duxbury: year in photos 2008

VOLUME LIX NO. 5 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4, 2009VOLUME LIX NO. 5 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4, 2009

The Year in Photos

There wouldn’t be a year in photos without all of the talented

photographers who contributed to the Clipper each week. Thanks to

everyone who contributed:

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Deni JohnsonKaren WongMike HalloranJosh CutlerJerry ApuzziSusie Bates

Adam SwiftJustin Graeber Elana GormleyMaynard SangsterTom BrayerChloe Bitters

Welcome to the 4th Annual Duxbury Year in Photos. This special supplement is a compilation of our favorite photos from

the past year. By our count there are 189 photos in the issue. We don’t know who appeared in the most photographs, but we can tell you there are six babies, 11 fish, seven countries, three state titles, three dogs, one pig and a cow. It’s been a pleasure for us to review and select these photos –– we hope you enjoy looking at every one. Thanks for a great 2008!

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Tarkiln School gets a facelift

Tag Carpenter of the Tarkiln Study Committee installs a new sign at the former Tarkiln School.

Through donated hours and equipment, the former Tarkiln School on Route 53 got a new coat of paint and the inside was cleaned out. A slimmed-down plan

to restore the building heads to Town Meeting in March.

Dan Gale and Terry Vose with a produce scale found in the clean up. The scale goes back years when a farmer’s market, at Tarkiln, raised thousands of dollars each summer for the building.

The Tarkiln Study Committee inspected the exterior of the building in August with long time volunteer custodian Jack Williams and Building Consultant Rick Cowen. Pictured are: Myrna Walsh, Susanna Sheehan, Terry Vose, Barbara Kiley, Jack Williams, Rick Cowen, and Co-Chairman Tag Carpenter.

Sue Cook clowns around while rolling paint onto the old clapboard sides of the former Tarkiln school during a cleanup in October.

Mary Wilbur reaches to get every spot as she paints.


Duxbury is for animal-lovers

Cal, an Australian shepherd, makes a weekly visit to the Alden School. He has been a popular visitor for Alden School fourth-graders and Pilgrim Area Collaborative students taking part in the Book Buddies program.

CANINE START: The students at Learn in Play Preschool on High Street were treated to a special visit from Boston’s most famous dog when Catie Copley came to play in March. Tess Driscoll, Melanie Day and Sydney Driscoll snug-gle with the canine star.

Jerry the Parrot perches on the head of Steven DiRamio. Jerry made a daring escape from his own-ers, Rocco and Colleen Longo of Lantern Lane, and crashed a wed-ding shower at the DiRamio's home on Woodland Way. He entertained guests and even sipped a few cocktails before con-tinuing his adventure to Marshfield.

Phinneaus, a Cairn Terrier from Stetson Place, gave his owners a scare this summer when he was trapped in rising tides in the Back River. Here he dries off after his watery adventure. He was rescued with the help of two associ-ate harbormasters, Ryan Kauffman and Justin McNiff.

TOWEL DRY: Emily Murray of the 4-H Poultry Club talks to her hen as she dries her off before traveling to the Marshfield Fair in August.

"Farmer Minor" reads “Hello, Piglet” to Daisy the pig along with the children at the library. “Hello, Piglet” was the first book the Minors read to Daisy when she was just a baby.


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Saying goodbye

Workers from the Collector’s Office wished Deputy Collector Nancy Boulanger a happy retirement after 24 years at Town Hall. Pictured are Maureen Connolly, Mary Leach, Boulanger, Ann Dye (who retired in 2000), Kelly Smith, and Dolores Marchewka.

Ned Lawson, retiring as executive director of DBMS, thanks friends, family, students and donors, a reception in his honor this January.

Elsie Vuilleumier, who worked for the town since 1969 and in the accounting department since 1976, gets pinned with a reminder of her special day during her retirement party in April.


A well-traveled ClipperClipper readers have a

long-standing tradi-tion of bringing their

hometown paper with them as they travel. If the paper had a passport, it would have stamps from dozens of countries around the world –– and probably a novelty t-shirt or two. Here's just a hand-ful of snapshots from the Clipper's travel photo album.

Jim Kent of Rogers Way and his daughter, Brooke, holding the Clipper in Machu Piccu, Peru.

