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.