an extended hospital stay, the choice was clear. “I tried slowing down, but it was a constant battle to not eat bad after a club,” he said. “I said to myself, ‘I don’t want to die. I just have to get better.’” Bruno said his final five-hour set would span his whole career and musical tastes. The DJ, who counts Boston peers like G-Clef, Anastasia, DJ Chubby Chub and DJ Moe Dee amongst his favorites, planned on displaying his hip hop, reggae and soul roots at Machine. He said everything from jazz to zouk would be in the mix as well. As a final gift to his friends and followers, Bruno plans to release mixes from his 25 years via his new website BostonHouseHeads.com, which launches on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. “It’s going to be an emotional night, but I plan on playing as if I was going to die the next day,” he said. “It’s really tough to give up something you love. I feel like I’m going through a separation. I’ve been married for 25 years and I have to say it’s over. If I get better I will come back but if not at least I get to bow out gracefully.”
The crowd responds during one of DJ Bruno’s live sets.
Bruno shows his fun side while filming a promo for his final party. (John Brewer photos)
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Holiday celebration warms the hearts of over 500 kids
The Score 4 More Inc. team was thrilled to see a terrific turnout at their first-ever holiday celebration at Roxbury’s Melnea Cass Recreation Center on Dec. 20. (L to R): Clayton Weston, Roger Roberts, Liz Miranda, Tiffany Benjamin, Marlon Benjamin, Marcus Johnson, Natasha White, Deronne Greaves, and seated, Raymond Noiles with 3-year-old daughter Jayla. (Daniel Irvin photo)
Jayda Cribb, 10, proudly poses with her brand new Barbie, who she named Angie, at Score 4 More Inc.’s first “We Love The Kids” Holiday Celebration on Dec. 20. (Daniel Irvin photo)
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great environment to be in, and if we have more activities like this for the community, I think we would come together a little bit more and there’d be a lot less violence.” Partnering with the Department of Conservation and Recreation added in large part to the event’s success. The free facility, which is spacious and open to all, is a hidden gem that Score 4 More Inc. wanted to highlight. Receiving donations from dozens of local business and organizations also helped. “I really had a great time,” said Jacony Rodriguez, 6. “The jumpy house was fun and I got a jump rope to use with my friends.”
Rudolph and his friends greeted kids and community members as they walked towards Roxbury’s Melnea Cass Recreation Center last Thursday. As they whizzed down the walkway lit by glowing blushes covered in red, green and blue bulbs, many children stopped to take pictures with Elmo before pulling their parents inside. Wide smiles and curious, eager eyes were the expressions
over 500 kids shared once they saw the range of activities waiting for them. Santa was on the guest list and many couldn’t wait to give him a rundown of their Christmas list. Before long, children were running, toting gifts and animal-shaped balloons while others got their faces painted. Score 4 More Inc. hosted its first “We Love The Kids” Holiday Celebration with the help of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, drawing roughly 720 supporters last week.
Siblings Jacony, 6, and Mozart Rodriguez, 12, were excited to have brand new toys to play with before Christmas at Score 4 More Inc.’s first “We Love The Kids” Holiday Celebration on Dec. 20. (Daniel Irvin photo)
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“I wanted to have fun, see my siblings and just be myself,” said Jayda Cribb, 10. “I’m glad I came. I got to see my neighbors, too.” As the night drew to a close, it was clear the kids didn’t want their fun or time with new friends to end as they dragged their feet to the exit’s doors. “We wanted to give each kid that attended the event a present and provide them with games, activities and refreshments and just make it a big celebration of life,” said Benjamin. “And let them know it is cool to give back and it is cool to help people out who may not be in the same situation as you.”
