Page 14 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, NOVEmbEr 15, 2024 The Sounds of Saugus By Mark E. Vogler Good morning, Saugus There’s less than seven weeks left in 2024. Thanksgiving Day, my favorite of the holidays, is less than two weeks away, and then comes Christmas and New Years Day just a few weeks later. Between now and the end of the year, there will be plenty of fun and family-oriented events to take in. The town’s annual Tree Lighting and Christmas Festivities in early December will draw huge crowds to Saugus Center, and the Annual Christmas Eve Parade will be another popular town- wide event. And in another week, volunteers of all ages will be swarming the Saugus United Parish Food Pantry in the basement of Cliftondale Congregational Church to help make a family-style, sit-down Thanksgiving meal a reality for some 200 of the town’s less fortunate families. And there will be various benevolent events like the annual toy drive, which should help make the holidays brighter for needy kids. If you feel like getting in the holiday spirit, there’s plenty of community events you can get involved in before year’s end. Stay tuned. MEG’S Christmas Tree Festival continues today The MEG Foundation’s 2024 Christmas Tree Festival will continue into its second weekend today (Friday, Nov. 15), from 3 to 8 p.m.; and tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 16), from 3 to 8 p.m. If you want to see some neat trees and get into the holiday spirit a few weeks early, this is a fun family event that will be hosted at the historic MEG Building at 54-58 Essex St. Sen. Crighton at Town Hall today Senator Brendan Crighton (D-Lynn) plans to hold his rotating district office hours at Saugus Town Hall today (Friday, Nov. 15) from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on a walk-in basis. If you have any concerns you would like to discuss with the senator, feel free to drop by. You can also reach Sen. Crighnation. You deserve the appreciation and respect from every proud American for the sacrifices you have made for us all. A special Editor’s “Shout Out” to Guy Moley and everyone involved with the rolling rally of vintage cars, trucks, motorcycles and vehicles that traveled past Saugus Veterans Park at the conclusion of the Veterans Day ceremony on Monday. 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 REMEMBERING A VET: In the Saugus Town Hall Field of Flags, Saugus Advocate Editor Mark E. Vogler checks out his twin brother’s flag. Sergeant Lance A. Vogler was a U.S. Air Force Vietnam Veteran who was killed in a motorcycle accident in his hometown of Swansea on Memorial Day in 1978. (Photo courtesy of Joanie Allbee) ton by mailing a letter to him: Massachusetts State Legislature, the State House, Room 109-C, Boston, MA 02133. You may leave a message with his Chief of Staff, Taylor A. Trenchard, at 617-722-1350 or by email at Taylor.Trenchard@ masenate.gov. Christmas CD Release Party tomorrow Army Staff Sgt. Arthur DeFranzo VFW Post 2346 will host a Christmas CD Release Party tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 16) at 6 p.m., at 190C Main St., Saugus. The event will feature the Christmas My Way CD – Holiday Favorites of Frank Sinatra, recorded by Boston’s own Joey Chiarenza. Here’s a chance to meet Joey and enjoy presale discounts for the upcoming shows. WMEX, 1510 AM Boston/101.1 FM Quincy is sponsoring the event with the VFW. Angelo’s Roast Beef will be providing the food. A new Saugus Advocate deadline There are changes going on in the production process of The Saugus Advocate, the town’s only exclusively Saugus newspaper, which is delivered to locations all over town on Fridays. I won’t bore you with the details, other than to tell you that I have to make adjustments in how I do my job to make sure the paper gets out on time. My deadlines have been moved up. So, if you have an announcement, news item or notice that you want to submit for the Friday paper, it’s best to email it to me at mvoge@comcast.net by 6 p.m. Tuesday. Food Pantry notes The Saugus United Parish Food Pantry will be open today (Friday, Nov. 15) from 9:3011 a.m. at 50 Essex St. in the basement of Cliftondale Congregational Church. The Saugus United Parish Food Pantry welcomes all neighbors facing food insecurity. If you are able to donate to the food pantry, you can also stop by during those hours or drop donations off at the Saugus Public Library during library hours. Legion Breakfasts today The American Legion Post 210 has begun its 2024-25 breakfast season. There’s a good deal for Saugus veterans and other folks who enjoy a hearty breakfast on Friday mornings. Doors open at 7:30 a.m., with breakfast served from 8-9:00 a.m. for an $8 donation. Veterans who cannot afford the donation may be served free. No new Legion Hall bookings till 2025 The American Legion Post 210 announced recently that it will honor any contract it has signed for a party from now through the end of December, but will not book any new ones until after the first of the year. This week’s “SHOUT OUTs” We didn’t receive any nominations from readers this week to recognize individuals or groups of people who did something for the betterment of Saugus. So, I will exercise my editorial prerogative to recognize people who deserve that special recognition. A special Editor’s “Shout Out” to all of the town’s living and departed veterans for their dedicated service to the 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. It’s Mike; not Mark Aside from the typos, missing punctuation, bad grammar and misspelled words, one of the most disappointing errors that appear in a local newspaper are misspelled names. I remember the good old days of journalism, when copy editors and wordsmiths in the composing room took great pride in saving a reporter or writer the public embarrassment of news stories full of typos and careless errors. Those guys with the pocket dictionaries were skilled at spotting misspelled or wrong names. As the saying goes, “I don’t care what you write about me. Just spell my name right.” But the copy editors and wordsmiths seem to be a luxury these days, except for the big city papers. To me, it’s a bad look when a newspaper can’t spell somebody’s name correctly, or get the name right. This week, we heard from a reader who was thrilled to see his name mentioned in a January sports article appearing in The Saugus Advocate. “Hi great article… It was THE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 15
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