THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, JUly 21, 2023 Page 9 The Sounds of Saugus By Mark E. Vogler Good morning, Saugus! If you love cars, feel like donating for a noble cause and have some time on your hands, head over to Fuddruckers on Route 1 North in Saugus for Mom’s Cancer Fighting Angels Relay Teams 9th Annual Car Show this weekend. Torrential rains washed out last weekend’s event. So, the rainout date is 4 to 8 p.m. on Sunday (July 23). The event will feature classic cars, trucks, motorcycles, trophies, raffles and music by Lil Jimmy’s stack of records, and, of course, some tasty burgers. Fuddruckers Saugus will be generously donating 20 percent of all sales to the American Cancer Society during the event. The event is open to all cars, trucks, jeeps and motorcycles. For more information, contact Guy Moley at 781-6401310. The Navy Band is coming! Peter A. Rossetti Jr., of the Friends of Breakheart announced this week that Breakheart Reservation will again be hosting the Navy Band on Saturday, Aug. 19, at 6 p.m. “Should be a good time, provided the weather holds. Blankets and mosquito spray are a good idea,” Rossetti said. The Navy Band has long been a summertime attraction at Breakheart. This year, Rhode Island Sound will be playing the music. Here’s some preliminary information that the Friends provided on the band: “Rhode Island Sound is the most contemporary sounding group from Navy Band Northeast. This ensemble entertains audiences with music ranging from rhythm and blues to classic rock. Performing current popular music at high schools throughout New England, Rhode Island Sound also performs public concerts at a variety of venues. Their versatility and showmanship have always kept them in great demand since their inception in 1974.” Stay tuned for more details as they become available. Sharon’s Sneaker Crew & Jimmy Fund Yard Sale Sharon Genovese, captain of Sharon’s Sneaker Crew, will be holding a Fundraiser Yard Sale tomorrow (Saturday, July 21) from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 23 Lily Pond Ave., rain or shine. Everything must go. Genovese and her group will be walking on Oct. 1 in the Boston Marathon Dana-Farber Jimmy Fund Walk. The crew will be sponsoring a craft fair in September. All the proceeds will be going to the Jimmy Fund. If you need any more information, you can call or text Sharon at 617-966-3475 or email her at sunkin1@aol.com. Greg King Memorial Fund 4th Motorcycle ride The Greg King Memorial Fund 4th Motorcycle ride is set for Aug. 6 at the Saugus-Everett Elks. The fund is dedicated to helping erase the stigma of addiction. Besides the ride, there will be a pig roast, DJ, Raffles and 50/50. Proceeds from the event will be given to Healthy Streets serving Lynn and other communities. “Saugus Over Coffee” It’s hard to believe that we are more than two-thirds of the way through our “Saugus Over Coffee” project, as the town election season gets underway officially next week. But we are already just three weeks away from featuring the five Town Meeting members of Precinct 8. Our invitations went out this week for those folks. And we hope that it will be a better turnout this time than the five Town Meeting members who were absent from our July 10 forum. The lack of Town Meeting members attending the last forum deprived the seven citizens who showed up an opportunity to get to meet the members who represent them at Town Meeting. And that also sends a bad message to the Precinct 7 residents who tuned into Saugus TV to watch the program. But with the town election season officially underway on Monday, I would think that our final three forums will be well-attended by Town Meeting members. For those unfamiliar with the “Saugus Over Coffee” forums, they are cosponsored by The Saugus Advocate and the Saugus Public Library. The primary purpose is to give citizens in each of the town’s 10 precincts an opportunity to voice their concerns about top issues in their respective precincts. It also gives them an opportunity to meet their Town Meeting representatives and chat over a cup of coffee or tea. Town Meeting members will benefit by getting to know more about concerns in their precincts. Viewers of the forums videotaped by Saugus TV will also get to learn a little about the history or interesting things about the precinct being featured each month. One of my major hopes for the forums is that it spurs an interest for citizens to become potential candidates for Town Meeting in this fall’s town election. The public should keep in mind that there was a paucity of candidates for Town Meeting seats in the town elections back in 2021. In five of the 10 precincts, only five candidates ran for the five seats. That means half of the 50-member body was elected without competition. Stay tuned for more information as “Saugus Over Coffee” continues. Here is the remaining schedule: Precinct 8 – August 14 Precinct 9 – September 11 Precinct 10 – October 23 Please check with The Saugus Advocate or library for any changes in dates. Residents can check the programming guide on the station’s website (www.saugustv.org) for dates and times. A video of the forum will also be available for viewing on the station’s vimeo page within a day or two after the event – www.vimeo.com/ saugustelevision. C.H.A.R.M. Center is open The C.H.a.R.M. Center will be open during the summer to residents on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. 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 781231-4036 with questions. Some Special “Shout Outs” Track Camp Coach Chris Tarantino emailed in this mega “Shout Out” to The Saugus Advocate this week: “To all the coaches that made the 2023 Saugus Sachems Summer Track Camp a huge success by giving so graciously of their time and talent and for all their hard work and dedication diligently supporting all our campers “Coach Jada (hurdles/ jumps) Alumni “Coach Kenny (high jump) Alumni “Coach Nick (distance/ breakdown) Alumni “Coach Ben (drills/games) “Coach Babcock (sprints/ stretching) “Coach Steve (discus/shot put) “Coach Ghazi (javelin) “Coach Teresa (hammer) “Coach Will (equipment) “Coach Bradley (spring program) “Coach Scott (spring program) “Also special thanks to alumni Kian (former coach) and Justin (counselor) for their continued support as well as Shannon from Alta performance.” Want to “Shout Out” a fellow Saugonian? This is an opportunity for our 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. Community Garden needs some help St. John’s Episcopal Church near Saugus Center has a community garden where vegetables are grown for the Saugus food pantry. This is the third growing season for this all-volunteer project. This year there are raised beds in front of the church as well as a larger garden area behind the rectory. Volunteers are needed to help weed and water the garden. If you would like to volunteer for an hour or so a week, or for any period of time THE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 10 —Cont est— CONTEST SKETCH OF THE WEEK Can You Guess Who? If you know, call 978-683-7773 and your name will be entered into a drawing contest to win. The prize is a $10 gift certificate for your favorite Saugus coffee place or restaurant. Thank you.
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