Wakefield Daily Item Mock Newspaper -- Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The twelfth and FINAL Item mock from summer 2009, however, I've gotten so much into posting these that I'm thinking about posting some fresh winter ones--ones that are completely new and NOT holdovers from half a year before--soon, so keep your eye out for those if they come.


It should be noted that the "editorial" of Phyllis Hull is purely a mock of how her mind works, and I do not agree with any single thing listed in that said editorial, as a matter of fact, just the opposite.


Wakefield Daily Item
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 copyright VII XXI, MMIX

Hull at it again
Hull issues another editorial to the ITEM saying to "get real!"

-WAKEFIELD


-EDITORIAL
-PHYLLIS HULL


-When certain people make a pact to carry out certain ideals, it is expected that that pact will be carried out with--what else? Certainty! But our egalitarian bleeding-heart liberals see no such matter deserves its limelight. They focus too much on the little things, not enough on the big picture. How have Democrats survived, nay, thrived, all these years with this idiotic approach? But that's a tangent, something for a different day. I come here with the intention of a better Wakefield, of course, that has ALWAYS been my intention, and so I trust that you will trust and put your faith n me, as I do, despite my being voted out of office, offer countywide service to those true few conservative souls. You. Yes, you. I know you're out there! Why not come and cast a vote for a better Wakefield, and a better Middlesex County? And Middlesex County comprises over half of the Boston Metropolitan Area, so why not cast a vote for a better Boston metro, too? Yes...sounds appealing NOW, doesn't it? See, that's the magic of an effective campaign. Using those appealing words, ones that mesmerize you, ones that hypnotize you, ones that have a naturally wondrous description such to voluntarily draw you in. Why, how do you think I could have gotten my way on the Board of Selectmen so many times without this strong sense of mesmerizing wording? Why, that's right, I wouldn't have been able to do it at all!

I have been called many things--pompous, miserly, unlovely, monstrous, arrogant, pushy, selfish, and, in a political sense, as put by a rival Selectman, "hopelessly and annoyingly pugnacious." I have been called all these things, and many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many more. I have in front of me a list of insulting adjectives directed towards me that comes out to 269. But the one that bothers me the most is "UnWakefieldish." I have always stood solely for the good of Wakefield. Why, that's why I became involed in Wakefieldian politics in the first place! Duh! I love Wakefield as much as any one of you, and when you insult me in such ways, I invite you to get real! Vote Hull 2010!


WE ASKED LOCAL WAKEFIELDIANS! Of a survey of 1,400 Wakefieldians:

What was your first response to Hull's "invitation" for Wakefieldian voters "to get real"?

Stupid 32%
Another annoying attempt to get us on her side 21%
Well, at least we finally know what method she used to get everyone on the B.O.S. on her side! 18%
I'm just tuning out what she tries to preach to us now 7%
She makes a few good points, but they still won't convince me she's the best choice for county 6%
She's no longer on the B.O.S., so we're supposed to be done with dealing with this idiotic person! 5%
Oh, wow, she's sunk this low now? 4%
She stands there and drafts this editorial insulting all of us and then expects us to go to the polls and VOTE FOR HER?!?! 3%
Why do WE need to "get real"? If ANYONE needs to "get real," it's her! 2%
Inspiring and wonderful, I will definitely listen to her 1.4%
I believe in conservative values, but even I know Hull has gone loco on this one. 0.6%

Beyond the Polls:

"Hull needs to get it together. When will she accept that she's a dried up wrinklebag on the political scene? She's been booted off, rightly so, and she shouldn't be pursuing a further office! She can go jet off to Tahiti and have the resort workers there be her slaves, I don't care, as long as she gets OUT of the Wakefieldian politics scene--and pronto."
-Sherm, Court Street


MGLD still not giving in as tension mounts
-WAKEFIELD
-The Municipal Gas and Light Department is still staving off continuous complaints from its customers for rescinding its online payment program. An MGLD spokesperson, Rick Joyce, said Monday, "the townspeople just don't understand what a fiscal dilemma we would have if we let that program continue. We would have collapsed!" But this did not work, as Richard Toaentimmer, a spokesperson for the WTHWA (Wakefield Townspeople and Homeowners Welfare Association), shot back, "So? We'll just switch over to Pyburn Oil Company! It's something we've already been considering anyway!" Yet another emergency debriefing has been set for the MGLD today at 1:30 p.m. Townspeople are invited to come but are urged to keep quiet, after most previous briefings since the incident have been filled with jeering. Said one MGLD worker, "It was horrible in there [during the last debriefing]. Everyone was jeering, and only one person from the WTHWA spoke, so they only cheered one person. Everyone from the MGLD who spoke, even those on their side, was jeered and booed, myself included. I approached the stand, uttered maybe two or three words out of my mouth and they acted as if I was Alex Rodriguez in front of a Fenway crowd. I understand these people are upset, but, holy, we can barely get any business done in there." For today's debriefing, citizens will be allowed to speak up if they approach the stand, but any unauthorized jeering, yelling, or booing will result in the deportation of any and all from the meeting room. Said Toaentimmer in response, "So throw us all out then! Because, trust me, there WILL be more jeering for what the MGLD has done to us."



OF BROWN D.L. ONE IS WHS GRAD, WEINHAUSTIN, JEREMY, OF WAKEFIELD (2003-2007), FORMERLY OF NORTH READING (1989-2003), CLASS OF 2007, FOR SPRING SEMESTER.


Cane/walker thieves strike again
-WAKEFIELD
-The cane/waler thieves, two persons who disguise themselves as old men with canes and walkers, have struck again! They slapped a man on Pheasantwood Ter. on his knee and took his wallet, which contained $150, three credit cards, and a driver's license, which they flung back at the victim. The victim also reported the two persons approaching an elderly woman and possibly tampering with her purse. The matter is being investigated by Offc. Rick Pikee, who found a pair of canes abandoned roughly in the area of the latter incident.

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More foreign currency was found outside of the Epsilon Office Building at 9:19 a.m. The money was reported as $25 worth of Norwegian currency, or "kronor."

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Pete Roscherer, 29, of 163 Main Street, and Keely Anna Dobres, 29, of 2 Fosters Lane, collided at the Junction yesterday at 2:20 p.m. Roscherer (rah-SHAIR-er)'s 1988 blue Dodge Vision swerved out of control when approaching a stoplight and fender-bendered Dobres' 1990 Chevrolet Chevette, which swerved out of control into a large shrub. Roscherer was taken to Melrose-Wakefield hospital for medical examination after he kept wincing and rubbing his right shoulder during the accident investigation. A hairline fracture in his shoulder was found. Dobres complained of a leg pain, but doctors found her to be completely intact and merely a little startled from the crash.

