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The operator of the North Hill Golf Course, embroiled in a legal dispute with the town, has taken his fight directly to the Board of Selectmen. But Duxbury’s town counsel has filed a motion to have the en-tire case thrown out.

Johnson Golf Manage-ment sued the town last year after Town Manager Richard MacDonald gave North Hill’s management contract to an-other firm, Calm Golf out of Rockland. They obtained an injunction from a Middlesex

Superior Court judge that al-lowed them to run the course until the legal dispute was re-solved.

Because the town was getting paid and Johnson was running the course, the dispute had quieted down over the last couple of months. However, on Jan. 14, Town Counsel Robert Troy served Johnson Golf with a motion for summary judge-ment, asking a judge to imme-diately take action and dismiss the suit.

On Jan. 25, Doug Johnson


The search for Duxbury’s next superintendent can move forward, now that the School Committee has chosen a search firm.

Future Management Sys-tems of Beverly will serve as a consultant as Duxbury sifts through resumes and conducts interviews to seek a replace-ment for Susan Skeiber, who announced several weeks ago that she would be leaving at the end of the school year. Al-though the final decision rests with the School Committee, Future Management Systems will help reach out to appli-cants and will hold workshops with the search committee.

School Committee mem-bers felt that all of the appli-cants –– Future Management Systems, J. A. Roy Associate, the Massachusetts Association of School Committees and the New England School Devel-opment Council or NESDEC –– were capable of doing the job.

“They all offered very

IN THE ROUGH: Harsh words in golf dispute

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Volunteer award nominations open

Last year’s Community Volunteer Awards honored 21 of Duxbury’s most dedicated volunteers during a ceremony at The Village at Duxbury.


They work behind the scenes, in kitchens and on the sidelines throughout town. Year after year, day after day, hour af-

ter hour, they give of their time and of themselves without asking for fame or fortune in return. This spring, it will be time to turn the tables and recog-nize the selfless volunteers of Duxbury.

Nominations are now open for the Communi-ty Volunteer of the Year, sponsored by the Welch Healthcare and Retirement Group. The Duxbury Community Volunteer Award celebrates the spirit of civic responsibility through community ser-vice by honoring an exemplary Duxbury citizen


Search firm pickedSchool board taps Future Mgmt. Systems

PICK ME: Prospective student Emily Merlin details the dramas of her life for sympathetic college interviewer Danny Brockwell in “13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview,” part of the DHS Senior Class plays. Photo by Karen Wong

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Experience the hottest new sound in music with four of the northeast’s leading collegiate a cappella groups. Musicians from Skidmore College, Northeastern Uni-versity, Trinity College and New York University, along with Duxbury’s own PAC Men, will be performing on Saturday, Mar. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Duxbury Performing Arts Center. This will be fun for the whole family, so buy your tickets early. Pre-sale tickets are $12 adults, $10 students, or $30 family of four and are available at ticketalternative.com, by phone, 877-725-8849, or locally at Depot Street Mar-ket, the Studio, Westwinds, and Music Unlimited. Box office prices are $15 adults, $10 students, and $40 for a family four pack. All pro-ceeds benefit the Paul S. Fortini Foundation.

Showing of Historical Society mini-documentary

The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society will host a showing of their recently produced short documentary, “In the Days of King Caesar: The Weston Estate on Powder Point.” The documentary was produced last summer in coor-dination with the bicentennial celebration of the King Caesar House. The video features a computer generated simulation of the houses and industrial buildings belonging to “King Caesar,” (or Ezra Weston II) Duxbury’s legendary ship-builder, as they appeared in the early 19th century. After the showing, Felty and Browne will discuss the making of the video. The original, 19th cen-tury plans and architectural drawings on which the anima-tion was based will be on dis-play.

The event will take place on Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Drew Archival Library in the Wright Building, 147 St. George St. Refreshments will be served. There is no charge for the event. Those with ques-tions may call the society at 781-934-6106.

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U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt announced this week that the towns of Plymouth, Dux-bury and Kingston have been awarded more than $155,861 million to enhance emergency response efforts by their fire departments.

“I want to congratulate the Plymouth, Duxbury and Kingston Fire Departments on their awards, which will upgrade equipment and boost firefighter training,” said Delahunt. “When I meet with fire chiefs and firefighters from around the district, they have expressed strong support for the Assistance to Firefight-ers Grants program, which has proven its value year after

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Staff writer Susanna Shee-han and Editor Justin Graeber took home a first-place award in the “Editorial Supplement or Special Section” category for their work on the annual Town Meeting preview. The NENPA judges called it “one of the best voters’ guides I’ve seen in a long time. Clear con-cise issue-by-issue analysis coupled with highly effective consumer-impact graphics. Billed as a ‘plain sense’ voters’ guide, it is that, but it is also one of the most sophisticated.” They also won a second-place award for government report-ing for the guide.

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for the Year in Photos special supplement. The graduation issue won first-place for “Best Advertising Supplement.” The

NENPA judges praised the yearbook format and the per-sonal touch applied to adver-tising.

AWARD-WINNINg: Clipper Staff Writer Susanna Sheehan, Editor Justin graeber and Advertising Manager Robin Nudd hold the paper’s first place awards from the weekend’s New England Newspaper and Press Association’s “Better Newspaper Contest.”

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the Duxbury Music Festival preview concert in our Jan. 27 issue, the photos were incorrectly credited. The pic-tures were taken by Kathy Dixon.

In last week’s story “Do-nato calls for AG investiga-tion,” the story contained an incorrect date because of an editing error. The town sent out its request for bids for the North Hill Golf Course in Oc-tober of 2008, not October of 2009 as stated in the article.

In July, a group of teenag-ers from Holy Family Parish will give up a week of their summer vacation to travel hundreds of miles in cramped vans, sleep on the floor of an old school or hospital, to help change the lives of people whom they have never met, but who are in great need. For each of the past seven years, teenagers have participated in the Appalachian Service Project, a Christian service or-ganization that repairs homes for the poorest of the poor in the Appalachian mountain re-

gions of West Virginia, Ten-nessee and Kentucky. Hun-dreds of families, living far below the poverty level, apply to the ASP organization for as-sistance with essential home repairs –leaking roofs, broken pipes, crumbling foundations, etc. With financial assistance from our community, these teens donate their time and la-bor to help make these homes warmer, safer and drier – and perhaps restore some dignity to these families’ otherwise difficult lives.

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Deferred fixed annuities are issued by insurance companies and are not insured by the U.S. government. They are backed by the financial strength of the issu-ing insurance company, regardless of the amount. Therefore, before purchasing an annuity, you should make sure the issuing insurance company is financially sound. You can determine financial strength by requesting the findings of inde-pendent rating companies such as Moody’s, A.M. Best, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch. These companies evaluate the financial strength of insurance companies and publish ratings that give their assessments of each company.

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During their review this week of the eighteen financial articles that will face voters at March’s Town Meeting, se-lectmen gave a lukewarm re-ception to the idea of creating a salary reserve account used to pay collective bargaining agreements after the close of town meeting.

Finance Director John Madden floated the idea as a way to fund union contracts that are settled after Town Meeting finishes. Madden said he wanted the town to have the option to have the article, al-though he did not recommend any dollar amount for it.

Often union contracts will be settled between town meet-ings and the pay raises will be retroactive. Having a salary reserve account would allow the town to fund that retroac-tive portion, said Madden.

“This is to honor agree-ments made between town meetings,” he said.

The alternative is to call a special Town Meeting to fund the contracts and this carries with it a cost for the town, said Madden.

Union contracts that are settled and ratified before Town Meeting are funded through a warrant article either at the special Town Meeting or the annual meeting or both, depending upon the time peri-ods the contracts cover.

Selectmen voted 2-1 to support the salary reserve ar-ticle, which is special Town Meeting warrant article nine.

Selectmen Chairman Betsy Sullivan voted against endors-ing the article, saying she did not like the lack of oversight she felt came with it.

“There has always been an amount of checks and bal-ances,” said Sullivan. “I am a little uncomfortable to not have that.”

Selectman Jon Witten wondered how unions would react if this account was set up and had a set amount in it that was public knowledge.

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pot of money is there and ev-eryone knows about it before they begin contract negotia-tions?” asked Witten.

When reached after the meeting, Madden acknowl-edged that could happen but said that wasn’t his thinking when he proposed this article. He likened this article to the annual personnel article in which Town Meeting agrees to a sum of money to be used for raises for certain town em-ployees and then town manag-ers distribute these funds.

In addition to STM article nine, selectmen discussed and voted to support seventeen other financial articles that will appear in both the special and the annual Town Meeting.

Selectmen approved spe-cial Town Meeting article one for departmental transfers. This includes $10,000 to cov-er emergency overtime costs for the Fire Department and $15,000 for ambulance sup-plies and ambulance billing.

This article also includes an $80,000 transfer to the snow and ice removal budget for the DPW. Currently, that budget is in the red by more than $56,000.

Article one also lists a $33,720 transfer to veteran’s services to pay for additional bills. These are reimbursable by 75 percent from the state.

There is also a $226,000 transfer to cover unemploy-ment compensation, and be-

cause the Percy Walker pool is expected to re-open in April, there needs to be funding to staff it. STM article one in-cludes a transfer of $44,750 for pool salaries and $21,125 for pool expenses.

Finally, there is a $176,400 transfer to the unemployment trust fund.

All these transfers will be paid from the town’s free cash account.

Selectmen endorsed STM article 2 for unpaid bills in the amount of $6,667.34 and they also approved STM 3 for $95,000 to fund four school-related union contracts.

In STM article 5, select-men supported the creation of an enterprise fund to run the Percy Walker pool after it reopens. With this type of ac-count, fees collected from pool users will go toward operating the pool. Additional funds in the enterprise account can be set aside and used for capital expenses when needed.

With special Town Meet-ing article six, Madden is pro-posing transferring money to an unemployment trust fund an anticipation of additional unemployment costs the town must pay due to the bad econ-omy.

Currently there is a $176,500 deficit in the unem-ployment trust that the town must cover, said Madden. This will be taken care of in article one for departmental transfers. But Madden does not want to run a deficit in the future and is hoping voters agree to ap-propriating $200,000 into this account to take care of future needs.

In STM article 7, selectmen agreed that $29,000 in leftover debt from the Birch Street wa-ter tank project should be paid off using free cash instead of bonded.

The final special Town Meeting article selectmen supported would transfer $300,000 from free cash to the town’s stabilization fund to help it maintain its triple-A bond rating.

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The Duxbury Beach Pres-ervation Society is now accept-ing entries for the 2010 Youth Beach Art Contest. The theme of the contest is “Down by the Sea.” Participants will create images of their favorite aspects of the beach and ocean.

The contest is open to all students from pre-k through grades 12 and using all types of media including crayons, watercolor, acrylics, draw-ing, and photography. We are encouraging all children who love the beach to participate in this contest. One masterpiece will be chosen for the program cover for our education book-lets distributed in Chandler School, and other art works will be published on our Web

site duxburybeach.com. Win-ning art work may need to be modified to fit the size of the booklets: 4 3/4” wide by 7 5/8” high (vertical orientation).

Submit your art work at the Duxbury Free Library by dropping it into the box out-side the Children’s Room by Friday, Feb. 13 and contact [email protected] if you have any questions. In-clude a cover page with the

artist’s name, age, contact in-formation (e-mail, address and phone number), and the name of the work of art.

Mark your calendar for our first Art Show on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Merry Room of the Duxbury Free Library. Re-freshments will be served. The winners will be announced and awards will be given at 11 a.m.

Calling all artists

Democrats to caucusThe Duxbury Democratic Town Committee will be holding

the annual caucus to elect delegates who will attend the Dem-ocratic State Convention in June. The meeting will be in the Merry Room at the Duxbury Public Library, Saturday, Feb. 20, 10-12 a.m. Those of you who have questions can contact Tina Kerkam, Secretary, 781-588-4765 or [email protected].

IN RELATED TOWN BUSINESS

• Approved annual Town Meeting article three, the compensation of elected offi-cials for a total of $79,040. This includes a $2,000 raise for the town clerk, bringing the recommended salary to $69,000.

• Approved a $54 million FY2011 operating budget in Article 5 and a $1.47 million capital budget in Article 6.

• Approved article 10 to reau-thorize three revolving funds, for the Council on Aging, the Jaycox Christmas tree farm, and the town’s GIS account These are done annually.


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Recently I spent a week up in the mountains in Central Mexico. Thanks to the coldest weather there in thirty-three years, our birding was drastically

curtailed but one rare sunny day we did make it to a wildlife sanctuary just outside of town. At first we searched for flying things with no luck, but eventually as the day warmed up a bit, mariposas appeared. Butterflies I had never seen before: golden-winged ones with little exclamation marks on their

wings, flitty little pinkish ones, dark-winged ones the size of Monarchs. A deep orange one with delicate brown tracery turned out to be a Mexican Fritillary.

Eventually the trailside brush produced a few gnatcatchers and a drab warbler or two but the chilly air and stiff wind kept most of the little birds hunkered down. There were some ducks far away on a nearby river but not even my Bausch and Lomb’s were good enough for me to make them out. So while my companion went exploring, I chose to let the birds come to me.

I found a sunny rock and propping my binoculars on my chest settled down on my back to observe Mexican clouds. It had been a long time since we had seen the sun for an entire afternoon and I was just happy not to be shivering. The sky was a beautiful Mexican azure with fluffy white serapes floating across it. Just as my birding companion disappeared down the trail, a dark shadow crossed the sky. I looked straight up in time to see what seemed to be a huge hawk flying lazily from the river on my right, across the sky above to circle over the Information building. It was big and black with large white “windows” at the ends of its wings, a white head and white tail.

I nearly fell off my rock trying to find the bird in my bird book. And there it was, a Crested Caracara! The national bird of Mexico! It is a member of the falcon family although it seemed to have none of a falcon’s personality. It was not particularly fast or agile. It looked more like a medium-sized black and white hawk. It circled slowly above me unlike falcons that usually buzz by like greased lightening.

I was fascinated by the beauty of the bird but when I saw its picture in the bird book I realized that I had not seen some of its loveliest features. Caracaras have long elegant white throats and necks that end at the face in a bright yellow/orange. The bill is powder blue! The glossy black head feathers form the modest crest that gives the bird its name. With long yellow legs this mostly black and white bird is spectacular!

Caracaras are carrion eaters and compete with vultures for food. They are smaller than vultures but are strong hunters and sometime kill living prey. This bird is the subject of much Mexican folklore and is thought to be the original bird of the early Mexican flag. Caracaras are known to be unafraid of man which could itself be enough to give rise to tales of encounters between the two groups. The closest place to see a Caracara is Texas where some members of this species are often seen.

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with a participating adult can learn basic cake decorating skills on Thursday, Feb. 18 from 6:30-8 p.m. in the chil-dren’s department program room. Children’s librarian Nancy Denman will guide you in practicing your new skills on cupcakes that you provide. Advance registra-tion is required and begins on Thursday, Feb. 4 by phone 781-934-2721, x115 or in person at the children’s desk. Space is limited so past par-ticipants cannot be accom-modated.

Dog licenses availableMail-in dog license renewals are up to date. If you sub-

mitted a request to renew by mail and have not received your dog’s tag, the request was received without a check, current rabies certificate or self-addressed stamped envelope. Contact the Town Clerk’s office at 781-934-1100 x150 for more infor-mation.

Licenses will now be issued over the counter. As a re-minder, a copy of your dog’s current rabies certificate is required to issue a license. Our office hours are Monday 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Valentine workshop at the ACMEnjoy a free family valentine workshop in the gallery at the

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Town Meeting voters will be asked to approve a change to the Duxbury personnel by-law that will allow town em-ployees to use their sick days to care for their family mem-bers and not just themselves.

Entitled “Family sick time,” the new section allows employees to take up to 40 hours of their available sick time per fiscal year to care for an ill member of their immedi-ate family. Currently, employ-ees are only allowed to take sick time when they them-selves are ill.

Duxbury selectmen dis-cussed and approved this change and one other at their meeting Monday night with Human Resources Director Jeannie Horne and the person-nel board.

Selectmen Chairman Betsy Sullivan said she would like to see the bylaw define what con-stitutes an immediate family

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Wayne Heward said the by-law should follow the Family Medical Leave Act, which has a clear definition of immediate family. Horne agreed to add it to the bylaw.

Another change to the by-law makes part-time employ-ees who work less than 20 hours a week eligible for paid vacation and personal and sick days. As this practice currently is in place, it made sense to al-ter the bylaws to fit the reality, said Horne. However, part-time workers hired after this July will not be eligible for this type of time off.

In other business, select-men:

• Voted for a one-day li-quor license for the Shipwreck Ball fundraiser for Duxbury Bay Maritime School on Sat. Feb. 27 from 6:30-1:30 pm.

• Witnessed Town Clerk Nancy Oates swear in Michael Cardoza of Falmouth as the

Duxbury’s newest firefighter/paramedic. Cardoza served as with the Marines in Fallujah, Iraq and has ten years of Na-val service.

