Page 18 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, March 22, 2019 Advocate 1. What fictional boat did Captain Bligh command? 2. What team was the National Hockey League’s first U.S. franchise? 3. On March 22, 1832, what author of “The Sorrows of Young Werther,” which is thought to be the world’s first best seller, died? (Hint: Johann Wolfgang von?) 4. Who was the first comedienne invited by Johnny Carson to sit on his couch? 5. What English writer about taboo topics also wrote, “Blossom by blossom the spring begins”? 6. On March 23, 1875, the H.M.S. Challenger discovered what deepest known ocean area? 7. The blue agave plant is the source of what alcoholic beverage? 8. What two words with “fish” are not fishes? 9. What does the word mackinaw (or mackinac), meaning a heavy cloth or coat, derive from? 10. On March 25, 2019, International Waffle Day is celebrated, which originated where in Scandinavia to coincide with the Feast of the Annunciation and the start of spring? 11. What spring plant has furry catkins? 12. What cereal has the mascots Snap, Crackle and Pop? 13. What does the Richter Scale measure? 14. What new technology do many maple syrup producers use? 15. On March 26, 1885, the Eastman Dry-Plate & Film Company manufactured what improvement on glass plates? 16. What vegetable is a symbol of Wales? 17. On March 28, 1797, New Hampshire’s Nathaniel Briggs received a U.S. patent for a “Box Mangler” having rocks and wooden rollers; what was it used for? 18. What Concord, Mass., author wrote, “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day”? 19. What do Gilbert M. “Broncho Billy” Anderson, William S. Hart and Tom Mix have in common? 20. In 1968 what Scotsman sang “The Lullaby of Spring”? Answers on page 20 ~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT Middlesex Division Docket No. MI19P1387EA Estate of: Charles B. Milano Also Known As: Charles Milano Date of Death: December 6, 2018 INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Mary Zarba of Wells, Maine a Will has been admitted to informal probate. Mary Zarba of Wells, Maine has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond. The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner. March 22, 2019 For great advertising rates: JMitchell@ advocatenews.net By Bob Katzen THE HOUSE AND SENATE. Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from the week of March 1115. There were no roll calls in the Senate last week. Hey, Beacon Hill Roll Call Readers: Keep your eyes on the 2019 Legislature and the rough and tumble political scene in the Bay State with something that you will read every weekday morning. It’s MASSTERLIST! AND IT’S FREE! More than 17,000 people, from movers and shakers to political junkies and interested citizens, start their morning with a FREE COPY of MASSterList! MASSterList is a daily ensemble of news and commentary about the Legislature, Politics, Media and Judiciary of Massachusetts drawn from major news organizations as well as specialized publications selected by widely acclaimed and highly experienced editor Jay Fitzgerald. Jay introduces each article in his own clever and never-boring, inimitable way. Go to: www.massterlist.com/ subscribe Type in your e-mail address and in 15 seconds you will be signed up for a subscription. BAN CONVERSION THERAPY FOR ANYONE UNDER 18 (H 150) House 149-9 and then again 148-8, approved and sent to the Senate a bill that would prohibit psychiatrists, psychologists and other health care providers from attempting to change the sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression of anyone under 18. Conversion therapy exposes the person to a stimulus while simultaneously subjecting him or her to some form of discomfort. The therapy is primarily used to try to convert gays and lesbians to be straight. Both branches approved a similar bill last year but it never made it to Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk. “If a conversion therapy bill gets to my desk and we don’t see any other issues with it, it’s something we’d be inclined to support,” Baker said recently. Mental health experts and LGBTQ groups charge that the practice is scientifi cally unproven and unsound and can trigger depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts in these youngsters. “Today we can pass a bill that would guarantee, at the very least, that the licensed professionals in … young people’s lives will no longer be permitted to try to change who they are,” said Rep. Jack Lewis (D-Framingham). “And more importantly we can offer assurances to those still struggling with coming out, or whose parents are still coming to terms with their orientation or identity, that that they will not be sent to a licensed therapist to change who they know themselves to be.” Lewis called the practice barbaric and said to LGBTQ kids that nothing is broken, and nothing needs to be fi xed. “You are great just the way you are, you are you, and you deserve more than just being tolerated, you deserve to be loved, to be supported, to be respected, and yes even celebrated,” Lewis concluded. “This vote was an appalling assault