Bill McArdle checks up on what's going on in Duxbury, despite being halfway around the world,

at the Forbidden Palace in Beijing. (That's actu-ally McArdle's son on the cover, building a snow-

man.)

Peter Dyroff and Andy Bentinck-Smith enjoyed the Red Sox opening day win over the Oakland A’s at the Tokyo Dome in Japan.

Doug and Pam Wiley of Keenes Brook Lane recently vacationed in Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

Nancy, Mélanie and Dominique Mathieu of Union Bridge Road, with their sum-mer reading material at the Eiffel Tower.

Nora and Olav Serres of Valley Street at the Blue Lagoon (geothermally heated sea-water) in Iceland.

Patricia Graeber, mother of Clipper Editor Justin Graeber, checks out what’s been keeping her son busy while on a trip to Carcassonne, a medieval walled city in south-ern France.

Jenna and Devan Bahr pose with their hometown newspaper in Fengdu, in central China on the Yangtze River, known as the “City of Ghosts.”


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Duxbury Rural and Historical Society Director Patrick Browne, who is also commander of the 22nd Massachusetts Civil War re-enactment regiment, enlists some of the eager young “recruits” at AutumnFest.

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The Duxbury Rural and Historical So-ciety coordinated

an archeological dig at the suspected site of the town's Second Meetinghouse on Chestnut Street this October. The dig attracted scores of dedicated history buffs and volunteer diggers, and led to some amazing historical dis-coveries including the foun-dation of the meetinghouse.

Carole McCarthy holds up a piece of pipe she discovered while sift-ing through soil in her test area.

The volunteers of the Second Meetinghouse dig pose for a photo on the project's last day before filling in the holes created by the excavation. The dig found a host of artifacts as well as the foundation of Duxbury’s Second Meetinghouse.

Jessica Smith and daughters Vicky and Abby sort through dirt taken from a “test trench” at the Second Meetinghouse site.

Gary Paul and his daughters Sidney and Jordan get a hands-on lesson in archeology, carefully digging through layers of soil with a trowel while checking for Pilgrim or Native American artifacts.

Bryce Grey, Sue Phinney, Bobby Phinney and Hugh Grey carefully excavate an area of soil at the dig site. Behind them stands the stone marker that was the only clue to the location of Duxbury’s Second Meeting house until this project found evidence of a foundation.

Mattie Ali looks for Pilgrim or Native American artifacts as she sifts through dirt using a screener during the first few days of the dig.


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Before the start of the dig, dozens of historically-inclined Duxbury residents packed into the Drew Archival Hall in the Wright Building to hear Craig Chartier of the Plymouth Archaeological Rediscovery Project give a talk on the upcoming dig.

Kris Gaskins tests the depth of an excavation area. Most of the artifacts found at the site were within a certain soil depth.

Eric Strom employs a less-than-delicate tool to excavate this part of the trench.

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A NICE CHRISTMAS PRESENT: The Bantam B2 hockey team won the Knights of Columbus Tournament in Quincy over the Christmas break. (Front) Chace Smith, Jeff Gaita, Peter Grunwald, Peter Muncey, Jack Goldberg, Ryan Scanlan. (Standing) Asst. Coach John Muller, Head Coach Chris Smith, Davis Muller, Hunter Benson, Andrew McGill, Colton DiTullio, James Magner, Pat Sweeney, Reilly Naton, Asst. Coach Jim Grunwald. Missing is Connor Charland.

THE FUTURE OF DUXBURY GIRLS BASKETBALL: The sixth grade Duxbury girl’s travel basketball team finished in first place in the Old Colony League. Pictured here are coaches Tony Scavengelli and John Buckley and team members (back row from left): Brooke McCarthy, Bella McGoldrick, Emily Zisko, Jillian Woodgate, Nikki Vetsch and Sydney Connor and (front row, from left): Kate Scavengelli, Kyleigh Duddy, Meg Falcone, Brianna Connolly, Elizabeth Buckley and Halle Walsh front and center.

Marshall McCarthy plows through the Hull defense en route to the 8th-grade Midget team's 24-14 Super Bowl win in November.

