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Join the Rumney Marsh Toastmasters Club # 8431 on the first and third Monday of each month at 2 Rice Street -Saugus Laurel Gardens from 6:30PM - 8:00PM. WHAT IS TOASTMASTERS? This non-profit organization offers a proven – and enjoyable – way to practice communication and leadership skills. Members evaluate one another's presentations. This feedback process is a key part of the program's success. Meeting participants also give impromptu talks on assigned topics, conduct meetings, serve as officers in various leadership roles and learn rules related to timing, grammar and parliamentary procedure. Thousands of corporations sponsor in-house Toastmasters clubs. Businesses and government organizations have discovered that Toastmasters is an effective, cost-efficient means of meeting their communication training needs. Toastmasters groups can also be found in governmental agencies, a variety of community organizations, prisons, universities, hospitals, military bases and churches. www.toastmasters.org Contact - Sherri Raftery, Club Secretary & Lt. Governor of Marketing at courtjestour@aol.com - 978-235-2035 - www.district31.org

The MEG Foundation, the group that is restoring the old Marleah E. Graves Elementary School in Cliftondale, to be used as the Saugus Cultural Arts Center, is hosting a performance of From Broadway to Hollywood, A Musical Journey from Stage to Screen. Presented in cooperation with the Theatre Company of Saugus, the show will go on at 7:30 PM on Friday 7 March 2008 at the VFW Hall, at 190 Main Street in Saugus. All proceeds will benefit the MEG Foundation and will be used toward the cost of providing a new heating plant for the MEG building. In addition to a selection of the outstanding musical numbers from the Broadway to Hollywood revue, many familiar faces will be featured. Special cameo appearances by well-known Saugonians will be added to the festivities, which will be hosted by Master of Ceremonies Jay Smolinsky. Among the locals who have already agree to take part are Fire Chief James Blanchard, Pastor Bob LeRoe, Parking Clerk Jackie Howard, Arthur Gustafson, Charlie and Lois Thomas, and Peter and Shirley Bogdan. Tickets for the fundraiser are $25 and include both the show and refreshments. For tickets or information, please call Janice at 781-233-7035 or Ruth at 781-233-5239. From Broadway to Hollywood, A Musical Journey from Stage to Screen, is the title of the song and dance revue first presented by the Theatre Company of Saugus in January 2008. The show features 22 musical numbers, all of which were originally presented in Broadway musicals that were later filmed in Hollywood. The song solos, duets, ensembles, and dance numbers are chosen from a list of 21 shows. The shows represented include: Annie, Anything Goes, Applause, Bye Bye Birdie, Cabaret, Carnival, Chicago, A Chorus Line, Damn Yankees, Easter Parade, 42nd Street, Funny Girl, Girl Crazy, How to Succeed in Business, Kiss Me Kate, Mame, Oklahoma, Rent, Singin' in the Rain, Sound of Music, and West Side Story. The revue is cconceived and directed by Leo Nickole, emeritus professor of musical theatre at Emerson College. Musical direction is by Nancy Lemoine, drama and choral director at Saugus High School. The choreographer is Terri Bater, the stage manager is Mary Moffett, and the production is coordinated by Joanne Fafard and Hank Zappala. The cast of 37 performers includes dozens of community theatre veterans, and ranging in age from six to seventy. Many are residents of Saugus, including: Sarah Belliveau, Brian Cipoletta, Rosemary Degregorio, Autumn and Brian Dion, the Fafard family (Alexis, Amanda Allen, Ashleigh, Bill, and William), Renee Glowacki, Tess Hannify, Bobby and Sarah Imperato, Carolina Lanney, David Picariello, Tanya Portalla, Sabrina and Sherri Raftery, Sarah Thibodeau, and James Wlodyka.

Paul Kenworthy will give a lecture on the Civil War. Cam Cicolini, Town Charter Study Committee member, will be at our meeting. She will have with her a questionnaire that the Charter Study Committee has put together to gather input from the citizens of Saugus. This questionnaire will be handed out and you can fill it out at your convenience or mail it back to her. Signature is optional.

