Page 14 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, MAy 30, 2025 The Sounds of Saugus By Mark E. Vogler Good morning, Saugus It’s hard to believe that the Saugus High Class of 2025 has only a week before its members assemble next Friday night for their graduation ceremonies – hopefully, outside in Christie Serino Jr. Memorial Stadium. Classes are done for the seniors, who will be spending considerable time together next week in commencement rehearsals and a number of fun events leading up to the big night when they get to walk up on the stage on the stadium turf to receive their diplomas. Best wishes to the Class of 2025 for a safe, healthy and happy final week of Sachem seniors. Touch A Truck Event Sunday This Sunday, June 1, Moms Cancer Fighting Angels 6th Annual Touch A Truck Event returns to the Blessed Sacrament Church lot, 14 Summer St., Saugus. This year’s event will be raising funds for breast cancer awareness and the National Kidney Foundation. This event is shaping up to be their biggest event yet, with a crane from Iron Tree Service, monster trucks, military trucks, local trucks and vehicles, Aqua Flow Plumbing, Agganis Construction, Junkster Bags and the Saugus Police and Fire Departments. Also, food vendors for J&M in Saugus, ice cream and Emma’s Lemonade Stand, raffles and a 50/50 . Also new this year, Tiger Institute will be doing a karate demonstration. Also will be a Melrose Police K9 demonstration. This is a free event. Donations are always welcome and will go to the cause. The event will run from 2 to 5 p.m. Happy Birthday, Annette M. Slocomb! This Monday (June 2) will be a special day for Annette Slocomb. She will be celebrating her 102 birthday, and she’s really looking forward to it, based on the note I received from her in this week’s mail. “We all are meeting on that day to meet our pen pals,” Annette wrote, apparently referring to grade school kids who have paired up with some of the town’s senior citizens to swap letters. MSgt Lanning, USAF (Ret); Guy Moley – Vintage vehicles and motorcycles. “Randy Briand and all of the folks that came May 23 to flag our graves; J&M Italian American Cuisine; A special thank you to Gordon Shepard for all the work he does here at Riverside Cemetery to keep our veterans’ graves looking so great!! Although he is not with us today, we always remember Gordie on Memorial Day; Town Manager Scott Crabtree for arranging for the Porta Potties here and at Anna Parker.” Want to “Shout Out” a fellow Saugonian? This is an opportunity for our TOUCH A TRUCK: This Sunday (June 1), Moms Cancer Fighting Angels 6th Annual Touch A Truck Event returns to the Blessed Sacrament Church lot at 14 Summer St. in Saugus. The event will run from 2 to 5 p.m. (Courtesy Photo to The Saugus Advocate) Best wishes for a great day, Annette! A “Zip Trip” stop in Saugus on June 27 Mark Friday, June 27 on your calendar if you happen to have some free time that morning. Boston 25 is hosting a Zip Trip in Saugus, right outside Saugus Town Hall. Jessica Howard DeThomas, the Senior Morning Producer for the television station, tells me they will spend a few hours that day interviewing Saugus folks about what makes the town special. Stay tuned for more information as that day approaches. Two more weeks of Kindergarten Kickers Kindergarten Kickers, a youth soccer program in Saugus for children ages four to six (in kindergarten or entering kindergarten in the fall), will be finishing its spring season soon. The program runs Sundays from 2:30-3:30 at Anna Parker Playground. The final two sessions are June 1 and June 8. “It was a big success in the fall and again this spring,” according to Liz Venezia. “We have 76 players (with a waitlist) across 6 teams with the help of 18 awesome coaches,” she said. This week’s “SHOUT OUTs” We had a busy week handling “Shout Out” nominations from readers who wished to publicly acknowledge the good deeds or efforts by a fellow Saugonian to make the town a better place to live. Here they are: Sue Fleming: “I would like to give a Shout Out to everyone involved in the Scott Procopio Gold Star Run for Honor on Saturday. It is a 5K, 10K or a one mile walk. In the past we have done the 5K (walking) but this year we decided we know our limitations and did the one mile walk. It is an honor to do this in memory of Scott and the perfect way to start the Memorial Day weekend. We also would give a Shout Out to the organizers and participants in the parade. It was great to see!!” Joanie Allbee: “A BIG SHOUT OUT TO Thoughtful Joyce Vecchiarelli! Once again there she is; rain or shine. There’s Joyce compassionately doling out bottles of water to thirsty Parader’s celebrating Saugus festivities. Joyce’s water table sits in front of Peter Rossetti Insurance 436 Lincoln Ave (right on parade Route). Often amidst the rain showers she bolted up to floats and walkers to hand out H2O to marching over heated costume wearers & thirsty ones who looked her way. Thank you.” Precinct 6 Town Meeting Member Jeanie Bartolo: “This ‘Shout Out’ is for J&M Italian American Cuisine for donating pizza for the children who helped put flags on the graves of our Soldiers at Riverside Cemetery last Friday afternoon in honor of Memorial Day observance. J&M has done this for many years and we are grateful, thank you J&M.” Saugus Veterans Council Commander Steve Castinetti offered this gigantic, collective “shout out” for residents, businesses and groups who went out of their way to make this year’s annual Memorial Day Parade and observance a huge success: “Thank you WIN Waste Innovations – Major Sponsor; Grand Marshal Gene Decareau, Korea; Beantown Advertising (Media Truck); Benjamin ‘Your Friend Ben’ Rabinovitz, WMEX Boston 1510; Gold Star Wives; Keynote Speaker, CDR Shelby Nikitin, United States Navy; National Anthem singer Todd Angilly from the Boston Bruins; Saugus Veterans Council; Parson Roby Chapter of the DAR; Saugus Everett Elks; Saugus Lions Club; Fox Hill Yacht Club; Saugus Police Department; Saugus Fire Department; John Prudent, Saugus TV; Saugus Senior Center; Veterans WWII Reenactors; Hingham Militia; Essex County Marine Corps League; Stuart Highlanders Pipe Band; McGann Marching Band; Scott Elias & NE’s Best DJ’s; Saugus High School Band; All of our Parade Participants; JROTC’s Lynn English High School, SgtMaj Jose Beato, USMC (Ret), Beverly High School, Maj Gato, USMC (Ret) & MSgt Miller, USMC (Ret), Salem High School, LtCol Grace, USMC (Ret), Peabody High School, paper’s readers to single out – in a brief mention – remarkable acts or achievements by Saugus residents or an act of kindness or a nice gesture. Just send an email (mvoge@comcast.net) with a mention in the subject line of “An Extra Shout Out.” No more than a paragraph; anything longer might lend itself to a story and/or a photo. Saugus United Parish Food Pantry The Saugus United Parish Food Pantry welcomes all neighbors facing food insecurity on Fridays from 9:30-11 a.m. at 50 Essex St. in the basement of Cliftondale Congregational Church. Final Legion Breakfasts today The American Legion Post 210 at 44 Taylor St. in Saugus will complete its 2024-25 breakfast season today, Friday, May 30. Doors open at 7:30 a.m., with breakfast served from 8-9:00 a.m. for an $8 donation. Veterans who cannot afford the donation may be served free. American Legion Blood Drive The American Legion Post 210 in Saugus will hold a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 7 at 44 Taylor St. in Saugus. Please call 1-800-Red Cross (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter Saugus community to schedule an appointment. 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