Eagle Feathers #50 – Echo of the Sullivans

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

On November 13, 1942 a Japanese submarine sank the U.S.S. Juneau, killing almost 700 American sailors.  Among them were “The Five Sullivans” from Waterloo, Iowa. The nearly inseparable brothers died fighting side by side.

On April 19, the Somerville Youth Development and Boxing Club will be sponsoring a Jump Rope Marathon in honor of MIT and Somerville Police Officer Sean Collier. Sean was instrumental in establishing the Somerville Youth Development and Boxing Club in 2011 and the children and adults of the boxing club, who knew him, worked with him and loved him, will remember and honor him, his ethic of hard work and his selflessness by jumping rope continually for 10 hours. We are asking people to support our efforts by pledging any amount of money toward this cause. All proceeds will go to the Sean Collier Memorial Fund.

By Jim Clark

A Somerville police officer working a paid detail at the Joshua Tree nightclub and restaurant Sunday night took notice of an apparent disturbance taking place at the main entrance and approached the area to investigate.

Looking for an opportunity to break out of the winter blues and get back into the community? Join the City of Somerville, Groundwork Somerville, and Comcast Cares for the annual Spring Cleanup and Community Barbecue on Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A rain date has been set for Sunday, April 27.

Jon Garelick is a freelance writer living in Somerville, MA. He writes about music (jazz in particular) and arts and culture in general, including books, TV, movies, art, and theater. He was an editor at the Boston Phoenix for 22 years, until its closure in March 2013. Currently he writes for the Boston Globe, DownBeat, Jazziz, and other publications. He has also written for the New York Times and New York Times Book Review, and Rolling Stone. He has won two ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards – in 1993 – for his writing about music. You can find a link to his archive of his work for the Boston Phoenix and other information on his blog jongarelick.com.  He also contributes to the local Web site The Arts Fuse.

Flags around the city were at half-mast Tuesday in honor of the victim’s of the Boston Marathon bombings on the one-year anniversary. Trauma counselors will be available to residents at the Public Safety Building from 3–6 p.m. this Friday (April 18). Community members are also welcome to visit the site for reflection, remembrances or memorials in honor of Sean Collier and other individuals and families affected by the events in the aftermath of the bombings.

Arrests:
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Richard Mason, 50, April 7, 5:10 p.m., arrested at 14 McGrath Hwy. on a warrant charge of trespassing.

Edgar Ospina, 54, of 50 Main St., Saugus, April 8, 7:57 p.m., arrested at Broadway on a charge of operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone has filed a proposed expansion of the city’s ethics ordinance that would require elected officials to file disclosures of their communications with any person or representative seeking a permit or license from the city in connection with the permit or license.