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hey toil selessly allyear in the serviceof others, neverseeking credit or recognitionfor their actions.They are Duxbury’svolunteers, and they are theglue that holds the communitytogether, serving meals at thesenior center, working withthe town’s school childrenand helping people inside andoutside of Duxbury’s borders.Their lives are all about helpingothers, but on Wednesday,April 22, the spotlight will beon them.For 13 years, Duxbury’sCommunity Volunteer Awardshave been given out to deservingresidents. This year, the awardceremony will coincide withNational Volunteer Week.“There are so many vol
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unteers in town,” said JoannaDow, who coordinated theevent. “Really to me we’rerecognizing everyone ... that’swhat this is about.”This year, the 17 peoplenominated for the award come
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The new start time hasbeen nalized and DuxburyHigh School will now be start
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ing at 8:15 a.m. instead of 7:30a.m. Reaction is mixed: manyhigh school students still havevery strong opinions againstthe move, but others seem tobe indifferent to the change.Although most of the de
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bate over the change has comefrom adults –– mostly parentsof Alden students who willhave to start school earlier ––high school students have beeninvolved as well. DuxburyHigh School senior Eric Do
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herty has spoken out on behalf of his fellow students againstthe change, and presented theSchool Committee with a pe
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tition containing hundreds of signatures from people whoopposed the change.Students that play sportsare upset with the time changebecause it pushes practice back45 minutes to an hour. Bren
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dan Gillis points out that thiswould push football practiceback to ending at 6:15 or 6:30p.m. instead of 5:30 p.m. Thetrouble with this, he said, isin the winter months the lightwill not last that long and itmakes it very difcult to prac
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tice up to full potential. But
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tain bike andpounds of gearthrough 10 feet of snow,Alec Petro looks at the smallGPS device in his hand. Thedevice has three buttons:One sends his location to hisfriends and family followinghis trek back home. The sec
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ond calls for help. The thirdsimply says, “911.”“When you hit 911 theysend a helicopter,” Petrosaid.
MUSH: Biking the Iditard
Resident pushes through pain, fatigue and snowin extreme Alaskan mountain bike race
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Community Volunteer Awardcelebrates those who give back
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DHS studentsmixed n change
TRASH DAY: Members o Sustainable Duxbury gathered 24,150 plastic bags –– the number Duxburyresidents discard at the transer station in a week –– and had them on display Saturday morning nearthe Powder Point Bridge. The group was raising awareness o the overuse o plastic bags. See storyon page 14.Alec Petro recently participated in a mountain bike race along thesame route as Alaska’s amed Iditarod dog sled race.
KEEP DUXBURY GREEN
Photo by Lauren Owens.
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Saturday 47 38 0.85” Light RainSunday 43 33 -- Scattered CloudsMonday 53 31 -- ClearTuesday 52 39 -- Scattered CloudsWednesday 50 36 -- Scattered CloudsThursday 49 36 -- ClearFriday 66 37 -- Thin ScatteredAverages & ComparisonsAvg High Temp Above Week 51.4Avg High Same Week Last Year 54.4Avg High Same Week-’99 55.7
WEATHER REfLECTIONS
After predicting below-normal temperatures for our area throughmonth-end, the NWS has flip-flopped and is now calling for above-normal temps for the last week of April and into May. Our normalhigh for late April is mid to high 50’s; however, a sea-breeze canlower these temps up to 10 degrees.– Wayne Heward
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Author ClaireCook Returnsto Duxbury
The Duxbury Free Libraryand Westwinds Bookshop areexcited and honored to pres
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claimed author Claire Cook.On Sunday, May 17 at 2 p.m.in the library’s Merry MeetingRoom, Cook will read from hernewest novel, “The WildwaterWalking Club,” and entertainus with her zany humor! In hercharming new novel, Cookmanages to perfect the blendof realistic lovable characters,remarkable insight, and laughout loud situations. Dust off your pedometer and take awildwater walk to the library!Free tickets for the event willbe available beginning Sun
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day May 3. Tickets will berequired for admission as pre
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vious Cook events have been“standing room only.” Bookswill be available for purchaseand signing at the event, cour
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The driver of an SUVthat plowed into the front of Westwinds Bookshop says itwas a mechanical problem,not driver error, that causedthe crash.Around 1:45 p.m. Fri
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day, an SUV driven by NancyOates of Puritan Drive acceler
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ated through the front wall of Westwinds, which is locatedin the Duxbury Marketplaceoff Depot Street. No one wasinjured.Chris Haraden, who ownsWestwinds with his wife Mar
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ilyn, said one employee wasworking in the shop on Friday.A customer and a delivery per
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son had just left the store.“Looking at what hap
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pened, we’re just so thank
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ful nobody was injured,” hesaid. “Except for some frayednerves, everything that wasdamaged can be replaced.”Oates, who is also Dux
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bury’s town clerk, says shewas backing out of a parkingspace in front of Westwindsafter visiting the Oriental Ex
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press rug store when her en
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gine started to rev at a highrate.Concerned that somethingmight be wrong with the re
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verse gear in her 2007 HondaCRV, Oates said she put thecar in drive with the intentionof pulling back into the park
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ing spot to gure out what waswrong. It was then that shesaid the car lurched forward,with the engine continuing torev, and hit the front of thestore.“It shot me right back ...at great speed,” Oates said.She said she knew she did notconfuse the brake with the gaspedal because she went back
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wards rst. She said she nevertook her foot off the brake.Oates said her car has notbeen checked out by a me
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chanic yet because it is beingappraised by her insurancecompany. Oates is not beingcharged or cited in connectionwith accident.The store lost most of itsgreeting card displays and allof its understock, which wasstored under the counter. Theonly card remaining on therack after the accident was acard featuring two nuns on thefront.Haraden said he is hopingthe store will be able to openon Wednesday or Thursday.“It’s incredible how loyaland cooperative our custom
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ers have been,” he said. “Allweekend people have calledand stopped by to ask if theycan help us by doing some ex
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tra shopping in the part of thestore that wasn’t damaged.”Although he couldn’t allowthis for insurance reasons, Ha
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raden said he was grateful forthe community support.Oates said she feels badlyabout the accident.“I’m really upset that ithappened at all,” she said. “Ilove the car but I don’t thinkI’ll ever feel safe in it again.”
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The driver o this SUV said a mechanical ailure caused her to crash into Westwinds Bookshop fridayaternoon. No one was hurt during the incident, and the store plans to open Wednesday or Thursday.The accident destroyed most o Westwinds supply o greeting cardsand all o their understock.
Car crashes into bookshop
The only greeting card not ruinedin the crash eatured two nuns onthe ront.
Reminder: Tax bills due May 1
Fourth quarter real estate taxes are due on May 1. Residentscan pay in person at the Treasurer/Collector’s Ofce, online atwww.town.duxbury.us or leave a payment in the drop off mail
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