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In other business yesterday (Monday) and this morning, police:

• found a group of youths around the Common bandstand a 6:49 a.m. Subsequent investigation revealed they were putting up posters for a lost dog. The police recommended using trees and phone poles for posting the signs instead of the bandstand. Shortly after this suggestion, the youths had left the area.
• deported a screaming man in a Starbucks to Vale View Road at 7:50 a.m. The man was also reportedly screaming, "MORE CREAM! MY COFFEE NEEDS MORE CREAM!"
• issued a summons to a Stoneham man at 8:55 a.m. on Lowell Street. The man had been driving a foreign vehicle that was unregistered in the U.S. and had license plates from Nicaragua. The man himself was legal American.
• sent youths banging on and vandalizing the playground equipment at Yueull School on their way at 11:03 a.m. The vandalism was mostly in terms of mild spray painting. The vandalism was mostly random letters and one large message on a basketball backboard that read "Yankees ****." The groundskeeper of the playground saw no harm in the small random letters, but, as he claimed to be from Manhattan, ordered the Yankees comment to be removed. It only took about five minutes to remove the vandalism.
• found a 1:46 p.m. Salem Street call about a heavy-set men throwing an extreme and unsubduable diatribe to be unfounded.
• found that a situation at 2:50 p.m. on Foundry Street wherein a teenager was blasting loud songs on a boom box had been resolved.
• called in the MGLD to resolve a 20-minute power outage on 2nd Street in which a squirrel had chewed through wires.
• found that an 8:55 p.m. call regarding Wyoma Street fireworks was unfounded.
• responded to a 9:32 p.m. call from Jefferson Road about youths "behaving suspiciously." It turned out that the suspicious behavior was simply the youths behaving well.
• attended to a dumpster that had been left entirely open on Victorino Avenue, causing stench complaints at 9:58 and 10:01 p.m.
• sent youths on Granada Street on their way at 1:16 a.m. They were all walking home anyway, it transpired.
• received a report at 1:54 a.m. that a youth was asleep in a tree on Weaver Road. The youth had left by 2:30 a.m.

Amerks smushed by Winchester
-WAKEFIELD
-After two consecutive wins Saturday and Sunday, the Amerks 11/12 year-old All Stars fell yet again, this time to Winchester, to finish 3rd in the double round-robin tournament. Robby Shelley and Bobby Allan both pitched fantastic games, up until the top 9th, when Allan was relieved by Kenny Wooster, who walked twice and gave up a 3-run homer by Craig Belton of Winchester. Horace Wilks then drove in a solo shot to give Winchester the 4-0 win and foil the chances of the Amerks for a .500 winning percentage. Wakefield was able to ward off the last-place finish, with Woburn finishing below them.


Qpwt. Angler Championships find 2.9 pound carp
-WAKEFIELD
-Mark Droy, Danny Ross, and David Meennall all won in their respective divisions for the Carp Angler Championships on Lake Quannapowitt, held on a two-day course over Sunday and Monday. 16-year-old Meennall snagged a shattering 2.9-lb. carp.

WINNERS
4-7 Male
Robby Ayford, Wakefield--1.6 lb.
Kyle Sohor, Wakefield--1.6 lb.

4-7 Female
Jauna Lilles, Reading--1.4 lb.

8-10 Male
Joshua Ryan, Woburn--1.8 lb.

8-10 Female
Josie Simmonds, Greenwood--1.9 lb.

11-12 Male
Shawn Xaviahway, Wakefield--1.7 lb.

11-12 Female
Rosy Pilham, Montrose/Wakefield--1.6 lb.

13 Male
Mark Droy, Wakefield--2.3 lb.

13 Female
Suzy Lay, Melrose--2.0 lb.

14-15 Male
Roy Russ, Wakefield--2.4 lb.

14-15 Female
Sally Ayer, Greenwood--2.1 lb.

16 (Both Genders)
Wallace David Meennall, Montrose/Wakefield--2.9 lb.


Nats 11s/12s pull one over on Lynn-Wyoma
The younger counterpart to our champion Nats 13s/14s open the playoffs with a 10-8 jubilee over Lynn-Wyoma's Little League All Stars.

-WAKEFIELD
-With all the craziness over the Nats 13s/14s championship victory, have we stopped to think that the champions' younger brother team, the Nats 11s/12s, could be putting on a championship run as well? The Wakefield National League 11-12 Year Old All Stars, who were not expected to advance beyond the first round of the winners' bracket playoffs having been seeded 7th, got past monstrous 2nd seeded Lynn-Wyoma Monday by using great hitting and a strong pitching gallery.

In part, the Nats claimed the victory off two grand slams by Petey Lochler and Benjamin Benson in the 8th and 9th innings, respectively, for a comeback victory, no less.

The crowd in Wyoma was loud and jeery. With Wyoma Youth Rec Park known as the park with the fiercest crowd in the little leagues, Nats manager Adam Mohalson stressed to the preteen players the importance of tuning out the loud boos and jeers made by the crowd. "Our players letting down on road games has been a problem before due to that very issue," said Mohalson.

In the first little league game since the Nats Championship to be broadcast on WCVE, fans across Wakefield tuned in for the 7:05 start. At Taniato's Bar and Tavern downtown, where little league games are taken as seriously as Red Sox games, the crowd was unimpressed as they gazed upon Alan Moling of Lynn-Wyoma smacking a 2-run homer to put Lynn-Wyoma up ahead in the bottom 1st. The disappointment continued, as Will Kent and Juan Rodriguez both doubled for an RBI in the bottom 2nd. Meanwhile, in the early top innings, Lynn-Wyoma starter Alan Pierson was pulling off a fantastic game, striking out nine batters out of ten in the first third of the game. The one batter who didn't strike out in the first three innings for Wakefield was Mark Schuber, an average second baseman who just barely got his ball to inch over the fence, got Wakefield on the board to make the game 3-1.

In the bottom 3rd, however, two consecutive base hits and the avoidance of a rundown at home plate by Scotia Amanden gave Lynn-Wyoma its fourth run.

The bottom 4th saw Nats starter Alexander Cornfield melting, letting a double and a home run go by him to make the score 5-1 in favor of Lynn-Wyoma. Before the bottom 5th, Cornfield was relieved by Kyle Kyston, who is, incidentally, the twin brother of ace reliever Brad Bryan Kyston of the Amerks 11s/12s squad (which see article above).

The bottom 5th saw a solo jack by powerhouse hitter Adam Thoulsfeld.

