Page 12 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, SEpTEmbEr 13, 2024 A Founder’s Day Preview Tomorrow’s event is the biggest celebration of the year for Saugonians. it’s a day the town celebrates with pride By Mark E. Vogler A stage was already set up below the front steps of Saugus Town Hall earlier this week, and numerous town employees from multiple departments were putting the finishing touches on the biggest town-wide celebration of the year – Founder’s Day – which gets underway at 9 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 14) “Founder’s Day is a great tradition that many current and former Saugonians look forward to each year,” Town Manager Crabtree said in a statement this week, announcing the details of a funfilled tradition dating back to 1979 that brings residents together each September to celebrate Saugus pride. “I hope to see a big turnout for this can’t miss date that is a big part of what makes Saugus a special community to call home,” Crabtree said. The main event – the awarding of the “Persons of the Year” plaques – will take place in a brief ceremony in front of Town Hall at about noon. The award became a key part of Saugus Founders Day in 1989. In 1993, separate awards were presented to a woman and a man selected for the honor. During the 35 years that the award has been presented (Nobody was honored during two years of COVID-19), there have been 62 honorees. The plaque is inscribed with this tribute: “In Recognition of Your Dedication to The Town of Saugus. This Award Truly Exemplifies the Outstanding Ideals and Spirit of Our Founding Fathers. THE TOWN OF SAUGUS SALUTES YOU.” Saugus Center is expected to draw hundreds of residents and visitors tomorrow. Visitors will have the opportunity to check out more than 100 tables set up outside Saugus Town Hall and continuing far down Central Street. Booths will feature vendors selling handmade crafts and items, as well as local civic groups distributing information to keep Saugonians informed about important issues and what’s going on around town. Saugus youth organizations and school groups will manage 10 booths that offer a wide range of food items, with proceeds from sales helping to pay for student activities over the course of the year. Other student-run booths will focus on fun by offering numerous games, a dunk tank, pie-inthe-face, fast pitch, sink a basketball shot, balloon pop and much more. “This is an amazing community event that every Saugonian should attend,” said the announcement posted on the New Friends of the Saugus Public Library will hold a book sale in the community room that runs concurrent with Founder’s Day. The library will be closed, but the public can access the book sale via the Taylor Street entrance. Youth & Recreation DepartFOUNDERS DAY 2023: Board of Selectmen Chair Debra Panetta helped to raise money for the Saugus High School Band by spending some time in jail last year. Visitors paid her bail, which went to support the band. Founder’s Day is the biggest fund-raising day of the year for Saugus organizations and youth groups. (Saugus Advocate file photo by Mark E. Vogler) town’s Youth and Recreation Department website. “It’s a great way to end the summer, and to get out and see some familiar faces. Local vendors will be there selling their handmade crafts & products, and businesses will be handing out information. You can even get your flu shot! Money spent in the food court & the fun area will be donated back to the youth organizations that are sponsoring each item. Many school & youth groups will also be selling raffle tickets and team spirit merchandise. Founder’s Day is one of the biggest fundraising events for these organizations, so it is a great way to help them out. It will be a wonderful day to celebrate Saugus!” DJ Claffey of Spin’n Tunes DJ Services will provide the music entertainment from the entrance of Town Hall. The ~ SHS Sachem Sports roundup ~ SAUGUS BOYS SOCCER SWEEPS WINTHROP Saugus’ varsity and junior varsity teams beat Winthrop, 2-0. Junior varsity goals were scored by Edwar Funez and Christian Derrico. For the varsity, Victor Ferreira had a Saugus goal on a turnover, and Lucas Assis de Oliveira scored as well. Varsity captain Xavier Martinez, goalkeeper, got the shutout in net. FIELD HOCKEY BLANKS MALDEN Saugus field hockey picked up a 3-0 win over Malden on the road. Scoring for Saugus were Teaghan Arsenault, Julia Strout and Meri Mogauro. “The win was an entire team effort,” Saugus coach Barbara Guarente said. “The team worked together backing each other up. Everyone played their position and switched with other athletes as needed and played those positions well. Everyone gave 100% on the field.” SAUGUS VOLLEYBALL SHOWS STRONG EFFORT IN LOSS The Saugus girls volleyball program got a win from its junior varsity against Danvers. The Sachems’ varsity team fell in four sets. “The loss is something that I am totally OK with,” Saugus coach Mikayla Niles said. “Each player left their heart and soul out there on the court. They played phenomenally. If there’s a way I would want a team to walk off of a court after loss, that’s the way I would want them to go down: to go down fighting and swinging not because they gave up and they let the other team have it. I’m very excited after watching the game for what the rest of the season has in store for us. We have so many talented individuals, and it really showed.” Saugus libero Brianna Feldman had a phenomenal game in the back row with her defense and passing, the coach said. “Every ball hit to her was dug beautifully for the setter to get to it,” Niles said. “My other defensive specialist Gabriel De Souza had a great game in the back row passing. Gabriel also had some beautiful back row attacks on top of a good serving game with helping us get back into the sets.” SAUGUS GIRLS SOCCER STARTS WITH A PAIR OF VICTORIES Saugus beat Swampscott, 6-1, and Winthrop, 7-1. Against Swampscott, the girls came out strong in the first 20 minutes, scoring two goals. The first goal came from Madison Botta with an assist from Taylor Deleidi. The second goal came from Shawn Sewell with a beautiful header deep into the net off a corner kick by Botta. Shalyn Sewell scored three goals in the win. She scored the third goal that came off a defender. She scored the fourth goal of the game on a penalty kick. Shalyn then scored the fifth goal of the game from another assist from Botta, who then scored the sixth goal of the game that started with goalkeeper Tori Carter playing out from the back. She got it up to Lilana Hernandez down the line to Deleidi to Botta for the goal. Botta had two goals and two assists. Against Winthrop, Saugus went up very quickly in the first half. Deleidi scored a goal off of a header and had one assist. Shawn Sewell scored two goals and had two assists, while Shaylen Sewell had one goal and one assist. Botta had a hat trick and two assists. SAUGUS BOYS GOLF DROPS A COUPLE The Saugus boys varsity golf team went 0-2 over the last two matches: losing to Gloucester and battling Salem in a close match but coming up short. The Sachems collected their highest point total as team this year – 30 – vs. Salem with great showings from freshman John Morello, sophomore Artie O’Leary and eighth-grader Dalton Diozzi, all winning their matchups. ment Director Crystal Cakounes and Youth & Recreation Program Coordinator Emily Grant spearheaded the effort to organize the Founder’s Day festivities. Town Manager Crabtree thanked all of the town employees and volunteers whose contributions make Founder’s Day such a big success, including those from the Youth & Recreation Department, Police Department, Fire Department, Department of Public Works, Building Maintenance, Health Department and the Solid Waste/Recycling Department. The Founder’s Day entertainment schedule for the stage in front of Saugus Town Hall will be as follows: 9 a.m.: flag raising; 9:15 to 9:45 a.m.: Tiger Institute Tae Kwon Do; 10 to 10:45 a.m.: MICA Dance Group; 11 a.m. to noon: Theatre Company of Saugus; Noon to 1 p.m.: Persons of the Year ceremony; 1:15 to 2:45 p.m.: Memory Laners.
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