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EYE ON THE BALL- Former Red Sox first baseman George "The Boomer" Scott gave local boys and girls some in-sight into his art at a baseball clinic last Saturday at McKinney Field, Faneuil Street in Brighton. The free lesson was sponsored by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department.

Hopefuls announce for Tracy 18th seat No shortage of contenders to replace state legislator

By Julie Flaherty

The field of people making a play for the 18th Suffolk District state representative post has widened considerably in the last week, less than a month after Rep. Susan Tracy announced she would not run for a third term, although the only previously declared candidate has dropped out.

Two weeks ago, only Paul Golden Jr. had announced his candidacy. Since then he has left the race, but several Several Allston-Brighton residents have taken out nomina­tion papers, and more are still debating a run.

Among those collecting signatures for the May 3 dead­line are Dan McGonigle, a carpencer from Brighton; Michael Moran, a bartender from Oak Square; Allston community activist Jan Presser; Jim Su1\ivan, a project manager for the Boston Redevelopment Authority; and Ward 22 Democratic Committee Chair Steve Tolman.

Jeane Woods, who owns a hair salon in Brighton, has not yet taken out papers, but said she will most likely be running.

Some other locals, including Robert Franklin, Jerry McDermott, Mary Ann McLaughlin and Anne Tafe said that, after much reflection, that they would not be running.

Golden said he made work-related commitments before the race began, and in the last two weeks those relation­ships "have become strained."

"If I wanted to run a good campaign, I would have to go back on my word" to those groups, he said.

Presser said he took out papers a week ago and is mak­ing the rounds door-to-door and at supermarkets trying to collect signatures.

" I don' t have a machine," he said, referring to the fact • CANDIDATES

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Little League sponsor honored for 40 years of caring By Julie Flaherty

When the Sokolove family sat down at the dinner table years ago, the mood of the conversation was always af­fected by one thing: How the family teams- the Red Sox and the Home Supply Yankees- had fared at the diamond that day.

"Dad really lived by the life and death of his teams," said Joyce Wiseman, whose father, Al Sokolove, started sponsoring the Brighton Centra.1 Little League 40 years ago. Now 82, Sokolove and his store, Home Supply Co. in Brighton Center, may be one of the longest continuing spon­sors not only in Brighton, but in the history of the league, which was created only a few years earlier.

Today, the display window of the home supply store­front shows not only ads for tools and hardware, but a half­dozen team photographs of freckle-faced kids with toussled hair, posing in their Yankee uniforms from 1969, 1954.

"There was a doctor- I think it was the 1954 team­who was stopped at the light and saw himself In the pic­ture," said Bob Wiseman, Sokolove's son-in-law. "He ran in and asked to get a copy. Then there was a woman who saw her brother in it, and another guy who hadn't seen his twin brother in years and saw him in one of the team pic­tures."

Bob Wiseman bought the business from Sokolove in

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News

She made most of new start by Chr,istine Granados

Svang Tor, one of Allston-Brighton's "unsung heroes," has manged to rake a past filled with paf n and sorrow and tum it into a positive future by helping refugees at the Indochinese Psychiatry Clinic at the Brighton Marine Pub­lic Health Center.

In addition to her work at the IPC, Tor is aJso.co-direc­tor for the Harvard School of Public Health's Program in Refugee Trauma.

As a mental health sp<>cialist, the Cambodian native helps Southeast Asian survivors overcome their experiences in their homelands.

Tor's story is a remarkable one of survival. When she married in 1964, Tor moved from the Camooqian country­side to the capital of Phnom Penh. "I was a high school teacher for 13 years," she said.

However, in April, 1975, the communist regime, the Khmer Rouge, began its reign of terror, taking over Phnom Penh and forcing the people to the countryside.

"[We] were sent back and forth to different places," said Tor. The walk lasted about two months.

At the beginning of this ordeal, her family had nine members. "Five still survive," she said. Many died from starvation, neglect, hard labor and from the torture of the Khmer Rouge. Her youngest son died in 1976. To this day, she still has no idea about her huband whom she last saw in 1977. Tor finally left Cambodia in September, 1979, for the Thailand border.

She spent almost two years in six different refugee camps, until she applied for immigration to the United States, sponsored by a cousin of her father's who was liv­ing in New York at the time.

Tor came directly to Boston from Thailand in Au­gust! 981. She had the opportunity to resume her teaching

career, as a bilingual teacher, but she hesitated going back to the same profession that she had in Cambodia.

"I feel like at that time I [felt] bad about the loss of my young child," she said. "I cannot deal with seeing the chil­dren at school," she added.

Tor worked in an insurance company before getting in­volved in mental health.

In 1985, she then began two part-time positions at Bos­ton City Hospital for Community Health Nursing, working with the Healthy Baby program and the TB Control pro­gram.

The following year, Tor became involved in the Cam­bodian Women Oral History project. She met Dr. Richard Mollica, clinical director of the Indochinese Psychiatry Clinic and social worker Jim Lavelle, program director for the IPC, who encouraged her work as a mental health spe­cialist. Tor trained at Boston University for six months and started full-time with the lndochine Psychiatry Clinic in 1987. "I [felt] ready to help the community," she said.

According to Tor, the clinic, which began in 1979, came about because refugees would come to the Brighton Ma­rine Public Health center for physical checkups. The doc­tors could treat the physical problems, but there really was no program to treat the mentai problems that the Southeast Asians faced.

Tor believes that in helping others, she is healing her own wounds. In working with other refugee survivors from Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, she has learned that she is not alone in her losses or in her suffering.

"Everyone has loss .. . others have more problems," she said. She relishes the fact that she is helping families and others in the community.