The bottom 6th saw a defensive error on the part of Wakefield, when a throw to home to tag out Juan Rodriguez, advancing from second after a double, was grossly undercompensated for by catcher John Gregory. The score upped to 8-1 Wakefield, but this was the last run Lynn-Wyoma would see.

The top 7th, which was an easy one-two-three inning for Timothy Whalen, who had relieved Alan Pierson in the top 6th, found closer Danny Blaucher relieving Kyle Kyston. Manager Mohalson, when asked about his decision to bring in Kyston in as early as the 7th, responded, "We were down seven runs, we only had a couple chances left, and the Lynn-Wyoma fans were getting louder and rowdier. We needed good pitching, and fast. Blaucher is our best pitcher; I wasn't going to wait until the 9th to put him in; we needed him NOW. I motioned to Blaucher and asked him if he'd be willing to run in a little early for me, and he nodded with definite affirmation and agreement, so, we sent him out, and, boom, the comeback all started there."

Blaucher would pitch perfectly, hurling 8 strikeouts and allowing only one hit.

But the story of the comeback comes from the unprecedented hitting pulled off by the Nats in the 8th and 9th. Patrick Wander and Adam Warner singled, and John Gregory was walked. Petey Lochler, right fielder, then stepped up to the plate and smashed a crushing longball 381 feet over the dead center fence to make the score 8-5.

The raucuous Lynn-Wyoma crowd was quieted slightly, but they came back in all their vulgar vim.

The Lynn-Wyoma crowd exploded in the bottom 8th, when Danny Blaucher stepped to the mound to face the heart of the Lynn-Wyoma lineup, Will Kent, Jasper Michaels, and Adam Thoulsfield. In a moment of confusion, Blaucher jogged back into the dugout and the manager called time. Blaucher emerged shortly after with earplugs to block out the taunts and jeers from the crowd, which, as called by a Little League regional manager, "have no place in a game being played by kids." (Examples: "You're gonna get ******' knocked off the mound, Blaucher!" and "My kid can ******' obliterate you!") Breathalizer tests at some games revealed that many of the parents, the fathers mostly, become intoxicated before the game and do not behave in a regulated manner. But Blaucher's earplugs blocked the vulgar expletives, and he silenced the crowd by throwing nine straight strikes, seven of which were swinging strikes (none foul balls), to retire the side with immediacy for the Nats.

The top 9th saw Wakefield still down, though, and an incredible offensive rally pulled through to set up another grand slam for Wakefield, this one by Benjamin "Benny" Benson, giving the Nats the lead, 9-8.

The crowd at Toniato's back in Wakefield exploded.

Lynn-Wyoma finally relieved Timothy Whalen with closer Thomas Appier-Williams with one out in the top 9th, but to no avail. After the grand slam, Mark Schuber hit a pop fly but Mark Stone, a third-string bench player, pulled off his first career and season home run, a solo, to up Wakefield 10-8. In the bottom 9th, Juan Rodriguez pulled off a triple, reigniting the Lynn-Wyoma crowd, but comeback flames were ousted when Lynn-Wyoma hit into two straight infield pop outs and a strikeout by Blaucher to close out the game. Pierson of Lynn-Wyoma will be rewarded with the win, and Cornfield with the loss, but due to the spectacular comeback Blaucher picks up the save.

The Nats face Swampscott on Friday in Swampscott, against a crowd that, fortunately, is much more well-behaved.




Townies and Rowley split five-inning cutshort due to light malfunctions
-WAKEFIELD
-A game between the Townies and Rowley was cut like ice cream cake in half last night when stadium lights broke about a half inning into the game. The lights were not needed then, as it was still twilight, but questions arose as to if the game should continue with pending darkness. A rule put forth by League Umpire Bob Detron stated that the game would go until 85% darkness, which would be measured by a light meter in the ballpark. If, by that time, four innings or less had been played, the game would continue the next day. If at least five innings had been played, the game would end. Five innings were fit in just in time to avoid a game the next day (a welcome avoidance for the Townies as a postponement of the game until the next day would result in six playing days in a row for the team), but on the bleaker side of things, each team went home dissatisfied at the 2-2 tie that resulted. Both managers rallied for a sudden death inning to break the tie, but Umpire Detron pressed the rules in place and consulted the league rule book to see if ties could be allowed under such situations. They can be.

Knowing that they had little to work with, both teams got to work early. Adam Blackpool of Wakefield tripled in the bottom 1st, and then a Ken Yueull single brought him in. Ron Rosh had a solo jack in the bottom 3rd.

Wakefield's lead was slim, but it looked strong as starting pitcher Paul Monaergan kept hurling strikeouts and easy grounders and pop flies. Part of the reason the game was able to extend into the 5th was because Rowley retired so quickly in the first three innings. But all it took for Rowley to change that was an off pitch by Monaergan that allowed Johnny Jenks to hit a booming double to righty. Monaergan melted and nearly cost Wakefield the game, but would be saved by his fellow fielders. Monaergan delivered Ken Kelly a slow ball that he easily crushed for a 2-run homer, tying the game. Monaergan then walked two batters in a row and allowed a single. During the single, Grant Farmten got caught in a rundown at home and was tagged out by catcher John Sloman. Monaergan was wise, delivering a mid-speed curveball to batter Shawn Shendel, which skipped into double-play depth. An easy 5-4-3 double play retired the side and prevented the lead.

The Townies tried to falicitate a comeback, but to no avail. In both the bottom 4th and bottom 5th, the Townies were able to get runners on 2nd and 3rd bases, but a medley of good double plays and pop flies ensured no further runs were scored.

The Townies pick up their second tie of the season, the first against Merrimack Valley on June 21 due to a similar lighting problem. The Townies' record is now 8-10-2. Rowley's becomes 10-9-1.

Wakefield Daily Item Mock Newspaper -- Friday, July 17, 2009

Wakefield Daily Item
Friday, July 17, 2009 copyright VII XVII, MMIX

Perton's letter to parents of Galvin Middle School students
-WAKEFIELD
-John Perton, principal of Galvin Middle School, was reelected for a second term as principal by the School Board on July 7. His second term as principal goes into effect August 11. In response, he wrote and issued this election letter to parents of Galvin students. Perton will be eligible for a third term, pending his job and location status (i.e., if he still lives in Wakefield and has not been fired or removed/replaced by a superintendent) before the 2011-2012 school year.