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the city coincided with the start of busing for desegregation, which transferred Chinese students from the Chinatown school where she worked to Charlestown. She later served as principal of that same school, Josiah Quincy Elementary, when it had a diverse enrollment in the last decade. Lee cofounded the Chinese
Progressive Association, which soothed tensions between black and Chinese residents of the Castle Square complex in the South End. The Chinatown-based organization helped organize a tenants’ council that drew residents into cross-racial cooperation. As the post-busing racial tensions eased and the city emerged a majority population of color, many members of younger generations have grown up comfortable relating to people from diverse
racial-ethnic backgrounds. Lee has been doing it a much longer time. “I grew up on Blue Hill Ave,” Lee recalled. “We were one of three Chinese families. It was half Jewish and half black, a transition time. So I kind of grew up with a mix. I didn’t have any Chinese friends because they weren’t around the neighborhood.” When she enrolled in William Lloyd Garrison Elementary on Hutchings Street, Lee spoke no English — bilingual education was not yet Boston Public School Department policy. An immigrant girl who had been at the top of her class in Hong Kong became one of three Chinese students at Garrison. “My father took me to school the first day,” she said. “The principal said to him, ‘We’re going to have to put her back a few years because she doesn’t know anything.’ What does that mean? That means I don’t know English, therefore, I don’t know anything.” Lee learned a second language and then went to the Girls’ Latin. In her graduating class of 190, there were 14 Chinese students. “That’s a substantial number in those days,” Lee noted. Brandeis on a scholarship came next. In 1974, she started teaching in Boston, at the Quincy School. “A lot of my friends growing up, we found each other teaching at Boston Public Schools,” Lee said. The next year, busing started for elementary students. Alarm spread among limited Englishspeaking garment workers in Chinatown when they received offi-
cial letters about their children’s transfers to Charlestown. Some of the mothers did not even know where Charlestown was. To reassure the anxious parents, that fall Lee began accompanying students from the South End and Chinatown on the school buses to Charlestown. The Chinese parents discovered that the balanced racialethnic parent councils established
“When it comes down to important things, people will come together. Common interest. But somebody has to help them come together.” — Suzanne Lee under the federal court order placed them in the demeaning category of “others.” The School Department would rebuff the parents’ entreaties by telling them that the desegregation case brought by the NAACP was a matter of black and white. In 1977, Lee was a cofounder of the Chinese Progressive Association. The advocacy organization based in Chinatown played a role in easing interracial misunderstandings and tensions in the nearby Castle Square after Chinese started
moving into the predominately black complex in the 1980s. The association helped form the Castle Square Tenants Organization in 1987. It brought the mix of tenants together to resist rent increases and the complex’s conversion to market-rate condos, for instance. “When it comes down to important things, people will come together. Common interest,” Lee said. “But somebody has to help them come together.” As an educator, Lee worked her way up to being a principal, first turning around Baldwin School in Brighton and then leading Quincy School for a decade before retiring in 2009. She won praise for the excellent academics at the Quincy, where she arranged for students to participate in enrichment learning activities. White parents have largely abandoned the Boston schools, but some prosperous ones chose Quincy over a private school. The decades of bridge-building and community organizing paid dividends when Lee challenged Linehan for the District 2 seat on the council. The occupant of that seat, like Linehan, has always been a South Boston resident. Lee lives in Chinatown. “I knocked on doors, and I know every single street in South Boston. I made some terrific friends,” Lee recalled. “People were surprised that I was there knocking on their doors, but they still did talk.” Then enough of them voted for her that she almost pulled off a rarity — defeating a council district incumbent.
