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Volume LX No. 40 “You will never reach higher ground if you are always pushing others down” –– Jeffrey Benjamin Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Board: Golf
deal broken
Town says Johnson Golf violated
North Hill management contract
By Susanna Sheehan, Clipper Staff order from the Middlesex Su-
susanna@duxburyclipper.com
perior Court prohibiting town
On Monday night, the town officials from discussing the
of Duxbury publicly accused issue. The gag order was lifted
Johnson Golf Management last week.
Inc. of nine separate violations Selectmen chose not to
of its management contract for take any action against John-
the town-owned North Hill son at this meeting, but in-
golf course on Merry Ave. stead, listened to Duxbury
The Board of Selectmen’s Town Counsel Robert Troy
HISTORY IN ACTION: The King Caesar House was the host of the Duxbury Rural and Historical
public hearing had been post- explain the violations, while
Society’s Autumnfest this weekend. Dozens of adults and children turned out despite a fall chill in
poned by two weeks after Recreation Director Gordon the air. For more photos see page 18. Photo by Justin Graeber
Johnson received a restraining continued on page 6
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son. Bus departs Kingsbury
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www.pilgrimpaving.com famous Spumoni Restaurant in Tues. Oct. 12 3:09 a.m. 3:21 p.m. 9:33 a.m. 10:13 p.m.
Pawtucket, R.I. Meal choice is
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due at time of booking and the
choices are lasagna, chicken Thurs. Oct. 14 5:01 a.m. 5:14 p.m. 11:23 a.m. --
parmagiana with ziti, or pasta Fri. Oct. 15 6:01 a.m. 6:15 p.m. 12:07 a.m. 12:22 p.m.
and meat ball parmagiana, all
with coffee or tea, and des-
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sert. After dinner, experience
the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacu- Sunrise Sunset
lar. It’s a glow of thousands of Thurs. Oct. 7 6:46 a.m. 6:14 p.m.
pumpkins artfully carved, de- Fri. Oct. 8 6:47 a.m. 6:12 p.m.
picting many famous people, Sat. Oct. 9 6:48 a.m. 6:10 p.m.
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costumes to Jett 222 Meetinghouse Rd. $120,000 Laurie J. Cowden and Sovereign
Foundation Bank to Sovereign Bank
Donate your gently used 76 Stagecoach Rd. $585,000 Andrew J. Nelson and Lisa H.
Nelson to Ronald N. Gallagher and Beatrice G. Gallagher
Halloween costumes, winter
Are you planning a boots and winter coats for a
good cause.
The Jett Foundation, a local
2011 Wedding? South Shore-based nonprofit
dedicated to finding a cure for
TOP 10 BESTSELLING BOOKS
1. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls 2. Freedom, by Jonathan
Franzen 3. The Stormchasers, by Jenna Blum 4. Obama’s Wars, by
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is asking for donations of gen- Book No. 10: Into the Gauntlet, by Margaret Peterson Haddix 7. One
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p.m. in the Merry Meeting Room. The newly-formed Readers that promote effective man- We are looking for size 00-and up
Theater Group at the Duxbury Free Library will present three agement and operations. Bring them by Sun Mon Tues- no appt.
folk tales from around the world in a readers’ theater dramatic neccesary-especially looking for fall
format for the Duxbury High School Best Buddies club. This and winter
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encouraged to attend. being bullied walk
Anime Festival: Friday, Oct. 15 from 7-9 p.m. Held in the
Merry Meeting Room. More cutting edge Japanese animation
away and talk to Twice As Nice
shorts will be featured in this ongoing monthly event.
Teen Halloween Costume Dance: Friday, Oct. 29, 7-9
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Pumpkin sale at Tarkiln
This year’s pumpkin sale scheduled by the Friends of the
Tarkiln for Saturday, Oct. 16, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., offers many of
the same items as last year, however, the committee’s woodcut-
ter has promised that the firewood he plans to provide for the
occasion will be even better than it was last year. The event will
be held rain or shine, on the grounds of the Tarkiln Community
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reasonable prices. Seasonal refreshments will also be offered.