"It's a great group of people in Allston-Brighton," she said. She mentions that she and her family have felt wel­come since they moved to the area in 1981.

-Svang Tor, a Cambodian fefugee, was named an "unsung hero" for her work helping other refugees.

She is grateful for the unsung hero award sponsored by the Allston-Brighton Healthy Boston Coalition, but she is thankful for the support she has received throughout the years from Dr. Mollica, Jim Lavelle, the rest of the IPC staff, her family and her neighbors in both Allston and Brighton

"I am so proud to live in the Brighton," she said, "to be a member of this community." .

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Police increase anti-drug action Local officers playing big neighborhood role

By Sean Donovan

Drugs, which typically walk hand-in-hand with crime, have become a major concern of both citizens and the police forces sworn to protect them. Allston-Brighton is no exception.

Increased drug activity during the past few years has raised both the fears of local residents and the watchful eye of the law. Police departments in Boston's commu­nities have recently taken a more active role in the ob­servation and apprehension of drug dealers and buyers.

Since Barrows Street is less than 1,000 feet from a school, anyone caught selling drugs there faces a man­datory two year jail term without chance of probation. A recent amendment to this law is expected to pro­vide for even more drug arrests.

According to the change in the law , which just took effect on March 27, anyone caught dealing drugs within I 00 feet of a publ ic park or playground will be faced with the same two-year mandatory sentence.

Creavin said the parks will be more heavily policed with the advent of spring and warmer weather. "There will be extra patrols in the park to make them safe for the youth," he said. "If they [drug dealers] want to deal in the park, we ' ll have them playing in a park in Walpole," referring to MCI Walpole, the prison.

Local residents say they have noticed an increase in the amount of drug activity in their neighborhoods. "There has been a drastic increase, I think," said one Ashford Street resident. " I moved here from out west

Previously, most drug cases were referred to Boston two years ago. There wasn't a problem there like I see Police headquarters, but a recent decision now places here in the East Coast cities." more responsibility directly into the hands of local of- "Even since I moved here two years ago, I 've no-ficers. · ticed an increase. I can remember many times when I

" In the past six months, the drug squad has moved was offered drugs on the street. Even if you're not some officers around," said Sgt. Det. Thomas Creavin offered them, you know they're there," he said. of District 14 police. "We've been asked to pick up our Allston resident Robb Reinhart , who moved here end of drug enforcement. Before, we referred ~ lot of from Kentucky four years ago, agrees. the drug activity elsewhere, but now we take charge our- "I think there 's been an increase," Reinhart said. selves." "They seem so easy to get that it's hard to believe the

Creavin said that there has not been a notable increase police and state level government are doing anything to in the presence of drugs on the streets of Allston- slow down their availibility. The demand is obviously Brighton. out there and as long as it is, they're not going to slow it

"It just appears that way," he said. "We've gotten more down." involved. We're doing more drug work. That accounts Creavin said in order to quell the flow of drugs for the increased number of busts." through the city, the police department has to rely on

Creavin said that there are approximately 20 arrests the community to be "our eyes and ears." for the sale or purchase of drugs each month in Allston- "The citizen is our best source of information," Brighton. Recent examples include last week's arrest of Creavin said. "If they see something drug-related go­an A\lston man who was in possession of 28 pounds of ing on, please call us and give us the information." marijuana near Oak Square and the arrest last month of Creavin said that callers can remain anonymous and a man with a half pound of cocaine at the intersection of that any information they receive will be followed Gaffney Street and Commonwealth Avenue. up on.

Creavin said that the drug activity is not confined to "We're trying to do our

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Diskovery caters to all tastes TA. Denis

The current economic recovery occurring in the nation is finding its way into Allston, on Brighton Avenue. Coin­ciding with with the pending start of the Allston Village street renewal project, Diskovery records and books will be moving, but not too far.

Located at 127 Brighton A venue, Diskovery is a used record and book shop, small and unbelievably full. The floor space is dominated by record racks, bursting with music of all types and tastes. The history of rock and roll is there,' from rhythm and blues roots to some of the lates t releases, national and local.

Rock and roll is by no means the only type of music there. Extensive jazz and folk sections sit on the floor, along with bins of classical and soul music. Flipping through the the records, you finds things you thought you would never see again. It is easy to spend many hours there. Yolanda doesn' t mind.

Yolanda Stratter has been an Allston resident for 18 years and proprietor of Diskovery for the past 13. A native of Lima Peru, she has been a collector of music and books for a many years. She used her vast collection as seed stock for the enterprise. Asked how she learned the business, she said it was a natural thing for her to do.

"I love music and I love to read, so I listened to a lot of music and read a lot of books," she said, smiling.

It is not surprising that Yolanda is in the business that she is. She has an astounding knowledge of music and lit­erature and can cite, find and show you an example of what she's talking about. Instantly. She knows her store.

The business is growing. Recently Yolanda 's s ister Soleda opened Diskovery II at 385 Washington Street in Brighton Center. The second Diskovery is also a used record and book store but also deals in posters and shirts.

Although things are picking up, Yolanda told me that it had been a rough winter. She buys, trades and sells books, records and cassettes, and has quite a few rare and collect­able items, but thanks to a slow economy and limited space, her stock was piling up. Another factor is the growing popu-

Diskovery makes finding music a pleasant pastime.

larity of Compact Discs. She has recently been dealing in CD recordings and used videos. With space at a premiun and a healthier trade, Diskovery will be moving to 11 3 Brighton Avenue , a few doors down, to accomodate ex-pansion. .