• Voted to grant a permit to the Duxbury Education Foun-dation to run the July Fourth road race as an annual fund-raiser.

• Approved two ballot questions to send to the town clerk for the March town elec-tion. Question one asks voters to exempt from the provisions of Proposition two and a-half the costs of the architectural, engineering and design ser-vices to prepare contract bid documents for a renovated fire station. Called a debt exclu-sion, this question would raise property taxes to pay for the design of an updated fire sta-tion. The second question asks voters to do the same thing to pay for the design and con-struction of a new crematory and cemetery office building.

WELCOME ABOARD: Town Clerk Nancy Oates swears in Michael Cardoza of Falmouth as the Duxbury’s newest firefigher/paramedic. Cardoza served with the Marines in Fallujah, Iraq and has ten years of Naval service. Fire Chief Kevin Nord is in the background.

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Jessica Straus’ work at The Art Complex Museum from Feb. 21 through May 16 proves that limitations provide rich fodder for invention. Her widgets are crafted with the pared down elements of hand-carved and painted balls, pegs, and jointed segments. Straus marries her hand-crafted wooden elements with found metal forms, some familiar, others enigmatic. Her inven-tions stretch the definition of function and celebrate the quirkiness of the individual in a swipe at mass production. Exhibit will be in the Pheonix Gallery.

Straus will also exhibit her “Little Red Dress” series. Small carved female figures, stoically poised in various

precarious positions, leave the viewer at once alarmed and chuckling in self recognition. As in all of Straus’ work, the line between levity and gravity is crossed and recrossed, and held in delicate balance.

Educated at Brown Uni-versity, Kansas City Art Insti-tute, and Cranbrook Academy

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Senior center newsLunch... Monday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30

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Pet food drive... We will be contributing donations of pet food and supplies to help people that might be having trouble caring for their special pets during these tough economic times. Pet food donations may be left in marked boxes in the lobby of the Senior Center through Feb. 14. Our local shelters will dis-tribute the food after collection.

New Program for South Shore LGBT Seniors... South Shore Elder Services is pleased to announce the start of a monthly Saturday brunch for the older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community beginning Feb. 27 at 10 a.m. at 196 Elm St. in Braintree at the Hall of the Unitarian Church (All Souls) and continuing on the last Saturday of each month. Con-tact Maryanne Ryan at 781-848-3939, x325 or e-mail [email protected] for more information.

Dakim Brain Fitnesss... The Duxbury Senior Center is privileged to have been selected as a pilot location for a Dakim BrainFitness computer unit to afford citizens of our community a fun and challenging workout for the brain to empower aging adults, to decrease their risk of developing dementia and to of-fer a way to exercise and maintain healthy brains just as we do the body. Please stop by or call to be registered for the system. There is no charge to take advantage of this great opportunity. A single session lasts 15-20 minutes.

Spring into Good Health... A unique, 10-week program funded by the Grafton Foundation is available through the Dux-bury Senior Center for adults 60 and over to participate in a Fitness and Educational curriculum to promote healthy living among older adults. Candidates should not be currently enrolled in an exercise program and willing to commit to 10 weeks in either a self-guided or structured series of exercise units. Both pre- and post-evaluations will be conducted with the help of Plymouth Fitness professional instructors. Exercise classes by Plymouth Fitness and Senior Center fitness instructors, educa-tional programs on nutrition and stress-management by Jordan Hospital and RHCI, and healthy cooking classes by chefs from The Village at Duxbury will be available to participants, as well as regular weigh-ins. Please call Joanne at 781-934-5774, x102 or Linda, x103, if interested in participating.

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Jack Bostrom ➢ , a junior at Gettysburg College, Pa., has been placed on the deans’ honor list for outstanding academic achievement in the Fall 2009. Gettysburg College students with a GPA of 3.60 or higher are placed on the dean’s honor list.

Five Duxbury students have ➢been named to the dean’s list at Bentley College in Waltham. Congratulations to Troy Nev-ille, a junior majoring in man-agement, Kyle Anderson, a senior majoring in economics and finance, Molly Clough, a junior majoring in accountancy, Kara Gould, a senior major-ing in marketing, and Kelley Markella, a sophomore major-ing in business.

Amanda Woodgate ➢ , a sec-ond year student at the College of the Holy Cross majoring in history, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semes-ter. Amanda is the daughter of Brad and Elaine Woodgate of Evergreen Street.

Jaie Maria Connolly ➢ has been named to the dean’s list at Endicott College in Beverly. Jamie is a senior majoring in psychology and the daughter of James and Regina Connelly.

Fairfield University in ➢Connecticut has announced its dean’s list for the fall 2009 se-mester. Congratulations go out to senior Stephanie Gilbody, junior Caroline McGuirk, sophomore Meredith Hab-good, senior Dennis Donovan, senior Sarah Turner, and soph-omore Sullivan Smith.

Sarah Wooley ➢ has been placed on the Siena College dean’s list for the fall 2009 se-mester. Sarah is majoring in psychology.

Northeastern University has ➢announced its’ dean’s list for the fall semester. Congratulations to Thomas Fiset, computer sci-ence and mathematics, Jessica Lizza, civil engineering, Bren-don Sullivan, business adminis-tration, Colin Brumley, music, Alexandra Homsy, physical therapy, Amy Hunt, nursing, Alyson Metscher, graphic de-sign, Samantha Wyllie, cultural anthropology, and Dana Zabil-ski, communication studies.

Many interested residents ➢attended Duxbury Free Li-brary’s Sunday Salon Series presentation, the Birds of Dux-bury Beach, given by Mass. Audubon’s John Galluzzo. Mr. Galluzzo covered the many spe-cies of birds that spends time at the beach each year, as well as the problems various species endure.

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Brownie Troop 80581 joined youth around the world sending Messages of Hope to the children and youth of Haiti through Jane goodall’s Roots & Shoots organization. The girls made cards with inspirational messages to show their support. For more information regarding this outreach go to rootsandshoots.org, the National Youth Leadership Council. Third grade Brownies pictured are: Back row; Julia Wonkka, Abbey Zelvis and Fionna Nagle. Front row: Erin Mathews and Lauren Zak

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DSU newsBlack and white: The sixth and seventh grade packed the

house on Friday night with the Black & White Dance. It was our biggest dance yet, with tons of great dance mixes and priz-es. Many thanks to Lisa Keohan, our parent volunteers and the dance committee for an awesome night!

Freaky Friday: Friday, Feb. 12 is Freaky Friday from 2-5 p.m. Kick off school vacation and join your friends for fun, entertainment and must have munchies at our second Freaky Friday event. We’ve got karaoke, board games, bingo and a little Zumba on the main level. Movie madness will be held in the lounge. The game room and computer lab are open with all your favorite activities. Alden members, $10 and nonmem-bers $20, DMS members $5 and nonmembers $10. Advance registrations are required. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to [email protected].

Fist Full of Fun Vacation Camp: Camp is Tuesday, Feb. 16 and Wednesday, Feb. 17. During school vacation, we’ll be bringing together all our friends favorite activities from Freaky Fridays, Professional Day and half-day programs to create a vacation camp experience your child cannot get anywhere else. There will be Mardi Gras activities (Fat Tuesday’s pancake lunch) and numerous indoor and outdoor activities that include music, arts, sports, movies and non-stop action. Hours are flexible. Come all day or drop in for a half-day program. The Blender Cafe will also be open for smoothies, snacks and hot-dogs. Daily programs are $35 for members and $45 for mon-members, half-day programs are $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Advance registrations are required. If interested, send an e-mail to [email protected] . We also need four volunteers to help during vacation camp. Students 13 years and older can volunteer for community service hours or free attendance. Send us an email to share why you would be a good role model and volunteer at our Fist Full of Fun camp.

Harmony for Haiti: Maddy Clarke and her Harmony for Haiti committee, Makai McClintock, Christina Auer, Kris Dowling, Gillian Desmarais, Luke and Ike Fontaine, are work-ing on a coffee house style fundraiser event on Friday, Feb. 26 from 7-10 p.m. Please join them for an evening of hope, help and harmony for the people of Haiti.

The DSU Black and White Dance Committee hosted a hugely suc-cessful event. Back row: Jake Kent, Cam Anello, Maryellen Slayter, Wesley Horton, Sean Haney. Middle row: Caleb Keohan and Clare Kennedy. Front row: Morgan Ravenscroft, Cammy Schiller, Lisa Keohan and Madison Vuilluemeir.

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Religious ServicesDuxbury Houses of WorshipFirst Baptist Church of DuxburyDr. Kevin Cassidy2 Tremont St.Phone: 934-6095Website: www.fbcd.org, email: [email protected]

Holy Family ChurchChurch and CCD Center, Tremont StRev. Msgr. William Glynn, PastorRev. Francis Chase, Parochial VicarPhone: 934-5055 Fax: 781-934-5796Mass Schedule: Saturdays, 5 pm; Sundays, 7, 8:30,10, and 11:30 am, with babysitting available at 8:30and 10 Masses. Daily Mass: Monday-Saturday, 8:15.

Pilgrim Church United Church of Christ404 Washington St.Rev. Kenneth C. Landall, Sr. PastorPhone: 934-6591Email: [email protected]. Pilgrim Childcare and Preschool. Sunday worshipand Church school at 9 am.

New Covenant FellowshipTarkiln Community Center, Rte 53, Summer StDavid Woods, PastorPhone: 585-8628Sundays: Contemporary praise and worship at 10. Sundayschool and youth group after opening worship. Communionfirst Sun. of the month. Women’s Discovery and men ofPromise homegroups.

Church of St. John the EvangelistEpiscopal410 Washington St. Box 2893The Rev. William Eddy, Interim PriestPhone: 934-6523Service at 8 and 10 am.

First Church of Christ Scientist243 Parks St.Phone: 934-6434Sun.: Service at 10:30. Sunday school for youth to 20 at 10:30.Wed.: Service at 8 pm, readings from the Bible and Science andHealth. Childcare provided. Reading Room: 17 Standish St.,Hours: Tue. through Fri., 10-1; Sat., 9-3.

First Parish ChurchUnitarian Universalist842 Tremont StRev. Catherine Cullen, MinisterPhone: 934-6532Sundays: Worship service at 10:30, nursery and childcareavailable.

St. Paul’s Church of the Nazarene136 Summer St.Phone: 585-3419Monday-Friday: Noah’s Ark Day School for ages 2 yrs 9months to kindergarten. Call for information, 582-1778.Nursery is provided for all services.

High St. United Methodist ChurchHigh and Taylor Sts.Rev. Barbara Kszystyniak, PastorPhone: 585-9863Sundays: Worship service and Sunday School at 10,nursery care available.

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Zion Lutheran Church386 Court St., No. Plymouth, Rev. C. Robert Stott, Phone: 508-746-3041

Congregation Beth JacobSynagogue: 8 Pleasant St. Plymouth, Community Center, Court/Brewster St. LawrenceSilverman, Rabbi, Phone: 508-746-1575.

South Shore QuakerPhone: 781-749-4383, Turkey Hill Lane, Hingham, (off Rte. 228 at the library/town hallcomplex off Levitt St., up the hill to Turkey Hill Lane).

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)379 Gardner St., So. Hingham, Bishop John Howe, Phone: 781-293-2520, Sundaysyear round: Family worship at 10 am.

St. Mark of Epheseus Orthodox Mission261 Main St., Kingston, Rev. Terrence McGillicuddy, Phone: 781-585-8907

Islamic Center of New England Mosques470 South St., Quincy, 671-479-8341, 74 Chase Dr., Sharon, 781-784-0434

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Douglas (Doug) Holman MacGarvey, 68, died Feb. 4 at the home of his brother, Commo-dore Ronald E. MacGarvey (USN Retired) of Duxbury. Originally from Melrose, Mr. Mac-Garvey was the son of the late Mildred Holman MacGarvey and George Elliot MacGarvey. He attended Frederick College and Old Dominion University in Virginia and was a 1959 gradu-ate of Darien High School in Connecticut. A maritime consultant and former cruise line ex-ecutive, he was a pioneer in the cruise industry and the founder of two cruise lines, Sea Venture Cruises and Tropicana Cruises. He was a se-nior vice president with Cunard Line in New York for 13 years, and part of the launch team for Regency Cruises, serving on that company’s first executive team, and later serving as presi-dent of Miami-based SeaEscape Cruises. Dur-ing the U.S. Senate hearings on the Jones Act, Mr. MacGarvey testified as an expert witness representing the cruise industry. He was also a partner and president for Cuisine Sous Vide, a Vermont food manufacturing company and founder and president of Royal Tahitian Cruis-es and International Maritime Group. Earlier in his career, he held positions with TWA in Wash-ington, D.C., National Airlines in Norfolk, Va., and served a tour in the U.S. Navy.

Mr. MacGarvey was an avid sailor and surfer, as well as an accomplished hockey play-

er. He captained the 1959 Darien High School hockey team, played one year of semi-pro hockey in Washington, D.C., and later coached Darien youth hockey. He traveled to Hawaii frequently to surf the “big surf” and as a mem-ber of the Virginia Beach Jaycees in the 1960s, helped bring the East Coast Surfing Champion-ships to Virginia Beach, establishing it as an an-nual event.

Mr. MacGarvey leaves his wife Clarice Bartel MacGarvey of Miami, Fla.; two sons, Mark MacGarvey and his wife Jeannine of Mt. Ephraim, N.J., and Douglas MacGarvey Jr. of Miami, Fla.; a daughter, Lisa Michele Mac-Garvey of Atlanta, Ga.; a brother, Ronald E. MacGarvey and his wife Dawn of Duxbury; two sisters, Georgine Holman MacGarvey and her husband, Steven Holman of Dorset, Vt. and Hon. Judith MacGarvey Livingston of Man-chester, Vt.; two grandchildren; his aunt and cousin; ten nieces and nephews and nine grand nieces and nephews.

Memorial services for Mr. MacGarvey will be held Friday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. at First Parish Church in Duxbury. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to Old Colony Hospice, 1 Credit Union Way, Randolph, MA 02368. Ar-rangements are being handled by Shepherd Fu-neral Home in Kingston.

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Ms. Mueller grew up in West Roxbury and graduated from Roslindale High School. She graduated from Boston Clerical School and at-tended Boston College. She was a secretary for Duxbury High School from 1965-1982.

Ms. Mueller leaves her children Michael Joseph Mueller, Maryellen Severini, Kathy Flanigan, and Greg Mueller; her brother Rich-ard Cutcliffe and the late Alice, Joseph, Paul, and Helen Cutcliffe and the late Rita Sanford, Laurentine Lyon and Winifred Hogan. She also

leaves four grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass will take place at Holy Family Church in Duxbury on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 11 a.m. Visiting hours will take place at the Richard Davis Funeral Home, 373 Court St., Plymouth from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Burial will be private. In lieu of flow-ers donations in her memory may be made to Duxbury Beach Preservation Society, P.O. Box 1364, Duxbury, MA 02332 or Disabled Ameri-can Veterans of America, P.O. Box 14301, Cin-cinnati, OH 45250.

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SAVE THE DATE: The 29th annual Duxbury spring antique show will be held on Saturday, March 27 and Sunday, March 28 at DHS sponsored by the Boosters to benefit the Duxbury High School athletic program. The kick-off meeting was held recently at Foodie’s. Front Row: Margaret Brook, Sheila Tenaglia, Joanne Williams (co-chairwoman), Donna Owen and Barbara Kosharek. Back row: Susie Caliendo, Ashley Mohrman, Chris Coakley, Maureen Leese, Kathy Dame, Carolyn Harasimowicz, Laurie gallagher, Karen griffen, Laura Lawson, Lisa Webber (co-chairwoman) and Ann Mullins. Call Joanne Williams at 781-934-0111 for more information or to volunteer.

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Friend S. Weiler, Sr., of 7 Trout Farm Road, is a candidate

for town moderator, the posi-tion held for the last 24 years by Allan Bornheimer. Weiler has lived in Duxbury for 32 years with his wife Candy. Their two sons, Friend, Jr. and Eric, are graduates of Duxbury High School. Weiler is a senior vice president of HarborOne Credit Union, where he started up a commercial lending divi-sion in 2009. He has been in commercial banking for most of his adult life. He has had numerous leadership roles at various banking institutions as a team leader, division head, and president.

“I am very excited about the opportunity to serve Dux-bury as its next town modera-tor. I have had the pleasure of working with Allan over the years and have admired his leadership. I feel that my ex-perience in banking has helped prepare me for this new role. I have managed large numbers of people, have had numerous opportunities to speak before

large audiences, and have led groups of people from various backgrounds to achieve com-mon goals.”

Weiler’s experience with Duxbury town government goes back to the late 1980s. He first became active as a member of PRIDE, a citizens group that led the effort to get the first and only Proposition 2½ override approval at the 1988 annual Town Meeting. He then served three years on the Finance Committee, chair-ing it in 1992; six years as a member of the Board of Se-lectmen, chairing the board in 1993 and 1995; and six years

as a Conservation Commis-sioner, chairing the commis-sion from 2002-2004. He also served two years on the Town Government Study Committee and chaired the Town Manager Search Committee. He cur-rently serves on the Fiscal Ad-visory Committee.