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ing staff, during which time the team posted a record of 114 wins, 15 losses and five ties. Lewis became the fourth African American to graduate from Harvard Law School. He gained admission to the Massachusetts bar in 1895 and set up a law practice at 804 Barristers Hall in Boston, associating with white attorneys John L. Dyer and Albert A. Bridgham. He was president of the Amherst Alumni Association, and a member of the Middlesex Club and the Young Men’s Republican Club of Cambridge. Twice denied service at a Harvard Square barbershop because of his race, Lewis, assisted by Butler R. Wilson, persuaded the Massachusetts Legislature to amend the state’s public accommodations law. The 1885 law prohibited excluding people from public places of amusement on the basis of race or color. On May 26, 1893, House Speaker George von Lengerke Myer of Boston introduced to the Statehouse a bill aimed at banning racial discrimination in barbershops and “other public places kept for hire, gain or reward.” It was signed into law by Governor William Eustis Russell, a Democrat. The Legislature amended the law again in 1895, recasting it “in the most comprehensive terms.” As amended, it outlawed “discrimination except for good cause, applicable alike to all persons of every color or race whatsoever, in respect to the admission of any person to, or his treatment in, public places of amusement, other public meetings, inns, barbershops, or public places kept for hire, gain or reward, whether licensed or not.” In 1896, Lewis married Wellesley College graduate Miss Elizabeth Baker, a Cambridge beauty. They made their home 226 Upland Road,
and the couple had two children. The William Lewis of the 1890s was a provocative orator who demanded civil and political rights for African Americans and disagreed with black leader Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist philosophy. Welcoming the National Convention of Colored Men to the Ebenezer Baptist Church on West Springfield St. on Aug. 10, 1896, Lewis told the delegates, “The Negro unites today to … demand that he be made in reality what he is in name — an American citizen, with all the rights, privileges and immunities appertaining thereto.” He declared, “We demand the right to live peaceably in our own homes, the right to a fair trial when accused of a crime, the right to be hanged by law, the right to cast one vote and have it counted, the right of access to any and all public places; in fine, all and every right of every other citizen.” Appealing to the delegates for race unity, Lewis assured them, “United in the righteous cause of civil and political liberty, no power on earth can stand against us.” The Boston Globe reported, “He was enthusiastically received, and his address of welcome was punctuated continually with cheers and applause.” Lewis believed that a more educated African American would escape the bonds of prejudice, and he thought that black people were entitled to educational opportunity commensurate with their abilities. Speaking at a banquet observing the 91st anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, held at Young’s Hotel on Feb. 12, 1900, Lewis said, “We ask you to loosen for us the bonds of ignorance; let the captive mind go free
to soar the deep and vast empyrean of human knowledge, and the manacles of prejudice will surely fall away.” In 1899, Lewis launched a successful bid from Ward 5 for a seat on the Cambridge Common Council. He served through 1901. After the turn of the century, the tone of Lewis’s rhetoric became more conciliatory, to the chagrin of radicals like Trotter. Instead of agitating for civil and political rights,
American privileges and American opportunity.” “Though discrimination, disfranchisement and lawlessness … visit upon the Negro today, the pendulum is bound to swing the other way,” Lewis foretold. “The nation’s pride — the people’s conscience — will yet call back to life the dead amendments of the Constitution. This nation cannot endure half democracy and half mobocracy, half
Lewis believed that a more educated African American would escape the bonds of prejudice, and he thought that black people were entitled to educational opportunity commensurate with their abilities. Lewis expressed guarded optimism about the future of black people in the United States. “We have seen in our day individuals like Douglass, Bruce, Washington and Du Bois attain and partly enjoy perfect equality with the white man. These examples show the possibilities of the masses,” he told a reporter in August, 1901. Adopting a wait-and-see attitude, Lewis predicted, “The Negro will not always struggle upwards against indifference on one hand and mad prejudice on the other,” for as the “white man in America … grows in civilization and humanity with broader views of life and a higher sense of the obligations of human brotherhood,” he will “welcome the Negro to his equal heirship of
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civilized and half savage,” he said. In October 1901, the Ward 5 Committee nominated Lewis to fill a soon-to-be-vacated seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Albert S. Apsey, the occupant of that seat, had announced his intention to run for State Senator. Representing the 5th Middlesex District, Lewis in 1902 served in the Statehouse and as a member of its Judiciary Committee; however, in his bid for re-election on Nov. 4, 1902, Democrat Frederick S. Dietrick defeated him by 134 votes. During this period, Lewis’s political philosophy underwent a major transformation. “When I realized that there were many good men and women as sincerely devoted to the same cause of man as myself,” he
