THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, SEpTEmbEr 9, 2022 Page 11 THE SOUNDS | FROM PAGE 10 One of its stops was Point-OPines in Revere. Stephen Wilk has been writing and publishing since 1979. He’s interested in the unusual, including edible lasers, and questions like “Why do vampires dissolve in sunlight?” Anyone interested in local history or submarines will enjoy his program. No registration is required for this free program. Saugus Public Library, 295 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906 / 781-231-4168 / sauguspubliclibrary.org – www. facebook.com/SaugusPublicLibrary/ Healthy StudentsHealthy Saugus program resumes for the 22-23 school year (Editor’s Note: The following info is from an announcement submitted by Julie Cicolini, a member of the Board of Directors for Healthy Students-Healthy Saugus [HS2], providing information about the return of the program for the new school year.) Who we are: HS2 is a nonprofi t group of volunteers who are helping to off set food insecurity in households. HS2 provides students/families who enroll in the program a supply of nutritious food for when school lunches and breakfasts are unavailable to them on weekends. How HS2 can help you: HS2 bags are distributed at Saugus Public Schools on Fridays to take home. Bags include such items as peanut butter, canned meals/soups/tuna/vegetables, pasta, fruit cups, cereal, oatmeal, goldfish, pretzels and granola bars. All food is provided to children free of charge. It is our hope these resources will support the health, behavior and achievement of every student who participates. To sign up go here to complete online form: https:// forms.gle/gmMGguycSHBdziuE9 Want to partner with us: We would love to partner with organizations, sports teams, youth groups, PTOs, businesses and individuals to assist in feeding students of Saugus. To learn more about how you can partner with us, visit the Healthy Students-Healthy Saugus Facebook page or email us at HS2Saugus@gmail.com HS2 relies on donations to create take-home bags for a weekend full of meals. Checks can also be sent directly to: Salem Five C/O Healthy Students-Healthy Saugus, 855-5 Broadway, Saugus, MA 01906. Online donations can also be made at https://givebutter. com/HealthySaugus MassDEP officials to visit Saugus on Sept. 28 If you have concerns about whether to close the ash landfi ll near the WIN Waste Innovations trash-to-energy plant on Route 107 or support its expansion, this is a meeting that you might want to mark down on your calendar. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) representatives are scheduled to meet with town offi cials and concerned residents at 6 p.m. on Sept. 28 in the second fl oor auditorium at Town Hall for what is expected to be a discussion on the potential future of the ash landfi ll. The meeting comes at a time when WIN Waste Innovation offi cials have off ered to pay the Put Your Success To Work. town up to $18.8 million in return for using the ash landfi ll for another 25 years. A major obstacle to any deal would be whether MassDEP would allow extending the life of the ash landfi ll – which is expected to meet its capacity by the end of 2025. No winners this week It’s hard to believe that with all of the history buff s in town, nobody guessed correctly on last Friday’s sketch of a very visible monument to a long-departed Saugus hero that hundreds of drivers and pedestrians pass every day on Hamilton Street. Here’s the correct answer, offered by the person who goes by the name of The Sketch Artist: “Throughout Saugus there are many memorials honoring our true heroes. Last week’s sketch is from a sculpture of the Central Fire Station Memorial dedicated to Chief Mellon R. Joy. The sketch is of the sculpture of Chief Mellon R. Joy’s face. Have you seen this monument? Chief Joy’s memorial plaque is on a boulder surrounded by a beautiful array of fl owers which is quite a presentation. This is the same area where the explosion fi re almost a hundred years ago (87) earlier took his life. “Chief Joy was a Boston Firefighter Captain and he had become a Firefi ghter Chief to Saugus. On July 29th a day in 1935, Chief Mellon Joy showed up for duty, and on that fateful day there was a mortal fi re and chemical explosion. Chief Mellon R. Joy was mortally wounded, and lost his life from complications of the fi re and explosion July 31,1935. “Two of the other fi refi ghters – Norman Hull and Warren Newhall – who battled the fi res although severely injured and burned, survived. “‘The Statement’ And still they come, and they come with the pureness of people ready to risk their lives for someone else’ Jimmy Breslin is from the engraved words of Chief R. Mellon Joy’s Memorial Monument plaque. “What a majestic tribute for a deserving hero! “Thank you! “Yours Truly, “The Sketch Artist” “Shout-outs” to our everyday heroes We didn’t receive any nominations from readers this week. So, I will exercise my editorial prerogative to nominate all of the Saugus fi refi ghters, police offi cers and emergency response workers who put their lives and safety on the line every day to protect the public. 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. Volunteer to serve on a town board The Saugus Board of Selectmen is accepting applications for appointments to the Saugus Cemetery Commission for the Town of Saugus. This is a volunteer/ nonpaid position for Saugus residents. Those interested may submit a letter of interest / resume, no later than Sept. 16, to: Saugus Board of Selectmen Saugus Town Hall 298 Central St., Suite 4 Saugus, MA 01906 “Zoom” Book Study The Rev. John Beach of St. John’s Episcopal Church wants to get the word out to Saugonians who might be interested in participating in a new book study, via Zoom videoconferencing. The book is “The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic” by Jillian Peterson, PhD and James Densley, PhD. It’s the Winner of the 2022 Minnesota Book Award. According to the violenceproject,org, “Using data from the writers’ groundbreaking research on mass shooters, including fi rst-person accounts from the perpetrators themselves, The Violence Project charts new pathways to prevention and innovative ways to stop the social contagion of violence. “Frustrated by reactionary policy conversations that never seemed to convert into meaningful action, special investigator and psychologist Jill Peterson and sociologist James Densley built The Violence Project, the fi rst comprehensive database of mass shooters. Their goal was to establish the root causes of mass shootings and fi gure out how to stop them…” The Co-Founder and Managing Director of Sandy Hook Promise, Nicole Hockley, stated, “If you ever wondered how can we stop mass shootings, THE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 12 Your next smart decision is what to do with your success. 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