“I have had the pleasure of seeing Town Meetings up close from various perspectives as an elected official, committee appointee, and private citizen. I am a strong advocate of our Open Town Meeting form of government, and I promise to continue the tradition of strong and impartial leadership as ex-emplified by Allan Bornheimer and Charlie Fargo, bow tie in-cluded!”

Weiler holds a BA from Boston University and an MBA from Suffolk University; he is a graduate of the Stonier School of Banking, Rutgers Universi-ty. He is a Trustee of the South Shore Health and Educational Foundation, a Director of the Old Colony YMCA, and sits on the boards of numerous business associations.

Friend S. Weiler Sr., Candidate for Moderator

I am Christine McLaugh-lin and I am a candidate for School Committee.

I would like to take this oppor-tunity to tell you a few things about myself and my family. My husband Mike and I are the proud parents of four chil-dren, ages 11, 8, 6 and 2, who are all, or soon will be, in the Duxbury school system.

I am an attorney and I have taken time off from ac-tive practice to raise my fam-ily. Previously, I served as an Assistant District Attorney in Plymouth County. In addition to prosecuting criminal cases, I was also the liaison to super-intendents and school admin-istrators in Plymouth County to ensure the appropriate reso-lution of all pending juvenile cases.

More recently, I have en-joyed coaching a Duxbury Youth Softball team, assistant coaching a Duxbury Youth Basketball team, being a member of the Duxbury Youth Basketball Board, teaching re-ligious education at Holy Fam-ily Church and volunteering at Chandler and Alden schools. I

am also a member of the Start Time Implementation and As-sessment Committee.

Growing up in Duxbury, I experienced first hand our town’s inspiring teachers, en-thusiastic leadership, and pride in academic, athletic, and per-sonal excellence. Like many of you, my husband and I chose Duxbury primarily because of its school system. The schools have met or exceeded most of our expectations in educating our children. However, there are areas in which I believe I can help to make needed im-

provements.When elected, I will wel-

come discussion and input from residents before the School Committee votes on any policy that will have a broad impact on our commu-nity. I will actively seek your opinion, and the professional recommendations of our ad-ministrators and teachers as we move forward to define our schools’ goals, priorities, and policies. I will be responsive to the community and consider the needs of all students as we tackle the big issues in front of us such as the search for a new superintendent, prioritizing the budget during this challenging economic time, properly eval-uating policies, and examining future capital school building projects.

This is an exciting time for Duxbury. Over the next several weeks I look forward to talking with you about our schools. With your support, I will work to achieve the stan-dards and excellence we ex-pect and our children deserve. I ask for your vote on March 27.

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“Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story,” will be shown at The Ford Center of Miramar Retreat Center this coming Valentine’s Day Sunday, Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. Though Valen-tine’s Day is typically associ-ated with couples and roman-tic love, the folks at Journey Community of Faith think it’s a great occasion to focus on the love of God.

“Gifted Hands” is the story of a true heroine, Sonya Car-son, a divorced single mom with a third-grade education who raised her two boys in

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One of her sons, Bennie, faced the taunts and ridicule of others in school where he felt he was hopelessly dumb and also dealt with a volcanic tem-per that could have easily ru-ined his life. With his mother’s

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“I don’t feel strongly about it. I think they’re all qualified,” said George Cipolletti, al-though he said he was “tempted to go in a different direction.” Last time the board conducted a search for a superintendent –– three years ago, resulting in the hiring of Skeiber –– they hired NESDEC.

Maureen Connolly said she felt the Cape Cod Collab-orative, who presented to the committee last week, didn’t have enough experience.

The board quickly elimi-nated the collaborative, as well as Jacqueline Roy of J. A. Roy Associates because of a concern that she didn’t have much staff support.

“I’m not comfortable with going with the one person op-eration,” said Karen Wong.

Connolly agreed. “I felt that she was very capable,” she said. “But I also questioned her capacity because she does absolutely everything.”

Wong said she was com-fortable with NESDEC be-cause of their prior experience, but had made some calls to communities who had worked with Future Management Sys-tems with encouraging results.

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“That was easier than I ex-pected,” said Cipolletti after the vote.

The board decided to hold off discussion on the search committee until they can meet with Future Management Sys-tems.

Also at Wednesday’s, meeting, the board heard from Tom Guilfoile of Duxbury Youth Baseball. Guilfoile said that his organization wanted to refurbish the baseball field near Chandler Elementary School. They also want to put a plaque at the Train Field near Alden in memory of Da-vid Murphy, a longtime high school and Legion coach who recently passed away.

“That sounds like a great suggestion,” said Cipolletti.

Guilfoile said that most of the older baseball players in town use the Chandler field, which is maintained by he DPW and youth baseball vol-unteers.

“Over the years we have

tried to make improvements to the field,” he said.

Last year, DYB had the entire infield repaired because of drainage issues, at a cost of around $25,000. However, Guilfoile said the grounds around the field are in disrepair. The backstop is falling apart, and there are no dugouts, so kids often sit on folding chairs or on the grass. Last winter, the batting cage collapsed and has not been rebuilt.

Guilfoile said that DYB is working to raise money for the repairs, but he wanted to bring the issue to the School Com-mittee to obtain the board’s blessing.

“If we were to take baby steps, it is our hope that be-fore the high school baseball season we would at least be able to repair the backstop and build dugouts,” Guilfoile said. “It’s our hope we’ll be able to do all of this with volunteers and donated labor.”

Skeiber also told the com-mittee that Duxbury High School Athletic Director Thom Holdgate has been chosen as the Massachusetts Athletic Director of the Year. Holdgate will receive the honor at the MIAA connection in March.

“We’re certainly thrilled that we have Thom as our ath-letic director,” she said.

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Newcomers’ Club newsFreewheelers Event: Join us this month at Sugar Plum Bak-

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Book Club: Book club will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednes-day, Feb. 24 to discuss “While I Was Gone” by Sue Miller. A list of each month’s selected books is available at Westwinds Bookshop, the Duxbury Free Library and on the Newcomers’ Club Web site at duxburynewcomers.com under the Interest Groups and Book Club Section. Newcomers’ members receive a 10 percent discount on the selected book at Westwinds. For more information about the book club, contact Jennifer Thorn at 781-585-0864 or [email protected].

Family Winter Pool Party: The Family Winter Pool Party will be held Saturday, March 6, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Ha-nover YMCA on Mill Pond Road. Are you looking to get out of the house and enjoy some time with the kids? Please join us for a winter pool party at the YMCA in Hanover. Kids of all ages are welcome. There is a zero-entry pool for the little ones and a large pool and slide for the experienced swimmers. The first hour will be in the pool and the second hour will be a pajama party with refreshments.

Family Trips and Tix: Disney on Ice, Let’s Celebrate! at the TD Garden, Boston, Sunday Feb. 14 at 12 p.m. Tickets are $17 per person. It’s one colossal party on ice, with all your fa-vorite Disney friends. Enjoy a winter wonderland with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, a Halloween haunt with the Disney Villains, a Very Merry Unbirthday Party, a Royal Ball with the Disney Princesses and more in a magical medley of holidays, celebrations and festivals from around the globe. Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar play at The Colonial Theater, 106 Boylston Street, Boston, Saturday, March 20, 11 a.m.– 12 p.m. Ages 4-7 (one hour show, no intermission) Price is approximately $20. The Little Mermaid, Wheelock Family Theater, 200 The Riv-erway, Boston, Sunday April 25 at 3 p.m. Based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. Suggested for ages 5 and up. Tickets are $20 each. If interested in any of these events, please RSVP to [email protected].

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day, Feb. 12, departing at 10:15 a.m. for White’s of Westport, a sweetheart deal for only $57. Show time features “Hey Paesan” performed by Ida Zecco and Jim Porcella. This is a tribute to Connie Francis, Keely Smith, Tony Bennett, Al Martino, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and more. Enjoy a delicious lunch of Italian wedding soup, salmon, or chicken piccata, red bliss po-tatoes, chef’s choice vegetables, spumoni ice cream pie, coffee and tea.

The next trip will be March 16 to Luciano’s at Lake Pearl for Kris Pappas’ St. Patrick’s Day celebration. The cost is $61 and includes a delicious luncheon choice of entrees including corned beef, and an around the world show, featuring musical hits, our own U.S. tribute to Ireland for St. Patrick’s Day, and the O’Brien Irish Step Dancers.

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or citizenry group whose vol-untary contributions of time and talent have made a posi-tive impact on the quality of life in the town.

An advisory board of civ-ic, educational, cultural and business leaders will review the nominations and select a nominee to be honored as the “Duxbury Community Volun-teer” for the year 2010. Final-ists and their nominators will be invited to an awards din-ner at The Village at Duxbury, where all nominees will be recognized.

Last year, the advisory board received so many de-serving nominations they handed out multiple awards.

“There were so many out-standing candidates from so many areas,” said Joanna Dow. “We felt we couldn’t leave out

that many people.”She’s not sure if this year

will see multiple award win-ners as well.

“It will depend on the pool of candidates,” she said.

Nomination forms are available on the Clipper Web site as well as at the Village, the Duxbury Free Library, Town Hall and Westwinds Bookshop.

Dow said that she’s glad to see the nominees expanding into all areas of town life. In the past, she said, most of their honorees worked with seniors. Although the Senior Center still sends in the most nomina-tions, more people from areas like youth sports and town government are being recog-nized.

Dow said she encourages everyone to nominate deserv-ing folks for the award, no matter the size of the contribu-

tion.“They don’t have to be the

biggest volunteer of the year,” she said. “This is about recog-nizing a lot of people.”

Nomination forms are due on March 5. The forms should include a statement describ-ing the contributions of the nominee and how they have impacted the quality of life in Duxbury.

Dow believes it’s more important than ever to recog-nize the contributions of com-munity volunteers.

“More is being left to the citizens and grassroots efforts ... to pick up the slack,” she said. “A lot of the people who do this kind of work don’t do it for the recognition.”

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SINgINg OUT: South Shore Conservatory held a voice recital at the end of January for its 10-12-year-old voice students. Pictured are Justin Conner (of Kingston) Madison Moitoso, Mary Kate Elliot, Iva Briggs and Molly Roche. Their teacher is Lorna Jane Norris.

Interfaith series continuedIslam will be the topic to be discussed at the Interfaith

Understanding Series that continues on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at The Parish Center of Holy Family Church, Duxbury. Dr. James Morris, Professor of Islamic Studies at Boston College will be the speaker.

Buddhism will be the fourth in the Series on Tuesday March 23 , Dr. Christopher Ives, Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College, will be the speaker. Hindu-ism will be the fifth topic in the series on April 20. The speaker on that night will be Catherine Cormille, Profes-sor of Theology at Boston College. The public is cordially invited.


DMS basketball fundraiser for Haiti: Students vs. Teachers

The basketball game was the culminat-ing event of a se-

ries of fundraisers that have been going on at DMS since the earthquake in Haiti. Stu-dents have held bake sales and selling “Help for Haiti” bracelets, pencils and T-shirts, with all proceeds going to the American Red Cross for Haiti. Foodies and Shaws donated bottled waters, Mike and Carol Halloran donated the pencils, and the PTA sponsored the screen on the T-shirts and do-nated snacks for the basketball game. To date, DMS has raised $2,700 and will continue to sell the multitude of remain-ing items over the upcoming weeks. All items are available for sale at DMS through Liz Fitzgerald, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the American Red Cross.

Anna Cat Bouthillier, Celia Borghesani, Matt Feldman, Ciara Brooks, Charlie Ryan, James Sullivan, Jackie Sullivan, Trevor Ditulio, Peter gandt, Ellie Fiskio, gabby Davis, Katie Larsen, Khai Perry, Charlie Murphy, Monica Duggan and Johnny Congdon.

Tess Murphy buys a snack from Mrs. Cindy Hibler.

Khai Perry runs down the court with Matt Hurlbut right on his heels.

Monica Duggan gets ready to make a free throw.

Back Row: Elane Boggs, Stephanie Madden, Matt Lynch, Renee Lewin, Mike Armandi, Carey Bruce, Matt Hurlbut, Rich gibbons and Sarah Mcguire. Front Row: Bo garrity, Liz Fitzgerald, Chris geary, Carrie Tarpey, Joe D’Andrea, Paul Romano Refs: Eileen Tetrault and Denise Makein

Some tough action under the net with Mike Armandi, Matt Hurlbut and Johnny Congdon. Matt Hurlbut gets blocked by Katie Larsen.

Anna Cat Bouthillier tries to get away from Carey Bruce

Khai Perry is not intimidated by Matt Hurlbut and Mr. Mike Armandi barreling down on him.

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personally delivered a letter to the Board of Selectmen.

“I am communicating directly with you because I firmly believe that reasonable people informed of all the facts of this matter will be ca-pable of arriving at a mutually agreeable settlement without undue delay,” Johnson wrote in the letter.

In the letter, Johnson blast-ed MacDonald’s deposition testimony.

“I am of the belief that Mr. MacDonald was being inten-tionally evasive throughout his testimony,” he wrote. “I don’t recall’ was an answer he used at least 70 times.”

He also called Calm’s re-sponse to the North Hill re-quest for proposal (or RFP) “a lie” and accused the town of “rigging bids.”

“No one should be allowed to just make something up to obtain the contract,” Johnson wrote. “That goes for the bid-ders and the people who eval-uate the bids.”

Johnson is basing his claims on financial statements provided by Calm Golf that show the company’s total as-sets amounted to $169, and he says Calm falsely claimed to be operating a golf course in Rockland. One of Calm’s

principal officers, Charles Lanzetta, said in deposition testimony that it was not Calm but one of his other corpora-tions that was operating the Rockland course. Lanzetta and his business partner An-thony Morosco have over 80 years combined experience running golf courses. During Lanzetta’s deposition he re-ferred to a “statement of com-parable enterprises” filed with his group’s proposal.

Troy fired back in a Feb. 5 memo to the Board of Select-men where he calls Johnson’s claims “at best speculative and at worst transparently vacu-ous.”

In a memo filed in court with the motion for summary judgement, Troy says that the court should dismiss John-son’s claim because the state’s public bidding law does not “authorize a private right of action for disappointed bid-ders.” He said that MacDonald adhered strictly to the bidding law throughout the process. He also cited court cases that indicate awarding authorities in municipal bidding processes have wide discretion in deter-

mining who is a “responsible bidder.”

In a deposition of Johnson, taken in May of 2009, Troy pressed Johnson for evidence of the conspiracy he alleged in his lawsuit. Johnson cited a 2004 letter to the editor in the Clipper where several North Hill members complained about the course’s manage-ment.

“That was the start of the trying to get us out of there, without a doubt.” Johnson said.

“And what is illegal about that?” Troy responded.

“There may be nothing il-legal about that, but I guess a court will decide that,” said Johnson.

Troy also pointed out that none of the men who signed the letter were involved in the 2008 evaluation process.

Troy declined to comment specifically on the lawsuit or the motion for summary judgement when contacted Monday. He said that he ex-pects a court will hear the mo-tion after Johnson’s attorney files an opposition, and that process may take 3-4 months. In the interim, it seems likely that Johnson will be running North Hill for at least another season.

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The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society has posted an online survey as part of its ongoing strategic planning process. The aim of the stra-tegic planning is to focus and organize the work of the So-ciety over the next five years. As a fundamental step in this process, the Strategic Planning Committee is seeking the ad-vice and input of members of the society as well as the com-munity at large.

The survey can be ac-cessed by visiting the society’s Web site at duxburyhistory.org and clicking on the survey link. Members of the society will receive an e-mail or let-ter inviting them to participate in the survey. Duxbury resi-dents at large are also invited to visit the Web site and take the survey online. The survey solicits views on a number of key issues for the Rural and Historical Society including

programming, preservation of the society’s collections, and volunteerism.

The Strategic Planning Committee was formed in 2009 and is chaired by Society member Jim Hartford.

The society thanks its sur-vey participants in advance for their input and encourages any interested individuals to fill out the survey before Feb. 15. For more information, please call 781 934-6106.

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Storytime on the roadIt’s storytime for preschoolers through grade 2 with an

adult –– but don’t come to the library! Come to Foodie’s on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 10:30 a.m., listen to some fun stories about the snow and enjoy a little snack. Registration is un-derway in person at the children’s reference desk, online at www.duxburyfreelibrary.org, click calendar, or by calling 781-934-2721, x115.

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Read Doug Johnson’s depo-sition and other court docu-ments on our Web site.


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Mail: P.O. Box 1656, Duxbury, MA 02331

An open letter to Selectman

Chris DonatoMr. Donato: As a lawyer yourself, you should

know that litigation is all about leverage. And by bringing up the town’s lawsuit with Johnson

Golf Management in a public forum, at a Board of Selectmen meeting, you have compromised the town’s position in the ongoing lawsuit, the town whose interests you represent as a selectman.

