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THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2021 Page 15 1. On July 9, 1932, King C. Gillette died, who invented the safety razor with disposable blades and founded a company in what city? 2. Is wasabi grown outside Japan? 3. What were kayaks originally made of? 4. According to the “Guinness Book of World Records,” the hottest weather ever recorded on earth (134°) was on July 10, 1913, where? 5. Who was the only U.S. president to pay all the national debt (in 1835)? 6. What is a mud pot? 7. On July 11, 1977, who was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom? 8. What do bull, hammerhead and nurse have in common? 9. What does JPEG stand for? 10. In what year were women first allowed to participate in Olympic swimming: 1895, 1912 or 1921? 11. July 12 is International Town Crier Day; what New England beach town has had a town crier since the Answers mid-1800’s? 12. Charles Babbage has been called the “Father” of what? 13. What food has the highest water content – 96% (a member of the gourd family)? 14. On July 13, 1923, the “Hollywoodland” sign (later revised to “Hollywood”) was dedicated; what did it advertise? 15. The fi rst-known recipe for what campfire snack was in a 1927 Girl Scout handbook? 16. By weight, what is the most-consumed melon in the country? 17. On July 14, 2013, the last telegram was sent – in what country that is the second-most populous country? 18. Revere Beach, America’s first public beach, was founded in what year: 1896, 1922 or 1931? 19. The country’s oldest church bells are in what church in Boston? 20. On July 15, 1879, a patent was issued to two men from Worcester, Mass., for the fi rst American “dobby,” which is what? Northeast Metro Tech thanks community leaders for supporting school building project WAKEFIELD – Superintendent David DiBarri of Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School (Northeast Metro Tech) wishes to thank community leaders who are requesting the state use federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to help pay for a new school building. Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo, Malden Mayor Gary Christenson and Chelsea City Manager Thomas Ambrosino are requesting support for the funding for a new state-ofthe-art building. Gateway City Mayors Shaunna O’Connell of Taunton and Paul Coogan of Fall River are seeking similar spending for the new Bristol Plymouth Regional Technical School in Taunton and WATER | FROM Page 1 conclusions from results for individual years, preferring to rely on multiyear averages. In 2020, the overall water quality safety rating for Boston Harbor’s regional beaches managed by the state Department of Conservation & Recreation was 93 percent, which was an improvement over the prior year, which had a score of 89 percent. Five beaches had perfect scores of 100 percent in 2020: Carson Beach, City Point and Pleasure Bay in South Boston and Revere Beach and Winthrop Beach. Eight other area beaches earned ratings ranging from 85 percent to 98 percent. Water quality continued to lag at Tenean Beach in Dorchester, which scored 79 percent, and at King’s Beach in Lynn and Swampscott, which scored just 70 percent in 2020. “While we are delighted with the progress that we have made on most of the region’s public beaches, we are disappointed to report that Tenean Beach in Dorchester and King’s Beach in Lynn and Swampscott were still unsafe for swimming more than one out of every fi ve days in 2020,” said Save the Harbor/ for Greater Fall River Vocational Technical High School in Fall River. These fi ve Gateway City leaders are asking state leaders to commit $300 million of the Commonwealth’s expected $5.3 billion from the American Rescue Act funds. Northeast Metro Tech is planning a new state-of-the-art facility that will allow the District to expand from 1,270 students to about 1,600, drastically reducing the District’s student wait list. The building project is estimated to cost $317.5 million. The grant award from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) is estimated to be only $140 million, resulting in a cost to Northeast Metro Tech’s member communiSave the Bay’s Executive Director, Chris Mancini. “We are particularly concerned about the situation at King’s Beach, where fi lthy, bacteria laden discharges from both Lynn and Swampscott at Stacey Brook continue to threaten public health.” He added, “Our kids and families deserve better. We are calling on the Lynn Water and Sewer Commission and the Swampscott Water and Sewer Department to work together with Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, state and federal regulators, and the community to Save King’s Beach, which is a critical recreational asset to Lynn’s kids and families. This is an environmental justice issue in a diverse, dense city where healthy green and blue spaces are at a premium.” Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is also concerned about the accuracy of the beach flagging and posting protocols, where bacteria testing triggers swimming advisories. According to Save the Harbor’s Spokesperson, Bruce Berman, one problem is that postings are always a day late because beach managers must wait up to 36 hours to obtain test results. Beach water quality might have already ties of $177 million. The MSBA is reviewing the proposal and will vote on the fi nal disbursement in August. Northeast Metro Tech’s 12 sending communities will be responsible for the balance of the costs. Tax impact information for all 12 communities will be available this summer. DiBarri and fellow superintendents are asking the MSBA to increase its anticipated grant awards to refl ect actual costs of these worthy construction projects. “Urban students should have the same access to receive relevant and rigorous instruction in Career Technical Education, in safe and state-ofthe-art facilities, as students in suburban districts,” DiBarri said. changed significantly during this period, so the prior day’s tests often do not refl ect current conditions. Moreover, in 2019, DPH made additional changes to the beach posting and fl agging protocols, which has resulted in additional days where beaches are unnecessarily posted with swimming advisories when they are in fact safe for swimming. “While Save the Harbor recognizes the importance of protecting public health, the current system is often inaccurate and sometimes overly restrictive,” said Berman. “Over the coming months we plan to work with consultant Kelly Coughlin of Stony Brook Partners, and with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, MADEP, USEPA and MADPH to develop new rainfall thresholds and protocols to improve fl agging and posting accuracy.” In the meantime, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay urges beachgoers to rely on common sense when swimming after summer storms and to use the multiyear average safety ratings to help decide when and where it is safe to swim. 1. Boston, Mass. 2. Rarely, due to its ideal growing conditions restricting wide cultivation 3. A framework of whalebone or driftwood covered with skins caulked with whale fat 4. Death Valley, California 5. Andrew Jackson 6. A hot spring with mud and venting gases 7. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 8. They are types of sharks. 9. Joint Photographic Expert Group 10. 1912 (The Olympics fi rst included swimming in 1908.) 11. Provincetown 12. The computer 13. Cucumbers 14. A housing development in the hills near Hollywood 15. S’mores 16. Watermelon 17. India 18. 1896 19. Old North Church 20. A loom attachment used for creating small geometric patterns

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