recalled, “I began seriously to examine myself, to ask could they all be wrong and myself only right.” In his words, Lewis “saw the light and became a friend and follower” of Booker T. Washington, relying on his political influence to secure high-level government employment. Indeed, on Washington’s recommendation, President Theodore Roosevelt directed Henry P. Moulton, U.S. Attorney of Boston, to appoint Lewis 3rd Assistant U.S. District Attorney in January 1903, making him the first African American to hold that position. According to The Associated Press, President Roosevelt directed his appointment “to show that his championing of the Negro was not political and not confined to the Southern states.” As were other black leaders at that time, Lewis was aware of the South’s lawless lynching record and black disfranchisement; yet he followed Washington’s lead and counseled caution and patience. At an event held at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Cambridge on Sept. 2, 1903, at which Washington spoke, Lewis told a largely black audience, “While it is true that the condition of our people in the South is not what it should be, let us in the North act with sanity and wisdom, that public sentiment in the South may give our brethren better laws and opportunities than they now enjoy. I ask you to be careful and do nothing or countenance anything that will hurt the cause of our brethren there.” He concluded, “The time will come when the whole country will be like Cambridge, a civilized community.” He was promoted to 2nd AssisLewis, continued to page 14
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tant U.S. District Attorney in 1904 and served as head of the New England region of the Bureau of Naturalization from 1907 until 1909. In Oct. 1910, President William Howard Taft announced Lewis’s nomination as the first African American Assistant Attorney General of the United States, the highest office in the executive branch of government offered to any black man then. Despite strong opposition from Southern Senators, he won confirmation in June, 1911. Washington and Lewis held each other in high esteem and de-
fended one another. In September 1912, Washington wrote, “I with most other colored people believe in, honor and respect Mr. Lewis … because, in the high position in which he has risen, he has neither forgotten his own path nor sought to separate himself from the race to which he belongs.” On Jan. 30, 1916, Lewis eulogized Washington at a memorial service held at St. Bartholomew’s Church on Columbia Street in Cambridge. He said in part, “Booker Washington was my friend and idol. I loved and worshipped him as no other man I have ever known, save only my own father.” In 1913, shortly after Woodrow
LEGALS NOTICE TO TRADE CONTRACTORS REQUEST FOR TRADE CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY is soliciting Statements of Qualifications from TRADE CONTRACTORS interested in performing work for MPA CONTRACT NO. L1129-C3-3, RENOVATIONS & IMPROVEMENTS TO TERMINAL B FIRE PROTECTION TRADE PACKAGE, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. The Authority is seeking Qualification Statements from Trade Contractors who have a demonstrated experience in the construction and implementation of similar work in terms of scale and complexity. The project includes fire protection systems in support of a new secure concourse between Terminal B, Pier A and Pier B. The new concourse consists of 8 new holdrooms, 24 ticket counter positions, a renovated security checkpoint with additional passenger queuing and 4 additional lanes, concessions space, toilet rooms, airline operations space and vertical circulation. In accordance with Massachusetts Construction Manager at-Risk requirements, MGL Chapter 149 Section 44F, Qualification Statements are being requested from trade contractors capable of performing the following classes of work: (a) fire protection. The estimated cost of the Contract is $1,517,000 and the estimated construction duration is twelve (12) months. The estimated value of work to be performed by trade contractors is as follows: • Fire Protection- $1,517,000 The Authority is implementing this project in accordance with MGL Chapter 149A, Sections 1 thru 13. This selection of trade contractors conforms to MGL Chapter 149A, Section 8, subsections (b) to (k) inclusive. This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) will be utilized to prequalify trade contractors capable and experienced in the renovation and construction of airline passenger terminals. The Authority shall utilize a two-step process including the prequalification of trade contractors based on an evaluation of the Statement of Qualifications received in response to this solicitation, followed by an Invitation to Bidders that will only be issued to the prequalified trade contractors. A Prequalification Committee consisting of four representatives, one each from the Designer and the CM at Risk and two Massport staff. This Prequalification Committee will be conducting a qualifications-based evaluation of submittals received from interested trade contractors in order to