Why not bring up the matter behind closed doors, in executive session, where you could have gotten a more detailed answer from town counsel away from the cameras and notebooks? The only thing that could be gained by discussing the suit in public is bringing embarrassment on the town manager. If that indeed was your sole motivation, it’s a shame. It’s a shame that you would sacrifice the town’s bargaining position to score points in a personal vendetta.

No matter how you feel about the town manager, as an elected selectman it is incumbent upon you to look out for the town’s best interest. It’s hard to imagine how you are doing that by giving support to someone who is engaged in litigation against the town.

During the dispute over the former police chief’s contract, you were vocal about your support for Chief DeLuca and your displeasure with the town manager’s handling of the situation –– something you had every right to do. But it’s over. While there may have been a segment of the population who supported the former chief that you were giving voice to, there is simply no appetite to replace the town manager. We need to move on as a town, and you need to move on as a selectmen. If you are going to use every difficult situation that crosses the selectmen’s desk as a pin with which to prick Mr. MacDonald, the town will suffer. More than that, it’s a slap in the face to the people who elected you.

You seem like an intelligent person and a good family man who cares about the town. Perhaps you could channel your passion in a more positive direction. You seem to have connections with the police department, the members of whom are currently operating out of a derelict building. That project really needs someone to take the lead, be the public face and raise community awareness. Let’s put aside personal conflicts –– you don’t have to like Mr. MacDonald, but you do have to work with him to move the town forward.

–– J. Graeber

The Zoning Board of Appeals now wishes to continue the re-

view process to an end that only they know. The ZBA appears to have forgotten it was the town that requested the developer to expand Island Creek. They have

also overlooked the need that there are many residents hope-fully waiting for the expansion to become a reality. Perhaps the ZBA can be excused for this foolishness, because only se-niors know what seniors need. Yet, didn’t all board members

accept their positions under-standing they needed to serve everyone’s needs, not just their own?

Bill CampbellHumphreys Lane

Many of Duxbury’s residents and educators have

publicized three facts that they hold as standards of excellence to promote the illusion that the Duxbury Public Schools provide a “good” or even “great” academic program. The first fact is that Duxbury has “great” sports and co-cur-ricular programs. Our sports and co-curricular programs are “great” thanks to the relent-less devotion and generosity of Duxbury’s army of talented volunteers and minimally-paid advisors, coaches and direc-tors and thanks to the ability of parents to pay outrageous user fees. The second fact is that ninety-something percent of our students successfully satis-fy their graduation requirement by passing 10th grade MCAS. That is, they have mastered the minimal 10th grade English and math skills required by federal law. It is ludicrous to equate passing this minimum federal requirement with providing a “good” education. The third fact is that ninety-something per cent of our graduates are “accepted by a college,” any college. The competitiveness of those colleges is irrelevant. When did our expectations be-come so low? I researched the

widespread belief in claims that Duxbury’s SAT (college entrance test) scores are “ex-ceptional” and “outstanding”. According to the DHS Guid-ance Department Web site, the average combined (reading +math +writing) SAT score for Duxbury’s Class of 2009 was 1642 out of a possible 2400. The truly “exception-al” schools were Lexington 1882, Newton South 1872 and Acton-Boxborough Regional 1865. Duxbury’s SAT scores need significant improvement before anyone has any right to call them “exceptional.” Con-sidering that approximately 90 percent of these students consistently made the honor roll at DMS and considering that approximately 75 percent of these students were eligible for induction into the National

Honor Society at DHS, Dux-bury’s SAT average of only 1642 reflects an academic program that lacks the quality, depth and challenge that our children need and deserve. Ac-cording to the DHS Naviance Web site, the average SAT score of students admitted to these colleges and universities are: UMASS Amherst 1827, North-eastern 1879, Boston College 2028, Boston University 1859, Bates College 1770, Bentley Univ 1855, Bridgewater State 1602, Worcester Polytech 2134, Stonehill 1752, Salem State 1393, UNH 1759, UVM 1845, URI 1646,UCONN 1790, Fair-field University 1775, Provi-dence College 1791, Syracuse 1690, etc. So, which list of col-leges is Duxbury academically preparing our graduates for acceptance with our students’ supposedly “exceptional” SAT score average of only 1642? With our new opportunity to “reconstitute” the school com-mittee and superintendent’s position, we need to raise our standards of excellence. A return to true academic excel-lence should top any list of goals and priorities for our can-didates.

Sandy WhiteTremont Street

The ZBA fiddles while Duxbury burns ————

Academics aren’t so excellent ——————

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E-mail: [email protected]: P.O. Box 1656, Duxbury, MA 02331


South of the border and sustainable

By Dick RothschilD, clippeR columnist

It is with a twinge of guilt that I begin this column. I am overlooking a seductive curve of palm-fringed sand and blue-green sea known as Puerto Escondido – way

down the Pacific coast of Mexico. Did I mention that the sun is shining, the temperature is a touch under 80 degrees and a cool breeze is blowing?

Here in the land of plen-tiful fish, tropical fruit, and hammocks beneath thatched

palapas it is hard to believe that anyone is much concerned about sustainability. Not so!

Sustainability here comes as naturally as sunshine. Na-tive fishermen in pangas, narrow-beamed open fishing boats, venture out of the harbor nightly to return early the following morning with catches of huachinango and dorado. They run their boats right up onto the beach and sell the fish immedi-ately to the housewives and restaurant cooks who crowd the gunnels with plastic buckets and pails at the ready. Talk about fresh, local and energy efficient. No refrigeration, processing, packaging, trucking or distribution is required. And the scale of the local fishing fleet is such that the supply is never de-pleted. The whole endeavor is completely sustainable.

Puerto Escondido has two major beaches. Zicatela is re-nowned for its world class surfing and Marinero, the swim-mable strand. They attract a lot of visitors. That is especially so on weekends when natives within driving distance of the coast come down to kick back, cool off and frolic in the tem-perate waters. The beaches could be a mess of paper and plas-tic plates and cups and other debris, but they are not. Brightly painted 50 gallon barrels are placed strategically along the beach in pairs, one for recyclables, the other for garbage.

So that the message is not lost on the non-observant, hand painted signs remind visitors and locals to help keep Puerto’s beaches clean. That is not to say that all is perfect in para-dise. A certain amount of debris still finds its way onto the sand, especially after the weekend. So the town has organized volunteers, men women and children who assemble at one end of the beach early in the morning, several times a week. Supplied with large plastic bags they stroll the entire length of the beach picking up discarded items. When they reach the far end, having made a clean sweep of the beach, they are rewarded with refreshments and words of praise from the or-ganizers.

Sustainable real estate development is also catching on along the coast. Playa Viva a little north of here, near Zihua-tanejo is being developed as a sustainable resort and residen-tial community. Wetlands, once covered with palm plantations are being restored, native vegetation is being reintroduced and archeological ruins are being uncovered. Savvy investors are beginning to learn that the added value generated by tourism as a result of these moves is producing returns far greater than the initial costs of regeneration. The resort at Playa Viva will be solar powered, less costly over time than extending the electrical grid to this location and providing generators for blackout periods. The local community of Juluchuca also be-comes a beneficiary because of associated initiatives such as a recycling program, an agricultural cooperative and a turtle sanctuary.

At Zicatela Beach here in Puerto with its gigantic rolling waves, the surfboard rider is monarch, though sustainability (on a surfboard) is measured in seconds. That hasn’t discour-aged one surfboard maker, Imagine ECO, from developing a board that is as environmentally friendly as possible. Their board core, for example is made of B-XP3 extruded polysty-rene foam, a fully recyclable material. The manufacturing pro-cess used emits only 1/50th of the volume of VOC’s (vola-tile organic compounds) produced by the traditionally used type of polyurethane foam. According to ECO, their boards are completely waterproof so they don’t gas out. And, they are laminated with renewable bamboo fabric instead of fiberglass cloth (which is treated with the toxic chemical, chromium).

So, how well do these boards perform? I’m going to let you get aboard one and give me a full report. You’ll find me over there, in the hammock under the Palapa. While awaiting your findings I’ll be sipping a frozen Margarita and thinking profound, sustainable thoughts.

Dear School Com-mittee members and Superintendent

Skeiber: Although I swore I was go-

ing to take a back seat on this issue in order to assess how it affected our family after sev-

eral months’ time, I now feel compelled to write, since the superintendent and two mem-bers of the committee will be stepping down soon.

As adamantly opposed to the school start-time change as I was, I am now fully in support

of it. I am absolutely certain that many other people who op-posed the change now feel the same way.

Thank you for all you do for the Duxbury Public Schools.

Selden Tearse Bay Road

By GeoRGe cipolletti

We are reminded often by politi-cians that we must improve our educational systems; that we are

falling behind the world. We must meet this challenge as a community, and answer the dif-ficult questions: What problems does Duxbury face? How can we address them? What type of leadership is required to steer the district in the 21st Century?

The first chal-lenge is financial. It is true that sim-ply spending money does not necessar-ily result in better schools (look at any large city), but wise spending can make a difference. Some of the best performing districts in the Com-monwealth spend a

lot more money per student than we do. Of the 327 districts included in the last reported data, only 54 spent less than Duxbury. In 2004-2005, 67 spent less. When the next report comes out we will probably drop further, since our recent budget increases have been modest.

The idea that we compare ourselves with districts like Wayland and Lincoln-Sudbury is a conceit that no longer computes. The standard-ized test score data supports the fact that we get a lot of leverage out of our dollars, but in terms of raw performance, it is obvious that districts with similar demographics are getting better results by making a larger investment in edu-cation. The challenge facing our town will be to choose between increasing this investment through an operational override or settling for a district going from “good” to “fair.” A small increase in everyone’s taxes would enable us to reduce user fees, modernize our texts, purchase adequate supplies and improve services like guidance that are increasingly critical in col-lege acceptance. Perhaps a short moratorium on CPA funds should be considered.

We need to build two new schools. DHS and DMS have reached the end of their useful life and frankly are something of an embarrassment

compared to some of the fantastic new facili-ties in surrounding towns. A big driver of prop-erty values is the quality of the schools, and the facilities are the first impression new families have of our beautiful community. But we also have to focus on education, not the buildings. Perhaps by embracing some more modern con-cepts of teaching we can create an environment that improves student achievement and allows us to do so more cost effectively.

I also think it is critical that we not fall into what I think of as the “MCAS Trap,” formu-lating policy and directing spending and cur-riculum at the elusive target of meeting elusive MCAS goals. The idea behind NCLB legisla-tion, which led to the MCAS program, was to measure student performance so that schools could identify areas of weakness and put plans in place to correct them. It is inappropriate to use this data as “pass-fail” criteria for stu-dents or for schools, yet that is what govern-ment bureaucrats are forcing on us. Labeling Alden School as a failure is absurd. Why do we have the problem? For some reason the state believes that all special needs children in third grade should be scoring at the same level as their mainstream peers on a standardized test. Many of these children have reading difficul-ties that we have not yet been able to help them compensate for, so why would we expect them to do well on a test that requires the ability to read? This makes no sense! They do catch up, otherwise we’d be seeing problems as they test in DMS or DHS. I think we should congratulate these educators on the fact that they are able to move children who are a little delayed up to par within a pretty short period of time.

Education is ultimately about people. Teachers, administrators, parents, students and the School Committee must work together if we hope to advance. Strong leadership will be re-quired to pull these sometimes disparate groups into a cohesive force. The upcoming elections and the selection of a new superintendent are critical.

Mr. Cipolletti is the chairman of the School Committee. He is not seeking re-election this spring.

Changed perspective on start time ————

Can we go from good to great?

Thinking green

As we begin a new winter Olympic season, Duxbury had its own Olympic celeb-

rity back in 1992. Chuck Foster was Secretary of the International Olympic Committee for the Albertville Olympics that year. He was responsible for run-ning the overall administrative and sup-port groups for the U.S. Olympic team, according to a “Clipper Visits...” article, Feb. 12, 1992. “The biggest job was the complicated logistics problem of Al-bertville,” said Foster, “as the games are spread out over 640 square miles!” Foster arranged for all the athletes accommoda-tions, as well as that of the organizations made up of the national governing bod-ies from 41 sports on the Olympic and Pan-American games. Foster managed a staff of 400 in Colorado, and worked with the organizing committee in Albert-ville constructing housing and develop-ing a transportation system.

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School Lunch MenuWeek of Feb. 15-19

Wednesday Feb. 10All Choral Night 7 p.m. PAC

DMS PTA meeting 7-8 p.m. DMS teacher’s roomPaul Janeczko, Alden Author in Residence

Thursday Feb. 11Alden PTA meeting 2 p.m.

Paul Janeczko, Alden Author in Residence

Feb. 15-19No school – Winter break

Wednesday Feb. 24DHS/DMS building study 7 p.m. DMS

Monday Mar. 1HELP Information night 7 p.m. DMS auditorium

Chandler school council 4 p.m.

Wednesday Mar. 3DMS school council 4 p.m.

Thursday Mar. 4Chandler PTA meeting 9:30 a.m.

DHS school council 5 p.m.School Committee meeting 7 p.m. Alden School Rm. 104

No lunch menu – School vacation week!

Chandler PTA Discount Cards

It is the one card you don’t want to be without when shop-ping at any one of the 18 lo-cal participating restaurants and stores. For only a $10 card purchase, you not only receive discounts when shopping, but you also support Chandler School. Some of the savings from restaurants and stores include Once Upon a Time: 10 percent off all children’s books, Friendly’s: 15 percent off your total purchase, Depot Market: $3 off a family size en-tree, Bennett’s General Store: 10 percent off any purchase over $10, and Cravings Cafe: $3 off a any large one topping pizza (take out.) The card can be used daily until October 2010. For anyone purchasing a card until March 2, Cravings Cafe in Kingston is offering a $50 gift certificate to one lucky winner in the drawing on March 3. Order your card today and start saving. E-mail Kelly Leonard at [email protected]. Thank you for supporting Chandler PTA.

Shake off the winter dol-drums and try a new class at Duxbury Before and After Dark after February vacation week. There are a number of offerings for adults in late Feb-ruary and early March, includ-ing health and fitness classes such as T’ai Chi Ch’uan on Wednesday evenings, Yoga Flow on Thursday afternoons, and Zumba on Thursday nights. Students can exercise their minds as well, with the new Conversational Italian class on Monday evenings, a Spanish class on Tuesday evenings, or Re-Introduction to French on Wednesday eve-

nings. Experience cooking and culture in the Land of the Inca during an Epicurean Evening in Peru, or learn how to whip up a warm and hearty meal with a Souper Soups class. Expand your horizons in a va-riety of programs such as Start Your Own Preschool, Wendy Talks Wine, Learn to Massage Your Baby, or Introduction to Buying a Motorcycle 101. For complete course information on over 50 classes for adults, visit the Before and After Dark Web site link at www.duxbury.k12.ma.us or call our office at 781-934-7633.

An informational eve-ning relating to the High-end Learner Project is scheduled for March 1 at 7 p.m. in the DMS auditorium. Topics to be presented include: the current status of the project, an explanation of the cluster model used in the project, the

data used to cluster all stu-dents, differentiated instruc-tion and transitioning from Chandler to Alden and Alden to DMS.

Please call Assistant Su-perintendent Walsh if you have any questions.

Before and After Dark winter fun

high-end learner project information night

With tongues planted firmly in cheek, may

we present “The Bad Spellers,”

Chandler Berry, Thomas Hargrave

and Michael Nelsen.

More DEF spelling bee photos

The Beech Boys, Will Siegener, Matthew Bright and Jack Baraky brought a tropical atti-tude to the contest.Rocking the spelling bee with a hippy vibe are The Bee Gees: Jane

Meurer, Annie Gardner and Natalie Warren.

‘Teen Voices radio’Duxbury Free Library Teen Department is looking for a few

good voices! Lend your voice to a series of audio readings - poetry, plays, folk tales to be produced for web publishing and possible radio broadcast. Meeting on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. in the Teen lounge, upper level of Duxbury Free Library.

No memorization needed, but good diction is a must. For more information, contact: Ellen Snoeyenbos 781-93-42721 x106 or [email protected].

The Bahama Bees, Kendall Sargis, Madelyn Powers, and Hannah Zimmer, are too cool for school.


Duxbury police logThursday Jan. 28

2:28 a.m. Gas leak in road on Bay Farm Road. Bay State Gas requested Water Department re-sponse.8:18 a.m. Caller reported large empty tub in road on Tremont Street.10:31 a.m. Dogs running in road on South Station Street. Animal control notified.2:20 p.m. Officer assisted with keys locked in vehicle at the post office with child inside.4:42 p.m. Caller reports animal in chimney. Animal control of-ficer assisted.8:21 p.m. Caller reports hitting deer on Tremont Street.

Friday Jan. 298:47 a.m. Caller reports ID theft.9:56 a.m. Minor motor vehicle accident with property damage to fence on Bay Road.2:02 p.m. Tree in road and on wires on Bay Road. NStar and tree department notified.3:42 p.m. Caller reports re-straining order violation.9:11 p.m. Caller on Tremont Street reports someone possibly outside window. Area search negative.9:24 p.m. Motor vehicle acci-dent with injury on Birch Street. One party transported to South Shore Hospital.10:00 p.m. Caller on Tremont Street reports someone possibly outside window. Area search negative.

