Page 14 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, April 7, 2023 THE SOUNDS | FROM PAGE 13 has awarded 587 grants, funded through the Mass Cultural Council (massculturalcouncil.org). We are continuing our support to bridge connection within our community through arts and cultural activities and events! This year we have distributed $14,900 grant funds towards 32 different projects in and around Saugus. To learn more about the Saugus Cultural Council or our grant process, then please email saugusculturalcouncil@gmail.com or attend any of our upcoming public meetings. We will share public meeting dates two weeks in advance on social media and press releases. We are also looking to expand the Saugus Cultural Council and gain fresh ideas to help promote the arts, sciences and culture. Please reach out to learn more about the Council’s volunteer responsibilities and how to apply, via email or social media (https:// www.facebook.com/SaugusCulturalCouncil) Happy Birthday, Panda Today is a special day for my best buddy, my long-haired tuxedo cat Panda, who turns 14 today. When I was at The Eagle-Tribune, three women in the newsroom talked me into getting a kitty. Our coworker Kathie Ragsdale had a sister, Annette, in Michigan, who was trying to find a nice home for one of the kitties. I became a focus of the adoption campaign. The ladies made it easy by recommending which of the kittens I should take home. It was really no contest, as Panda was the most gorgeous of the litter. He was black with some white and these beautiful baby blue/navy blue eyes that later turned marine green. But even at age 14, friends and relatives still tell me how “gorgeous” Panda is. And he’s strictly a house cat, who is very intelligent with a very sweet temperament. Beatle Juice at Kowloon The Saugus Lions Club will present Beatle Juice in Concert at 6 p.m. on May 19 at the Kowloon Restaurant (948 Broadway in Saugus). Beatle Juice is an American Beatles cover band based in New England, and features some of the region’s finest rock musicians. It initially featured Brad Delp, former frontman for the band Boston, and has continued since his death in 2007. Beatle Juice plays regularly at venues throughout New England. Tickets are $35 and can be purchase from Frank Rossetti (frank@mycbagents.com), Nelson C. Chang (nelsonchang@ nelsonchanglaw.com), Tom Traverse (781-727-5629) or your local Saugus Lion. In the event of rain, the club has set a makeup date for May 20. Stay tuned for more details. Bingo is back! The Kowloon Restaurant announces 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 is available during bingo – featuring pupu platters, egg rolls, crab Rangoons, Saugus Wings, General Gau’s chicken, lobster sauce, fried scallops, lo mein, moo shu pork, salt & pepper calamari and sushi – along with a full bar menu, including the signature mai tais and scorpion bowls. Seeking Hall of Fame nominations Do you know of a former Saugus High School athlete who deserves to be inducted into the Saugus High School Sports Hall of Fame? If you do, nominations are open for the Hall of Fame from now until April 14. Previously, there have been 263 athletes inducted since the Hall of Fame’s inception (1987). The hall’s first class included Arthur Spinney, a Saugus High football great who played for two NFL Everett Aluminum 10 Everett Ave., Everett 617-389-3839 Celebrating 65 Years in Business! Owned & Operated by the Conti Family since 1958 “Same name, phone number & address for over half a century. We must be doing something right!” •Vinyl Siding •Free Estimates •Carpentry Work •Fully Licensed •Decks •Roof ng • Fully Insured • Replacement Windows www.everettaluminum.com Now’s the time to schedule those home improvement projects you’ve been dreaming about all winter! championship teams with the Baltimore Colts in 1958 and 1959. A Saugus High athlete has to be out of school for at least 10 years before he or she can be nominated. Anyone looking to nominate a former Saugus High athlete can mail their letter of nomination to Barbara Wall at 28 Pleasant St., Saugus, MA 01906. Spring and Summer Track camps gearing up Chris Tarantino – a 1990 Saugus High School graduate who has a reputation for mentoring young athletes in the sports of track and field – is gearing up for the start of another Saugus Sachems track camp. Tarantino said the summer program targets kids in grades one to eight, in the age bracket of five to 14 years old. The program is sponsored by the town’s Youth & Recreation Department. But first things first. He will start out with Spring Track and Field behind the Belmonte STEAM Academy, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 4 to 5:15 p.m., starting April 25 and running for five weeks, with the last day Thursday, May 25. “This is developmental and instructional, serving as a precursor to the summer camp,” Tarantino said. “Returning athletes will be given the opportunity to get a leg up on training while first year students will get a run through in the fundamentals of the sport,” he said. The cost: first-fifth grade: $100 first year. Those runners returning from last spring will only have to pay $50. Now for some details on the Summer Track Camp, which will be scheduled on running days behind the Belmonte, from 6-8 p.m. Some important dates for six to 18 year olds: June 19-22: Trial and final registration week. June 26-30: First formal week. July 3-7: Second formal week. July 7: Pasta Dinner at Prince Pizzeria at 6 p.m. My pal Panda is a longhaired tuxedo cat who turns 14 today. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) July 8: In-house meet at Belmonte starting at 10 a.m. July 10-13: Retrain week. July 15: Summer Showdown at Cranston, R.I. First-year runners will be charged $250. The price will be $200 for runners returning from spring; $150 for returning runners from spring who have a uniform; $100 for runners with three-plus years in the program; and $50 for those with threeplus years in the program who have a uniform. The cost includes Camp t-shirt, pasta dinner, entry in Summer Showdown and uniform. Please register for Summer Track Camp by June 1 to assure uniform for Cranston. C.H.A.R.M. Center opens next weekend The Town of Saugus announced that the community’s C.H.a.R.M. compost site will be open to residents on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., beginning on Saturday, April 15. The site is located behind the Department of Public Works at 515 Main St. Stickers are required to gain seasonal access to the site. Stickers may be purchased for $25.00 at the Department of Public Works (DPW) located at the Compost Site when making your visit to the Compost Site. The Town accepts checks only for payment of the $25. No cash will be accepted. Kindly bring a check when visiting. Thank you! Compost site stickers must be permanently placed on the lower left corner of residents’ automobile windshields. Vehicles registered out of state are not permitted. Yard waste must be disposed of in brown compost bags or open containers. The Town will accept grass clippings, leaves and brush. As in years past, no branches or limbs larger than three inches in diameter are permitted. Residents may call Scott Brazis at the Solid Waste and Recycling Department at 781-231-4036 with questions. 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 first-year college attendees. This is a scholarship for students who will be or are attending a two/four-year college or other educational institution THE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 15 Spring is Here!
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