VIDE0S: Lighting up World Series Park in Saugus
The much anticipated, long awaited finishing touch on Saugus’ crown jewel of baseball diamonds for the past 17 years was officially dedicated on Friday night, Oct. 8, with an evening of music and food for the 170 donors of the World Series Park lighting project.
The ageless wonder Bob Davis, the park’s superintendent, spearheaded the overall park project way back in 2003 to help commemorate the Saugus American Little League all-star team’s run to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. They culminated that memorable summer as a finalist in the United States championship game.
Davis presided over the historic occasion after years of hard work to make night games possible for Saugus High School, not to mention Saugus Babe Ruth, regional Babe Ruth and legion tournaments and men’s leagues.
Howie Conley’s Memory Laners entertained the donors. They sang a variety of popular songs before the unveiling of the plaque behind the third base dugout that has all of their names engraved on it. The food was provided by Kowloon’s, Prince Pizzeria, Harrow’s Chicken Pies, Soc’s Ice Cream and Border Café.
But the night belonged to the donors that ultimately made night games possible at the popular baseball venue. The lighting project’s donors are in no particular order: Win Waste Innovations, Exelon Generation, Shirley Bogdan, Vincent Purpura, Saugus Babe Ruth, McGovern Family, Bob and Carol Long, Freehling family, Webster First Federal Credit Union, George Bernazani, Riley family, Northeast Babe Ruth League, Margret and Carl Jackson, Canes Northeast Baseball, Cotreau family, Monette Cotreau, Irontown Diner, Minuteman Security, Walter Bentson, Pearle Vision, Water Works Lawn Sprinklers, Joey LoRusso Memorial Fund.
Eastern Mass. Babe Ruth, Route 1 Car Wash, State Representative Donald Wong, Chapdelaine Law, Peter and Mari Davis, Kent Nichols, Keith’s Tree Service, State Senator Brendan Crighton, Bill McAdoo, DeIulis Brothers Construction, Memory Laners, Diana and Richard Fay, Blown Away Hair Boutique, Kowloon’s Restaurant, Prince Pizzeria, Nick’s Place, Junkster Bags, Joseph Dollard, ASAP Drain Cleaning, Musco Sports Lighting LLC, Island Lighting & Power Systems, Agganis Construction, Frank and Ginny Price, Dunkin’ Furtado Management, Aggregate Industries – Northeast Region, Mike and Doreen Casoli, Charles and Doreen McDermott, MacEachern family, Paul and Tootie Clarke and family, Anthony and Gail Sarno, Wood Trucking, Follis family.
Saugus High School Class of 1982 graduate Bob Lessard, Saugus High School Class of 1949 graduate Jim Blunt, Saugus High School Class of 1966 graduate Gregory MacDonald, Saugus High School Class of 1955 graduate Ralph Galante, New England Boring Contractors, Saugus High School Class of 1963 graduate Paul Butt, Attorney Richard Magnan, Elder family, Saugus High School Class of 1961 graduate Joseph McCarthy, Thomas Minniear Electric, Saugus High School Class of 1959 graduate Jay Nelson, Tripp family, Sachem Signworks, Rheta and Ron Record, Sr., Paul and Patricia Gouthro, Freedom Baseball, Show New England Baseball, Commonwealth Amateur Baseball League.
Baribeau family, Harrow’s Chicken Pies, Soc’s Ice Cream, Gregory Stack, Carson Pele, Malden Anglers Fly Fishing Club, Attubato family, Robert and Dorothy DiTomaso, Edward J. Burge, Jr., Austin Court Condominium, Guy E. Meola, Saugus High School Class of 1974 graduate Maureen Sullivan, Bob and Ellen Palleschi, Boston Sand & Gravel, Dave and Irene Soper, Michael, Jr. and Ryan Mabee, New Balance Select League, Engineering Alliance, Inc., Richard Pizzi, Geotechnical Consultants, Inc.
Debra, Mark, Mark, Jr., and Sabrina Panetta, Jeff and Debby Peri, Bernie Doherty, Michael J. Howard, Michael P. Howard, Brody M. Howard, Mike Costantino, Monica and Mandy, William Sutton Lodge, Donna Nelson Cotter, Alice and Gerald Lynch, Giansiracusa family, Benevento Companies, AAFCPAS, Inc., McIlroy family, Saugus American Legion Post 210, Brendan, Nicole and Jayden Harris, Ryan Knight and family, Joseph Dion and Debra Dion Faust, Scott Crabtree, Dorothy Amsden, Saugus High School Class of 1967 graduate Rick Kotchian, J. Carter Veal Company, Park Press, Frank Carey, Mikedis family, Edward C. Service, Jr., Cliftondale Lodge 193-I.O.O.F., New England World Series.
Patty Vellucci, Saugus Legion baseball, Kyle Shinnick, Richard Stead, John Ustas, Anthony Cogliano, Border Cafe, Carl and Karen Spencer, Gene and Arlene DeCareau, Howard family, Caruso Corp., Han Soo Lho, D.M.D., Leahy Landscaping, In memory of Al Robichaud, In memory of Marie Arinello, In memory of Charles M.A. Stack, III, In memory of Manuel Valerio, In memory of Maureen Sekenski, In memory of Robert and Elsie Davis, In memory of Danny Panico, In memory of Jon Hamilton Gillis, In memory of Joseph Jon Gillis, In memory of Cathy Ferreira, In memory of Connie Filosa, In memory of Carol Cox, In memory of Saugus High School coach Lenny Wall, In memory of Robert J. Cameron, In memory of Robert D. Anderson, In memory of Stephen L. Fauci, In memory of Deborah Bancroft.
In memory of David S. Berkowitch, In memory of Wendy L. Reed, In memory of Norman W. Peach, In memory of Maurice Cunningham, In memory of George and Ruth Gove, In memory of Leona M. (Noni) Fuller, In memory of Josephine A. Petrone, In memory of Patrick F. Petrone, Sr., In memory of Dr. Frederick Wagner, In memory of Coach Mike Annese, In memory of Ed Trainor, Jr., In memory of Walter and Helen Whitney, In memory of Andrew, Rose and Richard Poolya, In memory of Loretta Poolya McLaughlin, In memory of Bob Emerson, In memory of Joanne L. Baginsky, In memory of Stephen E. Anderson, In memory of Kevin Boynton, In memory of umpire Joe Pascucci and In memory of Henry “Bunky” McKeever.
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