Saturday Jan. 3012:55 a.m. Sergeant reported mail box damage on Chandler Street.1:23 a.m. Motor vehicle stop on Congress Street. Party ar-rested and charged with operat-ing motor vehicle with license suspended for OUI, and failure to display registration sticker.8:45 a.m. Party into station to report a deer and mailbox hit on

Chandler Street.9:00 a.m. Party reports home was hit by paint balls on Mon-day night.2:37 p.m. Minor motor ve-hicle accident in lot on Tremont Street.4:42 p.m. Caller reports damage to mailbox on Tremont Street.8:08 p.m. Kingston Police re-quest area search of Hounds Ditch Lane for vehicle involved in hit and run. Area search nega-tive.10:56 p.m. Caller reports dam-age to mailbox on Mayflower Street.11:07 p.m. Caller reports dam-age to mailbox on King Phillips Path.11:15 p.m. Caller reports dam-age to mailbox on Cross Street.11:17 p.m. Motorist hit deer on Keene Street.

Sunday Jan. 3112:06 a.m. Party reports dam-age to mailbox on Bolas Road.8:29 a.m. Caller reports dam-age to mailbox on Buckboard Road.12:00 p.m. Caller reports fe-male party vandalized her motor vehicle by writing on it.

Monday Feb. 111:31 a.m. Caller reports miss-ing property.1:20 p.m. Kingston Police re-ports motor vehicle all over road on Tremont Street. State police have motor vehicle stopped in Norwell. Elder driver spoken to.2:37 p.m. Caller reports suspi-cious motor vehicle in driveway on King Caesar Road. Officer reports disabled vehicle. Vehicle towed.

Tuesday Feb. 27:17 a.m. Caller requests am-bulance for possible heart attack. Ambulance transported one to Jordan Hospital.7:23 a.m. Caller reports struck deer on Tremont Street.8:09 a.m. Caller reports minor motor vehicle accident on Au-tumn Avenue with DPW truck. One party transported to Jordan Hospital.9:42 a.m. Injured deer report-ed in yard on Bay Road. Area search negative.

Wednesday Feb. 38:03 a.m. Motor vehicle acci-dent at Tremont Street and Soule Avenue with injury. Patient re-fused transport.10:39 a.m. Caller reports gas drive off at station on Tremont Street.10:55 a.m. Minor motor vehi-cle accident on Forge Way.11:52 a.m. Minor motor vehicle accident on Chestnut Street.1:23 p.m. Caller reports injured deer near marsh on Long Point Lane.5:22 p.m. Caller reports mo-tor vehicle traveling erratically on Tremont Street. Area search negative.6:52 p.m. Caller reports mail-box struck on Temple Street.

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Pembroke Picture perfect Cape in the desirable Cross Creek subdivi-sion. This home is in pristine condition and features spar-kling hardwood floors throughout the first floor. The kitchen is light and bright with white cabinetry, and newer granite counters. Spacious, fireplaced front- to-back living room, and a super-sized family room has newer carpeting in the finished lower level. MLS#71016896, Donna MacLeod, $339,900

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with my drums after 28 years or so. Of course, Dan actually reads music. I more or less read around it – my Sesame Street to his War and Peace – but last summer he and I played together in the same orchestra, the Southeast Alumni Symphony Orchestra (Robert Babb, Director). Dan founded the orchestra so that young area

musicians could play through their college summer vacations, with a few ringers like him and me to fill out the sections. Believe it or not, the orchestra’s third season is already in the planning stages.

Last year I played triangle for one of the works, Dvorak’s Slavonic Dance No. 8, the first time I ever played with an orchestra instead of a brass band. This year I’ve been invited back. Apparently no one noticed that I nearly dropped the beater to my instrument. It flew free, but I caught it in mid-air in time to play my next “ding.”

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When the season started, fans of Duxbury girls’ bas-ketball thought Coach Mark Dunn and his young squad would be hard-pressed to win five games. The graduation of nine seniors left juniors Mag-gie Norton and Devon Tsinzo in charge to guide a host of newcomers that included three freshmen and a sophomore.

Trying to navigate the Pa-triot League schedule, and then tackle four non-league games with Notre Dame and New Bedford seemed like certain death for the Lady Dragons, but Dunn knew there was no sense in playing lesser teams if he wanted his young troops to learn quickly.

“I had seen Katelyn Nor-ton and Michela North play in some eighth-grade games and I knew they would help us,” said Dunn. “I just didn’t think they would make an impact so soon.”

After starting the season at 0-4, its appeared the prognos-ticators were dead on, as three straight Patriot League losses and a hammering by New Bedford could have easily de-stroyed moral.

“Once the season got go-ing, we started to play bet-ter and the girls realized they could stay on the court with

anyone,” said Dunn. “When we played New Bedford and Notre Dame, I think the girls got a wake-up call as to the tal-ent level out there.”

At this point Dunn knew he had to instill some confi-dence in his young team, as the 14-year old 6’1” North was starting at center and taking a pounding night in and night out while holding her own.

“I just told the kids we have to start winning some games and we’ll take it one at a time. We have ten games left and let’s try to win 10 in a row.”

If anyone outside the pro-gram had heard Dunn’s re-quest, they may have called a psychiatrist. The girls had shown some grit in wins over Sandwich and North Quincy, but after another hammering by New Bedford they stood at 2-6 with a long road ahead.

Back-to-back wins over a pair of perennial nemesis (Hingham and Rockland) had people wondering if their op-ponents had off days. Losses to Hanover and Notre Dame followed, leaving little doubt that the Lady Dragons just got lucky.

The soft part of the sched-ule was now on the horizon, and it was time for Duxbury to make a statement. A couple of wins would build some confi-dence, while losses could send them to the cellar for the rest of the year.

Starting with a convincing win (54-23) over Middleboro, the Lady Dragons manhandled Quincy, Pembroke, Martha’s Vineyard and Silver Lake, and suddenly talk of postseason play was part of the thought process for a team that was now 9-8.

“We were on a roll and that

is why the girls were so disap-pointed last week when they lost to Scituate,” said Dunn. “But I have to say we are play-ing well. The defense is really hustling and the offense is get-ting better every game. I’m pleased with their effort and their attitude. They know they can make the tournament, but we’re just trying to win each game every night we go out there.”

Since being within a game of making the tournament, the tide has turned for Duxbury, but not for lack of effort.

Friday night’s game with 14-2 Whitman-Hanson may have been Duxbury’s best of the season, as they took the Panthers to overtime before dropping a heart-breaking 45-43 decision.

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HaNDs OFF: Duxbury’s Maggie Norton dribbles around the tight defense of Whitman-Hanson’s Brittany Ford during Friday night’s 45-43 overtime loss to the Panthers. Photos by Mike Halloran


Religious ServicesFirst Baptist

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Dr. Kevin CassidyPastor Jamie Cotelleso, Worship Leader

Sunday worship, 9:30 a.m.; nursery and children’s programs during worship time. Sunday school classes, children through adult, immediately following morning worship; 5:30 p.m. junior and senior high youth groups with Youth Pastor Brent Van Wyk; 6 p.m. devotion and prayer time. Awana Clubs for kids every Wednesday night from 6:30 - 8 p.m. for preschool through the sixth grade.

Holy Family Churchholyfamilyduxbury.org

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781-934-5055 Weekend Mass: Saturday,

5 p.m., Sunday, 7 a.m., 8:30 a.m. (family Mass), 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Babysitting available at 8:30 and 10 a.m. Daily Mass, Monday through Saturday, 8:15 a.m. The rosary is prayed after daily Mass. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Fridays from 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. Day-time bible study, Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. Evening prayer group Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Men’s prayer group Fridays at 6:45 a.m. Living through Loss sup-port group, Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in Feb. and March. Ash Wednesday Masses, Feb. 17 at 7 a.m., 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Pilgrim [email protected]. Todd Vetter, Senior Pastor

Rev. Eloise Parks, Associate Pastor781-934-6591

Sunday Worship Service at 10 a.m. Church office hours, Monday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Tues-day-Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Closed Feb. 15. Pilgrim child-care and preschool, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m-6 p.m. Feb. 17, Ash Wednesday Service at 7:30 p.m.

United Methodist Church

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781-585-9863 Office hours are Monday-

Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sunday worship service and Sunday school, 10 a.m., fol-lowed by fellowship, adult choir rehearsal, 8:45 a.m. with coffee hour following. Third Friday of each month we serve dinner at Mainspring Shelter, Brockton. Last Wednesday of the month is ladies’ luncheon at 12 p.m.

St. John the Evangelist Episcopal

Church www.stjohnsduxbury.org

781-934-6523 Sunday services: 8 a.m.

Holy Eucharist (said) and 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist (with choir and hymns.) Sunday school K-12 during 10 a.m. service. Childcare provided at 10 a.m.

service. Wednesday: Mens Bible Study 6:30 a.m., Coffee and conversation 9 a.m., Holy Eucharist with healing 10 a.m., Adult Ed 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Children’s choir rehearsal 6 p.m., Youth choir rehearsal at 7 p.m. Thursday: Adult Choir rehearsal 7 p.m. Friday: AA meeting at 7 p.m.

First Parish Churchduxburyuu.org

Rev. Catherine Cullen781-934-6532

The office is open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays, Senior choir rehearsal at 9:15 a.m., Ju-nior choir rehearsal at 9:30 a.m., Worship Service and Church school at 10:30 a.m. and Bud-dhist Meditation at 7 p.m. Bells meet on Tuesdays at 7 p.m., and Recorders at 8:30 p.m. Book group meets Thursdays at 9 a.m. Sewing group meets Thursdays at 10 a.m.

St. Paul’s Church of the NazareneRev. David Troxler

781-585-3419 Sunday worship, 11 a.m.

Nursery is provided for all ser-vices. Sunday school meets Sunday morning from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesdays, Sacred Youth Ministry at the teen center at 6:30 p.m. Men’s Bible Study is held Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Women’s Bible Study, Fridays at 9:30 a.m. DivorceCare and DivorceCare for Kids, Thurs-days from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 14, prayer service at 6 p.m. in the sanctuary. Feb. 17, Soup and the Word at 6 p.m.

First Church of Christ, Scientist

781-934-6434Sunday worship service and

Sunday School for K-12, 10:30 a.m. Mid-week testimony meet-ing on Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Christian Science Reading Room open to all, 15 Standish St. Halls Corner, Tuesday through Satur-day 10 a.m. 1 p.m.

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Thursday Feb. 11Artist networking. Three artists will discuss the benefits of social networking and blogging from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The artists, Sally Dean Mello of Marshfield, Kelley MacDonald of Tiverton, Rhode Island and Paula Villanova of Hingham, will show slides and bring examples of their work. Free, but registration is required at 781-934-6634.

Love Me Fabulous Slipper Event. At Angels by the Sea, Plymouth, a night of pampering in your slippers from 7-9 p.m. Two hours of massage, light therapy, readings, raffles… plus shop for your Valentine. $30. Portion of proceeds go to charity. For more information, visit angelsbythesea3333.com.

Palestine Film Series. Re-run of the fifth film at 7:30 p.m. on Channel 13, Public Access TV.

Poetry Circle. Meets on the second Thursday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m., at the Duxbury Free Library. For more information, call 781-934-2721.

Friday Feb. 12Meet with Attorney John McCluskey. Make an appointment for 11 a.m or after by calling 781-934-5774 x19. In the Veteran’s Office of the Duxbury Senior Center.

Bay Players performs “The Sisters Rosensweig.” Performance dates are Feb. 12, 13, 19 and 20 at the Zone Theater, 822 Webster St. in Marshfield at 8 p.m. All tickets are $15. For reservations, call 339-793-1027 or go to bayplayers.org.

Meet with State Rep. Daniel Webster. Representative Webster will be available at 9 a.m. to meet with constituents at Foodie’s Market in Hall’s Corner. Appointments are not necessary and all are welcome to come discuss issues of concern. Call Brian Patterson at Representative Webster’s State House Office at 617-722-2487 or e-mail [email protected] with any questions.

Palestine Film Series. The sixth film in the series will air at 9 p.m. on Channel 13, Public Access TV. Re-runs to follow on Saturday and Sunday at 6 p.m., Monday at 5:30 p.m. and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

saTurday Feb. 13Sundown Owl Prowl. Starting at sundown at Fox Hill in the Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary, Marshfield, look for owls from 5-6:30 p.m. Fee is $8 for adult members, $10 for non-members, children free. Registration is required. For more information, contact [email protected].

WinterFest Beer and Wine Tasting event. From 7-10 p.m., Hatherly Country Club, 667 Hatherly Rd. Scituate, will host “WinterFest” to benefit the Scituate Animal Shelter, featuring wine and beer tasting, gourmet food and silent auction. Tickets are $50, available online at scituateanimalshelter.org, at the shelter during public visiting hours, or by phone at 781-544-4533. Advanced ticket purchase recommended.


sunday Feb. 14Reel Faith at Journey. ‘Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story,” will be shown at The Ford Center of Miramar Retreat Center on Sunday, Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. Great for the whole family but nursery care is not provided. For more information, contact Rev. David Woods at 781-585-8295.

Sunday Salon Series, Take a Chance on Romance. Three published members of Romance Writers of America, Emily Bryan, Marie Force and Dalton Diaz, will speak at the Duxbury Free Library on February 14 at 2 p.m. Books will be for sale courtesy of Westwinds Bookshop. Desserts will also be served. Reserve your tickets now by calling 781-934-2721x 108.

Family Valentine Workshop. Enjoy a free family valentine workshop in the gallery at The Art Complex Museum on Sunday, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. The focus will be on fun and creativity for children aged six and above and adults. Registration is required at 781-934-6634.

Monday Feb. 15Happy President’s Day!

Palestine Film Series. The sixth film in the series re-run at 5:30 p.m. on Channel 13, Public Access TV.

Tuesday Feb. 16Cooking with Emil Lundin. Meets from 1-3 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Senior Center. Cost $15 per person. Menus vary. Proper plating, kitchen equipment, entertaining ideas. For registration, call Linda at 781-934-5774 x112.

Readers Theater. A small group of teens will meet at the Duxbury Free Library to work up a repertoire of spoken short scenes from current YA fiction, folk tales, etc. on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. Contact Ellen Snoeyenbos at [email protected] if interested in joining this group.

Wednesday Feb. 17Art of Printmaking. Scituate Arts Association announces Joan Appel and Kathleen Mogayzel demonstrating the “Art of Printmaking” as the February Meet the Artist at Scituate Public Library, Feb. 17 from 7-8:30 p.m.

The Duxbury Free Bookmarks. Every Wednesday at 3 p.m., this teen advisory group meets to review, discuss and plan events for the youth of Duxbury.

Thursday Feb. 18Introduction to Cake Decorating. Students in grades four through eight with a participating adult can learn basic cake decorating skills from 6:30-8 p.m. in the children’s department program room of the Duxbury Free Library. Provide your own cupcake. Advance registration required, by phone 781-934-2721, x115 or in person at the children’s desk. Space is limited so past participants cannot attend.

Historical Society Mini-Documentary. The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society will host a showing of their recently produced short documentary, “In the Days of King Caesar: The Weston Estate on Powder Point” at 7 p.m. in the Drew Archival Library of the Wright Building. Refreshments will be served. No charge. Call 781-934-6106 with any questions.

Friday Feb. 19Rep. Calter Office Hours. Meets on the third Friday of each month, 9-10 a.m., at the Senior Center. For more information, call State Representative Thomas Calter’s office at 617-722-2305.

The Wizard of Oz. Presented by the Inly Players of the Inly School, 7 p.m. at the Meehan Family Artsbarn, 46 Watch Hill Dr. Scituate. Tickets are $25 and $50, and are available by calling 781-545-5544 x456. Visit inlyschool.org for more information.


saTurday Feb. 20Democratic Caucus. The Duxbury Democratic Town Committee will be holding the annual caucus to elect delegates who will attend the Democratic State Convention in June. The meeting will be in the

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Question of the Week

What would you like to wish your Valentine?

“I would like to wish a smile on every woman’s face that day!”

idile Destenaves Goose Point lane

by Sarie Booy

“I would wish that everyone else has a good Valentine’s Day.

Mine is going to be quiet and low key!”

Connor Parsons lincoln street

“My Valentine passed away in 1993 but he left me with 6

children, 13 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren!”

ann reid Just over the Duxbury town line

“I wish a Happy Valentine’s Day to Sammy, my Springerdoodle!”

Hayden smith 9 Years Old

“Peace!”Manuel Fernandes

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Merry Room at the Duxbury Public Library, 10 a.m.-12 noon. Contact Tina Kerkam, Secretary, 781-588-4765 or [email protected] with any questions.