Yolanda attributes the success ·of her business to the cutting edge of Boston's music scene. Boston is a school town, and she finds it amazing how much good music is here. Many of her c ustome(s are students from Berkeley, and a lot are profess ional and amateur musicians, many of whom are from the Allston-Brighton area. "Boston helps detennine taste in popular music," she said.

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Quack troops will be out in force Chicks and ducks and geese will scurry when the

Children's Grove Cooperative School hosts its Farm Day. On April 27, as part of Drumlin Farm's Audubon Ark Pro­gram, a " traveling farm" of spring lambs and chickens will frolic around the classes. Teachers and naturalist say this will allow children to learn about animal behavior and habi­tat.

The Children's Grove School, a non-profit, non-sectar­ian pre-school, recently relocated to the grounds of Mount St. Joseph's Academy in Brighton.

Local sophomore awarded Sara Lieberman, daughter of Lisa Lieberman of

Brighton, has been selected as a finalist in the 1993 Art of Caring Poster Contest, sponsored by the Cating Institute in Washington, D.C. Sara is a sophomore at Mount Alvemia High School in Newton.

Sara's poster, depicting her image of the earth and the human power that can positively effect it, was chosen from thousands of entries from all students across the country and was recognized with an award certificate. Tolman sets fundraiser

Tolman campaign fundra!ser State Representative Warren Tolman (D-Watertown)

has scheduled his state senate campaign's opening fundraiser on May 4 at Hibernian Hall, 151 Watertown St. in Watertown. The event will be from 7:30 to 10:30 p .m.

Tolman is a candidate for state senator in the Middlesex and Suffolk District. The district includes Watertown, Belmont, and parts of Waltham, Cambridge and Allston­Brighton.

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The Drama Club at Mount Saint Joseph Academy will offer a production of the successful play "Annie" on con­secutive nights, May 4, 5 and 6, at the school.

The Academy is located at 617 Cambridge St. in Brighton. Curtain time is 8 p.m.

More than 20 students from the Roman Catholic high school are participating in the play. Tickets may be ob­tained at the door and cost $8. Proceeds from the pro­duction will support the Mount Saint Joseph Drama Club.

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The benefit will be June 25 at Saint Anthony's HaJJ in Allston from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The $10 tickets can be pur­chased be calling Ann Moran at 787-3687; Doris Antonelli at 782-1417, or Barbara Zuccala at 787-3881.

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March 28 1994

City of Boston. In Public Safety Commission May 19th 1994 In •he foregoing petition, ii is herby ORDERED, Iha I notice be given by the petitioner

~all persons 1nter:csted that this_ Committee will onThund~y 26th day ol May at ~.30 o clocl<. AM, a>nsidcr the expcd.ency of gnnling lhe prayer of the •bove petilion when any p>rtoe< who objcd lherto, may appear and be heard. S.id notice lo be given by lhe P':'bl;ation of• copy of said petition and this order lher<on in the Alhto111Brig!rto• C1tiun /°."""" and by mailing by ~id registert'd mail not k'M than 7 days priot to such heanng. a copy lo every ownors of r=rd ol e>ch por<rlol land on which the build.mg proposed !o be erected for, o r maintained as. a gange.is to be or is situated. ~~1~ng lo be hekl in 4th floor mttting ~ 1010 Musadn1atts Avmue 8o5~ MA,

A trueropy.

Thomas McNichoW, Chairman ~rtin E. Pierce, Jr. Rina Cutter

Attest H,R.11~ Stcretnry, COMMITTEE ON LICENSES

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETIS THE TRIAL COURT

THE PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT SUFFOLK DIVISION DOCKET NO. 94D-0495

SUMMONS BY P UBLICATION Malachy N. Okpata, Plaintiff

vs. Rochelle C. Okpata, Defendent

To the above-named Defendent: A complaint has been presented 10 this Court by

your spouse, Malachy N. Okpata, seeking a divorce You are required to serve upon Harold Robertson,

Esq., plaintiff, whose address is 143 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02116, your answer on or before June 2, 1994. If you fail to do so, the Court will proceed to the hearing and adjucation of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer in the office of the Register of this Court.

Witness, Mary C. Fitzpatrick Esquire, First Justice of said Court at Boston, March 16, 1994.

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Editorial

Candid~tes quick to enter race, but take time for platforms

The number and diversity of the people who have made a move for the state representative position for the 18th District is admirable. As far as backgrounds, concerns, ages and sexes, the field is delightfully diverse.

One question now is whether any of the candidates lin­ing up to try on Tracy's shoes will measure up.

Although the candidates, and potential candidates, have all applauded Susan Tracy and what she has accomplished, they have also said they would not necessarily try to im­pact in the same way in the same places. Tracy spent much of her time championing women, the homeless, the handi­capped, minorities and the dispossessed. Some of the can­didates may go even further in pursuing these issues. Or they may concentrate on crime, on taxes, on schools, even hockey rinks.

One concern is that many candidates, rushing to get sig­natures and organize a campaign strategy, have. openly admitted that they do not have a platform. They say they know they can do the job, but need time to "bone up on the issues." We hope that time constraints will not keep them from thinking about those issues.

Another oddity is the number of people who have taken out papers, gotten well into their signature collection, and yet will not "announce" that they are seeking the office. Granted, this race has the added novelty of complete sur­prise. And the number of people who have considered tak­ing up the vacancy on this short notice is, again, gratify­ing.

But time is a wastin'. It does not seem to make much sense to announce an intention that one is considering tak­ing a stab at the post, when the campaign season is already painfully short. Nomination papers must be turned into the city or town by May 3, but some contenders are reserving their announcement until as \ate as the end of next month, when the secretary of state 's office will verify the names. It seems they not only want to avoid counting their chick­ens before they're hatched, but won't even acknowledge they are in the hen house.

