DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2019 DEALS Gracefully the boats glide around Egg Rock OF THE Renewal$DAY $ process teesPG. 3 up at GannonDEALS OF THE By Thor Jourgensen quires votes by the Parks ITEM STAFF Commissioners$DAY $and the City Council.PG. 3 Armed with an im- GFMI has been oper- provement-plan laundry ating under a $450,000 list, Gannon Municipal one-year extension, Golf Course’s current which expires Dec. 31, manager submitted a after its lower bid for a $2.38 million proposal five-yearDEALS contract was Friday to run the course rejected by the commis- for five more years. sion lastOF December. THE Golf Facilities Manage- At the time, city Chief ment, Inc. (GFMI), which Financial$DA OfficerY$ Mi- has operated Gannon for chael BertinoPG. 3 recom- six years, was the only mended the city accept bidder to submit a request only bids higher than for proposal (RFP) in time the amount GFMI was to meet Friday’s noon sub- paying the city. mission deadline. The proposal submit- City Purchasing Agent ted byDEALS the company Fri- Tim Leonard said the pro- day sets out a $480,000 posal will be submitted to OF THE annual payment to the the Board of Park Com- ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK city for the first and sec- missioners for review. The $DAY$ ond contractDA yearsY with a A group of sailboats make their way around Egg Rock off of King’s Beach as the sun sets. board’s next meeting is PG. 3 $460,000 fee in the third scheduled for Sept. 3. year and $480,000 fees in “GFMI is looking for- the fourth and fifth years. ward to continuing its re- Operation responsibili- lationship with the city,” ties encompass the 190- said company secretary/ Saugus waives fees goodbye acre golf course, banquet/ treasurer Chris Carter. restaurant facilities, bar The proposal’s approv- school and it can be over- By Bridget Turcotte al, following review, re- ITEM STAFF whelming.” GANNON, A3 ‘Every kid The event is intended SAUGUS — This is the has to go to the to teach students what last year Belmonte Middle they’ll need to know at a orientation or School freshmen will have new school. Among other they don’t know to come up with $25 for lessons, they learn how what’s going on. orientation. to read and follow their The School Committee Going from schedules, where to find directed Superintendent their classes, and how to elementary to David DeRuosi to remove open a locker. Many of the middle (school) ... the fee starting in the students only know peers 2020-21 school year. from their own elementa- is probably “Every kid has to go to the biggest ry school, and orientation the orientation or they is a chance to make new transitional don’t know what’s going friends, said Meredith. period.’ on,” said chairwoman “I would never want to Jeannie Meredith. “Going see somebody miss out on ITEM FILE PHOTO JEANNIE from elementary to middle that due to their inability Golfers play with the Gannon clubhouse in (school), in my opinion, is to pay that fee for any rea- MEREDITH probably the biggest tran- the background. Bids to manage the course son,” she said. closed at noon Friday with only one taker (right) sitional period. They’re go- The fee covers supplies ing from that small little — the management group run by Steve Mur- safety net to a big middle SCHOOL FEE, A3 phy and Chris Carter. INSIDE Dreams come Lynn eld Opinion The most dangerous predator. A4 true at St. Mary’s grounds Look By Steve Krause The latest in popular ITEM STAFF pets music with Bella LYNN — There was a lot of dreaming going on this diGrazia’s New Music week at St. Mary’s High School. By Thomas Grillo Breakdown. A8 But it was dreaming with a purpose. ITEM STAFF Sports Dr. Dan Switchenko, now in his 44th year of teach- LYNNFIELD — Public Eighty-year-old Alex ing exercise science. With 39 of them at Eastern Con- health officials are cau- Lindsey wins his second necticut State College explained as he spoke to a se- tioning residents to keep straight Nahant Golf lect group of student leaders at the school. And he their dogs from wading in Club men’s title. B1 provided a different definition of the word “dreams” Pillings Pond following re- • from the one we usually associate with it. cent reports of toxic blue- The Lynn Invitational “Dreams,” he said, represent “Dedication, Respect, green algae blooms. Showcase is in full swing, Enthusiasm, Attitude, Mental toughness and Sacri- Outbreaks of cyanobac- with baseball scouts fice.” teria have been found in throughout the area And that was the message Switchenko and softball several Massachusetts getting a good look at coaches Kate Bettencourt (Endicott) and Ashley Wa- communities. The