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Town accuses Johnson Golf of contract violations town from Johnson to see if it the property. He wrote: “Only
continued from page one Johnson says they couldn’t get town, Johnson stated the fol-
Cushing provided background the bond because of litigation, lowing: “The last increase prior was paid in a timely manner. the judge who issued the in-
information. Attorney Stephen they omit one very important for memberships was 2007. It Cushing said he has records of junction in February 2009 can
Follansbee, representing John- fact: they’re the ones who filed stayed the same in 2008. As a all deposits dating to 1989. do that.”
son Golf Management, Inc. of the litigation,” Troy said. result, 2009 becomes the third In his letter to the town, Troy said there was a court
Weston, rebutted the claims. Follansbee explained that year.” Johnson said that “it makes no date on the case set for Novem-
Doug Johnson, owner of John- Johnson couldn’t obtain a sure- He added that there was no sense” to have a public meet- ber.
son Golf, did not attend the ty bond because the current greens fee increase in 2009 and ing about contract violations At the meeting’s end, a res-
meeting. court-ordered management that they only were raised $1 in because of the lawsuit. All in- ident wanted to speak about the
The alleged contract vio- agreement did not have an end- 2010. formation on alleged violations case, but Dahlen denied him,
lations were listed in a Sept. ing date. Selectman Betsy Sullivan should be submitted to the saying that the selectmen were
28 letter from Town Manager “We would respectfully took issue with how Johnson court, he said. only taking information from
Richard MacDonald to John- suggest that is something that submitted his financial infor- “The sole effect of your the attorneys and one other per-
son. is determined by the court mation, on hand-written forms meeting will be to create con- son related to the case.
They include the following: rather than an allegation of on which the figures are “are troversy as to who is operat- However, Selectman Chris-
1) failing to provide a surety non-compliance here,” said scratched out and barely leg- ing the golf course, which will topher Donato wanted to allow
bond as required by the con- Follansbee. “It’s a problem ible.” damage our business,” stated the man to speak but Dahlen
tract 2) neglecting to pay the that we can solve if we work “This is not generally ac- Johnson. “This will lead to fur- did not agree.
monthly rent on time 3) failing together ... whatever security ceptable accounting practices,” ther damages that we will seek Because of this Donato cast
to timely pay the June payment- is necessary in lieu of a perfor- she said. to recover.” the dissenting vote when select-
in-lieu-of-taxes 4) illegally op- mance bond, we’d be happy to Follansbee said Johnson Johnson disagreed with men voted 2 to 1 to close the
erating a beverage cart on the provide that.” had been submitting hand- Troy’s assertion that the town hearing and take the case under
golf course 5) submitting hand- On the matter of timely rent written financial pages because could force Johnson to vacate advisement until Oct. 18.
written financial information payments, according to Troy that is what he was told to do
instead of establishing a con- and Cushing, Johnson has not by the Recreation Department
trol and reporting system to made his rent payments on the when he first started running
audit course use 6) increasing first of the month as specified the course 15 years ago.
membership and greens fees in by the management contract. Troy told selectmen that it
2009 in violation of a court or- Cushing said that the town was important for them to act
der to manage the course under had only been paid on the first soon.
the terms of the 2008 contract of the months on two months — “Once Johnson collects fees
7) failing to submit an annual August and September 2010. in November, they’ve given
audit of the golf course by an “All other payments were themselves the procurement,”
independent auditor 8) sporadi- received after the first of the he said. “This has turned the
cally providing the town with month,” said Cushing. law on its head.”
monthly financial and course “We can conclude that “They made the decision to
reports and 9) establishing a Johnson has violated that pro- take the money and not file a
holiday fee schedule without vision of the contract which bond,” he added. “Where does
town approval. requires the company to pay that leave the town? Nervously
Johnson’s inability to get the rent on a timely basis,” said hoping they make it through
a surety bond is the most se- Troy. the season.”