Three teams from Duxbury partici-pated in a Little League tournament in Pembroke in July. Kevin Corcoran of the Suburban team slides in ahead of the tag from South River catch-er Bryce Grey in a battle between Duxbury 10-year-old teams.

Colin McGilvery fires to the plate for the 11-year-olds dur-ing the Pembroke tournament this July.

The Duxbury Pop Warner Peewee team celebrates

after beating Sharon, 14-6, in a second, round play-off game in

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3rd graders pick Alden president

Anxiously waiting a turn to present their platform are candidates Corinne Costello, Molly Roche, Joe Gooley and Sophia DeLea.

Lizzy O’Keefe made many promises, one of which was for a quieter cafeteria with open seating.

The candidates pose for a picture with their Campaign Manager Mrs. McKlennan.

Presidential candidates-in-training seemed to be well voiced in how to compete for a presidency: Joseph Gooley, George Rovegno, Aiden Luscko, Charlie Markella and Nick Coppola.


SWING INTO SPRING SPORTS

Junior Quinn Cully tries to beat a Holy Trinity defender in the final game of Duxbury's five-game series with high school teams from New York. The team went on to claim its fifth-straight state title.

Jack Garrity slides under the tag of the

Plymouth North catcher during the Dragons' 4-3

loss. The Dragons went 12-8 on the season but lost their

first tournament game to Sharon in early June.

A STIFF UPPER LIP: Duxbury’s Becca Winans delivers a back-hand during her win over Middleboro’s Lauren Endicott at #1 singles.

LADY IN WAITING: Duxbury’s Danielle Antonellis tries to score from third base on a passed ball during the Lady Dragons’ loss to Pembroke early on in the softball season. Sophomore Ali

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girls' lacrosse action last spring.

Brayden Minihan returns a serve dur-

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I CAUGHT A FISH THISSSS BIG!It's impossible to separate Duxbury from the sea, espe-

cially during the summer, where recreational boaters mix with fishermen, oyster growers and sailors in the

Bay. Here are just a few residents who sent evidence of "the big one" to the Clipper this year.

PLENTY OF SCHOOL LUNCHES: DMS student George Morgan had a successful day fishing with Seth Nichols, his father George Morgan and charter Captain John Bunar.

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON: Captain David Bitters and his son, Luke, display their striped bass caught in Duxbury Bay.

Todd Roberts, Matt Carnuccio and Willy Woodruff stand with Carnuccio’s tuna.

NO FISH TALES: Luke O’Day of Homestead Place walks up town pier with two huge striped bass he landed in the bay,

Owen Apuzzi of Tremont Street holds up his first-ever keeper striped bass. He caught the 35 inch fish with his dad, Jerry Apuzzi, in Duxbury Bay on a live pogy.

TOMORROW NIGHT’S DINNER: Bill “Baymen” Moe and Glen Soule, both DPW employees for the town of Duxbury, hold a one-hundred pound tuna they boated on Stellwagen Bank. The fisher-men returning to Duxbury town pier, were photograhed by Duxbury’s Ralph Thomas of West St.

A FISHY STORY: Ron Scolamiero and his five sons, Sean, Todd, Nick, Michael and Scott caught these two 150 lb. tunas off Stellwagon Bank aboard the vessel “Laura Lynda.”

WEIGHING THE CATCH: Don Gunster, Guy Holbrook and Jason Wolfson pose with a 120 lb. yellow fin tuna they caught recently from Gunster’s boat, Sea Dawg. The fish was caught on the southeast corner of Stellwagon Bank.


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The seven tentacles of this wonderful octopus surround the creators: Isabelle Every, Hannah, Rachel and Adam Sobran, Serena, Matthew and Thomas Farias during the Duxbury Free Library's sand castle build-ing contest this summer.

Emily Reid isn't quite sure if she wants to hold a hermit crab at Family Beach Day in August. The event was sponsored by the Duxbury Beach Reservation.

Craig Feeney and Lauren Kugel display the real stars of the evening at the summer's Island Creek Oyster Festival. Organizers said the event’s patrons went through 20,000 oysters.

Gwyn O’Sullivan, Lilly O’Sullivan, Quinn Sallee and Delia White look for snails, crabs, shells and other underwater goodies in the shallow water off Duxbury Beach.

