THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, OCTObEr 14, 2022 Page 17 THE SOUNDS | FROM PAGE 15 “Sound off to Billy Boomhower (Purple Heart Recipient, Trustee and lifetime member of Saugus VFW Post 2346) for going the extra mile. Billy hosted a group of Saugus Vietnam veterans to lunch at the VFW who returned from the ‘Roll to Washington, 2022’ trip. Flowers were presented by the Saugus Garden Club.” I’ll add my own “Shout-Out” anyway: a bouquet of “shoutouts” for Ruth Berg, the feisty and friendly 90-year-old Saugonian who continues to remain very active in her community despite her age. She’s a bundle of energy and model for the young Saugonians and future of the town. 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. We have a winner! Congratulations to Sue Fleming for making the right identification in last week’s “Guess Who Got Sketched” contest. Sue is 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: “Environmental balance comes to the forefront as I’m sitting by a pond, sipping fresh pressed cider and sharing warm apple donuts surrounded by nature’s beauty & wild animal habitats. “Ann Devlin comes to mind and the many ways she assists in maintaining Nature’s assurance. Ann Devlin is Last Week’s sketch! Ann is our Saugus Action Volunteer Environmental (SAVE) President. SAVE supports wildlife, water bodies, open spaces and natural resources. SAVE is a nonprofit organization and was incorporated in 1973. “Recently on October 1, SAVE sponsored three events at the Breakheart Fall Family Festival ranging from wildlife to a recycled “It’s New to You” swap table! “As President Ann has public awareness speaking duties, SAVE facebook, annual dinner function and an environmental scholarship and Board to oversee. “SAVE puts out articles such as what’s recyclable, the criteria for an item to be recyclable and awareness on phone rechargeable batteries and how they wreak havoc at recycling facilities causing fires etc.; public awareness that Staples offers tech recycling everyday to keep those tech items out of incinerators. (Call first) “Ann’s dynamic when she teaches seminars, she involves her audience and includes visual and tactile examples and often concludes with a Q & A with the audience. Sometimes someone asks a question that makes one scratch their head and think, what the? … Ann still finds a way to use that as a constructive applicable teaching moment and relate it to the Subject at hand; she thinks on her feet! Ann and her husband raised four Saugus High Graduates! “Saugus 2014 Woman of the Year has many accomplishments too numerous to list here; as she has been the topic in many papers with SAVE’s outreaches and Penny Pines program and Tree Committee and Earth Day! “Ann’s voice ripples through many waters and natural environments, the whisper of protection. “Thank you Ann for all you do and I’m sure if the birds and wildlife could speak you’d get a warm thunderous applause and many high five paws for a shout out! “Yours Truly, “The Sketch Artist” A different look at MCAS scores After spending five hours of one day last week scanning the MCAS pages as it relates to Saugus Public Schools (usually I spend eight hours in my own analysis), I put the quesTHE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 18
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