Perton's letter:

JOHN PERTON
JULY 17, 2009

My fellow Wakefieldians, I continue to serve as Principal of Galvin Middle School as of my School Board reelection July 7. In my second term, I plan to continue the fiscal molding that outlined my first. Wakefield is a town strapped for funds, especially when it comes to the schools. My goal will be, always was, to create an environment in which students can blossom both socially and academically without putting a dent in the valuable fiscal year funds of the town. We, as a town, need to distribute the fiscal year funds equally to all our departments and do the best for each department with what we are each given without groveling for more. That was my basis for my first two years of service, and it will be this way again. The Perton service you're used to and--as confirmed by a 81% approval rating in a March 2009 poll--pleased with, but with some changes to improve the school, to, hopefully, a blue-ribbon status like the one we so proudly shepherded during the 1970s and 1980s. These are:

1. Better student-staff member correlation. The staff and the students both must learn to be less edgy and more respectful with each other. I plan to do this by implementing a "discussion program," wherein students and teachers would take a little nugget of their time each week to talk in a noneducational manner, as well as in a casual atmosphere. It would, undoubtedly, take alittle whle for everyone to warm up to this idea, but we all know that once we got used to it, it would be a terrific way to enhance the connectivity between the teachers and the students, as this bond is so important in order to help students blossom.

2. Transferring funding for teaching those wacky standards to more important lessons, which would ideally be embedded in an outreach program wherein students of all ethics, social classes, and "in crowds" can come together to form a lasting bond. This could be done in such ways as, say, partnering up these differing kinds of students on class assignments. I feel it is important to tear down the poster on the wall of all of our students' brains that middle school is a "food chain."

3. Listening to all the suggestions of all of the teachers, young AND old, amateurs AND veterans, and taking them into account. All teachers here have the best interest: drenching children with lessons that they can carry throughout life. Anyone who does not conform to this educational mantra will have the door held open for them and we will see them out of our school. Thank you, and may God bless America, and may he keep his watch over the good town of Wakefield, Massachusetts.

AMONSON FIRED
Also deported to Woburn
-WAKEFIELD

-Galvin Middle School History teacher Mark Amonson was fired by the Wakefield School Board Thursday for misuse of position and vulgarity in such misuse after being robbed while walking to school on Monday, May 4, being stripped of nearly all of his clothing, and making the "idiotic," as called by one School Board member, decision to continue on to school despite the incident, horrifying and scarring his students. A Wakefield court, in addition, sentenced Amonson to 30 to 90 days of deportment to Woburn on charges of engaging in an obscene act. Amonson will be arrested if he attempts reentry to Wakefield, and he has been suspended from the Middlesex County Middle School District for life. Moltosekevich, Amonson's lawyer hired from a local law firm, said Thursday, "It really is a sad ending. This poor man did nothing wrong, and yet he has been shunned by his beloved town of Wakefield and deported from it on grounds that are extremely unfair." Amonson's family issued a joint statement with Moltosekevich to Item which reads, "We are deeply regretful that such a thing would happen to Mark. The fault is not his, he was, and, we hope, will continue to be, if his academic career can in any way continue, a wonderful teacher, and he does not deserve this punishment."


Merck family impresses David Merck's innocence
-WAKEFIELD
-The Merck family issued a statament Thursday claiming David Merck's innocence in the Dennison case. Family members insist that of the three coconspirators, Merck was "chosen to be the fall guy even though he committed no crimes." The Dennison case drags on, with all three principal conspirators in custody.

Study shows Wakefieldians are losing political interest
-WAKEFIELD
-A study has shown that over 41% of Wakefieldians are "losing interest" in the political actions that the town takes. The study, conducted by W.A. Merimac of Merimac Bros. mental analysis services, says that this is a common response in our brains not to pay more, but rather less attention to political happenings when political turmoil exists. "It's not that these people want to be ignorant," says Merimac, "rather that we have sort of a drawn out fight-or-flight response because it's such an awkward, complicated situation. If things get worse, people will only end up becoming more ignorant."

More foreign currency found
-WAKEFIELD
-The police department received an additional three calls for foreign currency Thursday, in addition to six on Wednesday. A Walter Street resident reported $26 worth of European Union bills at 4:11 p.m. An Auburn Street resident reported $29 worth of Irish currency at 4:29 p.m. Foreign currency calls wrapped up at 6:26 p.m. with a notice from an Eaton Court resident reporting a finding of $59 worth of currency from Kenya.

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A quiet break from altercations involving youths came to an abrupt end when police found seven youths engaged in nothing much short of physical combat at the Yueull School at 3:13 p.m. yesterday. On spotting police, the youths appeared spooked and left the scene almost immediately, except for one youth who gave his name and address and then fled the scene as well. The Yueull School playground was empty by 3:30 p.m.

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In other business yesterday (Thursday) and this morning, police:

• logged that a man suffering from heat exhaustion declined medical treatment when it was offered to him on the Common at 12:00 p.m. exactly. The man gave his address and phone number; a call to the phone number revealed the man was home and being treated by his wife for the heat exhaustion.
• reported that hangups to the police department were of recurring frequency between about 12:21 and 12:56 p.m.
• responded to a minor, no-injuries car crash on the Parker St. onramp to Yankee Division Highway (Interstate 95) at 2:16 p.m.. Keith Brackins, 28, of 218 Hilsbrogh Way, Reading, was driving a 2003 Toyota that lost brake control and slammed into the rear end of a 1995 Plymout driven by Stanley Rotomorr, 19, 343 Main Street. The Plymouth also lost control and crashed into some landscaping.
• received a call from a Sweetser Street resident at 2:51 p.m. reporting his mailbox had been smashed.
• reported that a 4:05 p.m. call from Thorndike Road concerning youths throwing a parcel into the air was unfounded.
• disregarded a call from a Quannapowitt Parkway resident, very possibly the same resident who called Wednesday complaining about squirrels "behaving unusually," that came at 4:09 p.m. about more "unusual behavior" of squirrels.
• asked people to leave the scene of an unidentified scene on an unidentified road at an unidentified time, estimated about 5:00 p.m. The police officers' reasons for taking the actions were unidentified, as were the names of the complement involved.
• found a dog romping without a leash at 6:22 p.m. The dog had no name tag. Several minutes into the investigation, a woman discreetly removed the dog from the street.
• responded to a call made by an adolescent youth who was left home alone for about ten minutes; he had gone down into his cellar for a moment and came back up to see both front windows of his 4th Street home smashed. No items were reported stolen when police arrived at 6:24 p.m.; the youth's parents had arrived home by that time.
• logged at 6:49 p.m. that a black sweatshirt was reported stolen from a car parked on Dillaway Street.
• found a youth purportedly standing in the middle of the street on Dellano Lane to be gone when police arrived at 6:50 p.m.
• sent youths in front of Pyburn Oil Co. on their way at 8:16 p.m.
• found nothing to be wrong on Kearney Lane at 9:22 p.m. after a resident on that street reported that she "needed assistance," then hung up.
• moved a carving of a zebra that had been left abandoned in the middle of Catalpa Street at 10:11 p.m.
• deported a screaming man on Eustis Ave. Extension to Vale View Road at 11:10 p.m., where the screaming continued. Police deported the man to Brook Street, where the screaming continued shortly, then stopped without further police intervention being needed.
• logged at 5:43 a.m. this morning that youths were reportedly fishing on Lake Quannapowitt. The caller explained that the youths all had fishing licenses but that he was not sure when the lake was opened for fishing. Police explained that fishing hours on the lake are from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., meaning technically the youths had not committed any violations.