Sean O’Sullivan displays one of the crabs he found under the bridge during a Mass Audobon-sponsored crab hunt this summer.

Neave Schmitt, a DBMS instructor, holds a horse-shoe crab up for the children to inspect.


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Famous faces

Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, now President Obama's Secretary of State, met Becky Cutler of Surplus Street at an event in New Hampshire in January.

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley made a visit to Holy Family Church on April 12 on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Archdiocese of Boston.

GOTHAM GANG: Alex Cutler of Brooklyn,

New York isn’t sure he wants to give a high

five to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Alex’s mother, Nancy, works for the Mayor. Father, Ben (not pic-

tured) is a Duxbury native. Proud grandfa-ther is David Cutler of

Surplus Street.

Kate and Rose Brewer got to meet sandwich spokesman Jared Fogel at the Boston Heart Walk.


2009 DEF Calendar of EventsCommunity Spelling Bee ~ February 3

Entertaining for Education (formerly, Dinners for Duxbury) ~ March 6-15Kick the Couch & Spring into Summer! 5K ~ May 23

Join the Flock ~ August 1-31Divots for Duxbury Golf Tournament ~ September 21

Annual Appeal ~ November 1Gifts for Learning ~ All year

The Duxbury Education Foundation Celebrates 20 YEARS OF GIVING!

Over 20 years, the DEF has funded almost $1,000,000of innovative and educational grants for all the Duxbury Public Schools.

We would like to Thank all of our Corporate Sponsors, Local Businesses, Individual Donors and the Residents of Duxbury who have generously Supported the DEF.

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RECENT GRANTSB-Informed Data Collection System ~ Ron Clark Academy Educator’s Professional Development Conference

~ Colonial School House Program ~ Lighting Board for Goodknight Theater ~ Advanced Microscopes ~ DHS Advisory Program ~ Simple Machine Unit Science Materials ~ Calculus and Algebra II Text Packages and

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Composition Commission ~ Visual Arts Portfolio Archive ~ Respect and Responsibility Speaker ~ Response to Intervention Programming for Chandler ~ Executive Functioning Skills Seminar

~ Digital Video Camcorders ~ Professional Development for Co-Teaching Inclusionary Workshop ~ Artist in Residence ~ Cyber-bullying Peer Training ~ Science Mobile Learning Project ~ Guidance Department Course

Management Software ~ Professional Choir Instruction ~ Boardmaker Speech Program Software ~ The Six Traits Writing Approach ~ Sound Amplification System ~ Professional “Fiddle” Instruction ~ Students Against

Destructive Decisions Program (SADD) ~ Chandler School SMARTBoard ~ Tuba for the Duxbury High School Music Department ~ National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation ProStart

~ DHS Language Department ~ Peacebuilders Anti-violence Youth Program ~ Naviance Software for Guidance ~ Elementary Robotics ~ Jewelry Making in 3D Art ~ Where Everyone Belongs, WEB Program

~ DMS School Read - ‘A Single Shard’ ~ Youth Risk Behavior Task Force ~ Link Crew ~ KIDS Consortium ~ See it, Say it, Write it classroom technology package ~ Alden SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard

~ Kurzweil 3000 Writing Software ~ AP Institute Professional training DHS AP English teachers ~ DMS Math Enhancement for Graphing calculators ~ Alden Library Reference Books ~ Orff Instruments for

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A Special Thank You to the more than 100 Volunteer Trustees,who have dedicated their time to the DEF Since 1989.

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NOT ALWAYS GOOD NEWSWhile covering town news for a weekly paper in-

volves a lot of Little League games and charity pancake breakfasts, it involves bad news as well.

Over the course of the year, there were several fires, car acci-dents and other disasters that befell Duxbury.

A Jeep Grand Cherokee struck a utility pole near 110 Washington St. around noon on Feb. 13. The 66-year-old driver, was taken to Jordan Hospital by ambulance, according to police, where he was treated and released. According to police, it appeared that the car was heading toward St. George Street when it struck the pole on the opposite side of Washington Street. The Jeep’s airbag went off when it struck the pole, and the front bumper was on the side of the street.