on parental rights in the commonwealth,” said the president of the Massachusetts Family Institute Andrew Beckwith who opposes the ban. “Over 140 of our state legislators apparently believe that parents should not be able to get gender-confused children any treatment, even counseling, that might help them avoid cross-sex hormone injections, sterility or ‘transition’ surgery. The bill now heads to the Senate, where its sponsors want to mandate Department of Children and Families investigations for parents who are just trying to get common sense counseling for children who struggle with sexual confusion.” “Health care providers have a fi duciary duty to do no harm to their clients,” said Rep. Sarah Peake (D-Provincetown) who spoke on the House fl oor about the fear she felt coming out as a lesbian to her family. “Don’t be mistaken. Conversion therapy does harm to their clients. Conversion therapy harms their clients through shaming, through increasing self-loathing, through bringing to the foreground feelings of self-hatred, inadequacy and the horrible feeling for any kid: the feeling of being other.” “This bill discriminates against the rights of parents whose children are confused about their sexual orientation or gender identity, against the rights of children under 18 who desire counseling to help them sort through such confusion, and against therapists such as myself,” said psychologist Eric Sweitzer, Director of The Christian-based Charis Counseling Centers which counsel from a Christian faith-based perspective. “This is the state interfering with the religious beliefs and practices of ourselves and our clients, dictating how we and our clients should approach issues of sexual orientation and gender.” There was an unusual second roll call vote on the bill requested by Rep. Susannah Whipps (UAthol) who said she was recorded incorrectly on the fi rst vote. “On the fi rst vote … I believed I voted “yes,” said Whipps. “I was surprised when a colleague showed me the printout and I was listed as a “no”. I voted in favor of this ban last session and have been a cosponsor and advocate for this bill this session. I take a great deal of pride in my support of the LGBTQ community.” She said she was very appreciaBeacon Hill Roll Call tive that the speaker and her colleagues were willing to accept her motion to reconsider and allow her vote to be corrected on the record. Changing your vote after a roll call is closed is not allowed in the House. Alternately, Rep. Nick Boldyga (R-Southwick) was recorded as “yes” on the fi rst vote and then “no” on the second. “I voted “no” in June of 2018,” said Boldyga in a response to Beacon Hill Roll Call asking him why he fl ip-fl opped last week. “My intention was to vote ‘no’ yesterday and I did.” His response avoids the question about why he fl ip-fl opped. Boldyga did not respond to a follow up email from Beacon Hill Roll Call asking the question again. (A “Yes” vote is for the bill. A “No” vote is against it. Both roll calls are listed.) Rep. Paul Donato Rep. Steven Ultrino Yes/Yes Yes/Yes RULING OF THE CHAIR ON CONVERSION THERAPY AMENDMENTS (H 150) House 123-33, supported the ruling of the chair that prohibited amendments to exempt talk therapy from the ban and to extend the restrictions to unlicensed practitioners, onto the House fl oor for debate and a vote. The ruling is very technical, but the simple reason the amendments were not allowed was because the Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities had postponed a hearing on a conversion therapy bill (H 110) fi led by Rep. Shawn Dooley (RNorfolk). “I certainly would hope no one would stoop so low as to hold my bill in committee just in order to block an amendment on the House fl oor but I have been given no other reason why my bill that was scheduled for a hearing with the other two conversion therapy bills was not heard without informing me,” said Dooley. “It is ironic that a party [the Democrats] with an 80 percent super majority has such fear of going on the record on even non-controversial votes.” Rep. Kay Khan, the bill’s author and the chair of the Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities did not respond to requests from Beacon Hill Roll Call asking why the hearing on Dooley’s bill was postponed. (A “Yes” vote is for the ruling prohibiting the amendments onto the House fl oor for debate and a vote. “A “No” vote is against the ruling and favors allowing the amendments onto the House fl oor for debate and a vote.) Rep. Paul Donato Rep. Steven Ultrino Yes Yes CAP ON WELFARE BENEFITS FOR KIDS (H 3594) House 155-1, approved and sent to the Senate a bill that repeals the current law that denies an additional $100 in welfare benefi ts to children conceived while – or soon after – the family began receiving welfare benefi ts or, if they had received family welfare benefi ts in the past. The law was adopted in 1995 as part of a welfare reform package that was aimed at discouraging families already receiving public support from having more children. Supporters of the repeal said BEACON | SEE PAGE 19
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