Wakefield Merchants fall to Lexington Blue Sox like Vicksburg to the Union in a 19-7 obliteration
-WAKEFIELD
-The Wakefield Merchants fell to Lexington last night at Fernald Field, with pitcher Jack Cholley giving up 8 runs. Wakefield took the early lead, but the Blue Sox battled back to cream the Merchants. In the first, Jick Rollins of Wakefield hit a booming triple that set up a 2-run homer by Wilhelm Xavier Toniato. Patrick Wastzer got out of a rundown at second at John Shelburne drove in 2 runs on an inside-the-park home run. In the bottom 4th, Danny Traterie singled and Bruce Walls took a walk to set up a 3-run shot by Phillip Akora. But that was the end of Wakefield's domination. Zak Pillsbury grand slammed after Cholley gave up a single, a walk, and a walk by way of striking a batter in the shoulder in the 5th. The top 6th found Jason Rundo and Ryan Boller smacking solo shots, followed by Cholley giving up another grand slam, this one by Raymond Riggi. Khalylle [pronounced like Khalil] Brine made a diving catch to stop a Wakefield solo homer in the bottom 8th after a grand slam in the top 8th. Three consecutive doubles drove in 2 runs for the Blue Sox. In the bottom 9th, Lexington ace Kerry Kyle Stone pitched nine straight strikes to shut down any last chance of retaliation.

The Blue Sox hit an astonishing 3 grand slams.

The Merchants started off their six-game homestand 0-1. The homestand continues Sunday night at Fernald Field against the Gloucester Fishermen, with first pitch at 7:37.

So far, 24 games into the season, the Merchants have been performing much better on the road (11-3) then at home (3-7). Some Merchants players have complained to Fernald Field staff that "the lighting is too dim, causing pitchers to misthrow." Before game time yesterday, the Blue Sox made a similar complaint. Stadium staff are working on replacing the light bulbs to make them brighter, which should be done about a week from now, about halfway into the current homestand. "The Merchants should only have to play one or two more games under the dim lighting if all goes well," said a Fernald Field official.

Wakefield Daily Item Mock Newspaper -- Thursday, July 16, 2009

Most persons/stories fictional.

Phyllis Hull not fictional, her actions, however, are.

Deval Patrick is obviously not fictional, his actions/quotes, however, are.

NOTE: <--- means "from", ---> means "to."

Wakefield Daily Item
Thursday, July 16, 2009 copyright VII XVI, MMIX

Talks with Shawset unsuccessful; Hull to probe for new ideas
-WAKEFIELD
-Wakefieldians can rest easy as County Clerk Sean Shawset staved off the motivations of Essex Co. Clerk John Amana-Litzswood to vote for the dismissal of County Representatives <--- Wakefield Pete Lehrer and Ivan Pittman in the same manner in which he staved off Hull. "It just didn't work," said Amana-Litzswood, not quite knowing what else to say in regards to how easily and uniformly Shawset shut him down. "I just came into his office, sat down, opened my mouth for two seconds, and he said, in the most firm voice ever, 'No.' I didn't know how to throw that back at him. Shawset, he can get an impenetrable wall sometimes, and if he's not on your side and he's in that sort of mood, then you can pretty much forget about it."

Hull, as well, expressed disappointment. "If Amana-Litzswood couldn't get us to see eye to eye, nobody will be able to," she said.

Shawset exclaimed, "I don't care what those idiotic Conservs throw at me, I will NEVER listen to or be motivated by that unbelievably misguided Hull or her dim, gullible companion Amana-Litzswood."

WE ASKED LOCAL WAKEFIELDIANS!
Did Shawset handle staving off Amana-Litzswood the right way?
Yes 72%
No 28%



Patrick expresses excitement for visit
-WAKEFIELD
-Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has expressed an intrigue to making his first formal visit to Wakefield Monday. "Wakefield is a great town," said Patrick, "plagued by conservative misuse of funding. I want to reassure all of its citizens, and citizens of towns with similar situations that I can make a change." Said Vagna Iltiforiini, the Wakefield Selectman coordinating the visit, "Mr. Patrick plans to visit us here at town hall at 9:00 a.m. and be a guest at one of our Directors' Meetings; then he plans to travel to the Pleasure Island site around noon, if all goes well, where he will dub Pleasure Island with the honor of being a State Landmark; then, to finish off, around 2:30 he will head back downtown to Galvin Middle School where he will give a speech to Wakefieldians that any and all can attend, followed by a Q & A session open to the public with the Governor." Patrick met yesterday with Abraham Silk of the Dept. of Recreation to plan out the visit. Patrick will also be visiting Stoneham come Monday evening.

OF MERRIMACK COLLEGE D.L., 3 ARE WHS GRADS. KENSLEY, RYAN, CLASS OF 2008, MARXENON, SUZY, AND PILLHAM, KENDRICK, BOTH CLASS OF 2007, FOR SPRING SEMESTER.

Citizen Editorial -- Wakefield needs to get it togther politically
-WAKEFIELD
-I write this in intention of bestowing an important message upon the citizens of Wakefield--we need to sort out our political differences NOW. The town is falling on hard times and it needs the ongoing support of its residents to keep its status noble and its future bright. While Democratic ideals now reign, Republican conservatives still exist in strong standing throughout the town.

Personally, I feel mutualized.


Wakefield faces political incongruencies involving its monetary funding. The Board of Selectmen control this with an iron grip, using the money in ways that our institutions are displeased with, yet they cannot seem to perform money management that amounts to any adequacy on their own. These institutions need outside help, but they need outside help that will be willing to:


1) lend a hand as much as possible
2) but also know when to back off and not be the boss
3) conform to the wishes of the company itself, and to mold these wishes such that they financially fit the best interests of the people of the town.