Duxbury Police Officer Mel Dyer, who died as a result of injuries sustained when he was struck by a car while working at the Marshfield Fair, was laid to rest at St. Christine’s Church in Marshfield. Hundreds of police officers from around the state, and dignitaries including Gov. Deval Patrick, attended.

A mail truck slid into the porch of a Washington Street home during a Feb. 22 snow storm. No one was injured, and it appeared as though only the porch of the home was damaged.

A grey Mitsubishi Gallant went through the front plate glass window at the Rite Aid pharmacy in Hall’s Corner around noon on April 8. The elderly female driver of the car was shaken up but uninjured, accord-ing to Deputy Fire Chief Christopher West. No one inside Rite Aid was injured in the crash, either, West said.

Lady Liberty

(Carol Chapman) and

Uncle Sam (Tom Chapman) wave to the crowd at the beginning

of the 4th of July parade.


A FABULOUS FOURTHOne of Duxbury's most time-honored traditions is the

town's 4th of July celebration, which starts with a parade and culminated with a beach party and bon-

fire. Our cameras were there to capture the best floats, bands and party moments.

Duxbury Idol finalist Rita Thompson and 2008 Idol winner Mariah MacFarlane sing “The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” on the DHS Drama Club’s USO-themed float.

Katherine Barry holds a sign for her hero, civil rights crusader Rosa Parks.

Parade Grand Marshal Anne Antonellis, head of the Duxbury Business Association, throws candy to children at the start of the parade.

The Duxbury Interfaith Council’s “Hats off to Lady Liberty” float. The council took home the Margery Parcher cup at the end of the parade.

Libby and Caroline Weldon display some patriotic headgear for the parade.

Brian Hill of the 4th of July Committee asks Kelsey DeWolf and Connor Lindsey about their crazy hats at Saturday’s beach party.

Kayla Moriarty and Liz

Thompson dance to the

sounds of the Sons of Blues

band.


The Sons of Blues played to a packed Duxbury Beach on Saturday afternoon. Despite cloudy skies, residents thronged to the beach for good music, good food, and an all-around good time.

Bridget Anderson stands at attention on the “deck” of the Duxbury High School drama club’s USO-themed float.

Steve Moore of Sons of Blues belts out the chorus of “Soul Man.”

May the Dragon of life only roast your hotdogs and never burn your buns!

Draco wishes a Happy and “sunshiney” 2009! to Duxbury!

C o u n t r y S t o r eOSBORN’S

Enter as strangersLeave as friends

BRUTE FORCE: Duxbury’s Kyle Gavoni (#40) gets good leverage on the center during a 18-0 victory over Quincy. Dragon football continued to domi-nate in 2008, bringing home another state title.

HEADS UP: Sophomore Emily Gallagher sends

a header into the net for her

third goal in a game against

Hingham.


FABULOUS FALL SPORTS

THE GREAT WALL OF DUXBURY: Duxbury defenders form a line to prevent a Rockland direct kick on net during a 1-0 victory over the Bulldogs. The boys finished out the season with a first round playoff upset victory over King Phillip.

TALENTED CREW: Madi Duddy, Michele

Segalla with Abby Armstrong coxing bring

the girls’ novice eight into first place at the state championships.

BODY ENGLISH: Sophomore Brayden Minahan tries to coax his putt into the hole on the 7th green at the DYC during the golf team's win over undefeated Hanover.

FIELD HOCKEY: Senior Tracy Clough was the offensive

leader of the 2008 field hockey team. The team had a strong season but lost a tough first round playoff game to the

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Champs!

THE DYNASTY CONTINUES: Duxbury defenseman and senior captain Mark Murphy holds the MIAA Championship trophy after the boys

lacrosse team won its fifth straight state title in June.THE CARDIAC KIDS: The Lady Dragons completed a dream season in November by toppling Wahconah Regional High School,

2-1 in the Division II state championship game at Wachusett Regional High School in Holden. It was Duxbury’s third OT win in the Tournament.

2008 was another dominant year for Dux-bury sports teams. The boys lacrosse team kept their title streak alive, the football team won a Super Bowl in Gilette Stadiu, home of a team that's seen its share of titles, and the girls soccer team made a surprising run to the state title in their first year with a new coach.

