Page 10 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, April 12, 2024 Shooting the Eclipse Saugus amateur photographer Charlie Zapolski captured the solar eclipse while on the back deck of his house O n Monday afternoon, Saugus’ amateur photographer Charlie Zapolski set up a tripod on the back deck of his house in hopes of capturing some good shots of the solar eclipse with his camera. Initially, Zapolski, a frequent contributor to The Saugus Advocate, said he had problems getting the right shot. He was getting too much light in his lens. “When I first shot it, it wasn’t showing the black edge creeping over the sun,” Zapolski said. “I wasn’t getting the shadow,” he said. “The first shots were too bright and the shadows got wiped out by the light,” he said. At that point, he went looking in his cellar for a dark piece of one-quarter-inch thick, doubled over plastic that saved the day – to hold in front of the camera lens of his Pentax digital single lens reflex 300. “That little plastic made all the difference, just enough to give me the shadow I wantA collage of solar eclipse shots (Courtesy Photos by Charlie Zapolski to The Saugus Advocate) Zapolski noted that the peak ed,” he said. “I held it in front of the camera lens and pressed the button,” he said. time for shooting the eclipse came from 3:25 p.m. to 3:28 p.m. He held a t-shirt to block the sun from his camera lens until he was able to line up the right shot. “I put the t-shirt over the lens of the camera. LEMIEUX | FROM PAGE 9 2020–March 2022. Oversaw 305 units of state-aided elderly/disabled housing, 17 units of state-aided family housing ● Consultant, LHA’s of Massachusetts, May 2019–Present. Trained staff on the State-Aided Public Housing Applicant Waitlist, CHAMP ● Housing Manager and Tenant Selector, Amesbury ASKS | FROM PAGE 3 she first learned to walk, but very quickly grew out of them and is able to effortlessly run/ walk on her own. She is currently receiving speech, OT, PT and ABA therapy. Finley had a neuropsych eval where she was also diagnosed with autism at the age of five. Finley is now a fun loving, vibrant eight-year-old third-grader. She is full of love and light, even after her mother, Theresa, tragically lost her battle to breast cancer in 2021. She loves giving hugs, saying “Hi” and “Bye,” looking at books, listening to music, matching letters and numbers and working hard at school. Finley can now also recognize and verbally say the alphabet, numbers up to 20 along with matching colors and shapes. Q: What about Harper? It allowed me to see the sun without hurting my eyes. Once I got the shot lined up, I took the t-shirt off,” he said. and Merrimac Housing Authorities, July 2017–July 2020. As the housing manager and tenant selector, oversaw 297 units of state elderly/disabled and family housing programs in Amesbury and Merrimac. ● Administrative Assistant/ Receptionist, Ozzy Properties, Feb. 2016–July 2017. Acted as a liaison been existing/potential tenants and members or property management A: Harper’s mom is formerly from Saugus. Her journey with BCH started when she was just over a week old. She was rushed to Children’s after her parents noticed she was breathing fast and working really hard to breathe. She was then admitted to BCH for one month. Harper underwent multiple tests, spent time in the ICU on bipap, received oxygen, etc. After spending a month at BCH. Harper was released with follow-up appointments and an oxygen monitor. During all of Harper’s tests, many unrelated health issues evolved. Harper had a moderate Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), which, thankfully, closed on its own, cysts on her thyroid, fluid around her brain, reflux and hypotonia. Harper also had a ASKS| SEE PAGE 11
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