identify prequalified trade contractors who will be invited to respond to a written Invitation to Bidders. Please note that the Authority is not utilizing this process to prequalify subcontractors who are not trade contractors which shall be done separately in accordance with MGL C149A, Section 8, subsection (j). Qualification Statements shall be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria: (1) Management Experience: (2) Project References including a Public Project Record and (3) Capacity to Complete including a demonstration that the contractor has the financial stability and long-term viability to successfully implement the Project. A Supplemental Information Package that discusses these Evaluation Criteria and the Prequalification Process in more detail as well as any other requirements for the Qualification Statements will be available to interested parties beginning Wednesday, January 2, 2013, by contacting Cindy Monahan at 617-568-5978 or via email at cmonahan@massport.com A Project Briefing will be held on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at 11:00 AM in the Capital Programs Department, Logan Office Center, 2nd floor, 1 Harborside Drive, East Boston, MA. Attendance at the briefing is not mandatory, however, it is strongly encouraged in order to best familiarize your firm with the project details and the prequalification process. The qualification statement document, as detailed in the supplemental information package shall be addressed to Mr. Houssam H. Sleiman, P.E., CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs, and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Questions regarding this RFQ shall be directed to CPBidQuestions@Massport. com with the MPA project number referenced in the subject line. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY Thomas P. Glynn CEO and Executive Director
LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting professional consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. AP1311-S1, ELECTRICAL SAFETY AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AUDIT PROGRAM FOR ALL AVIATION AND MARITIME PROPERTIES. The Authority is seeking an electrical engineering firm with proven experience in implementing an industry standard preventative maintenance plan, reviewing preventive maintenance plans and reports, electrical drawings, electrical safety training programs and preparing audit reports addressing preventative electrical maintenance procedures in multi-building facilities. The primary goal of each audit is to maintain a high standard of worker safety. The Consultant shall demonstrate expertise in the following areas including but not limited to: preventative maintenance procedures for electrical distribution equipment, electrical worker safety training requirements, NFPA 70E Electrical Safety in the Workplace, NFPA 70B Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance. Expertise shall further include in-depth knowledge of and experience working with airports and facilities of a similar complexity. The Consultant must be able to work closely with the Authority and other interested parties in order to provide such services in a timely and effective manner. The scope of work shall include, but not limited to the following: (1) The consultant is expected to review the existing electrical distribution documentation, all past electrical safety and preventative maintenance semi-annual audit reports for the past four years and all maintenance forms for the past two years to familiarize the consultant with all 13.8kV, 5kV and 480V equipment.
Wilson was inaugurated president of the United States he segregated all federal employees by race and discharged Lewis. Although President Taft recommended him for a judgeship on the Massachusetts Superior Court, Governor Eugene N. Foss refused to appoint him. For Lewis, the political patronage ended. That year he resumed the private practice of law at 294 Washington St. in Boston. An outstanding criminal defense lawyer, Lewis handled many high profile cases. In the famous Mohr murder trial, he defended pro bono two young black men accused of murdering a Providence doctor on Aug. 31, 1915, and he chal-
lenged the impeachment of former Governor’s Councilor Daniel H. Coakley. In 1922, he appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Charles Ponzi, a financial wizard who defrauded Americans of millions of dollars. After Washington died on Nov. 14, 1915, Lewis began to repair his damaged relationship with the more radical elements of Boston’s civil rights community. At a federal court hearing before U.S. Commissioner William B. Hayes, Lewis, Richard W. Hale, president of the Massachusetts Bar Association, and African American attorneys Butler R. Wilson and Charles Lyke Raysor successfully defended John L. John-
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The Consultant shall perform an initial inspection and review of all electrical maintenance and safety procedures, review, verify and modify one line electrical drawings and perform semi-annual inspections and reviews for the remainder of the term. At the end of each inspection the consultant shall meet with the maintenance and engineering personal to summarize findings and make recommendations followed by the formal audit report. All work shall be performed under the supervision of a Registered Professional Electrical Engineer in the State of Massachusetts.