The Wizard of Oz. Presented by the Inly Players of the Inly School, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Meehan Family Artsbarn, 46 Watch Hill Dr. Scituate. Tickets are $25 and $50, and are available by calling 781-545-5544 x456. Visit inlyschool.org for more information.


sunday Feb. 21The Wizard of Oz. Presented by the Inly Players of the Inly School, 2 p.m. at the Meehan Family Artsbarn, 46 Watch Hill Dr. Scituate. Tickets are $25 and $50, and are available by calling 781-545-5544 x456. Visit inlyschool.org for more information.

upcoMingInterfaith Understanding Series. Islam will be the topic to be discussed on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at The Parish Center of Holy Family Church. Dr. James Morris, Professor of Islamic Studies at Boston College will be the speaker. March 23, Buddhism will be the fourth topic, and on April 20, Hinduism will be discussed.

Fourth Friday Film. Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Duxbury Free Library. “Volver” (rated R) will be shown. Anyone with questions about Penélope Cruz’s talent as an actor will have all the answers after watching this film.

The Shipwreck Ball. Join us at the Duxbury Bay Maritime School on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 6:30 - 11:30 p.m. for the DBMS Shipwreck Ball. Cocktails, food, live music and dancing. Dress in what you might have been wearing when the ship went down. Tickets are $50 and available at the office or at dbms.org, tickets limited.

Art Contest. Duxbury Beach Preservation Society is hosting their first annual Art Show, ‘Down by the Sea,’ on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. in the Merry Room of the Duxbury Free Library. The winners will be announced at 11 a.m. Children in grades pre-K through

12 can drop art projects in the box outside the Children’s Room by Friday, Feb. 13. Include a cover page with name, age, email, address and phone number, and the name of the work of art. Contact [email protected] with any questions.

HELP Info Night. An informational evening relating to the High-end Learner Project is scheduled for March 1 at 7 p.m. in the DMS auditorium. Topics to be presented include current status, an explanation of the cluster model used, the data used to cluster all students, differentiated instruction and transitioning from Chandler to Alden and Alden to DMS. Please call 781-934-7604 if you have any questions.

Amazing A cappella. A cappella groups from Skidmore College, Northeastern University, Trinity College and New York University, along with Duxbury’s own PAC Men, will perform on Saturday, Mar. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. Pre-sale tickets are $12 adults, $10 students, or $30 family of four and are available at ticketalternative.com, by phone, 877-725-8849, or locally at Depot Street Market, the Studio, Westwinds, and Music Unlimited. Box office prices are $15 adults, $10 students, and $40 for a family four pack. All proceeds benefit the Paul S. Fortini Foundation.

Free Spanish Classes for children. Introduce your child to Spanish through music, puppets and play. This is a stay alone program for children ages 3-5. The program will run for four weeks starting Saturday, March 7 from 9-10 a.m. The instructor is Alejandra Peary a native Spanish speaker and a licensed Spanish teacher. The class is located at 33 Enterprise St. Suite 10, Duxbury. To register please visit thespanishplaygroup.vpweb.com. Space is limited.

Antique Show. The 29th Annual Duxbury Spring Antique Show will be held at Duxbury High School on Saturday, March 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, March 28, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission price is $7 or $6 with a card available at many local businesses. Appraisals will be offered on Sunday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $5 per item or three for $10. Please contact Joanne Williams at 781-934-0111 or visit duxburyboosters.org for more information.

ongoingWinter Fun at Before and After Dark. Shake off the winter doldrums and try a new class at

Duxbury Before and After Dark after February vacation week. There are a number of offerings for adults in late February and early March. For course information on over 50 classes for adults, visit the Before and After Dark website link at duxbury.k12.ma.us or call our office at 781-934-7633.

Softball Session 2 Winter Clinic. Duxbury Youth Softball registration is open for Session 2 clinics to be held on Tuesdays in Plymouth, Feb. 23 through March 30. Grades three through five, from 5-6:30 p.m. and grades six through nine, from 6:30-8 p.m. for $125 per player. To register, go to duxburyyouthsoftball.org.

The Friends of the Library’s On-line Valentines Contest. From now until Feb. 14, the Friends of the Library would like to know “What Do You Love About The Duxbury Free Library.” Submit your entry through our new Web site: duxfol.org. The winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Westwinds Bookshop and chocolates.

Living through Loss support group. Anyone in the Duxbury area who has lost a loved one is invited to participate Thursday nights in February and March. The session runs for eight weeks from 7:30-9 p.m. in the Herrick Room in the lower level of Holy Family Church. Call Deacon Art Keefe with any questions at 781-585-4444.

The Friends of the Library’s Ongoing Book Sale. The Friends of

the Library offers gently used books, CDs and DVDs for as little as 50 cents. The Friends’ Book Store is located across from the circulation desk and is filled with a wide selection of interesting materials for all ages. Magazines are available as well and are always free. Your continuous support is greatly appreciated.

Readers Theater. A small group of teens will meet at the Duxbury Free Library to work up a repertoire of spoken short scenes from current YA fiction, folk tales, etc. on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. Contact Ellen Snoeyenbos at [email protected] if interested in joining this group.

Get Fit at the Duxbury Senior Center. A series of four week Gentle Yoga sessions on Thursday evening with Claire from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The cost for four weeks is $27 payable to the Town of Duxbury. The program will continue on an ongoing basis. Also, two Zumba classes with Paddi Donato are offered on Thursday morning at 8:15 a.m. and Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. for one hour for $5 per class. Please call Linda with any questions or to register at 781-934-5774, x103.

Friday Night Entertainment. From 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m., at the Winsor House on Washington Street, featuring Sean McLaughlin, Irish folk guitarist and vocalist.

Library Netbook Program. For users without laptops, the Duxbury Free Library Reference Department is happy to loan an Acer Netbook

for in-library use. Patrons must be 16 years of age or older. Come to the Reference Desk on the upper level to check out the Netbook. A valid OCLN library card is required. A two hour per day maximum time limit will be enforced.

Transportation to medical appointments. The Duxbury Senior Center offers transportation to local medical appointments to seniors and handicapped individuals on Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and Friday mornings from 8-11. Rides must be scheduled 72 hours in advance by calling Becky Ford at 781-934-5774 x117.

Senior Citizens Club. Meets on the first Friday of each month, 9:30 a.m., at the Senior Center on Mayflower Street. For more information, call Lee at 781-585-9242.

Drop in Storytimes. Does not require registration. Toddler Tales for ages two and under with an adult on Tuesdays at either 10 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. Drop in for ages three and under with an adult on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Gather ‘Round, for children in preschool or kindergarten with an adult is held every Friday at 10:30 a.m.

Duxbury Camera Club. Meets the first Wednesday of each month, from 7-9:30 p.m. in the Merry Room of the Duxbury Free Library. Guests are always welcome at the regular meetings.

Has the gloomy economy lowered your spir-its? Try a book with a happy ending! Three published members of Romance Writers of

America, Emily Bryan, Marie Force and Dalton Diaz, will speak at the Duxbury Free Library on Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. Whether you enjoy contemporary dialogue, historical settings, mystery, thrillers or any number of other themes, there’s a ro-mance novel waiting for you. The panel will discuss the basic elements of every ro-mance novel, and each will present their own experienc-es with writing and publish-ing. Books will be for sale courtesy of Westwinds Book-shop. Delicious desserts will also be served. Reserve your tickets now by calling 781-934-2721x 108.

Take a chance on romance!


the highest echelons, the players are always learning. A few might settle in and stop growing, but they always seem a little grumpy and sad, like dogs that think they’ll never really catch that squirrel, and just give up. Nothing to strive for anymore.

On the other hand, even an old mongrel like me can push for a new challenge. The greatest purebreds do. This past weekend, my wife and I heard Placido Domingo sing the title role in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra at the Metropolitan Opera. At 69 years old, the famous tenor has taken on the challenge of singing a demanding baritone role.

It’s not as hard as it sounds – the trip from Boston to the Met in New York, of course, not Domingo’s performance. The bus fare is about $30 each way, but you can plan ahead for less, down to $18 each way (according to the Greyhound web site). Opera tickets can run high, but the nose-bleed seats (they call it the Family Circle, the scary-high balcony) start at $27. You can buy them online, and you must plan far ahead. The Metropolitan can sell out months in advance.

Don’t worry too much about the seats. There are

no bad seats at the Met. The acoustics are legendary. Years ago, we heard the rustle of Maria Guleghina’s skirts as she plotted to kill the evil Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca. Your sight lines are better with a few more dollars, but the sound is perfect everywhere.

A Saturday matinee makes for a full day (up at 4 a.m., home by about 11 p.m., depending on the length of the opera), but it is well worth it. You can sleep on the bus (you can’t stay awake). Believe it or not, the bus has turned out to be the fastest way down and back. Pack some food and water for both trips.

Domingo was astonishing. His voice was as golden as ever, even in the lower-ranged role. He was a natural baritone who trained up to the tenor range. Unlike some opera singers, his acting is also brilliant. When Boccanegra died, falling out of the arms of his loving daughter, sobs broke out from the packed audience. I know I’ll never forget it.

Experienced singers can join that world right here in Duxbury. Beth MacLeod’s Opera by the Bay program at the South Shore Conservatory is free. That’s right, free. They’re on line at sscmusic.org, or call 781-934-2731

(extension 10) for details. It’s an audition troupe, with auditions held from time to time. They rehearse Monday and Friday nights, and I know they’ve welcomed a few old dogs ready to learn new tricks in a supportive environment. You don’t have to be Domingo. Besides, even Domingo needs a chorus to back him up, and the occasional swell from the orchestra when he shoots for a high note.

Old dogs keep performingcontinued from page one

The Board of Directors of Duxbury Youth Baseball announces open registration for the 2008 spring baseball season.

Anyone wishing to play spring baseball must register online through Sunday, Feb. 28 at duxburyyouthbaseball.com.

Spring leagues are as fol-lows: Tee Ball Pre-K (age 5 as of Sept. 1, 2010) – Kin-dergarten; AA, Grades 1-2; AAA, Grades 3-4; Majors,

Grades 5-6; Junior Babe, Grades 7-9; Buddy Ball, All ages.

Note that the Senior Babe (ages 16-19) league does not begin until the summer. Reg-istrations for that league and all the summer leagues will take place at a later date. Also note that there will be no walk-in registration this year. Applications received after Feb. 29 are subject to avail-ability and a $25 late fee.

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Sophomore guard Curtis Owen nailed two free throws with seven seconds left in the game, and then watched as Scituate’s Rodney Beldo went the length of the court and missed the winning bas-ket with a couple of seconds left in Wednesday night’s 65-64 win over the Sailors.

It was sweet revenge for the Dragons, who were blud-geoned by the Sailors in a 72-47 loss in the second game of the season, and had every intention of showing they would be a serious match-up for anyone come tournament time.

It was also a big night for BC-bound senior center Aar-on Kramer, who was a mon-ster on the boards with 24 points, including seven points in the final three minutes to keep the Dragons from blow-ing their 17-point halftime lead for good.

The Dragons raced out to an 8-2 lead, but couldn’t hold it for long, as the Sailors went on a 6-0 run to tie the game with 2:30 left in the quarter.

Owen followed with a 15-foot jumper and went on a tear, scoring six more points over a span of two minutes to give the Dragons a 20-11 lead just over a minute into the second quarter. The Duxbury offense was on a roll, forcing Scituate coach Matt Poirier to call a time out, as his team was being abused for one of the few times all year.

The timeout backfired on the Sailors, as the pumped up Dragons came back on the floor and outscored the visi-tors 14-7 the rest of the way for a 34-17 halftime lead.

It was obvious the Sailors needed to pull out all the stops if they were going to get back in the game, and they went to the press immediately in the

second half.Baskets by Billy Curley

and Brian Grossman had the lead at 20 points (39-19) just over a minute into the second half. However, when the Sail-ors cut the margin to 41-27 on a Beldo old-fashioned three-point play, Coach Gordon Cushing could sense a come-back was in the works and called a timeout with 4:54 on the clock.

Both teams matched bas-kets the remainder of the quarter, with the Dragons maintaining a 12-point cush-ion at 48-36 with eight min-utes left in the game.

After being “held” to 13 points through three quar-ters, it was now showtime for Beldo.

Scoring eight points in the first two and a half min-utes of the final quarter, the All-Scholastic guard brought his team within six at 52-46.

A three-pointer by Scitu-ate’s Tyler Park and another Beldo basket cut the lead to 54-51, and the Duxbury crowd was certainly nervous.

After a Grossman free throw made it 55-51, Beldo stole the ball and went in alone for a layup, followed by another driving basket to tie the game at 55 with three minutes to go.

It was now time for the stars to take over, and Kramer asserted himself immediately, grabbing rebounds on the of-fensive boards and scoring four points for a 59-55 lead with 2:30 to go.

Beldo responded with an-other driving three-point play before senior Nick Moore buried a jumper to give the Sailors their first lead of the game at 60-59 with 1:25 re-maining.

The Dragons were de-termined to get the ball to Kramer, who muscled his way inside for a three-point play that regained the lead at 62-60.

Park came right back and buried a three for a one-point lead at 63-62 with 59 seconds to go, and teammate Marqim Taylor hit one of two free throws for a 64-62 lead with 39 seconds left.

Curley was fouled as he attempted to tie the game, and missed the first shot before burying the second to make it 64-63.

The Dragon defense did

its job at the other end of the court, bringing the ball up with 15 seconds to go and putting it into the hands of Owen, who sank his two free throws and was mobbed by teammates during a time-out.

Owen’s big night netted him 14 points, while Gross-man added 11 points while doing the majority of the ball-handling against the Sailors’ press.

“We just weren’t ready for them the first time we played

them,” said Cushing. “We had guys coming back from football and they weren’t in basketball shape, so we didn’t play very well. This week our kids really worked hard in practice. We knew they would come at us with a press, and we had to hang on for dear life in the end. We just need to do a better job of handling the ball, but this was a really big win for us.”

Dragons get o-wen over Scituate

BOYs BasketBallDuxbury 65Scituate 64

BOYs BasketBallDuxbury 61Whitman-Hanson 64

BOYs BasketBallDuxbury 61Silver Lake 44

aN easY BUCket: aaron kramer goes up for two of his game high 24 points in the 65-64 win over scituate.

eND OF tHe liNe: Mike sullivan has his path to the basket cut off in last Wednesday night’s win.

HeaDiNG tO tHe HOOP: Brian Grossman beats his man on the baseline to score two of his 11 points in the upset win over the sailors. Photos by Mike Halloran


tim earlier in the season, Duxbury had every intention of giving the Panthers their best shot, and they did.

With the Norton sisters staking Duxbury to an 8-2 lead, Tsinzo canned a three-pointer and the crowd was stunned with the Lady Drag-ons ahead 11-4.

Maggie Norton and North fueled a 5-2 run to make it 16-7, forcing W-H coach Jim Daley to call a timeout to as-sess the situation with 2:45 left in the quarter.

Junior Emily Walker opened the second quarter with a bucket for a 19-12 lead, but the Panthers slowly crept back in the game until Jenna Cusick buried her shot with 1:25 to go for a 21-18 halftime lead.

Sophomore captain Tay-

lor Ferry would sink a three to open the second half, and follow it with a free throw for W-H’s first lead of the game at 22-21 forcing Dunn to call a timeout before things got out of hand.

It was a good call by Dunn, as North and the Nor-tons went on a 6-2 run to re-gain the lead at 27-26 as the third quarter ended.

Duxbury continued to hold a slim lead at 32-30 on a Shannon McLaughlin free throw with just over four minute to go, only to see Brit-tany Ford sneak inside for an offensive rebound to tie the game at 33.

North and Mary Rose Grifffin traded baskets at the two-minute mark to keep it tied at 35, but Ferry matched a hoop by Norton with 29.9 seconds remaining to send

the game into OT.Maggie Norton buried a

three-pointer to give Dux-bury a 42-39 lead with 1:58 left, only to see Ford score consecutive buckets to grab the lead.

North hit a free throw with 43 seconds to tie the game at 43. However, Grif-fin would score the clincher with 22 seconds to go for the Panther win.

The Lady Dragons took on North Quincy Tuesday night with a chance to qualify for post season play, and will get two more shots to make it happen even if they lost to the Red Raiders.

Girls close in on tournament after rough startcontinued from page one

DOUBle teaMeD: Freshman center Michela North gets stripped of the

ball by Brittany Ford during Friday night’s action.

By Wendy Generuex clipper contriButor

The Duxbury wrestling team went into the Division II South Sectional team tourna-ment unseeded, but at the end of the day, the Dragon grap-plers finished fourth out of twelve teams.

In the first round, Duxbury took on a much-improved Nauset Regional team. A great start for the Dragons including back-to-back pins by Mikkel Linskey (130 lbs.) and Jamie Auer (135 lbs.), and a pin by cradle by Colin Connolly in the 145 lbs. weight class paced the team the rest of the way. Junior Alec McKenzie (4-1) also recorded his first of three pins on the day in the 189 lbs. weight class, giving Duxbury a convincing 54-21 win.

