THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, July 19, 2019 Page 17 SPORTS | from page 16 ~ American Legion Baseball ~ Saugus Sr. Legion closing out season lies (9-3) on Tuesday put the Wings in the position of having to perhaps win out in their four remaining games to even have a chance at a playoff berth. Producing offensively has been a major issue for Saugus all season, as the Wings had totaled just 38 runs (less than three per game) in their 16 games to date. Saugus was scheduled to host the fourth place Swampscott Sox on Wednesday and the North Shore Storm on Thursday (after press deadline). They then end the regular season with two games against the second-place Peabody Champions next Tuesday, July 23, and Thursday, July 25, at World Series Park (both scheduled 6 p.m. starts). Saugus’s Greg Reed lashes a base hit in first-inning action Monday in Rowley/ I t has been a pretty quiet campaign for the Saugus Post 10 Senior Legion baseball team this summer. The squad had managed just one win with a single game remaining on the schedule this week. Post 10’s lone victory was a 2-1 home triumph over Methuen on June 28. Saugus Post 10 third baseman Joey Dusablon gets the tag down in time to nail a Newburyport runner in Monday’s loss at Eiras Park in Rowley. had a few other close defeats and stood at 1-13 and in last place in the District 8 standings. Haverhill was leading the league with a 14-2 record followed by Lawrence at 11-3. Post 10 did battle Lawrence hard in a close 4-3 defeat last week. In its secondto-last contest of the summer on Monday at Eiras Park Field BOARD OF HEALTH | from page 9 tify people and this didn’t happen,” Goodwin said. “Wheelabrator needs to be held accountable,” she said. Even before the Board of Health took a vote on member Joia Cicolini’s motion to issue a show cause notice to Wheelabrator, Heffernan urged members of the public to “reach out to” the state Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) by writing letters or making telephone calls. “It doesn’t pay to be silent,” Heffernan said. Heffernan said a Wheelabrator official assured him in an email last Friday that there is no longer a noise problem emanating from the plant. But Camille Donnelly, who lives with her daughter and husband on Guild Road in Precinct 10, said she and other residents who live near the plant have continued to hear noises, though not as loud. in Rowley, Saugus gave up an unearned run in the first and eventually fell behind 4-0 to Newburyport. Post 10 fought back and climbed to within two but that’s as close they would get in dropping a 4-2 decision. Saugus was set to finish the season with a game at Andover Wednesday. Massachusetts Department The noises have been particularly tough on her husband, who suffered a stroke about three months ago, she said. “It’s very disturbing. The pollution has been bothering me for years. But now, we’re putting up with the noise, too,” Donnelly said. There was a time when neighbors didn’t mind as much about noises coming from the plant because they were warned in advance, according to Donnelly. “It’s been at least five years since we got a robocall,” she said. Violations at a glance Here are some of the specific laws that Attorney George Hailer, special counsel to the Town of Saugus on Environmental Affairs, says were violated by recent noises emanating from the Wheelabrator trash-to-energy plant: of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Noise Control Regulation 310 CMR 7.10. “(1) No person owning, leasing, or controlling a source of sound shall willfully, negligently, or through failure to provide necessary equipment, service, or maintenance or to take necessary precautions cause, suffer, allow, or permit unnecessary emissions from said source of sound that may cause noise.” Town of Saugus By-Law 514.00 “Upon determination by the Board of Health that the operation or maintenance of such a facility results in a threat to public health and safety or the environment, the Board may rescind, suspend, or modify the site assignment following due notice and a public Hearing.” Board of Health Regulation, Article 8. 1. Who said, “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter”? (Hint: Mississippi River pilot.) 2. On July 20, 1976, the Viking Lander I spacecraft landed on what planet? 3. Which Olympic sport were women first able to compete in? 4. What geographical region is thought to be the source of the word barbecue? 5. On July 21, 1970, the Aswan High Dam was completed in what country? 6. What Motown group had its first Top 10 hit with “(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave”? 7. A lobster has how many legs? 8. What is a hybrid of a sweet orange and a mandarin orange called? 9. On July 22, 1822, Gregor Johann Mendel, the Father of Genetics, was born; he famously studied what plant? 10. Which U.S. president was the first to hold a televised press conference? 11. On July 23, 1885, what Civil War general died? (Hint: Greek first name.) 12. What Asian city has been called “the Monte Carlo of the Orient”? 13. The film “Summer of ’42” is set on what island? 14. Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies series inspired what animated comedy film series? (Hint: initials LT.) 15. What is it called when a chunk of ice breaks off a glacier? 16. In which U.S. state were fortune cookies first served? 17. What number does not have a corresponding Roman numeral? 18. On July 25 what circular amusement ride is celebrated with an unofficial holiday? 19. What is the iKini? 20. Which was invented first, email or the World Wide Web? Answers below, please no cheating! FROM PAGE 19 1. Mark Twain 2. Mars 3. Tennis (in 1900) 4. The Caribbean 5. Egypt 6. Martha & the Vandellas 7. 10 8. Clementine 9. Peas 10. JFK 11. Ulysses S. Grant 12. Macau 13. Nantucket 14. Looney Tunes 15. Calving 16. California 17. Zero 18. National Carousel Day (honoring the first U.S. carousel patent issuance in 1871) 19. A bikini made of solar panels 20. Email (1971; World Wide Web: 1989)
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