THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, AUGUST 19, 2022 Page 9 The Sounds of Saugus By Mark E. Vogler Ash landfill meeting next week WIN Waste Innovations is expected to reach capacity at its ash landfill adjacent to its trash-to-energy plant on Route 107 within two years. When it runs out of space, WIN will have to truck the ash off site to another location. But WIN has offered the town a proposed Host Community Agreement to consider: WIN pays the town up to $15 million in exchange for adding 25 additional years to the life of the ash landfill. Saugus residents and people from neighboring communities will get a chance to share their views on the matter when the Board of Health’s Landfill Subcommittee holds a public feedback session next week (at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 24, in the second floor auditorium of Saugus Town Hall). Town residents and others who wish to submit questions or comments for the Aug. 24 meeting can email them to Selectman Corinne Riley at criley@Saugus-ma.gov. She is the secretary of the Landfill Subcommittee (which has been referred to as the Wheelabrator Subcommittee, The WIN Waste Innovations Subcommittee and by a few other names). “There will be citizen comment during the meeting where anyone will be able to ask a question or make a comment. Any member of the committee can be contacted, just as any other board or committee members are approachable. My email is still being used for submitting questions/comments,” Riley said. The subcommittee, which is being co-chaired by Board of Selectmen Chair Anthony Cogliano and Board of Health Chair William Heffernan, will be meeting several times before making its recommendation to the full Board of Health on whether to accept or reject WIN Waste’s proposed Community Host Agreement. It’s important to note that it will take many more meetings involving several town and state agencies before a Host Community Agreement becomes a reality. If Saugus residents don’t get a chance to attend next Wednesday’s meeting, there will be plenty of opportunity for them to express their concerns before any agreement is reached. It’s not a done deal. The subcommittee had been meeting with WIN officials for about 18 months to discuss a wide range of issues, which has improved relations between the town and trash-to-energy plant owners and, hopefully, will lead to the betterment of Saugus. Stay tuned. Back-to-School countdown Hey, Saugus kids! Hope you’ve made the most of your summer vacation, as you will be headed back to school a week from this coming Tuesday (Aug. 23). Classes begin on Aug. 30 for students in grades 1 to 12. Kindergarten and Pre-K classes start on Aug. 31. Enjoy the remaining days of your summer. Read a little. Have fun. Relax. If you are interested in local places to visit to spice up your summer, go to the Saugus Public Library, the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Breakheart Reservation, the Youth & Recreation Department or the Saugus Senior Center. Collectively, these places offer a lot of summertime options for Saugus residents. Navy Band Concert- Aug. 24 Friends of Breakheart are hosting the U.S. Navy Band’s “Rhode Island Sound Machine” on Wednesday, August 24. This is a free concert and a very popular one that’s been enjoyed by local residents over the years. The band will travel here from Rhode Island and will arrive at about 3 p.m. to set up. Friends of Breakheart will serve them supper and the concert will begin at 6 p.m. The program will feature a mix of popular music, old favorites and patriotic themes. So if you don’t have any plans for the night of Aug. 24, the Gazebo Lawn at Breakheart Reservation would be a great place to be. Chairs and blankets are recommended for those who plan on attending. This event is proudly cosponsored by the nonprofit, all-volunteer Friends of Breakheart Reservation and the state Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR). “The band is phenomenal and plays favorite songs from the past. Bring a chair or blanket,” says Peter A Rossetti Jr. of the Friends of Breakheart. Meanwhile, plans are in the works for the DCR Fall Festival, which is set for Saturday, Oct.1 at Breakheart. There will be music, entertainment and family-related activities that folks will be able to enjoy at Breakheart that day, according to Peter. Children can look forward to a petting zoo and a snake display. There will be a mounted unit, either from the State Police or the DCR. But due to a lack of staff, this year’s festival won’t have the popular pumpkin decorating contest. Stay tuned for details. We have a winner! Congratulations to Janet Cummings for making the right identification in last week’s “Guess Who Got Sketched” contest. Janet was one of several readers answering correctly. But she was the only one to have her name picked in a drawing from the green Boston Red Sox cap. Here’s the correct answer, offered by the person who goes by the name of The Sketch Artist: “The answer to last week’s sketch of “Ninja Nana” is the black belt lady … Ms. Saugus Grandmother Virginia Rooney, who folks call ‘Ginny’ “Virginia was featured in The Saugus Advocate, July 8th edition on page 3 submitted by Ivy Muldoon, Media Outreach at Danvers Sun Tae Kwan Do Academy. “In this article the Academy states: ‘The Masters of Danvers Sun Tae Kwon Do Academy are proud to announce that Virginia Rooney of Saugus passed her Black Belt Test at the age of 80.’ This article talks about how ‘Ginny’ would take her grandson J.J. Rooney to his Tae Kwon Do classes and one day she joined kickboxing classes. “In the next breath, Ginny signed up as a student of Tae Kwon Do, just like J.J.! “With determination and effort, she excelled through the ranks of belts. Energetic Ginny made it her goal of attaining her Black Belt for her 80th Birthday! (Happy Birthday!). “Locally, Ginny is known affectionately throughout as ‘Ninja Nana’ (that’s a distinguished title that only a select few can wear!) Ms. Virginia Rooney ‘made history as the most senior student to receive a Black Belt at the Danvers Sun Tae Kwon Do Academy’ the article states. “Way to go ‘Ninja Nana’ That’s so cool! “Congratulations and keep up the daily practice for life. You are a champion! THE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 10
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