In the second round, Dux-bury faced Plymouth North, who came into the tourna-ment with an impressive 18-6 record. Freshman Jake Ge-nereux (112) gave Duxbury the early momentum with the first of his two pins on the day. Senior captain Tim Donoghue

also recorded a pin at 119 lbs., and junior Pat Donovan won by major decision at 140 lbs. Other key pins came from se-nior captain John McGeady (160) and McKenzie (189). Duxbury gave up a forfeit at 215, but still managed to pull

off a thrilling 46-31 win.The two victories propelled

the Dragons into a semi-final match-up with Marshfield, who recently captured a share of the ACL championship with Plymouth South. Dono-ghue (3-0) got the Dragons on

the board first in the 119 lbs. weight class, and senior cap-tain Robert Kates followed with a pin at 125. Also picking

up key victories were fresh-men Nick Kates (103) Ge-nereux (3-0), and Auer (135). McGeady (160) also had a pin. Unfortunately for Duxbury, they did not have any answers for Marshfield in three of the four upper weights, and the top seeded Rams escaped with an exciting 39-31 victory.

After losing to Marsh-field, the Dragons came out flat against Whitman-Hanson in their fourth and final match of the day. Garnering pins for Duxbury was Genereux (112) and McKenzie (189), with the Dragons only other points coming from senior captain Donoghue, who won by deci-sion at 119 lbs. It wasn’t nearly enough as the Panthers cruised to a 45-15 third-place win.

The Duxbury grapplers will travel to North Attleboro on Saturday morning for the D2 Individual South Sectional Tournament.

BIG MaC: Junior grappler alec Mckenzie paced Duxbury at the D2 south sectional team tournament on saturday with three pins.

Wrestlers finish fourth in South Sectionals

Duxbury’s sixth-grade girls’ B team won a thrilling 19-18 double-OT decision over Weymouth last weekend in Old Colony BB league play at the Immaculate Conception Parish Center in Weymouth Field goals by KC Williams and Chloe Sweet kept Dux-bury within striking distance at 10-6 at halftime, allowing them to rally in the second half and tie the game at 14-14 at the end of regulation on bas-kets by Sweet (2), Calista Tu-fankjian, and Kyla Stevens.

The first OT session was a defensive battle, as neither team was able to score.

Williams was able to tie the score in the second OT pe-riod, but Weymouth regained the lead and was ahead by a bucket with time winding

down.With Duxbury in posses-

sion under heavy pressure, the ball went to Sweet, who drib-bled close to the three-point line. Under control, Sweet lined up her shot and buried it for three points.

The Duxbury bench erupt-ed and the defense held on for the one-point victory. Sweet and Williams led the way for

Duxbury with nine and six points respectively, while Bel-la Boucher, Tufankjian, and Stevens chipped in with two apiece.

Other team members in-clude: Lexi Murphy, Emma MacKinnon, Caitlyn Sarles, Rachel Norton, Aby Luscko, Kerri Lehmann, Celia Borghe-sani and Nina Fassnacht.

Sixth-grade girls win in double overtime

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Winter will not discourage DYS! Registration for Duxbury Youth Softball’s 2010 SPRING SEASON is now OPEN!!! Girls in grades 1-12 can now reg-ister online at duxburyyouthsoftball.org. First time players and seasoned

veterans are welcome. Come be a part of our best year yet!

Why is there a helmet in this ad? In response to parent concerns around SAFETY and HYGIENE, DYS is requiring that all players in grades 3 and up

supply their own helmet for the 2010 Spring Season. The helmet must have a face mask and chin strap. DYS reached an agreement with a local vendor to fit each player and offer the helmet at a discounted price. See the NEW HELMET

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Register online before March 1st to avoid the late fee!

Grades 7-12: Looking for more competitive play? In addition to the regular recreational teams, DYS will hold tryouts for one Duxbury Spring Select Team.

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If you have questions, call Bill Farquharson at 781-934-7036.

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COLLEGE CORNERBy mike Halloran, sports editor

[email protected]

Bates College freshman Mark Brust (DHS ’09) was named Bobcat of The Week at Bates after leading his team on a 3-0 road trip and thrusting them into position to qualify for the postseason NESCAC Championship tournament. On the week, Brust averaged 8.7 points and 2.0 steals while shooting 11-for-18 (.611) from the field. Perhaps most importantly, Brust played more min-utes (93) than any other Bobcat and turned the ball over a mere two times. The freshman submitted his best perfor-

mance of the year in a 74-69 win at Wes-leyan, shooting 8-for-10 from the floor for a team-high 18 points to go with four assists, two steals and zero turn-overs in 36 minutes of action… Senior Kristyn Roth (DHS ’06) had a super-woman type afternoon last Wednesday, as Boston College split its two matches with Dartmouth and UMaine, losing to the Big Green, 169.5-164.5, and beat-ing Maine, 237-95. Roth finished first in

the 200-yard medley relay, second in the 200-yard freestyle relay, fifth in the 100-yard backstroke, ninth in the 100-yard freestyle, and 10 in the 50-yard freestyle… Senior Meg Shine’s (Tabor ’06) Hamilton College hockey team upset fifth-ranked Middle-bury, 3-2, on Saturday… Holy Cross ju-nior Ashley Buckley (DHS ’07) finished third in the high jump in the Crusaders’ 102-73 loss to UMaine… Junior Kris-ten Byrne (DHS ’07) scored two goals in St. Anselms’ 10-1 blowout of Plym-

outh State. Byrne now has 8 goals and 8 assists in 19 games for the Hawks… Junior Terry Woods (DHS ’06) as-sisted on the winning goal just nine seconds into OT, as Babson knocked off St. Anselms, 2-1, on Saturday in Manchester, NH… Junior Mike Baran (Thayer ’07) and his Amherst College hockey team had their 13-game unbeat-en streak broken last week in a 4-2 loss to Bowdoin… Sophomore Sean McCa-rthy (Roxbury Latin ’08) and his Trin-ity College hockey

team had a good weekend with 4-1 wins over Connecticut College and Tufts… Senior Erica Marrocco (DHS ’06) has been named captain of the U. of Rich-mond women’s lacrosse team that opens it season on Valentine’s Day against Maryland… Senior attackman Max Quinzani (DHS ’06) scored with 5.8 seconds remaining in the game to lift Duke to a 9-8 exhibition victory over the U.S. men’s national team last Sunday afternoon at the fifth annual Champion Challenge in Orlan-

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Spring field usageAnyone/group wishing to use the playing fields in Town

must submit an application to the Recreation Department. Applications can be obtained on the Recreation Department’s Web site at town.duxbury.ma.us/recreation or by calling the office at 781-934-7034.

Youth football registration and call for coaches

Duxbury Youth Football registration for the upcoming Fall 2010 season is open to all families (children entering grades sec-ond through eighth; see website for more information regarding age/weight categories). All registrations have to be done online at duxburyyouthfootball.com. In addition, anybody interested in being a coach for the upcoming season should contact DYF President Jeb Ball at [email protected] or 781-727-2592 by Friday, Feb. 19.

Sailing enthusiasts from throughout New England, and as far south as Virginia, flocked to the Duxbury Bay Maritime School last Sunday night to attend a seminar pre-sented by renowned sailor and Tuft University head sailing coach, Ken Legler. The pre-sentation, entitled “Strategy is Good, Tactics are Evil”, of-fered tips and ideas for com-petitive sailors from Legler’s experience.

A life-long sailor, coach, race manager, and photogra-pher, Legler has been the Tufts sailing coach since 1980. He is a US Sailing National Race Of-ficer, former US sailing Team Coach, former national cham-pion in college dinghies, big boats, one-designs and eight times champion as a sighted guide for blind sailors.

While explaining The Rac-ing Rules of Sailing for 2009-2012, Legler took the audi-ence around the racecourse with a series of humorous case studies involving situations where sailors get into trou-ble. The event drew a diverse group that included over 75 at-tendees, ranging from middle school dinghy sailors through

adult big boat racers.“As someone who has

both sailed and coached at the highest level, Ken offers a great perspective on the sport of competitive sailing,” noted Chuck Leonard, DBMS Ex-ecutive Director. “His presen-tation was from a perspective that sailors of all levels could benefit from. We feel fortunate to have been able to host the event and look forward to fu-

ture educational seminars.”Duxbury Bay Maritime

School, founded in 1997, of-fers educational and recre-ational sailing programs to both children and adults to fa-cilitate individual growth and an enduring love and apprecia-tion of the sea. The program currently serves approximate-ly 1,600 students annually.

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House to ShareAntique home on 2.5 acres near Rt. 3, beach, school and Village Center. 2 furnished bedrooms $625 per month (first and last) and $875 per month (first and last); includes utilities (A/C), WIFI, cable, and bi-monthly housecleaning. 617-953-9444 (cell) or email [email protected] Non-smoker please. Available March 15.

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School Vacation Condo Ski Vermont at Pico. Sunday - Thursday, $760; Friday - Saturday $500. [email protected]

Nantucket RentalFantastic Madaket house available for weekly summer rental. 3bds/sleeps 8. Five minute walk to beach. Call 781-934-0872. See Home Away.com #271428

2 BR Duxbury CottageAntique, small 2 bedroom cottage on Washington Street between Snug Harbor and Blue Fish River. Big lawn, water access, new washer/dryer. Reduced to $1500 plus utilities. First and last, available now, length of lease negotiable. Call 781-934-7845.

Duxbury Family Seeks RentalEstablished Duxbury family looking for 3-4 bedroom home to rent for 1-2 years. Rent to own option is also of interest. Please call 617-688-7866.

Year-Round 2 BR Halls Corner. Includes heat, light, washer/dryer, storage, snow removal. Call Bay Hill Realty, 508-783-8447.

Duxbury RentalThree bedroom Cape for rent on quiet 3+ acre lot. One mile from Rt. 3. Very clean. Available immediately. $1900 plus utilities. 781-760-0628

White Mountain GetawayWhite Mountain getaway. Lakefront 4-season cabin; two hours from Boston, one mile from slopes. Ski, tube, sled, ice fish, skate. Excellent restaurants and shopping in North Conway. Sleeps 10. From $250/night. Call 781-934-6340.

Duxbury Marketplace Office space for rent. 2-4 room office suites ranging from 400 sq. ft. to 1000 sq. ft. Efficient layouts, clean with new interior finishes. Call for details, 978-921-1919.

NH Vacation RentalFour season, five bedroom home, close to ski areas, indoor/outdoor pools, hot tubs, fitness room, lake, tennis, basketball, game room, fully equipped. 781-837-5840 or e-mail [email protected].

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Apartments For RentDuxbury. One BR, $960. 2 BR, 2 bath with washer/dryer. $1300. Call 781-264-2476.

Office Space for RentDuxbury, Millbrook area. Second floor, 300 sq. ft. Call 781-934-0809.

FirewoodCut and split 14”-16” lengths. Call Nessralla’s Farms in Marshfield, 781-834-2833, or go to our website www.nessrallas.com.

Just Small JobsSkilled craftsman solves your repair needs. Call Jim at (339) 832-0244.

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Denia Cleaning Service 50% off first visit. Doing the best for you. Available for residential and commercial. Offering affordable weekly, bi-weekly and monthly rates. Reliable, careful, and honest attention to detail. Excellent references, call 781-664-7238.

Carpentry & Handyman ServiceThirty years experience in carpentry, cabinet making, remodeling. I can do carpentry, painting, drywall, minor electric plumbing, honey do lists, repairs, trouble shooting. No job too small. $45/hour. Free estimates. Call James 781-964-6439.

Moving/Estate DispersalI sell most items; No lots too large or small. Estate and yard sale services available. Turn items into cash. Removal and appraisal services available. Call today. Ed, 781-585-8043. All services kept confidential.

Cleaning ServiceSave time and money with our services. We clean houses, apts, and offices too. More than seven years of experience. Call today and get your appointment for a free estimate, 781-316-6578.

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RemovalSheds, boats, stumps, brush, pools, brick and rubble, appliances, swing sets. Insured men promptly removing junque. Many years of local service. Call Chuck T., 781-424-8844.

TutorsCertified teacher with Masters in Education and Organizational Skills and experienced physicist available. Remediate, Review and Advance. Classroom, ESL, business and tutoring experience. Individualized attention with study skills, reading, writing, science, Algebra, Calculus and Physics. Support with SAT, college admissions. 508-830-0305.

Air ConditioningResidential and Commercial Mr. Slim ductless systems by Mitzubishi. Factory trained and certified Diamond Dealer. Fully licensed and insured. Call Keith at K. B. Guidetti Mechanical, 508-747-2180 or 508-989-1099.Keeping you comfortable since 1989. Visit our website, www.kbguidetti.com

Reading Tutor Grades K-3Certified reading specialist with 25 years experience available after school and Saturday mornings. Patient, compassionate, and skilled at bringing out the best in every child. Diagnostic testing and skill specific, hands-on instruction. Call Deb at 781-834-7971.

A & G PaintingCommercial, residential municipal. Interior / Exterior house painting. Fully insured. Free painted ceiling in every room we wallpaper or paint. Call Angelo today for your free estimate. Office: 781-293-8767 Cell: 781-864-1540.

Gutter and Yard Cleanup We specialize in raking and removing leaves, small trees, branches and yard debris. Any and all junk removed, inside and out. We also clean gutters, install gutter guards, and wash windows. Please call Mike at 781-789-3612.

Experienced, Patient TutorCertified teacher, Duxbury native, available to tutor your child. Areas of specialty: Spanish, English (essay-writing/vocab strengthening), Reading (comprehension/fluency), Social Studies. Flexible hours and a respectful, patient approach. Make homework completion easier. Call Corinne, 617-909-2286

50% OffInterior painting booked before March 1. Specializing in interior/exterior painting, power washing, gutters, carpentry, dump runs, and window washing. Free estimates, best prices guaranteed. Fast and reliable service. Please call Mike, 781-789-3612.


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If your garage sale, craftshow, neighborhood fair oryard sale gets rained out,

the next week is free!

$1595

DON’T LET IT RAINON YOUR PARADE!

BEAT THE ELEMENTS WITHOUR “UMBRELLA POLICY”

Package includes full exposure for 1week in the Clipper & Express classifiedsand website. Add an attention-grabbing

border at no extra cost.

Your car, truck, or boat getspremium exposure with our

Guaranteed Auto Deal.Your package includes full

exposure in all of ouraward-winning publicationsand website. Best of all you

can put a photo of yourvehicle right in your ad.

There’s no better way to sellyour car, truck or boat.

We’re so confident you’llagree that we guarantee to

run your ad until the vehicle is sold!

WHEEL DEAL!

GUARANTEED AUTOPACKAGE WITH PHOTO

$3995



INCLUDESPHOTO!!!

YARDSALE



GUARANTEED TREASURECHEST PACKAGE

$3995


TREASURE CHEST

Sell those treasures in yourattic with our guaranteed

classified deal. Your packageincludes full exposure in all of

our award-winningpublications and website.You may change prices, wording or

remove items, but new items cannot beadded. Limit of 40 words or fewer.

NOWINCLUDESPHOTO!!!

House to ShareAntique home on 2.5 acres near Rt. 3, beach, school and Village Center. 2 furnished bedrooms $625 per month (first and last) and $875 per month (first and last); includes utilities (A/C), WIFI, cable, and bi-monthly housecleaning. 617-953-9444 (cell) or email [email protected] Non-smoker please. Available March 15.

HomewardBound

School Vacation Condo Ski Vermont at Pico. Sunday - Thursday, $760; Friday - Saturday $500. [email protected]

Nantucket RentalFantastic Madaket house available for weekly summer rental. 3bds/sleeps 8. Five minute walk to beach. Call 781-934-0872. See Home Away.com #271428

2 BR Duxbury CottageAntique, small 2 bedroom cottage on Washington Street between Snug Harbor and Blue Fish River. Big lawn, water access, new washer/dryer. Reduced to $1500 plus utilities. First and last, available now, length of lease negotiable. Call 781-934-7845.

Duxbury Family Seeks RentalEstablished Duxbury family looking for 3-4 bedroom home to rent for 1-2 years. Rent to own option is also of interest. Please call 617-688-7866.

Year-Round 2 BR Halls Corner. Includes heat, light, washer/dryer, storage, snow removal. Call Bay Hill Realty, 508-783-8447.

Duxbury RentalThree bedroom Cape for rent on quiet 3+ acre lot. One mile from Rt. 3. Very clean. Available immediately. $1900 plus utilities. 781-760-0628

White Mountain GetawayWhite Mountain getaway. Lakefront 4-season cabin; two hours from Boston, one mile from slopes. Ski, tube, sled, ice fish, skate. Excellent restaurants and shopping in North Conway. Sleeps 10. From $250/night. Call 781-934-6340.

Duxbury Marketplace Office space for rent. 2-4 room office suites ranging from 400 sq. ft. to 1000 sq. ft. Efficient layouts, clean with new interior finishes. Call for details, 978-921-1919.

NH Vacation RentalFour season, five bedroom home, close to ski areas, indoor/outdoor pools, hot tubs, fitness room, lake, tennis, basketball, game room, fully equipped. 781-837-5840 or e-mail [email protected].