VICTORY CELEBRATION: Chris Norling (20), Anthony Barbati (21), and Matt Sevard (24) sing their fight song to the Duxbury crowd after winning the Division IIA Super Bowl title over Gloucester.


Welcome to the world

PROUD PAPA: Sarie Booy Cavers of Tremont Street became the proud Ouma of Trinidad Cavers. "Trini,” daughter of Tom Cavers and his wife Solidad in Kensington, California, arrived early December 23 at 7 lbs. 15 oz. Lola, Trini's three-year old sister, was excited about her early Christmas present.

Kieran Brady Lane and

Stephanie May Lanen formerly

of Duxbury, announced the

birth of their son Greyson

James on June 2. Greyson is the grandson

of Richard and Norine May of

Duxbury.

IT’S A GIRL: Isabelle Daniela Fenton's family welcomed her to the world in 2008.

Joseph and Kimberly

Buiel, formerly of Duxbury,

announced the birth of their son

Joseph Daniel on June 10. Joseph

is the grandson of Ernie and Susan

Thibeault of Otter Rock Road and

Larry and Suzanne Buiel of Keene

Street.

Dorothea Booy, formerly of The Village at Duxbury, celebrated her 95th birthday in 2008, and welcomed her eighth great-grandchild, Haydon Jane Booy, on July 29.

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We appreciate all the support from the Duxbury community over the past 28 years.

Timothy and Jennifer Leahy announced the birth of their son, Kyle Prescott Leahy. The family resides on Park View Terrace with their dog, Gordon.


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"To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art"

- La Roche FoucauldFAMILY SERVICE: The Pinkham-Grawzis family of Lake Shore Drive. Son PFC Jake Grawzis, left in photo, served his first tour in Iraq in 2008 with the 101st Airborne, Air Assault, Rakkasans. He is fol-lowing in the footsteps of SPC Philip Grawzis, 4th ID and SPC Patty Grawzis, 64th MP Co.

…AND AROUND THE WORLD: Col. Robert D. Teetsel and U.S. Army soldiers help bring supplies to the Zabuli School for Girls in Afghanistan. The school was built due to the efforts of local businesswoman Razia Jan and the Duxbury Rotary Club.

On June 8, Norwich University Cadet William Goldman of Duxbury volunteered to assist the organization CarePacks, a non-profit organization that is dedicat-ed to sending care packages to US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

HOMECOMING: Dave Calabrese, Gerry Blaydes, Ray Stapleton and Keith Roberts, all veterans of the USS Duxbury Bay, pose for a picture by the ship’s bell on the Powder Point Bridge.

A SYMBOLIC SEAT: The table and chair at Tuesday’s Veterans’ Day ceremony at the American Legion Post on Route 14 represented veterans who are still missing in action, or prisoners of war. Bill Newman read a list of what each object stood for as Tony Binsfield pointed to the objects such as an inverted glass, which symbolized the toasts that would never be taken.

HELPING HANDS: Randy Church, Master Sergeant Pallace Debetten-court, Sergeant Major Domenic DiNatale and Chestnut Street resident Lieutenant Colonel Charles Perenick with items collected by Perenick for a toy drive for the children of Iraq.

Many Duxbury families have a strong tradition of military service. Servicemen and women often graced our pages in 2008, whether it was on the

front page for the Memorial Day parade, or on the Around Town page for their work in sending care packages to their fellow sol-diers.


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DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME: Duxbury Firefighter John Sjostedt intentionally uses a water based fire extinguisher to put out a gasoline fire during the Fire Department's open house.

Una Sullivan takes a walk on a fallen tree at the Fall Foliage Fiesta, held in late October at the Berrybrook Farm.

A MOO-VING EXPERIENCE: Henry Ingersoll pets a three-week old Red Holstein calf at O’Neil Farm Day. The working dairy farm is preserved with public funds and opens its doors once a year to invite the public.

BLUSTERY ON THE BAY: Sailors from the Duxbury Yacht Club had their hands full as they attempted to harness high winds during high tide.

Abby Hewett, Annabelle Walsh, Olivia Hewett and Jackie Harrington take a break from scouring the cove side of the beach for items for the scavenger hunt during the Beach Preservation Society’s first Family Beach Day this summer.