rious violation, according to Follansbee denied this Selectmen Chairman
Troy. The bond is the town’s claim. He said Johnson has Shawn Dahlen said the board
insurance if Johnson defaulted always paid the rent early be- would review the information
on the agreement or declared cause according to the contract, given Monday night and make
bankruptcy. it is paid in arrears on the first a decision on the alleged con-
Johnson informed town of- of the month for the preceding tract violations at their Oct. 18
ficials in a letter this spring that month, meaning, for example, meeting.
his insurance company would that the March payment is due Troy told selectmen they
not issue him a bond because April 1. had four choices: first, take
of his lawsuit against the town. Follansbee admitted that no action; second, decide that
Johnson, who has managed Johnson was late paying the Johnson violated the manage-
the course for the past 15 years, June 2010 payment in lieu of ment contract and order him
sued the town in 2008 after los- taxes, coming at the end of to take “appropriate and reme-
ing the management contract to June not on June 1, but he in- dial action;” third, decide that Sunday • October 17th • 1-5pm
Calm Golf of Rockland. In that sists that because the rent was the allegations against Johnson
lawsuit, Johnson claimed that paid before July 1, this pay- are serious enough that they
Calm Golf was unqualified and ment was covered. can terminate the contract; and
that the town conspired against Follansbee further asserted fourth, have the town put the
him. He was able to obtain a that there has been no illegal contract out to bid again.
successful injunction against beverage cart at North Hill. Sullivan said she wanted
the town in Middlesex County Troy said he has letters submit- more information, specifically
court that has allowed him to ted from the public stating that all the rent collected by the
remain in control of North Hill there has been such a cart on
under the terms of his last con- the course for many years.
tract, which ended in Decem- According to Troy, John-
ber 2008. son has failed to submit annual
Troy said that the town audits of his business at North
could face financial jeopardy Hill.
if it allowed Johnson to run the “The town has not received
course without a surety bond. an audit as of yet,” said Troy.
If Johnson is unable to contin- “This is a violation of the man-
ue managing the course for the agement contract.”
upcoming season, the member- Follansbee disagreed, say-
ship fees that Johnson collects ing that Johnson had “always
from the public in November provided audits” and that his
and December would be gone, accountant was currently work-
said Troy. Also, the town would ing on an audit and would sub-
lose out on the $100,000 annu- mit it when it was done.
al payment and would have to Troy also said the town
run the course with only short had received many complaints
notice. from the public about Johnson
Because Johnson does not raising the membership rates
have the surety bond, he has and greens fees.
violated his contract with the According to the contract,
town, said Troy. the fees can be raised every
“There is no nuance here. three years. Cushing said they
You have either satisfied the were last increased in 2007
terms of the management and that 2010 would have been
agreement and contract or you the next time they could be
have not,” said Troy. raised. However, Cushing said
Troy pointed out that the that Johnson raised the fees in
surety bond problem is one of 2009.
Johnson’s own making. “When In an Oct. 4 letter to the
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Duxbury Clipper 7
Historical Letter
Reading at the
Wright Building
The Duxbury Rural and
Historical Society invites all to
hear the voices of 19th century
children come alive during the
society’s next historical letter
reading. The event will take
place Thursday, Oct. 14 at 7
p.m. at the Drew Archival Li-
brary in the Wright Building.
The program is free of charge.
GOOLEY
The reading is entitled,
“Dear Father and Mother: Let-
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WALKING THE WALK: Cadettes Madeline Buchanan, Elizabeth bury Children,” and will fea-
Creamer, Sara Walker, Sophie Roy, Lauren Roy and Megan Roy took ture letters written by children Fine Homes & Renovations
time to pose for a photo after climbing the Bunker Hill Monument at from the society’s historical Duxbury
the end of the Freedom Trail. collection. Volunteers, includ- Sagamore AC 3.9x2 Size_rev090409.pdf 9/4/09 9:34:04 AM
relief agency, the Greater Plymouth Food Warehouse. cancer with a minimum of surgery and side effects. TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
For more information about the Pilgrim Church CROP * May 2010
Walk, please contact the Pilgrim Church office at 781-934-
6591. 275 SANDWICH ST., PLYMOUTH, MA 508.830.2390 WWW.JORDANHOSPITALCANCERCARE.ORG
8 Duxbury Clipper Wednesday, October 6, 2010