The Sisterhood of Congregation Ahavas Sholom, 343 Central Street, Saugus, will have its monthly meeting on Thursday, March 13, 2008, 1:00 PM. The meeting will be held at Breakheart Reservation Lodge. All sisterhood members and guests are invited to attend. Guest Speaker: Nancy Jones, Head Ranger, Longfellow House, Cambridge. For further information, and to RSVP, contact Dorothy Bialer at 617-846-7421

Congregation Ahavas Sholom, 343 Central Street, Saugus, will have Friday night Shabbat service on March 14. 2008 The service will commence at 8:00 PM. Oneg Shabbat will follow. All are welcome. Info Bill or Maureen 781-231-3562

A sure sign of spring is maple sugaring at Breakheart. Join us for this fun self guided event where you will see all the things that go into making this sweet treat. Your reward at the end will be pancakes, popcorn and cocoa around the fireplace or campfire. Also featured will be balloon sculptures, face painting, music, and demonstrations of Colonial cooking. Admission price is $5.00 per person with a dollar discount to each person bringing a can or box of nonperishable food that we may donate to local food banks.

A sure sign of spring is maple sugaring at Breakheart. Join us for this fun self guided event where you will see all the things that go into making this sweet treat. Your reward at the end will be pancakes, popcorn and cocoa around the fireplace or campfire. Also featured will be balloon sculptures, face painting, music, and demonstrations of Colonial cooking. Admission price is $5.00 per person with a dollar discount to each person bringing a can or box of nonperishable food that we may donate to local food banks.

Join the Rumney Marsh Toastmasters Club # 8431 on the first and third Monday of each month at 2 Rice Street -Saugus Laurel Gardens from 6:30PM - 8:00PM. WHAT IS TOASTMASTERS? This non-profit organization offers a proven – and enjoyable – way to practice communication and leadership skills. Members evaluate one another's presentations. This feedback process is a key part of the program's success. Meeting participants also give impromptu talks on assigned topics, conduct meetings, serve as officers in various leadership roles and learn rules related to timing, grammar and parliamentary procedure. Thousands of corporations sponsor in-house Toastmasters clubs. Businesses and government organizations have discovered that Toastmasters is an effective, cost-efficient means of meeting their communication training needs. Toastmasters groups can also be found in governmental agencies, a variety of community organizations, prisons, universities, hospitals, military bases and churches. www.toastmasters.org Contact - Sherri Raftery, Club Secretary & Lt. Governor of Marketing at courtjestour@aol.com - 978-235-2035 - www.district31.org

All high school students interested in attending the first meeting of the Saugus Leo Club is welcome to attend at Prince Pizza for free pizza and drinks. Sponsored by the Saugus Lions Club. Get involved in your community, gain leadership experience and make friends a long the way! For more information visit www.lionsclubs.org and click on the Youth Program tab at the top.

Join the Leading Speakers Toastmasters Club # 7572 on the third Thursday of each month on the second floor (Main Office)at the Square One Mall on Broadway - Route One South,Saugus from 7:00PM - 9:00PM. http://leadingspeakers.freetoasthost.us/ WHAT IS TOASTMASTERS? This non-profit organization offers a proven – and enjoyable – way to practice communication and leadership skills. Members evaluate one another's presentations. This feedback process is a key part of the program's success. Meeting participants also give impromptu talks on assigned topics, conduct meetings, serve as officers in various leadership roles and learn rules related to timing, grammar and parliamentary procedure. Thousands of corporations sponsor in-house Toastmasters clubs. Businesses and government organizations have discovered that Toastmasters is an effective, cost-efficient means of meeting their communication training needs. Toastmasters groups can also be found in governmental agencies, a variety of community organizations, prisons, universities, hospitals, military bases and churches. www.toastmasters.org Contact Victor Carbone, Club President 617-513-8199 (c) 617- 846-1599 (h) vacinc60@aol.com or Sherri Raftery, VP/PR & Lt. Governor of Marketing at courtjestour@aol.com - 978-235-2035 - www.district31.org

The churches of Saugus will gather at Breakheart Reservation on Friday, March 21st at 10:30 am to walk the path of the Cross. We will begin at the visitors’ center gate. Along the way to the beach there will be songs, drama, and Scripture readings. Bring the entire family to this special annual community event. In the case of inclement weather the event will be held at Blessed Sacrament Church.

Everyone is invited to this town-wide religious event sponsored by the Saugus Clergy Association. The scheduled speaker is Rev. Joel Hubbard.

The Saugus Democratic Town Committee meeting will be held on Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 7:00PM in the Doc Dumas Social Center at Laurel Gardens. Guest speaker: To Be Announced.” For further information: Brian 781-231-7039