Page 16 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, MArCH 17, 2023 THE SOUNDS | FROM PAGE 15 SAVE 2023 Environmental Scholarship Saugus Action Volunteers for the Environment (SAVE) is very pleased to announce that it is offering a $1,000 Environmental Scholarship to Saugus residents of the graduating Class of 2023 or to Saugus residents who are currently firstyear college attendees. This is a scholarship for students who will be or are attending a two/ four-year college or other educational institution and pursuing a degree in an area that would positively impact the environment. Applicants can download the SAVE 2023 Environmental Scholarship Application Form found at www.saugusSAVE. org. Together with the completed application form, please include a separate sheet (identified with your initials only) that provides a summary of any of your activities relating to the environment and describe how you feel your career choice will positively impact the environment. Please email (preferred method) your application – no later than midnight on April 21, 2023 – to: SAVE Co-President Ann Devlin at adevlin@aisle10.net or mail your application (postmarked by April 21, 2023) to: SAVE, P.O. Box 908, Saugus, MA 01906. Again, the deadline to submit your application is April 21, 2023. Comedy at the Kowloon The Kowloon Restaurant has its latest comedy lineup set for the month, and next week will feature Jimmy Dunn (Friday, March 24) at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and showtime is 8 p.m. at the Kowloon Restaurant (Route 1 North in Saugus). For tickets, call the Kowloon Restaurant at 781-233-0077. Bingo is back! The Kowloon Restaurant announced Bingo every Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Hong Kong Lounge. Prizes will be given away each week with a grand prize set at the finale in March. A full Chinese gourmet spread is available during Bingo – featuring pupu platters, egg rolls, crab Rangoons, Saugus Wings, General Gau’s chicken, lobster sauce, fried scallops, lo mein, moo shi pork, salt and pepper calamari and sushi – along with a full bar menu, including the signature mai tais and scorpion bowls. Celebrating the Saugus High band The Saugus Historical Society is planning its spring season of programs. A new exhibit opened in March. The exhibit features Saugus High School Band memorabilia from several time periods and some Color Day posters recently donated to the society. Anyone who was a band member at any time, or who had an ancestor who was a band member, is invited to share some of their memories. Please call Saugus Historical Society President Laura Eisener at 781-2315988 to share your story. “We are looking for some anecdotes and stories from people involved in Saugus High School Band at any time,” Laura says. “The Historical Society is putting together a display of band uniforms, parents’ jackets, photos etc. which will be ready by the first meeting in the Spring,” she said. Food Pantry notes The Saugus United Parish Food Pantry is open today (Friday, March 17) from 9:3011 a.m. Veterans bricks available The Saugus War Monument Committee, once again, is sponsoring the Buy A Brick Program to honor all those who have served their country. If you would like to purchase one in the name of someone who is presently serving or has served, in the memory of a loved one, or just for someone from your family, school, etc., the general pricing is $100 for a 4” x 8” brick (three lines) or $200 for an 8” X 8” brick (five lines). Each line is a maximum of 15 characters. The improvement and upkeep of the monument on the corner of Winter and Central Streets rely on the generosity of donors through fundraising. The brick application must be in by Sept. 15 to ensure the bricks will be ready for Veterans Day. Please contact Corinne Riley at 781-231-7995 for more information and applications. We have a winner! Congratulations to Joe Johnson for making the right identification in last week’s “Guess Who Got Sketched” contest. There were several winners. But Joe was the lucky reader to have his name drawn from the green Boston Red Sox cap. Joe wins a $10 gift certificate, compliments of JIMMY’S STEER HOUSE at 114 Broadway (Rt. 1 North) in Saugus. We would like to point out that our original winner graciously declined the offer of a gift certificate and requested that we “give it to a veteran or some other deserving person.” As things turned out, the winner’s wish was honored when we drew Joe Johnson’s name from the hat. Joe is a Vietnam Era veteran who served as a Spec 4-E4 with the U.S. Army. Here’s the correct answer offered by the person who goes by the name of The Sketch Artist: “The answer to last week’s sketch is a young man who is like a barrel of light and focused like a laser beam on the greater good and service to mankind. “Jake D’Eon! “Jake is a 16-year-old, three sports student athlete at Essex North Shore Agricultural School and Technical School, competing in football, swimming & track & field team. “Saugus Advocate Editor Mark E. Vogler chose Jake D’Eon for “The Advocate Asks” interview. D’Eon is on the March 3 Front Cover and article & photos are pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 8. The article is an inspiring read, and I would encourage you to read for more encouragement about our youth. “This scout from Troop 62 has consistently through the years laid the track down to obtain his Eagle Scout Badge. With 33 Merit badges – 11 more than the required 21, he already shows a young Boy Scout Soaring high above the crowd. “At the Fundraiser March 9th at Prince Pizza /Comedy Show, there were basket raffles to help raise funds for Jake to obtain his Eagle Scout Badge by building needed picnic tables for Breakheart. “He plans on building 8 handicap accessible picnic tables. Jake states in the article on page 3 of the March 3rd Advocate, ‘The picnic table idea is to make them feel more included, so they don’t feel like they are separated from the group they are a part of or are able to be a part of’ “How many times have we seen the person in the wheelchair off to the side because they could not sit with the crowd at the table? Well young Jake solves this in his proposal. When asked if the tables will be raised so wheelchairs can fit under them, Jake states ‘Oh yes. Some of them are long tables and the benches are short. A lot of the tables at the site are not handicapped accessible.’ This is such a compassionate effort; wonder if the Disabilities Commission reached out to this young man with help in fundraising since he’s making major strides to ensure people with disabilities have comfort and inclusion in Nature, park and recreation?… “When asked if Jake will build more tables than eight? Jake states on page 4 of the article ‘oh yes. there’s a possibility there will be more depending on donations. However much money we raise will determine how many tables we will manage, what can be done and how much nicer they can be.’ “Well let’s all do what we can even if it’s a little, as that good ol’ story of long ago (like birds with a little water in each beak we together can put out a forest fire so to speak.) “Jake is a Sophomore at Essex Agricultural & Technical School he is a student in Advanced Manufacturing. “Let’s help Jake D’Eon rightfully sit among the ranks of Eagle Scout by helping with fundraising and or perhaps swinging a hammer or two to volunteer during his April School Vacation to build these tables. “Any Business for volunteer lunches for Jake and his crew on picnic table Building Day? Go Jake SOAR like your meant to and onward where your dreams and visions take you! “It’s a pleasure to sketch a young Adult who has more maturity than many adults. “Congratulations on your way to earning your Eagle Scout’s badge! Much Success to your clear vision of your future goals as a Navy Seal. “As you continue on your Career path of service to people and our Country may your brilliant light continue to shine on. “Jake in this Sketch Artist’s little bird beak I bring to you $ 50.00 dollars for the handicap accessible picnic tables! Any other little sparrows? …. “Thankyou “Yours Truly, “The Sketch Artist” “Sketch Artist” takes a break Beginning today, the “Sketch Artist” takes a well-deserved break while we search for sponsors for future sketches to anchor “The Sounds of Saugus” column. Any local restaurant, coffee shop or business that wishes to sponsor future sketches should contact The Saugus Advocate at mvoge@ comcast.net. Over the past several years, sponsors have donated small gift certificates to award the winners of our “Guess Who Got Sketched” contest. Also, we are looking for suggestions from readers on Saugus residents who might be good subjects for future sketches by “The Sketch Artist.” If you have some ideas, please mail them to mvoge@ comcast.net, naming the person and key reasons why he or she contributes to the betterment of Saugus. The recurring theme throughout “The Sketch Artist’s” work is shining the light on positive people involved in positive activities in town “The Sketch Artist” is our local version of “a thousand points of life.” For those who don’t recall the origin of that phrase, it was coined by U.S. President George H.W. Bush. His speech writers were credited with crafting the language that was used for Bush’s acceptance speech at the 1988 Republican National Convention. The speech characterized volunteerism in America as “a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.” After getting elected, Bush repeated his praise of volunteerism in his Jan. 20, 1989, inaugural address. “I have spoken of a thousand points of light of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good,” the late former president said. At the time that Bush was a big booster for volunteerism, so was my Editor, Dan Warner, who presided over the newsroom at The (North Andover) Eagle-Tribune. Dan decided he wanted his newspaper to devote regular feature articles to spotlight “a thousand points of light” across the Greater Lawrence area in the Merrimack Valley and our circulation communities of Southern Vermont. Well, we hope “the Sketch Artist” can keep sketching positive people who make up “a thousand points of light” in Saugus. Stay tuned. A few good “Shout Outs” This week we received a couple of shout outs. From Laura Eisener, the articulate and ecologically minded author of “Saugus Gardens,” a major weekly feature in The Saugus Advocate: “I’d like to give a shout-out to Deb Panetta for moving Saugus toward non-poisonous rat control options. The death of the mother eagle in Arlington was very upsetting to many people and we should make every effort to avoid having that happen here. This afternoon I saw a small group of photographers out looking for the eagles, and I am glad to hear that the birds are being seen frequently here again this year. We hope their offspring will have a better outcome this season.” From “The Sketch Artist,” who wanted to acknowledge the recent support of a sponsoring business: “I would Love to give a BIG Shout Out to Jimmy’s Steer House at 114 BroadTHE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 17
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