Paul Golden Jr., the first one into the race, was also the first one ouL But there is no shame in that. He, too, is puzzled as to why people have gotten into the spontaneity of the race, but have hesitated in tossing in their hats offi­cially. As an advertising ploy-announcing an announce­ment to announce- it may backfire in terms of wasted time and voter confusion.

We agree with Dan McGonigle that this race should not be one purely of popularity. It is easy to lend a signa­ture to names you know, even if they are not activists.

But we also agree with Maryann McLaughlin, who was genuinely "fascinated" that someone like her, a lifelong resident, a soft-spoken but concerned woman when it comes to her community, could look around at the age of 50 and even consider entering politics. Because she is popular. Because as a mother of six she has been involved in the schools. Because she has been involved in the library and her church. Because she has simply- or not so simply­been here.

After saying, somewhat reluctantly, that she would not be running this year, McLaughlin said she hoped the emerg­ing candidates would be a "genuine representation of people who live in the community as opposed to people who are moving onto other things using the job as a stepping stone."

But she added, ''I'm not saying that is a bad thing." She simply asked if we should consider the meaning of the word "representative" who could be the "local cobbler or the local baker."

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Neighborhood cleanup a~d t~e P~t~r Pr_incip~I When springtime rolls around each year and the wind while munching and dnnkmg and reading as they watt for

picks the trash up out of the gutters where it is swept by their buses. merchants clearing their sidewalks, and whips it around in I suppose the guy who invented take-out food figured he'd the air and deposits it back on the same sidewalks, I re- done a good thing. The idea of wrapping a hot pastrami sand-member when Judy Bracken wich and a cuppa coffee in a Styrofoam container so the coordinated neighborhood customer could take it outside and sit on the front steps where cleanups. Judy represented he would eat and drink and toss the remains in the gutter, Ray Flynn's Office of Neigh- must have been motivated by a f~ling of sharing with the borhood Services. She would neighbors. Much the same spirit that must have motivated arrange a city truck with as­sorted brooms and shovels and plastic bags.

The cleanups usually happened on a Saturday and in­cluded lots of college kids and special interest groups from Allston and Brighton. It was a common sight to see Judy handing out brooms and shovels and bags for the spring cleaning effort. Kevin Honan, Brian McLaughlin and Billy Galvin were often in on the act, leaning on their shovels and rakes and smiling for the cameras. Judy even arranged for special cleanup t-shirts to be passed out to the volun-teers.

Judy Bracken had a real talent for organizing neighbor­hood cleanups. So, naturally, they moved her on to bigger and better things. And, of course, the neighborhoods have never been the same since Judy went away. The streets, especially in the Allston area of Harvard, Brighton and Com­monwealth, are constantly buried in newspapers, food and candy wrappers plus whatever else the crowd throws away

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the inventor of the spray paint can, which has turned Allston from a sleepy little bedroom village into a canvas for the artistically bereft.

I hear that Steve Montgomery has arranged for a cleanup in Allston in the near future, which is something to look for­ward to.

Say Steve, while you're at it maybe you could send a let­ter, you know, with the city logo and all, asking why the Allston Car Wash on Cambridge Street dries its cars off on the people's sidewalk instead of on its own property?

They've been told about this over and over and just don't seem to want to cooperate with th.e neighborhood. Maybe if you tell them that the next time they come, hand-in-hand, to a neighborhood meeting looking for some favor from the people they won't be welcome?

Or maybe, Stev~. this time they'll do the right thing. It's possible. After all, when you think of it, all hell needs is a little water and a better class of people.

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Young people doing their best to improve Allston-Brighton "It makes me want to scream the way nobody listens to

me. "--Local teen JYST has been fonned to give voice to the teens in this

community, especially the 15-to-18-ye~ age group. JYST stands for the Joint Youth Strategies Team, a group of six ethnically diverse teenagers selected from all areas of Allston-Brighton. Our goa1s are to find out the views and needs of teens from Allston-Brighton through the use of interviews and focus groups, prioritize these needs, pro­pose the steps of action, and assemble a report and action plan for the service providers of Allston-Brighton.

JYST has been formed through a collaboration among the West End House, Allston-Brighton Against Drugs, and the Allston-Brighton Healthy Boston Coalition. These spon­soring organizations work in conjunction with JYST teens to develop new ideas and solutions to the problems facing older teens today. We are also supported by funding from the Allston Board of Trade, Brighton Board of Trade, Bos­ton College, Harvard University, Boston University, Bull Infonnation Systems, and the City of Boston Safe Neigh­borhoods Youth Fund.

We have surveyed a wide variety of people from differ­ent national and ethnic backgrounds to provide a complete representation of the teen population in Allston-Brighton. We hope that through these efforts, we will be able to find new ways to infonn the teens about youth services and pro-' vide plans for more effective programs.

Before we began out assessment, we were trained on team building and interviewing techniques. We then de­veloped our survey covering issues ranging from the fam­ily to drugs and alcohol to discrimination violence. Since then, we conducted about 100 hour-long interviews with teens from all over Allston-Brighton from many different ethnic groups.

"/have gained the power of public speaking." -Allen We are now into our second phase which includes con­

ducting focus groups reaching another 90 teens. The pur­pose of thes focus groups is to generate new ideas to deal with the issues that have come out of the intervies. Our focus groups will be held at Brighton High School, Faneuil Tenants Association, Commonwealth Tenants Association, the YMCA, West End House Boys and Girls Club and the Jackson/Mann Youth Center. All of the information gath­ered from the interviews and the focus groups will be vital to the production of the final report and action plan.