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Apartments For RentDuxbury. One BR, $960. 2 BR, 2 bath with washer/dryer. $1300. Call 781-264-2476.

Office Space for RentDuxbury, Millbrook area. Second floor, 300 sq. ft. Call 781-934-0809.

FirewoodCut and split 14”-16” lengths. Call Nessralla’s Farms in Marshfield, 781-834-2833, or go to our website www.nessrallas.com.

Just Small JobsSkilled craftsman solves your repair needs. Call Jim at (339) 832-0244.

At YourService

Denia Cleaning Service 50% off first visit. Doing the best for you. Available for residential and commercial. Offering affordable weekly, bi-weekly and monthly rates. Reliable, careful, and honest attention to detail. Excellent references, call 781-664-7238.

Carpentry & Handyman ServiceThirty years experience in carpentry, cabinet making, remodeling. I can do carpentry, painting, drywall, minor electric plumbing, honey do lists, repairs, trouble shooting. No job too small. $45/hour. Free estimates. Call James 781-964-6439.

Moving/Estate DispersalI sell most items; No lots too large or small. Estate and yard sale services available. Turn items into cash. Removal and appraisal services available. Call today. Ed, 781-585-8043. All services kept confidential.

Cleaning ServiceSave time and money with our services. We clean houses, apts, and offices too. More than seven years of experience. Call today and get your appointment for a free estimate, 781-316-6578.

At YourService

RemovalSheds, boats, stumps, brush, pools, brick and rubble, appliances, swing sets. Insured men promptly removing junque. Many years of local service. Call Chuck T., 781-424-8844.

TutorsCertified teacher with Masters in Education and Organizational Skills and experienced physicist available. Remediate, Review and Advance. Classroom, ESL, business and tutoring experience. Individualized attention with study skills, reading, writing, science, Algebra, Calculus and Physics. Support with SAT, college admissions. 508-830-0305.

Air ConditioningResidential and Commercial Mr. Slim ductless systems by Mitzubishi. Factory trained and certified Diamond Dealer. Fully licensed and insured. Call Keith at K. B. Guidetti Mechanical, 508-747-2180 or 508-989-1099.Keeping you comfortable since 1989. Visit our website, www.kbguidetti.com

Reading Tutor Grades K-3Certified reading specialist with 25 years experience available after school and Saturday mornings. Patient, compassionate, and skilled at bringing out the best in every child. Diagnostic testing and skill specific, hands-on instruction. Call Deb at 781-834-7971.

A & G PaintingCommercial, residential municipal. Interior / Exterior house painting. Fully insured. Free painted ceiling in every room we wallpaper or paint. Call Angelo today for your free estimate. Office: 781-293-8767 Cell: 781-864-1540.

Gutter and Yard Cleanup We specialize in raking and removing leaves, small trees, branches and yard debris. Any and all junk removed, inside and out. We also clean gutters, install gutter guards, and wash windows. Please call Mike at 781-789-3612.

Experienced, Patient TutorCertified teacher, Duxbury native, available to tutor your child. Areas of specialty: Spanish, English (essay-writing/vocab strengthening), Reading (comprehension/fluency), Social Studies. Flexible hours and a respectful, patient approach. Make homework completion easier. Call Corinne, 617-909-2286

50% OffInterior painting booked before March 1. Specializing in interior/exterior painting, power washing, gutters, carpentry, dump runs, and window washing. Free estimates, best prices guaranteed. Fast and reliable service. Please call Mike, 781-789-3612.


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Bettencourt’s Walls & CeilingsPainting, drywall finishing, sheet-rocking, water damage, wallpaper stripping. Specializing in interior work. Skim coating over horse hair plaster and textured ceilings a specialty. 25 years experience. Call Steve, 508-833-0546 or 617-922-0944 (cell).

Music Lessons In Your HomeBerklee College of Music graduate offering personalized drum, beginner piano or guitar lessons in the convenience of your home. Reasonable rates, references available. Bring in this ad for $5 off first lesson. 508-583-8503, email: [email protected]

A1 Top to Bottom HousecleaningWeekly – bi-weekly – monthly. One-time cleanings our specialty. Over 10 yrs. experience. Duxbury refs. Michelle (508) 291-1864.

RefrigerationRestaurant and marine equipment sales and service. Fully licensed and insured. Call Keith at K. B. Guidetti Mechanical, 508-747-2180 or 508-989-1099. Serving you since 1989. Visit our website, www.kbguidetti.com

DuxburyComputers.comGet expert computer help and advice. Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist and QuickBooks Pro Advisor in Duxbury. Why pay more for geeks? 781-934-9800.

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Handyman ServicesBig jobs, small jobs, odd jobs. Experienced in carpentry, painting, electric, and plumbing. Organizing garages, basements, attics, and workshops. Storm doors, deck and home repairs. Dump runs. Positive attitude, easy to talk to. Call Rick Shea. 774-454-7548, 508-224-9036.

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Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly. Homes, offices, restaurants. Please call Vangela, 508-692-1718 or 774-283-4546 or email [email protected].

Experienced PainterThirty years experience. Average size ceilings, $90; 10’x12’ room, $200. Wallpapering and custom finishes. Senior discounts. Inte-rior and exterior painting. Excel-lent references and free esti-mates. Call Matt, 508-746-8115.

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The Paint SaintProfessional interior/exterior painting, gutter cleaning, power washing and window washing. Best prices and service always with a smile. Will paint your home like it was our own. Call Andrew for your free estimate. 781-264-3628.

Michael’s Windows & Gutter Cleaning

A local service. Windows start at $5 each. Also, repair loose and leaking gutters, and can install gutter screens. Also, repair window and door screens. (A great gift idea!) I answer my phone. Cell 508-523-9927.

Sweet Sue-renity Holistic Ctr.Reiki sessions 1/2hr; Ear Coning; Monday Meditation 6:30-7:30pm; Thursday Yoga 6-7pm; Breathwork classes 2/16, 7-9:30; Healing Drumming Circle 2/19, 7-9pm; Unity of Spirit Workshop 2/26, 7-9pm; 437 Webster St., (Route 123) Rockland. 781-878-HEAL(4325) More information and rates at www.sweetsuerenity.com

Window And Gutter CleaningLet local firefighters brighten your day! Residential and storefront. Pressure washing - house, patio, deck, etc. Free gutter cleaning with every full house window job. Reasonable rates. References available. Fully insured. Keith McWalter. 781-340-5183 or cell-781-690-2000.

AlterationsSpecializing in hand sewing. Hems and repairs on your finest clothing. Please call June Lippard, 781-934-9268 or 781-254-3397.

Child Care - DuxburyChildren’s Hospital RN specializing in infants, multiples and preemies. Flexible hours, reasonable rates. References available. Available March 1. Call Cheryl, 781-585-5849.

John GallagherInterior, exterior painting and carpentry. Duxbury. Over 20 years of experience. Reasonable rates. Call John, 617-697-6451 (cell).

Licensed Home DaycareTwo openings in Hanson home on private cul-de-sac. Mondays through Thursdays, 7 am to 4:30 pm. All meals and snacks included. Clean, safe and loving environment. Dog-free home. Excellent references provided. Call 781-447-9272, spots will fill quickly.

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Summertime NannyCollege junior looking to nanny this summer. Lots of experience with children of all ages. Able to drive. References available upon request. Will be home early May-late August. Please call Cassie, 781-424-5948.

Tree WorkWinter Discount on tree removal, pruning and stump grinding. Certified arborist, fully Insured and free estimates. Please call 508-866-2404 or cell, 508-524-0314.

Wallpapering/Interior PaintingCeiling, walls, woodwork, drywall repairs, touch-ups, cleanouts done at low, reasonable prices. Free estimates. Call Debbie, 781-585-8043.

One Day Roofing Installs Professional installation of Owens Corning shingles at a competitive price. Talk to our customers. We use contracts, get permits, install quickly, leave no mess, and manufacturers warranty. Since 1987 David McCarthy Home Improvements. 781-534-2499

Have Truck! College students have truck and will help move or dispose of household items. Need help cleaning out basement, attic, garage, bedroom? How about dump runs, stacking wood, cleaning yard or interior painting? Call Shawn. 339-933-0804, 781-934-9449.

Absolute RemovalNo job too small. Junk removal, basement cleanouts - attic - shed etc. Snowplowing. Fast and reliable service 7 days a week. Free estimates. Call 781-588-4036 or e-mail [email protected]

Fully Seasoned Firewood$280/cord. Free delivery in Duxbury, Pembroke and surrounding area. Also, dead trees and downed limbs cleaned up. Wood lots cleared. Call Jay, 978-985-3362 (cell).

Lene’s CleaningWill clean your house, office, or place of business. Reliable and efficient. Good local references. Please call anytime to set up an appointment. 774-269-2177 or 508-317-7753.

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Specializing in cleanouts of basements, garages, attics, yard debris, and odds and ends. We also specialize in carpentry, painting, gutter work, and window washing. Best prices, free estimates. Please call or leave a message for Mike, 781-789-3612.

Ana Paula Cleaning ServicesResidential and commercial. Reasonable rates, Please call Ana Paula, 781-936-8219 or 617-312-1837 (cell).

Snowbirds To FloridaSouth Shore based company providing auto transport service to Florida and nationwide. Great rates and reliable, safe door-to-door transport. Call DWO Auto Transport Services, 954-648-3677. Mention ad for $25 discount.

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Fishing ChartersOutstanding charters for striped bass & blues. Offshore tuna. Freshwater canoe trips for trout, smallmouth, largemouth bass. Bird watching excursions. Clamming trips. Flycasting lessons. Scenic bay tours. Gift Certificates. Capt. David Bitters, BAYMEN Guide Service, Inc. 781-934-2838 www.baymenoutfitters.com

Piano TuningMartin Snow, RPT, Craftsman Member Piano Technicians Guild, plus complete piano rebuilding service, sales. 781-837-6531. www.martinsnowpianos.com.

Rute CleanerMany years of experience with excellent references. Specializing in house and office cleaning. Call anytime for free estimate. Speak with Humberto, 508-732-0182 or 774-454-4982.

Attention Class of 2011“The Right Fit.” With over fifteen years of high school guidance counseling experience let us help you and your high school junior begin the college search process. Choose from a variety of packages to fit your individual needs. Whether you are beginning the college search process or working to put together an appropriate list of colleges, we will help alleviate the stress and simplify the college search and application process. Contact us today at [email protected] .

Planes, Train& Automobiles

Trailer - Like NewShorelander SLR14TL. Used 07 only. Can have rollers or bunks. Your choice. $975 or BO. Email [email protected] or call 781-585-3234.

Selling your car or boat?For less than the cost of a tank of gas you can reach more than 10,000 potential buyers in the Clipper.Classifieds. To place your ad call 781-934-2811 or visit us on the web at www.duxburyclip-per.com.

Ceramic Tile InstallationKitchens, baths, new remodel installations, tub and shower wall repairs. Residential, commercial. Free estimates. 30 years experience. John, 781-727-0207.

A Couple of CleanersResidential, commercial and one-time cleaning. Experienced, thorough and dependable. Free estimates, excellent references. Call SueAnn or David, 781-582-2167.

Firewood Fully seasoned oak. 16-18” cut/split. Half cords, $175, Quarter cords, $90. Free delivery. Stacking available. Call Greg Fairbanks, 781-585-6923.


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2004 Armada 4WD SE SUV This off-road SUV with third row has been well maintained, has a clean and clear title, just one owner and runs perfectly. 63,467 miles, green exterior and gray leather interior. Asking $15,999. Call 781-934-1552.

2004 Ford TaurusSES Sedan. 6 cyl, 5 passenger, 4 door. Silver w/ dark grey cloth interior. Power windows, seats and doors. CD player. Very good condition. 99,000 miles. $3995. Call Emily A. Dewire, 508-224-2041.


2008 Ford F-350 XLT 2008 Ford F-350 XLT white cab and half, toolbox, back rack, spray in bed liner. 42K miles, great shape. $24,500. Call 508-922-6142.

1997 Ford F150 X-Cab XLTAutomatic, V8, A/C, 4WD, recent tires and brakes. 170K miles. New inspection sticker. Excellent condition. $3750. Call 617-719-9633.

2002 Mercury Sable LSPremium sedan. Fully loaded with all the bells and whistles. Power everything, Premium sound system, multi disc cd, moonroof, leather seats, ABS, tires in good condition. One owner, well maintained, 130,000 miles. $3,790. 781-834-4216.

22’ Grady White1999 Fisherman w/225 Yamaha engine. Low miles. Great condition. T top with full electronics. $30,000. Call 781-934-2671.

1985 Toyota LandcruiserCompletely refurbished 4-speed, manual locking hubs, endless extras, remarkable condition. $20K or best offer. A must see - one of the last great ones! Call 508-958-0455

36’ Sabre “Spartina” 1986. Excellent condition, fully equipped. Great boat for cruising couple or family. Roller furling main and genoa. Full electronics (radar, GPS chart plotter, autopilot...) power windlass, ESPAR hot air heating system etc. Price sharply reduced, $69,500. 781-934-6730.

1998 Saturn 2-Door Black, only 135k miles. Brand new inspection sticker, wipers, and oil change. $1200 or B.O. Great for student. Call 781-585-6913.


2007 Honda Civic LX Silver, New condition, 25,600 miles with full manufacturer's warranty. Low miles. $14,995. Call 339-832-1893.

2003 Honda Accord CoupeRed 2003 Honda Accord coupe.

Only 63,000 miles. Perfect condition. Every option. Asking $11,500. Call 781-294-4750 or email [email protected].

Pathfinder - $12,50019’ 2001 Pathfinder center console (white) with outboard drive. Beam: 7’8”. Yamaha 90hp (outboard gas) with stainless steel propeller. Fishfinder, depth sounder, live well. Outboard power trim and tilt. Insulated fish box. Call 781-934-7069.

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DUXBURYPLANNING BOARD

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Duxbury Planning Board will be conducting an Administrative Site Plan Review pursuant to Section 615 of the Protective Bylaw of the Town of Duxbury for a proposal at 126 Tremont Street put forward by Newcomb Farms Dairy. The meeting for the Planning Board review is scheduled for Monday, February 22, 2010 at 7:15 PM in the small conference room, lower level of Town Hall.

The proposal is for a commercial retail space to be located in the existing structure, with related site improvements such as parking and landscaping to the existing lot. The property is zoned Neighborhood Business District 1. The

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TOWN OF DUXBURY

BOARD OF APPEALS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the

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Town Hall, Mural Room, on February 25, 2010 at 7:45 p.m. to consider the application of Island Creek Village North LLC for a special permit under Articles 400, 600, 700 and 900 of the Duxbury Protective Bylaw.

The project is located at 30 Tremont Street, Parcels #110-452-003, #114-452-002 and #114-452-004 of the Duxbury Assessors’ Map, consists of approximately 22.82 acres, is zoned for Residential Compatibility and is owned by Island Creek Village West and Island Creek Village East, c/o Keith Properties, Inc., 14 Page Terrace, Stoughton, MA 02072

The applicant proposes to build a 238 unit project including 108 rental units, 94 assisted living units, 7,000 square feet of commercial buildings, a clubhouse, a waste water treatment plant and a maintenance garage.

The application may be viewed in the Inspectional Services Department between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. or by appointment.

general public is welcome to attend the meeting to participate in the discussion relative to the proposal.

A copy of the application, plan and other supporting documents are on file in the Planning Board Office and may be inspected by appointment Monday through Friday during Town Hall business hours.

Any person interested or wishing to comment on the proposed plan should appear at the time and place noted above.

Brendan P. HalliganPlanning Board Clerk



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MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Teresa J. May to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated February 22, 2007 and recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds at Book 34169, Page 214 of which the Mortgage the undersigned is the present

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holder by assignment for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 AM on February 25, 2010 at 12 Clark Drive, Duxbury, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:

A certain parcel of land situated in Duxbury,

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Plymouth County, Massachusetts, described as follows:

Lot 2 as shown on a plan entitled "Clark Drive Definitive Subdivision in Duxbury, Mass. Prepared for: Peter Venti The BSC Group Loring H. Jacobs Co. Scale: 1"=40' Date: May 13,1987," which plan is recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 947 of 1987, in Plan Book 29, Page 679, et seq.

Said premises are know and numbered as 12 Clark

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Drive For title see deed dated

August 8, 2003 recorded with Plymouth County Deeds in Book 26179, Page 149.

The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession.

TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of FIVE

THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check or bank treasurer’s check will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right

to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.

Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale.

GMAC Mortgage, LLC, Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys, Orlans Moran PLLC, P.O. Box 962169, Boston, MA 02196, Phone: (617) 502-4100

(618.0639/May)(02/03/10, 02/10/10, 02/17/10)(186448)

The Board of Appeals will accept written comments on this application.

Dennis A. Murphy, ChairBoard of Appeals

Adv: 2/10/10-2/17/10Case #08-07


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