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'r 'i MetroRegion News B1-B12 Lottery B2 1 New England News Briefs B5 Starts Stops B2 Ml Deaths THE BOSTON GLOBE MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1998 bft mm Haitians9 i deaths stir ciy: Breal silence Culture of shame bemoaned V. I I AYf -rVt By Francie Latour GLOBE STAFF The gunshots that killed two Haitian youths in the course of two days last week echoed like an alarm throughout Boston's Haitian community. The deaths also prompted a desperate cry' from. a number of activists seeking to break a long-held cultural silence that has kept Haitian parents from facing the reality of violent crime among their young. "Our kids are being murdered, they're being jailed, and they're being deported.

These are the facts," said Eno Mondesir, coordinator of the Haitian Task Force Against Youth Violence. "To say these things is diminishing to a lot of Haitians. It's shameful. But we all know that not talking about a problem won't solve it. It niakes the problem worse." As the family of 18-year-old Vladimir Cadet prepared to mourn him in a fu- I r.

GLOBE STAFF PHOTO THOMAS JAMES HURST Koxannt; Hopkins was one of thousands who prayed at the Mass for Audrey Marie Santo. elieving in the blessedness of Audrey neral today at St. Joseph's Church in Hyde Park, police said it was still unclear whether his death was tied to the slaying one day earlier of his friend, 19-year-old Woody Gour-det. Gourdet, of Matta-pan, was gunned down Tuesday night while he Many parents still refuse to i- j-acknowledge how much violent crime has seeped into their community. 10,000 attend Mass i.

in coma Mr By Patrick Flaherty (iLOISE CORRESPONDENT 4yK "i -----I i --Tit, chalices in her room have mysteriously filled with oil, the eyes of religious paintings have wept, and blood has appeared on Audrey's body without explanation. Several people who have visited Audrey's house have said they were cured of their sicknesses. People sat in silence and wiped tears from their eyes yesterday as Audrey arrived by ambulance halfway through the Mass. She was taken on a stretcher into a specially designed building about the size of a small room that has a large window on the front so that Audrey could be seen. Medical personnel were stationed inside with her.

Religious officials are investigating the incidents associated with Audrey in cooperation with the Diocese of Worcester to determine their validity, but many people wTho attended yesterday's Mass are convinced that they are miracles. "You have to believe," Patrick J. Do-herty said as he sat under the stands to take a break from the sun. "You have to have faith to get through life." Doherty and his wife, Ann, traveled MASS, Page B4 was riding his bicycle a block from his home. IMlMWIiWHilHl He was killed on one of the nights he should have felt most safe National Night Out, an annual event that brings residents and police out to demonstrate against violence.

Cadet, of Dorchester, was killed early Thursday morning when a drive-by shooter in a white car rolled up alongside the car he was riding in with fiiends on the Arborway in Jamaica Plain. Cadet's death marked the fifth homicide in Boston in two weeks, and brought the number of murders in the city to 22, according to police. Regardless of whether the deaths are connected, Mondesir and others said the biggest obstacle to curbing the violence was not access to guns or ties to gangs, but a culture of shame that runs deep among hard-working immigrants. For many young Haitians, he said, their strict, conservative culture keeps them from succumbing to the temptations and clangers of street life. But despite the reality of Haitian gangs and deadly ethnic turf wars, many parents still refuse to acknowl- HAITIANS, Page Bo it, nil iJ WORCESTER Eleven years ago, Audrey Marie Santo was the picture of a little girl.

She was 3 years old, well-behaved, loved her family, and despite her tender age, she liked to attend Mass. But a near-drowning accident on Aug. 9, 1987, took away her physical abilities, leaving only her spiritual gifts, which, according to some, have proved to be extremely strong. Yesterday, an estimated 10,000 people representing many different faiths from the United States and a number of foreign countries descended on the College of the Holy Cross to attend an outdoor Mass for the Worcester girl, now 14, who many believe is blessed with miraculous powers. As a crowd of people gathered under the scoreboard of Fitton Field to seek GLOBE STAFF PHOTO THOMAS JAMES HURST Spectators look in on Audrey Marie Santo, who was brought to the stadium at the College of the Holy Cross for Mass.

shade from yesterday's unrelenting sun, above them hung enlarged photographs of four Communion hosts that reportedly bled during a Mass for Audrey two years ago. The blood that covered the hosts was tested and found to be human blood, religious officials said. The occurrence of the bleeding hosts is only one of the miracles that have occurred around Audrey, many followers and priests believe. Over the years, 'This is our attempt to address the whole family and the child. DR.