DRACO GETS FLOCKED: Draco the dragon got some pink-colored company recently when he was “flocked” as part of a fundraiser for the Duxbury Education Foundation. For a donation to the DEF, resi-dents could have pink flamingos planted on their neighbor’s lawn. The promotion has since ended but was successful, according to DEF members.

HOLY FLYING RODENT, BATMAN: Bats at the Library volunteers with the Bat-Mobile are Laura Sullivan and Bookmark/Knitwits Maddy Clark and Katherine Vitaro. The Bat-Mobile was "flying" around town pro-moting local author Brian Lies's latest book, "Bats at the Library."

ONE MAN BAND: Duxbury captain Mark

Brust beats his defender and heads

for the basket. Brust was the

game’s high scorer with 34 points in the Dragons' first round play-off loss to Milton.

REACHING OUT FOR ASSISTANCE:

Duxbury’s Sara Botieri tries to prevent a

drive on the basket during the Lady

Dragon's playoff loss

to the Wellesley Raiders.


WINTER SPORTS SCENES

OUTSTANDING: Duxbury’s Colin McKenzie (top) shows why he was voted Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Cohasset Tournament in early January.

STICK TRICK: Jake Kearney jockeys for position against a Xaverian forward dur-ing a 2-0 loss in January. The boys fought hard all year but missed the postsea-son.

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SUPER SAVE: Julia Hannon butter-flies to make one of her 14 saves in

a shutout win over Braintree.


SCOUTS' HONOR: Troops around town

KLONDIKE DERBY: Cub Scout Den 4 of Pack 1776 won a gold medal in the Klondike Derby at Camp Squanto in Plymouth in February. Above, Den 4 mem-bers Jared DiVasta, Charlie Siegener, Brendan McCarthy, Tyler Winterbottom, Griffin Brayer, Jared Neprud & Jay Willett.

Brownie Troop #500 did some caroling at Hannafords during the holidays. Back row: Olivia O’Brien, Caitlin Langs, Morgan Cleary, Julia Kennelly, Linnea Berry, Hannah Quinn, & Caroline Curley. Front row: Béla Tearse, Sophia Tufankjian, Mairead Kennedy and Lucy Williams.

Webelos and Cub Scouts join

hands at the closing cer-

emony of the Blue and Gold

Dinner, held in February.

Teen Troop 254 had a fabulous time in New York in June, visiting the Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero and the American Museum of Natural History as well as catching “Hairspray!” on Broadway.

DRACO’S DEN: Den 3 of Pack 1776 enjoyed a fun and informative after-noon with Draco and his designer, Chuck Nudd on March 14. The theme of the month was recycling. The cub scouts learned that Draco took five weeks to build, using bulldozer tracks for his body, teeth from a digger’s bucket as his feet, and an air compressor for his head with a rake for his teeth. And needless to say, Draco can hold up to 12 cub scouts.

FROM DAISIES TO ADULTS: Daisy Girl Scouts gathered for a photo after cross-ing the Bridge to become Brownie Girl Scouts.


FORE! Golfers hit the greens Golf is a big part

of life for many Duxbuy residents. When the weather starts to warm, you can be sure the links at the DYC course, North Hill and others will be filled with local duffers.

The Director’s Cup at the DYC Golf Championship in September was won by Bob Hale, who defeated John Carnuccio for the honor.

Bob Byington follows his drive. He was part of a foursome from the Village at Duxbury at the COA golf tournament in June.

Former school committee member Ted Flynn warms up before teeing off.

John Vansel reacts to his drive on the 18th hole at the COA golf tourney.

SWEET RIDE: David and Evelena Tufankjian stock up the official candy cart at the Duxbury Education Foundation’s Divots for Duxbury tourna-ment, held at the Duxbury Yacht Club course.

School Committee member George Cipolletti (sescond from left) partnered with two of his sons, Andrew and Dan along with friend Chris Sherman.

Jonathan Woods became the youngest DYC Men’s Champion by defeat-ing Bunt Whitelaw on Labor Day.

Maureen Madden and Linda Hayes, activity director at the Senior Center, head out in a cart to check on the golfers.


