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Friday, March 30, 2018
Revere students show their support at gun violence protest By Sara Brown
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evere High School senior Christian Sawyer considers himself a student activist, which is why he had to be at the March For Our Lives on March 27. “I knew I just had to be there,” he said. Thousands of students took to the streets of Boston to protest gun violence, in an event which was organized to show support for the survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last month that left 17 people dead. “It was amazing to see so many of my peers use their voice for something good,” said Sawyer. Sawyer said he grew up in a post-9/11 generation that doesn’t know what it feels like to feel safe and secure. “School shootings are a common thing for us,” he said. “This isn’t right. We should feel safe wherever we go.” Sawyer wants commonsense gun laws to be put in place
RHS students, along with Mayor Brian Arrigo and city officials, display their signs on the steps of Revere City Hall last week.
and also doesn’t feel like arming teachers would make students safer. In fact, he worries that it could cause more problems. He also believes no citizen needs guns like AR-15s.
“Anyone who thinks they need an AR-15 to protect themselves has a big misunderstanding of what those guns are supposed to do,” he said. Sawyer also took part in the
student walkout on March 14. Since school was canceled because of a snowstorm, the walkout happened outside the steps of City Hall. “I think its great people are
beginning to listen to our voices,” he said. “I really do think we can make a difference if we speak our minds.”
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Russo Flooring & Interiors offers the future in carpeting By Jim Mitchell
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Phil Russo, owner of Russo’s Flooring & Interiors, shows the Air.0 carpeting display offering a wide array of colors and designs. The showroom is located at 31 Osprey Rd., Rte. 1 South, Saugus in the old Brenner’s Party Store and Shoe Barn. See their ad in today’s Advocate for their March special or call for more information and free estimates at 781-289-9676 or e-mail Contact@Russoflooring.com.
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hil Russo, the owner and operator of Russo Flooring & Interiors, knows a good thing when he see it; and as luck would have it, he’s been blessed with an opportunity that no other flooring store owner has: to be the first retail seller of Air.0 carpeting; the new hypoallergenic carpet that’s stain and moisture resistant. “This is the next generation product, said Russo about the Air.0 carpeting. “This is something manufacturers have been talking about for 30 years.” Russo said the hypoallergen-
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