From the 100 interviews we conducted, we found out that the teenagers are concerned about many different things.

"/ never knew how many people really care about Allston-Brighton and want it to change." - Meghna

Letters

-These concerns range from job opportunities, to clean-

ing up and recycling, to safety and violence, to discrimina­tion. One of the major concerns revolves around the issue of drugs and alcohol. Many teenagers have complained about the overwhelming number of bars and liquor stores in this area. Many interviewees talked about the widespread use of gateway drugs such as beer and marijuana by teens

Weare not looking for a

hand out, we are looking for a

hand up.

in Allston-Brighton and the mixed messages teens got from adults telling them not to use drugs, when they are smok­ing and drinking themselves. People felt that our focus should be on prevention for all ages.

"/ really love Allston-Brighton because it's safe, but all the drug use is changing that for me." -Local teen.

The other major concern is the scarcity of activities for older teens in Allston-Brighton. The teens interviewed said: • They need a way of finding out about activities • They need opportunities to gain work experience, and • They need space separate from the younger kids who have different needs and interests

The fact that teenagers have expressed such strong con­cerns in these interviews shows that when given a chance, teens can have a positive force in the community.

In addition to these concerns, the teens have come up with solutions to the problems. We will be exploring these in more depth in our focus groups. Some of the initial solutions to the problem of not enough opportunities and activities include: • Using more effective ways of advertising activities and job opportunities such as radio, bulletin boards in the schools, flyers at the bus stops, etc. • More social clubs (non-drug-related places for activities and events to be held)

• Job training (to provide an outlet for those who do not have work experience)

Some of the solutions to deal with the issue of drugs and alchol are: •Family focused activities and events that are inexpensive • More drug education that demonstrates the effects and consequences of using drugs and alcohol • Incentive programs for people to stay off drugs There were other concerns such as discrimination and vio­lence, Jack of communication and cohesiveness within the family, gay/lesbian isolation, and suicide. Some of the so­lutions for these problems include peer discussion groups, teen speak-outs and more education. As one of our interviewees said: "Get guns off the streets and put more education on the streets."

As stated before, we are in our second phase, planning the focus groups. Part of the reason for conducting focus groups is to check to see if we are hearing the teens cor­rectly and to have more in-depth discussions on solutions for older teens in the community. The report will be pre­sented to Allston-Brighton agencies and possibly other or­ganizations outside the Allston-Brighton area.

Our action plan will include recommendations for the community based on the solutions generated from the needs assessment. We are planning to hold a youth-run press con­ference in June, where we will present our findings. Our goal is that our hard work will have a great impact on the community and will not go to waste. Our sponsors have already begun to strategize on ways that our recommenda­tions for action can be implenented.

Even though we, the JYST members, will be finished by the middle of June, our accomplishments will Jive on. All of our efforts are targeted to make a difference for the older teens of Allston-Brighton. We want to give them a chance to be whatever they want to be, no matter who or what stands in their way. Our work "Y.ill hopefully increase and improve the services offered to older teens in the com­munity. Since one of the problems for teens is the Jack of opportunities and things to do, we hope that our findings will provide youth-service organizations with a mechanism to create more alternative activities to keep teens interested in life and keep them off the streets. We are not looking for a hand out, we are looking for a hand up.

(The preceeding is the latests in an occasional series of columns written by the Healthy Boston Coalition: Emilys Acevedo, Allen Arseneau, Christine Hamlett, Meghna Majmudar, Yun Pang and Shaleema Thomas.)

Support for liquor license moratorium reinforced Last week's editorial concerning the proposed morato­

rium on liquor licenses continues to perpetuate misinfor-mation about the contents of it. ·

The specific language of this moratorium in its present fonn would not affect transfers within Allston or Brighton. The examples used concerning recent license transfers, The Kells, (fonnally Molly's) and The Armadillo Cafe (formerly Play it Again Sam's) would not have been prevented by such a piece of legislation. The fact is, no coverage of this petition has ever mentioned the merits of the proposal, which are to prevent any further expansion of the liquor industry in Allston and Brighton until the City has developed a plan for traffic, parking, and policing of these establishments.

It futher seeks to have members appointed from the Mayor's office, the BRA, the Police Commissioner, the City Council, the Licensing Board, and the Traffic and Parking Commission to receive input from area residents and neigh­borhood organizations on licensing appliations. The licens­ing Board is giving them credit that is due them for their recent decision.

However, it was the community, many of whom have sponsored the moratorium request, that called for the pub­lic meeting on this transfer (Ale House), and it was that same community that fought the transfer from Father's to the old Gerlando's site. This involved gathering all the rel­evant infonnation on file about the owners and their per­formance record, taking time off work to go downtown and testify, ~d debating with .attorneys hired by the owners to tell us how wonderful they are.

It also involved opposing members of our City Council whom you say should oppose the moratorium but encour­age the Licensing Board to continue making such prudent

decisions. One of the obstacles we had as a community fight­ing this transfer was the fact that both City Councilors Albert O'Neil and Richard Janella sent letters supporting this trans­fer to the Licensing Board. Neither of them met with the Allston and Brighton community before doing so. O'Neil also testified in support for the Father's transfer at the ABCC

If was the community, many of whom have

sponsored the moratorium request,

that called for the public meeting on the Ale House request ...

hearing last year, after attending an ACA meeting in which there was a unanimous opposition to it. (He attended the meeting that night to suport a 2 a.m. closing time for a res­taurant in Allston.) Apparently they had some other inter­est in helping this corporation, which precludes input from the community or a review of the performance record of these individuals. The letter from the ACA opposing the Ale House transfer was approximately 18 pages in length, most of which comtained a summary of the violations on

record with the cities of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville. Had the only letters to the Licensing Board been from our esteemed councillors, would the license still have been de­nied?