BARRY ZUCKERMAN Chief of pediatrics at Boston Medical Center, who oversees Project HEALTH For city youths, a can-do attitude Moving pains, growing pains in Central Sq. Student-run program targets children's health hurdles By Ellen O'Brien GLOBE STAFF By Doris Sue Wong GLOISK STAFF IMore Metro News S3 Arrests abroad: Pakistani of-ficials say they have taken two suspects into custody four i days after a robbery attempt in which two American adven-jjfturers wTeve shot and one I killed. The pair, Ned Gillette and his wife Susie Patterson, had been trekking at a remote mountain site in northern Pakistan when the attack oc-f curred. B3. I Let's polka: It was a day for I everything Polish as thou- sands packed the grounds of I Holy Rosary Church in Taun-ton for the icth annual Polish picnic yesterday.

The event, I which featured booths offering I everything from homemade food to hand-crafted trinkets, raised $50,000 for the church, organizers said. Bo. Atl Fall arrivals: New Hamp- shire and Maine hospitals and maternity clinics are expecting I a baby boom this fall, nine I months after last winter's I storm knocked out power to a wide area for days. Hospital I officials said the explanation I for the increase seemed natural 9 that can affect their health," said Dr. Barry Zuckerman, chief of pediatrics at the medical center, who oversees Project HEALTH.

"This is our attempt to address the whole family and the child." Rebecca Onie was a pre-law student at Harvard University two years ago when she called Zuckerman and proposed starting Project HEALTH. Frustrated that existing community-service programs tended to look at issues through a single lens, whether legal or medical, Onie wanted to start a program for students pursuing a variety of majors to examine children's health issues. While Onie started with only 10 fellow recruits from Harvard in 1996, the project this fall will have 130 to 150 student volunteers from Halyard and MIT. And Onie, who is now director of Project HEALTH, noted that discussions have begun to replicate the program on college campuses in other states. While the Asthma Swimming Program is one of the more established of the programs, others scheduled to start include a fitness and nutrition class for overweight and obese girls, and a tutoring and support program for teenagers with sickle cell anemia.

Ideas for programs come from medical center staff and students. The students work out HEALTH PROGRAM.f?agem CAMBRIDGE When Annie Howell got the news that her landlord was selling the house she rented in Cambridgeport, she took to the streets. The 26-year-old graduate student canvassed the city with "Wanted" posters, tacking notices to trees and signposts offering a $200 reward for information leading to an affordable apartment in a city where the end of rent control, soaring condominium conversions, and skyrocketing prices have everyone from college students to college professors searching. In the suddenly sizzling real estate market, Central Square strains from changes that are being wrought in many Boston-area neighborhoods: longtime residents moving out, new people moving in, and different types of stores opening to cater to the newcomers. For Howell, the changes meant struggling to maintain her foothold in a place she loves before compromising and moving-Familiar with the cast of characters at the 1369 Coffee Shop, the view from, the Charles River, and the sounds that come from so many churches in a few! city 1" CENTRAL SQUARE, Darryl Jenkins Sr.

leans forward and smiles as he watches his 10-year-old son execute two rapid breast-strokes underwater before bursting up for air. "He can hold his breath longer," thanks to -swimming, Jenkins said, perched on the bleachers overlooking the Madison Park Community Center pool in Roxbury. "Usually, he would just pop up." It was the first time the Mattapan postal worker had come to watch his son since Dairyl Jr. joined the Asthma Swimming Program two months ago. Like the 17 other children in the pool, Darryl Jr.

has chronic asthma. But he has been learning from volunteer college students how to better manage the disease, and the benefits of exercise. The program is part of Project HEALTH, a two-year-old program in which university students, with guidance from Boston Medical Center, design programs to improve the health of inner-city children. "We provide medical services to children, but thujas really inadequate to meet their needs, Specially when there are other stressors GLOBE STAFF PHOIO PAT GHtLNMOUSE Ami Vasanawala assists Darryl Jenkins, 10, in a swim class for children ith asthma, a program that is part of Project HEALTH, run by volunteer college shents..