THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, August 22, 2025 Page 15 Lifelong Malden resident awarded for service during Korean War Special to The Advocate C ongresswoman Katherine Clark returned from Washington, D.C., to present lifelong Malden resident Harold Pankowski his Navy Service Pin and Good Conduct Medal for his distinguished service during the Korean War! Mayor Gary Christenson, Veterans Services Coordinator Kevin Jarvis and Health and Human Services Director Laura Vlasuk welcomed him as well. Also in attendance were Retired Lt. Colonel Richard Bray and Christopher Burke; they met Mr. Pankowski at the Danvers Registry where they work and set out to help him get his Navy Good Conduct Medal. Ninety-one years old and a lifelong Malden resident, Harold enlisted in the United States Navy after graduating from high school. He retired from the service in 1960, achieving the rank of Seaman First Class. Mayor Gary Christenson issued a Citation from the City of Malden in honor of his contributions and thanked him for his service to our country. From left to right: Christopher Burke, Retired Lt. Colonel Richard Bray, Mayor Gary Christenson, Veteran Harold Pankowski, Congresswoman Katherine Clark, Veterans Services Coordinator Kevin Jarvis, and Health and Human Services Director Laura Vlasuk. (Courtesy of the City of Malden) Malden Public Library’s End of Summer Reading Sponsors T his is not a drill! Summer session is ending soon. We have just two more weeks of prizes before we wrap up our summer reading program and move onto the fall season. Minutes must be submitted before August 31, and prizes must be picked up before September 1. Also, the week eight prize is this year’s summer reading iron on patch. It is an exclusive Malden Public Library design and the most fashionable accessory of the year. Still need to sign up? You can backdate all your minutes for the summer and collect prizes now before we run out. (We have supplemental prizes for the weeks that have run out, so don’t worry.) To add to our minutes and help us reach our goal of 600,000 hours read as a community, log in or set up your Beanstack account. It is the Beanstack Tracker app on mobile — or use bit.ly/BeanstackMPL to get to the website. Our summer reading program, our events and our prizes wouldn’t be possible without this year’s community sponsors. These are the individuals and businesses that give back to the community and support the many city initiatives we know and love. Below is a list of people and businesses who helped us this summer; please feel free to offer them your support in return. Preotle Lane & Assoc., Friends Eighth Annual Lantern Walk Saturday, August 23, 4:30 p.m.dusk at Fellsmere Pond of the Malden Public Library, Malden Chamber of Commerce, Boda Borg, Malden Cultural Council, The Crew, Mar Chica Pizzeria, Paddle Boston, Dairy Delight, Skybound Malden, Honey Honey Dessert Cafe, Town Line Luxury Lanes, Bikeeny Caffe, Pearl Street Station, Bam Bam Chicken, Premiere Dance, Cornucopia Foods, Inc., Mystic Valley Elder Services, The Scoop Ice Cream, BKJ Productions and the Mayor’s Summer Employment Youth Program (MYSEP). We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful, supportive community here in Malden. It is a pleasure to work alongside the many organizations, businesses and community members who keep making Malden the unique and vibrant city is strives to be. Thank you to everyone who has supported us, stopped by for a program, a book, a chat. Happy end of summer. See you all in the fall! J oin us for an annual celebration of creativity, community and beautiful Fellsmere Pond — lantern-decorating and face-painting followed by a walk around the pond at dusk. If you joined us last year, you’ll remember that we’ve moved from three-liter bottles with the tops removed, lit with candles, to using standard clear plastic bottles covered with tissue paper and lit WALK | SEE PAGE 19
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