The Authority expects to select one consultant. However, the Authority reserves the right to select a different number if it is deemed in its best interest to do so. The consultant shall be issued a contract in an amount not to exceed $500,000. The services shall be authorized on a work order basis. Each submission shall include a Statement of Qualifications that provides detailed information in response to the evaluation criteria set forth below and include Architect/Engineer & Related Services questionnaires SF 330 (www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/116486) with the appropriate number of Part IIs. M/WBE Certification of the prime and subconsultants shall be current at the time of submittal and the Consultant shall provide a copy of the M/WBE certification letter from the Supplier Diversity Office, formerly known as State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA) within its submittal. The Consultant shall also provide an original and nine copies of litigation and legal proceedings information, signed under the pains and penalties of perjury, in a separate sealed envelope entitled “Litigation and Legal Proceedings”. See www.massport.com/doing-business/Pages/ CapitalProgramsResourceCenter.aspx for more details on litigation and legal proceedings history submittal requirements. The submission shall be evaluated on basis of: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
current level of experience and knowledge of the team for similar projects, particularly the Project Manager, geographic location and availability of the Project Manager, resident inspectors and other key personnel to be assigned to the project, experience and expertise of subconsultants, demonstrated ability to perform work with minimal disruption to facility operations, cost management and scheduling capabilities, M/WBE and affirmative action efforts, current level of work with the Authority, past performance for the Authority, if any, project understanding and technical approach to this project.
The selection shall involve a two-step process including the shortlisting of a minimum of three firms based on an evaluation of the Statements of Qualifications received in response to this solicitation, followed immediately by a final selection of the consultant(s) by the Authority. By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of Massport’s standard work order agreement, a copy of the Authority’s standard agreement can be found on the Authority’s web page at www.massport.com. Submissions shall be printed on both sides of the sheet (8 1/2" x 11"), no acetate covers. Ten (10) copies of a bound document and one PDF version on a disc each limited to: (1) (2) (3) (4)
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an SF 330 including the appropriate number of Part IIs, resumes of key individuals only each limited to one (1) page under SF 330, Section E, no more than ten (10) projects each limited to one (1) page under SF 330, Section F, no more than 3 sheets (6 pages) of information contained under SF 330 Section H addressing the evaluation items (except for the litigation and legal proceedings history), and no more than 2 sheets (4 pages) of other relevant material not including a 2 page (max.) cover letter, SDO certification letters, covers, dividers, and other required information.
This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, January 17th 2013 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 021282909. Any submission which is not received in a timely manner shall be rejected by the Authority as non-responsive. Any information provided to the Authority in any Proposal or other written or oral communication between the Proposer and the Authority will not be, or deemed to have been, proprietary or confidential, although the Authority will use reasonable efforts not to disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained by the Authority except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66. Any inquiries by submitters must be e-mailed to CPBidQuestions@Massport. com with the MPA Project Number referenced in the subject line not later than seven (7) days before the advertised date for submission. Responses may be found at www.Massport.com as an attachment to the original Legal Notice or at www.Com-Pass.com. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TRANSPORTATION BUILDING 10 PARK PLAZA BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116-3975 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids for MBTA Contract No A20CN01, LIGHT RAIL ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, GOVERNMENT CENTER STATION, BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS (CLASS 1, GENERAL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECT VALUE $ 91,000,000.00), will be received by the Director of Contract Administration at the Contract Administration Office, 6th Floor, Room 6720, Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts, 02116-3975, until two o'clock (2:00 p.m.) on January 31, 2013. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.
son, a black man who fled Charleston, W.Va., after being indicted for violating the White Slave Act. Pleased with the result of that case, Trotter called it “the greatest triumph of justice over lynching in the South ever won.” About Lewis, The Berkshire Evening Eagle wrote, “Friend to the great and the insignificant, the lawyer devoted his life particularly to the service of defendants who, for lack of money or other reasons, were without legal help.” William Henry Lewis died on Jan. 1, 1949 of a heart attack at the age of 80, leaving a son, William H. Lewis Jr., Esq. of Dedham, and a daughter, Mrs. Pierre Vecken of Paris, France.
