Page 8 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, AUGUST 4, 2023 Reading is Jawsome Saugus Public Library launches its Kids 2023 Summer reading Program (Editor’s Note: The following info is from a press release from the Saugus Public Library.) W ith school out for the summer, kids will be spending more time at the Saugus Public Library. If you’re looking for fun, educational activities & summer programming to support your kids’ Learning, stop by the Saugus Public Library. This summer, the Library presents, “Reading is Jawsome,” the kids’ 2023 summer reading program. Activities include literacy support, story times, music programs, discounted museum and Massachusetts park passes, and take & make crafts. In addition, there will be special visits by Wildlife Encounters, Vinny the Bubble Guy, the Saugus Fire Department, Spiderman, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and a performance of Peter & the Wolf. Check out the Library’s online event calendar for up-to-date information about all our programs. Families are encouraged to register for the shark-themed “Reading is Jawsome” program using the Beanstack app. It’s easy – just download the Beanstack app, register under the Saugus Public Library, and you’re on your way. It’s like a Fitbit for reading! For more information, or to register in person, stop by the children’s room at the library or visit our website (www.sauguspubliclibrary.org/children/summer-reading-program/). The Saugus Public Schools recommends that students read at least 20 minutes a day this summer. The library is here to help families create a summer reading routine that is fun for kids and their families. The kids’ 2023 Summer Reading Program is open to young people, preschool through fifth grade. We have all kinds of great books on hand, but don’t forget we have free ebooks, audio books, comics, magazines & music you can download using the hoopla and Libby digital collections. We reward our readers! We’ve once again partnered with local businesses to reward summer reading. We’d like to thank those businesses who generously donated prizes and the New Friends of the Saugus Public Library who purchased others. The New Friends of the Saugus Public Library will be donating to the Cape Cod-based Atlantic White Shark Conservancy in honor of the kids’ reading. It’s important to keep reading to retain skills – and an opportunity to catch up with peers. Research shows that children who do not read during the summer fall behind. The effect is cumulative – over many summers these students fall significantly behind their peers. Most importantly perhaps, it’s an opportunity to build a THE HOT TIMES YOU’LL HAVE! Finance Your Summer with Members Plus SUMMER SIZZLER LOAN 6.49% Applying is Fast & Easy, too! Just scan the code, call or go online. APR* Vacations Home Improvement Extra Cash & More! reading routine: turn off the media, sit with a child, and enjoy some wonderful stories. Try reading a longer book to them or let them read to you. Log-in to Beanstack to track reading – but also to complete fun shark activities, shark drawing lessons, stories and cool informational videos. Kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, from great whites to tiger sharks, and about the critical role these majestic creatures play in our ocean ecosystems. Need some help registering for summer reading, or finding a “just-right book” for your child? Stop by the Library and see us! All programs are free of charge. LOOKING BACK| FROM PAGE 3 not available – either you did not have the extra funds or you could not find anyone willing to take all three kids at one time – even immediate family members! Eddie Murray remembers the delicious, greasy egg rolls available at the refreshment stand; this was at the time before any of us knew about fat grams. One could even purchase a mosquito coil to be lit and then placed on the dashboard to keep the bugs away during the show. Harry Cakounes was the memberspluscu.org 781-905-1500 MEDFORD NORWOOD DORCHESTER EVERETT PLYMOUTH *APR = Annual Percentage Rate. Payments for 6.49% APR for 12-months are approximately $86.31 per month per $1,000 borrowed. Payment does not reflect disability and/or credit life insurance and may differ slightly due to rounding. Terms up to 12 months. Minimum loan amount $500 and maximum loan amount $5,000. APR is based upon member’s credit score. Rates listed above reflect excellent credit scores. Rates effective May 30, 2023 thru September 4, 2023 and subject to change without notice. Membership requires a $5 deposit in a share/savings account. real celebrity back in the 60s. Because of his “family connections,” he was given a yearly pass to attend all movies throughout the year. Naturally, Harry was extremely popular come the weekends, no friends in his trunk! Harry still has the last pass he was given before the drive-in closed in 1974, and it is one of his dearest treasures. He also saved a collection of programs given out weekly starting from the first year in 1939. The very popular Saugus Drive-In survived throughout the war years by selling war bonds on the side and practicing the dimouts. Special reduced rates were given to soldiers coming home from the war and those who were supporting the war effort. Unfortunately, competition became keen when the Revere Drive-In opened on the present site of the cinema in Revere, followed by the Lynn Drive-In where Building 19 7/8 was once located. Despite the fog always rolling in around 9 p.m. at the Lynn Drive-In, the newer theaters offered brandnew high-tech stuff, enticing customers from the Saugus operation to their locations. Today a Democrat is still in the White House, and we are at peace, but the screen, the speakers and the refreshment stand are all gone, taking with them, all the mementos and memories of a happier time in our lives growing up in Saugus, Mass. Editor’s Note: Janice K. Jarosz, a Saugus native and 1961 graduate of Saugus High School, is a longtime local writer and frequent contributor to The Saugus Advocate.
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