Last week in a Jetter to the editor ("Come Clean," 4121) I quoted an official from the BRA who in 1973 criticized the high number of liquor and entertainment licenses in Allston and Brighton. Also included in your paper last week was an interview with Mayor Menino, who was asked by your reporter, "Why do you think there is such a concep­tion in this community that businesses and residents can't get along?" His answer was, "Well , one thing, in Allston and Brighton there has been a proliferation of liquor li­censes. There was never anybody saying, 'Hey, enough is enough. And that's how it happened.' "

Well, Mr. Mayor, there are people saying it today. The moratorium says it, and it says it in a very specific lan­guage. The Citizen Journal obviously opposes the morato­rium, but editorials should at least be truthful and both sides of an issue should be presented so that people can decide on the basis of its merits, rather than the opinion of a name­less editor. Paul Berkeley President Allston Civic Association

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Arts

Classical music didn't stop with Beethoven By Beverly Creasey

Some of you are convinced c lassical music halted at the turn of the century. Maybe you're willing to acknowledge Ravel and Debussy ... and you can explain away Bernstein as pop, but anything which hints of "new music" is taboo. Sandra Hebert and Margaret McAllister of Allston are bent on changing your mind.

They direct Hyperprism, an ensemble of working musi­cians who want to awaken an interest in contemporary c las­sical music. "Classical music didn't stop with Beethoven," McAllister contends. "It's still evolving. There 's a whole world of new ideas in classical music and we formed Hyperprism to give people access to these ideas ... access to music which encourages you to think."

Most Americans may not realize the classical connec­tion with most music today. Jazz has borrowed heavily from classical improvisation techniques, and synthesizers (which form the backbone of popular music) were first ·invented for c lassical use . .. which brings us to Milton Babbitt, one

of the pioneers in 20th century new music, and to Hyperprism's concert, the purpose of which McAllister explains, "is to feature Milton Babbitt as a 20th Century master in the context of other 20th Century masters."

Two of the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer's works were center stage at Boston College, Babbitt's Two Son­nets for baritone, clarinet, viola and cello and his Reflec­tions for piano and electronic tape. Flanking the Babbitt works were pieces, specifically chosen by McAllister to demonstrate other composers' influences on Babbitt, like the Stravinsky String Quartet, which shows how Stravinsky's rhythm, texture and tempo have found their way into Babbitt's work.

McAllister says she chooses a concert program by first making a connection at an instinctual level.

"Then," she explains, "I look to see why I've made the connection. For instance, you hear Schonberg coming out of a Brahmsian tradition, which John McDonald plays bril­liantly (Piano pieces 33a and 33b). Then you see the simi­larity to a [Babbitt] piece like the Two Sonnets or the fan-

tastic musical color in the Debussy, which is expressed in Babbitt's Reflections."

Reflections is a work with great wit and power, where piano and synthesizer playfully mirror and race each other to the finish. Michael Amowitt's intricate performance was certainly one of the highlights of the concert, as was a pol­ished Mark Beaulieu-Sandra Hebert duet in the Debussy Sonata for Violin and Piano. The Stravinsky, too, was de­livered with great passion and intensity by Beaulieu and James Johnston on violin, Scott Woolweaver on viola and Mark Simcox on cello.

"Everyday we hear music," McAllister said, "in our cars, on TV, at the store. We never think how it affects us. Yet we choose what we read with great care. It's a constant barrage. We don't even think about it. We have to under­stand how deeply it affects us: emotionally, intellectually and spiritually. Hyperprism is about awareness. Let's be aware. But let's also enjoy it."

Enjoy they did. The tribute concert was over entirely too soon. And how often can you say that?

Tip toe to the square ~!:~!or Tracy seat gets hot

More than 500 tulip plants are in full bloom at the Oak Square Common. The bulbs, planted by about 30 diligent Friends of the Oak Square Common in the fall, were donated by the Breck's Company of Peoria, IL. Breck's, a prominent name in the Oak Square area, owned a historical botanical nursery in the 19th Century, across the street from where the park is now located. A Breck was also one of the founders of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Breck's has offered to supply the park with tulip bulbs every year to help beautify the square

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that he is doing his signature drive without the aid of a political support system.

Presser, a registered nurse for the past 14 years, said is he "thoroughly familiar with the health care system" and concerned about health issues.

Presser, 45, is known for his outspoken­ness on many issues, particularly what he considers the negative impact of local col­leges, bar expansions and overdevelopment in the community. His family has owned a house on Ashford Street in Allston since 1951.

"I'm very happy to see races where there are a lot of people running," Presser said. " I am a strong believer in the democratic pro­cess."

Dan McGonigle, a 39-year-old carpenter from Brighton, said he will not declare his candidacy until his papers are turned in, but has already put together a platform.

A member of the Brighton-Allston Im­provement Association, the Allston Civic Association and an associate member do the Ward 22 Democratic Committee, McGonigle listed many issues including crime, schools, health care and auto insurance reform as pri­mary issues.

McGonigle said he supports a graduated state income tax and opposes privatization. Among local issues, he highlighted the Allston library, the residency law and re­moval of the A-line tracks.

"I hope this doesn't become a popularity contest," but rather an issue-based election, McGonigle said.