LEGALS The Work consists of the renovation of and improvements to Government Center Station, and improvements within City Hall Plaza and the surrounding City of Boston Streets. Improvements to Government Center Station include a new Green Line headhouse, renovation of platform and station areas, new elevators, escalators and stairs, new electrical substation, new communications an security systems, and a new emergency egress from the Blue Line portion of the Station. Improvements at the surface include realignment of Cambridge Street and the replacement, renovation and restoration of pavement surfaces and new landscaping and lighting in both public ways and City Hall Plaza. This Contract is subject to a financial assistance Contract between the MBTA and the Federal Transit Administration of U.S. Department of Transportation. FTA Participation 80 percent. Each prospective bidder proposing to bid on this project must be prequalified in accordance with the Authority's "Procedures Governing Classification and Rating of Prospective Bidders." Copies may be obtained from the Contract Administration Office at the above address. Requests for prequalification for this Project will not be accepted by the Authority after the tenth (10th) day preceding the date set for the opening of bids. Prequalified bidders may obtain from the Contract Administration Office a "Request for Bid Form" which must be properly filled out and submitted for approval. Bidding documents may be obtained from the Contract Administration Office at the address above from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., beginning on December 27, 2012, Monday through Friday, at no charge. Copies of the Bidding Documents will be available in electronic format (CD). Contract Specifications and Contract Drawings shall be available in portable data file (.pdf) format. If requested, Bidding Documents will be shipped for a fee of $25.00, made payable by check to MBTA. For overnight mail service, a completed mailing label, with an approved carrier account number ( i.e. Federal Express), must be included. All bidding documents requested by check will be shipped via U.S. Postal Service. NONE OF THESE CHARGES ARE REFUNDABLE. Bidders attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. In addition, pursuant to the requirements of Appendix 3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Provision, Bidders must submit an assurance with their Bids that they will make sufficient and reasonable efforts to meet the stated DBE goal of sixteen percent (16%). Bidders will affirmatively ensure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation, minority and female construction contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in consideration for an award. Bidders will be required to comply with Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Regulations and the President's Executive Order No. 11246 and any amendments or supplements thereto. Bidders will also be required to comply with the Governor’s Executive Order No. 481, prohibiting the use of undocumented workers on State Contracts and any amendments and supplements thereto. Authorization for the Bidders to view the site of the work on the MBTA's property shall be obtained from the Project Manager, Dan Beaulieu, 6th Floor, MBTA Design and Construction, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 021163975, 617-590-3562. The Authority will conduct an inspection tour of the site on January 14, 2013. Bidders are requested to be present in front of the Government Center Station Headhouse at Cambridge Street and Court Street, Boston Massachusetts, at 10:00 a.m. to participate in the tour. Bidders are advised that they should have representation at this tour as no extra visits are planned. A prebid conference will be held on January 16, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at the 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA. Any request for interpretation of the Plans and Specifications should be submitted in writing at the same time. Bidders will be required to certify as part of their bids that they are able to furnish labor that can work in harmony with all other elements of labor employed or to be employed on the work. This Contract is subject to Federal wage and hourly laws and minimum State wage rates as well as all other applicable labor laws. Bidders are advised that the "Buy America" provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (Pub. L-97-424) as amended, apply to any Contract, procurement or agreement which results from this solicitation. Bid Guaranty shall consist of a bid deposit in the amount of five (5) percent of the value of the bid, in the form of a bid bond, cash, certified check, treasurer's or cashier's check. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond each for the full amount of the Contract price. The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive informalities, to advertise for new Bids or proceed to do the work otherwise, as may be deemed to be in the best interests of the Authority. This information may be viewed at the MBTA website: http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solicitations/ MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Date: December 20, 2012
By: Richard A. Davey Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of MassDOT
Dr. Beverly Scott General Manager of the MBTA & Rail & Transit Administrator of MassDOT
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once in Bay State Banner, Boston publication to be at least Seven (7) days prior to the hearing date.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1307-C1, FY13-15 AUTHORITYWIDE TERM AUTOMATIC ENTRANCE DOOR REPAIRS, BOSTON, BEDFORD AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.