We also need great leadership help. Wakefield can be reliably termed "a town with no one to look up." We have no central leader, no motivational figure, not least one who can make smart, dependable decisions (Phyllis Hull, think of). Our Board of Selectmen is an unusual Dem-Rep half and half split that is constantly arguing over every aspect of how to handle the problems of the town. We will get nothing done with this group. It has some undoubtedly intelligent, good-natured souls, but every four weeks when this board gets together, they only yell at each other and blame the other side for the deep troubles of the town that they are forced to mull over.

We need to all come together and use our love of Wakefield as the motivator to solve these problems. We all need to make a strong bond if we wish to solve these problems and get our Wakefield back to the way it used to be, the way we're used to it, the way we like it. This bond we need to create: we need to be one town, one community, one Wakefield. We face a long, arduous, unhappy path down a highway of no return should we choose the other option.


Police have complaints of unusual currency throughout town; second intraplate earthquake in a month rams into Wakefield
-WAKEFIELD
-If you thought the earthquake Wakefield had a little over a week ago was something, you were mistaken if you felt the 3.8 magnitude jolt that rocked Wakefield yesterday morning at approximately 9:34 a.m. A 3.8 nutcracker centered itself in eastern Wakefield, and police had 7 calls from the Montrose area. Police in neighboring Lynnfield logged 11 calls about the quake; Melrose police logged 4 calls. A 3.3 aftershock centered slightly to the northwest hit at 9:44 a.m. Seismic activity in the area has been quiet since.

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The police received several calls yesterday morning and afternoon about various forms of foreign currency that had been abandoned on sidewalks or in the middle of roads. The incidents began at 9:50 a.m., when a 1st Street resident reported $10 worth of Japanese yen lying in the middle of the street. Then the calls came pouring in, particularly from the Greenwood area. A 3rd St. resident reported at 10:40 a.m. that he had used an online currency conversion program to value several Swedish bills at a U.S. worth of $84. A 1:25 p.m. call from Cooper Street reported $23 worth of Norwegian kronor; a 5:03 p.m. call from West Water Street reported $94 worth of Swiss francs; a 6:17 p.m. call from Oakledge Road reported $31 worth of Nigerian currency; a 7:18 p.m. call from Pitman Avenue reported $25 in Ugandan currency. In all, police logged six foreign currency calls (for purposes of comparison, the last six foreign currency calls before yesterday ranged in a period as far back as October 2007), and police are investigating the matter.

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Yesterday:

• At 7:50 a.m., youths were sent away from Mapleway Playground.
• At 9:44 a.m., a flatbed truck was reported in the middle of Laurel Street; police found the truck, which still had its engine running, to be abandoned when they arrived. The truck was heavy sufficient that two tow trucks were needed to pull the flatbed from the scene.
• At 10:13 a.m., squirrels on Quannapowitt Parkway were "behaving unusually," as told by a resident. Police disregarded the call.
• At 12:05 p.m., police, along with Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, declared both Wakefield H1N1 cases to be cured, or, more accurately, to habe subsided. A physical of the two who got the flu showed that they were in good condition.
• At 2:11 p.m., police arrested Katherine Yallk, 30, of 110 Farm Street, on charges of dialing 911 and falsely reporting that an MBTA train had crashed.
• At 4:40 p.m., a Pheasantwood Terrace resident reported youths were smashing the headlights of cars with glass bottles. The youths were gone when police arrived.
• At 5:02 p.m., Rory Stoneham, 18, of 150 Forest Street, and John Moyer, 19, of 263 Main Street, collided at the Junction after Stoneham's 2003 Toyota backed into the front of Moyer's 2004 Chrysler, causing the Chrysler's rear end ro slam into a lamp post, where it fell down into some shrubbery and the glass on the lamp post shattered onto the street after the lamp post hit some brick that is part of an island there. A second collision happened as a result of the first, when Joshua Linfeld, 20, of 11 Felis Street, drove into a shard of glass from the lamp post at 5:09 p.m. Ken J. Phillips, 33, of 57 Green Street, slammed on his brakes when approaching Linfeld's 2002 Mitsubishi, which had a flat tire as a result of the glass shard. Linfeld, not knowing his tire was kaput, tried to move but was unable to. Phillips fender-bendered Linfeld. The force of the fender-bender, in turn, caused Linfeld to fender-bender Shirley Ameson, 155 White Avenue, Reading. Linfeld's 2002 Mitsubishi and Ameson's 2000 Toyota both suffered significant rear end damage. Phillips' 1996 Toyota suffered significant front end damage. Miraculously, no one was injured in either crash.
• At 7:33 p.m., youths manhandling the playground equipment at the Yueuell School were sent on their way.
• At 3:43 a.m. this morning, youths on the Common were sent on their way. Of five youths, one was cited for curfew violation. The Common had been vacated by 4:02 a.m.

Amerks 11s/12s face another tough loss
-WAKEFIELD
-The Amerks dropped the 2nd of their 6 round-robin games to Woburn at Clarendon Field in Woburn Wednesday. [Editor's Note: The game was originally scheduled to take place at McGuire-McCarthy Field but a sprinkler malfunction noticed this morning caused the site to be moved to Clarendon Field.] Starter Bobby Allan was still rattled from his abysmal performance Tuesday, and it showed. Allan gave up 4 runs in the 1st. A booming triple by Carl Braithwaite gave Woburn clearance for a big hitting run. Zacky Yilham smushed a belter to right field, then Willy Rigby singled to set up another 2-run homer for Woburn. Wakefield, for sake of their performance, DID battle back in a 2nd and 3rd inning rally. Ken Moss homered instantly in the top 2nd, and Kyle Jaynolly stole second base to set up a nutcracker of a home run by Pat Meyers. Woburn was scoreless in the bottom 2nd, with reliever Brad Bryan Kyston hurling three strikeouts in a row. Max Johnburgh and Ryan Milford both hit solo homers to give Wakefield a 5-4 edge, but Woburn's Billy Rangers grand-slammed in the 6th to put Woburn back on top by three. Marcus Kexly let three singles go by in the 7th to load the bases, and then walked twice, driving 2 runs in, until Kyston jogged back out to the mound to strike out the side and temporarily stop the bleeding for Wakefieldm but Kyston let a 3-run homer get by in the 8th. The Amerks face Winchester Friday in Winchester.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Wakefield 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
Woburn 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 X 13 17

Wakefield Daily Item Mock Newspaper--Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Most persons/stories fictional. Phyllis Hull is actual. Her actions mentioned/described here, however, are purely fictional to the best of my knowledge. The mention of the Lucius Beebe Library changing their closing hours is NOT fictional; this really did happen while I was there.