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Save the Date – Monday, June 1, 2009

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The Mad Hatter was enthusiastically portrayed

by Maddie Lies in the DMS production of Alice

in Wonderland in January.

Dramatic DuxburyDramatic Duxbury

High school students Roman Perry as Trinculo and Devin Michelson as Stephano in Shakespeare's "The Tempest." The performance was Duxbury’s entry in the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild State Festival. Rosalinda (Melissa Manseau) tricks her husband Gabriel

(Neal Harrelson) into thinking she is another woman in

Opera By the Bay's production of "Die Fledermaus."

Abbe Schnibbe leads the cast in the “Othello Rap" in Gurnet Theatre

Project's production of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

(Abridged.)"

The Duxbury Yacht Club performed "Willy Wonka, Jr." in August. In the

Nut Room of Wonka's factory are the squirrels, Keely Smith, Bela Tearse,

Lars Swenson, Weston White and Teddy O’Connor with the cooks, Chase

Mohrman and Will Clapp.

Ali Zildjan, Sarah Gill, Isabel Murphy, Caitlin Ponte try to make a big

splash during auditions for the school play during Kidspot's production

of "High School Musical."

The Wild One, Lauren Feeney, tries to talk some sense into Guzzler, Charlotte Cipolletti during the play "Cagebirds" in the high school's fall festival of plays.


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Construction of The Zabuli School for Girls

outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, nears com-

pletion in January.

The Road to ZabuliThis spring, Clipper colum-

nist Bruce Barrett traveled to Deh Subz, Afghanistan,

to cover the opening of the Zabuli School for Girls, a project led by lo-cal merchant Razia Jan and funded in part by the Duxbury Rotary Club. The school will provide education for girls who may not otherwise have had a chance to go to school.

Razia Jan registers a tiny scholar, with the confident guidance of her older brother.

Razia, with Ministry offi-cials and their bodyguard, explains the "thousand splendid suns" from Duxbury School children.

Principal Gulalai and her husband, Frieda (Zabuli) Madjid, Razia Jan, a teacher, and a local religious leader await the opening ceremonies.

Sultan Rad Almasak,

with the Principal’s

daughters in traditional

gowns, stands at the

entrance of the Zabuli

School.


Caitlin and Tim Smith do a fill-up with corn in the corn box.

The corn box provided lots of fun for everyone. Jane Meurer and Lily Salsbury share some giggles with Elsa Forero.

Andrew Quinlan and Danny Coppola meander through the maze of tall corn stalks. The farm provides clues for the completion of the challenge.

Cal Howe and Colin VanDerVeen head back to the hayride with their perfect pumpkins.

Names are put on the cherished pumpkins that were picked from the huge patch.

John Thomas and William Phinney take a rest at marker 5 after a few mis-directed turns in the maze.

If you wonder where Tom Brady has been, there was a sighting at the Sauchuk Farm in Plympton, ringing the bell after finding his way out of the maze. He looked a lot smaller, but he negotiated the maze effortlessly!

Shane Carley finds the pumpkin lifting to be a contest of strength. The pumpkin won!

Lost in the maize at Sauchuck FarmA group of Duxbury residents took a trip this fall to

Sauchuk Farm in Plympton, where they navigated through a corn maze and participated in other fall ac-

tivities.


2008 Duxbury Idol DHS junior Mariah MacFarlane accepts her awards, which include a recording session at a local studio.

4th annual Duxbury Idol

Senior Rita Thompson Junior Brian Greenwood

Senior Krista Reese

Freshman Tori Clough

Senior Jessica Toni McKniff

Senior Christian Titus

Sophomore Kerri MacLennan

Junior Michelle Ducharme

2007 Duxbury Idol Abbe Schnibbe and emcee Spencer Hale announce Mariah MacFarlane as the 2008 winner. The nine finalists react to the results. Mariah MacFarlane, finalist Rita Thompson, finalist Jessica Toni McKniff, Krista Reese, Brian Greenwood, Kerri MacLennan, Michelle Ducharme, Tori Clough and Christian Titus.

Mariah MacFarlane sang and played the piano for three songs. She com-posed her final piece.

Idol judges, Chandler teacher Pam Sechoka, music pro Phil Markella and School Superintendent Susan Skeiber.


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