Although he welcomed the number of contenders for the position, he did wonder if it would "hurt Brighton" in the event the Allston-Brighton vote was split many ways, giving an advantage to any Brookline candi­dates.

Michael Moran, an Oak Square resident and a bartender at the Stockyard Restaurant on Market Street in Brighton, thought it was time, " to step up and take a more active role as far as local politics," and make his first run for a public office.

Moran, a youth hockey coach for the past six years, pointed to what he called run-down city sports facilities and high water rates as problems he would like to address.

"The MWRA says they are raising rates 3 percent this year and we should be happy it's not 5 percent," Moran said. "Is that any consolation for a rate payer? I don ' t think so."

Moran, 23, attends the University of Mas­sachusetts at Boston where he is finishing a bachelor's degree in economics with a con­centration in government finance and public

policy. "If the one who works the hardest is

going to win, then I feel confident I have a chance," Moran said.

Robert Franklin, owner of Allston Pi­ano, said he was considering a run because he would be the only Republican, and therefore have an aimost guaranteed spot on the ballot. But late Tuesday he decided not to pursue the office, although Lieuten­ant Governor Paul Celucci, among others, asked him to run, he said.

' 'I'd like to get in and discuss the is­sues," Franklin said, but pointed to his "seven-day-a-week job" as a hinderence to any political aspirations. "If I run I want to get in and do it properly," he said.

Jim Sullivan, who was Mayor Thomas M. Menino's campaign manager in wards and 21 and 22, said he has taken out pa­pers and is "taking a good look" at the race.

" I will make a firm decision sometime before the deadline for filing with the sec­retary of state's office," which is May 31, Sullivan said.

Steve Montgomery, director of the the Mayor's Office of Government Services, said he had no official comment as to his status a a candidate, but was seriously con­sidering a run as of Monday. "My wife and I really want to decide this," he said.

Steve Tolman, chairman of the ward 22 democratic committee and one of Tracy's opponents in the 1990 race, said he had been going "up and down and up and down" before dec iding he would run.

" I had to weigh the pros and cons and decide with certainty this was something I should be doing," Tolman said in a phone interview from Washington, where he was attending a meeting this week. Some of his supporters are helping collect signa­tures for his nomination papers in the meantime, he said.

In making his decision, Tolman said he had been concerned about responsibilities as both a father and a brother. He has three children, all under the age of nine. His brother, Rep. Warren Tolman (D­Watertown) recently announced his state senate campaign.

"I won ' t be able to give much time to his campaign," Steve Tolman said.

On fi lling Tracy's shoes, Tolman said he and the outgoing rep were "totally dif­ferent people" but he respected what she had done and supported her after he fell out of the race for years ago.

To lman has worked 22 years for

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Allston woman arrested in Mace case Subhead one 20-year-old, five feet six inches tall and wearing a green

jacket An Allston woman was arrested for allegedly trying to spray chemical Mace at a taxi driver, whose fare police said she and her husband were trying to dodge. One deck subhead Police said Henrietta Oparah, 35, and ·her husband, Canice Oparah, took a cab on Friday to Fries Towing at 100 Hano St., where their car had been brought from Brookline. The cab driver was waiting for the couple when they attempted to leave without paying for their ride, po­lice said.

A Dedham man was arrested for exposing himself to two women at Cassidy Park, police said.

Patrick J. Quinn, 25, was arrested for public indecency on April 14 after the women called the police. The victims identified Quinn at the Beacon Street Park when the police arrived at 3 p.m. When the cab driver tried to stop the husband, the woman

allegedly pulled out a can of Mace and said, "I' ll spray you." Street hoop and then some

Henrietta Oparah was placed under arrest for assault with a dangerous weapon. A basketball game turned more than competetive when

a player smashed a bottle over another player's head at Hooker Playground on Sunday, police said. Taxi robbery nets $200 Police said witnesses told them that Chim Phu Tak, 23, of Windsor Street in Allston, came up behind another male player during a break in the game and cracked him on the head with a bottle, knocking him to the ground, and then kicked him several times in the head and shoulders.

Another cab driver was assaulted and robbed of $200 when he tried to pick up a fare on Quint A venue early on April 18, police said.

The driver told police he suffered a bloody nose when he was attacked inside the foyer where he had been called at 2 a.m. to make a pick up. The attacker fled toward Brighton A venue, the driver told police.

Police are still looking for the man, described as a black

Police said Tak then fled with his friends to Windham Street, followed by the victim and his friends, where Tak was arrested for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

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The Home Supply Co. in Brighton Center was recognized for its 40-year sponsorship of Little League. Clockwise from upper-left are Phil McGrail, president; Peter DiBiasie, vice president; Bob and Joyce Wiseman, and Michael Leone, 12, of the Home Supply Yatlees.

Lit~le League looks back on ·key ~ponsor ·SOKOLOVE Continued from page 1

1977. He inherited not only the store (and Joyce, of course) but the sponsorship of the Home Supply Yankees. It was not entirely out of obligation that he kept up the contribu­tion. .

"I've seen kids out there in the field chasing butterflies and then years later they come back to tell you they're in • med school," Bob Wiseman said of his favorite sport, which he coaches in his home of Canton. "It's always rewarding to you as a coach." ·

The Home Supply Co. received an award from the Brighton Central Little League last week, and Sokolove, who now lives in Florida, will return to Brighton to ride in a place of honor in the opening day parade on May 1.

In a telephone interview, Sokolove, who was a member of the Brighton Board of Trade, an Elk and a Lion, remem­bered baseball as one of his favorite community activities.

"When I joined the organization I didn't know I was step­ping into hot water/' he said with mock seriousness. "Moth­ers would be coming into the store every day, asking if their boy made the team or if their boy was playing this position. I thought 'Oh, boy. I don't want to get involved in this."'