If required, service on the United States Veteran Administration and the Department of Children and Families may be accomplished by regular first class mail at least Seven (7) days prior to the hearing. THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice. Date: October 19, 2012
NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:30 LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013. The work includes PROVISIONS OF LABOR, INCIDENTAL MATERIALS, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AUTOMATIC ENTRANCE DOOR SYSTEMS ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS OVER A ONE (1)YEAR PERIOD AT ALL MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY AVIATION AND NON-AVIATION FACILITIES LOCATED AT BOSTON, BEDFORD & WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
Sandra Giovannucci Register of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU12P2399EA
Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Annie Jean Mickens Date of Death: 06/20/2012
Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2012.
To all interested persons: The estimated contract cost is FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($45,000). Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority's Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer's or a cashier's check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and /or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $1,000,000 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.
A petition has been filed by Gary A. Janes of Mattapan, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Gary A. Janes of Mattapan, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve With Corporate Surety on the bond. You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 01/17/2013. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.
Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
The Residences at Brook Hill will offer 2 new affordable condominium units located near MBTA, employment opportunities and Boston. All units will be distributed by lottery to eligible *first time homebuyers and those whose family composition qualifies them for a one bedroom unit. The one bedroom homes are available for $156,500 The income limits are as follows: 1 person household
2 person household
$45,500
$52,000
Household asset limit is $75,000 ALL APPLICANTS MUST PROVIDE FULL FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATION AND MORTGAGE PRE-APPROVAL IN ADDITION TO A COMPLETE APPLICATION. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE LOTTERY REQUIRED INFORMATION MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION DEADLINE.
The application deadline is February 25th, 2013 at 2:00 PM Applications available at Milton Town Hall, Milton Public Library, Milton Housing Authority, and Hingham Housing Authority or by calling 781-741-6025/ TDD 1-800-974-6006 or email edirector@verizon.net
Informational meeting at Milton Town Hall on January 10th @ 7:00 PM *certain exceptions apply
The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: December 14, 2012 Sandra Giovannucci Register of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU12D2588DR
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Nestor Fuentes
This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor's Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.
THE RESIDENCES AT BROOK HILL TOWN OF MILTON AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY
vs.
Josefina Fuentes
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the marriage pursuant to G.L. c. 208, Section 1B. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: William Lee Patton Esq., Ropes & Gray, 800 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02199 your answer, if any, on or before 02/07/2013. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: November 29, 2012 Sandra Giovannucci Register of Probate
Docket No. SU12P1986GD In the interests of Michael Hogan of Roxbury, MA Minor
NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor
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NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 10/12/2012 by Keri S. Hogan of Roxbury, MA will be held 01/17/2013 09:00 AM Guardianship of Minor Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114. Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to: File the original with the Court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five (5) business days before the hearing.
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Counsel for the Minor: The minor (or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the right to request that counsel be appointed for the minor.
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Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it is not in the minor’s best interests. ORDER TO PETITIONER(S)
IT IS ORDERED THAT copies of this Notice and the Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor be served in hand on the minor; (if 14 or more years of age and not the petitioner), the guardian, the parents of the minor, and any other person if ordered by the Court, at least fourteen (14) days prior to the hearing date listed above. If Service in hand cannot be accomplished on any interested party, IT IS ORDERED that copies of this Notice and the Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor be served on the interested party by leaving at and mailing by regular first class mail to last and usual place of residence of the interested party at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the hearing listed above. If the identity or whereabouts of an interested party is not known, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that copies of this Notice and the Petition for Appointment of a Guardian of a Minor be served on all interested persons at least fourteen (14) days prior to the hearing date by publishing a copy of the Order and Notice
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