Center prospects. B1 ters (Boston University) tried to impart on the incom- for Disease Control said ing juniors and seniors at St. Mary’s Thursday morn- toxic blooms often form in ing at the Student Leadership Retreat. PHOTO | ST. MARY’S HIGH SCHOOL late summer or early fall, “We have these every five or six years,” said athletic Dr. Dan Switchenko talks to students at where warm, slow-mov- DREAMS, A3 Thursday’s leadership forum. ing waters gain nutrients from sources such as fer- tilizer runoffs or septic tank overflows. These toxins can hurt Immigration ght marches into Lynn animals if they drink the water or lick it from By Thor Jourgensen another beginning in march’s objectives. ganizer Isabel Lopez. their skins, or if it enters ITEM STAFF Boston will hit the road “We’ll gather with fam- The immigration de- their bodies through open Monday and converge ilies affected by deporta- bate flashpoint earlier wounds. Immigration advocates in Dover, N.N., where a tion who will be sharing this year centered on While Lynnfield does calling for an end to de- federal Immigration and testimony about what it the Texas-Mexico border not routinely test for these tention and deportation and federal policies sep- blooms, the town contracts will make St. Stephen’s Customs Enforcement is like to be oppressed (ICE) office is located, on by a broken system. We arating immigrant par- with Solitude Lake Man- Episcopal Church a stop ents and children. But agement to treat Pillings Monday during their Aug. 24. want to make sure it’s Boston marchers plan understood we won’t tol- protests spread to other Pond in the summer to ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK 280-mile, six-day march states in recent months, prevent dangerous blooms to spend Monday night erate family separation,” through three states. intensified by a feder- from occurring, according English’s Albert Tor- at St. Stephen’s on Lynn said Essex County Com- Three marches planned al push to restrict legal to Emilie Cadermartori, res gears up during to start in Montpelier, Common following a munity Organization the showcase. Vt., Concord, N.H. and rally highlighting the (ECCO) immigration or- MARCH, A3 ALGAE, A3 Celebrate culture and community: Festival La Voz, Sunday, Aug. 25, noon-5, Fraser Field, Lynn. For tickets and information: FestivalLaVoz.com OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 50° VOL. 141, ISSUE 213 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ...............................B7 LOW 12° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 REAL ESTATE .............................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2019 OBITUARIES Edison Munroe, 88 1931-2019 ‘Easy Rider’ star and writer NAPLES, Fla. — Ed- enjoyed Boston ison Beryl Munroe of sports teams, writ- Naples, Fla. (previ- ing poetry, reading, Peter Fonda has died at 79 ously from Westbor- dining out and good By Lindsey Bahr ough) passed away times among his and Andrew Dalton after a brief illness many lifelong friends ASSOCIATED PRESS on August 4, 2019. and his family. Ed was able to enjoy He leaves his wife LOS ANGELES — Ac- all of his 88 years of 57 years, Margie tor Peter Fonda, the son with family and many Munroe; one son, of a Hollywood legend who lifelong friends before being John Munroe and his wife Lee became a movie star in stricken ill less than 2 months and two daughters - Kristin his own right after both ago. He was born on July 2, Parone and her husband Tim writing and starring in 1931, in Flint Michigan — the and Michelle Brown and her the counter-culture classic son of John and Myrtis Mun- husband Kevin; his brother “Easy Rider,” has died. His roe. Ed was raised in Lynn with Robert Munroe and his wife family said in a statement his younger siblings Ginny and Velma, and his sister-in-law that Fonda died Friday Bobby. His father John was Linda Rogers and her husband morning at his home in a commercial sherman on Wes. He also leaves 13 grand- Los Angeles. He was 79. Schooners out of Gloucester. children, 17 great-grandchil- The official cause of After graduating from Lynn dren and many nieces and death was respiratory fail- Classical High in 1949, Ed nephews. His beloved sister ure due to lung cancer. attended MIT and the presti- Virginia “Ginny” Bolduc prede- “In one of the saddest gious General Electric Senior ceased him in 2018. He will Management Training Pro- be dearly missed by family moments of our lives, we gram. He married Marjorie and many lifelong friends, who are not able to find the ap- Martel in February 1962. Ed were there for him until the propriate words to express spent most of his career as an very end.