But get involved he did, opting to support the teams fi­nancially and morally but diplomatically staying out of choosing the lineups.

"The men and women met in the Polish Club and set out their strategy for collecting funds, going door to door around Brighton Center," Sokolove said. "We agreed at a price of $200 for team sponsorship," a fee that wouldn ' t bring much more than a few bats today.

He recalled Hunzi Antonellis and Jimmy O'Leary, the first co-managers of the Home Supply Yankees, and Fred Muldoon, one of the principal fundraisers, as major play­ers.

"I know that many wonderful people have passed on who were responsible for this wonderful work," Sokolove said.

"The way we boys played there was nothing but a big field with no markings and we would have a nickel brick," Sokolove said. "Do you know what that is? It was a ball of sawdust that we just kept taping up and taping up."

Home Supply has gone through some changes itself. The office in the back used to be in the middle, and parts of the store itself used to belong to a ladies shop and shoe store. There are still mousetraps-two for $1.19-and nuts and bolts, but now they are coupled with the more modem trap­pings of a security camera and the rows of insecticides.

For the most part, though, the Home Supply family has most of the same values that Little League has kept, nearly unchanged, in the last four decades.

"It does a great service to the kids, teaching them comraderie, sportmanship, winning and defeat," Bob Wiseman said.

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Jacob~ makes big spla~ij at .. SMC

Kristine Jacobs, daughter of James and Mary-Louise of Brighton, played a key role in the success of the Saint Michael's Col­lege women's swimming and diving team this season.

She was the leading backstroker for the 200-yard medley relay, which won for the first time at the Vermont State Swim Meet. Jacobs was also a member of the school recor-breaking 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle re-

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lay at the Division I and II New England Swim Championships. For the second year in a row, Jacobs has been nominated as the team's co-captain.

The team finished the 1993-94 season with a 7-6 record. Because·of the youth and roster size of the Lady Knights, the team was not expected to do much in a "rebuilding year." Instead, SMC went on to post their third consecutive wining cam­paign.

Lively race for Tracy's spot • STATE REPS Continued from page 8

Amtrak as a red cap, and he is district chair­man for the local division of his union. He is also on the Board of the Allston-Brighton YMCA

Aside from "the everyday issues," Tolman said he wants to focus on education reform, affordable housing, drug prevention and crime control.

"The burden can' t lie with law enforce­ment officers alone," he said. " It has to be neighbor to neighbor and citizen to citizen."

Maryann McLaughlin, a 50-year-old mother of six whose family has lived in Brighton for three four generations, was un-

decided until late Monday night. "I know now is not the time," she said.

"But It's exciting that at 50 years old I can look around and say I love this community and could consider something like this."

McLaughlin, who has been active in the schools, the libraries and the Boston Arch­diocese, said right now she is too busy with her family to put a full effort into campaign­ing.

But she admitted she was "fascinated by the process" of the election and thrilled at the encouragement she has received from friends and fami ly. As for the possible run in four years, "maybe," she said.

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Tourney tons of thrills West End House contests showcase local stars

The third annual Allston-Brighton Athletic Committee West End House Basketball Tour­nament comes to a c lose Sunday, at the Club on Allston Street. The program assembled by tournament Director Joe Walsh raised some $ J ,300 for the club.

" I would just like to thank a ll of the volun­teers who gave the time and effort to ensure the success of the tourney," Walsh told the Citi­zen-Journal. "We have run 92 games and have had 182 hours of time donated by referees and scorekeepers."

The tournament has also had some outstand­ing teams and games, with three more champi­onship games scheduled for Sunday starting at 11 a.m. Admission is free . The girls junior high title already has been decided, as the Somerville Pride defeated St. Joseph of Medford 39-34 to capture the crown. The most valuable player was Danya Ghuairiot of Somerville.

The West End House team led by Denise Chan and Elsie Bonilla succumbed after strong effort , ousted by a much bigger Ashland squad.

In the Womens Recreational division the championship went to Savin Hill , who defeated Gilley's 40-35. Savin Hill's Mary Kerins put on a show in the first half by hitting six three­point field goals. Local ringer Debbie Walsh led the way in rebounding for Savin Hill with 15. the top defensive player for the ''hi ll" squad was the sensational Stephanie Shamshack.

In the boys 16-and-undcr division. the West

End House team was eliminated by the Easton Tigers 53 -48. Coach Alfred Smith' s team battled out of the losers' bracket to win three straight contests before bowing.

Leading the way for the locals was Tony Watt who averaged 18 points a game in the tourney . Also coming up big for the W .E.H. was Charlie Lagoa and Kareem Johnson. The Roxbury Yellow Jackets, led by Brighton High school Phenom Freshman Q Randall, will play in the title game on Sunday.

The girls high school division provided plenty of excitement- and the player of the to urn ame nt in Matig non High's Corey Gallagher. One of the top scorers in the State this season, Gallagher averaged 2 1 points in the tourney. The Warriors advanced to the sem i-finals before being upended by Eastern Middlesex. Two city teams, the Je remiah Burke and O'Bryant High school, will meet to decide who wi ll go to the title game. The Burke is led by Starr Fuller who is being recruited by over 20 Division One colleges.

··1 think it is an excellent tournament," said Greg Barnes, coach of Dover-Sherborn in the high school division. "It gives us a chance to play the teams from the city that we don't nor­mally see . I lived in Allston-Brighton when I went to law school, and I didn ' t have much money for a c lub membership. The West End House let me come in and play ball , they didn ' t turn me away."

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