Wakefield Daily Item
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 copyright VII XV, MMIX

Hull can manage to muster support from Republican clerk of neighboring Essex County
-LYNN
-Phyllis Hull marched up the stairs to Essex County Hall in Lynn Monday in the same triumphant manner in which she marched up the stairs to Middlesex County Hall in Cambridge Friday.

"Sir?" she said, walking into the office of County Clerk John Amana-Litzswood. "The name is Hull. Phyllis Hull."

"Hull!" exclaimed Amana-Litzswood. "Phyllis Hull! Why, what an immense pleasure it is to find you in my office! Do, tell me of your presence here."

"I have been shunned by all my good folk in Wakefield and those at the Middlesex County Board. I need help--outside help--from someone who shares my views."

"Such help I would be honored to render to such a fantastical governmental figure."

And so Essex Co. Clerk John Amana-Litzswood has agreed to tag along with Hull on her campaign, claiming Hull will bring "better connections to Middlesex and Essex counties."

Said Hull, "Although Amana-Litzswood shares my views [and not those of the majority of voters], he can get [Democratic Middlesex County Clerk Sean] Shawset and him to see eye to eye so that he can dismiss Lehrer and Pittman."

Amana-Litzswood is planned to meet with Sean Shawset Thursday.

Reports released from the Shawset compound in Cambridge have stated, "Mr. Shawset is considering a meeting with Mr. Amana-Litzswood for Thurs., July 16, however, it should be noted that if he declines or is unprepared for such a meeting, Mr. Shawset will refuse to have the meeting held on that date, even if Mr. Amana-Litzswood is prepared and on the site."

"These are just methods Shawset is using to avoid talking with us," said Amana-Litzswood. "He needs to come out of his shell, or else he'll have to be forced out of it, and we do not wish to put a fellow government official in that position."



Selectmen to coordinate visit of Patrick

-WAKEFIELD
-The Board of Selectmen have announced that they will be the official coordinators for Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D)'s visit to Wakefield, planned to take place Monday, July 20. "We are extremely excited to have Mr. Patrick coming to Wakefield, and we want to make sure his visit is wonderful," said Selectman Vagna Iltiforiini. Iltiforiini also said that Patrick will be meeting with the Selectmen, and that they [the Selectmen] select to stress to Patrick budget cuts, how they affect towns like Wakefield, and what Patrick can do to help solve the problem.

Surprisingly, Patrick has never made a formal visit to Wakefield before; Wakefield will be one of the final stops on a tour in which he visits dependent towns in Essex and Middlesex Counties.

Patrick is also planned to discourage Wakefieldians from voting for Phyllis Hull.

"While we appreciate Patrick's advice, no need," said Iltiforiini, "we already know not to do that."

Patrick will be speaking to Wakefieldians publicly from the Galvin Middle School auditorium from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, July 20. There is no cost for admission. Following a speech of about twenty to thirty minutes from Patrick will be a question-and-answer session in which local Wakefieldians will be welcomed to ask questions to Patrick about both local and statewide problems.


Record 8 WHS Grads accepted into Harvard; 14 to Ivy League schools overall
-WAKEFIELD
-8 Wakefield High School graduates, a one-year record, have been accepted to Harvard University in Cambridge. One has been accepted to Princeton in Princeton, N.J.; another to Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H.; and two each to Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y. and Yale in New Haven, Conn.

Harvard-bound graduates are:

Tony Randamantasa, of 34 Orchard St.

Maureen Keller, of 301 Main St.

John Bernham, of 1 Farm St.

Patrick Allager, of 4 Stone St.

Rachel Licama, of 20 Flint St.

Dean Danvers, of 86 New Salem St.

Michelle Dtaramo, of 12 Outlook Rd.

Cy Yount, of 11 Foundry St.

In all, 14 WHS grads were accepted into Ivy League schools, a one-year record (13 grads were Ivy League-bound in 1984, 1990, and 1999). It is a welcome year after several years of failure for WHS in this area; last year, WHS produced a mere 4 Ivy-bound students; in 2007, there were only 3. In 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008, NO grads were accepted into Harvard, so the jump from zero to eight is pleasantly surprising. WHS also has 9 graduates going to the West Coast, the largest concentration since 1988.


OF UMASS D.L., TWO ARE WHS GRADS. ILTORIO, TONY, CLASS OF 2006, & JOHNSON, PETER, CLASS OF 2008, FOR SPRING SEMESTER OF 2008-09 SCHOOL YEAR.

OF UNIV. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE D.L., ONE IS WHS GRAD, MANSFIELD, MARKUS, CLASS OF 2007, FOR SPRING SEMESTER OF 2008-09 SCHOOL YEAR.

OF UNIV. OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE D.L., ONE IS WHS GRAD, MAINER, DANIELLE, CLASS OF 2006, FOR BOTH WINTER AND SPRING SEMESTERS OF 2008-09 SCHOOL YEAR.




Library's new hours not mulling over well with town
-WAKEFIELD
-Lucius Beebe Memorial Library usage has been down 5 per cent since the implementation of moving closing time Mondays through Thursdays an hour earlier, from 9 to 8 p.m.

"That final hour was in fact one of the busiest and most popular," said one Board of Selectmen spokesperson.

Said a library spokesperson, "We were forced to make this cut for the same reason that all other public organizations in Wakefield are making cuts like this--because of the deflating budget. We were never in favor of this change, we, like most other Wakefieldians, wanted to keep it from happening. At best, if all goes well, this well only be tentative, perhaps for a few months, then, if there's more money in the budget by then to support the extra hour, we could go back." The Library stresses that the change is most likely not indefinite and that the hours should, hopefully, revert to the original by October or November at the earliest and February or March at the latest.


Youth troubles/altercations die down; reports of credit card and other forms of fraud; fires and fireworks still being reported in slight occurrences
-WAKEFIELD
-Police will still be keeping thier eye on altercations involving youths, but for the most part, these altercations have stopped. From Sat., Jul. 12 to Tue., Jul. 15, there was only one report of an altercation involving youths, compared with twelve from Sat., Jul. 5 to Tue., Jul. 8.

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Police broke up an altercation on Salem Street at 9:09 p.m. Tuesday that involved three Caucasian males. One began swinging at an officer, until, eventually, all followed suit. The cause of the altercation was identified as a fight over a stolen car parked outside the Salem Street house in which the altercation occurred. The car matched a vehicle reported stolen at 3:48 p.m. that afternoon. It belonged to one of the males involed in the altercation, and was stolen by another, it transpired. The role of the third male in the altercation was unknown. The names of those involved were unavailable at press time for unknown reasons.

