Page 8 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, June 27, 2025 Make the world brighter for patients by giving blood or platelets with the Red Cross and goodr Exclusive sunglasses for those who come to give July 1-14; Type O blood donors especially urged to give now A s the busy Fourth of July holiday week gets closer, the American Red Cross asks donors to celebrate by making a blood or platelet donation appointment to help power the blood supply through midsummer. While all blood types are needed, donors with type O blood are most urgently needed. Making and keeping donation appointments now is critical to ensuring blood products are available for all patients — including those in trauma situations that may require several lifesaving transfusions — in the weeks to come. Type O negative blood is often reached for in emergencies when there isn’t time to match a patient’s blood type. Type O positive is the most common blood type, so it’s important to keep type O blood and all blood types on hand at hospitals for people facing both chronic illness and sudden, life-threatening conditions. On June 27, 2025, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., you can give blood at Malden Church of the Nazarene (529 Eastern Ave.). Don’t wait – add a blood or platelet donation appointment to your summer calendar today by visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App. The Red Cross and goodr are joining forces in July to remind donors they’re just the type patients can count on. All who MUSINGS | FROM PAGE 7 • I take no joy in the removal of the Mid-grade Regular 2.97 3.35 3.57 $3.47 Over 47 Years of Excellence! 1978 - 2025 ULS Full Service $3.09 Order online at angelosoil.com President of the Malden City Council, but I do take great joy in Amanda Linehan yielding the gavel going forward. Channeling my best “Carnac the Magnificent,” I see great things for Malden’s future. My former editor at the Malden Observer is like wicked smaht, and I look forward to spending some quality time with her and that talented husband of hers, Mark, this San Rock in the Albert Spadafora Beer Garden. All the best and good luck, Amanda! J& • Reliable Mowing Service • Spring & Fall Cleanups • Mulch & Edging • Sod or Seed Lawns • Shrub Planting & Trimming • Water & Sewer Repairs Joe Pierotti, Jr. S LANDSCAPE & MASONRY CO. Masonry - Asphalt • Brick or Block Steps • Brick or Block Walls • Concrete or Brick Paver Patios & Walkways • Brick Re-Pointing • Asphalt Paving www.JandSlandscape-masonry.com • Senior Discount • Free Estimates • Licensed & Insured 617-389-1490 Designing and Constructing Ideas that are “Grounds for Success” Landscaping come to give from July 1-14, 2025, will get an exclusive pair of Red Cross x goodr sunglasses, while supplies last. Donors can personalize their one-of-akind shades with a blood type sticker! For details, visit RedCrossBlood.org/goodr. Or, those who make it in to give by June 30, 2025, will get a $15 Amazon.com Gift Card by email, plus be automatically entered to win one of two $7,000 gift cards. See RedCrossBlood.org/June. As Peter Falk’s iconic TV character Columbo would say, “Just one more thing, sir” — as Steve Freker and I have mentioned in the not-sodistant past and not to beat a dead horse, as they say, but... the traffic light at Exchange and Main is still so excruciatingly long. And I know you know exactly which light I mean. How long is it? It is so long… that as I rolled up to the freshly turnedred light on Exchange, the opening notes of Iron Butterfly’s 1968 classic “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” (the album version, no less) started playing through my Bose speakers. By the time (Ron) Bushy powered through Fairfield University congratulates spring 2025 Dean’s List awardee G rayson Kamadeu, of Malden, a student at Fairfield University in Connecticut, received Dean’s List Honors for the spring 2025 semester. In order to be placed on the Dean’s List, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours in a semester, have no outstanding or incomplete grades for that semester and have attained a semester grade point average of 3.50 or better. his drum solo, I was finally rolling through the intersection past the ghost of Jack in the Box, dazed, confused, unsure if I’d just had a spiritual awakening or just aged five years. For those not fluent in hard rock metaphors, the album version of “In-AGadda-Da-Vida” clocks in at just over 17 minutes. I exaggerate… but not by much. Insert smiley face. —Peter is a longtime Malden resident and a regular contributor to The Malden Advocate. He can be reached at PeteL39@aol. com for comments, compliments or criticisms. FLEET CARD Check Out Our LOW PRICES!
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