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Police launched an investigation after a 3:10 p.m. call from a New Salem Street resident saying her credit card had charges for flights to London, England and Los Angeles that she never took. Also listed on the credit card bill was premium lodging in five different locations: London, England; Bennington, Vermont; Portland, Maine; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and St. John's, Newfoundland.

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In other business Tuesday (yesterday) and this morning, police:

• overlooked an 11:06 a.m. call about a loiterer at a store on June Cir. because there are no stores there.
• handed over to the DPW a complaint of an unattended sewer manhole on Albion Street reported in an 11:14 a.m. call.
• handed over to the F.D. a complaint of a brush fire on a hill near Savin Road reported in a 12:25 p.m. call.
• handed over to the Animal Control Dept. a 1:10 p.m. grievance of an unleashed dog romping on Ware Avenue.
• handed over to paramedics from Melrose-Wakefield hospital a 2:53 p.m. report of a screaming person on Yale Avenue.
• sent youths away from Fast Freddie's at 3:30 p.m.
• found youths playing baseball in the middle of Hillis Avenue at 3:32 p.m.; as a true Wakefield police officer will never want to interfere with a good baseball game, the youths were dispatched to Mapleway Playground. The same officer issued a request for checks at intervals on the youths until they had left the playground; the playground was found vacant by 5:06 p.m.
• responded to a collision at 5:11 p.m. at the intersection of North and Prospect. Mary B. Bruss, 39, of 114 Yolkeh Avenue, Milford, and Xavier H. Ayers, of 6 Bill Road, #1, Melrose, collided here when Ayers' 2005 Toyota Corolla S slammed into the rear-end of Bruss's 2005 Dodge Stratus, driving the front end of the Stratus into the sidewalk, knocking over and activating a fire hydrant in the process. Water sprayed out of the fire hydrant for about twelve minutes. Traffic in the area slowed for nearly two hours; it was 8:46 p.m. by the time it was reported that the miniature flood created by the busted fire hydrant had been fully cleaned up.
• responded to a collision at 6:22 p.m. at the intersection of Kendrick and Brandt. Gladys Johnston, 69, of 63 Farm Street, and Phil Willis, 22, of 3 Eunice Circle, collided here when Johnston's cruise control and ABS went haywire, causing her to drive erratically until she slammed head-on into the passenger side of Willis's 2002 Mitsubishi, who was backing out of a parking lot stationed at the intersection. Traffic slowed in the area for about forty-five minutes.
• sent a group of youths taking cardboard boxes to dumpsters on Crescent Hill on their way at 7:16 p.m.
• received a report that the MBTA gates were stuck in the "down" position at Broadway at 9:10 p.m. An MBTA station operator had reported the problem was fixed by 9:37 p.m. at the earliest.
• responded to a loud noise of unknown origin on Park Street at 10:11 p.m.
• found remnants of a smoltering firework in the middle of the street on Ashcroft Place at 10:44 p.m. after a resident had reported a large "boom" there. Motorists were found stranded in the middle of the street, confused, thinking the smoltering firework was possibly a police flare. Police assured drivers it was not, the firework was removed from the street, and traffic in the area resumed quickly.
• sent youths trespassing on the Breakheart Reservation at 12:50 a.m. during the wee hours of this morning.
• sent youths congregating inside a garage on Shady Avenue on their way at 2:50 a.m. Of six youths, two left the scene immediately, but four remained; by 3:11 a.m., three youths remained; by 3:46 a.m., two youths; by 4:04 a.m., one youth; and by 4:27 a.m. the garage door was found closed and no persons were found in the general vicinity.
• responded to a complaint of a loud group of youths on the Lower Common at 4:29 a.m. By the time police arrived at 4:33 a.m., the youths were already leaving the scene. By 4:48 a.m., a sweep of the area found the entire Common vacant.
• The DWP is set to dredge and clean Edgewater Pond today.

The police once again are issuing curfew warnings; due to the recent amount of curfew violations, the curfew for youths has been extended from 11 p.m. to 12 a.m., but no later; youths found in violation of curfew more than twice per one month will be cited.

Parents have issued concern that the youths formerly involved in altercations may now be involved in these curfew violations; the police have requested the Item print that of a total of 27 youths found violating curfew, only one had a name that matched that of a youth previously involved in the altercations.

Police are asking anyone who has contacts with the DWP call to ensure there are no open sewer manholes on their street, attended or unattended, as of yesterday's 12:25 p.m. complaint.

After several brush fires this week, the police are urging residents living near hills and woods to refrain from disposing of their trash in the wilds; this has been the suspected cause of several of the brush fires.

Police are reminding residents that should they become involved with police due to an incident, they have the right to request that their entry in the police log not be printed in the newspaper. This comes after recent complaints about privacy violation when a resident's police entry was printed in the paper when this was unwanted.


Amerks 11s/12s just can't muster it against Lynn
-WAKEFIELD
-The pitching was horrendous in the first playoff matchup for the Amerks, the playoffs being held in a double round-robin format (4 teams, each team plays 2 games against every other team; best record wins). Starter Bobby Allan gave up 12 runs and an astonishing 7 walks--this from the youth ace who dazzled Newburyport June 22 with 11 strikeouts and Malden June 28 with 9 strikeouts. Last night marked the career record for most walks in a single game for Allan, and, cleraly flustered, he left the game early. HR's by Lynn's Rory Newburg and Sanford Sattorre started the game on a low note for Wakefield--and it'd stay that way. Mikey Dowitcher and Philip Sange tripled in the second to drive in three runs. In the third, Booby Babcock hit a booming inside-the-park home run, followed by a double for Rory Newman, who would end up hitting for the cycle. Daniel Jackman nutcrackered a double to drive Newman home. By the end of the third inning, the score was 9-0, and the Wakefield pitchers were getting creamed. Bobby Allan gave up three walks in a row in the fourth to load the bases; then reliever Johnny Gardens walked again. Jacky Bluemont was called in to fill the pitching slot. After walking thrice, he got the hook. Allan was called back in and gave Wakefield its 8th consecutive walk, followed by a grand slam home run by Patrick Yungy. Reliever Brad Bryan Kyston was then called in, and he was sufficientsuch that Lynn crashed and burned after that, scoring no runs and only one hit. There were still five innings left, but the hitting staff collapsed as well, striking out twelve times. After giving up an astonishing nine runs in the top of the fourth, the game was relatively scoreless and apathetic. From the bottom fourth to the end of the game, there were only three hits. Lynn killed the Amerks, 18-0. The Amerks' tournament continues as they face the Woburn 11/12 Amerks, affectionally known as the "Woobin Sixth Gradahs," tonight at McGuire-McCarthy field in Woburn.